26-10-2016, 05:26 AM
Dearest Bro Bro,
What? Can’t an adorable and semi-precious little sister call you brother, and in the same letter ask you to abandon whatever you’re working on right now to get on a ship with your infant child and come visit and perform with me in a town that isn’t actually cursed, but has a gruesome history and a dragon nearby? I mean… it was worth a shot. I changed my theme and plans for the ball three times but I think I’ve got something I’m set to keep. The ball is in summer and the other page is a draft of the invitation. The theme is… We Are Red! I don’t know. I wanted to do something seasonal but that’s pretty hard for summer without taking the whole thing outdoors. And then it just becomes a festival in formal wear. So the next thing to pick is colors, and… well, I asked you for those lanterns already (please keep talking Loan around for me), plus it’s easy to decorate and cater for a red theme. Red meat, red wine, red fruits, red flowers, red banners. You know, just fucking red.
I kind of hate the thing I wrote for the invitation. It’s a poem I guess but it doesn't rhyme and I don't know. Zaira likes it and so does the Elder, surprisingly. She's gonna scribe nicer copies because, well you know. Handwriting, cursive, hate it. Anyway, I guess… I hate it because it reads like sap. Which is dumb I know because I write sap all the time for songs. But it's different! You don't really take song sap seriously, it's just “don't stop, never give up, hold your head high and reach the top” kinds of cuteness. The invitation is supposed to be serious. And I swear Zaira and the Elder was just a fluke. I feel dumb, but it's too late now so please just say it's so good and Kane isn't gonna make fun of me.
I’m ok right now. Not much is really happening, just a new fling that you don’t want to hear about. Other than ball stuff I’m just hanging out with Zaira a lot. She went away and came back again just after our prank and I hadn’t been paying much attention to her. Probably should have though. A while ago I went to her house and it was all paintings, lots of empty bottles. I didn’t know about it because I guess I don’t really ask about him, but Bishop left around the same time as her and he’s not back. On top of that, he can’t write her from where he is. I don’t know, Khanh. She’s trying to quit drinking, and I gotta say so far it’s going better than when you helped Tuan quit opium. But I mean, one, it’s Tuan, and two, I guess I’m not that far into it.
It’s rough because I know why she’s drinking, she’s lonely and sad and shit about Bishop and probably bored because there’s not a whole lot of smith work to do. But I can’t really talk about it with her, because that means I gotta talk about Bishop. And… I mean it’s not like I can’t, but I kinda can’t. What am I supposed to say? I can’t complain about him, everyone complains about him, she’s fucking tired of it and I’ll just look jealous. But I don’t really want to defend him either. This decision they made was dumb. As for saying the truth, well… I guess it would just be complaining. I’m kind of angry, Khanh. Just angry that I had to get hurt and shit for them to be together and he goes off and does this. Fuck that! And I was rooting for him! This is about as bad as when I rooted for Kane. But I’m not about to start on that.
Enough about me. You can bring Phi, you can bring Loan, fuck, you can even bring pa but you can’t even joke about bringing Tuan, Khanh. Were you there when he said what he said?! That man is not my brother! You can call me dumb, you can call me slutty, you can even call me selfish… but no one, ESPECIALLY NOT MY DEAR FAMILY, can call me what he called me. Will not even indulge it with a repeat. Also for the Thao problem, you can either bring a laying hen or you can honestly just let her not eat. I’m not saying starve your daughter! But I am saying that she will eat something other than eggs before she starves, you just have to have the nerve to deal with the screaming before you get there. Just saying, it worked with Phi.
See you soon,
Lien
What? Can’t an adorable and semi-precious little sister call you brother, and in the same letter ask you to abandon whatever you’re working on right now to get on a ship with your infant child and come visit and perform with me in a town that isn’t actually cursed, but has a gruesome history and a dragon nearby? I mean… it was worth a shot. I changed my theme and plans for the ball three times but I think I’ve got something I’m set to keep. The ball is in summer and the other page is a draft of the invitation. The theme is… We Are Red! I don’t know. I wanted to do something seasonal but that’s pretty hard for summer without taking the whole thing outdoors. And then it just becomes a festival in formal wear. So the next thing to pick is colors, and… well, I asked you for those lanterns already (please keep talking Loan around for me), plus it’s easy to decorate and cater for a red theme. Red meat, red wine, red fruits, red flowers, red banners. You know, just fucking red.
I kind of hate the thing I wrote for the invitation. It’s a poem I guess but it doesn't rhyme and I don't know. Zaira likes it and so does the Elder, surprisingly. She's gonna scribe nicer copies because, well you know. Handwriting, cursive, hate it. Anyway, I guess… I hate it because it reads like sap. Which is dumb I know because I write sap all the time for songs. But it's different! You don't really take song sap seriously, it's just “don't stop, never give up, hold your head high and reach the top” kinds of cuteness. The invitation is supposed to be serious. And I swear Zaira and the Elder was just a fluke. I feel dumb, but it's too late now so please just say it's so good and Kane isn't gonna make fun of me.
I’m ok right now. Not much is really happening, just a new fling that you don’t want to hear about. Other than ball stuff I’m just hanging out with Zaira a lot. She went away and came back again just after our prank and I hadn’t been paying much attention to her. Probably should have though. A while ago I went to her house and it was all paintings, lots of empty bottles. I didn’t know about it because I guess I don’t really ask about him, but Bishop left around the same time as her and he’s not back. On top of that, he can’t write her from where he is. I don’t know, Khanh. She’s trying to quit drinking, and I gotta say so far it’s going better than when you helped Tuan quit opium. But I mean, one, it’s Tuan, and two, I guess I’m not that far into it.
It’s rough because I know why she’s drinking, she’s lonely and sad and shit about Bishop and probably bored because there’s not a whole lot of smith work to do. But I can’t really talk about it with her, because that means I gotta talk about Bishop. And… I mean it’s not like I can’t, but I kinda can’t. What am I supposed to say? I can’t complain about him, everyone complains about him, she’s fucking tired of it and I’ll just look jealous. But I don’t really want to defend him either. This decision they made was dumb. As for saying the truth, well… I guess it would just be complaining. I’m kind of angry, Khanh. Just angry that I had to get hurt and shit for them to be together and he goes off and does this. Fuck that! And I was rooting for him! This is about as bad as when I rooted for Kane. But I’m not about to start on that.
Enough about me. You can bring Phi, you can bring Loan, fuck, you can even bring pa but you can’t even joke about bringing Tuan, Khanh. Were you there when he said what he said?! That man is not my brother! You can call me dumb, you can call me slutty, you can even call me selfish… but no one, ESPECIALLY NOT MY DEAR FAMILY, can call me what he called me. Will not even indulge it with a repeat. Also for the Thao problem, you can either bring a laying hen or you can honestly just let her not eat. I’m not saying starve your daughter! But I am saying that she will eat something other than eggs before she starves, you just have to have the nerve to deal with the screaming before you get there. Just saying, it worked with Phi.
See you soon,
Lien