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incorrigible (adj): maggie macdougal (wrecktify) wrote in neeps,
@ 2018-01-17 20:27:00

Entry tags:

! owl, alec urquhart, david urquhart, maggie macdougal, peggy urquhart

An owl arrives at the Urquharts' castle Thursday morning with a package for David Urquhart. Before it leaves, it drops off a little something for Peggy and Alec, too.

The package for David is wrapped in a mediocre plain brown paper job, and has a note on top. Inside is a low-end Starbrite Starter Safety Broom intended to be a toddler's first ride above the ground. Tucked amongst the bristles, about 6" long and 1" in diameter, is a small metal something. When tapped with a wand, it unfolds (by itself!) into a music stand that emits a little light from the bottom of the surface up.

~~Wee~~ Davey,

Anyone who refused to recognize your worth on the pitch before Saturday's show was already dead wrong, but they'd be downright barmie to insist as much now.

Happy birthday,
♥ Maggie.

Peggy receives a small envelope that holds a (non-moving) Polaroid photograph and a note. The photograph shows Peggy and Alec from Maggie's birthday a couple weeks prior, the former singing and the latter on the piano. Maggie's written "The Merry Minstrels of Urquhart" on the bottom.

Pegs,

You're welcome for sparing you from the nonsense. Drinks or dinner when you're settled into the new gig?

Fine. I'll settle for espionage instead, but only because you insist.

Miss you.

♥ M.

Alec receives a small envelope that has "OPEN VERY CAREFULLY" across the front and "I'M SERIOUS" across the back. When opened, the only things inside are... a pebble and a handful of ash? Try to be more careful next time, Alexander.

If the envelope is left open on a surface for a few minutes (it can be empty), it begins to drag itself aimlessly around the surface using its flap. No word on when it's going to stop, but when it does, it will be still for randomized amounts of time (two minutes? two weeks? all of the above.) before starting up again.

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	irkuhart 2018-01-18 08:32 pm UTC (link)
	david was really touched by this :') he owls back a sincere thank you after he figures out what the present actually is, though he laughs when he finds the broom at first (Reply to this) (Thread)

	wrecktify 2018-01-20 06:14 pm UTC (link)
	She hopes to see that broom being used at practice. Safety first, young man. (Reply to this) (Parent)

ohlaird
2018-01-20 05:47 pm UTC (link)

After 2 days Alec owls back an envelope of the same size but slightly different colour and paper quality. In reality it's the same envelope she sent him just magicked up to look different.

As a result of those extra charms, it's a clumsier dragging envelope. It will drag itself to the edge of some surface and fall off, getting stuck in awkward spaces and forgotten about. Intermittently and at random it lets out a cry its original master would know well, a cry fondly called: Maighread's Shame.

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ohlaird
2018-01-20 05:55 pm UTC (link)

Note inside the envelope:

Thank you for the oh so kind gift, it brings back memories of your Christmas glitter one. I hope mine does too.

- Alec

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journ wards in return

wrecktify
2018-01-21 01:06 am UTC (link)

[multiple wards, written saturday night/sunday morning]

2:30am:
My dear friend Alexander the Younger of Urquhart,

Fuck you.

♥ M.

3:06 am:
Slumber descended
Then left, fleeting as your charm,
BWAAAAAAAAAA[...]AAAAAAAAAAAAA

3:13 am:
I tried to shut it up except I couldn't discern its exact location and now my desk is shaking.

If MacFarlane fires me for vandalizing my office, my dole had better come directly from you.

3:48 am:
You did include some sort of kill switch, aye?

Fuck you. Help me.

Fuck you.

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	Re: journ wards in return ohlaird 2018-01-21 04:20 pm UTC (link)
	5:04am MacFarlane may fire you if he survives a night with the Envelope. [...] Did you still need help or a kill switch? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	journal wards in return wrecktify 2018-01-21 04:32 pm UTC (link)
	Perhaps you'll get fired when I blast half the club and blame it on a shareholder. It snuck out of my office when I fell back asleep. It's roaming the halls. I haven't heard it since 4:30. It could be anywhere. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: journal wards in return ohlaird 2018-01-21 04:53 pm UTC (link)
	I really doubt Owen can 'fire' me. Is this a cry for help? [...] It was a genuine offer, you know. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	The Lairdy and the Tramp wrecktify 2018-01-21 05:46 pm UTC (link)
	Try him. It was one of my lowest moments: a genuine cry for help. I'd rather regale you with the tale of how I splinched myself than admit defeat [...] so while I won't admit defeat, I am asking a temporary truce. [...] Please. ~~And fuck y~~ (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	The Lairdy and the Tramp ohlaird 2018-01-21 06:26 pm UTC (link)
	~~You splinched yourself?~~ Truce granted. Let's find that pesky envelope before it wakes anyone else up and I won't even ask why you're sleeping in your office. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	The Lairdy and the Tramp wrecktify 2018-01-21 06:45 pm UTC (link)
	Deal. (Reply to this) (Parent)