Mission 3: Ghosts of the Past

[hellspawnedhero]

*When the video opens, it shows Dante lying face down in bed, looking uncharacteristically tired. What can be seen of him is completely bare, though anything objectionable is fortunately either off screen or obscured by his position.*

Hey, any of you guys got advice for dealing with an upset sto-

*And that's when the deliberate post cuts off, overshadowed by a strange scene from nowhere in the known digital world.

Elsewhere, various TVs are showing another scene at seemingly random times.*

Comments

[hellspawnedhero]

Not that stick around all the time. Got two I'd really consider close and both of 'em kinda come and go.

It ain't really safe to be around me a lot unless you can fight against demons.

[heartdive]

Aaaand you don't know what they eat...

[hellspawnedhero]

I know what they can eat, but I ain't exactly around 'em for meals enough to know everything they gotta eat.

[heartdive]

Wow rude.

[hellspawnedhero]

Just tryin' to keep 'em alive.

I used to try livin' like I was just another guy, kid. Didn't end well.

[heartdive]

No one said you had to go that far. But not hanging around friends?

That's not good either.

[hellspawnedhero]

One of 'em is busy and the other spends a lotta time with her mom. And trust me, you don't wanna be the one to slow Lady down when she's in a hurry.

[heartdive]

Why's that?

[hellspawnedhero]

She packs three guns and a bazooka and ain't hard to piss off.

[heartdive]

Something tells me that you just have the ability to tick anyone off.

[hellspawnedhero]

Doesn't mean she ain't still got a temper.

[heartdive]

I know lots of people with bad tempers. Don't have any holes in me yet.

[hellspawnedhero]

*We interrupt your conversation to bring you this relevant announcement.*

1/2

[heartdive]

[ this face for a whole two minutes...... ]

[heartdive]

...Okay. You deserved that.

[hellspawnedhero]

Huh?

*Just a sec, checking the recording and...facepalm.*

Only argument I got for that is that she didn't know that wasn't gonna kill me.

[heartdive]

You still sort of deserve it. I mean if that's how you've met her for the first time, then that doesn't give a great impression.

[hellspawnedhero]

Not quite the first. Just the first time we got to talk. Still pretty sure it ain't worth killin' a guy over.

[heartdive]

Maybe not, but...

You seem kinda like a jerk when you were that young. Huge jerk.

[hellspawnedhero]

Can't argue that. Actually got Lady to thank for teaching me a bit of responsibility.

[heartdive]

Her lesson wasn't to shoot you until you got it, was it?

[hellspawnedhero]

Nah. She had her own reasons for bein' there and lets just say they were close enough to stuff I had on my plate to inspire me.

[heartdive]

[ and now he's seen the fight with Vergil. ]

Was she going after your brother too? What's with that anyway...

[hellspawnedhero]

Not quite. Her father was involved in that mess too.

Ever heard of a hellgate, kid?

[heartdive]

Starting to think that no one has a normal family...

Nah. Never heard of it.