A Letter to Home

[theheroics]

Sender: Zack Fair
To: All
Subject: No Subject (Backdated to the first week)

[ Words that begin to appear in the journals are written slowly, as if with intent. The handwriting is... coherent at best at this slower pace, but every word is coming in gradually and seemingly with more frustration.

Guess who thinks this is just a plain ol' journal to use? ]

Dear Aeir
What's up!?
Hello! Hey th———

Hey Aerith.
Hope things are going well?? good for you

[ UGH ]

Sorry it's taken so long for me to write back... I know youve been waiting a long time
I can't call right now but soon, okay?
how are the flowers? you swimming in gil yet?
Theirs theres lots of weird stuff going on that I'll explain when I get back.
So... yeah. See you soon
Regard [ No that was SO STUPID ]
bye

[ The words at the bottom of the page are suddenly cut out, as if completely disregarded or tossed away.

But seconds later another one appears: ]

Hello!

[ Nope that one is gone, too. ]

Comments

Sender: Nico

[refantasma]

sorry those other people were jerks. are you okay?

[theheroics]

probably can never show my face again but eh ill live
i can handle a few jerks

thanks for asking tho

[refantasma]

Im sure its not that bad. we all make mistakes.

no problem. I dont like bullies.

[theheroics]

yeah. breaking your foot is a mistake
this feels like a lot worse

who does? dont let me catch anyone doing the same to you, okay?

[refantasma]

physical pain is manageable. emotional pain isnt.

dont worry about me. if anyones mean to you you tell me and Ill set them straight.

[So Nico's dyslexic, didn't bother to read most of the responses because why waste time on jerks? And what he did read didn't mention age, and his writing ability is on par with Nico's... and last time he was in school he was eleven. Sorry the fourteen-year-old thinks you're younger than he is?]

[theheroics]

[ NO NICO HE'S 23 NOOOOOOO ]

whoa didnt know i was speaking to a hero
you any good with fighting?

[refantasma]

Im not a hero. just a guy looking out for others.
Im not the best fighter but I hold my own. I can be really scary when I want to

[theheroics]

i can tell. it takes a lot to stick up to bullies
we can look out for each other hows that? i dont want you doing all the heavy lifting

[refantasma]

how about we spar together sometime? that way we can keep our skills sharp and watch each others backs?

[theheroics]

oh yeah!! that sounds like a plan
cant get rusty now even if we are just dreaming

ill even go easy on ya the first couple of rounds

[refantasma]

hey
I led my first command when I was 13. no need to go easy on me.

[theheroics]

yo hold on
13???
you some kind of general or somethin?

[refantasma]

I dont have the offical title but I guess?
my title is the Ghost King.
but yeah. I was 13. I was pretty badass. I road atop a hellhound. That war was crazy.

The last few years have been crazy actually.

[theheroics]

yeah now thats pretty cool
and i thought being a 1st class solider was all the rage but i think you may have got me beat with the whole hellhound thing

[refantasma]

too bad the hellhouund wasnt mine. she belongs to percy. And shes the size of a large poodle now.

whats a 1st class solider?