#devil arms

An Unforgiveable Indulgence

Summary:

Dante lets Albus and Gwen take him back to the shop, the devil arms are introduced, and Dante is more vulnerable than he's comfortable with.

Excerpt:

"So," Dante said, heading for the bar, "I know it makes me a shit host, but I've got like, nothing to offer you guys except leftover hard cider and some very good cookies. Oh, wait a sec, I might be lying." Dodging through the doorway behind the bar to the kitchen, he checked the dusty cupboards and found that yes, Lady had left behind some of that licorice tea she liked. "Okay! I got tea, so I'm only a halfway shit ho—ooly shit!" He jumped as he turned and saw Gwen had followed him, crushing the box by accident.

She laughed. "Sorry! I came in to see if you wanted help."

"I can brew tea," he told her dryly. "Besides, stove doesn't work, so this is kind of a Dante-only job anyway."

Her laugh faded. "Your stove doesn't work?"

"Nope. Did when I got here… mostly anyway, but the earthquakes in April wrecked the gas lines and I, uh, kinda missed the deadline to get grants from the city to fix things." His hands clenched again before he could stop them, completely destroying the box of tea. That had not a good time in his life. "So, it's on my honey-do list." He nodded at the yellowed paper stuck to the fridge. That list had been one of the first things he'd done after moving in, going over the place as best he could with an untrained eye and writing down what needed fixing. While Dante had never cared about money beyond what he needed to keep himself equipped for hunting (or to feed his music habit), last year, he'd found a new rush of enthusiasm for life and began planning for a future further than next week. He'd been actually excited for the first time since Nell had made him learn how to repair his guns, enticed by a distant possibilty into feeling that most trecherous of emotions: Hope.

may your soul rest at piece

Since people in that world could turn demonic parts into weapons and/or arts, I wonder what would happen if someone were to take pieces of the Qlipoth tree and roots and made something out of it. Say they made something like a staff or a hand carved figurine or anything really.. What do you think?

Let's start with:

Hm, I’venever really wondered if the other characters even have any kind of relationship with the Demon Arm’s.

As far as Iremember, the demon that makes up the weapon only serves you if you manage tobeat it / impress them quite a lot (like Dante did), so… couldn’t it even bedangerous to get too close to a Devil Arm not under your control, since thedemon inside would want you to prove yourself to it? And, like, attack?

 At leastthat’s how I thought about it until now. I mean, I’ve always been a supporterof the Devil Arms still being conscious and able to communicate with others,somehow! But I saw that less as a relationship and more like “demon comments snarkily about Dante’sactions from the background”. (Or, like, give him some “insider”information every now and then, because for all his heritage, Dante did notgrow up demon. There might be a lot he does not know about the devils and theirworld)

hmm, i always thought a whip type weapon could be cool to see. mainly cause i’d be interested to see how they would create launcher moves or stinger equivalent moves and such with that. i mean if they were able to figure out how to make a motorcycle chainsaw, a lightning guitar, and a cowboy hat legitimate devil arms, im certain they could also figure out a whip