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        <title>deviantART: Newest Windows 7 Boot</title>
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                <title>Filly Celestia 2 Boot Logo for Windows 7</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 05:13:32 PDT</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[ Filly Princess Celestia Boot Logo for Windows 7<br /><br />All rights go to Hasbro<br /><div><img src="http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/138/e/b/filly_celestia_2_boot_logo_for_windows_7_by_dieselshy-d65jz84.png" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>Filly Celestia Boot Logo for Windows 7</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 05:10:44 PDT</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[ Filly Princess Celestia Boot Logo for Windows 7<br /><br />All rights go to Hasbro<br /><div><img src="http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/138/c/0/filly_celestia_boot_logo_for_windows_7_by_dieselshy-d65jz4c.png" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>Celestia Boot Logo for Windows 7</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 05:09:24 PDT</pubDate>
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        <media:copyright url="http://dieselshy.deviantart.com">Copyright 2013 ~Dieselshy</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ Princess Celestia Boot Logo for Windows 7<br /><br />All rights go to Hasbro ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/138/a/2/celestia_boot_logo_for_windows_7_by_dieselshy-d65jyv5.png" height="188" width="192"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ Princess Celestia Boot Logo for Windows 7<br /><br />All rights go to Hasbro<br /><div><img src="http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/138/a/2/celestia_boot_logo_for_windows_7_by_dieselshy-d65jyv5.png" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>Puking AppleJack</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 01:45:47 PDT</pubDate>
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        <media:copyright url="http://tarrant501.deviantart.com">Copyright 2013 ~tarrant501</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ HEY! Its been awhile! Did anyone miss me? No matter, here is the Puking Applejack boot logo.<br /><br />This is not the one I intended to upload. I had a much nicer one but it has a few bugs, so heres a simpler one until then.<br /><br />For instruction on how to use go here. <a href="http://tarrant501.deviantart.com/art/Puking-Rainbow-Windows-7-boot-logo-358180491">[link]</a><br /><br />Ok next is Fluttershy but honestly Ive drawn a blank on what to do, so if anyone has any suggestions on what to include for Fluttershy please let me know.<br /><br />and to jumpstart the flow of suggestions... I will also start doing requests.<br /><br />ONLY for ponies in the show. NO OC's.... at least not yet<br /><br />MLP belongs to Hasbro, not me. ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/137/2/8/puking_applejack_by_tarrant501-d65jmeg.png" height="200" width="200"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ HEY! Its been awhile! Did anyone miss me? No matter, here is the Puking Applejack boot logo.<br /><br />This is not the one I intended to upload. I had a much nicer one but it has a few bugs, so heres a simpler one until then.<br /><br />For instruction on how to use go here. <a href="http://tarrant501.deviantart.com/art/Puking-Rainbow-Windows-7-boot-logo-358180491">[link]</a><br /><br />Ok next is Fluttershy but honestly Ive drawn a blank on what to do, so if anyone has any suggestions on what to include for Fluttershy please let me know.<br /><br />and to jumpstart the flow of suggestions... I will also start doing requests.<br /><br />ONLY for ponies in the show. NO OC's.... at least not yet<br /><br />MLP belongs to Hasbro, not me.<br /><div><img src="http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/137/2/8/puking_applejack_by_tarrant501-d65jmeg.png" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>CIA main log in screen</title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 18:56:58 PDT</pubDate>
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        <media:copyright url="http://vinny2010.deviantart.com">Copyright 2013 ~Vinny2010</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ just to freak people out, its a cool prank/prop to look at booting up. <br /><br />Made in Photoshop the "agent" and "clerance level III" are what I edited can be customized based on screen size obviously fits my screen perfectly took a little plug and play to get it just right<br /><br />For my windows 7 vista needed it to be just under 255KB i believe in order for it to work if you can find a way around this please contact me because I would love to add more stuff to this! thanks!<br /><br />how to change: <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSVRQzhJrGE">[link]</a> ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th09.deviantart.net/fs70/150/i/2013/131/2/5/cia_main_log_in_screen_by_vinny2010-d64yd7l.jpg" height="120" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/i/2013/131/2/5/cia_main_log_in_screen_by_vinny2010-d64yd7l.jpg" height="240" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://th01.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2013/131/2/5/cia_main_log_in_screen_by_vinny2010-d64yd7l.jpg" height="800" width="999" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ just to freak people out, its a cool prank/prop to look at booting up. <br /><br />Made in Photoshop the "agent" and "clerance level III" are what I edited can be customized based on screen size obviously fits my screen perfectly took a little plug and play to get it just right<br /><br />For my windows 7 vista needed it to be just under 255KB i believe in order for it to work if you can find a way around this please contact me because I would love to add more stuff to this! thanks!<br /><br />how to change: <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSVRQzhJrGE">[link]</a><br /><div><img src="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/i/2013/131/2/5/cia_main_log_in_screen_by_vinny2010-d64yd7l.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>Dual-Boot Windows 7 Android 4.0 ICS 3G Tablet frei</title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 07:17:26 PDT</pubDate>
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        <media:copyright url="http://kaka011.deviantart.com">Copyright 2013 ~kaka011</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ Dual-Boot Windows 7 Android 4.0 ICS 3G Tablet freigegeben<br />&lt;p&gt;Wenn Sie die Art von Tablet-Benutzer, der ?&#713; s ihren Kuchen wollen und es zu essen sind, werden Sie sich freuen zu h?ren<a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.lenteen.de/handys/">handy kaufen</a><br /> andere Dual-Boot-Tablet auf den Markt kommen. Dieses Modell bietet sowohl Windows 7 und Android 4.0.3 ICS Details unten! Wie man es von einer Tablette, die sowohl Windows als auch Android, die Spezifikationen lesen viel mehr wie ein Netbook eher als die typischen Android-Tablet specs laufen erwarten k?nnen. Ein Intel Atom N455 1.66Ghz CPU leitet Dinge mit 2GB RAM und einer 16GB <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.lenteen.de/handys/">g&uuml;nstige handys</a><br />SSD die Betreuung der Speicher den Aufgaben fest sind auch ein volles Detail Ports, Stecker und Ausbau Bereichen, darunter ein Mini-VGA-Ausgang, microSD-Kartenleser, 2 USB, Ethernet sowie Wifi und Bluetooth.Other als die Tatsache, diese Tablette kann in den Windows-oder Android OS ein <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.lenteen.de/smartphone/">bestes smartphone</a><br />weiteres Stand-Out-Funktion booten ist die Aufnahme von 3G, was viele chinesische Hersteller lassen sich durch kosten restraints.Design weise das duale booter ist extrem berauschend und sieht fast ein wenig DIY, aber wenn Sie schauen, um beide Betriebssysteme ausgef&uuml;hrt werden kann dies die Tablette zu betrachten! Kontaktieren Sie uns f&uuml;r weitere Details. ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th02.deviantart.net/fs71/150/f/2013/131/5/a/dual_boot_windows_7_android_4_0_ics_3g_tablet_frei_by_kaka011-d64viz2.jpg" height="103" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th07.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/f/2013/131/5/a/dual_boot_windows_7_android_4_0_ics_3g_tablet_frei_by_kaka011-d64viz2.jpg" height="207" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/131/5/a/dual_boot_windows_7_android_4_0_ics_3g_tablet_frei_by_kaka011-d64viz2.jpg" height="631" width="915" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ Dual-Boot Windows 7 Android 4.0 ICS 3G Tablet freigegeben<br />&lt;p&gt;Wenn Sie die Art von Tablet-Benutzer, der ?&#713; s ihren Kuchen wollen und es zu essen sind, werden Sie sich freuen zu h?ren<a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.lenteen.de/handys/">handy kaufen</a><br /> andere Dual-Boot-Tablet auf den Markt kommen. Dieses Modell bietet sowohl Windows 7 und Android 4.0.3 ICS Details unten! Wie man es von einer Tablette, die sowohl Windows als auch Android, die Spezifikationen lesen viel mehr wie ein Netbook eher als die typischen Android-Tablet specs laufen erwarten k?nnen. Ein Intel Atom N455 1.66Ghz CPU leitet Dinge mit 2GB RAM und einer 16GB <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.lenteen.de/handys/">g&uuml;nstige handys</a><br />SSD die Betreuung der Speicher den Aufgaben fest sind auch ein volles Detail Ports, Stecker und Ausbau Bereichen, darunter ein Mini-VGA-Ausgang, microSD-Kartenleser, 2 USB, Ethernet sowie Wifi und Bluetooth.Other als die Tatsache, diese Tablette kann in den Windows-oder Android OS ein <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.lenteen.de/smartphone/">bestes smartphone</a><br />weiteres Stand-Out-Funktion booten ist die Aufnahme von 3G, was viele chinesische Hersteller lassen sich durch kosten restraints.Design weise das duale booter ist extrem berauschend und sieht fast ein wenig DIY, aber wenn Sie schauen, um beide Betriebssysteme ausgef&uuml;hrt werden kann dies die Tablette zu betrachten! Kontaktieren Sie uns f&uuml;r weitere Details.<br /><div><img src="http://th07.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/f/2013/131/5/a/dual_boot_windows_7_android_4_0_ics_3g_tablet_frei_by_kaka011-d64viz2.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>Dual-Boot-Windows-/ Android 2.2 Tablet Straight Ou</title>
                <link>http://yy1699.deviantart.com/art/Dual-Boot-Windows-Android-2-2-Tablet-Straight-Ou-370557170</link>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 23:00:47 PDT</pubDate>
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        <media:copyright url="http://yy1699.deviantart.com">Copyright 2013 ~yy1699</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ Dual-Boot-Windows-/ Android 2.2 Tablet Straight Out Of Shenzhen<br />&lt;p&gt;Bevor heute der einzige Dual-Boot-Tablet wir wussten war Viewsonic Viewpad ?&#713; s mit, es ?&#713; s Atom CPU und Dual-Boot-Windows-Betriebssysteme 7/Android. Heute jedoch gibt es ein neues Kind auf dem Block, und es ?&#713; s rocking eine sehr ?hnliche Hardware-Konfiguration zusammen mit, die die <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.lenteen.de/tabletpc/">tablet pc</a><br />gleichen Dual-Boot-Leistungen nur zu einem viel niedrigeren Preis. Mehr Details und Fotos nach dem Sprung Wie die meisten Shenzhen gemacht Tabletten die Fabrik, die diese Dual-Boot-Sch?nheit mit dem nicetie wie Namensgebung ihrer Produkt despensed haben und stattdessen stopfte es Unterlegkeil ein Block voll von Hard-und Software-Features, die auch iPad 2 Besitzer machen jealous.First up ist das OS. Out of the box diese eher kantig Tablet mit Windows 7 und Android 1.6. 1.6 Sie weinen!, Aber der Titel sagt 2.2 don ?&#713; t worry ein Upgrade h?tte zug?nglich gemacht durch die Zeit, die meisten von Ihnen gelingt, Ihre H?nde auf die Haube one.Under bekommen haben wir eine Intel Atom N455 CPU 1Ghz, 1GB DDR3 RAM und eine <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.lenteen.de/dualsimhandy/">dual sim handy</a><br />16 GB SSD Festplatte. Es ?&#713; s auch eine Batterie auch drin (die Hand). Die Vorderseite des Ger?ts ist komplett ohne Tasten und nur bietet die 10-Zoll-Multi-Touchscreen, Frontkamera und einen sch?nen Blick Windows-Logo. Die Seiten ist, wo alle button-Alter und Stecker Spa? los ist; die Unterkante bekommt ein paar Stereo speakers.While der Seite bekommt 3 unmarkierte aber Hintergrundbeleuchtung Hause, Macht und zur&uuml;ck buttons.The Oberkante der Tablette <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.lenteen.de/androidhandys/">android handy</a><br />bekommen etwas Abk&uuml;hlung entl&uuml;ften Liebe sowie ein 3G-SIM-Slot und ein Ethernet-Anschluss, nur f&uuml;r den Fall wollte Ihre ultra-portable, ultra-not-portable.Hiding um den linken Rand sind die Micro-SD-Kartenleser, Mini-VGA, DC-in, 2x USB und ein Kopfh?rer und microphone.This Dual-Boot-Sch?nheit hat mehr als genug Leistung, um auf der aktuellen Ernte von Tegra 2 Ger?te nehmen, und sogar verlassen Sie mit wenig Wechselgeld abholen eine sch?ne Sitte, Abdeckung f&uuml;r sie zu, wie sie derzeit zum Verkauf sind f&uuml;r ! die erstaunlich niedrigen Preis von $ 305 Folgen Sie uns auf Twitter f&uuml;r mehr Dual-Boot-G&uuml;te-und Tablet-love.Via: Micdigi ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th05.deviantart.net/fs70/150/i/2013/128/a/a/dual_boot_windows___android_2_2_tablet_straight_ou_by_yy1699-d64mbqq.jpg" height="94" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th08.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/i/2013/128/a/a/dual_boot_windows___android_2_2_tablet_straight_ou_by_yy1699-d64mbqq.jpg" height="188" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2013/128/a/a/dual_boot_windows___android_2_2_tablet_straight_ou_by_yy1699-d64mbqq.jpg" height="641" width="1024" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ Dual-Boot-Windows-/ Android 2.2 Tablet Straight Out Of Shenzhen<br />&lt;p&gt;Bevor heute der einzige Dual-Boot-Tablet wir wussten war Viewsonic Viewpad ?&#713; s mit, es ?&#713; s Atom CPU und Dual-Boot-Windows-Betriebssysteme 7/Android. Heute jedoch gibt es ein neues Kind auf dem Block, und es ?&#713; s rocking eine sehr ?hnliche Hardware-Konfiguration zusammen mit, die die <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.lenteen.de/tabletpc/">tablet pc</a><br />gleichen Dual-Boot-Leistungen nur zu einem viel niedrigeren Preis. Mehr Details und Fotos nach dem Sprung Wie die meisten Shenzhen gemacht Tabletten die Fabrik, die diese Dual-Boot-Sch?nheit mit dem nicetie wie Namensgebung ihrer Produkt despensed haben und stattdessen stopfte es Unterlegkeil ein Block voll von Hard-und Software-Features, die auch iPad 2 Besitzer machen jealous.First up ist das OS. Out of the box diese eher kantig Tablet mit Windows 7 und Android 1.6. 1.6 Sie weinen!, Aber der Titel sagt 2.2 don ?&#713; t worry ein Upgrade h?tte zug?nglich gemacht durch die Zeit, die meisten von Ihnen gelingt, Ihre H?nde auf die Haube one.Under bekommen haben wir eine Intel Atom N455 CPU 1Ghz, 1GB DDR3 RAM und eine <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.lenteen.de/dualsimhandy/">dual sim handy</a><br />16 GB SSD Festplatte. Es ?&#713; s auch eine Batterie auch drin (die Hand). Die Vorderseite des Ger?ts ist komplett ohne Tasten und nur bietet die 10-Zoll-Multi-Touchscreen, Frontkamera und einen sch?nen Blick Windows-Logo. Die Seiten ist, wo alle button-Alter und Stecker Spa? los ist; die Unterkante bekommt ein paar Stereo speakers.While der Seite bekommt 3 unmarkierte aber Hintergrundbeleuchtung Hause, Macht und zur&uuml;ck buttons.The Oberkante der Tablette <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.lenteen.de/androidhandys/">android handy</a><br />bekommen etwas Abk&uuml;hlung entl&uuml;ften Liebe sowie ein 3G-SIM-Slot und ein Ethernet-Anschluss, nur f&uuml;r den Fall wollte Ihre ultra-portable, ultra-not-portable.Hiding um den linken Rand sind die Micro-SD-Kartenleser, Mini-VGA, DC-in, 2x USB und ein Kopfh?rer und microphone.This Dual-Boot-Sch?nheit hat mehr als genug Leistung, um auf der aktuellen Ernte von Tegra 2 Ger?te nehmen, und sogar verlassen Sie mit wenig Wechselgeld abholen eine sch?ne Sitte, Abdeckung f&uuml;r sie zu, wie sie derzeit zum Verkauf sind f&uuml;r ! die erstaunlich niedrigen Preis von $ 305 Folgen Sie uns auf Twitter f&uuml;r mehr Dual-Boot-G&uuml;te-und Tablet-love.Via: Micdigi<br /><div><img src="http://th08.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/i/2013/128/a/a/dual_boot_windows___android_2_2_tablet_straight_ou_by_yy1699-d64mbqq.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>REAL Windows Classic for Windows 8 Sneak Peek!</title>
                <link>http://kernelcore.deviantart.com/art/REAL-Windows-Classic-for-Windows-8-Sneak-Peek-370522378</link>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 18:31:45 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">REAL Windows Classic for Windows 8 Sneak Peek!</media:title>
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                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
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        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">kernelcore</media:credit>
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        <media:copyright url="http://kernelcore.deviantart.com">Copyright 2013 ~kernelcore</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ You know there is a theme that is High Contrast with classic colors but this is the real thing!!<br /><br />That's right, Microsoft tried to hide Windows Classic but it's still there!<br /><br />This sneak peek was done on WinPE 4 which has no DWM on but has the Windows 7 basic theme. This is a proof of concept and in a future sneak if DWM can be turned off in full Windows 8 this classic theme could apply. Wait for the alpha.<br /><br />If you're wondering why there is the old Task Manager is because the new taskmgr is not in WinPE 4. Try WinPE4 or boot to the command prompt in Windows 8 boot options to see for yourself. ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th03.deviantart.net/fs71/150/i/2013/128/9/6/real_windows_classic_for_windows_8_sneak_peek__by_kernelcore-d64lkwa.png" height="113" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th07.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2013/128/9/6/real_windows_classic_for_windows_8_sneak_peek__by_kernelcore-d64lkwa.png" height="225" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2013/128/9/6/real_windows_classic_for_windows_8_sneak_peek__by_kernelcore-d64lkwa.png" height="675" width="900" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ You know there is a theme that is High Contrast with classic colors but this is the real thing!!<br /><br />That's right, Microsoft tried to hide Windows Classic but it's still there!<br /><br />This sneak peek was done on WinPE 4 which has no DWM on but has the Windows 7 basic theme. This is a proof of concept and in a future sneak if DWM can be turned off in full Windows 8 this classic theme could apply. Wait for the alpha.<br /><br />If you're wondering why there is the old Task Manager is because the new taskmgr is not in WinPE 4. Try WinPE4 or boot to the command prompt in Windows 8 boot options to see for yourself.<br /><div><img src="http://th07.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2013/128/9/6/real_windows_classic_for_windows_8_sneak_peek__by_kernelcore-d64lkwa.png" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
            <item>
                <title>New Concept- BootScreen</title>
                <link>http://tchiro.deviantart.com/art/New-Concept-BootScreen-370353392</link>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 20:13:47 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">New Concept- BootScreen</media:title>
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        <media:copyright url="http://tchiro.deviantart.com">Copyright 2013 ~tchiro</media:copyright>             <creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/</creativeCommons:license>
                <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ USE AT YOUR OWN RISK<br />To use:<br />- download the program --<a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.coderforlife.com/projects/win7boot/#Download">Windows 7 Boot Updater</a> <br />- Run as administrator<br />- In the window, select the downloaded file downloads<br />and to apply.<br />To continue to use other Boot Screen<br />before loading to restore to the previous screen (standard) state.<br />========================================================<br />&#1048;&#1057;&#1055;&#1054;&#1051;&#1068;&#1047;&#1054;&#1042;&#1040;&#1058;&#1068; &#1053;&#1040; &#1057;&#1042;&#1054;&#1049; &#1057;&#1058;&#1056;&#1040;&#1061; &#1048; &#1056;&#1048;&#1057;&#1050;<br />&#1044;&#1083;&#1103; &#1080;&#1089;&#1087;&#1086;&#1083;&#1100;&#1079;&#1086;&#1074;&#1072;&#1085;&#1080;&#1103;:<br />- &#1089;&#1082;&#1072;&#1095;&#1072;&#1090;&#1100; &#1087;&#1088;&#1086;&#1075;&#1088;&#1072;&#1084;&#1084;&#1091; --<a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.coderforlife.com/projects/win7boot/#Download">Windows 7 Boot Updater</a> <br />- &#1079;&#1072;&#1087;&#1091;&#1089;&#1090;&#1080;&#1090;&#1100; &#1086;&#1090; &#1080;&#1084;&#1077;&#1085;&#1080; &#1072;&#1076;&#1084;&#1080;&#1085;&#1080;&#1089;&#1090;&#1088;&#1072;&#1090;&#1086;&#1088;&#1072;<br />- &#1074; &#1086;&#1082;&#1085;&#1077; &#1087;&#1088;&#1086;&#1075;&#1088;&#1072;&#1084;&#1084;&#1099; &#1074;&#1099;&#1073;&#1088;&#1072;&#1090;&#1100; &#1079;&#1072;&#1075;&#1088;&#1091;&#1079;&#1082;&#1091; &#1089;&#1082;&#1072;&#1095;&#1077;&#1085;&#1085;&#1086;&#1075;&#1086; &#1092;&#1072;&#1081;&#1083;&#1072;<br />&#1080; &#1087;&#1088;&#1080;&#1084;&#1077;&#1085;&#1080;&#1090;&#1100;.<br />&#1063;&#1090;&#1086; &#1073;&#1099; &#1074;&#1076;&#1072;&#1083;&#1100;&#1085;&#1077;&#1081;&#1096;&#1077;&#1084; &#1080;&#1089;&#1087;&#1086;&#1083;&#1100;&#1079;&#1086;&#1074;&#1072;&#1090;&#1100; &#1076;&#1088;&#1091;&#1075;&#1080;&#1077; "&#1073;&#1091;&#1090;&#1089;&#1082;&#1088;&#1080;&#1085;&#1099;"<br />&#1087;&#1077;&#1088;&#1077;&#1076; &#1080;&#1093; &#1079;&#1072;&#1075;&#1088;&#1091;&#1079;&#1082;&#1086;&#1081; &#1085;&#1091;&#1078;&#1085;&#1086; &#1074;&#1086;&#1089;&#1089;&#1090;&#1072;&#1085;&#1072;&#1074;&#1083;&#1080;&#1074;&#1072;&#1090;&#1100; &#1101;&#1082;&#1088;&#1072;&#1085; &#1082; &#1087;&#1088;&#1077;&#1076;&#1099;&#1076;&#1091;&#1097;&#1077;&#1084;&#1091;(&#1089;&#1090;&#1072;&#1085;&#1076;&#1072;&#1088;&#1090;&#1085;&#1086;&#1084;&#1091;) &#1089;&#1086;&#1089;&#1090;&#1086;&#1103;&#1085;&#1080;&#1102;. ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/127/4/e/new_concept__bootscreen_by_tchiro-d64hyi8.gif" height="150" width="147"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ USE AT YOUR OWN RISK<br />To use:<br />- download the program --<a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.coderforlife.com/projects/win7boot/#Download">Windows 7 Boot Updater</a> <br />- Run as administrator<br />- In the window, select the downloaded file downloads<br />and to apply.<br />To continue to use other Boot Screen<br />before loading to restore to the previous screen (standard) state.<br />========================================================<br />&#1048;&#1057;&#1055;&#1054;&#1051;&#1068;&#1047;&#1054;&#1042;&#1040;&#1058;&#1068; &#1053;&#1040; &#1057;&#1042;&#1054;&#1049; &#1057;&#1058;&#1056;&#1040;&#1061; &#1048; &#1056;&#1048;&#1057;&#1050;<br />&#1044;&#1083;&#1103; &#1080;&#1089;&#1087;&#1086;&#1083;&#1100;&#1079;&#1086;&#1074;&#1072;&#1085;&#1080;&#1103;:<br />- &#1089;&#1082;&#1072;&#1095;&#1072;&#1090;&#1100; &#1087;&#1088;&#1086;&#1075;&#1088;&#1072;&#1084;&#1084;&#1091; --<a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.coderforlife.com/projects/win7boot/#Download">Windows 7 Boot Updater</a> <br />- &#1079;&#1072;&#1087;&#1091;&#1089;&#1090;&#1080;&#1090;&#1100; &#1086;&#1090; &#1080;&#1084;&#1077;&#1085;&#1080; &#1072;&#1076;&#1084;&#1080;&#1085;&#1080;&#1089;&#1090;&#1088;&#1072;&#1090;&#1086;&#1088;&#1072;<br />- &#1074; &#1086;&#1082;&#1085;&#1077; &#1087;&#1088;&#1086;&#1075;&#1088;&#1072;&#1084;&#1084;&#1099; &#1074;&#1099;&#1073;&#1088;&#1072;&#1090;&#1100; &#1079;&#1072;&#1075;&#1088;&#1091;&#1079;&#1082;&#1091; &#1089;&#1082;&#1072;&#1095;&#1077;&#1085;&#1085;&#1086;&#1075;&#1086; &#1092;&#1072;&#1081;&#1083;&#1072;<br />&#1080; &#1087;&#1088;&#1080;&#1084;&#1077;&#1085;&#1080;&#1090;&#1100;.<br />&#1063;&#1090;&#1086; &#1073;&#1099; &#1074;&#1076;&#1072;&#1083;&#1100;&#1085;&#1077;&#1081;&#1096;&#1077;&#1084; &#1080;&#1089;&#1087;&#1086;&#1083;&#1100;&#1079;&#1086;&#1074;&#1072;&#1090;&#1100; &#1076;&#1088;&#1091;&#1075;&#1080;&#1077; "&#1073;&#1091;&#1090;&#1089;&#1082;&#1088;&#1080;&#1085;&#1099;"<br />&#1087;&#1077;&#1088;&#1077;&#1076; &#1080;&#1093; &#1079;&#1072;&#1075;&#1088;&#1091;&#1079;&#1082;&#1086;&#1081; &#1085;&#1091;&#1078;&#1085;&#1086; &#1074;&#1086;&#1089;&#1089;&#1090;&#1072;&#1085;&#1072;&#1074;&#1083;&#1080;&#1074;&#1072;&#1090;&#1100; &#1101;&#1082;&#1088;&#1072;&#1085; &#1082; &#1087;&#1088;&#1077;&#1076;&#1099;&#1076;&#1091;&#1097;&#1077;&#1084;&#1091;(&#1089;&#1090;&#1072;&#1085;&#1076;&#1072;&#1088;&#1090;&#1085;&#1086;&#1084;&#1091;) &#1089;&#1086;&#1089;&#1090;&#1086;&#1103;&#1085;&#1080;&#1102;.<br /><div><img src="http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/127/4/e/new_concept__bootscreen_by_tchiro-d64hyi8.gif" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>Chinas Latest E-King Tablet claims to be the thine</title>
                <link>http://dada186.deviantart.com/art/Chinas-Latest-E-King-Tablet-claims-to-be-the-thine-370038410</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://dada186.deviantart.com/art/Chinas-Latest-E-King-Tablet-claims-to-be-the-thine-370038410</guid>
                <pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 07:14:47 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Chinas Latest E-King Tablet claims to be the thine</media:title>
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                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="iPod &amp; iPhone">customization/handhelds/iphone</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">dada186</media:credit>
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        <media:copyright url="http://dada186.deviantart.com">Copyright 2013 ~dada186</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ Chinas Latest E-King Tablet claims to be the thinest and will run all O.S!<br />&lt;P&gt;Dual boot netbooks and tablets are nothing new, but when a company claims that their latest tablet, touted as the <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.lenteen.de/tabletpc/">tablet pc</a><br />thinnest PC in the world, can<a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.lenteen.de/dualsimhandy/">dual sim handy</a><br /> run not 2 but 5 of the most popular operation systems available we tend to take notice. The makers of the E-king T9,?Shenzhen Guangxuntong Communication Technology, claim that this 9.7inch screened, dual camera tablet of theirs is the thinnest PC on the market, but despite the rather large claim havent provided details of its overall size.The E-king T9 with an Apple <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.lenteen.de/androidhandys/">android handy</a><br />iPad 2They have announced the internal spec, though which see a 1.5ghz CPU plus 2gb of Ram propelling the OS along.The makers of the T9 E-king claim it is the thinnest in the worldSpeaking of OS, Shenzhen Guangxuntong Communication Technology, have even made the bold announcement that the E-King T9 tablet will run 5 operating systems which include Windows 7, Windows 8, Ubuntu, Meego and Android! Its not confirmed when the T9 will launch, but be sure we will bring you the news first.Via: micdigi ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th01.deviantart.net/fs71/150/f/2013/126/2/8/chinas_latest_e_king_tablet_claims_to_be_the_thine_by_dada186-d64b7gq.jpg" height="150" width="100"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/f/2013/126/2/8/chinas_latest_e_king_tablet_claims_to_be_the_thine_by_dada186-d64b7gq.jpg" height="450" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/126/2/8/chinas_latest_e_king_tablet_claims_to_be_the_thine_by_dada186-d64b7gq.jpg" height="480" width="320" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ Chinas Latest E-King Tablet claims to be the thinest and will run all O.S!<br />&lt;P&gt;Dual boot netbooks and tablets are nothing new, but when a company claims that their latest tablet, touted as the <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.lenteen.de/tabletpc/">tablet pc</a><br />thinnest PC in the world, can<a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.lenteen.de/dualsimhandy/">dual sim handy</a><br /> run not 2 but 5 of the most popular operation systems available we tend to take notice. The makers of the E-king T9,?Shenzhen Guangxuntong Communication Technology, claim that this 9.7inch screened, dual camera tablet of theirs is the thinnest PC on the market, but despite the rather large claim havent provided details of its overall size.The E-king T9 with an Apple <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.lenteen.de/androidhandys/">android handy</a><br />iPad 2They have announced the internal spec, though which see a 1.5ghz CPU plus 2gb of Ram propelling the OS along.The makers of the T9 E-king claim it is the thinnest in the worldSpeaking of OS, Shenzhen Guangxuntong Communication Technology, have even made the bold announcement that the E-King T9 tablet will run 5 operating systems which include Windows 7, Windows 8, Ubuntu, Meego and Android! Its not confirmed when the T9 will launch, but be sure we will bring you the news first.Via: micdigi<br /><div><img src="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/f/2013/126/2/8/chinas_latest_e_king_tablet_claims_to_be_the_thine_by_dada186-d64b7gq.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>Bottom Details Pane For Windows 8</title>
                <link>http://mrgrim01.deviantart.com/art/Bottom-Details-Pane-For-Windows-8-369875637</link>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 11:55:58 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Bottom Details Pane For Windows 8</media:title>
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                <media:category label="Other">customization/skins/windows8/other</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">MrGRiM01</media:credit>
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        <media:copyright url="http://mrgrim01.deviantart.com">Copyright 2013 ~MrGRiM01</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ This is just a simple installer, it contains 4 Respatcher files that will patch your shell32.dll UI files to bring back the Windows 7 style Details pane at the bottom, it also has options to have the details pane at the top, also know as Topshell and it can put the Folderband at the bottom.<br /><br />Note: To have the folderband at all you will need to disable the ribbon first or you will not see any effect from using that option.<br /><br />The installer has 4 settings, the first 2 settings will display the Details pane at the Bottom and the Folderband at the top, the default way seen in Windows 7, the bottom 2 options will place the Details Pane at the top and Folderband at the Bottom, after the install completes you have a couple of post instal options to either run sfc /scannow and restore any modified system files or to use sfc /scanfile to restore onle the shell32.dll, this will allow you to reverse any changes the installer makes, you can also access those options at any time just by running the installer and not selecting from the first 4 options.<br /><br />Update: Added a new option to have themeable Control Panel Navigation Panes<br /><br /><h2>Update 10/05/2013: Updated installer with Multi Language support (Stable) <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.mediafire.com/?l9ewhxo90iz7ec1">[link]</a></h2><br /><br /><h1>Very Important!! Always Create a Backup or System Restore before making changes to System Files.</h1><br /><br /><h3><u><b>Known problems:</b></u></h3><br /><br /><b>Does not restore Ownership to TrustedInstaller</b> (Restoring TrustedInstaller caused Boot Failure) ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/125/b/e/bottom_details_pane_for_windows_8_by_mrgrim01-d647pv9.jpg" height="1014" width="1920"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ This is just a simple installer, it contains 4 Respatcher files that will patch your shell32.dll UI files to bring back the Windows 7 style Details pane at the bottom, it also has options to have the details pane at the top, also know as Topshell and it can put the Folderband at the bottom.<br /><br />Note: To have the folderband at all you will need to disable the ribbon first or you will not see any effect from using that option.<br /><br />The installer has 4 settings, the first 2 settings will display the Details pane at the Bottom and the Folderband at the top, the default way seen in Windows 7, the bottom 2 options will place the Details Pane at the top and Folderband at the Bottom, after the install completes you have a couple of post instal options to either run sfc /scannow and restore any modified system files or to use sfc /scanfile to restore onle the shell32.dll, this will allow you to reverse any changes the installer makes, you can also access those options at any time just by running the installer and not selecting from the first 4 options.<br /><br />Update: Added a new option to have themeable Control Panel Navigation Panes<br /><br /><h2>Update 10/05/2013: Updated installer with Multi Language support (Stable) <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.mediafire.com/?l9ewhxo90iz7ec1">[link]</a></h2><br /><br /><h1>Very Important!! Always Create a Backup or System Restore before making changes to System Files.</h1><br /><br /><h3><u><b>Known problems:</b></u></h3><br /><br /><b>Does not restore Ownership to TrustedInstaller</b> (Restoring TrustedInstaller caused Boot Failure)<br /><div><img src="http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/125/b/e/bottom_details_pane_for_windows_8_by_mrgrim01-d647pv9.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>Windows Vista Boot Animation By Al Proto-d5bqzwv</title>
                <link>http://al-proto.deviantart.com/art/Windows-Vista-Boot-Animation-By-Al-Proto-d5bqzwv-369768940</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://al-proto.deviantart.com/art/Windows-Vista-Boot-Animation-By-Al-Proto-d5bqzwv-369768940</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 22:26:57 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Windows Vista Boot Animation By Al Proto-d5bqzwv</media:title>
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        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">AL-Proto</media:credit>
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        <media:copyright url="http://al-proto.deviantart.com">Copyright 2013 ~AL-Proto</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ -Windows 7 Boot Updater<br /><br /> Note <br />-Go to the 'Messages'<br />-Select 'Count'<br />-Change this to 'None'<br />-Repeat for the Resume state also<br /><br />Change Log:<br /><br />Version 1.1<br />-Update 16 by 9 Boot animation<br /><br />Version 1.0<br />-Official release ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/124/5/1/windows_vista_boot_animation_by_al_proto_d5bqzwv_by_al_proto-d645fjg.png" height="472" width="472"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ -Windows 7 Boot Updater<br /><br /> Note <br />-Go to the 'Messages'<br />-Select 'Count'<br />-Change this to 'None'<br />-Repeat for the Resume state also<br /><br />Change Log:<br /><br />Version 1.1<br />-Update 16 by 9 Boot animation<br /><br />Version 1.0<br />-Official release<br /><div><img src="http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/124/5/1/windows_vista_boot_animation_by_al_proto_d5bqzwv_by_al_proto-d645fjg.png" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>Windows 7 Boot Screen Blackstar runs</title>
                <link>http://darren9999.deviantart.com/art/Windows-7-Boot-Screen-Blackstar-runs-369353897</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://darren9999.deviantart.com/art/Windows-7-Boot-Screen-Blackstar-runs-369353897</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 21:33:53 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Windows 7 Boot Screen Blackstar runs</media:title>
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        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">darren9999</media:credit>
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        <media:copyright url="http://darren9999.deviantart.com">Copyright 2013 ~darren9999</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ this was the last one i was going to upload<br /><br />i'm leaving for good now i'll report that someone's comment if they say anything bad and i'll block them too ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/122/c/9/windows_7_boot_screen_blackstar_runs_by_darren9999-d63wjah.png" height="720" width="1280"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ this was the last one i was going to upload<br /><br />i'm leaving for good now i'll report that someone's comment if they say anything bad and i'll block them too<br /><div><img src="http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/122/c/9/windows_7_boot_screen_blackstar_runs_by_darren9999-d63wjah.png" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>Win Boot Screen 16:9</title>
                <link>http://medi-dadu.deviantart.com/art/Win-Boot-Screen-16-9-369035338</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://medi-dadu.deviantart.com/art/Win-Boot-Screen-16-9-369035338</guid>
                <pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 08:53:13 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Win Boot Screen 16:9</media:title>
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                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Other">customization/skins/windows7/other</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">medi-dadu</media:credit>
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        <media:copyright url="http://medi-dadu.deviantart.com">Copyright 2013 ~medi-dadu</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ a win7 boot screen<br />Use Windows 7 Boot Updater <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.coderforlife.com/projects/win7boot/">[link]</a> to change your boot screen. ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/121/8/4/win_boot_screen_16_9_by_medi_dadu-d63pphm.gif" height="150" width="150"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ a win7 boot screen<br />Use Windows 7 Boot Updater <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.coderforlife.com/projects/win7boot/">[link]</a> to change your boot screen.<br /><div><img src="http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/121/8/4/win_boot_screen_16_9_by_medi_dadu-d63pphm.gif" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>Win Boot Screen 4:3</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 08:52:03 PDT</pubDate>
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        <media:copyright url="http://medi-dadu.deviantart.com">Copyright 2013 ~medi-dadu</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ a win7 boot screen<br />Use Windows 7 Boot Updater <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.coderforlife.com/projects/win7boot/">[link]</a> to change your boot screen. ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/121/f/6/win_boot_screen_4_3_by_medi_dadu-d63pp58.gif" height="150" width="150"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ a win7 boot screen<br />Use Windows 7 Boot Updater <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.coderforlife.com/projects/win7boot/">[link]</a> to change your boot screen.<br /><div><img src="http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/121/f/6/win_boot_screen_4_3_by_medi_dadu-d63pp58.gif" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>Arch Screenshot May 2013</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 02:13:50 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Arch Screenshot May 2013</media:title>
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        <media:copyright url="http://juanma90.deviantart.com">Copyright 2013 ~Juanma90</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ <b>System:</b> ArchLinux.<br /><b>Arch:</b> x86_64.<br /><b>Kernel:</b> 3.9.<br /><b>Desktop:</b> XFCE 4.10.<br /><b>Wallpaper:</b> <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://db.tt/sMB9FxLA">Black</a> (only 1280x800).<br /><b>My Conky:</b> <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://db.tt/7QSyk2TP">Op.center</a>.<br /><b>Details:</b> <blockquote><b>1.</b> The system is installed on a SSD. Boot-up time: 3.6 secs.<br /><b>2.</b> Now, I use Netctl (before netcfg). Now, thanks to systemd and netctl, wireless performance has been incresed 10-15%.<br /><b>3.</b> The <code>/etc/systemd/logind.conf</code> file has been edited for when you close your laptop, this don't enter on suspend mode.<br /><b>4.</b> Xfce4-panel is not installed. Gtk theme: Elementary. Icons: Gnome3.8 and <a href="http://browse.deviantart.com/art/Circle-Icons-351371347">Circle Icons</a>. Fonts: Ubuntu.<br /><b>5.</b> My <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://db.tt/GOCPPRmm">Gimp startup image</a>. Here the <a href="http://browse.deviantart.com/art/GIMP-with-a-lil-PS-esque-124897136">original</a> image.<br /><b>6.</b> Separate partition to /home. Hot directories and caches have been moved to RAM: <blockquote><b>*</b> /tmp<br /><b>*</b> /var/cache <br /><b>*</b> /var/lib/pacman<br /><b>*</b> /var/log<br /><b>*</b> /var/tmp<br /><b>*</b> Chromium cache. <br /></blockquote> <b>7.</b> I use 5 scripts:<blockquote><b>1.</b>Conky.sh (start conky on startup).<br /><b>2.</b>Dock.sh (start wbar on startup).<br /><b>3.</b>Enery.sh (to disable energy saving mode of my monitor, on startup) =&gt; "<code>xset s off -dpms</code>".<br /><b>4.</b>Moc.sh (with it, I can run moc player from Wbar) =&gt; "<code>xfce4-terminal -e mocp</code>".<br /><b>5.</b>Screenshot.sh (To take screenshots with 'Scrot' pushing Prtsc key).<br /></blockquote> <b>8.</b> Applications: Wbar and 3 shortcuts:<blockquote><b>*</b> Chromium: Windows + Z.<br /><b>*</b> Terminal: Alt + X. <br /><b>*</b> Screenshot: Prtsc. </blockquote><br /></blockquote> ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs70/150/f/2013/121/5/1/arch_screenshot_may_2013_by_juanma90-d63opse.png" height="94" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th02.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/f/2013/121/5/1/arch_screenshot_may_2013_by_juanma90-d63opse.png" height="188" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/f/2013/121/5/1/arch_screenshot_may_2013_by_juanma90-d63opse.png" height="707" width="1131" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ <b>System:</b> ArchLinux.<br /><b>Arch:</b> x86_64.<br /><b>Kernel:</b> 3.9.<br /><b>Desktop:</b> XFCE 4.10.<br /><b>Wallpaper:</b> <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://db.tt/sMB9FxLA">Black</a> (only 1280x800).<br /><b>My Conky:</b> <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://db.tt/7QSyk2TP">Op.center</a>.<br /><b>Details:</b> <blockquote><b>1.</b> The system is installed on a SSD. Boot-up time: 3.6 secs.<br /><b>2.</b> Now, I use Netctl (before netcfg). Now, thanks to systemd and netctl, wireless performance has been incresed 10-15%.<br /><b>3.</b> The <code>/etc/systemd/logind.conf</code> file has been edited for when you close your laptop, this don't enter on suspend mode.<br /><b>4.</b> Xfce4-panel is not installed. Gtk theme: Elementary. Icons: Gnome3.8 and <a href="http://browse.deviantart.com/art/Circle-Icons-351371347">Circle Icons</a>. Fonts: Ubuntu.<br /><b>5.</b> My <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://db.tt/GOCPPRmm">Gimp startup image</a>. Here the <a href="http://browse.deviantart.com/art/GIMP-with-a-lil-PS-esque-124897136">original</a> image.<br /><b>6.</b> Separate partition to /home. Hot directories and caches have been moved to RAM: <blockquote><b>*</b> /tmp<br /><b>*</b> /var/cache <br /><b>*</b> /var/lib/pacman<br /><b>*</b> /var/log<br /><b>*</b> /var/tmp<br /><b>*</b> Chromium cache. <br /></blockquote> <b>7.</b> I use 5 scripts:<blockquote><b>1.</b>Conky.sh (start conky on startup).<br /><b>2.</b>Dock.sh (start wbar on startup).<br /><b>3.</b>Enery.sh (to disable energy saving mode of my monitor, on startup) =&gt; "<code>xset s off -dpms</code>".<br /><b>4.</b>Moc.sh (with it, I can run moc player from Wbar) =&gt; "<code>xfce4-terminal -e mocp</code>".<br /><b>5.</b>Screenshot.sh (To take screenshots with 'Scrot' pushing Prtsc key).<br /></blockquote> <b>8.</b> Applications: Wbar and 3 shortcuts:<blockquote><b>*</b> Chromium: Windows + Z.<br /><b>*</b> Terminal: Alt + X. <br /><b>*</b> Screenshot: Prtsc. </blockquote><br /></blockquote><br /><div><img src="http://th02.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/f/2013/121/5/1/arch_screenshot_may_2013_by_juanma90-d63opse.png" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>The Quest For Colors: Prologue and Chapter One</title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 18:00:54 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">The Quest For Colors: Prologue and Chapter One</media:title>
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        <media:copyright url="http://painterpaws.deviantart.com">Copyright 2013 ~PainterPaws</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ The Quest For Colors<br /><br /> Prologue <br /><br />A young Cheemari was staring at the sky. She was white with rainbow colored marks, gloves, boots, rainbow eyes, yellow mane, paint tail, wings, a blue scarf, and paint marks on her mane. Her name was Prisma. She was sitting on a bench outside her cottage on a hill, watching the moon glimmer and the stars sparkle. Prisma smiled. "So beautiful and full of color and wonder..." She silently said to herself. Color was one of Prisma's most absolute favorite things. She admired the beauty of it all. After watching the stars for about a few more minutes, she hopped off her bench and walked back into her cottage. Her cottage was tidy and alive with color. Prisma turned to her clock hanging in her living room. "10:00 huh?" Prisma frowned. "I better go to bed before it gets any later.." So she walked upstairs and brushed her teeth in her bathroom. Then she walked to her room and put on her starry hat and slippers. She turned to look out her windows and look at the stars one last time. She smiled. "Tomorrow's the big day" Prisma said proudly. Then she hopped into her bed and drifted to sleep. Meanwhile, deep in the earth, a figure in a grey orb was silently listening to Prisma. It chucked as she fell asleep. "Yes, tomorrow will be the big day.....The day I'm set free....." Then a large crack appeared on the orb..<br /><br />Chapter 1<br /><br />Prisma woke up with the morning sunlight in her eyes. She yawned and stretched as she stood up. She looked at the sunny morning outside her window. "Today's the day!" Prisma said cheerfully. She got off her bed and took a nice long shower. She then walked back to her room and opened her closet, that was filled with dresses. She stared at it and thought. "Oh..What to wear what to wear...." After finally deciding, she picked out a lovely rainbow colored dress that sparkled when in the sunlight. She put on her dress with a lovely pair of slippers. She then looked at herself in her mirror. "Perfect! Now I just gotta wait for Electro, and we'll dance the night away at the Festival of Colors!" She giggled happily. The Festival of Colors was an annual celebration that honored Spectra, the goddess of rainbows and color. Every year, she'd bring the Color Orb, a powerful object that contains the six colors of the world, with her. Then she'd put the Color Orb in her magical staff and shed then be able to recharge the Orb, so it could bring color to the world. Spectra had to do this every year, or else the Color Orb would eventually turn grey, and all the color would disappear. Prisma looked at the time. It read 10:52 A.M. "Heh...mabye it's a little too early to wear this" she said to herself. So she put the dress and shoes away and waited until it was 7:00. A couple of hours later, after putting her dress and slippers back on, someone knocked on Prisma's door. "Oh! That must be Electro!" Prisma said, jolting up from her bed and walking to the door. She opened it to see a dark blue Cheemari with black gloves and boots, red eyes being covered by his black shades, a curl in his hair, a light blue mane with a darker blue lightning bolt mark on his mane, and finally, a blue lightning bolt mark on his left cheek. "Hello Prisma." The Cheemari said to her. "Hey Electro! You're here!" Prisma said, hugging Electro. "Wow Prisma, you look more beautiful than usual.." Prisma giggled. "Thanks. You look great too. Are the others at the festival?" "Of course! Everyone in Forania is there! You got your things packed?" Electro asked. "Yup. All my stuff is packed in the living room." Prisma replied, turning to see two bags sitting on her couch. "Then lets go. You get in the taxi while I get the bags." Electro said, running into her house and grabbing her bags" Prisma walked into the taxi while Electro put her bags in the back of the taxi, along with his blue bags. After he shut the back and sat in the car with Prisma, they drove off to the Sky Kingdom, where the festival was held at. A few hours later, they arrived at a large village, and standing high in the sky, a giant castle, filled with lights, decorations, and many Cheemari entering it. "I love how the Sky Kingdom is way up in the mountains." Electro said, already out of the taxi, getting the bags out. Prisma got off the taxi and payed the driver. Then she helped Electro get their bags out, and they walked into the village. After they payed for a room in a motel, they ran to the castle, now filled with Cheemari. Inside, it was loud with music and dancing Cheemari. Electro and Prisma were walking around, until they saw a brown spiked Cheemari with green marks, a dark green leaf mark on his chest fur, brown eyes, light green gloves and boots. "Hey Spike!" Prisma yelled to the Cheemari. He turned to see Prisma and Electro. "Hey Prisma! Hey Electro! You guys are here!" Spike said, greeting and walking towards them. "Prisma, Darkesse is helping your mother get ready for her performance. I got to talk to her! She's beautiful!" Prisma smiled. "Yeah, she is pretty! The prettiest Cheemari in Forania!" "Hey, where's Blaze and your sister?" Electro asked. "They're both at the dance floor, Blaze showing off his fire skills and Bloom trying the delicacies in the buffet." Prisma sighed. "Blaze being Blaze." Spike and Electro nodded. "But we better go get them, or else Blaze will probably burn something, and they'll miss Spectra's performance." Electro said. "Right, so lets go!" Prisma said, running towards the dance floor, with the others following. The dance floor was crowded with Cheemari, but in the middle of it, there was a large group of Cheemari lined up in a circle. After making their way through, Prisma and the others saw a black Cheemari with orange eyes, red tiger stripes all over him, orange horns and claws, black wings with an orange horn and red tiger stripes, black tail with a red tip, and a red fire mark on his chest fur. His name was Blaze. He was juggling fireballs while standing on one foot. Everyone was cheering for him and Blaze loved it. And for his grand finale, he took all three fireballs, stuffed all three of them in his mouth, then shot out a huge blast of fire from his mouth. The crowd went wild and Blaze bowed to his fans. "Thank you! Thank you!" "Wow, he's gotten better at his tricks" Spike said, impressed. "I'll go get him" Prisma said, walking towards him. She silently tapped on Blaze's shoulder. But he simply shoved her hand away, ignoring her and continuing bowing. She tapped again, but Blaze ignored her. Then as everyone left, Prisma tapped on his shoulder for the third time. Now he was mad. "OH WHAT IN SATURN'S NAME DO YOU WA-" Blaze stopped to stare at Prisma with her stunning dress. " Oh! Um....Hey Prisma..you're here.." He blushed a bit. "Sorry for yelling at you.." "Nah, it's okay. That was a great performance you put up there!" Prisma said. "Heck yeah it was!" Blaze said, smiling. "My awesome fire powers impress everyone." "We know Blaze, now lets get Bloom." Spike said. "She's at the buffet." "Alright then, lets get going." Electro said. "Beat you guys there!" Blaze said, flying to the buffet. Soon, they arrived at the buffet and sitting in a table in a corner, was a beautiful brown spiked Cheemari with a red flower oh her head, blue and purple marks on her, purple mane with a flower mark on it, and purple eyes, eating salad. "Hey sis!" Spike yelled to the Cheemari. She turned to the the group walking towards her. "Hello!" She happily said, smiling and waving. "So Bloom, ready to see my mother do her annual performance?" Prisma asked. "But of course! She's amazing. I wish I was as good as her." Bloom replied. "Yeah, Spectra's got some talent!" Blaze said, putting his arms over his head. "Well, I'm done with my salad. So when are we going to see her perform anyways?" Bloom asked, throwing her trash away. "From the looks of it, now." Electro said, pointing to the Cheemari that are all beginning to exit the castle and into the royal garden. "C'mon guys! We don't wanna be late!" Blaze said, taking flight to the garden. Prisma grabbed Electro's hand." It's time!" Spike raced Blaze to the garden and Bloom walked with the happy couple there. Everyone was seated on the grass and the gods and goddesses were sitting on floating gold platforms. "Wow, this place is prettier than last year." Bloom said, admiring the flowers all over the garden. Then, a white Cheemari with purple marks all over her, purple eyes, light purple collar with a dark purple mane, and a white skull mark, sat down next to Prisma and the gang. "Hello friends...Did I miss anything?" She asked. Prisma smiled. "Nope! You're right on time Darkesse!" Darkesse smiled. "Okay..good. I don't wanna miss mother doing her spectacular performance." "Guys! It's starting!" Blaze yelled. Everyone quieted down as a beautiful, tall, rainbow colored Cheemari that looked alot like Prisma, except she had a large bang over her head, beautiful double wings, a colorful orb on her tail, rings on her hands, feet, and neck, gloves and boots, and rainbow eyes, walked on the stage. "Greetings everyone! My name is Spectra. I am the goddess of colors and rainbows, and welcome to the Festival of Colors!" the crowd cheered as Spectra continued. "As you all know, I'm the Cheemari that brings the color to the world, thanks to the Color Orb here.." She pauses and turns to look at a beautiful colorful orb that was sitting on a soft red pillow on a table. The crowed stared in awe at the Color Orb. "Yes, it is a pretty sight. And it is my duty to recharge the Orb, so we may have color for all of eternity. Now, it is my greatest pleasure, to give you all the color once agai-" There was a giant and loud boom. The ground shook and everyone screamed. Spectra lost her balance and fell on the floor. "WHAT'S GOING ON!?!?" Blaze yelled. "I DONT KNOW!!" Prisma screamed. Suddenly, a grey mist began to form on the stage. Everyone gasped as the mist got larger. Spectra quickly got up, for it looked like she knew what the mist was. Then, the grey mist formed into a figure. It was a Cheemari! But it was grey, and had no color whatsoever. It had white claws, horns with black tips, tubes on its back that were currently empty, sharp teeth, pitch black eyes that dripped with white pupils, and black marks that turned lighter on its hands, feet, and ears,tail. The Cheemari smiled darkly and looked toward the Cheemari. "Oh...my beloved subjects....It's been a long time since I last saw your precious Color Loving Faces!" Spectra bravely stood up to the Cheemari. "It's been a thousand years since I last saw you Greyscale.." " And YOU. YOU'RE THE ONE RESPONSIBLE FOR KEEPING ME IMPRISONED!!!" Greyscale boomed. "But now that I'm free...I finally get my revenge!" Greyscale put his hands together and a grey ball of energy began to form in his hands. Spectra also put her hands together and colorful ball of energy began to form. Prisma knew what was happening. They were going to battle. But Prisma knew Spectra would win. Her mother was one of the most powerful Cheemaris in Forania. So then, both Greyscale and Spectra shot lazer beams at each other, and they both collided, making a loud noise. Spectra smiled as her beam seemed to be getting closer to Greyscale. But he simply snickered as his eyes began glowing grey. His beam suddenly was getting closer to Spectra. She gasped. She tried to get the beam away from her, but it was too late. The grey energy beam had gotten too close, and it hit Spectra at full force. She was flung into the air, and then fell face-first to the ground. Everyone gasped and Prisma screamed. "MOTHER!!!" She tried running up to her, but Electro and Darkesse stopped her. "Don't Prisma! He's too powerful!" Prisma tried to break free, but she couldn't, and she began to cry. Spectra tried getting up, but fell on her face, weak from the blast. Greyscale grabbed her neck and picked her up. "Heh....FOOL...You used all of your power stopping me last time. There's no way you would've beaten me this time..." He turned to the crowd. "Now....about your precious orb...." Greyscale picked up the Color Orb, and faced the ground. "Heh....goodbye..." Then his tail went into the orb, and the orb turned grey. All the Cheemari were in shock. But Greyscale then threw it on the floor with all of his might. The orb shattered into six smaller grey orbs. Greyscale Then grabbed Spectra again. Now if you IDIOTS will excuse me....Ive got a WORLD TO RULE!!! AHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!!!! " Then Greyscale flew into the sky. All the Cheemari screamed and ran. Prisma cried and tried to break free while Electro and Darkesse tried to calm her down. "WE GOTTA GO AFTER HIM!!!" Blaze yelled, about to take flight. "BLAZE NO!!!" Spike screamed, but Blaze had already taken flight, going after Greyscale. Greyscale turned and saw Blaze and turned around. "GET AWAY FROM ME YOU FOOL!!!!" "NEVER!" Blaze boomed, and shot a giant fireball at Greyscale. But he simply laughed and his tail went into the fire. But it didn't hurt him at all. Instead, the fire went from red, and orange to dark grey. Greyscale's tubes filled with red and orange liquid. He then shot the fireball back at Blaze. He tried to fly away, but the fireball was shot too fast, and it hit him hard. Blaze screamed in pain as he fell from 30 feet in the air to the ground. "BLAZE!!!!" Electro screamed. The group ran to him, but he was knocked out, covered in scars and bleeding badly. Bloom, Electro, and Spike picked up Blaze and started running through the screaming crowd, towards the hospital. "WE GOTTA GO PRISMA!!" Darkesse yelled, grabbing Prisma's arm and running towards the others. Prisma followed, but questions were flowing in her head. Who was Greyscale? How did he know about Spectra? AND WHY DID HE KIDNAP HER MOTHER AND DESTROY THE COLOR ORB!?!?<br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br />Chapter One of The Quest Of Colors! It's kinda long, but it's worth it! Thanks to you guys, I decided I'd write it here! Chapter Two is coming soon! 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            <description><![CDATA[ The Quest For Colors<br /><br /> Prologue <br /><br />A young Cheemari was staring at the sky. She was white with rainbow colored marks, gloves, boots, rainbow eyes, yellow mane, paint tail, wings, a blue scarf, and paint marks on her mane. Her name was Prisma. She was sitting on a bench outside her cottage on a hill, watching the moon glimmer and the stars sparkle. Prisma smiled. "So beautiful and full of color and wonder..." She silently said to herself. Color was one of Prisma's most absolute favorite things. She admired the beauty of it all. After watching the stars for about a few more minutes, she hopped off her bench and walked back into her cottage. Her cottage was tidy and alive with color. Prisma turned to her clock hanging in her living room. "10:00 huh?" Prisma frowned. "I better go to bed before it gets any later.." So she walked upstairs and brushed her teeth in her bathroom. Then she walked to her room and put on her starry hat and slippers. She turned to look out her windows and look at the stars one last time. She smiled. "Tomorrow's the big day" Prisma said proudly. Then she hopped into her bed and drifted to sleep. Meanwhile, deep in the earth, a figure in a grey orb was silently listening to Prisma. It chucked as she fell asleep. "Yes, tomorrow will be the big day.....The day I'm set free....." Then a large crack appeared on the orb..<br /><br />Chapter 1<br /><br />Prisma woke up with the morning sunlight in her eyes. She yawned and stretched as she stood up. She looked at the sunny morning outside her window. "Today's the day!" Prisma said cheerfully. She got off her bed and took a nice long shower. She then walked back to her room and opened her closet, that was filled with dresses. She stared at it and thought. "Oh..What to wear what to wear...." After finally deciding, she picked out a lovely rainbow colored dress that sparkled when in the sunlight. She put on her dress with a lovely pair of slippers. She then looked at herself in her mirror. "Perfect! Now I just gotta wait for Electro, and we'll dance the night away at the Festival of Colors!" She giggled happily. The Festival of Colors was an annual celebration that honored Spectra, the goddess of rainbows and color. Every year, she'd bring the Color Orb, a powerful object that contains the six colors of the world, with her. Then she'd put the Color Orb in her magical staff and shed then be able to recharge the Orb, so it could bring color to the world. Spectra had to do this every year, or else the Color Orb would eventually turn grey, and all the color would disappear. Prisma looked at the time. It read 10:52 A.M. "Heh...mabye it's a little too early to wear this" she said to herself. So she put the dress and shoes away and waited until it was 7:00. A couple of hours later, after putting her dress and slippers back on, someone knocked on Prisma's door. "Oh! That must be Electro!" Prisma said, jolting up from her bed and walking to the door. She opened it to see a dark blue Cheemari with black gloves and boots, red eyes being covered by his black shades, a curl in his hair, a light blue mane with a darker blue lightning bolt mark on his mane, and finally, a blue lightning bolt mark on his left cheek. "Hello Prisma." The Cheemari said to her. "Hey Electro! You're here!" Prisma said, hugging Electro. "Wow Prisma, you look more beautiful than usual.." Prisma giggled. "Thanks. You look great too. Are the others at the festival?" "Of course! Everyone in Forania is there! You got your things packed?" Electro asked. "Yup. All my stuff is packed in the living room." Prisma replied, turning to see two bags sitting on her couch. "Then lets go. You get in the taxi while I get the bags." Electro said, running into her house and grabbing her bags" Prisma walked into the taxi while Electro put her bags in the back of the taxi, along with his blue bags. After he shut the back and sat in the car with Prisma, they drove off to the Sky Kingdom, where the festival was held at. A few hours later, they arrived at a large village, and standing high in the sky, a giant castle, filled with lights, decorations, and many Cheemari entering it. "I love how the Sky Kingdom is way up in the mountains." Electro said, already out of the taxi, getting the bags out. Prisma got off the taxi and payed the driver. Then she helped Electro get their bags out, and they walked into the village. After they payed for a room in a motel, they ran to the castle, now filled with Cheemari. Inside, it was loud with music and dancing Cheemari. Electro and Prisma were walking around, until they saw a brown spiked Cheemari with green marks, a dark green leaf mark on his chest fur, brown eyes, light green gloves and boots. "Hey Spike!" Prisma yelled to the Cheemari. He turned to see Prisma and Electro. "Hey Prisma! Hey Electro! You guys are here!" Spike said, greeting and walking towards them. "Prisma, Darkesse is helping your mother get ready for her performance. I got to talk to her! She's beautiful!" Prisma smiled. "Yeah, she is pretty! The prettiest Cheemari in Forania!" "Hey, where's Blaze and your sister?" Electro asked. "They're both at the dance floor, Blaze showing off his fire skills and Bloom trying the delicacies in the buffet." Prisma sighed. "Blaze being Blaze." Spike and Electro nodded. "But we better go get them, or else Blaze will probably burn something, and they'll miss Spectra's performance." Electro said. "Right, so lets go!" Prisma said, running towards the dance floor, with the others following. The dance floor was crowded with Cheemari, but in the middle of it, there was a large group of Cheemari lined up in a circle. After making their way through, Prisma and the others saw a black Cheemari with orange eyes, red tiger stripes all over him, orange horns and claws, black wings with an orange horn and red tiger stripes, black tail with a red tip, and a red fire mark on his chest fur. His name was Blaze. He was juggling fireballs while standing on one foot. Everyone was cheering for him and Blaze loved it. And for his grand finale, he took all three fireballs, stuffed all three of them in his mouth, then shot out a huge blast of fire from his mouth. The crowd went wild and Blaze bowed to his fans. "Thank you! Thank you!" "Wow, he's gotten better at his tricks" Spike said, impressed. "I'll go get him" Prisma said, walking towards him. She silently tapped on Blaze's shoulder. But he simply shoved her hand away, ignoring her and continuing bowing. She tapped again, but Blaze ignored her. Then as everyone left, Prisma tapped on his shoulder for the third time. Now he was mad. "OH WHAT IN SATURN'S NAME DO YOU WA-" Blaze stopped to stare at Prisma with her stunning dress. " Oh! Um....Hey Prisma..you're here.." He blushed a bit. "Sorry for yelling at you.." "Nah, it's okay. That was a great performance you put up there!" Prisma said. "Heck yeah it was!" Blaze said, smiling. "My awesome fire powers impress everyone." "We know Blaze, now lets get Bloom." Spike said. "She's at the buffet." "Alright then, lets get going." Electro said. "Beat you guys there!" Blaze said, flying to the buffet. Soon, they arrived at the buffet and sitting in a table in a corner, was a beautiful brown spiked Cheemari with a red flower oh her head, blue and purple marks on her, purple mane with a flower mark on it, and purple eyes, eating salad. "Hey sis!" Spike yelled to the Cheemari. She turned to the the group walking towards her. "Hello!" She happily said, smiling and waving. "So Bloom, ready to see my mother do her annual performance?" Prisma asked. "But of course! She's amazing. I wish I was as good as her." Bloom replied. "Yeah, Spectra's got some talent!" Blaze said, putting his arms over his head. "Well, I'm done with my salad. So when are we going to see her perform anyways?" Bloom asked, throwing her trash away. "From the looks of it, now." Electro said, pointing to the Cheemari that are all beginning to exit the castle and into the royal garden. "C'mon guys! We don't wanna be late!" Blaze said, taking flight to the garden. Prisma grabbed Electro's hand." It's time!" Spike raced Blaze to the garden and Bloom walked with the happy couple there. Everyone was seated on the grass and the gods and goddesses were sitting on floating gold platforms. "Wow, this place is prettier than last year." Bloom said, admiring the flowers all over the garden. Then, a white Cheemari with purple marks all over her, purple eyes, light purple collar with a dark purple mane, and a white skull mark, sat down next to Prisma and the gang. "Hello friends...Did I miss anything?" She asked. Prisma smiled. "Nope! You're right on time Darkesse!" Darkesse smiled. "Okay..good. I don't wanna miss mother doing her spectacular performance." "Guys! It's starting!" Blaze yelled. Everyone quieted down as a beautiful, tall, rainbow colored Cheemari that looked alot like Prisma, except she had a large bang over her head, beautiful double wings, a colorful orb on her tail, rings on her hands, feet, and neck, gloves and boots, and rainbow eyes, walked on the stage. "Greetings everyone! My name is Spectra. I am the goddess of colors and rainbows, and welcome to the Festival of Colors!" the crowd cheered as Spectra continued. "As you all know, I'm the Cheemari that brings the color to the world, thanks to the Color Orb here.." She pauses and turns to look at a beautiful colorful orb that was sitting on a soft red pillow on a table. The crowed stared in awe at the Color Orb. "Yes, it is a pretty sight. And it is my duty to recharge the Orb, so we may have color for all of eternity. Now, it is my greatest pleasure, to give you all the color once agai-" There was a giant and loud boom. The ground shook and everyone screamed. Spectra lost her balance and fell on the floor. "WHAT'S GOING ON!?!?" Blaze yelled. "I DONT KNOW!!" Prisma screamed. Suddenly, a grey mist began to form on the stage. Everyone gasped as the mist got larger. Spectra quickly got up, for it looked like she knew what the mist was. Then, the grey mist formed into a figure. It was a Cheemari! But it was grey, and had no color whatsoever. It had white claws, horns with black tips, tubes on its back that were currently empty, sharp teeth, pitch black eyes that dripped with white pupils, and black marks that turned lighter on its hands, feet, and ears,tail. The Cheemari smiled darkly and looked toward the Cheemari. "Oh...my beloved subjects....It's been a long time since I last saw your precious Color Loving Faces!" Spectra bravely stood up to the Cheemari. "It's been a thousand years since I last saw you Greyscale.." " And YOU. YOU'RE THE ONE RESPONSIBLE FOR KEEPING ME IMPRISONED!!!" Greyscale boomed. "But now that I'm free...I finally get my revenge!" Greyscale put his hands together and a grey ball of energy began to form in his hands. Spectra also put her hands together and colorful ball of energy began to form. Prisma knew what was happening. They were going to battle. But Prisma knew Spectra would win. Her mother was one of the most powerful Cheemaris in Forania. So then, both Greyscale and Spectra shot lazer beams at each other, and they both collided, making a loud noise. Spectra smiled as her beam seemed to be getting closer to Greyscale. But he simply snickered as his eyes began glowing grey. His beam suddenly was getting closer to Spectra. She gasped. She tried to get the beam away from her, but it was too late. The grey energy beam had gotten too close, and it hit Spectra at full force. She was flung into the air, and then fell face-first to the ground. Everyone gasped and Prisma screamed. "MOTHER!!!" She tried running up to her, but Electro and Darkesse stopped her. "Don't Prisma! He's too powerful!" Prisma tried to break free, but she couldn't, and she began to cry. Spectra tried getting up, but fell on her face, weak from the blast. Greyscale grabbed her neck and picked her up. "Heh....FOOL...You used all of your power stopping me last time. There's no way you would've beaten me this time..." He turned to the crowd. "Now....about your precious orb...." Greyscale picked up the Color Orb, and faced the ground. "Heh....goodbye..." Then his tail went into the orb, and the orb turned grey. All the Cheemari were in shock. But Greyscale then threw it on the floor with all of his might. The orb shattered into six smaller grey orbs. Greyscale Then grabbed Spectra again. Now if you IDIOTS will excuse me....Ive got a WORLD TO RULE!!! AHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!!!! " Then Greyscale flew into the sky. All the Cheemari screamed and ran. Prisma cried and tried to break free while Electro and Darkesse tried to calm her down. "WE GOTTA GO AFTER HIM!!!" Blaze yelled, about to take flight. "BLAZE NO!!!" Spike screamed, but Blaze had already taken flight, going after Greyscale. Greyscale turned and saw Blaze and turned around. "GET AWAY FROM ME YOU FOOL!!!!" "NEVER!" Blaze boomed, and shot a giant fireball at Greyscale. But he simply laughed and his tail went into the fire. But it didn't hurt him at all. Instead, the fire went from red, and orange to dark grey. Greyscale's tubes filled with red and orange liquid. He then shot the fireball back at Blaze. He tried to fly away, but the fireball was shot too fast, and it hit him hard. Blaze screamed in pain as he fell from 30 feet in the air to the ground. "BLAZE!!!!" Electro screamed. The group ran to him, but he was knocked out, covered in scars and bleeding badly. Bloom, Electro, and Spike picked up Blaze and started running through the screaming crowd, towards the hospital. "WE GOTTA GO PRISMA!!" Darkesse yelled, grabbing Prisma's arm and running towards the others. Prisma followed, but questions were flowing in her head. Who was Greyscale? How did he know about Spectra? AND WHY DID HE KIDNAP HER MOTHER AND DESTROY THE COLOR ORB!?!?<br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br />Chapter One of The Quest Of Colors! It's kinda long, but it's worth it! Thanks to you guys, I decided I'd write it here! Chapter Two is coming soon! Thanks for reading!<br /><div><img src="http://th09.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/f/2013/117/a/f/the_quest_for_colors__prologue_and_chapter_one_by_painterpaws-d639odk.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>OC:: SEVEN</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 13:25:03 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">OC:: SEVEN</media:title>
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        <media:copyright url="http://bailandusilueta.deviantart.com">Copyright 2013 *BailanduSilueta</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ <small>adoptable #8 of my traited batch, bought by *<a class="u" href="http://merilace.deviantart.com">Merilace</a> in exchange for one of her adopts :3<br />hate the hair on this. ew.<br />*<a class="u" href="http://merilace.deviantart.com">Merilace</a>, you don't have to use it but I wrote him a short bio/intro paragraph and stats.<br /><br />name; seven<br />sex; M<br />breed; standardbred<br />age; 7<br />base; chestnut frame overo<br />markings; stripe and frame overo markings<br />hair; flaxen<br />eye; aqua<br />traits; none<br /><br /><b>bio-</b> Seven lived much the ordinary domesticated horse life. He was born from a stud sire and a prized dam, into life at a respected stable yard to be trained up as a showjumper/eventer. He was weaned, he was broken in, everything you may expect an ordinary stable horse to be like. Until he experienced an awful accident, in a horse truck. Another car on the road swerved off track to hit the truck side on. All horses but Seven were unfortunately killed in the accident, but Seven suffered a severely broken back, never expected to heal. Miraculously, it did, but he could never be rehabilitated for the sports he excelled at before. Eventually he became suited to dressage, an unusual discipline for his type, but all he seemed capable off after recovering from his injuries. <br /><br /><b>personality-</b> Seven is, generally, a kindhearted, caring equine, although you need to work to earn his trust. Only those whom he has grown up with, trained with and interacted with does he put his faith in completely, for he knows they always had faith in him. He can be rather two-faced; you don't want to get on his wrong side or he can be rather vengeful and bitter. He can grow deep relationships, but he can hold grudges for a rather long time, and isn't too happy with those who do him wrong and decide to sit back and wait for him to do something about it. In other words, unless he knows he did wrong, he's never the first to apologise.<br /><br /><b>short story [no one, not even *<a class="u" href="http://merilace.deviantart.com">Merilace</a> can use this. anywhere.]-</b> I wait patiently as they buckle up my head collar, swathe me in thick rugs, boots, paint oil over my hooves, pull my mane into perfect, tight plaits and wrap my tail in a blue bandage. I follow into the truck obediently, taking my place at the back and standing completely still while awaiting the truck's departure. Other horses are loaded in, the gates shut behind us and then the engine revvs up. Half an hour down the road, I hear an awful screech of burning rubber, see faint orange sparks through the small windows in the side of the truck. Only seconds from that, something crashes into the metal wall just metres from my maw, sending an ear splitting crack and squeal into my all too sensitive ears. The shriek of the horse neighbour to me sends the rest of us into turmoil, prancing and pawing at the bottom of the truck in anxiety, before the car that caused the accident swerves yet again into the truck. The 3 horses were all killed instantly, and I'm knocked to my knees in screaming agony. It seems like hours of whickering and screaming at nothing until my faithful woman comes to bring me out. Tears slip down her pale cheeks, as she glances over the still warm corpses of my friends and the horses she'd put so much time, effort and love into bringing up. I can tell she doubts my survival either, but at least there's a glint in her eye at seeing my alert eyes and heaving nostrils. I'm not dead yet.<br /><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/bulletblack.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletblack:" title="Bullet; Black"/><img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/bulletpurple.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletpurple:" title="Bullet; Purple"/><img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/bulletblack.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletblack:" title="Bullet; Black"/><img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/bulletwhite.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletwhite:" title="Bullet; White"/><br /><br />~<a class="u" href="http://venomxbaby.deviantart.com">venomxbaby</a> - <span class="shadow-holder" deviationid="166225553" data-embed-type="deviation" data-embed-format="thumb"><span class="shadow mild" ><a class="thumb" href="http://venomxbaby.deviantart.com/art/chestnut-arabian-2-166225553" title="chestnut arabian 2 by ~venomxbaby, Jun 2, 2010 in Resources &amp; Stock Images &gt; Stock Images &gt; Animals" data-super-img="http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/153/2/4/chestnut_arabian_2_by_venomxbaby.jpg" data-super-width="800" data-super-height="617" data-super-transparent="false"><i></i><img width="150" height="116" src="http://th02.deviantart.net/fs70/150/i/2010/153/2/4/chestnut_arabian_2_by_venomxbaby.jpg" data-src="http://th02.deviantart.net/fs70/150/i/2010/153/2/4/chestnut_arabian_2_by_venomxbaby.jpg"></a></span><!-- ^TTT --><!-- TTT$ --></span><br /><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/bulletblack.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletblack:" title="Bullet; Black"/><img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/bulletpurple.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletpurple:" title="Bullet; Purple"/><img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/bulletblack.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletblack:" title="Bullet; Black"/><img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/bulletwhite.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletwhite:" title="Bullet; White"/><br /><br />should i offer these as commissions?</small> ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th07.deviantart.net/fs71/150/f/2013/116/a/2/oc___seven_by_bailandusilueta-d633fb6.png" height="120" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th09.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/f/2013/116/a/2/oc___seven_by_bailandusilueta-d633fb6.png" height="240" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/116/a/2/oc___seven_by_bailandusilueta-d633fb6.png" height="800" width="1000" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ <small>adoptable #8 of my traited batch, bought by *<a class="u" href="http://merilace.deviantart.com">Merilace</a> in exchange for one of her adopts :3<br />hate the hair on this. ew.<br />*<a class="u" href="http://merilace.deviantart.com">Merilace</a>, you don't have to use it but I wrote him a short bio/intro paragraph and stats.<br /><br />name; seven<br />sex; M<br />breed; standardbred<br />age; 7<br />base; chestnut frame overo<br />markings; stripe and frame overo markings<br />hair; flaxen<br />eye; aqua<br />traits; none<br /><br /><b>bio-</b> Seven lived much the ordinary domesticated horse life. He was born from a stud sire and a prized dam, into life at a respected stable yard to be trained up as a showjumper/eventer. He was weaned, he was broken in, everything you may expect an ordinary stable horse to be like. Until he experienced an awful accident, in a horse truck. Another car on the road swerved off track to hit the truck side on. All horses but Seven were unfortunately killed in the accident, but Seven suffered a severely broken back, never expected to heal. Miraculously, it did, but he could never be rehabilitated for the sports he excelled at before. Eventually he became suited to dressage, an unusual discipline for his type, but all he seemed capable off after recovering from his injuries. <br /><br /><b>personality-</b> Seven is, generally, a kindhearted, caring equine, although you need to work to earn his trust. Only those whom he has grown up with, trained with and interacted with does he put his faith in completely, for he knows they always had faith in him. He can be rather two-faced; you don't want to get on his wrong side or he can be rather vengeful and bitter. He can grow deep relationships, but he can hold grudges for a rather long time, and isn't too happy with those who do him wrong and decide to sit back and wait for him to do something about it. In other words, unless he knows he did wrong, he's never the first to apologise.<br /><br /><b>short story [no one, not even *<a class="u" href="http://merilace.deviantart.com">Merilace</a> can use this. anywhere.]-</b> I wait patiently as they buckle up my head collar, swathe me in thick rugs, boots, paint oil over my hooves, pull my mane into perfect, tight plaits and wrap my tail in a blue bandage. I follow into the truck obediently, taking my place at the back and standing completely still while awaiting the truck's departure. Other horses are loaded in, the gates shut behind us and then the engine revvs up. Half an hour down the road, I hear an awful screech of burning rubber, see faint orange sparks through the small windows in the side of the truck. Only seconds from that, something crashes into the metal wall just metres from my maw, sending an ear splitting crack and squeal into my all too sensitive ears. The shriek of the horse neighbour to me sends the rest of us into turmoil, prancing and pawing at the bottom of the truck in anxiety, before the car that caused the accident swerves yet again into the truck. The 3 horses were all killed instantly, and I'm knocked to my knees in screaming agony. It seems like hours of whickering and screaming at nothing until my faithful woman comes to bring me out. Tears slip down her pale cheeks, as she glances over the still warm corpses of my friends and the horses she'd put so much time, effort and love into bringing up. I can tell she doubts my survival either, but at least there's a glint in her eye at seeing my alert eyes and heaving nostrils. I'm not dead yet.<br /><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/bulletblack.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletblack:" title="Bullet; Black"/><img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/bulletpurple.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletpurple:" title="Bullet; Purple"/><img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/bulletblack.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletblack:" title="Bullet; Black"/><img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/bulletwhite.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletwhite:" title="Bullet; White"/><br /><br />~<a class="u" href="http://venomxbaby.deviantart.com">venomxbaby</a> - <span class="shadow-holder" deviationid="166225553" data-embed-type="deviation" data-embed-format="thumb"><span class="shadow mild" ><a class="thumb" href="http://venomxbaby.deviantart.com/art/chestnut-arabian-2-166225553" title="chestnut arabian 2 by ~venomxbaby, Jun 2, 2010 in Resources &amp; Stock Images &gt; Stock Images &gt; Animals" data-super-img="http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/153/2/4/chestnut_arabian_2_by_venomxbaby.jpg" data-super-width="800" data-super-height="617" data-super-transparent="false"><i></i><img width="150" height="116" src="http://th02.deviantart.net/fs70/150/i/2010/153/2/4/chestnut_arabian_2_by_venomxbaby.jpg" data-src="http://th02.deviantart.net/fs70/150/i/2010/153/2/4/chestnut_arabian_2_by_venomxbaby.jpg"></a></span><!-- ^TTT --><!-- TTT$ --></span><br /><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/bulletblack.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletblack:" title="Bullet; Black"/><img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/bulletpurple.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletpurple:" title="Bullet; Purple"/><img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/bulletblack.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletblack:" title="Bullet; Black"/><img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/bulletwhite.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletwhite:" title="Bullet; White"/><br /><br />should i offer these as commissions?</small><br /><div><img src="http://th09.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/f/2013/116/a/2/oc___seven_by_bailandusilueta-d633fb6.png" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>Back...To Stay.</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2013 13:46:36 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Back...To Stay.</media:title>
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                <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ <b>....Well, I re-installed Win7 yesterday, put my Win8 disk on a shelf to collect dust and reflect on it's punishment. 'Bad! Bad piece of crap!'<br />I was having (yet again) some serious issues out of the thing. Apps not working like they should (The 'People' app.), and another thing, my wife couldn't connect to her API software at her work's Intranet, because the Silverlight plugin wasn't supported along with IE10 (which 8 comes with, and you can't downgrade!)......Even though she has her own computer, a laptop, and we could have just maybe dual-booted 7, or used VMware to run 7 in a virtual machine on her lappy, I decided I am just DONE with damned user-hostile Windows 8! I've tried and tried to love the thing, to fix it up cool-looking, to tell others how good an os it is.....(Sorry). I should have thrown the disk in the garbage where it belongs.....wasted money.<br />Yvonne wants to keep her version of 8 on her lappy---she likes the free game-apps, which are cool I admit. So we left her's installed. But me, I decided 'No More' Windows sucky 8 for YN1F. So now she can use my computer to access her API on IE9 (I also deployed the IE10 blocker-tool just released by MS. Get that here: <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36512">[link]</a> ) <br /><br />So, I spent all day yesterday re-installing good reliable Se7en, trying to get her all fixed up in the style that I'm loving right now, and, I think I did good. Kept my black &amp; gold look and all the trimmings! Thanks to all the wonderful DA talent, and also to MrGrim (the Timedate.cpl images...the clock...are from his HUD Launch theme: <a href="http://mrgrim01.deviantart.com/art/HUD-LAUNCH-290079167">[link]</a> ).<br /><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/bulletblack.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletblack:" title="Bullet; Black"/>vs: <span class="shadow-holder" deviationid="309376017" data-embed-type="deviation" data-embed-format="thumb"><span class="shadow mild" ><a class="thumb" href="http://kiko11.deviantart.com/art/Luto-309376017" title="Luto by =kiko11, Jun 19, 2012 in Customization &gt; Skins &amp; Themes &gt; Windows 7 Utilities &gt; Visual Styles 7"><i></i><img width="123" height="150" src="http://th01.deviantart.net/fs70/150/i/2012/171/b/b/luto_by_kiko11-d547029.jpg" data-src="http://th01.deviantart.net/fs70/150/i/2012/171/b/b/luto_by_kiko11-d547029.jpg"></a></span><!-- ^TTT --><!-- TTT$ --></span><br /><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/bulletblack.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletblack:" title="Bullet; Black"/>Start orb: <span class="shadow-holder" deviationid="276451624" data-embed-type="deviation" data-embed-format="thumb"><span class="shadow mild" ><a class="thumb" href="http://kiko11.deviantart.com/art/Punto-276451624" title="Punto by =kiko11, Dec 29, 2011 in Customization &gt; Skins &amp; Themes &gt; Windows 7 Utilities &gt; Start Orbs"><i></i><img width="150" height="75" src="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs71/150/i/2012/194/8/7/punto_by_kiko11-d4klbfs.jpg" data-src="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs71/150/i/2012/194/8/7/punto_by_kiko11-d4klbfs.jpg"></a></span><!-- ^TTT --><!-- TTT$ --></span> <br /><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/bulletblack.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletblack:" title="Bullet; Black"/>Icons: <span class="shadow-holder" deviationid="362272730" data-embed-type="deviation" data-embed-format="thumb"><span class="shadow mild" ><a class="thumb" href="http://ultimatedesktops.deviantart.com/art/Variations-Icon-Pack-Installer-for-Windows-7-362272730" title="Variations Icon Pack Installer for Windows 7 by ~UltimateDesktops, Mar 29, 2013 in Customization &gt; Skins &amp; Themes &gt; Windows 7 Utilities &gt; Other"><i></i><img width="150" height="134" src="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs71/150/f/2013/088/d/e/variations_icon_pack_installer_for_windows_7_by_ultimatedesktops-d5zorfe.png" data-src="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs71/150/f/2013/088/d/e/variations_icon_pack_installer_for_windows_7_by_ultimatedesktops-d5zorfe.png"></a></span><!-- ^TTT --><!-- TTT$ --></span> (with some Token in my start-menu and taskbar)<br /><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/bulletblack.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletblack:" title="Bullet; Black"/>WMP12 skin: <span class="shadow-holder" deviationid="245644348" data-embed-type="deviation" data-embed-format="thumb"><span class="shadow mild" ><a class="thumb" href="http://charleston2378.deviantart.com/art/Tavaris-WMP-12-245644348" title="Tavaris WMP-12 by ~charleston2378, Jul 31, 2011 in Customization &gt; Skins &amp; Themes &gt; Media Players &gt; Windows Media Player &gt; WMP 12"><i></i><img width="150" height="84" src="http://th09.deviantart.net/fs70/150/i/2012/056/f/b/tavaris_wmp_12_by_charleston2378-d4290e4.png" data-src="http://th09.deviantart.net/fs70/150/i/2012/056/f/b/tavaris_wmp_12_by_charleston2378-d4290e4.png"></a></span><!-- ^TTT --><!-- TTT$ --></span><br /><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/bulletblack.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletblack:" title="Bullet; Black"/>Xion audio player skin: <span class="shadow-holder" deviationid="342358061" data-embed-type="deviation" data-embed-format="thumb"><span class="shadow mild" ><a class="thumb" href="http://yn1f.deviantart.com/art/Velvet-For-Xion-342358061" title="Velvet For Xion by =YN1F, Dec 11, 2012 in Customization &gt; Skins &amp; Themes &gt; Media Players &gt; Xion"><i></i><img width="150" height="84" src="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs70/150/i/2012/365/9/b/velvet_for_xion_by_yn1f-d5ntx65.png" data-src="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs70/150/i/2012/365/9/b/velvet_for_xion_by_yn1f-d5ntx65.png"></a></span><!-- ^TTT --><!-- TTT$ --></span><br /><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/bulletblack.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletblack:" title="Bullet; Black"/>RM skins: various ones, forgot the details, all modified by me.<br /><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/bulletblack.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletblack:" title="Bullet; Black"/>RD skin: <span class="shadow-holder" deviationid="204298624" data-embed-type="deviation" data-embed-format="thumb"><span class="shadow mild" ><a class="thumb" href="http://junglespider.deviantart.com/art/Mini-Dock-For-Rocketdock-204298624" title="Mini Dock For Rocketdock. by ~junglespider, Apr 9, 2011 in Customization &gt; Skins &amp; Themes &gt; Application Launchers &gt; RocketDock"><i></i><img width="150" height="37" src="http://th07.deviantart.net/fs71/150/i/2011/101/8/8/mini_dock_for_rocketdock__by_junglespider-d3dmtts.png" data-src="http://th07.deviantart.net/fs71/150/i/2011/101/8/8/mini_dock_for_rocketdock__by_junglespider-d3dmtts.png"></a></span><!-- ^TTT --><!-- TTT$ --></span> (modded some by me)<br /><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/bulletblack.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletblack:" title="Bullet; Black"/>Program to replace your system properties image: <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://download.drwindows.de/tools/windows_7_system_properties_logo_changer.exe">[link]</a> (System Properties Logo Changer)<br /><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/bulletblack.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletblack:" title="Bullet; Black"/>Wallpaper: <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://i.imgur.com/QiH7qsi.jpg">[link]</a><br /><br /><a target="_self" href="http://commentplz.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/c/o/commentplz.gif" alt=":iconcommentplz:" title="CommentPlz" /></a></b> ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th02.deviantart.net/fs71/150/f/2013/112/b/5/back___to_stay__by_yn1f-d62j1o4.png" height="150" width="133"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th07.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/f/2013/112/b/5/back___to_stay__by_yn1f-d62j1o4.png" height="337" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://th01.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/f/2013/112/b/5/back___to_stay__by_yn1f-d62j1o4.png" height="948" width="843" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ <b>....Well, I re-installed Win7 yesterday, put my Win8 disk on a shelf to collect dust and reflect on it's punishment. 'Bad! Bad piece of crap!'<br />I was having (yet again) some serious issues out of the thing. Apps not working like they should (The 'People' app.), and another thing, my wife couldn't connect to her API software at her work's Intranet, because the Silverlight plugin wasn't supported along with IE10 (which 8 comes with, and you can't downgrade!)......Even though she has her own computer, a laptop, and we could have just maybe dual-booted 7, or used VMware to run 7 in a virtual machine on her lappy, I decided I am just DONE with damned user-hostile Windows 8! I've tried and tried to love the thing, to fix it up cool-looking, to tell others how good an os it is.....(Sorry). I should have thrown the disk in the garbage where it belongs.....wasted money.<br />Yvonne wants to keep her version of 8 on her lappy---she likes the free game-apps, which are cool I admit. So we left her's installed. But me, I decided 'No More' Windows sucky 8 for YN1F. So now she can use my computer to access her API on IE9 (I also deployed the IE10 blocker-tool just released by MS. Get that here: <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36512">[link]</a> ) <br /><br />So, I spent all day yesterday re-installing good reliable Se7en, trying to get her all fixed up in the style that I'm loving right now, and, I think I did good. Kept my black &amp; gold look and all the trimmings! Thanks to all the wonderful DA talent, and also to MrGrim (the Timedate.cpl images...the clock...are from his HUD Launch theme: <a href="http://mrgrim01.deviantart.com/art/HUD-LAUNCH-290079167">[link]</a> ).<br /><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/bulletblack.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletblack:" title="Bullet; Black"/>vs: <span class="shadow-holder" deviationid="309376017" data-embed-type="deviation" data-embed-format="thumb"><span class="shadow mild" ><a class="thumb" href="http://kiko11.deviantart.com/art/Luto-309376017" title="Luto by =kiko11, Jun 19, 2012 in Customization &gt; Skins &amp; Themes &gt; Windows 7 Utilities &gt; Visual Styles 7"><i></i><img width="123" height="150" src="http://th01.deviantart.net/fs70/150/i/2012/171/b/b/luto_by_kiko11-d547029.jpg" data-src="http://th01.deviantart.net/fs70/150/i/2012/171/b/b/luto_by_kiko11-d547029.jpg"></a></span><!-- ^TTT --><!-- TTT$ --></span><br /><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/bulletblack.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletblack:" title="Bullet; Black"/>Start orb: <span class="shadow-holder" deviationid="276451624" data-embed-type="deviation" data-embed-format="thumb"><span class="shadow mild" ><a class="thumb" href="http://kiko11.deviantart.com/art/Punto-276451624" title="Punto by =kiko11, Dec 29, 2011 in Customization &gt; Skins &amp; Themes &gt; Windows 7 Utilities &gt; Start Orbs"><i></i><img width="150" height="75" src="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs71/150/i/2012/194/8/7/punto_by_kiko11-d4klbfs.jpg" data-src="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs71/150/i/2012/194/8/7/punto_by_kiko11-d4klbfs.jpg"></a></span><!-- ^TTT --><!-- TTT$ --></span> <br /><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/bulletblack.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletblack:" title="Bullet; Black"/>Icons: <span class="shadow-holder" deviationid="362272730" data-embed-type="deviation" data-embed-format="thumb"><span class="shadow mild" ><a class="thumb" href="http://ultimatedesktops.deviantart.com/art/Variations-Icon-Pack-Installer-for-Windows-7-362272730" title="Variations Icon Pack Installer for Windows 7 by ~UltimateDesktops, Mar 29, 2013 in Customization &gt; Skins &amp; Themes &gt; Windows 7 Utilities &gt; Other"><i></i><img width="150" height="134" src="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs71/150/f/2013/088/d/e/variations_icon_pack_installer_for_windows_7_by_ultimatedesktops-d5zorfe.png" data-src="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs71/150/f/2013/088/d/e/variations_icon_pack_installer_for_windows_7_by_ultimatedesktops-d5zorfe.png"></a></span><!-- ^TTT --><!-- TTT$ --></span> (with some Token in my start-menu and taskbar)<br /><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/bulletblack.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletblack:" title="Bullet; Black"/>WMP12 skin: <span class="shadow-holder" deviationid="245644348" data-embed-type="deviation" data-embed-format="thumb"><span class="shadow mild" ><a class="thumb" href="http://charleston2378.deviantart.com/art/Tavaris-WMP-12-245644348" title="Tavaris WMP-12 by ~charleston2378, Jul 31, 2011 in Customization &gt; Skins &amp; Themes &gt; Media Players &gt; Windows Media Player &gt; WMP 12"><i></i><img width="150" height="84" src="http://th09.deviantart.net/fs70/150/i/2012/056/f/b/tavaris_wmp_12_by_charleston2378-d4290e4.png" data-src="http://th09.deviantart.net/fs70/150/i/2012/056/f/b/tavaris_wmp_12_by_charleston2378-d4290e4.png"></a></span><!-- ^TTT --><!-- TTT$ --></span><br /><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/bulletblack.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletblack:" title="Bullet; Black"/>Xion audio player skin: <span class="shadow-holder" deviationid="342358061" data-embed-type="deviation" data-embed-format="thumb"><span class="shadow mild" ><a class="thumb" href="http://yn1f.deviantart.com/art/Velvet-For-Xion-342358061" title="Velvet For Xion by =YN1F, Dec 11, 2012 in Customization &gt; Skins &amp; Themes &gt; Media Players &gt; Xion"><i></i><img width="150" height="84" src="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs70/150/i/2012/365/9/b/velvet_for_xion_by_yn1f-d5ntx65.png" data-src="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs70/150/i/2012/365/9/b/velvet_for_xion_by_yn1f-d5ntx65.png"></a></span><!-- ^TTT --><!-- TTT$ --></span><br /><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/bulletblack.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletblack:" title="Bullet; Black"/>RM skins: various ones, forgot the details, all modified by me.<br /><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/bulletblack.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletblack:" title="Bullet; Black"/>RD skin: <span class="shadow-holder" deviationid="204298624" data-embed-type="deviation" data-embed-format="thumb"><span class="shadow mild" ><a class="thumb" href="http://junglespider.deviantart.com/art/Mini-Dock-For-Rocketdock-204298624" title="Mini Dock For Rocketdock. by ~junglespider, Apr 9, 2011 in Customization &gt; Skins &amp; Themes &gt; Application Launchers &gt; RocketDock"><i></i><img width="150" height="37" src="http://th07.deviantart.net/fs71/150/i/2011/101/8/8/mini_dock_for_rocketdock__by_junglespider-d3dmtts.png" data-src="http://th07.deviantart.net/fs71/150/i/2011/101/8/8/mini_dock_for_rocketdock__by_junglespider-d3dmtts.png"></a></span><!-- ^TTT --><!-- TTT$ --></span> (modded some by me)<br /><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/bulletblack.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletblack:" title="Bullet; Black"/>Program to replace your system properties image: <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://download.drwindows.de/tools/windows_7_system_properties_logo_changer.exe">[link]</a> (System Properties Logo Changer)<br /><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/bulletblack.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletblack:" title="Bullet; Black"/>Wallpaper: <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://i.imgur.com/QiH7qsi.jpg">[link]</a><br /><br /><a target="_self" href="http://commentplz.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/c/o/commentplz.gif" alt=":iconcommentplz:" title="CommentPlz" /></a></b><br /><div><img src="http://th07.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/f/2013/112/b/5/back___to_stay__by_yn1f-d62j1o4.png" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
            <item>
                <title>Minimal Boot Animation</title>
                <link>http://aniketrane.deviantart.com/art/Minimal-Boot-Animation-365608330</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://aniketrane.deviantart.com/art/Minimal-Boot-Animation-365608330</guid>
                <pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 03:18:10 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Minimal Boot Animation</media:title>
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                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Other">customization/skins/windows7/other</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">AniketRane</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/a/n/aniketrane.png?6</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://aniketrane.deviantart.com">Copyright 2013 ~AniketRane</media:copyright>             <creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/</creativeCommons:license>
                <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ Minimal Boot Animation for Windows 7 By Shadow Aniket Rane<br /><br />Video Preview: <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://adf.ly/2624838/minimal-preview">[link]</a><br /><br />Download Links:<br />Minimal Black: <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://adf.ly/2624838/minimal-black">[link]</a><br />Minimal Green: <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://adf.ly/2624838/minimal-green">[link]</a><br />Minimal Grey: <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://adf.ly/2624838/minimal-grey">[link]</a><br />Minimal Orange: <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://adf.ly/2624838/minimal-orange">[link]</a><br />Minimal Pink: <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://adf.ly/2624838/minimal-pink">[link]</a><br />Minimal Purple: <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://adf.ly/2624838/minimal-purple">[link]</a><br />Minimal Red: <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://adf.ly/2624838/minimal-red">[link]</a><br />Minimal Violet: <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://adf.ly/2624838/minimal-violet">[link]</a><br /><br /><br />Sorry For Inconvinence. ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/104/5/f/minimal_boot_animation_by_aniketrane-d61o96y.png" height="1000" width="733"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ Minimal Boot Animation for Windows 7 By Shadow Aniket Rane<br /><br />Video Preview: <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://adf.ly/2624838/minimal-preview">[link]</a><br /><br />Download Links:<br />Minimal Black: <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://adf.ly/2624838/minimal-black">[link]</a><br />Minimal Green: <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://adf.ly/2624838/minimal-green">[link]</a><br />Minimal Grey: <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://adf.ly/2624838/minimal-grey">[link]</a><br />Minimal Orange: <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://adf.ly/2624838/minimal-orange">[link]</a><br />Minimal Pink: <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://adf.ly/2624838/minimal-pink">[link]</a><br />Minimal Purple: <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://adf.ly/2624838/minimal-purple">[link]</a><br />Minimal Red: <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://adf.ly/2624838/minimal-red">[link]</a><br />Minimal Violet: <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://adf.ly/2624838/minimal-violet">[link]</a><br /><br /><br />Sorry For Inconvinence.<br /><div><img src="http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/104/5/f/minimal_boot_animation_by_aniketrane-d61o96y.png" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
            <item>
                <title>Torch pyro</title>
                <link>http://irontophat.deviantart.com/art/Torch-pyro-365570320</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://irontophat.deviantart.com/art/Torch-pyro-365570320</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 23:35:19 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Torch pyro</media:title>
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                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Portraits">digitalart/paintings/people/portraits</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">IronTopHat</media:credit>
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        <media:copyright url="http://irontophat.deviantart.com">Copyright 2013 ~IronTopHat</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ Character: <br /><br /><br />~Home~<br />Torch as a young boy was very out going in his world. Living in a molten rock home that was large and rather oddly shaped. The doors made out of a thinner type of rock that could stand the heat of there realm. The windows where a type of strong stable calcite rhomb. The light from the magma of the realm made a nice shimmer through the windows and into the house. Torch when he was young would watch out the windows at the shimmering pools of magma ponds outside his house. He always liked watching them, even the geysers amazed him. His home was deep in the earth. Just above the core. Many of his kind lived there resembling humans but orange eyes and black hair that had magma vane like liquid leak from it. <br />~The Newly light~<br />Torch began to live on his own at the age of 13 showing he could handle responsibility well on his own. He ventured out and with ease obtained a new home. He soon came to relies that his realm wasn't the only one. Leaving his home to find a path up to a new world of sunlight, not magma, a cool breeze, no black stones or ashes. It was amazing actually even more then his home. Venturing to far he came to know that this world wasn't filled with only amazement but horror. When he noticed that every thing he touched only crumbled in his hand. A day of what was called rain even took it's toll on him. Finding out that the water just even the slightest bit of it stung worse then any pain he could have felt. It left black marks as if burns on his skin. Things only got worse from there.<br />~ Adapt ~<br />Time had passed and not long till he became apparent with this world. Knowing what to expect and keeping eyes out for storms. Watching the news he usually keeps an umbrella with him, just in case. He also learned how to control his body heat so that everything he touches wouldn't go up in flames. He even started taking school in the upper realm. learning more about it and how it works. Torch Resting back down to his own world usually when the sun starts to set in the upper world he sleeps down there.<br />~Surface Life~<br />Age 16 now he lives with a problem like non other then before. To one of his trips to the surface a rumble of the earths ground to him of surprise. The walls to the deep cave start to shift and crumble. Making it out in time to only find that the cave had suddenly collapsed inside. His way home now gone... he was trapped up on the surface and knew of no other places that could go as deep as this. He worried, what was he going to do. He couldn't remain up here forever, his family was down there. As much as he loved the sites of the upper level even with it's pains. He needed home, the natural heat and dryness. He began looking for a place to stay and only to find a small town. He Gathered up what he could in the shadows and resided in a home. One not as stable as his past place but it would have to do. He always had his hood up wearing a dark moss green jacket with a hood that covered over his hair and eyes. A red long sleeve shirt and blue jeans that looked faded and worn, with black boots. As years passed he tried hard to find a way back, not sure what would be down there now since it had been 3 years since he last saw his home. He became aware of a new figure in the upper realm a figure called Snow. Learning fast that it was just like water, and became very careful going out. Still he wouldn't give up his search for a way back home. He just had to hang on. <br /><br />Updated Life: <br /><br />Birthday 14/4<br />Born 14/4/2013<br /><br />Age 18<br />Height 5'7<br /><br />Name Torch Pyro ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th03.deviantart.net/fs70/150/f/2013/103/2/6/torch_pyro_by_irontophat-d61nfv4.jpg" height="150" width="133"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th02.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/f/2013/103/2/6/torch_pyro_by_irontophat-d61nfv4.jpg" height="338" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/103/2/6/torch_pyro_by_irontophat-d61nfv4.jpg" height="900" width="800" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ Character: <br /><br /><br />~Home~<br />Torch as a young boy was very out going in his world. Living in a molten rock home that was large and rather oddly shaped. The doors made out of a thinner type of rock that could stand the heat of there realm. The windows where a type of strong stable calcite rhomb. The light from the magma of the realm made a nice shimmer through the windows and into the house. Torch when he was young would watch out the windows at the shimmering pools of magma ponds outside his house. He always liked watching them, even the geysers amazed him. His home was deep in the earth. Just above the core. Many of his kind lived there resembling humans but orange eyes and black hair that had magma vane like liquid leak from it. <br />~The Newly light~<br />Torch began to live on his own at the age of 13 showing he could handle responsibility well on his own. He ventured out and with ease obtained a new home. He soon came to relies that his realm wasn't the only one. Leaving his home to find a path up to a new world of sunlight, not magma, a cool breeze, no black stones or ashes. It was amazing actually even more then his home. Venturing to far he came to know that this world wasn't filled with only amazement but horror. When he noticed that every thing he touched only crumbled in his hand. A day of what was called rain even took it's toll on him. Finding out that the water just even the slightest bit of it stung worse then any pain he could have felt. It left black marks as if burns on his skin. Things only got worse from there.<br />~ Adapt ~<br />Time had passed and not long till he became apparent with this world. Knowing what to expect and keeping eyes out for storms. Watching the news he usually keeps an umbrella with him, just in case. He also learned how to control his body heat so that everything he touches wouldn't go up in flames. He even started taking school in the upper realm. learning more about it and how it works. Torch Resting back down to his own world usually when the sun starts to set in the upper world he sleeps down there.<br />~Surface Life~<br />Age 16 now he lives with a problem like non other then before. To one of his trips to the surface a rumble of the earths ground to him of surprise. The walls to the deep cave start to shift and crumble. Making it out in time to only find that the cave had suddenly collapsed inside. His way home now gone... he was trapped up on the surface and knew of no other places that could go as deep as this. He worried, what was he going to do. He couldn't remain up here forever, his family was down there. As much as he loved the sites of the upper level even with it's pains. He needed home, the natural heat and dryness. He began looking for a place to stay and only to find a small town. He Gathered up what he could in the shadows and resided in a home. One not as stable as his past place but it would have to do. He always had his hood up wearing a dark moss green jacket with a hood that covered over his hair and eyes. A red long sleeve shirt and blue jeans that looked faded and worn, with black boots. As years passed he tried hard to find a way back, not sure what would be down there now since it had been 3 years since he last saw his home. He became aware of a new figure in the upper realm a figure called Snow. Learning fast that it was just like water, and became very careful going out. Still he wouldn't give up his search for a way back home. He just had to hang on. <br /><br />Updated Life: <br /><br />Birthday 14/4<br />Born 14/4/2013<br /><br />Age 18<br />Height 5'7<br /><br />Name Torch Pyro<br /><div><img src="http://th02.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/f/2013/103/2/6/torch_pyro_by_irontophat-d61nfv4.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>Puking Pinkie</title>
                <link>http://tarrant501.deviantart.com/art/Puking-Pinkie-364953788</link>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:43:18 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Puking Pinkie</media:title>
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                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Windows">customization/icons/os/win</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">tarrant501</media:credit>
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        <media:copyright url="http://tarrant501.deviantart.com">Copyright 2013 ~tarrant501</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ Finally! Pinkie is done! <br /><br />She is popping out of her 4th wall tear and I tried something new, instead of a stream she pukes balloons, with confetti.!<br /><br />4th wall tear concept from Double Rainboom<br /><br />Suggestions on improvements are welcomed, kinda got stuck on her for awhile.<br /><br />MLP belongs to Hasbro.<br /><br />How to apply, check my other ones here.<a href="http://tarrant501.deviantart.com/art/Puking-Rainbow-Windows-7-boot-logo-358180491?q=gallery%3Atarrant501%20randomize%3A1&qo=3">[link]</a><br /><br />Next is Fluttershy. ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/101/f/b/puking_pinkie_by_tarrant501-d61a858.png" height="200" width="200"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ Finally! Pinkie is done! <br /><br />She is popping out of her 4th wall tear and I tried something new, instead of a stream she pukes balloons, with confetti.!<br /><br />4th wall tear concept from Double Rainboom<br /><br />Suggestions on improvements are welcomed, kinda got stuck on her for awhile.<br /><br />MLP belongs to Hasbro.<br /><br />How to apply, check my other ones here.<a href="http://tarrant501.deviantart.com/art/Puking-Rainbow-Windows-7-boot-logo-358180491?q=gallery%3Atarrant501%20randomize%3A1&qo=3">[link]</a><br /><br />Next is Fluttershy.<br /><div><img src="http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/101/f/b/puking_pinkie_by_tarrant501-d61a858.png" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>Mechanism Boot Screen for Windows 7...</title>
                <link>http://mtnhj.deviantart.com/art/Mechanism-Boot-Screen-for-Windows-7-364182312</link>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 07 Apr 2013 16:36:36 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Mechanism Boot Screen for Windows 7...</media:title>
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                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="BootSkin">customization/skins/windows/bootskin</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">mTnHJ</media:credit>
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        <media:copyright url="http://mtnhj.deviantart.com">Copyright 2013 ~mTnHJ</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ - Styled after the awesome theme build 'Mechanism'. <a href="http://gsw953onda.deviantart.com/art/Mechanism-364005056?q=gallery%3Agsw953onda&qo=0">[link]</a><br />-----<br />- This was a very special group project .<br />The concept and art work is by icebabee and this started out as gsw953 putting her ideas into a theme build,<br />and with the help of many others it soon grew into a massive project with a ton of extras!<br />- I had a lot of fun working on this and hope you enjoy what you see!!<br />-----<br />- To apply this boot skin I use the portable app 'Windows 7 Boot Updater made by Jeff Bush over at coder4life.com. <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.coderforlife.com/projects/win7boot/">[link]</a><br />Follow this LINK over to YouTube for a video Tutorial about how to change the animated boot screen in Windows 7 using the app 'Boot Updater' <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9NOhPe5cdY&feature=youtu.be">[link]</a><br />- WARNING - Remember there are risk's involved so be familiar with how to recover the operating system just in case.<br />Personally I have never had any issues or problems. But I have read about some instances when users have had problems.<br />- For example. It may not work with certain language packs. If you are dual booting with Windows 7 &amp; 8 you may have a problem.<br />-----<br />- This skin was made in 16:9 (1900x1080) resolution and may not appear correctly in other resolutions. If you are not running a 1920x1080 resolution, I would suggest you first load the 'PNG Images' folder instead of the .bs7 file. This should apply the skin with the best results. To check your monitor resolution go to 'Control Panel&gt;All Control Panel Items&gt;Display&gt;Screen Resolution' and your current resolution will be listed on the line 'Resolution:' Once you have the skin applied you can now save it as a new .bs7 file using your own native resolution if you wish.<br />-----<br />Helpful links are also included with the download that will show you how to:<br />1) Make a system restore CD/DVD, or system restore disk.<br />2) How to create a restore point.<br />3) How to boot into the Windows recovery options from the boot menu.<br /><br />Please take time to read more details/instructions/warnings about the Boot Updater app here: <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.coderforlife.com/projects/win7boot/">[link]</a><br /><br />........../ What's in the download ..........<br />Mechanism Boot skin in 105 .png images folder.<br />Mechanism Boot skin in .bs7 format.<br />Default Windows 7 boot skin in 105.bmp images folder.<br />Instructions How to Create a Windows 7 System Repair Disc.<br />Instructions How to Create a System Restore Point in Windows 7.<br />Instructions How to Boot to the System Recovery Options in Windows 7.<br />How-To Screen Shots.<br /><br />........../ Credits ..........<br />- The Mechanism concept and art work is by the very gifted icebabee. <a href="http://icebabee.deviantart.com/">[link]</a><br />- The Mechanism theme build is by master theme designer gsw953. <a href="http://gsw953onda.deviantart.com/art/Mechanism-364005056?q=gallery%3Agsw953onda&qo=0">[link]</a><br />- Thanks to Vigoni for the Mechanism wallpaper used in my video and screen shots. (Download it with the Mechanism theme.)<br />- Thanks to Deviantdon for the Mechanism wallpaper used in my screen shots. <a href="http://browse.deviantart.com/art/Mechanism-Walls-364023148">[link]</a><br />- Thanks to Icebabee for the skull wallpaper used in the preview Screen. <a href="http://browse.deviantart.com/art/Skull-360721009">[link]</a><br />- The 'Cracked Rusty Dark' wallpaper (made by me) can be downloaded here at DA. <a href="http://mtnhj.deviantart.com/art/Cracked-Rusty-Dark1-367146161?q=gallery%3Amtnhj&qo=1">[link]</a> <a href="http://mtnhj.deviantart.com/art/Cracked-Rusty-Dark2-367146699?q=gallery%3Amtnhj&qo=0">[link]</a><br />- Thanks to Jeff Bush at coder4life.com for the app Win7BootUpdater. <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.coderforlife.com/projects/win7boot/">[link]</a> ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/112/e/7/mechanism_boot_screen_for_windows_7____by_mtnhj-d60tovc.png" height="2000" width="2000"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ - Styled after the awesome theme build 'Mechanism'. <a href="http://gsw953onda.deviantart.com/art/Mechanism-364005056?q=gallery%3Agsw953onda&qo=0">[link]</a><br />-----<br />- This was a very special group project .<br />The concept and art work is by icebabee and this started out as gsw953 putting her ideas into a theme build,<br />and with the help of many others it soon grew into a massive project with a ton of extras!<br />- I had a lot of fun working on this and hope you enjoy what you see!!<br />-----<br />- To apply this boot skin I use the portable app 'Windows 7 Boot Updater made by Jeff Bush over at coder4life.com. <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.coderforlife.com/projects/win7boot/">[link]</a><br />Follow this LINK over to YouTube for a video Tutorial about how to change the animated boot screen in Windows 7 using the app 'Boot Updater' <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9NOhPe5cdY&feature=youtu.be">[link]</a><br />- WARNING - Remember there are risk's involved so be familiar with how to recover the operating system just in case.<br />Personally I have never had any issues or problems. But I have read about some instances when users have had problems.<br />- For example. It may not work with certain language packs. If you are dual booting with Windows 7 &amp; 8 you may have a problem.<br />-----<br />- This skin was made in 16:9 (1900x1080) resolution and may not appear correctly in other resolutions. If you are not running a 1920x1080 resolution, I would suggest you first load the 'PNG Images' folder instead of the .bs7 file. This should apply the skin with the best results. To check your monitor resolution go to 'Control Panel&gt;All Control Panel Items&gt;Display&gt;Screen Resolution' and your current resolution will be listed on the line 'Resolution:' Once you have the skin applied you can now save it as a new .bs7 file using your own native resolution if you wish.<br />-----<br />Helpful links are also included with the download that will show you how to:<br />1) Make a system restore CD/DVD, or system restore disk.<br />2) How to create a restore point.<br />3) How to boot into the Windows recovery options from the boot menu.<br /><br />Please take time to read more details/instructions/warnings about the Boot Updater app here: <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.coderforlife.com/projects/win7boot/">[link]</a><br /><br />........../ What's in the download ..........<br />Mechanism Boot skin in 105 .png images folder.<br />Mechanism Boot skin in .bs7 format.<br />Default Windows 7 boot skin in 105.bmp images folder.<br />Instructions How to Create a Windows 7 System Repair Disc.<br />Instructions How to Create a System Restore Point in Windows 7.<br />Instructions How to Boot to the System Recovery Options in Windows 7.<br />How-To Screen Shots.<br /><br />........../ Credits ..........<br />- The Mechanism concept and art work is by the very gifted icebabee. <a href="http://icebabee.deviantart.com/">[link]</a><br />- The Mechanism theme build is by master theme designer gsw953. <a href="http://gsw953onda.deviantart.com/art/Mechanism-364005056?q=gallery%3Agsw953onda&qo=0">[link]</a><br />- Thanks to Vigoni for the Mechanism wallpaper used in my video and screen shots. (Download it with the Mechanism theme.)<br />- Thanks to Deviantdon for the Mechanism wallpaper used in my screen shots. <a href="http://browse.deviantart.com/art/Mechanism-Walls-364023148">[link]</a><br />- Thanks to Icebabee for the skull wallpaper used in the preview Screen. <a href="http://browse.deviantart.com/art/Skull-360721009">[link]</a><br />- The 'Cracked Rusty Dark' wallpaper (made by me) can be downloaded here at DA. <a href="http://mtnhj.deviantart.com/art/Cracked-Rusty-Dark1-367146161?q=gallery%3Amtnhj&qo=1">[link]</a> <a href="http://mtnhj.deviantart.com/art/Cracked-Rusty-Dark2-367146699?q=gallery%3Amtnhj&qo=0">[link]</a><br />- Thanks to Jeff Bush at coder4life.com for the app Win7BootUpdater. <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.coderforlife.com/projects/win7boot/">[link]</a><br /><div><img src="http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/112/e/7/mechanism_boot_screen_for_windows_7____by_mtnhj-d60tovc.png" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>Coyote Song Stables Grounds and Staff Info</title>
                <link>http://galianogangster.deviantart.com/art/Coyote-Song-Stables-Grounds-and-Staff-Info-363390440</link>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 18:50:29 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Coyote Song Stables Grounds and Staff Info</media:title>
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                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Conceptual">digitalart/paintings/illustrations/conceptual</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">galianogangster</media:credit>
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        <media:copyright url="http://galianogangster.deviantart.com">Copyright 2013 =galianogangster</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ As requested, a sketch of the property here at Coyote Song Stables!<br />Completely out of my head, not a real property anywhere that I'm aware of hahaha<br /><br />1.<br />Barn is on the left, it's a long brown building with wood siding and large doors to accommodate for large horses. There's a large "window" at the top because Dianna Fabray has a room in the "loft". Stablehands are free to hang out up there, there's two beds and a mini fridge. Di doesn't mind people in her room. There's a spicket for a hose on the side of the barn, feel free to bathe your horse there.<br /><br />House is on the right. It's a two story house with white siding and a porch in the front. What you see is the "side door", which goes straight into the kitchen. HUGE window on the second floor, Nikki had it built that way so her and Lacey could watch the sunset together and keep a general eye on staff.<br /><br />2. <br />Opposite view from 1, as if you turned and faced the other direction. Huge riding arena with a white wood fence and a path that leads to the forest. CSS has 4 Acres of woods, with plenty of trails and clearings for horseback rides or runs. There's a lake in the middle of the woods, you're free to swim there, there are no leaches or snapping turtles haha<br /><br />3<br />View inside the barn. The walkway is two Nordanners and two people wide. Large stalls on each side. In the middle, there's the steps to the loft and doors out each side for the horses with more stalls on the other side of that. Interior is mostly wood. Floor is concrete with a light dusting of sand/dirt from the riding arena outside.<br /><br />4. <br />This is the kitchen/dining/living room. Squares are various notes posted, most are to and from Nikki and Lacey. There's always breakfast made in the morning, Nikki makes the best pancakes. Feel free to chill here as much as you'd like, just make sure to take your boots off. The leather couch is long and black. It fits about 5 people and three dogs. There's a large, flat screen TV across from it, feel free to watch what you'd like but keep it down because Nikki's office is upstairs and she doesn't like to be disturbed.<br /><br />STAFF:<br /><br /><span class="shadow-holder" deviationid="345316723" data-embed-type="deviation" data-embed-format="thumb"><span class="shadow mild" ><a class="thumb" href="http://galianogangster.deviantart.com/art/Two-Halves-Of-A-Whole-345316723" title="Two Halves Of A Whole by =galianogangster, Dec 28, 2012 in Traditional Art &gt; Drawings &gt; People" data-super-img="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/f/2012/363/d/3/two_halves_of_a_whole_by_galianogangster-d5plc37.jpg" data-super-full-img="http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/363/d/3/two_halves_of_a_whole_by_galianogangster-d5plc37.jpg" data-super-full-width="844" data-super-full-height="1346" data-super-width="708" data-super-height="1129" data-super-transparent="false"><i></i><img width="94" height="150" src="http://th01.deviantart.net/fs71/150/f/2012/363/d/3/two_halves_of_a_whole_by_galianogangster-d5plc37.jpg" data-src="http://th01.deviantart.net/fs71/150/f/2012/363/d/3/two_halves_of_a_whole_by_galianogangster-d5plc37.jpg"></a></span><!-- ^TTT --><!-- TTT$ --></span><br />Stable Owner: Nikki Galiano and Lacey Loveless. Nikki is pretty quiet most of the time, but is certainly not shy. She has semi-strict expectations and can be a sarcastic bitch, but she is extremely loyal and will defend you until the end if you show potential. Other than Lacey, closest with Trent, she knew him the longest. <br />25- 5 foot 6 - Italian/Native American (Looks like Nikki Reed but has darker hair with red streaks) - Shifts into a Red Wolf <a href="http://galianogangster.deviantart.com/art/Nikki-Galiano-Reference-315094773">[link]</a><br />Lacey is her girlfriend and is pretty much the polar opposite of Nikki. She's extremely open and caring, she'll always be on the sidelines cheering you on or there if you need to talk. If you want to ask something of Nikki, you'll probably want Lacey there because Nikki is pretty whipped XD Lacey gets along swimmingly with everybody, she sees things in others that they don't see in themselves.<br />26 - 5 foot 7 - Caucasian (Looks like Blake Lively but has light blue streaks in her hair - Shifts into an Arctic Wolf <a href="http://galianogangster.deviantart.com/art/Lacey-Ref-187693261">[link]</a><br /><br />Staff: <br /><span class="shadow-holder" deviationid="210066974" data-embed-type="deviation" data-embed-format="thumb"><span class="shadow mild" ><a class="thumb" href="http://fireflightstables.deviantart.com/art/FFS-Staff-Trent-Wisneski-210066974" title="FFS Staff: Trent Wisneski by ~FireFlightStables, May 23, 2011 in Traditional Art &gt; Drawings &gt; People" data-super-img="http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/143/8/4/ffs_staff__trent_wisneski_by_fireflightstables-d3h2gpq.jpg" data-super-width="680" data-super-height="734" data-super-transparent="false"><i></i><img width="139" height="150" src="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs71/150/f/2011/143/8/4/ffs_staff__trent_wisneski_by_fireflightstables-d3h2gpq.jpg" data-src="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs71/150/f/2011/143/8/4/ffs_staff__trent_wisneski_by_fireflightstables-d3h2gpq.jpg"></a></span><!-- ^TTT --><!-- TTT$ --></span><br />Trenton Wisneski: Foal caretaker : Trent is a big goofball. He's always up for a game of any sort, even if the opponent is not aware they're playing. He likes to hang out with the foals for they're a lot like him. He may be a muscular guy, but most of the time acts like he's 10. Likes to ride bareback broncs in his free time.<br />23 - 5 foot 9 - Shifts into a Spotted Hyena<br /><br /><span class="shadow-holder" deviationid="277352321" data-embed-type="deviation" data-embed-format="thumb"><span class="shadow mild" ><a class="thumb" href="http://galianogangster.deviantart.com/art/Xmas-Show-Stakes-Race-277352321" title="Xmas Show Stakes Race by =galianogangster, Jan 2, 2012 in Digital Art &gt; Drawings &gt; Animals" data-super-img="http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/002/c/9/xmas_show_stakes_race_by_galianogangster-d4l4mf5.jpg" data-super-width="900" data-super-height="836" data-super-transparent="false"><i></i><img width="150" height="139" src="http://th01.deviantart.net/fs71/150/i/2012/002/c/9/xmas_show_stakes_race_by_galianogangster-d4l4mf5.jpg" data-src="http://th01.deviantart.net/fs71/150/i/2012/002/c/9/xmas_show_stakes_race_by_galianogangster-d4l4mf5.jpg"></a></span><!-- ^TTT --><!-- TTT$ --></span><br />Sunny Acevedo: Stablehand : Sunny's there because her beloved stallion, Supervillian, is there. She gets to keep him there for free if she works around the stables, so she thinks it's a pretty good deal. Very friendly but enjoys sleeping a lot. Would be a good person to make friends with. Friends with Trent, sister to Carmen, hates that she likes Dianna.<br />18 - 5 foot 5 - Puerto Rican/Native American - Shifts into a Black Coyote<br /><br /><span class="shadow-holder" deviationid="289872219" data-embed-type="deviation" data-embed-format="thumb"><span class="shadow mild" ><a class="thumb" href="http://galianogangster.deviantart.com/art/Just-Take-A-Deep-Breath-Entry-289872219" title="Just Take A Deep Breath...:Entry:. by =galianogangster, Mar 11, 2012 in Digital Art &gt; Drawings &gt; Animals" data-super-img="http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/071/6/3/just_take_a_deep_breath____entry___by_galianogangster-d4skyu3.png" data-super-width="900" data-super-height="675" data-super-transparent="false"><i></i><img width="150" height="113" src="http://th00.deviantart.net/fs71/150/i/2012/071/6/3/just_take_a_deep_breath____entry___by_galianogangster-d4skyu3.png" data-src="http://th00.deviantart.net/fs71/150/i/2012/071/6/3/just_take_a_deep_breath____entry___by_galianogangster-d4skyu3.png"></a></span><!-- ^TTT --><!-- TTT$ --></span><br />Carmen Acevedo doesn't live there, but comes to ride occasionally. Sunny's 8 year old sister. Typical 8 year old, but really looks up to Dianna, much to her sister's dismay.<br /> <br /><span class="shadow-holder" deviationid="283840431" data-embed-type="deviation" data-embed-format="thumb"><span class="shadow mild" ><a class="thumb" href="http://galianogangster.deviantart.com/art/The-Newcomers-Tenny-and-Di-283840431" title="The Newcomers: Tenny and Di by =galianogangster, Feb 7, 2012 in Digital Art &gt; Drawings &gt; Animals" data-super-img="http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2012/038/9/4/the_newcomers__tenny_and_di_by_galianogangster-d4ozoof.png" data-super-width="900" data-super-height="673" data-super-transparent="false"><i></i><img width="150" height="112" src="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs70/150/i/2012/038/9/4/the_newcomers__tenny_and_di_by_galianogangster-d4ozoof.png" data-src="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs70/150/i/2012/038/9/4/the_newcomers__tenny_and_di_by_galianogangster-d4ozoof.png"></a></span><!-- ^TTT --><!-- TTT$ --></span><br />Dianna Fabray: Stablehand : Very driven and competitive. Kind of sly and slinky, you don't really know what she's up to. Enjoys confusing Sunny and being manipulative and mysterious. It's all good natured, though. Doesn't talk to much of the other staff. Is very kind and sisterly to Carmen, and has a huge crush on Sunny but has a strange way of showing it.<br />18 - 5 foot 7 - Caucasian - Shifts into a Blonde coyote<br /><br /><span class="shadow-holder" deviationid="261619459" data-embed-type="deviation" data-embed-format="thumb"><span class="shadow mild" ><a class="thumb" href="http://galianogangster.deviantart.com/art/His-First-Race-261619459" title="His First Race by =galianogangster, Oct 3, 2011 in Digital Art &gt; Drawings &gt; Animals" data-super-img="http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/277/d/2/his_first_race_by_galianogangster-d4brev7.png" data-super-width="900" data-super-height="663" data-super-transparent="false"><i></i><img width="150" height="111" src="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs71/150/f/2011/277/d/2/his_first_race_by_galianogangster-d4brev7.png" data-src="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs71/150/f/2011/277/d/2/his_first_race_by_galianogangster-d4brev7.png"></a></span><!-- ^TTT --><!-- TTT$ --></span><br />Kat Prescott: Jockey : Isn't around much, but you wouldn't get to talk to her too much anyway. She's very professional and doesn't like to chat much. Close with Sunny, she races Supervillian for her.<br />25 - 5 foot 3 - Caucasian - Doesn't shift ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs70/150/f/2013/093/3/e/coyote_song_stables_grounds_and_staff_info_by_galianogangster-d60cpuw.png" height="150" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th03.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/f/2013/093/3/e/coyote_song_stables_grounds_and_staff_info_by_galianogangster-d60cpuw.png" height="300" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://th09.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/f/2013/093/3/e/coyote_song_stables_grounds_and_staff_info_by_galianogangster-d60cpuw.png" height="894" width="894" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ As requested, a sketch of the property here at Coyote Song Stables!<br />Completely out of my head, not a real property anywhere that I'm aware of hahaha<br /><br />1.<br />Barn is on the left, it's a long brown building with wood siding and large doors to accommodate for large horses. There's a large "window" at the top because Dianna Fabray has a room in the "loft". Stablehands are free to hang out up there, there's two beds and a mini fridge. Di doesn't mind people in her room. There's a spicket for a hose on the side of the barn, feel free to bathe your horse there.<br /><br />House is on the right. It's a two story house with white siding and a porch in the front. What you see is the "side door", which goes straight into the kitchen. HUGE window on the second floor, Nikki had it built that way so her and Lacey could watch the sunset together and keep a general eye on staff.<br /><br />2. <br />Opposite view from 1, as if you turned and faced the other direction. Huge riding arena with a white wood fence and a path that leads to the forest. CSS has 4 Acres of woods, with plenty of trails and clearings for horseback rides or runs. There's a lake in the middle of the woods, you're free to swim there, there are no leaches or snapping turtles haha<br /><br />3<br />View inside the barn. The walkway is two Nordanners and two people wide. Large stalls on each side. In the middle, there's the steps to the loft and doors out each side for the horses with more stalls on the other side of that. Interior is mostly wood. Floor is concrete with a light dusting of sand/dirt from the riding arena outside.<br /><br />4. <br />This is the kitchen/dining/living room. Squares are various notes posted, most are to and from Nikki and Lacey. There's always breakfast made in the morning, Nikki makes the best pancakes. Feel free to chill here as much as you'd like, just make sure to take your boots off. The leather couch is long and black. It fits about 5 people and three dogs. There's a large, flat screen TV across from it, feel free to watch what you'd like but keep it down because Nikki's office is upstairs and she doesn't like to be disturbed.<br /><br />STAFF:<br /><br /><span class="shadow-holder" deviationid="345316723" data-embed-type="deviation" data-embed-format="thumb"><span class="shadow mild" ><a class="thumb" href="http://galianogangster.deviantart.com/art/Two-Halves-Of-A-Whole-345316723" title="Two Halves Of A Whole by =galianogangster, Dec 28, 2012 in Traditional Art &gt; Drawings &gt; People" data-super-img="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/f/2012/363/d/3/two_halves_of_a_whole_by_galianogangster-d5plc37.jpg" data-super-full-img="http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/363/d/3/two_halves_of_a_whole_by_galianogangster-d5plc37.jpg" data-super-full-width="844" data-super-full-height="1346" data-super-width="708" data-super-height="1129" data-super-transparent="false"><i></i><img width="94" height="150" src="http://th01.deviantart.net/fs71/150/f/2012/363/d/3/two_halves_of_a_whole_by_galianogangster-d5plc37.jpg" data-src="http://th01.deviantart.net/fs71/150/f/2012/363/d/3/two_halves_of_a_whole_by_galianogangster-d5plc37.jpg"></a></span><!-- ^TTT --><!-- TTT$ --></span><br />Stable Owner: Nikki Galiano and Lacey Loveless. Nikki is pretty quiet most of the time, but is certainly not shy. She has semi-strict expectations and can be a sarcastic bitch, but she is extremely loyal and will defend you until the end if you show potential. Other than Lacey, closest with Trent, she knew him the longest. <br />25- 5 foot 6 - Italian/Native American (Looks like Nikki Reed but has darker hair with red streaks) - Shifts into a Red Wolf <a href="http://galianogangster.deviantart.com/art/Nikki-Galiano-Reference-315094773">[link]</a><br />Lacey is her girlfriend and is pretty much the polar opposite of Nikki. She's extremely open and caring, she'll always be on the sidelines cheering you on or there if you need to talk. If you want to ask something of Nikki, you'll probably want Lacey there because Nikki is pretty whipped XD Lacey gets along swimmingly with everybody, she sees things in others that they don't see in themselves.<br />26 - 5 foot 7 - Caucasian (Looks like Blake Lively but has light blue streaks in her hair - Shifts into an Arctic Wolf <a href="http://galianogangster.deviantart.com/art/Lacey-Ref-187693261">[link]</a><br /><br />Staff: <br /><span class="shadow-holder" deviationid="210066974" data-embed-type="deviation" data-embed-format="thumb"><span class="shadow mild" ><a class="thumb" href="http://fireflightstables.deviantart.com/art/FFS-Staff-Trent-Wisneski-210066974" title="FFS Staff: Trent Wisneski by ~FireFlightStables, May 23, 2011 in Traditional Art &gt; Drawings &gt; People" data-super-img="http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/143/8/4/ffs_staff__trent_wisneski_by_fireflightstables-d3h2gpq.jpg" data-super-width="680" data-super-height="734" data-super-transparent="false"><i></i><img width="139" height="150" src="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs71/150/f/2011/143/8/4/ffs_staff__trent_wisneski_by_fireflightstables-d3h2gpq.jpg" data-src="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs71/150/f/2011/143/8/4/ffs_staff__trent_wisneski_by_fireflightstables-d3h2gpq.jpg"></a></span><!-- ^TTT --><!-- TTT$ --></span><br />Trenton Wisneski: Foal caretaker : Trent is a big goofball. He's always up for a game of any sort, even if the opponent is not aware they're playing. He likes to hang out with the foals for they're a lot like him. He may be a muscular guy, but most of the time acts like he's 10. Likes to ride bareback broncs in his free time.<br />23 - 5 foot 9 - Shifts into a Spotted Hyena<br /><br /><span class="shadow-holder" deviationid="277352321" data-embed-type="deviation" data-embed-format="thumb"><span class="shadow mild" ><a class="thumb" href="http://galianogangster.deviantart.com/art/Xmas-Show-Stakes-Race-277352321" title="Xmas Show Stakes Race by =galianogangster, Jan 2, 2012 in Digital Art &gt; Drawings &gt; Animals" data-super-img="http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/002/c/9/xmas_show_stakes_race_by_galianogangster-d4l4mf5.jpg" data-super-width="900" data-super-height="836" data-super-transparent="false"><i></i><img width="150" height="139" src="http://th01.deviantart.net/fs71/150/i/2012/002/c/9/xmas_show_stakes_race_by_galianogangster-d4l4mf5.jpg" data-src="http://th01.deviantart.net/fs71/150/i/2012/002/c/9/xmas_show_stakes_race_by_galianogangster-d4l4mf5.jpg"></a></span><!-- ^TTT --><!-- TTT$ --></span><br />Sunny Acevedo: Stablehand : Sunny's there because her beloved stallion, Supervillian, is there. She gets to keep him there for free if she works around the stables, so she thinks it's a pretty good deal. Very friendly but enjoys sleeping a lot. Would be a good person to make friends with. Friends with Trent, sister to Carmen, hates that she likes Dianna.<br />18 - 5 foot 5 - Puerto Rican/Native American - Shifts into a Black Coyote<br /><br /><span class="shadow-holder" deviationid="289872219" data-embed-type="deviation" data-embed-format="thumb"><span class="shadow mild" ><a class="thumb" href="http://galianogangster.deviantart.com/art/Just-Take-A-Deep-Breath-Entry-289872219" title="Just Take A Deep Breath...:Entry:. by =galianogangster, Mar 11, 2012 in Digital Art &gt; Drawings &gt; Animals" data-super-img="http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/071/6/3/just_take_a_deep_breath____entry___by_galianogangster-d4skyu3.png" data-super-width="900" data-super-height="675" data-super-transparent="false"><i></i><img width="150" height="113" src="http://th00.deviantart.net/fs71/150/i/2012/071/6/3/just_take_a_deep_breath____entry___by_galianogangster-d4skyu3.png" data-src="http://th00.deviantart.net/fs71/150/i/2012/071/6/3/just_take_a_deep_breath____entry___by_galianogangster-d4skyu3.png"></a></span><!-- ^TTT --><!-- TTT$ --></span><br />Carmen Acevedo doesn't live there, but comes to ride occasionally. Sunny's 8 year old sister. Typical 8 year old, but really looks up to Dianna, much to her sister's dismay.<br /> <br /><span class="shadow-holder" deviationid="283840431" data-embed-type="deviation" data-embed-format="thumb"><span class="shadow mild" ><a class="thumb" href="http://galianogangster.deviantart.com/art/The-Newcomers-Tenny-and-Di-283840431" title="The Newcomers: Tenny and Di by =galianogangster, Feb 7, 2012 in Digital Art &gt; Drawings &gt; Animals" data-super-img="http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2012/038/9/4/the_newcomers__tenny_and_di_by_galianogangster-d4ozoof.png" data-super-width="900" data-super-height="673" data-super-transparent="false"><i></i><img width="150" height="112" src="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs70/150/i/2012/038/9/4/the_newcomers__tenny_and_di_by_galianogangster-d4ozoof.png" data-src="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs70/150/i/2012/038/9/4/the_newcomers__tenny_and_di_by_galianogangster-d4ozoof.png"></a></span><!-- ^TTT --><!-- TTT$ --></span><br />Dianna Fabray: Stablehand : Very driven and competitive. Kind of sly and slinky, you don't really know what she's up to. Enjoys confusing Sunny and being manipulative and mysterious. It's all good natured, though. Doesn't talk to much of the other staff. Is very kind and sisterly to Carmen, and has a huge crush on Sunny but has a strange way of showing it.<br />18 - 5 foot 7 - Caucasian - Shifts into a Blonde coyote<br /><br /><span class="shadow-holder" deviationid="261619459" data-embed-type="deviation" data-embed-format="thumb"><span class="shadow mild" ><a class="thumb" href="http://galianogangster.deviantart.com/art/His-First-Race-261619459" title="His First Race by =galianogangster, Oct 3, 2011 in Digital Art &gt; Drawings &gt; Animals" data-super-img="http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/277/d/2/his_first_race_by_galianogangster-d4brev7.png" data-super-width="900" data-super-height="663" data-super-transparent="false"><i></i><img width="150" height="111" src="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs71/150/f/2011/277/d/2/his_first_race_by_galianogangster-d4brev7.png" data-src="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs71/150/f/2011/277/d/2/his_first_race_by_galianogangster-d4brev7.png"></a></span><!-- ^TTT --><!-- TTT$ --></span><br />Kat Prescott: Jockey : Isn't around much, but you wouldn't get to talk to her too much anyway. She's very professional and doesn't like to chat much. Close with Sunny, she races Supervillian for her.<br />25 - 5 foot 3 - Caucasian - Doesn't shift<br /><div><img src="http://th03.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/f/2013/093/3/e/coyote_song_stables_grounds_and_staff_info_by_galianogangster-d60cpuw.png" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>Windows8 blue start</title>
                <link>http://peterrollar.deviantart.com/art/Windows8-blue-start-362848108</link>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 03:30:00 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Windows8 blue start</media:title>
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        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">PeterRollar</media:credit>
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            </media:community>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ Startmenu replacement made for Windows8. Works fine on XP, Vista and Windows7 too.<img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":)" title=":) (Smile)"/><br />It is a skin for the newest version of Vistart which you can get here.<a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://lee-soft.com/">[link]</a><br />The file is a Vistart theme file. Simply doubleclick it and you are done with installing the new skin.<br />Any suggestions what should be changed or any other idea just tell me. I will try to make it.<br />Give it a try.<img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)"/><br /><br /><br />Vistart the free start menu for Windows 8 and older Windows versions got a "double" major update with lots of new and improved features. Vistart has of course all the features that you expect from a windows start menu and then some more. One of the best features in comparison of some paid alternatives like Start8 from Stardock, is of course that Vistart 8 is completely free while having more features and functionality.<br /><br /> Now ViStart comes with 3 Start Menu skins and 4 Start menu buttons pre installed and a completely renewed skin manager making Vistart the best customizable Start menu on the net.<br /> New control panel with lots of extra features<br /> Skip the Metro and boot directly to your windows 8 desktop<br /> Right click on &ldquo;Apps&rdquo; search result to pin a app to the start menu.<br /> Runs on Windows 8, Windows 7, Vista and XP<br /> And over 20 new extra features and improvements<br /><br /><br /><a target="_self" href="http://gimpmade.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/g/i/gimpmade.png?2" alt=":icongimpmade:" title="gimpmade" /></a><a target="_self" href="http://gimpmade2.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/g/i/gimpmade2.png?1" alt=":icongimpmade2:" title="gimpmade2" /></a><br /><br /><b>No redistribution in Transformationpacks/Skinpacks allowed!</b> ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/091/f/0/windows8_blue_start_by_peterrollar-d6013e4.png" height="3075" width="1024"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ Startmenu replacement made for Windows8. Works fine on XP, Vista and Windows7 too.<img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":)" title=":) (Smile)"/><br />It is a skin for the newest version of Vistart which you can get here.<a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://lee-soft.com/">[link]</a><br />The file is a Vistart theme file. Simply doubleclick it and you are done with installing the new skin.<br />Any suggestions what should be changed or any other idea just tell me. I will try to make it.<br />Give it a try.<img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)"/><br /><br /><br />Vistart the free start menu for Windows 8 and older Windows versions got a "double" major update with lots of new and improved features. Vistart has of course all the features that you expect from a windows start menu and then some more. One of the best features in comparison of some paid alternatives like Start8 from Stardock, is of course that Vistart 8 is completely free while having more features and functionality.<br /><br /> Now ViStart comes with 3 Start Menu skins and 4 Start menu buttons pre installed and a completely renewed skin manager making Vistart the best customizable Start menu on the net.<br /> New control panel with lots of extra features<br /> Skip the Metro and boot directly to your windows 8 desktop<br /> Right click on &ldquo;Apps&rdquo; search result to pin a app to the start menu.<br /> Runs on Windows 8, Windows 7, Vista and XP<br /> And over 20 new extra features and improvements<br /><br /><br /><a target="_self" href="http://gimpmade.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/g/i/gimpmade.png?2" alt=":icongimpmade:" title="gimpmade" /></a><a target="_self" href="http://gimpmade2.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/g/i/gimpmade2.png?1" alt=":icongimpmade2:" title="gimpmade2" /></a><br /><br /><b>No redistribution in Transformationpacks/Skinpacks allowed!</b><br /><div><img src="http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/091/f/0/windows8_blue_start_by_peterrollar-d6013e4.png" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>ASUS - MyLogo Boot Screens [AMD Version]</title>
                <link>http://lordraiva.deviantart.com/art/ASUS-MyLogo-Boot-Screens-AMD-Version-362138485</link>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 17:22:08 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">ASUS - MyLogo Boot Screens [AMD Version]</media:title>
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        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">LordRaiva</media:credit>
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        <media:copyright url="http://lordraiva.deviantart.com">Copyright 2013 ~LordRaiva</media:copyright>             <creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/</creativeCommons:license>
                <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ Testet on ASUS M5A97 R2.0<br />Youtube <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.youtube.com/LordRaiva">[link]</a><br /><br />LED Display by ~<a class="u" href="http://nemed.deviantart.com">Nemed</a> ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/088/9/1/asus___mylogo_boot_screens__amd_version__by_lordraiva-d5zlvud.png" height="1190" width="1796"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ Testet on ASUS M5A97 R2.0<br />Youtube <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.youtube.com/LordRaiva">[link]</a><br /><br />LED Display by ~<a class="u" href="http://nemed.deviantart.com">Nemed</a><br /><div><img src="http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/088/9/1/asus___mylogo_boot_screens__amd_version__by_lordraiva-d5zlvud.png" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>Windows 7 New Desktop Style and Easy Media Player</title>
                <link>http://alexanderabusaa.deviantart.com/art/Windows-7-New-Desktop-Style-and-Easy-Media-Player-361939681</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://alexanderabusaa.deviantart.com/art/Windows-7-New-Desktop-Style-and-Easy-Media-Player-361939681</guid>
                <pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:25:44 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Windows 7 New Desktop Style and Easy Media Player</media:title>
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                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Windows">customization/screenshots/windows</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">AlexanderAbusaa</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/a/l/alexanderabusaa.jpg?6</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://alexanderabusaa.deviantart.com">Copyright 2013 ~AlexanderAbusaa</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ Hello<br /><br />This something am work on it for 3 days now<br />Pattern lock for Windows 7 64bit/86bit<br />The Pattern lock will be available with normal lock screen options (Password) and (Fingerprint if it's available in your device).<br /><br />Plus+<br />a big change in Desktop style:<br />Two Task-bars, Clock Position, Speed-open icons, Brightness, Clock widget, Easy Media player, Easy Internet Browrser, Vertual Keyboard, New style of startup menu and another thing.<br /><br />New Windows explorer, and Multimedia Explorer.<br />Effects and Fast switch between windows.<br /><br />I Design it to make it look like WP and Android. Smooth and easy<br /><br />In Action view: Uploaded in <u><b><a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Lf73av5PMM">YouTube</a></b></u><br /><br />This is the link for the<br />Pattern lock:<u><b><a href="http://alexanderabusaa.deviantart.com/art/Windows-7-Pattern-Lock-Screen-361929269">Windows 7 Pattern Lock Screen</a></b></u><br />Desktop and Internet Browser:<u><b><a href="http://alexanderabusaa.deviantart.com/art/Windows-7-New-Desktop-Style-and-Internet-Browser-361929524">Windows 7 New Desktop Style and Internet Browser</a></b></u><br /><br /><br />Download link: Coming Soon ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th00.deviantart.net/fs71/150/f/2013/086/6/e/02_2_by_alexanderabusaa-d5zhmg1.jpg" height="150" width="133"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th05.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/f/2013/086/6/e/02_2_by_alexanderabusaa-d5zhmg1.jpg" height="337" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://th01.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/f/2013/086/6/e/02_2_by_alexanderabusaa-d5zhmg1.jpg" height="948" width="843" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ Hello<br /><br />This something am work on it for 3 days now<br />Pattern lock for Windows 7 64bit/86bit<br />The Pattern lock will be available with normal lock screen options (Password) and (Fingerprint if it's available in your device).<br /><br />Plus+<br />a big change in Desktop style:<br />Two Task-bars, Clock Position, Speed-open icons, Brightness, Clock widget, Easy Media player, Easy Internet Browrser, Vertual Keyboard, New style of startup menu and another thing.<br /><br />New Windows explorer, and Multimedia Explorer.<br />Effects and Fast switch between windows.<br /><br />I Design it to make it look like WP and Android. Smooth and easy<br /><br />In Action view: Uploaded in <u><b><a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Lf73av5PMM">YouTube</a></b></u><br /><br />This is the link for the<br />Pattern lock:<u><b><a href="http://alexanderabusaa.deviantart.com/art/Windows-7-Pattern-Lock-Screen-361929269">Windows 7 Pattern Lock Screen</a></b></u><br />Desktop and Internet Browser:<u><b><a href="http://alexanderabusaa.deviantart.com/art/Windows-7-New-Desktop-Style-and-Internet-Browser-361929524">Windows 7 New Desktop Style and Internet Browser</a></b></u><br /><br /><br />Download link: Coming Soon<br /><div><img src="http://th05.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/f/2013/086/6/e/02_2_by_alexanderabusaa-d5zhmg1.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>Windows 7 Pattern Lock Screen</title>
                <link>http://alexanderabusaa.deviantart.com/art/Windows-7-Pattern-Lock-Screen-361929269</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://alexanderabusaa.deviantart.com/art/Windows-7-Pattern-Lock-Screen-361929269</guid>
                <pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 15:43:18 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Windows 7 Pattern Lock Screen</media:title>
        <media:keywords></media:keywords>
                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Windows">customization/screenshots/windows</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">AlexanderAbusaa</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/a/l/alexanderabusaa.jpg?6</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://alexanderabusaa.deviantart.com">Copyright 2013 ~AlexanderAbusaa</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ Hello<br /><br />This something am work on it for 3 days now<br />Pattern lock for Windows 7 64bit/86bit<br />The Pattern lock will be available with normal lock screen options (Password) and (Fingerprint if it's available in your device).<br /><br />Plus+<br />a big change in Desktop style:<br />Two Task-bars, Clock Position, Speed-open icons, Brightness, Clock widget, Easy Media player, Easy Internet Browrser, Vertual Keyboard, New style of startup menu and another thing.<br /><br />New Windows explorer, and Multimedia Explorer.<br />Effects and Fast switch between windows.<br /><br />I Design it to make it look like WP and Android. Smooth and easy<br /><br />In Action view: Uploaded in <u><b><a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Lf73av5PMM">YouTube</a></b></u><br /><br /><br />This is the link for the<br />Desktop and Easy Media Player:<u><b><a href="http://alexanderabusaa.deviantart.com/art/Windows-7-New-Desktop-Style-and-Easy-Media-Player-361939681">Windows 7 New Desktop Style and Easy Media Player</a></b></u><br />Desktop and Internet Browser:<u><b><a href="http://alexanderabusaa.deviantart.com/art/Windows-7-New-Desktop-Style-and-Internet-Browser-361929524">Windows 7 New Desktop Style and Internet Browser</a></b></u><br /><br /><br />Download link: Coming Soon ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th05.deviantart.net/fs70/150/f/2013/086/2/8/01_by_alexanderabusaa-d5zheet.jpg" height="150" width="133"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th09.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/f/2013/086/2/8/01_by_alexanderabusaa-d5zheet.jpg" height="337" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://th01.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/f/2013/086/2/8/01_by_alexanderabusaa-d5zheet.jpg" height="948" width="843" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ Hello<br /><br />This something am work on it for 3 days now<br />Pattern lock for Windows 7 64bit/86bit<br />The Pattern lock will be available with normal lock screen options (Password) and (Fingerprint if it's available in your device).<br /><br />Plus+<br />a big change in Desktop style:<br />Two Task-bars, Clock Position, Speed-open icons, Brightness, Clock widget, Easy Media player, Easy Internet Browrser, Vertual Keyboard, New style of startup menu and another thing.<br /><br />New Windows explorer, and Multimedia Explorer.<br />Effects and Fast switch between windows.<br /><br />I Design it to make it look like WP and Android. Smooth and easy<br /><br />In Action view: Uploaded in <u><b><a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Lf73av5PMM">YouTube</a></b></u><br /><br /><br />This is the link for the<br />Desktop and Easy Media Player:<u><b><a href="http://alexanderabusaa.deviantart.com/art/Windows-7-New-Desktop-Style-and-Easy-Media-Player-361939681">Windows 7 New Desktop Style and Easy Media Player</a></b></u><br />Desktop and Internet Browser:<u><b><a href="http://alexanderabusaa.deviantart.com/art/Windows-7-New-Desktop-Style-and-Internet-Browser-361929524">Windows 7 New Desktop Style and Internet Browser</a></b></u><br /><br /><br />Download link: Coming Soon<br /><div><img src="http://th09.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/f/2013/086/2/8/01_by_alexanderabusaa-d5zheet.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>Windows 7 New Desktop Style and Internet Browser</title>
                <link>http://alexanderabusaa.deviantart.com/art/Windows-7-New-Desktop-Style-and-Internet-Browser-361929524</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://alexanderabusaa.deviantart.com/art/Windows-7-New-Desktop-Style-and-Internet-Browser-361929524</guid>
                <pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 15:38:44 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Windows 7 New Desktop Style and Internet Browser</media:title>
        <media:keywords></media:keywords>
                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Windows">customization/screenshots/windows</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">AlexanderAbusaa</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/a/l/alexanderabusaa.jpg?6</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://alexanderabusaa.deviantart.com">Copyright 2013 ~AlexanderAbusaa</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ Hello<br /><br />This something am work on it for 3 days now<br />Pattern lock for Windows 7 64bit/86bit<br />The Pattern lock will be available with normal lock screen options (Password) and (Fingerprint if it's available in your device).<br /><br />Plus+<br />a big change in Desktop style:<br />Two Task-bars, Clock Position, Speed-open icons, Brightness, Clock widget, Easy Media player, Easy Internet Browrser, Vertual Keyboard, New style of startup menu and another thing.<br /><br />New Windows explorer, and Multimedia Explorer.<br />Effects and Fast switch between windows.<br /><br />I Design it to make it look like WP and Android. Smooth and easy<br /><br />In Action view: Uploaded in YouTube<br /><a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Lf73av5PMM">[link]</a><br /><br />This is the link for the<br />Pattern lock:<u><b><a href="http://alexanderabusaa.deviantart.com/art/Windows-7-Pattern-Lock-Screen-361929269">Windows 7 Pattern Lock Screen</a></b></u><br />Desktop and Easy Media Player:<u><b><a href="http://alexanderabusaa.deviantart.com/art/Windows-7-New-Desktop-Style-and-Easy-Media-Player-361939681">Windows 7 New Desktop Style and Easy Media Player</a></b></u><br /><br />Download link: Coming Soon ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th05.deviantart.net/fs71/150/f/2013/086/d/e/03_by_alexanderabusaa-d5zhelw.jpg" height="150" width="133"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th08.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/f/2013/086/d/e/03_by_alexanderabusaa-d5zhelw.jpg" height="337" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://th09.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/f/2013/086/d/e/03_by_alexanderabusaa-d5zhelw.jpg" height="948" width="843" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ Hello<br /><br />This something am work on it for 3 days now<br />Pattern lock for Windows 7 64bit/86bit<br />The Pattern lock will be available with normal lock screen options (Password) and (Fingerprint if it's available in your device).<br /><br />Plus+<br />a big change in Desktop style:<br />Two Task-bars, Clock Position, Speed-open icons, Brightness, Clock widget, Easy Media player, Easy Internet Browrser, Vertual Keyboard, New style of startup menu and another thing.<br /><br />New Windows explorer, and Multimedia Explorer.<br />Effects and Fast switch between windows.<br /><br />I Design it to make it look like WP and Android. Smooth and easy<br /><br />In Action view: Uploaded in YouTube<br /><a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Lf73av5PMM">[link]</a><br /><br />This is the link for the<br />Pattern lock:<u><b><a href="http://alexanderabusaa.deviantart.com/art/Windows-7-Pattern-Lock-Screen-361929269">Windows 7 Pattern Lock Screen</a></b></u><br />Desktop and Easy Media Player:<u><b><a href="http://alexanderabusaa.deviantart.com/art/Windows-7-New-Desktop-Style-and-Easy-Media-Player-361939681">Windows 7 New Desktop Style and Easy Media Player</a></b></u><br /><br />Download link: Coming Soon<br /><div><img src="http://th08.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/f/2013/086/d/e/03_by_alexanderabusaa-d5zhelw.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>[MMD] Danzel Series 8 - Lily (kio edit)</title>
                <link>http://zx2011.deviantart.com/art/MMD-Danzel-Series-8-Lily-kio-edit-361686966</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://zx2011.deviantart.com/art/MMD-Danzel-Series-8-Lily-kio-edit-361686966</guid>
                <pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 09:55:15 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">[MMD] Danzel Series 8 - Lily (kio edit)</media:title>
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                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Female">digitalart/3d/characters/female</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">zx2011</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/z/x/zx2011.png?12</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://zx2011.deviantart.com">Copyright 2013 ~zx2011</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ Since my connection was f****d for 2 days, I've been making Danzel Lily <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":)" title=":) (Smile)"/><br />Yup, she's finished alright. Oh, and for your information, I do not use any parts from windows 100% models.<br /><br />Credit :<br />- Kio, Redstone, Mifo, Yaoiboy777, Mao &amp; Idolm@ster team<br />- <a target="_self" href="http://duekko.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/u/duekko.png?7" alt=":iconduekko:" title="Duekko" /></a>, <a target="_self" href="http://green-fighter.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/g/r/green-fighter.jpg?9" alt=":icongreen-fighter:" title="Green-Fighter" /></a>, <a target="_self" href="http://reyuzuki.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/r/e/reyuzuki.png?10" alt=":iconreyuzuki:" title="ReyUzuki" /></a>, <a target="_self" href="http://animenebula003.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/a/n/animenebula003.gif?5" alt=":iconanimenebula003:" title="AnimeNebula003" /></a>, <a target="_self" href="http://jomomonogm.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/o/jomomonogm.jpg?2" alt=":iconjomomonogm:" title="Jomomonogm" /></a> &amp; <a target="_self" href="http://theshadowman97.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/t/h/theshadowman97.png?1" alt=":icontheshadowman97:" title="Theshadowman97" /></a><br /><br />Stage : G2 - tawakek10<br />Effect : adult shader / diffusion 7 / serious shader m / svdof_hq<br /><br /><u>Base, parts &amp; item (in detail)</u> :<br />- Kio luka<br />- Head : Default kio Luka &lt;- [I took it from the default model]<br />- Mifo Lily hair &amp; headphone<br />- Kio sakine meiko top [Took it off from one of my Danzel girls XD]<br />- G pants<br />- Arm band : Right hand [The same item that I used on my other Danzel series]<br />- Idolm@ster hand wrist x2<br />- Steampunk boots<br />- Sonika long coat<br /><br />Kio Change : Lily<br />&#12461;&#12458;&#24335;&#25913;&#22793;&#65306;&#12522;&#12522;<br /><br />I don't know if I can distribute this model or not, I need to do some research first before I can distribute it. ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs71/150/f/2013/085/d/5/_mmd__danzel_series_8___lily__kio_edit__by_zx2011-d5zc7g6.png" height="84" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th01.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/f/2013/085/d/5/_mmd__danzel_series_8___lily__kio_edit__by_zx2011-d5zc7g6.png" height="169" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://th03.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/f/2013/085/d/5/_mmd__danzel_series_8___lily__kio_edit__by_zx2011-d5zc7g6.png" height="670" width="1192" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ Since my connection was f****d for 2 days, I've been making Danzel Lily <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":)" title=":) (Smile)"/><br />Yup, she's finished alright. Oh, and for your information, I do not use any parts from windows 100% models.<br /><br />Credit :<br />- Kio, Redstone, Mifo, Yaoiboy777, Mao &amp; Idolm@ster team<br />- <a target="_self" href="http://duekko.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/u/duekko.png?7" alt=":iconduekko:" title="Duekko" /></a>, <a target="_self" href="http://green-fighter.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/g/r/green-fighter.jpg?9" alt=":icongreen-fighter:" title="Green-Fighter" /></a>, <a target="_self" href="http://reyuzuki.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/r/e/reyuzuki.png?10" alt=":iconreyuzuki:" title="ReyUzuki" /></a>, <a target="_self" href="http://animenebula003.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/a/n/animenebula003.gif?5" alt=":iconanimenebula003:" title="AnimeNebula003" /></a>, <a target="_self" href="http://jomomonogm.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/o/jomomonogm.jpg?2" alt=":iconjomomonogm:" title="Jomomonogm" /></a> &amp; <a target="_self" href="http://theshadowman97.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/t/h/theshadowman97.png?1" alt=":icontheshadowman97:" title="Theshadowman97" /></a><br /><br />Stage : G2 - tawakek10<br />Effect : adult shader / diffusion 7 / serious shader m / svdof_hq<br /><br /><u>Base, parts &amp; item (in detail)</u> :<br />- Kio luka<br />- Head : Default kio Luka &lt;- [I took it from the default model]<br />- Mifo Lily hair &amp; headphone<br />- Kio sakine meiko top [Took it off from one of my Danzel girls XD]<br />- G pants<br />- Arm band : Right hand [The same item that I used on my other Danzel series]<br />- Idolm@ster hand wrist x2<br />- Steampunk boots<br />- Sonika long coat<br /><br />Kio Change : Lily<br />&#12461;&#12458;&#24335;&#25913;&#22793;&#65306;&#12522;&#12522;<br /><br />I don't know if I can distribute this model or not, I need to do some research first before I can distribute it.<br /><div><img src="http://th01.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/f/2013/085/d/5/_mmd__danzel_series_8___lily__kio_edit__by_zx2011-d5zc7g6.png" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>Resubmission: My Top 10 Most Hated Characters</title>
                <link>http://abbinurmel.deviantart.com/art/Resubmission-My-Top-10-Most-Hated-Characters-360847535</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://abbinurmel.deviantart.com/art/Resubmission-My-Top-10-Most-Hated-Characters-360847535</guid>
                <pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 22:44:34 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Resubmission: My Top 10 Most Hated Characters</media:title>
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                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Memes">darelated/deviousfun/memes</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Abbinurmel</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/default.gif</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://abbinurmel.deviantart.com">Copyright 2013 ~Abbinurmel</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ Another old scrap meme-essay entry from my ~lainwiththedevil account that I felt belongs more here. It got much feedback, so I felt it was worth it. I 100% promise this is the last resubmit to go here. Enjoy, and please do forgive me if you love these guys, its just trivial opinion. None of these images/creations belong to me, they all belong to their prospective companies and authors, yadda yadda, let's get rolling:<br />---------------------------------<br />10. MUFFY CROSSWIRE- Originally Olive Oyl took this spot, but you will see later why I didn't bother putting her here as her traits get all covered and then some by #7. She is an obvious fossil of the time she was getting hyped so I can grudgingly allow her some slack, and while she is a sexist and bland annoying plot device, I don't hate HER really as a character for what she's done/her behavior, olive's just a rescue token who whines alot. The reason Muffy is here is because she was a whiney, obnoxiously girly, spoilt little BITCH who went from being a general aristocratic snob, to an actual monster: Asides teasing poorer people/refusing to stoop to their level of life when she has to, she is obsessed with her self-image and cannot tolerate people who do not have the same feelings about their own looks. She is a sore loser, a liar, talks only about herself, expects people to wait on her hand and foot, mocks everyone openly, brags constantly about how successful her father is, and does all the rich kid stereotype bullshit that we hate. The worst she's probably ever done is exploiting her friends creative cookie recipe idea for a giant profit behind their back and makes COOKIES SHAPED LIKE HERSELF instead, and that sell like crazy, and when they object, Muffy doesn't care a bit that they are upset, and when she finally does crack, she goes and makes some cookies with THEIR likenesses. Oh that's so nice of you. Did you offer to split any of the profit with them??? Mention on the box WHO came up with the idea, or did you just add 'and friends' to the box? Despite Muffy ironically being best friends the most with Francine, who appeared to be the kind of token 'urban poor tomboy' girl, and their relationship showed much depth and conflict that helped them both to evolve to become slightly better people, Muffy has still made me along with similar other rich brat girls in real life and on tv as a kid learn to distrust ALL rich ppl and feminine things like putting on makeup. While that's slightly founded in reality, when you grow up realizing not every popular pretty girl is a douche, but some are actually popular for a good REASON, you start to wonder why is it theyre always presented that way and i wish Muffy hadnt brainwashed my early childood into this kind of bigoted skewed view of Feminine girls or Rich girls as all being horrid, i'd maybe been a more tolerant kid and had a better awareness of how to make my face up and realize the awesome artistry and the amazing hard work that goes into makeup/fashion as i know of of now, if only it wasnt so villified to me.<br /><br />9. QUACKERS- A popular cutesy Tom &amp; Jerry plot device, not much else. Just look at that PWESHUS WIDDLE FACE! I want to punch it and then put it in a blender. I want to put THAT blender into a blender when he starts to talk. I do not care for Tom and Jerry but I do not hate it, I'll watch it if nothing's on and study the facial animation/have the occasional chuckle at a well timed gag and cameo. Like Donald Duck but without the attitude, or humorous timing, the only credit I can give this kid is he's well animated. He's not just over-the-top kyood and annoyingly squawky/high pitched, he's also a self-absorbed EMO, always whining how 'nobuddy wikes me coz I kand shwimmm', or 'nobuddy wikes me coz I kand fwy!' etc etc. He is STUPID and literally every 4 minutes is either getting captured/swallowed/ or completely falling for every trick Tom or a predator throws. I know he's a baby but gimme a break. Babies can sense danger. This is just sheer idiocy, and it was pandering to the fans in the worst way possible at the time. And what disgusts me most of all is that it worked.<br /><br />8. HAROLD- 'Hey Arnold' was a great show. It was not perfect, it often had flat plots and big continuity errors. But it was entertaining, touching and sincerely written, even controversial and heartbreakingly depressing at times. Harold here was the usual main antagonist. When somebody planned out something he screwed it up. He'd yell out any minor social faux-pas he'd see then relentlessly mock them, or threaten to beat you up. (he was more bark than bite though.) He was not the sole bully, what I liked about the show was that there never were ANY perfect characters (save Arnold, who is Jesus Jr or something). It showed the accepted universal experience of grade school as the dumb, colorful, and unique hell that it is: Your best buddies who'd rescue you from getting hit by a bus one minute could start name-calling you for weeks, all just because you caught lice or spilled a cup of juice onto your pants crotch. And it wasn't personal. All the kids in this show, even the nice ones at some point or other laughed cruelly together, peer pressured or bullied other children just because, well, they were kids! Not because they were jocks or had vendettas or actually cared about popularity status-(except for Rhonda). They all were dumb immature brats who never analyzed what they said or did, they just knew they were in the same dog-eat-dog world and had to make the most of enjoying it, even if it came at the expense of others. So what makes Harold bad? BECAUSE HE IS TOO REAL. HE IS TOO annoying. HE IS TOO CRUEL. HE IS TOO. FUCKING. STUPID. And in exactly the right ways every worst idiot in your life ever was. All the rude obnoxious loudmouthed idiots who THINK they are the witty class clowns, but really just make the actual class clowns sigh and roll their eyes, or the guys who drive by you to shout a very not clever insult, or make lame suggestive pick up lines, this is him. The guy who draws graffiti cocks on 9-11 memorials for no reason, this is him. The Tea Party would adopt him as their mascot, because he's the ideal guy for yelling out bigoted and obviously dumb messages of mistrust/violence without questioning what he is even talking about. He is a dumb glutton who makes fat people look retarded, if not evil. HE SWIPED A HAM for god's sake. A WHOLE HAM, compulsively, from a butcher's shop, without knowing why! Now that is just pathetic. Harold gets the ball rolling when the teasing is good, and when the teasing is 100% NOT good and nobody in their right mind would see any reason to poke fun at something like The Holocaust or paint drying, or see any need to crack a whiney loud complaint when something poignantly sad or beautiful is happening like a sunset or a funeral, this kid will: And worst of all he won't even know WHY. Speaking of the Holocaust this kid is Jewish. I took great annoyance to that even as a kid, not because he was a racist stereotype in any way- his sarcastic fat doting parents which are totally obvious Brooklyn Jew stereotypes much more compared to him, I found them funny and loveable and even somewhat accurate. But because he just was so damn aggravating and strangely UGLY I felt I was being slightly misaligned somehow. But I couldn't figure out in what way. I think it was a total coincidence honestly, a detail the writers threw in late to make this flat bully more depth/show his family off better. I have to actually give the creators some kudos for that. You couldn't get away with something like this nowadays. Maybe the reason Harold's jewish-ness combined with his ghastly caricature face and personality didn't cause much stir is because nearly EVERYBODY on this show had a ghastly looking body and personality somehow, and he wasn't really evil, he was just an ignorant dumb little kid, like any other. He had a heart and even nurtured a lost kitten in a very sweet episode. When truly made to understand how he hurt people, he'd always shamefully apologize/try to fix it up. The reason he is farther down on this list though is I just find his voice absolutely grating beyond belief, worse than all the other people above him, and I think that is for comedy so you'll laugh when he get's his butt kicked like he deserves, but it it goes way over the top, and everything he says isn't funny- and I think that is exactly how the creators wanted him to be. He's almost like Cartman if you take away all the crazy impossible stuff that makes you love him despite being a complete evil jerkass. <br /><br />7. PETUNIA PIG- One of the obscurer Warner Bros characters, she's basically the Olive Oyl version of Porky Pig. Except more obnoxious. While Olive Oyl has kept to her original form really for the most part, Petunia has gone through quite an evolution. And I have to say it has gone from bad to worse. Petunia started out very very ugly and had a bitchy Betty Boopish kind of voice. Over time as Porky evolved she got higher in pitch, and her face got cuter. TOO GODDAMN CUTE. Don't believe me? Do a Youtube search for 'Peace World' or whatever that loveydovey musical short about feuding southern families that makes you wanna throw up is called. Was this the end? No. She got even KYOODER until she became that abomination you see up there in Looney Tunes Babies. She has been a little bit saved in the newest retcon series, but it's not enough to keep her from being one of the most forgettable characters ever made. Petunia started out with Porky in some of the earliest Looney Tunes shorts, back when they were exclusively played in theaters. She mainly served what Nostalgia Chick called 'The Smurfette Principle' (go look it up.) and was about as deep as a piece of paper. So why is she lower than Olive Oyl? Her voice and hideous appearance and behavior is not just annoying, it INCREASES in annoyance, with every completely different shift she takes with every retcon. In her first form, she is fat and disgustingly hideous. She is a snooty tramp who teases poor Porky, abuses him, eats chocolate all day like its water, and whines and moans whenever she is argued with or if there is trouble behind Porky's back, whenever she isn't openly flirting with him or slamming the door in his face. This character made me terrified at a young age of the idea of falling in love and true marriage, because when I witnessed Porky doing it, it inevitably led to that popular depiction of the miserable post-honeymoon 'ball-and-chain' future hell. Yknow, where after they say I DO! and they kiss, it goes to black, and then it says 3 YEARS LATER...cut to a whole shitty apartment full of wailing thousands of babies, a spoiled fat wife/husband on the couch drinking beer in front of the TV, and a poor beleaguered terrified domestic abuse victim beating the carpets/vacuuming/doing the dishes/scrubbing the toilet/washing the windows/praising the spouse timidly. HA HAH HAH!!! SEE? It's funny cos they are MARRIED! Doesn't marriage just SUCK? hahahaha!....ehhh. Yknow, I get where the humor is supposed to lie, in that this is (in most stories) a paranoid FANTASY, based on the universal fears of insecurity we all get when for the first time truly committing to a relationship, when we don't really know what lies in store or how really perfect our lover actually is when all the makeup gets washed off. I hated Married With Children for this reason and all the other shows/episodes like this. Mainly because I grew up as a child witnessing my own parent's who married/had me very young start to lose their ability to communicate sanely with each other when they started to doubt one another. While things never got dangerously bad overall, to watch every passing year from the get-go a supposed perfectly happy family sustained by True Love turn sour, crumble and die, and watch that with the full guilty awareness that because of you, these two once passionate people with dreams settled down and became boring, stuffy, cold cynical grouchy overworked people, because they had to do their best to be good parents, always accusing which one was being the over-worked servant and which one was being the lazy spoiled brat: when in reality BOTH were equally hard-working loving parents and flawed but overall decent human beings who could have probably if they really tried and had better circumstances kept their marriage together or at least ended on more graceful notes...but instead, thanks to media brainwashing and self-doubt, they still beleive it was their self image that caused the break up, beleive it was the 'universal' mid-life stage of ugliness/grouchiness/old flames dying setting in, that they both deserved younger, better looking, completely content robots who never ever played any mind games and were rich and always had time to praise constantly, and any lack of such was indication that something was wrong with themselves: when such a creature does not exist...I know this may seem a bit ludicrous to attach all this personal baggage to an obscure cartoon character, but that was what such on and off angry unhappy/happy/unhappy couples as the old school Petunia/Porky pig stereotype meant to me. I know abusive/dried up but upheld/unpleasent marriages exist, and all do for their own personal reasons. I know that there is dark reality being poked fun at when people make these jokes, and it was especially popular back in the day to make a 'dominating wife' marriage joke, I think mainly because to be under the thumb of a dominant let alone what you'd consider spoiled woman was just so rare those days, at least in the media. Spoiled abusive over-reproducing people are vile in either sex, but there seems to be comedic tolerance of it when its a woman and not a male- if a male is the lazy dysfunctional oaf or brute, it tends to be either of a much darker sort of humor at stake, where everybody is fucked up like in The Simpsons, or it is played 100% to drama. Anyway. Even without all these connotations, the later Petunias I just find disgustingly saccharine, and even more irritating to listen to than the other voices listed above.<br /><br />6. CAPTAIN KOROS- Now here's a very different example, a person on here that I actually LIKE. To a degree. This man is a 'heroic' character from the Don Bluth film Titan A.E. This is an awesome cult sci-fi film. When I saw it, it highly influenced my imagination and many races and characters developed simply out of watching that. It was a taste of what 2d Western animation could give us adults if we just goddamn LET IT. BUT NOPE! Gotta maintain that Animation Ghetto! Thanks America . Things are fixing up now a little thanks to the internet, videogames, and rise in anime fandom but things were different around the time Titan AE came out, and this film was in many ways sort of a breakthru and a GIANT risk. A lot of money and love was put in and this was a film that had a huge lot riding on its shoulders, if this film suceeded it would prove that a young adult to adult targeted purely animated film could be mainstream theater acceptable, and not actually suck:.......and for the first 2 acts, it didn't. It totally did not suck at all. In fact it was genius, the animation was top notch, the dialogue was witty, the character design was fantastic, the action top notch, the environments awesome...Then the third act set in. Basically, this guy is the main reason it gets bungled up. Yeah I know it also is because all the other characters suddenly decided on their coffee break to all become flat cliche's, have unfunny jokes, do totally impossible things in a matter of 3 (in-universe) hours in a shitty montage, have gaping plot holes, fall in love, stop the bad guy and do a whole bunch of improbable really boring stuff in the span of a wayyyyyyy drawn out 20 minutes, but yeah. This guy just can't decide what side he is on, the aliens or the humans: Waaah. His motivation SUCKS and the whole movie goes to great lengths at first to make him seem like a superior captain and a really honorable likeable guy. But when he does turn evil, its not the big shocker climax we expect or the same charismatic guy as before just with a twisted revealed goal in mind, if he was, that would tear at our hearts. No, instead, he gets reduced out of completely NOWHERE to a lame Saturday morning tv villain. No sense. No logic. No volume control. He smacks his former comrade for no reason across the face so hard he gets KNOCKED OUT- but the crew still follows him! What does the victim sincerely say when he comes back to? "...I don't think we should trust this guy." *headslap* They spend almost a WHOLE film dodging the enemy forces, blasting the shit out of them, going all apeshit when they just show up in a bar...and then turns out he was a traitor the WHOLE TIME and plotting to sell our protagonist into the alien's clutches all along! DUN DUN DUN. Well, answer me this, idiot....if you hate humanity so much, if you had plots all along to deliver a man to the evil empire from the getgo, MAYBE YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE SPENT A WHOLE 2/3s of an entirely badass film blowing the crap out of them and RUNNING AWAY?? That makes no sense whatsoever! AND THEN you just for NO REASON AT ALL turn GOOD AGAIN and everybody ACCEPTS YOU! *puts on Doug Walker hat and glasses-* NO!!! NO!!! YOU DO NOT DO THAT MOVIE!!! YOU DO NOT DO THAT!! WHAT THE HELL DON BLUTH!!! WHY DO YOU TEASE ME SO!?!?!? DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND HOW TO WRITE!? I KNOW THAT YOU DO!!! WE NEEDED YOU DON! WE NEEDED U!! *head smash into desk*...anyway. Yeah. This film is like somebody taking a brush and starting to paint Van Gogh's Starry Night, but then they suddenly ran out of money or paint and they just didn't give a fuck anymore and finished the rest of the painting using Crayola markers. Nuff said.<br /><br />UPDATE: I apologize for the above spoilers, I know that anybody who had plans or potential to enjoy this film will now know the twist and think it is due to my rant not worth seeing now, or ever re-viewing again. Despite these major flaws I have described {PLEEEEASE} do not forsake Titan A.E. You will enjoy the ride thoroughly, at least 89% of the way through. Even if you garner no tolerance of the storyline or haven't any interest in the characters, or science fiction in general as a genre itself, if you are really into great animation purely for artistic sake, and enjoy looking at some very detailed well thought out world and creature designs, and really enjoy good action battles, PLEASE do not punish yourself by not seeing this film. It still needs a lot of love. You can watch this movie, point out the huge flaws, and still come out of it feeling like: "Wow...that was pretty darn cool!" It's like the good Terminator films or Back to the Future in this regard, sure we know it's campy or has plot holes so big you could drive a Mustang through it, but it doesn't MATTER, we enjoy the fun and hard work and beauty of the entire experience as a whole. Talent cannot be ignored, and talent 100% shows here. Is it Miyazaki? No. But it sure as hell beats a LOT of CGI crapfests I have seen barfed at us repeatedly in the last 12 years.<br /><br />5. CARFACE- Speak of the Devil. (semi literally...) No, I am not referring to the original Carface. Carface in the original All Dogs Go To Heaven was a perfect villain in every single way. EVERYTHING in that movie was pretty much perfect. Despite its demographic it's probably not something you really want your 5 year old to see nowadays....Despite its cuteness a lot of it is downright scary and violent and much of the dialogue is too complex to be absorbed. Yet it's PRECISELY the kind of film you ought to expose them to anyway. IF you want them to build character and enjoy a good time that is! Kids can certainly get the basic gist of it: Carface is &lt;&lt;EVIL.&gt;&gt; You have to see it if you haven't yet. This film spawned countless lesser ripoffs during the 80s. THIS was the movie Titan A.E. should have been, and it had singing puppies in it. PASTEL singing puppies. This movie is Don Bluth working at his peak. Still as an adult it blows my mind away at how well everything is put together. And most everybody whose seen this movie also thinks so. That's a rarity with kid's movie stuff. Usually something this strange relies solely on nostalgia or some VERY oddly open minded patient taste to get you to like it. But here, generally the consensus is by most people of all ages and types that this is a very great film. It is accesible. And it had a definite threat: Carface was a REALLY awesome, terrifying villain. In fact, the more that I dwell on this movie, the more awesome the entire movie is, for all its parts: It was thrilling, touching, atmospheric, beautiful, clever, funny, cynical, even nightmarishly frightening at times. Parts of it still unsettle me to this day. And the delightfully disturbing and downright psychotically NASTY Carface accentuated every one of those traits by being one of the ghastliest animated villains, ever. He gets REALLY underappreciated....<br /><br />Why? Because some genius minds decided to make a sequel. A craaaappy sequel. In fact the only good thing about this sequel is a 3 minute song, which is rather well sung by Sweeney Todd's George Hearn and very catchy for something titled 'It Feels So Good to Be Bad!'...This Carface was wimpy and toned down, even in colors to a softer pastel scheme, and somehow retconned to forget the fact that he operated a gang of violent thugs and, oh yknow, violently MURDERED his business partner right off the bat in the first film. They did this so he could be more child friendly like the rest of the film, and act as a bumbling sidekick to the new big baddy, Red, which I don't think was necessary. In fact, I love it when a strong villain is coerced or forced into following an even stronger one, it makes their motives questionable, and puffs up the real baddy even more. You shouldn't just cut their balls off without any explanation as to why. There is understandable need to sometimes find new voice actors/even change a character's overall personality when making a sequel, especially if its one of those direct-to-video ones that often have little to do with any of the original creators and have half the budget/often tend to exist outside the canon. <br />But that doesn't give any excuse to just not care AT ALL. We have gone now from a creepy, horrifyingly badass, and sadistic monstrosity to a really incredibly pathetic and worst of all BORING villain. Carface is now a bumbling goofy dumb sidekick, who lacks all the sarcasm and sympathetic love of a really good actual bumbling sidekick like Killer (right) who was HIS bumbling sidekick. Which is what annoys me: WE HAVE this archetype already. WHY do we need one in Carface? I know this was all just a plot on the writers part to bring supernatural stuff in, and in fact, I don't even think the writers barely watched the original film at all. It is one thing to have a bad or weak lame character. Taking a GREAT character who inspires your own work and terrifies you and whose odious prescense you totally enjoy so much as a child you love to watch him murder his 'buddy' Charlie again and again and again as an adult.....to see him become THIS dim-witted utterly harmless dog turd...is shameful. And to top it all off, this was the version they kept entirely intact when they made a TV series based on it. Thank youuuuu, SO. FREAKING. MUCH.<br /><br />4. RADCLIFFE- I used to sorta like Pocahontas as a child but the more I see it now as an adult, the more I dislike it. I won't go into every reason why, but this guy is part of it. I dislike his design. You are meant to. I dislike his pompous attitude. You are meant to. I dislike his song lyrics, his over the top very predictable 'I am a racist bastard who only cares about MONEY, MONEY AND POWER, MONEY IS EVERYYYYTHING' Captain Planet villain dialogue....yeah. It is Disney just spelling out everything here with absolutely no subtlety whatsoever for the kids. This might be acceptable to a degree, if this movie wasn't ever so adorably trying to tell us a story from ACTUAL HISTORY. This guy is just like every Care Bears or lame movie villain who just screams "I AM THE GUY YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO LIKE BECAUSE I AM A MEAN SELFISH BAD PERSON." He hasn't any sympathetic or humorous qualities, he is not truly all that violent as he mostly just orders everyone around to just shoot people for him, he's obviously NOT a man who would be an explorer or on a boat voyage for months in those days seeing as how pristine, fat, and gorgeously opulent he always is...and we don't get the pleasure of seeing him die for his crimes. How dare you deprive us of that Disney! At least his even blander clone in the Tarzan movie got a sinister hanging death that was scary. <br /><br />3. NARUTO- I know a lot of people will hate me for this one. But I just don't like him. I don't really have to discuss why. Everything that i just don't like in anime is in him- I don't dislike anime, I dislike lame marketing cliche's and that is what this kid is. I have tried to watch Naruto, and frankly, it actually seems like a possibly okay show. The other characters seem unique and rather in depth people and they seem to exist in a very detailed elaborate world....so why do I not watch this? Because this kid's fucking annoying!! And stupid looking!! I cant stand him for two minutes! Why does everybody like him so much! It is just because of the headband, it has to be! Why else? I just cant wrap my goddamn head around it. Every bad 'trendy' thing about poorly written anime series and japan anime stereotypes is rudely crammed together and it almost seems as if he's a satire of an anime hero, like when Western characters go into a weird alternate Japanime universe and everything is like a low budget ADHD-filled DBZ/YugiYoh!/Pokemon episode. And if he is a parody/satire, he is too damn good of one, and he needs to be shot. Seriously. Go watch some more decent anime kids, or study ACTUAL ninja, who didn't go round wearing ridiculously ineffiecent eye-catching uniforms and shouting out their position all day. IF REAL Ninja ever saw you watching this, they would come into your house and assasinate you and all your relatives. That's what people deserve if they beleive this shit has any connection in any way whatsoever with the actual art of ninjitsu. I know that its obviously a fantasy cartoon, and the truth gets stretched about things all the time, I ought to not take it that seriously: except I have met idiotic people who DO just beleive this is what ninja are like. God fuck them. Ontop of it they take things from actual beautiful concepts in the Eastern relegions, like Chakras and Chi, and GROSSLY mispresent/abuse them. C'mon people, this is not like Egyptian or Voodoo magik here, some obscure long extinct to mostly fringe form of sorcery, this is an ACTUAL MODERN DAY HUMAN FAITH we are mocking here, and while I don't declare it as actually racist it is just plain stupid. I mean its like saying Christ's cross grants nifty laser eyebeams or ice powers when you possess a splinter off it or chant a psalm. Can't you just create a made up relegion/source of magical plot device instead??? Oh whatever. You're just a plain annoying loudmouthed jerk Naruto. Go play in a septic tank please.<br /><br />2. PETER GRIFFIN- Yeah, I watch Family Guy like all the rest of you do. I used to find it funny. I nearly don't at all anymore. I slowly have begun to realize over time that nearly everything in this show I find enjoyable or funny comes stolen from a better talent or from everybody else in this series: Meg, Brian, Stewie, the celebrities, the neighbors etc...but when peter comes along, I almost want to switch channels. I really despise his voice. I really REALLY have come to despise his personality. What he used to be was the average mildly selfish joe who faced the same middle class problems we all did and tried to deal wth them in strange ways. The show was in in its simpler blander youth but it was an enjoyable show. It didnt rely on face raping you with obscure pop culture humor every ten seconds for no reason quite so much. It didn't rely on CONSTANT verbal abuse or disgusting humor as much. Did that make it better? No. Do i find the newer more riske' stuff funnier? Yes and I enjoy it like you do. But here's the thing: Peter Griffin has started to cross the line from being a whimsical nut to a jerky but loveavable oaf to an absolute, god-forsaken, unpleaseant unamusing ASSHOLE and he puts Homer Simpson in a place that is actually admirable when I have lost most of my passion for the Simpsons overall to boot. Peter is not only a jerk, he is for absolutely no reason whatsoever a destructively sexist psychotic disgustingly nauseating sick brute who basically will molest, vomit on, fart on, beat up, drive over, blackmail and do whatever kind of South Park 'edgy' gimmick your heart desires: ONLY NOT FUNNY. And he does this mainly to his own children and wife, and never ever, ever properly redeems himself. And he does all this with the most annoying laugh in the history of mankind. Forget Spongebob. He's beyond unattractive and merchandise with his not funny oh so VERY ironic quotes, and just overall ugly fat naked ass NEEDS. TO. GO. DIE. I am sick of seeing Family Guy merch being bombarded everywhere yet given the 'anti-mainstream' treatment. I have seen how the creators have been moving the main focus of the later episodes off of Peter onto the other characters like Chris and Stewie, because Peter is just an offensive, unfunny, turdwad of a wacky plot device now. He worst of all however is truly offensive to the mentally disabled. Now I will confess, I have consigned myself to Hell by laughing at a few well-told dark humor retard jokes. I try not to too much. It is wrong and it is mean, but then again I also laugh at Jewish jokes and even clever Holocaust or dead baby jokes once in a while, and I come from Auschwitz survivors. I am one of those sick people who thinks laughter is a terrible but sometimes needed medicine to help us get over ourselves and take an objective look at all the human race and accept that nobodys perfect, everybody is messed up in their own silly/demented horrible ways. What separates a simply goofy/derpy/clueless bimbo of a character and a truly retarded one and not okay to laugh at is a complex and subjective issue that bears deep discussion. But here's the thing with this case: There IS no discussion here. Peter is officially medically retarded. He makes the statement many times himself. While it may at first seem like a good excuse for his negative and deviant idiotic rude behavior, it's actually just about the worst kind of one there is, and while it may carry over for the humor of one episode- ...it mostly doesn't. You get a few chuckles, but it isn't worth the lack of them overall, or the discomfort. What I could see working there in that episode to make it be even better, the writers could have in a plot twist ironically revealed by the end that Peter WAS NOT biologically born mentally retarded but the results came back wrong, and he is truly just a normal IQ guy whose only plain stupid and a truly idiotic insensitive fuck that just uses a false excuse to monstrously get away with his banal random desires...this has actually dark comedic potential. But Peter isn't lying for petty gain: It's 100% real. The fact that he is medically retarded has become the plot device of several episodes, and yet meanwhile Peter neither acts like, thinks, or talks like any real retarded person, even one that is being portrayed in a stereotyped flat cartoonish way: This is what annoys me, if you are gonna even go so far as to canon-wise declare somebody is something controversial, then you better deliver that thru actual evidence, and when you don't not only is that offensive, that is just goddamn lazy writing. That's like writing up a character with any convenient potentially interesting backstory or motive, like offhandedly saying "oh my parents were murdered in front of me' or "I was raped by an alligator when i was little..." and then never proceeding to really make them act in any way that demonstrates these things have even happened to them. It's just...god. It must seem like a trivial thing to fans of the show, but thats how it is with me.<br /><br />And who could be worse than this guy?<br /><br />1. SUNFLOWER- You may not have heard of this character. That is because she doesn't exist. Disney rightly censored her from the production of the original 1930s Fantasia, and it was one of the best decisions ever made in the history of animation. Sunflower is a little old timey southern Negro mammy stereotype centaur who SOMEHOW got slipped in during the beautifully eye-popping Beethoven segment, which is basically about the change of weather and various characters of Greek Mythology. This not only is dumb and offensive, it HUGELY dates this film. By leaving her out, you eliminate the one detail that tells you this was made in the 1930s America and what was the mainstream attitude towards minorities at this time. She is like watching a Bill Clinton or a Macarena reference being made in an otherwise timeless 90s cartoon. This isn't a 90s tv cartoon however. This is supposed to be a collection of some of the greatest pieces of music ever composed set to moving imagery. Even 'Allegro Non Troppo' which is the Italian adult-rated satire of this film, understands this. Who the heck came up with this idea I do not know, but it is beyond scary that somebody could be this crass. It looks like a gag out of Family Guy, take a look at these two characters, they don't even stylistically seem to be part of the same movie! Not only is Sunflower blatantly racist, she is just ugly by design and totally clashes with the heavenly music and graceful beings around her. I almost wonder now if this was a gesture of a not-so-subtle 'Fuck You' from the animation department to the heads instead of just pure racism. It is almost like a chorus member in the middle of the big concert deliberately choosing to sing off-key, so as to ruin everybody's grand performance: is that what this is?? Is this guy just Trolling? If he is, well my hat's off to you sir, whoever you are, that's some of the best damn trolling I have ever seen. Either way though, it pisses me off. Fantasia is a huge groundbreaking masterpiece, it approaches us as adults and gives us a treat of for the first time in cinema seeing silent art just move and flow to beautiful music, letting our imaginations run wild. It doesn't go with this sort of humor. It doesn't go practically with humor of any sort at all. I'm not saying classical music and Art needs to be dry or pretentious, but I am saying that we have the ability to stand still for a moment and hold our breath just for something magnificent once in a while, and not have some crass pop culture, race, or sex joke slipped in every five seconds. In some media that works, but here, it doesn't need it at all. <br /><br />So there you go. If you're still here, hope you enjoy all this, let me know what your thoughts are/maybe fill out a meme of your own, and remember, this is my OPINION ONLY, and I don't declare any of these above shows/productions to be in of themselves godawful, I just dislike these particular characters from them. If you wholly enjoy Naruto, Peter, Petunia, etc, my hat's off to you. Just don't attack me for dissing your heroes, as we all are entitled to our opinions and I am sure much of my favorite cartoons are positively loathed by other people too. 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            <description><![CDATA[ Another old scrap meme-essay entry from my ~lainwiththedevil account that I felt belongs more here. It got much feedback, so I felt it was worth it. I 100% promise this is the last resubmit to go here. Enjoy, and please do forgive me if you love these guys, its just trivial opinion. None of these images/creations belong to me, they all belong to their prospective companies and authors, yadda yadda, let's get rolling:<br />---------------------------------<br />10. MUFFY CROSSWIRE- Originally Olive Oyl took this spot, but you will see later why I didn't bother putting her here as her traits get all covered and then some by #7. She is an obvious fossil of the time she was getting hyped so I can grudgingly allow her some slack, and while she is a sexist and bland annoying plot device, I don't hate HER really as a character for what she's done/her behavior, olive's just a rescue token who whines alot. The reason Muffy is here is because she was a whiney, obnoxiously girly, spoilt little BITCH who went from being a general aristocratic snob, to an actual monster: Asides teasing poorer people/refusing to stoop to their level of life when she has to, she is obsessed with her self-image and cannot tolerate people who do not have the same feelings about their own looks. She is a sore loser, a liar, talks only about herself, expects people to wait on her hand and foot, mocks everyone openly, brags constantly about how successful her father is, and does all the rich kid stereotype bullshit that we hate. The worst she's probably ever done is exploiting her friends creative cookie recipe idea for a giant profit behind their back and makes COOKIES SHAPED LIKE HERSELF instead, and that sell like crazy, and when they object, Muffy doesn't care a bit that they are upset, and when she finally does crack, she goes and makes some cookies with THEIR likenesses. Oh that's so nice of you. Did you offer to split any of the profit with them??? Mention on the box WHO came up with the idea, or did you just add 'and friends' to the box? Despite Muffy ironically being best friends the most with Francine, who appeared to be the kind of token 'urban poor tomboy' girl, and their relationship showed much depth and conflict that helped them both to evolve to become slightly better people, Muffy has still made me along with similar other rich brat girls in real life and on tv as a kid learn to distrust ALL rich ppl and feminine things like putting on makeup. While that's slightly founded in reality, when you grow up realizing not every popular pretty girl is a douche, but some are actually popular for a good REASON, you start to wonder why is it theyre always presented that way and i wish Muffy hadnt brainwashed my early childood into this kind of bigoted skewed view of Feminine girls or Rich girls as all being horrid, i'd maybe been a more tolerant kid and had a better awareness of how to make my face up and realize the awesome artistry and the amazing hard work that goes into makeup/fashion as i know of of now, if only it wasnt so villified to me.<br /><br />9. QUACKERS- A popular cutesy Tom &amp; Jerry plot device, not much else. Just look at that PWESHUS WIDDLE FACE! I want to punch it and then put it in a blender. I want to put THAT blender into a blender when he starts to talk. I do not care for Tom and Jerry but I do not hate it, I'll watch it if nothing's on and study the facial animation/have the occasional chuckle at a well timed gag and cameo. Like Donald Duck but without the attitude, or humorous timing, the only credit I can give this kid is he's well animated. He's not just over-the-top kyood and annoyingly squawky/high pitched, he's also a self-absorbed EMO, always whining how 'nobuddy wikes me coz I kand shwimmm', or 'nobuddy wikes me coz I kand fwy!' etc etc. He is STUPID and literally every 4 minutes is either getting captured/swallowed/ or completely falling for every trick Tom or a predator throws. I know he's a baby but gimme a break. Babies can sense danger. This is just sheer idiocy, and it was pandering to the fans in the worst way possible at the time. And what disgusts me most of all is that it worked.<br /><br />8. HAROLD- 'Hey Arnold' was a great show. It was not perfect, it often had flat plots and big continuity errors. But it was entertaining, touching and sincerely written, even controversial and heartbreakingly depressing at times. Harold here was the usual main antagonist. When somebody planned out something he screwed it up. He'd yell out any minor social faux-pas he'd see then relentlessly mock them, or threaten to beat you up. (he was more bark than bite though.) He was not the sole bully, what I liked about the show was that there never were ANY perfect characters (save Arnold, who is Jesus Jr or something). It showed the accepted universal experience of grade school as the dumb, colorful, and unique hell that it is: Your best buddies who'd rescue you from getting hit by a bus one minute could start name-calling you for weeks, all just because you caught lice or spilled a cup of juice onto your pants crotch. And it wasn't personal. All the kids in this show, even the nice ones at some point or other laughed cruelly together, peer pressured or bullied other children just because, well, they were kids! Not because they were jocks or had vendettas or actually cared about popularity status-(except for Rhonda). They all were dumb immature brats who never analyzed what they said or did, they just knew they were in the same dog-eat-dog world and had to make the most of enjoying it, even if it came at the expense of others. So what makes Harold bad? BECAUSE HE IS TOO REAL. HE IS TOO annoying. HE IS TOO CRUEL. HE IS TOO. FUCKING. STUPID. And in exactly the right ways every worst idiot in your life ever was. All the rude obnoxious loudmouthed idiots who THINK they are the witty class clowns, but really just make the actual class clowns sigh and roll their eyes, or the guys who drive by you to shout a very not clever insult, or make lame suggestive pick up lines, this is him. The guy who draws graffiti cocks on 9-11 memorials for no reason, this is him. The Tea Party would adopt him as their mascot, because he's the ideal guy for yelling out bigoted and obviously dumb messages of mistrust/violence without questioning what he is even talking about. He is a dumb glutton who makes fat people look retarded, if not evil. HE SWIPED A HAM for god's sake. A WHOLE HAM, compulsively, from a butcher's shop, without knowing why! Now that is just pathetic. Harold gets the ball rolling when the teasing is good, and when the teasing is 100% NOT good and nobody in their right mind would see any reason to poke fun at something like The Holocaust or paint drying, or see any need to crack a whiney loud complaint when something poignantly sad or beautiful is happening like a sunset or a funeral, this kid will: And worst of all he won't even know WHY. Speaking of the Holocaust this kid is Jewish. I took great annoyance to that even as a kid, not because he was a racist stereotype in any way- his sarcastic fat doting parents which are totally obvious Brooklyn Jew stereotypes much more compared to him, I found them funny and loveable and even somewhat accurate. But because he just was so damn aggravating and strangely UGLY I felt I was being slightly misaligned somehow. But I couldn't figure out in what way. I think it was a total coincidence honestly, a detail the writers threw in late to make this flat bully more depth/show his family off better. I have to actually give the creators some kudos for that. You couldn't get away with something like this nowadays. Maybe the reason Harold's jewish-ness combined with his ghastly caricature face and personality didn't cause much stir is because nearly EVERYBODY on this show had a ghastly looking body and personality somehow, and he wasn't really evil, he was just an ignorant dumb little kid, like any other. He had a heart and even nurtured a lost kitten in a very sweet episode. When truly made to understand how he hurt people, he'd always shamefully apologize/try to fix it up. The reason he is farther down on this list though is I just find his voice absolutely grating beyond belief, worse than all the other people above him, and I think that is for comedy so you'll laugh when he get's his butt kicked like he deserves, but it it goes way over the top, and everything he says isn't funny- and I think that is exactly how the creators wanted him to be. He's almost like Cartman if you take away all the crazy impossible stuff that makes you love him despite being a complete evil jerkass. <br /><br />7. PETUNIA PIG- One of the obscurer Warner Bros characters, she's basically the Olive Oyl version of Porky Pig. Except more obnoxious. While Olive Oyl has kept to her original form really for the most part, Petunia has gone through quite an evolution. And I have to say it has gone from bad to worse. Petunia started out very very ugly and had a bitchy Betty Boopish kind of voice. Over time as Porky evolved she got higher in pitch, and her face got cuter. TOO GODDAMN CUTE. Don't believe me? Do a Youtube search for 'Peace World' or whatever that loveydovey musical short about feuding southern families that makes you wanna throw up is called. Was this the end? No. She got even KYOODER until she became that abomination you see up there in Looney Tunes Babies. She has been a little bit saved in the newest retcon series, but it's not enough to keep her from being one of the most forgettable characters ever made. Petunia started out with Porky in some of the earliest Looney Tunes shorts, back when they were exclusively played in theaters. She mainly served what Nostalgia Chick called 'The Smurfette Principle' (go look it up.) and was about as deep as a piece of paper. So why is she lower than Olive Oyl? Her voice and hideous appearance and behavior is not just annoying, it INCREASES in annoyance, with every completely different shift she takes with every retcon. In her first form, she is fat and disgustingly hideous. She is a snooty tramp who teases poor Porky, abuses him, eats chocolate all day like its water, and whines and moans whenever she is argued with or if there is trouble behind Porky's back, whenever she isn't openly flirting with him or slamming the door in his face. This character made me terrified at a young age of the idea of falling in love and true marriage, because when I witnessed Porky doing it, it inevitably led to that popular depiction of the miserable post-honeymoon 'ball-and-chain' future hell. Yknow, where after they say I DO! and they kiss, it goes to black, and then it says 3 YEARS LATER...cut to a whole shitty apartment full of wailing thousands of babies, a spoiled fat wife/husband on the couch drinking beer in front of the TV, and a poor beleaguered terrified domestic abuse victim beating the carpets/vacuuming/doing the dishes/scrubbing the toilet/washing the windows/praising the spouse timidly. HA HAH HAH!!! SEE? It's funny cos they are MARRIED! Doesn't marriage just SUCK? hahahaha!....ehhh. Yknow, I get where the humor is supposed to lie, in that this is (in most stories) a paranoid FANTASY, based on the universal fears of insecurity we all get when for the first time truly committing to a relationship, when we don't really know what lies in store or how really perfect our lover actually is when all the makeup gets washed off. I hated Married With Children for this reason and all the other shows/episodes like this. Mainly because I grew up as a child witnessing my own parent's who married/had me very young start to lose their ability to communicate sanely with each other when they started to doubt one another. While things never got dangerously bad overall, to watch every passing year from the get-go a supposed perfectly happy family sustained by True Love turn sour, crumble and die, and watch that with the full guilty awareness that because of you, these two once passionate people with dreams settled down and became boring, stuffy, cold cynical grouchy overworked people, because they had to do their best to be good parents, always accusing which one was being the over-worked servant and which one was being the lazy spoiled brat: when in reality BOTH were equally hard-working loving parents and flawed but overall decent human beings who could have probably if they really tried and had better circumstances kept their marriage together or at least ended on more graceful notes...but instead, thanks to media brainwashing and self-doubt, they still beleive it was their self image that caused the break up, beleive it was the 'universal' mid-life stage of ugliness/grouchiness/old flames dying setting in, that they both deserved younger, better looking, completely content robots who never ever played any mind games and were rich and always had time to praise constantly, and any lack of such was indication that something was wrong with themselves: when such a creature does not exist...I know this may seem a bit ludicrous to attach all this personal baggage to an obscure cartoon character, but that was what such on and off angry unhappy/happy/unhappy couples as the old school Petunia/Porky pig stereotype meant to me. I know abusive/dried up but upheld/unpleasent marriages exist, and all do for their own personal reasons. I know that there is dark reality being poked fun at when people make these jokes, and it was especially popular back in the day to make a 'dominating wife' marriage joke, I think mainly because to be under the thumb of a dominant let alone what you'd consider spoiled woman was just so rare those days, at least in the media. Spoiled abusive over-reproducing people are vile in either sex, but there seems to be comedic tolerance of it when its a woman and not a male- if a male is the lazy dysfunctional oaf or brute, it tends to be either of a much darker sort of humor at stake, where everybody is fucked up like in The Simpsons, or it is played 100% to drama. Anyway. Even without all these connotations, the later Petunias I just find disgustingly saccharine, and even more irritating to listen to than the other voices listed above.<br /><br />6. CAPTAIN KOROS- Now here's a very different example, a person on here that I actually LIKE. To a degree. This man is a 'heroic' character from the Don Bluth film Titan A.E. This is an awesome cult sci-fi film. When I saw it, it highly influenced my imagination and many races and characters developed simply out of watching that. It was a taste of what 2d Western animation could give us adults if we just goddamn LET IT. BUT NOPE! Gotta maintain that Animation Ghetto! Thanks America . Things are fixing up now a little thanks to the internet, videogames, and rise in anime fandom but things were different around the time Titan AE came out, and this film was in many ways sort of a breakthru and a GIANT risk. A lot of money and love was put in and this was a film that had a huge lot riding on its shoulders, if this film suceeded it would prove that a young adult to adult targeted purely animated film could be mainstream theater acceptable, and not actually suck:.......and for the first 2 acts, it didn't. It totally did not suck at all. In fact it was genius, the animation was top notch, the dialogue was witty, the character design was fantastic, the action top notch, the environments awesome...Then the third act set in. Basically, this guy is the main reason it gets bungled up. Yeah I know it also is because all the other characters suddenly decided on their coffee break to all become flat cliche's, have unfunny jokes, do totally impossible things in a matter of 3 (in-universe) hours in a shitty montage, have gaping plot holes, fall in love, stop the bad guy and do a whole bunch of improbable really boring stuff in the span of a wayyyyyyy drawn out 20 minutes, but yeah. This guy just can't decide what side he is on, the aliens or the humans: Waaah. His motivation SUCKS and the whole movie goes to great lengths at first to make him seem like a superior captain and a really honorable likeable guy. But when he does turn evil, its not the big shocker climax we expect or the same charismatic guy as before just with a twisted revealed goal in mind, if he was, that would tear at our hearts. No, instead, he gets reduced out of completely NOWHERE to a lame Saturday morning tv villain. No sense. No logic. No volume control. He smacks his former comrade for no reason across the face so hard he gets KNOCKED OUT- but the crew still follows him! What does the victim sincerely say when he comes back to? "...I don't think we should trust this guy." *headslap* They spend almost a WHOLE film dodging the enemy forces, blasting the shit out of them, going all apeshit when they just show up in a bar...and then turns out he was a traitor the WHOLE TIME and plotting to sell our protagonist into the alien's clutches all along! DUN DUN DUN. Well, answer me this, idiot....if you hate humanity so much, if you had plots all along to deliver a man to the evil empire from the getgo, MAYBE YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE SPENT A WHOLE 2/3s of an entirely badass film blowing the crap out of them and RUNNING AWAY?? That makes no sense whatsoever! AND THEN you just for NO REASON AT ALL turn GOOD AGAIN and everybody ACCEPTS YOU! *puts on Doug Walker hat and glasses-* NO!!! NO!!! YOU DO NOT DO THAT MOVIE!!! YOU DO NOT DO THAT!! WHAT THE HELL DON BLUTH!!! WHY DO YOU TEASE ME SO!?!?!? DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND HOW TO WRITE!? I KNOW THAT YOU DO!!! WE NEEDED YOU DON! WE NEEDED U!! *head smash into desk*...anyway. Yeah. This film is like somebody taking a brush and starting to paint Van Gogh's Starry Night, but then they suddenly ran out of money or paint and they just didn't give a fuck anymore and finished the rest of the painting using Crayola markers. Nuff said.<br /><br />UPDATE: I apologize for the above spoilers, I know that anybody who had plans or potential to enjoy this film will now know the twist and think it is due to my rant not worth seeing now, or ever re-viewing again. Despite these major flaws I have described {PLEEEEASE} do not forsake Titan A.E. You will enjoy the ride thoroughly, at least 89% of the way through. Even if you garner no tolerance of the storyline or haven't any interest in the characters, or science fiction in general as a genre itself, if you are really into great animation purely for artistic sake, and enjoy looking at some very detailed well thought out world and creature designs, and really enjoy good action battles, PLEASE do not punish yourself by not seeing this film. It still needs a lot of love. You can watch this movie, point out the huge flaws, and still come out of it feeling like: "Wow...that was pretty darn cool!" It's like the good Terminator films or Back to the Future in this regard, sure we know it's campy or has plot holes so big you could drive a Mustang through it, but it doesn't MATTER, we enjoy the fun and hard work and beauty of the entire experience as a whole. Talent cannot be ignored, and talent 100% shows here. Is it Miyazaki? No. But it sure as hell beats a LOT of CGI crapfests I have seen barfed at us repeatedly in the last 12 years.<br /><br />5. CARFACE- Speak of the Devil. (semi literally...) No, I am not referring to the original Carface. Carface in the original All Dogs Go To Heaven was a perfect villain in every single way. EVERYTHING in that movie was pretty much perfect. Despite its demographic it's probably not something you really want your 5 year old to see nowadays....Despite its cuteness a lot of it is downright scary and violent and much of the dialogue is too complex to be absorbed. Yet it's PRECISELY the kind of film you ought to expose them to anyway. IF you want them to build character and enjoy a good time that is! Kids can certainly get the basic gist of it: Carface is &lt;&lt;EVIL.&gt;&gt; You have to see it if you haven't yet. This film spawned countless lesser ripoffs during the 80s. THIS was the movie Titan A.E. should have been, and it had singing puppies in it. PASTEL singing puppies. This movie is Don Bluth working at his peak. Still as an adult it blows my mind away at how well everything is put together. And most everybody whose seen this movie also thinks so. That's a rarity with kid's movie stuff. Usually something this strange relies solely on nostalgia or some VERY oddly open minded patient taste to get you to like it. But here, generally the consensus is by most people of all ages and types that this is a very great film. It is accesible. And it had a definite threat: Carface was a REALLY awesome, terrifying villain. In fact, the more that I dwell on this movie, the more awesome the entire movie is, for all its parts: It was thrilling, touching, atmospheric, beautiful, clever, funny, cynical, even nightmarishly frightening at times. Parts of it still unsettle me to this day. And the delightfully disturbing and downright psychotically NASTY Carface accentuated every one of those traits by being one of the ghastliest animated villains, ever. He gets REALLY underappreciated....<br /><br />Why? Because some genius minds decided to make a sequel. A craaaappy sequel. In fact the only good thing about this sequel is a 3 minute song, which is rather well sung by Sweeney Todd's George Hearn and very catchy for something titled 'It Feels So Good to Be Bad!'...This Carface was wimpy and toned down, even in colors to a softer pastel scheme, and somehow retconned to forget the fact that he operated a gang of violent thugs and, oh yknow, violently MURDERED his business partner right off the bat in the first film. They did this so he could be more child friendly like the rest of the film, and act as a bumbling sidekick to the new big baddy, Red, which I don't think was necessary. In fact, I love it when a strong villain is coerced or forced into following an even stronger one, it makes their motives questionable, and puffs up the real baddy even more. You shouldn't just cut their balls off without any explanation as to why. There is understandable need to sometimes find new voice actors/even change a character's overall personality when making a sequel, especially if its one of those direct-to-video ones that often have little to do with any of the original creators and have half the budget/often tend to exist outside the canon. <br />But that doesn't give any excuse to just not care AT ALL. We have gone now from a creepy, horrifyingly badass, and sadistic monstrosity to a really incredibly pathetic and worst of all BORING villain. Carface is now a bumbling goofy dumb sidekick, who lacks all the sarcasm and sympathetic love of a really good actual bumbling sidekick like Killer (right) who was HIS bumbling sidekick. Which is what annoys me: WE HAVE this archetype already. WHY do we need one in Carface? I know this was all just a plot on the writers part to bring supernatural stuff in, and in fact, I don't even think the writers barely watched the original film at all. It is one thing to have a bad or weak lame character. Taking a GREAT character who inspires your own work and terrifies you and whose odious prescense you totally enjoy so much as a child you love to watch him murder his 'buddy' Charlie again and again and again as an adult.....to see him become THIS dim-witted utterly harmless dog turd...is shameful. And to top it all off, this was the version they kept entirely intact when they made a TV series based on it. Thank youuuuu, SO. FREAKING. MUCH.<br /><br />4. RADCLIFFE- I used to sorta like Pocahontas as a child but the more I see it now as an adult, the more I dislike it. I won't go into every reason why, but this guy is part of it. I dislike his design. You are meant to. I dislike his pompous attitude. You are meant to. I dislike his song lyrics, his over the top very predictable 'I am a racist bastard who only cares about MONEY, MONEY AND POWER, MONEY IS EVERYYYYTHING' Captain Planet villain dialogue....yeah. It is Disney just spelling out everything here with absolutely no subtlety whatsoever for the kids. This might be acceptable to a degree, if this movie wasn't ever so adorably trying to tell us a story from ACTUAL HISTORY. This guy is just like every Care Bears or lame movie villain who just screams "I AM THE GUY YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO LIKE BECAUSE I AM A MEAN SELFISH BAD PERSON." He hasn't any sympathetic or humorous qualities, he is not truly all that violent as he mostly just orders everyone around to just shoot people for him, he's obviously NOT a man who would be an explorer or on a boat voyage for months in those days seeing as how pristine, fat, and gorgeously opulent he always is...and we don't get the pleasure of seeing him die for his crimes. How dare you deprive us of that Disney! At least his even blander clone in the Tarzan movie got a sinister hanging death that was scary. <br /><br />3. NARUTO- I know a lot of people will hate me for this one. But I just don't like him. I don't really have to discuss why. Everything that i just don't like in anime is in him- I don't dislike anime, I dislike lame marketing cliche's and that is what this kid is. I have tried to watch Naruto, and frankly, it actually seems like a possibly okay show. The other characters seem unique and rather in depth people and they seem to exist in a very detailed elaborate world....so why do I not watch this? Because this kid's fucking annoying!! And stupid looking!! I cant stand him for two minutes! Why does everybody like him so much! It is just because of the headband, it has to be! Why else? I just cant wrap my goddamn head around it. Every bad 'trendy' thing about poorly written anime series and japan anime stereotypes is rudely crammed together and it almost seems as if he's a satire of an anime hero, like when Western characters go into a weird alternate Japanime universe and everything is like a low budget ADHD-filled DBZ/YugiYoh!/Pokemon episode. And if he is a parody/satire, he is too damn good of one, and he needs to be shot. Seriously. Go watch some more decent anime kids, or study ACTUAL ninja, who didn't go round wearing ridiculously ineffiecent eye-catching uniforms and shouting out their position all day. IF REAL Ninja ever saw you watching this, they would come into your house and assasinate you and all your relatives. That's what people deserve if they beleive this shit has any connection in any way whatsoever with the actual art of ninjitsu. I know that its obviously a fantasy cartoon, and the truth gets stretched about things all the time, I ought to not take it that seriously: except I have met idiotic people who DO just beleive this is what ninja are like. God fuck them. Ontop of it they take things from actual beautiful concepts in the Eastern relegions, like Chakras and Chi, and GROSSLY mispresent/abuse them. C'mon people, this is not like Egyptian or Voodoo magik here, some obscure long extinct to mostly fringe form of sorcery, this is an ACTUAL MODERN DAY HUMAN FAITH we are mocking here, and while I don't declare it as actually racist it is just plain stupid. I mean its like saying Christ's cross grants nifty laser eyebeams or ice powers when you possess a splinter off it or chant a psalm. Can't you just create a made up relegion/source of magical plot device instead??? Oh whatever. You're just a plain annoying loudmouthed jerk Naruto. Go play in a septic tank please.<br /><br />2. PETER GRIFFIN- Yeah, I watch Family Guy like all the rest of you do. I used to find it funny. I nearly don't at all anymore. I slowly have begun to realize over time that nearly everything in this show I find enjoyable or funny comes stolen from a better talent or from everybody else in this series: Meg, Brian, Stewie, the celebrities, the neighbors etc...but when peter comes along, I almost want to switch channels. I really despise his voice. I really REALLY have come to despise his personality. What he used to be was the average mildly selfish joe who faced the same middle class problems we all did and tried to deal wth them in strange ways. The show was in in its simpler blander youth but it was an enjoyable show. It didnt rely on face raping you with obscure pop culture humor every ten seconds for no reason quite so much. It didn't rely on CONSTANT verbal abuse or disgusting humor as much. Did that make it better? No. Do i find the newer more riske' stuff funnier? Yes and I enjoy it like you do. But here's the thing: Peter Griffin has started to cross the line from being a whimsical nut to a jerky but loveavable oaf to an absolute, god-forsaken, unpleaseant unamusing ASSHOLE and he puts Homer Simpson in a place that is actually admirable when I have lost most of my passion for the Simpsons overall to boot. Peter is not only a jerk, he is for absolutely no reason whatsoever a destructively sexist psychotic disgustingly nauseating sick brute who basically will molest, vomit on, fart on, beat up, drive over, blackmail and do whatever kind of South Park 'edgy' gimmick your heart desires: ONLY NOT FUNNY. And he does this mainly to his own children and wife, and never ever, ever properly redeems himself. And he does all this with the most annoying laugh in the history of mankind. Forget Spongebob. He's beyond unattractive and merchandise with his not funny oh so VERY ironic quotes, and just overall ugly fat naked ass NEEDS. TO. GO. DIE. I am sick of seeing Family Guy merch being bombarded everywhere yet given the 'anti-mainstream' treatment. I have seen how the creators have been moving the main focus of the later episodes off of Peter onto the other characters like Chris and Stewie, because Peter is just an offensive, unfunny, turdwad of a wacky plot device now. He worst of all however is truly offensive to the mentally disabled. Now I will confess, I have consigned myself to Hell by laughing at a few well-told dark humor retard jokes. I try not to too much. It is wrong and it is mean, but then again I also laugh at Jewish jokes and even clever Holocaust or dead baby jokes once in a while, and I come from Auschwitz survivors. I am one of those sick people who thinks laughter is a terrible but sometimes needed medicine to help us get over ourselves and take an objective look at all the human race and accept that nobodys perfect, everybody is messed up in their own silly/demented horrible ways. What separates a simply goofy/derpy/clueless bimbo of a character and a truly retarded one and not okay to laugh at is a complex and subjective issue that bears deep discussion. But here's the thing with this case: There IS no discussion here. Peter is officially medically retarded. He makes the statement many times himself. While it may at first seem like a good excuse for his negative and deviant idiotic rude behavior, it's actually just about the worst kind of one there is, and while it may carry over for the humor of one episode- ...it mostly doesn't. You get a few chuckles, but it isn't worth the lack of them overall, or the discomfort. What I could see working there in that episode to make it be even better, the writers could have in a plot twist ironically revealed by the end that Peter WAS NOT biologically born mentally retarded but the results came back wrong, and he is truly just a normal IQ guy whose only plain stupid and a truly idiotic insensitive fuck that just uses a false excuse to monstrously get away with his banal random desires...this has actually dark comedic potential. But Peter isn't lying for petty gain: It's 100% real. The fact that he is medically retarded has become the plot device of several episodes, and yet meanwhile Peter neither acts like, thinks, or talks like any real retarded person, even one that is being portrayed in a stereotyped flat cartoonish way: This is what annoys me, if you are gonna even go so far as to canon-wise declare somebody is something controversial, then you better deliver that thru actual evidence, and when you don't not only is that offensive, that is just goddamn lazy writing. That's like writing up a character with any convenient potentially interesting backstory or motive, like offhandedly saying "oh my parents were murdered in front of me' or "I was raped by an alligator when i was little..." and then never proceeding to really make them act in any way that demonstrates these things have even happened to them. It's just...god. It must seem like a trivial thing to fans of the show, but thats how it is with me.<br /><br />And who could be worse than this guy?<br /><br />1. SUNFLOWER- You may not have heard of this character. That is because she doesn't exist. Disney rightly censored her from the production of the original 1930s Fantasia, and it was one of the best decisions ever made in the history of animation. Sunflower is a little old timey southern Negro mammy stereotype centaur who SOMEHOW got slipped in during the beautifully eye-popping Beethoven segment, which is basically about the change of weather and various characters of Greek Mythology. This not only is dumb and offensive, it HUGELY dates this film. By leaving her out, you eliminate the one detail that tells you this was made in the 1930s America and what was the mainstream attitude towards minorities at this time. She is like watching a Bill Clinton or a Macarena reference being made in an otherwise timeless 90s cartoon. This isn't a 90s tv cartoon however. This is supposed to be a collection of some of the greatest pieces of music ever composed set to moving imagery. Even 'Allegro Non Troppo' which is the Italian adult-rated satire of this film, understands this. Who the heck came up with this idea I do not know, but it is beyond scary that somebody could be this crass. It looks like a gag out of Family Guy, take a look at these two characters, they don't even stylistically seem to be part of the same movie! Not only is Sunflower blatantly racist, she is just ugly by design and totally clashes with the heavenly music and graceful beings around her. I almost wonder now if this was a gesture of a not-so-subtle 'Fuck You' from the animation department to the heads instead of just pure racism. It is almost like a chorus member in the middle of the big concert deliberately choosing to sing off-key, so as to ruin everybody's grand performance: is that what this is?? Is this guy just Trolling? If he is, well my hat's off to you sir, whoever you are, that's some of the best damn trolling I have ever seen. Either way though, it pisses me off. Fantasia is a huge groundbreaking masterpiece, it approaches us as adults and gives us a treat of for the first time in cinema seeing silent art just move and flow to beautiful music, letting our imaginations run wild. It doesn't go with this sort of humor. It doesn't go practically with humor of any sort at all. I'm not saying classical music and Art needs to be dry or pretentious, but I am saying that we have the ability to stand still for a moment and hold our breath just for something magnificent once in a while, and not have some crass pop culture, race, or sex joke slipped in every five seconds. In some media that works, but here, it doesn't need it at all. <br /><br />So there you go. If you're still here, hope you enjoy all this, let me know what your thoughts are/maybe fill out a meme of your own, and remember, this is my OPINION ONLY, and I don't declare any of these above shows/productions to be in of themselves godawful, I just dislike these particular characters from them. If you wholly enjoy Naruto, Peter, Petunia, etc, my hat's off to you. Just don't attack me for dissing your heroes, as we all are entitled to our opinions and I am sure much of my favorite cartoons are positively loathed by other people too. Thank you for all the wasted time you just spent reading this, I'm deeply flattered.<br /><div><img src="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/f/2013/080/2/c/resubmission__my_top_10_most_hated_characters_by_abbinurmel-d5yu7qn.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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        <media:copyright url="http://tomokou.deviantart.com">Copyright 2013 =Tomokou</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ <a target="_self" href="http://idlaeludibriorum.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/i/d/idlaeludibriorum.png?3" alt=":iconidlaeludibriorum:" title="IdlaeLudibriorum" /></a><br />Su-su-supernatural ~&ouml;~<br /><br /><sub><blockquote><b>Name</b><br />Jaimee Hill, "Jay"<br /><b>Age</b><br />26 Years<br /><b>Gender</b><br />Female <br /><b>Partner</b><br />//<br /><br /><b>Height</b><br />5&rsquo;7&rdquo; &ndash; 170 cm<br /><b>Weight</b><br />130 lbs &ndash; 59 kg<br /><b>Place of Birth</b><br />Las Vegas, Nevada<br /><br /><b>Inventory</b> <blockquote>&#9656; Pistol<br />&#9656; Small knife<br />&#9656; Small can of salt<br />&#9656; Matches</blockquote><b>Vehicle</b><blockquote>Jaimee drives a <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://appsoft-auto.com/images/izmo/2013/13chevrolet/13chevroletsilverado1reg2a/chevrolet_13silverado1reg2a_angularfront.jpg">Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Regular Cab 2WD</a> in a dark azure blue which originally belonged to her father. There are plenty of scratches and bumps in the vehicle and really, it could use a new paintjob.</blockquote><b>Personality</b><blockquote>|<i> Bark no Bite</i> &#8902; <i>Loudmouth</i> &#8902; <i>Clever</i> &#8902; <i>Smart</i> &#8902; <i>Easily persuaded</i> &#8902; <i>Charmer (when she wants something)</i> &#8902; <i>Softy</i> &#8902; <i>Spoiled rotten</i> &#8902; <i>Selfish</i> |<br /><br />Jaimee could easily be explained with the saying <i>all bark and no bite</i>, it&rsquo;s not that she does not follow out what she threatens with, but rather the way she does tends to be differently. She will easily cuss you out, but when it comes to actually brawling? She&rsquo;d rather back away. Perhaps she will try to tackle you, but when it comes to the actual punching and or kicking, she&rsquo;ll back off. No, when it comes to dealing with conflicts with fellow humans she prefers slipping away or to get her revenge by pulling something while they cannot reach her. <br />Next to this she has a tendency to make cutting remarks, though even if she does come across as overly bitchy, she will feel like crap if she actually managed to hurt you, perhaps that&rsquo;s also why she prefers the company of people who can take a cuss or two.<br /><br />In conversation Jaimee quickly comes across as someone with a set of brain, a low tolerance level for annoyances and a charmer when she wants something from you. And she is fully aware that people might notice and dislike this. But in reality it&rsquo;s just about what she wants, she does not care about other&rsquo;s opinions towards her methods.<br /><br />Jaimee is plain and simple a girl who has a loud mouth, but doesn&rsquo;t act according to what comes out of it. She is used to being able to hide behind her parents and never learned to directly face conflict, even with the time she has spent on the road. When it comes to hunting she has a preference for putting down traps in which everything is already thought out for. Surely she has had direct conflicts with the supernatural and desperate deeds lead to desperate needs, but this only increased her preference towards settling down traps so she won&rsquo;t have to fight herself. She does not like the feeling of pain at all, be it mental or physical pain. <br /><br />Shortly said; she&rsquo;s a spoiled and dirty mouthed, but smart, wuss who is not willing to give up due to her motivation regarding her parents.<br /></blockquote><br /><b>Bio/ History</b><blockquote>Miss Jaimee Hills was born in Las Vegas, Nevada. Her mother was a lady from the North of America who moved down low for a more &lsquo;interesting&rsquo; of a life and in her search she bumped into Jaimee&rsquo;s father. The two were madly in love and got married rather quickly before having their first and last child.<br /><br />The family was joyful and complete and loving until Jaimee&rsquo;s mother left the two without a warning or any hints leading to it, or that&rsquo;s what the police informed her. Her father however seemed to have a different idea about it. He, alone, started up a large research, claiming that the person who left his house had not been his wife, it could not have been, she had pitch black eyes! Which, of course, was not something the police took seriously; the man was merely in denial of his wife having left him.<br />To Jaimee, who was 5 years at the time, her mother had abandoned her and her father. It lead her to be overly attached to her father in the fear that he would leave her like her mother had done. In turn, her father was very attached to the last prove that his wife had been with him. He gave Jaimee anything she desired and so much more.<br /><br />As Jaimee reached the age of 12 years, her father started to go on long business trips, claiming it to be necessary. Whilst this should not ring any alarm bells, it did once her father kept coming back later than he had promised; days became weeks and weeks became months. She reached her limit at the age of 18 years. When her father went on a &lsquo;business trip&rsquo; for three months. She confronted her father, who, to protect his daughter, insisted it was for work.<br /><br />She figured out the truth when she was 19 years, her father not having returned from one of his business trips which he had sworn would only take a month. The police came to her house and informed her that her father had died due to a heart attack while he was in the city in another state. <br />Emotionally broken, the girl ran upstairs, after the police men had left, and started to break things. She forced her way into her father&rsquo;s office and ripped things apart, pushed things over while shedding the angriest of tears. He had lied. He had always lied. It rang through her head like a mantra until she bumped into something. Her father's office had the truth hidden within it and she had found it.<br /><br />At first she was overly confused, she did not understand and she was convinced her father had gone mad after her mother had left him. However as she actually took her time to read through and look over the papers, the journals, the maps, books and all that her father had left behind, things added up in her head. The thing convincing her being the voicemail messages on a phone that she assumed belonged to her father as the person calling the phone named her fathers name and claimed to need his help with demons. The paranormal and supernatural was real. And she was convinced that this was what had caused her father&rsquo;s death, what had made her mother leave the family. Rage took place for her agony.<br /><br />She started her hunting carrier slow, making sure to memorize the notes her father had let, and picked up the jobs that were meant for him by using his cellphone. She sold the house and kept the money to herself, it would allow her to survive on the road for long enough she was sure. Besides it seemed like the hunting jobs paid off as well. After years and years passed she became more and more skilled at the job, learned more about the supernatural and started to collect her own notes.<br /><br />Admittedly, she does not like it when she gets injured during the job, but like hell she was giving up on being able to revenge her father and seek out her mother. It was a goal and she was not letting it go.<br /><br />No matter what.</blockquote><br /><b>Likes</b><blockquote>&hearts; Scented candles;<br />&hearts; Having a job to do;<br />&hearts; Because then she can get some money;<br />&hearts; She does like money;<br />&hearts; Talking;<br />&hearts; Shiny things;<br />&hearts; People with a personality;<br />&hearts; Cars;<br />&hearts; People who outsmart her.</blockquote><b>Dislikes</b><blockquote>&#9825; Getting blood in her hair;<br />&#9825; Having to experience pain;<br />&#9825; Things/People that smell bad;<br />&#9825; Having her back ache after sleeping in her pickup truck;<br />&#9825; Witches and Demons;<br />&#9825; People who outsmart her.</blockquote><b>Extra</b><blockquote>&#9656; Keeps a daily journal with personal notes.<br />&#9656; Loves any dish with chicken in it.<br />&#9656; Overly protective of her car.<br />&#9656; And her money.<br />&#9656; Clearly she&rsquo;s not the type to share, what&rsquo;s hers is hers.<br />&#9656; Wears a necklace with a reminder of her mom and dad.<br />&#9656; Has a light Southern accent, which gets deeper when she&rsquo;s aggravated.<br />&#9656; Fast runner.<br />&#9656; Good with a bat.</blockquote><br /><b>Current Earnings</b><blockquote>45$ <br />$13,75 +<br />---------<br />$58,75</blockquote><blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></sub><br /><br /><b>Rp Snippet</b><br /><code>Your car has broken down on the side of the road. It's a clear five miles before you find help in either direction, and it's started to rain.</code><br /><br />This was just great! A loud groan escaped the woman&rsquo;s throat as she unbuckled her seatbelt. This was the second time this week her pickup truck was giving her trouble and it was seriously starting to <i>piss</i> her off! She pushed her door open and hopped onto the road with her boots before she took a stride to the front of her truck. She was no mechanic, but for some reason there was a brief moment that she did believe that looking at the engine would help her fix it. As if it would suddenly come to her. Of course it only took her a split second to rethink the situation and simply ended up hopping onto the hood of her truck to sit down on it with a huff. The closest she was to civilization was at least an hour walking! Lady luck must be on her side. Not. She leaned back onto the hood and draped her arm over her eyes. She would just wait for the next car to pass and if no one showed up then she would walk, but first she would wait a bit, an hour or two. At least the weather wasn&rsquo;t crappy...<br /><br /><i>Drip, Drip</i>, little droplets of water startle to drop down onto the truck, as did a single one manage to land onto her nose. ". . ." She took a small breathe before she jerked up straight, rubbing her nose vigorously as a cuss rolled from her tongue. <i>Seriously?! </i> Lady luck was definitely teaming up with karma and was screwing her over! She jumped from her place and hurried around the truck as the rain started to fall faster until it simply seemed like heaven had opened its gates to let all of its water flood down. Luckily for Jaimee, she managed to get back in her seat just in time, she just needed to rub her leather jacket off to prevent it from getting damaged. A heavy sigh was heaved and she settled with staring out of the front window with a dull gaze.<br /><br /><i>Now what?</i><br /><br /><sub>----------------------<br /><br />Ahahah I already redid her OTL; I just wanted to get her done in time at first, so now I made some adjustment anatomy and clothes wise.<br /><br />Here's hoping I get in the group; three things I love combineeeed, supernatural, rpings and artings. <a target="_self" href="http://lazyweepplz.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/l/a/lazyweepplz.png?1" alt=":iconlazyweepplz:" title="lazyweepplz" /></a>;;;<br /><br /><b><u>Credits:</u></b><br />#<a class="u" href="http://idlaeludibriorum.deviantart.com">IdlaeLudibriorum</a> &copy; =<a class="u" href="http://aomaoe.deviantart.com">aomaoe</a><br />Jaimee and art &copy; =<a class="u" href="http://tomokou.deviantart.com">Tomokou</a></sub> ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th05.deviantart.net/fs71/150/f/2013/082/d/e/il__jaimee_hill_by_tomokou-d5yr0hb.png" height="150" width="131"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th00.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/f/2013/082/d/e/il__jaimee_hill_by_tomokou-d5yr0hb.png" height="343" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://th09.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/f/2013/082/d/e/il__jaimee_hill_by_tomokou-d5yr0hb.png" height="956" width="836" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ <a target="_self" href="http://idlaeludibriorum.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/i/d/idlaeludibriorum.png?3" alt=":iconidlaeludibriorum:" title="IdlaeLudibriorum" /></a><br />Su-su-supernatural ~&ouml;~<br /><br /><sub><blockquote><b>Name</b><br />Jaimee Hill, "Jay"<br /><b>Age</b><br />26 Years<br /><b>Gender</b><br />Female <br /><b>Partner</b><br />//<br /><br /><b>Height</b><br />5&rsquo;7&rdquo; &ndash; 170 cm<br /><b>Weight</b><br />130 lbs &ndash; 59 kg<br /><b>Place of Birth</b><br />Las Vegas, Nevada<br /><br /><b>Inventory</b> <blockquote>&#9656; Pistol<br />&#9656; Small knife<br />&#9656; Small can of salt<br />&#9656; Matches</blockquote><b>Vehicle</b><blockquote>Jaimee drives a <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://appsoft-auto.com/images/izmo/2013/13chevrolet/13chevroletsilverado1reg2a/chevrolet_13silverado1reg2a_angularfront.jpg">Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Regular Cab 2WD</a> in a dark azure blue which originally belonged to her father. There are plenty of scratches and bumps in the vehicle and really, it could use a new paintjob.</blockquote><b>Personality</b><blockquote>|<i> Bark no Bite</i> &#8902; <i>Loudmouth</i> &#8902; <i>Clever</i> &#8902; <i>Smart</i> &#8902; <i>Easily persuaded</i> &#8902; <i>Charmer (when she wants something)</i> &#8902; <i>Softy</i> &#8902; <i>Spoiled rotten</i> &#8902; <i>Selfish</i> |<br /><br />Jaimee could easily be explained with the saying <i>all bark and no bite</i>, it&rsquo;s not that she does not follow out what she threatens with, but rather the way she does tends to be differently. She will easily cuss you out, but when it comes to actually brawling? She&rsquo;d rather back away. Perhaps she will try to tackle you, but when it comes to the actual punching and or kicking, she&rsquo;ll back off. No, when it comes to dealing with conflicts with fellow humans she prefers slipping away or to get her revenge by pulling something while they cannot reach her. <br />Next to this she has a tendency to make cutting remarks, though even if she does come across as overly bitchy, she will feel like crap if she actually managed to hurt you, perhaps that&rsquo;s also why she prefers the company of people who can take a cuss or two.<br /><br />In conversation Jaimee quickly comes across as someone with a set of brain, a low tolerance level for annoyances and a charmer when she wants something from you. And she is fully aware that people might notice and dislike this. But in reality it&rsquo;s just about what she wants, she does not care about other&rsquo;s opinions towards her methods.<br /><br />Jaimee is plain and simple a girl who has a loud mouth, but doesn&rsquo;t act according to what comes out of it. She is used to being able to hide behind her parents and never learned to directly face conflict, even with the time she has spent on the road. When it comes to hunting she has a preference for putting down traps in which everything is already thought out for. Surely she has had direct conflicts with the supernatural and desperate deeds lead to desperate needs, but this only increased her preference towards settling down traps so she won&rsquo;t have to fight herself. She does not like the feeling of pain at all, be it mental or physical pain. <br /><br />Shortly said; she&rsquo;s a spoiled and dirty mouthed, but smart, wuss who is not willing to give up due to her motivation regarding her parents.<br /></blockquote><br /><b>Bio/ History</b><blockquote>Miss Jaimee Hills was born in Las Vegas, Nevada. Her mother was a lady from the North of America who moved down low for a more &lsquo;interesting&rsquo; of a life and in her search she bumped into Jaimee&rsquo;s father. The two were madly in love and got married rather quickly before having their first and last child.<br /><br />The family was joyful and complete and loving until Jaimee&rsquo;s mother left the two without a warning or any hints leading to it, or that&rsquo;s what the police informed her. Her father however seemed to have a different idea about it. He, alone, started up a large research, claiming that the person who left his house had not been his wife, it could not have been, she had pitch black eyes! Which, of course, was not something the police took seriously; the man was merely in denial of his wife having left him.<br />To Jaimee, who was 5 years at the time, her mother had abandoned her and her father. It lead her to be overly attached to her father in the fear that he would leave her like her mother had done. In turn, her father was very attached to the last prove that his wife had been with him. He gave Jaimee anything she desired and so much more.<br /><br />As Jaimee reached the age of 12 years, her father started to go on long business trips, claiming it to be necessary. Whilst this should not ring any alarm bells, it did once her father kept coming back later than he had promised; days became weeks and weeks became months. She reached her limit at the age of 18 years. When her father went on a &lsquo;business trip&rsquo; for three months. She confronted her father, who, to protect his daughter, insisted it was for work.<br /><br />She figured out the truth when she was 19 years, her father not having returned from one of his business trips which he had sworn would only take a month. The police came to her house and informed her that her father had died due to a heart attack while he was in the city in another state. <br />Emotionally broken, the girl ran upstairs, after the police men had left, and started to break things. She forced her way into her father&rsquo;s office and ripped things apart, pushed things over while shedding the angriest of tears. He had lied. He had always lied. It rang through her head like a mantra until she bumped into something. Her father's office had the truth hidden within it and she had found it.<br /><br />At first she was overly confused, she did not understand and she was convinced her father had gone mad after her mother had left him. However as she actually took her time to read through and look over the papers, the journals, the maps, books and all that her father had left behind, things added up in her head. The thing convincing her being the voicemail messages on a phone that she assumed belonged to her father as the person calling the phone named her fathers name and claimed to need his help with demons. The paranormal and supernatural was real. And she was convinced that this was what had caused her father&rsquo;s death, what had made her mother leave the family. Rage took place for her agony.<br /><br />She started her hunting carrier slow, making sure to memorize the notes her father had let, and picked up the jobs that were meant for him by using his cellphone. She sold the house and kept the money to herself, it would allow her to survive on the road for long enough she was sure. Besides it seemed like the hunting jobs paid off as well. After years and years passed she became more and more skilled at the job, learned more about the supernatural and started to collect her own notes.<br /><br />Admittedly, she does not like it when she gets injured during the job, but like hell she was giving up on being able to revenge her father and seek out her mother. It was a goal and she was not letting it go.<br /><br />No matter what.</blockquote><br /><b>Likes</b><blockquote>&hearts; Scented candles;<br />&hearts; Having a job to do;<br />&hearts; Because then she can get some money;<br />&hearts; She does like money;<br />&hearts; Talking;<br />&hearts; Shiny things;<br />&hearts; People with a personality;<br />&hearts; Cars;<br />&hearts; People who outsmart her.</blockquote><b>Dislikes</b><blockquote>&#9825; Getting blood in her hair;<br />&#9825; Having to experience pain;<br />&#9825; Things/People that smell bad;<br />&#9825; Having her back ache after sleeping in her pickup truck;<br />&#9825; Witches and Demons;<br />&#9825; People who outsmart her.</blockquote><b>Extra</b><blockquote>&#9656; Keeps a daily journal with personal notes.<br />&#9656; Loves any dish with chicken in it.<br />&#9656; Overly protective of her car.<br />&#9656; And her money.<br />&#9656; Clearly she&rsquo;s not the type to share, what&rsquo;s hers is hers.<br />&#9656; Wears a necklace with a reminder of her mom and dad.<br />&#9656; Has a light Southern accent, which gets deeper when she&rsquo;s aggravated.<br />&#9656; Fast runner.<br />&#9656; Good with a bat.</blockquote><br /><b>Current Earnings</b><blockquote>45$ <br />$13,75 +<br />---------<br />$58,75</blockquote><blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></sub><br /><br /><b>Rp Snippet</b><br /><code>Your car has broken down on the side of the road. It's a clear five miles before you find help in either direction, and it's started to rain.</code><br /><br />This was just great! A loud groan escaped the woman&rsquo;s throat as she unbuckled her seatbelt. This was the second time this week her pickup truck was giving her trouble and it was seriously starting to <i>piss</i> her off! She pushed her door open and hopped onto the road with her boots before she took a stride to the front of her truck. She was no mechanic, but for some reason there was a brief moment that she did believe that looking at the engine would help her fix it. As if it would suddenly come to her. Of course it only took her a split second to rethink the situation and simply ended up hopping onto the hood of her truck to sit down on it with a huff. The closest she was to civilization was at least an hour walking! Lady luck must be on her side. Not. She leaned back onto the hood and draped her arm over her eyes. She would just wait for the next car to pass and if no one showed up then she would walk, but first she would wait a bit, an hour or two. At least the weather wasn&rsquo;t crappy...<br /><br /><i>Drip, Drip</i>, little droplets of water startle to drop down onto the truck, as did a single one manage to land onto her nose. ". . ." She took a small breathe before she jerked up straight, rubbing her nose vigorously as a cuss rolled from her tongue. <i>Seriously?! </i> Lady luck was definitely teaming up with karma and was screwing her over! She jumped from her place and hurried around the truck as the rain started to fall faster until it simply seemed like heaven had opened its gates to let all of its water flood down. Luckily for Jaimee, she managed to get back in her seat just in time, she just needed to rub her leather jacket off to prevent it from getting damaged. A heavy sigh was heaved and she settled with staring out of the front window with a dull gaze.<br /><br /><i>Now what?</i><br /><br /><sub>----------------------<br /><br />Ahahah I already redid her OTL; I just wanted to get her done in time at first, so now I made some adjustment anatomy and clothes wise.<br /><br />Here's hoping I get in the group; three things I love combineeeed, supernatural, rpings and artings. <a target="_self" href="http://lazyweepplz.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/l/a/lazyweepplz.png?1" alt=":iconlazyweepplz:" title="lazyweepplz" /></a>;;;<br /><br /><b><u>Credits:</u></b><br />#<a class="u" href="http://idlaeludibriorum.deviantart.com">IdlaeLudibriorum</a> &copy; =<a class="u" href="http://aomaoe.deviantart.com">aomaoe</a><br />Jaimee and art &copy; =<a class="u" href="http://tomokou.deviantart.com">Tomokou</a></sub><br /><div><img src="http://th00.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/f/2013/082/d/e/il__jaimee_hill_by_tomokou-d5yr0hb.png" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                        <media:title type="plain">Loading screen</media:title>
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                <title>ASSIGNMENT 7: FINALE</title>
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                        <media:title type="plain">ASSIGNMENT 7: FINALE</media:title>
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        <media:copyright url="http://westernspice.deviantart.com">Copyright 2013 *WesternSpice</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/n/new.gif" width="30" height="27" alt=":new:" title="New"/> Top ten has been updated on homepage<br /><br /><b>Note 1:</b> This assignment is for both Outlaws and Lawmen.<br /><b>Note 2:</b> Shut up shut up, I know I'm WAY behind deadline... haaaaah....<br /><b>Note 3:</b> Um... my microsoft word doesn't have spell check for some reason FORGIVE ME. Lesson, children. Never spell check anything. Ever.<br /><b>Note 4:</b> Stay tuned for wrapping-up fun! <a href="http://harpg-outlaw-trail.deviantart.com/gallery/36802595#/art/END-OF-TRAIL-party-359958759?_sid=3eb880da">[link]</a><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/bulletred.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletred:" title="Bullet; Red"/> <b>IMPORTANT:</b><br />You still have time to submit old assignments! Did you miss one or two? If they are submitted by Assignment 7 deadline (through note, please) you are not disqualified from the trail. Also, GO THROUGH AND MAKE SURE YOUR SCORE IS CORRECT. You all know how bad I am <strike>dropped math this semester....</strike>.<br /><br /><br /><h1> Deadline April 30th</h1><br /><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/c/compactdisk.gif" width="16" height="16" alt=":cd:" title="CD"/> <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvKtsqCwHxc">[link]</a><br /><br />&ldquo;Something&rsquo;s wrong,&rdquo; Aaron hissed over his shoulder over the echoing sound of the steadily-walking horses. The animals&rsquo; hooves were muted in the empty city&rsquo;s street except the slopping and sliding of the mud; there must have been an unseasonal shower sometime in the past couple days. The posse had entered from the back of the town, since that was where the livestock pens were. They had deposited the cattle with the dealer and continued into town on edge. Aaron's eyes shifted over the buildings uneasily, unsure if the shutter up ahead or the curtains in that window rustled shut. &ldquo;It shouldn&rsquo;t be this quiet,&rdquo; He said a little louder to the herd of riders behind him.<br /><br />&ldquo;From what I hear, this territory was quiet &lsquo;till you rolled in.&rdquo; A lazy voice rasped from the boardwalk. Aaron's mare pricked her ears at the man leaning against the awning post in the shadow of the telegraph office. Lew Paine rolled the toothpick against his cheek with a grin underneath the shadow of his hat. &ldquo;As I recall, there&rsquo;s a law against murder, even this far from civilization.&rdquo;<br /><br />Aaron's eyes were caught on the gleaming star on the man's vest. They flicked back up to Paine's face steadily as he pulled his horse to a stop. "We're not looking for trouble."<br /><br />His eyes adjusted to the dark shade the deputy was residing in and saw he was wittling away at a little block of wood in his hands casually. The man was the only living soul on the street, but he didn't seem worried in the least "No one goes lookin' for trouble, kid." Paine said. He glanced up from under the brim of his hat and squinted into the soft sunlight, "But it has a way of followin' you wherever you go."<br /><br />The outlaw riders slowly filtered in behind him, stopping their horses without cue.<br /><br />"If you want murderers, we're looking for two men," Aaron said without a hitch, "One tall with a limp and the other built like a bull with a goose egg on the temple; neither any too bright. You've seen them?"<br /><br />Paine's eyes seemed to flicker with interest for an instant. But it was quickly gone as he returned his attention back to the little block of wood. He gave a curt laugh, "Yeah, I've seen 'em."<br /><br />At that moment the silence in the street turned ominous as riders on horseback pulled out of alleys up and down the street ahead, all wearing silver badges and carrying guns noiselessly. Instinctively, the outlaws drew back a few steps, a few of the horse's haunches sliding in the mud.<br /><br />A slow and raspy laugh reverberated from under Paine's hat as two men pulled out of the shadows on either side of him: one tall and with a limp, and the other built like a bull with a bandage around his skull. Aaron recognized them in an instant from the night Sheriff Carson was shot. They had nasty grins on their faces as they looked at Aaron like rabbid wolves.<br /><br />"We've seen 'em all right," a man up the street called out. Aaron's head whipped to face him. The figure was broad-shouldered and mean looking. And strangely familiar. He had a feeling he knew who he was. "Sam 'n Jake, deputy U.S. Marshals in pursuit of an outlaw in the area. Maybe you know him?"<br /><br />Aaron lifted his chin. "So you're the new Sheriff I've been told about? Ellis, is it?"<br /><br />The man's face was hidden in shadow, but his grin was white and pearly like the handle of his pistol on his belt. It was a very handsome pistol. He dipped his head and gave a mock bow. "I would say, 'at your service', but that is a phrase reserved for law abiding citizens."<br /><br />Aaron's face was suddenly very red and his eyes blazing. He stepped off of his horse and charged forward a few slopping steps in the sludge with an accusing finger pointed at the Sheriff, "I'm an innocent man, sheriff!" he shouted. The finger swung at Sam and Jake, "Those men are your murderers! They shot Carson and left the blame to me!"<br /><br />Paine suddenly looked uncharacteristicly curious, "You're sure of this? Do you have any proof?"<br /><br />"Of course I do! Check their horses, they stole two mares from the livery: a chestnut and a palomino." <br /><br />Sam and Jake suddenly looked very sheepish.<br /><br />Paine chuckled under his breath, "Well why hadn't I thought of that? My job would have been far easier." He tossed his block of wood to the floor and pulled something metal out of his pocket with a rattle. They were hand cuffs. Before Sam or Jake could do a thing, Paine had snagged them both and chained them to the hitching rail. The two stared with eyes wide with shock, as did everyone else up and down the street.<br /><br />Paine brushed the dirt off his hands and walked up to Aaron. Reaching into his coat pocket, he pulled out a metal star, very different looking from the one he wore on his vest. "Name's Lew Paine, Mr. Walker. I'm a Pinkerton Detective*." He held out his hand to Aaron. "It's nice to finally meet the man I've been tailing all these many months."<br /><br />Aaron stared at the detective and slowly grasped his hand in a daze. "You... you've been tailing me?"<br /><br />Paine held his hand in a firm shake. "Well, not just you in particular. You were one of the names which popped up on the roster concerning a nasty hold up in Virginia City. I happened to be in the area when Carson was shot and your name started floating around, so I figured I'd better jump in the posse coming after you." He glanced over his shoulder, "Only, I met a few other characters who are familiar to the Detective Agency..." He grinned, "I'll take these fellows back for a trial in Autumn Vale, and I'd be glad to have you as a witness."<br /><br />"HEY! That man's an impostor!" a man on a brown paint** called out from the lawmen, "He's been duping us this whole time!"<br /><br />"Wait a minute, wait a minute," A woman with black cropped hair *** snapped back from the outlaw side. "He's a lawman, what's the difference to you?"<br /><br />"The difference is I'm gonna have trust issues now!" Someone with a star shouted from the back.<br /><br />"OH GIVE ME A BREAK," an outlaw retorted, "If you can survive with a horse like that, something like this is NOT going to give you trust issues."<br /><br />"What the hell is <i>that</i> supposed to mean!"<br /><br />"It's okay, we can't <i>all</i> have well-behaved animals."<br /><br />"THAT'S IT," A blond girl <sup> s</sup> with the lawmen clapped her heels to her mare's sides, "Someone's going down!"<br /><br />The woman with the short black hair quickly pulled her pistol as the deputy charged toward her and pulled the trigger. The silver bay warmblood mare instantly slid to a stop on her haunches at the loud noise and proceeded to hump her back and crow hop across the slippery street. The blond woman managed to grip to the horse well, until the mare threw her neck up and reared. She almost managed to hang on, but a slip in the mud made her lose her balance and fall over backward into something soft and... gross smelling.<br /><br />A chorus of disgusted 'ews' broke out on either side as she realized she had landed in the city's manure pile.<br /><br />The outlaw who had shot her gun trotted over to the downed rider who was now not only muddy, but covered in foul horse and cow dung. She opened her mouth to say something, but the lawman didn't give her a chance. She lunged forward and grabbed her by the leg and tore her off of her horse into the mud.<br /><br />That was the only thing the mass of riders needed. In less than a second everyone was charging at one another, and riders were falling off of their mounts like flies. Soon the street was filled with riderless horses milling about nervously as a brawl in the mud ensued. At first it was strictly Outlaw versus Lawman, but within minutes everyone was so covered in mud and manure that no one could tell who was who anymore, nor could they remember why they were fighting.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/bulletred.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletred:" title="Bullet; Red"/> <b>Mud (?) Brawl: </b> Well it's not really a question anymore... that's <i>not</i> a chocolate heap. I thought the best way to settle disputes would be to follow the example of McClintock: <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifRKu1W1fXQ">[link]</a> <sup>&lt;= this will make your day</sup>. I won't give you any instructions besides HAVE FUN WITH THIS ONE GUYS. *evil laugh*<br /> <br />April 30th<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Paine and Aaron watched them for a little bit, making sure to stay well out of the way of the flying fists. Paine shook his head slowly. "Why did we bring them along?"<br /><br />Aaron's eyes were wide. "I really don't know."<br /><br />"Well," Paine continued over the din, "I'm glad this whole thing got sorted out; mind you, you'll still have to go in for questioning. By the way," he added, "Do you happen to know what happened with Sheriff Carson's gun?"<br /><br />"It was in the livery stable back in Autumn Vale, last I saw. When I left, I mean." Aaron answered, "Why?"<br /><br />Paine sighed, "Well, it seems to have disappeared. Would you recognize it if you saw it?"<br /><br />"Of course," He said, "It was a gorgeous Colt with glossy ivory handles..." He suddenly trailed off. A vision flashed through his brain. Sheriff Ellis. That handsome pistol he was wearing on his belt. It was a Colt. With <i>ivory handles</i>.<br /><br />"Where's Ellis," He snapped suddenly, craning his neck to find the hulking figure somewhere past the brawling crowd. "That is, if that's his name."<br /><br />Paine furrowed his brows, "What do you mean?"<br /><br />At that moment Aaron caught a glimpse of a figure in a duster sweep into the doors of the hotel and vanish. He charged after him.<br /><br />The moment he bolted through the swinging doors, he could hear the sound of boots racing up the stairs. In a flash he was darting up the creaking wooden steps too. A door slammed at the end of the hallway, and he hesitated against the wall next to it. His chest heaved a few times and his hand hovered over his gunbelt as he counted to three. On the last count, he shouldered through the door.<br /><br />The room was silent - and dark. The only light filtered through the dirty window on the opposite wall, leaving him blind to the darkness. By the time he saw the shadow in the corner move it was too late. The bullet tore through his shoulder like a poker hot out of the coals.<br /><br />Aaron lay sprawled on the floor, his shoulder throbbing and his breath coming in gasps. He had managed to pull himself to his hands and knees, hunched over like some sort of animal with eyes just as wide. He pulled his hand toward his bleeding shoulder. It was numb. He drew his eyebrows together at the floor suddenly. He panted for the moment and slowly shook his head. &ldquo;Your name&rsquo;s not Greg Ellis.&rdquo; He said in realization.<br /><br />In the dark, the Sheriff&rsquo;s teeth and eyes seemed to glow. &ldquo;Aaron, why, I&rsquo;m surprised at you! After all, we&rsquo;ve known each other for so long.&rdquo; He grinned as he took slow and deliberate steps forward. The room was quiet save for Aaron&rsquo;s painful breaths and the sheriff&rsquo;s spurs jingling with chime-like clarity against the dusty, wooden floor. &ldquo;After all, you always were the quick one.&rdquo;<br /><br />In a split second, Aaron lunged forward towards his pistol, but his wounded shoulder betrayed him. The sheriff, in one vicious, fluid motion, threw himself forward and drove the heel of his boot into the young man&rsquo;s wrist just as his fingers grazed the floor, sending the pistol skittering away and out of reach. Aaron cried out sharply as he felt the small bones snapping under the sudden force. He hissed and grimaced, sweat beading on his forehead. <br /><br />The sheriff chuckled bitterly above him. &ldquo;Sometimes too quick for your <i>own damn good.</i>&rdquo; He growled. Aaron could do nothing but twist on his back, his wrist trapped under his boot and shoulder torn. The sheriff&rsquo;s eyes glittered in the shadows. With frightening ferocity, he suddenly dug his boot heel into Aaron&rsquo;s flesh harder and twisted it, relishing the sight and sound of his pain. &ldquo;You remember me now, don&rsquo;t you?&rdquo;<br /><br />Aaron hissed a breath out forcefully through his grit teeth and a muscle jumped in his neck. &ldquo;Bane&hellip; you bastard - <i>rrrgh!</i>&rdquo; he grimaced as the sheriff pressed down harder.<br /><br />"I've been lookin' for you for a long time, Aaron," he continued like a parent gently scolding a child, "After me an' the boys didn't see you after that <i>disaster</i> of a hold up in Virginia City - which, as you well know, ended with the marshal on our tail - I grew a little worried." He tilted his head and smiled. "So I came lookin' for you."<br /><br />He pulled back his boot, allowing Aaron a moment to gasp for breath. But in the same movement, he violently struck him in the ribs with the toe of his boot, sending him wrenching sideways.<br /><br />"I just wanted to make sure you hadn't <i>run out</i> on us - although I knew you hadn't." The man named Bane turned his back on him and walked slowly across the room. "You and I were too close of friends for you to do a thing like that." He glanced over his shoulder as Aaron struggled to bring himself up on his elbows. "Aren't we, Aaron?"<br /><br />Aaron's fingers were trembling. "You killed him..." He rasped under his breath, "You <i>killed</i> Sheriff Carson, you set those rats on him."<br /><br />Bane shrugged as he tinkered with the shot glasses on the table on the opposite wall, "The man was far too forgiving, seemed to think you'd 'turned a new leaf,' or something of the like." He lifted a bottle of whiskey to his nose and frowned, "Of course, I know what you really are."<br /><br />Aaron tried to work up the words 'what am I?', but the sentence wouldn't form in his dry mouth.<br /><br />As though reading his mind, Bane answered as he poured the liquid into one of the glasses, "You're the rat, Aaron. There's always a weak link in the chain, and despite my initital impressions, you are it." He turned around and leaned his back on the table to look at Aaron sprawled on the floorboards. "Being who we are isn't easy. The fat cats who've got it easy always hounding us to throw us behind bars. But we've got to eat too, don't we? But no, we'll never get to rest. They badger us and badger us so we've no place to go. Any decent man with his face on a wanted poster knows this. We can't just <i>quit</i> what we've started, Aaron. Just trying to go run away from it makes it worse. Men in our line of work must see things through lest we succumb to ... heh, well, a hole 6 feet deep."<br /><br />As Bane spoke, Aaron grabbed the leg of a wooden bedstand beside him and made a feeble attempt to hoist himself up. A few of the trinkets on its surface wobbled and crashed to the floor from the man's violent tremors, but somehow he managed to rise shakily to his feet.<br /><br />After throwing back the glass, Bane set it down and moved with slow, deliberate steps back toward the creature quivering with pain. "It's something you can't escape, it's a path that once traveled down, you can't go back." He drew his gun at the man's stomach. Aaron vaguely recognized it as the original sheriff's gun, still cracked along the ivory handle from beating his assailant's head six days ago. The hammer drew back with a click. "It's the end of the road, boy."<br /><br />At that moment, the door to the room creaked open, making Bane turn his head. With a sudden surge, Aaron took advantage of the momentary distraction to throw his elbow forward, jarring Bane's hand just as he pulled the trigger. The gun discharged in the direction of the doorway, and Deputy Forrest yelped and fell back against the door frame as his gun clattered to the floor, holding his suddenly bleeding arm. <br /><br />After throwing his fist into Bane's gut, Aaron twisted the smoking gun from his hand and held it with a trembling hand at the fraud's head, breath labored from exertion. Several moments passed, but Aaron couldn't do anything but unsteadily hold the pistol at Bane, whose arms were up in a surrendering position.<br /><br />Sensing indecision, Bane grinned in the silence. &ldquo;Go on, Aaron.&rdquo; He hissed, nodding toward Deputy Forrest. &ldquo;There&rsquo;s the law. The posse, the sheriffs, the marshals, the armies that&rsquo;ve been huntin you down all your life. Digging up your roots at every stop. Never givin you a moment&rsquo;s rest. There he is. Finish it.&rdquo;<br /><br />Aaron's eyes flicked toward the doorway. Deputy Forrest was slumped against the frame, holding his newly injured arm with his eyes wide at Aaron. The blood was slowly seeping through the cloth in a deep crimson color. If that was what a rogue bullet could do, he could only imagine what his own shoulder must look like at the moment. He could already feel his wrist and hand swelling to an unnatural size. He swallowed hard and cocked the hammer.<br /><br />"I'm not the bad guy here," Bane added, "However much you and I don't get along, <i>he's</i> a common enemy."<br /><br />Swearing at his own decision under his breath, Aaron threw down the gun. "You're a coward." He hissed under his breath.<br /><br />Bane grinned, "But I'm alive." A lightning fast wrist dove for his belt and with an effortless flick threw his knife into the dead center of Aaron's chest.<br /><br />Aaron vaguely heard Forrest from the doorway, but his ears weren't quite working right all of a sudden. He was aware of his hands curling toward the handle sticking out of his chest and his shoulders doubling over. Things were turning foggy and he could hear the blood pounding in his head. In one moment, he felt the world drop from beneath him.<br /><br />But in the next he jerked the blade from his skin and lunged forward to grab Bane by the shirt collar, ignoring the screaming protests of every living tissue in his body. His knuckles were white as he slammed the former 'sheriff' against the far wall with inhuman strength. "I left that day back in Virginia City because I <i>killed a man</i>, alright? I killed him." he snarled, his lips curling as the light from the window next to them blazed over his eyes. "When you suckered me into your gang I was baited with small time stuff like stage coaches. I never went in asking for blood on my hands and a one way ticket to hell! You say it's too late to turn back? Well alright then, but you're knocking on the Devil's door with me!"<br /><br />Aaron coiled his muscles and with a final heave of survival, he threw his shoulder through the window's glass and the two went hurtling down three stories to the ground below.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />* Pinkerton Government Services, Inc., founded as the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, usually shortened to the Pinkertons, is a private security guard and detective agency established in the U.S. by Allan Pinkerton in 1850 and currently a subsidiary of Securitas AB. Pinkerton became famous when he claimed to have foiled a plot to assassinate president-elect Abraham Lincoln, who later hired Pinkerton agents for his personal security during the Civil War. Pinkerton's agents performed services ranging from security guarding to private military contracting work. At its height, the Pinkerton National Detective Agency employed more agents than there were members of the standing army of the United States of America, causing the state of Ohio to outlaw the agency due to fears it could be hired as a private army. Pinkerton was the largest private law enforcement organization in the world at the height of its power. <br /><br />** Owen Evans and Havillands Schockwave <a href="http://louvan.deviantart.com/gallery/?q=outlaw#/art/Outlaw-trail-assignment-1-Colour-303747125?_sid=7cffc53f">[link]</a><br /><br />*** Kayla Lincoln and EMS Blakkur 65 <a href="http://just-sora.deviantart.com/gallery/?q=outlaw#/art/Don-t-mess-with-that-girl-304472418?_sid=449aa925">[link]</a><br /><br /><sup> s&lt;/s&gt; Mikaela and Dangerzone <a href="http://life-d-sign.deviantart.com/gallery/?q=outlaw#/art/HArpg-Outlaw-Trail-Portrait-302512451?_sid=43f0a508">[link]</a></sup> ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th08.deviantart.net/fs70/150/i/2013/076/5/1/assignment_7__finale_by_westernspice-d5yb3m0.jpg" height="112" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/i/2013/076/5/1/assignment_7__finale_by_westernspice-d5yb3m0.jpg" height="224" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2013/076/5/1/assignment_7__finale_by_westernspice-d5yb3m0.jpg" height="765" width="1024" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/n/new.gif" width="30" height="27" alt=":new:" title="New"/> Top ten has been updated on homepage<br /><br /><b>Note 1:</b> This assignment is for both Outlaws and Lawmen.<br /><b>Note 2:</b> Shut up shut up, I know I'm WAY behind deadline... haaaaah....<br /><b>Note 3:</b> Um... my microsoft word doesn't have spell check for some reason FORGIVE ME. Lesson, children. Never spell check anything. Ever.<br /><b>Note 4:</b> Stay tuned for wrapping-up fun! <a href="http://harpg-outlaw-trail.deviantart.com/gallery/36802595#/art/END-OF-TRAIL-party-359958759?_sid=3eb880da">[link]</a><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/bulletred.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletred:" title="Bullet; Red"/> <b>IMPORTANT:</b><br />You still have time to submit old assignments! Did you miss one or two? If they are submitted by Assignment 7 deadline (through note, please) you are not disqualified from the trail. Also, GO THROUGH AND MAKE SURE YOUR SCORE IS CORRECT. You all know how bad I am <strike>dropped math this semester....</strike>.<br /><br /><br /><h1> Deadline April 30th</h1><br /><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/c/compactdisk.gif" width="16" height="16" alt=":cd:" title="CD"/> <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvKtsqCwHxc">[link]</a><br /><br />&ldquo;Something&rsquo;s wrong,&rdquo; Aaron hissed over his shoulder over the echoing sound of the steadily-walking horses. The animals&rsquo; hooves were muted in the empty city&rsquo;s street except the slopping and sliding of the mud; there must have been an unseasonal shower sometime in the past couple days. The posse had entered from the back of the town, since that was where the livestock pens were. They had deposited the cattle with the dealer and continued into town on edge. Aaron's eyes shifted over the buildings uneasily, unsure if the shutter up ahead or the curtains in that window rustled shut. &ldquo;It shouldn&rsquo;t be this quiet,&rdquo; He said a little louder to the herd of riders behind him.<br /><br />&ldquo;From what I hear, this territory was quiet &lsquo;till you rolled in.&rdquo; A lazy voice rasped from the boardwalk. Aaron's mare pricked her ears at the man leaning against the awning post in the shadow of the telegraph office. Lew Paine rolled the toothpick against his cheek with a grin underneath the shadow of his hat. &ldquo;As I recall, there&rsquo;s a law against murder, even this far from civilization.&rdquo;<br /><br />Aaron's eyes were caught on the gleaming star on the man's vest. They flicked back up to Paine's face steadily as he pulled his horse to a stop. "We're not looking for trouble."<br /><br />His eyes adjusted to the dark shade the deputy was residing in and saw he was wittling away at a little block of wood in his hands casually. The man was the only living soul on the street, but he didn't seem worried in the least "No one goes lookin' for trouble, kid." Paine said. He glanced up from under the brim of his hat and squinted into the soft sunlight, "But it has a way of followin' you wherever you go."<br /><br />The outlaw riders slowly filtered in behind him, stopping their horses without cue.<br /><br />"If you want murderers, we're looking for two men," Aaron said without a hitch, "One tall with a limp and the other built like a bull with a goose egg on the temple; neither any too bright. You've seen them?"<br /><br />Paine's eyes seemed to flicker with interest for an instant. But it was quickly gone as he returned his attention back to the little block of wood. He gave a curt laugh, "Yeah, I've seen 'em."<br /><br />At that moment the silence in the street turned ominous as riders on horseback pulled out of alleys up and down the street ahead, all wearing silver badges and carrying guns noiselessly. Instinctively, the outlaws drew back a few steps, a few of the horse's haunches sliding in the mud.<br /><br />A slow and raspy laugh reverberated from under Paine's hat as two men pulled out of the shadows on either side of him: one tall and with a limp, and the other built like a bull with a bandage around his skull. Aaron recognized them in an instant from the night Sheriff Carson was shot. They had nasty grins on their faces as they looked at Aaron like rabbid wolves.<br /><br />"We've seen 'em all right," a man up the street called out. Aaron's head whipped to face him. The figure was broad-shouldered and mean looking. And strangely familiar. He had a feeling he knew who he was. "Sam 'n Jake, deputy U.S. Marshals in pursuit of an outlaw in the area. Maybe you know him?"<br /><br />Aaron lifted his chin. "So you're the new Sheriff I've been told about? Ellis, is it?"<br /><br />The man's face was hidden in shadow, but his grin was white and pearly like the handle of his pistol on his belt. It was a very handsome pistol. He dipped his head and gave a mock bow. "I would say, 'at your service', but that is a phrase reserved for law abiding citizens."<br /><br />Aaron's face was suddenly very red and his eyes blazing. He stepped off of his horse and charged forward a few slopping steps in the sludge with an accusing finger pointed at the Sheriff, "I'm an innocent man, sheriff!" he shouted. The finger swung at Sam and Jake, "Those men are your murderers! They shot Carson and left the blame to me!"<br /><br />Paine suddenly looked uncharacteristicly curious, "You're sure of this? Do you have any proof?"<br /><br />"Of course I do! Check their horses, they stole two mares from the livery: a chestnut and a palomino." <br /><br />Sam and Jake suddenly looked very sheepish.<br /><br />Paine chuckled under his breath, "Well why hadn't I thought of that? My job would have been far easier." He tossed his block of wood to the floor and pulled something metal out of his pocket with a rattle. They were hand cuffs. Before Sam or Jake could do a thing, Paine had snagged them both and chained them to the hitching rail. The two stared with eyes wide with shock, as did everyone else up and down the street.<br /><br />Paine brushed the dirt off his hands and walked up to Aaron. Reaching into his coat pocket, he pulled out a metal star, very different looking from the one he wore on his vest. "Name's Lew Paine, Mr. Walker. I'm a Pinkerton Detective*." He held out his hand to Aaron. "It's nice to finally meet the man I've been tailing all these many months."<br /><br />Aaron stared at the detective and slowly grasped his hand in a daze. "You... you've been tailing me?"<br /><br />Paine held his hand in a firm shake. "Well, not just you in particular. You were one of the names which popped up on the roster concerning a nasty hold up in Virginia City. I happened to be in the area when Carson was shot and your name started floating around, so I figured I'd better jump in the posse coming after you." He glanced over his shoulder, "Only, I met a few other characters who are familiar to the Detective Agency..." He grinned, "I'll take these fellows back for a trial in Autumn Vale, and I'd be glad to have you as a witness."<br /><br />"HEY! That man's an impostor!" a man on a brown paint** called out from the lawmen, "He's been duping us this whole time!"<br /><br />"Wait a minute, wait a minute," A woman with black cropped hair *** snapped back from the outlaw side. "He's a lawman, what's the difference to you?"<br /><br />"The difference is I'm gonna have trust issues now!" Someone with a star shouted from the back.<br /><br />"OH GIVE ME A BREAK," an outlaw retorted, "If you can survive with a horse like that, something like this is NOT going to give you trust issues."<br /><br />"What the hell is <i>that</i> supposed to mean!"<br /><br />"It's okay, we can't <i>all</i> have well-behaved animals."<br /><br />"THAT'S IT," A blond girl <sup> s</sup> with the lawmen clapped her heels to her mare's sides, "Someone's going down!"<br /><br />The woman with the short black hair quickly pulled her pistol as the deputy charged toward her and pulled the trigger. The silver bay warmblood mare instantly slid to a stop on her haunches at the loud noise and proceeded to hump her back and crow hop across the slippery street. The blond woman managed to grip to the horse well, until the mare threw her neck up and reared. She almost managed to hang on, but a slip in the mud made her lose her balance and fall over backward into something soft and... gross smelling.<br /><br />A chorus of disgusted 'ews' broke out on either side as she realized she had landed in the city's manure pile.<br /><br />The outlaw who had shot her gun trotted over to the downed rider who was now not only muddy, but covered in foul horse and cow dung. She opened her mouth to say something, but the lawman didn't give her a chance. She lunged forward and grabbed her by the leg and tore her off of her horse into the mud.<br /><br />That was the only thing the mass of riders needed. In less than a second everyone was charging at one another, and riders were falling off of their mounts like flies. Soon the street was filled with riderless horses milling about nervously as a brawl in the mud ensued. At first it was strictly Outlaw versus Lawman, but within minutes everyone was so covered in mud and manure that no one could tell who was who anymore, nor could they remember why they were fighting.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/bulletred.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletred:" title="Bullet; Red"/> <b>Mud (?) Brawl: </b> Well it's not really a question anymore... that's <i>not</i> a chocolate heap. I thought the best way to settle disputes would be to follow the example of McClintock: <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifRKu1W1fXQ">[link]</a> <sup>&lt;= this will make your day</sup>. I won't give you any instructions besides HAVE FUN WITH THIS ONE GUYS. *evil laugh*<br /> <br />April 30th<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Paine and Aaron watched them for a little bit, making sure to stay well out of the way of the flying fists. Paine shook his head slowly. "Why did we bring them along?"<br /><br />Aaron's eyes were wide. "I really don't know."<br /><br />"Well," Paine continued over the din, "I'm glad this whole thing got sorted out; mind you, you'll still have to go in for questioning. By the way," he added, "Do you happen to know what happened with Sheriff Carson's gun?"<br /><br />"It was in the livery stable back in Autumn Vale, last I saw. When I left, I mean." Aaron answered, "Why?"<br /><br />Paine sighed, "Well, it seems to have disappeared. Would you recognize it if you saw it?"<br /><br />"Of course," He said, "It was a gorgeous Colt with glossy ivory handles..." He suddenly trailed off. A vision flashed through his brain. Sheriff Ellis. That handsome pistol he was wearing on his belt. It was a Colt. With <i>ivory handles</i>.<br /><br />"Where's Ellis," He snapped suddenly, craning his neck to find the hulking figure somewhere past the brawling crowd. "That is, if that's his name."<br /><br />Paine furrowed his brows, "What do you mean?"<br /><br />At that moment Aaron caught a glimpse of a figure in a duster sweep into the doors of the hotel and vanish. He charged after him.<br /><br />The moment he bolted through the swinging doors, he could hear the sound of boots racing up the stairs. In a flash he was darting up the creaking wooden steps too. A door slammed at the end of the hallway, and he hesitated against the wall next to it. His chest heaved a few times and his hand hovered over his gunbelt as he counted to three. On the last count, he shouldered through the door.<br /><br />The room was silent - and dark. The only light filtered through the dirty window on the opposite wall, leaving him blind to the darkness. By the time he saw the shadow in the corner move it was too late. The bullet tore through his shoulder like a poker hot out of the coals.<br /><br />Aaron lay sprawled on the floor, his shoulder throbbing and his breath coming in gasps. He had managed to pull himself to his hands and knees, hunched over like some sort of animal with eyes just as wide. He pulled his hand toward his bleeding shoulder. It was numb. He drew his eyebrows together at the floor suddenly. He panted for the moment and slowly shook his head. &ldquo;Your name&rsquo;s not Greg Ellis.&rdquo; He said in realization.<br /><br />In the dark, the Sheriff&rsquo;s teeth and eyes seemed to glow. &ldquo;Aaron, why, I&rsquo;m surprised at you! After all, we&rsquo;ve known each other for so long.&rdquo; He grinned as he took slow and deliberate steps forward. The room was quiet save for Aaron&rsquo;s painful breaths and the sheriff&rsquo;s spurs jingling with chime-like clarity against the dusty, wooden floor. &ldquo;After all, you always were the quick one.&rdquo;<br /><br />In a split second, Aaron lunged forward towards his pistol, but his wounded shoulder betrayed him. The sheriff, in one vicious, fluid motion, threw himself forward and drove the heel of his boot into the young man&rsquo;s wrist just as his fingers grazed the floor, sending the pistol skittering away and out of reach. Aaron cried out sharply as he felt the small bones snapping under the sudden force. He hissed and grimaced, sweat beading on his forehead. <br /><br />The sheriff chuckled bitterly above him. &ldquo;Sometimes too quick for your <i>own damn good.</i>&rdquo; He growled. Aaron could do nothing but twist on his back, his wrist trapped under his boot and shoulder torn. The sheriff&rsquo;s eyes glittered in the shadows. With frightening ferocity, he suddenly dug his boot heel into Aaron&rsquo;s flesh harder and twisted it, relishing the sight and sound of his pain. &ldquo;You remember me now, don&rsquo;t you?&rdquo;<br /><br />Aaron hissed a breath out forcefully through his grit teeth and a muscle jumped in his neck. &ldquo;Bane&hellip; you bastard - <i>rrrgh!</i>&rdquo; he grimaced as the sheriff pressed down harder.<br /><br />"I've been lookin' for you for a long time, Aaron," he continued like a parent gently scolding a child, "After me an' the boys didn't see you after that <i>disaster</i> of a hold up in Virginia City - which, as you well know, ended with the marshal on our tail - I grew a little worried." He tilted his head and smiled. "So I came lookin' for you."<br /><br />He pulled back his boot, allowing Aaron a moment to gasp for breath. But in the same movement, he violently struck him in the ribs with the toe of his boot, sending him wrenching sideways.<br /><br />"I just wanted to make sure you hadn't <i>run out</i> on us - although I knew you hadn't." The man named Bane turned his back on him and walked slowly across the room. "You and I were too close of friends for you to do a thing like that." He glanced over his shoulder as Aaron struggled to bring himself up on his elbows. "Aren't we, Aaron?"<br /><br />Aaron's fingers were trembling. "You killed him..." He rasped under his breath, "You <i>killed</i> Sheriff Carson, you set those rats on him."<br /><br />Bane shrugged as he tinkered with the shot glasses on the table on the opposite wall, "The man was far too forgiving, seemed to think you'd 'turned a new leaf,' or something of the like." He lifted a bottle of whiskey to his nose and frowned, "Of course, I know what you really are."<br /><br />Aaron tried to work up the words 'what am I?', but the sentence wouldn't form in his dry mouth.<br /><br />As though reading his mind, Bane answered as he poured the liquid into one of the glasses, "You're the rat, Aaron. There's always a weak link in the chain, and despite my initital impressions, you are it." He turned around and leaned his back on the table to look at Aaron sprawled on the floorboards. "Being who we are isn't easy. The fat cats who've got it easy always hounding us to throw us behind bars. But we've got to eat too, don't we? But no, we'll never get to rest. They badger us and badger us so we've no place to go. Any decent man with his face on a wanted poster knows this. We can't just <i>quit</i> what we've started, Aaron. Just trying to go run away from it makes it worse. Men in our line of work must see things through lest we succumb to ... heh, well, a hole 6 feet deep."<br /><br />As Bane spoke, Aaron grabbed the leg of a wooden bedstand beside him and made a feeble attempt to hoist himself up. A few of the trinkets on its surface wobbled and crashed to the floor from the man's violent tremors, but somehow he managed to rise shakily to his feet.<br /><br />After throwing back the glass, Bane set it down and moved with slow, deliberate steps back toward the creature quivering with pain. "It's something you can't escape, it's a path that once traveled down, you can't go back." He drew his gun at the man's stomach. Aaron vaguely recognized it as the original sheriff's gun, still cracked along the ivory handle from beating his assailant's head six days ago. The hammer drew back with a click. "It's the end of the road, boy."<br /><br />At that moment, the door to the room creaked open, making Bane turn his head. With a sudden surge, Aaron took advantage of the momentary distraction to throw his elbow forward, jarring Bane's hand just as he pulled the trigger. The gun discharged in the direction of the doorway, and Deputy Forrest yelped and fell back against the door frame as his gun clattered to the floor, holding his suddenly bleeding arm. <br /><br />After throwing his fist into Bane's gut, Aaron twisted the smoking gun from his hand and held it with a trembling hand at the fraud's head, breath labored from exertion. Several moments passed, but Aaron couldn't do anything but unsteadily hold the pistol at Bane, whose arms were up in a surrendering position.<br /><br />Sensing indecision, Bane grinned in the silence. &ldquo;Go on, Aaron.&rdquo; He hissed, nodding toward Deputy Forrest. &ldquo;There&rsquo;s the law. The posse, the sheriffs, the marshals, the armies that&rsquo;ve been huntin you down all your life. Digging up your roots at every stop. Never givin you a moment&rsquo;s rest. There he is. Finish it.&rdquo;<br /><br />Aaron's eyes flicked toward the doorway. Deputy Forrest was slumped against the frame, holding his newly injured arm with his eyes wide at Aaron. The blood was slowly seeping through the cloth in a deep crimson color. If that was what a rogue bullet could do, he could only imagine what his own shoulder must look like at the moment. He could already feel his wrist and hand swelling to an unnatural size. He swallowed hard and cocked the hammer.<br /><br />"I'm not the bad guy here," Bane added, "However much you and I don't get along, <i>he's</i> a common enemy."<br /><br />Swearing at his own decision under his breath, Aaron threw down the gun. "You're a coward." He hissed under his breath.<br /><br />Bane grinned, "But I'm alive." A lightning fast wrist dove for his belt and with an effortless flick threw his knife into the dead center of Aaron's chest.<br /><br />Aaron vaguely heard Forrest from the doorway, but his ears weren't quite working right all of a sudden. He was aware of his hands curling toward the handle sticking out of his chest and his shoulders doubling over. Things were turning foggy and he could hear the blood pounding in his head. In one moment, he felt the world drop from beneath him.<br /><br />But in the next he jerked the blade from his skin and lunged forward to grab Bane by the shirt collar, ignoring the screaming protests of every living tissue in his body. His knuckles were white as he slammed the former 'sheriff' against the far wall with inhuman strength. "I left that day back in Virginia City because I <i>killed a man</i>, alright? I killed him." he snarled, his lips curling as the light from the window next to them blazed over his eyes. "When you suckered me into your gang I was baited with small time stuff like stage coaches. I never went in asking for blood on my hands and a one way ticket to hell! You say it's too late to turn back? Well alright then, but you're knocking on the Devil's door with me!"<br /><br />Aaron coiled his muscles and with a final heave of survival, he threw his shoulder through the window's glass and the two went hurtling down three stories to the ground below.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />* Pinkerton Government Services, Inc., founded as the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, usually shortened to the Pinkertons, is a private security guard and detective agency established in the U.S. by Allan Pinkerton in 1850 and currently a subsidiary of Securitas AB. Pinkerton became famous when he claimed to have foiled a plot to assassinate president-elect Abraham Lincoln, who later hired Pinkerton agents for his personal security during the Civil War. Pinkerton's agents performed services ranging from security guarding to private military contracting work. At its height, the Pinkerton National Detective Agency employed more agents than there were members of the standing army of the United States of America, causing the state of Ohio to outlaw the agency due to fears it could be hired as a private army. Pinkerton was the largest private law enforcement organization in the world at the height of its power. <br /><br />** Owen Evans and Havillands Schockwave <a href="http://louvan.deviantart.com/gallery/?q=outlaw#/art/Outlaw-trail-assignment-1-Colour-303747125?_sid=7cffc53f">[link]</a><br /><br />*** Kayla Lincoln and EMS Blakkur 65 <a href="http://just-sora.deviantart.com/gallery/?q=outlaw#/art/Don-t-mess-with-that-girl-304472418?_sid=449aa925">[link]</a><br /><br /><sup> s&lt;/s&gt; Mikaela and Dangerzone <a href="http://life-d-sign.deviantart.com/gallery/?q=outlaw#/art/HArpg-Outlaw-Trail-Portrait-302512451?_sid=43f0a508">[link]</a></sup><br /><div><img src="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/i/2013/076/5/1/assignment_7__finale_by_westernspice-d5yb3m0.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>My current desktop</title>
                <link>http://twilightwolfz.deviantart.com/art/My-current-desktop-359799849</link>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2013 08:35:52 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">My current desktop</media:title>
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        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">TwilightWolfz</media:credit>
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        <media:copyright url="http://twilightwolfz.deviantart.com">Copyright 2013 ~TwilightWolfz</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ Because <a target="_self" href="http://twinklethoose.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/t/w/twinklethoose.png?1" alt=":icontwinklethoose:" title="twinklethoose" /></a> wanted to know what my desktop was like. What can I say? It's really quite... purple. For those who do not know which language my computer is displaying: It's Dutch.<br /><br />I used a Windows 7 theme, which can be found here: <a href="http://browse.deviantart.com/art/Twilight-Sparkle-Windows-7-Theme-320999932">[link]</a><br />I combined that with Rainmeter, a program that allows you to use clock, calenders, system stats, players and a lot more on your desktop. That pack is found here: <a href="http://browse.deviantart.com/art/Twilight-Sparkle-Rainmeter-Skinpack-V1-273305351">[link]</a><br />And the finishing touch was the start orb, which is downloadable here (but I modified it so it lit a bit more up): <a href="http://browse.deviantart.com/art/Twilight-Sparkle-Start-Orb-244352837">[link]</a><br /><br />You now know what my computer looks like. I also modified my screensaver, logon screen and boot screen.<br />And to match it, every program is alphabetically ordered and has it's own ponified icon, of course. ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs71/150/i/2013/075/6/d/my_current_desktop_by_twilightwolfz-d5y7rc9.png" height="84" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th05.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2013/075/6/d/my_current_desktop_by_twilightwolfz-d5y7rc9.png" height="169" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2013/075/6/d/my_current_desktop_by_twilightwolfz-d5y7rc9.png" height="576" width="1024" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ Because <a target="_self" href="http://twinklethoose.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/t/w/twinklethoose.png?1" alt=":icontwinklethoose:" title="twinklethoose" /></a> wanted to know what my desktop was like. What can I say? It's really quite... purple. For those who do not know which language my computer is displaying: It's Dutch.<br /><br />I used a Windows 7 theme, which can be found here: <a href="http://browse.deviantart.com/art/Twilight-Sparkle-Windows-7-Theme-320999932">[link]</a><br />I combined that with Rainmeter, a program that allows you to use clock, calenders, system stats, players and a lot more on your desktop. That pack is found here: <a href="http://browse.deviantart.com/art/Twilight-Sparkle-Rainmeter-Skinpack-V1-273305351">[link]</a><br />And the finishing touch was the start orb, which is downloadable here (but I modified it so it lit a bit more up): <a href="http://browse.deviantart.com/art/Twilight-Sparkle-Start-Orb-244352837">[link]</a><br /><br />You now know what my computer looks like. I also modified my screensaver, logon screen and boot screen.<br />And to match it, every program is alphabetically ordered and has it's own ponified icon, of course.<br /><div><img src="http://th05.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2013/075/6/d/my_current_desktop_by_twilightwolfz-d5y7rc9.png" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>Holographic Boot Skin for Windows 7</title>
                <link>http://ultimatedesktops.deviantart.com/art/Holographic-Boot-Skin-for-Windows-7-359440527</link>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 10:22:46 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Holographic Boot Skin for Windows 7</media:title>
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        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">UltimateDesktops</media:credit>
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        <media:copyright url="http://ultimatedesktops.deviantart.com">Copyright 2013 ~UltimateDesktops</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ This Boot Skin is to be used with <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.coderforlife.com/projects/win7boot/"><b>Win7BootUpdater</b></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Instructions:</b><br /><br />Backup your windows and create a restore point.<br /><br />Extract the downloaded archive.<br /><br />Run Win7BootUpdater as an administrator.<br /><br />Click on File --&gt; Load boot skin --&gt; Browse and select Holographic.bs7<br /><br />Click 'Play' to watch the preview. Click on 'Fullscreen' to watch the preview in realtime.<br /><br />Click 'Apply' to apply the boot skin.<br /><br /><br /><b>Warning:</b><br /><br />This is an advanced customization. If the Boot Manager (bootmgr) becomes corrupt, Windows will fail to start. Backup <br />your system before proceeding. If anything goes wrong, you may have to restore your system. <br /><br /><b>Use at your own risk!</b> ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/073/9/c/holographic_boot_skin_for_windows_7_by_ultimatedesktops-d5y0233.gif" height="150" width="150"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ This Boot Skin is to be used with <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.coderforlife.com/projects/win7boot/"><b>Win7BootUpdater</b></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Instructions:</b><br /><br />Backup your windows and create a restore point.<br /><br />Extract the downloaded archive.<br /><br />Run Win7BootUpdater as an administrator.<br /><br />Click on File --&gt; Load boot skin --&gt; Browse and select Holographic.bs7<br /><br />Click 'Play' to watch the preview. Click on 'Fullscreen' to watch the preview in realtime.<br /><br />Click 'Apply' to apply the boot skin.<br /><br /><br /><b>Warning:</b><br /><br />This is an advanced customization. If the Boot Manager (bootmgr) becomes corrupt, Windows will fail to start. Backup <br />your system before proceeding. If anything goes wrong, you may have to restore your system. <br /><br /><b>Use at your own risk!</b><br /><div><img src="http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/073/9/c/holographic_boot_skin_for_windows_7_by_ultimatedesktops-d5y0233.gif" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>Twilight Sparkle Windows 7 Loading Screen</title>
                <link>http://rainxchaser.deviantart.com/art/Twilight-Sparkle-Windows-7-Loading-Screen-359020319</link>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 19:03:05 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Twilight Sparkle Windows 7 Loading Screen</media:title>
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        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">RainxChaser</media:credit>
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        <media:copyright url="http://rainxchaser.deviantart.com">Copyright 2013 ~RainxChaser</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ This was a gift to one of my best friends. Twilight will read her book and flip the pages as Windows boots up.<br /><br />You need Windows 7 Boot Updater located here<br /><a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.coderforlife.com/projects/win7boot/">[link]</a><br /><br />It's the first link under downloads.<br /><br />Instructions: Extract RBD.bs7 somewhere you will remember, Run Win7BootUpdater.exe as administrator. Go to File &gt; Load Boot Screen and locate the .bs7 file you extracted and click apply. Viola! It will show up next time you boot into Windows ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/070/f/2/twilight_sparkle_windows_7_loading_screen_by_rainxchaser-d5xr1un.png" height="1200" width="1920"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ This was a gift to one of my best friends. Twilight will read her book and flip the pages as Windows boots up.<br /><br />You need Windows 7 Boot Updater located here<br /><a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.coderforlife.com/projects/win7boot/">[link]</a><br /><br />It's the first link under downloads.<br /><br />Instructions: Extract RBD.bs7 somewhere you will remember, Run Win7BootUpdater.exe as administrator. Go to File &gt; Load Boot Screen and locate the .bs7 file you extracted and click apply. Viola! It will show up next time you boot into Windows<br /><div><img src="http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/070/f/2/twilight_sparkle_windows_7_loading_screen_by_rainxchaser-d5xr1un.png" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>Rainbow Dash Windows 7 Loading Screen</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 18:55:27 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Rainbow Dash Windows 7 Loading Screen</media:title>
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        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">RainxChaser</media:credit>
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        <media:copyright url="http://rainxchaser.deviantart.com">Copyright 2013 ~RainxChaser</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ This is a boot screen I made some time ago. Rainbow Dash does in fact fly in circles and spins the cloud. I have it working with Windows 7. not sure about other Windows versions.<br />You need Windows 7 Boot Updater located here<br /><a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.coderforlife.com/projects/win7boot/">[link]</a><br /><br />It's the first link under downloads.<br /><br />Instructions: Extract RBD.bs7 somewhere you will remember, Run Win7BootUpdater.exe as administrator. Go to File &gt; Load Boot Screen and locate the .bs7 file you extracted and click apply. Viola! It will show up next time you boot into Windows ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/070/6/f/rainbow_dash_windows_7_loading_screen_by_rainxchaser-d5xr0j4.png" height="1200" width="1920"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ This is a boot screen I made some time ago. Rainbow Dash does in fact fly in circles and spins the cloud. I have it working with Windows 7. not sure about other Windows versions.<br />You need Windows 7 Boot Updater located here<br /><a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.coderforlife.com/projects/win7boot/">[link]</a><br /><br />It's the first link under downloads.<br /><br />Instructions: Extract RBD.bs7 somewhere you will remember, Run Win7BootUpdater.exe as administrator. Go to File &gt; Load Boot Screen and locate the .bs7 file you extracted and click apply. Viola! It will show up next time you boot into Windows<br /><div><img src="http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/070/6/f/rainbow_dash_windows_7_loading_screen_by_rainxchaser-d5xr0j4.png" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>Surf's Up</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:29:14 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Surf's Up</media:title>
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        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Tattered-Dreams</media:credit>
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        <media:copyright url="http://tattered-dreams.deviantart.com">Copyright 2013 *Tattered-Dreams</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ <a target="_self" href="http://lakewoodfarmplz.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/l/a/lakewoodfarmplz.png?1" alt=":iconlakewoodfarmplz:" title="LakewoodFarmplz" /></a><br /><br /><a target="_self" href="http://kaimanawa-challenge.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/k/a/kaimanawa-challenge.png?1" alt=":iconkaimanawa-challenge:" title="Kaimanawa-Challenge" /></a><br /><br /><b>Stable:</b> Lakewood Farm<br /><b>Horse Number:</b> 1<br /><b>Horse Name:</b> Kiwi<br /><b>Entry:</b> Optional<br /><br /><b>Storyline:</b><br />1. <a href="http://fav.me/d5fhbra">Mandatory: First Meeting</a><br />2. <a href="http://fav.me/d5fjh8z">Optional: The First Steps</a><br />3. <a href="http://fav.me/d5fo2jh">Optional: Interlude - Things for the Future</a><br />4. <a href="http://fav.me/d5g1lpc">Optional: Breakthrough</a><br />5. <a href="http://fav.me/d5ggi60">Optional: Building Trust</a><br />6. <a href="http://fav.me/d5iulgf">Mandatory: Mishap - Halter Training</a><br />7. <a href="http://fav.me/d5ktkzk">Optional: Progression</a><br />8. <a href="http://fav.me/d5m7lbv">Optional: Mishap - Early Saddle Sessions</a><br />9. <a href="http://fav.me/d5m3g74">Mandatory: Backing</a><br />10. <a href="http://fav.me/d5mji7c">Optional: Mounting Up</a><br />11. <a href="http://fav.me/d5mq7me">Mandatory: Flat Training</a><br />12. <a href="http://fav.me/d5xt0ux">Optional: Jump training</a><br />13. <a href="http://fav.me/d5pp47p">Optional: Christmas Hack</a><br />14. <a href="http://fav.me/d5ptgyw">Optional: Kaimanawa Hack</a><br />15. Optional: Beach/water riding: You are Here<br />16. <a href="http://fav.me/d5y1vro">Optional: The Future</a><br /><br /><hr/><br /><br />Its so long since you guys have had a Kiwi Update, and I'm sorry about that. Life's been a little nuts, and since she's officially trained/backed/ridden away, the little things she still has to get used to don't really take up their own stories. I've had to knock off a few things I wanted to do - like interval training - and I may not have time for some of the ones still left. I'll see if I can't find time for a few last minute pictures to fill the gaps before the first phase of the challenge closes.<br /><br />So, as a small catch up - Kiwi's been backed. She's also, at this point, had jump sessions and improved with her cross country and hacking out (enough that she was entered into a night time XC class, and went on the Lakewood Christmas Hack with a billion guest horses and riders). So she's fairly rounded off now, with a bit of a varied career ahead of her and already some experince under her hooves.<br /><br />But I love the sea, and the beach, so I like to think that the Lakewood crew are frequent visitors at the coast closest to the farm, and because of that, Getting Kiwi used to the surf is a bit of a must. But then, she was a wild pony, so she'll be well used to lakes and natural water, so this is more of a fun afternoon than it is a training session. Never mind that I still suck at water. I'll master it one day <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)"/><br /><br />And I will just point out again, that just because you see/read something here, doesn't mean its always a brilliant idea, or the best way to do something, so do your research before taking your horse out to sea. Though the bit about horses swimming straight and not turning easy is true - its been known for horses to just swim out to sea and drown or be pulled under with the currents because they can't steer in water to get back to shore.<br /><br />I'm sorry for huge length, but I guess I've subconsciously wanted to write this for ages, so its a day at the beach for you <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)"/><br /><br /><hr/><br /><br /><i>"This is going to be *great*!" Chess exclaimed, leaping out of the side of the horse box and clapping her hands.<br /><br />Becca leapt out after her, catching her friend around the neck and getting an impromtu piggy back as they staggered around to the back. Becca slid to the floor and Chess tied back her abundant hair in a knot. Twitch was pulling at the bolts of the ramp already.<br /><br />Not far off, just across the small gravel carpark, the battered pickup truck was parked, their old trailer still hitched. Austin was already Djali down the ramp, and Alec was working between the two vehicles, piling all their picnic food and extra supplies into the flat bed of the truck.<br /><br />The girls got moving on the lorry, finally getting the ramp down and beginning to lead out their crew.<br /><br />Selly, Tyke and Toeki were all aboard, since they were all good with the sea and each other. They were hoping it would be a fun afternoon at the beach, even if Kiwi was technically training.<br /><br />They made short work of brushing off the horses and distributing the tack so that everyone was kitted out. They were nearly ready to go when another car pulled into the lay-by. Austin's mum was sat at the wheel, her ash blonde hair tied back and she was wearing a thick woollen sweater. In the passenger seat was Candace Applin, pulling on her muckers, her pale blonde hair loose and in her face. In the back - separated by a wall of inflatable pool toys and more picnic baskets were Austin's two younger sisters, Lara and Sofie, who were nine and seven respectively.<br /><br />Becca waved and hurried over as the others began trading horses.<br /><br />"Hi!" she said cheerfully, pulling down the scarf she'd had over her nose and mouth. The air was still a bit chilly, but it was far warmer than it had been lately, and they were expecting more sun in the afternoon, so it wasn't a bad day for a beach ride. Plus, Chess' Grandmother was up at the farm to dote on Aphie and said she'd hold the fort if they wanted an afternoon off. "We're heading down now," she said. "You can walk with us, or hop in the pick up." The pick up had big enough wheels that it parked safely higher up on the beach where there was gravel mixed into the sand.<br /><br />Austin's mum cut the engine. "Sounds good; I think we'll hop in the truck. Come on, Girls!"<br /><br />They all disembarked, and while Lara and Sofie dutifully helped their mother move the supplies to the truck, Candace skirted them, jamming on her hat.<br /><br />"We've claimed this one!" Becca called over, before steering the younger girl away.<br /><br />They got her mounted up on Djali, who always looked slightly wilder at the seaside. Her mane was whipping crazily, her ears pricked and eyes bright, and she snorted loudly into the wind.<br /><br />Austin climbed up on Toeki, who was now dithering on the spot. Becca hopped into the front of the pick up, Chess climbed up on Tyke and Twitch settled into Selly's saddle. Alec was sat on board Kiwi looking relaxed, despite how she kept turning around, first to face the sea, then away, then back again.<br /><br />"Ready?!" Becca called.<br /><br />A cheer went up.<br /><br />"See you down there!" She started the engine. The two girls in the back grabbed onto the haybale seats and waved as Becca steered them out and down the rocky road to the shore. Austin led the horse parade away from the car park on the other side so they could use a bridle path down to the seafront.<br /><br />The horses always got there last. The pick up was parked on a rise well out of reach of the water where the sand was mixed with gravel, so it wouldn't sink. The tide was out and the sand was packed nicely, leaving plenty of space for some good gallops and fun later. The beach spread for miles, but their section was maybe two acres long, marked off at either end by algae covered breakers that speared out towards the horizon and sank beneath the waves.<br /><br />They kept together for a trot up and back once, just to give Kiwi some reassurance the first time. The others were all well used to days at the beach, other than Djali, but the last and first time she'd been, it hadn't bothered her in the slightest (though she did get scarily good when racing in the surf).<br /><br />Alec sat deep in Kiwi's saddle and kept her on the edge of the pack, so that should she freak out, there wasn't going to be trouble. She was a little skittish; her ears were all over the place like helicopter blades with each </i>Shhhhhhhhh Shhhhhhhhhh<i> of the sea and whistle of the wind, but she didn't seem fearful. They began to break up, then. Twitch cantered away on Selly, straight across the beach, lifting out of her saddle and hovering over his withers with her hair tossed back behind her. Chess gave chase, and the slightly heavier built Timekin reared up as he sailed after them, Chess leaning over his neck, too.<br /><br />Djali and Candace dropped behind, content to walk out to the surf. Alec watched them for a moment, smiling fondly as the younger girl let the reins go slack, even with Djali stood up to her knees in the foaming water, and pat the little Chincoteague mare on the neck. Djali looked right at home.<br /><br />Toeki remained alongside Kiwi for another run, and then, at Alec's nod, also drifted away to start on some circles and school movements. Even on a fun day, Austin made sure Toeki did some schooling on the dry sand first. Kiwi's stride turned choppy as she was abandoned. She was too distracted by everything around her, but then, Alec was, too. He could remember going on exactly one beach ride before, back when he was on Easter holiday from boarding school. He'd gone with a local stable, and it was a huge event for them. The problem was, it showed; everyone spent the day so wary of the waves that they were tense in their saddles, and the horses were clearly no more aclimatised, and they couldn't do a walk down the beach without someone freaking out.<br /><br />It was safe to say Alec had never been on a ride quite like this. The people were having fun, the horses were having fun and they had brought all kinds of things for games later on. Chess had been helping him with Kiwi around all kinds of water, and they'd ridden through streams and lakes around the farm, so Alec was sure the mare wasn't afraid. It was more like a little insecurity, coupled with too much to look at.<br /><br />Alec looked over at the pickup and after a second, steered Kiwi towards it.<br /><br />Candace, who had been cantering through the surf and was now splashed with the sea, overtook him and raced up. For a second, Kiwi tossed her head over the reins and skipped, wanting to follow on. Alec smiled but all too soon she'd lost interest and returned to marching sideways, closer to the vehicle.<br /><br />They stopped by it eventually. Austin's mum was standing on the flat bed, arranging their picnic. Becca was throwing all their inflatables over the side where Sofie was running around, laying weighted ropes over them so they wouldn't be blown away. Candace was giving Lara a leg up onto Djali, who, true to her reputation as a sweetheart, was standing stock still, gazing at the sea patiently.<br /><br />It didn't take long for the others to pile up around the truck, and Mrs. Fielding started handing out sandwiches, packets of crisps and chocolate bars. Tyke was in one mindset, and that was *forward* so Chess had to snatch a sandwich as he trotted past, yelled a thanks behind her, and then was eating it as she tried to rein him in one handed. Toeki was craning his neck, trying to steal Austin's bagel and Twitch alone had parked Selly closest while she munched on a pack of hula hoops, and occasionally held one out for the horse to woffle up.<br /><br />Chess finally sat down to actually eat while Becca mounted Tyke and turned him for the sea.<br /><br />"Don't head straight out!" Chess, Austin and Twitch all yelled after her, laughing.<br /><br />Alec sniggered, even as Candace leapt over the side of the truck, still holding Djali's reins while Lara sat in her saddle. "Horses can't turn easy in deep water," the younger blonde said. "Something about the way they hold their heads and paddle. But if you run straight out, some of them can't turn back to shore and end up just swimming themselves to exhaustion."<br /><br />"What happens to them?" Sofie asked in wonder, plucking a piece of cucumber from her sandwich and feeding it to Djali behind her mother's back.<br /><br />Chess shot Candace a quick, amused look. "They keep swimming, all the way to the next country and run up on their beach instead. That's how we're not the only country in the world who have horses."<br /><br />Sofie nodded seriously, accepting this as fact while Austin's mum hid a smirk behind her thermos.<br /><br />All too soon the lunch was being stashed away so they could snack on it later, and there had been another switch around with the horses. Alec remained on Kiwi but Chess was mounted on Selly and racing against Toeki, ridden by Twitch. Sofie was having a go on Djali while Lara led her and Candace was once more riding through the surf on Tyke.<br /><br />Becca was sat on the roof of the truck, holding binoculars and yelling out scores if someone caused a good splash or won a race. She shot him a look, as he brought Kiwi back down from a trot again and let her walk past the truck.<br /><br />"What's up, Alec?" she asked, kindly.<br /><br />Alec turned back to her with a sigh. Sometimes she and her two best friends acted so young and...well, insane, that it was easy to forget they were older than him by a couple of years. They often had really useful insights and Alec had to remind himself that asking for help wasn't failing.<br /><br />"She's really distracted," he said at last. "There's so much going on, and I'm distracted too. She's not afraid but she feels unpredictable and I'm not used to it."<br /><br />Becca watched him quietly, then tilted her head. "She's getting all this from you," she said finally. "She will have dealt with natural water in New Zealand, so there is no fear, but she needs you to help her like you always have. What do you want to do here today, Alec?"<br /><br />Alec shrugged, and looked out. Chess was laughing her head off, folded over on Selly's neck, far enough out that the water broke into white spray higher than his knees and hocks. She was watching Twitch, who had also stopped Toeki and was wading through the surf, her boots only just higher than the lapping water, apparently trying to pick something up as Toeki followed her in confusion.<br /><br />"I don't know," he said finally. "To have fun; to ride in the sea..."<br /><br />Becca smiled softly, proudly. "You can't flounder on her because you're not schooling towards something. There's no lesson plan here, but she needs you to give her something to focus on. Go stand in the sea. That's your new task; walk, trot, whatever - get her out there, stand in the sea, then canter back here for your next challenge."<br /><br />Alec smirked, seeing what she was doing. "Yes, Mom."<br /><br />She threw a carrot stick at his head as he trotted Kiwi away.<br /><br />They made it out there and back, though. With Alec given a drive, Kiwi put away many of her distractions and became all too willing to take up a new challenge. She skittered at the cold spray of the sea, but walked into it with high steps and loud snorts, watching the splashes she created with foal-like wonder. She raced away from it in glee, ears fixed firmly forwards. In no time, the others were yelling out more challenges than he could keep up with.<br /><br />"Touch the mile marker and gallop back!" Chess shouted out.<br /><br />"Find a seashell and draw a circle around it on horse back!" Austin joined in, handing him a long stick.<br /><br />The challenges began to taper away, and now the games were out. Everyone still swapping horses - now including Alec who found himself on Tyke while Chess adjusted Kiwi's stirrups to fit her smaller height - they started pulling out the inflatables. Tyke and Toeki had a miniature puissance over a cartoon whale and a crocodile with duct tape over an eye so it didn't pop. Then they switched again and had a relay race (Djali went twice with two different riders) as to who could take their blow up toy to the surf - they had to get wet - and back to the truck and hand it off the fastest. Djali was practically smaller than the orca whale, but her little legs could be seen flying over the sand beneath the whale's face anyway.<br /><br />Finally, the games finished up. They walked out the horses and finished off the remains of the picnic.<br /><br />Alec found himself back on Kiwi, who was blowing hard but looked happy and relaxed. It was a good workout for them, Alec realised. Lakewood didn't do beach rides to slack off with the horses, nor was it like a gymkhana, where ponies sometimes got run into the ground. They used it just as more training. They took the horses that needed it, either because they were good with the ocean, or because they weren't, and they gave them a good workout, both in the water, for their muscles, and on the sand for their bones, and used the games to lessen their fear of a variety of spooky looking objects. And the horses were kept so busy, any fear of the sea was shortlived.<br /><br />The tide was at last coming in. They had been out for hours. The sky was still light out here, with a vast spread of it all the way to the edge of the world, but the clouds had stretched out and were tinted with pink.<br /><br />"Tide's up!" Becca yelled out. Tyke started underneath her. Chess sat up on the roof. Lara and Sofie were both exhausted in the back of the truck. Austin and Twitch gathered their reins. Tyke, Selly and Toeki all seemed to know what was coming, and immediately began pawing at the sand.<br /><br />"Wave jumping time," Chess said, smirking at him. She climbed up, stood on the roof and pulled out the binoculars. "Okay, folks. Do your best, I'll see anybody wipe out from here!"<br /><br />Everyone galloped for the water. At this point, Alec knew better than to ask, so he gave Kiwi her head and let her follow.<br /><br />They were aimed straight out to sea, but they never went far enough that they lost their footing and couldn't turn. Alec watched the first round.<br /><br />Twitch, Austin, Candace and Becca spaced out down the coast and trotted in as the first wave rushed to the shore. The three old hand horses leapt at it like they'd been faced with a show jump. Djali stood back and let it rain down on her.<br /><br />"Four faults!" Chess yelled behind them. "Dice, that was dreadful. No, you know what? Five faults!"<br /><br />Candace waved a fist at her in light humour, but the incoming tide was already bringing a new wave. The three at the front all leapt again, still trotting strongly. There was a long, shallow run here, so they were safe. Selly swerved away from a wave that broke on a smaller one, and Twitch squealed in laughter as she caught the blast. She trotted back to shore, soaking wet and smiling, her grey eyes lighter than ever.<br /><br />"Come on," she said to him, as the others finished their rounds and headed back. Chess was yelling that Twitch had four faults. "Kiwi's a natural jumper, you might even win."<br /><br />Alec didn't take much talking into it. As they started round 2, he lined up with them. It turned out Twitch was right; Kiwi watched the wave come at her and seemed to clock it, before leaping instinctually. A cheer went up, and then a huge groan as Toeki got caught and Austin trotted him back, his cherry red coat now dark mahogany.<br /><br />Before long, Alec was laughing as they all walked back up the beach, all of them dripping wet and the horses stretching their necks. Kiwi looked exhausted, but he'd still had a hard time turning her from the water.<br /><br />Lara and Sofie had crashed and were asleep on haybales. All their things had been gathered up and Austin's mum was back in the truck. Chess waved at them and climbed in, steering the pick up back to the rocky slip road, while the five of them on horses turned for the bridlepath.<br /><br />Now soaking wet, the chill was really setting in, but by the time they corralled in the car park, a camp was set up.<br /><br />Mrs. Fielding was handing out thick blankets and hot water bottles and Chess was already wielding an armful of rugs and towels for the horses. The living compartment in the lorry became a temporary changing facility while everyone pulled off the worst of their wet clothes and tugged on Lakewood hoodies and sweat pants. Warm welly boots were passed around and the horses' rugs changed over again when the ones they had on were damp.<br /><br />The sky was falling dark by the time everyone was well on their way to being warm and dry again, and the horses were cool and dry enough to have their haynets. The carpark was empty but for them - in fact, it often was, since there were far better spots for tourists and dog walking further up the coast - so they pulled out deck chairs and huddled around a glowing space heater, laughing over the day, changing topics like the wind and making sure all the food really was gone.<br /><br />But eventually, Chess rang her Gran and said they'd be home soon. They stood and packed up again; loaded the horses and split themselves between the cars. Candace headed back with Austin and Becca in the pick up. Austin's mum was going to head straight home and Chess said she'd drive the lorry back, with Alec and Twitch.<br /><br />Alec was shattered as he climbed into the cab, but he was thrilled at how things had turned out. Chess fired up the engine and turned on the radio as Twitch climbed in last and pulled the door closed. They led the procession back onto the road and towards the farm.<br /><br />"So, what do you think?" Chess asked, keeping her eyes on the road as they hit the motorway.<br /><br />Alec smiled. "That I'm not going to be able to walk tomorrow," he said. "But its great. How often do you do that?"<br /><br />Chess shrugged. "More often in summer. If we don't have too many shows, and we get some great weather we try to go every couple of weeks. Its good for the horses, too. A few times we've camped out there. Oh, hey, grab the pillow behind you and put it against the window."<br /><br />"Wh-" Alec looked around.<br /><br />Twitch had fallen asleep, curled in her blanket next to him, her head resting on the doorframe. Alec felt his breath catch, and he didn't even look for the pillow. Gently, so he didn't wake her, he lifted her off the window and turned her into himself instead. She burrowed into his side and his warmth on instinct, resting her head on his shoulder instead.<br /><br />When Alec looked up, Chess was beaming out of the windshield.<br /><br />"What?" he asked, smirking. "Pillow's slip."<br /><br />Chess nodded seriously. "Oh, yes. They do. Can't be trusted at all." It was silent for a moment. And then- "You are so never living this down."<br /><br />Alec turned up the radio.</i><br /><br /><hr/><br /><br />Yep, let's not look at the utter failure of this. I did it pretty fast and spastically so its a bit all over the place. That said, I had such fun with the bad splashes and I'm pretty happy with how Kiwi came out.<br /><br />A couple hours total for this.<br />No refs<br />Art and characters copyright to *<a class="u" href="http://tattered-dreams.deviantart.com">Tattered-Dreams</a><br />Character design copyright to *<a class="u" href="http://leavingneverland.deviantart.com">LeavingNeverland</a><br />Do not take, copy, edit, redistribute or manipulate. ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th00.deviantart.net/fs70/150/f/2013/070/f/a/muster_beach_ride_by_tattered_dreams-d5xpecx.png" height="95" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th08.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/f/2013/070/f/a/muster_beach_ride_by_tattered_dreams-d5xpecx.png" height="191" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/070/f/a/muster_beach_ride_by_tattered_dreams-d5xpecx.png" height="635" width="1000" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ <a target="_self" href="http://lakewoodfarmplz.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/l/a/lakewoodfarmplz.png?1" alt=":iconlakewoodfarmplz:" title="LakewoodFarmplz" /></a><br /><br /><a target="_self" href="http://kaimanawa-challenge.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/k/a/kaimanawa-challenge.png?1" alt=":iconkaimanawa-challenge:" title="Kaimanawa-Challenge" /></a><br /><br /><b>Stable:</b> Lakewood Farm<br /><b>Horse Number:</b> 1<br /><b>Horse Name:</b> Kiwi<br /><b>Entry:</b> Optional<br /><br /><b>Storyline:</b><br />1. <a href="http://fav.me/d5fhbra">Mandatory: First Meeting</a><br />2. <a href="http://fav.me/d5fjh8z">Optional: The First Steps</a><br />3. <a href="http://fav.me/d5fo2jh">Optional: Interlude - Things for the Future</a><br />4. <a href="http://fav.me/d5g1lpc">Optional: Breakthrough</a><br />5. <a href="http://fav.me/d5ggi60">Optional: Building Trust</a><br />6. <a href="http://fav.me/d5iulgf">Mandatory: Mishap - Halter Training</a><br />7. <a href="http://fav.me/d5ktkzk">Optional: Progression</a><br />8. <a href="http://fav.me/d5m7lbv">Optional: Mishap - Early Saddle Sessions</a><br />9. <a href="http://fav.me/d5m3g74">Mandatory: Backing</a><br />10. <a href="http://fav.me/d5mji7c">Optional: Mounting Up</a><br />11. <a href="http://fav.me/d5mq7me">Mandatory: Flat Training</a><br />12. <a href="http://fav.me/d5xt0ux">Optional: Jump training</a><br />13. <a href="http://fav.me/d5pp47p">Optional: Christmas Hack</a><br />14. <a href="http://fav.me/d5ptgyw">Optional: Kaimanawa Hack</a><br />15. Optional: Beach/water riding: You are Here<br />16. <a href="http://fav.me/d5y1vro">Optional: The Future</a><br /><br /><hr/><br /><br />Its so long since you guys have had a Kiwi Update, and I'm sorry about that. Life's been a little nuts, and since she's officially trained/backed/ridden away, the little things she still has to get used to don't really take up their own stories. I've had to knock off a few things I wanted to do - like interval training - and I may not have time for some of the ones still left. I'll see if I can't find time for a few last minute pictures to fill the gaps before the first phase of the challenge closes.<br /><br />So, as a small catch up - Kiwi's been backed. She's also, at this point, had jump sessions and improved with her cross country and hacking out (enough that she was entered into a night time XC class, and went on the Lakewood Christmas Hack with a billion guest horses and riders). So she's fairly rounded off now, with a bit of a varied career ahead of her and already some experince under her hooves.<br /><br />But I love the sea, and the beach, so I like to think that the Lakewood crew are frequent visitors at the coast closest to the farm, and because of that, Getting Kiwi used to the surf is a bit of a must. But then, she was a wild pony, so she'll be well used to lakes and natural water, so this is more of a fun afternoon than it is a training session. Never mind that I still suck at water. I'll master it one day <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)"/><br /><br />And I will just point out again, that just because you see/read something here, doesn't mean its always a brilliant idea, or the best way to do something, so do your research before taking your horse out to sea. Though the bit about horses swimming straight and not turning easy is true - its been known for horses to just swim out to sea and drown or be pulled under with the currents because they can't steer in water to get back to shore.<br /><br />I'm sorry for huge length, but I guess I've subconsciously wanted to write this for ages, so its a day at the beach for you <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)"/><br /><br /><hr/><br /><br /><i>"This is going to be *great*!" Chess exclaimed, leaping out of the side of the horse box and clapping her hands.<br /><br />Becca leapt out after her, catching her friend around the neck and getting an impromtu piggy back as they staggered around to the back. Becca slid to the floor and Chess tied back her abundant hair in a knot. Twitch was pulling at the bolts of the ramp already.<br /><br />Not far off, just across the small gravel carpark, the battered pickup truck was parked, their old trailer still hitched. Austin was already Djali down the ramp, and Alec was working between the two vehicles, piling all their picnic food and extra supplies into the flat bed of the truck.<br /><br />The girls got moving on the lorry, finally getting the ramp down and beginning to lead out their crew.<br /><br />Selly, Tyke and Toeki were all aboard, since they were all good with the sea and each other. They were hoping it would be a fun afternoon at the beach, even if Kiwi was technically training.<br /><br />They made short work of brushing off the horses and distributing the tack so that everyone was kitted out. They were nearly ready to go when another car pulled into the lay-by. Austin's mum was sat at the wheel, her ash blonde hair tied back and she was wearing a thick woollen sweater. In the passenger seat was Candace Applin, pulling on her muckers, her pale blonde hair loose and in her face. In the back - separated by a wall of inflatable pool toys and more picnic baskets were Austin's two younger sisters, Lara and Sofie, who were nine and seven respectively.<br /><br />Becca waved and hurried over as the others began trading horses.<br /><br />"Hi!" she said cheerfully, pulling down the scarf she'd had over her nose and mouth. The air was still a bit chilly, but it was far warmer than it had been lately, and they were expecting more sun in the afternoon, so it wasn't a bad day for a beach ride. Plus, Chess' Grandmother was up at the farm to dote on Aphie and said she'd hold the fort if they wanted an afternoon off. "We're heading down now," she said. "You can walk with us, or hop in the pick up." The pick up had big enough wheels that it parked safely higher up on the beach where there was gravel mixed into the sand.<br /><br />Austin's mum cut the engine. "Sounds good; I think we'll hop in the truck. Come on, Girls!"<br /><br />They all disembarked, and while Lara and Sofie dutifully helped their mother move the supplies to the truck, Candace skirted them, jamming on her hat.<br /><br />"We've claimed this one!" Becca called over, before steering the younger girl away.<br /><br />They got her mounted up on Djali, who always looked slightly wilder at the seaside. Her mane was whipping crazily, her ears pricked and eyes bright, and she snorted loudly into the wind.<br /><br />Austin climbed up on Toeki, who was now dithering on the spot. Becca hopped into the front of the pick up, Chess climbed up on Tyke and Twitch settled into Selly's saddle. Alec was sat on board Kiwi looking relaxed, despite how she kept turning around, first to face the sea, then away, then back again.<br /><br />"Ready?!" Becca called.<br /><br />A cheer went up.<br /><br />"See you down there!" She started the engine. The two girls in the back grabbed onto the haybale seats and waved as Becca steered them out and down the rocky road to the shore. Austin led the horse parade away from the car park on the other side so they could use a bridle path down to the seafront.<br /><br />The horses always got there last. The pick up was parked on a rise well out of reach of the water where the sand was mixed with gravel, so it wouldn't sink. The tide was out and the sand was packed nicely, leaving plenty of space for some good gallops and fun later. The beach spread for miles, but their section was maybe two acres long, marked off at either end by algae covered breakers that speared out towards the horizon and sank beneath the waves.<br /><br />They kept together for a trot up and back once, just to give Kiwi some reassurance the first time. The others were all well used to days at the beach, other than Djali, but the last and first time she'd been, it hadn't bothered her in the slightest (though she did get scarily good when racing in the surf).<br /><br />Alec sat deep in Kiwi's saddle and kept her on the edge of the pack, so that should she freak out, there wasn't going to be trouble. She was a little skittish; her ears were all over the place like helicopter blades with each </i>Shhhhhhhhh Shhhhhhhhhh<i> of the sea and whistle of the wind, but she didn't seem fearful. They began to break up, then. Twitch cantered away on Selly, straight across the beach, lifting out of her saddle and hovering over his withers with her hair tossed back behind her. Chess gave chase, and the slightly heavier built Timekin reared up as he sailed after them, Chess leaning over his neck, too.<br /><br />Djali and Candace dropped behind, content to walk out to the surf. Alec watched them for a moment, smiling fondly as the younger girl let the reins go slack, even with Djali stood up to her knees in the foaming water, and pat the little Chincoteague mare on the neck. Djali looked right at home.<br /><br />Toeki remained alongside Kiwi for another run, and then, at Alec's nod, also drifted away to start on some circles and school movements. Even on a fun day, Austin made sure Toeki did some schooling on the dry sand first. Kiwi's stride turned choppy as she was abandoned. She was too distracted by everything around her, but then, Alec was, too. He could remember going on exactly one beach ride before, back when he was on Easter holiday from boarding school. He'd gone with a local stable, and it was a huge event for them. The problem was, it showed; everyone spent the day so wary of the waves that they were tense in their saddles, and the horses were clearly no more aclimatised, and they couldn't do a walk down the beach without someone freaking out.<br /><br />It was safe to say Alec had never been on a ride quite like this. The people were having fun, the horses were having fun and they had brought all kinds of things for games later on. Chess had been helping him with Kiwi around all kinds of water, and they'd ridden through streams and lakes around the farm, so Alec was sure the mare wasn't afraid. It was more like a little insecurity, coupled with too much to look at.<br /><br />Alec looked over at the pickup and after a second, steered Kiwi towards it.<br /><br />Candace, who had been cantering through the surf and was now splashed with the sea, overtook him and raced up. For a second, Kiwi tossed her head over the reins and skipped, wanting to follow on. Alec smiled but all too soon she'd lost interest and returned to marching sideways, closer to the vehicle.<br /><br />They stopped by it eventually. Austin's mum was standing on the flat bed, arranging their picnic. Becca was throwing all their inflatables over the side where Sofie was running around, laying weighted ropes over them so they wouldn't be blown away. Candace was giving Lara a leg up onto Djali, who, true to her reputation as a sweetheart, was standing stock still, gazing at the sea patiently.<br /><br />It didn't take long for the others to pile up around the truck, and Mrs. Fielding started handing out sandwiches, packets of crisps and chocolate bars. Tyke was in one mindset, and that was *forward* so Chess had to snatch a sandwich as he trotted past, yelled a thanks behind her, and then was eating it as she tried to rein him in one handed. Toeki was craning his neck, trying to steal Austin's bagel and Twitch alone had parked Selly closest while she munched on a pack of hula hoops, and occasionally held one out for the horse to woffle up.<br /><br />Chess finally sat down to actually eat while Becca mounted Tyke and turned him for the sea.<br /><br />"Don't head straight out!" Chess, Austin and Twitch all yelled after her, laughing.<br /><br />Alec sniggered, even as Candace leapt over the side of the truck, still holding Djali's reins while Lara sat in her saddle. "Horses can't turn easy in deep water," the younger blonde said. "Something about the way they hold their heads and paddle. But if you run straight out, some of them can't turn back to shore and end up just swimming themselves to exhaustion."<br /><br />"What happens to them?" Sofie asked in wonder, plucking a piece of cucumber from her sandwich and feeding it to Djali behind her mother's back.<br /><br />Chess shot Candace a quick, amused look. "They keep swimming, all the way to the next country and run up on their beach instead. That's how we're not the only country in the world who have horses."<br /><br />Sofie nodded seriously, accepting this as fact while Austin's mum hid a smirk behind her thermos.<br /><br />All too soon the lunch was being stashed away so they could snack on it later, and there had been another switch around with the horses. Alec remained on Kiwi but Chess was mounted on Selly and racing against Toeki, ridden by Twitch. Sofie was having a go on Djali while Lara led her and Candace was once more riding through the surf on Tyke.<br /><br />Becca was sat on the roof of the truck, holding binoculars and yelling out scores if someone caused a good splash or won a race. She shot him a look, as he brought Kiwi back down from a trot again and let her walk past the truck.<br /><br />"What's up, Alec?" she asked, kindly.<br /><br />Alec turned back to her with a sigh. Sometimes she and her two best friends acted so young and...well, insane, that it was easy to forget they were older than him by a couple of years. They often had really useful insights and Alec had to remind himself that asking for help wasn't failing.<br /><br />"She's really distracted," he said at last. "There's so much going on, and I'm distracted too. She's not afraid but she feels unpredictable and I'm not used to it."<br /><br />Becca watched him quietly, then tilted her head. "She's getting all this from you," she said finally. "She will have dealt with natural water in New Zealand, so there is no fear, but she needs you to help her like you always have. What do you want to do here today, Alec?"<br /><br />Alec shrugged, and looked out. Chess was laughing her head off, folded over on Selly's neck, far enough out that the water broke into white spray higher than his knees and hocks. She was watching Twitch, who had also stopped Toeki and was wading through the surf, her boots only just higher than the lapping water, apparently trying to pick something up as Toeki followed her in confusion.<br /><br />"I don't know," he said finally. "To have fun; to ride in the sea..."<br /><br />Becca smiled softly, proudly. "You can't flounder on her because you're not schooling towards something. There's no lesson plan here, but she needs you to give her something to focus on. Go stand in the sea. That's your new task; walk, trot, whatever - get her out there, stand in the sea, then canter back here for your next challenge."<br /><br />Alec smirked, seeing what she was doing. "Yes, Mom."<br /><br />She threw a carrot stick at his head as he trotted Kiwi away.<br /><br />They made it out there and back, though. With Alec given a drive, Kiwi put away many of her distractions and became all too willing to take up a new challenge. She skittered at the cold spray of the sea, but walked into it with high steps and loud snorts, watching the splashes she created with foal-like wonder. She raced away from it in glee, ears fixed firmly forwards. In no time, the others were yelling out more challenges than he could keep up with.<br /><br />"Touch the mile marker and gallop back!" Chess shouted out.<br /><br />"Find a seashell and draw a circle around it on horse back!" Austin joined in, handing him a long stick.<br /><br />The challenges began to taper away, and now the games were out. Everyone still swapping horses - now including Alec who found himself on Tyke while Chess adjusted Kiwi's stirrups to fit her smaller height - they started pulling out the inflatables. Tyke and Toeki had a miniature puissance over a cartoon whale and a crocodile with duct tape over an eye so it didn't pop. Then they switched again and had a relay race (Djali went twice with two different riders) as to who could take their blow up toy to the surf - they had to get wet - and back to the truck and hand it off the fastest. Djali was practically smaller than the orca whale, but her little legs could be seen flying over the sand beneath the whale's face anyway.<br /><br />Finally, the games finished up. They walked out the horses and finished off the remains of the picnic.<br /><br />Alec found himself back on Kiwi, who was blowing hard but looked happy and relaxed. It was a good workout for them, Alec realised. Lakewood didn't do beach rides to slack off with the horses, nor was it like a gymkhana, where ponies sometimes got run into the ground. They used it just as more training. They took the horses that needed it, either because they were good with the ocean, or because they weren't, and they gave them a good workout, both in the water, for their muscles, and on the sand for their bones, and used the games to lessen their fear of a variety of spooky looking objects. And the horses were kept so busy, any fear of the sea was shortlived.<br /><br />The tide was at last coming in. They had been out for hours. The sky was still light out here, with a vast spread of it all the way to the edge of the world, but the clouds had stretched out and were tinted with pink.<br /><br />"Tide's up!" Becca yelled out. Tyke started underneath her. Chess sat up on the roof. Lara and Sofie were both exhausted in the back of the truck. Austin and Twitch gathered their reins. Tyke, Selly and Toeki all seemed to know what was coming, and immediately began pawing at the sand.<br /><br />"Wave jumping time," Chess said, smirking at him. She climbed up, stood on the roof and pulled out the binoculars. "Okay, folks. Do your best, I'll see anybody wipe out from here!"<br /><br />Everyone galloped for the water. At this point, Alec knew better than to ask, so he gave Kiwi her head and let her follow.<br /><br />They were aimed straight out to sea, but they never went far enough that they lost their footing and couldn't turn. Alec watched the first round.<br /><br />Twitch, Austin, Candace and Becca spaced out down the coast and trotted in as the first wave rushed to the shore. The three old hand horses leapt at it like they'd been faced with a show jump. Djali stood back and let it rain down on her.<br /><br />"Four faults!" Chess yelled behind them. "Dice, that was dreadful. No, you know what? Five faults!"<br /><br />Candace waved a fist at her in light humour, but the incoming tide was already bringing a new wave. The three at the front all leapt again, still trotting strongly. There was a long, shallow run here, so they were safe. Selly swerved away from a wave that broke on a smaller one, and Twitch squealed in laughter as she caught the blast. She trotted back to shore, soaking wet and smiling, her grey eyes lighter than ever.<br /><br />"Come on," she said to him, as the others finished their rounds and headed back. Chess was yelling that Twitch had four faults. "Kiwi's a natural jumper, you might even win."<br /><br />Alec didn't take much talking into it. As they started round 2, he lined up with them. It turned out Twitch was right; Kiwi watched the wave come at her and seemed to clock it, before leaping instinctually. A cheer went up, and then a huge groan as Toeki got caught and Austin trotted him back, his cherry red coat now dark mahogany.<br /><br />Before long, Alec was laughing as they all walked back up the beach, all of them dripping wet and the horses stretching their necks. Kiwi looked exhausted, but he'd still had a hard time turning her from the water.<br /><br />Lara and Sofie had crashed and were asleep on haybales. All their things had been gathered up and Austin's mum was back in the truck. Chess waved at them and climbed in, steering the pick up back to the rocky slip road, while the five of them on horses turned for the bridlepath.<br /><br />Now soaking wet, the chill was really setting in, but by the time they corralled in the car park, a camp was set up.<br /><br />Mrs. Fielding was handing out thick blankets and hot water bottles and Chess was already wielding an armful of rugs and towels for the horses. The living compartment in the lorry became a temporary changing facility while everyone pulled off the worst of their wet clothes and tugged on Lakewood hoodies and sweat pants. Warm welly boots were passed around and the horses' rugs changed over again when the ones they had on were damp.<br /><br />The sky was falling dark by the time everyone was well on their way to being warm and dry again, and the horses were cool and dry enough to have their haynets. The carpark was empty but for them - in fact, it often was, since there were far better spots for tourists and dog walking further up the coast - so they pulled out deck chairs and huddled around a glowing space heater, laughing over the day, changing topics like the wind and making sure all the food really was gone.<br /><br />But eventually, Chess rang her Gran and said they'd be home soon. They stood and packed up again; loaded the horses and split themselves between the cars. Candace headed back with Austin and Becca in the pick up. Austin's mum was going to head straight home and Chess said she'd drive the lorry back, with Alec and Twitch.<br /><br />Alec was shattered as he climbed into the cab, but he was thrilled at how things had turned out. Chess fired up the engine and turned on the radio as Twitch climbed in last and pulled the door closed. They led the procession back onto the road and towards the farm.<br /><br />"So, what do you think?" Chess asked, keeping her eyes on the road as they hit the motorway.<br /><br />Alec smiled. "That I'm not going to be able to walk tomorrow," he said. "But its great. How often do you do that?"<br /><br />Chess shrugged. "More often in summer. If we don't have too many shows, and we get some great weather we try to go every couple of weeks. Its good for the horses, too. A few times we've camped out there. Oh, hey, grab the pillow behind you and put it against the window."<br /><br />"Wh-" Alec looked around.<br /><br />Twitch had fallen asleep, curled in her blanket next to him, her head resting on the doorframe. Alec felt his breath catch, and he didn't even look for the pillow. Gently, so he didn't wake her, he lifted her off the window and turned her into himself instead. She burrowed into his side and his warmth on instinct, resting her head on his shoulder instead.<br /><br />When Alec looked up, Chess was beaming out of the windshield.<br /><br />"What?" he asked, smirking. "Pillow's slip."<br /><br />Chess nodded seriously. "Oh, yes. They do. Can't be trusted at all." It was silent for a moment. And then- "You are so never living this down."<br /><br />Alec turned up the radio.</i><br /><br /><hr/><br /><br />Yep, let's not look at the utter failure of this. I did it pretty fast and spastically so its a bit all over the place. That said, I had such fun with the bad splashes and I'm pretty happy with how Kiwi came out.<br /><br />A couple hours total for this.<br />No refs<br />Art and characters copyright to *<a class="u" href="http://tattered-dreams.deviantart.com">Tattered-Dreams</a><br />Character design copyright to *<a class="u" href="http://leavingneverland.deviantart.com">LeavingNeverland</a><br />Do not take, copy, edit, redistribute or manipulate.<br /><div><img src="http://th08.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/f/2013/070/f/a/muster_beach_ride_by_tattered_dreams-d5xpecx.png" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>Puking Rarity (diamond) Windows 7 boot logo</title>
                <link>http://tarrant501.deviantart.com/art/Puking-Rarity-diamond-Windows-7-boot-logo-358797632</link>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 10 Mar 2013 14:44:09 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Puking Rarity (diamond) Windows 7 boot logo</media:title>
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        <media:copyright url="http://tarrant501.deviantart.com">Copyright 2013 ~tarrant501</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ The other preference to the Puking Rarity boot logo. Featuring Diamond Tom as seen in the Season 2 premiere. The rock version of Tom can be found here. <a href="http://tarrant501.deviantart.com/art/Puking-Rarity-rock-Windows-7-boot-logo-358796195?q=gallery%3Atarrant501%20randomize%3A1&qo=1">[link]</a><br /><br />Here's the link for the Windows 7 boot updater.<a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://windows-7-boot-updater.en.softonic.com/">[link]</a><br /><br />For instuction see my first boot logo here.<a href="http://tarrant501.deviantart.com/art/Puking-Rainbow-Windows-7-boot-logo-358180491?q=gallery%3Atarrant501&qo=3">[link]</a><br /><br />Again I do not own MLP that goes to Hasbro, I'm simply expressing my ideas in the form of logos<br /><br />Feedback is appreciated and welcomed. ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/069/a/4/puking_rarity__diamond__windows_7_boot_logo_by_tarrant501-d5xma0w.png" height="200" width="200"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ The other preference to the Puking Rarity boot logo. Featuring Diamond Tom as seen in the Season 2 premiere. The rock version of Tom can be found here. <a href="http://tarrant501.deviantart.com/art/Puking-Rarity-rock-Windows-7-boot-logo-358796195?q=gallery%3Atarrant501%20randomize%3A1&qo=1">[link]</a><br /><br />Here's the link for the Windows 7 boot updater.<a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://windows-7-boot-updater.en.softonic.com/">[link]</a><br /><br />For instuction see my first boot logo here.<a href="http://tarrant501.deviantart.com/art/Puking-Rainbow-Windows-7-boot-logo-358180491?q=gallery%3Atarrant501&qo=3">[link]</a><br /><br />Again I do not own MLP that goes to Hasbro, I'm simply expressing my ideas in the form of logos<br /><br />Feedback is appreciated and welcomed.<br /><div><img src="http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/069/a/4/puking_rarity__diamond__windows_7_boot_logo_by_tarrant501-d5xma0w.png" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>Puking Rarity (rock) Windows 7 boot logo</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 10 Mar 2013 14:41:19 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Puking Rarity (rock) Windows 7 boot logo</media:title>
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        <media:copyright url="http://tarrant501.deviantart.com">Copyright 2013 ~tarrant501</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ The third go around for my MLP themed boot logos. This time I tried something a little different for the animation, instead of the stream moving I put gems inside that fell down. I thought it came out great but I would love some feedback on all of these.<br /><br />The rock she is sitting on is Tom, which we all know was seen in the season 2 premiere. He's wearing his shutter shades from the Ponies Anthology 2 video.<br /><br />If you prefer Tom as a diamond heres the link for that <a href="http://tarrant501.deviantart.com/art/Puking-Rarity-diamond-Windows-7-boot-logo-358797632?ga_submit_new=10%253A1362951882&ga_type=edit&ga_changes=1&ga_recent=1">[link]</a><br /><br />Here's the link for the Windows 7 boot updater.<a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://windows-7-boot-updater.en.softonic.com/">[link]</a><br /><br />For instuction see my first boot logo here.<a href="http://tarrant501.deviantart.com/art/Puking-Rainbow-Windows-7-boot-logo-358180491?q=gallery%3Atarrant501&qo=3">[link]</a><br /><br />Again I do not own MLP that goes to Hasbro, Im simply expressing my ideas in the form of logos ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/069/3/6/puking_rarity__rock__windows_7_boot_logo_by_tarrant501-d5xm8wz.png" height="200" width="200"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ The third go around for my MLP themed boot logos. This time I tried something a little different for the animation, instead of the stream moving I put gems inside that fell down. I thought it came out great but I would love some feedback on all of these.<br /><br />The rock she is sitting on is Tom, which we all know was seen in the season 2 premiere. He's wearing his shutter shades from the Ponies Anthology 2 video.<br /><br />If you prefer Tom as a diamond heres the link for that <a href="http://tarrant501.deviantart.com/art/Puking-Rarity-diamond-Windows-7-boot-logo-358797632?ga_submit_new=10%253A1362951882&ga_type=edit&ga_changes=1&ga_recent=1">[link]</a><br /><br />Here's the link for the Windows 7 boot updater.<a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://windows-7-boot-updater.en.softonic.com/">[link]</a><br /><br />For instuction see my first boot logo here.<a href="http://tarrant501.deviantart.com/art/Puking-Rainbow-Windows-7-boot-logo-358180491?q=gallery%3Atarrant501&qo=3">[link]</a><br /><br />Again I do not own MLP that goes to Hasbro, Im simply expressing my ideas in the form of logos<br /><div><img src="http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/069/3/6/puking_rarity__rock__windows_7_boot_logo_by_tarrant501-d5xm8wz.png" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>Microsoft Logo Boot Animation 2013 HD</title>
                <link>http://aniketrane.deviantart.com/art/Microsoft-Logo-Boot-Animation-2013-HD-358713700</link>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 10 Mar 2013 07:02:48 PDT</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Microsoft Logo Boot Animation 2013 HD</media:title>
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                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Other">customization/skins/windows7/other</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">AniketRane</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/a/n/aniketrane.png?6</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://aniketrane.deviantart.com">Copyright 2013 ~AniketRane</media:copyright>             <creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/</creativeCommons:license>
                <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ Download Link: <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://adf.ly/2624838/microsoft-ba-dropbox">[link]</a> (Download Link is 200% Safe and Virus Free)<br /><br /><br />Video Preview: <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://adf.ly/2624838/microsoft-ba-youtube">[link]</a><br /><br />Microsoft Logo Boot Animation 2013 By AniketRane<br />Installation Instruction:<br />-Download latest Boot Updater<br />-Unpack files from archive<br />-Open this program &gt; Click File &gt; Load boot skin...<br />-Navigate to .bs7 file<br />-Select one what You like<br />-Click Apply<br /><br />Confirmed to work on Windows 7 32-bit<br />"Windows 7 Boot Updater" is required to use this bootscreen. <br /><br />*The process can lead to undesired affects and should be done at your own risk. Always follow instructions carefully, <br />I and the creator of "Windows 7 Boot Updater" are not responsible for any damage that might be done.<br /><br />Please Comment If You Like or If You Don't Like.<br />It will Help me in Future.<br /><br />Copyright and distribution information :<br />Please do not redistribute or modify this bootscreen in any form without authorization from me personally. <br />Especially for commercial use. ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/069/0/e/microsoft_logo_boot_animation_2013_hd_by_aniketrane-d5xkh9g.png" height="1000" width="733"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ Download Link: <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://adf.ly/2624838/microsoft-ba-dropbox">[link]</a> (Download Link is 200% Safe and Virus Free)<br /><br /><br />Video Preview: <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://adf.ly/2624838/microsoft-ba-youtube">[link]</a><br /><br />Microsoft Logo Boot Animation 2013 By AniketRane<br />Installation Instruction:<br />-Download latest Boot Updater<br />-Unpack files from archive<br />-Open this program &gt; Click File &gt; Load boot skin...<br />-Navigate to .bs7 file<br />-Select one what You like<br />-Click Apply<br /><br />Confirmed to work on Windows 7 32-bit<br />"Windows 7 Boot Updater" is required to use this bootscreen. <br /><br />*The process can lead to undesired affects and should be done at your own risk. Always follow instructions carefully, <br />I and the creator of "Windows 7 Boot Updater" are not responsible for any damage that might be done.<br /><br />Please Comment If You Like or If You Don't Like.<br />It will Help me in Future.<br /><br />Copyright and distribution information :<br />Please do not redistribute or modify this bootscreen in any form without authorization from me personally. <br />Especially for commercial use.<br /><div><img src="http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/069/0/e/microsoft_logo_boot_animation_2013_hd_by_aniketrane-d5xkh9g.png" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>ProjectRED Boot Animation for Windows 7</title>
                <link>http://aniketrane.deviantart.com/art/ProjectRED-Boot-Animation-for-Windows-7-358494503</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://aniketrane.deviantart.com/art/ProjectRED-Boot-Animation-for-Windows-7-358494503</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 09 Mar 2013 03:01:56 PST</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">ProjectRED Boot Animation for Windows 7</media:title>
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                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Other">customization/skins/windows7/other</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">AniketRane</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/a/n/aniketrane.png?6</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://aniketrane.deviantart.com">Copyright 2013 ~AniketRane</media:copyright>             <creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/</creativeCommons:license>
                <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ Download Link: <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://adf.ly/KXfgO">[link]</a><br />Mirror: <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://adf.ly/KXhDI">[link]</a><br />Video Link: <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://adf.ly/KX1VU">[link]</a><br /><br />Project-RED Boot Animation for Windows 7<br />This is FREE Now.<br /><br />Video Link: <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://adf.ly/KX1VU">[link]</a><br />Watermark Included in the Video<br />(If You Dont Want to Buy But you Wanna Help me Then Please See the Video Once)<br /><br />Installation Instruction:<br />-Download latest Boot Updater [link]<br />-Unpack files from archive<br />-Open this program &gt; Click File &gt; Load boot skin...<br />-Navigate to .bs7 file<br />-Select one what You like<br />-Click Apply<br /><br />Confirmed to work on Windows 7 32-bit<br />"Windows 7 Boot Updater" is required to use this bootscreen. <br /><br />*The process can lead to undesired affects and should be done at your own risk. Always follow instructions carefully, <br />I and the creator of "Windows 7 Boot Updater" are not responsible for any damage that might be done.<br /><br />Please Comment If You Like or If You Don't Like.<br />It will Help me in Future.<br /><br />Copyright and distribution information :<br />Please do not redistribute or modify this bootscreen in any form without authorization from me personally. <br />Especially for commercial use. ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/068/0/9/projectred_boot_animation_for_windows_7_by_aniketrane-d5xfs4n.png" height="1000" width="733"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ Download Link: <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://adf.ly/KXfgO">[link]</a><br />Mirror: <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://adf.ly/KXhDI">[link]</a><br />Video Link: <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://adf.ly/KX1VU">[link]</a><br /><br />Project-RED Boot Animation for Windows 7<br />This is FREE Now.<br /><br />Video Link: <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://adf.ly/KX1VU">[link]</a><br />Watermark Included in the Video<br />(If You Dont Want to Buy But you Wanna Help me Then Please See the Video Once)<br /><br />Installation Instruction:<br />-Download latest Boot Updater [link]<br />-Unpack files from archive<br />-Open this program &gt; Click File &gt; Load boot skin...<br />-Navigate to .bs7 file<br />-Select one what You like<br />-Click Apply<br /><br />Confirmed to work on Windows 7 32-bit<br />"Windows 7 Boot Updater" is required to use this bootscreen. <br /><br />*The process can lead to undesired affects and should be done at your own risk. Always follow instructions carefully, <br />I and the creator of "Windows 7 Boot Updater" are not responsible for any damage that might be done.<br /><br />Please Comment If You Like or If You Don't Like.<br />It will Help me in Future.<br /><br />Copyright and distribution information :<br />Please do not redistribute or modify this bootscreen in any form without authorization from me personally. <br />Especially for commercial use.<br /><div><img src="http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/068/0/9/projectred_boot_animation_for_windows_7_by_aniketrane-d5xfs4n.png" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>Mew Mew Power Part 12</title>
                <link>http://taraneecook.deviantart.com/art/Mew-Mew-Power-Part-12-358368057</link>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 11:11:54 PST</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Mew Mew Power Part 12</media:title>
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                        <media:rating>adult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Fan Comics">fanart/manga/traditional/fancomics</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">TaraneeCook</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/t/a/taraneecook.png?1</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://taraneecook.deviantart.com">Copyright 2013 ~TaraneeCook</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ Mew Mew Power Part 12- Brotherly love.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />&ldquo;Shweka, why did Miss Rogers ring me up and say that you haven&rsquo;t been attending the past 4 ballet lessons?&rdquo; Mum was in my room without permission AGAIN. It was the end of the first week back at school and I was lying on my bed doing coursework. I knew the ballet recital was on Saturday as in tomorrow. &ldquo;Because I couldn&rsquo;t be bothered.&rdquo; I mumbled. Sometimes Mum is really annoying. I have so much coursework to do and my Mocks were next week. It had to be a week early for some unknown reason. &ldquo;You couldn&rsquo;t be bothered?! I have paid the fees for your ballet lessons for the past 10 years! And you couldn&rsquo;t be bothered?! You better come up with a better reason this instant otherwise you won&rsquo;t be able to do any extracurricular activities ever again. Including the Cafe and going out with your friends.&rdquo; Mum said. Sometimes Mum could be such an unfair pig. &ldquo;FINE. I stopped going because I didn&rsquo;t get picked for the lead in the recital and I walked out. So I was embarrassed and annoyed that a 12 year old got a part that I couldn&rsquo;t.&rdquo; I said. She could tell I was fuming and she gets even angrier when I&rsquo;m mad. The only people who can MAKE you mad then be mad at YOU for being mad is you parents. &ldquo;You are going there NOW. You are being so immature! I know that&rsquo;s probably why you didn&rsquo;t go because that&rsquo;s what Miss Rogers told me. I don&rsquo;t care if the recital is tomorrow; you&rsquo;ve been the lead in every recital since you started doing ballet. Maybe you just need to be grateful and step down from the spotlight and stop being such a drama queen. And I heard the girl from the Cafe got the lead. You should at least be happy for her! You can be a tot-&rdquo;<br />&ldquo;JUST GET OUT! I DON&rsquo;T NEED YOU TELLING ME HOW TO LEAD MY LIFE. I AM GOING TO GO BUT NOT BECAUSE YOU TOLD ME TOO. I&rsquo;LL FAIL MY MOCKS AND GET KICKED OUT OF SCHOOL BECAUSE YOU WANTED ME TO GO TO SOME CRUMMY RECITAL THAT I&rsquo;VE PROBABLY DONE AT LEAST- AS YOU SAID- 20 TIMES IN MY LIFE!&rdquo; I screamed at my Mum. I was so annoyed with her. She walked out slamming the door behind her. And she called ME the immature one. I got out of my bed and grabbed my ballet kit. There was a practice today but that was mostly for the main parts in previous years. I don&rsquo;t know what to do now that I&rsquo;m a pixie.<br /><br />I walked into the changing rooms and put on my costume. I walked into the studio. I was the only person in there as usual. I started practicing the moves I already knew and in a few minutes I was doing Swan Lake again. I was doing the Sugar Plum Fairy&rsquo;s dance because that&rsquo;s the only one I ever learnt excluding the Prima Dona&rsquo;s dance which is totally different. As I was coming to the end of the performance I heard somebody clapping. Slowly at first then quicker and louder and it sounded as if more people had joined in. The ending was a huge leap which I did and I brought my head up to see who was watching. I saw everyone in my ballet class including Miss Rogers clapping and cheering for me. I stood up straighter and looked at them uneasily. &lsquo;Sorry&rsquo; I mouthed at Miss Rogers. She nodded and winked and mouthed &lsquo;It&rsquo;s ok,&rsquo; back. I was happy now and I told everyone to stop clapping. I saw Corina standing in the corner -the only person not clapping- and I felt bad then. I didn&rsquo;t do what Mum said, as in stepping down from the spotlight, and now I&rsquo;d gone and upset one of my friends by getting the applause she deserved. &ldquo;Let&rsquo;s run this over one more time, girls. Corina you know what to do.&rdquo; Miss Rogers said. Corina took her place and Miss Rogers was walking to the CD player to turn the music on. &ldquo;Miss Rogers, I&rsquo;m really sorry and this is totally my fault but I don&rsquo;t know the dance steps.&rdquo; I said to her, looking at my feet. I could feel everyone&rsquo;s eyes on me. I looked up at Miss Rogers. &ldquo;I know you don&rsquo;t know the steps, Shweka. That&rsquo;s why I&rsquo;m giving you the choice of either: Taking Corina&rsquo;s spot in the recital OR not doing it at all.&rdquo; Miss Rogers said. Corina was in front of me and she never looked back at me to be like &lsquo;Please Shweka, don&rsquo;t take my part.&rsquo; Or anything. She deserved what was coming for her. &ldquo;Miss Rogers, I&rsquo;d like to not do the recital at all,&rdquo; I said. Corina turned to look at me. &ldquo;I can&rsquo;t do that to one of my closest friends. And I know that Corina treasures this part and I don&rsquo;t want to be the one who takes it from her.&rdquo; I said. Corina hugged me then. Proper hugged me. I was so taken aback by it, that I didn&rsquo;t know what to do. After gently pushing Corina off me I told Miss Rogers and the rest of my class that I&rsquo;ll be there tomorrow cheering everyone on. Then I changed into my jeans ad shirt and left for the Cafe.<br /><br />I walked in and I saw that Bridget, Kiki and Zoey were there. It was really busy so I got changed and helped everyone with their shifts. I was actually doing more that all of them put together because I was taking orders, bringing out the food and putting what we earn into the till. A few hours later the crowd had died down and it was just two or three people there, when Abigail walked in. &ldquo;Abi!&rdquo; I cried and I went to hug her. &ldquo;Waaaaaayy too much goss, Shweka!&rdquo; she said. I sat her down at a table and pretended to take her order. She began. &ldquo;Right you know how the whole school and Liv have this mega crush on that hottie from Tiffin Boys&rsquo; Matt?! She asked him out! And he was like sure yeah he&rsquo;ll pick you up at 7. Then came along bitchy Mitzi and she was flirting like hell with him! Then Matt dropped Liv like a hot potato and he asked Mitzi out instead! Liv was crying her eyes out all the way home then she called me and said she saw Mitzi making out with Brandon at Starbucks! She asked me Matt&rsquo;s number so she can send it to him so I gave her his number. She said all he replied was an exclamation mark and then like 5 minutes later he sent ME me a text asking me out! And he&rsquo;s sooo fit so I said-... and I&rsquo;d like a strawberry milkshake with that please!&rdquo; she said. I raised my eyebrows and with one movement of her eyes I knew that Elliot was behind me. &ldquo;Right away, Abi!&rdquo; I exclaimed and I turned around and bumped into Elliot. I acted as if I didn&rsquo;t know he was there. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m not stupid, Shweka. One more gossip and I&rsquo;ll dock your wages.&rdquo; He said but he was smiling. I went and grabbed a strawberry shake for Abi straight out our new installed Milkshake machine (It&rsquo;s amazing! It has like six different flavours: Chocolate, strawberry, banana, vanilla, Mint and red cherry!) I went out and sat down on the table. She carried on then. &ldquo;As I was saying: I said no. Cos I couldn&rsquo;t do that to Liv so I got him to ask her out so he did and I told him to grab flowers and chocolates too. Enough about Liv though, I really want to go out with Caleb! General studies starts next week and I know he&rsquo;s taking Ballroom Dancing so I&rsquo;m going to too and so are you. Everyone says he&rsquo;s a bit of a loner so I&rsquo;ll pretend to go to the toilet when she tells us to pick partners and when I come back he&rsquo;ll be the only one left! So how smart is my plan!&rdquo; she cried. I laughed at her and went &ldquo;This is why we&rsquo;re best friends!&rdquo; I said. We were laughing when Elliot yelled at me and told me to go and get on with work. &ldquo;I thought you said he was a total sweetheart!&rdquo; She said. I laughed and went off. That&rsquo;s when Corina walked in. &ldquo;Shweka, thanks for not giving me the boot so as my thank you, you can come over to dinner.&rdquo; She said. I nodded my agreement and went to the front desk to put the money I just took in. &ldquo;Can we come to Corina?&rdquo; Zoey said pleadingly. Bridget nodded as well but Kiki looked a bit funny about it. &ldquo;Kiki, order some food for your siblings here and I&rsquo;ll pay for it. We can drop it off at your place on the way to Corina&rsquo;s house. I&rsquo;m sure Miss Rosbe wouldn&rsquo;t mind cooking it.&rdquo; I said. Kiki jumped up and hugged me. It felt a bit weird because she was quite short and I was a bit tall for my age. &ldquo;I think I might go for the record for the most amount of hugs that knock you off your feet!&rdquo; I said. Corina laughed and swatted me. Corina looked over at Zoey, Bridget and Kiki&rsquo;s imploring faces. She groaned inwardly. &ldquo;Fine.&rdquo; She said. They all started cheering until Elliot came out and yelled at us again. &ldquo;Water.&rdquo; Bridget said. Her finger pointed at Elliot. Water sprang out of Bridget&rsquo;s hand as if it was a hose and soaked Elliot. We started laughing and Kiki said, &ldquo;Didn&rsquo;t know you had it in you Bridget!&rdquo; which made us all laugh harder. Elliot stalked off in a huff. &ldquo;Oh crap.&rdquo; Zoey said, looking at Abi. Corina, Bridget and Kiki all stopped laughing. Everybody else in the cafe was too far away to have seen it but Abi was sitting right next to us. &ldquo;Don&rsquo;t worry; she already knows about magic and stuff. I told her and don&rsquo;t ask me why. I told her Liv and Em because they&rsquo;re all my best friends.&rdquo; I said. &ldquo;Ohhhhhh&rdquo;<br />&ldquo;You could&rsquo;ve told us!&rdquo;<br />&ldquo;Elliot&rsquo;s gonna kill you.&rdquo;<br />That&rsquo;s when Wesley walked in and told us we were going to close for the day. We couldn&rsquo;t let anybody else in and we couldn&rsquo;t take any more orders from the few people that were in here. When everybody had left, we all went into the locker rooms to get changed. &ldquo;Kiki go grab the food. Put this in the till whilst you&rsquo;re at it.&rdquo; I said handing her a &pound;10 note. She smiled gratefully and went to get the food. Corina stood in front of the lockers admiring the pictures. &ldquo;Renee looks soo pretty!&rdquo; she said.<br />&ldquo;I remember when all the little boxes were empty and the only one that was filled was mine. It was kinda freaky. I only had two boxes filled as you can see, because I never had the Mew transformation. I think we should add in another box for our latest transformation. What should we call it?&rdquo; I asked them.<br />&ldquo;What should we call what?&rdquo; Kiki asked, walking in.<br />&ldquo;Our new transformation. I think we should call it Wings since we ALL have wings in this transformation.&rdquo; Corina explained.<br />&ldquo;Wings&rsquo; isn&rsquo;t really working for me. Maybe something that rhymes with &lsquo;Mew.&rsquo; Then you know it has some sort of connection.&rdquo; Bridget suggested.<br />&ldquo;Nahhh. Something that sounds completely different but sums us up.&rdquo; Zoey said.<br />&ldquo;No. Something that sums us up would be our group name which we already have. I think it should be something that sums up the transformation. When you look at our costumes they are enchanting, charming, and harmonizing. We should add &lsquo;Mew&rsquo; to the end of it. Like: Enchantmew, charmew or harmew.&rdquo; Kiki suggested.<br />&ldquo;Let&rsquo;s do the name thing later are you gonna come out now? My limo is waiting outside!&rdquo; Corina exclaimed. We nodded and left the place.<br /><br />Kiki and I stood in front of her home. Miss Rosbe came to answer it, and Kiki went inside and was getting hugged by her siblings. I stood outside speaking to Miss Rosbe. &ldquo;So could you just cook some of the food for the kids? Because Kiki&rsquo;s always worked hard so we&rsquo;re going for dinner at a friend&rsquo;s house. I hope you don&rsquo;t mind, Miss Rosbe.&rdquo; I said.<br />&ldquo;Oh not at all! Kiki deserves a break and I&rsquo;m here to help out a bit so of course I won&rsquo;t mind! And thank you for dropping off some food, that was a big favour!&rdquo; she replied. Kiki came out then so I led her back to the limo. I gave the others a thumbs up and we set off for Kiki&rsquo;s house. We jumped out of the limo and made our way to the front of Corina&rsquo;s house. Corina took out a key from her schoolbag and put it in the lock and turned it. She pushed open the door and we walked in to see, 2 rows with about 10 maids in each all bowing and saying &lsquo;Good evening Mistress&rsquo; in turn for Corina. &ldquo;She&rsquo;s like a bloody princess!&rdquo; I said. All of us except Corina sniggered. Suddenly the maids all turned and ran closer to the door. We saw some guy making his way down from the left side of the stairs. He was followed by another guy who was dressed fully in black. &ldquo;Who&rsquo;s he, Corina? Is he your brother? He looks just like you.&rdquo; Kiki said. When he got to the bottom of the stairs, Corina said, &ldquo;Sergeo... These are my friends: Bridget, Kiki, Zoey and Shweka.&rdquo; She announced.<br />&ldquo;Hi.&rdquo; We chorused.<br />&ldquo;Hello ladies. Now if you&rsquo;ll please excuse me, I&rsquo;ve got to attend a conference.&rdquo; He replied. He shoved passed and all the maids did that whole bowing thing. &ldquo;Boy, what a JERK!&rdquo; Zoey said.<br />&ldquo;You&rsquo;re thinking out loud!&rdquo; Bridget said, having a mini heart attack about it. Corina groaned and her Nan came out and said &ldquo;Dinner will be ready in ten minutes ladies. Corina, entertain your guests.&rdquo; She said.<br />&ldquo;What do you want me to do? Prance around like a fairy?!&rdquo; Corina shouted and she ran up the stairs. We exchanged glances. I shot her Nan an apologetic look then ran up the stairs after Corina, with the girls following closely behind. There were about ten different rooms on each side and there was no possibility of us EVER figuring out which one was Corina&rsquo;s. Thankfully a maid came over and led us to Corina&rsquo;s room. She knocked on it three times, opened the door and left us there. We went in to find that Corina wasn&rsquo;t there. I pointed to a door that was slightly ajar and we walked toward it. We found Corina looking through a bunch of clothes. I wanted to look around her &lsquo;closet&rsquo; but Zoey had other ideas. &ldquo;You didn&rsquo;t have to be so rude Corina!&rdquo; she started. Corina let go of the sleeve she was holding and looked at Zoey. &ldquo;Well don&rsquo;t you think its mean, to &ndash;don&rsquo;t try to deny it- go on a date with Elliot to Starbucks, when Shweka so clearly likes him?&rdquo; Corina accused. I looked at Zoey horror-stricken. &ldquo;I- I... I.&rdquo; she stammered. She began to blush. They kissed? I could feel Zoey slowly dying, not being able to deny the accusation. &ldquo;Don&rsquo;t worry, Zoey, you can go out with him or snog him all you like, I don&rsquo;t mind. Umm Corina I&rsquo;m really sorry but I feel ill so I think I&rsquo;ll just head home. See you tomorrow.&rdquo; I said. I turned to make my way out, when Kiki grabbed my arm. &ldquo;I thought sisters don&rsquo;t abandon each other,&rdquo; she said, &ldquo;You don&rsquo;t have to stay in this room you can hang out with her Nan&rdquo; she whispered. I decided to stay but I stayed downstairs with her grandmother. I watched as the maids began to set the table. &ldquo;Only six plates? What about her Mother and Father? And... Sergeo?&rdquo; I asked her.<br />&ldquo;Her parents will not be joining us for dinner tonight. They rarely make it to dinner since their schedules are so tight. And as Sergeo explained before he will be attending a conference for his university.&rdquo; She said.<br />&ldquo;What&rsquo;s up with Corina and Sergeo anyway? They were so cold to each other yet they&rsquo;re siblings.&rdquo;<br />&ldquo;I&rsquo;m taking Corina hasn&rsquo;t spoken about her family, well I&rsquo;ll explain it. When they were younger Sergeo would love watching her dance and she&rsquo;d loved performing for him. But one day he was taken away to go to a private school. Sergeo was sent to all the best school&rsquo;s whilst Corina would just hide in his shadows. Her parents never really paid any attention to her because all the attention would go to Sergeo. After that they just sort of grew apart.&rdquo;<br /> &ldquo;That&rsquo;s really sad. I never thought tha-&rdquo;<br />&ldquo;Do you mind not to discuss my personal life with strangers, Nana?&rdquo; Corina said, walking into the room, the rest of them following. &ldquo;Corina, don&rsquo;t be so rude to your Nan.&rdquo; I said to her. She groaned and sat down at the table. There were so many forks and knives but I&rsquo;d been to a dinner similar to this so I knew how to eat with it. Kiki, Zoey and Bridget on the other hand had no idea what they were doing. &ldquo;Pssst. Which fork and knife do I start with?&rdquo; Zoey whispered. Bridget and Kiki looked at me too. &ldquo;Start from the outside and work your way in!&rdquo; I whispered back. She nodded and mouthed &lsquo;thanks.&rsquo; Corina&rsquo;s Nana cleared her throat. &ldquo;Corina dear, have you invited your friends to your ballet recital tomorrow?&rdquo; she asked as if she knew that Corina hadn&rsquo;t bothered to ask. &ldquo;You have a recital tomorrow?!&rdquo;<br />&ldquo;Why didn&rsquo;t you tell us?&rdquo;<br />&ldquo;Of course we&rsquo;ll come!&rdquo;<br />&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t need any of you to come! Just leave me ALONE!&rdquo; Corina yelled. She scraped her chair back and left the room. I&rsquo;d almost finished my dinner so I stood up. &ldquo;Thank you for the dinner ma&rsquo;am. It was really nice. I&rsquo;ve gotta go home now, though. Sorry. I&rsquo;ll see myself out.&rdquo; I said. I walked out the door not bothering to wait for the others. I didn&rsquo;t go home though; I went straight to the Cafe.<br /><br />It was almost 9pm when I got there. I walked into the Cafe. The lights were on but nobody was in. I checked the back room. Nobody in there either. I know there are a few rooms up the stairs. I ran up a flight of stairs and came to three rooms and a passageway. I went through the passageway which led to the balcony on top of Cafe Mew Mew that none of us knew how to get to. Elliot was leaning over the railings and staring out into the night. Surely he must have seen me? &ldquo;Elliot, why were you on a date with Zoey at Starbucks?&rdquo; I said cutting to the chase.<br />&ldquo;What are you on?&rdquo; he replied.<br />&ldquo;Corina said she saw you and Zoey at Starbucks and you both looked all snug and cosy.&rdquo; I was adding bits in but I wanted him to tell me the truth and if you&rsquo;re on a date you obviously going to be snug and cosy. &ldquo;And you believed her? Why would I go on a date with Zoey when...&rdquo; he didn&rsquo;t finish his sentence.<br />&ldquo;When, what?&rdquo; I asked. He didn&rsquo;t reply. &ldquo;Fine then. Thanks a lot Elliot.&rdquo; I said. I turned around to go. I walked about one step when Elliot grabbed my arm and slammed me against the door, closing it with my back. &ldquo;When... I&rsquo;m so clearly in love with you.&rdquo; He said. It was so cute. I was going to tell him that he hurt my back, when he slammed it against the door, but he put his arms on either side of my shoulders and I was trapped. Is he going to kiss me? If he is, MY FIRST KISS! He bent his head and planted his lips on mine. His arms made their way onto my shoulders and were shoving me against the door. It really hurt but I didn&rsquo;t care. I wrapped my arms around his neck and shut my eyes. &ldquo;All cosy are we?&rdquo; someone said. I opened my eyes and Elliot let go of my arms. He turned around but I could clearly see who it was. &ldquo;Dren!&rdquo; I said vehemently. &ldquo;The one and only! Oh and his loser friends: Sardon and Tarb.&rdquo; He said. He already had a soul and an infuser. &ldquo;Fire shield!&rdquo; I shouted. A wall of flame surrounded me and Elliot, protecting us from them. I had to hold it up all on my own and it was tiring. I couldn&rsquo;t see the predasite but it was jabbing at my shield and weakening it. &ldquo;Harmonic Attack!&rdquo; someone shouted and I knew by the spell that it was Renee. She blasted the cynoclones and the predasite away. She floated down in her fairy form. &ldquo;I just got back from my shoot. I thought I should pay a visit here before I went home and I saw fire spurting out everywhere and knew something was up,&rdquo; she said. She turned around to see how the cynoclones were doing and they were charging at us full speed. &ldquo;Shweka, transform NOW!&rdquo; she cried. I nodded. I held onto the necklace I&rsquo;d been wearing since my birthday and shouted, &ldquo;Power Pendant Mewtamorphosis!&rdquo; I transformed into my blue outfit and wings. I looked at Renee and nodded toward Elliot. &ldquo;Sound Flame Protector!&rdquo; we shouted in unison. Elliot had a sphere protecting him from getting hurt. The predasite was a black bird and had the features of a dancer. He must have infused one of the ballet students! &ldquo;Disco Shell!&rdquo; Renee yelled. A green sound-wave bounced out of Renee&rsquo;s hands and attacked the bird. &ldquo;Aerial Tempest.&rdquo; Sardon said. He raised his arm and brought it down toward me, Renee and Elliot. &ldquo;Fire!&rdquo; I yelled. My fire was fighting against his attack. They were pushing against each other in permanent battle against each other. I put more energy into it and Sardon&rsquo;s attack blew up in his face. They disappeared and our protection spell on Elliot wore off. That last attack took a lot out of me. I flew back to the ground. As did Renee. &ldquo;I know this is gonna sound nuts but I&rsquo;ve always dreamed of being able to fly so I think I&rsquo;ll take a tour of London! No I&rsquo;m joking I&rsquo;ll just fly back home to save me from walking. Night guys.&rdquo; I said. I flew home and transformed out of my fairy form in front of my house. I put the key in the lock and walked in. I went up to bed and lay in my bed thinking about the kiss I had with Elliot. His lips were so soft on mine. Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!! I&rsquo;m going to hold onto this feeling forever!<br /><br />I went into work as usual on Saturday. I already knew Corina wouldn&rsquo;t turn up because she&rsquo;d spend the whole day rehearsing for her performance. I went in and I&rsquo;d gone a bit early and saw Bridget, Zoey and Renee inside. Kiki was probably having a lie-in. I gave them all a nod then went into the locker rooms to get changed. Zoey followed me in. &ldquo;Shweka, I know what Corina accused me of yesterday, and I just wanted to say that it isn&rsquo;t true. I did go to Starbucks with Elliot but it wasn&rsquo;t a DATE. We weren&rsquo;t even hanging out. It was just some random thing he wanted to do. So sorry if it upset you. Well it shouldn&rsquo;t have because we weren&rsquo;t even going out and I&rsquo;d never do that to a friend.&rdquo; She said. It was so cute. I hugged her and she hugged me back. I preferred hugging Elliot though because he was taller so I&rsquo;d have to stand on tiptoe to at least get my fingertips to touch his neck. Then Zoey said. &ldquo;After you left Corina&rsquo;s Nan told us what she probably told you before. I think we should DEFINITELY get Sergeo to come to Corina&rsquo;s performance! You go ask Elliot if we can leave extra early to get the guy to come. What&rsquo;s times the performance?&rdquo; she asked me.<br />&ldquo;It&rsquo;s at six and if everything goes right it should finish at half eight. It&rsquo;s three now so if we left at about four we&rsquo;d do that Sergeo stuff too. Oh and when we get there watch out for a predasite that&rsquo;s a bird and it is a dancer. Renee, Elliot and I were attacked by it last night. See ya.&rdquo; I said, hinting that she should leave right about now so that I could get changed. Taking the hint she left the room. I changed into my uniform and was putting everything in my locker really slowly, when I heard screaming. It&rsquo;s the predasite! I shoved everything in my locker and didn&rsquo;t even bother locking it. I grabbed the handle and pulled open the door. I already had a fistful of fire ready to shoot. I looked in and saw Zoey on the floor surrounded by a pool of red. Bridget was also on the floor but she was soaked. Renee was standing on one of the tables checking out her nails. &ldquo;What happened?!&rdquo; I screamed, running to Zoey since she was the once covered in blood. &ldquo;Burst pipe.&rdquo; Renee mumbled. I looked from Renee to the blood to Zoey. &ldquo;I poured a jug full of Ribena all over me because I got shocked when a pipe burst.&rdquo; Zoey said.<br />&ldquo;Oh for crying out loud! I was about to pass out!&rdquo; I said. I pretend slapped her and helped her up. Elliot and Wesley came in and leaned against the wall. I nodded at Bridget. &ldquo;Water.&rdquo; She said. She pulled up all the water that was on the floor and threw it out an open window onto the grass. &ldquo;Rising Sun!&rdquo; Zoey cried. A ball of light floated above her and then went onto Bridget. It dried them both up completely. Zoey and Bridget cheered and hugged. Renee, Elliot and Wesley were gaping somewhere else. When I found what they were looking at I was about to go and slap Zoey and Bridget round the face. &ldquo;Why&rsquo;d you open the Caff?!&rdquo; I yelled, instead. That&rsquo;s when they realised that there were a ton of people just staring at the magic that had been performed in front of their faces. &ldquo;I do not have time for this! I&rsquo;m gonna get Kiki then go to Corina&rsquo;s. Anyone who wants to come grab your bags and let&rsquo;s bounce!&rdquo; I said. I was about to run into the locker rooms when I saw that Elliot already had my stuff. &ldquo;Thanks.&rdquo; I said and grabbed my stuff from him and ran out whilst people were asking me questions and taking pictures of me. On my way down the end of Hamilton Avenue I saw Kiki race passed me and the girls. I dropped my stuff on the floor and spoke to her telepathically so that she&rsquo;d stop running. She stopped and turned around. I scooped her up in my hands did a U turn and ran back explaining to her what had happened. &ldquo;So where are Renee and Bridget?&rdquo; She asked once we&rsquo;d slowed down and were making our way to Corina&rsquo;s house. It&rsquo;s like she hadn&rsquo;t been listening to a word Zoey and I have been saying all day! &ldquo;Renee stayed there and we don&rsquo;t know what else is going on there. Bridget is at Fairfield Hall- that&rsquo;s where Corina&rsquo;s performance is- and you, being our little monkey, are going to sneakily go into Sergeo&rsquo;s room and find out his plans for the day. Then I&rsquo;m going home and revising for my Mocks and try to learn the basic moves of Ballroom Dancing for General studies next week. So hurry up so we can get this over with!&rdquo; I yelled. She jumped over the fence and went inside. Zoey&rsquo;s phone started buzzing. She picked it up and started talking into it. &ldquo;So she&rsquo;s dancing outside... Ohh that was twenty minutes ago... Now she&rsquo;s... what? Say that again I didn&rsquo;t hear... She&rsquo;s putting on her outfit? Oh ok. She goes on in an hour?! I thought it was two?! ... It did not take us an hour to get here!&rdquo; I didn&rsquo;t hear anything after that because MY phone started ringing. &ldquo;Hello.&rdquo; I said into the phone. It was Renee. &ldquo;The press are literally after you so be sure not to use magic outside in plain sight. They saw us on TV and are convinced we&rsquo;re the same people. We told them it was just effects to get tips off the customers and we&rsquo;re not sure if they believe us so just don&rsquo;t EVER use your magic when other people are around. Just watch out.&rdquo; She said.<br />&ldquo;Yep, got it. Are you coming to Corina&rsquo;s performance?&rdquo; I asked her.<br />&ldquo;No, I can&rsquo;t I have this emergency shoot cos last night&rsquo;s one messed up. Bye.&rdquo; She said. She didn&rsquo;t even bother waiting for me to say goodbye, and she hung up. I looked at Zoey to find out what I&rsquo;d missed. &ldquo;She&rsquo;s going on in an hour! Where&rsquo;s Kiki? We&rsquo;re gonna be so la-&rdquo;<br />&ldquo;Kiki is right here and she&rsquo;s reporting for duty! He&rsquo;s got some Conference to decide what University he&rsquo;s gonna go to.&rdquo; She said bounding out of nowhere. We saw his car driving out the driveway. I ran forward and stopped it by standing in front of it. They looked really annoyed especially because I was blocking their way. &ldquo;I know you&rsquo;re in a rush but I just wanted to talk to you about Corina. She has a recital today and I know she&rsquo;d just love it if you came. I saw a picture of you and Corina in her purse. She was dancing and you were applauding her and giving her a bunch of flowers. You just grew apart and can I just say that you haven&rsquo;t been to any of Corina&rsquo;s performances at all. Do you know how that would make HER feel. I know this is a big, deciding moment in your life but you have loads of chances at getting into a Uni and getting a job but you only have one chance to win back your sister.&rdquo; I said. The driver looked really annoyed and he almost ran me over. I don&rsquo;t even think Sergeo was listening to me. They just drove past me and if I hadn&rsquo;t jumped out the way I&rsquo;d be crushed right now. &ldquo;This is hopeless. Let&rsquo;s just go to Corina&rsquo;s recital.&rdquo; Zoey said. So we ran all the way to Fairfield Hall.<br /><br />We got there in half an hour, which meant that it was only half an hour till Corina was due on stage. Bridget was waiting for us outside and we just collapsed by her feet. &ldquo;Well? Did you convince him to come?&rdquo; Bridget asked.<br />&ldquo;No. Mission failed. He wouldn&rsquo;t listen to us.&rdquo; Kiki said<br />&ldquo;If he wasn&rsquo;t listening to you, who&rsquo;s that?&rdquo; Bridget asked pointing to a car that had just pulled up into the V.I.P parking spot. Sergeo stepped out onto the pavement with a small bunch of flowers in his hands. &ldquo;I can go to a silly old conference any time!&rdquo; he said smiling. We all jumped with our fists in the air. We ran inside to where Bridget led us. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s through there.&rdquo; Bridget said, just as Corina was coming out. &ldquo;What are YOU doing here? And WHY is Sergeo here, I thought he had a conference.&rdquo; Corina said. &ldquo;I came to watch my talented sister dance.&rdquo; He replied. Zoey, Kiki and I crooned at how cute he was. &ldquo;You didn&rsquo;t have to come here. You have to worry about getting into a good college next year. Just go to your conference, Sergeo.&rdquo; She said.<br />&ldquo;Ok.&rdquo; He said and he turned to leave<br />&ldquo;Corina! Don&rsquo;t be so horrible!&rdquo; Zoey said<br />&ldquo;Sergeo come ba-&rdquo; Kiki began.<br />&ldquo;Look out! It&rsquo;s a predasite!&rdquo; Corina screamed. As predicted it was the bird predasite from last night. The bird pushed Kiki and Bridget to the left slamming them against the wall, and then it came to hit me and Zoey. I banged my back against the wall. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m gonna break my back, if this keeps up!&rdquo; I said rubbing my back. Then I remembered none of the other girls knew about what happened last night. &ldquo;Corina watch out!&rdquo; Kiki yelled. I got up to run to her, when Sergeo stood in front of her, protecting Corina from getting hit. Instead he got blown to the other side of the hallway. Corina ran to him and bent down. &ldquo;What IS that thing?&rdquo; Sergeo asked, before he lost consciousness. &ldquo;Right! That&rsquo;s it! Power Pendant Activate!&rdquo; Corina screamed. She and the others transformed. I hate this separate transform thing. &ldquo;Power Pendant Mewtamorphosis.&rdquo; I said completely unenthusiastically. I transformed into my fairy costume. &ldquo;Fire!&rdquo; I said. The bird bounded up off its feet. &ldquo;Ball of Sun!&rdquo; Zoey yelled. The bird pirouetted and caught Zoey&rsquo;s attack and threw it back at us at full speed. &ldquo;Vine Barrier!&rdquo; Kiki cried slamming her hand onto the ground. Thick vines grew in front of us and ate Zoey&rsquo;s attack. Kiki laughed and patted her vines making them sink to the ground and disappear. We looked at the bird. It was dancing. We stood there for a few moments just examining it. Corina sucked in some air. &ldquo;I know how to defeat it! Attack when I give you the signal!&rdquo; Corina said. She stood by the bird and began dancing in unison with it. My eyes widened as I understood what was going on. They twirled into the air and as they landed Corina kicked her. She kept on kicking and hitting her until the bird was REALLY pissed. &lsquo;Now&rsquo; Corina mouthed at me. I nodded at Kiki. &ldquo;Golden Pollen.&rdquo; Kiki whispered blowing into her palms. Green seaweed wrapped around the bird. &ldquo;Fire!&rdquo; I cried. A fistful of fire blew the bird up and a leftover soul and infuser. Mini Mew obediently ate the infuser and Corina ran to the pink soul. &ldquo;Nice going kitty cat.&rdquo; Dren said, appearing out of nowhere.<br />&ldquo;In case you haven&rsquo;t noticed already Dren, I AM NOT A CAT ANYMORE!&rdquo; Zoey said.<br />&ldquo;You&rsquo;re pretty when you get angry.&rdquo; Dren replied.<br />&ldquo;Well guess what? I&rsquo;m about to get gorgeous!&rdquo; Zoey practically yelled. She looked like she was about to attack him but I held her arm, preventing her from harming him. He blew a kiss at her then disappeared. &ldquo;Corina, you have to go and get on with your performance, I&rsquo;ll take the soul.&rdquo; I said.<br />Corina had finished her performance and was now in her dressing room with her brother. &ldquo;You were great Corina. It&rsquo;s been a long time since I&rsquo;ve gone to see something quite so full of energy.&rdquo; Sergeo said.<br />&ldquo;You should get going now, Sergeo. You have to get your college applications.&rdquo; Corina said. Zoey, Bridget, Kiki and I were listening in on their conversation. &ldquo;Alrighty then.&rdquo; He said. He turned to leave when a flower from the bouquet he had before fell out of his jacket pocket. Corina gasped. Sergeo turned around to see what had startled her, then he bent down and picked up the flower and joined it with the bunch of flowers he&rsquo;d bought earlier. &ldquo;Do you remember when I used to pick great big bunches of these for you when we were little. Well, I just wanted to let you know that I hadn&rsquo;t forgotten either and you&rsquo;re still my beloved little sister. And... And... I love you.&rdquo; He said. Corina began to cry then and walked forward taking the flowers from her brother&rsquo;s hand and embracing him. &ldquo;I love you too, Sergeo.&rdquo; She said. Then they stood there hugging whilst their Nan cried in the corner. &ldquo;Let&rsquo;s go back to the Cafe girls.&rdquo; I whispered and we all tiptoed out and walked back to the Caff.<br /><br />When I walked into the Cafe, I saw that Elliot had a bunch of half wilting flowers. He handed them to me. &ldquo;Aww that&rsquo;s sweet, Elliot! But you could have handed them to me when the others WEREN&rsquo;T here!&rdquo; I said. I was trying not to sound like an ungrateful pig. &ldquo;I was trying to do something sweet.&rdquo; He replied, sounding hurt.<br />&ldquo;It was Elliot! But the first step is to ask the girl out on a date. Hint Hint. And then give her the flowers. Maybe you should go find yourself a few other friends who&rsquo;ll lead you in the right direction!&rdquo; I said.<br />&ldquo;What are you doing tomorrow night?&rdquo; Elliot asked me.<br />&ldquo;Umm... I&rsquo;ve got a netball match and then... something with you?&rdquo; I said.<br />&ldquo;I was hoping you&rsquo;d say that. I&rsquo;ll pick you up at seven.&rdquo; He said.<br />&ldquo;EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! I bagged my first date!&rdquo; I cried. I hugged Elliot and the others wolf whistled but I ignored them. After all there&rsquo;s nothing wrong with hugging your boyfriend. I waved goodbye to all of them and took off home. I jumped into my bed and pulled out my textbooks. 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            <description><![CDATA[ Mew Mew Power Part 12- Brotherly love.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />&ldquo;Shweka, why did Miss Rogers ring me up and say that you haven&rsquo;t been attending the past 4 ballet lessons?&rdquo; Mum was in my room without permission AGAIN. It was the end of the first week back at school and I was lying on my bed doing coursework. I knew the ballet recital was on Saturday as in tomorrow. &ldquo;Because I couldn&rsquo;t be bothered.&rdquo; I mumbled. Sometimes Mum is really annoying. I have so much coursework to do and my Mocks were next week. It had to be a week early for some unknown reason. &ldquo;You couldn&rsquo;t be bothered?! I have paid the fees for your ballet lessons for the past 10 years! And you couldn&rsquo;t be bothered?! You better come up with a better reason this instant otherwise you won&rsquo;t be able to do any extracurricular activities ever again. Including the Cafe and going out with your friends.&rdquo; Mum said. Sometimes Mum could be such an unfair pig. &ldquo;FINE. I stopped going because I didn&rsquo;t get picked for the lead in the recital and I walked out. So I was embarrassed and annoyed that a 12 year old got a part that I couldn&rsquo;t.&rdquo; I said. She could tell I was fuming and she gets even angrier when I&rsquo;m mad. The only people who can MAKE you mad then be mad at YOU for being mad is you parents. &ldquo;You are going there NOW. You are being so immature! I know that&rsquo;s probably why you didn&rsquo;t go because that&rsquo;s what Miss Rogers told me. I don&rsquo;t care if the recital is tomorrow; you&rsquo;ve been the lead in every recital since you started doing ballet. Maybe you just need to be grateful and step down from the spotlight and stop being such a drama queen. And I heard the girl from the Cafe got the lead. You should at least be happy for her! You can be a tot-&rdquo;<br />&ldquo;JUST GET OUT! I DON&rsquo;T NEED YOU TELLING ME HOW TO LEAD MY LIFE. I AM GOING TO GO BUT NOT BECAUSE YOU TOLD ME TOO. I&rsquo;LL FAIL MY MOCKS AND GET KICKED OUT OF SCHOOL BECAUSE YOU WANTED ME TO GO TO SOME CRUMMY RECITAL THAT I&rsquo;VE PROBABLY DONE AT LEAST- AS YOU SAID- 20 TIMES IN MY LIFE!&rdquo; I screamed at my Mum. I was so annoyed with her. She walked out slamming the door behind her. And she called ME the immature one. I got out of my bed and grabbed my ballet kit. There was a practice today but that was mostly for the main parts in previous years. I don&rsquo;t know what to do now that I&rsquo;m a pixie.<br /><br />I walked into the changing rooms and put on my costume. I walked into the studio. I was the only person in there as usual. I started practicing the moves I already knew and in a few minutes I was doing Swan Lake again. I was doing the Sugar Plum Fairy&rsquo;s dance because that&rsquo;s the only one I ever learnt excluding the Prima Dona&rsquo;s dance which is totally different. As I was coming to the end of the performance I heard somebody clapping. Slowly at first then quicker and louder and it sounded as if more people had joined in. The ending was a huge leap which I did and I brought my head up to see who was watching. I saw everyone in my ballet class including Miss Rogers clapping and cheering for me. I stood up straighter and looked at them uneasily. &lsquo;Sorry&rsquo; I mouthed at Miss Rogers. She nodded and winked and mouthed &lsquo;It&rsquo;s ok,&rsquo; back. I was happy now and I told everyone to stop clapping. I saw Corina standing in the corner -the only person not clapping- and I felt bad then. I didn&rsquo;t do what Mum said, as in stepping down from the spotlight, and now I&rsquo;d gone and upset one of my friends by getting the applause she deserved. &ldquo;Let&rsquo;s run this over one more time, girls. Corina you know what to do.&rdquo; Miss Rogers said. Corina took her place and Miss Rogers was walking to the CD player to turn the music on. &ldquo;Miss Rogers, I&rsquo;m really sorry and this is totally my fault but I don&rsquo;t know the dance steps.&rdquo; I said to her, looking at my feet. I could feel everyone&rsquo;s eyes on me. I looked up at Miss Rogers. &ldquo;I know you don&rsquo;t know the steps, Shweka. That&rsquo;s why I&rsquo;m giving you the choice of either: Taking Corina&rsquo;s spot in the recital OR not doing it at all.&rdquo; Miss Rogers said. Corina was in front of me and she never looked back at me to be like &lsquo;Please Shweka, don&rsquo;t take my part.&rsquo; Or anything. She deserved what was coming for her. &ldquo;Miss Rogers, I&rsquo;d like to not do the recital at all,&rdquo; I said. Corina turned to look at me. &ldquo;I can&rsquo;t do that to one of my closest friends. And I know that Corina treasures this part and I don&rsquo;t want to be the one who takes it from her.&rdquo; I said. Corina hugged me then. Proper hugged me. I was so taken aback by it, that I didn&rsquo;t know what to do. After gently pushing Corina off me I told Miss Rogers and the rest of my class that I&rsquo;ll be there tomorrow cheering everyone on. Then I changed into my jeans ad shirt and left for the Cafe.<br /><br />I walked in and I saw that Bridget, Kiki and Zoey were there. It was really busy so I got changed and helped everyone with their shifts. I was actually doing more that all of them put together because I was taking orders, bringing out the food and putting what we earn into the till. A few hours later the crowd had died down and it was just two or three people there, when Abigail walked in. &ldquo;Abi!&rdquo; I cried and I went to hug her. &ldquo;Waaaaaayy too much goss, Shweka!&rdquo; she said. I sat her down at a table and pretended to take her order. She began. &ldquo;Right you know how the whole school and Liv have this mega crush on that hottie from Tiffin Boys&rsquo; Matt?! She asked him out! And he was like sure yeah he&rsquo;ll pick you up at 7. Then came along bitchy Mitzi and she was flirting like hell with him! Then Matt dropped Liv like a hot potato and he asked Mitzi out instead! Liv was crying her eyes out all the way home then she called me and said she saw Mitzi making out with Brandon at Starbucks! She asked me Matt&rsquo;s number so she can send it to him so I gave her his number. She said all he replied was an exclamation mark and then like 5 minutes later he sent ME me a text asking me out! And he&rsquo;s sooo fit so I said-... and I&rsquo;d like a strawberry milkshake with that please!&rdquo; she said. I raised my eyebrows and with one movement of her eyes I knew that Elliot was behind me. &ldquo;Right away, Abi!&rdquo; I exclaimed and I turned around and bumped into Elliot. I acted as if I didn&rsquo;t know he was there. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m not stupid, Shweka. One more gossip and I&rsquo;ll dock your wages.&rdquo; He said but he was smiling. I went and grabbed a strawberry shake for Abi straight out our new installed Milkshake machine (It&rsquo;s amazing! It has like six different flavours: Chocolate, strawberry, banana, vanilla, Mint and red cherry!) I went out and sat down on the table. She carried on then. &ldquo;As I was saying: I said no. Cos I couldn&rsquo;t do that to Liv so I got him to ask her out so he did and I told him to grab flowers and chocolates too. Enough about Liv though, I really want to go out with Caleb! General studies starts next week and I know he&rsquo;s taking Ballroom Dancing so I&rsquo;m going to too and so are you. Everyone says he&rsquo;s a bit of a loner so I&rsquo;ll pretend to go to the toilet when she tells us to pick partners and when I come back he&rsquo;ll be the only one left! So how smart is my plan!&rdquo; she cried. I laughed at her and went &ldquo;This is why we&rsquo;re best friends!&rdquo; I said. We were laughing when Elliot yelled at me and told me to go and get on with work. &ldquo;I thought you said he was a total sweetheart!&rdquo; She said. I laughed and went off. That&rsquo;s when Corina walked in. &ldquo;Shweka, thanks for not giving me the boot so as my thank you, you can come over to dinner.&rdquo; She said. I nodded my agreement and went to the front desk to put the money I just took in. &ldquo;Can we come to Corina?&rdquo; Zoey said pleadingly. Bridget nodded as well but Kiki looked a bit funny about it. &ldquo;Kiki, order some food for your siblings here and I&rsquo;ll pay for it. We can drop it off at your place on the way to Corina&rsquo;s house. I&rsquo;m sure Miss Rosbe wouldn&rsquo;t mind cooking it.&rdquo; I said. Kiki jumped up and hugged me. It felt a bit weird because she was quite short and I was a bit tall for my age. &ldquo;I think I might go for the record for the most amount of hugs that knock you off your feet!&rdquo; I said. Corina laughed and swatted me. Corina looked over at Zoey, Bridget and Kiki&rsquo;s imploring faces. She groaned inwardly. &ldquo;Fine.&rdquo; She said. They all started cheering until Elliot came out and yelled at us again. &ldquo;Water.&rdquo; Bridget said. Her finger pointed at Elliot. Water sprang out of Bridget&rsquo;s hand as if it was a hose and soaked Elliot. We started laughing and Kiki said, &ldquo;Didn&rsquo;t know you had it in you Bridget!&rdquo; which made us all laugh harder. Elliot stalked off in a huff. &ldquo;Oh crap.&rdquo; Zoey said, looking at Abi. Corina, Bridget and Kiki all stopped laughing. Everybody else in the cafe was too far away to have seen it but Abi was sitting right next to us. &ldquo;Don&rsquo;t worry; she already knows about magic and stuff. I told her and don&rsquo;t ask me why. I told her Liv and Em because they&rsquo;re all my best friends.&rdquo; I said. &ldquo;Ohhhhhh&rdquo;<br />&ldquo;You could&rsquo;ve told us!&rdquo;<br />&ldquo;Elliot&rsquo;s gonna kill you.&rdquo;<br />That&rsquo;s when Wesley walked in and told us we were going to close for the day. We couldn&rsquo;t let anybody else in and we couldn&rsquo;t take any more orders from the few people that were in here. When everybody had left, we all went into the locker rooms to get changed. &ldquo;Kiki go grab the food. Put this in the till whilst you&rsquo;re at it.&rdquo; I said handing her a &pound;10 note. She smiled gratefully and went to get the food. Corina stood in front of the lockers admiring the pictures. &ldquo;Renee looks soo pretty!&rdquo; she said.<br />&ldquo;I remember when all the little boxes were empty and the only one that was filled was mine. It was kinda freaky. I only had two boxes filled as you can see, because I never had the Mew transformation. I think we should add in another box for our latest transformation. What should we call it?&rdquo; I asked them.<br />&ldquo;What should we call what?&rdquo; Kiki asked, walking in.<br />&ldquo;Our new transformation. I think we should call it Wings since we ALL have wings in this transformation.&rdquo; Corina explained.<br />&ldquo;Wings&rsquo; isn&rsquo;t really working for me. Maybe something that rhymes with &lsquo;Mew.&rsquo; Then you know it has some sort of connection.&rdquo; Bridget suggested.<br />&ldquo;Nahhh. Something that sounds completely different but sums us up.&rdquo; Zoey said.<br />&ldquo;No. Something that sums us up would be our group name which we already have. I think it should be something that sums up the transformation. When you look at our costumes they are enchanting, charming, and harmonizing. We should add &lsquo;Mew&rsquo; to the end of it. Like: Enchantmew, charmew or harmew.&rdquo; Kiki suggested.<br />&ldquo;Let&rsquo;s do the name thing later are you gonna come out now? My limo is waiting outside!&rdquo; Corina exclaimed. We nodded and left the place.<br /><br />Kiki and I stood in front of her home. Miss Rosbe came to answer it, and Kiki went inside and was getting hugged by her siblings. I stood outside speaking to Miss Rosbe. &ldquo;So could you just cook some of the food for the kids? Because Kiki&rsquo;s always worked hard so we&rsquo;re going for dinner at a friend&rsquo;s house. I hope you don&rsquo;t mind, Miss Rosbe.&rdquo; I said.<br />&ldquo;Oh not at all! Kiki deserves a break and I&rsquo;m here to help out a bit so of course I won&rsquo;t mind! And thank you for dropping off some food, that was a big favour!&rdquo; she replied. Kiki came out then so I led her back to the limo. I gave the others a thumbs up and we set off for Kiki&rsquo;s house. We jumped out of the limo and made our way to the front of Corina&rsquo;s house. Corina took out a key from her schoolbag and put it in the lock and turned it. She pushed open the door and we walked in to see, 2 rows with about 10 maids in each all bowing and saying &lsquo;Good evening Mistress&rsquo; in turn for Corina. &ldquo;She&rsquo;s like a bloody princess!&rdquo; I said. All of us except Corina sniggered. Suddenly the maids all turned and ran closer to the door. We saw some guy making his way down from the left side of the stairs. He was followed by another guy who was dressed fully in black. &ldquo;Who&rsquo;s he, Corina? Is he your brother? He looks just like you.&rdquo; Kiki said. When he got to the bottom of the stairs, Corina said, &ldquo;Sergeo... These are my friends: Bridget, Kiki, Zoey and Shweka.&rdquo; She announced.<br />&ldquo;Hi.&rdquo; We chorused.<br />&ldquo;Hello ladies. Now if you&rsquo;ll please excuse me, I&rsquo;ve got to attend a conference.&rdquo; He replied. He shoved passed and all the maids did that whole bowing thing. &ldquo;Boy, what a JERK!&rdquo; Zoey said.<br />&ldquo;You&rsquo;re thinking out loud!&rdquo; Bridget said, having a mini heart attack about it. Corina groaned and her Nan came out and said &ldquo;Dinner will be ready in ten minutes ladies. Corina, entertain your guests.&rdquo; She said.<br />&ldquo;What do you want me to do? Prance around like a fairy?!&rdquo; Corina shouted and she ran up the stairs. We exchanged glances. I shot her Nan an apologetic look then ran up the stairs after Corina, with the girls following closely behind. There were about ten different rooms on each side and there was no possibility of us EVER figuring out which one was Corina&rsquo;s. Thankfully a maid came over and led us to Corina&rsquo;s room. She knocked on it three times, opened the door and left us there. We went in to find that Corina wasn&rsquo;t there. I pointed to a door that was slightly ajar and we walked toward it. We found Corina looking through a bunch of clothes. I wanted to look around her &lsquo;closet&rsquo; but Zoey had other ideas. &ldquo;You didn&rsquo;t have to be so rude Corina!&rdquo; she started. Corina let go of the sleeve she was holding and looked at Zoey. &ldquo;Well don&rsquo;t you think its mean, to &ndash;don&rsquo;t try to deny it- go on a date with Elliot to Starbucks, when Shweka so clearly likes him?&rdquo; Corina accused. I looked at Zoey horror-stricken. &ldquo;I- I... I.&rdquo; she stammered. She began to blush. They kissed? I could feel Zoey slowly dying, not being able to deny the accusation. &ldquo;Don&rsquo;t worry, Zoey, you can go out with him or snog him all you like, I don&rsquo;t mind. Umm Corina I&rsquo;m really sorry but I feel ill so I think I&rsquo;ll just head home. See you tomorrow.&rdquo; I said. I turned to make my way out, when Kiki grabbed my arm. &ldquo;I thought sisters don&rsquo;t abandon each other,&rdquo; she said, &ldquo;You don&rsquo;t have to stay in this room you can hang out with her Nan&rdquo; she whispered. I decided to stay but I stayed downstairs with her grandmother. I watched as the maids began to set the table. &ldquo;Only six plates? What about her Mother and Father? And... Sergeo?&rdquo; I asked her.<br />&ldquo;Her parents will not be joining us for dinner tonight. They rarely make it to dinner since their schedules are so tight. And as Sergeo explained before he will be attending a conference for his university.&rdquo; She said.<br />&ldquo;What&rsquo;s up with Corina and Sergeo anyway? They were so cold to each other yet they&rsquo;re siblings.&rdquo;<br />&ldquo;I&rsquo;m taking Corina hasn&rsquo;t spoken about her family, well I&rsquo;ll explain it. When they were younger Sergeo would love watching her dance and she&rsquo;d loved performing for him. But one day he was taken away to go to a private school. Sergeo was sent to all the best school&rsquo;s whilst Corina would just hide in his shadows. Her parents never really paid any attention to her because all the attention would go to Sergeo. After that they just sort of grew apart.&rdquo;<br /> &ldquo;That&rsquo;s really sad. I never thought tha-&rdquo;<br />&ldquo;Do you mind not to discuss my personal life with strangers, Nana?&rdquo; Corina said, walking into the room, the rest of them following. &ldquo;Corina, don&rsquo;t be so rude to your Nan.&rdquo; I said to her. She groaned and sat down at the table. There were so many forks and knives but I&rsquo;d been to a dinner similar to this so I knew how to eat with it. Kiki, Zoey and Bridget on the other hand had no idea what they were doing. &ldquo;Pssst. Which fork and knife do I start with?&rdquo; Zoey whispered. Bridget and Kiki looked at me too. &ldquo;Start from the outside and work your way in!&rdquo; I whispered back. She nodded and mouthed &lsquo;thanks.&rsquo; Corina&rsquo;s Nana cleared her throat. &ldquo;Corina dear, have you invited your friends to your ballet recital tomorrow?&rdquo; she asked as if she knew that Corina hadn&rsquo;t bothered to ask. &ldquo;You have a recital tomorrow?!&rdquo;<br />&ldquo;Why didn&rsquo;t you tell us?&rdquo;<br />&ldquo;Of course we&rsquo;ll come!&rdquo;<br />&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t need any of you to come! Just leave me ALONE!&rdquo; Corina yelled. She scraped her chair back and left the room. I&rsquo;d almost finished my dinner so I stood up. &ldquo;Thank you for the dinner ma&rsquo;am. It was really nice. I&rsquo;ve gotta go home now, though. Sorry. I&rsquo;ll see myself out.&rdquo; I said. I walked out the door not bothering to wait for the others. I didn&rsquo;t go home though; I went straight to the Cafe.<br /><br />It was almost 9pm when I got there. I walked into the Cafe. The lights were on but nobody was in. I checked the back room. Nobody in there either. I know there are a few rooms up the stairs. I ran up a flight of stairs and came to three rooms and a passageway. I went through the passageway which led to the balcony on top of Cafe Mew Mew that none of us knew how to get to. Elliot was leaning over the railings and staring out into the night. Surely he must have seen me? &ldquo;Elliot, why were you on a date with Zoey at Starbucks?&rdquo; I said cutting to the chase.<br />&ldquo;What are you on?&rdquo; he replied.<br />&ldquo;Corina said she saw you and Zoey at Starbucks and you both looked all snug and cosy.&rdquo; I was adding bits in but I wanted him to tell me the truth and if you&rsquo;re on a date you obviously going to be snug and cosy. &ldquo;And you believed her? Why would I go on a date with Zoey when...&rdquo; he didn&rsquo;t finish his sentence.<br />&ldquo;When, what?&rdquo; I asked. He didn&rsquo;t reply. &ldquo;Fine then. Thanks a lot Elliot.&rdquo; I said. I turned around to go. I walked about one step when Elliot grabbed my arm and slammed me against the door, closing it with my back. &ldquo;When... I&rsquo;m so clearly in love with you.&rdquo; He said. It was so cute. I was going to tell him that he hurt my back, when he slammed it against the door, but he put his arms on either side of my shoulders and I was trapped. Is he going to kiss me? If he is, MY FIRST KISS! He bent his head and planted his lips on mine. His arms made their way onto my shoulders and were shoving me against the door. It really hurt but I didn&rsquo;t care. I wrapped my arms around his neck and shut my eyes. &ldquo;All cosy are we?&rdquo; someone said. I opened my eyes and Elliot let go of my arms. He turned around but I could clearly see who it was. &ldquo;Dren!&rdquo; I said vehemently. &ldquo;The one and only! Oh and his loser friends: Sardon and Tarb.&rdquo; He said. He already had a soul and an infuser. &ldquo;Fire shield!&rdquo; I shouted. A wall of flame surrounded me and Elliot, protecting us from them. I had to hold it up all on my own and it was tiring. I couldn&rsquo;t see the predasite but it was jabbing at my shield and weakening it. &ldquo;Harmonic Attack!&rdquo; someone shouted and I knew by the spell that it was Renee. She blasted the cynoclones and the predasite away. She floated down in her fairy form. &ldquo;I just got back from my shoot. I thought I should pay a visit here before I went home and I saw fire spurting out everywhere and knew something was up,&rdquo; she said. She turned around to see how the cynoclones were doing and they were charging at us full speed. &ldquo;Shweka, transform NOW!&rdquo; she cried. I nodded. I held onto the necklace I&rsquo;d been wearing since my birthday and shouted, &ldquo;Power Pendant Mewtamorphosis!&rdquo; I transformed into my blue outfit and wings. I looked at Renee and nodded toward Elliot. &ldquo;Sound Flame Protector!&rdquo; we shouted in unison. Elliot had a sphere protecting him from getting hurt. The predasite was a black bird and had the features of a dancer. He must have infused one of the ballet students! &ldquo;Disco Shell!&rdquo; Renee yelled. A green sound-wave bounced out of Renee&rsquo;s hands and attacked the bird. &ldquo;Aerial Tempest.&rdquo; Sardon said. He raised his arm and brought it down toward me, Renee and Elliot. &ldquo;Fire!&rdquo; I yelled. My fire was fighting against his attack. They were pushing against each other in permanent battle against each other. I put more energy into it and Sardon&rsquo;s attack blew up in his face. They disappeared and our protection spell on Elliot wore off. That last attack took a lot out of me. I flew back to the ground. As did Renee. &ldquo;I know this is gonna sound nuts but I&rsquo;ve always dreamed of being able to fly so I think I&rsquo;ll take a tour of London! No I&rsquo;m joking I&rsquo;ll just fly back home to save me from walking. Night guys.&rdquo; I said. I flew home and transformed out of my fairy form in front of my house. I put the key in the lock and walked in. I went up to bed and lay in my bed thinking about the kiss I had with Elliot. His lips were so soft on mine. Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!! I&rsquo;m going to hold onto this feeling forever!<br /><br />I went into work as usual on Saturday. I already knew Corina wouldn&rsquo;t turn up because she&rsquo;d spend the whole day rehearsing for her performance. I went in and I&rsquo;d gone a bit early and saw Bridget, Zoey and Renee inside. Kiki was probably having a lie-in. I gave them all a nod then went into the locker rooms to get changed. Zoey followed me in. &ldquo;Shweka, I know what Corina accused me of yesterday, and I just wanted to say that it isn&rsquo;t true. I did go to Starbucks with Elliot but it wasn&rsquo;t a DATE. We weren&rsquo;t even hanging out. It was just some random thing he wanted to do. So sorry if it upset you. Well it shouldn&rsquo;t have because we weren&rsquo;t even going out and I&rsquo;d never do that to a friend.&rdquo; She said. It was so cute. I hugged her and she hugged me back. I preferred hugging Elliot though because he was taller so I&rsquo;d have to stand on tiptoe to at least get my fingertips to touch his neck. Then Zoey said. &ldquo;After you left Corina&rsquo;s Nan told us what she probably told you before. I think we should DEFINITELY get Sergeo to come to Corina&rsquo;s performance! You go ask Elliot if we can leave extra early to get the guy to come. What&rsquo;s times the performance?&rdquo; she asked me.<br />&ldquo;It&rsquo;s at six and if everything goes right it should finish at half eight. It&rsquo;s three now so if we left at about four we&rsquo;d do that Sergeo stuff too. Oh and when we get there watch out for a predasite that&rsquo;s a bird and it is a dancer. Renee, Elliot and I were attacked by it last night. See ya.&rdquo; I said, hinting that she should leave right about now so that I could get changed. Taking the hint she left the room. I changed into my uniform and was putting everything in my locker really slowly, when I heard screaming. It&rsquo;s the predasite! I shoved everything in my locker and didn&rsquo;t even bother locking it. I grabbed the handle and pulled open the door. I already had a fistful of fire ready to shoot. I looked in and saw Zoey on the floor surrounded by a pool of red. Bridget was also on the floor but she was soaked. Renee was standing on one of the tables checking out her nails. &ldquo;What happened?!&rdquo; I screamed, running to Zoey since she was the once covered in blood. &ldquo;Burst pipe.&rdquo; Renee mumbled. I looked from Renee to the blood to Zoey. &ldquo;I poured a jug full of Ribena all over me because I got shocked when a pipe burst.&rdquo; Zoey said.<br />&ldquo;Oh for crying out loud! I was about to pass out!&rdquo; I said. I pretend slapped her and helped her up. Elliot and Wesley came in and leaned against the wall. I nodded at Bridget. &ldquo;Water.&rdquo; She said. She pulled up all the water that was on the floor and threw it out an open window onto the grass. &ldquo;Rising Sun!&rdquo; Zoey cried. A ball of light floated above her and then went onto Bridget. It dried them both up completely. Zoey and Bridget cheered and hugged. Renee, Elliot and Wesley were gaping somewhere else. When I found what they were looking at I was about to go and slap Zoey and Bridget round the face. &ldquo;Why&rsquo;d you open the Caff?!&rdquo; I yelled, instead. That&rsquo;s when they realised that there were a ton of people just staring at the magic that had been performed in front of their faces. &ldquo;I do not have time for this! I&rsquo;m gonna get Kiki then go to Corina&rsquo;s. Anyone who wants to come grab your bags and let&rsquo;s bounce!&rdquo; I said. I was about to run into the locker rooms when I saw that Elliot already had my stuff. &ldquo;Thanks.&rdquo; I said and grabbed my stuff from him and ran out whilst people were asking me questions and taking pictures of me. On my way down the end of Hamilton Avenue I saw Kiki race passed me and the girls. I dropped my stuff on the floor and spoke to her telepathically so that she&rsquo;d stop running. She stopped and turned around. I scooped her up in my hands did a U turn and ran back explaining to her what had happened. &ldquo;So where are Renee and Bridget?&rdquo; She asked once we&rsquo;d slowed down and were making our way to Corina&rsquo;s house. It&rsquo;s like she hadn&rsquo;t been listening to a word Zoey and I have been saying all day! &ldquo;Renee stayed there and we don&rsquo;t know what else is going on there. Bridget is at Fairfield Hall- that&rsquo;s where Corina&rsquo;s performance is- and you, being our little monkey, are going to sneakily go into Sergeo&rsquo;s room and find out his plans for the day. Then I&rsquo;m going home and revising for my Mocks and try to learn the basic moves of Ballroom Dancing for General studies next week. So hurry up so we can get this over with!&rdquo; I yelled. She jumped over the fence and went inside. Zoey&rsquo;s phone started buzzing. She picked it up and started talking into it. &ldquo;So she&rsquo;s dancing outside... Ohh that was twenty minutes ago... Now she&rsquo;s... what? Say that again I didn&rsquo;t hear... She&rsquo;s putting on her outfit? Oh ok. She goes on in an hour?! I thought it was two?! ... It did not take us an hour to get here!&rdquo; I didn&rsquo;t hear anything after that because MY phone started ringing. &ldquo;Hello.&rdquo; I said into the phone. It was Renee. &ldquo;The press are literally after you so be sure not to use magic outside in plain sight. They saw us on TV and are convinced we&rsquo;re the same people. We told them it was just effects to get tips off the customers and we&rsquo;re not sure if they believe us so just don&rsquo;t EVER use your magic when other people are around. Just watch out.&rdquo; She said.<br />&ldquo;Yep, got it. Are you coming to Corina&rsquo;s performance?&rdquo; I asked her.<br />&ldquo;No, I can&rsquo;t I have this emergency shoot cos last night&rsquo;s one messed up. Bye.&rdquo; She said. She didn&rsquo;t even bother waiting for me to say goodbye, and she hung up. I looked at Zoey to find out what I&rsquo;d missed. &ldquo;She&rsquo;s going on in an hour! Where&rsquo;s Kiki? We&rsquo;re gonna be so la-&rdquo;<br />&ldquo;Kiki is right here and she&rsquo;s reporting for duty! He&rsquo;s got some Conference to decide what University he&rsquo;s gonna go to.&rdquo; She said bounding out of nowhere. We saw his car driving out the driveway. I ran forward and stopped it by standing in front of it. They looked really annoyed especially because I was blocking their way. &ldquo;I know you&rsquo;re in a rush but I just wanted to talk to you about Corina. She has a recital today and I know she&rsquo;d just love it if you came. I saw a picture of you and Corina in her purse. She was dancing and you were applauding her and giving her a bunch of flowers. You just grew apart and can I just say that you haven&rsquo;t been to any of Corina&rsquo;s performances at all. Do you know how that would make HER feel. I know this is a big, deciding moment in your life but you have loads of chances at getting into a Uni and getting a job but you only have one chance to win back your sister.&rdquo; I said. The driver looked really annoyed and he almost ran me over. I don&rsquo;t even think Sergeo was listening to me. They just drove past me and if I hadn&rsquo;t jumped out the way I&rsquo;d be crushed right now. &ldquo;This is hopeless. Let&rsquo;s just go to Corina&rsquo;s recital.&rdquo; Zoey said. So we ran all the way to Fairfield Hall.<br /><br />We got there in half an hour, which meant that it was only half an hour till Corina was due on stage. Bridget was waiting for us outside and we just collapsed by her feet. &ldquo;Well? Did you convince him to come?&rdquo; Bridget asked.<br />&ldquo;No. Mission failed. He wouldn&rsquo;t listen to us.&rdquo; Kiki said<br />&ldquo;If he wasn&rsquo;t listening to you, who&rsquo;s that?&rdquo; Bridget asked pointing to a car that had just pulled up into the V.I.P parking spot. Sergeo stepped out onto the pavement with a small bunch of flowers in his hands. &ldquo;I can go to a silly old conference any time!&rdquo; he said smiling. We all jumped with our fists in the air. We ran inside to where Bridget led us. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s through there.&rdquo; Bridget said, just as Corina was coming out. &ldquo;What are YOU doing here? And WHY is Sergeo here, I thought he had a conference.&rdquo; Corina said. &ldquo;I came to watch my talented sister dance.&rdquo; He replied. Zoey, Kiki and I crooned at how cute he was. &ldquo;You didn&rsquo;t have to come here. You have to worry about getting into a good college next year. Just go to your conference, Sergeo.&rdquo; She said.<br />&ldquo;Ok.&rdquo; He said and he turned to leave<br />&ldquo;Corina! Don&rsquo;t be so horrible!&rdquo; Zoey said<br />&ldquo;Sergeo come ba-&rdquo; Kiki began.<br />&ldquo;Look out! It&rsquo;s a predasite!&rdquo; Corina screamed. As predicted it was the bird predasite from last night. The bird pushed Kiki and Bridget to the left slamming them against the wall, and then it came to hit me and Zoey. I banged my back against the wall. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m gonna break my back, if this keeps up!&rdquo; I said rubbing my back. Then I remembered none of the other girls knew about what happened last night. &ldquo;Corina watch out!&rdquo; Kiki yelled. I got up to run to her, when Sergeo stood in front of her, protecting Corina from getting hit. Instead he got blown to the other side of the hallway. Corina ran to him and bent down. &ldquo;What IS that thing?&rdquo; Sergeo asked, before he lost consciousness. &ldquo;Right! That&rsquo;s it! Power Pendant Activate!&rdquo; Corina screamed. She and the others transformed. I hate this separate transform thing. &ldquo;Power Pendant Mewtamorphosis.&rdquo; I said completely unenthusiastically. I transformed into my fairy costume. &ldquo;Fire!&rdquo; I said. The bird bounded up off its feet. &ldquo;Ball of Sun!&rdquo; Zoey yelled. The bird pirouetted and caught Zoey&rsquo;s attack and threw it back at us at full speed. &ldquo;Vine Barrier!&rdquo; Kiki cried slamming her hand onto the ground. Thick vines grew in front of us and ate Zoey&rsquo;s attack. Kiki laughed and patted her vines making them sink to the ground and disappear. We looked at the bird. It was dancing. We stood there for a few moments just examining it. Corina sucked in some air. &ldquo;I know how to defeat it! Attack when I give you the signal!&rdquo; Corina said. She stood by the bird and began dancing in unison with it. My eyes widened as I understood what was going on. They twirled into the air and as they landed Corina kicked her. She kept on kicking and hitting her until the bird was REALLY pissed. &lsquo;Now&rsquo; Corina mouthed at me. I nodded at Kiki. &ldquo;Golden Pollen.&rdquo; Kiki whispered blowing into her palms. Green seaweed wrapped around the bird. &ldquo;Fire!&rdquo; I cried. A fistful of fire blew the bird up and a leftover soul and infuser. Mini Mew obediently ate the infuser and Corina ran to the pink soul. &ldquo;Nice going kitty cat.&rdquo; Dren said, appearing out of nowhere.<br />&ldquo;In case you haven&rsquo;t noticed already Dren, I AM NOT A CAT ANYMORE!&rdquo; Zoey said.<br />&ldquo;You&rsquo;re pretty when you get angry.&rdquo; Dren replied.<br />&ldquo;Well guess what? I&rsquo;m about to get gorgeous!&rdquo; Zoey practically yelled. She looked like she was about to attack him but I held her arm, preventing her from harming him. He blew a kiss at her then disappeared. &ldquo;Corina, you have to go and get on with your performance, I&rsquo;ll take the soul.&rdquo; I said.<br />Corina had finished her performance and was now in her dressing room with her brother. &ldquo;You were great Corina. It&rsquo;s been a long time since I&rsquo;ve gone to see something quite so full of energy.&rdquo; Sergeo said.<br />&ldquo;You should get going now, Sergeo. You have to get your college applications.&rdquo; Corina said. Zoey, Bridget, Kiki and I were listening in on their conversation. &ldquo;Alrighty then.&rdquo; He said. He turned to leave when a flower from the bouquet he had before fell out of his jacket pocket. Corina gasped. Sergeo turned around to see what had startled her, then he bent down and picked up the flower and joined it with the bunch of flowers he&rsquo;d bought earlier. &ldquo;Do you remember when I used to pick great big bunches of these for you when we were little. Well, I just wanted to let you know that I hadn&rsquo;t forgotten either and you&rsquo;re still my beloved little sister. And... And... I love you.&rdquo; He said. Corina began to cry then and walked forward taking the flowers from her brother&rsquo;s hand and embracing him. &ldquo;I love you too, Sergeo.&rdquo; She said. Then they stood there hugging whilst their Nan cried in the corner. &ldquo;Let&rsquo;s go back to the Cafe girls.&rdquo; I whispered and we all tiptoed out and walked back to the Caff.<br /><br />When I walked into the Cafe, I saw that Elliot had a bunch of half wilting flowers. He handed them to me. &ldquo;Aww that&rsquo;s sweet, Elliot! But you could have handed them to me when the others WEREN&rsquo;T here!&rdquo; I said. I was trying not to sound like an ungrateful pig. &ldquo;I was trying to do something sweet.&rdquo; He replied, sounding hurt.<br />&ldquo;It was Elliot! But the first step is to ask the girl out on a date. Hint Hint. And then give her the flowers. Maybe you should go find yourself a few other friends who&rsquo;ll lead you in the right direction!&rdquo; I said.<br />&ldquo;What are you doing tomorrow night?&rdquo; Elliot asked me.<br />&ldquo;Umm... I&rsquo;ve got a netball match and then... something with you?&rdquo; I said.<br />&ldquo;I was hoping you&rsquo;d say that. I&rsquo;ll pick you up at seven.&rdquo; He said.<br />&ldquo;EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! I bagged my first date!&rdquo; I cried. I hugged Elliot and the others wolf whistled but I ignored them. After all there&rsquo;s nothing wrong with hugging your boyfriend. I waved goodbye to all of them and took off home. I jumped into my bed and pulled out my textbooks. Time to REVISE!<br /><div><img src="http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/067/a/5/mew_mew_power_part_12_by_taraneecook-d5xd2k9.png" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>Puking Twilight Windows 7 boot logo</title>
                <link>http://tarrant501.deviantart.com/art/Puking-Twilight-Windows-7-boot-logo-358263312</link>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 17:54:24 PST</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Puking Twilight Windows 7 boot logo</media:title>
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                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Windows">customization/icons/os/win</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">tarrant501</media:credit>
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        <media:copyright url="http://tarrant501.deviantart.com">Copyright 2013 ~tarrant501</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ The next boot logo on my list. Same as the Rainbow Dash one. Just head over to that page for instruction on how to use and the Boot updater<a href="http://tarrant501.deviantart.com/art/Puking-Rainbow-Windows-7-boot-logo-358180491?q=gallery%3Atarrant501&qo=0">[link]</a> .<br /><br />This one took a bit longer, I had to rework the whole thing to not look like Rainbow Dash. I used the "Gibson art of Critiquing" which I wholeheartedly thank my friend for his input.<br /><br />Next up is Rarity. ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/066/7/2/puking_twilight_windows_7_boot_logo_by_tarrant501-d5xatqo.png" height="200" width="200"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ The next boot logo on my list. Same as the Rainbow Dash one. Just head over to that page for instruction on how to use and the Boot updater<a href="http://tarrant501.deviantart.com/art/Puking-Rainbow-Windows-7-boot-logo-358180491?q=gallery%3Atarrant501&qo=0">[link]</a> .<br /><br />This one took a bit longer, I had to rework the whole thing to not look like Rainbow Dash. I used the "Gibson art of Critiquing" which I wholeheartedly thank my friend for his input.<br /><br />Next up is Rarity.<br /><div><img src="http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/066/7/2/puking_twilight_windows_7_boot_logo_by_tarrant501-d5xatqo.png" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>Puking Rainbow Windows 7 boot logo</title>
                <link>http://tarrant501.deviantart.com/art/Puking-Rainbow-Windows-7-boot-logo-358180491</link>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 08:39:31 PST</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Puking Rainbow Windows 7 boot logo</media:title>
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                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Windows">customization/icons/os/win</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">tarrant501</media:credit>
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        <media:copyright url="http://tarrant501.deviantart.com">Copyright 2013 ~tarrant501</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ This was just a quick idea that I got from a comic off of My Little Brony. Dont know who originally drew that so If I fail to give proper credit I apologize up front.<br />Non of this belongs to me, I simply added an emboss to simulate movement and made the correct amount of frames and uploaded it.<br /><br />Use windows 7 boot updater which can be found here. <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://windows-7-boot-updater.en.softonic.com/">[link]</a><br /><br />Simply load it up, switch animation to animation and select the folder from the zip and apply.<br /><br />UPDATE: Added a slight fade in at the start didn't think about it at the time<br /><br />In the process of making a boot logo for each of the Mane 6. Next is Twilight Followed by Rarity. ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/066/2/3/puking_rainbow_windows_7_boot_logo_by_tarrant501-d5x91u3.png" height="200" width="200"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ This was just a quick idea that I got from a comic off of My Little Brony. Dont know who originally drew that so If I fail to give proper credit I apologize up front.<br />Non of this belongs to me, I simply added an emboss to simulate movement and made the correct amount of frames and uploaded it.<br /><br />Use windows 7 boot updater which can be found here. <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://windows-7-boot-updater.en.softonic.com/">[link]</a><br /><br />Simply load it up, switch animation to animation and select the folder from the zip and apply.<br /><br />UPDATE: Added a slight fade in at the start didn't think about it at the time<br /><br />In the process of making a boot logo for each of the Mane 6. Next is Twilight Followed by Rarity.<br /><div><img src="http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/066/2/3/puking_rainbow_windows_7_boot_logo_by_tarrant501-d5x91u3.png" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>Windows 7 - Metro UI Revamped Login Screen</title>
                <link>http://poiznxx.deviantart.com/art/Windows-7-Metro-UI-Revamped-Login-Screen-357231151</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://poiznxx.deviantart.com/art/Windows-7-Metro-UI-Revamped-Login-Screen-357231151</guid>
                <pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2013 04:07:10 PST</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Windows 7 - Metro UI Revamped Login Screen</media:title>
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                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Other">customization/skins/windows7/other</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">poiZNxx</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/o/poiznxx.jpg?4</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://poiznxx.deviantart.com">Copyright 2013 ~poiZNxx</media:copyright>             <creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/</creativeCommons:license>
                <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ This is the updated version of the previous MetroUI Login screen <a href="http://fav.me/d3kiujl">[link]</a><br />This includes many bug fixes and a new UI (bonus: Now you can choose Konata from Lucky Star anime to sleep on your login box... :3)<br /><br />* Install it at your own risk. I am not responsible for any damage caused by crashing of the PC. <br />* This should work with Windows 7 SP1 for both 32bit and 64bit systems but only compatible with English language of Windows 7. Other language MAY crash the system.<br />* Before installing it, make sure if your windows 7 is 32bit or 64bit. To find out, run the "64bit-checker.exe" file. Also make sure that your user has administrative privilege.<br /><br />How to Install:<br />Automatic method:<br />1. Make sure no application are running. Save all your work in case your computer crashes.<br />2. For the login screen, find authui.dll of your choice, right click "Install.bat" and choose Run as administrator.<br />3. For background, right click "Change Background.bat" and choose Run as administrator.<br />4. Test the login screen by pressing Ctrl + Alt + Del.<br /><br />Manual method (If automatic method is not working):<br />1. Make sure no application are running. Save all your work in case your computer crashes.<br />2. Install InstallTakeOwnership.reg<br />3. Then Browse to Your Local Drive (Normally is C: )<br />4. Open Windows and System32<br />5. Look for authui.dll.<br />6. Right Click, and choose Take Ownership.<br />7. Then Rename the file, like authui.dll to authui.dll.bak<br />8. Choose your preferred authui.dll file and copy it to your system32 folder and close it.<br />9. Test the login screen by pressing Ctrl + Alt + Del.<br /><br /><br />In case you are greeted with a black screen when logging off or using Ctrl + Alt + Del combination, you should follow the steps below:<br />1. Do a cold reboot.(Press the restart button or press power button for more than 5 sec or even if that doesn't work, yank the power cord <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/letters/=p.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":p" title=":p (Lick)"/>)<br />2. Now before the generic boot screen comes, press and hold F8 button until a menu appears.<br />3. Now select "Repair Your Computer" and wait for windows to load your files.<br />4. Click Next and then select your computer account.<br />5. Finally Select the Command Prompt option and type this: <br />cd %windir%system32<br />del authui.dll<br />ren authui.dll.bak authui.dll<br /><br />or (slower process)<br /><br />sfc -scannow<br />6. This should correct the problem. Restart the computer.<br /><br />---<br />This is a mod of <a href="http://fav.me/d2vajau">[link]</a> by <a target="_self" href="http://alexandru-r-ghinea.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/a/l/alexandru-r-ghinea.jpg?10" alt=":iconalexandru-r-ghinea:" title="alexandru-r-ghinea" /></a><br /><br />Note: If you want the dark metro wallpaper separately, you can get it here: <a href="http://fav.me/d4ek8ja">[link]</a> ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/062/e/7/windows_7___metro_ui_revamped_login_screen_by_poiznxx-d5wopbj.jpg" height="5250" width="1280"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ This is the updated version of the previous MetroUI Login screen <a href="http://fav.me/d3kiujl">[link]</a><br />This includes many bug fixes and a new UI (bonus: Now you can choose Konata from Lucky Star anime to sleep on your login box... :3)<br /><br />* Install it at your own risk. I am not responsible for any damage caused by crashing of the PC. <br />* This should work with Windows 7 SP1 for both 32bit and 64bit systems but only compatible with English language of Windows 7. Other language MAY crash the system.<br />* Before installing it, make sure if your windows 7 is 32bit or 64bit. To find out, run the "64bit-checker.exe" file. Also make sure that your user has administrative privilege.<br /><br />How to Install:<br />Automatic method:<br />1. Make sure no application are running. Save all your work in case your computer crashes.<br />2. For the login screen, find authui.dll of your choice, right click "Install.bat" and choose Run as administrator.<br />3. For background, right click "Change Background.bat" and choose Run as administrator.<br />4. Test the login screen by pressing Ctrl + Alt + Del.<br /><br />Manual method (If automatic method is not working):<br />1. Make sure no application are running. Save all your work in case your computer crashes.<br />2. Install InstallTakeOwnership.reg<br />3. Then Browse to Your Local Drive (Normally is C: )<br />4. Open Windows and System32<br />5. Look for authui.dll.<br />6. Right Click, and choose Take Ownership.<br />7. Then Rename the file, like authui.dll to authui.dll.bak<br />8. Choose your preferred authui.dll file and copy it to your system32 folder and close it.<br />9. Test the login screen by pressing Ctrl + Alt + Del.<br /><br /><br />In case you are greeted with a black screen when logging off or using Ctrl + Alt + Del combination, you should follow the steps below:<br />1. Do a cold reboot.(Press the restart button or press power button for more than 5 sec or even if that doesn't work, yank the power cord <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/letters/=p.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":p" title=":p (Lick)"/>)<br />2. Now before the generic boot screen comes, press and hold F8 button until a menu appears.<br />3. Now select "Repair Your Computer" and wait for windows to load your files.<br />4. Click Next and then select your computer account.<br />5. Finally Select the Command Prompt option and type this: <br />cd %windir%system32<br />del authui.dll<br />ren authui.dll.bak authui.dll<br /><br />or (slower process)<br /><br />sfc -scannow<br />6. This should correct the problem. Restart the computer.<br /><br />---<br />This is a mod of <a href="http://fav.me/d2vajau">[link]</a> by <a target="_self" href="http://alexandru-r-ghinea.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/a/l/alexandru-r-ghinea.jpg?10" alt=":iconalexandru-r-ghinea:" title="alexandru-r-ghinea" /></a><br /><br />Note: If you want the dark metro wallpaper separately, you can get it here: <a href="http://fav.me/d4ek8ja">[link]</a><br /><div><img src="http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/062/e/7/windows_7___metro_ui_revamped_login_screen_by_poiznxx-d5wopbj.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>Hitman LOGO BOOT</title>
                <link>http://dharmaking007.deviantart.com/art/Hitman-LOGO-BOOT-356727874</link>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 07:12:41 PST</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Hitman LOGO BOOT</media:title>
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                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Other">customization/skins/windows7/other</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">dharmaking007</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/h/dharmaking007.jpg?1</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://dharmaking007.deviantart.com">Copyright 2013 ~dharmaking007</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ THIS IS IN BS7 FORMAT USE BOOT EDITOR ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/058/f/1/hitman_logo_boot_by_dharmaking007-d5wdwzm.jpg" height="768" width="1368"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ THIS IS IN BS7 FORMAT USE BOOT EDITOR<br /><div><img src="http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/058/f/1/hitman_logo_boot_by_dharmaking007-d5wdwzm.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>The Tale of Lydia Farkas</title>
                <link>http://nothere3.deviantart.com/art/The-Tale-of-Lydia-Farkas-356469761</link>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 17:42:38 PST</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">The Tale of Lydia Farkas</media:title>
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                        <media:rating>adult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Fantasy">digitalart/drawings/fantasy</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">nothere3</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/n/o/nothere3.jpg?4</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://nothere3.deviantart.com">Copyright 2013 ~nothere3</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ Inspired from <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.transfur.com/Users/WolfenMoondaughter/Submissions/1558">studytrans</a> by <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.transfur.com/Users/WolfenMoondaughter">WolfenMoondaughter</a>. The art is a little rough in places, and the artist has long since stopped doing TF sequences altogether, but it remains my all time favorite wolf transformation.<br /><br />So much so, in fact, that I commissioned <a href="http://narubi2.deviantart.com/"> Narubi</a> to do an interpretation of it so I could post pictures along with my story <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":)" title=":) (Smile)"/> As such, the art accompanying this story is <b>not</b> by me but rather a commission. Only the story is mine.<br /><br /><hr/><br /><b>The Tale of Lydia Farkas</b><br /><br />Varu Saraswati knocked nervously on the townhouse door in the good part of the student ghetto. Even the wood felt expensive compared to the pressboard-coated plastic on the door of the apartment he shared with four other people, and as far as he knew Lydia Farkas lived there alone.<br /><br />"Why would <i>she</i> text you, much less ask you over?" Varu's roommate Deke had said. "The only reason she even has your number is that the RA made us all trade them in case we got locked out of the dorm."<br /><br />"I don't know and I don't care," had been Varu's reply. "The most sexilicious girl on Montauk Hall Floor 7 just texted me and asked me to come over, and I'm not letting ruin any part of that while you're here playing video games and watching Matt and Ariyam get stoned on the back porch." That had certainly shut Deke up.<br /><br />Varu hadn't even made the classic nerd mistakes he'd seen time and again in every form of media known to mankind. He hadn't dressed up, hadn't gotten flowers, hadn't rented a limo; he'd just pulled together the most "cool casual" out fit in his closet. Well, actually, the most cool casual outfit in Matt's closet, aired out for a bit to remove most of the pot odor (but not all, just in case Lydia was into that).<br /><br />Nobody answered the knock, so Varu tried again, desperately hoping that it hadn't been a prank text and that he hadn't wandered into a <i>Carrie</i>-type situation. He didn't have the psychic powers necessary for revenge, for one, and his sweet granny in Gujarat would have a heart attack if she ever found out he'd been doused in unclean pig's blood. He was about to knock again when he noticed that, in his nervous haste, he'd overlooked the doorbell. Varu rang it, and tried to calm his trembling hands.<br /><br />A moment later, the door unlatched and Lydia Farkas appeared. "Hey, Varu," she said.<br /><br />It was a herculean effort on Varu's part not to bug out his eyes and drool. Lydia was wearing a lime-green spaghetti-strap tank top that made it clear there was nothing on underneath, which made the gravity-defying curve of her bosom all the more impressive. The tank ended a good five inches short of her navel; a pair of orange panties that might be underwear or a bikini bottom (Varu chose to believe it was the former) was the only other garnet she wore. Her long, smooth blond hair fell freely about her face, and her bare feet twirled coquettishly on the tile floor.<br /><br />Varu's imagination had clearly failed him, as had his memory of the days on Montauk 7 over a year ago: "sexilicious" completely failed as an adjective.<br /><br />"H-hi Lydia," he said, managing to keep the stuttering to a minimum, thankfully. "You said you wanted to see me?"<br /><br />"Yeah, thanks for showing up." Lydia stretched lazily, revealing a half-inch more skin on every front. "Come on in."<br /><br />She led him into the townhouse, which was luxuriously furnished albeit messy, with piles of clothes and the occasional empty bottle of booze and/or perfume scattered all over the place. Lydia's 21st birthday party, celebrated the previous weekend, had already entered campus legend--seeing her digs made Varu believe it had been undersold. <br /><br />He'd expected to be led into the living room or the kitchen, but to his surprise--and delight--Lydia instead led him upstairs. She took the steps two at a time, feet flapping on the marble steps and assets in full and unfettered motion. Varu felt faint as his body rerouted blood from his brain to other more pressing areas, and he followed at what he judged was a cool and not at all nerdy and undersexed distance.<br /><br />"I have something I really need you to help me with," Lydia was saying. "Up here in my bedroom. I think it's something only you can do for me, Varu, and I don't think I've ever had a more pressing need."<br /><br />Family legend had it that Varu's great-grandfather had died of a massive coronary after seeing his first bikini model in 1957; Varu felt himself in danger of the same fate, and he didn't care in the slightest. Lydia led him into her bedroom, which had coy purple walls, a messy and unmade pink bedspread, and a wide yellow-curtained window looking down on the courtyard with a nice view of the night sky (for his part, Varu's shared apartment looked out on the rear wall of a shipping warehouse).<br /><br />Lydia padded softly over to her bed and sat down on it. "Come on over, Varu. I need you right here."<br /><br />Obligingly, like a puppy, Varu followed. He was about to take a seat opposite her when he noticed the books and note papers spread out on the sheets. "What's that?"<br /><br />"Oh, this? It's my take-home algebra final for my sophomore math gen ed. I'm terrible at math, Varu, and I need your help to finish up so I can pass. Daddy says I need to make all Cs to keep my full allowance." She pushed the book toward Varu, her bright blue eyes shining beneath waterfalls of blonde, needy and seemingly on the edge of tears.<br /><br />The bottom dropped out of Varu's stomach, and his hand instinctively twitched toward the pocket where his inhaler ordinarily would have been (there was only a rubber in there now, since Varu had convinced himself that an inhaler popping out during foreplay would be a moodkiller). "Umm&hellip;I can give it a shot," he said. "But Lydia, I'm&hellip;I'm not that good at math."<br /><br />"Oh, don't be modest," Lydia replied. She pulled herself up on the bed, showing a bit more cleavage and idly circling her big toe on the floor. "You can do it."<br /><br />Her houseguest felt like he was on the downward slope of a rollercoaster. Had Lydia only invited him over to manipulate him into doing her math homework? He could have given it a go, but when Varu Saraswati got nervous or stressed, he got honest. It was a character flaw (or, according to his sweet granny in Gujarat, a virtue). "I&hellip;I'm terrible at math, Lydia. I only squeaked by my gen ed math with a C-."<br /><br />The sultriness dropped away from Lydia's fine high cheekbones like a mask, and she drew herself up, which provided her with maximum coverage from her skimpy outfit. "What? You're joking. Aren't you an engineering major or something? I thought all Indians were math or physics or engineering or something mathy majors! It's why you come to this country!"<br /><br />There was no way this was ending well; luckily it was impossible for Lydia to see that Varu's dark cheeks were burning with shame and embarrassment. "I'm an art history major, Lydia," he said. "Creative writing minor. And I grew up in Wisconsin."<br /><br />"In other words, you're the the walking future unemployed," Lydia snapped. "God, I knew this was a mistake. Figures that the only Indian I know is the only one that's a liberal arts major! Why can't I have any classes with Chinese kids who can speak decent English?"<br /><br />"I'm sorry," Varu began. "I might be able to-"<br /><br />"I think you should go," said Lydia, eyes narrowing. "I need a math whiz who can speak American, not a future foodstamper."<br /><br />Varu obliged her and fled the room; Lydia could hear the door slam downstairs and could see him crunching his way across the gravel drive below. He made for the sidewalk; the bum didn't even have a car! She was gal he hadn't asked for a ride in her Land Rover, since she was in no mood to give one after he had tricked his way into her room. Fuming, she picked up her cell phone and dialed her boyfriend, Kurt Wolverton.<br /><br />"Hey baby," she said. "Turns out the guy I knew wasn't the math type. Usually the whole outfit and 'come upstairs' thing has them doing all my work for a month."<br /><br />"Too bad, babe," Kurt said. Something that sounded like bass-heavy music was audible in the background.<br /><br />"Can you come over and help?" Lydia said. "You're studying tax law&hellip;can't do that without some math, right?"<br /><br />"Sorry, babe," Kurt replied. "Like I told you, I've got a major meeting tonight with my study group. Can't get away." The sound of cheering people and an inaudible shouting over a PA system echoed behind him. "But hey, I can pop by day after tomorrow for a little sweet sugar. People are already talking about this weekend, babe, and your ass wrote a check that I'm gonna cash."<br /><br />"Wait, baby I-" Kurt hung up before she could finish, and Lydia tossed her phone at the wall in frustration. It fell to the floor, cracked beyond repair, but its owner only sniffed indifferently. Now, on top of everything else, she'd have to ask Daddy for yet another phone.<br /><br />Lydia turned to her books and the exam, spread out on her bed. She pulled one long elegant leg onto the bed and let the other dangle as she tried to make sense of the gobbledegook before her. It wasn't supposed to be like this; she'd always been able to manipulate people into doing emergency homework for her. But this time was important; getting that C or better was going to be her birthday present to herself. They'd held the party early so it coincided with a weekend; Kurt had clearly forgotten the real date even though she'd reminded him by phone and text, and not even Daddy had called. He and Mother were usually so good to her, opening their wallets at her beck and call, but when they forgot her birthday again it hurt. She didn't usually feel adopted, but something like that tended to bring it roaring home.<br /><br />Running her perfectly manicured fingers over the textbook, Lydia tried to focus. She didn't throw on any more clothes; the night already felt incredibly hot, even with the AC on and the window open. She was sweating like a pig, and a streetlight outside the window kept on blinding her. She squinted and held up a hand to block out some of the light, only to realize that it was far too high to be a streetlight: it was, in fact, the rising full moon, and it was uncannily bright. It seemed to be radiating a cold heat, and calling out to her in a soft and melodic voice. It begged Lydia in a voice she couldn't understand to do something, to stir up some deep part of herself, and it wouldn't be denied, not tonight.<br /><br />"So bright&hellip;" Lydia murmured, her homework forgotten for a moment. "So pretty&hellip;"<br /><br />She shook her head a moment later. What was she, some silly little girl looking through a telescope? The moon was just a fancy nightlight, and she had math to do. She looked down at the book, face cool and indifferent, and started to read again. "Stupid," she said softly, referring to the math, the moon, that nerd she'd chased out, her worthless boyfriend, her distant parents, her shallow and stupid friends&hellip;everything. "Stupid."<br /><br />A moment later, a sudden sharp pain stabbed at her bare midriff, as if her whole insides had suddenly seized up. Lydia jerked forward, clutching her stomach--teeth gritted, toes curled. "Urgh&hellip;" She hoped it wasn't appendicitis or a gallbladder thing&hellip;the last thing she needed was a trip to the emergency room in her self-admitted sluttiest outfit when there were only hours left until the exam was due. After a moment, though, the sharp pain subsided to a duller ache, but quickly spreading across her body, from the tips of her toenails to the top of her ears. Definitely something that needed attention; she was starting to regret Kurt making her smash her phone.<br /><br />The ache was joined moments later by a curious tingling, and as Lydia watched blonde hair began to push out of follicles all along her arms and legs. It was the same shade as her long locks and the hair she had&hellip;elsewhere (which she had confirmed during the six weeks or so she'd tried being a hippie and giving up shaving during junior year of high school). Lydia should have been horrified by this, but instead she was completely unable to process it, looking at the rapidly growing hair with mild, detached interest, as if it was growing on someone else.<br /><br />Within moments, her body was covered with blonde, but even as it spread the hair was beginning to darken and shift hue, going from the platinum of Lydia's hair to a darker, dirtier yellow. The hair on her head followed suit; in fact, as her body had been consumed with blonde, Lydia's shoulder-length hair, her pride and joy, had been quietly growing shorter. As the last warm peach skin was consumed, the hair on her head was scarcely longer than the boyish bobs worn by the pixie girls with no breasts or hips that Lydia secretly admired in her weaker moments. It might have been a good look on her as a human, but it was beginning to dawn on her that she was becoming something quite different.<br /><br />Ears popped into points and began to shift upward on Lydia's head, and her nose pricked out ever so slightly, its nostrils curling into a doglike configuration. She continued to watch the changes almost completely detached from them, holding out her arms to examine the fur and fanning her hands to watch as her clear acrylic-coated fingernails sharpened and shifted to the front of her fingers, slipping easily into the role of claws. The base of her spine--safely an inch above her panties--swelled and bulged into a short tail, while Lydia's toes splayed and twitched as their pedicured nails became claws as well with slight cracks as the acrylic flaked off and fell to the floor or the sheets.<br /><br />It was that last sensation that snapped Lydia out of the shell-shocked trance that had dissociated her from the metamorphosis consuming her fine and toned form; she recoiled in horror. "Why, why, why?" she blubbered. "What's going on? M-make it stop!"<br /><br />The last few changes had been gentle--aided by Lydia's detached state of mind--but the pain flared up all across her body once more, and intensified. Her spine popped and snapped, adjusting in both length and shape, and the sitting position quickly became unbearable. She shifted onto all fours, hands on her all but forgotten homework in front of her, with her legs drawn up on the disturbed bedsheets and her weight on her knees. The changes were accelerating; her small tail rapidly fluffed out to twice its original length and snapped her schoolwork-seducing panties at the back like a too-taut rubber band. Her back arched, which was too much for the delicate designer tankini top; it tore along the back seam and fell to the bed. Her ears continued to move upwards and outwards, while her long hair was now the length Lydia had often cruelly derided as "lesbian-short."<br /><br />But the pain in her face outmatched everything else. It pushed out with a vengeance, transforming her delicate nose and high cheekbones into a short muzzle. Her nose grew ever larger in proportion to her face, and the pain and pressure of the change was so great that Lydia instinctively squeezed her eyes shut. "It huuurts," she moaned, her voice taking on a raw, husky timbre. "Make it stop. Make it stopppp!"<br /><br />As the hair now coating her body grew still longer, its color shifted even faster: from dirty blonde to brownish and now to dishwater grey. The little remaining hair atop Lydia's head--as distinguishable from the fur everywhere else--was little more that a fluff of a mohawk now, barely a shade lighter than its surroundings. It was surmounted by two ears, now long and cupped, that were pressed backward in pain and fear.<br /><br />Her weight shifted still further, coupled with a nauseating sense of mild contraction--Lydia's back, arms, and especially legs were growing shorter. Her toes flexed and splayed further as more weight was placed on them; her heels were growing further away from them even as her legs shortened overall. The same was true of her hands, but her fingers were also becoming stubbier. Lydia's big toes shrank out of proportion to her flexing and changing feet, moving upward along the inside of her legs as her thumbs did the same. The small snout she was in the process of growing pushed ever further outward, her eyes still tightly clenched shut--partly out of agony and partly out of terror. As an ironic afterthought, Lydia's developing forepaws instinctively twitched and flexed, their new claws mincing the homework and papers on the bed. No possibility of a C or better for her this semester and her professor would have been dubious of the claim--even if Lydia could articulate it--that she herself was the dog that had destroyed her work.<br /><br />Indeed, that was what she was becoming--black hairs appeared among the now-grey majority, and there was no longer any meaningful distinction between the hair on her head and that elsewhere. Bones and limbs continued to shift and contract as her pose moved smoothly from that of a partly human creature on its hands and knees to a canine standing naturally on its four paws. With one last spasm, her digits shifted into their final positions as paws and lost what remained of their articulation, with the thick dark pads on their bottoms being the last feature to emerge.<br /><br />Lydia tried to cry out again, but only a mangled cacophony of sounds emerged from between her teeth, which were (along with the rest of her muzzle) still assuming their final canine forms. "Wrartsh&hellip;hrapprrnng&hellip;trwmii&hellip;" she choked. The words slurred and thickened--her new form was not built for speech. "Ahrm&hellip;mkrr&hellip;hurl&hellip;ah&hellip;ahhr&hellip;ahhrrr&hellip;AROOOOOOO!" Her last attempt at speaking disintegrated into a mournful howl, instinctively delivered to the rising moon, which set every dog in the neighborhood yelping in reply.<br /><br />The girl whose 21st birthday party had been wild enough to impress even the most salacious gossipers in a college town stood on her bed in a nest of torn garments and ruined schoolwork, with nothing human remaining but her mind and--as she tentatively opened her eyes--the deep blue hue that had melted hearts and gotten boys to do whatever she wanted since she'd been brought home by her adoptive parents all those years ago.<br /><br />They weren't likely to do the same now.<br /><br />Still, Lydia desperately--impossibly--sought out help. She leapt off her bed and clicked down the stairs, with strange but helpful new instincts allowing her to easily shift to walking on all fours. Well, that and the considerable practice she'd had in that position even as a human girl. The front door was ajar, likely because that nerd whose name Lydia probably couldn't have remembered even if she wasn't in a panic of metamorphosis hadn't shut it properly. She charged out, first seeking nearby friends in the expensive designer townhouse compound and then elsewhere in town--anywhere that she could remember how to walk to (an admittedly short list, since her mental map of town was Land Rover-centric). No one opened the door at her frantic whining and scratching, not Kelly or Sadie or Mackenzie. The boys who had done her homework--responding to the act that had failed on what's-his-name the art history major--yelled at her to stop scratching and go away, muttering darkly about calling animal control. Even passersby on the street or on the roads scowled at Lydia's new form, shying away or shouting at her. Drivers swerved and honked rather than braking, even when she crossed at a light or crosswalk.<br /><br />She was soon lost, desperate, and terrified--to say nothing of cold and hungry now that the transformation had ravaged her energy reserves. When the night seemed at its blackest and most unforgiving, thought, with the mocking moon at its apogee, Lydia smelled a familiar scent. Her human mind couldn't articulate the sensation, even if she'd had the power of speech, only that it was like a trail laid out before her to follow. With nothing else to place her hopes in, she followed the scent to its source.<br /><br />And that source, as fate would have it, was Varu Saraswati. He'd walked across town to get to Lydia's and was nearing his apartment--it was a long walk and her change had been rapid. She approached him whining plaintively, the most pleasant and pleading sound she was capable of making in her state.<br /><br />Varu stopped immediately. The strange dog--some kind of husky mix, most likely--was large and might be seen by some as intimidating, but that was a plaintive quality in its body language, lowered tail and ears, and bright blue eyes that he found endearing. His sweet granny in Gujarat would have frowned on him touching an unclean animal like a dog, and probably offered a lecture to boot (perhaps segueing into a tirade against slutty girls who dared openly display their hair). But Varu's sweet granny was in Gujarat, and he was here now.<br /><br />"Hey there, girl," he said, patting the dog on the head. It made a whining sound and wagged its tail weakly. "You look like you could use a roof and a meal. Wanna follow me?"<br /><br />He led it back to his apartment, where the "no pets" policy was enforced as strongly as the "landlord will fix your broken toilet policy." Luckily the roomies were out and about, though given all the animals that they'd brought home (human, animal, and otherwise indeterminate) Varu doubted they'd have a problem.<br /><br />The dog ate hungrily from the bowl that he filled with leftovers from the fridge, and followed Varu into his bedroom. He made a cushion for it out of towels, but it jumped up on his bed instead. Varu was momentarily worried about fleas and the like, but his innate pity and good nature won out. "This apartment already needs a good roach bombing," he said. "Okay, you can sleep there if you want. Tomorrow we'll see about getting you a permanent place." Exhausted by the walk and the embarrassment Lydia had heaped upon him, Varu collapsed on the bed next to her, still in his clothes.<br /><br />And that is how Varu Saraswati found himself waking up to the very human--and very naked--Lydia Farkas in his bed the next morning. 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            <description><![CDATA[ Inspired from <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.transfur.com/Users/WolfenMoondaughter/Submissions/1558">studytrans</a> by <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.transfur.com/Users/WolfenMoondaughter">WolfenMoondaughter</a>. The art is a little rough in places, and the artist has long since stopped doing TF sequences altogether, but it remains my all time favorite wolf transformation.<br /><br />So much so, in fact, that I commissioned <a href="http://narubi2.deviantart.com/"> Narubi</a> to do an interpretation of it so I could post pictures along with my story <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":)" title=":) (Smile)"/> As such, the art accompanying this story is <b>not</b> by me but rather a commission. Only the story is mine.<br /><br /><hr/><br /><b>The Tale of Lydia Farkas</b><br /><br />Varu Saraswati knocked nervously on the townhouse door in the good part of the student ghetto. Even the wood felt expensive compared to the pressboard-coated plastic on the door of the apartment he shared with four other people, and as far as he knew Lydia Farkas lived there alone.<br /><br />"Why would <i>she</i> text you, much less ask you over?" Varu's roommate Deke had said. "The only reason she even has your number is that the RA made us all trade them in case we got locked out of the dorm."<br /><br />"I don't know and I don't care," had been Varu's reply. "The most sexilicious girl on Montauk Hall Floor 7 just texted me and asked me to come over, and I'm not letting ruin any part of that while you're here playing video games and watching Matt and Ariyam get stoned on the back porch." That had certainly shut Deke up.<br /><br />Varu hadn't even made the classic nerd mistakes he'd seen time and again in every form of media known to mankind. He hadn't dressed up, hadn't gotten flowers, hadn't rented a limo; he'd just pulled together the most "cool casual" out fit in his closet. Well, actually, the most cool casual outfit in Matt's closet, aired out for a bit to remove most of the pot odor (but not all, just in case Lydia was into that).<br /><br />Nobody answered the knock, so Varu tried again, desperately hoping that it hadn't been a prank text and that he hadn't wandered into a <i>Carrie</i>-type situation. He didn't have the psychic powers necessary for revenge, for one, and his sweet granny in Gujarat would have a heart attack if she ever found out he'd been doused in unclean pig's blood. He was about to knock again when he noticed that, in his nervous haste, he'd overlooked the doorbell. Varu rang it, and tried to calm his trembling hands.<br /><br />A moment later, the door unlatched and Lydia Farkas appeared. "Hey, Varu," she said.<br /><br />It was a herculean effort on Varu's part not to bug out his eyes and drool. Lydia was wearing a lime-green spaghetti-strap tank top that made it clear there was nothing on underneath, which made the gravity-defying curve of her bosom all the more impressive. The tank ended a good five inches short of her navel; a pair of orange panties that might be underwear or a bikini bottom (Varu chose to believe it was the former) was the only other garnet she wore. Her long, smooth blond hair fell freely about her face, and her bare feet twirled coquettishly on the tile floor.<br /><br />Varu's imagination had clearly failed him, as had his memory of the days on Montauk 7 over a year ago: "sexilicious" completely failed as an adjective.<br /><br />"H-hi Lydia," he said, managing to keep the stuttering to a minimum, thankfully. "You said you wanted to see me?"<br /><br />"Yeah, thanks for showing up." Lydia stretched lazily, revealing a half-inch more skin on every front. "Come on in."<br /><br />She led him into the townhouse, which was luxuriously furnished albeit messy, with piles of clothes and the occasional empty bottle of booze and/or perfume scattered all over the place. Lydia's 21st birthday party, celebrated the previous weekend, had already entered campus legend--seeing her digs made Varu believe it had been undersold. <br /><br />He'd expected to be led into the living room or the kitchen, but to his surprise--and delight--Lydia instead led him upstairs. She took the steps two at a time, feet flapping on the marble steps and assets in full and unfettered motion. Varu felt faint as his body rerouted blood from his brain to other more pressing areas, and he followed at what he judged was a cool and not at all nerdy and undersexed distance.<br /><br />"I have something I really need you to help me with," Lydia was saying. "Up here in my bedroom. I think it's something only you can do for me, Varu, and I don't think I've ever had a more pressing need."<br /><br />Family legend had it that Varu's great-grandfather had died of a massive coronary after seeing his first bikini model in 1957; Varu felt himself in danger of the same fate, and he didn't care in the slightest. Lydia led him into her bedroom, which had coy purple walls, a messy and unmade pink bedspread, and a wide yellow-curtained window looking down on the courtyard with a nice view of the night sky (for his part, Varu's shared apartment looked out on the rear wall of a shipping warehouse).<br /><br />Lydia padded softly over to her bed and sat down on it. "Come on over, Varu. I need you right here."<br /><br />Obligingly, like a puppy, Varu followed. He was about to take a seat opposite her when he noticed the books and note papers spread out on the sheets. "What's that?"<br /><br />"Oh, this? It's my take-home algebra final for my sophomore math gen ed. I'm terrible at math, Varu, and I need your help to finish up so I can pass. Daddy says I need to make all Cs to keep my full allowance." She pushed the book toward Varu, her bright blue eyes shining beneath waterfalls of blonde, needy and seemingly on the edge of tears.<br /><br />The bottom dropped out of Varu's stomach, and his hand instinctively twitched toward the pocket where his inhaler ordinarily would have been (there was only a rubber in there now, since Varu had convinced himself that an inhaler popping out during foreplay would be a moodkiller). "Umm&hellip;I can give it a shot," he said. "But Lydia, I'm&hellip;I'm not that good at math."<br /><br />"Oh, don't be modest," Lydia replied. She pulled herself up on the bed, showing a bit more cleavage and idly circling her big toe on the floor. "You can do it."<br /><br />Her houseguest felt like he was on the downward slope of a rollercoaster. Had Lydia only invited him over to manipulate him into doing her math homework? He could have given it a go, but when Varu Saraswati got nervous or stressed, he got honest. It was a character flaw (or, according to his sweet granny in Gujarat, a virtue). "I&hellip;I'm terrible at math, Lydia. I only squeaked by my gen ed math with a C-."<br /><br />The sultriness dropped away from Lydia's fine high cheekbones like a mask, and she drew herself up, which provided her with maximum coverage from her skimpy outfit. "What? You're joking. Aren't you an engineering major or something? I thought all Indians were math or physics or engineering or something mathy majors! It's why you come to this country!"<br /><br />There was no way this was ending well; luckily it was impossible for Lydia to see that Varu's dark cheeks were burning with shame and embarrassment. "I'm an art history major, Lydia," he said. "Creative writing minor. And I grew up in Wisconsin."<br /><br />"In other words, you're the the walking future unemployed," Lydia snapped. "God, I knew this was a mistake. Figures that the only Indian I know is the only one that's a liberal arts major! Why can't I have any classes with Chinese kids who can speak decent English?"<br /><br />"I'm sorry," Varu began. "I might be able to-"<br /><br />"I think you should go," said Lydia, eyes narrowing. "I need a math whiz who can speak American, not a future foodstamper."<br /><br />Varu obliged her and fled the room; Lydia could hear the door slam downstairs and could see him crunching his way across the gravel drive below. He made for the sidewalk; the bum didn't even have a car! She was gal he hadn't asked for a ride in her Land Rover, since she was in no mood to give one after he had tricked his way into her room. Fuming, she picked up her cell phone and dialed her boyfriend, Kurt Wolverton.<br /><br />"Hey baby," she said. "Turns out the guy I knew wasn't the math type. Usually the whole outfit and 'come upstairs' thing has them doing all my work for a month."<br /><br />"Too bad, babe," Kurt said. Something that sounded like bass-heavy music was audible in the background.<br /><br />"Can you come over and help?" Lydia said. "You're studying tax law&hellip;can't do that without some math, right?"<br /><br />"Sorry, babe," Kurt replied. "Like I told you, I've got a major meeting tonight with my study group. Can't get away." The sound of cheering people and an inaudible shouting over a PA system echoed behind him. "But hey, I can pop by day after tomorrow for a little sweet sugar. People are already talking about this weekend, babe, and your ass wrote a check that I'm gonna cash."<br /><br />"Wait, baby I-" Kurt hung up before she could finish, and Lydia tossed her phone at the wall in frustration. It fell to the floor, cracked beyond repair, but its owner only sniffed indifferently. Now, on top of everything else, she'd have to ask Daddy for yet another phone.<br /><br />Lydia turned to her books and the exam, spread out on her bed. She pulled one long elegant leg onto the bed and let the other dangle as she tried to make sense of the gobbledegook before her. It wasn't supposed to be like this; she'd always been able to manipulate people into doing emergency homework for her. But this time was important; getting that C or better was going to be her birthday present to herself. They'd held the party early so it coincided with a weekend; Kurt had clearly forgotten the real date even though she'd reminded him by phone and text, and not even Daddy had called. He and Mother were usually so good to her, opening their wallets at her beck and call, but when they forgot her birthday again it hurt. She didn't usually feel adopted, but something like that tended to bring it roaring home.<br /><br />Running her perfectly manicured fingers over the textbook, Lydia tried to focus. She didn't throw on any more clothes; the night already felt incredibly hot, even with the AC on and the window open. She was sweating like a pig, and a streetlight outside the window kept on blinding her. She squinted and held up a hand to block out some of the light, only to realize that it was far too high to be a streetlight: it was, in fact, the rising full moon, and it was uncannily bright. It seemed to be radiating a cold heat, and calling out to her in a soft and melodic voice. It begged Lydia in a voice she couldn't understand to do something, to stir up some deep part of herself, and it wouldn't be denied, not tonight.<br /><br />"So bright&hellip;" Lydia murmured, her homework forgotten for a moment. "So pretty&hellip;"<br /><br />She shook her head a moment later. What was she, some silly little girl looking through a telescope? The moon was just a fancy nightlight, and she had math to do. She looked down at the book, face cool and indifferent, and started to read again. "Stupid," she said softly, referring to the math, the moon, that nerd she'd chased out, her worthless boyfriend, her distant parents, her shallow and stupid friends&hellip;everything. "Stupid."<br /><br />A moment later, a sudden sharp pain stabbed at her bare midriff, as if her whole insides had suddenly seized up. Lydia jerked forward, clutching her stomach--teeth gritted, toes curled. "Urgh&hellip;" She hoped it wasn't appendicitis or a gallbladder thing&hellip;the last thing she needed was a trip to the emergency room in her self-admitted sluttiest outfit when there were only hours left until the exam was due. After a moment, though, the sharp pain subsided to a duller ache, but quickly spreading across her body, from the tips of her toenails to the top of her ears. Definitely something that needed attention; she was starting to regret Kurt making her smash her phone.<br /><br />The ache was joined moments later by a curious tingling, and as Lydia watched blonde hair began to push out of follicles all along her arms and legs. It was the same shade as her long locks and the hair she had&hellip;elsewhere (which she had confirmed during the six weeks or so she'd tried being a hippie and giving up shaving during junior year of high school). Lydia should have been horrified by this, but instead she was completely unable to process it, looking at the rapidly growing hair with mild, detached interest, as if it was growing on someone else.<br /><br />Within moments, her body was covered with blonde, but even as it spread the hair was beginning to darken and shift hue, going from the platinum of Lydia's hair to a darker, dirtier yellow. The hair on her head followed suit; in fact, as her body had been consumed with blonde, Lydia's shoulder-length hair, her pride and joy, had been quietly growing shorter. As the last warm peach skin was consumed, the hair on her head was scarcely longer than the boyish bobs worn by the pixie girls with no breasts or hips that Lydia secretly admired in her weaker moments. It might have been a good look on her as a human, but it was beginning to dawn on her that she was becoming something quite different.<br /><br />Ears popped into points and began to shift upward on Lydia's head, and her nose pricked out ever so slightly, its nostrils curling into a doglike configuration. She continued to watch the changes almost completely detached from them, holding out her arms to examine the fur and fanning her hands to watch as her clear acrylic-coated fingernails sharpened and shifted to the front of her fingers, slipping easily into the role of claws. The base of her spine--safely an inch above her panties--swelled and bulged into a short tail, while Lydia's toes splayed and twitched as their pedicured nails became claws as well with slight cracks as the acrylic flaked off and fell to the floor or the sheets.<br /><br />It was that last sensation that snapped Lydia out of the shell-shocked trance that had dissociated her from the metamorphosis consuming her fine and toned form; she recoiled in horror. "Why, why, why?" she blubbered. "What's going on? M-make it stop!"<br /><br />The last few changes had been gentle--aided by Lydia's detached state of mind--but the pain flared up all across her body once more, and intensified. Her spine popped and snapped, adjusting in both length and shape, and the sitting position quickly became unbearable. She shifted onto all fours, hands on her all but forgotten homework in front of her, with her legs drawn up on the disturbed bedsheets and her weight on her knees. The changes were accelerating; her small tail rapidly fluffed out to twice its original length and snapped her schoolwork-seducing panties at the back like a too-taut rubber band. Her back arched, which was too much for the delicate designer tankini top; it tore along the back seam and fell to the bed. Her ears continued to move upwards and outwards, while her long hair was now the length Lydia had often cruelly derided as "lesbian-short."<br /><br />But the pain in her face outmatched everything else. It pushed out with a vengeance, transforming her delicate nose and high cheekbones into a short muzzle. Her nose grew ever larger in proportion to her face, and the pain and pressure of the change was so great that Lydia instinctively squeezed her eyes shut. "It huuurts," she moaned, her voice taking on a raw, husky timbre. "Make it stop. Make it stopppp!"<br /><br />As the hair now coating her body grew still longer, its color shifted even faster: from dirty blonde to brownish and now to dishwater grey. The little remaining hair atop Lydia's head--as distinguishable from the fur everywhere else--was little more that a fluff of a mohawk now, barely a shade lighter than its surroundings. It was surmounted by two ears, now long and cupped, that were pressed backward in pain and fear.<br /><br />Her weight shifted still further, coupled with a nauseating sense of mild contraction--Lydia's back, arms, and especially legs were growing shorter. Her toes flexed and splayed further as more weight was placed on them; her heels were growing further away from them even as her legs shortened overall. The same was true of her hands, but her fingers were also becoming stubbier. Lydia's big toes shrank out of proportion to her flexing and changing feet, moving upward along the inside of her legs as her thumbs did the same. The small snout she was in the process of growing pushed ever further outward, her eyes still tightly clenched shut--partly out of agony and partly out of terror. As an ironic afterthought, Lydia's developing forepaws instinctively twitched and flexed, their new claws mincing the homework and papers on the bed. No possibility of a C or better for her this semester and her professor would have been dubious of the claim--even if Lydia could articulate it--that she herself was the dog that had destroyed her work.<br /><br />Indeed, that was what she was becoming--black hairs appeared among the now-grey majority, and there was no longer any meaningful distinction between the hair on her head and that elsewhere. Bones and limbs continued to shift and contract as her pose moved smoothly from that of a partly human creature on its hands and knees to a canine standing naturally on its four paws. With one last spasm, her digits shifted into their final positions as paws and lost what remained of their articulation, with the thick dark pads on their bottoms being the last feature to emerge.<br /><br />Lydia tried to cry out again, but only a mangled cacophony of sounds emerged from between her teeth, which were (along with the rest of her muzzle) still assuming their final canine forms. "Wrartsh&hellip;hrapprrnng&hellip;trwmii&hellip;" she choked. The words slurred and thickened--her new form was not built for speech. "Ahrm&hellip;mkrr&hellip;hurl&hellip;ah&hellip;ahhr&hellip;ahhrrr&hellip;AROOOOOOO!" Her last attempt at speaking disintegrated into a mournful howl, instinctively delivered to the rising moon, which set every dog in the neighborhood yelping in reply.<br /><br />The girl whose 21st birthday party had been wild enough to impress even the most salacious gossipers in a college town stood on her bed in a nest of torn garments and ruined schoolwork, with nothing human remaining but her mind and--as she tentatively opened her eyes--the deep blue hue that had melted hearts and gotten boys to do whatever she wanted since she'd been brought home by her adoptive parents all those years ago.<br /><br />They weren't likely to do the same now.<br /><br />Still, Lydia desperately--impossibly--sought out help. She leapt off her bed and clicked down the stairs, with strange but helpful new instincts allowing her to easily shift to walking on all fours. Well, that and the considerable practice she'd had in that position even as a human girl. The front door was ajar, likely because that nerd whose name Lydia probably couldn't have remembered even if she wasn't in a panic of metamorphosis hadn't shut it properly. She charged out, first seeking nearby friends in the expensive designer townhouse compound and then elsewhere in town--anywhere that she could remember how to walk to (an admittedly short list, since her mental map of town was Land Rover-centric). No one opened the door at her frantic whining and scratching, not Kelly or Sadie or Mackenzie. The boys who had done her homework--responding to the act that had failed on what's-his-name the art history major--yelled at her to stop scratching and go away, muttering darkly about calling animal control. Even passersby on the street or on the roads scowled at Lydia's new form, shying away or shouting at her. Drivers swerved and honked rather than braking, even when she crossed at a light or crosswalk.<br /><br />She was soon lost, desperate, and terrified--to say nothing of cold and hungry now that the transformation had ravaged her energy reserves. When the night seemed at its blackest and most unforgiving, thought, with the mocking moon at its apogee, Lydia smelled a familiar scent. Her human mind couldn't articulate the sensation, even if she'd had the power of speech, only that it was like a trail laid out before her to follow. With nothing else to place her hopes in, she followed the scent to its source.<br /><br />And that source, as fate would have it, was Varu Saraswati. He'd walked across town to get to Lydia's and was nearing his apartment--it was a long walk and her change had been rapid. She approached him whining plaintively, the most pleasant and pleading sound she was capable of making in her state.<br /><br />Varu stopped immediately. The strange dog--some kind of husky mix, most likely--was large and might be seen by some as intimidating, but that was a plaintive quality in its body language, lowered tail and ears, and bright blue eyes that he found endearing. His sweet granny in Gujarat would have frowned on him touching an unclean animal like a dog, and probably offered a lecture to boot (perhaps segueing into a tirade against slutty girls who dared openly display their hair). But Varu's sweet granny was in Gujarat, and he was here now.<br /><br />"Hey there, girl," he said, patting the dog on the head. It made a whining sound and wagged its tail weakly. "You look like you could use a roof and a meal. Wanna follow me?"<br /><br />He led it back to his apartment, where the "no pets" policy was enforced as strongly as the "landlord will fix your broken toilet policy." Luckily the roomies were out and about, though given all the animals that they'd brought home (human, animal, and otherwise indeterminate) Varu doubted they'd have a problem.<br /><br />The dog ate hungrily from the bowl that he filled with leftovers from the fridge, and followed Varu into his bedroom. He made a cushion for it out of towels, but it jumped up on his bed instead. Varu was momentarily worried about fleas and the like, but his innate pity and good nature won out. "This apartment already needs a good roach bombing," he said. "Okay, you can sleep there if you want. Tomorrow we'll see about getting you a permanent place." Exhausted by the walk and the embarrassment Lydia had heaped upon him, Varu collapsed on the bed next to her, still in his clothes.<br /><br />And that is how Varu Saraswati found himself waking up to the very human--and very naked--Lydia Farkas in his bed the next morning. If the tale of her 21st birthday had rapidly become legend in the space of less than a week, the story of Varu's roommates opening the door the day after easily equaled it in the circle of nerds, geeks, and the university's other downtrodden masses.<br /><div><img src="http://th09.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/i/2013/056/3/9/the_tale_of_lydia_farkas_by_nothere3-d5w8dtt.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>Fernando TORRES in pastel 12</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2013 15:19:46 PST</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Fernando TORRES in pastel 12</media:title>
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        <media:copyright url="http://garrettfansite.deviantart.com">Copyright 2013 ~garrettfansite</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ Drawing made with Carbothello pastel pencils on a velvet paper (32 x 24 cm).<br /><br />I used one of the pictures from the ceremony where Fernando received his EURO 2012 golden boot at Chelsea, so I made a blue background. The drawing looks lighter than what the scanner makes it look, but my software does not work anymore with Windows 7 so I could not lighten up the scan.<br /><br />Things are not going well at the moment but I have not given up on Fernando, support is needed when things go wrong &amp; I still trust Fernando &amp; will keep supporting him, whatever happens, in the bad as well as in the good moments. I had been very busy &amp; away on holidays lately, which is why I had not had the time to draw &amp; update, but I will keep drawing Nando whenever I can. <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":)" title=":) (Smile)"/><br /><br />Nando scored against Brentford when I started this drawing, saving the Blues from being sent off from the FA Cup.<br /><br />I am very sad as to how things have turned out since the new year. I can not blame Chelsea nor the Blues fans, they gave Nando support for one &amp; a half years, but as much as I can understand the fans discontent, I disagree with their behaviour during the games, it is counter productive, including for the whole team.<br /><br />Fernando probably is the first one to be disatisfied not to perform well &amp; at this level &amp; at this stage, I think it is not a confidence problem but it might be a physical problem that Fernando has. He started the season so well, but then played one game every 3 days until Christmas. Looks like it is too much for his knee which had been under surgery quite too often in the past. Hope things are going better soon, Nando already scored 15 goals until now, after all.<br /><br />Still trust you, Niño, &amp; whatever happens, no one can take away what you have achieved : twice Euro Champion, World Champion, Euro golden boot, first &amp; only player to have scored in 2 consecutive Euro finals, Champions League winner &amp; goalscorer in Camp Nou, Barcelona home stadium in a Champions League semi-final (just how many players have achieved that in the last years ?!), vice golden boot of the Premier league with Liverpool... And you still have things to offer.<br /><br />And I will keep supporting the Blues, too, of course, after all I have endured with them &amp; Nando since last year. So, whatever happens, KTBFFH ! ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th02.deviantart.net/fs70/150/i/2013/056/f/c/fernando_torres_in_pastel_12_by_garrettfansite-d5w46fy.jpg" height="150" width="109"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th09.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/i/2013/056/f/c/fernando_torres_in_pastel_12_by_garrettfansite-d5w46fy.jpg" height="413" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2013/056/f/c/fernando_torres_in_pastel_12_by_garrettfansite-d5w46fy.jpg" height="825" width="600" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ Drawing made with Carbothello pastel pencils on a velvet paper (32 x 24 cm).<br /><br />I used one of the pictures from the ceremony where Fernando received his EURO 2012 golden boot at Chelsea, so I made a blue background. The drawing looks lighter than what the scanner makes it look, but my software does not work anymore with Windows 7 so I could not lighten up the scan.<br /><br />Things are not going well at the moment but I have not given up on Fernando, support is needed when things go wrong &amp; I still trust Fernando &amp; will keep supporting him, whatever happens, in the bad as well as in the good moments. I had been very busy &amp; away on holidays lately, which is why I had not had the time to draw &amp; update, but I will keep drawing Nando whenever I can. <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":)" title=":) (Smile)"/><br /><br />Nando scored against Brentford when I started this drawing, saving the Blues from being sent off from the FA Cup.<br /><br />I am very sad as to how things have turned out since the new year. I can not blame Chelsea nor the Blues fans, they gave Nando support for one &amp; a half years, but as much as I can understand the fans discontent, I disagree with their behaviour during the games, it is counter productive, including for the whole team.<br /><br />Fernando probably is the first one to be disatisfied not to perform well &amp; at this level &amp; at this stage, I think it is not a confidence problem but it might be a physical problem that Fernando has. He started the season so well, but then played one game every 3 days until Christmas. Looks like it is too much for his knee which had been under surgery quite too often in the past. Hope things are going better soon, Nando already scored 15 goals until now, after all.<br /><br />Still trust you, Niño, &amp; whatever happens, no one can take away what you have achieved : twice Euro Champion, World Champion, Euro golden boot, first &amp; only player to have scored in 2 consecutive Euro finals, Champions League winner &amp; goalscorer in Camp Nou, Barcelona home stadium in a Champions League semi-final (just how many players have achieved that in the last years ?!), vice golden boot of the Premier league with Liverpool... And you still have things to offer.<br /><br />And I will keep supporting the Blues, too, of course, after all I have endured with them &amp; Nando since last year. So, whatever happens, KTBFFH !<br /><div><img src="http://th09.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/i/2013/056/f/c/fernando_torres_in_pastel_12_by_garrettfansite-d5w46fy.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>In Search of Cibola</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2013 10:46:52 PST</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">In Search of Cibola</media:title>
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        <media:copyright url="http://catch---22.deviantart.com">Copyright 2013 *catch---22</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ The Antelope Hills<br /><br />One evening in 1541 Coronado camped here with his men while on his assigned task of finding the 7 Cities of Cibola, the cities of gold. He returns to New Spain with empty hands and pockets. Then in 1593, Francisco Leyva de Bonilla and Antonio Gutiérrez de Humaña pause at these hills during their unauthorized and ill fated expedition for Quivira, where it was said the residents ate from plates of gold. A little later in the journey, feverish with gold lust, Humaña murders Bonilla and then The Wichita massacre all in the party but one... a Native American named Jusepe.<br /><br />Finally in 1595, the Spanish viceroy named Juan de Oñate to be the governor of New Mexico, adelantado and captain-general of the new province. Oñate was the son of Cristóbal de Oñate, the conqueror of Nueva Galicia where he operated mines, and one of the founders of Zacatecas. His wife was the granddaughter of the famous conquistador Hernando Cortez and the great-granddaughter of the Aztec leader Montezuma.<br /><br />On June 23, 1601, Don Juan de Oñate and eighty to one-hundred men set out to explore the lands northeast of New Mexico into Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. They based their journey on the route taken by Humaña and Leyva, guided by Jusepe. The siren's song of Quivira and its gold sounds again in these hills. The party camps near here before heading north and meeting The Escanjaques and The Wichita. It was another long journey back to New Spain with nothing but injury and disgrace. <br /><br />The Comanche ruled this area many years without challenge. Then in the spring 1858 Capt. John S. "Rip" Ford led a combined force of 102 Texas Rangers and 113 Indian allies, mainly Tonkawa, Anadarko, and Caddo, north from Texas. A little bit north of the knob on the left, Chief Iron Jacket (so named because he wore an old Spanish shirt of mail) met his doom at a creek named Little Robe. He believed his magic and armor would protect him from bullets. He was killed by a bullet from the rifle of Anadarko and Caddo chief Jim Pockmark.<br /><br />Just South of here, on November 27, 1868, Custer set karma into motion with the Battle of the Washita that he would later reap at Little Big Horn.<br /><br />Never one to be daunted by the shortcomings of others... or is that the lessons of history <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/shrug2.gif" width="19" height="19" alt=":shrug:" title="Shrug"/> in February of 2013 I set my sites on these hills and their gold. Armed with google earth/maps/crappy tourism shots/snow cover maps/ road condition reports/satellite imagery , I scout the place... piece of cake, I said. Timing and roads are working out well as I approach the surrounds. Then joy of joys, one of the roads that I fully expected to be muddy, was paved! Off the highway I go. Most of the 10 inch snow cover was melted or melting and the area was supersaturated. I knew it was going to come down to how it looked where it turns into dirt road and just how big of a dumbass I was. <br /><br />About a mile and a half south of the hills I stop at the cattle guard at road's end. It's not as charming as Shel's<i> Where the Sidewalk Ends</i> but with these hills looming ahead, it was just as enticing. I tell myself, "with a run at it, I can make it past the first bad spot." I knew then that it was decided... gold fever strikes again. At the time I didn't realize that the cattle guard was the point of no return. I fully realized this after going down the first supersaturated hill thinking, I'll never make it back up that. These roads were more reminiscent of pasture roads rather than any conventional road. Open range land... god it's a wonderful sight and feeling, that I didn't fully get to appreciate as I slipped and slid along in the mud. Steering seemed more dependent upon the ruts in the road rather than most things I did with the steering wheel. Yes... I was thinking omg wtf? The key was to never stop... if you stop you are stuck. I did find one hard spot in the road where I stopped, put on my boots and breathed for a while. I have a shot of it I will post later. The assessment was the same. I can't go back the way I came and it's not like I can turn around anyway. So off I go... telling myself I remember that this road loops back out to another. I wasn't sure because my map wasn't working on my phone... this area is so far removed that there is no service. anyway... I'm committed. The last few up and downs before the hills were a blur... mainly because of all the mud on my windshield As I arrive there wasn't a chance to stop. I'm starting to feel less superior to those goofballs that were out looking for Cibola as I watch my prize pass by the driver's side window. <br /><br />I will confess to doubts at this stage.<br /><br />...but the fates are always kind to small children and fools. After two harrowing up hill turns, the road turns into... well, a road, a muddy but an actual drivable road.<br /><br />To make a long story longer...<br /><br />I found gold.<br /><br />It's a special place. I stopped and soaked in every bit of it I could. There wasn't another soul for miles(go figure) and all the sounds were of the wind and of the prairie. It was easy to imagine the wonder and sense of aloneness those tribes and explorers knew. I was a tiny speck in a very big place. I will return to this place when the Yucca blooms... and the damn roads are drier.<br /><br />Jeeze it was fun.<br /><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/p/peace.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":peace:" title="Peace"/><br /><br /><br /><br />----------<br />more from this same day;<br /><br /><span class="shadow-holder" deviationid="356267240" data-embed-type="deviation" data-embed-format="thumb"><span class="shadow mild" ><a class="thumb" href="http://catch---22.deviantart.com/art/Moonrise-356267240" title="Moonrise by *catch---22, Feb 25, 2013 in Photography &gt; Urban &amp; Rural &gt; Country Life" data-super-img="http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2013/056/a/6/moonrise_by_catch___22-d5w41k8.jpg" data-super-width="600" data-super-height="900" data-super-transparent="false"><i></i><img width="100" height="150" src="http://th01.deviantart.net/fs71/150/i/2013/056/a/6/moonrise_by_catch___22-d5w41k8.jpg" data-src="http://th01.deviantart.net/fs71/150/i/2013/056/a/6/moonrise_by_catch___22-d5w41k8.jpg"></a></span><!-- ^TTT --><!-- TTT$ --></span><br /><br /><span class="shadow-holder" deviationid="356558270" data-embed-type="deviation" data-embed-format="thumb"><span class="shadow mild" ><a class="thumb" href="http://catch---22.deviantart.com/art/Slip-Sliding-Away-356558270" title="Slip Sliding Away... by *catch---22, Feb 26, 2013 in Photography &gt; Urban &amp; Rural &gt; Country Life" data-super-img="http://th02.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2013/057/f/c/slip_sliding_away____by_catch___22-d5waa4e.jpg" data-super-full-img="http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2013/057/f/c/slip_sliding_away____by_catch___22-d5waa4e.jpg" data-super-full-width="1280" data-super-full-height="720" data-super-width="1192" data-super-height="670" data-super-transparent="false"><i></i><img width="150" height="84" src="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs70/150/i/2013/057/f/c/slip_sliding_away____by_catch___22-d5waa4e.jpg" data-src="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs70/150/i/2013/057/f/c/slip_sliding_away____by_catch___22-d5waa4e.jpg"></a></span><!-- ^TTT --><!-- TTT$ --></span> ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th03.deviantart.net/fs70/150/i/2013/060/0/9/in_search_of_cibola_by_catch___22-d5w2b95.jpg" height="103" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/i/2013/060/0/9/in_search_of_cibola_by_catch___22-d5w2b95.jpg" height="207" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://th03.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2013/060/0/9/in_search_of_cibola_by_catch___22-d5w2b95.jpg" height="742" width="1077" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ The Antelope Hills<br /><br />One evening in 1541 Coronado camped here with his men while on his assigned task of finding the 7 Cities of Cibola, the cities of gold. He returns to New Spain with empty hands and pockets. Then in 1593, Francisco Leyva de Bonilla and Antonio Gutiérrez de Humaña pause at these hills during their unauthorized and ill fated expedition for Quivira, where it was said the residents ate from plates of gold. A little later in the journey, feverish with gold lust, Humaña murders Bonilla and then The Wichita massacre all in the party but one... a Native American named Jusepe.<br /><br />Finally in 1595, the Spanish viceroy named Juan de Oñate to be the governor of New Mexico, adelantado and captain-general of the new province. Oñate was the son of Cristóbal de Oñate, the conqueror of Nueva Galicia where he operated mines, and one of the founders of Zacatecas. His wife was the granddaughter of the famous conquistador Hernando Cortez and the great-granddaughter of the Aztec leader Montezuma.<br /><br />On June 23, 1601, Don Juan de Oñate and eighty to one-hundred men set out to explore the lands northeast of New Mexico into Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. They based their journey on the route taken by Humaña and Leyva, guided by Jusepe. The siren's song of Quivira and its gold sounds again in these hills. The party camps near here before heading north and meeting The Escanjaques and The Wichita. It was another long journey back to New Spain with nothing but injury and disgrace. <br /><br />The Comanche ruled this area many years without challenge. Then in the spring 1858 Capt. John S. "Rip" Ford led a combined force of 102 Texas Rangers and 113 Indian allies, mainly Tonkawa, Anadarko, and Caddo, north from Texas. A little bit north of the knob on the left, Chief Iron Jacket (so named because he wore an old Spanish shirt of mail) met his doom at a creek named Little Robe. He believed his magic and armor would protect him from bullets. He was killed by a bullet from the rifle of Anadarko and Caddo chief Jim Pockmark.<br /><br />Just South of here, on November 27, 1868, Custer set karma into motion with the Battle of the Washita that he would later reap at Little Big Horn.<br /><br />Never one to be daunted by the shortcomings of others... or is that the lessons of history <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/shrug2.gif" width="19" height="19" alt=":shrug:" title="Shrug"/> in February of 2013 I set my sites on these hills and their gold. Armed with google earth/maps/crappy tourism shots/snow cover maps/ road condition reports/satellite imagery , I scout the place... piece of cake, I said. Timing and roads are working out well as I approach the surrounds. Then joy of joys, one of the roads that I fully expected to be muddy, was paved! Off the highway I go. Most of the 10 inch snow cover was melted or melting and the area was supersaturated. I knew it was going to come down to how it looked where it turns into dirt road and just how big of a dumbass I was. <br /><br />About a mile and a half south of the hills I stop at the cattle guard at road's end. It's not as charming as Shel's<i> Where the Sidewalk Ends</i> but with these hills looming ahead, it was just as enticing. I tell myself, "with a run at it, I can make it past the first bad spot." I knew then that it was decided... gold fever strikes again. At the time I didn't realize that the cattle guard was the point of no return. I fully realized this after going down the first supersaturated hill thinking, I'll never make it back up that. These roads were more reminiscent of pasture roads rather than any conventional road. Open range land... god it's a wonderful sight and feeling, that I didn't fully get to appreciate as I slipped and slid along in the mud. Steering seemed more dependent upon the ruts in the road rather than most things I did with the steering wheel. Yes... I was thinking omg wtf? The key was to never stop... if you stop you are stuck. I did find one hard spot in the road where I stopped, put on my boots and breathed for a while. I have a shot of it I will post later. The assessment was the same. I can't go back the way I came and it's not like I can turn around anyway. So off I go... telling myself I remember that this road loops back out to another. I wasn't sure because my map wasn't working on my phone... this area is so far removed that there is no service. anyway... I'm committed. The last few up and downs before the hills were a blur... mainly because of all the mud on my windshield As I arrive there wasn't a chance to stop. I'm starting to feel less superior to those goofballs that were out looking for Cibola as I watch my prize pass by the driver's side window. <br /><br />I will confess to doubts at this stage.<br /><br />...but the fates are always kind to small children and fools. After two harrowing up hill turns, the road turns into... well, a road, a muddy but an actual drivable road.<br /><br />To make a long story longer...<br /><br />I found gold.<br /><br />It's a special place. I stopped and soaked in every bit of it I could. There wasn't another soul for miles(go figure) and all the sounds were of the wind and of the prairie. It was easy to imagine the wonder and sense of aloneness those tribes and explorers knew. I was a tiny speck in a very big place. I will return to this place when the Yucca blooms... and the damn roads are drier.<br /><br />Jeeze it was fun.<br /><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/p/peace.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":peace:" title="Peace"/><br /><br /><br /><br />----------<br />more from this same day;<br /><br /><span class="shadow-holder" deviationid="356267240" data-embed-type="deviation" data-embed-format="thumb"><span class="shadow mild" ><a class="thumb" href="http://catch---22.deviantart.com/art/Moonrise-356267240" title="Moonrise by *catch---22, Feb 25, 2013 in Photography &gt; Urban &amp; Rural &gt; Country Life" data-super-img="http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2013/056/a/6/moonrise_by_catch___22-d5w41k8.jpg" data-super-width="600" data-super-height="900" data-super-transparent="false"><i></i><img width="100" height="150" src="http://th01.deviantart.net/fs71/150/i/2013/056/a/6/moonrise_by_catch___22-d5w41k8.jpg" data-src="http://th01.deviantart.net/fs71/150/i/2013/056/a/6/moonrise_by_catch___22-d5w41k8.jpg"></a></span><!-- ^TTT --><!-- TTT$ --></span><br /><br /><span class="shadow-holder" deviationid="356558270" data-embed-type="deviation" data-embed-format="thumb"><span class="shadow mild" ><a class="thumb" href="http://catch---22.deviantart.com/art/Slip-Sliding-Away-356558270" title="Slip Sliding Away... by *catch---22, Feb 26, 2013 in Photography &gt; Urban &amp; Rural &gt; Country Life" data-super-img="http://th02.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2013/057/f/c/slip_sliding_away____by_catch___22-d5waa4e.jpg" data-super-full-img="http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2013/057/f/c/slip_sliding_away____by_catch___22-d5waa4e.jpg" data-super-full-width="1280" data-super-full-height="720" data-super-width="1192" data-super-height="670" data-super-transparent="false"><i></i><img width="150" height="84" src="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs70/150/i/2013/057/f/c/slip_sliding_away____by_catch___22-d5waa4e.jpg" data-src="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs70/150/i/2013/057/f/c/slip_sliding_away____by_catch___22-d5waa4e.jpg"></a></span><!-- ^TTT --><!-- TTT$ --></span><br /><div><img src="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/i/2013/060/0/9/in_search_of_cibola_by_catch___22-d5w2b95.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>Cartoon Me Sketchdump</title>
                <link>http://mayxxxash240.deviantart.com/art/Cartoon-Me-Sketchdump-355980219</link>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2013 08:53:17 PST</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Cartoon Me Sketchdump</media:title>
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                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Conceptual">traditional/drawings/illustration/conceptual</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">MayXxXAsh240</media:credit>
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        <media:copyright url="http://mayxxxash240.deviantart.com">Copyright 2013 ~MayXxXAsh240</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ A drew myself as a toon!! <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/r/razz.gif" width="15" height="15" alt="=P" title="=P (Razz)"/><br /><br />From left to right, top to bottom:<br />1. YAY!!!! I got my letter.<br />2. My Silly Face (it's actually by normal face but sssh...)<br />3. I wanna go to Scotland<br />4. Jammin' to my tunes<br />5. Hey look, it's my bestie. She always makes me smile.<br />6. I'm licking windows.<br />7. Not one of my better days.<br />8. C'mon, c'mon, c'mon!!!<br />9. You mess with me, you get a boot to the head.<br />10. Ouch!! I bit off more than I can chew again.<br />11. I found a box! Happy times!! ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs71/150/i/2013/054/f/a/cartoon_me_sketchdump_by_mayxxxash240-d5vxw3f.jpg" height="109" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th02.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2013/054/f/a/cartoon_me_sketchdump_by_mayxxxash240-d5vxw3f.jpg" height="217" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2013/054/f/a/cartoon_me_sketchdump_by_mayxxxash240-d5vxw3f.jpg" height="742" width="1024" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ A drew myself as a toon!! <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/r/razz.gif" width="15" height="15" alt="=P" title="=P (Razz)"/><br /><br />From left to right, top to bottom:<br />1. YAY!!!! I got my letter.<br />2. My Silly Face (it's actually by normal face but sssh...)<br />3. I wanna go to Scotland<br />4. Jammin' to my tunes<br />5. Hey look, it's my bestie. She always makes me smile.<br />6. I'm licking windows.<br />7. Not one of my better days.<br />8. C'mon, c'mon, c'mon!!!<br />9. You mess with me, you get a boot to the head.<br />10. Ouch!! I bit off more than I can chew again.<br />11. I found a box! Happy times!!<br /><div><img src="http://th02.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2013/054/f/a/cartoon_me_sketchdump_by_mayxxxash240-d5vxw3f.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>The Operator</title>
                <link>http://shojiamasawa.deviantart.com/art/The-Operator-355530144</link>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 19:57:34 PST</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">The Operator</media:title>
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                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Drawings">manga/traditional/drawings</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">ShojiAmasawa</media:credit>
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        <media:copyright url="http://shojiamasawa.deviantart.com">Copyright 2013 ~ShojiAmasawa</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ The following dialogue was recovered from a Rebel Nanosaur AI System located in an abandoned bunker underneath [REDACTED] Lake, New Maryland. The date is noted as 4122. This is especially interesting, given that The New Planet was officially discovered by IPD scientists in 4136, shortly before the destruction of Earth. It is under speculation as to how it was discovered by rebel forces. Another interesting detail is how the entity described, and caught on camera, is Humanoid in appearance, and wearing the distinctly Human garment of a business suit.<br /><br />EARTH YEAR: 4122: EARTH MONTH: 4: EARTH DAY: 3 <br /><br />&#8259; DAY 1: NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY - EQUIPMENT IS UNLOADED -<br />&#8259; DAY 2: NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY - ALL COMPUTER TERMINALS ARE BOOTED UP -<br />&#8259; DAY 3: NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY - <br /><br />FF<br /><br />&#8259; DAY 34: WORKER #520 REPORTS OUT OF THE ORDINARY ACTIVITY - MOVEMENT - SOUND -<br /> DIG SITE 2 - REQUEST FOR EXTRA WEAPONRY ON SITE DENIED -<br /><br />&#8259; DAY 38: WORKER #512 IS REPORTED TO SICK BAY WITH RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS INCLUDING INTERNAL BLEEDING/COUGHING -<br /><br />&#8259; DAY 42: WORKER #512 IS DEEMED UNFIT TO WORK AND IS TERMINATED VIA FATAL INJECTION -<br /><br /><br />&#8259; DAY 44: TALL HUMANOID ENTITY IS SIGHTED IN SECTION 7 - SECURITY CAMERAS DISABLED - RESPONSE TEAM 3W FINDS NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY -<br /><br />&#8259; DAY 45: ALL MEMBERS OF RESPONSE TEAM 3W ARE REPORTED TO SICK BAY WITH RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS INCLUDING INTERNAL BLEEDING/COUGHING - <br /><br />&#8259; DAY 47: ALL MEMBERS OF RESPONSE TEAM 3W ARE FOUND DEAD IN SICK BAY - CAUSE OF DEATH IS THE SAME FOR ALL SUBJECTS - DISEMBOWELMENT FOLLOWED BY SEVERE BLOOD LOSS AND DEATH - <br /><br />&#8259; ###: <br />AL<br />LW<br />IL<br />LJ<br />OI<br />NT<br />HE <br />A<br />R<br />K<br /><br /><br />&#8259; DAY 59: PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE AT DIG SITE 2 - CORNER OF STRUCTURE HAS BEEN UNEARTHED - ALL PERSONNEL AT DIG SITE 3 HAVE REPORTED COUGHING - INTERNAL BLEEDING - SORE THROATS - VOMITING - ECT -<br /><br />FF<br /><br />&#8259; DAY 111: ALL PERSONNEL AT DIG SITE 3 HAVE BEEN DETAINED IN CELL BLOCK #6 FOR VIOLENT AND DANGEROUS BEHAVIOUR - REQUESTING ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL FROM THE LORD GENERAL -<br /><br />&#8259; DAY 114: REQUEST DENIED - WORKERS #44 #33 #22 #11 HAVE BEEN DETAINED IN CELL BLOCK #4 FOR REASONS IDENTICAL TO THAT OF PERSONNEL WORKING AT DIG SITE 3 - <br /><br />&#8259; DAY 121: TALL HUMANOID ENTITY SIGHTED AT DIG SITE 1 BY 8 PERSONNEL - ENTITY REPORTED AS BEING APPROXIMATELY 8 FEET TALL AND WEARING A SUIT - ARMED GUARD IS TO BE STATIONED AT DIG SIGHTS 1 THROUGH 5 AT ALL TIMES -<br /><br />&#8259; DAY 130: ALL GAURDS STATIONED AT DIG SITE 5 TURNED ON EACH OTHER AND WERE KILLED IN THE SUBSEQUENT FIREFIGHT AGAINST SECURITY FORCES - <br /><br />&#8259; ###: IT IS HAPPENING. YOU WILL NOT STOP IT. <br /><br />&#8259; DAY 143: WORKERS #44 #33 #22 #11 HAVE BEEN RELEASED FROM CELL BLOCK #4 - PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE AT DIG SITE 4 - INTERIOR SCANS REVEAL RECTANGULAR ROOM WITH WHAT APPEAR TO BE CONTROL PANELS LINING THE WALLS - EXPLORATION TEAM TO BE SENT IN TO STRUCTURE WHEN DEEMED READY BY BASE COMMANDER -<br /><br />&#8259; DAY 144: EXPLORATION TEAM MAKE CONTACT WITH TALL HUMANOID WITHIN STRUCTURE - FIGURE IS REPORTED TO HAVE APPEARED AND DISAPPEARED WITHOUT A TRACE - INSIDE STRUCTURE ARE WINDOWS REVEALING THREE OTHER STRUCTURES SIMILAR TO IT WITHIN LARGE RECTANGULAR ROOM - DIG SITES 3 AND 1 ARE TO BE RELOCATED ABOVE THE OTHER STRUCTURES - Put That Away.<br /><br />&#8259; DAY 146: This is a personal message from base commander Tharol 432. In light of recent events, please be on the lookout for anything out of the ordinary. If what appears to be a human in a suit is seen, do not approach it and report your sighting to base command at once. It is most definitely not a human in a suit. Good day, gentlemen. ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th07.deviantart.net/fs71/150/i/2013/051/b/1/the_operator_by_shojiamasawa-d5vo8tc.png" height="150" width="113"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2013/051/b/1/the_operator_by_shojiamasawa-d5vo8tc.png" height="397" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://th07.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2013/051/b/1/the_operator_by_shojiamasawa-d5vo8tc.png" height="1029" width="777" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ The following dialogue was recovered from a Rebel Nanosaur AI System located in an abandoned bunker underneath [REDACTED] Lake, New Maryland. The date is noted as 4122. This is especially interesting, given that The New Planet was officially discovered by IPD scientists in 4136, shortly before the destruction of Earth. It is under speculation as to how it was discovered by rebel forces. Another interesting detail is how the entity described, and caught on camera, is Humanoid in appearance, and wearing the distinctly Human garment of a business suit.<br /><br />EARTH YEAR: 4122: EARTH MONTH: 4: EARTH DAY: 3 <br /><br />&#8259; DAY 1: NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY - EQUIPMENT IS UNLOADED -<br />&#8259; DAY 2: NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY - ALL COMPUTER TERMINALS ARE BOOTED UP -<br />&#8259; DAY 3: NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY - <br /><br />FF<br /><br />&#8259; DAY 34: WORKER #520 REPORTS OUT OF THE ORDINARY ACTIVITY - MOVEMENT - SOUND -<br /> DIG SITE 2 - REQUEST FOR EXTRA WEAPONRY ON SITE DENIED -<br /><br />&#8259; DAY 38: WORKER #512 IS REPORTED TO SICK BAY WITH RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS INCLUDING INTERNAL BLEEDING/COUGHING -<br /><br />&#8259; DAY 42: WORKER #512 IS DEEMED UNFIT TO WORK AND IS TERMINATED VIA FATAL INJECTION -<br /><br /><br />&#8259; DAY 44: TALL HUMANOID ENTITY IS SIGHTED IN SECTION 7 - SECURITY CAMERAS DISABLED - RESPONSE TEAM 3W FINDS NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY -<br /><br />&#8259; DAY 45: ALL MEMBERS OF RESPONSE TEAM 3W ARE REPORTED TO SICK BAY WITH RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS INCLUDING INTERNAL BLEEDING/COUGHING - <br /><br />&#8259; DAY 47: ALL MEMBERS OF RESPONSE TEAM 3W ARE FOUND DEAD IN SICK BAY - CAUSE OF DEATH IS THE SAME FOR ALL SUBJECTS - DISEMBOWELMENT FOLLOWED BY SEVERE BLOOD LOSS AND DEATH - <br /><br />&#8259; ###: <br />AL<br />LW<br />IL<br />LJ<br />OI<br />NT<br />HE <br />A<br />R<br />K<br /><br /><br />&#8259; DAY 59: PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE AT DIG SITE 2 - CORNER OF STRUCTURE HAS BEEN UNEARTHED - ALL PERSONNEL AT DIG SITE 3 HAVE REPORTED COUGHING - INTERNAL BLEEDING - SORE THROATS - VOMITING - ECT -<br /><br />FF<br /><br />&#8259; DAY 111: ALL PERSONNEL AT DIG SITE 3 HAVE BEEN DETAINED IN CELL BLOCK #6 FOR VIOLENT AND DANGEROUS BEHAVIOUR - REQUESTING ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL FROM THE LORD GENERAL -<br /><br />&#8259; DAY 114: REQUEST DENIED - WORKERS #44 #33 #22 #11 HAVE BEEN DETAINED IN CELL BLOCK #4 FOR REASONS IDENTICAL TO THAT OF PERSONNEL WORKING AT DIG SITE 3 - <br /><br />&#8259; DAY 121: TALL HUMANOID ENTITY SIGHTED AT DIG SITE 1 BY 8 PERSONNEL - ENTITY REPORTED AS BEING APPROXIMATELY 8 FEET TALL AND WEARING A SUIT - ARMED GUARD IS TO BE STATIONED AT DIG SIGHTS 1 THROUGH 5 AT ALL TIMES -<br /><br />&#8259; DAY 130: ALL GAURDS STATIONED AT DIG SITE 5 TURNED ON EACH OTHER AND WERE KILLED IN THE SUBSEQUENT FIREFIGHT AGAINST SECURITY FORCES - <br /><br />&#8259; ###: IT IS HAPPENING. YOU WILL NOT STOP IT. <br /><br />&#8259; DAY 143: WORKERS #44 #33 #22 #11 HAVE BEEN RELEASED FROM CELL BLOCK #4 - PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE AT DIG SITE 4 - INTERIOR SCANS REVEAL RECTANGULAR ROOM WITH WHAT APPEAR TO BE CONTROL PANELS LINING THE WALLS - EXPLORATION TEAM TO BE SENT IN TO STRUCTURE WHEN DEEMED READY BY BASE COMMANDER -<br /><br />&#8259; DAY 144: EXPLORATION TEAM MAKE CONTACT WITH TALL HUMANOID WITHIN STRUCTURE - FIGURE IS REPORTED TO HAVE APPEARED AND DISAPPEARED WITHOUT A TRACE - INSIDE STRUCTURE ARE WINDOWS REVEALING THREE OTHER STRUCTURES SIMILAR TO IT WITHIN LARGE RECTANGULAR ROOM - DIG SITES 3 AND 1 ARE TO BE RELOCATED ABOVE THE OTHER STRUCTURES - Put That Away.<br /><br />&#8259; DAY 146: This is a personal message from base commander Tharol 432. In light of recent events, please be on the lookout for anything out of the ordinary. If what appears to be a human in a suit is seen, do not approach it and report your sighting to base command at once. It is most definitely not a human in a suit. Good day, gentlemen.<br /><div><img src="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2013/051/b/1/the_operator_by_shojiamasawa-d5vo8tc.png" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>Hailix 2013</title>
                <link>http://toocat.deviantart.com/art/Hailix-2013-355489973</link>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:57:18 PST</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Hailix 2013</media:title>
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                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Other">digitalart/drawings/other</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Toocat</media:credit>
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        <media:copyright url="http://toocat.deviantart.com">Copyright 2013 =Toocat</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ <b>"Did someone sAy SCIENCE?!?!?!"</b><br /><br /><b>Title:</b> Rouge of Space<br /><b>Age:</b> 7 Solar sweeps old (16 years of age)<br /><b>Trolltag:</b> psychoCardiologist <br /><b>Typing Style:</b> Capitalizes all "A's" and misspells a lot of words. Mixes lower case and upper case letter often (except A's). Instead of writing "heart" or using &lt;3, she writes a &lt;X3 to mimic her symbol. <br />Symbol: Her symbol is a heart with stitches on the bottom right coming into the heart and then out.<br /><b>Strife Specibi:</b> Plasma(Cutter)Kind<br /><b>Fetch Modus:</b> Backpack<br /><b>Planet:</b> Land of Lava and Knowledge <br /><b>Relations:</b> Moirail: n/a<br />Matespirit: n/a<br />Kismesis: n/a<br />Auspistice: n/a<br /><b>Lusus:</b> Amino Bat<br /><br /><b>Biography:</b> Hailix's looks are similar to all the other trolls with the black hair and grey skin. Her horns are turned in towards the middle of her head. They would form the simple shape of a heart if the right one wasn't broken. She has a crazy yet helpful and knowledgeable personality. This forms the troll tag psychoCardiologist. She also has a deep love for science. Her name "Hailix" comes from the word "Helix," which DNA is in double form of. "Tripid" is the squished version of the word "Tricuspid" which is the valve connected the right atrium and ventricle. This is also the place where the stitches line heart of her symbol. <br /><b>Hive:</b> Hailix lives on the mountains with caves and volcanoes all around. It also snows sometimes because of the altitude. Her hive is shaped with blocks with many windows because she likes to look outside. Her house also goes underground and leads to secret tunnels to secret caves. She also has many bookshelves stocked with scientific literature and romances. She also owns many scientific things like telescopes, computers, ect. There's also a lot of food because food is good. <br />Personality: Hailix has a very bubbly and happy personality. She's very animated and emotional. She also likes to help people that she likes (aka not that many people). Despite her cute personality, she can get very angry and mean at others who deserve it. She is also good in battle. But she can be too cocky and get carried away with things like arguments. Hailix also makes friends very easily and she's always on the look for true love like in the books she reads.<br /><b>Clothing Style:</b> Hailix sports a long, black lab coat type of shirt with her green heart symbol printed on. She also wears jade green skinny jeans with while laced up boots. She has other outfits that you'll sometimes see her wear but this one is her main. <br /><b>Likes:</b> Science, cats, volcanoes, romance, reading, writing, studying, exploring, drawing, talking with friends, style, food, snow, rain, storms, other planets and, battling. <br /><b>Dislikes:</b> Rude trolls, hateful people, people trying to prove her wrong, clingy friends and, disorganization. ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th08.deviantart.net/fs71/150/f/2013/051/4/f/hailix_2013_by_toocat-d5vndth.png" height="150" width="133"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th07.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/f/2013/051/4/f/hailix_2013_by_toocat-d5vndth.png" height="338" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/051/4/f/hailix_2013_by_toocat-d5vndth.png" height="900" width="800" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ <b>"Did someone sAy SCIENCE?!?!?!"</b><br /><br /><b>Title:</b> Rouge of Space<br /><b>Age:</b> 7 Solar sweeps old (16 years of age)<br /><b>Trolltag:</b> psychoCardiologist <br /><b>Typing Style:</b> Capitalizes all "A's" and misspells a lot of words. Mixes lower case and upper case letter often (except A's). Instead of writing "heart" or using &lt;3, she writes a &lt;X3 to mimic her symbol. <br />Symbol: Her symbol is a heart with stitches on the bottom right coming into the heart and then out.<br /><b>Strife Specibi:</b> Plasma(Cutter)Kind<br /><b>Fetch Modus:</b> Backpack<br /><b>Planet:</b> Land of Lava and Knowledge <br /><b>Relations:</b> Moirail: n/a<br />Matespirit: n/a<br />Kismesis: n/a<br />Auspistice: n/a<br /><b>Lusus:</b> Amino Bat<br /><br /><b>Biography:</b> Hailix's looks are similar to all the other trolls with the black hair and grey skin. Her horns are turned in towards the middle of her head. They would form the simple shape of a heart if the right one wasn't broken. She has a crazy yet helpful and knowledgeable personality. This forms the troll tag psychoCardiologist. She also has a deep love for science. Her name "Hailix" comes from the word "Helix," which DNA is in double form of. "Tripid" is the squished version of the word "Tricuspid" which is the valve connected the right atrium and ventricle. This is also the place where the stitches line heart of her symbol. <br /><b>Hive:</b> Hailix lives on the mountains with caves and volcanoes all around. It also snows sometimes because of the altitude. Her hive is shaped with blocks with many windows because she likes to look outside. Her house also goes underground and leads to secret tunnels to secret caves. She also has many bookshelves stocked with scientific literature and romances. She also owns many scientific things like telescopes, computers, ect. There's also a lot of food because food is good. <br />Personality: Hailix has a very bubbly and happy personality. She's very animated and emotional. She also likes to help people that she likes (aka not that many people). Despite her cute personality, she can get very angry and mean at others who deserve it. She is also good in battle. But she can be too cocky and get carried away with things like arguments. Hailix also makes friends very easily and she's always on the look for true love like in the books she reads.<br /><b>Clothing Style:</b> Hailix sports a long, black lab coat type of shirt with her green heart symbol printed on. She also wears jade green skinny jeans with while laced up boots. She has other outfits that you'll sometimes see her wear but this one is her main. <br /><b>Likes:</b> Science, cats, volcanoes, romance, reading, writing, studying, exploring, drawing, talking with friends, style, food, snow, rain, storms, other planets and, battling. <br /><b>Dislikes:</b> Rude trolls, hateful people, people trying to prove her wrong, clingy friends and, disorganization.<br /><div><img src="http://th07.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/f/2013/051/4/f/hailix_2013_by_toocat-d5vndth.png" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>Ipod Nano 6g V1.8 Beta</title>
                <link>http://2bndy5.deviantart.com/art/Ipod-Nano-6g-V1-8-Beta-354954960</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://2bndy5.deviantart.com/art/Ipod-Nano-6g-V1-8-Beta-354954960</guid>
                <pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2013 20:02:50 PST</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Ipod Nano 6g V1.8 Beta</media:title>
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                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Rainmeter">customization/skins/sysmonitor/rainmeter</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">2bndy5</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/2/b/2bndy5.png?1</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://2bndy5.deviantart.com">Copyright 2013 ~2bndy5</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ My First Rainmeter skin... I tried to make a working Ipod nano desktop widget. Worked out pretty well... I have the alarm clock working **with winamp only**. Although you don't need winamp set as your default media player. Winamp required to play playlists and various audio formats other just than huge wave files. Also need to save your custom alarm audio file in the "clock stuff" folder located in the skin directory. Included the old tutorial image in skin directory (needs some updating, but mostly accurate)<br /><br /> -flip-style clock (working digit animations and available 24hr format if you click the AM/PM indicator)<br /> -Settings panel to modify some clock settings, menu backgrounds, device color, and path shortcuts (will be expanded to fonts)<br /> -Boot Screen animation (also used as substitute for no album art)<br /> -Talkbalk Feature (double click any clock or active playing panel to have computer read it aloud)<br /> -Digital clock (change digit color via settings panel)<br /> -Analog clock (change clock face via settings panel)<br /> -Stopwatch (now with a 7 lap timer feature - click list button to toggle display of all recorded laps)<br /> -Nowplaying plugin (works with Windows Media Player, itunes, or Winamp)**<br /> -rating stars for songs playing<br /> -Previous, next, play/pause controls<br /> -Album art (Toggle-able song info)<br /> -Shuffle and repeat<br /> -Working hardware buttons (they actually move) along with a volume pop-up<br /> -File Browser (with a customizable Bookmark/Favorite directories section) Added icons<br /> -Slideshow panel (with options to pause/resume and open picture/slideshow folder)***<br /> -Main Menu is now "live" with a battery meter, digital clock at top, active album art, and working clock icon.<br /> -Added orientation selection during bootscreen idle*<br /> -Added clickable track seek bar for fastforward and rewind control<br /> -Album Art automatically shows, and also automatically switches to clock when stopped<br /> -added more menu backgrounds (now up to 18)<br /> -added 3 more vanilla clocks from original ipod nano (all customize-able colors)<br /><br /><br />NOTE: REQUIRES RAINMETER 2.5 BEFORE INSTALLING <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://rainmeter.net">[link]</a><br /><br />HINT: Right click = back button. <br /> <br />Main Menu Right Click Shortcuts<br /><br /> -Right click now playing menu icon to toggle (open/close) selected player.<br /> -Right click picture and music menu icons to open corresponding libraries in windows explorer.<br /> -Right click clock menu icon to toggle the windows pop-up when you click the clock on the taskbar.<br /> -Right click weather icon to open the weather settings file****<br /> -Right click Setting icon to open the Variables file (where to edit the fonts size/face, player, etc)<br /><br /><br />*Changing orientation causes skin to refresh to default settings except for what your able to set through settings panel<br /><br />**Right Click Setting icon in 2nd main menu to open the Variables file and modify "Player" to equal selected compatible media player. More info on compatible player at <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://docs.rainmeter.net/manual-beta/plugins/nowplaying">[link]</a><br /><br />***Pause Command dosen't actually take effect until after the next image is selected. Because I haven't implimented a "work-around" yet, You should adjust the Slideshow time intervals at your own risk. To edit slideshow time intervals, edit skin and adjust "updatedevider=XXX" under "mquote". Divide the desired time interval by 50 and the answer is your custom "updatedivider". DO NOT ADJUST "update=50" in beginning of skin file; that controls the timer, animation, and snooze functions. "Open picture" command will use your default picture viewing program to open currently displayed picture.<br /><br /><br /> So Good so far... I put the weather feature on the back burner behind the simple calculator and calendar panels. I uploaded this project because it is officially OUT OF CONTROL. Now that I have a handle on some of this Rainmeter lingo, I can't keep up with my imagination! Feel Free to leave Feedback!<br /><br /><br />Credits/what i used/Source link<br /><br />Ipod Nano 6g / layered it to hell and back with photoshop because the buttons were more "clickable" / <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://dribbble.com/shots/779882-iPod-nano-6G">[link]</a><br />Shadow Timer / used the stopwatch code for my stopwatch (including 7 lap timers), snooze timer, and animations / <a href="http://fav.me/d1rxoss">[link]</a><br />Vclouds weather 2.0 / copied and resized the horizontal option (unfinished) / <a href="http://vclouds.deviantart.com/art/VClouds-Weather-2-179058977">[link]</a><br />Skyrim 2.0 / Used star, repeat, and shuffle images as well as much of the code for the music player skin / <a href="http://axerron.deviantart.com/art/Skyrim-Rainmeter-Suite-v2-283817269">[link]</a><br />Calendar image / used as background, but was meant for another widget / <a href="http://sagorpirbd.deviantart.com/art/Sidebar-Calendar-57177446">[link]</a><br />UI Images / a free collection of button graphics, but i lost the original link (somewhere on deviantart.com)<br />Mark4 - windows start menu icon / used this for the explorer icon related to windows commands / <a href="http://daoenti.deviantart.com/art/Mark4-Windows-Start-Menu-224429941">[link]</a><br />Rainmeter Icon Pack / used for the boot animation and explorer icon related to rainmeter commands / <a href="http://ahdesign91.deviantart.com/art/Rainmeter-Icon-Pack-196094650">[link]</a><br />Apple Aluminum Icon / used for boot animation / <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.softicons.com/free-icons/system-icons/apple-logo-icons-by-thvg/apple-aluminum-icon">[link]</a><br />NIRCMD.exe / used for its speach command though very capable of more / <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd.html">[link]</a><br />Clock.exe / found these compiled lines of C++ on a forum while searching for a way to call up the windows date and time pop-up / <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.sevenforums.com/general-discussion/213562-can-i-get-shortcut-time-calendar-popup-window.html">[link]</a> ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/100/c/1/ipod_nano_6g_v1_8_beta_by_2bndy5-d5vbx00.png" height="680" width="1140"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ My First Rainmeter skin... I tried to make a working Ipod nano desktop widget. Worked out pretty well... I have the alarm clock working **with winamp only**. Although you don't need winamp set as your default media player. Winamp required to play playlists and various audio formats other just than huge wave files. Also need to save your custom alarm audio file in the "clock stuff" folder located in the skin directory. Included the old tutorial image in skin directory (needs some updating, but mostly accurate)<br /><br /> -flip-style clock (working digit animations and available 24hr format if you click the AM/PM indicator)<br /> -Settings panel to modify some clock settings, menu backgrounds, device color, and path shortcuts (will be expanded to fonts)<br /> -Boot Screen animation (also used as substitute for no album art)<br /> -Talkbalk Feature (double click any clock or active playing panel to have computer read it aloud)<br /> -Digital clock (change digit color via settings panel)<br /> -Analog clock (change clock face via settings panel)<br /> -Stopwatch (now with a 7 lap timer feature - click list button to toggle display of all recorded laps)<br /> -Nowplaying plugin (works with Windows Media Player, itunes, or Winamp)**<br /> -rating stars for songs playing<br /> -Previous, next, play/pause controls<br /> -Album art (Toggle-able song info)<br /> -Shuffle and repeat<br /> -Working hardware buttons (they actually move) along with a volume pop-up<br /> -File Browser (with a customizable Bookmark/Favorite directories section) Added icons<br /> -Slideshow panel (with options to pause/resume and open picture/slideshow folder)***<br /> -Main Menu is now "live" with a battery meter, digital clock at top, active album art, and working clock icon.<br /> -Added orientation selection during bootscreen idle*<br /> -Added clickable track seek bar for fastforward and rewind control<br /> -Album Art automatically shows, and also automatically switches to clock when stopped<br /> -added more menu backgrounds (now up to 18)<br /> -added 3 more vanilla clocks from original ipod nano (all customize-able colors)<br /><br /><br />NOTE: REQUIRES RAINMETER 2.5 BEFORE INSTALLING <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://rainmeter.net">[link]</a><br /><br />HINT: Right click = back button. <br /> <br />Main Menu Right Click Shortcuts<br /><br /> -Right click now playing menu icon to toggle (open/close) selected player.<br /> -Right click picture and music menu icons to open corresponding libraries in windows explorer.<br /> -Right click clock menu icon to toggle the windows pop-up when you click the clock on the taskbar.<br /> -Right click weather icon to open the weather settings file****<br /> -Right click Setting icon to open the Variables file (where to edit the fonts size/face, player, etc)<br /><br /><br />*Changing orientation causes skin to refresh to default settings except for what your able to set through settings panel<br /><br />**Right Click Setting icon in 2nd main menu to open the Variables file and modify "Player" to equal selected compatible media player. More info on compatible player at <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://docs.rainmeter.net/manual-beta/plugins/nowplaying">[link]</a><br /><br />***Pause Command dosen't actually take effect until after the next image is selected. Because I haven't implimented a "work-around" yet, You should adjust the Slideshow time intervals at your own risk. To edit slideshow time intervals, edit skin and adjust "updatedevider=XXX" under "mquote". Divide the desired time interval by 50 and the answer is your custom "updatedivider". DO NOT ADJUST "update=50" in beginning of skin file; that controls the timer, animation, and snooze functions. "Open picture" command will use your default picture viewing program to open currently displayed picture.<br /><br /><br /> So Good so far... I put the weather feature on the back burner behind the simple calculator and calendar panels. I uploaded this project because it is officially OUT OF CONTROL. Now that I have a handle on some of this Rainmeter lingo, I can't keep up with my imagination! Feel Free to leave Feedback!<br /><br /><br />Credits/what i used/Source link<br /><br />Ipod Nano 6g / layered it to hell and back with photoshop because the buttons were more "clickable" / <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://dribbble.com/shots/779882-iPod-nano-6G">[link]</a><br />Shadow Timer / used the stopwatch code for my stopwatch (including 7 lap timers), snooze timer, and animations / <a href="http://fav.me/d1rxoss">[link]</a><br />Vclouds weather 2.0 / copied and resized the horizontal option (unfinished) / <a href="http://vclouds.deviantart.com/art/VClouds-Weather-2-179058977">[link]</a><br />Skyrim 2.0 / Used star, repeat, and shuffle images as well as much of the code for the music player skin / <a href="http://axerron.deviantart.com/art/Skyrim-Rainmeter-Suite-v2-283817269">[link]</a><br />Calendar image / used as background, but was meant for another widget / <a href="http://sagorpirbd.deviantart.com/art/Sidebar-Calendar-57177446">[link]</a><br />UI Images / a free collection of button graphics, but i lost the original link (somewhere on deviantart.com)<br />Mark4 - windows start menu icon / used this for the explorer icon related to windows commands / <a href="http://daoenti.deviantart.com/art/Mark4-Windows-Start-Menu-224429941">[link]</a><br />Rainmeter Icon Pack / used for the boot animation and explorer icon related to rainmeter commands / <a href="http://ahdesign91.deviantart.com/art/Rainmeter-Icon-Pack-196094650">[link]</a><br />Apple Aluminum Icon / used for boot animation / <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.softicons.com/free-icons/system-icons/apple-logo-icons-by-thvg/apple-aluminum-icon">[link]</a><br />NIRCMD.exe / used for its speach command though very capable of more / <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd.html">[link]</a><br />Clock.exe / found these compiled lines of C++ on a forum while searching for a way to call up the windows date and time pop-up / <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.sevenforums.com/general-discussion/213562-can-i-get-shortcut-time-calendar-popup-window.html">[link]</a><br /><div><img src="http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/100/c/1/ipod_nano_6g_v1_8_beta_by_2bndy5-d5vbx00.png" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>Time Keepers App - Bartin Skatch</title>
                <link>http://asleymax.deviantart.com/art/Time-Keepers-App-Bartin-Skatch-354833490</link>
                <guid isPermaLink="true">http://asleymax.deviantart.com/art/Time-Keepers-App-Bartin-Skatch-354833490</guid>
                <pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2013 08:39:32 PST</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">Time Keepers App - Bartin Skatch</media:title>
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                        <media:rating>nonadult</media:rating>
                <media:category label="Drawings">manga/traditional/drawings</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">AsleyMax</media:credit>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/a/s/asleymax.gif?3</media:credit> 
        <media:copyright url="http://asleymax.deviantart.com">Copyright 2013 ~AsleyMax</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ Here is my application for the rp group Time Keepers <a href="http://time-keepers.deviantart.com/">[link]</a>! <a target="_self" href="http://rlytearplz.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/r/l/rlytearplz.png?1" alt=":iconrlytearplz:" title="rlytearplz" /></a><br />Why did it take me so long?<a target="_self" href="http://omgcryplz.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/o/m/omgcryplz.gif?1" alt=":iconomgcryplz:" title="omgcryplz" /></a><br />FULL BODY:<a href="http://asleymax.deviantart.com/art/Time-Keepers-Bartin-Skatch-FULL-BODY-354858827?ga_submit_new=10%253A1361125877">[link]</a><br /><br /><h2>Basic Info</h2><br /><br /><b> Name:</b> Bartin Skatch (Agnes Skatch)<br /><b>Age:</b> 16<br /><b>Weapon:</b> M70 Sniper Rifle.<br /><b>Height:</b> 167cm <br /><b>Weight:</b> 49kg<br /><b>Species:</b> Witch<br /><b>Region:</b> Toris<br /><b>Soundtrack:</b><a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vy0NySCmuFU">[link]</a><br /><br /><h2>Personal Information</h2><br /><br /><b>Likes:</b>Goat cheese, hidden places, her brother, her rifle, her red boots<br /><br /><b>Dislikes:</b> Liars, bullies, the cutie moe pink type girls, slugs<br /><br /><b>Fears:</b> Letting her enemies know her weakness, thunders.<br /><br /><b>Strength:</b> She can use her witch powers to see really far away and aim perfectly. She can also examine her surroundings very well since she has trained all of her other senses to make up for her bad eyesight.<br /><br /><b>Weakness:</b> Even though she is a witch she doesn&rsquo;t have many powers and it exhaust her when she uses them (to be exact the only thing she can do is excel her eye sight for a period). Also she is half blind (normally).<br /><br /><b>Personality:</b> Bartin is a mostly quiet girl. She doesn&rsquo;t like being in the spotlight and prefers to have her emotions under control. She doesn&rsquo;t interact with people that much, not because she hates people. The reason is she is too bored to try and interact with them and she will only make bonds with the ones that come to her. When someone tries to approach her, at first she will mostly ignore them and only answer them either with short phrases or with sarcasm. But if they still stick together with her she will just let them be without complain and she will grow used to them. She can easily adapt into new places or situations and she doesn&rsquo;t complain about her problems to other people. Even though she is like that if someone ask her a question about herself she will answer most of the times , but she will speak as calm as ever even if she is talking about a massacre. She doesn&rsquo;t judge people by their looks (since she can&rsquo;t see them well anyway! <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/letters/=p.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":P" title=":P (Lick)"/>) and she recognize people through their scent, footsteps and their voice. If she uses her power to look at someone it means that this person means quit a lot to her!<br /> <br /><b>History/Bio:</b> Agnes was born and raised just outside Jian. She lived with her two parents and her 5 years older brother, Bartin. Her brother was a genius at almost everything he tried to do and so their parents adored him and tried to make Agnes like him. Agnes didn&rsquo;t like the way her parents acted toward her, but she loved and admired her brother more than anything. But since she was young she couldn&rsquo;t see well and was really clumsy, but she still always smiled and tried to spend as much time with her brother as possible. He, on the other hand, didn&rsquo;t want to hang out with her since she was so clumsy and stupidly laughed even when she screwed things over. One day Agnes followed her brother in the forest where he was practicing his aim every day with his sling. Agnes after looking at him from afar for a while was spotted and then she pleaded him to teach her how to aim like that. Bartin tried to tell her that it would be a waste of time since she was almost completely blind, but since she wouldn&rsquo;t go away he let her shot once. At that moment Agnes&rsquo;s power was unleashed and she was able to hit every target (and was finally able to see her brother&rsquo;s amazed face for the first time). Bartin was really amazed and decided to give Agnes a chance to be his sister. From that day on they spend almost every day together.<br /><br />When Agnes was 7 years old, one day her brother went alone into the forest. For three days he went missing and then some hunters found a body of a child in the forest, ripped off and half eaten by animals in such a horrible way that they weren&rsquo;t even able to identify the body. Everyone in the village though couldn&rsquo;t think anything else than that the body belonged to Bartin.(there is a twist in the story here that would be reviled later on!) Agnes&rsquo;s parents were in such a shock that they would just sit quietly and do nothing more that calling for Bartin. After a week they snapped and decided to replace Bartin with Agnes. They made her dress and act like a boy and would always refer at her as &lsquo;&rsquo;Bartin&rsquo;&rsquo;.<br />Agnes didn&rsquo;t want to see her parents suffer anymore so see did as she was told.<br /><br />At the age of 12, Bartin (I mean Agnes) decided to go work at the Tower of Time. For 5 years things were quite and Bartin did her best at her job. Then the Keepers run away and Bartin was sent to Toris to capture them.<br /><br /><br /><br /><h2>RP Info</h2><br /><br /><b>How did you find us?:</b>I was just messing around!<img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/letters/=p.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":P" title=":P (Lick)"/><br /><br /><b>Script Example:</b> *It was a warm spring morning. Agnes woke up with her messy hair covering her face*Hmmm&hellip;.*She walked to the kitchen. There was her mother serving breakfast to Bartin*<br />Agnes: Morning&hellip;Ouch*she said as she fell onto the half opened door* <br />Agnes&rsquo;s Mother: Good morning sweetie your breakfast is ready.*she smiled and then turned to Bartin* Bartin could you it slowly, there is no reason to rush anyway.<br />Bartin: Leave me alone, I&rsquo;m done anyway.*he left his empty plate on the table and walked towards the door* I&rsquo;m going out for a walk.<br />Agnes&rsquo;s Mother: Be careful. *Bartin walked out of the house. Agnes looked at his shade from the window as it was moving towards the forest.*<br />Agnes: Mom&hellip;is it okay if I go with Bartin to play today? <br />Agnes&rsquo;s Mother: Well&hellip;I don&rsquo;t know about that&hellip;Will you be okay in the forest? <br />Agnes:*she smiled cheerfully at her mother* Don&rsquo;t worry mom, I will be very careful! And I will be with Bartin anyway so there is nothing to worry about, right? <br />Agnes&rsquo;s Mother: Okay..I guess it will be fine. But eat your breakfast first, okay? *she said as she put a plate with bread and butter in front of Agnes* <br />Agnes: Thank you mommy!!*she started eating her food and thought of all the fun she would have with her brother today*<br /> <br /><b>Paragraph Example:</b> It was nothing but a normal morning in the tower of time. In that high place of the tower there was a gentle breeze that made Bartin glad that they had put her in that position. She could quietly sit there and enjoy the relaxing atmosphere for hours. But that day was different. While Bartin was relaxing at her position she felt a tremble passing through her whole body and then she heard it. A loud noise of an explosion and then of the towers part flying in the air, the cheerful voices of the keepers running free and the alarms echoing through the whole area, all those noises made something very clear to all the chasers&hellip; Something terrible had just happened. ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th08.deviantart.net/fs71/150/i/2013/048/3/e/time_keepers_app___bartin_skatch_by_asleymax-d5v9b9u.jpg" height="120" width="150"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th02.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2013/048/3/e/time_keepers_app___bartin_skatch_by_asleymax-d5v9b9u.jpg" height="240" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://th02.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2013/048/3/e/time_keepers_app___bartin_skatch_by_asleymax-d5v9b9u.jpg" height="799" width="1000" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ Here is my application for the rp group Time Keepers <a href="http://time-keepers.deviantart.com/">[link]</a>! <a target="_self" href="http://rlytearplz.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/r/l/rlytearplz.png?1" alt=":iconrlytearplz:" title="rlytearplz" /></a><br />Why did it take me so long?<a target="_self" href="http://omgcryplz.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/o/m/omgcryplz.gif?1" alt=":iconomgcryplz:" title="omgcryplz" /></a><br />FULL BODY:<a href="http://asleymax.deviantart.com/art/Time-Keepers-Bartin-Skatch-FULL-BODY-354858827?ga_submit_new=10%253A1361125877">[link]</a><br /><br /><h2>Basic Info</h2><br /><br /><b> Name:</b> Bartin Skatch (Agnes Skatch)<br /><b>Age:</b> 16<br /><b>Weapon:</b> M70 Sniper Rifle.<br /><b>Height:</b> 167cm <br /><b>Weight:</b> 49kg<br /><b>Species:</b> Witch<br /><b>Region:</b> Toris<br /><b>Soundtrack:</b><a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vy0NySCmuFU">[link]</a><br /><br /><h2>Personal Information</h2><br /><br /><b>Likes:</b>Goat cheese, hidden places, her brother, her rifle, her red boots<br /><br /><b>Dislikes:</b> Liars, bullies, the cutie moe pink type girls, slugs<br /><br /><b>Fears:</b> Letting her enemies know her weakness, thunders.<br /><br /><b>Strength:</b> She can use her witch powers to see really far away and aim perfectly. She can also examine her surroundings very well since she has trained all of her other senses to make up for her bad eyesight.<br /><br /><b>Weakness:</b> Even though she is a witch she doesn&rsquo;t have many powers and it exhaust her when she uses them (to be exact the only thing she can do is excel her eye sight for a period). Also she is half blind (normally).<br /><br /><b>Personality:</b> Bartin is a mostly quiet girl. She doesn&rsquo;t like being in the spotlight and prefers to have her emotions under control. She doesn&rsquo;t interact with people that much, not because she hates people. The reason is she is too bored to try and interact with them and she will only make bonds with the ones that come to her. When someone tries to approach her, at first she will mostly ignore them and only answer them either with short phrases or with sarcasm. But if they still stick together with her she will just let them be without complain and she will grow used to them. She can easily adapt into new places or situations and she doesn&rsquo;t complain about her problems to other people. Even though she is like that if someone ask her a question about herself she will answer most of the times , but she will speak as calm as ever even if she is talking about a massacre. She doesn&rsquo;t judge people by their looks (since she can&rsquo;t see them well anyway! <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/letters/=p.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":P" title=":P (Lick)"/>) and she recognize people through their scent, footsteps and their voice. If she uses her power to look at someone it means that this person means quit a lot to her!<br /> <br /><b>History/Bio:</b> Agnes was born and raised just outside Jian. She lived with her two parents and her 5 years older brother, Bartin. Her brother was a genius at almost everything he tried to do and so their parents adored him and tried to make Agnes like him. Agnes didn&rsquo;t like the way her parents acted toward her, but she loved and admired her brother more than anything. But since she was young she couldn&rsquo;t see well and was really clumsy, but she still always smiled and tried to spend as much time with her brother as possible. He, on the other hand, didn&rsquo;t want to hang out with her since she was so clumsy and stupidly laughed even when she screwed things over. One day Agnes followed her brother in the forest where he was practicing his aim every day with his sling. Agnes after looking at him from afar for a while was spotted and then she pleaded him to teach her how to aim like that. Bartin tried to tell her that it would be a waste of time since she was almost completely blind, but since she wouldn&rsquo;t go away he let her shot once. At that moment Agnes&rsquo;s power was unleashed and she was able to hit every target (and was finally able to see her brother&rsquo;s amazed face for the first time). Bartin was really amazed and decided to give Agnes a chance to be his sister. From that day on they spend almost every day together.<br /><br />When Agnes was 7 years old, one day her brother went alone into the forest. For three days he went missing and then some hunters found a body of a child in the forest, ripped off and half eaten by animals in such a horrible way that they weren&rsquo;t even able to identify the body. Everyone in the village though couldn&rsquo;t think anything else than that the body belonged to Bartin.(there is a twist in the story here that would be reviled later on!) Agnes&rsquo;s parents were in such a shock that they would just sit quietly and do nothing more that calling for Bartin. After a week they snapped and decided to replace Bartin with Agnes. They made her dress and act like a boy and would always refer at her as &lsquo;&rsquo;Bartin&rsquo;&rsquo;.<br />Agnes didn&rsquo;t want to see her parents suffer anymore so see did as she was told.<br /><br />At the age of 12, Bartin (I mean Agnes) decided to go work at the Tower of Time. For 5 years things were quite and Bartin did her best at her job. Then the Keepers run away and Bartin was sent to Toris to capture them.<br /><br /><br /><br /><h2>RP Info</h2><br /><br /><b>How did you find us?:</b>I was just messing around!<img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/letters/=p.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":P" title=":P (Lick)"/><br /><br /><b>Script Example:</b> *It was a warm spring morning. Agnes woke up with her messy hair covering her face*Hmmm&hellip;.*She walked to the kitchen. There was her mother serving breakfast to Bartin*<br />Agnes: Morning&hellip;Ouch*she said as she fell onto the half opened door* <br />Agnes&rsquo;s Mother: Good morning sweetie your breakfast is ready.*she smiled and then turned to Bartin* Bartin could you it slowly, there is no reason to rush anyway.<br />Bartin: Leave me alone, I&rsquo;m done anyway.*he left his empty plate on the table and walked towards the door* I&rsquo;m going out for a walk.<br />Agnes&rsquo;s Mother: Be careful. *Bartin walked out of the house. Agnes looked at his shade from the window as it was moving towards the forest.*<br />Agnes: Mom&hellip;is it okay if I go with Bartin to play today? <br />Agnes&rsquo;s Mother: Well&hellip;I don&rsquo;t know about that&hellip;Will you be okay in the forest? <br />Agnes:*she smiled cheerfully at her mother* Don&rsquo;t worry mom, I will be very careful! And I will be with Bartin anyway so there is nothing to worry about, right? <br />Agnes&rsquo;s Mother: Okay..I guess it will be fine. But eat your breakfast first, okay? *she said as she put a plate with bread and butter in front of Agnes* <br />Agnes: Thank you mommy!!*she started eating her food and thought of all the fun she would have with her brother today*<br /> <br /><b>Paragraph Example:</b> It was nothing but a normal morning in the tower of time. In that high place of the tower there was a gentle breeze that made Bartin glad that they had put her in that position. She could quietly sit there and enjoy the relaxing atmosphere for hours. But that day was different. While Bartin was relaxing at her position she felt a tremble passing through her whole body and then she heard it. A loud noise of an explosion and then of the towers part flying in the air, the cheerful voices of the keepers running free and the alarms echoing through the whole area, all those noises made something very clear to all the chasers&hellip; Something terrible had just happened.<br /><div><img src="http://th02.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2013/048/3/e/time_keepers_app___bartin_skatch_by_asleymax-d5v9b9u.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>KDE/WIN7 dual boot</title>
                <link>http://miguelsanchez666.deviantart.com/art/KDE-WIN7-dual-boot-354242212</link>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 08:05:26 PST</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">KDE/WIN7 dual boot</media:title>
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                <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ Nothing special. My usual KDE setup dual booting with win7. <br />I had to install winblows for work purposes so here it is <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/w/wink.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=";)" title=";) (Wink)"/> ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th08.deviantart.net/fs70/150/f/2013/045/8/1/kde_win7_dual_boot_by_miguelsanchez666-d5uwn1g.png" height="150" width="113"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th09.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/f/2013/045/8/1/kde_win7_dual_boot_by_miguelsanchez666-d5uwn1g.png" height="397" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://th06.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/f/2013/045/8/1/kde_win7_dual_boot_by_miguelsanchez666-d5uwn1g.png" height="1028" width="777" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ Nothing special. My usual KDE setup dual booting with win7. <br />I had to install winblows for work purposes so here it is <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/w/wink.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=";)" title=";) (Wink)"/><br /><div><img src="http://th09.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/f/2013/045/8/1/kde_win7_dual_boot_by_miguelsanchez666-d5uwn1g.png" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                <title>The3 Season 2 Chapter 7: Star and Silk</title>
                <link>http://the3story.deviantart.com/art/The3-Season-2-Chapter-7-Star-and-Silk-354016339</link>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 22:44:59 PST</pubDate>
                        <media:title type="plain">The3 Season 2 Chapter 7: Star and Silk</media:title>
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        <media:copyright url="http://the3story.deviantart.com">Copyright 2013 ~the3story</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ Wonder Woman woke up in a spacious lobby of an abandoned two-storey office building. She remembered that she was badly tortured and humiliated by Zesora and that the secrets have been revealed. However in the midst of pondering, she realised that she was in her alter-ego costume with nothing lost. The lasso, belt, and bracelets were still intact and Zesora was missing. Without much ado, Wonder Woman had boldly decided to enter through building's front door; she was certain to find out what was going on.<br /><br />Wonder Woman's blue eyes scanned the interior; two-storey-high windows on one side let in the mid-afternoon sun, making the lobby warm and a little stuffy despite the time of year. At the opposite side of the lobby was the only entrance to the rest of the building, behind an abandoned receptionist's counter. Wonder Woman walked to the door and opened it. She peered inside. The door opened into the middle of a long, empty hallway, painted industrial off-white. On her right, Wonder Woman saw a red EXIT sign and walked towards it, passing a set of elevators on her left. She opened the door and found a stairway to the basement. Never take the elevators, she'd learned early in her career.<br /><br />The soles of Wonder Woman's red, calf-high boots scuffed softly on the stairs as she descended to the basement. Truth to tell, she felt a little concerned that the building was empty, but it wasn't the first time in her experience that some criminal had taken over an abandoned complex and put it to nefarious use. She opened the gray door to the basement and walked through. The basement hallway ran directly underneath the one above it and was virtually identical, right down to the off-white paint job and the buzzing fluorescent lights. Wonder Woman walked down the hall, opening each door as she went. She had searched half-way down the hall before she came to a locked door with no window opposite the elevators. Wonder Woman used her Amazonian strength to twist the door handle and opened the door. Inside, she found a sparsely furnitured, nearly all-white room, and Jessica seated on the floor in the middle of the room, facing her.<br /><br />"Wonder Woman!" Jessica said, a faint smile coming to her face. "Oh thank God!"<br /><br />"Why are you here," Wonder Woman said, all business. Then she watched curiously as Silk Woman slowly stood up, carefully keeping her silk robe wrapped around her. "Jessica, why are you in Zinc robe? what's wrong..." she began to ask, then spotted naked skin rather than water pastiche through a gap in Silk Woman&rsquo;s Zinc silk robe. Silk Woman&rsquo;s eyes looked away from Wonder Woman. Diana could see the young heroine blushing with shame.<br /><br />"He, um...took my costume. All of it," Silk Woman said quietly, her naked shoulders shrugging beneath her silk robe. "The most important part, I guess," she concluded with a feeble laugh. The Zinc robe of Silk Woman will only appear when her alter-ego costumes, her royal silk set, and her hidden identity silk chemise are all removed. And what worse was that whoever did this to Jessica had even removed most of the Zinc silk set, leaving only the silk robe. What evil villain!<br /><br />Wonder Woman, no stranger to perverse villains herself, regarded Jessica with more sympathy than she had a moment ago. She walked over to the red-headed crime-fighter and gently laid a hand on her shoulder.<br /><br />"Who did it...?" Wonder Woman asked softly. Jessica looked at her, and her eyelids blinking away tears. Wonder Woman gave her shoulder a gentle squeeze. "Be strong, sister," she said, "let's get out of here, then we'll capture the vile miscreant who was so foolish as to abuse you." Jessica smiled wanly, taking strength from the regal tone used by the Amazon princess. The two heroines turned and began to walk towards the door.<br /><br />Suddenly, the sprinklers in the ceiling sprang to life. But rather than spraying water, the spigots rapidly pumped out copious amounts of a pale, white gas. Silk Woman gasped in surprise, and her knees buckled as the knockout gas began to affect her; she fell against Wonder Woman, her arms grasping the Amazon for support. Wonder Woman held her breath but because of Catwoman&rsquo;s weakness for her, she started to feel the effect of chloroform as her skin came in contact with chloroform. However, the girdle continued to give her enough strength to escape. She threw one arm around Jessica's waist and began to pull her towards the door. The gas, however, had become astonishingly thick within seconds, and Wonder Woman had trouble seeing even a few inches in front of her. She kept walking straight ahead, certain that they had been headed in the right direction.<br /><br />She was correct. Wonder Woman pushed the door open with her free arm and pulled the now-unconscious body of Silk Woman into the hall. The Amazon turned to examine her fellow heroine. Suddenly, she felt a hand deftly undo the clasp of her power belt at her back and pull it from her body; holding on to Silk Woman prevented her from reacting in time. Wonder Woman gasped as the removal of the belt resulted in a significant diminishment of her strength. She caught a whiff of the knockout gas spilling out of the room and felt it contribute her loss of power. She let go of Jessica, unceremoniously dropping the Silk princess to the floor, then turned to confront her attacker. She caught a glimpse of a female figure wearing a gas mask before a wet cloth was pressed over her face. The Amazon took a breath and recognized the all-too familiar scent of chloroform. Her adversary shoved her against the wall with her body, pressing her head against the hard surface with the chloroform-soaked rag, while the other hand, the attacker wiped another chloroform-soaked cloth on the exposed skin.<br /><br />"RRRRMMMPHHH!!" Wonder Woman roared angrily into the cloth as she flailed weakly and uselessly at her attacker. She took another breath and began to succumb to the sleep-inducing vapors. Her long, black eyelashes flickered over her crystal-blue eyes, which were becoming more and more glassy by the second. Her left hand dropped limply to her side as the right one feebly swatted at the woman's gas mask. Her knees began to buckle, and her voluptuous body began a long, slow slide towards the floor.<br /><br />"MMMmmmpphh..." Wonder Woman moaned weakly as her star-spangled behind hit the ground. Her assailant knelt as she fell, continuing to press the chloroform-soaked rag into her face. Her right leg lay flung out straight in front of her, the left had folded underneath her. The Amazon's braceleted arms hung at her sides, her hands splayed on the ground. Her eyelids fluttered one last time, then her blue eyes rolled slowly up into her head as consciousness left her.<br /><br />Joan removed the chloroform-soaked rag from Wonder Woman's face several seconds later, ensuring that the Amazon would enjoy a long, peaceful slumber.<br /><br />"Hello, Wonder Slut!" the villain exclaimed, her voice muffled by his gas mask. "I think you need a little more jewelry, Princess," she said, eyeing the Amazon's bare neck. She then looked down at her huge, luscious breasts, in the bustier even as she lay unconscious. She couldn't resist. She placed her hands over Wonder Woman's large breasts and began to enthusiastically grope away.<br /><br />"HOLY SHIT!!" she shouted. "These motherfuckers are HUGE! And so fuckin' FIRM!! I could do a trampoline act on 'em!"<br /><br />Several moments later, she managed to tear his hands away from the Amazon's amazing chest. She grabbed each unconscious heroine by one of their limp arms and pulled them down the hall to a different room. ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th09.deviantart.net/fs71/150/f/2013/043/4/7/the3_season_2_chapter_7__star_and_silk_by_the3story-d5ursr7.jpg" height="150" width="107"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th05.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/f/2013/043/4/7/the3_season_2_chapter_7__star_and_silk_by_the3story-d5ursr7.jpg" height="422" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/043/4/7/the3_season_2_chapter_7__star_and_silk_by_the3story-d5ursr7.jpg" height="475" width="338" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ Wonder Woman woke up in a spacious lobby of an abandoned two-storey office building. She remembered that she was badly tortured and humiliated by Zesora and that the secrets have been revealed. However in the midst of pondering, she realised that she was in her alter-ego costume with nothing lost. The lasso, belt, and bracelets were still intact and Zesora was missing. Without much ado, Wonder Woman had boldly decided to enter through building's front door; she was certain to find out what was going on.<br /><br />Wonder Woman's blue eyes scanned the interior; two-storey-high windows on one side let in the mid-afternoon sun, making the lobby warm and a little stuffy despite the time of year. At the opposite side of the lobby was the only entrance to the rest of the building, behind an abandoned receptionist's counter. Wonder Woman walked to the door and opened it. She peered inside. The door opened into the middle of a long, empty hallway, painted industrial off-white. On her right, Wonder Woman saw a red EXIT sign and walked towards it, passing a set of elevators on her left. She opened the door and found a stairway to the basement. Never take the elevators, she'd learned early in her career.<br /><br />The soles of Wonder Woman's red, calf-high boots scuffed softly on the stairs as she descended to the basement. Truth to tell, she felt a little concerned that the building was empty, but it wasn't the first time in her experience that some criminal had taken over an abandoned complex and put it to nefarious use. She opened the gray door to the basement and walked through. The basement hallway ran directly underneath the one above it and was virtually identical, right down to the off-white paint job and the buzzing fluorescent lights. Wonder Woman walked down the hall, opening each door as she went. She had searched half-way down the hall before she came to a locked door with no window opposite the elevators. Wonder Woman used her Amazonian strength to twist the door handle and opened the door. Inside, she found a sparsely furnitured, nearly all-white room, and Jessica seated on the floor in the middle of the room, facing her.<br /><br />"Wonder Woman!" Jessica said, a faint smile coming to her face. "Oh thank God!"<br /><br />"Why are you here," Wonder Woman said, all business. Then she watched curiously as Silk Woman slowly stood up, carefully keeping her silk robe wrapped around her. "Jessica, why are you in Zinc robe? what's wrong..." she began to ask, then spotted naked skin rather than water pastiche through a gap in Silk Woman&rsquo;s Zinc silk robe. Silk Woman&rsquo;s eyes looked away from Wonder Woman. Diana could see the young heroine blushing with shame.<br /><br />"He, um...took my costume. All of it," Silk Woman said quietly, her naked shoulders shrugging beneath her silk robe. "The most important part, I guess," she concluded with a feeble laugh. The Zinc robe of Silk Woman will only appear when her alter-ego costumes, her royal silk set, and her hidden identity silk chemise are all removed. And what worse was that whoever did this to Jessica had even removed most of the Zinc silk set, leaving only the silk robe. What evil villain!<br /><br />Wonder Woman, no stranger to perverse villains herself, regarded Jessica with more sympathy than she had a moment ago. She walked over to the red-headed crime-fighter and gently laid a hand on her shoulder.<br /><br />"Who did it...?" Wonder Woman asked softly. Jessica looked at her, and her eyelids blinking away tears. Wonder Woman gave her shoulder a gentle squeeze. "Be strong, sister," she said, "let's get out of here, then we'll capture the vile miscreant who was so foolish as to abuse you." Jessica smiled wanly, taking strength from the regal tone used by the Amazon princess. The two heroines turned and began to walk towards the door.<br /><br />Suddenly, the sprinklers in the ceiling sprang to life. But rather than spraying water, the spigots rapidly pumped out copious amounts of a pale, white gas. Silk Woman gasped in surprise, and her knees buckled as the knockout gas began to affect her; she fell against Wonder Woman, her arms grasping the Amazon for support. Wonder Woman held her breath but because of Catwoman&rsquo;s weakness for her, she started to feel the effect of chloroform as her skin came in contact with chloroform. However, the girdle continued to give her enough strength to escape. She threw one arm around Jessica's waist and began to pull her towards the door. The gas, however, had become astonishingly thick within seconds, and Wonder Woman had trouble seeing even a few inches in front of her. She kept walking straight ahead, certain that they had been headed in the right direction.<br /><br />She was correct. Wonder Woman pushed the door open with her free arm and pulled the now-unconscious body of Silk Woman into the hall. The Amazon turned to examine her fellow heroine. Suddenly, she felt a hand deftly undo the clasp of her power belt at her back and pull it from her body; holding on to Silk Woman prevented her from reacting in time. Wonder Woman gasped as the removal of the belt resulted in a significant diminishment of her strength. She caught a whiff of the knockout gas spilling out of the room and felt it contribute her loss of power. She let go of Jessica, unceremoniously dropping the Silk princess to the floor, then turned to confront her attacker. She caught a glimpse of a female figure wearing a gas mask before a wet cloth was pressed over her face. The Amazon took a breath and recognized the all-too familiar scent of chloroform. Her adversary shoved her against the wall with her body, pressing her head against the hard surface with the chloroform-soaked rag, while the other hand, the attacker wiped another chloroform-soaked cloth on the exposed skin.<br /><br />"RRRRMMMPHHH!!" Wonder Woman roared angrily into the cloth as she flailed weakly and uselessly at her attacker. She took another breath and began to succumb to the sleep-inducing vapors. Her long, black eyelashes flickered over her crystal-blue eyes, which were becoming more and more glassy by the second. Her left hand dropped limply to her side as the right one feebly swatted at the woman's gas mask. Her knees began to buckle, and her voluptuous body began a long, slow slide towards the floor.<br /><br />"MMMmmmpphh..." Wonder Woman moaned weakly as her star-spangled behind hit the ground. Her assailant knelt as she fell, continuing to press the chloroform-soaked rag into her face. Her right leg lay flung out straight in front of her, the left had folded underneath her. The Amazon's braceleted arms hung at her sides, her hands splayed on the ground. Her eyelids fluttered one last time, then her blue eyes rolled slowly up into her head as consciousness left her.<br /><br />Joan removed the chloroform-soaked rag from Wonder Woman's face several seconds later, ensuring that the Amazon would enjoy a long, peaceful slumber.<br /><br />"Hello, Wonder Slut!" the villain exclaimed, her voice muffled by his gas mask. "I think you need a little more jewelry, Princess," she said, eyeing the Amazon's bare neck. She then looked down at her huge, luscious breasts, in the bustier even as she lay unconscious. She couldn't resist. She placed her hands over Wonder Woman's large breasts and began to enthusiastically grope away.<br /><br />"HOLY SHIT!!" she shouted. "These motherfuckers are HUGE! And so fuckin' FIRM!! I could do a trampoline act on 'em!"<br /><br />Several moments later, she managed to tear his hands away from the Amazon's amazing chest. She grabbed each unconscious heroine by one of their limp arms and pulled them down the hall to a different room.<br /><div><img src="http://th05.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/f/2013/043/4/7/the3_season_2_chapter_7__star_and_silk_by_the3story-d5ursr7.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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        <media:copyright url="http://the3story.deviantart.com">Copyright 2013 ~the3story</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ Silk Woman woke up with a headache. Her arms were also terribly sore from being bound with her hands behind her all night. As she gained conscious thought, she took in her surroundings. She was no longer in the van but appeared to be in a closed room. Cinder blocks lined three sides of the room, a small cot was there, a toilet with no seat, and on the fourth wall was a picture window of a really thick glass. A door was also placed in this wall. She tried to stand. Her hands were still bound behind her, but she had some movement. She noticed the large eyebolt in the wall near her cot and followed the chain to her bare left leg. It was at this moment Silk Woman realized that her boots were gone. Horrified she shot up in the cot. From her reflection in the window, from her waist up she was naked and Silk Woman suddenly felt very vulnerable.<br /><br />A light went on in the window. Silk Woman looked out and saw a mannequin on the other side. The mannequin was wearing her camisole, wrap, sash, and boots! Additionally, her gauntlets were placed on the mannequin's wrists. But the mannequin had been posed in a very lewd way, with one hand fingering its crotch. Silk Woman shuddered and waited.<br /><br />The door swung open and Catwoman walked in, a smug smile on her face. <br /><br />"So this is the mighty Silk Woman? Looks more like a ten-dollar hooker to me. Legs all bare, hanging out her wares in front of the world. Tell me Silktart, do you get a sexual thrill beating up men? Do you dress like that because you're an exhibitionist? You want the world to desire you, but you tell them they can't touch! What a flirt! What a bimbo you are."<br /><br />Silk Woman stared with anger but realized there is nothing she could do. <br /><br />&ldquo;Alright Silktart, lets start the first test. I heard you are a good poker player. We will have your first test as Strip Poker. Lucifer will play against you. You just need to win 12 tokens and keep your silky clothes on. However if you fail, you will receive something in return and of course, you will be naked as well. And yes, transform into your royal form. The long silk gown. Release her.&rdquo;<br /><br />Silk Woman was taken aback. She has never revealed her royal form to the world before. How could Catwoman know about it? She will only use the royal form in the worst time. It is a double edge sword because her weakness increases with the power she receives from her royal form.<br /><br />&ldquo;I refuse to change into that even though I do not know where you know that from.&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;It is ok. Then we can wait for another 2 days and you will not get your antidote.&rdquo; Catwoman replied.<br /><br />Knowing that there was no way out, Silk Woman transformed into her royal form. As the items on the mannequin disappeared to be part of her royal costume, a bright light shone in the room. Silk Woman was wrapped in a full length silk robe, with lace trim on the cuffs and her detachable magical sash. Her camisole and transformed into a silk gown with lace at the neckline and at the gathered bust seam that delicately circles around her waist to help shape it. The gorgeous bias cut shape gave her that ultra-feminine shape. Her bracelets became white satin gloves which gave her more superpower. Her heels were upgraded to give her more speed. Finally, her tap pant has changed into earrings which help to suppress her weakness.<br /><br />Catwoman was impressed and showed Silk Woman out of the room.<br />Silk Woman walked into a large room that had been cleared of all tables except one poker table with two chairs. There were three cameras set up around the table. A young woman sat at a control panel working several buttons and dials. She was in her twenties with long wavy chestnut hair that was pulled into a wavy ponytail. The black turtleneck sweater and jeans hugged her full rich body. She stood up when Silk Woman walked over. Lucifer sat down facing the Princess of Silk. The dealer opened a new pack of cards and shuffled.<br /><br />&ldquo;The dealer is wearing a mike so the audience can follow the play.&rdquo; Lucifer said.<br /><br />Round 1<br />&ldquo;As agreed the test will be Texas Hold-em.&rdquo; The dealer said as she shuffled. &ldquo;Blind bet at least one token.&rdquo;<br />&ldquo;Two tokens.&rdquo; Lucifer said.<br />&ldquo;My left white satin glove.&rdquo; Silk Woman said.<br />The dealer asked for another round and everyone held.<br />&ldquo;Everyone is in.&rdquo; Dealer said. &ldquo;Here&rsquo;s the flip&hellip;a queen of hearts, ace of spades, nine of clubs. Four hearts. Queen of clubs.&rdquo;<br />Silk Woman lifted the edge of her cards and sat back.<br />&ldquo;My right glove and right satin heel.&rdquo; Silk Woman said.<br />&ldquo;Two for me.&rdquo; Sammy said.<br />&ldquo;Silk Woman?&rdquo; The dealer asked.<br />&ldquo;My left heel.&rdquo; She said with a smile.<br />&ldquo;I&rsquo;m in.&rdquo; Lucifer said. &ldquo;Just you and me.&rdquo;<br />&ldquo; Here is the kicker.&rdquo; The dealer said. &ldquo;Ace of diamonds.&rdquo;<br />&ldquo;My sash and silk robe.&rdquo; Silk Woman said.<br />&ldquo;I got a feeling you got another queen or ace.&rdquo; Lucifer said.<br />&ldquo;It will cost you to find out.&rdquo;<br />&ldquo;I bow to you.&rdquo; Lucifer said tossing in his card. &ldquo;The night is young.&rdquo;<br />&ldquo;That&rsquo;s one chance in total you owe me since your bid four tokens.&rdquo; Silk Woman said.<br />&ldquo;Excellent.&rdquo; Silk Woman said as she tapped the deck. &ldquo;The game is going just the way I hoped.&rdquo;<br />&ldquo;The night is young.&rdquo; Lucifer snapped. &ldquo;Luck can change just like that.&rdquo;<br />&ldquo;New game.&rdquo; The dealer said as he dealt out the cards. &ldquo;Silk Woman will you be using the four tokens to bet.&rdquo;<br />&ldquo;Sweet Liberty no.&rdquo; Silk Woman said as she rubbed her gloved hands together. &ldquo;I am still fully dressed.&rdquo;<br /><br />Round 2<br />&ldquo;Well Silk Woman, looks like I win this round.&rdquo; Lucifer smiled as he rubbed his hands together. &ldquo;So I get both your heels and gloves from you.&rdquo; <br />&ldquo;Next round.&rdquo; Dealer said as he started to deal noting Silk Woman was more concerned with her loses that his dealing. He smiled as he expertly dealt off the bottom.<br /><br />Round 6<br />Silk Woman had not won anything of the last three hands and have lost her four tokens.<br />While Silk Woman was only shoeless and gloveless, her robe and sash had been her last bet, which meant she would be left with her gown and earrings to bet on the next round. Lucifer had won the bulk of Silk Woman&rsquo;s costume. Silk Woman had two fours with two of the fours in the hole. Lucifer had two clubs in his hole but two clubs had come up on the flip. One more club and he would have a flush. If it was a nine or four he would have a straight flush. <br />&ldquo;Six Tokens.&rdquo; Sammy said. &ldquo;O no!&rdquo; Silk Woman thought, &ldquo;I will have to fold or pit my earrings or gown.&rdquo; The Silk Princess debated her chances and realized this whole game had been a bad idea. She had no choice.<br />&ldquo;My earrings.&rdquo; Silk Woman said.<br />The dealer dealt the river card. It was a nine of clubs giving Lucifer the straight flush. Silk Woman stared at the straight for a long while and glumly took off her earrings feeling her super powers fade as she did. Not only that, she started to feel vulnerable to her sexual desires. In her normal outfit, her tap pant controlled her sexual weakness and in the royal outfit, the earrings tamed her weakness because the greater the power, the stronger the weakness. She felt a swirling feeling at her vulnerable private parts. <br /><br />Round 7<br />Lucifer smiled as he looked at the heroine and touched his ear, &ldquo;Looks like the last hand.&rdquo;<br />&ldquo;Yes.&rdquo; Silk Woman said trying to sound confident. &ldquo;Miracles will happen.&rdquo;<br />&ldquo;Miracles.&rdquo; Lucifer said as he sipped his drink, &ldquo;I doubt you will have it.&rdquo;<br />Silk Woman said. &ldquo;The game isn&rsquo;t over.&rdquo;<br />Silk Woman checked the cards in her hole. A king and ten of Diamonds. Lucifer&rsquo;s face was a stone. The Princess of Silk tried to look dignified. Lucifer peeked at his two aces and looked up. He could make a huge bet and Silk Woman in the first round but he wanted to drag out her humiliation and he was pretty sure that seeing Silk Woman becoming naked was exciting.<br />&ldquo;6 tokens.&rdquo; Lucifer said with a small smile.<br />&ldquo;My gown.&rdquo; Silk Woman said.<br />&ldquo;Lets go right to the flip.&rdquo; Lucifer said.<br />&lsquo;Fine.&rdquo; Silk Woman said.<br />&ldquo;Here&rsquo;s the flip.&rdquo; The dealer said and dealt. &ldquo;A queen of diamonds, a ace of diamonds, and a three clubs.&rdquo;<br />&ldquo;I am all in.&rdquo; Lucifer said with a big grin. &ldquo;I will agree that anything you have left will cover the bet.&rdquo;<br />&ldquo;Which means it all or nothing.&rdquo; Silk Woman said trying to look brave but was terrified that her whole future rested on the turn of a card. All she needed was a ten. A ten of diamonds would give her a royal flush. &ldquo;I am in.&rdquo;<br />&ldquo;Here comes the kicker.&rdquo; Lucifer said.<br />The dealer tossed down a seven of spades.<br />&ldquo;No help to anyone.&rdquo;<br />&ldquo;Everyone is staying pat.&rdquo; Lucifer said. &ldquo;Give us the river.&rdquo;<br />Everyone in the room watched the dealer flip the card. The final ace came down.<br />&ldquo;That gives me four of kind.&rdquo; Lucifer said.<br />&ldquo;I lost!&rdquo; Silk Woman gasped when she realized she lost the first test. <br /><br />Suddenly a steel belt snapped around her legs, binding them to the chair.<br /><br />&ldquo;What is this!&rdquo; Silk Woman cried as she struggled to get free.<br />&ldquo;Just a little insurance to make sure you keep your end of the deal. Silk Woman, do you accept that you have fairly lost the first test?&rdquo;<br />&ldquo;I am Silk Woman &hellip;the heroine sobbed, &ldquo;I always keep my word.&rdquo;<br /><br />Catwoman walked in and congratulated Lucifer. &ldquo;Well done Lucifer, you have done well. I am really impressed. I thought she will be a tough one. But you are tougher.&rdquo; Then she turned to the teary princess. &ldquo;O why are you crying? It is the first test only. You still have two more to redeem yourself. Max come here with the syringe.&rdquo;<br /><br />Max came in with a syringe and handed over it to Catwoman.<br /><br />&ldquo;What are doing with the syringe?! That is not part of the deal.&rdquo;<br />&ldquo;Jessica, do not fear. This is a serum that prohibits someone from doing something.&rdquo;<br />&ldquo;How do you know I am Jessica? No one knows my hidden name. How do you get that?&rdquo; Silk Woman was getting distressed as fear began to grip her heart.<br /><br />&ldquo;Are you sure no one knows about it? I know everything about you right now. Your strength, you weaknesses, your hidden identity. Now Lucifer take off your prize please.&rdquo; Catwoman signalled to Lucifer. Lucifer and Max went towards Jessica and while Max held her down, Lucifer slowly pulled up the gown from her legs. As he pulled passed her exposed private part, he rubbed it and immediately Silk Woman flinched. And suddenly he pulled the entire gown up her upper torso, which caught her off-guard. She had no time for a reaction or struggle for Max was holding her down. Jessica was turning red with shame. Never had she been naked in front of others and what worst was that she was naked in front of Catwoman and Lucifer, two of the greatest villains. <br /><br />Catwoman walked towards Silk Woman, &ldquo;This will tame your power and your ability to draw strength from your dimension and will increase your sex drive. I hope you will enjoy it.&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;No&hellip;.no&hellip;no&hellip;!!!&rdquo; Silk Woman struggled but Catwoman just injected the syringe directly into her right tit. The drug took effect and Jessica fainted due to the extreme pain.<br /><br />&ldquo;Prepare her for the second test. Dante, are you ready?&rdquo;<br /><br />Dante smiled. ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th01.deviantart.net/fs71/150/f/2013/042/e/7/the3_chapter_7__poker_by_the3story-d5ul22y.jpg" height="150" width="107"/>            <media:thumbnail url="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/f/2013/042/e/7/the3_chapter_7__poker_by_the3story-d5ul22y.jpg" height="422" width="300"/>            <media:content url="http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/042/e/7/the3_chapter_7__poker_by_the3story-d5ul22y.jpg" height="475" width="338" medium="image"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ Silk Woman woke up with a headache. Her arms were also terribly sore from being bound with her hands behind her all night. As she gained conscious thought, she took in her surroundings. She was no longer in the van but appeared to be in a closed room. Cinder blocks lined three sides of the room, a small cot was there, a toilet with no seat, and on the fourth wall was a picture window of a really thick glass. A door was also placed in this wall. She tried to stand. Her hands were still bound behind her, but she had some movement. She noticed the large eyebolt in the wall near her cot and followed the chain to her bare left leg. It was at this moment Silk Woman realized that her boots were gone. Horrified she shot up in the cot. From her reflection in the window, from her waist up she was naked and Silk Woman suddenly felt very vulnerable.<br /><br />A light went on in the window. Silk Woman looked out and saw a mannequin on the other side. The mannequin was wearing her camisole, wrap, sash, and boots! Additionally, her gauntlets were placed on the mannequin's wrists. But the mannequin had been posed in a very lewd way, with one hand fingering its crotch. Silk Woman shuddered and waited.<br /><br />The door swung open and Catwoman walked in, a smug smile on her face. <br /><br />"So this is the mighty Silk Woman? Looks more like a ten-dollar hooker to me. Legs all bare, hanging out her wares in front of the world. Tell me Silktart, do you get a sexual thrill beating up men? Do you dress like that because you're an exhibitionist? You want the world to desire you, but you tell them they can't touch! What a flirt! What a bimbo you are."<br /><br />Silk Woman stared with anger but realized there is nothing she could do. <br /><br />&ldquo;Alright Silktart, lets start the first test. I heard you are a good poker player. We will have your first test as Strip Poker. Lucifer will play against you. You just need to win 12 tokens and keep your silky clothes on. However if you fail, you will receive something in return and of course, you will be naked as well. And yes, transform into your royal form. The long silk gown. Release her.&rdquo;<br /><br />Silk Woman was taken aback. She has never revealed her royal form to the world before. How could Catwoman know about it? She will only use the royal form in the worst time. It is a double edge sword because her weakness increases with the power she receives from her royal form.<br /><br />&ldquo;I refuse to change into that even though I do not know where you know that from.&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;It is ok. Then we can wait for another 2 days and you will not get your antidote.&rdquo; Catwoman replied.<br /><br />Knowing that there was no way out, Silk Woman transformed into her royal form. As the items on the mannequin disappeared to be part of her royal costume, a bright light shone in the room. Silk Woman was wrapped in a full length silk robe, with lace trim on the cuffs and her detachable magical sash. Her camisole and transformed into a silk gown with lace at the neckline and at the gathered bust seam that delicately circles around her waist to help shape it. The gorgeous bias cut shape gave her that ultra-feminine shape. Her bracelets became white satin gloves which gave her more superpower. Her heels were upgraded to give her more speed. Finally, her tap pant has changed into earrings which help to suppress her weakness.<br /><br />Catwoman was impressed and showed Silk Woman out of the room.<br />Silk Woman walked into a large room that had been cleared of all tables except one poker table with two chairs. There were three cameras set up around the table. A young woman sat at a control panel working several buttons and dials. She was in her twenties with long wavy chestnut hair that was pulled into a wavy ponytail. The black turtleneck sweater and jeans hugged her full rich body. She stood up when Silk Woman walked over. Lucifer sat down facing the Princess of Silk. The dealer opened a new pack of cards and shuffled.<br /><br />&ldquo;The dealer is wearing a mike so the audience can follow the play.&rdquo; Lucifer said.<br /><br />Round 1<br />&ldquo;As agreed the test will be Texas Hold-em.&rdquo; The dealer said as she shuffled. &ldquo;Blind bet at least one token.&rdquo;<br />&ldquo;Two tokens.&rdquo; Lucifer said.<br />&ldquo;My left white satin glove.&rdquo; Silk Woman said.<br />The dealer asked for another round and everyone held.<br />&ldquo;Everyone is in.&rdquo; Dealer said. &ldquo;Here&rsquo;s the flip&hellip;a queen of hearts, ace of spades, nine of clubs. Four hearts. Queen of clubs.&rdquo;<br />Silk Woman lifted the edge of her cards and sat back.<br />&ldquo;My right glove and right satin heel.&rdquo; Silk Woman said.<br />&ldquo;Two for me.&rdquo; Sammy said.<br />&ldquo;Silk Woman?&rdquo; The dealer asked.<br />&ldquo;My left heel.&rdquo; She said with a smile.<br />&ldquo;I&rsquo;m in.&rdquo; Lucifer said. &ldquo;Just you and me.&rdquo;<br />&ldquo; Here is the kicker.&rdquo; The dealer said. &ldquo;Ace of diamonds.&rdquo;<br />&ldquo;My sash and silk robe.&rdquo; Silk Woman said.<br />&ldquo;I got a feeling you got another queen or ace.&rdquo; Lucifer said.<br />&ldquo;It will cost you to find out.&rdquo;<br />&ldquo;I bow to you.&rdquo; Lucifer said tossing in his card. &ldquo;The night is young.&rdquo;<br />&ldquo;That&rsquo;s one chance in total you owe me since your bid four tokens.&rdquo; Silk Woman said.<br />&ldquo;Excellent.&rdquo; Silk Woman said as she tapped the deck. &ldquo;The game is going just the way I hoped.&rdquo;<br />&ldquo;The night is young.&rdquo; Lucifer snapped. &ldquo;Luck can change just like that.&rdquo;<br />&ldquo;New game.&rdquo; The dealer said as he dealt out the cards. &ldquo;Silk Woman will you be using the four tokens to bet.&rdquo;<br />&ldquo;Sweet Liberty no.&rdquo; Silk Woman said as she rubbed her gloved hands together. &ldquo;I am still fully dressed.&rdquo;<br /><br />Round 2<br />&ldquo;Well Silk Woman, looks like I win this round.&rdquo; Lucifer smiled as he rubbed his hands together. &ldquo;So I get both your heels and gloves from you.&rdquo; <br />&ldquo;Next round.&rdquo; Dealer said as he started to deal noting Silk Woman was more concerned with her loses that his dealing. He smiled as he expertly dealt off the bottom.<br /><br />Round 6<br />Silk Woman had not won anything of the last three hands and have lost her four tokens.<br />While Silk Woman was only shoeless and gloveless, her robe and sash had been her last bet, which meant she would be left with her gown and earrings to bet on the next round. Lucifer had won the bulk of Silk Woman&rsquo;s costume. Silk Woman had two fours with two of the fours in the hole. Lucifer had two clubs in his hole but two clubs had come up on the flip. One more club and he would have a flush. If it was a nine or four he would have a straight flush. <br />&ldquo;Six Tokens.&rdquo; Sammy said. &ldquo;O no!&rdquo; Silk Woman thought, &ldquo;I will have to fold or pit my earrings or gown.&rdquo; The Silk Princess debated her chances and realized this whole game had been a bad idea. She had no choice.<br />&ldquo;My earrings.&rdquo; Silk Woman said.<br />The dealer dealt the river card. It was a nine of clubs giving Lucifer the straight flush. Silk Woman stared at the straight for a long while and glumly took off her earrings feeling her super powers fade as she did. Not only that, she started to feel vulnerable to her sexual desires. In her normal outfit, her tap pant controlled her sexual weakness and in the royal outfit, the earrings tamed her weakness because the greater the power, the stronger the weakness. She felt a swirling feeling at her vulnerable private parts. <br /><br />Round 7<br />Lucifer smiled as he looked at the heroine and touched his ear, &ldquo;Looks like the last hand.&rdquo;<br />&ldquo;Yes.&rdquo; Silk Woman said trying to sound confident. &ldquo;Miracles will happen.&rdquo;<br />&ldquo;Miracles.&rdquo; Lucifer said as he sipped his drink, &ldquo;I doubt you will have it.&rdquo;<br />Silk Woman said. &ldquo;The game isn&rsquo;t over.&rdquo;<br />Silk Woman checked the cards in her hole. A king and ten of Diamonds. Lucifer&rsquo;s face was a stone. The Princess of Silk tried to look dignified. Lucifer peeked at his two aces and looked up. He could make a huge bet and Silk Woman in the first round but he wanted to drag out her humiliation and he was pretty sure that seeing Silk Woman becoming naked was exciting.<br />&ldquo;6 tokens.&rdquo; Lucifer said with a small smile.<br />&ldquo;My gown.&rdquo; Silk Woman said.<br />&ldquo;Lets go right to the flip.&rdquo; Lucifer said.<br />&lsquo;Fine.&rdquo; Silk Woman said.<br />&ldquo;Here&rsquo;s the flip.&rdquo; The dealer said and dealt. &ldquo;A queen of diamonds, a ace of diamonds, and a three clubs.&rdquo;<br />&ldquo;I am all in.&rdquo; Lucifer said with a big grin. &ldquo;I will agree that anything you have left will cover the bet.&rdquo;<br />&ldquo;Which means it all or nothing.&rdquo; Silk Woman said trying to look brave but was terrified that her whole future rested on the turn of a card. All she needed was a ten. A ten of diamonds would give her a royal flush. &ldquo;I am in.&rdquo;<br />&ldquo;Here comes the kicker.&rdquo; Lucifer said.<br />The dealer tossed down a seven of spades.<br />&ldquo;No help to anyone.&rdquo;<br />&ldquo;Everyone is staying pat.&rdquo; Lucifer said. &ldquo;Give us the river.&rdquo;<br />Everyone in the room watched the dealer flip the card. The final ace came down.<br />&ldquo;That gives me four of kind.&rdquo; Lucifer said.<br />&ldquo;I lost!&rdquo; Silk Woman gasped when she realized she lost the first test. <br /><br />Suddenly a steel belt snapped around her legs, binding them to the chair.<br /><br />&ldquo;What is this!&rdquo; Silk Woman cried as she struggled to get free.<br />&ldquo;Just a little insurance to make sure you keep your end of the deal. Silk Woman, do you accept that you have fairly lost the first test?&rdquo;<br />&ldquo;I am Silk Woman &hellip;the heroine sobbed, &ldquo;I always keep my word.&rdquo;<br /><br />Catwoman walked in and congratulated Lucifer. &ldquo;Well done Lucifer, you have done well. I am really impressed. I thought she will be a tough one. But you are tougher.&rdquo; Then she turned to the teary princess. &ldquo;O why are you crying? It is the first test only. You still have two more to redeem yourself. Max come here with the syringe.&rdquo;<br /><br />Max came in with a syringe and handed over it to Catwoman.<br /><br />&ldquo;What are doing with the syringe?! That is not part of the deal.&rdquo;<br />&ldquo;Jessica, do not fear. This is a serum that prohibits someone from doing something.&rdquo;<br />&ldquo;How do you know I am Jessica? No one knows my hidden name. How do you get that?&rdquo; Silk Woman was getting distressed as fear began to grip her heart.<br /><br />&ldquo;Are you sure no one knows about it? I know everything about you right now. Your strength, you weaknesses, your hidden identity. Now Lucifer take off your prize please.&rdquo; Catwoman signalled to Lucifer. Lucifer and Max went towards Jessica and while Max held her down, Lucifer slowly pulled up the gown from her legs. As he pulled passed her exposed private part, he rubbed it and immediately Silk Woman flinched. And suddenly he pulled the entire gown up her upper torso, which caught her off-guard. She had no time for a reaction or struggle for Max was holding her down. Jessica was turning red with shame. Never had she been naked in front of others and what worst was that she was naked in front of Catwoman and Lucifer, two of the greatest villains. <br /><br />Catwoman walked towards Silk Woman, &ldquo;This will tame your power and your ability to draw strength from your dimension and will increase your sex drive. I hope you will enjoy it.&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;No&hellip;.no&hellip;no&hellip;!!!&rdquo; Silk Woman struggled but Catwoman just injected the syringe directly into her right tit. The drug took effect and Jessica fainted due to the extreme pain.<br /><br />&ldquo;Prepare her for the second test. Dante, are you ready?&rdquo;<br /><br />Dante smiled.<br /><div><img src="http://th04.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/f/2013/042/e/7/the3_chapter_7__poker_by_the3story-d5ul22y.jpg" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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                        <media:title type="plain">Windows 7 Boot Skin</media:title>
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                <media:category label="Other">customization/skins/windows7/other</media:category>
        <media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">BenSow</media:credit>
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        <media:copyright url="http://bensow.deviantart.com">Copyright 2013 ~BenSow</media:copyright>            <media:description type="html"><![CDATA[ From the concept <a href="http://bensow.deviantart.com/art/Windows-8-Concept-Boot-Screen-303279284?ga_submit_new=10%253A1360498021&ga_type=edit&ga_changes=1">[link]</a><br /><br />That's right folks! I finally figured the Boot Updater out and finished the boot skin you all have been waiting for.<br /><br />I truly truly am really sorry for taking such a gigantic amount of time, keeping all of you waiting and hoping, I feel very bad about it since this was in high demand <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/f/frown.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":(" title=":( (Sad)"/><br /><br />I have tested it on Windows 7 x64 Ultimate without any problems, for x86 can someone test it out for me?<br /><br />INSTRUCTION<br />To use this boot skin for your computer, download Windows 7 Boot Updater here <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.coderforlife.com/projects/win7boot/restoring_winload/">[link]</a><br /><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/bulletblue.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletblue:" title="Bullet; Blue"/> Without my written permission, you are not allowed to repost this as your own artwork or use it commercially.<br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/bulletblue.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletblue:" title="Bullet; Blue"/> Without my written permission you are not allowed to use this material to modify or create bootskins.<br /><br />Enjoy! <br /><br />Made possible with Adobe Photoshop and After Effects. ]]></media:description>            <media:thumbnail url="http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/044/0/e/windows_7_boot_skin_by_bensow-d5ug3ww.png" height="900" width="1600"/>            
            <description><![CDATA[ From the concept <a href="http://bensow.deviantart.com/art/Windows-8-Concept-Boot-Screen-303279284?ga_submit_new=10%253A1360498021&ga_type=edit&ga_changes=1">[link]</a><br /><br />That's right folks! I finally figured the Boot Updater out and finished the boot skin you all have been waiting for.<br /><br />I truly truly am really sorry for taking such a gigantic amount of time, keeping all of you waiting and hoping, I feel very bad about it since this was in high demand <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/f/frown.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":(" title=":( (Sad)"/><br /><br />I have tested it on Windows 7 x64 Ultimate without any problems, for x86 can someone test it out for me?<br /><br />INSTRUCTION<br />To use this boot skin for your computer, download Windows 7 Boot Updater here <a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.coderforlife.com/projects/win7boot/restoring_winload/">[link]</a><br /><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/bulletblue.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletblue:" title="Bullet; Blue"/> Without my written permission, you are not allowed to repost this as your own artwork or use it commercially.<br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/bulletblue.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletblue:" title="Bullet; Blue"/> Without my written permission you are not allowed to use this material to modify or create bootskins.<br /><br />Enjoy! <br /><br />Made possible with Adobe Photoshop and After Effects.<br /><div><img src="http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/044/0/e/windows_7_boot_skin_by_bensow-d5ug3ww.png" alt="thumbnail" /></div> ]]></description>            </item>
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