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Beyond The Grave Quote

~Beyond The Grave

A Cahill Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! I am so thankful for so many things, particularly for all of you who read and comment on this blog! :) <3

Let's visit the Cahill Family Thanksgiving, shall we?

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Like she did with Halloween, Amy would get super into Thanksgiving. She'd have cornucopias and fake leaves and pumpkins all over. She would go crazy trying to plan everything out perfectly, although actually executing the meal prep wouldn't exactly be her forte. Decorating the table would be one of her favorite things, making sure everyone sat in the correct place and that the centerpiece was gorgeous. She'd love getting to have everyone together, though, since she didn't ever get that big happy family Thanksgiving when she was growing up. 

Dan would love Thanksgiving for one main reason- the food. While everyone else is going around the table saying what they're grateful for, Dan would be eating a turkey leg under the table. In the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving, he would be dropping Nellie hints about what she should make, and suggesting every type of pie imaginable. Nellie would have kick him out of the kitchen multiple times for sneaking too much food. 

Fiske would be very serious about the "everyone say what they're thankful for" routine. Dan would drive him insane trying to stuff his face before everyone was finished. He'd be super traditional about the menu, wanting to use tons of old recipes, and arguing with Nellie about how she used way too many spices. 

Nellie would go NUTS getting ready for Thanksgiving. It would be her favorite holiday simply because of all the food. She'd probably be planning the menu for a month beforehand, and wouldn't listen to everyone's protests when she starts making Asian gravy. The only person she would let help her in the kitchen would be Sammy (who everyone else would probably try to bribe). By the time she was done with the cooking, they would have enough food to last for weeks, but who cares? That just means that she gets to come up with more ways to use turkey! 

Ian wouldn't quite know what to think of Thanksgiving. It would be a pretty new concept for him, growing up in England. He'd ask tons of questions about the original Thanksgiving until Jonah finally threw a history textbook at him. He also would be super uncomfortable when everyone went around saying what they're thankful for. Waaaaaay too emotional for him. I'd like to think, though, that before he rattled off some generic response, he glanced at Amy, just for a moment.

Hamilton would spend most of his time trying to organize a football game outside after everyone had eaten. Naturally, this didn't go over too well, but he insisted, saying it was "a Holt family tradition." He'd give up after about an hour when Amy had dropped every ball that came her way, Ian was complaining because he tore the hem of his trousers, Nellie was complaining about hunger pangs, and Jonah was too busy rewatching parade footage.

Speaking of Jonah, he would be pretty bummed about not being invited to be in the Macy's parade. Apparently the parade coordinators didn't like his new projects, and were concerned that he was too unbalanced after the famous "mime incident". He would probably spend the morning glumly staring at the TV, criticizing everyone for their bad lip synching. That afternoon, however, he'd become obsessed with starting Christmas music, and getting everyone to Christmas carol. Fiske would claim that they had to wait until tomorrow, but Jonah finally convinced everyone to do one round of Deck The Halls before they all ran off with excuses. 

There was a definite bittersweet nature thinking of the family who couldn't be there, and Amy teared up a bit when she thought about how much Mac would have loved the branches all being together. Mainly, though, everyone would just be thankful to have a day of safety, and thankful for everyone who was able to be there. 

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Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween, everyone! Gosh, I can't believe that it's already Halloween. I've always loved Halloween, it's such a fun holiday. I mean, you get to dress up, decorate with tons of fun stuff, and eat candy! It's kind of perfect.

It got me thinking, how would the Cahills handle Halloween?

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Amy would approach Halloween extremely traditionally. She'd decorate the entire mansion with hand-carved jack-o-lanterns that she forced the rest of the Cahills to help her make. There would be little bowls of candy corn on every table, and she would spend the weeks before Halloween making sure that everything was perfect, down to the last orange streamer. She would probably dress up as a cat, which would slightly terrify Saladin. 

Dan would be....well, Dan. He would probably dress up as a zombie, or some other horrifying creature. He'd argue with Amy over decorations for DAYS before giving up- there was just no way he could talk his sister into putting corpses all over the roof. He would, however, drive her crazy by putting little things all over the house- bloody fingers in the candy bowls, hairy spiders in the corners, and exceptionally realistic-looking eyeballs in the ice dispenser. He'd also drag everyone to the scariest haunted house in town, possibly scarring Ian for life. Dan would also be that kid who goes around the neighborhood three times for trick-or-treating, just to get more candy. 

Fiske would be the person that everyone expects to be very nonchalant, but would end up getting super into it as well. He'd side with Amy, as far as decorations are concerned, but he would secretly love the haunted house as much as Dan. None of the other Cahills would understand why Nellie collapsed into laughter when Fiske appeared as a character that he called El Coyote.

Speaking of Nellie, she would probably be the most Halloween-obsessed of all of them! Her hair would be black with orange tips for the entirety of October, and the Cahills wouldn't have a normal meal all month. They'd wake up to find spider-shaped pancakes for breakfast. Lunch would be bloody finger sandwiches, and their ice cubes would be shaped like skulls. Dinnertime would be intestine-casserole with a jello brain for dessert. And her costume, oh her costume! She would be dressed as a ninja, with an amazing black and gold outfit. She'd also get quite a few questions from neighbors as to how she acquired such a great samurai sword...

Ian wouldn't be super Halloween-obsessed, but he'd get dragged into it thanks to the rest of his family. He'd cringe a bit at Nellie's food, and at Dan's decorations, but for the most part he just stayed quiet, except for the occasional muttering about "obsessive Americans". Amy would try to encourage him to participate in the festivities, and she wondered for quite a while why he was so cool about it. Finally one day, he came along with her for some costume errands, and seemed to be getting into the spirit a bit more. He got a lot quieter though, after they accidentally ended up in an aisle full of princess costumes. After that, Amy decided to put him in charge of pumpkins instead.

Growing up, Hamilton always was told that the sole purpose of Halloween was to scare people, a fact that Dan would use to his advantage. The Holts were always THAT family. You know, the ones who dress up as scarecrows or dummies, then sit on the front porch waiting to scare the living daylights out of innocent trick-or-treaters. Amy refused to let them do that this year, but Dan still had other plans. Since he had quite the scaring knowledge, Dan convinced him to rig the house. In the week leading up to Halloween, no one could go anywhere in the house without having SOMETHING jump out at them. The first few times, it was funny, but by the end of the week, Ian had severed the heads of eight clown dummies that had jumped out at him.

Halloween in Attleboro was a bit of a shock for Jonah, who was used to Halloween in LA. He decided to take it upon himself to throw a gigantic Halloween party, but the idea was quickly shot down by Fiske, who didn't like the idea of non-Cahills on the property. Instead, Jonah ended up dedicating himself to filling the mansion with Halloween music, blasting Monster Mash and Thriller CONSTANTLY. He and Nellie had lots of dance battles in the kitchen, which Nellie still claims that she won.

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Think Like Grace

~The Medusa Plot

Into The Gauntlet

~Into The Gauntlet

The Quote of the Day

~One False Note

Today's Quote

~Flashpoint

A Quote!

~Mission Hindenburg

Back to School!

Hey, everybody!

Gosh, has it seriously been a week since I posted on here? Bad blogger award, I know... Sorry about that. School has officially started up for me and I've been super busy. Can I please be done with school now? *sigh* Honestly, it's been going well so far though, so I'm happy. Haha, now I just have to keep up with blogging! (Which I WILL do!! I swear!!)

Small announcement, I'm going to start back the daily quotes on September 1st, so stay tuned for that! I really could just start them now, but I'm weird about when I start things haha. I may be a *teensy* bit OCD...

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Anyway, I was thinking- it's kind of funny to think about the Cahills' reactions to going back to school.....

Amy would be thrilled, and would be the girl that signs up for all of the super advanced courses, does everything honors and AP. She would probably have a countdown to when school started! She'd probably also be freaking out, hoping that maybe this would be the year she could ACTUALLY be a normal high school student and just go to school. 

Dan would be your typical teenage boy, looking forward to school about as much as a dentist's appointment. He would be constantly fighting with Amy about going school supply shopping, and would give her as hard of a time as possible. But let's face it he does that about everything.....

Ian would be trying to convince Amy that he would be much more efficient doing school online, but she would insist that it would be a "good experience" for him to go to an American public school. Ian would hate the idea of going to school with "Common Americans". He'd much rather just avoid people. Does this make me Ian?

Jonah wouldn't go to regular school, because let's face it, he would be mobbed constantly. It just wouldn't work. He'd probably do online school from the Attleboro base, and would rub it in Ian's face at every possible opportunity.

Nellie would worry, of course. She would be panicky about her kiddos going out and doing normal things. After all, anyone could be an enemy. But she would also be excited about going back to school and taking cooking classes. Plus, less time taking care of the kiddos means more coffee dates with Sammy. ;)

Hamilton would be thrilled for a break from being Jonah's bodyguard for a few hours every day, and would immediately join every sports club that he could. He would also probably scare off a lot of kids in the process. xD

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How do you feel about school starting?

Book 4 Theories

There are a lot of theories going around online as to what the fourth and final disaster is going to be. I actually read somewhere online that the fourth book is going to be named Mission 39, although I haven't seen that confirmed.

There's one theory that each disaster is going to be 32 years apart. That would place the fourth disaster happening in 2008. In 2008, the Clue Hunt was going on. It's possible that the final disaster could involve the serum (please no), or the Outcast could create his own disaster that would pit all of the Cahills against each other once again.

As for Mission Hurricane, the third book, one possibility is that the disaster won't have anything to do with an actual hurricane, but a mistake that was made in the aftermath of the hurricane. Didn't the Outcast say something at one point about always being able to rely on human stupidity? I'm pretty sure that he's not going the whole natural-disaster weather machine route. He seems like too cool of a villain. Let's face it, V1 was a nutjob...

I don't know. There are a number of different ways that that could go. I think that we'll be able to formulate better theories once we have more information on Mission Hurricane. What do you think?

They're Nuts, Alright...

~The Emperor's Code

Get Used To It!

~Shatterproof

Quote!

~Beyond The Grave

I really love this quote:)

A Quote A Day!

~In Too Deep

Quote Time!

~Flashpoint

The Quote of The Day!!

~The Sword Thief

I had to post this. It's one of my favorite passages of the series. *sigh* I'm sorry, but I really miss Amian. :/

April Fool's!

Really though, just imagine the Cahills on April Fool's Day. I feel like Dan and Hamilton would be going around pranking everyone possible, especially Ian.

Just think about it-

• Dan telling Ian that tea is no longer being sold in America, and watching Ian lose it, then frantically search the internet for bulk tea shipments.
• Dan and Hamilton convincing an entire group of people to pretend they have no idea who Jonah is, and Jonah doing everything he can to try and get the people to recognize him.
• Hamilton mixing up Nellie's cooking supplies and laughing at her panic after he swaps the baking powder with baking soda and the sugar with the salt.
• Dan switching Ian and Jake's contacts in Amy's phone, and watching the chaos ensue.
• The boys using a voice-changing app to call Ian pretending to be Cara
• Ian deciding that he wants to get in on this "bloody fooling business" and creating huge, complex maps and charts to decide the best prank to do to Jake. Because a Kabra never does things the simple way.
• Hamilton re-covering all of Amy's favorite books so that it takes her ages to find the right one.
• Cara thinking that it would be fun to prank Ian, but actually driving him to the brink of insanity.
• Everyone trying to play pranks on Sinead, but always failing because she figured them out ahead of time. 

But really. You know it would happen. 

A Quote A Day

~Pony, Countdown


This quote absolutely kills me. Pony is so heartbreaking. :'-( I really liked him, and then Natalie Standiford just killed him like that!!! Agh, it kills me. And then this quote, right before he died. It's just so unfair.

A Quote from the 1500's!

~Vespers Rising

I love getting to read this, after reading about the table in Into The Gauntlet. It's so cool to read about the original Cahills so long ago.