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	<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 20:37:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The Nature Of Things</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/10970-the-nature-of-things/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Nobody knew that <a href='http://www.polyvore.com/nature_things/set?id=22060113' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>Daniel</a> could draw. Daniel had never let anyone know. He'd been drawing since his first year at Tally, but when his mother died... disappeared... whatever... he'd kept it a secret. He was already a disappointment to his dad enough. He couldn't play music, or sing, and he certainly wasn't any good with Healing spells, he'd tried for ages before finally giving up after the hundredth time he accidentally cut the poor dolls arm off. The fact that he had a decent drawing hand would probably push the old man over the edge. As much as he didn't want to believe it, he really was so much like his mother. But he didn't like it... well, he liked being so much like his mother, because Mum had been the most awesome lady on the planet, but he didn't like that Dad got really sad every time the subject was brought up. And that was why Daniel was so angry at him all the time and-<br />
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<em class='bbc'>SNAP!</em><br />
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Daniel swore. He'd been focusing on his inner thoughts so much, he hadn't even noticed that his fingers had been steadily tightening on the colored pencil in his hands. He'd applied far too much pressure to the thin piece of wood, and it had snapped it half. Daniel swore again, and stuffed the broken pencil in his pocket. He picked up a regular pencil and began to work on some of the finer details.<br />
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It was early-ish on a Saturday morning. Around 10 in the morning, maybe. Daniel couldn't be sure. He'd forgotten to pick up one of his many pocket watches on the way out that morning, and he'd complained about it to Dad all the way to Mextin's, where Daniel had managed to convince Dad to let Daniel go out to Narrie lakes as long as Daniel texted him that he was fine every half hour. Daniel didn't mind so much. He knew there were quite a few father's out there that didn't give a blam about their kids, and he was pretty lucky. He just wished Dad wasn't so blammed worried ALL THE TIME. Although, here lately, he'd been acting like he was a thousand miles away. Daniel shook disturbing thoughts of his father from his head and went back to his drawing, paying no attention to anyone else around him.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 20:37:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Is There Actually... Something To Forgive... Or Is That Just Me?</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/11218-is-there-actually-something-to-forgive-or-is-that-just-me/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[<strong class='bbc'>Jeremy</strong> put his car in park in front of Basil's. He wished he could've gotten here before the noon lunch rush, but it was not to be. He'd had to go to the train station and pick his best friend up. Now, Johnny had a car... if that's what you could call it. Actually, Jeremy had a sneaking suspicion that the only thing keeping Johnny's car from falling apart was the spittle that flew from anyone's mouth who tried to drive it because they were so busy swearing at it. So, usually, wherever it was he wanted to go, Johnny usually hitched a ride with someone. If it was in Melbourne, it was usually either Arnie or Jack, and if it was in Narrie, it was ALWAYS Jeremy. So, on this bright, sunny, Sunday, Jeremy had picked up his sorta-ex brother in law.<br />
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<strong class='bbc'>Johnny</strong>, however, had alterior motives behind this visit. On his last visit to Narrie, Johnny's awesome nephew had let slip some of the things that had been going on in Jeremy's life. Which included the little guy's Healing professor, apparently. And since Jeremy never told any of his in-laws everything, Johnny had taken it upon himself to wheedle whatever he could out of his sister's moronic, self-deprecating husband. Or, uh... ex-husband. Or whatever the hell he was now. Anyway, the whole car ride over to Basil's, Johnny had been bombarding him with questions about this lady, and all he'd uffing managed to get out of the stubborn arse was "short, blond, and pregnant" and then there was also something in there about murdering his son. But Johnny did not know the meaning of the word stop, not when it came to his family, and that was where Jeremy had been swearing Daniel had gotten it from for years.<br />
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The problem? Everyone agreed with him.<br />
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Anyway, <strong class='bbc'>Jeremy</strong> got out of the car, shortly followed by Johnny. Now that they were among other people, Johnny had stopped talking so much, as Jeremy knew he would.<br />
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<a href='http://www.polyvore.com/duo_doom/set?id=22810140' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>Jeremy Harper and Jonathan Bourne</a> were not, by any means, your typical best friends. Jeremy's hair was short-ish, blond, and slightly curly while Johnny's hair was looooong, brown, and naturaly VERY curly, although you couldn't usually tell, because he kept his hair almost constantly tied back in a ponytail, as it was right now. Johnny, while not nearly as bad as he had been before befriending Jeremy, was pretty shy when it came to meeting new people. Jeremy wasn't, unless the circumstances in which he met someone caused him to be sued. Johnny loved his heavy metal, and Jeremy couldn't stand it. But... they had been best friends for a very long time, even before Jeremy had met and fallen in love with Johnny's sister, and not a soul, not even them, had even the faintest inkling why, except that they'd both been in a "band" together and the fact that Jeremy had never looked down on him, like a lot of people his age at the time had.<br />
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It had been argued that Morgan had fallen for Jeremy in much the same way, but mostly by Evil Jack, and Jeremy never worried about him too much. Mostly bark and very little bite.<br />
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Anyway, they walked into Basil's. Jeremy went first, holding the door open for Johnny until he passed, then closing it behind them. Whilst Johnny went to wait in the long-ish line to grab them a couple of milkshakes to start off with, Jeremy waited through the noon/afternoon rush to try and find them somewhere to sit. He pondered the thought of ditching Johnny before he embarassed him in front of someone from work, then thought better of it. No, it wouldn't do to ditch his best friend.<br />
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Jeremy finally found a table near the back. There should've been 4 chairs around it probably, but someone seemed to have "borrowed" the 4th one, so there was only three. Jeremy sat and kept an eye out for Johnny so that Jeremy could signal where he was as soon he spotted him.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 19:46:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Hey, Wow, Hi.</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/11075-hey-wow-hi/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[So. Meet Shea. She's a sarcastic, quirky, down-to-earth, animal-lover searching for friends in this strange, new world. She's quite friendly and up for anything. I do not believe she bites, so if you're interested, I'd love you forever if you replied here or at my profile, which is conveniently located here for your viewing pleasure: <a href='http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/user/2481-shea-wetherhold/' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>SHEA</a>]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 19:25:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[I'm No Superman]]></title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/11040-im-no-superman/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Sooo... Mark's a 28-year old gay VMU sports student, likely to be working out, pulling some stupid stunt after being dared to or being too wasted to actually be <em class='bbc'>doing</em> much. He's got a good heart and will keep a secret...well most of the time that is. N he likes gambles. <br />
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And, to keep it all in one topic, <a href='http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/user/2396-tyler-manning/' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>Tyler</a> is a cute, open-minded 1st year Spencer student, very likely to surprise you by his... *coughs* specialness...<br />
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I'm open to suggestions. =)]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 19:19:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Here We Go Again</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/11055-here-we-go-again/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[There had been no parties in a while. That led to a pretty grumpy, life-is-a-puppy-and-then-you-die-attitude, albeit glass-clear-headed (well not his flat's windows glass, just regular, more-than-once-a-year-washed glass) for a change <a href='http://www.polyvore.com/here_we_go_again/set?id=22273401' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>Mark</a>. And so it happened that he was in the Footscray Park much earlier than they had agreed to meet. <br />
<br />
In all honesty Mark wasn't entirely sure why he had accepted to meet Andy in the first place and was almost already starting to regret his decision. But then again, spending time with the rather emo if you asked him muggle poet couldn't be so much worse than what he had done the previous day, and the evening before that. Which was spending the better part of the day (in fact all day except for when his biological needs forced him to get up) slumped on the coach in his L sized boxers surrounded by long-empty junk food wrappings, TV and laptop turned on - something he would have never afforded 9 or so years ago when he was living of dish-washing and table-serving alone. Who said wisdom came with age? <br />
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Sighing slightly as he glanced at his watch Mark passed a hand through his hair. Nearly two weeks had passed but it was still oddly colored in all the shades of red and blond his party-mates could find when they had dared him to dye his hair. It would have annoyed him greatly the following morning (or evening really) when he finally woke up had he cared for others' opinions, for having your head look like a failed experiment was a good way to attract looks. But he didn't care, and was well accustomed with &lt;&lt; looks &gt;&gt; so it was all good and merry, unlike the headache that had ensued. Not that he wasn't used to those too.<br />
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Another sigh as he rechecked time 5 minutes later. 1:20 PM. Merlin he had hurried. 10 more minutes until Andy got there, and that was if he was early. Plenty of time to walk to the snacks stand, fidget for enough coins to afford the well overpriced small box and get rid of any evidence of having eaten, and all before Andy got there. Not giving the matter any further thought Mark proceeded, only to get back and find Andy there. Bah, lame. He should have listened to his gut and accept it was too big a line to be worth it the cold, way-too-salty (he had been a nurse once...) popcorn grains. Now he would be the one labeled as being late. And what was worse, he would have to share. It wasn't like he had that much spare money. Mark quickly checked his expression as he physically felt it darkening. <br />
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"Hello," Mark called to the younger poet with a small lopsided smile. Andy's company would better be worth it all the trouble of getting out and here, AND the money spent on the popcorn he would now have to share in spite of himself. All those thoughts were passing through his mind while he was politely offering Andy some popcorn. Oh the irony. <br />
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"Good thing you called, I was rotting in there," Mark said around the mouthful of popcorn he had engulfed. That was another thing he had had training in; joking about things that did in fact bother him. Well, it hadn't been a good thing necessarily, but he <em class='bbc'>was</em> rotting at the rate packs were being piled up around the couch. A party, that was what he needed. Better yet, a party at his place; some of the girls he kept company with would insist on helping to clean everything up. Or more so they would all pay for cleaning firm depending on who exactly attended, or how much money they had rather. Yeah, nothing like a good ol' party. No plans as of yet though. That was sad.<br />
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Mark started walking (before Andy got the chance to say anything, OR as much as taste the popcorn) to a bench where there seemed to be less children skulking about (therefore less shouts to do his head in) trusting Andy would follow him, all the while chewing on as much popcorn as he could without seeming he was stuffing himself. Which he was, kinda. <br />
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He had been wondering briefly whether Andy had any particular reason to want to see him or he had been feeling bored as well. Truly Mark hardly knew the younger man. They had met through Andy's blog that Mark had stumbled upon through some weird happening. Some of Andy's poems were a bit (more) too emo for his liking, but then again he had his moments of emo-ness. And he had been bored at the time as well. It had been nearly two years but they hadn't really kept in touch in some months, so big was his surprise when his mobile read &lt;&lt; Andy Matter (pblog) &gt;&gt;. Mark wondered if the guy wanted something from him. It was common between him and his acquaintances to suddenly remember somebody when in need. If money was the case then too bad for Mark's father only payed his setting not his pocket money. <br />
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Snorting as some faster-walking couple took the bench he had set out in mind with he changed direction a bit, striding. Not nearly as appealing a sit but it would have to do. Throwing himself on the bench making sure he had occupied enough room he waited for Andy, never stopping from picking up popcorn.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 14:35:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Lil Does Prettehs</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/11216-lil-does-prettehs/</link>
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<span style='font-size: 21px;'><strong class='bbc'>Lily Does Pretties toooo</strong></span><br />
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<span class='bbc_underline'>My sorta-kinda-guideline-things</span> (points to take note of)<br />
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I <span class='bbc_underline'>LOVE</span> galleries... the more matching photoshoots the better, good quality pics are also nice, but I generally do the best with what I can get - in short, you get the same quality of what I'm given to work with<br />
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Generally I like a few bits and pieces of information to help me get a feel or idea of what someone wants, but I like to have a bit of freedom to just play with whatever I come up with at the time as well<br />
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Remember to upload to your own photobucket or tinypic account or whatevs you use please<br />
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Sometimes I may take a few days to get it done, depending on whether I'm busy or things are cooperating with me - but don't worry, it does get done<br />
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I have samples below, as you can tell I tend to go through various phases depending on my mood (and I like things to match - gogo OCD)<br />
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I always make an avatar to go with sig whether asked to or not<br />
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Its ALWAYS appreciated when someone credits me for the prettehs I make too ;D</span><br />
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 13:09:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Totally Hardcore</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/11215-totally-hardcore/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[<a href='http://www.polyvore.com/totally_hardcore/set?id=22797172' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>Erica</a> hadn't been able to sleep, she was thinking about the time her and Tam were going to spend in the morning and she couldn't stop thinking about the girl. Suddenly her bed felt very lonely and she wished Tam was beside her, craved the feeling of her back in her arms. It was quite a warm day out on the grounds and Erica had chosen a prime spot near a tree where they could work out, of course she'd hauled out all her weights too which was met with mixed looks from a few of the students.<br />
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Already Erica was eager to go, taking a few of the plates from one of the bars as she started to do her stretches, making sure every muscle was ready for the workout. Of course she had bottles of water nearby, after all she wasn't going to let Tam off easy, this was going to be hardcore. Even though it was just a workout session Erica had made sure to look good for Tam, dressed in her favourite tight gym shorts and a nice t-shirt that showed off those massive powerful arms. Her ipod was nearby pushed in a battery powered dock so they both could listen to some thumping music as they trained.<br />
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“Yeah this is gonna rock” she said with a grin as she started to do some bodyweight squats, her powerful thighs stretching the black fabric of her shorts. “She should be here...any moment now”]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:22:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Congratulating Katie!</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/11201-congratulating-katie/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[<span class='bbc_center'><span style='color: #0000FF'><span style='font-size: 36px;'>AND<br />
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SHE DID!!!!<br />
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FIRST IN WEIGHTCLASS<br />
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and <br />
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FIRST IN OVERALL<br />
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 COMPETITION!!!!!<br />
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WAY TO GO</span></span></span><br />
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<span class='bbc_center'><span style='color: #800080'><span style='font-size: 26px;'>Good Luck At Nationals <br />
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Katie<br />
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You show them who's top dog!<br />
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 10:43:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Rupert Needs A Banner &#38; Avi Pleeease]]></title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/10928-rupert-needs-a-banner-avi-pleeease/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[<span style='font-size: 17px;'>REQUEST FORM (Avatar)</span><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Character Name:</strong> Rupert Cauthorn<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Celebrity avatar:</strong> Anthony Stewart Head<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Avatar style:</strong> Elegant and professional, since he’s a librarian and all that<br />
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<strong class='bbc'>Anything Else?:</strong> Rupert is a librarian, quiet guy, down to earth, master of sarcasm when the need arises. Prefers calm over chaos, very professional, unless he’s had a glass of scotch, or two, but more often than not, he’s professional.<br />
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<span style='font-size: 17px;'>REQUEST FORM (Banner)</span><br />
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<strong class='bbc'>Character Name:</strong> Rupert Cauthorn<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Celebrity avatar:</strong> Anthony Stewart Head<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Banner style:</strong> Elegant and professional, since he’s a librarian and all that<br />
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<strong class='bbc'>Text:</strong> Sometimes, people forget that knowledge is a great power.<br />
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Name: Dali<br />
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<strong class='bbc'>Anything Else?:</strong> Rupert is a librarian, quiet guy, down to earth, master of sarcasm when the need arises. Prefers calm over chaos, very professional, unless he’s had a glass of scotch, or two, but more often than not, he’s professional.<br />
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<span class='bbc_underline'><strong class='bbc'>Graphic Artist requesting from</span>:</strong>]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 10:40:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[S'up]]></title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/10489-sup/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Tyler stretched his back and closed his eyes for a few seconds, then sighed and glanced at his purple watch. Yes, it didn't go well with the khaki trousers, or the olive jumper. No, he didn't care. He blinked, trying to get his eyes to focus on the watch. The lighting was just terrible, and his eyes seemed to be screaming for him to go to sleep. In fact, his whole body was screaming for him to go to sleep. 12:13PM. He passed a cold hand over his face and decided to get back to reading before he could change his mind. For he loved reading. He would even skip classes just to finish a book. He had a lot of trouble actually sitting down and starting a book, that was true, but he enjoyed most of them once he did. In fact he believed (Well, he had heard someone brighter than him say it, but there was no need mentioning that as long as he agreed was there?) that it took some mediocre books in order to recognize a good one. <br />
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One hour later, blind with sleep, mind still lost in the universe of the book (He always took a break after something of importance happened, in order to judge it and think of possible outcomes.) he stretched on the sofa, thinking he would rest for a few minutes. And fell asleep. <br />
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He sighed and rubbed his eyes as he heard something, not knowing where he was (or anything for that matter). Then he took in the Spencer common room and jumped up. <em class='bbc'>Crap.</em> He had fallen asleep. Great.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 06:52:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>House Quidditch Teams 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/1777-house-quidditch-teams-2010/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[It has come to our attention that some students are rping positions on house teams.  To prevent one house team from having five people in one position and none on the other, you will sign up below for the position you wish to hold, granted on a first come first serve basis.  <br />
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Team captains will be determined by Admin based on consistency of RP and frequency as well.<br />
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Positions for each house are:<br />
<br />
FLINDERS<br />
Chasers<br />
1)<br />
2)<br />
3)<br />
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Beaters<br />
1)<br />
2)<br />
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Keeper  Kale Jones<br />
<br />
Seeker  <br />
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BOURKE<br />
Chasers<br />
1) Eric Archer<br />
2) <br />
3) <br />
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Beaters<br />
1) Keegan Delacroix<br />
2) Erica Mason<br />
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Keeper<br />
<br />
Seeker  Viktoriya Valentin<br />
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STURT<br />
Chasers<br />
1)  Milo Walker<br />
2)  <br />
3)  <br />
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Beaters<br />
1)  Leanna Evans<br />
2)  Khyllania Avenwright <br />
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Keeper - <br />
<br />
Seeker - <br />
<br />
SPENCER<br />
Chasers<br />
1) Jezebel Blair<br />
2) Tamarah Blair<br />
3) Josie Wilson<br />
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Beaters<br />
1)  Nik Akkerman<br />
2)  Tyler Manning<br />
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Keeper  - Jareth Fischer<br />
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Seeker  - reserved<br />
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Those wishing to be listed as team members, please reply with the following information:<br />
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<strong class='bbc'>NAME:</strong><br />
<strong class='bbc'>AGE:</strong><br />
<strong class='bbc'>YEAR:</strong><br />
<strong class='bbc'>HOUSE:</strong><br />
<strong class='bbc'>POSITION</strong><br />
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Please check to make sure the position is not already taken.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 06:08:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Here Goes Something...</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/11213-here-goes-something/</link>
		<description><![CDATA['Allo!<br />
<br />
So I have Eric here who is Muggleborn in his Seventh Year at Tally.  He has a love and fascination of magical creatures (nothing would probably delight him more than to see some sort of dragon in the flesh one day XD).  The athletic sort (I'll probably be posting a sign-up for the house quidditch team) and enjoys the outdoors.  Generally a pretty laid back guy.<br />
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Not much to start with... but we'll see where it goes <img src='http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':D' />]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 05:45:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Feeling Better Already</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/10980-feeling-better-already/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, it was only the second day out of the hospital, but in all honesty, Viktor felt better than ever, physically. Since he had met Jez, his emotional health had been quite good. The doctors set up a referral for him to see a clinic in Melbourne for routine checkups for the next three months, testing the heart and checking for signs of infection. He had medication he would need to keep taking, but it was a little less than before, and less often, for that he was quite glad. Ivan and Valentina had been there for a while, until Ivan had no choice but to head back to Australia. And Jez was here. That was wonderful in and of itself. The doctors had told them that he needed to take it easy, and head back into a more physical lifestyle slowly, but that he would be okay soon, granted that no complications occurred. Viktor kept his fingers crossed for that one.<br />
<br />
Today though was going to be about celebration, it had been decided since he had been released from the hospital the morning before. So it was that the entire crew of siblings were out with Viktor and Jezebel. Not that Viktor minded, he was very glad that all of his siblings took interest to Jezebel and seemed to like her from the start. Yes, that included Teresa as well. Teresa had begun to notice that a happy Jezebel equaled a happy Viktor, and a happy Viktor equaled a happy Teresa. So all was well.<br />
<br />
Octavian and Marko though, were talking quidditch with Jezebel as the group walked down the London streets, making their way to the Observation Wheel. <a href='http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1046646784/nm2152999' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>Octavian</a> commented, <em class='bbc'>“I still say being a beater is one of the more tricky positions to play. You have to have enough body strength to whack the bloody bludger at everyone.”</em><br />
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<a href='http://www.imdb.com/media/rm4106524160/nm1824246' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>Marko</a> rolled his eyes at that and said, <em class='bbc'>“Perhaps, but I’ll always say that being Keeper is the best position on the team. Then again, I like the challenge of guarding three rings at a time.”</em> Looking at Jezebel he asked, <em class='bbc'>“What is it about being a Chaser that makes the position… I dunno, I suppose I could say ‘click’?”</em><br />
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<a href='http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3564543232/nm1680032' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>Clarice</a>, who had been chatting away with Teresa and Viktor, went up to Marko and gave him a small hit upside the head. <em class='bbc'>“Marko, don’t you have anything else to talk about besides quidditch all the time?”</em> Clarice asked, looking at Jez and grinning a bit. <em class='bbc'>“Besides, I think we should totally discuss a certain brother’s birthday coming up in October! He’s getting old, he’s going to be halfway to fourty soon. I say we get him a walker or at least a cane,”</em> she said with a grin. Marko caught on with an infectious grin and said, <em class='bbc'>“Oh! How about we get mum and dad to break out the embarrassing baby photos and give them to Jez? I’m sure that could go down well.”</em><br />
<br />
Viktor turned red at the thought.<br />
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<a href='http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2942798080/nm1270095' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>Teresa</a> spotted this and shook her head, looking at her younger siblings and said, <em class='bbc'>“Now now, be good you two, else you give our dear brother a reason to head back to the hospital again so soon.”</em> Though she paused, and grinned slightly at her flustered brother, telling him, <em class='bbc'>“However, now that I think about it, perhaps Marko is on to something, since Jez hadn’t had the opportunity of getting the baby photo exposure yet.”</em> Viktor groaned and turned a little more red, looking at Jez with pleading eyes and mouthing the words ‘Help me’. Out loud though he tried to defend himself, saying, “Well, I’m sure she doesn’t need to see those-“<br />
<br />
Octavian cut Viktor off, grinning a bit as he joined in on the fun teasing, saying, <em class='bbc'>“Lies, little brother. Besides, it’s either now, or wait until kids come along, since I’m sure they’d love to see pictures of their mum and dad right?”</em> Clarice couldn’t help but grin broadly and comment, <em class='bbc'>“Oh yes! They’d definitely need to see! Oh, and just to make sure, Viktor did mention that his biological family has a history of twins right?”</em> Of course Clarice knew that he mentioned it, he said in letters that his family was at the school Jez went to. She’d have to have known by now.<br />
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All Viktor could do was turn bright red. “Um…”]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 05:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[I Won't Let This Go]]></title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/10006-i-wont-let-this-go/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello people of the world out there!  This is Josie's new spifferific Splotting thread!  With .... a much better title than the last one &gt;&gt; and also with a line of lyrics from what I had labeled her theme song at creation a year or so ago! =D<br />
<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Josie Wilson</strong><br />
Josie is looking for all sorts of people to connect with!  Friends, Enemies, Mentors, Teachers she likes, Teachers she hates, strangers she could get to know (?), maybe even future relationships.  She'll need people who will lift her up and tear her down.  Below is stuff that I have for her.<br />
<ul class='bbc'>*Leanna Evans and her do <em class='bbc'>not</em> get along.  For some reason, Leanna scares the crap out of her.  Therefore, friends of Leanna's Josie also avoids whenvever possible.  <br />
*Chloe was a sort-of mentor and a good friend to Josie, despite their age difference.  She sort of i<br />
*Oli was someone that Josie always wanted to get to know, and though she had a brief run-in with her third year, it didn't really happen.  They have some classes together where they may or may not communicate.<br />
*Keegan is a friend of hers who is all into flying and quidditch and helps to keep her more grounded.</li></ul><br />
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<strong class='bbc'>Kane Traumer</strong><br />
He's a bit of a quiet boy.  Never ask to borrow anything from him, because he won't.  It's one of his biggest pet peeves.  He's pretty mellow, doesn't really <em class='bbc'>do</em> much unless he's heading away from school and is going out into town.  He's really sort of ... plain.  Average magical ability.  Sometimes he helps tutor the first and second years.  He does everything possible to keep from having fights with people and stuff.  Anyone wanna find that obnoxious?  Anyway, he's <em class='bbc'>wide</em> open.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 02:25:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Herbology:  Lesson 2 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/10424-herbology-lesson-2-2010/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[At the front of the room, in front of her desk, sat a table full of tiny, little Venomous Tentacula plants.  Unlike the Alihotsy plant, the Venomous Tentacula wasn&#8217;t a shrub, if anything it was more like a bougainvillea, if one had to make such a comparison.  It was also a might more dangerous if you weren&#8217;t paying attention, which promised to make this lesson slightly more interesting than the last.  In this case interesting was probably not a good thing.  At least the plants were still small.  This made them more manageable than it would have been if they were full grown.<br />
<br />
Like before, on the blackboard was the instructions to wash your hands.  It seemed like something that students needed to be reminded about, especially since it was such a big deal to her.  Today she had another blackboard on the left side of her desk with the following on it:<br />
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<span style='font-family: Monotype Corsiva'><span style='font-size: 21px;'><span class='bbc_center'>The Severing Charm</span>Charm used for ripping, dividing, and severing.<br />
Incantation:  Diffindo</span></span><br />
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Nutsy stood behind the Venomous Tentacula plants, waiting for the students to start coming in, and played with one.  All right, so they seemed dangerous, but that didn't mean they were all bad.  As long as you had gloves on and were aware of your surroundings, they weren't all that bad.  Especially if you let them wrap around a pencil, like was doing...then they were kind of cute in a plant-like way.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:24:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Face Claims</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/11210-face-claims/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[<span class='bbc_center'><span style='font-size: 21px;'><span style='font-family: georgia'><em class='bbc'><strong class='bbc'>Tallygarunga Face Claim</strong></em></span><br />
<br />
<span style='font-size: 21px;'>If you<strong class='bbc'> did not apply for a face claim through your character application</strong>, please fill out the form below and post it in this thread. Face claims that have been applied for through the character application will be automatically added as they are approved</span><br />
<br />
<span style='font-size: 17px;'>Please <span class='bbc_underline'>wait</span> until your <span class='bbc_underline'>claim has been approved</span> before you put any graphics up.</span><br />
<br />
<span style='font-size: 17px;'>If you're having a bit of trouble thinking of a face claim or your favorite one is already in use, check out our <a href='http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/8929-feeling-a-little-stuck/' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>Feeling A Little Stuck?</a> thread and/or <a href='http://findmyface.unserious-fiction.net/' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>Find My Face</a> which offer suggestions by age and gender.</span><br />
<br />
<span style='font-size: 21px;'><strong class='bbc'><em class='bbc'>a.</em></strong></span></span><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Dianna Agron</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Emilie Thibeaux</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Jessica Alba</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Alexandrea Church</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Julie Andrews</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Maeve Leland</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Melissa Auf Der Maur</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Rowan Dragonsinger</em><br />
<br />
<span style='font-size: 21px;'><span style='font-family: georgia'><strong class='bbc'><em class='bbc'>b.</em></strong></span></span><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Penn Badgley</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Arthur Sparks</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Darla Baker</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Am&#233;a du Contiaea</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Simon Baker</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Jeremy Harper</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Christian Bale </strong>:: <em class='bbc'>Lachlan Manere</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Mischa Barton</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Madison Common</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Monica Bellucci</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Gabriella Rossetti</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>David Boreanaz</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Stuart Blair</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Rebecca Breeds</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Eira Lee Flint</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Pierce Brosnan</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Gerard Hunter Q.C.</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Sophia Bush</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Victoria Reede</em><br />
<br />
<span style='font-size: 21px;'><span style='font-family: georgia'><strong class='bbc'><em class='bbc'>c.</em></strong></span></span><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Sara Carbonero</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Leta Piqu&#233; i Soler </em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Chris Carrabba</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Dominic Parks</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Hayden Christensen</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Drew Pavone</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Lily Cole</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Sam Aiya Dil-Ardadil</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Bradley Cooper</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Paul King</em><br />
<br />
<span style='font-size: 21px;'><span style='font-family: georgia'><strong class='bbc'><em class='bbc'>d.</em></strong></span></span><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Alexandra Daddario</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Addy Harlem</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Matt Dallas</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Vladimir Valentin/Viktor Black</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Emilie de Ravin</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Stardust Ambrose</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Patrick Dempsey</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Dr. Bryan Hawthorne</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Jason Dolley</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Dustin Gibson</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Robert Downey, Jr</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Dunena Reid</em><br />
<br />
<span style='font-size: 21px;'><span style='font-family: georgia'><strong class='bbc'><em class='bbc'>e.</em></strong></span></span><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Zach Efron</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Leopold Payton</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Chris Evans</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Jacques "Froggy" Blanc</em><br />
<br />
<span style='font-size: 21px;'><span style='font-family: georgia'><strong class='bbc'><em class='bbc'>f.</em></strong></span></span><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Dakota Fanning</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Lisa Serafin</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Elle Fanning</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Khyllania Avenwright</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Roger Federer</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Andy Matter</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Tina Fey</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Kate Belmont</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Sally Fields</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Ann-Marie Burdett</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Nathan Fillion</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Alan Burdett</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Claire Forlani</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Nataliya Sokoll</em><br />
<br />
<span style='font-size: 21px;'><span style='font-family: georgia'><strong class='bbc'><em class='bbc'>g.</em></strong></span></span><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Kyle Gallner</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Casey Marsden</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Selena Gomez</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Caroline Janowski</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Eva Green</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Adele DeVylissea </em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Ashley Greene</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Nyree Aubert</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Jonny Greenwood</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Nathan Wright</em><br />
<br />
<span style='font-size: 21px;'><span style='font-family: georgia'><strong class='bbc'><em class='bbc'>h.</em></strong></span></span><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Michael C. Hall</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Max Hoover</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Elizabeth Harnois</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Shayla Edgecliff</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Justin Hartley</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Oberon Phelps</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Anne Hathaway</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Annora Fultz</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Anthony Stewart Head</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Rupert Cauthorn</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Jon Heder</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Ianto Parker</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Chris Hemsworth</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Jase Cartwright</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Kristin Herrera</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Tamarah Blair</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Emile Hirsch</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Mark Fletcher</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Craig Horner</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Eric Archer</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Vanessa Hudgens</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Fallon Hastings</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Josh Hutcherson</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Seth Ardelean</em><br />
<br />
<span style='font-size: 21px;'><span style='font-family: georgia'><strong class='bbc'><em class='bbc'>i.</em></strong></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style='font-size: 21px;'><span style='font-family: georgia'><strong class='bbc'><em class='bbc'>j.</em></strong></span></span><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Angelina Jolie</strong> :: Lucretia Ingram<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Rashida Jones</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Petronella Kelly</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Victoria Justice</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Delia Stapleton</em><br />
<br />
<span style='font-size: 21px;'><span style='font-family: georgia'><strong class='bbc'><em class='bbc'>k.</em></strong></span></span><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Kitagawa Keiko</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Saki Misa Nakano</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Cory Kennedy</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Chloe Hobson</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Greg Kinnear</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Matt Belmont</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>John Krasinski</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Rory Dawson</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Nathan Kress</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Stewie Blair, Jr</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Kristen Kreuk</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Rose Chevelier</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Sierra Kusterbeck</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Charlotte Harris</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Ryan Kwanten</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Riles Wheiland</em><br />
<br />
<span style='font-size: 21px;'><span style='font-family: georgia'><strong class='bbc'><em class='bbc'>l.</em></strong></span></span><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Shia LaBeouf</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Trevarius Binsley</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>John Larroquette</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Werrant Pierce</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Ali Larter</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Juliette D'lasorrow</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Matt Leblanc</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Jamison Blackwell</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Dan Curtis Lee</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Keegan Delacroix</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Amy Lee</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Xylona Valarie Vail</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Damian Lewis</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Esras Leland</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Leigh Lezark</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Olivia Watson</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Evangeline Lilly</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Estelle Della Rossa</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Josh Lucas</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Andrew Montrose</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Kellan Lutz</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Manson Pierce</em><br />
<br />
<span style='font-size: 21px;'><span style='font-family: georgia'><strong class='bbc'><em class='bbc'>m.</em></strong></span></span><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Rachel MacAdams</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Natalie Murphy</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Bailee Madison</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Abigail Wright</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Leighton Meester</strong> - <em class='bbc'>Annabelle Sparks</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Christopher Meloni</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Luca Papei</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Holly Miranda</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Torianna Pierce</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Mitchel Musso</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Nik Akkerman</em><br />
<br />
<span style='font-size: 21px;'><span style='font-family: georgia'><strong class='bbc'><em class='bbc'>n.</em></strong></span></span><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Liam Neeson</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Vladimir Valentin II</em><br />
<br />
<span style='font-size: 21px;'><span style='font-family: georgia'><strong class='bbc'><em class='bbc'>o.</em></strong></span></span><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Lena Olin</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Molly Dragonsinger</em><br />
<br />
<span style='font-size: 21px;'><span style='font-family: georgia'><strong class='bbc'><em class='bbc'>p.</em></strong></span></span><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Jared Padalecki</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Remington Ford</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Ellen Page</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Shea Wetherhold</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Teresa Palmer</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Ria Dempsey</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Kay Panabaker</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Jenna Hahn</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Mary-Louise Parker</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Rachel Burdett</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Robert Pattison</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Eli Mitchell</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Katy Perry</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Jezebel Blair</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Vincent Perez</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Nikolas Xylander</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Alex Pettyfer</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Milo Walker</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Michelle Pfeiffer</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Edaline Denistone</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Cindy Phillips</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Erica Mason</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Chris Pine</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Peter Ellis</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Billie Piper</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Emma Fitch-Hunter</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Sarah Polley</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Meliae Ashton</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Imogen Poots</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Deandra Wagner</em><br />
<br />
<span style='font-size: 21px;'><span style='font-family: georgia'><strong class='bbc'><em class='bbc'>q.</em></strong></span></span><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Zachary Quinto</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Callum Conner</em><br />
<br />
<span style='font-size: 21px;'><span style='font-family: georgia'><strong class='bbc'><em class='bbc'>r.</em></strong></span></span><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Haley Ramm</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Kelsey Charmichael</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Jackson Rathbone</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Adrian Trent</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Charlie Ray</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Josie Wilson</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Trent Reznor</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Brodie Lyons</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Christina Ricci</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Leanna Evans</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Miranda Richardson</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Bethianna DeVylissea</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Annasophia Robb</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Anastasia/Viktoriya Valentin</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Emma Roberts</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Zera Lavender</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Emmy Rossum</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Sophia Valentin</em><br />
<br />
<span style='font-size: 21px;'><span style='font-family: georgia'><strong class='bbc'><em class='bbc'>s.</em></strong></span></span><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Mark Salling</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Jack Underwood</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Kaya Scodelario</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Riley S. Aberdeen</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Amanda Seyfried</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Ellie Lockheart</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Gregory Smith</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Jesse Cooper</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Matt Smith</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Ed Brody</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Shannyn Sossamon</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Jane Cook</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Joss Stone </strong>:: <em class='bbc'>Maire Emily Townsend-Bailey</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Alyson Stoner</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Erin Sanders</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Steven Strait</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Evan Dempsey</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Meryl Streep</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Sophie Totolos-Hunter</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Jeremy Sumpter</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Jareth Fischer</em><br />
<br />
<span style='font-size: 21px;'><span style='font-family: georgia'><strong class='bbc'><em class='bbc'>t.</em></strong></span></span><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Catherine Tate</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Cara McIntyre</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Catherine Tate</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Cora Manere</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Shirley Temple</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Lady Macbeth</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>David Tennant</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Ethan Fitch-Hunter</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Max Thieriot</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Daniel Harper</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Remy Thorne</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Spencer Young</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Stuart Townsend</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Igor Drakov/Ivan Valentin</em><br />
<br />
<span style='font-size: 21px;'><span style='font-family: georgia'><strong class='bbc'><em class='bbc'>u.</em></strong></span></span><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Keith Urban</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Keith Anderson</em><br />
<br />
<span style='font-size: 21px;'><span style='font-family: georgia'><strong class='bbc'><em class='bbc'>v.</em></strong></span></span><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Magdalene Veen</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Olivia Watson(Alt)</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Milo Ventimiglia</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Anton Hunter</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Vitas</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Mikhail Drakov</em><br />
<br />
<span style='font-size: 21px;'><span style='font-family: georgia'><strong class='bbc'><em class='bbc'>w.</em></strong></span></span><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Paul Walker</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Jason Miller</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Emma Watson</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Reina Carol</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Naomi Watts</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Jillian Parker</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Rachel Weisz</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Beth Charmichael</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Tom Welling</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Lysander Jay Rastan IV</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Ed Westwick</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Nikolai Romano</em>v<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Evan Rachel Wood</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Storm Canavacciuolo</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Bonnie Wright</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Iris James</em><br />
<br />
<span style='font-size: 21px;'><span style='font-family: georgia'><strong class='bbc'><em class='bbc'>y.</em></strong></span></span><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Anton Yelchin</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Kale Jones</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Thom Yorke</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Marcus Hobson</em><br />
<br />
<span style='font-size: 21px;'><span style='font-family: georgia'><strong class='bbc'><em class='bbc'>z.</em></strong></span></span><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Kevin Zegers</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Harding Thomas</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Catherine Zeta-Jones</strong> :: <em class='bbc'>Valentina Valentin</em><br />
</span><br />
<br />
RESERVED (Does not guarantee approval of the PB)<br />
<br />
John Simms - (Muggs) 12/8/10<br />
Eli Wallach - (Crumbs) 28/5/10<br />
<br />
<br />
<span class='bbc_center'>* * * * * * * </span><br />
<br />
<span style='font-size: 17px;'>Once again, claiming here is only if you have not requested one in your original application.</span><br />
<br />
To claim:<br />
<br />
<pre class='prettyprint'>&#91;b&#93;Character Name:&#91;/b&#93;
 &#91;b&#93;Character Age:&#91;/b&#93;
 &#91;b&#93;Play By:&#91;/b&#93;</pre>]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:32:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Happy Birthday Sw!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<span class='bbc_center'><span style='font-size: 36px;'>HAPPY BIRTHDAY,<br />
SILVERWOLF*!</span><br />
to my most awesome and amazing co-admin.<br />
who would have got this hours ago.<br />
except there is no internets at parentals.<br />
and I can only type when the boss is not watching.<br />
alas, I cannot find an appropriate picture.<br />
I am sure someone else will find awesome.<br />
<br />
&lt;3 Mousie</span><br />
<br />
<span style='font-size: 9px;'>* please no one ask how many years, and no one make a benchmark statement of what is considered 'old'.</span>]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:13:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>I Must Be Sure From The Very Start</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href='http://www.polyvore.com/must_be_sure_from_very/set?id=22554688' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>Gerard</a> still was not quite sure how exactly it had come about that he was going out on a date this particular Saturday.  Somehow working on a few lesson plans ahead turned into nerfwarfare that resulted in him having a date with the new broom flying professor.  Mel was involved, that much he did know but from a simple idea to offer to show her around a bit, it had turned into an actual date thanks to his housemate's 'assistance'.  Not that Gerard was complaining about it though he had tried to convince Mel it really was not a good idea and that maybe she should come along or take her instead?  Mel was not having any of it and insisted that he needed to get out and get going again and not stay home and work on lessons or briefs or anything.<br />
<br />
So he spent the next day or two plotting out the best places to take her to see in Melbourne including a cruise tour on the river and a nice dinner later that evening.  Having dressed, passed Mel's inspection of his outfit, and left the house with strong admonitions from Mel still armed with her nerf assault rifle that he not be home early, he headed over to the school and currently was knocking on the professor's door, waiting for her to answer.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:35:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Broom Flying Class 1: Are You An Eagle Or A Seagull?</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/11124-broom-flying-class-1-are-you-an-eagle-or-a-seagull/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Gabriella was rather pleased it wasn't raining, after all a soggy wet ground would make it muddy and she couldn't wear nice clothes out in the mud. It was almost time for her class and she checked the stock brooms for those unfortunate students that didn't have one. She had to laugh seeing the rubbish in that pile, most of them Gabriella wouldn't even consider using for firewood with some cheap knock off of Nimbus called Nambus and something that looked like it was painted on in czech called a firebat. Gabriella blinked and tossed that one aside, if anyone got out of hand she was going to make them ride the firebat.<br />
<br />
She couldn't help but chuckle to herself, today was going to be the make it or break it session, she wasn't going to dance around like most professors she was going to throw them in the deep end and see which ones swam. Unconventional certainly but it would show the weak ones in the class and would help get those that new what they were doing to a flying start. Of course the class would have to be sorted into groups, for those that could fly with grace they would be the eagles, those that could fly competently would be the Sparrows and those that floundered about like a fish out of a water would be the Seagulls.<br />
<br />
“Hmm just a few minutes” she said to herself as she walked up and down. “They will be here any moment now” she couldn't help but smile to herself, she was excited and she knew the students would be excited too. Of course she would have to stop herself from laughing at those hilariously bad but she knew she could manage it even though she hadn't much experience with children. To her age didn't matter, if an older student couldn't fly they were a seagull if the youngest student was a flying prodigy then she was an eagle...age didn't factor into it.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:58:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>No One Likes Superman Anymore</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tossing aside a flip-flop, Arthur continued his search of his suitcase for the missing snorkel. He could have sworn that <del class='bbc'>he</del> Sara had been a little more organized when she had packed. Apparently not. maybe this was her way of getting back at him for not taking her with him. Whatever, Arthur needed some time away from his shadow. Sure, she was useful in organizing his appointments and all of that boring stuff that he didn't really want to think about, but a man needs his space.<br />
<br />
"AHA!" Arthur exclaimed, pulling the snorkel out from under a pair of boxers. Shoving it in the <a href='http://www.polyvore.com/no_one_likes_superman_anymore/set?id=22539024' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>duffel bag</a> with the rest of the gear, he surveyed the rest of the bag's contents to make sure he had everything. Since arriving on Thursday, Arthur and Maire had been nothing but business. He knew that it was his responsibility to take care of that, what with his brother in New York hosting a fund-raising dinner at the hotel and his sister...he didn't even want to think about what she was doing to the poor city of Rome with that boyfriend of hers. It had been almost two days of poking around islands that were up for sale and meeting with all sorts of different people. Now was the time to take an afternoon/evening off to enjoy the fact that he was out of the country and faced with gorgeous beaches. Of course, he would be taking Maire with him on this little adventure, god knows the woman needed to relax a little.<br />
<br />
Picking up the bag and carefully grabbing two surfboards in their nylon bags, Arthur exited his suite and headed down to Maire's. There was no doubt in his mind that's where she was hiding, probably up to her neck in paperwork or with a phone glued to her ear. He set down the bag and knocked on her door. "MAAAAAAAAAAAIRE." He called, leaning against the door frame, though he almost fell right into her room when she pulled opened the door. "Come on, partner. We're going to the beach and then I'm taking you to dinner." He announced, gesturing to the surfboards and wiggling his eyebrows. "I took the liberty of getting you surf and snorkel gear." After all, it was no fun to do those activities alone.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:56:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[It's Coming.......]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<center><img src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/idle_ether/potc2_groupPoster-final.jpg' alt='Posted Image' class='bbc_img' /><br />
<br />
<em class='bbc'>Muggs presents in Association with Silverwolf, Jules and Vladdy Splots</em><br />
<span style='font-size: 26px;'>Pirates of Tally : Dead Man's Honey</span><br />
<span style='font-size: 17px;'>Coming soon to Tallygarunga Academy of Magic the sequal to the Smash Blockviewer Hit <a href='http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/8443-pirates-of-tally-the-search-for-the-lost-dragon-the-crewopen/' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'><br />
<span style='font-size: 17px;'><span class='bbc_underline'>Pirates of Tally : The Search for the Lost Dragon!</span></span></a></span><br />
</center><br />
<br />
Crew Tickets are now available for you're characters to join the cast on not one but THREE ships and of course the people of <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_of_Monkey_Island' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>Keek Ayss Island</a>, <em class='bbc'>Spooky</em> Iggy Cove and Wizard's of The Great Ocean Road:<br />
<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Previous Cast Members not on the list or needing Graphics and New Cast Members please apply by posting below so we know who is in for this year! </strong><br />
<br />
<br />
<span style='font-size: 21px;'>The Good Ship Awesome*: Captain Marcus and Lady Rowan </span><br />
<em class='bbc'>Home to Captain Marcus and his beloved wife the Wonderful Lady Rowan The Good Ship Awesome is on a lifelong mission for Honey, Rum and always a good time. It may not be the fastest ship, it may not be the best, but that doesn't stop it being The Awesome! </em> <br />
<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Lead By:</strong> Captain Marcus<br />
<strong class='bbc'>: Crew :</strong><br />
Captain's Mate:  Lady Rowan<br />
Pintmaster:  Lady M <br />
Deckhand:  Pirate Viktoriya<br />
Gunner/Strongwoman/Packhorse/Attitude Adjuster: Gunner Erica<br />
Ship's Surgeon:Jeremy Harper the STRAIGHT Male <del class='bbc'>Nurse</del> Surgeon <br />
Shantyboy (Musician):  Pirate Ty the Ships Shantyboy<br />
Ship's Carpenter:  Pirate Keegan<br />
Bilge Rat:  Ianto and Monkey<br />
<br />
<span style='font-size: 21px;'><span style='color: #FF00FF'>The HMS Frosted Cupcake$:</span> Lady Ria and Master Wright</span><br />
<em class='bbc'>It's Pink! It Very Pink! It's So Pink You want to rub you're eyes out and wonder how so much Pinkness could possibly ever fly but holds a secret, a deep dark secret within its pink painted wood.</em><br />
<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Lead By:</strong> Lady Ria Dempsey Mistress of HMS Frosted Cupcake<br />
<strong class='bbc'>: Crew : </strong><br />
First Mate aka Quartermaster:  Master Nathan<br />
Ship's Cooper: Deandra/Mrs Duckie Cooper <br />
Ship's Gunner/Mrs Duckie's Man-Wench:  Lysander Jay Rastan IV<br />
Navigator:  Beth Charmichael<br />
Ship's Surgeon:  Personal Female 'Physician' Captain Sexy Cape<br />
Ships Cook:  Herbert<br />
Rory Mr Duckies <em class='bbc'>Ass</em>istant<br />
Chuckles Keeper O' The Rum <br />
Annabelle the Gypsy Stowaway <br />
<br />
<br />
<span style='font-size: 21px;'><span style='color: #000080'>The HMS Enterprise*:</span> Captain Mel</span><br />
<em class='bbc'>Previously the Evil Ship McEvil the HMS is now a beacon of modernity with it's Sleek Apple&#153; White deck and blue excitingly complicated looking readouts and more then a few special customizations from the techno-savvy Pirate Mistress.<br />
</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Lead By:</strong> Captain Mel <br />
<strong class='bbc'>: Crew :</strong><br />
Quartermaster Gman <br />
Chief Science Officer Viktor<br />
Chief Security Officer  (Gunner)<br />
Deckhand:  Pirate Anastasia<br />
Cabin boy aka Swabbie:  Riles the Swabbie!<br />
Ships Cook: Emma<br />
Good Luck Fairy:  Stardust the Happy Pirate Fairy<br />
<br />
<span style='font-size: 21px;'><span style='color: gold'>Keek Ayss Island$:</span></span><br />
<em class='bbc'>A 'Secret' Island that is about as secret as the love of honey between Captain Marcus and Lady Rowan. Home to the greatest swordmaster in all the land and his family. </em><br />
<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Lead By:</strong> Swordmaster V<br />
<strong class='bbc'>: Inhabitants :</strong><br />
Lady Molly<br />
Lady Sophia<br />
Apprentice Lord Vlad VII<br />
Queen Maeve - Ruler of the Fae<br />
<br />
<span style='font-size: 21px;'><span style='color: #8B0000'>Iggy Cove*:</span> </span><br />
<em class='bbc'>Named after the fearsome vampire Iggy cove is a place where people come to seek the darker side of life... or unlife.</em><br />
<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Lead By:</strong> The Vampire Iggy<br />
<strong class='bbc'>: Inhabitants : </strong><br />
'The Voodoli Priestess' <br />
Storm the Voodoli noviate<br />
Zombie Anton Servant of The Voodoli Priestess<br />
Khyll a Spirit of Vengeance<br />
Leanna Evans Professional Zombieslayer Extraordinaire<br />
<span style='color: #48D1CC'><br />
<span style='font-size: 21px;'>Wizard's of The Great Ocean Road:</span></span><br />
<em class='bbc'>Everyone living in the various ports, towns, caves, islands and anywhere else along the coast of the main island of Pirate-Tallyverse and don't fit into the other groups.</em><br />
<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Lead By:</strong> Lord Mayor : Noble Lord Lachlan - Mayor <br />
<strong class='bbc'>: Inhabitants :</strong><br />
Noble Lady Cora de Bovvered the Lord Mayor's Wife <br />
Sir Jareth Fischer Knight In Shiny Armor*<br />
Pirate Rupert $<br />
Doctor Ethan*<br />
Maid Cara - Owner of The Golden Honeypot Pub $<br />
Fair Maiden Delia - Bar Maid at The Golden Honeypot Pub $<br />
<br />
<span style='font-size: 21px;'><span style='color: #4169E1'>Wild</span> <span style='color: #FF00FF'>Sweets</span> <span style='color: #FFFF00'>Island</span>*</span><br />
<em class='bbc'>A mysterious island of wondrous sweet delights and dangers, where cupcakes grow in bushes, rivers are made of honey, lollypop trees flourish, and where sprinkles are like sand; they get everywhere.</em><br />
<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Lead By:</strong>Queen Jez the Untamed Sweetness, Queen of Wild Sweets Isle, adopter of wild otters and slayer of evil gummybears*<br />
Princess OtterKat the Huggable of Wild Sweet Isle*<br />
Mermaid Kelsey<br />
Castaway:  Stewie the Stew-a-Wei<br />
Sleazy, Lecherous Leprechaun Harding<br />
<br />
<br />
<strong class='bbc'><span style='font-size: 21px;'><br />
:JOIN THE CHAOS: </span></strong><br />
<pre class='prettyprint'>&#91;b&#93;Character Name:&#91;/b&#93;
&#91;b&#93;Preferred Ship Crew or island:&#91;/b&#93;
&#91;b&#93;Position You'd Like:&#91;/b&#93; (see http&#58;//www.thepiratesrealm.com/pirate crew.html for info.)
&#91;b&#93;PIRATEY GRAPHICS REQUEST (Only If Needed):&#91;/b&#93;
&#91;b&#93;link to 3 pictures of your charry for graphics:&#91;/b&#93;
&#91;b&#93;link to their piratey outfitwear (google is you're friend here):&#91;/b&#93;
&#91;b&#93;link to any other graphics to go with them: &#91;/b&#93;</pre><br />
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<strong class='bbc'><span style='color: #000080'>A NOTE ON GRAPHICS:</span> All Pirate Day Graphics are 200x500 pixels. If you choose to make your own please do not put text on them! PM Your graphics to MARCUS HOBSON to have text added and made offical. THANKYOUP!</strong>]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:41:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>What Makes A House A Home</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/10940-what-makes-a-house-a-home/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Baking day!<br />
<br />
Okay, so almost every day was baking day for <a href='http://www.polyvore.com/dusty_houseahome/set?id=21969331' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>Dusty</a>, however today the benches were full of cookies and cake and pastries, and really for no other reason than she just felt like baking. It was the weekend, she was happy and had already done her exercise earlier in the day and was rather content to be pottering around the house. She&#8217;d done some brief tidying up, but not much. There were still a few boxes around from moving things around, packing and unpacking, due to Ziggy having left, and Harding and Phoebe (who they&#8217;d found out was actually named Estelle) having moved in.<br />
<br />
It wasn&#8217;t the most brilliant house, or the best decorated, or the tidiest or even the safest (since Dusty tended to have a habit of leaving the doors unlocked still), but it was a home, and it made her happy to be there and sharing it with other people. Harding had been one of her friends for a long time so it was just wonderful that they got to spend time together, and Stell was new but Dusty already liked her. She didn&#8217;t pay much attention to the bag of money she saw when she went past the other woman&#8217;s room once, or the gun that she almost accidentally used to light the gas stove, thinking it was the barbecue lighter while in a daydream and not paying much attention. She&#8217;d laughed, it really would have been a silly accident if she&#8217;d shot the stove after all.<br />
<br />
But because it had been a couple of months now, Dusty wanted to treat them all to a picnic at the beach... or at least the beach room. She&#8217;d already set up a few towels and some drinks &#8211; even alcoholic ones for the others even though she didn&#8217;t drink herself &#8211; and was just now letting the baked goods cool while she hummed softly to herself, not really paying attention to much at all except to clean a few dishes.<br />
<br />
At least one thing that definitely worked in the house was the ducted heating. She&#8217;d turned it up to around twenty-six degrees Celcius so that it would be just like a lovely moderately warm day at the beach. And with the sun actually shining, that meant that the beach room which had a lot of large windows, would really be like a beach. Noticing Mr Goat move from his place where he&#8217;d been sleeping and heading toward the door, Dusty realised that one of the others must have come home. She&#8217;d already asked if they&#8217;d be around this afternoon and received positive answers, so she was happy to know at least one had definitely meant what they said.<br />
<br />
So, rushing to the front door, she threw her hands up excitedly and bounced in greeting as the door opened, &#8220;Welcome home!&#8221;]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:13:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Lose My Self-Control</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/11117-lose-my-self-control/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Finding out that Jezebel had a 'boyfriend' threw Trev through a loop.  Well, to be more exact, discovering that she <em class='bbc'>loved</em> him had been the real kicker, the thing that pushed him over the edge and made him desperate.  If there was one thing that even he understood it was that you did not make a psycho desperate.  However, he was now back home in Australia, back where he belonged and felt more comfortable.  For a while all he did was brood.  He had told his mother that the trip with his girlfriend had been lovely and she, again, asked when she was going to meet this girl.<br />
<br />
Trev was sure that hi smother wanted to think the best of him, but he wondered how much longer that could really go on.  The woman wasn't completely stupid, just willingly oblivious.  Even that was getting incredibly old and annoying.  He truly wanted someone to walk up to him and say, <em class='bbc'>'Excuse me, but it is quite obvious that you are insane.  Let us lock you up and throw away the key.'</em>  It was odd to hope for such a thing, but alas he did.  At least before he was past the point of no return...the point that he was very close to reaching.<br />
<br />
After a bit of brooding, Trev set about investigating things further and quickly found that he was out of the loop.  He never thought that was possible, but apparently it was.  He found out a lot about Viktor Black, the 'boyfriend' (perhaps most importantly his name).  He also found out that the pair of them, Viktor and Jezebel, were looking to live together.  Things were worse than he had feared.  And so, naturally, Trev did the best thing he could think of.  He sent Viktor a threatening letter, began to devise his final stand, and headed to the school.  He was going to work on the first stage of his plan, see what others thought about his love and, hopefully, turn her against a few of them.  Or them against her, either way.  And he had to do all of this without giving away his name.  Though he much preferred to not speak to anyone...he simply didn't have a choice anymore.<br />
<br />
This was why he had taken the risk to go to the school and sit down in the Centre Courtyard, a place that was right in between all of the buildings of the school.  The place had high traffic, which was the appeal.  Unfortunately, Trev didn't give much thought to an excuse for him to be there.  This might turn out to bite him in the rear, as they say.<br />
<br />
(ooc sidenote;  Like the tag says...Trev is in search of people who know Jezebel so it's probably best to only post here if your character does...makes sense right?  Awesome.  xD)]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:25:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Limited Postee-Ness</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/11207-limited-postee-ness/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Crumbs is gunna have a busy weekend...which is sad.  I have to help my grandmother move and she's going in to the oncologist dude tomorrow for another biopsy (blah), so I might be busy and not get a lot of posting done.  But then I might, we'll see!  Thought it was better safe than sorry to throw this up.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:59:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>This Is Reggie...</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/11205-this-is-reggie/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Reggie is my 18 year old VMU student. He is also the cousin of Riley St. Aberdeen. Reggie is a friendly guy who likes people and making friends. He has no idea what he wants to do with his life but since he's always wanted to play in a band at least once, he decided going with music was the way to go. Reggie likes people but relationships are blah. He's not too into any real ones and sticks with casual because of unresolved feelings. But who's to say it's not fun too?<br />
<br />
And hm... I think that's it. So you. Yeah, you, person reading this. Plot with us!]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:29:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Guess Who Just Got Back Today?</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/11068-guess-who-just-got-back-today/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Australian air smelt sweeter then anywhere else in the world, Tory was certain of it. She kept stopping to lift her nose to the sky and take a deep breath. It made her head spin slightly to feel the weak sun sneaking through the clouds to warm her face. The feeling of dew and rain which had fallen onto the grass on the chilly night before soaked into her shoes and wet her stockings. <br />
<br />
It had been the work of seconds after she had gotten out of Werrant's watchful gaze to change back into her comfortable, very worn jeans and t-shirt and a bottle green hoodie she had picked up in the USA. Unfortunately she had forgotten to pack her runners and was still sporting thin stockings and the awful black formal strap shoes her mother had picked out for her to wear on the campaign. <br />
<br />
The sight of Tallygarunga school had sent warmth trickling through her whole body and she felt a definite tingle which meant for the first time since setting foot back on Australian soil she was finally home again. <br />
<br />
"This place never changes," she muttered to herself gladly, looking around. <br />
<br />
Tory sunk her hands deep into her pockets and listened to the sounds - a magpie chortling and a kookuburra laughing back. The noise of students from the school jolted her back to her original mission. She strolled up the path towards the Gawler building with an arrogance about her that certainly had not been around before Werrant had swept her off for an around the world political tour to get his Ministry career back on track seven months prior.<br />
<br />
She, as always, had been his proof that he was a family man. Tory had been to more balls, galas, speeches, meetings and informal gatherings then she could count. It felt as though she had barely been allowed to stop posing for photos and handshakes long enough to sleep, much less keep up the constant owls she had planned to send to Alan when Werrant had showed barely into the start of her sixth year and dragged her straight out to the airport. <br />
<br />
Tory had never been to an airport before and it had been something of an experience. Werrant used it to show that he was not out of touch with muggles to the rest of the officials of the delegation, but she had seen his hand twitch towards his wand every time a flight attendent asked him if he would like some more nuts. <br />
<br />
A cocky glint to her eye, she made her way to Alan's office and rapped once on the door before striding straight in. <br />
<br />
"Surprise!" she smirked, spreading her arms wide. "Hey, Al. Did you miss me?"]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:01:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Character Song Dedications</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/6235-character-song-dedications/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[<span class='bbc_center'>welcome to the <br />
<span style='font-size: 26px;'>CHARACTER SONG DEDICATION THREAD</span><br />
<br />
<span style='font-size: 17px;'>For EVAN DEMPSEY of TEAM MANLY MAN</span><br />
A reminder of all the good things in life. Of Aussie rock, and the uniform that... yeah. Stuff. Go Penrose!<br />
From: ALAN BURDETT<br />
<br />
<span style='font-size: 26px;'>WOMEN IN UNIFORM</span><br />
<em class='bbc'>by the Skyhooks</em><br />
<br />
Hello there sailor<br />
Hi there Lili Marlene<br />
Good morning school girls<br />
Welcome to the team<br />
<br />
Beehive hairdo forty-five on the hip<br />
Patrolwoman Saunders don't you give her no lip<br />
Took me to the station for a breath test<br />
Then back to her bedroom for some house arrest<br />
<br />
Women in uniform sometimes they look so cold<br />
Women in uniform but oooh they feel so warm<br />
<br />
Flying to my hometown on a 747<br />
Stewardess made me feel like I'm in heaven<br />
Looking up the aisle trying to see what I could see<br />
She leaned over and said coffee tea or me<br />
White apron and brown leather shoes<br />
The nurse at the clinic left my heart all bruised<br />
Broke my left leg and sprained my right<br />
Now she takes my temperature every night<br />
<br />
Women in uniform sometimes they look so cold<br />
Women in uniform but ooh they feel so warm<br />
Women in uniform Women in uniform<br />
Women in uniform Women in uniform<br />
<br />
Commando raid on the Lebanese border<br />
Sergeant Anita she gives the order<br />
Khaki jacket and a sten gun<br />
Baby I surrender let's have some fun<br />
<br />
Khaki navy blue and brass buttons bring me to my knees<br />
A peaked cap and a badge or two oooh they're such a tease<br />
So girls if the man you need just won't come across<br />
Put on a uniform show him who's the boss<br />
<br />
Women in uniform sometimes they look so cold<br />
Women in uniform but ooh they feel so warm<br />
Women in uniform khaki white and blue<br />
Women in uniform coming after you</span>]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:50:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Silence Is Golden... Most Of The Time</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/9322-silence-is-golden-most-of-the-time/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Jeremy could feel the boredome settling over him like a dark cloud. It was the weekend and most people were... somewhere else. Jeremy should've been in the Hosptial Wing, really. There was no one there, but Jeremy had lost count of the accidents in this school the past two years. So you never knew with this place. But Jeremy had decided he needed a break from the emptiness and made his way up Southern Cross Tower to the Games Room. There were a few people there, although there weren't enough to account for the lack of people in the entire school. Maybe they were all staying in their common rooms. Jeremy ran his fingers through his hair and sat down. Even if no one bothered with him, at least there were PEOPLE here instead of that damned ghost who enjoyed drifting straight through him everytime he was about to doze off.<br />
<br />
Jeremy's head lolled to the side as he felt himself dozing off. He didn't care. After a few moments, he allowed the sleep to overtake him...<br />
<br />
<em class='bbc'>Jeremy checked the time for the thousandth time that night. It was incredibly late, and she never stayed at their house this late. Even if the traffic was bad, and it often was, she should still be back by now. Jeremy was increasingly glad Daniel wasn't here. This house didn't need anyone else to be worried out of their mind. Jeremy couldn't help but assume the worst. His imagination was working three times as fast as normal, and that was pretty damned fast. He had called her parents and asked if she was still their, and they said no. He'd even braved calling her brother in law to ask if she was over there only to have an angry Jack yelling at him about losing his sister. Jeremy had promtply hung up, feeling worse than before. Just when he was about to go and look for him himself, there was a knock on the door. He jumped out of the chair and ran for the door, opened it, and there she was... only... something was different. She fell forward, stiff and cold, and...</em><br />
<br />
Jeremy jerked awake and looked around. He was glad no one was looking at him. He was positive he'd shouted and cried out her name a hundred times, but apparently he was getting more and more control over these nightmares. And he was having less and less. And that worried him. It made him afraid that he was forgetting. And he didn't want to forget her. Jeremy rubbed the sleep from his eyes and sighed. It was gonna be a long day. He was just glad for the people. A distraction. Anything. Just something other than the constant silence that came from being alone.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:35:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>April Loman And The Quest For Higher Knowledge</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/11204-april-loman-and-the-quest-for-higher-knowledge/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[<strong class='bbc'><span style='font-size: 36px;'><span style='font-family: Impact'>*cue movie preview*</span></span></strong><br />
<br />
<strong class='bbc'>-cut to: college classroom-</strong><br />
<br />
<span style='color: #2F4F4F'>Professor Wheiland: One thing I will say before we begin is that I have a great appreciation for people who like to learn. So if you are here to learn, then welcome. However, if you are here to fool around and cause trouble in my class, then I suggest you leave now.</span><br />
<br />
<span style='color: #2E8B57'>Khyll: (rolling her eyes) As if.</span><br />
<br />
<strong class='bbc'>-pan over college campus-</strong><br />
<br />
April: (voice over) I knew that the day I stepped onto that campus, my life would change forever. I mean, this wasn't just high school: part two. This was the big leagues. And who knew what would happen now? Who knew what kind of people I'd meet...<br />
<br />
<strong class='bbc'>-cut to Khyll-</strong><br />
<br />
<span style='color: #2E8B57'>Khyll: All right buddy, cut the act. We both know you're trying to get something here. Let me make this really easy for you to understand: stick with me, and together we'll blow this sheep farm into a million pieces.</span><br />
<br />
<span style='color: #000000'>April: (voice over) ... places I'd see...</span><br />
<br />
<strong class='bbc'>-cut to Riles cleaning his classroom-</strong><br />
<br />
<span style='color: #2F4F4F'>Riles: (holding a toothbrush and a bucket of soap) I've been working hard cleaning up the room and everything. By the end of it, the entire place is going to sparkle like...Well, like clean things that sparkle.</span><br />
<br />
<span style='color: #000000'>April: (voice over) ... trouble I'd get into.</span><br />
<br />
<strong class='bbc'>-cut to Khyll and Ethan in the basement-</strong><br />
<br />
<span style='color: #2E8B57'>Khyll: What are you doing here, anyway? Shouldn't you be putting books on the shelves?</span><br />
<br />
<span style='color: #A0522D'>Ethan: As far as ruling? It involves having authority, such as the authority staff has to give and take points from students. Or the authority your Head of House has to require you to serve detention with him because you had points taken.</span><br />
<br />
<span style='color: #2E8B57'>Khyll: (pouting) We'll see...</span><br />
<br />
<strong class='bbc'>-cut to title sequence-</strong><br />
<br />
<span style='color: #000000'>April: (voice over) I have no idea what's going to happen, or how much of my old life I'll be able to maintain. All I know is this:</span><br />
<br />
<span style='color: #2F4F4F'>Riles: I couldn't be happier right now, although I'll admit I've never done this before.</span><br />
<br />
<span style='color: #2E8B57'>Khyll: Okay, let's go then.</span><br />
<br />
<span style='font-size: 21px;'><strong class='bbc'><span style='font-family: Impact'>TOMORROW<br />
APRIL LOMAN EMBARKS ON AN ADVENTURE<br />
THAT TAKES HER TO THE STRANGE NEW LAND<br />
OF COLLEGE</span></strong></span><br />
<br />
<span style='color: #000000'>April: Well, see you on the other side</span><br />
<br />
((ok, that was overkill, I know, but what can I say. I'm off to college so Khyll and Riles might not be around as much, but I'll defs try to keep my posts up, even if they're a little less frequent))]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:43:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Let's Party Party!]]></title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/11076-lets-party-party/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[<a href='http://www.polyvore.com/lets_party/set?id=22345245' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>Jezebel</a> had arrived home the night before, but she’d kept it a secret from everyone except for the triplets and her father and a couple of friends. Stewie, however, had been left in the dark and she’d wanted to keep it that way, even going to far as to disguise herself when she turned up at school this morning and avoiding the places she knew he would be hanging out. She’d been away from school since the beginning of term, but was now feeling much, <em class='bbc'>much</em> better and there was no better way of celebrating it in her mind than to throw a random surprise party that no one except herself and her family knew about for her little brother. After all, he had to have been feeling the effect of everything going on, and she just wanted him to feel that sense of family and know that she hadn’t ditched him or the others.<br />
<br />
To her, there could be nothing better than a party. It was random, it was fun, and people could either turn up or not turn up for at the very least the Blair kids would all be there and so would some of their closer friends. That’s what mattered.<br />
<br />
And probably the multi-tiered cake that Tam had been concocting.<br />
<br />
The best part was the fact that there was already a setting all ready and waiting – Kat apparently having decided to decorate as soon as she found out Jez was coming back. It was perfect really, and absolutely save Jez the trouble of having to decorate somewhere herself. All she did was grab a few balloons and party streamers and other bits and pieces and then just had to wait. Tam was taking care of the cake – she and Tim had been working on that since last night – and now the boys were off to attack, blindfold and kidnap their brother from wherever he might be, even if it was the middle of a class.<br />
<br />
Checking the time, Jez grinned – they had to have him by now and so she picked up the small note she’d done up and grinned as she cast a spell so that copies of it would show up in front of all the students and <em class='bbc'>no one</em> would miss it.<br />
<img src='http://i37.tinypic.com/2q34vas.png' alt='Posted Image' class='bbc_img' /><br />
Granted it was up to the other students if they wanted to come along, but she was determined to have fun and even had some of Stewie’s favourite mega-sugary desserts and things spread out on tables thanks to the assistance of the house elves who apparently had memorised Stewie's unique diet.<br />
<br />
Sighing loudly, Jez walked by Kat who was still fixing up last minute decorations, and gave her a random hug before continuing checking things and grinning, “I reeeally missed this place, but so want to travel even more too. Did much happen while I was gon...” Jez paused in sentence as she heard voices – very familiar ones – and grinned since it was a lot of yelling and a bit of protesting. Oh yeah.<br />
<br />
A moment later, Tim and Tom barged through the doors, hauling Stewie in between the both of them. She didn’t even give them a chance to let him go or take the blindfold off before the oldest Blair rushed the boy and wrapped him up in the tightest, squishiest, squish hug she could, “STEWIIIIE!!” So maybe she was just a touch overly happy, but she hadn’t seen him for a few weeks and she just always had this need to squish him whenever she saw him. Pulling back, she lifted his blindfold and grinned at him, “Happy birthday bro!”]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:22:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Three Blind Mice</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href='http://www.polyvore.com/three_blind_mice/set?id=22190315' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>Emma</a> was early.  Purposely.  She knew Riles would be there exactly on time and she also knew the Ethan would still be in a meeting with Rowan about some books they were planning to replace and/or add to the library.  This gave her a few moments to catch her breath and settle her nerves.  Not that she was nervous at all at seeing Riles.  Emma was happy to see him again and had been looking forward to it since he had left her shop earlier in the week.  It was the brainy idea she had gotten of suggesting they meet at the Library so she could introduce him to Ethan.  Why she was nervous, Emma couldn't say.  It wasn't like she was bringing a guy home to meet her parents.  Well, yeah, it was, almost.  It was her brother.  She was grateful for the moment that she hadn't mentioned it to Gerard to join them as well.  No, this was much better, Ethan first then Gerard.  In the meantime, she caught her breath and kept telling herself it would be fine.  After all, what could happen?]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:05:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Sun In My Eyes, Wind Through My Hair</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/11120-sun-in-my-eyes-wind-through-my-hair/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[<a href='http://www.polyvore.com/sun_in_my_eyes_wind/set?id=22469189' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>Cara</a> had arrived in Melbourne earlier that morning to do some shopping and just have a day away for herself.  She found a coffee shop for a quiet breakfast when she arrived and spent her time there reading the morning news as well as a book she had brought along with her.  From there, she made her way to Bourke Street Mall and wandered in the various shops and stores there finding the items she came for but window shopping as well, making a leisurely trip out of it.  Business was doing well, things were going along quiet and regular and she was beginning to think that was the problem.  Things were too quiet.  Too regular.  Too 'same old same old'.  So Cara wandered, maybe aimlessly, maybe not.  Whether it was intentional or not, she found herself boarding one of the trams and riding till she felt like getting off, wandering a bit, getting back on and eventually that left her standing on the sands of Brighton Beach.  There was a very good chance she was led here by memories of the road trip with Mel and the 'not planned and routine fun' it had been.  Maybe that's what she needed again but Mel was rather busy.  With a sigh, Cara walked a ways along the beach before sitting on the steps of one of the brightly painted shacks that lined the beach.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:18:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Healing: Lesson Iii, Diagnosis And Treatment [Lab]]]></title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/10494-healing-lesson-iii-diagnosis-and-treatment-lab/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[This lesson, Jillian prayed, would go more smoothly than the first had… no musical numbers, no uninvited guests, no arguments amongst her students. Of course, it was Tally, and there was no end to the drama here, so she really doubted she’d get her wish—but hey, it couldn’t hurt to put those good vibes out there, right? Glancing down at Ox, who turned her head to look up at her owner, Jillian smiled and scratched the puppy’s head. “Paws crossed, hm?” she murmured to the puppy.<br />
<br />
Though at least now that she was into her second trimester, she didn’t have to worry about nausea interrupting the class, or moodswings making dealing with the students harder… oh, she still had them, but not nearly as awesome, though her cravings were even stronger. Just ask the peanut butter, candied pineapple and nutella sandwich she’d just finished. Really, at this rate, look out, gestational diabetes, here comes Jillian—she’d never had a sweet tooth before. Though her mum just said that it meant Baby Girl would be a sweetheart. <em class='bbc'>Let’s hope she’s right.</em><br />
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As the clock hit 12:55, Jillian turned her attention to the room, doing one last glance-over to make sure everything was in place. Three of the dummies stood in the center of the U, each with a card looped around their neck on a piece of embroidery floss, containing details of their “personal histories.” Hopefully today’s lesson would be hands-on enough to keep the kids interested… and to keep them from causing more trouble.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:07:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What better way was there to celebrate a spectacularly crap than at a bar, more than a little tipsy thanks to corpus amount of scotch, while listening to some  band that was touring about the country playing in popular pubs and nightspots, having heard about their coming  to the pub last week, Ly had made a effort to not the date to come see them.  Just nodding his head in time to the beat, applauding along with everyone else when one song finished and before the intro to the next.  First had been a trip to the vets because Acey had decided in the middle of the night to get into Ly’s box of fruit loops; after two hours of pacing nervous around the veterinary clinic Ly was given back his young duck with some medicine, a pamphlet on proper duckling care  and orders not to feed him so much rubbish, then the gym had been full when he had gone in what he knew to usually be a quiet time, he had gotten a parking fine and to top it all off, he logged in to his twitter account for the first time in a few days and low and behold he found his girlfriend asking her friend about hot lawyers.  As far as he was concerned that was the end of that; Chuck could do as she liked as far as he was concerned because obviously if she was promoting it then she wanted it.  Ly liked to keep his private life private as best as he could which was always difficult given his parents and his face being on billboards so it rather cut deeply to see that splashed where people he had to deal with seeing on almost daily basis could see it.<br />
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Ly was out; he didn’t want unnecessary drama no matter how much he liked a girl. <br />
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Knocking back what was left in his glass quickly, Ly watched the ice in his glass as he tilted it in his hand before swallowing the liquid down before looking down the bar to catch the attention of the bartender before raising his empty glass to signal for another, purposely ignoring the three blondes girls down the bar who kept looking up at him trying to catch his attention. The post split breakdown, drink up, body search wasn’t the same without Jared but after Ly had seen the tweet he had turned his phone off; not wanting to hear from anyone and nobody really had anything he wanted to hear either.  He really missed his bro but the guy had gone off somewhere to do something, Ly didn’t know what and he honestly doubted that Jar did either, but they would catch up at the first chance, it was how things always happened.<br />
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“Your scotch.” The bartender said, placing the drink on the bar in front of Ly, shaking his head when Ly tried handing over money for the drink. “Courtesy of the ladies down the bar.”<br />
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Looking down at the girls, he gave a small grin nodded his head in thanks before moving off, making his way through the crowd,  feeling mildly buzzed enough to want to get closer to the music and dancing people, just not drunk enough to want to dance himself, he still had at least another drink before anyone was to witness than disaster. When he was drunk he could dance and dance well because he didn’t care or stop to think about it, sober or only mildly buzzed and he was so awkward it was almost painful to watch.<br />
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<strong class='bbc'>“And we’re just going to take a quick twenty minute break and be right back..” </strong><br />
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“Just my luck...” Ly mumbled as some <a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18-yqnGlk4E' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>dance track</a> came on and it seemed half the crowd moved away to the bar or outside for a smoke and the others left on the dance floor sprang back to life at the dance track. Actually recognizing the song being a remix of a song from one of his favorite bands, Ly shrugged and did the awkward man two step hand in the crowd of moving bodies when a girl turned around and started dancing with him. What did he <em class='bbc'>really</em> have to lose? Nothing. So why not make more of a fool of himself today since today seemed to be theme of the day and do it on his own terms. Taking another mouthful of his drink, Ly actually looked at the girl in the dingy dance floor light, swallowing the mouthful of scotch before raising his voice to a slight yell to be heard over the music. <br />
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“Hey...I’m Ly.”]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:13:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>A Companion For Dellie</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<span style='font-family: arial, verdana, tahoma, sans-serif'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>It was just a week after Delphine's eleventh birthday, and <a href='http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=22413608' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>Esras Leland</a> had one final surprise in store for his second daughter. He hadn't told her, as she'd already been incredibly excited the whole week at finally receiving her letter to Tallygarunga. She'd had, no doubt, several lively discussions with young Kerry as to which house she'd be sorted into when she finally did get to come to school with Daddy. And it wasn't that he didn't want to tell her, but he wanted to keep the fun and excitement going for as long as possible. He loved his girls, and he especially loved to make them happy.<br />
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So that morning, after he'd finished his usual hour of meditation and gone out for a walk, he was glad to see that Delphine was the first of his girls to wake. She caught him as he was walking in from the meadow, where he'd sat for some time, breathing deeply as the crisp morning air filled his lungs and cleared his head. He'd smiled as he noticed her standing in the doorway, and beckoned with a finger for her to join him, which she had, running over quickly in her nightshirt and bare feet. He scooped her up in his arms, off the cold, dewy ground, and she'd nuzzled into the side of his neck.<br />
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<em class='bbc'>"What're you doing, Daddy?"</em> she asked."</span></span><br />
Going for a walk. Did you have a good sleep, Dea?"<br />
<em class='bbc'> "Mm-hmm. Great."</em><br />
"Oh, that's good. Aren't you cold, sweet pea?"<br />
<em class='bbc'>"No... well, maybe a little."</em><br />
"Well, let's go inside, then. We wouldn't want you to catch a chill."<br />
<em class='bbc'>"Okay."</em><br />
<br />
He'd carried her inside, and sitting at the breakfast table, continued the conversation.<br />
"I'm going into town today. D'you want to come with me?"<br />
<em class='bbc'>"Just me?" </em>she'd whispered excitedly.<br />
"Yes, just you. We don't want to wake up Kerry, now, do we?"<br />
<em class='bbc'>"No... she's too little. She needs to sleep."</em><br />
Esras had smiled a little at that, and he stroked back her unkempt hair.<br />
"Yes, she needs to sleep. Now, why don't you go get dressed and we'll head into town, then?"<br />
<em class='bbc'>"Okay."</em><br />
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Then she'd turned quickly and run into her bedroom. When she emerged a few minutes later, her hair was brushed but still quite curly (it only seemed to straighten out when it was wet) and <a href='http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=22412829' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>she was wearing</a> her new shoes, a pair of jeans, and a white tee-shirt that read <em class='bbc'>Daddy's Little Girl.</em> He had to smile at that. He reached out and adjusted her locket so that it hung over her shirt. He stood up, pulled his scarf from its place by the door. and readjusted his jacket. He smiled as she took his hand in hers, glad that even at eleven, she wasn't quite old enough to feel embarrassed by taking his hand.<br />
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It was a lovely walk down to Narragyambie. Their home was a short walk away from town, and the sun warmed them as they walked through the Murrigal Bushlands on their way over. Delphine skipped up flowers and positively lit up with pleasure at the special attention when Esras tucked a few into her hair.<br />
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<em class='bbc'>"So, where we going, Daddy?"</em><br />
"Hoots and Whispers. We need to get some more food for Krauss and Loeter."<br />
<em class='bbc'>"Oh. Okay."</em> she began to swing his hand back and forth as she jumped on the way in.<br />
It was still fairly early, but as the walk had taken them some time, they arrived at the store shortly after opening hours. "Okay, quietly, Dellie-bird." Esras cautioned. "Some of the animals might still be asleep."]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:12:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Home Is Where The Heart Is Mended</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[She didn't quite belong in Narrie, but then - Mereditha rarely belonged anywhere. She'd spent so much of the last few years travelling, she could only assume her home was somewhere in apparition-space, where she technically didn't even exist. Somewhere between here, and there - everywhere and no where. It may have been the most constant single place in her life since her divorce, but now that her work was slowing down, it wasn't an appropriate place to stay at all. You couldn't sleep there. You certainly couldn't do data analysis there. She'd been tempted for a bit to head further south, to the border where Yarra Yarra was, but the memories there were too strong. She hadn't even gone back there for work, she'd sent one of the minions to do that school. It'd been the only one she couldn't handle. Seeing Adelaide again wouldn't have been a good idea, not at all.<br />
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Melbourne was another option, and she knew that she would always have a desk available within the Victorian Ministry of Magic - the Federal Ministry of Magic pin clipped to her bright red coat assured her of that, and she knew that if push came to shove, they would find her accomodation as well. But it was all so impersonal, Meri had no desire to spend the next few months poring over paperwork in a bland office, and spending her nights in an even blander hotel. So she had come back to where all of the action was, supposedly. At least, Adele still lived here. Adele was more than enough for any town. <br />
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It still left the dilemma of where to stay. She had no doubt that neither Alan, nor Adele, nor Kate would be happy to put her up in a spare room somewhere - but by all reports, the three were happy in their married lives, and she had no desire to interfere with that either. Especially for the Burdetts and Belmonts, still settling into very new, and exciting lives. She stood outside NcAdam's, poring over the available rental properties, and frowning at the limited choice.<br />
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Perhaps she should have called first. Or mailed. Or something. <br />
<br />
Just turning up had probably been a bad idea.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:55:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>As The Curtain Rises --X Esras</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<span style='font-family: georgia'><span style='font-size: 13px;'><span style='font-size: 13px;'><span class='bbc_center'><span style='font-family: arial'><span style='font-family: georgia'><span style='font-size: 15px;'>Introducing...</span></span></span></span><span class='bbc_center'><span style='font-family: arial'><span style='font-family: georgia'><span style='font-size: 26px;'>Esras Aesculapius Leland</span></span></span></span><span class='bbc_center'> </span><span class='bbc_center'><img src='http://i922.photobucket.com/albums/ad70/CelebrationThroughoutOz/Pics/lifenbc.jpg' alt='Posted Image' class='bbc_img' /></span><span class='bbc_center'><br />
</span><span class='bbc_center'><span style='font-size: 17px;'>Age 43, Widower, Father, Wandless Magic Professor</span></span><span class='bbc_center'><span style='font-size: 17px;'>Former Flinder at Tallygarunga</span></span><span class='bbc_center'> </span><span class='bbc_center'><span style='font-size: 15px;'><hr class='bbc' />And a Round of Applause to...</span></span><span class='bbc_center'><span style='font-size: 26px;'><span style='font-size: 13px;'><span style='font-family: arial, verdana, tahoma, sans-serif'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>Cara Marie McIntyre, 41, Owner of The Black Orchids,<span style='font-size: 13px;'><span style='font-size: 9px;'> <span style='font-size: 9px;'><a href='http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i10/signaturesnavatars/Cara/cara-av-1.jpg' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>LINK</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class='bbc_center'><span style='font-size: 26px;'><span style='font-size: 13px;'><span style='font-family: arial, verdana, tahoma, sans-serif'><span style='font-size: 13px;'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>Esras came in my shop wanting help to start a garden for his daughter and at first mistook me for Cora.  We chatted and got to know each other while I helped him select what he would need. </span></span></span><span style='font-family: arial, verdana, tahoma, sans-serif'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>He's a very pleasant person to be around and I enjoy when I do get a chance to see him.  I believe he is becoming a very good friend.<br />
<br />
R</span></span></span></span><span style='font-size: 13px;'><span style='font-family: arial, verdana, tahoma, sans-serif'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>owan Ashley Dragonsinger, 35, Deputy Headmistress, <span style='font-size: 13px;'><span style='font-size: 9px;'><a href='http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i10/signaturesnavatars/Ro%20graphics/relthread-1.jpg' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>LINK</a></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class='bbc_center'><span style='font-size: 13px;'><span style='font-family: arial, verdana, tahoma, sans-serif'><span style='font-size: 13px;'><span style='font-size: 13px;'><em class='bbc'>[Esras and I met] </em>At his interview for the Wandless Magic Professorship</span></span></span><span style='font-family: arial, verdana, tahoma, sans-serif'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>. He's a very intelligent gentleman who you can tell just by talking to him loves his children.  I find him to be someone I enjoy working with and feel that he will become a friend as well.</span></span></span></span><span class='bbc_center'><span style='font-size: 26px;'><span style='font-size: 13px;'><span style='font-family: arial, verdana, tahoma, sans-serif'><span style='font-size: 13px;'><br />
Storm Canavacciuolo, 16, Independent, <span style='font-size: 13px;'><span style='font-size: 9px;'><a href='http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i10/signaturesnavatars/Storm/normal_destephotoshoot_002.jpg' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>LINK</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class='bbc_center'><span style='font-size: 26px;'><span style='font-size: 13px;'><span style='font-family: arial, verdana, tahoma, sans-serif'><span style='font-size: 13px;'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>He teaches the Wandless Magic class. </span></span></span><span style='font-family: arial, verdana, tahoma, sans-serif'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>Hopefully <em class='bbc'>[we get along]</em> well, I like the class and he teaches it differently from the last <del class='bbc'>so-called</del> teacher we had for it.  I just hope I can do well in it.<br />
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Emma Fitch-Hunter, 28, Owner of The Fleece of Baa, <span style='font-size: 13px;'><a href='http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i10/signaturesnavatars/Emma/Billie-Piper_0.jpg' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>LINK</a></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class='bbc_center'><span style='font-size: 26px;'><span style='font-size: 13px;'><span style='font-family: arial, verdana, tahoma, sans-serif'><span style='font-size: 13px;'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>He's stopped in occasionally to pick up things for his mum when she can't. </span></span></span><span style='font-family: arial, verdana, tahoma, sans-serif'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>He's a very pleasant person and has three lovely children.  He reminds me of my cousin in some ways and I'm glad to have made his acquaintance.<br />
</span></span></span></span></span><span class='bbc_center'><span style='font-size: 26px;'><span style='font-size: 13px;'><span style='font-family: arial, verdana, tahoma, sans-serif'> </span></span></span></span><span class='bbc_center'><span style='font-size: 26px;'><span style='font-size: 13px;'><span style='font-family: arial, verdana, tahoma, sans-serif'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>Cora Manere, 41, Co-Owner of Lachlan's, LINK</span></span></span></span></span><span class='bbc_center'><span style='font-family: arial, verdana, tahoma, sans-serif'>We worked together at Tally until he left in 2006. I haven't seen Esras since then and wonder how he is doing.</span></span><span class='bbc_center'><span style='font-size: 26px;'><span style='font-size: 13px;'><span style='font-family: arial, verdana, tahoma, sans-serif'> </span></span></span></span><span class='bbc_center'> </span><span class='bbc_center'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>Thank You All for Coming!</span></span><span class='bbc_center'><span style='font-size: 36px;'><span style='font-size: 13px;'><br />
</span></span></span><span class='bbc_center'> </span><span class='bbc_center'><span style='font-size: 21px;'><hr class='bbc' />Please fill this out:</span></span><span class='bbc_center'> </span><span class='bbc_center'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>FULL NAME, AGE, HOUSE/JOB, LINK TO PICTURE</span></span><span class='bbc_center'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>HOW YOUR CHARACTER AND ESRAS MET</span></span><span class='bbc_center'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>HOW THEY GET ALONG NOWADAYS</span></span></span></span></span>]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:31:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>For All We Have Done / And All We Ever Were /  Just Zeros And Ones</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<span style='font-family: Garamond'><span style='font-size: 26px;'>Meliae Judith Ashton</span></span><br />
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<em class='bbc'>30, <del class='bbc'>Single (Proudly)</del>MEEP!, Ex-Auror, Compootergirly and Knight in Shiny Armour</em><br />
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<strong class='bbc'><br />
<span style='font-size: 21px;'>:: THE FRIENDS LIST &gt; </span></strong><br />
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<span style='font-size: 17px;'>Mr Meep!</span><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Name:</strong> Ethan Fitch-Hunter<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Age:</strong> 38<br />
<strong class='bbc'>House/Job:</strong> Tally Librarian<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Relationship:</strong> We're the Meep Pair now<br />
<strong class='bbc'>History:</strong> It took forever, or so it seemed, but I finally stuttered my way to asking her out and it was the most wonderful weekend/week of my life. She's smart, fun, beautiful, geeky, nerdy and just perfect. <br />
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<span style='font-size: 17px;'>@Legal_Eagle</span><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Name:</strong> Gerard Hunter<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Age:</strong> 42<br />
<strong class='bbc'>House/Job:</strong> Barrister<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Relationship:</strong> Friend/Business associate<br />
<strong class='bbc'>History:</strong> I met Mel in a coffee shop in Melbourne as I was setting up my new offices here. The shop was crowded and she asked if she could share the table. From that one conversation developed a working relationship as a technology consultant to my law firm with a friendship developing between us over the time. I admire, trust and respect her.<br />
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<span style='font-size: 17px;'>Nathan</span><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Name:</strong> Nathan Wright<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Age:</strong> 30<br />
<strong class='bbc'>House/Job:</strong> DJ / VMU Tutor / Musician<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Relationship:</strong> Ex-Boyfriend / Best Friends / Practically Family<br />
<strong class='bbc'>History:</strong> Um well Mel and I met in my 2nd Year through Marcus getting us into a detention. We ended up spending a lot of time together and she always seemed to be there. After high-school we sort of eh went our separate ways but it's nice to still see her around and that.. um.. yeah..<br />
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<span style='font-size: 17px;'>@Capt_Honey</span><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Name:</strong> Marcus Hobson<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Age:</strong> 31<br />
<strong class='bbc'>House/Job:</strong> Future Lord High Mr Wiggly Eyed Git Ruler Of The Universe<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Relationship:</strong> Best Mates / Long-Long Ago Crush / Practically Siblings<br />
<strong class='bbc'>History:</strong> Dude Mellywelly.. I've known her since we got in a detention together in 3rd year potions.. she's one of the coolest folks I know. She's probably saved my life more times then I can remember. In a way I guess she's like the older-sister I never had who always kept in contact no matter what, being a link to the world outside that seemed so far away for such a long time.<br />
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<span style='font-size: 17px;'>@RunicFox</span><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Name:</strong>  Rowan Dragonsinger<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Age:</strong> 31<br />
<strong class='bbc'>House/Job:</strong> Deputy Headmistress/Ancient Runes Professor<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Relationship:</strong> Friends<br />
<strong class='bbc'>History:</strong> Heard a lot about Mel before meeting her and when I did, I was depressed, drunk and convinced Marcus was seeing her. Fortunately, Mel made it clear I had nothing to worry about and we've ended up friends<br />
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<span style='font-size: 17px;'>Sophia</span><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Name:</strong>  Sophia Valentin<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Age:</strong> 17<br />
<strong class='bbc'>House/Job:</strong> Proprietress, Hoots & Whispers<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Relationship:</strong> Acquaintance<br />
<strong class='bbc'>History:</strong> I'd heard about Marcus' friend, Mel while a student at Tally last year but actually got to meet her now that I have my own shop, stopping in Basil's for lunch during the week. She's really sweet and very helpful -- in a non-twin safe sort of way.<br />
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<span style='font-size: 17px;'>Paige</span><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Name:</strong>  Paige Morgan<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Age:</strong> 18<br />
<strong class='bbc'>House/Job:</strong> <del class='bbc'>VUM First Year Student/ PT Waitress - The Roo</del> Waitress - Basils Internet Cafe<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Relationship:</strong> Acquaintance<br />
<strong class='bbc'>History:</strong> I spend time in Basil's to do homework or just catch a quick coffee and have spoken occasionally to Mel when there. She seems really nice yet won't take any nonsense from anyone<br />
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<span style='font-size: 17px;'>GoatGirl</span><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Name:</strong>  Chloe Hobson<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Age:</strong> 14<br />
<strong class='bbc'>House/Job:</strong> Spencer!!!<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Relationship:</strong> Friends/Mentor<br />
<strong class='bbc'>History:</strong> "Mel is great. I mean, a little odd and overly obsessed with computers and slightly paranoid that I would take after Marcus and break everything in sight, but other than that, she's cool. We ate cake together. Alot of cake. And she helped me and Oli make that zombie movie, which ROCKED! We couldn't have done it without her and her camera's -- and then she let us have a movie night with her and we ate more cake and popcorn and well, anyone who gives me food is a friend for life."<br />
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<span style='font-size: 17px;'>Aber</span><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Name:</strong>  Abercrombie<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Age:</strong> 20ish<br />
<strong class='bbc'>House/Job:</strong> Susan's Familiar<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Relationship:</strong> nephew<br />
<strong class='bbc'>History:</strong> Auntie Melly is sooooooooo cool. She got me a cell phone and a laptop and teaches me how to play coool computer games like Postal <img src='http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' /> <br />
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<span style='font-size: 17px;'>@SkeletonMum</span><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Name:</strong>  Susan Masters<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Age:</strong> 37<br />
<strong class='bbc'>House/Job:</strong> Office Admin -- Law Firm<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Relationship:</strong> Friends and Colleagues<br />
<strong class='bbc'>History:</strong> Mel and I work together and can be serious at times. We also have a habit of running off to marches and protests and zombie-walks together, the latter of which I think baffles the boss slightly. Was lucky to move to a place with people like Gerard and Mel around, we get along like a house on fire.<br />
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<span style='font-size: 17px;'>@tonedeaf</span><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Name:</strong> Jillian Parker<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Age:</strong> 34<br />
<strong class='bbc'>House/Job:</strong> Healing Professor, Tallygarunga<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Relationship:</strong> Old Friends<br />
<strong class='bbc'>History:</strong> You came into St. Mungo's for a broken arm, and proved to be one of the most stubborn patients I've ever had. No wonder we hit it off!<br />
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<span style='font-size: 17px;'>@YinToTheYang</span><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Name: </strong>  Anastasia Valentin<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Age: </strong> 12<br />
<strong class='bbc'>House/Job: </strong> Bourke<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Relationship: </strong> Niece<br />
<strong class='bbc'>History: </strong>  Well, Ok, Mel's not my real aunt but I don't care.  She's cool and she knows such awesome stuffs and she's teaching me about Doctor Who and discovered Grandpa Vladdy is a Jedi and she's just AWESOME!<br />
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<span style='font-size: 17px;'>Abby!</span><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Name: </strong> Abby Wright<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Age: </strong> 6<br />
<strong class='bbc'>House/Job: </strong> Future Princess of Spencer!<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Relationship: </strong> Unoffical Niece, Goddaughter<br />
<strong class='bbc'>History: </strong> Auntie Mel went to school with Daddy and Unchie Nathy.. they used to be in looove! Mummy and Daddy made Auntie Mel my Godmother when I was a baby so she gives me lots of cool pressies and is really nice! I lub Auntie Mel, she's the coolest Godmother evwa!<br />
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<span style='font-size: 17px;'>Emma</span><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Name:</strong> Emma Fitch-Hunter<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Age:</strong> 28<br />
<strong class='bbc'>House/Job:</strong> Owner/The Fleece of Baa<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Relationship: </strong>Friend/possible future sister-in-law <em class='bbc'><strong class='bbc'>Mel:</strong>WHAT? IN-LAW????!?! @.@?</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>History:</strong> I've heard about Mel from my cousin Gerard's letters, she's one of his best friends. Oh and the fact my brother is heads over heels for her. I met her during an 'Ianto episode' at Basil's and can see why they think so highly of her! She's awesome!<br />
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<span style='font-size: 17px;'>Cara</span><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Name: </strong>Cara McIntyre<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Age: </strong>41<br />
<strong class='bbc'>House/Job: </strong>Owner/Black Orchids<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Relationship:</strong> Best Friends<br />
<strong class='bbc'>History:</strong> Met her at Basil's, the more we talked, the more we got along. When I went through a rough patch, she was there. Cakes and beers on the roof and getaway roadtrips. What are friends for?]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Cora's Greenhouse]]></title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/2636-coras-greenhouse/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[<span class='bbc_center'><span style='font-size: 15px;'><span style='font-family: Georgia'><span style='color: #008000'><em class='bbc'>Cora Aileen Bucklin Manere</em></span></span></span></span><br />
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<em class='bbc'><span style='font-family: Georgia'><span style='color: #660000'><strong class='bbc'>Family -  And I love you so, Lets watch the flowers grow</strong></span><br />
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<span style='color: #800000'>the sun leads the way the moon lights the sky, I see you & I lying in my Avant Garden ~Spouse</span><br />
<span style='color: #990000'>So many colors in the flower and I see every one ~Son</span><br />
<span style='color: #B30000'>Just a wild mountain rose, needing freedom to grow ~Daughters</span><br />
<span style='color: #CC0000'>all flowers in time bend towards the sun ~Parents</span><br />
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<span class='bbc_left'><span style='font-family: Georgia'><span style='color: #004D00'><strong class='bbc'>Friends -  And all within the branches of this great oak tree</strong></span><br />
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<span style='color: #006600'>In the garden of Truth, There dwells as bird With feathers of a yellow gold ~Best Friend</span><br />
<span style='color: #008000'>In the garden of Truth, There dwells as bird With feathers of a silver pale ~Close Friend</span><br />
<span style='color: #009900'>Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme  ~Friend</span><br />
<span style='color: #00B300'>All the bloomed forget-me-nots won't falter in the rain ~Acquaintance</span><br />
<span style='color: #00CC00'>And the flowers I knew in the fields where I grew, Were content to be lost in the crowd ~Name Basis</span></span></span><br />
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<span style='font-family: Georgia'><span style='color: #000080'><strong class='bbc'>Love -  Her love grows and she waters it so carefully</strong></span><br />
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<span style='color: #000099'>I say love it is a flower and you it's only seed  ~Soulmate</span><br />
<span style='color: #0000B3'>'Cause you're beautiful like a flower, More valuable than a diamond ~Lover</span><br />
<span style='color: #0000CC'>Some of the bulbs never opened quite fully ~For A While</span><br />
<span style='color: #0000E6'>A little candlelight romancing, with roses ~Fling</span><br />
<span style='color: #0000FF'>She plants another flower in the sand ~Crush On Me</span><br />
<span style='color: #1A1AFF'>And everything went up in smoke like wildflowers  ~Ex</span></span></span><br />
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<span style='font-family: Georgia'><span style='color: #000000'><strong class='bbc'>Enemies -  always tricked myself no flowers, please </strong></span><br />
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<span style='color: #0D0D0D'>And I won't forget to put roses on your grave ~Arch Nemesis</span><br />
<span style='color: #1A1A1A'>Send me dead flowers by the mail ~Loathing</span><br />
<span style='color: #262626'>The flowers you gave me are rotting ~Enemy</span><br />
<span style='color: #333333'>Plastic flowers, Melting in the sun ~Annoyance</span><br />
<span style='color: #404040'>Where have all the flowers gone? ~Nothing</span></span></span><br />
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<span style='color: #008000'><em class='bbc'>My life is like a garden, it needs some tender care, At times it's battered by the storm, at times the weather's fair</em></span></span><br />
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<pre class='prettyprint'>&#91;b&#93;Name:&#91;/b&#93;
&#91;b&#93;Age:&#91;/b&#93;
&#91;b&#93;House & Year (If professor, which class. If not either, then ignore):&#91;/b&#93;
&#91;b&#93;What are we?&#91;/b&#93;
&#91;b&#93;Our story:&#91;/b&#93;</pre><br />
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<span style='color: #008000'><span style='font-size: 15px;'>[i]<span class='bbc_underline'>A Walk in the Garden<br />
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<span style='font-family: Georgia'><span class='bbc_center'><br />
<span style='color: #008000'><br />
<span style='color: #004D00'><strong class='bbc'>Friends -  And all within the branches of this great oak tree</strong></span><br />
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<strong class='bbc'>Name:</strong>  Rowan Dragonsinger<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Age:</strong>  32<br />
<strong class='bbc'>House & Year:</strong>  Deputy Headmistress/Ancient Runes<br />
<strong class='bbc'>What are we?</strong> In the garden of Truth, There dwells as bird With feathers of a yellow gold ~Best Friend<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Our story:</strong>  We met as school mates and she is one of my best friends.<br />
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<strong class='bbc'>Name:</strong>  Rowan Dragonsinger<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Age:</strong>  32<br />
<strong class='bbc'>House & Year:</strong>  Deputy Headmistress/Ancient Runes<br />
<strong class='bbc'>What are we?</strong><span style='color: #006600'>I In the garden of Truth, There dwells as bird With feathers of a yellow gold ~Best Friend</span><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Our story:</strong>  We met as school mates and she is one of my best friends.<br />
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Name: Molly Dragonsinger<br />
Age: 67<br />
What are we? <span style='color: #008000'>In the garden of Truth, There dwells as bird With feathers of a silver pale ~Close Friend</span><br />
Our story: I have known Cora ever since she and Rowan met in Hogwarts as students. A lovely girl then and a wonderful woman now.<br />
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<strong class='bbc'>Name:</strong> Nikolas Xylander<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Age:</strong> 119<br />
<strong class='bbc'>What are we?</strong> <span style='color: #008000'>In the garden of Truth, There dwells as bird With feathers of a silver pale ~Close Friend</span><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Our story:</strong> Lachlan and Cora were in need of help when Nataliya and I met them.  Since then the couple have become very dear friends.<br />
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<strong class='bbc'>Name:</strong>  Cara McIntyre<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Age:</strong> 40<br />
[<strong class='bbc'>What are we?</strong> <span style='color: #009900'>Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme  ~Friend</span><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Our story:</strong> One Alan Burdett burst into my shop insisting I was Cora. Definitely know her name now.<br />
Later that evening, Alan took me to meet her and we've hit it off wonderfully<br />
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Name: Anton Hunter<br />
Age: 20<br />
House & Year:[/b ] VMU Second<br />
<strong class='bbc'>What are we? <span style='color: #009900'>Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme  ~Friend</span><br />
Our story: Professor Bucklin-Manere has not only been my teacher but my mentor in Herbology as well. Always willing to explain things and answer questions, she has been quite supportive of my education.<br />
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Name: Adele E DeVylissea<br />
Age: 27<br />
What are we? <span style='color: #009900'>Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme  ~Friend</span><br />
Our story: What can I say? You're my boss, technically, and easier to get along with than Alan - mostly. We've had our differences, of course.. but, you'll be there to the end.. right?<br />
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<span style='color: #000000'>[b]Enemies -  always tricked myself no flowers, please </strong></span><br />
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Name: Damien Batista<br />
Age: Deceased<br />
What are we? <span style='color: #1A1AFF'>And everything went up in smoke like wildflowers  ~Ex</span><br />
<span style='color: #0D0D0D'>And I won't forget to put roses on your grave ~Arch Nemesis</span><br />
Our story:  It began good until your friend showed up and then it was all about money and power for you.  Your grandson didn't help any and instead of understanding, you demanded evidence be ignored.  Trying to kill us was the end.</span></span></span>]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:24:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Eternal Nightcap</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<span style='font-family: TAHOMA'> <CENTER> <span style='font-size: 36px;'><strong class='bbc'>ALAN LAURENCE BURDETT</strong></span><br />
<img src='http://i33.tinypic.com/29ux3q1.jpg' alt='Posted Image' class='bbc_img' /><br />
<strong class='bbc'>MALE | HEADMASTER: TALLYGARUNGA | 43 | <a href='http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/user/1-headmaster-alan-burdett/' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>PROFILE</a></strong><br />
<em class='bbc'>I WAS THE BEST, THEY ALL KNEW IT. ON THE DAYS I CARED AT ALL.<br />
YOU CAN ALL SAY I BLEW IT, YOU’LL BE TALKING ‘BOUT ME FOR YEARS.</em><br />
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<span style='font-size: 26px;'><strong class='bbc'>THAT’S ALL THAT KEEPS ME SANE </strong></span><br />
<CENTER><strong class='bbc'>FAMILY | <em class='bbc'> <span style='color: #740E34'> BUT YOU GOT IT ALL TO GET ME HOME  </span></em></strong> |<br />
<strong class='bbc'>MALE FRIEND | <em class='bbc'> <span style='color: #6E0D39'>  YEAH I'LL BE HAPPY JUST TO CATCH HIM AGAIN   </span></em></strong> |<br />
<strong class='bbc'>FEMALE FRIEND | <em class='bbc'> <span style='color: #680B3D'> CAN WE BE CRAZY FOR A FEW MORE YEARS?   </span></em></strong> |<br />
<strong class='bbc'>ACQUAINTANCE | <em class='bbc'> <span style='color: #620A42'> BUT A MOMENT IS ALL HE CAN SPARE  </span></em></strong> |<br />
<strong class='bbc'>DRINKING BUDDY | <em class='bbc'> <span style='color: #5C0946'> THE MOMENT THE NIGHT WEARS OFF, THE BOMBSITE REAPPEARS </span></em></strong> |<br />
<strong class='bbc'>FRIEND OF A FRIEND | <em class='bbc'> <span style='color: #56084B'> COULDN'T BE SERIOUS IN A ROOM FULL OF JACK-KNIFE EYES  </span></em></strong> |<br />
<strong class='bbc'>COWORKER | <em class='bbc'> <span style='color: #51064F'>  IT'S BILLIOUSNESS AS USUAL IN MY CORNER OF THE KITCHEN  </span></em></strong> |<br />
<strong class='bbc'>MENTOR | <em class='bbc'> <span style='color: #4B0554'> BARE FEET LIKE A TOM-BOY AND A CROOKED SMILE   </span></em></strong> |<br />
<strong class='bbc'>MENTEE | <em class='bbc'> <span style='color: #450458'> WE'RE BETTER SORRY THAN SAFE WHEN YOU COUNT THE COST  </span></em></strong> |<br />
<strong class='bbc'>BEST FRIENDS | <em class='bbc'> <span style='color: #3F035D'>  THERE'S A GOLD STAR ON YOUR FOREHEAD   </span></em></strong> |<br />
<strong class='bbc'>OLD FRIENDS | <em class='bbc'> <span style='color: #390161'> WE TALK OF YEARS LIKE LOST WEEKENDS  </span></em></strong> |<br />
<strong class='bbc'>FAMILY DISTANT | <em class='bbc'> <span style='color: #330066'> BUT YOU REMEMBER WHAT I REMEMBER    </span></em></strong> |<br />
<strong class='bbc'>RIVAL FRIEND | <em class='bbc'> <span style='color: #33095D'> TERROR, LIKE CHARITY, BEGINS AT HOME  </span></em></strong> |<br />
<strong class='bbc'>RECENTLY MET | <em class='bbc'> <span style='color: #331353'> EVERYTHING LOOKS PRETTY;  WE'RE FAR FROM THE CITY  </span></em></strong> |<br />
<strong class='bbc'>ALMOST FAMILY | <em class='bbc'> <span style='color: #331C4A'> YOU TROD THE PLANKS WAY BACK THEN  </span></em></strong> |</CENTER><br />
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<strong class='bbc'> <span style='font-size: 26px;'>LIFE’S A BEACH</span></strong><br />
<CENTER> <strong class='bbc'>ANNOYANCE | <em class='bbc'> <span style='color: #332541'> WHEN THE DARKNESS COMES FROM THE INSIDE OUT </span></em></strong> |<br />
<strong class='bbc'>IRRATIONAL DISLIKE | <em class='bbc'> <span style='color: #332E38'> BURNING ALL THE PHOTOS, SORTING THROUGH THE CLOTHES  </span></em></strong> |<br />
<strong class='bbc'>SWORN ENEMY | <em class='bbc'> <span style='color: #33382E'> TORCH THE MOON, BURN THE SCHOOLS  </span></em></strong> |<br />
<strong class='bbc'>ARCH ENEMY | <em class='bbc'> <span style='color: #334125'> MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE HEAVEN DOES IT?  </span></em></strong> |<br />
<strong class='bbc'>SEVERE DISLIKE | <em class='bbc'> <span style='color: #334A1C'>  IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME I DON'T BELIEVE IN YOU  </span></em></strong> |<br />
<strong class='bbc'>TRUE HATE | <em class='bbc'> <span style='color: #335313'> IT’S NOT FOR SAKE OF FIGHTING </span></em></strong> |<br />
<strong class='bbc'>CHILDHOOD BULLY | <em class='bbc'> <span style='color: #335D09'> YOU BUY NOW AND PAY LATER </span></em></strong> |<br />
<strong class='bbc'>INDIFFERENCE | <em class='bbc'> <span style='color: #336600'> GHOSTS DON’T DRAG YOU TOWARDS THEIR LIGHT  </span></em></strong> |<br />
<strong class='bbc'>WASTE OF SPACE | <em class='bbc'> <span style='color: #466600'> YOU'RE FALLING ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL   </span></em></strong> |<br />
<strong class='bbc'>EX FRIEND | <em class='bbc'> <span style='color: #4F6600'> SHOOTING POSTCARDS OF HIM THROUGH THE FLIES </span></em></strong> |<br />
<strong class='bbc'>BACK STABBER | <em class='bbc'> <span style='color: #586600'> CAN YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR FRIENDS ANYMORE?  </span></em></strong> |<br />
<strong class='bbc'>RIVAL | <em class='bbc'> <span style='color: #616600'> YOU CAN DOUBLE UP OR YOU CAN BURN  </span></em></strong> |<br />
<strong class='bbc'>THE FEARED ONE | <em class='bbc'> <span style='color: #6B6600'> YEAH I CAN SHOOT A GUN, MAYBE I SHOULD JOIN THE ARMY  </span></em></strong> |<br />
<strong class='bbc'>THE FEARING ONE | <em class='bbc'> <span style='color: #746600'> YOU'LL TRY AND YOU'LL FAIL </span></em></strong> |<br />
<strong class='bbc'>JEALOUS MUG | <em class='bbc'> <span style='color: #7D6600'>   THE WORDS OF A DRUNK FADE WITH THE LIGHT  </span></em></strong> |<br />
<strong class='bbc'>AVOIDING YOU | <em class='bbc'> <span style='color: #866600'>  LOTS OF LITTLE VICTORIES TAKE ON THE PAIN  </span></em></strong> |<br />
<strong class='bbc'>AVOIDING ME | <em class='bbc'> <span style='color: #906600'> YOU TALK OF SO MUCH PITY THAT IS SELF-RELATED </span></em></strong> |<br />
<strong class='bbc'>HATE TO LOVE | <em class='bbc'> <span style='color: #996600'> SATAN DELIVERS AND THE GOODS ARE ALRIGHT  </span></em></strong> |<br />
<strong class='bbc'>LOVE TO HATE | <em class='bbc'> <span style='color: #8B6B0E'> HE THINKS IT'S BEST TO CRITICIZE HIS OWN KIND  </span></em></strong> |</CENTER><br />
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<span style='font-size: 26px;'><strong class='bbc'>TRUTH, BEAUTY... AND A PICTURE OF YOU</strong></span><br />
<CENTER><strong class='bbc'>THE ONE TRUE LOVE | <em class='bbc'> <span style='color: 6F742A'>  WE PUT THE WORLD ON HOLD   </span></em></strong> |<br />
<strong class='bbc'>CURRENT PARTNER | <em class='bbc'> <span style='color: #617938'>  WE'LL BE ROYAL IN THE AFTERNOON  </span></em></strong> |<br />
<strong class='bbc'>LOVE PAST | <em class='bbc'> <span style='color: #537D46'> DRIVE IN SILENCE SLOWLY HOME  </span></em></strong> |<br />
<strong class='bbc'>FIRST LOVE | <em class='bbc'> <span style='color: #468253'> EACH TIME YOU REACH OUT, A NEW SHOUT OR SHINE-ON   </span></em></strong> |<br />
<strong class='bbc'>IMPENDING LOVE | <em class='bbc'> <span style='color: #388661'> I WISH I, WISH I KNEW THE RIGHT WORDS  </span></em></strong> |<br />
<strong class='bbc'>BITTER LOVE | <em class='bbc'> <span style='color: #2A8B6F'>  I HAD MY DREAMS FOR BOTH OF US </span></em></strong> |<br />
<strong class='bbc'>OBSESSIVE CRUSH | <em class='bbc'> <span style='color: #1C907D'>  WE'VE SEEN HER TYPE BEFORE  </span></em></strong> |<br />
<strong class='bbc'>FLIRTINGWITH | <em class='bbc'> <span style='color: #0E948B'> JUST ANOTHER DREAM YOU'RE PUTTING YOURSELF IN </span></em></strong> |<br />
<strong class='bbc'>MIXEDSIGNALS | <em class='bbc'> <span style='color: #009999'>  BUT THERE IS TROUBLE UP AHEAD  </span></em></strong> |<br />
<strong class='bbc'>LUSTING AFTER YOU | <em class='bbc'> <span style='color: #138B94'> YEAH AND ALL AROUND IT'S COMIN' DOWN </span></em></strong> |<br />
<strong class='bbc'>LUSTING AFTER ME | <em class='bbc'> <span style='color: #257D90'> CAN’T SEE THE BEAUTIFUL WAY WHEN YOU’RE BURNING SO BRIGHT    </span></em></strong> |<br />
<strong class='bbc'>FRIENDLY EX | <em class='bbc'> <span style='color: #386F8B'>  IT'S ONE HELL OF A WAY TO GO OUT   </span></em></strong> |<br />
<strong class='bbc'>SPOUSE | <em class='bbc'> <span style='color: #4A6186'> CLOSE YOUR EYES, YOUR DREAMS WILL BE SWEET  </span></em></strong> |<br />
<strong class='bbc'>GOT THAT  CHEMISTRY | <em class='bbc'> <span style='color: #5D5382'>  ONLY THEN UNCLASP OUR HANDS   </span></em></strong> |<br />
<strong class='bbc'>ONE NIGHT ONLY | <em class='bbc'> <span style='color: #6F467D'> FLASHING LIGHTS, IT'S A REAL SHOW  </span></em></strong> |</CENTER><br />
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<span style='font-size: 26px;'><strong class='bbc'>DON’T FALL OFF THE RAILS</strong></span><br />
<CENTER><strong class='bbc'>MUTUAL RESPECT | <em class='bbc'> <span style='color: #823879'> WITH YOUR GOOD HUMOUR YOU'RE A HERO  </span></em></strong> |<br />
<strong class='bbc'>ADMIRING YOU | <em class='bbc'> <span style='color: #942A74'> YOUR HALFPENNY EYES SMILE LIKE A FIRE-SALE     </span></em></strong> |<br />
<strong class='bbc'>ADMIRING ME | <em class='bbc'> <span style='color: #A71C6F'>  YOU’LL BE TALKING BOUT ME FOR YEARS   </span></em></strong> |<br />
<strong class='bbc'>BAD INFLUENCE | <em class='bbc'> <span style='color: #B90E6B'> YOU'RE ON A PLANE TO THE END OF YOUR WORLD   </span></em></strong> |<br />
<strong class='bbc'>GOOD INFLUENCE | <em class='bbc'> <span style='color: #CC0066'>  DEFEAT THEM IN YOUR SECRET BATTLE </span></em></strong> |<br />
<strong class='bbc'>PROTECTIVE OF ME | <em class='bbc'> <span style='color: #B9095D'> SHOULDN'T DRINK ALONE, THE COLOURS RUN </span></em></strong> |<br />
<strong class='bbc'>PROTECTIVE OF YOU | <em class='bbc'> <span style='color: #B00E58'> YOUR SADNESS, A THIEF, WAITS IN THE HALLWAY</span></em></strong> |<br />
<strong class='bbc'>MAKE ME LAUGH | <em class='bbc'> <span style='color: #A71353'> AND I WAS GONE BY THE MIDDLE OF THE VERY FIRST PHRASE   </span></em></strong> |<br />
<strong class='bbc'>MY SHOULDER TO CRY | <em class='bbc'> <span style='color: #9E174F'> LAUGHS TOO EASILY AND CRIES TOO HARD   </span></em></strong> |<br />
<strong class='bbc'>YOUR BEST SUPPORTER | <em class='bbc'> <span style='color: #941C4A'> IF YOU'VE GOT ANY DOUBT I'LL CAST THEM OUT  </span></em></strong> |<br />
<strong class='bbc'>NOT RESPECTED | <em class='bbc'> <span style='color: #8B2046'> ROLLING DOWN THE HIGHWAY LOOKING LIKE AN EVIL CHILD  </span></em></strong> |</CENTER><br />
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		<title>Following The Wave (Invite)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href='http://www.polyvore.com/sneaking_off_to_surf/set?id=22576510' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>Kat</a> had stopped just long enough to write a <a href='http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/11113-kat-davis/page__view__getnewpost__fromsearch__1' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>reply</a> to Anton's letter, sneaking out to the grounds and handing it to whatever Owl she could find to deliver the note. Her brother was angry at her already and it probably wasn't smart to go sneaking out to go surfing rather then staying with the party where everything was all.. nice, but too nice was most likely going to come back to haunt her later when she had to deal with cleaning up the whole mess of it later and explain to Jezebel why she'd disappeared. Was it bad that Kat had in a way been hoping for a excuse to get away from the party? While she loved Jezebel's family at the same time it reminded her so much of how her own family of late had been anything but happy and cheerful. Her brother couldn't have made her feel less welcomed if he tried. Jez had said that her brother was cool but apart from the day he'd found out who she was he'd changed completely, or maybe it was just her? That she wasn't good enough? Even with her dress she didn't feel the cold being that she'd as usual just rely on charms to keep herself warm seeing that she had never owned a wetsuit, it had never bothered her and she much preferred to be able to feel the wind and water on her skin rather then be constrained inside the suit and it's fabric. Of course right now Surf was just something to look forward to, instead she was making her way up the footpath, even in town the scent of salt water seemed to make her feel right down to her very essence that the beach was near from the powdery sand and the tough looking bushes across the road where just over the dunes was sure to be the coast. Looking left and right Kat crossed the street, a odd sight with her red hair tied into a long plat and rammed under a much faded and abused Disney hat. She certainly wasn't dressed like any surfer, no brandname clothes or even a brand name board, it was no surprise most of the 'locals' where hard on her when she first came to a place, it was hard to take her seriously with her brightly painted longboard. The weather wasn't entirely ideal, it was overcast but the wind was sure to be causing a good swell. <br />
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Ignoring the looks a couple of teenage boys gave her Kat carefully made her way into the shop, she didn't like it, it was too new, too shiny and generally lacked that magic something, there was a little fish and surf shop two stores down but she'd told Anton she'd be here and so she would. It was strange that for a surfer Kat didn't feel like she belonged, everything was pricetagged far beyond the little money she had, maybe it hadn't been wise to waste so much of it on decorations to welcome Jezebel home? Even with so many newer and fancier boards Kat clung closely to hers even if it was wooden and about a good 40 years out of date and certainly looked it even with as much love and devotion as she'd given it over the years the scars where clear that it was a board that had been surfed far more then was good for it. There was a young guy behind the counter, he reminded her a little of Ly with his baseball cap and tshirt, it was obvious that he was a local <em class='bbc'>"Got a special on a Nat Young nine inch... girl like you looks like she could use a bigger ride eh?"</em> Kat glanced between the guy and her board. "She's a eleven inch so no, thank you for the offer though" she managed to say before biting the corner of her lip as a older man came downstairs, he had to be the surf instructor. "Hola?" Kat said somewhat tentatively, the shop was much larger then expected, she was still very early but maybe Anton was waiting for her outside? Or was he upstairs? Kat couldn't tell. Meanwhile like the guy before him the man was looking at her getup and the board <em class='bbc'>"Bloodyhell.. that's a Takayama, haven't seen one of them for years!"</em> Kat blushed slightly and nodded just listening politely as the man went into a long story about how he had surfed one in his prime... which had clearly passed by quite a while ago. Somehow in between the roll of memory lane Kat managed to get out of him the cost to <a href='http://www.apollobaysurfkayak.com.au/hire.html' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>hire</a> a surfboard and wetsuit before being pulled into a discussion on the most common surf topic - the weather at least until a most welcome face saved her from the world of tides, breaks and swell.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:10:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Ancient Runes: Lesson 3!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beth sat at her desk, surveying the room that she just recently set up again to continue the lesson they hadn't completed last class. Which was actually giving rune casting a go. She decided today that she wouldn't split up the students at all and give everyone a shot. It was only fair, Beth figured. After all, there was a bit of curriculum one had to follow. She couldn't very well risk everyone falling behind for those students who needed an extra hand. It was up to them to see about getting that in times between.<br />
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With her eyes on the doorway, Beth waited now to see how many students she'd get this time around. Upon reading her sign in sheet, she knew she'd get at least one new student and she looked forward to seeing how things would go.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:51:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>How Do You Turn In Homework?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I signed up for potions and he gave us a homework assignment. Well what do I do with it after I'm done? Do I pm it to the teacher or something else?]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[But I Don't Like Girly Clothes!]]></title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/11137-but-i-dont-like-girly-clothes/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Erica frowned as she tugged on her uniform, she'd only been wearing it a week and already it felt far too tight, that was she guessed the price of being a body building half giantess powerhouse and she blushed as the sleeves ripped over the swell of her arms. It was her first time out of the school and already she was feeling stares upon her, maybe it was the rips in her clothing or the fact she seemed to tower over everyone else and make them look like stick insects in comparison. Still she braved it and pushed open the door to the clothing shop, her eyes flicking for a moment over the formal gowns and dresses as she'd sigh feeling a little sick in her stomach.<br />
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“Uh hello?” she called out as she walked towards the shop counter. “I'm uh..Erica Mason, was wondering if I could get some custom uniforms and...” she took a deep breath “Maybe some other clothes done?” she grumbled a little at the thought but there was no use beating about the bush, she was getting too big for her clothes and she needed new ones. “I think I'll have to be measured though” she said with another grumble, she didn't like that idea it reminded her too much of pretty princesses getting measured for their latest dress for the ball. "Nothing girly though" she said quickly "I don't like...girly"]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:13:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was 3:30 pm on a Friday afternoon, and the youngest member of the Blair family was flying high. Sugar high, that is. Once again, <a href='http://www.polyvore.com/corridor_gymnastics/set?id=22036963' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>Stuart Blair, Junior</a> had succeeded in ingesting so much sugar within a three and a half hour time period that he was <em class='bbc'>literally</em> bouncing off the walls. After nearly nodding off to sleep in Divination that morning, he'd decided to make up for his excitement-free morning by eating a thick slice of triple-chocolate fudge cake, followed by a banana split (with plenty of whipped cream, a slice of lemon meringue pie, and about six boysenberry shortbread cookies.<br />
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Needless to say, he was plenty hyper now... In fact, during the last half hour, he'd managed to cartwheel his way over to the Tarnagulla Building into the corridor, which, being a Friday afternoon, was a bit more crowded than it would have been had he caught it <em class='bbc'>during</em> a core class such as Charms or something similar. That being said, he was certainly in the <em class='bbc'>running</em> for most attention-grabbing spectacle in a while... He'd already done cartwheels for around fifteen minutes up and down the hallway, managing to just miss several people as he did so.<br />
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Of course, being Stewie, it wasn't nearly enough to burn off the copious amounts of energy he'd amassed during his meal, so he'd planned something even <em class='bbc'>bigger.</em> He wasn't going to stop until he was able to backflip down the corridor... He was absolutely <em class='bbc'>determined</em> to do it by the end of the day. But just for kicks, he decided to do a practice flip, in place, before attempting it. So he bounced a few times on the balls of his feet, swinging his arms back. Suddenly, he <a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zol293q7DH4' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>hurtled himself backwards</a>, sending his feet up over his head and landing deftly on his toes. He <em class='bbc'>whoop!</em>ed excitedly, grinning like mad and waving his arms about as he jumped up and down in place.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:40:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Elemental Magic Class 3 : Corm(Soul)</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/10374-elemental-magic-class-3-cormsoul/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[<a href='http://www.polyvore.com/sam_class_corm/set?id=20589590' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>Sam</a> was sure she would never understand the people at Tallygarunga Academy, while <a href='http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/blog/25/entry-360-arwen-en-amin-my-lady-respectful-greeting-for-a-woman-arwenamin-rowan/' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>Arwenamin</a> had forgiven her for her 'walkabout' as long as Sam at least tried to warn the school first of when she would be absent no sooner had she returned and settled in then all the students had disappeared again! Arwenamin had explained that it was because of a thing called 'Holidays' which seemed to mean that all the children where given time to go walkabout many times a year. This seemed very sensible to Sam for walkabout was very important to help one restore their energy and experience more of <a href='http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/blog/25/entry-365-aiyakeen-earth/' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>Aiya</a> then could ever be found in one place. Right now though Sam was sharing her lunch with half a dozen fairies that had shown up one morning in the room the <a href='http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/blog/25/entry-514-littlefuzzyman-marcus-hobson/' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>LittleFuzzyMan</a> had given her all speaking at once about evil humans who had stared at them in some kind of large bubble that could not be broken. Sam was most distressed by the stories of her kinsfolk and knew it had to be the work of that Nasty Beastman who she often smelt around the stables. The other visitor was none other then Bertrand the goat who Sam had convinced the LittleFuzzyMan to let her mind after learning that young Miss Chloe would not be taking her class any more. Sam didn't understand why but she was but <a href='http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/blog/25/entry-396-telquessir-the-people-elven-race/' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>Tel'Quessir</a> and Humans often came and left of their own business. <br />
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Brushing crumbs of sunflower seed off her dress she watched as Bertrand ate them off the floor, the fairy's taking their own picks of the flowers in her basket as she waited in the classroom to see what children would come this week to learn. For once Sam had some idea of what they would be doing, the fairy's had described many of the faces of the ones who had held them captive and Sam felt her heart sadden to learn that some of her own students had been a part of it. So today they would not be learning of fire which could be used to cause harm but of the most important of all the elements that linked all life together in harmony. <a href='http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/blog/25/entry-366-corm-soul/' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>Corm</a> a word for which there was no direct human term for they where always one to separate and misunderstand, most did not have the elegance to see all was of one and one of all. Sam sometimes wondered if it was this that made Humans able to do so much evil. Either way today the classroom had been set out differently, Sam had pushed all the tables and chairs away so that the room was downright empty apart from her desk and the blackboard. Today was not about comfort or chairs it was about understanding how to harness ones senses to be in tune with corm, one did not need furniture for that.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:59:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>No Place Like Home</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Food. His one and only reason to miss home. Meal hours were just not for him. <br />
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Tyler had been hanging in the Spencer common room with a few other fellow excuses of a children who had nothing better to do on a rather pleasant winter Saturday than sit and pretend not to be bored out of their wits when his stomach had started protesting. Loudly. It was one of those moments he wished he could sink through the floor. Or teleport. Or melt. Or vanish, turn invisible, appear... He wouldn't be picky really. <br />
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He had ignored it the first time. The second. The third. The following ten times...... During the past fifteen minutes it had turned into an omnipresent background noise for the group of students sprawled around the table in the corner of the room. It was the second best lit spot in the entire room except for the golden spot but that had been taken by the early birds geeks. You would always find them there - glasses on, books scattered on the table, ball pens in hands. Fine he had no problem with them. They could waste their lives learning if they so wanted for all he cared. But why did they have to use the brightest part of the room? It was not them the four children were focusing on though. They had given up their conversation whose subject Tyler couldn't quite name. Even the oldest one's cat that Tyler could wager was occupying a good third of the khaki leather couch had stopped purring. Instead its green half-lidded eyes were fixed on him. What?!?! It wasn't HIS fault! Were they really expecting him to have lunch between 1 and 2PM? Like really. That was when he had late breakfasts. He could swear that if he was one to flush easily at that moment he would have. In fact he couldn't wager he wasn't so he jumped off the arm of the couch and half back-treated half sprinted towards the dorms. <em class='bbc'>My essay.</em> He came to a halt as the thought hit him. He was just making it to the door and was (thankfully) out of range of hearing of the mates he hat just left. At least they had the decency not to stare after him. On second thought though... Whatever. He would write it again later. Or skip. Or something. He smashed the door behind him and sat on the edge of the bed, passing a hand over his face as his stomach growled again. He had to do something about it. <br />
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Images were dancing before his eyes as he was pressing the door-handle of what he hoped was, this time, the kitchen. A huge bag of Arnotts Farmbake Cookies next to a big glass of orange juice. Hot cheese pasta. Dry rice with panned fish. He had first eaten the later one at some Indian theme party and had loved it ever since. If he could eat only that, he would. He usually had to content himself with just the rice but that was fine. Still better than all the cooked food they were served here. Did they seriously expect him to eat that? What was it they had for last lunch? Stew and some similarly tasty-looking (and smelling) stuff. He would rather just eat grapes or something. They should have more fruits really, it wasn't like Narry was far? <br />
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There it was! Tyler's face lit up as his nose was assaulted by a flavor of smells. Mm.. was that something baking? He took a few steps forward, his eyes wondering around the room. No elves were to be seen. The thought even they may actually have better things to do was rather painful but was all but forgotten as he spotted snacks. A cupboard full of them. He opened the two doors wide and pondered on what to get for a few moments. Yes. Taking a huge bag of salt kettles he sat down cross-legged on a chair that he felt was not as easy to spot from the door he started savoring his chips, his mind travelling a thousand ways. Some voice asked why he was suddenly so content now he had gotten something in his mouth but he didn't dwell on it. It was not like it showed, right?]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:20:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Quotes!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<span class='bbc_right'><span style='font-size: 26px;'>the almighty quote thread</span><br />
Some of the more classic moments of Tallygarunga, here in simple quote form. To post your own quotes, use the form below for each individual quote. </span><br />
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<span class='bbc_center'><span style='font-size: 26px;'>IN CHARACTER</span></span><br />
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<ul class='bbcol decimal'><li><strong class='bbc'>'Alan!' it hissed. 'You never said this wedding was in a graveyard!'.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Meri's reaction to the wedding in the graveyard.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>His beady black eyes were focused on Alan, giving him the 'yeah, she should have known - but do you think she listens to me?' look .</strong>-- <em class='bbc'>Lizard's attitude to Meri's reaction</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Silence sighed a bit over-dramatically and looked to Del. "You know, this strangly reminds me of being back in the psych ward at the hosptial. The prisoners would always try to barter for more crackers if they promised to be good." Silence gave a smile and asked politely, "Does Polly want a cracker?"</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Silence's reaction to Adele stubbornly refusing to remove her feet fromt the staff room table.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>'Actually, Polly doesn't. Polly thinks you're way off the mark with your psych ward analogy, thanks you anyway, and says she's allergic to crackers which could probably be from a deep seated fear of being poisoned by a stranger rather than any real allergy she has to small dry biscuits.'</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Adele responds to Silence with the usual combination of sarcasm and condescension.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>"Jesus! I'm American, not Charles Manson....Gods"</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>When he calls Alistair to help heal Rosa, Alis is hoping that this is not Val's handiwork, Val's reply to the inquiry:</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>"However..." He slapped Charile across the face with this massive hand, knocking him down. "You are in my jurisdiction now puppy!" </strong>--  <em class='bbc'>Drake to Silence's husband when he tries to one up him at Lachlan's</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Two deputies. Two redheaded deputies. Two female redheaded deputies. That was the part of the plan Alan wasn't sure of. </strong>-- <em class='bbc'>Alan's thoughts on a staffing change suggestion of Cora's.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Yes, Alan was interested. He'd racked his brains trying to think of a decent, viable way to break Adele's habit. So far he'd only managed to come up with decapitation, but that was never going to work. She'd probably pour it straight down her eosophagus and get drunker than ever.. and that would be a pretty messy party.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Alan tries to cure alcoholism, but realises a hopeless situation when he sees one. </em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Damien smirked at this last one. "Tha last would be death. We could just simply kill her and bury the body." He shrugged. "That is the one I didn't think you'd go for."</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Damien's creative suggestion for curing alcoholism.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Damien looked directly at Alan. "The next way is quite hilarious in a way. Laxatives. Fill all of her flasks with laxatives...just...make sure you buy lots of toilet paper. She will need it."</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Another interesting suggestion on how to cure alcoholism, from everyone's favourite vampire professor, Damien Batista.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Wait... I hired not one, but two DeVylissea's. I'm definitely insane.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Just as well Alan realises it.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Chocolate frogs, jelly slugs, chocolate covered cockroaches. YES! Dinner and dessert all in one.</strong> --<em class='bbc'> Lady Macbeth loves the Narrie cuisine.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Hot bloody! Can he follow me home and I keep him?</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>By Lady Macbeth's comments, look like Ro might have to fight off her familiar for Alistair MacGrath!</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>"Though I know you wont tell Law Enforcement...Gods...it would be like Al Pacino walking into a cop house with a Tommy gun up his arse" </strong>-- <em class='bbc'>Alistair MacGrath to Valentino Di Gaultier over the attack on Rosa</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>'Sorry if that was a bit off,' she said lightly. 'It's been a while since I've done that, I'm rusty as hell.'.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Adele knows she's good, but even she sees the value in false modesty.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>"And I promise I'll never do it again because I feel like crap. I feel so guilty. So, I went to church and repented and now I've got a clean slate. And Ms. Adele, I would like you to help me make that slate a bit dirty."</strong> <em class='bbc'>-- Nick will say almost anything for super happy fun time.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Oh gods! The Pain that Wouldn't Die! </strong>-- <em class='bbc'>Lady Macbeth after meeting Mark Carter yet again in Narrie.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>"Well, you got the strong part right but really, Carter some good personal hygeine would take care of that."</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Mark Carter should have known better than to call himself 'strong' around Rowan's razor sharp wit.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>ALISTAIR, MUM'S GETTING BEAT UP BY AN UGLY OVERGROWN OGRE IN TOWN. HELP</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Lady Macbeth calls for help, during the attack on Rowan.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Alistair knew what it was like to get the safety lectures...'don?t eat your girlfriend' etc etc. It annoyed him beyond anything</strong>. -- <em class='bbc'>Alistair's thoughts as he met with a student.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>'And piercings, well.. I've had the ears done ever since I was a baby.. and from that moment I made a resolve to not let people stick bits of metal in me.'. She sighed.'And with a step-mum like Bethianna, a resolve like that goes a long way.'.</strong>  <em class='bbc'>-- Adele on the subject of body piercings.</em><br /></li><li>Alright everyone! Be quiet! Keep your hands to yourselves...your magical apparatus in your pockets at all times... -- Alistair getting the Bourke students together and settled for the trip to the Barbeque.<br /></li><li>A third option was that he was a sports player, but he didn't exactly look like he had any sense of humor. -- Gabs describing Charles Nightingale as she tries to figure what he does for a living<br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>"Yeh, Val has this whole Greenpeace fetish going. He likes to dress in a purple tie-dye leotard with Save The Tree's written over it..."</strong> --<em class='bbc'> Alistair upon hearing Valentino referred to as a good man:  </em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Alex laughed. "And what would that be, Mr. Frith? Jacking off to the Lingerie section of a Sears Catalog?" Alex said, a smirk upon her face.</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Alex's reply to Nick saying: "Plus, I can't do things in here that I would be doing in a 'private' casino."   </em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Time to put in her all-time favorite: getting gossip while legitimately getting medical information our of a patient!</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Silence prepares to find out if Nick is the reason Sophia and Vladimir are ill from liquor,</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Don't tell me our wittle Val likes someone again." The man faked a wipe of his cheek, as though a tear were falling. "They grow up so fast..."</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Lachlan Manere on finding out his boss, Valentino, has started to care for a woman   </em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Hah. No wonder he liked being a head of house... it was little wonder he hadn't turned Spencer into a corrupt dictatorship, a total power trip on Nick's part. She could imagine it though, phone taps and military police flooding the dorms and common room...</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Adele contemplating on Nick's tenure as Head of Spencer.   </em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>What Vladimir kept in his mind was the vow. It had said he could not go after a student or professor should he lose control. It never said anything about a crazed, insane parental unit.</strong> --<em class='bbc'>As Vladimir confronts his maniacal vampire sire trying to destroy Sophia,   </em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>"In fact, I'm going to brew my own bear one day."</strong> --<em class='bbc'>And thanks to a visit by the typo fairy, Nick finds an alternative to alcohol.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Or drink some crackers</strong> --<em class='bbc'>And thanks to a visit from the typo fairy squadron on this one, Silence's unusual method of enjoying saltines.   </em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>'We're the Christmas Decoration Police,' Adele said dryly. 'We want to know why yours are still out when clearly it is March.'.</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Adele explaining to Nick's ex why they are there.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Damien laughed. "It does not bother me to teach you at all, as long as you don't call me sir. We are both colleagues, and I expect the same out of you as everyone else, except for Nick Frith...I expect him to call me a dirty vampire. Just call me Damien."</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Damien meeting the new Nurse's Aide, Martina for the first time.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Gross Goblins... no... The Idiot's Guide to Potion Making... no... A Witch's Guide to... Wizards?! I don't even wanna know what that's about...</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Jake Penn searching for a book in the library.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>And to hear bone cracking and to see Sophia falling did not settle well with Vladimir. Neither did Vittoria's going after her neck. After all, that was something only he was entitled to do.</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Vladimir upon finding Vittoria trying to bite Sophia during a fight.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>And when Professor MacGrath left, Vladimir followed suit, taking Sophia directly to the common room, and not the Hospital Wing. That in itself would be suicide on his part.</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Vlad's description of carrying a wounded Sophia out of Healing class.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Vladimir:  Crouching Vladimir, Hidden Dhampir.</strong> --<em class='bbc'>This one comes from Cbox as Vladimir discusses his attack methods when they are needed.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>"And you, Mr. Valentin. I'm so sorry, really, I apologize. She attacked you from behind? She gets that from her mother's side, I swear."</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Diego McGuire describing why his daughter would attack someone from behind.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>"I would love it if you stayed here tonight. We haven?t had a cosy night to ourselves in a while, and I want to be with you. I also need to take sample of blood and fluids...."</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Alistair's romantic way of convincing Rowan to spend time with him.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>He had a few suspicions of her own, there was very little that could leave someone this happy when your entire future went down the drain.</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Alan has a confusing moment of his own when resolving to talk to Adele about her break up with Nick. (Typo)</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>"I thought that Nick and I were supposed to be, but he turned out to be a murderer, just like you!" </strong> --<em class='bbc'>A drunken Adele reveals a frightening amount of professors at this school aren't what they seem - Let's make it easy - raise your hand if you haven't killed someone.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>"Teeth between his tongue, Leo aimed carefully, knowing Kate couldn?t be expected to run around to catch the ball and drop kicked it her direction, watching it sail through the air with satisfaction."</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Leo reinvents the anatomy of the mouth (typo)</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Napoleon shrugged lightly, the white button up poo lifting slightly with his shoulder movements.</strong> --<em class='bbc'>With a little help from a typo and the board filters, Napolean sets a new style trend.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Instead, he checked the cloak and found that somehow, the rush had already come and gone downstairs.</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Lachlan finds a new way to tell time. [Typo]</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>"You were the one covering your eyes at my weeding, weren't you?"</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Is Damien some sort of gardener all of a sudden?</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>It was going to be harder to get out of his brain than an image of Pamela Anderson's free range chest.</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Adele on trying to get Nick to quit thinking about power.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Love you like rectal bleeding,  Adele E. DeVylissea, Casual Relief Teacher - Tallygarunga Academy of Magic, Freelance Entertainer - Esplanade Hotel</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Adele's unique signature style for formal letters.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Rest assured that you'll know when visiting time has come around, they are rostered accordingly:Visit One: When hell freezes over. Visit Two: When pigs fly. Visit Three: When the Pope is not Catholic Visit Four: When bears stop shitting in the woods.</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Adele schedules visits for Nick's parents.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>And he would be castrated with a spork.</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Nick's inventive idea about what Adele might do to him when she realizes where he slept the previous night.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>He shrugged his shoulders, as though seeing a professor going on a rant was nothing new to him. Which it wasn't. After all, simply think of Frith.</strong> --<em class='bbc'>When in jest, Professor Gnupprson acts as if he is ranting, why Vladimir is not phased by it:</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>In fact, Jake couldn't remember the next time he had properly talked to his brother.</strong> --<em class='bbc'> Jake apparently having some difficulty with Divinations here [Typo]</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>'For three days Alan,' Liam sniffed. 'And you get upset when I sleep in past noon!'.</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Liam's comment when Alan asks how long he's been unconcious after his heart attack</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Looking to the twins, he could see that they seemed to have become rather... attached to Pandora quickly. Now whether that was a good thing or not still remained to be seen. If Armagedon came, then one would know why.</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Vladimir's thoughts on Pandora Hunter and his twins sisters hitting it off so well.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>The song, It?s Raining Men, burst into full colour in his mind.</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Kellan's reaction to seeing Liam fall off of a roof onto him.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>With a sigh, Vladimir sat himself down on the couch, his twin sisters on either side of him, watching the same movie for the fifth time this evening. If he had to watch it one more time, he would probably have the whole thing memorized, with the script and everything else.</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Vladimir baby sits his sisters.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>And then came the part where they suddenly wished for rides on his shoulders... he knew he should have hidden that bag of gummy bears better.</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Looking after twins = fun + back pain for poor Vlad.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>But he should have know they would wish to see it over, and over... and over again. Did Vladimir mention the movie was repeated over again? Okay, good.</strong> --<em class='bbc'>When babysitting twins, repetition is key!</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>"I hear they have Percy burgers here, you seem like the type to appreciate them."</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Napoleon explains his religion - Order of the Most High Burger!</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>"A miracle drug, eh?" he said, smiling, "Soon I shall be perscribed by doctors across the country. I can see it now: 10 minutes with Jake, the best antidepressent around!" He sighed. "That would require a lot of travel on my part, though..."</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Looks like Jake will be visiting many depressed teenage girls in the next few months.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Kristen sat on the taxi towards Tallygarunga with despair.</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Apparently, Kristen loves to feel the wind through her hair as she rides: [Typo]</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>He wanted to drown the thing (Am&#233;a) and watch it die. But that wouldn't go over well with Adele.</strong> --<em class='bbc'>A suggestion from Nick's Handy Hints & Tips for Impressing Your Girlfriend!</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>"No drinking, no smoking...and you will have to stay in bed"</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Alistair is hoping Adele will at least do one out of three of his instructions for recovering from dragonpox.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>"About the only thing I am sure of right now is my name and what school this is." Her grin widening a bit, she added "And occasionally, I'm not too sure of that first one some days."</strong> --<em class='bbc'>A lost Paige Morgan explaining to Adam Brooke what she is sure of..... five minutes before calling herself the wrong name in another thread.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>'Just as a note, Elscia,' Adele spoke up after a few minutes of silence. 'You may want to get a collar for your new lapdog - I hear he has a tendency to wander when bitches are about.'.</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Adele describing Nick's ability to remain faithful to a woman.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>"It's like they're stuck together with crazy glue!" Viktoriya commented with a grin, knowing how close Vladdy was to Sophia.</strong> --<em class='bbc'>The twins view on the togetherness of Vladimir and Sophia.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Nick was naked in a bathtub that was begininng to suffer a near-tragic loss of bubbles.</strong> --<em class='bbc'> Ok, just have to figure out if the near-tragic loss is Nick's or Am&#233;a's here folks! Pm Your Votes to Silverwolf!</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Having Adele back at the school was like... well, it was as fun as continuous rectal bleeding.</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Alan's thoughts on having Adele at the school.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>'Come on, and hurry up with the hard stuff.' she said irritably. 'Being one of Scotty's lot you've probaby got a limited life expectancy anyway, so don't bloody waste it. Chop chop, and get me a drink drink.'.</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Adele meeting one of Scotty's new characters for the first time.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Oh how quaint. Rules, for a library. From his tone, she guessed they would be the usuals, about keeping hush, no doing illicit substances, treating books with respect and having to be &lt;--this--&gt; geeky to enter.</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Adele's ideas of Eldric's library rules.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>'Secondly, I'd like to point out that as a member of the teaching staff, I outrank you - you might want to remember that, because there'll be a quiz on it later. And believe me, if you fail that one you'll suffer for life.'</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Adele warns Eldric what testing will be like.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>There were certainly some heavy books out there, and she felt she could at least train one arm to toss the heavy volumes with enough force to cause severe head trauma, most likely brain damage, but the ultimate goal here was death.</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Adele has found a new specialty to study.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>She started feeling her pockets for whatever she could find to assist the child... anything. .....her eyes widening in relief when she felt something hard in her left pocket. "Aha!" she mouthed, pulling whatever it was out. She blushed, a box of tampons wasn't exactly what she'd expected to come out of there.</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Martina learns what does NOT help asthma attacks.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>She fell backwards, her body then limp and unconscious.  Cactuses really are a pain in the ass?</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Karin's no-fail method for finding lost cactus plants.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Vladimir told him simply, with a look of patience on his face. After being alive for almost 517 years, one had to aquire this trail at some point.</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Professor Vladimir Valentin II's secret to developing patience.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>'I think Mamiere would not be pleased to have been stepped on all day,' she mused. 'She is better off in the brassiere.'.</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Am&#233;a explains why you should put photos in your bra not your shoe.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>"He was a good man, I loved him very much.' she sighed. 'I shall never forget the blood that came from him. So much.. and so fast."</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Am&#233;a talking about her dad to Kingston. How to Impress Guys or perhaps she's been spending too much time with vampires?? </em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>There was a wand only centimetres from her, and these things had a tendency to explode around her. She could only hope he was holding the wand backwards.</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Am&#233;a's feelings as Prof Blackhelm points a wand at her trying to discipline her.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Sawyer gave a hearty jump, dropping the cards he held in his hand as Captain Goth landed swiftly before him in the very place the imaginary dealer had been sitting.</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Sawyer's description of Manus Imperium jumping out of a tree.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>So far, James knew that Nicola teaches at Tallygarunga, used to tend to crazy decapitated people, and has an Italian surname - oh, not forgetting the satire attitude.</strong> --<em class='bbc'>And here we learn why Prof. Butler choose Astronomy over Medicine .... Crazy + beheaded = dead, James dear.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>He shook her head at her, and smiled,</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Professor Butler apparently has some gender issues.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Rustin knew she was as much of a cheerleader as Marylin Manson was a pink-wearing fairy princess from the magical land of Narnia.</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Rustin comments on Kristen's chances of being mistaken for a perky cheerleader.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Glaring for a moment, her next actions he didn't anticipate and soon he was doubled over in pain from where she had kneed him. For the love of hell had she gotten pointers from his son's little wench??</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Igor discovers its a 'woman thing'.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>She didn't even bother to look over at him as she added, "I do believe you're in the wrong part of the Library. Romance for Dummies is somewhere around back."</strong> --<em class='bbc'>The ever helpful Nicola gives Professor Butler some assistance finding the book he needs.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Nicola had to suppress a laugh when she saw James - the high-and-mighty, I'm-so-awesome-because-I-can-talk-about-stars Professor James Butler - reduced to a stammering, simpering weakling.</strong> --<em class='bbc'>How she managed to suppress it, we'll never know.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Incompetent. Honestly, all Potions consists of is paying attention. Then again, Dogs aren't the smartest animals in the world.</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Keith's thoughts upon hearing James Butler's incompetence when it came to Potion-making.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>He could have asked Martina, but finding that woman was like finding nemo.</strong> --<em class='bbc'>James regretting that he isn't talking to Tati at the moment and he realizes that no one can help him make the Wolfsbane Potion.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>"You had better keep your word or you will never be getting any after our meeting, I can promise you that."</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Tatiana Verdente's method of getting Chris to keep promises... with a reward like that bet he keeps his word.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>After all... it had been over a week since she had last taken a life. She was getting a tad restless.</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Am&#233;a hopes Kristen will push her luck.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>"You're skittish like a new inmate in a prison shower"</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Kellan's observation on James Butler's reaction to Kell's gayness.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Erin thought of Luca in this respect as sort of like a dog... it was better to start training him early on, rather than give him everything he wants all the time.</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Erin's hints on preparing for marriage.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>"Good attempt though young man," he added as he walked away. From a distance he hollered, "Detention won't be needed, your ego burst has been enough fun for me!"</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Professor Jameson Star as he illustrates Darius' incorrect magic attempts.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Yes, great idea. It was disgustingly hot. Why didn?t they just go to the Sahara desert and go for a stroll through some quicksand?</strong> --<em class='bbc'> Jesse's idea of a fun date.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Ms 'I Didn't Have Enough Material For Much More Than A Belt, But I'll Call It A Skirt Anyway'.</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Adele's feeling a bit bitter (Perhaps longing for the days when SHE could get away with dressing this way).</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>'And personally, I would prefer if you tacked a 'pretty please' to the end of your rather rude requests. But if you don't, I may be forced to demand that you lick my shoes before proceeding, and considering I have recently walked through yonder cow-paddock... you may simply want to be polite and have it done with.'.</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Forget Miss Manners, it's Am&#233;a's Book of Etiquette Methods now!</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>She wouldn't mind even just sitting on his broom once while he did that move, just to see what it felt like.</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Addison Micheals appreciates the complicated quidditch move of Logan Mitchell.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Imaging the choas and ancharcy she and Kat were going to cause.</strong> --<em class='bbc'>And Gwen Evans successfully adds three new words to the English dictionary. [Typo]</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>"If James gives you any troubles, let me know. I'll call the humane society."</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Chris' idea of helping should James Butler (werewolf) trouble Nicola.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>I'm just glad to be back in my room. You probably wont believe this but its on the second floor of our hose with a rather large window.</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Jay's rather unique housing arrangments [Typo]</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Nicola was silent as she gave James time to collect his thoughts (it was a long time, seeing how scatterbrained he was).</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Nicola may have found the reason, it was so hard to housebreak James.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Keith: "Can you believe it's almost the end of the 4th Term? Time flies by." Alan: 'Keith, mate... school finished on the eighteenth.' What you been doing the past few days? Giving out detention to the kids for not turning up?'</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Why Keith will be getting calendars from everyone he knows for Christmas.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Truthfully, she had also wanted to give Speed something (who could resist such a face?) but had refrained knowing that it would be rude... and knowing that if she fed him too much Luke would get fat.</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Deon thinks that Jesse's dog Speed has some kind of amazing digestive system.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>So Deon and Luck were hanging out together. Jay had never met Luke but heard about him.</strong> --<em class='bbc'> Jay notices that Deon has good fortune on her side [Typo]</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Am&#233;a had to have known that she had won that argument, how was he meant to argue a logical argument on something that wasn't logical? He couldn't.</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Evan learns quickly why men never win an argument with women.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>As he strolled the street though, his nose caught the scent of... happy little children. That in itself made him gag silently.</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Why Igor would never succeed in a career in day car.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>He exclaimed, seeing that now the girl, both her and her twin, forgot their fear of him and began to sing some hideous, traumatizing song that wanted to make his ears bleed a lot of blood.</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Igor with the twins.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>For everytime that the girl would ask him questions, Igor would twitch visably. Ugh... Really, he might end up making an exception to his usual rule of not usually harming little people.</strong> --<em class='bbc'>When the twins are around, Igor discovers a homicidal urge involving children.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Igor wanted to crush the bloody girl's trachea right at the moment, his mind going even more crazy at the fact that the girl was singing about seeing his underwear!</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Don't we always go crazy when the twins sing about our underwear?</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Luke kept one arm firmly wrapped around her waste the whole time they rode,</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Ask yourself: Do you really want to know?</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>She grabbed some of the gold pasta that Luke had grabbed in a container, rummaging around some more in the basket until she found a fork to eat it with.</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Deon is about to dig into some pretty expensive pasta.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>It occurred to her in a flash that it might be Uncle Duck! Tory quickly stripped off her T-shirt again and duck out the gauze, tape and bandage and as fast as she could</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Torianna's new way of getting the bandage out of hiding. [Typo]</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Alan's landing was a lot smother then Tory's had been and he came back looking a bit big-headed.</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Apparently, Alan will do anything to win.... [Typo]</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>She bit her tongue, realising that it probably wasn't very tactful to mention Adele as 'the father of your baby'.</strong> --<em class='bbc'>That Andrew disguise of Adele's had everybody fooled.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>His arms found a way around his boyfriends waist, glad that they weren't alone, because he still felt that awkwardness of being around other people and showing affection for Jesse.</strong> --<em class='bbc'>So Jay is happy when...things AREN'T how he likes them to be...</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>And still grinning she added, "Which means you get Lady Macbeth and Am&#233;a as granddaughters now along with the twins." If that combination of four didn't scare him off, nothing would.</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Rowan's sure fire method for making sure Vladimir II is serious about marrying her mother:</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>In other words, someone like me. But not related, because that is too land mass south of the main continent-ian.</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Am&#233;a has picked up on a well-known notion while in Australia.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Jay laughed at his boyfired and finally set down the menu. Deciding on just a cheeseburger and some fries, he watched Jesse study the menu. "Well I'm not sayign that I'm excited about the homework. It's good that we are doign something so my grades wont drop. I'm already toeign the line as it is." He took a drink from his glass and then continued."I just really  liek the potions lab. You would have to be there to understand. It has to do with one of the potions that the professor likes to brew." The waitress quickly scribbled down what Jesse wanted. "Just a cheese burger please, with chips." In his mind they were still french fries but he had gotten used to using the local word for it in resturaunts. "Maybe? You mean you arent sure if you want to spend your next break with me?" He wasn't all too suprised about Luke or Deon. Sending the first letter is awkward and had a way of wearign out your nerves. "Well it's good they finaly did write."</strong> --<em class='bbc'> Is this a new record for Lisa? Count and see!</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>"Maybe you can take a few night shifts once a month." that would go over well since she needed to be as far away from the school as possible during the fool moon every month.</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Perhaps this is why turning to a werewolf every month is difficult for Tati? </em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>'And I never want to see another man so long as I live...'.</strong> --<em class='bbc'>And Adele proves WHY you should never say never...</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Austin wondered how a pretty girl like Penny not have a girlfriend, she was a looker, and an awfully nice girl... just too much of a waste though.</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Apparently Austin questions Penny's sexual orientation.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Evan: Nobody touches my bat unless I say so.</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Erm, perhaps this explains how Evan got his title of Captain Abstinence?</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Evan fought the urge to cringe at the ice of sliding across ice on that much exposed skin</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Are we getting the impression that Evan really DIDN'T want to go ice-skating for his date? Or do anything else with ice for that matter.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>" Elsie tapped her quill against the stack of parchment she had been writing on for the last hour or so. Her head was laying on the blood she had been reading (key word had been reading) and while continuing to make little holes through her stack of paper."</strong> --<em class='bbc'>When books fail you, find something else to read! [Typo]</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>The walk from the common rune had been short, and for that Elsie was glad.</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Elsie seems to have discovered a new rune (TYPO)</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>He'd barely had time to think about everything that had gone wrong. Well.. at least with Rowan gone there was one less thing to think about. He nodded.</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Alan's typo, a Freudian slip about how he really feels about Rowan?</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'> While Tory had attempted to steer off the subject Alan&#8217;s comments about Evan reassured Tory that he didn&#8217;t have an apparent signs of the mild insanity that ran in that family </strong> -- <em class='bbc'> What lovely thoughts Tory has about her potential boyfriend and his family&#8217;s mental health&#8230;</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'> 'Matt's gonna come down and bring the food out and such, Is that flash? I mean, it's just Roo food, 'cept kinda in the dark cause the sun sets earlier these days.'  </strong> -- <em class='bbc'> Oh Dear, Alan is stealing Skippy&#8217;s food again </em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'> Drea was pretty much a girl when it came to blood and the thought of hurting someone </strong> -- <em class='bbc'> Drea the girl opposed to Drea the dude </em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>&#8220;I don't want to ask much of you while you're here, but if you're going to stay here, you act normal. Obey the laws of this country, because Aunty Del went to all the trouble of faking you a new birth certificate and all.&#8221; </strong> -- <em class='bbc'> Adele in another case of pot calling the kettle black when she asks for her nephew to act normal, if only for the sake of false legal documents. </em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'> Once her one student had packed up his things and was on his way back to the school, Tati picked up her class list and crossed off Charlotte and made a little tick mark next to the other student that was supposed to be here. </strong> -- <em class='bbc'> Maybe Tati should reconsider her career choice if half of her class is not turning up..and there us only two of them! </em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'> He cursed his luck, or lack thereof, especially since the momentous rain decided to fall right when he walked out from the hotel building, until he was hidden undercover at Basil's </strong> -- <em class='bbc'> Seems like James Butler has a bit of a stalker in that pesky rain&#8230; </em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'> Did she recognize him? Of course. How could she forget? It was Peacock Boy, the ghost of term one. </strong> -- <em class='bbc'> Seems like Nicola is confusing students with the ghosts again&#8230;annoying  how that happens! </em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>I dunno. I'm not really the actively-fun-seeking type, I guess. But I also haven't been feeling insufferably bored a lot lately - I mean, before I got bitten - so I guess that's a good sign."  </strong> -- <em class='bbc'>How to fight off boredom Deon Setner style: Get bitten by a Doxy and end up in the hospital wing. </em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'> Keith got up, and put his shoulder on Annora's for a moment. </strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Um. Ouch much for poor Nora. </em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'> Nora was annoyed that Evan was being such a....boy about everything </strong> -- <em class='bbc'> One has to wonder what Nora would have expected from, well, a boy! </em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'> There were times where rudeness was called for, and that had not been one of them. </strong> -- <em class='bbc'> Um, who are you and what have you done with the always proper Little Miss Manners, Am&#233;a du Contiaea?</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Well, jealous exes were the sources of most of the gossip. I won't give you any names, though, sorry." He really didn't want any of them to end up seriously injured. He didn't say that though </strong> -- <em class='bbc'> Good to see that Jason Wayland is on the ball when it comes to Am&#233;a </em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'> Now think, if it wasn't for you, I would still be thinking about murdering my husband in my eighties </strong> -- <em class='bbc'> What a lovely thing of Mrs Miles to say to her son&#8217;s girlfriend&#8230;.They probably don&#8217;t have a hallmark card quite right for that&#8230;yet. </em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'> Perhaps something fancier like buy you a nice car, or give you a paid vacation to the bahamas or something. </strong> -- <em class='bbc'> Yes because that is the best way to impress a girl, Bryan, give her a paid vacation to another country away from you or give her the V8 to flee form you in&#8230; </em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>'It's me... your Aunt...' he tried to explain. 'Well, currently your Uncle, but usually your Aunt..'</strong> -- <em class='bbc'> Even Adele as a man appears to be as confused about it as we are!</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'> Alan had been in the middle of a good dream. Where nothing mattered, and he could have as much steak as he desired.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Look what those crazy kids are calling it these days!</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Nicola had been tending to one of the students in the Hospital Wing, and at first hadn't heard anyone come in. She knew she was going to have to work on that; she didn't want to come out of the back room and see students collapsing in the doorway from neglect. That wasn't going to reflect very well on her records.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>So nice that Nicola cares about her... records??</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>As if anything would actually happen at Tallygarunga!</strong> -- <em class='bbc'></em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'></strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Faith must have been in a box during the murders, stabbings, mysterious disappearances, Ministry upheavals, relationship chaos and, of course, whenever Scotty's characters reach their four-week lifespan.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>'Is it some sort of custom to pad one's shoes?' she asked, her eyebrow still raised. 'Similar to the ways in which some would pad their crotch?"</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>[Am&#233;a is still trying to get a grasp on these strange Australian customs. </em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>He guessed it was something unique in him that made him adverse to seeing people fall to their death.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Jason thinks he has a special talent. Or is that called humanity? Perhaps Am&#233;a should get some of that?</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>"Next, another way to get to the hospital wing?" he motioned to the tower window with a flourish as he offered.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Perhaps Will mistook the idea of taking a different direction to get to the Hospital Wing with being perfectly sure Deon would be admitted.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Anyone wishing to do something?' she asked. 'Cards? A game? Cause severe bodily harm to the Headmaster? I'm up for anything.'</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Am&#233;a offering ideas for a few fun afternoon activities</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>"I'm Angelo. Unless you're going to tell someone about what you just witnessed. If that is the case, my name is Eugene."</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Angelo decides to take on a conditional identity.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>She half hoped that he would remove his pants as well, but she also, for the sake of herself, hoped that he would keep them on.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Sara's thoughts on Tony removing his wet clothes.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>He slide his hand towards her arse, but stopped himself, he was thinking with his other head, he had to take things slower.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Tony trying not to let his other head control him.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>&#8220;Wow, nothing&#8230; I am definitely taking you on a date for that.&#8221; Jayd stated bluntly...</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Jayd's response to Crystal's kiss.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>As like a slow motion act, Crystal saw the book fall slowly, surely he would look up to see her if the book made a noise. Crystal kneeled slightly and grabbed the book just before it hit the ground..</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Crystal attempting to be quiet so Jayd doesn't notice her.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>"We can build whatever will take us on a magical adventure and we can ride the crazy pink hair baboons toward Hal's Island!' Hal said, now getting into her imagination.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Haylie tells Jack before their adventure.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>"Hal's island? Is it awesome? Is it so totally cool? Does it have Cinnamon Toast Crunch?!"</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Jack's response to Haylie's Island.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>"It just so happens that I don't like hockey," Sara said. "All it is is a bunch of men slamming each other up against walls. I don't think that's attractive at all. Maybe if I was a homosexual male I would, but I'm not, so I don't."</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Sara talking about how she doesn't like hockey, and who might actually like hockey.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Her feet slipped a little more, and she looked down at them "Calm you feet. Don't you know how to pay attention?" Raising her gaze back to the man she gave a shrug. "They always seem to be doing things I tell them not to. They don't listen very well. I think they have ADD."</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>On the ice, Lacey talks about how her feet work.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>There were two roads she could take here. One involving whipping out her wand and hexing him so hard that his grand children would have their knees on backwards. The other, less amusing, option was to sit there, carry on with the conversation and hex him when he wasn't looking later on. Either way, Aksana would win.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Aksana doesn't take being 'the other girl' lightly.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>We make excellent ear-rings. When we're not in pieces that is. Oh how we'd make it up to you...'</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Chess pieces talking to Rook during a match (probably not a good sign).</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>From the moment he awoke in the hospital wing, after falling down a flight of stairs Rook recognized Analina (or 'Lee' as he now has the privilege of calling her) as one of the prettiest blue and apricot blurs he had ever laid eyes on, though he couldn't appreciate it as well as if she had been a bit brawnier and had a beard or something.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Rook explains meeting Lee & his sexual preference (at the same time).</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Why, oh why did that particular idea come attached to an out of sorts question? That question being -' What would it like to sleep with a Divination master?' And was shortly followed up by, 'Would he know every move you made before you made it?' coupled with,'Would he know just how to please you?'</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Questions that Analina will most assuredly NOT ask Rook in the near future.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>'A social?' she asked, raising an eyebrow. 'What are you, insane? This many new and varied international teachers in varying stages of homesickness, adjustment and culture shock... you plan on putting them all in a room together, and adding free booze?'</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Adele makes a good point regarding the start of a new school year... the first year with Vampires and Werewolves on staff.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>&#8220;I pointed my wand at a female&#8230;I pointed my wand at a female&#8230;&#8221;</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Captain Abstinence strikes again!</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>It's not like he frequently dimly lit alleyways at night time.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Evan's hobby, giving mood lighting.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>But he wasn't really sure what sort of outfit said 'I'm sorry I stood you up the other night, we can be friends even though I'm your boss because I don't bite, I promise and I'm not mean enough to fire people just because we don't get along socially, please don't turn out to be a psycho freak'... choosing clothes was hard.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Alan takes making a statement with your clothes to the Essay Level:</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Drea sat back on her knees and bit her lip.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Apparently Drea is rather 'flexible' or built strangely!</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>'Of course she is!' Alan said proudly, before his face took on a wry look. 'I mean, she is Adele's daughter.' aaaaaaand probably the wrong thing to say. To Keith, Adele's ex-boyfriend, who had also been a possible father of Lauren's. Alan's free hand went to Lauren's head, checking for any signs of mullet.  No mullet? Good. Alan thought to himself. My baby. Mine!</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Alan on making sure Lauren really was his, and not Keith's.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Goodness, as if it was hard to find the safe in the third drawer of the chest of drawers in the secret compartment of the locked wardrobe in Alan's room!</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Nothing is safe from Adele... especially Alan's things!</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>The horse's name was odd, too. <em class='bbc'>Waterbreak.</em> They might as well have named it Last Stage of Pregnancy.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Deon doesn't think much of the Cooper family's ability to come up with animal names. In all fairness, Waterbreak is easier to say.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Alan: &#8216;Cute for a psychopath, isn&#8217;t she?&#8217;</strong> -- <em class='bbc'> Alan introduces Kate</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Alan: 'It's Kate that I don&#8217;t trust. She's evil. Pure evil.'&#8217;</strong> -- <em class='bbc'> Alan on Kate</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Aksana: She didn't really need a chess piece commenting on her social life. "You know, good sir, you should really shut up before I feed you to my cat."</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>The downside of Wizard Chess</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Jay Roberts: It's a shame about the crops,&#8221; she said absently.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Gender mix-up. :3</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>She didn't really know why, but for some reason she always liked to be on top of something when she could.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Deon really needs to consider rephrasing.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Angelo could sense that if he kept talking he'd soon find his foot firmly lodged in his metaphorical mouth.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'> Angelo seems to have learned an important lesson about talking to girls.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Absolutely pathetic. it's a bug. It's not a Hungarian Horntail..</strong> -- <em class='bbc'> Annora shows a certain amount of....disdain for Ana and her fear of bugs.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>It wasn;t like he cared she had a huge imagintation, or that she was always looking for new pranks to pull on people, or that she had a huge crush on the Headmaster.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Hal's left out parts about telling Jay about herself.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Everybody in the common room seemed to enjoy it... At least, all the guys did.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Jay's guess on how the Spencer guys took Hal's see through shirt.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>"Wow! Geezum crow!" He looked at Hal, eyes wide once again. "This place is so awesome! It's so cool! It's all jungle like! I think I see a snake over there!"</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Jack's reaction to seeing Hal's Island</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>There were two roads she could take here. One involving whipping out her wand and hexing him so hard that his grand children would have their knees on backwards. The other, less amusing, option was to sit there, carry on with the conversation and hex him when he wasn't looking later on. Either way, Aksana would win.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Ana took Jay's news of having another girl in the picture a little worse than he had hoped</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>"I'm fine..just a little tired and all that." Aksana told Brandy. What Brandy didn't know is that by "tired" she meant "Well, that guy over there has the potential to screw me over." and by "All that" Ana was saying that "She wasn't sure if she wanted to date him or just screw with his head. Both seemed really awesome."</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Ana is torn between being civilized and a complete jerk</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>When it came to boys she enjoyed a certain amount of playing with her food before she ate it.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>O_O Perhaps a bit of rewording is in order?</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'> With each new skill and trait Tony revealed to her, she found herself liking him more and more, and just when she didn't think it was possible to like him more than she already did, he pulled something else out of his bag of tricks. </strong> -- <em class='bbc'> With stats like that, Tony Rios and his bag of tricks must be starting to resemble Santa Claus... </em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Any time you want a show! Just ask! And Super Hal will be there in a flash!!" Hal said jumping again. </strong> -- <em class='bbc'> Haylie Jade puts man's best friend to shame everywhere; who needs slippers when you have a female best friend and a maid outfit! </em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Perhaps he should just let Liam squeeze his bottom more. After all, he was a single man now." </strong> -- <em class='bbc'> Kellan Miles knows the answer to heartbreak when he feels it; a good tush squeeze! </em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'> There was that awkwardness. It was as if they were dancing around some obviously uncomfortable topic or a huge pink elephant as Jesse would probably say. </strong> -- <em class='bbc'> Sounds like Jay Roberts and Jesse Cooper are up to unusual tribal dances with pink elephants at Nightlife. </em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'> Anton was dressed in a black shirt and trousers, the kind of collarless shirts that buttoned to the neck, long sleeves. On his right hand was the ever-present leather glove that covered the damage already done to him by Kazimir Petrov.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'> Who is Anton Hunter's stylist these days; his grandmother with his shirt that sounds suspiciously like a cardigan or Michael Jackson with the other glove? </em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>The fact that a minister was visiting the school wouldn't have bothered him, if it was Werrent Bloody Pierce.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Funny, you'd think if Kellan DIDN'T have a problem with Werrant being the Minister in question he would have at least gotten his middle name right.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>"I am completely <span class='bbc_underline'>estatic</span>.",</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Technology creeps into every aspect of our lives! Now even Evan's static is electronic!</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>"We should grab breakfast tomorrow, or probably best to me it lunch.",</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>*Sigh* We all knew it lay beneath his expensively clad exterior, but finally a Freudian slip shows Evan to be the self-centered male he is. </em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>he had decided that nothing says 'I've been in love with you for a year but haven't had the nerve to say anything.Of course you didn't know so you went off and got involved with someone else. Now that he's picked another girl over you and you're broken up over it and I'm finally making my move." quite like an accessory for her broom</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Too bad for Angelo that they don't make greeting cards for that situation.</em>")<br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>She was on the verge of speaking out and calling Marcus a very nasty, dirty and disgusting excuse for a man if he wanted to play stripping games in the presence of incredibly young girls before she remembered that it wasn't necessary to strip in all types of poker games.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Adele discovers there is more to life than strip poker.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>No, not even if Hell froze over and Satan happily skated upon the Lake of Fire in a pink tutu.[</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Igor predicts Pierce's chances of success</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>"I'm Cupid, who's come to shoot an arrow up your ass to make you fall in love with the wall."</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Igor introduces himself to Kazimir</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Rory gave the stack of essays on his desk a glare. "Stop sitting there like that and making me feel lazy!" She said the the papers.</strong> --<em class='bbc'>Rory shows beyond doubt just how much of a man he is</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>"Hey your models wrong.. even I know that Pluto is a dwarf and not a planet... or was he a dog.. ".</strong> -- <em class='bbc'> Apparently Marcus doesn't know the difference between the solar system and the Disney Channel</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>I DON'T LOOK GOOD IN TRASH BAGS!"</strong> -- <em class='bbc'> Rory is a little afraid of loosing his job</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>I've kind of accepted the fact that I will get no action unless Kellan gets bored one night.".</strong> -- <em class='bbc'> Rory on his romance prospects</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>A guy gets...lonely sometimes up here with only his telescope.".</strong> -- <em class='bbc'> Rory on ahem.. Telescopes</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>He just smiled as he ran his hand through <strong class='bbc'>her</strong> hair, with a sigh he pulled out his wand and tapped his head resetting his hair into his usual spikes.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Apparently Jean Ruel has doubts about whether he is a Jean or a Jeanette</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>And she was miffed by this sudden development too, after all - since when did headmasters go around hiring drunks to assist in things? Adele decided to count her own three hirings at the school as irelevant,</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Logic by Adele  nuff said</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>it was her school and if anyone was going to drink on duty it would be someone she could trust. Like herself, of course.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Adele jumps to Tally's defense</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>"Oh, I think you go a little of the sludge on your neck, oh wait, never mind, that's just your big ol' head!" Crystal said laughing.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Looks like Crystal's got it out for miss big head (Jeremy).</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>"I suppose that's reassuring. I know that some parents still keep the traditional, old skool values about marrying a woman who has had your children, and I respect that entirely!"</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>For someone worrying about children's education, Pandora seems to have lost one of the very essentials, spelling.Seriously? Skool? Tsk tsk.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>he's sporting a new shirt, a new job, a new wand... and rumour has it, new underwear!</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Madge heads into TMI on Alan</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>She LOVES chocolate, she can have anything which includes chocolate, maybe that's the reason, she's always interested guys with dark complexion :p</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Kat Watson's rather interesting equation for liking guys :D</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'> I know this because my grandmother is the chef.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Luca is about to discover what his mother thinks of being called his grandmother </em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>"Humm.. didn't you used to have those pink bathers with the frilly things?" </strong> --<em class='bbc'>Marcus's embarrassing remembrance of Alyse's days at Tally.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Charming him to fall in love with the blackboard...' Marie snickered. 'Sheer genius, dear. But the rest of you are welcome to call me Marie, or Mum as you wish.'</strong> --  <em class='bbc'>Wish I had a mum like that...</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>And she's preggo in the eggo too. Due in a few weeks.</strong>  --  <em class='bbc'>Alyse's comments on her best friend</em>")<br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>+Jay  And now YOU are the one avoiding ME! +Aksana:Hmm? Sorry if you were having a meltdown...I had better things to do. Like count tiles on the ceiling.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Aksana is either easily amused or still mad a Jason</em>"<br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>+Evan Dempsey: See Death is very impatient.. on that note *pulls out a wad of bills* So how much to get to you to take care of a few people for me and maybe leave the wife and Myself alone for a few years at least....Death: -stares at Evan out of hollow, pupil-less eyes- I have a schedule, everyone dies at the proper time, more or less. And money has no meaning for me.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>After Death takes Merrr, Evan tries to bribe him.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Charlotte Bell - *peeks over magazine to better hear his response*</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Apparantly, Charli's senses work a bit differently than the rest of us.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>The Captain said before whistling innocently and backing away a few steps before taking off to try to convince the two female blondes on the crew that there was a pirate flag in his pants that they needed to check out.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Pirate Pick up Line #42</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>"Ooooh Arrrrgh.... Who's a dirty little wench...You're certainly shivering me timber, baby." The comment was followed by a groan and giggles from somewhere in the lower deck of the ship and it caused Ria, Evan and Herbert and the crewmen to shudder when they realised what it was signalling. Everyone scurried about, making as much noise as they could to avoid hearing anymore outbursts from the lower deck.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Uh......... oh.....  Ok maybe the honey's not that bad after all O_O</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>While she did want to rescue her &#8216;friend&#8217; this was also helping to cure her boredom because there was nothing quite like the thrill of adventure from the comfort of a couch, being fanned by two unarguably attractive shirtless men and being fed fresh fruit by a third while everyone else ran around taking care of everything.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Welcome to Pirating Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous with your host, Robbing Beach</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>But again, Captain Goon always forgot about those two girls. Last time he had encountered them, he realized why they were called the 'Twins of Terror' having had bottles of rum chucked down... low. Where it hurt. Very very much.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Rum bottle use # 138:  Making Evil Dread Pirates sing high soprano</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>"Do not worry Nathy, Princess Ria and the HMS Frosted Cupcake will kidnap you&#8230;from being kidnapped.&#8217;</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>When you consider part of the crew involves 'Evi's creepy little caped friend', maybe he should worry a little?</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>It was one of the rare times of boredom where <em class='bbc'>[Lady Ria]</em>, would not have even minded the company of Rory Dawson, and then Ria came to her senses and laughed off the moment of poor judgement.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>And we wonder why Rory is always taking care of something 'below decks'?</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>"Yarr find that no good rat and tell him there's a mess in Captain's Quarters that requires his ass" </strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Perhaps this is another one of those moments that its just better not to go there</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>"At your service, Sir. Sorry for the delay, I was taking care of something..." Rory wrinkled his nose at the memory of the smell. "Below deck" .... "I mean actually below deck, not..yes, well...nevermind that." </strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Unfortunately no one told Rory that</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Rach nodded her head curtly. Wine, cocktail, vodka hooked up to an IV and pumped straight into her bloodstream, right now she wasn't fussy.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Rachel channels the Adeles</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>"Ohmygodohmygodohmygod&#8230;I was just rude to a relatively important ministry man&#8230;what if he finds a way to put me in jail? I can't go to jail&#8230;I'm too pretty...." </strong> -- <em class='bbc'>As Rory reacts to finding out Kazimir is an auror, the strains of "I feel pretty, Oh so pretty....."  Begin to sound through Zoom's Brooms.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>New professor in the middle of the term--that didn't happen often. Ethan grudgingly walked into the classroom, not sure if he was late for the class or not.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Apparently Ethan was not one to attend many of his classes at Tally to know when professors changed</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>"Breath Rory. She can't possibly be THAT angry with you" Rory thought as he knocked on the door to the house where he had heard that a Miss Ria Dempsey was staying. </strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Wanna bet?</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Herbert reached out in the direction of the kitchen and flicked his wrist as soon a small bottle of fine aged whiskey floated in from the direction and was plucked from the air. Having had used this technique a few times with Del, Herbert had to at least give it a try as he unscrewed the lid and carefully held the open bottle under Ria&#8217;s nose as to allow her to breath in the scent of the alcohol.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Better than smelling salts... At least where an Adele is concerned</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Mel was always bugging him to get one of them moebiles but he wasn't a fan, apparently for a moebile you had to have some strange kind of nakid mutant frog and then subscription services for dogs to clean the little screenything.. then it would tell you who you where allowed to fall in love with. Yes Marcus didn't trust them one iota.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Marcus explains the high technology behind cell phones</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>She found herself giggling at the way Alan had landed. He would need to get better at that; apparition was easy and Rach did tend to surprise it on people..... Maybe next time she would need to ensure she had a more secure grip on him - something like a choke-hold maybe.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Rachel considers methods to keep Alan on his feet during apparating</em> <br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>He learned early that being a good wizard isn't just about one's wand, but the whole body.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Something most men need to learn</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Professor Ivan asks his Musicary class: "Now... What kind of music do you think will help the casting of Stupefy?"</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Personally, Metallica at fullvolume when they're not expecting it usually works for me</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>[<em class='bbc'>Rachel's book</em>,] collection had grown over thirty years of so of being passionate about books and it would be wonderful to see them stacked on shelves in their house. It was Rach's way of marking her territory in a way, and a whole lot more hygenic than urinating on things.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>At least we know she's apparently house broken!</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Marcus said as the kettle whistled shrilly to remind him of what he was supposed to be doing. He'd probably do better with a bird under his belt anyway.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Forget S.P.E.W, this one needs the R.S.P.C.A., Audobon and PETA!!!!</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>She carefully pushed open the door, entering Lucretia's office and gave her boos a nervous smile. "Um...Ms. Ingram, there...there's something I need to talk to you about,"</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Lucretia may be 'chicken lady' to some but she's Jayden's sweet 'boos'</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>She had head all about him from Marcus and it was cool to actually get to see him, even if they hadn't officially met yet. </strong> -- <em class='bbc'> Apparently Chloe had been spending time with Headgirl</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>...still trying to drag her attention away from those ears. They were kind of cool actually - if you squinted slightly you could almost imagine this person whom she was assuming was the teacher was actually a goat. A very pretty red headed goat. All she needed was the ability to produce cheese from no-where and Chloe would be thrilled (seeing as she really didn't want to ponder the idea of teacher being able to make cheese all that much.)</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Chloe's first impression of Sam... and we thought it couldn't get worse then Space Goats! </em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Maybe the more questions she answered right, the more receptive he would be to the idea of space goats.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Space goats, you ask?  You shouldn't have asked.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Chloe was bouncing up and down in her seat slightly, one leg jiggling. The intro stuff wasn't important to her, space goats were. That and the fact that this was Rory. She had head all about him from Marcus and it was cool to actually get to see him, even if they hadn't officially met yet. And already she was thinking of ways to torture the poor man.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>And you had doubts she was related to Marcus?</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>She carefully arranged her items on her desk, pen, paper, and a pink light saber. Rory's old light saber. Hers now however. She wondered how long it would take for the man to notice -- and how much he would beg to have it back.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Oh no, the pink light saber returns!</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>"What? You've got the right guy, but you've got the wrong details. I got into a bar fight last night with the injuries to prove it. No 'young lady' would be able to get me this bad."</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Kaz learns pride goeth before a fall"</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>...Mel showed her friend out with his now electronic arms ladened with goodies.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Rory gets an Upgrade, Beware of Cyber-Rory and his Electronic Arms!</em>")    <br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>still sitting in the dirt staring at where Igor once was, her feet tucked under her chin as she sat sobbing to herself since there was no sound to hear</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Apparently Olivia folds in half for easy transport</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>"It's Heart Shaped Box and only Rory does the love-hearts trick...waste of a good poster... But seriously Dman you got nooo idea. I mean '92, first row dead centre from Kurt.. God of Grungehood and enough pure undiluted awesomeness to even put some rock locks on your shiny head!" Marcus pointed out with the kind of awe of the true rock n roll believer.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>I'm not really sure if the sight of Luca with rock locks would actually inspire awe..... or fright!</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>"Okay, so...Alan's an idiot, I should propose if this goes on, I need to be less pessimistic and um...Alan's an idiot," said Rach, doing her best to get all of what Kate had just said condensend down into one sentence, ticking the points off on her fingers as she went. She was aware that she had mentioned Alan being an idiot twice but she did feel it needed the extra emphasis. Anyway, the lsit sounded nicer with four items and not just three.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Bright side for Alan, Rachel only listed 'Alan's an idiot' twice instead of all four times</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>The more Kate talked, the more Rach saw the Headmistress of Penrose coming throguh. Rach could see why she was good at her job and why it was hers. She did feel somewhat like a school girl again, worrying about her bad grades to her teacher. Except she was worrying about babies. To Kate. And they were bonding. Oh God.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Stranger things have....  Err no, actually they haven't!</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>however she was also aware that this class would be weird enough for students to get their head around as is - new kid did not need to be confronted with Chloe dancing around with a half-baked goat statue on top of everything else.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Chloe uses discretion to draw people to her Communion of the Half Naked Goats</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'><em class='bbc'>[Marcus]</em>, was the closest thing to a farther figure she had ever had </strong> -- <em class='bbc'>The closer he gets, the farther he looks?!</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'><em class='bbc'>[Rachel]</em>, was his amazing pregnant girlfriend</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Yes folks, come see Alan's Amazing Pregnant Girlfriend... She vomits, she sleeps, she has cravings, she goes hormonal!!! Come one, come all</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>It was clear and the moon was almost as big as Marcus' idea of himself. </strong> -- <em class='bbc'>With a new moon in the sky, Astronomy Professor Rory finally admits Marcus is not egotistic</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>"Christ, you're bleeding and that nose looks broken," she said, glancing around for something to stem the blood flow with. She pulled off her rugby shirt and held it out in the mans direction, "Use this until the blood stops a little bit and then we can have a look at what damage has been done,"</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Broken nose, shirt off.  Hmm wonder what else Rory will break to continue his lucky streak.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>For now, she listened to the orders given, saluted and took off to do the piraty things they had to do to get the ship ready for sale.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Let's just hope it fetches a good price!</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>"How may I be of assistarnce?" <em class='bbc'>[Marcus]</em>, asked, part of him hoping that the solution might well require a repeat of last night.. they still had some honey in the gally.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>*blinks*  Uh... Uhmm...  Yeah let's not even go there</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Their kiss was long, and would have probably earned the thread a M 15+ Rating with extra barf bags for the audience.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>*is still blinking about the honey above*</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>"Lady M?" He asked once he was able to speak again, surprised at the news of the missing Pintmaster "She didn't take te' rum did she?"</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Perhaps, for his own safety, we not tell Lady M about Capt. Marcus' priorities here?</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>"CABIN BOY! Where is that no good son of Captain Kurk? he shouted as he searched the crew for one Rory Dawson.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Son of Capt Kurk?  That would explain alot!</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>But for now, focus. Pasta for the main and I can make a crumble for dessert. Leave it in to cook and we can have it later," she said, <em class='bbc'>prancing</em>, her way over to the pantry and grabbing what she needed from there.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Prancing to the Pantry?  Does this mean she grabbed whipped cream and cherry? *blinks*</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>"Of course I trust you," sighed Callie. All of her energy had disappeared and her head dropped, chin resting on her chin. </strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Callie apparently is beyond double jointed and flexible</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>He was the kind of person who got depressed and ended up watching The Princess Bride in his underwear while eating pizza and ice cream. Rory was, in other words, a woman.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Rory finally admits what we've known all along</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>well except for Rick who was so unaware to not even have the guilt anymore.. thus his <em class='bbc'>currant</em> activities.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Spineless shrub and/or dried fruit.....  Yep fits them both</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>"Yeah, god knows I'm glad Burdett is bad," said Eli, "He's the reason I've even got this job."</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Right on You see this cat Burdett is a bad mother--  (Shut your mouth)</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>"I was normally in the realms of stink bombs, tricks on brooms, and general annoyances. There were the occasional explosions but nothing at the same level as <em class='bbc'>Muggs</em>,. Grand Master of trickstering that he is,"</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Marcus is so good at dodging the blame that I (Muggs) get it instead *fumes*</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>She didn't see Marcus nearly as much as she used to. What with him discovering a niece all of a sudden and falling in love with Ms. Rowan plus his job change. It was much better when he was just the <em class='bbc'>Groundskeeper</em></strong>  -- <em class='bbc'>Delia has a little trouble coping with all the new changes, even the ones that never happened.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Like, <em class='bbc'>[Eli]</em>, really could do without knowing he had somehow got up onto Kookynie roof, stripped naked and screamed something along the lines of "I'm King Of The World." That firmly came under the heading of things not to tell people. Ever.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>It also falls under the heading of 'things people are trying to scrub from the memory still'</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>"Apparently so. You know all the cliches, don't let life pass you by, these are the <span class='bbc_underline'>bets</span> years of your life, sink or swim </strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Apparently Eli follows the "Marcus Guide to Living"</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Never still though he felt uncomfortable, not just for the awkward situation but for all the random chemicals spilt all over the place. Marcus wasn't an alchemist but he knew enough to know that A plus the wrong B tended to lead to a quick D, E. A again. T and H.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Marcus teaches his ABC's</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>A pirates life was the only life for her, all she needed was a boat beneath her feet, wind in the sails and a goat by her side and life would be <span class='bbc_underline'>goat</span>.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Apparently, Chloe is so obsessed with goats, live being great isn't that good</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Altor's hanging out to see you. Max is too, he doesn't get bacon slipped to him half as often as he did from you... and neither do I, as a matter of fact! </strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Apparently, Rachel has been unable to keep Alan from sitting up and begging during meals </em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>She had to giggle though at Ly's rant about the 'noble shortboard' "Who says the girls will be impressed with your.. short.. board?" Kat asked grinning evily.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Lysander discovers surfer's slang don't always translate well</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>A confused and conflicted Matt meant a confused and conflicted Callie.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>which means a happy and tormenting Mish</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>No tv exec would come near that family with a ten foot pole. Yet they worked, vampires, immortals, twins and all he'd never seen a family like them and yet it was impossible not to feel like you belonged.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>The Valentin twins -- so terrifying they have become a new species</em>")<br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>never seen baseball.. is it like Cricket?" she asked as Ly started to explain, it certainly sounded like cricket however some of the terms where odd. One part of the explanation however made perfect sense "So that's where First Base came from?" She asked curious about the game from her new insight. "I hope it wasn't the other way around because that would make watching it kinda odd whenever there was a home run" she observed thinking of a very different interpretation of the game, one with less uniforms and equipment and preferably no spectators.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Kat's version of Baseball makes for a rather interesting if not exhausting World Series</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>The subsequent trip to the hospital was probably a very good reason to stay away from it, and - she knew - the exact same reason why Matt would refuse. It had been the same over the peanut butter sandwich only days before. It was stupid, Kate felt, to crave things that could possibly kill you. Perhaps the baby was getting an early revenge.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Kate gives a whole new meaning to 'wanting what you can't have'.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>she had all those little things that annoyed him about the opposite gender; like how they seemed to somehow have the power to take over your life, remove your will and resistance to things like cushions and frilly things with lace. Yes, women held the power to the ultimate weapon in what would no doubt be their eventual takeover of the world.  Sex.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Lysander shows a wisdom beyond his years as the first male to figure out women</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>"You shouldn't shake them.. um the little wheel things.. get confused or something" <em class='bbc'>[Marcus]</em>, said scratching his head as he tried to remember what it was that Mel had said about disks and heads and... he zoned out and started thinking of dirty jokes somewhere along the line and forgot the rest.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Wanna bet there was honey involved?</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Putting her hands over his she looked down at him and asked the two big questions "What happened?".</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>And the second question is, Where's the second question?</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Sunday, breakfast in bed with Rowan, could there be any better way spend the day? He certainly didn't think so as he went about the kitchen filling the tray with all the usual goodies : first with butter knives, two cups, the little sugar bowl and milk jug, followed by the teapot still steaming, plates stacked with toast, the jar of Vegemite, jam and yes folks even some honey.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>*blinks* Excuse me, I have a mental image to scrub out of my brain</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>what had before been a warm, nice.. even a bit playful mood was being taken over by dread as Marcus just stared at the closed door expecting any moment for it to reopen and six foot plus of wedgie of dooming angry immoral father coming down on him.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Hmm So what exactly has Big V been up to ?????</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>"Yeah, that is how you walk the plank you.... you, you saucy little wench," -- And yet nothing was more disturbing than the noises and comments still coming from below the deck.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Yeah, got that right</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Sometimes the mind of Adele Ria Dempsey was a little disturbing...</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Only sometimes?!</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>a assumption that had led her to feel confidant that Gerard would be safe because if not Vladimir would have mentioned something or brought up some warning that it would not be wise like Obiwan in Star Trek or Mr Spock as would probably be more appropriate by his slow logical approach to danger.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>According to Mel, old Jedi's don't die or fade way, they just jump ship</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>He had been in her quite a lot recently and Callie looked after her regulars.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Seems like Keith is at it again with someone at the Roo! After all, he has been IN HER quite a lot recently. Not to mention, her regulars? Seems like Callie pulls two jobs. Bartender and street walker.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Now, Goon knew that his name, nickname mind you, was pretty odd, but not odder and sadder than having your parents actually name you Fungus.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Goon gets some comfort where he can</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Instead he just moved his so Rowan could snuggle closer and let it lay where it fell too tired to even panic about.. </strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Is whatever hi moved and let lay what lead us to the honey later?</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>"You <em class='bbc'>looked</em>, me and Alan in an office. That was...that was really the start of it all really. Only makes sense that you play some key role in the wedding too and...I want you to give me away Marcus." <em class='bbc'>(typo)</em>,</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Apparently Marcus is not as unnoticed when he's peeking through keyholes as he thought</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>However she also knew that when it came to Alan and her relationship she was ridiculously  irrational and wouldn't know a logical thought if it danced naked in front of her. (Not that logical thoughts would do anything as illogical and irrational as dancing naked, but you get the point.)</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Mr. Spock and the rest of the Vulcans are cringing at that one</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>"Although I think you'll be missing out on god food and the like," she said smiling.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>So apparently the reception at Alan & Rachel's wedding is either catered by Zeus or it will be raining manna for 6 days</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>But at the rate I'm going, .... I am going to have Mel taking her dress off at first opportunity....</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Rachel worries that Mel may take the Pre-wedding Night Stripper Party a bit too seriously</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>"And I'm glad Lady M. can be fixed -- who else would annoy Marcus if she couldn't?" giggled Chloe, reaching out and petting her friend.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>If we can ever convince Lady Macbeth that Chloe did not mean what it sounds like, she'll be fine.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>and Eli had no intention of stopping the spontaneous game of not-quite-soccer her and Anton were playing.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>It seems Eli is having gender issues</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Rory: "Besides....it's not like Ria is going to come running back into my life, Mel is going to unglue herself from that James Bond dude or Heidi Klum will turn up on my doorstep...."</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>And it's times like this Rory should be glad Mel can't read minds.</em><br /></li><li><strong class='bbc'>Viktor stood up from the bench to stretch, looking at Chloe and Bertrand as she explained all about him being a not-goat because he needed to be a stealth-goat, in order to be a not-a-goat. It took a few moments for Viktor to wrap his head around that but quickly enough he got the main idea of what she was talking about.</strong> -- <em class='bbc'>Don't worry Viktor. Happens to us all when Chloe-Logic is involved.</em></li></ul><br />
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		<title>My Life Is Tally</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<span class='bbc_center'><strong class='bbc'><span style='font-size: 36px;'>MY LIFE IS TALLY...</span></strong></span><br />
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Last night, I dreamed that a very apologetic Mumble brought me a <a href='http://dodevice.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/lenovo-r61.jpg' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>Lenovo R61</a> with burn holes to the screen and keyboard, saying that Mr Rory was very sorry and could I please fix. Yep, house elves bringing me dead computers... my life is Tally.]]></description>
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		<title>I Hate Suckish Internet Connections</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[As some of you may know, my computer is complete crap (sorta) and the internet doesn't stay on very long sometimes. I'm gonna try to get on a few times a week and post as much as I can. I'm getting started on catching up with the posts I missed and may be able to post anytime between tomorrow and Friday. If I'm not on, please don't get mad at me, get mad at my stooooopid computer. Thanks guys!]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA["Rowing Song"<br />
Patty Griffin<br />
<br />
As I row, row, row<br />
Going so slow, slow, slow<br />
Just down below me is the old sea<br />
Just down below me is the old sea<br />
Nobody knows, knows, knows<br />
So many things, things, so<br />
So out of range<br />
Sometimes so strange<br />
Sometimes so sweet<br />
Sometimes so lonely<br />
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The further I go<br />
More letters from home never arrive<br />
And I'm alone<br />
All of the way<br />
All of the way<br />
Alone and alive<br />
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You just have to go, go, go<br />
Where I don't know, know, know<br />
This is the thing<br />
Somebody told me<br />
A long time ago<br />
<br />
The further I go<br />
More letters from home never arrive<br />
And I'm alone<br />
All of the way<br />
All of the way<br />
Alone and alive]]></description>
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		<title>Death</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I didn't wither to post this in the the announcements or the other OoC thing anyways My brother Paul was killed sadly, So I'd like everyone to forgive my either late and/or really bad posts I'll still do my best but it's difficult so please give me time.<br />
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Sorry for being negitive]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 04:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Musiciary Lesson 3 - 2010</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was Monday night, and <a href='http://www.polyvore.com/2010_musiciary_lesson/set?id=20729678' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>Ivan</a> was making sure that everything was out and ready for the first class back from the holidays. Ivan had even invested in buying some more teddy bears&#8230; getting many extra, as he still hade vivid memories of what happened to the teddy bears in his last class when learning about casting <em class='bbc'>Stupefy</em> using music. Ivan wouldn&#8217;t be caught off guard again. He had a couple of them out, deciding this time around that each student would get their own to work with&#8230; just in case, er&#8230; accidents happened. At least each bear looked a little different from the other, so the students could identify which one was &#8216;theirs&#8217; in case they went flying&#8230; or if parts exploded, Ivan wasn&#8217;t losing that as a possible outcome. Once he had them out, he went over to his desk and took out his violin, tuning the instrument quickly. Today&#8217;s spells would be interesting at least, <em class='bbc'>Reducio</em> and <em class='bbc'>Engorgio</em> were not overly difficult spells normally. Mixed with music and it could be a slight challenge, but certainly not impossible. So Ivan spent his time tuning the violin as he waited for students to file in.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 02:39:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Word On A Wing</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was early on a Sunday morning, a little after 8. It may have been cold out, but Leanna barely noticed as she stomped out toward the Quidditch Pitch, broom over one shoulder and Beater's bat in her other hand. Now, Leanna's parents had never been wealthy, not by a long shot. But Uncle Rick ran a very successful music shop in China, and often sent over a lot of money strictly for her magical supplies. Usually, she only used about half, really, and over the years she had been saving up the other half. It was only about a year ago that she'd broken down and finally bought herself a Nimbus 2000. And she loved it to death. She smiled slightly at the familiar weight of her broom as she entered the Pitch, feeling like she was at home. She slipped her bat through her belt, mounted her broom, and took off.<br />
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Leanna sped around the Pitch several times at top speed, making dangerous hairpin turns. Not necessarily showy, but definitely effective in a game. Leanna never had been one to perform for a crowd, her methods were quick and to the point and usually hurt. A lot. After a few minutes, Leanna slowed down and drifted high above the Pitch and sighed.<br />
<br />
For a couple of weeks, Leanna had avoided thinking about certain things. Mostly Delia. She felt... left out, strangely enough. Almost like her young friend was avoiding her, and it hurt. More than Leanna had thought it would. The girl was like a little sister to Leanna, a feeling Leanna had never experienced, and she felt as if she were being pushed out of Delia's life by an invisible force that was determined to make Leanna miserable. The one good thing Leanna could see right now was that it was getting closer and closer to Christmastime, and closer and closer to her birthday, which meant Uncle Rick was closer and closer to coming to visit. She could hardly wait, and if she had to hunt down and tie up Delia, the girl was going to meet him.<br />
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A little surprised by movement on the Pitch below, Leanna looked down. She had not expected anyone else to be out and about this early. Especially not out and about outside the school, where it was warmer. She was rather hoping the person wouldn't look up but... seriously, it was a Quidditch Pitch, and chances were that any moron with half a brain would look up. So, she decided there was no other way than to announce her self.<br />
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"Oi!", she shouted down. "Who's there?!" She was hoping that whoever it was would merely look up, recognize her, and then run away as most did so she could get on with her flying.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:13:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Potions Lesson 2</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Keith was, as usual, front and center of the class before it was time to start. He had a small couldron sitting beside him, and a larger one in front of him. He wanted to do something he'd done a couple years ago that seemed to get the students attention. <br />
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As the class filed in, he waited until the bell rang, and once it did, he closed the door. Any student late today would be automatically disqualified from the drawing, and would receive no higher than an Acceptible on their potion. Moving in front of his couldron, he looked around the room at the couldrons for each student, in place of their desks.<br />
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"Welcome class. Today, we will be having a special surprise for someone. Who? I do not know. But, I will tell you this. This lesson is all about luck. You see, if you brew this Uklestis Healing potion correctly, which by the way is the healing potion you SHOULD have learned last year with your CRT, your name will be enetered in a drawing for a vial of Felix Felicus! Can anyone tell me what this golden potion is used for?"]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:38:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[If There's A Rocket Tie Me To It]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[After remembering at the last minute about her friend's aversion to Twitter, Jillian had texted Rory and asked him to meet her for a coffee at Basil's when his classes were out for the day. She needed the familiar flavor, even if she was off caffeine for the course of her pregnancy--good lord, that had been hard to get used to--and she wanted to know how things were going at St. Andrew's. And, more than that, she needed to get the hell away from her family.<br />
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As much as she loved them, Jillian was going a bit mad, spending a lot of her free time either in Melbourne with her parents at her aunt's house in Narrie tending to her and trying to reason with her that no, there was really no need to walk her the whole way back to Tally, especially when she could apparate back while Cheryl could barely walk downstairs, and really Auntie, stop talking to that cat like that, it's skeeving me out. Yes, much as she loved that her parents were back in the country (for a while, at that--at least until the baby was a few months old, Mum'd said) and that she was close enough to help out with Cheryl, she needed a little non-family time. And the last time she'd seen Rory was when she got the ultrasound--and really, that was the only time she'd seen him or any of her friends since the crazy went down.<br />
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Normally if she needed a ride, she would've called up Gerard and put on her best cute you-know-you-love-me-even-when-I'm-a-spaz-and-totally-MIA face, but Rory <em class='bbc'>was</em> the godfather (so she'd decided, with Dakky's blessing) so she thought that gave him a bit of a trump card. That and he seemed to be having a tough time of it lately, and there was just something vaguely beaten down about Jillian that stirred up all her maternal and healer-ly instincts, and made her want to take care of him. Admittedly, the ride to Melbourne in JarJar Binks had just about put her off driving altogether, but it seemed to have been a good experience for both Jillian and Rory on the whole.<br />
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As she sat at one of the window tables, she sipped her drink and checked her <a href='http://www.polyvore.com/thread_with_rory/set?id=21134879' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>watch</a>; school for him would've gotten out about half an hour ago, so given the distance from St. Andrew's to Basil's, not to mention his probable need to do some tidying up after class... well, okay, knowing how messy kids were, if he was tidying up she could be sitting here for hours. Smiling to herself at the thought, she took another sip, gazing out through the glass at the passing Narrie-ites.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:08:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Muggle Studies Lesson 3 - Sound And Video Special!</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/10380-muggle-studies-lesson-3-sound-and-video-special/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[<a href='http://www.polyvore.com/muggle_studies_class_its_going/set?id=20620152' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>Mel</a> was in a pretty good mood today, said mood of course having <em class='bbc'>nothing</em> to do with a date with a certain Librarian, nope, nothing whatsoever. She'd been rushing about most of the afternoon checking and double checking that everything was sorted, today's class was going to be the most hands on of all of them so far which had lead to her taking over the Great Hall rather then attempting to fit all the equipment Nathan and his students had managed to bring along in addition to the projector and Marcus' playstation that had been 'borrowed' for the day with the promise of her getting him a PS3 like hers in return. Mel was just glad that she'd gotten at least some life out of Marcus, losing Chloe had taken a lot out of him and Rowan and she just hoped that they would manage to make it though together. It was a bummer for sure which kind of put a dampener on the whole WOOOO ETHAN thing. <br />
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The other bummer was the fact that not all her students had submitted their homework in on time and in the case of one student attendance was really becoming quite a problem. Mel sighed, so much effort she'd put into trying to make this class work and this was what she got? But today was going to be a good day, she was sure of it and hopefully this time <em class='bbc'>nothing</em> would go wrong especially considering that the kids would be taking on more then just cheap electrical parts from Jaycar, no this class would be about sound, video and music which meant some pretty expensive equipment was all set up in the Hall waiting for them with big NO MAGIC signs sticky-taped to the doors for good measure. First though of course there was the 'boring stuff'. Roles, homework grading and setting the ground rules in the hope that the kids wouldn't just go wild and destroy everything. Nathan would probably be traumatised for life if that happened, Goat knows it had been hard enough to rope him in to 'help out' and be her special guest today that she was adamant that the kids would be on their best behaviour, after all it was second semester, there was no excuse for messing about. <br />
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Checking her watch she was too nervous to sit and had to squash the urge to make a last minute dash to the other building to quadruple-triple-double check that Nathan and the guys had everything under control. Percy anyone who said teaching was a easy job was either a idiot or hadn't taught a day in their life, it was a nerve-racking mixture of public speaking with the added terror of a audience where half where good and interested and the rest would rather be anywhere but there. Throw in some trouble makers and always at least one who was ridiculously accident prone and you had your average Tally class. At least Mel knew that if she ever wanted to take up teaching for a real career she couldn't have started with a better testbed to really push her to the limits right? Either way though Mel couldn't help but be excited and nervous to see her students once again, her skin was a bit more frekled then normal this time of year thanks to the beautiful weather they'd had in England and it was hard not to miss the smile that kept finding it's way onto her face when she started thinking about discussing today's class with a certain guy on a weekend that would forever be stuck in Mel's memory as the best ever. Nope, just a regular average day all round which was why as the students came in Mel grinned and told them that they wouldn't be needing their books today. Nope it was all hands on from here.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:53:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Turning Point</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beth sat in her room, the door which connected her to the office being blatantly avoided. She wasn't in the mood for work. Not even a change of scenery had helped so she just wanted to take a break. Had she really done that since she first got here? Beth couldn't recall and that might as well have been a no. Besides, she had a lot of on her mind now.<br />
<br />
On the day of the Spencer house meeting... she'd finally told Keith the truth about Kelsey. And they hadn't really spoken to each other since. Beth was at a loss. A stressed loss. It hadn't seemed like he'd had a problem but what if...?<br />
<br />
And then Beth scoffed and shook her head. Honestly, she was acting like... Beth shook her head again and went back to the book she had out. They'd surely talk later. He was probably just really busy. Percy knew she'd been swamped herself lately. She needed to get a grip and calm down.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:26:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Cuppa Joe</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saki Nakano stood outside Basil’s Internet Café for a moment and took a deep breath of the frigid, winter air around her. She pulled her hair up into a messy bun and stepped inside. Compared to the weather outside, Basil’s was as hot as the sun. Ok, so maybe not <em class='bbc'><em class='bbc'>that</em></em> hot, but it was pretty warm. She walked up to the counter and ordered a chai tea latte from the smiling barista. She handed over the money and stood by the pick-up counter. The barista called out her name, pronouncing it wrong like most people did, and Saki grabbed the mug, regretting it right away.<br />
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   <br />
<br />
  The mug tilted to the right a little bit and burning hot tea came in contact with Saki’s fingers. A sharp intake of breath came from her lips and she bit her lip. <em class='bbc'><em class='bbc'>I might not want to start drinking that for a while,</em></em> she thought to herself. Stopping at the counter that held half and half, milk, sugar packets, and the like she wiped her hand and the side of the mug off with a napkin. Picking up the teal and brown striped mug again she walked, being careful not to spill more of her latte on herself or the floor, to a table and sighed in relief as she sat the mug down.<br />
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   <br />
<br />
  She had just retrieved her laptop from her messenger bag when she realized she had left her receipt and change at the pick-up counter. She put her computer down on the table and stood up, placing the bag’s strap over the back of her chair. She started to walk to where she had put down her change and receipt when somebody ran into her, spilling their burning hot beverage down the front of her shirt. She gasped as the hot liquid seeped through her cotton t-shirt and to her bare skin. Tears leaked out of her eyes as she realized what had happened. “Oh, I’m so sorry,” Saki said, apologizing profusely. “I didn’t mean to run into you.” She looked, in shame, up at the person who she had run into.<br />
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:58:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>2010 Potions Sign Up</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/8888-2010-potions-sign-up/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[<span class='bbc_center'><span style='font-size: 21px;'><strong class='bbc'>PLEASE NOTE:  Signing up for this class requires regular rp within a class and you must join in any open class at the time you sign up unless otherwise advised by the professor. </strong></span><br />
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<span style='font-size: 15px;'><strong class='bbc'>The first class will be posted 27 January 2009</strong></span></span><br />
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Please post the information below to sign up for the Potions class for 2010.<br />
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<pre class='prettyprint'>
&#91;B&#93;Name: &#91;/B&#93;
&#91;B&#93;Age:&#91;/B&#93;
&#91;B&#93;House:&#91;/B&#93;</pre>]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:55:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Splotting For Romy</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Romy Hohn is a 14 year old muggleborn Flinder from Germany. She is shy and distrustful when you first meet her but she'll be nicer as she gets to know you. She enjoys soccer and botany. We'd be happy to role play with you.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:44:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Kat Davis</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/11113-kat-davis/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[<center><div id="letter" style="width:90%; border: solid 1px #593628; background: url(<a href='http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/BBCodeIMG/parchment_2.png' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/BBCodeIMG/parchment_2.png</a>); color: #593628; padding: 10px; text-align: left;"><span style='color: #8B0000'><span style='font-size: 21px;'><em class='bbc'><span style='font-family: Garamond'>Hope you've settled in fairly well by now, sis.  Sorry I haven't been able to spend much time with you since you arrived but if you are still interested in teaching a newbie to surf, we could head to the beach?  Need some distraction.<br />
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A.</span></em></span></span></div></center>]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:37:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Bourke House Points 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/9020-bourke-house-points-2010/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[<span style='color: #FF0000'><span style='font-size: 36px;'>TOTAL POINTS = 242</span></span>]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:44:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Maeve Leland Has Arrived</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Meet Maeve.. older woman, Irish by birth but has resided in Narrie for many years.  Retired from the Ministry, she worked in Muggle Relations and is active in the Victorian Muggles United.  <br />
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She likes birdwatching, knitting, good discussions and long walks on the beach...... Oh sorry wrong ad.<br />
<br />
Any way, she's open for ideas, threads, splots.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:33:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Just A Spoon Full Of Sugar</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Outside was a wonderful place to be, especially with the weather having cleared up for the past few days or so. There’d been sunny skies and quite lovely days really – not that the rain ever really bothered Dusty either... or the cold... or the wind. Weather was one of those things that the young woman could appreciate in all its forms, but then there wasn’t really much that she couldn’t appreciate. And it was the happy positive thoughts like this that were currently occupying her mind. Naturally she occasionally felt the small flash of sadness when she thought of her sister, but then she just remembered that she was happy and healthy and so was Rio and their parents and the pets and that she was living with two other awesome people – though Phoebe had yet to officially move in.<br />
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And then Dusty had somehow landed the position of the Head of Sturt, which she was utterly thrilled and excited and happy about! She couldn’t wait to get to know all of them properly and find out what they liked and what they wanted to do and what they could use her support or assistance in. She loved being able to help others, and helping a whole house of students was simply wonderful! She had yet to posting something on their pin board, but she was currently planning it all out in her head as she wandered aimlessly through the grounds with Mr Goat trotting along beside her like some kind of guard kitty keeping an eye out.<br />
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As she wandered, the tiny blonde barely took much notice of things around her – though that was hardly anything new, considering she’d been known to walk into the odd tree now and then – but today her attention diverted from her thoughts to a bee that was flying around a flowing bush to My Goat’s little bell on his collar, to wondering what she was going to have for dinner, to wondering whether she should find out if Harding had already decided on dinner, to whether Mr Goat was hungry or thirsty right now, to a feather that blew by on the wind, to the sudden halt in her walking as she realised there was someone right in front of her and she almost walked into them. She squeaked as she stopped, “Oh! Whoops! Sorry, I nearly walked into you, are you alright, hello.” The words fell out quickly and Dusty smiled brightly for whoever it was before she even managed to focus on them properly. An automatic reaction for anyone.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:14:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Madi Lols</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, so since I am often quoting the latest hilarious things that my 6yo daughter (the awesome Madzor - and IRL true heir of Spencer) says, I decided to start a topic on it, just because I really need to remember some of these things.<br />
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So anyway today on the way hom from school:<br />
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<em class='bbc'>Me: -sees construction sign out the front of the school- "Oh, so they're building the new classrooms soon?"<br />
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Mads: "Yeah, I think they're building GRADE SEVEN ones!"<br />
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Me: "Uh, no, its just new classrooms, you don't have grade seven at your school."<br />
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Mads: "We should! We need grade seven."<br />
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Me: "But grade seven is when you go to highschool."<br />
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Mads: "Oh yeah, Highschool... That's where CHICKS are!"<br />
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Me: -dies-</em><br />
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Ahhhh gotta love the Mads.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 06:59:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>I Can Hear Ticking Clocks Running Rampant In Me...</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<em class='bbc'>‘I don’t even need to open my eyes to know it is  early...too early... why am I awake so early? S’not right..’</em><br />
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<a href='http://www.polyvore.com/cause_im_awake_in_you/set?id=20373293' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>Dom</a> laid there for a moment appreciating one of the rare moments that he was awake before Nutsy and when she was sleeping peacefully now anyway, a few hours ago it had not been the case. As he lay there with his eyes closed for a moment reality of what day it was sunk in; the eleventh of July and his twenty-eighth birthday, just ten days following Nutsy’s own thirty-fifth birthday. It has been a  busy but good couple of days for the couple with a few surprises but life without surprises here and there life would be boring, Dom finally cracked open an eye and looked at the  the <a href='http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20081205/transformers-optimus-prime-projection-alarm-clock/' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>clock</a> that had been sent to him early for his birthday as picked out by his nephew Hayden, only to bite back a few choice swear words and his usual grumblings, not wanting to disturb his sleeping girlfriend who Dom thought never got enough sleep as it was.<br />
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<strong class='bbc'>5:30am</strong><br />
<br />
Turning his head to look at Nutsy, Dom stifled a yawn before smiling fondly at the slumbering woman; she really was cute while she was asleep, her hair everywhere, mumbling a word here and there and wrinkling her nose up just like she did when she was awake. She really was the love of his life and in these moments he wondered why it had taken him so long to realise that this was where he had belonged all the time; as much as he had enjoyed getting out and seeing the world, meeting other people who also had a passion for music and the sometimes sober – often drunken stories he had from his travels there hadn’t been a day when he had not thought about and missed Petronella Kelly, a lot. The pressing need to use the bathroom was becoming more and more evident but he didn’t wish to disturb her, as if an odd sign of some sort Nutsy mumbled some and Dom grinned, leaning over to kiss her on the lips softly for the briefest of moments before slipping out of bed and heading to the bathroom.<br />
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All too aware of now being too alert and awake, even if he was shuffling around, yawning every thirty seconds and all bleary eyed, Dom leant in the door way just watching her for a moment, he had been planning to propose on the day before her birthday but the day has just not gone well and Dom knew with his luck that it would have increased his chances of her saying no because crap luck like that, then her birthday seemed a little cliché but now, right now he felt the urge to gently shake her awake then just ask her to marry him but Dom thankfully managed to curb the urge. Nutsy deserved better than that, she deserved <em class='bbc'>muffins</em>...for some reason she loved the blueberry muffins  he made and it was a rare occasion when he could surprise her by having them made for when she woke up.<br />
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Dougy had been sleeping in front of the heater, snoring happily but as soon as the light in the kitchen turned on he was up and sitting in front of the pantry, by now he had clued in to it being where his mum and dad stored all his treats. With all the treats he had been given already he was starting to look less runty; Dom suspected he was using his adorable puppy charm on Nutsy to get a doubt serving of treats on a daily basis.<br />
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“Mummy is still sleeping Dougy, you going to help Daddy make her favourite type of muffins?” Dom asked before yawning and picking up his cell phone off the bench with a happy birthday text from his dad who was probably no doubt starting backing for the bakery. “And your Grandfather Parks is a dork. That is where Daddy gets it from, isn’t it? Yes it is, yes...Right, now muffins for your Mum. Let’s get to work Dougy.”<br />
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Dougy just yipped his response, wagged his tail and followed Dom around the kitchen as he worked.<br />
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Wandering back into the house from the garage, carrying Brigette in her case, Dom carefully set down the case, snapping open the locks all the while being careful to be quiet, not wanting to make too much noise and risk waking Nutsy up. He knew her usual time of waking up was approaching; a quick look at the clock only further cemented his knowledge. Reaching into the insider compartment under the neck of the guitar, Dom brushed aside a container of picks, before the fingers of his hands clasped around the his target, a velvet covered jewellers box, before he pulled his hand out and examined the box carefully. Proposing was a huge step, Dom wasn’t stupid enough to not realise that but he was very aware of the fact that he didn’t want to spend the rest of his life without her, he never had any intention of leaving her and the idea of doing so left him feeling a numbing coldness inside.<br />
<br />
No, Dom was more certain of anything more than anything else he had ever been certain of anything else in his life.<br />
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Careful to make as little noise as possible to carry in the tray loaded up with the freshly baked blueberry muffin and orange juice, Dom put the tray down on the side table on his side of the bed. At the moment he put the tray down he froze as Nutsy shifted before settling again and continued on sleeping which only caused Dom’s heart to pound in his chest, the excitement, anticipation of what he was actually going to do; ask the woman he loved to marry him managed to cause him to swear that his heart was beating so loudly that he swore it would wake her up so he wandered back out to the living room for his second trip. After a long moment of deep breaths to settle his nerves, Dom grabbed Brigitte , a polishing cloth and the jewellers box and returned to the bedroom, taking a seat in the chair  by the window, getting comfortable and preparing himself for the wait until Nutsy woke up by  polishing off his preciously and much beloved guitar.<br />
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<em class='bbc'>'I'm going to do it this time, no chickening out, no excuses. I'm going to ask her to marry me. No matter what...'</em>]]></description>
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		<title>Graphics For Romy Please ( On Hold For Posts)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<span style='font-size: 17px;'>REQUEST FORM (Avatar)</span><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Character Name:</strong> Romy Hohn<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Celebrity avatar:</strong> Eliza Bennett<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Avatar style:</strong> Kind of whimsical but with a kind of mysterious vibe. <br />
<strong class='bbc'>Avatar size:</strong> 150 by 150<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Colour:</strong> no color wash please<br />
<strong class='bbc'><span class='bbc_underline'>Images</span>:</strong><a href='http://pics.livejournal.com/jaune/pic/007wxbx1' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>pic 2</a><a href='http://www2.pictures.gi.zimbio.com/Jameson+Empire+Awards+2009+Outside+Arrivals+DBry66oz00dl.jpg' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>pic 1</a> <a href='http://www4.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Times+BFI+London+Film+Festival+time+Time+Red+JkVtA37WTtwl.jpg' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>pic 2</a> <a href='http://pics.livejournal.com/jaune/pic/007wxbx1' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>pic 3</a><br />
<strong class='bbc'><span class='bbc_underline'>Additional Images</span>:</strong><br />
<strong class='bbc'>(Optional) Text:</strong> I don't want any text on it.<br />
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<strong class='bbc'>Anything Else?:</strong> It would be cool if you could make her kind washed out looking<br />
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<span class='bbc_underline'><strong class='bbc'>Graphic Artist requesting from</span>:</strong> Muggs<br />
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<span style='font-size: 17px;'>REQUEST FORM (Banner)</span><br />
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<strong class='bbc'>Character Name:</strong> Romy Hohn<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Celebrity avatar:</strong> Eliza Bennett<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Banner style:</strong> Kind of whimsical but with a kind of mysterious vibe. <br />
<strong class='bbc'>Banner size:</strong> 500 by 250 <br />
<strong class='bbc'>Colour:</strong> no color filter please<br />
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<strong class='bbc'>Text:</strong> Romy Hohn <br />
Lost in her own World.<br />
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<strong class='bbc'>Font:</strong><a href='http://www.dafont.com/ligeia.font' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>Ligeia</a><br />
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<strong class='bbc'><span class='bbc_underline'>Images</span>:</strong> <a href='http://pics.livejournal.com/jaune/pic/007x7bzf' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>pic 1</a> If you could cut Eliza out of the picture and just use her that would be  great. Or this one: <a href='http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-thing?.out=jpg&size=e&tid=11482057' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>pic 2</a><br />
<strong class='bbc'><span class='bbc_underline'>Additional Images</span>:</strong> <a href='http://spirithowlers.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/images/clearing.19132402_std.gif' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>link 1</a> You can use this one as a background if you want.<br />
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<strong class='bbc'>Anything Else?:</strong> It would be great if you have Romy sitting on (maybe a log) in the woods. Maybe some kind of curly shapes.<br />
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<strong class='bbc'><span class='bbc_underline'>Graphic Artist requesting from</span>:</strong>Muggs]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Vladdy's Crew Looves Attention]]></title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/8145-vladdys-crew-looves-attention/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, figured I would let my charries run loose, as some of them want to get away from the confines of my mind.<br />
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Here we have:<br />
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Vladimir VII: Young Vlad, 19, cellist, Viktor's twin, married to Sophia and has twin baby toddlers, Ivan II and Yelena. Kinda quiet. Is a member of the MSO.<br />
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Igor: It&#8217;s Iggy! Fun, bipolar, 48 looking 25, and a vampire. What more does one need, right? &#8230;.right?<br />
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&#8220;Big V&#8221; Vlad II: Awesome immortal advanced alchemy professor, 519 years old. =D He has a child with Molly, named Maksim. He knows the secret of atomic wedgies and how to make giant explosions. &gt;_&gt;<br />
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Viktoriya: Third year Bourke student, 12, Bourke Seeker, and is twin to Anastasia. Her monkey familiar is named Momo. She also plays the drums, likes music, and still adores monkeys as her favourite animals, followed by dragons.<br />
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Ivan: Twin to Iggy, 48, Musiciary professor, and is also a vampire. Knows how to play every instrument, if only a little bit, but specializes in the violin and piano.<br />
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Lachlan: Owner of Lachlan&#8217;s, married to Cora, and they have a son named Lachlan Jr. Lachlan's also the mayor of Narrie, and part of his more recent past is tied in with Valentino, the previous owner of Lachlan's, who was also a prominent mobster.<br />
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Mikhail: Cousin to Vladdy, 26, very boyish and he has a very&#8230; &#8220;interesting&#8221; singing voice. Visits Narrie and Melbourne from Russia once in a while. <br />
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Viktor: Extremely intelligent, 19 year old uni student, who while born in Romania, ended up in England after being separated by birth from his parents, due to trafficking in the country at the time. Can be a bit shy, and has a nasty heart condition which is currently being dealt with in the UK via a heart transplant. He is dating Jezebel.<br />
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Rupert: Librarian at the VMU, 50, excelling in History of Magic and DADA. Single, and does not have any children (that he knows of, of course... he is a guy after all). Loves tea, as well as scotch and whiskey from time to time, loves books, and has an extensive collection at home.<br />
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Seth: Fourth Year Flinders, 14 years old, quiet kid. Loves to read books, but not textbooks, just regular novels and the like. He enjoys doodling, but that's a secret, since he thinks his drawings suck majorly. Moved from the UK to Australia because of a job transfer his dad received. <br />
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So yes&#8230; everyone could use an enemy&#8230; nuisance, and all that fun stuff. <br />
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~Vlad]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:49:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Splottin']]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey, I was wondering if anyone would like to start a thread or whatever with my character. <br />
I'm new around here, and I'd love to get to know people, as I'm sure my character would too.<br />
So, yeah. Anything really!]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:46:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Dada Lesson 2</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Luca was all set for today's lesson. The room was now much larger than the average classroom, thanks to the extention charm he'd placed upon it, much like the one he'd used for Marcus' "TARDIS" office. It was all for the lesson on defensive magic, and it'd be a dueling ground. He waited for the class to enter the room as he wrote on the chalkboard.<br />
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How to block unfriendly spells.<br />
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Defendo 'dee-fin-doe', not diffindo 'dih-fin-doe'<br />
Protego 'Pro-tay-go'<br />
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As the class settled in, and the bell rang, Luca gave his wand a wave, shutting the door to know if anyone came in late (thankfully the door squeaked when it opened). "Welcome class. Today we're going to be dueling, and you will be practicing on how to block unfriendly spells using defensive magic. Now, most of you should be used to protego, but I'm going to be teaching you a more advanced version of this called defendo." He pointed to the board behind him. "Now, can anyone tell me when and what happened to Fulbert the Fearful when he tried to cast a defensive spell?"]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:27:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Scottehs Lot</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I said in Cbox a few days ago, my lappy top is broken, and is currently in process of being fixed. Something wrong with screen. If they can't fix it, I will have to buy a new one, in which case I'll need money to do so. So, until further notice, I'll only be posting once or twice a week when I visit mom's house. This affects all of my lot: Luca, Lucretia, Jason, Keith, Bryan, and Brodie. <del class='bbc'>Lesson 3 of all my lessons will be posted next time I'm on....SO BE PREPARED!! I will check my classes and when the post was made, so if you've not posted within the deadline, then I will consider your student late, and house points be deducted, along with an extra assignment (unless your in absence thread) For those who don't know, the deadline is 3 days after I start the lesson. EXACTLY three days, so if I post at 9:01 pm, you have until 9:01 pm three days after to post (with a 15 minute grace period).</del><br />
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Silverwolf, I know you will see this, so please remind all my classes of this. <img src='http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> Also, send me a text, need to vent some stuff about work and life, and you're an excellent listener.<br />
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-Scotteh]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:49:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>2010 Dada Sign Up</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/8889-2010-dada-sign-up/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[<span class='bbc_center'><span style='font-size: 21px;'><strong class='bbc'>PLEASE NOTE:  Signing up for this class requires regular rp within a class and you must join in any open class at the time you sign up unless otherwise advised by the professor. </strong></span><br />
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<span style='font-size: 15px;'><strong class='bbc'>The first class will be posted 27 January 2009</strong></span></span><br />
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Post the information below to sign up for 2010 DADA.<br />
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<pre class='prettyprint'>&#91;B&#93;Name: &#91;/B&#93;
&#91;B&#93;Age:&#91;/B&#93;
&#91;B&#93;House:&#91;/B&#93;</pre>]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 08:27:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>School Years And Birthdays</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, this has become a bit of a hassle to me, personally, and probably all you poor mods and admins as well.  Because, I would hope I've not been the only person to ask, but you never really know, do you?<br />
<br />
I can spend hours scouring through all the forums each time something like terms, birthdays, or whatever else that might hit this sting comes to mind and i'm just ... tired of digging all the time to find the answers.  It's probably somewhere where I've looked and somehow missed it or somewhere I might not have, I dunno.<br />
<br />
But anyway.  When does the school year usually start/end and when do terms separate<br />
and<br />
What are birthday cut-offs?  &gt;&lt;<br />
<br />
thanks.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:04:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Happy Birthday... Alaska &#38; Vladdy!]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I'm late off the mark on Alaska, but you're both totally awesome. &lt;3<br />
<br />
Happy birthday, guys -- hope you both have/have had the most awesome days possible! <br />
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I mean, where would we be without Iggy? Or Stewie?<br />
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Love, and lots more years for you both!]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 05:27:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Dessert Madness</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Only two o'clock, and the youngest Blair was feeling a little (gasp!) tired. Which was odd. Very odd. Especially for <a href='http://www.polyvore.com/dessert_madness/set?id=21619588' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>Stewie</a>, who nearly always was so filled with energy that he nearly bounced off the walls 24/7. That could only mean one thing, he assumed. He must be hungry, and by hungry he meant low on sugar. Always eager to try new things, he stopped quickly at the kitchens before literally sprinting to the Great Hall. He sat down at one of the tables and rubbed his hands together. "Yummy!"<br />
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Before him lay an eclectic selection of sweets and goodies that he'd asked the house elves from the kitchens to make him just minutes before. He liked those elves, and since he always kept them on their toes with his er... strange and unusual requests, they seemed to like him. He supposed that perhaps it was helpful in breaking the monotony of cooking the same meals all the time.<br />
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Today, though, it seemed Stewie had gone all out. Before him sat a large glass bowl that was supported by a thinner neck. (Sort of like an oversized martini glass.) Inside was a pomegranate jelly salad with strawberry slices and a huge dollop of lightly pinkened strawberry whipped cream. Beside it sat a bowl with three scoops of carrot ice cream, topped with a stick of cinnamon, and finally, on the other side of the jelly salad sat a small glass of avocado milkshake. The elves had even thought to garnish it with a small slice of lime. Not sure where to begin, Stewie decided to just jump right in and start on the strawberries.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 04:17:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Keep Doing What Your Doing And Imma Make You Mine</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chuck resisted the urge to facepalm as she sat, phone to her ear in the front seat of her car. &#8221;Belle, do you honestly think I would do that? I&#8217;m at the club. I will meet with this dude and I promise you that I will not run off and get into trouble.&#8221; She rolled her eyes, thankful that her friend could not see her. &#8220;Right&#8230;right. Okay, what am I looking for?&#8221; Chuck was still trying to figure out why she&#8217;d agreed to this. Blind dates had never been a part of her Saturday night entertainment. Ever. She was good enough at going out and finding fun on her own. However, he friends hadn&#8217;t exactly trusted her alone as of late, with Blam good reason. Landing oneself in the hospital wasn&#8217;t exactly fun.<br />
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&#8220;So&#8230;tall with nice hair. Descriptive, Sparks. So very, very descriptive.&#8221; Chuck sighed as Belle finished her short description. &#8220;&#8230;and large eyebrows. So what you&#8217;re saying here is that I need to keep an eye out for Andre the Giant, a Jonas brother and Groucho Marx&#8217;s love child. Superb choice, Belle.&#8221; He didn&#8217;t actually sound that bad sans the eyebrows. Chuck was just enjoying giving Belle a hard time. &#8220;Anyways. I gotta go. I&#8217;ll let you know if I appreciate your effort or if I want to kick your ass tomorrow morning.&#8221; After goodbyes were said, Chuck hit the end call button and slid her phone into her <a href='http://www.polyvore.com/think_youll_be_gettin_this/set?id=20775093' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>bag</a>. &#8220;Righty then&#8230;&#8221; Chuck smiled at her reflection in the rearview mirror as she did a last minute check of hair and makeup. Everything looked passable. She had even toned down the outfit for the evening a bit seeing as scaring him wasn&#8217;t exactly her goal, though she had broken out the good heels. No way was she going to be totally dwarfed.<br />
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Sliding out of her car and locking it with that satisfying &#8220;mneep&#8221; noise that the remote lock made, Chuck turned and headed towards the entrance of the club. She decided that it would be a better idea for her to just wait outside since going and sitting at the bar would probably result in her beginning her drinking for the night far too early. She was going to start cutting back after all. Chuck leaned up against a lamp post located conveniently where she could see most of the people coming and going from the club. So far, no one really fit the description that Belle had given her. Just a group of Uni aged girls giggling and a small pack of guys around the same age, though the latter seemed to be&#8230;pointing at her, a little wide-eyed. <br />
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&#8220;And fanboy landing in 3&#8230;2&#8230;1&#8221; Chuck mumbled quietly as one of them broke off from the group and made his way over to her. &#8221;Hey&#8230;uh&#8230;sorry if I&#8217;m buggin&#8217; you, but could I get a picture?&#8221; He asked, holding up his cellphone and giving her a small, nervous smile. &#8220;Uhm&#8230;sure, kiddo.&#8221; She replied, standing up a little straighter so he could snap the standard awkward fan photo. As the cheesy camera sound effect sounded from his phone, Chuck spotted&#8230;oh for the love of god. If this is what Belle had in mind all along&#8230; &#8220;It was nice meeting you..uhm&#8230;I&#8217;ve gotta run.&#8221; Chuck said quickly, starting after the incredibly familiar man who had just caught her eye. &#8220;OI! Hot lawyer dude!&#8221; She called, adjusting her purse on her shoulder and hoping to god that there wasn&#8217;t some weird doppelganger lurking around.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 22:22:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Graphics For Daniel The Tree-Hugger! (Done!)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<span style='font-size: 17px;'>REQUEST FORM (Avatar)</span><br />
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<strong class='bbc'>Character Name:</strong> Daniel Harper<br />
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<strong class='bbc'>Celebrity avatar:</strong> Max Thieriot<br />
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<strong class='bbc'>Avatar style:</strong> Goofy. Silly. As much so as possible, but without looking stupid.<br />
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<strong class='bbc'>Avatar size:</strong> 150x200<br />
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<strong class='bbc'>Colour:</strong> Lots of bright colors, especially green and yellow and red and green. <br />
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<strong class='bbc'><span class='bbc_underline'>Images</span>:</strong> A lot of good ones <a href='http://maxthieriot.net/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=24' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>HERE</a>, and some others <a href='http://maxthieriot.net/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=24' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>HERE</a>.<br />
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<strong class='bbc'><span class='bbc_underline'>Additional Images</span>:</strong><br />
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<strong class='bbc'>(Optional) Font:</strong> None<br />
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<strong class='bbc'>Anything Else?:</strong> Matching would be nice, but not necessary.<br />
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<span class='bbc_underline'><strong class='bbc'>Graphic Artist requesting from</span>:</strong><br />
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<span style='font-size: 17px;'>REQUEST FORM (Banner)</span><br />
 <br />
<strong class='bbc'>Character Name:</strong> Daniel Harper<br />
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<strong class='bbc'>Celebrity avatar:</strong> Max Thieriot<br />
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<strong class='bbc'>Banner style:</strong> Same as avatar.<br />
 <br />
<strong class='bbc'>Banner size:</strong> 500x250<br />
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<strong class='bbc'>Colour:</strong> Same as avatar.<br />
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<strong class='bbc'>Text:</strong> There's something about the way you smile and the way you laugh that melts my heart... and that scares me more than anything.<br />
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		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/10768-pot-roast-and-veggie-delight/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Now that he thought about it, the courtyard was kind of cold... Maybe he should have worn something a little warmer than a black t-shirt and a pair of shorts... <a href='http://www.polyvore.com/pot_roast_veggie_delight/set?id=21494474' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>Stewie</a> realized, too late. The trouble was that usually he had Jezebel to help him out and pick out clothes for him... But now she was in the U.K... where it was likely summertime. But here at Tallygarunga... it was winter. Cold. The <em class='bbc'>middle of winter...</em> Yeah. <em class='bbc'>Maybe I shoulda brought a sweater or something. Oh, well... too late now... </em>He stood in the courtyard looking this way and that for his friend Delia, whom he'd agreed to meet out here. In the meantime, though, he could keep himself busy (and warm, sort of) by eating a sandwich he'd concocted.<br />
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The sandwich was made up of the leftovers of a pot roast (which his older sister Jezebel, wouldn't dream of touching) and a Veggie Delight (which his older sister, Tamarah, thought was disgusting). Stewie often laughed at them for what he deemed their "pickinesses", because in his point of view, anything that wasn't either moldy or poo was fair game... he'd even tried dirt once, on a dare... it hadn't been <em class='bbc'>that</em> bad... he didn't see what all the fuss was about. Food is food, and that's how it is. So, in a very Stewie manner, he'd simply grabbed both and slapped them between the slices of a bagel and added a squirt of hot sauce.<br />
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Now, in the cold winter air, he was especially glad for the hot sauce. Biting into the sandwich, he felt the warmth that tingled against his tongue with a sharp punch travelling down his throat into his stomach, where it seemed to spread out, warming him to his fingertips. He looked around again, his mouth full. He wondered where Delia was... he liked her. After all, practically the first thing she'd done with him was buy him an ice cream... and that was always a good sign.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:47:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello my name is Romy Hohn and i'm new here. I enjoy botany and soccer. I hope I will like it here.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 17:43:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/11123-gabriellas-first-day/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Gabriella had just gotten herself settled in, she'd already set her room out just how she liked it and unpacked her clothes neatly onto the bed. Sure she could just wave a wand but she much preferred using her hands, counting off each pair of the clothing one by one. After a few hours the room was finally ready and Gabriella decided she'd head down to the staff room after posting up the sign up sheet for broom flying classes.<br />
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She was rather excited about this, there was nothing she was more passionate about than flying and she couldn't wait to discover the wealth of talent that was sure to be in this school. She also knew there would be a few duds as well but something about helping them gain enough confidence to get on the broom and fly at a competent level made Gabriella smile.<br />
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Dressed rather unconventional for a professor she drifted into the staff room, her curvaceous form fitted into a long flowing black dress and her hair gorgeously feathered falling delicately over her shoulders. It was certainly a bit more dressy than you'd expect of a professor but Gabriella was one that took pride and time in appearance. She oozed femininity and sensuality as she walked slowly towards one of the chairs, a book in one hand and one smooth leg kicking over the other.<br />
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She had to admit the school was unlike anything she expected, she was used to the castles and forts that were often used but this place was, well it was warm for a start and it didn't seem to have that dust that often lingered in the other places. She smiled to herself and settled into a chair, a flick of her wand coaxing a glass of iced water to come to her hand as she flicked through the pages of the book.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 16:05:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Bright And Shiny Cap'ain!]]></title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/11165-bright-and-shiny-capain/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello, <br />
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As I'm sure you can tell by me posting in here I am new here.<br />
My name is Summer, this is not my first RP site or even the first Hogwarts RP site but this is my first time on this site in particular. Hopefully I will like it here.<br />
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Summer x]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 15:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Getting Stronger Everyday...</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/11171-getting-stronger-everyday/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[<span style='font-family: Impact'><span style='color: #0000FF'>]<span style='font-size: 21px;'><span class='bbc_center'>Getting Stronger Everyday... - ERICA MASON</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style='color: #800080'><span style='font-family: Impact'><span style='font-size: 21px;'><span class='bbc_center'>YOUR ALL SPECIAL TO ME!</span></span></span></span><br />
<span class='bbc_center'><strong class='bbc'>Lover-Family-Friends-And Those Precious To Erica...<br />
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<span class='bbc_center'><span style='font-size: 21px;'><span style='font-family: Impact'><span style='color: #FF0000'>YOU BETTER WATCH OUT!</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style='font-size: 15px;'><strong class='bbc'>Rowan Dragonsinger</strong></span> - Relationship - <em class='bbc'>Deputy Headmistress</em><br />
<em class='bbc'>"I met Erica when she came in to transfer to the school. Don't let her size fool you. She's a very smart young woman who has goals and I believe will do well here at Tally."</em><br />
<em class='bbc'>A message for Erica In first person - Erica, don't give up. You're not only a strong young woman physically but I see a strength inside you as well. You know where to find me if you need something. Professor Dragonsinger </em><br />
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 14:14:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Feed The Monster! =P</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/10979-feed-the-monster-p/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Ayup! =) So you all (or most of you will, anyway) know that Stewie is the king of "new and unusual" food combinations, which he requests from the elves regularly. Unfortunately, I'm nowhere near as inventive as my character is, so I need help coming up with interesting food-stuffs for Stewie to eat. He will consume just about anything short of mold and excrement, so go wild! (I'm going to try to insert at least one food-mention per thread, so feel free to suggest as many as you want.) I'll consolidate all the suggestions and pull from the list as I need them. Also: I'm American, so if there's a name for food that you think I might not understand, please feel free to elaborate/explain. Thanks! &lt;3 Alaska<br />
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Apple, Cheese, and Peanut Butter Quessadillas <em class='bbc'>~ suggested by Charlotte (Ems)</em><br />
Artichoke Hearts Salad w/ Garbanzo Beans and Blue Cheese Dressing<br />
<em class='bbc'>Miso Soup (Broth, Tofu Chunks, Seaweed, and Green Onions) ~ Pot Roast and Veggie Delight</em><br />
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Baked Beans, Coleslaw, and Cottage Cheese on Dark Rye <em class='bbc'>~ suggested by Rowan (Silverwolf)</em><br />
<em class='bbc'>Fish Paste, Pickles, Cheese, and Marmalade Sandwich ~ suggested by Jezebel (Lil)<br />
</em>Limburger Cheese and Raw Onion on Rye <em class='bbc'>~ suggested by Rowan (Silverwolf)</em><br />
Peanut Butter and Vegemite Sandwich <em class='bbc'>~ suggested by Rowan (Silverwolf)</em><br />
<em class='bbc'>Peanut Butter Fish Fillet ~ suggested by Riles (April)<br />
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Vegemite, Cheese, Strawberry Jam, and Salt-and-Vinegar Chip Sandwich <em class='bbc'>~ suggested by Alan (Mousie)</em><br />
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<em class='bbc'>Caramel Meatloaf ~ suggested by Tamarah (Randi) in Dessert Madness</em><br />
<em class='bbc'>Fish Fingers and Custard ~ suggested by Rowan (Silverwolf)<br />
Marzipan, Pulled Pork w/ Chili Flakes ~ suggested by Tamarah (Randi) in Dessert Madness</em><br />
<em class='bbc'>Mushroom, Cheese, and Soy Sauce over Spaghetti ~ suggested by Kat (Muggs)<br />
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<strong class='bbc'><em class='bbc'>Pork, Apple, and Prune Meatball Sauce over Spaghetti ~ suggested by Nyree (Hoot)<br />
</em></strong><em class='bbc'>Sour Onion Dogs ~ suggested by Tamarah (Randi) in Dessert Madness</em><br />
<em class='bbc'>Spaghetti Tacos ~ suggested Charlotte (Ems)<br />
</em>Steak w/ Gravy and Sweet Chili Sauce <em class='bbc'>~ suggested by Olivia (Muggs)</em><br />
<em class='bbc'>Tuna Pizza ~ suggested by Jezebel (Lil)<br />
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<strong class='bbc'><strong class='bbc'>Banana Split w/ Whipped Cream </strong><em class='bbc'>~ Corridor Gymnastics</em></strong><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Carrot Ice Cream w/ Cinnamon Stick</strong><em class='bbc'> ~ Dessert Madness</em><br />
<em class='bbc'><em class='bbc'>Dragonfruit Sherbert Sundae ~ suggested by Tamarah (Randi) in Dessert Madness</em></em><br />
Lobster Ice Cream w/ Barbecue Potato Chips<br />
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Boysenberry Shorbread Cookies</strong> <em class='bbc'>~ Corridor Gymnastics</em><br />
<em class='bbc'>Eggplant Cookies ~ Pot Roast and Veggie Delight, suggested by Tamarah (Randi) in Dessert Madness</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Lemon Meringue Pie</strong><em class='bbc'> ~ Corridor Gymnastics</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Pomegranate Jelly Salad w/Strawberry Slices & Whipped Cream</strong> <em class='bbc'>~ Dessert Madness</em><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Triple-Chocolate Fudge Cake </strong><em class='bbc'>~ Corridor Gymnastics</em><br />
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<strong class='bbc'>Cheesecake Muffins w/ Chocolate Mousse Swirls and Raspberry Jelly <em class='bbc'>~ given by Tamarah (Randi)</em></strong><br />
Raisin Bread Toast w/ Nutella Spread<br />
Water Table Crackers w/ Brie Cheese and Salami<br />
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<strong class='bbc'>Avocado Milkshake</strong> <em class='bbc'>~ Dessert Madness</em><br />
<em class='bbc'>Radish Milkshake ~ suggested by Tamarah (Randi) in Dessert Madness</em>]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 13:58:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Paradise Lost</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/11170-paradise-lost/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 13:06:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Tamzel In Distress</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tamarah wandered a lot slower than she should have: after all she had a party to get back to and a birthday boy in waiting. She couldn't very well miss her own little brother's day, could she? Besides, he would probably be eager to get into the cake she'd spent the day putting together (with Tim, who got absolutely no credit because he bailed on her.)<br />
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And yet she couldn't help but indulge herself and stroll with her new friend, Erica, who, even though they'd hardly had a good chance to talk so far, she found herself completely and utterly fascinated with. Sure, there would have been countless opportunities to talk, but why wait? Especially when she had to take the time out to change from her flour-covered clothes anyway.<br />
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"So where in Scotland are you from?" she asked. It was as good a place to start as any. "I've only travelled a little bit. I was really young when we went to America and to Disneyworld in Florida. Other than that the furthest north I've ever been is Brisbane, the furthest west I've ever been is to Uluru... oh, and one time I went to New Zealand with my mum. That's about it."<br />
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They wandered a while further with Tam kicking her feet through the grass. It was a quiet afternoon, and most of the students were still in class. <em class='bbc'>Aw, for Merlin's sake,</em> Tam thought as she remembered that she'd just skipped a class. <em class='bbc'>Just one,</em> she reasoned. <em class='bbc'>They can't hold this one class against me. Not today.</em><br />
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"I really want to travel, though," she continued with a smile, "and one day I will when I'm a world cup hero. New Zealand, the USA, Germany, England, France, South Africa... Scotland. I'll have every single country stamped on my passport. Then I'll go home and show off my accolades to all my nieces and nephews."<br />
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It wasn't far, but finally they came upon the Spencer dorms elevated above the grounds. Tam steered gently in the direction of the stairs and guided Erica along her path.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 09:33:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Special Needs</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/7676-special-needs/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[<span class='bbc_center'><span style='font-family: Impact'><span style='font-size: 36px;'>Special Needs</span></span><br />
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<a href='http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=7676&view=findpost&p=10563136' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>A Note To Self</a><br />
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<a href='http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=7676&view=findpost&p=10563137' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>The Hunt</a><br />
<a href='http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=7676&view=findpost&p=10563541' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>A Rude Awakening</a><br />
<a href='http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=7676&view=findpost&p=10564344' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>Of A Duck & An Otter</a><br />
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<a href='http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=7676&view=findpost&p=10566368' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>This Is A Story...</a><br />
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<a href='http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=7676&view=findpost&p=10563279' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>The Girl Of My Dreams</a><br />
<a href='http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=7676&view=findpost&p=10564119' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>I Am As I Am</a><br />
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<a href='http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=7676&view=findpost&p=10564045' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>Deep & Meaningful With Victoria</a><br />
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<a href='http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=7676&view=findpost&p=10564356' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>So I Called Her Otter</a><br />
<a href='http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=7676&view=findpost&p=10564601' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>With A Side Of Awkward, Thanks...</a><br />
<a href='http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=7676&view=findpost&p=10564919' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>Two Ducks A' Quacking & A Partridge In A Pear Tree...</a><br />
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		<title>Cuppa Cocoa</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[As dawn broke over Tallygarunga, <a href='http://www.polyvore.com/cuppa_cocoa/set?id=21550331' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>Esras Leland</a> awoke from a fitful sleep. He'd always been a light sleeper, but lately it seemed to be getting worse. After a quick (half-hour) meditation (by his standards), he'd pulled his white robe over the grey tee shirt and shorts he'd slept in, slipped on his loafers and padded down the corridors to the kitchens. Yawning slightly, he pushed open the door only to be greeted by a little female house elf he knew as Greenseas. After three and a half years away from the school, it had been nice to come back to some familiar faces, and Greenseas was one them. She didn't talk much, but she was usually very sensitive to his feelings.<br />
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"G'morning..." he said, stifling another yawn. "Could you just bring me something hot to drink?" He sleepily shuffled over to a small table over in the corner of the kitchens and plunked down into a chair. Blinking the sleep away from his eyes, he abruptly noticed that he was not alone. "Oh, uh... hi." he stammered out. "I just came down for something hot to wake me up. Been here long?"]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 20:32:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Use Of The Kitchen</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/11160-use-of-the-kitchen/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[<span style='font-family: Comic Sans MS'><span style='font-size: 17px;'>Dear Food Eaters of Tally,</span><br />
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<span style='font-size: 15px;'>Because of the efforts of a few, Dinner tonight has been canceled thanks to there being nothing to eat!</span><br />
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Students are reminded that while you are welcome to visit the kitchen's between meals please consider the fact that here at Tally we cannot afford to provide a endless supply of everything under the sun to provide for the wims of every student. <br />
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Yes the food IS traditional basic fare as mandated by the Ministry Guidelines. Students and staff are allowed to bring in their own stuff however it is your responsibility to have it clearly marked and stored. The elves will dispose of anything that has passed it's used by date and don't go crying to them if the half drunk milkshake you left in the fridge three months ago has been thrown out for going green and mossy. <br />
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Simple enough, <a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iGNojuvyBA&p=161E4DB39D3A9726' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>Weet-bix</a>, Corn Flakes and <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_Krispies' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>Rice Bubbles</a> Cereal, <a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_cmMVcYe4s' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>Milo</a>, Tea, Milk, <a href='http://www.choicefoodforkids.com.au/review/COTTEES-CORDIAL-Orange-Crush' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>Cordial</a>, Juice, Sugar, Bread, Spreads, <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegemite' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>Vegemite</a>, Seasonal Fruit and veg and usually some Leftovers from Lunch or Dinner are usually cool for students to pillage. <br />
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If your not sure ask the Elves and they will tell you what is available to munch on and if it doesn't have your name on it <span class='bbc_underline'>don't touch it!</span><br />
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Please do <span class='bbc_underline'>NOT</span> just help yourself to other supplies without asking, you don't want to find out that you've just eaten Mr DADAmans Chicken Marsala or the last of The Headmasters Gravy! <br />
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Oh and Revolutionary Concept.. you make a mess you clean up after.. wow who'd have thought of that? Total Genius right? <br />
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Don't just leave it for the House Elves to clean up, they're not your mother.<br />
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<span style='font-size: 17px;'>Marcus</span><br />
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p.s I was joking about dinner, it's 6pm as per usual, looks like Spaghetti or Veggie Fritters for you strange non-meateating folks with Bread and Butter Pudding and Custard for Dessert Yum!<br />
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 19:31:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>This Should Be Fun</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/11158-this-should-be-fun/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Jeremy? Nervous? Nooooo... not at all. There was no WAY Jeremy could be nervous. Nope, not all, no way... well, okay, yeah, maybe a little.... Okay, okay, a lot. Jeremy sat nervously in the chair in his office, waiting for the new girl to come in. Kat. Kat Davis. The girl who'd said she'd done a lot for WWB, something he admired greatly. He couldn't recall anyone looking to this place for training, though. Especially not if she was training for emergencies, like in hospitals. But he wasn't complaining. The truth was, he needed the help. It might help take some of his current stress off.<br />
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After who knows how long, Jeremy finally decided he couldn't sit still anymore. He grabbed his guitar and walked out of his office. Only two of the beds were occupied, both boys knocked out cold by a sleeping draught. Although, he was surprised they were still concious when they'd stumbled into the Hospital Wing, rambling on about a Bludger and shaving cream. Jeremy hadn't understood anything beyond that. He'd ordered them to lay the hell down, and then gave them both a pretty strong sleeping draught. After that, he healed the head wound in both, one to the forehead and one so low on the back of the head, Jeremy had at first been afraid his neck might be broken, and shock was preventing him from really complaining about it too much. Thankfully, the neck and the spine were perfectly fine, it was just a flesh wound. A rather nasty one that had made him go just as loopy as his friend, but nothing Jeremy couldn't take care of.<br />
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The boys were in the beds right beside one another. Jeremy set a chair in between both beds, trying to calm himself down by playing a gentle melody. Usually, he might not be this nervous... if it weren't for the fact that when Jeremy had mentioned who wanted to help out of the hospital wing to Daniel, the boy had been doubled over with uncontrolled laughter and practically ran out, still laughing. This, Jeremy knew, was always cause for alarm...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 18:26:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Spencer House Points 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/9021-spencer-house-points-2010/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[<span style='color: #2E8B57'><span style='font-size: 36px;'>TOTAL POINTS = 85</span></span>]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 16:09:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Graphics For Gman(Donedid For The Legal Eagle)</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/11112-graphics-for-gmandonedid-for-the-legal-eagle/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[<span style='font-size: 17px;'>REQUEST FORM (Avatar)</span><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Character Name:</strong> Gerard Hunter<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Celebrity avatar:</strong>  Pierce Brosnan<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Avatar style:</strong>   Classy - He's a professional but somewhat relaxed when with family<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Avatar size:</strong>   150x200<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Colour:</strong> He leans toward greys and silvers<br />
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<strong class='bbc'>Character Name:</strong>  Gerard Hunter<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Celebrity avatar:</strong>  Pierce Brosnan<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Banner style:</strong>  Classy - He's a professional but somewhat relaxed when with family<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Banner size:</strong>500 x 200<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Colour:</strong> He leans towards greys and silvers<br />
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What doesn't kill you makes you stronger<br />
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Gerard Hunter <br />
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<strong class='bbc'>Font:</strong>  <a href='http://www.dafont.com/font.php?file=reprobate&page=1&nb_ppp_old=10&text=Gerard+Hunter&nb_ppp=10&psize=m&classt=alpha' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>Reprobate</a><br />
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<span style='font-size: 17px;'>REQUEST FORM (Avatar)</span><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Character Name:</strong> Gerard Hunter<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Celebrity avatar:</strong>  Pierce Brosnan<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Avatar style:</strong>   Classy - He's a professional but somewhat relaxed when with family<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Avatar size:</strong>   150x200<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Colour:</strong> He leans toward greys and silvers<br />
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 10:25:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>A Garden For Kerry</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/10634-a-garden-for-kerry/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[<a href='http://www.polyvore.com/garden_for_kerry/set?id=21316532' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>Esras</a> made his way to the Narragyambie Shopping Centre, looking for the store that housed gardening supplies. He'd seen it several times as he'd passed through the centre, but never actually thought about entering it... until yesterday, that is. Yesterday, little Kerry had looked at him with her clear blue eyes and asked him in her high soprano, <em class='bbc'>"Daddy, can we plant a garden?" "Right now?" "Yes." </em>He'd looked at her and answered, honestly, <em class='bbc'>"Well, Kerrhianne, it's wintertime right now. If we plant a garden, it won't be able to grow properly." </em>She'd looked at him, her eyes sad and strange-looking on her usually bright, sunny face. He'd gazed into them and stroked her hair, <em class='bbc'>"Well, I'll see what I can do, but I can't promise anything for sure..."</em> Immediately her eyes had lit up and a smile had spread across her small face as she gave him a hug around his neck. <em class='bbc'>"Thanks, Daddy!"</em> He'd laughed as she'd turned and run off to tell her sisters, feeling a strange tightness in his throat.<br />
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So here he was, trudging along in the cold winter breeze, grateful for the thick grey jumper he now wore. (Not that anybody actually knew or cared, but he'd made it himself.) He wrapped his scarf another layer around his neck and thrust his hands into his jeans. Finally he found it. "Black Orchids, huh?" he read, shuffling his shoes a little as he entered the store. Closing the door behind him, he shivered as a wave of warmth hit him. He rubbed his hands together and then began perusing the items, not really sure what he was looking for... Plants that could grow during the wintertime? Drought-resistant <em class='bbc'>and</em> flood-resistant plants for the seven-year-old that would forget about it for a month and then nearly drown it when she remembered? He wasn't sure, but the thought was certainly amusing.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 10:13:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Bounce, Bounce, Bounce!</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/11024-bounce-bounce-bounce/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[<a href='http://www.polyvore.com/bounce_bounce/set?id=22224556' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>Victoria Reede</a>, otherwise known as Vicky, stood behind the counter, reorganizing the cash register. Even though she was super neat, the money always went everywhere because she got so rushed. She heard the bell on the door ring and looked up. She was looking at the smiling face of 13 year old Stewie Blair Jr. She raised her left eyebrow, a skill she had perfected a long time ago, and got started on his milkshake before he even got to the counter. &#8220;Can I have a choc-,&#8221; he started to say before she handed the glass to him. He smiled and started slurping up the cold but delicious liquid. <br />
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She smiled at him and wiped her hands on her apron. Leaning on the counter Vicky studied his face for any signs of a sugar high. She knew what to look for from the other times he had been to the shop and gotten one. Since she saw no signs of him bouncing of the walls in the near, very near, future, she made herself a chocolate shake as well. Since the same thing happened to them when they ate sugar, why not have some fun today? Vicky would have the same number of shakes Stewie that did and then she&#8217;d kick him out. Yes, that would be what she did. Or they could to flips in the storage room like last time. Whoops.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 08:27:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Broom Flying Class Sign Up</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/11122-broom-flying-class-sign-up/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello Tallygarunga students,<br />
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It is my pleasure to announce that broom flying classes will now commence. If you are interested in this class please sign up below. Please have an adequate broom for these lessons or a mediocre stock broom will be provided and I'd be surprised if you could do anything on those. Suitable clothing must be worn at all times and class will commence either rain or shine.<br />
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<em class='bbc'>PLEASE NOTE: Signing up for this class requires regular rp within a class and you must join in any open class at the time you sign up unless otherwise advised by the professor.<br />
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- Professor Gabriella Rossetti -<br />
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:06:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Forever Lasting Summer</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<pre class='prettyprint'>&lt;a href=http&#58;//z7.invisionfree.com/ForeverLastingSummer/index.php?act=idx" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;a href="http&#58;//s232.photobucket.com/albums/ee228/imweird92/?action=view&current=girlsjumpkdg.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http&#58;//i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee228/imweird92/girlsjumpkdg.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</pre>]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 22:32:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Della Luna-Hp Au</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<strong class='bbc'>Board Name:</strong> Della Luna Academy<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Link:</strong> (link to your board)<br />
<strong class='bbc'>You:</strong> Site owner and Admin. Yahoo- weiamaria27@yahoo.com<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Genre:</strong> Harry Potter AU<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Species/Races Allowed:</strong> Any type of character found in the Harry Potter Books.<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Plot/Description:</strong> Welcome to Della Luna Academy! A BRAND NEW RPG... Hogwarts lay in ruins while the rebuilding takes place, and the two schools must come together. Everything in the wizarding world is safe again right? Wrong. A new threat is on the horizon here in Italy but it's much older and more powerful than the Death Eaters ever were. Generations come together to form the new rise in power. A site where any and all plots are not only welcomed but encouraged. It's just after the battle where Hogwarts Castle is being rebuilt and the students are forced into Italy to attend classes. <br />
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<strong class='bbc'>Is our button up?:</strong> Yes-- after this is posted up.<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Where?:</strong> Scrolling sidebar<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Have you posted our Advert on the board?:</strong>You posted it up, this was done during a link back.<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Where?:</strong> Its under first post<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Do you have a guest-ad forum?:</strong> yea<br />
<strong class='bbc'>How did you find Tally?:</strong> You found us! :]]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>No News Is Bad News</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jacques hated aeroplanes. They just seemed so <em class='bbc'>pointless</em> to him; why spend hours sitting still in one place being bored; to him there was a better way to be spending your time and all of them included the company of an attractive female for fun times that usually, but weren’t dependent upon, soft  or comfortable surfaces. The only highlight of being on a plane meant that it was an hour of easy sleeping; surrounded by people and light and Jase knew that he could rest easy but of course that would have been to simple and straightforward of life and the plane had hit major turbulence and someone had brought a young child that just cried, yelled and <em class='bbc'>screamed</em> most of the way. The entire length of the short trip Jase spent with his headphones on, trying desperately to get some sleep, hoping the sound of the child could have been drowned out with guitar riffs and drum solos.<br />
<br />
It couldn’t...<br />
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From the moment he was off the plan it had been flat out; some news crew had been there filming his steps off the plane, to shaking hands with the coach and the manager who had met him at his arrival gate with the entire team behind them looking less than impressed at his arrival but none of this mattered to Jase for he had big plans for his all expenses trip to Melbourne like getting to spend some time with his best mate and old school friend, Lysander. Jase had already made plans to catch up with the following day but had had a spot of unexpected free time on his hands after a quick meet and greet lunch with the team and after a stop off at his hotel that he had decided to surprise his friend by just apparating over to say hey and see if he wanted to grab some dinner. The first thing on his arrival into the penthouse Jase couldn’t help but notice find his ears assaulted with the sound of grunts, groans and moans coming from the second level and as far as Jase could recall Ly hadn’t mentioned living with someone so that meant...<br />
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Jase left rather quickly not wanting to have to hear anymore because it was disturbing enough  knowing that he was in the same place his friend had been getting some action let alone having to do the awkward explanation of why he would have been still there.<br />
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Not really familiar with Melbourne well at all, Jase had apparated himself back to the hotel before going downstairs to ask the concierge for some suggestions of where to and what to do and had been given a list of places to go  and things to see but it was still all useless names so Jase decided to just hoof it, occasionally taking a left or right turn and after walking for a few blocks he ended up in what appeared to be signed as The Bourke Street Mall. With nothing but time and freedom up his sleeves, Jase decided he might as well go for a bit of a wander about and see what Melbourne had to offer since he was rather seriously considering the offer from the Melbourne team.<br />
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Standing in the middle of the moving crowd, people darting on and off trains or rushing from store to store, Jase stood still craning his neck to look around and take everything in and perhaps see if he could spy a bar or pub of some sort, just for future reference of course...<br />
<br />
Yeah right.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:02:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Get Up &#38; Get Outta Here]]></title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/10524-get-up-get-outta-here/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[<a href='http://www.polyvore.com/get_up_outta_here/set?id=21083777' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>Jezebel</a> wasn&#8217;t sure if she could ever remember having such a full-on few weeks to few months in her life. But then, she&#8217;d never have so many things turn topsy-turvy on her in such a succession either. She had to wonder if it was something to do with being her last year of school &#8211; a prelude to the impending change in her life? Either way, a lot had happened and well...<br />
<br />
She wanted to talk to someone.<br />
<br />
It wasn&#8217;t like she hadn&#8217;t talked, or didn&#8217;t have anyone to talk to. She had an awesome boyfriend, a supportive dad and siblings. What she missed was talking with Chuck. The older girl had been a great support for Jezebel in her early years at Tally, and been somewhat like an older sister and listened to Jez when she just needed to talk to another girl &#8211; especially when her mum was busy with work. And well, now... Jez didn&#8217;t even have a mother at all. At least that&#8217;s how she saw it now. Her birth mother hadn&#8217;t wanted her, and it seemed that neither had Tanya.<br />
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And hell, Jezebel could really do with talking about that stuff, her parents, family, school, future possibilities, boys, being completely head over heels. And she was sure Chuck could appreciate some good 'sister' time. So making sure she had her phone in case anyone tried to contact her, since apparently a few people were still worried about her disappearing off again, she set off. Since Chuck had joined the Quidditch pros, she&#8217;d been getting earlier days, and Jezebel figured the best time to catch her would be in the afternoon and that hopefully she&#8217;d be home alone so they could just chill out and Jez wouldn&#8217;t have to hold back anything.<br />
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Having apparated to the house, Jez took a moment to still register the fact that Chuck was living in the place Belle and Artie had shared and where the latter still lived, and somewhere she&#8217;d personally found herself a few times, before mentally shaking it off and stepping up to the door and knocking lightly before opening it and stepped in. She calling out as she walked in at least to be courteous in case the other new housemate she&#8217;d heard about was there, Chuck and Jez had always had an open door policy when it came to one another, something she also hoped had been mentioned, too bad if not, &#8220;Helloooo? Is there a Chuckles in the house? Its just your friendly neighbourhood Jezebel calling.&#8221;]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 04:43:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Unspeakable Things</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<strong class='bbc'><em class='bbc'>Ever wondered how on earth Marcus ended up the way he is? <br />
Well look no further, but beware, Marcus doesn't take kindly to people prying.</em></strong><br />
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<strong class='bbc'><span style='font-size: 21px;'>How to disappear completely</span><br />
December 1993 - Marcus' 5th Year at Tally</strong><br />
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It was one of those summer days where the world was pure white interlaced with fractured bits of building, grass and the dark shadows providing the only respite from the heat that was hinting of a dreadful summer for bushfires. Marcus had been dreading this day since he had first got his results back, it was end of fourth term and the day that he was scheduled to return home. His father had been so angry that he had sent a short curt note informing 'the boy' that he would be there in person, to insure that he would be ready and organized to return home for the summer before being sent off to Talsquash Academy of Magic where his father had promised to keep a close eye on him to insure no more 'antics'. Marcus had waited in the shade of the steps leading up to the Great Hall, he didn't know where Nath or Mel where, they had offered to wait with him, but he already knew what his father would say at the news that his only son was running around with a pair of half bloods! Not that it would probably matter much, the roamers would be enough to doom him anyway, but at least his friends would be saved the brunt of his fathers beliefs. <br />
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Marcus' Father wasn't what you would expect of a wizard, he looked more like the kind of man who you'd expect to be selling motor oil or hosting those dreadful talk back radio programs. He wasn't particularly attractive, but he was imposing, with the type of attitude that would normally be described as 'upper class big mouth rich posh English git' and with good reason, being of old blood and old money and unfortunately very strong old values Richard was well known for his opinions which he was always too happy to give... at length. Richard Hobson was tall, towering over his son by a good foot, he had a solid frame moving to overweight - not that there would be anyone to admit that, with a crop of schoolboyish curls that where just starting to go to grey. Despite the heat he wore a tailored robe, he was never.. ever one to even consider wearing muggle clothing. Richard Hobson was of a breed of people who had been brought up to consider anything less then pure blood to be scum, and living within the old gated wizard community of the rich and elite's he had aimed to bring his son up to be a man in his own image, away from the muggles or halfbloods and their filth. Unfortunately there had been a snag, Lisa had filled the boys head with rubbish and now his only son sat, noticeably devoid of bags, wearing torn pants and a top with a large yellow smiling face on it. The boy was filthy, his hair was sticking up and the boy appeared to be wearing strange white shoes on his feet, everything about him hinted the unfamiliar and disgusting world of muggles. <br />
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Marcus hadn't bothered to pack for the simple reason that he wasn't going, he didn't care what Alan or his father said. There was no way that he was going back to that mausoleum that doubled for his fathers house, boredom with nothing but rules and that stepmother woman who had been so quick to step into his mothers absence. He tried to calm his heartbeats as he watched his father strode up the path to the school, despite long ingrained insistence to 'look presentable' Marcus was wearing torn jeans and a nirvana tshirt - muggle clothes, practical and far more comfortable then the stuffy and stupid Wizard outfits that his father had always forced him to wear. Marcus didn't get up until the shadow of his father had all but blocked out the sun that was busy baking the fields into hard clay. Even as his father approached there was no mistaking the anger that seemed to emanate off him in waves. His father had never been one to sit quiet, to let his rage out privately, no if something bugged or angered Richard Hobson there would be nothing stopping the verbal flood as he documented exactly what it was in detail, and what he was set to do to whoever had been the cause. Marcus of course was natural target, young, foolish, idiotic, talentless, worthless he'd heard it all. Marcus didn't know what would happen, or how it would turn out, he expected his father to do his usual, shout until his face went an interesting shade of purple then clip him over the ear and drag him all the way kicking and screaming back home, lock him in his room and throw away the key while they had those stupid stuffy parties down below. Wining about the weather, whingeing about the ministry, the schools, the muggles, the weather, the animals, the food, the alcohol, the weather, the muggles.. it seemed all the people his father and his friends ever did was complain. <br />
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"What do you call this Boy? Some kind of Joke?" His father said loud enough to be heard from one end of the school to the other. Marcus couldn't say anything, he just shook his head slightly and crossed his arms in what little show of defiance he could against such a will. "Well forget it! your rubbish can stay here where it belongs" Richard said, looking at the building with a visible sneer. It had only been Lisa's insistence that had allowed Marcus to attend Tally after being kicked out of Greyheme's for failing the first term's elementary standards exam. Even Richard's considerable donations was not enough to keep the boy at the prestigious school. Now of course things where different, time was power and with enough friends of the right type in the right places he had been able to grease his way so that even his useless son wouldn't be expelled from Talsquash. Marcus looked hurt, he didn't have that many things but to call his guitar.. the collection of various things from his adventures, the camera Nathan had given him back in second year.. to call them rubbish just broke something in him. "I'm <em class='bbc'>not</em> going!" Marcus said, surprised at his own anger and the strength of emotion in his voice. But it was too late, the sweaty vice-like grip of his fathers hand already took his wrist and started to drag him towards the gate and the awaiting car. For all his fathers hypocritical raving about Muggles being filth it still dug the insult that his father was chauffeured around in a perfectly maintained Bentley. Marcus squirmed and tried to slide out of the grip, the school was near deserted after exams so there was few to witness his humiliation, and none who saw the pair came to his aid. Just as they reached the gates Marcus finally in desperation slid out of his fathers grip, his arm was bruised and throbbed in pain but it didn't matter, he knew that the moment he was in the car he would be gone forever, no more concerts, pubs or wild adventures, no card games or impromptu concerts on the lawn, No Alan, no Nath or Mel.. just rich bullies by day and the dullness of the constant steam of rich boring people complaining about tasteless expensive food and imported bad British ale by night. <br />
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"Forget it boy" his father warned as Marcus took a step back towards the school, the tone in his voice hinting that he'd long gone past what tiny sliver of patience he had for games. "**** you! **** your car and your house, that girl of yours and those fake friends who talk behind your back... I'm not going back.. you can't make me!" Marcus shouted at the top of his lunges as he stepped back and made to run, expecting all sorts of fire and brimstone. Instead his steps faulted, his father chuckled, not a nice sound, the sound of a one sided joke that was just as funny as a loaded barrel. "True, true.. your teachers always said that you where impossible to control.. now lets see" his father said like it was just a every day observation about something that didn't really interest him all that much. Marcus just watched, confused as his father pulled out his wand, he knew that he should run, but the change in attitude had left him frozen, not knowing what to do. Meanwhile his father tapped the wand in his hand as if trying to remember a particular detail. "if you like this place so much who am I to stop you?" his father said, there was something in his eye that hinted that this was not a rhetorical question, instead it was said with the kind of deadpan that had always left Marcus terrified of what was to come next. "Marcus Thomas Hobson vos mos non locus pes foris of terra illud Tallygarunga Academy of Magic. Insquequo vos seen opportunus perpetro sulum singulus NEWT probatur - es quod graduated vel vado puter ut terminus of vestri dies. <em class='bbc'>Ita ego maledictio vos!</em>" his father said each word carefully in his clipped English tone as he waved his wand in a complex series of loops and figure eights before pointing it straight at his son with the final word. Marcus was confused by the speech, moreso for the sickly flash of red magic that seemed to rush from his fathers wand and hit him right in the chest, leaving a burning sensation as if he'd been winded. The force was enough to leave him doubled over and his eyes blurring for a few moments as his father quite calmly returned his wand to its pocket and dusted off his robes. Marcus was in pain, more intense then any he had ever felt as he stumbled forward. He didn't know what he had intended to do to do, if he wanted to throw a punch or beg to have the pain removed. The next thing he knew he was falling, watching the scene from above as his father glanced at him before climbing into the car. There was no emotion in his father's face, just a dull disinterest that hurt all the more for that second before the world dissolved into a black hole of pain. <br />
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The healers said that he'd been out two days, his nose had been broken and it had been only luck that it hadn't been worse. Of the people there that day almost all claimed to have seen nothing of the events that had transpired, what was known however was that he had somehow ended up high above the grounds of Tally and had been found in a bloody mess just outside the front gates. His father of course had been nowhere to be found, and wouldn't return any of the schools calls. Almost overnight it seemed that all the records and accounts linking him to Marcus had disappeared into thin air. Marcus had become a non-person, the papers had their bit of interest, after all his father had been quite the pillar of the community always speaking of 'family values' while the whole time working his way around the office into every skirt he could find. Despite it all however it only took a couple of months before the events where pretty much forgotten, Richard Hobson once again took the spotlight in the society pages and Marcus would have been the only one to notice the small comment about the son had all so neatly vanished into thin air. It wasn't such a strange occurrence, names where always vanishing from the public records as the pureblood houses 'trimmed' putting reputation above truth or even human values as they distorted or removed anything that didn't please them. Who knew how many squibs, half bloods and the like had been removed from the family history's? Marcus had once snuck in to his fathers study and seen the Hobson ledger, the pages thick with crossing outs and annotations, he knew that somewhere his name would be there, neatly struck out into oblivion along side so many others.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 04:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Falling Out Of The Act.</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seeker's act was failing the bright cheery doesn't have a care in the world act was falling out of place she felt so alone here at Tally. Arcana was the closest thing she had to both a friend and a parent in her life but now she was here. This only made her feel even worse as she walked through the gardens not looking where she was going, She found a bench and sat down her face buried in her hands the tears began to flow but she tried as hard as she could not to cry. She moved one hand and rubbed her scar on the back of her neck to try to comfort herself. Arcana gave her this scar telling her it would help protect her. Try as she might though she couldn't stop herself from some quietly sobbing, now she was angry with herself for crying. She felt so weak now.<br />
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"Ugh now I'm crying this isn't fair why could I be normal!" She quietly sobbed "Just some stupid muggle not knowing about the magic of the world." She went on slightly louder. A little louder then a whisper. "I hate life I hate everyone here I hate Tally....ok none of thats true I only hate life." She admitted out loud. She wished it were night right now one full of stars those were always nice as if people were looking down on her shining their lights saying it would be ok. She kept her face buried in her palms. This was going to be one long day for her.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 03:32:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The Energy And Soul Consuming Institution... Also Known As School...</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey, school's back in session, and as an upstanding Junior who reallly wants to graduate on time, I have tons of homework. Unfortunately, this leaves little time for other things... Such as Tally. ::tear:: Sorry if I'm gone for extended periods of time...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:14:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Sturt House Points 2010</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<span style='color: #0000FF'><span style='font-size: 36px;'>TOTAL POINTS = -100</span></span>]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 03:53:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Winter Workout</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/10997-winter-workout/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[<a href='http://www.polyvore.com/winter_workout/set?id=22223412' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>Erica</a> cracked her knuckles as she walked out into the courtyard, her imposing hulking muscular form dressed in her sports gear and a bottle of water clutched in her hand. She noticed the looks as she walked out and couldn't help but chuckle, a wave of her hand given as she strolled over to a quiet corner and set her water down. Lowering down onto her knees she pushed her powerful arms out front, lifting up into the push up position. Keeping at a steady rhythm she breathed out as she slowly lowered herself down, slight droplets of sweat forming on her forehead.<br />
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There didn't seem to be any sign of tiring in the powerful blonde, her eyes glistening with fierce determination as she lowers her body down to the ground and then pushes back up with a blast of strength. She was like a locomotive, her form almost mechanical as she'd grunt and force her hands into the ground pushing her powerful body upwards. The sweat was dripping now, her sports gear creaking and straining until finally she breathed out hard and spluttered into the dirt.<br />
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<em class='bbc'>Come on, just a few more</em> Erica said to herself, urging her self onward as she raised up and continued. <em class='bbc'>Just a few more</em>]]></description>
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		<title>Viktor Black</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 22:03:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Herbology Sign-Ups 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/9461-herbology-sign-ups-2010/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[<span class='bbc_center'><span style='font-size: 17px;'><strong class='bbc'>PLEASE NOTE: Signing up for this class requires regular rp within a class and you must join in any open class at the time you sign up unless otherwise advised by the professor.</strong></span><br />
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<span style='font-size: 21px;'>ABOUT HERBOLOGY</span></span><br />
Herbology is the study of magical and non-magical plants and fungi.  In this course students will learn about various plant-life, their properties, and magical uses for them.  Most of the plant-life is used for potion making, but others are clearly magical from the very beginning.<br />
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<span class='bbc_center'><span style='font-size: 21px;'>BASIC GUIDELINES</span></span><br />
<ul class='bbcol decimal'><li>ALWAYS wash your hands BEFORE and AFTER class at least twice!</li><li>WANDS are to remain in your bags unless otherwise noted.</li><li>NEVER taunt the plant-life.</li><li>ALWAYS have a pair of dragon-hide gloves, or something similar.</li><li>NEVER forget your book, or any other supplies, as you will not be allowed to go get them later.</li><li>REMEMBER to have fun in a safe manner, more specifically, DO NOT get killed on my watch!</li></ul><br />
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<span class='bbc_center'><span style='font-size: 21px;'>CURRENTLY ENROLLED</span></span><span style='font-size: 17px;'>Bourke</span><br />
<ul class='bbc'><em class='bbc'>STAPLETON, Delia - Third</em></li></ul><br />
<span style='font-size: 17px;'>Flinders</span><br />
<ul class='bbc'><em class='bbc'>JONES, Kale - Sixth</em></li></ul><br />
<span style='font-size: 17px;'>Spencer</span><br />
<ul class='bbc'><em class='bbc'>CARMICHAEL, Kelsey &#8211; First</em><br />
<em class='bbc'>HAHN, Jenna - First</em><br />
<em class='bbc'>HARLEM, Addy - Fifth</em></li></ul><br />
<span style='font-size: 17px;'>Sturt</span><br />
<ul class='bbc'>NONE</li></ul><br />
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<pre class='prettyprint'>&#91;b&#93;Full Name:&#91;/b&#93;  (First and Last)
&#91;b&#93;Preferred to be Called:&#91;/b&#93;  (Nickname, if there is one.)
&#91;b&#93;House:&#91;/b&#93;  (Easy enough!)
&#91;b&#93;Year:&#91;/b&#93;  (Again...)
&#91;b&#93;What do you want to learn:&#91;/b&#93;  (This is optional, but helpful!)</pre>]]></description>
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		<title>Tory Pierce Request  DONEDID DONE</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[REQUEST FORM <br />
Avatar<br />
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<strong class='bbc'>Name</strong>:   Tory Pierce<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Celebrity avatar</strong>   Holly Miranda<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Avatar style</strong>  Slightly grungy but not overly. A bit playful<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Avatar size</strong>  Muggsie size<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Colour</strong> Lighter colours. No pinks. Bright colours preferred.<br />
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(Optional) Text:[/b] Tory <br />
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 <span style='color: #008800'><span style='font-size: 13px;'><strong class='bbc'>(Optional) Font:</strong> Whatever you like (not comic sans *shudder*)</span></span> <span style='color: #008800'><span style='font-size: 13px;'><strong class='bbc'>Anything Else?:</strong> The photo of her with the guitar I like but ideally showing minimal guitar would be helpful since Tor doesn't play. </span></span> <span style='color: #666600'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>[</span></span><span style='color: black'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>u</span></span><span style='color: #666600'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>][</span></span><span style='color: black'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>b</span></span><span style='color: #666600'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>]</span></span><span style='color: #660066'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>Graphic</span></span> <span style='color: #660066'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>Artist</span></span><span style='color: black'><span style='font-size: 13px;'> requesting </span></span><span style='color: #000088'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>from</span></span><span style='color: #666600'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>[</span></span><span style='color: #008800'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>/u]:[/b] Muggsy</span></span><span style='color: #008800'><span style='font-size: 13px;'><br />
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~<br />
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<span style='font-size: 17px;'>REQUEST FORM (Banner)</span><br />
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<strong class='bbc'>Character Name:</strong> Tory Pierce<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Celebrity avatar:</strong> Holly Miranda<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Banner style:</strong> Slightly grungy, a bit playful</span></span> <span style='color: #666600'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>[</span></span><span style='color: black'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>b</span></span><span style='color: #666600'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>]</span></span><span style='color: #660066'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>Banner</span></span><span style='color: black'><span style='font-size: 13px;'> size</span></span><span style='color: #666600'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>:[/</span></span><span style='color: black'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>b</span></span><span style='color: #666600'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>]</span></span> <span style='color: #006666'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>200x500</span></span> <span style='color: #666600'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>[</span></span><span style='color: black'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>b</span></span><span style='color: #666600'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>]</span></span><span style='color: #660066'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>Colour</span></span><span style='color: #666600'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>:[/</span></span><span style='color: black'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>b</span></span><span style='color: #666600'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>]</span></span> <span style='color: #666600'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>Lighter colours. No pinks. Bright colours preferred.</span></span>  <span style='color: #666600'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>[</span></span><span style='color: black'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>b</span></span><span style='color: #666600'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>]</span></span><span style='color: #660066'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>Text</span></span><span style='color: #666600'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>:[/</span></span><span style='color: black'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>b</span></span><span style='color: #666600'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>]</span></span> <span style='color: #000088'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>Tory. Not Daddy's little girl anymore.  </span></span><span style='color: #008800'><span style='font-size: 13px;'><br />
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<strong class='bbc'>Font:</strong> As Above</span></span><span style='color: #008800'><span style='font-size: 13px;'><br />
<strong class='bbc'><span class='bbc_underline'>Images</span>:</strong> Same as for avatar</span></span> <span style='color: #666600'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>[</span></span><span style='color: black'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>b</span></span><span style='color: #666600'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>][</span></span><span style='color: black'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>u</span></span><span style='color: #666600'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>]</span></span><span style='color: #660066'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>Additional</span></span> <span style='color: #660066'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>Images</span></span><span style='color: #666600'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>[</span></span><span style='color: #008800'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>/u]:[/b] Your choice of image you think works but something light, such as a blue sky etc.</span></span><span style='color: #008800'><span style='font-size: 13px;'><br />
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<strong class='bbc'>Anything Else?:</strong> The photo of her with the guitar I like but ideally showing minimal guitar would be helpful since Tor doesn't play. Also the one of her in the black dress would be better if it was cropped a bit at the bottom so it doesn't show as so much of a dress? Yay!</span></span> <span style='color: #666600'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>[</span></span><span style='color: black'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>b</span></span><span style='color: #666600'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>][</span></span><span style='color: black'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>u</span></span><span style='color: #666600'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>]</span></span><span style='color: #660066'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>Graphic</span></span> <span style='color: #660066'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>Artist</span></span><span style='color: black'><span style='font-size: 13px;'> requesting </span></span><span style='color: #000088'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>from</span></span><span style='color: #666600'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>[/</span></span><span style='color: black'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>u</span></span><span style='color: #666600'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>]:[/</span></span><span style='color: black'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>b</span></span><span style='color: #666600'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>]</span></span> <span style='color: #000088'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>Muggs</span></span>]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[So What Exactly Does A Giantess Eat? [Open]]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was just another lunchtime in the great hall and the resident half-giantess Erica was already piling her plate high with everything she could get her hands on. It was lucky there was so much food, what appeared to be countless chicken breasts piled up on her plate along with a fair heap of potatoes wobbling and teetering as it fights against gravity. But this was completely normal for the big girl, for one thing she was of giant blood and everyone knows they have hearty appetites and of course she was an athlete too and needed fuel for her muscles so she could push herself just that bit further than before.<br />
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She wasn't the most delicate of girls however, shovelling the food into her mouth with her hands, bits of chicken sloppily draped over her lips and the knife and fork simply cast aside unused. And the pace that she ate at was astonishing, one hand shovelling chicken, potatoes and veggies into her mouth while the other would quickly snap forward and snag more chicken from the plate. Finally she'd wash it down with a huge class of water, custom made for her size and of course reinforced magically so she didn't accidentally shatter it.]]></description>
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		<title>Both My Handsome Prince And My Evil Dragon</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxgCMh204Rc' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'> Arcana's theme song </a><br />
OoC note:This takes place After the 'falling out of the act' thread and 'broom flying'<br />
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Seeker walked into the graveyard "Where the dead sleep eh?" She muttered right as she finished she felt herself get grabbed by the neck and lifted into the air then dropped to the ground. <br />
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<strong class='bbc'>Had I intended to kill you you'd be dead now.</strong> Said a dark tone.<br />
"Yeah well not all of us have....whatever it is you have." She knew who she was talking to after all Arcana's the only one who'd mock attack her like that.<br />
She turned around Arcana had that partly evil look in his eyes, reminded her of her new friend. "Arcana is that some kind of power you've got that flows through your eyes?" Seeker asked.<br />
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<strong class='bbc'>No, why?</strong> Arcana said looking back and forth<br />
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"Someone I know has that same....look I guess you could call it." Arcana Shook his head <br />
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<strong class='bbc'>That's not a good thing you should stay away from this person then.</strong><br />
<br />
"Why? She's so nice to me."<br />
<br />
<strong class='bbc'>You do know that she could very well be acting, Honestly Seeker I've taken you to the muggle movies!</strong><br />
<br />
"This isn't A movie!"<br />
<br />
<strong class='bbc'>The point is still the same!!</strong><br />
<br />
"YOUR JUST PARANOID BECAUSE YOU WERE BETRAYED BY ONE OF YOUR FRIENDS!!"<br />
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<strong class='bbc'>Your being childish Seeker.</strong> Arcana's voice was calm, Where as Seeker was lashing out she punched him in anger right in the nose Arcana's nose began to bleed as blood dropped onto the grass oddly enough a storm began it began pouring rain and lighting flashed Seeker stood there looking at Arcana waiting for him to strike her back seconds seemed like hours as the two of them stood there it was had only been ten seconds but it seemed like an hour to Seeker.<br />
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<strong class='bbc'>You've gotten stronger, I actually felt that. Still not ready for Shotokan yet though.</strong> Arcana said calmly as his nose stopped bleeding This angered Seeker even more<br />
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"I'm ready for anything I can-" She was cut off by a punch to the gut<br />
<strong class='bbc'>You were not ready for that.</strong> Arcana said with a laugh Seeker fell to her knees <br />
"Doesn't...count."<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Oh, I suppose when an enemy blasts you with a fireball and your not ready you'll say the same?</strong> He asked slightly mocking her. Arcana wasn't a mocking type but sometimes he really got on her nerves. She managed to stand up and with her left arm did a horizontal chop to his neck of course she had to jump to do so only to have her arm caught and be thrown into a tombstone. This made her back hurt so badly she couldn't stand up without pain shooting through her entire body.<br />
<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Don't try to stand Seeker, you'll only hurt yourself.</strong> For an entire hour Seeker struggled not to pass out from the pain. She was then able to get up.......barely. "Is...that...everything..you've..got"<br />
Arcana rolled his eyes <strong class='bbc'>If there's one thing you learned well it's not to give up eh? I'm proud of you for that.</strong> He said with a smile.<br />
<br />
"Uh thanks?" Seeker said the pain dying down. She managed to stand as she got up she got into her Hapkido stance giving Arcana the 'come get some' jester.<br />
<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Don't get cocky. If you pass this little test I'll teach you Shotokan.</strong> Arcana said as he took the same stance. Seeker's eyes lit up Learning was something she loved be it a new spell,new move,new style whatever. She stood ready. <strong class='bbc'>I'm going to name a move your going to perform it on me I'm going to counter it if I hit you three times you go back and train harder.</strong> Seeker nodded. <strong class='bbc'>Oh but first.</strong> Arcana pulled out a bottle and drank it's contents.<br />
<br />
"Whats that?" Seeker asked<br />
<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Something from the muggle realm they may not have magic but they're drinks are the best it's like butterbeer only better! Gets me ready to fight.</strong><br />
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Seeker jumped and spun around with a chop towards Arcana's neck, Arcana grabbed her arm tossed her upwards caught her by the leg before she hit the ground and kicked her in the chest. Seeker slid across the ground but got up and regained her stance. <strong class='bbc'>One.</strong> Arcana said As he stood in what must have been a Shotokan stance. He did and virtical chop to her shoulder connecting quickly followed by an uppercut. <strong class='bbc'>Three.</strong> He said in a dull tone. He walked over to Seeker and picked her up holding her by her sweater her feet dangling off the ground her eyes were shut as she was in so much pain. <br />
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<strong class='bbc'> No matter where you go Seeker someone will try to delude you or take you to what they think is right Reyna, Jennifer both of them took me in two different ways and-</strong> Arcana stopped suddenly <strong class='bbc'>Just pretend you did not hear that ok?</strong> Seeker could barely nod <strong class='bbc'>By now I bet your wondering why I put you through so much pain it must be intense your most likely suffering begging for it to end eh?</strong> Arcana's tone was kinder more of an understanding tone. <strong class='bbc'>Don't respond to this just listen I do this because I love you your someone I care about I know this is one odd way of showing it but someday you'll figure it out and you'll understand. I guess the other reason is I want you to understand that the pain your feeling now will go away but inner pain and suffering scars you for life<br />
I take it you want to go back now?</strong><br />
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Seeker shook her head a few tears were in her eyes from the pain but she tried not to show it she could tell she failed when Arcana wiped them away. "I......this....it's.....nothing........I can keep fighting.....I.." She stopped talking as the pain was too intense. She felt herself being lowered to the ground and having her back up against a tombstone then she felt a snap in two places her ankle and her wrist. The pain was beyond intense now and she passed out. <strong class='bbc'>Now you can't follow me.</strong> Arcana said He kissed Seeker's forehead and left a rather thick book next to her he wrapped it in his coat. <br />
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<strong class='bbc'>This is yours now I know you can't hear me but...Seeker I'm going to die soon.</strong>]]></description>
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		<title>Yarra River</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 23:38:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The Mcg</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:45:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Lygon Street</title>
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<img src='http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i10/signaturesnavatars/11239434220lygon-street.jpg' alt='Posted Image' class='bbc_img' />]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:41:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Bourke Street Mall</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<img src='http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i10/signaturesnavatars/bourkestmall.jpg' alt='Posted Image' class='bbc_img' />]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:35:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Flinders Street Station</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<img src='http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i10/signaturesnavatars/P1121552.jpg' alt='Posted Image' class='bbc_img' /><br />
<img src='http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i10/signaturesnavatars/photo3.jpg' alt='Posted Image' class='bbc_img' />]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:25:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Hiya!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello! My name is Leila but I very much like getting nicknames! I've RPed before and a RP mate of mine from that site said I should try this one out too. I'm very anxious to start here, it looks like a very advanced RP, which I very much like, and I am very excited to be here. I think I might start with a human...to be safe XD but if I enjoy it enough I find the Ghost intruiging. Nice to meet you all!]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:16:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Footscray Park And The Maribyrnong River</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<img src='http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i10/signaturesnavatars/PICT0073.jpg' alt='Posted Image' class='bbc_img' /><br />
<img src='http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i10/signaturesnavatars/PICT0053.jpg' alt='Posted Image' class='bbc_img' /><br />
<img src='http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i10/signaturesnavatars/IMG_3753_Maribyrnong_River_Web.jpg' alt='Posted Image' class='bbc_img' />]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:50:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Brighton Beach</title>
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<img src='http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i10/signaturesnavatars/1575208902_2d75cf16e5.jpg' alt='Posted Image' class='bbc_img' />]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:27:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Seeker Beastspirit</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Seeker,<br />
<br />
I noticed something I gave you your scars but I forgot to give you some money for...whatever reason you may need it. <br />
There is a lot of money in the bag so it should last you a while also If you need anything I'll be where the dead rest all right? Oh and Again Be careful who you trust The headmaster can be trusted but others may look to use you or something.<br />
<br />
-<span style='font-family: Impact'>Arcana</span>]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:20:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Rowan</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rowan,<br />
<div class='bbc_indent'>I guess Améa's talked to you more about this than she has with me, at least - she told me she has. About the whole situation with Anton and all of that (and yes, I've tried to get her to be more realistic about it, but realism and her... they don't really go well yet). She's got this whole idea in her head that she's stopping him from doing what she wants, that she has to stay away until he's ready for her (I don't really understand, but anyway...) and she doesn't want to be the reason he stops working at Tally. I should probably stop telling you the things you already know, and get to the main point.<br />
<br />
What's our stance on this? She seems pretty determined on the going to Penrose thing - at least she <em class='bbc'>is</em> determined to go to a school? It might be good for her. Untainted jury and all that, she started at Tally in a rough place (I know that's my fault) but maybe a term there would do her some good? The kids here seem to see her the way she was when she got here, wild and dangerous - she might actually make friends at Penrose? <br />
<br />
I know she doesn't want to leave you, every plan she's given me involves coming back to your quarters for the night. She loves your cooking. More than Herbert's -- but we don't tell him that. She loves you. I know it's not for me to say, but with Cora still at Penrose - maybe it would be a good break for her? Something that might... inspire her? I don't know. I've tried everything I can think of, I'm at my wits end with her, I can't imagine how frustrating she's been for you.<br />
<br />
Either way, it's not my call - and I know that. Just wondering what way you were thinking of going, so we can have consistency. Wouldn't be good for me to say it's a good idea to her, and then you say no. <br />
<br />
I hope everything else is going well for you though.<br />
<br />
Love,<br />
Adele.</div>]]></description>
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		<title>Splot Along With Aurorman!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[So here he is Bruce Harker, Auror, wanna be superhero and geek supreme. I'm up for any ideas so fire them at me! ^ ^]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:38:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A Hero's First Day]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href='http://www.polyvore.com/heros_first_day/set?id=22394882' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>Bruce</a> had only been 24 hours off the plane and already the ministry had called him in. Still jet lagged and with a headache that thumped to a beat that would a make number one in drum and base, he managed to pull himself out of bed and get down to the ministry on time. In fact he was early, two hours early to be precise and of course being in a strange new place he had no idea where he should go.<br />
<br />
Sitting outside the ministry he kicked one leg over the other, muggle rock music playing in his ears and ripped open a packet of crisps and munched on them noisily. He had no idea how he was going to kill two hours but for now he was just going to each his lunch, no matter how much the idea of eating a tuna sandwich with jet lag turned his stomach. <br />
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Looking around for a moment he checked to see if anyone was watching, dipping into his pockets as he pulled out a copy Blackest Night and thumbed through the pages. He'd gotten so far behind in his comic books he hadn't had time to read this one and if it would kill some time at least he could read it now. Of course most adults would scoff at a grown man reading comics but he didn't really care, of course he didn't really want anyone seeing him read it either but that was beside the point.<br />
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"So Hal...what ya up to today? Jeezus!" he exclaimed as he saw the front page and blinked looking at the text. "Who's dead?...when did that happen?!" he sighed and chomped on his sandwich "Yeah I gotta catch up"]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:55:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Of Queens And Stars And Future Flights</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/10985-of-queens-and-stars-and-future-flights/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[It had not taken <a href='http://www.polyvore.com/queens_stars_future_flights/set?id=22137721' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>Anton</a> very long to get into the familiar routine of classes, studies, interning once again.  As it was, he was on his way from the herbology room after checking on the plants and making sure they were watered and tended as he usually did between the scheduled class sessions.  Now he was making his way from there and planning to head over to Kookynie and look up a a few topics in the library before heading back to his apartment in Melbourne.  His mind was actually on Maire, the young mother/widow he had met at the Roo the other day.  Once he and Matt had made sure she was settled, knowing she'd be in good care with Matt and Kate, especially when Matt had mentioned the young lady had been the doctor who delivered H, he had gone on but the meeting had stayed with him.  He knew how it felt to almost lose his own father like that recently as well as the loss of his friend.  To be as young as the twins were and lose their father, to be planning a life together and lose the one you love, he did not want to even try to imagine how much pain the family was in.  <br />
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It was his thoughts that kept him from realizing someone was speaking to him until the familiar voice registered.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Chasing Butterflies</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/10632-chasing-butterflies/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[<a href='http://www.polyvore.com/chasing_butterflies/set?id=21289128' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>Jezebel’s</a> visits to the school had been sporadic and infrequent lately, for good reasons too, but today she made a trip here for a pretty specific reason. She’d woken up ill this morning, very early too so she’d accidentally woken up Viktor and Clara as well, but in the end she was more concerned about the person whose dream she’d wandered in on accidentally, because it was a family member. Jez never liked it when one of her siblings was having a bad dream, and Tamarah hadn’t exactly had the best. What was more concerning was that Jezebel knew it had something to do with what had gone down between herself and Tanya as well. Her sister had always been close to their mother, though it made a lot of sense now why since Tanya didn’t like Jez.<br />
<br />
So, once she’d recovered a bit, eaten something, made sure that she was alright so that she wasn’t worrying anyone, Jezebel decided it was time to go pay a visit to her little sister. It felt a little like she’d abandoned her siblings with everything and that just wasn’t sitting well with her at all. She needed to get a few things straight and it seemed that, oddly, Tamarah had been more affected by things than she might have thought.<br />
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Arriving at the school, it really wasn’t difficult to know where Tam would likely be, and after making a quick trip to the Dorms and Common Room to ask around quickly and also see if there was anything she needed to grab and let a few people know she was there for a while, Jezebel made her way toward the Quidditch Pitch. At least the day was nice enough, barely a few clouds in the sky, it was sunny but still cool due to a slight breeze in the air. Jez made her way to the seats and flopped down, turning her gaze up above and smirking as she watched a familiar figure zipping around. Kicking her feet out in front of her, Jezebel just relaxed and waited until the other girl noticed her.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 12:45:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>All I Know</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/10619-all-i-know/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[How the hell she’d found herself here was beyond her...<br />
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Stories and headlines about what had happened had been circulating since it had happened. The poor little Townsend doctor who couldn’t even save her fiancé’s life. The now single mother of two who was still finishing off her specialist studies while also prospectively looking at taking over part of the family’s empire, struck by tragedy. There was little to no peace with some media hounds still after the story from her perspective, but she didn’t have time for that.<br />
<br />
Maire had been making sure she’d kept busy, always something to do, something else to concentrate on. There was the moving the kids from the old house because she just couldn’t be there anymore, to a new large place closer to Narrie where they went to school at St Andrews. Then she had her patients, of course she couldn’t let them down, at the Royal Melbourne and at St Ringos. And of course she couldn’t forget all the business with Townsend Corp. It just wouldn’t do to let any of that be neglected. By rights, Maire had so much to occupy herself with when you put the kids on top of that, she really shouldn’t have had a moment to stop and grieve.<br />
<br />
Which was exactly why it seemed, that everyone had decided she had to take time out. She’d been told to go home early from work today, Uncle Matthew had told her she wasn’t needed to help with anything today, the hospitals were fine, there was nothing left to unpack at the new house, the kids were at school, and she was all caught up on her study which was almost complete anyway. She had nothing, well, at least until home time, which by the time the woman realised what time it actually was, she rushed to the school to pick the kids up.<br />
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Only to find that they weren’t there. Cue panic attack, as Maire proceeded to run around like a chicken with its head cut off until she broke down in a full blown anxiety attack, barely able to breathe while a teacher finally told her that her father had picked them up.<br />
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She’d completely forgotten that he was going to do that because he too had thought she could use a little time to herself.<br />
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But the problem was: what in the hell was she supposed to do with herself?! Really? If she didn’t have her work and her kids, then Maire had no idea what she was supposed to do. Her entire life had basically been devoted to the fact that she always had something to do. Work, study, look after the kids, spend time with Jake... well, she didn’t have the latter anymore either. It was that moment as she made her way to the car that Maire realised she just didn’t know who she really was. She felt completely and utterly lost, and couldn’t bring herself to go home.<br />
<br />
And so, the young woman found herself walking into the Roo, handbag hanging limply from one hand as she glanced at the bar, glad to see that neither Matt or Kate were right there at the moment. She walked to the bar and threw a few or more fifties down in front of the barman (Phil, she thought it was?) before pointing out one of the bottles on the top shelf, “I’ll have the Jameson... the whole bottle. And a glass. Don’t worry about change... Please.” She was hoping that manners would do something, or at least the redness still around her eyes from the crying that had accompanied the panic attack.<br />
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And it seemed to have, at least for the most part. He’d pulled the bottle down, got out a glass, and began to pour a small drink while he also seemed to begin to ask something, but she interrupted, “Actually. I I’m going to take it over there.” She pointed to a corner near a pool table before rather assertively reaching over to grab the glass and bottle and head over there quickly before he could stop her or even get a ‘but’ in. Once she sat down, she poured the glass almost to the brim, took a breath and drank a large mouthful... swallowing it down before coughing and almost throwing up as it burned her throat.<br />
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Maire wasn’t used to drinking alcohol, at least not apart from the occasional wine. But she needed something, so ignoring the mild nausea from the first mouthful, and taking a breath and steeling herself, she continued drinking the glass. She had nothing else to bloody do, and it didn’t take long before she poured herself another and started downing that too.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 10:32:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Training With The Blonde Powerhouse</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/11072-training-with-the-blonde-powerhouse/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Erica didn't know where she could train, after all this was a wizard academy and wasn't exactly built with a girl like her in mind. Still she walked out into the grounds with two very large dumbbells gripped in her hands, the size of those massive weights looked impossible for even the strongest to lift and were almost certainly custom made for the big girl. Finding a quiet place by the wall she got down and laid out on her back, her arms outstretching wide as she held the weights out in unshaking hands.<br />
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&#8220;12&#8221; she grunted out as she brought the weights slowly together her arms slightly bent as she worked her chest before spreading her arms back out wide. &#8220;11" she breathed out slow bringing it together again before relaxing once more. "10" Sweat began to bead on her forehead, her concentration intense as she brings in the colossal weights. "9" her breath was beginning to get quicker, more sweat dripping down her forehead. "8" "7" "6" she slammed those weights together with ferocity, grunting with each lift. "5" "4" "3" "2" her arms were beginning to shake she could feel the pain barrier holding her back, gritting her teeth as she forced out the last repetitions. "1" "0" she panted and dropped the weights down, a proud smile spreading across her lips as she rested before hammering out another set.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 08:35:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Erica Needs Some Grpahics ^ ^</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/11066-erica-needs-some-grpahics/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[REQUEST FORM (Avatar)<br />
Character Name: Erica Mason<br />
Celebrity avatar: Cindy Phillips<br />
Avatar style: Exciting, Dynamic, powerful and a bit Grungy<br />
Avatar size: 150 pixels by 200 <br />
Colour: Red and Black<br />
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<a href='http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/925/dscf0119n.jpg' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/925/dscf0119n.jpg</a><br />
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(Optional) Text: Erica Mason<br />
(Optional) Font: Earth's Mightiest<br />
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Anything Else?: Red Aura around her, powerful looking and intimidating. She's a fitness fanatic and is also a half-giantess, extremely muscular so very imposing.<br />
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Graphic Artist requesting from:<br />
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REQUEST FORM (Banner)<br />
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Character Name: Erica Mason<br />
Celebrity avatar: Cindy Phillips<br />
Banner style: Exciting, Dynamic, powerful and a bit Grungy<br />
Banner size: 500x200,500x250, etc.<br />
Colour: Red and Black<br />
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Text: Erica Mason[For the name] Don't Hate me Because I’m Stronger Than You.<br />
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Font: Earth's Mightiest<br />
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Anything Else?: Red Aura around her, powerful looking and intimidating. She's a fitness fanatic and is also a half-giantess, extremely muscular so very imposing.<br />
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Graphic Artist requesting from:]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 07:44:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Tears Of Joy</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/11086-tears-of-joy/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[I can't stop crying right now because I'm so happy my life just somehow keeps looking up. It went down when I get banned from a place I love and then my brother (nearly) dies and then I find Tally, feel welcome,and now my brother somehow even the doctors don't know how but after getting shot in the chest six times he's up and walking as if nothing happened. It's a wonderful thing.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 04:12:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Self Defense Training</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/11077-self-defense-training/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Something hit Seeker "What if I don't have a wand?" She thought to herself Arcana had taught her Hapkido so she decided to work on that No one seemed to be around so the odds of hitting someone were zero, unless someone came up behind her. Hapkido was mostly joint locks, kicks, chops and throws. she couldn't work on throws or joint locks at the moment as she had no one to spar with. She decided to work on her chops just single ones a she formed an imanginary training dummy. Then chopped him where the neck meets the shoulder. Then a sideways chop to the ribs. "UGH singles will not get me anywhere if this were real I'd be dead. First the Left Cross a simple move really, She did horizontal chop to the neck with her right hand the spun around and another horizontal chop but with her left this time. <br />
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She did this three times before figuring she had it down. That one was easy for her but Chained Up that was harder, it wasn't then left chop to the neck then front snap kick that bothered her it was doing them fast enough. She tried and tried, and tried until both her left arm and right leg began to hurt. "OW!" She felt sharp pains but still stood she'd get this down even if it killed her. She looked around thinking she heard someone coming. "Anyone here?" She smiled her friendly smile.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>I Have Returned!</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/11032-i-have-returned/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey, I'm Hoot or Kaye! I have been here before and now time (and muse) has permitted me to return. What to say about me? Hmm, I'm twenty four, from england, love a drink - or six and nothing beats a curry? Currently I only have Nyree and I'm going to settle her down first and get her into as much possible trouble as I can find. <br />
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It's good to be back <img src='http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/happy.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='^_^' /><br />
-hugs-]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 06:45:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The Magic Of Tally</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/11071-the-magic-of-tally/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[My brother was shot recently to save me and three of my friends from being shot, I was all depressed because we were so close, He's still alive even though he took six shots to the chest so I'm happy bout that but no one knows if he's going to live. I tell people this on a different board and they ban me so that wasn't cool, (I had just started RPing and I've only been doing it for a little while now) So I looked for another one and I'm not a big Harry Potter fan but this one got my attention somehow when I got to the home page I felt like someone picked me up and hugged me saying "Welcome home." Mousie was so friendly and so is everyone else here I feel really glad to be here. But it seems that Tally's got some kind of welcoming feeling as if it's got it's own magic to it as if it showed me around itself and I kinda messed up in the elemental class but the staff was really cool about it. Everyone seems so family like here I hope I become part of this family here!!]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 04:21:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Books, Books, And Tea</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/10899-books-books-and-tea/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Rupert finally settled himself down at a table at Basil’s, happy that he had managed to get himself a good number of new books for his collection at home, as well as a few for his relatives, who knew he was the man to go to for books. Plus, coming back to Narrie always held that little air of nostalgia, the old memories mixed in with new scenery, so to speak. Spending time at Mextins had been fun, but now he was enjoying a good cup of peppermint tea. Rupert thought it would be a good idea to visit Cara at her shop when he was done here, and pay her a visit. The jasmine plant she had given him was doing wonderfully, and he also wanted to know if the copy of the Alexiad he had given her was a good read. As he sipped at the peppermint tea, he knew that he would have to send these books for his relatives soon, as some of them he had to admit, were the most impatient people he knew. Rupert pulled out two of the books he had gotten for himself, <em class='bbc'>Anabasis Alexandri</em>, and <a href='http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Curtius/home.html' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'><em class='bbc'>Historiae Alexandri Magni</em></a>, books he had yet to get for his now growing collection of Ancient Greek texts. History was his love, and books in general, which helped with his job as a librarian. <br />
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As Rupert was looking through the books, he smiled to himself, thoroughly enjoying his purchases, all the while sipping at his peppermint tea.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 03:05:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The Twilight Thread</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/9084-the-twilight-thread/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay. We've all seen them. Here's all the links. Add your lulz as you find them. <img src='http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':D' /><br />
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<a href='http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs235.snc3/22272_1124552853020_1803113991_255114_3946422_n.jpg' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>Shifty Eyes..</a><br />
<a href='http://roflrazzi.com/2009/08/05/celebrity-pictures-robert-pattinson-intelligent-person/' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>Spokesperson</a>]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 01:41:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/9084-the-twilight-thread/</guid>
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		<title><![CDATA[Livin' In A Lonely World]]></title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/10986-livin-in-a-lonely-world/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Another day at the shop that she owned and Victoria was absolutely exhausted. She was, of course, the only employee to herself. It had been a slow day so far, but it was only noon. The heat was on as it was so cold and the clouds were dark and overcast. It looked as if it would rain that day. She sat down at the stool behind the cash register and grabbed her newspaper to get started on the crossword puzzle. She looked at the easiest clue. 4 down, slow moving animal is quiet around a patch of ground. With only 5 letters, Vicky guessed it was sloth so lightly wrote it in. She went to another clue. 19 across, comedian interrupted by heckler at the front a little bit. Since it had 4 letters she was gonna guess it was Whit so penciled that in as well. At that moment, she heard the bell attached to the door give a little ding and stood up, putting her newspaper down with the puzzle facing up and the pencil on top of it. She smiled at her customer. &#8220;Can I help you with anything today?&#8221;]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 22:43:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Who Loves Tally?</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/4176-who-loves-tally/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[I just had one of my "Gosh I love Tally" moments. After all, it's my second home and, sadly, I feel closer to a lot of people on this board then I do some of my friends! It's the best role-play site I've ever been on or seen and I just wanted to give everyone a chance to thank our admins for all the hard work they put into keeping Tally going and let them know we appreciate it!!<br />
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We loff you guys!!! <br />
<br />
 :bounce:  &lt;3  &lt;3  :D]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 16:53:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[It's A Bird, It's A Plane...no It's Just A Ghost]]></title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/10311-its-a-bird-its-a-planeno-its-just-a-ghost/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Take a school the size of Tallygarunga, add the fact that ghosts don’t require to sleep or eat, could float through walls it often meant that Pop had a spare bit of free time on his hands and while he had been working on his ‘ghostie powers’ as he called them it became rather tiresome watching the trial and error method consistently hitting the error side of things once he found himself feeling drained. Who knew ghosts could feel drained? Pop didn’t until he had hit the wall and spent the whole next day floating around looking rather, well, <em class='bbc'>lifeless</em>.<br />
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Having finally figured, somewhat, the trick to being able to change his clothes, his waredrobe limited to the items of clothing he had been particularly attached to when he was alive; lucky boxers, lucky socks, the t-shirt he had worn when he picked up those Swedish twins...clothes with sentimental attachment to them. Thankfully most of which was just jeans, sneakers, t-shirts although some with questionable slogans on them. Having over heard a pair of kids talking about the arrival of a new staff member, a receptionist, Pop figured since he honestly had nothing better to do he might as well go introduce himself or go suss out what the new receptionist was like. Worse come to worse if she, the students had mentioned that the receptionist was a she, was weird, antisocial or just plain creeped out by the whole being in the presence of a ghost thing then he would have killed a little bit of time and if Pop was being honest with himself; all he really had was time.<br />
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Floating through the halls, nodding to the few kids that addressed him instead of just stopping, staring and giving him a wide berth to avoid the dreaded coldness that he radiated, Pop floated through the wall of the Gawler building, up the foyer and came to a stop where the receptionist called their own little area.  Looking around but not seeing anyone,  Pop wondered if maybe he had missed the new receptionist, maybe she’d stepped out for a coffee in the staffroom or something.<br />
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“Hello? New receptionist person? Anyone here?” Pop called out, meaning to lean forwards but floated forward enough to find himself standing in what would be the middle of the front counter area. This was a common occurrence for the ghost, forgetting that he could float through things and stopping mid way through the object; tables,  walls,  trees, you name it.<br />
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Pop figured he could wait, he was curious with nothing pressing to do so he ‘got comfortable’ which was to hover a little higher off the ground and took his hat off, messing up his hair before pulling it back on. The quietness of the building was kind of creeping him out.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 13:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Splott's Away]]></title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/11033-splotts-away/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the splotting page for my little Flinder Nyree. She's a somewhat shy and bookish girl when she first meets people, easily embrassed and tends to stammer (especially around teachers). Though once she's comfortable she's open and friendly. Nyree is likely to make friends with anyone, as she is not very judgemental. So what she needs is a mixture of anything, friends, classmates, enemies, people who may have known her mother before she became a hermit. I'am pretty much up for doing anything so please feel free to throw ideas my way. <br />
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She also has a rat terrier named Prozac who she loves dearly and is an affectionate little thing. <br />
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happy splotting x]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 07:33:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Elemental Magic 2010 Signup</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/8877-elemental-magic-2010-signup/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[<span style='font-family: Papyrus'><!-- Custom BBCode by Lyllea of RPG-Directory
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<div id="letter" style="width:90%; border: solid 3px #6e5c1c; background: url(<a href='http://i46.tinypic.com/rvj9qs.jpg' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>http://i46.tinypic.com/rvj9qs.jpg</a>); color: #e6f3e7; padding: 10px; text-align: left;"><span style='color: #DDA0DD'><span style='font-size: 26px;'>Greetings Students</span><br />
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<span style='font-size: 21px;'>From Fireballs to Instant Frost Elemental Magic teaches how Magic and Nature interact.<br />
This is a practical class and not for the faint hearted<br />
However with a bit of effort any student should be able to do well<br />
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Tenna' ento lye omenta</span><br />
<span style='font-family: Edwardian Script ITC'><span style='font-size: 36px;'>Professor Sam Dil-Ardadil</span></span><br />
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PLEASE NOTE:  Signing up for this class requires regular rp within a class and you must join in any open class at the time you sign up unless otherwise advised by the professor.<br />
<span style='font-family: Papyrus'><span style='font-size: 26px;'><strong class='bbc'><a href='http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/10374-elemental-magic-class-3-cormsoul/' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>Class 3 IS OPEN NOW FOR ALL STUDENTS!</a></strong></span></span><br />
<pre class='prettyprint'>&#91;b&#93;Name:&#91;/b&#93;
&#91;b&#93;House:&#91;/b&#93; 
&#91;b&#93;Year:&#91;/b&#93;
&#91;b&#93;Favoured Element:&#91;/b&#93; Choose ONLY ONE! from Fire/Water/Wind/Earth/Soul if you have a preference, otherwise Any</pre><br />
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<span style='font-family: Edwardian Script ITC'><span style='font-size: 36px;'>Students</span></span><br />
<span style='font-size: 15px;'><span style='font-family: Papyrus'><strong class='bbc'>Prep:</strong> </span></span><br />
<span style='font-size: 13px;'><em class='bbc'>First through Third Years</em></span><br />
<span style='font-size: 17px;'><span style='font-family: Palatino Linotype'>Delia Stapleton<br />
Kelsey Charmichael                      <br />
Seeker Beastspirit  </span></span><br />
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<span style='font-size: 15px;'><span style='font-family: Papyrus'><strong class='bbc'>Owl:</strong> </span></span><br />
<em class='bbc'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>Fourth and Fifth Years</span></em><br />
<span style='font-size: 17px;'><span style='font-family: Palatino Linotype'>Jareth Fischer <br />
Daniel Harper         </span></span><br />
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<span style='font-size: 15px;'><span style='font-family: Papyrus'><strong class='bbc'>Newt:</strong> </span></span><br />
<span style='font-size: 13px;'><em class='bbc'>Sixth and Seventh Years</em></span><br />
<span style='font-size: 17px;'><span style='font-family: Palatino Linotype'>Zera Lavender<br />
Leanna <del class='bbc'>Bowie</del> Evans<br />
Adrian Trent     <br />
Erica Mason                 <br />
Nyree Aubert  </span></span>]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 07:32:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/8877-elemental-magic-2010-signup/</guid>
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		<title>Tekatally</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/8506-tekatally/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[<span class='bbc_center'><span style='font-family: Comic Sans MS'><span style='font-size: 26px;'>Welcome to TekaTally!</span><br />
<br />
<span style='font-size: 17px;'>What's that you ask, well its a world where our characters can come alive in avatar form.<br />
<br />
You can create your own  <a href='http://www.tektek.org/dream/' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>here at TekTek.org</a></span></span><br />
<br />
<img src='http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i10/signaturesnavatars/Silverwolf/5168314.png' alt='Posted Image' class='bbc_img' /></span>]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 01:34:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/8506-tekatally/</guid>
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		<title>2010 Musiciary Sign Up Sheet</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/8898-2010-musiciary-sign-up-sheet/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[<span style='font-size: 15px;'><strong class='bbc'>PLEASE NOTE:  Signing up for this class requires regular rp within a class and you must join in any open class at the time you sign up unless otherwise advised by the professor. <br />
<br />
Musical knowledge/talents must be present in your profile before signing up</strong><br />
<br />
Classes begin 27 January</span><br />
<br />
Simply copy and post below please and thank you.<br />
<br />
<pre class='prettyprint'>&#91;b&#93;Name:&#91;/b&#93;
&#91;b&#93;Age:&#91;/b&#93;
&#91;b&#93;House:&#91;/b&#93;
&#91;b&#93;Year:&#91;/b&#93;
&#91;b&#93;Reason for joining:&#91;/b&#93;</pre>]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 12:01:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/8898-2010-musiciary-sign-up-sheet/</guid>
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		<title>What Is Forum Roleplay?</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/11054-what-is-forum-roleplay/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[<span style='font-size: 36px;'>Dude. What on earth IS this site?</span><br />
Tallygarunga is what's known as a forum roleplay. Forum roleplay is much like chat room, or instant-messenger roleplay, except that the responses are usually much longer, and scenes (threads) can take days or weeks to complete. Forum roleplay is fantastic, because even when your roleplay partners log off, you can still respond to threads - and have them write back, even if you're not around! For those of you who are new to roleplay completely, roleplaying is when you create a character, and write with othes to help tell a story. It's a lot of fun, and we're happy to help you learn. Don't be afraid to ask the staff here when you need help, that's what we're here for.<br />
<br />
<span style='font-size: 21px;'>GETTING STARTED</span><br />
The first thing you need to do, is register. Here at Tallygarunga, we register under our <em class='bbc'>character's</em> name. This should be a first and last name that is <em class='bbc'>not</em> your own. For instance, my account name here is Headmaster Alan Burdett - but believe me, that's far from who I am in real life! I'm not even a guy! Create a name that is interesting to you, you might want to look at our <a href='http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/10565-name-help/' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>Name Help</a> topic for some ideas. <br />
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<span style='font-size: 21px;'>CREATING YOUR CHARACTER</span><br />
There are a few things that as a newbie, we highly recommend you read before you start writing your character. The first is the <a href='http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/108-creating-a-character-mousie-will-love/' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>Creating a Character Mousie Will Love</a> guide. This will help you avoid some of the most common mistakes we see in new characters. <a href='http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/9830-what-tally-needs/' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>What Tally Needs</a> and <a href='http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/572-types-of-characters/' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>Types of Characters</a> will also give you a good idea of the sorts of characters that we're looking for, and help you create something that will fit straight into the game!<br />
<br />
The <a href='http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/7838-how-do-i-apply/' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>How to Apply</a> thread is also very important, as this explains how to create your application, and post it for review. The guide is pretty extensive, and offers two options for posting your application. If you need more help with this, PM one of the staff for assistance. <a href='http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/10820-application-character-development-prompts/' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>Character Development Prompts</a> can also help you develop your character during the application, and round your character out nicely.<br />
<br />
<span style='font-size: 21px;'>WAIT! WAIT! APPLICATION? WHAT'S THAT?</span><br />
A character application is how you get your character into the game. All it is, is posting your character profile for review. This is how we, the staff, make sure that your character fits the game - making it easier for you to jump into the roleplays here at Tallygarunga! If you click on the username of any active member, you'll be shown their account profile. So that we know when your profile is ready to be reviewed, you also have to post in the <a href='http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/forum/31-character-applications/' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>Character Applications</a> forum. <br />
<br />
What's the difference?<br />
<br />
<a href='http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/7841-alan-l-burdett/' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>This is the application review form for Alan Burdett.</a><br />
<a href='http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/user/1-headmaster-alan-burdett/' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>This is Alan Burdett's character profile.</a><br />
<br />
The short application review form tells us your character is ready to be accepted, and we'll review it. Don't be surprised if we ask for edits, and sometimes these will come by private message. To check your private messages, whenever you're logged in, the box at the top (that has your username in it) will have a drop-down arrow. The <a href='http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?app=members&module=messaging' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>Messenger</a> link will take you to your personal messages folder. From here, you can send messages to the staff, and read the messages we've sent you. Don't worry - if we've asked for edits via message, we'll let you know in your review thread!<br />
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<span style='font-size: 21px;'>I GOT ACCEPTED... NOW WHAT?</span><br />
Now you get to the fun bit - the actual roleplaying! The best way to learn to roleplay, is to have a bit of a look around, and see what other people have done. Most threads are between one or two people, but sometimes - there are big group threads that may be related to major events or other happenings on the board.<br />
<br />
Each forum on Tallygarunga is a place. For instance, the <a href='http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/forum/79-kookynie-halls/' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>Kookynie Halls</a> forum is exactly that, it is a place in the school of Tallygarunga that is called the Kookynie Halls. If you click that link, you'll find all of the places inside that area, such as the Library, some classrooms, and the Flinders common areas. When you start a new thread, you start it in the forum that is the place it will happen. So if you want your character to be in the library, you start a thread in the <a href='http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/forum/4-the-library/' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>Library</a> forum.<br />
<br />
Have a look around at the topics that are inside the forums. These are all examples of other people roleplaying their characters. <br />
<br />
<span style='font-size: 21px;'>SO HOW DO I ROLEPLAY, AFTER ALL OF THAT?</span><br />
To start a new thread, hit the 'New Topic' button, in the forum you want the topic to take place in. To reply to another thread, hit the 'Add Reply' button. These will only work if your character has been accepted, so make sure you get your application reviewed first! Starting your first post can be difficult, and the content will depend entirely on the character that you have created. Do have a good look around at others roleplaying their characters, because they will be the best teachers. But the golden rules of roleplaying are:<br />
<br />
-- Always remember that you and your character are not the same. Other characters will dislike your character, just as much as they may like them. Don't ever take it personally. Creating conflict in RP is half of the fun!<br />
<br />
-- Think about who your character is, and how they would react to the situations you have put them in. If your character is in the park, why are they in the park, what has brought them to the park? <br />
<br />
To roleplay, just write something from your character's perspective. Always write about your character in <a href='http://fictionwriting.about.com/od/glossary/g/3rdperson.htm' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>third person</a>. Again, follow the lead of others. If you have questions, don't be afraid to ask. Aim to write about 200 words in the posting box every time you post, but never be afraid to post more than that either.<br />
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<span style='font-size: 21px;'>THREADS & SPLOTS</span><br />
Roleplays work on threads and plots. A thread is a single topic, or scene. A plot can be a lot of threads, things that happen to your character - or a group of characters over time. Every post you make will affect your character in some way. If they cut their hand in one thread, in the next they may have a bandage - and the thread after that, it may have finally healed. It depends on how much time you feel has passed between threads. Threads are made up of posts. Players take turn to post, reading what the others have written and working with that and adding to it to help create the story. As I've said above, do look at the active threads at the moment to see how other players post with each other in threads.<br />
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To get into a thread, the best way is to use the <a href='http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/forum/63-splotting/' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>Splotting</a> thread. Here you can post any ideas you have for plots, or offer your character. You can also look at OTHER people's ideas, and offer your character to play with characters who are also looking for threads. Talking in the CBox is also a good way to meet other members, and suggest ideas for threads. <br />
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<span style='font-size: 21px;'>AND THAT'S IT!</span><br />
Once you get the hang of it, it'll come pretty naturally - and before long, you'll be begging your thread partners for posts. Just have patience, we <em class='bbc'>are</em> happy to teach you - and part of that is letting you know where you can improve. Especially when it comes to applications, just remember we're only trying to help. You can, and you WILL get accepted here - we have an absolute no rejection policy. We have not, and never will turn an application down completely - we will <em class='bbc'>only</em> ask for edits until it meets our requirements. That's our guarantee.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 09:48:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Ancient Runes Sign Ups! 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/9424-ancient-runes-sign-ups-2010/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[<span style='font-size: 26px;'>PLEASE NOTE: Signing up for this class requires regular rp within a class and you must join in any open class at the time you sign up unless otherwise advised by the professor. </span><br />
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<p class='citation'>Quote</p><div class="blockquote"><div class='quote'>
Name:<br />
Year:<br />
House:<br />
What you hope to learn taking my class: (optional)<br /></div></div>]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 09:45:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/9424-ancient-runes-sign-ups-2010/</guid>
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		<title>Healing Signup List 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/9357-healing-signup-list-2010/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[<span style='color: #483D8B'><span class='bbc_center'><span style='font-size: 17px;'>PLEASE NOTE: Signing up for this class requires regular rp within a class and you must join in any open class at the time you sign up unless otherwise advised by the professor. <br />
<br />
<br />
Sign-Ups!</span></span><br />
<br />
Welcome to Healing -- hope you're ready to get down to work!<br />
Class will be <span style='color: #483D8B'>participation and discussion based</span>;<br />
this will <strong class='bbc'>NOT</strong> be a lecture course, though of course<br />
it's probably a good idea to take plenty of notes.<br />
<br />
Class involvement will allow you to earn up to five house points<br />
per class.<br />
<br />
Please come prepared to work, with your wands, quills, and,<br />
most importantly, <span style='color: #483D8B'>an open mind.</span><br />
<br />
Sign up below, using the following form.<br />
<br />
<p class='citation'>Quote</p><div class="blockquote"><div class='quote'>Name:<br />
Year:<br />
House:<br />
What interests you about healing:</div></div></span>]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 09:43:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/9357-healing-signup-list-2010/</guid>
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		<title>Vmu-Tallygarunga Student Intern Program</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/7382-vmu-tallygarunga-student-intern-program/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[<span class='bbc_center'><span style='font-size: 17px;'>We are pleased to provide a cooperative education program with Tallygarunga Academy of Magic in Narragyambie for the purpose of providing Student Internships for educational credits.<br />
<br />
Should you desire to participate in this program as an enrolled student at VMU, please submit the application below as a  reply to this thread.<br />
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<strong class='bbc'>PLEASE NOTE:</strong>  <strong class='bbc'><em class='bbc'>When you are accepted as an intern, this means you are expected to keep up with the rp within the professor's class thread in a timely manner when it comes around to your turn to post.  Class threads are to be kept moving</em></strong></span><br />
</span><br />
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<pre class='prettyprint'>&#91;b&#93;Name:&#91;/b&#93;
&#91;b&#93;Year:&#91;/b&#93;
&#91;b&#93;Subject You Desire Internship In:&#91;/b&#93;</pre><br />
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<span style='font-size: 17px;'><span class='bbc_center'>List of Subjects and Interns</span></span><br />
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<span style='font-size: 15px;'><strong class='bbc'>Core Classes</strong></span><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Charms </strong><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Defence Against the Dark Arts </strong> Deandra Wagner<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Herbology</strong> Anton Hunter<br />
<strong class='bbc'>History Of Magic</strong> Marcus Hobson<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Potions</strong> <br />
<strong class='bbc'>Transfiguration </strong> Viktor Black<br />
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<span style='font-size: 15px;'>Elective Classes</span><br />
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<strong class='bbc'>Musciary [Wielding magic through the powers of Music]</strong> Nikolai Romanov<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Alchemy</strong> <br />
<strong class='bbc'>Advanced Alchemy </strong><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Arithmancy</strong><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Astronomy </strong><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Broom Flying</strong> <br />
<strong class='bbc'>Ancient Runes</strong> <br />
<strong class='bbc'>Care Of Magical Creatures</strong> <br />
<strong class='bbc'>Divination- Basic Level</strong><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Divination- Advanced Level</strong> <br />
<strong class='bbc'>Elemental Magic</strong> <br />
<strong class='bbc'>Healing</strong> Mark Fletcher<br />
<strong class='bbc'>Healing - Nursing</strong> <br />
<strong class='bbc'>Magical Law & Gov't. </strong><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Muggle Studies</strong><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Wandless Magic </strong>]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 09:21:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Hi</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/11051-hi/</link>
		<description>hi all my name is sarah and im new and have know clue what to do someone help me</description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 05:14:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/11051-hi/</guid>
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		<title><![CDATA[Let's Go For A Ride...]]></title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/10683-lets-go-for-a-ride/</link>
		<description><![CDATA["Oh dear...Oh dear...WOO-!" Slipping from underneath herself, Roxy slipped backwards landing hard on the ice on her bum. <em class='bbc'>Ouch...Ssss....Owww,</em>Her gloved hands groped for the steel rail to steady herself. "That's it, Roxy, love. Stand up..slowwwllyyy."  She used the tip of the skate to help her up onto one foot, than the other. Her white skates with glistening with ice from where the skidded to stop Roxy from falling, a mission that had failed..badly. Roxy now stood, gripping onto the poor rail for dear life. She was usually more outgoing than right now. She had forgotten terribly how to skate and now her clumsy nature was making it worse than ever. She stood a tad taller than usual, thanks to her figure skates and the light green hat upon her head. Her brown curls were wet with ice and her cheeks were rosy from the cold breeze. Her outfit was a cute light green jacket with jeans and the white and emerald skates she had. <br />
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Trembling now, she looked around at the other skaters, skating have a great jolly time. Roxanne drew in a breath and moved her left leg forward and pushed off slowly...She moved a tad and when she tried to move her right foot, she moved a bit too quickly and slipped falling backwards again, her hand still on the rail.  <em class='bbc'>Ow... </em> I have to keep trying. But every time I do, I fall on my arse looking like a total imbecile! Argh!]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 02:52:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sparks, Sparks &#38; Sparks]]></title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/11036-sparks-sparks-sparks/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[<strong class='bbc'><span style='font-size: 21px;'>Townsend Corp.</span></strong><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Dr Maire Townsend</strong><br />
<em class='bbc'>Executive<br />
Melbourne, Australia</em><br />
<br />
Dear Sparks, Sparks & Sparks (I’m not going to get tired of that),<br />
<br />
<ul class='bbc'>As per our discussion regarding the co-investment, I’m happy to inform you that I will personally be taking care of the business from the Townsend side of things and have already been looking into arranging to inspect locations that would be suitable to purchase for this venture.<br />
<br />
Currently, since my schedule is able to fit in the last weekend/week of August for this, I’m hoping this is suitable for at least one of you to arrange to meet up with and accompany me? Otherwise it may have to be rearranged for a later date (at least until after I can get a few things sorted out between my work and other things coming up). I know its a little short notice, but it may have to wait a couple of months otherwise and I’d really like to be able to take a personal part in this rather than relying on someone else to represent me.<br />
<br />
If you could get back to me as soon as possible, it would be much appreciated. I’m quite looking forward to this venture.<br />
<br />
Sincerely,<br />
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<span style='font-family: vladimir script'><span style='font-size: 26px;'>Maire Townsend</span></span></li></ul>]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 00:26:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Anton Hunter</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/11035-anton-hunter/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[<strong class='bbc'><span style='font-size: 21px;'>Townsend Corp.</span></strong><br />
<strong class='bbc'>Dr Maire Townsend</strong><br />
<em class='bbc'>Executive<br />
Melbourne, Australia</em><br />
<br />
Dear Mr Hunter,<br />
<br />
<ul class='bbc'>I’d say I’m not sure you would remember me, but I’m rather certain you don’t get thrown up on every day by random grieving young women in bars (or at least, one would really hope not). I managed to get your name from Matt when I was finally awake and able to think again.<br />
<br />
I really just wanted to say thank you for looking out for me the other week, even though you really didn’t have to watch over some stranger who was drinking themselves stupid. I was in a state and possibly could have made myself much worse than I already did. I’ve avoided whiskey since then (hardly surprising), and don’t really plan on trying that again anytime soon.<br />
<br />
But anyway, thank you very much, you're a kind person and if there’s any way I can ever repay the kindness please don’t hesitate to contact me.<br />
<br />
In appreciation,<br />
<br />
<span style='font-family: vladimir script'><span style='font-size: 26px;'>Maire Townsend</span></span></li></ul>]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:41:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Open Posts Available</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/827-open-posts-available/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Many times, a character starts an open post and it eventually gets lost in the shuffle.  Many times, characters are looking for someone to post to and can't find a spot.<br />
<br />
This thread will hope to solve both problems.<br />
<br />
When you start an open post, post the link here.  Once someone picks up your thread, just mark your post <br />
<br />
<span style='color: red'>TAKEN</span>  <br />
<br />
And it will be deleted.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:52:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Happy Birthday To Our Newest Member - Katie!</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/11013-happy-birthday-to-our-newest-member-katie/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[<span class='bbc_center'><img src='http://msp166.photobucket.com/albums/u119/Hygenia/Greetings/dragontwinkleH.B.gif' alt='Posted Image' class='bbc_img' /></span><br />
<br />
<span class='bbc_center'><span style='color: #4B0082'><span style='font-size: 21px;'>Hope this is the first of many you celebrate with us!<br />
<br />
Happy Birthday!</span></span></span>]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 09:06:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Glub.glub.glub.snacktime!</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/10982-glubglubglubsnacktime/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[I ish Liz. Or Lizard. Or Lizzie. Welcome to my world. Pleash introduce yourself!! Shello. Shood-bye.<br />
<br />
Liz &lt;3<br />
<br />
Hey there, y'all! I'm Victoria, yo. You can call me Vic, Vicky, or V-Dawg. Whazzup yo! Introduce yoself if yo daya!<br />
<br />
Vicky &lt;3<br />
<br />
P.S. I was kidding bout the V-Dawg. Unless you wanna die -shifty eyes-]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 04:13:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Wander And Wonder [Open]]]></title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/10974-wander-and-wonder-open/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Ellie sighed, before shutting her book completely, and threw her head back as she sat on the bench. School was beginning to bore her; yes, that was quite strange, considering it was a <em class='bbc'>magic</em> school, but honestly...people seemed just so generic and peppy here.<br />
<br />
She peered around the garden in curiosity; strange. Usually at this time of day, it would be more crowded than this...<br />
<br />
Hm.<br />
<br />
With another sigh, Ellie pursed her lips.<br />
<br />
She was just so <em class='bbc'>bored</em>.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 01:41:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Facebook Fun</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/7954-facebook-fun/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes.. there is a Facebook quiz, so you can sort yourself into a Tally house. <img src='http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':D' /> It's a labour of love, I tell you - the questions took me hours. But now we can have OOC House Pride, lol.<br />
<br />
<a href='http://apps.facebook.com/quizcreator/quizzes/239245/portal' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>http://apps.facebook.com/quizcreator/quizzes/239245/portal</a><br />
<br />
Enjoy. And... don't forget to become a fan of the application, and at Tally's fanpage as well... and invite all your super nerdy friends to do the quiz. <img src='http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':D' /> Or even just your regular friends. XD<br />
<br />
By the way.<br />
<br />
SPENCERRRRRRRR!]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:28:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Transfiguration Class 2</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/10426-transfiguration-class-2/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[<center><div id="letter" style="width:90%; border: solid 1px #593628; background: url(<a href='http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/BBCodeIMG/parchment_1.png' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/BBCodeIMG/parchment_1.png</a>); color: #593628; padding: 10px; text-align: left;"><span style='font-family: lucida handwriting'>Hello to all the wonderful Transfiguration students!<br />
<br />
For the next lesson please feel free to bring a pet or familiar along if you wish (and as long as you can control them), but if you don’t want to or don’t have one then its no worry at all. Can’t wait to see you all again after the holidays!<br />
<br />
~ Professor Stardust</span></div></center><br />
<br />
A fresh term, and Dusty couldn’t believe that half a year had already passed by. But then considering she’d been staying in the one place for this long, there had been enough changes and upheavals in her life that it almost felt like she’d been moving around. Never before had she thought about the idea that she might just like something stable. Her sister and nephew were over the other side of the country, Eli had popped up back in her life only to make her more confused about, well... everything, than she’d ever been before. And she now had a couple of new housemates; Harding who was always fun to be around, and Phoebe who they’d met when they’d been hanging out at Basil’s one day.<br />
<br />
All the students would have received the note prior to the class, and she had mentioned it to Viktor as well, but whether the children had paid attention or not wasn’t a huge matter to Dusty who had a whole lot of pigmy puffs to bring to class anyway. She’d considered mice, but then she’d have to keep them all and that meant coming up with lots more names, but she had Mr Goat and the little fluffy puffs would work just as well.<br />
<br />
Of course, she still hadn’t really learned to make more than one trip from the car, as she precariously unlocked the door and entered the room with a few minutes to go before class, attempting to balance not only Mr Goat on her shoulder, but also her books in her hands, and a box of pigmy puffs and another box beneath that with freshly baked triple chocolate chip fudge cookies. The tiny blonde somehow managed it, though almost toppled over as she bumped into the desk since she could barely see where she was going.<br />
<br />
Setting everything down carefully, Dusty patted Mr Goat before he jumped off her shoulder to land on the desk and sit down on it, watching the students as they entered. Dusty simply took a breath a moment as she checked on the puffs and snuck a cookie while she waited for everyone to arrive before starting the class.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:41:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The Evil Icky Place Called School!</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/11019-the-evil-icky-place-called-school/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Right... so, school has JUST started back up, so posting with be sporatic. At the moment, I am NOT taking on any new threads, because I have enough as it is. I'm extremely sorry, but I'm still open to ideas, of course, those ideas just won't be able to followed up for a while. So, if you have any ideas, just PM me or post in my splotting thread, and I'll get to it when I can. To those of you have threads with Leanna, Jareth, Jeremy, or Daniel, please forgive me, because posting will definitely be slower. I'll reply to this post and let everyone know when things slow down and I'm ready to take on another thread.<br />
<br />
And also, if you are threading with either Jareth or Leanna, please give me a PM. I'd like to discuss closing out those threads as soon as possible.<br />
<br />
Thank you, and please be patient!<br />
<br />
Lotsa luffs to all, Arrow.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:22:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Emotionally Wrecked</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/10495-emotionally-wrecked/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Jeremy lounged in a chair by one of the beds in the hospital wing, the only occupied one in the room. Some spell had backfired on her and knocked the poor girl. Jeremy had healed the nasty wound on her head that had knocked her unconcious, and the rather... less than appealing repecussions the backfired spell had cause. Other than that, she was fine and sleeping rather peacefully at the moment. Jeremy was just waiting for her to wake up so he could check her once more and send her back to her dorm.<br />
<br />
Jeremy strummed his acoustic guitar quietly as he thought. He really and truly didn't know what he was going to do with Daniel. He was becoming increasingly agitated at everything Jeremy said, especially when he mentioned Morgan. Daniel kept asking over and over again why Jeremy wouldn't let go of her. It was becoming increasingly painful, and Daniel stopped by the hospital wing less and less. They no longer had nightly chess matches, and Daniel didn't seem to to talk about anything other than why Jeremy didn't do more with other people. Jeremy couldn't answer him. Saying it was because he believed she was still alive would be a lie. But then again, saying he was still trying to get "back into the swing of things" would be a lie as well.<br />
<br />
Jeremy was also well and truly out of sorts when it came to Jillian. He didn't know what to do there, either. Jillian was starting to frustrate him, and he had to admit, he had started going to some lengths to avoid her. He refused to go out for walks around the school at night when he couldn't sleep, and when there wasn't a patient needing his immediate care, he would shut himself in his office and wouldn't come out unless he heard someone's voice on the other side that wasn't Jillian's. Thankfully, she had not turned up to chat yet, and Jeremy had not had to refuse to see her yet. And he wasn't sure he would have the nerve to refuse to see her if she did come knocking. Whyever it was that he felt the need to keep his distance from her, he told himself it was best not to get involved in her life too much. He wasn't emotionally stable enough to hang around much of anyone, especially not someone with a child on the way. He knew his self-confidence sucked, but that was only because... well, just because.<br />
<br />
Jeremy pushed these thoughts out of his mind and continued to play. He didn't need those thoughts right now, and he could think on them later, when he had chocolate.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:55:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Washuppp!</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/10983-washuppp/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey. So, I'm Victoria Reede. I'm 27 years old. I own Ms. Kempsey's corner store. I look almost exactly like Sophia Bush, which is awesome cause she's awesome! You can check out my profile here: <a href='http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/user/2460-victoria-reede/' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/user/2460-victoria-reede/</a><br />
<br />
Sooooo. I'm Liz and I play ^. If you wanna splot (ish that right?), post here or PM me. Thanks!]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:45:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/10983-washuppp/</guid>
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		<title>Splot With Stewie</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/10756-splot-with-stewie/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[<span style='color: #4E4C3D'><span style='font-family: verdana, arial, tahoma, sans-serif'><span style='font-size: 13px;'>Okay, so this is Stewie. He's only the bestest, coolest, most awesomest person ever! <img src='http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' /> And he's the youngest, most *cough<em class='bbc'>special</em>cough* of the Blair family. He's spontaneous, hyper, musical, and always hungry... He's also the only male third year Spencer around, so splot him up, if you please. =)</span></span></span>]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:21:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Birthdays!</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/9070-birthdays/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[<span class='bbc_center'><span style='font-size: 36px;'>THE GRANDE BIRTHDAY LISTIE!</span></span><br />
To have your name and date added, post below with the information you'd like listed. Nickname, name (if you like), month, date, and a character/position you hold on the board.<br />
<br />
<span class='bbc_center'><br />
<strong class='bbc'>January</strong><br />
31st - Emmers (Emily, Rory Dawson)<br />
<br />
<strong class='bbc'>February</strong><br />
7th - Jules (Ria Dempsey)<br />
<br />
<strong class='bbc'>March</strong><br />
2nd - Arrow (Jareth Fischer)<br />
17th - Mousie (Lillie, admin.)<br />
<br />
<strong class='bbc'>April</strong><br />
12th - Spider (Rachel Burdett)<br />
<br />
<strong class='bbc'>April</strong><br />
10th - DiDi (Delia Stapleton)<br />
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<strong class='bbc'>August</strong><br />
15th - Muggs (Marcus Hobson)<br />
20th - Katie (Erica Mason)<br />
29th - Alaska (Esras, Stewie)<br />
30th - Vladdy (Vladimir Valentin)<br />
<br />
<strong class='bbc'>September</strong><br />
3rd - Silverwolf (admin, Rowan Dragonsinger)<br />
8th - Scotteh (Scotty, Luca Papei) <br />
<br />
<strong class='bbc'>December</strong><br />
29th - Crumbs (Petronella Kelly, Deandra Wagner, Harding)</span>]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:47:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>One More Cup Of Coffee</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/11012-one-more-cup-of-coffee/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Casey frankly didn't care what time it was; his body was lagging, but his mind was racing, and he needed a shot of <em class='bbc'>something </em>to get his muscles up and running again, because sleep just wasn't going to be an option (as it wasn't most nights). So, ignoring the dials on his bedside clock that read '7:52 p.m.', Casey rolled off his bed, dropping the battered copy of <a href='http://books.google.com/books?id=iIEGAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=tristan%20et%20yseult&source=gbs_slider_thumb#v=onepage&q=tristan%20et%20yseult&f=false' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'><em class='bbc'>Tristan</em></a><em class='bbc'> </em>he'd been plodding his way through beside the French dictionary, and shoved his feet into his sneakers, pulling a hoodie on over his bare chest. <br />
<br />
Open reaching the kitchens, the taciturn heir headed for the stove to put hot water on, then raided the cupboard where he knew the coffee was kept and found a mug, which he slid down the counter towards the stove to wait for the water. As he waited for the kettle to whistle, he wandered lazily and absently around the kitchen, feeling exhaustion pulling at his muscles, making it almost difficult to take a full, straight step; eventually he stopped and leaned against the counter, folding his arms against its cold surface and dropping his forehead onto his forearms, mumbling under his breath, eyes closing.<br />
<br />
He didn't even realize that he'd turned on the wrong part of the stove; the coil beside the kettle was the one growing hot, not the one underneath it.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:40:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Birthdays</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/7261-birthdays/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[<span style='font-size: 26px;'>Birthdays</span><br />
<br />
<div class='bbc_indent'>Please remember to include all relevant names, dates and details. Misprinted classifieds as a result of incorrect information are not eligible for refund. Pictures may be printed at extra cost, please ensure all images are appropriately sized for the paper. A full range of fonts and graphics is available from our Advertising Department.</div><br />
<br />
-- Narragyambie Leader, Advertising Department.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:34:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/7261-birthdays/</guid>
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		<title>Home</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/9930-home/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Annora Fultz stepped back into the McEwen Lane Manor for the first time since her sudden departure from this place in over a year. The air was clean, but there was a stale quality to the atmosphere&#151;like all of its substance was gone…like its inhabitants were gone. She closed the door behind her, and the click of the metal locks rang through the foyer like someone had fired a gun. Nora shuddered at the sound and looked around to see how things had changed. The rising sun spilled in through the windows into the room through the tall windows and the shining dusk particles in the air, seeming as if the place had some life to it. She took a step forward when she realized no one was coming to see who had entered the home(it was only six in the morning after all), and walked through the foyer into the kitchen. <br />
	<br />
There was no scurrying Leonard, and Evan wasn&#146;t making pancakes. Herbert wasn&#146;t critiquing Evan&#146;s cooking technique&#151;there was nothing. Nora noticed that the liquor cabinet seemed somewhat barren, and wondered if Herbert had been throwing wild parties while Ev was away, but that wasn&#146;t important. She had been gone for a year. It was an incredibly torturous year. She had no friends, no family, and no one to rely on but herself. Most of all, she couldn&#146;t even speak to Evan. Even telling him that she would be leaving was dangerous enough. Especially for him&#151;he would have a kingdom one day, after all.<br />
	<br />
<strong class='bbc'>"Hello?"</strong> <br />
<br />
Her voice bounced off the walls and continued throughout the house in a quiet echo. She had to find Evan quickly. Nora untied her scarf from around her neck and laid it on the counter hastily, abandoning her jacket also. She ran to the staircase and bounded up it as quickly as she could. When she reached the second floor she checked every room imaginable, even the bathroom. Annora had to find Evan&#151;to apologize, to explain why she was gone. For all she knew, Evan could be gone. He could have gone back to his family and his castle to rule, he could have even been dead. Nora had no idea where the love of her life was, and that was more frightening than anything she had faced in the past twelve months. <br />
	<br />
Nora came to the bedroom that she and Evan had almost always ended up sharing, and opened the door, feeling as if this was where he would be, but the only things in the room were the dusted furniture, and the perfectly made bed in the center of it. She walked to the bed and touched the sapphire blue comforter gently, remembering how often she had stayed here, happily, with Evan.<br />
Nora kicked off her shoes and crawled onto the bed exhaustedly, but it didn&#146;t feel the same without Evan beside her. Soon, the fact that Evan hadn&#146;t been here for a long while over took her, and the tears that she held back for over a year began to stain the comforter that had so many comforting memories on it.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 12:06:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Ministry Splotting Thread</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/11007-ministry-splotting-thread/</link>
		<description>Looking for other Ministry types to splot with? Find someone, and organise group threads here!</description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 08:38:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/11007-ministry-splotting-thread/</guid>
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		<title>Sturt Splotting Thread!</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/11006-sturt-splotting-thread/</link>
		<description>Looking for other Sturt students to splot with? Find someone, and organise group threads here!</description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 08:37:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/11006-sturt-splotting-thread/</guid>
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		<title>Spencer Splotting Thread!</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/11005-spencer-splotting-thread/</link>
		<description>Looking for other Spencer students to splot with? Find people to play with, and organise group threads here!</description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 08:31:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/11005-spencer-splotting-thread/</guid>
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		<title>Flinders Splotting Thread!</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/11004-flinders-splotting-thread/</link>
		<description>Looking for other Flinders students to play with? Find people to splot with, and organise group threads here!</description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 08:29:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/11004-flinders-splotting-thread/</guid>
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		<title>Bourke Splotting Thread!</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/11003-bourke-splotting-thread/</link>
		<description>Find other Bourke students here, splot and organise group threads!</description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 08:28:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/11003-bourke-splotting-thread/</guid>
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		<title>Vmu Splotting Thread</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/11002-vmu-splotting-thread/</link>
		<description>Looking for other VMU students to splot with? Find someone, and organise group threads here!</description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 08:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Tally Staff Splotting!</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/11001-tally-staff-splotting/</link>
		<description>Looking for a thread with Tally staff in particular? Find someone to splot with, organise group threads and such here!</description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 08:26:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Melbourne Splotting Thread!</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/11000-melbourne-splotting-thread/</link>
		<description>Looking for a Melbourne resident to splot with? Find someone, or organise group events here!</description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 08:25:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Narrie Splotting Thread!</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/10999-narrie-splotting-thread/</link>
		<description>Looking for a Narragyambie resident to splot with? Post and organise group events here!</description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 08:24:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Let's Cover All My Bases!]]></title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/10252-lets-cover-all-my-bases/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[So... I figure I'd follow some oldies' leads and have just this one topic for all of my characters. It'll be easier that way. So... here we goes! This should be quick.<br />
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<span style='font-family: Tahoma'><span style='font-size: 21px;'>Delia Stapleton:</span></span> This is my 3rd year Bourke girl. She's made way too many enemies lately and not enough friends. Particularly protective friends. She's pureblood but nothing like others. Because she's naive, outspoken and tends to look at life with much optimism. Or at least, she did. But little by little, that's slowly changing. There's a lovely plot in the near future but in the meantime, I want something in between. We can have more enemies to drop her personality further for the plot in the future. Friends to delay the inevitable. (anyone protective of their friends would be awesome) And maybe an actual love interest to take her attention from the guy she sorta likes but will never admit to liking and who she's become disillusioned about anyway due to some stuff. Yeah!<br />
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<span style='font-family: Tahoma'><span style='font-size: 21px;'>Kelsey Charmichael:</span></span> My 4th year Spencer. She's a blunt, outspoken sorta girl who talks and acts without much thought to the consequences. Most things aren't a big deal at all in her mind. But she's incredibly loyal and mindful of those she cares for. Her mum is the biggest. So... as far as things go, it's been revealed that Kelsey is the daughter of Headmaster Alan Burdett. They're trying to see how it goes but there's bound to be a bunch of concerns in this regard. People's opinions specifically about her mother. She doesn't take anyone talking about her mother. It won't be pretty. So yeah, friends who can handle her, enemies who can't or don't want to... or dare to say anything bad about her mum while she can hear. We don't need any love interests right now though.<br />
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<span style='font-family: Tahoma'><span style='font-size: 21px;'>Beth Charmichael:</span></span> This is my only adult character. Head of Bourke House, Runes professor and part time veterinarian in her spare time. Also, is Kelsey's mother. She's a nice enough lady but can be very judgemental with her black and white world. It was revealed that who the father of her daughter was recently. Something Beth knew already but hit for a long time. As a result, some peeps are judging that act. Though she's made up with Alan for the most part. Now... we need some friendship. Big time. Some more enemies I guess since there's only one surefire and two maybe, maybe nots. Possibly a 3rd. No current love interest now because Beth already has her sights on someone.<br />
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<span style='font-family: Tahoma'><span style='font-size: 21px;'>Keegan Delacroix:</span></span> My 4th year Bourke and my only male character. He's from the desert town of Coober Pedy and so Victoria can give him culture shock. Which it does... often. He's a friendly guy who likes sports and enjoys learning. He's also kinda laid back where conflict is concerned but it doesn't mean he can't fight with the rest. Basically, he needs everything. <strong class='bbc'>Everything.</strong> More friends! Enemies. And maybe a love interest or something. A crush for all I need. Just something.<br />
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All right... That's all. Thank you for your time.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 07:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>What Do You Say?</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/10998-what-do-you-say/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey! Andy here *waves*. After his girlfriend's death, Andy decided to start a new live as a poet/journalist in Melbourne. Andy is a reliable, social and fun person. If you need some more info don't hesitate to have a look at his profile <img src='http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /><br />
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(Hope i didn't scared you too much with the intro  <img src='http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':lol:' /> )<br />
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Opened to suggestions. He's new around here and might need some indications. <img src='http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':D' /><br />
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Thanks!]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 07:17:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Heads Up, Hearts Down</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/10411-heads-up-hearts-down/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;OI!, Sara&#8230;.Did you take the last Coke?&#8221; <a href='http://www.polyvore.com/moving_day/set?id=20694387' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>Arthur</a> called from the kitchen, head stuck in the fridge. She was the only other one there, it seemed more than likely, though soon enough he wouldn&#8217;t be turning to her to keep him company quite as much. As much as Belle had managed to annoy him at times, he missed his sister and the general idea of a roommate. With two spare rooms, Arthur had lost no time in finding people to fill them. Through some stroke of luck mixed with confusion and disappointment, Jared had split and left Chuck without a roomie. There was also Maddie, a girl from one of his classes. The latter seemed quiet and kept to herself, but Arthur liked her well enough and Chuck seemed to love her.<br />
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Today was the day that everyone was meant to movie in. Maddie was set to arrive at any time and Chuck would be along after practice with the Kookaburra&#8217;s was out for the day. He had missed hanging around with Chuck like they had during his second year before Jared popped up and he was back with Sara. &#8220;SARA! The coke!&#8221; He yelled, a little louder. Chances were that the blonde was off in her own little world and not listening. <em class='bbc'>&#8221;Arthur, if you would SHUT UP, please. I was on the phone with Stephan arranging for your whiney arse to get to where you&#8217;re supposed to be.&#8221; </em> She said, voice highly unamused. &#8220;I&#8230;uhm&#8230;sorry.&#8221; Arthur apologized, slightly sheepishly, grabbing a carton of juice and closing the fridge.<br />
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<em class='bbc'>&#8221;Do NOT drink straight from the carton, Arthur.&#8221;</em> Sara scolded, pulling it away from him halfway to his mouth and grabbing a glass from the cabinet. <em class='bbc'>Honestly&#8230;I thought Belle would have taught you better.&#8221;</em> Arthur scowled and took the glass of orange liquid from her. &#8220;Yeah, yeah&#8230;sorry&#8230;.&#8221; He wandered into the lounge, awaiting Maddie&#8217;s arrival. He had spent most of the morning trying to get the two girl&#8217;s rooms clean enough as well as starting preparation for dinner.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 07:16:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Big Girl Spottin!</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/10996-big-girl-spottin/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Hi there so Erica is now done and I have no idea what to do with her -laughs- Anyway I'm new to the site and was wondering if anyone wants to meet up with the big girl? I'm open to ideas for a role play for her so lets get splottin!]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 07:06:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Hello Down There!</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/10995-hello-down-there/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Hi never sure what to do in these things so I'll just stare blankly and wave *waves*. Anyway my character is Erica Mason yeah she's a bit um...big *laughs* anyway she's kind of based off me in that I'm a fitness nut and when i'm not on the computer i'm usually down the gym or something haha. I'm 18 from south Wales but an odd mixture of both Scottish and Welsh so there is no hope for me! Anyway nice to meet you all and can't wait to meet ya characters and stuff too.<br />
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*gives hugs*]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 06:34:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Hey There!</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/10991-hey-there/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey there guys <img src='http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> I am playing the character named Andy Matter and i'm very happy that i am part of this wonderful community. <br />
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Behind the screen is a 16 year old boy called Andrew living in Bucharest, Romania. Short description?<br />
Sociable person. I love music, reading books, photography, poetry and sometimes drawing.I consider myself a more artistic soul, but i enjoy sport, hanging out with mates and of course having fun <img src='http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':D' /><br />
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This kind of descriptions are kinda' boring  <img src='http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/huh.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':huh:' />  <img src='http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':lol:' /> <br />
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Doing my best to keep this one short, I can't wait to get involved and start RP with you guys. <img src='http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':rolleyes:' /> <br />
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All the best.<br />
/Andy]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 01:58:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Mr Harper</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/10989-mr-harper/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[<center><div id="letter" style="width:90%; border: solid 1px #593628; background: url(<a href='http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/BBCodeIMG/parchment_2.png' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/BBCodeIMG/parchment_2.png</a>); color: #593628; padding: 10px; text-align: left;"><em class='bbc'><span style='font-family: Comic Sans MS'><span style='font-size: 17px;'>Hey Mr Harper, </span><br />
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<span style='font-size: 15px;'>I was talking to <del class='bbc'>Rowan</del> The Deputy Headmistress and she mentioned that it might be possible to do some shifts in the Hospital Wing just like as a volunteer or something? See I'm doing Healing with <del class='bbc'>Jil</del>Miss Parker but it's kind of slow, and it would be cool if I could get some more hands on work because I've been with WWB most of the time and really want to learn more about how things are done in Australia. I promise I won't be a bother or anything and you could even just make me empty bedpans - I don't mind! <br />
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Esperamos que esta carta te encuentres bien</span><br />
<span style='font-size: 17px;'>Kat Davis <img src='http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /></span><br />
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 23:40:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Lunch With You...? Wonderful...</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/10837-lunch-with-you-wonderful/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Roxanne walked in to the noisy Great Hall. The lunch rush included almost half the school at their tables, the Spencer table being most distinguished by it's shouting and food being tossed back and forth. Roxy smiled, remembering when she threw food around with Addy, trying to steal some kid's cupcake. <em class='bbc'>Good times, very good times. I just hope Calvin doesn't mind the noise if he sits at the Spencer table..</em>Her eyes went to the Sturt and Flinders tables. They were... quiet compared to the Spencer table. Roxy looked at Calvin and shrugged. "Where do you wanna sit, love?" She asked pointing to her Spencer table and his Sturt table. "Your choice.." She muttered, her eyes looking at both tables. <br />
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The Great Hall was one of the places she loved to be. Loud and ruckus and she was with outgoing people like her at the Spencer table.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 21:33:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Admit That The Waters Around You Have Grown</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/10332-admit-that-the-waters-around-you-have-grown/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[“Ver, be a sweetheart and take these to Martin for me please?” Belle asked her assistant, holding out a file folder of papers. “Tell him they’re for the Caribbean situation. Thank you” She smiled as the redhead took the folder from her and nodded, heading out of Belle’s office. “Oh! If you need anything, I’ll just be…nevermind. You already know…”She called after Verity. Sometimes Belle had to wonder if her assistant knew more about where she was supposed to be and doing better than Belle herself did. Pulling her <a href='http://www.polyvore.com/boots_boys/set?id=18922707' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>coat</a> on and grabbing her purse and keys off the desk, Belle headed out to her car to go meet Stuart for their customary after work drinks.A lot had changed since they started the tradition. Belle had left the ministry and was doing event planning and going to more meetings then she had ever thought possible. Even with three of them running the company, things had a tendency to build up unless they were taken care of. The re-opening in Paris was coming up coupled with the grand opening in Rome and the sheer amount of time Belle had spent overseas compared to what she was used to was astounding.<br />
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It was nice to be out of the hotel for a change. Belle had been holed up in her office or her rooms for the past two days, writing up a proposal for the board on the benefits of purchasing a small island in the Caribbean to build a resort on.  That much time inside really did a number on a person’s sanity. Not that she had much left to be playing with since Peter had turned up again and things with Jared were…weird, to say the least. Belle slid out of the drivers seat and started towards the doors of the restaurant where they were meeting. Once she had her seat at the bar, Belle pulled her phone out of her bag and started shuffling through the extensive list of unanswered emails while she waited for Stuart to arrive. She had missed seeing him around the office a lot more than she thought she would have. He had always been so charming and funny, not to mention his amazingly adorable family. Belle was often updated on how things were going via Chuck who seemed to have been adopted into the Blair clan.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 20:39:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Nothing To See, Nothing To Do</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/10783-nothing-to-see-nothing-to-do/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Igor was officially bored out of his mind.<br />
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Really, all he had to do for fun these days was walk around the school campus grounds after curfew, scaring the kids who decided staying out after curfew was a good idea. You would think that stories of kids running in scared or worried after trying to stay out would keep more kids inside the school. That would have equaled less work for Igor, and more time to stay in Narrie or Melbourne and go about his usual <del class='bbc'>victim</del> dinner guest hunt. But even that wasn't much fun anymore. He'd had even taken up playing his violin out in the streets or parks in the middle of the night, attempting to weird people out as they woke up to hear someone playing music... only to look out their windows and see nothing at all. There was that, and the fact that he had also taken up drinking <del class='bbc'>a heck of a lot more</del> a little more vodka than usual. Heck he'd even stopped picking fights with Ivan lately, whenever he would catch sight of his twin brother. All in all, Igor was not his usual Igor self. The product of being bored.<br />
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He'd think back to his time in Europe, where he'd had no qualms in slaughtering anyone he saw fit, with his little black heart. The years had brought changes that was for sure. Wait... why was he lamenting on past exploits? Or brooding for that matter? He was supposed to leave the brooding to the rest of his family! Igor never brooded. Just went out and drank until he was completely shitfaced. And that took a while to get to.<br />
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On the ground now he had his violin case with him, but he was wandering about more in the shadows than in plain sight. He would try to catch glimpse of anyone he could, maybe get a kick out of scaring someone. Or maybe see Olivia. That wouldn't be bad, he also had vodka with him. Hm... maybe finding Marcus was in order? A drinkfest would be nice right about now. With those thoughts in mind, Igor continued to wander about.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:21:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Hey!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey I'm Thomas, I'm Sixteen and here I play Nikolai Romanov.. Um, I love Harry Potter RP's and I love Australia, so it's awesome that my loves are put together for an RP. That's about it.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:31:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>In Which Milo Wishes For An Owl</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/10740-in-which-milo-wishes-for-an-owl/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[<em class='bbc'>Celia raced through the halls of the Ministry, throwing spells over her shoulders every second. Loud foot falls echoed off the stone walls, letting hr know her pursuers were still behind her. She couldn't tell if her spells were hitting them and she was to scared to stop and aim properly. The hall took a sharp turn and the witch nearly collided with into a portrait of one of the past Ministers.<br />
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"Watch where you're--" it started to say in a gruff tone but it was cut off when a red jethe burned through it. Celia turned around wildly and saw they had closed the gap between them. Running was not an option and her legs were so tired she would probably fall before she even went three steps. The leader waved his wand and made hers spin out of her hand. She watched it slide all the way down the dark hallway as any feelings of hope left her.</em><br />
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A white subtance fell from the sky, hiding the beginning of the new paragraph from Milo's eyes. He stared at the page for a few minutes, his brain not really registering what had just happened. Then his eyes began to blink rapidly as though he was coming out of a trance and he looked around the Great Hall to see what or who had done that. Hooting drew his eyes upward. The owls had just arrived to deliver mail and other goodies to the students that surrounded him. A normal person would conclude that the splatter had come from them, but Milo didn't. There were a couple of laughing kids near him and he was thinking they were the ones who had done it. <br />
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He muttered angrily about the stupidity of others and drew out his wand. Part of him wanted to jinx them, but he didn't want to be getting detention this early in the morning. Instead he used it to clean the page of his book. Around him his fellow Sturts were opening their letters from home. Milo didn't bother looking for his owl, a beautiful Silver Owl. His mother didn't get the idea of Owl Post and he wasn't sure his dad knew where he was. Not that he cared. Mom would just go on and on about how good everything was and not write anything that would interest him, like Vance being killed in a car wreck. <br />
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Before he continued reading his stomache growled. His bowl was still full of the porridge he had served himself before he started reading. Keeping his place with his thumb, Milo picked up his spoon and shoveled a few bites of porridge into his mouth. His eyes shifted from person to person as they read their mail. There was a strange feeling in his heart and he relized he could pretend to not care, but even if it came from his stupid mother it would make him happy to get an owl. For a moment he sucked on his spoon in thought then went back to reading his book. The mysterious leader of the MAC had lowered his hood, revealing himself to be none other than Celia's own father! <br />
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<em class='bbc'>What a twist!</em> Milo thought, ignoring his porridge once again to read.]]></description>
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		<title>Relaxing At Dinner</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/10362-relaxing-at-dinner/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Dinner was an enjoyable meal for the most part. Classes were done for the day and the evening was left to either study or relax depending on what needed to be done. It was a relief for classes to be done these days since it meant she just had to get stuff done. But Lisa planed on relaxing tonight, she needed a breather from her work and it would be nice to sit back and not think about studying for just a bit. Lisa wondered if she could find someone to play chess with, but knew that others were probably busy so she wouldn’t mind if that didn’t happen. She wouldn’t even mind if she ended up spending the evening alone although having a bit of fun sounded appealing right now.<br />
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Lisa walked past some louder and rowdy tables (she wouldn’t be surprised if these tables were mostly Spencers) to go for a table that was by a window since she didn’t see anyone she was close friends with at any tables as she walked in. Lisa knew she was early for Dinner, the great hall wasn’t at its most crowded point yet. It was better to eat before the rush anyway, easier to find a table and less noisy. Sure voices still echoed in the room right now. But it was at a decent level that showed the amount of people in the room.<br />
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Once Lisa was settled at the table food appeared on the plates. Everything smelled really good, as usual. Lisa helped herself to some spaghetti noodles with a seafood sauce, salad and a roll. Before eating anything, she pulled out a muggle crossword so that she didn’t look like a complete idiot sitting on her own. A thought crossed Lisa’s mind that she wished she had hung around in the common room for a bit to see if any fellow Flinders wanted to eat with her but she brushed that thought away, knowing it was too late now to do anything about it.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 05:30:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>I Have Better Things To Do....</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/10787-i-have-better-things-to-do/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[My mom's birthday is in a few weeks (something I've only just relized). I started on this jacket for her last month and just now completed the back! I messed up a few times and had to rip it up, so it's somewhat understandable.... Anyway with my mistakes and procrastination problem, I think I need every minute of the upcoming weeks. Even though I haven't done much on this site, I thought I should inform you all that I'll not be on until the jacket is finished. <br />
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For the Curious Georges, I am addicted to the hook and I am crocheting the above mentioned jacket.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 04:42:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Storm's Been Too Quiet Too Long]]></title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/10803-storms-been-too-quiet-too-long/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Storm is a sixth year student who claims her house as 'independent' at Tally who's just beginning to realize what she wants to do with her future after Tally and it involves Magical Law and Goverment, Muggles United and standing up for what is fair and right!  Which should prove to be interesting in the long run as some of her classes have been proving.<br />
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She's also finding herself lonely having only her best friend, Olivia, to keep her company.  <br />
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Friends, enemies, or even beyond?]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 20:04:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Happy Birthday Muggs!</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/10955-happy-birthday-muggs/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[<img src='http://www.rowantreegoats.co.uk/Website%20Files/rtgimages/birthday%20-%20general.jpg' alt='Posted Image' class='bbc_img' />]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 02:35:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>All Alone I Cry Again..</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/10964-all-alone-i-cry-again/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[<span class='bbc_center'><br />
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<img src='http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm177/starzz_08/Ed%20Westwick/00112.jpg' alt='Posted Image' class='bbc_img' /><br />
<span class='bbc_underline'><span style='font-family: Century Gothic'><span style='font-size: 26px;'>Nikolai Romanov</span></span><br />
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<span class='bbc_left'><span style='font-size: 21px;'><span style='color: Cyan'>Family</span></span><br />
<span style='color: Cyan'>Yuriy Zjukovski</span>:<span style='color: Black'> Father</span><br />
<span style='color: Cyan'>Sascha Zjukovski</span>:<span style='color: Black'> Mother(Deceased)</span><br />
<span style='color: Cyan'>Anya Romanov</span>:<span style='color: Black'> Adoptive Mother</span><br />
<span style='color: Cyan'>Mladen Romanov</span>:<span style='color: Black'> Adoptive Father</span><br />
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<span class='bbc_right'><span style='font-size: 21px;'><span style='color: Maroon'>Friends</span></span><br />
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<span class='bbc_left'><span style='font-size: 21px;'><span style='color: Green'>Romance</span></span><br />
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<span class='bbc_right'><span style='font-size: 21px;'><span style='color: Orange'>Enemies</span></span><br />
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<span class='bbc_left'><pre class='prettyprint'>&#91;b&#93;Name:&#91;/b&#93; 
&#91;b&#93;Relationship:&#91;/b&#93; 
&#91;b&#93;History:&#91;/b&#93;</pre></span><br />
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2010 19:32:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Touch The Sky And Feel Alive Again...</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/10666-touch-the-sky-and-feel-alive-again/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[<span class='bbc_center'><span style='font-family: Lucida Handwriting'><span style='font-size: 26px;'><strong class='bbc'>Jeremy Douglas Harper</strong></span><br />
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<em class='bbc'><span style='font-size: 21px;'>The STRAIGHT (Thank you very much!)<br />
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Albeit Slightly Emotionally Wrecked<br />
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School Nurse</span></em></span><br />
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<img src='http://i864.photobucket.com/albums/ab207/labyfanficfan/Simon-Baker-simon-baker-4585936-1506-1328.jpg' alt='Posted Image' class='bbc_img' /><br />
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<span style='font-family: Book Antiqua'><span style='font-size: 21px;'><span style='color: #008000'>--Family--</span></span><br />
<span style='color: #008000'>Douglas Harper</span>--<span style='color: #708090'>Dad(Deceased)</span><br />
<span style='color: #008000'>Jodie Wellington-Harper</span>--<span style='color: #708090'>Mom(Deceased)</span><br />
<span style='color: #008000'>Michael "Mikey" Johnson</span>--<span style='color: #708090'>Cousin/Like a brother</span><br />
<span style='color: #008000'>Natalie "Nat" Johnson</span>--<span style='color: #708090'>Cousin/Like a sister/A Real Pain</span><br />
<span style='color: #008000'>Olivia "Aunt Liv" Harper-Johnson</span>--<span style='color: #708090'>Aunt(Dad's sister)/Craziest Woman on Earth</span><br />
<span style='color: #008000'>Arnold "Arnie" Bourne</span>--<span style='color: #708090'>(Ex)Father-in-Law/Best.Guy.On.EARTH</span><br />
<span style='color: #008000'>Diane "Monster-in-Law" Bourne</span>--<span style='color: #708090'>(Ex)Mother-in-Law/EvilMonsterLady</span><br />
<span style='color: #008000'>Daniel Harper</span>--<span style='color: #708090'>Son/More and more like me every day... unfortunately...</span><br />
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<span style='font-size: 21px;'><span style='color: #0000FF'>--Friends--</span></span><br />
<span style='color: #0000FF'>Jonathan "Johnny" Bourne</span>--<span style='color: #708090'>(Ex)Brother-in-Law/Bestie Best friends since college</span><br />
<span style='color: #0000FF'>William Hurt(Deceased)</span>-- <span style='color: #708090'>Good friend/Bit like an uncle</span><br />
<span style='color: #0000FF'>Esras Leland</span>--<span style='color: #708090'>Friend and Colleague/A pretty understanding guy</span><br />
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<span style='font-size: 21px;'> <span style='color: #FF8C00'> --Fan Club--</span></span><br />
<span style='color: #C0C0C0'><strong class='bbc'>(Yeah, okay, this is NOT a category I'd usually use, but I was PRESSURED!)</strong></span><br />
<span style='color: #FF8C00'>Addy Leah Harlem</span>-- <span style='color: #708090'>Apparently, my #1 Fan/She scares the hell outta me...</span><br />
<span style='color: #FF8C00'>Storm Canavacciuolo</span>--<span style='color: #708090'>Aquaintance/Never met her exactly, but Daniel tells me she seems like a nice girl...</span><br />
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<span style='font-size: 21px;'><span style='color: #9932CC'>--Romance--</span></span><br />
<span style='color: #9932CC'>Morgan Bourne(Deceased?)</span>--<span style='color: #708090'>Dead(?) Wife/I loved her with all my heart...</span><br />
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<span style='font-size: 21px;'><span style='color: #8B0000'>--Enemies--</span></span><br />
<span style='color: #8B0000'>"Evil" Jack Bourne</span>-- <span style='color: #708090'>(Ex)Brother-in-Law/Been in the middle of a prank war with him for more than 16 years</span></span><br />
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<pre class='prettyprint'>&#91;b&#93;Name:&#91;/b&#93; 
&#91;b&#93;Relationship:&#91;/b&#93; 
&#91;b&#93;Favorite Candy/Sweet Treat:&#91;/b&#93; 
&#91;b&#93;History:&#91;/b&#93;</pre></span>]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2010 19:19:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Silence!... I Khyll You!</title>
		<link>http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/10874-silence-i-khyll-you/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[(continued from <a href='http://www.tallygarunga.com/forums/index.php?/topic/10530-kill-or-be-khylld/' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow'>Kill or Be Khyll'd</a>)<br />
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Khyll hesitated outside the door to the library. This was it: she was about to go behind enemy lines. She was confident, as always, but slightly wary as well. She was brilliant, and her plan was flawless, of course. But Mr. Mean Librarian was also really stubborn. And he was a teacher, which meant he was even m