The Things People Bury
October 12,
“You still have the lead box, don’t you?” asks Evoker Geoffrey.
“That really isn’t the point,” I reply. “I can’t keep him.”
“As a Rank Two Demonologist, you don’t require any special permission to house a fiend.”
“That isn’t what I meant. I won’t keep him. This isn’t my job.”
“I’m sorry. The situation at the hall is...complicated. With the thought beasts multiplying, we have to contain the current problem before we can inter any other entities, particularly something as powerful as a fiend.”
“You know, I have this vague memory of someone saying ‘we once housed a balor here. We can handle a thought beast.’”
“Sarcasm does not become you, Nancy.”
“Where is the Archmage?”
“He’s in the containment area. He wanted to get a firsthand survey of the situ
