Kibibi, you are SOOOOO grounded!!!

Welllll... That was epic!

I'm just stunned....

Hard to love anyone else if you don't love yourself.

Pog prison, eh? That must have been quite the adventure. lol

Gotta love Very Little Kith!

I'm excited and nervous all at the same time!

So...

Lauren Cohan as Kithran Aldeath

Milla Jovovich as Aranwen Galandel

Dominic Purcell as Ch'dau... but only because we can't get Michael Clarke Duncan  

Now I can't help but wonder who we'd cast as the remainder of the HC crew? Hmmmmmm.....

Clive Owen as Gib, perhaps?

Thomas Brodie Sangster as Cedric?

Billy Boyd as Midge?

...Lauren just about nails it, I think. I mean, dig this shot...

If that look doesn't say "I'm gonna stab you and take your stuff" I don't know what does.

...about the casting bit! Bree and I had some fun imagining who would play our characters should a movie be made.

There were a few ideas batted around for Kithran. Daniella Ruah was my first thought, there, but I think we also mentioned Kate Beckinsdale, Catherine Zeta Jones and, for a "young Kith" Cassady McClincy came to mind. Lauren Cohen might also be a good choice, imo... Not sure if Bree has actually settled on anyone in particular, though.

I mean, come on!!! The hair, the attitude.... maybe?

We had some giggles talking about Ara and I mentioned that, when Rer first took over the character and described her hair and such, the first thought that came to mind was the girl who played Joan of Arc in Bill and Ted's Excellent adventure... that devolved into some craziness involving Ara teaching an aerobics class in a mall. Anyhoo, the more I thought about who I might actually cast in the role of our bladesinger, I kept coming back to Milla Jovovich... Something to do with the build and the facial features, I think.

She'd need pointy ears and golden eyes, of course, but if that's not a Sylvari face, I'm a housecat.

Ch'dau, of course, would be CGI and, were it possible, I figure he'd be voiced by the late, great Michael Clarke Duncan. Since Michael couldn't really do it, though, I think my second choice would be Dominic Purcell.

So, breebles and I had a bit of a chat-fest last night and, in the process, I picked up a pen and started scribbling... this is what came of it. Not my best work, by far, but I figured I'd share, anyway.

Thanks! Glad you approve! Now that I've got a decent layout in mind, I'll likely start on a more presentable/less scribbly piece.

Glad you like it!

As I said, this is really just a rough draft... nowhere near what I'm hoping the final product will turn out to be. Typically I use pencil and such but, at the time, all I had was a ball point pen I'd jacked from my bank. Scribbling ensued, then talking and more scribbling... You know... you were there.

P.S. Just read through our conversation from last night... Should we tell Reralae about our "casting" choices? 

So, like I said, very rough and not my best work by far. Did most of this whilst chatting with Bree on messenger, last night... and I might have been indulging in some adult beverages, too. Aaaaaannnnyhoo...

Also, forgive the cropping... my scanner isn't big enough to accomodate the entire page.

Can't wait!

Doodled up a rough pen and ink sketch of our little trio last night... I'll see what I can do about getting that posted, soon.

...cuz that always works sometimes!

...in retrospect, I almost felt bad for Ch'dau swearing at the D'hurgenite after Gib had just prayed over him... almost.

Those prayers and descriptions thereof are just phenomenal!

Yeah, Gib post!!!

Fantastic as ever!

Kithactly!!!

...Eol exposure often does melty things to minds, after all.

Could have been worse, dear... you could have told her to kith your ath!

Now there's a song I haven't heard in a while! Good choice!

...she's our inspiration!

That's the way I understand it, anyway.

I'm gonna have Ch'dau call Mosic just before the battle is joined, too... Never hurts to have a cleric of the Helping Hand offering up some extra prayers, right? Do we get cell reception in this temple... or is it a dead zone?

No breaking in a new Engineer!

Working on metrics and such, this morning, but am hoping to get a post in this afternoon, sometime.

Kitty-kisses for the kitty-cousin! 

Little bit of a post there for you, ladies! Happy Monday.

"Well, I hadn't figured out what I'd do with it. It's not like stabbing it would kill her."

Ch’dau gave a faint shake of his shaggy head. If it cannot be killed by a blade, he murmurmed softly to himself, then why are we fighting it?

Things like this do not happen on Capasha, he mused, or, at least, they have not for quite some time.

Kithran nodded, “A little reconnaissance wouldn’t hurt. I know the insides of the manor fairly well, it is the guard outside I am truly wary of.” She looked back up at the bladesinger, “I am sure you were fairly preoccupied before, but can you remember about how many you faced when you stormed through the front gate last night?”

"Not many, at the time I barely saw any. Perhaps a generous count would put it at a dozen on patrol if I were to estimate more than I saw; but then, with what you told me, most of them would have been inside searching for you at the time, so I can't truly be certain of the numbers here," Aranwen replied.

“I would imagine that, with Adedre depending on this Morgana to deal with us outside her walls,” Ch’dau chuffed, “her patrols within will be weak. At least between the walls and the manor. Once within, we may very well encounter heavier resistsance.

Perhaps we do not bother with any of the known entrances,” he offered, then, crouching down beside Kith and extending a claw to draw a rough representation of the walls around her map, “It may serve us better to climb over a section of the walls where there are likely to be fewer eyes, observe whatever patrols might have been set, and determine an appropriate entry point from there.”

Aranwen couldn't help but giggle at the suggestion of going over the wall, "I apologize," She offered, "It seems I've grown so accustomed to the streets and paths made by people, it didn't even occur to me that such a thing would be possible."

 “A little reconnaissance wouldn’t hurt,” Kithran nodded, “I know the insides of the manor fairly well, it is the guard outside I am truly wary of.” She looked back up at the bladesinger, “I am sure you were fairly preoccupied before, but can you remember about how many you faced when you stormed through the front gate last night?”

"Not many, at the time I barely saw any. Perhaps a generous count would put it at a dozen on patrol if I were to estimate more than I saw; but then, with what you told me, most of them would have been inside searching for you at the time, so I can't truly be certain of the numbers here," Aranwen replied.

The Syl woman paused a moment as she considered, "No, we should not split up. Splitting up is what Morgana would want us to do, as we've already seen. She always has another puppet in play; when you think she's made her move, she has something else in play. It's impossible to read her movements with those constructs.

I think we must move as quick as we are able; as strange as it sounds, we are most vulnerable outside of Adedre's keep than inside. Outside, Morgana will search for us and try to ambush us again, and we can't be certain of when or where she will strike. If we are inside, yes we deal with Adedre's forces, but those are mostly known, and much preferable to deal with than Morgana. So if we've the means, we should try to scale those walls," Aranwen reasoned, before looking to Ch'dau with a smile, "I never would have thought of such a course of action myself," she admitted.

The Silver Cat shrugged faintly. “A jungle of stone and timber is not that different than one of tree and vine, khatun,” he rumbled, “The best approaches are typically the same, regardless of terrain.”

Mosic rubbed thoughtfully at his chin, his gaze dancing between the crude map and his new companions for a moment. “I can’t say that I’m much of a warrior,” he said after a minute, “but I think our friend, Samuel, here, has the right of it. We might be better off coming at this Adedre from an angle she may not expect.”

He gestured to the various gates and other obvious entrances indicated on Kith’s map. “Any forces she might have will likely be concentrated in these places and, while the ruse that Lady Galandel suggested might work, it would also serve to alert the witch that we are within the walls before we wish her to know such things.” The little priest shrugged; “Speaking of being prepared, I must admit a short rest and some time spent in prayer might make me more useful to all of you in this venture. I’ve depleted myself a bit in tending your injuries, my friends, and some time communing with Falloes before we go charging into battle, again, would serve us well.”