Asterdai

Speaking with firsanthales it appears the affects of the cookies are wearing off!! Maybe we can get some info regarding what is in the cookies...

Yesterday after ailith's ceremony at the gates, there was a little beaver who spent some time with peace. Peace offered some cookies around saying they were "magic", mysteria said she thought they were ok and after looking at them suspiciously she said that its was only a joke. Having fallen idle, the beaver decided to sneak up and nibble on the cookie, and then ran into the bush. i woke up and heard a funny noise. it sounded like um...gnnnooo Peace and i investigated, asryn watching, explaining to peace what had happened, Peace asked who had fed the cookie to the beaver. Calling to the beaver it appeared from the bush and thats when we realised. It had the face of a cat and the back body of a beaver, it purr'd loudly which was rather amusing. However the amusment went when we realised it wasnt happy, it tried to nibble on its stick, but couldnt, and simply scratched at it frustrated. Peace was confused. She studied the cookie that the beaver had chewed on and didnt recognise it. Where had these cookies come from? Who made them? Do they work the same on humans? how long will the effect last? Peace gave some of these cookies to me and i shared one with asryn, to see if we could find anything out. Arriving at the GGG the next day i approached Firsanthales to see if he could help see what the cookies were made of. He said the only way to see was by tasting them. He now meows like a cat and scratches up against the GGG's posts! what on earth shall i do.. maybe if i can find a pad of paper and a pen he might be able to write down what he thinks the cookie is made from.. then we might be able to find a cure! if you have any skill ability or knowledge you feel might help us, please tell me ASAP!

i wouldnt be happy with a comment on my log like that, and its very offensive, it kinda makes me think about having a character named Hitler or smething.. they would be removed. The comment holds no RP value what so ever. i think the character should be deleted and the main warned.

The poll was primarily for people to discuss the poems to help aide me in the decision made, I do think it can be used for this purpose, but only one person Tarquinius made a comment, and he highlighted Ailith and phantom orchid and also gave his reasons, therefore i wanted to take his comment into consideration, and they correlated to the results, i believe Ailith deserved the WP, in my mind, Phantom orchid was given the reward for second place, 5 silver due to the 5 votes she received when the polls results were tallied, and blackwood received 3 ina similer way, all others were given 1 silver, so your votes DID matter, maybe not in the way you thought it would, Thanks DST for reading the poems especially as it is not your thing, and for explaining why you were annoyed, that you thought it was a waste of time, it would have been nice if you had left a comment about which you believed to be the best, that would have helped me more. i believe if more people had left more comments about the poems then the poll would have been more effective but thats not the problem here the problem was the way i had my reasons for the poll "split" in another forum post, and that they were waffley and unclear, and that if i was to do a poll and expect people to read the poems, that they really should know what the poll is Actually for (thanks for your comment also pip) i hope now everyone can see why i made the poll, as i believe with proper instruction, i will be able to use this format in the future to help discuss and talk about difficult to decide things such as poems. x

Dst - i dont remember ever yelling at you, anyone would know that i dont yell, i remember having a conversation in the paper cabin, this occured at the time where i was unable to get to send you a PM regarding your quest or see any quest updates due to not being able to click on your name i said i was looking for you regarding the quest and that i had been looking for you as i couldnt get it to work, you seemed indifferent saying to me that the quest wasnt on at the moment, due to my lag i wrote after you said this, still talking about what problems i was finding (i couldnt do it any other way due to not being able to pm) and i can see why you got irate telling me again that it wasnt on at the moment. im sorry for this inconvenience, it was an inconvenience to us both obviously Awiya - having lost your poem like you said, i trawled through old messages and found it, thank you for reminding me about it at the time, i really enjoyed reading it and posted it in this forum message for people to see, before i short-listed the poems for public discussion, im sorry to say you didnt make the short listing, but people could still talk about it if they wish on the forum post http://magicduel.invisionzone.com/topic/5419-dream-quest-wp-reward-including-interim-quest/ This post detailed what i wanted to do with my quest and how i wanted to judge it, yes i felt an affinity to Ailith's poem when i read it, but that has no bearing on this i find, all i can say is that i wish i had joined the two posts together so that this situation and misunderstanding had not occured, please accept my sincere apologies, as i really enjoyed re-reading your poem as i did all the entrys which had obviously been given a lot of thought, and i didnt want to make you feel it was not worth it, it seems you are right, i have a few things to touch up upon, but being my first (and probably one of the most disorganised and non-updating lenghty quests ever) it think it went pretty well, and was amazed at how much effort people put into it, im only a little sad to think that i could not reward more people All the best And err um yeh, it was only because i Didnt want to judge it all by myself, as tarquinius said and i totally agree with, judging poetry is hard, i felt because they were all so different, and i tried to explain what i liked about the ones i felt fitted in with Asterdai's situation the most, its a shame more people didnt comment on them as they were definitly worthy of a good discussion, i didnt really know what was going to happen in the public discussion to be honest, and im glad i did it, as it was interesting to see what other people thought x EDITED( to contain original reason for poll, which i know i should have included on this post and not expect people to go trawling through the forum, ive also been told that these reasons are not concise or clear, a few more factors to consider in the future,) All requests for Poems will be judged and the best submitted to a Poll, i will include my reasoning for entry for the first "round winners" and then i would like thers to discuss which they believe are ther best and why, Please bear in mind the poll will be used to help me decide who is to be rewarded and the winner may not correlate with the amount of votes recieved. the reasoning behind it is much more important. I really appreciate all the effort and time you guys have gone to and shold at last hnour your submissions by creating a closing date, which shall be this sunday coming (or thereabouts depending on my being able to access MD) Please consider trying the interim quest, or Part 2 of the quest as these are now up and running and i have checked all parts are working *EDIT* it isnt working, seems that the answers that come up on the clickables are not viewable, garg! this must be due to the changes. i shall ask a friend to sort is ASAP x *EDIT*(it is not easy, no one has completed all the sections yet, with The Warrior providing the greatest achievement so far). Thank you for your unending patience regarding lost poems, and updates regarding this quest which must have seemed to drag on forever, Asterdai is really a dreamy fella! This post has been edited by Asterdai: 03 November 2009 - 02:23 PM

look forward to some of you (terrible!) music , i will definitly boogie on down with ya anyway *smiles*

After deliberation and consideration, and err ruminations or something like that, The Winner is Ailith, i personally liked it the best, and felt an affinity with it as soon as i read it, i know that she did not nessicerily win the vote but that wasnt this was all about, or we could all have created alts to vote annonymously to boost up the rankings, if you know what i mean. Phantom Orchid's poem has won the vote and also was a very good poem, and shall recieve 5 silver coins from me Black wood forest shall recieve 3 silver Gargant will recieve 1 silver Fawe shall recieve 1 Please approach me for your reward, i will try to find you. Thanks for all yur efforts again, i shall update my pages soonx

[quote name='Shadowseeker' date='11 November 2009 - 06:20 AM' timestamp='1257920417' post='47190'] lol, and you skip mine straight out? Nvm, mine was just a short one anyways, but still [/quote] yeh um, yours was too clever for me, i couldnt understand it! i feel a little ignorant now!!

yeh um well done, i printed off the picture and had fun putting it together, was awesome, but thats all i did lol.

Oh goody! darkness....hmm...would really enjoy hearing what peace would like to say, Thanks for the heads up, ill try to be there if i can make it

Asterdai wandered through the land of MD. He came accross a tree one day, He felt lonely and sat under its bare brancehs depressed and woeful. Falling away into sleep he dreamt something horrible. The Weaver of Words Follow my stave and you may see, that the words that i speak follow continuiosly, these words that i speak they seem to be free, they follow a pattern that is not set by me. Oh weaver of words Oh speaker of dreams Confuse me with riddles Do not let me see, The dreams of your mind The thoughts of your soul Lest they rip me apart and devour me whole The speech from your lips, the speed and the pitch Your mouth spews a honey of knowledge so rich. For i know that you mean it, i know that it's true But no one can see things from my point of view. Nobody will know, how the pain inside grows Each word that you speak, my ears they do loath, Please keep me away for i will fall this day Your words like hot butter will melt me away, (A note on the selection of the poems for vote Asterdai experienced a nightmare, when asking for a dream to be written, a nightmare, confusion, images, unable to control the course of it, symbols, images, are the kinds of things i was looking for. Extra marks should be rewarded for similarity to the poem asterdai wrote or his story. You might say i asked for a dream not a nightmare but these are one and the same to me. Im afraid there were a few poems that i didnt understand, and thats not your fault its mine, please do not be dismayed, i have enjoyed reading them all, thanks for all your effort, Here are the finalists please vote and more importantly leave a reason for the vote, All these people have made such an effort, they would all apprecaite your support x) Gargant. 's poem The dark brings about a change in me But you do not know, since you do not see The raging tirade of blackness brings The need to fly away upon wings That I see in my mind as the darkness advances Some call these dreams, visions or trances the nights of endless sleep repeat running, flying, escaping the beat of the urban nightmare I see every day the sleep at night it takes me away But dreams have become my unhealthy obsession Surely by now I would've learned my lesson The night brings about a change in me, but you would not know since you do not see Eternal sleep to wipe my mind clean An endless slumber, I sleep perchance to dream. Good points i like : Other people not understanding, not seeing dream so cant, something experienced inside, running theme of dreams as a chance to escape is a nice one, endlessly repeating stressing the length of time asterdai has been dreaming for, wanting eternal sleep to get away from it all, kinda emo, but also really nice image x Fawes Poem Looming incandescent light, Proof of how barren is this night, No one to hear my screams and plight, Save me from this demonic plight. Laughing... and at the corner of my eye. I see... that is I! Out of fright, I cry. For it seems my fate is to die. And then... I look at where my tears have fell. In this darkness, it's sheen did naught but compel. I touched it, then a familiar smell, Instantaneously had me repel. Blood! What is happening to me? I didn't notice the ever-approaching three. My eyes were too blurred to see. Either way, I was not free. But before I could tell what they really were, I woke up sweating and unsure. I started laughing at my stature, Until I heard another laughing rapture. Good points i like : no one to hear my screams and plight, similer to gargants and The Weaver of Words,that no one understands quick snippets of vivid images, reflect darting and uncontrolable mind and thinking while dreaming nice twist at the end, worrying if its over now the dream is! Ignatious Grene 's poem To your dreams - I watch you sleep, I watch you drool you want to write - but are a fool I've seen your smile, I've seen your face Gracing - pacing place to place Make me laugh, make me smile if you find it worthwhile To frolic and play, to dream and say- wish words were your way Like your rest, like your breast full of dreams - what a pest! I know slumber, I know pain almost in away, again See my grin, see my teeth you'll never match Keith in wit nor rhyme, in the grime. Good points i like : just absolutely hilarious! but a bit mean to me! Had to be entered Ailiths Poem The Dreamer Deep in slumber his brow furrows deeper, Twitches and turnings betray the sleeper, His voice wishes escape, a warning perhaps? His mind creates, destroys and creates The realm entire his psyche relates As the images form, his thought relapse. A sudden noise, eyes flicker to a stare, His hand to quill with words to prepare. The dreams become ink, become verse. The images and darkest of thoughts Stand their ground at all the retorts He, eyes closing again, submits to his curse. Good points i like : The way the sleeper seems uncomfortable in his sleep, his mind creates, destroys and creates - unpredictability of dreams but understanding Everything in it (love that) image of waking in a stare and immediately turning to paper i love, something ive done myself and that asterdai does Dreams as a Curse, which i feel it is for asterdai, he doesnt want nightmares! who does! Phantom Orchid's Poem Diana's Dream Last night I dreamed Of jesters and kings, Of long scarlet carpets Where the crier doth sing: "Do not be dismayed, Scared or afraid. Her will, be done, Thy night it shall come!" Moonlight descends On unholy priests, On the Well of Tears From where sip the dark beasts. Iridescent eyes, Reflecting the skies - Mother - wolf's howl - Takes pause in her prowl. Goddess set free From the other side, From the underworld Where our spirits abide. Our bodies shall go, Land that is hallowed, One with the ground, Glory of mountains crowned. As now I dream Her into me. Her spirit abounds, Blurred is the boundary. Night it seeks day, Which is taken away. Dancing around, As sky meets the ground. Shades upon us, see, Accursed Growth tree - A part of my home; A vision e'er so comely. Sweet dream of mine, Or am I of thine? Without, within - We end where we begin Good points i like : beautiful imagery, and also imagery of MD used beautifully and woven into the poem with a lot of skill like how the moon is included in this poem (i think phantom orchid is a err moonlover and if she is, its nice to involve her characters likes in this poem also) i get the idea of how a dream becomes part of reality, something which interests me especially regarding Necrovion, and i think this works really well here, especially as Asterdai was dreaming at the path of lonliness which is right outside Blackwood Forest's Poem Walking there all day long, My feet hurt me really strong. I take a nap under the tree, And sleep away, so suddenly. But this is just the journeys start, My mind is weaving dreams so smart. Sometimes they do me pleasure well, Sometimes they show me my own hell. But even in the deepest dream, I stay the same and always keen. I turn the story for my vantage, And gather glory for my senses. And suddenly the dream is over, I open eyes, and will be sober. Then I quickly write all down, King of my dreams with my own crown. And if I die, before I wake, My name will keep for all sake, And Asterdai will all remember, For all times in his deeply slumber. Good points that i like : Good structure relating to asterdai was dreaming, Dreamer here "stays the same and allways keen" which gives the idea of how Real the dream is for the person while in it kinda freaky the idea of dying in a dream, really cool idea, kinda scary eh!? (PLEASE DO NOT REPLY WITH THIS MESSAGE REPEATED!!! EDIT WHERE NESSERCERY XXXX)

*looks shocked and horrified at all the mess* Oooo thats where it went!! *picks up a tin can "flower" which was made by Z and that Really can fly!* *starts to rub the stem back and forth between the palms of his hands, then quicker before releasing* *watches mesmerized as the reflective petals glint in the light of the fire and it takes flight* wooooaaahhh

There is So much for me to see and do in MD, and even though i like speaking to new people, i havnt spoken to half that already frequent the world, So this will be awesome for me More Attention!! yay!! I dont think you should feel dismayed about how new people seem to come and go, though it is essential for you to think about it and adjusts things, to make them stay, but... There are so many people who LOVE MD right now, i think all you guys who put so much effort into making things work, all you veterens, have created something where i feel at home, Even if Big changes are made and people get upset, its not essentialy how the archer acts in battle or who is king, that bothers me, its the People. They are the ones who are leading me on a journey throught this complex world of principles, lands, shades/angiens, how the lands interact with each other etc and do the RP and make quests to keep my brain ticking, and you have created a great format for with these things can thrive, making me yearn for more knowledge and yearn for WP as well so that i can use Spells in my RP, to back myself up When Grasan decides to try and taint me . I find out something new everyday, be it a characters personality, or even just something to make me laugh, its allways been the people who have drawn me back. im just glad there are these veterens that come on every day (and not just the amazing RPC's) and speak with me, and roleplay, and make quests and as long as they are there, so will i be x I am guessing things havent gone as you hoped they would, and you are taking a step back, to see if this Format is working at the moment, without your intervention. And at the end of the day i think you are right to do so, If anything was to happen to you in Real life MUR what would happen to the game if it was left "half finished" maybe people would eventually filter away im not sure, But i believe the game IS stable enough as it is at the moment to remain. All the things you have been doing... Taking away "control" from RPC (who had to essentially be chosen and monitered by you) Taking away ultimate power (to ban etc...) from people who may abuse the power beyond anyone elses control if you are not there, Creating a "community" based hierarchy with kings, that can be elected from majority (you know veterens will exist here and love it, you know that they will (as they have a "value" which is put forward with their argument, based on activity days so forth) choose someone who wont muck things up, for everyone else (hopefully!) Creating a wish shop, so that people could advance their own character the way they want without having you watching over them. The same for Items, which, with lots of new materials and veterens who can now create them, people will not have to hope that one appears when they role-play, that they can work hard to get the required materials and make something that they want to role-play with, This is my view anyway, and i think its grand, because i wouldn want MD to end, if you were to not be here anymore x Mur forbid I think you mentioned that you would like to play a character of your own, as well, instead of monitering, i hope that is the case! And i look forward to role-playing with you without knowing! Asterdai

Transposition Principle = 0 Principle of Imagination = 25.02 xx when edited, i have these total Transposition Principle = 0 Principle of Imagination = 434.36 Principle of Balance = 19.14 Element Principle = 37.51 Principle of Cyclicity = 5659.69 recieved 1 yesterday, and another, last two today. 5.6k though!! wtf

were discussing it, and i cant seem to work out why, or when it decides to say "tainted" maybe this is where we are losing the overall amount of principle points, where it says the "attacker LOSES principle points" we thinking that this tainted value might also be decided upon the drain value( seems to be up to 25% but not allways 25%) which might explain how its not just a 1 for 1 swap ................................................................................................. (It shouldn't matter who does more damage as long as the ratio is 1:1) Asterdai: (no becuase the drain power isnt allways the same....oh i see what your saying.. i think thats where the Tainted bit comes in, maybe the tainted value, is to do with the drain power value also) Malaikat Maut: (But one of us is always tainted? I don't understand what the purpose of it would be) Asterdai: (we are both tainted, but im unsure whter it is an equal amount of times, i dont think it will be as, the random value of the drain power, might cause one person to be tainted more than the other,)*EDIT by maybe lowering ones principles to at least one lower then the opponent, if someones drain power values are randomly higher then the opponents then in theory the opponent will get tainted more EDIT* Malaikat Maut: (I'm going back to the Press, Aster. Then I'm going to be afk for a moment or two. Thanks for doing some testing with me) Asterdai: (if thats what the tainted value means) Malaikat Maut: (I think whoever has the highest value is tainted) Asterdai: (its been errrr perplexing to say the least, really fun, thanks for keeing a log of the values xx) Malaikat Maut: (No problem. I'll be back in a few) Asterdai: (and that is where te points get "lost" im thinking, a random amount of points depending on the drain power maybe, which might explain the not exqact swap)

[quote name='Grido' date='04 November 2009 - 12:38 AM' timestamp='1257295114' post='46560'] the principle gain bug should be fixed now, anyone who can still do this, please message me regarding [/quote] Im sorry for replying to the topic, but i am having trouble sending you a message in the forum, i think it may be the computer im using it wont load up. I have two new principles i think i should make you aware of, i am now mind power 6/4 xx

hmm how do i delete a post, sorry, how awkward

awesome pics guys, soooo funny all of them

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