Mostly a filler and a response Chapter! The next chapter will start a new arc I've been planning out! Also, I'm going to be away for a while. So expect fewer updates for now. Please stay safe everyone!

(Chapter Twenty: Mail and Blueprints)

"We have to come up with a blueprint!" Melody yelled out, pacing back and forth.

She was in though while Julia and the other group consisted of Gabriele, Kero, Bonnie, Lynn. MoonJumper sat some ways away, Cooking Cat was making lunch in the kitchen, and Snatcher was up to something in Melody's room.

Currently, Melody was trying to think up how Julia's house in Subcon would look like in its new location. As the child mumbled, Julia held a small knife and carefully cutting the thread that held the doctor's coat to his body.

Occasionally, Gabriele would twitch and stifle a laugh from a poke because of how unsteady Julia was being. "Stop, laughing at me! Your laughter is distracting me." She was having a hard time keeping a straight face. Julia was the kind of person, when relaxed, to catch other people's laughter.

She couldn't help herself when the man was causing her to giggle.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorrE-!" Another poke made him squeak, Julia lost herself as she placed the small knife down.

"Are you two listening to me?" Melody tilted her head, a questioning glance. "Unless you want me to design it myself?" Melody smiled, she could come up with a design for her! It could be a gift for helping her out the first time around!

Julia sat up, calming herself down as she watched Melody run off to her room. With a small grin, the tall girl questioned: "where is she going?" Looking at Gabriele. Only half of his coat was hanging off of him, it was easy to see that he was hearing a not al dark tank top with a high collar.

Fully looking at his arms, you could see burn marks that have long faded his fabric around then. In complete honesty, he had forgotten he had those. However, with endearment, Julia smiled at him about his markings. It makes him look tough.

Bonnie came sliding down the side Julia had never been up before, she was always curious about that area. "Hey, Julia! You got some mail!" The bowed child called out, waving her over.

The tall girl looked at Gabriele, who told her to go on; He needed a small break as well. So, Julia stood up and walked over to the slide. Bonnie had used her ice hat to jump back up, but Julia had to climb on her own. It shouldn't be too difficult for her, she used to go up the slides when she was little!

The girl adjusted her hat and ducked into the yellow slanted cylinder. She remembered how much pressure to put up against the wall to move forward, however she wasn't as small as she used to be. A few bonks of her head, Julia eventually made it up, Bonnie was waiting for her in a whirlwind of paper.

Julia gasped in awe, if all mailrooms were this fascinating, people would start writing letters again. At a desk, she saw a familiar Mafia man she hadn't seen since the Mafia lava incident; had he been traveling with hat kid since Julia left? That must have been a ride.

"Mafia girl! Good to be seeing you again!" The goofy guy said waving at her, the girl smiled and waved back. "You have mail, has been here for four years at most." He pulled it out from an important pile of letters "Mafia has been keeping it safe, wasn't sure if Mafia girl was truly dead or not."

Julia walked up and took the letter from the man, carefully looking it over. It had her name on it in handwriting she didn't recognize any of her friends to have. She opened the letter to finally see what had been waiting for her for so long.

The girl smiled as she kept reading the letter, "So... that's his name."

The hot desert sun beat down on a train station, empty as it was beside one crow sitting, waiting patiently for another round of the express train. The crow hummed to himself, kicking his legs when a sudden noise of crackling of energy came from the bottom of the steps.

Eyes fixated on the stairs, he watched a strange small being clad in green wearing a hat with a ribbon going through it. It was a nice hat, the crow had to agree with himself.

The small green being looked around, almost searching for something, the turned to look at the crow. "Hello!" The being was rather chirpy for this kind of heat, but the crow nodded back.

The being approached closer, and the crow just tilted his head.

"My name's Sweetie! What's yours?" They asked

The crow hummed for a moment, trying to form words. "Guy."

The little thing seemed to smile, "nice to meet you, Guy! You would happen to know where I am, do you?" The asked again.

Once more, Guy hummed, the only word he could way was "... Desert."

Sweetie was the one who hummed now, a little confused "that's not very helpful... I know it's a desert- oh! Do you have trouble talking?"

The crow nodded.

"Well, that makes sense!" She goes over to sit with Guy, just for a moment and started kicking her little legs around as she waited. "Do you know where I could find some treasures here?"

"Hmm... Fork." Was his reply

Sweetie giggled at him, "Forks are not considered treasure!" However, she watched the crow pull out three forks from his cloak, holding them in his mouth. He just hummed again, looking at her.

"Oh! Do you collect forks? I guess everyone has their treasures then!" She smiled.

"Here are a few things to make your latter look nice!" Melody placed a few things down on the work table for Julia, paper, pen, a few stickers for decorations though Julia had set them aside. "If you need anything else, just call me!"

And with that, Melody left Julia to her thoughts. Julia looked at the late letter, a smile on her face; Tie. That was the boy's name... only fair to write a letter back, right? If these letters let loose within the mailroom make their actual destination, then Julia has another letter to send after this.

Melody had left her a few other things to make this letter look even more special, wax candles for stamping, A J headstamp to press, some washi tape..? She wasn't quite sure what to do with that. Julia had never written a letter by hand before, never mailed one, so this makes its all the more special. Messy but readable handwriting was starting to be scrawled out.

Dear Tie,

I finally get to know the name behind the boy with the yo-yo. I received your letter, albeit the response is a late as it is; I'm not sure how far our rifts are for the course of time, but by the looks of it, it's been four years since the letter's arrival. I'm not much of an imaginary friend, nor am I a good pen pal it seems.

Julis smiled at her foolery. Having a friend like this when she was younger would have been nice.

Yeah, for the most part, my beginnings have ended. Though, my new life is still getting started! Despite the troubles along the way, I am happy with it. I'm happy to be here, in this world with my friends I never really had when I was younger. Don't feel sad for me. A happy life is nothing to be sad about.

Julia hummed, leaning back in the small office chair in the mechanical room. She hopes she's not going to make the boy worry about her after this letter, but he spilled his thoughts to her. Maybe she could do the same?

You know my name already, Julia, I was named after a butterfly in hopes that I'd be able to soar away with grace. Graceful is anything besides me. I did have another name, however; Melody (My Hat Kid) had given me the name of Fedora because of the hat I had worn (still wearing) when she found me, and If I'm correct, there are places that I have been where you haven't yet.

Julia looked back from her letter, it seems Kero and the kids were playing around, laughing and having a good time. It was nice to hear the ambiance of a life that seemed normal. Turning back to the unfinished paper, she wrote out.

I wish I could answer all your questions, and I wish we could meet in person, where I'm not a phantom from an alternate reality. Here's hoping that one day we could sit together drinking some tea or fruit juice. Just a nice chat, you know?

However, as Julia looked at her work, she couldn't help but feel this dark pit in her guts. Ever since the cruise accident five days ago, Julia had been more aware of the things that wanted to harm her.

You and I both seem to have these strange feelings; something forbidding, something that doesn't seems right. I've got a bad feeling that something's coming, and I'm not too entirely sure what. Sorry, that might have been too dark. What I want to say now is: Whatever it could be, I'm not going to let it get me. I'll keep running with a smile on my face, no matter how hard it gets.

Julia once again smiled to herself, this letter was starting to seem a little cheesy, or maybe something else? She might be rambling. The girl shook her head.

Because I'm not alone, and I know you're not either. You've still got some ways ahead, but at least you got your friends right behind you. I'm not some marvel, I'm not a superhero; Just some girl with abilities that were thrown at her without rhythm or rhyme. But you? I want to believe you're something extraordinary. And it puts a smile on my face.

Don't be scared, don't worry; keep your friends close, and just keep going.

Sorry if this letter makes no sense.

Happily writing to you, Julia.

Ps: Keep your eyes open, and brace yourself.

She hopes this letter is alright. Now she was rather concerned as she melted the wax and stamped it closed, though it didn't stop Julia from writing Tie's name of the back before looking at it again.

She hummed, the snapped a few pieces of green floral washi tape around the top part to make it stand out. That should do it! Content with it, though still nervous, she walked out of the room.

Taking her time to scuttle up the slide once more, and only bumping her head once this time, she found herself back within the twister created by the fan. Assuming to herself to just let the letter fly, she let it go.

"I hope that reaches you, godspeed," Julia mumbled.

"Hey, Melody can I see-" Julia had found herself finished assisting Gabriele with his coat and decided to see what Melody had come up with. Though, the child just held herself over the paper.

"No! It's a surprise! No peeking yet!" The hatted child yelled.

"Wh- it's my house though!" Julia called out

"And I'm designing it! So shush!" The smaller girl giggled, looking at the beaten expression on the taller girl's face.

Once Julia left, Melody studied what she had drawn out so far. The house was rather simple by her standards, at least the layout was. Working what was left of the treehouse, Melody considered making a two-story. Not necessarily a two, the upper floor was just an indoor balcony with a latter the went up the entire inside of the tree.

At the too of the first house, there was that boat with the umbrella just resting on a branch, she could turn that into a nice viewing area, but it seems rather dangerous in reality. So, the batted girl designed a smaller viewing deck on the far left of the roof. The electronics in this house were a bit too difficult to figure out, be she know there needed to be a couch somewhere on the left side.

The windows were a whole different story.

Next to the first house, a second one would be right next to it. The first house was designed to be living quarters, for gatherings while the second house that was connected by a rope bridge leading to a sleeping area!

The girl nodded to herself; The sleeping area could have a loft for a bed and under the loft, she could spare a few pillows to make a nice pillow fort for Kero! She noticed just how much the boy loved hers, so it was a nice thought. From and above the loft, there was another ladder that led to a proper balcony, it faced the swamp so that they could look out to it!

So far that was the plan, any essentials would have to be up to Julia. Melody tapped a pen to her cheek in thought. Getting the money for the materials is going to be hard, though she did suggest trying to help the movie director again. Maybe DJ has something new?

Melody smiled to herself, this was the plan; She was going to give the old penguin a call!

Let's get to the reviews!

OPFan37: Yes, the electro octopus was a really neat character and I'm upset they didn't put much into him. With the captain, I do believe he has some depression, he was very sad when he had received that letter that his teacher had perished. Many things would seem to have a grudge against Julia, She's just... Unlucky at times, But yes, Familly is whats she has now. If I didn't show that off, what would be the point of everyone being together?

Also, I hope this original arc that I'm making doest look bad, If it does I apologize in advance.

TimeBlade (guest): I have stated that there would be no deals visually, but will be implied in some ways. Thank you for your review though!