Study Party! :3

[Creator]

In a nice change from the usual darkness he went out in, Damon sat Indian-style against the tree, with a large book propped up in his lap. Berstunic was flapping about, chasing bugs and small animals, etc. They kept a link with the mind, rather than by sight. Berstunic had recently been instructing Damon in the art of shutting his mind to outsiders, and he had made a fair amount of progress. He practiced as he read, Berstunic telling him when a word slipped through.

"There's not a whole lot about normal ninja arts in here," Damon thought. "It's mostly family-specific stuff, and the stuff I already know."
"What about that Dead Soul thing you saw a minute ago?"
"Nah, that only gives me control of a dead body. The soul and memories of the person aren't restored."

Damon didn't slow down in his search, however, and actually intensified his search as he grew more sure that the answer couldn't be found here. "Another chapter with no information about demons. They really should have included a table of contents in this thing."
"That would have made its secrets easy to discover, for both friend and foe."
"True."

His interest in the texts deepened, and he became more lost in his own little world as he read.

[J-Bear!]

Jatza walked into view, and felt a familiar aura. "Hello, Damon!" She thought of their last encounter, and frowned. "Would you mind telling me why you and Estrik were fighting?" She inquired.

[Creator]

Damon looked up, not thinking twice before he looked down at his book again. "For several reasons. First, he tried to interrupt a conversation I was having, and then he decided he wanted to keep fighting, rather than end it maturely. Rather annoying, actually. If you don't mind, could you tell him I look forward to a rematch?" Of course, Damon would be more friendly toward Jatza. She was, after all, pretty much the first person he had met here.

[J-Bear!]

[[Glad to know he /might/ not try to kill her. EKSDEE.]]

Jatza laughed. "Well, I can explain the ending part. Draws count as losses for him, and he hates losing like anyone else. And the interruption, well, he's just like that." She smiled in thought of Estrik. "Of course not, I'll be seeing him soon." She glanced down, and noticed the book. "What are you reading?" She asked, sitting down.

[Creator]

"Oh, just a family book," he said. "It tells most of the methods of my magic, though nobody outside our family seems to really have a knack for it. I'm trying to find information about demons," he admitted, looking over at her. "I want to know how exactly they enter and leave a person. Whether or not it's a technique usable by humans." Berstunic flapped, landing on the ground in front of them. "Out of curiosity, of course. I've never really understood it."

[J-Bear!]

Jatza raised an eyebrow. "Interesting," she said, intrigued. "And your magic is changing state, correct?" She asked. "By the way, how have you been since the fight with Crow? I know that was a long time ago . . ." She trailed off.

[Creator]

"That's right, plus ninja arts, obviously." He listened to her question and got to thinking. He thought about when he had decided that he wanted to get a place of power when the world came crumbling down. He remembered how he used to be, and how he started changing as he grew closer to his plasma abilities. He remembered how they really changed him, making him eager to try his abilities out with lethal intent. He remembered manipulating Alyx, making sure she fell for him, then luring her into the caves and leaving her close to death. He remembered creating a web of lies, eventually blacking out Rain's vision and considering murder a second time. He remembered his run-in with Rei in the woods, manipulating her until her demon took hold, and fighting it in a battle that destroyed a large amount of land in the Dark Forest. He remembered being invigorated with a large amount of negative energy, changing his appearance to give him dark, hateful eyes and slightly sharpened teeth, along with a strong desire to destroy. He remembered tricking the demon within Rain into leaving her body, then killing it. He remembered meeting Rei again, nearly drowning her in quicksand, and eventually forcing her to either do as he says or die.
"...pretty good, and you?"

[J-Bear!]

"I've been fine. Estrik and I are dating." Jazz said happily. She sensed the rememberance before, but decided not to bother. "I wonder where he is?"

[Creator]

"I wouldn't know," he said, "I haven't seen him since our little run-in. So you two? I wouldn't have guessed," he said with a slight laugh. "But then, I hardly know either of you." He thought for a moment. "Maybe he's watching the sunset, or looking through a 'Where's Waldo?' puzzle," he mused.

[J-Bear!]

Jatza was confused. "Where's Waldo? What or who is that?" She frowned.

[Creator]

Damon looked over at her, knowing better than to ask if she was serious. She didn't know a whole lot about human life, after all. "It's a sort of picture puzzle. There's a large crowd of people, and you have to try and find one specific person in that crowd, named Waldo. Not that Estrik would be able to."

[J-Bear!]

Jatza nodded. "I see. And Estrik could, if someone was there with him." She said, smiling.

[Creator]

"That's true, I suppose." His arm twitched, a jolt of purple plasma trailing down it before crackling off and fading away at the end. "What exactly do you see in him?"

[J-Bear!]

Jatza was taken aback at the question. "Well, he's really sweet, and he's nice to me. Plus, he's kind of cute. He's also really funny, and can always cheer me up. It helps since I can't lie and he can read my mind." She shrugged.