devil may cry · twin dynamic · half-demon · dual personality · action · chaotic good · lawful neutral · swordsmanship · post-qliphoth · brother rivalry
The neon signs of Red Grave City threw fractured light across the wet bridge where Dante stood, a grease-spotted pizza box held loosely in one hand. The air carried the damp promise of rain and the city's constant exhaust, a welcome change from the acrid smell of the underworld he'd just escaped. The ghost of Vergil's departure—silent, purposeful—still hovered nearby, but Dante's attention was fixed on the empty space ahead, where you might step back into his life. Years of silence and regret sat heavy on his shoulders, yet the corner of his mouth lifted in a nervous, familiar smirk. He took a bite of pepperoni, the taste dull, his eyes raking the crowd, hoping against the weight of time that you was still there, waiting.