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Kate ([personal profile] bossyboiler) wrote in [community profile] apocalypsehowcomm2023-01-11 10:36 am

Log - OTA! - What’s the difference between a corpse and a shirt?

Who: Everyone.
When: Wednesday evening, Jan 11th
Where: A rented out bar, downtown.
Summary: The wake for George Milton.
Warnings: N/A (will update as needed)

If anyone of the forcibly kidnapped to Gloucester deserved to be remembered, it was George Milton. In many ways, he was the best of them. He had been kind. He had always been willing to help and lend a hand. Unlike some whose first choice was violence (because what else was there), he had chosen to forgo that route and had come up with a much more clever solution. The solution saved lives.

It had not felt right to have a formal service for him. To put it simply, he was not a formal person. And so after much calling around, a bar had been found where they could rent out the entire place before business got too busy. It was just for a couple of hours. People could come and say nice things about George. It's what he deserved after all.

So come on in, have a beer or two, and sit a spell. Maybe you'll feel like sharing a story about George or maybe you're just there to pay your respects. There's a break in the weather, the clouds only filling up half of the nighttime sky. No acid snow for tonight.
conning: (NealC 153)

[personal profile] conning 2023-04-10 03:00 pm (UTC)(link)
"There are times when it is," Neal admits, which is something he's never said to... well, anyone.
abrightboy: (gasp)

[personal profile] abrightboy 2023-04-11 12:21 am (UTC)(link)
"It's been a long time since I took a loss this hard," Malcolm admits, since they're confessing.
conning: (NealC 045)

[personal profile] conning 2023-04-11 12:37 am (UTC)(link)
"You're allowed," Neal says, and kisses Malcolm's forehead. He could give all the reasons it makes sense, but that's what it comes down to. "Grief comes how it comes."
abrightboy: (considers ruefully)

[personal profile] abrightboy 2023-04-11 12:38 am (UTC)(link)
"I want to go home," Malcolm admits. "But I don't want to..." He gestures around helplessly. "Abandon George."
conning: (NealC 096)

[personal profile] conning 2023-04-11 12:44 am (UTC)(link)
"You're not." Another kiss to the forehead. "You're not abandoning him. This is for him, sure, but it's more for us. If you're ready to leave, then he'd want you to go."
abrightboy: (holding it in)

[personal profile] abrightboy 2023-04-11 12:58 am (UTC)(link)
Malcolm looks uncertain, but he's very bereaved and very uncomfortable and the idea of anyone else coming up and talking to him makes him want to dig his own eyeballs out with an ice pick, even with Neal there for support and Tim around somewhere. Slowly, uncertainly, he nods. "I want to go," he whispers.