Munday But He Doesn't Want To Die
Your character has just been informed they have 24 hours left to live, reason for death up to you.
How do they react to this? Do they try and fight their fate? Accept it calmly? Burst into tears? Quickly call all loved ones together for a party? Call up old enemies and try to patch things up one last time? What is your character like in the face of certain death? What plans, if any, do they make for their funeral?
Bonus points for writing their goodbye note (if there is one) IC and sharing it.
If anything was going to kill him that quickly and/or that precisely, it would definitely be something mad-sciencey. I imagine Victor would just be in shock for a while after hearing the news. He wouldn't be able to process it. One of his friends would have to try and snap him out of it if they didn't want him spending his final hours just sitting around staring at the walls.
After that, though, I imagine he'd want to be surrounded by the people he loves most in the world, at the place he loves most in the world. So he'd ask all his friends over to Wonderland Park so he could make his last day on Earth a good one. They'd probably spend the day wandering all over the park, taking in all his favorite sights. March would make squimberry tarts, and they'd all have a nice picnic lunch together. And Victor would try to put on a brave face, but I can't help but think at some point he'd break down out of grief, anger and fear. Which would probably also lead to at least a few sniffles on his friends' parts. (I bet Alice in particular would turn on the waterworks, poor girl.) There would have to be at least one big group hug.
And before nightfall, if he hadn't done it already, Victor would kiss Alice, because he wouldn't want to die without doing that.
As for his funeral -- what funeral? Doc and Marty would be rushing him over to Dr. Finklestein first thing! Victor's sure as hell not opposed to becoming a Reanimated if it means getting to live! However, if Finklestein couldn't bring him back, I imagine he'd want to be interred somewhere in the city, or just outside of it. Wonder if Lewis would allow him to be buried in a quiet corner of the park. . .
Oh, and for the farewell note, I can see him writing one to his parents:
"Dear Mother and Father,
By the time you read this, I will probably be dead. The doctor gave me the news yesterday -- I only have 24 hours left to live. Doc and Marty promise they'll take me to the best Reanimator in the city, so I may see you again. But Reanimation is never a sure thing, and just in case. . .
I am sorry that I was never the perfect son you wanted. I wish I could have been better for you. But I can't say I'm sorry to have come to Secundus. Even if mad science caused my death, the time I spent here was the happiest of my life. This city gave me everything I was hoping to have -- a good job, beautiful places, friends, even, all too briefly, love. Coming here felt like -- coming home.
So please, if it turns out I can't be brought back, don't take my body back to Burtonsville. I want to buried here. In life or in death, this is where I belong.
I love you both.
Your son,
Victor"
(Of course, would William and Nell actually honor their son's wishes? Aye, there's the rub. . .)
How do they react to this? Do they try and fight their fate? Accept it calmly? Burst into tears? Quickly call all loved ones together for a party? Call up old enemies and try to patch things up one last time? What is your character like in the face of certain death? What plans, if any, do they make for their funeral?
Bonus points for writing their goodbye note (if there is one) IC and sharing it.
If anything was going to kill him that quickly and/or that precisely, it would definitely be something mad-sciencey. I imagine Victor would just be in shock for a while after hearing the news. He wouldn't be able to process it. One of his friends would have to try and snap him out of it if they didn't want him spending his final hours just sitting around staring at the walls.
After that, though, I imagine he'd want to be surrounded by the people he loves most in the world, at the place he loves most in the world. So he'd ask all his friends over to Wonderland Park so he could make his last day on Earth a good one. They'd probably spend the day wandering all over the park, taking in all his favorite sights. March would make squimberry tarts, and they'd all have a nice picnic lunch together. And Victor would try to put on a brave face, but I can't help but think at some point he'd break down out of grief, anger and fear. Which would probably also lead to at least a few sniffles on his friends' parts. (I bet Alice in particular would turn on the waterworks, poor girl.) There would have to be at least one big group hug.
And before nightfall, if he hadn't done it already, Victor would kiss Alice, because he wouldn't want to die without doing that.
As for his funeral -- what funeral? Doc and Marty would be rushing him over to Dr. Finklestein first thing! Victor's sure as hell not opposed to becoming a Reanimated if it means getting to live! However, if Finklestein couldn't bring him back, I imagine he'd want to be interred somewhere in the city, or just outside of it. Wonder if Lewis would allow him to be buried in a quiet corner of the park. . .
Oh, and for the farewell note, I can see him writing one to his parents:
"Dear Mother and Father,
By the time you read this, I will probably be dead. The doctor gave me the news yesterday -- I only have 24 hours left to live. Doc and Marty promise they'll take me to the best Reanimator in the city, so I may see you again. But Reanimation is never a sure thing, and just in case. . .
I am sorry that I was never the perfect son you wanted. I wish I could have been better for you. But I can't say I'm sorry to have come to Secundus. Even if mad science caused my death, the time I spent here was the happiest of my life. This city gave me everything I was hoping to have -- a good job, beautiful places, friends, even, all too briefly, love. Coming here felt like -- coming home.
So please, if it turns out I can't be brought back, don't take my body back to Burtonsville. I want to buried here. In life or in death, this is where I belong.
I love you both.
Your son,
Victor"
(Of course, would William and Nell actually honor their son's wishes? Aye, there's the rub. . .)