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Radio Silence - Terpsichore Van Helsing - October 1, 2018

September 24, 1888
Bella,
It has been - what, how many months now? Maybe five-ish months now since I've last heard from you directly. It is the longest we've gone without context ever. At least since we met.

I've heard note of you in the papers - you've made quite a name for yourself lately. But papers have proved to need to be taken with a grain of salt.

What has really happened to you Bella? Are you okay? Where are you? Why haven't you answered me? Made contact? You know none of what happened would have prompted me to stop speaking to you.

I've gotten angry at you a number of times. For not reaching out. For not coming to me for help. For not saying a word these five months. You were my best friend. I see now that meant very little when the going got tough. It was an abrupt awakening to see how little I meant to you after seven years.

But then sometimes the doubt creeps in. Did I do something wrong? We're you mad at me? Was I such a bad friend you felt couldn't come to me when you needed it? Or that I did something so that you wouldn't want to reach out now that things have settled?

Right now, writing this,  I don't know how I feel. Five months haven't changed my ability to process emotions. I think I'm both. I'm not in the middle but I can't decide what side is stronger.  I think primarily I'm hurt.

Five months is a lot of time to think. Ive written this a million times in those five months.  None of them were right.  This one is not either but I'm starting to suspect it never will be. This is also one of the longest attempts.

Please write back. I'd ask you to meet but I do not think you would agree. Not after this long.

Your friend (?),
Cora



RE: Radio Silence - Bella Scrimgeour - October 1, 2018

26 September, 1888
Cora,

I'm not sure what's been popping up in the paper about me "recently". With the exception of the exception of insignificant mentions related to my employment, I've firmly believe I've managed to keep my life private over the past few months. Some believe me an attention-seeker, but I'm quite the opposite: for all I hate public scrutiny, I have the unfortunate trait of drawing it to myself a the most inconvenient of times. I suppose the Hebrides are one of the few places I've ever been where I can roam freely without fear of ending up in the gossip mills.

You're not the first one to voice a similar position. You, like many others, believe my abrupt cut of contact was a slight to your character rather than a what it truly was: a need for solitude — or as close as I could come to it — in a time or turmoil. I was beaten, both physically and emotionally, only to find myself disowned, disgraced, and destitute when I reported it. I needed to get away from the public eye. From every eye.

Surely you, as my friend, would understand at least that much.

Bella




RE: Radio Silence - Terpsichore Van Helsing - October 1, 2018

September 26, 1888
Bella,
Recently was meant to entail the past five months Bella! Figuring that some news articles are all I had to go off when my best friend disappeared off the face of the earth and was apparently beat by her family. I was worried sick for you Bella and I had no way of making sure you were okay. I didn't where you were. I didn't even know if you were alive!

Trust me when I say I know what it's like to feel constantly the lesser. I've got six sisters and the only thing saving me from being the lowest is my sister got herself knocked up before she was married. But ya know she's gone and no one talks about her so I might as well be.

So pardon me, your not so true friend, for being worried. And sorry my own self doubt is inconvenient for your five month long 'solitude'. As far as I was concerned, friends were supposed to be there for each other. Not leave them alone when they needed help!

Your Self Entitled 'Friend'
Cora



RE: Radio Silence - Bella Scrimgeour - October 9, 2018

01 October, 1888
Cora,

Forgive me if you find me self-absorbed, but seeing that no reports of your death have been published in the Daily Prophet, I've assumed you've been just fine. I'm safe at the Hebrides, my father is locked up at the asylum, and my family is presumably in hiding somewhere.

I'm sorry that I came off as a little haughty; I've been dealing with Regina Lacey over the past few months, and she's just as obsessed with her own problems. There's nothing like being accosted by a "friend" asking you to think about her struggles while you're suffering from malaria in the Irvingly Infirmary.

I still love you.

Bella




RE: Radio Silence - Terpsichore Van Helsing - November 20, 2018

October 9th, 1888
Bella,
This is not freaking about me and my safety, Bella. This is about you so I'm not sure where you pulled that statement out of. But maybe that should tell me something that while I was worried about you, you were more worried about your problems that you couldn't even spare a second to wonder if your friend was doing okay.

I had my own issues, but I still managed to pull out of the self-centric little bubble I live in to worry about the safety of my friend. Who maybe would've been some form of support during your issues even if she hadn't been through the same things because she is a decent person who wants to be there for her friends. Because, maybe the thought hadn't crossed your mind yet, that you aren't high and mighty and perfect and you know, can ask for help!

The fact you assume I am anything like that self-entitled brat - yes, I know she was your friend but never once did I say I liked her - is highly offending. But you point out the flaw in your own argument. How in the freaking world am I supposed to know if anything is happening to you if you fall off the face of the earth? Maybe I would have wanted to visit you if you were sick!

I am done fighting you. If you want friends, maybe you should rethink your additude. I'm still here when you decide you can't handle everything the world like to throw at people by yourself. I am done chasing and looking pathetic. It is your move now Bella, I'm done.
Terpsichore



RE: Radio Silence - Bella Scrimgeour - November 27, 2018

October 15th, 1888
Cora,

A five month gap in communication doesn't mean we're no longer friends. We're not children anymore, Cora; we can go a long time without seeing each other and still be friends. Forgive me if I've withdrawn from the world and from you. If you wish to give me support, you're doing an awful job at it by attacking me through letter. I don't see the purpose of writing to me if your sole purpose was to attack me for not contacting you sooner. It's much more polite to cease contact than to send insults.

Bella