I S O L D E (darkaugust) wrote in airmail, @ 2011-04-23 17:53:00 |
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Entry tags: | letters |
Dear Miss McKinnon, I'm sure you are recieving this letter quite unexpectedly and I offer my sincerest apologies in the abruptness of contacting you. Normally I would not be nearly so impolite, however I was unable to find a precedent for such an undertaking as this and therefore no acceptable social protocol. Therefore, I hope you'll be kind enough to forgive my presumption. My name is Isolde Augustine, which is precisely the reason why I'm contacting you. At the moment, I am approximately two hundred and eighty or so years of age. I was born in the year 1701 at which point I was in possession of two older siblings. The name Iphigenia Augustine may be largely unrecognizable to you , as following her marriage my sister was stylizized as Iphigenia Bruce after marrying the Earl of Kincardine in 1716. Her grand daughter, Aileen Bruce, would marry some generations together and alongs with her husband, Silas McKinnon, would begin the McKinnon clan. That is to say, Miss McKinnon, that my eldest sister was your many times great grandmother. I'm sure this may come as strangely timed news, as it would seem I had ample time earlier (considering my advanced age) to establish contact, however I have spent the previous centuries otherwise In the interest of candor I must also make several confessions. The first is that, I cannot claim any great closeness to my sister, your many times great grand mother. There was a large gap in our ages and she was already married and away from England when I was still a child. Much the same, however, could be said for the rest of my family, even those with whom I did grow up. Aside from my grandmother, your ultimate great grandmother, I had little concern for ties of blood. However, recent involvement with individuals I have since encountered have made it seem that the implications and import of family have altered with the centuries and that greater importance has been discovered in hereditary bonds. It is in this interest that I have presented myself. My second confession is that althought my grandmother, your ultimate great grandmother, was similarly long lived (or rather even moreso) than myself, some half a century ago she met with final death at the hands of a vampire hunter and exists no longer. It is most regretfully that I weight you with this news, however I believed it was within your right to know. At any rate, I shall now draw this letter to a close with no more than this much as it may be that you have no interest or want of such information and therefore I would not wish to force upon you an unwanted burdern. Please also be aware that you are under no obligation to seek further communication with me if that is not your wish. If you choose not to reply I shall take that as a sign of your disinterest and shall not trouble you further. Again, I deeply apologize for both my forwardness and for being so bold. Best, |