Video | un; Berserker | backdated slightly to start of Tanabata

[bananaoni]

Food and drink, fancily dressed women... Festivals are the perfect chance for pillaging!

[Believe it or not, Ibaraki is actually taking her time to dress up for this.]

Umu! Yes, do take care none of you fall in the path of my enjoyment this evening. And if you do then be sure to entertain me properly. There's nothing more dangerous than a bored oni after all~!

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[osake]

Good. I'll see you soon, then.

[ it's late — early morning hours late, but shuten spent an iota of her usual party time actually mulling over the words shouted at the tail end of it, both in and out of the company of their dear clan leader, and where she would usually be thrumming from the energy of that indulgence, she's also tired.

it could wait, but she imagines ibaraki will join her in their near-nest of blankets and futon anyway. ]

[bananaoni]

Shuten?

[She entered the room softly, glancing down towards the bundle on the futon. Just as softly she pressed in to sit next to her partner. Shuten must be tired, of course so was Ibaraki. The night had been an eventful one. Even if the yellow oni had missed out on what was going on towards the tail end of it all.

Taking a moment longer to see just how awake Shuten is, before curling up next to her.]

Are you awake?

[osake]

[ back with their dear master, shuten lazed long between missions like chores required of her. now, here, without the endless stream of magical energy feeding her dangerous whims, shuten takes every opportunity to rest up, enough and then some, for the next disaster.

the room is lit by the stars and the moon, filtering through the quiet mess of their apartment. it's bright enough, especially for an oni, whose eyes catch the reflection of light easier than a human's.

shuten answers by rising to a propped up elbow, lifting the sheets for ibaraki to slide into. ]

Mhm. Did I seem that sleepy to you over the phone?

[bananaoni]

[Ibaraki took her time staring at Shuten throught the dimly lit room. The way the low-light played off of her pale form and dark hair had Ibaraki's heart racing. No matter how many times she looks at her, Shuten was always breathtaking. In more ways than one.

Catching herself as the other oni raised herself up, pushing the sheets aside to welcome Iba into the warm bundle, she did her best to hide the flustered feelings she currently felt.]

A little.

[Given the energetic nature of their surroundings, the usually languid Shuten wouldn't have surprised her if she had been tired. Then again, Shuten also always had her own form of energy about her. Add to it the usual, chaotic parties, the oni and their gang typically held long ago. And Ibaraki also wouldn't be surprised if Shuten could pull an all nighter of energetic partying.

Taking the opportunity, Ibaraki sinks into the sheets. Arm pressing around Shuten's form as she snuggles I'm against her.]

You sounded bothered... maybe curious.

[osake]

[ it's thoughtfulness, rather than true fatigue, that makes her languorous. it's true — there is some part of her, as long as she exists, that seems awake at all times. watchful, biding her time, ready for most anything. the glimmering, patient gaze of a nocturnal animal waiting for its chance.

it simmers beneath the surface, boiled down after the steam and heat of party-going dissipates away. her eyes narrow to a focused half-mast — soft and sharp all at once — as ibaraki wraps an arm around her and says that. her voice becomes a low rumble in her chest, a quiet purr between them as she responds. ]

Well, you're not wrong about that.

[ no use beating around the bush anymore, though, close as they are now. ]

Kaneguma made an appearance tonight.

[bananaoni]

[She melts into her as the purr reverberates through Shuten's form and into Ibaraki's. Perhaps any other might be wary of falling into the oni's clutches as she is. But Shuten felt comforting to her.

It was that patience behind her strength and cunning which helped draw Ibaraki into her further. An added sort of stability for her to draw on. The other half of her, so to speak. It was also that very same demeanor that Shuten carried which allowed her to pick up on the obvious that Ibaraki missed out on.

Something she probably wouldn't care about until the name is dropped.]

Eh? That one is here too?

[Spoken, perhaps, just a tad too loud. Muffled only from her face pressing into Shuten's shoulder. Breathing in her wife's scent. Comforting just as the rest of her.]

Hmm- Toraguma... now Kaneguma....

[Hm... the wheels began to turn on Ibaraki's mind. There was also the way that fool Toraguma had spoken of Shuten. Maybe it was nothing but, perhaps, it might be something. Well, it most certainly is something if those two managed to wind themselves up down here in positions of repute.]

Umu... [She shifts herself slightly to look up towards Shuten's face, looking to see if, perchance, there might be answers there.]

-There's more then... of the others.