For the most part, this time of year is quiet for the post office.  It's one of the things Violet likes (if one can say she likes anything) about the Nexus -- a lack of formal tradition and wasted paper sending meaningless greetings.

Still, there are a few items to be collected, and Violet, upon order of her superiors, has been told she cannot close ( Read more... )

[The following notice is pinned up on the door of the Xanadu Post Office.]

Dear Patrons,

(Rule 78 subsection 2 requires I call you “patrons.”)

It is the least wonderful time in existence. For those of you who feel the sudden urge to reconnect with people you haven’t seen for the better part of a decade, or send presents to that niece you’ve seen ( Read more... )

No one could ever accuse Violet Knight of not having great pride in her place of work.  Well, technically, it is also her home, but in her living quarters, one may find a sweater tossed haphazardly on the settee, or one mug (probably in use) sitting somewhere without a coaster.  No one would ever see such disarray in the Post Office. To say the ( Read more... )

A notice for Martel, Lord Valdis appears wherever he is.  That's how the Xanapost works.  Violet is just that good at her job.  (It makes up for her other failings.)

Lord Martel of Valdis
Someone sent you something they think is a priority.  Come to the post office as soon as is convenient where you will be asked to sign for your letter.
Violet Knight ( Read more... )