Dear Lord Chancellor

[GRIST_]

Attached in several boards in New Town and Old Town alike were several letters. The handwriting is neat and formal with the easy assumption that perhaps someone had written this for the speaker. It seemed that the person who wrote it had no idea where the Lord Chancellor might live and therefore decided just to stick this as a public letter on all boards.​

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Dear Lord Chancellor,

I write this letter publicly in hopes that all can find solace in my words. I am not writing this letter to "suck up" to you. In fact, I want the greater public to know just how rude their Lord Chancellor is to his people. Do you treat all citizens in this city with blatant disrespect because you believe yourself to be higher in moral standing? Your utter lack of sympathy and compromise is appalling and I can only hope that you will treat others with the same respect you wish to be treated with moving forth.

Your grief with me is that I did not address you correctly or in some matter offended you in simply trying to say hello to you. Perhaps it was my error to assume that you were just another face in the crowd, however, let me express that I had no idea who you were. I am new to this land, this society, and have yet to learn just everything it has to offer. Your reaction to this was to strike me and I do wonder how this would have helped me understand anything about you. Well, it did not. It did not come until after that I learned of your name and who you were. Perhaps if you had taken the time to speak before reacting with violence you would have found a better compromise to suit both of us.

I can not however condone the use of words when I myself so brashly punched you in the face after you struck me. I feel great guilt for it in fact and this is how this letter is coming into existence. I apologize. Deeply. I will not be a hypocrite and say that I too handled the situation poorly and for this again, I am sorry. I hope that as a new week comes and a new outlook presents itself you and I can figure out a better footing to stand on.

With care,
Hessolis.​

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@LumosJared ​

 

[victoriYUH_]

A certain blonde approached the notice board, glancing over it carelessly before the strong title caught her eye.
"Huh."
She said breathlessly, raising her eyebrows, giving a small nod.
"Did she stutter? Period. This person's got guts. Might have to find em' sometime, buy em' lunch."

 

[NightLight12]

"And here i thought you have gone straight..."
A familiar hunter commented ​

 

[bwmwags3]

"This is the one he said stabbed him", The Asha calls to the criers, "Tell me where the writer is the Chancellor offered coin to bring them in."

 

[Anseran]

A small note was pinned below the message, addressing the speaker:​

Dear Hessolis,

I am not sure what kind of game you are playing. As I understand it, you are accused of kidnapping and torturing a friend of mine. Yet, you spin these words so simply as if you are a mere commoner, strong to stand against the woes of an establishment doing you wrong. The Lord Chancellor as I have known him has not been the type to postulate himself so keenly on titles, so allow me to speculate the truth. Unwittingly, you approach this man, who has heard tell of your criminal deeds. He reacts violently, given a threat has found itself in his midst, amongst his friends. You write a story framing yourself as the victim and leave out important information to paint yourself in heroics. It is a dry spell, my dear, and one that will not last, I assure you. Lap up the pity whilst you can, the truth will reveal itself in due time.

I offer you no sympathy, I only hope that you abscond from your belligerent self-righteous war path. It is only natural to cast doubt upon those who twist the truth. Consider looking to your own actions for the faults you claim to exist in others. For readers who are still uncertain, simply look to the noticeboard outside of Greygate and consider this person's place as 2nd most wanted beneath and a member of the infamous Cal's Cabal.

Kindly turn yourself in to the relevant authorities. That is, if your apology is worth even the tiniest grain of salt.

Signed,
Osira
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@CRASHIR ​

 

[GRIST_]

A small note was pinned below the message, addressing the speaker:​

Dear Hessolis,

I am not sure what kind of game you are playing. As I understand it, you are accused of kidnapping and torturing a friend of mine. Yet, you spin these words so simply as if you are a mere commoner, strong to stand against the woes of an establishment doing you wrong. The Lord Chancellor as I have known him has not been the type to postulate himself so keenly on titles, so allow me to speculate the truth. Unwittingly, you approach this man, who has heard tell of your criminal deeds. He reacts violently, given a threat has found itself in his midst, amongst his friends. You write a story framing yourself as the victim and leave out important information to paint yourself in heroics. It is a dry spell, my dear, and one that will not last, I assure you. Lap up the pity whilst you can, the truth will reveal itself in due time.

I offer you no sympathy, I only hope that you abscond from your belligerent self-righteous war path. It is only natural to cast doubt upon those who twist the truth. Consider looking to your own actions for the faults you claim to exist in others. For readers who are still uncertain, simply look to the noticeboard outside of Greygate and consider this person's place as 2nd most wanted beneath and a member of the infamous Cal's Cabal.

Kindly turn yourself in to the relevant authorities. That is, if your apology is worth even the tiniest grain of salt.

Signed,
Osira
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@CRASHIR ​

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Dear Someone Who Doesn't Know Me and I Do Not Know Them,

Firstly. It's a Kaahl. Please educate yourself.

Secondly, The Lord Chancellor does not know me. That I can assure you. As I approached him he did not turn a sour face, in fact, he was openly holding a conversation in front of me, with me actually, moments before I approached him privately. It was only then that he reacted violently and it was again I assure you not because he had heard of me before.

As for your friend, I have no idea who he is and I do love how you blatantly didn't write it in.
Kindly shut your mouth unless your educated or were in the situation at hand.

Love,
H

 

[Anseran]

Dear Someone Who Doesn't Know Me and I Do Not Know Them,

Firstly. It's a Kaahl. Please educate yourself.

Secondly, The Lord Chancellor does not know me. That I can assure you. As I approached him he did not turn a sour face, in fact, he was openly holding a conversation in front of me, with me actually, moments before I approached him privately. It was only then that he reacted violently and it was again I assure you not because he had heard of me before.

As for your friend, I have no idea who he is and I do love how you blatantly didn't write it in.
Kindly shut your mouth unless your educated or were in the situation at hand.

Love,
H

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To my dearest H,

Since the inception of our discussion, I was under the impression we were using flowered words; you to propose innocence and valor, and myself to propose dignity and lawfulness. I am, upset, to say the least that you would depart this convention so quickly. Your fuse must be quite short, so I will apologise for agitating you. But you do raise an excellent point, you know very little about me. One of the most important features of my being revolves around the use of alliteration. That is, the occurrence of the same letter at the beginning of a string of words to create a flow, so to speak. This is important, as it relates to my use of 'Cal's Cabal'. I personally couldn't give a donkey's arse for the word Kaahl, it has no place in my vocabulary. Thus, a synonym is in order. A synonym, known as a word similar in definition to that of another, is often used in place of similar terms. For instance, Cal's Cabal is alliteration, and so is Cal's Kaahl, or Kaahl of Cal, but the choice to utilise Cabal adds more flavour to mix, a flavour I am sure that readers enjoyed.

Now you will not have known this, but Cal and I have discussed several topics in depth before and whilst I find his views intriguing, he had wrongly maintained that his vision is superior to the Regalian Empire, suggesting he is some sort of Faction vying for power either in the Undercity or above. The definition for Cabal, as perhaps you may have guessed, is a Faction. This is where my use of the word came from and I hope you'll forgive me for using words you clearly do not understand nor have the referential evidence to acknowledge refers accurately to your own 'Kaahl' as you put it.

Now that we have the semantics out of the way, I will waste no time in my response.

Your initial letter makes it apparent that this occurred on your first meeting, but it seems to be that he was rather pleasant with you in the beginning. Does this not put doubt into your initial statements? A man, who spoke to you pleasantly, suddenly becomes violent because of a lack of address that is only often used to begin conversations? When he had presumably greeted you before? It just does not hold up, unless something else were afoot.

In the event that we ever cross paths, I wish you well, and I am regretful to read your message insisting that I 'shut [my] mouth'. Aside from that last sentence, you maintained a shred of believability. After all, silence is beckoned by those who do not wish to have their views challenged, or in this case, their argument that the Lord Chancellor of the Regalian Empire is 'Rude', 'Lacking in sympathy', and how you 'want the greater public to know just how rude their Lord Chancellor is to his people' . You will notice I enboldened 'his people' - this is because you are not, as a criminal who is affiliated with the notorious Cal, expected to show any kind of respect to city dwellers, so it is obvious that these respectful faculties which you lack are liable to get you into trouble.

I do not speak for the Lord Chancellor, and would never claim to, but I do speak as a concerned citizen. A concerned citizen who feels their Lord Chancellor is under attack when, as a member of Cal's Kaahl (I do have a lick of mercy) who rejects the city, you feel somehow owed this measure of respect? A member of the Kaahl who killed hundreds in their burning of Petalcourt, lest you forget. I do not think it pertinent that he should know who you are, it is simply no concern of yours to criticise the Lord Chancellor in this way as a transient citizen of the Regalian Empire who rejects and disrespects it. You do not respect us, you do not respect this city, and you have no right to criticise the Lord Chancellor in my humble opinion.

I won't tell you to shut up, because I'm not rude, but if you wish to raise legitimate concerns regarding Regalian Officials without straight up resorting to manipulative writing, I believe you can do so through the appropriate government channels. Of course, if you do, you'll be arrested. Because you are a criminal. I wish you the best going forward, H, and I really did enjoy writing this, but this is getting out of hand. If you want to discuss this any further, you may find me in person.

Your favourite writing friend (that's alliteration too!),
Osira
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@CRASHIR ​

 

[GRIST_]

A Kathar next to the woman opened their mouth in preparation to read but the reddish Kathar stopped them. "Ah don't bother. I'm already bored. Not interested in hearing the long dabblings of a random civilian who wasn't present." They paused as they other Kathar dropped the letter into the fire. "Now that's just a waste of paper my friend you could have drawn doodles on that."

 

[Athelois]

Conveniently, someone was nearby to repost the response the Cielothar had put up. Because ripping down notices and just tossing it into the fire is kind of boring.

 

[GRIST_]

Conveniently, someone was nearby to repost the response the Cielothar had put up. Because ripping down notices and just tossing it into the fire is kind of boring.

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I think you misread, There was only one letter dropped into the fire. Just clearing that up in case of confusion.