Say hey 👋 to my my newest @kreeptures_net from @killstar baby! Came out of the bag to show off, now back in plastic and keepsake bag. Meet #Hellhound: #Spellbound #1251/3000 (at Ædinburg, Æden, US) https://www.instagram.com/p/CermblGOdQA/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
Soulsborne co-op is such a weirdly melancholic experience sometimes
Like, sometimes you find some rando you just vibe with, or who's rocking a build that compliments yours, is fun and goofy, maybe their character's got a Character Creator Abomination face that makes you laugh, or is just really fun to play with, but like, the second they die or you accidentally jostle your ethernet cable and DC, you just never know if you'll see them again
Like, sometimes hope's restored after they die and they summon you again and then it's like "Holy shit! They liked me enough to summon me twice!" and that's even better! You found the Cool Guy and they liked you and still wanna keep playing the game with you! And you're a socially maladjusted pack animal so that floods your brain with serotonin and that's rad! The two of you struggle, fight, overcome, and eventually build up to a climactic victory fighting the boss of the area, and that's so much fun! Like a little self-contained adventure story, just the two of you
But then after that you just like
You realize you may actually literally never see this person again, this person who's been your companion on this mini-adventure, who's had your back, who you've laughed with and fought beside. Brief as they were, they were good times had between the two of you, and you have to take a second to realize that may have been the only time the two of you will ever meet, like ships passing in the night
wherever you are, random guy who summoned me at every bonfire and for every bossfight in the Ringed City like three years ago, I still think of you sometimes. I hope you're doing well