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[COLOR=DarkOrange]I'm obsessed with anime, but check it out. Okay, the nerdiest otaku in Japan and the power-nerds in America are just as bad as each other. Reclusive, internet-obsessed, only care about nerdy stuff. The difference is the word, really. In Japan 'otaku' might only refer to hardcore guys. In america the words 'nerd' and 'geek' and such mean nothing. We use them OOC so often it's laughable, as is most of the words we use. And also, in America anyone who's not a geek has no idea what geeks do. They only see the quiet kid who looks weak - not what he does at home other than 'play video games.' Also, most nerds in America aren't nearly as extreme as Japanese ones. In America, it's uncommon for nerds to be much more than people who play video games, and even then they usually just play the popular games. I know a ton of nerds who are, hobby-wise, only a step away from normal, they just happen to be nerdy-types. Otaku are much more hardcore and more openly visible. They have [i]entire stores full of anime porn[/i] and anime on TV all the damn time. Everyone knows how crazy they are, and a hell of a lot more of them are hardcore, so it's more serious there. Really, hardcore nerdiness is kind of a new thing in America.[/COLOR]

[QUOTE=Dagger]I got my Haruhi package in the mail today. The artbox is so amazing that calling it a box just seems insulting. I look at it standing amidst the rest of my anime, and I experience the urge to give it an entire shelf to itself so that everything else doesn't wither away when confronted with its shiny, colorful glory. The design is ingenious, and there's artwork on every available surface. Definitely worth the money if you're a fan. The physical extras are a yellow Haruhi cosplay ribbon, the Hare Hare Yukai CD, a mini pencil board and a Haruhiism T-shirt iron-on. The ribbon/headband is surprisingly high-quality. I can see myself wearing it casually (though maybe minus the side bows). I plan on trying out the iron-on as soon as I find myself in possession of a suitable white shirt. Anyway, I'm going to go have a look at the on-disc extras now. I'll probably watch the actual episodes tomorrow or Monday... I'm going to give the dub a few trial episodes before I decide whether to watch it all dubbed or just spot-check as I go along. ~Dagger~[/QUOTE] [COLOR=DarkOrange]Well, it's official. Any doubt I had about geting the special edition was just erased XD. Knowing me, it [i]will[/i] get it's own shelf, and I will proudly wear the ribbon everywhere, lol. I can't wait to buy this!!! I can't wait to loan the DVD out to everyone I know!!! I can't wait to force my brother to join the Haruhi-ism![/COLOR]

[COLOR=DarkOrange]that's awesome! i did one, and I ended it like she did. [B]Directions to Where I Live[/B] Start off in Oakland California, being sure to get caught up in rioting going on there. Get hit by an earthquake. Buy a pair of glasses. Make your mother have a baby. Go on tour with Lollapalooza. Move across the country to Virginia. Watch the Power Rangers and buy all of their merchandise. Make self-righteous comparisons between yourself and the blue ranger. Move around a lot. Buy all of the Godzilla movies while obsessing over Jurassic Park. Support corporate America more than any other child your age. Draw an index of every Pokemon there is. Read too much Nintendo Power magazine. Be a laughing stock for hating Grand Theft Auto and wearing a Charizard t-shirt. Grow you?re hair out to the point that you are ambiguously gendered. Go to a gifted school in third grade. Let the cool kids play keep-away with your jacket. Hang out with your friends and enemies in the cul-de-sac for 4 years. Love your Nintendo and let your friends use you. Get called out to a group meeting where everyone gathers round and says 'we hate you.' Attempt suicide in third grade. Find your first interest in writing here. Drop out of the gifted school in fourth grade. Ignorance is bliss. Discover pornography at 8 years old. Start dry-humping the floor everywhere you go. Move to Florida to live with your family. Fall in love with your cousin who is strangely flirtatious. Graduate elementary school. Hand-write a magazine. Move back to Virginia, instantly forgetting all about your cousin. Dramatically expand your Yu-Gi-Oh! Card collection to be at least a fourth of your Pokemon one?s size. Move some more. Only ever make friends with people who are friends with your little brother. Get obsessed with lame anime. Hang out with your older cousin constantly. Discover masturbation. Become best friends with it. Move some more. Play more video games. Write some pornographic fan fiction. Forget about your contract not to cuss - in fact, from now on, cuss constantly when not around family. Become suicidal. Watch your family fall apart and pull back together just in time. Fall into a relationship with someone you?ve never met. Move downtown into a large, but rather decrepit house. Cry for one month about how you don?t have internet and everyone but you is a different race and think you?re insane. Write an over-abundance of lame poetry under the belief that you are great. Get into an internet relationship with a 30-year old overweight woman at 14. Fall back in love with the same person as before. Start thinking you go both ways. Spend all your time either on the computer or writing poetry while watching your brother play video games. Hate yourself. Get into a same-sex relationship for 1 week before getting scared and disclosing it. Wear nothing but sweatpants for six months. Move some more. Spend 2 months buying prog-rock albums and reading religious books for religions you don?t even practice. Find out your old internet girlfriend was aped and impregnated in your absence. Fall back in love with her anyway. Develop multiple personalities. Switch from writing poems to writing songs. Decide you have OCD. Mentally seclude yourself. Obsess over existentialism. Attempt suicide. Pretend to be a girl while using the internet. Write horribly grotesque porn stories and save hundreds of pictures of lesbian anime pictures to your computer. Leave the internet to go play more video games. Forget everything that happened over the last year. Become extremely depressed and reclusive for a long while. Move again. Become obsessed with anime again. Start making friends with tons of strange people. Start looking at your past in a renewed light. Regain your sanity. Fight against bi-polarity. Start trying to make your life better. Begin meaningful projects and do only things that make you happy. You?ve reached my door. I?d be happen if you opened yours as well. [/COLOR]

[COLOR=DarkOrange]the [B].hack [/B] series is dead to me now, so I'm not going to reccommend it. Unless you like the same story being pulled out a 7th time as well as the same lame combat that got old before the end of [B]INFECTION[/B]. [B]Dawn of Mana[/B], from what I know, wasn't all that great, and I know that personally I've never been a fan of the mana series. If you are one, by all means go for it, but I think this game series is one of those that is propelled by nostagia. [B]Rogue Galaxy [/B] i think has been price reduced already. If not, I can't say anything, since I kow nothing about it. As for [B]Odin Sphere[/B], that's the one I'd go for, since I personally and thinking of picking it up, too. I've always been a fan of [B]Atlus' [/B] type of game, and this one seems specially interesting. Plus it's Norse mythology and I'm a sucker for that. All it took was the word [B]'Odin' [/B] to get me interested XD[/COLOR]

[QUOTE=affection][COLOR=DarkSlateGray][SIZE=1][FONT=Georgia]I've never seen this show but it seems so hard to follow. Is it really worth watching or more of a whatever sort of thing? If you honestly think it's worth watching, I will try and get a hold of it. Thanks :)[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/QUOTE] [COLOR=DarkOrange]As of episode 8, this is one of my favorite shows and probably my favorite of the ones I'm watching. If that's not enought of an indication, nothing it. this show isn't for everyone, and it will require at least mild otaku-ness to get some of the references, but if you can dig the style, you'll be sure to love it. Like I said, I'd reccommend it to fans of stuff like [B]Paranoia Agent [/B] or[B] Boogiepop Phantom [/B] (I would say [B]FLCL[/B], but there's too many people who like that for no reason) On that note, so far ep 9 was the greatest and fully excentuated what this show was about. Firstly, the music at parts was brilliant. It had the most powerful moment yet ([spoiler]When Satou holds up the PC and yells ' I bet this heroine is based off of her, isn't it?!'[/spoiler]) and one of the funniest things in anime history ([spoiler]when they start screaming 'go to hell bitches' i was rolling, but the best of all was when Satou goes 'everyone... go to hell.'[/spoiler]) that was the funniest thing I've seen in a long time in anime.[/COLOR]

[quote name='SunfallE][COLOR=#DAA520]Curse you! I just decided to let you guys decide if you wanted to follow through with what I just implied! I tried to write it but... :animeblus I couldn't do it. I couldn't bring myself to take it further. [/COLOR'] :animeblus[/quote] [COLOR=DarkRed]XD don't worry about it. I'm sure someone else will be more than willing to go into grotesque detail. Your post was perfect, though. That's exactly the way you pick it up and run with it :animesmil [/COLOR]

[COLOR=DarkOrange]Oi. As stated in the [B]Prem [/B] thread, I am a huge fan of going to 7-11 and getting hot dogs and slurpees. I was lucky enough to be able to do this with my friend on Thursday. We sat around outside Food Lion while my mom bought dinner and ate while talking about **** - something I haven't been able to do in years. It's good times, it is. Also, today is an example of when my bro and I find there to be no Mountain Dew in either fridge, and we have little money. We pulled what we could together from the remnants of a school lunch leftovers and a golden dollar and headed up there, returning with a MD 2 liter and a pair of MD slurpees. Every onece in a while our parents will leave us some cash to go to 7-11 with. On those occasions, we sent the crusader, which is usually my bro going solo, though sometimes his friend or even my other bro will accompany. On these missions, my brother always rides his bike. the way we do it is, we give him both a backpack and a messenger bag and send him up there. The more delicate stuff (hot dogs/slurpees) go in the backpack with the 2Ls go in the messenger bag Yes, we've thought this through quite thoroughly. We are suburban cowboys.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=DarkRed]I'm not quitting, and I'm not 'feeling sorry for myself', I'm just standing the **** back. I don't stand in the open when I'm getting shot over and over, lol. Okay, so I say 'i screwed up' and we go back to playing -- I'm just saying that I'm gunna stand back when we do. [quote name='Rach']Just forget I said anything. I don't care anymore. Post whatever you want. It's your RPG. So Lucia and Sastasha banged each other, both of them are probably going to end up dead anyway as well as Nadia so who cares? I give up. [/quote] Saying that only makes things more difficult. Listen, i don't mind standing back and letting ya'll have the control. You basically said that's what I should do, and as the creator, I should listen to the participants, so I am, and I'm standing back. that's exactly what you said to do, right? Cuz I already went to just posting at the beginning and end, but I still am just posting what I want, instead of what's best for the game (which, by the way, I chuckled as I typed) so yall are in control. [/COLOR]

[COLOR=DarkRed] :animesigh Okay then. The rp is under your guidance, I'll just throw out cards once and a while and tell you when you've found the exit. I'm not even gunna post in the main thread anymore. If you want, I can even delete that whole section where they have sex, then just back away completely. EDIT: thank you for understanding, Allamorph[/COLOR]

[COLOR=DarkRed]As far as the 'degeneration of Lucia's character' goes, I'd hardly call it that. I mean, first of all they're in this major moment of peace which has raised the hell outta their spirits (and yes, I did that on purpose, because I like a little bit of 'light' in my 'dark', as well as it will lead to a crushing reality soon after). Most of all, Sastasha is obviously a really nice guy and in a place like this, I only thought it seemed natural you'd wanna be banging [i]somebody.[/i] They're on the brink of death, there's a nice, cute guy, I mean what the hell more is needed to constitute a little fun?! This ain't a damn Catholic boarding school :mad: And besides, at least Mary sees it your way >_< I digress, lol. no, I don't know Tolkien even remotly, cept for seeing those movies, which I don't even like >_> With that post, I ent in thinking that someone was gunna have sex. I originaly thought Katar would have his way with someone, but he seems like the type who would avoid people he can't stand, or perhaps just doesn't do rape. Not everyone is the absolute worst scum, after all, lol. I thought it would be nice for a little 'good sex' for once, and to me it seemed to fit. Forgive me if I may not understand sexual encounters all that well *im a virgin who's never had a girlfriend* but I know if I was in that moment of peace, I'd be trying as hard as I could >_

[COLOR=DarkRed] :animesigh that post was my attempt to only show up at the beginning and end of chapters, but I guess I couldn't do that right either. I've never read Tolkein, and I agree Brittany might be made evil, but Rach was saying I did it, and I didn't, as stated. But whatever, I guess I should just write 'null' all over my post or something. This is definitely the last time I manage my own rp. Even though I think it's going fantastic, i've seen ones with people who had no clue what they were doing, shoddy posts, and lackluster situations that went more smoothly far as reception goes. :animesigh [/COLOR]

[COLOR=DarkRed]I explained that above. I think I needed to use '[B];'[/B] or something... [quote=me]Lucia carefully helped Nadia to her feet as Mary wrapped the jacket around her. [B]Nadia felt depressed[/B], but strangely enough, her [B]physical [/B] pain had vanished. She felt completely rejuvenated - like she?d visited a spa or something. She closed her eyes and [B]nearly began to cry [/B] as she recounted it. [B]She?d only narrowly escaped in time[/B]. [B]She had started to feel it already - the man coming down over her. Thinking about it made her cringe[/B]. ?Come now, miss. We have to get out of here!? Mary said in a hushed tone.[B] Nadia meekly nodded and walked along with the group using Mary and Lucia?s holding her up[/B].[/quote] Nothing happened?! I mean I didn't have her doing a little pity partyy or something, but this is evidence enough. Oh, and yeah, in BK's ppost he said she had started to feel the just before she vanished, so she escaped just in time before t3h 4n4l fsX0rs.[/COLOR]

[QUOTE=Rachmaninoff]Don't you mean DB's title? Either way, it's still a contradiction and frankly, it's annoying the hell out of me since I feel like on some level DB's manipulating things to have them go the way he wants instead of leaving it up to the players. I'll put it more clearly...First he insisted Brittany wouldn't harm anyone and guess what? Now she's a psycho waiting to kill...no surprise there. Then he has Nadia acting like nothing happened after she was assaulted for two hours. And then we throw in the 'consensual sex' which was really just 'fan service sex' for the sake of having it in there. So honestly, telling me to chill is irritating as well since it's frustrating to learn one thing and come back to the damn thread only for it to have been reversed completely. Which is why I was saying I was going to step back for a bit, since I'd rather expose my characters and simply pull out. So I'm already trying to chill. :animeangr[/QUOTE] [COLOR=DarkRed]WTF? She's not acting like nothing happened - matter of fact, she never said a damn word through my whole post - there's no reasoon to believe that. Her [i]body[/i] felt rejuvenated cuz it would be lame to have her come out and not even be able to move or something, and like Brittany, she was healed. Her mental scars remain, and I think my post made that clear, since she was crying... And WTF, what ISN'T fanservice about this game?! There's never been a reason for a character to get raped or chopped in half or any of the **** that goes on here -- that's what makes it fun! And by the way, when did Brittany become a psycho in anyone's post? EDIT: I see where you made that mistake [quote name='me']A psycho killer, the CCC's newly reprogrammed drone, and...[/quote] That was referencing 'Meredith Taylor, Brittany Cossentine, and.... [delilah]'[/COLOR]

[COLOR=DarkRed][CENTER][IMG]http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b269/MetalSonic700/deliriumtriggerpanop.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] Okey Dokey! Round two is all about variety. There are 4 different cards I have with me, and I'm going to be giving away 2 of each. That means that 2 will get one card, 2 another, and so on. I'm giving them to you via PM, so I'm not going to explain them here. Instead, I'm going to PM you the card's definition, and at the end of the post, after you show the two images next to each other, you'll copy and paste the card definition below. that way everyone can be surprised. Now, here's the dealio. You are allowed to kill people regardless of wether or not everyone has posted yet this round. BUT, you are not allowed to use the death card until after you've used the special card, and you can't use them both in the same post. I'm not going to lie, certain cards are cooler than others, but your luck will be what you get ;) As for my post -whee! Longest post I think I've ever written! And yay for some damn [I]concentual [/I] sex for once! XD[/COLOR]

[COLOR=DarkRed][CENTER][IMG]http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b269/MetalSonic700/deliriumtriggerpanop.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] Floating in the deep reaches of space, The Panopticon churned. Information belted in lines across the planes of thought given to Inertiatic and Cicatriz ESP. They?re eyes witnessed all. The first group was straggling - it?s strongest members all either dead or branched off. [U][B]Group 1[/B][/U] Sastasha Sandares Mary Winters Lucia Travera Nadia Dylenda Katar Dakit The second group, meanwhile, had been thinned to the size of three. The strongest was still alive, but left with the scaredy cat and the weakling. [U][B]Group 2[/B][/U] Merik Jeffers Oromis Tu'wail Julian Marx Meanwhile, group 3 was in the most turbulent situation. Half were in the water, ready to be prey to a giant fish, while the others would watch helplessly. [U][B]Group 3[/B][/U] Eliana Cedes Delita Lytle Alcuin nó Prideux Dafine Hecata Etamet Serena Scarlatti Finally, there was the most obscure group of all. A psycho-killer, the CCC?s own newly reprogrammed drone, and? [U][B]Group 4[/B][/U] Delilah Rousseau Meredith Taylor Brittany Cossentine [B]?Check? ?Confirmed? ?Running Program ?Delirium Trigger?? ?Access allowed. Proceed.? ?Initiating?[/B] [U][CENTER][B]Group One[/B][/CENTER][/U] Lucia carefully helped Nadia to her feet as Mary wrapped the jacket around her. Nadia felt depressed, but strangely enough, her physical pain had vanished. She felt completely rejuvenated - like she?d visited a spa or something. She closed her eyes and nearly began to cry as she recounted it. She?d only narrowly escaped in time. She had started to feel it already - the man coming down over her. Thinking about it made her cringe. [B]?Come now, miss. We have to get out of here!? [/B] Mary said in a hushed tone. Nadia meekly nodded and walked along with the group using Mary and Lucia?s holding her up. Sastasha introduced himself as well, staying at pace with the three. Katar meanwhile hugged the back of the group. He had lit a cigarette up and placed it between his lips. His face was full of boredom, carelessness, and the need to get laid right about now. These four need to go get killed and let me the hell out of here. After this I?m about ready for a nice party. Get drunk - punch somebody in the face - get some? Katar was angered by himself thinking about it. Even angrier was his growling stomach? [B]?No way!?[/B] Sastasha beamed as he entered the next room. [B]?It?s definitely a trap??[/B] Lucia assured. Katar was curious now. He poked his head through the door. The place he emerged was a large cafeteria. [B]?Fuck yeah!?[/B] He called. Lucia grimaced. [B]?You know it?s a-?[/B] [B]?Don?t get your panties in a bunch, ya damn killjoy. I?m hungry as the bitch you are. Chow.?[/B] Lucia?s face filled with rage. [B]?I hope it?s a poison that tears your intestines to shreds!?[/B] A hand gently landed on her shoulder. She looked up and saw Sastasha standing above. [B]?Like it or not, he?s the only one with any real strength in our group, and at the very least, he hasn?t been a complete deserter yet. He may be a brute, but he?s still useful?? [/B] Lucia pouted, hating the idea. The cafeteria contained all sorts of food. Behind the counter there seemed to be three sections. Healthy food was on one side, meets were in the middle, and pure junk food was on the left. For the time being, everyone turned straight to the bigger meals. After a quick test by Katar, who walked straight over and sucked down a rib, the group realized that this must have just been a pit stop. Perhaps the severity of the test led itself into needing something like this lest, the prisoners go insane too early. Lucia went immediately for the fruits and vegetables, being a vegetarian. Mary imitated this eating habit, and Nadia decided if anyone were to be taken for their eating habits, it should be Lucia. Just to spite them, Katar took a plate of nothing but the most grotesque meat, ignoring the fact that he didn?t even recognize some of the species. Sastasha was the only one who went for a balance between the two. After the nice meal, the group looked around the cafeteria and found something even more astonishing inside a large cabinet. [B]?I don?t believe it! I might cry!?[/B] Lucia exclaimed as she removed a bunch of large blankets and pillows from the cupboard. Everyone took some of them and set up their own sleeping area, some more exaggerated than others. Katar went to bed right after smoking down a cigarette, stating that there was no reason to be staying up without booze or women to keep him company. Using one of the thinnest blankets and Sastasha?s help, Lucia hand-made an outfit for Nadia. The black blanket was sufficient in creating a skirt and long-sleeve shirt for Nadia, for which she was extremely grateful. Nadia went to bed next, leaving the other three to their conversations. Mary fell asleep with her head on Lucia?s lap, a blissful look on her face as she drifted off. Lucia smiled and patted the young maid?s head. She and Sastasha stayed up a while talking. [B]?So you?re a musician from a thousand years in the past??[/B] [B]?I guess so. I never would have imagined meeting a girl from a thousand years in the future?? [/B] Lucia blushed. [B]?I?m pleased you think I?m that young, but I?m actually in my thirties??[/B] [B]?Wow, really? You don?t look a day over twenty-one!?[/B] Their babble went on like this an hour or so. ?I guess we should be going to sleep about now?? Sastasha said, standing up to head over to his makeshift bed. [B]?Uh? um!?[/B] Lucia suddenly let out, flustered. Sastasha turned toward her quizzically to see that she was blushing heavily. ?You don?t have to go to sleep? so quick?? she carefully said, trying to make it sound right. Sastasha smiled and lifted her chin. He kissed her for a few seconds, accentuating his ability to do so. [B]?Are you sure about that? I?m sure you know I?ve been with quite a bit of-?[/B] [B]?No! I don?t mind. This is? I mean, this could be our last??[/B] Lucia said, now making a smile under the pink blush of her cheeks. [B]?In that case??[/B] Sastasha gently took her hand and led her over to his ?bed?. She crawled under the covers and Sastasha came in next to her. Both of them removed their clothes before Sastasha rolled on top of her, enjoying the warmth of her soft body. They kissed for a while before Lucia gradually spread her legs. She moaned softly as Sastasha lowered himself into her. [B]?Are we far enough away??[/B] He whispered, wondering if they might wake up the others. [B]?I don?t care,?[/B] Lucia breathed as Sastasha?s hand was moving over her breast. The two continued deep into the night? --- Mary was the first to wake up. When she found Lucia and Sastasha laying together naked, her face sunk as she became fully embarrassed. On one hand, she felt terrible for interrupting their privacy, but on the other? her vision of Lucia as a pure woman who didn?t need men to be happy was shattered. Mary was saddened by the turn of events. Eventually the whole group woke up to find that Mary had already conjured them a fitting breakfast, true to her nature as a maid. As they ate, Lucia was still blushing that she had been seen in such a compromising position, just as Mary was still blushing over having seen them. Sastasha was careful to make no mention of it. [B]?I guess we?d better continue now,?[/B] Nadia said after eating dinner. I doubt we?ll be allowed to stay here long. [B]?That?s true. We should probably gather as much food as we can and take it with us, then get out of here quickly,? [/B] Sastasha concluded. The group did just that, taking as many things as they could easily fit with them. The reason for the snack section had now become apparent; though Lucia still was only willing to take vegetables. Once they were ready, the group headed through the double-doors leading out? [B][CENTER][U]Group Three[/U][/CENTER][/B] [B]?SHIT!?[/B] Delita screamed, having watched Uriel be pulled straight under the water. The waters were now turbulent and the swim was becoming grueling, but she was putting all of her strength into it to get to the other side. The more she swam, the more she realized just how much distance there was. A paranoia was emerging from deep within. From aside, Etamet was only a few feet behind her. His eyes opened wide in shock as a line of water shot from the air, streamlining toward her. ?Look out!? he called. Delita turned, but wasn?t quick enough. A massive tentacle ripped from beneath the surface under her. Delita screamed as she was lifted into the air at an immense speed. She was flung over a hundred feet through the air, landing closer to the shore to which she was headed, but Etamet didn?t see her emerge from the water where she?d landed. His attention now turned to Eliana who was trying desperately to fight the current, her strength waning. Once more, a line of water shot through the air, this time approaching Eliana. It wrapped around her and jerked her violently into the air as it wrapped around her body. Eliana immediately went unconscious by the force of being thrown around. Etamet quickly fetched a knife from his belt and hurled it spinning through the air at the massive tentacle. The knife hit with perfect precision in just the right spot to make it release Eliana into the water below. Etamet swam over to her and took her body under his arm, dragging her along as he continued toward the distant bank. The chances were bleak. Even if Etamet dropped the girl, there was no way he could survive, so he kept holding on. Against the immense force of the raging waters and his fear of the impending doom behind him, he pushed onward. He could hear the water raising behind him and he closed his eyes? The next sounds were puzzling. There was an immense swoosh! Followed by a grotesque and loud slicing sound. When Etamet turned, he saw the giant pink tentacle high in the air. Half of it had been severed and was falling off to the side. There was also the sound of a crash as a giant axe which had sung from the ceiling rammed into a wall after severing the tentacle. The sight alone gave Etamet a boost of hope and strength, ignoring the blood that was cascading through the air from the tentacle. Etamet swam blindly, trying not to focus on the myriad of sounds coming from behind of the giant axe chopping off anything that emerged from the waters. Finally, Etamet stumbled into the opposite bank, dropping the unconscious girl onto the dry land. He quickly began performing CPR on her, and after one or two runs she began coughing and woke up. Etamet was relieved, but only momentarily as another large tentacle suddenly shot onto the shore. It wrapped around Etamet?s body. For a split-second, Etamet and Eliana stared at each other blankly, both devoid of thought for shock. Just as the tentacle was about to jerk back, though, the axe swung down and cut it off. Immediately, Eliana sprung into action, pulling the tentacle unraveled for Etamet. [B]?thank you??[/B] he breathed faintly. [B]?I owed you one??[/B] Both of their attention then returned to their surroundings. The bank was simply a few ward of sand leading up to the wall. To the left there was an outcropping standing over the water. Atop it, Delita was there, messing with some contraption. The other two ran to her side. It quickly became apparent that Delita was using the mechanism to control the giant axe. She maneuvered it through the air and severed the last of the monster?s tentacles. At that point, the freakish, disgusting monster rose from the water itself, howling viciously as it did. The axe soared beautifully through the air and spliced directly into the monster?s head, carving right into it?s brain. With a massive death-gurgle, it sank into the water with a huge splash. As the beast sank to it?s watery demise, the water hardened into ice over it. On the other side, Alcuin, Dafine, and Serena began their crossing. [B][CENTER][U]Group 2[/U][/CENTER][/B] Before having left the arena, Julian and Merik had made a quick run of the weapon racks. Everything from ancient medieval weaponry to futuristic contraptions that were unrecognizable sat upon the racks. Julian first grabbed a handgun, having had Halo as his experience with aiming. He didn?t think he?d have a problem with shooting any of the freakish things this place had thrown at him. As he examined the gun rack, he also thought it wise to nab a shotgun. He?d always wanted to use one, and this was the best chance he was gunna get. Merik opted for one of the larger handguns, lining his sight against random obstacles. Just like taking pictures? you aim? you shoot? Oromis meanwhile loaded himself with a street sweeper as well as strapping a sniper rifle around his back with the feeling it would come in handy soon. The group of three headed through the door into the next area. The place they emerged was a narrow stone passage that angled left just ahead. Around that corner, the hall continued, now having multiple turning points. It was a labyrinth. [B]?We?ll have to be careful? do we split up?? [/B] Julian asked, turning to the older hit man. [B]?Too risky? better to all have backup. Besides, the only rule of thumb for something like this is to not get lost. It?s important we keep detailed track of where we?ve gone. Also, you never know what will be waiting around the next corner.?[/B] Merik was glad that he had a good memory, but the prospect of turning a corner to be face-to-face with some horrible beast terrified him. [url=http://artpad.art.com/gallery/?jinawq39954][COLOR=DarkRed]The three lined up against the wall, preparing for the turn. Julian?s gun was raised as he turned his head [link][/COLOR][/url] [B]OOC[/B]: Before posting, wait for the underground post accompanying.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=DarkOrange]Not to mention, most people don't know the difference. It's the same with [B]'Avatar' [/B] and [B]'Samurai Jack' [/B] and [B]'Dragon hunters' [/B] and much more...[/COLOR]

[QUOTE=Ayokano]Yeah, Welcome to the NHK is pretty great. I finished it a few months ago and enjoyed it. Coming from someone who kind of lives like Sato, it hits home hard. Though it still has great laughs and drama, depending on the episodes. Some of the characters are a little unlikable, but saying who would kind of spoil it for anybody who hasn't finished. I've been meaning to check out the manga though, which I heard is a little darker.[/QUOTE] [COLOR=DarkOrange]Ah, yes, seeing both the manga and the novels would be interesting. I'm sure if the DVDs do well enough we'll see them reach our shores. As a huge fan of light novels, I'm all game (plus Yoshitoshi Abe = one of my favorite artists. I'm mad he didn't do the manga, lol.) I know what you mean about Satou - every time i look at him i see myself a few years from now >_< It's utterly frightening. There are some great moments in this from all across the spectrum. For instance in episode 7 after he gets a call from his mom and he's saying [spoiler]how she shouldn't have believed him[/spoiler], I was moved - and then I saw his friend in those imaginary [spoiler]cross-dress[/spoiler] scenes and I burst out laughing. i love the variation. My favorite part of this show is easily Satou's mind. It reminds me of my own in that he's so very demented and always wondering what other people think. I find it cool... and then moments later I always have this utter terror creeping over me :( [/COLOR]

[QUOTE=Dagger]Don't get too invested in NHK's looks. It's a bit infamous for a couple of really horribly animated episodes (which, to add insult to injury, weren't even corrected for the DVD version). ADV is going to release the first DVD in "late 2007," in case anyone's interested. ~Dagger~[/QUOTE] [COLOR=DarkOrange]I've never been one to complain about animation in a series, and i always get pissed when fanboy-riots center around an episode or two with bad animation. For instance, the whole issue with Gurren-Lagann episode 4 made me sick. I recognize when a series has good animation, but it's not like that's what I look for in anime anyway, so I really don't care about the little mishaps. I only brought up the animation for those who are GONZO-junkies.[/COLOR]

[QUOTE=SunfallE][COLOR=#DAA520]Well you certainly did a though job of finishing it! o_O I swear, first the Maze has the sick and twisted posts and now the Panopticon, I almost shudder to think of what would happen in another one...Wait a sec! I should be more concerned about what can still happen in this one! lol Anyway, I assume we have to wait on 2007DigitalBoy to post and start the next round, so...*pokes DB* Start typing! :p[/COLOR][/QUOTE] [COLOR=DarkRed] :p It will appear really early morning Saturday. I have plans tonight, but I will be up all night, and I find that my best writing has always happened when I'm tired. I have big plans for part 2, and now that I'm not only back on tracks but also finally organized, I assure you the pace is about to escalate. I'm glad that this story has started to pick up and the characters have started to take on a little meaning - now it's time to give you all a reason to care. I warn you, this will be a wall of text like you've never seen, though, XD. EDIT: [url=http://artpad.art.com/gallery/?jimejq6e2y4]this one shows how the Panopticon slowly formed from the ashes of the Maze as space repaired around it. Kinda boring, but I was bored.[/url][/COLOR]

Despite my usual trendy nature when reporting brand new anime to the chagrin of all those who can't find ways to view it; this show actually aired last year (in Japan. It has NOT been released in America) I only just learned about it. I didn't see a thread in the directory, so I figure ya'll haven't seen it, so now I'm gunna tell you that you should! [B]Welcome to the N.H.K.[/B] is a bit of an acid trip right off the bat -- at first it will take you by surprise, bt you get used to it pretty quick. It's genre sits somewhere between insane comedy, intricate drama, and deep pshychology; namely because all of the characters are out of their freaking minds. The main character, [B]Tatsuhiro Satou[/B], is a 23 year old [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEET]NEET[/url], or a peson not in a job, in education, or in training. He is also in his third year of being a [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikikomori]hikikomori[/url] (follow link.) Basically, he lives in complete seclusion and has essentially lost his damn mind. We start off learning that for almost a full year he has had to put up with this anime music blaringly loud coming from next door. He hates it, and yet he knows the song by heart - he bathes in dementia. Satou has all these flashbacks to when he was in high school. He was apparently in the literary club with this girl who was obsessed with conspiracies. She thought the whole world was a conspiracy and as a result Satou has come to believe it as well. He thinks that the Japanese broadcast network NHK is trying to take oer the minds of japanese youth with moe anime and turn them into hikikomori. there's one part of the episode whee he even finds himself talking to his furniture, though this doens't really show up later from what I've seen. Evidently he became a hikikomori when he was on his way to sign up for college. He suddenly heard the voices of everyone coming down on him, ridiculing him, and so he fled back home. The story truly begins when the doorbell rings. Satou has to answer fearing that it's a bill collector that will shut down his electricity, which he needs for a comfortable life. what he finds instead is a teenage girl with her aunt who are handing out panflits about curing hikikomori through prayer, saying how it's a big problem in Japan. Satou thinks they are part of a conspiracy and basically goes crazy in front of them and closes the door, going inside to be freaky. Satou is surrounded by weird fantasies, wondering about the girl. Was she really ther to help? Was she part of some conspiracy? Also, it should be noted that he has a really sick mind when it comes to thinking about her >_< just a warning. Anywho, she ends up dropping him a letter, asking him to come out to the park at 9. When he convinces himself (roundabout way) to go, she tells him that she's known about him for a while and that she wants to cure him. as part of her 'project' he has to sign a contract to let her cure him. Well, Satou doesn't plan on succumbing, and the next series of events is really wild. in episode , he finally bursts into his neighboor's house to tell him to turn off the music and he finds the entire place to be positively [i]coated[/i] in anime crap, namely eroge games. The resident actually turns out to be an underclassman he'd known from high school whom he was friends with. To put the insanity simply, one thing leads to another and they decide to make their own ultimate eroge game, and all kinds of other crazy stuff. The story takes place on a lot of fronts, circling around Satou's stuggle to cure himself of his hikikomori ways and yet maintain his sanity which, when cracked, leads to freakish results. It's hard to accurately describe this show. I've only even seen 6 of the 24 episodes, but it moves fast and has a lot of stuff to wrap your brain around. As I said the show is a complete trip and all-around fun though highly perverted at times. The animation and art are amazing. It's a [B]GONZO [/B] show, so that's a given, but the original art designs from the novel it's based on were done by [B]Yoshitoshi Abe [/B] ([B]Lain[/B], [B]Haibane Renmei[/B], [B]Texhnolyze[/B]). Not to mention the show has a simply outstanding soundtrack. I've been getting really into this show, and I reccommend it to fans of stuff like [B]Paranoia Agent [/B] who are okay with some comedy spliced into their insanity.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=DarkOrange]:luv: I had no idea you were a great poet, Fyxe! This is cool as hell, sounds like it could be an Opeth song or something -- really dark and rather somber. Firstly [I]Taught to kiss the sun, Found your lips too many times burned.[/I] I know it's the first 2 lines, but that was probably my favorite part of the whole poem. Some very fun word usage. Now, I'm not always the best interpriter of poems, but I'm guessing this has something to do with religion, namely Christianity, and more specifically a general disdain toward it. I read it a few times to make sure it flowed in my mind and to accumulate my ideas on it, and I can't help but like it. [I]Your Demon of reason lends no more sympathy, Left forsaken to ponder why you are immoral.[/I] That line I'd especially like to know what it means, since I can't help but feel that a lot of deep feelings went into this work.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=DarkRed]Damn, Hells! That was sick!!! I love it! Alright, as soon as the other prisoner is released, I will start round 2. I know she's kinda late at this point, but I was busy yesterday and I guess it wasn't gotten around to...[/COLOR]

[COLOR=DarkOrange]D_W! It feels like it's been forever since I eyed some of your most fantastic work, and what a comeback you have delivered. The first one is funny in a WTC?! kind of way, but the pirate one is all-around adorably funny. I have never doubted your talent in making pirate tales! The [B]Samurai Bunny [/B] one though is absolutely freaking hilarious! Samurai Bunny is already a great character and I admire your ability to pull a joke in at least every other panel instead of having to wait till the end. If you have more of this series, be sure to post it![/COLOR]

[COLOR=DarkRed]Oi, sorry for the lack of activity today - I was taking a personal day-off from the internet, and I gotta say it worked really well -- it's always nice to have friends when you really need em, even if they're kinda crazy. :catgirl: I feel much better, and I'm ready to pull some cards from my sleeves, metaphorically as well as literally.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=DarkOrange]Episode 7 was both awesome and absolutely hilarious! Firstly, the detective and his assistant make a great team, and funny together. The pink-heaired cosplay-obsessed loli otaku girl was awesome. Not just for those reasons (and not just cuz of the sexy kitty outfit)... okay, mostly for those reasons XD The entire scene where the detective went into the house I couldn't stop laughing. From the creepy maid to the part where she was cleaning his ears (WTF?!?!) though the best had to be when he said 'I pissed myself a little there' XD ZOMG at the cat guy's powers revealed![spoiler] But then why do we never see him as any other animal? [/spoiler][/COLOR]