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[Cameo]

Going mental? who me? Nahh... This is how my brain normally works... and I dare say, I'm never bored ;) (are ya scared? ARE YA?!)

[Lannister]

I'm not scared. I'm totally not. The fact I've been hiding under my desk for 20 minutes is COMPLETELY irrelevant.
;)

[Claire]

Hahahah I have very relaxed standards of normal. My roommates and I lead very interesting lives. And by that, I mean we frequently alarm our guests. =p

[Cameo]

Lol like you're any more normal Lannister ;) But who would wanna be normal anyway.. normal people are boring as hell! *High five to my fellow weirdos*!!!

[Somnium]

*returns high five from Leodora*

Agreed, being normal just limits you from doing most of the fun things in life. Being mental is much better. My psychiatrists disagree, but I guess you can't convince everyone ;P

[Lannister]

*high fives Leodora and Somnium*

Yeah, I like the weird people. I like folks who don't just blindly follow convention.

Here's to weird! :D

[Claire]

Weird is definitely better. And more entertaining.

[Somnium]

Lannister wrote: "Here's to weird! :D"

I now have a strong desire to go get a glass of champagne and make a toast with you lot to being weird. But I don't actually like champagne. Maybe we could raise pieces of toast in a toast?

[Claire]

I like toast. This could work.

[Lannister]

Agreed! Let's toast with toast!! Try not to drip jam on yourself. :D

[Zeenat]

Now that I'm done with the Death's Mistress reread, I think I'm gonna read Hunt the Moon again. You know just in case there is some overlap (your bs radar should be going off now lol) . . . there is nothing bad with refreshers ;)

[Claire]

I love HtM so much. I don't know if I'll ever get tired of reading it.

[Cameo]

*swings peace of toast in the air and thanks the gods that Nutella sticks!*

[Lannister]

I'm in the mood for Cheese on Toast today - truly the food of the gods!!

I will probably wait till the next Cassie book is announced before I reread Hunt the Moon. Though that could be a while yet.

[Zeenat]

I'd probably read hunt the moon then too!

[Somnium]

Same here. I might do a full reread of the series when they announce the release date.

[Lannister]

I'm fairly sure the next Cassie book will be out at some point in 2013, hopefully earlier rather than later, and we can do a big reread then, if anyone's into it. Though I will need to recruit assistance for that. There's no way I could handle it all myself! :)

[Zeenat]

january 1st! no? oh well. . . . January 2nd? ;)

[Lannister]

Nah, it's gotta be January 3rd. We have such big hangovers in Scotland at New Year that we get TWO days off! All the shops are closed on 2nd Jan.

[Zeenat]

That's one day too long. I'm not reading it :-P

[Claire]

By the time the next Cassie book comes out, I think we'll have written our own version of the book with all our speculation!

[Somnium]

Quite probably. Hey, if we've written our own version, do we get to come up with a title for it? ;P

[Mello ❣ Illium ✮Harry✮ ☀Myrnin☀ Torin]

Lmao Claire

[Zeenat]

the title would have to be atmosphere/day of time related and then an action like:
=
Raise the Hel (hmmmm that seriously could work but is Hel atmospherish related?)
Rise by Twilight
Kiss the Stars
Count the Days

[Claire]

I think we should. Maybe it could be a spinoff book or something. "Everything you wish happened and more!" Or a choose your own adventure type deal.

@Zeenat I like your brainstorming. Count the Days...until the DSWM is back in our lives!

[Lannister]

Zeenat wrote: "the title would have to be atmosphere/day of time related and then an action like:
=
Raise the Hel (hmmmm that seriously could work but is Hel atmospherish related?)
Rise by Twilight
Kiss the Stars..."

This is awesome!! But please ... no Twilight in the title!!

So we've had:

Touch the Dark - could be twilight time
Claimed by Shadow - Getting darker
Embrace the Night - Night
Curse the Dawn - Dawn
Hunt the Moon - Daylight I guess, cos the moon's gone

So I'm thinking it's got to be a daylight-themed title about the Sun or Light or Fire or something like that. Fire would be good since the sun's a fiery ball, plus you tend to associate fire with demons and hell, which is hopefully what the story is going to be all about!!

Claire, I suspect if we the fans wrote the next book ourselves, there would be a lot of sex scenes, naked Pritkin, toe-sucking, naked Mircea, sex scenes, Consul wrestling, sex scenes, naked Marlowe, handcuffs, sex scenes and sex scenes. I think I'll wait on KC's version before we destroy the series LMAO!

[Cameo]

LOL you know us so well Lannister ;)

[Lannister]

LOL! I was probably just thinking about what I'd like to read! I forgot to mention there might be a tiny bit of time travelling thrown in, in between the sex scenes of course!

[Claire]

But really, would a book full of naked Pritkin be such a bad thing?

[Zeenat]

It would be a bad thing because it would be too much of a good thing. People would stop working, and just reading the scenes over and over again. Life would cease to move. Traffic would be stalled. Dinners unmade for the kids . . .

[Lannister]

LMAO! I have visions of aliens landing in a thousand years and all they find are decaying buildings full of skeletons clutching the same book in their bony fingers!! It's a dystopian nightmare!

Yup, you've got to have something to break up the naked Pritkin scenes. That's why we've got naked Mircea and Marlowe. And maybe some Cassie chitchat with Billy Joe.

[Cameo]

YEah as much as I would love it, I don't really think my mind would be able to handle a book only consisting of naked Pritkin! I'd be like the mouse and the pleasure button... XD

So yeah we do need some other (naked) people! :D Oh and some fighting! Fightings always a good way to get the characters sweaty and dirty ;)

[Zeenat]

ha ha I just reread the scene where cassie bandages up a newly returned from faerie pritkin. Sometimes I forget how CLUELESS she is lol.

[Lannister]

Yup, we could have the fighting, then a nice shower scene, then an even nicer sex scene!

Man, writing books ... piece of cake!! :P

[Somnium]

Zeenat wrote: "ha ha I just reread the scene where cassie bandages up a newly returned from faerie pritkin. Sometimes I forget how CLUELESS she is lol."

Ah I love that scene! It's one of my favourites, along with Cassie thinking the fridge is possessed. I think Cassie's cluelessness is part of her charm. Plus if she'd figured it out, she probably would have stopped. I wonder if Marco and co noticed what was going on in the living room.

[Zeenat]

I love Cassie, she's pretty awesome through that whole book.

I think Marco noticed, that man notices everything. But I think he knows to stay out of it. And I think he kinda likes Pritkin. He had no problem with Pritkin joining them at the beginning until Mircea had a problem with him.

Is it just me, or is Marco the most human vampire in all these books? I adore him. I wonder if Cassie can adopt him as a big brother? lol

[Lannister]

Well, to give my cynical viewpoint ...

I do like Marco, but I think he's totally under Mircea's thumb. I think he's a smart guy who trying to do a difficult job and he realises that befriending Cassie and developing some trust between them is the best way to do that. He doesn't mind Pritkin because he knows that Pritkin's number one task is to keep Cassie alive, and that aligns with his goals too. (He obviously doesn't share the more personal issues with Pritkin that Mircea has!) But, I also think if Mircea gave an order, Marco would implement it, no matter what Cassie thought. He might not like upsetting her, but he'd do it, because he has to answer to Mircea.

I wish he was free from Mircea and able to decide his own path, but I don't see that happening.

Also, didn't both Cassie and Dory think that LC was the most human vampire they'd ever encountered. Though a lot of that was down to breathing and making appropriate gestures and stuff like that!

[Cameo]

I thought Tomas was the one to appear most human.. afterall he lived with Cassie and she never knew.. and she's psychic!

[Lannister]

I remember Cassie was annoyed with herself for not picking up that Tomas was vamp, but I dunno, I had it in my head that she thought LC was very human-like. Maybe the buttercup yellow outfit fried her brain though!!

[Zeenat]

I don't think Marco would ever go against Mircea, he is still a vamp after all. Marco has accepted it all and is happy with where he's at I think. I think through that acceptance comes a more "humanness".

I think Tomas and LC are very human like too.

[Lannister]

Yeah, that's a good point Zeenat. Marco is content with his lot, something a lot of the older, not quite so powerful ones don't seem to be (like that guy Nicu? that scared the bejezus out of Cassie). Marco has accepted that he's never going to be a big boss himself, so he's happy with working with Mircea, who - provided you do what he asks - isn't the worst guy to have in charge.

But I haven't forgotten the scene at the start of Curse the Dawn where Mircea says Marco is in deep shit for not reporting that Cassie had disappeared. Mircea said "He disobeyed my direct command to be immediately informed of any danger to you. I could not ignore such a challenge to my authority, even were you not involved." and "I will not permanently injure him, Cassie".

Nice, huh!

[Cameo]

Didn't Marco also say something about not WANTING to be the big boss, 'cause all the shit he'd have to deal with?

Brr.. Bad Mircea, BAD! Don't hurt nice Marco. Spank Cassie for running of instead!

[Lannister]

Yeah, I think you're right Leodora. He didn't want the hassle. I like that he's happy with where he is. It gets unrealistic if everyone wants to be the high flyer. Some people are content to find their niche and stay there.

Bad Mircea, BAD! Don't hurt nice Marco. Spank Cassie for running of instead!"

Maybe Mircea made Marco suck his toes as punishment. I bet that would have scared the shit out of Marco all right!! :)

[Cameo]

LMFAO!!! Yeah but then again, Marco is from the Roman empire... and we all know they weren't that different from the greeks! XD So maybe Marco actually knows a few tricks ;)

[Lannister]

Wow, I'm starting to see Marco in a whole new light!! ;)

[Cameo]

LOL Yeah me too... not quite sure if I like this new light yet.. but it is interesting though!

If Marco and Mircea was having an affair, do you think Cassie would be mad?

[Zeenat]

Cassie would be like "I'm the one with the hair fetish!"

[Claire]

@Lannister I don't know about you, but that scene made me angry. I really wish Cassie would have told Mircea to shove it. I mean, she's Pythia, for God's sake!! If Cassie pops out for her job then that's none of his damn business! That's why I think Cassie causes some of her own problems. She could have stood up to Mircea there, pointed out that she wasn't under his authority and that he wasn't her babysitter, but she didn't. Which then reinforced the precedent that Mircea had the right to keep tabs on her every move in the first place.

[Lannister]

Yeah, I agree Claire. Though, what goes on between Mircea and Marco is between them. So if Mircea tells Marco to do something and he doesn't do it, he'll have to face the consequences, as that's the way it works in vamp society. But, as you say, Mircea had no right to stop Cassie doing what she wanted in the first place. He treats her like a toddler who has to be protected because she's unable to see dangers all around her. Cassie's lived her entire life surrounded by danger, so I doubt she's unaware. And every time she gives in, she gives Mircea permission to continue his smothering.

I'd like to leave Mircea locked up in his room while the 'grown-ups' got on with business. See how he likes it!

[Somnium]

I second that. How Mircea deals with Marco for disobeying his orders is pretty much his business, but what Cassie does is her business, not Mircea's. I know it's been said many times before, but although I know Mircea wants to protect Cassie, he's going about it completely the wrong way. I mean, he knows Cassie is going to run off and get in to trouble, but he's never gone and given her anything to help in those situations, like really good weapons or wards etc that could save her life, or encouraged her to train. I guess he hasn't on the basis that it would encourage her to run off, but still.