New to the forum - not to Animorphs

[ellie]

Im not good when it comes to introducing myself, the 'spotlight above my head' thing isnt very appealing to me. So when it comes to introducing myself to a group of people, I tend to tell them a story about my life, no doubt an embarrassing story but it makes the process a bit more bearable for everyone.

My name is Ellie. And this may seem a bit sad to you, or maybe you can relate, but my first crush wasn't exactly what you would call 'normal'. It wasn't a hollywood movie star, or the boy in primary school who would always put paint in my hair. It wasn't the hot music teacher or the boy next door. It was. . . Marco. Sweet, funny, charming, cute, witty Marco. But there were problems, how was an 11 year old year old girl meant to elope with the boy she adored if she doesn't know his last name. The phone directory was not going to work. Oh and how was this relationship going to work when poor, adorable Marco was a fictional character from a book? Of all the boys out there who I could be crushing on, I had to pick one who wasn't even real. So, I spent my teenage years looking for a boy who was cute, witty, charming, indifferent, clever and sarcastic all in one. If I couldn't have the real deal then I wanted at least someone like him. Marco was perfect for me, everything I could ever want all wrapped up into one person. But throughout those horrible teenage years, I never found him. 'So not fair' I thought, all my friends in highschool got to date boys who they liked, and although I dated, it wasn't anyone who I liked enough. So highschool finished, I graduated and I realised something. Out of the 50 girls in my year I was one of the two girls who had not gotten pregnant. (New Zealand does have the highest teenage pregnancy rate, and my school wasn't exactly a school owned by nuns.)Sure my obsession for a boy who didn't exist was pathetic, but it made me so determined to get what I wanted, that at 17 years old I wasn't knocked up, had been accepted into university and wasn't in rehab for a drug or alcohol addiction. Isn't it amazing how one book can affect your life so much? Now at 21 years old I am married to the most amazing guy. He is witty, charming, cute, funny, loving. . . .etc . . . , and I owe it all to the Animorphs.

So that's me for an introduction, now tell me a bit about you. Tell me why your here and what it means to you. Talk to you soon.

[HiImshort]

*Walks out of cave.* Who woke me up? Oh Ellie. Welcome Ellie. I'm the only Mewtwo you'll ever be able to say hi to. I'm also Lurch! on chat so welcome. Warning, be careful of the Seal.

[Gaz]

Hey there! Welcome to RAF! I'm Gaz, nice to meet you!

[KitsuneMarie]

Ellie! I'm so happy you're here! It's great talking with you in RAFchat, woohoo!

And don't worry, I totally crushed on Jake (among a zillion other fictional characters, including Han Solo, Indiana Jones, Aragorn... you name it).

[Cloak]

*swirls his cloak and enters the room, only to land on a rocket powered roller skates, and is forced into a Rube Goldberg-esque contraption, that ends up spritzing him in the face with seltzer water.*

Ughhhhh . . . not funny, Faerie . . .

Anyway, Ellie, I'm known as Cloaky or simply Cloak.

. . .

Oh, I can't resist:

[spoiler]Parody #057:

Tocade: It is with deepest pride and greatest
pleasure that we welcome you tonight.
And now we invite you to relax, let
us pull up a chair as the RAF proudly presents -
your welcoming luncheon!

Be our guest
Be our guest
Put our service to the test
Tie your napkin 'round your neck, cherie
And we provide the rest
Soup du jour
Hot hors d'oeuvres
Why, we only live to serve
Try the grey stuff, it's delicious
Don't believe me? Ask the dishes
They can sing
They can dance
After all, newbie, this is RAF
And a lunch here is never second best
Go on, unfold your menu
Take a glance and then you'll
Be our guest
Oui, our guest
Be our guest

Beef ragout
Cheese souffle
Pie and pudding "en flambe"
We'll prepare and serve with flair
A culinary cabaret
You're alone
And you're scared
But the banquet's all prepared
No one's gloomy or complaining
While the flatware's entertaining
We tell jokes

RAFguys: And it's all in perfect taste
That you can bet

All RAFians: Come on and lift your glass
You've won your own free pass
To be out guest

Tocade: If you're stressed
It's fine dining we suggest

All RAFians: Be our guest
Be our guest
Be our guest

Esty: It's a guests
It's a guest
Sakes alive, well I'll be blessed
Wine's been poured and thank the Lord
I've had the napkins freshly pressed
With dessert
They'll want tea
And my dear that's fine with me
While the cups do their soft shoeing
I'll be bubbling, I'll be brewing
It'll get warm
Piping hot
Heaven's sakes! Is that a spot?
Clean it up! We want the company impressed
We've got a lot to do
Is it one lump or two
For you, our guests?

RAFians:
Be our guest
Be our guest
Our command is your request
With your meal
With your ease
Yes, indeed, we aim to please
While the candlelight's still glowing
Let us help you
We'll keep going

Course by course
One by one
'Til you shout, "Enough! I'm done!"
Then we'll sing you off to sleep as you digest
Tonight you'll prop your feet up
But for now, let's eat up
Be our guest
Be our guest
Be our guest
Please, be our guest

[/spoiler]

[demos666]

Welcome mortal, enjoy your stay

[DinosaurNothlit]

Aw, it's too bad you never found Marco.  I'm sure he would have died of happiness to hear that a girl was so taken with him.  Then again, being Marco, he probably would have said something like, "Take a number."  But congratulations on finding his real-world counterpart.

Anyway, I'm DinosaurNothlit, but most call me Dino or DN.  A few call me Nothlit, and that's fine too.

Welcome to RAF!  Hope you like it here.

[goom]

hey, welcome to the forum!
if you need anything, ask me (or another staff). we'll try to help out.

also, if you use skype, i can send you a list of other RAFian contacts.

[Shark Akhrrana]

oh you are not the only one. My first crush was on a fictional character too. i think its quite common i suppose.
Anyway welcome to RAF you will love it here

[ellie]

Thanks everyone for being so welcoming, it's really nice of you.

And in regards to all those social-watsits sites like Skype and myspace, I only have facebook. But your welcome to add me, my email addy is juliet_n_her_romeo@hotmail.com, just leave a note about the forum so I know who you are when I add you. Cant wait to get to know you!!!

[Alic]

welcome!
I am still looking for a Marco, myself. glad one of us got lucky..

not everything is bad about being a young mom though, i was 18 when i had my son and he's changed my life

[Kit Cloudkicker]

Hi Ellie! Glad you found your way to the forum! It's been great talking to you in chat (I'm Shalner(Jess)) over there.

Also, Skype is like a free instant messaging/internet calling thing, not a social site.

[Myitt]

Hey Ellie!  I'm Tara (and thus Tara in RAFchat ), welcome to RAF!  (Myitt's just my Yeerk name, when I play one on TV.  Or online.  Or...whatever, weird obsessions are definitely acceptable here xD)

You're going to fit in great here, haha, I didn't even realize you were brand new until just now!  Which goes to show how attentive I am 

[goom]

Also, Skype is like a free instant messaging/internet calling thing, not a social site.

it's good for group conversations and video chat.

[Dameg]

wHELLcome, Ellie!
I'm Vis... I'm Dameg, another RAFian. Come with me, please, I have something to show you. It's here, after this door *Open a heavy door* We call them the RAFprojects. *Lead Ellie to a long and dark hallway, with many doors, some in the dark, some with light coming from the other side. Arrive near the first door* Here at your left...

- The Ebooks project: [Help wanted!] Animorphs (http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php?board=14.0), Remnants (http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php/topic,157.0.html <= finished) and Everworld (http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php/topic,331.0.html); we need somebody to scan the volume #10 of Everworld, and the other Everworld/Animorphs ebooks need to be cleaned a little (mistakes, we don't know where the chapters begin and finish, etc.) so if you wanna be a correcter... call me, I head that projects.

Facing it is...

- RAFipedia: http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php?board=22.0, an encyclopedia headed up by Estelore, our star (a true star, who make light and burn in space... but she has a body to come on Earth);

Next it's...

- the Audiobooks project: http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php?board=15.0, a full-cast audio version of Animorphs who need more "actors" and voices, headed by Kit Cloudkicker (Jess), MrGuy, Morfowt, and Wildweathel;

and here...

- the Graphic Novel project: http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php/topic,416.0.html and http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php/topic,2276.0.html, a Webcomic headed by Gafrash.

You also have...

- the Smiley project: http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php/topic,1691.0.html, we make Animated gifs, smileys about Animorphs (Andalites, Hork-Bajirs...);

here and facing it is...

- the Translation project: http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php/topic,1907.0.html, a recently started project/mutual support group for translations into other languages; currently only in French (Tocade, Anidragon and myself), Chinese (Morfowt), Indonesian (Nat), Swedish (Mira and Zana), and Esperanto (Wildweathel); we translate only the volumes never edited in our countries/languages, to make the ebooks;

Next door is for the special project:

- http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php/topic,3738.0.html: the adventures of the RAFians;

At the end it's for the little projects:

- the http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php/topic,3810.0.html;

- the http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php/topic,3911.0.html to make the planets we hear about in Animorphs;

- the paper-RPG project: a role-playing game (on table, with paper, pen and dices...) about the World of Animorphs; I head this project, and it'll be write in French at the beginning, but we need help to find, class and write everything we know about the species, the planets, the powers we see in Animorphs, fix them, see what we keep and what we can't keep (because of the KASU, not clear, exception for the main characters/books, etc.), complete the knowledges about species/planets we know and even create new species/planets...; this project will be on my own website, so if you wanna join, ask me the link ^^;

- the RPG project: http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php/topic,4069.0.html to make a video game about Animorphs, with RPGmaker;

- the Command-line game project: http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php/topic,3787.0.html for another kind of video game about Animorphs;

- the http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php/topic,3773.0.html where we count all the people killed by the Animorphs;

- the RAFkaraoke: http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php/topic,3150.0.html, where we make songs and sing them... It's pretty new... But please sing with us!

and some other projects who come and go. Please check the list: http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php/board,13.0.html

*Standing in front of Ellie* I hope you enjoyed your visit. Oh, and I also invite you to add your species on this list: http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php/topic,2154.0.html 'coz everybody isn't Human here. And we like to know who is what... For example, as you'll probably see, I'm a Controller.
One of my guys heard you earlier... You said you have MSN. *Dameg takes a small and weird computer or iPod, probably alien technology* I also goes on Internet... Just added you! So now I can know where you are all the time. Isn't it awesome?

Well, I have to go, I don't invite you for the meal, sorry. *Beginning to go down dark stairs. Ellie can hear a cry coming from the cave.*
Have fun!
*Ellie is now alone in the hallway*