SUMMARY: This is a flashback memory from when Dante and Vergil were children, roughly 8 years old iirc. They're at the Sparda mansion, with Vergil trying to run away from Dante because Dante is nagging him about playing today. Vergil doesn't want to, and he manages to lose Dante after kicking him. He runs away to a nearby library, where he goes when he wants to be alone. The librarian knows him well, and lets him in.
The old man asks Vergil if he really doesn't like playing with his younger brother. Vergil admits that's not the case, it's just that he really wanted to read today instead. He picks out a collection of William Blake poems, which the old man comments on. He tells Vergil he can keep the book if he likes, and Vergil is surprised but pleased. He asks to borrow a pen, so he can mark the cover with the letter "V".
Vergil: My little brother always tries to take my things. That's why I need to have my name written properly on what's mine. This belongs only to me.
Of course, as soon as he comes home, Dante tries to take the book from him as a way to goad Vergil into playing/fighting with him. They end up getting into a bloody scuffle, and Dante throws one of their wooden play swords at Vergil, challenging him to a real fight. Vergil finally agrees, saying he'll read his book after he makes Dante cry--to which Dante says he won't be reading his book today. Just as they start, they're interrupted by Eva, their mother. She chastises them both, as they had just promised her recently they'd stop fighting until they're bloody. The boys point at each other, claiming the other one is at fault, but Eva's having none of it. If they won't listen to her, then they're going to be weeding the garden today instead of playing.
Vergil's so frustrated by all of this that he yells at his mother, "I don't want to! I wanted to read today!" and takes off, running away from the house. However, he leaves his book behind. He ends up at a nearby park, sitting uselessly and grumbling about how annoying Dante is, and how he never promised to play with him in the first place.
He doesn't see the shadows creeping up behind him.
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selfpreservationist) wrote2020-03-01 07:12 pm
MEMORY EIGHTEEN - "It's his fault!" (Vergil 4) Visions of V, Ch. 25.1
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SUMMARY: This is a flashback memory from when Dante and Vergil were children, roughly 8 years old iirc. They're at the Sparda mansion, with Vergil trying to run away from Dante because Dante is nagging him about playing today. Vergil doesn't want to, and he manages to lose Dante after kicking him. He runs away to a nearby library, where he goes when he wants to be alone. The librarian knows him well, and lets him in.
The old man asks Vergil if he really doesn't like playing with his younger brother. Vergil admits that's not the case, it's just that he really wanted to read today instead. He picks out a collection of William Blake poems, which the old man comments on. He tells Vergil he can keep the book if he likes, and Vergil is surprised but pleased. He asks to borrow a pen, so he can mark the cover with the letter "V".
Vergil: My little brother always tries to take my things. That's why I need to have my name written properly on what's mine. This belongs only to me.
Of course, as soon as he comes home, Dante tries to take the book from him as a way to goad Vergil into playing/fighting with him. They end up getting into a bloody scuffle, and Dante throws one of their wooden play swords at Vergil, challenging him to a real fight. Vergil finally agrees, saying he'll read his book after he makes Dante cry--to which Dante says he won't be reading his book today. Just as they start, they're interrupted by Eva, their mother. She chastises them both, as they had just promised her recently they'd stop fighting until they're bloody. The boys point at each other, claiming the other one is at fault, but Eva's having none of it. If they won't listen to her, then they're going to be weeding the garden today instead of playing.
Vergil's so frustrated by all of this that he yells at his mother, "I don't want to! I wanted to read today!" and takes off, running away from the house. However, he leaves his book behind. He ends up at a nearby park, sitting uselessly and grumbling about how annoying Dante is, and how he never promised to play with him in the first place.
He doesn't see the shadows creeping up behind him.