Blood Devil Research: Ryse/Yuuki

He let out a small sigh of relief when neither of them reacted poorly to his slip of the tongue, and took her number when offered, stiffing it into one of the pockets that wasn’t blood soaked. He got up from the couch. By now at his wounds had at least scabbed over and were in the process of healing, but his cloths were still ruined and the couch would possibly never be rid of the stain. But there wasn’t much he could do about it now.

In hearing that they were going out to watch a blood devil battalion fight, he looked worriedly to Ryse for a moment. He felt embarrassed to admit to himself that she had fallen to the wayside of his considerations for the majority of this trip. But she had handled the fight between him and the male blood devil surprisingly well, and hadn’t freaked out when going through the training room. She had freaked out in seeing Nyx’s horns, but she’d steeled herself considerably since then.

Still, Ozaki would try to do a better job in keeping an eye on her. And not dropping behind them to verbally spar with a battalion of blood devils. By Dracula’s fangs, he could be an idiot sometimes. “A rage beast?” Ozaki muttered, looking at the presumed general. Was that what they called their general? There was a small rumbling from the shadows of his mind as he watched the rage beast. He closed his eyes and shook his head a few times to clear himself of the sensation.

Ozaki probably ought keep his distance too. This aura beast seemed to have an effect outside of blood devils.

The vampire followed them to the jeep, internally noting the fact that apparently blood devils didn’t have baby sitters. If they were taking a baby near a battle field either it really was safe, or they weren’t a trusting species when it came to letting others care for them. Granted they did live on base but… “A couple of questions… And I hope it doesn’t seem too bad to ask but… Umm… Do blood devils not have daycares or something? Why’d you bring her to work?” Why were they bringing her to the outskirts of a battlefield? There was such a thing as take your kid to work day, but this was a bit much. she was too young to appreciate any of this, and would only serve as a distraction. A cute, adorable distraction, but still a distraction.

He, for one, was very distracted by it for half of the ride over. He'd always wanted one of his own. But it didn't seem very likely. Were it not for the highly protective set up with the baby Ozaki might have actually been tempted to pick up a rattle that had been abandoned on the floor to play with the kid. But he wasn't sure her parents would like that... 

As they approached the battlefield and saw the carnage he put a hand on Nyx's head to comfort her, and a tentative one on Ryse's shoulder. He wasn't sure if she'd be comfortable with the gesture. But he wanted them to know he was there for the both of them. He too was a bit troubled by the scene, but he was doing his best not to let it show. Not that he was likely doing a good job, considering he'd dissolved into a stammering mess like he usually did when he got really nervous. Ozaki had already caused one fight with his temper, he didn't want another one. 

“And what exactly are these rage beasts anyways? Is that what you really call them? I mean its fine if you do… But it seems like… An odd name.”

He was trying to be careful with his words, but he had a feeling, like usual, he was just making it worse.

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Jace was careful when he carried the infant and sat the child down the ground in front of the small group. "Zena is just as capable of murder as the other devils thanks to being able to manipulate blood as weapon from birth. Only she doesn't know yet what she's allowed to kill and what she's not, meaning she can only be around those capable of protecting themselves from her or other devil's." meaning if she was placed into daycare, it was likely the other children would end up dead as seemingly the species was born with their thirst for the sight of blood. Frowning slightly he turned to the other three, scratching his neck briefly. "Actually, bringing her on the field is part of her conditioning until we can properly condition her when she's old enough to understand. In the meantime we rely on her learning by watching the other devils in much the same way certain wild animals learn what's safe to eat by watching their parents. We keep her back, she gets to see and interact with enemies in a protected capacity, thus learning what she's allowed to kill if it happens to be close enough for her limited range to lash out at it and becomes less likely to lash out at things she shouldn't." as he spoke those words the man drew his hand gun shooting a wolf that had been crawling its way with snarling teeth towards Zena who was busy playing with the blood of another that was beyond moving. 

"Rage Beast is indeed the proper title for them. It's a species nearly old as time from what is known they are one of the species initially born from emotion, rage or similar notions in their case. They can create conflict out of next to nothing, its even said they can preform miracles if their emotions or emotions directed at them are strong enough, one of those miracles is said to be what brought the first Blood Devil's into the world. Of course, it could be a folk tale." but the legend did explain why Blood Devil's latched to their beasts so quickly without any question, so he chose to believe it on a personal level. What else could explain such things being borne unto the world besides pure and unaltered rage towards the world. Leaning against a building he watched as more wolves fell, realizing the fight would not last much longer as the devil's were truly going at it today. 

Nyx shoved her head into Yuuki's side when he placed his hand on top of her head, not wanting to look at the carnage. If asked? She'd say it made her feel horrible, but the truth was she only felt bad because her heart was beating in such a way that she felt longing for what was before her. The girl could not understand why she did not detest the scene before her, why it seemed almost familiar and comforting. One word came to her head again, Chaoris. 

Aggressive was putting it mildly, Ozaki thought in relation to Bani. Honestly the whole lot here had severely disappointed him. And Bani was on the top of his list. But he’d remember the name anyhow. If he had to call Alisa at some point there might be a chance he might pick up the phone… That’d be awkward.

When the fairy mentioned getting stabbed in the heart Ozaki looked a bit uncomfortable for a second. Did he really have to use that example? He made a mental note to never piss off a rage beast. How hard would that be? What was their temperament like?

He would imagine it would be very hard to kill one. Particularly considering these creatures could trigger bouts of rage as well. He himself had felt a small pull from the rage beast’s presence awhile back. But he was fine now. Even if the rage beast did get closer in this state, it likely knew how to control its area of effect. Worst come to worst, he had ways of dealing with it.

His thoughts were momentarily distracted when he noticed that Rena was starting to cling to his leg. He smiled down at her, hiding his nerves at the idea of her potentially biting him. Even at this age they were potentially deadly. But unless she went for his heart or had a talent manifest this early that was related to what vampires were weak to, he’d be fine. His wounds had stopped bleeding entirely by this point.

Ozaki was a little nervous about what to do with the kid- if he were allowed to do anything. Then decided to screw it. She was adorable and already clinging to him anyways. He kneeled down and ruffled the hair between her horns. “Hey there kiddo.” He said in a soft voice.

Ozaki took in hearing about the murderous monsters part rather smoothly. That might be what the blood devils on this island were like, but that wasn’t his Nyx. She might become something like that at one point. But she’d never be like this. Nyx would be better, a wolfhound, not a rabid wolf. The majority of blood devils on this island seemed to be masochists. So it was no wonder they made good partners for Rage Beasts. Not that he was judging them or anything… A species did what they had to do or whatever. It was just that Nyx hadn’t been raised in this culture and was thusly different.

It then struck him as odd that a supposedly human father had actually been able to survive raising a blood devil. Particularly a starved one. If she were a vampire she’d have gone into a blood frenzy years ago. The one question Ozaki had was whether or not the father had meant to starve her. Even for blood devils the taste for sin was rare. But like Alisa had said, if Nyx had hunted by herself at all she’d have realized this easily.

But was it a bad thing for a father to try and provide all the food they good for their child and not want them to… Not even competitive games though. This was starting to look highly suspect. No matter what the case, even if it was neglect through ignorance. It was wrong. If you did not know how to take care of your child and did not bother trying to educate yourself then that was almost just as bad as intentionally harming them.

The vampire gripped his pen tightly. Ignorance was no excuse. Even he had come here upon realizing how little he knew about Nyx, and how very little she knew about herself.

Ozaki looked up as Nyx started playing with her secretions. For a moment he pondered asking to collect some so he could mimic the effects later. But on second thought he already had enough pain killers in his arsenal. Though it might be good to have one that didn’t have to be injected. He had at least one numbing cream, but nothing that powerful that it could apparently help treat a creature that made a habit of making itself into a pin cushion. Though knowing the chemical make up of the secretion could be useful for knowing what kind of substances her body was capable of producing.

Was she sweating that all the time?

The nerd in him was demanding he collect a sample immediately. How much did she produce? What happened to the amount that wasn’t used? Did it evaporate like sweat itself? Probably, otherwise she’d always be sticky. Ozaki had a brief imagining of someone not realizing how slick a blood devil could be, and accidentally dropping their baby because of that. That… Would end badly. “Umm…” He was hesitant to say anything about what Nyx was doing.

“You might not want to be doing that.” He said after a moment. It might not be sweat, but it was kind of… Weird to be seeing that. He didn’t want to say gross. But it was a tiny bit. But to be fair she was discovering new things about her body. So it was natural. Oh shit he shouldn't have said anything at all shouldn't he? 

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