chicago ♔ bury me deep just to cover my sins

[romanticidal]

♬ Ave Maria - Warshaw Philharmonic Orchestra

WHO || Buffy, Spike, Finnick, Myri, Dawn, Archer, Elena, Kat, Gar, Mark, Burt, Des, Rafael, Violet, Francesca, Luthir, and more~ [closed]
WHAT || Jade's burial.
WHERE || A cemetery, Chicago, IL
WHEN || July 8, 2013 [backdated]
HOW || Actionspam

[ As the processional exits the church following after the casket, the Knights and co. might be surprised that a rather large crowd has gathered out here, apparently holding some kind of intense candlelight vigil in jade's honor, now that twilight is beginning to fall. Those who take a gander over at Burt might almost see the halo of innocence over his head as he avoids eye contact doo doo doo.

Either way, the cameras don't follow for this part, and so everyone just gets to participate in the slow walk past crying eyes of strangers who didn't even know Jade or Rafael or any of them, towards the nearby cemetery, where they position around the still open at the top casket as its placed next to the grave that will house her.

The priest begins to intone in elvish once more: final funeral rites, the long farewell bid to their kind, and the promise of reunion in the lands of light. ]

Comments

[65]

[ ... sure, why not. close enough.] Something like that. We have reason to believe he's leading a cult. I don't suppose you'd know anything about it?

[starfucker]

Something to do with those churches he's cutting checks to?

[65]

Yes, actually. Everything to do with that.

[starfucker]

Say the word scien-fucking-tology and I will cuntpunch you back into your mother.

[65]

[pop culture check of 6 says finnick's more o_O about that than he ... already would have been.] I wasn't planning on it. I assume the checks would be going toward the Church of the Lord's Humanity.

[starfucker]

Fuck all if I paid attention who they were to. Dumping money in one asscrack of society's as bad as any other asscrack.

I can't believe my own fucking brother would pull a Tom Cruise and fall for some pyramid scheme. We made our living on conning morons like him.

[65]

His girlfriend may have something to do with it, so you were right to be suspicious of her.

[starfucker]

I fucking knew it. You know, I miss his ex-wife - Karen. At least that chick didn't have his dick in a vice. Even if the bitch did join in on that fucking three-way Chad had with my ex. May the whore rest in peace. [ ... burt's life. ]

[65]

[o-oh. finnick's not one to judge ... he probably participated in his fair share of threesomes....... ] She died?

[starfucker]

She did. Running fucking theme, I guess. [ SISTER. WIFE. SEXY UP AND COMING TALENT. w/e. ]

[65]

Awful. How long ago was that? Do you think it could have had any effect on Chad's behavior now?

[starfucker]

2009? There was a shitstorm of a year. And it was my wife that died, not his. Keep up. Wasn't til a couple years later he went nutso.

[65]

[TOO MANY DEAD PEOPLE. IT'S NOT HIS FAULT EVERYONE YOU KNOW IS DEAD.] Sorry. So what happened to his ex-wife?

[starfucker]

Far as I know? She moved back to Marango.

[65]

Maybe she could offer some insight regarding his troubling behavior. Or did you already think of that?

[starfucker]

I'm not exactly on her list of favorite people to talk to. When Marianne died, I went through a... let's call it a rough patch, and took a private vacation to Tahiti with Karen's daughter in tow. I mean, she was eighteen and all, but some incriminating photos got leaked - thanks, paparazzi - and she was pretty fucking livid.

[65]

I'm assuming the daughter was previous baggage? [wow he hopes she is given what it sounds like burt's implying. and gather info 27 ftr. he does enjoy turning these little talks around ... ]

[starfucker]

Product of a teenage pregnancy way before she met Chad. All of us grew up in small town, Illinois. That's what passed for extracurriculars around there.

[65]

Oh. I guess people express their grief in different ways. [diplomacy 23. aren't you glad finnick is having this conversation and not buffy or kat or someone with morals and/or a vagina??] In any case, I think it might be worthwhile to contact Karen. If you don't have her info, Descant can probably sniff her out.

[starfucker]

[ he frowns, glancing over his shoulder at the distant group ] ... Laura might know.

My first wife. She still lives there.

[65]

Do you mind asking her? I could understand why if you'd rather not.

[starfucker]

No, it's fine. We still talk sometimes. It wasn't a... bad terms divorce.

She never really settled into big city life. [ a beat ] And there might have been some... big city affairs. That she also had a hard time dealing with.

But she's got a good head for music, I send her tapes sometimes for a second opinion.

[65]

[because it makes him sound more like popstarchan but also because he is genuinely curious:] Did you send me to her?

[starfucker]

[ he actually smiles a little. ] Actually, I just sent her a picture. And said 'on a scale of one to panty tossing, rate this face.'

[ he pats finnick's cheeks ] No offense, babe, but I figured we could make up for it if you couldn't carry a tune in a bucket. Just got lucky on that end.

[65]

None taken. That's one of the things I haven't been honest about, actually. When we came to your office, I was only going in undercover. I didn't think I was any more talented than the average person, but I had the look, so ... [shrug] You're right. You just got lucky.