Evokation / Book II: The Devil / Part 9
Three days passed... and then the hatch opened, and Zerrex opened his eyes in the dark essence he was floating in, swimming easily to the top of the well and pulling himself out as he took a long breath of air. He could taste the corruption in his...
Evokation / Book II: The Devil / Part 8
The charity was a whopping success: in the end, they gave away some ninety-two percent of the total amount of blankets they had collected to families, and the last eight to various orphanage and child-care facilities around Hell. And the effect it had...
Evokation / Book II: The Devil / Part 7
For whatever reason, Cherry took her crusade seriously... and over the coming weeks, even as her belly grew even larger - making her look now like she was carry a pair of fat twins - she worked tirelessly with Lily, Zerrex, and a few others. As they...
Evokation / Book II: The Devil / Part 6
A week passed without much note: Sin and Selena finally dragged Zerrex and Lily into the same room together, and they both stubbornly ignored one-another until Lily finally apologized and Zerrex stopped pretending she didn't exist. The Drakkaren then...
Evokation / Book II: The Devil / Part 5
After a short side-trip, however, they managed to come out onto a dusty plateau that had been stripped barren of trees and grass, and they paused for a moment as Vampire whispered over his shoulder to the group: "There's some mountains ahead, and a...
Evokation / Book II: The Devil / Part 4
The Drakkaren snapped awake, breathing hard as he sat up and looked wildly back and forth, and Sin looked up at him in alarm before she sat up herself, gently settling a hand on his shoulder as she asked quietly: "What's wrong, Zerrex?' The reptile...
Evokation / Book II: The Devil / Part 3
Zerrex didn't go back to the Ravenlight Estate right away: instead, he retired to the hot springs, deciding to wash himself off in the energy-laced waters to heal some of his wounds and see if he could fight off the wave of tiredness that had washed...
Evokation / Book II: The Devil / Part 2
Four days later, Zerrex stood in tight black clothes at the top of an abandoned mining site, the long handle of a massive, single-edged cleaver held tight in one hand. The handle was at least two feet long and made of smooth black bone, a red cloth...
Evokation / Book II: The Devil / Part 1
Book II: The Devil Two weeks later found Zerrex sitting on a bench in the Circle of Tragedy outside a massive stone building, watching demons in blue uniforms walking in and out of the complex, many of them carrying logbooks. Occasionally,...
Evokation / Book I: The Fool / Part 10
Zerrex glanced over his shoulder as Mercy looked darkly at Mel, and then she took her father's hand and gently pulled him up to his feet, nodding politely to Little Arcy, and then Elliot. They both nodded back, Elliot raising a hand to her mildly with...
Evokation / Book I: The Fool / Part 9
After another day, the Cuddle Room finally emptied, and things resumed as normal, Zerrex absently helping tidy up the huge room. Sin and Cherry were here as well, although almost everyone else had gone home with the exception of the twins, who stated...
Evokation / Book I: The Fool / Part 8
"Yeah, but we ain't all a hundred percent happy, either." said a familiar voice, and Zerrex looked up in surprise to see a green-scaled demoness sitting comfortably on the stairs, putting the finishing touches onto a wooden lute with her knife. She had...