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dante "walking dumpster fire" rantanen | riku ([personal profile] darkinferno) wrote2017-03-27 10:26 pm
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[narrations + overflow]



[A collection of narration bits that don't belong anywhere else from Dante/Riku's time in Recollé.]

[Or, a personal overflow.]
mercurio: ❥ponponpon (009)

[personal profile] mercurio 2017-07-29 03:02 am (UTC)(link)
[prompto does see it coming, and so jumps out of the way right on time. nearly connected!]

Hahh, what was that?!

[he's laughing]
mercurio: ❥famira (112)

[personal profile] mercurio 2017-07-29 03:23 am (UTC)(link)
--!

[surely dante forgets that prompto's regained an interesting set of more instinct-driven capabilities as of late. before dante can hold him, prompto leans down and forward, completely making it impossible for dante to grab him. and so, instead, prompto pushes up, holding tight around dante's legs]
standalonehuman: (TogusaTalkDown)

[personal profile] standalonehuman 2017-07-31 02:01 am (UTC)(link)
"It's true, isn't it? The two of us have been watching out for each other enough, we've got to be friends."

Togusa gets it, or at least he thinks he does. Dante's been abandoned by so many people in his life, Togusa had tracked the inability to trust other people. Him and Ardyn get kept at arm's length because Dante is waiting for them to decide he isn't worth it any more, like every other adult in his life. But, no, it has gone farther, and Dante is also starting to wonder what it is that's wrong with him to make everyone leave. He's the common denominator.

"There's nothing wrong with you. Nothing wrong with wanting revenge, either. So, if that's really what you're doing it for, then cool, keep doing it, because it's helping other people out." But, that tone in Togusa's voice says that he doesn't fully buy that that's the reason Dante is here.
standalonehuman: (TogusaTalk2)

[personal profile] standalonehuman 2017-08-02 02:10 am (UTC)(link)
How does Togusa want to put this? If he goes too heavy-handed here, it's only going to piss Dante off. So, keep it simple.

"If you take a look at what you've been doing, instead of worrying about why you've been doing it? Then the result is that you've been helping out a lot of people. And I don't know if anybody's thanked you for that, so thank you." You care, Dante. And I know you care. And it's not wrong to.

Togusa shrugs easily. "Actions are always more important to me. I wouldn't be standing in this room, myself, if they weren't."
standalonehuman: (TogusaTalk)

[personal profile] standalonehuman 2017-08-05 05:33 pm (UTC)(link)
"Well sorry, then." He keeps his tone light, shrugs it off. "Investigation's a thankless job, I know that better than most. It's the same I'd do for anybody working in the field with me." He pushes off from the table he's been leaning on.

"You got pictures? I'm probably going to split before Retrospec decides we're not amusing any more and they kick us out." A good point to disengage, let Dante think over what he's said. Togusa's different when it comes to fighting, but the parts he's okay with Dante helping with, he'll try to encourage.
standalonehuman: (TogusaTalk2)

[personal profile] standalonehuman 2017-08-13 11:02 pm (UTC)(link)
There's really not anything more to be said, Togusa will continue to back off. "Some time you're going to have to explain how the hell you snuck up on me," Togusa comments, but it's with a smile. He heads down the stairs.

"I have to get back, but I get the feeling we're going to find out what this was for sooner rather than later." He nods casually to Dante. Don't make too big of a deal about it. But he'll keep an ear out for whenever Dante wants to follow up on this.
destiny_key: (!!!)

[personal profile] destiny_key 2017-09-14 04:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[The sudden declaration, the swing forward to suddenly start wreaking havoc on these heartless... it takes Sora by surprise. And yet, it doesn't really. He has the memories to prove how strong Dante really is, both in this life and the previous one. Could he be capable of such a thing?

No sooner had Sora thought that, then his body begins moving too, perfectly in sync with what Dante is doing. Slashing forward, then sideways, his attacks suddenly doing significantly more damage than before. It was... amazing. And slightly terrifying. It felt like it had when he'd been fighting with James at the dojo, and suddenly he knew how to combo and attack like he'd been swordfighting his whole life. But this wasn't just the basics; this was something much bigger.

It was like a dance that only the two of them knew. Dante is next to him again, and then he's not, and then they're opposite each other, slashing through the heartless monkeys like they're butter. He doesn't know how he knows how to do this, but he does, and it feels so much better to just go with the flow and let himself put his all into this attack.
]
destiny_key: (no!)

[personal profile] destiny_key 2017-09-26 10:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[The light and dark energies are phenomenal, and Sora can feel the heat of the attack in his hands as he attacks with it. The metal pipe in his right hand feels flimsy, like it might split apart with the force of it, like it's not meant for this kind of use. Because it's not, it's really not, it's just a thing he found on the ground, it's not a real weapon, he's not a fighter. Dante's sword looks like it's doing a much better job of holding itself together, and he kind of wishes he had something like that too.

And then they're moving again, back to back, and their weapons are like they're made of light, moving forward and slashing back and forth to such a degree, that Sora isn't sure how they haven't hit each other yet. The hits from Sora aren't nearly as impressive as Dante's, but they're working. This is working.
]
destiny_key: (no!)

[personal profile] destiny_key 2017-09-30 10:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[They spin and spin, the blades of light splitting in to copies over and over again, positively decimating everything that's in their path. Sora feels almost dizzy with the power (or maybe just the fact that they're still going in circles), and everything outside of their little pocket of safety within the ring of blades is blurred and fuzzy. It almost feels like only he and Dante exist while they continue to slash away.

And then, the blades are gone, and the pair shift apart until they swing back together again. Their respective weapons are tossed into the air, but it seems that gravity has no effect on them for the moment, as they sit opposite each other as energy gathers at their tips.
]

Let's go!

[One by one, the monkeys begin to explode into wisps, ravaging through the small remaining number of monsters that were left after previous attacks.]
destiny_key: (lol whut)

[personal profile] destiny_key 2017-10-06 06:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[Just as suddenly as the attack started, it was over, the last flash of light leaving the room clear. Sora blinks away the last of the brightness from his eyes, hand coming up to meet Dante's in a fistbump without really knowing why. If he had any doubts before, this cinched it that, in another life, they had been friends. Or at least, they'd been friends once.

Sora doesn't put his fist down right away after Dante does, leaving it there for a few seconds while he tries to process what had just happened. He blinks again, clutching his metal pole in his hand, and looks around until Dante speaks.
]

...Yup.

[What's he even supposed to say to the guy, now? He doesn't feel angry like he did the last time they met, but he doesn't really know what to feel.]
destiny_key: (!!!)

[personal profile] destiny_key 2017-10-09 11:22 pm (UTC)(link)
R-Right.

[Sora scrambles after Dante, towards the door and out of the convention center. He'd rather not be here when those monsters come back. He can always separate himself from Dante once they're sure they're out of danger.]

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