Despite her attempt to hug the life out of the Oni man’s she merely passed through his body.
Luckily she was able to quickly catch herself with her hands causing her to do a somersault instead of face planting into the grass. Mid-somersault she switched to only using one hand, twisting it so by the time she landed on her feet she was facing the more human looking man with a determined look on her face. She also wasn’t one to quit over such a setback nor did she care to understand why she failed - she was absolute!
The way she landed with her hands on the ground and her butt raised in the air made her perfectly positioned to leap from the ground to tackle the other man. Though quite expectedly she just passed through him as well; last minute she lifted her arms to instead guard her face as she rolled across the floor. The only thing she heard from behind was the soft sigh of the ‘human’ and the oni man's undisguised chortle.
“You know we have some fresh meat here baby, you don’t need to eat the dirt dohoho~!” <Oni>
“On a serious note I’m afraid you may not be able to interact with us more than this - we no longer exist in this manner afterall...” <Paladin>
Violet wasn’t amused though as she slowly lifted herself back onto her butt, tucking in her knees and wrapped her arms around herself while lowering her head into them. She just rocked herself gently while thinking about the words of the two men. Food would be nice but right now she wanted to just be able to reach out and touch them now that they were finally in front of her again.
“Why…” <Violet>
“Hm?” <Oni>
“Why aren’t you with me anymore…” <Violet>
Despite the sadness oozing out of Violet the purple haired Oni didn’t seem to mind it, just taking a skewered rabbit to take a bite out of it while taking a swig of his drink. Blood dripping down his mouth here just let out a powerful laugh as if he was the king of the world. At some point maybe he would claim to just be that yet despite no longer doing so his next words were content.
“Because I was too weak so I lost.” <Oni>
It was simple but to the powerful Oni from the past it was an infruitable truth so why act like it wasn’t?
The other man didn’t seem to disagree much as he just looked over the fire while softly sipping his wine.
He did speak up initially as he knew Violet needed a while to calm herself down. A series of complex emotions she didn’t understand and had no way to understand passed through her as she simply rocked herself back and forth. She felt so much that she was starting to get angry at it causing her teeth to begin to grind her teeth. The man wanted to support her as he once did but he knew he couldn’t…
Thinking about it there was only one thing he could do; explain his thoughts.
“It’s not as if I’m no longer around… As long as judgement exists I will exist in some form else our martial siblings would have long killed me before you were born.” <Paladin>
“He’s not the same as you…” <Violet>
The man just let out a long sigh.
“He represents the part of me who has been forced to bear the weight of many worlds; though I don’t think he’s the only ‘me’. One way or another I’ll live on as an immutable law of the universe just like you. Though I suppose unlike you my form changes a bit more *chuckle*.” <Paladin>
Of course, Violet wasn’t so easily coddled but she did at least stand up to make her way back up to the bonfire. Sitting down on the log beside the Oni man while reaching out to grab her own cooked rabbit from beside the fire. She still had puffed up cheeks but now she was eating off the stick.
The three of them just continued eating with a weird aura surrounding them. It certainly wasn’t bad as a soft smile appeared on all three of their faces as they just looked at either the fire or the empty sky above. They didn’t need much more than that to improve Violet’s mood.
She turned to the Oni man for more answers of why they were here after she fell asleep.
“What? I’m the one who helped bring you in this world, you think I have any idea what the fuck is happening here! My first, second and third solutions are violence bohohoho~!” <Oni>
“Then what’s your fourth solution, Doji?” <Paladin>
While Violet couldn’t argue with those facts the human male couldn’t help but lean forward with curiosity towards the other man.
“Violence while wasted!” <Oni>
“Ah… Should’ve guessed as much… Being oni and all…” <Paladin>
“Oi, don’t get all judgemental on me you primordial disappointment!” <Oni>
“Isn’t being judgemental my whole thing?” <Paladin>
While the two adults were arguing with each other Violet just patiently was eating her skewered bunny. Taking big bites of the still somewhat raw meat yet she didn’t seem to care much since Oni were obvious carnivores. If Violet was taken down by a bit of raw meat a certain scaleless dragon & egotistical megalomaniac cat who would question their previously unquestionable might.
Imagining Mother & Cheshire’s faces upon realising she fell ill from a bit of raw rabbit made Violet inexplicably giggle.
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When Violet opened her eyes all she was was the fat lumps of her mother while the softness of her older sister helped cage her head. She didn’t want to wake the snoring pair so she just remained as their hugging pillow… Closing her eyes she took in their soft warmth and a gentle smile formed on her face once more.
When was the last time she had felt so many emotions in such a short span of time?
She didn’t know.