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goodguygrifter) wrote2019-01-30 05:39 pm
goodguygrifter) wrote2019-01-30 05:39 pm
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Dear bro!
Stan wipes his arm roughly across his eyes and then leans in, squinting, to consider how the letter looks. The paper's got a big, rough tear along one side, stains, and writing on that splintered plank over his knees makes his letters - already aggressively big, like each one's trying to crowd the others off their line - all bumpy and uneven. The whole thing's got a secretive look to it, he decides, a desperate look, and he nods to himself, scooting further back under the Stan O' War's shattered hull to stay out of the wind.
I'm sorry I wasn't there when you got KIDNAPPED! I tried sailing the Stan O' War out to RESCUE you but without my trusty navigator I CRASHED and was BESET by a whole MOB OF MONSTERS whose mere COUNTANANCE was so TWISTED by ELDRICH HORRORS that I quail to even RECOUNT the event! They CAPTURED me and made me theirWAGE SLAVE!!!! Even now I may be risking my LIFE to write you this! Maybe even my very SOUL!!!! I beg you to escape from your FOUL CAPTIVITY and RESCUE ME!
S.O.S.
YOUR LOVING BROTHER
STAN
The letter, later, will be folded up in a yellowed envelope, addressed with ma's flowing cursive, and mailed out to Ford, wherever he is. It'll get ma off his back about helping his brother 'settle in' and it'll make Ford come back, so. Two birds with one stone. Now that's how you do it.
Stan wipes his arm roughly across his eyes and then leans in, squinting, to consider how the letter looks. The paper's got a big, rough tear along one side, stains, and writing on that splintered plank over his knees makes his letters - already aggressively big, like each one's trying to crowd the others off their line - all bumpy and uneven. The whole thing's got a secretive look to it, he decides, a desperate look, and he nods to himself, scooting further back under the Stan O' War's shattered hull to stay out of the wind.
I'm sorry I wasn't there when you got KIDNAPPED! I tried sailing the Stan O' War out to RESCUE you but without my trusty navigator I CRASHED and was BESET by a whole MOB OF MONSTERS whose mere COUNTANANCE was so TWISTED by ELDRICH HORRORS that I quail to even RECOUNT the event! They CAPTURED me and made me their
S.O.S.
YOUR LOVING BROTHER
STAN
The letter, later, will be folded up in a yellowed envelope, addressed with ma's flowing cursive, and mailed out to Ford, wherever he is. It'll get ma off his back about helping his brother 'settle in' and it'll make Ford come back, so. Two birds with one stone. Now that's how you do it.
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Stan, don't worry about the Eldritch Horrors
Assuming you haven't already gone mad from the revelation that we're not alone in the universe, just tell them you're from Innsmouth and you'll be in the clear.
I wish I could tell you help is on the way, but I've run into a few ancient abominations myself and it's taking every ounce of my energy just to keep them at bay. I'd send a Polaroid but the flash makes them scatter so you'll have to take this sketch and use your imagination.
Attached is a semi-realistic rendering of a cockroach, with a few artistic liberties taken to make it look more gruesome - angry eyes, dripping mandibles, spikes in aesthetically pleasing but anatomically incorrect places.
If you don't hear from me again, rest assured I died valiantly in glorious battle.
Love, Sisyphus
(Get it because I'm bound to Hell)
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Sorry it took me so long to get back to you. The monsters are keeping me really busy. I hope the abominations are treating you okay.
-S