Planar Pilgrims

Much is not yet known about the structure of our universe. While our scientific understanding of the nature of theoretical dimensions and complex quantum concepts grows with increasing celerity, there are yet many things we don’t understand. Other creatures, however, might experience reality from incredibly different points of view. Some of these beings might have earned this capabilities through study and technology, while others could very well grow with inherent talents or senses that open completely new possibilities for them. This, obviously, is all theory, but human folklore all over the world is filled with examples of creatures that cross into our world from other dimensions or planes of existence.

Eternal Companions

We came from beyond. From a place with no heat, with no cold. No height, no width, no depth. Just time and something else you wouldn’t understand. We had no bodies. We didn’t need them. We had no culture, no society, no need for friends nor family. We just came to be. But we had an active intellect, innate curiosity and something resembling eternal life. From within our world we were able to sense the imprints of other minds elsewhere, out of our reach. Some of us found a way to touch these minds, opening through them a gate to a different aspect of the cosmos. Most of our brethren followed.

The Devil's Due

“So,” Amitael finished after meticulously explaining his proposal, “this way everyone can end up happily gratified.”

“I don’t know,” said Ellen, desperately fighting her own unsatisfied urges. “Even if I were to trust you to keep your word…”

“You should,” interrupted the demon.

“Even if I did,” she continued, “I wouldn’t know what to do, and Catarina doesn’t need to finish… Doing… Well, that. You are obviously fully recovered,” she added, unable to look away from the demon’s mesmerising magenta member.

A Hell of an Overtime

Among the many unsolved metaphysical mysteries, the existence of an afterlife and its possible nature has always been one of the most obsessively studied. Both religious and agnostic scholars, from all over the world and from every age, have devoted their lives to answering a simple questions: Is there something beyond our worldly life?

The First Pact

Many thousands of years ago, when the Earth was almost just as old, but humanity had just been born, a young woman wandered around the wild, searching for something to eat. The recent hunting and foraging expeditions had not been very successful and her siblings and mother were starving. She had found only a few edible berries and roots in her usual route, so she ventured further into the forest. Even with the sun shining brightly above the treetops, the wild was difficult to navigate and soon she was lost in the eternal twilight of the woods. She sat on a rock to rest and a few moments later, out of nowhere, a big snake appeared and calmly approached her. Or something resembling a snake, rather.

Catarina's Plan

“Ellen, just relax and trust me, ok?” Catarina said to her friend. Even kneeling on the floor, she was almost as tall as her partner. The usually stoic young lady had just casually finished practicing oral sex on a demonic entity, yet this was the first time that she was feeling a bit insecure about the situation. She hoped that her face wouldn’t betray her feelings and continued talking to her friend. “This way we can finish faster.”

The Doppelgänger Dilemma

The existence of people unrelated by blood to individuals but with uncanny physical similarities to them is rarely disputed. There are thousands of examples in literature. So many that they have inspired myths of shape-shifters, mimics and dopplegängers in folklore all around the globe. However, most of the time the resemblance is merely skin-deep, simply a matter of general body shape, facial structure and close observation of popular fashions. Other times, when the likeness seems to be more difficult to explain, there is usually some secret genealogical reason. Many twins have met their long-lost or unknown siblings this way. Almost every instance of these tales has a perfectly mundane explanation. Almost.

Another Day at the Office

Isaac opened his eyes. The yellowish light of the fluorescent hanging from the ceiling of the office hurt his eyes. He had fallen asleep on his desk, again. It happened a lot lately. The dreams had been pretty good, though. In his dreams he was living like a king once more. In dreamland he only had to spend a few hours each day in meetings and phone calls, and then he was free to spend the time golfing, chatting with the elite and enjoying all kind of delicacies and other luxuries. This time he had even managed to meet two beautiful, and  inexplicably nude, young women, but he had woken up just as things were getting interesting. Shame.

A Hard Bargain

“Nevertheless, I gladly accept your conditions,” continued the demon, proudly displaying his massive magenta man meat in front of its prospective handlers. “You make me cum twice and I’d gladly help you with your problem. This will probably be more comfortable if you let me out of the circle and we relocate to the bed,” he proposed, pointing to the double bed that took up almost a quarter of the old cottage, “but you are officially in charge until my demands are met,” he added, licking his lips with his blue serpentine tongue and putting arms behind his back.

Truly Binding Contracts

There are several universal laws, so powerful and so pervasive that they are obeyed by reality itself. Most of these laws have been studied and defined in relatively simple terms by scientists. However, there are several other laws that seem inescapable for us all but haven’t been so exhaustively researched. One of this laws has less to do with physics and electromagnetism and more to do with supernatural pacts and agreements.

I.O.U.

Isaac Wechsler passed away on a hospital bed surrounded by his family. His wife, Alma, the love of his life, was too sad to cry. His older son, Tobias, was not sad enough. He never felt too attached to his hard-working father. Nevertheless, he held Oscar’s hand and patted his back, trying to console his sibling. The young man was crying profusely, trying to process his loss. He had been always doted on by his father and the idea of losing him seemed unreal. Ana, the middle child, looked at the scene from the door, resenting the frequent fights she had had with her parents during the recent years, repressing her tears and her desire to leave the hospital and go back to her girlfriend.

Demon on Demand

On a small cabin in a forest near Lee, Massachusetts, two young women were dancing awkwardly around a tarpaulin that covered most of the floor of the only room of the diminute wooden building. On the tarpaulin some runes and a pentagram had been traced using pig blood, and five lit black candles had been carefully placed on the points of the star. A semi-decent rendition of supposedly satanic chants, delivered by a cheap pair of speakers, filled the air. The two women were wearing just their birthday suits and cheap makeup. They had been planning this ritual for months and had been taking the whole endeavour quite seriously, all things considered, but after about thirty minutes of prancing around they were starting to feel silly. However, just as one of them was about to voice her reservations about the project, something started to happen inside the cabin.

foolproofrituals.onion

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