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kaisou2023-08-03 07:49 pm
asipofbride) wrote in kaisou2023-08-03 07:49 pm
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[sermon 4] i got caught up in nowhere again
WHO: nicholas d. wolfwood, the cabin/auguries alliance, and you
WHERE: the network, the auguries of innocence, and the mean streets of kaisou
WHEN: 8/1 + 8/3
WHAT: at the beginning of the month, wolfwood runs into the strangest part of god's plan.
and then two days later his boss is kidnapped in broad daylight and it's all his fault (except for the part where it's the evil organization's fault but tomato tomato, you know?)
WARNINGS: cw for krusnik subplot (kidnapping), potential claustrophobia/children experimentation mention in the locked logs, otherwise wolfwood is just... kinda dumb and that's his cross to bear.
[a.] 8/1; a post to the network; text; un: ndwolfwood
so my apple exploded what the fuck?
[ attached is a picture of a happy little Appletun with a peanutbutter cup balanced on the top of his lil' apple cap ]
[b.i] 8/3, action; there's no way out of here [before]
life can't stop just because there are threatening things in the background; so things continue as they are with some... concessions. the buddy system is in full swing, and the children can't be left unattended, so that's how Wolfwood finds himself being delivered in his boss' car--hilariously a beater this time, to Vergil's prissy displeasure, but Eve and Kni seemed content enough in the backseat.
it's a routine delivery job; Vergil conveys Wolfwood to a location, and then Wolfwood is responsible for pulling the fairly big piece of merchandise out of his who-knows-what-the-fuck-it-is space to manhandle it into the client's home to their satisfaction, putting his superhuman strength to use and earning his paycheck. it's normal. they're being smart, there's two of them, the monsters hiding in the shadows should be brave enough to jump out, and yet.
Wolfwood is in the building, and the coin of God's indifferent bullshit lands on tails. ]
[b.ii] 8/3, action; in the labyrinth i disappear [after]
for a heartbeat, Wolfwood is frozen--he hears the screaming, sees the blue streak racing towards him with Kni and Eve under its inhuman arms, sees the edges of Vergil's frilly blue coat where there are people trying to pin him and hold him under some shadowy piece of bullshit, and he goes in two different directions--
he should pull the Cross Punisher and open fire, but Vergil's right there in the line of fire and the kids (or is it just Kni?) are screaming, and Vergil is yelling for them to go and Wolfwood's never been one to be too attached to standing his ground. the Doppleganger shoves the children into Wolfwood's arms and then it flashes back towards its master, and Wolfwood breathes out and steps back even as Eve begs to wait, to help, but Wolfwood is stepping back into his spatial closet and slamming it shut. the Cross Punisher is at his back and he shuffles the kids together on his left, arm around them as he rips the cover loose and engaging the Punisher, the green lights bathing the inside of the space in a green glow as Wolfwood braces it on his leg, pointing at the place where the closet opened from.
he breathes out, slow, fishing for his phone in his pocket, squeezing the kids tight as he taps his phone on and thumbs through his contacts with shaking fingers.
he squeezes his fingers tight, holding down on Dante's ring with a steady, unrelenting pressure; he swallows the guilt at abandoning Vergil to whatever's happening outside and locks it away in the deep, quiet place where he stores his emotions when he's got work to do as he adds Vash and Dante to a call and waits for it to connect. ]
It's gonna be all right. [ he murmurs, as the ringing tone sounds, impersonal beeping ] You guys are gonna be all right. I promise.
WHERE: the network, the auguries of innocence, and the mean streets of kaisou
WHEN: 8/1 + 8/3
WHAT: at the beginning of the month, wolfwood runs into the strangest part of god's plan.
and then two days later his boss is kidnapped in broad daylight and it's all his fault (except for the part where it's the evil organization's fault but tomato tomato, you know?)
WARNINGS: cw for krusnik subplot (kidnapping), potential claustrophobia/children experimentation mention in the locked logs, otherwise wolfwood is just... kinda dumb and that's his cross to bear.
[a.] 8/1; a post to the network; text; un: ndwolfwood
so my apple exploded what the fuck?
[ attached is a picture of a happy little Appletun with a peanutbutter cup balanced on the top of his lil' apple cap ]
[b.i] 8/3, action; there's no way out of here [before]
locked to vergil, kni, eve; cw: kidnapping
[ it's supposed to be a routine job.life can't stop just because there are threatening things in the background; so things continue as they are with some... concessions. the buddy system is in full swing, and the children can't be left unattended, so that's how Wolfwood finds himself being delivered in his boss' car--hilariously a beater this time, to Vergil's prissy displeasure, but Eve and Kni seemed content enough in the backseat.
it's a routine delivery job; Vergil conveys Wolfwood to a location, and then Wolfwood is responsible for pulling the fairly big piece of merchandise out of his who-knows-what-the-fuck-it-is space to manhandle it into the client's home to their satisfaction, putting his superhuman strength to use and earning his paycheck. it's normal. they're being smart, there's two of them, the monsters hiding in the shadows should be brave enough to jump out, and yet.
Wolfwood is in the building, and the coin of God's indifferent bullshit lands on tails. ]
[b.ii] 8/3, action; in the labyrinth i disappear [after]
locked to kni, eve, dante, nero, vash, libra; cw: kidnapping, claustrophobia, potential mentions of experimentation on children
[ "Hide the children!"for a heartbeat, Wolfwood is frozen--he hears the screaming, sees the blue streak racing towards him with Kni and Eve under its inhuman arms, sees the edges of Vergil's frilly blue coat where there are people trying to pin him and hold him under some shadowy piece of bullshit, and he goes in two different directions--
he should pull the Cross Punisher and open fire, but Vergil's right there in the line of fire and the kids (or is it just Kni?) are screaming, and Vergil is yelling for them to go and Wolfwood's never been one to be too attached to standing his ground. the Doppleganger shoves the children into Wolfwood's arms and then it flashes back towards its master, and Wolfwood breathes out and steps back even as Eve begs to wait, to help, but Wolfwood is stepping back into his spatial closet and slamming it shut. the Cross Punisher is at his back and he shuffles the kids together on his left, arm around them as he rips the cover loose and engaging the Punisher, the green lights bathing the inside of the space in a green glow as Wolfwood braces it on his leg, pointing at the place where the closet opened from.
he breathes out, slow, fishing for his phone in his pocket, squeezing the kids tight as he taps his phone on and thumbs through his contacts with shaking fingers.
he squeezes his fingers tight, holding down on Dante's ring with a steady, unrelenting pressure; he swallows the guilt at abandoning Vergil to whatever's happening outside and locks it away in the deep, quiet place where he stores his emotions when he's got work to do as he adds Vash and Dante to a call and waits for it to connect. ]
It's gonna be all right. [ he murmurs, as the ringing tone sounds, impersonal beeping ] You guys are gonna be all right. I promise.
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[kni's voice is pitched, shrill with panic and disoriented by everything that had just happened. his fingers clutch at wolfwood's side, he can't see, wherever they were now feeling too tight, too dark, the air thinning as he tries to breathe around the tightening noose around his chest - ]
It's not okay, it's not! [he wants to let go of wolfwood and find the doorway that led out of this room, this closet, but instead his hands just shake. playing over and over the sight of vergil growing smaller in the distance as they were forced to run away - run away, kni could never and yet - his ears still ringing painfully from his scream.
he can't breathe. they were losing air the longer they sat here doing nothing.]
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Today isn’t any different, and knowing that Vergil’s left for a while for something in regards to work, Nox is keeping his hands busy, vaguely recalling how the handle of the hilt goes, leaning against one of the chairs in Dante’s office.
…and then there’s a phone call. Nox hears it before the sudden tension and worry from Dante nearly hits him square in the face, causing him to almost drop the hilt in its entirety. Barely grabbing it at the last second, he places it on the table, attention directly aimed at Dante, noticing how he moves away from him.]
What happened? What’s going on, Dante?
[There’s no way he mistook Dante’s emotions. Something is wrong and his uncle is acting up because of it.]
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he swallows the lump and raises his voice to be heard over the children as he clicks the phone over to speaker mode.
he rattles off the address of the delivery in a firm, steady tone. ]
Vergil and I were doin' our delivery. He and the kids were outside. Didn't see what happened. The kids were delivered to me by some sort of blue--manifestation. He was being pinned in by a group of men. [ ... and the firm, almost dispassionate report breaks a little as he licks his lips, sucks in a breath, digs his fingers into the edge of kni's shirt. ]
I don't know his current status. I ducked next to the delivery house inside of my closet space. I have the kids. I'm not coming out until at least one of you gets here and confirms it's you.
[ at least the kids can't see the way Wolfwood doesn't look at them when he speaks, acting like he can't hear their begging, eyes fixed on the space where his door manifests from. if Krusnik can break through--however the magic works, Wolfwood is going to be ready.
the Cross Punisher hums in anticipation. ]
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Wolfwood's words fall heavy like kicks to his chest: they were attacked. By Krusnik. Kni and Eve were in danger--
And while Wolfwood had them in the most safe place imaginable...
What about Dante's brother?
...What about... ]
I'm on my way. [ he's going to go tell zulius he has to leave early. And He's grabbing Libra on his way out. ] Tell me where you are.
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not again, he can't do this again, he can't lose him again. ]
I...
[ breathe in, breathe out, think before you act before you rush out the fucking door ─ ]
Vash, if you're gonna get them come to the Auguries right after. It's safe here.
[ he shoots at look at nero, eyes narrowed into a glare that all but dares the younger devil to walk out those doors - they can't right now. they have to make sure the kids are safe before anything, before they even begin to figure out what happened to vergil. if he is really...
dante breathes in sharply and a hand goes to the bracelet around his wrists, fingers pressing tightly against the red gems encrusted in it. ]
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[She shoots a frustrated look as Wolfwood stands firm, not giving an inch in the kids quest for freedom. Yet despite her seemingly bravitas, she's shaking ever so slightly, adrenaline and fear with nowhere to go.]
[The request for information is enough to get her talking again. An action she can take.]
Across from the [mumble mumble mumble] Cafe.
Please hurry! He's outnumbered!
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his head was swimming, wolfwood's voice above him and the sounds of others talking through the speakers, he recognizes vash, then dante-
with his pulse racing, kni lowers his head, forehead knocking against wolfwood's hip. white knuckled gripping at the edges of his coat, a terrible pressure building inside his chest.]
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There’s clearly something going on, especially with how Dante’s spoken to… Vash, it seems like? But he can pick up two or more voices on the phone, so someone else, maybe? None of this feels right, and the tension in the room only seems to be getting worse.]
Yeah. Shop door’s open, when he gets here I’ll lock it.
[Unless you think otherwise is implied, here, Nox just trying to keep himself from crawling out of his own fucking skin the longer he feels like he’s in the dark.]
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his arm still tight around the children. so tight. the only crack in his armor, in his ice-cold mien.
he repeats the address after Eve blurts out the cafe. ]
Be careful. I don't know what's happening out there, if they might be waiting for me to resurface with the kids.
I'm not going to let anything happen to them.
[ ... but Vergil...
he breathes, deep.
Vergil is a man grown and Vergil made a choice. the same choice Wolfwood would have made. and Wolfwood would have expected Vergil to make the choice that Wolfwood is now making.
the sound in Dante's voice, though. it almost cracks him. ]
Dante, I.
[ ... no, no. he's quiet again. he needs to stay calm and quiet to counterbalance the children. the type of apology he wants to give is the kind you give where the recipient can hit you as hard as you deserve to be hit for your fuckup.
so Wolfwood waits for Vash. ]
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I'm coming I'm coming.
[He turns so he's not being dragged and match speed with Vash.]
Get me up to speed?
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--Wolfwood and Dante's brother were out on a delivery. They were buddy-system-ing with the kids like we've been doing all week.
But despite that, some--
[ god, they were willing to attack people in broad daylight...
were there more than just vergil as victims? he's trying not to freak out. ]
Someone attacked the kids.
Wolfwood got them to safety, but Vergil's brother is fighting them off.
...Libra, can you fly us there? I'll guide us, we just--
Maybe if we get there in time we can still save him....!
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[He pulls his hand free before pausing to shift into his dragon form, normies being around be damned. He then catches up with Vash, pausing so he can climb up on his back.]
Let's go, you keep talking.
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He finds the car, of course, and while it was untouched, the doors were locked, as the man probably still had the keys with him.
He can't see hide nor hair of the kids or wolfwood either.
Time to text them. ]
libs and me outside of -- i think this is the car
the plate numbers are the same even if its not the same car as last time...
where are u guys
i cant see dante's brother anywhere
no signs of anything out here
wolfwood tell me youre ok
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Any sign of them?
Where do you want me to land?
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I think that--there. That's Dante's brother's car.
[ he points--which means, Wolfwood should be around here somewhere.
He's gonna call him again. ]
Libra and I are near the Car. Where are you guys?
I don't see Vergil or anyone suspicious.
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Any answer?