call me maybe

[from_scratch]

Cam is out flying. There's a decent cloud of atmosphere around the gold plane, now, millenia of demons making air around themselves for comfort and not sealing it up because why would you bother. There's a small forest, here - the effect is kind of ruined by the lamps it has to grow under, but it's still pretty.

He feels an open summons and lets it grab him -

with the Joker (kappa)

with Ripper (kappa)

with Darren (Aestrix)

with Minus (kappa)

with Emma (Marri)

with Facility 3141592 (armokGoB)

with the admin (kappa)

with Jarvis (kappa, Aestrix)

with Miles (kappa)

with Hank (Nemo)

Comments

[castmyown]

"... Okay, not as terrible, but still. Not what I want in an afterlife. What am I getting now for summoning you?"

[from_scratch]

"If you hook up to my afterlife system, of which I am not at all sure, I now expect you to show up in a daeva realm, I don't know enough about you to guess which, and you will have snazzy powers to match."

[castmyown]

"Right, might not go to your afterlife, makes sense. Snazzy powers I will not turn down, I like snazzy powers."

[from_scratch]

"I do too. They were a pleasant consolation prize for getting murdered."

[castmyown]

That causes peryton summoner to stop walking in surprise. "... You were what?"

[from_scratch]

"I was murdered when I was 22, I wrecked some guy's sketchy business in the process of going public on the existence of daeva not-quite-anonymously enough and next thing I knew I was in Hell."

[castmyown]

"I'm extremely sorry," says the summoner sincerely. Pause. "... I should worry about that. I would rather not end up dead before I can accomplish anything."

[from_scratch]

"Do not underestimate the vengefulness of people with strong economic reason to want you to fail."

[castmyown]

"I won't," he promises. "I do not want to die at twenty-two. Or, for that matter, at fifteen."

[from_scratch]

"Right then, that is basically the useful life lesson my death can teach you. That and the thing about summoners turning into daeva."

[castmyown]

He nods. "Thanks."

Is that his house, up ahead?

"That's my house," he says.

Yes, yes it is!

[from_scratch]

"...heh, I wonder if Charlie's house is here." Pause. "I wonder if there is a Charlie here."

[castmyown]

"I don't know who that person is, but you can go check?"

[from_scratch]

"My dad."

[castmyown]

"... Ah. Do you want to right now? I can explain things to my dad while you do. Hell, I can put an invisibility spell on you if you give me like - ten minutes, if you're worried about him seeing you and you having wings. Hidden under a trenchcoat they might be."

[from_scratch]

"If there's a Charlie there I think I'd want to talk to him."

[castmyown]

"Okay. I will leave you to check while I explain things to my dad?"

(He is not going to intrude on Cam's time with his father. Why would that be a thing that he would do?)

[from_scratch]

"Is your dad going to be annoyed about you letting a demon run loose? I'm not in a hurry."

[castmyown]

"He might be? But I am good at explaining things and he trusts my judgement, so."

[from_scratch]

"Okay." Cam looks both ways, then makes a motorcycle out of nothing and hops on it and zooms down the street without a helmet.

[castmyown]

Darren snorts, and then goes and explains things to his dad.

[from_scratch]

Cam is back on the motorcycle a few minutes later and parks it in the relevant driveway.

[morethanimaginary]

There is a brunette, sitting outside. "Hi, shirtless trenchcoat guy. Darren has spilled the beans." She waves. "What's up? Cool motorcycle."

[from_scratch]

"I'm glad you like it. Are you his sister or something?"

[morethanimaginary]

"Got it in one! Yup, sister. Darren is geeking out, by the way, he's like 'Eeeee maybe the medallions will actually work eeeee' and that's why I'm outside."