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reece downing (thingamabobbs) wrote in gooseberry,
@ 2016-12-06 01:35:00

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! note/owl/gift, reece downing

owl post, december 6 2013

No, you didn't forget anything important. I'm not supposed to be in Europe. I just ended up here. But I will be home by Christmas to help Aunt Sadie make her weird sausage, I promise. I would not leave you and the meat grinder alone for the world. Europe has so far been an exciting adventure. I've done all the tourist things and I haven't spent a single night in a room I paid for. I have more friends on this continent than I thought I did. I spent a few nights each in Italy, France, Germany, and two so far in London - you've already stopped reading and you've skipped down to the bullet points, I know, so I'll bore you with the rest of the vacation pictures and anecdotes when we're both home and grinding leftover ham. Then you won't be able to escape. Joke's on you, honestly.

TODAY we have 2 old items and 3 new ones. Please do not open the attached package until you've read all five points.

OLD ITEMS
If you want to play a spellcaster, which I strongly recommend for you (think about all the cute little magic props you could make for yourself!), just make sure your character dies a dramatic death and then make a new one. There's nothing stopping you from doing that. I killed off four of my characters before anyone even realized what I was doing. Plus, you've had Arvangr (sp?) since you started. That's a good run. Nobody will ask questions. & If you're concerned about integrity in storytelling, a well-executed* death scene can be a showstopper, or it can drive the plot forward. Or both, if you play it just right!

I got what I assume is a follow-up letter to "the amortentia debacle", but I never received the first letter, so I have no idea what you're talking about. Please resend the first letter immediately. I am dying from anticipation.

NEW BUSINESS
Last time we talked, you said you had "thoughts" about your senior project. Have you expanded those thoughts? Are you ready to share them? I didn't start working on my script until May junior year, and the list of things I would've traded for six extra months is long and unflattering. Take it from your older, wiser, better sister. She knows things This-Time-Last-Year-Cris didn't know when she told you not to worry about it.

You have not RSVP'd to my wedding. This is not a joke! I need you to do it! Yes, I know you're coming. Yes, you need to RSVP anyway. The invitations are charmed so just fill it out and it'll flap its cute little wings and come back to me, no Grace O'Malley voyages necessary. Please fill out the +1 information. You have a +1. If you don't bring someone, there will be an extremely obvious empty seat next to you at dinner and everyone will know that you had a +1 that you did not use. These things were in high demand. Use it! I'm serious, Reece.

Dad got you an electric guitar for Christmas/your birthday. It was really expensive and he's under the impression that it's something you really want. I don't know why. I'm sorry. If you convincingly act surprised and thrilled when he gives it to you, I will owe you one no-holds-barred no-questions-asked favor. The favor cannot be used to void your +1. (As a sidenote re: Christmas gifts, I already bought something for Aaron and you can put your name on it, too, so don't worry about shopping for him.)

You can open the package now. It's not a surprise, it's just candy. But it's the British kind that comes with trading cards and I figured you'd get distracted if you opened it first, and I didn't want you to get sidetracked. Share it with your cabin mates and say hi from me!

Please write back in less than two weeks!

p.s. I didn't actually go on the big ferris wheel. I chickened out at the last second. But I put the picture in all my letters anyway. Don't tell anyone!

* pun intended!