That's fine. We can make it as close as we can to your office if you want it that way. Gotta focus on comfort first! This is your own space now after all.

[She crosses her legs as she takes another bite out of snack #1 out of [unknown number]. Her eyes do move around the room as the ideas on room decor pop into her head.]

As much as I would love planning that with you, I guess we got other stuff to talk about too, huh?

[Where to even start... Well, she can let Dante decide that.]

[Is there ever anything simple or ordinary about the Sinners? Her gaze moves downwards as she figures out what to say...]

Things been rougher than usual, but I'll manage. Trying to pick pieces up and make plans with my friends so we don't stick in the dumps for too
long.

[The world doesn't slow down for mourners after all. Then again, maybe it's because she actually has time to process death here unlike the City that things sting harder than normal. She's still trying to keep most (if not all) of the baggage in and let it rot away until it disappears.]

Everyone got hit hard from the last mission. Still feeling exhausted from it, lost good folks back there... Some folks got hit the hardest.

[like Ishmael.]

Mhm. We were great buds. Everyone liked him to a degree. He kinda has his own walls, but he still supported people in his own way.

[Kinda like her... But she won't say that out loud.]

Of course, some guys tend to butt heads with him and he would snark back. [Like Yuwon...] But overall, he really was like a pillar to everyone.

[Oh they already talked to Ishmael. On one hand, it's good because she needed someone like Dante. On another, Rodya wonders if Ishmael even brought anything about herself to them.

The wrapper of the snack crinkles as she slowly curls her hand into a fist, holding it as she thinks until a minute passes and it slowly uncurls.]

I don't know... I'm not the one with the dead boyfriend here, Dante.

Even so, it's not going to bring him or the others back.

[Or her neighbors. The cold air is the same, but maybe there is a different feel to it. It's hard to tell if there is any change to it for her, but she's talking out... Or trying to, at least. Something instead of nothing, even if discomfort and anxiety are showing it's signs.

A thought does click in her head, letting out a heavy sigh.]

Sorry. Hard enough to talk out and harder to get the right words out. [She would add an "I'm trying." to her sentence, but she didn't. Time to dig for another snack, shoving her trash into the back of the bag.] Of course his death stings me like it does on everyone else. And we got extra time to let it sink in instead of getting tossed to our next job and we had to worry about what's in front of us now. Even when us from the City are so used to death...

[A pause as she lets the cold sink into her some more.]

Am I ever going to be all right, Dante? Maybe one day... It's hard to say how I feel right now when it's a whole mix of things.

[Even with a positive reaction from Dante, the emotions continue to turn in her stomach. It was simple at first. Play things like normal, show your good sides and hide your ugly emotions back. She had moments near the start of her journey here where she panicked if she accidentally opened up too much or someone catches wind on her weakness. And yet, some people were gentle and offered their hand or ear with no catches. Wriothesley was one of them, giving her support and not trying to take advantage of her at all. The good ones never really last long, do they?]

Mm. Thanks.

[She means it even if it doesn't look like it.]

There were some times where I opened up a little and people reacted badly so... It makes me want to step back even if I want to go forward.

As Vergil told me, it would be bad if I got left behind... I ain't gonna go into detail on the things we talked about, but getting out of the City both did us some good I think~

[She doesn't turn back towards Dante, her gaze locked in on the things in front of her as her hands sort through each snack. A small smile grows on her lips as she is trying to navigate back towards a warmer side. A light snow fall can continue, but she would like the sun to shine out of the clouds a little bit. She doesn't want to stick into doom and gloom for too long for both her sake and everyone else's sake.]

I actually have control over my cash and I can go out and do whatever I like as long as I don't break LILITH's rules too much. Go eat something new, gamble, shopping, or check out a corner of this city that I haven't seen yet. I made some new friends and... [She lets out a laugh.] Maybe something else too.

[pfft.]

Look at you figuring some things out! Proud of you~

[Even if she couldn't help but to tease Dante a little bit, that reaction was a little cute. How could she not?]

You'll meet Yuwon eventually. He's on the same team as you are... He has his quirks and can be frustrating at times, but he ain't a bad guy.

A good point. Best to get know the common faces around here.

[With both Vergilius and Ishmael in Brimstone and herself in Redemption, there is a bit of concern over Dante if Revelation is separated from them, but it's just the usual Sinner sense. She opens up a bag of chips and pops one of them in her mouth.]

If you wanna meet some of my friends, I can introduce you.

Hm? Not really. I mean, at least nothing too detailed. Yuwon knows you by name from stuff I had to tell him.

[A pause.]

Okay, don't get mad over this, but I had to tell Yuwon about corrosions and distortions because Ishy and I had to use our E.G.O. several times during some fights plus with last mission and Wriothesley... We don't know if that can happen here yet, but the risk was there and tons of us were worried over Ishmael.

Listen, I swear I ain't blabbering the details about it to everyone and Yuwon isn't the type to spill secrets openly either... It's a safety thing, okay? Don't want to accidentally kill anyone in case we corrode.

[Which she has certainly did corrode in the past and given Dante's next question.... Her eyes avert away as she scratches her cheek.]

A good amount, but it's fine! We've been totally careful on not going overboard~ [says the one who was in red shoes mode in the last mission.]

Huh? No. At least, not to me. I've been careful on using them, Dante. Seriously.

[Being on seperate things does help keep things away from Vergilius's radar, but she doesn't intently get on his bad side outside of her usual teasing and jabs.]

I'm still alive, aren't I? Didn't kill off anyone by accident so it's fine.

[She's not going to mention on how she was mostly alone fighting the vampires in the last mission. She knew the risks yet she still put on those red shoes. Maybe her actions made a difference. Maybe it didn't.]

Oh? Really? Nice, that's gonna be super helpful!

[Dante is changing as well, huh... Also it's a nice break that the conversation seemed to shifted to less focus on herself.]

Wonder what other kind of powers you are gonna get down the road... Anyways when did ya learn that power? Last thing I remembered was heading towards the WARP train ride...

[She is not going to mention about the Timekilling Time case and hopefully Dante won't either!!!]