A nerd like any other...

I got the special outfit in El Shaddai. I am taking advantage of it to watch the bosses...

...and to see if I can place the exact type of sandal Enoch wears, since nothing else is covering his feet with this outfit.

Also: the written language in the game seems oddly...consistent for what I originally assumed was a fictionalized text based on languages from that era and area.

So now I am looking closer at it to see if I can't at least identify it. (I think there is a shift in it between the start of the 300-year-skip and the end, as there well should be, which only makes me want to decipher it further.

And I start...with the stuff on this poster.

Which was doubtless designed by Armaros. Who is flashier than Enoch and his theatrical battling in absolutely every regard. So the letters are obviously stylized and not neat, simple print because that's not the way Armaros does things.

Most I can tell, it's largely based in Aramaic with some elements of modern Hebrew and Arabic.

Well, what else can you expect from a society that's been isolated for 300+ years? It might well be a waste of time, but I want to find that out for myself before dismissing it.

Because I am too into dissecting details.

Comment and give me a character from a fandom I know, and I'll answer these questions.

1. Do you like this character?

2. What name(s) do you call this character?

3. What image/color do you associate with this character?

4. What image/song do you associate with this character?

5. What blood type do you think the character is? (This is such a random question.)

6. Of all the pairings that this character appears in, who do you like to pair this character with?

7. What would you like to say to this character?

8. What do you want to do with this character?

Stolen from zekkass

Pick one of my fics, and I'll give you three details that didn't make it into the fic. Background canon, deleted scenes, or a look into the future. My choice, but if you have a specific question you can ask it in your request.

All my fics are on the fic tag!

> Think of useless shirt in Imagine depository that is non-trade but you don't want to throw away.

> What the hell, just draw up an expertise plan for kicks.

> Wind up with favorite demons, backstory in timeline format, and personality blurb.

> ...And a muse that will not go away until a character ticket is bought and used.

> orz forever.

At least she's Chaotic....?

Go look at your blog/journal. Find the last Fandom-related thing you posted. The characters in that post are now your team-mates in the Zombie Apocalypse. How fucked are you?

...I guess rambling about playing a game is kind of fandom-related. So the last post talked about beating SMT2 on the Law path. The characters mentioned by name are Gabriel, Beth, YHVH, Virtue, Anubis, and Satan.

...

One word: Mahama.

My apartment is the safehouse, guys. If there's enough room left to stand with the giant floating head in the way.

Wow, it's been a long time since I've seen this kind of meme. Just copy and paste this into a comment and fill it out! ^^

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4: What are you studying/What are you working as:
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6. What are you listening to now/have listened to last:
7. What is particularly good/bad about my LJ:
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9. Are you in love/have a crush at the moment:
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PLUS
1. One thing you like about me:
2. Two things you like about yourself:
3. Put this in your lj so I can tell you what I think of you?

I never had any plans for moving out, I figured I'd do that whenever it was convenient for everyone. And if it never was, then so be it. I figured I'd do whatever was best rather than what society expects of me. Just because I'm "supposed" to move out as an adult doesn't mean it would work out or I should, right?

Anyway...

My mom's utter inability to follow instructions on a computer screen or even click what seems right has made me decide that even if it seems convenient to move out, even if I want to, I'm not going to as long as my mom owns a piece of technology with any sort of user interface beyond a power button.

Comment with "bring it on!" and:
• I'll respond by asking you five questions so I can get to know you better.
• Update your journal with the answers to the questions.
• Include this explanation in the post and offer to ask other people questions (but only if you want to).

So if I didn't give you questions before, now's your chance! knuddleluff asked me these:



1. What is your favorite SMT demon (that is not an angel)?

Kurama Tengu! I love tengu in general, and Kurama was one of my constant companions throughout the endgame of DSRK1.

2. What is your favorite MegaMan game and/or series?

I'm partial to the Classic series, but overall my favorite games are:
Classic: 7
X: 4
Battle Network: 3

3. Name at least three personal items that you would use to decorate your bedroom.

My Nook (more it's cover, really), my DS, and my laptop (or its case). End result would probably be a floral/earthy thing since the main colors for those three wind up being brown, pink, and green(if we use the laptop case).

4. Other than gaming and reading, what would you consider your hobby?

Writing!

5. What do you consider your greatest achievement in life so far?

Submitting three pieces to the school's creative writing journal, judged by the creative writing instructors. Two of them were slice-of-life stories, one was a fantasy piece (if you don't know, creative writing instructors tend to disallow fantasy and sci-fi on principle because bad writers tend to hide their bad writing behind the fantasy and sci-fi ideas.). My creative writing instructor knows me and my fantasy and has allowed it (!), but he wasn't on the judging panel that year.

Guess which piece of the three made it in, with a panel of complete strangers? :3

Comment with "bring it on!" and:
• I'll respond by asking you five questions so I can get to know you better.
• Update your journal with the answers to the questions.
• Include this explanation in the post and offer to ask other people questions (but only if you want to).

zekkass asked me these:

1. Who's your favorite character from anything? And why?

Pfff, uh. Gabriel, SMT2. And I had a long rambling reason why here.

2. What's your favorite book?

I...have no idea. There are too many good ones. One of the best ones I've read so far is called The Name of the Wind. It's a good fantasy piece that has worldbuilding that makes sense and is executed well

3. What draws you to the angels in SMT?

I...have no idea. I'm just fascinated by them.

4. What's the best thing that's happened to you in the last year?

Uh...having some awesome times RPing. :3

5. Why'd you choose that username?

Well, my usual screenname is Cherry. When I tried naming my character in Imagine that, though, it was taken. So I went through mutations of it until I found one that was not taken. And surprise, it wasn't taken here or anywhere else!

Title: don't have one yet! I'm thinking "Disillusioned", "Bad Habits", "Miscolored", or "Chronic Absentee". Suggest titles (even one of your own) in the comments please!
Fandom: Neopets(!)
Rating: G. I do plan to submit this to the NT, after all!
Summary: A longtime owner returns with yet another new account. But there's something from her previous "life" there she wants.
Notes: If there is anyone who is hard to write as a believable, flawed character, it's oneself. So critique me please! It's hard to write myself without help! I don't have to shoot for absolute professional quality given the stories at the Neopian Times, but the less I settle for second best, the better my chances of getting in!


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