[Kutsuki]
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"A mortal, yes.? Funny that," Kutsuki echoed, staring at the hellion's recounting of the way that one could deal with a demon in their midst.? He wasn't interested in those that could basically allow a demon to herald themselves back into being.? So discorporating, banishing, negating them? - anything that would erase one of their existences was already a plus in his mind.? Pyp however never failed to remind him of his naivete and his apparent lack of knowledge even in the presence of hundreds of books that Kutsuki read and reread which now lied every nook and cranny of his basement dwelling.
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"First things?first, and this is something I should've asked from the beginning, if I haven't already," Kutsuki drawled, yawning as he leaned back on his arms.? "I need to know more about you, lots more.? How powerful you are exactly, what you can and cannot do, and what it's really going to cost me keeping you in my employ.? Summoner or not, I know your kind doesn't give out their services for free either.? There must be some fine print I'm not privy to and I need to know it."
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His lips curled into a visage of distate, scrutinizing the imp's visage.? Raising one foot, he raised his foot and poked Pyp in the chest with his big toe.? A shiny, manicured, black lacquered toe.
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"Speak, demon.? And leaving nothing hidden."
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(Pyp)
"As you command, Eraisama," the fresh-faced demon replied, bowing to his summoner in seeming acknowledgement but with more than a bit of a smirk.? But when he stood up straight again, Pyp was completely naked. And with Kutsuki's toe now resting on the warm smooth skin of his bare chest.? "I will speak while leaving nothing hidden."
"I'm not considered one of the more important or powerful demons.? I don't rule over any particular part of Hell, let alone an entire circle.? I don't have any hierarchical title." The demon made no move to touch his summoner, but left Kutsuki's toe where it remained.? A strange, pleasantly seductive heat seemed to flow from the demon's skin though, slowly flowing over the young summoner's toe, enveloping first the foot and then seeping upwards along his leg.?
"What I _do_ have..." Pyp's grin grew wider as he went on "...is a reputation.? A reputation for being one of the most annoying beings in any circle of Hell. And one of the hardest to get rid of.? That may not sound like much, but you have to understand what Hell is all about.? Hell is about making eternity a misery for whoever ends up there.? And I'm _very_ good at making other beings - human and otherwise - miserable. Because I have something most demons lack - imagination."
"I've already told you the most important rules about what I can and cannot do.? For example, I can't harm a mortal unless they're attacking you or me.? That does _not_ however mean that I cannot massively inconvenience them.? Like, say, transporting them to a barren glacier in Norway."? Pyp snapped his fingers and the room suddenly shimmered around them.? The bed, with Kutsuki on it, was suddenly on a barren wind-swept ice-sheet extending in all directions to the horizon, a dim sun hanging barely over the horizon.? But strangely, the cold was not penetrating the aura of sensual warmth flowing from the demon's chest that had spread all over his summoner's body.? "I'm not actually hurting them, or allowing them to be hurt.? But I've pretty much taken them out of the picture for anything they were planning on doing."
With another snap of his fingers, they were back in his summoner's bedroom.? "I have a pretty free rein when it comes to the physical world.? There are few places I cannot go, few things I cannot access, little knowledge that I am blocked from finding out. It's just a question of how badly you want something.? And the price you're willing to pay to get it."
"But yes, there's a price for this.? Sooner or later, there's a price."? The heat emanating from the demon rippled across Kutsuki's pale skin, causing the youth's cheeks to flush.? "Right now, it's all free.? A 'test drive' you might say.? At least until I find what it is that you will give anything for.? But you'll still have a choice, Eraisama.? If any price is involved, I'm required to make that clear in advance. Whether or not you decide to pay it is entirely up to you."
"So, what's your pleasure, Eraisama?" Pyp teased, his naked body seeming to sway sensually before Kutsuki even though the youth tried to focus he could detect no actual movement at all.? "You want to know what I'm capable of?? Command me!"
Tag - Kutsuki
