Nine Bells: [VOICE/ACTION]

[simplestgift]

[Archie doesn't do a lot of voice posts. They make him feel weird. So he's speaking this one like he's reading it from a piece of paper he wrote out beforehand. Which he is.]

This is Mister Kennedy. As some of you already know, I am attempting to organize a regular goodbye ceremony for the friends and family of those who have been sent home. In preparation for this, I shall need a list of names of those who have gone on. If any one of you has had any person you care for sent home, please tell me their name. These names are to be read aloud at the ceremony.

If any one of you has a suggestion or should like to volunteer help, your aid will be appreciated greatly. The ceremony will take place monthly, God willing, on a day that shall be decided before long. You may approach myself or Miss Dawn Summers about this.

Thank you.

[There's a relieved sigh cut off halfway as the transmission ends.

He'll be outside today, writing ideas and names and plans on non-journal paper, but looking like every movement hurts but still doing it without sound or complaint, as if absolutely nothing is wrong. Later, of course, he'll be at Good Spirits, drinking very, very, very stiffly, as if raising the glass to his lips is painful.]

Comments

[voice]

[all7seas]

Cirno. Madame Kushi. Captain Hitsugaya. Goroh, although he could be a bit of a bastard. Ted.

What's all this then, Kennedy.

[voice]

[simplestgift]

[Writing all this down.] Just an idea I've had for some time now. Morale always took a turn for the worse if we just threw a man over the side without submitting his body to the deep properly. It was a good way to encourage mutiny, actually. Perhaps morale will improve if we're giving people a proper send-off.

[action]

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

[She's taken to spending a number of nights in Good Spirits. Not to drink, usually, but because it meant people. In a village this small, there weren't many other places that had that.

When she spots Archie, she'll start to make her way over to him, only to have her steps slow when she takes in how stiff his motions are]

[moving in to lean on the bar next to him] Hey.

[action]

[simplestgift]

[He gives a smile and stretches just a little, the booze easing the pain of sore muscles somewhat.] Hello.

[Voice]

[no-use-running.livejournal.com]

Tsukino Usagi.

I'd like to submit that name.

[Voice]

[simplestgift]

Thank you, Miss. [He writes it down however it sounds to him.]

[Voice]

[consultmybooks]

Willow Rosenburg.

Xander Harris.

Rachel Alucard.

...Spike.

[Voice]

[simplestgift]

I didn't have Rachel Alucard down yet, thank you, Mister Giles.

[Written]

[heavenslament.livejournal.com]

Edgar Figaro
Sabin Figaro
Celes Chere
Relm Arrowny
Sonic
Hermione Granger

[Written]

[simplestgift]

[In an elegant cursive.]

Thank you. Do you have anything from their worlds that you could bring to the ceremony? A dish, music, anything by which to remember them?

[Voice]

[eidolon-soul.livejournal.com]

Hm...that's a good idea. Let me see:

Rosa Harvey
Palom
Porom
Tellah
Edward...Edward 'Edge' Geraldine
Eiko Carol
Dagger
Zidane Tribal
Ashelia Dalmasca
Quistis Trepe
Yuna
Tidus
Shirayuki

[Voice]

[simplestgift]

Wh--Just a moment! Please slow down.

[He's writing so furiously, Rydia, trying to keep up.]

voice;

[heroicarturia.livejournal.com]

......

Emiya Shirou and Tohsaka Rin, please. Last name, First name.

voice;

[simplestgift]

Thank you very much. They will be mentioned. You were their friend?

[acclimatized]

Sherlock Holmes.

[simplestgift]

Thank you, he will be mentioned. Do you have anything of his that you could bring to the ceremony? Something from your world to remember him by?

[Voice]

[de_bel_survivor]

Yuzu Tanikawa.
Shirayuki.
Rin Tohsaka.
Rosalia Rosselini.
Etna.

[He hesitates on saying Naoya's name, despite knowing that his cousin's sent back.]

[Voice]

[simplestgift]

[A pause filled with sounds of furious scribbling.] Can you think of anything from their worlds that you'd like to bring to the ceremony? Food or music, perhaps?

[Written]

[asobouyo]

[Sorry little list, she's trying her best to spell your names. 8(]

mama gracia
alfons
sherayuky

BAWWWWWWWWWWWWW

[simplestgift]

[Oh, Elicia. You almost made him cry, and that is not easy to do.]

Thank you, little Boots. They will be mentioned in the ceremony, all of them.

[He'll see to it personally.]

[Written, filtered from Yuri]

[inabook]

[She very much doubts that Yuri will be showing up for this ceremony, but it seems wrong not to mention anything. Still, for his sake, she filters it too in case he glances at the entry]

Judith
Jonah Lowell
[...a pause in the writing] Hayato Gokudera

[Written, filtered from Yuri]

[simplestgift]

[Writing back on the same filter.]

Thank you. They will be mentioned.

[action]

[wise_maiden]

[There are too many names that she could add to that list, and the idea of the ceremony doesn't quite sit well with her. Therefore she observes the entry, though without comment for now.

... She will be outside though, in a somewhat reflective mood herself as she takes a short break from some of her tasks. Using magic is a good way to focus the mind, as she experiments with light magic, trying to bend specific illusions around plain objects. Is that an apple or an orange? A ball or a cube? Of course, each effect is fairly temporary and only for as long as she holds it in place. Still it's practice and a reasonable distraction.]

[action]

[simplestgift]

[Hello, there. You get the interest of a man who's only ever heard of magic and not actually seen any. He is looking up from his notes and watching, intrigued. Maybe even staring.]

[voice]

[paladinlost]

What about people that have disappeared and returned without memories of their previous stay? Should we... Should we honor those forgotten memories, too?

[voice]

[simplestgift]

[This makes him a little uncomfortable.]

Of-of course we should, only perhaps privately. Would...would you feel right if you heard your own name mentioned?

[written]

[derek-bliss.livejournal.com]

[The name is very shakily written, but still legible]

April O'Neil.

[written]

[simplestgift]

Thank you. She shall be mentioned.

[ voice | filtered 75% ]

[herotypical]

[ quietly, after a great pause: ] Captain James T. Kirk.

[ voice | filtered 75% ]

[simplestgift]

Thank you, I knew I was forgetting someone. [A pause.] Does this mean you'll come?

[hippocraticly.livejournal.com]

[ McCoy hates this idea, but... ]

Emony Dax.

[simplestgift]

Already on the list. I wouldn't have expected you to come.

[Written]

[boomchucka.livejournal.com]

[Selphie's not keen on this idea in the least. It makes it sound like they're all going to a mass funeral but she makes a small list of people that have left Luceti behind them.]

Quistis Trepe
Rinoa Heartilly
Irvine Kinneas
Goroh
Guy
Wang Yao
Allen Walker
Kio
Korea
Palom and Porom
Edward

[She stops soon after this before writing one last thing.]

This hurts.

[Written]

[simplestgift]

[Well, no one else is doing anything about it, or even protesting the idea out loud, though he probably should have said more explicitly that he's avoiding it being anything like a funeral. Except McCoy, who's just negative all the time. But at Selphie's last two words, Archie has to take a deep, deep breath, put down the journal, and give himself a moment to collect himself. After a minute or two, he picks it up again and writes two more.]

I know.

[Written/Filtered 100%]

[blackenedchaos.livejournal.com]

[The camera is obscured so who has written this isn't obvious. Also, the handwriting is atrocious, so good luck reading it.]

Hazama
Kefka
Kadaj
Yazoo
Aku
Dilandau

[Written/Filtered 100%]

[simplestgift]

[Yuber doesn't know about the "known villains" list, apparently, and some of the names set off red flags. Still, Archie carefully and crisply writes back.]

Thank you.

[Written/Filtered]

[dragoon-pride.livejournal.com]

[Rydia has caught the other ones he'd say. But there's one...]

Seifer Almasy.

...Only because he was a worthy opponent good target to stab.

[Written/Filtered]

[simplestgift]

[It's a long time before you get an answer to that one, Kain.]

Thank you.

[Voice]

[captain-in-you.livejournal.com]

You've probably got a lot of the names already, but... I'd appreciate it if you added the Doctor to your list. Know we already talked about it the other day.

Also, his daughter. Jenny. She was here for a long time, and she left before he did.

John Hart too. Was a long time ago, but hey. Some people still remember him.

[Voice]

[simplestgift]

[Sounds of scribbling. He's already getting to be a pro at this.] They're on the list now, Harkness. Thank you. Is there anything from their worlds you'd like to have at the ceremony?

voice; BABY /slams into you and clings

[tothelibrary.livejournal.com]

I think my names are all covered.

*SQUEEE*

[simplestgift]

You did say you would help. I'm out of my depth already. Although I imagine if we had a little council over what to do about it, we'd end up talking about other things. Not that I'm opposed to it happening.