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@whattheHoid very true! We've achieved a lot as a species, and it's quite amazing! I live in New Zealand. We definitely don't make a big deal about high school sports the way America does, but we obsess over national sports. Particularly rugby. Some people practically worship the All Blacks, I don't understand. We have a massive problem with binge drinking. I don't know about other places, but it's commonplace here to load up on alcohol for the weekend purely for the sake of getting absolutely plastered. Particularly university students, but adults too. Especially if there's a rugby game on that night. Tall poppy syndrome is huuuge over here. Anyone who achieves too much or is too proud of their achievements gets cut down and criticised for being too full of themselves. We're so far away from the rest of the world! Even flying to Australia takes five hours or so. It makes international travel difficult. That said, it is a lovely country. Beautiful scenery - you've probably all seen it in movies. Great beaches, great native wildlife, great tourism and tramping and all that. There's also the Kiwi "Number Eight Wire" mentality that we're quite proud of. Since we're so far away from everything else we've developed a "can-do" problem-solving attitude - if it's broken, fix it, or invent a solution, with whatever you can find lying around (Number 8 wire is a type of wire used for making fences on farms). There's been a lot of innovative inventions to come out of NZ as a result of this (e.g. the jet boat, the egg beater). As a general stereotype, we have very deadpan sarcastic humour which, as someone with that kind of sense of humour, I appreciate a lot. We're also a very laid-back and casual society, which is pretty great from my point of view.

Ava entered, and approached the counter. "Do you need an extra set of hands? I could do with some work - some honest work, that is."

Welcome! It's great to have you! Don't worry about writing too much - you'll fit right in I prefer physical books over ebooks too, although I've started getting ebooks of some of Sanderson's books so I can read them whenever I want. They're definitely convenient, at least.

Shard of Curiosity. Or Hyperactivity. Or Hyperactive Curiosity. Honestly, this cat wants to know what every little noise and movement is, and to climb inside/under whatever she can. She was notorious for stealing pens as a kitten. She also sleeps with her paws over her face, which is ridiculously adorable.

This line in particular is brilliant.

Now I am become Goat, the destroyer of worlds.

There's always another website... When you should be studying, but instead you're putting serious thought into whether you'd be a lighteyes or a darkeyes (my eyes are blue, so I assumed lighteyes, but they're quite a dark, greyish-blue...)

Which one is Smokestone?

Um, actually, garnets soulcast blood. Emeralds soulcast grain. Shallan's brother Wikim has problems with gambling.

So I don't know how many of these have already been done (I haven't read through all of the thread) but "This is the way the world ends, not with a bang, but a goat." "Life is what happens when you're busy making other goats." "Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss goats." "A goat by any other name would smell as sweet." "Here's lookin' at you, kid."

Simmon is likely too. More likely than Ambrose, although I like the theory. I agree that Newarre is probably in Vintas; the Stormwal mountains are probably the mountains Kote mentions the scrael coming over. I'm not sure how he'll open the Four-Plate Door. It has some parallels with the Lockless box, and the thrice-locked chest from the frame story. Any ideas? I think the princess is Auri, there's a lot of hints and subtext that she is the missing Princess Ariel. Who is the barrow king? I've heard it suggested that he's behind the Four-Plate Door.

Eight spades. Yes. See, you could argue that either way. Black is the absence of colours, while white is a mix of all colours. But that's because white reflects all visible wavelengths, while black absorbs them, so arguably black is the most colour-full. Draw a picture? Adem hand gestures? Well, I don't know about Adolin, but it makes me a bit mad. That's bad maths, and fifty four isn't a very nice number. No animal is the worst animal, I like them all.

Caesura was already taken as a username, unfortunately, so I'm Caesura97... very original. @MetaTerminal/everyone else, good job on the wiki so far, it's quite impressive.

I do wonder if it's Ambrose... There's mention a couple times of him being in line for the throne of Vintas, and also of other people who are in line for the throne getting killed off. He might end up being the king that Kvothe kills. I haven't had much time to read recently, too busy with uni. I'm halfway through BoM though.

That is what I'm named after, yes. Who do you think the poet is that Kvothe killed to get that name?

We have a drink in New Zealand called L&P (lemon and paeroa). It's a bit like Sprite, but... more lemony? Blue. Duck sizes horses. Am not keen to get bitten by a giant duck. An end to poverty and world hunger - equal distribution of the world's resources. I wanna say something cool like a dragon or a griffon or something. I'm probably more of a nymph sort - a dryad or something.

Sadeas. Because musical instruments are expensive. Hazel, I believe. I'd rather Forgery than Bloodsealing. There is no cake. It's a lie. About 700 pounds a day. Apparently scientists have actually calculated that, which seems like a poor use of time and funding.

I am Arthur, King of the Britons I seek the Holy Grail An African swallow, or a European swallow?

That sounds amazing!

Hmmm... Do you have a song in your head right now? If so, what is it? Who's your favourite RWBY character other than Oscar? Who's your least favourite RWBY character? What's your favourite sounding word? What's the weirdest fact you know?

Finger-sized legs. Life in a wheelchair with functional hands is much more appealing. 50 years into the future. 50 years into the past is 1968, which really doesn't sound that interesting. Further back and I might be tempted. I'm terrible at favourites so I honestly have no idea. $10,000 up front I think. I'd stick it in savings and get interest on it. I don't understand stocks but that sounds a lot more useful. A rock. More interesting, less breakable. I'm procrastinating prep for a presentation and research for an essay, because I'm tired and unmotivated. If I remember right, between 10-10.30pm last night I was making PowerPoint slides for my presentation. So probably formatting pictures for that. Probably. I'm too cheap to sew from patterns though so I make my own from newspaper. Many. Because some rich dude got assassinated and people got angry, so everyone picked sides and tried to kill each other. On the coast of western Africa, between Togo and Nigeria. They claimed independence from the UK in 1976, is that what you mean? Their flag looks like this 42. I don't really have an opinion on Christopher Columbus. Not necessarily. 1 Because of Einstein's theory of relativity. I do chemistry, not physics. Uruguay. Chocolate covered, obviously. For a laugh. At least partially. Red, because Aimians don't wear hats. Roshar really appeals to me, but I can't guarantee I wouldn't die. Not this kid! Hoid. Also Hoid. It'd be fun. Autonomy. (Shard squared... shard with multiple personalities.........) Gandalf. Percy Jackson. I loved the books as a kid. Nah probably not.

This looks like fun, and I'm procrastinating. Anyone want to ask me pointless questions?

Your mother sounds super frustrating @Draginon!! Good on you for putting up with her though. So since my brother's decision things went downhill pretty quickly. He stayed a couple days extra in hospital, and came home on the Tuesday. On the Wednesday things started up again, but since he'd decided not to have more operations he didn't go back to hospital, just was on lots of drugs at home. Lots of visitors for a couple days. Things got really bad on the Friday night, and the hospice nurse put him into a drug-induced coma Saturday morning, then passed away Tuesday night. He died peacefully, with all his family here, and he's not in pain any more. Gonna be a lot of adjusting for us all though.