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[loyalpup]

[Tom is red-eyed and sniffling. It's hard for him to catch his breath, but he believes it's important for him to make this announcement, important to let people know that the vampire will be missed because despite everything Hal was a good person and Tom's best friend. His first friend really]

H-Hal Yorke is gone. I waited in the room with them pods 'til everyone was gone and he weren't there. I checked his room just in case, but...

Now I know some folk didn't like him, but he was my best mate even if he was an arse. 'e helped save the world and everything, so that makes him a good guy.

[Tears start to spill and Tom wipes his face with the back of his arm. The more the tears fall the thicker his accent becomes]

It maybe ain't fair that some folk just leave like that. He was doin' all sort of good ta make everythin' right and now it don't mean not since he ain't here. It ain't right that he just left like that not tell none, like we don't care. Like ah dick'ead.

[pause]

Probably best 'e's gone anyway since he was nothin' but trouble and too much work and complained and was jus' a stupid vampire that didn't matter no how.

[More tears and as Tom goes to wipe them away he drops the communicator so that the last image is of the floor in Hal's room]

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[loyalpup]

Right. I'll pick up a bit.

[Maybe sneak some things into his own room]

[twitterpate]

[She does show up with a mop and a bucket, perhaps a broom, too. She also shows up with an expression that's on the verge of crying, too.]

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[loyalpup]

[He's hidden a shirt and the dominoes in the pockets of his cargo pants while picking up the trash (his) and clothes (Hal's). When Alex arrives he simply nods and sits on the now bare bed]

Gonna wash the sheets. You know 'ow Hal likes things ta smell all nice.

[twitterpate]

[There's no point in it, but at least it will make Tom feel better, so she doesn't argue.] I'll just pick the mess up while do that, yeah?

[loyalpup]

Yeah.

[They are the saddest cleaners ever]

Did you ever ask Hal about that Devil stuff?

[twitterpate]

He talked to you about that? [She finds the bag of crisps she's stashed under Hal's bed for whenever she got hungry while keeping an eye on him.]

He seemed to believe it. And now that he's gone, maybe he was right.

[loyalpup]

Just that stuff 'e said when he came back. Kinda weird and all, but Dad believed that sort of thing I think.

[shrug]

Sometimes we went ta church when they gave out food.

[twitterpate]

[She's not particularly religious, but Alex can separate religious imagery from their context if needed. Also, this seems to be veering into serious discussion category, so she snaps the bag opens and digs in.]

He was so serious about it, I can't imagine him being delusional. Not after sticking to the same story for months.

[loyalpup]

[Tom paused to look at Alex]

Ya mean he was tellin' the truth? Weird though, ain't it? I mean, I tol' Mitchell that maybe we was meant ta get along and now maybe Hal was right.

[This was all far too confusing]

Whatta we do now?