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Fōa looked up at Dante. "Everyones fine. Just some family business." He says smiling slightly. He really was confused, he had no idea where he was. Or what was going on. Just simply sitting there waiting to know what he needed to do. "Need me to do anything?"

Fōa lit a cigarette, puffing on it. It gave him a refreshed feeling. With all the stress building up in the cavern he needed it. He sat there rocking back and forth on his haunches as he watched the exchanges between the bounts. He knew he wasn't much help compared to them, but hopefully he'd get stronger. No, he knew he'd get stronger. He didn't know why. He just felt that he would.

Effloresca slowly stood, wiping the tears from her face. Turning to face Dante, she had her old expression up. Like a shield. "We're fine." She said as she looked at him more closely now. A slight quirk of a smile escaped on the tip of her lips. Combined with her fiery eyes, she would most definitely look intimidating. Any evidence of her crying was gone. She hid how upset she had just been. Now was not the time to mourn. She would have to do so later. "Dante right?" She asked pointing at him from her hip.

Ifrit stood to his full height. Turning to Dante. If he appeared intimidating he didn't intend to. "Hello." He growled out friendly enough. His dark coal-like eyes focusing on the man. As big and mean as he looked Ifrit was certainly the nicer of the two. Or friendlier at least.

Dante grinned at seeing that everyone was fine after what had happened earlier. He nodded at the twins as they introduced their sister who had been wiping her face at the moment. Was she crying? Maybe. Though if she was, she was quick to hide it with a peculiar sort of smile.

He raised an eyebrow as she questioned his identity. The twin must have told her about him of course. He nodded at her. "Yea. I'm Dante. Nice meetin' you." He then turned at the enlarged forms of the twins dolls and grinned wider. They were certainly intimidating at the very least in their appearance. However, they would need to work on their actual power if they were to truly defend the boys at all.

He then turned to face the great red bodied beast that had spoken to him standing next to Effloresca. It must be her doll of course. Dante thought then to show her his own doll, Bahamut. He reached his hand into the top of his red overcoat and pulled out the dragon pendant chain necklace from around his neck. He held it out as it began to glow a bright red color matching his overcoat.

After tossing the glowing pendant into the air, it burst in a flash of crimson light and expanded almost instantly into the full size of the great armored dragon, curled up in midair. The beast opened it's eyes and realized that he was free once again. Somersaulting in midair, it then stretched out it's body fully inside the open cavern. It's wings began flapping and kept him in the air as he looked over the group and the two new members to the group.

He slowly floated down to the ground and assumed his preferred position of standing upright with his arms crossed. Dante pointed to Bahamut. "It's good to meet you too. You must be her doll. This guy here is mine. Name's Bahamut." The dragon simply nodded at the mention of his name and spoke in his own deep growl like voice. "Greetings."

Effloresca stared at Dante, had he really been watching her brothers? "Thank you." She says smiling at him. He probably wouldn't know what she was thanking him for, but it was a rare case indeed when she genuinely smiled at someone. Ifrit certainly knew it, as evidenced by his shocked look.

She was thirsty, hungry, and tired. But those could wait. She wanted to get to know the other three. Foa. Dante. Bahamut. She just didn't feel like asking. No she wouldn't say that much, her words often harmed others. Got them into trouble. She yawned, covering her mouth. "We should stick together." She suggested. Power in numbers she thought.

She was confident that Bahamut and Dante were more powerful than her. She wasn't sure by how much. Her brothers were very weak by her standards and Foa was the weakest. She hadn't seen him do anything but slouch and complain. Ahwell, she'd whip him into shape. If they were going to work together, she'd make sure that everyone was strong enough to watch each other's backs and trudge on through the hardest of times.


Foa slowly sat up, looking at Dante. "Hey, what happened? You okay?" He asked. He was also tired, completely exhausted. He reached into his jacket pocket retrieving a pack of cigarettes. But decided against it after getting a 'look' from Effloresca. Sure she smoked too, but not infront of the kids. He sighed and laid back down, sprawling his arms out behind him. He needed something to do.

Effloresca couldn't help but feel that Dante either was a mild telepath, or he was connected to her in some way. How the hell did he know exactly what she was thinking. She lifts her hand, rubbing her chin with a thumb and forefinger as she thought. 'He must be a telepathic.' She thought to herself. No one really ever understood her unless they had been around her long enough or had some type of connection and Dante, she was sure, did not.

Ifrit nodded, his long horns scraping the ceiling above him. "Greetings, Bahamut. It is a pleasure to meet you. I am Ifrit, and I am indeed Effloresca's partner." He said gesturing with his clawed hands. Bahamut, where had he heard that name before? Wasn't it some sort of god? He paid it no heed. He certainly respected the other doll. Another powerful 'brother', finally. He extended his hand in a gesture of greeting and (hopefully) mutual respect.


Foa nodded "Agreed." He said, adding what he felt to Dante's statement. He felt like the weakest here, and he was really looking forward to training. Maybe they'd teach him some different fighting techniques. Or maybe they'd show him how to survive by himself in the wild. He couldn't wait.

This was very uncharacteristic of him. Normally he wasn't this enthused. Many might use stereotypical terms to describe him. Like 'emo'. He certainly was self-destructive. Drinking. Smoking. Partying. But he found that this new experience has enlightened him in a small way, learning the basic forms of martial arts has given him a new goal. Though he still carried the old. He would kill his father no doubt about it.

Dante grinned at Fōa's response then. The boy seemed rather eager to get stronger. That was good. He had a work ethic and determination. He picked up his empty guitar case from the floor and placed his dark claymore back inside of it. He zipped it shut again before hoisting it upon his back.

Bahamut looked at Iftrit. For a second he stared at the offered hand before pulling his own clawed appendage out from his crossed arms. He shook hands or rather claws with Ifrit firmly. "It's good to meet you then." He spoke sternly. "Glad to see another doll that seems to be nearly on par to myself in strength." He was actually referencing Iftrit's size and muscular build of course and couldn't really tell just how strong he was.

When the twin walked up to Dante speaking in stereo he looked down at them and grinned. "Well you certainly get to your point don't you?" He looked at the small brother and the enlarged tree as well as the 'wind up toy' dolls. It would seem that they have adopted him as some sort of father figure the way they came up to him. They already seemed a bit attached to him. He just looked down and grinned at they boys.

Dante looked over to Bahamut who was making friends with Ifrit and then back to the boys. "Well, I can't give out all his secrets. Although I will tell you that he isn't always that small." 'Small' being an ironic choice of words considering his towering height compared to any human. "He's also pretty damn vicious in a serious fight so I wouldn't recommended pissing him off at all." He then looked over to Effloresca. "You're their sister right? It seems like Bahamut and Ifrit seem to like each other already. What are Ifrit's strengths and abilities if you don't mind. If we're all sticking together, I'd rather know everyone's limits and capabilities in case anything dire should happen."

Judas and Brutus looked at eachother and then at bahamut. Then they looked to their sister.


Judas asked, "Effloresca, do you have any metal objects I can give to Tinker? I want to help him grow so that we won't have to get in trouble for doing something stealing. If we end up taking him to a construction site, he'll grow very quickly, but that would be stealing. And we can't afford to do that."

Brutus continued to look up at Bahamut and asked, "If I may ask, How close are you and Dante to gaining the ability to fuse? I learned out that ability by reading. It's supposed to be something only really strong bounts and their dolls can do. I just want to know how close you two are to being able to do that. Because the truth is, while I am curious as to what you two would look like fused, I don't want lose you Bahamut. You and Dante are our friends. If you were to fuse together it would satisfy my curiosity, but then I'd lose a friend. You are big and strong, cool looking, and kind. It'd be a waste to see someone like you go away."

Effloresca looked down at her brother and shook her had sadly. She didn't have any scrap. "Bahamuts right." She speaks upon hearing his suggestion. She slowly brought her gaze back to Dante, her blush no longer evident. Blinking, she smiles before looking to Ifrit. He was always so ashamed of his ability, even though it made him powerful.

Ifrit scratched at his nose as he looked to Foa. Then to Dante. "Where did you acquire those weapons?" He asked, perhaps genuinely curious or perhaps just trying to strike up conversation.

Foa slowly retrieved his pipe, he didn't light it. Just chewed on the end. He was bored, and thinking. "Where do we go from here? It's obvious we're a group now." He stated looking off into space.

He was lost in thought. Where were they going to go? What would they do? What were their goals? He wanted to find his Father. He had no idea what the other's motives were.

Dante looked up and over to Ifrit when the beast had inquired about his weapons. He simply answered with a smirk. "Sorry but they're kind of unique. If you were hoping for your own you just outa' luck." He then looked over at the twins' dolls as they spoke about becoming stronger. They were right. Even as a group that Shinigami they had encountered was powerful enough to kill all of them if he had tried. The thought really pissed Dante off.

He did become distracted from it though when the twins started scolding their own dolls. It was funny. He even started chuckling. "Alright kids, calm down. The dolls are right though, everyone here needs to get stronger. Now as for teaching the boys Sumo, Bahamut here could help you with that. half of his own personal fighting style is similar to it in some ways. You should go with him for a little while."

Bahamut nodded at the idea and stepped back over to the twins. "Yes, if you are sure you want to train then come with me. We'll need a more spaced out little area." He motioned to a tunnel that led to the open cave space that he and Dante had used earlier this same day. He stopped and called back to the others. "We will be back in a short while." He then turned back around and continued for the twins to follow.

Dante grinned and then looked over to Fōa and his remark about what they should do now. "You're right Fōa. We are a group now and that means that we all stick together and we work together. First things first is that we make sure we can do that and that we keep up on our training. We also need to learn to work on each others strengths and cover one another's weaknesses. In fact, a little sparring while Bahamut teaches the boys not be such a bad idea. We can get a feel for each other's fighting styles. Just no fatal blows or cheap shots, got it?"