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Apr 8, 2017 17:55:55 GMT -7
Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2017 17:55:55 GMT -7
Hi. I know I didn't really ask if I could send you an owl, but we're related, so it's okay, right? I had a question that I wanted to ask you, but I didn't want to freak Max out by asking it in front of her. But...do you think that Fenrir will find us? I mean, he found my mother your family twice...do you think he could find us again? I just want to know if he's going to be able to hurt Max. mina pandora oliveira
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Apr 8, 2017 18:08:44 GMT -7
Post by mina pandora oliveira on Apr 8, 2017 18:08:44 GMT -7
@jamie , You know me, I love to talk and stuff. Letters are perfectly fine! Might scare my sister though. I’m almost positive that she’s convinced that I can neither read, nor write, even though I work in a bookstore. On a more serious note, I certainly hope that he doesn’t decide to waltz back in and hunt down those he hasn’t turned already, or worse. I don’t want to sound like I understand what being a werewolf is like, because I don’t, but I know what it’s like to live with them and to always be running from one. If Fenrir finds you, your siblings, and Max, then he’s also found me and my siblings as well. She’s certainly safer at school than she is at home. Seems to be a common trend with Fenrir, home invasions, and turning family members…
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Apr 8, 2017 18:32:06 GMT -7
Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2017 18:32:06 GMT -7
Which sister? Apparently my brother – Elias, that is – met Sarah once. The word he used to describe her was “interesting”, and from what he implied I don’t think she would care much about your literacy.
I just…I don’t know, Mina. He found my mother so easily, and he didn’t even know she was a Muggle when he met her. It’s just…I’ve always worried about it, but knowing that he was able to turn more people (especially people related to him) hasn’t helped that worry settle down at all. Max is going to be in school for a while yet, and I hope by the time she graduates, Fenrir has been found. Until then, though, I don’t know. Sorry – you probably don’t care about what I’m worried about. mina pandora oliveira
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Apr 8, 2017 19:50:37 GMT -7
Post by mina pandora oliveira on Apr 8, 2017 19:50:37 GMT -7
@jamie , I was talking about Callisto, the one that’s two years older than me and I have to live with for various reasons. We get along well, sarcasm and all. Sarah is the second oldest though…your brother isn’t far off the mark on “interesting”. Scary is what I would say. She kind of got expelled from Hogwarts for almost killing another student. If that gives you any indication of what she’s like. Likes to play with knives and go wild on full moons, and all that “fun” stuff. He probably already knows where we all are, to be honest. Not to scare you or anything, but I wouldn’t doubt it. He’s been doing this his entire life, which is why we’ve moved so many times. Whatever works to delay him by a little bit. I do care, because I have three siblings (and myself), that I’m sure he’d love to turn or kill because his sister, our mum, abandoned him.
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Apr 8, 2017 19:57:28 GMT -7
Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2017 19:57:28 GMT -7
Sorry, I’m still working on getting all the names down. It’s Dakoda, Sarah, Callisto, then you, right? And of course, the littler ones, whose names I’m not even attempting until I get some more practice with the first four.
Scary? And expelled? How can you get ‘kind of’ expelled, by the way? Expulsion is an all-or-nothing thing. And how the hell did she almost kill another student!?! I am really worried about being related to all of you all of a sudden. I don’t want to be murdered in my sleep by my cousin! That would be the worst obituary ever.
…If you were trying not to scare me, you failed. Miserably. Because now I’m scared. Max has two younger half-siblings by her mother, and I definitely don’t want them to get dragged into this madness, but if he knows where she is…
But you don’t care about my worries because you care about me. We’re kind of like allies in a fight against my father, not real family members or anything. Do you even want that? mina pandora oliveira
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Apr 8, 2017 20:08:47 GMT -7
Post by mina pandora oliveira on Apr 8, 2017 20:08:47 GMT -7
@jamie , Well, you got the first four of us right. We can work on the other two some other day. That’s not really a story that I want to share. And you wouldn’t have to worry. I don’t think she’s really keen on going after other werewolves. I’d have a better chance at being hurt by her than you would. Sorry. That’s just a reality that I’ve grown up with my entire life. Though I guess you have as well, so...yeah. I like to think that I’d rather not have Fenrir running around turning and killing people, as I’m sure any sane person would want. Him looming over all of us kind of makes the whole “being a family” thing difficult sometimes. What I’m trying to say is that I’d rather be a family than just being allies. Because only family can choose when to get rid of family.
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Apr 8, 2017 20:13:06 GMT -7
Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2017 20:13:06 GMT -7
It’s funny, because I feel like I should know the other two best, considering they’re actually in Hogwarts and all of that.
Is it a story that I should ask her to share if we ever meet, or would she go all murderous rage monster on me? I guess it’s good that I’m safe…though I don’t know how I feel about her going after you. Aren’t you sisters? (I know you are, but I guess I’m asking…doesn’t that mean anything to her?)
Actually, I spent most of my life believing I was born a werewolf…And recently I’ve been spending too much time worrying about other things to worry about Fenrir.
…Okay, I think I get what you mean. Am I supposed to call you ‘cousin Mina’ or something? Because that makes it sound like we’re part of a secret society or something. mina pandora oliveira
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Apr 10, 2017 20:14:39 GMT -7
Post by mina pandora oliveira on Apr 10, 2017 20:14:39 GMT -7
@jamie , Maybe, but remember the whole staying away thing? Might change now that I’ve spilled the beans. Oh she’ll gladly tell you down to every last gory detail if you really want to know how she almost killed the kid. I think it’s more the reason of why she did it that doesn’t need to be talking about. Some see it as…well, an old way of dealing with things. To be honest, I don’t really know what she’s capable of. Anything, I suppose. And sure, we get along fine, seeing as we’re the closest personality wise. But Sarah is not me, and I am most certainly not Sarah. I could see how that would happen. Unfortunate that there is still a level of discrimination towards werewolves. While I’m not the target of it, they don’t realize that anti-werewolf sentiment is exactly what increases attacks from Fenrir and his group. Idiots will never learn. Just Mina is fine. Not really one for that cult stuff. Except voodoo. Now that is fun.
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Apr 11, 2017 7:40:52 GMT -7
Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2017 7:40:52 GMT -7
Right, right. The idea of being told to stay away from your family is still something I’m trying to figure out. I mean, none of my siblings really talked until last year, but that was more because we were trying to figure out our own lives before we took other people into it. At least for me. Have you told your siblings that you met me and Max?
…Should I ask? Maybe I shouldn’t let my curiosity make me squeamish, but now that I’ve heard it, I’m not sure I can stop thinking about it. I’m sure my imagination is just as bad as the reality.
You’re close to Sarah in personality? Why is that not comforting? Did you get expelled?
You don’t need to tell me that there’s discrimination against werewolves. It’s weird, because no one will come out and say anything, but it’s just a feeling of uneasiness some places…Ugh. I don’t like it.
Voodoo? I feel like there’s story behind that, and I’d like to hear it…cousin. mina pandora oliveira
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Apr 11, 2017 11:02:44 GMT -7
Post by mina pandora oliveira on Apr 11, 2017 11:02:44 GMT -7
@jamie , I’ve kind of brought it up in letters, though it’s up to them I guess. Mum and dad are probably still against it, so who knows? You shouldn’t. Like, rules don’t matter wild-child personality thing. She’s a little more hardcore about it though. Pretty sure she’s a stripper or something now. At least I have a decent, quiet job to fund my lifestyle. No I didn’t get expelled. I passed. Barely.Trust me, I see it too. I’d rather someone just say something so I can prove them wrong. Though in terms of being hurt by a werewolf, still wouldn’t put it past Sarah to do something. If she hasn’t done it already… Oh just casually studying it in America. I wasn’t any good at it, and it was more like I was fetching things for the voodoo queens more than them actually teaching me anything.
#MinaFor100
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Apr 11, 2017 11:37:13 GMT -7
Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2017 11:37:13 GMT -7
Ah, so your other siblings might go all ‘but mom said’ on you? At least none of my siblings share a parent. Well, we do, but not an important parent. We were all raised by different people I mean.
I won’t, then.
Okay, I thought you were talking about the crazy, getting expelled by almost killing people thing. I can’t believe my cousin is a stripper. Hey, if I go to Flourish and Blotts, do I get a friends and family discount?
As long as you weren’t expelled, I’m fine. I mean, even if you were, as long as you weren’t murdering anyone, I’d still be fun.
Tell me about it. I…have hurt someone as a wolf. And I’m not proud of it, but that wasn’t me. At least, I hope it wasn’t.
Fetching something is still better than not knowing anything at all. At least you know the common ingredients now, right? I kind of want to research voodoo now…Have you looked into it? mina pandora oliveira
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Apr 17, 2017 23:18:29 GMT -7
Post by mina pandora oliveira on Apr 17, 2017 23:18:29 GMT -7
@jamie , Yeah that will probably happen. Who cares though? They’ll have to deal with it eventually regardless. Plus you and your siblings are decent people, so there’s no reason for them not to communicate with all of you. That’s not to say we didn’t think you weren’t nice to begin with, just, you never know. Sarah can barely keep the difference between being a human and wolf separate as it is. She’s rather proud of the money she makes. Though I don’t think she should be raising her son with a job like that. Oh, surprise! She has a kid. That was pretty much how she broke the news to the rest of the family too. Might be hard to pass you off as a sister (cousins apparently don’t count, according to the boss man), but you’d probably get the friend discount. I don’t have many non-muggle friends these days, so I haven’t really used those discounts outside gifts for birthdays and holidays. Oh I’ve murdered people. In drinking contests. I understand. If that makes sense, because I don’t really understand what wolfing out is like. I do know that the wolves on my side went far away every month to avoid getting to the rest of us, so I think that’s a pretty good comparison. I wasn’t any good at potions in school, or anything for that matter, so most of what they did show me over there didn’t stick. If you do decide to study voodoo, you pretty much need to go over there. There’s not much information on it here, and trust me, I’ve looked. When you have hours on hours spent in a bookstore, you manage to read through everything on the shelves. And there aren’t any books on voodoo here.
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Apr 21, 2017 22:04:45 GMT -7
Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2017 22:04:45 GMT -7
I hope that we’re something that your siblings will do more than just ‘deal with’. I’m glad that you think that we’re all decent. Maybe one day your siblings will come around to me. I’ll wait for them to approach me, though, because I don’t think this is the sort of thing that you should force on someone. Sorry about Sarah, though I can assure you I try to keep my wolf as far away from my human as possible. It’s hard sometimes, though.
I guess if she’s making good money I can’t knock it. I want to be a pro Quidditch player, so I’ll hopefully be making some serious money, too. What would Sarah’s kid be to me? Cousin once removed? Families are so complicated.
I think we could pull it off…if I died my hair, maybe. Are we friends, then, Mina? Does being my cousin make you an automatic friend? Why am I so concerned with defining our relationship? Sorry, I can get very…crazy where family comes into play. It’s just a lot for me to take in after being an only child with a single mum who was also an only child. So, no cousins or anything until now.
I almost fainted reading that. Please don’t do that again.
Maybe…we can go together? I mean, you already know a bit about Louisiana and stuff, right? I’m pretty good with school, so I could remember for both of us, maybe even write some of it down when we got back. I wouldn’t publish a book or anything, but it could be fun. Sorry, is that lame? I don’t know, I’ve never really been on a vacation of any sort before, let alone one with my newly-acquired cousin. mina pandora oliveira
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Apr 30, 2017 14:52:33 GMT -7
Post by mina pandora oliveira on Apr 30, 2017 14:52:33 GMT -7
@jamie , Well, I can’t really speak for them since they’re their own people. Though I wouldn’t hold it against some of your siblings if they just ‘deal with’ us as well. It’s a strange thing to happen, I understand that. No need to apologize about Sarah. Some people are a lost cause from the start. I used to think I was the only one in the family. And her son would be like, a second cousin or something? I don’t really know. Oooooh Quidditch! You should talk to Koda then. He’s a pro player right now too. I wasn’t cut out for that, so I sit behind a cash register all day. It’s still fun sometimes. Hmmmm. You might be able to pull off the dark hair. It’s worth a shot! The boss hasn’t met any of my siblings yet, so it could work. If not, then yeah! Friends! I always need more friends. My only real friend is that Charms professor of yours. She probably likes you, being a Hufflepuff and all. Shock value is good for the heart. Now might be the best time to reconsider any relation with me, if you can’t handle that. Kidding! I’d loooooooove to go back again. I know of all the best bars too!
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Apr 30, 2017 15:01:23 GMT -7
Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2017 15:01:23 GMT -7
Some of my siblings barely deal with me, so I’m pretty sure they won’t be all that thrilled to meet you and your family, too. Adrian ran away from me and Odette made me cry when we first met, so that gives you the idea of the kind of people they are (or maybe the kind of person I am?).
If I can ever remember, I’ll look for a genealogy book in the library and see if I can sort it out.
I’m already talking to another Quidditch player – Evelyn Estrada, if you know of her. I’d rather not get too messed up when it comes to family ties in work. I wouldn’t want anyone thinking I only got a spot because Dakoda pulled some strings. Maybe after I sign, or after I graduate (whichever comes first) I’ll talk to him.
I’ll think about it, at the very least. You’re friends with Professor Zhu? She doesn’t really strike me as the kind of person who has a lot of friends let alone crazy ones. She likes me well enough, I guess. We’ve never really had a reason to speak one-on-one.
Too late to reconsider, I’m afraid. Max likes you so I have to like you.
Alright, then we can consider it a plan. Elias is also graduating, but I don’t know how much fun he’d have on a trip to America, especially since his other cousin, from his mom, can be kind of possessive. I’m not sure how I feel about the bar-hopping, but somehow I think you’ll convince me. mina pandora oliveira
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