[Alex knows that's not his laugh. It's definitely not his laugh and he's been missing, and so while she's been avoiding using the Sphere's find function to locate him, she does after this. Only to be told he's in the catacombs. That's not really surprising, considering well... He's been there trying to preserve the old books, but this is him definitely not right. Richard would never post the Unsound, and he'd never just laugh like that.
So, in the end, Alex just goes to find him, ignoring the demons around her. Her face is pale, and she's not bothered to put makeup on in order to hide the dark circles below her eyes, and the flashlight that she's holding shakes a little bit, but she still goes. One good thing is that she knows how to stop the skeletons from attacking her, so she makes use of that before she goes in deep enough that they would bother her. Instead, her voice is clear and loud when she calls:]
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So, in the end, Alex just goes to find him, ignoring the demons around her. Her face is pale, and she's not bothered to put makeup on in order to hide the dark circles below her eyes, and the flashlight that she's holding shakes a little bit, but she still goes. One good thing is that she knows how to stop the skeletons from attacking her, so she makes use of that before she goes in deep enough that they would bother her. Instead, her voice is clear and loud when she calls:]
Richard?