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[Luci stares at Xanxus. She said she wouldn't laugh or react poorly, but she's really not sure what to do here.]

...Okay, hold on, calm down for a second. [She puts her hands on his shoulders, trying to ground him.] How can you be sure it was your kid? Maybe you were... I don't know, baby sitting? Maybe it was somebody in your family's kid? I mean, you're wild, but you really think you knocked up a girl at 16?

XANXUS @fuckshirts

I fell off the wagon. But now I have a good damn reason to get clean. #neveronit

XANXUS @fuckshirts

and then some. But what does a would be nun know about raising a kid

XANXUS @fuckshirts

I know that, but that doesn't matter. What matters is my kid.

IDK if we're being monitored, but I'll trust this is a secure line. I remembered having a child. I can't remember the mother, but I sure as hell remember the baby.

S. Squalo @betterthanyou ·

do you need help of course you do i'm on it

[ regardless of the answer, you're probably gonna come home to him pouring all your stash down the drain, whoops.
who let him in? well, he is friends with Luci, but who knows... ]

Luce @lilyoverbones

@fuckshirts It's called "when you talk to enough people, sometimes parents end up on the list".

Artolo Apemis @jackofthorns

@fuckshirts do you even know them

[ Like hell he's calming down. This is a big thing. But she does ground him a little, though that makes him frown. ] Luci, do I really look like someone who would babysit? And I don't think I would remember some random kid. They had to be important to me somehow, right? And I don't think I had kid sisters.

[ He reaches up and runs a hand through his hair in frustration ] I don't know... I... did a lot of wild things when I was 16. It's why I got locked away. So, maybe I did. I don't know but that kid...she seemed to be really trusting of me in my memories of her. So... Maybe she's mine. Maybe she's not. But I just don't know and I have to go with she is. There's an eight year old little girl out there without a dad...and it might be my fault.

XANXUS @fuckshirts

I see. Then yeah. I think I'm going to need it. I didn't have the best role model. #howdoyouevendad #iwanttodothisright

XANXUS @fuckshirts

I know her name. Her mother named her Avidità

[Luci's really not sure how a baby could seem trusting-- they seemed to do their baby thing, like gurgle and spit and put anything they could reach in their mouths. But okay, Xanxus doesn't want her to talk him out of this, clearly, he wants her to talk him through it. Not point out that babies probably trusted anybody because they were babies.]

You want to be her dad? [Luci asks, trying very hard not to point out that he's probably going to use again and that their lifestyle isn't exactly conducive to kids. If this is important to him, she'll make it important to her.] If you want to find her, let's find her. See what she wants to do, see if she's got a dad now. I mean, you don't want to completely upend this kid's life if she's happy, right?

Luce @lilyoverbones

@fuckshirts then next time we see each other. #expectdinnerinreturn

Artolo Apemis @jackofthorns

@fuckshirts well at least the mom has class

[ To him, that baby is totally hard to gain the trust of. But it's still a baby and someone that needs looked after. That needs taken care of. ]

I had always promised myself, Luci, that if I ever had kids, I would be different. I wouldn't be like the man who raised me. And now I find out that I am more than just like him. I'm worse.

[ Yeah, he really isn't want to have her talk him out of this. He just needs to be told it's okay to actually want this sort of thing for himself. He's never really thought about kids but knowing he might have one, that changed things somehow. ]

I'm saying that I at least want to be a part of her life. Somehow. She might not be here. It's one of my memories. She might be in Italy still... I just have to keep the lie up. For the fans. For the executives. Everyone has to think this kid is something that just got revealed to me. I know you'll help with that. It'll keep her protected from them. They won't be able to use her against me. But if I can find her... I at want to know that she's happy and healthy. [ He chuckles a little. He knows he must sound so weak and pathetic, for caring about someone not himself or his band. ] But you're right. I can't just storm in and ruin her life.

XANXUS @fuckshirts

I guess. I'm hoping she'll at least send me a picture of my baby girl

Hey, you don't know, we're remembering stuff all the time Xanxus. [She rubs his head gently, fingertips massaging his scalp.] You could have been completely involved and just... haven't remembered it yet.

[Ugh, parent issues. Xanxus has them, Luci has them, they're bullshit and she won't sit on his lap and listen to him say he's worse than his dad.]

Alright. [She pats his shoulder in solidarity.] I hear you, I understand what you're saying, you know how I feel about you Xanxus. If you want to go for something, I'll help however you want me to. I'll put myself in a box to Italy if you ask me to.

Artolo Apemis @jackofthorns

@fuckshirts What's stopping her?

[ He really hopes she's right. That he'll remember being in that girl's life. But he doesn't think so. Because he knows. He knows better than anyone where he had spent the last eight years of his life and it wasn't in a metal band. ]

Don't say that. I might ship you to Italy and never let you come back. You'd have to learn Italian and chill in my castle and turn a blind eye when I do my Godfather thing. But thanks, Luci. I mean it. Of all the fucked up things that happened, this... this takes the damn cake. And I don't know what I would do if I didn't have you here to help me keep my head.

XANXUS @fuckshirts

dont know. maybe she just doesn't want to #mightnotlooklikeme #protectherfromtabloids #somethinglikethat

Fuck, that sounds just awful, what a cruel thing to do to someone, let them chill in your castle in fucking Italy. [Luci snorts and rolls her eyes fondly at Xanxus. Like she'd mind a European vacation.]

You'd probably shoot more of that shit into your arm and pass out. Or do something to make us empty the bail jar again. Or run around trying to find her right this second, even though I doubt a kid is running around this late at night.

Artolo Apemis @jackofthorns

@fuckshirts chiild custody iis gonna be a motherfucker fyi

[ He laughs at that. Because yeah, it doesn't sound all that bad. In fact, this sounds utterly amazing. He would love to take Yuffie and Luci home to chill at his castle. Maybe they could make it into some band get away, come back with some awesome songs. But he can't seem to remember how to even get back to Italy. It feels like that place is galaxies away. ]

She might be in Italy. Not here. So it wouldn't matter if I ran around this whole city. They would know if I got a plane ticket... So I have to stay put and just look for her with private detectives or something.

Though Luci, you do know...I'm going to have to quit that shit right? If I'm going to be a dad, I have to get clean. I probably won't be fun company for a while while I detox. So you might have to empty that bail jar.

XANXUS @fuckshirts

custody? I don't want custody. I just want to see her every once in a while.

Artolo Apemis @jackofthorns

@fuckshirts thiink that stiill means talkiing to the chiick

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