Mistrunner

Right?Like schlep. One of my favorite words.

Mistrunner jumps into the jokes, yelling out "Why couldn't Beethoven find his music teacher? Because he was Haydn!" She glances around expectantly, grinning, then awkwardly retreats to a corner to gnaw on a Prof bookie with her copy of Calamity.

For Collective Soul, Owl City and tallness.

"Well spoken. Welcome, Nashan, to the Elite Order of the Knights Awkward." Mistrunner waves a hand regally, then slowly realizes she's finally managed to do this unawkwardly. She grins a bit maniacally and bounces up and down on the bean bag like a six-year-old. "I did it! I did it!"

The big baddies, of course, would be Babaji.

<hugs>Man, I get having large groups of immature boys in classes and such. It's awful. They're awful. And really storming hard to ignore. Hope you feel better, Ripple. Have some cyber chocolate. <hugs more>

Yep, that's it! Huh. Cool! I'll try to remember that in case I ever find myself in Florida. While we're talking about indigenous foody planty things, I have to give kudos to huckleberries, for being one of the only small red berries that will not kill you. Good job, huckleberries, good job.

Nope. What are they?Salmonberries are like blackberries in general shape, but they're bright orange and usually kinda sour. Sometimes there'll be red ones that are usually sweeter. They're awesome. Love me some salmonberries. Haven't had one of the things in years.

Mistrunner gathers her strength and sits up on a beanbag facing Nashan. "Yes, that's us. We're... this... you're in Keep Awkward. Are you looking to join?" She pushes her hair out of her face and eats a couple bookies for strength. She nearly spits out the last one. "What flavor is this? Chasmfiend?!" she splutters.

But... but... raspberries are nummy.Just curious- who here has had salmonberries? Or thimbleberries? They're fairly common in the more nature-y parts of Washington, but a lot of people elsewhere seem to have no idea what they are. *attempts to ignore comments about Calamity whilst crying in a corner*

Dear Mom, Passive-aggressiveness is not an effective form of communication.

Mistrunner runs into the hall, hair soaked, breathing heavily. "Family... meetups... can take a lot outta ya," she says before collapsing. She mumbles an acceptance to Pikachu, extending (flopping) a hand over.

THE TURN SIGNAL IN THE CAR IS SLIGHTLY IRRHYTHMICDO YOU KNOW HOW FRUSTRATING THIS IS Also, when the turn signal isn't to the beat of whatever music I'm listening to.

I have the power to not feel cold. Also, eating vast amounts of food in short amounts of time.

Just spent the weekend with all five siblings! Bit hectic (not to mention squashed) but fun. Great Discovery: "Donald Trump" is the best answer to any card in Apples to Apples. Also, this:

Well, I... I do like bread, and...

I'm not either?

Yay! You made it! Do we get to talk about our boring problems no one cares about and say random boring things we're proud of?

You got a deal. And a reply to your thread. Owl City is Adam Young, AKA person who wrote that amazing score. Amazingly talented guy. I'd suggest somewhere to start, but I don't even know. Ocean Eyes, his first album, is really good, but so are the others... and then there's a few random ones that were in movies and stuff that are good, like "When Can I See You Again" and "To the Sky"... Anyway. I'll go look up Of Monsters and Men. Edit: Okay, that's... really, really good. Yet another band to follow! YAAAAAY!

I'm... very okay with this. We can PM each other about just how many grapes we ate or the ridiculous prices of milk. *sprints across room and jumps over couch to ask if you've heard of Owl City*

Adelina Amouteru from The Young Elites. Now, let me say right off the bat that this is not a happy book. It's very, very dark and Adelina has a lot of problems. She is definitely not a hero. But it's got amazing character development. Just amazing. She grows and changes- maybe not in the right direction, but changes nonetheless.

Let's start an uninteresting Sharders' club. HOW IS TRUMP STILL IN THE RUNNINGSERIOUSLY, HOW The man is not a conservative (I should find that George Will article on the subject, it's fabulous) but he kind of pretends to be. He does his own thing. And it isn't good either. Right now I'm hoping for Rubio. Cruz I agree with more, but I think Rubio has a better shot at actually winning. This is what we call fabulousness. Edit: Aaaand it keeps getting better and better. Give this man a contract.

I have not forgotten this! It's just taken me a while to answer a few of these. Sorry. I can't answer this one yet, because I've recently realized the appalling lack of defined borders in this system. I'll get back to you when I understand it. Aura writes:He hides everything from the public. He uses the magic to showcase the church's power while neglecting to mention that anyone can use it with proper understanding. He's getting more and more paranoid about things- especially assassins, and that includes his own- and his laws and measures have gotten steadily more ridiculous as a result. The country is hurting and I've been told that international relations are suffering. We're fighting what seems like eternal border skirmishes in a fight over boggy swamplands. He refuses to trade with the country to the east, saying they're a bunch of crooks when they're really the most dependable traders in the region. He's going steadily insane, but is still smart enough to build safeguards as a wall around himself. Failsafe after failsafe to make sure he can't be touched. In short, he's a loon, but a smart one. Just three. I don't know their names, you'd have to ask Avis about it. He keeps track of these things. We know because a few of his assassins defected and joined up. Yes, it isn't the greatest idea to allow a dozen assassins into your top secret base, but let's just say they made a convincing case that included a surprising lack of death threats. (I like these ones. ) Aura writes: It's considered a divine power. Only the priests are allowed to use it 'for the glory of the gods', whatever that means. I currently see it as magic, but my current (self-appointed) position is attempting to find whatever science may be behind it. Recently we haven't had much violence as a tactic in the rebellion. We're too small. We'd be crushed. We're focusing more on planning and tactics at this stage. The last time a leader in the rebellion thought they were ready to fight, nine people were killed. That's why I'm leading this base. Ivory had decided to attack a supplies carriage leading to the palace with eight of his men. It didn't end well. I'm not ready to lose more recruits. There's too few of us already. You either follow my orders and don't get aggressive or you end up hauling rocks in the basement. Of course I don't agree with everything the rebels do, it's obvious we aren't as professional as we'd like to think. Seeing as we were created by a random merchant and most of our leaders have no combat experience, it's obvious we have no idea what we're doing. What am I even doing here? This is all Kona's fault, he made me join. (This one's fun. Aura was born with brown hair and eyes, but...)Aura writes: It probably has something to do with that time I set fire to the roof. Not my fault. It burned up some powders and I was inhaling the fumes. I'm not quite sure when it happened, though, because I don't own a mirror and it took a while to notice. I should experiment with fumes. Haven't thought of that one before... (The fire was totally her fault.)

PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT CHARLIE THE UNICORN?

Well, my sister has a recipe you might like. I can't stand 'em myself.