themainframe | Mission 1: Arrival (Video)

*There's a pair of icy blue eyes on the screen, with a subtle warmth behind them that's at odds with the cold color. They belong to a young but scruffy looking face topped by white hair and bearing an expression somewhere between irritated and unimpressed. From the background, he still seems to be outside.*

Okay, first off, I've got a couple of questions, so why don't we humor the new guy for a while. Let's start off with the big stuff: where can a guy get a slice of pizza, a decent sundae and some booze around here? I just spent all day running around and it feels like I could eat a Gigapede if that wasn't the most disgusting idea I've ever heard.

Which actually brings me to the second question. I spent all day running around without food and was perfectly fine until I came here, aside from some serious cravings for cheese and tomato sauce. You see, I ain't exactly what you would call entirely normal, that's why I'm so good at what I do. So who's shit idea was it to bring me here, ask me to save the world and then add on 'by the way, you can't use any of the awesome and badass powers that usually help you get the job done'?

Actually, you know what, make that three questions. On the topic of saving the world, who's ass to I have to kick this time? Interdimensional gates don't normally screw with themselves when they're supposed to be closed, so I'm pretty sure someone's gotta be on a power trip. Though points for scale. Don't think I've ever heard of someone involving more than just the human world and the demon world in their evil schemes. ...Then again, until now, I didn't know there was anything other than the human world and the demon world. Guess they're right, you do learn something new every day.

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[ He sighs and stays silent for a little bit. ]

...Interesting.

Oh yeah?

*Sorry Squall, you've gotten him on a topic that's pretty depressing for highly personal reasons.*

Not everyday you can get into a conversation with someone and actually seem slightly interested in listening.

Gotta give ya that one. It's not always, but damn if I haven't tuned out half of what people say without missing anything important a million times already.

*There's a reason he likes to do most of the talking in a conversation. As much as he's a people person, he really can't stand people who ramble on when there's an important point to get to. Maybe in part because his attention span and temper tend to make him lose patience when it takes forever to get to what he needs to hear...

Of course, then he sometimes tunes people out at the wrong points and does miss something important, but it's what they get for rambling.*

[ Squall hears him on that one. He talks so much to himself in his head that he usually misses side conversations going on. ]

You aren't alone there.

*Dante usually just turns up his music or starts reading a magazine. Even though all he can usually do is internally drool over shiny guns or swords, since he's always broke. And that's not even counting the villainous monologues that he likes to poke fun at and talk over.*

Heh, guess people are full'a bullshit wherever ya go.

Seems that way.

[ Nope nope. That isn't the tiniest of tiny smiles curling on his lips. ]

But you ain't heard real bullshit until you've heard a megalomaniac start rambling.

*But that is definitely an amused smirk.*

Anyone rambling tires me.

*Shrug.*

It's a special brand of pain in the ass when it's some idiot goin' on about his evil plan. But at least then you get to shoot 'em in the face.

A moron revealing his evil plan only makes it that much easier to defeat him. It's ridiculous how they don't see that.

Considering they're dumb enough to try to take over or destroy the world in the first place with a guy like me gettin' in their way, it shouldn't really be all that surprising.

You have a point there.

I have 'em from time to time. Heh, not that the bad guys ever listen.

Egos often take over someone's hearing ability.

Sure makes it easier to make fools of 'em, though.

It's never that hard.

More funny when they set themselves up for it.

Or more annoying.

That's just a matter of taste. When you kick ass as easily as I do, you've gotta take your entertainment however you can find it.

I'm not really the "entertained" type.

Better than being bored.

*Or dwelling on the past. He has way too much baggage to just let his mind wander freely.*

I guess. It's hard not to be when you don't have many interests though.

Depends on how well you can find ways to indulge 'em.

*And here he grins.*

Like sparring?

Is that an offer?

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