Investigation

[echo_of_a_jedi]

Who: Meetra "The Exile" Surik and OPEN to any night owls or demons out there.
Where: Pisces and Gemini Districts
Summary: Meetra meets and greets the demonic populace of the city and maybe finds some trouble checking out the Mictlan.
Warnings: Even on a New Moon, risk of demonic violence.
[Pisces District, 11 pm]

One rumor Meetra had picked up that actually sounded consistent was...well, it was that one about the new book that she'd picked up earlier in the day and stashed in her room for recreational reading later. But more importantly, she'd heard that on the night of the New Moon (a local darkening of most of the reflected light from the local, large, tidally-locked and brightly reflective satellite), the local demons were more docile and conversational than normal. Thus, late at night, she headed out of the apartments to find trouble. Well, hopefully not trouble, but rather demons to chat with. They couldn't be any more hostile than, say, anyone else she'd met in the last few months, and she was interested in the perspective of the local aliens.

She'd heard one more thing, though, which is why her course wandered in a particular direction...

[Gemini District, 13th Hour]

"That's certainly something," said the slightly awestruck Exile on seeing the huge convoluted bloody pile that had replaced the mountain that presided over the city up close. And she had thought Malachor V looked awful...this was as if someone had thrown it, Korriban, and Nar Shadaa in a mixer...without removing the people from the latter. After a moment to appraise it, she heads toward the border of 'Mictlan', lightsaber in hand but unlit. Maybe the demons there would be chatty tonight, too...or maybe she'd just be doing some recon in force around the edges. Either way, she was prepared.

Comments

[demifemme]

Meetra was not alone at the foot of the mountain/abomination. A silhouette of glowing abstract green lines was sitting along the edge of the pat, surrounded by flat, human shaped and round shaped green demons that appeared to be made of paper. Floating, green paper.

[echo_of_a_jedi]

Well that was new. It certainly looked ominous, although not nearly so ominous as the Mictlan.

Meetra approached the...person? Well, it looked like a group of demons, really, so she kept her saber unignited in the interest of talking to them.

[demifemme]

In getting closer, though, she'll be able to ear a familiar voice.

"... and then the Shikigami fell apart!"

"Really? From a critical Garu? That's awesome! You're really strong." Shura applauded a little.

One of the humanoid paper shapes spun on itself. "Yep! The next Shikigami better think twice before making fun of me! Even if they're still a little scary..."

[echo_of_a_jedi]

"Evening," Meetra said to the human(-oid) girl in the middle of the group, recognizing her easily from the video conversation they'd had. "Are you doing some scouting yourself?"

[demifemme]

Shura chuckled as the demons hid behind her with much shuffling noises. "You could say that. I'm just catching up on things with my new friends here. I gotta admit I feel a kinship with demons."

"It's normal, you're one of us!" said one of the round ones while waving its arms.

[echo_of_a_jedi]

"I've been trying to get to know the demons too," Meetra replied. "I hadn't realized you were one of them."

[demifemme]

"Well, it's a bit complicated. I'm either half of one or a complete one with a human heart left, or something. I do count myself as a demon, but I don't broadcast it everywhere, especially in a world like this. People might take it the wrong way." She smiles at the demons surrounding her. "It's too bad though. Not all demons are mindless bloodthirsty beasts."

[echo_of_a_jedi]

"I'd noticed that. I just took them as another species. Or...genus, anyway," she said, noting that the very human-looking Shura was considered kin by the very papery-looking friends she'd made here. "Same number of bastards and heroes as humans, most likely."

[demifemme]

"Oh, most likely, believe me." She gets up and dusts her behind. "Demons are classified into races, mainly. For example, I am a Fiend. These guys are Jirae. The humanoid ones are Sudamas, spirits of the trees around here, and the round ones are Sudamas, spirits of the mountain that's here normally."

Some Kodamas and Sudamas bow at Meetra.

[echo_of_a_jedi]

Meetra returns the bow, happily.

"So how do the mountain spirits feel about that thing?" she asked, gesturing toward the Mictlan.

[demifemme]

"I don't like it," a particularly bold Sudama said. The other nodded in agreement. "The big demons are taking over and messing with our beautiful mountain! And they set us on fire for fun!"

[echo_of_a_jedi]

"How rude," she observed, with an appropriately shocked expression. "Do you know what it is, or where the other demons are coming from?"

[demifemme]

The demons, including Shura, looked at each others.

"Sorry," said a Sudama. "We've always been here, but one day more demons came from out of town."

[echo_of_a_jedi]

"I meant the setting on fire was rude, little one, no need to apologize," she said, bowing slightly. "You are very helpful."

"So there's demons that were always here, and demons that only appeared recently. I guess I'll have to go inside if I want to talk to the latter..."

[demifemme]

"Probably," Shura said. "They might have moved from other parts of the city once this mountain turned into... that thing. In any case, according to them," she moved an arm around the nearest demons, "so many demons moved in they're fighting for space."