Kaesken

V-Day Poem from a Friend

Feb 17th, 2025
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  1. > mail check
  2. You hail down a mail clerk and ask if you have any parcels available for pickup. After a brief search, they return to you and say, "Ah, yes. It appears that you've got mail."
  3. Stamp # Sender Parcel Sent
  4. --------- --------------- ----------------------------------------------- -------------------
  5. 451003871 Elore a small parchment envelope 3 days ago
  6. If you'd like to pick up one of your parcels, you can MAIL COLLECT it now.
  7. > mail collect
  8. You inquire with a mail clerk about picking up a parcel. They disappear for a little while before returning with a small parchment envelope, which they hand to you.
  9.  
  10. The envelope got pretty banged up during its travels and can no longer be used for sending mail.
  11. > open my env
  12. You open your parchment envelope.
  13. > l in my env
  14. In the parchment envelope you see an inky black scroll.
  15. > get my scroll from my env
  16. You get an inky black scroll displaying a dark purple gryphon from inside your parchment envelope.
  17. > toss my env
  18. You throw away your parchment envelope.
  19. > read my scroll
  20. In Common, it reads:
  21.  
  22. Roses are red, but so is the floor,
  23. Every time you walk out the door.
  24. With healing hands and a murderous grin,
  25. You patch them up, then break them again.
  26.  
  27. Bandages here, a dagger there,
  28. A heart full of love (and zero care).
  29. So on this fine day, we honor your art,
  30. Both mending the flesh and tearing apart!
  31.  
  32. Happy V-day! May your blade stay keen,
  33. And your bedside manner remain... unforeseen.
  34.  
  35. XOXO
  36. Ellie
  37.  
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