IT'S QUIET UPTOWN / introduction

//her name is Halo, guys. c: also, ic opinions!

The hybrid gave a huff and a shrug. "Fuck you, then. You're not worth it. See ya, prick." Halo directed this at Dante, a little pissed off about how much of a dumbass he was. Regardless, it wasn't her place anymore to keep yelling and start drama. So, the calico started to walk away, casting a nod in the slaves' directions.

[align=center][div style="width: 51%; text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; font-family: verdana;"]What a thrilling scene to have to witness for a new face! Gabriel was sure he was just as thrilled as this newcomer was. "Do you think you could pull your head out of your ass for one moment and become aware of your surroundings?" The serval questioned Dante lowly as he circled around the irritable hyrid. There was no real malice to his voice, even if there was a little bit of prickling on his spine. Slaves were one thing, but treating one cruelly for no reason pissed him off a bit.

After a long moment of staring, the heavily scarred serval dragged his gaze away from Dante, turning instead to the other present slave and tipping his head to the side. Who owned this one? He always seemed to get them mixed up, and this one was new anyways. Though she seemed pleasant enough, so he'd extend a small greeting "Nice to meet you, I'm Gabriel Harbringer."

[align=center][div style="text-align: justify; width: 55%; font-family: georgia; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: -1px; color: black"]This was bad, this was really bad. Things were spiraling again and the slave just wanted everything to go back to normal. His jaw was clamped shut as Crowe stepped in front of him to protect him and others started speaking up to talk to Dante about his treatment. But they were going to make him mad and when he was mad he would take it out on himself. He didn't want that and he didn't want them fighting against each other either. But what could he say that would make them all stop? He closed his gaze for a moment, shifting from one spot to another before he spoke up, voice a bit firm. "It's..it's okay. Don't make him mad." If he didn't want him to speak then he wouldn't. At least not in front of him because he could make due with catching conversations when he could. But right now they were all in danger of some type of lashing out and he moved from around Crowe, tail tucked firmly between his legs as he gave a short bow to Dante. It was just to affirm his place and he took a small step behind the male where he sat down and curled his tail against his body firmly. Besides in the end it didn't matter and a slave had to listen to their betters no matter if they were cruel or not.

♛ SMOKED A PACK OR TWO, IT NEVER WAS A PROBLEM —

"Shut it." Dante hissed those words towards Valkyr harshly, his attention briefly snapping to his own slave before his gaze turned back to Gabriel. "I am aware of my surroundings, thank you very much." He growled. "Do you not know how this place fucking works? Slaves are to be working, not sitting around and yapping their tails off."
[div style="text-align: right; text-transform: uppercase; text-shadow: 0px 0px 2px darkorange; font-size: 24px;"]— DANTE♛

#psychosocial.

[align=center][div style="width: 60%; text-align: justify; font-size: 11pt; font-family: georgia;"]☣ — With a sharp huff, the lion narrowed his eyes at his superior. Stryker, though he practically owned Tsuyu at this point, did not necessarily want to accept the slaves within their realm. While he could say they were put to fair and everyday work to develop modern life skills, despite not being rewarded, the male couldn't exactly call them slaves without feeling like a degenerate. That said, he felt compelled to keep his mouth shut. Tensions were rising.

"Excuse me, but I think I'll be taking my leave," said the lion with a small smile. "It is a pleasure to meet you though, sweets." And with that, he was off.

/gonna yeet since the character is deleted but i figured it'd be good to post an opinion!