Maclay Family Home, Weaverville, Friday Afternoon

[life_inshadow]

Tara hadn't had either the time or the inclination to keep in touch with her Fandom friends this summer (other than Kennedy, and look how well that turned out), but today was turning out to be a quiet day. Her father and brother were working, and her mother was in and out of appointments all day. Besides, at the supermarket that morning her checkout girl had been Weaverville's single Goth. Something about her reminded Tara intensely of Raven, and there she was, homesick for a place that wasn't really technically home.

When she got home, she talked herself into sending out a quick email. She figured people would probably appreciate knowing she was still alive, anyhow.

To: Fandom-friends
From: wiccan.tara@gmail.com
Subject: Any Interesting Invasions?

Hey guys,

Sorry for the mass email, but I just have a second and wanted to check in and let you know I'm not dead or anything. Sorry for leaving without saying goodbye; I was short of time and wouldn't have been any fun for anybody to talk to, anyhow.

So, um, hi! How are you? How weird is the island being these days? Any new magic-users I should know about?

I can't come back yet, but I'll see you guys in September. Promise.

Love,

Tara

She hoped no one would notice that she had carefully avoided talking about how she was.

[OOC: If you think you got this, you did! Open for email/phone/text responses. I just missed her.]

Comments

[trigons_child]

To: wiccan.tara@gmail.com
From: raven@fandomhigh.edu
Subject: Re: Any Interesting Invasions?

Tara,

It is very pleasant to hear from you!

Fandom has been much the same in its chaos. Earlier this month many of us were transformed into different people or taken to the worlds where our alternate selves came from, and that of course had the traditional uncomfortable aftermath.

The island has been moving again. We were in ancient Egypt for a time, which I found very interesting, and then Tokyo, Japan, some time in the future, which was very wet and dreary. This was followed by moving to the Old West of the United States, though there was technology there that was not part of the history that I have studied. The island was even invaded by mechanical spiders of various sizes before it took us to our current location, in the Mediterranean Sea near the city of Atlantis.

I am uncertain of new users of magic here, but my assigned little sibling is from Karla's world. She seems to be from an earlier time than Karla, however, so I have tried to be careful with what I have said to her, particularly because she does not think Kaeleer exists. She also shares a surname with Karla's Uncle Saetan, though I do not know if they are truly related.

I hope that you are doing well, and I look forward to your return to the island. If there is anything I can do for you in the meantime, please, do not hesitate to ask.

Raven

[life_inshadow]

Raven's writing was so exactly like a conversation with Raven that it made Tara feel a deep stab of missing her friend. She was smiling as she typed her response.

To: raven@fandomhigh.edu
From: wiccan.tara@gmail.com
Subject: Re: Any Interesting Invasions?

Hi Raven!

You guys did the turning into other people thing again? Ugh. I stayed out of it last year, but I doubt my luck would have held if I'd been on the island this time. Hope none of the fallout is too bad.

A new girl from Karla's world ... is she as powerful as Karla, or is it a totally different thing? Don't tell Karla I said this, but I'm a little afraid of what might happen to the island if it has two Karlas on it.

Thank you for the offer, but I don't think there's much of anything anybody can do right now. It's just ... a lot of waiting, awful as that is to say. I'm trying to enjoy the time I have.

- Tara