Fortunately, I put my book away before I went to sleep last night. Of course, the only reason for that is that I finished it, and the only reason I finished it before I fell asleep was that it's mostly pictures. However, the point is I put my book away and fell asleep at a... not too unreasonable hour, and therefore am able to wake up before my parents as usual without being too tired. I try to be quiet when I climb out of bed and go downstairs; I like having the morning to myself. Before getting something to eat, I go to check the mailbox mostly out of habit and, to my surprise, actually find something there besides ads and the daily paper. Putting the aforementioned ads and paper on the table, I look at the letter I got, with a sparkly bat sticker holding it closed instead of wax and Ray ❤ written on the back in Chrissie's loopy hornwriting. I hadn't expected them to write this soon, but it's definitely a welcome surprise. I open it as carefully as possible to not rip the sticker, and prop the letter up on the salt shaker to read as I eat.
Dear Ray,
Sorry, this is super soon, but we missed you so much! Chrissie's practically been crying. It's sweet. I have not! Don't listen to Nighty, he's a dirty liar Yeah right Stop stealing the letter. Anyway, we missed you a bunch, so I guess we're a bunch has happened since you left!
First of all, Nighty's decided to pierce his other wing, so he's an idiot Excuse you, you two were the ones who were so upset about symmetry. And you were whining for months after you did the first one. I was not whining. You totally were. Ray, you remember? He wouldn't shut up. So anyway, Nighty's being stupid, so please write back and tell him to not do it, I don't want to listen to him whine all the time again. Rude. You're rude. Also, Miss Twisty Cane says she'll teach me a new spell soon if I keep working hard! I'm so excited! She's been talking about it non stop since she heard the news. I'm really excited, and also shut up. On other news, Pretty Ribbons is talking about renovating that old theatre. I doubt it'll go anywhere, but it's being talked about. I think she'll do it. She's sounding all serious about returning it to its 'former glory' or whatever and looking for pictures of it in it's 'prime' so she can do it right. She was even trying to put together a petition! I'll be impressed if she manages it. Maybe we underestimated her. So anyway we'll totally keep you posted on that ❤ That's all for now, I think. We'll write you again soon. We look forward to hearing from you!
Love,
Crystal Goblet and Dark Night
The letter itself is ripped and wrinkled, Chrissie's loopy writing and Nighty's more careful script fighting for space on the page, and I can imagine Chrissie and Nighty grabbing the paper from each other and reading over the other's shoulder as they wrote it. It's nice to hear of home, even if I've only been gone for a couple days. I finish the piece of toast I'd grabbed, then grab a piece of paper and a quill. Dear Chrissie and Nighty, I started, It's nice to hear from you. First of all, Nighty, it's your body, but do you really need another piercing?...