[ Ikki left instructions for letters to go out with certain items. Loki gets, oddly enough, an "honorary hero" medal made by Wreck-It Ralph in Art Club over a year ago, as well as a knitted scarf with swellows on it that Loki himself made for her for Christmas in 2012. The letter is written on cute, flowery stationary, with various doodles around the margins as though Ikki kept getting distracted and stopping or starting. It's clearly been written more recently, since her handwriting is nearer her nearly-nine self than her seven-year-old self or newly-eight self. ]
Loki,
I've written a few of these letters but I don't think I'm getting any better at it than I was for the first few, so I'm sorry about that. I've never been that great at writing letters anyway. It's one thing to write in the journals, where you just write a few lines and then you wait for a reply, so it's not just you writing alone for ages and ages until you're done like you're writing a letter and throwing it out the window. It's another to write ages and ages until you're done and then throwing it out the window. Not that I'm going to throw this out the window. Actually I'll put it in my toy chest.
You're probably supposed to make sure everything connects up instead of just writing whatever, too, but I'm bad at doing that. I think if I had to do that I wouldn't write anything t all. So I'm just going to write what comes to mind and then I'll seal this and put your name on it and if it ever needs to get sent, Grandpa should give it to you. I don't know if it ever will or won't be. I've been here two years almost, and I sometimes think I'm never going to see Air Temple Island again.
You're good at illusions and the Battledome, right? I drew lots of pictures of Air Temple Island and put them in this letter. Grandpa didn't see them. If you can, try to make something to show it to him. I'm still not good enough at making the scenarios to try to do it myself. If I'm not any better at it by Christmas, I'm going to ask you to help me do it. But if I'm not here by Christmas, you have to do it for me.
I guess when Christmas comes, I'll probably have to rewrite this letter. Do people just keep writing and rewriting these as time goes on? So that when they leave, it's saying things that still matter.
Well, I think all the things I say probably still matter. I'm saying them to people I care about.
Thanks for playing with me and being my friend. I know lots of people don't like you and don't get on with you, and I've heard lots of things about what you have and haven't done. But you've always been nice to me. You knitted me a scarf, even. I think sometime you should tell someone you knitted a scarf for me, because I think most people couldn't picture you knitting. Maybe they'll make a face that'll make you laugh.
I probably should have asked how you say goodbye to people before I started these. But that would have worried everyone. I don't like to worry everyone, so I make sure I don't. I don't talk about daddy and mommy and by sister and brothers as much as I did when I first got here, because I think it'd start to worry people. It's harder to talk about them now than it was then. I think when I first got here, I thought I wouldn't stay for long. It was going to be a great adventure, and then I'd go home and mommy would make me tea and everyone would listen and maybe not believe me. I didn't think I would be here this long without them.
Sometimes at home I would run away. I never got very far and I never went anywhere very long. It was after Jinora and Meelo would pick on me, sometimes. I never really ran away. I don't think I was even really running away. I guess really I was just going somewhere to be alone. I counted all the trees on our island once, without either of them. There's a lot. 10,552. I wonder if there are any new ones now, though.
I haven't recounted in two years.
Did you ever count the trees where you lived? I keep meaning to ask you, but I never do. I want to count all the trees in Luceti, too, but so far I've only gotten through the ones around the village. I can't go that far alone, and too many of the trees are in places I can't get to now. Someone should count them all someday, though, all the trees in the barrier.
Next time you get bored, you should do that. I think it's important to know about trees.
The medal you should have gotten was made for me by Ralph. He was here a long while ago now. He always said he was a bad guy. Did you ever talk to him? I think that people are what they want to be, though. To be a good person, you have to try really hard. That's a lot of what we do at home. We're pacifists, the air nomads. We don't eat meat, and we don't start fights if we can help it.
I have to work hard on that one. I don't start fist fights or anything, but I know sometimes I start fights with people. I used to annoy Jinora and Meelo at least as much as they annoyed me. I guess sometimes I got jealous, or maybe it was just that when you're with people every day, it can be hard to get on with them. When you're siblings. I think I would do better about it now, but I can't be sure.
I've still never had a single nice conversation with Mr. Vegeta. I have to work very hard on not fighting with people when it comes to words. I think I have become better about not saying the first thing to come to mind, but whenever I talked to Mr. Vegeta I always said the first thing to come to mind anyway, and it was usually rude.
I'm not sure if that makes me a good air nomad or not. That was probably wrong.
Next time I talk to him, I'll try to say something nice. It will be hard, because his face just makes me want to say rude things, but I'll try. Maybe tomorrow I will try to say one nice thing to everyone I meet. It's not that hard for most people. I have lots of nice things to say about everyone here. But I'm not sure what I should say about him. His face is annoying.
For you, it'd be easier. Thanks for teaching me about horses, and for playing with me, and for being my friend. Thanks for baking cookies and everything. You're fun and smart and I'm not sorry I started talking to you, or that I kept talking to you after.
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Loki,
I've written a few of these letters but I don't think I'm getting any better at it than I was for the first few, so I'm sorry about that. I've never been that great at writing letters anyway. It's one thing to write in the journals, where you just write a few lines and then you wait for a reply, so it's not just you writing alone for ages and ages until you're done like you're writing a letter and throwing it out the window. It's another to write ages and ages until you're done and then throwing it out the window. Not that I'm going to throw this out the window. Actually I'll put it in my toy chest.
You're probably supposed to make sure everything connects up instead of just writing whatever, too, but I'm bad at doing that. I think if I had to do that I wouldn't write anything t all. So I'm just going to write what comes to mind and then I'll seal this and put your name on it and if it ever needs to get sent, Grandpa should give it to you. I don't know if it ever will or won't be. I've been here two years almost, and I sometimes think I'm never going to see Air Temple Island again.
You're good at illusions and the Battledome, right? I drew lots of pictures of Air Temple Island and put them in this letter. Grandpa didn't see them. If you can, try to make something to show it to him. I'm still not good enough at making the scenarios to try to do it myself. If I'm not any better at it by Christmas, I'm going to ask you to help me do it. But if I'm not here by Christmas, you have to do it for me.
I guess when Christmas comes, I'll probably have to rewrite this letter. Do people just keep writing and rewriting these as time goes on? So that when they leave, it's saying things that still matter.
Well, I think all the things I say probably still matter. I'm saying them to people I care about.
Thanks for playing with me and being my friend. I know lots of people don't like you and don't get on with you, and I've heard lots of things about what you have and haven't done. But you've always been nice to me. You knitted me a scarf, even. I think sometime you should tell someone you knitted a scarf for me, because I think most people couldn't picture you knitting. Maybe they'll make a face that'll make you laugh.
I probably should have asked how you say goodbye to people before I started these. But that would have worried everyone. I don't like to worry everyone, so I make sure I don't. I don't talk about daddy and mommy and by sister and brothers as much as I did when I first got here, because I think it'd start to worry people. It's harder to talk about them now than it was then. I think when I first got here, I thought I wouldn't stay for long. It was going to be a great adventure, and then I'd go home and mommy would make me tea and everyone would listen and maybe not believe me. I didn't think I would be here this long without them.
Sometimes at home I would run away. I never got very far and I never went anywhere very long. It was after Jinora and Meelo would pick on me, sometimes. I never really ran away. I don't think I was even really running away. I guess really I was just going somewhere to be alone. I counted all the trees on our island once, without either of them. There's a lot. 10,552. I wonder if there are any new ones now, though.
I haven't recounted in two years.
Did you ever count the trees where you lived? I keep meaning to ask you, but I never do. I want to count all the trees in Luceti, too, but so far I've only gotten through the ones around the village. I can't go that far alone, and too many of the trees are in places I can't get to now. Someone should count them all someday, though, all the trees in the barrier.
Next time you get bored, you should do that. I think it's important to know about trees.
The medal you should have gotten was made for me by Ralph. He was here a long while ago now. He always said he was a bad guy. Did you ever talk to him? I think that people are what they want to be, though. To be a good person, you have to try really hard. That's a lot of what we do at home. We're pacifists, the air nomads. We don't eat meat, and we don't start fights if we can help it.
I have to work hard on that one. I don't start fist fights or anything, but I know sometimes I start fights with people. I used to annoy Jinora and Meelo at least as much as they annoyed me. I guess sometimes I got jealous, or maybe it was just that when you're with people every day, it can be hard to get on with them. When you're siblings. I think I would do better about it now, but I can't be sure.
I've still never had a single nice conversation with Mr. Vegeta. I have to work very hard on not fighting with people when it comes to words. I think I have become better about not saying the first thing to come to mind, but whenever I talked to Mr. Vegeta I always said the first thing to come to mind anyway, and it was usually rude.
I'm not sure if that makes me a good air nomad or not. That was probably wrong.
Next time I talk to him, I'll try to say something nice. It will be hard, because his face just makes me want to say rude things, but I'll try. Maybe tomorrow I will try to say one nice thing to everyone I meet. It's not that hard for most people. I have lots of nice things to say about everyone here. But I'm not sure what I should say about him. His face is annoying.
For you, it'd be easier. Thanks for teaching me about horses, and for playing with me, and for being my friend. Thanks for baking cookies and everything. You're fun and smart and I'm not sorry I started talking to you, or that I kept talking to you after.
Don't tell Grandpa about the Mr. Vegeta thing.
Love,
Ikki