2020-12-24 - Ten Minutes of an Interrupted Conversation

(TXT to Seth Alexander) Ravn : So I texted someone in Gray Harbor because I'm bored out of my skull at my hotel and now Hyacinth Addington is flying to Denmark. Also, hi. (still bored at my hotel).

(TXT to Seth Ravn) Alexander : Did you upset her that much, or are you eloping? ::snowflake emoji:: ::santa hat emoji::

(TXT to Seth Alexander) Ravn : I sent her pictures of architecture and now she wants to see said architecture. 😆

(TXT to Seth Ravn) Alexander : Rich people are odd.

(TXT to Seth Alexander) Ravn : Yeah, a little.

(TXT to Seth Alexander) Ravn : But actually, Alexander, I needed to ask you about it.

(TXT to Seth Ravn) Alexander : What?

(TXT to Seth Alexander) Ravn : Well, the other reason she's ready to drop everything on freakin' Dec 24 and fly halfway around the planet is, she really isn't excited about Christmas. I get the feeling I should know more than I do about that. A lot of dead family? Recent?

(TXT to Alexander Ravn) Seth : Alexander, by the architecture he is referencing his penis. Also, it is I don't know the time in the morning but damn early. WTF. 🖕

(TXT to Ravn Seth) Alexander : Addington family history is a mess. But yes. Several members have died in the last few years. And the matriarch is now a hermit. A murderous hermit.

(TXT to Ravn Seth) Alexander : Were you asleep, Seth?

(TXT to Seth Alexander) Ravn : ... I am not referencing my bloody dick. Also, time zones are a thing. It's about dinner time here, you realise?

(TXT to Alexander Ravn) Seth : I might have been. I might not have been, but if I was I would be irritated.

(TXT to Ravn Seth) Alexander : So. If you're irritated, then you were asleep. Are you irritated?

(TXT to Alexander Ravn) Seth : Not really.

(TXT to Seth Alexander) Ravn : Matriarch is 'Margaret'?

(TXT to Seth Ravn) Alexander : ::doubt face emoji:: And yes.

(TXT to Seth Alexander) Ravn : Right. Hyacinth is not a fan.

(TXT to Seth Alexander) Ravn : I thought my family background was complicated but I don't have a leg to stand on here. And I kind of want to help.

(TXT to Seth Ravn) Alexander : I don't know if there's help. Hyacinth was already disowned once when we tried to help. Addingtons don't like meddling.

(TXT to Alexander Ravn) Seth : I think I have only met her that once. Seemed to know my cousin though, but that isn't shocking.

(TXT to Ravn Seth) Alexander : Prominent local businessman, local wealthy family. Wouldn't be surprised if they moved in many of the same circles.

(TXT to Seth Alexander) Ravn : Well, this Addington is good company and seems to have the town's interests at heart. Doesn't hurt that she seems pretty decent. Rich girl manners, but then, she is a rich girl.

(TXT to Alexander Ravn) Seth : There seems to be a real town first mentality that goes on here. It's interesting.

(TXT to Alexander Seth) Ravn : It's part of why I think Gray Harbor is worth staying in, yeah. The Addingtons are kind of the local gentry. And like any rich, old family, they've got wardrobes and closets full of the undead.

(TXT to Seth Ravn) Alexander : Literally. That house is haunted as fuck.

(TXT to Seth Alexander) Ravn : Addington House? Yes, I rather remember. And they weren't the nice kind of ghost that sticks around the kitchen making cupcakes and yelling at you to put on your jacket, either.

(TXT to Alexander Ravn) Seth : I am so glad I don't see the ghosts you guys see.

(TXT to Alexander Seth) Ravn : NORMAL ghosts don't bother me. And I'm pretty sure you saw Joey Kelly's mum.

(TXT to Seth Ravn) Alexander : Hey. I don't see ghosts. Hardly any ghosts.

(TXT to Alexander Ravn) Seth : No, can't say that I did.

(TXT to Seth Alexander) Ravn : Well, if you'd gone into the kitchen you would have. I think everyone can see her.

(TXT to Alexander Ravn) Seth : Huh. I'll keep that in mind and stay away from Joey's kitchen.

(TXT to Alexander Seth) Ravn : But she's nice. I ended up mixing cupcake dough for her.

(TXT to Ravn Alexander Hyacinth) Seth : Sex Gnomes?