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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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MISFIRE - 9/6

[frostythehitman]

[ This message actually did intend to go to Dante! Unfortunately, the other like 80% of it got scattered across a bunch of other people, so. This is all you get. ]

there's no way of getting in there even if we wanted.

[darkinferno]

no way of getting in where

you can't just start halfway through the conversation like i know what you're talking about

[frostythehitman]

The subways. They're totally sealed off now.

[darkinferno]

are you serious? we can't even get in from the normal entrances?

[frostythehitman]

Nope. It's all shut down. I never even got a chance to go down there once.

[darkinferno]

damn it

i know one of the groups was down there last month but i didn't think they'd seal it all off like that

was this about the shooting range thing we'd talked about?

[frostythehitman]

What else would I be talking about?

And yeah, I heard about that group. I accidentally sent a text about this to someone from that one. He said it all got sealed up tight right after they left.

[darkinferno]

hey when you start halfway through the conversation you've gotta be ready for a little bit of backtracking, it's been a while since we first talked about that

that's annoying but we can still figure something out

until then if you want i can come with you sometimes, after last month it [even though it all comes through at once and Bucky can't see to notice, Dante has to pause here for a long moment before he finishes] might be a good idea to know how to use something outside of my normal style just in case

[frostythehitman]

Yeah, I meant to check this out earlier, but well. August happened.

What do you mean "come with me", though? Are you offering to chaperone me at the range?

[ He wishes he could get across in text the sheer amount of sarcasm he's packing into the word "chaperone" here. Even though it's also 100% accurate. ]

[darkinferno]

you said you needed someone and didn't want togusa taking you all the time, right?

[Oh, he can read between the lines and see that sarcasm. Dante's a grade A sarcastic ass himself--but he can also ignore it just as easily.]

[frostythehitman]

Are you even old enough?

[ Because he could've SWORN Dante was like, his age. Maybe a year older. ]

[darkinferno]

old enough to go by myself at least

how old do you have to be to take someone underage with you, if it's just 18+ then yeah, i'm old enough

[He's got a few years on you, Bucky.]

[frostythehitman]

[ Well damn. Color him surprised. ]

Then yeah, I guess you are.

Let me know if you've ever got time to go to the range, then. I'll make it happen. And I can teach you a thing or two, if you're new to shooting.

[darkinferno]

i've got time most days, whenever you want

i've shot before but not much so pretend we're starting from the basics. i want to be prepared in case i lose everything i've remembered again

[frostythehitman]

[ haha s w e a t s suddenly James is extremely aware of the fact that all of his gun knowledge and expertise is Retrospec-given. So if they do ever deign to remove it from him, he might be SOL, no matter how much he trains with the guns. ]

No problem, I can start you off nice and easy and work up from there. We just have to make it look like you're the one teaching me, because something tells me they're not gonna like a minor being the one giving the lesson.

[darkinferno]

[Better hope hard, James.]

sounds good to me

i'll try and learn a bit before we go, i can ask togusa or tatsuo without bringing up your name. they both know enough that they won't question it and that way it'll be less obvious

[frostythehitman]

Good, keep my name out of it. Especially if you're talking to Togusa. He's been helping me out with the range and all, but I know he's not exactly excited about me knowing my way around a gun. Something tells me he wouldn't like me teaching all that to others.

[darkinferno]

[James won't know it, but Dante's snorting on his end. Understatement of the century.]

togusa's a stick in the mud

no that's not fair, he means well but he needs to realize he can't make our decisions for us, i've told him that

don't worry, i'm pretty sure i could tell them i was blowing up the retrospec building and their only question would be where i'm getting the bazooka to do it

[frostythehitman]

Yeah? How'd you manage to get on a leash that loose?

[darkinferno]

i don't ask permission and they know they can't stop me

so the next best thing to do is make sure i don't get myself killed in the process and even that part's debatable

[Really, he's pretty amazed that only one person has threatened to knock him out to make sure he couldn't do something stupid. It's pretty nice, not having to constantly argue his decisions!]

[frostythehitman]

Oh yeah? What's the worst thing they've caught you doing so far?

[darkinferno]

well

togusa was the one that helped me out when i got arrested by the rpd so you do the math

tatsuo wasn't on the network yet though, the worst he's seen is me when i was... pretty wasted

[Look...]

[frostythehitman]

What'd you get arrested for?

[darkinferno]

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.]

[frostythehitman]

Was it Officer Izunia?

He's the one who arrested me too, except I just kept refusing to talk to anyone except Togusa until they sent him in.