The Beyonders: White Lake, Betrayal, Jasher part 3

So we left off where Rachel learns Ferrin’s a spy. She tells Jason, and he gets really mad. It was all a set up!!! Ferrin admits it. He says that he is a spy sent to spy on them, but he is only an observer, so he is free to be their friend. He claims most of it was genuine. He made up a few lies in the beginning to gain their trust. He can't nor would he ever harm them, but he can understand completely why Jason thinks he's a jerk and openly says it. He tells them they should never trust him again. They tell him to switch sides, but he's never going to switch sides. He tells them to accept the feast, and live in paradise. If they do not, they will surely be killed, and he doesn't want that for his two "friends". He tells them while they are in Harthenham he will try to find a way to send them back home. After some thought, Rachel stands her ground and declines the opportunity. Jason follows her lead. They tell Ferrin to go and immediately, just as Ferrin said, they're in deep doo doo! well, I'm not going to talk about Jasher this time yet,
so
DINGBAT OUT!!!!!!

The Beyonders: White Lake, Betrayal, and Jasher

Ok, so when we left off, Rachel was jogging on white lake. As she jogs, it starts getting hotter and hotter as she gets closer to the island. It gets so hot so fast she starts to get exhausted almost immediately. She gets so weak that her legs feel like rubber and her whole body is on fire. She gets to the point where she tries to run but her legs won't go anymore, so she falls and she almost dies. The only thing that saves her is her quick thinking. She rolls and regains her footing. Once she reaches the mountain of rocks she collapses, unconscious. She finally awakes and finds an entrance in the mountain and walks in, and as she descends she realizes it gets cooler to her relief. She finds a head lying on the ground and it starts talking to her. It’s a displacer whose name is Asar, and all she sees of him are his head and one arm. She is startled at the sight and asks him what happened. He tells her how he betrayed Maldor and his body was put in a box except for his head and his arm. Those were smuggled out by his friend and his bodyguard, Rex. His friend escapes with his head and swims until he reaches shore. By that time he is absolutely exhausted. He brings Asar to the White Lake and leaves him there. He survives because his heart's still beating and as long as it does he remains alive. Also, he eats moss that his hand brings to him, and drinks water from his hand as well. He asks her to bring his head to the water so he can drink and she does so. He then tells her the 6th syllable of the word, which is DRA. However, the most important thing he tells her is that his friend who saved him was a displacer, and all displacers work for Maldor as his spies. Their only "real friend", Ferrin, is a displacer, so what can that mean??? NO!!!! HE'S A SPIE!!!!!

SUSPENSE BUILDS AGAIN!!!!

DINGBAT OUT!!!!!

The Beyonders: Betrayal, close encounter,Jasher

In the Beyonders so far, Jason goes to Court to get his title as Lord Jason of Caberton recognized and immediately after he challenges Copernum, the Chancellor, to a battle of wits.  Jason wins, where everybody else fails and takes his title as Chancellor.  Copernum tells him he will be a dead man by morning.  Because of this threat Jason sleeps under his fancy new bed, so if an attempt is made he will be safe.  He arranges pillows so that it looks like he's in the bed sleeping.  He keeps his Poniard ready to use.  Sure enough, there is someone in the room who tries to kill him.  Fooling the numerous body guards. Jason waits until he gets near and turns and he cuts severing the assassin's achilles tendon.  The man screams, and the body guard rushes in ready to protect him.  The assassin attacks him and stabs him with a knife that is covered in blood bane, a poison with no antidote. They take Jason to the Regent and they go inside the lore vault.  They talk for a while and then Jason is presented with a letter from Maldor to come attend the eternal feast, which is in Harthenham and is a place of paradise where people are offered to go who oppose Maldor.  If they're gone and out of the way, then the threat is gone.  It is truly paradise on Earth.  Jason shows genuine interest, and tells Dolan the Regent that he wants to go, and asks if he can have a carriage ready.  Dolan complies immediately and by morning Jason is at the Stumbling Stag where Ferrin is.  Soon after Rachel arrives on a horse.  Her escape was planned and aided by Nicolas himself.  Then they continue in the carriage together to a place called White Lake, where another piece of the word is hidden.  By this time Jason has decided that he does not want to accept the invitation to the eternal feast, but to continue in pursuit of the word.  They arrive in White Lake, and Jason dismisses the driver of the carriage and tells him this is their final destination.  The driver hesitantly leaves, and they go to investigate the lake.  Oddly enough, the lake is a creamy white color, and looks completely solid.  Yet when you place something inside, it sinks immediately, like suction.  Jason skips a rock across it, and it bounces nearly ten times before sinking.  Things stay afloat when pressure is applied, and it loosens when something is put gently into it.  It’s almost like running on concrete.  They need to cross the lake in order to get to the center island.  Jason experiments by hopping really hard on the lake, going some distance and then back again.  It’s really stinky and hot out on the lake.  Rachel demands that Jason keep his promise and let her take the risk.  This is much more risky because one bad step and she'll be sucked up into the lake and die.  But she insists because she's very stubborn and supports the argument by mentioning the fact that she is a conditioned runner. So she sets out on the lake.

SUSPENSE BUILDS!!!!!!
DINGBAT OUT!!

Something The Lord Made, One Of My Favorite Films!!!!

I recently discovered a film that has Alan Rickman in it called Something The Lord Made, and it is an absolutely incredible piece of work.  It is based on a true story about the first heart surgery ever performed by Doctor Alfred Blalock and Doctor Vivienne Thomas.  The events happen in a time period of about 15 years, from 1930 to 1945.  The story begins in Nashville, Tennessee, in a time when African Americans were treated less than whites in society, especially in the South.  Vivienne Thomas, an African American man who was previously working as a carpenter was offered a post as a janitor, that’s right, a janitor for Doctor Blalock.  Doctor Blalock is almost immediately impressed with his desire and interest in the human body and anatomy, so he allows him to start working with him in research.  At the time they met, Doctor Blalock was working on finding cures for shock.  In the movie, you really learn what kind of person Doctor Blalock was.  He was very committed to proving things wrong, and being the first one to accomplish the "impossible" at the time.  I love this man because he has many of the attributes and attitudes that I possess in myself.  If you ask any of my teachers, they will tell you I am always looking for big projects to do; projects that have never been done before.  I don't care how much research and work needs to be done, all I care about is the feeling I get when I accomplish something exceedingly hard, something beyond the complexity and intelligence of my years.  I seek exception.  It also helps too, perhaps, that the role of Doctor Blalock was played by an amazing Actor:  Alan Rickman.  If the character wasn't portrayed amazingly well, it wouldn't have done him justice.  Alan was nominated for Best Actor because of his outstanding performance, and now I see why.  For a Brit, he pulls of an impressive Southern Tennessee accent.  My favorite thing, or attribute the movie so expertly conveys is the unique, genuine and respectful relationship that the Doctor and Vivienne had.  He didn't accept jobs if they didn't accept his friend.  To Doctor Blalock, Vivienne was a regular person, no different from anyone else.  He deeply respected him, and considered him his superior in surgical performance.  In fact, when he was to perform the heart surgery, he personally paged Vivienne to help him and walk him through it because they wouldn’t page a black person.  That kind of trust between a black man and a white man was unseen in that time.  Anyway, the chemistry between Rickman and Mos Def (plays Vivienne Thomas) was irresistible.  The acting of all the cast was top-notch, and the story was incredible, absolutely incredible!!!! 

Well, that's all for now, 

DINGBAT OUT!!!!!

I'M SO HAPPY!!!!!

My friend Jake is so nice to me!!!  He's so thoughtful!!!!!  He knows how much I love Alan Rickman and he gave me a picture today that he drew of him.  I mean, he literally drew it for ME!!!!  I thought that was so cool.  I'm tickled pink!!!!!  It doesn't look exactly like him, but for 10 minutes (max) it's quite impressive.  Besides, it's the thought that counts.  I asked him to sign it, and he signed it in his famous signature.  I wish I could put it on here but for some stupid reason I don't have life frame so I can't take pictures!!!  But anyway, it was awesome!!!!  Here, I'll put the picture that he based his drawing on.

Dingbat out!  

Ferrin, Trensincourt, Nicolas, and Copernum- The Beyonders, Part 2

Jason and Rachel come to this town after travelling awhile and agree to eat there. However, when in the town they are immediately encountered with danger.  Jason is eating with Ferrin and Rachel and he suddenly feels a sharp pain on his side.  It turns out to be the two men from the rescue group for the Giddy Nine.  They’re holding a knife to him.  Ferrin sees this and starts attacking them.  He hits one of the men; I believe it was the tall skinny one, in the neck, on the Adam's apple, sending him crumpling to the ground, gasping for air in pain. Then the Constable of the town comes out.  Enraged, he says, "What is the meaning of all this?  What’s going on?"  So anyway Jason, Ferrin, Rachel, and the other man are taken to the dungeon/ jail.  Not long after that, word gets to the prisoners that the man Ferrin struck had died.  Ferrin said, "We have to get out of here. We will be executed."  Ferrin comes up with a plan to escape.  He is in a cell with Jason, Rachel is in a cell by herself, and so is the other man.  Ferrin tells Jason to act as if he is asleep, and start moaning, as if he is having a nightmare.  This is to attract the guard to him.  Once outside the cell, Ferrin will knock him out.  It works, and they get the guard inside the cell.  Then Ferrin pulls his hand off and throws it at the wall to where the keys hang.  He finally grabs them after a couple tries, and unlocks the door of their and Rachel's cell.  They take the weapons off the knocked out guard and open the door.  There is another guard outside and they lock him in the cell and knock him out. 

They then go and steal some horses and ride out.  Jason had not really ridden before, so it was jarring when the horse started galloping and cantering because he didn't know how to place his body.  After a while he finally got the hang of it.  So they ride for a while and then start walking until they get to Trensincourt. Ferrin is not favored in Trensincourt, so he can't go in because it's a rough city, but he tells them he will wait for two weeks at an Inn called the "something" Stag (I can't remember exactly).  He gives them a gold pellet and a silver pellet that were not stolen because they were in his shoe, and they head off to Trensincourt.  Once there, they immediately begin inquiring for Nicolas, and this little boy escorts them to where he lives which is in an alley.  They come to the door and knock, and it is answered by a woman that looks like one of those biker chicks:  really buff, and hard core.  Anyway, she doesn't let them in at first, even though Jason shows her the ring on his finger, and mentions Galloran.  She says he's ill, and cannot be disturbed.  She slams the door.  Jason knocks again, and she answers it this time with a crossbow in her hand.  She talks with Nicolas and lets them in. They find Nicolas to be a man with no legs in a harness.  He’s old and worn.  They talk for a while, and Nicolas tells him he needs to be careful in Trensincourt.  They discuss the word, and where pieces of it can be found.  Nicolas says one syllable can be found in the Lorevault, but only the Chancellor and Regent are allowed in..........

There's more I have to say, but for next time! Hehehehe!

DINGBAT OUT!!!!