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    Blargh

    By Noxryn,

    My thingy at the docs was twenny mins, sisters was a full hour. I fell asleep in the waiting room waiting for them to hurry up, and then became irritable upon being awoken.
     
    The doc's office overall was a nightmare I'd rather not go back to x_x
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    Blargh.

    By Noxryn,

    So why Blargh? you may ask well that is simply because I did something very stupid, and shouldn't have done in the first place if I had valued my health...
     
    Basically someone offered me twenty dollars (This someone is a friend) if I ate a incredibly large bag of Resees Pieces in five minutes...
     
    well I did and I got sick out of it. Sometimes I do stupid things like that, the funny thing is that I haven't been sick within the last seven years, and when I make a RPG character sick... I get sick the same way for the most part (Through eating food that doesn't agree with you) and so I spent all of these mindless hours thinking up an entire little side event in RotT...
     
    The highlight of the day is that I was able to get my hands on my first Animated fig. I bought Bulkhead with the twenty dollars from the bet... and so far I think he is a very neat little toy.
     
    I dun feel like reviewing... so no.
     
    Getting more readers for my SS in CoT called "The Tale of Two Sisters" would be nice... very incredibly nice...
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    Bleh.

    By Noxryn,

    I feel all bleh today. Especially in PE, during the entire class I felt like there was something lodged in my throat, and with running for ten minutes then more exercises after that, it makes me light-headed feeling and nauseous. Didn't start feeling weird until after I ran for the ten minutes. It also changed my mood, from like, happy that it was last period, to really aggravated over something I do not know of. It was rather... weird.
     
    But now I feel better, which is good.
     
    Also: Finished Neon Genesis Evangelion, except for one of the movies cuz I can't find it on any site, so I might order it off of Netflix... despite how much I don't like them <<
     
    Also Also: I started doodling again in this sketchpad/book thingy I had last year during art class (I really wish Art had been an elective this year ;-; ). As I went through it, I remembered all of the assignments from last year (duh), but I also found some old character drawings I did of RP-Chars, more to get the robotic/mechanical aspect of things down, which means that it was mainly Bionicle RPG characters (Kri for instance, people who played in NoI would remember her), and some funky helmet thingy I made.
     
    There was also a ship that looked confused as to what it was.
     
    But yeah.
     
    I started to draw up one of the Angels from Evangelion, cuz this one specifically looked cool (The first one encountered in the anime, by the viewer... can't remember its name). I actually like how I shaped it -- looked spot-on, but when I started to fill in details... yeah, that's where I crashed and burned XP
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    Blog Theme Ideas.

    By Noxryn,

    I need some, cuz I has none.
     
    Oh, and Exia is at the post office... which I could've gone to on Saturday... even Friday if the mail box wasn't sooo faaaar awaaay, cuz that's where the USPS notice was.
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    Blood Unit

    By Noxryn,

    Blood Unit

    (I rate it PG-13)


    The blood covered warrior gazed across the rocky terrain that was strewn with bodies and gore. He had caused this, every last life that had been ended. Why? One may ask; because quite frankly he wasn't happy, not ever since they killed probably the closest friend he had ever had.

    Squish

    His armored boot smashed through a skull of some strange looking monster which had the blood in the shade of dark purple, and whose brain seemed to envelope the man's foot as he stepped down. He hated that, but he had wished to make certain that this particular creature had died. The plasma based wounds all over the body should have already said that it was dead, but looks could be decieving.

    Within his life he had been called thousands of things; "Warrior", "Demon", "Murderer", "Traitor", and the one that he had been called the most, and for the longest period of time was "Spartan". Spartan was actually the name of his species, all they were really were humans with added chemicals that enhanced certain aspects of the body. Their bones were virtually unbreakable, their thoughts were sharper and faster to generate, their reflexes could be matched by none, and their strength in on itself was legendary. They were legends, heroes, and most of all; they were humanity's killing machines.

    The Covenant at this point had been the least of his worries, they had crumbled before the combined forces of the UNSC and the Covenant's very own Elite forces who had been replaced by Brutes beforehand. Evidentially that had enraged the Elite race, who then discovered that the "Great Journey" was merely a hoax and so sided with the humans.

    It had led to thousands of bloody battles that ended up with one side or the other getting severely mutilated; of course they had sent their remaining one Spartan against several, and this particular always pulled out of it alive. It was amazing what John accomplished, but the Spartan Three units could have ended this war long ago, had they been deployed. However, the status of the Spartan Third generation mattered to him not; he was the remaining Spartan Second generation that had been spared from death. It had been a lucky break at the time, but now the UNSC knew of his existence, and of the threat he posed to them.

    The roaring of engines could be heard right behind him. Underneath his areodynamic shaped helmet he cursed. Having no better choice he began running at full speed; which was incredibly fast especially since the armor he wore enhanced his speed, and strength by who knows how much. The ship had to actually move to keep up, that was good to know.

    Then it launched a missile, and at that he cursed very loudly and profoundly. The pilot of this ship evidentially heard that over the COM system as this Spartan seemed to have been far to lazy to turn it off for those few moments. The realization made the pilot smile.

    Now he had a missile after him and it was getting close fast.

    Dangit, dangit, dangit! This just isn't my freaking day! he thought to himself as his crimson armored hand reached back for the shotgun he had used earlier.

    Go fifteen degrees to your right, then when it is approximately a foot from your body; drop. The AI they had allowed him to own was on his side, and wanted him to live as his existence was what kept this AI 'alive'.

    This better not kill me... he responded in his helmeted head. And how am I supposed to know when it's that freaking close?

    I'll tell you, and currently you got ten seconds to execute the first step.

    Fine, fine. That works.

    Good.

    He went the direction of "right" by fifteen degrees, and slowed his pace a bit. He heard the sound of the missile's thrusters right before the AI practically yelled;

    DROP!

    He didn't miss a beat, and did drop. The missile went over his head and didn't create a direct impact, but it hit very close.

    From what the pilot saw, the entire section of that area was a flame, and there was a huge crater where the Spartan had previously been. Doing a few quick scans he concluded that the Spartan had indeed died in the blast. Content with that he pulled the Pelican in a roundabout motion and headed back to where the fighter carrier was waiting.

    Why they used a dropship, who would know?

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    There'll be more in another entry I'll post probably tomorrow or Monday. I didn't stick this in a topic cuz I didn't feel like it, and it is rather short.

    Oh and yes there is a reason as to why I called this "Blood Unit", it just has yet to be revealed.
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    Blood Unit Part The Fifth

    By Noxryn,

    Side Note: I would Highly, highly, highly appreciate it if anyone who happened to read left a comment, any form of comment. Please?
     

    Blood Unit Part Five 
    (Rated PG-13)
     
    They had been walking. Just walking, not even running, or even jogging. It was probably due to the fact that Jake was carrying his heavy weapons and so running, and then slipping may result in an accident. A fatal Accident. It hadn't been so long until one could hear the hiss of a bullet, a sniper bullet to be more precise.
     
    It nailed Julie in the leg, but of course her shields took the main force of the blow, but the single round was enough to force her shields flicker and die out, along with her body nailing the dirt visor first. Jake had taken notice of that and had a rocket launcher at the ready. However he could not see his target, as his target was concealed.
     
    However the second round never came, and he figured it must have just been fired off in the first place to gain attention, but why someone with an ambush would want that he didn't know. The good thing right now was that Julie was standing herself back up and reaching for her weapon. She pulled it out right as a group of blue armored Elites came out from behind some form of cover.
     
    They were low ranking Elites, being Minor Domos at that, and they may have been with the UNSC, but one couldn't fully tell. Of course that fact meant nothing to the two crimson armored Spartans, and Jake showed that by readying a rocket. That was only for intimidation purposes, as firing a rocket at this close range would be suicidal. The Minor Domos weren't grade A morons and knew that the firing of a rocket would kill the Spartan, and so they readied their own weapons. Their weapons were substandard plasma rifles, although the "substandard" part was rather hard to notice with the naked eye.
     
    Julie had two Magnums, and there were three Elites. Lucky enough she had six clips in total for the Magnums, and two of those six were already loaded into the weapons. She took a nearby rock, which was no bigger than one's fist, and threw it incredibly hard at the first Elite's lower leg. The stone hit dead on, and the strength from the throw knocked the Elite backwards. The other two were surprised by this and one was about to open fire, that is when Julie fired both magnums at the creature's head. The first half of the clips did nothing, except for take out the shields, while the second half of the clip tore its face open.
     
    Jake had attacked the third during the distraction second, and that involved grabbing its weapon holding arm and literally tearing it off. The dark purple blood of that minor spurted from the torn off limb and from the main torso, it was a gruesome sight, but each lived with it. The thing wasn't dead either, rather it was screaming and would try to get back up. Jake, being the merciful Spartan he was, squished its skull with his armored boot. As for the third that had been knocked over, Julie took care of him with two new clips, and lots of shooting.
     
    The last minute movement and the fact that his personal AI unit alerted him to the incoming bullet, it missed.
     
    Turn around 180 degrees, and fire your rocket launcher in the middle of your line of sight.
     
    Jake didn't even reply, he didn't have to. The AI knew he had heard it, and so the Spartan Two spun around quite fast, and fired his already set rocket launcher at the specified location. A roar of dismay could be heard, and then the explosion. The enemy had been killed, and that was confirmed simply by the watching of limbs fall and some armored scraps land amongst the dead bodies.
     
    "Come on Julie, we're halfway there and this time we're running." Jake said already taking off with Julie not so far behind.
     
     
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    Blood Unit Part Four

    (Rated PG-13)


    The trip in the Pelican had been somewhat long to her, she hated heights yes, but had learned to get over it when inside a vehicle. The fact that a very trustworthy person was flying the thing helped with her inside worries. Upon being part of Blood Unit a few years back; she had to tell them all of this fear that she had kept secret for the majority of her life. It was a good thing for them to know as they always tried to help her out with it.

    In her view; the Unit was like a family. They looked out for eachother, cared for eachother, joked with eachother, and yes, sometimes fought with eachother. Jack was considered to be leader of the team, but you could debate on some of his choices as he is human as well as Spartan; and humans make mistakes. Jake was just the oversized guy who was fun to be around when not trying to make something explode. Always laughing; even at the worst jokes, and always trying to make everyone smile. Jessica, when she had been alive that is, had always looked out for the welfare of the individuals. For Julie; Jessica had been more of a mentor as she had trained Julie a bit in hand to hand as Julie was rather weak in that department. The others viewed Julie as the "little sister" if they compared the Unit to a family. Everyone else would probably be like the "Big brother" or "Big sister" as they considered themselves equal with eachother, but some had to teach Julie certain things just so that she could fight outside of sniping.

    Even the AI units got along much the same way the Spartans did. Overall the team was very cooperative with eachother, and when they had witnessed what happened to Jessica; as a whole they got furiated. Julie had teared up afterwards, but nobody knew of that as she liked to hide such things. That was when everyone was split up. They didn't use transmissions to tell eachother where they were because such things were monitored by the UNSC. What happened with Jake and Julie had been pure luck.

    "You doing okay there?" Jake asked from the controls of the Pelican, of which was still a modded version.

    "I'm doing fine." Julie responded knowing that the Spartan was referring to her fear of heights and wanted to make sure that she didn't feel naseous or anything. Cleaning up a mess inside the helmet like that was a pain, and disgusting.

    "Good to hear it." Jake replied smiling kindly behind his helmet. The AI units had been quiet due to the fact neither had anything to really say, they were more just there for combat and when they thought they could be helpful, well currently there was no need to be helpful.

    "Where are we headed?" she asked. At the moment she was in the "kettle" as some called it due to the fact it was a; metal walls, metal floor, metal cieling, rattled, and just reminded people of the cooking tool. This was where the soldiers would sit while waiting for a drop off.

    "We're headed off of this planet, and back to another which was recently named 'Angelus Principatus'." that roughly translated into "Angel's Dominion" it was probably called that due to the fact that it was an elegant, and beatuiful land. Even with Jake residing there it stayed practically the same. If a battle broke out here between UNSC forces and the two Blood Unit members, well that fight may just tear the beauty away from the planet itself.

    "I haven't heard of it." Julie responded trying to match the name with some form of familarity.

    "It's a new found one, and had just recieved its name. Right now it is deserted for the thought of pirates, rebels, and fugitives to be residing there. Sooner or later the UNSC will step in to make sure that these claims are false, but by then we should be off of this place and off to the location of our good buddy Jack."

    "Sounds good, let's just hope that you're right."

    "Aren't I always?" the two laughed a bit at that considering the very, very large amounts of times he was dead wrong, but in this case he had more resources and the like, so you never know.

    We're here now Julie, so you can stop thinking any negative thoughts about flying. It really does not help me in any way.

    Sorry, I'll make sure to think of things that would keep you amused. Julie responded somewhat sarcastically.

    Hey! Just because I'm Artificial does not mean I don't know sarcasm. Julie rolled her eyes a bit, they always got into these little debates, but they really meant nothing. It was just a way to pass the time.

    Fine, fine.

    "Fine, fine" what?

    Nothing.

    It can't be nothing... I want to know.

    Then you should have been quite and in my thoughts no?

    The AI fell silent as it had ended up with nothing else to retort with. Of course he still wanted to know, but would get his information some other way, maybe in a thought slip-up.

    While the two had been going back and forth at eachother, Jake had landed the Pelican esque ship in a clearing. It wouldn't be so hard to find the ship, now that she thought of it, as the sky was wide open above them. When she did look at the sky though she thought it was quite beautiful. It was made up of all shades of purples, and pinks... like a sunset. Only it wasn't sunset, and the sun was high up in the sky.

    "We're going this way, not that way." Jake said to Julie who seemed to have gotten herself caught up in the scenery. "Told ya it was a nice place."

    "A picture tells a thousand words." she replied which got across to why seeing it had been more amazing than simply being told that it was indeed "amazing."

    "Oh, and don't worry about concealing the ship." Jake replied as he pressed a button on a small device. The Pelican seemed to fade out of existence. "Took me friggin' forever to make that, it's an active camoflauge for the ship, and yes I did have to take a look at the active camo generator in some Elite armor. I think it's pretty neat actually." he said obviously proud of his handi work.

    "That's... pretty amazing."

    "I know isn't it? But we need to go south from here... like twenty five clicks south."

    "Well, knowing your speed we better hussle."

    "Haha."


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    As the reader there will be certain times where you can pick the next event. It works like a poll, and these would be the options;

    1) Do you wish to see some raiding party attack the two while they're headed to Jake's hideout?
    2) Would a slipped in battle suffice, that isn't in the area number one states?
    3) Do you wish for a full on scale UNSC attack on the planet? Because they are finally taking action to the hostile forces? If so, then there will be loads of explosions and a space battle.
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    Blood Unit Part Two

    (Still rated PG-13)

    Jack! Wake up will you! The computerized AI that resided in his head basically yelled.The yelling of the AI was acknowledged by some movement from the crimson armored Spartan as he tried to push himself up. His Heads Up Display (HUD) was flashing as he took note that the missile had wiped out his shields, and had damaged the actual armor considerably.

    Groaning his stood up in his soot stained armor, the shoulder pads were of the HAYABUSA design as was the chest and helmet. That particular useage of armor fit what he did in the Unit, back when it existed anyway. During the end of the Covenant War the UNSC had granted the "Blood Unit" as they were called; publicity. Jack, Spartan 113, was incredibly fast, not so strong, but his movements were considered to be legend even among the other Spartans. That is what had earned him the initiation to this elite unit of soldiers.

    The Blood Unit were made up of the best of the best from the Spartan soldiers. They were all S-IIs, besides for one whom was the later module of S-III. The funny thing you could say is that individually they were called "J-1s" due to the fact each of their names started with the letter "J" and each of their numbers started with a "1". The legendary Master Chief had been part of Blood Unit as an incredibly skilled scout. He was quiet, calculative and could take out nearly any enemy. He had been pulled into the Covenant War and the other "J-1s" were kept out of it.

    Julie, Jessica, Jack, John, and Jake made up Blood Unit, two females (Julie and Jessica) and three males (John, Jack and Jake). Now though, only three were alive, and even then their whereabouts are completely unknown, save for Jack. They had their sniper (Julie), their demolitions expert (Jake), their scout (John), their ballistic killer (Jessica) and they had their team leader of whom was incredibly skilled with an energy sword and shotgun (Jack). Together they had been legendary, and unlike thousands of other Spartans; they held a command rank. Of course that was not common knowledge, heck they weren't even common knowledge until recently. Then their group had been offered up as martyrs for who knows why.

    Jessica, and John were considered dead. John is considered dead because of the fact that, half the ship returned from the other universe where the ring was activated, but no one knew that the Chief had actually survived and was simply in cryo sleep within this universe.

    Jessica had been gunned down during a ballistic rampage, and it had been a friendly fire incident. The friendly fire had been provided by a Longsword fighter that bombed her, along with the group of enemies she had been fighting. Her body was burned to ash and so had never been layed to rest. That alone had made Jack incredibly angry. He had shot down that Longsword, and shortly after that had simply left the Corps.

    Julie seemed to have followed suit as they couldn't find her either after this battle, it finally seemed that the Blood Unit had gone rogue. Jake, now he was a mystery to both the UNSC and Jack. That man was always off on his own, despite the fact he was seven foot five, and carried a rocket launcher and a Spartan laser with him. Now the previous "heroes" were branded as murderous traitors and were to be killed on sight. The problem was that they were so dang good that none had ever been killed, other than Jessica.

    The common thing among the Blood Unit was the fact that they all wore crimson armor, with a fancy "B" emboldened on their hand armor. It was what made the obvious seperation, as there were other units of Spartans that wore red armor. Not very common, and they were all pretty much killed off.

    As of now, in the present, Jack had resumed running despite the fact that he was horribly burned on the inside of his HAYABUSA armor. It was a pain, but he could live with it. The planet he was on is an unnamed one as it had only been discovered recently, and because of that he figured it was a good hiding place. There were snowcapped mountains, rivers of blue, and beautiful plains. He used the large forests to generally hide in, and had constructed several shelters throughout the planet.

    He was glad that the Pelican had left though and that his AI codenamed "TIA", had kept the Pelican's sensors jammed for the most part, but in such a way that one wouldn't notice. The AI he owned was an amazing little trinket, and it was someone to talk to when incredibly bored. The one thing that still amazed him was the fact that the S-III of the Blood Unit had recieved ROUGE and SCOUT armor of which was slightly tweaked to allow an active camoflauge, along with her own personal AI.

    You're about two clicks away from your little "campsite". Tia said to Jack.

    Awww, come on, I put work into it... Jack replied with mock sadness.

    So you say...

    You're no fun anymore.

    Am I supposed to be fun?

    Yes, because it keeps me entertained.

    Whatever.

    The small conversation ended there without much of a way to continue it, and the red armored Spartan made a run into the trees that started off the forest section of the planet.

    He liked the forest, it had huge towering trees with bark as brown as the actual color, the leaves were all lucious green and were bigger than his head for the most part; and the wildlife, along with the sounds made it such a beautiful, and serene place. Even Tia understood why he picked out the forest for his hiding places. She agreed with him on several things and thoughts that were turned into "reasons" as to why he picked here. Sure, it wasn't the best area to hide, heck the mountains would have provided more shelter and protection, but like he wanted to leave.

    The shotgun he had owned was a molten slag of metal, which annoyed him considerably and he set it down on a makeshift table that had once been a small tree. He had used his energy sword to cleave it in half.

    For now there was no action, but his mind continuously drifted to where his other teammates were, and if possible he could perhaps regroup with them someday. Until that day though, he would have to take cover and hide as the UNSC could send in a S-III team of which may be able to wipe him out if done properly. But, if the remnants of the Blood Unit were to regroup, well they'd be more dangerous than three hundred thousand Spartans.

    The thought brought a smile to his face that resided beneath his helmet still.


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    The next few will focus more on the other two of the BU ^^;;
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    Blood Unit Part The Sixth

    By Noxryn,

    No, I have not stopped writing this. I just got a little bit of writer's block.
     

    Blood Unit Part Six
    (Rated PG-13) 
    Jack was running once more. Through the green forest that seemed to breath life, and through the lucious green leaves that were thick with morning dew. His armor was pretty much drenched from all the wet leaves and plants he had ran through in order to get away from the new arrival.
     
    The roaring of the Pelican's engines could be heard behind him as he ran, and it had thermal scanners anyway so hiding this time would do no good. He couldn't see the vehicle, but he knew that it saw him, and he wasn't about to become a dead Spartan, at least, not yet anyway. He still did not understand what made Blood Unit itself so much better than the rest, all the members seemed to have striking similarities, and they also seemed to behave nearly the same way when in a combat situation. Perhaps the latter was due to training, but even their names had similarities in it, along with their numbers. Maybe it was all a simple coincidence, or perhaps there was something bigger that he didn't know about.
     
    He continued running as he thought of this, and the AI unit stayed quiet as he did so. The AI didn't want to break his train of thoughts, and the Pelican had yet to fire on them anyway.
     
    He continued running, with the constant beat of his metal feet on the soft soiled ground, and he could hear the wildlife buzzing about around him. They left as he ran by, and even more were chased out with the ship came roaring over head.
     
    He had his COM off so he wouldn't get who these pilots were, or what they wanted, he was just playing along that they were UNSC and he did not want to get stuck with them again, not after what they had done to his team, and not ever.
     
    Then, he heard the familiar voice of a man shouting from high above, and then he turned around.
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    Blood Unit Part The Third

    By Noxryn,

    Side Note: These characters "<" and ">" are like quotes, but used for COM transmissions so you can identify the AI (Italics and a color) thoughts (itallics) and regular speech without a COM (Quotations)
     
     

    Blood Unit Part Three  
    (Rated PG-13)
     
    Her metal armored feet clanked against the roof of the building she was running across. Behind her, there were several mercenaries en route, and they loved trying to kill her. Of course that was the point, and she really hated it. She jumped off the edge of this sand stoned building, and then landed on the one across from it while still running as fast as she possibly could.
     
    "Come on! Kill it!" one of the mercenaries shouted to their gunner of whom was latched in a pod that was off to the side of the ebony colored ship.
     
    "What do you think I'm trying to do? She's too friggin' fast!" He fired and blew apart the roof that had been right behind her feet. She stumbled forward, but caught herself and ran still. Her crimson armor was noticeable in the sunlight, and it was giving her information on her HUD as well as from the AI unit.
     
    The problem was the fact that all she had was a magnum with one round left in the clip, not nearly enough to take out the entire ship itself, and it was catching up and their aim was improving. In short it wasn't a good day.
     
    They got a lock! Her AI unit named Reese said, this particular one owned a male voice and appearance, and he did help in problems like this.
     
    Well, that's just freakin' great! Julie responded, at this the Spartan III of whom was allowed the S-II armor and AI jumped down the crevice between two of the buildings, and hit the ground far below quite hard. The impact sent dust and dirt up into the air that obscurred the vision of the gunner who cursed. She on the other hand stumbled a bit, but began to run again.
     
    <Julie, I would advise to take cover.> A familiar voice said over the intercom channel in her helmet. The voice actually relieved her, and surprised her at the same time.
     
    <Jake? That's you right?> she responded as it did indeed sound like her old ally, and the fact that he always seemed to be in the right spot at the right time.
     
    <Look to the building on your right, I'm not that hard to miss.> he responded chuckling a bit. She turned her head to do so and could see the seven foot five hulk of a Spartan on the building. Even in armor the guy looked like he could ram a building over with his bare hands. He was holding two rocket launchers along with that realization.
     
    <I suppose I should get down then.>
     
    <Yep.> Taking that answer pretty seriously she pretty much ran through a door to a nearby building, and then the hissing of several rockets could be heard. Then a loud explosion and a crash landing, the crash landing part took off the front of the building which rained debris all over the place. Now the local enforcement squads were made aware and they were immeadiatly on the scene all with some form of Battle Rifle aimed at Julie.
     
    <Look away, or up.> Jake said over the COM, she did look up to just see the huge man pretty much fall out of nowhere. The impact he caused on the ground caused a mini crater, and now he was holding two fully operating turrets. She could only hold one, but this guy was strong like heck.
     
    "Okay all of ya... I give you ten seconds to lay down your arms and to let us out, or I'll blow each and every one of you to bloody bits." Jake said in his low rumbling voice as he primed the turrets.
     
    "Negative, fire." The commander of these enforcement squaders said in response, and they opened fire from their Battle Rifles. The Spartans' shields protected them from the bullets, and Jake began to dual fire with the turrets and tore that entire section of men along with the ground to utter pieces. The other half retreated; obviously they valued their lives.
     
    "Now, let's get out of here." Jake said to Julie and dropped the turrets of which created a resounding Crash. He wore EOD armor, pretty standard among demolitionists, and she wore a ROGUE helmet along with a SCOUT chest plate and shoulder plates. It helped with her job, which was essentially long range firing and staying under the radar.
     
    Julie followed pretty close behind Jake who had now resorted to a single rocket launcher, and somehow he fit the other one on his back along with a Spartan laser; this guy alone could like wipe out an army with this armament.
     
    "The ship I own is behind the few buildings over there." he said pointing to a cluster of buildings with a crimson armored hand. "Didn't think you'd be around here actually, doesn't seem like your kinda town."
     
    "Meh, there was food and I could stir something up." Julie replied.
     
    "Still the same I see." Jake replied with mock disdain which was made rather obvious. That made Julie smile a bit beneath her helmet, she was the youngest of the Unit, but that didn't mean they excluded her from anything.
     
    Jake was rather slow, but that was probably because of the mass of muscle he was, and the heavy arms he carried along with the armor; she was practically jogging to stay in pace. Soon however, they made it to the ship that belonged to Jake. It was essentially a modded over Pelican, but with more guns.
     
    "You know where good ol' Jack is?" he asked her as she stepped into the vehicle.
     
    "Nope, although I bet if you just turn on the radio or something you'll find his name in the news." It was more of a joke than a suggestion, but Jake figured that it wouldn't hurt and turned it on. The first few words that greeted them were;
     
    <A red armored Spartan Two soldier had been noted on another planet, and was shortly fired upon by the UNSC. The soldier was reported dead, but their is no confirmation.>
     
    "Hmm... you were right for once."
     
    "Why, thank you ever so much."
     
    "Well, let's get going then." Jake responded. He barely fit in the pilot seat, but was able to, and within moments the modded Pelican lifted off and headed for the atmosphere of the planet.
  15. Noxryn

    Books

    By Noxryn,

    So I had some money and happened to be at Borders earlier, and so I bought a few books;
     
    - "Moron's" Guide to Psychology
     
    I'm interested in psychology and plan to take it as a class next year, so I figured that using a book that explained aspects of psychology in simple terms would be useful, and helpful for background knowledge. I read the first page or so, and so far, it's not dull and it's pretty interesting in my opinion -- this will hopefully give me a bit of an edge when designing, and writing, fictional characters. The book is by Joni E. Johnston, in case anyone wanted to go and search around for it. Odds are, I'll probably provide a full opinion of it after I've read it.
     
    - The Silmarillion
     
    I bought this in paperback, so it was fifteen bucks instead of twenty-eight. I like the writing style used in the book itself, and am more using it for research as far as writing out histories of fictional (and fantasy) universes go. It opens up explaining the celestial beings and their part in shaping the world in The Lord of the Rings, with some short stories that flesh out the universe a bit more. From what I've so far read, it's interesting, but I need to finish it before recommending it. (By J.R.R Tolkien, Edited By Christopher Tolkien)
     
    - The Complete Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
     
    Meant to buy this quite a while ago, and was happy that Borders had it in stock~ (By Douglas Adams)
     
    - A Dictionary of Corporate terms and Office-Speak
     
    If I ever write a story using a corporation or office-setting, or such, then this'll probably be a nice reference to have. It was five bucks, which is why I bought it. (By Diane Law)
     
    - So You Want to Write?
     
    I figured that getting some print-resources for writing would prove useful, helpful and easy to get to even when a computer is not around. I read the first chapter, and it's pretty interesting -- so far, it mainly says that if there's a specific genre you wish to write, then read books of that genre (a bit of an obvious statement, to me at least) as that's the best way to really study how to apply words and story to the genre. (By Marge Piercy and Ira Wood)
     
     
     
    There's a bunch of other books I wanted, such as some Stephen King, some Lovecraft, Edgar Alan Poe's works, World War Z, and many other Horror/Dark Fantasy and some philosophical books (Borders lacked what I was hunting for, though).
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    Books And Shows

    By Noxryn,

    So, I started to watch Gravitation and I really am enjoying it so far. I can empathize a lot with Shindou Suichi, as he's likely how I would be if I were more of an extroverted person. I've also taken quite a liking to Yuki =3
     
    On the other hand, I also bought two books with some money from the holidays;
     
    - The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
    - Call Me by Your Name by Andre Aciman
     
    People kept recommending them to me, so now I bought them.
     
    Oh, and I also read this little short story posted on a different site I frequent, "A Christmas for Carol" (I feel stupid for not remembering the author), and it was just sweet and nice, with a touch of the usual clichedness that every holiday thing seems to have, that makes it more "of the season" <3
     
    I also didn't make a list of "what I got for the holidays" because I really didn't expect to get anything this year, and feel kinda guilty about receiving things, and... well, gifts aren't really what make the holidays "the holidays" to me. I like it when people are nicer to each other, and when being kind is being promoted and stuff.
     
    And after spending some time browsing around Amazon, if I had a boyfriend I'd totally get him a Kumagoro plushie ~
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    Books.

    By Noxryn,

    So I bought some books today, Flyboys (Currently on page 22), Forest Mage (Second book in the Soldier Son Trilogy), The Children of Hurin (Heard too many positive reviews of this book to pass it up)
     
    So far, I find Flyboys to be an interesting book. Not one that has a happy atmosphere, but then again, such a tale would hardly warrant it. I picked it up because of the title, as well as the fact that it was a story from WWII I haven't heard previously and is roughly the first I'd have read in text (Mostly, the History Channel/Military Channel's documentaries of the War have a lot of information and it's actually from these documentaries where I hear of these books). This book was apparently adapted into a film, or there was a film that depicted the story, and when I can, I have a feeling that I'll be watching this film (More likely, after I finish the book).
     
    When it comes to the book itself, I feel compelled to just say that I do not recommend it for younger readers, given the actual text is presented in a way that I doubt someone in elementary school would be able to understand easily. The content is the other factor, as some (Even in the first 22 pages) scenes depicted are quite gruesome, too grotesque for BZPower's general audience to even be iterated in an online blog.
     
    Though, when (in my Sophomore year) we touch upon WWII in U.S History, I think I'll feel fairly confident in the material (Given, I must've watched about eight documentaries on the subject this year... plus, have a plan reading of at least four other books on the subject. Extra-studies on WWII from outside-of-school classes also would assist [Classes more bent on the advancements in Aviation and Aerospace]). However, when it comes to that singular subject (The War itself and BZP) don't make comments on that in the comments -- it's a subject that doesn't quite belong on BZP in form of discussion (Myself, more discussing reading/watching things relating to it and it assisting in school next year versus actual discussion on the matter).
     
    However, from what I read in the first bit of the book, it does give a bit of a history (I recall, the farthest back date in my mind from the text, being 1840, but events from the 1700's are brought up).
     
    That's for that book, however.
     
     
    I bought the Forest Mage because I had finished the first book in the trilogy back... I believe two, three years ago. It was a great story, one of which I got the name "Spink" from and I've had this nagging voice in the back of my head that has been saying "Finish it" for the longest time, the main issue had been that the second book isn't the most common thing in my life, only this one time at Borders had I noticed it on the shelf. I'll be reading this one right after Flyboys, as when it comes to reading two books at once... I'd rather not. My mind would end up being split between two different, vastly different, story lines. One pertains to real-world history, and because of that, I view it as a place my mind should be -- undivided. The first book in the trilogy took me under half a week to finish, as I spent most of my time just reading through the text, looking up interesting words while also guessing what would happen next.
     
    Of course, I never really did predict the end correctly, actually, I was rather far from it. The ending, to some, may seem a little... off, but it's a fantasy tale and "off" parts are fairly common in the literary works I've read through. However, I'm still rather interested to see how the entire storyline ends -- from the first to the third -- and will probably also pick up the final book to the storyline when I get the chance. ($43 bucks on books today... wasn't gonna make that fifty bucks.)
     
    The third book I picked up, The Children of Hurin (Too tired to get the accent over the "u"), was a story I've heard many on this site and others bring up (Was looking for Starship Troopers as well, as it was on the Navy's recommended reading list and stood out to me) and I was interested. I've heard that it's not a happy story, the opposite, but tragedies and the like never have put me off before. In fact, the earlier stories I've done have mainly been tragedies, even a somewhat recent one was a tragedy (But only the ending brought that to light, as the rest was rather light-hearted). I'll be reading this after Forest Mage for reasons stated previously in this entry.
     
     
     
    I do need to pick up some more books. Probably some more in relation to aviation, the field, while some others regarding tales of things that have happened in military aviation (Creation of the USAF, for instance). Others will more involve some conflicts, though I do want to find a not-so-dry tale of the battle of 300 at Thermopylae, as our school text-books are just horrid at the description of it all and lack a proper sense of explaining the tactics used both at the pass, as well as with the naval forces led by Themistocles (Basically, the book more stated "this happened" but I'd like a more in-depth look into the strategy used, as well as maybe a deeper look into the Greek leadership at the time, as to get a sense of what they were all thinking at the time -- individually and collectively). There are also some fictional books I wouldn't mind getting a hold of, but I do need to read what I have first.
     
     
     
    In other news, I saw Nightmare on Elm Street. Freddy sounded like Rorschach to no end (Same actor, probably the cause) and even though the movie was bloody, darker than the later (prior) ones and had far better visuals... I just found it a bit shallow. The plot was the same-old same-old in regards to that story and the actors playing the protagonists were rather dull, in my opinion. It could've been better, but for what it was, it was definitely not the worst it could've been.
     
     
     
    Soooo... yeah, that's about it. I think I was gonna add more, but I can't remember.
     
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    I got bored, very bored... though I had fried my mind with watching a number of shows [The "Art of War" as well as the "Last Stand of the 300" along with some stories of military operations that were on, and I find those things interesting] so after watching those few things, I had nothing better to do and so decided to think of something fun. In fact, these things inspired an idea which I decided would be best to test in the BZPRPG before actually adapting it to something else just to see if I'll actually gain an interest in it.
     
    So basically, in the course of a single hour I was completely able to create three separate arcs for a certain group of characters [Two already grafted from the original idea into the BZPRPG world... which wasn't too hard of a change]. Soooo yeah. I got bored and came up with that. And no, I had nothing better to do in that hour... cuz it was early morning and there's nothing to do in the morning. Afternoons are more fun ^^
     
    Buuut yeah... not much else to really say besides for the fact that my sister is going to have a birthday party on Saturday which I thought I'd be forced to endure. Rather, some... somehow my dad just happens to be in town and decided that we'd go out and do something [Can't do most things with my little sister as she tends to complain... a lot, and very loudly]. So that means I'll probably be busy most of Saturday... possibly sunday, but I dunno.
     
    Sooo yeah, just been moving things from my sister's original room over to a more open room upstairs, which means I get to move; Bed, empty dresser, take the cabinets down and move those, and basically move anything she physically can't. Other than that all I've been doing this month had been a combination of Fourth of July stuff [Fireworks, helping to set up the new grill, move the old one, etc...] and help my mom prepare for my sister's birthday [she does planning, I move heavy objects].
     
    And yeah, that's it.
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    Boredom Over.

    By Noxryn,

    Storm went bye, bye and now I am not bored as I just took a walk, and nearly went to Wal-Mart, but decided against it. Soooo, now that I'm unbored I will be around here just as often because I have nothing better to do anymore, and I'm a bit tired.
     
    Yes I did walk and yes it was for ten miles and yes I am tired. Call me lazy why don't you...
     
    Holy Crumbs! I am on AIM. =D
     
    FUNNY MONKEH
     

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    Brick Fair 2009 Photos

    By Noxryn,

    Here are some photos I took, I don't have all of them up yet as my phone died a few seconds ago. I'm too lazy to resize them via image hosting site. [some may be blurry, but that's due to the fact that I was using the camera on my phone which is horrid]
     
    Primus' Nameplate.
    A Lego Building with the USA Flag embedded into it.
    A Lego City Street.
    McDonalds Lego Style.
    Lego Train
    Lego Bus [The bus is yellow, but the picture makes it look tan =/]
    Some of the awesome Bionicles [blurry/bad picture]
     
    EDIT: Here's some more -
     
    White Makuta
    Toaraga's MOC.
    Nine Cat Monster.
    Bionicle -- Group shot
    Bionicle -- Group shot 2
    Bionicle -- Group shot 3 [With art by ToM]
    The Cat Apocalypse.
    Bionicle -- Group shot 4
    A display with a dragon and some Starwars people
     
     
    I have a bunch more, but I need to get them uploaded yet.
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    Brickfair

    By Noxryn,

    BrickFair was amazing this year, special thanks to Janus for the orange Vahi and Arpy for the metallic blue Toa Mata feet! (You guys are amazing)
     
    There's probably nothing more I can possibly say that hasn't been said elsewhere, but the entire event was just spectacular. Even for a while after BrickFair ended things were amazing.
     
    Everyone was just so fantastic, and with my memory I'll never be able to name everyone there of BZP, but Nuju Metru posted quite a good list of everyone!
     
    I'd have done a huge thank-you thing like what Nuju did, but man am I tired. The plane got delayed on the way back, so I went to bed at like... 3:00 AM and had to wake up 3 hours from then to go to school. But, somehow, I was awake for the day and learned something awesome -- my school has a free period at the start of Thursdays, so technically, I don't need to get in until like, 8:30 AM instead of 7:00 AM. ^__^
     
     
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    Brickfair 2010.

    By Noxryn,

    I'll be there, and I'm all signed up to go. You can easily pick out me from the attendee list, cuz like... well, it's rather obvious.
     
    But yeah, I'm rather pumped for the more space, and also 'cuz I got a room in the now booked Holiday Inn~
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    Brickfair.

    By Noxryn,

    I can'twaitcan'twaitcan'twaitcan'twaitcan'twaitcan'twaitcan'twaitcan'twait an'twaitcan'twaitcan'twaaaaiiiiiiit!
     
    Yes, I am very excited.
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