SCAWWY 😱 lucas

[concoctive]

I need to govt assign your church boy a flower so I can give you a code but I am so tired DAMN YOU NAT

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[faithkept]

[Poses of prayer are very familiar to him, at least, so he'll move to sit a polite distance away without saying or doing anything that might interrupt him. It's fine enough; his attention drifts to the pyre tiredly, and is a bit slow to return to Alfyn when he speaks.]

Thank you for that. It does feel like the very least we can do...

[Even if Riverdale might interrupt them.........]

...I'd like to be able to tend to their bodies properly, as well, but I wonder if that would be asking for too much.

[concoctive]

Our gods are all a long ways off, it feels like, but maybe it'll do somethin' to ease their way, if not our hearts.

[ he sits up properly, head tilting back to look at the unfamiliar sky above the pyre. honestly, he's never been much of a praying man on the daily. but this place sure is making him into one - even at the risk of interruption from whatever powers that riverdale be. ]

Might be. [ wryly ] We got a lot of extra wood in the theater, though, from the broken benches - the ones that were already busted up before all this.

I was thinkin' of breakin' some of 'em down and maybe makin' markers for the three of 'em. Stone'll be harder to come by, at least anythin' we could actually work with. But I got an axe. Might as well do somethin'.

[faithkept]

Yes... And no matter how far away God - any god - may feel, they're surely much closer than expected.

[Lucas, firm in his belief that a manic goat cult can't possibly be stronger than every other god in existence out there like why they hell would they be summoning a goat god in the first place if that were true!! He hates cults so damn bad.

Looking over at the mention of markers, though.]

...Would you like some help? To set them up, if nothing else.

[He doesn't have an axe or skills with anything that require fine details, but he can at least. Stick things in the ground or something damn.]

[concoctive]

[ he shoots a baleful look in the direction of the church, where i'm not sure if we can see the fuckin. goat. stainglass or not from the pyre, but he hates the place and the goat. sorry about your house, lucas. ]

If nothin' else, I'm gonna keep callin' on the gods of Orsterra. There's thirteen of 'em - somebody's gotta hear me and Rondo eventually if we keep sendin' a prayer their way every time we need the guidance.

[ TCH, but anyways. he looks at lucas then. ]

Wouldn't mind the help or the company, friend. I don't have a hand for anythin' finer than choppin' wood, so maybe we can make an affair of it if we're able to say some rites and somebody can do the writin' on the markers.

[faithkept]

[Following his gaze to the church for a moment because mood... EXHAUSTING. These goats... are exhausting.]

Do let the rest of us know if you manage to make it through. [Said lightly and mostly just for banter, but imagine how funny that would be.]

Mm... Karlach may want to join, in that case. Mathis and Yuffie, as well.

[All people who seemed to have Very Strong Reactions to losing Boothill or Aventurine, or even Death.]

[concoctive]

An attempt's bein' made. I'll report back if we get anythin', though. [ he'll take the lightness, because they need some levity in all of this. good for the soul. ]

Think it'd be nice to just... do somethin'. Even if we can't tend to 'em, we can at least send 'em on their way, say goodbye somehow.

[ boothill was, unfortunately for all of us, very likeable. terrible. ]

... I know it's always helped me, havin' a grave marker to talk to when the person's not there.

[faithkept]

[Very terrible! BOOTHILL!!!!! NU YUUL AND NAT ARE MY ENEMIES FOR LIFE.

He just nods in agreement, though. With all of this, pretty much. He is very fantasy Catholic, so the notion of sending the dead on their way in any way possible and being able to visit a grave in the aftermath is very familiar to him, which is comforting in its own way.]

I believe it might give those left behind even the smallest bit of peace, too. ...If not peace, at least something to focus on.

[Even if it's just a little gravemarker.]

When were you planning on starting?

[concoctive]

[ me: oh the infamous nat and yuul, how exciting!
me: oh i'm gonna get cr with nu that's fun!
them: ehehohohoho ]

I can get the pieces together tonight, probably. After that... it's down to findin' people to help spruce 'em up, and anybody that might want to do somethin' for rites, or words, or... whatever else we can do.

[ aerith prettifying this attempt at doing nice things for their dead even if their PLAYERS DON'T DESERVE IT! ]

[faithkept]

[OHHHH THEY REALLY DID THAT......THEY REALLY DID THAT!!!!!]

Alright... That sounds like a good starting point. Thank you, Alfyn.