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Jean Kirstein ([personal profile] openterrain) wrote in [community profile] trustfell2016-01-01 10:47 pm

SENDOFF.

[ Does it ever stop?

Maybe not, but Jean doesn't actually have an issue with that. The immediately visible zombies have been taken care of and the group is ready for any others that might shamble their way. It's still the dead of the night as Jean moves about the town square, gathering up every last bit of dry wood he can find and building up the basis of what could become an impressive bonfire. Strangely, he leaves it unlit - or perhaps not so strangely, since it really should be time to move on.

Instead, Jean goes back - back into the school and through the hallways and down to the courtroom. He makes several side trips as he goes, gathering up rope and matches and spare blankets along the way. He's not particularly surprised to see that Kimblee's corpse has been a bit abused since they last left him, nor is he depressed or angry or pleased.

Kimblee got what he deserved.

Jean takes the time to carefully wrap Kimblee's corpse in the spare sheets and secure them with rope, more out of consideration for the more squeamish of his fellow survivors than any respect for Observant himself. Wrapping him up is pretty simple, luckily. Dragging him back up the stairs and all the way over to the bonfire is simple, but not easy. He's a big, heavy bastard as it turns out and the very first hints of dawn are glimmering on horizon by the time Jean finally gets him over to the bonfire. Unsurprisingly, Jean will happily accept any offers to help with the body moving process.

There's no pomp or ceremony to Kimblee's 'funeral'. There's no moment of silence, no carefully selected works, not even a few personal possessions tossed onto the pyre with their tormentor of the past two months. Jean simply kindles a few sparks at the base of pyre, and then steps back to watch the flames grow into a blaze and consume flesh and wood alike.

... He does take care to stand upwind of the pyre, however. Burning bodies aren't exactly a pleasant scent.
]
hashtagafreakingghost: where the moon and the stars reside (there's a place we can all be together)

[personal profile] hashtagafreakingghost 2016-01-06 01:53 pm (UTC)(link)
I would love to...and if Chie has a camera- I could get a picture? A real, actual picture, for my friends?

[Look at this face, please say yes.]
oftheland: (unlimited smug works)

[personal profile] oftheland 2016-01-09 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
...oh, I'm completely up for that. Though, we are going to have to find some way to suggest it isn't altered... In any case, let's introduce you first.

[SAY HI, NIDOKING, AGGRON, NIDOQUEEN, AND CROBAT.]
hashtagafreakingghost: memories in paraphrase (on and on the music plays)

[personal profile] hashtagafreakingghost 2016-01-09 04:07 am (UTC)(link)
[Okay two things:]

O- oh my gosh the bat is bigger than me-- oh my GOSH, I'm taller than Nidoking and Nidoqueen...!!

[She's positively having the time of her life, even though she only recognizes Gen 1.]

Hello, all of you- oh wow--
oftheland: (ahahahaha oh wow)

[personal profile] oftheland 2016-01-12 12:05 am (UTC)(link)
Don't be afraid to pet them, if you'd like. They're very well behaved... though, do be careful, since they're all very... pointy.
hashtagafreakingghost: come stand beside me (i've never wanted it more)

[personal profile] hashtagafreakingghost 2016-01-17 08:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[The question is not if she'll pet them, but what order. Nidoqueen gets the first, with a cheerful smile.]

Wow. Wow, oh wow. She...feels different from how I'd thought too. [Like Beedrill.] Never thought I'd pet another Pokémon.
oftheland: (unlimited smug works)

[personal profile] oftheland 2016-01-19 04:38 am (UTC)(link)
Hahaha, it's great, isn't it? You know, though... that offer is still on the table, if I can find some way to make moving between worlds a little easier for all of us.
hashtagafreakingghost: (and my wishes have all come true)

[personal profile] hashtagafreakingghost 2016-01-30 11:03 am (UTC)(link)
Offer? You mean- ...You mean mygoshoh. [It'd been so long, and there'd been so much to think about, that...]

...My best friends would have to come too. They'd love it.
oftheland: (ahahahaha oh wow)

[personal profile] oftheland 2016-02-02 11:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, of course. You said some of them know the video games that have them in a little better than you do, right? I'm not exactly going to deny someone the opportunity to live the dream.
hashtagafreakingghost: save me for another day (tell me what i want to say)

[personal profile] hashtagafreakingghost 2016-02-03 06:23 am (UTC)(link)
Mmhm! I- if everyone's...okay, and after- well, I think some of them are- uh, would have? Two months, that's long enough for a lot to heal-- Yes. Yes, it would be a wonderful trip. Better than any of my recent ones, by far.
oftheland: (ahahahaha oh wow)

[personal profile] oftheland 2016-02-04 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
Well, you'll need to give me a status update when I figure out how to do this, at the very least. It's fine if I visit first, though, right? I don't everyone thinking you've lost your mind.
hashtagafreakingghost: has fallen behind you (when all that you know)

[personal profile] hashtagafreakingghost 2016-02-04 10:38 am (UTC)(link)
Ohhh yeah, that'd sure be helpful. I mean, there's a lot of other reasons they could think that... But, um, yes. A visit would be good, in advance. ...Maybe I can give Susan my address so you wouldn't just be wandering around...