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June Release Update (2)
And we are officially back on the Hogwarts Express tracks!Mover/Shaker Step 9 is out as Uki begins the new leg of his journey in the next arc of the series!The filming for Half Blood Prince has officially wrapped, and in the freshly released IoTV! Chapters 36.5,37, and 37.5 are ready to read - hopef...
Chapter 37.5: Dance Dance Retribution
Chapter 37.5: Dance Dance RetributionJack Black’s Home, Beachwood California. May 2008.“Sing from your diaphragm, Bas baby. You gotta - waaAAH - let it out!” Jack Black’s backyard was about as open as it gets. Yet somehow, despite that, he belted out his voice loud enough to shake the trees ...
Chapter 37: Keeping Tabs
Chapter 37: Keeping TabsProduction Office, Leavesden. April 2008.Never did I believe that so far away from my schooling years that I’d be back in the principal’s office awaiting correction.David Heyman’s warm woody office was replaced by the harsh fluorescent hell of academic authority. My sti...
Chapter 36.5: Cockroach Spray
Chapter 36.5: Cockroach SprayThe Automat, London. April 2008.The American housing market had crashed out, and the nervous bobblehead I’d employed as my financial manager, Ben Wyatt, had cashed in.Busy as I was, we’d yet to go into the full numbers. But the last time he’d yammered on, at least ...
9th Move: Juggling Relationships
9th Move: Juggling RelationshipsViolet City GymAt this moment, I am euphoric, not because I have seized victory, but because I am basking in my opponent’s misery.If the crowd had any applause or good sportsmanship, I wasn’t on the receiving end of it.Falkner swooped over to me as soon as the bot...
Release Update June (1)
Tardy to the party, but the music's still pumping!Apologies for the slight delay this week. Writer's block had turned me into a blockhead, but I beat my head against that brick wall long enough to get the newest batch out as I promised!Mover/Shaker Step 8 - Uki takes his first steps on the b...
Chapter 36: Keeping Mum
Chapter 36: Keeping MumCardiff, Wales. March 2 2008.The wheels on the bus went crunch as it drove over the gravel driveway of the manor. With a whiny crank and steamyhiss, it came just a few meters away from the entranceofthe foster home.Mrs Stephens, with a thankful smile to the driver, was the fir...
Chapter 35.5: I’d Like to Spank the Academy
Chapter 35.5: I’d Like to Spank the AcademyKodak Theatre, Hollywood. February 2008.The glam! The glitz! A red sea littered with stars as far as I could spit.Not that I would since several thousand lenses that would catch any glob of saliva from my mouth with more force than gravity itself.When I w...
Chapter 35: HeartFelt(on) Apology
Chapter 35: HeartFelt(on) ApologyLeavesden Studios, UK. January 2008.Something stank to high heaven, and it wasn’t his soggy socks.“Alright, gentlemen. I believe we’ve got the shot - even the one for posterity.” Tom Felton remained prone and submerged in the ankle-deep water.Myrtle’s bathr...
8th Move: Zephyr
8th Move: ZephyrUki’s Campsite, Route 36.As clever as I felt for coming up with alliterative, or tongue-in-cheek, or even funny punny names for the moves I create; all that work I put into training my Pokémon to use those moves goes down the drain the moment I vomit my lungs out against a compete...
Release Update May (4)
Looks like we've finally reached the end of the month!Mover/Shaker takes its seventh rumbling step as Uki is well under way preparing for his upcoming gym challenge.IoTV! 33.5, 34, and 34.5 are also up and ready to read. Bas finally gets to relax a little and chooses to get his blood pumping (li...
Chapter 34.5: The Crux of it All - Part 2
Chapter 34.5: The Crux of it All - Part 2Leavesden Studio, UK. January 2008.There was a crack in my butt. Not just the one that ran down the middle.Heineken owed me royalties for all the free advertising I was giving them for constantly rubbing my heinie on camera. But I wasn’t gonna complain too ...
Chapter 34: The Crux of it All - Part 1
Chapter 34: The Crux of it All - Part 1Leavesden Studios, UK. December 2007.[Dumbledore’s circular office looked a lot neater than the last time I’d visited. Considering I’d vented my frustrations out on it, it wasn’t a surprise to me that some of the puffing, whirring, and softly whistling ...
Chapter 33.5: Weasley Slashing
Chapter 33.5: Weasley SlashingMakeup Station, Durham Cathedral. December 2007.Love is in the air - that’s how the saying goes, but I had a unique spin on it. Love is in the hair.That’s why David Yates’ balding scalp looked like a hairy guy’s knee, “Hold still, Bas,” and why my luscious l...
7th Move: Fairplay
7th Move: FairplayRoute 36 Campsite, Johto.Falkner had whipped off his falconry gloves and whapped me across the face twice to a gym sanctioned duel.The stakes were simple - he wins and I’m forced to abandon my Pokédollar printing perch so that he can return to a simple life of pecking rookies in...
Release Update May (3)
Whoops! Almost forgot to do one of these this week!As an apology I'm uploading the latest chapter of Mover/Shaker after this post to continue Uki's Pokemon journey.Three more chapters of IoTV! are slated for release this week from now till Monday. Currently chapters 32, 32.5, and 33 are up a...
Chapter 33: High Tea
Chapter 33: High TeaBas’ Caravan, Leavesden. November 2007.Over the past few weeks, when I wake up in the morning, it’s usually been me grumbling at the sunlight streaming in through my window when it hurts my eyes.But today, instead of the prospect of throwing punches at production bearing heav...
Chapter 32.5: Tele-Socio-Pathy
Chapter 32.5: Tele-Socio-PathyWardrobe Department, Leavesden. November 2007.“Would you fuck me?” Jealousy doesn’t come naturally to me, but as I stared at the shirtless hunk in the mirror, I was feeling it full force.“Thank God you’re wearing underwear beneath those baggy pants.” Anita...
Chapter 32: The Half-Wit Ponce
Chapter 32: The Half-Wit PonceLeavesden Studios, UK. October 2007.Dilemmas did diddly-squat when it came to delaying production. If the money train was full speed ahead, there wasn’t any thought going into the trolley problem. It wouldn’t matter who and how many were tied to the tracks, rather t...
Release Update May (2)
Hello all,IoTV! has the next three chapter 30.5, 31, and 31.5 out and ready to read. Half blood prince is having a rocky start, but the team will do their best to get it back on track. And Bas finally read the acknowledgments!I owe an apology for Mover/Shaker unfortunately the chapter i wrote was co...
Chapter 31.5: Jumping the Gun, Not the Shark
Chapter 31.5: Jumping the Gun, Not the SharkBas’s Caravan, Leavesden. October 2007.“Storming out like that, even choreographed, is unbecoming, Mr Rhys.”“C’mon Cad, calling it storming out is a little harsh. It was a light drizzle at worst.” My steps up the door to my caravan were kept li...
Chapter 31: Comply, Come Fly Away
Chapter 31: Comply, Come Fly AwayLeavesden Studios, UK. October 2007.Fear wasn’t a foreign concept to me, but the circumstances that led to me living the life I did now, not to mention the extremely cushy existence I’d carved out for myself, had left my sense of danger about as dulled as a 2B pe...
Chapter 30.5: Boxing in the Office
Chapter 30.5: Boxing in the OfficeDunshire Equities, LA. September 2007.“Take a seat.”“...This is my office, Bas. Youtake a seat.” Would you look at that? Not only had my ever indefatigable financial advisor Ben gotten himself a brand spanking new office suite with all the works, apparently ...
Release Update May (1)
I feel like every time I blink I'm writing another one of these.This week just flew by. Mover/Shaker chapter 6 is out. Uki has managed to barter better rewards from a jilted gym leader. Who will he train for his impending match and will he succeed? IoTV! 29, 29.5, and 30 are there too. Bas' ...
Chapter 30: Getting Lei’d
Chapter 30: Getting Lei’dHilo, Hawaii. September 2007.The ballistic storm battering Kaua’i was ready to ebb. In around another week, there’d no longer be thunder over the tropics.After anything and everything involving jungles, animals, stunts, and explosions had been completed, Ben had relaxe...
Chapter 29.5: Hawaiian Cruise
Chapter 29.5: Hawaiian CruiseKaua’i, Hawaii. August 2007.Whenever the weather is on the brink of rain, a lot of us have the senses to tell that a shift is coming. Some people feel an ache in their bones and others breathe in that earthy scent of petrichor.My poor nose, unfortunately, only caught a...
Chapter 29: Rigidity Don’t Jive
Chapter 29: Rigidity Don’t JiveKaua’i, Hawaii. August 2007.I loved practical effects. CG has its place in movie making for sure, but I dreaded the day when tasteful enhancements were subsumed by the viral infection that computer graphics would inevitably become. Planting their invading flag on t...
6th Move: Hostile Negotiations
6th Move: Hostile NegotiationsEntertainment took many many forms in the Pokémon world. Outside of battling, there was an entire ocean of industries and fields that gained eyes and attention.And often with that attention came the corresponding fame and power for those at the pinnacle.Mind you, it wa...
Release Update April (5)
I don't know how I've managed to fit in so many update in a single month, but I doubt anybody is complaining haha.Another week gone and another pack of chapters are available for you at your leisure!Mover/Shaker chapter 5 is out - Uki's recent shenanigans have potentially put him trouble...
Chapter 28.5: Pineapples & Oranges
Chapter 28.5: Pineapples & OrangesKaua’i, Hawaii. July 2007.My body gently swayed. I lounged in a hammock tied between two palm trees. Distant crunching and sloshing sang the siren call of a cerulean sea. But nothing could take me away from the siren beside me, who looked suspiciously like the ste...
