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Burial Customs (Wedge and Corran at Wes Janson's funeral)
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lazykbys
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2/23/05 5:56am
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Burial Customs (Wedge and Corran at Wes Janson's funeral)
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Title: Burial Customs
Author: lazykbys
Timeframe: all I know is that it's BytS
Characters: Wedge, Corran
Genre: vignette
Summary: Wedge gets a surprise at Wes Janson's funeral.
Notes: Triggered by Thrawn McEwok's Courtship Rituals.
Burial Customs
It was hard to believe that Wes Janson was dead.
Wedge still expected him to pop out from behind a door, saying "Gotcha!" with a face-splitting grin on his face. It wouldn't be the first time a pilot under his command had tried that trick.
But he had seen Janson's X-wing explode. And while they hadn't recovered enough bits to make a full corpse, he had seen Wes in his cockpit, frantically trying to get the controls to respond. Wedge had been there, not more than twenty meters away and still unable to do anything.
When he'd put Rogue Squadron together again after Bakura, he'd told the young pilots that they'd never be as good as the ones who had died fighting the Empire. A long time had passed since then. Some of his pilots - too many of them - had joined that group of posthumous heroes, despite his best efforts to keep it from happening.
And now Wes was one of them.
He approached the coffin numbly. Since there was no corpse, Wes wouldn't be in there. Besides, whatever soul or spark of life that had been Wes Janson had departed when the X-wing had gone up in flames. Somehow, the explosion seemed more fitting as Wes' tomb.
He was wondering why he was doing this when he noticed the coffin was not empty. Of course. It's a life-size replica, the kind they use so that mourners don't feel stupid crying on an empty box.
Only it wasn't. It was Lieutenant Kettch, the stuffed Ewok toy than Janson had used so many times in pranks.
For a moment Wedge was too startled to say or do anything. Then he started to shake with anger. How dare they make a joke out of this . . . !
He was about to tell the world at large exactly what he thought of this juvenile prank when Corran Horn put a hand on Wedge's shoulder and gently lead him aside.
"It's all right, Wedge," Corran said softly.
"It's not all right," Wedge hissed. "Wes may have been an obnoxious joker when he was alive, but that doesn't give anyone the right to - to disgrace him like that!"
Corran shook his head. "No, it's what he wanted. Look."
Wedge took the proffered piece of flimsiplast and unfolded it. It was a copy of Wes Janson's will. And to his growing dismay, it specifically stated that Lieutenant Kettch be part of funeral's proceedings in exactly the manner he had seen.
"Think of it as a burial weapon," Corran said.
"What?"
"Some cultures put weapons into the grave so that the deceased will have something to fight the darkness with."
Wedge frowned. "What would Wes do with a stuffed Ewok? Hit ghosts over the head with it?"
"I . . . don't think so. But he might use it to make them laugh."
Wedge had to admit Corran had a point. "His sense of humor, then. The vilest weapon known to man."
Corran nodded. "Besides, you should have seen the look on your face when you found Kettch. Wes would've thought it was priceless."
For the first time since Wes' death, Wedge grinned. "Yeah. I guess he got me good, didn't he."
Corran smiled. "Come on. Let's go comfort the other people Wes got."
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VaderLVR64
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That was very nicely done! 
And  for having all of that handy info in the first post. Made indexing much easier! 
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Aww, poor Wes. But I loved how he's having Kettch buried in his place. Very sweet.
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Jesina_Dreis
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It was so perfect, so Wes.
Poor, poor Wess...but it was really perfect for him. 
Jes
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Rowan_Jade
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Bravo!
You did pinpoint Wes's sense of humor perfectly! And you're right, he would most definately want Kettch to be with him for all eternity.
*snicker*
"His sense of humor, then. The vilest weapon known to man."
Too Funny!! And so very true also!
Great Job!
Ro
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SweetPea
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Corran nodded. "Besides, you should have seen the look on your face when you found Kettch. Wes would've thought it was priceless."
For the first time since Wes' death, Wedge grinned. "Yeah. I guess he got me good, didn't he."
Hehe. Count on Wes to pull pranks from the beyond.
Great characterization of Wes.
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Smuggler_Shidakis
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Very, very Wes.
Even death can't stop him!
Wonderfully done!
Reading all these Wes death fics is amazingly depressing...
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Wedge took the proffered piece of flimsiplast and unfolded it. It was a copy of Wes Janson's will. And to his growing dismay, it specifically stated that Lieutenant Kettch be part of funeral's proceedings in exactly the manner he had seen.
LOL! Oh, that's definitely in character. I can so see Wes doing that. Great job.
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VaderLVR64:
That was very nicely done!
Thank you!
Enelya_Sol:
Aww, poor Wes. But I loved how he's having Kettch buried in his place. Very sweet.
I couldn't write a Wes fic without the Ewok, and there were only a few logical places to put Kettch. I'm glad you liked my choice Thank you for reading!
Jesina_Dreis:
It was so perfect, so Wes.
Poor, poor Wess...but it was really perfect for him.
*feels guilty for killing Wes* But everyone has to die sometime, right? *sniff*
Thank you for reading!
Rowan_Jade:
You did pinpoint Wes's sense of humor perfectly! And you're right, he would most definately want Kettch to be with him for all eternity.
I also thought of having him bequeath Kettch to Rogue Squadron in his will but decided against it. Thank you for reading!
SweetPea:
Hehe. Count on Wes to pull pranks from the beyond.
Great characterization of Wes.
He wouldn't want everyone crying at his funeral now, would he. Thank you for reading!
Smuggler_Shidakis:
Very, very Wes.
Even death can't stop him!
And he doesn't have to worry about revenge, either Thank you for reading!
Gabri_Jade:
LOL! Oh, that's definitely in character. I can so see Wes doing that. Great job.
And now I've been bitten by a plot bunny about Wes writing his will and sniggering to himself about Kettch's effect on his funeral. Thank you for reading!
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