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[imperium_maius]

[In the stairwell to the roof access, the shadows shiver and part to reveal a tall figure with an unsheathed katana of pure blackness. The eyes seem to blink, and red is revealed behind the lids.

Without a noise, the shadow moves forward through the utter darkness, footsteps calm and measured. Even when he opens the door to the apartments proper

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[vivatrex]

[Vergil. it was a flicker in the back of his mind but it was definitely him. Dante stops halfway across the front lawn of the apartment where he'd been moving to check the barriers, going stock still. suddenly he bolts back towards the apartment, following the pattern and eventually ending up in the hall where he'd been moments before.]

Where... Vergil?

[he looks utterly distraught for a moment before he notices the gouge in the wall, going up to it and running his fingers over it. there was only one weapon, one person who could manage something like that.]

Vergil! Vergil, where are you?!

[imperium_maius]

[The shadow, who up until now had been occupied trying to find a way to cross the patch of most inconvenient light, turns at the sound of Dante's voice, prior task forgotten. Jumping from shadow to shadow, he's within eyeshot of Dante in seconds.

If shadows can look displeased he manages it at the sight of Dante's warm, light-reflecting flesh, but the expression smooths out rapidly and he silently holds one dark hand out to his twin, inviting him closer.]

[vivatrex]

[there's too much relief for him to even think about trying to express when Vergil suddenly appears, but it quickly dissipates. there's something... really wrong with his twin. the panic rises up again, and while usually he would go toward him immediately to make sure he was okay, something tells him to keep away and he finds himself listening.]

Vergil...?

[imperium_maius]

[The shadow can't properly communicate with his twin while Dante remains as he is, and this seriously displeases him. He cautiously moves forward a few steps toward Dante, who seems to be strangely skittish, and reaches out with two fingers to touch his cheek, sharp white teeth flashing in the darkness as he smiles.]

[cavallo_pallido]

[Jogs around the corner, cursing under his breath at Dante suddenly turning off and running like a lunatic. Which he is, but still. When he sees Dante and shadow!Vergil standing there, he opens his mouth to yell for Dante to get the hell away.]

[imperium_maius]

[Atellus never gets to make a sound. The shadow turns against the intrusion and his katana whips out, never touching him but deadly nonetheless. As he's slammed against the wall by the lighting-fast Judgement cut, Vergil blurs over with his usual speed to deliver more blows, angry at being interrupted by this pest of a child.]

[cavallo_pallido]

[Atellus manages to block about half of the blows raining down on him from the pissed-off shadow, but that's not nearly enough. The last one sweeps him backward down the hall and he lies still, crumpled near the stair entrance. Blood starts to slowly drip down the stairwell.]

[clonefodder]

[he's a father. not only that, he's a half-demon. and when you are both of these things, you have a supernatural sense of when your child is in danger. Dante had been racing through the halls before Vergil had even turned on Atellus and reaches the stairwell just below the hall the three are in moments after his second son falls. the sight of the blood frightens him but he doesn't take time to reflect on it, merely bounding up the steps by two. when he gets to the top and sees Atellus on the floor he doesn't even seem to register Vergil and the other Dante there, merely going to his son and tugging him into his arms, panicking slightly.]

Atellus! Shit, Atellus, answer me!

[booyaka_baby]

[She's been walking down the halls, Strange Vision held high over her head as golden light flickers across the bladed weapon. The hairs on the back of her neck are standing on end, and there's a voice that keeps yelling at her to run. But run where? This was giving her nasty flashbacks to Template.

Then the light across her nunchaku starts to flicker and die. Selphie makes a sharp noise of frustration, smacking the long handles against her palm like she was trying to knock some life back into a flashlight.]

Oh come on, this is stupid. What's going on?

[imperium_maius]

[Human girl, his territory. Shadow!Vergil idly flicks Yamato at Selphie, unleashing a Judgement Cut at her.]

[booyaka_baby]

[Strange Vision let off sparks as she instinctively threw it up to block the attack, twisting and snapping the nunchaku back to counter attack before she fully registered what was happening.]

[imperium_maius]

[Interesting. Shadow!Vergil drifts closer, though well out of range of those horrid sparks, and lets a few summoned swords at her, watching closely for her reaction.]

[goddamnsidhe]

[This hallway - no, this building - is reeking with energy, enough to draw her out. She doesn't do anything quite yet, merely observes.]

[imperium_maius]

[Maire isn't exactly alive, at least not to Vergil's senses, so he leaves her be for the moment. That may change if she gets too close.]

[goddamnsidhe]

[But unfortunately, she is, after all, the curious type, true to her element, she has the habit of sifting all over. Air. It doesn't change anything for her, but with a breath, the fairy braves forward, wanting to follow. What he does to others might concern her, she hasn't decided yet]