Fanfiction: Thank-You Note (Howl's Moving Castle / Castle in the Air)
Title: Thank-You Note
Fandom: Howl's Moving Castle/Castle in the Air
Character(s): Howl, Sophie
Pairing(s): Howl/Sophie
Rating: G
Word Count: ~375
Warnings: Spoilers for the end of Howl's Moving Castle and several significant events in Castle in the Air.
A/N: The other day lyricnonsense took up this meme: "Leave a list of fictional characters in your journal that you would love to get a message from. It is your friend-list's mission, should they choose to accept it, to write you an in-character 'letter' from a character on that list. Then they post their own list in their journal and the process continues!" Howl Jenkins was number four on her list. Being as I am a long-term DWJ fan, I couldn't resist checking in on Howl and Sophie ... but, as you might expect, things never run smoothly for those two, not even letter-writing. Crossposted to dwj_fanfic and movingcastle.
Dedication: For lyricnonsense, of course. Does it work?
N.B. Make fair copy. Do NOT send draft.
September 22nd 25th 30th
October 12th
November 1st 5th 8th 9th
My dear Miss Ngalia,
It is with great pains pleasure that I take pen in hand to thank you for the faun barn loam --
What am I thanking her for?
The list says a fa-- no, a bo-- oh, a basin. Goodness, Howl, your handwriting!
Yours is certainly more legible than mine.
Oh, no. I've written my share of the notes already.
No need to gloat.
basin.
Basin?
The large china one with the garland of primroses around the rim.
Oh, the garish thing you use for Morgan's baths.
Yes. But you needn't share that opinion with Miss Ngalia.
Trust me.
It is quite large nice a wonder -- a marvel cast in porcelain, a jewel of the ceramicist's art lovely. We find it indispensable for bathing Morgan when he consents to be bathed. Those weeks he spent as a kitten following his birth have without doubt affected his character; it is exactly the right size for a boy no larger than an ocelot.
By the time you've finished editing this note, Sophie, it will contain no information whatsoever.
Why, then, am I writing it?
It's customary to thank people for the gifts they send you.
It is?
YES.
How you would laugh to see him splashing water all over the floor and giggling at Calcifer's distress in the water, babbling happily the while.
Oh, God.
We expect his first word to be "No!" soon.
Your confidence that Morgan will follow in his father's footsteps as a great wizard is natural flattering, but we must not anticipate matters. Rest assured, however, that when he summons his first demon casts his first spell, you shall hear of it. And if he's anything like his mother, so will all of Ingary.
Thanking you again for your thoughtful gift,
Believe me, Miss Ngalia,
Your most humble, most devoted, most obedient servant,
Howell Pendragon Jenkins
One down ... several thousand to go.
Eleven, you mean -- don't be such a baby. Shall I have a word with your pen so that you can dictate?
No, no, I'll soldier on.
Don't forget to make a fair copy to send.
Trust me.
[Acknowledgments: Howl's Moving Castle and Castle in the Sky were written by Diana Wynne Jones. Copyright for these works is held by Diana Wynne Jones. All rights reserved.]
ADDENDUM: Here's the "manuscript" version I composed. Creativity eats my life.
Fandom: Howl's Moving Castle/Castle in the Air
Character(s): Howl, Sophie
Pairing(s): Howl/Sophie
Rating: G
Word Count: ~375
Warnings: Spoilers for the end of Howl's Moving Castle and several significant events in Castle in the Air.
A/N: The other day lyricnonsense took up this meme: "Leave a list of fictional characters in your journal that you would love to get a message from. It is your friend-list's mission, should they choose to accept it, to write you an in-character 'letter' from a character on that list. Then they post their own list in their journal and the process continues!" Howl Jenkins was number four on her list. Being as I am a long-term DWJ fan, I couldn't resist checking in on Howl and Sophie ... but, as you might expect, things never run smoothly for those two, not even letter-writing. Crossposted to dwj_fanfic and movingcastle.
Dedication: For lyricnonsense, of course. Does it work?
N.B. Make fair copy. Do NOT send draft.
September 22nd 25th 30th
October 12th
November 1st 5th 8th 9th
My dear Miss Ngalia,
It is with great pains pleasure that I take pen in hand to thank you for the faun barn loam --
What am I thanking her for?
The list says a fa-- no, a bo-- oh, a basin. Goodness, Howl, your handwriting!
Yours is certainly more legible than mine.
Oh, no. I've written my share of the notes already.
No need to gloat.
basin.
Basin?
The large china one with the garland of primroses around the rim.
Oh, the garish thing you use for Morgan's baths.
Yes. But you needn't share that opinion with Miss Ngalia.
Trust me.
It is quite large nice a wonder -- a marvel cast in porcelain, a jewel of the ceramicist's art lovely. We find it indispensable for bathing Morgan when he consents to be bathed. Those weeks he spent as a kitten following his birth have without doubt affected his character; it is exactly the right size for a boy no larger than an ocelot.
By the time you've finished editing this note, Sophie, it will contain no information whatsoever.
Why, then, am I writing it?
It's customary to thank people for the gifts they send you.
It is?
YES.
How you would laugh to see him splashing water all over the floor and giggling at Calcifer's distress in the water, babbling happily the while.
Oh, God.
We expect his first word to be "No!" soon.
Your confidence that Morgan will follow in his father's footsteps as a great wizard is natural flattering, but we must not anticipate matters. Rest assured, however, that when he summons his first demon casts his first spell, you shall hear of it. And if he's anything like his mother, so will all of Ingary.
Thanking you again for your thoughtful gift,
Believe me, Miss Ngalia,
Your most humble, most devoted, most obedient servant,
Howell Pendragon Jenkins
One down ... several thousand to go.
Eleven, you mean -- don't be such a baby. Shall I have a word with your pen so that you can dictate?
No, no, I'll soldier on.
Don't forget to make a fair copy to send.
Trust me.
[Acknowledgments: Howl's Moving Castle and Castle in the Sky were written by Diana Wynne Jones. Copyright for these works is held by Diana Wynne Jones. All rights reserved.]
ADDENDUM: Here's the "manuscript" version I composed. Creativity eats my life.