Mission 5: Renewed memories and rusted bonds.

[hellspawnedhero]

*Dante is strangely absent from this video, but Coronamon appears to be sitting on the floor next to a bed. His tail is curled onto his lap and he seems to have been crying. In fact, he still hasn't gotten his sobs fully under control by the time he starts recording.*

Since...since a lot of you know Dante and are friends with him... *Sniff.* I should probably tell you. He's- *Gulp.* He's de- *Choke.* he's gone. It was...I think it was an accident, but... *Sniffle.* Humans don't turn into eggs, do they?

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[innermonologues]

[ Crying Coronamon has alerted Squall's full attention and he quickly turns on his own feed. ]

Coronamon. What happened?

[Video]

[heyloser]

Uhhhhh Dante. Right. Which one was Dante?

[Because Coronamon looks familiar, but the name isn't ringing any bells.]

Action

[hellspawnedhero]

*Several hours later, the hole in Dante's torso vanishes and he coughs loudly. Instinctively, one hand goes to his chest, where a familiar weight has been nagging with its absence. His amulet is gone, where-oh, that's right. Vergil has it. Vergil has...the perfect amulet. Which means...*

Shit...

*His voice is a bit hoarse and he groans as he sits up, looking around the room.*

[Video]

[badluckbabe]

You're kidding...how? Where?!

[video]

[eatmybow]

You have got to be kidding me.

Maya, calm down.

[Maya huffs.] I'm eating all his food and I'm not buying him more when he comes back. Jerks who die don't deserve ice cream.

[video]

[needsteaplz]

Dante's...I'm so sorry to hear that.

Is there someone with you right now?

[fullofthorns]

What? [ She asks in a flat tone matching her equally flat eyes. Did she hear that right? ] What do you mean when you say dead? Because when you say dead it can mean a lot of different things if you don't fuckin' clarify what you're-- you know what?

Nevermind.

I'm coming over.

Lady Roze I do not think that is a good idea--!

Well I don't give a shit what you think! I've got a reasonably good idea of who's responsible and I'm gonna go rearrange the mother fu--AGH!

*THUD!*

[ The screen of the D-T spins briefly in an end-over-end tumble before clattering to the floor and landing on its side, giving a full view of Roze sprawled across teh floor of her apartment, Kotemon's arms wrapped around her legs. He drags her back away from the door and out of view of the screen where a moment late several distinct and painful cracking sounds are heard. Roze cries out and curses colorfully while kotemon appears and picks up the D-Terminal. ]

Do not worry, Coronamon. I am sure your Chosen's data will be reconfigured safely. Until them I will try to keep Lady Roze here.

YOU HIT ME IN THE FACE! WHAT THE HELL?!

Please tend to Lord Dante in her absence and if you would be so kind, have him call her when he can.

[ Kotemon flicks off the D-Terminal just as Roze comes back into view with several red lines from a practive sword across her face, hand reaching for Kotemon.]

[lovespinkbirdies]

What do you mean he's gone!?

[ She's not stupid, she knows what the question he's asking really means but she can't really bring herself to say it. It's not even like they were dealing with Digimon attacks right now so why!? ]

What happened?!

MORE ACTION! Just for Vergil this time.

[hellspawnedhero]

*After everything that just happened, Dante really wants to just tell people he's okay, get a shower and collapse to unwind. But before that, he gets the feeling he's going to have to have a talk with his brother. But of course the jerk's already left the apartment. It would make things too easy to stick around.

After a bit of poking around, he finds out that Vergil's room is in the most unexpected place ever. Namely, right next door to his. He's not sure whether to laugh at that or facepalm, but he just settles for knocking on the door.*