Chapter 2: Advent- Alpha (the first ritual)

We started the ritual, we made a circle of the sheep's intestines, Rune drew the runes of calling, Choir lead the chanting, I made sure that all the steps are followed in the right order, and Hag started burning that mix of shrooms and herbs when all of a sudden a voice boomed. While there always was just our chanting and the hallucinogens inside the Smoke, this Voice was deeper, talking in some way that was absolutely not a language we knew... But we understood: 

,,Finally, after years of your service, I had the strength to find you. But now you all need to be warned, your universe will soon collide with shards that hold the will of the Wave, contact to the abyss, and the blessing of Primordials. The Volatile energy of the Wave will make the unchosen become monstrous abominations, things your Video games might have prepared you for. The abyss will send its blessing of the system to all those who are sapient, while the Primordials and we Fiends choose our champions and help them grow strong. You 13 are my chosen. You will change physically and your skills will have a touch of infernal magic to them, but you will be prepared to face the wave in 20 days. All I need is to make our contract official. My name is Zareol, and I am your patron RITUALIST. You shall choose if you accept this reward till tomorrow."

And then we all stood there as the smoke condensed into a page of paper with exact instructions on how to write the contract and what to put in it.

We all stood there, first baffled as the very concept of what happened now was surprising, before we all went to the locker with the drug tests that I put there just in case with alcohol and pregnancy tests. 

And as we all made our tests and they turned out as not under drug influence, we looked at hag, and then all gazes turned to me, and the first to speak was the Priestess, asking: „so, you all did it, hu? Finally contacted a devil of some kind, offering to grant you powers. I hope God will send me a message to be his priestess too...“

To which I answered: „Well, we first need to talk about what we are willing to offer and receive in return..."

Now Angel interjected „We should just sign up and ask to be Unholy priests or something, I really want to be a warlock casting spells"

Lock however had a different goal. „I want to be an Infernal locksmith or burglar or something, as long as I have something to do with opening doors I am happy“

Hag then reminded us. „I want to continue to do things with plants, but magic tricks sound fun. Do you think I might become a real hag? With the ability to make potions and use fingernails that regenerate to cast magic? Just Imagine me flying on a broom brewing poison and potions!“

Now Edge threw in. "I will become a healer, no matter what. And if that means using Infernal flames, it is at least a magnitude more fun!"

As an answer to that, Bottle chuckled. "We could just ask him to grant all of those wishes individually, and in return, he gets the souls of all those who die by our hands. If there are that many monsters in the future, we might as well give away their souls for power so that I will become an alchemist or something."

Now Rune spoke of his wish. „I want to be a shaman, not a witcher or something, more like a druid than a male hag, I want to roll bone dice, carve totems and stuff like that, maybe create spell storing Items along the way"

Spider and Tongue then mentioned at the same time: „do you think we could get the ability to command Insects and the like? Or maybe just talk in and understand every language we can hear? How about that, Spider will be able to change his body with Insectile parts, and Tongue is capable of subtle telepathy and things on that line of thought?“ 

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 Now all of us are staring at Trickster and me, which resulted in him blurting out: "I just want to be a general mage, capable of understanding the supernatural a little better. Is there something that is not a full-blown warlock, but more an Infernal-supported mage? That is something I would like."

It was at that moment a silent Voice sang- whispered from the back „I would like to be a bard... Like those fantasy people that Influence the world with their songs. I... Just Imagine me singing and all of a sudden you all grow stronger!“ which of course was choir, our favorite musician.

And as silence came and everyone stared at me, I decided that it was time for a grant speech about a topic I had absolutely no idea about: „I think we can manage that kind of contract. We just need to write it on the sheep skin. I will stay our ritual master and hope that Zareol stays with us. In 20 days the world will change he said, so it is time to embrace the change and choose a future. My future shall be filled with rituals, spells, and spreading his glory. So that we will reign supreme over our own little place of earth, served by demons and fighting against monsters. From now on, Glory awaits. And now we need to skin this sheep and find some herb to make it smell better. Hag, would you be so nice?“

,,Sure, I will go and look for the herb, Edge and Rune, will you two do that?" 

„of course, good luck with those herbs, Hag" they both answered to her, sitting down before lifting it on a table and starting the skinning. Now the only thing left to do is complete that Ritual tomorrow, I thought, tomorrow our Adventure will begin.

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