[The Green Giant will find the following threatening letter in the mailbox should it be checked.]
Now hear this:
On this day, the 24th of August by your human accounting, we have captured the most despicable Mailsloth. The League of Legislacerators wish it to be known that they have no name for this contemptible criminal. Never have we heard of such disrepute! A vagabond without a name!
Might those who wonder at her crimes be informed that she stands accused as such:
1. Excessive sloth 2. Dereliction of duty 3. Marauding about without any purpose 4. Egregious misuse of a Mailsloth’s hat
If you want to have her back Better be quick and find the sack She kept the letters and mail in Even when they were getting thin.
Go to the east where the bridge overthrows The river you’ve forded or watched as it goes. Beneath the trellis, tucked up really tight, You’ll find the bag there, so use all your might. It’s more than a one-person job you will find. So, take on a partner, or two, six, or nine!
- The Wholly Legal and Within Their Rights League of Legislacerators
hey IT'S IZZY, FROM THE BULLETIN listen I'M SORRY FOR SETTING YOU THE FUCK OFF i was
[There's a pause here.]
OUT OF LINE even if i meant to talk i shouldn't have made threat like it could be otherwise I AIN'T HAPPY WITH WASPFIRE but you have to understand MY MOIRAIL FACED THAT TORTURE FOR TWO THOUSAND SWEEPS and the one what brought him there WAS ME i got angry BUT I PROMISE i don't want to hurt nobody
THANK YOU FOR LETTING SHIT SETTLE AS WHERE IT DID.
I believe you that you don't really want to hurt anyone!
But Waspfire doesn't know that. I mean, I know you say you don't, but anybody can say they don't and still hurt people. And she's really, really scared of you. I think it's because of your color and not because you're you in particular? But she's still scared. She wouldn't even leave her house hive when you did the circus day.
So when you got all threatening I had to go on the defensive because even if you weren't going to do anything she had to know that I'd protect her.
I'm really glad I don't have to Supreme Thunder your face, though.
it's probably a little bit to do with my being who i am MY FUTURE HOLDS ME AS BEING CALLED THE GRAND HIGHBLOOD i cull a lot of people AND HURT A WHOLE LOT MORE she's got right to be afraid
THE WORLD THEY BROUGHT ME TO the capitol A LOT OF PEOPLE GOT TO HELPING ME they got me to change TO BE BETTER but the real reason i can promise i wouldn't hurt nobody is that THEY MADE ME THIS THING WHAT'S CALLED AN AVOX it's THE ONLY WAY I COULD DESCRIBE IS you ain't a person anymore YOU DO AS YOUR TOLD no matter what AND IT'S ALL FEAR ALL THE WAY IN AND OUT an avox can't cull not even to save someone's life AN AVOX WHAT WERE TO TRY WOULD FEEL A WHOLE LOT OF MOTHERFUCKING ILL AFTER THE ATTEMPTING i don't want to hurt anybody BUT I CAN'T HURT ANYBODY NONE EITHER it's a bit of a relief, truth said AT LEAST I'M CERTAIN SUCH WOULD BE THE CASE UNLESS LIKE... fuck, i don't even know IT WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO BE SOMETHING PRETTY DAMN BAD like homies hunting down everyone here and as what i know MAYBE
thanks for not hitting lightening up at this face of mine, i guess
I understand a little. The place I was before, the Keeper's Manse in Arcadia, was like that for us. We weren't really people either for most of the time I was there. Then the Keeper disappeared and we started becoming more like people again because he (she?) wasn't there anymore. We started acting outside of what the Keeper wanted us doing, even though Mason (the house) tried to get us to stop that and do our work again.
But the Keeper didn't stop me from being able to hurt people, because my job there was to make sure the others in my wing did their work. And if they didn't I was supposed to punish them.
He'd only been vanished a few days when I came here. So I was still used to being like that. It took me a while to figure out I could be anything else.
I didn't know that there were other people like us that weren't Changelings.
IT PROBABLY STILL AIN'T EXACTLY ALIKE we still look like what we is IT'S JUST HOW WE'RE MADE TO THINK AS LIKE WE'RE ITEMS and how others see us same ONLY DIFFERENCE PHSYICAL UNLESS OUR MASTERS ALTER US is they cut our tongues and silence our vocals SO WE CAN'T NEVER SPEAK AGAIN we can get a little better if away from our masters though, like you did THE VOICE PART WE CAN'T GET BACK not unless they's lucky LIKE I WAS
would say helmsing is something like it, actually STILL DIFFERENT IN ITS WAYS just as being a changeling was for you BUT I GUESS IN THE END SLAVES IS SLAVES IS MOTHERFUCKING SLAVES
i ain't sure what to do for waspfire I WANT THIS SHIT SETTLED but if she's afraid of me... AND I STILL GOT TO STAND BY MY MOIRAIL
I'd tell her they did something to you so you couldn't kill people, except I don't know if she'd believe me and it sounds like you probably want to keep that a secret.
Maybe I can figure out some way of showing her you're not someone to be afraid of anyway. I don't know how yet. But there must be something...
it ain't a secret so much as i just DON'T TALK ABOUT IT it ain't really relevant as to no one EXCEPT LIKE NOW but i don't think she'd believe none either
I AIN'T EXACTLY BEEN GOOD AT PROVING i still got my ownself a temper it seems BUT I'LL TRY AND MAKE CALMER
[Xanthous doesn't know Lin very well, or at all, but he's got a stockpile of things he's made the past year and a lot of time on his hands. One day before the snowfall, she'll find a package containing a pair of mittens and a scarf outside of the home her and Waspfire share.
There's no note with her's either, but it appears the same time Waspfire's does, so it's not exactly a mystery.]
[A few days after Lin gets her mittens and scarf, Xanthous will find a box of mixed cookies in his mailbox: half of them honey flavored and the other half ginger. There's no note with this box either, but Xanthous' name is written in the same green pen Lin uses on the bulletin board.]
[Eliza leaves a drawing in Lin's mailbox on the night of Christmas Eve. It's of her standing outside her house, waving and smiling at passerby. She's apparently holding someone's hand. When combined with the drawing for Waspfire, they fit together perfectly. It's signed with Eliza's name and has "Merry Christmas!" written on it as well.]
[On this day, Lin will get a small red box with a white ribbon, telltale sign that this was an enchanted cupcake. Inside is a spicy chocolate cupcake with Fox Ears and a tail sticking in the back, both made of fondant and chocolate. This one has got to be a . The note reads:]
To Miss Lin,
Happy April Fool's Day!
This cupcake was made specially in celebration of a fun day! Waspfire may have requested this as a surprise. I may have spoiled the surprise. And with that comes special rules, especially with this being your first spellcake:
1. Before consuming this cupcake you must be in a comfortable spot, one you're familiar with. Foxes tend to wander and be curious but try starting out somewhere you know best.
2. You might experience something called instinct overload, as your new animal instincts and senses will take a few moments to adjust. Since you have a predator animal's trait and instincts, you might experience some driveto hunt prey. Take a moment to ease those thoughts and center yourself. Fox behaviors may include wanting to steal shiny things or make burrows. Please don't steal!
3. You will experience no discomfort in your transformation though I suggest accommodating your clothes for the tail. It's no joke.
Delivered the Morning of August 24th
Now hear this:
On this day, the 24th of August by your human accounting, we have captured the most despicable Mailsloth. The League of Legislacerators wish it to be known that they have no name for this contemptible criminal. Never have we heard of such disrepute! A vagabond without a name!
Might those who wonder at her crimes be informed that she stands accused as such:
1. Excessive sloth
2. Dereliction of duty
3. Marauding about without any purpose
4. Egregious misuse of a Mailsloth’s hat
If you want to have her back
Better be quick and find the sack
She kept the letters and mail in
Even when they were getting thin.
Go to the east where the bridge overthrows
The river you’ve forded or watched as it goes.
Beneath the trellis, tucked up really tight,
You’ll find the bag there, so use all your might.
It’s more than a one-person job you will find.
So, take on a partner, or two, six, or nine!
- The Wholly Legal and Within Their Rights League of Legislacerators
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IT'S IZZY, FROM THE BULLETIN
listen
I'M SORRY FOR SETTING YOU THE FUCK OFF
i was
[There's a pause here.]
OUT OF LINE
even if i meant to talk i shouldn't have made threat like it could be otherwise
I AIN'T HAPPY WITH WASPFIRE
but you have to understand
MY MOIRAIL FACED THAT TORTURE FOR TWO THOUSAND SWEEPS
and the one what brought him there
WAS ME
i got angry
BUT I PROMISE
i don't want to hurt nobody
THANK YOU FOR LETTING SHIT SETTLE AS WHERE IT DID.
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But Waspfire doesn't know that. I mean, I know you say you don't, but anybody can say they don't and still hurt people. And she's really, really scared of you. I think it's because of your color and not because you're you in particular? But she's still scared. She wouldn't even leave her
househive when you did the circus day.So when you got all threatening I had to go on the defensive because even if you weren't going to do anything she had to know that I'd protect her.
I'm really glad I don't have to Supreme Thunder your face, though.
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MY FUTURE HOLDS ME AS BEING CALLED THE GRAND HIGHBLOOD
i cull a lot of people
AND HURT A WHOLE LOT MORE
she's got right to be afraid
THE WORLD THEY BROUGHT ME TO
the capitol
A LOT OF PEOPLE GOT TO HELPING ME
they got me to change
TO BE BETTER
but the real reason i can promise i wouldn't hurt nobody is that
THEY MADE ME THIS THING WHAT'S CALLED AN AVOX
it's
THE ONLY WAY I COULD DESCRIBE IS
you ain't a person anymore
YOU DO AS YOUR TOLD
no matter what
AND IT'S ALL FEAR ALL THE WAY IN AND OUT
an avox can't cull not even to save someone's life
AN AVOX WHAT WERE TO TRY WOULD FEEL A WHOLE LOT OF MOTHERFUCKING ILL AFTER THE ATTEMPTING
i don't want to hurt anybody
BUT I CAN'T HURT ANYBODY NONE EITHER
it's a bit of a relief, truth said
AT LEAST I'M CERTAIN SUCH WOULD BE THE CASE UNLESS LIKE...
fuck, i don't even know
IT WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO BE SOMETHING PRETTY DAMN BAD
like homies hunting down everyone here and as what i know
MAYBE
thanks for not hitting lightening up at this face of mine, i guess
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I understand a little. The place I was before, the Keeper's Manse in Arcadia, was like that for us. We weren't really people either for most of the time I was there. Then the Keeper disappeared and we started becoming more like people again because he (she?) wasn't there anymore. We started acting outside of what the Keeper wanted us doing, even though Mason (the house) tried to get us to stop that and do our work again.
But the Keeper didn't stop me from being able to hurt people, because my job there was to make sure the others in my wing did their work. And if they didn't I was supposed to punish them.
He'd only been vanished a few days when I came here. So I was still used to being like that. It took me a while to figure out I could be anything else.
I didn't know that there were other people like us that weren't Changelings.
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we still look like what we is
IT'S JUST HOW WE'RE MADE TO THINK AS LIKE WE'RE ITEMS
and how others see us same
ONLY DIFFERENCE PHSYICAL UNLESS OUR MASTERS ALTER US
is they cut our tongues and silence our vocals
SO WE CAN'T NEVER SPEAK AGAIN
we can get a little better if away from our masters though, like you did
THE VOICE PART WE CAN'T GET BACK
not unless they's lucky
LIKE I WAS
would say helmsing is something like it, actually
STILL DIFFERENT IN ITS WAYS
just as being a changeling was for you
BUT I GUESS IN THE END SLAVES IS SLAVES IS MOTHERFUCKING SLAVES
i ain't sure what to do for waspfire
I WANT THIS SHIT SETTLED
but if she's afraid of me...
AND I STILL GOT TO STAND BY MY MOIRAIL
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Maybe I can figure out some way of showing her you're not someone to be afraid of anyway. I don't know how yet. But there must be something...
I'm going to think about it, all right?
(And I have to stand by my girl. So I get it.)
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DON'T TALK ABOUT IT
it ain't really relevant as to no one
EXCEPT LIKE NOW
but i don't think she'd believe none either
I AIN'T EXACTLY BEEN GOOD AT PROVING
i still got my ownself a temper it seems
BUT I'LL TRY AND MAKE CALMER
good luck, sister
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There's no note with her's either, but it appears the same time Waspfire's does, so it's not exactly a mystery.]
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On Christmas Day, a small box of ginger cookies with a green ribbon tied around it will appear in Eliza's mailbox in return.]
March 31
To Miss Lin,
Happy April Fool's Day!
This cupcake was made specially in celebration of a fun day! Waspfire may have requested this as a surprise. I may have spoiled the surprise. And with that comes special rules, especially with this being your first spellcake:
1. Before consuming this cupcake you must be in a comfortable spot, one you're familiar with. Foxes tend to wander and be curious but try starting out somewhere you know best.
2. You might experience something called instinct overload, as your new animal instincts and senses will take a few moments to adjust. Since you have a predator animal's trait and instincts, you might experience some driveto hunt prey. Take a moment to ease those thoughts and center yourself. Fox behaviors may include wanting to steal shiny things or make burrows. Please don't steal!
3. You will experience no discomfort in your transformation though I suggest accommodating your clothes for the tail. It's no joke.
4. This spell will last 3 days, so enjoy!
- PG