[Lucifer sitting here processing that like, uh, yeah, sure. Hooboy. Now, theoretically, if this blood is placed in the centre of the binding circle and the ritual begins, the imps should sense the magic and, if this is the blood of the one they're bound to, they should come running.
That's how Lucifer explains it anyway. For obvious reasons of not sending everyone to the void and also not getting like, hepatitis or anything, Lucifer keeps the tube sealed and instead just sets it in the middle of the circle.]
If this blood doesn't do it, the imps are usually attracted to fighting, which means I can very easily stir something up and get them to flock in here. More of them kept congregating wherever I wound up fighting to defend other students, after all.
[Probably, ha...ha... we'll fuck around and we'll find out, surely.
Naturally, he explains the other things that must be done when the imps are trapped ahead of time. That means mixing the herbs properly and getting ready to burn them. In particular, Lucifer goes ahead and draws the original summoning circle on a piece of paper from his notebook, rolls it up, and wraps it in the honeysuckle stem. Once the imps are in the circle, he says, to break the bind to the person whose blood was spilt, they'll have to burn the bundle he presents Hikaru (the one he clearly trusts the most to handle things). It doesn't matter how fast it burns, so long as intent is put behind it. Magic is all about intent, after all. And also please burn that in the bowl for the safety of hands and fingers and avoiding a fire in general, thank you.
The step after that is to spread the cloves and thyme around the circle and chant some freaky Latin phrases which Lucifer has helpfully written down. It's like a cheatsheet of "how to unfuck something you've fucked up big time" but only for minor inconveniences like imps. Sadly, they cannot unsummon Kokichi with this one. In practice, his portion of the spell is simple, but it should be aided by the magical energy going into the protective wards. And, again, intent. And also the salt in the chalk.
Hex-breaking is for after the little shits are gone and no longer a plague upon this realm.
So, if/when everyone's clear on what they're doing, Lucifer positions himself sort of away from everything else in case he has to go hunt down some imps. Are the imps going to come to this vial of blood? Does Lucifer have to go stir up trouble... he can do this all night. These kids can't, but he can.]
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That's how Lucifer explains it anyway. For obvious reasons of not sending everyone to the void and also not getting like, hepatitis or anything, Lucifer keeps the tube sealed and instead just sets it in the middle of the circle.]
If this blood doesn't do it, the imps are usually attracted to fighting, which means I can very easily stir something up and get them to flock in here. More of them kept congregating wherever I wound up fighting to defend other students, after all.
[Probably, ha...ha... we'll fuck around and we'll find out, surely.
Naturally, he explains the other things that must be done when the imps are trapped ahead of time. That means mixing the herbs properly and getting ready to burn them. In particular, Lucifer goes ahead and draws the original summoning circle on a piece of paper from his notebook, rolls it up, and wraps it in the honeysuckle stem. Once the imps are in the circle, he says, to break the bind to the person whose blood was spilt, they'll have to burn the bundle he presents Hikaru (the one he clearly trusts the most to handle things). It doesn't matter how fast it burns, so long as intent is put behind it. Magic is all about intent, after all. And also please burn that in the bowl for the safety of hands and fingers and avoiding a fire in general, thank you.
The step after that is to spread the cloves and thyme around the circle and chant some freaky Latin phrases which Lucifer has helpfully written down. It's like a cheatsheet of "how to unfuck something you've fucked up big time" but only for minor inconveniences like imps. Sadly, they cannot unsummon Kokichi with this one. In practice, his portion of the spell is simple, but it should be aided by the magical energy going into the protective wards. And, again, intent. And also the salt in the chalk.
Hex-breaking is for after the little shits are gone and no longer a plague upon this realm.
So, if/when everyone's clear on what they're doing, Lucifer positions himself sort of away from everything else in case he has to go hunt down some imps. Are the imps going to come to this vial of blood? Does Lucifer have to go stir up trouble... he can do this all night. These kids can't, but he can.]