About The Scarlett Kite
Hi! I'm Scarlett Kiteway, I'm 20 years old, a journalism student in Perplex City and this is my blog all about the excitement over the search for the Cube. I'll be keeping track of what the media over there is saying about it, and maybe a little bit about my life as well!
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Friday, June 30, 2006
My New Project!
Category: web, 05:56 PMWell, today I can tell you what my surprise is! I've been looking around for ways I can help the hunt for the Cube from over here, and I dreamed up doing a weekly puzzle contest over on Myspace - and I have to say, I don't know how much it'll help anyone to find the Cube, but I was really taken with the idea and I thought it would be so much fun I just had to do it!
Go on over to Myspace and take a look around... I'll be putting up the very first puzzle hunt sometime today. And the best part is, I talked my dad and Mind candy into giving away PRIZES! This week it's a pretty sparkly brand-new DS Lite in black. I'm sure you lot are so sharp that nobody else will stand a chance to win, though if you'd be willing to tell all of your friends about my little game, I'd really appreciate it. :-)
Thursday, June 29, 2006
A Surprise!
Category: print, 05:43 PMThe guys at Mind Candy have gone and put a free card, Gravity, into this month's Game Informer, so look for it if you pick up a copy...
But I have something WAY more exciting coming up! I'm working on a really great surprise for you, and I just know you'll like it. I can't tell you what it is yet, but don't worry, I won't keep you in suspense for terribly long. :-)
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Gadgetell
Category: web, 04:59 PMLook, I'm posting twice in just over a week, see? Be sure to tell my dad what a good job I'm doing. ;-)
Anyway, Michael Smith from Mind Candy got together with Gadgetell for an interview a while back, and you can see it here. The best part is, there's a free Wave 4 puzzle card at the end to be solved! If you haven't, yet, put on your lucky puzzle socks and have a crack at it. :-)
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Talking with Violet
Category: story, 04:59 PMYou do know how to keep a secret, don't you?
I met with Violet, Kurt, and Anna Heath, of all people, a few weeks ago. I guess you know all about that. I finally told Violet the whole truth about my long journey to Viendenbourg, and on to Anjsbourg. All the while Kurt and Violet kept interrupting me, asking me for more information on the drilling at Viendenbourg, or what precisely Commander Fitzgerald said about my father. And they asked me several times to recount every scrap of detail I could remember about V - that Vadik fellow - and about Claire Castille's story.
Given that we seem to have followed strangely parallel courses despite the miles between us, it was a little bewildering to find that we had all four of us been talking to you. And you kept my confidence through all of it. Thank you for that.
There's more that happened after that meeting, though, that you probably don't know about, and it's part of why I've been so quiet since then. I stayed with Violet after the others had gone.
'I don't have anything to do,' I observed.
"That's true,' she said.
'But I want to help.'
'Too bad,' Violet said, and stood to collect the empty glasses from the table.
I paused a moment to try to keep calm. It's so easy to become angry when I'm talking to Violet, and the last thing I needed was to fall back into a role as her annoying little sister.
'I think I could do some good,' I said. 'Don't push me out of this on the grounds that I'm too young.'
Violet's shoulders bowed for a minute, and she wouldn't look at me.
'It's not that,' she said. 'You've proven you can handle yourself in the big, bad world.'
'So then why?' I pressed, following her into her kitchen.
She put the glasses down on the counter and turned to face me.
'You're too risky,' she said. 'V might know about you, and dad certainly suspects something about your ridiculous fluffy bunnies cover story. The best thing for you to do is lie low and try to keep attention away from yourself.'
I tried to argue, but I probably sounded too much like a petulant child. At any rate, I did manage a partial victory. Violet's conceded that she should at least keep me up to date on what comes of all of this poking around for more information, even if she's blocking me from taking a more active role.
Of course, she's broken promises to me before.
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Video Competition
Category: web, 04:32 PMSo, way back when I started this blog, I was supposed to be keeping tabs on all of you Cube hunters on Earth, marking exciting media mentions, talking about my life and answering your questions, that sort of thing. I guess I've dropped off on some of that just a little bit (or I guess pretty much entirely) and, well, my dad is after me for it. You should hear him, his hands all folded up in front of him, 'It's not even like you're working, Scarlett,' and so on.
And, well, I have started really missing talking to all of you Earth people. It's been nice to have a long breather after returning from Tanraga, but I've started getting a bit restless, and school's out for the term. So I hate to say it, but my dad is right and I should start keeping up here a bit better!
So with that in mind, I'd like to congratulate the winner of Mind Candy's video competition, UKVer2, who made Perplex City, Meet South Park. I have to be honest, though, that sort of thing isn't going to go very far in convincing Perplexians that you aren't a violent lot! :-)
My personal favourite, though, was Pirates and Ninjas, just because everyone looked like they had so much fun filming it! And the videos were all really terrific, though I confess I didn't understand some of them very well. I can tell that everyone worked really hard, too - I can't imagine going to the trouble to write a song, like in It's time for!
So again, congratulations to all of the winners, and cheers to everyone who made a video! And I'll try really, really hard to post more often going forward.