[Filter: Private]

I'm not even sure what's going on anymore.

[Filter: Aekaran]

So.

Can I ask, exactly, what spurred all of this?

Mm, well, we did manage to dodge the rain. I've been informed it's likely to be dry as a bone in the desert until we reach our next waytown, and then we'll be thoroughly drenched. Not an experience I'm honestly looking forward to, but I suppose every day has some of those.

I can hardly believe it's almost the end of another year. And it's been a very long year, for me, personally. Quite a lot has happened. But, you know, looking back, I'm quite content with how things have gone. It's certainly an improvement over the last several years of my life. Desert or no.

It's snowing again. This really, really sucks and I vote we voice a protest against the sky. And the Dragons. And whatever faeries make it snow, too, those stupid little winged jerks!

We can totally stand around chanting things. You know, "snow must go" and stuff like that. Maybe it'd even listen! And then the snow would magically melt away, and we could hold a party.

Orrrrrrrrr we could march. You know. Either one.



Frozen Water
a poem by Irving

Everyone needs to drink water.
But you can't drink water when it's snow.

The end.

[Filter: Lady Varelia]

Hm, well, it would seem that our questionning hasn't gotten us especially far, now has it~? If I were a less creative man, I'd be starting to feel rather discouraged about the value of investigative research~

[Filter: Private]

I bet I'll get a good long kiss for all of this work!

I do like kissin. Sometimes, I wish we could just go on kissin for all day and all night after that! Max sure is gettin awful good at it, too. I swear, he's learnin something new everytime we've got a second alone!

... maybe it ain't right to be thinkin about it all quite so much, but ... well, nobody ain't never said anythin about about just kissin! And that's all it is, right now. Just lots and lots of kissin ...

Mmmmhm~

[Filter: Max]

Alrighty, you ain't gonna believe it, but I gotta big birthday surprise together for you! I hope you ain't too tired after your day off from all your workin, playin with Danny, cause I'l be real upset if you don't at least come by my room and see it!

[Atsirian]

It's always nice to hear it's raining on time, back home. After a couple of years ago, it was really easy to get worried, and all, but ... ~ Things worked out for the best, anyway. It's good that everything's back on track. I miss it a lot, sometimes. Just thinking about the city in the rain ... Lest and I woul It just gets me nostalgic, a little bit~

[Trade]

Captain~ Silas has been asking around about you some more! I don't know if he's looking for anything specific, but ...

[Filter: Private]

It couldn't hurt to ask ... I'm sure he'd tell me, if he'd tell anymore. With everything we've been though. Ah, and he ... well, he feels he owes me something, doesn't he? He'll share a little esoteric knowledge, to make up for it, I think, won't he ...?

[Filter: Jonathan]

I ... had a thought, Jonathan. Ah, well, not a thought, I suppose, more a ... a curiousity. Just passing, really, but I ... I wonder, if you might be able to ...?

[Filter: Private]

Ah, and then there's ...

[Filter: Jace]

Ah, Jace, I ... well, I thought it might be nice to go for dinner sometime. Nothing fancy, just ... a little something, out in the city ... wouldn't that be nice?

[Filter: Private]

And ...

... ah, no, I ... I'll wait, on that, still. I can afford to wait, can't I ...?