003 || memory share

[longoverdue]

[threadjacking is encouraged! should be noted that obviously if there are parts Richie was not there for, they’re not shown. feel free to have seen more than one.]

i. the missing poster.
ii. rock war! (trigger warning for misogyny.)
iii. encountering pennywise. (trigger warning for clowns and horror imagery and dead kids.)
iv. twenty-seven years later.
v. that fortune cookie’s looking at me! (trigger warning for horror imagery.)
vi. richie tozier kills a man.
vii. a grief that can’t be spoken.

viii. richie and the immortal woman.
ix. how to impress a jedi.
x. apocalypse on the first day.

+ i. for caleb: r + e.

Comments

video; private

[atypically]

So you were right. He really was fucking crazy...

[ He wants that to be a joke and to smile when he says it, but all he manages is something awkward that doesn't quite make it and the "joke" falls flat when it sounds a little more thoughtful than intentionally trying to be funny. ]

Good. I'm glad. I told you he didn't flip out on that Klaus guy so why was he gonna flip on somebody he actually knows? I wouldn't have, if it was me, anyway.

video; private

[longoverdue]

I think the part where he killed his dad and his gang and then tried his best to kill us made crystal fuckin’ clear. [A pause.] Granted, I guess some of it was the clown’s fault, but the guy was always a shitheel. I don’t regret killing him, exactly, but...

[A tired sigh.]

Shitty as he was, I didn’t exactly want to kill him either. Fuck, I don’t want to kill anyone, I’m not built for that type of shit. But he was going after my friend.

[Richie just shrugs.]

Yeah, yeah, you told me so.

video; private

[atypically]

Jesus fucking Christ, man...

[ Caleb winces a little; that feeling's familiar. He didn't kill Damien, but he nearly did. ]

Yeah...I know the feeling. I didn't kill the guy but I fucked him up bad enough that I'm lucky I didn't. So, I get it.

video; private

[longoverdue]

Super fuckin’ lucky. I’m pretty sure if I ever go back home, I’d be fucked, legally speaking. [A beat.] Okay, I’m not that sure, Derry’s boys in blue are famously shitty at their jobs.

[Which is only partly the clown’s fault.]

Anyway, hey, think about it this way. If the guy you fucked up ever shows his face around here, he’s gonna avoid the shit out of you ‘cause he remembers you fucked him up that hard.

video; private

[atypically]

Also, since when is Derry home, man? Just fucking leave and go back to LA and shit. Unless you already have a record, it's not like they're gonna have your prints on file or anything, right? So fuck 'em, they're not gonna find that dude's body and think "oh, you know what? I bet that famous comedian Richie Tozier did this!" You're good. Just don't go back to fuckin' Maine, man.

[ Caleb stiffens visibly on the video feed at the very suggestion. ]

Or he goes after Adam in revenge. Or you. Or literally anybody because he knows I'm a fucking bleeding heart. I really fuckin' hope he never shows up here, ever. His power is... I just hope he never fucking comes here. It's like...he can fucking control minds and shit, Richie. He might avoid me but he'll fuck with everybody else.

video; private

[longoverdue]

Force of habit, at this point. [A habit he hasn’t had since he moved away from Derry, and one that resurfaced the second he stepped back over the town line.] Uh. I’ve got a couple charges of DUI and drunk and disorderly. [A pause.] Y’know, the usual “celebrity gone wild” shit.

[Oh. Richie goes a little pale at the thought, having had a small taste of getting his head fucked with before.]

Oh, shit. What the fuck else did you do to piss him off? Besides beating his ass in. Did you like, resist his mind whammy or something?

video; private

[atypically]

Oh, well...yeah that could be a problem if they took your prints. Also?

[ Caleb gives Richie a dubious look, one meant to be just this side of playfully patronizing. ]

Drinking and driving is lame, bro, come on, now. You're better than that.

[ Shaking his head, Caleb shrugs. ]

Nothing, he's just that special brand of shitbag, dude. There's a lot of drama around that asshole back home. He's my version of Henry Bowers. ...yeah, no, that's actually a really good comparison, the only difference being that instead of killing people, Damien just makes them into his own personal puppets. I'm not actually sure which is worse.