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The Adventures of Me 2004

Demon Seed, or, Djinnesis

Back in 2001, I made a deal with the world's two most powerful evil mages, for us not to mess with each other. One mage broke the deal last month. Now, I guess the other has to do it too.

I get a visit from a guy named Linus van Pelt, who says he's with the Council of White Mages. Kind of like Lucianus Autonomus, only not quite as much in the spotlight.

Well, we know that Urr is coming back, but we don't know who's bringing him. Fortunately (so to speak), I have a very large Enemies List, many of whom have power enough to shake the afterlife. So, we start asking about each of them.

All very well and good, but:

So, we did it! And it worked as planned... to a point. We just forgot to ask one question:

But fortunately, when Urr died, we Champions of Death stowed him down among the dead men. And it's not a nice place. By now, with any luck, he's become their alien squid bitch.

So I block the cavern entrance, and say, in the best Champion of Death voice I can work up without being actively employed by Death Herself: "DEAD CREATURE! REPORT FOR JUDGMENT!"

And Urr bows down, thank God. (16 April 2004)

Postlude 1: The excitement's over, so I've gone back to my latest project: an appearance in a stage play about the Greenland Rebellion.

Then, backstage... An ancient but quite large old man is asking about a summoning; he says he's sure that someone here was involved in the summoning of a destructive alien creature. Well, I still have zombie-Urr sitting around my house like a puppy, so maybe I'd better talk to the guy.

So, we let Genesis release Vesper. By the laws of their kind, that makes Vesper the djinn-slave of Genesis until a service is performed. And Genesis has no intent of letting this contract expire. One villain down... (20 April 2004)

Postlude 2: There's still zombie-Urr to get rid of. As long as he stays on Earth, he's a trouble magnet. Genesis puts him in a small binding bottle (the djinni can do that), but he still suggests we repatriate Urr to his own kin. And that would be the Tripods from Outer Space.

And that makes two more villains down. It's been a pretty strenuous year so far, but at least I'm starting to clean up my Enemies List. (20 April 2004)

Postlude 3: Showtime! Perhaps I've mentioned my latest project: an appearance in a stage play about the Greenland Rebellion. Ironically, there's no Me part in the play, even though I had a pretty big role in the real thing; here, I'm portraying Ellipsis. As Ellipsis, I get to put on some short-range magnetic flying gear, fly around the stage, and read the Declaration of Rebellion. And we've hit the road to England! (20 April 2004)


Me in Comic Books: Startup Escalation 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Demon Seed 2005 .