OC Penpal Meme!

[wizzard890]

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Despite how neat the advice meme is that’s going around (on puella_nerdii, lindensphinx and mithrigil’s journals thus far, though I’m sure it’s being picked up elsewhere), I can’t quite bring myself to swipe it, mostly because my OCs are pretty rotten at giving advice worth following, and I am even worse.

So instead I am lifting this (as I do many, many awesome things) from latinusername.

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[wizzard890]

Dr. Tantaquidgeon,

Just as well that I don’t know what you’re referring to, huh? That’s a shame. It’s never a great idea to keep me out of the loop. Starts us out on the wrong foot.

But I’ll bite. What have you got for me?

-Selwyn Branch

[latinusername]

(You didn't put the person I wanted to write to on your list, but I am writing to him anyway. >_

[wizzard890]

Hello, Marianne.

Do you see how strange that looks? This whole letter is off to a bad start. Without a "dear" it might as well be a telegram. Let me try again--

My dearest Marianne.

(Better. Much better.)

Keep an eye on the refugees who start to stream in, will you? Even the sane ones. Just a few days ago I heard that the missions have been sending in requests for more medical supplies than usual, and I don't like the idea of us all accidentally contracting smallpox.

And yes, blankets. You're in luck. I'm in a little room in the packing district, where it's cheapest, and there's a place I can buy a few dozen of them a stone's throw from my door. I'll go out for them tomorrow morning. Is there anything else we need? I know I went over the list with you before I left, but even so.

It's nice to visit the coast for a while--you're right, it's not half as nice as home, but I miss living in the city, sometimes. You have no idea how quiet it is where you are. Here, stop for a second. Listen. What can you hear? (Other than everyone, I

[trishpawachunyu]

Dear HRH Eleanore, Princess Royal of the British Empire