D.E.M.O.N.S: Getting Summoned Weekly isn't so Bad

Lily looked at the ceiling and sighed, making the gesture really obvious in hopes to bate out an attack to dash around the servants… but as she stared up at the ceiling… she saw that it was wood. Slightly rotted, and poorly maintained wood. *THEY DIDN’T REINFORCE THE CEILING. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. I KNOW HOW I’M GETTING OUT OF HERE.* Lily quickly schooled her face into the best mask of indifference she could manage. It seemed nobody here was thinking about the roof, and she wanted to keep it that was as long as possible.

“So, are you sure there isn’t anything I can say to change your mind? I mean, as a demon I can’t lie, so that should be worth something right?” said Lily. Which was, very much a lie. She was neither a demon, nor forced to lie… but it could work? Perhaps? She had demonic energy, and if they had the senses to pick up on that perhaps they’d just believe her.

Swordy narrowed her eyes and looked Lily over. “I don’t see any horns on you. Pretty sure you’re not a demon,”

*Welp. I didn’t practice this for nothing. It’s a massive pain to do though.* Lily focused on her forehead, and imagined her transformation. It was an unpleasant experience, both in the lead-up and in success. Lily felt it as her skin split and horns grew in, wincing as she felt her own body fighting against her. It wanted to either keep going, letting the rest of her body change, or retreat and return to human form. *Should’ve practiced this more.* “This enough proof?” asked Lily, trying to hide the effort this was taking.

Swordy looked genuinely surprised, but they returned to frowning not long afterwards. “Hmm… those are horns true… and I can sense… something about them. Yet, you could simply be a shapeshifter or an illusionist, and I know both are much more common then a demon,”

“True, but I have demonic energy!” insisted Lily, with a smile on her face that showed of her canines quite intentionally.

Swordy frowned at this, but then remembered the paper Lily had summoned. It had been filled, not with demonic energy… but with mana. “Liar! You are but a mage playing pretend! Now, enough talk, face my blades!”

“Fuck!” Lily hissed as Swordy blurred in front of her. Lily let go of the transformation on her head, and pushed it into her hands. Claws came much more naturally to her, and barely caused any discomfort despite the major changes to her hand’s musculature and nails. The sound of metal on metal rung out when Swordy’s sword connected with her gleaming nails.

Lily hissed, like the part feline she was, and slashed at Swordy’s face with her claws. Swordy leaned back and threw out the sword to try and cut Lily’s midsection. Lily, had been waiting for that though and jumped up on the sword instead. Swordy’s eyes went wide as Lily leapt off the weapon and slashed through the rotting wood in the ceiling. “See ya bitch!” said Lily as she cackled.

The ceiling was dark and musty, with cobwebs everywhere and enough droppings to cause her to gag from the smell now that it was registering properly to her mind. She could hear the servants scrambling down below, but she was already moving, ducking and weaving around the support beams as she ensured that Lian didn’t get smashed into anything by accident. That was when she heard a growl of effort and glanced behind her.

*Swordy is persistent.* Lily’s mental complaint was accurate. Swordy had jumped up into the roof as well, though her larger frame would make navigating her way through it much more complicated. *I could probably fight her here if I wasn’t carrying Lian… should I leave Lian somewhere and take Swordy out? Ehh… probably not. We’re just wasting time till Kat can come and get us. I shouldn’t risk taking fights I don’t need to.*