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[size=1][color=purple]That works better, but you know I will have to twist it at some point, right? [grins] All right, all other comments please direct them to the Underground.[/size][/color

[size=1][color=purple]No headache. ^_^ Okay, first: NO to posting order because there are some things that might go on at the same time as others and that would be difficult. YES on posting limit per day. I'm thinking, if it's even possible, 5 posts per person a day, unless I specify otherwise. I will give you a three day absence, unless you give me a reason why you're gone before hand, then I'll start trying to find you. :) The story must go on! As far as knowing people, go ahead! Leah knows Andrew, so why not other characters know each other? Just IM the person so you can work it out.[/size][/color]

[size=1][color=purple]Beautiful! All right, sign ups are closed! [b]accepted[/b] Leah Mandez - Lapis Andrew Huckaby - Muad'Dib Amy Roberts - SOBE Scarlett Rose - cheese master Zakkary DeMarsh - The Enemy (I had second thoughts about this; I don't mind him having such a strong power, it makes it more interesting, but I do object to him having such good control over it.) Coroni Cotuma - Lonley Fighter (As above, please a little less powerful? Interesting power, though.) Ashley Thompson - sakazaki (I like!) All right, I am hoping to start this tomorrow, but I wouldn't count on it. Keep an eye out for it in the Arena, and if you have any further questions, check the Underground. Thank you! [b]EDIT[/b] Those of you with stronger powers: I warn you now, if I see anything I consider God-modding, I will create problems. With powers as strong as being able to teleport yourself or control plants, there will be risks. for instance, leaving a piece of your body behind, or accidentally mistaking poison ivy. :) I can find a problem with each power, and if I think you're getting too good without proper training from an expert, then I will find one and use it upon you. We have to make this realistic, people. That's why I like Scarlett and Ashley so much: one is fear powered and the other, she damages herself regularly if she isn't careful. There are consequences for misuse. And like I said, I will try to answer any and all questions you may have in the Underground. There is a thread there.[/size][/color]

[size=1][color=purple]All right then, people, here is where you ask questions and we discuss the RPG. Anything you want to know before we get started, just ask. Here is the link to the RPG thread... [url=http://www.otakuboards.com/showthread.php?t=56670]Sandman[/url] Hope this goes well![/size][/color]

[size=1][color=purple] ZOMG. Yes, I said ZOMG. I am in love with these characters! I'm really glad everyone wanted to join. Thank you, cheese master & The Enemy, for adding a little story into the bio, it helped me evaluate your writing abilities, and I like what I see. I've RPed with SOBE and Muad'Dib before. All righty, then! Leah Mandez - [b]Lapis[/b] Andrew Huckaby - [b]Muad'Dib[/b] Amy Roberts - [b]SOBE[/b] Scarlett Rose - [b]cheese master[/b] Zakkary DeMarsh - [b]The Enemy[/b] All of you are accepted! IF anyone else wants to join, now is the time, but beware, I have two more slots open, so write carefully! All right, still working on my appearance, waiting on SOBE's. Other than that, looks good! Anticipated start date: this Friday or Saturday.[/size][/color]

[size=1][color=purple][b]Name:[/b] Amy Zhou [b]Age:[/b] 24 [b]Appearance:[/b] Amy is actually kind of short, about 4?6?, and very curvy. She has little feet, little hands, and is very nimble. Her black hair is so dark as to have blueish highlights, and is braided rather simply, falling to just below her butt. Asian in origin, her heart-shaped face is golden-brown with a plump, pouting rosebud mouth and large, slanted chocolate brown eyes. She favors close-cut clothes: straight-legged jeans, turtle-necks, and ankle boots. [b]Biography:[/b] Amy has a rather mixed heritage - her father's side is English and Irish, her mother is pure Japanese. She was encouraged to take whatever course in school she wanted, especially after her father died, and she generally chose art or - later in highschool - technical courses. She took every computer class she could get her hands on. When she graduated, she went to college for a little while, and took only the best classes. Combining her knowledge of computers with Strategy, Government, and such related classes. When she graduated, she was the most coveted tactician of her year. [b]Personality:[/b] Amy is quiet and calculating, with the occasional witty comment. Her sense of irony and sharp, sarcastic comments can get under some peoples skin, but those who know her really well learn that underneath there is no malice in its meaning. Then again, she doesn?t always make comments. She usually just sits back and lets the others do the talking, while she assesses and comes to analytical conclusions. Very rarely relaxes, and only two people have seen her that relaxed. [b]Team Position:[/b] Tactician Heya, where exactly are these people supposed to come from? I mean, if they work outside of time? couldn?t they be from anywhere? I?ll write my bio soon as I know exactly where they?re supposed to come from. Gracias. Edited it![/size][/color]

[size=1][color=purple]^_^ Looks good, J-chan. I was hoping more people would want to sign up. ;_; C'mon people, this was an RPG many people wanted to sign up for last time I was here. I'm going to add my character's appearance when I get back from my grandparents. Hope to have more sign ups by then...? Pweety pweeze? Lapis[/size][/color]

[size=1]I love it! Sorry to be so picky. ^_^ Thank you very much![/size]

[size=1]Oh! I likee what you did with the picture. But... I hope I'm not annoying you... the previous font was better. ^_^; If you could put Lapis in the corner, mayhap...?[/size]

[size=1]Sorry it took me so long. I only have two requests...? 1) Could the font maybe be a little more cursive, like Blackadder or somesuch? And if Lapis could be a wee bit smaller. and 2) I meant sort of a pencil-ish or bruised coloration type thingy. Heh, not very specific, I know. You don't have to change the fonts and such, but I would greatly appreciate it.[/size]

[quote name='Peanut][font=tahoma][color=#CC6600]Growing up, people I knew lost their virginity at about 13-16 range. If you were 16, and a virgin, you were considered pretty old.[/font'][/color][/quote] [size=1]I knew there was another reason I felt old. :p[/size] [quote name='Peanut][font=tahoma][color=#CC6600]So this girl had an intimate moment with her boyfriend? Have you thought about maybe her feelings as well? If your worried, exploding at this girl would definately have caused the backlash. It's embarrasing being caught in a situation but to tell her brother and then you two attack her is even more so.[/font'][/color][/quote] [size=1]Take it from a teenaged girl: telling them what they can and can't do is not the best way to keep your hide in one piece. Especially if it is your [i]friends[/i] sister and not yours. 'Cause then she has no real reason NOT to kill you. And it wasn't any of your biz. I, honestly, would have slapped you. That was a pretty stupid move, dude. I wouldn't go anywhere near her house for a while if'n I were you. And virginity is not bad.[/size]

[size=1]I know, another request. I have very few specs, as usual, and would love for anyone to give it a try. [b]BANNER:[/b] Long and short, how much so is up to you, but not big. If the colors could be greys black and blue, sort of a sad tone to it. In the right hand bottom corner, if it would say in white, black outlined cursive letters "I'm only sombodies nobody", and "Lapis", same, in top left corner. If you could get a picture of Sailor Saturn or Pluto, or any picture you think suits. [b]AVATAR:[/b] "Lapis" in the bottom right corner, same as banner, no specs as to what's on it, just follow the theme of the banner. Thanks to whomever! Lapis[/size]

[size=1][color=purpley][I]?Listen to the story I tell, my children.? Small heads ? bright and dark ? turned to gaze sleepily at the sage seated by the hearth. Their large eyes blinked groggily in the dull firelight, but they eagerly scrambled across the dirt floor to form a circle of bodies around the old man?s frail form. [b]??Ware this warning, little ones. For I fear? this may be my last time telling it.?[/b] In amazement and wonder, the children?s eyes were drawn to the crackling fire that suddenly sprung up before them. The flames danced, licking at the sides of the stone hearth, reaching, searching, and then suddenly they shot upwards. The flames became a sheet of flame, and fading outward from the center was a vision. A collective squeal of approval met with the old mans magic. It always did. He smiled weakly and hoped that one would listen to his warning, and when the time came, remember. [b]?As my father told me, so shall I tell you.? ?Between Love and War, God and Satan, Chaos and Balance, whatever form They go by, there was a middle ground. Call it Purgatory, call No-Mans-Land, but simply call it. It is the land that overlaps this one, delving only into the world of men when people sleep. As night settles, a blanket sifts gently over the sleeping peoples.?[/b] The young ones were alert, but despite their best efforts, were slowly falling asleep. The sage?s voice was soothing as their eyelids became heavy and began to droop. [b]?In that time, in that twilight zone, lives the Sandman, and his children.?[/b] Soon the youngsters were dreaming, and his story began to seep into their minds. [b]?He sprinkles dream sands over their eyelids, and they dream happily. But the Sandman must choose a successor. And he chooses that one from the many possibilities. So beware, my younglings. You may no longer be safe. So dream, little ones??[/b] The children smiled, and then sighed one large sigh in tandem. [b]?Dream while there?s still time.?[/I][/b] [center]~*~[/center] Brier blinked groggily, dragging the back of her hand across her eyes to brush the sandy grit from her long dark eyelashes. Light was pouring into her room, and she rolled over to pull the blanket over her head. Then the phone rang. Right next to her head. With a groan, she fished the cordless out of the sheets tangled around her. ?[b]Hello?[/b]? There were a few moments of static before the reply ? ?[b]Bri? Bri ? help ? where ?[/b]? Brier blinked again as her phone abruptly cut off, and then began ringing again in her hand. ?[b]Hello? Who is this?[/b]? ?[b]Brier?[/b]? She jumped. ?[b]Miss Donna? What?s wrong?[/b]? The woman?s voice was worried, and bordering on hysterical. ?[b]Brier, I can?t find him. He?s gone ? just disappeared, and there?s sand all over his bedspread, where could he be-[/b]? [center]~*~[/center] The news was roaring with stories. Children, teenagers, young adults, disappearing from the town of Acres Ford without a trace except maybe the sprinkle of sand left behind, or maybe a glimpse of a man in a white suit and limo. Once the initial hysteria had calmed down and the residents had begun a process of searching, it was reminded to those few who knew the story that the children would not be found. Leah Mandez sighed heavily. ?[b]They won?t find them. And then, our memories will be erased.[/b]? Her co-worker, Andrew Huckaby, looked up curiously. ?[b]What in God?s name are you talking about, Leah?[/b]? Leah cursed her carelessness. ?[b]Those children and such. They won?t be found.[/b]? When her friend gave her a skeptical look, she sighed again. ?[b]Long story. Short side is, it?s a legend that?s been going on for hundreds of years, back to Ireland and the Old World. A man who brings dreams, called the Sandman, is simply finding those worthy of replacing him. And once he has chosen from those possibilities, some will be returned, and those who aren?t, are just erased from time. Period.[/b]? Andrew snorted, and went back to examining the clues. There weren?t many of them, and already the trail grew cold. Leah pursed her lips thoughtfully, and gazed up at the ceiling. [I]Gods give us strength. Can we stop him this time?[/I] [center]~*~[/center] All right, this is obviously a rewrite of something done on OB a long time ago ? anyone who participated in it may well remember. This time it has a little more plot and substance. Hopefully it won?t die out like it did. This is obviously a quest to stop the Sandman from taking more innocents and driving them crazy. Brier and Leah have, though they don?t know it, the same mission to prevent more abductions than necessary AND the abilities that said Sandman is looking for. I will play Leah, and PM me if you would like to play Brier, and Andrew is fair game. I would like to have no more than seven and no fewer then four, other than Leah and Brier. They can either be innocent bystanders or those capable of being abducted. :) I hope everyone likes! [b]Name:[/b] [b]Age:[/b] [b]Gender:[/b] (One or the other, please.) [b]Appearance:[/b] (You CAN give a picture, but please specify the kinds of clothes said person wears, and the difference between the picture and the character.) [b]General Mood:[/b] [b]Quirks:[/b] (Something the character does or says that is, well, quirky.) [b]Powers:[/b] (This can range from regular old telepathy and telekinesis to pyrokinesis, aquakinesis (ect.), animal empathy/telepathy, or healing. I will allow no ?God? characters, so pick ONE to have a moderate amount of, or two minors. If you think your character could contribute effectively by having one strong power and one weak one, PM me. Not limited to those powers. Just make sure that if it isn?t on that list that you explain it. I have the right reserved to veto powers.) [b]Background:[/b] (I don?t need a long, drawn out thing, just the basics. Anything important, and maybe a little more detail from the more recent years/months/ect.) [b]Occupation:[/b] (Student, if not where do you work or what?) All right then, here?s mine. [b]Name:[/b] Leah Mandez [b]Age:[/b] 23 [b]Gender:[/b] Female [b]Appearance:[/b] Attached; she often wears this shirt with jeans or a long chocolate brown skirt and sandals. [b]General Mood:[/b] Leah is calculating, with a touch of dry irony. She is friendly, thought cautious, and just as easily falls in and out of love as anyone else. Pretty average, although she can have a whiplash temper when contradicted, and it is not quick to cool. [b]Quirks:[/b] Leah has a minor case of OCD (Obsession Compulsion Disorder). She can?t sleep with her blinds closed; she has to be able to see the stars and moon at night. On nights of the new moon, she locks herself in her room with the lights all on so that she can pretend it isn?t night time. [b]Powers:[/b] Leah has a strong pyrokinesis gift. It was first triggered by a emotional backlash after a fight with her stepfather, and she has been struggling to control it ever since. As long as she keeps her cool, it doesn?t flare, and she can even control it sometimes. If not careful, however, and she has another emotional breakdown, she has the potential to burn down the entire city. She also has very minor projecting and receiving telepathy. [b]Biography:[/b] Leah Mandez (named at birth Rosa Lana Mandez; born December 13th) was raised in two homes halfway across the country from one another. Her parents split when she was two, and her mother remarried. She moved in with her dad when she was thirteen, and her pyrokinesis was triggered on a trip to her mother?s for Christmas during her 14th year. Leah never really got along with her stepfather, and when he said he would not allow her to leave the house if she did not wear his gift to her (a new dress; details unnecessary), Leah snapped. She began raving at him. Leah?s mother was completely unaware of this episode, as she had gone to the neighbors to drop off extra Christmas food. The yelling match turned into Leah freezing in fear as her stepfather slapped her, hard, across her cheek. No one is sure of the details, and Leah is reluctant to share, but the whole house almost burned down. Leah has not visited her mother in her stepfather?s presence since. Leah became a social worker and is currently the case worker for the young teen Amelia Thomas, a girl who is currently fostering with Leah?s own father. The past few years she has worked with foster children to delinquents, and is currently lodging alone in the richer part of town ? although that isn?t much. [b]Occupation:[/b] Case worker/social worker All right then! Without further ado, I leave you to sign up![/size][/color]

[size=1][color=red]Is it just me, or does every state have a Clark county? Sorry, ref. to the first page of this. I'm personally neither for or against it. As long as it is adults (18 and UP!) who like doing it, or want to, not because someone tells them that's all they're good for or some such nonsense, why not? I mean, would you tell a manga-ka he can't draw because he wants to? No, what I have a personal aversion to is the human traficking and the young girls and boys that get forced into it. In my opinion, prostitution should be legal, and like most other jobs, have an age restriction, customer service rules, and minimum wage. :p 'Nuff said.[/size][/color]

[QUOTE=jigglyness]Here they are. This is the first time I've ever done lips. haha. [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v513/sesshofreako/forums/requests/lipavi.jpg[/img] [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v513/sesshofreako/forums/requests/lips.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] Oh cool! I love them! They're gorgeous! ^_^ Thank you so so much!

[size=1][color=red]Yeah, I saw how diffiult. I only found two pictures even close to the kind I wanted. ^_^; If you use these, hopefully the first one.[/size][/color]

[size=1][color=red]I know this thread is already up, but it's been up for a good long time and I've had plenty of viewers and no one to take it. I would really really like it if someone would make this. Pretty please? It is actually rather vague, but there are SOME preferences. First is that the quote be "Bite me, baby, make me bleed.", and that it involve blood red, smiling lips surrounded by ice-white skin. Do it whatever way you want to. Hopefully I'll get a couple choices, I'd really like that. Oh! I forgot the avatar. ^_^; If you could make that a shot of the lips and skin, only. Thank you sooosoo much to whoever decides to take this. Lapis[/size][/color]

[size=1][color=red]Faye struggled to pull the blood red turtleneck over her head without dislodging the bowl of leftover Chinese food in her lap, and somehow managed. She blew a stray strand of blue hair out of her eyes, and puckered her lips thoughtfully. She had received a message from Gus on her phone, before she was ever even up, and told her to meet him at the bar. Setting aside the bowl of food, she tilted her head at the mirror that sat across the room from her. She sighed gustily, blowing another piece of hair out of her face. Faye ? or, as we shall know her, Pixie ? was very confused. She thought maybe the night before she?d been drunk, but wasn?t altogether sure. All she knew was that this time Kid hadn?t been there to stop her from getting stepped on. She frowned, then instantly perked up, afraid her face would stick in that position. Another sigh, another flop of her hair. She searched around the bed for her current fave find, a butterfly barrett, and pinned the resistant lock of hair back from her face. Pixie blew her reflection a kiss, and then, slipping into her DC shoes and leather jacket, she left the apartment. She grumbled. [I]Grumble?[/I] Pulling the fluorescent jacket tighter around her small frame, Pixie cursed the god who invented hangovers and cold winds. Her feet took her right where she needed to be, and she looked up and smiled elfishly at the bouncer to the bar where she worked and Gus had ? conveniently ? asked them to meet, Shakers. He chuckled at Pixie?s hangover-flushed cheeks, and let her in. The young bartender looked around quizzically. She was unused to being in a bar she wasn?t serving at, so she grabbed a stool at the counter and put her head down. [I]Oh blessed, cold counter?[/I] She heard a soft chuckle over her head. ?[b]You?re bloody lucky my head hurts, or you?d have a broken nose, Gavin.[/b]? Pixie didn?t have to look up to know that Gavin was smirking. She also didn?t have to look up to realize that someone was coming in the door. She wondered if it was Gus or Kid?[/size][/color]

[size=1][color=red]Four pages of this thread and only TWO - count them, TWO - Pisces?! We are spread thinly indeed... [b]1) What day is your birthday?[/b] March 13 (Nope, never been on a Friday yet!) [b]2) What is your zodiac sign?[/b] Pisces [b]and[/b] Ram/Sheep [b]3) How does your zodiac sign describe your personality?[/b] Pisces... [quote]Imaginative and sensitive Compassionate and kind Selfless and unworldly Intuitive and sympathetic On the dark side.... Escapist and idealistic Secretive and vague Weak-willed and easily led[/quote] Hey! The only difference between me and other Pisces is I KNOW when I'm being weak-willed. [pouts] Okay, that didn't sound right... More for that [url=http://www.astrology-online.com/pisces.htm]here.[/url] Ram... [quote]People born in the Year of Ram are elegant and highly accomplished in the arts. They seem to be, at first glance, better off than those born in the zodiac's other years. But ram year people are often shy, pessimistic, and puzzled about life. They are usually deeply religious, yet timid by nature. Sometimes clumsy in speech, they are always passionate about what they do and what they believe in. Ram people never have to worry about having the best in life for their abilities make money for them, and they are able to enjoy the creature comforts that they like. Ram people are wise, gentle, and compassionate.[/quote] More of those... [url=http://www.c-c-c.org/chineseculture/zodiac/zodiac.html]here[/url] 4) Does the description of your zodiac actually describe you? Why? Yes. Very yes. Hehe. It describes me down the i dots. 5) How does your zodiac sign PWN over the rest? Because we do. :) Hoorah.[/size][/color]

[size=1][color=red]All right, I am looking for a new banner and avi set. It is actually rather vague, but there are SOME preferences. First is that the quote be "Bite me, baby, make me bleed.", and that it involve blood red, smiling lips surrounded by ice-white skin. Do it whatever way you want to. Maybe you could make it animated, with the first half of the quote "Bite me, baby" and then "...make me bleed." But whatever floats your boat. Hopefully I'll get a couple choices, I'd really like that. Oh! I forgot the avatar. ^_^; If you could make that a shot of the lips and skin, only. Thank you sooosoo much to whoever decides to take this. Lapis[/size][/color]

[size=1][color=darkgreen]- 15, 16 in a month - B: Good. Abstinence is a really good way for smart people to prevent the overpopulation that dumb people make inevitable. (^_~ Sorry, I've been wanting to say that for a while. It is also a good idea until you are married, or 18, mostly whenever you are financially able to take care of whatever mistake you may make.) - Hmm. Never, I think? - One serious one, and I'm still in it. - Every day, almost. - Slightly. I mean, hugging, a short kiss, maybe standing there holding that person is fine, but making out? Hell no, I wouldn't want people watching me, why should I have to watch them? - Again, I have no problem having people see me hug, hold or kiss my boyfriend, but anything more intimate is to, well, intimate. - See above. - No. But then again, I'm only there to dance. ^_^ - Dating, as in seriously dating, not puppy love and crushes, probably 15 or 16. I honestly think that's a maturity thing, and most teenagers aren't that mature. However, if they don't get their dating crazily out of the way now they never will. :) I have always been kind of irked by the PDA rules at my school, because they say you aren't even allowed to hold hands or hug. That makes me mad. It's perfectly all right if I hug a friend, but my boyfriend? Oh no, that's horrible. I mean, my good girl friends and I even kiss each other on the cheek goodbye, and they have never once said anything about that. But if I get caught hugging my boyfriend for five seconds we're in trouble. It makes no sense.[/size][/color]

[QUOTE=Allamorph][FONT=Arial] Would you rather... ...be killed by the fumes of rotten sardines? or ...choke to death very slowly on a salami? No one is around to rescue you in either case.[/FONT][/QUOTE] [size=1][color=darkgreen]Hmm. Hard question. How fast would the fumes kill you? I would definately prefer to be killed by the fumes, though, either way, because it would probably smother me faster, causing me to pass out first. And it would involve less pain. Besides, I have a stomach of iron so it wouldn't make me throw up first. I also have a really big fear of choking to death. ^_^; Would you rather... ...each a sandwich covered in maggots or ...each a sandwich that's been puked on[/size][/color]

[size=1][color=darkgreen]I didn't like the flower so much either. ^_^ I made some more for this series. [img]http://www.otakuboards.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=26026&stc=1[/img] [img]http://www.otakuboards.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=26027&stc=1[/img] And: [img]http://www.otakuboards.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=26028&stc=1[/img] [img]http://www.otakuboards.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=26029&stc=1[/img] What do you think? I'm going to use the last set.[/size][/color]

[size=1][color=lightblue]I thought I'd take a shot at making banners and avatars, but I'd better warn everyone that since my current version of Windows doesn't support Photoshop, I am using MSPaint. I'd really like everyone's crit and comments. First, I'll start with my Rain On Fern series. :) [IMG]http://www.otakuboards.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=26022&stc=1[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.otakuboards.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=26021&stc=1[/IMG] Next Rain On Flower: [IMG]http://www.otakuboards.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=26024&stc=1[/IMG] [img]http://www.otakuboards.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=26023&stc=1[/img] What do you think? (I have one more set, but it will only let me upload 5 at a time.)[/size][/color]

[size=1][color=lightblue]My Valentine is my boyfriend of a year and a half. Second Valentine we'll be spending together! He's getting a balloon from the school FBLA but he doesn't know it. ^_~ Last year he got me a rose, a teddy bear, and chocolate! I felt like I shoulda got him something, so this year I am. ^__^[/size][/color]