[closed-ish] if the clouds don't clear

[darkinferno]

WHO: Dante + MANY PEOPLE
WHERE: All over the city + dreamscapes
WHEN: Between 10/3 and 10/13
WHAT: Nightmares and fog encounters!
WARNINGS: Mentions of character death, an NPC on a noose, murder. LOOK FAMILY FEUD WAS A THING, OKAY.

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[missingache]

[There's something to be said about moving about in a fog when all you can rely on is your eyes and ears. It was disconcerting. Like Shiori should be ready to respond to the fight or flight instinct at any second. This is tested when he's addressed, wheeling to see who it was. Instantly it feels as if his hackles should be raised, though confusion stops most of this.]

.......

[There's something about this that is making his mind scream that it was time to fight. He takes a deep breath and tries to swallow this down for the moment.]

If that's your Halloween costume, then you're way off the scary mark.

[darkinferno]

[Dante's frowning, but there's no need to go on the offensive quite yet. Just some punk kid, not one of those things that's been coming out of the fog.]

This is no costume. I've seen a lot worse than this if I was really going for scary.

[missingache]

[Shiori can't help the anger that slowly keeps gnawing at him. He balls his fists, looking away from Dante with a huff.]

Whatever. It's close to Halloween, so why lie about it not being a costume? Or do you like dressing as a wannabe goth!

[darkinferno]

[Wow???? Wow. Someone needs an attitude adjustment; do you really make friends like that?]

If you're trying to piss me off, you're gonna have to try harder than that. The coat was given to me. It'd be a shame not to use it, right?

[Stretching the truth a little bit isn't going to hurt anything...]

Why do you care, anyways?

[missingache]

[He doesn't make friends, they just literally happen somehow.

Hmm... how to explain it...]

..... Seeing you wearing it is pissing me off!

[But why...?]

[darkinferno]

Is that so? [Dante stretches out his arms to either side, making a show of looking at himself wearing it.]

Maybe I'll just have to wear it more often then.

[missingache]

[Gritting his teeth, Shiori glares at Dante.]

Just take it off! [It doesn't suit you! It doesn't look right! These thoughts are a little overwhelming... He starts glancing around, the urge to fight just getting worse and worse.] I'll make you take it off if you don't!

[darkinferno]

[Unfortunately for Shiori, Dante's not going to be doing anything to help with that urge... in fact, there's a smirk that's come to his face, summoning Keyblade to hand.]

Is that so? I'd like to see you try!

[missingache]

[What the heck is that thing that just showed up out of nowhere???

AND WHERE DOES HE GET ONE] So that's how you fight? Taking on someone unarmed? Seems a little like cheating...

[darkinferno]

Get a weapon of your own if you're that worried about it. Or--

[He lets the Keyblade disappear in a flash of light.]

--I'm willing to bet I can take you on without it.

[missingache]

[Shiori opens his mouth to reply and stops.

A man with braided hair and a long black coat stands in The Grey Area. That's where they went for missions (who is they?), and Shiori overhears him speak. "It seems an Organization imposter has surfaced--one who wears our coat." Their coat. The one they are all wearing. This was bad news, right?
Imposters are a bad thing. He needs to speak to-.... to who?

He stops and shakes his head. Coat? Like the coat this guy was wearing? That's the same one Shiori had been dressed in. The one those others, the ones he can't remember the faces of, were wearing. But the one in front of him wasn't a part of them. Wasn't Organization.]

..... I found you... [He mutters under his breath, taking a defensive stance. Imposters need to be taken down. Need to be reported... but why? This was all really confusing...]

[darkinferno]

[Now it's Dante's time to stop, blinking behind his blindfold.]

What?

["I found you?" Did he hear that right?]

You don't know what you're talking about. A minute ago you didn't even know who I was.

[missingache]

You're the impostor! The one posing like us! [Shiori winces slightly, putting a hand on his head.]

I'm supposed to deal with you... To stop you! [But how? How would he take this guy down? He needs a weapon.]

[darkinferno]

I'm not posing like anything.

[Unless... Dante frowns to himself.]

What's the word "Keyblade" mean to you?

[missingache]

Yes you are! You're not part of the Organization! [What Organization? The one Shiori was.... a part of????

He huffs and shakes his head.]

Like something out of a video game. What does that have to do with anything?

[darkinferno]

What Organization?

[Fish fish fish...]

If you think I'm the person you were looking for, that would mean you and I share the same set of memories.

And if that's true, you should know what a Keyblade is.

If you don't, then you're grasping at straws and I'm not whoever it is you think I am.

[missingache]

Organization-.... [What was its name? Shiori should know this! He was a part of it!

He grumbles softly, shutting his eyes tightly as he shakes his head.]

I-I don't remember! But they all had coats like that, and I had one too... and you weren't there! I don't care what a Keyblade is. I just care that you're wearing that coat! It's not yours!