First time to set foot on Northrend! Awesome view.

今天去图书馆，翻到一本历代帝王传，条件反射式地找了找某人的，结果居然相当出乎我的意料。那文章居然在说“（托孤给司马懿）曹丕没有错，司马懿为魏国抵挡了多次进攻”“司马懿这个时候没有反心”“曹丕的信任让司马懿更加为魏国尽心尽力”之类的话，虽然前后也夹杂着“但是他完全忘记了曹操的劝告”之类的话，但是就那几个句子都够让我惊奇一阵的了。

看来偶尔翻书还是可以翻到一些pleasant surprise的啊！

We arrived in a completely foreign land ten years ago, curious and naive. Watching the lights emerged from under our plane, we were excited.

Now, 10 years later, we are no longer the same. No longer the young teenage boys and girls. We have jobs, or are pursuing higher education; some are planning to marry very soon, some are looking for a house. 10 years still seem to be a concept too big for my mind to wrap around.

Our gathering on Saturday was pleasant and exciting. Squeezing in a small room in Sentosa, we played card games and board games, laughing and talking, all seemed to be familiar, yet different.

I can still remember we girls having language lessons in Cedar language room, visiting St Patrick House, going to 会馆, visiting MOE, having meeting in MOE Edutorium, listening to the rules about our O Levels, etc… There are so many things…

10 years in Singapore, I still can’t believe that’s how long we’ve been here.

今天翻箱倒柜找出好多乱七八糟的东西，大汗。古老的坑啊……Anyway, 反正这里也就是堆junk的地方，就堆一起好了。

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Prologue

Darkness.

Darkness surrounded everything. He couldn’t see. He couldn’t feel. It was a place of emptiness.

A distant and grim voice whispered, “Come. Come with me to a place of no return………”

Come………

Come………

Come with me………

Come with me………

………to a place of no return………

………a place of no return………

Bid farewell to your childhood………

Bid farewell………

Seifer woke up abruptly, sweating.  Stared into the darkness surrounded him, he mused.

It had been two months since Fujin and Raijin revived him and brought him back from Lunatic Pandora. He could hardly remember anything clearly. Neither could Fujin and Raijin. When they revived him, Seifer looked like just woke up from a nightmare, confused, and frightened, and, frustrated, didn’t know what had happened.

There were fragments of memories preserved, in the form of nightmares, visited him almost every night. But when he had woken up, the images in the dream would become blurred, and faded as the sun brightened the sky. He wanted to know what had happened. Fragments of memories made him upset, and scared. He wanted the complete story.
He could not sleep again tonight. He stood up and walked out of the room. Fisherman’s Horizon was very peaceful. Too peaceful that it could not fit his grim feeling. He walked to the harbor and sat down at the fishing spot.

What a peaceful night………

Suddenly, a dizzy feeling seized him. The scene of peaceful bay in front of him started to dissolve. When he opened his eyes again, he was in a different place.

(Where is this place? It looks strangely familiar!) Seifer wondered.

He looked around to find that it was a TV station; a small rostrum was standing in the middle of the room. At the left side of the room there was a door. Someone was inside– he could hear people’s voices. He approached the door cautiously and pushed it open. What he saw was the last he expected.

Edea, Sorceress Edea and……… himself, putting his gunblade to the President’s neck.

He was frozen.

Edea spoke softly, “………You want help, don’t you? You want to be saved from this predicament.”

He saw himself snapped exasperatedly, “Shut up!”

Edea spoke with a smile, “Don’t be ashamed to ask for help. Besides, you’re only a little boy.”

“I’m not……… Stop calling me a boy!” he saw himself snapped angrily again.

“You don’t want to be a boy anymore?” Edea’s voice was tempting.

“I’m not a BOY!” that Seifer shouted. He looked confused and bewildered.

“Come with me to a place of no return. Bid farewell to your childhood.” Edea extended her hand to invite him.

He watched himself let go of the president slowly, a dreamy smile appeared on his face, and followed the Sorceress, disappeared.

Seifer was watching this silently, thunderstruck. Seeing and hearing this was like a lightning struck the sky, lightened his whole memory. Fragments of memories, those nightmares, previously blurred and isolated, started to join together, forming a complete picture of his pass.

Sorceress……… Knight……… Garden……… SeeD……… War………

He was the Sorceress’ knight!

(No, I don’t want to see that all over again! I must find a way back!) He thought desperately.

And then the view started to dissolve again.

He opened his eyes abruptly. In front of him, it was still the serene bay of Fisherman’s Horizon under the starry sky. He was simply fallen asleep just now. At lease he thought he was just fallen asleep. That must be another nightmare. But would a nightmare be so real?

TBC (or not)

I can’t say enough how awesome this is.

Power of the Horde

Storm, Earth and Fire, heed my call!

I am the son of the wind and rain,
Thunder beckons and I heed the call.
If I die upon this day,
In battle I will fall.

Hear me brothers gather up the wolves, <howl>
To battle, we will ride.
War drums echo the beating heart,
Pounding from inside.

Chorus:
STORM
Black clouds fill the sky.
EARTH
I hear my battle cry.
FIRE
Thunder we’ll bring forth…
DEATH
From the power of the Horde…

Far Seer to the Warsong Clan,
To no man will I kneel.
Feel the power and the energy,
Born of black blood, honor, and steel.

I feel the fire burning in my veins,
Lightning strikes at my command.
By storm and earth, axe and fire,
We come to claim this land.

Chorus

-guitar solo-

Yeeeeaaaahhhh!

Surrounded by the enemy,
The wolf among the hounds.
Thunder turns to silence it,
Took the hundred to bring me down.

Wolf brothers falling at my side,
With honour I will die.
Upon the Altar of the Storms,
I will be reborn.

Chorus

STORM
EARTH
FIRE
DEATH <death sound>
The power of the Horde…

I am Murloc

From the coast of Westfall
To Black Fathom Deeps
Silent I’ll hunt you
Silent I will creep

Gliding through the depths
Gliding to your death
Upon the shore I rise
Hold my flippers to the skies

I am more than a fish
I am more than a man
Death will rise from the tide
I am Murloc!

I am king of the sea
But I’m not Aquaman
Death will rise
Hear our cry
RwlRwlRwlRwl
I am Murloc!

Hunter of the tides
I will end your life
Mourn your fallen brave
Sleep in a sunken grave

Feel the deadly fin
My nets drag you in
Bloodstained sand and gore
All that’s left upon the shore
RwlRwlRwlRwl RwlRwlRwlRwl

I am more than a fish
I am more than a man
Death will rise from the tide
I am Murloc!

I am king of the sea
But I’m not Aquaman
Death will rise
Hear our cry
RwlRwlRwlRwl RwlRwlRwlRwl
I am Murloc!

Empty eyes never blinking
Armored scales but never sinking
Puddle jumper, the Coastal Runner
Call me the Tide Hunter
Raise your flippers to the sky!
RwlRwlRwlRwl RwlRwlRwlRwl

I am more than a fish
I am more than a man
Death will rise from the tide
RwlRwlRwlRwl
I am Murloc!

I am king of the sea
Not a queen like Aquaman
Death will rise
Hear our cry
RwlRwlRwlRwl
I am Murloc!

I am death

从7月开始玩美服已经快到三个月了，这个周末刚刚冲到65级，估计还要段时间才能到80，sigh. 不过昨天去了法力陵墓，虽然灭了好多次差点就过不了，但是最后还是挣扎过去了，还挺开心的。法力陵墓真的是相当考验治疗的地方，特别是如果大家都对情况不熟悉的话- -

这个“我是MT”的主题曲《地狱咆哮的挽歌》还相当有意思，于是抄下来留念，XD

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起来饥寒交迫的奴隶 起来全部落受苦的人
满腔的热血已经沸腾 要为部落而斗争
德拉诺打个落花流水 奴隶们起来起来
不要说我们一无所求 我们要做战歌的主人

这是最后的斗争 团结起来到永远
巫妖王的毁灭 就一定要实现
这是最后的斗争 团结起来到永远
巫妖王的毁灭 就一定要实现

从来就没有什麽救世主 也不靠萨尔血蹄
要创造部落的幸福 全靠我们自己
我们要夺回寒冰之地 让自由照耀外域
快把那炉石彻底抛弃 要决一死战才能胜利

这是最后的斗争 团结起来到永远
巫妖王的毁灭 就一定要实现
这是最后的斗争 团结起来到永远
巫妖王的毁灭 就一定要实现

最可恨那些恶魔领主吃尽了我们的血肉
一旦把他们消灭乾净鲜红的太阳照遍部落

这是最后的斗争 团结起来到永远
巫妖王的毁灭 就一定要实现
这是最后的斗争 团结起来到永远
巫妖王的毁灭 就一定要实现
巫妖王的毁灭 就一定要实现

玩了好多天了，来做做日常好了-o-

先来几张图片，基本上是开始玩的前几天的图，中间有一张换着衣服玩。

那张战场的照片是第一次进战歌的结果，虽然输了，但是打得很兴奋。而前天另外打了一场战歌特别开心，是我赢的第一场战歌啊！而且我们八个人对他们九个，足足打了二十来分钟，十分过瘾。虽然我自己挂了很多次，但是成功杀了对方一个来抢旗的，另外在联盟一群人追着我们的旗手过来的时候很英勇地冲过去冰了一下，虽然不出三秒我就挂了，但是旗子安全进垒了，我十分满足！虽然我PVP很菜，但是……战场中还是偶尔能发挥点作用的不是|||||

昨天做任务冲到了31级了，没敢下战场，基本上进去肯定被秒的多，今天准备继续升级……做任务的时候好奇从灰谷跑去艾萨拉，结果发现那里的怪都是骷髅级别的，跑了一次尸体才跑到飞行点||||| 在飞行点旁边坐下没多久就下起了瓢泼大雨，真的是瓢泼大雨，耳边雨声哗啦啦的……坐在地上感觉很是凄凉，但是艾萨拉的红叶的确很漂亮，不虚此行。

最后发现nga有个签名生成器……跑去弄了张……

刚才经历了在游戏里面最糟糕的一天，一次组队，我现在都已经不知道说什么好了。

本来好好地跟着一队人在下副本，副本里面的怪都可以剥皮，于是我就偶尔留在后面剥，后来发现大部分时候尸体都很快消失了，留意了一下还发现有剥皮的声音，看了看battle log发现原来队伍里也有一个圣骑是剥皮的。当时也没想什么，觉得他剥一些我剥一些不就好了，后来发现他手脚很快，大部分都很快被他剥完了，于是就也没花多少心思继续剥了，只是在看到身边恰好躺着一具怪的尸体的时候会过去剥，就这样一直倒也相安无事。

结果快出到门口的时候他忽然冲我在队伍频道说了一句：“Please don’t steal my leather.” 当时就很火大地想对他说：“If you need to have the leather you could have asked more nicely, instead of accusing people of stealing.” 结果在我打完这话之前队伍里面另外一个猎人说话了，问他说怎么那些皮就成他的了？然后他回答说他是Skinning的，我当时就想我也是呢，代表啥？那个猎人马上也就回答了他说他也是剥皮的，我便接着说“And me, too”，正好在我发出这话的同时那个圣骑说：“I am just talking to Elyste. You take the leather I skinned.” 我当时愣了一下，我完全没有注意，实在以为全都是自己剥的，好吧，如果是这样算我错了，于是我当时就道歉说：“I am Sorry, I didn’t notice that you skinned it, I thought I skinned it myself. Didn’t mean to do that.” 那人良久没有反应，这时正好大家已经出了副本，当时一赌气之下就离队了，后来想想不太好就密语队长道了下歉。

之后越想越郁闷，生平第一次被人叫小偷，十分窝火，但是又觉得这样的乌龙事还是要道歉一下比较好，最好把东西还给他算了。结果就密语了那个圣骑，对他再次说“I am sorry, I didn’t mean to take the leather. I didn’t know that it was your skinning. I would return the leather I gather just now if you like. ” 然后他回了一句：“It’s fine, I don’t care.” 可是我又气不过他的态度，便又对他说了一句：“But next time if you are not sure whether the person is stealing, it would be better if you could use a more neutral word, like taking. It hurts my feeling that you call me a thief. But I am sorry though.” 然后他就彻底不理我了。我想来想去更加郁闷，你这分明就不是“it’s fine”的态度，于是我干脆跑到邮箱把刚才拿到的所有leather全都给他寄了去。我可真怕他到处宣传我是个小偷，我把所以可能是他的东西还给他，反正到时候他要是敢对别人说我就可以理直气壮和他当面对质了。当时真是委屈得不得了啊，恨不得随地抓个人过来解释。

接着还是越想越不爽，而且我开始怀疑这剥皮是谁剥出来的根本就无法判断，我拿的每一张皮在我拿出来之前都是我先在尸体上点了“剥皮”才出现的，后来我特地去做了试验，剥出来了的东西如果没拿，下次再拿的话是普通的loot标志，根本就不会出现剥皮的标志，而别人剥出来的皮如果被我拿了，也应当是同样的情况。我都不知道他凭什么就说我“偷了”他的东西，我还一开始没有抗议他把所以的皮都剥光了呢！而最后还有一个可能就是我开了auto loot，所以电脑手脚可能比较快，剥出来马上就被我拿去了，然后他那边正好他也剥出来，然后他就以为是自己剥出来的被我拿了。

总之我现在是满肚子火气不知道往哪儿发，郁闷死我了，遇到这么个顽固的家伙，生生毁了我游戏的乐趣。我以后继续玩WOW的时候搞不好都要天天想起这里有个家伙（在无法证实的情况下就）说我偷他东西！！！

但是我等不及了，于是冲动地把WOW给买回来，直接投奔美服去了。从安装到完成花了N长时间，暴雪的补丁还真是一个比一个大|||||安装完毕可以进入游戏的时候我真是满心欢喜的感觉啊！

然后挑服务器挑了好久，本来想找个部落优势服的，但是挑来挑去头都大了，最后干脆就看到一个还不是差太远的就选了，名字叫做Silvermoon我很满意，但是部落和联盟的活跃比例是1：1.6，联盟多了一半多的活跃人数，比较郁闷，但是也不管了，懒得再找了。

角色没有什么好说的，血精灵、法师，这是早就这么想好了的。话说我从Final Fantasy年代就很向往Mages，现在总算也是可以试试看了吧！

My Blood Elf Mage

逐日岛和银月废墟的任务都做得很快，实在是做了太多次了，而且难度都不算大，但是之后的幽魂之地的任务，实在是做得我吐血啊吐血啊！到处都是主动怪，一不 小心就挂了，然后还有好几个elite任务，最后更糟糕的是幽魂之地实在是压抑得不得了，在那儿呆久了真的心情不好！跟永歌森林里面阳光明媚的样子真是天 差地别，实在让我不想呆||||恰好这时一个牛头小德（！）在塔奎林的飞行点旁边问我要不要去奥格瑞玛下副本，于是我就欣然前往了。除了牛头小德之外还有一个亡灵贼一兽人战士一个血骑，然后俺跟着他们进了第一个副本Ragefire Chasm，就在奥格瑞玛城里头。在里面虽然死了很多次，但是的确挺有乐趣的……这个副本应该是WOW里面最简单的一个了，我们几次灭都是因为太大意了，拉到太多怪，要么就是有人不耐心，在小德没蓝的时候还继续打，除此之外真没什么难度……

总之慢悠悠地到了15级了，这里是wowarmory上我的角色资料。还真挺佩服暴雪把所有数据内容都公布出来了- -||||连我被KO多少次，其中多少次是摔死的都知道，orz……

混乱之治实在是打得不耐烦了，卡在Undead摧毁银月的战役上，我看阿尔萨斯都看烦了，暴雪的宠儿还真是好命，真是不爽，还要去帮他毁银月，我不乐意打了！于是干脆跳过混乱之治直接跑冰封王座……我期待着我的Blood Elves.

可惜也还是只能从头来，一开头的先是Night Elves的战役，经过一个多星期的奋战还没完全搞定，擦汗，明显我就不是玩Warcraft的料啊……不过值得高兴的是小凯同学在NE第六节战役出来了，第六章就是传说中的泰兰德和玛维帮助小凯护送车队的经历。看到他出场和破了这关的一路经历，对暴雪的不满更上了一个台阶……果然玛法里奥和萨尔就是那被最大的主角光环笼罩的人。凯尔萨斯出场明明就是彬彬有礼的，就算在NE面前也十分大方毫不失礼，举止有度进退合宜，结果在TBC里面暴雪都给描写了个什么形象啊！！！啐！

果然配角没好命么？！

还是逐日岛……还有几张银月城。好吧，游戏玩不上我就只能自娱自乐了么。

奎尔萨拉斯的夜色……

没有游戏玩，只好自己捣鼓这个。

血精灵新手村逐日者之岛以及远眺银月城的景色，前面六张是用猎人鹰眼术在金色沙滩上拍的，后面九张则是爬到法瑟林学院楼顶上拍的……我觉得效果还凑合。

台服彻底关闭了所有服务器的人物创建……我还是晚了一天啊啊啊啊！泪奔了……

看哪天我一狠心就玩美服去了！！！

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Character Derailment

When an established character becomes largely different, exhibiting behavior contrary to what has been previously shown. This is not a matter of organic growth.

This has happened a lot in World Of Warcraft. Cynical or embittered players point the finger at the transition from a storyline-driven RTS to an MMO and the need to supply players with new and interesting things to kill. More charitable ones blame the inherent restrictions upon storytelling presented by a game where the player’s perspective on NPC Character Development is limited.

* The leader of the Blood Elves, Kael’thas, once a hero driven by the survival of his people and their honour in his initial appearance in Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne. He remains loyal to the Alliance up until the moment his people were about to be executed en masse (to satisfy a warlord’s racism) and joined with Illidan Stormrage (who’s only motive at that time was to take over the demon-dominated Outland and be left alone) because he believed it was the only way to save them from magic addiction. In World Of Warcraft he is an Evil Overlord without any redeeming qualities, willing to sacrifice his entire people away to summon the very demon lord in charge of the forces responsible for the destruction of his homeland. When confronted for the final time, a horrifically warped Kael claims that he never was loyal to Illidan in the first place and calls Kil’Jaeden (the fore-mentioned demon lord) “master” with almost a loving voice. An often-cited explanation for the change is fel magic, which he keeps slurping down like water, but it’s arguable whether or not it can entirely change a person’s core being into its complete mirror image in six years or so. The game itself seems to consider Kael was always like this.

Motive Decay

A sort of Character Derailment where a villain with an initially complex and even reasonable motive for his actions is Flanderized into a Flat Character who is simply evil for pure, unadulterated love of evil.

Kael’thas in Warcraft 3 was a sympathetic character who allied with Illidan because had no other choice and wanted to save his people. In World of Warcraft,he has become a power crazed evil overlord and demon worshiper who would gladly kill off his people to ensure the victory of the demons. One of whom is the very demon that arranged for his people’s decimation in the first place.

Thanks you very much, TVtropes! You said all my complaints.