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[quote name='Sandy][B]White[/B']... What can I say? I loved your first post in this challenge, and the Pacman-reference was intriguing, but you apparently lost time and/or motivation to pull this through... Well, all is not lost, and I hope you will stay with us if you aren't voted out next.[/quote] [color=#333333]Oh boy, I know. I am very sorry but for the past five days now I have been extremely sick and unable to do [i]anything[/i] on the computer. Although I'm still ill, I'm at least well enough to post and such (which is a great improvement). So, I'll cast my vote now.[/color]

[color=#333333]Mario ran as fast he could from the upcoming Pacman. It was slowly gaining on him and soon found himself lost. On top of that, the repetitive blue wallpaper and black ceiling was getting on his nerves. [i]Surely, he'll tire out soon.[/i] Mario commented to himself. But of course, the yellow ball kept on trekking and eventually found itself within 5 feet of Mario. It was just before the final chomp that would bring Mario to his death that it happened. The Pacman disintegrated instantly and what Mario saw when he looked back shocked him. Standing there with glazed black pupils, staring at Mario, was a giant blue blanket with eyes that he recognized as a ghost. The ghost glared at him and inched forward. Mario inched backward. The ghost took another large step forward while Mario followed with a few steps back. He turned to run. Taking all the lefts he could, Mario intended to find the way out of the maze as fast as possible, considering the large ghost would probably eat him if he didn't. He just hoped that was the only ghost around. Since he was running in the same wallpaper for so long, it didn't take long for him to notice the large red cherry in the distance. Being careful about his stepping, Mario just barely made it to the cherry in time to get away from the blue ghost. As soon as his finger made contact with the red, it disappeared in a flash and before he knew it, the ghost that had been chasing him -and was now about as big as his head- was running away. It didn't take long for him to catch it as he was so much bigger and faster than it to begin with. As predicted, when Mario dived at it and clasped his fist around it's head, the ghost split into millions of tiny pixels and flew away. A large tremble and rumble followed that, and before Mario realized it, the walls had all crumbled and he could see the way he had come as the only light in the room.[/color]

[color=#333333]In the very center of the Amazon in northern Brazil, a large tree rose above all the rest. Although this tree was unlike any other. It was as if a man was inside the tree and tried to jud imp out while it grew around him. That was close to what happened, but not precisely. What really happened was the Earth Titan, Tenor, suspended himself in the air to sleep, and while he napped a tree grew around him. But today was different. For some reason, slowly but surely, the tree's vines unraveled and shrunk back into the ground. The leaves crumpled up and fell to the ground in a million crumbs while the branches hid themselves back into the trunk they once grew out of. Eventually, the only thing left in the place of the old willow was a rock hard cocoon. Not a creature stirred as all eyes glared the stone shell down, expecting something to happen. About 3 minutes after the trunk had died away, the cocoon shattered and the rocks dissolved before even hitting anything. What was left was Tenor. The Titan of Earth and Nature. Immediately he collapsed to the ground, forgetting how to stand for a second. When all of his memories came flying back, he stood up and took in his surroundings. "What the hell?" he said to himself. "Why the hell am I awake?" That's when he sensed it. A great danger among the people of earth. He also felt that the humans and beast that occupied this planet had changed since he had last checked. He had the sudden inspiration to get to a certain location, no matter what. He looked at the ground, and then at the sky. "Better get started." With that, he bent down on one knee and pressed his palm against the ground. When he did this, a section of the ground erupted from the ground from under his feet and floated into the air, with him kneeling on it. He stood up, still having his palm facing the ground, and flew towards the sky, just below the clouds as not be seen. He started towards the ocean, wondering what he would do to get to the place he sensed once he was stuck hovering above the water.[/color]

[color=#333333]Ah-- gack-- arg-- nooo~! I was writing a post and when I hit about 5 paragraphs I accidently closed the window! So, as a result, I won't be posting untill tommorow when I have enough inspiration to rewrite 5 paragraphs of Mario doing stuff. *smacks computer* Bad![/COLOR]

[CENTER][B]Name:[/B] [color=#333333]Tenor[/COLOR] [B]Origin:[/B] [color=#333333]North Atlantic Ocean[/COLOR] [B]Country:[/B] [color=#333333]The Amazon[/COLOR][/CENTER] [B]Element:[/B] [color=#333333]Earth[/COLOR] [B]Powers:[/B] [color=#333333][i]Nature[/i] Tenor holds the power to control the nature around him. With a flick of a wrist he can make a seed sprout into a beautiful birch tree. With this power, he can create the lovelist plants around, hence why he lives in Brazil. [i]Manipulation of the Ground[/i] Tenor has the power to control the earth around him. He can use his powers to lift large segments of rock from the ground and manipulate them at will. Along side rock manipulation, if Tenor is going into battle, he will sprout boulders all around his body. [/color] [B]Weapons:[/B] [url=http://www.saxonsquire.com/Irish_Festival_04_001.jpg][color=#333333][u]Earth Quaker[/u][/color][/url] [B]Appearance:[/B] [url=http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/2131/yondaime5ft.jpg][color=#333333]Head Shot[/color][/url], [url=http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/2306/yondaime20vq.jpg][color=#333333]Full Body[/color][/url] [B]Personality:[/B] [color=#333333]When Tenor first faught along side his Titan companions, he was a very kind fellow. He always thought of others and never himself (which would get him into sticky situations once in a while). However, ever since he awoke, Tenor's old personality has crumbled and he is now very quiet. That energetic Titan the others once new is hidden away by the beauty of the shy Tenor.[/color] [b]Biography:[/b][color=#333333] Normally, Tenor will spend his time with the friends he made in the Amazon (animals). A big loner is really what he is at this point in time. He hasn't spoken to a human or Titan in over 320 years (when he was spotted by a native hunting for food). The Amazon wouldn't be what it is today were it not for Tenor's slumber there. With his power over Nature, the Amazon sprouted into a beautiful rainforest as Tenor dreamed it in his sleep.[/color]

[color=#333333]As Mario walked back to the entrance of the Castle, he repeated Mog's words in a mocking tone. "Guess-a you'll have to-a go and-a keep-a looking. [I]Na-nana nana[/I]. I'm-a so-a cool-a 'cuz I'm a moogle. [I]Neener neener neener[/I]." he said. He even used hand gestures to imitate Mog's mouth. When Mario reached the doors, he slipped inside trying not to make any noise so the others wouldn't find out about his false treasure. He walked down the long crystal hall and took the third door on the left into another hallway. This hall didn't have any doors like the other one. In fact, it was completely different. This particular hallway had no pillars, and it wasn't crystal-coated. The walls seemed to extend higher than the black sky here and were a navy blue. Suddenly, about 10 feet above Mario's head, a large white sphere blipped into existance. Mario quickly dodged to the right, expecting it to fall. But it didn't. He cautiously walked on, looking above his head every minute. He soon realized that there were more than one of these white spheres and they continued along the whole hallway. After about 15 minutes of walking, Mario was forced to make an immediate right turn, as the walls formed an L shape. That's about when he heard it. [i]Rumble, rumble.[/i] The walls started shaking and at the end of the hall, Mario could just barely make out a yellow ball, about three times the size of the white ones. From what he could see, it was eating the white spheres. [b][i]Wakka wakka wakka wakka![/b][/i] [i]Oh no.[/i] thought Mario. [i]This is a giant game of Pacman![/i][/color]

[color=#333333]Oh my. If Nomura's got 7.5/10 then Aizen's is a definate 10 (no offense to Nomura's banner of course, I just like Aizen's [i]much[/i] more). [b]Aizen:[/b] Your banner and signature is just all around lovely. I love the glow of the Asian writing and the colours used in it work perfectly with eachother. A wonderful job. [CENTER][strike]10/10[/strike]. A perfect signature. [b][size=1]EDIT:[/b] Just noticed the text in the bottom right. If you're going to have a font that small, I suggest using a pixel font (although I know Retri would disagree ;P).[/size][/center] [center]9.7/10. >

[color=#333333]A twist? No way. I think the challenge is interesting enough as it is. There is no need to spice things up a bit. I really don't think it needs one at all. At the same time I wouldn't [I]mind [/I] if there was a little twist. But not because there is nothing to write about. This challenge, of all of the ones we've done, deffinately leaves the most room for imagination to take place. It's up to you though, Game Master Mog. ;)[/color]

[color=#333333]Ugh. I am so sick of this kind of stuff. Honestly? Get over it. You just met this girl, and the only thing you know about her is that her name is Catie, she is kind of cute and she is moving soon. You think that is good enough reason to look her up? For the love of god get yourself together! There are billions of other cute girls with the name Catie out there. I'm sure you can find one to your liking in the next 50 years. If not, you'll just have to settle for Caitlin or something. Seriously, suicide is not an option in this type of situation. I could understand you think so if you guys were going out for an extended amount of time but that's not the case. So, don't even think about it. And I have a bone to pick with you, Retri (regarding your post here). But I'll leave that to MSN. :)[/COLOR]

[color=#333333]Prick Wizard, I must say you are quite the original character. Your threads always enlighten me. Thank you. On another note, it is a [B]well known fact[/B] that elves existing is not a well known fact. The idea of Elves and/or Pixies dancing to make the crop circles originates from [I]Scandanavian Folklore [/I] and is not, in anyway, true. [quote name='Prick Wizard']i think that it's generally accepted that elves do exist[/quote]It obviously [i]isn't[/i] generally accepted that Elves exist. In fact, you are the only one I can tell (apart from the people who came up with the Scandanavian folklore) that truly believes they are real. It's unfair to Tolkein for you to say he believes in Elves. I think authors use Elves because they are a generic fictional race that readers everywhere are familiar with. The same goes for other fantasy races such as Dwarves and Gnomes. By what you're going by, you should not only believe in Elves but also Dwarves, Orcs, Gnomes, Pixies, Vampires, Wizards, Centaurs, Werewolves and many more. Certainly all these races can't live on Earth without us knowing can they? [quote name='Prick Wizard']can anyone here actually prove that elves don't exist?[/quote]Can you prove they do? [size=1]I swear if you say "because of the pixie circles!"...[/size][/color]

[CENTER][B]Name:[/B][color=#333333] Stephen T. Firma[/COLOR] [B]Gender:[/B] [color=#333333]Male[/COLOR] [B]Age:[/B] [color=#333333]15[/COLOR] [B]Appearance:[/B] [url=http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/2131/yondaime5ft.jpg][color=#333333]Head Shot[/color][/url], [url=http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/2306/yondaime20vq.jpg][color=#333333]Full Body[/color][/url] [B]Country:[/B] [color=#333333]Canada[/COLOR] [B]Personality:[/B] [color=#333333]Stephen is a gentle young boy who is always there to help. Often enough, his friends will come to him for advice (when he isn't going to them that is). He rarely has problems in life but when he does, they are big. He's also a slight clutz. Once upon a time, Stephen was the laughing stock of his clique because of his height. This didn't permanently scar him or anything, but he has never forgiven his friends for it. He is now 5 foot 7 inches, the second tallest amongst his group of pals. When it comes to girls, he's very persuasive, romantic and loyal. Some girls say that he isn't being himself and refuse to date him, others say it's "uber cute" and would go out with him in a flash.[/CENTER][/COLOR] [B]Sphere:[/B] [color=#333333]Earth Sphere[/COLOR] [B]Powers:[/B] [color=#333333]Stephen has the power to control the earth around him. He can use his powers to lift large segments of rock from the ground and manipulate them at will. For now, he can only lift objects that he would be able to lift without magic. Along side rock manipulation, if Stephen is going into battle, he will sprout boulders all around his body. They usually cover all of his right arm, his torso, his left leg and half of his right leg. Eventually he'll be able to cover his whole body. In addition to all of this, Stephen has good control over plants and the like. So far, he has learned to cope with animals and is able to enter their minds (not talk, mind you) and calm them down so he can go near them. He also exceeds in healing others wounds such as small cuts and bruises, but nothing drastic. Later on, Stephen will face the decision of expanding his skills in the more Nature side of Earth (haulting his powers with rocks and the like) or proceeding in more earthern powers like rocks (stopping his expansion of nature skills).[/COLOR] [B]Weapon:[/B] [url=http://www.saxonsquire.com/Irish_Festival_04_001.jpg][color=#333333][u]War Hammer[/u][/color][/url] [B]Snippet:[/B] [color=#333333]Born in a small town in Ontario, Canada, Stephen is a summer-loving Canadian. He was once a very quiet and shy boy, afraid to express feelings to anyone. But when he moved two hours away from his hometown 7 years ago and met what would be his 3 new best friends, he became very open and eventually a real flirt. Stephen's brother recently moved away to Australia to go to Teacher's College. This left him alone with his parents (not a bad thing) and his cat. For three years, Stephen was going out with a girl named Kayli, just one month ago Kayli dumped Stephen for his best friend. After a 30 days worth of moping and depression, Stephen finally decided it was time to get over his loss and he packed his things and went on a road trip with his friend David (15 years of age) and his cousin Gary (21 years of age). It wasn't long before the trio found themselves in Montreal and stopped at a hotel for the night. It was early that morning when it happened. The instant Stephen slipped out of the room and into the empty park at 9:00am... [/COLOR]

[color=#333333]I was posting before Raiyuu was but then my brother made me go out and pre-order RF Online with him. I ended up having to save what 3 paragrpahs I had done to come back to it later. :([/COLOR]

[color=#333333]When given the signal to enter, Mario bolted ahead of all the others and leaped through a window at the side wall of the gigantic chateau. Instead of ending up in the very first room like he suspected the others did, Mario found himself far into the castle. Cold and damp air wafted around him in a foggy sort of way. The opaque mist hid most of the room, but the fog wasn't what caught Mario off guard. It was the sillhouette of the great Koopa King himself in the far off corner of the room. Luckily, Bowser hadn't noticed Mario yet so the short plumber quickly ducked to the floor and lay on his belly. The floor was a soggy lumber and often you could hear rats scurrying across the wood. There were also small patches of a gooey slime substance spread around in one area. Mario slowly crawled forward, using his arms to pull him closer to Bowser. As he got closer to the dinosaur beast, Mario spotted a treasure chest behind it. The large wooden casket held a firm, golden lock clinging it shut. He decided that it was one of the five treasures. Carefully, Mario managed to slip right behind Bowser and in front of the treasure chest. Best he could tell, Bowser had the key to the lock and thus, the only way to get the treasure would be to defeat the Koopa King. [i]No problem-a[/i], Mario thought. With his strength and speed, the big lug would be a sinch to beat. But wait, there was the whole being stripped of his powers thing. Mario would have to outwit Bowser. [i]Oh, gee... like[/i] that[i] will be hard[/i], he said to himself. The Italian quickly thought up a plan and put it into action. He took off his shoes and tied his shoelaces around Bowser's huge toe nails so he wouldn't feel the string. When that difficult task was done, Mario slid across the floor into Bowser's visible sight and stood up. "Graar~!" growled Bowser, "You truly [i]are[/i] a foolish one, Mario." And with that, Bowser stomped right at Mario. Wait... what? It seems as though the shoelaces had just snapped in half as soon as the giant dino moved! Mario panicked and threw his loose shoe at Bowsers face, who incinerated it without a second thought. [i]Well, that's not fair![/i] thought Mario. He ran away into the fogginess of the room and await Bowser to wander in. When Bowser was in sight, Mario jumped onto his spiny shell and used his spikes as holsters. Since the shell and spikes are much like toe nails or hooves, Bowser did not even feel the excess weight add onto him instantaneously. Letting go of the leftmost spike, Mario grabbed Bowsers hair and tugged as hard as he could. Immediately, Bowser growled in anger and tossed Mario off of his back, along with a tuft of hair. "You panzy!" laughed Bowser. "Prepare to meet your doom, Mario. [I]Grar rar rar rar rar rar[/I]!" Mario scurried to the chest and picked it up. It was surprisingly light. He managed to make his way back to the window he had used to enter and somersaulted out into the courtyard. He galloped towards the waiting Moogle and slammed the chest on the ground, breaking the lock. "I-a found a treasure!" yelped Mario with excitement. Mog smiled grimly and motioned for Mario to open the chest. To his surprise, inside was [i]Toad[/i]! "Thank you Mario, but our treasure is in another chest!" exclaimed Toadstool with a seemingly evil tone. Mario sighed and looked to Mog. "Guess you'll have to go and keep looking, kupo!"[/COLOR]

[color=#333333]Alright, I realize Valentines Day was Tuesday but I was sick all day yesterday so I'm posting my V-Day submission [i]today[/i]. [CENTER][img]http://img397.imageshack.us/img397/179/valentinesday17np.jpg[/img][/CENTER] I don't actually dislike Valentines Day, just this particular Feb.14th happened to [i]suck[/i] compared to my other V-Days. Anyways, Happy (late) Valentines Day! [CENTER]:love2:[/CENTER] [/color]

[strike][color=#333333][B][COLOR=Black]Screenname:[/COLOR][/B] White [COLOR=Black][B]Appearance:[/B] [/COLOR] [url=http://img492.imageshack.us/img492/7735/saladinl9jb.jpg][color=#333333]Click Here[/color][/url] [B][COLOR=Black]Personality:[/COLOR][/B] [[I]Coming soon[/I]...] [COLOR=Black][B]Weapons:[/B][/COLOR] The two swords found in the picture above. [COLOR=Black][B]Writing Piece:[/B][/COLOR] [[I]Coming soon[/I]...] [B][COLOR=Black]Notes:[/COLOR][/B] [[i]Coming soon[/i]...][/strike] [b]EDIT:[/b] Sorry about dropping out on you like that, JJ. ;)[/COLOR]

[color=#333333]I actually have decided I don't like those Nintendo Revolution Avatars anymore, anyways. I may re-size them another time but for now I'll just submit these new ones. [SIZE=1][img]http://img468.imageshack.us/img468/4103/thatway5mq.jpg[/img] [b]Category:[/b] Geometry & Typography [b]Name:[/b] thatway [img]http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/4476/teachus23ul.jpg[/img] [b]Categroy:[/b] Geometry & Typography [b]Name:[/b] teach us *[i]Re-sized because I accidently made it 151x81.[/i] [img]http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/6682/shh6ff.jpg[/img] [b]Category:[/b] Geometry & Typography [b]Name:[/b] shh [img]http://img468.imageshack.us/img468/5128/ph34r8ky.jpg[/img] [b]Category:[/b] Geometry & Typography [b]Name:[/b] ph34r[/SIZE] Like I said, I might just re-size those other ones later, but for now I'd just like to submit these four.[/COLOR]

[color=#333333]Mario waited patiently for the tomb raider to finish with Krystal before he went over there himself. When she walked away, the short plumber trotted up to the blue canine and took his hat off like he would during the National Anthem. He bowed his head and then looked at her. "Words-a cannot describe how grateful-a I am." he said, and with that walked to his room which he had yet to explore. As he came to the door, he noticed it was very... [i]whoo[/i], as he had put it earlier. Mario tossed his hat onto the dresser that had been provided. Taking a second glance at it, he realized how [i]dirty[/i] it was. This brought him to the decision of getting changed. Once in his new appeal, Mario crawled into his bed and looked at the illusion of a ceiling. He thought of his friends back home; Luigi, Toadstool, Koops . . . [I]Peach[/I]. The name echoed throughout his head. He clasped his hands into a fist and widened his eyes, staring at the roof of his bedroom. He had sworn to win this for all the people in Mushroom Kingdom, and all the true Nintendo fans who didn't want the Nintendo games -especially the Mario ones- go under. Mario pulled his blanket over his body and turned onto his side, closing his eyes to rest before the next challenge.[/color]

[color=#333333]Hmm, never heard of the Rule of Thirds. I'll have to look into that a little more than just that website in future photography. Anywho, this is my latest and most favourite piece of mine (as all my new ones are because my skill gets better with each piece) called [b]Leaf or Thief?[/b]. [center][img]http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/3272/green1022wo.jpg[/img][/center] Comments and Criticism, please. :) [b][size=1]EDIT:[/b] Re-saved it at a higher quality. The old one can be found [url=http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/3855/greencopy7xc.jpg][color=#333333][u]here[/u][/color][/url].[/size][/color]

[color=#333333]Hart stood with the pup laying in his folded arms. It was basically a fluffy mop without the shaft. The mop-like creature had it's nuzzle scrunched up in Hart's armpit and was wiggling around awkwardly. Keiji started laughing out of nowhere. "What?!" squaked Hart. He glared at Keiji who covered his grin with his hand and looked away. Not even two minutes later, Hart wore a grave look on his face and immediately stuck the dog out into the air, away from his body. Bathroom time for Poochie! "Oooh, gross!" Meiko squeeled and ran into the other room. Keiji fell onto the floor laughing. "There aren't any paper towels in the kitchen!" yelled Mei. Still holding the urinating pooch out, Hart looked down at his shirt disgustingly. It was covered in dog pee. Hart glanced at Keiji who was just getting himself up again. "Stop laughing and help me!" Keiji obeyed and took Poochie. Hart grabbed some paper towels Mei had finally retrieved and wiped his shirt off. By the time he was done, so was Poochie. Naruto-sensei watched as Mei and Hart cleaned the rest off the floor and Keiji put the dog on the ground. When everything was clean, Poochie started growling and leaped onto the Jounin of Cell 2's leg, not letting go. "Waah~! Get it off of me!" Naruto whipped his leg threw the air in an attempt to throw the dog off but stopped soon after Mei warned him not to kill it. He calmed himself down and let her yank open Poochie's mouth and remove him from her sensei's leg. The small pup purred like a cat and swiftly fell asleep in Meiko's arms. "So," said Keiji. "What's the list say?"[/color]

[color=#333333]I don't think it's so much wether Retri likes it or not, but more the fact that it isn't 600 x 450 pixels. Other than that, I love it. ;)[/color]

[color=#333333]And now you know how Doukeshi and I felt after the Double Dash challenge . . . except this is probably harder.[/COLOR]

[color=#333333]Alright, I've finished the next panel for the Graphics Worm and connected it to Retri's. Just click [url=http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/4703/graphicsworm1yn.jpg][u][color=#333333]here[/color][/u][/url] for the picture. I guess Ezekiel is up next. Good luck, Jamie. ;) [size=1][b]EDIT:[/b] Alrighty, Alex. Just click [url=http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/350/28sp1.jpg][color=#333333][u]here[/u][/color][/url].[/COLOR][/size]

[color=#333333]Hmm, I'm not sure I like (or if it's even necessary) having a new thread for [i]every[/i] mission. I was picturing each cell having their own thread. I mean, really, we're only going to be posting about 1-3 pages per mission are we not? I'm sure we could fit a whole load of them in one thread. Or at least have something like "Cell 3 - D Rank Missions." Also, I changed my personality and the beginning of my bio for Hart after Retri pointed out that it made him look like a womanizer; which he isn't. Sorry if you have to re-adjust to the new Tetsuni. :animesigh[/COLOR]

[color=#333333]Oh my gosh, he no's w3r3 m0dd iz! Way to end in a cliffhanger again. ; ; Haha, I had to print this off and read it before going to bed once more. It was so good that I had to read a different book to get my mind off of the cliffhanger ending. The humour in this chapter was top-notch aswell, Annie. And... [b]I made an appearance![/b] Can't wait to read the next chapter.[/COLOR]

[color=#333333]Well, I would assume it's immunity in the next voting session. ;)[/COLOR]