entranceway | An Entry from The Painted Rose

Good morning, my friends.

As you have probably been made aware at this point, infected needles containing the Kellis-Amberlee virus were discovered at the Wonderland Convention Center. The whole place is in a state of panic. Security has become mercilessly vigilant, people are being quarantined left and right, and the politicians are being advised to move the Republican National Convention to a later date. As you might recall, the reason I had even bothered to attend the RNC was to keep up to date on whatever these silly politicians are going to claim next, not prick my finger on a needle and join the ranks of the undead.

Rest assured, I am still alive and well! I've been taking refuge in my hotel room for the past 24 hours or so, and I must say the staff has been doing a decent job of staying calm during these frightening times. Room Service is predictably slow and the random blood tests have markedly increased in frequency, but they're putting a lot of time and effort into making my (somewhat forced) stay a bit more tolerable. Now, if they would just give me a refund for the convention ticket and room I would happily attend the next convention held here.

Besides, there is still some good news in store for you. Since I have nothing better to do for the time being, you can expect the next installment of Romeo and Ophelia to be released earlier than expected.

Yours Truly, D. Gray

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How much earlier? Also, have you seen how pincushioned the maids and runners for room service are?

I'd give it at least two days earlier than expected. I'm no miracle worker.

And the poor maids. It's a dismal sight, but it reminds me of the old oriental practice of acupuncture.

It's actually giving me ideas, now that I think of it.

I guess I can be happy with that.

[She's totally happy but not going to admit it.]Yeah but with that they were helping you, right? Not vampiring you in case. Not that in case isn't a good reason though.

Oh, do share a tidbit?

Yes, no vampires. In this day and age, the vampires must have been killed off by the virus. Otherwise we'd have vampire zombies lurking about. Could you imagine such a sight?

As for the idea, it will take a bit of research and time, but it may involve two star crossed lovers separated by countries and cultures. Even with the age of imperialism, it was a lot harder to keep in touch with someone when they lived halfway across the world.

[There he goes, throwing in 1800's trivia again. The subject comes up so often on his blog it could be used as a reference in a school report.]

Okay. One, that's my new nightmare. Two, don't say that too loud or it'll be the next thing Mr Pines has me taking pictures of.

[Not that she isn't considering it on her own, but Stan would run with that.]

All of the months waiting for a letter and all? Ooooh, how heartbreaking and wonderful to make that effort to stay in touch.

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