[mostly closed] all the right friends in all the right places

[darkinferno]

WHO: Dante + lots of people!
WHERE: All over the city
WHEN: Throughout July
WHAT: Bingo catch-all finally ahahaha
WARNINGS: N... one I don't think; will edit if necessary!



[ dante's bingo card ]

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grell ⮚ spend the day with a friend of a friend, share a difficult retrospec memory

[darkinferno]

[It's a good loophole that Dante hadn't thought about at first glance--there's nothing on Retrospec's bingo cards that say the "friend of a friend" can't be somebody he knows already! And truth be told, with everything that's been said and done recently he does want to get to know Grell better, as more than just "the prof's girlfriend" (even if that's a gross understatement of the facts). So on this fine day, the two of them are out and about the city, taking in the sunshine while Dante's telling her about the prank he and Yu played on Ardyn earlier that month, stealing all the professor's scarves while he and Prompto went to the petting zoo.]

--you should ask him to show you the ransom note Yu made. He really went the full mile on it, cut-out letters from magazines and everything.

[erythristic]

[spending time with Dante is a pleasant diversion, and a clever one. the card hadn't specified a stranger, so it's an easy thing to agree to, especially when she had no plans. the sun's bright, but she's not shrinking from the light, and Grell's been finding herself laughing more often than not during this story.]

Oh, I definitely want to see it - that's classic. I hope it was as ominous and threatening as could be imagined. Where'd you even hide all of them in the meantime?

[darkinferno]

Mooooostly. There might've been a line in there about checking out the Recollé Founders' new fall looks.

[The two of them had bedecked each of the founders' statues with an appropriate scarf, flapping in the day's breeze. It had been postcard-perfect, honestly, if not for the lack of blues and greens.]

[erythristic]

Please tell me you got pictures.

[the very thought has her laughing. he deserved it, all of it. especially because he probably would end up playing along with all of it. the twins weren't especially dastardly at keeping secrets from what she's seen of them.]

Or at least celebrated a successful heist.

[darkinferno]

Obviously. Prompto would've killed me if I hadn't.

[After all, taking pictures to send him via text had been his solemn vow when they'd become brothers...! Dante tugs out his phone so he can navigate to the right album, holding it out for Grell to take if she'd like. There are a handful of pictures in the album: a few of the whole setup, a couple "artfully framed" photos of a statue from below with only the sky behind it, and near the end of the album, a few with Yu or Ardyn in them as the professor discovered the scene.]

Yu was pretty set on making sure we didn't actually damage them, so the rest of the scarves were in the trunk of my car during all this.

freya ⮚ use your powers around someone new, jump over an object that comes up to your waist

[darkinferno]

[That center square on his card was put there to mock him, Dante's sure. Especially after last month, when he'd almost managed to kill himself by accidentally pitching himself from the side of a skyscraper... Dante doesn't know whether he wants to be grumpy about it or not, all things considered: on the one hand, it'll require some Work to come up with something that he finds acceptable, but on the other hand it isn't like he wasn't going to continue practicing his flowmotion anyways, so it's not really that big a deal, either.

It's one of those lazy summer days where nobody's really around, where time seems like it's standing still even as the breeze blows and wind chimes tinkle off in the distance. Lazy, except for Dante, who is currently practicing his flowmotioning skills near the edge of the Recollé woods, where the university campus Comes up nearby. His wooden sword lies on the ground nearby with his phone, wallet, and keys (just in case he bites it!), ready for when he decides to start practicing wielding his sword midair. He's just finished a run when...]

Oh, hey, Freya. What's going on?

[belligerentwarrior]

[Well, Freya'd just been out for a literal run. She'd stopped, catching the end of Dante's... whatever he was doing. It was fanciful enough, at least, and entertaining to watch. So, hands on her hips and voiced filled with amusement, she adds,]

Just enjoyin' the show. Didn't know you could do anything like that.

[darkinferno]

[Dante runs a hand through his hair, offering a quick shrug. It's not exactly something he's been advertising.]

Remembered how a few months ago. It's not like fighting, though; I've had to work a lot harder to figure this one out. So I've been practicing since then.

[belligerentwarrior]

That so? [She smiles, shifting her weight to one leg, and her voice picks up an expectant note.] Well then, let's see it. I only caught that last bit.

ari ⮚ steal someone's retrospec item

[darkinferno]

["Steal someone's Retrospec item" is a no-brainer, and it's not hard to find an opportunity, either, with how often the two of them try to see each other. Dante waits until one evening when they're at Ari's apartment, claiming he'll be right back, and sneaks into her bedroom to find the headpiece that had come with the dress Retrospec had sent her. Tooled silver and delicate chains, it looks absolutely ridiculous sitting on his own silver hair, chains dangling against the back of his clothes, but Dante's committed to this act of silliness. He comes back out to the living room and drops back onto the couch, wondering how long it'll take for her to realize what he's wearing.]

[uncagedbird]

[While Dante goes to do... something, she's busy making some green tea in the kitchen. She comes back over and sits down next to him, gently setting the mug on the coffee table--

-- but then the headpiece catches a bit of light, and she just stares.]

What... oh my gosh, Dante! [She bursts into a fit of giggles and shoves lightly at his arm.] Are you going to wear the dress, too?

[darkinferno]

[HE HAS THE STRAIGHTEST FACE ON, even as he's sitting up perfectly straight and prim. Hang on a moment, he's just going to steal that mug of tea, Ari--]

I have no idea what you're talking about.

[PINKY OUT.

(He's not actually drinking the tea, though, it's probably still too hot and it's Ari's besides!)]

[uncagedbird]

[She stares in disbelief as he not only takes her tea, but sticks his pinky out.

And then she bursts into gigglefits. It's a good thing that he has her tea because otherwise it'd be all over the coffee table.]

Princess Dante, I must inform Your Highness that you are absolutely ridiculous.

noah ⮚ have a chocobo race

[darkinferno]

[How is it that he's wound up hanging out with Noah so often this month? If not for the fact that he hasn't been completely insufferable whiny child the whole time, Dante would be a lot more frustrated by it than he actually is.

And so he's found himself at the chocobo stables, siting atop one of the birds and feeling more than a little bit unstable--sure, he's ridden horses a couple of times, but he hadn't enjoyed that very much, either, and it's been years since the last time, at some rich socialites' party where the host's daughter had invited all of the kids to go on a trail ride. There's a sizable difference between that and racing a giant overfluffed bird with reins.

Still, Dante's never been one to back down. He glances over at Noah, arching an eyebrow in challenge.]

You ready for this?

[redarm]

[It's true that Noah hasn't been very whiny today. In fact, today he's been unusually quiet and withdrawn - his mind preoccupied with something else. He had almost turned down the offer to race but...

Well, even when he was down and worried about stuff, he couldn't turn down the chance to compete against Dante. It doesn't even matter that he has very little experience with a chocobo. He arrived early to get some basic lessons, and now he's pulling himself atop the bird, ready to ride]

Yep.

[darkinferno]

[If Dante hasn't noticed yet, it's only because he's busy with his chocobo. The bird is giving little flaps of its wings, not wanting to stand still. But even that short of a response will get a glance Noah's way, a raised eyebrow.]

What, no posturing today? Nothing about how I'm going down?

Fine by me. We'll go on the count of three. First one to make it through the trail course wins.

[redarm]

Nah.

[Sure, maybe he should say something like that-- but he wasn't in the mood. It didn't help that he wasn't entirely confident on the chocobo.

But he couldn't let that on. He reaches over and pets the Chocobo's neck feathers. It reminds him in Timcanpy, in a strange way. That thought alone made him feel a bit at ease, and the chocobo gives a pleased "kweh" in response.

That done, he'll get his hands on the reign]

Got it, count down when you're ready.

prompto ⮚ attempt to juggle watermelons

[darkinferno]

[Juggling watermelons. This has to be the dumbest thing on his bingo card, and yet here he is at Freshens, checking out all of the watermelons they have for sale. Sure, he's been using plenty of loopholes to fill out his card where he can, but they have little watermelons, right? That's why he's dragged Prompto into this venture with him while the two of them are hanging out...

Speaking of Prompto...]

Dude, why are you looking at the full-sized ones? There's no way anybody could juggle those!

[mercurio]

[prompto just keeps a blase face on as he picks up two large watermelons and props them over his chest, turning around to look at dante.]

No one's juggling them, but take a picture, quick!

[darkinferno]

[Hand? Meet face. Become best friends. Oh my god, Prompto.]

What are you, thirteen?

[AND YET HE'LL DO IT???? Shaking his head the whole time, but. He'll do it and send them to Prompto later.]

[mercurio]

[he stands there, waiting for the telling click of the phone's camera snapshot]

These are real heavy. Let's not juggle them!

[once that's taken care of, he tries to roll them back onto the basket where he found them on]

[except one falls off and breaks--not in an explosion, but it definitely cracks]

...oops.

zoro ⮚ develop and perform a flawless parkour routine with at least one other person

[darkinferno]

[All right. Today's the day. He's going to get this damned parkour routine bingo square taken care of, and move on once and for all. Dante's Determined!

But he needs to have a second person in on it, and all of the usual suspects are either unavailable for one reason or another, so he's going to have to pull some random passerby into it... except wait.

There's a guy that he recognizes from some of the parkour videos he's looked at since he first figured out he could use these flowmotion powers. The name's something like... Zolo, Zoro? He's on the network, too, which makes it even easier...]

Hey. You got a few? I could use some help here.

[stopbleeding]

[He's only really stopping because he figures it's for bingo. This whole month he's only been stopped by beggars or bingo beggars. Zoro's at the point where he's not sure which is worse.]

If this involves singing I don't want it.

[He stands there with his finger out for a few minutes, waiting for a song to erupt. When none come (hopefully??) he relaxes, shoving his hands into his pockets.]

What do you want?

[darkinferno]

It doesn't involve singing. [He's gotten those two out of the way, thankfully, and Dante's expression might clue him in to the fact that he didn't enjoy either instance of it.]

You used to do stunts, right? I recognize you from some of your vids.

[Dante pulls up his bingo card on his phone, enlarging it so that the middle square is easily readable: perform a flawless parkour routine involving at least one other person.]

Think you can help me out?

[stopbleeding]

[Zoro doesn't mention that he still does. The prospect of an actually entertaining bingo square is more fun.]

Yeah, sure. I've got some time. You ever done it before?

[Please say yes. He's already gotta play mentor to one kid.]