Sebastian was tired, but not terribly so. He smiled, gently patting Ethan's head. He couldn't help thinking that, though he very clearly proved he was capable of defending himself, Ethan was just a kid. A kid he needed to protect. If Daya was Ethan's size, would he feel the same way about her? Of that, he was sure. She was his teammate, and he was their leader.

But what did that mean? He wasn't really much of a leader - all he'd done was find a rickety stick-hut and run around screaming. What was a leader expected to do for a team that had only existed for a day? He wasn't sure. But he hoped that, in the future, he would be able to bring out the best in his team.

Looking down, he realized that he'd given Ethan a blue stripe in his hair. Sebastian stifled a laugh - it looked utterly ridiculous. Not that he was one to speak, having rubbed his face with the powder. Still though, he wondered how long it would take for Ethan to notice. It gave him an idea.

Several hours later, he gently shook Daya's shoulder. "Daya," he whispered, giggling, as he held a finger over his lips and directed her attention to Ethan. His hair was entirely blue, a slightly lighter shade than Sebastian's.

"Wh-" Her eyes snapped open, only to see Ethan's light blue hair. "Oh my god." She covered her mouth with her arm, giggling loudly. "Do you think he'll notice?" She whispered quietly, glancing over at Sebastian. "Wait, wait." She rubbed her hands together and painted on Ethan's face gently, being extremely careful as to not wake him up. She backed away, a mischievous smile on her face. She made it look like Ethan was wearing light blue makeup.

"He's fabulous!" She whispered, her chest heaving from her muffled laughter.

Sebastian snickered. "Quite." He wanted to give Ethan blue lipstick as well, but that might be a little too far. Though it appeared harmless on the skin, it might be a different story if ingested. "Hopefully it never washes out." Then, he had an even better idea. What would Daya look like with blue feathers?

Daya sighed, finally able to calm down after her giggling fit. "Man. Who knew that a dead demon could be so funny."

"I know, right? I really wanna know what this stuff is now. D'you think this happens with all demons? I mean, why weren't we taught about this?"

"I don't know. Maybe it wasn't really.. useful to teach? Since it doesn't do anything? Or, maybe it's just now started happening?" She shrugged, and tried to wipe her hands off using the grass on the ground. Welp, she just made some grass blue.

"Perhaps." He scooped a handful of powder from the ground where it had fallen from the demon, and examined it. In bulk, it had a slight glint to it, as if it were metallic. Holding it up to his face, Sebastian blew heavily in Daya's direction, hoping it would color her feathers.

"The f-" She closed her mouth both before she could swear, and before any of the powder entered her mouth. The powder got all over her feathers, making her front a light blue color. She stared at him. "Why." Was all she said, in a deadpan tone.

Sebastian bit his lower lip to prevent himself from bursting out laughing. "Now we're all blue," he managed, indicating his blue face and fur, Ethan's hair, and now Daya's feathers.

"Damn. Now how am I gonna hide from the demons?" She shook her head, looking down at her now-blue body. "Seriously, we shouldn't turn it all to powder or whatever that is. We need the evidence that we killed it." She looked over at the deceased demon, who had some missing parts.

"We have the corpse. It should...." Sebastian, looking down at the demon, realized that they might not now be able to bring it back to DHHQ. Now that some of it was gone, the rest was degrading, too. Not quickly, but it was much more delicate than before. "Oops."

He estimated that it was about four hours after midnight, probably safer to travel now. "Should we head back? I don't want to wake Ethan, but if we let him rest, he might not wake up until afternoon 'r something. He seemed really tired. By then, we might not be able to carry the demon back."

"Yeah, we should go now. I'll carry Ethan." She stood up, stretching her arms and legs. She grabbed her bag and slung it around her shoulder. Then, she went over to Ethan. She slowly put her arms under him, and picked him up gently. Daya carried him like a baby as they walked. Compared to her, he was basically the size of a baby.

Sebastian carried the demon and Ethan's supplies. The walk was long, especially in the dark, but thankfully uneventful. They made it back to DHHQ a few hours after the sun came up.

The demon had fallen half to pieces by then, but it was still recognizable. Sebastian was able to register the mission completed after filling out a few pages of paperwork, and they received their reward of several hundred coins.

Once they made it back to the DHHQ, Daya first went into their room to set Ethan down, who was still, surprisingly, asleep. She set him in a chair, then sat down herself. "Man. What a day." She mumbled. "I over-packed, too. I brought like.. a few days worth of food." She had a tendency to talk to herself when no one was around.

"I can't wait to move into the housing here. It'll be so much better than that little hut I have in the hybrid sector." She said to Sebastian after he returned.

"Hm? Oh, since you're an official Demon Hunter, you can move in right now. Should we go do that? There might be more paperwork, though." Sebastian set both bags down on the counter; he would unpack them later. He tried to wash some of the dirt off himself with the water basin..

The magic circle at its base glowed, and the bowl filled with a sweet-scented water. When he dipped his hands in, surprisingly, the stains left by the powder dissipated. He splashed his face, and blue water ran off his skin, leaving him clean and energized.

Daya groaned loudly, "I hate paperwork. Why can't I just live in this room?" She put her head on the table, rubbing her feathered head. "To be honest, this room is still better than my place. It has heat, and water." She muttered.

"You know, you probably could. This is legally our own space now, so there's nothing stopping you. The only issue, I suppose, is that the nearest bathroom is in the lobby. Which is the floors below."

Daya shrugged. "Eh. I can walk fast." She stood up and went to clean her face and feathers, too. She didn't want to be blue forever, even though it was pretty funny.

"All right, then, feel free." Sebastian stretched and pulled his fingers through his tail, brushing out the knots. "Where would you sleep, though? And keep your food? I s'pose we could get a refrigeration unit, though they need to constantly be replaced."

"I'll uh.. sleep on the floor, and keep my food in the uh..." She paused, trying to think. "I'll eat rodents and then leave their corpses outside. There."