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Yeah, but how does the magic itself work? And can anyone do it?

I doubt anyone could do it here. Whatever created that link with my portrait doesn't exist in this world.

But what did create it?

It's more of a who than what.

Fine. Who.

Lucifer.

[ SORRY, MARK....... ]

[ A pause. ]

Like - the Lucifer...here. He did it?

[ And now comes the damage control. ]

Not entirely the Lucifer here. It was the Lucifer from my world—and I didn't even ask him to. All I did, while looking upon my portrait, was make an idle wish that the portrait would age and grow old, while I remained as young as I did on the day Basil painted it. I never thought it could happen in the first place, let alone cost my soul.

Of course, I don't regret it.

[ Damage control accomplished; that calms him down. And he grunts in acknowledgment, and asks the natural next question: ]

Can anyone do that?

What, sell their soul? Of course they can. It just depends on what you're doing it for and if Lucifer's actually listening or not.

[ He rubs at his chin thoughtfully. ]

Well. How do you make Lucifer listen?

[ Yeah, Dorian knows he should say 'don't fucking do it'. But NAAAAAAH. ]

The easiest way is to be interesting. But another way? Summoning. I don't know how to summon a demon or summon a devil, but I do know a way to talk with them: attempt a seance.

And, it just so happens, that I've actually been to a seance before and remember how it was done.

[ He leans back, folding his hands across his stomach. ]

Go on.

Well the general gist is that two or more people come together to call upon a spirit. Usually one person acts as the medium for the spirit to talk through. It's usually often used for grieving loved ones or things like that; 'let's call up Uncle Jim to tell him I love him.' It's not limited to just spirits however. The one I went to called forth some sort of ancient Hebrew demon and I've heard of one that summoned an Egyptian god.

[ Dorian frowns, as he continues thinking. ]

I'd be the best candidate for a medium. After all, I'm a target for this sort of nonsense and I doubt you'd want word of this to get out to other people. The seance that I went to used summoning text from an old occult book...I'll ask around to see if there's anything like that which might be of use, I've got people in the rare book circuit.

[ of course, it ended with someone getting possessed by a demon and Dorian getting hit by a car BUT LET'S NOT TELL MARK THAT. ]

In my experience, fire's a good way to get rid of anything possessing you. We'll have something on stand-by should things go south. Of course, the most likely thing is that nothing will happen...but wouldn't it be amazing if something did?

[ Well that all sounds...a little...intense. Shit. Mark stares a little bit, then shakes his head. ]

I don't - Sorry. I should have said. I don't want to do it for myself.

[ Dorian, on the other hand, is still amped up for HEEEEEY, LET'S DO THE THING. ]

Who do you want to do it for, then?

[ Duh: ]

Paying customers.

[ And here Dorian just splutters for a bit before, ]

You can't mass-market immortality! At least, certainly not my sort.

Why not?

It's... [ crass? something that wouldn't make Dorian special? ]

It's a two way street. If you don't get the other party to agree with it, you're left with nothing. Honestly, if you want to market immortality, stick with something simple: vampirism.

There are drawbacks to vampirism. Anyway, I'd be marketing this to Jacksonians. For them, the possibility of a Deal is an incentive, not something to be afraid of.

Are there any of your Jacksonians here in the first place?

I want to take it home, obviously. [ Then - ] I'd use it to make sure you're rich too.

Considering I'm staying here for as long as I can, that might be a slight problem. Have fun trying to wire funds through different worlds.

[ He shrugs. ]

It's only a matter of time before this technology is reverse engineered and put to work for us. So that's exactly what I'll do.

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