The Caldera - Threads/Narratives

TO: Ladies 🌺✨
FROM: Nana Qaradaghi

[1] A friendly reminder now that it is the season of Iftar and that you're always mostly uhh welcome if you'd like to feast with us!
[x] Maybe ask befo
[x] So some times I might be catching up on b
[2] I do always try to make Friday's Iftar on of the flashiest, so do feel free to come by then especially!
[3] Kiddos welcome. 😉

TO: Everett 💕✨
FROM: Nana Qaradaghi

[1] Soooo bb
[2] It's Ramadan again
[3] And with our recent developments it is perhaps good to talk about some things Ramadan-related about which you are perhaps not acquainted with yet

WHO: Nana Qaradaghi and Everett Walker yet again, we're SORRY.
WHERE: The Walker-Qaradaghi house.
WHEN: Evening of Thursday, 10 May 2018.
WHAT: The thrilling conclusion to our tale. A fight, a confession, and a cobbling together of... something. Anyway, you can't say that they're just two bros being pals anymore, that's for sure.
WARNINGS: Language, implications of sex, but otherwise just... gross. So gross. Gross.

( How could this have happened? )

[Email]

To: Joelle Williamson (Nana's Assistant)
From: Colby Harris (Everett's Assistant)

Subject: Heads up

Body:

Hey Joelle,
Everett asked me to get ahold of you to let Miss Qaradaghi know that he's going to be working late tonight. We found something weird on the street today he's checking out.


Drinks later?

-Colby

WHO: Nana Qaradaghi and Everett Walker, again.
WHERE: The Walker-Qaradaghi home.
WHEN: Mid-morning of Sunday, 6 May 2018.
WHAT: Right, about fifteen years ago. Apparently, a combination of pretending that things that happened in your twenties are still relevant in your thirties when it comes to inter-personal relationships, fifteen years' worth of pretending that you're Not Feeling Anything At All, and the aftermath of a traumatic event makes for a tinder fire of a personal encounter.
WARNINGS: R for what could very well be construed as graphic foreplay, frequent references to an erection, implied nudity, and general post-coitus chicanery. What we're trying to say is ya girl touched a pipis.

( It is remarkable, how bold survival makes you. )

WHO: Nana Qaradaghi and Everett Walker
WHERE: Vigil Memorial Hospital
WHEN: Morning of Sunday, 22 April 2018
WHAT: Being freed from a tree means you get a dramatic series of… confessions? Apologies? Soliloquies? Whatever, Everett and Nana make up dramatically, because these are the most EXTRA ASSHOLES you could ever meet. Seriously, they can’t even use a chair correctly.
WARNINGS: Language and some vague references to war. But, more importantly, are you someone who suffers from extreme second-hand embarrassment? Because if you do, DON’T READ THIS. If you love second-hand embarrassment, however, please come right on in and grab yourself a seat.

( I thought I was going to lose you. First one way… and then another. )

WHO: A very good dog named Hyena and her regal, commanding partner-in-everything, Loofah. Also, Nana Qaradaghi and Everett Walker, I guess.
WHERE: The 2018 Pup 'n' Paw, on the Galligator, Vigil, MT.
WHEN: Early evening, 19 April 2018.
WHAT: A dog wants a walk at a fancy pub crawl with her parents, and instead all this.
WARNINGS: Mentions of gore (specifically, stench) and the garden variety Sad of this plot, nbd.

( Everyone should be happy on their way to a walk. )

WHO: Nana Qaradaghi and Everett Walker
WHERE: Vigil, Montana
WHEN: Over the course of the past few weeks in April 2018.
WHAT: Guess what, guys: not talking about your feelings gets you into BIG TROUBLE. Especially when you’re having a lot of family turmoil, are possibly either going insane or have magical powers, and also possess deeply unrequited feelings that are actually requited but being grossly tortured by your mute hand.
WARNINGS: It’s Angst Week at Caldera, so in order to apologize, we humbly suggest you listen to this fine tune while reading this. Christ, these idiots.

( ’What’s wrong?’ he echoed quietly.  )

WHO: Nana Qaradaghi, with mentions of Cejndar Qaradaghi and Fêris Malmîsanij. (And others, if you squint.)
WHERE: Split between Agoura Hills, CA and Vigil, MT.
WHEN: Spread between Monday, 19 March and her return on Friday, 30 March 2018.
WHAT: Newroz, otherwise known as the Kurdish New Year, coincides with the Spring Equinox. Over the years, Newroz has come to represent new beginnings, as well as an opportunity to support the Kurdish cause. For these reasons, Newroz is considered to be the most important festival in Kurdish culture. (The Kurdish Project, 2015)
WARNINGS: References to war (however oblique), refugee camps, physical violence, parental mortality, terminal illness, and grief.

( If God touches you with affliction, no one can remove it but Him. If He touches you with happiness, He has power over all things. )

WHO: Nana Qaradaghi
WHERE: Mostly Vigil, but also Agoura Hills, CA
WHEN: The weekend of March 3-4, 2018.
WHAT: A series of voicemails.
WARNINGS: N/A

( Hello, it’s Nana! I’m unable to answer the phone right now, so please leave a message after the tone. Chat with you soon! )

WHO: Nana Qaradaghi and Everett Walker
WHERE: An actual goddamn restaurant named Everett’s 8800.
WHEN: Backdated to the evening of… Wednesday, 14 February 2018.
WHAT: Just two friends being bros! Just two bros eating Valentine’s Day dinner at the top of a mountain! Just two pals taking a sleigh ride under the stars!
WARNINGS: Alcohol consumption, ambiguous “flirting,” accidental boners, probably language because of at least one of the people writing this, sheesh.

( We’re at Everett’s. What Nana wants, she gets, and I know it isn’t my salad. )

WHO: Nana Qaradaghi, a bird named Helios, and mentions of Everett Walker.
WHERE: Around Vigil, Montana.
WHEN: Friday, 23 February 2018, all day.
WHAT: Quoth the crow raven, someone’s powers are bestowed.
WARNINGS: None!

( Later, Nana would know that this there is nothing Normal in Time, that in Time’s infinite wisdom, she would be brought to this Truth in such an presumably ordinary way. But all she saw on that sharp day in February was this: no warning, really, that everything would unravel after that. )

TO: Leela 🐥
FROM: Nana Qaradaghi

[1] First of all: do I need to scalp his balls
[2] Secondly: there is so much semen :(

WHO: Nana Qaradaghi and Everett Walker
WHERE: Beginner’s Luck Trail, Yellowstone Club, MT (map here)
WHEN: Afternoon of Saturday, 17 February 2018
WHAT: Someone put skis on Nana’s feet. It’s not going well, but boy howdy is Everett chuffed about it anyway.
WARNINGS: Grumpy swearing and some occasional need for insulin, I would wager.

( Beginner’s Luck her ass. )

TO: Ladies 🌺✨ (Assign yourself liberally!)
FROM: Nana Qaradaghi

[1] Happy Galentine's, ladies!
[2] Tell me you got the champers basket I sent, hm?
[3] Since we weren't able to brunch today, how do you feel about a few weeks from now? My treat, etc.

TO: Everett 🌠
FROM: Nana Qaradaghi

[1] We don't have something schedule for tomorrow, do we?
[x] Because I think I have a Tinder me
[2] I know we have the party coming up, but I wouldn't want you to feel like we're skipping over tomorrow either.