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Tales of
Anime: The Novel! ...Day
3: Mission Impossible (Part II)
I
stood in line wearing my DMC3 shirt and discussing potential questions
with CaT. She thought that “Hi, could I get a picture of me kissing
you?” was too creepy to ask out of the blue, that I have to show that
I differentiate Dante from Reuben, so I expanded it to “Hi, I really
love Dante, he’s my favorite character of all time, and since you are
the voice and movements of Dante, I was wondering if there is any way to
get a picture of me kissing you?” Now if I can just sear that into my
brain so I don’t freeze up when the time comes. We
were all herded into the room and things progressed much like last time.
I stood waiting for Dan, and the staff girl kept telling me that Johnny
was available, but when she didn’t register my inconspicuous head
shake, I X’ed my hands and pointed to Dan and Reuben mouthing “I
want those two.” I hope Johnny didn’t notice... ~_~;; Dan
finally freed up, so I showed him my Note of Naught and said, “Hi, you
actually signed this yesterday, but the ink is rubbing off, so can you
sign it again with a different marker? ^^;” Dan expressed his
sympathies and after taking a look at the book and said, “Ohhh! I
remember you! Where do you want me to sign?” (He
remembers meee! *_*) “Oh anywhere you want, really! You can trace
over the first one, or you can write something new, whatever. ^^” His
first signature read: “To Nina; w/Love; Dan Southworth; -Vergil-“ So
he thought about it for a second, and then wrote next to it: “To Nina;
w/more Love; Dan Southworth; -Vergil-“ verbally adding, “and seal it
with a... *kiss*” .......O.O....... OK,
Dan just kissed my book. That’s right, I HAVE DAN’S DNA ON MY BOOK,
and I can clone him if I so choose!! It took all the self-restraint I
had to hold back a giddy squal. Oh those celebrities, they
known not what their slightest gesture does to fangirls. XD Then
he asked, “did you want to take any pictures?” and I replied, “well,
we took some yesterday, BUT WE CAN ALWAYS TAKE MORE! *_*” This drew
nearby giggling and I thought, oh, I said
something funny? cool. So
Dan got up next to me to pose for pictures and said, “how about we do
this...” and he ducked down. And I was like ....eh?-ACK!!
O.O
Hoooooly
crap what’s happening... omg, OMG... Vergil is totally holding me...
Oh...
My.... God..... I better get a picture of this!! Shit, turn to the camera!!
I
sat there and held on for dear life O.O... my mind was looongg gooooone,
and when he finally put me down all I could do was whimper “thank you”
and stumble off towards a chair. Reuben could wait, I NEEDED TO SIT
DOWN. It was probably the closest I ever came to fainting in my life. As
an intermission, let us marvel at Dan’s (and Reuben’s) beautiful
penmanship:
And
we’re back! Time to get up and see Reuben yet? He’s only five feet
away! *tries* Nope, no, still need to sit down. Fine,
I’ll admit it! I LIKE DAN MORE!! I will shout it from a mountaintop:
“DAN! DAN!! DAN!!!” I came to see Reuben, but I ended up liking Dan
more! Vergil won, even if it was because he was acting like Dante.
>_>; It’s impossible to resist Dan’s charisma, it really is. I
give up! Of course, that’s because I actually had a number of personal
interactions with Dan, and didn’t really get to know Reuben at all. I’d
love to get to know him if given the chance, though! I can sense a lot
of depth there waiting to be explored. CaT
didn’t get it, “if you like Dan more, why do you want to kiss
Reuben?” I didn’t want to kiss either one of them (except maybe Dan... on
a first date), I wanted to kiss Dante! This had little to do with
Reuben, it was about me. And
yes, the chances were abysmal, but if I didn’t ask, I’d never know.
And if I didn’t know, I would spend the rest of my life agonizing over
it. Time
to get up yet? ...No, not yet. ~_~x Since
Dan wrote CaT a two-page poem, she decided to write each of the Guests a
note. Her note to Reuben was written in Japanese and she gave it to him
when it was her turn at the table. Meanwhile I’m still sitting,
waiting, trying to muster the courage to get up. I mean, what am I doing
anyway? I have nothing for Reuben to sign anymore. Am I just to go up
there, ask a silly question, get turned down, and leave? I needed a
backup plan. In
the case that Reuben said “no,” I would... hmm..... Oh, I know! I
would ask if I could have a picture with both of them! Up till now, most
people have been pretty much taking pictures with them individually
because they were at separate tables. OK, that would work. The fans were
already clearing out and the Con staff was trying to wrap up. I looked
over to Reuben and... damnit, CaT, now he’s reading your note! XD Oh
well, it’s now or never.
I got out of my chair and stepped up to Reuben’s table (yes, he was
that close the entire time). He was still reading. “...Hi,
Reuben...?” Reuben looked
up, and I most likely turned pale. “I have kind of a weird question... I really love Dante, he’s my favorite character of all time..." Reuben nodded
and smiled. So far so good. “...and
since you are the voice and movements of Dante, I was wondering if there
is any way to get a picture of me kissing you?” Reuben
glanced around and said, “That would be difficult...” “Oh...” PLAN-B-PLAN-B-PLAN-B-QUICK!!
“Well then, can I have a picture with both of you?” “Yeah,
sure.” The
ever-present Jo added, “Do you want a picture of them
kissing?” “Sure!”
I smirked. “You’d
be surprised how many girls would want to see that,” Jo told them. Johnny
chimed in from the back, “What, you don’t want me in the picture?” Crap,
forgot about him... I
turned around and said through my teeth, “Uhh... errmmm... you can...
come if you want. ^^;;” I
think he felt he wasn’t wanted there, though. I’m sorry, Johnny!!
;_; It’s not you, it’s Nero!! Neeeerooo!! >.< I hid between
Dan and Reuben to avoid dwelling on his reaction.
“Thank you!!”... smile.... leave..... run...... back to hotel room.
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