Rush, the hyperactive puppy

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Happily ever after is so once upon a time. Sometimes, life decides to be a jerk and hack away at your happy ending with a chainsaw.

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A different thought entered my head. It was a memory of sorts, but it wasn’t mine…at least, not from the three years that I remember.


I pushed a door open, the old thing creaking with effort. I stepped inside, the old floorboards creaking under my weight as I picked my way through the debris. "Sorry for intruding," I called. The door slammed shut when I reached the middle of the room. A few beams of moonlight shone through the cracks of the boarded up window near the high ceiling, illuminating the room with a dim light. It was your average abandoned warehouse.


A shaggy-haired teenager stepped out of the shadows. A knife glinted in his hand, but I looked at it disinterestedly before turning away. How boring. Can’t he be a little more original?


"A little eleven year old girl like you can't be D. What, did the real one send you in because he was too chicken?" he pressed the flat of the blade under my chin, making me look up at him. I hid my repulsion behind boredom. The guy’s hair was blond, he had piercings and an unlit cigarette was clenched between his teeth. He reeked of tobacco. Gross. My nose crinkled in disgust at the scent.


"Hey, big brother, don't you know smoking is bad for you?" I pointed at the cigarette with a small, pale hand. "You could get lung cancer."


"I didn't come here to have a little girl nag me. Where is he?" He pressed the edge of the knife against my throat. Even though the sharp edge was right against my flesh, I yawned, irritating him. "Do you want to be headless, little girl? Where's D?"


"I'm right here. I'm D."


The teen growled. He pulled the knife back, preparing to stab me. I wasn’t afraid. They tried to do this all the time, thinking they’d win because of my size. Heh, idiots.


I stepped aside, letting the knife pass me. "That's not very nice. You don't go stabbing someone you just met." I made a jerking motion with my right arm, a blade appearing in my hand. "But then again, I'm not nice."


The boy's eyes widened. He looked down, seeing the hilt of the knife sticking out of his stomach. He fell to the floor, clutching his wound. Blood seeped through his fingers and stained his shirt.


"Don't worry; I missed your vital organs," I examined the blood on the blade, as if mesmerized. "Your blood's a pretty colour, big brother. I want to paint with it." I grabbed a fistful of his hair, forcing him to look up. I dragged the blade across his cheek, a thin line of blood now marking his face. I drew two more lines, forming a D before releasing his hair.


Now he looks acceptable. I felt a smile making its way to my face.


I held the knife tightly; ready to plunge it into his flesh again. I drove it into his arm, enjoying his scream of pain. I laughed giddily as I pulled it out, blood dripping from the knife’s tip. A sense of euphoria flooded my being. The boy seemed to be frozen in horror. The fear that showed in their eyes as I stood over them with my knife…nothing could ever compare to it.


I pulled a handkerchief out of my pocket, using it to wipe the blood off my knife. The newly cleaned knife disappeared into my sleeve once more. The bloodstained handkerchief floated to the floor, the crimson liquid dried to a disgusting brownish colour. I set it alight with a match, making sure that the evidence was burnt before I made my way to the door. “Bye bye, big brother. I had fun playing with you.”


I turned the knob and opened the door, letting light in. The light caused silhouettes of normal objects to form weird shapes on the wall. I looked back at the boy.


He was bleeding on the ground, more knife wounds on his body. His breathing was shaky and shallow. It was clearly a struggle for him to get enough air. It won’t take long. Night night, big brother. I shut the door behind me, casting the room in darkness once more.


A girlish giggle escaped my lips. I held up a small vial of colourless liquid, peering at the contents using the moonlight. Poison. My blade had been coated in it. The poison should’ve entered and mixed with his bloodstream right now. He’d first lose motor function. After that, his senses would slowly deteriorate. I smiled. His brain and heart would shut down.


“Why are humans so stupid? Why do they like challenging those stronger than them? It’d be smarter to stay where you are.”

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Interested? This will be posted on inkpop under Kanda Yuu (I love D.Gray-Man) later this year. Around November if everything goes smoothly. 

Amigurumi Ren

Sorry for the horrible quality. This was taken with an iPod camera.
I used the amigurumi Sackboy tutorial from pigcorner.com. (Linked in a previous post)
The little papercrafts are vocaloids Len, Kaito and Luka. You can find them on desubunny's gallery on deviantart (also linked in a previous post).

I found more DIYs!

Technically, I should be sleeping right now instead of staying up for twenty hours straight, but no one cares about that. So here we go!

Eco-Friendly Notebooks from designsponge.com

Flossy Bangle by Jessica Quirk. I don't quite understand how she started it though...

This Bow-Tie Top from sweet-verbena.blogspot.com

Mini Book from craftylifeandstyle.blogspot.com

15 Natural Beauty Recipes using everyday ingredients you probably already have around. This is from inspiringpretty.com

Magic Boxes from lifeaslou.blogsome.com

How to turn an ordinary boring sweater into an awesome dinosaur sweater from kirstyneale.typepad.com

Now if you'll excuse me, I'll try to not pass out as I right my very messed up sleeping schedule.

Tis the season to be crafty

That was lame, shut up. But here are some more crafts to do over the summer.

You've heard of Shrinky Dinks, right? Here's a tutorial from craftingforcheapskates.blogspot.com on how to make your own using recyclable plastic containers you probably have around the house.

Make your own magic ice cream shell using this wordless tutorial from eatthelove.com

A DIY lava lamp tutorial from meetthedubiens.blogspot.com

Make playdough for your kids (or yourself) using flour, kool-aid powder and this tutorial, also from meetthedubiens.blogspot.com

Tired of dog-earing your favorite books? Use this page corner bookmark tutorial from nheilike.com to make your own!

Make your own mini photo album in a pocket watch using this tutorial from themotherhuddle.com

Do you have some large tshirts that make you look like a shapeless blob? Use this tutorial from nheilike.com to girlify them!

Amigurumi Sackboy

You all know Sackboy from Little Big Planet, right?

Now we crocheters can make our own, thanks to this pattern from pigcorner.com She also has tutorials for characters from various games and anime, like L from Death Note, and Mario.

Crafty Links

Need something to do over the summer vacation? Why not try one of these craft projects? All it takes is a little patience and maybe a crapload of sugar.

Desubunny on deviantart has papercraft patterns, including Kanda Yuu and Allen Walker from D.Gray-Man!
Instructions to make your own here: http://desubunny.deviantart.com/art/How-to-build-Chibi-Papercraft-136816496

This clippy necklace thingy from Mich L. in L.A.

A fleece Dino hat from Pammerz on cutoutandkeep.net

A mini magnetic terrarium from ruffledblog.com

A sweater boots tutorial from Niamh O. on cutoutandkeep.net

An adorable Knot-Me Tie skirt (possibly modifiable to larger sizes) on simplymodernmom.com

Samurai sword pushpins made from paperclips, paper and electrical tape from paperplateandplane.wordpress.com

Use an origami cherry blossom tutorial from theflirtyguide.com to create your own centerpiece.

Make your own amigurumi Link! (Amigurumi requires crocheting skills, worsted yarn and a crochet hoook.)

Papercraft

I think I'm addicted. Desubunny on deviantart has such great patterns, including the VOCALOIDS! Check out the other patterns on the site, I've found Lucky Star patterns on there.

Kaito on top of a school computer. I made the Kagamine twins, Death the Kid, Soul, GUMI and Luka as well.

If you print the patterns as is (half a page big), you'll have the same size as mine. I wouldn't recommend doing that if this is your first time and you have no experience folding little pieces of paper. (I've been doing origami with 5 cm paper for  about 5 years, so it wasn't difficult for me)