voice: un: darkSlayer

[kowase]

WHO: Vergil Vittore and You
WHERE: Libra App, his home
WHEN: May 1st
WHAT: Bear. In his house. Thought you'd like to know.
WARNINGS: Rated B for Bear.

[ whats more impressive than Vittore making one willing, public post to a social media network? Vittore making a second one after what a headache the first one was. and every other time he'd used this blasted network
But right now? right now, he feels he has no choice and he is FIGHTING to keep a calm demeanor as he leans up behind a cabinet he has pushed in front of the bathroom door. calm. ]

Greetings, Libra users. Vergil-- Vittore here again. I hope that I am not being too much of a bother on what I assume is another lovely Spring morning in Kaisou. But I have a very small request I'd like to put out to you.

If any of you have seen my brother Dante within the last hour or so, please, can you try to get ahold of him for me. He went out a while ago, I assume, to go spend the money I gave him for his work this week. I--

[ and then there's the very loud sound of something BREAKING over the voice call, and Vergil's voice, which up until this point was very calm, suddenly cracks JUST a little as he tries to continue the call with just as much calmness he had at the start. ....but what with how an Italian accent is starting to show in some words, it seems he's not as calm as he sounds. ]

I can hear his phone in his room.
He forgot it.

And as I have come upstairs to my apartment, somehow, some way, there is.

There is a Bear. There is a bear in my apartment and it has started to wander.

Please, if any of you can help--

[ ... and now is a great place for there to be a loud QUACK from somewhere very close to where vergil is. he makes a withering, irritated sound in his throat. ]

I swear if you're the reason the damn thing finds us, I will roast you whole.

[ help. ]

Comments

[kowase]

...Great knowing that bears try to eat people in every sort of universe.

[ he's still talking quietly as he's sure he hears the sound of said bear ripping into a box of cookies. ]

Professionals should be more used to the insanity that this city is and it is disappointing that they're not.

[ wait hold on huh ]

...You are.

Willing to just go out and actually look for him?

[bebest]

I guess there's some kinda weird comfort there's a couple of constants through space and time.

[Thanks for being assholes, bears!]

I mean honestly, are we even surprised? I'm not all that surprised. City officials are the worst.

[He's already clip-clopping his way down the stairs that lead from his apartment to the back of the theatre, heading to the door.]

Well, duh. I'm not just gonna hang around and wait for you to get eaten by a bear. If you think Dante is the best way to deal with the bear, then I'm gonna go find Dante.

[kowase]

With how insane this city is, I will take the small comforts where they come.

[ he officially has no faith in any sort of city officials as of today. matters need to be taken into your own hands, he's realised, between this and that... zodiac shit that he avoided entirely. ]

I ... appreciate it. I am just surprised. That you would go out of your way like that.

[ he's outright called you weird to your face at least once and he's been conversational towards the man but never... really outwardly NICE. this is baffling him. ]

I figure he likely went out to pick up food, or perhaps beer. He does that sometimes after I pay him for a shift of work.

He should not be too far from the shop. ...I live just above it.

[bebest]

[Zulius clucks his tongue like this is the stupidest thing Vergil has ever uttered.]

Well, I'm not gonna let your grouchy ass get eaten by a bear if I can do anything about it. I'm not an asshole, Vergil.

[That will come after, once the danger has passed. Then Zulius will exercise his right to laugh at him for it.]

Okay, I'm gonna go look for him. [August's birds will get there first, but he's still LOOKING.] Just send me a couple messages now and again so I know you're not dead.

[kowase]

[ even if august's birds get there first, he still... weirdly appreciates zulius' concern for him. it's weird. it's really weird. most of his relationships with people are PURELY transactional, even his oldest friend in the city, Zhongli--he's still coming to terms with the fact that 'friends' is an okay word to use for him.

having someone he just met new doing something for him with no expectations? he's...

not sure how to handle how that makes him feel.
He'll compartmentalize it later. ]

Thank you, Zulius. [ see, he can be nice. he can! ]

I will .... update you on the situation on a regular basis.
And if Dante shows up before you find him.

...Be safe.

[bebest]

[Welcome to having someone genuinely care about your well-being, Vergil. He doesn't even milk the gratitude- despite how much he would normally. He doesn't seem as interested in people singing his praises when the thing he's doing is actually important. ]

You're welcome.

[There's that JUDGEY tongue click again, though as he's heading out of the theatre and heading in the general direction of Vergil's shop. ]

I'm not the one trapped in a building with a bear. I'm fine. You be safe.