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Excercise 2 9) Feline grace added the required skill to the soft landing Gripping the railing in the stalking of prey A fleet footed minion of devilish planning West the breeze blew nothing barred its way Yet the assassin came creeping with stealth on his side Sent to the village the warrior to slay. Night faded gently the dawn opening wide Carefully the villain neared his kill Soon would his victim with ancestors abide. Blade slipped free fresh blood to spill Attention from mission, dropped eyes to see The cat, black as night whose tidings were ill. Laid upon the rafter unable to flee The cat jumped on his shoulder and licked his nose And proved how tickly cat fur can be. Rubbing his face, and striking a pose The tail in his face caused him to sneeze The sound soon forgotten as the warrior arose. 2) High paid defense proved its use Against the prosecution’s evidence list That tried to outline his legal abuse He knew of the efforts all he did to assist Grinned at the jury as the verdict was read And pinched his thigh causing his eyes to mist. Stood and thanked all he had lead Requested the public lay it to rest And acquitted of all went home to bed. 7) He suffered alone for his art Worked his magic and played for all The ever sought wonder of his part. He waited each moment for the fall Lost to the clamor of the public Expecting each day the manager’s call. Waiting for the darkness to steal his magic Ignoring the cries from his fans His untimely departure seen as tragic.

Excercise 1 23) Discussing universal intelligence, I considered the rather odd, And in poetic relevance, Tied the whole idea to God. Creator of structures atomic, Guiding the movements of life. Electrons as spirit is ironic, But it still protects us from strife. 14) Kittenishly cute but crazy, Too many to fit in a purse. Their fur makes me all hazy, But allergies can be a curse. Made like their mistress, Psychotic, They seem to tumble and play, Yet chasing their target is comic, And pretty much everything’s prey. 17) “Sorry, I can’t help but…” He trailed off as he sat “I could offer to cut…” But he quickly was shushed by the cat. He watched the bird in a container Avoid the contents in vain As the beautiful feline tiger, Upended it and shook it again.

A raven in aviators flys into the room. As it is very near midnight, the glasses would normally appear out of place; but the twin beams of light penetrating the darkness before him as he flys is a dead giveaway that this is far from a normal bird. He highbeams Gryphon as he passes, the collected light trapped in the lenses causing spots to begin floating in Gryphon's vision. Muttering something about iambic pentameter and talking to himself in a number of different rhyme schemes the Raven pins a few scribbled notes to the wall in a random selection of places, each note marked with a numeral denoting the selected topic from his list. The order at first seems random, but it is soon discovered that the notes are in sets of three, and pinned in order of excercise. My topic list can be found here

Ricky’s morning was beginning to fall apart. His dad had watched the tapes that Ton had stolen, and the effects of that were starting to show. The prospectus of a military school was now covered by a security file, with the school address on it. This was beginning to get bad. Ricky took the Corvette to school, his jeep was too slow if anything happened. He lasted till his second class before he was called to see the head. He left the room quietly, taking his time walking to the office. It was one of the juniors that alerted him to how bad things had gotten, he over heard two of them taking as he passed their class, “they searched another locker today.” Ricky froze. Turning he quickened his pace to the corridor where his locker was. Two cops stood at the sides of his opened door, tape cordoning off the surrounding area. “Damn it.” Ricky’s tried to stifle the word but the cops both heard it, he ran. He could hear them following him, but he knew the school well, evading the pursuit, he took a few detours, rounded the corner to the main door and hit the pavement running, clearing most of the lower stairs in one stride. His car beeped in response to the alarm remote, door unlocking as it did. “Damn, too loud, they would have heard that.” The group of officers that rounded the corner of the building was all he needed to confirm how bad this just got, this tires screamed as he fled. Sirens following as his ‘vette hit the back roads and he headed for the freeway onramp. He heard the tires blow from the road block, the traction of his car stolen as he went into full skid, sliding almost sideways as he hit the accelerator to burn his way out of it, the sparks of his wheel rims cutting groves into the air around him. The Truck was coming too fast to stop, as Ricky crossed the centre strip his ‘vette flipped, the first roll took him into the front of the oncoming rig, the corvette crumpling around him from the impact. He smelled the fuel as it ignited.

"Hey buddy, I think you had enough. You done nothing but sit here drinking like a fish and spouting tall tales all night. Who the hell are you anyway?" Moby Dick - Herman Melville

Ricky sat in the carpark, his jeep warm in the sunshine, and the stereo gently thumping the bass track of the cd. Things were not going well, his dad was pissed that the tapes that Ricky had been watching were the same that Ton had in his locker. This had also started an inquest into the dealings of the security personel, and the student body. He had seen the tapes of Duke and Ton talking, He wondered how many others had been taken in by the smear campaign against him. The police arrived as he sat watching the empty carpark, the officers ran with weapons drawn into the school building, Ricky turned down the music, Gentle to hius ears tended to block out other sounds. The sirens became audible over the rumble of the car speakers. Vincent was carried to the ambulance, the coronor taking away the body of Erica. Ricky watched them leave, taking time to turn the music up before starting the car and heading home. OOC: Vote for Duke Harford/Venefyxatu

Ricky sat in his dads office at the uncomfortable side of the desk, the General Manager of the largest security monitoring company in the city watched his son from the other side. "Ricky, when I get a personal call from the one of my largest clients, i do not expect to find out that it is to INVESTIGATE MY OWN SON!!!!!" Ricky had been waiting for the explosion... "Dad, wait." "Military school is looking like a fantastic option again. "But DAd!" "Dont yell at me." "Sorry. Just listen, I was only in the Security Centre with Jonathan Wilson last night, I wanted to see if anything happened that may explain a few things about the incidents that have been happening at school." "You are not allowed access to those tapes, you know that." "Yes, But my friends are being hurt, I needed to do something." "What did you find?" "Someone making out with someone other than his girlfriend." "So nothing useful?" "I am still looking, If you let me now I suppose, but I know who to look at tonight. The started attacking me with a flyer drop this afternoon at school." "So I get a call because you catch a mate cheating his girl?" "No I cautioned the Guy, told him to be more carefull and keep it off school grounds as there were too many cameras, Word got around that i knew things and I think I made someone nervous." "Last time tonight. Tell Jon I said you can and that he is to help you look, I want to know who is setting you up." "thanks Dad." Rickyt got up to leave. his dad spoke once more before he reached the door.... "Be careful Ricky Boy, I dont want you Injured again because you looking after your mates instead of yourself." "Yes Dad, .... Thanks" OOC: I vote Ton/Akallabeth cause he trying to set me up..... i see you... I see you.... Always watching......always watching.

Ok... thank you all for the wonderfull topics. I have dicided to make a small addition to my quest. Sonnets. the 8th excercise. I shall do three topics per excercise, 8 excercises in total, so........ My topic list is now officially this: 1)BUTTERFLOWERS 2)Acquittal 3)Minus 30 degrees Celsius 4)turtle soup 5)The northern lights. 6)spinning CDs 7)a paranoid musician 8)The Smurfs 9)The life of a cat in a fantasy society loosely based on feudal Japan 10)The Muse that inspires your works of art 11)Chocolate Fish 12)Dragons 13)COFFEE 14)kitten minions 15)a allegory contrast in two stanzas Love stinks. Love's sweet smells 16)What?! This isn't a diner 17)Sorry, I can't help but~~> 18)the emotions of a spontaneous dance 19)Madness - in thought or love 20)something which won't drive you mad 21)The pros and cons of nuclear fission as compared to a gerbil running on a wheel 22)the effects of moonlight reflecting at different angles on a still lake in the middle of the forest 23)The pros and cons of the theory of universal intellegence in reference to atomic structure as it coordenates movement patterns in the formation of 'contained' energy fields (matter) and the flow of free electrons 24)A place of personal power. I asked Mynx to give me the last one in person, so I have my list. Thanks again to all who gave me the inspiration to write. I shall post the results, soon. *hugs all for help and topics and wishes of luck*

*looks at msn window, wonders how long it will take for Mynx to read the post and say something* *looks busy as Mynx sends a message* Um.... yes .... i wasn't really thinking of doing anything. *looks innocent...(looks like a raven with a twitch)*

*looks up from the small pile of books and encyclopedia* I see how I go for the first few. YanYan has me wanting to write for his, it will be 'interesting' at the most i will take another five topics from now. that will give me four for each excercise. *sits contemplating the theories of quantum science and considers testing a theory involving cats and boxes* *looks around for Mynx and the can of treacle* *remembers a pinata bag* *sees a kitten minion* *decides to try to see next birthday instead*

Ricky knew his luck wouldnt change, so close, damn, what did she do to get banned from the prom, he was hearing so many stories from the school gossip factory. Mr Smith would not change his mind, even after a long meeting at lunch to request he reconsider. He skipped the afternoon classes, and went to see Jenny, who had gone home after the incident very upset. Maybe he could find out the truth in the stories.

Tanny! Give me a topic, go on, anything you like, I can do one extra.

*A Raven flys past the gathered group with a book entitled "nuclear physics and gerbil farming in the subtropics."* Dude, I am so totally in.

Ricky opened the door of his jeep for Jenny, and as they pulled out of the carpark glanced over at her. She was really beautiful in the sunlight, the way it highlighted her hair. They drove to baker st, parked and started slowly walking, not saying much as they went. Both of them still a little unsure of the new ground they were on with each other. They passed a few stores, not much catching the eye, a few nice designs, but nothing really stunning. Jenny, sighed, "hey, thanks for this, it really is a big help." Ricky smiled, "Hey, time together is important, I am glad i could help." the pused by the next store Jenny glanced into the window ignoring the display there, her eyes searching the interior of the store for that small hint of deep blue, her favourite colour. Ricky suggested they go in, and look more closely, Jenny was abou to say no, when something cought her eye. " ok, lets. " They stood looking at the gown , Ricky at a loss for words as his mind dressed Jenny's wonderful body in the deep blue strapless dress that hung before them , "Damn, that would look stunning on you." Jenny smiled, "you like?" "Hell yeah. You want some privacy to try it on?" "ok" jenny bounced over to the assistant, pointing out the dress as Ricky walked to the door to wait out side. "Hey? Where you off to? I want you to see this on me, and give me an honest opinion" Ricky blushed, "Um, sure, ok..." he trailed off as jenny closed the door to the changing room. OOC: Vote on hold while Ricky drools

have you never seen a red duck of doomsday destruction and mayhem upopn the waters of the pond?

Just for the record, you post in my thread i will take it as a topic, so for the wonderfull people that posted, I have my list. 1)BUTTERFLOWERS 2)Acquittal 3)Minus 30 degrees Celsius 4)turtle soup 5)The northern lights. 6)spinning CDs 7)a paranoid musician 8)The Smurfs 9)The life of a cat in a fantasy society loosely based on feudal Japan 10)The Muse that inspires your works of art 11)Chocolate Fish 12)Dragons 13)COFFEE 14)kitten minions 15)a allegory contrast in two stanzas Love stinks. Love's sweet smells 16)What?! This isn't a diner 17)Sorry, I can't help but~~> 18)the emotions of a spontaneous dance 19)Madness - in thought or love 20)something which won't drive you mad ( or, *giggles* great minds taking *slightly* divergent paths,) 21)The pros and cons of nuclear fission as compared to a gerbil running on a wheel If there is a mistake in my listing of topics as I saw them posted, please PM me as soon as possible. otherwise I shall begin. I shall allow a few days for corrections to be made. *grins*

The Raven lands on the head of blade mistress. Looking at the newcomer from his new perch the avian rune mage finally grins, "hey I seen you before" OOC: welcome, good to see you.

I take it that "something which won't drive you mad" is the topic, or was it "*giggles* great minds taking *slightly* divergent paths, eh?" *stares at Vlad* um,..... ok..... *puts on straight jacket*

*hugs Quincunx* Thank you!!!! at last a topic that wont drive me mad.

"My day is now officially clear to spend with you." Ricky smiled as he watched Jenny sip her coffee, he was still a bit stunned that she had said yes. he sipped at the last of his own drink, "You heard about Bobby?" Jenny nodded, Looking at Ricky as he watched her. "Is the team going to manage without the others?" "It will be a close one, Brown won't be missed much in play, but the other two were key players, very skilled ones too. It will be hard to replace them." Ricky seemed distracted for a moment, before continuing, "Shall we go? Where do you want to start?"

Ricky drifted through the day, his mind shifting uneasily through the last few days. the team is going to struggle with two players missing, and two of the better ones too. Bobby would not have been stupid in his car, he knows better. his thoughts shifted again, Jenny would get to the cafereria after he did. He headed to the counter and ordered a latte. looking around, he found a slightly secluded table, and sat to wait, still in view of the counter so she would see him when she arrived.

*looks at topic list* *bursts out in a fit of giggles* I think 'the smurfs' needs a sonet, we see what happens. *looks around* ok 12 down, 9 to go.

Well done all, congratulations. *grabs and hugs all in turn, shaking their hands and grinning all the while*

Ricky logged on the his usual sites, drifting through pages ranging from poetry to sports, a few photographic sites. he had added Jenny to his contacts, and was surfing quite aimlessly in the hope of seeing her online. Jenny appeared in his messanger window, the icon shifting colour as she added him to her contacts. "Hi Jenny. How are you ?" he sent the message, and before waiting for a reply, added; "I got your contact from leann in chemistry, she said she had met you online browsing, you dont mind do you?"

My first topic, is already gifted to my cause by the ever wonderful Mynx. Yes that is what she meant by "Butterflowers" this is a fantastic example of what I meant by 'anything'