Silus - Shard of Flame

"Well, that's the question, isn't it?" Jezebel smiles at you. "If you want to find out what rewards will come to you, you'll just have to stick around." A voice seems to radiate through the room, from the very walls. "All participants are invited to the Waterfall Arena, where they will be informed as to the tournament procedure." Piscun stands, offering his arm to Jezebel. "That's our cue." They walk away, mingling with the crowd now flowing out of the doors.

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"You ask tricky questions, Riverheart," says Piscun, "but I'll have you know that our benefactor has certain connections that allowed us to find you. Everyone leaves a trail. Yours was one of the thinner ones, but traceable all the same." "But what does it matter, really? We're not trying to kill you, this is an opportunity, greater than you can imagine."

That's because his Shard and its intent created a large disconnect between himself and normal people.

Piscun gives you a shrewd look. "It's...complicated." "Complicated hardly begins to cover it," Jezebel says, running her finger around the edge of her juice glass, staring at nothing in particular. "We've been here from the beginning, lets say that," says Piscun. "I recognize you from last night; in that last group I brought through. I assume you've thrown off your false name since then?"

And you have to take immortality into account. Sazed has now lived longer than any human, and has observed people throughout their entire lives, including the ones that are praying to him. Leaving the mind reading part alone for a second, don't you think, that if you had a few centuries to observe people and how they work, and watched a specific person their entire life, that you would be able to know what's going through their mind at any given time? Even without major indicators like his obvious indecision regarding his loyalty to his house and his draw to the robberies?

Yeah, I have no idea what the War of Bel is. Actually, quite a few kinds of components are Gated. In fact, most of the abilities marked on the Grids that I've made (which you can see in the Data Topic) have some kind of Gated functionality. Gated components usually add something into the Form you're becoming that wouldn't be there before. Elemental abilities, new powers, all sorts of things. Really, just name it and it either is an ability that can be given by a Gated component, or it can be. It all depends on whether you can make it.

I would like to announce that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 was completely AMAZING!

There's a chat thing. Not sure how it'll go with the video/audio, though.

And here's me, because I am weak.

I'd like to announce that I have finally cracked and joined Google+.

OH DANG.

I am very excited for that! It was one of the things I was worried about missing.

I would love to announce that I go into the MTC on November 30th, and from there to Cordoba, Argentina to serve a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints!

http://alexdaymusic.com/261/ This...a lot.

My goal ended on my birthday, I'll give you guys the lowdown on that one later. Right now, though, I have four days to finish the last Harry Potter book before I go see it on Friday morning. I finished the sixth one a few hours ago and am three chapters into Deathly Hallows.

...No? I got it from the Bible. But she's not a harlot, so don't ask.

The two of them look at each other and grin, then start to laugh. The man takes a small gem from one pocket and tosses it to the woman. Preempting any confusion, the man speaks. "We've had a bet going. Every time someone sits with us, I give her a rupee, and every day that someone doesn't sit with us, she gives me one." He chuckles again. "You're only the third person to sit here in the whole month that we've been here." The woman laughs. "And that first one hardly counted. She had no idea we were here and scurried off again as soon as she saw us." "And I think that second one only sat here as a dare. He sat off to one end and never said a word." "He might have passed out for a moment when I offered to get him a refill on his juice." They laugh again. "But you have some definite nerve," says the man. "Trying to be nonchalant, it's a bold move, but hardly unexpected. Though you might want to check a little more closely next time." "Notice the ten foot gap around the table where no one's even standing? You're hard pressed to cross that and have it come across as a coincidence." The man reaches out a hand for you to shake. "I'm Piscun." "Jezebel," says the woman, nodding to you.

I would like to announce that one of my best friends has now finished Elantris, Warbreaker and the Mistborn Trilogy and just borrowed the Way of Kings from me! She also said she'd sign up here! *is very excited*

You're shown as entrant number 4, and your first opponent, number 3, is simply listed as "Darla". It's around ten in the morning, or so the large clock on one wall says, so you head to the Dining Hall to try and find some sort of employee. Off to one corner is a table that's deserted except for two people, the armored man - now no longer armored - and his mysterious female companion with the flowing robes, chatting over breakfast. It's obvious that everyone is curious about them, glances in their direction are visible wherever you look, but no one seems to want to bother them. Whatever can be said about them, they definitely know how to leave an impression.

We beat co-op, and have been working on some of the achievements. We've got one achievement left that we can do on splitscreen co-op, which is to beat Course 4, Excursion Funnels, without either of us dying. It is sometimes VERY TERRIFYING, and we keep getting stuck at chamber 5 for dumb reasons. EDIT: And I may be starting Fable 2 pretty soon, any comments on that? Is it good?