[Richie laughs. It's a seventy-thirty balance of genuine mirth and brine-sour salt.] You and me both, pal.
[Could likely jot that down on a resume. Monster fighter extraordinaire: I hate doing it but it's the path the world chose for me.
John's got the lights covered while Richie takes up navigation. He misses Eds, good ol' compass-head that he was. Even if Thesa wasn't quite the struggle that Derry's labyrinth of sewer pipes was he can't help yearning for the surety of his presence.
Jump-scare atmospherics demand a certain amount of compliance. Richie cranks down the volume on his chatter to a rough twenty percent, but even whispers seem to echo in the hollowed tin of the ship.]
Remind me again what you did before you came here? I remember something about the armed forces, but if you're counting in computer talk and decking monsters, I'm gonna be a bit suspicious of what Uncle Sam asked of you.
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[Could likely jot that down on a resume. Monster fighter extraordinaire: I hate doing it but it's the path the world chose for me.
John's got the lights covered while Richie takes up navigation. He misses Eds, good ol' compass-head that he was. Even if Thesa wasn't quite the struggle that Derry's labyrinth of sewer pipes was he can't help yearning for the surety of his presence.
Jump-scare atmospherics demand a certain amount of compliance. Richie cranks down the volume on his chatter to a rough twenty percent, but even whispers seem to echo in the hollowed tin of the ship.]
Remind me again what you did before you came here? I remember something about the armed forces, but if you're counting in computer talk and decking monsters, I'm gonna be a bit suspicious of what Uncle Sam asked of you.