hadriel | Video 4 - George's room

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Video 4 - George's room

[the video opens on George, sitting on the edge of her bed with her legs crossed. she looks curious, but also a little sheepish as what she's about to ask is . . . personal.

no, she's not asking for flirting advice again.

that was one time.

stop looking at her like that.

no, this time what she's asking is even weirder]

So, uh, I was kind of wondering. How many people here died before they came here? And how many are now immortal?

I was just. Wanting to know?

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Yeah. Guess it can. All of us left people behind.

Yeah. Not a good topic for me to be bringin' up, sorry.

Nah, it's cool. I kind of started it by asking about death in the first place.

You did. [Blunt. Still zero social skills.] But I don't wanna make people think too much 'bout something they miss.

I miss my parents. Or, missed my parents. But they seemed kind of on the verge of imploding when I left.

My little sister's the one I'm really worried about. She wasn't. . . taking things well. At all.

Mind if I ask what's happened to 'em? And if you mean she wasn't takin' them blowin' up well or what?

[she sighs] My mom's always been hard to live with. She's kind of a control freak and she's not exactly warm and cuddly. And my dad's a total flake. He'd rather bury himself in work than face shit. [there's a pause] I think he was gonna have an affair.

And my little sister was stealing toilet seats from the neighbors, from school, from pretty much everywhere they weren't nailed down. And she hung them from a tree.

Oh. 'm sorry? Sounds kind of shitty. And well, guess the whole dyin' thing didn't help. Or caused it? Either way, sounds shitty.

She made a toilet tree. [It's not appropriate for the situation, Girl knows that. But she can't help but sound a little impressed.] That's an interestin' art piece.

It was pretty shitty. It was already shitty before I died, but that kind of made things worse.

Yeah, she did. She'd skip school and just. Hang out there. [George just sounds morose] I guess so. It was pretty wild.

That's not your fault. Not like you meant to die.

[Girl doesn't really know why skipping school is a big deal but-] Was it part of missin' you, hangin' out at the tree?

...no. I sure as hell didn't.

I think so. It was like--like some weird memorial.

So, there's no reason for you to feel bad for it.

No offense, but toilets are kinda of a wacked out choice for a memorial. We just spray stuff on mailboxes when we wanna remember our dead.

I guess. Convincing myself of that is the hard part.

Well, I was killed by a toilet seat, I guess she figured they were appropriate.

Maybe you just need to hear it more.

That's...wow. Someone hit you with one or something? 'cause that's kinda insane.

...maybe. I guess it couldn't hurt.

[she sounds reluctant] I kind of died because of one. It sort of--fell out of space and. Landed on me.

It took me a long time of hearin' the same thing before it ever sunk in. It could take a while, but it might work for you.

Oh. I've heard of people dyin' after satellites fell, but never something like that. Geez. I'm sorry. That sucks.

Maybe. I'm just used to blaming myself for stuff.

It did suck. They could've buried what was left of me in a shoebox. And then they tell me I've gotta be a Grim Reaper and it's all downhill from there.

[Oh boy. She sure knows what that's like.] That's a bad habit to try and break.

I don't wanna be like, insensitive or whatever, but it sounds like everything just sucked all the time for you.

Yeah, it really is. I don't even know how to start trying.

...no. That's accurate. I mean, I remember little moments of being happy, but no, like, long-term periods of being happy.

Like I said, hearin' it can help.

What 'bout now? Have you been happy since?

Hearing it for myself, by myself?

[she sighs] I have Jo. She's like a big sister to me. So that's nice.

It's can't hurt, right?

It's always good to have someone. But, Jo? Don't think I've meet 'er.

I guess it can't.

Her full name's Jo Harvelle. She's about my height, blonde, pretty. She's good to know.

I can't say I know her. But the description sounds familiar. I've probably seen her on these devices before.

But sayin' you have someone ain't exactly the same as sayin' you're happy, you know. [A pause.] Not that you have to answer me. It's your business.

Yeah, you've probably seen her around.

[there's a long pause] I don't think some people are made to be happy.

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