heaven pcs: richie

[fending]

i saw him introduce himself as "i'm rich" somewhere and was like oh i dare him to introduce himself to fidelio that way

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[gutterbound]

[BECAUSE I MISSED YOU IN MY INBOX!!! (this was my own fault.)]

I can... [Tries one more time.] Ah, fuck it.

[He hands it to Fidelio, please assist him. I forgot to mention someone has decorated his hand overnight.]

I can workshop a single-hand open later, when we're not sitting under a new cloud of ungodly misery. Thank you, by the way. If you want the first sip, it's yours.

[fending]

Nah, not gonna steal any of your precious drops of comfort right now.

[ he can always just get his own (and not have to worry about getting it open).

pops the cap off and hands it back. ]

Here.

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Oh, bless you and your kind soul.

[He gives him a little cheers, dour as the mood may be, and takes a polite swig. The silence beats down on the precious seconds in-between.]

...I want to say I was surprised, but...with how few answers we had last week when things locked down...

[He trails off, flinching. Shaking his head.]

I can't believe it but I still don't feel surprised at all.

[fending]

[ leans against the side of one of the other sofas, crossing his arms. ]

Not even by the number? Can't say I was surprised that there was another murder neither, but I wasn't expectin' it to be two of 'em the same night.

[gutterbound]

No, you got me there. Two is ghastly. Even more so that one is a kid. [A pause.] In a fashion. Attitude, at least.

[fending]

Might as well have been, yeah.

[ sorry dan you were the most immature guy in this joint ]

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Mhmm.

[He'll take a drink, a worried knot between his brows.]

...Your brother mentioned you two were, ah...officers, so to speak. This the kind of stuff you were looking into back home?

[fending]

'Looking into'?

[gutterbound]

Well, typically when I hear officers I think "police". Or it could be a naval thing.

What was the gig, then?

[fending]

Pretty sure the second one's closer.

[ all they have is military police, i don't think they have detectives... ]

We were officers in Count Louis's private army. Most recently we were helpin' him in his campaign for the throne.

[gutterbound]

Aaah. So much less murder investigation than expected. [His mouth quirks.] Though he did mention your former head honcho was something of a megalomaniac.

Regardless, I was just wondering. Trying to figure out who's all got prior experience with this sort of thing, you know. Any pointers they might share with the class, whether they wanted to start streamlining how we do things. Feels a bit chaotic.