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Post by dante on Oct 8, 2011 22:35:43 GMT -5
The front door opens and Dante walks in, guitar case strapped to his back. “….Hey! Throwin’ a party and I’m not invited?” He smirked as his hair fell into his face. “In my own home even, that’s just not right.”. When he looked around a small smile crept across his face as he noticed the shop had been kept clean for him while he was gone.
He quietly walks past the girls and glances at Patty, then looks back towards his weapon room. “…” Dante walks over and pulls the door shut. “Let me guess, you’re here to collect already?” He looked at Lady before sitting down at his desk, setting the guitar case against it.
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Post by Lady on Oct 8, 2011 22:47:34 GMT -5
"Well speak of the devil...Nice to see you too."Lady said, tapping her boot against the ground impatiently. "Normally, I'd say yes, but this is the first time I'm not here for my money.. or to yell at you. But trust me, there will be plenty of time for that later." The brunette reassured him, examining something on the table she was leaning against before standing up straight once more. With a sigh, she walked over to Dante's desk, compulsively organizing a few stacks of paper on it without even realizing. God, he was so disorganized.
"I need to talk to you, and it's important so please save me the sarcasm and give me straight answers..." She could already tell this was going to be difficult, if she managed to get anything out of him she would die of shock alone, but that was asking for a bit much.
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Post by dante on Oct 8, 2011 23:12:44 GMT -5
Crossing his feet and placing his hands behind his head, Dante slowly looks around the shop. Closing his eyes he tilts his head towards Lady. “What’s wrong, babe?” He cracks an eye open, she was being unusually serious, not having her instantly asking for a payment, or just harassing him in general was odd for her. “And why was the weapons room opened?”
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Post by Lady on Oct 8, 2011 23:28:02 GMT -5
"Don't worry, everything is still there. I was returning some ammo I borrowed a few days ago, you weren't here so I helped myself, I didn't take a lot and I restocked what I used."She half lied. True, she had borrowed some of his ammo but that wasn't entirely the reason why she the room door had been open. Lady silently cursed herself internally for leaving that damned door open in the first place. Now would be the time he decided to notice things like that. Normally, he wouldn't have noticed if her hair was on fire, let alone the state of his office.
"What have you been doing for this long? Where did you go?" She went on, pretending that the reason she was here had something to do with his whereabouts. Maybe it did, maybe it didn't, she had to know where he had gone in the first place to be sure.
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Post by dante on Oct 9, 2011 12:25:26 GMT -5
"I wasn't accusing you of anything, you feelin' guilty or something?" Dante quirked a brow, what the hell was up with Lady today? This wasn't going to end well. "Alert the press, Lady isn't here to chew my ass." He grinned.
His gaze shifted to the case leaning against his desk. "As for where I was this whole time...I had something I needed to go collect." Dante's eyes were suddenly lost behind his bangs. "The owner said it had been giving him trouble lately."
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Post by Lady on Oct 9, 2011 13:34:31 GMT -5
"Ha. Ha. You're hilarious.." She rolled her eyes, trying to conceal the slight smirk that somehow found it's way onto her lips. Perhaps he had a point, not that she would admit that to him. Was she really acting stranger than usual? It was hard for her to tell, but it would be in her best interest to at least, attempt, to act like she wasn't holding on to a enormous secret that could potentially be life changing; easier said than done. "Did that 'collection' happen to involve my money, by any chance?" Lady inquired a bit unamused. What? He set himself up for that one, it was too easy. "Oh, and you're welcome.." The huntress began; sitting on the edge of his desk, crossing her arms and glancing over at him. "...while you were gone this place went to hell, almost literally. There were a few earthquakes and a significant spike in demon activity. Oh and here's the kicker, the demon activity coincided with the earthquakes. I've never had so many demons to deal with, all at the same time.. " The way she said that last statement almost made it seem like the spike was Dante's fault for not being around, in a way, it was, but she had handled the situation pretty damn well, in her opinion, without him.
Lady eyed the case curiously for a moment, it was far larger than what they normally used to carry their money, perhaps that meant there was large quantities of cash in it; but knowing Dante it was highly unlikely. Now she was really hoping for too much."What's in there?" Lady asked genuinely interested, almost completely forgetting why she was there in the first place. She wasn't going to lie, if he had a new toy in there she wanted to see it.
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Post by dante on Oct 9, 2011 16:23:55 GMT -5
Dante shook his head. “No, actually it didn’t have any pay in it.” He chuckled softly, now Lady was beginning to sound like the bold woman he knew. He takes a glance towards the case, and then hefts it up on top of the desk.
Listening to her report on what had happened while he was gone made him flinch slightly. “Damn…All that happened in the short time I was gone?” Slowly he runs a hand through his hair. “….Sorry babe, but thanks for taking care of it for me.” He nods at her.
His fingers drummed along the case before looking up at Lady. “Wanna see?” Dante asked. “You seem pretty excited. I got a new plaything…” He smirked. “Well, new to me anyway..”
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Post by Lady on Oct 9, 2011 16:39:26 GMT -5
"I'll be sure to never let you hear the end of it. " Lady huffed, kicking his leg, and hard, on purpose as she went to cross one leg over the other. When wasn't she taking care of something for him? She had lost track years ago, and still, he hadn't repayed her. "You'd be surprised what could happen in a short while...." Lady mumbled under her breath, pushing a strand of hair from her face and tucking it behind her ear. She pretended to take interest in a few of the other random things strewn about his desk, fearing he might somehow be able to read her mind, even though she knew very well that he couldn't, should she make some sort of eye contact."Uh, yeah. Of course I want to see it, hurry up and open the damn case already. What's in there? A giant instant pizza maker.." Lady laughed, she was only half joking.
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Post by dante on Oct 9, 2011 20:51:54 GMT -5
Dante hits the snaps on the guitar case and it pops open slightly. Laying beside the large blade known as Rebellion lies a thin blade, its blue scabbard on the other side of larger sword.
"The kid I left this with, Nero? Called me and told me the sword started acting up all of a sudden...Kinda weird." He looks up at her, waiting for her reaction.
((Figured I'd make this sword thing a bit easy....Considering I have NO idea what's going on with Vergil xD))
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Post by Lady on Oct 10, 2011 9:17:26 GMT -5
"I take it this Nero kid, is someone you met during the Fortuna mission I assigned you?" As that was the most recent mission he had been on, that she knew about, it would explain why it had taken him so long to return there and back."I hope you gave them hell. That Order of the Sword cult kept butting into a good majority of my jobs.." Lady commented, trying not to sound too bitter about the whole ordeal, if there was one thing that truly fueled her rage it was others crashing the party uninvited. A gal had to make a living somehow, the last thing she needed was others cashing in on her hard work.
"Is that--..." As Dante revealed the contents of the case the dark haired huntress grew silent. Yeah, weird. Not as weird as what he was soon to find out. There it was, what she had so desperately hoped he was in possession of, so close she could reach out and touch it with ease. Lady knew that blade anywhere, the memory of it clashing against Kalina Ann during the events at Temen-ni-gru still fresh in her mind. Now came the hard part, how to get Dante to relinquish Yamato without seeming overly suspicious. Surely he wasn't simply going to hand it over to her; and she couldn't come up with a good enough excuse to borrow it. Things were going to get weird fast.
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Post by dante on Oct 11, 2011 21:09:01 GMT -5
"Yamato? Yeah..." Dante looks up at her, giving her an odd stare. Why was she just staring at the sword like she's never seen it before? Dante leans back in his seat and leaves the case sitting open on his desk, as if daring her to make a move. "Hello! Earth to Lady, come on back down from orbit. I'm trying to talk to ya here." Dante half shouted to bring her out of her current stupor. He kept a wary eye on the sword, like she'd try to take it anyway...
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Post by Lady on Oct 12, 2011 13:47:17 GMT -5
Tearing her gaze away from Yamato Lady sighed heavily and furrowed her brows; rolling her eyes at Dante. "I'm right here, You don't have to shout!" She responded glancing at him and hitting his shoulder out of annoyance. It wasn't meant to hurt him, not that she could with her fists alone, just relay the message. Her eyes shifted back to Yamato and they lingered there for a few minutes, examining every little detail as if trying to commit it to memory, before returning to Dante's face once more. The blade was important to her because it was meant so much to Vergil; and she wanted nothing more than to see it returned to it's rightful owner.
'Now what...'[/i] Mary thought to herself. The woman couldn't very well come out and tell Dante why she needed it, he'd most definitely freak out, if not worse, she couldn't take the chance that he might somehow be compelled to destroy it if only to keep it out of Vergil's hands. "Where did you find it?" That was a question she honestly didn't know the answer to. "I thought your brother had it with him..."
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Post by dante on Oct 15, 2011 21:16:59 GMT -5
"You remember that shitty mission you got us on Fortuna Isle?" Dante rolled his eyes. Okay so the mission wasn't that bad, but being mistaken for a cold hearted murderer by every inhabitant on that island for almost three days was a bit annoying.
"Yeah, it was Vergil's..." Dante's eyes were hidden behind his bangs again. "I lost it after I....Fought him on Mallet Island. Guess that Order found it and from what I found out, were using it to power their demon gates and a whole bunch of other stupid shit. Humans worshiping Devils as Gods." He shook his head at the mere stupidity of even the idea.
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Post by Lady on Oct 15, 2011 21:50:01 GMT -5
"Sounds pretty ridiculous.." Lady agreed, "So you just.. stole it, just like that? They didn't bother putting up a fight?" She continued completely engulfed in his story and shifting her weight around to get more comfortable on the desk. These were details that not even Vergil knew himself and Lady couldn't help the fact that she was extremely curious about this entire situation; as she often missed out on all the good adventures and had to hear about it from Dante.
Reaching out a delicate hand she gingerly touched the hilt of Yamato, not bold enough to actually pick it up without permission, it was Vergil's after all, but unable to contain the growing need to make contact with that marvelous blade.
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Post by dante on Oct 20, 2011 16:17:01 GMT -5
"Actually, I'd left it with the kid...But like I toldya, he contacted me and told me it was actin' funny..." Dante rubs the back of his head and shrugs. "Doesn't seem to be acting weird now, seems just fine..."
Standing, Dante snaps the case shut suddenly and walks towards his weapon room. "Thinkin' it can just stay retired in here..." He opens the door and one could almost feel the raw power rushing from that room. Heading for the back of the room he takes his brother's sword out of the case and then places it on a few hooks sticking out of the wall.
He stands there a few minutes, staring at the sword with an arm crossed over his chest, the other resting on his chin the elbow propped on his other arm.
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