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Tweak says, "MOOSH"

Caspar Leyton (brannenford) wrote in compass_network,
@ 2022-03-19 17:17:00

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bruno madrigal, dan torrance, sookie sully, ~caspar leyton

I fear I must ask for the assistance of some kind soul here.

I am unwell. It is the old illness and I know very well how to manage it, but is there someone willing to receive a short message from me, every few hours, as proof that I am conscious?

It will only be until evening. Perhaps tomorrow if I am not recovered.

- Leyton

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	sookie_sully 2022-03-19 08:08 pm UTC (link)
	Would you like to wear a monitor? It's a simple device, worn like a wristwatch. If you were to lose consciousness, it would send a signal to my phone. Or Dr. Cuddy's phone if you'd prefer. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	brannenford 2022-03-20 01:15 am UTC (link)
	That is kind, but I will not need such close monitoring, and you would be falsely alerted. Momentary losses of consciousness are expected; the precaution is only in case I do not wake from them. I am not sure if the illness will be more severe because I presently appear to be a woman. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sookie_sully 2022-03-20 06:09 pm UTC (link)
	Perhaps it will be less severe because you appear as a woman. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	brannenford 2022-03-20 06:11 pm UTC (link)
	I can only hope that you are right. ~~My sister suffers more than any~~ That would be one small benefit to the situation. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	falling_sand 2022-03-19 08:23 pm UTC (link)
	Shall we try out these magic letterboxes? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	brannenford 2022-03-20 01:18 am UTC (link)
	Yes! Mr Madrigal, that is an excellent idea. I have been wanting a reason to. You must excuse me if my penmanship isn't up to standard, but it should be clear enough. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	falling_sand 2022-03-20 04:01 pm UTC (link)
	Great! I haven’t had a chance to try it yet either. I don’t mind about that. Mine will not be amazing either. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Message sent by magic letterbox brannenford 2022-03-20 06:19 pm UTC (link)
	[in a nice envelope sealed with wax - very ostentatious considering the tiny note inside! His handwriting's shaky, but legible.] Mr Madrigal, Has this reached you? ~ Leyton (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Message sent by magic letterbox falling_sand 2022-03-21 08:21 pm UTC (link)
	[A plain envelope, with no such ostentation. His handwriting is legible enough, but nothing fancy.] Mr Leyton, It has reached me! This is incredible. How are you feeling? - Bruno (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Message sent by magic letterbox

brannenford
2022-03-21 08:33 pm UTC (link)

Bruno,

It is! Quite fantastical. I wish we had the like at home, it would save me a small fortune on receipt of letters.

Presently I am too dizzy to stand, so I am reclining with a book of poetry and a little helpful bottle that some kind soul sent me.

(You mustn't have any sympathy. I'm very used to it.)

All that means I feel better than I did earlier, by a little. How are you? What have you been doing?

~ Caspar

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falling_sand
2022-03-22 11:09 pm UTC (link)

Caspar,

Did you send a lot of letters back home, then? This is the first piece of mail I have received in many years!

Thats a pity. Are you sure the doctors here can't help? They seem to have cures for all sorts nowaday, although I admit I've been to feared to go myself.

I'm glad you are feeling a little better at least. I am well, I am getting more used to this new gift and soaking myself and my apartment a lot fewer than I was. Now I am mostly watching Pasión de Gavilanes.

- Bruno

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Message sent by magic letterbox

brannenford
2022-03-23 07:46 pm UTC (link)

Bruno,

Yes, I wrote letters all the time. Practically every day. It was the fastest means of communicating with someone you could not go to see in person. How did you go about it, did you have those phones?

My physician at home assured me there was no cure when I was a child, and frankly I do not care to drag it all up in front of some doctor here that I hardly know, especially a woman. It is an embarrassment enough that I had to ask for help like this.

It seems something of an unfortunate gift. Can you make the sun shine, too, or is it only the dark clouds that it brings?

Pasión de Gavilanes? Is he one of the rats?

~ Caspar

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Re: Message sent by magic letterbox

falling_sand
2022-03-23 10:55 pm UTC (link)

Caspar,

That sounds like a pleasant way to pass the time. We didn't have these phones, we did send letters. I just hadn't communicated with anyone by any means in a long time.

I can understand that. If you are used to it, especially. You've nothing to be embarrassed about though, it gave us an opportunity to try this out.

The weather is affected by my moods, so if I was very happy it would be sunny, maybe even a rainbow if I was extremely pleased.

Pasión de Gavilanes is a telenovela, a Colombian television show. It is a very sort of overdramatic story of love and revenge. At the moment, this woman has discovered she is pregnant, but the father has unfortunately died in a horse riding accident, so she must go and ask for money from the father's family, but they have humiliated her. I do not know what she will do now, but I fear that it will not be a happy episode.

- Bruno

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Message sent by magic letterbox

brannenford
2022-03-24 09:35 am UTC (link)

Bruno,

It could be very pleasant, although that depended on why you were writing, and to whom. We might write as often as you like, if you enjoy it.

I suppose that discovering you had such a capricious talent would be enough to put anyone in an ill mood, but I hope you are now able to bring some sun!

It is like a play? Perhaps a dramatic opera? I always liked those, and I miss them now. Where is it being performed? No, I cannot possibly go to see it now. Tell me what happens to the unfortunate woman, will you? I must know the ending.

~ Caspar

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	dr_sleep 2022-03-20 06:53 pm UTC (link)
	Do you want to go to medbay? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	brannenford 2022-03-20 06:55 pm UTC (link)
	No, thank you. It's an old illness and the flaring of it is my own fault, so I likely deserve it anyway. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dr_sleep 2022-03-20 07:11 pm UTC (link)
	Nobody deserves illnesses, Mr. Leyton. Is there anything I can get you that might help ~~with that hangover~~? Painkillers or the like, or maybe something light to eat? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	brannenford 2022-03-20 07:22 pm UTC (link)
	That's something of an unusual opinion, but thank you. Perhaps few drops of laudanum, if you have it? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dr_sleep 2022-03-21 12:35 am UTC (link)
	We don't have laudanum, I'm afraid, but I'll see what we have available. Would you like a coffee? I'll be getting one for myself, so I can easily get one for you as well. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	brannenford 2022-03-21 06:52 am UTC (link)
	None at all? That's a shame. Yes, I'll try the coffee. It won't do any harm, at least. (Reply to this) (Parent)