Violet's Letters | Dear Mariola

[violet3vergarden 63]

 

 

As she promised, one by one aviary birds across Aevos began to drop of letter's to specific individuals.. some may arrive after Volet's depature, but some - the lucky ones, will get theirs early. One of these people being Mariola Cailynn.

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Dear Mariola, 

 

I am unsure you'll receive this, as you've been gone for quite some time. But, if you do receive this, then hopefully someday my Will shall as well. As you surely have found out by now, they're all dead Mariola. Everyone has passed. Robert is gone, Peter is gone, Frederica is gone, Leon is gone, Adalfriede is gone, Roland has past.. and now? The children are just gone. Eduard I was able to depart with, as much as it pains me he died - the pain of never mothering him, the fact he was basically taken away and used as a replacement hurt more.. but my babies? My son, My daughter, My twins? Dead. Just dead. Suddenly gone. 

 

I don't understand dear, I don't. I don't know how this could happen. I did the autopsy in secret, I didn't want others to know as things been on rough waters ever since the morgue.. but Lieselotte definitely died from hypothermia.. how? You and I know well she's lived in the Tundra for decades, she's a survivalist yet she's just dead.. uninjured, no wounds or anything? Not even fighting back? She just.. died! And Bernhardt, oh Bernhardt.. Mariola is awful. It's grotesque a horror scene. The base of his neck on the right side, his entire arm.. his leg, some of his torso - it's all gone. It's like half of his body was eaten by some creature .. and Lieselotte just laid beside him.. holding his hand.. 

 

When I got there to he shown the scene, they were buried in snow, small bits peaking out. Apparently some blizzard hit.. but that's no reason for them to die. Lieselotte lives on the top of a mountain for gods sake! She even wore the right clothes! It makes no sense, her body was so well adapted.. my only thought it maybe Bernhardt for ambushed in the snow, and Lieselotte just gave in the climates upon him dying? But she's so strong even mentally I.. I don't know what to do, Mariola. 

 

Bernhardt's daughter, our granddaughter I.. she's all grown, Felicie is so grown, married with a child, but she's so distraught.. her father is gone in one of the most horrific scenes I've ever seen in my career .. and her mother? The classic rich woman excuse.. ‘I have to go on a business trip!’ Then never return.. 

 

Ever since they died, I've focused on work. Which means looking at everything medically. I know the symptoms of age and death and I'm experiencing most of them. I sit here writing this in my office besides mounds of old papers and documents I'm sorting for the new Doktor to use when he takes over..

 

It's an elf, Mariola. A young elf named Castien, it's amazing my dear. He was taken in by the Enherwalds, a newer tribe that the current Lawspeaker is apart of. Castien is the prince's personal physician,  as well as he got blooded! The first blooded elf since you! It's a wonderful sight to see.. another elf, one like varik is to be blooded spoke as well I believe. Progress is being made, and I am glad to see it. Castien is fully certified, and he's got a good heart. I see myself in him, we've had similar hardships and I know he'll carry on the medical legacy right. 

 

As for you, Mariola, I thank you for all you did with the kids when we were young. I never got the chance to thank you, and I never will get the chance to do it in person.. perhaps in another life, another universe I'll have the opportunity, but not in this one. 

 

I love you Mariola, my only true friend that I can genuinely speak too. I know you are no longer Sturmweber, no longer of Wesenburg, but you'll always be apart of my family. Til death do us part. 

 

[FadedMoonlight 450]

Time would soon come again that Mariola was visited by one with a letter in hand. This time, it was not the woman she had been expecting, for her message was already delivered. No, this time it was simply her boss, the young man who had taken over the family business. He put a pouch of gold coins in one hand, and an envelope in the other.

“No clue what a ‘Cailynn’ is, but you’re the only one here with the name of a Grandma.” The human joked. “This Violet lady… is she single?”

“No.” Mariola replied shortly. “She’s my wife.” 

 

Under the cracks of the flame, Mariola wrote a response to Violet… dreading that her letter would not reach her in time. 

 

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To Doktor Lady Wesenburg, Violet Tea,

 

It pains me to hear this news… it beat your letter by a few weeks. I know too that most of my friends have long since perished. This pain has seated into my soul and boiled over. The sight of my lover’s head placed over a spike in Ceila’nor for all to see, it changed me even if I tried to pretend it did not. The life of the Reinmaren, and perhaps all humans, is enveloped in death and misery. To live among them for one human lifetime has taught me that my place is not among them, for they do not realize the value of life, nor those who live. My people were those who have perished, and thus, I moved on.

 

Violet, this pain has simmered within me and settled, allowing me to live peacefully with a steady job and friends by my side. But to you… if what you say is true, then I write this letter with the haste of God. I am so, so sorry for what you have endured over your life, and for you not to find peace even for a moment, it pains me in so many ways that I can not touch your hand again, whether that be under a curse or not. If I could, I promise you that you would be safe for the twilight of your life. I would spend it with you in the peaceful wild, under a tree that does not filter the moonlight.

 

My dear lady, Violet, I will always regret that we did not spend much time together. But I will keep you in my prayers to She that if there is truly life after this one, that we may find each other. I once joked to Sir Peter, telling him that when the day came that he, Roland and Stanton fell, I would build a ladder to the Skies and pull harass them until the end of time. And while I don’t ever wish to harass you, I would still defy the rule of God just to see your face again. 

 

I have ignored Bernhardt and Liselotte in this letter for far too long… I suppose I have been trying to avoid talking about them ever since I got the news. Violet, I believe that no matter what happened to your daughter, to my niece, that she left this world with honor. Hypothermia to the Reinmaren is unheard of, and raises quite a bit of suspicion. My first guess would fall onto foul play. And that makes me believe that Bernhardt, my dear Benny, fell avenging her. That may be grim, and it may be horrid, but that idea puts my mind at ease. You will surely get to ask them yourself when the time comes… but for now, worry on it little. Rest, take time off, and take time to view the beauty of nature. It has always calmed me. 

 

Finally, my dear, I must confess something.

 

I feel that our time was short, and I regret that so dearly.

Like the rushing river, time continued on.

Over the pasture, will you find peace my dear. 

Venture forward, and fear not the guardian of death.

Even though you grow old, your spirit is young. You have eternity to look forward to.

You are the greatest doctor the Reinmaren have ever known.

One day, we will meet again. I promise you.

Until death, and far beyond, will we part.

 

I am not a poet… so do with this what you will. It is hard to stop writing, knowing this will be the final time I speak to you… but I believe that is all there is to say. One day Violet, we will meet again. Even if not here, even if not in this world. I know fate will bring us together. That is what She has promised.

Goodbye, Violet Tea.

I will never forget you.

 

-Mariola Cailynn