we've only known each other for a short amount of time tbh not like i actually knew about my history either and fortuna ... yeah look idk when you came but its still p hardcore into sparda and all that no more demonic cult vibes from the order at least and the bullshit they say about sparda is p ridiculous
[ Look don't remind him that you know nothing of your history, okay. That's obviously something he needs to remedy, but he has no idea how to address the inevitable question of his mother.
So he does as any reasonable avoidant person does and ignores that bit. ]
Fools, all of them. Particularly the old man. Their legends were entirely overblown, and only held a modicum of truth to them. I am curious if they changed at all since my visit. What did they tell you of Sparda?
wait wait wait old man? you mean sanctus? old guy looked like the pope? yeah uh dante shot him right in the head when they met its how we first met too well that and i dropkicked him in the face
[Sorry Vergil, this is way more important to tell than the stories he remembers of Sparda and his history with Fortuna.]
little more than that he dropped in from the ceiling out of nowhere landed in front of sanctus shot him the order basically went to fight him (you can imagine how that went) he ended up in front of kyrie and covered in blood THATS when I dropkicked him oh and i threw a huge statue sword at him and punched him a lot? ended up impaling him with his sword by the end of it
Hm. That sounds like a perfectly reasonable reaction to Dante. I can't blame him for killing the old man, though. He was..overzealous. To an excessive degree.
he was a pain in the ass tbh dante killed him the first time but he came back didnt get why he couldnt beat me even when he had sparda ended up fusing himself to the savior and i crushed his face in ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
shes someone special really special weve known each other since we were kids it was her family that adopted me into theirs
He came back? How? When I was there, he and his..cronies were obsessive, but did not possess such capabilities. He's been stopped?
[ Ah, and there's a little bitter note that settles at the back of his throat when he reads that. He hadn't held any particular affection for that woman, but the fact that she would leave him... ]
Curious. I'm...aware that there are some methods humans may use to obtain a facsimile of a demon's power. It typically requires a great deal of blood and sacrifice. [ And deceit, manipulation, and a stupid costume. ] A ritual where death becomes the catalyst for a demonic transformation is new. Do you know what information they were working off of, where they got it from?
[ The next response comes in later, about 5 minutes after the first is sent. It's difficult, sometimes, to come to terms with the fact that someone so unequivocally good is his offspring. More than that, though, is the sudden memory that surges into the forefront of his mind. ]
You run an orphanage together. I presume you live there, as well. [ That must have been where he'd found the boy. That must have been where he'd taken Nero's arm. ] How did the Yamato come to be in your arm, Nero?
i dont think death was a catalyst but maybe it was a way to bring sanctus back since yknow he was shot in the head im pulling at straws tbh this was more up the alley for a certain bug asshole
we do yeah shes the one who runs most of it though i watch the kids but she's the real vip tbh
[But the last question has him stop what he's doing, honestly considering how to approach all of this. He could explain it this way, make a short story out of a long one, but that doesn't feel right to him. Vergil deserves to know.]
uh thats thats a long story you got some time? ill come find you rather would tell you in person anyway
Bug asshole. I'm afraid you've lost me. Certain demons do have insectoid features, as you've no doubt noticed. But "bug assholes" are..another thing that is new.
[ Nero can't see it, but Vergil's eyes narrow at the next few texts he receives. The orphanage is secondary (even if he is impressed with the boy for running one. What is so important about how Nero got the Yamato that he wishes to discuss it in person? ]
I have time. I'll be back shortly. You know where it is, I presume.
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seeing as idk shit-all about anything with sparda or his family
how did you get the yamato?
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They were gifts from our father. The Yamato chose me, and the Rebellion went to Dante.
And that isn't quite true. You know about Dante and I.
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not like i actually knew about my history either
and fortuna
...
yeah
look idk when you came but
its still p hardcore into sparda and all that
no more demonic cult vibes from the order at least
and the bullshit they say about sparda is p ridiculous
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[ Look don't remind him that you know nothing of your history, okay. That's obviously something he needs to remedy, but he has no idea how to address the inevitable question of his mother.
So he does as any reasonable
avoidantperson does and ignores that bit. ]Fools, all of them. Particularly the old man. Their legends were entirely overblown, and only held a modicum of truth to them.
I am curious if they changed at all since my visit.
What did they tell you of Sparda?
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i think
something like that
wait wait wait
old man?
you mean sanctus?
old guy
looked like the pope?
yeah uh
dante shot him right in the head when they met
its how we first met too
well that and i dropkicked him in the face
[Sorry Vergil, this is way more important to tell than the stories he remembers of Sparda and his history with Fortuna.]
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Let me understand this: Dante shot an old man in the face, so you dropkicked him. Really.
Impressive, if true.
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he dropped in from the ceiling out of nowhere
landed in front of sanctus
shot him
the order basically went to fight him
(you can imagine how that went)
he ended up in front of kyrie and covered in blood
THATS when I dropkicked him
oh and i threw a huge statue sword at him
and punched him a lot?
ended up impaling him with his sword by the end of it
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Who is Kyrie?
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dante killed him the first time but he came back
didnt get why he couldnt beat me even when he had sparda
ended up fusing himself to the savior
and i crushed his face in
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
shes
someone special
really special
weve known each other since we were kids
it was her family that adopted me into theirs
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When I was there, he and his..cronies were obsessive, but did not possess such capabilities.
He's been stopped?
[ Ah, and there's a little bitter note that settles at the back of his throat when he reads that. He hadn't held any particular affection for that woman, but the fact that she would leave him... ]
A childhood friend. I see.
And where is she now?
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basically they came back as demons?
something like that
mentioned something like
"ascended" when i fought one of them
she runs the orphanage in fortuna
i help her out when im not on the job
try to earn more than just necessities so we can keep the place running
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I'm...aware that there are some methods humans may use to obtain a facsimile of a demon's power. It typically requires a great deal of blood and sacrifice.
[ And deceit, manipulation, and a stupid costume. ]
A ritual where death becomes the catalyst for a demonic transformation is new. Do you know what information they were working off of, where they got it from?
[ The next response comes in later, about 5 minutes after the first is sent. It's difficult, sometimes, to come to terms with the fact that someone so unequivocally good is his offspring. More than that, though, is the sudden memory that surges into the forefront of his mind. ]
You run an orphanage together.
I presume you live there, as well.
[ That must have been where he'd found the boy. That must have been where he'd taken Nero's arm. ]
How did the Yamato come to be in your arm, Nero?
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but maybe it was a way to bring sanctus back
since yknow
he was shot in the head
im pulling at straws tbh this was more up the alley for a certain bug asshole
we do yeah
shes the one who runs most of it though
i watch the kids but she's the real vip tbh
[But the last question has him stop what he's doing, honestly considering how to approach all of this. He could explain it this way, make a short story out of a long one, but that doesn't feel right to him. Vergil deserves to know.]
uh
thats
thats a long story
you got some time?
ill come find you
rather would tell you in person anyway
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Certain demons do have insectoid features, as you've no doubt noticed.
But "bug assholes" are..another thing that is new.
[ Nero can't see it, but Vergil's eyes narrow at the next few texts he receives. The orphanage is secondary (even if he is impressed with the boy for running one. What is so important about how Nero got the Yamato that he wishes to discuss it in person? ]
I have time.
I'll be back shortly.
You know where it is, I presume.
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[He has to think for a moment as to where he believes Vergil's residing- he hasn't been in Odin in months, honestly.]
where your place is?
in odin right?
the main house?
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I liveDante
[ A moment later, Nero gets an attachment, a map to Vergil's home. ]
Ten minutes.
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geez gonna make me actually look for you
[He's joking, obviously.]
be there after that
won't be too long
just expect me
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I'll be waiting.