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

Chapter 27: Questions. So many Questions

Jogging along the tunnels Kat started to zone out again. For her she could see the endless tunnel extending endlessly in front of and behind her. The heavy rhythmic footfalls of both Kat and Minor falling in sync. One, two, one two. The peace of the journey was not lost on Kat, it was satisfying in a-”Hey Kat did you run out of questions already” said Minor

”Well, I have no burning questions anymore. And Iʼm not quite sure what other questions Iʼd ask”

”Well, then I have plenty of questions for you Kat” said Minor as she turned around and started walking backwards

”Like, whatʼs your favourite food, mines mooncakes, or whatʼs your favourite colour” said Minor

”Hmm, well in terms of food, Iʼll eat just about anything but Iʼm quite partial to pears I guess if I had to pick something. Itʼs just food though really. As for colours, Iʼve actually always been really fond of my hair since I was a little girl, so that would have to be my favourite colour” said Kat

”Boo, I canʼt see your hair Kat. Iʼve figured out you have some sort of super night vision considering you could see my fur change colour, but I canʼt. Like sure I saw it when Major was in control but itʼs not the same. I think? Anyway what do you mean youʼre not that concerned about favourite food. Thatʼs like, the most important question all the time Kat” said Minor

”Well, I just eat whatever Gramps cooked, and even after he taught me to cook myself I never really get the chance” said Kat

”Gramps? Whoʼs Gramps? Is he like your grandad or something?” said Minor

”No, Gramps is… well I guess itʼs a bit hard to explain. Do you know what an orphanage is?” asked Kat

”Of course, just because Iʼm a princess doesnʼt mean Iʼm that bad” pouted Minor

”Right, well Gramps is the one who ran the orphanage I grew up in and thatʼs just what Iʼve always called him” said Kat

”Huh, thatʼs kinda weird that you grew up in an orphanage, I wouldnʼt have thought demons had those” said Minor

USER KAT, BEFORE YOU CONTINUE D.E.M.O.N.S INSISTS THAT IF USER KAT INTENDS TO REVEAL INFORMATION RELATED TO HOW USER KAT GREW UP THAT USER KAT ALSO EXPLAIN USER KAT WAS NOT ORIGINALLY A DEMON. ADDITIONALLY THE INNER WORKINGS OF DEMONIC SOCIETY AND OPERATION ARE CLOSELY GUARDED SECRETS. DO NOT SPEAK ON THEM

*Well, I guess itʼs nice they were clear about what I can and canʼt talk about.*

”Well, normal demons donʼt. I wasnʼt always a demon actually. Hang on a moment”

*Did I ever ask the system why Iʼm turning into a demon… I think I just sort of accepted it. Hey system*

USER KAT IS UNDERGOING THE RARE PROCESS OF AWAKENING. NORMALLY ONLY FULL DEMONS HAVE ACCESS TO SYSTEM. SOMEHOW USER KAT CONNECTED TO THE SYSTEM THEREFORE D.E.M.O.N.S INITIATED AWAKENING PROCEDURES.

*Right, but how did all this happen*

USER KAT CERTAINLY HAS DEMONIC HERITAGE BUT AT THIS TIME D.E.M.O.N.S HAS DEVOTED NO RESOURCES TO INVESTIGATE THE EVENT THAT LED TO USER KATʼS CONNECTION TO THE SYSTEM. IT HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST, AND WILL LIKELY HAPPEN AGAIN, BUT THE FREQUENCY OF SUCH EVENTS ARE SO LOW THAT D.E.M.O.N.S DOES NOT CONSIDER IT REPEATABLE.

*Ok… well then*

”Iʼve hung on a moment Kat, what do you mean by normal demons donʼt” said Minor

”Well, I donʼt really know how it works for others, but I wasnʼt always a demon” said Kat

”What, how can you not always have been a demon. I know about demonization, and that does some baad things to people, but you clearly arenʼt demonized. Or I mean, maybe you are? Itʼs an appropriate term I guess, no focus Minor. Why arenʼt you like the others?” said Minor. *System?*

THE PROCESS BEING REFERRED TO IS LIKELY KNOWN BY D.E.M.O.N.S AS CONTAINMENT FAILURE OR FALSE AWAKENING. TO EXPLAIN HOW THIS OCCURS WOULD REQUIRE EXTENSIVE TIME AND A HIGHER RANK. D.E.M.O.N.S IS WILLING TO PROVIDE EXTREMELY SIMPLIFIED VERSION THAT DOES NOT INFRINGE ON CLASSIFIED INFORMATION. IS THIS ACCEPTABLE USER KAT?

*Sure go ahead*

DEMONS ARE COMPATIBLE WITH A VERY SPECIFIC FORM OF ENERGY THAT DRIVES ALL OTHER RACES WITHOUT EXCLUSION TO MADNESS. IT IS MORE POTENT THEN OTHER SOURCES OF ENERGY BUT COMES WITH A NUMBER OF ISSUES THAT DEMONS HAVE EVOLVED TO IGNORE OR EMBRACE FOR ADDITIONAL POWER.

*Can you elaborate on that?*

NO.

”What makes me different? Well, I think that normal people trying to become demons fail because they simply arenʼt demons. We use a different energy source then most other species and it does horrible things if they arenʼt compatible. I guess that I was. Someone in my family was probably a demon, but I never knew my parents so Iʼm not sure if it was them”

”Thatʼs so weird though. But meh, I donʼt actually care about that. Tell me more about this Gramps” said Minor

”Well, what did you want to know about him” said Kat

”Whatʼs he like? Isnʼt it kinda strange to run an orphanage by yourself? Or maybe it isnʼt… I wouldnʼt – Kat are you seeing this” said Minor. Kat looked ahead confused, the only thing visible was an intersection and more grey walls.

”Do you mean the intersection?” asked Kat

”Of course I mean the intersection Kat. This is everything weʼve ever dreamed of” said Minor

”I donʼt follow” said Kat

”Weʼll, finally I get another chance to see if the enchantment is leading use one way or another. It also might give us a cluse as to where we are going, though honestly Iʼm just excited to see any change of scenery” said Minor

”I suppose so”

Minor ran up to the intersection and screwed up her face in concentration ”Left, we definitely have to go left”

”Lead the way” said Kat. Continuing on down the halls it wasnʼt long before Minor started speaking again.

”So what were we talking about… doesnʼt matter I suppose, so how about that kimono of yours, is it magic? Your tail goes through it but not like mine where it has a hole how about we speak on that” said Minor

”Minor, why do you keep jumping from topic to topic so quickly. Do you want me to answer these questions?” asked Kat

Minor stopped in place and turned to Kat

”Please put the calm aura back on” said Minor

”Is that really a good idea Minor, you shouldnʼt become reliant on it. I donʼt really know what it does to people” said Kat

”Itʼs fine, please Kat then I will explain” said Minor

”Ok but Iʼm turning it off if you donʼt give me a good answer” said Kat. Kat activated her calming aura trying to keep the intensity very low. This seemed to satisfy Minor as she nodded and went back to walking

”So, you asked about, the questions, and the calm aura. Which one do you want to start with?” asked Minor sounding much calmer at least

”The aura please” said Kat

”Well, I might be a tiny bit more broken then I thought” said Minor

”What do you mean, you donʼt seem broken to me. A bit scatterbrained but certainly not broken” said Kat

”Right, um how to explain. So, I mentioned that Major is control most of the time. Well most of the time the biological signals are all sent to Major, I donʼt ever deal with them. At least until now. And walking like this, it, it does something to me” said Minor throwing her hands into the air ”I canʼt quite explain it well, but the best thing I can compare it to is that normally I sit on a balcony, no sound except the calming wind. Then all of a sudden you blink and you are in a crowded market place. Itʼs just too much

”The talking helps though, it makes everything else quieter when I speak because this voice is louder than the little ones and it also really helps when you speak because I suspect your voice has a bit of calming aura in it. The main one, it doesnʼt so much as shut the little voices up as um. If we go back to the analogy your calming aura changes it to a hearing instead, they each come forward and calmly state their disagreements. Itʼs not that there are less problems but that the problems that are there are being reasonable about it?” said Minor

”Iʼm not sure itʼs healthy for me to be propping you up like that Minor, what will you do when Iʼm dismissed after the contract” said Kat

”Ideally Iʼll be back in Majorʼs head at that point, the voices werenʼt so bad before we went to sleep. I say voices, I donʼt literally mean I hear voices in my head Iʼm not crazy…” Minor slowly placed a hand over her face sighing as she continued to jog

”Please ignore what I just said. I donʼt hear voices in my head because it isnʼt my head… Iʼm the voice. I know Iʼm real, I think… Having two sets of memories really helps with that whole Iʼm probably not crazy angle but you never know” said Minor

Minor started to ramble about how sane she presumably was or was not, touching on topics a number of times repeatedly and reaching the same conclusion ever time. ”The memories donʼt make enough sense plus Iʼm red now according to Kat, and I can still feel Majors little thought box sheʼs holding up in” before once again going through all the reasons she had to be crazy.