A New Era

It is time. 

A new era has arisen. And so, my friends, we must take up arms. It is too late to worry about the past. Look to the future and hope that we may survive what lies ahead. As our homeland begins to grow, so does the world around us, seemingly, and our enemies only grow in numbers. If we are to remain standing, we must defend ourselves. A new galactic empire is emerging. Interstellar travel is now possible. We must take advantage of this. We must make peace on Earth so that all hands and minds may be at work in unity. Dangerous conflicts lie ahead. Yet, they also serve as opportunity. As hope. To strive and become better than we already are. A new era can mean only one thing: change. We must adapt and let our natural instinct take over. Why am I telling you all this, you might ask? I call for an army. A resistance army, powerful enough to protect our homeland, but not so much so as to appear a threat to the rest of the galaxy. We must be subtle, yet quick. And with tiny armies, we must take out larger ones. The future lies in your hands. Do what you must. Most important of all, be prepared.

An impending invasion threatens Earth. A fleet of over a dozen spaceships along with a mothership confronts Earth. In an act of pure defensive instinct, a mission was assigned to me and my apprentice today. That is, we must steal a spaceship and sail the vastness of space to the mothership. We did so, traveling from fixed points in space, constantly having to refuel our ship's navigation system with our knowledge of algebra. Once we arrived in the general vicinity of the mothership, we hopped on board with a handy teleportation beam. We traveled the grand ship with a trusty protocol droid we had found on our wee little vehicle. Since my Cosmic Trace would have been easily recognized by the mothership's inhabitants, I was given a pill by the Sisterhood which would suppress my Cosmic form into that of a Hero's. I was given a disguise and so as I walked down the halls of the mothership, I was left defenseless and completely relying on the aptitude of my apprentice. Fortunately, he served me well as he took out a battle droid which we then took control of with the awesome technology of the protocol droid. Three sisterhood members promptly caught up with us bringing 2 spacesuits along with them. It is a shame, we never used them, but I suppose it is fortunate we didn't have to do such a thing. Just then, two war machines patrolling the hall appeared. We quickly hid in an alley and waited for them to pass. Just as the War Machine crossed into view, we opened fire with our battle droid and knocked out the human within his armor casing. The other War Machine investigated where his friend had been shot and was ambushed by Sister Amanda. She was blasted away by the War Machine. I quickly darted away into a room (possibly a library) and found a gauntlet which I tried on. Suddenly, I felt enlightened with the straight punch gauntlet's straight punch enhancing abilities and tried them out on a War Machine. His suit's self-destruction sequence activated without the user's consent. The man within the armor casing began to plead for help. I deactivated it. This act of kindness removed the dark veil from the eyes of the poor man and he thanked me. He told me he would do whatever I commanded. I asked him about the Butcher (a shadow lord who owned the mothership) and what we could do to stop him. The man responded that the Butcher inhabited a room which contained the keys to a cell containing a Sisterhood member held captive. I asked what we could do to draw him out. He responded the Butcher always investigated personally whenever someone opened up a treasure chest in one of his rooms. I told Amanda and Eden to go perform this task while my task force waited, prepared to strike the Butcher from behind. Amanda and Eden entered a room and found not only a treasure chest, but also a cannon. Amanda charged up the cannon while Eden opened the chest. Immediately, the alarm went off, causing the Butcher to go investigate personally. Immediately after he entered the room, Amanda opened fire, blasting back the Butcher, my powerful task force did the same from behind, leaving the Butcher the ham between a burger of bullets. He was knocked unconscious. We entered the room from which he came, containing the keys. I sent my War Machines in first. They found a Saiyan standing there, alarmed. The War Machines told him to put his hands up and exit the room promptly. He responded by slicing them both in half. Inside, I prayed for their souls, and suddenly, my rage was fueled. I sent in my war droid, this time, not being so nice. I immediately opened fire at the not-so-harmless Saiyan. He deflected the bullets. I then entered with a Sword of Destiny. The Saiyan confronted me and attacked me. I defended myself. And so, our duel began. He said he was the Saiyan General. He told me he would never be defeated. I asked him if he knew who I was. He said no. I told him that was because I have been disguised, but I will reveal myself once I defeat you. He said, "Impossible!" and disarmed me. He attempted to strike me with his sword. I grabbed a book and used it as a shield. With nothing else to defend myself with, and the Saiyan General in the midst of what he probably thought to be the final blow, I had no choice but to grab the blade of his sword. With the incredible powers of a Cosmic Being, I was unharmed by the blade and thrust it forward, disarming him. He backed away in awe as my Cosmic Form was revealed. "You-you're a Cosmic Being!!!" he gasped. I responded, "That's a first," and struck him dead. Now that my Cosmic Entity was revealed, everyone on the ship could sense my presence. I swiftly grabbed the key and freed the imprisoned Sister. She sprinkled fairy dust on me which increased my movement by 10x. I agilely reported to the teleportation pad where I teleported back to my tiny fleet ship I had arrived in. I charged up its weapons and waited for my friends to teleport aboard. Once they were all aboard, I opened fire on the mothership. The mothership's shield held off all my attacks and soon, they began to charge their own weapons. I quickly fled from their view. And accidentally wandered into a mass of mothership controlled fleet ships. With the help of my friends, we managed to charge up the warp drive just in time as the other fleet ships locked their guns on us. We accelerated light speed toward Earth, arriving safely in the City. Mission complete. We were proud.

MQRB - 10/27

Today was a orkmania, literally. At the beginning of the quest, Judee gave me a recording from Teacher Bo which could only be activated once I fused it with a pure Gamma crystal. I found one underground at Nemesis's underground science laboratory. I broke into a room containing five pure Gamma Crystals which if used with the recording. The message gave me a series of procedures to complete the assigned mission. I did so and during one of my procedures, I met an Orc Sorceress who admired me so much sp that she knocked me out and attempted to clone my DNA. Once I had completed the assigned mission, I communicated with her and asked her if she would like to meet me in the Earth Kingdom. She did so and I questioned her. She said she had searched through Nemesis's archives and found me. She said she had been studying me for thousands of years and her dream was to rule the world beside me. She then gained the loyalty of the other orcs who began to follow me. We promptly took over the Earth Kingdom and along with it formed an Orkanisation (get it? haha!).

I'm going to be performing!!!

►The Mirman Upper School Concert Singers will sing the National Anthem at the Nov. 3 Lakers Game against the Atlanta Hawks! They will perform center court in Staples Center at 6:30pm in front of 20,000 Lakers fans and a national television audience!

MQRB: Sunday 10/20

I absolutely LOVE being a Cosmic Giant. It's provides convenient travel (although the Tardises have now been released publicly) and powerful abilities. However, exercising my giant's full potential was not what I spent most of the quest doing. In fact, I spent the time increasing my power. Not my giant's power but my cosmic power. I did so by deciphering a Cosmic Scroll which took close to an hour (it was well worth it though). My power wasn't immediately increased, but I was told how to, which I will be most dedicatedly working on to complete. After the scroll was deciphered, I materialized in Titanus (a faulty choice) where I had to immediately enter a Tardis to travel to Earth. Unfortunately, I didn't have the 4 energy crystals required to travel. So, I spoke to a few Bananopolis citizens who graciously lends me 8 energy crystals (the other four were for a down payment for future negotiations). I traveled to Earth where I overheard a conversation between Merick and Nemesis. Nemesis had given Merick four orcs to travel with to Titanus. Then, Nemesis told Merick to order them in square formation which would set up a negative energy field around the being they surrounded. Nemesis told Merick to capture a Bulk Child. I preceded to warn the Bulk Children, but they still fell into Merick's trap. I had to save the captured Bulk Child which had been forced underground to experiment on. I shapeshifted into a smaller form to fit inside the tunnel that lead underground, and quite easily saved the Bulk Child. When I brought him back to the Bulk Tribe, they thanked me and allowed me free passage in Titanus.

I apologize if I am not writing as much as you would like. There are many things I have to omit because they involve private cosmic business. 

- Cosmic Giant Anthony

MQ Lomita: Saturday, 10/12.

What fun it is to have an apprentice assigned to you. In my case, it meant receiving a nice workout I haven't had in a while. Specifically, I walked the entire way to Zombaus instead of performing some of my tricky magic. Frankly, I am happy I did so, for I am beginning to see the benefits of walking instead of using energy. For one, I have derived pleasure from walking as I know I have reaped the benefits by working hard.

Our main mission today was to intercept a crystal recently excavated in Zombaus which Nemesis ordered be brought to him to strengthen his powers in one way or another. As usual, we were divided into two task forces. My apprentice and I traveled to Zombaus to find out when exactly the crystal would be transported to Titanus to be registered. At least, that was the plan. But, of course, nothing ever EVER turns out as planned in Mastery Quest. This occasion is no exeption. Instead of blending into Zombaus, we stood out more than ever to the extent where we actually faced three Nameless Sisters carrying the crystal!! They did not say something sinisterly stupid and then blend a shadow attack into their speech (thank god! It's a cliche movement among shadow lords). Instead, they asked me to take the crystal and they moved aside. I thought this was too good to be true (YOU THINK!!!) and I questioned them. They told me Princess Skitza would be more than happy to let me deliver the crystal instead of putting forth the effort herself (shadow lords are lazy like that). Just them, I received a message from JJ telling me Teacher Bo insisted I immediately report to Titanus. I had obviously fallen into a trap. My suspicions were verified when this overly ambitious shadow lord wannabe sees me and mutters something like, "Oh yeah. I'm gonna make Shadow Lord for sure now." The next thing I know, he has a couple Zombies under his control and he orders them to attack me! I quickly blasted them back/knocked them out. Poor guy. 

When I arrived on Titanus, I was warmly welcomed by the Bulk Tribe who's eyes started glowing red. I do a stupid thing and ask them why their eyes are glowing red and they start beating me up. I survive the attack and I summon my giant incarnation who beats up all three of the bulk tribe members. They protect with their energy. They protect repeatedly until my giant is out of energy and then my wizard gets into the fight with his monumental energy (well maybe not monumental but a reasonable amount) and knocks them out. Turns out, I fell into another trap fighting them. The Crystal was already well on its way past my incarnations and almost to the Titanus Communication Crystal. Luckily, JJ had a giant stationed baracading all passageways. The shadow lords found a way out as usual by touching the Hiddeon's heart and quickly escaping. The Hiddeon blamed JJ's Giant for the assault and ferociously attacked him. One giant out. Mine was the last one standing. To keep it short, I destroyed all three Shadow Lords transporting the crystal and took it. I then brought it to Wuda who had suggested earlier she might be able to materialize my mental form with it. After much strenuous exercise, I obtained a physical Cosmicly-infused form!!! Yay!!!!!! But I'm not just a Cosmicly-infused Light Being now. No...I'm something much more.....more powerful, more ferocious, and bigger than ever before.......all hail to Anthony, the Cosmic Giant!!!!!!*

*JK. Not about me being a giant, but you don't REALLY have to hail to me. Not if you don't want to at least. ;-)

MQRB: Sunday 10/6

Due to my congestion, there were many things I could not take part in. Dueling with lightsabers was not one of them. :-) I managed to hold off Eden for over 2 minutes today which I am very proud of myself for. I have never been able to perform such a feat! 

A new character was introduced in the game today. A one so disgusting and cruel. One so sour and obnoxious. Annoying and a sore loser (did I mention disgusting (he's basically a skeleton ugh)). Nemesis, the disgusting son of two disgusting people (here is proof that ugliness does pass down through genes). Nameless One, I hope u read this post and I hope you struggle in the suitcase to get at me and I hope you fail. Nemesis, no matter how much you have trained him, will be brought to his knees and slowly skinned alive (that is skin his bones because he has no skin). Speaking of which, he has no heart either. A sore loser he is. Afraid to lose to a Light Being which he did and used a forbidden ability to cover up the fact he is a complete failure. His existence is a failure. His parent's existences are failures!!!! Anyway, enough with the ranting...

Wuda, I suppose, thought I improved well enough at the Phoenix Sword Stance and sent me on a mission to retrieve 3 samples of Unbendium to plate my Sword of Destiny with. I did so and when I arrived back from Titanus, Wuda discovered a possible way to quicken the process of making my body a physical form. If I were to challenge Nemesis, my will/courage would increase to the point in which I would be able to maintain a physical form and all my incarnations. I defeated Nemesis in battle, but being the sore loser he is, he tracked me down and defeated me in battle after I dropped my ligtsaber in our first clash. My incarnation which fought Nemesis was captured and sent to Zombaus where it was thrown into a cage. With the gracious help of Amanda and April, I escaped. 

What happens next I do not know. We must wait till Saturday...

MQRB: Sunday 9/29

If you ask me, not really much happened today, probably due to the fact that most of the time we were cast in an awkward silence staring at the board, wondering what would happen next. Unfortunately, most of the excitement was saved till the end of the quest, when we rushed like maniacs to achieve something last minute.

We were visited by an alien ship. Obviously, we had something it needed because it scanned our planet thoroughly for a specific life form. Apparently, it was the Supreme Humanoid (referred in my previous posts as Cosmic Ape). The ship shortly afterward abducted one of my incarnations and sent them to the Mansion Worlds Desert where a strange bounty hunter looking like a giant police officer stepped out and began questioning me. After a quick back and forth conversation, the bounty hunter seemed dissatisfied with me and returned to his ship. He then journeyed to the Water Lands where he accessed the Edentian Library and used its knowledge to piece together an organic copy of Red Bulk Smash!!! Red Bulk Smash then moved into barrier position, guarding the library entrance and furthermore prohibiting travel to other worlds. Carrying the Supreme Humanoid, we stunned Red Bulk Smash and passed him. We journeyed to the Mansion Worlds Desert where we met with Big Bad Rhino, the Bounty Hunter, and Supreme Humanoid's brother. They locked us in and requested for the Supreme Humanoid. We struck up a bet that if Merick survived the Ball Deflecting challenge (dodged 10 balls thrown at him) they would let us free, but if he failed, we would give them the Supreme Humanoid. Merick lost, unfortunately, and so my warrior incarnation, in a fit of anger, threw the Supreme Humanoid at Big Bad, knocking him to the ground. After all, they didn't say what form I had to hand him over in. ;-) Anyway, Merick revived himself and tried to make them hand back the Supreme Humanoid, but they refused, of course, and left in their ship. Luckily, my warrior grabbed a hold of the ship just in time and caused it to crash. The Hiddeon jumped on my warrior. My warrior pushed it off him and onto the ship. Merick, still inside, was crushed along with Big Bad. Then, Wuda arrived in the scene. I asked her if she would be my Cosmic Master and she said she would accept me as long as I completed a mission. The mission was to sever Princess Skitza's (a shadow lord) control over the spiders which where invading the Water Lands. I did so and became her newest apprentice...

Science Current Event Article #2

Anthony Karambelas

9.29.2013

Science III


Teens and Sleep

Summary:

The article Teens and Sleep, by the National Sleep Foundation, is about sleep
and its effects on teenagers.

The first section of the article talks about how sleep is
energy for the brain and if you do not get enough of it, you are prone to illnesses,
injuries, accidents, and are more likely to be moody and disrespectful to others.

Not so fun fact: more than 100,000 car crashes each year are caused by lack of sleep.

The second section of the article consists of key sleeping facts: 1.) Sleep is just as
important as air, water and food. 2.) Teens need about 9 ¼ hours of sleep every
night. 3.) Maintaining irregular sleep patterns (staying up late and sleeping late on
weekends), you can damage the quality of your sleep.

The third section of the article consists of consequences of lack of sleep: 1.) Limits your ability to perform day-today tasks 2.) Makes you prone to pimples 3.) Leads to irritable behavior 4.) Results
in overeating typically junk foods 5.) Heightens alcohol effects 6.) Contributes to
illnesses.

The fourth section of the article gives solutions to prevent lack of sleep: 1.)
Make sleep priority 2.) Take frequent naps to supplement a sleep loss 3.) Make your
room specifically for sleeping 4.) Don’t eat, drink, or exercise within a few yours of
your bedtime 5.) Establish a reliable bed and wake-up time and stick to it 6.) Keep a
diary or to-do list.

The article also states that school have tried making their start
times later and as a result, their students have shown positive increases in focus and
better moods.

The last portion of the article includes NSF’s 2006 Sleep in America
poll data. The poll measured the depressive mood scores of 1,602 poll respondents
on a scale of “1” to “3” (1 being “not at all” and 3 meaning “much”). The poll showed
that 46% of the adolescents surveyed had a depressive mood score of 1, 37% of
adolescents had a score of 2, and 17% had a score of 3. Further study showed that
those with a score of 2-3 were more likely than those with a score of 1 to have more
trouble falling asleep.

The article concluded with a quote by Mary Carskadon, Ph.D., director of Chronobiology/Sleep Research at the E.P. Bradley Hospital and Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Brown Medical School in Providence, R.I., “If parents and teens know what good sleep entails and the benefits of making and sticking to a plan that supports good sleep, then they might reexamine their choices about what truly are their ‘essential’ activities. The earlier parents can starts helping their children with good sleep habits, the easier it will be to sustain them through the teen years.”

Author’s Research:
To include this many facts about sleep, the author must have researched
much more than I could find. The clear sources they researched were NSF’s 2006
Sleep in America poll and Chronobiology/Sleep Research at the E.P. Bradley Hospital.

General Topic and Usefulness:
This article is about sleep and how it affects the lives of teens. It is a very
informative article and is very useful to me, as I have trouble squeezing in my sleep
on top of homework and living an hour away from school. Even though it is
obviously meant for teens, I can envision adults finding this article useful.

Additional Information:
After reading this article, I would like to know more about what I can do to
encourage schools to create later school start times. Perhaps if schools have later
start times, students will be more attentive. I would also like to know more about
homework and how to best manage it.

Opinion and Recommendation:
This article is very interesting and has made me more aware of the dangers
of lack of sleep. I would recommend this for any teenager to read. They should know
the consequences of not getting the sleep they require.

The Porphyrtort Comic

Science Current Event Article #1

Anthony Karambelas

Science III

September 14^th, 2013

Summary:

In the article Gravity by Donald B. DeYoung, the mysterious force known as gravity was defined and explained. It is responsible for many things we take for granted in life: keeping us on the ground, directing our planet around the sun, causing rainfall, and even moving tides! Clearly, gravity has been in existence long before humans came about, yet we have still been unsuccessful in completely uncovering its secrets. What made it what it is? As DeYoung puts it, gravity is “an absolute testimony to creation.” The first science pioneers to investigate and begin the “materialization” process of gravity included Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), Isaac Newton (1642-1727), and Henry Cavendish (1731, 1810). Galileo’s contribution included exploring the motion of falling objects. Isaac Newton helped by describing the law of gravity. He stated, “All objects in the universe attract each other”. The more the mass of an object, the stronger the force. The more distance between two objects, the less the force. Henry Cavendish measured the gravitation constant, which allowed scientists to accurately calculate the force of gravity. Below are samples from Galileo and Newton’s diaries describing their thoughts on gravity:

“Galileo: From the Divine Word, the Sacred Scripture and Nature did both alike proceed.

Newton: This most beautiful [gravitational] system of the sun, planets, and comets could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being.

Newton: When I wrote my treatise [principia] about our [solar system], I had an eye on such principles as might work with considering men for the belief in a Deity; and nothing can rejoice me more than to fin it useful for that purpose.” As you can see, gravity did fascinate them quite a bit. DeYoung also discusses simple properties of gravity which make it what it is: “1.) Gravity does not change with time. 2.) Aside from air resistance, large and small object fall downward in exactly the same time. 3.) Gravity is always attractive, while other forces such as magnetism can either repel or attract. 4.) Gravity cannot be fumed off or shielded in any way. 5.) Gravity attraction does not depend on the composition of objects, only on their mass of weight. 6.) The gravity force decreases with distance but is actually infinite in its extent.” As we struggle to understand gravity with our concepts of “natural” science, possibilities begin to dwindle and we are soon left with no choice but to resort to desperate causes (unusual ones at that). In this case, namely the Bible. DeYoung points out two scriptures which assist in the understanding of gravity. The first, from Colossians 1:17 “explains that Christ is before all things, and by Him all things consist.” Of course, in religious context, gravity is portrayed as a tool of God himself. As DeYoung states, “If the Lord turned His back on the universe for one moment, instant chaos would result. Without gravity, the earth, moon, and stars would immediately disintegrate.” The second scripture, from Hebrews 1:3, “declares that Christ upholds all things by the word of His power.” So, in this scripture, gravity is a force that not only keeps everything in place, but controls all life-form’s behaviors. Lastly, Deyoung discusses four forces of nature we use and acknowledge in our day-to-day lives. First off, there is the electromagnetic force. Then, the strong and weak nuclear forces. Finally, there is gravity which is “actually 1040 times weaker than electromagnetism, and the only force known in Newton’s day.” There have been many attempts made to unify these four forces under one entity or theory. The first success was by Faraday and Maxwell who combined electricity and magnetism. No matter how hard we try to focus gravity, it just becomes more and more foggy. Is there ever an end to its complexity? Or must we look to unsubstantial theories or beliefs to satisfy our curiosity? 

Author’s Research:

As this article drew such diverse references, I cannot even begin to imagine the amount of research Donald B. Deyoung must have done! Most references are concealed, but the few obvious ones I noticed were Galileo’s letters of 1613-1600, Newton’s Principia, The Bible, and of course the lives of Galileo, Newton, and Cavendish. 

General Topic and Usefulness:

This article is about gravity and its unique properties. It is very and detailed and explains the topic very thoroughly. This information is not very useful to myself or a layman for that matter, but I suppose it would be very intriguing for a scientist who specializes in the field of earth sciences. I don’t mean to say gravity isn’t a profoundly interesting topic, but I don’t see how such information could be applied to our daily lives. The only thing the population needs to know is it exists, so they don’t try something stupid like standing under a boulder about to tip off a ledge. 

Additional Information: 

This article is, of course, about active gravity, but it made me wonder about life in zero-gravity. It began to stir thoughts in my mind about the properties and consequences of life in a vacuum such as space. I hope I can investigate this subject soon…

Opinion and Recommendation:

This article was very concise and I found it extremely easy to follow along with DeYoung’s train of thought. As a result of his simple manner of speaking, I would recommend this article to any science-lover. 

Cell Theory Brochure

MQ Lomita Saturday 9/28

Being a Cosmic Being is so relieving compared to the status of Light Being. Maybe it's because I am given the chance to do more mental exercises than physical ones. Maybe it is also because I can achieve more than when I was a Light Being. For instance, at the inception of today's quest, the Eagle Guardian revealed to us that Omegus has been trapped by All Supreme. He sent us on a mission to retrieve information from a Shadow Lord in Zombaus who knows how to free Omegus. When we approached him, the front gates closed, leaving us trapped and spiders began attacking us which we quickly destroyed. Then the zombies came. The Shadow Lord told us All Supreme trapped Omegus inside the Master Control Crystal in Titanus. However, the only way to free Omegus from it would be to access it from the Master Control Tower. He then said he didn't mind releasing this information because we wouldn't be alive to do anything. Fortunately, that wasn't true. 

Just then, I remembered what Judee had told me about a scroll she had left for me to read. I located it with an anomaly. At the top of the giant tree near the entrance of Titanus. I sent my archer incarnation to retrieve it. To make it easier for me, I visited the System headquarters where I asked the Water Fairy to assist my incarnation in the Titanus. She respectfully declined because she was instructed to guard the Helium Baths. She told me, however, there were fairies in the Mansion Worlds who could assist me. Just then, All Supreme appeared along with Big Bad Rhino and 5 Unbendium plated Metanoid droids. The Metanoid droids were sent to the City where they began projecting a mysterious signal.

I ended up being assisted by one who lifted my Archer halfway up the tree. My archer climbed the rest and found the message. Once I unraveled it, I saw it was a jumbled text. I brought it to the Eagle Guardian who started deciphering it. 

I then went to the City where I knocked out All-Supreme with my previously tamed Hiddeon. Then, my Hiddeon was trapped in a containment field by the Metanoids. Slowly, but surely, we defeated the Metanoids. Then, however, Big Bad Rhino used Smash on my Guild of Nets incarnation and as a result, he was destroyed. I then brought my Warrior incarnation into action. He began kicking, punching, and throwing deactivated Metanoids at Big Bad. Soon enough, Big Bad retreated. 

I arrived back to the Air Lands with a captured All Supreme. The Eagle Guardian had deciphered the first part of the scroll which gave me the ability to materialize leaves from the Tree of Life with an anomaly. I revived my defeated Guild incarnation with it.

I then went on the difficult journey in Shinobis using my Guild member. Finally after much strife and a fun riddle (I have billions of eyes, yet I am in darkness. I have billions of ears yet only four lobes. I connect the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. What am I?) I reached the Master Control Tower and freed Omegus. For my efforts, Omegus said he was preparing a gift for me and for an immediate token of appreciation, gave me a Cosmic Crystal to enhance my Cosmic abilities. 

The quest was epic today, and I bet it will be even more so tomorrow...

MQRB: Sunday 9/22

I loved today's quest simply because of how exciting, exotic, and productive it was. As some already know, my attaining of the status Cosmic Being does not mean I can make unfortunate mistakes. Today's mistake was, to my delight, not my fault for a change. It was a matter of a level 10 cosmic anomaly projected by a cosmic ape who disguised himself as Teacher Bo and fooled me into giving him a sample of Chimera skin which I had hard-earned after just about an hour's worth of attempting to tame the beast. Luckily, I was able to rush after the Cosmic Ape and follow him to the edge of Zombaus where I was forced to stop. This Cosmic Ape then ventured to Shinobis where he accessed the master command center and gained control over the System Headquarter's main crystal which in turn controlled Wuda, the Sword Wizard who went around rampaging the System Headquarters, Water Lands, and then Shinobis where my mental form used the Power Cosmic to remove the Cosmic Ape's control over the master command center which freed Wuda. Wuda then threatened to chop up the Cosmic Ape with her swords if not for the code she was bound by, by Eldron. Everything should have been fine and dandy if not for what the Cosmic Ape did afterward. Reluctant to give up so easily, he set off a vaporizing field which Sydney, Kabir, and I agilely disarmed. Then, we captured him and transported him to the Sisterhood Castle. That was, of course, when the quest ended.

That was just one part of the storyline of today's beautiful mess. Something very important happened to one of my apprentices today, but as he insisted that I keep a secret, I shall. I will tell you however, that somewhere in the universe, a light has been born.

Be there or, be square!!!

MQRB: Sunday 9/8

Final Week of Summer MQ Lomita Camp: Friday

After what had happened the day before, I grew very anxious as to if JJ would be successful in taking the Omicron crystal (the Crystal which contains All-Supreme's weakness). Fortunately, he wasn't and by the time I came in, with forty-five minutes of the quest remaining (because of an ice cream social at my new school) All-Supreme was still standing strong and All-Father (Father of the Giants who happened to be on our side) actually was in the process of reversing time on the planet for some unknown cause. 

At first, I thought it was to negatively impact JJ's side, but then I discovered All-Supreme had switched sides and was now allied with Omegus. What's worse is that right after Jett (who also turned to the All-Supreme side) had received the Omegus crystal after All-Supreme defeated Omegus in a brawl between the two with our assistance, All-Father called upon the Gamemaster with his Order of Merlin abilities and removed the Omegus crystal from its current position to another random location. That was very unfortunate for us, but at least All-Father was knocked unconscious after that and Jett succeeded in summoning and gaining control of the Shadow Lords! All-Supreme then gave us a mission to capture JJ's mental form in an Omicron Crystal he gave to Jett. We journeyed to the city which was being blockaded by several giants. Among them, lay JJ's mental form, but to trap it would be a nearly impossible task. On top of that, when we approached the entrance to the city, JJ had set an anomaly which would freeze us if we didn't do 50 bear crawls in 10 minutes! At the end of the day, we had still not been successful, but All-Supreme told me some of his powerful followers were waiting in the Mansion Worlds. He told me to find them and bring them here.

Final Week of Summer MQ Lomita: Thursday

It's what you've all been waiting for overnight......the continuation of the Arena!!!!! Next challenge up is the Horse Stance challenge...can four brave contestants hold their legs up for 29 minutes?!?! Yes, we could, but after the amount of improper forms we had been caught practicing, it moved up to around 40 minutes worth of horse stance. By the time I was up, my legs felt like noodles!!! 

After that challenge, however, JJ was convinced by Omegus and foolishly joined him in a plot to defeat All-Supreme (a "Cosmic Criminal" according to Omegus). Everyone, of course, joined JJ except for my friend, Nick, who followed me and joined All-Supreme. As I was conversing with All-Supreme, Lord Luceptor penetrated Timmy's mind and forced him to travel to All-Supreme where All-Supreme told Timmy to either join him or give up his Cosmic Gauntlet to me. Timmy, after much consideration, gave up his Cosmic Gauntlet.

 

The first thing I did with my newly-found power was speak to Professor Stein and convince him to join our cause to gain control of the world's environment before Omegus's side did. Professor Stein proved to be a huge help. His mind allowed us easier access into Stein Industries's controls to first allow us control of the Lava Lands. We succeeded and caused an eruption which damaged three giants and destroyed three of JJ's incarnations. It was an improvement, but not enough. Next, I attempted to cause an earthquake in the City of Topia, but was unfortunately overridden by JJ. Afterward, however, I overrode what he had overridden and caused the Earthquake. Yay! :-)

Final Week of Summer MQ Lomita Camp: Wednesday.

I began the day betraying the Rhino Gang, relatively unsuccessfully. The reason why I said that was because I hopes to get a few crystals from the Rhino gang before I revealed my true intentions. Unfortunately, I hadn't gained enough of their trust and as a result, everything went wrong (I tried to use an explosive, but a barrier caused it not to work) and I was pummeled by Big Bad and escaped with my life. 

Next, I visited the Hidden Valley and talked to Teacher Bo. Unfortunately, the Golden Order couldn't trust me at the moment, but I thought of it as a challenge to gain it back. I quickly gathered up my friends and journeyed to the Mansion Worlds Desert and tried to help JJ defeat a Shadow Lord and procure two of the remaining three crystals. Unfortunately, just then, the Omegas Crush (Level 2) fell upon us. While some others were protecting, however, I accidentally knocked over Omegas's figure, lying on the ground, and therefore recieved Omegas Crush (Level 3). I was happy to get around 1:45, as it was a record for me, but I was unhappy to be destroyed in the process. At least I died happily. 

I revived myself, after a series of challenges, and was immediately recruited by JJ to assist him in the final challenge to gain Omegas's Crystal and banish him once and for all. We, of course, failed the challenge, but was then challenged to an arena duel. The deal was, if we won, he would legitimately leave our planet, but if we lost, we would each loose a level of power. We lost the first round (Jayveon gave up in the push-up position challenge), but we won the second round (the Evasive Drill round) which Jayveon did not participate in. The Arena challenge paused for the end of the day and will continue at the beginning of tomorrow...

Final Week of Summer MQ Lomita Camp: Tuesday

The minute the quest begins is the minute the arena opens! Today the Rhino Gang started the day off with the giving away of one crystal!!! On top of that, the Rhino Gang sponsored me to participate in the Arena and hopefully win it back so that they could make more money off of it! Unfortunately, I lost the first round to Timmy. The second round was shortly interupted by the infamous Omegas who forced the Rhino Gang to permit him to create the challenge for the second round which would determine who would receive the crystal. Timmy, of course, being a master of the leg-lift hold, went on for 2:19 setting a record!!! Not too shabby... I made it 30 something seconds. Another Quester set a lowest record, achieving 2 seconds! Wow! He's AMAZING! I couldn't do that even if I tried! 

After Timmy won the crystal, Hera Alphus ordered me to give her her sword. I approached her and struck a deal. I give her the sword if she gives me as many crystals as she could (she had 6). She, being the coward she is, shield pressed me (an attack with her shield) and then took the sword while I was unconscious. I asked the Rhino Gang for assistance but they only offered me one war machine and would not allow me to use Big Bad.

In the end, I got out by practicing 100 sit-up push-ups (it was terrible). Then, I went to he city and equipped my gun with 12 Sniper Darts, 12 Explosives, and 3 Traps. I ended the day at the Arena beside Rock Hard preparing for a backstab tomorrow (in my eyes, Big Bad hadn't been too nice to me).