Hell's Kitchen was brimming with activity, only in a different way. Instead of drinks and food, the patrons on some tables were working on paint and signs. A human-sized imp by the name of William Norritt - he went by Norritt, as he did in his office of Law - smiled at his fellow demons.
"Now, remember, folks, this counterprotest isn't meant to run counter to the little ideas of our fellow purifiers. Indeed, we'll be there as... Incentive. We shall taunt them. If they attack us, we are fully within our rights to defend ourselves, and have the power to do so splendidly, given that we'll be recruiting strong demons and that the vast majority of them are normal humans. If they don't, it'll be one heck of a nice blow to their little psyches, and we'll twist the proverbial knife by rubbing it in their faces that they are powerless against us demons."
"Yes, Norritt, we are aware. You've told us over and over and over. How's this one?" - said Natasha, a sexy Russian succubus with a draining touch, holding a sign reading "Will you attack us demons or do you prize man's law over God's law?"
"A bit wordy, and tips our hand a bit, but works, Tasha. Now, you folks, keep up the good work. I'm gonna get some more muscle. I heard some oni in Japan got rather enthusted about the idea too, and they are quite the sturdy group. Some of them can even breathe fire!"
William smirked to himself as he called Japan. As it turned out, while demons weren't evil, they were turning out to be quite a devious, mischievous folk, and they weren't about to let a bunch of fanatics attack them without a taste of Hell's Kitchen.
A demoness left the place, hiding a worried look in her face.
A bit later, in the police office, the sargeant sighed.
"They are planning a counter-rally." - He said. - "To be expected, I guess."
The demoness, an officer by the name of Adam, nodded. "I was just eating there, in civvies, when these guys entered and took over a few tables. We have a problem, though. They want to taunt the protesters." - She said.
"Every counterprotest does that." - The ursine sargeant said.
"...into attacking them. They would then be fully within their rights to defend themselves, and they made sure that their side is way stronger in case of a conflict, not a hard thing to do considering most Purifiers seem to be human or to have changed little. And I'm pretty sure we can't prevent taunting 'within the law' either, sargeant..."
"...oh crap."
This had lots of potential to get real ugly real soon...
