International Letter Sending 101
Coding by @Estelle Nyx
Date: Start of the summer
Time: Midday
Location: Letters mentions:
Reducio@Dylan Astor
I hope you were serious
about being pen-pals,
sorry to add to your
many replies. Languages:
English: #66ae61
Filipino: #1d5432
Thoughts: italics
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Jarden was in his last {for the year} class with Lola and Lai- er, Ms. Featherbottom {Who even has a last name like that?} passing time like it was none of their business, doing transfiguration. He was actually pretty decent at it, which did not surprise him at all.
{Oh, but I really do wish we could be done already. Apparently, I have a pen pal to write to. Could be interesting. Could be horrible. You never know.}
~After class, writing the letter~
Jarden had re-written the letter multiple times, but had ended up settling on an earlier draft, figuring his writing might as well sound like him, even if it was rather boring or excessively long. He didn't quite know how long a letter was supposed to be, so he had just settled with one of his medium length drafts.Dear, Dylan
{That was what I've been told your name was, and I have no idea how to start a letter so...}
I am rather curious about all this pen-pal stuff. See, I have never had an international friend before. Or international contact, if you prefer.
So instead of blathering on and on about how I don't know stuff, let me tell you about myself. {Which I claim to be an expert on.}
And since I am telling you about myself, we must start with the skinks. Emerald Tree Skinks to be precise. It can also be called Tabili, but that's not relevant. It is a cute, small reptile, bright green and the most adorable thing I have ever seen.
This is the first letter so i'm going to write a lot, just so you know. Do tell me if it gets excessive, will you?
Now I'll actually tell you about myself. I have seven family members {not including myself}. Two parents, an older brother, an older pair of triplets {two girls and a boy} and then my twin sister, Mayah. I'm a metamorphagus and an avid Herbology nerd.
I live on the Isle of divination, the village of Nephila Pilipes. I attend Tenũsa and would totally write multiple paragraphs on what it is like there, but I'll spare you the headache. I love broom racing and am quite looking forward to play, not this summer, but the next.
I look forward to hearing about you.
-𝓙. 𝓛. 𝓣. 𝓐𝓻𝓭𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓼
"I hope they don't think I am terribly weird. Then again, maybe I am."
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Last edited by Jarden Ardelis on 21 Jun 2025, 17:57, edited 4 times in total.
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@Jarden Ardelis
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International Letter Sending 101
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Jarden was pleasantly surprised when he got a letter back, glad that it arrived safely.
Dylan,
I am so glad that my letter made it safely to you, Tenũsa is quite a bit away from Ilvermorny.
It is quite unfortunate that you don't get to see your cousin very much, I would miss my family dearly if I was gone for even more than a few weeks, so it must be hard.
And I would assume that you have much a similar experience with many, not having met anyone from Tenũsa. We are a rather small school and don't visit schools other than Hogwarts most of the time. If I remember correctly they went to Beauxbatons last year. I didn't, but I heard it was quite fun. That could have also been somewhere else, but my memory is rather faulty.
And if my home sounds tropical then yours sounds unreasonably busy. I haven't heard much about other countries, but I've heard that America is quite... rowdy. I mean that in no rude way, I like busy, but I suppose our versions of busy are vastly different.
I've never met you before, so I didn't really make assumptions about whether if you were 'sporty' or anything. And hey, sports aren't for everyone. Do you have any interests? {Well, you most likely do, but what would they happen to be?}
-𝓙. 𝓛. 𝓣. 𝓐𝓻𝓭𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓼
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@Dylan Astor
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International Letter Sending 101
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@Jarden Ardelis
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International Letter Sending 101
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These letters were beggining to be his favorite part of the days, not that the Isle was boring or anything but... it was. Just a little bit.
Dylan,
I, too, think going to France would be quite the hassle. We might have different reasons for it, but, personally, it would be a bit much for me. I'm still getting used to this new method of schooling. My Dunkun is nice, a family friend, but it has still been quite the transition.
Wales does sound rather nice. I've never lived anywhere but The Isle of Divination, so it fascinates me, living in a place that doesn't feel like home. Well, not fascinate in a way I wish it was me, but simply makes me wonder what it feels like.
Healing seems quite interesting to me, though I would not take it as a profession. Maybe something herbology related. If I did not already previously stated that I'm positively in love with plants, then now you know.
I actually have a magic plant Journal. It's full of plant descriptions of odd flora and fauna I find on the Isle. Whether it's my ramblings about things that don't actually happen or the plants actually are magic, is yet to be decided. It could be a cause and effect scenario where I'm simply in the right place at the right time but.... Anyway, I could send you a page if you like. Do tell me if you get to see your cousin anytime soon, it sounds very hard to be apart from family for so long.
-𝓙. 𝓛. 𝓣. 𝓐𝓻𝓭𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓼
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@Dylan Astor
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Dylan,
Homeschooling sounds quite interesting! Here we have these 'clans' of around twenty students before we turn eleven, and then we are assigned a Dunkun. And switching to a different method of schooling is always rather hard. I mean, I only have me to base that assumption off of, and now you, but it seems rather logical, right?
A magical creatures guy, are you? My eldest brother adores things like that. He has a particular fascination with dragons, but we don't have many of those around here. I like them too, though not quite as much as my brother. I am much more of a plant person, but you already knew that.
Fall ball? I might, might not. I had to ask my sisters about that, I have a rather faulty memory. And I could send a copy or one to you, I would just have to find a spare piece of parchment and re-write it for you. They're rather short, so it wouldn't be a bother.
I heard there was going to be an international summer camp, though. So if you are going I could see you there. If not I will just do as previously stated.
-𝓙. 𝓛. 𝓣. 𝓐𝓻𝓭𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓼
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@Dylan Astor
Last edited by Jarden Ardelis on 29 Mar 2026, 14:00, edited 1 time in total.
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Dylan,
Being a socialite is overrated, I say stick to your small circle and do not get in other peoples business. It rarely ends well.
having a Dunkun is pretty much homeschooling. I mean, it is not in any way for multiple reasons but it also does have some similarities? Because a) it is not at home {main point} and b) I would assume that homeschooling is a bit less structured? Then again, I am not particularly knowledgeable in the homeschooling department.
But it also is not so different. It is pretty much one on one. Or one on two-three depending. {For me it is one on two, because both me and my sister share a Dunkun.} I think that both my method of learning and homeschooling both have the flexibility to be more fine tuned to the students, as well.
{Sorry for my tangent.}
It is a shame you are unable to attend summer camp, but I hope everything goes well for you. And it's wonderful that you can finally feel at home again!
-𝓙. 𝓛. 𝓣. 𝓐𝓻𝓭𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓼P.P.S. Just remember, I could be hallucinating half of the things in my journal, as well as slightly over exaggerating things. Maybe.P.S. The entry I promised you!
𝖤𝗇𝗍𝗋𝗒 013: 𝖳𝖾𝖺𝖻𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗆
𝖫𝗈𝖼𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇: 𝖶𝗂𝗇𝖽𝗈𝗐𝖻𝗈𝗑 𝗈𝗎𝗍𝗌𝗂𝖽𝖾 𝖠𝗎𝗇𝗍 𝖬𝖺𝗁𝖺𝗅𝗂𝖺’𝗌 𝗉𝗈𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝗉𝖺𝗇𝗍𝗋𝗒 𝖠 𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗒 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗌𝗆𝖾𝗅𝗅𝗌 𝖾𝗑𝖺𝖼𝗍𝗅𝗒 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖿𝖺𝗏𝗈𝗋𝗂𝗍𝖾 𝗍𝖾𝖺—𝗇𝗈 𝗆𝖺𝗍𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖺𝗋𝖾.
𝖬𝗂𝗇𝖾 𝗌𝗆𝖾𝗅𝗅𝗌 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗆𝗈𝗆𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝗈𝗇𝖾𝗒 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝖨’𝗆 𝖼𝖺𝗅𝗆, 𝖻𝗅𝖺𝖼𝗄𝖼𝗎𝗋𝗋𝖺𝗇𝗍 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝖨’𝗆 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗋𝗂𝖾𝖽, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗈𝗇𝖼𝖾, 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗁𝗈𝗐, 𝗀𝖺𝗋𝗅𝗂𝖼 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝖨 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗅𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝖻𝖾𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝖾.
🖉 [𝖳𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗇’𝗌 𝗌𝗆𝖾𝗅𝗅𝗌 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗈𝗈𝗅𝗈𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗆𝗂𝗌𝖼𝗁𝗂𝖾𝖿.]
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@Dylan Astor
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@Jarden Ardelis
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