sixthiteration | Test Drive 19

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Prompts

July is going to be wet and wild, villagers. Keep an eye to the sky and hold onto your hats!

SAVING FACE - Look at you, trying to save that goat or dog or ZALPACA that's gotten stranded in a particularly nasty storm! You're a regular hero, trudging up that cliffside or swiming across that creek! Unfortunately, the sky didn't get the memo about your heroics, and it's just opened up even more. Finishing this job just got a heck of a lot worse. Good thing someone else just showed up to help both you and your animal pal. You hope. It's possible they're just there to laugh at you.

PANTS ON FIRE - You know what's great? When the storm breaks, the skies start to clear and everything looks sunny again. You know what's not? When the weather pushes the LYING MIST down from the mountainside while you're out trying to clean up. Hope you don't have any whoppers you're trying to keep secret!

SINK OR SWIM - The days when it's not storming are just beautiful, and the village river is running high. There are spots out of the current that are perfect for a cool dip or lounging on the shore, but take care you don't go out too far and get swept away. Oh, and watch out for the RAINBOW CRABS, those claws are sharp.

WILDCARD - Choose your own adventure. Maybe play powers roulette.

Texts

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"Does that mean you're living at the hospital?" he asked, one hand lifting to shield his eyes from the sun to let them adjust before dropping them to her.

"No." It had been bound to come up but Kat had been hoping for more time. She'd been so happy to see Dante again, she'd race into the storm to meet him and she knew that spending a lot of time talking about his twin would sour the conversation.

It was unavoidable.

"I'm staying at house 48. Vergil is there to." She wanted Dante to come live with them but she didn't think it'd be up to her. Him and Vergil would need to talk. Even do, she desperately wanted Dante nearby. He was safe and... More important than she could put into words.

Vergil had been right - they were meant to be together, they were intertwined and while Dante knew he was going to test those bonds, yes, it was unavoidable.

"Yeah, I uh, I saw the house. Him too. Earlier. Yesterday or something." He was trying to be caviler about it, turning his face towards their path and making sure they didn't come to a complete stop.

"Looks like they healed him up, mostly."

"Yeah"

Kat walked at Dante's side for a few steps and then reached forward to take his hand. Her fingers laced through his as she spoke. "This world is different. Vergil can change here and learn. I want to give him a chance." The pain would always be there. Kat could never forget what he had said to her but she wanted to try

"Will you stay with us? There is a third room." She didn't need to say that they had to talk to Vergil about it first, that was obvious, but she wanted Dante there and she wanted him to know how important it would be if he was there... To her.

He almost resented her easy forgiveness of Vergil's lies, while he was torn between betrayal and the pain of not being with his brother. Vergil's expertly built facade of being reasonable, trustworhthy.. it was all a betrayal of Dante's heart

Dante had been so excited. And now that he knew he had a twin, not having Vergil felt..wrong.

"I dunno." He screwed up his face, stopping their pace with a gentle tightening of his fingers. "How can you forgive him? After everything he did, everything he was going to do.. You know he was going to take advantage. Why doesn't that matter?"

"I haven't forgiven him Dante." She turned towards him and held back her tears. She hadn't let herself dewell on it; she had to be strong and Kat knew that there was no changing what had already happened.

"I don't know if I'll ever forgive him but I couldn't leave things how they were. He's your brother and... he saved me from my stepfather. It was probably for his own selfish reasons but I want to save him in return." Even if the demon they were now facing was the one inside of Vergil.

"We should do that for him. Shouldn't we? This world could help him."

Not forgiving Vergil held a lot of sway with Dante and while his face stay pulled in frustrated emotion, he was listening.

"I thought he was fine right up til the end Kat. I thought we were gonna kick ass together. All three of us." But he screamed at Kat, left her behind for the cops and who knows what else. "He betrayed us. On choice.."

Dante shook his head. "I dunno, Kat. I hate how things were left, that we all got the point that we did but how am I supposed to look at him and not see just that?"

"I did too." She stepped closer, letting Dante know that she was there with him. She wasn't going to leave him alone. "Vergil made his choice but things are different here. He could make another choice... He's even made a friend here."

Kat knew that it was a long shot but she also knew that family shouldn't give up on each other and that's what Vergil was; family.

"It's okay if that's what you see." She'd never ask Dante to change the way he felt. "But I think we should at least give him a chance. Maybe, in time, he can change your mind."

It would be slow but Kat had hope.

"But I, Dante, I want you near." Her eyes locked with his. "For me."

As much as he wanted to argue with her, he wanted to erase the fissure between him and Vergil more. His enthusiasm for what they were supposed to have been doing was only dampened under his vast disappointment, hurt and anger, and her words tugged at his chest.

Being told it was okay was more helpful than she knew. His hand tightened around hers.

"Maybe." Something in his chest caught at the rest of her admission. "Then I'll stay. In the house even, if he lets me."

Kat smiled. "Thank you." She knew that Dante would have stayed for her but she wanted him to stay for himself and his own reasons. It was a chance for him and Vergil to connect and be a family but there was a balance between her own desires and Dante's.

She never liked the idea of people being forced to do something that they didn't want to do.

"You won't be alone. I'll be there." She never planned to leave his side. "If you want, we can talk to Vergil together." It wouldn't make it easier but she'd be there for him; for both of them.

He nodded slightly at her thanks and tugged her forward so his free hand could catch her head. It might seem like he was going to try to kiss her, but instead he pressed a kiss into her hair.

"Nah. He and I need to work this out by ourselves. We might fight about it but.. We'll work it out. C'mon," he said, stepping past her and keeping their hands together. "I could use some of that weed. Or painpills or something."

The warmth of his kiss made her heart flutter and when she pulled away, there was a soft pink tint spreading across her cheeks. Kat couldn't help but smile at him as he walked past her, her hand in his as she padded along at his side.

"I might have a joint." Her smile widened. "They came in a party favor a little while back. I decided to keep it around in case someone needed the relief." It was luck that she still had it.

"If we go to the house. It's there."

"There a way in that isn't the front door? Last thing I want is Vergil seeing me like this." Giving Vergil reasons or ammunition to mock him with wasn't on his agenda. Dante smiled down at her as she fell into step. She was pretty. Cute, with that pinch of color across her face.

He liked that he caused that.

"But tell me more about party favors - that mean they have parties here?"

It wasn't difficult to imagine the look on Vergil's face as Dante staggered up with a handful of broken ribs and a bruised back. It wasn't an ideal scenario for Dante and while Kat felt a little uneasy about sneaking Dante into the house, it didn't sound like a horrible idea.

"You can climb in through my window. If you want too." It might hurt but the option was there if Dante wanted to take it.

Kat's gaze focused on the path in front of them as she continued to answer his question. "Not often but I've been told it happens. I had only been a day or two after I arrived. We got clothes and soap." Among other things. "There was a jukebox and pizza."

"Floor level?" Because climbing up the back of the house didn't feel like something his body was going to let him do. If challenged, he'd have to try, but he was hoping for an easier path.

"Jukebox and pizza is all I need.. and beer... and my guns.." Strippers were left out, only because Kat was next to him. If his hand wasn't entangled in hers, he would have grabbed her ass. "You.." He looked over at her, smiling crookedly.

"Floor level. My room is in the middle on the far side of the house. I can help you through the window if you really want to do that." She paused, glancing over at Dante. "Or we can use the front door." It was very possible that Vergil wasn't even home.

Kat liked talking about what they were going to do, it was easier, like being on one of their missions. But there were no missions here and it was harder to ignore the way that Dante looked at her or the way he made her pulse quicken.

Her blush wasn't going away anytime soon.

"Hopefully we find some of that here." She almost said that she was here but Kat stopped herself.

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