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A lone cricket sang it's tune underneath the starry night. It passed by an old and decrepit shack. The cricket hurried along, its instincts somehow practically screaming at it that the very foundation was reeked with something far more dangerous than the snakes and birds that prey on it.
Within the shack however was a young man in his late 20s, his curly hair bouncing as he hummed a soft tune. His lips were curled into a satisfied smirk as he gazed upon his masterpiece.
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Alastor's nose trickled at a certain unpleasant smell, reminding him that he needs to remove the body early tomorrow morning.
He added the final touches, his finger dragging the final line across the floor. The man cracked a grin as he licked the blood off his hands. "Tu es prรชt ร manger..."
Alastor laughed as he stared up to his homemade shrine above. A radio sat at the center with red roses around it. A young lamb laid dead on a platter in front of the radio. It's eyes glassy as it hauntingly stared at the man kneeling a few feet away from it. The lamb was admittedly last-minute addition. It was pure luck that Alastor found one wandering in the area. Must've been someone's pet that gone loose.
The pentagram below him began to glow, a bloody red illuminating the dark shack. "I call on you, voices of the afterlife. I wish to make a deal with you." He called out. Arms outstretched as he waved his limbs up high.
Candles started to die one by one. Until only the sigil remained. Wind began to pick up as the man marveled at the hellish sight. The radio began to play a warbled noise. The man's smile twitched briefly as he strained to listen to the noise. Then suddenly everything went silent.
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Alastor blinked in surprise, head tilting slightly as he gazed upon the radio. He then had to quickly shut his eyes tight as a blinding white light flooded the room. The white light flickered to a crimson red. The candles that went out earlier sprang back to life but now with dark red flames. The lamb's eyes blinked and Alastor squinted as he noticed a strange liquid dripping out of its eyes. The liquid had a red sheen to it, Alastor recognized it was blood but unlike the normal kind that he had gotten used to.
The blood began to move around the animal on its own. A demonic sigil forming from beneath the lamb's still body. A shadow began to grow on the wall, twisting to a human-like figure. The walls began to shake as Alastor watched in awe as dozens of red eyes formed around him and began blinking at once before zeroing in to the only breathing person in the room.
Light sweat began to trickle by the side of his head. He knew that summoning demons could get dramatic but he didn't think it would be this dramatic. Alastor maintained his trademarked grin, lens glinting from the fire. Then suddenly...
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A loud booming laughter echoed from the radio. The eyes watched Alastor in glee as the shadow from the wall began to contort itself, arms became visible and the human's brows shot up as the shadow pushed itself off the wall. It stood slightly taller than Alastor, the man noticed the silhouette of a top hat and tall horns on its head. The shadow lacked legs instead resembled a snakeโs body as it simply glided across the floor. Its arms hung lazily as finally it raised its head to meet Alastor's eyes. The shadow had red glowing eyes and a jagged mouth. "๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ธ ๐ญ๐ช๐ป๐ฎ๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐ผ๐พ๐ถ๐ถ๐ธ๐ท ๐ถ๐ฎ? ๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ป๐ฎ๐ช๐ฝ ๐ช๐ท๐ญ ๐น๐ธ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฏ๐พ๐ต ๐ก๐พ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐๐ฎ๐ต๐ต!"
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Alastor had to adjust his glasses as he stared up at the daunting shadow. "You're... Lucifer?"
The shadow Lucifer seemingly cracked a shark like grin at the sight of the human. Eyes widening in delight as it circled Alastor. "๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ต๐ต, ๐๐ฎ๐ต๐ต, ๐๐ฎ๐ต๐ต.... ๐๐ธ๐ธ๐ด ๐๐ฑ๐ช๐ฝ ๐๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ?" His voice had an underlying growling rumble to it. And Alastor couldn't help but marvel at the voice, not everyone is gifted with such a pleasing inflection. But also, to distract himself because holy fuck he actually did it he fucking managed to summon THE Lucifer Morningstar.
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"๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐๐ธ๐พ ๐ผ๐พ๐ถ๐ถ๐ธ๐ท๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ธ๐ป๐ฝ๐ช๐ต? ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐พ๐ฎ๐ผ๐ผ, ๐๐ช๐ท๐ฝ ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ต๐ต ๐ผ๐ธ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ท๐ฎ? ๐ฃ๐ธ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐๐ธ๐พ ๐น๐ธ๐๐ฎ๐ป? ๐'๐ถ ๐๐ช๐ป๐ท๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐๐ช, ๐ฒ๐ฝ'๐ต๐ต ๐ฌ๐ธ๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ช ๐ต๐ธ๐ฝ." Lucifer giggled as he circled Alastor. Arms outstretched as he attempted to touch him but the man waved him off as he rose to his feet.
"Allow me to cut to the chase." His voice louder and livelier in contrast to the King's own soft and growling whispers. "I know what awaits a man like me after death,"
He walked towards a rotting corpse lying at the back. Lucifer followed him his eyes wide with curiosity. Alastor nudged the corpse's arm before turning to the shadow next to him. Now that he was standing, Alastor could see that he was in fact taller than the King, a strange sight but he wasn't gonna question it. "But I do not want to exist in hell, a tortured soul."
Lucifer tilted his head, the eyes around them blinking as it awaited Alastor to continue. "I want to secure myself amongst the highest demons. I want to continue my fun!"
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Lucifer was silent for a moment before letting out a single snort which then turned to a full belly laugh. "๐๐ฑ ๐ถ๐-! ๐๐ช! ๐'๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ท๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ช๐ป๐ญ ๐ช ๐ถ๐ธ๐ป๐ฝ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ผ๐ด ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฝ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ธ๐ป๐ฎ!" The King continued to laugh and Alastor couldn't help but smile, amused to know that even he could entertain the ruler of hell.
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"๐ข๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐ธ๐พ๐ผ๐ต๐! ๐ฆ๐ธ๐, ๐๐ธ๐พ'๐ป๐ฎ ๐บ๐พ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ผ๐ธ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ท๐ฎ ๐ช๐ป๐ฎ๐ท'๐ฝ ๐๐ช?"The demon pointed to his chest jokingly, he then turned around as he melted to the floor and materialized on the table. Sitting across him as if examining Alastor. "๐๐ท๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ธ๐พ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฝ ๐'๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ท ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ช๐ต๐ต." He remarked.
"๐๐ต๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฝ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ'๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต." He waved his hands to Alastor, ""๐ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ท ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐๐ธ๐พ ๐น๐ธ๐๐ฎ๐ป, ๐๐ธ๐พ'๐ต๐ต ๐ซ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ธ๐ผ๐ฝ ๐น๐ธ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฏ๐พ๐ต ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ท๐ท๐ฎ๐ป ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ต๐ต ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ต๐ต!" Alastor's smile grew to a grin but then the demon's hand suddenly waved a finger at him. "๐ฆ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ณ๐พ๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ช ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ท๐พ๐ฝ๐ฎ ๐ผ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ต๐ฎ๐! ๐๐ธ๐ท'๐ฝ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ ๐ฝ๐ธ๐ธ ๐ฌ๐ธ๐ฌ๐ด๐ ๐ท๐ธ๐ ๐ซ๐พ๐ญ."
Alastorโs brows furrowed at the nickname, the shadow smirked as he motioned Alastor to look up. A silhouette of buildings on fire formed just above the shrine. It then turned to a demon with large horns and three sets of wings. "๐๐ฏ ๐๐ธ๐พ ๐๐ช๐ท๐ฝ ๐น๐ธ๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ท ๐๐ธ๐พ ๐ถ๐พ๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ท ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฌ๐ธ๐ท๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ท๐ผ.โ
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"๐๐ท๐ฎ, ๐๐ธ๐พ ๐ช๐ป๐ฎ ๐ท๐ธ๐ฝ ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐พ๐ผ๐ฎ ๐๐ธ๐พ๐ป ๐น๐ธ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ป๐ถ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฏ๐ช๐ถ๐ฒ๐ต๐.โ Two figures were formed one stood tall with curved forms while the other was small and resembled a young child. "๐๐ฏ ๐๐ธ๐พ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ท ๐พ๐ผ๐ฎ ๐ช ๐ผ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ช๐ฐ๐ช๐ฒ๐ท๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ถ, ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ท ๐๐ธ๐พ๐ป ๐ผ๐ธ๐พ๐ต ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ญ๐พ๐ผ๐ฝ." Lucifer clenched a fist at Alastorโs face looking serious for once since he was summoned.
"๐ฃ๐๐ธ," this time Lucifer was now behind Alastor making the man quickly turned to look at him. "๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ต๐ต ๐ฐ๐ป๐ช๐ท๐ฝ ๐๐ธ๐พ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ธ๐ถ ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐ฌ๐ธ๐ท๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ท๐พ๐ฎ ๐๐ธ๐พ๐ป โ๐ฏ๐พ๐ทโ ๐ช๐ผ ๐๐ธ๐พ ๐ผ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ต๐ธ๐บ๐พ๐ฎ๐ท๐ฝ๐ต๐ ๐น๐พ๐ฝ ๐ฒ๐ฝ. ๐๐พ๐ฝ ๐๐ธ๐พ ๐ถ๐พ๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ท๐ธ๐ฝ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ ๐ฝ๐ธ๐ธ ๐ธ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ธ๐พ๐ผ ๐ฒ๐ท ๐๐ธ๐พ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ท๐ญ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฟ๐ธ๐ป. ๐ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ท๐ธ๐พ๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ป๐ธ๐พ๐ซ๐ต๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ต๐ฎ๐ท๐ฝ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฌ๐ฑ๐ธ๐น๐ช๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ท ๐ฒ๐ถ๐น๐พ๐ต๐ผ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ท ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ธ๐ป๐ญ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ผ๐ธ ๐ฒ๐ท ๐ธ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ธ๐ป๐ญ๐ผ, ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐พ๐ท ๐ซ๐พ๐ฝ ๐ช๐ต๐ผ๐ธ ๐ท๐ธ๐ฝ ๐ฝ๐ธ๐ธ ๐ถ๐พ๐ฌ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐พ๐ท." Lucifer tilted his head, and Alastor nodded for him to continue.
"๐๐ท๐ญ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฎ, ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ต๐ต ๐ซ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ซ๐ต๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ต๐ต ๐ธ๐ท ๐๐ธ๐พ ๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ธ๐พ ๐ถ๐ช๐ ๐ซ๐ฎ. ๐๐ท๐ญ ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ธ๐พ๐ต๐ญ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐๐ธ๐พ ๐ช ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฝ ๐ธ๐ป๐ญ๐ฎ๐ป, ๐๐ธ๐พ ๐ถ๐พ๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ธ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ธ๐พ๐ฝ ๐บ๐พ๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ท. ๐๐พ๐ฝ ๐ญ๐ธ๐ท'๐ฝ ๐๐ธ๐ป๐ป๐, ๐'๐ต๐ต ๐ฝ๐ป๐ ๐ท๐ธ๐ฝ ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐ซ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ธ๐ธ ๐ธ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ซ๐ฎ๐ช๐ป๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ." Lucifer cackled from behind Alastor's ear, practically wrapping himself around the human like a snake. The demon slithered downwards and stood back up in front of the human. "๐๐ฑ, ๐ช๐ท๐ญ ๐ช๐ต๐ผ๐ธ ๐ ๐ธ๐๐ท ๐๐ธ๐พ๐ป ๐ผ๐ธ๐พ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฌ๐ธ๐พ๐ป๐ผ๐ฎ."
He offered his hand towards Alastor, said hand was ablaze with golden fire. Lucifer's eyes brightened even more as his grin turned sharp. "๐๐ธ ๐๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ท ๐พ๐ท๐ญ๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ๐ฝ๐ช๐ท๐ญ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ?"
Alastor grinned at the sight, and he shook the devil's hand. "It's a deal!"
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As the two made contact, Alastor was subjected to visions of a tall demon dressed in a red suit. Shadows surrounding him as green demonic energy wrapped around his body. He sees the demon wreaking havoc in a strange and foreign land, covered in copious amount of blood. He then sees the demon with the company of another; the other was dressed in a pristine white suit. Though Alastor couldnโt see their faces he knew that the two were smiling in each otherโs presence.
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Alastor blinked, finally finding himself back in reality. He laughed as the full gravity of the situation had finally settled upon him, Lucifer joined him almost sounding as manic as he is.ย
A blinding white and red light enveloped the room as together they laughed maniacally throughout the night.