Housepets!

And Steward is instantly over his head. He seems to accept the demon rather quick, though I guess he has good reason to belive Celestials exist.

Evil calls to evil
in the Badger’s sett;
indicating darkness
is a cunning bet.
The Demon up from hell
seeks out the very worst
and gives our ol’ Steward
a fright that’s fit to burst.
He’s soon going to meet
an even worse type
who might just help him out
with his maddening gripe...

If Steward takes whatever Deal this little Imp is gonna offer him, now we know where his fate lies...

It's the little things in this comic that make me smile (also the big things, those too)

I mean... Keene made a deal with lil’ devil and it worked for him

Well, "Neel" here only said help me out, I'll help you out. Once that was done, he bailed. If I had to guess, now he'll make a contract with a steeper cost.

Proper Networking? Some stable new high speed internet connection would be nice to have.

Oh, hey! I was wondering when he’d pop up.

D-Rock wrote: ↑Fri Oct 02, 2020 12:31 am Well, "Neel" here only said help me out, I'll help you out. Once that was done, he bailed. If I had to guess, now he'll make a contract with a steeper cost.

Politics, real estate, business, the little guy obviously knows the way around ... so terms?

O.O Huh...so I wonder if my theory from Wednesday is actually going to happen (tl;dr Steward makes a deal then Pinhead shows up)...I'll be pretty surprised if that was the case!

Great! Steward's gonna sell his soul and go to the bad place.

Well this probably won't end well. Stewart could find a dark redemption, trading the coin and perhaps his soul in exchange for having his humanity and that of Thomas, Marion and Lois returned. That way he could just slink off and disappear, perhaps bringing the others some form of "good" ending too in the process with his sacrifice. However I kind of doubt he has pure intentions in mind and since he doesn't then anything goes. Will he trade the coin in exchange for devolving all of Babylon Garden's humanity in one go? Making the ferrets forget who he is so he can join the ECP himself and try and bring it down from the inside? Can he just wish away the ECP or get the ferret's money directly? Why am I asking you all these questions?

Oooohhh...I forgot about this one. I guess things will become dark.
Maybe Steward should think twice about his plans.
....
come to think about it...why DOES Trinket work with him?

HundKatzeMaus wrote: ↑Fri Oct 02, 2020 7:50 am Oooohhh...I forgot about this one. I guess things will become dark.
Maybe Steward should think twice about his plans.
....
come to think about it...why DOES Trinket work with him?

Well, Trinket is a bit of a birdbrain......
But tying up with the li'l Dino- demon might be a flight too far. ... and, with the demon now in play, could the sinister Eudoant be lurking close. She owes Keene a little payback for those unfinished links and that sulfuric bath.

I guess this shows us that while the demon did end up helping Keene out and getting him to Keene, it wasn't out of the goodness of his (non-existent) heart but so that he could get back into the mortal universe in order to stir up trouble. Whether or not he is working with Eudoant remains to be seen.

Ah, the demon shows at Steward, making him scare, obviously. Yeah, he can have every name he wants, from Breel to "the heck me". You're underestimating the demon, Steward, trade the coin with him could really help your plans. He's interested in it, then, so he should believe you in making the deal, and he has some powers (Eudoant's ones, actually)... Looks like it's your last chance, should be worth try it...

Daniel Webster took care of that demonic intrusion stuff fer my state (obscure reference to obscure, once popular play, "The Devil and Daniel Webster").

Congratulations Weston you just revealed what state you live in. XD

Amazee Dayzee wrote: ↑Sat Oct 03, 2020 1:07 am Congratulations Weston you just revealed what state you live in. XD

Well, it is in his username.

So the "NH" didn't give it away? Oh, drat!

NHWestoN wrote: ↑Fri Oct 02, 2020 6:25 pm Daniel Webster took care of that demonic intrusion stuff fer my state (obscure reference to obscure, once popular play, "The Devil and Daniel Webster").

Alternatively you can take the Southern approach and challenge the Underworld occupant to a fiddle-playing contest. Granted that works better when playing against the Devil personally for much higher personal stakes.

Elwood Blutarsky wrote: ↑Sat Oct 03, 2020 1:12 pm

NHWestoN wrote: ↑Fri Oct 02, 2020 6:25 pm Daniel Webster took care of that demonic intrusion stuff fer my state (obscure reference to obscure, once popular play, "The Devil and Daniel Webster").

Alternatively you can take the Southern approach and challenge the Underworld occupant to a fiddle-playing contest. Granted that works better when playing against the Devil personally for much higher personal stakes.

.... a not-at-all reference to an amazing piece of folk fiddlin'!

NHWestoN wrote: ↑Sat Oct 03, 2020 1:15 pm

Elwood Blutarsky wrote: ↑Sat Oct 03, 2020 1:12 pm

NHWestoN wrote: ↑Fri Oct 02, 2020 6:25 pm Daniel Webster took care of that demonic intrusion stuff fer my state (obscure reference to obscure, once popular play, "The Devil and Daniel Webster").

Alternatively you can take the Southern approach and challenge the Underworld occupant to a fiddle-playing contest. Granted that works better when playing against the Devil personally for much higher personal stakes.

.... a not-at-all reference to an amazing piece of folk fiddlin'!

Only Fiddler and Keys can save us now. Where are those cats when we need them?

I thought the NH in his name was part of his initials for his first and middle name and the capital N and the end was just a choice for his username. Honestly since his location said it, I thought he lived on the North Shore (which is North of Boston (so the cities would be Salisbury, Newburyport, Newbury, Rowley, Ipswitch, Essex, Rockport, Gloucester, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Beverly, Danvers, Peabody, Salem, Marblehead, Swampscott, Nahant, Lynn, Saugus, Revere or Winthrop.)

Also I don't think that Fiddler would be able to help us since the demon isn't the actual devil.

"North of Boston" is a title of a Robert Frost book, ref'ing New Hampshire and southern Maine. It's kinda obscure and the term as a figure of speech may have fallen out of common usage.

I would have to say so as I didn't gt it. Then again I'm slow so that might be why.

Let's make a deal,
I'm going to steal
Your coin away,
Not for you today...

Trade the coin for something bigger.
That's a good plan, do you figure?
Steward thinks the demon has no power,
The demon gives him a mad glower.

The power of networking is really strong,
But all this'll probably go wrong
When they try to put it into play-
Seems like that'll be any day.