[ peter's got an armful of groceries — yes, groceries, because it's been a long month, okay, and there'd been that lingering concern about whether or not they'd receive rations in the first place; it's topped off with that box of poptarts because — well, they are for him.
(but listen, he didn't actually ask for them. it's a long story.)
his lantern's by his feet in the sand, and he'd just been about to pick it up head back to the square because this is way less dramatic than it'd been last month, and since it doesn't look like they're going to starve any time soon, it'd probably be a good idea to get everything unloaded.
or at least, that'd been the plan.
there was something out there is what the kid says — and peter's attention shifts from him to the water and back again. his expression flickers briefly — of course there was something out there, they're in a creepy pocket dimension that's taken a few too many cues from stephen king. it's a thought that he doesn't vocalise, at least not yet. instead: ] —No. [ he answers; it's a statement, more than anything, because he's been on the beach and it's dark. a beat, then a flicker of curiosity, and— ] What did it look like?
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(but listen, he didn't actually ask for them. it's a long story.)
his lantern's by his feet in the sand, and he'd just been about to pick it up head back to the square because this is way less dramatic than it'd been last month, and since it doesn't look like they're going to starve any time soon, it'd probably be a good idea to get everything unloaded.
or at least, that'd been the plan.
there was something out there is what the kid says — and peter's attention shifts from him to the water and back again. his expression flickers briefly — of course there was something out there, they're in a creepy pocket dimension that's taken a few too many cues from stephen king. it's a thought that he doesn't vocalise, at least not yet. instead: ] —No. [ he answers; it's a statement, more than anything, because he's been on the beach and it's dark. a beat, then a flicker of curiosity, and— ] What did it look like?