1.1.01.01.034: open returns.

[needshumility]

[Eddie has his stiff, formal tone on.]

It seems Tommy has left. I don't know if it's permanent or not, but all evidence points to permanent.

[pause pause]

We should make sure people aren't forgotten here. Somehow.

[pause, pause. He sounds like he going to say something else, then just... doesn't.]

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[worstsongever]

Maybe we should start a massive scrapbooking project.

[needshumility.livejournal.com]

I sort of...

I have half of an idea. But I need to discuss it with some people.

[worstsongever]

Well what's the idea?

[19centconstable.livejournal.com]

But what can we do beyond think of people fondly?

Because if you're suggesting we all get tattoos, I'm afraid I'm going to have to decline.

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[needshumility.livejournal.com]

I do have a vague idea, but I'd rather check it over with Victor first. He's got very specific views about this sort of thing.

But not... what is a tattoo?

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[19centconstable.livejournal.com]

Oh?

It's a sort of permanent picture they carve into your skin.

[naughtbutlife.livejournal.com]

Tommy....as in Tommy D, Tommy?

Oh.

[needshumility.livejournal.com]

Yes, him.

I...

[Private]

I hate this.

It happens more than people have probably told you. He'll have just gone home, but... but still.

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[naughtbutlife.livejournal.com]

Do they truly just leave without a word?

Do they leave by their own freewill?

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[thebestnose.livejournal.com]

You alright, Red?

Re: Private

[needshumility.livejournal.com]

Not really.

He was so much like us in some ways. Not explicitly, but... he just felt a little closer to home. Which was awful in sense, but made him easier to talk to than some of the Previous.

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[thebestnose.livejournal.com]

What do you want me to do? What...can I do?

[truth_is_cold]

...I was hoping he would get his deal.




[And that's Rhade's way of saying that he's sad about it.]

[needshumility.livejournal.com]

I was hoping for a lot of things.

I didn't even know what his deal was.

[truth_is_cold]

I don't, either. I just wanted him to have a chance to have something he wanted.

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[failedcreator.livejournal.com]

This news saddens me. We had a quite pleasant time in the CES.

On this matter, I had wished to ask your advice. I wish to inform the barge that Sergeant Howie has in fact passed from this world, and to hold a service. I had permission of a sort from Sveta.

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[needshumility.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry. He was a nice kid.

Oh... um. He... he died? Wh...

Right. Um. Is a service what you usually do? What would that involve? As long as nobody gets hurt or really upset by it, I think you should do what makes you feel better, yes. It was good of you to ask her permission, though. Are you sure she doesn't mind?

I did have another idea, though, Victor. From my world. But I'll explain that in a minute.

[Private]

[failedcreator.livejournal.com]

He passed upon leaving the barge, I believe.

I believe that most are accepting of this. Sveta, I do not know. She is not well pleased, as is proper, but I believe that the others must know.

I would also like to hear your idea.

[puzzleprince.livejournal.com]

We have their network entries to remember them by.

[needshumility.livejournal.com]

Is that really much when it comes to it?

[puzzleprince.livejournal.com]

They're quite a bit more significant than anything we could come up with.

[una_persson]

...But he scarcely just arrived.

Oh, the poor boy.

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[needshumility.livejournal.com]

I know.

He shouldn't have to go back to that.

[strangehistorian]

Oh, what a shame. He seemed very sweet.

[needshumility.livejournal.com]

He was a nice lad.