[Video] Body Garden

[dirge]

[The drone captures Dirge's huge form half in shadow perched on the roof of an old mausoleum, surveying the graveyard below like some hideous teal vulture.]

I don't understand...

[He mutters, claws tapping at the ancient stone statue of whomever is interred there curiously. He pinches the chin and squints into its eyes for a moment before shaking his head.]

What is the point of this ritual?

[Dirge jumps down, landing on all fours and crouching near a tombstone.]

What a terrible waste! Body parts are so very useful...

[He flicks the grave and it pitches forward a little.] Why bury them in the ground? Or lock them in boxes? Is someone saving these for later?

I know decaying organic can be used to grow things. People bring flowers, but they do not plant them.

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[To reply, or not to reply? Sam would waffle, but... someone should say something, and it might as well be her.]

Well, a part of it is to show respect for the dead. If the remains of the dead are treated in a disrespectful way, they're more likely to return as unhappy ghosts, and unhappy ghosts can do a lot to make the living unhappy alongside 'em.

[Video]

[knight_light]

It is about remembering. Besides, I’d be willing to bet most of those graves are empty and just the markers are there to remember those who were here and then vanished.