Post by Talia Winchell on Jun 16, 2012 20:33:39 GMT -5
Tal had been summoned to the Big House by Chiron that morning and left with an envelope encased in her hands. She reached the Hermes cabin and sat down slowly on her unmade bed, staring at it. Even from the return address she could tell that it wasn't going to be good news. It was a relative she hadn't had contact with in ages... Evan d'Auvergne, her mother's brother. He had only visited sporadically while she and Em were still home, and had acted more interested in Nicolette's female friends than his two nieces at those times. He wasn't the kind of person to send letters that said stuff like "Hi, how are you, I'm great, here's what's going on back home, write back soon." There was an actual reason this letter was here. And it was most likely nothing good... otherwise, it would have been her mother Nicolette who had written this. Evan had never been fond of the twins. People in general weren't his kind of thing.
Tal glanced at Em across the room, on her bed. Why hadn't she also been asked to come collect the letter from Chiron? Well, obviously it would be easier for one of them to go get it... but she didn't want to open the letter without her. It was clearly addressed to Talysus & December Winchell, Delphi Strawberries. Not just Tal, but both of them. "Uh. Em?" she asked timidly, hoping to get her twin's attention. "A letter came for us... from Uncle Evan..." She took a breath and ripped open the envelope. As soon as her brain processed the first words she saw, she didn't want to read anymore. Those words were your mother is.
"...You read it..." Tal said hesitantly, flipping it over to the blank side. She didn't want to know. At all. If Evan was writing to them about their mother, it wasn't going to be something like "Your mother is wonderful." It was going to be bad..
Ooc; I hope you don't mind I godmodded a little bit If you don't like it I'll change it.