text - OTA

[bossyboiler]

Who: Kate Cordello
Username: Cupkate
Warnings:N/A

We'll be holding a wake-style service for George tomorrow at 6pm. It's not going to be a formal affair. I don't think he would have wanted something like that.

It'll be at the Crow's Nest Bar and we'll have the place to ourselves for two hours. Hope to see you there.

Comments

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[abrightboy]

Is there anyone left to come?

[bossyboiler]

I would think that anyone who was at Wolf's Pen will come. George had friends Malcolm.

[abrightboy]

I know George had friends. I'm one of them. But a lot of people have disappeared.

[bossyboiler]

Do you want to have a wake for them too?

[abrightboy]

No. They're not dead.

[bossyboiler]

Then what do you want, Malcolm? What do you need?

Text, un: a.jaeger

[bloodalwaystells]

I'm glad to hear it, George deserves to be remembered. I'll be there.

[After a moment's thought, he switches to private.]

How are you holding up?

[bossyboiler]

It'll be good to see you there.

I'm sad about George but I'm okay otherwise. How about you?

[bloodalwaystells]

I don't know, honestly, but I've seen better days and I've seen worse. Keeping busy helps some. What we've been able to accomplish.

So...well enough, I suppose. Im trying to get back to something that feels like normal...for whatever that counts for here.

[bossyboiler]

I understand about keeping busy. Sometimes it's the only way to keep the voices and urges quiet. A routine helps too, at least it does for me.

I've not quiet forgotten what normal is. Friends help with that.

[bloodalwaystells]

Routine helps, too, yes. Though it's hard at times. A lot of reminders. The world keeps going, whether you're ready for it or not.

But it is better than just sitting and thinking too much.

[He pauses: he's not here to dump on Kate, but the past months have been a lot. Too much, maybe, even in spite of his therapy and grief counseling.]

I'm still getting used to the idea of friends, and still figuring out what 'normal' means for me. It's really not something I've ever been good at, but I'm grateful for what I do have.

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[ferriswheelsandfootball]

I didn't really know George but I'd like to pay my respects anyway.
[He was one of them, after all.]

[bossyboiler]

You should come then. Everyone is welcome.

Text; un: jelica

[musicdied]

I will be there.

[bossyboiler]

Good. That's good.

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[canofmanji]

[Manji chooses to respond with a video. He hates texting.]

I think that sounds exactly like the sort of thing he'd want.

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[bossyboiler]

[ Kate switches to video too, just to be polite. ]

I do too. He wouldn't want, I think, a big fuss.

[canofmanji]

Yeah, that was what was great about George. He was quiet. When everything else in this place seems so... loud and bright.

[bossyboiler]

It was. He was easy to talk to too.

[canofmanji]

That I can't agree with more. He had a way with people. Even if he didn't understand this world he seemed to just know how to get on everyone's good side just with his words. [He's not exactly jealous. Manji was happy as a loner, but he could still appreciate the skill it took to be the type of man George was.] World is going to be darker place without him in.

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[conning]

Thank you for doing this.

[bossyboiler]

Oh, don't thank me. It's something that needed to be done. Donna helped a lot too.

How are you doing?

[conning]

I'm all right. I wasn't as close to George as Malcolm.

[A pause, then:]

I think it's a shock, there being a body. It being so final.

[bossyboiler]

Malcolm and George seemed to have been really good friends.

[ And she is worried about Malcolm. He doesn't need to be alone. ]

Yeah. With mostly everyone else, there's a little hope of them being still alive. With George, not so much.

[conning]

They were. George was kind, and

He was a good friend.

And with people coming back like Tim, it opens up even more possibilities. This is just… different.