The Outsmilers discussion

Uhhh Allie? Why are there two threads of the same thing? XD

Right...makes perfect sense. *nods slowly*

Yaahhh me rweaddyyy ;D Sorryyy for da absence Bel XD Been a busyy daaaay

Depends what time mah rents are gonna let me go to bed XD *watches as time ticks close to 12:30am*...*sigh* I'll probs still read 1-2 hours tho....and then some when I wake up tomorrow since da rents are laaate weekend risers *smirks* And my reading rate is......uhhh......kinda erratic heheh XP But generally not verrry slow :P

Sounds cooool! XD Bahahaha hopefully you won't have to too much o.O

*pouts* XD I'll catch uppp :P I finaallyyy got to mah room yaaayyy!! *turns on heater and pulls out iPad* XDD Goodbyyeee world ;D Heelloooooo burning skyyyy!

Heater xD Me: *turns on AC and snuggles in bed*

Whoops I've been absent againnn :/ I'm on page 186

I'm gonna go see what the White Queen show is about *cocks head* looks kinda interestingg *winks and zips off*

*watches Bellzie curiously as she zips off* XD

Da very last chappie? :O

*groans* XD

Mwhahahahaha I figured out how to work this button :P

Yayy this week is overrr! XD Sorryy Bel, dance stuff has been taking up all my time and sleep haha

Where are you?

Have you finisheddd Bel?

*rolls eyes* Okayyy you crazzyyy reader! XD Guess what? I finally finished *giggles* SOOOO?!?!?! DID YA LIKE??? ME LOVED IT!!!!! :DD

XDDD #Fail

*pouts* Husshhhhh XD

Belle's Random Thoughts XD

Part 1:

(view spoiler)[Wow love how the author describes the magic! ;D

What's this 'vaulted' thingy? o.O

I really enjoyed the descriptions of this world.

Ohhh vaulting is like that space jumping thing they do in HP I shink ;D

LIGHTNING!!!!!!!! XDD *busts out laughing*

Ooooo a waaaand :O

Hmmm XP That 'heirloom field glass' sounds quite useful ehh? *grins*

W-wingss??? I thought it was a HORSE?!?!! o.O

This story is like our world gone twisted XD

“She’d feared that her ears had bled and that she’d find bits of brain on her palm.”
*splutters* XD

Oohhhhh there's a nonmage realm XD Ourr dear worlddd exists too <3

I liike this MC! :D Iolanthe is such a.......no nonsense charrie! Take it as it comes, calmly whoohoooo! :P

I'm assuming that you have the elemental mages and then just the other normal mages who can only conduct subtle magic? o.O

“You overestimate the courage of those in power. They are often more interested in holding on to that power than in doing anything worthwhile with it.”
Mmm *nods sadly*

That evil Lady Callista must have planted the disk! :O

I knewww it *scowls*

Water closet? XDD

*ponders* I'm curious now ;P Why does Titus think he's seen Iolanthe before? o.O

300 miles! :O *shoots envious glance* I wish I could frigging vault just about now :P

XD Archer Fairfax *cackles*

Her precioussss hairr!!!! >>:OO!!!!!!!! *whimpers*

Don't peek at mirrors you hormonal princeling! *grins and rolls eyes*

Woww you'd think neither of them had ever even had contact with other's their age of the opposite sex with how jumpy they are around each other *cracks up*

REAL horses XPP *giggles*

“And without her hair, her head felt oddly light, nearly weightless.”
Haha yes I know the feeling XD

“Now she only had to pass herself off as a boy. For the foreseeable future.
And under the watchful eyes of Atlantis.”
Freakish stuff dearies :/ *rubs hands together*

“Wintervale’s other passion, besides returning the barony of Wintervale to its former glory, was cricket. He had convinced himself—and a fair number of other boys—that Archer Fairfax was the veriest cricket prodigy whose return would propel the house team to the school cup.”
Uhh ohhh XD And this fake memory thing is so weirdddd ;D

“Immediately he was appalled by his abysmal judgment. She did not look like a boy at all. She was much, much too pretty: her eyes, wide-set and long-lashed; her skin, needlessly smooth; her lips, red and full and all but shouting girlishness.
She saw him and smiled in relief. The smile was the worst yet: it brought out deep dimples he had not even suspected she possessed.
Dread engulfed him. Any moment now someone was going to shout, What is a girl doing here? And since everyone knew Fairfax as his closest friend, it would take no time for the agents stationed at Eton to put two and two together and conclude that there was far more than just cross-dressing going on.”
Oooo she's pwettyyyy :P Goooodd gooooddd *sly look at da prince* DIMPLESS!!!!!!!! <33 *pouts* I wish I had dimplessss XDD *busts out laughing* Cross-dressing!

“And is your Latin still as terrible as your bowling?”
The boys snickered good-naturedly.
“My Latin is fine. It’s my Greek that’s as ghastly as your lovemaking,” she retorted. The boys howled, including Titus, who laughed out of sheer shock—and relief.
She was good.
Brilliant, in fact.”
BAHAHAHAH!!!!!! XDD I'm soooo gonna enjoy thissss *munches on popcorn*

“He was nothing like a sublimated Angel. But a sublunary one, perhaps: the dangerous kind that made those gazing upon them see only what they wished to see.”
Interesting conception....*furrows brow*

Ouchhh :/ That was mean Titus *winces* A blood oath?

Whoops she punched him XD

“Her words pierced deep, like arrows from an English longbow.
Part of him wanted to shout that he longed for nothing more than trust and solidarity. But he could not deny the truth of her words. He was a creature of lies, his entire life defined by what others did not and could not know of him.”
*sigh* I can't help feeling sorry for him.

The Crucible! :O Cooooooool!

PRINCE vs GREAT ELEMENTAL MAGE LIGHTNING :PP

“You have that scheming look in your eyes.”
He turned the handle of his own coffee cup, from which he’d yet to take a sip. “That is terrible. I should only ever sport a condescending look. We never want to give the impression that I am capable of—or interested in—strategizing.”
“You’re fudging your answers, prince. I want the truth.”
The corners of his lips turned up barely perceptibly.”
*grins and rolls eyes*

“Two beefy boys chortled to each other. “Look, it’s Fairfax,” said one of them. “His Highness has his bumboy back.”
Iolanthe’s jaw dropped. His Highness, however, was not the least bit flustered. “Is that any way to refer to my dearest friend, pretty as he is? Or perhaps you are just jealous, Trumper, since your own dearest friend is as hideous as a crushed turnip.”
So Trumper was the thick-necked one and Hogg the one with a broad, pale, and somewhat squashed-looking face.
“Who are you calling a crushed turnip, you limp-wristed, mollycoddled Prussian?” bellowed Hogg.
“You, you big, virile Englishman, of course,” said the prince. He placed his arm around Iolanthe’s shoulders. “Come, Fairfax, we are running late.”
“Who are they?” she asked when they were out of hearing.
“A pair of common bullies.”
“Are they alone in thinking that we share this particular relationship?”
“What do you care?”
“Of course I care. I have to live among these boys. The last thing I want is to be known as your . . . anything.”
“Nobody has to know, Fairfax,” he whispered. “It can be our little secret.”
The way he looked, between irony and wickedness, made something go awry inside her.”
*chokes on laughter*

Booyaaahhh!!! Go Fairfax the cricket master ;DD

YUCKKKK GOOEY NIGHTMARE!!!!!!!!!!

She loves trying to beat him up doesn't she? XDD

Seriously prince? o.O What kind of retaliation is kissing? *makes coo-coo craazy sign* Well that ruins the fairytale first kiss scenario XD

“After two more vaults, despite the remedy, her head pounded in agony.
He helped her sit down. “Put your head between your knees.”
“Why are you still standing?” she asked, grumpily envious, her eyes half-closed.
They were outdoors. The grass beneath her was soft and green, the air cool and moist, with the distinct, salty tang of the sea.
“You might be handsome as a god, but I vault like one.”
She wished she had the energy to glower at him, even though she felt strangely like smiling.”
Heheh XPP *rolls eyes*

“It will be you and me against the world, Fairfax,” he murmured. “You and me.”
Awwwww :PP That's perttyy cuute <3

MINOS!!!!!!!!! :OO *gasps in outrage* THAT EVIL INQUISITOR!!!!! *draws sword*

“Ah, I see from Miss Alcyone’s expression that she sees a gorgon. Now watch, Miss Buttercup is turning around. She will lay eyes on the gorgon, and she will express her disapproval.”
Fairfax issued a series of furious peeps. Was she warning him that he had gone too far?
“Your Highness,” said the Inquisitor directly behind him.
Her tone. His stomach roiled—she was livid.”
*snickers*

OMG TITUS!!!!! :OOOOO *shocked look*

YESS SHE GOT THE WIND TO WORK!!!!!!!!! :DDD HAHA YOU LOSE INQUISITOR!!!!!!

“How dare you ask what happened to the Inquisitor? What has she done to our prince? If you do not remove yourself from my path this instant, I will consider this a provocation of war and act accordingly.”
WHOOOPPPP GO CAPTAIN LOWRIDGE!!!!!!!!! ;DDD *high fives*

The mountains shift? o.O

Fall in love? XP *grins*

“She recalled the precision of his spells, the result of endless, feverish practice. What of this nonspell, this pretense of bleeding? How many times had he rehearsed with extractors in his sleeves, falling down on the cold granite floors of the monastery, hoping that should an Inquisition come to pass, he would have a prayer of saving his mind?”
Wow that's..........really depressing :(

Hahah her legs XD

“Once they were in his room, she borrowed his wand and flicked it. There came the unmistakable sound of someone dry-heaving.
The prince winced, though he looked impressed at the same time. “What was that?”
“Learned it from a pupil in Little Grind. This was how she convinced her mother not to give her turnips at supper anymore.”
*cackles* Handy :P

“So it is true: the Inquisitor remains unconscious.”
“She is?”
“Has been since last night.”
“From what I did?”
“From what you did, except they thought I was responsible for it, so I gave them a fairy tale about the powers of my wand.”
He was still looking at the report, oblivious to what he’d just said. She suppressed an urge to giggle. “Did they believe you? All boys tell such tales about their wands.”
He glanced up, his eyes first blank, then lit with mischief. “Maybe they do, but I actually possess a superior wand—the finest of its kind, no less. The sort of fireworks my wand can produce will leave any girl breathless.”
*chokes on laughter* Seriouslyyyy??? XDD

Ohhhh crud :O Rupture view!

“I am always in favor of life away from home,” answered Wintervale with a sigh.
“What do you do on holidays then?”
“Wait for school to begin again.”
Aww pooor Wintervale :/

“Besides, you give me too little credit if you think I am going to judge a boy by his mother. If I can bring myself to see you in a sympathetic light, Wintervale has nothing to fear.”
Warmth crept up the back of his neck. “You see me in a sympathetic light?”
She drew back and cast him a scornful look. “Sometimes. Not now.”
He patted the bed. “Come here. Let me change your mind.”
She made a face. “With more fairy tales of your wand’s powers?”
He smiled. Her arrival might have turned over the hourglass on what remained of his life, but before she came, he never smiled. Or laughed.
“You are still my subject, so sit down on the command of your sovereign. He will show you his domain.”
*busts out laughing* That is sooooo cheesy XD

HAHAHA the learning cantos concept is HILARIOUS! XDD

“This was why he wanted her to love him, because love was the only force that could compel him onto this path—and hold him to it.
There came a prickling sensation in her heart, a weight with thorns.”
You can't help feeling a bucketful of sympathy for Titus :'( I hope a romance blossoms between Titus and Iolanthe, because hell! I hope they will get to experience life before they quite possibly both die >>:(

“Sometimes he was sixteen years old. And sometimes he was a thousand, as cold and proud as the dynasty that had spawned him.”
J'adore this quote.

'The Oracle' is a pool? o.O

“You will best help him by seeking aid from the faithful and bold. And from the scorpion.”
What da heck does that even meann? *frowns*

“As for your guardian, he will not long remain in the custody of the Inquisitor,” said the Oracle, her voice low. “Good-bye, Iolanthe Seabourne.”
That sounds a little.....ominous :/

I still don't know why Titus thought he recognised Iolanthe o.O

“Titus already missed her.
When she had left, he opened the Crucible to the illustration for “The Oracle of Still Waters.” Her face looked back at him from the surface of the pool. As he had hoped, the pond’s ability to capture the likeness of anyone who looked into it was immune from the reach of the Irreproducible Charm.
Titus VI had built the trick into the pond because he had wanted all the great and terrible mages who dwelled inside the Crucible to resemble him. Titus VII didn’t even like to look at his own face in the mirror, but he was immensely grateful that his great-great-great-great-great-grandfather had been so silly.
Now he could work her likeness into any story of his choosing.
Now he could fight dragons for her.
And now he could kiss her again.”
*raises eyebrows* Obsessive much? XDD *snickers* (hide spoiler)]

Belle {TimeSignature}--Valar Morghulis-- wrote: ":/ i hated it....then i thought it was okay... and then i came to the conclusion that i hated it xD"

Awww ;(

Belle's Random Thoughts XD

Part 2:

(view spoiler)[“To make matters worse, although a boy could leave as soon as he had said his lines, sprinting out of the classroom like a puppy that had been kenneled too long, he could not say those lines until he had been called upon to do so.”
*falls over laughing at the image of such a thought*

“Frampton tsked. “Your Highness, you are shortly to assume the reins of an ancient and magnificent realm. Surely the thought ought to compel you to do better.”
This was new. Frampton might have delighted in making Titus cool his heels, but he had never been openly antagonistic.
“The success of my rule does not rely on my ability to recite obscure Latin verse,” Titus said coldly.
Frampton showed no sign of being humbled by the rebuke. “I speak not of the memorization and delivery of specific lines, but of the understanding of duty. From everything I have seen of you, young man, you have a poor grasp of obligation and responsibility.”
Next to him, Fairfax sucked in a breath. She was not alone. The entire class was riveted.
Titus made a show of examining his cuff links. “It is irrelevant what a lackey such as you thinks of my character.”
“Ah, but times change. Nowadays princes from thousand-year-old houses may very well find themselves without a throne,” said Frampton smoothly.”
*gapes* Duuuuude! Is that a threat????? :OO

“How can I keep her safe, my elemental mage?”
The pool turned silvery, as if an alchemist had transmuted water into mercury. “You must visit someone you have no wish to visit and go somewhere you have no wish to go.”
An Oracle’s message remained cryptic until it was understood. “My gratitude, Oracle.”
The pool rippled. “And think no more on the exact hour of your death, prince. That moment must come to all mortals. When you will have done what you need to do, you will have lived long enough.”
No wish to go and visit? *furrows brow* ....that last sentence :/ How rude :O

“Without quite realizing what she was doing, she reached out and touched his cheek. The instant her fingertips came into contact with his skin, she snatched her hand back. He did not react at all. She licked her lower lip, reached out again, and traced a finger along his jaw.”
*giggles* The young and curious xP

“I don’t care what the visions say,” she whispered, “I will not let you die. Not while I have a breath left.”
Well. XD She no longer hates him, that's for sure *grins* Gooooo Iolanthe!! ;D *fist pump*

Heyy Kashkari and Iolanthe were born around the same time! :O

WHOOOPP GO IOLANTHE!!!!!!! XDD CRICKET BAT!!!!!!! *CACKLES*

Poor volcanic mage boy :(

“She turned the cricket bat around a few times, her motion growing more steady and deliberate. “I am not his to be had. And someday, he might just regret coming after me—after us—and not leaving well enough alone.”
It was not until Titus was in his room, changing, that he realized the significance of what she had said: she meant to wrap her hands around the reins of her destiny. Around the reins of their destiny.
An unfamiliar emotion surged in his chest, warm and weightless.
He was no longer completely alone in the world.”
*sad look* Poor thing had to go alone for so long :/

“The prince—who would someday have no music, no child, and only tatters of his youthful dreams—graciously inclined his head, acknowledging the applause.”
Wow.......*horrified look* That's......depressing :'( How did Prince Gaius become so awry? *sad sigh*

Ewwww evil fire dragons XD

“She might not have been born with natural courage, but she did loathe failure.”
Haha *high five*

Ahhh she died!! :O

Whoa she's very determined! XD

Ouch :/

“He rose from his chair and laid a hand upon the wall between his room and hers, as if that could propel his thoughts across everything that separated them and make her understand that it was not her kiss that frightened him, but his own reaction to it.
Because if he loved her, he would never be able to push her into mortal danger.
Yet he must, or he would have lived his entire life in vain.”
*sigh* What am I gonna do with you two? XP

Phew Mrs Wintervale is lucid today!

“Were these two visions but part of the same larger vision? By going to the Citadel this night, was he going to his end?”
Crud :O

Waaait o.O The Crucible also works as a portal? o.O

OMG OMG I'm really getting into this climax!!!!!!

How can she look the same as Helgira!??!?!?! o.O She's not, like, a reincarnation is she? XDD They are both mages able to wield lightning after all.....

Ahhh the scorpion!

The Bane looks familiar? o.O

I guess using the execution spell on the Bane wouldn't work? XDD

The Inquisitor and the Bane???? :OO *gulps*

“Then let me tell you this: I live for you, and you alone.”
*swoons*

Hahahahah *high fives Kashkari*

“You may leave us,” Baslan said to Mrs. Hancock.
“I would like to remind you, sir, that I am a special envoy of the Department of Overseas Administration, not your subordinate,” Mrs. Hancock said, smiling.
Baslan gave Mrs. Hancock a cold stare.
Titus plunked himself down on Mrs. Hancock’s best chair. He enjoyed squabbles between agents of Atlantis.”
*snickers*

So the inquisitor truly did perish?? *fist pump*

“Baslan held up the Citadel’s copy of the Crucible. “What do you know about this book?”
“Oh, that. I play Big Bad Wolf to Little Red Riding Hood. She likes it rough, did you know? I did not.”
“I beg your pardon?”
“What else are you going to do with such a contraption? Of course Sleeping Beauty is probably prettier, but I am not going to fight dragons for any girl. And the chit who lives in the woods is agreeable enough, but those dwarfs in her cottage are perverts. They always want to watch.”
AHSKJHSDLKGLJHDGL?????? *chokes and gags* XDD

“The Inquisitor was indeed dead. As was, apparently, the Bane—though no intelligence on whether he had been killed outright by Iolanthe’s lightning or by the subsequent fall. The double deaths caused both panic and rejoicing in the Citadel—which turned into ashen fear a short while later, as the Bane walked back into the Citadel looking younger and more vibrant for having been resurrected a third time.”
Urghhh how is the Bane so unkillable? :/

Bwhahahahahah go Birmingham! :P

“The rest of the term passed just as agreeably. The house cricket team did not win the school cup, but it contended for the first time in years. Wintervale made the roster for the school match against Harrow, which thrilled the entire house. Iolanthe, to the prince’s head-shaking amazement, won ten quid for writing the best Latin essay in the entire school. She promptly spent the money on ices and fancy cakes for everyone—and a very nice monogrammed shaving set for Kashkari, toward which the prince chipped in half of the cost.”
lol XD

“Outside, everything looked the same, summer sky, summer grass, summer boys. Yet everything was different. Her life was her own once again, to do as she willed.”
*crowd cheers* Good going, prince ;D You did the right thing :)

“She smiled at him. “Ready?”
Perhaps she was only asking him whether he was ready for her to transform. But when he answered, he answered for all the possible futures that awaited them.
“Yes,” he said. “I am ready.”
Aww love it! :D (hide spoiler)]

XDD Twinningggg

Dun dunn duunnnn! This took me 2 straight hours to write XD
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2 hours? 0.o Woah XD

XDD *winks*

Heheh ;)

.....*joins in winking fest*

*wink wink wink* XD