An invisible shadow on the fateful path. A dark presence in a dark alley. An inconspicuous observer. Rudolph Yerbler never thought he would get to play most of these roles, and yet, he had to find out what would happen. He had to wonder if his morbid curiosity was caused by him being affected by this new power. But he knew, if Judas was truly free to roam the Earth again, he might not have dared to?trail him personally. He preferred isolated pursuits. Spying on humans, tricking their warlocks, that was part?of the trade.?Attempting to uncover the motifs of?Hell's dark and forgotten legends, that was a different matter.
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Fortunately, the specter of Sysyphus?divulged onto him its fiery wisdom. Apparently, Judas could not touch the world of the Living directly. There was a part of him, beholden to one of the Old?Ones, the ancient demons of the Underworld who have?sunk so deep, even the older demons like Messalina could no longer approach them. Sisyphus was too low ranking to ferret out the details, only that the man/creature that was Judas, was still somewhat limited. And yet, there was another way for such potentiate as Judas?to extend himself into the world above, by placing his nets around his prison, using them to capture young demons and then...
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Rudolph was not quite sure what was to happen then, and that was the reason he was following the doubly horned demon of earthly colors back into the Upper World. Almost with curiosity, Rudolph watched the demon he wss trailing disguising himself, creating a cloak of invisibility that, well, was not quite up to his own standards of precision, but did the job of obscuring his visage from some prying eyes. He probably did not know the difference between humans and vampires, Rudolph?reasoned out with some amusement, seeing? he chose a?handsome male vampire?for his target. Some of the older vampires at least might actually be able to?sense a barely hidden demonic presence, they were on the verge of proper awareness after all.
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Yerbler?almost expected?the handsome vampire?to sense the lesser demon's presence, not his own of course, due to his superior spells. Perhaps there was?simply too much on the?vampire's mind though. He was following after a victim of is own. Well, not a single victim yet, an entire group of them.?Perhaps the vampire intended?to let the group separate, then attack a single victim, but the?evening streets were lit far too brightly to risk an assault of this kind. Rudolph kept?thinking, trying to puzzle out what Judas put inside of the demon, and how the demon was going to use it against the vampire, when something unexpected happened.
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Without any visible reason, the vampire did not bother waiting for the large group of humans to part ways, he struck, at all of them, some passers by even tried to take a picture on their cell phone, others called the authorities for help...Rudolph did not understand at first. It was clearly the power of Judas, manifesting itself, against a vampire, yet he did not feel any magic spells, did not smell the intoxicating odor of sulfur wafting through the air. Then how, what did the horned demon do to the vampire, he asked himself and then a realization struck him.
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Self betrayal might manifest as self destructive actions. Without any magic present, that had to be?the power the demon exhibited, making the vampire reckless in his pursuit, self destructive?even. Rudolph wished he knew how to tell his master about it, without being too complicated and entangled in things he didn't understand. Perhaps if he only mentioned that some demons, from a certain Hell Circle,?started acted strangely, unlike themselves. That could be it, he decided brightly and then idly considered if he ought to terminate the double horned demon or possibly capture him.
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But he noticed there was some kind of exchange between the vampire and the demon, with the demon's body suddenly growing. He is getting stronger from the vampire's self destructive actions he had initiated, Rudolph?decided and almost made another step towards the horned demon, determined to take care of him before his bizarre magic spread too widely, but the demon began looking around, as if his increased power allowed him to sense what he previously couldn't. Rudolph decided stronger demons than himself should attend to the matter. He had duty of a different kind and had to report to Crowley at once. ??
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