to see a world in a grain of sand

[kowase]

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. ]

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[advivo]

[ he drinks slowly, unusually relaxed despite the way he uses the drink to hide the majority of his mouth. he hadn't been expecting this to be dropped directly in his lap, so he is a little off-kilter, though not enough to ruin his mood or make him clamber up. besides zulius is a friend and he has a feeling the prodding isn't coming from a place of malice. ]

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.

[bebest]

[There's no malice at all. Zulius just likes to know everything about everyone. Gossip is his lifeblood. ]

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.

[advivo]

You know, I've got a feeling that he could fleece us all if he ever wanted to. We're just lucky he's practically a puppy who wants nothing more than to please everyone around him.

[ 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.

[bebest]

Oh, totes. If he ever turns on us and figures out how good he is at worming his way into people's hearts we're screwed.

[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.

[advivo]

Definitely.

[ 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?

[bebest]

[Sometimes, you want the soft little sweetheart of a man to utterly fuck you up and that's completely valid!!

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.

[advivo]

[ look, don't call him out like this. he absolutely wants that soft little sweetheart of a man to completely and utterly destroy him, hell he was .05 seconds away from just dragging vash into his room and locking the door earlier. he deserves a fucking medal for not abandoning the part in its entirety for that man.

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.

[bebest]

[He's gonna call it out because he GETS it. He understands this on a deep, fundamental level. It is his deepest wish that you get railed by Vash for your birthday, Dante. As a treat!

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!