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Zulius

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FROM: SUBJECT: MAXIMA Zulius...would you have time to talk... JUN Actually... I might have an idea... LYCAON Present LYNEY Hello! This is the owner/operator of the Vogue, right? ZEVRAN Your highness. DIARMUID Zulius, my friend. GILGAMESH Once again, I grace you with my sparkling presence. EDWARD Happy 21st! SAMPO Yoooo-hooo. House-visit! GIL Dearest Zulius, best of all the best... VERGIL I do wonder how you can go to sleep and... LYCAON Happy 21st birthday to you yet again. ROSE Zulius, we need to talk. ROSE Fancy a girl’s night? TAKAME Zulius, were you and Vittore still curious as to Gilgamesh's whereabouts? VERGIL & GIL Amor. I felt of all people who needed a message... VENTI Queen Bestie, I'm gonna need some mercy from... GIL Good morning, o shining beacon of Kaisou's culture and sophistication~ EDWARD Do you have one of those blue-and-purple flags... JUN Edward Kenway intended to take on the... ROSE Zulius, are you there? ZHONGLI Zulius, I'm checking in to make sure... VERGIL I have two questions for you. GIL zulius, there's no rest for the wicked... LAPIS hi, sorry that this is a bit out of the blue but DANG HENG Secret Santa TAKAME Zulius? Would it be alright if I brought you something? SHROUD Zulius, owner of the Vogue. ELLIOT & VENTI Zulius, I got a lead on a new actor to fill... EDWARD Mate, you’re good at accessories... VERGIL mi dispiace ZERO Zulius? Are you here today? VERGIL/WOLFWOOD ...Before you say anything... ZERO Something important has come up... VENTI Hey, Zules! I've got some news for you... ASH turnabout's fair play TAKAME unable to work tonight my apologies ROSE Zulius, do you have a moment? TAKAME There is something I wish to ask... RYOUTA zulius! i got some freshly brewed T E A to spill for you!

TO: SUBJECT: AIDES Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay darlings! LYCAON I, your dear sweet Papa... VENTI So hey Bestie, you can now add... VENTI BEST BESTIE??? Please tell me you're okay! VENTI Bestie forever and forever please confirm or deny. WOLFWOOD Happy B-Day Nick! VERGIL Notable day in HISTORY! KNI Hey Sweetie. I know you've been going through it... VASH Hey Sweetie. I know you've been going through it... DANTE Ding dong, this is your local fabulous zebrataur... GIL Soooooooo. What's the game plan here, Pumpkin? VASH Happy B-Day, Bestie! VERGIL Happy B-Day, Boo! DANTE Happy B-DAY Sugar Tits!!! VENTI Happy B-Day Queen Bestie!! VERGIL Baby can I come sleep with you? :( VERGIL Hey Handsome. Nick's worried that... EDWARD EDWARD KENWAY?!!!!!! ROSE Rosey this is NOT funny! VENTI SHOW 👏 ME 👏 THE 👏 RING!! VERGIL Hey so you know how they told us we REEEAAALLY shouldn't make the fae mad at us? ELLIOT Happy B-Day, Elliot! FURINA Hey Sweetie. I haven't seen you at work for a while... VERGIL Happy Valentines Day, Boo! ELLIOT Hey El. Would you do me a favour for three thousand dollars? VERGIL My turn to send you flowers VENTI OMG, Bestie! I have SO much tea... ROSE Ding dong. This is your check-up call... VERGIL H-hey, Vergil. You busy tonight? ZHONGLI & VENTI So hey, FUNNY, FUNNY thing happens to me today! VERGIL Okay, I have been SUPER nice and given you... MOXXIE Hey, Moxx! They've got OUR production of Cats... VENTI Girl, are you Shakespeare??!!!! DANTE So, is your brother just SUPER into painting or... VERGIL New Zhongli tits out statue dropped. xoxo ZHONGLI Hey, Zhongli. Can you do me a solid? ZHONGLI "Dear Zulius, my hottest and most..." ZHONGLI Ding dong Avon calling. ZHONGLI Oh look, it's ME again! ZHONGLI Heeeyyy Gorgeous. You're good at contracts and paperwork... VERGIL Hey Handsome, Madama Butterfly is on tonight VERGIL A gift!! AUGUST Haaaaaay! Takame hit me up... RYOUTA Now I've got some prime tea for YOU! TAKAME Hey you. How're you feeling?

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[kowase]

[ ...never let it be said that Vergil Vittore was a man who did anything without any consideration. But maybe he is definitely the sort to go over the top when it comes to things like this.

It was once again just some great bastion to show exactly how unused to dealing with others he is. This was his fix. THIS WAS HIS FIX.

He adjusts the gemstone that sits atop of the cravat he's wearing, adjusting his collar with a glance that looks away--it's ALMOST a guilty expression, but it becomes more slowly apparent it's more of an embarrassed one. ]

Is there a problem with it?

[ ...seriously is there a problem with it, help. ]

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[This was his big fix. Zulius would have been perfectly happy with a date in a completely different restaurant. That would have made sense. But nope, instead Vergil flung them a few steps ahead from "having a meal together" into "going on vacation together". It's a wild leap to be sure!

Luckily for Vergil, Zulius really does find Vergil's inability to follow normal social steps- even romantic ones, it seems, deeply endearing. The fussing with the collar only makes it more so.]

Oh no, noooope it's not a problem at all, you Goober. [He'll just lean in to pat his arm.] I'm just gonna have to work on trying to outdo you on this one. Might take me a while, you know I hate admitting when someones beat me, and I'm soooo not saying that- but you've definitely had a temporary win. Because this is so EXtra.

[He flashes a wider smirk.]

I'm gonna have to get you a nice present while we're there. I didn't bring one with me, because I wasn't expecting a date~

[kowase]

[ goober. zulius just called him a goober.

You know. there are worse things to be called, he decides, and lets the moment pass. Because it was absolutely not something he thought to be 'too much'--zulius liked Big City shit and Kaisou was a fucking mess right now--going to a different, not-wrecked city made a lot of sense.

To him.

Curb the feeling of loss of his own hotel being half-wrecked by visiting a different one while away from all the stress and tangle? Made sense.

It's what his family would do.

Hm. ]

I'll allow you proper time to outdo me. I'm more than certain you're capable of it, but I will take my victory crown for as long as I can hold it.

And very well.
I'm sure there's a good number of shops we can visit in New York, as well.
Truth be told, I have never been.

[ time to start walking to their gate--of course, Gilgamesh has a private jet so zulius doesn't have to deal with being a centaur on a plane with a ton of weirdos. ]

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[Zulius called him a goober and he doesn't regret it one bit!

It's honestly a deeply thoughtful date. It's SUPER extra, but honestly, he's come to expect Vergil being extra in really... endearing but awkward ways. He loves New York, he loves the theatre- this is a real treat for him! He's extremely touched by all of it. ]

I'm gonna let you crow about it for a little while. Like. A minimal amount of crowing- as a treat. Because you did do a pretty sneaky job on this one, Handsome.

[He'll follow Vergil along- real glad for the private jet. He hasn't actually flown since the whole...centauring, and he really doesn't like the idea of trying to push himself into a regular aeroplane seat. It would be super uncomfortable.

But as Vergil says that, his ears perk up, hidden by the illusion. And slowly, a plan is forming. A plan to get back (lovingly) for this trickery. Or...at least make things a little even. He's gonna just grin to himself as he plots, moving to slip his arm around Vergil's as they walk.]

Is that a fact? So you've not seen any of the Big Apple?

[kowase]

I deserve to wear the crown for a bit. As I said. You cannot simply stay the winner for everything. My pride as a warrior won't stand for it.

[ a joke, or is he serious? one may never know. He walks alongside the zebra-in-disguise. It's probably weird that his sword isn't at his side, but. You know. Airports. ]

That is a fact.
Despite the fact that I buy, sell, and trade vintage goods and old artifacts worldwide, I am not as well travelled as someone as, say, Gil is. I have been to many places in Europe, and even to China and Hong Kong. But moving to Kaisou was my first step into North America.

...Which is why my father calls once a week asking when I will be going home.

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I guess that's fair. I can let my pride take a hit once in a while, seen as it's you.

[His masses and masses of pride. His entire galaxies worth of pride. It IS weird to see Vergil without his ever-present sword, but he would rather them be able to get through security and actually get to go on vacay instead of spending it in a holding cell. He did say it doesn't matter what one does on a date, it matters who you're doing it with, but he definitely didn't mean that.

But yes, this is good. He knows the PERFECT place to take Vergil. He might be letting Vergil wear the crown on this one, but he's still gonna throw something at him that's full of love an affection and Vergil can do nothing about it. ]

I know somewhere we need to visit, a MUST see. And that's pretty neat! I got to see plenty of places when I was a kid and mom or dad were on location, but spending hours on a film set instead of actually visiting other countries isn't exactly the same, y'know? But boo to your dad anyway. He doesn't get to dictate that.

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[ he holds his head up high--once again raising his free hand to adjust his cravat--tipping his head towards the other with a curious look, now.

Zulius had been--and always will be--the more thoughtful of the two of them, merely because he's certain this man runs on the power of love or something. But all the same, he's curious about what the other has planned already. ]

I would say being stuck 'on set' made visiting any country irritating. Were you even allowed to leave the set and get up to your own ... 'shenanigans.' [ that word felt weird to say. ]

Also, yes. He will one day have to settle with the idea that I plan on living here until the heat death of the universe.

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[He absolutely runs on the power of love, it feeds him. It'll be a fun surprise for Vergil. Zulius will let him take the W on this one- it's a really touching gesture- but he'll make sure he gets a good emotional slam dunk in there too. His pride demands it.

Also wanting to see Vergil react to an old-ass library full of Blake stuff and give him some much-needed joy in his life. That too. He's got it bad and he wants Vergil to be happy, sue him. ]

Nuh-uh, Mom doesn't approve of the sort of shenanigans I get into. She let me out like, once when I was sixteen and even then I had a minder. I for away from him and ended up doing, like, a pole dance in London because it was there and why wouldn't I? Anyway, the paps got wind of it and from that point on I wasn't allowed to go anywhere fun ever again. Rude, honestly.

[So rude, the rudest!!! But a small smile crosses his face as he gives Vergil a little nudge as they walk.]

Glad to hear it. I've got attached to you being around, Big Guy. It'd suck a lot if you vanished off across the ocean.