A YOUNG SUCCUBUS NAMED DELICIA by Michel Poulin - HTML preview

CHAPTER 38 – A HELL OF A PARTY

 

14:23 (California Time)

Wednesday, August 7, 1974

Basement of the ‘Friends’ Corner Bar’

Little Tokyo District, Los Angeles

‘’So, what is it that you wanted to show me down here, Patricia?’’ asked John Hideyoshi as Patricia led him inside the main basement room of his bar, where the confinement cells for out-of-control lycanthropes were. Only then did he see that Harold McMasters, one of the regular patrons of his bar and also a very powerful Human magician, was present in the basement.

‘’Harry? What is going on?’’

‘’Me and Patricia prepared a nice surprise and a gift for you, John. Now that the building contractor and his workers have finished renovating the Murphy Ranch and now that it is ready for occupation, we thought that you could use a way to travel more easily and quickly between the ranch and the bar. If you will follow me to that new separate room which Samuel Jennings built on our directives in that far corner.’’ Still not having a clue about what Patricia and Harold had been up to, John followed them to a corner of the basement where a freshly built internal annex now stood, encroaching on the original floor space of the basement. Its concrete block walls went all the way up to the concrete ceiling and it was closed off by a steel door with a mechanical lock and door handle. With Harold opening the door and switching on an internal overhead light, John was able to look inside an utterly empty space measuring maybe five meters wide by twelve meters deep. Two painted circles on the floor, each three meters in diameter, one green and the other red, were the only things inside that caught John’s eyes. The nearest circle to the door was the green one, with the limit of the red one some two meters beyond the green one.

‘’Uh, I don’t get it. Why block a quarter of my basement’s floor space just to build an empty room?’’

‘’To avoid that someone accidentally steps inside those circles, John.’’ answered Patricia, grinning with malice. Why don’t you go walk to the middle of the red circle?’’

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‘’If you wish so, Patricia, but I really don’t see what this is all about.’’

‘’Just step inside the red circle, John.’’

‘’Alright! I hope that this is not some kind of prank.’’ said John while walking towards the red circle at the far end of the new room. He felt a strange tingle the moment he crossed into the circle, then the world around him seemed to change in a flash once he got to the center of the circle. Totally disoriented at first, he looked around him at the windowless, concrete room he was now in. There were a few pieces of brand-new furniture and a number of large steel storage cabinets and shelves along the walls, plus three overhead neon lights which illuminated the room. Looking down at his feet, John saw that he was standing in the middle of a large green circle painted in an empty corner of the room, with a chain barrier surrounding it, apparently to prevent someone from accidentally stepping inside the circle. Another, similarly chained-off circle, a red one, was situated in the opposite corner of the room. He then recognized where he was now: he was standing in the main underground bomb shelter situated under the ranch house of the Murphy Ranch! Understanding finally coming to him, John gingerly walked through the gap in the perimeter chain of the green circle and went to the red circle, passing its chain gate and stepping inside the circle. Again, the world changed in a flash around him and he found himself back in the basement of his bar, inside the newly-built room, with Patricia and Harold grinning while staring at him.

‘’Teleportation circles? Linking the bar with the Murphy Ranch?’’

‘’That’s right!’’ said Patricia, enjoying the surprise she and Harold had sprung on John. ‘’I activated two teleportation circles, one transporting persons from the bar to the ranch and the other transporting persons from the ranch to the bar. The red circles mark the departure spots, while the green circles mark the arrival spots. Once you arrive inside a green circle, you however have to step out of it, to leave space for others to possibly follow you. Harry helped me with his magical powers by putting a ‘Permanency’ spell on my ‘Teleportation Circle’ spells. You now have a permanent, instant and discrete transportation link between the bar and the ranch, something which will greatly help you to take care and raise your two Wyrmlings in safety at the ranch.’’ Overwhelmed with joy, John then hugged Patricia and kissed her repeatedly before also hugging Harold.

‘’Thank you, my friends! Thank you! This is a priceless gift to me on your part and it will indeed make it much easier for me to care for Susano and Amaterasu. How could I ever repay you for this?’’

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‘’By continuing to be the kind and generous person you are, John.’’ answered Harold McMasters. ‘’With these teleportation circles now in place, I believe that you will need someone to stay permanently at the ranch, to keep watch over it and also to maintain it. I would thus suggest that you formally hire Cyndie Strutters as the cleaning maid for the ranch, while Brian Winslow could be your night security guard and Samuel Jennings could be both a day security guard and a handyman who would help maintain the buildings of the ranch.’’

John thought those words over for a moment. Cindy Strutters was actually a vampire, having been bitten at a young age 35 years ago, but was of modest means, working as a night janitor to support herself. Despite her terrible condition, she was basically a decent person and, with the help and support of John, who provided fresh human blood to her via a legal blood bank, had not bitten another Human in years and had vowed never to do it again. Brian Winslow was also a vampire, but one with a much longer history, having been bitten in 1756 at the age of 23. Resolved to never bite other Humans again, he was presently living as a lonely, dirt-poor homeless man, coming to the ‘Friends Corner Bar’ to feed on human blood legally collected by John and also to find some company in his long, lonely and grim existence. As for Samuel Jennings, a mason and bricklayer by trade, he was actually a werewolf. As such, he could be quite chaotic and brutal by nature, but John’s influence had greatly mellowed him and he was now mostly in control of his terrible curse and disease, being able to withstand the physical urge to turn into a wolf at every full moon period.

‘’These are good suggestions, my friend. I will speak to Cindy, Brian and Samuel as soon as they come again to the bar. Again, thank you so much to you and Patricia.’’

‘’It was a pleasure, John. Now that this has been arranged, why don’t we go back to my mansion, Patricia, so that I could teach you a few new magical tricks?’’

‘’Why not? Hang on!’’

Gluing herself to the magician, Patricia then disappeared with him, vanishing into thin air. John shook his head with amusement at that fresh display of Patricia’s ability to teleport around.

‘’I really wish that I could do that: such a practical power to have.’’

21:46 (California Time)

Patricia Love’s house

Lindbrook Drive, Westwood District

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Patricia was quite satisfied about her latest magical training session with Harold McMasters when she teleported back to her house in Westwood. She had started in the last few months to experiment with him in the creation of a number of brand-new spells of her own design, spells meant to deal with the ever-growing influence on Humans of their various advancing technologies. One technology in particular that was worrying Patricia in the long run was that of computers. While still bulky, slow and primitive in 1974, computers were being improved steadily and at an ever-faster rate. One aspect of life on the Material Plane in which computers were going to impact her severely was Patricia’s need to adopt new personas every few decades, building up a new identity and life when an adopted personae became officially too old. In the 1930s and 1940s, it had been easy enough for her to adopt new identities as needed, but this was becoming harder and more complicated as the years went by. A forged passport and birth certificate was not going to be enough anymore in a few years, at the rate with which government data on its citizens was being archived and cross-linked by various agencies, including police and administrative ones. Things like tax returns, medical records, school records, criminal records, home-buying or renting contracts, insurance contracts and work records all were soon going to need to be extensively manipulated by Patricia if she wished to avoid having some nosey government employee eventually stumble on some irregularity or lack of official records which could unmask her adopted identity as being false. On the other hand, starting to learn herself about this new, emerging computer technology could prove to be a wise move for her, as it would give her the skills needed to play with and manipulate that technology to her advantage.

Climbing up the staircase of her basement, which she normally used to teleport in a discrete way, she went to her lounge, intent on watching the latest news on her television set. Telecommunications was another type of Human technology that was affecting more and more her life on the Material Plane: when coupled with the emerging computer technology, it now allowed government agencies to send instantly around the World information that could possibly compromise her fake identity and expose her to official investigations which would force her to answer questions to which she had no valid answers. On the other hand, being able to learn quickly about various types of scandals and controversies around the country and around the World had helped her a number of times to zero-in on hypocrites who deserved to be exposed and punished.

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Making first a detour to her kitchen, Patricia took out of her refrigerator a chilled bottle of a fruity rosé wine she particularly liked and filled a glass. As a Demon, she didn’t have true needs to eat, drink or even sleep, but she could do all of that in order to appear like a normal human being. Tasty food and nice drinks, while not necessary for her sustenance, did appeal to her highly developed senses of taste and smell and she was partial to a good wine or spirit. What was the point of having good things around in life if you didn’t enjoy them?

Making sure first that the curtains of her lounge were fully pulled close, so that nobody could spy on her, Patricia was about to go switch on her television set when she saw the sheet of parchment lying on top of the low table set in front of her big sofa. Viewed with normal vision, it looked like a blank piece of parchment but, when using her ability to see and read magic scripts, she could see a text in glowing red letters on it. Careful not to touch the parchment, Patricia approached it and examined it, but she detected no magical traps or runes which could hurt her. She then read the text on it, careful not to read it out loud.

The Lord of the Abyss, the great and magnificent Lucifer, along with his

favorite concubine, Lilith, is inviting the illustrious Delicia to a party in his

palace of Malefacta on Infernus and would be honored by her presence.

If you accept the invitation, simply wish to be transported to Malefacta and

the ring the great Lucifer gifted you with will then carry you to the Abyss.

Bring this invitation with you in order to gain entry to Malefacta.

At the bottom of the text was Lucifer’s seal. Patricia felt instant enthusiasm after reading the text and seeing Lucifer’s seal: being invited to a party hosted by the master of Hell was a great honor for any Demon. All thoughts of watching the news on television forgotten, she thought for a moment about what she could bring as a coming gift for Lucifer. Remembering something Lucifer had told her the first and only time he had visited her with Lilith at his side nearly a year ago, Patricia went to the bar set in one corner of her lounge and opened its storage cabinet, taking out a bottle of old Glen Grant malt scotch she had bought some time ago at a specialty alcohol store in Santa Monica. That bottle had cost her a pretty penny, as that particular year and brand of scotch had

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won world prizes at a number of prestigious spirits contests. The bottle was still in its original box, intact.

‘’That should do as a small gift to Lucifer. Now, what should I wear?’’ That last question was easily answered: from her souvenirs as a little demon girl growing in Hell, she knew that most Demons went around naked all the time, with only a few high-level Demons occasionally wearing some kinds of ceremonial pieces of clothing. Going upstairs to her bedroom, Patricia took off all her clothes and laid them on her bed, then walked to the full-length mirror set against a wall. Concentrating for a moment, she shape-shifted to her natural demon form of Delicia, then admired herself in the mirror. She now stood a full 185-centimeter-tall, with a sensual body, large firm breasts, reddish-brown skin that was as smooth as baby skin, a face of incredible beauty, long black hair and a pair of small horns on her forehead. Her eyes shone a fiery red, while a pair of large, black feathery wings spread out of her back.

‘’You are now ready to party, girl.’’

Not forgetting about the bottle of scotch or the parchment, she went down to her lounge and kitchen, retrieving the two items before standing in the middle of her lounge and touching the ring Lucifer had given her.

‘’Great Ring of Infernal Protection, may you bring me to your creator.’’ The world around her instantly turned to black oblivion as she vanished from her lounge and jumped planes.

The Present (Abyssal Time)

Main gate of Malefacta, on Infernus (Ninth Layer of Hell) Abyssal Realm (Hell)

Delicia reappeared about fifty meters in front of a set of monumental double gate doors built into tall walls made of black obsidian stone. Taking a deep breath to control her emotions at returning for the first time to a place she had to flee from 42 years ago to avoid death, she looked around her to embrace her new surroundings. The sky looked like any normal sky on the Material Plane, with a thick cover of clouds overhead, but with a lower light illumination than for a normal Earth day. The country around her was hilly and generally covered with long grass and bushes, but with no trees visible. In the distance, she could see numerous volcanoes, many of them spewing smoke and ashes continuously, along with steaming lakes of hot thermal sources. The place actually

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looked a lot like Iceland in the Summer on a cloudy day and could be said to have its charms. Also visible in the distance were a number of dispersed dwellings made of black, volcanic stone, with silhouettes moving around them. Delicia then concentrated her attention towards the gate, which was guarded by four huge Balors, powerful demons with red skin and clawed hands which presently held big greatswords. She started calmly walking towards the Balors until one of them spoke in Abyssal, making her stop.

‘’HALT! WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT IS YOUR BUSINESS?’’

‘’My name is Delicia and I came here on invitation from our great lord himself. Here is my invitation.’’

The senior Balor took the parchment presented by Delicia and studied it for a moment before giving it back to her while bowing.

‘’You may pass, Delicia.’’

‘’Thank you!’’

The Balor raised an eyebrow at her reply: polite greetings and thanks were not common in the Abyssal Realm, where a ‘fuck you’ was a more common form of response, often having actually a friendly meaning. He however let her walk past him and gave a magical order which made the big gate doors open by themselves. Walking through the open gate, Delicia found herself going down a large avenue lined with buildings built of obsidian stone. From the number of big, armed Demons coming in and out of these buildings, she deduced that they had to be some kind of barracks housing part of Lucifer’s army. Continuing down the avenue, she crossed the intersection with another avenue which formed a circle inside the walls of Malefacta. There, the types of the population and buildings changed, the Demons there being of a more varied kind and with quite a few Succubi visible in the lot. Those Succubus, along with many of the other Demons she passed by, looked crossly at her, noting her unusual chaotic neutral aura, which contrasted with the evil aura of the inhabitants of the fortress. One of those Succubi, a high-ranking one judging by the number of minions following her, stepped in front of her, squarely blocking her path.

‘’What kind of failed demon are you, to dare come here in Malefacta with such a sickly aura?’’

‘’That’s none of your concern, bitch!’’ shot back Delicia, making the other Succubus glow. ‘’I am a guest of our lord, the great Lucifer, and I am here on his invitation. Now, step aside before I kick your ass to the curb.’’

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While clearly angered by Delicia’s words, the Succubus did step aside, as interfering with Lucifer’s business or guests was never a good idea in Malefacta. Delicia further angered her by giving her the royal finger while walking away.

‘’I will get you soon enough, you young cunt!’’ promised the Succubus to herself before continuing on her business.

After passing the intersections of three more concentric ring avenues, Delicia finally arrived in a large, open-air plaza surrounding a big, magnificent palace made of polished obsidian. The whole palace formed an enclosed building, which meant that no intruder could come in simply by flying. The palace walls were exquisitely decorated with intricate carvings and etchings and made for a truly beautiful sight.

‘’So much for the so-called ugliness of Hell.’’ said Delicia to herself as she walked towards the nearest visible gate of the palace. There, one of the four armed Balors on guard duty checked again her invitation before opening the doors. Inside, an elegantly dressed Demon wearing a rich cape greeted her with a polite bow.

‘’Welcome to Malefacta, Mistress Delicia. Our lord was expecting you. My name is Lauris, Chamberlain of the Lord of the Abyss.’’

That greeting made Delicia raise an eyebrow: ‘Mistress’ was a title usually reserved for some of the most powerful of female Demons.

‘’Mistress Delicia? I am decidedly more infamous than I expected, Lauris.’’

‘’You are indeed a somebody, Mistress Delicia.’’ replied the thin, nearly ascetic demon, an amused smile on his mouth. ‘’Your exploits on the Material Plane have made many talk about you here, including quite a few jealous ones.’’ Delicia nodded her head, both in acknowledgement and in understanding. Lauris had meant his words to be as much a warning as a compliment, something very frequent in the Abyss, where jealousy and envy ran rife. To call the Abyss ‘a nest of backstabbers’ would have been a gross understatement indeed. The chamberlain then pointed down the hallway they were in.

‘’If you will please follow me, Mistress Delicia, I will lead you to the Throne Room.’’

She followed with good grace the chamberlain down the long hallway, which was decorated with statues, vases made of semi-precious stones and other art objects which would have excited the greed of many thieves on the Material Plane. However, stealing from the Lord of the Abyss was one sure way to end in a very bad predicament.

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Pushing open a large set of double doors at the end of the hallway, Lauris walked into a vast room with a high, domed ceiling half-covered with colorful stained-glass windows which gave the place the appearance of some kind of cathedral. The floor was made of highly polished black obsidian, while the walls were made of engraved obsidian and jade decorated with inlaid imitations of vine leaves made of gold, with precious gems inserted in the leaves. There were also numerous statues and art works along the walls. The whole made for a truly resplendent place, but with a sober kind of beauty to it. Lauris then banged three times the tip of his ceremonial staff on the stone floor before shouting out loud.

‘’MISTRESS DELICIA, OF LOS ANGELES ON THE MATERIAL PLANE!’’ The dozens of Demons present in the hall stopped discussing between themselves on hearing that and turned around to all stare with curiosity at Delicia. Delicia looked around her only briefly before advancing towards a dais set at one end of the hall, where Lucifer sat with Lilith on thrones made of gold. Here in the Abyss, Lucifer appeared like a young man of stunning physical beauty who stood about three-meter-high, with a pair of large black feathery wings in his back, a pair of large horns on his forehead and pale brown skin. He wore nothing except for a few rings and other jewels, including a gold crown of intricate design, while he held a golden scepter in one hand. Delicia couldn’t help feel lust fill her as she admired the Master of Hell in all his splendor while she walked towards his throne. Lucifer evidently sensed her lust towards him, as he quickly built a tremendous erection while watching her approach the dais. Lilith, who was as naked as Lucifer and Delicia were, gave the latter a warm maternal smile while at the same time using her left hand to fondle Lucifer’s erect penis. Most Humans would have found that in very bad taste during an official ceremony, but that was actually part of the demonic way to express their embrace of total free will and open acceptance and display of all emotions. In the Abyss, if you felt like you wanted to have sex with someone, you let it show and waited for the response, good or bad. More often than not, either the target of the lust would respond positively, or someone else nearby would step in with their own desires. There was of course the small fact that refusing the advances of a higher-level Demon could have consequences, mostly bad. As a Succubus, Delicia fully understood that game and wholly embraced it, as she had been created with lust and temptation as her main drives in life.

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Delicia stopped once two paces away from the foot of the dais’ stairs and put one knee down while bowing her head.

‘’O Great Lord of the Abyss, I was most honored by being invited to your party. Know that I will always be at your service.’’

‘’And your services have been most meritorious indeed, dear Delicia. I was mostly finished here with my daily audiences, so we will soon be able to move to the Party Hall.’’

‘’And I am most eager to participate fully in your party, My Lord.’’ said Delicia, thus announcing that she was fully open to all advances during that party and would not refuse anyone. ‘’I have brought with me a small gift for you, so that you could enjoy yourself better.’’

She then presented her bottle of old scotch, still in its box. Using telekinesis, Lucifer made the box float out of her hands and fly towards him, grabbing it and taking the bottle out of it. Next, he unscrewed the cap and smelled the scotch. Smiling with approval, he snapped his fingers, making a female Demon servant run up to him with a tray supporting a few glasses. Pouring for himself a half glass of scotch and also filling a glass for Lilith before giving it to her, Lucifer then smelled and sipped the scotch with obvious satisfaction.

‘’Aah, that is a fine spirit indeed! STEP FORWARD, MY LOYAL LORDS OF THE NINE LAYERS, AND TASTE ONE OF THE THINGS WHICH THE HUMANS OF THE MATERIAL PLANE DO BEST!’’

As female servants scrambled to get more glasses, ten demons wearing jewels and capes came forward to the foot of the dais, flanking Delicia on both sides. Seven of them were male humanoids, while three were female. As his servants were pouring glasses of scotch for the waiting lords, Lucifer smiled to Delicia, who was still kneeling.

‘’Please get up, my dear Delicia, so that I could present to you my loyal lords.’’

‘’Thank you, My Lord!’’

‘’First,’’ said Lucifer while pointing a three-meter-tall humanoid demon with red skin and wearing a black cape, ‘’may I present to you the Lord of Cania, the Eight Layer, Lord Mephistopheles.’’

‘’I am honored to meet you, Lord Mephistopheles.’’

‘’And so am I, Mistress Delicia. I heard about your exploits at the expense of hypocrites on the Material Plane.’’

‘’I only did what needed to be done, My Lord.’’

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‘’Yes, but you did it in style.’’

Delicia bowed her head at the compliment as Lucifer presented the second lord in line.

‘’Next, here is the Lord of Maladomini, the Seventh Layer, Lord Baalzebul.’’ Delicia’s eyes lit up on admiring the 220-centimeter-tall male Demon, who had an angelic body and face which would have made most Human women mad with desire. As a special salute to him, Delicia gently grabbed his huge penis and kissed its tip, making Baalzebul grin with anticipated pleasure. A tall Succubus standing slightly behind him however seemed to be less pleased by that, but didn’t say a word.

‘’I am both honored and pleased to meet you, O beautiful Lord Baalzebul.’’

‘’Thank you, Mistress Delicia. I must say that you are of a rare beauty yourself, even for a Succubus.’’

‘’Thank you, Lord Baalzebul.’’

Delicia then moved to the next lord as Lucifer presented her.

‘’Here is the Lord of Malbolge, the Sixth Layer, Archduchess Glasya.’’ Glasya, a supremely beautiful woman with shiny copper skin, silvery wings, a forked tail and small horns, looked down rather coldly at Delicia as the latter did a curtsy in front of her.

‘’I am honored to meet you, Archduchess.’’

‘’So am I, Mistress Delicia.’’

Sensing some hostility from her, Delicia moved in front of a 180-centimer-tall humanoid male with pale skin, dark hair, completely black eyes, pointed teeth and a goatee, who wore silken clothes and had a glistening rapier at his side.

‘’This is the Lord of Stygia, the Fifth Layer, Lord Levistus.’’

‘’Honored to meet you, Lord Levistus.’’ said Delicia, who was nearly at once turned off by the glacial arrogance of Levistus, who also seemed to be disliked by the other lords, who all kept some distance from him. Delicia then received a telepathic message from Lucifer.

‘You would be wise to be careful around Lord Levistus, as well as with Archduchess Glasya, my dear Delicia. I myself keep both of them under constant watch.’’

‘’I will definitely heed your warning, O Great Lucifer.’ Thought back Delicia

before speaking to Levistus.

‘’Honored to meet you, Lord Levistus.’’

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In contrast to the other lords, Levistus didn’t say a word then, simply nodding coldly his head. Delicia next moved in front of a couple of demons, one an older male and the other a clearly younger female, both with horns, wings and forked tails.

‘’Mistress Delicia, may I present to you the Lords of Phlegethos, the Fourth Layer, Lady Fierna and her father, Archduke Belial.’’

‘’I am honored to meet you, Lady Fierna, Archduke Belial.’’ Delicia was somewhat surprised to feel some coldness between the daughter and father, both also reacting differently to her, Belial with evident lust, Fierna with hidden suspicion. The next lord she stepped in front of turned out to be quite different from the other, humanoid-like lords. This one looked like a huge Gothic gargoyle with red leathery skin and wings. His magical aura was also very strong.

‘’The Lord of Minauros, the Third Layer, Lord Mammon.’’ said Lucifer before sending a telepathic message to Delicia.

‘Careful with Mammon, Delicia. His followers on the Material Plane are very active and he is jealous of your actions there. He is also afraid that your fight to expose hypocrites could hurt some of the biggest followers of his cult of greed and lust.’

‘I will keep your warning in mind, O Great Lucifer.’ mentally replied Delicia before speaking out loud.

‘’I am honored to meet you, Lord Mammon. I am most devoted to lust, as you may know.’’

‘’As should be a true Succubus. Your zeal in the matter pleases me most, Mistress Delicia.’’

‘’Thank you, My Lord.’’

By now, Delicia was starting to realize the degree of complexity and nastiness involved in the politics of the Abyss. She was especially stricken by how her actions on the Material Plane seemed to have resonated all the way to this plane. It now seemed that she was much more than just a lonely Succubus living in exile on the Material Plane. She next stepped in front of a giant-sized humanoid with dark hair and tiny horns. He wore resplendent silk garb embroidered with gold and held an intricately sculpted rod, while one of his two feet was cloven.

‘’The Lord of Dis, the Second Layer, Lord Dispater.’’

‘’Pleased to meet you, Lord Dispater.’’ said Delicia while bowing. She however took notice at the same time of a female demon standing close behind Dispater. She was wearing pieces of steel armor over her naked body and her eyes seemed to

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embrace everything around her. Delicia somehow sensed that this female demon could well be more dangerous to her than Dispater himself, something that a telepathic message from Lucifer confirmed.

‘That female demon is Lilis, Dispater’s consort. She is also known as ‘The Iron Maiden’ and she runs his intelligence network, which extends even to the Material Plane. She is both very intelligent and knowledgeable and you may now become one of the targets of her spies. Be careful with her.’

‘I will remember that, O Great Lucifer.’

The last lord she stepped in front of after that was another big, gargoyle-like demon, with a big sword at his side.

‘’The Lord of Avernus, the First Layer, Lord Bel. Lord Bel is also the head of my armies.’’

As Delicia bowed to him, Bel smiled down to her.

‘’I must thank you for those Japanese criminals, Yakuza members I believe, whom you sent to me some time ago: they turned out to be excellent soldiers for my armies.’’

‘’I was most pleased to send them your way, Lord Bel. I shall endeavor to send more of them to you in the future.’’

‘’That will be most appreciated, Mistress Delicia.’’

With the presentations over, Lucifer made a sign to his servants, who hurried to bring a glass of scotch to each of the lords and to Delicia.

‘’Well, now that you are all acquainted with Mistress Delicia, let’s make a toast to her with this Human-produced spirit. Cheers!’’

‘’CHEERS!’’ Replied the lords and Delicia before downing their scotch. Most of the lords seemed to like their drink, prompting Delicia in proposing something out loud.

‘’Maybe I could arrange to import more of this scotch to the Abyss, for the enjoyment of the great lords here.’’

‘’I second that!’’ volunteered at once Baalzebul, who was licking his lips while looking at his glass. Quite pleased by now, Lucifer clapped his hands together twice to attract the attention of the crowd of demons in front of him.

‘’NOW THAT WE ARE FINISHED WITH OFFICIAL BUSINESS, LET’S MOVE TO THE PARTY HALL!’’

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A concert of cheers followed his announcement, with the Demons present then waiting for Lucifer and Lilith to get up from their thrones and walk down from the dais before following the couple towards a set of large double doors in the wall behind the dais. Two big Balors pushed open those doors, revealing the inside of another big room, this one a lot more densely furnished than the Throne Room.

Following close behind the Lords of the Abyss, Delicia entered another large, round room with a domed ceiling. This room was however arranged in concentric rings on gradually higher levels as they got farther from the center, which was occupied by a large, deep pit. That reminded Delicia at once of the gladiator arenas of the old Roman Empire, where men fought and died for the entertainment of the spectators around them. However, instead of seats, each level had a number of couches resembling the couches used by the Romans during receptions and feasts, with low tables set in front of them. The central pit itself was a good three-meter-deep and was about twenty-meter in diameter. The whole room and central pit were built of black obsidian and jade, like the Throne Room, but was much more austere in its decoration. It was also quite grizzly, as numerous severed heads, which had apparently been preserved, were on display, stuck on wall hooks. Lucifer turned around to signal Delicia to follow him, which she did, going with him and Lilith to the severed head of what had been a giant humanoid Demon with dark skin, black hair and a black goatee. Stopping in front of the displayed head, Lucifer pointed it to Delicia, a sober look on his face.

‘’This is the head of Asmodeus, my greatest enemy in the history of the Abyss. Once one of my most trusted lieutenants, Asmodeus led a rebellion against me, eons ago, in what was called the Great Uprising. It was a brutal and costly battle, but I eventually prevailed over Asmodeus and his army, helped by the lords who had stayed loyal to me. I defeated Asmodeus myself, killing him and cutting his head off. Now, it is on display for all to see, to both remind me of staying on my guard against traitors like him and to remind others not to cross me, ever.’’

Delicia stared at the head for a moment before turning to face Lucifer and putting one knee down while bowing her head.

‘’Be assured of my complete and eternal loyalty, O Great Lucifer.’’

‘’And I believe in it, my dear Delicia. Now, enough about all this political stuff. Let’s party!’’

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Followed by a retinue of servants and courtesans, Lucifer led Lilith and Delicia to what were obviously couches reserved for the highest attendees, set on the ring level adjacent to the central pit. While Lilith chose to lay on a couch next to that of Lucifer,

with a number of pretty and young Incubi58 around her, Delicia went to sit directly on Lucifer, impaling herself on his still erect huge dick. The master of the Abyss smiled as Delicia started grinding her hips around while moaning with pleasure. His right hand went to her clitoris and started manually stimulating it, while his left hand went to her left breast and nipple. After a minute or so of warming up, Delicia accelerated her grinding movement, while Lucifer started pounding her in and out at the rhythm and power of a jackhammer. Another two more minutes of that treatment and Delicia exploded in a powerful orgasm that left her panting and happy. Lucifer was however not finished with her, keeping drilling her with apparently inexhaustible energy and stamina. On a signal from him, two young Incubi approached Delicia and, kneeling in front of her, took on the job of licking her nipples and rubbing her clitoris while Lucifer concentrated on his drilling work. Delicia ended up exploding into delicious orgasms four more times during the next twenty minutes, at the end of which she pleaded to Lucifer while panting.

‘’P…please, I…I am spent!’’

Lucifer stopped his hammering at once and gently kissed her on her neck before slowly withdrawing his still rock-hard penis from her vagina.

‘’You were great, my dear Delicia.’’

He then surprised her by shouting out loud to the other Demons around him, who had been also engaging in sex with various partners.

‘’MISTRESS DELICIA WENT FOR FIVE CONSECUTIVE ORGASMS AT MY HAND!’’

The crowd of guests cheered loudly at that announcement, at least most of them that is. Notably unimpressed were Archduchess Glasya and another, very beautiful female Demon with bat-like wings, long horns and a long tail tipped by a stinger. Lilith then approached Delicia and whispered in her ear.

‘’Getting up to five consecutive orgasms with Lucifer is quite a feat, my lovely daughter, and is something worthy of bragging about here in Malefacta. However, that also beats the best showing by Archduchess Glasya, who barely got to four orgasms in

 

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a row despite all her powers. The other one not cheering you is Malcanthet, Queen of the Succubi. You just equaled her best performance with Lucifer.’’

‘’Uh-oh! Should I watch for some kind of jealous rant?’’

‘’A rant, no! What they will do instead is to consider and treat you as a potential rival. That is the more so with Malcanthet, who inherited her title of Queen of the Succubi from me and who despises me for being the favorite of Lucifer, even though I spawned her. As my daughter, you are even more of a rival to her now and she will probably think that you could be a treat to the cults on the Material Plane dedicated to her.’’

‘’I see! Uh, what is next, now?’’

‘’Next is normally the first fight of the day, followed by more sex and then another fight. As you can see, parties in the Abyss can be quite stimulating.’’

‘’No kidding, Mother!’’

‘’Another thing that you probably don’t know about parties held by Lucifer: it is considered in good taste to entertain as many of his guests as possible. Don’t concentrate on pleasing only Lucifer. He will both accept and approve if you go lie down with, say, Baalzebul, or even with some of the female guests: having fun is after all the main point of these parties. Don’t worry about neglecting Lucifer: I will take care of him.’’

‘’Thanks, Mother! I was anyway eyeing Baalzebul already: he is a real eye candy.’’

‘’That he is! Have fun, my dear daughter.’’

Giving a last kiss and caress to Lucifer, Delicia then got up from his couch and walked in a sexy strut to the couch of Baalzebul, who was fondling his consort Baftis. The Lord of Maladomini watched her approach and gave her a wide grin as she was about to sit on his couch, next to Baftis.

‘’Aah, the beautiful and meritorious Delicia from the Material Plane! You arrive just in time. I needed someone to accomplish some teamwork with me on my dear Baftis.’’

‘’I will be happy to jump into the action, Lord Baalzebul.’’ replied Delicia with a big smile before kneeling in front of Baftis and opening her legs, then bending down to start licking her clitoris. As Baftis was moaning with pleasure while playing with her consort’s penis, Baalzebul fondled her breasts and kissed her, inserting his tongue in her mouth. The female Demon soon was jerking with spasms of pleasure, while her hands went up

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and down Baalzebul’s huge dick, rubbing it while she repeatedly licked it with her tongue. Both Demons climaxed at nearly the same time, shouting out their pleasure. Baalzebul then gave Delicia, still kneeling between Baftis’ legs, a fond smile.

‘’Such skilled services deserve a reward, my dear Delicia. Come sit on me while my servants join in on thanking you.’’

‘’With pleasure, My Lord!’’

Positioning herself over Baalzebul’s lap, Delicia then slowly lowered herself onto him. However, Baalzebul unexpectedly decided to ram her by her anus, making her hold her breath for a moment. As the Lord of the Seventh started pumping up and down, three female servants took position around Delicia, one to lick her clitoris and the two others licking her nipples and caressing her all over. At the same time, another servant girl, a very young teenager, started giving oral sex to Baftis as the latter watched Delicia’s gangbang. Like Lucifer, Baalzebul went for multiple successive orgasms with Delicia, but he proved to have less staying power than the Master of Hell, actually giving up after Delicia’s third orgasm and his own fourth orgasm. Fully satisfied, he stopped pumping up and down but let his dick inside her as the servants licked Delicia to her fourth orgasm. The group then unglued from each other, panting. Delicia however had ideas of her own still and pointed at the young teenage Demon who had been licking Baftis to an orgasm.

‘’That young one seems to have talents for the art of pleasuring, My Lord. I would like to both reward and teach her here. Maybe you would like to join in on her.’’

‘’A fine idea, Delicia. Efritis, come here!’’

‘’Yes, My Lord!’’ Said the teenage Demon girl, her eyes glittering with anticipated pleasure, before coming to sit on Baalzebul’s lap. On her part, Delicia knelt between the girl’s open legs and started making her tongue work, while two of the other servant girls joined in. The young Demon ended up completely spent but mightily happy after enjoying a total of four consecutive orgasms, the last one thanks to Delicia’s tongue work. As the young one lay panting in Baalzebul’s lap, Delicia looked up at the latter, smiling.

‘’This young one definitely has a great potential, My Lord.’’

‘’I fully agree with you on this, my dear Delicia. Efritis, consider yourself now part of my permanent retinue of party girls.’’

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‘’Thank you so much, My Lord! I will not disappoint you.’’ said the girl, genuinely happy, as this constituted a true promotion and a step to more important and rewarding things for a Demon girl like her.

‘’I know that you won’t Efritis. Talking about disappointing your lord, I believe that the first show of the party is actually a public punishment. Let’s all sit down and enjoy the show.’’

Delicia gave the appearance of being eager to see that ‘show’ as she sat besides Baalzebul on his couch, with Baftis on the opposite side of her consort. The common Demons were a generally cruel and selfish lot, but she was markedly different from those now surrounding her. While she was capable of being ruthless when needed, she did not normally enjoy watching someone else suffer. However, acting like a softie and a goodie-two-shoes here would not be a good idea. She thus painted an anticipating smile on her face as a beautiful female Demon was dragged by two big Balors to the center of the pit surrounded by the guests to the party. Once there, the Balors held her firmly by the arms as a Lucifer’s herald standing on the edge of the pit read from a parchment.

‘’OYE, OYE! MAY ALL KNOW THAT THE SUCCUBUS NAMED SINAE, NOW PRESENT IN FRONT OF OUR GREAT LORD LUCIFER, COMMITTED THE FOLLOWING CRIMES: CONSPIRING AGAINST HER LEGITIMATE LORD, ARCHDUKE BELIAL; ATTEMPTING TO STEAL A PRECIOUS ARTIFACT FROM HER LORD AND SPYING ON HIM. OUR LORD LUCIFER WILL NOW PASS JUDGMENT ON THE SAID SINAE.’’

As Lucifer stared down hard on the accused Succubi, Baalzebul bent sideways to whisper in Delicia’s ear.

‘’Know that there are widespread rumors and suspicions that this Sinae was actually working for Archduchess Glasya, who would love to see the demise of Belial. Some even say that Belial’s own daughter, Lady Fierna, was involved in this plot.’’ Delicia gave him a shocked look as Baalzebul sat back to watch Lucifer speak down to Sinae, who was shaking with fear.

‘’WHAT DO YOU SAY IN YOUR DEFENSE, SINAE? SPEAK!’’

‘’MY LORD, I WAS ONLY ACTING ON ORDERS FROM PERSONS WELL ABOVE ME.’’

‘’WHO ARE THESE PERSONS?’’ asked Lucifer, his eyes lighting up with anger.

‘’I…I WILL BE KILLED BY THOSE PERSONS IF I TELL YOU, MY LORD.’’

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‘’YOU WILL BE KILLED ANYWAY IF YOU DON’T GIVE ME A REASON TO BE LENIENT WITH YOU. WOULD YOU RATHER BE TORTURED TO DEATH UNDER QUESTIONING?’’

Sinae lowered her head as she shook like a leaf at that threat: if there was something Demons were good at, it was at inflicting pain. She finally decided that, if she was going to be snuffed out, she might as well drag someone else down with her and pointed an accusing finger at Archduchess Glasya.

‘’I WAS WORKING FOR ARCHDUCHESS GLASYA AND WAS OBEYING HER ORDERS, MY LORD! SHE WANTED LORD BELIAL GONE.’’

‘’LIAR!’’ shouted at once the Lord of the Sixth, jumping to her feet. ‘’MY LORD, THAT GIRL IS LYING IN ORDER TO AVOID PUNISHMENT.’’ Lucifer gave the archduchess a skeptical look then.

‘’AND YOU WOULD PRETEND THAT SUCH A LOWLY SERVANT DEMON WOULD SCHEME ALL BY HERSELF AGAINST HER LORD, ARCHDUCHESS GLASYA? YOU ARE KNOWN TO BE HOSTILE TO LORD BELIAL. DON’T DENY IT!’’

‘’AND SO ARE OTHER LORDS, NOTABLY LORD LEVISTUS, WHILE LORD BELIAL HIMSELF HAS BEEN SCHEMING AGAINST ME. BELIAL COULD HAVE TRICKED THIS SERVANT INTO THINKING THAT SHE WAS WORKING FOR ME, IN ORDER TO HAVE AN EXCUSE TO ACCUSE ME.’’

Lucifer was silent for a moment as he kept staring at Glasya. The infuriating point in this for him was that all that Glasya had said was actually either true or possible. While his subordinate lords had not been conspiring against him lately, they still did plenty of conspiring against each other in order to gain more personal power, always at someone’s expense. Without more proofs, he could not punish any of his lords without possibly causing grave disturbances through the Abyss. Lucifer thus turned to look down at Sinae, still being held by two Balors.

‘’YOUR ACCUSATIONS WILL BE INVESTIGATED BY ME AFTER THIS PARTY. HOWEVER, THE FACT IS THAT YOU STILL WORKED AGAINST YOUR OWN LEGITIMATE LORD, SOMETHING THAT BY ITSELF DESERVES THE MOST SEVERE OF PUNISHMENTS. I CONDEMN YOU BE PUBLICLY FLOGGED, THEN TO BE FED INTO THE SOUL SHREDDER AS A LESSON TO ANYONE WHO WOULD THINK OF BETRAYING HIS OR HER LORD. GUARDS, TIE THE PRISONER TO THE PUNISHMENT POSTS…UPSIDE DOWN!’’

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As the naked prisoner was being dragged screaming and kicking towards two vertical posts separated by a distance of three meters, Baalzebul again whispered to Delicia.

‘’In case you don’t know, since you spent most of your life on the Material Plane, such public floggings implies that every guest to this party may be ordered by Lucifer to go down in the pit and administer a few lashes to the condemned. That’s one way for him to judge someone’s obedience and loyalty to him. You may thus be asked to go flog that Sinae. If so, don’t refuse, for your own sake.’’

‘’Thank you for your advice and warning, My Lord.’’ said Delicia, her stomach now turning acid. She was no sadist but she would have no choice but to obey Lucifer if she didn’t want to attract his personal ire, something that she couldn’t afford right now.

With the unfortunate Sinea tied upside down and spread-eagled between the posts, exposing her naked groin to blows, Lucifer pointed at one of the guests on the first level.

‘’LORD BEL, BE THE FIRST TO PUNISH THIS CONSPIRATOR!’’

‘’WITH PLEASURE, MY GREAT LORD!’’ replied the big and powerful demon before jumping down in the pit, whose floor had risen by a few feet in order to be nearly level with the first row of couches. Taking a demonic whip from one of the guards, Bel then started lashing Sinae with all his strength, making her scream with pain. Delicia knew from personal experience that a whip held by a Human would cause only moderate pain to a demon like her. However, a demonic whip yielded by someone as strong as another Demon would cause her at least as much pain and body damage as a Human would do to another Human armed with a bullwhip. The unfortunate Sinae was thus reduced to a sobbing and bleeding wreck as Demon lord after Demon lord was called forward by Lucifer to administer punishment. Some, notably Archduchess Glasya, took special pleasure in lashing Sinae, concentrating their blows on her tender groin area and on her breasts. Delicia was dreading the moment when she would be called forward by Lucifer as Lady Fierna, the daughter of Archduke Belial, was about to start flogging the servant. Fierna however surprised the others around her by addressing the nearly unconscious Sinea.

‘’COME ON, GIRL! BE REASONABLE AND TELL US WHO YOU REALLY WORKED FOR.’’

As the weak Sinea tried to say something in a nearly inaudible voice, Fierna made a show of crouching down next to her head, apparently to hear her words better. Sinea’s

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body then shivered one last time before coming limp. Her expression grave, Fierna got up on her feet and faced Lucifer.

‘’SHE IS DEAD, MY LORD! SHE HOWEVER HAD TIME TO TELL ME WHO SHE WORKED FOR.’’

With the crowd of Demons around her holding their collective breath and tensing up, Fierna then pointed an accusing finger at Lilith and Delicia.

‘’LILITH AND HER DAUGHTER DELICIA CONSPIRED AGAINST MY FATHER! LILITH USED NEW MAGIC CONCOCTED BY HER DAUGHTER ON THE MATERIAL PLANE TO ENTRAP THAT SERVANT AND FORCE HER TO FALSELY ACCUSE ARCHDUCHESS GLASYA IF CAUGHT.’’

As the Demon lords present stared at once at Lilith and Delicia with either disbelief or indignation, Lucifer slowly got up from his couch and looked down coldly at Lilith, then at Delicia.

‘’Lady Lilith, Mistress Delicia, you will now rise on your feet.’’ Fierna had a mean smile as both Lilith and Delicia got up, their hearts beating faster, unsure of what would happen next. Fierna’s smile however quickly disappeared when Lucifer turned to face her.

‘’DO YOU TAKE ME FOR A FOOL, LADY FIERNA? YOU JUST MADE TWO MISTAKES: FIRST, MISTRESS DELICIA NEVER CAME TO THE ABYSS BEFORE, WHILE LADY LILITH ONLY VISITED HER ONCE ON THE MATERIAL PLANE, WITH ME PRESENT AT THE TIME; SECOND, YOU UNDERESTIMATED HOW SENSITIVE MY SENSES ARE. I HEARD SINAE’S LAST WORDS, WHICH WERE TO WISH YOU TO BE THROWN DOWN THE SOUL SHREDDER. I ALSO FELT IT WHEN YOU INFLICTED A FATAL SPELL TO HER, KILLING HER AND SILENCING HER FOREVER.’’

‘’THAT’S NOT TRUE, MY LORD! I…’’

‘’SILENCE! YOU WILL NOW PAY FOR YOUR DUPLICITY.

GUARDS, TAKE DOWN THE BODY OF THAT SERVANT AND TIE

UP IN SIMILAR FASHION LADY FIERNA TO THE POSTS.’’ A relieved Delicia expected Fierna’s father, Lord Belial, to at least try to defend or intercede for her then. Instead, Belial kept silent and gave a glacial look at Archduchess Glasya as Fierna’s clothes and armor were brutally ripped off before she was tied upside down between the posts.

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‘’So much for paternal love.’’ said sarcastically Lilith on seeing that. However, Lucifer was not finished with the matter at hand, far from it, and stared hard at Glasya from across the pit.

‘’WOULD YOU CARE TO EXPLAIN WHY LADY FIERNA FELT OBLIGED TO TRY TO PROTECT YOU WHEN SHE FALSELY ACCUSED LADY LILITH AND MISTRESS DELICIA, ARCHDUCHESS GLASYA?’’

The female Demon lord, seeing her plans for more power unravel all in a sudden, then lost control of herself. Rising on her feet, she threw a spell at Lucifer, counting on the effect of surprise to defeat his magical defenses.

‘’I WISH DEATH TO YOU!’’

To her horrified surprise, her spell, about the highest powered one known, simply bounced on an invisible barrier in front of Lucifer, who then replied in kind.

‘’ENERGY DRAIN!’’

Squarely struck by Lucifer’s spell, which broke through her own magical defenses, Glasya staggered on her feet, having just lost for many hours a significant portion of her life energy. Before she could recover from that blow, a second, then a third ‘Energy Drain’ spell hit her in quick succession. Her life energy level now down to barely more than that of a simple Human, Glasya collapsed to her knees, unable to use any more magic for many hours and having suffered some permanent damage to her abilities. Lucifer then shouted at the Balors on duty in the Party Hall.

‘’GUARDS, GRAB ARCHDUCHESS GLASYA, DENUDE HER AND TIE HER BACK-TO-BACK TO LADY FIERNA!’’

With a small army of powerful Balors now swarming the hall, the followers of both Lady Fierna and of Archduchess Glasya wisely decided to stay put and not come to their defense, knowing what that would have brought on their own heads. Glasya, her clothes ripped away, was dragged to the punishment posts and tied back-to-back to Fierna, both upside down. The rest of the Demon lords watched on with tense expectation as Lucifer jumped down into the pit and went to Lady Fierna, touching her and draining her energy in order to prevent her from using magic to escape. He then grabbed the demonic whip used to punish the now dead servant. He however didn’t use it himself on the two new prisoners, instead turning around to face Lilith and Delicia.

‘’Lady Lilith, Mistress Delicia, those two traitors did you wrong by trying to falsely accuse you of their own crimes. You will thus be the first to start administering their

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punishment. Do not spare your strength or show pity to them. GUARDS, BRING IN TWO BRASIERS AND A COLLECTION OF BRANDING IRONS!’’ Understanding that she had no choice but to obey Lucifer if she wanted to avoid attracting his ire, Delicia went down in the pit with her mother. Once near the prisoners, Lilith gave her a nod of the head.

‘’You take care of Fierna. I will take care of Glasya.’’

Taking the whip offered by Lucifer, Delicia then took position a few paces in front and to the side of Fierna, suspended naked and upside down.

‘’YOU MAY BEGIN!’’ ordered Lucifer, making Delicia start to yield her demonic whip. Despite disliking this, Delicia still understood that she would have been the one being flogged if Fierna’s plan had worked. She thus struck her with all her strength, landing blow after blow across her exposed chest and making her scream repeatedly. She also lashed her belly and genitals a few times before Lord Levistus took over from her and started using red hot irons on Fierna. As for Lilith, she was replaced in front of Glasya by Lord Baalzebul, who had no love for the now fallen archduchess.

Delicia was secretly relieved when she was able to go sit down and stopped participating in the tortures. She however still had to watch, hiding her revulsion for the whole process. She didn’t fool her mother, however, who whispered to her.

‘’I know that your Celestial side dislikes this very much, but you are wise to hide your discomfort, Delicia. Here in the Abyss, there is little to no place for pity or forgiveness, especially in the lower levels, where the worst souls are being punished for eternity.’’

‘’And what is going to happen now, Mother?’’

‘’Those two will be tortured until they are near death, then will be fed to the Soul Shredder, to disappear forever from existence.’’

Delicia shivered with horror at the mention of the dreaded magical artifact normally used to eliminate those punished souls who were judged to be hopeless or useless. She knew from her early years, when she was still living in the Abyss, that chosen Demon lords who had gained merit in the eyes of Lucifer were sometimes allowed to collect the raw life energy coming out of the Soul Shredder, thus gaining instantly in power and abilities. It was also said that Lucifer owed much of his tremendous power to periodic feedings at the sinister artifact.

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After hours of tortures, with the Demon lords watching them while having sex between them, Fierna and Glasya were judged by Lucifer to be close enough to death. The Master of the Abyss then shouted out an incantation that made part of the pit’s floor open up. A big, sinister-looking thing then rose up from below, attracting a concert of fearful exclamations and comments from the Demons surrounding the pit. Lucifer got up from his couch again, but looked at Lilith and Delicia before going down into the pit.

‘’Lady Lilith, Mistress Delicia, follow me!’’

Unsure of why Lucifer needed her now, Delicia nonetheless obeyed him and went down with her mother, following Lucifer until he stopped near the two prisoners, now reduced to moaning, sobbing and bleeding bodies.

‘’GUARDS, TAKE THE PRISONERS DOWN AND APPROACH THEM TO THE MOUTH OF THE SOUL SHREDDER! Lilith, Delicia, you come with me!’’ This time, Lucifer walked to the rear of the artifact, where something that looked like a large exhaust vent was visible. There, he invited Delicia to step in front of the vent and smiled to her.

‘’Mistress Delicia, you served me well to date and were always loyal to me. As part of your reward, you will be able to absorb the life essence of Lady Fierna as it goes out of the Soul Shredder. As for your mother, Lady Lilith, she will be able to absorb the life essence of Archduchess Glasya.’’

‘’You are most generous, O Great Lord.’’ replied Delicia in a humble tone as the Demons around gasped on seeing her receiving such a prized reward. Two Balors then dragged a limp Fierna close to the mouth of the Soul Shredder and, on Lucifer’s signal, threw her inside its mouth. A disgusting gurgling sound accompanied by an ultimate scream from Fierna came out moments before a cloud of glowing gas burst out from the back, enveloping for a moment Delicia. She then instantly felt a tremendous surge of new vitality in her which nearly intoxicated her. Lucifer grinned to her as she slowly walked away from the vent.

‘’Congratulations, Mistress Delicia: you are now a much more powerful Demon. May you use your new abilities to serve me faithfully.’’

Delicia put one knee down in front of Lucifer, bowing her head as well, before replying to him.

‘’And you may count on my loyalty, O Great Lord.’’

‘’Rise, my friend, and go sit back on my couch.’’

‘’Yes, My Lord!’’

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More than a little shaken by all this, Delicia went to Lucifer’s couch and sat on it, then mentally gauged herself while watching her mother share the life essence of Glasya with Lucifer. Her senses were now even sharper than ever before, while she could feel the extra magical force now flowing through her. When Lucifer came back to his couch with a happy Lilith, he sat next to Delicia and patted her shoulder while giving her a friendly smile.

‘’So, how do you feel now, my dear Delicia?’’

‘’Powerful!’’ she simply said, making Lucifer grin.

‘’And how do you plan to use your newfound power? What do you intend to do with your life on the Material Plane?’’

‘’I will continue my studies in Los Angeles, then will work as a photographer traveling around the World.’’

‘’A photographer? That doesn’t sound very ambitious to me, Delicia. Why choose such a humble occupation?’’

Delicia thought her answer over for a moment before answering the Master of the Abyss, looking up in his eyes.

‘’Because, as a photographer, I will be able to show to all the evil that Humans do on the Material Plane, O Great Lord.’’

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ANNEX ‘A’ – DELICIA’S D&D CHARACTER SHEET

 

Delicia’s character’s game statistics for Dungeons & Dragons: Character type: Unusual mixed-blood Succubus (Succubus mother, Lilith, Celestial Solar father, Gideon).

Character level: Multi-class 18 (Succubus 16, Fighter 2). Alignment: Chaotic Neutral.

Born: On Infernius (9th Level of the Abyss), on date corresponding to September 7 of 1927 by the calendar of the Material Plane.

Appearance: In natural Succubus form: 47-year-old in 1974 (looks 19 years-old), 183 cm, reddish skin, small horns, large black feathery wings, stunning beauty, firm 42DD chest, long red hair, red eyes.

As Patricia love (standard shape used by Delicia on the Material Plane): Officially 20 years-old in 1974, very beautiful young woman, 181 cm, long silky black hair, blue-green eyes, 38D chest. Studying photography at the UCLA.

As avatar Jennifer Woods: Officially 21-year-old in 1974, 181 cm, pale skin, long red hair, green eyes, 38D chest, great beauty. Works as a stripper at the ‘Pussycat Cabaret’ in Santa Monica.

As avatar Sylvia Thorn: Officially 25-year-old in 1974, 186 cm, statuesque Scandinavian type, pretty but a bit of a ‘Tomboy’ look, long blond hair, blue eyes, incredibly firm but natural 44EE chest, usually in Shemale form with penis, can change quickly to full female body when needed. Works as a professional model.

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Abilities: Str 16(+3) Dex 17(+3) Con 14(+2) Int 18(+4) Wis 18(+4) Cha 20(+5) Hit Points: 184

Initiative: +7 (+3 Dex, +4 ‘Improved Initiative’ bonus feat) Speed: 30 ft, Fly 60 ft (hover).

Armor Class: +19 (total AC)/+13 (Dex + Size)/+6 (added by Infernal Ring of Greater Protection). Can add +1 vs selected opponent with bonus feat ‘Dodge’. Base Attacks: +16 (first attack)/+11 (second attack)/+6 (third attack)/+1 (fourth attack). Same value for both melee attacks and for ranged attacks. Saves: Fort +13; Ref +11; Will +16

Innate Abilities and Special Qualities:

- Immune to Poison, Electricity, Petrification.

- Resistance (20) to Cold, Fire, Acid, Energy Drain.

- Summon Tanar’ri (Balor) once per day.

- Alternate Form.

- Tongues.

- Spell-like Abilities at will (as per 12th Level Sorcerer).- Charm Monster.

- Clairaudience/Clairvoyance.

- Darkness.

- Desecrate.

- Detect Good.

- Detect Thoughts.

- Doom.

- Ethereal Jaunt.

- Suggestion.

- Teleport without Error.

- Unholy Blight (once per day).

- Magic Circle Against Evil (10 ft radius and 10 min/level, +2 to AC and saves, counter mind control, hedge out Elementals and Outsiders).

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- Protective Aura (20ft radius, free action).

- Low-Light Vision.

- Darkvision (60 ft).

- Can cast Divine Spells from Cleric List and from Air/Destruction/Good/Law/War

Domains.

- Can travel to the Abyss at will (gift from Lucifer, aided by Infernal Ring of

Greater Protection given to Delicia, which has a ‘Gate’ embedded in it).

Feats:

- Dodge (+1 to AC vs selected opponent).

- Improved Initiative (+4 to Initiative).

- Combat Casting (+4 on Concentration checks made to cast a spell or use a spell-like ability while on the defensive or while grappling or being pinned).- Power Attack.

- Exotic Weapon Proficiency (Katana).

- Spell Penetration (+2 to defeat opponent’s Spell Resistance).- Greater Spell Penetration (extra +2 to defeat opponent’s Spell Resistance. Stacks with Spell Penetration feat).

- Craft Magic Arms and Armor.

Skills:

Succubus/Sorcerer Class Skills (only acquired skill ranks shown):- Bluff (Cha) +7

- Concentration (Con) +8

- Craft (Int) – Swordmaking +1

- Knowledge – Arcana (Int) +2

- Profession – Photographer (Wis) +7

- Spellcraft (Int) +10

Fighter Class Skills (only acquired skill ranks shown):- Climb (Str) +1

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- Intimidate (Cha) +1

- Craft – Weapons (Explosives) (Int) +1

- Firearms Handling (Dex) +2

- Handle Animal (Cha) +1

- Jump (Str) +1

- Ride (Dex) +0

- Swim (Str) +2

Other (Cross-Class) Skills (only acquired skill ranks shown):- Appraise (Int) +0

- Balance (Dex) +0

- Decipher Script (Int) +0

- Diplomacy (Cha) +1

- Disable Device (Int) +1

- Disguise (Cha) +0 (not needed, Delicia has Alternate Form as Innate Ability)- Escape Artist (Dex) +0 (not needed, Delicia has Teleport without Error)- Forgery (Int) +1

- Gather Information (Cha) +1

- Heal (Wis) +0

- Hide (Dex) +0

- Knowledge – Geography (Int) +1

- Knowledge – History (Int) +1

- Knowledge – Local (Int) +2 (Paris)/+3 (Los Angeles)/+2 (Infernius, 9th Level of

Abyss)

- Knowledge – Nature (Int) +0

- Knowledge – Nobility and Royalty of the Abyss (Int) +2- Knowledge – Religion (Int) +0

- Knowledge – The Planes (Int) +1

- Listen (Wis) +1

- Move Silently (Dex) +1

- Open Lock (Dex) +0

- Perform (Cha) +5 (Dance)/+3 (Sing)

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- Search (Int) +1

- Sense Motive (Wis) +2

- Sleight of Hand (Dex) +0

- Speak Language +0 (Not needed, Delicia has ‘Tongues’)- Spot (Wis) +3

- Survival (Wis) +1

- Tumble (Dex) +0

- Use Magic Device (Cha) +1

- Use Rope (Dex) +0

- Drive – Car (Dex) +4 (owns a red 1972 Pontiac Firebird Trans-Am convertible)

List of spells (As per Delicia in September 1974, after returning from Infernius) Number of Spells per Day: 6 x 0-lvl; 6 x 1st-lvl; 6 x 2nd-lvl; 6 x 3rd-lvl; 6 x 4th-lvl; 6 x 5th-lvl; 6 x 6th-lvl; 5 x 7th-lvl; 3 x 8th-lvl. Spells Known: 9 x 0-lvl; 5 x 1st-lvl; 5 x 2nd-lvl; 5 x 3rd-lvl; 4 x 4th-lvl; 4 x 5th-lvl; 3 x 6th-lvl; 2 x 7th-lvl; 1 x 8th-lvl.

0-Level Spells Known:

- Detect Magic (within 60 ft)

- Resistance (+1 on saving throws)

- Read Magic

- Light

- Mage Hand (5 lb telekinesis)

- Mending (makes minor repairs on objects)

- Touch of Fatigue

- Message

- Detect Poison

1st-Level Spells Known:

- Mage Armor (+4 armor bonus)

- Sleep

- Burning Hands

- Magic Missile (up to 5 missiles, each 1D4+1 damage)

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- Shocking Grasp (5D6 electricity damage on touch)

2nd-Level Spells Known:

- See Invisibility

- Touch of Idiocy (-1D6 penalty to Int, Wis and Cha)

- Blindness/Deafness

- Cure Moderate Wounds (cures 2D8 damage +1/level, max +10 added to 2D8)- Bull’s Strength (gain +4 Str for 1 min/level)

3rd-Level Spells Known:

- Summon Monster III

- Water Breathing

- Greater Magic Weapon (up to +3)

- Fireball (1D6 fire damage per level, 20 ft radius damage)- Lightning Bolt (1D6 electricity damage per level)

4th-Level Spells Known:

- Greater Invisibility (can attack and stay invisible)

- Phantasmal Killer (kills or deals 3D6 damage)

- Chaos Hammer (100 ft + 10 ft/level, 20 ft radius. 1D8 points of damage per two caster levels to lawful creatures, max 5D8, or 1D6 damage per caster level, max 10D6, to lawful Outsiders, plus slows them for 1D6 rounds).- Bestow Curse (-6 to one ability score, -4 on attack rolls, saves and checks, or 50% of losing each action).

5th-Level Spells Known:

- Feeblemind (subject Int and Cha drops to 1)

- Break Enchantment

- Summon Monster V

- Symbol of Pain (Triggered rune wracks nearby creatures with pain). 6th-Level Spells Known:

- Disintegrate

- Chain Lightning (1D6/level damage; 1 secondary bolt/level, each deals

half damage)

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- Bull Strength, Mass (as per Bull Strength, affects one subject per level)

7th-Level Spells Known:

- Hold Person, Mass (hold persons, within 30ft of each other, for one round

per caster level)

- Finger of Death (range of 25 ft + 5 ft per 2 levels. Target one living

creature. If fortitude save successful, creature instead 3D6 of damage

plus one point per caster level)

8th-Level Spells Known:

- Sunburst (Range: 400 ft + 40 ft per level. 80 ft burst radius. Causes a

globe of searing radiance to explode silently from a point you select. All

within the globe are blinded and take 6D6 damage. Creatures sensitive to

light (vampires) take double damage. Undead creatures in globe take

1D6 damage per caster level (max 25D6) or half damage if reflex save is

successful. Will destroy any undead harmed by bright light. Dispels any

darkness spells of lower than 9th-Level.

Significant objects in Delicia’s possession:

- Infernal Ring of Greater Protection (+6 to AC, gift from Lucifer to Delicia)- 1972 Pontiac Firebird Trans-Am convertible, fiery red chassis, black top. Bought on arrival in L.A. in 1972.

- 2-bedroom bungalow with one-car garage in Westwood District of Los Angeles, corner of Malcolm Avenue and Lindbrook Drive. Bought on arrival in L.A. in 1972. Concrete basement used by Delicia/Patricia Love to conduct discreet activities. Small backyard, no pool.

- Top quality set of Katana, Wakizashi and Tanto blades taken from Yakuza boss killed in Tokyo by Delicia in late 1973. Delicia plans to turn the Katana into a magic weapon and will learn traditional Japanese Katana fighting.- Large stash of cash money, cut diamonds, gold bars, firearms (pistols, revolvers, submachine guns, grenades) and ammunition taken from criminals and gangsters killed by Delicia. Hidden in the basement of her house.

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- Two low-value apartments used by Patricia when in avatar form, at #421 Colton Street, near Chinatown. Apt 34 used for ‘Jennifer Wood’, apt 36 used by Sylvia Thorn.