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Ravenwing · Joined: 18 May 2004 Posts: 3750 Location: Virginia

I don't have much of taste for coffee personally. It smells good sometimes.

Chinaren · Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 10:48 pm Post subject:

Hey! Nice place you have here! Did you draw the picture yourself? :D

Ravenwing · Joined: 18 May 2004 Posts: 3750 Location: Virginia

Sweet place you have here, Thracy. May you live long and write wonderful chapters for all of us! *raises a glass*

Shady Stoat · Joined: 02 Oct 2005 Posts: 2950 Location: England

Love your piccie, Thrace! Congrats and welcome to your new hovel... *ahem*... I mean, home :P

Thracia Alba · Joined: 27 Jan 2006 Posts: 474 Location: The Golden State

:lol: Thanks, everyone (meaning China, Stoaty, and Rave). What a lovely hovel-warming! Cake, anyone?

Yes, I did draw the pic, though I had to dink with it in Photoshop and MS Paint (that's kind of like saying you're going to a tea-party with the Pope and Marilyn Manson, isn't it?) to upgrade it from the original, colored-pencil affair with shaky inking. I've actually done sketches of a few of the characters, and hope to have them up as soon as I have access to a school scanner (my own being, alas, done broke).

Also, I'm going to get back to work on chapter 5 tonight, now that the craziness in my life has settled down a tad. First to get this place in order, though! ;)

Chinaren · Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 11:09 pm Post subject:

Cool! A real artist! Not like me, who just purloins pictures other people do.

Smee · Joined: 16 Oct 2004 Posts: 5215 Location: UK

ooh - an artist *looks impressed* :D

Thracia Alba · Joined: 27 Jan 2006 Posts: 474 Location: The Golden State

Awww. *blush* Not really an artist, though. More like a doodler.

Shady Stoat · Joined: 02 Oct 2005 Posts: 2950 Location: England

Pretty darned good doodles though. Let's hope you include the other characters in future chapters :clap:

Stubby · Guest

OK, so you can draw _and_ write.

Now I'm really jealous! :P

Congrats on the new luxury semi-detached hovel *grin* - It was well deserved!

Solomon Birch · Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 1:03 am Post subject:

Yeah, swanky pad Thrace, doodles n' all. Time to get it dirty, heh heh heh... :-D

Looking forward to Chapter Number Five! :biggrin:

*holds impressed breath* :shock:

Araex · Guest

If it's that just a doodle, I'd love to see some serious stuff. And I can't wait for the next chapter.

Sorrow_A · Guest

Personally, my favorite energy drink is Cuervo Black with soda.

Ravenwing · Guest Joined: 18 May 2004 Posts: 3750 Location: Virginia

I wish I could draw also.But I can't even make a person look realistic.

dragon_fire372 · Guest Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Posts: 258 Location: Montana

Hey Thracia, congrats on your new place!

I'm at school (heehee, probably should be working, but oh well) so that's all I can say for now. Looking forward to the next chapter! (and doodle o-) )

Sorrow_A · Guest

Oh, I didn't notice the whole intelligent conversation that was going on just upwind of my post. Nevermind, I had some free time in Industrial Tech, and got on IF for half a second, so I was sort of distracted because the teacher was walking my way.

In other news.

Congratz on the new place.

By the way, for the past three months the story that I voted on always won, so consider it a good luck charm if I vote for your story in SGOTM.

Ravenwing · Guest Joined: 18 May 2004 Posts: 3750 Location: Virginia

Careful, you could be jinxing yourself at the same time. :cool:

OldJoe · Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 4:28 am Post subject:

Ah reckon this is a mighty fine story Ms. Alba, and ah's glad yer took the prize.

Now, time fer another round ah's thinking.

Sorrow_A · Guest

Hey OldJoe, I haven't seen you around the city before, but I don't generally step outside my shack, so I may just have missed you. Repeatedly.

Gasp. You're right. In that case, Rave, consider it a bad luck charm if I vote for your story in SGOTM.

Ravenwing · Guest Joined: 18 May 2004 Posts: 3750 Location: Virginia

LOL. Do what you wish. I lost most of optimisim through a series of bad luck in life. A little more is not going to kill me. :cool:

Thracia Alba · Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 10:35 pm Post subject:

Thank ya kindly, OldJoe! It's mighty fine ta meet 'ya!

Sorry for the delay, everyone. I always thought vacations were supposed to be less demanding, but then what do I know? :( Anyway, chapter... what is it, five? It should be up soon. Very soon.

Chinaren · Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 10:42 pm Post subject:

Excellent. I will just lurk until then.

*lurks*

Solomon Birch · Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 1:24 am Post subject:

Can't wait! :biggrin:

*holds breath* :shock:

Ravenwing · Guest Joined: 18 May 2004 Posts: 3750 Location: Virginia

Chapter...up soon? *usual stool designated for when waiting for a new chapter appears*

Ingrothechundyer · Guest

Now that I'm finaly caught up...

*Joins everyone else in waiting*

OldJoe · Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2006 4:14 pm Post subject:

Ahv been around Sorrow, just don't post as much as yer yung un's.

Thracia Alba · Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 12:17 pm Post subject:

Okay, I feel I should explain myself. I'm more than a little embarrassed to admit that I haven't even ben online, much less on IF, much at all for the past week. It's ironic that Easter Break, which I thought would give me ample time for writing and IFfing, actually turned out to be more busy and time-demanding than the whole of March and April (so far, and not including the past week) put together. I've had so much to do between studying for midterms, typing up class assignments, cleaning my abysmally messy room, and preparing for Easter, that I've had little time for leisurely activities such as getting the friggin' fifth chapter finally typed out. As Blackbeard would eloquently put it, yargh.

Enough of my excuses, though. Easter is here at last, I can drink my caffeine-laced miracle elixer once more, and things are finally slowing down a bit. I plan to continue writing tonight, if at all possible.

HAPPY EASTER!!!

Solomon Birch · Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 2:06 pm Post subject:

Hey, don't worry Thracia! It's so good that we don't mind waiting! The RL's is nasty, and it's going to be baring down on me soon enough. Bloody A2's...

We will all be waiting here, our breath held (alright, that might just be me) and our eyes melting as we stare continually at the screen. But don't let that put any pressure on you. ;)

And Happy Easter to you too! :D

*holds breath* :shock:

Thracia Alba · Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 3:13 pm Post subject:

Aww, thanks, Soily! Though you might want to see a doctor about those eyes... :shock:

Solomon Birch · Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 3:21 pm Post subject:

Yes, probably should. But I'm too busy waiting for you. ;)

Ravenwing · Guest Joined: 18 May 2004 Posts: 3750 Location: Virginia

You asked a question about re-ordering threads in the Chapter 1 thread. I remember the only way I kept my most recent stuff up at the top, was by making sure that all my old chapters were locked as soon as I had my next chapter up. So basically just keep your most recent stuff open. Everything else locked.

Otherwise new posts will move the thread to the top of the pile.

Chinaren · Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 11:19 pm Post subject:

Looking forward to it Alby! :D :D :D

Thracia Alba · Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 1:06 am Post subject:

Thanks! I'm attempting to get as much written tonight as possible (though it's hard when I'm so tempted to hang around this joint). And it doesn't help that I have suuuuch a craving for pasta right now. I'm afraid it's going to interfere with my writing. I can see it now...

Quote: "Any ideas yet?" Cleo asked, though out of general habit more than anything.
"No, not yet..." said Gemma, but her thoughts had taken a sudden turn. "You know, I could kill a penne with meat sauce right now."
"You know, I was thinking the same thing. Add a little red wine to the sauce..."
"It would be heavenly. I could even go for some angel hair with alfredo." They fell silent, each lost in her own noodly reverie. At length Gemma glanced down at the guard, who had become a giant rotini with pesto.

Though I can't seem to write a thing before 11 PM, I can draw any part of the day. Annoying Art 5B classes with idiotic professors are especially handy for this, so I got some pretty decent character sketches done today, colored and everything. Unfortunately, I didn't have time to scan them, but here is a larger version of the thumbnail image for this story. I recolored it in MS Paint, but the others are just plain ol' colored pencil. I'll try to get them up tomorrow.

Chinaren · Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 1:36 am Post subject:

It looks darned good to me. Better than my rather futile attempts at drawing anyway.

Now, set your clock forward and start writing.

(Pot/Kettle/Black).

Thracia Alba · Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 1:42 am Post subject:

Yes, master! Right away, master! *three full bows and a half-bow*

Ingrothechundyer · Guest

Love the sketch :D

As far as re-ording the threads...

Unlock chapter 2 -> post a comment -> lock it
Unlock chapter 3 -> post a comment -> lock it
Post a comment in chapter 4.

That will give you this:

The Greatest Fantasy Story Ever: Chapter Four
The Greatest Fantasy Story Ever: Chapter Three
The Greatest Fantasy Story Ever: Chapter Two
The Greatest Fantasy Story Ever: Chapter One
The Greatest Fantasy Story Ever: Chapter One Comments

LordoftheNight · Guest Joined: 11 Aug 2005 Posts: 5276 Location: Hell

PLus it will give you fables and post count - which is always good.

Ravenwing · Guest Joined: 18 May 2004 Posts: 3750 Location: Virginia

Of course you get more fables if you just post up a new chapter....hint hint.

LordoftheNight · Guest Joined: 11 Aug 2005 Posts: 5276 Location: Hell

Nudge, nudge, wink, wink, say no more, say no more what?

Thracia Alba · Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 2:18 pm Post subject:

Thanks, Ingro! I was trying to re-order everything last night, but I got that stupid Invalid_session message again. Frickin' dial-up, I swear. I don't seem to have that trouble on a school computer, though, so I'll be able to do that right now.