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DURANTE

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CHARACTER NAME

DANTE

CIVILIAN NAME

ADAM ALIGHIERI

TEAM

REVELATION

HOUSING NUMBER

006

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delivery!

[wheft]

[ hey, dante! first, a message through the oculars. ]

Dante, heads up. I'll be delivering the goods to you as promised. I'll make time to practice with you soon. You're welcome.

[ then, a hummingbird drone will suddenly follow them around - a cute white birb with a suspicious-looking red patch on its chest - with a wrapped-up box in its beak. it will keep relentlessly pecking at them until they receive the present.

it's two handguns with some bullets. have fun. ]

[followyourstar]

[It takes them a moment to realize that the small bird that keeps trying to peck at their shoulder isn't actually a bird and is in fact, some sort of drone--a drone with the package Ishmael promised them, even.]

Just got it. Thanks again! I owe you one.

[Now to go put something on that shoulder... At least their flames kept it away from their head.]

private to @hearse, @redgaze, @rodya -- guess who learned how to make a group chat

[followyourstar]

So...

Anyone want to tell me why we have a reputation for punching teenagers?

[immortalpoet]

who told you this, dante

[followyourstar]

I'm keeping my sources anonymous.

[axethrows]

Didn't do it, but if I ever do, it's for a good reason.

[hi she's here.]

[followyourstar]

Okay... Do you know what happened?

[wheft]

I'm going to kill Elysium for this

[ damn ]

[immortalpoet]

can i watch.

[followyourstar]

And the other person was...?

[Sorry Ishmael, they've already put together that you were one of the culprits.]

delivery!

[axethrows]

Dante, you will be getting a visit from a little birdie from me soon! Keep an eye out for your present!

[Another hummingbird drone has been flying around the door to Dante's room for some time after the first message was sent, this one almost looks like it's made of ice. It's carrying a small box containing a particular ring. A second message comes shortly after the first one-]

Oh yeah, I am sending you a little box code. Scan that and download the file, it will upgrade your implant so you can wear digital clothing! It's safe and it will get you set up, I swear~

[Attached is an one-use QR code meant for Dante, in which it will upgrade their implant software for the style upgrade.]

[followyourstar]

You guys are really spoiling me lately... I'm going to have to make sure to do something to deserve it.

[A year really does make all the difference, doesn't it?

Now they just... need to figure out how all this works.]

12/7 backdate,

[ignoreher]

[ and so comes time for the promised fishing trip.

it's cheap to rent a pair of rods and a boat to go out on, captain in tow. though he warns the two that they might be waiting a while time lest they head to the warmer waters of okinawa; it doesn't bother malkuth any, apparently, so maybe fish... isn't what she's after.

nonetheless. they can sit on the far end of the fishing boat, trapping wriggling worms on their hooks. ]

It's harder than it looks, huh?

[ making sure you don't get hooked in the process......... ]

[followyourstar]

[Now that they're on the boat like this, this whole outing doesn't seem anything at all like a date--or, at least, nothing they imagined a date would be like. It's for the best in the end, now that they've had time to connect the dots and let the facts sink in.

Malkuth: one of L Corp's "Sephirah," head of the Control team who, from the documents Meursault summarized during the team's brief appearance in L Corp's Headquarters, treated her employees like parts of a machine.

She doesn't seem the type, but... they aren't one of her employees either. And her voice does match the one they've heard from their PDA--an "announcer" plugin dredged up from Mephistopheles's engine during one of the four Walpurgis Nights.

To think they'd be out on a "date" with one department head and neighbors with another... The world--this world in particular--works in mysterious ways.]

No kidding. Wish I'd had an older pair of gloves to bring.

[Though given all the nicks and scrapes their current pair has acquired from their clumsy attempts at hooking the worm, they were well on their way to becoming just what they'd needed to begin with.]

I keep thinking I've almost got it, but it moves at the last second.

[ignoreher]

But a dead worm's not what attracts the fish, so it's gotta be wriggling...

[ ... after a few more attempts... she's got one. poorly. it's a little squished and definitely not alive. ]

Well, maybe the fish won't be picky. Food's food, right? In theory?

[ how... did he do it? forearm back, then toss. oh. okay. easy. looking over at theirs to see how it goes. ]

🎄🎁 DELIVERY, forward-dated to the 25th.

[transmit]

[ Following the Christmas party, Dante will find a small package by the entrance of their door. Inside!!! Is a collection of different hair waxes and gels.

Merry Christmas, my new friend!

As convenient as it is to let the style upgrade do its work (and magic!) with your hair, nothing beats the freedom and fun of being able to style things for yourself. Try it! Try it and let me know how it goes.

Your new? Old? Now official! Stylist,
Elysium! ]

1/2

[followyourstar]

[Dante wasn't expecting many gifts at all, and certainly not from anyone who wasn't a Sinner, and so the gift is accepted with an eager chime of delight!]

2/2 -- @durante; voice

[followyourstar]

[only to immediately be followed by awkward disappointment. And some amount of guilt. Maybe they should suck it up and do video and voice replies more often.]

< This is Dante. Just thought I'd send you something to thank you for the gift. I think Thank You cards are the norm, but I'm not sure those are even in use around here anymore, so this will have to do. >

🎁 delivery, 12/25

[wheft]

[ on the fated day, a little wrapped-up present will be waiting outside dante's room. inside is just a simple red scarf.

Happy Holidays, Dante. Glad you're here to celebrate with us this year. This scarf won't bite, promise.

- Ishmael ]

🎁! 12/25

[axethrows]

[That crpytid mini baba yaga ice hummingbird is back and it stays stationed to protect it's parcel of a wrapped present until Dante takes notice and it flies away.

Inside the box contains a pair of black leather gloves and a friendship bracelet. It's made of black, yellow, gold, and various reds along with 13 charms: A clock and 12 stars. She had to best guess Dante's hand and wrist sizes, but both items should give comfortable fits.

"Happy holidays, Dante!" - Rodya]

🎁 12/28

[immortalpoet]

[Christmas is a bit of a touchy time for him, so....he waits a few days for his return gift on this one.]

[The hummingbird drone delivers really nothing especially outwardly fancy, with a little plainly packaged box, but there is a folding knife on the inside of it, inlaid with metal and reddened wood.]

[Also, a note.]

I won't always be around to protect you, Dante. At least have a little something to defend yourself. Ask your Sinners for some pointers.

Thanks for the gift.

-Vergilius

@kijyo

[saudadist]

Ishnee...

have you seen her?

[followyourstar]

["Ishnee?"

Oh.]

No, I haven't. I... think she might have gone back home.

I'm sorry.

@greatvalue, a while after they notice ishmael is gone

[newphew]

Are you ok ay?

[followyourstar]

I've been better, but I've been worse. Knowing she's okay helps.