OMNOMNOMALY

[font="Garamond"][center][img]http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e366/nifty_fifty/mansion%20cards/dianaross.jpg[/img][img]http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e366/nifty_fifty/mansion%20cards/evelynnedecoeur.jpg[/img][img]http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e366/nifty_fifty/mansion%20cards/danielmathis.jpg[/img][img]http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e366/nifty_fifty/mansion%20cards/kevinandolli.jpg[/img][/center] In the old library, Diana Ross was facing down the journalist, Evelynne. Ms. Ross was out of her mind with rage, wielding the freshly bloodied shovel as she advanced towards Evelynne. Kevin Andolli watched from the doorway in horror as his fiancee Sara Marcel crumpled to the ground, a deep crimson gash blooming on her forehead, her unseeing eyes frozen permanently in a mixture of horror as well as relief. Just a few paces behind Kevin, stood Daniel, watching with horror as this banshee-like woman brandished a weapon at another guest, having killed another just moments before. [b]"Diana!"[/b] He called out to her, his voice filled with urgency. Diana tore her eyes off of Evelynne, spinning around to turn and face Kevin and Daniel. [b]"Diana, calm down. It's okay. We're going to help you, alright?"[/b] She replied with a venomous snarl. [b]"Help me? How will you help me? We're all trapped here, all of us! We'll die! I was tricked, I need to leave!"[/b] She bellowed across the room at the two men. [b]"We won't make it out unless we work together, Diana..."[/b] Without warning, Evelynne had flung herself onto the other woman's exposed back, trying desperately to wrestle the shovel away, lest she thin out their ranks even more. [b]"Wench! Horrible evil woman, get off me! You're trying to stop me from leaving, it won't work!"[/b] She flailed violently but Evelynne clung on determinedly, holding Diana's arms down so she couldn't swing the shovel back. Kevin quickly ran up to aid Evelynne in restraining Diana. He ripped the shovel from her hands, tossing it as far away from them as possible and holding down her arms with his. [b]"Miss Diana, please! We're all on the same team here, we've all been tricked... Do you want us to find your father? That's what we'll do, we'll get him, he can help."[/b] She laughed shrilly. [b]"My father?"[/b] she repeated back to him incredulously. Kevin stared into her eyes, looking for a spark, a hint of acknowledgement, sanity, anything. But there was nothing, only piercing seemingly empty eyes gazing back at him. [b]"I want my BABY."[/b] She stood still for a moment, and then abruptly head-butted Kevin in the face. He relaxed his grip on her momentarily in surprise and she took advantage of this to break free of both his grasp and Evelynne's. She raced from the library, shoving Daniel Mathis out of her way as she did so, frantically looking for any escape. They watched her as she ran, genuinely disappointed that she had gone without them being able to help her. It seemed as though she was beyond help. Diana the ghost's voice rang in Kevin's ear as he stood there in the old library. [b]"I am very sorry for your loss, Mr. Andolli. But you have shown great strength in the many faces of adversity, and so I grant you my power. You may render an opponent deaf and silent, if you will it. Please use it wisely..."[/b] [center][img]http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e366/nifty_fifty/mansion%20cards/kevinandolli.jpg[/img][img]http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e366/nifty_fifty/mansion%20cards/hush.jpg[/img][/center] ********* [center][img]http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e366/nifty_fifty/mansion%20cards/jacquelinemasey.jpg[/img][img]http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e366/nifty_fifty/mansion%20cards/charlottehamilton.jpg[/img][img]http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e366/nifty_fifty/mansion%20cards/mileshaw.jpg[/img][/center] Diana watched Charlotte, Jacqueline and Miles with pleasure from afar as they re-entered the Mansion. They were behaving how human beings should act - with compassion, empathy and solidarity. No man or woman was being left behind, despite the ragged state that the Twins had left Miss Hamilton in, and that she had most certainly become a liability to each of them. She plodded alongside Jacqueline, weak though uncomplaining. [b]"You know, I didn't mean to kill Mr. Mathis' wife..."[/b] she said as they walked along. Jacqueline looked over at her but said nothing, feeling as though Charlotte had just been waiting to get this out, and needed to talk to feel better. [b]"It did seem that she just had a bad cold... but when we treated her with the antibiotics, she had an allergic reaction... and by the time that we got the antihistamines to open up her airways again, it was too late.. she was too weak. There's no way either of them could have known about the allergy. And the Doctor ordered me to do it... I had a bad feeling, but what could I do? I'm just a nurse. I'm so sorry... Mr. Mathis refused to speak to me after... but could you blame him?"[/b] tears started forming in her eyes. Jacqueline's face softened as she looked at her companion, who seemed so emotionally defeated. [b]"Charlotte, it's not your fault. These things happen... medicine will keep on making strides forward, but it's not perfect... you're not perfect. No one is."[/b] Tears were flowing freely down Charlotte's face now. [b]"I've tried to push it away, tried to forget it... that is my fault. I deserve the burden of guilt..."[/b] Jacqueline shook her head. [b]"It's a survival tactic. We all have them, different ways of coping. We couldn't go day to day without them."[/b] she squeezed Charlotte's shoulder in comfort. Miles was silent, leading the group, listening thoughtfully. They made their way through the house slowly and cautiously, each footstep more tentative than the last, each creak seemed to make the whole house shudder. The entire house was enveloped in what seemed to be it's own pocket of silence. Sound seemed almost out of place in this mausoleum of what had once been a grand estate. Down the long hallway, they passed through the kitchen, shielding their eyes from the unfortunate corpse of Steve Bastion. Jacqueline looked as though she wanted to throw up, but managed to hold herself together. After the kitchen came the large foyer, where they picked their way around the fallen chandelier and stood at the bottom of the steps leading to the upstairs portion of the Mansion. Diana continued to trail along behind them from a distance for a time, enjoying the simple human interaction. They headed up the steps to continue looking for Dr. Alicia Mills. As they neared the top, Elyssa Janovica appeared from a hallway on their right. [b]â??Ah, hello. I was beginning to wonder where everyone had gone. Are you all alright?â? [/b] [b]â??Weâ??re alright, weâ??re just looking for the Doctor, Alicia Mills. Have you seen her?â?[/b] Miles replied. [b]â??Iâ??m afraid not, there are an awful lot of rooms up here, I havenâ??t gotten through all of them just yet.â? [/b]Elyssa said. As she neared them, she leaned lightly on the railing. Without warning, a loud crack rang out. Elyssaâ??s face froze in surprise as she tumbled past the rotten railing and to her death on the floor of the foyer. [center][img]http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e366/nifty_fifty/mansion%20cards/elyssajanovica.jpg[/img][img]http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e366/nifty_fifty/mansion%20cards/death.jpg[/img][/center] She served as a reminder that the house did not want them there any more than they wanted to be there.[/font]

[quote name='chibi-master' date='17 August 2010 - 10:24 PM' timestamp='1282105458' post='699568'] Hush now, brother. You'll not drag her into the darkness. I feel the same pain, Beretta... [b]I can not wait until I get a driver's license and a car.[/b].. [/quote] [font="Garamond"]This. This so so much. Too bad that the Alberta government is making it ridiculously hard for me to switch my learners over to their province and let me do the road test. I was hoping to have my regular class 5 license by the end of next week =/ now I might not get to take the test at all til I come back again at Christmas. I don't think it's fair that I get punished because their system in another province is down. I wouldn't even care so much if it weren't for the fact they say I have to wait 10 days after switching to do the road test. Uh, hello, I don't go to school here, I don't exactly have 10 days whenever your stupid computers start working. AAAAAGH. TL;DR just give me my goddamn license, kthx.[/font]

[quote name='eleanor' date='16 August 2010 - 08:48 PM' timestamp='1282013287' post='699515'] I sketched today for the first time in a looong while. I wish I could get really, really into drawing again and actually master colors, but I guess I don't have the drive anymore, which is funny because in middle school drawing cartoons consumed my life and I probably did 2-4 hours every day. For some reason I just stopped early in HS and never got into it like that again :'( [img]http://i33.tinypic.com/ick7zs.jpg[/img] [/quote] [font="Garamond"]love the colouring, the outfit... pretty much just love it all. Agreed with chibi, you need to draw more :3 In the happiest news of my summer, I PASSED KOREAN 200! WITH 62! SO I COULD TAKE 300 ONE DAY IF I WANT TOO! YAAAAAY <333333333 I was so scared for awhile .__. but the studying/killing myself paid off xD happy happy happy~ gonna go collapse in a heap and relax, now.[/font]

[center][img]http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e366/nifty_fifty/mansion%20cards/elyssajanovica.jpg[/img][img]http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e366/nifty_fifty/mansion%20cards/saramarcel.jpg[/img][img]http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e366/nifty_fifty/mansion%20cards/kevinandolli.jpg[/img][img]http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e366/nifty_fifty/mansion%20cards/selinamarqs.jpg[/img][img]http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e366/nifty_fifty/mansion%20cards/jacquelinemasey.jpg[/img][img]http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e366/nifty_fifty/mansion%20cards/danielmathis.jpg[/img] [/center] [font="Garamond"]Diana glided down the stairs from the nursery and down to the cellar where the group had fallen, staying invisible for the time being. There was panic as they realized that their ranks had yet again been cut down. She stayed invisible, watching mostly with pity as they were whipped up into a frenzy. She felt bad, of course she did, that they had been brought here to die. She didn't like this game and yet it was no secret that many of these people were not the good humans that they seemed to believe they were. She watched with particular interest, Sara Marcel the young art student, and her fiancé Kevin Andolli. Marcel had retreated from her fiancé after he had contracted the ghostly illness. [i]'Terrible, simply terrible.'[/i] Diana sighed as she made herself visible to the players. [b]"Miss Marcel, as a caregiver myself, I am simply appalled at your total lack of empathy for Mr. Andolli. As such, because you are not willing to give help, I feel as though it would be appropriate if you were not able to request help, either."[/b] Diana shook her head as the players stood in stunned silence. Diana placed a finger to her lips. [center][img]http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e366/nifty_fifty/mansion%20cards/saramarcel.jpg[/img][img]http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e366/nifty_fifty/mansion%20cards/hush.jpg[/img][/center] Sara's eyes bulged out of her head as she went to speak and no sound came out. Her face filled with horror and she reached up to clasp her hands around her neck. Kevin's voice rasped out, [b]"What did you do to her?"[/b] Diana looked at him sadly. [b]"I have made her mute. She is unable to speak nor hear. She will not give help, and so she will not longer be able to ask to receive help. Good luck, Miss Marcel. You'll need it." [/b]Sara was shaking and crying silently. Her mouth moved to form words but not a sound could be heard from her. She looked around to the rest of them in the room for help but they didn't move a muscle. --- [center][img]http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e366/nifty_fifty/mansion%20cards/stevebastion.jpg[/img][img]http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e366/nifty_fifty/mansion%20cards/death.jpg[/img][/center] Elsewhere in the Mansion, Steve Bastion found himself alone in what appeared to have been a grand kitchen at some point. He looked around suspiciously but neither human nor ghost could be seen. He quickly abandoned propriety and began to rifle through pantries and cupboards feverishly, looking for something to eat. He was Steve Bastion, dammit. He would need his strength if he was going to survive. Which he was sure he would. Diana appeared and watched him from a safe distance. She had taken an instant dislike to him, he was a useless lay-about who took advantage of other's hard work. Diana had worked her entire short life and felt great pride in that. He was disgusting, a pitiful excuse for a human. Diana felt anger bubble up in her as he went through the kitchen. Her kitchen. She had put in so much work in the house and he felt as though he could take whatever he liked? Inexcusable. Most of these people here she didn't feel much anger towards, but this man was a very special case. [b]"Mr. Bastion I am afraid I am going to have to cut your time here at the Mansion short."[/b] she drifted into the kitchen to confront him. [b]"Jesus Christ!"[/b] he screamed in surprise, the cans he had collected from the cupboard clattered to the floor noisily. He squinted his eyes as he examined her. She looked harmless enough. [b]"Who are you?"[/b] he furrowed his brow as he looked at her. [b]"What do you mean cut my time short? You're going to let me go?"[/b] he flashed her a dazzling smile. [b]"I mean it quite literally, sir. You are a good-for-nothing human being who coasts along on other people's hard work. Especially women. You are a disgusting pig. Absolutely reprehensible..." [/b]As Diana looked at him, his body began to lift into the air, as if he was being lifted by the throat. He let out a coughing noise which was stopped by a sudden tightening of the invisible grip around his neck. He was at ceiling height now, his eyes were popping out of his head in terror and lack of oxygen. Diana glided forward, picking up a large and rusty dull knife as she neared him. [b]"Good-bye Mr. Bastion."[/b] His mouth opened in a silent, choked shout as she began to carve into him. He would be found later with one word carved deeply into his stomach. [i]'Pig.'[/i][/font]

[font="Garamond"]If you take a very difficult course that requires a TON of memorization and it has a massive final and you are not some insane genius with a photographic memory, start reviewing more than just the day before the test, if you actually want it to stick...[/font]

[font="Garamond"]Well ladies and gents, good or bad, summer school is done. WHAT A RELIEF. I am pleased. I hope the weather back home is as good as it's been here, it was a fabulous day for a photoshoot today. I won't spam the thread or anything but here's my favourite ^^; [img]http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/5287/vcmarina.jpg[/img] We're all from the PS3 game turned anime, Valkyria Chronicles. I'm Marina the Sniper and then honestly I cannot keep any other people's names straight, other than Welkin xD chibi, please refrain from hurting yourself. As fun as it would be, I think if we had to put you in one of those bubble things it would get old eventually and become annoying. BUT I'LL DO IT IF I HAVE TO, YES THAT IS A THREAT. Ew, mussels :X just give me squid squid squid. Or shrimp.[/font]

[font="Garamond"]I FINISHED SUMMER SCHOOL 20 MINUTES AGO. Very excite and also now I have free time. I will post tomorrow when I arrive back home (I'm at uni right not, heading back to Edmonton for a couple weeks). Sorry to keep you waiting! edit: And I've played my card. Sorry, everyone! ^^;[/font]

[font="Garamond"]I have to be awake in 6 hours, I have 2 tests today and a final tomorrow then a cosplay photoshoot and I have to catch a plan at 9:45 PM tomorrow night. Today and tomorrow are gonna suck. OTL Wish me luck erry'one (why did I have a large coffee after 7 PM, WHYYYYY?)[/font]

[quote name='Inuyasha Fandom' date='11 August 2010 - 11:04 PM' timestamp='1281593092' post='699280'] DAMN YOU!!!!! I haven't had a chance to go after MY victims... I wanted the children! *Screams* Rin and Len won't be happy.... God have mercy upon all within the mansion. The children are retaliating for taking their prey. [/quote] I[font="Garamond"]'m quakin' in my boots. slowpoke =P haha[/font]

[center][img]http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e366/nifty_fifty/mansion%20cards/jacquelinemasey.jpg[/img][img]http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e366/nifty_fifty/mansion%20cards/jacobbarry.jpg [/img][/center] [font="Garamond"]Jacqueline quickly ducked behind a pillar as Inspector Howard turned from his conversation with her 'senior co-worker' to attend to the two new arrivals who were causing a scene. [b]"Figures she'd be here..."[/b] she scoffed. To say Jacqueline wasn't a fan of Selina Marqs was an understatement -- while Jacqueline was simply trying to make ends meet until her art career took off, Selina actually took great pride in her occupation at Madame Bourgelle's. She used her body to her advantage, and unfortunately, it worked nearly every time. Jacqueline detested that while she was taking great pains to get out of Madame Bourgelle's and be known for something. Selina was everything wrong with women, these days. Jacqueline sighed and pushed her glasses up her nose. She took a step out from the shadow of the pillar, fingers crossed hoping she could escape into the crowd without Selina noticing. Safely away, Jacqueline took the opportunity to survey the array of new faces. She was distracted by all the people when suddenly she found herself splayed on the ground, coat and suitcase nearby. [b]"Ow, lady! Be more careful!"[/b] A young boy who looked about twelve or thirteen was on the ground just a few feet away, rubbed his arm and scowled at her. [b]"Oh my goodness young man, I am so sorry. Are you alright?[/b]" Jacqueline got to her feet quickly and extended a hand to the little fellow, who stared up at her for a moment before taking it and pulling himself up. She looked him over quickly, turning him around. [b]"No permanent damage, I don't think."[/b] she brushed some dust off his shoulder. Jacqueline had a soft spot for children, and seeing the little boy there, all alone and quite obviously without an adult chaperone brought out the maternal instinct in her. [b]"You're a little young to be here all by yourself, aren't you?" [/b]she asked after the two of them had gathered up their few items and had straightened up again. [b]"No Ma'am, I'm thirteen years old."[/b] he puffed up his chest a little. [b]"As I said,"[/b] she chuckled [b]"A little young."[/b] [b]"I been looking out for myself since day one, I don't need no adults around to tell me what to do."[/b] he insisted.[b] "My name's Jacob, by the way. Jacob Barry." [/b]Jacqueline stuck out her hand to shake his. [b]"It's lovely to meet you, Jacob. I'm Jacqueline Masey, but you can call me Miss Jackie."[/b] [b]"Nice to meet'cha, Miss Jackie."[/b] [b]"If you need anything, just ask me, alright? We all need to look out for each other, here, it seems..."[/b] she added, Jacob simply nodded in return. Jacqueline pulled the letter she'd received out of her pocket, it was damp and the ink was smudged but the words could still be made out. [b]"I do hope our host comes to greet us soon, I'm rather curious to see what this game is all about."[/b] [b]"Me too."[/b] he concurred. He swore he'd seen a golden glint in Miss Jackie's pocket when she'd pulled out the letter. Whatever it was, it would soon be his, he'd make sure of it. He smiled up at her.[/font] [strike]ooc um oops that took me way too long to post =/ I can get rid of it if you want. making minor tweaks so it makes sense.[/strike] Taken care of. - Shy thank you :3