Stupid joke or not, it earned him a genuine chortle.
"Aw, and who's this handsome boy?" Lady cooed, crouching to take the animal's head between her hands, alternating between petting and ruffling his soft fur with a wide grin.
"Umbra, huh? You're a good boy, yes, you are~!" ~
~ @FocisEtDomo She chuckled softly when Umbra lolled his tongue and began wagging his tail at her attention.
"Paw!" Lady commanded gently, holding her hand out expectantly.
"Yeah, I figured. Don't tell me you came all the way here just to show off your dimension-hopping ~
Lady almost jumped, whipping around to stare towards the entrance. She'd barely hung up!
"That was fast!"
She waved a hand dismissively. "It's fine. I do it all the time. We're used to people or trouble barging in."
❝𝑰 came to these lands to escape my past. To start a new life. 𝑰 can hide no longer. 𝑰 do not want this war. 𝓦e have suffered enough. 𝓟rophecy did not lead us here. Nor will it win this battle. 𝓦ars are won by those who are willing to sᴀᴄʀɪꜰɪᴄᴇ 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠.❞
~ @LuxatedKing following him. "You're the last person who should be saying that, mister immortal. This better be as thrilling as you make it sound, or else I'm not sticking around," she warned jokingly.
What a frustrating man—
Lady smiled tightly, a muscle twitching in her cheek.
"...You're the one bringing it up, though," she pressed on, refusing to let him have the final word. "That I enjoyed it or not isn't the point here."
The point, or rather, the ~
~ @LuxatedKing Lady blinked slowly, her expression slightly mystified when he set his hat atop her head.
It was a little too large, comically sliding an inch over her forehead and partially obscuring her vision.
Lady used her finger to tip it upward, raising a brow before ~
"I'm so sick of cops pulling me over for speeding when I'm in a rush to prevent an apocalypse.
I mean, I don't have time for this nonsense."
Exasperated, drawn-out sigh.
i look for you everywhere; small gestures made by all kinds of people in the street remind me of you, by their similarity as much as by their differences.
~ @LuxatedKing Lady hummed, mildly amused by the enjoyment he seemed to derive from depriving Dante of the fair fight he dreamed of.
"You're such a troll," the ravenette concluded with an amused shake of her head.
A brow rose quizzically. "...That depends on the ~
Blink. "Tender ki—" Parted lips promptly shut, curling into a knowing smile. Laughter bubbled up and the urge to tease him became impossible to resist.
"That was over a year ago. Can't believe you're still hung up on that. Did you like it that much~?" ~
~ @LuxatedKing so it'd take a worthy opponent to accomplish 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 feat."
A smile curled her lips as she brought her hands behind her back and hummed, "Oh, yeah? Did you have something in mind?"
"Did we? What makes you say that?" Lady asked coyly, feigning mild surprise at Ardyn's remark.
She couldn't help but snicker when he casually brought up wishing to see Dante with his proverbial feathers ruffled in a scuffle.
"The guy's practically invincible at this point, ~