noylj posted a comment on Friday 14th July 2006 9:18am for 5: Black Island

Uhhh...technically, I believe, the coconut is what you squeeze out of the coconut meat. The liquid inside is not really the milk. You can take equal parts dried coconut meat and water, heat until you have a frothy mixture, cool, and squeeze out the coconut milk.

Steven Britton posted a comment on Tuesday 7th February 2006 6:44am for 5: Black Island

Despite my previous criticism about Draco's "punishment" (Bastard deserves to have his face crushed in) I love this story and hope you will update reasonably soon.

Mr.Intel replied:

Erm. Well, despite the previous colorful review, I happen to agree that Malfoy certainly deserves to have his face crushed in. While Malfoy wasn't the one to blame for Dumbledore's death (Snape and ultimately Voldemort have that distinction) he has every reason to be hated by our heros. Malfoy will be back in my story and he will definitely get... something. :D

Quizer posted a comment on Monday 6th February 2006 4:57pm for 5: Black Island

Wierdness...
This is unlike any Harry Potter story I've ever read. The concept of this trap is a very interesting one. I wonder, though: would even old Moldieshorts have enough knowledge and power to create something as elaborate as this? Unless it turns out to have been an illusion at the end, I doubt it somehow.
Great stuff, though. Continue by all means!

You still have the locket illogically residing in Grimmauld Place, though! (well, more or less) You're just going to ignore this logical fallacy, are you?! Hermione would have your head if she knew...

Quizer

Mr.Intel replied:

Well, if you read this chapter carefully, you will note that Ginny says the following:

"Maybe the one we saw last year wasn’t the real thing?"

Maybe she's right? ;)

Evan Mayerle posted a comment on Monday 6th February 2006 3:43pm for 5: Black Island

Oh, my!! This is getting rather interesting. It'll be fascinating to see if a good view of the night sky can tell them where in the world they are (though it'd be *real* interesting if it turned out not to be a terran night sky).

More complications and developments here that build the plot nicely. The way the two couples are bonding is quite realistic and plausible from my PoV.

I will be looking forward to further chapters.

Mr.Intel replied:

Unfortunately, they will be very busy overnight to notice the sky. In fact, I think most of their nights will be taken up with things that will make it hard to see the sky.

As to the planetary location of our heroes, I'll remain mum on that until it is revealed in the end. :D

Patches posted a comment on Monday 6th February 2006 6:16am for 5: Black Island

Very good. Lots of questions. Where's Malfoy? Who let him go? Who are the natives? Why didn't they follow them to the hut? Why are they suddenly sleepy? Looking forward to answers. Thank you for writing.
pms

Mr.Intel replied:

Yes. Lots of questions! 'They' aren't suddenly sleepy, actually. Just Ginny is. I guess that came across wrong. ;) Ginny was the POV character and I needed her to go to sleep, so... she did. The natives will play a role in the plot and we'll get to meet them in the next chapter.

Thanks for reading!

Jim_xinu posted a comment on Monday 6th February 2006 5:43am for 5: Black Island

Okay, this is officially the funkiest Horcrux search story I've seen. :-)

So, it looks like Malfoy was captured and/or liberated by natives, who don't want to bother people in the hut for whatever reason.

Reading this chapter, I was reminded of Swiss Family Robinson, original Tarzan and, oddly, Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. a Disney movie from 1966. :-)

So I'll be interested to see if there is a tree house, an ape troop, or a space chimp named Floyd in future. No doubt you'll surprise us with something completely different. :-)

Mr.Intel replied:

LOL!

Well, I'm not going to reveal everything that's going to happen, but suffice it to say not all is as it appears. Chapter six will answer some things, but most won't be resolved until the end. :)

Thanks for the early review!