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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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[darkinferno]

[Ah, so Tatsuo understands...]

yeah

no matter hwo much it hink about somehting else it alwyas comes back toi t

[thisloveisjustice]

[yes, he does a little]

are you having flashbacks? like all of a sudden you're reliving what happened? or your brain decides to get super creative and starts making up things that didn't actually happen?

[darkinferno]

both

its
smeo of the tuff in hell ma nor
its stuff htat happened to the otjer me

nad i odnnt know if its me or him ro whatevr it was that was controlng him or the ghost s fighitng us trying to hrut people

but everty ime

its my faultt hey die

[thisloveisjustice]

[shit. this is getting heavier than he really knows how to deal with. but there's a ton of information crammed into that text. 'hell manor,' dante's 'other self,' fighting ghosts, someone controlling someone else... his other self? what a mess]

this is about that fight where you didn't have your fighting skills or weapon, isn't it?

[darkinferno]

i couldntdo anythgn

if i could ve maybe ther hwoudlve been less pepole hrut

i couldve blokced the thing that kileld ryoji

[thisloveisjustice]

[Oh god where is Fai when he needs someone with a psychology background? Tatsuo had talked with Ryoji a couple times, but hadn't really known him well. He'd heard the kid had somehow died, but hadn't known any details. Looks like now he's getting the details. It takes Tatsuo a bit to answer. Because he's thinking about his mom and Aoi-chan, and the maddening affect grief and guilt can have on you.]

maybe you could have. or maybe just as many people would have been hurt and killed. maybe if you'd had your powers still, the exact same thing would have happened. or maybe it would have been worse. there are too many maybes and we have no way of knowing.

but ryoji wouldn't want you blaming yourself dante. i can safely say that. because it's not your fault. i think i've known you just long enough to say that even without your powers you fought like hell. and that's all anyone could have done in that situation.

[darkinferno]

[Unfortunately, if it were Fai or anyone else with a psychology background, Dante would be more likely to clam up and refuse to talk than anything else. He's not supposed to have feelings outside of smarm and charm and "sarcastic asshole" mode. It's only the familiar names and the influence of everything he's drank tonight that's letting him spill some of it, the names and the alcohol and Arlene tripping on a landmine and bringing everything rushing back.]

i odnt know

ryojis too nuce for hsi own good anywsys

[All of these people trying to convince him that it wasn't somehow his fault... he doesn't understand how he's supposed to believe that, how they think he possibly can. But... that doesn't matter right now.]

im nto goona let the drink ing becom a habit

i know bteter that that

[thisloveisjustice]

[if they tell him enough times, maybe it'll eventually sink in...]

see that it doesn't.

but if you need help, just ask, okay? doesn't have to be me, just someone.

[darkinferno]

i wilw

itll b eok

thaskn tatsuo

godo luck wit yoru own shit

[thisloveisjustice]

it'll take time. but it will.

thanks.