Waking the Demon [Ibiki]

The words were streaming form from the mouth of Mirja like an unending stream of consciousness. The unwavering stare of the amber eyed devil never left the sight of her subordinate. It was if they were piercing their fiery gaze straight into the entrails of the woman's soul as she listened in with immense intent; barely even taking much time to breathe before coming to a conclusion. As, when the apologetic aide had finished her sobbing tale, The Captain Commander to be exhaled a drained sigh as she let go out of her own bodily tensions at this whole messy state of affairs.

Did Ibiki enjoy having to be a hard-ass? No. Was it needed in some cases? Yes. If one does not set the bar of where their expectations are, then their followers will become unbalanced and wander in all sorts of undesirable paths. And, more than anything else, the lack of communication between played more on The Devil's fault than her underling. As it is a leader who keeps track of their assistants, crafts the foundation of their rules and manages their team like a well oiled ship. In this instance, The Suika Child did not feel that and she took another hard swig of booze from the container in order to drown out this stress.

"At least you are honest."

Those words spoke volumes as to what Ibiki valued. Since, unlike before, they did not leave strainful impression upon the world. Instead, they were uttered out with a sense of ginger firmness. Relieved, but still possessing the lingering intent of a leader's displeasure. As this whole ordeal would have been worse if the woman had not spilled out her soul to The Devil; since then she knew she would have a genuine threat on her hands.

Thus, after setting down the drink to her side, The Devil Girl seemed to begin to levitate ever so slowly off the balls of her feet. In this way, she'd be eye to eye with Mirja at this point. And, in light of that, Ibiki placed each of her hands on the shoulders of the woman and gave a sturdy grip before continuing with her words:

"Blood is blood. There is no getting around that."

Slow and steady could describe the pace in which Ibiki spoke as her peering eyes never wavered from the sight of the woman's stone gray eyes before her. As this absolute fact was not going to be easily absolved no matter what Mirja did, said or thought.

"But you are a single person and can change. If you have a will to change yourself, then do it."

Upon those words being uttered out, a plum energy would then begin to radiate out of the body of The Devil Commander. It was filled with a warm aura of life, light and strength of will. As this was the nature of her Resolve Force beginning to bleed out into the world and surround itself around the woman in it's tense current of determination.

"You can only control the actions of yourself; not the world around you. Do not base your own road on the actions of a group."

There would be another pause and the Suika child would breathe in at a slowed pace -- then exhale at a relaxed pace.

"Do you understand? If you want to change, change. But do not expect everyone else to so easily accept that change without sacrifice, work, and genuine intent to want to move beyond the actions of your past."

Then, with her sentiment expressed, Ibiki would allow the embers of her power to begin to accelerate the emotions of Mirja. In this way, she could begin to cry her tears and release whatever vile emotions brewed within her. Then, when over, those tears could be wiped away and the vision of a better day could be seen in the sights of her souls gaze towards the future.

"So cry into me if you must, but dry your tears and remember what you are fighting for if you want to sincerely move on from this."

Once her peace was finished, The Suika Child would embrace the wolven girl and give her a rub against the head as it was quite alright. All Ibiki cared about was loyalty, honesty and being up-front about her desires. If she could give her that, then it was possible to move on from these transgressions and work with her subordinate.