Re: [JMC_Blue_Dwarf] Christine\'s eulogy

Very touching,
Very touching ...
--- TrookAJ@... wrote: > Away teams
> A clearing on the planet's surface
> 10.01 AM, 22nd of April, 2101
>
>
> The funeral was about to begin. White wolf
> settled everyone
> down and held up a comm unit. As everyone hushed,
> the ceremony
> commenced.
>
> -----Snip-----
> First, the entrance hymn was played - a fine
> rendition of "Here I am,
> Lord". Then, Master C. Brendan, head of Funeral
> Services, walked in -
> with Stewie behind him. After a few words, Stewie
> stood up to speak.
>
> "I'd like to read the first reading ..."
>
> It was on the new commandment - to love one another
> - then, he sat.
> Master Brendan then spoke.
>
> "As we are gathered here today, in memory of
> Christalia Rosalie
> Dimitrovski McKenzie, Doom Harbinger & Drusilla
> Belladonna, Eulogy
> Part One, regarding the late Christine McKenzie,
> will be read by Zack
> Richards, whilst Part Two, regarding Ensigns
> Harbinger & Belladonna,
> will be read by a member of the Security team."
> -----End Snip-----
>
> Zack cleared his throat nervously. "Ah, yes."
> He frowned. "Am
> I on? Is this transmitting?"
> Cubie slapped him in the back of the head.
> "Get on with it, you
> dope!"
> Zack nodded. "Um, yes! Sorry!" He turned
> back toward the
> security camera. "Christine McKenzie was a
> wonderful woman and a
> faithful spouse. She met Stewie in the hospital
> back in '86, and
> while caring for him, true love blossomed. Since
> that fateful time,
> they forged a marriage that . . . that modeled all
> that is good in
> matrimony."
> Cubie shot him an odd look.
> Zack wiped a tear from his eye. "She was
> Stewie's pillar. The
> calm in the storm that was frequently his life."
> He paused for a moment, gathering his thoughts
> and his
> composure, but then broke down completely.
> Collapsing to his knees,
> he took in a ragged breath and started bawling his
> eyes out.
> Cubie stepped in front of the camera, blushing
> slightly. "Please forgive Zack. He's never been
> good at funerals."
> She continued. "I didn't really know Christine
> well, but I did
> get to practice and perform the play with her. She
> was a wonderful
> person, and in the brief time that I knew her, I
> found her to be a
> warm and caring person with a subtle sense of humor.
> She will be
> missed."
> Cubie turned and led the sobbing Zack off.
> "It's okay, baby."
> Zack sniffled. "I don't do well at funerals,
> do I?"
> Cubie shook her head. "No, Zack. You
> certainly don't. You
> even cried at Blotz's funeral when we jumped to 3011
> to see it."
> Zack coughed. "That was a little different."
> Cubie shrugged. "Tears of joy still count,
> Zack. You are just
> very emotional around death. There's nothing wrong
> with that."
>
> <On to the security eulogy>
>
>
> ~Zack and Cubie - mediocre eulogers~
>
>
>
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