[There is a battered teddy bear sitting with Yotsuba's mail today. A bright yellow ribbon has been tied around its neck and a note is held between its paws.]
Little One,
I ran into a man named Raphael who is a healer within the tower. He especially likes helping children and when I mentioned you, he asked if i would give this to you. It was damaged during the recent extreme weather, but we both thought that it would make you smile.
[Diarmuid would find a piece of paper in his mailbox the next day. It had obviously been hit by the flood, but it was still fine. The writing was in crayon, and a very bad drawing of Diarmuid could be found on the back.]
Dear Diarmuid,
Thank you so much! I don't know who Raphael is..but I'll thank him if I see him! I'll take good care of Juralumin!
Is that what you have named your bear? Does the name mean something?
Raphael is a very nice man with green hair. He spends a lot of time around the infirmary and the library. I am sure he would love to meet you whenever you have time.
*A small wooden doll is in Yotsuba's mailbox. It resembles a woman wearing a white dress. Her hair is painted green. There isn't very much in the way of detail, and what detail is there is unskilled, but it's clear effort was put into it, falling back on simplicity where necessary - the face, for example, is little but lines and slight depth that suggests a face, relying on the viewer's imagination. A note is wrapped around it.*
Yotsuba,
I made this doll for you, so that you may always have a friend when you need one and no one else can come to you. I hope such a day never comes, but that you enjoy the doll nonetheless.
[There's a large drawing, along with a letter, in Enoch's mailbox. While a lot of time went into the drawing, Yotsuba..was not a great artist, so it still looked terrible.]
Enoch!
Thank you for the doll! I didn't know what one was before, so thank you! Now Juralumin won't be lonely! She can play with Little Yoba! Yotsuba drawed a picture for you..but what's a friend?
*She's just brightening these monster-fatigued days.*
A friend is someone who you can depend on and enjoy time with, someone you love dearly, but not in the same way family members or lovers love one another. From what you've said, I think that Juralumin and Little Yoba will become friends.
[Almost nothing in the world could get Yotsuba down for the long run. Naturally, this tended to make other people smile too sometimes.]
Enoch,
Oh! Yotsuba has a lot of friends then! But what are lovers? And Juralumin and Little Yoba are friends! We're all friends, even if Juralumin sometimes runs off!
[Meaning, she sometimes dropped him in a spot and left him for a short period of time. Not very long though.]
Lovers are people who are romantically involved with each other, but not married. They can be friends, too, and sometimes friends become lovers. You won't need to worry about that until you're older.
Such things happen when you start to become an adult. It's different for every person, but it tends to be from thirteen to fifteen years of age in girls.
Romantic love is difficult to describe. But marriage is like a contract, though its terms vary greatly from place to place. People who are married often fall in love, but there was one marriage here in this tower that was done for no other reason than the two people were in love. Ideally, parents should be married to one another - your mother and father are likely married.
Perhaps you should go to the library and try to find this information on your own. It's a bit like searching for treasure in the sand, and it's very satisfying to learn something on your own.
Really?! Yotsuba won't be that old for a loong time! And I know about contracts! You get them when you work! Is marriage work that you do with someone you love romentically?
Oh..Daddy isn't married to anyone! Mom isn't either! But that's okay!
[The fact that Yotsuba was not talking about her own mother here would probably confuse Enoch. However, talking about searching through sand was the right method to get her interested in the library.]
Really?! I like finding seashells in the beach! And building sandcastles! Yotsuba will look through the library then!
[A photograph of Yotsuba and those she considers her precious friends and family. It looks normal enough at first, but the longer she looks at it, the more the photo changes until it becomes an image of Yotsuba standing alone in a dying wasteland, surrounded by corpses.]
[There is what was once a green winter coat in her mailbox except now it is a SUPERHERO CAPE, it has a rough Y stitched on the back, he did have a R there from where he had worn it himself but unpicked it to make it for Yostuba.
The best thing about this present is it can also be used as an actual winter coat, even if it will be a bit too big for her.]
Deer Yotsuba
Thank you very much for my crown and my picture, I will put the picture on my wall. I'm glad that you're happier now, just remember to ask one of the bigger kids or a growed up if you want to go look for them!
This is a superhero cape, it's what real heroes where and I think you're just like a real superhero so you can wear it and make sure everyone is happy and keeping their spirits up!
[Thankfully, Yotsuba wasn't that bothered by the fact that this looked like a coat. She could use her imagination just like any child, so when she got the gift, she imagined cheering up everyone with flowers, hugs, pats on the head, and drawings while the grown ups fought the bad people.]
Dear Romeo,
Thank you for the cape! Yotsuba will be a good superhero of happiness so that everyone can keep smiling and fighting the bad people! We can be supporters, just like Lucifel!
And you're welcome! I'll ask someone if I wanna go look for them. Yotsuba's not really sure where to start though..
its Romeo, remember i told you about my friend ken and our group? we are having a meeting tomorrow on the floor with all the colourful balls. You can come too and meet ken and everyone else!
I wanna read your book when you're done! Enoch said that books are like pretty gems, so I wanna read your book and see if it's super sparkly!
Daddy's soul is here, even if it is enchanted, so I'm gonna say he's my best hero! I dunno what a hero is though..a really brave person, right?! That's what Yotsuba thinks! Daddy's curry is the best, and he was super fun and nice and he was really smart, even if he was useless sometimes! I'm being brave for him and everyone else in the Tower, so he's my best hero!
Jumbo's soul is here too, so I'm gonna say that he's my hero too! He played with Yotsuba a whoole lot and helped out Daddy, and he's reallly big! That's why he's Jumbo!
Enoch's my hero too! And so's Luci and Rick and you and Zett and Rabbit and Dia and..Lancelot and Kariya and a lot of other people!
Rabbit was my first honorary big brother! He was a super awesome robot, and he promised to protect me and sang a lot of cool songs and said that I could be in his band with his brothers when I grew up! He's back home now..but he really liked his Daddy and his brothers too! Spine was super nice! He's my hero too!
Enoch and Luci are my honorary uncles! Enoch was so nice that God let him go to Heaven while he was alive! He's super smart and strong and he can go boing, boing! He's a really good person, and I'm gonna help him learn how to swim! He's smart, but he still doesn't know how! And Luci's an Angel that was helping Enoch out back in their world! He's super fashanable, and he's good at giving hugs, and I get to ride on him, and he tells me a lot of great stories, and we're gonna cook together someday! And he's a support and told me that I could be a good one too, since I gave the best hugs! He's smarter than Enoch too and tried to help me when Daddy and Jumbo killed me!
Dia's a good person too! He saved me from a monster and helped me when the bad boy with green hair burned me and told me how I could be a better support! We ate lots of cake at his and his sons birthday, and he told me what brave was and what knights were! He plays with me a lot too, and we're gonna sing Rabbit's songs with me too! He made me little Rab too, and he and Raphael gave me Juralumin! Oh! And Enoch made me Little Yoba too! They were good friends!
Rick slept with Yotsuba and helped her make a shirt, and he's really nice and cool, 'cause he can transform into monsters and kitties! He's really soft and squishy too! I like him! And Kariya's really nice, even though he's busy, and he helped Yotsuba out when the glamor was off, and he said that he liked robots too!
And Zett's Yotsuba's other honorary big brother! He's a Demon, but he's nice! He doesn't eat souls, so don't hurt him, okay?! I'll be super mad if you do! He can fly around, and he's super old like Enoch, even though they don't look it, and he played with me and taught me about computers! He's a good big brother!
Red was a hero too! He was a man-doggie, and he played tag with me and hide-and-go-seek and he had an awesome robot, and he said that I could defend myself when a bad girl with looong white hair and a boy with short green hair killed me! He was a super good person, and even though he's back home like Rabbit, he'll be okay! The grown-ups will save him soon!
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Delivered on April 1st
Date: 2013-04-07 07:49 pm (UTC)Little One,
I ran into a man named Raphael who is a healer within the tower. He especially likes helping children and when I mentioned you, he asked if i would give this to you. It was damaged during the recent extreme weather, but we both thought that it would make you smile.
I hope you enjoy it.
--Diarmuid
[A note is put into Diarmuid's mailbox the next day..]
Date: 2013-04-07 08:00 pm (UTC)Dear Diarmuid,
Thank you so much! I don't know who Raphael is..but I'll thank him if I see him! I'll take good care of Juralumin!
From,
Yotsuba Koiwai!
Delivered the next day...
Date: 2013-04-07 09:02 pm (UTC)Is that what you have named your bear? Does the name mean something?
Raphael is a very nice man with green hair. He spends a lot of time around the infirmary and the library. I am sure he would love to meet you whenever you have time.
I am glad you liked the bear.
--Diarmuid
[Given the next day.]
Date: 2013-04-07 09:36 pm (UTC)It is! And it was what I called Ena's teddy bear! But..she didn't like the name, so it's what I'll call mine!
I'll have to say thank you to him when I see him next time than!
From,
Yotsuba Koiwai!
Delivered on June 13th
Date: 2013-06-12 06:45 pm (UTC)Yotsuba,
I made this doll for you, so that you may always have a friend when you need one and no one else can come to you. I hope such a day never comes, but that you enjoy the doll nonetheless.
-Enoch
Delivered on June 14th
Date: 2013-06-12 09:00 pm (UTC)Enoch!
Thank you for the doll! I didn't know what one was before, so thank you! Now Juralumin won't be lonely! She can play with Little Yoba! Yotsuba drawed a picture for you..but what's a friend?
From,
Yotsuba Koiwai!
Delivered on June 15th
Date: 2013-06-13 05:42 am (UTC)A friend is someone who you can depend on and enjoy time with, someone you love dearly, but not in the same way family members or lovers love one another. From what you've said, I think that Juralumin and Little Yoba will become friends.
-Enoch
Delivered on June 16th
Date: 2013-06-13 05:49 am (UTC)Enoch,
Oh! Yotsuba has a lot of friends then! But what are lovers? And Juralumin and Little Yoba are friends! We're all friends, even if Juralumin sometimes runs off!
[Meaning, she sometimes dropped him in a spot and left him for a short period of time. Not very long though.]
From,
Yotsuba Koiwai!
Delivered on June 17th
Date: 2013-06-13 10:48 pm (UTC)Lovers are people who are romantically involved with each other, but not married. They can be friends, too, and sometimes friends become lovers. You won't need to worry about that until you're older.
-Enoch
Delivered on June 18th
Date: 2013-06-13 11:47 pm (UTC)I understand a little..but what's romentically and married? And how old does Yotsuba have to be?
From,
Yotsuba Koiwai.
Delivered on June 19th
Date: 2013-06-14 02:12 pm (UTC)Romantic love is difficult to describe. But marriage is like a contract, though its terms vary greatly from place to place. People who are married often fall in love, but there was one marriage here in this tower that was done for no other reason than the two people were in love. Ideally, parents should be married to one another - your mother and father are likely married.
Perhaps you should go to the library and try to find this information on your own. It's a bit like searching for treasure in the sand, and it's very satisfying to learn something on your own.
-Enoch
Delivered on June 20th
Date: 2013-06-14 10:48 pm (UTC)Really?! Yotsuba won't be that old for a loong time! And I know about contracts! You get them when you work! Is marriage work that you do with someone you love romentically?
Oh..Daddy isn't married to anyone! Mom isn't either! But that's okay!
[The fact that Yotsuba was not talking about her own mother here would probably confuse Enoch. However, talking about searching through sand was the right method to get her interested in the library.]
Really?! I like finding seashells in the beach! And building sandcastles! Yotsuba will look through the library then!
From,
Yotsuba Koiwai!
package
Date: 2013-08-12 12:04 pm (UTC)21st
Date: 2013-08-20 07:39 pm (UTC)The best thing about this present is it can also be used as an actual winter coat, even if it will be a bit too big for her.]
Deer Yotsuba
Thank you very much for my crown and my picture, I will put the picture on my wall. I'm glad that you're happier now, just remember to ask one of the bigger kids or a growed up if you want to go look for them!
This is a superhero cape, it's what real heroes where and I think you're just like a real superhero so you can wear it and make sure everyone is happy and keeping their spirits up!
From Romeo
22econd.
Date: 2013-08-20 09:41 pm (UTC)Dear Romeo,
Thank you for the cape! Yotsuba will be a good superhero of happiness so that everyone can keep smiling and fighting the bad people! We can be supporters, just like Lucifel!
And you're welcome! I'll ask someone if I wanna go look for them. Yotsuba's not really sure where to start though..
From,
Yotsuba Koiwai!
no subject
Date: 2013-09-03 10:42 am (UTC)deer Yotsuba
its Romeo, remember i told you about my friend ken and our group? we are having a meeting tomorrow on the floor with all the colourful balls. You can come too and meet ken and everyone else!
Romeo
no subject
Date: 2013-09-03 11:59 am (UTC)Yotsuba remembers! That floors suuper fun! I'll come and meet Ken and everyone else! It'll be fun!
From,
Yotsuba Koiwai!
Letter
Date: 2013-09-17 05:41 pm (UTC)Keep being a source of brightness in such a dark place.
--Saber of White
November 23rd, package
Date: 2013-11-23 10:38 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-11-24 12:25 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-12-14 10:11 pm (UTC)deer everyone
i am riting a book on all the heros of the tower so that no one gets forgotted. but i dont know everyone and i dont want anyone to be missed out
so if you would like to can you please say who you fink is the best hero you know and what makes them a hero
you can do more than one name if you want
please send yore answers to romeo
or to room number two on floor one
thank you
romeo
[There are pictures at the end of smiling faces]
no subject
Date: 2013-12-15 02:49 am (UTC)I wanna read your book when you're done! Enoch said that books are like pretty gems, so I wanna read your book and see if it's super sparkly!
Daddy's soul is here, even if it is enchanted, so I'm gonna say he's my best hero! I dunno what a hero is though..a really brave person, right?! That's what Yotsuba thinks! Daddy's curry is the best, and he was super fun and nice and he was really smart, even if he was useless sometimes! I'm being brave for him and everyone else in the Tower, so he's my best hero!
Jumbo's soul is here too, so I'm gonna say that he's my hero too! He played with Yotsuba a whoole lot and helped out Daddy, and he's reallly big! That's why he's Jumbo!
Enoch's my hero too! And so's Luci and Rick and you and Zett and Rabbit and Dia and..Lancelot and Kariya and a lot of other people!
Rabbit was my first honorary big brother! He was a super awesome robot, and he promised to protect me and sang a lot of cool songs and said that I could be in his band with his brothers when I grew up! He's back home now..but he really liked his Daddy and his brothers too! Spine was super nice! He's my hero too!
Enoch and Luci are my honorary uncles! Enoch was so nice that God let him go to Heaven while he was alive! He's super smart and strong and he can go boing, boing! He's a really good person, and I'm gonna help him learn how to swim! He's smart, but he still doesn't know how! And Luci's an Angel that was helping Enoch out back in their world! He's super fashanable, and he's good at giving hugs, and I get to ride on him, and he tells me a lot of great stories, and we're gonna cook together someday! And he's a support and told me that I could be a good one too, since I gave the best hugs! He's smarter than Enoch too and tried to help me when Daddy and Jumbo killed me!
Dia's a good person too! He saved me from a monster and helped me when the bad boy with green hair burned me and told me how I could be a better support! We ate lots of cake at his and his sons birthday, and he told me what brave was and what knights were! He plays with me a lot too, and we're gonna sing Rabbit's songs with me too! He made me little Rab too, and he and Raphael gave me Juralumin! Oh! And Enoch made me Little Yoba too! They were good friends!
Rick slept with Yotsuba and helped her make a shirt, and he's really nice and cool, 'cause he can transform into monsters and kitties! He's really soft and squishy too! I like him! And Kariya's really nice, even though he's busy, and he helped Yotsuba out when the glamor was off, and he said that he liked robots too!
And Zett's Yotsuba's other honorary big brother! He's a Demon, but he's nice! He doesn't eat souls, so don't hurt him, okay?! I'll be super mad if you do! He can fly around, and he's super old like Enoch, even though they don't look it, and he played with me and taught me about computers! He's a good big brother!
From,
Yotsuba Koiwai!
And another letter will be sent, because Yotsuba is really forgetful sometimes.
Date: 2013-12-15 05:52 am (UTC)Red was a hero too! He was a man-doggie, and he played tag with me and hide-and-go-seek and he had an awesome robot, and he said that I could defend myself when a bad girl with looong white hair and a boy with short green hair killed me! He was a super good person, and even though he's back home like Rabbit, he'll be okay! The grown-ups will save him soon!
From,
Yotsuba Koiwai!