[audio] un: jupitersgrace; memorial [open]

[notthatjason]

[Hey guys, it's the familiar voice of Jason Grace. He sounds...tired, but not hopeless. In fact he sounds pretty motivated.]

I don't know if any of you remember this, but shortly after I arrived -- gods, almost a year ago now I think-- Rastus put together a memorial for those we had lost in an effort to get to the Lighthouse. Given the number of people reported as dead on the weekly bulletin, I think it might be time to do something similar. I know we may have a lot of other things to do in terms of ensuring our own survival, but it doesn't feel right to me to just let this go by without some kind of recognition, some time to mourn who and what we've lost...that's important too.

We don't have a way of making the glowing rocks like Rastus did, but I got pretty good at crafting the paper boats and the paper lanterns can't be that hard either.

[There's a long silence, Jason clears his throat.]

On a related note, like most of you, I’ve been working on cleaning up the debris left by the floods and I noticed that the Wall for the Remembered at Town Hall has been pretty badly damaged. Would it make sense to move the items that remain to the Church -- maybe get started on putting together a new one? The Church is still in one piece -- though I’m not sure if it has the wall space. The only other location I can think of that might be appropriate would be a wall at the school, since I don’t think it’s being used for much else.

[Something seems to click as he realizes these two things can be combined, he muses.]

It probably wouldn’t be a bad idea to combine the two -- release the boats and then collectively meet at the new Wall for the Remembered to deposit the old photographs with new memorial items as well.

We just need to figure out where that will be...I'm open to other suggestions of course. I'd like to get this done in the next few days, so just let me know, okay?

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Comments

@silent | voice

[callada]

Yeah. Yeah, it's... I remember when Rastus did that. And I agree. We've lost too many at once. This is a good way to honor them.

The school is in good shape and it sounds like people might be moving other activities there now. It would have my vote. We could set up a whole room for the new wall, and the lanterns people have found, and whatever else we can recover.

I'll help in any way I can. Just let me know how.

@cherylbombshell | voice

[sweetwater]

I vote for the church. It's a sacred place and they deserve to be remembered on hallowed ground.

Voice @ Stone

[scarsolderthanyou]

[Stone sounds thoughtful, here.]

My people sing when someone dies. We could do that, too. I don't where where you do the thing, but doing it seems like a nice idea.

I'll help with whatever heavy things you need moved, or ferried over rivers, though. Just point me where you want.

voice; @justfitz

[rereremembered]

I got the records from the town hall, have been thinking about relocating them to the school. Might be a reason to bring the memorial wall there, since they used to be together in the other building but...just a thought.

audio; @bacura

[mellowyellow]

[There's a lot here that Masaomi is terrified of addressing, but...]

I've made paper lanterns before. If you need help.

@purin; voice

[flangirl]

Hello, there. I don't think we've met. My name is Pudding.

[ The voice is young-ish, immeasurably kind, naturally sugar-sweet and gently subdued, all care and careful. ]

I'm rather new here, just off the last ferry. I don't have the same depth of loss as the rest of you must be feeling, and I'm... [ she takes a slow breath ] so, so deeply sorry for what everyone's going through.

Like Masaomi, I've folded paper lanterns, and paper boats as well. I'd be more than happy to assist. It's a shame that we can't light them with candles, but perhaps paper flames could be an alternative? Maybe that's silly of me. They won't cast light, of course. But the meaning, like the rest of this, might be nice.