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Grey; A book I'm writing
Topic Started: July 7, 2010, 3:50 pm (179 Views)
Zephyr	July 7, 2010, 3:50 pm Post #1
Devotee Posts: 1,032 Group: Members Member #368 Joined: December 18, 2009 Gender? Male What Roleplaying Skill Level do you consider yourself? Advanced Favorite RP Genre Dark RPs What browser are you using? Internet Explorer 7 Have you ever GM'd / DM'd? Yes	My only thought was escape. In the pit of my stomach I knew there was something severely wrong going on. Whatever these people wanted it definitely didn’t seem like it would bode well for me. I had never seen clothes like theirs; growing up on the street I had seen a lot of things. They were official looking, wearing dark clothing, and a piece of light armor over their left shoulder. All of their faces were covered by black cloth but I somehow doubted it impaired their vision. Rumors of government “inquisitors” sprang forth in my mind though. If the rumors had any truth to them I needed to get far away fast. I looked over at Reska. He was my only real friend out here. He was the kind of person it was good to have near you on these streets, and growing up together, we knew each other better than anyone else. Reska’s face told me that he was nervous too. Like me he wanted to take off as soon as possible, maybe sooner. I looked at the formation the strangely dressed guys were in. There weren’t any openings, through and under were definitely out of the question. I studied the alleyway we were trapped in, there was an overhang about ten feet up. It was narrow but would serve as an easy leg up to get to the fire escape above. I met Reska’s gaze and jerked my head towards the ledge. The strangers followed his gaze, catching more quickly than I had counted on. “Hey now, easy boys,” one started “we just have a few questions for you. Mind if we take a look at your arms?” That made the situation perfectly clear to me, since Reska and I hadn’t committed any crimes recently. I couldn’t believe how this could’ve happened though, the strange markings had only appeared on mine and Reska’s arms this morning. Nevertheless somehow it had upset these people. Reska and I edged closer together, then I felt him nudge my arm. In that same instant I was moving. I rushed the one closest to the wall, the guards broke formation, intending to intercept me, but I was fast and they weren't close enough. About three feet from my target I dropped, sweeping his legs from underneath him. At the same time I made sure to brace myself. Reska was right behind me once I came to a stop he was using my shoulder as a springboard, vaulting up onto the narrow ledge. I sprang up and ran for the ledge. I jumped, caught it, and hoisted myself up with some assistance from Reska to speed up the process. Up on the ledge we then ha to jump up another seven feet to catch the fire escape. With a quick heave we were able to pull ourselves onto that, since it was much less precarious than the ledge had been. We checked to see what the strangers were doing. Reska looked like he wanted to bash his head against the side of the building. They were running up the stairs to the fire escape. "How did we not notice that?" I asked. Reska shrugged. "It was behind us?" I shook my head in dismay. "Either way, what we did looked way cooler." He said with his usual competitive edge. Edited by Zephyr, July 13, 2010, 3:31 pm.
	Organization Thirteen roleplay. Join Now. "Not vampires... Fish from space." "I live in the eyes of the blind. In the fleeting shadows at the edge of your mind. I observe you meet your fate, the fate I helped to orchestrate." "What's in the darkness? Nothingness."


Zephyr	July 12, 2010, 3:47 pm Post #2
Devotee Posts: 1,032 Group: Members Member #368 Joined: December 18, 2009 Gender? Male What Roleplaying Skill Level do you consider yourself? Advanced Favorite RP Genre Dark RPs What browser are you using? Internet Explorer 7 Have you ever GM'd / DM'd? Yes	I grinned, as always, Reska knew exactly what needed to be said. With all the recent complications it was good to hear something sso familiar. "If we don't get moving it wont matter how cool we looked." I retorted. "Well Grey, that's a pretty negative way to look at it." He said with a grin, but took off at a sprint nonetheless. I was soon following close behind him, listening to our feet on the metal fire escape. Farther back, I could hear the strangers footsteps following behind us. I didn't dare look behind for fear of tripping. One wrong move and I'd get caught. My pulse pounded in my skull. Despite our speed, and headstart they were gaining. Then I heard something below us, more of them were chasing from the ground. The fire escape was coming to an end as we neared the edge of the building. There was a set of stairs at this end of the fire scape as well. Reska and I took a quick glance at each other, two groups, two people. we had to split up. I skidded to a halt in front of an apartment door. Reska kept running, when he reached the end of the fire escape he leapt out to the street below, rolled, and was up and running again. A pair of eyes peered at me from behind the curtains of the window. I grabbed the top of the door frame and, stepping on the doorknob started to hoist myself up. Over the sound of my breathing I could hear the pounding footsteps of my pursuers on the fire escape, their shouts were coming closer. The ones on the ground had gone after Reska. My palms started to sweat but I reached up and grabbed onto the roof of the apartment with one hand, then the other, and pulled myself up. I rolled over,panting from the strain. then i looked over and saw a pair of balck-gloved hands on the edge of the roof. I hopped up and started running towards the other side of the building. Soon I would have pursuers on the roof. i wasn't overconfident, but I was pretty sure noone could catch me in a rooftop chase, just the same as Reska was in the streets. I jumped over a a few crates, by now at least a few of them would be on the roof. When I got to the other side a didn't stop, It was only a six foot jump between buildings. Then, only thirty seconds later I heard a few more sets of feet land on the building I was on. If I didn't figure something out they might actually be able to catch me. Getting chased around the slums wasn't exactly new for me, but it definitely wasn't my favorite pastime. A clanging sound to my right took me by surprise. I jumped left as an outstretched hand missed me by a hair's breadth. That was way to close for comfort, I was going to get caught. When I reached the end of this building I leapt out into open space, pursuers close behind. I sailed through the air for a few moments and caught the edge of a shop roof. I swung my self up and kept running. I knew they would be close behind soon. Breathing started to become hard and there was a stitch in my side, I was a good runner, but most people had usually given up by now. I darted behind a large rooftop vent and tried to pant quietly. Getting my breathing under control was going to be almost impossible as my heart hammered inside my skull, making it hard to hear anything else. Looking around I realized that I didn't know where I was. That was bad, in the frenzied chase I had ended up in some part of the city I hadn't been too before. It certainly wasn't upsca;e either. But I had been everywhere there was to go in my slums, so where in the void was I now? Upon closer inspection, over the edge of the rooftop, I realized that wherever I was had it way worse of than we did in fifth district. It had to be somewhere near the wall. Looking over the tops of some buildings I could see it. High and rusty it was a relic of some forgotten time, standing sentinel and isolating Isarr from whatever lay outside. Rumors said that it was a wasteland. I didn't doubt it, why else would the wall be there? Isarr was self sufficient, although in the slums, food supplies were always insufficient. In truth I had always hated the wall, and the whole concept of it. It was confining, that's why I spent so much time on roofs, staring up at the window of sky. Suddenly I noticed a commotion below, my body tensed then relaxed as I recognized Reska's sprinting form, he was panting hard. I was about to call out to him when I saw that he was still being pursued. I pulled back from the edge quickly. I did not want them to see, having seemingly lost the ones trailing me. [I'm going to just keep adding as I have time] Edited by Zephyr, July 29, 2010, 3:11 pm.
	Organization Thirteen roleplay. Join Now. "Not vampires... Fish from space." "I live in the eyes of the blind. In the fleeting shadows at the edge of your mind. I observe you meet your fate, the fate I helped to orchestrate." "What's in the darkness? Nothingness."


Jengal	July 12, 2010, 6:07 pm Post #3
Ghost Mutt Posts: 516 Group: Member of the Month Member #38 Joined: September 25, 2009 Gender? Male What Roleplaying Skill Level do you consider yourself? Intermediate Favorite RP Genre Horror What browser are you using? Other Have you ever GM'd / DM'd? No	I like it!! Make moar!! O:<



toxias	July 13, 2010, 4:47 am Post #4
Addict Posts: 609 Group: Members Member #246 Joined: October 25, 2009 Gender? Female What Roleplaying Skill Level do you consider yourself? Advanced Favorite RP Genre Fantasy What browser are you using? Internet Explorer 7 Have you ever GM'd / DM'd? Yes	Sounds exciting! I would split the paragraphs for easier reading though. Also, you started out great with the emotion in the first paragraphs, but I think the adrenaline was kind of lost in the last couple. There were a couple of spelling/grammar mistakes (I know, I know, first draft, but I'm nitpicky XD) I spotted. I'll pick them out for you if you want. And I'm not quite sure facepalmed is acceptable for noveling use yet? XD That's just me being picky again. Otherwise, it starts out with action (yay!) and I certainly would love to read more!
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Zephyr	July 13, 2010, 3:24 pm Post #5
Devotee Posts: 1,032 Group: Members Member #368 Joined: December 18, 2009 Gender? Male What Roleplaying Skill Level do you consider yourself? Advanced Favorite RP Genre Dark RPs What browser are you using? Internet Explorer 7 Have you ever GM'd / DM'd? Yes	Lol.And thank you. Sometimes I get into my little groove and forget things like facepalm being a relatively new term. Even when your writing for a target audience. I intend to really buckle down on this so I hope it keeps getting better. In other words, pointing out my mistakes is much appreciated. And more is coming. I'll probably have the entire first two chapters in here once they're done, just cuz I love you denizens of EL so much. [EDIT] By the by the first part has been edited a bit, hope that makes it a bit easier. Edited by Zephyr, July 13, 2010, 3:32 pm.
	Organization Thirteen roleplay. Join Now. "Not vampires... Fish from space." "I live in the eyes of the blind. In the fleeting shadows at the edge of your mind. I observe you meet your fate, the fate I helped to orchestrate." "What's in the darkness? Nothingness."


WashedOutRainbow	July 18, 2010, 3:37 am Post #6
Devotee Posts: 2,078 Group: Members Member #567 Joined: July 11, 2010 Gender? Female What Roleplaying Skill Level do you consider yourself? Intermediate Favorite RP Genre Anything Interesting What browser are you using? Firefox 3 Have you ever GM'd / DM'd? No	So far so good. It's definitely a book I would buy.
	Then she closed her eyes And found relief in a knife The blood flows as she cries. Click me! don't click this link... I <3 Kataclysmic Failure Thank you LoveTifa


Zephyr	July 20, 2010, 7:55 pm Post #7
Devotee Posts: 1,032 Group: Members Member #368 Joined: December 18, 2009 Gender? Male What Roleplaying Skill Level do you consider yourself? Advanced Favorite RP Genre Dark RPs What browser are you using? Internet Explorer 7 Have you ever GM'd / DM'd? Yes	Why thank you. I think I'll actually be able to finish this one, no dead ends yet.
	Organization Thirteen roleplay. Join Now. "Not vampires... Fish from space." "I live in the eyes of the blind. In the fleeting shadows at the edge of your mind. I observe you meet your fate, the fate I helped to orchestrate." "What's in the darkness? Nothingness."


WashedOutRainbow	July 20, 2010, 8:23 pm Post #8
Devotee Posts: 2,078 Group: Members Member #567 Joined: July 11, 2010 Gender? Female What Roleplaying Skill Level do you consider yourself? Intermediate Favorite RP Genre Anything Interesting What browser are you using? Firefox 3 Have you ever GM'd / DM'd? No	Hurray!! Every story I start usually ends up as an epic fail.
	Then she closed her eyes And found relief in a knife The blood flows as she cries. Click me! don't click this link... I <3 Kataclysmic Failure Thank you LoveTifa


Zephyr	July 20, 2010, 11:17 pm Post #9
Devotee Posts: 1,032 Group: Members Member #368 Joined: December 18, 2009 Gender? Male What Roleplaying Skill Level do you consider yourself? Advanced Favorite RP Genre Dark RPs What browser are you using? Internet Explorer 7 Have you ever GM'd / DM'd? Yes	I know right?
	Organization Thirteen roleplay. Join Now. "Not vampires... Fish from space." "I live in the eyes of the blind. In the fleeting shadows at the edge of your mind. I observe you meet your fate, the fate I helped to orchestrate." "What's in the darkness? Nothingness."


WashedOutRainbow	July 21, 2010, 12:23 am Post #10
Devotee Posts: 2,078 Group: Members Member #567 Joined: July 11, 2010 Gender? Female What Roleplaying Skill Level do you consider yourself? Intermediate Favorite RP Genre Anything Interesting What browser are you using? Firefox 3 Have you ever GM'd / DM'd? No	I'm just gonna stick to poetry
	Then she closed her eyes And found relief in a knife The blood flows as she cries. Click me! don't click this link... I <3 Kataclysmic Failure Thank you LoveTifa


Zephyr	July 21, 2010, 1:59 pm Post #11
Devotee Posts: 1,032 Group: Members Member #368 Joined: December 18, 2009 Gender? Male What Roleplaying Skill Level do you consider yourself? Advanced Favorite RP Genre Dark RPs What browser are you using? Internet Explorer 7 Have you ever GM'd / DM'd? Yes	Lol, I have some of that too. But not really any I'll be putting up here anytime soon. By the way I'm thinking about using "Grey" as the title. Why not right?
	Organization Thirteen roleplay. Join Now. "Not vampires... Fish from space." "I live in the eyes of the blind. In the fleeting shadows at the edge of your mind. I observe you meet your fate, the fate I helped to orchestrate." "What's in the darkness? Nothingness."


WashedOutRainbow	July 21, 2010, 5:47 pm Post #12
Devotee Posts: 2,078 Group: Members Member #567 Joined: July 11, 2010 Gender? Female What Roleplaying Skill Level do you consider yourself? Intermediate Favorite RP Genre Anything Interesting What browser are you using? Firefox 3 Have you ever GM'd / DM'd? No	Yeah, it sounds good for a tittle
	Then she closed her eyes And found relief in a knife The blood flows as she cries. Click me! don't click this link... I <3 Kataclysmic Failure Thank you LoveTifa


Zephyr	July 21, 2010, 9:28 pm Post #13
Devotee Posts: 1,032 Group: Members Member #368 Joined: December 18, 2009 Gender? Male What Roleplaying Skill Level do you consider yourself? Advanced Favorite RP Genre Dark RPs What browser are you using? Internet Explorer 7 Have you ever GM'd / DM'd? Yes	Cool, I thought so too. *Goes off to change the topic title.
	Organization Thirteen roleplay. Join Now. "Not vampires... Fish from space." "I live in the eyes of the blind. In the fleeting shadows at the edge of your mind. I observe you meet your fate, the fate I helped to orchestrate." "What's in the darkness? Nothingness."


WashedOutRainbow	July 21, 2010, 9:42 pm Post #14
Devotee Posts: 2,078 Group: Members Member #567 Joined: July 11, 2010 Gender? Female What Roleplaying Skill Level do you consider yourself? Intermediate Favorite RP Genre Anything Interesting What browser are you using? Firefox 3 Have you ever GM'd / DM'd? No	Coolness. I think I might get around to posting some of my poetry.
	Then she closed her eyes And found relief in a knife The blood flows as she cries. Click me! don't click this link... I <3 Kataclysmic Failure Thank you LoveTifa


Zephyr	July 21, 2010, 10:05 pm Post #15
Devotee Posts: 1,032 Group: Members Member #368 Joined: December 18, 2009 Gender? Male What Roleplaying Skill Level do you consider yourself? Advanced Favorite RP Genre Dark RPs What browser are you using? Internet Explorer 7 Have you ever GM'd / DM'd? Yes	I look forward to seeing it. I should have quite a bit more of Grey up tonight. Gotta do some editing and structuring. Edited by Zephyr, July 21, 2010, 10:07 pm.
	Organization Thirteen roleplay. Join Now. "Not vampires... Fish from space." "I live in the eyes of the blind. In the fleeting shadows at the edge of your mind. I observe you meet your fate, the fate I helped to orchestrate." "What's in the darkness? Nothingness."


Zephyr	July 21, 2010, 10:05 pm Post #16
Devotee Posts: 1,032 Group: Members Member #368 Joined: December 18, 2009 Gender? Male What Roleplaying Skill Level do you consider yourself? Advanced Favorite RP Genre Dark RPs What browser are you using? Internet Explorer 7 Have you ever GM'd / DM'd? Yes	Charatcter art is also coming. I like drawing my characters. Edited by Zephyr, July 21, 2010, 10:08 pm.
	Organization Thirteen roleplay. Join Now. "Not vampires... Fish from space." "I live in the eyes of the blind. In the fleeting shadows at the edge of your mind. I observe you meet your fate, the fate I helped to orchestrate." "What's in the darkness? Nothingness."


WashedOutRainbow	July 21, 2010, 10:09 pm Post #17
Devotee Posts: 2,078 Group: Members Member #567 Joined: July 11, 2010 Gender? Female What Roleplaying Skill Level do you consider yourself? Intermediate Favorite RP Genre Anything Interesting What browser are you using? Firefox 3 Have you ever GM'd / DM'd? No	Can't wait.
	Then she closed her eyes And found relief in a knife The blood flows as she cries. Click me! don't click this link... I <3 Kataclysmic Failure Thank you LoveTifa


toxias	July 29, 2010, 12:46 am Post #18
Addict Posts: 609 Group: Members Member #246 Joined: October 25, 2009 Gender? Female What Roleplaying Skill Level do you consider yourself? Advanced Favorite RP Genre Fantasy What browser are you using? Internet Explorer 7 Have you ever GM'd / DM'd? Yes	Whoo art! And yay for finishing novels I just crossed the 50,000 word goal! dances Anyways, I've read your updates, looks good. Things are getting interesting in your novel-world. Grey sounds like one of those super epic titles that have some sort of meaning the reader won't get unless he finishes the book. Speaking of novels though, have you tried NaNoWriMo before? Edited by toxias, July 29, 2010, 12:50 am.
	More Amazing Imaginings! Roleplays \| \| A Warrior's Tale \| \| Traitors to Mankind \| \| Treasure Hunters: The Golden Peach \| \| Ultimatum \| \| Special thanks to Raiyuga for the Avatar, Siggy, and Userbar! Non-EL Roleplaying Friction (Fantasy/War) Divided We Fall (Fantasy/War)


Zephyr	July 29, 2010, 2:00 pm Post #19
Devotee Posts: 1,032 Group: Members Member #368 Joined: December 18, 2009 Gender? Male What Roleplaying Skill Level do you consider yourself? Advanced Favorite RP Genre Dark RPs What browser are you using? Internet Explorer 7 Have you ever GM'd / DM'd? Yes	O.o What be that? -Goes to google it. And the art is still in my workshop, but it is coming.
	Organization Thirteen roleplay. Join Now. "Not vampires... Fish from space." "I live in the eyes of the blind. In the fleeting shadows at the edge of your mind. I observe you meet your fate, the fate I helped to orchestrate." "What's in the darkness? Nothingness."


Zephyr	July 29, 2010, 2:01 pm Post #20
Devotee Posts: 1,032 Group: Members Member #368 Joined: December 18, 2009 Gender? Male What Roleplaying Skill Level do you consider yourself? Advanced Favorite RP Genre Dark RPs What browser are you using? Internet Explorer 7 Have you ever GM'd / DM'd? Yes	NaNoWriMo... OMGs!!! That looks freakin awesome!!!
	Organization Thirteen roleplay. Join Now. "Not vampires... Fish from space." "I live in the eyes of the blind. In the fleeting shadows at the edge of your mind. I observe you meet your fate, the fate I helped to orchestrate." "What's in the darkness? Nothingness."


toxias	August 6, 2010, 10:25 pm Post #21
Addict Posts: 609 Group: Members Member #246 Joined: October 25, 2009 Gender? Female What Roleplaying Skill Level do you consider yourself? Advanced Favorite RP Genre Fantasy What browser are you using? Internet Explorer 7 Have you ever GM'd / DM'd? Yes	Just spreading the word. I discovered it last year, and it really helps in writing out novel length stuff. It's actually a lot of fun, and not as hard as it seems once you get into the swing of your story!
	More Amazing Imaginings! Roleplays \| \| A Warrior's Tale \| \| Traitors to Mankind \| \| Treasure Hunters: The Golden Peach \| \| Ultimatum \| \| Special thanks to Raiyuga for the Avatar, Siggy, and Userbar! Non-EL Roleplaying Friction (Fantasy/War) Divided We Fall (Fantasy/War)


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