Flora/Kaisel Parchment

(Stiffly) Hey,

Regular letters not cool enough for you now?







(surprised) Wait, I don't sound like that.

Is that how I sound??

And I can just.... (There's a long pause, followed only by the sound of a soft inhale). Well...that's gonna take some getting used to.


And you really don't have to do anything, Kai. It's not...it.. (she sighs).

Wait, you're moving? Already sick of the ghosts in King's End?




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(Laughing genuinely) Not when they can be like this, no

(Softer, but still amused) That's definitely how you sound. Weird to hear, huh?

(An inhaled breath, then, excited) I. LOVE. IT.   This is cooler than I imagined!


(A pause that's somewhat audible then a faint huff) I'm going to do many things, I just thought I'd start there.

 Yeah, that shit creepy af, every damn night. Being there also didn't really do what I thought it would either.


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Super weird. I think I'm just going to write everything and quickly close it so I can't hear myself.
(a silence, followed by a small but genuine huff of laughter)



What did you think it was gonna do? (sounding amused) Just magically make everything better? (wistfully) As someone who ran away from home at 16, I could have saved you the time and effort and told you that places rarely do what you think they will.

(slightly drawn out and too casual) wheeereeee are you gonna go?


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No, not exaaaaaactly  (low and thoughtful) Just thought it'd make things clearer, but it just made everything...(quiet, then a resigned sigh) empty.

(The sound of an eyeroll) Thanks for sharing your sage wisdom after the fact.


(Brightly) Haulani! I looked at few places...earlier.
Hammocks aren't like...a requirement, right? I dunno how to get out of one without falling.


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(a long silence before she begins) ...yeah, that's...that why I'm moving, too.

(another pause, though with the distinct sound of shock in the form of lips parting and staying that way, and then perhaps just a touch hopefully) you...are?

mm, maybe if you were more athletic you could get out of a hammock more easily. Do you ever wish you were more athletic?

I..uhm..have a quest thing I have to do and I was going to do it in King's End, but if you won't be there, maybe not.

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(Indignant disbelief) I AM athletic! Wha—
(The sound of thudding and mild grunting, followed by a breathless, exasperated voice) I just did a spinning crescent kick into a roundhouse and jab cross. Only someone athletic could do that.

I'd like to see you get out of a hammock gracefully. (Grumbling)

(The sound of a pen tapping a few times, then casual) Where exactly are you moving to now? How do you make it...full?

Oh, I mean, I could wait. Or does it have to be in King's End?


(Dramatic shouting with a laugh) HEY!!! You're cheating, that was an X not an O before!

(A big line gets drawn through the game board. Slanted and written besides it he triumphantly announces) Kaisel Wins!  
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I meeeeann... (playfully), you say you did where's the proof? I can think of like a thousand reasons you'd be out of breath that fast. besides, I didn't mean like that, I meant actually athletic.

pfff, name the time and place. Grace is my middle name.

(A pause and then a small sip of breath) just..uh...on the beach? I think maybe I was holding onto my townhouse in the city as like..the last scrap of Enzo I had left, but when I saw him a few weeks ago, he said that was silly and gave me the idea to build a new one, so...that's what I'm doing.

As for making it feel full, that's what part of my quest is for, actually. I also specially built it with rooms for everyone I care about made just for them, so that they always have a place to come and I... (significantly softer now) guess maybe I'm hoping even when I'm alone there, it'll help me feel like they're around me. (then, a good deal brighter) and also maybe I'll just make it so everyone can teleport to my house all the time so there's no excuses.

(playfully, with a clearly crooked smile in her voice) What??? Did not! You probably just smudged the parchment with food or something.

(under the crown, she'll add a frog so it looks like that's who's wearing the crown).

(His voice cracks) I AM a c t u a l l y athletic!

Proof off then. (Teasing) I'll show you my athleticism, you show me this so called grace I'm not sure I've ever seen.

(Excited) Whaaaaat, that sounds amazing! The teleportation is so sigma. You're cooking with this Ro, and it sounds like this place might actually have enough room for all your stuff too. So what does your quest need?

(Very soft and drawn out like a breath) Do I have a room?


(A knife gets drawn next to the frog king and his eyes become Xs) I beat up this giant toad in the feverlands the other day. I think their kind will think twice about messing with me going forward.

mmmmmmmmk, well, I'll believe it when I see it. besides, you'd know I was graceful if you paid attention a day in your life.

(a playful huff) I don't have that much stuff!!

uhhhh, honestly maybe you can't really help with the quest. It's all stuff to do with spirits and I know how much of a giant baby you are when it comes to that stuff.

(a pause, then softly) ..yeah. (a breath, then much brighter) Although it's filled with hammocks and frogs and lots of overly sweet candy. That's your thing, right?

(the frog has been redrawn as a a ghost, with a tadpole army all carrying knives) You're such a FIBBER!!!

The same could be said about you not paying attention to an athlete when you see one 

(Smiling) Most people have garage sales, but you, Flora Grace Kaito-Taliesin, could have a garage market the likes of which no one has ever seen.

(Indignant) Wha—I am not a BABY about it!!!!! Oh my gods, Ro, you're as unserious about this as sunscreen. (Strained, rising to passionate worry) Ghosts are scary and very dangerous. They can give you nightmares forever and then you go actually insane from lack of sleep. They can poison you and all your skin falls off your bones. They go through stuff to get to you. THROUGH. STUFF. WITH THEIR FAKE, MISTY BODIES.

(The sound of a controlled breath in) No. No, you have to take me with you now. I know all their tricks. What do you need? Ectoplasm, cold breath, awful wailing, burned bones, spectral tears?

(Relieved) Oh, so when you said a room, you meant a dungeon?   Guess I should stick with the room I found then.


Am NOT! There were witnesses, they helped too. It actually exploded into acid and made a bunch of little babies just like that.

(Excited) I ALSO rode a dragon! Unrelated to the toad. (A dragon is drawn beside the tadpole army, flame blasting out at all of them)

Oh I've seen plenty of athletes, that's what made me wonder if you wish you were naturally more like they are!!

(Grinning) Okay, first of all, as if I'd ever sell my things, and second you're just jelly because everything you own fits in a backpack.

(teasing) SPOKEN LIKE SUCH A BABY!! You can literally channel spirits at any time to help you out, and you're afraid of a few bad dreams and some dry peeling skin? Like, just carry around some sleepy tea and lotion??? Guess I know what I'm going to use those random curses I have lying around for

(affectionately eyerolling) ughghg FINE. You can help me collect some spectral tears by making one of the ghosts cry with one of your lame jokes. Either way, we can meet in the marketplace and go from there.

(with a smile in her voice that grows softer) Did you actually find a place yet? Cause...I mean there's always my old house, or... (a pause)..yeah that might be better. y'know, so you'd have all your own space.


Oh my GODS (laughing) as if you did! I bet you just licked a toad, got super high and thought it exploded and then hallucinated riding a dragon.

Backpack life is efficient.

(Exasperated) Skin melting off your bones =/= dry peeling skin. You put lotion on your exposed FLESH and see how well that goes.

(Sigh of relief) Perfect! I'll see you tomorrow then.

Yeah, I did, but I did it really fast so it's kinda terrible. Smells like cat pee and the landlord was very sus. Gave me serious eats-mayonnaise-straight-up-as-a-meal vibes.

(Surprised) Oh, so you're keeping your old house too? Let me guess, need the extra storage space?

Ewwwwwwww, I would never lick a toad. (The sound of a dry heave) I'm so serious though!!

Who came up with the word milk?

(a slow slurping noise can be heard) Milk.

Tastes good. Funny word.

(whisper soft) milk

(a breathy sound, as if very close to the paper) Miiiiiiiiiiiiilk.

(sounding far away, followed by a clattering noise, like a chair tipping over) MILK!

................. (an obvious silence)

did you lick one of Mateo's plants again??