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Dec 9, 2017 9:51:31 GMT -7
Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2017 9:51:31 GMT -7
max,
Sorry that there isn't going to be a lot of time to see each other this summer - I know you have plans with your family and somehow I got wrapped up in a ton of travel plans. Who would have thought the poor orphan kid would end up leaving the country twice in one summer? Not me, that's for sure. If I'm honest, I'm a bit nervous to be going back to America. I haven't told my mama that I'm coming back - not that I think she'd care. I just... wonder if it'll be as good as if I remember or if all of my memories are just made happier because I actually had a full family. Never mind that, though. How have you been doing? How are your siblings doing? I know that losing someone you love isn't easy. I hope you're doing okay. georgie maxima ruqayyah greyback
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Dec 9, 2017 11:04:08 GMT -7
Post by maxima ruqayyah greyback on Dec 9, 2017 11:04:08 GMT -7
Georgie,
It feels really weird writing you again, but I miss getting to talk to you. Things are alright here. I’ve been really busy with the memorial fund that I’ve decided to start in memory of Elias. I don’t always know if that’s a good thing or a bad thing. Sometimes, I think I forget that he’s really gone, just because I’m writing and talking about him so much. We’re all getting used to his death, I think, but sometimes I feel like I never really knew him at all.
It must be really different for you to be going back to the States, too, after everything. If you’re more comfortable not telling your mum that you’re going to be there, don’t. You don’t owe her anything, Georgie. Write me if you need me for anything, alright? Even if I'm an ocean away, I won’t let your mum ruin your visit. It’s your country, after all.
I’ve got to hear all about your adventures. Promise? I miss you already, Max @georgiana
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Dec 9, 2017 18:20:45 GMT -7
Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2017 18:20:45 GMT -7
max,
Geez, Max, you’re acting like I’m gone forever. It’s just a couple months – we’ll see each other again when the summer’s over, if not sooner. Is it weird to be trying to organize a charity? I thought that would’ve been a little difficult, given you’re still a teenager and everything. It’s still a good thing to do, of course, but… you know what, never mind. From my experience, sometimes it’s difficult to remember that someone’s really gone. It took me years to accept that my parents were gone, you know? It’s okay if you take a while to get used to it. As for not knowing him at all… yeah, I can empathize.
I guess I’m not sure of what I’m more afraid of – it feeling totally foreign or it still feeling like home. Because no matter what happens, I still have to come back here, and if it still feels like it did when I was a kid, then I’ll just be… upset. I’ll write you, but I’m not letting you drop everything just to come across an ocean. Rosie will be there with me, and even if I don’t know her, she seems okay.
I’ll tell you all about them, I promise. georgie maxima ruqayyah greyback
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Dec 18, 2017 20:57:39 GMT -7
Post by maxima ruqayyah greyback on Dec 18, 2017 20:57:39 GMT -7
Georgie,
I never thought I'd be doing this, and I still think that maybe I'm mad for doing it. It's stressful occasionally, but I think that's mostly because I never expected to get so many donations. My mum helps out with the fund when she's not at work, and she takes care of everything that I can't actually do until I'm seventeen.
I never realised how much this would mean to everyone. I know this sounds really ridiculous, but this feels like so much more than Elias and Émile and everyone else who died. I've been getting letters from all over Europe, from people I've never met. (I guess that's what happens after you're on the WWN?)
Don't worry, Georgie. I don't think that I could come there to rescue you, but that doesn't mean that I wouldn't try. (But I will send your mum tonnes of Howlers if you ask me to.) No matter what happens in America, you've always got me (and my mum and Mike and loads of sweets or something… maybe one of those really twee Muggle movies if you need a laugh or a good cry).
Love, Max
@georgiana
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Jan 2, 2018 17:12:54 GMT -7
Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2018 17:12:54 GMT -7
max,
Are you going to be able to keep doing it when you’re in school? I know it’ll definitely look good for whatever career you get into after school, but still, don’t you think that maybe you should hire someone to handle everything full-time, so you and your mum don’t have to do so much? You could hire a werewolf or someone, give him a salary for managing the books, and boom, you’ve helped further your mission and given yourself less work to do!
I think sometimes after a tragedy people just need someone or something to unite them. Your relief fund happened to be something easy to rally around, since everyone likes to feel like they’re helping to make the world a better place. Getting letters from strangers is weird – I hope you’ve been doing security checks so that no one can curse you or anything.
I don’t need to bombard my mama with Howlers, Max. She’s a mess, but at some point I think I stopped being angry at her and started feeling sorry for her. It must suck to live the sort of life where you can just toss your children away like they’re rubbish, you know? I’ll be fine, though, whatever happens. Promise. georgie maxima ruqayyah greyback
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Jan 7, 2018 15:25:31 GMT -7
Post by maxima ruqayyah greyback on Jan 7, 2018 15:25:31 GMT -7
Georgie,
I guess I’d like to keep the fund going whilst I’m in school. People will probably need the money still, won’t they? Even if they don’t, I do sort of want to do something more permanent. I don’t know what or how, exactly, but I’ll try to think of something. Jamie might know more than I do, since she’s a werewolf and I’m not one.
It’s really eye-opening, knowing that something so small can have such a massive impact. It feels like I’ve got a purpose now, something positive. I haven’t received anything dangerous yet. My mum hasn’t got the time to scan them all properly, though, which is another reason why we need more volunteers to work on the fund.
As for your mum, maybe she just needs help but doesn’t know how to ask or where to find it? I feel like your parents wouldn’t have come back if they didn’t really love you. I know your mum left again, but maybe she just didn’t know how to cope after your dad got killed? Maybe I’m thinking about it too much. I don’t know. I know you’ll be alright, though. And I’m here for you. Promise.
- Max
@georgiana
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Jan 21, 2018 19:34:05 GMT -7
Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2018 19:34:05 GMT -7
max,
I don’t know a thing about how long people will need money for. Some of them might need therapy or whatever – trauma can last for ages. As for doing something permanent, you know that Rome wasn’t built in a day. Ask your sister, but ask other people, too. There’s more than one kind of werewolf out there.
If you needed to know how small things can change the world forever, you could have just asked me. But it’s nice that you know your purpose in life. I wish that I’d found that. All I know is that… well, that’s not a conversation to be had over owl. As for scanning everything… really, Max, you should do it. It might take longer for donations to come in that way, but I don’t want you to be cursed or exploded or something equally icky.
I can’t guess as to what was going on in her head, and I don’t really want to. I think that expecting your teenage children to know how to cope better than you is kind of messed up, though. We lost both of our parents twice now, and that’s hard. I’m sure we’re both thinking too much. georgie maxima ruqayyah greyback
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Feb 11, 2018 20:45:01 GMT -7
Post by maxima ruqayyah greyback on Feb 11, 2018 20:45:01 GMT -7
Georgie,
I’ve been doing some thinking… There’s the Wolfsbane clinic at St. Mungo’s, but there’s also a place called Claustrum de Lupus. It’s in Horizont Alley, and they have social workers there who help werewolves who haven’t got anywhere else safe to go. I know my family are in a strange position, since we’re sort of different. A Triwizard Champion and a professional Quidditch player aren’t exactly your typical werewolves, but there are still plenty of people out there who can’t get jobs or support themselves. There’s also that vampire blood bank there, but I don’t really know anything else about it.
I’m being careful with the donations, I promise. There are people who check the parcels that go through the Owl Post, too, aren’t there? I’m sure they would find anything if someone tried to send something cursed.
Anyway, my first priority is going to be making sure that everyone gets what they need taken care of, so seeing the Healers they need, care for trauma… all of that. Odette wants me to talk to someone at St. Mungo’s about Never mind. I know some of the patients in hospital have been traumatised really severely because of what happened.
About what I crossed out before, a letter probably isn’t the best place for me to explain it. (I don’t have any other option right now, so I guess I’ll try to explain what it is without writing an entire theme on it.) That first-year boy wasn’t lying. I can heal people by touching them. (For real.) I don’t know how or why I can do it, but I have done it multiple times now.
Odette wants me to go to St. Mungo’s to find out what it is, so I made an appointment. It’s not until August, though. Maybe I’ll know something by the time that I see you again?
Love, Max
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Feb 12, 2018 14:23:09 GMT -7
Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2018 14:23:09 GMT -7
max,
It sounds like you have a lot of options, which is good. I guess you just have to decide what actually needs your help? I’ve never been to either of those places but from what I’ve heard, the blood bank doesn’t need much help. I think it might be Ministry-supported? I don’t think it would be bad for you to focus just on werewolves. Even if there are a bunch of new equity laws, that doesn’t mean that everyone’s quite caught up on them, and focusing on one issue is better than trying to do too much at once and failing at everything that you try.
As long as you’re being careful. The people at the owl post check, yes, but they go through a lot of packages, and they might not take as much time as they should. Call it paranoia if you want, but I just don’t want you to end up in St. Mungo’s just because you decided to do some good in the world.
That sounds like a good idea. But there’s only four of them, so I can’t imagine it’ll be that much money… right? Even if they do need ongoing care, four people probably are only a drop in the ocean compared to how many donations you’ve been getting.
I didn’t try to read what you crossed out, but you’re kind of freaking me out. And, you know, I’ve gotten some pretty heavy news via letter, so I think I can take it. The first-year boy…? I don’t think I understand what you’re saying, Max. You know I stopped listening to gossip a long time ago, so I have no clue what you’re talking about. But, like, healing by touching? That’s a whole lot cooler than getting visions every time you touch water. Does it hurt?
You should do what your sister says. Depend when in August your appointment is – Louis and I will be gone for the first half in France, but when I get back I’ll be free (finally). georgie maxima ruqayyah greyback
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