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WELCOME TO THE BIO OF: MIND MELD!

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The Authors-

The Scene: Two chairs behind a desk in a cheap imitation of a newsroom. One chair is occupied by CISCA, a short girl with long, light brown hair with some random blond highlights that are a result of spending too much time in the sun. She is bouncing around in her seat impatiently. The other chair is occupied by MEARA, a taller girl with short, messy reddish-brown hair. MEARA protests that her hair is blond with her summer highlights. CISCA wonders why MEARA wants to be a blond. Behind the camera is LAUREN, a short girl with wavy black hair who is waving her arms wildly to tell CISCA and MEARA to start.

CISCA: Hey! I’m Cisca! (Grins)

MEARA: (Mutters) Oh no. Here we go again.

CISCA: Welcome to the Mind Meld! Here my friend Meara and I post our stories that we write together. (Laughs)

MEARA: (mutters) And it begins. (Out loud) Since she’s currently more than a bit incoherent, I’ll take over. We post our stories here, for the edification and enlightenment of mankind. (Looks wise)

CISCA: (finally stops laughing) don’t mind her; she likes to speak in complicated language. The thing is, we’ve been writing this (giggle) story since 6th grade. And we’ve revised it so many times (giggle) that it’s sickening and if it isn’t good by now I will be very sad. Also (starts laughing again)

MEARA: (glares at Cisca) At least you’re not saying ‘editations’ anymore. And the cheesy bits were all your fault.

CISCA: (can’t reply owing to the fact that she’s laughing too hard)

MEARA: (rolls her eyes) Anyway, we post our stories here, as the laughing maniac mentioned earlier. They all take place in the magical kingdom of Kalir. Er, empire, I guess, since there’s an emperor… Yeah. Cisca writes the actual story, and I futz with it until it’s actually comprehensible. The screwiness of the characters is all my fault. She does the plot.

CISCA: (has calmed down sufficiently to glare) Correction. Lauren originally thought of the plot, name, and lord knows what else.

MEARA: Ah yes. Lauren is the third part of our erstwhile trio, who occasionally shows up and gives us ideas.

BOTH: (stare at the space behind the cardboard camera to see LAUREN standing there waving cheerfully with a big grin on her face and ORLANDO BLOOM lurking nearby)

CISCA: She never shows up to the story meetings where we actually decide something though.

MEARA: (looks speculative) we’ve had a story meeting where we’ve decided something?

CISCA: (pauses to think) Maybe one. It was productive before you ate the cookie anyway.

MEARA: Cookies!

CISCA: (sighs) Oh lord, here we go again.

MEARA: (glares) the cookie’s gonna eat YOU!!!

CISCA: I really want to know what Panera puts in those things…

LAUREN: Panera! Do you know who worked at Panera! PATCH did!

MEARA: (stops short and pointedly ignores LAUREN’S other obsession) Hey! You totally stole that from my lemon drops line!

CISCA: (waves both items aside) anyway, as you can tell we’re all VERY strange. If you hear us referring to the DE in our author notes don’t be confused. It’s our pet name for our villain and we’re aught to call him the DE for reasons of our own.

MEARA: You mean “apt”, don’t you Cisca? (Fixes said miscreant with a penetrating stare)

CISCA: Yeah. Whatever.

MEARA: It makes a big difference!

CISCA: I’m sure!

MEARA: The English language is important! Being bilingual is no excuse!

LAUREN: (a wise look on her face as she twists the cardboard camera to face her) As Melissa says, GRAMMAR WHORE!

CISCA: (laughs)

MEARA: (glares at LAUREN) Hey! Semantics whore, this time! Get it right! (Cisca dissolves into even more helpless laughter) And see what you made her do?! She’s laughing again! Now she’ll be incomprehensible for the rest of the bio!

LAUREN: (protests her innocence) It’s not my fault! You’re the one who corrected her grammar!

MEARA: (glares) Semantics! And she was WRONG!!!

LAUREN: (in a loud voice as she waves her hands in the air) who cares?!

MEARA: It’s a lost cause. Anyway, I’m Meara.

LAUREN: (mutters) they already know that.

MEARA: (ignores LAUREN’S comment) I’m the one who keeps Cisca from screwing up there, they’re, and their. And even then there are a couple of really depressing times.

CISCA: (indignant) I never!

MEARA: Yes, you did. Trust me. As I was saying, Corin is my character. Lyra used to be mine, but I got rid of her and replaced her with Corin, because he was necessary for plot advancement.

CISCA: More like you were cookie high and decided you couldn’t stand your own character.

MEARA: She was a sanctimonious cow! I was justified! (Clears throat) Yeah. I have issues with my characters. We fight a lot.

CISCA: (snorts)

MEARA: You can find me as M’cha Araem on both fictionpress and fanfiction. Don’t mind the rambling.

CISCA: (mutters) if she’s gonna plug, so will I! (Out loud) And you can find ME as Laughing Fountain on both fictionpress and fanfiction!

LAUREN: (grins as the camera once again turns to face her and the looming figure of ORLANDO BLOOM) Look for our fanfiction at http://www.fanfiction.net/~lupishonewolves!

CISCA: (laughs for no apparent reason)

MEARA: Here we go again…

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The SERIOUS Bios (if that’s at all possible)-

CISCA
Hmmm. What to say... Well. I'm the one with no life who types and posts all this crazy writing we do. Yes. I like to laugh, play the cello, love watching European soccer/Brazilian soccer (BASEBALL SUCKS! SOCCER RULES!), and swim. Even though my horoscope says I'm supposed to like fire, not water. W/e. I'm a bit superstitious. I speak Portuguese fluently because my parents are Portuguese, hence the bilingual comment in our dialogue. Yes. I love fantasy novels and adore history of all types (excluding American history which is boring). You can find me under "Laughing Fountain" on both fp.net and ff.net (http://www.fictionpress.com/~laughingfountain or http://www.fanfiction.net/~laughingfountain).

LAUREN
My name is Lauren. I am also known by such names as “the Kleptomaniac”, “Yizzle”, etc. I like Orlando Bloom, and all his counterparts. I come up with the ideas for these crazy stories and such. And some of the names. So basically, I am the Plotmaster and Cisca and Meara just happen to be on my writing staff. I’m kidding. Well, sort of. Anyway, I like acting and singing. Musicals, plays, SHAKESPEARE! Yay. I go to school purely for social reasons.

MEARA
I'm Meara. Convenient pronunciation guide: MEER-uh. I defy you to screw it up now. Mind Meld is one-third my fault. The random math is all my fault. There is nothing wrong with being on math team, damn it! And soccer is a horrid sport, so ha, Cisca. Baseball forever! No, this is not supposed to make sense. You can find me and my assorted nonsense under M'cha Araem at both Fictionpress and Fanfiction (http://www.fictionpress.com/~mchaaraem or http://www.fanfiction.net/~mchaaraem)

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Story Summaries-

1. THE SILVER MOUNTAINS: Kari and Aurora are about to go to college when they decide to spend a night in the Museum of Ancient Artifacts one of the less well-known museums of the Smithsonean complex in Washington DC. There they discover a gigantic pendulum with an overly large sign saying “Do not touch”. Their curiosity perked, they touch the pendulum and are transported into the Kingdom of Kalir which is under the rule of the tyrannical Dark Emperor. With the help of the mysterious Corin they find themselves in the midst of a whirl of activity to save Kalir from the clenches of the emperor and wondering if they’ll ever find a way back home.

2. TALES OF NEW TRIER PART ONE- FRESHMAN YEAR: The story of our lives at school which at times seems like a never-ending soap opera and at other times just seems like chaos. School can be a strange, strange place.

3. UNTITLED: Another Kalir fic, this takes place several centuries earlier. Zankin, once one of the Great Gods, has been banished and his immortality taken away. In revenge he creates a deadly army and begins methodically taking over the vast island of Myreilin. However, there is a prophecy that one girl can stop him. Will she be able to stop him before it’s too late?

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Updates (as of August 25th)-

1. THE SILVER MOUNTAINS: Chapter 1 is finally up! Chapter 2 will come within the next few weeks. Enjoy!

2. TALES OF NEW TRIER: On hold owing to the tremendous work being put into putting up our Kalir fics

3. UNTITLED: We’re still in the first phase of figuring out what the hell we’re doing but the prologue should be soon