Yelena kept to herself for days after her initial realization that Natasha was simply… gone. As quickly as she had appeared in the bubble city, she had disappeared. Without so much as a chance to say goodbye. Learning the news the way she did felt like a rehashing discovering it back home, and dragged up all those unchecked emotions about her sister’s death in an inescapable wave.
Kate and Cassandra helped that first day in the ways that they could, but… Yelena couldn’t bear the idea of being around anyone at all after that. She spent five days in a high depressive state. She didn’t leave the compound, she didn’t see or speak to anyone, she barely left her room at all. Everything felt so empty, and she didn’t know what to do with herself all alone in all that space, so she self-contained and made herself small. Isolated to hide her pain.
But Yelena knew she could not live that way forever, and she needed to find a way to dig herself out of the hole she was wallowing in. Thats when she asked the residents of Etraya for tips on how to handle grief. There was an almost overwhelming outpour of sympathy and support, a variety of ways to handle the situation were offered. She might still use several of those tactics in the come days and months as things are further processed as time goes on.
But one idea in particular had inspired her in a way that got her moving. Something in her sister’s honor, a little token to keep the reminder of her there. And a send off of sorts, since no wake or funeral could exactly be had.
She found a simple locket necklace and took one of the photos from the envelope in Corrine’s Cafe to cut down to size and slip it inside. She will be seen wearing it from now on.
To give her sister the send off she never got to, Yelena decides to make a simple, paper lantern to release off the dock at the back of the compound. It’s nothing fancy, but Natasha would have hated something over the top, simple, discreet is best for people like them. It’s enough just to be remembered.
That night, the people she is closest to will receive a text inviting them to a simple dinner, and to be there when she sets the lantern free. The set-up is little more than a charcuterie board of crackers with cheese and meats and a few different nuts and fruits.
{Paper lanterns in the sky » Close CR only [Aug 16]
Yelena kept to herself for days after her initial realization that Natasha was simply… gone. As quickly as she had appeared in the bubble city, she had disappeared. Without so much as a chance to say goodbye. Learning the news the way she did felt like a rehashing discovering it back home, and dragged up all those unchecked emotions about her sister’s death in an inescapable wave.
Kate and Cassandra helped that first day in the ways that they could, but… Yelena couldn’t bear the idea of being around anyone at all after that. She spent five days in a high depressive state. She didn’t leave the compound, she didn’t see or speak to anyone, she barely left her room at all. Everything felt so empty, and she didn’t know what to do with herself all alone in all that space, so she self-contained and made herself small. Isolated to hide her pain.
But Yelena knew she could not live that way forever, and she needed to find a way to dig herself out of the hole she was wallowing in. Thats when she asked the residents of Etraya for tips on how to handle grief. There was an almost overwhelming outpour of sympathy and support, a variety of ways to handle the situation were offered. She might still use several of those tactics in the come days and months as things are further processed as time goes on.
But one idea in particular had inspired her in a way that got her moving. Something in her sister’s honor, a little token to keep the reminder of her there. And a send off of sorts, since no wake or funeral could exactly be had.
She found a simple locket necklace and took one of the photos from the envelope in Corrine’s Cafe to cut down to size and slip it inside. She will be seen wearing it from now on.
To give her sister the send off she never got to, Yelena decides to make a simple, paper lantern to release off the dock at the back of the compound. It’s nothing fancy, but Natasha would have hated something over the top, simple, discreet is best for people like them. It’s enough just to be remembered.
That night, the people she is closest to will receive a text inviting them to a simple dinner, and to be there when she sets the lantern free. The set-up is little more than a charcuterie board of crackers with cheese and meats and a few different nuts and fruits.
Mostly, she’s just trying not to be so alone.