mesrɛ wo bra fie
december 1, 2025
papa dɔfo,
sɛnea wubetumi ahu no, yiw papa, nokwarem no me ne kan resi akan. gyae sɛ wobɛfa no sɛ menyɛ saa. nanso m'ani nnye ho sɛ mɛtwerɛ wɔ mu enti krataa yi nkaeɛ no bɛyɛ borɔfo kasa. di ho dwuma. want me to learn one of the other random languages you know thats easier to write in? cause i will if you think the letters i send you while youre working need to be more classified or whatever.
anyway, i got a letter from mum saying that you were finally in a place an owl might be able to find. but none of the school owls could ever find you last year, so ive been holding barnum hostage until i finish writing this. im pretty sure hes got some supernatural homing beacon on you. ugh i just realised i should probably track down xhosa and ask if hes got a letter for you as well. hes impossible to find in this school.
when you write back xho, can you ask him on my behalf to please be easier to locate? give him some random reason like 'paris would probably appreciate some help on her potions homework' or something (i could actually use some help on that. just dont tell him that i miss him. i dunno why but sometimes it feels easier to admit stuff like that when im writing to you rather than in person. i miss xhosa. we go to the same school and i hardly see him and he doesnt much acknowledge me when we do.
anyway 2.0, theres really not much new in my life since i last wrote. unless maybe you count me adding more blue to my hair. or finding a new secret passage behind a tapestry. and i guess actually liking a history of magic lesson is pretty new as well (one. dont worry, it wont become a habit). mum also bought me a new herp book. oh and did i tell you about the venomous tentacula incident? wait maybe i shouldnt. okay fine but dont tell mom. actually i'll tell you when i see you at christmas. wait. are you coming home for christmas? i dont even know anymore. poo.
i understand that your work doesnt really ever get a break, but im sure it goes without saying that id love to see you home for christmas. you werent there at all during the summer and its been since the easter break that i saw you last. xho will never admit it cause he likes to pretend hes all emotionless and totally over needing a dad, but he really misses you too. maybe he would actually come home for christmas this year if you were there.
i know i sound super whiny and complainy about stuff that i cant change and you cant change, but i dont think its a sin to wish for something. i hope im not coming off as selfish, but i really do want you there. i miss you. i hope whatever cool animal youre breeding right now is worth your time. dont settle for too low a price okay? you work very hard so dont let anyone tell you your works not worth their money when it absolutely is. dont give me too much information about it all in letters, but you will be telling me every detail next time i see you alright? im gonna need all the tips i can get before i start care of magical creatures next year.
anyway x3, thats all i have to write. no im not gonna start capitalising stuff dad or using punctuation if the meaning of the word stays the same without it. medɔ wo. mesrɛ wo ebia sɛ wubetumi a, bra fie.
aseda wɔ wo bere ho,
paris (:
papa dɔfo,
sɛnea wubetumi ahu no, yiw papa, nokwarem no me ne kan resi akan. gyae sɛ wobɛfa no sɛ menyɛ saa. nanso m'ani nnye ho sɛ mɛtwerɛ wɔ mu enti krataa yi nkaeɛ no bɛyɛ borɔfo kasa. di ho dwuma. want me to learn one of the other random languages you know thats easier to write in? cause i will if you think the letters i send you while youre working need to be more classified or whatever.
anyway, i got a letter from mum saying that you were finally in a place an owl might be able to find. but none of the school owls could ever find you last year, so ive been holding barnum hostage until i finish writing this. im pretty sure hes got some supernatural homing beacon on you. ugh i just realised i should probably track down xhosa and ask if hes got a letter for you as well. hes impossible to find in this school.
when you write back xho, can you ask him on my behalf to please be easier to locate? give him some random reason like 'paris would probably appreciate some help on her potions homework' or something (i could actually use some help on that. just dont tell him that i miss him. i dunno why but sometimes it feels easier to admit stuff like that when im writing to you rather than in person. i miss xhosa. we go to the same school and i hardly see him and he doesnt much acknowledge me when we do.
anyway 2.0, theres really not much new in my life since i last wrote. unless maybe you count me adding more blue to my hair. or finding a new secret passage behind a tapestry. and i guess actually liking a history of magic lesson is pretty new as well (one. dont worry, it wont become a habit). mum also bought me a new herp book. oh and did i tell you about the venomous tentacula incident? wait maybe i shouldnt. okay fine but dont tell mom. actually i'll tell you when i see you at christmas. wait. are you coming home for christmas? i dont even know anymore. poo.
i understand that your work doesnt really ever get a break, but im sure it goes without saying that id love to see you home for christmas. you werent there at all during the summer and its been since the easter break that i saw you last. xho will never admit it cause he likes to pretend hes all emotionless and totally over needing a dad, but he really misses you too. maybe he would actually come home for christmas this year if you were there.
i know i sound super whiny and complainy about stuff that i cant change and you cant change, but i dont think its a sin to wish for something. i hope im not coming off as selfish, but i really do want you there. i miss you. i hope whatever cool animal youre breeding right now is worth your time. dont settle for too low a price okay? you work very hard so dont let anyone tell you your works not worth their money when it absolutely is. dont give me too much information about it all in letters, but you will be telling me every detail next time i see you alright? im gonna need all the tips i can get before i start care of magical creatures next year.
anyway x3, thats all i have to write. no im not gonna start capitalising stuff dad or using punctuation if the meaning of the word stays the same without it. medɔ wo. mesrɛ wo ebia sɛ wubetumi a, bra fie.
aseda wɔ wo bere ho,
paris (:
Reducio
akan to english translation:
please come home
dad,
as you can see, yes dad, of course i am still keeping up with akan. stop assuming im not. but i dont like writing in it so the rest of this letter will be in english. deal with it.
i love you. please maybe come home if you possibly can
thanks for your time,
paris
please come home
dad,
as you can see, yes dad, of course i am still keeping up with akan. stop assuming im not. but i dont like writing in it so the rest of this letter will be in english. deal with it.
i love you. please maybe come home if you possibly can
thanks for your time,
paris
It simply isn’t an adventure worth telling if there aren’t any dragons.
-JRR Tolkien