dear karkat,
hey, did you know that on earth, there's always an annual meteor shower? dad and i used to drive up to the mountains with some blankets and lie on the ground to watch. it's actually pretty neat! when i was younger, i'd always use to fall asleep before it ended and wake up bundled up in bed, but as i grew up, i was able to stay awake and watch as the last star passes by.
dad always used tell me to make wishes, but a guy could only have so many wishes for one night! hehehe! it was always super difficult to think of wishes, but i think the one i hoped for most was just to stay with dad and be happy. i'm not really sure how that worked out, but i guess it's kind of silly to even believe that shooting stars can grant you wishes, huh?
actually, i don't really know why i'm telling you this! oh! i think it's because i was thinking about our last/first conversation! do you remember it? sorry, you told me never to bring it up again, but i don't think you'll mind. hehehe. umm, gosh! what was it that you said…
haha, i remember now! you were saying how you made the stars for me. in retrospect, i don't think you literally meant just for ME, but that was still kind of cheesy. i mean, seriously, karkat. even if i heard that in a cage with nic cage in it, i'd probably laugh! wait, i'm really getting off topic now!
well, i was just trying to say that our last/first conversation just reminded me of the stars, which led to me thinking about the meteor showers. i think that, if i go see them again this year (with jade!) i would know what to wish for. i'd wish to see you and the other trolls again! or maybe just to get the chance to be able to talk with you all. i'd be okay with that too. :)
but i think it would be suuuper awesome if you and i were able to watch the showers one day. i'll even let you brag all about the stars you "made for me"! see, aren't i nice? :D
write to you soon!
~john
dear rose,
its kind of cool living with john in washington! it took a while to get used to, but i think ill eventually get the hang of it. the house isnt as big as the one on the island, but its so much less lonelier! i didnt think id be this shy, but finding myself in the middle of a busy little neighborhood was a biiiiig change for me!
we share a room now, because john doesnt want to change things in his dads room. i understand that, and its not like i mind sharing! ive never shared a room with anyone before, so its kind of like an adventure to me!
we have an extra bed, and he let me decorate half his (oops, i meant our!) room. i didnt put all my squiddles in the place though! theyre making friends with the harlequins all over the house!
theres this really nice swing set in the front yard too. john and i like going out there sometimes and playing on it. i like the pogo ride too, but john always tells me to be careful on it! i bet its because hes always hurt himself on it before! :P
the weather here is a lot cooler than what im used to, and john tells me that the trees will start to change colors and look really pretty once the months pass, and that it will snow during winter. itll probably remind me a lot of lofaf!
speaking of lofaf and sburb, im still not really sure what to make of it to this day... it was a different experience to go through, but i sitll feel super sad about what happened. i dont know if john feels the same way, but when we talk about it, he always gets this super faraway look in his eyes, like hes thinking about something really important to him. i never asked him, because it seemed so personal, and i think it would hurt him if i did. i wonder what it could be? i bet hes thinking about when he could fly! i really miss being able to do that too, so i get where hes coming from.
oh! john told me that, if i wanted, we could get a puppy. i know hes just trying to be nice and make me feel better, but i dont think i could ever replace bec... john is really very sweet though, rose! im glad to have him as my "brother"! hehehe.
by the way, how are you and dave? john and i always joke about your sarcastic has rap-offs, but i cant imagine YOU doing that! maybe you leave pieces of poetry all over his room instead? :)
okay, im going to end this letter now! i hope you write back soooon!
love,
jade
Jade,
Thank you for your thoughtful letter. I really enjoyed hearing from you. Even though we often talk online, it's always nice to see a piece of physical paper before me, and your ever-familiar handwriting exuding all the trickles of joy to me.
I am glad to hear that you are acclimating well to Washington. Dave has been having the same problems with the weather, being a Southerner through and through. He keeps pretending to be fine, but it's actually rather silly as he shivers in his coolkid tee-shirts. I don't know how he'll manage when it starts snowing, however. Perhaps I will be able to entice him to wear one of the sweaters I've been knitting. I'm well trained in the art of reverse psychology, though Dave is quite the formidable opponent.
You and John are very silly to think that. Dave and I do not have "sarcastic hash rap-offs," as you put it, though we do have highly sophisticated conversations with each other whenever we meet in the hallways, or during mealtimes. It's good practice for me, since it helps expand my grasp of my skills. He really is a stubborn one.
I'm positive that, if I knit an ugly enough sweater, he would wear it "ironically."
I'm sure that you two will be fine, Jade. You don't have to worry about us either. Dave and I will be able to take care of ourselves, so be well and stop fussing over us.
Take care.
Rose
dear karkat,
father's day just passed, and i didn't really know what to do. we never made a big deal out of it, dad and i, but now that he's gone, i just felt really upset. jade tried her best to console me, but she never had a real father figure to look up to. the same goes for dave too!
rose had to go through mother's day without her mom too, but i don't really understand how she could have gone through it without feeling too badly. maybe she's stronger than i am, or she didn't want to make us worry! she sent me a letter earlier to cheer me up though.
do you have something like that too? a day to celebrate your guardian? um, i guess it would be called "lulsus's day"! but that sounds kind of stupid. hehehe...
i'm not sure how i'll really get used to it, but missing dad really hurts...
~john
sup egbert
the girls keep writing a whole mess of letters like its going out of fashion. like whoa stop the presses. dictating letters is becoming old so lets hurry and churn out as many of these suckers as we can before its overrated. lets write them on our lace handkerchiefs and glue rosebuds grown on tears from cherubs crying for humanity and peace on them. send them out in cute little envelopes dusted in pink glitter and drenched in chanel no. 62. curl fucking ribbons on these letters man. ill even put a drop of blood on it to prove its authenticity. here let me press a lipsticked kiss onto the corner for you so you can fondly regard it when youre busy wanking off at night. okay fuck this.
the weather up here is ridiculous. its like god is on his period and just starts throwing temper tantrums for fun but i guess its better than burning up all the time in texas. its always like fucking christmas up here. i dont know how the hell you and rose deals with this crap but i bet youd just die if you came down to where i lived. shrivel up faster than a jellyfish on a heating plate.
anyway rose keeps making me wear the godawful looking sweaters she knits. i saw her stuff more of them in that care package thing she said she was sending to you and jade. something about matching sweaters or whatever the hell. i think shes just trying to make me wear them ironically. i might as well humor her. its really either that or having to duke it out passive-aggressively with her all the time. what is up with that anyway? weird shit. i swear its weirder than the shit i had to go through with bro.
alright im out. im not going to make this like a fucking love letter.
keep it real bro
dave