tw: religious abuse & trauma, terminal illness, death. change words/gender/tense as you see fit!
⸻ 𝘩𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑛 → (𝑝𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 ) 𝘩𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑛 • • •
"what happened? you don't look well."
"you don't sound like yourself."
"what's going on with your eyes?"
"uh, [name]? i don't want to scare you, but your eyes are all black."
"did you just... growl at me?"
"tell me that cross didn't just move."
"the holy water just spilled and i swear i didn't do it."
⸻ 𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑥𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑖𝑠𝑚 • • •
"you have your rosary, right? hold it tight."
"our father... who art in heaven... hallowed be thy name..."
"i command thee, infernal creature, give me your name!"
"the power of christ compels you!"
"stop! they're bleeding!"
"i know you're in there, [name]. please come back."
"do you know satan? technically, i'm his sibling."
"that not even holy water. that's a bottle of evian."
“you called for me… but you don’t look like someone who knows my name.”
“relax. if i wanted your soul, i’d have taken it while you were sleeping.”
“do you always invite strangers into your home, or am i special?”
“you weren’t supposed to see me.”
“careful what you pray for. some of us actually listen.”
“that wasn’t a nightmare. that was me knocking.”
“why do you smell like fear that isn’t yours?”
“tell me again why you’re trying to banish the only thing keeping you alive.”
“you invited me in. you just didn’t realize how.”
“if i leave your body now, you’ll collapse. are you sure you want that?”
“you’re the first human who’s ever asked me what i want.”
“move aside. i’m hiding.”
“please stop reciting that. you’re mispronouncing every word and it’s embarrassing.”
"put that down. you don't know what's bound to it."
"i'm not here to bargain. i'm here to warn you."
"your fear is loud. could you turn it down a notch?"
"you dreamed of me first. i simply answered."
"what an interesting theory. what makes you think i'm human?"
"i didn't lie. i just didn't correct you."
"you weren't supposed to survive meeting me."
"please stop touching that sigil. you're going to ruin everything."
"you keep asking what i am. try asking why i'm here."
"you're trembling... and we haven't even gotten to the frightening part yet!"
CONJOIN: a ritual gone wrong leaves the demon and human to cohabitate one body.
PSYCHOSIS: the human is trying to convince themself the demon isn't real, yet they still see and hear the creature.
FAMILIAR: the exorcist encounters a demon, but the two have met before.
DIVINITY: a demon stumbles upon an angel and immediately senses they aren't like other humans.
HIDING: a demon hides among humans in plain sight; an angel posing as a human priest senses the demonic energy and is determined to eradicate it.
CONTEST: two demons attempt to possess the same person.
FAIL: another ritual messes up and a demon and angel wind up as two cosmic opposites constantly arguing in one human body.
RECRUIT: a demon tries to influence a human to turn evil and do their bidding.
HOME: a human summons a demon for a task and the demon decides to stick around in the human realm for a while.
YOUTH: a human sells their soul to avoid death from terminal illness but must perform 1 task a year for the demon, each task becoming more and more morally challenging.
CORRUPT: an angel gets corrupted just a little after meeting the demon, and the demon becomes disturbingly protective — and smug — of its influence.
TEAMWORK: an angel and demon are assigned to watch the same human from opposite sides; forced proximity creates friction and dangerous fascination.
ART: an artist summons a demon for help with a project, but the demon brings with it a dark inspiration for art as well as a dark influence on the artist.
PET: a child grows up with an imaginary friend. now an adult, they still don't know they manifested a demon buddy.
ANCHOR: after a failed exorcism, an angel is dragged into a portal halfway into the mortal plane; only the demon can help them get back.
REFLECTION: a ritual in front of a mirror during a lunar eclipse shows a human a reflection of the worst parts of themself manifested into a demon. the demon steps into the mortal realm and announces it's here to stay.
NEIGHBORS: a demon in human form moves in next door. the human suspects that they are the only one that can see or interact with the new neighbor.
SAVIOR: a demon saves a human from an accident — then demands repayment in increasingly invasive "small favors."
HUMAN: another failed ritual summons the demon but traps it in the mortal realm. it loses all supernatural abilities, and, for all intents and purposes, is human — and pissed at the summoner.
WAR: an angel and demon are fighting over the same human's soul.
FIX: a demons enters a human's life disguised as their therapist. the demon conducts hypnosis sessions with the human to adjust their memories and cause a little chaos.
REPENT: a demon fakes repentance to get close to an angel who specializes in rehabilitation work.
TERRITORY: a deity walks the mortal world in disguise; a demon recognizes them instantly and demands to know why they abandoned their domain.
SMITTEN: a human summons a demon during a ritual to make someone fall in love with them. the ritual went wrong, and now the demon is stuck on earth utterly obsessed with who summoned it.
