#argosax

Already breezed over the general gist of how they meet but let's run it back:

Direct descendant of some important demon that inherited all of their predecessor's problems

Left with almost zero knowledge aside from hearsay about said demon

Lack of a proper childhood making way for an insanely rough and troubled upbringing

Resentful of paternal figure. Reverent of maternal figure.

Daccapri also uses an alias when dealing with human affairs

"You don't look like an Alice" "Funny. You don't look like a Tony."

She first approaches his office under the guise of merely being a mentee of Morrison and helps deal with bills

(In my perfect world Daccapri meets Dante specifically around the '07 Anime)

Dante doesn't really think much of her

On going in-joke of her shaking them thangs to get out of paying a pizza tab or distracting the IRS agent

Important to note that Dante doesn't pay her, she helps out financially just because which immediately lets him know there's something more to her that she isn't telling him

She has like,,, her own little side hustle as an informant outside of DMC. She isn’t attached at his hip I need to add

She’s kept at arm’s length. Daccapri’s just there to be nosy and keep tabs on him for her bosses. So she really dgaf

They're like. hmmm how to put this in a way that doesn't get me hit with hammers...

If I said they’re like Travis/Sylvia NMH would you get mad?

Dante and Daccapri's relationship is mostly just like that one work friend you're close with, but not close enough to meet outside of work. But you still make up hypothetical plans regardless

Daccapri is not capable of getting mad, but Dante makes her crash tf out.

They both desperately want for a more intimate connection (not just sex, I'm talking emotions baby) but clearly refuse to let the other in

so its very "on a need to know basis" and they just never discuss anything bc they don’t think the other person needs to know

Always differing ideas of what the other should be doing or acting like, always a performance, rarely are they genuine with each other

It doesn't help that they’re both also technically the other's boss.

"I've got a better idea! Why don't I call someone whose job it is to fix it? You know why? Because when I need a job done, I get someone with a job to do that job!" "What are you saying?"

A little bit of infantilization on his end cause Dante, bless his heart, thinks she’s a bad little thing mixed in with the wrong crowd.

Which is stupid. She owns a firearm and knows how to confuse a government agent.

toxic? a little. unhealthy? absolutely. dysfunctional? yuh baby. frustrating in an entirely separate way than what Daccapri/Nero is

(Also yeah before you ask they've totally fucked. daccapri has been passed around that office like a blunt. but this isn't about that rn.)

Proximity Crush!! Not really cause they wish to pursue the other; rather they’re just together so often so they link up. It’s as shrimple as that

They mistake the feeling of familiarity for the presence of romantic love. Two very broken ppl I fear

Messy by Lola Young makes me think of them

Anywho-- despite all of that they do enjoy the company of each other. And once Daccapri begins her Public Safety stuff in Fortuna; they have a much better rapport with the other.

Other ongoing joke is that Daccapri eventually ends up owning half to majority of the business after like 20+ yrs of topping off bills to keep out of the red. How nice of him to make her a partner in his business that just barely pulls in enough to break even every year. ah so kind! so charitable! so thoughtful!

he still doesn't pay her after that either

Dante definitely finds out she’s part devil after he meets Lucia and she’s like "hey so I need your help finding Arius' daughter" and he’s like “haha ok sure what’s she look like?” And it’s like ahhh my hot sexy assistant is the daughter of a megalomaniac sorcerer hellbent on resurrecting an ancient demon and may or may not be planning to do the same thing. But in his defense he did suspect something was up, just not that specifically.

Extras

No I don’t think Daccapri explicitly tells anyone her age (500+ yrs old) except perhaps Nero after their divorce arc

Ermmm… I have scent marking notes but.

Think of it like Giving each devil a sort of fingerprint for their magic/powers. Like a ballistic fingerprint. And we will put a pin in this for later.

Daccapri's weird blood thing does trigger around him and its why she's incredibly irritable around him

Unlike with Nero, there is simply no way for her dominate him in any unconventional way to soothe her beast

She could fight him, but it'd give away her identity which is no bueno

so instead she just gets black out drunk and smokes cigars! yayyy we love healthy coping mechanisms (girl dinner!)

she would not vape. she sucking on cigars cause the appeal for her is the bad taste

Dante makes fun of her having an old timey smoking pipe

He doesn't really have a reaction other than like a momentary "aw" when Abernathy begins dressing more masculine cause it means no more little black dress

Erm they could be a power couple if they actually spoke about their feelings but that’s an insanely rare occurrence for both of them ☝️🤓

Which is ultimately why she ends up hanging around Nero. The emotional maturity arc is a very grounding experience and one necessary for a stable and healthy relationship platonic or otherwise.

A taste of mundane normalcy

i also think that nero may indulge in her violent tendencies a bit more than dante bc she targets corrupt old white men and nero thinks thats super punk rock (it makes his fat wife wet as hell that daccapri is so committed to their family that she would act crazy. and that gets him going too)

whoa who said that?

Could I make their relationship normal? Yeah. But it’s more fun to write them as messy humans cause why not. It also makes the dinero fic funnier so there’s that too.

YAAAAY YOUR INTERESTED IN THE CHAOS THAT IS THE CAUIS FAMILY!

Short info blerb: A soldier, Liam Caius, specialized in dealing with demons and the supernatural, eventually started adopting kids with his wife with connections to… unfortunate situations, until his eventual disappearance. They had 3 officially adopted children, listed bellow in descending order by oldest.

Alice Ally Lewitt

Alice, also known as Ally, Lewitt was an orphan, abandoned by relatives and, according to classified files, was raised by a demonic entity only documented as “The White Rabbit”. She was recovered by officials when she was 13, and entered Mr. Caius’ care 6 months later after bouncing through various foster homes. Current data has her listed as 35, working as a children’s book author and illustrator for various publishers under the pseudonym CAROLS.

What info that isn’t documented is her demonic influences. Despite considerable surveillance, Ally has maintained a constant presence in the demonic world. She’s become an adept at summoning lesser demons and familiars, using them as spies for her or just as punching bags. Her most powerful summon is “Rabi”, or The White Rabbit, a demonic historian who served directly as Mundus’ aide. It’s also noted she has been spotted occasionally consuming demon flesh, mainly blood.

Guy Arkham

Documents state that Guy was recovered 9 months post the Temen-Ni-Guru Tower Incident, wandering the ruins of the tower, wearing rags and missing an eye. He was documented to be roughly 8-9 years old at the time, and was immediately taken in by Mr. Caius after being discovered. While the demonic influences were never narrowed down, rough surveillance has been maintained just as a precaution. Nowadays, Guy is 32 years old and serves a lead singer and guitarist for his own band, Three Eye Raven.

Undocumented from public records, Guy is Mundus’ and his lackey’s attempt to utilize Sparda’s power. Created through Arkham’s blood and Sparda’s demonic powers, Guy has the last remnants of Sparda’s demonic powers before he sealed them away, along with the general intelligence and smarts of his “Father”, Arkham. As a result, he can achieve a Devil Trigger, but only rarely. Most of his powers center on foresight and location, gleaming into the future and seeing prophecies.

Olive Winslet

Rescued at 14 from a demonic cult originating from Vie de Marli, records showcase one of the more publicized cases of a human interacting with the demonic, which according to Olive, was murdering a man to fuel a sort of “resurrection ritual” for Argosax, a proclaimed demonic god. Olive was taken into Mr. Caius’ custody during the events of her trial, and was officially adopted by him following the Not Guilty verdict. Due to her connections still being unknown, and public trials and fame gained post rescue, her monitoring was kept at the highest level. Currently 25, she’s attending New Edenia Private Academy, studying Theology and Religion.