Post by PeroxidePirate on Mar 20, 2010 11:44:20 GMT 10
Title: Letters Sent (3)
Rating: PG
Length: 319 words
Competitor: Alanna
Round/Fight: 3/A
Summary: Kel attempts to explain her philosophy on correspondence.
Dear Alanna,
I hope I didn't offend you with my choice of words – I'd forgotten you have ties here. Did you come to love all the sand? Or did you love it from the start, on account of the warmth? (Yes, I'm teasing a bit. Is that allowed?) It is too bad that I got sent south, and you north, when I am missing the mountains and it sounds (or do I mean 'looks'?) as though you would be happier here, sand and all. But, well, we go where we're needed, and the crown needed a warrior-healer-mage there and a bruiser on a horse here.
I also didn't mean to be coy. I don't think I could if I tried, with you or anyone else, though it might make you laugh if I attempted it. It seems to me that coyness is something for ladies with soft hands and dimples. And if I'm courteous, why shouldn't I be? Like chivalry, it's part and parcel of being a knight. I wouldn't write you solely out of courtesy, though, and I am glad to get your letter in return. But there have been times enough that I've enjoyedspending time working with people I would not bother to correspond with later. I worried that I might be that sort of person to you.
If my first letter was brief, I put it down to two things: the first is courtesy, and I won't say anything more about that, as I don't think you'd like it if you thought I was lecturing. The second is the fact that the mail carrier was about to leave, and I wanted to send the letter this month instead of next. You know the saying – the Southern Desert is great, Tortall's mail system is not. I'm glad it made you smile, all the same (the letter, not the mail system).
Keep well, yourself.
Kel
Rating: PG
Length: 319 words
Competitor: Alanna
Round/Fight: 3/A
Summary: Kel attempts to explain her philosophy on correspondence.
Dear Alanna,
I hope I didn't offend you with my choice of words – I'd forgotten you have ties here. Did you come to love all the sand? Or did you love it from the start, on account of the warmth? (Yes, I'm teasing a bit. Is that allowed?) It is too bad that I got sent south, and you north, when I am missing the mountains and it sounds (or do I mean 'looks'?) as though you would be happier here, sand and all. But, well, we go where we're needed, and the crown needed a warrior-healer-mage there and a bruiser on a horse here.
I also didn't mean to be coy. I don't think I could if I tried, with you or anyone else, though it might make you laugh if I attempted it. It seems to me that coyness is something for ladies with soft hands and dimples. And if I'm courteous, why shouldn't I be? Like chivalry, it's part and parcel of being a knight. I wouldn't write you solely out of courtesy, though, and I am glad to get your letter in return. But there have been times enough that I've enjoyed
If my first letter was brief, I put it down to two things: the first is courtesy, and I won't say anything more about that, as I don't think you'd like it if you thought I was lecturing. The second is the fact that the mail carrier was about to leave, and I wanted to send the letter this month instead of next. You know the saying – the Southern Desert is great, Tortall's mail system is not. I'm glad it made you smile, all the same (the letter, not the mail system).
Keep well, yourself.
Kel