Shoolie
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Post by Shoolie on Jul 28, 2018 11:28:56 GMT -5
Flicking his tail suspiciously, Köka thought the questions through to consider them from all angles, knowing to be weary for tricks from a human who has tried to throw a knife his direction already. Though try as he might, the little demon couldn't see the trickery in these inquiries. They really just seemed to be normal questions.
"Umm... what am I doing up here? Well, technically I'm not really supposed to be on the aboveground at all but... it's just really boring in Hell! My family is always on my back down there, but here the people are actually fun and will play games with me!!" Köka pouted, already feeling himself getting carried away in his emotions. "Listen, if you were me you would want to get away from the underworld too sometimes..."
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Post by Natalya Pachucki on Jul 28, 2018 20:04:15 GMT -5
This has to be an act, this odd small innocent act was simply not what fit with what Nat had experienced the past few years. The mention of playing games with people brought back past hunts, demons with hostages, possession, the flames engulfing entire buildings. This was the side of demons Nat was used to seeing and dealing with. She'd go up with the act, she just had to keep those images in the back of her mind.
"Yeah, I've heard were a lot better company than most of your kind." She tried to guide the conversation casually, "That bad in... hell? Is it always like that?" She slightly intended it as a joke, but it was also a test to see if it would fly over the demons head or annoy them.
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Shoolie
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Post by Shoolie on Jul 28, 2018 23:23:47 GMT -5
The boy tilted his head, looking at the demon hunter strangely. "What do you mean? Hell is just Hell. Things never really change down there." Köka couldn't for the life of him figure out what all these questions about his birthplace were about. As far as he was concerned, Hell was the most uninteresting and unremarkable place on Earth one could be. Who in their right mind would be interested in a place like that?
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Post by Natalya Pachucki on Jul 31, 2018 21:29:23 GMT -5
Either this demon was playing on her nerves or truly couldn't understand that he was in a corner and she was demanding answers. She sighed.
"I haven't seen a demon in a long time. I usually see a lot of them but these last few months? None. I wanted to know what they're so busy with." Nat cut it short for him, knowing Pat would only be a couple blocks away by now.
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Post by Shoolie on Aug 1, 2018 3:08:51 GMT -5
Sensing his talking partner getting a little flustered, Köka hesitantly stepped forward a few feet. The small demon was quickly forgetting any sense of danger he was in, too overwhelmed by curiosity at what was unsettling the human.
"Oh! Well that's because the gates have been shut! No one's allowed out right now!! I mean, I know a lotta ways out anyway so I come up aboveground almost every day to talk to Mona!! There's others that I talk to and play with too sometimes, like fire girl and flashy girl and some aliens and stuff, and we-" Köka began to ramble about the superheroes, excitedly jumping on the spot as he spoke.
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Post by Natalya Pachucki on Aug 27, 2018 23:40:42 GMT -5
Natalya took a step back instinctively but the small demon seemed to be uncaring as he went on and on. At least he was talking but the more he went on the more she thought about his end goal in this encounter. He looked distracted. Maybe, just maybe, he really was a child? She supposed younger and older demons existed, however running into a complete child demon was a first.
The gates were closed? What was even more troubling was that even with closed gates, demons could still make their way up through the other ways just as this demon had gotten through. Which meant it wasn't a forced rule but a decision that was being made by each monster.
"The Champions? They're involved?" Nat tried to fit her words in between all the rambling the child was unleashing. She was almost as distracted as he was and jumped when her partner suddenly pulled herself up to the roof. Pat was quick, rolling across the roof into a position that blocked the demon from getting away.
Pat's confusion showed on her face, "You're so small." Nat shot her a look to take this more seriously.
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Post by Shoolie on Aug 29, 2018 0:14:27 GMT -5
"I hear that there is also someone who has metal skin too, something people call a robot!! I haven't met them yet but- Whoa!-" Köka fell backwards onto his butt mid jump when a second stranger appeared suddenly in front of him, even more effectively cornering the young demon on the roof. "Who...?" He looked from the first demon hunter, still with an unsure look upon her face, to the new one. This hunter looked a lot more prepared for a fight than her counterpart, though also a bit confused, but he didn't know why. The boy's heart sank, thinking back upon his earlier thoughts that demon hunters generally worked in pairs. He really should have known a second would show up.
Köka gulped, and backed himself further into his corner, quickly returning to his serious mood. He needed to think again, the first person hadn't tried to hurt him so far... well, besides a little knife in his direction. But really, that was basically child's play! Either way, it showed that maybe these humans weren't going to be so bad... hopefully.
"H-hello...?" the demon directed to the newcomer, biting his lip. He would put his nervousness away for now. Plus they still had a deal. He answered some questions and they had to let him go.
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Post by Natalya Pachucki on Sept 12, 2018 13:03:30 GMT -5
Pat blinked. She could not get over this. He was so small. They've faced demons of all sizes but this one had to be the smallest. Generally size wasn't all that mattered but...
Pat let go of her defensive stance. "Really, after so long, this is what you're so worked up about?" She had turned to fully face her partner before glancing at the small child before her. He looked nervous, almost shy. Nat grabbed her before she could approach.
"You're kidding, he's dangerous. Please just.. not now?" "Nat, what's he going to do? I heard it all, he's probably a kid." "A kid? He's a demon, he can still hurt people." "And so could I," Pat gave her a look that asked Natalya to trust, not the demon, but to trust her for a moment. Nat let go of her arm.
She turned and crouched down to the small child's level. "Hey, what's you're name?"
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Post by Shoolie on Sept 13, 2018 21:56:59 GMT -5
The (as Pat rightfully had guessed) child demon watched the two humans bicker in front of him with interest. He flicked his tail in amusement, the fact that they were arguing about HIM in the first place more or less going over his head.
Then the newer human crouched in front of him directly and asked him his name. Köka looked into the new hunter's face with her now soft-expression, and he started giggling. "You two are so funny!! I never know what humans are thinking and it's so interesting to watch!!" Shuffling into a more relaxed crossed-legged sitting position, Köka swung his hand out to her. It wasn't really a common thing for demons to shake hands upon meeting others, but the boy had seen plenty of humans do it and he only wanted to be polite. Or something.
"I'm Köka!!! Nice to meet you!!!"
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Post by Natalya Pachucki on May 27, 2019 21:11:15 GMT -5
The comment made Nat only shuffle more. The fact that he didn't seem to understand the situation didn't convince her that he was innocent but made her believe that he was a significant threat. Sure she was able to briefly reason with him but it seemed that the small demon followed any whim or fancy that occurred to him. Pat was merely trying to gain trust, build a connection. Nat had to admit that if they could somehow keep his attention that he could gain information for them, if he wasn't holding it back right now.
Pat smiled instantly at the large grin in front of her. She knew Nat held her beliefs for good reasons but how could she not see that this was truly a young child in front of them. Pat noted how cute he was, no matter how evil she knew demons to be. "I'm Patricia, but you can call me Pat. My partner you made a deal with here is Nat. She-" Pat was reaching out to shake his hand but before she knew it, Nat had barreled into Pat and hit Koka's palm away from her partner.
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Post by Shoolie on May 28, 2019 19:20:43 GMT -5
"Pat? And Nat? Patnat? Natpat? Pananat!? Napananatpa??! Napat!!!!" The little demon paused to giggle at his little fun with the human's names, hand still outstretched. The human Pat was smiling, starting to say something and receive his offered hand when-
It all happened in an instant. Köka felt the slap on his palm before he could even register the humans moving (how did a human even move that fast??), and upon the contact a flood of the Nat's emotions washed over him. Anger. Curiosity. Fear. He could feel her panic beyond everything, feel the anguish of years of demons hurting and killing, feel her desperation to protect something she cared deeply about. All the feelings that the hunter had just bubbling upon her surface during this encounter.
And then the human's skin left contact with his skin, and Köka instantly came back to his own senses. His eyes widened as he tried to process what he had just felt, looking between the two humans who were now untangling themselves. "O-oh..."
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