Who: The Sentenced & Their Enforcers Where: Aldrip Training Grounds What: Group sentencing activity that requires cooperation! It's time for some restoration work after a tragic fire to this location that remains a pillar of community togetherness.
Hiei... is only actually here because of Kurama's blatant force on the matter. The redhead can be spotted in different places around the training grounds, though he is mostly lingering where he can keep a close eye on his fire demon partner.
The demon had very openly tried to shirk his responsibilities here, annoyed at the idea that he should be enforcing anyone else's punishment in the first place. In its own way, overseeing prisoners is a unique form of punishment for Hiei, who has resented having to babysit humans since time immemorial (since they were put together as Team Urameshi at Maze Castle).
In typical form, the little demon can be found atop something Tall™, looking about as irritated as he feels, arms crossed over his chest when he isn't snacking on (aka savaging) random fruit from the surrounding trees. He's keen on watching, at the very least, hawkish in his attention to what everyone is doing, even if he is not particularly intent on stopping bickering or being particularly pushy about keeping their wards moving if they keep him entertained his boredom.
His tone is waspish, though, for those who take too long of a break or don't seem intent on their current activity.
"Dragging your feet isn't going to make this faster for any of us. Get moving."
"I just need a minute." Beta says, trying to catch her breath. She's clearly not suited to physical labor; moving anything heavy takes her great effort, she needs breaks after nearly anything. At the moment, she's seated on some random pallet of supplies, hands on her knees and face flush with exertion.
Was this something people actually did on a daily basis on Earth? She couldn't even imagine it. "Maybe you could help?" It lacks the bite Aloy's words would have, when she barely speaks loud enough to be heard to start with.
In the distance, a voice says: "Hey! Don't apologize to him."
A2 stomps over not long after, and she glares at Hiei in silence before speaking up. Pod's playing what sounds like classical music... did A2 ask it to? Hard to say. It pauses its streaming to observe.
"Don't be an asshole. She's not used to this. I can pick up her work while she rests. Tell me where to go."
“I will not.” Beyond the fact that he cannot - which is something he won’t be finding out because he simply will not help - there is very little will left for things like “helping” if this is what he gets in return.
He could lift the entire pallet without much effort or thought, considering his demonic strength on top of the constant training, but he is, quite simply, an asshole.
To him she is perfectly clear, even if she’s barely loud, ears keen and made more attuned by the jagan as they are.
“Doing you humans favors only brings me more chores to do. If this is some attempt at sympathy save your energy. I do not have it.”
Red eyes only then slide to A2, huffing out a sound that is almost a laugh.
“You cannot and will not.” Unfortunately this is not a napoleon complex, just what he assumes are the rules. Hiei does not particularly care about victory or failure over just getting it done and over with. Though the more annoyed he gets about this in general, the worse he will elect to behave.
“Your coddling keeps her weak. What is your benefit from it?”
When Aloy had been mean, Beta had snapped back without hesitation, entirely impulsive. For all their fights, it had come from a level of security. Even knowing so little of Aloy, she knew she wasn't going to be at risk from her if they argued. With an unknown like Hiei, she ducks her head, the apology almost out of her mouth before A2 steps in. It feels nice having someone stick up for her, but at the same time-- Beta's eyes flick between the two with concern. "A2, you don't need to." She says quietly.
Being called weak makes her visibly flinch, and she curls in on herself a little bit. "It's - It's fine, I'll just find something easier."
Being asked to do something by a human, even one she considers a friend, should be cause to obey without question. But A2 does not obey. Instead, her jaw tightens. Her hand clenches into a fist at her side, and she takes a step forward. Out of the corner of her eye, she sees Beta flinch, and it makes her even angrier.
"I don't have to benefit from something to do it. And anyway," her chin tilts up in insolent challenge, "I wasn't asking your permission. So why don't you just stay up there and mind your own goddamn business?"
Not that Hiei would let literally anyone know, but the fire demon wouldn’t dream of being an actual threat at the moment. At least not to Beta.
His eyes roll at the defiant tip of A2’s chin, reminded of how many demons he’s done away with for the same amount of insolence. But at home he was Mukuro’s second in need of defending his position, here it would be stepping on ants for barely any reason. He did not want to start with a precedent and not only hear about it from his entire household but also end up sentenced on top of it.
“Unfortunately this has been made my business. If you expect pity speak to Scott or Kuwabara. So far as I am concerned, do what you are most efficient at so that we may all be done with this pathetic little chore list as quickly as possible.”
He huffs a sigh as if this is all so greatly inconvenient to him because … it is actually.
“I have no interest in being punished for stomping on inconsequential ants.”
Worms, ants. It's always the same. She was always just something tiny and worthless under someone's foot.
"It's not the worst thing I've been called. Let's just go." She doesn't know many insults, and certainly not many she'd be willing to throw around for risk of provoking anyone, but she almost calls him a douchebag. Almost. She'll get to use it one day.
It's amazing that A2 isn't intimidated by Hiei, especially when she can barely get herself to look at him.
Hiei, Hiei, Hiei. It's not just A2 that reacts poorly to his tone. Aloy is here to look out for her sister, looking just like what one should expect if Beta had actually had a more physical lifestyle.
The hunter's planting hands on her hips as she looks up at him.
Hiei’s eyes have rolled so many times today he ought to count it as training. It isn’t that he likes all of this anymore than the next “enforcer” lined up for the task - in fact he’s rather shocked he hasn’t been sentenced to one of these yet.
… But he has been rather behaved, for him, since he arrived. The virtues of Kurama being in Aldrip and the vast majority here being too weak for his honor to allow a fight.
“And what else am I meant to do? I did not request to be involved in this futile exercise.” And no, he isn’t coming down yet. He could do it in a second with a little hop but… he is also an asshole.
“What is your point?” If he were more interested in actually minding his charges Hiei wouldn’t have bothered with the conversation at all. But considering there are consequences he does not want to deal with associated with helping and simply getting things done as fast as he personally can …
Here he is instead occupying a conversation he isn’t fond of for some bite of entertainment. Other than attempting to spy out fruit or something interesting in the tree branches, anyway.
“I am supposedly not the one being punished, here, despite all evidence to the contrary. It is not my task despite how painfully slow most of it is being accomplished or how fast I could achieve the same.”
Aloy's mostly genuinely doubtful, though she can think of one or two people who would answer that by trying to prove her wrong. So much the better if he does. For now, she's just looking at him with a stubborn set to her expression.
"The effect is lacking on your slow, untrained eyes." But he's going to show her anyway - fast enough that it looks like he has not gone anywhere at all by the after image he leaves behind. The image hasn't even started to fade by the time he alights at Aloy's side, arms crossed and looking just about as bored as he had been on his perch.
But only one Hiei speaks, of course, tone about as ingratiating as he can make it.
The little man is very frustrating, isn’t he. She sees more in the world than most, though Aloy does have to restrain a flinch when Hiei speaks next to her. And since she’s frustrated, she’s not all that inclined to acknowledge that he actually has proven his point.
She sniffs, and looks around.
“Oh.” Finally glancing down at him, and putting on an unimpressed tone. “Only fast enough to clean it up, and then put it all back?”
Infuriating is in his blood. It’s unbelievable that he and Yukina are twins. Same womb and all.
He’s smirking all the same as she glances down, knowing despite the non reaction that he’s proven his point. His name hasn’t been flying shadow all his life for no reason at all.
“I would prefer to be uninvolved. But my partner insisted I be here so that we did not fail.” A sigh. The things he puts up with to keep Kurama at least willing to put up with him. Truly, he is put upon sitting here and baby sitting.
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Hiei | Reluctant Enforcer
Hiei... is only actually here because of Kurama's blatant force on the matter. The redhead can be spotted in different places around the training grounds, though he is mostly lingering where he can keep a close eye on his fire demon partner.
The demon had very openly tried to shirk his responsibilities here, annoyed at the idea that he should be enforcing anyone else's punishment in the first place. In its own way, overseeing prisoners is a unique form of punishment for Hiei, who has resented having to babysit humans since time immemorial (since they were put together as Team Urameshi at Maze Castle).
In typical form, the little demon can be found atop something Tall™, looking about as irritated as he feels, arms crossed over his chest when he isn't snacking on (aka savaging) random fruit from the surrounding trees. He's keen on watching, at the very least, hawkish in his attention to what everyone is doing, even if he is not particularly intent on stopping bickering or being particularly pushy about keeping their wards moving if they keep him entertained his boredom.
His tone is waspish, though, for those who take too long of a break or don't seem intent on their current activity.
"Dragging your feet isn't going to make this faster for any of us. Get moving."
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Was this something people actually did on a daily basis on Earth? She couldn't even imagine it. "Maybe you could help?" It lacks the bite Aloy's words would have, when she barely speaks loud enough to be heard to start with.
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A2 stomps over not long after, and she glares at Hiei in silence before speaking up. Pod's playing what sounds like classical music... did A2 ask it to? Hard to say. It pauses its streaming to observe.
"Don't be an asshole. She's not used to this. I can pick up her work while she rests. Tell me where to go."
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He could lift the entire pallet without much effort or thought, considering his demonic strength on top of the constant training, but he is, quite simply, an asshole.
To him she is perfectly clear, even if she’s barely loud, ears keen and made more attuned by the jagan as they are.
“Doing you humans favors only brings me more chores to do. If this is some attempt at sympathy save your energy. I do not have it.”
Red eyes only then slide to A2, huffing out a sound that is almost a laugh.
“You cannot and will not.” Unfortunately this is not a napoleon complex, just what he assumes are the rules. Hiei does not particularly care about victory or failure over just getting it done and over with. Though the more annoyed he gets about this in general, the worse he will elect to behave.
“Your coddling keeps her weak. What is your benefit from it?”
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Being called weak makes her visibly flinch, and she curls in on herself a little bit. "It's - It's fine, I'll just find something easier."
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"I don't have to benefit from something to do it. And anyway," her chin tilts up in insolent challenge, "I wasn't asking your permission. So why don't you just stay up there and mind your own goddamn business?"
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Not that Hiei would let literally anyone know, but the fire demon wouldn’t dream of being an actual threat at the moment. At least not to Beta.
His eyes roll at the defiant tip of A2’s chin, reminded of how many demons he’s done away with for the same amount of insolence. But at home he was Mukuro’s second in need of defending his position, here it would be stepping on ants for barely any reason. He did not want to start with a precedent and not only hear about it from his entire household but also end up sentenced on top of it.
“Unfortunately this has been made my business. If you expect pity speak to Scott or Kuwabara. So far as I am concerned, do what you are most efficient at so that we may all be done with this pathetic little chore list as quickly as possible.”
He huffs a sigh as if this is all so greatly inconvenient to him because … it is actually.
“I have no interest in being punished for stomping on inconsequential ants.”
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"It's not the worst thing I've been called. Let's just go." She doesn't know many insults, and certainly not many she'd be willing to throw around for risk of provoking anyone, but she almost calls him a douchebag. Almost. She'll get to use it one day.
It's amazing that A2 isn't intimidated by Hiei, especially when she can barely get herself to look at him.
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The hunter's planting hands on her hips as she looks up at him.
"Easy to talk from up there."
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Hiei’s eyes have rolled so many times today he ought to count it as training. It isn’t that he likes all of this anymore than the next “enforcer” lined up for the task - in fact he’s rather shocked he hasn’t been sentenced to one of these yet.
… But he has been rather behaved, for him, since he arrived. The virtues of Kurama being in Aldrip and the vast majority here being too weak for his honor to allow a fight.
“And what else am I meant to do? I did not request to be involved in this futile exercise.” And no, he isn’t coming down yet. He could do it in a second with a little hop but… he is also an asshole.
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Disgruntled. Aloy has responsibility for a world on her shoulders, just don't check into who exactly decided it had to be her.
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“What is your point?” If he were more interested in actually minding his charges Hiei wouldn’t have bothered with the conversation at all. But considering there are consequences he does not want to deal with associated with helping and simply getting things done as fast as he personally can …
Here he is instead occupying a conversation he isn’t fond of for some bite of entertainment. Other than attempting to spy out fruit or something interesting in the tree branches, anyway.
“I am supposedly not the one being punished, here, despite all evidence to the contrary. It is not my task despite how painfully slow most of it is being accomplished or how fast I could achieve the same.”
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Aloy's mostly genuinely doubtful, though she can think of one or two people who would answer that by trying to prove her wrong. So much the better if he does. For now, she's just looking at him with a stubborn set to her expression.
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"The effect is lacking on your slow, untrained eyes." But he's going to show her anyway - fast enough that it looks like he has not gone anywhere at all by the after image he leaves behind. The image hasn't even started to fade by the time he alights at Aloy's side, arms crossed and looking just about as bored as he had been on his perch.
But only one Hiei speaks, of course, tone about as ingratiating as he can make it.
"Did you even see when I left?"
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The little man is very frustrating, isn’t he. She sees more in the world than most, though Aloy does have to restrain a flinch when Hiei speaks next to her. And since she’s frustrated, she’s not all that inclined to acknowledge that he actually has proven his point.
She sniffs, and looks around.
“Oh.” Finally glancing down at him, and putting on an unimpressed tone. “Only fast enough to clean it up, and then put it all back?”
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Infuriating is in his blood. It’s unbelievable that he and Yukina are twins. Same womb and all.
He’s smirking all the same as she glances down, knowing despite the non reaction that he’s proven his point. His name hasn’t been flying shadow all his life for no reason at all.
“I would prefer to be uninvolved. But my partner insisted I be here so that we did not fail.” A sigh. The things he puts up with to keep Kurama at least willing to put up with him. Truly, he is put upon sitting here and baby sitting.