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to see a world in a grain of sand
WHO: Dante, Vergil, Nero, and any visitors to the Auguries within the month of June.
WHERE: Auguries of Innocence
WHEN: Throughout June/July
WHAT: Different logs/stuff that happens at Vergil's apartment-slash-shop
WARNINGS: General sparda family stuff, they talk about demon stuff idk. there'll be a birthday party at the end of the month too.
[ A three-story building with a shop in the bottom-most floor, a sign that is overtly fancy and gilded with silver, Auguries of Innocence. In the window, there is now a smaller, just as fancy, but red glowing sign that says Opening Soon: Devil May Cry.
The second floor a storeroom filled with crates of items unsorted and damaged alike, things Vergil has collected for numerous years and hasn't finished restoring, or is just holding while not ready to sell. The floor also has a number of crafting tools in it for restoring broken items or refurbishing damaged ones.
The third floor is a minimalistic, mostly grey and silver apartment with two bedrooms, one bathroom, a study, a kitchen, a livingroom and a dining area in it. It's covered in antiques, with some weapons hanging on the wall. The furniture looks styled more for looking at than it is for sitting on, which is annoying, at best.
For the Montshs of June/July, Vergil and Dante have forcibly kidnapped Nero to live with them while he's dealing with some rather unfortunate memory issues -- and this post will be used for any threads involving the trio + any visitors while this mess goes on. ]
WHERE: Auguries of Innocence
WHEN: Throughout June/July
WHAT: Different logs/stuff that happens at Vergil's apartment-slash-shop
WARNINGS: General sparda family stuff, they talk about demon stuff idk. there'll be a birthday party at the end of the month too.
[ A three-story building with a shop in the bottom-most floor, a sign that is overtly fancy and gilded with silver, Auguries of Innocence. In the window, there is now a smaller, just as fancy, but red glowing sign that says Opening Soon: Devil May Cry.
The second floor a storeroom filled with crates of items unsorted and damaged alike, things Vergil has collected for numerous years and hasn't finished restoring, or is just holding while not ready to sell. The floor also has a number of crafting tools in it for restoring broken items or refurbishing damaged ones.
The third floor is a minimalistic, mostly grey and silver apartment with two bedrooms, one bathroom, a study, a kitchen, a livingroom and a dining area in it. It's covered in antiques, with some weapons hanging on the wall. The furniture looks styled more for looking at than it is for sitting on, which is annoying, at best.
For the Montshs of June/July, Vergil and Dante have forcibly kidnapped Nero to live with them while he's dealing with some rather unfortunate memory issues -- and this post will be used for any threads involving the trio + any visitors while this mess goes on. ]
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You know you can go to fancy places where you get more than like...a dollop of grey stuff on your plate, right? [You can eat well for your money, Dante!] Besides, if your brother is paying for it, you can let him do that and then just get like... a Denny's afterwards. He gets to take you out, you get a bucket of chicken tenders later and you get to stop him complaining at you. Everyone wins.
[Work smarter not harder Dante!!!]
You are right, obvi. Having me around is the greatest gift anyone could EVER ask for. [His ego doesn't need any more feeding, he won't fit through doors anymore.] Buuuuut you've gotta give your friends a nice present for their birthday.
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Zules, you are a goddamn genius you know that? I hadn't even thought of that. [ dante laughs and shakes his head. ] I did tell him the only way he'd get me to go to one of those places was if it was a date, so... [ s h r u g. ]
I know I'm right, I always am. [ they are both feeding each others egos. ] But I appreciate it, it's really up there on my favorite gifts I've been given today.
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I'm not just a pretty face, y'know! Pulled that one with my parents all the time.
[Because his parents were all about the fancy, stupid nouveau riche cuisine and he'd honestly rather horf down an entire-ass pizza. He gives a soft little heh at the date comment. He's not even slightly jealous about that. Nope. Not him. ]
Great! Figured you could always use more things to stab other things with.
[And then, slyly, because he's already spoken to Vash and he's enjoying this. ]
Speaking of. You, Vash and Nick, huh?
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there was something he was going to say, some comment about stabbing things, but it's utterly sidetracked by the expression on the zebratuar's face and the question that follows. oh, he had pulled vash into a fairly intimate hug earlier, didn't he? well, it isn't like he has been going around trying to hide his affection for the man, nor his affection for wolfwood, but it's still something of a surprise to be just flat-out asked.
not even vergil has asked him about it, and his brother knows intimately the signs of dante's affections.
the devil hunter glances about those gathered, then back at zulius, casually grabbing a nearby drink and bringing it to his lips. ] Yeah, I guess so. [ he is still smiling, surprisingly, half using the drink to almost hide his expression. ] You grilled Vash about it, didn't you?
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Well~ After seeing that hug- which FYI is not a hug you give someone who is just your friend - I was curious. Nothing gets past me, Babe. I can smell tea a hundred miles away, it's a skill. [A beat.] Plus if I was gonna pick which one out of the three of you would fold like a wet paper tissue with minimal prodding, well- y'know.
[It was always gonna be Vash. He loves you, Vashtopher, but you have the softest, squishiest insides and are a chronic people-pleaser. ]
So~ How's that going? [And because Dante is his friend, too:] You happy?
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You're practically a bloodhound for this kind of thing, Zules. [ it's clearly with some affection he says that. ] Yup, that's definitely Vash. You fluster him once and he'll flail about like a fish outta water.
[ even that is said with the utmost affection he can possibly manage. ]
Am I happy? [ that... that gives dante pause, he blinks, lowering his glass until and cocks his head to the side. the answer feels like it should be obvious like he shouldn't have to even answer, but it sits thickly in the back of his throat threatening to choke. it's almost terrifying to speak it, to birth it out into the aether like this, but: ] Yeah, I am. Those idiots... They're as important to me as Vergil is, and Vergil is pretty damn important.
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I know! It's something that I'm super proud of, actually. [He's so pleased he connected these dots!] Right! I love the guy, he's the best, but he'd lose at poker every single time.
[Vash is everyone's favourite puppy-plant-man.
Zulius waits patiently for the answer. He likes tea. This is some FANTASTIC tea and it will keep him nourished while he's out of town, but this is an important part of it. Zulius might revel in misfortunes and drama for people he doesn't care about, but he DOES care about these chucklefucks. So here he is. Wanting to be sure that they're happy.
He lets out a low whistle, because yeah. He's worked out pretty quickly how important the twins are to each other. You could see that from SPACE. ]
Wow, that's a big deal, then. Good! I'm glad. You're supposed to be happy. Good for you. Go get it.
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[ it says a lot to compare them to how important his brother is to him. says more than any words can properly describe. and dante is beyond glad that he doesn't have to say any more than that, the pieces coming together in zulius' head. all dante does is smile, casually shrugging as he takes another drink. ]
Yeah, it really is. [ and the world hasn't crumbled at his admittance. ] Thanks, Zules. I'm... [ breathe in, breathe out. ] I dunno, it's kind of good to know someone's out there wanting to make sure I'm happy, you know? I'm usually the one that side of things.
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[They can all be glad for Vash's adorable puppy qualities, okay.
But this IS good to hear. He'd been worried this could have been...messy. Complicated. Ill-advised. He's vaguely aware he's projecting his own heartbreak on his friends and was probably worried for nothing. It's nice to be reminded that not every romance is a trash fire waiting to happen. Maybe he can actually root for these idiots and stop believing love is a horrible lie designed to ultimately hurt you. Like a normal person.
He gives a soft scoff. Like it ain't nothing to actively give a shit about a friend's emotional wellbeing. ]
Natch. You're my friend, obviously I want you to be happy. If I didn't want that it'd be, like, sociopath levels of shittery, tee-bee-atch. [Just THAT easy.] This whole place is enough of a hot mess as is. You need people you can fall back on. Or have kikis with, or get drunk with, or hug marginally inappropriately at your birthday party with. And those people are allowed to make you feel happy and you're allowed to feel happy because of them.
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[ though dante can't deny that he would thoroughly enjoy vash switching gears and utterly
destroying him.
there is something absurdly fond sitting in the center of his chest as zulius talks, a smile that grows and grows until it reaches up into his eyes and lights them up. would he have guessed he would have grown his damn fond of the zebratuar that day he walked into vergil's store? absolutely not, but here he is undeniably touched by three simple words 'you're my friend'. ]
C'mere. [ putting his drink aside dante reaches out for a hug, head cocked to the side. ] I'm glad we're friends, you know that?
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The 'taur is just the sort of person who worms his way into people's affections. It's a skill he has. And once he's there, there's no getting rid of him. Dante's stuck with him forever now. This is the penance he has to pay for being nice to him.
Zulius is absolutely fine with the hug. He's a hugger, he's always down for a good solid hug! He'll happily move into it. ]
Obvi! You should be, I'm a fucking delight. [He gives Dante a steady little back pat.] Me too, Babe.
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yeah, he's definitely stuck with the guy but dante doesn't mind, in fact, he is perfectly fine with the consequences of his actions. ]
And humble as hell. [ dante just laughs, giving zulius a little bit of a squeeze before letting him go and stepping back. ] You ever need anything give me a call. Even if it is just someone to chat too about inane bullshit.
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At the humble comment, he lets out a soft snort of amusement.]
Humility is for less amazing people. [Obviously, Not Him. He gives Dante a little salute-and-wink-combo.] CAN do, I love talking about inane bullshit! It's one of my favourite things to do!