OOM: Letter

[latino_menace]

Random had asked him to write, so he is. Things aren't busy at the bar anyway, and even though he saw him a couple of days ago, Ramon's horribly aware of the fact that he's been here almost a week and that's about three weeks in Haven. He hates that thought.

Still, writing isn't his forte and he stares at paper blankly for a few minutes before picking up a pen.


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Random

I've got some time to kill, so I figured I'd write like you asked me to. Things are OK here. Bianca seems to have listened to warnings and is staying away, and a couple of people have been put in the cells already, for trying to attack people. They seem to be targeting Arithon or his family, and maybe people that look like them as well. I don't know, there's still not a whole lot of sense to it all.

I'm fine, but bored for the most part. The bar gets really annoying if you're forced to spend hours just watching people. And it wouldn't give me alcohol the other day which was a pain in the ass.

News in general...Melkor's got some kind of servant here, a woman-shaped thing that's more nosy than is good for her. I expect you should let Gorlim know but she didn't seem to have a name. Also, more importantly, I had a talk with Bauer. I found out how I'm going to die and I know I can avoid it now. That's pretty good although I'll have to spend some time figuring out certain details before I can go back and put it all right.

And even more intruigingly - why didn't you tell me you had a grandfather? He introduced himself to me tonight and was strange, to say the least. Crazy as anything - Dworkin, he said his name was. He freaked me out, I think we need to have a conversation about him some time.

Other than that, not a lot is going on. I hope you're OK and not too tired from the baby, you were exhausted when I saw you. I'll let you kill me for letting you sleep on if you like but don't tell me it didn't do you good.

Are we still going away at the end of the month? Like I said to you before, I won't hold you to it if you'd rather stay with the boy. But it'll be nice to get away from here once all this is over because I'm tired as hell and I miss you.

Can't think of anything else that's important. Wish I could see you but maybe soon. Write back?

Love
Ramon

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Understated, yes. There are many things he wants to talk to his lover about but on paper is not the place to do them. So he just reads it over, folds it, and puts it in an envelope.

It's delivered by simple dint of walking through the door to Haven - where it's night time - and leaving it on the table in the hall. He hates being here and not staying but he doesn't stop because if he does, it'll be hours before he leaves again and anything could happen in that time. So he takes a quick look round and then walks straight back out again, ready to resume watching the place.

Comments

[underwater-owl.livejournal.com]

Ramon,

Go back to the part where I. Have. A. Grandfather? There are not enough exclamation points to put on this sentence.
It's bullshit. Dworkin was my tutor when I was... God, I don't remember how young. Young. He drew the family trumps, taught us basics of it. But he's been vanished for years, I just assumed he'd died.

I'm tired, but doing alright, mostly. I miss you. And I really do want to go away as soon as possible. Glasgow. Or Bucharest. Can we go to Bucharest? Or Chisinau, or Xi'an.

...unsubtle. But tell me more about Dworkin please? He's in the bare?


-and when are you coming home? It's been [a scratched out word] a long time.
~Yours
Random

[latino_menace]

It hadn't occured to him that Random wouldn't know. He frowns at the paper before replying.

Random

He said you thought he was your tutor. But no, turns out he's your grandfather as well. That's what he said anyway, and...well, he's crazy as hell and a bit strange, but he seemed to know what he's talking about.

Not dead, by the look of things. He can change his shape. Otherwise he's just this really old guy, in a nightshirt and with a long beard and talking about numbers.

I don't know when I'm coming home. I want to. Will you be able to visit again? I hope it hasn't been too long, I'm sorry baby. I want to be there but there's no end in sight here yet.

Love
Ramon

[underwater-owl.livejournal.com]

Ramon,

Hurry, okay? If you're not back soon, I'll probably come to sneak in with you again for a bit. Provided I can rope Gorlim into childcare again.

Grandfather. Huh. Well, that'll take some processing. If he really was my Dworkin, he ...well, he would have been strange. It sounds like him. Numbers, or more specifically, Patterns were always a sticking point.

Ignore him. He's not harmless, but he'll loose interest fast. You're a new toy, by the sounds of things.

I'll talk to Gorlim about sitting for us, kay?
Love,
Random

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Random

Be persuasive. I need to see you again, it's driving me crazy and it hasn't even been as long for me as it has for you.

He was strange. He kept asking about my teeth. And he knew we were together without me saying anything, it was what he opened the conversation with. So he can obviously tell somehow.

He'll be hard to ignore. I won't actively seek him out but I'm not running from him either. He didn't threaten me or anything, he said he wasn't going to hurt me actually, in between the vague insults. So I'm not worried about that - he's got some strange ideas though. And I'm no ones toy.

Well, except yours.

Talk to Gorlim. Soon please.

Love
Ramon

[underwater-owl.livejournal.com]

Lover,
You're forgetting something.
Dworkin is (apperntly) related to me. If he wanted you to be afraid, you'd be afraid. If he wanted you to like him, you'd like him. If he wanted you to be unnerved, well...

Plus, you know, who hasn't seen us making out in the bar? If he's been here any longer than a week, he'd probably have seen us sitting together joined at the hip and the lips, and thus have a damned good idea about our relationship status. I love you. Never bothered to hide it. Not even when you didn't love me back. I don't do subtle with things I'm proud of, and you know it.

My toy? That's a delightfully arousing thought. I'm coming to visit you, and I'll remind you of it, I'm sure. Do break out something nice for the special occasion, won't you? The cock rings were your idea, I'm sure you can come up with some sort of exciting plan.

All the love in the world,
And don't you dare stress about whatever vague insults, strange ideas, or nefarious things my tutor launched at you,
More love,
Random.

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Random

I didn't love you back? That's news to me.

But yes, your toy when you want me to be. And it hurts me to write that - only for you! You'd better be damn grateful.

I don't know about Dworkin. He admitted to trying to goad me straight away and then seemed pretty normal. Well, if you discount all the numbers. He talked about us though and you, and...shit, I don't like it. Never mind. We can talk about it when I get home.

Come visit. And don't tease in letters, its not fair. You'll distract me from what I'm supposed to be doing here and then where will we be?

Love
Ramon

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He delivers this one with a smile.

[underwater-owl.livejournal.com]

Ramon,
Of course you do, of course you are, of course I will. As soon as possible.
I'll bring you a little visitor as well, this time. Provided you trump me through. We miss you. And I don't like leaving Gorlim stranded on another world with him, what if something went wrong? I might not be able to trump back, then we're quite neatly screwed.

But. Tomorrow. I'm going to go get ready, kay? Probably send Gorlim back to the bar and come by on the way. Don't worry, I'll come straight to you. Don't want him in the bar, and I know you don't want me there. Don't worry.

I'll stop teasing. Though you know it steps on every instinct I have.

And if he told you anything frank, it was to throw you off balance. I promise you, if there's anything my family members know how to do, it's to play someone. Dworkin, if he is my gran-dad, then, shit he'd be old.

Still yours
~Random