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Re: 250

[devilmightcare]

So I told you the truth!

[ who needs more than "I don't hate you and I don't want you dead" ]

Re: 250

[auguryofinnocence]

Right, so it's settled.

[He sure doesn't know! Not like he's got all kinds of conflicting feelings that have not been helped at all by that! It's fine. They worked it out.]

Re: 250

[devilmightcare]

[ great talk all around! ]

... Is that what this was about?

Re: 250

[auguryofinnocence]

[He just. presses his lips together. He can't stand being called out like this. So he'll just refuse to answer.]

Re: 250

[devilmightcare]

[ he can't really argue it's not an effective way to get him to talk

but!! ]

You think me gettin' stabbed makes me more honest or what?

Re: 250

[auguryofinnocence]

[He huffs, straightening up since neither of them are making a move apparently.]

I thought fighting would be fun. And either you would give me a reason to not want to kill you so much, or I could have momentary satisfaction.

Re: 250

[devilmightcare]

[ he will also just stand there bleeding. though his half-demon healing is kicking in, helping with some of that. ]

Well you're right about the first part of that.

Re: 250

[auguryofinnocence]

Don't worry, I know the latter is too.

Re: 250

[devilmightcare]

What? You're satisfied?

Re: 250

[auguryofinnocence]

Not at all. It hinges on seeing you dead.

Re: 250

[devilmightcare]

[ hefts his sword back up over his shoulder ]

You wanna get right back to tryin' to kill me, then?

Re: 250

[auguryofinnocence]

[He places his hand on the hilt again, just in case. But Lahabrea is watching them after all and the point of telling him to stay was to know he can't get away with not making an effort to follow through...]

...You know I'm serious, don't you? I'd like nothing more than to end your life.

Re: 250

[devilmightcare]

Okay, so let's turn this whole interrogation around!

Why? What did I do to you?

Re: 250

[auguryofinnocence]

...You tell me. I haven't even seen it. You just exist, favoured, a fool and yet defeating me, I don't even know how many times.

Re: 250

[devilmightcare]

Right -- you haven't seen most of that yet. Buuut you already hate my guts.

Re: 250

[auguryofinnocence]

[He actually considers that for a moment.]

I don't hate you, I just want to kill you.

Re: 250

[devilmightcare]

Hey, look! Progress!

Re: 250

[auguryofinnocence]

[WELL NOW HE DOESN'T WANT TO KEEP GOING!!]

Shut up. I don't have to remember everything to know the feeling. That's nothing new.

Re: 250

[devilmightcare]

And you really think killing me here's gonna help with that?

Re: 250

[auguryofinnocence]

...Probably...not...

[He never said it was rational.]

Re: 250

[devilmightcare]

[ taps his sword on his shoulder ]

Soo is this like stress relief?

Re: 250

[auguryofinnocence]

It's...

[He doesn't even know. He didn't expect it to go like this!]

I want an answer, to why you despise me so much, did I just do this all to myself? Is it stupid that I want you dead but I --

["love and care about you", no, gross, he can't say that]

-- actually like you?

Re: 250

[devilmightcare]

[ -- it's so odd, hearing Vergil in any capacity say that that for once Dante's completely taken off guard, blinking. not that he didn't suspect as much, but -- to hear Vergil actually talking through his feelings and admitting to that straight up is


weird. ]

Iii don't think it's stupid. I mean, I've hated you before but I also didn't want you dead, so ...

Re: 250

[auguryofinnocence]

It's the opposite, then.

[Because he wants Dante dead, but he doesn't hate him.]

We really can't agree on anything.

[But there might be something almost fond in his voice.]

Re: 250

[devilmightcare]

[ he does laugh a bit, at that. ]

Figures, even when you can't remember much of anything.