Caden
Location: Police Station – Chicago, IL
Skills: Notice;
I look at Nero when they join me and rest an arm over their shoulders.
”Do you want a coffee?” I gesture towards the coffee truck just up the street from the police station. Avery excuses himself and follows Cassi into the station.
Cassiopeia Claire Alistair
Location: Police Station – Chicago, IL
Skills:
I laugh, feeling my cheeks warm from the joint hug.
” Okay, yes, follow me.” I lead them into the police station. We make our way around the bullpen to a row of rooms and a kind of storage room at the back. I stopped outside the closed door and hesitated before stepping aside.
”Everything’s in there for you to finish setting up,” I say. I want them to go in before me so they can see it all.
I had lit a few of the candles, unsure if they were required to be lit for prayer, so I left most of them unlit, but a box of matches sat on the table. That table was set up with flowers that lined the table almost like garland, similar to how an Ofrenda was set up on the day of the dead. There were blank spots in the middle of the table for Mrs. Wu’s photo and urn.
There was another table on the left side, furthest from the door, covered in food and drink. Beside that table, near the back left corner, was the red chair, and then the two couches were in the centre of the room. I felt bad they were red and not white, but the candles were white, and there were white chrysanthemums and yellow mums, the right flowers for a funeral. I wanted flowers here, too, to help keep the room from feeling so stiff.
