03-01-2021, 23:48:22 PM
[Upon catching sight of the body, Skid immediately tries to flee back to the barracks. Pump has to grab him by the back of his skeleton costume to keep him in place.] “Wha—?!”
“Skid, come on.”
“B-but I don't wanna be near the d-dead people!”
[Pump inhales, lets out a very, very long deep sigh, and looks Skid straight in the eyes.] “I know. We're losing a lot of friends here, and you're sad. I get it. I'm hurt, too. But you can't just run away from it to cry every time it happens. Don't you wanna stop it from happening?”
“Y-yeah...?”
“Well, we need to find the murderers. If you're hiding in the barracks instead of...” [Pump struggles to pronounce the next word for a bit.] “...in... inv... investigating, then we might miss something that you would easily notice, and then the big dragon might kill an innocent guy because of it!”
[Skid shudders a bit at the thought of executing an innocent by mistake, prompting Pump to pat him on the shoulder reassuringly.] “Don't worry. As long as we work together, we'll find the murderers who killed Boris, and we'll... what's the word? Avenge? We'll avenge him! Won't we?”
[Silence. Then, Skid smiles, ever so slightly.] “Y... yeah! We'll avenge him!” [He raises an arm into the air, determined.] “For Boris!”
[Pump smiles right back, more than happy to see Skid mostly back to his former self.] “Yeah! For Boris!”
[With that, Skid climbs right back onto Pump's head, both of them ready to once more scour the castle for clues.]
“Skid, come on.”
“B-but I don't wanna be near the d-dead people!”
[Pump inhales, lets out a very, very long deep sigh, and looks Skid straight in the eyes.] “I know. We're losing a lot of friends here, and you're sad. I get it. I'm hurt, too. But you can't just run away from it to cry every time it happens. Don't you wanna stop it from happening?”
“Y-yeah...?”
“Well, we need to find the murderers. If you're hiding in the barracks instead of...” [Pump struggles to pronounce the next word for a bit.] “...in... inv... investigating, then we might miss something that you would easily notice, and then the big dragon might kill an innocent guy because of it!”
[Skid shudders a bit at the thought of executing an innocent by mistake, prompting Pump to pat him on the shoulder reassuringly.] “Don't worry. As long as we work together, we'll find the murderers who killed Boris, and we'll... what's the word? Avenge? We'll avenge him! Won't we?”
[Silence. Then, Skid smiles, ever so slightly.] “Y... yeah! We'll avenge him!” [He raises an arm into the air, determined.] “For Boris!”
[Pump smiles right back, more than happy to see Skid mostly back to his former self.] “Yeah! For Boris!”
[With that, Skid climbs right back onto Pump's head, both of them ready to once more scour the castle for clues.]
SYMPTOMATIC
THIS DISEASE
SO DRAMATIC
PANIC AUTOMATICALLY
THIS DISEASE
SO DRAMATIC
PANIC AUTOMATICALLY