New beginnings...

I've been thinking quite a bit about Renee and what kind of boss she would be, who she is as a person, and random traits and facts about her that are kind of disparate right now.

( So many random things. )

Well. Burying myself into books has succeeded in liberating me from my comp for a while. Actually, more so than that is my wireless connection being a right douche and not staying connected, so I either flake off to read or grab my sister's netbook to make sure nothing exploded on the internet before THEN flaking off to watch TV or read MOAR BOOKS. I have pretty much been eaten by The Dresden Files. ( Brief cut for spoilers from book 2 [Fool Moon] )

The reading of the books also ties into my wanting to start writing again. Unfortunately, I don't really know where to start. I've gotten a few drabbles written recently on my comp that refuses to connect to the internet that gets the juices flowing, but... I want to start a NEW story. With a new world and new characters and new problems. I just don't know where to start, especially when I haven't finished up properly with any of my others. B| There's so much to expand and make concrete that I don't know if I can really dedicate myself to something new when I can so easily jump back into my old one and make scenarios like that. Scenes that can be part of the story so easily if only I knew where it was going. *sighs* Story of my liiiife. A beginning and no ending.

Add onto the wanting to read and write is wanting to draw, but I haven't succumbed to that desire yet. I might as well, since my desire to RP has hit rock bottom. IM RP that's spontaneous is still fun. It may take a few hours, but then it's done and I can go back to the logs and re-read them and smile and go off and do whatever. Logging in and picking icons and trying to do plots is just killing me. I'm trying, but I am. Failing. Hardcore.

FML

It has occurred to me that the only reason why Lockon hasn't taken over my entire LJ is because I don't have a perfectly sized and customized header to replace Itachi. If that ever happens, well... I'm d00med.

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I've been looking at my NaNo -though not with the critical eye needed to tear that shit apart just yet- and contemplating where to end the first book. Yes. First out of what I'm thinking may be three. I say three because there are two more major events [only one of which I'm certain of] that will happen and be the main plot of each book. I still don't know how this will end. I never end stories well anyway. =__=;

I have 3.5 major bullets [17 sub-points in the major subjects] to finish before the first book is done. At LEAST 20 more pages of writing, but knowing how long it takes me to get through just ONE sub-point sometimes, maybe I should double that? It wouldn't be too far off, but if it's shorter, I'm not gonna complain.

Aaand of course, I have this lack of attention to detail the first time around. I have to go back and add massive details. I made a list of things I have to consistently go back and add/change. There are 7 main categories; most have little sub-bullets of specifics. See. This is why I appointed myself a list Nazi. I do it so willingly on my own. -__-

Things to do:
     ♦ Go through written pages for minor characters
     ♦ Make Full Characters Spreadsheet
     ♦ Write up end of book
     ♦ Go back and add details
     ♦ Cry softly as edits are made

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And I have something else to work on. Certifications. Technical Certifications. I'm starting on A+ then Networking... CNet? I think he said. I forget. My job is going to end in about 3 months? That's what I'm tentatively putting it as. I want to leave on a good note and not get laid off and scramble around trying to cling on to something. I don't want a two-bit job just to scrape by. Even a help desk job would be more in my field than what I'm doing now. Having two weeks off in the middle would be nice, too. Just to relax, get some shit down. Be lazy, etc.

I'm assuming I have to start from scratch for A+ cert, since I don't know much on the technical side. Is two months long enough to study? Hrm... We'll see, won't we? I have a web development degree but don't even like programming past C+. OTL My photoshop skills are random and need work. I need to brush up on CSS. I don't script either. Wooo how useless am I? Time to pull out the old text books and fucking hit 'em son.

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Yay. These bastards are finally cracking~

I wish I could put this in a table, cus it's getting long... =_= ::laughs:: Maybe I should lj-cut it and only show the ones that have been updated or are new? ::nods:: 's a good idea...

Character Peronalities New!

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::whistles:: I seriously ponder getting a writing journal, but it's so much easier to just visit this one...

Aa! ::runs around:: Bleach Cast Announcements have been made! Score!

A lot of people are wondering about Ichigo and Ishida's voices... I can't say I'm concerned, cus even if they really suck, I'll still watch some of them just to laugh my ass off. And ooooo.... I can't wait though I'm terrified to see who's cast as Renji and Byakuya! :cheers:: Sixth division is the best!

They also said something about Wendee Lee being better off as Matsumoto, which may be better than Tatsuki, but come on. It isn't as if once Tatsuki disappears [which she does in the Soul Society Arc] she won't reappear as Matsumoto later on. It's happened in Naruto. Hello? Steven Blum was Zabuza, but he came back as Orochimaru [and sounded so different I had to check to see if it was really him]. In fact, I hope that's the case with Tatsuki and Matsumoto. ::chuckles:: Should be fun to find out!

( Carol Berg, you stole a chunk of my soul. I add you to my list under Robin Hobb and Melanie Rawn... )

The Ring of Seven consists of 7 Apollos who govern over the Platinum. It mostly resembles a democracy, but there are certain times where The Master of Angels word is taken above all others without question, but they are few and far inbetween.

The Master of Angels or Head of Council is in charge of all the Platinum. This person, for all intensive purposes, is God. He/She makes the last call on all decisions but does not have the right to veto things that other Council members are going for.

The Assistant Head of Council is like a vice-president. He or she assists the Master of Angels in daily tasks and decision making where the other five councel members aren't required to give their vote.

The Council Aid is a secretary. More often than not, the position is filled by a woman who can be cool in some of the most stressful situations. She gives her opinion on subjects that might need another look. When any of the Apollo are unavailable or there is a time that a position is empty, the Council Aid will take that place until the position is filled.

The Military General is in charge of all of the military and their operations. Usually filled by a man, they do all the things a normal general does, and that includes going into battle if necessary. They rarely gets along with the Apollo Representative, S'chru Representative, and the Council Judge.

The Council Judge oversees all legal matters. Those include punishments for crimes and the throwing out of old rules that no longer seem to have a purpose.

The Apollo Representative is like a House of Representatives/Senate for apollos, except it's only one person. They bring to the Ring of Seven the suggestions and desires of the apollo population. They also make sure that no decisions made by the Master of Angels hinders the rights of apollos.

The S'chru Representative is the exact same thing as the Apollo Representative except for s'chru. His or her main duty is to make sure that the Apollo Representative doesn't convince the Master of Angels and the Council Judge to pass a law that is biased against s'chru. This representative is the only s'chru allowed in the upper level of Platinum.

The Council holds elections every 25-50 years, depending on the satisfaction of the 'citizens' of the Platinum. The ones most likely to be changed are the representatives of each of the two groups, however all positions are up for election. The years are counted normally [24 Hours in a day, 365 Days in a year]. Their calendar starts at the year 0, which is the last day of The Great War, and they are currently in year 3975 and the 188th election. Sometimes elections are held just because they can have them and the members of the council run unopposed. There have been 16 elections that have a 50 years span between, and 127 with only 25 years between elections. The 25 year elections are concentrated towards the beginning of the new era when the most change was made to the system.

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Matthew is the current Master of Angels. He has been the only Master of Angels that anyone ever remembers and there are very few apollos who are older than he is. It is rumored, but never stated aloud, that all records from before he took power were destroyed, not by the rebelling Apollos soon to be Orions, but by Matthew himself. The left over title of Angel has never been explained and it's believed that they were once referred to as Angels, but sometime after the Great War, he renamed them all to try and help heal the pain of loss of their brethren. Some believe it was just his way of forcing people to forget the past and follow him without question. He has been Master for at least 3500 years, but no one can pin down his election year due to faulty records.

Andrew is the Assistant Head of Council. He's been in office for over 600 years. He came into office because the previous Assitant Head stepped down for unknown reasons. Most think it was because it grew bored with it. He's a calm and reasonable guy, easy to get along with, but has a firm stance which sometimes clashes with Matthew. He's good friends with The Apollo Representative, Christopher, and the Coucil Judge, Aaron.

Gabriel acts as the Council Aid. She takes notes during meetings and keeps maticulous records. She plays the devil's advocate to most ideas, regardless of how she feels about the topic to try and get the best results for everyone. She hates cursing, but is tolerant of almost everything else. She and Augustus, the Military General, are also bickering.

Augustus is the Military General. Since it has been peaceful for a millenia, Augustus hasn't had to do much, so there's no reason to replace him, which is why he has been in office for 1325 years. He's a bit of a hard ass and is always trying to convince the Judge and Master of Angels to hand down ridiculously strict punishments for crimes. No one remembers if he was always like that, but from sheer boredom it seems to have gotten worse. He also has a bit of a potty mouth, as much as a holy being can have, and it puts him at odds with Gabriel, the Council Aid.

Aaron is Council Judge. He's been on the council for 875 years. He gives light sentances for most crimes the first time around, but after the second offense, he turns into a toned down version of Augustus. He believes in justice and his ability to see the truth, but it doesn't go to his head [most of the time] and is quite sociable. He is often seen with Andrew, the Assistand Head, and Christopher, the Apollo Reprsentative.

Christopher is Apollo Representative. He was elected 325 years ago. Whenever the Apollos have a problem, they come running to him and he tries to solve the problems without having to create new laws. He's sarcastic, and it often gets him in trouble, but he manages to slide out of any trouble he gets into. He isn't afraid to pull a favor from the Council Judge of Assistant Head if need be. He's the last member of the close Trio of council memebers including Aaron and Andrew.

Delilah, the S'chru Representative, is loud and overly-friendly. She's been in office for 400 years and is loved by just about everyone, especially the S'chru. She loves making fun of Augustus and gets along especially well with Gabriel, being the only other female on the council. They both tend to gang up on the Military General, but hide their pleasure from it well.

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The Council Judge is the primary giver of punishments, but if an overwhelming number of the population feels this judgement was incorrect, they draw lots to create a jury and hold a trial. Sometimes, the Master of Angels will take over the proceedings in a controversial case, but that is a very, very rare occurence.

Escree is the power over the mind. It is used for the power of suggestion, to sense another living being, and to feel the moods of people. It is possible to read a person's mind, or at least get a general idea of their thinking patterns, but it takes a lot of practice to perfect.

It takes magic to escree. As most humans don't have magic, they cannot escree. Beasts, being something like a magical creature, have the basic power to feel life's presence and sense another's mood by their own powerful 6 senses. Elves have plenty of magic and time to master escree. They also were the ones to develop it to the point of planting notions in people's heads.

Dragons learned the basics of escreeing from elves. After this, they studied it with more of an eye for its use than just because it was interesting. They developed tactics for how to make concrete thoughts in another's mind that they followed out to its completion as if it was their own thought. How to change what a person sees and plant doubts in minds. From this, they began to discern the thoughts of those they were manipulating. When this happened, it made it possible to plant ideas that no one, not the person being puppeted or their close friends and family, could differentiate from their normal behavior and those forced upon them.

Elves followed this closely, but didn't interfere or come up with anything knew on their own. It was hundreds of years after dragon's had toyed with escree and stopped making progress/grew bored with the study of it that elves picked it back up. They started to twist all the harmful things dragons could do with escree to those that were helpful. You could send feelings through escree with just a little more effort than it took to recieve them and could be used to calm down perilous situations. It could also be used to give, recieve, and subsequentially take, strength from others.

Escree had been kept from humans by elves. Within the last 150 years, they have come upon the knowledge. Dragons had no reason to share and kept it to themselves, but elves who wondered frequently into villages tried to keep this seperate from what they taught. It is unknown how the first humans came into this knowledge, but since then, it has spiraled into a way to make a more vicious war. Humans with magic were sought out and taught in the limited knowledge of escree that grew exponentially in the few years of it's knowledge. These people were sent to battlefields and political meetings to change the outcomes of elections and treaties.

They are currently being used in the current war and there is a direct confrontation between the main characters in CoF and a human escree user. It's unknown how many escree users are being employed in the war and which race they belong.

Don't even ask... I've lost my mind... =_= I said earlier that I was reading two books at once. Well, now I'm not. I just can't do it... and someone else's book takes precedence over one I own myself. =_= So, once again, Exiles is on hold. I'm surprised I haven't forgotten everything that's going on. That and the fact I STILL can't get the factions and names and stuff right. I don't know what it is... =_=
( Random Amusement from Fool's Errand )

Yeah, and I'm still working on my story. I think I need to write the whole thing, or at least a good 100 page chunk of it before I I can fully figure out everything. Hmmm... I'll have to start on that... as soon as I do some writings on the Ring of Seven...

Story time! Ah ha ha ha! ::blinks:: That laugh definitely came from Morita-senpai... Honey & Clover has taken yet another small part of my soul. Apparently, I have lot of them to give away... >_>

Anyway, I've been really thinking about my story recently. Not the Caster one, that's on hiatus now, officially. If I don't find my black notebook soon, I'm going to have to resign myself to rewriting what was lost... and I don't even know what half of that was. I mean, seiously, I have no idea. What did I write in there? It'd be funny if it was in my car... ::laughs::

( Too much to do on my story. Lots of time to do it. Too little focus. )

Aa! Eureka 7! 0.o I forgot that was supposed to come one today. I'm glad I turned the TV on to make sure GitS:SAC didn't come on earlier... They cut the OP, but at least it was tasteful. And that kid, Renton, his life really can't suck that much... I don't care what he says... And then, the end. He drives his motorcycle thing OFF A CLIFF then thinks AM I GONNA BE ALRIGHT? This is kinda high. AM I GONNA BE ALRIGHT? Yes. STUPID. You are a complete idiot, but because you are the MAIN CHARACTER, you will LIVE, if for no other reason.

Series Title : Caster College
Series Rating : PG-13 - NC-17
Word Count : 3,729

( Have we gotten to the smut yet? Chapter 7 ahoy! )