Friday, February 15, 2008

   postet
Straight through Epic post. Got a meeting soon and want some thoughts saved before I lose them in the conversations.

Epic:
Awhile back I had the fleeting thought that Cealleah would do anything to gain control of the country. I'm talking anything. He almost had his oldest grandson hung for treason because he was seen as the ringleader in the attempted coup. His original plain was to get his only daughter to marry Teseo, but that backfired when his niece, who he somewhat fears, married Teseo instead. He tries attempting a coup using his grandson as his figurehead, but that backfires. He's out of options all together unless he tries another marriage between the two families. The Rafiki line has nothing to do with the power of the family but all of the Washi line, except for one, is related to his family. The problem is that Ai is that one. He has a granddaughter the same age. They knew each other. They were in the same class at the Academy for twelve years. She's pretty. Well, all of the du Drake girls are pretty. There are some factors in the way if this. Cealleah wasn't very nice to Ai. Cealleah hates Ai's guts for being Shadi's son. That's really a lame reason but Cealleah's really lame. If he can put aside his hate for the sake of power then it could work. The only thing more powerful then his hunger for power was his hate of Shadi. He spent a great deal of his life getting others to hate Shadi too. But if he puts that aside then he can easily get Pierce to talk his daughter into marrying Ai. And it could work because although Ai likes Nayeli and she likes him, they're not a couple in the show. If someone he knew more then a couple weeks, that he somewhat liked from before, started showing some real interest in him he'd probably give in. He likes Nayeli but he never thought about marrying her. He's only eighteen so that's not exactly on his mind anyway. And if people showed interest in her he wouldn't be able to do anything. The story they're going with to keep what happened on Hogosha a secret is that she's Ah-nee's servent that came back with him as a gift from the regional lord where Ah-nee was staying. So if guys like; Yogi degli Ruv (16), Triveni au Rue (16), Keit no Quasim (16), Gabriel degli Ruv (17), Kovit no Quasim (17), Kulon ow'Zawsze (17), Reese du Drake (19), or Vasilis del Ignis (20) showed any interest, the only ones Ai could really tell to get lost would be Yogi, Gabriel, Keit, and Kovit. And maybe Triveni, but Reese has too much power and so does Vasilis even though they're seconds sons. Kulon's a first son and Ah-nee's friend. Ai can't do anything to him. Yeah, this is how I pass time when I'm eating. And so I don't completely forget my point, Cealleah has to go.

.:The Unsaid Works' EPIC:.

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Thursday, February 14, 2008

   St. Valentine's Day
I said I'd never use the heart shaped smile but what the heck, it's the heart day. So, I got my hair cut yesterday. I'm still completely freaking out about it. My hair is my vanity and I miss it so much. Everyone's seen Fullmetal, right? You know Lyra/Dante? My hair looks like that only shorter. My neck is cold. I think they cut nine or ten inches. My beautiful hair! I like it, but it's going to take me a long time to get used to it. And I've never gotten so much attention in a salon that I've been to before. I as been to before because when I first walk in I get like three hair dressers all petting my hair. Yeah, it was that great. They freak out when I ask for a trim so the whole time they're all (I had four people watching and taking pictures, I'm not kidding)asking if I really want to do this as they're chopping my hair. I'll see if I can donate it to Locks of Love. I don't think it's long enough for a woman's wig so some little kid or some boy can get a pretty wig. My good deed for the...first six months of the year. Wow, the hair in the back is shorter then my little brother's.
And now some St. Valentine's Day stuff. St. Valentine's Day got the name from St. Valentine. He was arrested by the Romans and killed. Before he was killed, he had a letter delivered to his beloved and it said 'from your Valentine'. And I think he was killed on the fourteenth. Or he was born on the fourteenth. Something about the fourteenth. So, yeah, that's were some of that came from. The hearts everywhere came from the romantic writer Percy Bishee Shelley and his wife, another romantic/horror writer, Mary Shelley. Percy died and she was far away at the time. They burned bodies back then to stop the spread of sicknesses. One of his friends reached in the fire and pulled out the only not burned thing and gave that to Mary. They said it was his pure heart that only loved her and all that. So for the rest of her life she kept it and women everywhere came to see it because they thought that was the most romantic thing ever. After she died, a doctor bought the Shelley estate and found that box. He never heard the story so I think he threw it away, but it wasn't even Percy's heart, it was his liver. But that's where the hearts everywhere on St. Valentine's Day came from. Like I said, I think it's a marvelous holiday to take advantage of. Go back to the people writing love letters before their exacution and wives keeping the hearts of their dead husbands him mourning, it's brilliant. Romanticism was very dark, not like depressed emo dark, pretty dark (except for all the death and dying stuff). It was dark like that until the whoe Percy and Mary Shelley thing with the heart. Edgar Allen Poe was a romantic and he doesn't strike me as a vision in pink and frills. I've read a few of his stuff more rescently. It's good. He was extremely influencal in modern society, not just literature. The Baltimore Ravens are called that because of his poem, The Raven. Pretty cool.

Epic:
Still just slowly working on some Zephyr stuff. I'm waiting to get that spark I need to start working on Inay. I watched a thing on mobsters and renewed my love of organized crime. I'm disgusted at how Vitto destroyed the mob single handedly. Drugs is the racket you don't want, you idiot. Even I know that. That's the one that'll destroy you, and it did. Maybe I'll work on the Hawkers. They'd be a lot of fun. Happy St. Valentine's Day!

.:The Unsaid Works' EPIC:.

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Wednesday, February 13, 2008

   venting
I stayed up until 1:00 watchig opening and closing night of Westminister. They cut off opening night last night by two hours for WWE. I hate fake westling. I don't really like the real stuff either. I'm more of a boxing, kick boxing, martail arts, UFC girl. But Uno won, first beagle ever to win. I grew up on Westminister (and football) so I could pick out the dogs going into the best in show ring. I know the breed standard for almost two hundred dogs. I was bored one afternoon. My randmother loves taking me to bench shows so that I can tell her the different dogs, what they were breed for, and point out the ones I think will win. It's just a big game to me, most things are. I'm really debating going to Algebra today. I'm so tired. We have a little snow so all the idiots here are going to be skidding everywhere. You should see these people driving with snow. If it starts snowing they run to the market and stock up on food. I'm not kidding. I finally came out and just laughed at them yesterday. We start off Anthropology with stories. Mine was how I hit some slush so my tires spun and I wasn't going anywhere. And cars here don't slow down or stop and I had one coming at me. So I gunned it and almost hit a telephone pole but swerved just in time, on slush. And the car kept driving like they never saw my car. But that was my story and then I ended it with something like, you people just don't know how to drive in snow. I said that if I didn't spend a lot of my life back east that I would've been in trouble. And they asked if the snow was worse there. Let's put it this way, it's not uncommon to get twelve foot snow drifts. An inch is nothing for me. Enough complaining about the strangers that endanger my life, I'm out of here this summer, and not a moment too soon. I'm having differances with my family again. It's all four of them this time. I just don't understand why I'm so singled out. I went upstairs to pet my bulldog because I saw the bulldog on TV and remembered how cute she is. My brother grabbed her toy, a heavy rope toy, and smacked me in the side of the face with it. Then my parents laugh and tell me to go away. And my sister is laughing and saying how immature I am. And they all called me stupid. I don't get it. I was petting the dog. That's it. They asked me what I was doing and I said I was petting the dog because I saw the breed on TV and realised just how cute ours is. He smacks me and they all yell at me. There seriously wasn't anything between that. I went back downstairs, locked them out, and finished the dog show. It honestly wasn't any fun after that though. And this morning my mom acted like it never happened for about half an hour. I think they're all nuts. She didn't mention it until I told her I deleted the dog show. She asked if it was because I was mad at them. No, because they already know Uno won so they don't care. I know that. They don't care about watching the show, they just want the results. I'm not a child. I'm not going to get angry and delete things they want to watch. They've done it to me, but I'm not like them. Yeah, I just told her how much I hated all of them. I worded it nicer, something like I barely tolerate them because I just seriously dislike them all. I've hated them for years. I don't act on it, I act like everything's normal, but I'm not quiet about wanting to leave. I get to this summer. I don't care if I'm signed up for any college, I'm not staying another year. I want to be out on my own. Oh, and I get my hair cut today. Getting it chopped. My poor hair.

Epic:
Epic makes everything fun again. Unfortunatelly, I've got to get ready for Algebra. I don't know, with St. Valentine's Day coming tomorrow I really want to stay home and work on holidays. I got one national holiday for Zephyr, Amor Patriae. That's Latin for 'love of one's country'. Zephyrians love Zephyr so I thought it'd make sense if they celebrated the day it was founded with a big festivel. And I had to use Latin, I just did. If I can find it in Greek then I might change it. But Latin comes over from my years of writing my Mirror Image sagas. Nevada spoke Latin a lot. Dragons spoke Latin more then they did Dragon or English, so Nevada had to speak Latin. And he learned Tongues to speak to demons. It wasn't too hard for him being raised Roman Catholic until he was almost fourteen. He's an atheist but the background and fear of nuns was there. This is really off topic of Epic. I want to work on holidays and I want to prepare my hair for chopping. Yeah, that's what I want to do. I don't want to sit in Algebra for an hour and a half listening to how to graph point x. I've been doing a little work on more Zephyr backstory. Ai was so bratty. You see Ah-nee being bratty in the show all the time, because he's not sure how not to be bratty, but Ai acts like he's mature. He's a smart brat. Ah-nee's not stupid but he's not quite as intelligent as Ai. Even if they were the same age Ai would be a little smarter. He spent the first years of his life sailing around the world wih his parents. He picked up on a lot of things, such as customs and mathmatics. When you're talking trades all the time you're talking math. Ai's not exactly aware that's why he knows math so well, but that's why. Intelligence is built by hard work andtime. His parents had him with them all the time so he learned early. Ah-nee is the youngest of five and a pampered little brat. He didn't learn until he got to the Academy.

.:The Unsaid Works' EPIC:.

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Tuesday, February 12, 2008

   Inay
Epic:
My picture of Inay de la Requiem was posted while I was at Anthropology so I didn't get to write up a little summary thing for him right away. But I can now. His name translates to 'god of the requiem' and everyone knows that a requiem is a mass for the dead. Really creepy when you think about that guy as a child. He's the high priest of the Fire God, the deity the Rixari people worship. He became shunned when he was ten because they found out he was only half Rixarian. His skin is lighter and he's got brown hair, I think like a chocolate brown color. Rixarians have florescent hair, and when his sister, Strawberry, was born looing completely normal they realised that he was half and the family did not have a genetic mutation. So he took to living alone in the woods and stuff. He did that for two years before making himself a raft and leaving the island. Everyone just sort of assumed he died and didn't really do anything or care. He lives on the outskirts of societies and entering Epic at twenty two he has a kill count of thirteen. He sees Caleb kara Masou, the kid he was the high priest for, a few days or a couple weeks before the show starts. Caleb was banished from Rixari for supposedly killing his younger brother, Kalevi, who was supposedly the Fire God. Caleb is known in Rixari as the denied vessel or the failed vessel for the Fire God. Something Inay could never forgive him for. Inay is also convinced he's crazy. He's not, but he thinks he is because of how poorly he fit into his culture. Inay would be considered a womanizer except he's too polite and know that a no is a no. He only targets rick women though. He doesn't care their age, personality, or appearance. He doesn't even care if they're seeing someone, engaged, or married. He'll always propose.


Inay De La Requiem
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I have a clippets that shows some Caleb and Inay interaction. Clippets are not part of the show in anyway. They're just random little bits that entertain me.
This is a very out of character clippet. Caleb's mother isn't dead and Rixarians would never except the two boys back or accept Flair because she's not Rixarian. And I forgot their dog, Keoki:
Caleb, Inay, and Flair on Rixari for Caleb's mother's funeral.
Caleb: (in front of the weeping crowd) Hello, I was asked to say a few things about my mother. Before I do, I just want to thank all of you for accepting me back into society. I want to thank you for accepting my friend...(looks at an expectent Inay) friends. (touches the coffin) What can I say about my mother, except.... (starts dancing) Ding dong, the witch is dead. Which old witch? The wicked witch. Ding dong, the wicked witch is dead.
Crowd: (stunned, mouths open)
Caleb: (laughing)
Flair: (covering her face)
Inay: I'm starting to think I might not be crazy.

These next two go together sort of. They're actually in character. We like to joke around with Flair, Caleb, and Inay a lot. If you've noticed thatI don't write speeching parts for Flair that's because she's not mine. She's fun so I'd hate to mis-quote her:
Caleb, Flair, Inay, and Keoki camping on the edge of a town, early morning.
Flair: (gets up and goes into town)
Inay: (opens an eye lazily and watches her leave, looks over at Caleb)
Caleb: (sits up with a yawn)
Inay: (jumps Caleb and pins him down by his neck) Now I've got you. Flair's not here to save you and your dog's dead.
Caleb: He's sleeping. (looks over at Keoki)
Keoki: (rolls over)
Inay: Nope, he's dead. And now so are you.
Caleb: He just moved.
Keoki: (sighes heavily)
Inay: That's not the point. The point is that I've finally gotten you away from Flair. I'm going to kill you, Caleb.
Caleb: (shrugs)
Inay: You could show some panic. It's not everyday someone's gotten you pinned down by the throat with serious intentions to kill you.
Caleb: (yawns) Can we go find breakfast?
Inay: No, Caleb, I'm going to kill you.
Caleb: Hey, that girl over there talking to Flair looks really rich. And really single. And really desparate.
Inay: (stands up and starts brushing his hair wildly with his fingers) Where? Where is she? Oh, anonymous rich girl that I'm kneeling before- (drops to knees and looks around) Caleb, I don't see her or Flair. (looks around camp) Caleb?
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Inay, Caleb, and Keoki waiting in town for Flair.
Inay: (glances at Caleb) Look at you, just breathing. I should've killed you already.
Caleb: What did you say? (Inay stares off in the opposite direction) Okay, whatever, don't tell me. (glare at each other for a second before ignoring each other)
Random pretty girl: Oh, he's so cute. May I pet him?
Inay: Wow, you're beautiful. I'd even say you're stunning. But, unfortunately I don't look for looks or personally. I can see by how you're dressed that you're poor. So, no, you may not pet or snuggle or marry me. I'm very sorry. (Random pretty girl looks surprised, Caleb groans a little)
Caleb: I'm so sorry.
Random pretty girl: Um, nice dog. I've got to go now. (walks off quickly)
Inay: (shakes head) Poor girl. I know it's hard to be rejected.
Caleb: You know, I was giving your method some thought and I don't think it'll work. It's not the girl that's rich, it's her parents, and her parents are going to want one heck of a dowery. Even if you somehow convince a wealthy girl to marry you, you can't marry her unless you pay her dowery. And you're broke that's why you have this obsession with marrying into wealth. Eloping wouldn't work either because the second she marries you she'll be poor too. So really, all this random proposing to rich girls is for nothing.
Inay: (stares boredly at Caleb for a second, looks suddenly surprised and points at him) Caleb! You have a massive beetle on your forehead! (smacks Caleb in the forehead)
Caleb: (staring at Inay from under his hand) I'm going to go wait outside town. You stay here.


Caleb
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And that's Caleb. So, yeah, sorry for the long post. Everyone wish for a snow day tomorrow. I just can't wrap myself around this idea that I'm going to have to wake up for Algebra instead of staying in a nice warm bed for a few extra minutes. I just can't imagine that right now with it sleeting. Take care, stay safe, drive on snow not slush.

.:The Unsaid Works' EPIC:.

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Monday, February 11, 2008

   boredom
I love Van Halen. So far Running With The Devil is one of the top ten songs that I haven't converted to white noise yet. I think maybe three of the others are Bon Jovi songs. Yeah, I listen to a lot of Classics lately. They play too many songs I can't stand on my other stations. And after my class on Classical music I can't get back into opera and the intrumentals very much. I still like it but I can't listen all the time like I could in the years before. I need to make a playlist on this thing.
So, St. Valentine's Day is thursday. Anyone doing anything? Not me, no boyfriend. I've been a little shy about St. Valentine's Day since some guy gave me a flower this one time. Sounds sweet, right? Not if the flower was given to him by this completely psycho girl. So, I was sixteen, just started part-time at the college. I would sit in this little cubicle thing and wait for my ride home. I was waiting there and this girl catches up to this guy and gives him a daffodil. She's all bubbly about it and stuff and goes into the classroom. I look up because of the shadow on my desk and he gives it to me and goes in the classroom. Then I hear her going 'who is she? I'm going to get her'. I freak out because he's saying 'no, I don't know her. I just didn't want it'. So I get my stuff and get out of there because that girl was coming out ready to kill me. That's the only time I've ever really run away. My great and wonderful friends didn't let me forget that daffodil for a long time.

Epic:
Just working on more Zephyr stuff. I'm wondering with St. Valentine's Day coming up how holidays are going to work in the show. Slade's Run Runaway just started. Yes, but back to holidays. I'm having such a hard time concentrating with this song playing. Unsaid knows exactly why and if they see this post they'll probably laugh as I mention the song. I'll have to wait until it's finished before I try to get my thoughts back. Alright, so I was thinking about holidays. St. Valentine's Day is just too good not to take advantage of. It's funny I say that when I don't believe in romantic love. I think it's a great idea but lately love seems to be doing a lot more harm then good, and my thought was that it was supposed to be a good thing. Anyway, if you get the thought right and really believe then it's all good. But I just like the idea of a St. Valentine's Day in Epic. I don't know if that would be international, what it would be called, or how it would originate, but it's still a good holiday to take advantage of. I think the rest of Unsaid mentioned having a St. Valentine's Day before but I don't remember if we decided on anything. And then you have White Day. That's a really cool idea too but I've only heard about it in Japan. Just a thought to play with.

.:The Unsaid Works' EPIC:.

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Sunday, February 10, 2008

   huh
I clicked on my backroom and was like, 'wow, this looks different'. Version Vibrant sounds pretty cool though so I don't mind that Cute is missing for now. Cute is what I called my icon. It's rare to find raptors that are actually cute but Cute and Sallya were. Well, Sallya was cute and Cute was adorable. Haha, I'm talking about my icons like they're real. They are, those just aren't their names. Sallya lives in Spain and Cute lives in Texas. I don't know their real names but I'm getting a gyrfalcon and naming her Sallya. I have to wait until I'm a master because those are serious birds. I'll probably start off with one like Cute. I think he was a red-tailed. He's so stuffed animal looking that it's hard for me to tell. You have to have a good bit of money to practice this sport so I have to get good grades and all that. If the shop is a huge hit and we get the funds for the TV show then none of this will be a problem. I won't be able to keep moving and I'll probably almost never be able to go on a vacation, but being a falconer is just so awesome. Dedication, hard-work, early morning hunts. Raptors, dogs, horses, what more?

Epic:
It's funny, I always had a sort of draw to falconry but I didn't know you could still do it so never thougt about it. It wasn't until I gave Adellenine her Sallya that I got back into it. Good writing, book, play, movie, or TV, takes research. So, I was surfing for what kind of bird Adellenine would have and came across the gyrfalcon, the only white falcons. Adellenine's Sallya was going to be a black or gray one, but I got really attached to the white after seeing one on an Arabic breeding site. He is so gorgous, an I never use that word. Probably beause I can't really spell. I asided Adellenine the gyr and started research on become a falconer for me. And I'm still doing research after six months. I'm not walking into this blind, no way. But my love of falconry has since inspired the Hawkers, a rival crime organization to Porqe. It gives us dynamics. The Porqe trio and the Hawkers, also called Kaspar's trio, are so much fun to play with. I'm pretty sure I've said all this before. I always seem to come back to the two crime lords and the raptors. I really got to get back east so I can launch fully into the show. I miss seeing the horrible shells of my characters. We need to save up for a Mac and some good graphics so we can see our real characters. And in backstory news; I'm putting off doing Inay. I just don't feel like writing kills right now or sad so he'll be later. I think Caleb and Zhek really took it out of me for awhile. Adellenine's has a sad part too except for it's got mobsters and I love writing mobsters. But I don't feel like doing sad. So I can't write the twins' either. Their's was happy right up until theyre on the run. And Koji's isn't exactly sad, but when I think Hogosha I think sort of dark and dreary. The setting is sort of depressing. Unless I write short backs for really really minor characters, which even those could have sad moments, I'll write more Zephyr stuff. Zephyr is like my own weird little salvation. It has sad and dark moments but it doesn't count for some reason. I know that Teseo's going to be a little sad because I decided to make it a year after Shadi died. And you'll see the du Drake and because Cealleah is the head of the family that makes that dark. I'll set it up so that you see all the noble children ad the ruling nobles, that way when we see Zephyr in the show everything is set. I'm starving.

.:The Unsaid Works' EPIC:.

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Saturday, February 9, 2008

   Academy
I got a B+ on my History oral report. If I didn't go first I probably would've gotten a C- or something. Ha, I know how to play the system. But this is actually an Epic post.

Epic:
For some reason driving home from class yesterday I started thinking about Zephyr, again. I was thinking how Ai and even Ah-nee were pretty good thinkers and had this strong moral connections and deep understanding of right, just, and life. And I thought it only makes sense that since they're noblity they were taught all this. But then it occurred to me that all Zephyrians were like this to some degree. Even Cealleah had this strange sort of philosophical understanding. And then they know a great deal about strategy. It only makes sense that Zephyr has an Academy where everyone goes. This morning as I laid in bed pretending to be asleep so no idiots would bother me, I was thinking about class structure. They'd probably start off the nobles at around five years old going to the Academy. And they'd only be in class with other nobles their own age, meaning it's common for one to be in a class by themselves. And they'd go to the Academy twice a week totalling eight hours. The common families would start at the Academy when they were six. They'd be taught with only their own age too but they'd never be alone since nobility is the sons and daughters of whoever runs the family. And they'd only go to class once a week for four hours, mostly because they just really don't need to know as much as the nobles do. Common families would finish at the Academy at sixteen while nobles finished at seventeen for girls and twenty for boys. The boys have to go three extra years because they have to have extra etiqette training since in Zephyr the boys have to win over the girls for marriage. They're also taught how to build a house and how to defend themselves. Zephyrians don't carry weapons, except for the del Ignis family, so the defense lesson is all hand to hand. And purely defense. It's like, hit them in the neck and run. And the boys are also trained in whatever feild they want to pursue to make a living. If you're the first born son, you're taught your history and the country history extensively. And you're taught the Zephyrian laws. You're not taught how to do another job.
So, during the meeting yesterday I went back to my VII and VIII to see who would be taught with who. Emre was taught alone. Duscha was taught with Britta degli Ruv and Virote no Quasim. Indigo was taught with Angeline degli Ruv and Ronat au Rue. Alethea was taught with Reese du Drake. Bad luck for her. Ai was taught with Odelia du Drake and Gina no Quasim. Bad luck for him. Anastasius was taught with Gabriel degli Ruv, Kulon ow'Zawsze, and Kovit no Quasim. Poor Kovit, he's the only one in that class that's not a first born son. Except for Ah-nee but he's the heir to the family. I was thinking mostly about Ai's class. Technically Ai should be taught with commoners and with him being Shadi's son, Lulani isn't going to want his youngest daughter hanging around him. And then you have Pierce. He's really not going to want Ai near his youngest daughter. If Cealleah wants to control Ai and get himself into the manor house, then he'll use his granddaughter. It'd have to be Ai too since the other option would be Alethea and Reese, Rajan and Duscha, or Anastasius and Odelia and that won't work since they're cousins. Ai's the only von Bavol (that lives in the manor house) that's not related to the du Drake. I guess the question is will Cealleah put aside his hatred for Shadi to gain control of the country?

.:The Unsaid Works' EPIC:.

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Thursday, February 7, 2008

   just post
I'm avoiding the rest of my Communications paper. I totally messed it up. It's horrible. I just have to write the conclusion. It's got to be two hundred words. I hate writing papers. I can't write papers. And I don't know what the heck I'm supposed to be doing. The whole thing is a mess. I read it wrong. When I read it quick I thought he was killing his friend because he stole a woman but he's killing his friend because he killed his other friend. Oh well, I'm not a detective.

Epic:
So that I had nothing to distract me from my stupid paper, I haven't watched any TV at all. TV watching is research at this point. I'm watching premeres of everything to see how people before us did it. We need a different format for our show though. I had a format in mind once and forgot it. I have to see if I can find something close to it to get the idea back. The really great news is that there is no show like Epic out there. Which people may not believe. If I say ninja people think Naruto. So wrong. Demons. Inuyasha. No, that's wrong too. Ronin, Samurai Shamploo. That's not right either. The truth is Epic doesn't even have parralls to anime. We've got demons, ninja, ronin, mobsters, nobles, warriors, southerners, hermits, bi-polar disordered, stragglers, wanderers, poets, and other things in Epic. It's a strange little world.
I did finish Zhek's backstory yesterday. I thought it would take a couple minutes and then I could do my paper without breaking off and writing the backstory, but it took hours. Backstory is very important for character developement. If your character has no background then they're not living. You want viewers to care about these characters and to do that they've got to be as real as a fictional character can be. So they need backgrounds and history. People who watch the show don't have to know the backstories, but creators do. They have to know the world and the characters inside and out. I have a great appreciation for anyone who writes for TV, even though I think most of the stuff on now sucks. It's probably because they're cheating and not doing histories and backstories, but I still appreciate how hard it is.
So, Zhek's story came to forty nine pages, that's fourteen thousand seven hundred thirty four words. Zhek and Ai ended on good terms. Poor Zhek, he feels so responcible for what happened to Ai. Ai just told him it wasn't he fault so he should stop worrying about it. Ai's a good kid. But Anastasius is still up there for a favorite. I love all my characters though. Except Cealleah.

.:The Unsaid Works' EPIC:.

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Wednesday, February 6, 2008

   post
I have nothing to say but I thought I'd post anyway. It's been a few days. And since I have nothing to say I can jump right to Epic.

Epic:
I did something bad and kept writing Zhek's backstory. Now I'm really behind on my school work. Epic comes before school but at the same time I need to do good in school so I can get out of it and work more on Epic.
Well, I'm almost done with Zhek's backstory. It's pretty weird just because it's his story but for most of it he can't talk or move or anything. He can only watch. It has him talking to Onitane and Onitane talking back but that's all inside the mind. And Zhek really doesn't have much to say to him. He hates him and can't stop him.
And I realised that Zhek and Ai would end up either pretty good friends or hating each other. Onitane used Ai but Zhek didn't. He was always trying to warn him and was nice to him. I think they'd be pretty good friends after something like that. I don't know why that never occured to me before. And Ai wasn't completely stupid. He was naive, but not really stupid. Onitane "saved" his life when he was fifteen. He talked him into coming with him back to Hogosha. Which he only managed to do because he kindly called Ai and orphan and a non-Zephyrian. And then he said he sent a letter to Ratri telling her Ai was safe and with him but he never did. He threw it in the ocean. Then when they were at sea Onitane got Ai to open up and talk about his parents. Mostly about Shadi, since Ai was told that Shadi never wanted him. Onitane was saying stuff like 'oh, you feel bad because you hate him for hating you; and Ai was just like 'I don't hate him, he's dead and the little bits of memory I have of him he's being a good father, so I have no reason to hate him'. So Onitane tells him that he's wrong and that he has to hate him. Then he starts filling in as the male role model. So then two years later, Onitane can get Ai to do just about anything. Zhek never allowed his body to kill anyone so Onitane had Ai kill to hurt Zhek.
But Zhek starts to come back a little more so Onitane secures himself a way of keeping Zhek under control. He kidnaps Aleksei. Afraid that Ai might start acting even more on his own, he tricks him into finding someone on Hogosha that he cares about, Nayeli. So then he has both for leverage. Nayeli was always unsure about Onitane so he knocked her out so she couldn't talk to Ai. Onitane was pretty mean to her. Zhek liked her because she questioned Onitane and Onitane didn't like her. When Onitane tells Aleksei that he's Onitane, Zhek comes through and they argue out loud because Onitane said he'd become Aleksei after he was done being Ai. And now Zhek's wife needs to save him.

.:The Unsaid Works' EPIC:.

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Monday, February 4, 2008

   yeah, I wish
Sleepy smily but no sleepy. I'm tired but I think my insomnia is starting to kick in again. I really enjoyed sleeping these last three week. It was no refreshing after getting insomnia nearly two years ago. If I fall back into the really bad insomnia then I'll have to take away all sleep for a couple days, set my alarm for 5:00, hide it somewhere in my room, and then try to sleep. Then deprive myself of sleep for another full day. It worked once so it should work again. Although now that I'm supposed to be writing papers I need to try to sleep. And I don't know how many days I'll need to keep myself up. It took five the first time. I remember because it was the first week of school. Oh well, I'm sure I'll figure something out. I cleared the basement of air-fresheners. My sister has a weird fettish with air-freasheners, and seating but that's different, the only problem is my nose is hyper-sensitive. I can't have cheap little air-freasheners down here because I get massive headaches and get all dizzy. It's same with perfumes. I remember elementary when all the girls got into perfumes. That was a nightmare. And then they all had that gross deoderant for teenagers. They thought I was so mature because I wore the adult Secret stuff. Nope, it just doesn't make me sick. Power is fine, soapy passion fruit mango that smells nothing like passion fruit mango makes me sick. My head is finally clear now. I feel sorry for my poor dogs. If it's that bad for me I can't imagine what it is for them. Maybe that's why they've been so clingy.

Epic:
Maybe it's because I've got to cut my wonderful hair short, but I've been thinking of hair styles a lot. I got one for Inay but I'm not really sure how to describe it. I like it. I liked Shadi's too, but he's dead so I shouldn't talk about him. I think about characters as I see them in backstory so I only have to focus on a group or one or two at a time. I don't have any of my main-ish characters except Inay for hair style. I'm not sure how much style Caleb's would have anyway. His hair was short but in Epic we see it longer. He's looking for his brother and running away from Inay, he doesn't have time to cut it or anything. I have Koji's when she's younger, between eleven and fifteen. It was shorter because of training, but then she got married and had Aleksei so she had to start looking a lot more feminine. I don't know if Zhek's was always long or if Byely was like Zephyr in regarding long hair on men as a sign of lower class. Even if he wore it short it was only until he was nineteen. I'll have to think of something with him. I gave Haruki a regular topknot. Kuri's I can't describe. I'm bad at describing hair. I can say a color and that's about it.

.:The Unsaid Works' EPIC:.

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