Ha! Are they like those western vampires, or whatever?
[Her giggles get louder and the faint desire to drink was growing in her mind.]
Oh, I bet he was fun to toy with, if only I'd been lucid during it. Ha~! Imagine, an oni that's destroyed by the sun! It's no wonder why he'd been struggling.
[ after she properly settles down from the ego-induced bout of giggling, shuten lets out a small hum — thoughtful, now. ]
Who knows. They are pretty adaptable, those humans.
[ unseen on her end, shuten touches her side; the site of a nasty stabbing she suffered recently. light as they come, shuten debates her next words. ]
One of them managed to get me a couple times. Fufu. She's fun.
[ then, an indulgent sigh. ]
It's like we're living, breathing oni again. Forcing the brat and the cow to get along back at Chaldea was hilarious and all, but this is more our style ... don't you think?
[ congregating, bullying, fighting, wreaking havoc on the population. but they're stuck living amongst their victims, the gem and gembonded alike, currently. ]
[So Ibaraki can rip them apart. She looks and sounds incredulous. The only way she thinks someone could have managed to get a one up on her glorious and beautiful Shuten is through some sort of poisoned trickery.]
A-ah... mm-- [Despite her upset over the whole notion that someone "got" Shuten, Ibaraki nods her head. So long as her partner in crime was having fun.]
It's like Edo all over again...! Though people here could give us a bit more tribute and worship.
Oh, just a little butterfly girl I picked up before you arrived. Maybe I'll introduce you sometime?
[ but maybe "butterfly girl" is enough to pick her out of a crowd, given how heavy-handed the demon slayer is with the motif. ]
Fufu, you're hoping for a bit too much, Ibaraki. Though, I hear that place — ahhh, what was it called again? Primavera? They're pleeenty spiritual over there. Like back home.
Maybe we should introduce ourselves.
[ settle in, see how an alien land, somehow so very like their own, reacts to a new infestation of oni. maybe they really will offer tribute ... wouldn't that be something. ]
[ since mid-december, when the creep of winter began settling like snowdust around them and their mountain-high palace, shuten's sapphire has taken on an especially colorful sheen. like the glossy red horns standing high and proud on her head, shuten attentively polishes the blue gem wedged against her throat — for as long as they remain guests on this strange, alien planet, it'll be as much a part of her as anything else she grooms. and, lazy as she gets, she'll never forgo indulging in all the routines of self-care.
the weather convinces her to stay inside most of the month, despite her sapphire's natural resistance to the cold, glowing deep-sea blue with fresh energy. it doesn't entirely hold off the chill in their large abode, after all, and it isn't the torch-lit walls that tempt her during times like these ...
... but the flames of her animated partner, ever burning.
when early evening rolls around and the sun has already set, shuten grows restless. so, she goes to find ibaraki, wherever she is. ]
[Ibaraki had found herself becoming lazy recently. Without much going on, and not a whole lot in the way of grabbing her attention. The fiery oni had found herself... just kind of falling into a routine of more the usual. Maybe the New Years will help dig her out of that?
For now she was in the living area, feet tucked under a kotatsu she'd... "been given". Flipping through her phone, bags of chips around her and a few bottles of juice here and there.
Hm, New Years huh? She wondered if those demon slayers would try and throw beans at her. She really hoped not... Ibaraki kind of wants to stay right now.]
[ the kinako mochi and amazake they might have nabbed from shrines and households on new year's eve have been replaced by chips and juice from the convenience store, huh? as traditional as shuten tends to be, she finds she doesn't mind — as it happens, the kotatsu, in addition to the rest, reminds of winter days spent in chaldea.
and on nights like this, she misses the familiar chaos of it all. ]
Here you are.
[ she observes from the doorway, before drifting on in. a small hum leaves her as she approaches the kotatsu. ]
Is this the kind of thing you prefer now, Ibaraki?
[ the snacks, she means. she squats, an arm wrapped around her knees and the loose robes decorating them. her other hand reaches for a small crumb sitting at the corner of the other oni's mouth, gingerly brushing it off. ]
We were awful spoiled back at Chaldea, weren't we?
[Some amazake sounded wonderful right now. A warm cup on a cold night like this, watching the snow fall onto the mountain? Yes please. Perhaps that might be in the cards for them sometime in the future. There was bound to be someone somewhere that made it, or had the stuff to make it.
Worldly as this place is.
Ibaraki gave a sip of her juice before Shuten's footsteps on the mat caused her ears to perk.]
Kuku, the salt compliments the sweetness of the juice well. Like you wouldn't believe, Shuten.
[She was grinning, obviously pleased at the whole setup. Her toes wiggled themselves under the table. Only to let out a sputter and blush as Shuten reaches towards her mouth and brushes away the salt and crumb from it. Oh gosh, oh gosh...!]
A-ah... mm, I suppose to some extent. At least they paid us proper tribute every once and a while.
[ as much room as ibaraki makes, shuten decides it isn't enough. she plops down, slides her legs underneath the thick blanket, and shifts over until she's shoulder-to-shoulder with ibaraki, pressing against her like she almost means to climb into her lap.
she doesn't (yet). instead, she covers her hands too, and shivers pleasantly as the heat of the table thaws her bare, chilly limbs. ]
Why, it's almost as warm as you.
[ almost.
as for ibaraki's fancy of violence ... shuten hums, thinking on something as her eyes roam the snacks scattered over the table. ]
Mmm, Ibaraki. [ a pause lingers on her thoughtful smile. ] Do you miss it?
[Awawawa! Shuten was... Shuten was...! Ibaraki averted her gaze for a moment as she leaned into her. Slim shoulder against slime shoulder. Instinctively she leaned back in against her ever so lightly as she felt herself get warmer at the touch.]
Do I miss it? [Miss being able to go out and burn things? Miss getting free food and drinks whenever she wanted... or almost whenever she wanted? A human she could actually tolerate and call a master?]
Tch, it was only bearable because you were there.
[Sh-she said it! But yeah, she kind of misses it. And by the look in her eyes, and the stance of her body she was far to embarrassed to ever admit to something like that.]
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Date: 2021-08-27 04:21 pm (UTC)but that doesn't mean she's free from playing distraction for a particularly put-upon oni. ]
Ibaraki? Where did you run off to now?
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Date: 2021-08-27 06:22 pm (UTC)Especially after her little tantrum....]
Eh? I'm just... looking for meaningful loot to give you.
[She got bored and decided to explore and annoy.]
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Date: 2021-08-27 08:28 pm (UTC)[ a hum. curious, doubtful. not that it really mattered. ]
Well, if you won't be here, then ... Talk to me for a bit, okay? It's still so dreadfully hot around here, I can hardly take it.
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Date: 2021-09-09 05:45 am (UTC)I-I mean, I can head back as quickly as I can! Or... we can just talk like this.
[So long as she can bask in Shuten's presence, all was good in the world.]
catches
Date: 2021-09-09 06:10 am (UTC)[ this is a little gentler, less like a pouty wife demanding attention from her partner.
a small silence passes, when shuten remembers something. ]
Oh, yes. I forgot to tell you... You remember that poor little demon slayer you roughed up before?
loves on
Date: 2021-09-09 06:31 am (UTC)Ho? What of him? Did you decide to keep him for yourself? It'd be fine repayment.
[Even if the idea nauseates her.]
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Date: 2021-09-09 06:41 am (UTC)That's not a bad idea. Add another to my collection, hm?
[ "another." ]
Ah, but that's not it. I learned something rather amusing about him. Well, more like about the oni he fought back where he's from.
<3!
Date: 2021-09-11 09:20 pm (UTC)[No, what's happened when she wasn't looking? What sort of trial was this where she was forced to share...? Ibaraki shakes her head.]
An oni though? Was it someone we knew?
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Date: 2021-09-11 11:57 pm (UTC)Not likely. You see, apparently ...
[ god, these gossiping oni — she pauses for emphasis ]
... the oni they fight are weak to sunlight.
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Date: 2021-09-17 04:43 pm (UTC)[There was a torrent of snickering laughter following that statement.]
They're... they're weak to... what? Hahaha! Are they sure those are oni?
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Date: 2021-09-17 10:34 pm (UTC)[ oh, how she laughed when she first heard it. with ibaraki snickering, it starts up again; that high, mocking giggle. ]
I thought the same thing! I'm surprised you didn't break that boy when you so much as touched him. Their oni disintegrate, can you believe that?
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Date: 2021-09-19 05:16 am (UTC)[Her giggles get louder and the faint desire to drink was growing in her mind.]
Oh, I bet he was fun to toy with, if only I'd been lucid during it. Ha~! Imagine, an oni that's destroyed by the sun! It's no wonder why he'd been struggling.
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Date: 2021-09-20 02:28 am (UTC)with a sigh like she's catching her breath, shuten settles down. ]
Ahh, it's so pathetic I don't know what to do with myself. There's so many of those uniformed warriors here, too.
Maybe if they band together they'll have a chance.
[ maybe not, but shuten thinks of her favorite little butterfly here — and the ways she's managed to surprise her. ]
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Date: 2021-09-21 05:40 pm (UTC)[Hah!]
Then I doubt they'd last any longer even if they acted as one.
[Then again humans tended to be a surprising bunch.]
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Date: 2021-09-23 06:06 pm (UTC)Who knows. They are pretty adaptable, those humans.
[ unseen on her end, shuten touches her side; the site of a nasty stabbing she suffered recently. light as they come, shuten debates her next words. ]
One of them managed to get me a couple times. Fufu. She's fun.
[ then, an indulgent sigh. ]
It's like we're living, breathing oni again. Forcing the brat and the cow to get along back at Chaldea was hilarious and all, but this is more our style ... don't you think?
[ congregating, bullying, fighting, wreaking havoc on the population. but they're stuck living amongst their victims, the gem and gembonded alike, currently. ]
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Date: 2021-09-27 05:21 pm (UTC)[So Ibaraki can rip them apart. She looks and sounds incredulous. The only way she thinks someone could have managed to get a one up on her glorious and beautiful Shuten is through some sort of poisoned trickery.]
A-ah... mm-- [Despite her upset over the whole notion that someone "got" Shuten, Ibaraki nods her head. So long as her partner in crime was having fun.]
It's like Edo all over again...! Though people here could give us a bit more tribute and worship.
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Date: 2021-09-28 06:18 am (UTC)[ but maybe "butterfly girl" is enough to pick her out of a crowd, given how heavy-handed the demon slayer is with the motif. ]
Fufu, you're hoping for a bit too much, Ibaraki. Though, I hear that place — ahhh, what was it called again? Primavera? They're pleeenty spiritual over there. Like back home.
Maybe we should introduce ourselves.
[ settle in, see how an alien land, somehow so very like their own, reacts to a new infestation of oni. maybe they really will offer tribute ... wouldn't that be something. ]
What do you think?
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Date: 2021-10-03 04:22 am (UTC)[Poor Shinobu. Especially if Shuten follows through with introducing her to Ibaraki.]
Oh... oh! But Shuten, are you suggesting what I think you are? Kukuku, yes. Yes! That's an excellent idea!
[Offer tribute willing or not. Property values are probably going to plummet there though....]
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Date: 2021-10-04 09:18 am (UTC)Oni with a base have the strength to cause more trouble, after all. You're the one who taught me that.
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Date: 2021-10-12 05:22 am (UTC)Haha! That's right, that's right. A place to gather their strength, store their treasures and wine. Where no fools would dare bother them.
sometime around new year's, action.
Date: 2022-01-06 02:04 am (UTC)the weather convinces her to stay inside most of the month, despite her sapphire's natural resistance to the cold, glowing deep-sea blue with fresh energy. it doesn't entirely hold off the chill in their large abode, after all, and it isn't the torch-lit walls that tempt her during times like these ...
... but the flames of her animated partner, ever burning.
when early evening rolls around and the sun has already set, shuten grows restless. so, she goes to find ibaraki, wherever she is. ]
Re: sometime around new year's, action.
Date: 2022-01-06 03:25 am (UTC)For now she was in the living area, feet tucked under a kotatsu she'd... "been given". Flipping through her phone, bags of chips around her and a few bottles of juice here and there.
Hm, New Years huh? She wondered if those demon slayers would try and throw beans at her. She really hoped not... Ibaraki kind of wants to stay right now.]
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Date: 2022-01-06 04:24 am (UTC)and on nights like this, she misses the familiar chaos of it all. ]
Here you are.
[ she observes from the doorway, before drifting on in. a small hum leaves her as she approaches the kotatsu. ]
Is this the kind of thing you prefer now, Ibaraki?
[ the snacks, she means. she squats, an arm wrapped around her knees and the loose robes decorating them. her other hand reaches for a small crumb sitting at the corner of the other oni's mouth, gingerly brushing it off. ]
We were awful spoiled back at Chaldea, weren't we?
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Date: 2022-01-06 04:49 am (UTC)Worldly as this place is.
Ibaraki gave a sip of her juice before Shuten's footsteps on the mat caused her ears to perk.]
Kuku, the salt compliments the sweetness of the juice well. Like you wouldn't believe, Shuten.
[She was grinning, obviously pleased at the whole setup. Her toes wiggled themselves under the table. Only to let out a sputter and blush as Shuten reaches towards her mouth and brushes away the salt and crumb from it. Oh gosh, oh gosh...!]
A-ah... mm, I suppose to some extent. At least they paid us proper tribute every once and a while.
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Date: 2022-01-06 05:51 am (UTC)Fufu. I'm sure those mother hens in the kitchen miss the sheer voraciousness of your appetite.
[ boudica, emiya, etc. it's been awhile since she's thought of them. ]
Say ... make room, won't you?
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Date: 2022-01-06 06:59 am (UTC)[Her phone gets placed down. No need for that silly thing when Shuten was here!]
Heh, of course. For such detestable creatures ar least they know how to some decent things.
[She happily moves to the side, giving her partner room for herself!]
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Date: 2022-01-06 10:56 pm (UTC)she doesn't (yet). instead, she covers her hands too, and shivers pleasantly as the heat of the table thaws her bare, chilly limbs. ]
Why, it's almost as warm as you.
[ almost.
as for ibaraki's fancy of violence ... shuten hums, thinking on something as her eyes roam the snacks scattered over the table. ]
Mmm, Ibaraki. [ a pause lingers on her thoughtful smile. ] Do you miss it?
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Date: 2022-01-08 04:03 am (UTC)Do I miss it? [Miss being able to go out and burn things? Miss getting free food and drinks whenever she wanted... or almost whenever she wanted? A human she could actually tolerate and call a master?]
Tch, it was only bearable because you were there.
[Sh-she said it! But yeah, she kind of misses it. And by the look in her eyes, and the stance of her body she was far to embarrassed to ever admit to something like that.]