Doors

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A new kind of mushroom has been discovered in a village in China, outside of the city of Xi'an. I don't know about the rest of you, but I for one am quite aroused by this news.

I guess if I'm going to keep reading this thing, I should commit and write something myself. Still don't entirely believe any of you are real. Then I don't know shit about Harry Potter or comic books. People have strokes and develop a different accent or can speak a language they never studied. Maybe you can get hit in the head and wake up a dissociative nerd...

Any tips on shutting the voice up? Mine is [pause] opinionated. And more into dragons than a high schooler who started his own metal band... It's getting embarrassing.

-E.F.

[Locked to Theo W.]

I found the dog I want. It's called an American Alsatian and they have a breeder in Colorado. I looked to see if I could rescue one from the shelter, but they don't have any, it's not even listed on petfinder.

They also have a DVD that you're supposed to get, which I want to get first so I can watch it and be ready. They have to stay cool too, which means they have to have lots of water and probably need to stay indoors during the summer, at least until it cools off.

I think I'd like a silver one.

Also, Mingmei wants to take me to China and I really want to go!

[Locked to Aubrey R.]

Do you have a new boyfriend yet? Have you gone on any dates?

Hey, Dad - can I trade you for A Storm of Swords now? Do I still have to promise not to harrass your boyfriend? I hope you enjoy A Clash of Kings the next time you read it. I left you some notes.

I have decided that I quite like it here. I probably shouldn't be saying that publicly, but I'm not going to appear naked in public like some other royal on the news of late, not that I would make as big a media splash. No matter.

I am interested in finding my own place to live. I'm finding it hard to choose between something small, or something a bit more expensive, just because that seems to suit me. A pool is a must.

[Locked to Aubrey R.]

Recuperated yet from your wild night out?

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ETA: Everything but the top picture is removed and a line at the bottom saying, "Isn't he cute?"

I MISSED YOU.

Since I owe too much in fines at the public library & have checked out too many books from UNLV, do you think I could borrow your copy of A Clash of Kings? I promise to return it in mostly pristine condition. I won't even underline anything.

[Phone Call: Aubrey R/Theo W]

Ring, Ring

[Text: Ainslie G/Theo W]

This is Theodore Winters. I got your number from Kitane's cell phone. Have you seen her or spoken to her since last night?

Vacation was awesome!

I feel like I should tell you I had a memory with your drug dealer boyfriend in it. Don't ask me wh And I saw him at this din

[The entry is written in a careful, elegant hand, darkly inked.]

It appears much has changed since I was last on Pyke. But, then much is as it was. The sea is coloured from the selfsame palette as my childhood, but it is colder now & more desolate. It continues its relentless thrashing & endless roiling, pursuing still its dream of reclaiming the rock and fortress upon & in which I sit, & yet I've seen only a mere handful of ships dotting the water's surface, no matter the direction I've looked. The Iron Islands have never been never heavily populated, I know, but the Bloody Keep, & indeed most of Pyke, seem to house no one of note but myself. Where has everyone gone?

[Text: Aubrey R/Bianca S]

Tell me I shouldn't open Andrew's a bottle of vodka.

[Call: Jack R/Bianca S]

Ring, Ring

[Locked: Andrew M/Peggy C/Bianca S]

Where are you?

[Locked: Cory H/Bianca S]

You're okay? Ariadne said

It's lonely. Maybe I should get a cat. Where can one adopt a cat around here?

[Text to Aubrey]
You never told me about your crazy little ex-wife.

[On the way to Lake Tahoe, while in the car with Theo.]

Ring, ring.

[Individual texts sent to Aubrey R., Seven M., Ainslie G., and Mingmei S.]

Is everyone okay?

[Locked]


So now you're actually telling people that I'm your boyfriend, huh?

I'm flattered.

[After much hesitation, several tissues, & excessive hand-wringing, Lin writes in an overly firm hand.]

Why didn't you tell me that you didn't like that Chrismakkuh sweater?