"Only the dead have seen the end of war." – Plato
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It's been two days now.
The coroner has ruled the death a suicide, and the funeral is to be held at eleven o' clock today.
Kaiba didn't show up for school.
Can't blame him.
I wouldn't show up either.
It's ten now.
Better get ready.
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It's raining again.
Grandpa offered to drive me, but I... I couldn't accept.
So here I am, sufficiently wet and gray looking.
Perfect for a funeral, right?
Ha.
Ooh, lots of people are here. More than I expected. But where's Kaiba? Oh, wait, I see him.
Damn. Poor guy, he looks wasted.
I take my seat, somewhere in the front row otherwise I couldn't see. It's an outdoor funeral, and the drizzle is getting on everyone's nerves except Kaiba's. Wonder why?
Then the guy stands up and walks to the podium in front of the coffin. Taking a deep breath, he begins to speak in this voice that for him, sounds very... unnatural. It sounded like he was being forced to say things he didn't want to say.
So he delivered his eulogy with a silent crowd, and then he dismissed everyone. I noticed they didn't lower the coffin into the grave. So I stayed, ducking behind a tree and waited. Kaiba and the priest heaved the enormous coffin onto their shoulders and carried it a fair distance across the cemetery. They stopped at a part that hadn't really been used, and the slowly set the coffin into a grave under an old willow tree. Very secluded.
Then the priest asked Kaiba something, and Kaiba shook his head. So the priest left. I stayed where I was, and watched Kaiba fill the grave with dirt and pebbles, finally putting final layer of grass seeds on top. Then he knelt and wept.
I left.
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RD64: One more chapter left to go, folks. Man, this is all really weird, isn't it?
By the way, I think this is the longest chapter.
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It's been two days now.
The coroner has ruled the death a suicide, and the funeral is to be held at eleven o' clock today.
Kaiba didn't show up for school.
Can't blame him.
I wouldn't show up either.
It's ten now.
Better get ready.
---
It's raining again.
Grandpa offered to drive me, but I... I couldn't accept.
So here I am, sufficiently wet and gray looking.
Perfect for a funeral, right?
Ha.
Ooh, lots of people are here. More than I expected. But where's Kaiba? Oh, wait, I see him.
Damn. Poor guy, he looks wasted.
I take my seat, somewhere in the front row otherwise I couldn't see. It's an outdoor funeral, and the drizzle is getting on everyone's nerves except Kaiba's. Wonder why?
Then the guy stands up and walks to the podium in front of the coffin. Taking a deep breath, he begins to speak in this voice that for him, sounds very... unnatural. It sounded like he was being forced to say things he didn't want to say.
So he delivered his eulogy with a silent crowd, and then he dismissed everyone. I noticed they didn't lower the coffin into the grave. So I stayed, ducking behind a tree and waited. Kaiba and the priest heaved the enormous coffin onto their shoulders and carried it a fair distance across the cemetery. They stopped at a part that hadn't really been used, and the slowly set the coffin into a grave under an old willow tree. Very secluded.
Then the priest asked Kaiba something, and Kaiba shook his head. So the priest left. I stayed where I was, and watched Kaiba fill the grave with dirt and pebbles, finally putting final layer of grass seeds on top. Then he knelt and wept.
I left.
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RD64: One more chapter left to go, folks. Man, this is all really weird, isn't it?
By the way, I think this is the longest chapter.