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   Wednesday, January 28, 2004
*coughs several times* Once again, a crazy day between me and Aremis xDDD

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Aremi-kun: Zoom.
Me: mooz
Aremi-kun: *pats her* Good cow... off to the slaughterhouse with you.
Aremi-kun: *shoves on truck*
Me: ....
Me: *kicks and colonks away*
Aremi-kun: ...
Me: *colonk colonk colonk* MOOOOO *stops in middle of street*
Aremi-kun: *hits with truck*
Aremi-kun: +
Aremi-kun: >=3
Me: *truck breaks*
Me: *because*
Me: *shes*
Me: *SUPER TITANIUM COOOOOOOWWWWW!!* *echo* *echo*
Aremi-kun: ...
Aremi-kun: *leaps on her*
Aremi-kun: *gnaws on*
Me: ...
Me: *trots of lowing*
Aremi-kun: ...

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Aremi-kun: *gives her the baton*
Me: *has a baton*
Aremi-kun: Not a baton.. THE BATON!
Me: *has THE baton*
Aremi-kun: Yes..
Aremi-kun: The one baton... THE ONE BATON TO RULE THEM ALL!
Me: ...........

(the baton will return >_>)

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Aremi-kun: ;.;
Aremi-kun: My Rapier!
Aremi-kun: Come back ;.;
Aremi-kun: I need my Rapier..
Aremi-kun: *claws at her lighlty*
Aremi-kun: ;.;
Aremi-kun: Come back..
Aremi-kun: My rapier...
Aremi-kun: Come back with my rapier..
Aremi-kun: ;o;
Aremi-kun: Come back..
Aremi-kun: Come back..
Aremi-kun: ...come back with my..
Aremi-kun: come bac..
Aremi-kun: k..
Aremi-kun: With my Rapier..
Aremi-kun: Come back with my rapier...
Aremi-kun: My rapier..
Aremi-kun: Come.. rapier...
Aremi-kun: My with..
Aremi-kun: Come back with my rapier ;.;
Aremi-kun: Come back... ;o;
Aremi-kun: Come back ;O;
Aremi-kun: Come back with my rapier.
Aremi-kun: Come back..
Aremi-kun: I need my rapier...
Aremi-kun: Come back ;.;
Aremi-kun: Please..?
Aremi-kun: I'll give you candy...
Aremi-kun: Come back ;o;
Aremi-kun: Come back..
Aremi-kun: Come back

(about 85 "Come back" messages later...)

Me: JESUS CHRIST
Aremi-kun: o
Me: YOU SENT 109 MESSAGES O_o
Aremi-kun: O_o
Aremi-kun: ^^
Aremi-kun: *hugs*
Aremi-kun: You're back!
Me: and
Me: when did i ever take your rapier? o_o
Aremi-kun: Iunno.. I just wanted you to come back ;.;
Aremi-kun: I was lonely.
Me: awww
Aremi-kun: And it was dark.
Me: what about stratty?
Aremi-kun: She's getting married to miss Howler.
Me: ///

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(and so begins the epic love story... ...well a crazy one at least oO)

Aremi-kun: Umm... Ok... fine.. I wanted to talk to you ;.;
Aremi-kun: Not strata..
Aremi-kun: You ;.;
Aremi-kun: But!
Aremi-kun: You weren't here.
Aremi-kun: And...
Aremi-kun: I cried.
Aremi-kun: And cried.
Me: did not
Aremi-kun: And cried.
Aremi-kun: And cried
Aremi-kun: ...and
Me: not
Me: not
Aremi-kun: Cried
Aremi-kun: And cried
Aremi-kun: And cried
Aremi-kun: And...
Me: not
Aremi-kun: Cried.
Me: and not
Me: and not
Me: not
Aremi-kun: ;.;
Aremi-kun: But you didn't come.
Me: i was eating ><
Me: and i don't have sounds on
Aremi-kun: You said... that... you'd always be there for me ;.;
Aremi-kun: Where were you... when I needed you the most ;.;
Me: parents ;-;
Aremi-kun: You said.. that our love would stretch to the ends of the universe...
Aremi-kun: Where was your love when I needed it the most?
Aremi-kun: You said... on that stary night... ontop of the water tower..
Aremi-kun: After I told you I wanted to join Soilder..
Aremi-kun: That.. that... we'd be together again.
Me: *Falls over*
Aremi-kun: Where were you when that was happening!?
Aremi-kun: EATING!
Aremi-kun: ;.;
Me: YES
Aremi-kun: And... I called.
Aremi-kun: And..
Aremi-kun: Called.
Aremi-kun: But..
Me: EATING TRYING TO SURVIVE
Me: BECAUSE I WAS BEING HELD CAPTIVE
Aremi-kun: You said..
Me: BY
Aremi-kun: That...
Aremi-kun: You can't live without me..
Me: SOME ORGANIZATION THAT WOULDN'T LET ME GO AND MUMBLED ;O;
Me: WHERE WERE YOU???!!?!
Aremi-kun: And.. that... you needed my manly precense to live ;.;
Aremi-kun: And...
Aremi-kun: I was looking for you..
Aremi-kun: And..
Aremi-kun: Looking for you...
Me: you never found me T.T
Me: I had to escape on my own!
Me: the horrors...
Aremi-kun: I could have found you... if... you weren't eating poultry.
Me: that i killed from the wild!
Me: TO SURVIVE
Me: AFTER
Me: STARVING
Me: FOR
Me: WEEKS
Aremi-kun: You lied ;.; You lied to me again..
Me: T_T
Me: SO WHAT IF I DID?! IT'S BECAUSE
Me: BECAUSE
Me: No! I cannot say it!

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(cont. (just wanted to beak thinks up ~^ and yes a parenthesis inside a parenthesis >_>))

Aremi-kun: You're seeing another man.. I know this... johnny... the bartender told me... that... he and you... and you and he... retreated to the motel in the wee hours of the morning.
Me: Actually that wasn't me
Me: That was my cousin and the plumber oO
Me: I was waiting for you!
Me: But you never came!
Aremi-kun: There you go... lying again..
Aremi-kun: ;.;
Me: I'm not lying ;-;
Aremi-kun: is our whole relationship a lie?
Aremi-kun: Yes..
Me: No it's not!
Aremi-kun: Yes... and...
Aremi-kun: I found out..
Aremi-kun: That you use to be a man.
Aremi-kun: ;.;
Aremi-kun: The doctor told me.
Aremi-kun: And..
Aremi-kun: That..
Me: ...
Me: Uh.
Me: No.
Aremi-kun: You weren't really the 40th president..
Aremi-kun: of russia.
Aremi-kun: Or..
Me: I've been a girl all my life thank you very much
Me: ...
Aremi-kun: Taiwann.
Me: Since when was I? o_O
Aremi-kun: So said you...
Aremi-kun: Until..
Aremi-kun: I found out the truth.
Aremi-kun: I found these pills... in your drawers.. Testosterone tablets..
Aremi-kun: ;.;
Me: There you go! Making up stories again!!
Me: I would NOT do that o_O
Aremi-kun: I know the truth now..
Aremi-kun: Why do you lie to yourself?
Me: The truth? The truths you know are lies!
Me: You would rather believe OTHER people rather than me! T_T
Me: I thought I had found someone who would actually believe me for me, but no!
Me: You're like all the others!
Aremi-kun: It all makes sense, cesia... or shall I say Michael!?
Aremi-kun: O
Aremi-kun: I'm..
Me: No, that's Michael *points to garbage man*
Aremi-kun: Not gonna be you're gulliable genuia pig..
Aremi-kun: Anymore..
Me: You're right.
Me: And you know why?
Me: BECAUSE WE'RE THROUGH!
Aremi-kun: ...you leave Rob alone, you compulsive liar!
Aremi-kun: NO
Me: LIAR?!?
Me: ME???
Aremi-kun: IT'S BECAUSE
Aremi-kun: YOU'RE JEALOUS
Me: I THINK YOU ARE THE LIAR!
Aremi-kun: OF ME AND STRATA
Me: JEALOUS??!?

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(Part III)

Me: O.o
Me: *dundundun*
Me: *gasps, her hand quivering* Y..You...
Me: I knew it...I knew it!
Aremi-kun: Yes.
Aremi-kun: I've been seeing strata behind your back.
Aremi-kun: And enjoying it... SOOO much.
Me: ...
Me: Yes...I see...
Aremi-kun: She's... all the woman you'll never be!
Me: I see...yes....
Aremi-kun: Or..
Aremi-kun: NEVER TRIED TO BE
Me: You're right.
Me: I am just
Me: A lowly parasite
Me: That
Me: IS BENT ON WORLD DOMINATION
Aremi-kun: Yes. Back to the street, you manipulative sow.
Me: But not really.
Aremi-kun: ..
Me: Then I suppose I shall bid you adieu.
Me: May you have a happy life with...that woman.
Me: But let me assure you...
Aremi-kun: ...
Me: Then when I take over this filthy planet...
Me: You will...no you might actually like that.
Me: I'll have to get back to you on that.
Me: Adieu! Adieu!
Aremi-kun: That's your problem, silly girl. or.. silly Man. You always want power. Always.
Me: Yes...
Aremi-kun: ALWAYS A NEED TO BE IN CONTROL!
Me: Power...
Me: YES
Me: I DO WANT CONTROL!
Me: CONTROL SO THAT I CAN WRENCH THE FILTHY SOULS AWAY AND PURIFY THIS ONCE HOLY PLANET!
Aremi-kun: *dramatically shoots her and places arm over eyes, turning head*
Me: *falls*
Me: *but is not dead!*
Aremi-kun: You're weak. You've always been weak.
Aremi-kun: *holds gun!*
Me: That's what you think.
Me: But YOU are the one that is week...
Aremi-kun: Weak*
Aremi-kun: >.>;
Me: Curse you
Me: STUPID TYPOS
Me: WHEN I REGAIN MY RULE
Me: TYPOS SHALL BE OBLITERATED
Me: They ruin my good speeches too often ;-;
Aremi-kun: That shall be... your final self farewell!
Aremi-kun: *shoots again, in chest*
Me: *gasps*
Me: *clutches her hand to where she was hit, her eyes wide*
Me: *overdramatization overwhelms the area as she gags and gasps, stepping haphazardly around*
Aremi-kun: I shall tell strata goodbye for you... when the police find your corpse, I'll be in wales with my sweetheart.
Aremi-kun: Goodbye, vanessa.
Aremi-kun: *dramatically walks out*
Me: *pops back normal for a moment* That sounded soooooo wrong o_O
Aremi-kun: *sticks head back in* Why?
Me: It just did o_O;;
Me: Now back to my dramatic dying ><;;
Me: *gasps and chokes, a feeble hand reaching out to where he is...or was...* Goodbye....fa....ther... *falls over ledge that just mysteriously appeard and falls into the dark abyss...*

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(The final part of this epic tale...o_O;;)

Aremi-kun: o.O;
Aremi-kun: What the hell..
Aremi-kun: That wasn't an original prop..
Aremi-kun: And how'd this come out of just eating supper?
Me: How am I supposed to know? >_> *clinging to the ledge*
Aremi-kun: *whistles and shoots her hand*
Aremi-kun: <.<;
Me: *moves it away before it hits* ><;;
Aremi-kun: >.>;
Me: *raises hand and fires energy beam at him*
Aremi-kun: *it goes through him*
Aremi-kun: *flickers*
Me: oO
Me: *hups onto the ledge (yes hup)*
Aremi-kun: *spikes pop out of the set's walls and slowly close in toward her*
Me: ....
Me: well that's evil
Aremi-kun: >=3
Me: *falls back down into "abyss" and goes through the floor, emerging safely outside into a peaceful field filled with wild flowers* n.n
Aremi-kun: *spikes pop out of the flowers and slowly close in toward her*
Me: o_O
Me: >[
Me: *enters into her secret dimension*
Aremi-kun: *spikes pop out of her secret dimension and slowly close in toward her*
Aremi-kun: >O>
Me: why am i not surprised? >_>;
Aremi-kun: Because.
Me: *teleports out of the fake dimension all the spikes are warped into the black hole of spikes*
Aremi-kun: You're in my world now <.<;
Me: >.>;;;
Me: that was rather fun >O>
Aremi-kun: *the world around her becomes dark as he pulls off the virtual reality relay helmet off of her head, sending her conciousness back to the real world*
Aremi-kun: Bwahaha!
Aremi-kun: >O
Me: ;-;
Aremi-kun: What?
Aremi-kun: o.
Aremi-kun: o.o;
Me: ;o;
Aremi-kun: What?
Aremi-kun: o.
Aremi-kun: o.o;
Me: YOU HATE ME!! *runs away crying for no real reason*
Me: *and notes he has face issues >_>;;*
Aremi-kun: *shrugs*
Aremi-kun: *hits her in head from behind with baseball bat...*
Me: x.x
Aremi-kun: ^^
Me: u.u
Aremi-kun: *puts the holographic baseball bat down*
Aremi-kun: *hops off*
Me: u.u

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We all know that I was in the right the whole time. NOW FOR ME >DDD

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Aremi-kun: *hugs*
Aremi-kun: Dahhh...
Aremi-kun: ^^
Aremi-kun: *hugs again*
Aremi-kun: Dahhh...
Aremi-kun: ^^
Aremi-kun: *hugs again*
Aremi-kun: Dahhh...
Aremi-kun: ^^
Aremi-kun: *hugs again*
Aremi-kun: Dahhh...
Aremi-kun: ^^
Me: o_o
Aremi-kun: *hugs again*
Aremi-kun: Dahhh...
Aremi-kun: ^^
Me: *is hugged and Dahhh.... to death*
Aremi-kun: >.>;

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Aremi-kun: *leaps on her back and whips out lance*
Aremi-kun: FORWARD!
Aremi-kun: *waves it*
Me: *staggers*
Aremi-kun: Pain..
Me: *moos*
Me: *falls*
Aremi-kun: o.o
Aremi-kun: FORWARD!
Aremi-kun: ><
Aremi-kun: *is a cow knight, so don't give me any cow excuses*
Me: *flails, lowing*
Aremi-kun: ...
Me: *struggles*
Me: *manages to stand*
Me: moo =D
Aremi-kun: FOWARD!
Aremi-kun: *whips lance ahead*
Me: *stomps hooves*
Me: *he feels herself gathering, as ready to move*
Me: *takes one step forward...and stops to graze*
Aremi-kun: ...
Aremi-kun: *pulls out a small platform and attachs it to the back harnest so it's pulled behind...
Aremi-kun: Hey cow..
Me: *munchmunch*
Aremi-kun: *pushes button and the platform springs up, revealing RONALD MCDONALD WITH A BLOODY KNIFE
Me: .....
Aremi-kun: ...
Me: *fires lasers with horns at the clown and continues to graze, leaving the clown to stand there in cinders*
Aremi-kun: ...
Aremi-kun: *stabs her in side with pinknife -.-*
Me: ....
Me: *ear flickers*
Me: *takes a step...back*
Aremi-kun: ...
Aremi-kun: *sighs and walks off to battle*
Me: *follows, mooing*
Aremi-kun: *pulls out ...the baton... THE ONE BATON TO RULE THEM ALL*
Aremi-kun: *whips it to side and she poofs back to normal*
Me: *blinks*
Me: *mews* =^o-o^=

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Aremi-kun: Hello, sir.
Aremi-kun: O.o;
Me: ...
Me: Hello, madam.
Me: O.o;
Aremi-kun: *bites her nose off&*
Aremi-kun: o.o
Me: *rips his head off&*
Me: o.o
Aremi-kun: *rips her leg off and beats her with it &&*(*(*
Me: *rips both his arms off and beats him with them &&*(*(*
Aremi-kun: *leaps off a very small cliff*
Aremi-kun: AHA! YOU LOSE!
Me: *watches him leap off the very small cliff down into the pit of cute, pink bunnies*
Me: AHA! I WIN!

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Okay, that's all for now >.>






   Monday, January 19, 2004
^.^; Iunno what my deal was this weekend.. oh well ^.^;;

Tk: Erhm.. *cough* I plead the fifth.
Ryeth: ..I keep forgetting which one that is..
Tk: it's the 5th one.
Ryeth: ..oh, that helps..

Serenity: Ah, I've seen you two here before...a few times actually. ^^
Serenity: ^_^
Ryeth: (how many of those times have you actually seen me alive?)

Ryeth: (at least get a funeral... you know... for the loved ones to pay their respect?)
Tk: What loved ones?
Ryeth: (...)
Tk: *pats down the sand above the grave*
Ryeth: (ahahahah... you're an evil little girl...)
Serenity: Want a big rock to top it off?
Tk: Good idea.
Ryeth: (!)
Tk: *pulls out a Sharpie*
Ryeth: (....)
Tk: I'm gonna write his epitaph ^_^;

Tk: *writes upon the rock: "Ryebread Lavis. May his body rot and/or be devoured by the kawaii coyotes of the Nevada desert."*
Serenity: *Packs it in nicely with the sand and dirt.* There we go! Now he's all buried it nice and cozy! ^.^

Tk: We should say *something* before we leave... Like.. a grocery list or something.
Tk: So when he comes back he can bring some food.

Tk: OK, lessee... Ry, we need pasta, some bread, some sauce in a bottle ('cause I'm too lazy to make it myself), some mozzarella, and some meat for the coyotes. D'ya get all that?
Tk: When you rise up from the dead you better bring that stuff with you, get it?


   Sunday, January 18, 2004
How typos can be bad and funny >_>

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Stratty: I gtg
Me: i remember i'd just have this on repeat >.>
Me: o.o
Me: no no no
Stratty: it's almost 12
Me: not while i'm recollecting ;o;
Me: RECOLLECT WITH ME ;O;
Me: SLEEP IS FOR THE WEEK >EEEE
Stratty: ...
Stratty: XD XD XD
Stratty: yes
Stratty: it is XD
Me: ...
Stratty: *continues laughing*
Me: OH DANGIT
Me: WEAK
Me: WEEEEAAAAAAAAAKKKKKK
Me: NOT
Me: WEEK
Me: X_x!!!!!!
Stratty: XD XD XD
Stratty: Sureee it is XD
Me: WEAK
Me: WEAK

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--;



Well I was just checking my forum and saw that I was called an evil spawn of satan because I made her join the forum through guilt trip. Weeeeeellll this is what i had to say about that >3

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Angel Cesia: you called me an evil spawn of satan ;-;
GrapesChan: ¬.¬ you are.
Angel Cesia: ...
Angel Cesia: well then
Angel Cesia: i guess i should just...
Angel Cesia: TEAR DOWN ALL OF MY SITES >DDDD
GrapesChan: I NEVER SAID I DISLIKE PRODUCTIONS OF SATAN! I STRAY QUITE EASILY FROM THE PATH OF ALL THAT IS SHINY AND NOT EVIL!
GrapesChan: <.<;;;;;
GrapesChan: >.>;;;;
Angel Cesia: ROTFLMAO XDDDDDDDDDD

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>3


   Saturday, January 10, 2004
Boys, beware. Karma is after you. Ba'oh lat carboh, Pyro-kun? *snicker*

Tk: I told you, I'm not in the mood [to RP]. And you're not helping my mood by nagging me about it --;
Pyro: What are you having girly problems...**cough** XD
Tk: aside from that, I'm just not in a very good mood today --;;;;;;;;;;;;
Pyro: HAHAHAHAH
Pyro: oh well.
Pyro: -.-
Tk: I hope your karma makes you a girl in your next life. --;;
Tk: Then we'll see how pissy you are. --;


   Friday, January 09, 2004
Whee. Here's stuff from ze chats. ^^;
----------
Strata: GUESS WHAT
Strata: I'VE FINALLY GOTTEN OVER THE SCARY SPIDERS IN THE DUNGEONS OF THE ZELDA GAMES!! XD; XD; XD;
--
Strata: >>;;
"Don't hold back."
"Implying we would?"
"No, just saying not to."
"Isn't it obvious we wouldn't?"
"Well, for the less *intelligent* of you *coughIMPLICATINGYOUSIRcough*, it helps at times."
----------
Taco: WHERE IS THAT LOSER?!?! >.<
Strata: THAT LOSER LEFT
Taco: he did?
Taco: ;-;
Strata: IF THE LOSER THAT YOU CALLED A LOSER IS THE LOSER I'M CALLING A LOSER
Taco: IUNNO IS THE LOSER I CALLED A LOSER THE LOSER YOU'RE CALLING A LOSER? >.>;
Taco: *cough*
Taco: uhm.. which loser are we talking about?
Taco: >.<
Strata: the loser.
Taco: XD
Taco: we're probly talking 'bout the same person ^^;
--
Taco: I want the loser to come online >_<;
Strata: yeah
Strata: loser~!
Taco: I want to tell him what happened yesterday ;-;
Strata: ;-;
Strata: you didn't tell ME what happened yesterday!
Strata: *runs away*
--
Taco: want to know what happened yesterday? O.o
Strata: yup
Strata: how could you tell?
--
Taco: ^><^
Taco: my 6th period class was in the library talking with the guidance counselor, and we were going through the classes for next year.
Taco: And creative writing is one of the courses we can take.
Taco: And when she got to creative writing, I swear, the entire class turned and looked at me ><;;
Strata: XD
Taco: 'twas scareh XD
Strata: I would've turned and looked at you too XD
Taco: lol
Strata: it's like "GONNA-GET-FAMOUS WRITER, RIGHT HERE, COME AND GET 'ER!"
Strata: >>;;
Taco: XD
Taco: I'll take that as a compliment ^^;
Strata: ^^ good
Strata: 'cause that's what it was~!
Taco: ^:^
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Strata: scarves are fun ^^
Laenavesse: <.<
Laenavesse: *destroys it*
Strata: ...
Strata: my scarf? ;-;
Strata: my scaaaaaarf?!
Strata: did you just destroy my SCAAAAAARF??!!?!?!?! T-T
Laenavesse: no
Laenavesse: i didn't not destroy your scaaaaaaarf
Laenavesse: >.>
Strata: ^^ 'kay good.
Laenavesse: >_> I don't think you seem to have caught my intentional error >_>
Strata: .......
Strata: ......
Strata: .......
Strata: T-T
Strata: NO FAAAAAIR
Laenavesse: >_>
Laenavesse: khehehehehe
Strata: YOU DESTROYED MY SCARF AND CONFUSED ME WITH EVIL GRAMMAR TRICKS~!
Laenavesse: xDDDDDDDD
Laenavesse: juuuuuuuuuust kiddin
Laenavesse: *gives her freshly cleaned scarf*
Strata: scaaaaarfie~!
Strata: *hugs scarf*
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Laenavesse: psp go boom
Laenavesse: psp no work
Laenavesse: psp is going to die -.-
Strata: psp sounds like a condensed form of pepsi.
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Laenavesse: >_>
Strata: hungwee
Strata: fweed me mommeh (;-; )
Strata: okay
Strata: no
Strata: this makes me feel like a furbie
Strata: ><;;
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