[ Hiei... registers the tone of that answer, but decides not to acknowledge it for the moment. Beings adapted, of course. Regardless of whether they were human or demon they all adapted in one way or another to changes, or whatever the hell the world threw at them all.
The differences didn't really matter, so far as Hiei was concerned. Which makes his answer very simple. ]
No. In demons, there are the useless, ugly, grey demons so weak that I could crush them as a child for my entertainment. And then there are those who were born strong and exemplary. They became kings, like Mukuro or Raizen.
[ Though Hiei is strong, he would loathe being a king. It took a certain type to not just like the violence of a tournament setup, which was the entire reason he bothered to participate. ]
Scott slowly turns his head from the flames to stare back at Hiei, his gaze just settling on the short demon without saying anything for a few good seconds. Where the hell did that come from? Or relate to anything he just said? Except... maybe it does?? Those little gears turn in his brain before he just blurts out his next comment.]
[ Hiei says it in the most incredulous tone he could possibly muster, his upper lip drawn back in a way that may denote some form of disgust. The fire demon is not, in general, the type to even bother with anything resembling cheering up or remote reassurance unless the other party was Yukina. He'll chalk this up to weird human sentimentality or something like that, honestly, red eyes rolling. ]
At best I am telling you to level your detractors.
[ So maybe kind of a cheer up? Just in the demon way. Kill your enemies in a show of just who was in fact the weaker party. ]
[...Oh, so not cheering him up. Except he kind of is, even if he's denying it. Maybe it was really unintentional and it's clear Hiei is still looking at him with some level of disgust, but Scott can't stop himself from feeling a little better anyway.]
Come on man, I'm not going to murder them.
[Huh, he wonders if this demon and Magneto would get along at all. He still remembers that terrorist, his speech on national television and how humans should fear mutants because they have only witnessed a fraction of their power or something. ...Yeah, he is pretty sure they would get along, or at least agree with each other's principles.
A smile twitches upward on his face.]
...Because they wouldn't stand a chance against me. [No this isn't his villain arc really.]
Then stop sitting there and whining about it. [ Do something or shut up, basically. Hiei was the type of demon who had grown up that way, anyway. He had established a name for himself through sheer, wanton violence on anyone who had tried to come up against him from the moment he could carry a sword and run.
It had cost him at first, but in the end... well. One doesn't get to become a former king's right-hand and confidante with such shitty speaking skills only. Or very morbid gifts.
However... he and Magneto would very much not get along. A subject to discuss later, maybe. Hiei gives a small, almost understanding little grunt as Scott says he wouldn't kill them because they wouldn't stand a chance. ]
That was only something I learned with age. At first, the indiscriminate slaughter was rare fun in the demon woods. But it loses its shine when it becomes too easy.
[Scott retorts in a voice that definitely isn't whiny. But he soon huffs, the mutant straightening up from his position to look less like a sad sack. Not that he cares too much what this fire demon thinks of him, but he doesn't want to appear like a crybaby or whatever. He totally has a cool reputation to maintain around these parts.
Listening to Hiei for a bit longer though, Scott can't help but snort.]
Geez, you're a crazy shit. [...Should he be worried that he just insulted a demon? One that just admitted to slaughtering his own kind back in his world? Too late.]
So that's how you used to 'level your detractors' huh? [You can almost hear the air quotes in his voice.] What are you doing now instead?
[ Hiei’s eyes roll as Scott says he isn’t whining. Look, he’s had to hear enough of it from Yusuke and Kuwabara to see it for what it is. Something like wallowing in things that couldn’t, for the most part, be changed.
The fire demon has spent enough time doing that himself, before he’d paved somewhat of his own path. With some cajoling for good behavior out of Kurama, of course.
He is all too aware of the differences between the human world and the demon world, including the difference in child rearing - which is why he lets the comment roll off of his shoulders with a shrug. ]
You wouldn’t survive five minutes in the demon woods. The human world, with all its conveniences and peaceful nature is close to a vacation when you aren’t jailed there.
There isn’t time for pity, for yourself or for others, when everything from the wildlife to everyone who passes you by is trying to kill you. Nor can demon children rely on their mothers.
[ Hiei’s case with his mother… it’s a little different of course. But the truth was still the truth. ]
Border patrol, mostly. Keeping humans on their side of the woods and erasing their memory of demons.
Mukuro tends to monopolize my time otherwise, unless I’m being hassled to visit the human world again.
Yeah yeah, I got your point like five minutes ago. You're a badass demon with zero time for tears, unless it's them crying because of you.
[The demon world is dangerous and demons are ruthless, great to have that bias confirmed. Hurray for him. At least this is still better than that one alien that he tried to talk to?? That dude was a complete bore.
Fire demon guy is at least interesting, if exasperating. He pretty much acts like a demon?? At least he's not killing everyone here, so that's a plus in Scott's book.]
Wow, look at you, with a stable job and everything. [Scott blandly responds, but... guess the work he's doing doesn't sad like awful shit. Like probably best if humans didn't wander into the demon world.]
[ Hiei snorts a laugh at that wise crack, amused at the thought. It’s been a long time since he’s dealt with anyone who is new to, or hasn’t experienced anything like the demon world.
Introducing Kuwabara had been interesting, if only because he had such a strong honor code that was undercut by just about everything about demons and their (lack of) ethics.
Hiei’s hand again dips in to the bonfire, this time coming away with a handful that sticks with him, ebbing and flowing as he tests the differences in his control, here. With the small flux of demon energy required, there may even be a small bit of creepy vibe eeking in to the picture. ]
I’m sure there are others with psychic abilities who’d like to try to impress one of the former kings. Or the current one.
With the amount of shit I have to hear about my unnatural eye, I would think there would be more challengers at my door. [ there aren’t because he can also control literal hell fire but of course Hiei doesn’t bring that up. ]
It’s a pain the ass, actually. I would rather be setting my bones surpassing Mukuro in her retirement.
But honestly, he finds it kind of fascinating to watch Hiei control the flames that flicker on his hand. Maybe it's sort of less cool because he's a fire demon and thus should be able to control this, but it's hard to pull his gaze away. It helps that the demon pretty much looks like a regular human and yeah, he knows to keep that to himself.
He doesn't want to deal with endless bitching if he said that out loud. Scott almost snorts to himself, but he manages to stop that noise from leaving him, instead leaning his cheek against his hand as Hiei mentions something else that's pretty interesting.]
Wait, unnatural eye?
[He's... not talking about his normal eyes, right? And look, maybe he's just a little biased, but he's always just a little more focused when someone mentions they have some weird eye powers.]
Yes, exactly. As if a centuries old demon wouldn’t see it for what it was.
[ Hiei had taken Mukuro’s interest in him and tried to die with it, which is how he supposes he’s earned her trust. Thinking on things is not his expertise, after all. It required more brain power than “destroy my obstacles or die” at the very least.
Scott asks about his eye and Hiei uses his free hand to reach for the white cloth at his forehead. Pushing it up reveals what, at first, could be mistaken for a small crease or scar in his forehead until the third eye opens.
Its purple in color, glowing faintly as if in demonstration ]
This is the Jagan Eye. Or evil eye, depending on who you ask about it. I had it surgically implanted when I was young. [ as if Hiei isn’t still a little baby in demon terms. ] It has, somewhat, a mind of its own.
[ and no, he won’t bother to mention how painful it was to implant. That seems like a forgone conclusion at this point. ]
As Hiei reveals his third eye, Scott's mouth parts slightly, obviously stunned that he was hiding that behind his bandage. Okay, honestly? Pretty wicked and cool. Of course, he can't say that out loud and give this demon an even bigger ego, but he can't help but think it's really neat. Even if it sounded painful getting. How does one even implant an eye into some's forehead?
Although, he's also the kid that shoots concussive beams out of his eyes and that doesn't hurt. So, who knows.]
[ Scott not asking is probably for the better, lest he hear a horror story all too casually told. The fact that it had happened without anesthetic, or that there had been more chance that he would die than live, or that he had given up all of his precious, amassed over time power to do it.
All the better that he doesn’t have to lie about the reason why he’d done it, either. Yukina is here, after all, and he already does not trust that Yusuke will not one day blab the truth to her. ]
Sense heightening, remote viewing of whatever or whomever you need to see, mind resistance and control, telepathy…
[ Hiei shrugs, covering his third eye again as if this was the most casual list of things a single eye can do. ]
In the beginning, it is a lot to control but now I don’t really notice it.
[Telepathy, huh? Not the first time he's heard of someone having that ability-- actually the fourth? Fifth? Seems common, but Scott doesn't comment about it. He probably doesn't want Hiei in his mind. Jean's allowed sometimes, but that's about it. Unless he's already reading his mind.
Squints.]
You're not reading my mind now, are you? [He doesn't think he can feel Hiei's presence up in there?? But also, telepathy is weird man.]
Why would I bother with that? [ Hiei’s eyes narrow for a moment, as if debating on why Scott would ask that.
Of course the other man would have no way of knowing that Hiei doesn’t really use the Jagan for those purposes all that often, and considering this is a new place… He decides pretty quickly to prod him a bit further simply because he can. He's learned something like being able to joke and tease in his time spent around two human teenagers and a mischievous fox in the body of a teenager, after all.
Just… with a little bit of Hiei in it of course. ]
Are you implying that I should be? [ his fist tightens to extinguish the flames there, squaring up a bit more. ]
[Great, don't tell him that he's given small and spunky here ideas. At least that's sort of confirmation he's not doing it now? Scott almost rolls his eyes, why is it that he keeps on bumping into telepaths anyway??]
No, not really.
[What did Jean say to him? 'There's not much to see?' Incredibly rude by the way!! But no, he can give a hard pass on having a pint-sized demon look into his mind and hey, he'll actually keep that to himself this time. Improvement. Scott leans forward on his hands a little, elbows on his knees as he watches the fire.]
Unless you really want to learn more about me and my incredible daily life. [Deadpan.] I'm sure I'm of great interest.
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[ Hiei... registers the tone of that answer, but decides not to acknowledge it for the moment. Beings adapted, of course. Regardless of whether they were human or demon they all adapted in one way or another to changes, or whatever the hell the world threw at them all.
The differences didn't really matter, so far as Hiei was concerned. Which makes his answer very simple. ]
No. In demons, there are the useless, ugly, grey demons so weak that I could crush them as a child for my entertainment. And then there are those who were born strong and exemplary. They became kings, like Mukuro or Raizen.
[ Though Hiei is strong, he would loathe being a king. It took a certain type to not just like the violence of a tournament setup, which was the entire reason he bothered to participate. ]
The weak die and the strong prosper.
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Uh dude, what the hell???
Scott slowly turns his head from the flames to stare back at Hiei, his gaze just settling on the short demon without saying anything for a few good seconds. Where the hell did that come from? Or relate to anything he just said? Except... maybe it does?? Those little gears turn in his brain before he just blurts out his next comment.]
Are you trying to cheer me up?
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Cheer you up?
[ Hiei says it in the most incredulous tone he could possibly muster, his upper lip drawn back in a way that may denote some form of disgust. The fire demon is not, in general, the type to even bother with anything resembling cheering up or remote reassurance unless the other party was Yukina. He'll chalk this up to weird human sentimentality or something like that, honestly, red eyes rolling. ]
At best I am telling you to level your detractors.
[ So maybe kind of a cheer up? Just in the demon way. Kill your enemies in a show of just who was in fact the weaker party. ]
Instead of sitting here and pouting about it.
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Come on man, I'm not going to murder them.
[Huh, he wonders if this demon and Magneto would get along at all. He still remembers that terrorist, his speech on national television and how humans should fear mutants because they have only witnessed a fraction of their power or something. ...Yeah, he is pretty sure they would get along, or at least agree with each other's principles.
A smile twitches upward on his face.]
...Because they wouldn't stand a chance against me. [No this isn't his villain arc really.]
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Then stop sitting there and whining about it. [ Do something or shut up, basically. Hiei was the type of demon who had grown up that way, anyway. He had established a name for himself through sheer, wanton violence on anyone who had tried to come up against him from the moment he could carry a sword and run.
It had cost him at first, but in the end... well. One doesn't get to become a former king's right-hand and confidante with such shitty speaking skills only. Or very morbid gifts.
However... he and Magneto would very much not get along. A subject to discuss later, maybe. Hiei gives a small, almost understanding little grunt as Scott says he wouldn't kill them because they wouldn't stand a chance. ]
That was only something I learned with age. At first, the indiscriminate slaughter was rare fun in the demon woods. But it loses its shine when it becomes too easy.
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[Scott retorts in a voice that definitely isn't whiny. But he soon huffs, the mutant straightening up from his position to look less like a sad sack. Not that he cares too much what this fire demon thinks of him, but he doesn't want to appear like a crybaby or whatever. He totally has a cool reputation to maintain around these parts.
Listening to Hiei for a bit longer though, Scott can't help but snort.]
Geez, you're a crazy shit. [...Should he be worried that he just insulted a demon? One that just admitted to slaughtering his own kind back in his world? Too late.]
So that's how you used to 'level your detractors' huh? [You can almost hear the air quotes in his voice.] What are you doing now instead?
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[ Hiei’s eyes roll as Scott says he isn’t whining. Look, he’s had to hear enough of it from Yusuke and Kuwabara to see it for what it is. Something like wallowing in things that couldn’t, for the most part, be changed.
The fire demon has spent enough time doing that himself, before he’d paved somewhat of his own path. With some cajoling for good behavior out of Kurama, of course.
He is all too aware of the differences between the human world and the demon world, including the difference in child rearing - which is why he lets the comment roll off of his shoulders with a shrug. ]
You wouldn’t survive five minutes in the demon woods. The human world, with all its conveniences and peaceful nature is close to a vacation when you aren’t jailed there.
There isn’t time for pity, for yourself or for others, when everything from the wildlife to everyone who passes you by is trying to kill you. Nor can demon children rely on their mothers.
[ Hiei’s case with his mother… it’s a little different of course. But the truth was still the truth. ]
Border patrol, mostly. Keeping humans on their side of the woods and erasing their memory of demons.
Mukuro tends to monopolize my time otherwise, unless I’m being hassled to visit the human world again.
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[The demon world is dangerous and demons are ruthless, great to have that bias confirmed. Hurray for him. At least this is still better than that one alien that he tried to talk to?? That dude was a complete bore.
Fire demon guy is at least interesting, if exasperating. He pretty much acts like a demon?? At least he's not killing everyone here, so that's a plus in Scott's book.]
Wow, look at you, with a stable job and everything. [Scott blandly responds, but... guess the work he's doing doesn't sad like awful shit. Like probably best if humans didn't wander into the demon world.]
Welcome to your first vacation.
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[ Hiei snorts a laugh at that wise crack, amused at the thought. It’s been a long time since he’s dealt with anyone who is new to, or hasn’t experienced anything like the demon world.
Introducing Kuwabara had been interesting, if only because he had such a strong honor code that was undercut by just about everything about demons and their (lack of) ethics.
Hiei’s hand again dips in to the bonfire, this time coming away with a handful that sticks with him, ebbing and flowing as he tests the differences in his control, here. With the small flux of demon energy required, there may even be a small bit of creepy vibe eeking in to the picture. ]
I’m sure there are others with psychic abilities who’d like to try to impress one of the former kings. Or the current one.
With the amount of shit I have to hear about my unnatural eye, I would think there would be more challengers at my door. [ there aren’t because he can also control literal hell fire but of course Hiei doesn’t bring that up. ]
It’s a pain the ass, actually. I would rather be setting my bones surpassing Mukuro in her retirement.
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[Impressing the king... whatever.
But honestly, he finds it kind of fascinating to watch Hiei control the flames that flicker on his hand. Maybe it's sort of less cool because he's a fire demon and thus should be able to control this, but it's hard to pull his gaze away. It helps that the demon pretty much looks like a regular human and yeah, he knows to keep that to himself.
He doesn't want to deal with endless bitching if he said that out loud. Scott almost snorts to himself, but he manages to stop that noise from leaving him, instead leaning his cheek against his hand as Hiei mentions something else that's pretty interesting.]
Wait, unnatural eye?
[He's... not talking about his normal eyes, right? And look, maybe he's just a little biased, but he's always just a little more focused when someone mentions they have some weird eye powers.]
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Yes, exactly. As if a centuries old demon wouldn’t see it for what it was.
[ Hiei had taken Mukuro’s interest in him and tried to die with it, which is how he supposes he’s earned her trust. Thinking on things is not his expertise, after all. It required more brain power than “destroy my obstacles or die” at the very least.
Scott asks about his eye and Hiei uses his free hand to reach for the white cloth at his forehead. Pushing it up reveals what, at first, could be mistaken for a small crease or scar in his forehead until the third eye opens.
Its purple in color, glowing faintly as if in demonstration ]
This is the Jagan Eye. Or evil eye, depending on who you ask about it. I had it surgically implanted when I was young. [ as if Hiei isn’t still a little baby in demon terms. ] It has, somewhat, a mind of its own.
[ and no, he won’t bother to mention how painful it was to implant. That seems like a forgone conclusion at this point. ]
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As Hiei reveals his third eye, Scott's mouth parts slightly, obviously stunned that he was hiding that behind his bandage. Okay, honestly? Pretty wicked and cool. Of course, he can't say that out loud and give this demon an even bigger ego, but he can't help but think it's really neat. Even if it sounded painful getting. How does one even implant an eye into some's forehead?
Although, he's also the kid that shoots concussive beams out of his eyes and that doesn't hurt. So, who knows.]
So, what does it do? [What makes it so evil--]
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[ Scott not asking is probably for the better, lest he hear a horror story all too casually told. The fact that it had happened without anesthetic, or that there had been more chance that he would die than live, or that he had given up all of his precious, amassed over time power to do it.
All the better that he doesn’t have to lie about the reason why he’d done it, either. Yukina is here, after all, and he already does not trust that Yusuke will not one day blab the truth to her. ]
Sense heightening, remote viewing of whatever or whomever you need to see, mind resistance and control, telepathy…
[ Hiei shrugs, covering his third eye again as if this was the most casual list of things a single eye can do. ]
In the beginning, it is a lot to control but now I don’t really notice it.
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Squints.]
You're not reading my mind now, are you? [He doesn't think he can feel Hiei's presence up in there?? But also, telepathy is weird man.]
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Why would I bother with that? [ Hiei’s eyes narrow for a moment, as if debating on why Scott would ask that.
Of course the other man would have no way of knowing that Hiei doesn’t really use the Jagan for those purposes all that often, and considering this is a new place… He decides pretty quickly to prod him a bit further simply because he can. He's learned something like being able to joke and tease in his time spent around two human teenagers and a mischievous fox in the body of a teenager, after all.
Just… with a little bit of Hiei in it of course. ]
Are you implying that I should be? [ his fist tightens to extinguish the flames there, squaring up a bit more. ]
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No, not really.
[What did Jean say to him? 'There's not much to see?' Incredibly rude by the way!! But no, he can give a hard pass on having a pint-sized demon look into his mind and hey, he'll actually keep that to himself this time. Improvement. Scott leans forward on his hands a little, elbows on his knees as he watches the fire.]
Unless you really want to learn more about me and my incredible daily life. [Deadpan.] I'm sure I'm of great interest.