I don’t think there will be a funeral or memorial service. Those cost money. Even though I think Chris could easily ebeg for the amount, someone else would have to do the legwork.
Someone like Rocky may try to help Chris but his and Barb’s financial obligations will be confusing and enormous (assuming Barb has a mortgage, credit card debt and other debts and no life insurance) and it’s doubtful anyone is going to convince Chris of anything. Maybe Null or Marvin or any other white Knight will try to help Chris until they too get frustrated and give up.
It all ends with Chris in unmarked pauper’s grave.
Sort of like the movie Amadeus. Mozart never finished his requiem, and Chris never finished his comic. Both tossed into cheap holes, with a shovel full of lime.
And Barb's death.
We all know it's going to come as a shock to him.
I hate Chris. I hate Barb. I won't lie though; when that day comes, he'll have my sympathy, because all the comics and all the merge talks and all the hallucinations in the world aren't going to stop:
the red letters coming in
the bank smashing on the door
the feeling of a lonely house with nobody to talk to
pets becoming more restless and demanding
his tugboat running aground because he needs to pay for further essentials
You know those horror/ thriller movies where the young to middle aged woman is home alone, and then there's an intruder somewhere in the house. They might phone or appear in a window, or ALREADY BE IN THE HOUSE!!! That'll be Christian, trapped in a building with Reality.
Unless enablers spring for a burial plot, complete with a headstone of a statue of Chris or Sonichu.
That would be epic. Some sort of Superman with the Golden Eagle statue somewhere in Ruckersville. Or scattering his ashes at Nintendo HQ. Or raising a flagpole with the colors of The Classic. Or a graduation ceremony that he never got to have, where he's presented with a PHD in graphic design.
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