RIP Talon

Okami

I don't really know how to say this so I'll just come out and do it.

I don't even know if anyone here still liked him or even knows him, I know he hasn't been here in a long time, years probably, but for us old fogeys, I figured I'd make a thread.

Late on Sunday night, Talon died here in Portland of bacterial meningitis. He'd been sick for a couple weeks, but he kept refusing constant advice to go to the hospital until he collapsed Saturday night and he was rushed there by friends, but it was too late. He died surrounded by friends and with his family.

We hadn't actually spoken in so long but he always tried to keep in touch. The impact he had on my life makes his loss devastating.


EDIT:
If there are any Portland locals that want to come pay their respects, his mom is giving us some of his ashes and we'll be having our own service this Sunday, the 17th at the Pavilion in the Hoyt Arboretum at 6pm. We'll be having a barbecue and giving others the opportunity to say their goodbyes. It's an open event to anyone that knew him and wishes to say their goodbyes.


I gathered up everything I could find on my hard drives and in my old sketchbooks. Every drawing I still had from him and the ones I gave to him, videos he made and ones that I took of him, photos from over the years and I've collected them all into publicly viewable albums and playlists.

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150741466178039.344138.613243038&type=3&l=57b50b455d



And a chunk of some of our best moments over the seven years we spent together
https://www.facebook.com/notes/stacie-zinser/dear-kun-from-cootie/10150862703286776

Kuribo's Shoe

Jesus, that sucks. Condolences.

RMS Oceanic

Mister Shoe has summed up my thoughts succinctly.

You and his family will be in my thoughts today.

Fishman

@Okami, I am sorry for your loss. I never knew Talon well, but I remember the name from years ago. I will try and recall what if any, interaction we might have once shared.

Ubik

i didn't know Talon but dang that sucks

condolences to you and everyone who knew him

Munkus Beaver

Was Talon the guy who went to PAX and put his IDs, money, and cards in a space in his hat and kept an empty wallet, then got mugged on the bus ride back and just gave the mugger the empty wallet?

Please say that is the guy. The best way to remember someone is to share stories. It's always shitty when someone from here dies.

Zombies Tossed My Salad!

Damn.

He was a pretty nice guy the few times I met him

Okami

That's him Munkus. I forgot all about that story, it was actually pretty hilarious when he came home and told it to me.



Also for anyone interested, in order to cope, I typed up a bunch of stories I had about him, it's a public post, anyone who wants to read it is free to do so
https://www.facebook.com/notes/stacie-zinser/dear-kun-from-cootie/10150862703286776

Olivaw

I think I remember Talon

He was a good poster

My respect and condolences

Bendery It Like Beckham

...

Buttlord

i think i remember seeing him post back when i lurked

he was alright

sucks that he died, condolences to you all

godmode

My condolences, Okami, and to the rest of his friends and his family.

I Win Swordfights

yeah, it seems like when i saw one of you post, the other was always around

i'm incredibly sorry for your loss.

Bendery It Like Beckham

Hey Stacey, I know this is really kinda... awkward to ask but what is happening with Akina (his car)

For the record, I spent a lot of time with him when he moved back to san diego for a few months, we got his car up and running and I helped him find some work... I even had a steady job set up for him. He turned it all down and kinda left; He was one of the first people from this forum that I met, and he meant a lot to me. I'm pretty broken up, I tried to get him to stay down in SD...

VALVEjunkie

fuck.

my condolences.

Okami

I have no idea, Bendery. I'm hoping to get to talk to his mom before she leaves Portland, partially to see if I can get a few sentimental things back but I'm worried she's still angry with me and might blow my request off.

Bendery It Like Beckham

I don't really know his mom, I've only met her a few times...

Assuran

My condolences.

Magus`

My sympathies.

I wish he had chosen to go to the hospital, but I guess he had his reasons.

bwanie

Talon was our forum furry #1

He'd been here a long time, and though we seldom interacted i've seen a lot of his posts and he came across as a genuinly cool dude.

My condolences to all that were close to him.

Darmak

Now Talon will never blow up those fucking bees.

I Win Swordfights

Darmak wrote: »

Now Talon will never blow up those fucking bees.

he's blowing up god's bees now, darmak

Okami

After a lot of research, it sounds like even if he had gone to the hospital as soon as symptoms started, he still was within the mortality rate. Best case scenario, he might have lost a few fingers or limbs due to how it fucks with your circulation.

Okami

oh the failure of "FUCKBEEZ"

Bendery It Like Beckham

One of the last things we did was drive up to Julien on a Sunday Afternoon. It was probably a 3 hour drive of us just bullshitting about life, and cars. The ride up was pretty calm, we mostly just joked about how bad a driver I am and how his 86 would destroy my civic on the downhill.

Then we got our pie, and on the way back down some asshat 6 cars up was refusing to use the turnout. I'm guessing on Jay's orders my friend Peter took the first mile long stretch of road and tried to pass the guy, I followed suit and we ended up flying past this guy faster than I care to say.

Long story short, we get to a gas station and the dude catches up with us and tries to start a fight with me. Jay steps in and we basically have to pull him back in to a car to avoid a
brawl in front of a Circle-K.

Hanging out with Jay was never very smart, but it was always memorable...

Tef

Oh man, he was the fuckbeez guy? I remember reading that whole thing.

A real tragedy he passed, my condolences

Okami

Bendery It Like Beckham wrote: »

Hanging out with Jay was never very smart, but it was always memorable...

Hahaha, ain't that the truth.

He thought he was such hot shit when he first got that 86. Even though he barely knew how to handle her at first he always took every chance he got to show off.

When we did a big road trip from Portland to San Diego, he blew out the clutch on the way back trying to race a 90's mustang. Literally tore the disc to shreds. The mechanic my family hooked us up with took him aside after fixing us up, showed him the old one lying on the ground and asked him "See what you did there? You fucked up. Don't do that again."

Bendery It Like Beckham

haha yeah, that sounds about right. Before he left to head back to portland, after we got that car running again I lectured him on how bald his tires were, how his tie-rods were shot, and how I'm not too sure his brakes are going to help him much if he plans on stopping.

He just kinda laughed...

Okami

Yeeeah I have a lot of stories about the terrible ways he pushed that car when it wasn't up to par for the things he wanted out of it. Like trying to drift on bald tires in the rain up here and slamming into the guard rail instead. Christ I thought we were going to die.

Didn't help that as we were driving home after that, the original hood of the car caught the wind and went WOOSH right into the windshield because the crash had ruined the lock mechanism. He fastened it with a shoe lace but my eyes never left the hood of that car until we were back of the apartment.

Bendery It Like Beckham

HE TOLD ME THAT WAS HIS FRIEND!

neville

Never actually met him, but I know several fun stories with him (and @Bendery It Like Beckham) and he was always a fun guy to talk with online.
Really sorry to hear this, @Okami
He will definitely be missed.

Okami

Haha, yeah he lied a lot when he didn't want to admit he'd done something obviously stupid.

Shorty

oh shits

for a variety of reasons I wound up spending most of pax '06 with talon

he was a good kid and I always wanted to meet up with him again at some point

That Dave Fella

I think bendery told me a story about talon eating a tub of margarine.

Vixx

God dang, I remember Talon. My condolences.

Shorty

there was also that time he built a bomb made out of bees and promised to blow it up for the entertainment of everyone on the forum

and then chickened out

which, realistically, probably gave us more entertainment than if he had actually blown it up

edit: I could have sworn nobody else mentioned this earlier

ah well

Okami

Hahaha oh I remember that, it was a pound of butter and he ended up puking it right back up into someone's mailbox I think

The Black Hunter

My condolences, from the couple of things you've posted here he sounds like someone I would have loved to meet. He sounds like a complete riot. I wish him and his well

Tossrock

this is terrible

Vixx

I remember not even knowing he was a furry until like... aaaaaaaaaaages after I began talking to him on the forums.

neville

Okami wrote: »

Hahaha oh I remember that, it was a pound of butter and he ended up puking it right back up into someone's mailbox I think

Yeah, the infamous "Buttery Furry" story that Bendery tells.
We made a shot up for it.
We will all have to do lots of those this PAX to tribute to him.