010: Dante (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
followyourstar) wrote2024-11-04 09:27 am
followyourstar) wrote2024-11-04 09:27 am
i see.
dante it is, then.
though really please don't tell me you'll turn into don quixote and wax poetic about my fighting style don't need that in my life
dante it is, then.
though really please don't tell me you'll turn into don quixote and wax poetic about my fighting style don't need that in my life
[...No, this they have to push back on. At least a little.]
Hey, a start's a start. Every path is different, so some steps may be harder to take than others. That's why I have to give credit for the steps that *are* taken.
Hey, a start's a start. Every path is different, so some steps may be harder to take than others. That's why I have to give credit for the steps that *are* taken.
[lockdown initiated. Considering some of the circumstances around this Bough that only Vergilius would know at this point...]
We just collected the bough located in La Manchaland.
We just collected the bough located in La Manchaland.
[....]
[Well. That says a lot.]
so you know about don quixote
[Well. That says a lot.]
so you know about don quixote
Yeah. I know keeping it from those two probably isn't the best thing to do, but it doesn't feel right to just come out and say it when she's not here.
[Even when they know it all works out in the end.]
[Even when they know it all works out in the end.]
i do not think instilling fear among them especially when she is not here would be the best path forward. you're right
how did she take it? remembering it all
how did she take it? remembering it all
Not well, but that's to be expected. She didn't think she could still stay with us, had given up hope. But we managed to pull her back.
"We," I say, but the Sinners were the ones who did most of the work. I would never have reached her without them.
"We," I say, but the Sinners were the ones who did most of the work. I would never have reached her without them.
good point i think you'd die of the embarrassment first
i see
the group holds its power. it seems that even through this inferno the bonds between your sinners holds stronger than most
the group holds its power. it seems that even through this inferno the bonds between your sinners holds stronger than most
Heathcliff and Don Quixote *have* said we're like a family at this point.
[And maybe they think of everyone that way too.]
[And maybe they think of everyone that way too.]
[...]
family....what a bloodstained word that is
family....what a bloodstained word that is
You said that in Wuthering Heights too. Or will say it, is more accurate.
[...]
I won't ask you what happened, and you don't have to feel the same way either but...
[But what? ...The words die the moment they come to mind, before they can even fully form. They don't even know what they wanted to say there.]
Sorry. I've put you in an awkward position, haven't I?
[...]
I won't ask you what happened, and you don't have to feel the same way either but...
[But what? ...The words die the moment they come to mind, before they can even fully form. They don't even know what they wanted to say there.]
Sorry. I've put you in an awkward position, haven't I?
[So he said the same thing...in the future? Huh. A context where he stepped in, fought, talked about family...]
[...]
what? no. not really
what do you want to ask, specifically
[...]
what? no. not really
what do you want to ask, specifically
[That question... is more difficult to answer (to ask?) than they expected. It takes a little while for them to respond.]
Most of my questions are kind of difficult to ask without you knowing the context.
[What did you give up for us? What was it about the manor's basement that made you step in? Did you regret helping us in the end?]
You said you left your weapon in the hands of another, once. What was their name?
["Names matter," as Ryoshu once said.]
Most of my questions are kind of difficult to ask without you knowing the context.
[What did you give up for us? What was it about the manor's basement that made you step in? Did you regret helping us in the end?]
You said you left your weapon in the hands of another, once. What was their name?
["Names matter," as Ryoshu once said.]
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.]
[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.]
Edited 2024-11-28 13:03 (UTC)
Always happy to help. Just let me know if you guys ever need anything, okay? Not that I don't intend to check in, but all of us being on different teams makes it a little more difficult than usual.
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.]
[A year really does make all the difference, doesn't it?
Now they just... need to figure out how all this works.]
[Ah.]
[So he brought up that young man, didn't he? He again, wonders what context may have brought that on. But a question is a question.]
his name was garnet
[So he brought up that young man, didn't he? He again, wonders what context may have brought that on. But a question is a question.]
his name was garnet
[ 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......... ]
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......... ]
Edited 2024-12-14 15:41 (UTC)
[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.
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.
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