The mailman, whose shiny badge simply reads FIN, scratches his head and sighs. Life's tough out there for a friendly guy who just wants to deliver some packages! When they ask what's going on with the mail, he'll clarify, holding up a few envelopes and packages for them to look through. No opening them, though! He's dedicated to the privacy of his clients.
"We've just been getting a few of these weird things lately. Not too many - these ones are all from the last few weeks, but it didn't start up until recently. No return addresses, nothing. These names don't even look real!"
If they glance through the mail, they'll find some with return addresses in places outside of Kōun, addressed to what looks more like codenames than the actual names of people. One or two are stamped with an insignia in place of a return address, though it doesn't exactly match the one from the castle. Another has no return address or sending address, with only To my aunt scrawled across the back. What do they do next?
A) Ask more about the letters with the insignia? B) Ask more about letter to the aunt? C) Something else?
Sure is, Fin. C, something else, though it might marginally relate to B...
Elizabeth actually has a question for him regarding mail, and she'll show him the letter Lan Wangji gave her, with To my brother written on it. She'll ask if it seems familiar or if he has any tips for finding out who it's supposed to be to, considering it has no proper address or anything like that.
(Also: does the handwriting on To my aunt look similar to this letter's handwriting or no.)
Hm! He leans forward to take a little peek at the letter she's got. With only three words written on it and no other form of address or even much of a handwriting sample, it takes him a few moments to think about the answers to her question.
He fishes the To my aunt letter out of his stack eventually and holds it out toward her to take a closer look! Though the handwriting doesn't seem to be a match, she'll be able to tell from the flow of the script that it was written by someone with tidy penmanship and not much embellishment.
"I don't really know who it's supposed to be for when it's addressed like that, but I got this similar letter just a week or two ago. It came out of nowhere. I don't know why people think we can deliver things without knowing who they're going to! Oh, but I do think I caught sight of someone loitering around the post office at about the same time this was dropped off..."
Poor, tired mailman. Do they:
A) Try to convince him to let them see the letter's contents somehow, despite knowing he's very dedicated to the privacy of his clients? B) Ask him more about the person loitering around the post office? C) Something else?
Harness the power of Team Snaccama and go for A. Elizabeth'll point out that if he's really troubled, then peering into the contents of the letter would likely provide some clues as to the identity of its receiver - and in fact, to absolve him of blame, the two of them can do it for him. They'll supply him with any relevant personage information, without revealing anything the letter might otherwise say.
...They'll also swear to silence and forgetfulness??? I mean one of people is Leo so that's already a given anyway--
It seems he's still hemming and hawing about showing them the letter's contents even after they decide to take the blame by opening it. It's his duty to keep everyone's business private, after all! But when they reveal that they think their letter may be related to the mysterious sender, he'll (somewhat reluctantly) hand it over to them. He's still got a lot of letters and packages to deliver, after all, and can't waste too much time on any one problem.
When they open it, they'll find that it's a letter addressed to someone named Akemi. The sender appears to be a niece. She talks in a way that implies she doesn't actually expect this to make it to its destination, like a mourning diary where you write letters to the dead for your own peace of mind. It's mostly just snippets about her daily life. They'll be able to glean that she may live in a demon-only village in Yamate, and moved here from a place outside of Kōun due to increasing violence between humans and demons that has only worsened over time. It seems the Akemi she addresses has been missing for quite a while.
They'll also find that this niece enchanted the letter to curse anyone who may open it outside of her family members! Haha, oops. Both Elizabeth and Leo are now Jared 19, and will be unable to read either written word or music for the next 2 days. And with that, it's a wrap for this investigation, snaccamas!
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"We've just been getting a few of these weird things lately. Not too many - these ones are all from the last few weeks, but it didn't start up until recently. No return addresses, nothing. These names don't even look real!"
If they glance through the mail, they'll find some with return addresses in places outside of Kōun, addressed to what looks more like codenames than the actual names of people. One or two are stamped with an insignia in place of a return address, though it doesn't exactly match the one from the castle. Another has no return address or sending address, with only To my aunt scrawled across the back. What do they do next?
A) Ask more about the letters with the insignia?
B) Ask more about letter to the aunt?
C) Something else?
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Elizabeth actually has a question for him regarding mail, and she'll show him the letter Lan Wangji gave her, with To my brother written on it. She'll ask if it seems familiar or if he has any tips for finding out who it's supposed to be to, considering it has no proper address or anything like that.
(Also: does the handwriting on To my aunt look similar to this letter's handwriting or no.)
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He fishes the To my aunt letter out of his stack eventually and holds it out toward her to take a closer look! Though the handwriting doesn't seem to be a match, she'll be able to tell from the flow of the script that it was written by someone with tidy penmanship and not much embellishment.
"I don't really know who it's supposed to be for when it's addressed like that, but I got this similar letter just a week or two ago. It came out of nowhere. I don't know why people think we can deliver things without knowing who they're going to! Oh, but I do think I caught sight of someone loitering around the post office at about the same time this was dropped off..."
Poor, tired mailman. Do they:
A) Try to convince him to let them see the letter's contents somehow, despite knowing he's very dedicated to the privacy of his clients?
B) Ask him more about the person loitering around the post office?
C) Something else?
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...They'll also swear to silence and forgetfulness??? I mean one of people is Leo so that's already a given anyway--
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It seems he's still hemming and hawing about showing them the letter's contents even after they decide to take the blame by opening it. It's his duty to keep everyone's business private, after all! But when they reveal that they think their letter may be related to the mysterious sender, he'll (somewhat reluctantly) hand it over to them. He's still got a lot of letters and packages to deliver, after all, and can't waste too much time on any one problem.
When they open it, they'll find that it's a letter addressed to someone named Akemi. The sender appears to be a niece. She talks in a way that implies she doesn't actually expect this to make it to its destination, like a mourning diary where you write letters to the dead for your own peace of mind. It's mostly just snippets about her daily life. They'll be able to glean that she may live in a demon-only village in Yamate, and moved here from a place outside of Kōun due to increasing violence between humans and demons that has only worsened over time. It seems the Akemi she addresses has been missing for quite a while.
They'll also find that this niece enchanted the letter to curse anyone who may open it outside of her family members! Haha, oops. Both Elizabeth and Leo are now Jared 19, and will be unable to read either written word or music for the next 2 days. And with that, it's a wrap for this investigation, snaccamas!