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TO: Molly
FROM: Mom

[1] Hi, darling.
[2] Pool day soon? What do you think?

TO: Family (Alex, Zach, Suze, Molly, Lily)
FROM: Catherine

[1] How's everyone enjoying their summer so far?

TO: Douglas
FROM: Catherine

[1] Hi. Just checking in.

TO: Magda
FROM: Catherine

[1] Hello, honey! How did the end of your semester go?

WHO: Catherine and Douglas Harper
WHEN: Backdated to 5/10
WHERE: Cat and Ben’s house
SUMMARY: Cat decides to bring up the whole oh hey by the way we were married in another life. Douglas reacts as expected. Prompt: Reflection
WARNINGS: Douglas is like a class four awkward here.
STATUS: Complete

( Why am I surrounded by idiots? )

WHO: Catherine Harper & Suze Keener
WHEN: BACKDATED to about 3am, May the 1st.
WHERE: The Fairest, after hours.
SUMMARY: The twins open their scrolls, drink, and drink some more.
WARNINGS: References to: child murder, successful filicide, attempted mariticide, attempted sororicide, animal torture, capital punishment, and general sociopathy courtesy of Suze's last life. Swearing. Excessive drinking.
PROMPT: Purple — Sunset.

( And through it all, her own beauty like a kiss on the lips from the Lord himself, a constant reminder that she was forever more the fairest of them all.  )

WHO: Catherine and Molly Harper
WHEN: After Molly finds her scroll
WHERE: The Harper household
SUMMARY: Molly gets freaked out after reading her scroll and needs her mom.
WARNINGS: None!
STATUS: Complete

( I was a boy, and old man, I died alone. I was a MAN. )

TO: Suze
FROM: Cath

[1] Get to Deja Brew right now.

TO: Michelle and Milo
FROM: Catherine

[1] Something just happened to Alex, and I'm not sure what's going on with him.
[2] We were supposed to be meeting for coffee at Deja Brew but then I see him on the ground? He looks like he's in pain, and I'm CRYING for some reason? Like someone just died?
[3] It has to be his powers.
[4] I don't [...] know what to do. How do I help him?

later
TO: Molly
FROM: Mom

[1] Honey, where are you right now?

WHO: Tulio del Bosque and Catherine Harper
WHEN: BACKDATED TO Before Valentine’s Day
WHERE: The Talewind office
SUMMARY: Tulio’s nervous about his first Valentine’s Day with Mayu, and Catherine’s there to ease his fears.
WARNINGS: None
STATUS: Complete!

( ’I, ah… Valentine’s Day,’ he began lamely, unsure where to begin. )

WHO: Catherine and Douglas Harper
WHEN: After this conversation
WHERE: Douglas’ house
SUMMARY: Catherine brings over dinner and helps Douglas figure out what he wants to do next about Evie.
WARNINGS: Family drama
STATUS: Complete!

( An irrational part of his mind wanted to shout that Evie had never wanted the ring to begin with, but that was barely the beginning of their problems. )

TO: Suze
FROM: Cathy

[1] Spill. What's going on with you?

TO: Maxim
FROM: Katya

[1] How was your Valentine's Day?
[2] The lebkuchen were wonderful. Thank you again.

FILTER TO: THE EXTENDED HARPER-KEENER-WATNEY-ZACH CONGLOMERATE

How was everyone's day yesterday?

( deliveries to: all members of the harper-keener-watney-zach coalition (evie, magda, and marco, too!) )

( deliveries to: all members of the mom squad )

( deliveries to: fatima, maxim )

WHO: Catherine and Molly Harper
WHEN: January 12, the morning of the age swap
WHERE: The Harper household
SUMMARY: Catherine and Molly are in for a surprise when they wake up.
WARNINGS: None.
STATUS: Complete!

( ’You’re old!’ The words just slipped out before she even had a chance to say anything. ‘Like old.’ )

To whom it may concern: I'm officially unregistered. After recent events, I am not comfortable knowing that just anyone feel it's the safest option.

WHO: Ben and Catherine Harper
WHEN: One day in early January 2017
WHERE: A beach in Fiji.
SUMMARY: Ben and Cath discuss the state of things in Woodsbridge and the question of registration
WARNINGS: Middle-aged people being cute and alluding to sexytimes. SFW.
STATUS: Complete

( ... with some kind of grass skirt to complete the act. )

WHO: Catherine and Molly Harper
WHEN: Wednesday afternoon, 12/21
WHERE: The Harper household
SUMMARY: Molly needs a little help with some last-minute present wrapping.
WARNINGS: None.
STATUS: Complete!

( Mom. Is it just us? I’m bringing out the gifts. )

A bloody reindeer almost bloody ran me over decided to help himself to my groceries this morning by literally knocking them out of the trunk of my car. I had to go back and buy everything all over again.

Woodsbridge, explain yourself. I am tired of all this nonsense.

[Ben]

Molly wants a cat. What are your thoughts?

WHO: Catherine Harper and Tulio del Bosque
WHEN: BACKDATED TO: Thursday, 12/8
WHERE: The Talewind office
SUMMARY: Catherine and Tulio turn into elves who decorate the Talewind office for Christmas.
PROMPT: “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas”
WARNINGS: None.
STATUS: Complete!

( It wasn’t uncommon for employees of the Talewind to stay late — by and large they all had to be people with passion for their craft — but this was a little bit later even than usual. )

WHO: Catherine Harper and her advisees
WHEN: From the latest Talewind edition
WHERE: The Talewind office
SUMMARY: People write in and tell Catherine about their problems. Catherine responds accordingly.
WARNINGS: Catherine is keepin’ real. And by that I mean she can be snarky af.
STATUS: Complete!


( MAILED TO THE WOODSBRIDGE TALEWIND, C/O CATHERINE HARPER )

ooc; if you have questions for catherine's advice column, feel free to submit them here and she will respond to them ic and soon as possible! and a special thank you to sherri for submitting this first round :)

WHO: Ben Harper and Catherine Ellis
WHEN: Thanksgiving 1995 (Holiday prompt from last month)
WHERE: Ben’s parents’ house in Woodsbridge
SUMMARY: Ben and Catherine’s first Thanksgiving together
WARNINGS: None except excessive cuteness
STATUS: Complete

( Dad, do we still have any Little Golden Books about Thanksgiving we can show Catherine? )

[Magda]

Magda, honey, do you and your brother have Thanksgiving plans? If you don't, you're more than welcome to come with us to my sister's. No pressure, I just wanted to make sure you had somewhere to go.

[Family - Keeners + Watneys + Harpers + Zach]

All right, you lot, I need a final headcount for dinner so we have enough food. I need your answer by 10 AM Wednesday at the latest.

[Mom Squad]

Is everyone recovering all right? Does anyone need anything? And by anything, I mean anything that can be reasonably accomplished by something other than the grace of God.

TO: Suze
FROM: Cath

[1] I am so over this bloody town, Jesus fucking Christ.

TO: Ben
FROM: Cath

[1] Thank the bloody lord that you're not going crazy all of a sudden, too, because I don't know if I could handle that right now.
[2] Unrelated, are we bringing Feathers with us to my sister's on Thanksgiving or are we leaving him home?

WHO: Catherine Harper and Alex Watney
WHAT:
WHEN: Before the Faire, before the exhibit was robbed, when things were more innocent. ;)
WHERE: Getting ready for the Faire
WARNING/RATING: Nothing, it's sweet.

( Never doubt how important you are to this family. )