Good demon, bad demon (Patreon)

You've been experimenting with summoning. You thought you had hit a dead end, until you get a visitor in the night.

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Your eyes opened, to a figure leaning in the doorway. Horns raising from their forehead, and wings flapping idly told you quickly that they weren’t human. “Gosh mortal, for someone in trouble, you’re really easy to track down. No smudging your soul or anything.”

What… Soul smudging? What were they talking about? “I- I don’t know wh-”

They were infront of you. Had they- had they walked? They were towering over you, as you sat up on the bed “No? You don’t know anything about extra-planar summoning?” They asked.

Oh. Oh that – that – wait. Had you been close? You pushed away from them, exiting the bed, only for them to appear behind you. “No, mortal. No running. You’ve been messing with the fabric of reality, trying to open a door. And now you have to answer to me.”

Their scent was… They smelled good. Intoxicatingly so. A single whiff was enough to send your thoughts spiralling. They laughed. “Oh, human, I feel bad. You seem unprepared for me.” They turned you around, and took your chin in their hand.

As they lifted your head to look up, into their eyes, you dimly realised that you were standing next to your circle. What had been missing? You had the ingredients. The sacrifice might have been the failure point… You met their gaze, feeling your mind grow placid.

Even so, you stepped into them. Pushing them, and they stepped back, allowing both of you to enter the circle. Where the ingredients still lay. And with a smell of sulphur that pushed away the demon’s scent, the circle illuminated. The demon’s eyes widened.

“Oh you’ve done it n-” They were cut off, as someone else landed in the circle with you, pushing them to the other side of it.

“I- wha?” The newcomer giggled. They looked soft. Gentle. Their horns were smaller than the other demon’s. As they sat up, you felt a pull to them.

“Oh, mortal, you summoned me, using yourself?” They newcomer asked. That’s like, soo cute. You wanted to be my plaything so badly, huh?”

The other demon had just recovered from their shock. “Okay, I know how we can play this. Good demon bad demon?”

The newcomer nodded, hungrily.