okay, but what if q!bad possessed people?
(au long post)
Bad has been a demon for years now. It's nothing new to him and hasn't been for a long time. Though dying is still very new. He isn't quite sure how it works even still.
It's the year 1650 and Bad has found himself in Connecticut, USA, specifically in the rather small town of Wethersfield. He had offered his labor for housing to a landlord a few years back and had found his life since then to be smooth sailing.
Until of course, people were throwing around accusations of Witchcraft.
Now Bad wasn't a witch, he had denounced it since his coven had kicked him out for not obeying the coven leader, and that coven leader was wrong mind you! But nonetheless, he was very scared of getting accused of being a witch. He was a rather easy one to suspect after all.
Bad was an easy target because of how he appeared in the town, how he has no relationship with the townsfolk, and is quiet and content with his work. He also, the biggest factor of them all, had never shown any devotion to Puritanism. He was never provocative but... He still couldn't step into a church.
One day, while Bad was getting ready for sleep, he felt an odd tingling sensation from his forehead. He didn't think it was a headache, but for a second he could have mistaken it as such.
Then, a sharp pang hit his feet, hearts, and skull with no warning. He collapsed face first on his bed and prayed the kind family he was sleeping with wouldn't worry and check on him.
More panicked than ever he let out rapid breaths, incredibly confused on what could be happening to him. He closed his eyes and started to rub at his forehead, the tingling never ending while the pang had stopped as suddenly as it came. His back started to dully ache too, growing heavy.
Why was this happening? Was this a religious thing? Like him stepping in a church? Was it a message from Hell? Were they summoning him again? He could very easily be summoned, he was a demon after all! Or were the accusations of Witchcraft real? Was his old coven calling for him to go back to his old ways?
Suddenly the tingling felt worse and he let out a yelp as his hands found two bumps on his head, undoubtedly his horns, but why?
His horns grew larger and Bad unconsciously opened his eyes to spot his skin had reverted back to the void black it was when he had turned. He let out another quick yelp and tried to turn on his side to get a better look at the changes.
Leather wings on his back stopped him as he felt them collide with his bed. It's been a long time since he's looked like a demon again.
In an instant every sensation left him. He felt numb for only a second before feeling his feet on the floor once again. At least he was upright!
He realized his eyes had closed and opened them again, it kinda hurt to revert back to night vision, but he saw a lone girl sat in front of him, and lines traced into dirt and mud of the forest floor.
Oh so it was a demon summoning!
The girl in front of him was one he had seen in the town before. She had long dark hair and wore a cotton white dress that could have been a night gown, Bad wasn't sure. Instead his eyes were drawn down to her open palm, there was a lock of hair sat in it, was she going to add it to the ritual circle?
By her agape and wide-eyed expression, probably. Guess she messed up her spell!
Bad turned around, trying to study the spell and find out what she was going for. He let out a little hum as he was thinking which likely jumpstarted the girl's brain as he heard fabric shuffling from where she sat.
Well all of the patterns were lined up to summon a demon. There were two circles, and the inner one had a pentagram that Bad stood inside of. The outer one only had Xs crossed at each point of the pentagram. For some reason there were lines drawn between each point between the circles... That must have been part of the spell she tried to cast. But why were there runes in the points of the pentagram? Doesn't everyone know you only do that for demon summoning? The last thing he spotted was an empty, open book that was set in the pentagram, but not inside the points of the star where the runes were. Oh and were those scorch marks? Was that him?
His attention was caught again by the girl. She tried to speak multiple times but never formed words. Must be in shock still, poor thing.
He turned back to her, now standing, and smiled despite his pointed teeth. "Good Day!" He said as kindly as possible, "It's a pleasure to meet you! Is there a reason you summoned me?"
Her jaw dropped once again but rapidly blinked and cleared her throat to try and regain her composer. Bad simply waited. "Um–" She said raggedly, needing to clear her throat again which she did. "Good Day. Pleasure to meet you too," She spoke in clipped sentences. "Sorry but I didn't mean to summon you." Her head bowed like she expected Bad to react poorly.
It was a fair assumption, but Bad just clicked his tongue and sighed. "Well, sure was a hassle for nothing. What were you trying to do instead? Maybe I could help?"
The girl's eyes brightened at that, looking back up to him with hope. "Really? You can?"
"Of course! I'd be happy to help you!" Bad smiled and tried to avoid mentioning the fact that once you summon a demon they have to follow the orders you give them, with small exceptions relating to greed and possession. Kinda like Genies, but also not at all.
She smiled a wide and devious smile, and Bad tried to smile kindly back, hoping it wouldn't be too bad. "Can you possess Goody Kirby long enough so she will be accused of a witch?"
Uh oh.
Bad felt his soul ache and shift and he tried to speak as fast as he could before his soul left his body. "Oh gosh– I'm really sorry but I ca–" The sound died as he heard a body fall to the ground.
He blinked rapidly, instinctually stepping back before realizing what had happened.
The thing is with possession, to account for summoners greed, when they ask to possess someone, the demon will possess them instead.
Bad pushed back dark hair that was in his face and looked down to the unconscious, but no longer demonic body that was in front of him. His own body.
"Oh fudge."
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