A Funeral.

As inappropriate a greeting as it is, good evening,

You can call me Preacher White. I'm a visiting pastor at the Camon Heights Memorial Church, and a few days ago, I was delivered a sealed letter and a request to hold a funeral on March 5th. As it just so happens, that day is tomorrow.

The person I have been asked to hold the funeral for is a man who goes by the name "Neoteny." Recently, after speaking with a few persons standing near the benches a small ways away from the sanctuary, I was informed that this man died within the past hour or so.

It is a shame to see a child of God has passed from this life to the next so certainly soon in their life, and, so far as I've been aware, so terribly mysteriously.

The only other detail I have been given about this man is that he was, apparently, a "terrorist" of sorts. As this word is bantered around quite a bit in this day and age, I am hesitant to accept it at face value from one source. Even if it is true, at this point, we must come together to mourn the loss of one of God's creations - whether for better or worse.

I will do my best to hold a service tomorrow, March 5th, at approximately 5 PM local time, though it would be greatly appreciated if members of the community, especially family or friends, if this man had any, would be willing to come with something to say.

At the end of the service, I will read the sealed document as I have been asked.

If you have the time, please try to attend and help lay this wayward soul to rest.

Respectfully,

Preacher White
Camon Heights Church

A letter written on old-fashioned looking black-edged stationary

Dear sir,

I was a near-witness to this man's death, and I regret to say that the Gospel adage came true, that "Those who live by the sword, die by the sword". I am in the employ of an ex-patriate French billionaire as a courier and a bodyguard, but I've been using much of my time and pay to help alleviate some of the damage "Neoteny" caused. I adopted three teenagers who were orphaned by his actions. I may not be able to attend since I have some very pressing business to take care of, but no doubt a member of my extended family will.

Sincerely,

Mercedes Fischer

The citizens of the simulation can breathe a sigh of relief that this rabid animal has been put down.  I won't be there to pay my respects, but to make sure he's really dead.

Illyria

Might I take this conjuncture to remind everyone the definition of a funeral.

Main Entry:

²funeral

Function:

noun

Etymology:

Middle English funerelles (plural), from Middle French funerailles (plural), from Medieval Latin funeralia (plural), from Late Latin, neuter plural of funeralis, adjective

Date:

circa 1512

1: the observances held for a dead person usually before burial or cremation

Observances that are normally in Honor of the deceased. Hence my point comes..

If you do not have respect for the deceased, do not attend a funeral. As much as many disagree with the mans actions, his goals, or his actual.. damage, He still had been but a man at one time and had/have people who love and respect him. When any family member, or rather faction member, goes astray, it is hard on everyone. But you never stop loving someone who is estranged, no matter how severe their actions may be.

In short, due to my inability to attend I would like to pay my respects to the man that Neoteny was, and my condolences that his estranged path couldn't be mended. I am glad that his reign is over, I simply wish his stoic spirit could have been edged towards resolution.

Regardless, that is all I have to say on the matter. Good day.

Tranque101 wrote:

Might I take this conjuncture to remind everyone the definition of a funeral.

Main Entry:

²funeral

Function:

noun

Etymology:

Middle English funerelles (plural), from Middle French funerailles (plural), from Medieval Latin funeralia (plural), from Late Latin, neuter plural of funeralis, adjective

Date:

circa 1512

1: the observances held for a dead person usually before burial or cremation

 

Observances that are normally in Honor of the deceased. Hence my point comes..

 

If you do not have respect for the deceased, do not attend a funeral. As much as many disagree with the mans actions, his goals, or his actual.. damage, He still had been but a man at one time and had/have people who love and respect him. When any family member, or rather faction member, goes astray, it is hard on everyone. But you never stop loving someone who is estranged, no matter how severe their actions may be.

In short, due to my inability to attend I would like to pay my respects to the man that Neoteny was, and my condolences that his estranged path couldn't be mended. I am glad that his reign is over, I simply wish his stoic spirit could have been edged towards resolution.

Regardless, that is all I have to say on the matter. Good day.

If only more people would have followed by your example instead of taking the opportunity to stand front and center and push their agendas.

(( I just want to forget about what happened at this event, and I wish people could just be *FRIENDS* and not be at each others' throats about everything. Can't we all just get along? -.-))

 ((null))

QuiDormit wrote:

MatrixRefugee wrote:

(( I just want to forget about what happened at this event, and I wish people could just be *FRIENDS* and not be at each others' throats about everything. Can't we all just get along? -.-))

((null))

(( Just been having a rough time IRL and things in-game have been getting to me since it's getting a little too close to reality. I'm sorry I went off half-cocked here.))

MatrixRefugee wrote:

(( I just want to forget about what happened at this event, and I wish people could just be *FRIENDS* and not be at each others' throats about everything. Can't we all just get along? -.-))

Can't you just keep your mouth shut when it's someone else's turn to talk?  Nobody interrupted you when it was your turn.

Yeah, it sucks when everyone doesn't agree with everything you say huh?

I'm guessing things didn't go over very well, heh?

Everyone was fine, except for Sieges, MetaLogic and Illyria who couldn't show the same respect they were being given.

That's the problem with trying to "honor" such a disreputable, controversial person publicly.  You might as well send personal invitations to all of his enemies to take turns spitting on him.

Perhaps they were merely showing him the same respect he showed all of his victims.  Pity I was too busy to make it to broadcast depth...

I'm curious though.  What was in the sealed document?

MatrixRefugee wrote:

(( To clarify, since I'm feeling a little better after a session with my therapist, I've been going through a rough time all around right now. I've had trouble at work with extremely difficult customers and an especially ignorant new supervisor who keeps telling me how to do the job I've been doing for five years, as well as family drama since my mom had her depression med dosage adjusted and she's been wierder than usual as she acclimates to it; my dad has been having trouble at his job, due to (again) a problematic boss and thus he's been a bit hair-trigger. Add to this some drama from people in my own org in-game: right now I feel like the whole world is at my throat and I feel like have no way out anywhere. Cognitively, I know it's all in-character, but right now my emotions are raw and the screwed-up synapses in the emotional centers of my brain are reading it as more trouble to be dealt with or avoided.

I didn't think I was grandstanding last night, but if I was, I'm sorry and it will never happen again. Next time, I'll stay out of everyone's way and focus on in-faction stuff. I'm sorry I screwed up and added to the mess. I didn't think it would come to this, but I take full responsibility and I'll be careful not to make that mistake again.))

((To you and everyone else who were getting IC/OOC line-crossings and whatnot going on-

Chill. It's RP in a game over a character who is dead. Things got out of hand IC, that was no problem. They got calmed back down. And hey, half the fun is when things get out of hand.

The moral of the story is: Less QQ more PewPew.))

(( I don't take anything said to me ingame to heart, especially if it's during rp. ))

Lyr

GQubed wrote:

To be totally fair, when I shouted "show us your boobs!" It is totally IC, GQ really reallly reallly likes boobs.

LMAO!!!!

GQubed wrote:

To be totally fair, when I shouted "show us your boobs!" It is totally IC, GQ really reallly reallly likes boobs.

I can vouch for this!

Lyr