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cair paradisa。

COLETTE BRUNEL.
♗ fortuna

A silver-tongued angel. Their past is complicated to say the least, but he no longer has any delusions. Though he is outwardly dismissive of her in passing, Joshua still sometimes goes to her when seeking sincere comfort. He feels possessive of her, but not enough to actually scare away her friends. He just likes making them jump from time to time.

LUCREZIA BORGIA.
♚ diana

Soon after meeting in a fairy tale, they both received a toddler from the castle that they named Abel. Their relationship was turbulent for a time, but they still found loopholes through Cesare's enforced banishment to meet. Once her brother left, little time was wasted before Lucrezia took Joshua up on his earlier offer to move into the mansion that he had been living alone in since Zelman and Pharos's departure. There's a good chance everything would be just perfect if not for Lucrezia's friends invested in constantly making her feel terrible. He's not fond of letting problems go unsolved for very long.

EZIO AUDITORE.
♙ mars

Perhaps he wasn't as quick to judge Joshua, but he's disliked for other reasons entirely. This guy upset Lucrezia even more than Stephanie did, arguably, and continues to flirt with her as if nothing happened. It's rude is what it is! Why didn't Cesare kill him before leaving?

SHERLOCK HOLMES.
♟ corvus

You don't really forget watching a man fall to his death. They get along well enough, with limited interaction.

SPIKE SPIEGEL.
♙ morpheus

Little connects these two but women now gone. Joshua's interest in Spike goes beyond them, though, and instead teases at the man's play on normality. Nobody's fooling anybody.

STEPHANIE BROWN.
♙ megaera

Lucrezia's best friend, and a girl who seems intent on taking her away from him for some reason. If not for her constant negativity and naysaying, he wouldn't mind her so much. If it wouldn't make Lucrezia just feel worse, Joshua would want to find a way to get rid of her.

TOHRU ADACHI.
♙ izanagi

When will cops not be crooked? Joshua's respect (lack thereof) for law enforcement aside, he's never liked this man. Even without his horns, he once felt Adachi's closeness with Colette was inappropriate, and it's only morphed into a twisted, on-going session of hair pulling since.

ZELOS WILDER.
♙ bacchus

One of Colette's friends. He gave off interesting vibes, but they haven't crossed paths in some time.

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