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Dear Lucas,
Rocket science sounds really fun! Some people have annoying little siblings. Are Ethan and Millik like that? I don't have an assigned partner yet, we get them at… 18, I believe.

I watch old movies sometimes, too! I like those ones about the people in space, 'Star Wars', I think it was called? I've seen a Rubik's cube before, but I've never used one. My favorite hobby's gotta be making gardens with rubble. There's lots of rubble that's still around where I live, so I make these big gardens with them, like I read about in books.

What hobbies do you like to do? Who's Reah? Are they nice?

Godspeed,
Jomei

(I’m just going to pop in a letter and wait for someone to reply)

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Dear Sorrel,

Oh good, it's not just me who finds blood pretty. Anyone I've tried to talk to about that starts staring at me like I'm a psychopath. And yeah, people try to kill me for it. It can cure incurable things, but considering you have to injure me to get it, yeah, pretty hard for people to get their hands on, which makes it all the more valuable.

And hey, you're welcome in my 'verse. If you ever stop by, find someone who works on the Black Market and tell them you're with me. Either that or tell me where you are and I'll pick you up. You can always hang here if you need a quick escape, too.

Also, please don't try to replicate my blood or anything. That never ends well.

Regards, Zenith

@ZephirFox8812

Dear Jomei
Ethan and Millik are like annoying younger siblings I suppose. I never had any siblings when I was on earth. Reah was supposed to get a partner at 18 too, she escaped that.

The 'Star Wars' movies are very good! You like space a lot, don't you? I could send you some pictures next time? We are passing a nebula tomorrow, I could get some of that.

I've never seen a garden. Well, we have a garden on the ships but it's for food and oxygen and it's not very nice to just sit in.

You seem to ask if everyone is nice! Reah is pretty quiet but when she's talking, her sarcasm will make your ears bleed. Not literally. She's pretty nice if you get along with her.

I love just hanging out with my crew. Sometimes just sitting or lying in silence makes me happy. But other times talking about each others families and customs is fun.

Tell me about where you live! Every little detail!

Godspeed,
Lucas

@ZephirFox8812

(I’m just going to pop in a letter and wait for someone to reply)

(Rainclouds letter at the top of page 4 is still open to answer)

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Dear Zen,

You're no psychopath, I could honestly say you might be normal in my friend group. We all like blood, some way or another. I hope you never have rough times with your blood, it disappoints me that people would actually kill an angel for its contents. I'd like to know, though, what in the world do you mean by 'it never ends well'? Do people die or something because of it?

I might show up sometime in the near future, I'm astounded that our coincidental meeting worked out this well. Things are getting a little easier here, but I doubt they'll stay like that. Me and doubts, I hate those things. Anyways, my friends need me, it's getting late, and I'm running on a piece of bread and one water. I'll see you, literally, one day.

With agape, Sor.

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Dear Ms. Blake,

My goodness, I hope your children are okay!
And although I'm sure it's none of my business, Seventeen seems awfully young to be taking care of children. (I'll not say more; bad-form)

While on the topic of children, mine are ungrateful worms who dodge my damn WW's and ignore me for all that I'm worth. Except Axphion, she's an angel, a perfect, bloodthirsty angel.

I have reached out to both Veriviane (My youngest, only nine hundred years, just a babe!) and Gionia (My middle child, one-thousand three-hundred, still fairly young) several times and neither one will even have a word from my mouth, let alone defend me in front of Irius.
As I said in my last letter, Axphion is on a pilgrimage to middle-eastern earth. Middle eastern earth is a perfect example of the barren wasteland that nasty orb is meant to be some day.

Good luck with your children, and your missing, and your war.

Best regards,
Samlin (Virgilion) of the Yonderside

P.S. I most certainly can send a river, just you wait.

(I’m just going to pop in a letter and wait for someone to reply)

(Rainclouds letter at the top of page 4 is still open to answer)

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@RainClouds_Itachi_is_a_deity_now

Hello Dove,

I’ve never had a pen pal before, never had time Well my first 7 years of life I was B . Well I’ll tell you some things about me. I’m 15 years old, love Blue slushees (doesn’t matter which flavor, just Blue). I’m in an arranged marriage to a girl named Anastasia, I’m not sure if she likes the arranged marriage But it was Nessisary. I have a best friends named Dan, he’s the best. And Alexa hates me (But she’s Anastasia best friend so I have to respect her).

-Thomas

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Dear Virgil,
Thanks for your concern for my people. We're okay for now. I agree that I'm a little young to care for a kid, but she was orphaned and nobody else would take her, so I stepped up.

Your youngest daughter is nine hundred? That's incredible! We usually only live to about sixty, the luckiest make it to eighty, but I've read that people sometimes used to make it to over one hundred. I'm sorry about your younger kids, I hope they start speaking to you again.

The middle-east sounds quite a bit like where I live, actually. Do they have Camps and Wanderers there?

With Powers may you be graced,
Blake
P.S. I'd like to see a river, but take your time!
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In the rolled-up piece of paper, there's a few wild violets and a small bag of dirt.

Dear Lucas,
I don't have any younger siblings, Alci's my twin sister. She looks nothing like me, but she's pretty much my best friend. I don't really know if I want a partner, but I guess there's no escaping that. Unless I go insane or something.

I do love space, how did you know? I'd love to see pictures of a nebula, there's so much pollution that we can't really see many stars anymore. Gardens are amazing! I found some wildflowers on the way home from work one day, so I dug them up and replanted them in the garden I build out behind my house. They're so pretty! I heard there's a way to send things through other than letters, so I'll see if I can send you a flower or two. Maybe you can start your own garden!

Reah sounds like a friend of mine from the Academy. I haven't seen her since I graduated, but she was really cool. I live in a pretty old housing unit, maybe 50 years old or so. There's 2 bedrooms, one for my parents, and one for Alci and I. We have the standard furniture, with some photos for decoration. In the back is my garden, with a low wall and an arch that took me like, a week to build! Alci and I sometimes go back there after work and chat.

Alright, now describe your ship to me, I wanna draw it later.
Godspeed,
Jomei

@ZephirFox8812

[Attached to the letter is a newspaper article about the launch of the UES Icarus with a picture of its six young crew members. The average height young man at the back with shoulder length dark brown hair is circled.]

Dear Jomei
In the article, the circled one is me. The ship is behind us.

Your place sounds really cool actually! Your garden sounds AMAZING! I would love to see it. Thank you for the flowers! The computer told me they were Violets. Our youngest crew member, the little girl with blonde pigtails in the photo, her name is Violet and she takes care of our oxygen garden. She was very excited to see them and helped me plant them and now they are in a pot on the main console of the Icarus.

I guessed you loved space because you kept saying how jealous you were. It's isn't all fun and beauty. There's so much that could go wrong. We have to check so many stats every few hours to make sure the engines are working, the life support and oxygen is working and so much else. We haven't made it to the nebula yet but next time I write we will have.

Our ship is not very big. The console room is like our meeting and relaxing area. Then as you walk down the ship you come to the oxygen farm, then the research and supply room, then the bedrooms and living facilities like bathrooms, then the technical and engine rooms. In the ship from Dayene, they have smaller bedrooms and an extra couple of spaces. They have some cryochambers in one for animals from their planet and the other is a room for them to do their tribal traditions and rituals in.

In my room I have my bed, my stuff from home like my special modified screen that let's me watch old movies, and some pictures of my friends and family back on earth. I know Reah has a prayer space in hers and Violet made herself a 'zen garden'.
What kind of things do you have in your room?

Godspeed,
Lucas

@RainClouds_Itachi_

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Dear Thomas,

well, since we're both new to this pen pal thing i guess we're learning together !! :)
maybe it's because things are different where we are, but 15 seems awful young to be in an arranged marriage… how do you feel about it? and can i ask if it's alright that i ask, why are you in an arranged marriage at all?
and while i do think that's awfully polite of you to respect someone even if they hate you, i'm a little concerned, do you know why she hates you? i hope things get better between you and her since she's close to Anastasia.

i guess to be fair i'll tell you some things that are equal to what you told me !
i'm 34, pretty old i know! my favorite food is, well… almost any sort of ice-cream if i'm being honest. i used to be married, and my best friend's code name is Pigeon.

i hope things go well for you!
Sincerely, Dove

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Dear Sorrel,

Huh. Normal. Never been called that before. And, sorry, did you call me an angel?

And like I said, you're welcome here. Well, the government may not be so inviting, but as long as you're with me, you'll be relatively safe.

By 'it never ends well', I mean usually it either explodes, the sample deteriorates, or I come murder the person doing the experiment.

Your friend, Zenith

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[Rolled up in the letter is a clump of buttercups and another bag of dirt.]
Dear Lucas,
Your ship looks so cool! What happens if the engines fail?

What's a cryochamber? It sounds pretty interesting! In my room there's the bunk bed that I share with Alci(she gets the top because I fell out once), two government-issued desks, and a bookshelf with our old schoolbooks. In the wall is the telescreen, so we can receive government updates, but we rigged up an old DVD player, so we can watch movies if we find any. Alci has some pictures of her and her friend, Mari. I have some drawings that I made, with more drawing supplies.

Anyway, what does space look like from your ship? Is it pretty? I wish it was less polluted on Earth, so we could see the stars. With this letter, I sent some more flowers, so you can expand your garden. Next time I write, I'll send a drawing of Alci and I.

Safe travels!
Godspeed,
Jomei

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Zen,

I tend to see a different side of people, even murderers and stalkers. Yeah, I might sound hypocritical when it comes to Soul, but honestly, I don't give any type of care for him. He can go and die, haha. But you, you chose to befriend me, and journey with me, up until even now. I admire that in people, loyalty, and trust.

I might come and check the place out soon! Our traveling friend tested his powers again and he worked successfully. Now if only I could go back in time… That would be miraculous, I could change so many things that have happened to me. If I come over, can you teach me some self-defense? I'm awful at it, and if you can't tell already, I'm also some sort of prize, for reasons left unsaid.

With agape, Sor.

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Dear Sorrel,

You're a good guy. Most people don't really get to know me. And I know we've never met, but I feel like I know you pretty well. If you get killed or hurt, have your traveller come here and bring me to your 'verse. I will happily annihilate him for you.

And yeah, I can teach you self-defense. I know everything from judo to swordfighting, so I can teach almost anything you want to learn about combat. And I understand being considered a prize a lot better than you might think.

Regards, Zenith

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Zeeen,

I have an… idea. Yes, an idea! What if I were to lead him to you? That would be awesome. I would be running, and someone, he just so happened to teleport with me to you! Then boom! You obliterate him! Try and leave his skull intact, though. I'd like to have some form of tangible proof to show to his armies when he arrives, as a corpse.

And as for the fighting, I freaking love swords! They're so cool, you just swing the blade itself, and it cuts something. Dull blades are awful. Literally I'm so excited that I'm even talking like this, this is so exciting. I haven't had a leading role in the war here, besides fleeing, big time, so this is awesome! I've always wanted a role in war, and maybe a kill might be okay.

With agape, Sor.

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Dear Sorrel,

My coordinates are X: ### Y: ### and Z: ###. I'll be waiting for your… delivery.

I've got some pretty cool weapons here, too. When you stop by, I can show you them. As a matter of fact, you can take some with you.

See you soon, Zenith

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( Okay so how's the next part going to work? Are we going to time-skip the actual part where everything goes down, and go back into letters after they return? Or something else. We've got ourselves into an interesting pinch lol. )

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Translated from high Menna

Greetings.
I am happy because I know.
It is true that I am not fond of gardening, though it sometimes makes me happy.
Some are not as good singers as others.
I do not know much about the stars. But it is said that the AlFen track the path of all the stars in heavens. I do not agree. Perhaps some stars. But I disagree all. The island is called Althálos. You should know the story of it before I say write more. When the world was still clinging to youthfulness, all the tribes grew. The Menna tribe grew the greatest until they had many cities and eventually began to seize all land around. The other tribes fought back, but the might of the Menna was very great. The other tribes, as well as some Menna who disagreed with the doings of the tribe, led by Zol, sailed away in great ships to the island of Althálos. There we were safe from the armies of the Menna. There is a History written about it called Viád Zolux. {translation: Path of Zol} It is very good. But my favorite is Fatíl Arítarux. {translation: Deeds of Aritar}
My dexír is different. I think I am the first one in Kaspít Dodask to have the dexír of darkness. But there is no doubt I can use it to benefit people of my tribe and others.
I understand. Yet I do not understand what you were speaking of heavens. But I am not saddened of it.
Tell Kaz. I hope he is well of it.
I understand what you say. But I think there can be much respect for servants. Zol was a servant. And he is the most loved of all the Menna.
Often we did trade metal. And things woven of wool or other things. And packs for storage. And instruments like the Kithárn, which has seven strings. (All such instruments had only four until the Menna created their own.)
Bolós desítha tuva, {translation: Good I wish to you}
Alék

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[Attached are some pictures of stars and nebulas along with a small pouch of shiny silvery powder]

Dear Jomei
Space is beautiful and huge. Its very nice to look at most of the time but sometimes it's very scary. If our engines fail, we would be stuck in the same place until we fix them. And if we can't fix them we will die out here.

Cryochambers are some container like things that freeze people or animals and keep them safe so they can come out later and be the same age.

The flowers are so cool! The colours go very nicely with the violets, and they are next to each other now.

In the pouch is some dust from a passing meteor. The ship collected some and I think you should have it.

What old movies do you have? What kind of things do you draw?

Godspeed,
Lucas

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*[Attached is a drawing of a boy and a girl, about the same height. The boy has dirty-blond hair, green eyes and a blue beanie, while the girl has messy black hair and blue, gold-flecked eyes.]

Dear Lucas,
Thanks so much for the pictures and the meteor dust! I put them on my desk so I can look at them whenever I write to you.

I hope your engines don't fail, I'd be heartbroken if anything happened to you. Cryochambers sound really neat! I wish we had some on Earth. If we did, we could probably manage to bring back lots of extinct species!

Anyway, the girl in the picture is my sister, Alci, and the boy is me. I'll send you some sketches of my garden next time, if you'd like.

I like drawing people, but my specialty is plants. I have most of the 'Star Wars' series, except for the fourth one. I also have some of the 'Avengers' movies. Alci really likes those.

What kind of places have you been to? How does an oxygen garden work?

Godspeed,
Jomei

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Dear Thomas,

well, since we're both new to this pen pal thing i guess we're learning together !! :)
maybe it's because things are different where we are, but 15 seems awful young to be in an arranged marriage… how do you feel about it? and can i ask if it's alright that i ask, why are you in an arranged marriage at all?
and while i do think that's awfully polite of you to respect someone even if they hate you, i'm a little concerned, do you know why she hates you? i hope things get better between you and her since she's close to Anastasia.

i guess to be fair i'll tell you some things that are equal to what you told me !
i'm 34, pretty old i know! my favorite food is, well… almost any sort of ice-cream if i'm being honest. i used to be married, and my best friend's code name is Pigeon.

i hope things go well for you!
Sincerely, Dove

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Hi Alék!

Why do you not like gardening? I see it as one of the most versatile disciplines, as it covers biology, chemistry, and even artistry and history for those who are drawn to such things.

Trust me, I know that! My mom, Valerie, thinks singing to the plants make them grow better, and while there isn’t any scientific basis for that and her voice sounds like a screeching proton engine, it makes her happy, so it makes me happy.

Your island—Alt-halo, is it?—seems to have quite an interesting history! Could you describe some of the tribes and the differences between them, whether biological or cultural? And who is this Zol person, and how did they become the leader of those who travelled to Alt-halo? You also mentioned a book about someone named Aritar. Would you mind telling me about who they are and why you enjoy reading about their deeds?

Oh wow, you’re the first among your people to have the power to call upon darkness? That’s pretty ‘tastic! Why do you think the dexír you have is so rare, and do you have any theories as to why so few have it?

Space can be tricky to comprehend, so I do not blame you! For a person who has yet to leave their own planet, you are quite intelligent.

I suppose servants can be respected, it is just not a system I am very comfortable with. Even the limited nobility in some parts of the universe are required to pay those who work for them. How did Zol rise up through the ranks to command that much respect among your people?

Oh, so you trade metal and wool? What metals do your people mine and what animals do you harvest the wool from? In my galaxy, there is a creature called a loupa that fits in palm of a average humanoid’s hand. It has a soft yellow-gray wool that is very costly and highly prized among the elite. I do hope to pet one someday!

Goodbye for now!

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Yo can I join! I have a mostly developed Universe and all that jazz.

@ZephirFox8812

Dear Jomei
This is an amazing drawing! You're very good. I would love to see drawings of your garden!

What kind of species are left on earth? On my earth pretty much nothing was left.

Which one of the star wars movies is the fourth? Fourth in story order or age?

I think I've seen one of the avenger movies, they are very good.

I've been halfway between earth and Dayene. Then we went in a different direction. The map says there is a merchant planet a couple of days ahead, we may stop there. We've been past a lot of nebulas and stars and asteroids and meteors and it's so big out here. We haven't stopped at any planets yet so this market will be our first one! I'm kinda excited.

An oxygen garden is a garden of scientifically enhanced trees that convert carbon dioxide in oxygen much faster than usual so we don't suffocate. That's why it's so important.

Godspeed,
Lucas

P.S do you want me to look for anything at the market for you?

(@RainClouds_Itachi_is_a_deity_now You don’t have to tag me, and I saw it I just didn’t have time to reply)

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(Yo can I join! I have a mostly developed Universe and all that jazz.)

(Use parentheses when talking but yeah.)

@RainClouds_Itachi_

( ah!!! ok sorry 'bout that then pato. i just got kinda worried and since you had tagged me i panicked and thought i had to tag you as well oof- my bad! i'll be more patient next time ^^ )