Hello good people of terra! It’s a beautiful day here. I imagine it probably runs the gamut over there.

I just realized I’ve really never explained the point of these letters. So, I’m taking few minutes to remedy that. You see, I enjoy it, but also I wanted an enduring record of my doings, and strangely, your internet seems better than stone for that. In my case, this also keeps the records safe from any prying eyes in my world, and I like that too. So, I hope you don’t mind. What am I kidding? If you do mind, I don’t care much about your opinion. It’s the internet. Get over it.

That being said, there is news. I'd like to address reports being made around here, reports speaking of some alleged recent discovery. According to one of them, it’s a labrynthine network that reminded me of home. So, I appropriated the unclaimed land. On this account, it was later while doing some routine critter control (hunting in the wild) that I encountered an enormous beast. It being suddenly upon me and everywhere around me, my animal-instincts forgot smarter recourses, and I just ran. Remembering the caverns, I lead it to a massive nearby opening in order to lose it underground, and when I reemerged elsewhere, I learned that it had triggered some kind of collapse and is now trapped inside.

According to another report: I just discovered a dragon at its home in the caverns and I won’t tell anyone about it because of the gold.

There are probably other reports too.

I’m not dignifying any rumors with an answer. I only mention all this in case people call for the (alleged) beast’s death. First of all, I would never allow such a thing. Second of all, there is no substantiation to any of these stories. Thirdly, I guess their gastonery is the less egregious for never having seen Beauty and the Beast.

I do want to elaborate on all this, but it’ll have to wait for another time. It’s getting dark, and the aroma from the kitchen here smells delicious. If I hurry, I bet I can talk someone into whipping me up a dinner-sandwich (aka “gambler”) for the road.

Have a great one.

-Pen

Greetings from far far away. I hope this finds you well. I’m sitting in the inn. Heh. I say the inn, like you know it. It’s not what you’d expect. Sure, right now it’s dark and moody, but during the day… well, it’s comfortable anyway. Durable. Kind of like if a Cracker Barrel and a tavern had a baby; that grew up to serve alcohol, practical wilderness wares, and weaponry. And if it played simpler music… live. (Not always better music, though.)

Now in Chora, that inn had some class. Of course, it was kind of a café, but – Come to think of it there’s a painting of it hanging up in that building just across the square! Oh, you’d like it too. It's like you’re peering out a window at a drizzled courtyard that just sighs like a lazy Sunday afternoon. Well, except for a few flowers dancing happily with their raindrops. Oh, and there's the musicians near the window gently bouncing the room's serenity… and, there's the barkeep drying something while affectionately noticing someone out across the way, behind another window reading a book. It’s really something. I guess you'd have to see it.

Anyway, I’m here, just trying to drop a few meaningful lines since one is supposed to be regular with their correspondence, and with all the adventures of late, that has not been easy. All I can say about the adventures though is that there’s this cave, and there’s something inside it, and that something wasn’t very happy the last I checked. (I’m so going back to check again when I’m done writing this! It’s going to be awesome!) (Rumors about my running scared and trapping it in there are completely unfounded. Like, there’s totally zero evidence.)

Well, this seems like a good place to stop for now. Thanks for your attention. Maybe next time, I’ll have to write less about the realm and talk more about terran stuff. “Terra” sounds much better don't you think? For my use anyway. (“Hey terrans!” > “Greetings earthlings!”) Yeah, I’m sure you understand.

Well, later.

-Pen