dear_mun | oops. (canon is ParaNorman, beware spoilers)

[ let all dead, pre-dead, post-dead, re-dead chars congregate to this post. ]

Calm down, kiddo. You're going nowhere yet.

No... I-I guess not...
I just want to go back to sleep for now...

[ Oh no, poor Aggie. ]

It's going to be okay, Aggie...

... N-Norman?

[She wants to run right up to him, but...
She's still scared, and she's not sure if she's so frightened that her mind's just playing tricks on her.
It's easy to lose touch with reality when you're dead.]

Edited 2012-08-27 18:03 (UTC)

Uh huh... it's me. It's okay, uh, at least, there's not a lot that can really hurt you... so don't be scared. [ HE is still flesh and blood and more aware of his mortality than any 12 year old should be, but she's... well, a ghost. So she should be fine, right? ]

...

[She starts to walk towards him, approaching very slowly at first, but gradually her pace picks up until she's running to him.
And when she gets close, she embraces him tightly in a hug.]

I... I-I'm still afraid...
Bad things can still happen to us, even after we die.

[She may be trembling, but he's the only one that makes her feel not quite so scared.]

[ He just... awkwardly pats her back. There there, great(x10) dead cousin, there there. ]

I know... but sometimes, I guess, we have to face things that're scary... but maybe it won't end up being as scary as you think. Maybe you'll get to make some friends.

[ Making a friend helped HIM feel better, at least. ]

... I wish I could be brave like you.
I've just... been afraid for a really long time.

[It's hard, after your soul's been lingering in fear and a tormenting curse for over 100 years.]

... What if they're scared of me again?

[Making friends sounds like it might be nice. But after the life she lived, even in death there's still that fear of "BURN THE WITCH."]

I'm-- I'm not that brave, really. I'm scared a lot of the time, too... and I'm worried that things will go back to the way they were, that everyone'll be scared of me again, once things settle down. But, you have to try, Aggie. Things are different now and not all people are as bad as the people who hurt you.

You don't let your fear change you, though.
When I was scared, I... I became different.
I became like them...
I don't want to be like that again!

[She hugs him tightly again. Being close to somebody alive, it makes her a feel a little bit like when she was, too.]

... b-but I... I want to try...
... will you help me, please?
You're the only person that... t-that I...

[ Poor Agatha. He feels so bad for her. He knows exactly how she feels, has felt. He wonders, if the people in town hadn't let him talk... if they'd done to him what the Puritans had done to Agatha...

Would he have ended up the same way?

He gives her a proper hug this time. ]

I'll help you. I promise.

[The hug back from the living boy, and his encouraging words, calms her quite a lot and actually makes her feel so much more safe. Finally, she's able to smile.]

... Thank you, Norman...
You're the best friend I've ever had.
If only I-- ...

[She stops herself mid-sentence. No, that's a silly thing to say. She shouldn't say it.]

[ He hasn't really ever been anyone's best anything. He smiles shyly. ]

I'm just really glad I could help you. You're really nice. You deserved a lot better.

Um, but, sorry, what did you want to say?

O-Oh, it's...
... It's silly, but...

[She looks away from him, embarrassed.]

... I wish I could've been alive in your time. You said things are better now, so maybe then...
Things would've been different. And maybe we could've--
[She bites her lip.]
... It doesn't matter anyway.

[She can think about those happy "What If"s all she wants, but nothing will change the fact that her life is over, and that it's been over for a very long time. Even as unfair as it was that her life was taken from her so soon.]

It's okay, Aggie... a lot of my friends are ghosts.

... [She laughs quietly.]

Yeah, I guess you're right.
When I was alive, all my friends were ghosts too.
You're still really lucky, that you can also make living friends.

I think I'd still rather be alone most of the time... I didn't mind it, but I'm glad I made a new friend, too.

[She gives a sad little nod.]

I know, what you mean, but...
Life is... really special. And you don't know when it'll be gone, sometimes.
Because... even if your friends are ghosts...
You're not a ghost yet. You can still play, and read books, and go exploring, and do lots of other fun things...
And meet new friends to do those things with.
So you're really, really lucky... please remember that, Norman.

[She'd be sad, if you never really got to enjoy your life either.]

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