I will just say

[petronia]

It took way, way too long to wrestle this story down to the point that it's enjoyable to write, and I am way, way too close to the deadline.

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[marycontrary]

Random and off-topic, but I remember the last time the Pope died, you talked about a large cross near your city where the bulbs were replaced with purple until the election of the next Pope. Am I crazy, or did that really happen? If it did, is it purple again for the resignation? Maybe a new color because it's not quite the same sort of mourning?

[petronia]

That really did happen, and it won't turn purple for the resignation, because he hasn't died. I wondered too. XD;

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2013/02/28/montreal-mount-royal-cross-pope-purple-white.html