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.
[ 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.
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?
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.
[ He shifts, a little uncomfortable. This isn't exactly something he wants to discuss with Dorian, who tends to disdain most softness and sentimentality. So: ]
A lot of things. Including how I feel at the time.
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Date: 2016-10-15 06:44 pm (UTC)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.
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Date: 2016-10-15 06:46 pm (UTC)Can anyone do that?
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Date: 2016-10-15 06:50 pm (UTC)Well. How do you make Lucifer listen?
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Date: 2016-10-15 06:54 pm (UTC)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.
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Date: 2016-10-15 06:56 pm (UTC)Go on.
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Date: 2016-10-15 09:10 pm (UTC)[ 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?
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Date: 2016-10-19 01:16 pm (UTC)I don't - Sorry. I should have said. I don't want to do it for myself.
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Date: 2016-10-19 01:36 pm (UTC)Who do you want to do it for, then?
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Date: 2016-10-19 02:01 pm (UTC)Paying customers.
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Date: 2016-10-19 03:27 pm (UTC)You can't mass-market immortality! At least, certainly not my sort.
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Date: 2016-10-19 03:42 pm (UTC)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.
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Date: 2016-10-19 10:51 pm (UTC)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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Date: 2016-10-30 05:41 pm (UTC)A lot of things. Including how I feel at the time.
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Date: 2016-10-30 09:26 pm (UTC)Well fine. I suppose I can wait.