[--A letter which comes to Caspar, smelling of seawater, via an exceptionally short dwarf. The letter itself has been closed with wax and, once opened, is written in code. But code Caspar knows. Old, simple, easy for him to decipher. This is Nikos' version of nostalgia, using old codes.]
[ Of course he's spoken to his brother, but has he spoken to him?? Might as well ask the real questions if this conversation is going to take a week. ]
[This hardly counts as a letter because it is very brief and has no signature or address on it. Or, well, it does. Because it's Caspar's last letter, with a note from Nikos at the bottom.]
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ye olde text aka a letter
C --
Lɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴏ ʜᴇʀᴇ. Yᴏᴜʀ ʟᴀsᴛ ʟᴇᴛᴛᴇʀ ɪɴᴅɪᴄᴀᴛᴇᴅ ɪɴᴛᴇʀᴇsᴛ ɪɴ ᴛʀᴀᴠᴇʟɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ Kɪʀᴋᴡᴀʟʟ ᴘᴇʀsᴏɴᴀʟʟʏ. Dᴏɴ'ᴛ ʙᴏᴛʜᴇʀ. I ᴄᴀɴ ʜᴀɴᴅʟᴇ ᴀɴʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴄᴏᴍᴇs ᴜᴘ. Vᴇʀʏ, ᴠᴇʀʏ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ᴡɪʟʟ ᴄᴏᴍᴇ ᴜᴘ. As ᴏʀɢᴀɴɪᴢᴀᴛɪᴏɴs ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴍɪɢʜᴛ sᴛʀɪᴋᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀ ɪɴᴛᴇʀᴇsᴛ ɢᴏ, ᴛʜᴇ Iɴǫᴜɪsɪᴛɪᴏɴ ʜᴀs ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴏꜰꜰᴇʀ ʏᴏᴜ.
Pᴀʏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴡᴀʀꜰ ᴄᴀʀʀʏɪɴɢ ᴛʜɪs ʟᴇᴛᴛᴇʀ. Hᴇ ɪs sᴜʀᴘʀɪsɪɴɢʟʏ ᴛʀᴜsᴛᴡᴏʀᴛʜʏ. Nᴏᴛ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ʜᴇ ɪs ᴀ ᴅᴡᴀʀꜰ ʙᴜᴛ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ʜᴇ ɪs ꜰʀᴏᴍ Kɪʀᴋᴡᴀʟʟ.
-- N
ye olde left on read
Dɪꜰꜰɪᴄᴜʟᴛ ᴛᴏ ɪᴍᴀɢɪɴᴇ ʏᴏᴜ sᴜꜰꜰᴇʀɪɴɢ ᴀʟʟ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʙᴏʀᴇᴅᴏᴍ ᴀʟᴏɴᴇ. Tʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴍɪɢʜᴛ ʟɪᴋᴇ sᴏᴍᴇ ᴄᴏᴍᴘᴀɴʏ. Nᴏᴡ I ᴛʜɪɴᴋ I'ᴍ ᴏᴡᴇᴅ ᴀ ᴅʀɪɴᴋ ꜰᴏʀ ᴘᴀʏɪɴɢ ᴏꜰꜰ ʏᴏᴜʀ sᴜʀᴘʀɪsɪɴɢʟʏ ᴛʀᴜsᴛᴡᴏʀᴛʜʏ Kɪʀᴋᴡᴀʟʟᴇʀ.
Tʜɪs ʟᴇᴛᴛᴇʀ ʜᴀs ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴘᴀɪᴅ ꜰᴏʀ, ʙʏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴀʏ.
C.
[ Which is of course code for: a) nice try and b) see you in Kirkwall. ]
ye olde irritated face emoji
C--
Nᴏ ɪᴅᴇᴀ ɪꜰ ᴛʜɪs ʟᴇᴛᴛᴇʀ ᴡɪʟʟ ꜰɪɴᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀs ʏᴏᴜ sᴇᴇᴍ ᴛᴏ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴍᴀᴅᴇ ᴜᴘ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴍɪɴᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜᴏᴜᴛ ᴄᴏɴsɪᴅᴇʀɪɴɢ ᴀɴʏ ᴏᴜᴛsɪᴅᴇ ᴀᴅᴠɪᴄᴇ. Oɴᴇ ᴏꜰ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴍᴏsᴛ ꜰʀᴜsᴛʀᴀᴛɪɴɢ ᴛʀᴀɪᴛs. I ʜᴀᴠᴇɴ'ᴛ ᴍɪssᴇᴅ ɪᴛ.
Wʀɪᴛɪɴɢ ᴀɴʏᴡᴀʏs ᴛᴏ sᴀʏ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴇ ᴛʀᴜʟʏ sᴇᴛ ᴏɴ ᴛʜɪs ᴘᴏɪɴᴛʟᴇss ᴇɴᴅᴇᴀᴠᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇɴ ᴀᴛ ʟᴇᴀsᴛ ᴛᴜʀɴ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ ʙʟᴜᴇ ᴘᴀɪɴᴛᴇᴅ sᴛᴏɴᴇ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ɢᴀʀᴅᴇɴ ᴀɴᴅ ʙʀɪɴɢ ᴀʟᴏɴɢ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ɪs ʙᴜʀɪᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ. Oʀ ᴇᴀᴛ ɪᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ʙᴇᴄᴏᴍᴇ ᴛᴏᴏ ɪʟʟ ᴛᴏ ᴛʀᴀᴠᴇʟ. I ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴘʀᴇꜰᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ sᴇᴄᴏɴᴅ.
Tʜɪs ʟᴇᴛᴛᴇʀ ɪs ɴᴏᴛ ᴘᴀɪᴅ ꜰᴏʀ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ᴀʟʟ ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴏʟᴅ ᴡᴀs ʟᴇꜰᴛ ɪɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴋᴇᴇᴘɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜ sᴛᴜᴘɪᴅ ᴀss.
Oꜰ ᴄᴏᴜʀsᴇ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ ᴅʀɪɴᴋ ᴀs, ᴛʀᴜʟʏ, ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ɪs ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ᴇʟsᴇ ʜᴇʀᴇ. Sᴏ Yᴏᴜ ᴡɪʟʟ ᴘʀᴏʙᴀʙʟʏ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ɪᴛ..
-- N
no subject
Tʜᴇʏ'ʟʟ ꜰɪɴᴅ ᴍᴇ. Lᴜᴄᴋɪʟʏ ᴛʜɪs ʟᴇᴛᴛᴇʀ ᴀʀʀɪᴠᴇᴅ ʙᴇꜰᴏʀᴇ I'ᴅ ʟᴇꜰᴛ, sᴏ I'ʟʟ ʀᴜɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴇʀʀᴀɴᴅs. Aʟᴡᴀʏs ᴛᴇᴍᴘᴛᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴇᴀᴛ ᴛʜɪɴɢs ʏᴏᴜ'ᴠᴇ ʟᴇꜰᴛ ʙᴜʀɪᴇᴅ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀ ʀᴏᴄᴋs, ʙᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴀɴᴋs ᴛᴏ ʏᴏᴜʀ ꜰᴀɪʀ ᴡᴀʀɴɪɴɢ I'ʟʟ ᴀᴠᴏɪᴅ ɪᴛ ᴛʜɪs ᴏɴᴄᴇ. Hᴀᴛᴇ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ sɪᴄᴋ ᴡʜɪʟᴇ ᴛʀᴀᴠᴇʟɪɴɢ.
Wɪʟʟ ʙʀɪɴɢ ᴇxᴛʀᴀ ꜰᴜɴᴅs ᴛᴏ ᴘᴀʏ ᴏꜰꜰ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴛᴀʙ.
Hᴀᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜ sᴘᴏᴋᴇɴ ᴛᴏ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʙʀᴏᴛʜᴇʀ?
C.
P.S. Oᴜᴛsɪᴅᴇ ᴀᴅᴠɪᴄᴇ ᴡᴀs ᴄᴏɴsɪᴅᴇʀᴇᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴇᴇᴍᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ʜᴇᴀᴠɪʟʏ ʙɪᴀsᴇᴅ. Oɴᴇ ᴏꜰ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʙᴇsᴛ ᴛʀᴀɪᴛs.
[ Of course he's spoken to his brother, but has he spoken to him?? Might as well ask the real questions if this conversation is going to take a week. ]
no subject
Yᴇs. I ʜᴀᴠᴇ sᴘᴏᴋᴇɴ ᴛᴏ ᴍʏ ʙʀᴏᴛʜᴇʀ. Mᴀɴʏ ᴛɪᴍᴇs, sᴏᴍᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴇᴠᴇɴ ʀᴇᴄᴇɴᴛ. Oᴜʀ ʀᴇᴜɴɪᴏɴ ᴡᴀs ᴠᴇʀʏ ʜᴀᴘᴘʏ, ɪꜰ ᴛʜᴀᴛ sᴏᴏᴛʜᴇs ʏᴏᴜʀ ʙʟᴇᴇᴅɪɴɢ ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ.
Wʜᴀᴛ ᴅᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ꜰʀᴏᴍ Kᴏsᴛᴏs?
[Because there will be something, if Caspar is asking; they don't just idly chat about families, especially not by letter.]
Hᴇ ᴡɪʟʟ ʜᴏᴘᴇꜰᴜʟʟʏ ʙᴇ ɪɴᴅɪsᴘᴏsᴇᴅ ᴏɴᴄᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʀʀɪᴠᴇ. As ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴇ ᴅᴇᴛᴇʀᴍɪɴᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴀʀʀɪᴠᴇ.
-- N
letter sending makes for expensive shitposting
N.
I ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛᴏ sᴇᴇ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ᴏꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ɪs ᴛᴀʟʟᴇʀ. Eᴀsɪᴇʀ ᴛᴏ ᴀᴄᴄᴏᴍᴘʟɪsʜ ɪꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴡᴏ ᴏꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴇ ᴏɴ ɢᴏᴏᴅ ᴛᴇʀᴍs.
C.
worth it imo
Mᴇ.
[So that settles that.]
no subject
i already hate your icons
whose icons tho