It was hard to believe that Phoebe attended Finn's funeral nearly a week later. Even with all the facts that rang present in her mind, it felt surreal to realize her favorite adventurer had departed from the earth. Seeing Jake, Marceline, BMO, NEPTR, and all her other friends only struck the elemental back into the cold reality that this moment of loss was real and not a horrid dream. Phoebe wished there was a way to make her feel forgetful or a method to turn off her emotions, but she also knew it was hopeless. Even if she managed to succeed in either instance, the elemental had a feeling the pain in her heart would never truly subside. She would still be calling out for her long lost love whether it would be in her dreams or in her subconscious, and her tears would still fall occasionally without reason. Overall, Phoebe realized acting in denial was all but possible, forcing her to accept the pain directly up front.

Jake was the first person to make a speech in front of Finn's casket. His hands were folded together at the front and his head was slightly bowed.

"I remember all those times when Finn and I worked together," the magical dog began. "We would go all over Ooo to help people, save some princesses, and then play some video games." He chuckled briefly for a split second before returning to a serious demeanor, "Even though he wasn't related by blood, he was still my brother. I may have been rough when it goes to sibling rivalry back when our parents were still alive, but I still looked after him."

He paused to look down a bit before continuing, "Of course as time went on, we grew apart. I started to have a family of my own with Lady Rainicorn and Finn was starting to become his very own person. I felt proud for seeing him grow throughout the years, but I was still selfish to keep him as a kid as much as possible. I wanted to relive the days where he and I would goof off and have fun like a dynamic duo, but I knew I was just kidding myself in the end." He looked over to one of his sons Kim Kil Whan who bowed in remorse.

"We all grow up eventually," Jake resumed with pain lacing his voice. "To follow a path where we find our own purpose. Sometimes they run together hand in hand, and then it splits sometime later. Other times well, they might just split right off the back."

The canine frowned, "I didn't want to accept it for a long while. The more times I butted myself into Finn's personal life, the more distant he became. I wasn't sure if it was simply the way how the world worked or if I said something to him, but he ultimately became a stranger. To this day, I wish I could have known what was eating him this whole time." Tears began to roll off his cheeks. "Or maybe there wasn't.. maybe he was just going through a phase-" He stopped as he choked on his sobs.

Lady Rainicorn placed a hand on his shoulder and whispered to him soothingly in Korean for comfort.

"I'm gonna miss him," Jake said once he gathered enough strength. "Glob knows he would have at least been happy to know he recently became a great-uncle," he finished as Kim's daughter Bronwyn kept her gaze down.

By then, Marceline Abadeer was the next to speak.

"It's almost hard to believe that my first time meeting Finn was when I first kicked him out of his own house," the vampire began fondly. "Jake was telling a horror story to Finn about me and right after he finished, I hopped in scaring them beyond belief. After that, I sent them all over Ooo to have them find a new home, only to find out they stumbled at one of my other places. We then fought against each other when I tried to make things even more harder for them, but we all got along at the end when I said it was only fun and games. I admit I felt childish looking back on it now, but from that day forward we became close friends." Her eyes glimmered slightly with joy.

Marcy took on a serious expression, "In some ways, I wouldn't have been here without him. He saved me from getting back into a bad relationship with Ash when I was struck with amnesia dust, and he saved me when Jake exposed me to the sun."

Everyone glanced at Jake on cue.

"Of course that last one was my fault," Marcy ammended. "I was playing games again by having Finn work as my personal henchman to the point where it seemed like he would have to betray his code of honor. Sort of like a life lesson where not everything is black and white. No one was hurt of course, and it was fun to see him so conflicted until he realized all the things I wanted him to do were not as bad as he made them out to be. Jake was trying to bail him out in between and then naturally another fight ensued before we all got along."

She sighed to control herself, "I owe a lot to Finn for fixing the relationship that I had with my dad. For so many years, I had all this hate and aggression towards my dad for the simple fact that he ate my fries. Although when I thought more about it later, I realized that it wasn't this lousy act that made me feel that way, but rather the fact that he was absent in my time of need. Without Finn, well I guess I would have been distant with my dad to this day. The only time I would ever remember his being is if somebody made a reference to my title or if I bothered to look at my last name. I'm glad I'm not like that anymore, but now it hurts to realize that I can't repay Finn the same in full. It just.. feels like I haven't done enough for him." Her composure began to falter.

"I will miss him too just like Jake," the vampire mustered through the tears. "Over the course of time, I slowly began to fall for Finn as much as I tried to deny it. With him gone, I realized I was so stupid to keep it to myself for fearing that it would change our friendship in some sort of dramatic way. But-" She took a deep breath in resignation. "I suppose I'm not the only one to feel that way about him." She glanced at Phoebe. "He changed all of us at how we view the world nowadays and he always did it with a smile. I can only hope one day that we would be able to follow after his example and have the strength to carry on."

Phoebe watched the rest of the procession go on with a numb expression. As the day continued to be dark and gloomy, her mind wandered back to the times when she and Finn were together. Both of them were at bliss as they enjoyed each other's company. And even though they couldn't share ideal affection like any other couple, being within each other's presence was all that mattered. She felt happy with him as he did with her and there was nothing that could have torn them apart. Of course as fate would have it, they split unexpectedly after Finn staged a fight between her and Ice King. After that, the rest became history as they stagnated at being friends until they ultimately became distant.

All of Finn's friends paid their respects one last time before his casket sank into the earth. Once they bowed collectively in a moment of silence, the mourners slowly left the area one by one. In their place, a large multitude of flame guards assembled around the perimeter, ready to obliterate anyone who dared to desecrate the grave site.

"We're going to be having a lot of visitors later on today," the captain of the guard radioed to them. "I expect you all to bring out your A-game!"