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finished Fellowship of Psys. She bitched about Scott all the way through (not a fan of our intrepid boy Consult. Sorry, Scott fans.) and pointed out my numerous blunders from over 20 years ago. Good kid. I like her. Go figure. Anyway, she claims she never finishes anything, so I decided to reward her with a meme tribute to her favorite Fellowship character, Johnny Valhailand. The following answers are by him.
LunaticStar, please select a character from Travel Diary and do the same. I'm dying to know more about any of them. The same goes for the rest of you, too, please. Answer the following questions from the POV of one of your own characters.
If you haven't done this meme before, here are the rules:
RULES:
1) Answer the questions below
2) Take each answer and type it into dA search box
3) Take a deviation from the first page of results (may use ' popular' or 'newest' ) and post thumb (for subscribers) or link (non-subscribers)
4) You can't copy the persons answers who posted this before you
1. The age you will be on your next birthday: 21 or 22… I don’t know how old I am now. Zach isn’t one to celebrate birthdays.
2. A place you'd like to travel: Back in time to stop it all from happening.
3. Your favorite place: When I was a kid it was playing in the dirt
4. Your favorite object: My guitar
5. Favorite food: A burger and a beer, though I am not too fond of stout despite what’s shown in this photo
6. Your favorite animal: The Golden Retriever puppy Zach made me leave behind on the Indian reservation
7. Your favorite color: Anything that isn’t black
8. The town/state/etc in which you live: We were gypsies; we lived everywhere.
9. Name of past pet: I had no pets. And the pup had no name.
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10. A dream come true: Seeing Sunday again.
11. Your nickname/screenname: Johnny or Jaybird
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12. Middle name: Christopher
13. Favorite Smell: The smoke from a cigarette
14. Bad habit of yours: Letting people die
15. Your first job: Being bait for one of Zach’s victims
16. Favourite Movie: Scanners. I used to wish I could make that happen to Zach. Or to me.
17. What are you doing right now? Sitting in a gray little cubicle underground.
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18. Whats The Weather Like? Boring. It never changes.
19. Favourite Sport: Skipping stones
20. Favourite Music/Style/Band: Oldies rock and roll.
finished Fellowship of Psys. She bitched about Scott all the way through (not a fan of our intrepid boy Consult. Sorry, Scott fans.) and pointed out my numerous blunders from over 20 years ago. Good kid. I like her. Go figure. Anyway, she claims she never finishes anything, so I decided to reward her with a meme tribute to her favorite Fellowship character, Johnny Valhailand. The following answers are by him. LunaticStar, please select a character from Travel Diary and do the same. I'm dying to know more about any of them. The same goes for the rest of you, too, please. Answer the following questions from the POV of one of your own characters.
If you haven't done this meme before, here are the rules:
RULES:
1) Answer the questions below
2) Take each answer and type it into dA search box
3) Take a deviation from the first page of results (may use ' popular' or 'newest' ) and post thumb (for subscribers) or link (non-subscribers)
4) You can't copy the persons answers who posted this before you
1. The age you will be on your next birthday: 21 or 22… I don’t know how old I am now. Zach isn’t one to celebrate birthdays.
2. A place you'd like to travel: Back in time to stop it all from happening.
3. Your favorite place: When I was a kid it was playing in the dirt
4. Your favorite object: My guitar
5. Favorite food: A burger and a beer, though I am not too fond of stout despite what’s shown in this photo
6. Your favorite animal: The Golden Retriever puppy Zach made me leave behind on the Indian reservation
7. Your favorite color: Anything that isn’t black
8. The town/state/etc in which you live: We were gypsies; we lived everywhere.
9. Name of past pet: I had no pets. And the pup had no name.
:thumb74954075:
10. A dream come true: Seeing Sunday again.
11. Your nickname/screenname: Johnny or Jaybird
:thumb21481013:
12. Middle name: Christopher
13. Favorite Smell: The smoke from a cigarette
14. Bad habit of yours: Letting people die
15. Your first job: Being bait for one of Zach’s victims
16. Favourite Movie: Scanners. I used to wish I could make that happen to Zach. Or to me.
17. What are you doing right now? Sitting in a gray little cubicle underground.
:thumb48930010:
18. Whats The Weather Like? Boring. It never changes.
19. Favourite Sport: Skipping stones
20. Favourite Music/Style/Band: Oldies rock and roll.
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Ooh. The last photo is lovely !XD