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GENESSIA COMMONSPACE
[ The groggy haze hasn't yet exactly worn off this demon hunter here and Nero finds himself crashed on the bed he has in this (temporary) room of his. Arm draped across his eyes, he's about five seconds away from conking out where he hopes when he wakes this will all be a bad dream, when the sound of WHATEVER THAT IS keeps him from doing so. With a scowl, he throws himself off the bed, yanks open the door (and nearly off its hinges oops) and- ]

Hey! You wanna keep it down?!

[ He'll just yell that down the hall to whoever or whatever that is. ]

GENESSIA CITY
[ Moving down the streets with a scowl on his face (not like he ever wears another expression) is a white-haired, sword strapped to his back with a glowing blue arm guy. He's heard the spiel about this place, is annoyed with this whole kidnapped by spirits shtick going on here, and can't remember the last time he actually ate something so that's where he's headed. Or hopes he is.

The first food place he finds, he drops some of those red bills down and asks what he can get with some of this and, as he waits for his food to be brought to him, if you're staring, he's gonna feel that... even address you without looking over. ]

Take a picture, it'll last longer.

[ That, or, he's going to be sitting there at whatever table is available, head in his hands and clearly just DONE with this place already. ]

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[Bulla is staring, but not at Nero's arm, or even the sword strapped to his back. Instead, it's his hair and facial features.]

Sorry. You just look kind of like someone I've met here, only younger.

[If he looks over, he'll notice a blue haired girl with an absurd amount of food at her table, and no one else there eating it with her even though it looks like enough to feed five people.]

[ At least he doesn't have egg on his face or something? Still, that sort of catches Nero off guard and he actually comes to look to her a little curiously. Could it be possible? No, because he looks nothing like that old man, thanks.

But then... the food. There's just... so much of it?? ]

You sure you got enough there?

Enough to tide me over until dinner, anyway.

[Her family spends about as much on food as they do on rent every month, and that's without her dad being here.]

Are you new here? I don't think I've seen you around before.

[Just someone who looks a bit like him and now that he's looking right in her direction, it's definitely a noticeable resemblance. If he's not at least distantly related to Dante, she'll honestly be surprised.]

[ He just may very well be closely related to Dante. Blood and all... ]

Unfortunately.

[ To being new, he means. ]

Don't remember signing up for a vacation here.

[ Not that he would pick this place to begin with but, well, here he is. ]

You gonna tell me it's pointless to try and figure out a way outta here?

I don't know of any way to get out, and some people have been here for years. I wouldn't necessarily say it's pointless, but realistically, it's not something that's going to happen in the near future.

[She's not going to give anyone false hope about the situation. However, she can still try to be kind about it.]

The good news is that it's easy to get a job, and there are plenty of people going through the exact same thing from many different worlds. It means people are generally pretty tolerant and willing to help others. So, it's not a great situation, but it's peaceful and livable until you can find a way home.

[ Years? That doesn't really sit well with Nero and he stares to the blue-haired girl with what could be considered disbelief. Who has time for this? ]

Great.

[ And that's said with a sigh, dropping his face into his hand for a moment as fingers rake themselves down it. ]

Thanks for the tip, I guess.

[She takes a bite of her food, chewing in silence until she's finished before she speaks again.]

So, out of curiousity, do you know a guy named Dante Sparda?

[It could just be a coincidence, and he could be from a completely different world entirely. Could, but she suspects otherwise.]

[ Alright, now there is a name you don't hear everyday from people in another world? Nero looks over to the blue-haired girl with a rather curious and perhaps even suspicious expression on his face. ]

Depends. But I guess I should be asking you how you know that name...

[So they are from the same world, then. Given that reaction, she sticks with the basics. After all, she doesn't know what kind of terms they're on. For all she knows, maybe this is a much younger version of his brother. People can come from different points in time, after all.]

He's the current Guardian of Attleton. He's also on the network semi-frequently. You should be able to find him in the directory if you want to talk to him.

[She pulls out her network device.]

Did you get one of these when you arrived?

[ He's a Guardian of what now??

When she shows her network device, Nero reaches around inside his jacket and pulls out his own in his glowing blue hand, showing it off as fingers curl around it some. ]

You mean he actually communicates on this thing?

[ Isn't he too old and out of touch for something like that? ]

Yeah. He's used it for making announcements, mostly. Like when someone was stealing people's air conditioning units during a bad heatwave, he personally added to the bounty to get the thief caught faster.

[She demonstrates where to find the directory and scrolls until Dante's name appears.]

There he is.

[ Ok, so... Nero can't help but both stare and laugh a little to himself at the thought of Dante putting out a bounty for someone stealing air conditioners of all things. Talk about a downgrade from demon hunting.

However, when she pulls up his name, Nero takes a glance at her device and, sure enough, there he is. ]

So he is, huh.

[ Guess that means there's one familiar face within this world. ]

Is that how you know him? From his little... updates?

I've talked to him on the network a few times. I also took the air conditioner bounty along with my brother and my brother's best friend.

[It all went to groceries. Every last bit of it.]

So, do you hunt demons like he does?

[ A bounty on an air conditioner thief... he'll never forget this. How lazy or bored is Dante here? ]

Yeah, you could say that. Sort of more freelancing at the moment rather than running with a crowd.

[ The fall of the Order hasn't made him want to join up with another organization, not that he wanted to in the first place but, that's all in the past anyway. ]

Any ideas on what sort of work you'd like to do here until you can find a way to go home?

[Because while she gets that it's a lot to take in, it's probably good to at least get newcomers thinking about getting a job before they're broke and homeless.]

If you're a demon hunter, you're probably pretty strong. I think the casino was looking for security guards...

[ Yeah those red bills aren't gonna last forever, are they? ]

Security guard, huh?

[ Bodyguard, security guard, bouncer... honestly, he could probably do any of those with relative ease given his strength and not putting up with shit attitude. But the question is... does he want to? ]

Yeah, guess that can branch off from demon hunting.

[ A beat. ]

What do you do?

I'm working as an esthetician right now. I've always been into fashion and beauty, so it fit.

[She grins a bit, fondly remembering the other world she was in for two years.]

I even started a Fashion Club at the military school I went to. Our motto was "Looking good while kicking butt".

There's a military school here?

[ And while he's not really one to openly judge a person based on their appearance (can he really with that arm?), he does give a raised brow, as if silently wondering what might have prompted her to join that. ]

Oh, no. It was in another world that I was stuck in for a couple of years. The military school was taking in all the new arrivals, especially since a bunch of them had powers not found on that world.

[She has a bite of some of her food, chews, swallows, and then continues.]

As it turns out, there's more than one place like this...a multiversal nexus point.

[ Alright, well, that explains that? Sort of... seems like you can be taken from your world, end up in another world, then end up here. Talk about a headache. ]

Great. Just when a person thinks they've got the world figured out, there's more.

This place can also take people from the same world but different points in time...which sounds nuts, but it's not really any crazier than winding up here.

[Bizarre headache situations are starting to become her norm.]

Most of the people here from my world are from points in time before I was even born...and for the two who remember me being born, I'm still a baby in their timeline. Fortunately, I look enough like my mother that everyone believed me.

[She shrugs. She's trying to strike the balance between not wanting to overload him with information about how weird this place can be, and wanting to make sure he's adequately prepared for some of the more common difficulties people encounter here.]

The best advice I can give for adapting to this place is to expect weird and don't be afraid to ask for information on the network.

[ Oh great, time shenanigans as well. What else does he have to look forward to? Dare he even ask? Although, he has to give a bit of a chuckle or some sort of sound of amusement at the expect weird part. ]

Yeah, don't think that's gonna be much of a problem for me.

[ Especially where he comes from. ]

Thanks... for that.

[ Letting him know, he means. Words are hard. ]

[Bulla laughs at that.]

Maybe I should have said expect weirder than what you're used to. There are people from many different worlds here. The good news is that things are mostly peaceful.

[Sometimes people stir things up, sometimes there's misunderstandings or people with bad tempers...but really, it's surprisingly peaceful considering everything.]

Like there's still crime and all, but situations where some evil and super powerful being is trying to destroy the world aren't really an issue.

Well that's good, kinda had my fill of that for the year.

[ Or maybe his lifetime but hey, since when do bad guys ever truly disappear? But, that brings up another question for him. ]

You know anything about these spirits that have kidnapped us here?

Not really, no. I know that if someone dies, the spirits will revive them in exchange for a memory. Oh...and that price does not apply if you fight in Attleton's collosseum. So I guess they like fights enough to forego their usual price?

[She shrugs. She's really got no idea why the spirits do what they do.]

I've been here for less than two months and haven't gone looking for them.

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