Involuntary RPG

TO: Harlow Hart, Edwin Seabeck (separately)
FROM: Nawal Bechara

It snowed!

TO: Tanja Roze
FROM: Nawal Bechara

Happy birthday! How is Prague?

TO: Neve Simonetti-di Monda
FROM: Nawal Bechara

Thank you so much for your gifts! I will think of you whenever I wear them. I will have something for you when we return to IVI.

TO: Muhammad Benhamou
FROM: Nawal Bechara

Did you make it to Prague alright?

WHO: Donovan Murphy [USA] and Mason Laughlin [USA], with Eileen, Gwendolyn, Cormac and William Murphy [NPCs]
WHAT: Mason meets the Murphys, part two. These are the difficult ones.
WHEN: Thursday, December 20th
WHERE: The Murphy home, NYC.
WARNINGS: None!
STATUS: Complete!

( Not in *my* house. )

TO: Coralie
FROM: Ted

[1/6] Seasoning greetings, my dear ,from the whiskey capital of the World! Which is not, as you night think, Dufftown or even
[2/6] Laphroaig, where according to the bottle i am entitled to no Mor than 930 sq. centimetres for a Lifetime please of land for only a dram of whisky
[3/6] per year — whick as I am informed is something fsmaller than a teaspoon, as you surely realise, the size of the teaspoon has increased dramatically since the
[4/6] invention of the term, though on moreso than in AMerica. a laughabky obvious observation, i do apologise. but whilst we're aon the
[5/6] subject of observing, plaese deciduous the following your most rapt attntion:
[6/6] [Insert dick pic]

( CHRISTMAS GIFTS FROM MIKE )

WHO: Carter Gray & Daisy Hughes
WHAT: Carter takes Daisy to see the Christmasy sights in NYC, and Daisy discovers something new about her powers.
WHEN: Backdated to Friday, December 21.
WHERE: Manhattan.
WARNINGS: None.
STATUS: Complete.

( I guess it's a new kind of Christmas for both of us. )

Placeheld (in the right comm now) for a forthcoming narrative.

TO; Bryn, Lilja, Ari
FROM; Mímir

not going to be there for plans we made. sorry. apologise to your parents for me?

TO: Carter
FROM: Daisy

[A series of unanswered texts sent over the course of an hour, sent Sunday night/Monday morning, EST.]

11:32pm - Where did you go? They said the poker game ended.
11:40pm - Seriously, where are you? Ughhh I am really, really fucked up right now.
11:40pm - I mean messed up.
11:46pm - These girls want me to go with them somewhere.
11:47pm - A bar, I think?
11:50pm - Carter! Seriously though where are you.
12:01am - Okay, we are going to this bar. Why did you leave? Are you okay? I am worried now.
12:15am - The cab driver said I am cute I am considering leaving you for him.
12:16am - Just kidding, he's old and a little creepy.
12:16am - That's mean, don't tell him I said that.
12:18am - I can't believe you left me.
12:38am - So drunk.


TO: Hunter
FROM: Daisy

12:20am - Carter abandoned me I am leaving him for a taxi driver and I smoked weed tonight.
12:20am - shocked face emoticon
12:21am - Ugh that did not work. Bad phone.
12:22am - Guess what I can do.


TO: Mariana, Lottie, Jodi, Karim, Kody, Conner, Oden, Mike, Seth, Vic, Alyosha, Jordana, Finlay, Omar, Caleb, Allegra, Cheska, Jack, Javier, Savannah, Isla [Separate texts, ty technopathy]
FROM: Daisy

12:25 - Merry Christmas, drugs are bad, I miss you. Sad face emoticon.
12:26 - Ughhhhh

WHO: Callum Nightingale
WHAT: Skiing adventures.
WHEN: 22nd December
WHERE: Whistler
WARNINGS: None
STATUS: Complete

( Who needed Laurel when there were so many other girls in the world for him to fall in love with?  )

WHO: Sadie Thompson, Amanda Thompson, Robbie Thompson
WHAT: Sadie finds out her mom hasn't kept her promises, or The Emergence of Bad Girl Sadie, Part 1.
WHEN: December 18, morning. (BACKDATED)
WHERE: Thompson family home.
WARNINGS: Experimental first person narrative? Think of it as Invol: the YA novel.
STATUS: Complete.

( I can't do it. )

WHO: Dani Davies and a couple of NPCs
WHAT: A couple of moments in Dani’s holiday so far.
WHEN: 23rd December, 2012
WHERE: Aberystwyth, West Wales
WARNINGS: none
STATUS: completed

(  “Flood warnings all round the county”  )

Sneaking in a PLACEHOLDER before IJ craps out again D:

WHO: Mikael Eiriksson and Lilja Agnarsdottir
WHAT: Phonecall
WHERE: In Reykjavik, Iceland and Indiana, USA
WHEN: After this.
STATUS: Complete.

( I hurt your feelings. I'm sorry. I'd try to explain myself but you don't seem all that interested in hearing it. )

TO: Petr
FROM: Karim

[1/2] fyi i looked into it and enely is totally into you
[2/2] this counts as your christmas present you're welcome

( AIM conversation, Sunday evening. Hopefully the end of relationship drama - the Rashida edition, but I make no promises )

WHO: Hunter MacKenna (and mentions of Vic).
WHEN: Sunday night.
WHERE: Still in that shitty motel room.
WHAT: HUNTER IS A GENIUS.
STATUS: lol placeholder

( still a placeholder! )

TO: Mariana
FROM: Donovan
How is Brasil, my love? Miss you loads.

TO: Caleb
FROM: Donovan
Hey man, how's your vacation going? Or is it a 'holiday' in Australian?

TO: Rashida
FROM: Donovan
Hope break is treating you well! My parents are insane.

TO: Marine
FROM: Donovan
I never got a chance to thank you properly for the gift.

To: Stephen
From: Shannon

(1) I've taken over your art space to practice.
(2) No, you cannot come and watch.

To: Lydie, Val, Doria, Mette, Moa, Savannah, Sara and Carmela.
From: Shannon

(1) I've got you all a little something for Christmas
(2) I'll give them to you next time I see you, as shipping is a nightmare.

To: Pad
From: Shannon

I've got you something for Christmas. You got into any other fights?

WHO: Vic Reyes and Hunter MacKenna.
WHERE: Their shitty room at Knights Inn; Denver, Colorado
WHEN: Backdated to 12/19, Wednesday evening.
WHAT: Hunter’s bliss comes to a screeching halt when he realizes Vic wants to keep their relationship a secret.
WARNINGS: Internalized homophobia, implied sexy times.
STATUS: Complete.

( What's going to happen when we go back? )

[after this exchange]

TO: Mo
FROM: Neve

[french] Okay, we are off the networks now. Where?

TO: Savannah Bordeaux [sbordeaux@ivi.edu.au]
FROM: Damien Harrington [dharrington@ivi.edu.au]
SUBJECT: ( My brother )

TO: Hailey Hamilton [hhamilton@ivi.edu.au]
FROM: Damien Harrington [dharrington@ivi.edu.au]
SUBJECT: ( HI )

WHO: Ethan Young and Jodi Duncan.
WHAT: A castaway leaves Virgin Island.
WHEN: 22 December 2012.
WHERE: Somewhere in Utah I forget where.
WARNINGS: Lots of implied sexual content. Extreme awkwardness. May induce nausea, vomiting, and cavities.
STATUS: Completed log.

( The mountains are nice. But it wouldn't matter where we were, so long as I was with you. )

WHO: Erik Svanstrom (and an asloop Lottie)
WHAT: Bed, but the sweet kind.
WHEN: Late evening, 22 December.
WHERE: His room, Sweden.
WARNINGS: None.
STATUS: Complete.

( ... )

WHO: Sadie Thompson and Sam Thompson
WHAT: Siblings at home!
WHEN: December 19? Or something. (BACKDATED)
WHERE: Backyard of their little Maine cabin.
WARNINGS: None.
STATUS: Complete.

( Good to be home, huh? )

[After this conversation.]

[Richie Ducharme hates phone calls. He does not make them often – because they put him on edge, because he can't see expressions, because the experience of his voice becoming tinny and empty via some wires, some radio waves, freaks him out. But he calls Mette because she asks him to, tapping his fingers on the wooden surface of the Ducharme kitchen table. His parents are in their bedroom. Next to him is a finished beer and two neatly-wrapped presents.

He waits for her to pick up, wondering what the hell he's doing.]

WHO → Jace & Moa
WHAT → Surprise!
WHEN → Saturday morning!
WHERE → Sweden
WARNINGS → None!
STATUS → Complete!

( 'I mean, how... do you end up in Sweden? By mistake?' )

TO: Conner
FROM: Rianne

I'm awfully sorry about the other night. I hope you're having a good holiday.

TO: Mo
FROM: Rianne

Did you make it to Prague in one piece?

TO: Marine
FROM: Rianne

I gave up on waiting and opened your presents. Thank you so much, they're exquisite.

TO: Clem
FROM: Rianne

It's never too late to change your mind.

TO: Muhammed Benhamou [mbenhamou@ivi.edu.au]
FROM: Filipe Nascimento [fnascimento@ivi.edu.au]
SUBJECT: ( CONGRATULATIONS! )

TO: Dean of Students
FROM: Wallace Turner
SUBJECT: Our daughter's education

( this is not in purple sans serif )

TO: Mimir
FROM: Mikael
Call Lilja. Merry Christmas.

TO: Bryn, Ari, Mike, Raph, Pad, Jesse, Jonas, Hedvig, Astrid, Chelsea, Val, Savannah, Whitney, Evi, Lottie, Libby & LILJA :|
FROM: Mikael
Merry Christmas wherever you are.

TO: Julieta
FROM: Mikael
Merry Christmas. I got you coal.