Ruth

@whalekeeper

I always feel so embarrassed when people ask for my email, because it’s such a bad address name. My dad convinced me to use it when I was twelve, and I haven’t gotten a new address since. 😅

I like it! It’s fitting for a writer. Also, props to you, because I used to be obsessed with making new emails and switching out my address &#x…

@esther-c

I hope you can!! I would love to see you there!

@theducktator

Aw, okay! Hopefully you can still make it!

@koshka

Rory 

Rory looked up, interested. And for once, he didn’t keep it in check. “Did you ever use a laser welder?”

@ellette-giselle

Leo

“Aye, you got it. Nearly everything built out of wood uses nails or screws. Metal stuff like big buildings use heaver screws, welding, bolts, all sorts of things.” He leaned back on his heels eyes going distant. He rolled a bolt on the palm of his hand. “Back home we used a lot more Laser welding, but screws and bolts are…[Read more]

@whalekeeper

Haha, so true though 😂😂

@esther-c

Girl, I’m actually so scared that I’m gonna have to have surgery one day for some reason or another. 😭 It’s probably inevitable, but I just hate the idea of being dead asleep while being operated on. 😵‍💫 (Not that I’d LIKE to be awake… XDXD)

I don’t know, it would be such a dramatic experience… I bet you would feel one part stress, o…[Read more]

@whalekeeper

Ahh, I gotcha. Well I’m glad he’s doing well!!

I have yet to ask him what he thinks about all this… My brother is the kind of guy who shrugs and asks if he can have ice cream for every meal at the hospital. 😂😭 I remember as a little kid, I wanted to have a surgery so I could have extra treats.

I get that, my brother would proba…[Read more]

@koshka

Rory

Rory gave Leo a cautious smile and took the screw. He looked it over, feeling the ribbed sides. “These are to hold things together, aren’t they?”

I always feel so embarrassed when people ask for my email, because it’s such a bad address name. My dad convinced me to use it when I was twelve, and I haven’t gotten a new address since. 😅

@ellette-giselle

Or…Leo didn’t have emotional breakdowns as much as serious temper problems and protective issues. Silvia had a lot more breakdowns because she couldn’t understand what was going on (she’s about 5 years younger than Leo).

Leo

“Sure.” He dropped to one knee by the bucket. “This,” he picked up a screw “is a screw. A Philips head…[Read more]

@esther-c

No pain! It’s more important that we gauge the problems by scans, rather than by ‘I feel like something is wrong,’ because he is numb from the lower spine downward. There is more concern that he won’t feel something until it’s gotten too bad to reverse.

I know this sounds really bad, but he’s doing fine. ;] Even if he was to have…[Read more]

@whalekeeper

gotcha!

@ellette-giselle
Yep! I was at the last call. Hybridlore has my email, so you can grab it from her if it is more convenient than trading on our profiles.

@koshka
I have no idea!!

they probably would have just had emotional breakdowns together. 😂

@koshka

Rory 

The gentleness in Leo’s voice and look reached out and touched Rory. He could feel himself relaxing, despite his paranoia.
he watched the older boy reading through a list of things to do. I’m not your new captain, or comanding officer.

Rory has never heard anyone over him say something like that, and the words continued to play…[Read more]

@ellette-giselle

I get it. XD

I wonder how Leo and Rory would have gotten along when Leo was a torn up 13 year old. Or even 16 year old at the beginning of his own book. It’s been great fun to write him as a fully developed character.

@ellette-giselle

Leo

He frowned. Something was…off. He sat back against the edge of the table, eyebrows quirking and lips pinched.

Rory was tense. Too tense. Kinda like a rubber band pulled tight or a soldier at attention.

Oh. Leo could have smacked himself. Instead he sighed and let a small, serious smile slip into place.

“Rory, I’m not…[Read more]

@theducktator

I used to write everything on paper, and I did have paper but I used it all for drawing while we were away, and all I have left is my prayer journal and I’m not going to write stories in that. 😉

I have a license and I still don’t have a phone. They’re not all they’re cracked up to be. Mostly time eating temptation. &#x1f64…[Read more]

@ellette-giselle

I don’t have a phone either. My parents won’t let me have one until I have my driver’s license, and I probably won’t get one for a while if I have to pay. I write on paper, with a book as a clipboard.

@ellette-giselle

Fair enough. I wasn’t completely serious—there’s no time limit on the snowballs, so you can do them whenever.

Gotcha. I’ll keep praying that everything gets worked out.