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-45 Sorry moogleman, I need to go pick up my little sisters. Good Luck! (And may the force be with you...)

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-30...? FIXED HAHA

-29! Dang it slow internet!!!

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-28 Nuuuuu!!!!!!!

-27 But I am all alone!

-26 ;p

-24 Thank you Big Boss!!!!

-26. The best I can do until someone else comes is to stop the number from dropping too far. (Haha, it's already at -26, though, it has not gotten past 14 since I joined...)

-26!!!!!

Square root of one hundred divided by two Translation to English non-mathey terms: five

5

(Of course! But I will use that to make things confusing... ) "Aurora?" Saturn started thinking out loud again, as her counterpart wasn't answering, "Oh, that makes sense, people of this time period wouldn't know that we can switch off. You said your name was Clover... Yes, actually, she did mention you just before we got here, but then, Aurora has been collecting all the information she could get her hands on in the last three thousand years. She probably knows at least a bit on everyone by now." 'Dang it. Probably should not be giving information to the enemy.' Saturnalia reprimanded herself. Uninfected? Then she remembered the reason she had taken over in the first place. "As delightful as this talk has been, I should get going. Places to be and what not. Please, do enjoy repaying the mortals, they haven't had to worry about me for 1600 years, after all. From what I have seen, they've gone soft." She knew Aurora would hate her for that, but it was true. She never liked humans before, and some things don't change even after 1600 years of stasis. Plus she needed a distraction . Such a remark coming from a notoriously pacifistic holiday might do the trick... ? 'Saturn.' Great, Aurora was back. 'Please protect those people. I know you think they don't deserve it, but these humans can't protect themselves. They need us, it is our duty to help them, and if you have a speck of sympathy left for them, or for me, you won't ignore that.' 'Fine, but if he gets too close to infecting us, we are leaving. Saturn readied her scythe and took an offensive stance , letting Clover make the first move. She wondered what her opponent would think of her rapid change of mind. Stupid idealist. (Edited to make things easier for Clover, because it is almost impossible to catch a flying runaway if you can't fly.)

'That took a while.' Saturnalia was complaining again. Aurora sighed and tried to think of some way to shut Saturn up before she gave her a headache again. At the same time it was nice, one of her best friends had been returned from death. Or stasis, the term death didn't fit. Shelving all her books except a helpful neurology one, Aurora gathered her materials. On instinct, she decided to leave her second notebook behind. The other holidays might find it helpful. She would have to contact them soon, so they wouldn't worry about her. After checking out her library book, Aurora left. 'Finally!' Exclaimed her mental tenant, 'so, where are we going?' 'Newgrange. I forgot some supplies.' 'It's been ages since I visited there!' Saturn sounded excited. 'How is the place holding up?' 'It looks great, considering it was built in the Neolithic age.' They continued conversing over the last 1600 years events until they were only two miles from Newgrange. 'Is something wrong?' Saturn questioned. 'Just a feeling.' Aurora was not sure, but there was a pit in her stomach like something bad was about to happen. 'We had better go somewhere else,' Saturn cautioned 'last time you told me you had a bad feeling, I didn't listen and got us infected.' 'No, it will be fine. Probably. But if something is going on, we should see if we need to help.' Aurora opened her bag, shifting past the books to find a wrapped up bundle. She took out the pieces and folded her scythe back in to shape. 'Woah!' Saturnalia shouted, her worries forgotten momentarily, 'fold up scythe! So cool!!!' Aurora smiled 'I have been learning everything I could about new technology and science since my creation, I really would be an idiot if I couldn't make my weapon smaller.' They began flying again, with the Winter Solstice ignoring her companions warnings, and slowed down as they reached Newgrange. Naturally, they found Clover as they walked up. 'No way! How could they find me this quickly...' Aurora was confused. She had been on pretty ok terms with Clover, and never stole from him or anything. Why would he come after her first? Maybe he was looking for Varmill? Saturn was on another thought pattern. 'He is infected? Ok, we need to get out now!' 'No, we have to help the humans! It is our duty to protect them from gloom!' 'Aurora, I am really sorry about this.' 'Wait!' That was the last Saturnalia heard as she forced her host to the back of their mind, taking control of her body. Immediately, her features began to change slightly, her hair and wings becoming more red and purple, and her eyes shifting from light to dark blue. Saturn took a step back, away from Clover, holding the scythe ready in front of her. "Who are you, and why are you toying with the mortals?" She demanded, while thinking 'I am one to talk... But I will ask for Aurora.' (Sorry guys, I just murdered realistic time difference... But I didn't want to ignore Clover. And Aqua... Fire, water, earth, air, and love... Yep, they are doomed. But thanks, I am glad you enjoyed my research!)

If your characters all had musical themes, what would they be? Aurora's would probably be , but I don't know.

I teach swim lessons to three year olds with two second attention spans... ;.(

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Sorry, you guys might not see Aurora for a little while longer, if she even makes it past Clover. If I am going to give her the good idealist traits, I need to use the bad ones as well, including the annoying introverted idealist tendency to not be great at working in groups due to not being able to explain their complicated ideas, and their resulting tendency to try to take on the world all alone. I am allowed to insult them because I am one.

Aurora frowned as she walked through the city. Dublin had changed a lot since she had been here last. She was beginning to worry that she might get lost. After a few minutes of searching, though, she found her destination. The holiday almost wanted to skip as she walked through the shelves, finding her books. There was something magical about being in a library that destroyed and rebuilt it's roof so that it could fit more books. 'Yes, it is quite fantastic," the voice in her head agreed. Wait... The voice in her... 'Saturn?' Of course it was possible that she was simply imagining things but- 'In one guess. Impressive.' She pulled a book on neurology off the shelf. 'What other voice would be in my head?' 'Well, you could be going insane.' A book on psychology. 'Am I not already?' A book on the renaissance. 'Good point.' 'I thought you were dead...' A more general history book. 'I was. To a degree. Actually, it was more like floating in outer space.' Aurora set the books down. 'And you came back how?' She questioned the voice inside her head. 'My hypothesis is that I was called back by the chaos or the gloom. It does match my holiday.' Saturnalia replied. 'But you aren't-' 'No, not infected anymore.' Aurora set down her huge stack of books and nodded. 'That's good. Do you want to provide a second opinion for my research?' She put one of her notebooks, the back up plan, on a table near some other books, a distance away from her. This book would serve to ensure that the other uninflected holidays and entities found her research if she was... Apprehended. It contained her notes mixed in with pages of fluff so that it would seem insignificant. On the back it said "if found, please return to Nick Aurora" followed by Nick's phone number, to tell him that it was from her. The younger holiday was not always on top of things, but she trusted him, and knew he could take care of this if she could not. Satisfied, Aurora sat down and began to read her neurology book. 'I have already decided that the gloom resides primarily in the brain and affects the rest of the body from there.' She informed Saturn. 'Yep,' her self inflicted other personality agreed, 'otherwise you would not have been completely cured when our minds separated at my death.' 'Aye, and then there is how it affects the mind. Impulsive action, violent reactions, poor general emotion control. Prefrontal cortex. Anxiety, grudges, habitual actions. Anterior Cingulate Gyrus. The most concerning is that gloom might be altering the Temporal Lobes. It would go a long way to explain Kuro's and Clover's actions, but...' Saturn read over her shoulder, 'Control of memory, object recognition, mood stability, how emotions tie into experience and memory... Holy crap! Even if we do find a cure this could cause serious lasting damage.' 'And I was not affected because you trapped most of the gloom in your part of the mind.' 'And I died, so we have nothing to test it on. Oh dear.' 'I have tried exploring medicines that could aide a persons brain for long enough that their immune system could fight off the gloom,' continued Aurora, 'but it seems to affect everyone differently, like how your emotions were enflamed and mine were dulled.' 'But that means...' 'Yep, every individual would need a different cure.' 'But there is no way you could keep up with how fast the gloom spreads!' Saturn protested. Her host sighed, adding to her notes. 'I hope we can find a better solution.' (Sorry, a bit long, but hey, I did my research. I actually did read a lot on the topics I listed. And my conclusion is that it looks hopeless. Please tell, Master Aqua7KH, how on earth are we going to get out of this? Magic? )

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aOeFkAthM-w I was speaking of Disney villains in general, but you are right, Shere Khan is a pretty fantastic character as far as dialogue goes.