PILOT/PROLOGUE: The Ritual
"I want you... to summon Satan."
Technoblade and Skeppy were a great dynamic duo. True, their decisions weren't always the best, but that was left to their judgment. This decision... was debatable.
They prepared the circle and the upside-down star. Candles lit up at the points of the star and a stuffed toy goat laid in the center of it all. The perfect pentagram. All that was needed now was blood.
Skeppy grabbed a razor and cut his hand. It wasn't deep, but enough for a bit of blood to spill out. With a deep breath, he threw the razor into the circle.
Nothing happened.
"...Lol that was stu-"
A blaze of fire burst out of the pentagram, lighting up the whole room and painting it red. Falling back, Techno stared at the pentagram, and started laughing hysterically.
"WHAT ARE YOU LAUGHING ABOUT?" Skeppy called over the fire.
"WE'RE SUMMONING SATAN!"
"TRUE!"
And ignoring their fear, they started cackling beside each other happily, completely oblivious to the fact the danger that was arriving right before them.
In a final flare, a dark shadow loomed over them, silencing their laughter. Unmistakable horns curved over their head, glowing white eyes staring down at them. The figure was only visible as a shadow, black as the night, a small red aura surrounding them. They opened their mouth to speak.
"He who walks amongst the dead, who punishes those who have sinned, arrives, at your request, to visit the living." The figure leaned down towards them, a wide grin spreading across their face. "You can only make one wish, one that you will trade your soul, sealed, one that will drag you down to hell... Deal or no deal?"
All they could do was stare.
"...You're hot."
The figure sighs heavily. "Yes I know I am, of course I am, I'm from the Nether; I don't know why so many people say that."
Techno interrupted, "Nice speech."
The Devil shrunk and smiled appreciatively, blushing a little at the compliment. "Thank you!"
"Did you spend all night practicing that?" Skeppy rudely added.
"Hey! No! ...I've memorized it a long time ago- never mind that!! What is your offer?" They said, leaning down towards them again in an attempt to look intimidating.
"Offer?" Skeppy asks, confused.
"YES, YOUR OFFER, IT WAS IN THE SPEECH AND EVERYTHING!"
"Oh yeah! Nice speech, by the way." Techno repeated.
"You just said that," The Devil pointed out, growing a bit annoyed.
"Oh yeah, the speech!" Skeppy says, hitting his fist into his palm. "I didn't understand a word that came out of your mouth.
"AAARGH- LOOK. You have this and only this chance to make a deal with me. You cannot refuse it. You will request one wish, one desire, and in return, you give me your soul."
"Riiiight, and what exactly does that mean?" Techno juts in, skeptically raising an eyebrow.
"IT MEANS YOU'RE GOING TO HELL!" The shadow yells, another blaze of fire following after in a burst of sudden anger.
Skeppy gasps. "So we can hang out together?!"
"NO!"
Techno and Skeppy look at each other. The figure sighs, exhausted. He transformed from his shadow form into a physical one. He shrunk significantly in size to a normal height, and a long black cloak fluttered and wrapped around him.
"Look, you either make a decision, AND YOU BETTER MAKE IT COUNT, or I drag you both down to Hell anyway."
"I mean I think I'm pretty good," Techno says, shrugging casually.
"Ooh! Can I trade my soul to hang out with you?" Skeppy asks excitedly.
"That's actually surprisingly a good idea, let's go with that."
"Wait what-?"
Before any of them could react, even the Devil, a beacon of blinding light grew from the pentagram, gusts of wind blowing out from it, disturbing the Devil's cloak greatly and the rest of the room and everything started to feel like it was spinning. Surprised and worried, he frantically tried to make it stop, trying to talk to it and calm it down as if it were a sentient being, but to no avail. The light sucked in what it needed and exploded. The ritual was dealt with. The pentagram was nowhere to be seen. All that was left were two photos of the victims the light took with it.
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