Letters Across the Universe (Always open. Say you read page one stuff)

(the letter i sent was a reply, as I already asked for permission-)

M.G.

Okay fine! His name is Lestyr, he's the third duke, demon of Lust. I'm scared because he kinda swore off love a while ago and I don't want to make things awkward. But he has been coming to hang out with me all night a lot recently, I think the first time he lost a bet to Geer, but if they all are bets, he might be losing on purpose. Last time we all had a compulsory dinner (breakfast for me), he gave me such a nice smile, I could have melted, pretty sure he knows judging on how red I must have gone.

Aaaaahhh! I must be so red just thinking about him.

-Syth

P.S. That was really easy! And I wrote a lot more than I thought I would. ;^;

May I join please?

M.G.

Can I just say, what the hell Finn? That's not the best way to come back to existence.

Theres a Strange code of lovers? What does that mean? You can sue people for stuff like that. Damn, that would have been easier than murder…

Anyway, I wish I with you right now, you sound like you need a hug.

SPEAKING OF WHICH! Lestyr and I watched a horror movie because we're stupid and I got really scared at one point and he held my hand! <3 I forgot about the movie at that point and now I don't know how it ends.

-Syth

@Althalosian-isTerrifyingWalnutDeathDemon
(Do I meet the requirements?)

@Althalosian-isTerrifyingWalnutDeathDemon
(I meet the second requirement, so, can i have your permission to join?)

(i will @Althalosian-isTerrifyingWalnutDeathDemon)

(Could I start a new one? I don't think @Sunny-is-busy-writing-mayday is gonna respond anytime soon…)

(Can I join? I have a fairly fleshed out modern (not far-future) sci-fi universe)

Dear Reader,
I'm Chelsea - more specifically, Chelsea Marina Alexander Porter, but Chelsea will do. Today, me and my brother, Theo, are experimenting with sending letters into space using various satellites. The chances of this getting anywhere are slim, but hope springs eternal, eh?
I'm 14 - currently in my freshman year of high school. So is my brother. We're pretty average I guess, but your average is likely wildly different from what we consider average, so here goes nothing. We're Earthlings (wow, it's so weird having to think that I have to specify what planet I live on!) and we live in an area called the suburbs. It's not very densely populated, but we have lots of other humans around. We have some technology, like smartphones and the internet and stuff, but whatever you have must be infinitely cooler than what we have. My brother and I are trying to figure out time travel and how to access the multi-verse, which is an advancement that's being made. But we're pretty busy with schoolwork so sometimes we have to put our projects aside.
Okay, so about me and my brother. We're not always good at coloring inside of the lines. We like to make school and stuff more interesting for our classmates, who are often bored by academic things. Theo and I are interested in basically everything that's not high school drama, so it makes us sad that people don't want to learn, but we like to spruce up the often drab public school system by helping learning be more engaging. Like, there's this famous poet here, Shakespeare, but lots of people don't like his work because it's pretty old by our standards and people don't get it because they have to read it instead of watching it as a play like it was meant to be. So Theo and I used these watches that our uncle Fylo gave us to time travel back to Shakespeare's time with our class and explore Victorian England on our own and watch a Shakespearean play in the Globe Theater, rather than sitting at desks and doing worksheets on the play. It was fun. I mean, we didn't check the day that we traveled back to, and it turned out that the day we traveled to was the day the Globe Theater was burned down, but I found out that when you time travel to the past, you're literally invincible and you also can't change the present, so nobody was hurt and all of my classmates learned a lot.
Theo and I have way more stories like that. It's fun.
Well, you're probably bored of reading about me. I'd really like to get to know what you're like! I have no idea - you could be a secret agent platypus, or a yellow nacho demon, or a dragon, or a Lovecraftian cosmic horror monster.
So, what's your world like? What species are you? Do you have family? What are your friends like?
Send your letter to 204 Trussel St., Windpost, Massachusetts, USA, Earth, Universe 0-24.
Also, please leave your address! I sent the satellite out randomly so I don't know in what direction it went. I need to put a tracker on it next time.
Well, c'ya round! Or not, but I'm trying to be more positive.
Chelsea

(This letter is addressed to 204 Trussel St., Windpost, Massachusetts, USA, Earth, Universe 0-24.)
Dear Chelsea,
Hello. My name is Azrael Reaper. I am a (Immortal) Horsewoman of the Apocalypse. I am also known as Death. I currently live in Hell, literally. I am thinking of moving to a bizarre little town in Montana called Paradox Vortex, with my wife, War. What do you think? That is beside the point. I am friends with a Halman (an half angel, half human hybrid) named Allison Mercy. She is a little gullible, to say the least.
I knew Shakespeare quite well, when he was alive. I asked for him to become Immortal (I can do that), but the Angels upstairs refused my request. So, how does time travel work in your world? I am actually fairly new to technology. War, my wife, is better with technology.
Some fun facts about me: I have six fingers on each hand and I am a lesbian. I know a certain yellow nacho dream demon. That is besides the point. I have a scythe. It is known as The Grave. That is besides the point. That's unnecessary to you, but I felt like it was necessary, like some other being is watching. My world is like Earth, with the fact that angel/demon-human hybrids exist. What do you look like? What is it about you that makes you special? I don't know what else to ask, so I will finish my letter. Please address your letter to Hell, 1st level, 666 Avenue, 13th street.
Sincerely,
Azrael Reaper.

(Her letter is calligraphed to look like Ye Olden English calligraphy)

(Hell, 1st level, 666 Avenue, 13th Street)
Dear Azrael (is that what I should call you? If you're Death, you've probably existed for like, all of eternity. So should I call you Mrs. Azrael or something? I don't know),
Wow! I'm honestly amazed I got a response, and from a Horsewoman of the Apocalypse nonetheless!
While I've never been to Montana, Paradox Vortex is a great town name. And considering that you're currently residing in hell, which I assume isn't ideal, maybe it would be a good idea to move. And I'm sure there's some interesting things to do and see in Montana.
I looked up some stuff, and there's mostly nature stuff, lots of mountains and lakes. Sounds good for adventuring. There's also a ghost town there apparently. We don't have those.
Speaking of bizarre towns, my town is odd sometimes. But that's mostly due to my brother and I going on adventures, which usually involve time/interdimensional travel, or just accidentally destroying stuff. Luckily, Theo and I have a knack for building stuff, so it's usually better than what was already there. Our town committee is horrible at budgeting. Seriously, they spent 10 million dollars on making a football field, inside of a PRISON (there's a huge state prison in my town with convicts who supposedly either did really horrible things or just had really bad lawyers). And my street still does not have a sidewalk. How can you have 10 million dollars to build a football field for convicts but no money to build sidewalks for a heavily trafficked area of town? It makes no sense.
Anyways, back to you. You have a friend who's half-angel, half-human? That's interesting. How does that happen?
Anyways, time travel, it's pretty weird. Apparently it's different for every universe, so in my universe, 0-24, when you travel to the past, but then back to the present, the universe interprets this as you never having left the present, so whatever you did will be erased. This means no stealing or killing people. Like, I once tried to steal some parts to a machine from the past (it was for science, but I still felt really bad about it. My family is Catholic.), but then once I got to the present, they were gone. But it was okay, I found some somewhere else. And while you're in a time that you don't have dominion over, it's absolutely impossible for you to die because it would damage the balance of the universe if you died out of your time zone. Basically, the most unlikely events ever will happen in order to keep you alive. It's weird and really messy, so I'll go into further detail some other time if you want.
What's your wife like? And how does getting married in hell work? Also, I learned this one time that the word for having six fingers on a hand is hexadactylism. That's really cool. And your scythe sounds interesting, too. I have a multitool with a knife on it at all times. I got in trouble at school for having it, which was annoying because my friend brings a hatchet to school (with a leather sheath) and he never got in trouble. I wasn't going to stab anyone, I just use the screwdriver and stuff sometimes.
What do I look like? Well, I'm 5 feet tall (I've come to accept the fact that I will likely never be taller) and I have tanned skin as a result of being outside a lot when I'm not in school or in my lab/study. My hair is really dark brown and it's parted down the middle. It's just behind my shoulder blades, but I don't plan on getting another haircut until it's down to my waist (I like to donate my hair). My right eye is brown and my left eye is blue because of a genetic condition that runs in my family called heterochromia iridis. I also have glasses (which the ability to mask the eye thing, but I won't go into it now). I'm not great at self-evaluating my personality, but some things that people describe me as a lot is cool, calm, and collected in times of crisis/worrying situations. Maybe this is an example of that, because I guess a lot of other people would be scared considering I'm writing to Death herself. I guess I'm also slightly optimistic and confident, because I see this as interesting and educational, and something where nothing could go wrong, where others would probably just not respond because they'd be scared (I was going to say scared to Death, but I wasn't sure if that would be offensive or a compliment). I tend to come off as distant or logical to people who don't know me that well, but I'm really not cold. I know lots of kids were scared when I was in elementary school because of my eyes (which lead to the thing with the glasses). I don't think describing my personality would be as effective as telling a story or something sometime to let you decide what I'm like for yourself, so maybe next time. Also, this letter is getting long. It's probably too long, and I've revised it trying to make it shorter. I'm doing my best, sorry. Next time, I'll tell you more about my family and friends or something.
Well, c'ya round! Have a nice day (or do people say have a horrible day where you come from? Maybe you could tell me more about your world's customs, that'd be interesting).
Sincerely,
Chelsea

(Also, the prison football field thing is loosely based off of an incident at a town meeting. Yeah lol)

(It's okay, Paradox Vorte is loosely based off of Gravity Falls)

Dear Chelsea,

Please call me Azrael. War and I moved to 3 Hallows Road, Paradox Vortex, Montana, USA. Hell isn't as bad as it's depicted. It is only terrible for the damned, which are tortured with hellfire, which is like normal fire, but cold to the touch. As for you guys building stuff, that's really cool. I actually created something once. You know the whole "goth/emo" look? I created that. Or it created itself. I am not sure. As for my Halman friend, one of my friends, Roxanne (an Angel) and some Mortal named George Mercy had sex. Fun fact: Having sex with Angels was once considered taboo. Getting married in Hell is the same as getting married on Earth, except that Demons are way more accepting of gay marriage than Mortals are. My wife, War, is extremely nice, except on her period. Another fun fact: WW2 started when War was on her period. Yes, even Horsewomen get periods. They affect all females, Immortals and Mortals. As for saying things like "Scared to Death", I love that type of wordplay. Bring it on, as they say. Sometimes I forget that people are scared of me, so if you joke around with me, I like it. Also, two different coloured eyes? That is awesome, as the kids say, to me.People also say have a nice day here. my appearance: I am as white as a ghost. I have black hair that goes down to my shoulder. I wear a black t-shirt, black denim jeans, and black biker gloves. Sometime I wear flannel, just depends. I am six feet tall. I have storm grey eyes. If you look directly into them, you will know when you will die and how. I have an brother that people confuse with me all the time. His name is Grimm Reaper. He deals with the neutrally moralled souls. I only deal with Good or Wicked souls.
I have to go collect some souls.
Also two questions, What do you and your brother do other than time travel and build stuff? Also, have you heard of a being known as Vozreal?

Sincerely,
Azrael Reaper

(P.S. Sorry for the bluntness, I hate sugarcoating things.)

Dear Azrael,
Don't apologize for the bluntness! I really appreciate people getting straight to the point, mostly because I tend to get caught up with exposition to the point where I forget what I originally intended to talk about. Congratulations on moving, that's great! Visit a ghost town for me.
That's good that people accept gay marriage where you are. I don't know anyone homophobic personally, but they're all over the news. To those people, look, it's not my business who you're into. I'm actually asexual and aromantic, so it really doesn't matter to me. If you love someone, good for you.
And yeah, periods suck. I wouldn't wish that pain on anybody. And my parents won't let me miss school for even the first day of my period, so I usually just have a crappy day when that happens.
I'm glad you like wordplay as well. I like puns, except when my dad makes them. I know that puns are typically a little cheesy, but my dad's jokes are usually just terrible. Theo and I have to fake laugh through it at the dinner table so he doesn't feel bad. Now that I think of it, that's probably how my friends think of me. Well, they put up with me, so I guess I'm doing something right. My really close friends are named Cody and Meryn. There's also Aysen, who got roped into my friend group by Theo, but I feel like something's shady about Aysen. Cody is my voice of reason, but believes that actions speak louder than words. He usually ends up bailing me out of detention (I'm not a bad kid, it's just that some kids in my classes, and this one teacher, consistently try and get me in trouble. I have no idea why). He also makes jokes about my "nemeses" (I don't think of them like that, but it's shorter than saying 'negative acquaintances'). I'll get back to them. Anyway, Meryn is really pretty, but she hates makeup. She's also really smart about biology, and she likes studying plants and architecture, which is an interesting combination. She also seems to glow, but that's probably my terrible eyesight. And it always smells like syrup when she's around, but she doesn't use perfume. Maybe she has pancakes with extra maple every day, I don't know. I also think Theo likes her, but I don't want to make him uncomfortable, and even if he does, it's not my business. Aysen seems nice and we also share the same taste in books and TV shows, but I feel like something's wrong. He's always typing on his laptop and I once found him rifling through the recycling bin of the principal. I'm sure it's nothing, though, and I'm just being paranoid. Maybe he has a blog, or he accidentally threw away a paper he needed or something. But I guess there's nothing he's done wrong, and I'm the problem here. I'm sure I'll keep warming up to him. Theo and I actually started this Friday dinner thing where every Friday, we go to a different person's house to have dinner, so we can try each other's cooking and meet each other's parents and stuff. Last Friday, Theo and I made dinner for everyone and we all watched an episode of Paragon Chronicles, which is a high-fantasy show about… some hero, I was a little confused by the plot. Cody was the only one who wanted to watch it, but Theo and I have been friends with Cody since kindergarten and he's always stuck by our sides even when he got fun of for hanging out with us, so I didn't want to say no. Apparently there's a lot of lore, so if you're not familiar with it, it's really confusing. But Cody said that episode wasn't that good, so maybe it wasn't just me.
I'm more into sci-fi, so I wanted to watch Chronopoint, which is this mystery where two interdimensional detectives travel through time and space, trying to crack down on multidimensional black markets and also trying to solve the mysteries of the universe. The comedy also really resonates with me (it's like hyperbolic metacommentary, science jokes, satire, and ironic juxtaposition combined. It's nerdy, but I enjoy it). Also, I found out Aysen likes this show, so that's something we bonded over.
Cody wears flannel all the time. I swear, it's like he's a cartoon character or something. But I guess the same could be said about anyone I know. What color flannel? Black, or red/black checks, or something else?
I wish I could be six feet tall, but I've come to accept that it's just not going to happen. My brother is 5'6 and he's a little under a year younger than me, but we're in the same grade. People used to think that we were twins because we're in the same grade, but I guess "Irish twins" (we're actually of Scottish and German descent, but that's besides the point) was just too long, so some people refer to us as twins due to our similar facial structure and hair color. We both have brown right eyes, but Theo's left eye is green. It's hereditary.
Also, if people look into your eyes and find out when/how they die, is it possible for the incident to be avoided or is it inevitable? Has anyone ever tried? I feel like that's the kind of stuff that would end horribly. I mean, dying is the part of life that all mortals share, right?
How does collecting souls work?
Other than time traveling and building stuff, Theo and I do some other stuff. We're both geeks when it comes to TV shows, and we're planning to go to a convention dressed up as those two guys from Chronopoint. Cody's coming dressed as the hero of Paragon Chronicles, Meryn is going to be dressed as an evil plant scientist, and Aysen is also coming dressed as someone from Chronopoint. Theo and I both also play instruments. We're both in jazz band, marching band, and chorus (we're both music nerds). I collect bookmarks, which I guess some people think is weird. Theo collects coins from other countries (other than interdimensional travel, our family likes to travel internationally). Relating to the coin thing, this one time in a restaurant, some dude just came up to us with two closed fists and asked each of us to pick a hand. In each hand, he had a coin from a different country! I got a coin with a platypus on it, which was from Australia. The males have poisonous spurs, which has venom toxic enough to cause a human's limb to swell and be useless for an average of three months. Oh, I also like trivia. I have lots of other hobbies, but this letter is really dragging on, sorry. Also, the name Vozreal sounds familiar, but it might be because the ending of the name is similar to your own.
Sincerely,
Chelsea Porter

Dear Chelsea,

Hello. About the whole looking into my eyes thing, the more you try to prevent the incident from happening, the more likely it will happen. Like say someone looks into my eyes, and finds out that they will die from burning alive on a certain day. The more they try to prevent that from happening, the more likely that they will die from burning alive. You understand? I love things with lots of lore behind it. I love anything that makes me think, if only for a moment. Soul-collecting, or "Soul Reaping", as I call it, works in one of two ways. I can either say "Anima a corpore separata", which translates to "Separate the soul from the body", or use my scythe and separate the soul from the body, and store the soul(s) in the blade of the scythe. The latter is much easier to do for me.
I can also time travel and travel between dimensions. For me, time travel works like this: you can go back in time, and alter the past. There are 5 essential rules to time travel; 1: You can not kill anyone immediately related to you that came before you. That means you cannot kill your biological parents, grandparents, etc. Aunts and uncles are okay though, 2: No killing major key figures in history. You cannot kill Hitler, Abraham Lincoln, etc. 3: No altering your own past. 4: Some time paradoxes are necessary. 5: No killing your past self. Number 5 ties in with number 3. Interdimensional Travel is so fun for me to do when I am bored. Like for example, There's a dimension, Dimension 317, where everyone is Irish. Every country is Ireland. It is interesting to go there. You should go and try some "Potato beer, straight from the spud's arse", though I am pretty sure it is just vodka.
About the flannel, I wear black and dark grey bull-checkered flannel. About the name Vozreal, I only ask because I have reason to believe that he (well, technically, they. he's genderfluid, but prefers to assume a male form) may have escaped into another universe, and I'm not sure which one he's in. Vozreal is older than God herself, and is known for his terrifying shade of crimson eyes. He will do anything to gain physical form. He likes to wear a black tuxedo and use an cane.He is very physical attractive, and is clean-shaved. Keep a lookout for anyone who fits that description. Also, never say his name out loud.
What type of books would you recommend for me? What type of weird universes have you encountered?

Sincerely,
Azrael

M.G.

Sorry, this took me so long!! There was kind of a meeting thing the went on for daaayyysss and I didn't want to go but I had to. But it's done now. The only upside was I got to hang out with Lestyr… Jeez, I'm definitely in love with him.

Love has laws where you come from? That's so awesome. I appreciate that more than many would. Oh jeez, the memories are kinda overwhelming, sorry.

You might not need a hug, but I do.

-Syth