Dallas Genoard

Dallas Genoard (ダラス・ジェノアード, Darasu Jenoādo) is a deadbeat delinquent who becomes an incomplete immortal in '''1930. '''After he murders several members of the Gandor Family, the Gandor brothers weigh him down and send him to the bottom of the Hudson River in the same year.

After continuously drowning for over two years, Dallas is retrieved from the river by the Larvae in 1933, who use them for their own gains. That same month, he is reunited with his younger sister Eve Genoard.

In 1935, Dallas scrapes up enough money to attend the Runorata Family's casino party at Ra's Lance, intending to earn a hefty profit via gambling.

It is said that he someday reforms and becomes a well-liked philanthropist; the specifics of when and how this happens are unknown.

Personality
Dallas is a short-tempered and prone to violence, quick to take offense and one to hold long-term grudges. He is impulsive and self-centered. He has yet to earn money through legitimate means - thus far he has either stolen money or pawned off family possessions for it - and he'd planned to rely upon the family inheritance for a living until it was stolen. Such actions imply that he has little to no work ethic, and certainly no scruples about using others for his own benefit. Despite the fact that Dallas comes from a wealthy family, he is described as "uneducated" - again, implying a lack of worth ethic among other things.

It can be speculated that part of the reason Dallas ended up the way he did is due to bitterness over his father and brother. He's always been resentful towards the two (who viewed him as both incompetent and too young to get involved in the family business) and it is clear that he at the very least had a poor relationship with them. In fact, Dallas planned to go so far as murder his father and blame it upon his brother in order to get his hands on their shares of the inheritance. He shows no sign of grief over his grandfather's death in 1930.

The only person to whom Dallas is even remotely kind is his younger sister Eve. She has been described as his Achilles' Heel, and with good reason -- it is clear that he wants to protect her and keep her safe and happy, and woe upon whomever dares to threaten her because they will reckon with Dallas' fury. It should be noted, however, that he did plan to wrangle Eve's share of the inheritance out of her before the disaster of 1930 struck. Outside of Eve, Dallas appears to have no interest in "making nice" with others - only in how he can use them. He also refuses to take over the family, claiming that it is a "pain" (although Narita says that this is his way of being kind towards his sister).

He seems to have some sort of regret over his resorting to violence to solve his problems, since he had once promised Eve that he wouldn't get himself involved in more fights. However, he has stated that violence and threats are the only way he knows how to protect her (which is not surprising in the slightest).

Dallas is prone to using excess profanity when speaking and even moreso in his internal thoughts.

Backstory
Dallas was likely born sometime in 1911, the second son of Raymond Genoard and his wife. In his teens, he grew increasingly resentful of his father and older brother Jeffrey who refused to involve him in the family business because they thought him both incompetent and too young. Dallas eventually left home because of that and roamed the streets of New York, getting into brawls and visiting the juice bars with his cronies.

In October 1930, Dallas receives word or otherwise learns of his grandfather's sudden passing (much to his complete absence of grief). He rushes back home to the family mansion in Newark, planning to kill his father and blame the crime on Jeffrey so that he (Dallas) can claim the inheritance. Wrangling Eve's portion out of her should be easy as well. However, the night Dallas returns home (and the night he prepares to carry out his plan) takes a turn when the family fortune is stolen from the family safe by a pair of thieves. The next day, despite the situation Dallas offers to teach Eve a little billiards. Eventually he returns to Little Italy, New York for The Rolling Bootlegs.

1930: The Rolling Bootlegs
In November 1930, Dallas and his cronies (Scott, James, and a third man) harass a man in an alleyway only to have their fun spoiled by Firo Prochainezo from the Martillo Family. Once Firo leaves and the group recovers, they brutally assault the man again and steal his crate (which contains two bottles of the Cure-All Elixir). Dallas and his three goons snatch the crate and head to the Coraggioso (headquarters of the Gandor Family). There, Dallas attempts to convince Luck Gandor to help him take revenge on Firo, offering for him and his buddies to become members of the Gandors in exchange. Luck declines and Berga Gandor roughs the four up and kicks them out of the building. The crate is now in the Gandors' hands.

After recovering from the beating, Dallas and his goons are skulking through the backstreets when they run into Isaac & Miria in an alleyway. The four refuse to alter their path and one of them bumps into Miria. The eccentric duo urge the four to be more careful, and the four decide to take offense. One of them holds Miria in a full nelson while Dallas and the other two kick the downed Isaac. Their fun is again thwarted - this time by Ennis, who knocks all four of them unconscious.

Dallas and the others are brought to a certain basement room. While they are passed out, Ennis injects them with the incomplete immortality elixir on Szilard Quates' instructions. Once they wake, Szilard devours Scott, sending Dallas and the other two into shock. When they regain their senses, Szilard gives Dallas a proposal: he and his crew will steal back Szilard's crate for him. In exchange, they can enact their revenge on Firo.

Dallas accepts, and he and the other two return to the Coraggioso's basement. There, they gun down four Gandor men with Thompsons and steal back the crate. A few eyewitnesses see them exit the building. Dallas has no intention of actually complying with Szilard's orders, and intends to negotiate with him or sell the elixir instead.

Dallas' plan goes awry when his gang is ambushed by Isaac and Miria. The two pelt the three thugs with a pepper-lime mixture; while Dallas and the others reel from the burning sensation, the couple steal the crate from them.

Once the stinging dies down, Dallas and the other two head towards Martillo turf, where they find Firo and Ennis in a backalley. Dallas' glee at finding Firo (for revenge's sake) is tempered when Luck Gandor appears and presses the end of a gun into the back of Dallas' head (Berga and Keith Gandor) do the same with the other cronies). Luck asks him if he can explain why four Gandor men are dead and Dallas attempts to blame the crime on Firo. Luck reveals that the Gandors and Firo are childhood friends, and the three brothers promptly shoot Dallas and co. dead.

Dallas and co. regenerate quickly (they were shot in the head before at Caraggioso) and quickly retrieve their scattered Thompsons and gun down the Gandors, Firo, and Ennis. They turn the corner, and run down the alleyway, only to be hit by a car. The three go tumbling over the car and to the ground behind it. Just as they are groaning, the car (driven by Isaac) backs up and pins them to the ground (where they remain for the rest of the event).

When Dallas wakes up, he finds himself inside an oil drum with his hands and feet bound. Looking around, he notices that his two cronies are in the same position. They are in the middle of a dark warehouse. In front of him, Dallas is shocked to see the Gandors alive. Luck neglects to deign Dallas' horrified query with an answer, and Keith throws a deck of fifty-two jokers into Dallas' barrel. Luck says that is very nice of Keith, who had pointed out that Dallas and the others will probably be bored on the ocean floor until they die of old age.

Dallas is filled with terror at the implication of those words, and Luck and Berga darkly joke about how the water will ruin any form of entertainment, suggestions of which include a radio, a chess set, and an Arthur Conan Doyle novel. All three look into Dallas' eyes and ask him to choose which one he'd like.

The barrels are filled with cement, and Dallas and the others are thrown into the Hudson River. They are buried in the deepest part of the riverbed. He proceeds to continuously drown for over two years.

1933 The Slash
In September 1933, Dallas's barrel is retrieved from the river by the Larvae. They extracted him from the cement, bring him to a small room and lay him out on a bed. He wakens to an unfamiliar man's voice talking about Nellie Bly, inventor of the steel barrel. Still unable to move, Dallas glares at the man (Tim) and is outraged at his snide remarks on how funny Dallas must have looked as he was sobbing down in the river. Tim says that he saved Dallas from his hell.

Dallas thinks back to his family, and wonders if his father and brother are dead yet so he can claim what's left of his inheritance. Maybe he'll buy Eve a present with the money. But first....Dallas silently vows that he'll kill everyone who ever looked down on him, including: Ennis; Szilard; Isaac and Miria (he doesn't know their names) and most of all Firo Prochainezo, the root of his misfortune. Tim speaks up and disparagingly calls Dallas a good-for-nothing. Dallas silently vows that he'll kill him too. The feeling intensifies after Tim says that Dallas can't move because he injected him with a paralytic agent.

Tim proposes a deal: if Dallas cooperates with his group, they'll pay him money in return. If he refuses, "someone" gets to go barrel diving in the Hudson again. Dallas silently sneers that he'll pretend to go along with the plan until he can make a getaway with the money - only to freeze when Tim continues "naturally, that someone would be your little sister, Eve Genoard." Dallas internally panics and admits that he honestly cares about Eve and doesn't want her to die. He internally warns Tim that if he touches a single hair on Eve's head he'll get a "red carpet reservation right at the top of my shit list."

Time invites his colleagues inside, and in walks a group of odd people, led by Adele. Adele addresses Tim by name, and Dallas makes a point to memorize it. Tim assures Dallas that they're not watching Eve, but if he doesn't cooperate Adele will kill the girl. Dallas glares at Adele and silently wonders what he did to deserve this before immediately admitting that he's done a lot to 'piss other's off.' Again he thinks to himself that this has nothing to do with Eve, and swears that he'll kill them all. Barely recovering his voice, he manages to ask them what they are, and Tim introduces them as the Larvae.

Once Dallas can walk, the group leave the room and head for Little Italy. Tim asks the straggling Dallas how much he knows about immortals, and explains to Dallas that he's more of a 'defective' immortal than a true one since he can die of old age. According to Tim, the real immortals are a group of alchemists who made a deal with a demon two hundred years ago. Tim asks Adele to explain the alchemists bit, and Dallas glares at her, remembering that she's the one who'll kill Eve if he does anything out of line - although she doesn't look much of a killer. Dallas shakes his head, recalling how he'd been thoroughly trounced by a woman (Ennis) who looked just as non-threatening almost three years back.

Tim mentions that his group is led by true immortal Huey Laforet, and reveals that Szilard has been devoured by one such complete immortal. What's more, the man responsible for devouring Szilard is Firo Prochainezo. Dallas freezes - not only does that mean that Firo is an immortal, that means that Firo can kill him but he can't kill Firo. Sweating, Dallas is "gripped by the delusion" that he has become "the weakest being in the entire world."

Dallas asks where they're going, and is taken aback when he learns that they're headed for Millionaire Row (where the Genoard villa is). He says that the street isn't suitable for "chumps" like the Larvae, and a few seconds later realizes that they must be heading to his house. Tim assures him that Eve isn't there. .When they arrive at the manor, Dallas learns that a group of delinquents lives there as housekeepers, led by Jacuzzi Splot.

Dallas spots an odd couple poking their heads out of a doorway and recognizes them as the couple who ran him over back in 1930. He begins to shout an insult at them, but his throat is promptly gored by Adele's spear. She pulls her spear out of his throat, and kicks his corpse away. Dallas regenerates, and as he's lying on the floor he is enraged to learn (through the overhead conversations) that Tim and Adele brought him here as a guinea pig, to demonstrate immortality to Jacuzzi's gang. Recovering his voice, he growls at Tim and asks if that was really all the reason why he was brought to the mansion. At Tim's response ("kind of, but not entirely") Dallas gets to his feet and reaches for the man's neck, only to stop when he realizes the mood in the room has completely changed from what it'd been before he'd died.

Trying to figure out the tension in the room, Dallas scans his surroundings and notices a familiar looking newcomer in the room staring at him. The woman cocks her head and questioningly says his name, causing Dallas to remember her as Ennis from 1930. Consumed with anger, Dallas wildly looks around and spies a man (another newcomer) with scissors dangling from his belt. Dallas makes a beeline for him and snatches a pair of scissors off the man's person, knocking him down in the process.

Dallas whips around to face Ennis but before he can charge, he feels a hand grasping his wrist. Glancing murderously over his shoulder, he sees that the man (Tick Jefferson) is responsible (he'd reached up from where he was still sprawled on the floor). Tick asks that Dallas return his scissors; Dallas attempts to shake off Tick's hand but is irked when Tick's grip proves surprisingly strong.

Tick shouts that Dallas mustn't use his scissors for hatred or revenge, and Dallas raises the scissors upward - intending to drive them down into Tick's hand. In the next instant, Dallas' right hand is severed and smacks against the wall - still clutching Tick's scissors. Dallas stares dumbly at the blood splurting from his wrist and then screams in agony while the perpetrator (Maria Barcelito) preens. Dallas calms down as his hand reattaches itself to his wrist, and vehemently swears at Maria that that hurt. After a moment of shock, Maria laughs and says that he's just like her boss.

Dallas charges toward Maria, but crashes to the ground when she cleaves his right foot from his ankle. As soon as it reattaches itself, Maria lops off Dallas' left hand. Tim orders Adele to stop her, and the two women start fighting. Ronny Schiatto brings their battle to an end, and Dallas recovers from his latest wounds and staggers to his feet just as Ennis is confronting Adele (who'd nicked Isaac's ear). The chaos in the manor comes to a close when Nice Holystone sets off a smoke bomb. Dallas seizes his chance and escapes the manor while he can.

Dallas heads for the Alveare, stopping at a phone booth to call Eve. When she doesn't pick up, fear momentarily grips him as he worries that the Larvae have already gotten to her. But he then remembers that there's no way they could have travelled to New Jersey in such a short time period, and he relaxes. Once he reaches the street the Alveare is on, he stands on the curb opposite the store and sees Firo through its windows. He glares at the figure before pulling himself away and continuing onward.

Dallas viciously repeats his promise to kill "them all," mulling over the events at the manor - how he'd felt powerless when Maria was slicing him up, and how his murderous bloodlust had returned when he'd pictured Firo's face. As he decides to kill Tim and Adele first (since they pose a threat to Eve), he mentally apologizes to his sister. ''Sorry, Eve. Your brother never was very smart. I don't know how else to protect you. What can I say? I can't think of any way to keep you safe other than killing everyone who'd hurt you''. He mutters that the rainy streets are just like the river--so dark that he can't see a thing.

For all the pent-up rage that Dallas has, he knows that there's nothing that he can do about it unless he can obtain power. Just enough to kill somebody, that's all. It isn't that Dallas lacks the nerve to kill someone - he has that just fine. The problem, of course, is that everybody on his hit list is out of his league. Most of them are either true immortals or severely outclass him in fighting skill (like Maria). Dallas briefly considers going after Isaac and Miria (not realizing that they're immortal too) and shoves them to the side in favor of Tim and Adele.

Dallas arrives at the construction project by the Hudson and eyes the river that had been his own personal hell for over two years. The only reason he's come back to such a terrible place is because he vaguely remembers that he'd had two companions who'd also been dropped into the river back in 1930. He can't even remember their names anymore, but at the very least he remembers that they were incomplete immortals too. And thus -- potential tools, reusable and undying. Not seeing a sign of them anywhere, Dallas glares at his former watery prison. Twisting his face up in disgust, he turns to leave, and freezes at the sight of a group of umbrella-holding youths surrounding him.

Completely soaked, Dallas rudely asks what they want with him, and asks them to kindly "fuck off." The leader of the group tentatively asks if he's one of the Larvae, and Dallas remembers that he was the tattooed delinquent back at the mansion. The one whose gang Tim wanted to use as bait. Dallas briefly wonders what the delinquents were doing in his mansion in the first place, but shrugs it off as probably a deal that "Dad or Jeff" worked out.

Dallas demands that Jacuzzi hand him an umbrella if he wants to live, and Jacuzzi apologizes reflexively as he hands over his own umbrella. Dallas swaggers up to him and tells Jacuzzi to take him to his hideout. Recalling Tim's words once more, Dallas chuckles and thinks that bait sounds like an awfully nice word. If he can make Jacuzzi's gang do what he wants, he just might be able to kill the Larvae off. He drawls that it looks like he and Jacuzzi's gang will be seeing each other a lot from now one, so they might as well try to get along.

Dallas holds out Jacuzzi's umbrella and tells him to stand under the umbrella with him since he's getting wet. Jacuzzi thanks him, and Dallas says there's no need to thank him - after all, Jacuzzi owes him one now. No, two. No, three, considering that Dallas will be helping him out from now on. Jacuzzi slowly counts the favors out: one for the umbrella; one for the....advice, but the third...? He doesn't know. Dallas reminds him that he and his gang have been living in his mansion. Ignoring Jacuzzi's questions, Dallas begins walking and chortles in glee over having finally found tools for his own gain.

Jacuzzi and the gang lead him to an abandoned factory - their 'hideout', so to speak. Dallas pompously fills them in on what Tim had planned for them, and reminds them that they owe him now that he's decided to help them out. If he hadn't, they'd surely be dead by now. Jacuzzi asks about Ennis, and Dallas warns him not to be fooled by her pretty face - she's a cold blooded murderer who's killed hundreds of people (not that he actually knows the real number). Dallas learns the names of the couple who'd run him over and makes a point of remembering their names.

Jacuzzi cautiously asks if Dallas is really a Genoard, and if it's really his mansion that the gang is staying at. Dallas snarls at him, only for John Panel to pipe up and say "well you see, that's the part we find hardest to believe, boyo. You mean to tell us that your Miss Eve's brother, then?" Dallas' eyes narrow as he asks how exactly does John know about Eve, and John replies that she was the one who let them borrow the villa. Dallas realizes that this must mean that "dad and Jeff" are dead - which means this must be his lucky day. All he has to do is prove that he's still alive and thus inherit the family fortune.

Dallas emphasizes that now that he's back, he's the rightful heir to the family. John says that Eve's been worrying herself sick over her brother, and critically says that Dallas wasn't really what they were expecting. Dallas ignores him as he thinks about how to convince Jacuzzi that Tim and Adele are his enemies. He ends up driving home the point that Tim is sure to betray Jacuzzi's gang once they've completed Tim's task, and is pleased when Jacuzzi and several of the members look worried.

Nice and John remain skeptical, and point out that some of what Dallas is saying is pure conjecture. Dallas inwardly grouches at them before calmly saying that it's up to them whether or not to believe him. Jacuzzi asks if Tim has a higher-up, and Dallas stops as he recalls Tim's words to him in the small recovery room. He murmurs Huey Laforet, and Jacuzzi's gang falls silent and turns to look at a woman with black hair and golden eyes standing at the back of the group. At Dallas' stare, she straightens and matches his gaze with an intense look of her own. Jacuzzi asks him if he's sure about Huey being the leader, and mumbles that they sort of know him. Bewildered, Dallas asks him to spill the beans, who's the woman, why's she so important. Jacuzzi stammers, and Dallas opens his mouth to threaten him when he and the others freeze at the sudden change in atmosphere.

Dallas turns and sees a shadowy silhouette standing behind the woman. The shadow steps forward and hugs the woman, murmuring into her ear. Shivering despite himself, Dallas forces out a "wh-who...?" and the shadow spares him a single glance before ignoring him. Normally such a snubbing would have Dallas up in arms, but he can only stand there in petrified silence as he takes the man in. He can hardly think straight - the man radiates such an impossibly overpowering sense of danger that he feels that if he looks away he'll be killed. Dallas mentally concedes defeat.

The man calls the woman Chane, and Jacuzzi calls the man Claire and then Felix at the man's correction. After Claire and Chane 'talk,' Claire asks the room what they want him to do before turning his gaze towards Dallas. Spreading his arms wide, Claire says "you've got balls, daring to use me as a tool. Just make sure you don't hurt yourself trying to use it...understand?" Dallas attempts to stutter a "who are you" but Claire dismissively says that he doesn't need to hear whatever Dallas intends to say - he heard everything earlier, anyway. Dallas can only nod in response.

Claire casually says to Dallas that he must be trying to use "these kids" to get rid of the Larvae due to a personal grudge, and Dallas' jaw drops at the exposure. As Dallas stammers, Claire walks over to where he's sitting and places a hand on his shoulder, leaning in close. Smiling, Claire says that he doesn't really care what Dallas is up to, since it stopped being a threat the moment he got here. There's no way Dallas' harebrained scheme (whatever it is) can pose a threat to his world and it's not as if the "kids" were born yesterday either. So if Dallas is this bent on using Claire and the gang, then fine. Go ahead.

The implicit threat is obvious. And then Claire actually voices it. "I'm gonna use you as it suits me, too." It is clear to Dallas that here is a man who is not to be trifled with. It is clear that this man has everything that Dallas doesn't. All the power he lacks. Dallas is filled not with envy, but with terror. Cowed, Dallas manages to keep up his appearance of outward calm while frantically trying to figure out how to salvage the situation. Claire cocks his head and says that Dallas is still hiding something - though it doesn't matter to him what it is. Dallas, of course, is hiding so many things that even he has no idea as to which one Felix means. Knocked off kilter, he blurts "how did you know?"

Gut feeling, says Claire. Or maybe it's his eyes. Actually - if he had to express it in words..."for me, anything's possible."

Dallas leads Jacuzzi's gang to the Larvae's temporary hideout (where he'd first woken up) in Soho. Dallas and Jacuzzi enter the house together, followed by Jacuzzi's closest friends. The rest wait outside. Tim comments that he didn't expect this to happen and grudgingly concedes a "not bad" in Dallas' direction - he'd thought Dallas would give up on his sister and make a run for after everything he'd been through earlier that day. A hostile Dallas asks if Eve is safe, and Tim lightly says that he convinced Adele to wait on hunting down Eve and that perhaps some thanks are in order.

Jacuzzi confirms with Tim that they'll go through with the job as long as he upholds his end of the bargain (which is to make them incomplete immortals). Tim cuts to the chase and says that if they're to make the delinquents immortal, they'll need to get their hands on an incomplete knockoff liquor that "some alchemist" made a long time ago. Tim's group has recently learned that the liquor in question has been stolen by a certain company called Nebula. All the Larvae and Jacuzzi's gang has to do is liberate the goods. How? The Larvae want the delinquents to help them storm the building and take it by force.

The next morning, Dallas hides explosives under his jacket and heads to the Babel Restaurant on the top of the Mist Wall, a skyscraper owned by the Nebula corporation and purportedly where they're holding the elixir. (He stole the explosives from Nice). He sits at a table of six along with Jacuzzi, Nice, and Donny - choosing a seat a little ways away from the three of them - and glares at the menu. A waiter approaches the group and asks if an insistent guest can sit at their table. Jacuzzi says that's fine, and Ronny Schiatto (the guest in question) takes a seat across from him. Behind the man are Isaac and Miria, who cheerfully take their own seats at the table.

Dallas clenches his fist at the sight of the couple sitting only two seats away from him. Shaking with rage, he wonders what those two are doing here of all places, and only barely manages to get a hold of himself as he thinks that he really has no time to spare on killing them. He hears an "infuriating whine" of a voice calling out to Ronny and the couple; looking up, he sees the one man whom he hates the most in the world -- Firo. Acting purely on automatic instinct, Dallas howls out Firo's name. As both the staff and the patrons turn to look at him, he slowly stands and stalks over to his "hated nemesis."

Dallas 'thanks' Firo for saving him the trouble of having to find him. Firo matches Dallas' stare and demands that Dallas tell him what he's done with Ennis. Dallas pauses, confused, and for a moment total silence envelops the restaurant. At the table Isaac snaps his fingers and exclaims that he and Miria saved Ennis, and Firo dashes over to him in relief. Dallas stands there forgotten as Firo questions them; the knowledge that Firo had completely ignored him, had brushed him aside like a mere nuisance fills Dallas with rage, and he rushes towards Firo with a vengeance.

Firo nonchalantly slams his shoe into Dallas' knee and he proceeds to flip Dallas midair, sending him to the floor. Firo squats next to Dallas, still gripping his arm, and curiously notes that Dallas is "as weak as ever." Firo warns him that he surely hadn't thought he could get away with kidnapping Ennis so easily, but the confrontation is halted when Ronny announces that he's heard gunshots on the first floor.

The elevator opens, and out steps Christopher Shouldered and Adele. Firo mutters at the sight of Christopher as he effortlessly holding Dallas in place. Firo exchanges uncomfortable greetings with Christopher and Christopher soon asks who the manager of the establishment is. An elderly man raises his hand and Christopher draws his gun and shoots the restaurant manager between his eyes. The patrons start screaming and Donny (the first to react, the first to keep his cool) throws a table at Christopher. The homunculus dodges easily, and Donny pushes his massive hand down against him. Christopher pushes against him and slips between his legs, twisting 'round and aiming with his gun at the back of Donny's head.

Nice throws a flash bang at Christopher's face, Jacuzzi rushes him and Adele thrusts her spear in a warning gesture at his throat followed by Christopher resting the tip of his modified Apache revolver to the youth's head. Firo exchanges barbs with Christopher and presses his knee against Dallas' neck, causing him to pass out.

When Dallas comes to, Claire, Chane and Christopher are missing and the patrons have all fled. He scrambles to his feet and blocks Tim and an injured Adele from leaving the restaurant. Tim's demand for Dallas to help him with Adele trails off at Dallas' glare, Dallas says that he didn't think he'd get his chance to take care of them so soon, and comments that this must be his lucky day. He draws his favorite knife out from under his jacket - the one he'd had on him back in 1930, now covered in rust - and advances towards them, smirking that he "never thought you'd just fuck yourselves up and make it easier for me to...huh?"

Adele buries her spear in his chest, and Tim admits that he underestimated Dallas as he takes out his pistol and aims at his forehead. Dallas smiles, his teeth stained with blood. He says "but y'know what's luckiest of all for me? Yesterday, I met that crazy bitch with the bomb fetish?" Nice looks over and sees her high-end explosives spluttering under his jacket. As she yells for everyone to hit the floor, the explosives ignite and Dallas is blown back towards the elevator, his body somehow mostly intact (thanks to the make of the explosives). He lies there passed out as stray bits of him come back together, his torso nearly bare (his shirt practically destroyed) and his trousers blackened and burnt.

When he recovers, he staggers over to Tim (who is crawling over to the now further injured Adele) and steps hard on the man's wrist. Looking down at the man, he grins that "this immortality thing really comes in handy" considering that he's already on his feet while Tim is crawling around on the floor like a worm. Tim sarcastically replies that "I take it you didn't appreciate how we treated you?" Dallas responds that he doesn't care about what they did to him - but he had promised that if they laid a hand on Eve - if they even thought about laying a hand on her, he'd make them regret it.

Tim brazenly asks him why he'd even come to the Mist Wall - after all, he could have just taken his sister and ran. Dallas grimaces, looks away and says that "this is the only way I know to keep her safe. Tim snarks at him, and Dallas kicks him hard in the stomach before dragging him and Adele by their arms towards one of the shattered windows. A sudden intense pain in his back stops him as he nears the edge and he wheezes as Tick solemnly apologizes. "...I'm sorry. So you're Dallas Genoard. Hello."

Tick has stabbed Dallas in his spine with a pair of scissors. Dallas only just manages to say that this has nothing to do with the man, his voice ragged with pain. Tick sadly smiles and says that he understands how Dallas feels, how he loves his little sister so much that he can never forgive anyone who tries to hurt her (how even the thought of it makes him so angry that he can't even think straight).

And that's why Tick can't forgive him. How could he stand by and watch Dallas murder his little brother? Tim gasps and asks how Tick knew who he was, and Tick answers that he recognized him the moment he saw his face in the manor. Dallas spits that they shouldn't ignore him, and reaches his right hand back in an attempt to grab the scissors that Tick is driving into his spine. With his other hand, Tick takes another pair of scissors from his belt and stabs them into Dallas' right shoulder. Dallas groans and his arm hangs limp by his side.

Tick apologizes and tells Dallas to hate him if he must. He takes a step forward towards the window, forcing Dallas to do the same, and continues talking to his younger brother (Tim) as he takes out yet another pair of scissors and rams them into Dallas' left side. Dallas' lungs begin to shut down, and short strangled noises escape from his throat via short panting breaths. Tick takes another step forward, and moves to stand next to Dallas. He turns Dallas' head in his direction, and asks him to "please look at my face. I'm the one who's putting you in so much pain right now, and I'm the one who's going to push you out this window. Tack...Tim has nothing to do with it. My name is Tick. Tick Jefferson. I want you to direct all your hatred at me."

Tick falls silent for a moment, and then continues. "If you're still determined to go after Tim, just remember one thing. I know what your sister looks like, and I know where she lives."

Murderous rage engulfs Dallas' soul. Tick nods, apologizes, and thanks him for understanding. After a pause, he remembers his encounter with Eve and Fang Lin-Shan downstairs and says that he thinks "someone" is waiting for Dallas "down there." So saying, he removes the scissors from Dallas' spine and nudges him forward with a few parting words. Dallas plummets off the building and splatters against the sidewalk below.

Eve and Fang take Dallas (once he presumably reforms) back to the manor and lay him out on one of their beds. When Dallas' consciousness returns to him the next day, he lies there quietly and vaguely recalls the feeling of floating. He recalls the face of that "squinty-eyed bastard" (Tick) and swears that he'd better not even think of laying a hand on Eve. By now, Dallas has opened his eyes to see Eve crying by his bedside. He wants to know who made her cry, and he recalls his promise to keep her safe.

Dallas only realizes that he's not dreaming when Eve cries his name, buries her face in his chest and throws her arms around him. He's in a "fancy bed" and he wonders how many years has it been since he's slept in a bed this soft before noting that such a bed isn't for the likes of someone like him. He observes that Eve looks as if she hasn't slept a wink in goodness knows how long, and thinks that she should just shove him out and get some sleep. He knows that he doesn't deserve this sort of luxury.

Eve tearfully asks if he knew how worried she was, and he affirms that he must have been the one who made her cry. As she expresses how glad she is to have him back he thinks that he really is a terrible human being. Opening his mouth to finally speak, he apologizes for breaking the promise he'd made to her, having gotten into another fight. She falls silent, and he adds that he at least kept the other promise - which was to keep her safe. Silently, he asks her not to cry - because if she cries because of him he'll just have to go and beat himself up. She starts crying anyway, and he wishes that she would stop because seeing her cry makes him want to cry himself.

1935
(1935 under construction)

Trivia

 * He was probably born around 1911-1912, since he is 22 in September 1933.
 * According to Tim, there's a rumor floating around that Dallas once won a neighborhood pool/billiards competition.