John Constantine Has Been Sucked Through A Badly Made Summoning Circle And Into The Palace Of Pariah

John Constantine has been sucked through a badly made summoning circle and into the palace of Pariah Dark, Tyrant of the Dead and Bane of the Living.

He needs to get out, and he needs to do it before Pariah realizes he's there.

But as he's dodging skeletal servants and gathering the materials he needs to rip open a hole back to his own reality, or at least to the House of Mysteries, he comes across a kid.

The kid is being attended by skeletons, and appears to be...having a spa day.

In Constantine's experience, beings like Pariah are only nice to things if that thing is serving a purpose.

He has no idea what kind of purpose that kid serves, but he's definitely a slave of some sort.

John waits for the skeletons to leave, shrugging off his coat and throwing it over the kids shoulders after he hauls him out of the pool of bubbling blue-green water-that-isn't-water.

The kid is spluttering, clearly doesn't understand the danger, and that's fine.

John doesn't need the teen to understand what's going on to save him.

Or; Danny's spa day is interrupted by a mage who's so hyperfocused on "escaping" that Danny's actually interested in seeing how, exactly, the man is going to manage that.

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DM: So who's in front?

Warlock: Uh... Probably either Monk or Paladin? 

DM: Hmmm... Let's say Monk. You've activated a trap rune and... you've just been teleported over a pool of lava.

Monk (Way of the Ascendent Dragon): Oh shit! Can I use my Step of the Wind Wings to fly over it?

DM: Yes, you safely fly to the bridge and escape the lava pit unscathed.

[Later]

Warlock: Can I or Wizard teleport across the lava?

DM: The lava pit has an anti-magic field on it. You can't fly or teleport over it...

Monk: But I...?

DM: Ki doesn't count as magic.

Monk: Oh SHIT! So like if that had been any other character they would be dead.

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