PRAYER CIRCLE... 4?? (wolfwood, livio, kaveh, nahri, jonas)

[piteous]

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W3 : SUNDAY

[piteous]

[ We are here again at the single tree by the park in Japonifornia. Here lies crosses created with thin tree branches, one each for those who have passed and each decorated with withering flower crowns except for the three newly placed.

Everyone is gathered here today to pay the erased respect, old and new, and to place down whatever kind offerings. Vash himself puts down flowers for all three. ]

Thanks for coming.

[ THERE ARE SO MANY OF YOU we do not need to tag order, so just tag around as you see fit. Be sad as much as you want. ]

[crimebaby]

[ livio is making the new crosses before they start the prayers, but he does nod to acknowledge jonas, nahri, and kaveh with a sympathetic, worried look ]

[ashmark]

[ she touches his arm in acknowledgement, he doesn't get a choice. ]

[ashmark]

[ oh yeah she's sad all right. she's standing there, numb, which hey at least is a break from all the crying. she has her single, dried and dying flower in her hand. she should be better at this- saying something or doing something to remember. but she's just... numb. ]

[ohthehumanities]

[Would Nahri like a calming beverage]

[ohthehumanities]

[Kaveh is here!! Did he have a nap? Maybe. Who's to say.

Mehrak is also here, sitting off to the side with a neutral '_' face. He'll offer to help Livio with the crosses if needed; otherwise, his contribution is warm drinks for everyone. Coffee or hot chocolate or whatever.]

Of course. Thank you, again. [For inviting him along... being included on insecurity week (pikashook)]

[crimebaby]

[ he is allowed to help. but also, stop being insecure kaveh!!! you're a catholic now!! ]

[westedge]

[ okay honestly he had zero idea what to expect but he's here and he's just kind of...trying to decide he's not actually intruding despite the fact vash invited him? his only contribution is a couple of flowers he nabbed from the park on his way to this park and they're sort of awkwardly held in his hand. he'd thought about telling alex where he was going and asking her to come along but this is something he needed to do for himself anyway.

so likewise, he'll offer to help livio with crosses even if he doesn't have an idea how to make them and otherwise will just sort of nod along. ]

...probably should have been doing this sooner. So, thanks for asking.

[crucifer]

It's fine. People were doing their own thing anyway.

[ EVERYONE STOP BEING INSECURE AT A FUNERAL ]

[crimebaby]

[ congrats on becoming catholic, jonas ]

[ livio will let him help, showing him how to do it. it's pretty simple, even his own yaoihands can handle it ]

You don't have anything to feel bad for, Jonas.

[crucifer]

[ It's really the way ths circle keeps getting a new person every week I'm losing my mind.

But Wolfwood is going to largely work away silently on making said tree branches, muttering curses under his breath at how crowded this singular tree is getting, and the fact of how depressing that is.

He also puts down a lily of the valley before Shenhe's.

When everyone's done and ready he'll do the usual funeral rites but handwave this because I've looked up enough prayers for 4 weeks!! I've never been to a funeral I can't keep doing this I'm not the right person OOCly!! ]

[crimebaby]

[ i'm also tired of googling so livio is also doing prayers and funeral rites ]

[ he is also here to support wolfwood, whose manpain shenhe was fridged for ]

[ashmark]

[ she will wait respectfully for the rites to be over and then slink on up to him. she puts her hand out. ]

Lighter.

[piteous]

[ i forced lowe to be here ]

wk4 - sunday;

[crucifer]

[ YOU ALL KNOW THE DRILL

JAPANIFORNIA PARK TREE IN THE EVENING sometime after execution, and making. God. Five more crosses Jesus Christ. This park is hella crowded, friends.

Mill about, chatter, pray, remember the dead*.

*Gossip is probably legal since the rules don't say it has to be strictly positively but remember etiquette folks. ]

[crimebaby]

[ livio will be making the crosses or praying. he's mostly keeping to himself, quiet, with a blank expression on his face ]

[ohthehumanities]

[We're going to run out of fucking branches

Anyway Kaveh is here; he has once again brought warm drinks with him for everyone, and he will of course help make crosses since there are FIVE OF THEM TO BE MADE TODAY. Mehrak is also here with him, floating along behind him with a solemn '_' face. At some point either before or after the prayers (probably after), he'll move off to the side and open Mehrak up to get out some paper, a pen, two tubes of paint, and a brush and start working on some paintings.]

[ashmark]

[ last week, she had a little flower. this week, she has a rose - specifically from the bouquet she received on wednesday. she's been tending to the flowers as best she can, but this one is still starting to wilt.

and, like before, she is going to harass wolfwood for his lighter, to set the rose ablaze until it burns down to nothing. ]

[westedge]

[ you know what. this is so many crosses and so many dead people, which means that eventually he'll either a.) help with making crosses or b.) he just kind of sits on the ground to stare blankly at the ones already made. who knows what the fuck he's thinking about, but eventually he does seem to be kind of digging into the dirt with his hand to bury something. it's fine. he'll pay attention for prayers but otherwise seems to be focusing on his own thing. ]

[piteous]

[ YEAH... I GUESS SO... SO MANY MORE CROSSES TODAY. Vash is just praying silently for them. ]

W5 : SUNDAY

[piteous]

[ YOU THINK JUST BECAUSE I RETURNED HOME AND HAVE RAID THAT WE WILL NOT HAVE CHURCH

In honor of the reverse baptism, we have returned to the single tree by the humble park, too small for Livio to personally enjoy. Here, we place for you, our Father, four more branch crosses for our recently fallen. May you ferry these wayward souls to Heaven or the Under-underground, for fuck them all for leaving us in the living where we suffer W6 and possibly endgame.

Lord Almighty, we thirst for the graveyard just as much as those gone. Bless us, your soldiers and followers, with more than tantalizing ice cream. May we go out dramatically in a blaze of glory or clownery. Amen.

All of the crosses will be freshened up with new flowers. Today, during this gathering, there is ice cream provided from the cafeteria. Vash has ferried a number of individual containers for us to all be sad and binge eat. ]

[ashmark]

[ nahri is getting so sick and full of ice cream but it's so good she can't help herself.

but first: her own little ritual. it's more advanced this week! she has a collection of small flowers and folded up notes along with them. and she's going to set them on fire with her gifted lighter, so wolfwood gets to be unbothered this weekend. she's a small distance away so everything can burn safely on the pavement, not putting people or crosses at risk.

and when that is done and everything has been burned away, she will gorge herself on ice cream. ]

[ohthehumanities]

[I do not know why you would want this much depression but sure, he'll be here if someone comes along to fetch him. He doesn't bring anything today, though, and he mostly just sits quietly off to the side.

But hey, at least he's not crying! Or drinking. (For now.)]

[westedge]

[ me, extremely derailed. anyway it's fine he's here because he was once again asked to but he does kind of keep even more to himself than usual.



unfortunately, he's busy digging in the dirt to bury what appear to be more napkins? and also spooning a few bites of ice cream into these holes. we all grieve and honor in different ways, it's fine. ]

[crimebaby]

[ after prayers he's going to be trying a bit of the ice cream... ]

Wow, this is good! No wonder only Ruby's favorites get it....