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That bad?

[he expects more, but dante really is hesitant, not saying much at all. prompto takes in a deep breath and then leans further back on the chair]

So... is it something worth talking about, or would you rather not?

[ LOOK, he's new to this ok? ]

youre right
this has been a facade
im actually tough and mean

[ It could be too much for a dozen reasons. But Noctis keeps all of those assumptions to himself. ]

i dont know
im setting it up to be a big party and...
nvm
its nothing

He said that once I killed him a new Lord of Calamity would be born.

[Dante doesn't know about malevolence or anything-- maybe he should back up a bit.]

Malevolence comes from human hearts. Negative emotions like rage and jealousy can fester, and then they poison the world around them. When people give into their malevolence, that's what turns them into hellions. Even plants and wildlife can be corrupted and turn into monsters. Malevolence taints everything.

But it doesn't have to be permanent. I-- I made a pact with someone so I could the power of purification. I can usually... reverse all that. But he was so strong. I knew I was outmatched.

[He curls his fingers into a fist on top of the table-- the same one that bears the white Shepherd's glove.]

It was something I said. I could've been mistaken, but I truly and honestly believed he was suffering. I said I was sorry it was the only way to save him from 'eternal solitude'. [He closes his eyes for a moment.] He... really hated that I fought back.

who said i'm pulling anything? i've got class to go to

you asked for a better substitute than lotion and i found you one, it's no skin off my back if you decide not to use it

[ the problem isn’t that he’s not thinking enough is that’s he’s thinking too much but he doesn’t know how to stop that when it’s something like this so ]

try to stop stressing out over it i guess?
i don’t know
that’s why i was trying to ask pen for advice

[ GOD. what if he just. didn’t bother. ]

ugh idk i can’t see her asking in person
maybe over skype or something

[He shakes his head, a confirmation. No, moving to the couch hadn't really helped much at all.

But someone else...]

Maybe. I think I might have a couple people who wouldn't mind if I crashed at their place sometimes.

i think it's always worth a shot

if we don't go, we run the risk of missing something important. those notes togusa and i found about the monsters might have given us a leg up when everything happened

nah

after last month i'm not really in the mood for more fighting

eclectic? give me an example

i will maybe consider checking on this as a back-up.

mine, or in general? because there's a whole subculture of women attracted to benedict cumberbatch.

Okay...well... I'll definitely relay the message to the others.
Thanks, Dante.

And you guys didn't get in trouble for it did you?

ok fair i can give you that (´－｀)

that might explain it, he's only in his late 30s or early 40s but he sounds like he's the type of guy that thinks a flip phone's too advanced

[~~IT'S NOT MY FAULT???? i didn't plan this lmao~~]

i know

i'll still be here if she needs me

[IT'S TIME FOR A SUBJECT CHANGE THIS IS GETTING TOO CLOSE TO TALKING ABOUT HOW HE FEELS AND HAVING TO ADMIT TO FEELINGS AND STUFF]

anyways we weren't talking about me, we were talking about you

so what's your plan

i'll have to keep that in mind

[Oh, he's not regretting this.]

breaking beds? well i know this text wasn't meant for me, i sure wouldn't waste my money on a bed frame that's not gonna stand up to extended use

bullshit

[Seriously. He still wants to know who it is that tipped the cops off...]

they didn't have anything they could charge me with and they knew it. togusa watched me goad one of their officers into flipping a table then congratulated me and offered to get me coffee if he could watch me do it again to another of them

[He's... actually not really exaggerating all that much, either. Sure, Togusa had sat him down and warned him first about what could happen if he didn't come clean with him about what he was doing at the art museum, but after that? After that it had been what sort of coffee he wanted before he sent Fynn Izunia in to watch him work his magic.]

the shams

[Boring. Sorry, Futaba, he's all about the parties he can actually go to!]

not lit enough it seems if it's only the kitchen that's on fire

you need people jumping out windows or off the roof into the pool and the cops getting called for noise disturbance

[At first, he just nods to Prompto's question. Yeah... yeah, it really was that bad.

But when Prompto takes a deep breath, Dante does as well, glancing away, then down at his hands (unscarred, thanks to Ardyn), and finally back up at Prompto.]

Yeah. Sorry. It's just... a lot.

[Where does he even begin? He frowns, trying to decide... and he's just gonna force himself to say it, putting the facts out there for Prompto to hear.]

It was haunted. There was a family that had lived there, the Spinnatos... we don't know why, but the nanny poisoned their kids and the parents blamed each other for it. Every... every room we went in, there was something. A trap, or--or some sort of game.

[He's pulling his feet up onto the couch, resting his folded arms on his knees and folding into himself as he remembers.]

That's what happened to me and this other kid, Toushiro. We went into one of the bedrooms and the next thing you know, we were both tied up against the headboards and this ghost was dropping from the ceiling on a noose challenging us to play Family Feud against each other. He threatened to kill both of us if we refused. I tried to throw the game, but... I messed up. [Dante squeezes his eyes closed; it doesn't get any easier to admit, no matter how many times he says it.] The last question was about the Spinnatos and what had happened, and I... I realized what had happened to them.

He killed Toushiro. He... there were these giant blades over top of us that kept dropping lower, like a countdown if we didn't answer fast enough. When I realized that the parents had blamed each other because the servants were already ghosts, they... stopped. And then the one over him dropped straight down into him and I couldn't do anything...!

[One hand goes to his hair, running through and pulling at the roots as though it might help somehow. All he can see is the look of terror on the other boy's face just before the blade had dropped, the way he'd been pleading, the tears on his face... it's his fault that he'd had to go through that. He'd fucked up. He hadn't been able to throw the game because of his big mouth.]

They turned him into a ghost too. I had to carry his body with us until we got back to the city. And Ghost, he... I don't know how, but he took away everything I'd remembered so far. I couldn't summon my sword, I couldn't fight, and then we had to fight this wraith and all the other ghosts trapped in the manor and I couldn't do anything. And those other ghosts, they could--they could possess you, make you fight against everybody else...

Freya almost killed me before we managed to get the ghost out of her. I would've killed Ritsu if he hadn't been able to force it out of me. I don't know how many of us got possessed; there were so many of them and the wraith had these poisonous nails that could make your entire body shut down...

Even when we managed to kill her, it was only because Ryoji got stabbed. When it pierced his chest, something... something happened. We were able to take her apart piece by piece until she was gone. But by the time we got back to the city, Ryoji was dead.

[Because they hadn't been able to protect him.

Because he hadn't been able to protect him.

Dante takes a moment to breath, taking in a long, slow breath that comes back out with a bit of a shudder to it. There had been a lot that happened in Hell Manor, and he's definitely having trouble processing all of it. Sorry, Prompto--he isn't trying to be a downer, but it's hard not to be right now.]

[He'll learn!]

oh man

this i've gotta see

go on, show me your toughest, meanest side, i can take it

do you think it's the type of party prompto deserves?

of course i do
i just dont know my limits here

he's gotten uncomfortable with the money spending before

Yikes
Poor guy! Sounds like he needs a crash course on being cool

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open the floodgates ig ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ i'm sorry for the length of this!!

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