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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[hellboundslayer]

We did not grow up together. For the majority of our lives, at least for me, has been spent apart.

[hellspawnedhero]

We spent the first eight together. Hell, I still remember arguin' over birthday parties.

[hellboundslayer]

[ he remembers that too. all too well really. ]

Yes and we were but children then.

[hellspawnedhero]

And? Don't mean we ain't still brothers.

*He shifts the amulet in his hand, brushing his fingers over the join between the gold and silver halves.*

[hellboundslayer]

[ Vergil catches that movement... ]

I suppose it doesn't.

[ conceding to that at least. ]

[hellspawnedhero]

So even if you are a pain in the ass shithead, I can't just say you ain't family.

[hellboundslayer]

Coming from you those are nearly words of endearment.

[hellspawnedhero]

I know, I'm just a regular flaterer, ain't I?

[hellboundslayer]

I was going to say sap, but whichever way tickles your fancy for the night.

[hellspawnedhero]

Hey, don't go pickin' on me 'cause your heart's stuck in a chunk of ice.

[hellboundslayer]

Apparently not as much as I would have hoped.

[hellspawnedhero]

*He sighs and shakes his head.*

This is why you always drive me nuts, bro. It ain't a bad thing to give a shit sometimes.

[hellboundslayer]

On this we will always disagree.

[hellspawnedhero]

I ain't so sure about that. One of these days, you're gonna find out just how much difference the right kinda motivation can make.

[hellboundslayer]

Unless there is some magical way to revive my person, this is unlikely.

[hellspawnedhero]

You're alive here, ain't ya?

[hellboundslayer]

Make your point.

[hellspawnedhero]

We don't know what's gonna happen here. Who knows, somethin' might just happen to prove me right.

[hellboundslayer]

Even if somehow this miraculous event were to occur, the epiphany would not carry over once we all return. It would have been a pointless endeavor.

[hellspawnedhero]

So what...are you tryin' to say that everything we do and see here past what we gotta to fix things means shit?

*He's...clearly not okay with this thought.*

[hellboundslayer]

It must amount to nothing, Dante, if you are still without a brother in your time.

[hellspawnedhero]

Maybe it was just...somethin' you couldn't do much about.

*If Mundus was in control of him, knowing wouldn't mean anything, right? And he can't believe his brother would serve Mundus if he was at all himself.*

[hellboundslayer]

Then, again, I truly have little incentive now don't I?

[hellspawnedhero]

But neither of us knows the feel details of what happened before that.

[hellboundslayer]

That doesn't change the fact that, ultimately, it means little. Whatever changes in my person that you perceive need be undergone will have no effect in the end. It will change nothing.