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cityship ([personal profile] cityship) wrote in [community profile] trans_92009-11-16 05:28 pm

The Funeral

Everyone's had a chance to recover somewhat, to stop reeling or at least try. Now that people are at least somewhat closer to being on balance again, it's time to say goodbye.

There is a message throughout the ship, one tinged with sadness:

||Attention, crew. Those who wish to attend the funeral services for the crew-mates that died during the conflict should report to Obs Deck immediately. Services will begin in approximately a thirty Earth standard minutes.||

The floor of the Obs Deck shifts to allow lifts to come up through it. Tubes connect from the space there to the hatches that suddenly appear between the windows, giving something of an impression that the closed caskets are missiles about to be shot through a missile tube. The funeral pods themselves have clear round domes in them--some of the people that died more peacefully are visible, looking as if they're sleeping. Most, however, were killed in a way that would make them appear less than presentable, so in their funeral pods only the vaguest outlines of humanoid forms can be made out. Some have entirely closed pods or were vaporized and thus, only have a funeral pod there to represent them.

The ship lurches lightly as it comes to a stop to a random universe, but where it's stopped at is beautiful to behold. They are in the middle of a nebula, surrounded by red and blue plasma. Several new stars burn brightly, here, and they are stopped near one, just short of being sucked in by its gravitational pull. It's a red dwarf, small and faint and new, but its light is welcoming. Here, where the very fires of creation burn, and stars are born is the last place the dead will be sent.

[ooc: Instruction thingies]

Re: The Launches

[identity profile] kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com 2009-11-20 12:52 am (UTC)(link)
"Hey, that's what friends are for, right? And even though I have friends from home, having ones here is just as important to me. But don't worry...I'm sure that you'll have people from your world come here too. You might even get your boyfriend!"

Which Katara gave a forced smile here. She really, REALLY wished she could only hope Aang would be here, instead of knowing he was, somewhere, where she couldn't be near him.

Re: The Launches

[identity profile] its-keeper.livejournal.com 2009-11-20 12:55 am (UTC)(link)
"I really want that, but -" Will whimpers. Katara is someone she can let go in front of. There's something very comforting about her, a motherly presence she misses from her own mother. They may be about the same age, but Katara still seems so much older than her. "But I can't - if something like this happened to him, I'd never forgive myself. I COULDN'T."

Re: The Launches

[identity profile] kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com 2009-11-20 01:09 am (UTC)(link)
Katara seized her hands. "I don't beleive that, and I don't think, in your heart, that you do either. But its easy to get scared, thinking that it might have happened to him. With these people...there was nothing we could do, you or I. Who knew that zobies would be coming on one side and pirates on the other? It was a bad situation, but not one we're going to repeat again. I promise."

Re: The Launches

[identity profile] its-keeper.livejournal.com 2009-11-20 08:47 am (UTC)(link)
Will sniffles again, glad for Katara's comfort, but still embarrassed at her own emotion.

"I wish I was stronger like you," she says, wiping her eyes clear. "I should be. I'm SUPPOSED to be."

Re: The Launches

[identity profile] kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com 2009-11-20 10:55 am (UTC)(link)
Katara looked sadly at Will. "I've been in WARS, Will. I've seen good people die, including my mother. If you need a shoulder, I'm glad to lend you one, but trust me, you should be happy you don't have to go through things like that. we all find strength our own way. Soon, you'll find a way to cope too."

Truthfully, Katara hoped Will wouldn't have to see worse things than this. The girl was sweet and kind, and reminded her why she fought so hard for people in the first place: so they could have happy lives with the people they cared about.

Even if it sometimes meant that person wasn't you.

Re: The Launches

[identity profile] its-keeper.livejournal.com 2009-11-24 01:54 am (UTC)(link)
Part of what scares Will is that she's fought wars too. But nothing like this.

Would Kandrakar have asked that of her? Was she expected to become this strong?

COULD she?

"I'm sorry," she says, hugging Katara more tightly. "I'm so sorry, Katara, for your loss - nobody should have to -"

Re: The Launches

[identity profile] kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com 2009-11-24 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
Katara hugged her back, but put a finger to her mouth.

"No, no one should," Katara said, "But it happens anyway. And when it does, I can't let it stay that way. Its just not me. I have to fight, I have to try and do what I can, that's all. Who would let them win?"