KK Chat - Mar. 9, 2003

[RainbowDragon]

KK Chat - Mar. 9, 2003

[16:57] * KK  has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[16:57] * KK sets mode: +q KK
[16:57] <DeryniBot>  KK is offered a cup of his specially prepared merasha laced wine by Father Lior
[16:57] <Martine> Whoo hoo!
[16:57] <Mistyck> hi KK
[16:57] <Sedina> hi, KK
[16:57] <Shiral> Hello Katherine
[16:57] <kirienne> Peer actually followed me to work last week. On Monday I had computer trouble, and peer even signed in as the cause of it
[16:57] <JastaElf> Hi Katherine
[16:57] <Debbie-VB> Hi katherine
[16:57] <Martine> Hi Katherine! Don't drink! <g>
[16:57] <jp> Don't drink the wine
[16:57] <kirienne> hi KK
[16:57] <hygilac> Hi Katherine
[16:57] <Mistyck> lol
[16:57] <RainbowDragon> Greetings, Lady Katherine
[16:57] <wrengl> hi katherine
[16:57] <KK> Hello, all.
[16:57] * Shiral gives Katherine safe wine
[16:57] * JastaElf gives KK a coconut
[16:57] <JastaElf> :-)
[16:57] <jp> full of honey
[16:57] <Shiral> LOL
[16:57] <KK> A coconut?
[16:57] * Martine offers hot fudgy creamy cocoa
[16:57] * kirienne gives KK some chocolate
[16:58] <JastaElf> and whiskey...
[16:58] <Debbie-VB> how did your week go katherine?
[16:58] <GM-Bynw> Hiyas KK
[16:58] <RainbowDragon> How went the writing this week?
[16:58] <JastaElf> we're concocting drinks to stave off Pat's cold, Katherine.  :-)
[16:58] * GM-Bynw is now known as bynw 
[16:58] <KK> The book went in on Tuesday.
[16:58] * Mistyck hopes KK didn't do ANY writing this week 
[16:58] <jp> yay
[16:58] <KK> I'm very pleased with the way it all turned out.
[16:58] <Sedina> whoo-hoo
[16:58] * hygilac dances all aroung
[16:58] <Mistyck> yah!   
[16:58] <kirienne> yay, book went in !!!! :-)  :-)  :-)
[16:58] <Shiral> HOOORRAYYYY!!!!!!!!!
[16:58] <Mistyck> Book's gonna be out in October!
[16:59] <Shiral> Congratulations, Katherine
[16:59] <the_Bee> well done, KK
[16:59] * Debbie-VB wriggles with excitement and begins saving up for her copy
[16:59] <jp> How many pages, approx?
[16:59] <wrengl> yippee
[16:59] <Mistyck> good job KK!
[16:59] <KK> I have no idea.  There are 30 chapters plus prologue.
[16:59] * Mistyck does a jig around the chat room
[16:59] <Shiral> *Shiral jumps up and down and claps hands with glee
[16:59] * wrengl can't wait to order it as soon as it is listed!
[16:59] <Mistyck> woohoo!
[16:59] <Martine> Have you been doing major Fly Lady this week, Katherine? ;-)
[16:59] <Shiral> Oops
[16:59] <Jessie> is there a tentative release date yet?
[16:59] * Shiral jumps up and down and claps with glee
[16:59] <KK> Since each chapter is a separate file, and is numbered internally....but its fat.
[17:00] <KK> October.
[17:00] <Mistyck> cool!
[17:00] <Martine> Ooooo! Big fat Deryni book!
[17:00] <Mistyck> woohoo!
[17:00] <Shiral> We LIKE long Deryni Novels!
[17:00] <Jessie> beginning or end of October???
[17:00] <KK> I've been digging out my desk.
[17:00] <Mistyck> yes we do
[17:00] <KK> Don't know yet.
[17:00] <RainbowDragon> KK: how soon before it is assigned an ISBN number?
[17:00] <kirienne> we like any Deryni novels
[17:00] <KK> Don't know.
[17:00] <Debbie-VB> Be prepared to see many copies at darkover
[17:00] <Shiral> Well, true, Kirienne
[17:00] <JastaElf> beginning of October would be a Jasta Birthday Release.  :-)
[17:00] <Jessie> :-)
[17:00] <Shiral> Be prepared to SIGN many copies at Darkover <G>
[17:01] <KK> Delightedly prepared.
[17:01] <Debbie-VB> end of september would be a VB birthday release
[17:01] <Mistyck> yep KK...
[17:01] * Martine starts lining up the pens and offers Katherine a hand brace ;-)
[17:01] <bynw> today would be a bynw bday release :-)
[17:01] <JastaElf> LOL!
[17:01] <Mistyck> hey, anything before Christmas is a good Mistyck b'day release
[17:01] <JastaElf> And Maryse....
[17:01] <hygilac> Bring a lot of pens to Darkover, KK
[17:01] <KK> Is today your BD, Bynw?
[17:01] <Shiral> Right!
[17:01] <Mistyck> yep
[17:01] <Debbie-VB> I have some good news too
[17:01] <Mistyck> H A P P Y  B I R T H D A Y  B Y N W
[17:01] <Mistyck> <RainbowDragon> ;-)
[17:01] <bynw> yup KK
[17:01] <Mistyck> H A P P Y  B I R T H D A Y  B Y N W
[17:01] <Mistyck> <RainbowDragon> ;-)
[17:01] <KK> It's Scott's BD, too.
[17:02] <Shiral> What is your good news, VB?
[17:02] <JastaElf> What';s your news, VB?
[17:02] <Mistyck> cool
[17:02] <Shiral> Happy birthday to Scott!
[17:02] <bynw> hooo cool ...
[17:02] <Mistyck> Happy Birthday Scott
[17:02] <Martine> Give Scott a big birthday kiss for us!
[17:02] <JastaElf> Happy VBirthday Scott!!
[17:02] <kirienne> cool, wish him a verra happy BD from all of us
[17:02] <jp> HB S
[17:02] <bynw> tell him Happy Birthday for me
[17:02] <wrengl> HAPPY BIRTHDAY SCOTT
[17:02] <Sedina> happy bday to Scott
[17:02] <Martine> Katherine, how was dinner at the Russian restaurant?
[17:02] <the_Bee> happy bday scott
[17:02] <KK> Shall do.  We've just had kiwi/apple frozen yogurt.
[17:02] <wrengl> WHAT IS YOUR NEWS VB?
[17:02] <Debbie-VB> I've cleared the vacation time for darkover, so It begins to look like the Babe's gonna make it
[17:02] <Shiral> Excellent!
[17:02] <Mistyck> cool, Debbie
[17:02] <wrengl>  YIPEEEEEEE!
[17:02] <jp> Go BABE
[17:02] <Martine> Go Debbie!
[17:02] <Sedina> verra cool, Debbie.  It will be great to have you there
[17:02] <KK> Never made it to the Russian restaurant.  We got caught up in other things, like house guests.
[17:03] <JastaElf> That's excellent news, VB!
[17:03] <kirienne> good for you Debbie
[17:03] <Martine> :-( on the restaurant. I hope the house guests were fun!
[17:03] * Dan_PreparingDinner waves hi - taking a minute from dinner preparation...
[17:03] <Mistyck> awww, KK...
[17:03] <Mistyck> going out to dinner is fun!
[17:03] <Shiral> Well, houseguests are hopefully fun, too
[17:03] <KK> We've still got some--5 kids from Boston University.
[17:03] <Martine> Wow! That's a house full of energy!
[17:03] <Mistyck> ooh, that must be interesting
[17:03] * Laura has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[17:03] <DeryniBot>  Stefan Coram bows as Laura enters the Chat Room
[17:03] <Mistyck> hi Laura
[17:04] <Shiral> Hello Laura
[17:04] <Dan_PreparingDinner> Hi Laura
[17:04] <JastaElf> Hi Laura!
[17:04] <kirienne> hi Laura
[17:04] <bynw> hiyas Laura
[17:04] <jp> Hi Laura
[17:04] <Martine> Hi laura!
[17:04] <hygilac> Hi Laura!
[17:04] <Debbie-VB> sounds like an interesting time KK
[17:04] <RainbowDragon> Hi, Laura
[17:04] <kirienne> wow, KK has a house full
[17:04] <wrengl> hi laura
[17:04] <Mistyck> KK:  we've got a deryni trivia game on the channel now
[17:04] <Shiral> Indeed
[17:04] <KK> We had 6 last night, but one has gone back to Trinity; she's interning at a school here.
[17:04] <Sedina> Laura!!
[17:04] <Mistyck> a lot of us contributed to the questions and it's really neat
[17:04] <KK> They're all in Dubling for the day today.
[17:05] <Mistyck> cool
[17:05] <KK> Dublin
[17:05] <Mistyck> gives you a break
[17:05] <KK> Should be home in another hour or so.
[17:05] <Mistyck> lol
[17:05] <JastaElf> cool
[17:05] <Mistyck> that's a late arrival
[17:05] * IIsi50MHz has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[17:05] <DeryniBot> Vivienne looks disgusted as the human IIsi50MHz dares to enter the Chat
[17:05] <Laura> hello all
[17:05] <Debbie-VB> where do I find it Mistyck?  I'm sort of a trivia champ
[17:05] <Shiral> They're doubling in Dublin?
[17:05] <KK> Well, they'll be on the last DART, which I think leaves Dublin around 11-11:30 or so.
[17:05] <Martine> That reminds me! I need to start making my Irish tourist trap list for this summer <g>
[17:05] <the_Bee> Ireland is always wealthy because its capital is always Dublin
[17:05] <Dan_PreparingDinner> Debbie - it's in DeryniBot.
[17:05] <Mistyck> VB:  one of the ops in here can start it
[17:05] <Dan_PreparingDinner> Any of the ops can start it for all present.
[17:05] <Jessie> Hello IIsi50MHz
[17:06] <Shiral> That reminds me, I need to plan my trip.
[17:06] <wrengl> hi IIsi50MHz
[17:06] <IIsi50MHz> allo + lol at D.bot
[17:06] <KK> Martine, I found my boots.  And Anne McCaffrey has lined me up with a neighbor who has 2 horses and would love to have someone to ride out with.
[17:06] <Martine> hi IIsi.
[17:06] <KK> She rang me this afternoon, so in a week or so....
[17:06] <Shiral> So that I can make a swing trip over to Ireland..
[17:06] <Martine> Great, Katherine! Start getting those legs in order! ;-)
[17:06] <KK> I have to get new britches first.
[17:06] <IIsi50MHz> lo Martine
[17:06] * JastaElf is jealous of travellers. *whine*... :-)
[17:06] * Sedina is still trying to figure out how to get into Martine's suitcase for the trip
[17:06] <kirienne> cool KK, have lots of fun riding
[17:06] <Martine> Mine are just starting to get back into shape. I still can't hold a 2-point for very long.
[17:06] <Shiral> Well, yes but I had to turn 40 to get this trip, Jasta!
[17:07] <Martine> Sedina, I'll just bring my extra-large suitcase <g>
[17:07] <JastaElf> When I turned 40 I got a cake and a card.  :-)
[17:07] <Martine> Make it two extra-large suitcases. If Jasta and Sedina can cover the extra baggage cost, they can squeeze in :-D
[17:07] <Shiral> So my mother has been pulling out all the stops!
[17:07] <Sedina> Then all I have to do is get to NJ...that works. *bg*
[17:07] * kirienne *whines also because she can't travel, only gets to go 2 hour away and sleep in a friend's van for her fun time next week
[17:07] <KK> Jasta, how's the job going?
[17:07] <JastaElf> Umm... it's going.  ;-)
[17:07] <Debbie-VB> You did better then me jasta, all I got was a card
[17:07] * wrengl will get into john's suitcase
[17:08] <JastaElf> I get paid this Friday if I can get to work all week.  LOL!
[17:08] <JastaElf> So what've you been doing now that the book's finished?
[17:08] <Mistyck> KK:  I got "activated" this week, but luckily it's only at "home base" and it's closer to my house than regular work...
[17:08] <JastaElf> Anything fun?
[17:08] * the_Bee is going to Vermont for her 60th birthday
[17:08] <KK> Digging out my desk, filing.
[17:08] <Martine> Jasta - just keep telling yourself "I'm getting paid.... I'm getting paid... I'm getting paid...."
[17:08] <Mistyck> I'm pretty sure I won't have to go to the Desert
[17:08] <Shiral> Other than excavating the desk?
[17:08] <JastaElf> LOL!
[17:09] <kirienne> cool Bee
[17:09] <Shiral> And celebrating Scott's birthday <G>
[17:09] <Dan_PreparingDinner> Getting paid is a good thing.
[17:09] <Martine> Great, Bee!
[17:09] <JastaElf> Well yes!  :-)
[17:09] <Shiral> Getting paid is what keeps me going back <G>
[17:09] <KK> Filing things away, fixing things, getting ready for guests--actually visiting with guests.
[17:09] <JastaElf> It will be, Dan!  :-)
[17:09] <Mistyck> getting paid is a wonderful thing
[17:09] <JastaElf> I wouldn't know just yet, Mistyck.  ;-)
[17:09] <KK> Remember, this has only been since Tuesday.
[17:09] <Shiral> It makes it all worth while <G>
[17:09] <Mistyck> lol Jasta
[17:09] * Dan_PreparingDinner has to go back to preparing dinner - maybe next break...
[17:09] <Mistyck> you will, soon enuff
[17:10] <Shiral> True, Katherine.  You're just getting used to being a free person again <G>
[17:10] <Debbie-VB> that's good news Mistyck
[17:11] <Martine> It's the "Time? I have time to DO stuff?" syndrome
[17:11] <KK> Yep.  I went down to Annie's after picking up dog chow and kitty litter at the feed store--we had nice tea and chat.
[17:11] <Shiral> =o)
[17:11] <kirienne> :-)
[17:11] * IIsi50MHz keeps attempting to wave the silent image "Newbie" away from his head and tries not to look almost clueless
[17:12] <Martine> It's okay, IIsi. We were all newbies at one time or another :-)
[17:12] <wrengl> IIsi50MHz have you read any of Katherine's books?
[17:12] <IIsi50MHz> Three
[17:12] <KK> Hello, IIsi.  (Is that pronoiunced two-sie?)
[17:12] <wrengl> which ones
[17:12] <Shiral> We're all friendly and harmless, IIsi
[17:12] <IIsi50MHz> heh, close
[17:12] * jp wears the BEEN THERE, DONE THAT tshirt
[17:12] <wrengl> lol jp
[17:12] <IIsi50MHz> Two 's' 'i'
[17:13] <Kelos_al-Hazar> Heheh.
[17:13] <KK> Two ess eye?
[17:13] * wrengl waves at jp, realizing she forgot to greet him
[17:13] <IIsi50MHz> yup
[17:13] <Martine> Macintosh lingo, if I'm correct :-)
[17:13] <Shiral> Katherine, when will you have to start work on the new version of Deryni Rising?
[17:13] <IIsi50MHz> True!
[17:13] <IIsi50MHz> 'Twas my first puter.
[17:13] <IIsi50MHz> That I owned, anyway.
[17:13] <KK> I'll start when I finish digging out--probably another week or two.
[17:13] <Shiral> Well, do enjoy some life in the meantime <G>
[17:13] <Debbie-VB> BTW Katherine, how's the sciatica?
[17:14] <IIsi50MHz> *perk* New version?
[17:14] <KK> Was that an Apple?  My first was a IIe.
[17:14] <IIsi50MHz> no, Macintosh IIsi
[17:14] <Martine> Katherine's doing a re-write of the first Deryni trilogy, IIsi.
[17:14] <KK> Much better, VB, now that I'm not chained to the computer for such long stretches.
[17:14] * Kelos_al-Hazar was a bit earlier than KK...his first was a Apple ][+
[17:14] <Shiral> Good
[17:14] <kirienne> good KK
[17:14] * Debbie-VB applauds for pain releif
[17:15] * jp no worries wrengl, by the way just been watching Crufts dog show on TV, cute pekenese won
[17:15] <Martine> Enjoy the "feeling better" while you can before you climb back onto a horse, Katherine! <laugh>
[17:15] <IIsi50MHz> ruh oh, U just got two of books of that tril
[17:15] <the_Bee> before you got here, KK, we were discussing how alaric could have defied the CC when he didn't know they existed. and why was charissa telling Ian, a human, about them?
[17:15] * wrengl first was a tandy 1000ex
[17:15] <IIsi50MHz> (-;
[17:15] <KK> I saw that too, JP.
[17:15] <wrengl> neat jp
[17:15] <Shiral> Charissa was a law unto herself
[17:15] <wrengl> did not realize crufts was on today
[17:15] <KK> It was a silly looking Peke.
[17:15] <IIsi50MHz> Apple ][...0.25 MHz hehe
[17:15] <Shiral> My first computer was a mac, also
[17:15] <Kelos_al-Hazar> Nope. 1.024Mhz.
[17:15] <Martine> My first was a Commodore 64
[17:15] * IIsi50MHz ponders
[17:16] <Kelos_al-Hazar> Ran faster than my 10Mhz XT, though.
[17:16] <jp> looked like Eric Cartman from Southpark!
[17:16] <KK> Martine, you're evil!
[17:16] <the_Bee> I forget what mine was. except slow
[17:16] <Jessie> Katherine:  When is the re-write of DR due & when is its scheduled release?
[17:16] <Shiral> Isadora loved to stand in front of it, and her tummy was just high enough and wide enough to completely hide the screen
[17:16] * Martine grins at Katherine and hands her the Icy-Hot muscle rub
[17:16] <IIsi50MHz> Apple IIgs was 1.25, and others ]['s .25, I thought
[17:16] <IIsi50MHz> ah well
[17:16] <KK> It isn't due until about the end of the year, though I'll have it in much sooner than that--probably by summer.
[17:17] <KK> The second Childe is due a year from June, so I need to get on that fairly soon.
[17:17] <Debbie-VB> and then to work on Book II of the childe saga
[17:17] <Shiral> Then Alaric will be born!
[17:17] <IIsi50MHz> First time I _like_ using a puter was when my stepdad got a Macintosh SE/30
[17:17] <KK> The Kelson rewrites fall between the Childe books.
[17:17] <the_Bee> do you have a working title for childe II?
[17:17] <KK> Alaric IS born.
[17:17] <Jessie> Katherine:  who is publishing the re-writes?
[17:17] <KK> Ace.
[17:17] <Shiral> Oh cool!
[17:17] <IIsi50MHz> Before that, all I'd done on puters was on-screen worksheets and LOGO in school
[17:18] <Shiral> I get to be Alaric's nurse <G>
[17:18] <Debbie-VB> Shiral, your prayers have been answered.  alaric's born!
[17:18] <KK> I think Childe II will be simply Childe Morgan.
[17:18] <bynw> lol
[17:18] <Martine> Any new architectural clues on Rhemuth Castle, Katherine? 
[17:18] <Jessie> neat
[17:18] * Martine looks hopeful 
[17:18] <jp> Good title
[17:18] <Debbie-VB> sounds like a good title KK
[17:19] * JastaElf is SO glad Morgan's given name is Alaric, not Harold... :-)
[17:19] * kirienne thinks that Childe Morgan is a verra good title
[17:19] <Shiral> LOL
[17:19] * bynw likes the sound of Childe II
[17:19] <Shiral> Me too
[17:19] <wrengl> lol jasta
[17:19] <KK> I'll have to do some re-evaluating now that ITKS is done, since parts of it came out quite different from the original outline.
[17:19] <Kelos_al-Hazar> KK: Ever changed the title of a book in the middle of writing it?
[17:19] <KK> Yep.
[17:19] <IIsi50MHz> Childe? slash me likes to call good-naturedly-misbehaving kids 'Childebeasts'
[17:19] <RainbowDragon> LOL
[17:19] <wrengl> lol
[17:19] <JastaElf> I hardly ever finalize a title till something is done.
[17:20] <KK> Yep, Childebeasts would fit a lot of kids.
[17:20] <Shiral> I'll bet Alaric WAS a Childebeast sometimes!
[17:20] <IIsi50MHz> hehehe
[17:20] <jp> maybe III will be Childe Morgan, the revenge.
[17:20] * wrengl thinks misbehaving children can be dragon chow
[17:20] <kirienne> prolly lots of times
[17:20] <KK> Have you got childebeasts, IIsi?
[17:20] <Martine> He couldn't have been TOO horrible. Coroth Castle is still standing, after all!
[17:20] <Kelos_al-Hazar> "Wall climbers" certainly does...
[17:20] <Shiral> Or the Childe Strikes back, JP?
[17:20] <IIsi50MHz> wrengl, depends on whether they're being truely bad, or just playful
[17:20] <Shiral> Well....yes
[17:20] <kirienne> I'm sure he was at least as much a handfull as his son is
[17:20] <Shiral> But didn't Alaric grow up in Culdi? <G>
[17:20] <IIsi50MHz> KK, nope...except a brother and two sisters
[17:21] <the_Bee> how long did Alaric actually live in Castle Coroth as a child?
[17:21] <Shiral> especially if you pass him the honey
[17:21] <KK> Oh, then you were all childebeasts together, eh?
[17:21] <Jessie> Have you thought/decided on the title for the 3rd book in the Childe Morgan series?
[17:21] <IIsi50MHz> the sisters almost are childe- anymore
[17:21] <IIsi50MHz> lol, right KK
[17:21] <Kelos_al-Hazar> Saw one kid climb nearly 10 feet up a gym wall....literally. How he got down without being hurt still puzzles me.
[17:21] <KK> Dunno, Bee.
[17:22] <the_Bee> not long enough to find any portals, obviously
[17:22] <KK> There are some good kid scenes in this book.
[17:22] <Shiral> =o)
[17:22] * jp Return of the son of Childebeast Morgan III
[17:22] * JastaElf hopes one of those kids is named Nigel....
[17:22] <kirienne> great KK
[17:22] <IIsi50MHz> Kelos, he had to get to the Ultra Secret Portal Stone /somehow/, didn't he? (-;
[17:22] <Shiral> Or Duncan, Jasta?
[17:22] <Shiral> =o)
[17:22] <JastaElf> yup....  :-)
[17:22] <KK> Like, the afternoon when Brion and Krispin and another page are sailing toy boats in the kitchen fishpond, much against the wishes of cook.
[17:22] <IIsi50MHz> hehehe jp
[17:22] <JastaElf> oh my....  :-)
[17:22] <wrengl> lol
[17:22] <Martine> Jasta, I thought you'd prefer a more adult pre-married Nigel! ;-)
[17:22] <Shiral> LOL
[17:23] * IIsi50MHz keeps thinking of Jurassic Park, though
[17:23] <kirienne> LOL KK
[17:23] <JastaElf> I'll take Nigel at whatever age I can get him!
[17:23] <Shiral> But you can't scold the King's Kid!
[17:23] <Shiral> Cradle snatcher...<G>
[17:23] <kirienne> LOL Jasta
[17:23] <KK> And there's a great scene in the cloister garden of Arc-en-Ciel convent, where Brion, Blaine, and Krispin find a dead swallow and decide to give it a proper burial.
[17:23] * Kelos_al-Hazar feels sorry for the whipping boy in any of the stories where they appear...
[17:23] <IIsi50MHz> heh Shiral
[17:23] <Shiral> Oh cool!
[17:23] <Debbie-VB> awwwwwwwwww
[17:24] <KK> I don't think they have whipping boys in Gwynedd.
[17:24] <RainbowDragon> how neat! :-)
[17:24] <Martine> Awwwwww! That's got to be a cute scene!
[17:24] <KK> Naughty princes get smacked.
[17:24] * Shiral is looking forward to seeing more of King Brion
[17:24] <JastaElf> Any neat Nigel scenes, KK?  Or he is just a terminally cute toddler in this?
[17:24] <KK> He's just wee and cute.
[17:24] <JastaElf> Awww...  :-)
[17:24] <Shiral> Next book, Jasta
[17:24] <Kelos_al-Hazar> So if the Prince is disobedient, he takes his punishment himself?
[17:24] <KK> Yep.
[17:24] <hygilac> and cuddly, jasta
[17:24] <wrengl> good
[17:24] <jp> I'm sure there are laws against that in MOST states Jasta!
[17:25] <JastaElf> I would NEVER do that to a kid.  never.  :-)
[17:25] <IIsi50MHz> Terminally? 'Look! He's sooo cute!' *dies...everyone looks, and dies*
[17:25] * Debbie-VB rubs her eyes. she thought she saw "Wet and cute"
[17:25] <JastaElf> I just love seeing characters as kids whom I adore as adults.
[17:25] <Shiral> She'll wait for him to grow up
[17:25] <JastaElf> LOL!  He's probably that too from time to time, VB!
[17:25] <KK> Laws against what?
[17:25] <Shiral> And see if she can beat out Meraude in the short term
[17:25] <Shiral> <EG>
[17:25] <JastaElf> they're teasing me about cradle robbing, KK.  :-)
[17:25] <KK> Ah.
[17:25] <kirienne> yep, it's fun to see them as kids, you get good insight into why they are the way they are as adults
[17:26] <JastaElf> Yeah, like, oh, Legolas!  :-)
[17:26] <the_Bee> laws against whipping-boys, I think
[17:26] <Martine> Cradle robbing rather literally! <g>
[17:26] <Shiral> But you'll have to commute between Rhemuth and Culdi so you can watch Duncan grow up too, Jasta
[17:26] <IIsi50MHz> Uh oh, kirienne. Now you have me thinking of Ender's Game.
[17:26] <Martine> I wanna take horse riding lessons from Legolas!
[17:26] <Shiral> Get yourself a good R'Kassan horse
[17:26] <IIsi50MHz> Darn wrong series'es'es always coming into my head (-;
[17:26] <JastaElf> LOL!  I have a connemara Foundation cross.  He'll do.
[17:26] <Shiral> But martine, He's tireless!
[17:27] <Shiral> You'll be exhausted by the time the lesson's over!
[17:27] <kirienne> oh  yes, like Leggy. I have a leggy fic I have started Jasta, and can't get verry far into it cause I keep hearing in my mind "Booees off"
[17:27] <bynw> Martine you probably have to be Elvish to do what he did
[17:27] <Martine> It'll improve my endurance for Irish trekking, Shiral! ;-)
[17:27] <IIsi50MHz> Martine, lets take Bow lessons together with him (-;
[17:27] <JastaElf> LOL, kirienne!!
[17:27] <Shiral> Well, yes I suppose it will
[17:27] <Martine> I can try, Bynw! I can kill myself in the process, but I can try!
[17:27] <the_Bee> so you were able to keep jasper, Jasta?
[17:27] <Martine> I'm there, IIsi. I love archery!
[17:27] <KK> You're going to find out about Llanneddi mountain ponies in this book--sort of 3/4 size R'Kassan barbs.
[17:27] <JastaElf> Yes, just barely.  Been by the skin of teeth tho
[17:27] <Shiral> Ooh, Cool
[17:27] <Martine> Oooooo! Too bad that ponies are too short for me :-(
[17:28] <Shiral> Princely Ponies, KK?
[17:28] <Martine> Have you been out to see Jasper, jasta?
[17:28] <KK> Brion, Blaine, and Krispin get them for Christmas the year Krispin gets killed.
[17:28] * kirienne is happy Jasta got to keep Jasper
[17:28] <JastaElf> not recently; have no gas or energy.  :-(
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[17:28] <DeryniBot> Mátyás greets billiest as they arrive in Deryni Chat
[17:28] <Shiral> Oooh, Neat, KK
[17:28] <billiest> hello?
[17:28] <Jessie> hello billiest
[17:28] <IIsi50MHz> My cousin makes bows (not masterwork yet though <g> )
[17:28] <the_Bee> hi billiest
[17:28] <Shiral> Hi Billiest
[17:28] <wrengl> hello billiest
[17:28] <billiest> whats up?
[17:28] <jp> Hi Billiest?
[17:28] <kirienne> hi billiest
[17:28] <Martine> Hi billiest
[17:29] <Debbie-VB> Hi billiest
[17:29] <Sedina> hi billiest
[17:29] <wrengl> have you read any books by katherine kurtz, billiest?
[17:29] <Shiral> Are you a Katherine Kurtz fan, Billiest?
[17:29] <Temprus> I haven't made a bow in 16 years
[17:29] * IIsi50MHz quietly declares a Greet-fest
[17:29] <kirienne> we are paying $2.15 per gallon in some places for gas here
[17:29] <the_Bee> we're celebrating the completion of Katherine's newest book
[17:29] <Shiral>  I can barely shoot a bow, let alone make one
[17:29] <Martine> Temprus, I haven't shot a bow in 10 myself :-)
[17:29] <KK> We've been paying far more than that for years now.
[17:29] <IIsi50MHz> Making them is easier than shooting them
[17:29] <Martine> We're still okay on gas prices. About $1.56/gallon
[17:29] <jp> Don't ask the UP quetion billiest
[17:29] * Shiral sets up a champagne fountain in honor of Katherine's completing the Book
[17:29] <billiest> no but i heard her books were cool
[17:29] <Kelos_al-Hazar> Billiest is a friend of mine...wondering about KK and her books.
[17:30] <Debbie-VB> welcome billiest
[17:30] <wrengl> NJ is better than NYC, martine
[17:30] <IIsi50MHz> I still need a three foot target at 50 ft
[17:30] <kirienne> California is always more expensive than the rest of the US when it comes to gas prices
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[17:30] <DeryniBot>  4 Rhun stands aside smiling threateningly as Colleen enters Deryni Chat
[17:30] <JastaElf> hi colleen!
[17:30] <Shiral> Hello Colleen
[17:30] <Temprus> greetings all that I missed
[17:30] <Martine> Hi Colleen!
[17:30] <kirienne> hi Colleen
[17:30] <Sedina> hi Colleen
[17:30] <billiest> californa callge is free tho
[17:30] <wrengl> i colleen
[17:30] <billiest> hi Colleen
[17:30] <jp> Hi Colleen
[17:30] <Debbie-VB> we're paying 89 cents/liter here in canada
[17:30] <Colleen> Hello all
[17:30] <Shiral> Are you a Katherine Kurtz fan, Colleen?
[17:31] <the_Bee> In the King's Service should be a good jumping-on point for new readers.  You don't need to know all the previous stuff
[17:31] <Colleen> Yes
[17:31] <billiest> wow Colleen never knew i would ever meet you
[17:31] <IIsi50MHz> This is a very greet-y room. *bemused*
[17:31] <jp> Are you flame haired and green eyed Colleen?
[17:31] <Jessie> hello Colleen
[17:31] <Debbie-VB> we're a friendly bunch IIsi
[17:31] <IIsi50MHz> I started with the Kelson tril 
[17:31] <Colleen> No, a black Irish Colleen with the personality to match
[17:31] <Shiral> Well, you've come to the right place
[17:32] <Shiral> Katherine is KK in the channel <G>
[17:32] <billiest> 1irsh got to love them
[17:32] <Jessie> why?
[17:32] <KK> Because we're cool!
[17:32] <Shiral> Exactly
[17:33] * Debbie-VB primps. she's of Irish descent
[17:33] <billiest> thanks kk 
[17:33] <jp> Black as in Phil Lynott black or Dark and just as interesting as the pale ones?
[17:33] * bynw likes his firey irish red head :-)
[17:33] <wrengl> indeed
[17:33] * kirienne does little jig, she's got lots of Irish blood in her too
[17:33] <Shiral> LOL, Bynw
[17:33] <billiest>
[17:33] <the_Bee> dark as in dark-haired?
[17:33] * wrengl is sorta half of irish descent
[17:33] <Martine> We never would have guessed, Bynw!
[17:33] * JastaElf is partial to Germans too though... ;-)
[17:33] <Shiral> Nope, never
[17:34] * Kelos_al-Hazar notes his GGF on his Dad's side emigrated to the US from Ireland...and was Black Irish.
[17:34] * Shiral has some Scottish ancestry, and some French
[17:34] * wrengl winks knowingly at bynw
[17:34] * billiest Quit (Quit: Leaving)
[17:34] <RainbowDragon> Black Irish are dark complected almost native american looking
[17:34] <the_Bee> English, Norman, German and Welsh here
[17:34] * Kelos_al-Hazar has been chasing down his family tree these last couple weeks
[17:34] <hygilac> I need to travel on, friends
[17:35] <JastaElf> Well, when you homogenize all MY mutt ancestry, I come out American.  And we're pretty cool too.
[17:35] * IIsi50MHz bees part Irish (...and Scottish, and Polish, and Bellarussian, and native am., and who knows what else)
[17:35] <Colleen> and fey
[17:35] * jp both parents from the emerald isle
[17:35] <KK> Any luck, Kelos?
[17:35] <Martine> English, Cajun, French, Swedish, Danish, and a drop of Spanish and American Indian here :-)
[17:35] <hygilac> Great going on the book KK
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[17:35] <DeryniBot> Azim provides Gnightfalluest with the Deryni Chat portal signature
[17:35] <Martine> Had to marry to get the Irish part ;-)
[17:35] <Gnightfalluest> hey guys
[17:35] <wrengl> night Linda
[17:35] <Kelos_al-Hazar> So far, I've located most of my GGP....but not all.
[17:35] * Debbie-VB has an interesting picture of in pursuit of a family tree
[17:35] <Martine> Hi Gnightfalluest
[17:35] * hygilac Quit
[17:35] <IIsi50MHz> Welsh? *gets Sou Gan in his head, Empire Of the Sun version*
[17:35] <Shiral> Hello Gnightfalluest
[17:35] <Sedina> ack, missed Linda
[17:35] <the_Bee> Legend says Black Irish are descended from sailors who survived the wreck of the Spanish armada in Elizabeth I's reign 
[17:35] <wrengl> HI Gnightfalluest
[17:35] <Shiral> Linda disappeared mighty quick
[17:35] * Gnightfalluest (Quit: Leaving)
[17:36] <KK> Nice piece, IIsi.
[17:36] <KK> I have that CD.
[17:36] <Martine> Or the Milesian Celts who emigrated from Spain thousands of years ago, Bee. Take your pick!
[17:36] * Shiral is listening to her Two Towers CD
[17:36] <Kelos_al-Hazar> Part of the problem is that I've run afoul of a problem called "not knowing one's grandmothers' maiden names"....
[17:36] <Colleen> Legend has been proven false, genetically. The sailors were all caught and too many Black Irish existed before that time
[17:36] <Martine> LOL! I am too, Shiral!
[17:36] <IIsi50MHz> heh, silly Nightfall *puts an eraser in nightfall's inbox*
[17:36] <Mistyck> wb Colleen
[17:36] <Shiral> Great minds, Martine <G>
[17:36] <Mistyck> glad you could make it for the chat
[17:36] <IIsi50MHz> Me too, KK. Haven't found a better version of the song ever.
[17:37] <jp> Fools seldom differ
[17:37] <Colleen> Kelos, was her name Mary, just to make things worse?
[17:37] <IIsi50MHz> ach, I'm a me-too'er
[17:37] <Kelos_al-Hazar> Thankfully, no. On either side.
[17:37] * JastaElf runs screaming from genealogy... I listen to a lot of it here at home. ;-)
[17:37] <Temprus> is there a nicer way of saying one is a mutt?
[17:37] <Kelos_al-Hazar> On Mother's side, her mother's first name is Lois...on my Dad's, it's Thulie...
[17:37] <Mistyck> lol
[17:37] * Mistyck hates geneology research
[17:37] <Shiral> I let all my family members do the tracing of family lines
[17:37] <IIsi50MHz> Temp, mixed breed?
[17:38] <KK> Thulie--what's that shortened from?
[17:38] <Temprus> I am very mixed
[17:38] <IIsi50MHz> Temp or:
[17:38] * Sedina leaves the research to her uncle
[17:38] <Kelos_al-Hazar> I have no clue, KK...
[17:38] <kirienne> how about interesting mix? Temp
[17:38] <IIsi50MHz> "You've heard of the melting pot? Well, I'm the pot"
[17:38] <Martine> I love genealogy! We've traced my mom's family back to about 1500 and my dad's to 1600
[17:38] <JastaElf> My family calls it "underground sports"
[17:38] <KK> LOL
[17:38] <the_Bee> My sister found out we're descended from Old King Cole
[17:38] <Colleen> Well I do geneology to prove that I have genetic disease tendencies not "a mental case"
[17:38] <JastaElf> I like it from an historical perspective, but the Husband uses it as an escape from the Real World.  ;-)
[17:39] * Mistyck is too scared to find out whatever her geneology will discover
[17:39] <IIsi50MHz> Thulie is a name in Jean Auel's Clan Of the Cave Bear series
[17:39] <Shiral> Well, we all need our bolthole from reality <G>
[17:39] <Mistyck> the things found so far are scary enough
[17:39] <IIsi50MHz> oops, dinner time
[17:39] <Kelos_al-Hazar> Really?
[17:39] * IIsi50MHz is now known as IIsiLeaving
[17:39] <KK> Bye, IIsi.
[17:39] <Martine> You're going, IIsi? So soon?
[17:39] <Temprus> bye iis
[17:39] <Sedina> Bye Ilsi
[17:39] <Jessie> bye IIsi
[17:39] <RainbowDragon> Bye IIsi
[17:39] <Martine> Good night :-)
[17:39] <kirienne> bye llsi
[17:39] * IIsiLeaving waves all around
[17:39] <Shiral> Bye IIsi
[17:39] <Debbie-VB> Bye IIsi, nice meeting you
[17:39] <the_Bee> nighters IIsi
[17:39] <Mistyck> nite Ilsi
[17:39] <jp> My dad said our family is decended from the high kings of Ireland
[17:40] <wrengl> bye IIsi
[17:40] * IIsiLeaving (Quit: Weeeeee, food.)
[17:40] <jp> bye IIsi
[17:40] <wrengl> so do most irishman, jp
[17:40] <Colleen> jp, they all are since high kings were elected
[17:40] <Kelos_al-Hazar> I am hoping I can trace back at least 12 generations; I'd like to find out if the Danners are related to the German or British nobility.
[17:40] <wrengl> we were told that also
[17:40] <jp> Those high kings sure put it about
[17:40] <Kelos_al-Hazar> on my mom's side, we're related to the Harcourts...
[17:40] <JastaElf> Me and eight million other people are related to Constantine.  ;-)  I still have to pay my taxes.
[17:40] <KK> Yes, but High Kings were elected mostly from about 2 major families, the O'Conors being foremost.
[17:40] <Martine> No nobility in my family, but we found plenty of gentleman land owners :-)
[17:40] <wrengl> indeed they did
[17:40] <Debbie-VB> kind of like donal
[17:41] <Debbie-VB> Blain
[17:41] <the_Bee> the chart my sister found goes back to the 1st century AD
[17:41] <Martine> My great-great grandfather was captain of the Danish king's guard. That's as close to nobility as I get.
[17:41] <Temprus> I am distantly related to too many different kings & other leader types :p
[17:41] * Mistyck has so far found out that she has an Israeli/Palestinian family name and that her ancestor's probably found their way to India during the 15th or 16th century exodus
[17:41] <KK> That's cool enough, Martine.
[17:41] <Kelos_al-Hazar> My major problem is the fact that Ancestry.com costs money I don't currently have.
[17:41] <Martine> He was 6'8" tall. A rather imposing captain of the
guard! <g>
[17:41] <KK> But there's a lot that's accessible for free, Kelos.
[17:41] <kirienne> wow Martine
[17:42] <the_Bee> My sister got it from the latterday Saints website. they're really big on genealogy
[17:42] <Kelos_al-Hazar> True, but not from AFT....it blocks on stuff that should be free...
[17:42] <Debbie-VB> I know Kelos. I'm saving for darkover and ITKS
[17:42] <Shiral> I'm just trying to save, period <G>
[17:42] <Kelos_al-Hazar> I'd be content (right now) to pay my bills without an NSF charge.
[17:43] <JastaElf> Kelos, many of us are in the same boat.  Just... breathe.  ;-)
[17:43] <KK> Amen, Kelos.
[17:43] <KK> Waiting for that Delivery & Acceptance check.
[17:43] <kirienne> yep, there is a verra big boat full of us :-)
[17:43] <JastaElf> I'm awaiting my first paycheck.  With desperation. ;-)
[17:43] <Debbie-VB> Oh well remember Kelos, money talks, but all it seems to know how to say is "goodbye"
[17:43] <Shiral> Neat, Katherine
[17:43] <JastaElf> LOL!  Good point, VB!!
[17:43] <Shiral> Get yourself something nice <G>
[17:44] <Mistyck> KK:  I found out that "Rami" is a common Israeli and Arab Palestinian name
[17:44] <Laura> I'm such a mutt that I wouldnt know where to start my geneology
[17:44] <Martine> Isn't it the truth, Debbie?
[17:44] <Colleen> My Scottish grandmother's greatest claim was that she was decendent of the persons who signed King Charles death warrent 
[17:44] <KK> The something nice will be reducing the overdraft, and thereby making our bank manager happier.
[17:44] <JastaElf> LOL!  I hear you there, KK!!
[17:44] <Sedina> I know the most about my Scottish heritage. I think that we've managed to trace that back to the 1400's
[17:44] <Shiral> That's a good start!
[17:44] <wrengl> that would make him happy katherine
[17:44] <Shiral> And you and Scott, as well
[17:44] <Shiral> <G>
[17:45] <Martine> Bank accounts in the black ink are a GOOD thing. <g>
[17:45] <Mistyck> yes they are
[17:45] <jp> I gotta run, great to see you all, great news about the book KK, i look forward to getting my advance copy and giving it a big plug in the Sci-fi fantasy dept at work
[17:45] <Shiral> Bye, JP
[17:45] <JastaElf> Night jp!!
[17:45] <Martine> Bye, jp!
[17:45] <Kelos_al-Hazar> Laura: With your parents, grandparents and so forth. You usually already know two generations' worth.
[17:45] <wrengl> bye jp
[17:45] * jp  has left #Deryni_Destinations
[17:45] <KK> Night, JP
[17:45] <Sedina> ack, missed jp
[17:45] * Dan_PreparingDinner is a mutt (on very short family break) Scot, English, German, Swiss, French & Cherokee..
[17:46] <Jessie> Katherine: (being nosey) is your payment just based on a $ for delivery of the manuscript or is there $ also based on sales?
[17:46] <the_Bee> My quaker ancestor loaned his oxen to George Washington to haul the cannons down to the Delaware River.  He sent his son along to make sure he got them back!
[17:46] <JastaElf> Hey KK, got a Deryni question: did Jared ever tell you how much he knew about Duncan's Mum before they were wed?
[17:46] <Debbie-VB> I've traced fathers side back 5 generations and mothers side back 6
[17:46] <KK> A contract usually pays in about 3 chunks.
[17:46] <KK> 1/3 on signing, 1/3 on delivery & acceptance, 1/3 on pubication, this balanced against royalties.
[17:47] <the_Bee> You told me that Vera never told Jared she was Deryni.  You never said he didn't know.
[17:47] <KK> That hasn't yet been established re Jared and Vera.
[17:47] <JastaElf> Darn.  I wish that man would talk!!  :-)
[17:47] <Dan_PreparingDinner> LOL
[17:47] <KK> He doesn't know when he marries her.
[17:47] * Dan_PreparingDinner is now known as Dan_CleaningUpFromDinner
[17:47] <Shiral> Funny Jasta, Wencit probably wished the same thing about Jared!
[17:47] <JastaElf> LOLOL!!
[17:48] <Martine> LOL!
[17:48] <kirienne> LOL
[17:48] <Shiral> Keeps his own council, Jared does!
[17:48] <Shiral> But then, Vera was probably pretty cautious, herself
[17:48] <KK> There's a good scene when Alyce and Marie find out that Vera is their sister.
[17:49] <Jessie> neat
[17:49] <Shiral> Cool
[17:49] * Martine can't wait
[17:49] <JastaElf> Oh cool!  Does Vera know?? 
[17:49] * Shiral barely can wait
[17:49] <KK> Vera has known for a while.
[17:49] * Debbie-VB is now beginning to be impatient to read it
[17:49] <Jessie> who told Vera?
[17:49] <Shiral> Beginning???
[17:49] <JastaElf> Oh wow, me too... verra impatient.,...
[17:49] <wrengl> lol debbie
[17:49] <KK> Vera is brought back to her father's household after Alyce and Marie are shipped off to the convent.
[17:49] <Debbie-VB> impatienter then
[17:49] <Shiral> I've pawed up a golf-course's worth of turf, already!
[17:50] <JastaElf> Oh wow!
[17:50] <Jessie> How/why --death of foster parents?
[17:50] * JastaElf is Vera Impatient. :-)
[17:50] <Shiral> LOL
[17:50] * Mistyck is too
[17:50] <Mistyck> lol
[17:50] * Colleen falls down laughing ....
[17:50] * Colleen wants to be like Nigel!
[17:50] <Martine> Shiral, I think I've pawed up at least a stable schooling ring ;-)
[17:50] <the_Bee> groooaaannn
[17:50] <Shiral> Wonder how impatient Vera herself is?
[17:50] * kirienne is also
[17:50] * Mistyck wants to be Dhugal's or Jesse's gal
[17:50] <Mistyck> lol
[17:50] <KK> Nope, fostered by her "real" parents to Keryell's court (and that of his new wife), at which time she begins her training.
[17:50] * JastaElf looks up expectantly and asks, "did someone mention Nigel Haldane?"
[17:50] <Shiral> Martine, you're an amateur <G>
[17:51] <Shiral> IN the pawing up turf department
[17:51] <Martine> Uh oh! Look out, Sedina! Mistyck's moving in on your lad!
[17:51] <Mistyck> Duncan McLain, Jasta
[17:51] <Shiral> I must have destroyed at least a golf course or two, by now <G>
[17:51] <Sedina> You can have Jesse, Mist, but not Dhugal 
[17:51] <Shiral> Dhugal belongs to Sedina
[17:51] <Mistyck> lol, Sedina, that's just fine by me
[17:51] <Jessie> true -- RD bought Dhugal here at the auction
[17:51] * Debbie-VB thinks "that's about the best thing you can do with a golf course"
[17:51] <Shiral> With or without the kilt
[17:52] <Martine> I think Sedina would take him either way. The kilt is removable ;-)
[17:52] <Mistyck> lol, Martine
[17:52] <kirienne> LOL Martine
[17:52] * JastaElf looks up expectantly and asks, "did someone mention Duncan McLain?"
[17:52] <JastaElf> sorry, slow on the uptake...
[17:52] <Mistyck> yes, ma'am
[17:52] <Mistyck> Duncan McLain
[17:52] <Sedina> Hey, there has been no kilt had in SGAK yet...
[17:52] * JastaElf looks up expectantly and asks, "did someone mention Duncan McLain?"
[17:52] <Shiral> Nigel Haldane, too
[17:53] <Martine> Patience... patience, Sedina! <g>
[17:53] * JastaElf looks up expectantly and asks, "did someone mention Nigel Haldane?"
[17:53] * JastaElf looks up expectantly and asks, "did someone mention Moat Monsters?"
[17:53] <wrengl> but SGAK is not finished yet
[17:53] <Martine> And there HAS been a little kilt. You got to hold it! <G>
[17:53] <wrengl> and then there is still SGHK
[17:53] <Shiral> And practically pull him off
[17:53] <wrengl> the sequel to SGAK
[17:53] <Martine> LOL!
[17:53] <Mistyck> and thanks KK for letting us experiment/play with your characters
[17:53] <Shiral> Yes, many thanks
[17:54] <KK> BTW, Julianne tells me that she's about to put out the call for stories for the next issue of Deryni Archives.
[17:54] <Martine> Pat - what about book 3? Sedina's Kiltletts?
[17:54] * JastaElf is all set for Julianne. <grin>
[17:54] <KK> And Jessie, I will get to your story in the next couple of weeks.
[17:54] <Shiral> Sigh....I'm not
[17:54] <Debbie-VB> what is SGAK?  asks the babe innocently
[17:54] <wrengl> forgot about that one
[17:54] <Martine> "Sedina Gets a Kilt", Debbie.
[17:54] <wrengl> figures though
[17:54] <wrengl> it is a deryni story
[17:54] <the_Bee> Is it true that Kenneth Morgan is Alaric's real father after all?
[17:54] <Martine> Dhugal runs into a certain Lady Sedina Fraser one midsummer's eve ;-)
[17:54] <wrengl> therefore of course it is a trilogy
[17:55] <KK> Yes, Bee.
[17:55] <Debbie-VB> Ooo, interesting
[17:55] <KK> He turned out to be too neat a character to cuckold.
[17:55] <the_Bee> GOOD! ;o)
[17:55] <Mistyck> yes, KK, she emailed me back earlier today in response to my email to her..asking if I was telepathic
[17:55] <Shiral> Oh good <G>
[17:55] <KK> A Guscat has just jumped onto my lap.
[17:56] <Mistyck> hi Guscat
[17:56] <wrengl> good on kenneth, kk
[17:56] <Debbie-VB> Hi guc cat
[17:56] <Shiral> Hello Guscat
[17:56] <kirienne> hi guscat
[17:56] * Sedina has a kitty asleep on the chair next to her... Looking very stressed out
[17:56] <wrengl> hi guscat
[17:56] <Shiral> Gus seems to like to chat <G>
[17:56] <Mistyck> he knows when your fans are around, KK
[17:56] <the_Bee> i have a secret theory that the Morgans are descended from Caeriessan royalty
[17:56] * Debbie-VB offers the guscat an ear scritchle
[17:56] <wrengl> what did you do to stress out a kitty
[17:56] <KK> They have all started shedding like mad.  It's definitely spring.
[17:56] <Martine> Arwen waves her tail hello to Guscats
[17:56] <Mistyck> lol
[17:56] <Sedina> Um...I don't know.  I haven't let her get enough sleep?
[17:57] <Mistyck> Chance says:  When is KK going to have her dogs around her, huh?
[17:57] <KK> They're too stinky.
[17:57] <Mistyck> lol
[17:57] <kirienne> LOL
[17:57] <Sedina> it's far too cold here for it to be spring yet...and they're still generating enough static electricity in their coats to light up the apartment
[17:57] <Mistyck> I'll tell him that
[17:57] <Martine> Arwen had a little traumatic run-in with the vacuum cleaner this morning. She's been hiding in the attic office ever since.
[17:57] <Debbie-VB> the cats won't let them near
[17:57] <wrengl> lol kk
[17:57] * JastaElf gets the mental image of royal Morgans shedding like mad in Caeriesse.... ;-)
[17:57] <Shiral> ??
[17:57] <Martine> LOL, Jasta!
[17:57] <wrengl> rotfl jasta
[17:58] <JastaElf> :-)
[17:58] <Sedina> lol Martine   All we have to do is open the closet that houses the vacuum and the kitties run for the bedrooms
[17:58] <kirienne> Oh Jasta, that made me nearly choke on my grape juice
[17:58] <Martine> This was much worse, Sedina. It attacked her without even a human nearby!
[17:58] <Sedina> lol Jasta
[17:58] <Jessie> Katherine:  no need to get to the story -- the fans want Annales
[17:58] <Martine> She had one of her fishing pole toys in her mouth and ran full-speed into the kitchen.
[17:58] <Sedina> They're evil machines, Martine...they would do that
[17:58] <Martine> The fishing pole string thing got caught in the vaccuum cleaner cord and she brought it crashing down at her.
[17:59] <JastaElf> Sorry kirienne!  :-)
[17:59] <KK> LOL martine.
[17:59] <the_Bee> one interpretation of "morgan" is "seaborn"--suitable for a scion of a sunken kingdom--or  <eg> a
sailor's bastard
[17:59] <Shiral> I was vacuuming  the other day, and a panicked Isadora squirmed out from under the dining room cabinet and RAN
[17:59] <Mistyck> ok, KK:  no one's bugged you about this yet, so I'll be the first:  WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO WORK ON THE 2ND BOOK OF CM?
[17:59] <Shiral> Vacuum attack??
[17:59] * Debbie-VB remembers one of her family's caTS ATTACKING THE VACUUM CLEANER AFTER IT HAD BEEN TURNED OFF
[17:59] <Sedina> lol Debbie
[17:59] <KK> By the end of the summer, Mistyck.
[18:00] <Mistyck> ooh, really,really cool, KK
[18:00] <JastaElf> Well, my dears, I need to head out... got some writing to finish up tonight if I can stay awake
[18:00] <Martine> Total vaccuum attack! My un-cuddle kitty cuddled my leg for the next 30 minutes!
[18:00] <Mistyck> nite Jasta
[18:00] <wrengl> night jasta
[18:00] <Shiral> Bye Jasta, Huggles!
[18:00] <KK> Our cats aren't too frightened of vacuums, fortunately, because our Lucy is very gentle with them.
[18:00] <Mistyck> g'luck on everything
[18:00] <Sedina> bye Jasta  *huggles*
[18:00] <kirienne> huggles and nighters jasta
[18:00] <JastaElf> Night all, and thanks for the huggles and stuff!!
[18:00] <Martine> Night, Jasta! Huggles!
[18:00] <Jessie> bye Jasta
[18:00] <Debbie-VB> nighters jasta *huggles*
[18:00] <Shiral> Bye Jasta Huggles
[18:00] <bynw> night JastaElf
[18:00] <KK> Nighters, Jasta.
[18:00] <Shiral>  Feel better!
[18:00] <JastaElf> I'll try
[18:01] <wrengl> kk now the ITKS is finished, will you have a chance to finalize Annales?
[18:01] * JastaElf makes a profound curtsey to everyone in the room and disappears.
[18:01] <the_Bee> nighters Jasta
[18:01] <JastaElf> night all!  Huggles all around!
[18:01] <KK> Jessis has just said I should do that ahead of her story--so I'll try to start on that in the next week or two.
[18:01] <wrengl> heeling woodgies, jasta
[18:01] <wrengl> be well
[18:01] <JastaElf> Thanks, I need 'em
[18:01] <JastaElf> Love you all!  Night!
[18:01] * JastaElf (Quit: The Fokker Triplane revs up and departs the bonds of earth with a sputtering roar....)
[18:01] <wrengl> good
[18:01] * kirienne sends Duncan to heal Jasta
[18:02] <wrengl> the araxie cover was sold and is just awaiting the zine to go to it's new owner, along with the Kelson cover
[18:02] <KK> Excellent, Wrengl.
[18:02] <Shiral> Hmmm, I think I'd better send you some of the burning questions for the Website too, KK
[18:03] <Shiral> I have a bit of an impressive backlog...
[18:03] <KK> Now's a good time.
[18:03] <Shiral> Ahah!!
[18:03] <Shiral> Not that I've been lying in wait, or anything....<G>
[18:03] <KK> Naaaah
[18:03] <kirienne> LOL
[18:03] <Shiral> =o)
[18:03] <Martine> Neither you NOR me, huh, Shiral? <g>
[18:03] * Shiral polishes her halo on her shirt tail
[18:03] <Shiral> Nope not us, Martine!
[18:04] * Martine knows better than to bother polishing her halo anymore
[18:04] * the_Bee repairs her halo with duct tape
[18:04] <KK> Well, I'd better sign off, guys.  I think I hear the taxi pulling up out front with our houseguests.
[18:04] <Mistyck> Martine, can you make it to genCon?
[18:04] <Debbie-VB> no of course not shiral.  You were just giving Katherine the space to finish ITKS
[18:04] <Martine> not this time, Mistyck.
[18:04] * RainbowDragon whispers to Shiral "zipper sisters column"
[18:04] <Kelos_al-Hazar> Be well, KK!
[18:04] <wrengl> night katherine
[18:04] <Sedina> have a wonderful night, KK
[18:04] <the_Bee> enjoy your week katherine
[18:04] <Martine> Huggles, KK!
[18:04] <Shiral> Night Katherine! Hugs and congratulations on completing the Book!
[18:04] <wrengl> nice to see you this evening
[18:04] <Jessie> Night, Katherine.
[18:04] <Shiral> Thanks for joining us, as always
[18:04] <Martine> See you later!
[18:04] <RainbowDragon> Goodnight, Katherine
[18:04] <Debbie-VB> Nighters katherine, and conga-rats on finishing the book
[18:04] <KK> See you next week.
[18:04] <Temprus> bye kk
[18:04] <kirienne> nighters and huggles KK, have a relaxing week if you can :-)
[18:04] <Debbie-VB> sleep sweet
[18:04] <Temprus> thx for the visit
[18:04] <Mistyck> nite KK
[18:04] <Shiral> Hmmmm! I think I heard somebody say something about "Zipper SIsters..."
[18:05] <Shiral> I shall have to consult with my Sister in Crime
[18:05] <Mistyck> thanks for the long visit KK
[18:05] <Martine> Oh no! Not the Sister in Crime!
[18:05] * KK steps onto her Portal and disappears in a shower of green sparkles.
[18:05] <Shiral> We have to decide on a topic first RD
[18:05] <Mistyck> lol
[18:05] <Shiral> And I still have to maintain momentum on the Atlas
[18:05] <RainbowDragon> ok
[18:05] * KK Quit
[18:05] * KK has left IRC