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I've known for about fifteen hours now - his brother-in-law posted on his Facebook page shortly after it happened. Doesn't make it any easier.

At first, I passed it off as a rumor, or that it was incorrect - modern science has revived people after half an hour, y'know! But, as I thought about it, the worse and worse I felt.

See, I met the guy. I MET MONTY OUM. I have a poster, signed by him, sitting pride of place above my PC. I told him I would cosplay Sun, and his very words were "I think you'll do it justice, I'd like to see a picture." Well, shit. I cosplayed Jaune for PAX Aus last year, and I was going to start working on Sun in the coming days, so I'd have the costume ready for the end of April, for Supernova. Instead, I find out he's in a coma, and then that he's died. I've been a fan of his since he started working on RvB. When RWBY started, I was immediately hooked. I've written fanfiction, cosplayed, designed OCs... I was even considering writing up a resume and portfolio of creative works (writing, voice acting, cosplay and music, the four things I do) once I finished uni here in Australia, to send into Rooster Teeth.

Hopefully, I'll finish this costume, but I'll add a little thing to it. Just a sign, maybe, or something stuck to Sun's shirt - "In loving memory of the series creator, Monty Oum" or something along those lines.