Mission 1

[strawberryredgrave]

Sender: Dante Sparda
To: Everyone
Subject: Introductions

Can't say I mind this new locale very much. Would mind it a lot less if I didn't get separated from my brother, but if this place really is some extra elaborate dream thing, then he'll be fine.

So while I wonder if my nephew smacked me hard enough to send me here, I should make myself known. The name's Dante, the founder of Devil May Cry. We're guns (and swords) for hire who specialize in the supernatural and lemme tell you, we've seen a lot of weird stuff. Ancient portals to Hell reopening, cults using demonic power to pose as gods, blood sucking demon trees, we've handled them all. I ain't suggesting this is all demonic powers at play here, but it wouldn't surprise me.

"But Dante, you handsome devil" you're probably saying, "there's probably a few demons here already that are pretty cool. You're gonna offend them with this." And maybe I would, if I left it there. I've taken enough cases to know that not only are there good demons just getting by, but also bad people - human, demon or otherwise - manipulating who and whatever they can to get their way. Those are the people we kill. Like a Lady friend of mine once said: even a devil may cry when they lose a loved one.

I was just about ready to go into sort of retirement, but given the circumstances, I got at least one more job to do. Wanna collaborate? Chances are it won't be my weirdest.

Comments

[strawberryredgrave]

Sounds good. Doesn't seem like it'll come up as much around here, but that's fine with me. Let's me work on other things I'm good at. Or find something else to be good at.

Or something I suck at. It happens.

[disdelusioned]

It's hard to predict the direction that dream shifts will go. What might seem like useless knowledge can suddenly become very relevant.

[Last time it was some kind of weird witch thing? He was made of tin. It was weird.]

I'd recommend taking the time to master the use of dreamotion energy, if you're looking for ways to pass the time. It doesn't come easily to everyone.

[strawberryredgrave]

Not a bad idea. Something tells me Dreamotion's gonna be a lot more effective in dealing with those threats than what I can already do. Lucky for me, I like picking up new tricks.

Seems like the kinda thing that's personal to everybody. Mastering it's probably gonna be just as personal.

[disdelusioned]

You're correct. How it tends to manifest seems to be very individualized as well. I tend to manifest flames, but there are others who manifest flowers, or ice, or other sorts of energy.

[strawberryredgrave]

Would love to be able to manifest some pizza. The money I'd save on delivery would help out a ton.

Chances are, it'd be something useful that'd inconvenience me somehow. You can only make your own luck so often before karma collects what it's owed.