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for @zephosthefaedemon who liked a starter call ten years ago--
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"...in your realm," the client was saying. There was laughter in his dark eyes--blacker than black--and his entire demeanor seemed almost too languorous, but there was an edge to everything about him. He lounged on the chair as if it were the throne, and something about the way he held his head seemed to hint at a crown--as if he were used to never letting something slip.
Blitz wasn't sure what to make of him, but the money was real enough. The guy had brought an iron ball-bearing, which seemed to hurt him to hold, and had put it atop the money as if that was some sort of purity test. Whatever that was about, Blitz took it at face value.
"I mean, what you're asking, it's not really what I do," the imp said, after a long silence, and he pushed the money back towards him. "What are you even asking? You want me to kidnap someone for you? Cause, you know, you're kind of giving off that kind of vibe, Cardenas."
"Cardan," the client corrected, lips quirking in amusement. "And no. As I said. It is simply an unusual situation. Find her. See that she is doing well."
Blitz raised an eyebrow, leaned back, and folded his arms. "Hate to break it to you, bud, but people don't usually do all that well in Hell. It's kind of the, you know, whole fucking point."
The client stood. "They fare little better in my realm. You need not abduct her--on the contrary, I will be cross if you harm her--but I do want you to find her. Observe her. If she is suffering unduly, you may tell me."
"Oh yeah? And how am I gonna do that, you gonna leave a, fucking, leave a phone number, or..." Blitz snorted when the stranger set down a little gold locket. "Right. Jewelry. Are we besties now? Cause I've already got a bestie, and--"
"I will hear, if you speak to me through that. Thank you, Imp. Your services will doubtless prove to be worth every penny." With a smirk, the stranger twirled his hand in a lazy fashion as he opened a portal. Blitz caught a glimpse of a bizarre realm beyond, a place that looked too alive, the exact damned opposite of Hell, but then the stranger was gone and the portal closed.
What the fuck even was today.
He groaned, leaned his head back over the chair, and huffed.
Right. Well. Fuck it. He'd find this Zephos chick, eventually.
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A few months had passed since then, business hectic, personal life a shambles, before Blitz heard someone mention that weird hybrid's name and he remembered. Right. Right. He was supposed to be looking for her. So, finally, he set out to do just that. And, at the end of a very long day, he knocked on the door of the place she was allegedly staying.
"Avon Falling," he sang out, although he had the sneaking suspicion he had gotten the phrase wrong.