{ m e m e } • Mail Call!

[notanybunny]

Have your character leave an IC letter/email/voicemail/text that they'd never actually send.
Bonus points for writing replies!



original version by Li, all those years ago ♥

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[nopast]

I think marrying him was a mistake.

How many times do I have to regret this?


[ Very real Sheifa thoughts sometime within her first year on Elicoor. She’s tired of the politics and the faking, and wonders if it’s worth it. Oh, and at this point she’s not formally married yet - happens when you’re a random girl from out of nowhere and your husband is the second most powerful man in the kingdom. ]

[halvedheart]

I tried. With the Scourge, no less. I’d dug in the tip deep enough to draw blood, but then I heard Marc cry, and I couldn’t bring myself to plunge it all the way through.

I know, I can’t die. But for him, I must somehow find the will to survive.


[ In the months that followed Airyglyph’s destruction and Arzei’s death, having an infant son was really all that kept Nausy going. But, yes, she literally can’t die; she has a rune that keeps her from aging normally and helps her regenerate when she gets injured. ]

[cajuzinho]

It got that bad, huh?

[ He's not judging, but it is a bit of a surprise. ]

[halvedheart]

Everyone has a breaking point. That was mine.

I stood in the middle of the ruins of what had once been my home, destroyed by the army I knew was coming but was powerless to stand up to. I'd sent my family away, but there was one I couldn't save, and he lay dead at my feet, while I somehow still breathed and lived.

The plague that nearly killed my sister, the attack on my father that left him incapacitated, my mother's breakdown, my husband going crazy, all the lies and deceit and political intrigue that turned my twin brother into my enemy... and then that.

People think I'm strong. After all, I’m the general’s daughter, and the only queen who ever commanded a dragon.

But I'm not. Not always.


[ It's not something she's proud of. ]

[halvedheart]

Gods, I want to kiss you. Among other things.

and she said you’re not together like that

[bondedroyalty]

It’s not my fault that I’m special!

I just want a brother. Why can’t he act like one? Kahlua’s special too, but Marc isn’t mean to her!

[sonofdawn]

I can summon fire.
I can make things explode.
I can make water out of nothing.
I can create a storm.
I can make things fly.
I can light up a dark room.
I can make plants grow.
I can start an earthquake.
I can conjure a shield.
And more.

BUT I CAN’T FRICKIN’ TELL ANYONE!

[powerofchange]

All this power, yet nothing that can heal you.

[khristalized]

Is it so wrong to want to save the world?

[dysconnected]

Some days I wish people were as easy to read as machines.

I’d rather deal with a glitchy code than a girly tantrum.

[namelessprince]

It must be hard to be in love with someone who loves someone else.

Love is complicated.

[estrangedheir]

My answer is no.

Kingdoms rise and fall; if yours must, then so be it. I will not throw away my men’s lives for a lost cause.


[ Have a Cade sometime during the first half of the novel. He’s back in Galenaea and assumed his father’s position in the army. ]

[ilda]

I’m sorry. But this is something I must do.

Whatever happens tomorrow... if I die, please don’t cry for me.


[ Novel!Ilda here as well, from the night she makes her life-changing decision to cheat her way into the Emergence. Sure, it’s just a beauty pageant. But it’s so rooted in religion that any imfraction against its holyness is punishable by death. ]

[cajuzinho]

[ There's really nothing to say to that... condolences will only come off sounding like platitudes. And while he knows the story, or at least as much as she's felt comfortable sharing with him, hearing it all laid out in sequence like this is something sobering. ]

I'm sorry, Nausy. You've been through so much...

[halvedheart]

Hasn’t everyone? Besides, I got you and Marc and Kahlua now :-D

[ Acting like it’s no big deal, as usual. But maybe she’ll just go and give you a hug now. ]

[cajuzinho]

Yes, you do. Ad we're going to make sure you don't forget it.

[bisectioned]

i always wanted a brother too
then i got one he's very nice

[ Cielo may be missing the point of the letter. ]

[audiofox]

Then what is the problem?

[unorthofox]

The logical answer would seem to be 'no'...

[halvedheart]

You’ve somehow mastered how to do just that, gorgeous. ;-)

Speaking of forgetting, though... I think Marc might be up to something. And my instincts are telling me he wants to go to Elicoor.

[halvedheart]

Isn’t it too... well, forward?

[ Yeah, like that has ever stopped you before, Nausy. ]

And he’s the Cajuzinho.

[ That hasn’t stopped you before, either. ]

[audiofox]

Do you think he's the type to be attracted to women who are emotionally wilting flowers? Do you know his parentage?

[bondedroyalty]

[ She is ADORABLE but spoiled little Macie just makes a face as she replies. ]

You’re lucky, Aunt Cielo.

Ramis isn’t nice. I think he hates me.

[bisectioned]

why would he? you're a good girl

[halvedheart]

Exactly that. I don’t deserve him.

[ Reads Sherry’s reply again. Blinks. Frowns. Then crosses out what she’s written. ]

He’s attracted to me?