Ah, sooooo

I know half of you possibly hates me forever right now, but did you hear about the big cooking competition to calm the volcano dragon?

Would the other half of you perhaps like to join it with me and bake something that will go down in history?

I mean, of course I guess it has to be all of you, does this method of communicating even make sense?

[so the dude who works in a hospital isn't exactly getting tasked to run out to the field when there are plenty of other healers available for the job. Which means Ravi is stuck in the Nenakret while Iravati's out aiding the evacuation effort.]

[this text comes probably right as they're realizing the situation is more dire than initially suspected.]

How is everything out there?

Well, you certainly did a fine job of protecting my sister after I pointed out how it was dangerous for her to stay with you.

[so yeah, waking up as Acher, that's fun. he grabs the vial Acher directed him toward, confirms that it looks like the same shit that saved Acher's life when Ravi almost killed him before, and wraps it up in a letter to send it to the Spenta]

[it's Ravkhi's handwriting, which means the weird inconsistent blend of Ravindra & Akhi, which Ezra already has an example of from his request for leave.]

Sir, this is Ravindra. I ended up switching bodies with Acher for today. [just gonna assume Ezra already knows this is a thing that's been happening to people]

It turns out I was on good terms with him as Akhilendra, so I was able to get some information from him. Included is a vial of what he called "combat medicine." I believe it's the same thing you found after he almost killed me.

I don't know if it's safe to respond by dragonmail. Use my e-mail instead. [he'll make DAMN sure that's secure by changing his password right now, forcing a logout at all locations (bless you e-mail techs for making that easy to find), and then frying Acher's phone before the end of the night so he can't recover anything.]

If you see me, it's him. Be careful.

[He hands the mail to "Ravindra Savarna" and the dragon doesn't take it. Nor "Akhilendra Sandeep." And then he tries his own name and it sends. That's spooky and Acher doesn't want to think about it.]

Write back to your own name as soon as you get this. Your life is likely to depend on it.

[hey guess what's super stressful!]

[WRITING TO GUILD LEADERS]

[ESPECIALLY GUILD LEADERS YOU DON'T KNOW AND HAVE NEVER EVER INTERACTED WITH BEFORE]

[and doing it so they can revive your friend that you're not even sure you like anymore and you're not even sure will like you anymore]

[guess how much time and how many tries this letter took to write. WRONG, it is at least five times that many.]

Asha,

I apologize for the intrusion. My name is Ravindra Savarna, and I am a very close friend of one of your golems. Her name is Reilanin.

She's been deactivated. If you could spare the time to reactivate her, I would be very grateful.

[posted around 2am Sunday morning. he got home from the masquerade, went to bed, and then as he was falling asleep he...realized...something...]

I think Vepha was at the masquerade.

[Friday morning (week 32, aaa my backlog)]

[so he killed himself, was resurrected, discovered that he is now two merged personalities/lifetimes, and decided to take a nap to see if shit made more sense when he woke up]

[1) he ended up sleeping through til morning, and 2) no. no it did not.]

[fuuuck what is he going to do about his job in the guard]

[half of him wants to blow it off and not bother with it, but the other half very desperately still cares. that's the half that gets him writing this.]

[the handwriting is...a little inconsistent. In parts it's closer to Ravi's, sharp and straight, and in parts it's closer to Akhilendra's, softer and tidier. it is all legible, though.]

Spenta,

I apologize for my absence as of yesterday morning. I was dead for several hours. [wow that sounds like the mother of all bullshit excuses.] The Vahishta can confirm this. He resurrected me at my sister's request.

In the process, I lost the separation between the two halves of myself. It's a welcome solution to the problems I was having, but frankly, sir, my head is a mess. I'd like to request a leave of absence until I can get myself sorted out.

Ravilendra Sa [he catches the fact that he accidentally switched which name he was signing halfway through when he gets to the surname and realizes he doesn't know whether to put Savarna or Sandeep. ugh the name issue is going to be such a pain in the ass, he can already tell.]

[tearin' up that copy and writing a new one. This is like his third or fourth revision so he's already frustrated with having to rewrite the damn thing.]

[he signs it very carefully this time]

Ravindra Savarna
Akhilendra Sandeep

[several hours after this letter]

[it's written on a torn-off 1/3 of a sheet of paper, with a previous address and message scratched out. this was originally Akhi's letter to Alex.]

If you tried to write after my last letter, I'm sorry.

I'm fine now.

[this is not entirely true??? but it's true enough; he can get into the details once he has them sorted out for himself.]

Why isn't Alex answering his phone?

[Dragon Mail: Ravindra Savarna]

[They last time they had a chance to be together was in the tension and awkwardness of war. Actually, Victor's not even sure where they stand. He wanted to message sooner, but what to say?]

I'm sorry.

[wow it often starts that way doesn't it]

It wasn't a good time to explain anything before, and it's not much of a secret now.

How are you recovering from the war?

Hey, what did you call the earth person who is helping you sort out your brain?

Hey. Standard disclaimer of "I know I said I wouldn't contact you, but..."

This one's important, and I thought it'd be best if you heard it from me before you found out on your own.

Yesterday evening, I became the Vahishta. You can blame the latest merge on me.

Marlene already knows. Artemis has never shown any interest in contacting me, so I haven't informed him. I saw you guys arranging to meet up, so I just wanted to let you know that it's okay to mention it to either or both of them.

It'll probably be officially announced soon enough. Don't mention it outside the others before then, but afterward, I don't care who you tell about your player being the Vahishta.

Duncan Heimdall Jackson
Vahishta

Cor, I been on Earth so long I almost forgot what Zen was like!

Lera! Mal! Vivi! Even Val too, I guess! You're all in Bastan, yeah? We've got to meet up!

Ooh and I can finally meet the mysterious Ravindra~ And you too, Iravati! I didn't forget about you!

And Artemis! Hullo, I don't know if you read the forums, but I'm your big sis sort of!

This is all so exciting!!!

[attached to the following message is a picture of a positively grinning Eileen in her armor happily hugging a rather grumpy-looking cream-colored Scottish fold cat, her beloved Monster]

Look who I found!

Will they let me keep him?

[ with the help of marlene, he has not only recalled his email and password but has someone to type his stuff out for him until they can find an adequate speech-to-text program ]

Ravindra! Marlene has said you wished to speak with me. It is Rasmus. I am uncertain how you can tell as I am unable to write with my own handwriting, but she assures me it will suffice.

Are you well? All the news available to us seems so distant.

[after talking to Zach]

Marlene, yes? [he saw her complaining about dmail being down and asking for everyone's contact info back when it first happened]

It's Ravindra.

I have a favour to ask.

[E-mail: Victor]

Are you all right? I heard about the Undertow. You were staying there, weren't you?

[oh god please answer this]

[PM: Virelai]

I heard about the Undertow. How are you doing?

[Early morning]

I'm on Earth. I came here yesterday with someone so I'm not alone.

I tried to text you but it doesn't seem to work across worlds.