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[COLOR="DarkGreen"][FONT="Book Antiqua"]And I noticed that Indi's character considers booze and stuff like smoking a waste of time. =P And since we need others who aren't wasted... mine won't have beer for breakfast either, ha! Seriously, that's just disgusting. XP [[SIZE="1"]leaves the vices and other things up to the rest of you[/SIZE]][/FONT][/COLOR] :p

[COLOR="DarkGreen"][FONT="Book Antiqua"]Oh and I forgot, I should get that square for pet pictures automatically since my banner and avatar means my pet's picture is posted every single time I actually post! :p[/FONT][/COLOR]

[COLOR="DarkGreen"][FONT="Book Antiqua"]Other than to briefly look into the idea, I've never been interested in the Peace Corps. More power to those who are interested though. It looks like it would be a lot of work. On another note... Whee! Sara is back! Even if it's only for a little while, you need to not stay away from OB for so long! :catgirl:[/FONT][/COLOR]

[COLOR="DarkGreen"][FONT="Book Antiqua"][quote name='Lady Aura'][CENTER][FONT="Palatino Linotype"]Still, I wished she didn't make the big changes. I miss the way she, and our friendship, used to be.[/FONT][/CENTER][/QUOTE]Try asking her to tell you how [I]you have changed[/I]. I think you might be surprised to realize that it's not just her. It's unavoidable and life would be pretty boring if we didn't change at all. And since the others covered the rest pretty good, I'll leave it at that. Or in other words, don't let it bother you too much. Change is normal. [/FONT][/COLOR]

[COLOR="DarkGreen"][FONT="Book Antiqua"][quote name='Allamorph'][FONT=Arial]I think the upper left block should read "create a new thread [I]and get[/I] ten replies", really. Unless you're really good at hacking and can just start a thread at post eleven. [/jerk][/FONT][/QUOTE]I'm not sure if you can [I]end[/I] being a jerk Allamorph! [SIZE="1"][I]*shot*[/I][/SIZE] :D [spoiler] kidding... or am I?[/spoiler] Anyway, have you thought about expanding the one about pets to allow people to post pictures of their friends pets? Otherwise that square is only good for those of us who actually have pets. =P[/FONT][/COLOR]

[COLOR="DarkGreen"][FONT="Book Antiqua"]You all post like little mad things! :D Good thing I like to read since I had twenty two posts to go through before I got to mine. Anyway, I'd suggest monsters but you guys have tossed in more than enough at this time so I'll just use what's already posted. [B]EDIT: [/B]Oh and in case it wasn't clear in my post, by indicating that he was checking into the issue at the cemetery, people now know that Searcher430 is actually in the area. He's newly arrived since the last place he was at had issues that forced him to relocate. [/FONT][/COLOR]

[COLOR="DarkGreen"][FONT="Book Antiqua"]Sometimes Jonathan wished he had never realized what he was capable of on account of the freaks that inhabited their world. He would have given just about anything to shut off the visions. For the most part he could control them but for the times that he could not, he couldn?t stand by and do nothing, not when innocents were involved. With a sigh he stretched a bit and then logged into the Hunter-Net. Not that he really wanted to see what was up, but trouble with the law in the last town he?d been residing in had made moving necessary. Without the Hunter-Net he?d have to rely completely on his own devices and that was pointless when it was easier to pool resources. His newest hell hole, as he liked to call it, was nothing more than a battered and worn down apartment building that the owner saw far more worth in than it really had. But he accepted cash for rent with no questions asked so it had been perfect, even if the carpet smelled of mold and the paint was peeling. Jonathan pulled his attention back to the information he was skimming, grimacing in distaste at some of the creatures that needed attention. He looked until he found something further out and less likely to? [I]Shit![/I] The apartment seemed to vanish as his mind was pulled into something he?d rather not see. It was like he was ingesting a hallucinogen as visions ran though his mind, focusing on a possible report of Rots in one of the old cemetery's on the outskirts of town. He clearly saw with his mind?s eye, a foolish group of teenagers out to dare one another to be brave enough to walk through the abandoned cemetery where others had supposedly vanished. It was as if he was there as he heard their screams and saw their frantic attempts to escape before being caught and ripped to shreds. It took some effort but he finally managed to shut the vision down and the apartment came back into focus. ?[B]Damn stupid kids.[/B]? He growled as he quickly noted on the Hunter-Net he was going to go and look into it before logging out. He snatched his pair of Barak pistols off the bed, tucked the knives back into their sheaths and tore out the door to climb into the old battered red Honda civic that he still used. It took all of his restraint to not drive like some bat out of hell, if he got stopped by the cops for speeding and they checked into who he was? he?d not only miss getting there in time to do something about the kids, he?d be in a lot of trouble.[I] I need to see about setting up a false identity. [/I] He resolved to look into that once he?d dealt with this mess. Traffic was light on account of the early hour so he made good time. Then as he left the city proper, the rolling hills were calm and seemingly empty, other than the new residential area being built up. Huge homes that the foolish builders were too stupid to realize were near an old cemetery. If they had any idea what could be there, they would not have?[I] Yeah right,[/I] damn fools were too greedy for money to care if someone?s kids got? Jonathan turned off the lights to his car as he got closer; no need to alert the damn things that he was coming. He pulled into the parking lot of an old church that bordered the edge of the cemetery and climbed out of his car. He only hoped he wasn?t too late. [/FONT][/COLOR]

[COLOR="DarkGreen"][FONT="Book Antiqua"]Guys, the thread is about[B] new shows airing in Japan[/B], not upcoming releases or asking if a show is any good. So lets not turn this into a general discussion or asking for advice on shows or about revisiting "classics" as it were. Anyway, I really want to see Zero no Tsukaima ~Princess no Rondo~, but I need to burn through the second season first so I know just what the heck is going on. Heh.[/FONT][/COLOR]

[COLOR="DarkGreen"][FONT="Book Antiqua"][B]Name:[/B] Jonathan Frances (goes by Jon) [B]Hunter-Net Name[/B]: Searcher430 [B]Age:[/B] 29 [B]Hair: [/B]Blonde [B]Eyes: [/B]Blue [B]Height:[/B] 5?8? [B]Weight:[/B] 168 [B]Creed:[/B] Visionary [U][B]Weapons:[/B] [/U] [URL="http://world.guns.ru/handguns/barak.jpg"]IMI/IWI SP-21 Barak Pistol[/URL] .40SW; 10 clip magazine [URL="http://www.sz-wholesale.com/uploadFiles/M9%20bayonet_%20military%20knife_%20hunting%20knives_118.jpg"]M9 bayonet military hunting knives[/URL] Jonathan carries a pair of both the guns and hunting knives at all times, carefully concealed underneath his loosely fitting jeans and blue striped long sleeved work shirt. Think of it as the shirt being long enough to make him look scruffy and unkempt, when in reality it covers where the hilt to the blades and guns are strapped around his waist. [U][B]Edges:[/B][/U] [B]Foresee:[/B] This edge is something that Jonathan uses by virtue of looking at a bad situation and thinking or saying the phrase ?what if?? This results in him seeing two possible paths and therefore knowing which one is the lesser of two evils. After all, two choices doesn?t mean you?re going to get out of the mess without a scratch, it?s just what part of your body is going to get the most damage that determines the path he takes. [B]Pinpoint:[/B] This edge is activated when Jonathan is up against a particularly nasty creature that just doesn?t want to die. He refers to it as ?results please? using an oddly polite tone of voice when he says the words. This lets him see just where to hit them to take them down. [B]Delve:[/B] This edge is to Jonathan is like looking under a microscope. He sees it as looking backwards and merely thinks or says the word ?analyze? in order to see the past of a given place. [B]Cleave:[/B] This is Jonathan?s main offensive edge, when everything else has failed he will call forth a burning slender blade that resembles a rapier. This is done by merely opening his hand and willing it to appear. He really dislikes using it since it draws too much attention when in play. [B]Restore:[/B] This edge is not active and Jonathan is unaware of it, probably because he?s never been hurt enough to actually need it. [B]Hide:[/B] This edge is not active yet either, not that Jonathan hasn?t had times when he wished he could hide, if only to escape unscathed. [U][B]Appearance:[/B][/U] Jonathan is 5?8? and of a medium build. His lighter weight though a disadvantage in hand to hand combat, lends itself to greater agility and ease of slipping into spots that his more bulkier friends would have trouble getting into. He favors baggy jeans, hiking boots and loose fitting work shirts that hang down far enough to help conceal the weapons he carries. [U][B]Biography:[/B][/U] Jonathan is of German decent though he is a second generation American. Raised by his parents in East Texas he later moved to Salt Lake City, Utah upon finishing High School to attend University. The move was more to get away from home than anything since there were plenty of schools he could have gone to in Texas. A bit of a science geek, he was always fascinated by how things worked. His greatest interest was in different forms of energy and he studied diligently to later become one of the researchers for exploring different forms of energy production for practical use. Most of said research was focused on alternate forms of generating accepted forms of power while some was theoretical. Jonathan is calm and collected and believes in acting only after all other options have been explored first. He is the type to stop and look for the truth instead of simply reacting. He can and will deal with the horrors that infest the Earth, but not before attempting to see if they truly are a danger or not. [U][B]Imbuing:[/B][/U] Jonathan had never really believed in the rumors that were floating around at the research facility he had been hired to work at nearly three years ago. It just seemed too unbelievable that there would be anything shady at a facility dedicated to finding better means to keep up with the constant increase in the demand for more power. His current project included a type of insulation for underground cables for carrying power that if successful would help reduce some of the current issues with forward and reflected power. This part of the center was built out in the desert and he had arrived early to get the required monthly tests out of the way. It was only seven am but the temperature was already ninety degrees and climbing as he crawled out of his battered red Honda civic. There were three other cars already there in front of the small building that gave access to the underground facility. ?[B]Great,[/B]? he muttered upon seeing that one of them was a silver gray Mercedes. ?[B]This is what we don?t need, one of the idiotic project managers[/B].? That was the only drawback to his job, being under a couple of guys who even when presented with credible results, insisted on seeing it for themselves as if you were too stupid to get the facts straight in your report. His department had the highest turnover rate in the entire organization and he wondered if it would be his turn to quit in disgust since he had forwarded the latest report. He took a moment to grab his small cooler off the back seat, lock the doors and then let himself into the small building. Another moment was spent to put his food and belongings away in the locker before he started heading down the stairs to where the main control room was. Jonathan was only halfway down the stairs when he was partially overcome by a startling image in his mind of previous workers who had quit. He saw them dying inside the building. [I]What the hell?[/I] A wave of nausea nearly sent him to his knees as the gruesome vision of them being torn to pieces before being eaten by something that didn?t exist flashed behind his eyes. He gripped the railing tightly as tremors ran through his body. With a shake of his head over the absurd images he let go, took several deep breaths and then headed down the stairs quickly as if running away from what he had seen. ?[B]That?s not possible,[/B]? he reassured himself. ?[B]They quit, they didn?t die here at the hands of some freak of nature that doesn?t even exist.[/B]? He took another deep breath and opened the door. Nothing could have prepared him for the sight that met his eyes when he opened the door and found the same thing he had seen in his vision moments ago doing the same to his coworkers. The thing, he had no words for what it was, looked up immediately upon the door opening. Bile rose up the back of his throat at the sight of what was left of his friends and Jonathan took one step back in fear before the thing launched itself at him with an ungodly screech. In that moment he saw his own death in its eyes unless he raised his right hand in front of him. Propelled by fear, he did what he saw in his mind?s eye and to his shock a slender flaming blade appeared in his right hand. He had barely closed his hand on the hilt when the creature slammed into it, the force of its momentum impaling it on the blade as it knocked him off his feet. Jonathan lost track of what he was doing as he frantically pulled it free and then kept slashing the thing repeatedly before he was finally convinced it was dead. Then after losing his breakfast to the floor, he fled the facility without looking back. [CENTER] **********[/CENTER] And there we go, if you need anything tweaked of changed just let me know Talon.[/FONT][/COLOR]

[COLOR="DarkGreen"][FONT="Book Antiqua"][quote name='Shy'][size=1][b]Update:[/b] It's been taken out. [B]The world can start spinning again.[/B][/size][/QUOTE]And I present tonights episode of [B]As The Von Braun Turns[/B]! We hope you enjoyed the show! [I]*shot many times* [/I] :D Anyway, this is fun! Freaky aliens have been spotted! Time for things to get interesting! [/FONT][/COLOR]

[COLOR="DarkGreen"][FONT="Book Antiqua"][quote name='Lady Aura'][CENTER][FONT="Palatino Linotype"]But thanks, everyone who posted. I feel a lot better than I did before I started this thread.[/FONT][/CENTER][/QUOTE]That's good because being depressed over something like that when you're in the age of books, video games and growing up is not the time to be upset over silly boys. XP Seriously. o_O Just have fun and worry about that stuff later. It's not worth the fuss. >_> At least that's what I think and I'm only a few years older than you since I'm 16... Just worrying over driving a car is more than enough for me. [/FONT][/COLOR]

[COLOR="DarkGreen"][FONT="Book Antiqua"]This ballerina is the real thing. =P [IMG]http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/1525/princesstutuds6.jpg[/IMG][/FONT][/COLOR]

[COLOR="DarkGreen"][FONT="Book Antiqua"]>_> In that case, I present wandering swordsman and monster exterminator Ferio! [IMG]http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/3117/feriopo2.jpg[/IMG][/FONT][/COLOR]

[COLOR="DarkGreen"][FONT="Book Antiqua"]I present every magical or any anime girl's worst nightmare... [CENTER][IMG]http://img112.imageshack.us/img112/7612/tenticlemonsterew6.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER][/FONT][/COLOR]

[COLOR="DarkGreen"][FONT="Book Antiqua"]In that case, it's time to put the fire out with grace, beauty and water! [CENTER][IMG]http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/4316/umiet9.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER][/FONT][/COLOR]

[COLOR="DarkGreen"][FONT="Book Antiqua"][quote name='Desbreko'][color=#4B0082]Unfortunately, cuteness doesn't work on Excel.[/color][/QUOTE]Well in that case time for something not so cute! [CENTER] [IMG]http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/1209/aquarianageci8.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] That's from Aquarian Age for those of you who don't know.[/FONT][/COLOR]

[COLOR="DarkGreen"][FONT="Book Antiqua"]Black panther meet the best of both worlds. [IMG]http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/9862/lovelessqr0.jpg[/IMG][/FONT][/COLOR]

[COLOR="DarkGreen"][FONT="Book Antiqua"]Forget robots. Angels are way better. [CENTER][IMG]http://img60.imageshack.us/img60/2610/weddingpeachkv6.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER][/FONT][/COLOR]

[COLOR="DarkGreen"][FONT="Book Antiqua"][quote name='Raiha'][COLOR="DarkOrchid"][FONT="Times New Roman"]Now all I need is the body of a 12 year old girl! .......boy has that ship sailed.... Even if they are SUPER CUTE! GAH![/FONT][/COLOR][/QUOTE]It's cosplay! Matching perfectly is not required! :D But you could always go as one of Louise's classmates though I don't remember her name. [URL="http://www.animepaper.net/gallery/scans/Zero-no-Tsukaima/item179682/"][U]Click me![/U][/URL] She's the one standing behind her and she definitely doesn't have the body of a 12 year old. :p[/FONT][/COLOR]

[COLOR="DarkGreen"][FONT="Book Antiqua"][quote name='Raiha'][COLOR="DarkOrchid"][FONT="Times New Roman"]503 - Service Not Available ...buh?[/FONT][/COLOR][/QUOTE]AnimePaper was most likely going through some upkeep last night. So check the links again, the site is back up and the links loaded just fine when I checked them. ^_^[/FONT][/COLOR]

[COLOR="DarkGreen"][FONT="Book Antiqua"]The only one I can think of is Louise from Zero no Tsukaima. She has so much hair though I can't tell if it has a hood or not. [URL="http://www.animepaper.net/gallery/scans/Zero-no-Tsukaima/item138527/"][U]Click me![/U][/URL] You could always go with Tabitha from the same series if you wish. [URL="http://www.animepaper.net/gallery/scans/Zero-no-Tsukaima/item178371/"][U]Click me![/U][/URL] Louise is more fun with her massive hair and tendency to accidentally blow things up when she attempts to do magic though. [/FONT][/COLOR]

[COLOR="DarkGreen"][FONT="Book Antiqua"]Her job is to send Ghosts on to the next life. [CENTER][IMG]http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b269/MetalSonic700/Ballad_of_a_Shinigami_-_light_novel.jpg[/IMG] [/CENTER][/FONT][/COLOR]

[COLOR="DarkGreen"][FONT="Book Antiqua"]She doesn't bother to chase you physically, she'll just text message you. Why bother chasing when technology does the trick? Oh so caught! [CENTER][IMG]http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/4434/meru011fe1.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER][/FONT][/COLOR]

[COLOR="DarkGreen"][FONT="Book Antiqua"][quote name='Vicky'][SIZE=1]Don't be lying sods now. [/SIZE][/QUOTE]I have nothing to tell then. Seriously. I've had plenty of things offered to me even though I'm not old enough for any of it. I just have no interest. I've seen some of the teens I know do some really stupid stuff though. Probably the dumbest one was a group got the idea to vandalize the downtown library by spraying paint on the building, only they were too wasted to realize they were doing it to the police building which is right next to it... can we say oops? [/FONT][/COLOR]

[COLOR="DarkGreen"][FONT="Book Antiqua"][quote name='Sabrina'][FONT="Tahoma"]Those damn large spiders and scorpions [spoiler]chase you if you miss with your net![/spoiler] O_O I haven't managed to catch one yet since I ran like crazy when I realized I had missed. >_< That just freaked me out when I realized they [spoiler]chase you.[/spoiler] At this rate I'm never going to catch one. T_T[/FONT][/QUOTE]Hehe. That's just too funny. I can just imagine you running away. Though those things will do the same if you just happen to get too close. They're pretty agressive. o_O [/FONT][/COLOR]