Daine: Hi ya'll! Sorry that this chapter has taken so long, but I've been
traveling.
Tsubasa: Auroral's ticked though- you should have written this sooner!
Daine: . What are you, my conscience?
Auroral: NO. She's your muse. And so am I. What are you going to do when school starts?
Daine: Hide under a blanket and whimper?
Auroral: NO! You're going to write in your free time!
Daine: -_- Have you seen my class schedule?
Auroral: No. (Daine hands her a slip of paper) Oh. Oh my.
Tsubasa: Lemme see! (Looks at it) 0v0 Isn't that illegal?
Daine: Well readers, I don't know what your choices will be yet, so check back at the end of the story!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My name is Loren. I live with my dog in a small house in a neighborhood that could be described as 'undesirable'. I don't mind it though. What I do mind is the dreams. In my dreams, I can always see, but I hate what I'm seeing- I see bladed monsters, or giant yellow worms. Sometimes, at the end of those dreams, just before I'd wake up in a cold sweat, I see a flash of blue. That blue means something to me- something important. But still, the blue comforts me, and makes me feel safe. And sad. Sometimes, I see a white sphere in a bizarre landscape- the sky is blue, and red, and overcast with thick clouds that flash with green lightning. And sometimes, I see red; just red, but not bright red- it was more russet, really, like feathers. People think I'm crazy, because I told the doctors that I had seen monsters. I can't see outside of my dreams and I can't remember anything before I woke up in the hospital, surrounded by doctors. I wonder how the boy is. Tobias. Whenever I see the blue or red, I think of him. I hope my sister is raising him with love. I went to bed one night, after saying my prayers, and saw something different. I saw a computer screen. With an address that must have been mine. The questions were pretty normal- but the answers weren't. And one called himself Tobias- it couldn't be- could it? He talked about being a bird. Another one of them- Elfangor- claimed to be dead. His address had the same last name as my address. But my last name isn't Fangor. This was crazy. But still, it was only a dream. So I answered the questions. It's not like I had anything else to do.
To: Loren_Fangor_CantRemember@fushigi.net
From: W_C_D@fushigi.edu; Earth_Girl04@chee.net; Don't_Call_Me_Prince01@chee.net; Bird_Boy03@chee.net; Mighty_Shopper02@chee.net; Hottie_Gorilla05@chee.net; Cinnamon_Buns@chee.net; Erek_4_Now@chee.net; Alan_Fangor_WannBe_NeverWas@deadplace.net
Welcome to the next edition of getting to know your friends.... this one IS different.... What you're supposed to do is copy (not forward) this entire e-mail and paste it onto a new e-mail that you'll send. Change all of the answers so they apply to you.
Then, send this to a whole bunch of people you know**INCLUDING* the person who sent it to you. The theory is that you'll learn a lot of little known facts about your friends. It's fun and easy. You might be surprised with some of the things you learn about people you think you know....
1. WHAT'S YOUR NAME? Loren
2. IF YOU COULD BUILD A HOUSE ANYWHERE, WHERE WOULD IT BE?
Near the woods, I think, so that I can listen to the birds.
3. WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE ARTICLE OF CLOTHING?
Sweatshirts.
4. FAVORITE PHYSICAL FEATURE OF THE OPPOSITE SEX?
I don't remember.
5. WHAT'S THE LAST CD THAT YOU BOUGHT?
I haven't bought any lately.
6. WHERE'S YOUR FAVORITE PLACE TO BE?
In the park, with my dog.
7. WHERE'S YOUR LEAST FAVORITE PLACE TO BE? I don't like the doctor's office anymore. But, what's a Yeerk Pool?
8. FOR 1 MILLION DOLLARS, WOULD YOU MAKE OUT IN A BUG FIGHTER? Bug fighter- that sounds kinda familiar. But I don't think I would.
9. WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT, STRONG IN MIND OR STRONG IN BODY? You kids all sound so wise, saying that both are equally important!
10. WHAT TIME DO YOU WAKE IN THE MORNING? It varies, really. Usually around seven.
11. WHAT MAKES YOU REALLY HAPPY? Petting my dog.
12. WHAT MAKES YOU REALLY ANGRY?
People who mistreat animals. What are controllers?
13. REGULAR OR EXTRA-CRISPY?
Fried chicken's really bad for you- tender roast.
14. FAVORITE COLOR?
Blue.
15. WHICH DO YOU PREFER, SPORTS CAR OR SUV?
I can't drive, but I like the sound of the mustang.
16. DO YOU BELIEVE IN AFTERLIFE?
Of course there's an afterlife. I hope you kids go to heaven.
17. IF YOU WROTE AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY, WHAT WOULD IT BE CALLED?
'I Don't Remember a Thing'
18. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SEASON?
Spring.
19. WHAT'S YOUR LEAST FAVORITE HOUSEHOLD CHORE?
Vacuuming.
20. IF YOU COULD HAVE ONE SUPER POWER, WHAT WOULD IT BE? I just want to see again.
21. IF YOU HAVE A TATTOO, WHAT IS IT?
I don't have one, and I'm not about to get one!
22. CAN YOU JUGGLE?
I can't. Andalites?
23. THE ONE PERSON FROM YOUR PAST YOU WISH YOU COULD GO BACK AND TALK TO?
Tobias or my husband, whoever he is.
24. WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE DAY?
Sundays. I get to go to church.
24. WHAT'S IN THE TRUNK OF YOUR CAR?
I don't have a car.
25. WHICH DO YOU PREFER, SUSHI OR HAMBURGER?
Neither, really.
26. FROM THE PEOPLE YOU E-MAIL THIS TO, WHO'S MOST
LIKELY TO RESPOND?
Isn't this just a dream?
27. WHO'S LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND?
I think all of you have responded.
PS-If one of you really is Tobias, I'm sorry I couldn't be there for you. I hope your aunt is giving you the love you deserve. And kids, I don't know what's going on here, but may the Lord keep you and give you the reward you deserve. I'll pray that things go well for you. And Elfangor, um, I don't know- there was something I wanted to say, but I can't remember. Good luck to all of you!
I sent it, and wondered just what I had done. And just what all of those words meant. Andalite- it meant something, I know it did! It meant something to me. It just wasn't a nonsense word from a dream. And Elfangor, he sounded so familiar, but different. Or distant. I don't know. I woke up and prayed for the children, and then continued on my normal routine.
**At Cassie's Barn (Tobias' POV)**
We had just finished punishing Marco after a meeting, when Cassie suggested it. It being, that we check The Email. We did. Marco was the one who checked it. He announced that we had gotten a new one, then looked at the address. He paled, noticeably, and looked up at me. He said that I should read it. He looked, well, somber. This struck us all as unusual. I looked at the message. Marco had kept the others from reading it, and when I nearly fell off my perch, they all clamored to see. Marco held them back, and helped me up. Sometimes, Marco can be very understanding. My mother had answered. MY MOTHER. It sounded like she didn't remember anything. Not even me. My aunt had always said that she was messed up. But blind, too? Visser Three must have done that. He had said something about it. And then I got to the PS. I really, really wanted to cry. But hawks don't cry. I let the others read the message. It was only fair. When they finished, I got six pairs of pitying looks (Ax used both sets of eyes). Rachel was the first to stop. And they all followed suit, and they morphed to birds. And then we went flying. I hope that Elfangor gets the message.
**At the afterlife**
Loren. I had no idea. She remembered nothing, yet seemed to have some intuitive draw towards myself and the others. She had said something about being in a dream. I was starting to have suspicions about how all of these people were getting the email. I was in a daze, but still, at least she was alive and happy. I knew that she wouldn't remember me, so why was I so heartbroken. I spent the day gazing at the only picture I had of her. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Daine: Waaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!! ;_;
Tsubasa: You've been reading the last book again, haven't you?
Auroral: Prince Daine, wasn't this supposed to be a comedy?
Daine: Uh-huh. (sniffles) And I haven't been reading the last book.
Tsubasa: Then what's your problem?
Daine: The mental image of Elfangor sitting in the afterlife staring at a picture of Loren! (starts crying rather loudly)
Tsubasa: Crud, that IS sad . . .
Auroral: Get it together, you two. Prince Daine, what are the choices?
Daine: I don't know. Okay readers, here's the deal: vote for whomever you want with a few restrictions: first: they have to have been in MORE THAN ONE book, and I mean lines, not just being talked about. Second: NOT DAVID! I assure you that David will appear, but not yet. Third: As always, vote for just one- that also means no lists of whom you'd like to see. Well, I guess that's it. If y'all are really good, I might just make it free vote all the time, instead of having to wrack my brain every chapter on who I wanna put in as a choice. Oh, and please no more complaints about how I spell character names. I look up the names, and that's how I see them spelled. I appreciate the thought behind it, and the fact that you're paying attention, but I do check the names. Thanks!
Tsubasa: Auroral's ticked though- you should have written this sooner!
Daine: . What are you, my conscience?
Auroral: NO. She's your muse. And so am I. What are you going to do when school starts?
Daine: Hide under a blanket and whimper?
Auroral: NO! You're going to write in your free time!
Daine: -_- Have you seen my class schedule?
Auroral: No. (Daine hands her a slip of paper) Oh. Oh my.
Tsubasa: Lemme see! (Looks at it) 0v0 Isn't that illegal?
Daine: Well readers, I don't know what your choices will be yet, so check back at the end of the story!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My name is Loren. I live with my dog in a small house in a neighborhood that could be described as 'undesirable'. I don't mind it though. What I do mind is the dreams. In my dreams, I can always see, but I hate what I'm seeing- I see bladed monsters, or giant yellow worms. Sometimes, at the end of those dreams, just before I'd wake up in a cold sweat, I see a flash of blue. That blue means something to me- something important. But still, the blue comforts me, and makes me feel safe. And sad. Sometimes, I see a white sphere in a bizarre landscape- the sky is blue, and red, and overcast with thick clouds that flash with green lightning. And sometimes, I see red; just red, but not bright red- it was more russet, really, like feathers. People think I'm crazy, because I told the doctors that I had seen monsters. I can't see outside of my dreams and I can't remember anything before I woke up in the hospital, surrounded by doctors. I wonder how the boy is. Tobias. Whenever I see the blue or red, I think of him. I hope my sister is raising him with love. I went to bed one night, after saying my prayers, and saw something different. I saw a computer screen. With an address that must have been mine. The questions were pretty normal- but the answers weren't. And one called himself Tobias- it couldn't be- could it? He talked about being a bird. Another one of them- Elfangor- claimed to be dead. His address had the same last name as my address. But my last name isn't Fangor. This was crazy. But still, it was only a dream. So I answered the questions. It's not like I had anything else to do.
To: Loren_Fangor_CantRemember@fushigi.net
From: W_C_D@fushigi.edu; Earth_Girl04@chee.net; Don't_Call_Me_Prince01@chee.net; Bird_Boy03@chee.net; Mighty_Shopper02@chee.net; Hottie_Gorilla05@chee.net; Cinnamon_Buns@chee.net; Erek_4_Now@chee.net; Alan_Fangor_WannBe_NeverWas@deadplace.net
Welcome to the next edition of getting to know your friends.... this one IS different.... What you're supposed to do is copy (not forward) this entire e-mail and paste it onto a new e-mail that you'll send. Change all of the answers so they apply to you.
Then, send this to a whole bunch of people you know**INCLUDING* the person who sent it to you. The theory is that you'll learn a lot of little known facts about your friends. It's fun and easy. You might be surprised with some of the things you learn about people you think you know....
1. WHAT'S YOUR NAME? Loren
2. IF YOU COULD BUILD A HOUSE ANYWHERE, WHERE WOULD IT BE?
Near the woods, I think, so that I can listen to the birds.
3. WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE ARTICLE OF CLOTHING?
Sweatshirts.
4. FAVORITE PHYSICAL FEATURE OF THE OPPOSITE SEX?
I don't remember.
5. WHAT'S THE LAST CD THAT YOU BOUGHT?
I haven't bought any lately.
6. WHERE'S YOUR FAVORITE PLACE TO BE?
In the park, with my dog.
7. WHERE'S YOUR LEAST FAVORITE PLACE TO BE? I don't like the doctor's office anymore. But, what's a Yeerk Pool?
8. FOR 1 MILLION DOLLARS, WOULD YOU MAKE OUT IN A BUG FIGHTER? Bug fighter- that sounds kinda familiar. But I don't think I would.
9. WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT, STRONG IN MIND OR STRONG IN BODY? You kids all sound so wise, saying that both are equally important!
10. WHAT TIME DO YOU WAKE IN THE MORNING? It varies, really. Usually around seven.
11. WHAT MAKES YOU REALLY HAPPY? Petting my dog.
12. WHAT MAKES YOU REALLY ANGRY?
People who mistreat animals. What are controllers?
13. REGULAR OR EXTRA-CRISPY?
Fried chicken's really bad for you- tender roast.
14. FAVORITE COLOR?
Blue.
15. WHICH DO YOU PREFER, SPORTS CAR OR SUV?
I can't drive, but I like the sound of the mustang.
16. DO YOU BELIEVE IN AFTERLIFE?
Of course there's an afterlife. I hope you kids go to heaven.
17. IF YOU WROTE AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY, WHAT WOULD IT BE CALLED?
'I Don't Remember a Thing'
18. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SEASON?
Spring.
19. WHAT'S YOUR LEAST FAVORITE HOUSEHOLD CHORE?
Vacuuming.
20. IF YOU COULD HAVE ONE SUPER POWER, WHAT WOULD IT BE? I just want to see again.
21. IF YOU HAVE A TATTOO, WHAT IS IT?
I don't have one, and I'm not about to get one!
22. CAN YOU JUGGLE?
I can't. Andalites?
23. THE ONE PERSON FROM YOUR PAST YOU WISH YOU COULD GO BACK AND TALK TO?
Tobias or my husband, whoever he is.
24. WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE DAY?
Sundays. I get to go to church.
24. WHAT'S IN THE TRUNK OF YOUR CAR?
I don't have a car.
25. WHICH DO YOU PREFER, SUSHI OR HAMBURGER?
Neither, really.
26. FROM THE PEOPLE YOU E-MAIL THIS TO, WHO'S MOST
LIKELY TO RESPOND?
Isn't this just a dream?
27. WHO'S LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND?
I think all of you have responded.
PS-If one of you really is Tobias, I'm sorry I couldn't be there for you. I hope your aunt is giving you the love you deserve. And kids, I don't know what's going on here, but may the Lord keep you and give you the reward you deserve. I'll pray that things go well for you. And Elfangor, um, I don't know- there was something I wanted to say, but I can't remember. Good luck to all of you!
I sent it, and wondered just what I had done. And just what all of those words meant. Andalite- it meant something, I know it did! It meant something to me. It just wasn't a nonsense word from a dream. And Elfangor, he sounded so familiar, but different. Or distant. I don't know. I woke up and prayed for the children, and then continued on my normal routine.
**At Cassie's Barn (Tobias' POV)**
We had just finished punishing Marco after a meeting, when Cassie suggested it. It being, that we check The Email. We did. Marco was the one who checked it. He announced that we had gotten a new one, then looked at the address. He paled, noticeably, and looked up at me. He said that I should read it. He looked, well, somber. This struck us all as unusual. I looked at the message. Marco had kept the others from reading it, and when I nearly fell off my perch, they all clamored to see. Marco held them back, and helped me up. Sometimes, Marco can be very understanding. My mother had answered. MY MOTHER. It sounded like she didn't remember anything. Not even me. My aunt had always said that she was messed up. But blind, too? Visser Three must have done that. He had said something about it. And then I got to the PS. I really, really wanted to cry. But hawks don't cry. I let the others read the message. It was only fair. When they finished, I got six pairs of pitying looks (Ax used both sets of eyes). Rachel was the first to stop. And they all followed suit, and they morphed to birds. And then we went flying. I hope that Elfangor gets the message.
**At the afterlife**
Loren. I had no idea. She remembered nothing, yet seemed to have some intuitive draw towards myself and the others. She had said something about being in a dream. I was starting to have suspicions about how all of these people were getting the email. I was in a daze, but still, at least she was alive and happy. I knew that she wouldn't remember me, so why was I so heartbroken. I spent the day gazing at the only picture I had of her. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Daine: Waaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!! ;_;
Tsubasa: You've been reading the last book again, haven't you?
Auroral: Prince Daine, wasn't this supposed to be a comedy?
Daine: Uh-huh. (sniffles) And I haven't been reading the last book.
Tsubasa: Then what's your problem?
Daine: The mental image of Elfangor sitting in the afterlife staring at a picture of Loren! (starts crying rather loudly)
Tsubasa: Crud, that IS sad . . .
Auroral: Get it together, you two. Prince Daine, what are the choices?
Daine: I don't know. Okay readers, here's the deal: vote for whomever you want with a few restrictions: first: they have to have been in MORE THAN ONE book, and I mean lines, not just being talked about. Second: NOT DAVID! I assure you that David will appear, but not yet. Third: As always, vote for just one- that also means no lists of whom you'd like to see. Well, I guess that's it. If y'all are really good, I might just make it free vote all the time, instead of having to wrack my brain every chapter on who I wanna put in as a choice. Oh, and please no more complaints about how I spell character names. I look up the names, and that's how I see them spelled. I appreciate the thought behind it, and the fact that you're paying attention, but I do check the names. Thanks!
