❆ . 1 . ❂

172 5 0
                                        

.

it was a warm afternoon. asean had just finished with his activities by the market for public exposure. though walking back inside his room, he expected the usual.

instead, there was a dove that sat on top of his high window, holding an envelope. curious, he had decided to grab it and saw that it was addressed to "whoever receives this letter." that was his queue to actually open the envelope and see a letter, written in english, beautifully in script using a blue pen.

~~~~~

Dove Express 101

To whom who might received this letter,

Greetings!

I know this might have came as a surprise, for that it's not everyday you see a dove holding out a letter. Probably also hyper specifically, it is likely to have entered your room. But do not fret, it is the dove doing the work, not me.

I have sent the dove just to find someone to communicate to, as the circumstances I am in are rather dire. The dove will be the one sending the messages and coming to our attention. Yes, even in your travels, the dove is likely to catch you on. Its just magical to think of, don't you think? In that matter, consider you replying to this letter as a consent for the dove looking for you on occasion.

I do not force you to do this with, nor actually respond to this. I could also instruct the dove to not follow you while travelling, if that's alright with you. I understand the motion of time alone, and while it certainly does pain me to not hear from you, my potential pen pal, for a month, I'm pretty sure I would actually do the same without warning, admittedly.

Now that's enough about the dove for a moment and let me introduce myself. I have come from a distant lands away from Earth's surface, you may have been familiar with. I shall not reveal too much just yet, but I have a significant role, which I admit, is pretty terrifying!

I'm currently living in my own area, which occasional check ups every now and then. I do have a father and a couple of siblings -- but they rarely check on. One of my siblings had recently finished college and is planning to take the role as the medic that can occasionally check on me instead, which is rather sweet.

I like travelling in my free time, if I'm able to. I will also admit, I can break out if I wanted to, just to see something that happens once a year. I also like collecting things, I have a collection of beautiful rocks I had found in my drawer, just away from everyone though.

Now I would also like to learn about you too. When you would like to reply, I would like to know more about yourself. Maybe your hobbies, interests, favorite things you do, Et Cetera. Anything you would give out would be great, but please do not be pressured by me.

Thank you for taking your time to read this, and hopefully I will be able to read back from you.

Yours truly,
Uni.

~~~~~

Dear whoever you are,

I have decided to take this on! I do like writing anyways, to the point where people assume I had my nose on my journal, maybe it was a bit of an obsession.

I think this project seemed really cool by how you described it. The concept of this dove being a device to send letters genuinely makes me excited, I have never had interaction with the world outside the region before except occasional visitors, and I feel that it would benefit from my learning too!

Now to mention, who am I? I would also like to think that I have some sort of 'popularity' in my area, though I will admit I am also kind of terrified of! Absolutely would love to talk about fantasies that would involve things that seemed to be around me, like for example, if there were creatures inside the forests to guard it! Or maybe how pineapple was made because a child couldn't find something and wished for a lot of eyes! It might have been scary to look into, but I spend my free time reading all about them when I'm in the library or in my room.

I am also quite fond of anything that involves water. I can also talk a whole lot about the oceanic creatures and what they can do to contribute! It's a really niche topic of my interest but, I'd like to say I have some knowledge pertaining to such. I also like collecting seashells, as my friend keeps giving me some to keep for myself. I do have it displayed in a shelf by my wall! I think shells are rather pretty.

I have also recently gotten into art, though I think it would walk away in a few months. I think the catalyst for that is because I have drawn a flower in my journal the other day, and proceeded to draw more of them over the coming days. I might actually consider making another journal, I don't want my current one to be full of flowers!

It looked like we are similar in some ways after all, so I think I will have a bit more fun writing these letters with you! I hope you don't mind my company, as I might go overboard at times when I write. Its either I write too much or too little, no in-between, trust me! Also if my English or my handwriting looks weird, then my apologies. Gotten so used to the language over here that my handwriting does not even look English anymore.

Hope to hear back from you! Thank you so much for this opportunity! :)

~ [first written name was scribbled out]
~ Sea

Dove Express 101 - Compilation | Countryhumans UN & ASEANWhere stories live. Discover now