[narrations + overflow]

[darkinferno]

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

[Or, a personal overflow.]

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[ghostdrives]

[She nod firmly, one hand over her chest in an attempt to still her beating heart. The adrenaline is slowly fading away along with the shock.]

...If someone told me two weeks ago that I'd be fighting a spider that was bigger than me, I wouldn't be able to believe them.

[She's new. Brand new to this brand of batshittery. Taking a deep breath, Aria finally feels calm and gives Dante something of a grateful smile, moving closer to pass the blade back to him.]

Thank you, by the way.

[darkinferno]

[He laughs, but when she offers the makeshift sword back to him, Dante shakes his head.]

Believe me, if someone had told me back in February when all this began what I was in for, I would've thought they were crazy, too.

Keep it. I don't think I need it any more, if I've got Soul Eater.

[How does he know that's the name of the sword? Dante blinks in surprise at himself, but he somehow also knows that it's true--it just came out, as if he'd said it a hundred times before, but somehow he knows innately that that's what the sword is called. It feels right.]

Besides, if you plan on doing any more exploring while we're all shrunk down like this, you might need it again.

[ghostdrives]

Glad to know I'm not the only one who feels that way. [It's such a relief to know she's not the only one going crazy, if any of them are going crazy in the first place.] February is a while to be dealing with all of this.

[Her gaze moves between him and the blade that's still in her hand. He has a point, and even if she doesn't go exploring, something could go after her again. It could be worth keeping.]

If you're sure... it might be in better hands with you.

[If he's had more practice and all. Still, a part of her feels like its right to have a weapon at hand.]

Soul Eater? [She raises a brow, finding his expression curious. He said it so naturally but seems surprised. Maybe that's how Aria looked a moment ago.] Was that what that was that you used as a weapon?

[darkinferno]

You're telling me. But after a while you learn to roll with it.

[For the most part. He still has to stop in disbelief every once in a while, just because this can't be for real, but if someone had told him he'd be fighting giant bugs with some sort of magic sword that just appeared in his hand when he needed it, that he'd be able to use some other sort of magic to slide through the air like a surfer or that he'd know people who remembered healing or could shoot lightning from their fingers...

There's been a lot that's happened since February, that's for certain.

At Aria's question, Dante nods.]

Yeah. I don't know how I know that's its name, but...

[He turns his hand over, palm up, concentrating for a moment--and it appears in his hand again, the same dark energy twining around it as it comes out of the dark.]

I just know.

As long as I've got this, I'll be fine.