"So it's no longer usable, fuck me."
Dante was sitting in a desk that's inside his rented room with lots of runes flying in the air. "So I guess I have two choices... One, get stronger until I can teleport at Beenz. Two, make a rune that tracks and marks Whis' signature."
"Getting stronger is nice, but it takes too much time... option two it is..." Dante muttered as he took a break and erasing all the existing runes that are hovering in the air. 'At least, I'm here on earth... I can feel I'm nearer.'
He wanted to make a rune right away but was stopped by a growl in the stomach, "Wha- it's morning already?" He asked no one as he saw the light coming out from the window. "I better go get some breakfast then, I think I saw a bakery near echo park yesterday..."
He muttered as he went inside the bathroom to take a shower, brushed his teeth with the free brush and paste. He then used magic to get any dirt out of his clothes and wore them again, this was what he did when he was at 'The Continent'.
Dante then walked to where the driver dropped him, The Echo... He looked at the signs and raised an eyebrow as there was a performance tonight. 'Hmm... maybe I'll take a look at... 8 pm? Okay...'
He continued walking to see the bakery he saw yesterday, 'Echo Park Bakery & Cafe, haha nice one...' Dante laughed inwardly, he didn't know why that was funny so he just entered the bakery and ordered breakfast and coffee, sitting where no one was sitting.
'Let's see...' He took out his phone and opened all the apps, 'I never got to touch and login, I wonder who'd leave a message after I died?' he logged in to Facebook but furrowed his eyebrows as he couldn't do it. Instagram, Twitter, Google. 'What the fuck? I'm sure I still remember the passwords... why would they block my accou- oh yeah I'm dead...'
He sighed and created new accounts and stalked the pages of everyone he personally knew and smiled as he saw they were all happy on Instagram. Especially Lexmar who was posting suits, cars, and just fuckboy memes. 'This guy... I want to find a reason to be proud of him, but...'
Dante smiled as a guy served his food. Now that he looked around him, he could see people staring at him. Especially girls... 'Okay, what now? Is something on my face?' He pulled out his phone and switched to camera, trying to find out what happened, but immediately sighed as he saw his face. 'Okay, that's why... I'm just handsome, that's all.'
He ignored the people around him and minded his own business but was approached by two girls, which made him cringe in return. Why do they have to do this?
"H-Hi, can we take a picture?" One of the girls smiled, they were pretty and cute, Dante could say that but this was so weird and cringy.
"Sorry, how about another time?" the raven-haired casted an Axii spell without hand signs making the girls neutralize their face.
"Oh, on second thought, we have places to be, sorry..." The girls immediately left, making the lad sigh in relief.
'Thank God...'
Dante got up with his coffee after finishing his meal and walked away from the people that were staring at him. He wanted to buy some clothes for a while so he went to a clothing store just across the road.
He went inside and the first thing he noticed were shoes, 'Balenciaga Triple S? This looks comfortable, okay let's buy a little.'
With that, we can find Dante walking with tens of bags three hours later. He sighed at himself, remembering how he said to himself he would only buy some stuff, not many. Due to him carrying a lot of shopping bags with expensive brands, the people who keep staring at him doubled so he went back to his hotel directly.
Upon entering his room, he could hear loud moans that were coming from his cousin's room which made him laugh. This didn't bother him as he placed a silencing rune on his room afterward. He then opened the shopping bags and placed all of his apparel in a wardrobe.
"Now unto the rune..." He grinned and flicked his finger, making runes appear on the air. 'Now that I'm near Whis, all I need to do is link a rune to his signature and amplify the connection for me to travel safely. This isn't easy, but it'll no longer take me a year to make... a week at most.'
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It was evening and the guy's stomach growled again, 'I think I should buy groceries if this keeps on going, I don't want to have to walk outside to get food every day...' he thought as he looked at a clock, '7 pm? Weren't there artists performing an hour from now?'
Dante thought about it if he should go or not, but decided to do it as he was going to go get some food anyways. He showered again and brushed his teeth. 'If I'm going to live here for a week, might as well seize everything I've missed.'
Wearing a black long-sleeved fit turtle neck tucked in with a navy blue fit slacks and the white Balenciaga triple S, and lastly, he finished it with a gold Rolex and thin gold necklace. He was killing it with how sharp he looked.
'Wait a minute, why am I dressing up so much?' Dante thought but decided it was okay. This was what he usually wore when he was still 'alive' anyway.
It was half an hour until 8 pm, and the raven-haired was hungry so he perfumed himself and placed a couple thousand dollars on his leather wallet before locking the door. 'I kinda miss McDonald's, let's try that one...'
He walked a block away and arrived at the fast-food restaurant, and ordered what's on the menu, and lots of take-out fries and big-mac burgers. It didn't take long for him to get his take-out meals and get out of the restaurant after finishing his fill. He bought a lot of these burgers since he shockingly saw a lot of homeless people in these places, especially when it's near downtown LA.
He still had a few minutes left so he went to any homeless people he found and gave them one each, he only gave the burgers as the fries were all his' for 'The Echo music venue'.
At last, he was now at the entrance of the venue and happily walked in and ignored the staff but was stopped by security guards. "Ticket please..."
"Here..." Dante didn't stop as he gave the big guy $500, making the man widen his eyes and nod, not stopping the raven-haired.
'Wait, I should have bought popcorn instead of fries... whatever.' Dante shook his head in thought and went to the front of where the audience was as an announcer was hyping up the crowd.
"And now, the moment you've all been waiting for!"
The suspense was building up as the crowd was chanting the artist's name. 'Suspense, yeah right...'
"BILLIE! BILLIE! BILLIE!"
"How're you all doin' tonight!"
"WOAHHHH!!!!"
'Ugh, fuck... They're louder than Justin Bieber's last concert!' Dante was covering his ears and squinting his eyes, he couldn't see the artist because of the people pushing and tugging, and lights were all over the place.
'What the fuck's wrong with these people!?' He wasn't bothered by the push but the frequency the girl behind him was producing made him want to punch her face. Even the man's voice beside him was beginning to get hoarse from chanting the artist's name.
"BILLIE WOAHHH!!!"
'Who's this Billie why is she so famo-' "Ciri!?" Dante's thoughts stopped when he saw the artist's face. 'That's Ciri! What the fuck is happening!? I thought she was with Yennefer!?'
'When did she come here in Los Angeles? I'm so confused!'
'I need to ask her later... For now...
...
let's enjoy my wife's music!'
"WOAHHHH!!!!"
Dante shouted, amplifying his voice with his magic.
'Maybe it's in the gutter where I left my lover,'
'What an expensive fate,'
"What the fuck, when did Ciri get so good at singing!!!!"
People were singing along, but there was something that bothered Dante.
He could hear someone salivating, he turned his head and it was the girl that was very loud at the beginning. Her salivating face reminded him of Dexter having a foodgasm, so he turned his head forward faster than anything and enjoyed the music while pushing his way to the center to get out of the girl that had an orgasm.
'This has to be the weirdest concert I have been through...'