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Get your things together. As Dante said. I am sure he flew here, but as I do not yet have that ability unlocked, apparently, save for the ability to hover like a fawning sparrow, I drove here.

Put whatever you need in the car. I will call the principal of your school and let him know that Nox Miller is experiencing an illness that has him bedridden for the time being.

...I expect you will have to find a way to explain that yourself later. [ that's future nox problems because current nox is currently forgetting way too much to start making up stories for his future self.
And Vergil is way too high strung to start putting a story together for him on the fly. There's an ITCH in the back of his skull and the scratch yet goes unnamed, faceless, and without proper punishment for doing this to his son. His. ]

...In the meantime, myself and Dante will try to figure out who caused this in the first place.
Did you not run some sort of Detective Agency in your own world in the past?
I am sure you have methods of finding things out based on rumor.

If it happened to Nero...
[ other people may be effected as well. ]

[For a split second Nox looks as if he's going to argue with how Vergil explains everything, but then he exhales and scrubs his face instead.]

Yeah, okay. [If it were Nero, he would dig his heels in. If it were Nero, he'd argue and say he'd be fine and manage. But while he is Nero, he's also Nox Miller. He's had an upbringing with a family who showed him love, friends who cared for him dearly. He's had stability and an understanding for how he feels internally. Nox has had a life that was normal, one without massive parts of trauma or being part-demon since he was born.

Where do you go when you're lost, uncomfortable? To something you know, something you love and want. To something safe. And for Nox? That's with Dante and Vergil right now.

Nox doesn't waste time, leaving the room to go back and get his things. It takes longer than usual if only because he's making sure he didn't forget where everything was. But he manages, everything going into a duffel bag and over his shoulder, coming back into the living room to see the twins.]

I'm sure I can come up with something when this shit is over and fixed.

[His demon snaps, growling in discontent, but it at least settles down enough that it's a quiet rumble in his head rather then something loud and uncomfortable in his chest.]

Let's get going. [He nods to Vergil, noting he's ready to drop things in his father's car.]

[ nero agrees easily with them and that is enough for make dante's eyebrow raise in question - he's still not used to it, the parts of nero that are nox miller. in a way it's good because it makes things like this easier to deal with, but in another, it is unsettling and leaves dante feeling lost on what to do. he's used to having to strong arm nero into things, having to force him into seeing things the way that dante needs him to see them. dante watches nero leave the room before his gaze jerks towards vergil, the other man's voice dragging him from his thoughts. ]

Yeah I did, I'll put some feelers out and see what I can find. [ his nephew can't be the only person to have fallen victim to whatever this is, after all. he'll find out what he can from whoever he is able to. ] I'll let you know what I find.

[ that honestly goes without saying, but dante says it regardless as nero's footsteps signal his return to the room. dante spares him a glance from the corner of his eyes, shaggy hair obscuring the majority of his face. it doesn't take a genius to see the conflict flickering in the back of the kid's head, his more demonic instincts fighting against his need for comfort. ]

Drive safely, yeah? [ dante's gaze flicks back to vergil, lips curved up into something fond and real. ] I'll see you both at home.

[ he watches nero go, to pack up what he hoped was a bag that he'd remember to put all the necessities in. he has no problem being a busybody and going through said bag to make sure he's not forgotten anything--but for now, while they wait, he stands here with dante, trying not to look every bit as angry as he feels.

There's a thrashing in the back of his skull that was getting hard to ignore these days. He, Vittore, a man who used to be terrified at the very idea of violence, was currently wondering how one might hide a body if you accidentally made one within city limits. ]

I have few contacts myself that may aid, but given this may be a city wide-spread thing... one does have to wonder if more than just Nero have been affected by this strange water.

[ he can tell that there's a lot more dante wants to say, but... now is probably not the time to push it.

he WILL give the man a glance when Nero returns, turning towards the door but not quite moving to leave yet. ]

Both of us.
What, you going to take to the sky again.
I am sure it feels fine to go about the city tearing about in ... demon form, but.
You ... are welcome to come along.
There is more than enough room in the back for both you and Nero.

[ or you can fight over shotgun he doesn't care just dont hurt his new ride ]

[Thankfully he doesn't need much in order to have enough to carry with him in the duffel bag, and he glances at both of the twins and pauses. It's obvious they're talking about something, but as to what- he really doesn't bother trying to figure it out, this time. Too much to already focus on compared to what may or may not be happening outside his peripheral.

So when Vergil offers for Dante to come along, Nox immediately clings to the idea, listening and hoping it gets through to his uncle.

Still, if it doesn't–]

Hey. [He looks to Dante, and maybe he's being a bit childish, but there's definitely a look of honesty here.]

Just... come with us, yeah? [His eyes say everything he doesn't want to say in that moment. Please. I don't want you to leave me alone. There's still that anger in him, the need to hold onto his memories with everything he has, but a part of him is still scared he'll forget the two of them even after they try everything.

He can't lose them, he just can't.]

Edited 2023-06-09 23:24 (UTC)

[ it had been the plan, yes, maybe swing by a few places and gather what information he can, even warning a couple of people (important people) that there is some sort of weird memory problem going around. but vergil's offer stills his feet and all but clips his wings.

it isn't so much an offer but a request. one he is mere seconds from trying to refuse when nero's voice fills his ears, his tone small and scared in a way he isn't used to the kid sounding.

fuck man.

he looks between the two before throwing his hands up in defeat. denying vergil is difficult enough, but denying vergil and nero? it's about as impossible as it comes. ]

Alright, alright. I'll come with you. [ he makes a note to text vash later, stuffing his hands into the pockets of his pants. ] But I'm calling shotgun.

[ its nice not being the one ganged up on, for once. he could get used to this. his focus right now was getting Nero back to Auguries, and keeping an eye on him, to make sure he didn't forget more than he already has.

After that, they could keep an eye on the boy in shifts, to go looking for information. Or to check on others.
He gives Nero a glance and there's another flare-up of something in the back of his skull as Nero tacks on a quiet plead to Vergil's own request for Dante to come along with them.

He sighs, in apparent annoyance, but it's actually closer to relief.

He turns to leave the house, to go get into that too-white Mercedes parked just outside. ]

If you change the radio to something insufferable, I will be cross with you.

[Normally Nox wouldn't be this vulnerable, even as his old self, before being awake. If it was bad, he'd shake it off or find a way to take care of himself. But no sickness ever took away memories, or threatened to bring him back to something he didn't want to return to. It's a whole new thing of fear and worry all wrapped into one. Nox looks to Vergil and then to Dante, and exhales, raising his shoulders in an effort to shrug while he has his duffel bag across the other one.]

Knock yourself out, old man. [He won't argue on this. The fact that Dante is willing to go with them means so much to Nox right now, even if he can't voice it himself.

The statement of the radio actually causes Nox to snort back laughter, amused at it all.]

I don't think you wanna hear any kind of rock music blasting through the car, so I'll keep my hands off.

[The image of Vergil having to listen to that sort of thing is too funny, sorry.]

[ frankly, he much preferred when he wasn't being ganged up on and was in fact one of the people doing the ganging up on - but, it's fine, they won this round. dante's gaze flicks toward vergil as the other man sighs, quick to recognize the relief in a sound that would otherwise appear annoyed. if it happened to nero it could happen to others, it could happen to them - that worry sits at the forefront of vergil's mind, isn't it? it's why he'd prefer dante travel with them, that he doesn't go off on his own and somehow get afflicted by the self-same illness. ]

If you plan on playing all that classical shit I'm changing the station.

[ dante grins walking past both vergil and nero out of the condo, towards the waiting car. ]

Come on, let's get going.

[ Dante is reading him like a book and he's absolutely unaware of it. That was absolutely one of his worries. What if, within the next few hours, days--weeks? something starts to happen to dante, happens to him? what if he starts to forget, too?
he didn't have a LOT of memories about his past life and life with Dante and Nero yet, and most of his memories weren't even GOOD, but he... didn't want to lose them. Covetously, he was desperate to keep each one and line them up until he understood the picture. ]

It is not 'shit', but given you have stopped turning it off in the kitchen whenever I have it on, I will give you grace in the car.

[ the stupid mercedes that will turn into a different car when they get out.
He's in, turning the radio onto some generic station that'll start bleating out some 90's rock (ugh), and wait for the other two to get settled.

The drive over is mostly quiet. Vergil does ask if Nero needs to stop anywhere to pick anything up.
But it's not too long a drive back to the auguries, and Vergil doesn't bat an eye as he gets out of the car -- which is now a bright red corvette, instead of the white mercedes it had been when they left. ]

...I may close the shop for a few days while you're here, as well.
I am certain Dante won't have an issue with that?

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