Our Lady of Fandom [Tuesday afternoon]

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

While the snow might have been coming down in ridiculous (to Sookie) amounts, it hadn't been that hard for her to get to the church to set up for the memorial. Granted, not everyone had the benefit of an ice-manipulating boyfriend, but she was pretty sure people would come, still, anyway.

The setup was simple, classy. A few candles (the lack of power helped), and Sookie placed a picture of Raven at the front, on a table. She figured that as people filed in, they could say goodbye, or whatever they needed to. And if people wanted to speak to the whole group, they could -- there was space for that, after all. But as for her, Sookie was going to stay in her warm black coat, with her warm black gloves, and feel cold all over in spite of it.

[omg post is totes NFB, radio kids, but memorial is open to all who know about it!]

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Arrive

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

And mingle, if you feel so inclined. It's probably warmer that way.

Re: Arrive

[weetuskenraider]

Tahiri was in Raven's debt for what Raven had done to help mentally heal her; she hadn't forgotten that, so there wasn't even a question of her coming to the service, blizzard or not.

She was dressed in her best Jedi robes, new lightsaber clipped to her belt; her expression was stoic -- she'd lost enough friends in her seventeen years and that in its own way was sad -- but, she hoped, no less compassionate for that restraint.

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[longislandiceme]

Unless you were standing near Bobby, that is. He was still having issues keeping that chill under control, which, to anyone who knew about his powers, at least, was really the only outward sign as to how deeply he'd been affected by all this.

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[brat_inslayage]

Was it even a question that Kennedy would be here? Not even.

She still looked absolutely wrecked, less confident and sure of herself than she usually was, but she was trying her hardest. If for no other reason than to be here for her friends.

Her hardest didn't do much to disguise how rough the whole thing had been on her, though Kennedy didn't really care how much of that showed.

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[glacial_queen]

Unlike the past few days when she'd been crying all over the place, today Karla was calm and composed, though very pale. Her eyes and cheeks stayed dry and her grave and somber expression remained fixed, giving nothing away about how she was truly feeling.

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[showmetheproof.livejournal.com]

Even a blizzard wouldn't keep Scully from showing up to a friend's funeral. Raven wasn't a close friend, but she'd been helpful, and a likable person and leader at the Support Services group. The least she was owed was some last respects.

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[ancientbschamp.livejournal.com]

Being Karla's roommate meant that it was, essentially, impossible for Gabrielle to not know what had happened. That in turn meant that it was impossible for her to consider not being here.

Of course she'd come prepared with something to say; that was why she was standing near one wall, lips moving silently as she went over the words. She didn't really care about theatrics or exceptionally ornate language, for once; she just wanted this to be heartfelt . . . and to not stumble over the words.

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[swordsandsoccer.livejournal.com]

Dolf was grateful this was being held in a church. At least, part of him was. It was the part of him that kept thinking back to the church of Saint Nicholas in Bari and the comfort that it had brought him.

The rest of him mostly looked a little bedraggled, and a lot saddened. He hadn't known Raven that well, but he'd known her well enough to knock her off the list of deaths that would have just rendered him numb, and he owed it to her to show up.

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[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

Hurley hadn't expected this was the way he was going to come back to this particular messed up island. Even with all the death that had been around him lately, this still hit him hard. Dressed in a dark suit, his hair slicked as to be less outrageous, he stood looking the opposite of what people would remember of Hurley. He was sad, and struggling to keep his composure.

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[batwaffles.livejournal.com]

Stephanie Brown hadn't known Raven and had no reason to be at the memorial. (And wouldn't even have known about it, if not for accidental, partial success while trying to practice some basic hacking.)

Robin, on the other hand . . . well, there was a history with Robin and the Titans, wasn't there? Even if Superboy refused to acknowledge her as Robin yet, there was . . . there was tradition! So there was a figure lurking hiding out quietly in a dark corner of the choir loft, just watching for now; this was where having a black cape came in handy. The bright red, green, and yellow of her costume would be awfully over-festive for the situation.

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[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

Sookie may have set the whole thing up, but she wasn't feeling any more secure here than anyone else. She found a seat at the fringe of things, studying her hands and staying quiet. That had worked so far. It needed to work now.

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[theotherpeter.livejournal.com]

Peter dressed up, in a dark suit, before slogging out to the church in the snow. He had sort of lost touch with Raven recently, but that didn't mean he couldn't pay his respects. His common smugness and loudmouth attitude was not in play, today. He was somber, respectful, and quiet. Ready to be a friendly shoulder for those who mourned greater than he.

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[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

Alex didn't really plan on doing much once he got here but he was there. He'd taken a seat in the back, bundled up in a coat and hat. Despite not knowing Raven that well, he remembered looking after when she'd suddenly turned into a child and he remembered her healing him when he'd gotten back from the Capital Wasteland.

So, he sat there quietly, head down and thoughts solemn.

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[life_inshadow]

Tara crept in a few minutes late, and sat near the back of the group of mourners. Guilt still crushed her chest so hard that she sometimes felt like she couldn't breathe -- but this wasn't about her. It was about Raven, and paying her respects was the (very, very) least she could do.

She wore the heart chakra pendant Raven had given her for Christmas over her dark sweater. It made her feel a bit like Raven was still out there, somewhere, if only as a memory.

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[just-add-starch.livejournal.com]

Fraser had only really known Raven by name but he felt it pertinent to be at the memorial just to know that the faculty was there for the students that were grieving.

He stood at the back of the church, wearing his heavy overcoat over his uniform, and paid his respects.

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[endsthegame]

Ender hadn't really known Raven all that well, but considering the circumstances-- and considering everything with Karla-- he thought it would be only prudent to turn up. He had no inclination towards disturbing anyone in their grief, however, and so he didn't stride forward or interrupt anyone, or speak up.

Instead, he stayed near the back, and slipped out a little while later.

Some of the eulogies were making him think-- though not about anything that had anything to do with Raven, specifically.

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[suit-of-awesome.livejournal.com]

It didn't matter that Barney hadn't known Raven personally. Um, at least he assumed he hadn't known her personally, though there were those girls who lied about their ages. Not the point, he was the Dean of Students during a time of tragedy and he was going to sit mournfully among his people.

And not wonder at all when these fools became his people.

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[onlysmokesnics.livejournal.com]

Hayley wasn't a stranger to death. But she always reacted peculiar to it. Bianca's death had hurt her deeply, but her family's death was almost a happy event: the lifting of a burden she'd never have to deal with again.

Raven, though, that hurt. Not in that deep, life changing way that her 24-hour beau's death had on Hayley, but a hurt that stung.

Ever since coming to the school, Hayley could count on one hand the people who'd always treated her nicely. The people that, if she had to, she could turn to. That wouldn't treat her as damaged, as crazy, as that bad girl.

Raven was one of those people.

She didn't really have any funeral appropriate attire, but she was keeping bundled up in her red coat and black scarf anyway. She was too cold to take it off, even out of respect. Not that she'd even think that it'd be more respectful to take off her coat.

She sat down in the back, quietly thinking to herself. Loss was always hard to process for her. And she'd just lost something dear to her.

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[likethegun]

As soon as Sam had gotten the e-mail, he'd booked the first portal he could get to Fandom. He'd hoped that it was a mistake, that e-mails had gone screwy or that Sookie was possessed, or that something had happened to make Raven all right, but it was clear now that the message had been true. With a sigh, he sat down and looked around, not at all surprised to see so many people. The presence of others made the loss just a little easier to bear.

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[didntchewgrass.livejournal.com]

Elphaba was very, very grateful that Professor Perrault had taught he about e-mail last week. In a simple black dress, she sat towards the back to remain as polite and unobtrusive as possible. There wasn't anything she felt she could say to make this feel any better for anyone. And going up to the portrait of Raven, to say that perhaps she'd been wrong about it being okay not to tell anyone, that seemed selfish of her.

No, she'd just sit in the back quietly, with her own sadness and regret.

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[bigdamnprincipal]

Zoe had been perfectly content at the lack of memorials she'd had to attend recently. It was hard enough to lose someone she knew, but it was worse to lose a student. She could imagine what the other students here were going through right now, and she would have given anything to take that away. Zoe wasn't exactly the sentimental type, but it seemed kind of fitting that the island was so cold and bleak today. She slid into the pew beside Sam, hoping to take both comfort and warmth from her stepson.

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[icecoldfrost]

It was rather expected that she'd attend, wasn't it? And so Emma was there, dressed appropriately and sitting near the back. She wasn't as torn up as everyone else; as far as she was concerned, they'd done what they needed to do. But she could - and would - support her friends. At least, as much as she was able.

Say Goodbye

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

Go visit the picture of Raven. Pay your respects.

Re: Say Goodbye

[swordsandsoccer.livejournal.com]

"I don't know if you are one of St. Nicolaas," Dolf began. He felt a little ridiculous, for two reasons; first, he'd had trouble deciding on whether to go here or not, suddenly again too conscious of all the children who had never gotten a proper burial, whose deaths had numbed him. Why should anyone else get this kind of extravagance?

But that was a stupid thought, and he chastisised himself for it. He'd buried Carolus too, after all.

Second of all, though, he felt silly and more awkward than usual doing this in English. He sighed, and licked his lips, and started in with his native tongue instead. "Maar hij gaf altijd bescherming aan lijdende kinderen, en hoop aan ieder die dat nodig had. Ik hoop dat hij ook voor jou klaarstaat...*"

He talked a little more, but not much. He didn't need to say much. Maybe some of it had been for the children, too, and not just the one they'd most recently lost.

[[ 'but he always gave protection to suffering children, and hope to all who needed it. I hope he'll be there for you too'. /nerd ]]

Eulogies

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

For those who want to say a few words.

Re: Eulogies

[onlysmokesnics.livejournal.com]

It was a bit ironic, in a multiverse sense. Harley Quinn eulogizing a Teen Titan. But Hayley stood, wishing to say something. It may have been still processing for her, the stress was making her want to just start laughing to lighten the horrible mood, but she swallowed down that mad laughter that was trying to spring out of her.

Instead, she allowed herself to cry. Not a sob, not a wail, but a simple trickle of tears as she said her few kind words for her friend.

"Raven was one of those people that accepted you, no matter who you were," Hayley said. "No matter what you may have done in the past, she'd want to help you if you needed it. She was always there, sometimes before ya even knew that you needed help, even."

She smiled, thinking of her friend not in a sense of what was lost, but in what her friend had done. The great effect that Raven had had on a poor, broken girl.

"Without Raven, I know I wouldn't have made it. She helped me break my Nics habit, even if she never knew it. She helped me when I couldn't understand what I was feelin'. She was one of the best friends anyone could ever have, and... and I'm sorry that nobody will ever get to have her as a friend, anymore. That's... that's really, really sad."

She sat down, having said what she needed to say.

OOC [01/17/11]

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

You guys have no idea how weird it is to post OCD for a memorial like it's OCD for a birthday party. It only helps a LITTLE that she's not really dead. *FEELS GUILTY*

Anyway -- I'm at work until 4:30 or so, kids, but I'm leaving comments on because I get bored at work and apparently sobbing incoherently will be the better option. IDK.

Again -- this whole memorial is NFB, to keep this plot from affecting characters who wouldn't necessarily want or need to know about another character's death! (Even if she will get better, omg.)

Re: OOC [01/17/11]

[trigons_child]

YOU feel weird? Try being the...well, "guest of honor" doesn't work since she's not there. ;)