#ethos mailbox

Hi Etho! Hope all is well with you. Finally got this thing up and running, so I got you some maple cream cookies. You know, the ones shaped like maple leaves that you love so much! Hope you like them.

-<-❀ BigB

[etho responds with a book & quill, maple scented crumbs between the pages, almost as though he decided he couldn't wait to write back or to eat the cookies]

bigb (@bigbs-mailbox)-

glad you got it working! wish I coulda been more help, but I'm still not sure what world you're in, I'm just impressed the instructions made it to you, to be honest

thank you for the cookies, they were very tasty! ^_^

Are you SURE. It feels an awful like like barely disguised flirting

You guys are close enough to kiss, people don’t have normal conversations that close usually

yeah, well, apparently I haven't been keeping him close enough, 'cause now he's out there getting me involved in legal battles with bdubs

[he anxiously rakes a hand through his hair]

okay, who can I ask for help, who would know what to do here...

aha! I know! I'll go ask cleo what to do, they'll know what to do

[he tucks away the notes again, instead grabbing a book and quill to hastily scribble a note and package it up]

[as he presses the button and the shulker box drops into the mail network, off to cleo's, he takes a deep breath]

okay, okay, that should get there before I do...

- @bdubs-mailbox

[etho retrieves the second message from his mailbox, immediately recognizing bdubs' handwriting and groaning]

[he quickly reads the message, noticing how hard the letter were written on the paper, and sighs, pinching the bridge of his nose]

[after a moment, he brings joel's note back out as well & stares at both of them, mumbling to himself]

I really don't want to be a part of this, I really don't...

maybe I can fake my death and change my name and go live with doc...

no, no that wouldn't work, there wouldn't be a death message... and doc might still be living in skyblock...

okay, so, I stash my good gear and set my spawn on skyblock and then kill myself in a totally cool way somewhere somebody'll find my dropped items before they despawn, just as extra proof, and there'll be a death message and I'll respawn on skyblock and just live there forever and no one will find me 'cause doc'll never give me up and I won't have to go to court with joel and bdubs and everything'll be hunky dory! yeah!

[he looks between the two notes, processing his plan, and sighs heavily, shoulders dropping]

- @joels-mailbox

[he pulls out the shulker and pops it open, grabbing the note before tossing the box in the appropriate chest]

[reading through this message, his visible face goes on a whole emotional journey, occasionally mumbling out a few of the words as he reads them]

[staring at the note he thinks outloud] ohnononono I do not like this, oh I definitely do not like this....

[he stares at it for a moment before deciding he better check it, it might be about someone needing help with the mailbox updates]

etho, what have you got to say about bdubs, hm? he swears you love him. last life you two were literally (not literally) married and ROOMATES??

I... I mean, yeah, I do love bdubs? I don't think I've ever really denied that...???

and considering it was cleo asking while we were rooming, I think it makes sense for bdubs to assume they meant me

just having a conversation, just a chat between two boat boys