destinystrings | [forward dated to the 26th] Birthdays are not always fun

Who: Shura and OPEN
Where: Capricorn ward
Summary: Shura gives magatsuhi to her newly formed army for her birthday
Warnings: Sads
Birthdays are normally the cause for celebration, joy and laughter. Not for Shura today. First, it's her human birthday, which always makes her nostalgic and sad. Second, she has demons to take care of now.

She has assembled them in the Capricorn Ward, where the air is fresh and crisp and the destruction has been avoided for the most part. There, resting against a Gdon, she is watching sad movies about heroic animals on a portable DVD player. Her sobs and the emotional pain she is feeling might make it look like she has extremely poor taste in birthday activities, but she is actually doing this for a good cause. In fact, most of the demons around her, from mischievous Pixies to violent Onis, are sitting near her looking content. People with Support Persona or those sensitive to energy may see or feel powerful red tendrils of energy escaping from Shura and being absorbed by her demons.

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"Shura? What are you doing?"

Sarah's fairly bemused by...whatever this is.

Shura sniffs and looks up, her face thoroughly stained with tears and her eyes rimmed with red. "Sarah?" She didn't think anyone would come find her here...

Sarah responds to the sort-of question.

"I had some time off, so I came to look at the trees."

And then I found you is unspoken but implicit.

"Oh. ... have a seat? Gdon is warm..." Shura, Gdon is ON FIRE.

"I prefer my warmth to be a little less of the open flames variety."

She'll approach anyway, and sit down with her legs crossed - away from the giant fiery tiger.

"Are you...all right?"

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Flynn is scouting around the Ward in search of useful items where he hears the crying. He walks over.

"Are you alright, Miss?"

She looks familiar.

She pauses the video and sniffs. "Yeah! I am. I'm just, uh, this isn't what it looks like."

"What does it look like?"

He's confused.

"I'm not watching these movies just for the fun of crying! I am feeding my demons."

"Demons feed on emotions?"

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"Is...is something wrong?"

This is a really odd sight, so Sam has to stop as he's passing by just to tilt his head at all of these demon things being in one place.

"You're...not watching some sad movies on that player of yours, are you?"

Shura sniffs pathetically and nods. "Yeah. I... yeah. Sad movies." She wipes her cheeks a little.

He stares at her, before glancing at the player with a confused look.

"But...why? Do you want to feel sad?"

"No! Well, yes. So I can feed my demons with my magatsuhi."

There's a long pause.

"What's a magatushi?"

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[Senri is in the Capricorn ward a lot, so he can hardly resist inspecting such a strange sight.

Hmm... She doesn't seem to be in any trouble. But then what is she sad about?

He approaches slowly, glances between her and the dvd several times, then tilts his head curiously.

Then.... yeah, he just sits down and starts watching the movie with her.]

Sad heroics from a cat makes Shura cries twice as hard as from a dog. It's automatic.

[Oh, no! That poor cat! It risked it's own life to save those orphans. Will it recover? Senri can understand why she's so sad.

Tentatively, he reaches over and pats her comfortingly. Surely the cat has no regrets and wouldn't want her to cry.]

No. No it does not recover. Which makes Shura cry even harder despite the comfort of his patting.

Behind her, most of the demons growl low, content.

[Oh no! That poor kitty....

Senri is starting to feel like he might cry too.]

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[Oh no, someone crying! At first Nano thinks it might be the demons gathered around, but they seem to be behaving themselves, so instead she just approaches the scene slowly.]

...Are you all right?

"Uh?" Shura sniffs and swallows. "I'm fine..."

What are you watching...?

[Nano tilts her head to get a better look at the screen.]

O-oh... that poor dog...

Shura has to hold back the wail bubbling inside her. "Y-yeah... these things are... mad efficient..."

He's so brave...! So brave and loyal!

[Nano sniffles loudly, wiping her eyes on her sleeve.]

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