Open Letters to Nowhere

[Tempest Vero]

Tempest finished tieing her letter onto the owl's ankle as it cooed. "You've got a hard life, huh," she said to the bird as she gave him a little pet on the head. Reaching into her pocket, she pulled out a treat, lettting the owl eat it out of her hand. She was hoping that the letters she'd been writing to her father were actually reaching him, but she was starting to doubt that. He'd not even attempted to write back to her, but it wasn't going to stop her from trying. "Alright, I don't know where you're going, but maybe you'll figure it out. So, well, go now," she said to him, but the owl just stared at her and cooed. "Look, I can't fly for you. You gotta do it yourself." The owl wasn't budging, and Tempest crossed her arms as she started to stare it down.

 

[Airen Gates]

Airen loved writing home to her parents- going on and on about every little detail at school- what her friends were doing, what they wore, what her and her sister did, sending along lots and lots of art. She'd started just taking several trips a day to the owlery to send notes home. She was on her way back now, a new picture she'd drawn for her dad. She walked in to find a girl staring hard at an owl, the owl just staring back, and she smiled, walking over. "What's wrong?" She asked. "Is he not going?" She asked.