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Oh, I like it! So you drew this looking at another manga ..? Anyway, it definitely does look like a girl. But a very well-done girl. I really like the details in her hair and her clothes. And the dragon looks good ... Though at second glance, I have to wonder what that part of his body is that's in front of his wing. It looks sort of like a leg. Really nice job, though. The shading makes it look very realistic. Well, realistic for a boy-girl holding a dragon at least.

I was going to comment on the avatar. There's a black bit in the upper left hand corner that slowly moves out of the picture, then reappears when the animation restarts. I think if you got rid of that (... somehow) it'd be nearly perfect. It's a very, very cool idea -- I like those avatars where you're like "OMG ... is it MOVING?" Anyway ... the banner is a really cute idea. Again, the transition and natural looping-ability (... you know what I mean) is very important to me, so I wish it didn't skip back when the animation restarted. But I understand about the attachment limit size ... Just go ahead and finish it and see if you can attach it! ;) I wouldn't have expected you to make something so ... chibified ... o.O

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Chichiri's Girl [/i] You know how the blood squirted like that? For some odd reason it reminded me of the Black Knight in"Monty Python and the Holy Grail". I kept expecting someone to say "it's just a flese wound".[/QUOTE] Hahaha, my friend said that it reminded her of Monty Python as well. And if someone had said that, I would have died laughing. Anyway, as may be obvious by that comment, I just saw the movie. I thought it was ... weird. Pretty good, visually pleasing and all that, but weird. Of course, I expected nothing less from all I'd heard about it, so that was all right. Apparently I missed the first black and white scene, though, unfortunately ... I have a question. Did it bother anybody else how they spent like 20 minutes on Vivica A. Fox's character and practically an hour on all of Lucy Liu's minions and her?

This is a bit random, but at my school we have an 80's dance every year, and it's probably one of the most fun and well-attended school-sponsored dances. They just play 80's music all night, and people dress up in ridiculous 80's clothes ... yeah. It's called the Safety Dance. Which is cute. Personally, I don't know enough 80's music to really enjoy it (or the dance, actually) but what I've heard of it is ... fun.

I never liked golden mushrooms very much. Nor do I particularly like Daisy either ... I agree, she's a Peach clone for the brunettes out there. Toad's my favorite character, too. (Incidentally.) I'd forgotten about the poison mushrooms! Those were so cool ...

[color=green]JoyKaiba, in the future, you probably don't need to post an acceptance post after each person signs up. (It's spelled "accepted," by the way.) And you definitely should never double post, even if you just want to bring the thread to the top of the forum. I merged your two posts together. --terra[/color]

[color=green]I have to agree with Blanko's assessment of the situation here. bahumant111088 and The Bouncer, your post quality is really not up to par. Please check your PMs once in a while as well, as I've PMed you. --terra[/color]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by DeathBug [/i] [B]Scrubs is as much a ripoff of ER as Finding Nemo is a ripoff of Jaws.[/B][/QUOTE] I would just like you to know my best friend thought this was hilarious. As do I. Anyway, I'm glad they've started humanizing Dr. Cox more. For a while he was just kind of a jerk, but now they're starting to show why, and also that he's not always like that. Most of the time ... but not always. I'm also always really impressed at how they integrate everybody's stories together so it turns out they're really all dealing with the same thing. Every episode is this way ... I can't even think of how they do it, but I think it's very clever. Sometimes it verges on corny, but usually they accomplish it very well in my opinion.

[sighs] All my desire for buying a GameCube just came back with full force. Where [i]is[/i] Toad?! He better be in the game (even if I don't buy it) ...

Haha. I was thinking of starting a thread on this myself. But then I was like, I hardly ever start threads, why would I now?! ... Er, anyway. I [b]loooooove[/b] Scrubs. I think it's my favorite current TV show (although if you asked me I would say Friends, but that's out of force of habit ... it's really not that good anymore). I love the fact that it's incredibly humorous, yet it can be very touching at times too (well, I'm also a baby when it comes to watching things, but whatever). I've never even considered the idea that Scrubs might be a ripoff of ER, and I'm with Chichiri's Girl, that that's not true at all. ER, first of all, is not practical either. Sure, things happen in an ER, but according to my brother and other friends who have worked in ERs, actual emergency rooms are [i]nothing[/i] like the show; people actually rather seldom show up in immense pain and immediate danger in real ERs. I think people die rather less often in real life than they do on ER, and in that aspect you might even say Scrubs is more realistic. After all, they still do have people die in the hospital, and when they do, the show actually gets rather serious. Besides, Scrubs is supposed to be a comedy. I feel I've rambled randomly enough on that, pardon my jumping thoughts, so I'll move on. I like all the four characters equally, I think. Well, I think Elliot's a little too ... ditzy, or something. And she gets too affected by whatever that mean old doctor (not Dr. Cox, the other one) says ... she's a bit too much of a wimp :p. I agree, I don't like Sean either, and I think they overused the whole Sea World bit. At least he's gone for now ...

[quote][i]Originally posted by Heaven's Cloud[/i] I always wear a condom (well not always, but when I am having sex)[/quote] Hahahahaha ... ahahaha. Anyway ... I used to think sex was a huge deal and that it should be saved for marriage, but I no longer do. And this isn't because I've had sex with tons of guys or anything, it's because ... I don't know, it's just not as big a deal as it had always been hyped up to me. I've found what Artemis said, about sex creating a strong bond whether you know it or not, isn't true. Sex [i]can[/i] create a strong bond and be a very emotionally connecting thing, ... but it also can not be. (Incidentally on that, I once heard in a sermon that when girls have sex, it releases a hormone in their brain that makes them emotionally bond to whoever they're with, whereas guys don't. ... Or something like that. Anybody know if that's true?) I agree with what most people have been saying so far, as long as you think about it beforehand and take the necessary precautions, premarital sex isn't a bad thing.

[color=green]Please lengthen the signup a bit more and request some more detail. This will not only help your RPG, as it will flesh out your characters further, but will also help get me off your back, as signups should have some measure of content here. :) See the sticky at the top of the forum for more information. Thanks, --terra[/color]

[color=green]Some of these posts' quality are not quite up to standard. Please pay attention to capitalization, spelling, and grammar, as the rules of all the above should be followed in the Adventure Arena. It will make things much easier to read, and readability should be a priority. Some posts could also do with some more content and detail. A little effort can make a vast improvement. Please reread the sticky at the top of the forum. Thanks, --terra[/color]

"And the humans?" Crystal said. "Taken care of," Rena said again. "So you mean killed." "Of course," Rena shrugged. Crystal cursed. "We should've kept at least one alive for questioning," she said, annoyance evident in her tone. At that moment, she saw something that puzzled her greatly. A rock skittering across the ground for no apparent reason, about ten feet in front of her. No longer paying attention to the others, she trained her eyes on the place where the rock had come from, wishing she could see through collapsed stone walls. Breaking out of their small group, Crystal ran forward and leapt above a pile of rubble, crossbow trained on whatever might be behind it. A human, a handgun aimed directly at her. He must've somehow not been able to run with the others, and they'd left him behind. He fired, but he'd anticipated her falling back to the ground, which she had no intention of doing. Instead, she spread her wings and allowed herself to float back for one extra moment so that his bullet pinged off into the darkness, then collapsed them and hurtled straight downward into him. One foot caught him hard in the stomach, the other kicked the handgun out of his hand. Crossbow now pointed at his head, Crystal smiled. "It's not every day my wishes come true," she said. "Now tell us just what's going on." OOC: Er, Ben, now tell us just what's going on. :p

[color=green]Aissa wasn't listening to Anubis's expounding on just how the city had been destroyed, though she didn't doubt the probablity of its accuracy. Instead, she had caught in her hand a bit of the ash that had fallen when he'd touched the statue. It was coarse in her fingers, and the grit smeared itself over her hand and into the tiny lines that ran along it. Ignoring her slight repulsion at the dirtiness, Aissa reached into a pouch with her clean hand and pulled out leaves of the [i]q'olia[/i] tree that she and Arland had grown at home. Its healing properties were well-known, but a lesser-known story reported it to be one of the oldest variety of tree, the one from which all the species of tree in Laeth E'Thae had originated from. Whether this was myth or true, Aissa and her brother had long been taught its strong capability of linking the present and the past. She crushed the dried leaves in her dirtied hand, mingling the two kinds of dusts, and murmured words over it, opening her hand in front of her as she did so. [i]Ei vahiru Arland ju Aissa, kari'is ruu disa lae ...[/i] The particles began mingling freely on her open palm, though no wind was stirring. They rose in a small cloud to form a tiny model of a city, which Aissa somehow understood to be Ma'Uriith. The city moved, its buildings merging into a cloaked figure -- many cloaked figures, swiftly merging into the silhouette of a man with a sword who crumpled on his feet, then changing quickly from that ominous vision to another, none of them appearing in any logical order. Aissa shuddered and one word imprinted itself into her mind: [i]revenge.[/i] The images of dust in her hand flickered, faster and faster now, and she suddenly felt an inexplicable urge for revenge, stemming from something ancient ... The ancient wrongs that had been cruelly inflicted on her were being avenged at last, by a darkness that she now had the power to spread over the land, the land that housed the children of those who had done something horrible to her ... Opening her eyes, Aissa blew the mixture out of her hand, trembling slightly. The unquenchable desire for revenge faded as the intermingled dusts, light and dark, blew off into the wind. "I think we may need to spend the night." Though Anubis' tone revealed nothing, Aissa had the odd feeling he'd been watching her somehow, and wondered uncomfortably if he or Leile had seen. But she did not yet want to speak of the memories she had just peeked into. She nodded and followed Leile, who'd started forward to look for a good shelter, and kept to herself her wonderings about who those memories could belong to.[/color] [size=1](edited to be green ... teehee.) [/size]

Indeed, I didn't see the red dots at first either. The little "Kills" don't look right, I agree with Kaisuke. But without them the banner would be a little short. The idea of crossing out Bill is very cute, though :). The Kill Bill font isn't quite the same, and that bothers me a bit. Still, nice idea.

OOC: Oh, that was [i]ME[/i]. lol ... Sorry I haven't been posting, I've been incredibly busy. Still love this RPG idea though! Lissa threw aside all pretentions of not eavesdropping when she heard a strange, unworldly choking sound. She slammed aside the door of the priest's office to see Lady Salome engaged in a physical battle with what only seemed to be herself. The priest was heaping his energies upon her, but Lissa could see that as powerful as he was, it might not quite be enough. Not willing to risk that, Lissa raised her hands and cried, "[i]Sendatu![/i]" hardly thinking of the consequences. She'd been so caught up in the moment that she had extended more of her energies than she intended, and the dazzling light that burst forth to envelope the Lady Salome felt like burning along her skin. Lissa fell to her knees, unable to even look up to see Lady Salome gaining some of her strength back from the combined forces of her magic and the priest's. In a few moments, nearly all of Lissa's strength had been sapped, and she had to battle to be aware of where she was. She could still feel the hard stone of the temple floor beneath her, but it somehow no longer felt real. Moments later, she blacked out. (edited)

That night, as Ellie and Ken were changing into their pajamas -- backs carefully to each other, of course -- Ellie paused, one arm halfway into her shirt. "Did you hear something?" she asked over her shoulder, though not turning around. "Nope," Ken replied, and Ellie could hear the sounds of him getting into bed. "Hm," Ellie said, but decided it was just her overactive imagination, or maybe the house settling like her parents had always told her as a child. She finished changing and flicked off the light. "G'night, Ken." ----------------------- The next morning when Ellie awoke, she felt uneasy, somehow. Nothing she could place her finger on, but ... She got up quietly to avoid waking Ken, slipping noiselessly out the door and heading downstairs, unashamed in the T-shirt and shorts that served as her sleeping gear. Nothing seemed out of order. In the living room, Jenna was lying in D'Ann's lap, which Ellie found a bit odd, thinking that they were apparently were closer friends than she'd originally thought. Upon closer inspection, though, she realized something must've happened, since there was an ice pack on Jenna's head. "What happened?" Ellie said in something of an undertone. If there was an ice pack involved, loud voices probably wouldn't be very welcomed. "She doesn't know," D'Ann answered for Jenna, who'd closed her eyes again at the relaxing massage of D'Ann's fingers. "Summary: last night she came in from the pool, saw a figure, and was pushed to the floor. I found her this morning." "Oh my God!" Ellie exclaimed. "So we don't know who it was?" The doorbell rang. "That'll be the police," D'Ann said, and Ellie went to get it. After about half an hour of the police stomping around, asking questions to everybody in sight even though hardly anybody was quite sure of what was going on, Ellie was thoroughly ready for them to leave. And leave they did, with a few parting sentences: "Well, sorry folks, but we can't find any evidence. Nothing seems to have been tampered with. I'd advise you to make sure your windows and doors are locked every night, and feel free to call us again if you see anything suspicious. We've got you in our files now." "Thank you, officer," Ellie said, and closed the door on them with something like relief. Though as she turned back to the house, she realized she should be anything but relieved. They still had no idea what had happened.

I found this banner quite humorous the first time I saw it. Mostly because I stared at it for ten seconds or so wondering if it would move, and then it didn't. Nice simplicity.

[color=green]I'm really sorry to interrupt your RPG. [b]The Bouncer[/b], could you check your PMs next time you get the chance? I sent you one a couple days ago and you seem not to have gotten it so far. (Private Messages are located at the bottom of the main OtakuBoards screen.) Thanks, and sorry again. --terra[/color]

Oh yeah, I didn't mention earlier, but I [i]love[/i] the banner you're using right now. It's so pretty and soft and watercolory. ... All of which I think you yourself might've used to describe it. You should try making some small banners. I love small banners. :)

The constant line along the bottom of the animated FLCL banner really bothers me, for some reason. I understand the scratchy frames and such, but ... there's always a line on the right and bottom sides of the banner, and I think that should go. "to not ask" is also off-center, and the pictures could be of better quality, especially since they're so small. I really like the idea, though, and I agree, the fast pace does suit it. And yes, colored backgrounds would give me a seizure :p.

Ooh, I really really like it. Well, actually, I think the words are a bit too shiny, but shiny words just aren't my style. I also think you could change their background color maybe to something darker. I really like how subtle the anime pictures are, definitely a nice take on the whole anime background idea. I agree, the Malik picture's quality is noticably worse than Hiei's (well I don't know who the other guy is, I'm going on blind faith in Dan). You could make Hiei fuzzier, like Malik; I think if both of them were fuzzy or clean, it would work, but they should be the same ... fuzziness. Really nice, though, the world looks very, very good.

Hm. I like it, it's very clean, yet somehow sketchy at the same time. It would make a good manga background, I think. The building itself is pretty cool, too, jutting out like that. The perspective looks good and the proportions all look right. Plus, you included H&M, which is just one of my favorite stores ever.

Hahaha, that reminds me, my college had a pumpkin carving contest and then put the pumpkins up in the dining hall. One was Homestar, which I thought was hilarious. I love the Teen Girl Squad banner, it is, indeed, perfect. The blue lines are seamless, and the timing is good. (Man, Dagger took my comments.)