Funeral Service for Adaman and Hodaka Morishima

[giddyundertaker]

[ An hour or two after the first trial's end, Hild and the Undertaker set out to invite as many people as possible to the Restaurant for the funerals of our dearly departed friends.

Why the restaurant of all places? Because there aren't enough chairs and tables elsewhere.

Indeed, some of the tables have been moved against the wall to make room for the seats. The chairs have been set up in four rows of six, like an improvised theater or a church. To the side, a small buffet has been set up courtesy of Obi, Mafuyu, and Hild. As for the main event? Two tables have been set up and decorated in black fabric and white flowers. In lieu of a live viewing, two drawings referenced from the profiles have been set up in the center of funeral wreaths... They're not the best, due to the artist's handicaps, but it does look like Adaman and Hodaka at least.]

Comments

[onemillion]

[...

Leafeon huffs a little at that, but he doesn't seem truly bothered, at least not until Rossiu laughs and he glances over. It's a soft, somewhat awkward sound and it doesn't last long, with Rossiu shaking his head after he recovers.]

Not quite, but I appreciate the attempt.

[Hold on, he's got a note here...]

Adaman left instructions just in case something happened to him.

[i'm gonna guess we feed leafeon salad but since i do not know i will refrain from commenting further until sable's got that one finished!!]

[bootyhunter]

[Oh little guy... Is that jab going to result in reduced cuddling privileges? If Leafeon is prowling the suite and ever wants to explore, he is welcome in Dandy's room.]

It seemed like you two were bosom [coughs] buds, so I was gonna offer my condolences, but...

[His shoulders heave up and down.]

I guess I don't really know what to say.

[onemillion]

It's alright. I don't think most people know what to say when someone dies. And in a situation like this... it makes everything even more complicated.

...I appreciate the attempt though. Truly.

[bootyhunter]

Well. Death's sort of a part of the nature of things.

[Dandy speaks this truth with a surprisingly casual tone.

As if he's used to it.]

Everybody comes and goes in some way or another. It's a part of what makes the kooky trip from cradle to tomb one wild ride!

This was pretty horrible though. No matter how ya look at it.

[onemillion]

I know. We ever stride forward on the path paved by those walked before.

[It's hard not to think about Simon's words, his accusation, and Rossiu's own cold and calculating answer. In some ways it truly was good that Kamina had died, for they may never have gained the strength they needed to overcome the Spiral King.]

But it will always be difficult, and there will always be truly horrific circumstances and deaths that are... unfair. Cruel, even.

[bootyhunter]

Whoah-kay, slow your roll, Baldie.

[He's trying to be gentle, here. Really!]

Your friend just died.

It's okay to feel somethin'! You don't gotta wax poetic about the Great Beyond in front of me. What's really goin' on in that Fivehead of yours?

[onemillion]

["it's okay to feel something"???? no, never.]

You're asking how I'm feeling.

[It's not a question, but it is somehow also a question. Like he is usually not asked that specific question and has no idea how to react to it.]

that icon has me in fucking stitches everytime he looks so bald

[bootyhunter]

Yeah!

[Uttered cheekily.]

You could say that.

you're so welcome!!!!

[onemillion]

I see.

[Said in a tone that implies he definitely does not see.]

...I find it easier to attempt to move forward in difficult times. There's always something to take care of, and so I don't... usually have time to process such things.

[He says it, and then realizes how deeply insane that sounds, give him a moment—]

It hasn't really sunk in yet, I don't think.

[bootyhunter]

Yeah, I know.

I keep hopin' it'll turn out to be some kinda cruel joke.

[Oh! He's happy to see that Rossiu is... Speaking! Somewhat.]

Say, you're from a time where they've got interplanetary travel.

They ever mention anything about warpin' to ya?

[onemillion]

So do I.

[But if it was a cruel joke, then it likely would have been revealed before two kids died.

Anyway, he brings a hand to his chin at Dandy's question.]

If you mean warping across space, then that is something that Simon has figured out, although it is a rather complicated matter that cannot be recreated easily without exceptionally strong feelings.

[It's literally love. But that's not the point!]

Why do you ask?

[bootyhunter]

Feelings, huh? Now there's a theory I haven't heard.

[This feels a little phony, this truth with bits of information omitted from it, but-]

Not sure if it'll be of any comfort to ya, but there's his theory about the universe and how there's buttload upon buttloads o' universes. So, there's probably at least one where those two are still alive. Doin' good even!

So maybe... Aw, hell, I dunno what I'm sayin'.

[He was going to suggest that maybe, one day, they'd be able to warp to it.

But Dandy knows the truth- Warping doesn't really exist.]

[onemillion]

[So maybe someday they'd be able to warp to it.]

...I like that idea. I hope the other universes' versions of them are doing just fine and are hopefully still at home with their loved ones.

[bootyhunter]

That'd be nice.

[Dandy sighs, making his way back towards his room. But before he goes:]

Does that mean it's just the three of us now?

[Meaning himself, Rossiu, and Joy.]

[onemillion]

[Without thinking, Rossiu glances in the direction of his own room, and on the other side, Hodaka's.]

...Yes. You, me, and Joy.

[...It's going to feel very empty now...]

[bootyhunter]

Uh-huh.

[What a weird bunch.

Dandy isn't used to having human roommates. Or, well, humanoid. This is new for him.]

Well, see ya later I guess.

I'm gonna try to wash some of the bad-feelsy stank off my Dandy-doohickeys.

[He's wiggling his fingers??? Does he mean his hands, or his whole body? The world will never know.]

[onemillion]

[...Dandy is So Much sometimes.]

Of course.

[...]

Thank you. For checking in on me.

[bootyhunter]

Don't mention it.

[This won't be the last time.]