How do you write? Are you kidding me!!

a.taste.of.insanity meets a.bit.o manic, redux


As you read, currently it is Saturday morning 6:50 am, May 5, 2007, and my frickin’ desktop has died. DIED!!! Actually it died on Friday at 9:30 – windows just froze, I rebooted and got the lovely I/O error then nothing—just a black screen. I blame windows. I got a message that said it wasn’t a genuine copy, which was total bullshit then stuff just started messing up, one program at a time. The only reason I’m not totally pissed is that all my writing is on a jump drive. I just used the harddrive as backup. I drove to work at 11 pm and picked up my laptop from work. (that is either dedication or the sign of an addiction….hmmmmm I’ll take dedication)

So, the bright side is that my dog came home, via the help of the dogcatcher and a co-worker. My little Heinz 57 has been missing for 3 weeks. My co-worker saw him along the side of road and stopped. The little bugger jumped in her car. That could be why he was missing for 3 weeks, he went for a ride with a stranger. Then she couldn’t get him out – he would growl at her. They showed up at my place. The dogcatcher was using a broom to try and get him out of her car. He wasn’t budging until he saw me. Then he was all waggy tails and howls and bays. Did I mention he’s part hound? Baying in the house is a wonderful experience.

Karma balanced out, I guess. Lost my computer, found my dog. I guess I’ll take my dog any day…ticks and all. My computer has never licked my face or was happy to see me. Yeah…dogs are better.


Now back to the show.

ATOI (typing on a laptop sucks so I’m shortening your name), you just kept typing and I’m like….let me answer something first. Gack!! So, I just took your first questions and ran with it. I hope that helped out. So round two starts with…


Q: REMEMBER, WHEN X RIPPED MARCUS' (OR ARMOR) NOSTRILS OUT, AND SO HE WAS FANGED BRUTALLY - RESULTING IN THE SCAR? WHATEVER HAPPENED TO IT? YOU NEVER MENTIONED IT AGAIN, AFTER THAT. AT LEAST, I DON'T RECALL YOU MENTIONING IT.

It’s called…omg I didn’t fix it. I mentioned that Armor’s (as Marcus) nose had healed and was nothing but a faint scar but I didn’t continue to get rid of it totally. He would have given it a ‘blood bath’ to get rid of it. X (as SEX) also had his neck messed up. Armor kept licking it but it would have been a visible scar.

Now, this is a result of no planning on my part. I didn’t even know about a blood bath that could heal scars until Shade did it in “Cinnamon” when X fell off the roof and played bacon on the hood of the Claudius’ limo.
So I want Armor to give himself a blood bath to heal his nose.

Now, X…I want his Imperialness (not a word, I know but hey, it’s never stopped me before) to ‘perfect’ the Lord Emperor. When X gets his wings, there is blood everywhere—an unintentional blood bath that would heal every scar on his body except the new wing scars.

So now that I wrote it here, I’m going to have to do it back in Cake. Or it will look like I’m blowing smoke out my ass.

Big sigh….but it only makes the story better and more complete. *cheek tick*


Q: IN CH. 3, CLAUDIUS IS INTRODUCED IN CAKE.. BUT SOMEHOW, HE'S ABLE TO UMM.. "HEAR" X. I THOUGHT CLAUDIUS DIDN'T HAVE THE MINDFUCK ABILITY... THEREFORE, HE SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HEAR WHAT X WAS SAYING/THINKING (SINCE X HAS A VOICE BINDING ON HIM), RIGHT?

All vampires have a ‘binding ability’ -- a physical restriction of movement; a mental restriction of speech; a surface reading of thought—otherwise there would be a hell of a lot of running and screaming when they go hunting. Remember Armor said that X was special – he could mindspeak even with the mental restriction on. Caudius dropped a binding on X to keep him quiet in the alley. X was actually talking, well moaning and pleading out loud as Armor did his thing.

Mindfucking… is a hell of a hot more intense and invasive – you can kill with mindfucking. Binding, you would have to physically kill the person. Suck them dry. X at this time didn’t know how to shield his thoughts because he was a new vampling and Armor didn’t have Marcus rip his mind open yet.


I COMPLETELY FORGOT ABOUT THAT BIT OF HADES TRAINING CLAUDIUS/CARNAGE. IT JUST SLIPPED MY MIND ENTIRELY. HMM, IN A FAIR HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT, WOULD THE BROTHERS BEAT HADES NOW? ESPECIALLY SINCE HADES SEEMED TO HAVE... SISSIED DOWN. (REALLY, HE NEEDS TO GET ALL COOL AND MANLY SOON, SO WE CAN STOP SEEING HIM AS A SEX FIEND) .. HMM, WAIT, LIAM SHOULD GET ALL COOL AND EX-HASHMALLIN-ISH TOO. IN FACT, I THINK IT'S ABOUT TIME THE ANCIENTS DO SOMETHING INCREDIBLE, SO WE'D STOP THINKING THEM AS A BUNCH OF SEX BUNNIES. Y'KNOW, GAIN SOME RESPECT FOR THEM. *COUGH* NOT THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY...

In a fair fight, Hades would kick the brothers’ ass. Hades would kick Claudius’ ass. If the boys and Claudius ganged up….Hades would still kick their asses. Just because our little dink is in love and getting his freak on, doesn’t mean he has lost his deadliness. Liam might regard Hades has his lost little shepherd boy, but Hades has re-forged himself into a force to be reckoned with. Hades helped create the House of Assassins. He was the founding member of Shadoe Inc. I have no doubt that he has been instrumental in human politics and business.

Liam…he has been sidelined for 400 years but he hasn’t been isolated. He has been Hashmallim and there has been a veiled reference that he has been Destruction more than once. Give Billiam a sword, and I think the Ancients would be just as deadly as a whole pack of Alphas.

I hope this answers you. Write me again if you got more questions. Everything is golden
(btw the manic reference was referring to little ol’ moi.)