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Catching up



“...I know, it took you this long for me to tell you my whole story. And now that you know it, you understand me even less. Right? Yeah I know, that's pretty much how it goes. It's why I don't like telling it. Even I don't get it.

Why do you think I'm trying to settle everything and do something simple for a living?

Not talking about the post; that's over with. For now. I might start an.. alternative route, so to speak, in the near future. It'd be mostly private instead of for the town. For the time being, delivering the mail is the only paying job I'm any good at...

..that won't land me in jail!  Don't even start.

I haven't given up on the whole 'becoming a bard' dream, that's still going well but it's not going to earn me any coins any time soon. But on that note-.. hehe, on that 'note'. Um, right, well I'm kind of hurting from the strings. I broke one the other day and I swear it almost cut my finger right off! Could be practicing wrong. I ought to look into getting a proper instructor. Anyway, I've only had one person cover their ears during a song so far and that's not bad!

And before you ask: No. The puppet show isn't good income. I've had a few donations but I'd feel guilty spending that money on anything but supplies for upkeep. On the upside, the socks are looking a lot nicer these days.

Want to see? I put googly eyes on this one for the part where the dragon appears, and-...oh. All right, fine. Never mind then.

Um.. what else, I guess.. Oh. Don't ever play a candle-spinning game where people ask each other questions based on who the wick is pointing at. The candle just lands on the same person all night and it gets awkward. Weighted candle? Could be. Seems too much effort though.

Then there's the ..you know, um.. ''associates''. Always fun to talk about them. By 'always fun', I mean, not fun at all. Feels like I can't even go inside without finding someone arguing about something. Starting to remind me way too much of home. And you know I don't need that. I care about people in there you know. I don't want to lose any more friends. So what do I do about that? Not make any more?

I mean what about us? Do we really come here that often nowadays? It's tough to make time I suppose. And I guess you're pretty sore about never winning a game...

Speaking of sore! Did I mention the hat I bought? Worst idea ever, and let me tell you: people will say anything to make a sale. Now I can't even look at it anymore. It all began with.....”