Rys hears a garbled squawk/scream from the bottom of one of the boxes in her closet. Groaning, she gets up from reading and opens her closet door to find the origin of the very annoying noise.
After pulling out 3 boxes, the squawking noise is now outside of her closet so she knows that the culprit of the god awful noise is in the last box she pulled out.
After dumping the entire content of the box on the ground she finally finds what is making the noise. An old beat up walkie-talkie. Rys picks up the walkie-talkie and presses the button.
"What the hell do you need? And what was that god awful racket?" She snaps, waiting for the reply.
"Anerys? Anerys Destiny? A crackled voice comes through.
"Dustin?"
"Yes, yes it's Dustin. Listen, remember that favour you gave me the last time you babysat me years ago?" Dustin says.
Rys thinks back to the last time she babysat Dustin and his friends. They all had way too much sugar and their Dungeons & Dragons campaign was going way too late and they were refusing to go to bed so she came up with the genius idea of giving Dustin a walkie-talkie, promising he could cash in one favour of any size, as long as it wasn't illegal or impossible if they agreed to be quiet and go to bed. Somehow that worked and she's surprised that years later Dustin remembered. She sure as hell didn't remember until he triggered her memory of it.
"Yeah, I remember." Please don't be something that requires a ton of work. Please just be something that I can get done and over with quickly so I can move into my new place in Las Angeles soon and never have to return to Hawkins ever again.
"I'm cashing it in now. Our Dungeons & Dragons club Hellfire is usually held at Hawkins High but they told us to never come back so we really need a place to host tonight and I wondered if we could host at your insane mansion." It too a second for Rys to process what Dustin just said cause it came out all in one breath.
"Sure you can host here. 7 pm, don't be late. You and your friends want pizza?" It might be interesting to see how their campaigns have developed as they got older.
"You're a lifesaver Anerys! We'll be there at 7. Have enough pizza for like 7 of us!" A click signals the end of the conversation.
"What the fuck did I just get myself in to?"
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A Strange Destiny
أدب الهواةYears ago Anerys Destiny was Dustin's babysitter and gave him one favour to cash in for the future. Years later he calls Anerys and asks to cash in his favour. The school refuses to host Hellfire and they need a location. Dustin's solution? Hosting...
