Peroration

                    Present Day

"Why now? Why, Dante...."

                    Ten Years Past

"Hey, we should hang all hang out together! Dante, meet Kynan, Kynan, meet Dante. You both like video games and science fiction so you can be great friends!"

"Sure, Theo. It's nice to meet you, Dante, I hope the pleasure's reciprocated."

"Heck yeah it is! I just met Theo a few days ago and he's already one of my best friends."

"Haha, he sure has a way with that, bringing people together and stuff. I just hope he stays here with us."

"Hey, don't rain on the Mardi Gras! This'll be fun, so let's pick what character's we can be! I'll be an alien!"

"Ooh, this looks like fun! I wanna be a hologram! Nice choice, by the way, Theo."

"I guess I should be a robot then, that'll pretty much complete the science fiction trifecta of character types So let's recap: Theo, you're an alien, I'm assuming you'll let us know more..."

"Yes, I'm blue, but..."

"Haha, I'm assuming you'll let us know later, so you, Dante are going to be a hologram, and I'm going to be a robot/android thing."

"Yes, we already figured that out, so as I said.... I'm a blue alien...."

                    Present Day

"Why.... We were so close.... Even from the beginning in such a weird way. We had so much in common, we even played games with the cool things, the inorganic life forms. Our friendship lasted beyond Theo and his short tirade of awesomeness. But now....

                    Five Years Past

"Kynan! Have you seen the latest update!?"

"Haha, no, Dante. You know I don't play that game anymore. I don't really have time to get good at games anymore, you know that."

"True, but.... Videogames!"

"Come on, tell me about it already."

"Sure, but I guess I should have greeted you with the traditional greeting of 'hello, how are you'"

"We all know you don't usually do that."

"Hahahaha, I guess not... anyways, Kynan, how are you?"

"Well, you know how it is, I have a lot of things on my mind, most of them bad."

"I'm sorry man, I'll think about you.... while I'm playing this awesome game! So here's what the update did...."

                    Present Day

"He was there for me, he cared about me. Nobody's ever done that before.... maybe never again as well. He was there through the good times, through the hard times when I needed advice. Though.... a shoulder.... sometimes that was all I needed, and it wasn't offered. When I experienced loss. There he wasn't, but he always came back when things were different, and he was always needed in my life. I forgave him.... always...."

                    One Year Past

::Ring.... ring.... ring....::

"Come on, Dante, I need to talk to you."

::Ring.... ring.... ring....::

"Something just went down and I don't know what to do."

::Ring.... ring.... rin.... "This is Dante...."::

"Yes! Hey, Dante, so...."

::"Sorry, but I'm not at the phone right now. I'm probably at work, playing a game, or sleeping. Please leave a message and one of my helper monkey minions will get back to you shortly." BEEP::

::Click::

"Come on.... I need you man...."

                    One Month Past

"Please, man. You will always be my friend, you will always be my best friend. But think what that means if I never talk to you. I mean really talk to you. My best friend will be what everyone else has for regular friends.... maybe even acquaintances. All my other friends will just drift away. You're it. Now, I can understand if you think that I ask too much, but let me know, man. I understand also if I'm not your best friend, and if you can't be multiple people's best friends at once, let me go. Tell me. Please, Dante...."

                    Present Day

"He had his failures, sure. Don't we all? Through it all, however, he was a good man, a good friend, and the hardest thing to say right now... I think for all of us, is simply this. Goodbye.... You have a new stage of life to live, one that we are not a part of. We will miss you.... I, will miss you.... I wish you could come back...."

"It's okay, Kynan... I can take over."

"Thank you, Reverend."

"Does anyone else have anything to say?... Alright, the memorial service will continue for another hour and then if you would all meet at the graveside, I believe the address is on the backs of the tissue packets. Thank you all for coming."


Greetings and Salutations,

So these weeks have been pretty busy for me, so my apologies for the slowness in posting. Last week I had the first portion of my final project due in one class at school. I also had a full week of work, and then there was Dragon*Con, and then this next weekend is the Georgia Game Jam. It's quite a busy schedule when you factor in homework and sleep. Yes, I consider sleep mandatory. Don't ask me when I get it though. No really, don't.

Farewells and Valedictions,
Eoin Anndra Davis