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[darkinferno]

Dante Rantanen

"Hey, you've reached Dante. I'm not in right now--you know what to do."

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[twelfthspark]

[If Arlene were more of a snuggly person, this would be her moment]

[But she's not, and only leans into him for a moment to acknowledge him before she takes up the glass. She swirls it around a little, then holds it up to Dante.]

Cheers.

[darkinferno]

[Dante takes his glass up from the table too, clinking it against hers. And when the two of them drink, they'll find that the alcohol burns as it always does, but there is indeed a taste to it too! It's a pretty decent, smooth sip; Dante doesn't buy the cheap stuff (is that really any surprise?)

Lowering the glass to his lap, Dante lifts an eyebrow at Arlene.]

So do you want me to ask what happened? Or are you more interested in forgetting?

[heiroglyphs]

Don't even joke about that.
I would be beyond pissed.
Which would only make things worse right now.
At least he's stopped trying to "protect" me.
Now he's kneeling? It's creepy.

[originallutece]

Never. Dearest in my heart, that's what you are to me.

Who is he?

[darkinferno]

your guess is as good as mine

[He's not touching that "dearest in my heart" bit, not when the only answer he can come up with is "at least that's true of one person."]

[darkinferno]

it's not THAT bad, i've been through way worse. it's just not safe for drifting, not if you don't want to lose complete control of your car

where'd you come from before this?

[darkinferno]

[Even though it's really tempting to make a joke about how she'll just have to abdicate the crown, he's gonna refrain.]

maybe it's waiting for an order

[mercurio]

okay if you're sure! let's do it!!

[mercurio]

[not getting excited because dante asked, but he totally made a super surprised noise irl and nearly dropped his phone]

you have a bro?

[darkinferno]

[THANK U PROM you're a true friend]

yeah, a twin

i don't remember anything about him though, our folks split when we were three and that was the last time i saw him or our mom

his name was dylan, our mom's name was lena walker so the pieces fit

i just don't know why he's looking me up NOW

[mercurio]

if he's arrived in recolle and has the retrospec app and saw you on the contacts list then that gives room for pause?
maybe he wants to reconnect and doesn't know how to go about it

[originallutece]

Good lord, are you quite serious? He's just some random man asking about you?

[twelfthspark]

[Hey, not bad. Arlene takes an extra sip before she sets it down.]

It was Retrospec bullshit.

[That's an excuse for what was going to happen anyway and you know it, Arlene. She leaves that there for Dante to seek elaboration or not--though really, if she wasn't okay with explaining (complaining) to him, she wouldn't be here.]

[darkinferno]

i mean my dad IS pretty well known, maybe he's trying to reach him through me

[It's... not entirely a lie?]

[darkinferno]

i don't know

maybe

pen knows where he's staying tonight, maybe i'll try and track him down

[darkinferno]

[He shrugs.]

I know the feeling.

[If Arlene wants to, she's more than welcome to complain to him, but Dante's not going to push any further than that. "Retrospec bullshit" had been the cause of him and Ari breaking up, too. Something like that doesn't really need the extra pain of having to dredge it back up again.]

[originallutece]

By asking all your acquaintances through this app? No. He's trying to find information on you, and he's doing it by reaching out to everyone who has a history of speaking to you on here. People who would, by logical conclusion, know more about you-- not the self the rest of this city knows, but the truest form of yourself.

Which means he's dedicated. And very intent on discovering something (or anything) about you.

[mercurio]

you sure you wanna do that

[darkinferno]

not really

but what CAN i do? either i sit around waiting until he gets the dirt he's looking for somewhere or i go call him out and see what this is all about and get some answers

neither option's really that appealing

1/3

[standalonehuman]

Happy New Year.

There is no polite way to build to this question, so I'll just ask: are you going out at night and fighting crime?

[mercurio]

you wanna see our conversation?

[darkinferno]

after what the cops did the LAST time i tried to stop somebody from committing a felony? no fucking thanks

what is someone going all vigilante on us

[darkinferno]

[stop it ros u are doing him a frighten if he didn't already know why Dylan was looking him up, there'd be a chill going down his spine right about now.]

if i didn't already keep my doors locked, that'd make sure i did it tonight

pen's tracing him back, so hopefully we'll find out more info on him soon

[darkinferno]

yeah sure, cleo sent me some screencaps of the messages he sent her too. it didn't seem like he got very far with her

[frisyr]

Hey did you get a text from Togusa asking if you were like secretly a superhero