Ah yes, sometimes a dysfunctional vampire family is you, your adopted sire who uses you for his own ends (and likes being called Daddy), and his oldest childe who previously hated your guts (and gives off serious bratty step-sister vibes).
Alright, I promised screenshots of the letters in the SotS epilogue. Then I realized that fuck, Persa has the most variation (4!) and Markos has 2 different letters. So I decided to make separate Persa and Markos posts.
There’s also letters from whichever mortal you decided to befriend (i.e. Elias, Isidoros, Alex, or Chrissie), Gor (only 1 I could find), and Vole (also only 1).
Anyway, screenshots + transcriptions for Persa under the cut:
Letter 1:
*comment you were killed, not dead in Selene failure
*if (Sophia_prince) and (sophia_to_destroy_Markos)
*if (Persa_romance > 0) or (Persa_alliance > stat_mid_pass)
${name},
I didn't think I'd be able to write you a letter–and what's the point, now that you're dead?–but here we are. I was spared. What a thing to say. This is who I am now. A spare body. Sophia likes to remind me of that often, how expendable I am because of my association with you. She wants to make it sound like you never mattered to her, but I know it's a lie. You're the reason she's Prince now, aren't you. I think so.
She's not a bad Prince, all things considered. She says she'll destroy Markos, but I have my doubts.
*set markos_resolution true
You know, sometimes, I put sunrise videos on. Let that fucking ball of fire burn right into my cornea.
Miss you, *if gender = 1 little sister., *elseif gender = 2 little brother., *else *line_break your big sister.
Letter 2:
*comment todo styled as letter from Persa to Prince Sophia
Sophia, my Prince,
When I speak to you, you get angry or dismiss me, so I have resorted to writing this letter. I hope that shows you how much this matters to me.
I respect your decision to punish Markos for his involvement with helping ${name}. But please, I beg you to reconsider. Let him go. You know he will owe you a debt that he can never repay, just as you know how useful Markos can be when he wants to. And, trust me, he will want to.
*set markos_resolution true
More than anything, he will want to.
${name} was never to blame for ${eir} fate. $!{e} fulfilled it, and now you are where you always deserved to be. I celebrate you more than anyone. Please, don't punish Markos. Let your first act as Prince be one of benevolence.
Forever loyal to you, no matter what you decide,
*line_break
Persephone "Persa" Trigoniou
Letter 3:
*comment todo styled as Persa's journal (handwritten?)
You know, I think it's stupid of me to write to you like you're still walking around among us, but I have to say these things to someone, and since @{(Markos_dead or all_gone) neither you nor Markos are here anymore|you're not here anymore}, I figured putting them down on paper–and then probably burning the whole damn journal!–is the next best thing. So here goes:
*if ((sophia_to_destroy_Markos) or (all_gone)) or (Markos_dead)
I fucking hate you. @{all_gone Everyone's gone|Markos is gone} because of you. Everything went to shit because of you and your stupid prophecy and your idiot choices. Sure, other people played their part, and maybe even I went along with their games for a while–not gonna deny that, fine–but you were in the center of it all.
So yeah. I blame you for Markos's destruction.
*if (Persa_romance > 0) or (persa_alliance > stat_mid_pass)
I blame you for your own, too, and I miss you more than anything.
*else
You destroyed everything.
*if Markos_sheriff
Sure, Markos is the Scythian now. But, you know what? We had a good thing going.
*else
I mean, Markos is alright. Things are looking up for him, like they always do. But, you know what? Things were alright before, too.
Before you came along with your prophecies and your idiot choices.
I'd like for things to go back to how they were before.
Of course you could make excuses if you were still around, and sure I played my part too. But I can make excuses as well, right? I learned from the best.
The thing I'm trying to say is you're not around any more and I can blame you all I want. For ripping through my unlife like a fucking tornado.
*if (Persa_romance > 0) or (persa_alliance > stat_mid_pass)
For destroying yourself, too.
For making me miss you more than anything.
You damn fool.
Persa
Letter 4:
*if not (killed)
*comment todo styled as journal entry (handwritten)
${name},
I can't believe I'm writing to you in my journal as if you're still around but you went and got yourself killed so.
Fuck.
I spent the longest time thinking I didn't really like you, and now I can't stop thinking how used I'd gotten to you being around. Like a permanent fixture, or a @{gender sister|brother|sibling} or something. And now I have all this anger–at you, for you, for the things you were put through and that the rest of us were put through because of it. It's so big I don't know where to put it. How to put it down. I've been so distracted I haven't even been able to feed properly lately, if you can believe that.
Guess I have some emotions to work through, huh?
*if not (markos_dead)
*if (markos_romance > 0) or (Markos_alliance > stat_mid_pass)
Markos does, too, even though he'd never admit it.
I catch him looking at his hands sometimes. His unblemished, perfect skin.
The marks you left are hard to see, but Markos can. I can.
*else
Markos pretends not to care, but that's how he is, isn't he? The worst thing that could ever happen to him, he thinks, is that someone might know him.
*set markos_resolution true
Persa
*if pet
P.S. Also, I found your stupid pet. It's fine.
*if bat
Hangs upside down like an idiot all night. Reminds me of you. We'll get along.
*elseif dog
Wags its tail every time it sees me and whines like an idiot all night. Reminds me of you.
*elseif cat
Likes to sleep on my head all day while I slumber, then follows me around all night. The little shit can catch so many rats I start to feel bad about myself. No longer the apex predator around here.
We'll get along fine.
Wish you were here to see it. You damn fool.
*elseif crow
Perches on my shoulder and everything. Its mouth stinks of corpse, but I'm getting used to that.
I'm keeping the idiot bird. For your sake.
*else
It clip-clops around the house–got a new place, did I say that?–all the time. You couldn't get yourself a more conspicuous animal? Jesus.
Anyway, I'm releasing it to the wild eventually. Figure after spending some time with me, the thing will be vicious. Wolves better watch out.
