BACKDATED BEFORE SHIT GETS SHITTY(ER)

[alethiological]

[Without contest, Erika is the one who has initiated nearly all of her meetings with Will. Showing up without warning, plastered on windows and banging on doors, and he lets her to wander without question when she leaves and without question when she returns. Through the entire time they've known each other (after they became siblings, after he went insane, after she was slightly tamed, after she first broke down on arrival-) and through all situations (the concept denials, her uniform and existence issues, carving into his shoulder and driving Zelos into furies, trolling his future wife-), the one thing similar to all of these meetings is the fact he waits. Even letters usually come by some initial action on the other's behalf.

That's why the fact the next time she visits Zelos, the action holds significantly more weight than it would with anyone else. A maid flags her down. One she probably does not recognize. One she wouldn't. Bowing in silence and handing her a folded letter before leaving to the labyrinthine rooms and her duties just as silently. The envelope has no name, no address, a blank expanse of crisp white, and the letter inside is just as short and punctual as the blank envelope would make it seem.

Your representation is needed. Be professional, be silent.

There's no name, but she's read enough of his mysteries to recognize the handwriting. No time is written for her to be there by, but it means to appear when she's willing. There's no feeling like it means for the message to be destroyed, but it's replaced with the realization it was done on purpose.

It's for an assignment, but it's the first time he's summoned her first. Let her have a souvenir for the occasion.]