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 Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 2:07 pm
Thanks for the precisions <3
Ah, I remember this picture, it's your DA icon, am I right? XD
Well now, trying to answer the last post XD
Edit : ...Actually it's the "latest", isn't it? XD
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Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2010 7:19 pm
Yes, that's the one. X3
Both "latest" (most recent) and "last" (the final one) would be accurate, although I believe "latest" might be the more appropriate one to use.
Also, "expansive" means something which covers a lot, but I think you probably mean "expensive" which means something that cost a lot of money. ^^
I left the conversation before it really ended, because I didn't want to just shove Calliope out of the room without letting you get in some dialogue, if you wish it. XD If within your post you are ready to have Calliope exit, feel free to have Ana dismiss Daniel and Calliope and stay in her room. Daniel will walk Calliope to a room on the same floor that is decorated mostly in gold and very dark brown wood. He knows that Ana wants Calliope dressed properly for dinner, which is in two hours, and this means doing her hair, re-doing her make-up, getting her laced up in a dress (it laces up so it can be expanded to fit Calliope's bosoms even though it was originally made for Ana XD) and decking her out in hair accessories and jewelry. Feel free to "design" and describe the specifics of the room and dress and jewels as you like. <3
All of these private chambers have themes of their own, and are lit with one fireplace for warmth and magic globes of light (think a glass sphere with a single tiny sun or star inside, hanging from wire cages or sitting on a stand or piled up inside a bowl like apples) placed around the room. Ana doesn't like the smoke and smell of candles in her private chambers.
The floor has rooms all around the outer wall and then there are a row of rooms in the middle, too, so there is a hallway in the shape of a rectangle to walk through to get from room to room. The hallway is lit with more globes hanging from the center of the ceiling. Calliope will not see any stairs no matter which way she walks; access to the lower floor and the roof are inside one of the center rooms. Anything else you want to know about the place, just ask. ^^
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Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2011 1:23 am
Okay <3 My english teacher in secondary school tol me "latest" was more accurate yes XD
Oh, yes. Typing mistake again XD Remember my keyboard is not a "qwerty" but is "azerty". See, "a" and "e" are really close to each other, so I do "a/e" mistakes often XD
Agh. Well my dictionnary will really help me this time. I am horrible in depicting in English. I lack vocabulary too much u_u. I really want to become fluent to be able to wriite as well in English as I do in French.
Thanks again for precisions <3
Uuuuhm... I don't know when i'll post. I'm feeling very bad right now, and will probably sleep all day long since I haven't yet XD
Oh ediiit, I have some questions, one is about grammar actually XD... I was just wondering because you wrote "needn't" once, and here you wrote something like "need give", is need an auxiliary now? XD...
Aaaand I think there's a part I did not understand XD You wrote
" [...] she smiled at him and placed her fingers delicately upon his arm, and since this Calliope knew her not at all, she would likely be completely fooled by the act."
And I do not understand why Calliope should be "fooled" XD I don't know if it's either because I don't imagine well the scene because there's a word I translated wrong when reading, or if it's just because there's something to understand but I am too dumb to get it (still possible) XD
...By the way you also wrote "knew her not" XD I saw this in Shakespeare though XD But I am not exactly allowed to use this at school hm. It migt be considered as a mistake. This is unfaiiiiir. It's like when I was in high school, I was always wondering if I could actually use auxiliaries to emphasize (like... well, "you do know" what I am talking about ahah) because I was afraid the teachers would think of it as a mistake since we never, ever saw this in class. Buh! But I eventually started to use those. Except if the teacher is a big moron, he would easily realize that I hardly do any horrible mistakes pf.
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Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2011 9:26 am
Well, I posted, but stopped before they enter the room because I lacked inspiration XD... But if you do want me to add anything, tell me!
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Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2011 10:23 am
*pets you* Did you overindulge on New Year's Eve? XD
I think I mentioned it on dA, but I sometimes type in slightly outdated or archaic English. I read a fair amount of 18th & 19th century books and the language tends to creep into my mind and then dribble out. XD Like "shan't" which I used on you on dA, "needn't" and "need [verb]" are older usages. For more modern English, stick with "don't need to".
Ai, my apologies for not responding to these questions before you posted again. x_x
The sentence you didn't understand is being written from Daniel's perspective. He is looking at Ana and thinks of Calliope watching the two of them. So Ana puts her hand on his arm and looks at him adoringly, and he thinks that Calliope will not be able to see that Ana is play-acting at being besotted with her Consort. He knows Ana so well because of the centuries they have spent together, and because Ana is honest - in her own way - with him and him alone. However Calliope has just now met her, and any intuition and perception Calliope has will likely be counterbalanced by Ana's skill at acting. So he thinks Calliope will be "fooled", as in she will believe Ana's acting and therefore believe that Ana and Daniel have a "normal" loving relationship based at least in part on mutual love. The reality is that while Daniel loves her passionately he isn't certain whether or not there's really any love in Ana's heart for him (or anyone except herself).
Does that clear it up? ^^
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Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2011 10:45 am
...Yes I did XD Well, I was not drunk, my ideas were quite clear, but I drank a lot, that is true, and so I still had a head ache in the morning XD
Yes, you mentioned it XD I guess i'll carry on with modern English, not to make my teachers wonder if I did a mistake or was using an old-fashioned verb form XD
That does not matter, since it was not so important XD
But yes it is clear now, thanks <3 Well yes, I guess Calliope really thinks she loves but fortunately, this will prevent her from flirting with... any of the two, but Daniel mostly XD
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Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2011 8:29 pm
I didn't have Daniel give Calliope any behavior tips quite yet. My post was getting rather long as it was. ^^' I wanted to give you a chance to get to know the room first. <3 He'll ask Calliope about the "ma chere" as they leave to go meet the Countess for dinner.
Oh, BTW I think I mentioned that they'll be going to dinner, so in case you want to know, it is about 2am. They'll eat at around 4am, then have a couple of hours' conversation or other such quiet occupation and then head to bed when they begin to feel the sun coming up.
When they wake up, it's "good evening" since it's twilight. "Good day" for an elf is "fair midnight" for a vampire. And their version of evening is "dawning". Then they go to bed at dawn, and bid each other a "fair day" (can also be "sweet day" or "quiet dreams" or another variant, depending on the relationship and mood, kind of like how some people say "sweet dreams" or "sleep well" instead of "good night").
All the bedrooms are outfitted with everything Calliope will need already, since Ana tends to use different rooms to sleep in when the mood strikes her. So there's a bathtub, vanity, make-up, robes, some minor accessories, powders and lotions, brushes and combs, and all sorts of other things already available. What Daniel gave orders for are maids to come up with the clothing and jewelry and hair accessories, and also to bathe Calliope and do her make-up and hair before dinner. (The maids will bathe her. Daniel will be waiting in the other room, giving orders.)
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Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2011 6:20 am
Yes, our post are indeed getting longer and longer, like Videl and I are used to, gn. But this is okay if you stop there, since you are giving me infos here XD
Ahaha. Well I hope Dianiel's not bathing Calliope himself, this would be really strange and I don't think Calliope would like it, even if she had "interests" in him and his handsomeness XD
I guess Calliope will have to learn all this, they does not say anything in her world... Especially because vampires do not have so much contacts with each other. Well, they hardly are living together, except for Nosferatus and Tremeres, but here again, when Nosferatus are a real group living together and helping each other, tremeres are a solid organization, very squared and based on mutual respect and hierarchy. It must also surprise her that they have a diner. She usually eats when she needs to, and that is all XD
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Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 6:00 am
*laugh* "She could bet her life on this...now that she was living." That was pure genius. XD
Sorry for burning Calliope's clothes. XD I can change this if you wish and simply have Daniel hide them in his rooms, but it's a very strict rule that they be careful to hide Mielle's existence, and these bizarre clothes are certainly unusual enough to warrant such care.
*plays dress-up with your character* Hmm, hmm~ <3
I halted mid-thought again. XD I figured Calliope might have some questions. Here's a bit of what I had thought to put next, in case you want to just add it to your post in a way, and then move on into the main hall. There will be a long banquet table to sit at, and Ana will want to place Calliope to her right and Daniel at her left so they can all chat together instead of more formal seating. It's just a "family dinner", no guests.
He paused at the large double doors leading from the bower into the main hall where their Lady awaited, to catch Calliope's eyes and impress upon her one last point.
"The Countess has made you Lady Calliope of Blackstone, and in doing so has granted you a share in her power in addition to providing you with the protection of her name and place. Do nothing to shame her or place her in danger."
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Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 6:24 am
Thank you XD <3
Don't be sorry... I actually wanted Daniel to burn them, and I am very pleased you had the same idea XD I didn't know if he would do this, that's why I did not write it in my post XD
Oh, your description is... hard to understand XD (this is a compliment XD) I'll search in my dictionnary later, when I come back from my exam XD I like it, it's very detailed <3 Compared to mine, but I guess that's normal XD
Edit : Oh, I really like the fact that Daniel finds Calliope's "perhaps" a bit disrespectful, that was the purpose XD
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Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 9:39 am
Oh, Meriko, would you mind explain your scolar system in the USA to me? XD... Sorry for asking something which has nothing in common with what we are doing XD
It's because Videl and I are wondering for Sophie and Fye's children ^^" Both French Canadian and French systems seem different from yours XD
Oh, i'll post ...soon, I just wanted to review my phonetics before doing anything else.
I hope I am not making you wait too much >.<
edit : Ah, post, finally XD
Hm. I decided not to describe the room because I thought you would be more efficient in doing it ^^" And since it's your world, I don't want to do something which does not stick to your original ideas XD I did not make Calliope and Daniel sit either, because I though that you would describe Ana's feelings towards Calliope's "new look" XD, and so I didn't want to interact in her in anyway, especially since she only gives her their place.
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Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 5:52 am
Quick question! Is Calliope actually thinking all these things as if Daniel spoke them to her, like about blood bonds, or were you just responding to the ideas that I'd mentioned by having Calliope think about the same sort of things as Daniel is thinking? I wasn't quite sure and got a bit confused. XD My intention was that Daniel was just thinking these things to himself while she was in the other room, not telling them to her or showing her. The only things he's spoken to her or done in her presence was written after I wrote that she re-appeared.
*LOL* I actually typed "Ana" instead of "Calliope" at first. XD
I will do a little bit of research specific to New York and then reply regarding the scholastic system. ^^
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Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 8:00 am
Oh, nono, it's not even that Calliope is thinking, it's just what the narrator is saying XD Be used to it, I do that very, very, VERY often XD I want to give any reader some answers they might be searching for, so I make precisions in my posts often XD
But this is only the narrator who gets carried away ... I might say "me" XDDD But I'm not considering the narrator as being me, the narrator is the narrator, full stop XD
I hope that's clear XD
Ahahah. Well I personnaly have a hard time trying not to write "Ana" in my post even in narration XD I don't want to have it precised if she does not introduce herself completely XD
Oh, do you not have the same system in each state?
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Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 8:23 am
this is some pretty good art
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Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 9:22 am
Thanks a lot <3
Meriko is very talented X3
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