Letters Home
Chadrick sat at the small table in his apartment at the Crystarium and stared up at the moon. It was amazing to see it, even if he’d only experienced the unending days for a short time. The quill was pulled plucked from the ink as he returned his attention to the scrapes of paper. How did one say a thousand things to those they cared about without writing them books? He shrugged to himself. It was best to keep it simple and sweet.He started the first letter.
Sinomen,
I suppose I should start by saying that I’m sorry this is coming to ye by letter, but there really was nay another way to send it to ye. There is a lot I should have said in the past, but most important was that I’m sorry. I’m sorry for the hurt I caused and that I was nay the man I promised ye I would be.
This is a farewell. I have found somewhere outside the reach of the Sun and their contracts for both Aislyn and meself. I hate that I am saying goodbye in a letter, but there’s nay another way. I cannay come back now even if I wanted to. I know we have had our fights since we parted, but ye are one of the few things about me old life I will truly miss. I did love ye Sinomen, even if our worlds could never be one and the same.
Stay true to yeself and never change.
Love always,
Chadrick Tamisier
Sealing the first letter he set it aside and started the next. This one took longer to write and even though he tried to speak all the words he knew he should say, he could not bring himself to do so.
Lulu,
To the one woman who nearly stole me heart so thoroughly that I might forsake everything else in the world. I am gone from Eorzea and I will not be returning. I could nay bear leaving and never saying me farewells to ye. Tell your brother that he cannay find me where I have gone and to give up his search if he still seeks to defend your honor, nay as though I ever would have striped it from ye. Nor could I have. Ye are a princess and ye deserve a prince and I hope someday ye find someone worthy of ye.
In Love,
Chadrick Tamisier
Quickly, he sealed this letter as well and set it atop the other. If he even read it he would rip it to shreds and write it again and again and never find it perfect. Everyone had that one who had gotten away. He started the next letter and smiled as he thought about the young woman he’d known all too briefly.
Maeryn,
I am sorry I have nay written or spoke to ye in some time. Much and more has happened. Sadly, I will nay be able to join ye for any future adventures. There are things I did nay share with ye about me own ties to the company. I found a way out of my contract with them that set meself and Aislyn free and I imagine ye know how little there is I would nay do for the wee lass. I truly enjoyed our adventures together and I sincerely hope ye continue to find new adventure in your life.
Yers Truly,
Chadrick Tamisier
That letter was sealed as well and the next piece of paper was pulled in front of him. This one wouldn’t have the same emotional impact on him. This one was for work. There were loose ends to tie up that he would only trust one other of their employees to see to.
Overseer Nathaniel,
Fuck ye. I quit. Okay, I really really had to get that out. Pass me words along to the company will ye? And then feel free to make up whatever ridiculous story you like. They’ll never find me where I’ve gone but I suspect they know that. All the same, tell them I’m dead, or whatever ye like and ye can have what remains of my resources and retrieved artifacts. Ye know the place I kept everything hidden. The password to get to everything is Elspeth.
So long,
Chadrick Tamisier
Lastly he placed that letter on the pile and drew the last leaf of paper forward.
L’ania,
It’s been a while lass. I hope ye are well and the life of a pirate suites ye. I’m writing ye to let ye know I am going away. I will nay be returning but know that it is me own choice and I am happy in making it. I will miss your friendship and hope ye will remember me fondly. The items ye left in me charge are safe all the same, I assure ye. I have left me business possessions in the care of one who would nay misuse them and whom I trust in this. I wish ye a long life, filled with beauty and adventure.
Yer friend,
Chadrick Tamisier
A few other letters had already been written. Quickly jotted apologies to ex lovers like K’risa, words of farewell to suppliers with notes to contact the Overseer in the future, and even a few words to some of the Blitzball players he’d played with in the Ruby Sea. When they were all piled together he called Aislyn over and motioned to the pile.
“Here it is lass. Be a doll an’ deliver these t’ all o’ them fer me, aye? An’ make sure ye are nay seen unless ye wish t’ be.” He winked at her, knowing the Fae had been fond of a few people on the list.
Aislyn gave a sharp nod, flew around his head a couple times and ruffled his hair. Her own form of affection when she had a task to hurry along to.Landing on the letters the fae vanished along with the letters in a bright glow as she leapt across worlds to deliver his farewells.