>>5181305>>5181548>>5181621“I need the hound,” you say, “for a while longer.”
“Huh?” the Incubus says. “But you just brought me this lost little pup.”
“Resent,” Brezzog huffs.
“Its tracking abilities will help me to hunt down the last of your missing demons,” you explain.
‘And get us outta’ this dumb shitty pact, amirite?’ Irinnile chimes in.
“Quiet, succubus,” the Incubus says. “The grown-ups are talking.”
Irinnile squeaks, and pipes down, though you can sense annoyance and anger simmering deep within you where she nests.
“Very well,” the greater demon says, waving Brezzog back over to you.
The miniscule malefactor submits, though you sense misgivings on its part as well.
“Will that be all?” The Incubus asks.
>>5181305>>5181548[No specification]
>>5181621[Rest here]
You seethe a little, simmering with resentment—yours, Irinnile’s transmitted along the soulbound, both?—but you cannot ignore it any longer. You are tired. You need torpor.
“May I stay here, to rest and recoup my energies?” you ask through gritted teeth.
“And how could I refuse a darling mortal like you?” the Incubus asks. “Me home is your home…”
“And your followers my followers?” you ask. “Just to… Test out pact magic one?”
The demon raises an eyebrow, smirking with the smug face of this puffed-up human man it now inhabits. “Don’t push it. You seem quite good at engineering pacts already, but besides that, these mortals are all MINE.”
The last word isn’t spoken louder, but it carries a booming resonance, a strange and occult inflection which makes your shudder. Does this being, then, consider you to belong to it as well? You remember your vision of the Hellish realms, and Irinnile’s explanation of what might yet await you there…
“However, if there’s anything else you’d like to learn…” The Incubus muses aloud. “I believe I’ve already made good on my end of things, TECHNICALLY-speaking, since you know your little ‘ectoplasm trick’ now… But for the right price, I could be induced to teach you a little something more.”
What do you do?
>Ask for tips on bettering your shapeshifting and combat abilities>Ask for tips on increasing your ectoplasmic reserves, to puppeteer more people at once>Ask for tips on bettering your empathy and telepathy>Ask for tips on increasing your energy-drain abilities>Request advice on how to avoid or escape the Hells, or liberate a soul therein>Reject the offer, and just rest[If you request tips, specify what you offer in exchange]
