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WORKS OF<br />
DARKNESS<br />
I could see that he was in deep thought, planning the way that he<br />
would go about this work.<br />
"It may already be too late," he said.<br />
"Do what you can."<br />
1 dismissed the King with thanks, closed the ritual, and called<br />
my manager. He told me to come in the next morning to pick up my<br />
last check and sign my release papers. I asked if there was any way<br />
he'd change his mind, but he quickly rebutted by saying that he'd met<br />
with the owner at two-o-clock when I had left and that the decision was<br />
already made. I performed the evocation at three-thirty.<br />
With my heart heavy and a bubble in my chest, I lit the candles<br />
again, gathered my will this time in anger - and slowly, thoughtfully,<br />
spitefully Summoned King Paimon. He appeared as quickly as before,<br />
but manifested in a much more pleasant manner, not mocking or<br />
threatening, but simply stating, "I knew that it was too late."<br />
I asked him to do the best he could for me, and left it at that,<br />
dismissing him once more and packing up the ritual tools.<br />
The next morning I signed various forms releasing me from my<br />
company's employment and took my final check in hand. I opened the<br />
envelope as I dragged my feet out the door, head hanging, but snapped<br />
straight up when I saw the amount on it. The check was written out for<br />
a thousand dollars over what I would usually make! I spun around and<br />
ran down the hall to the owner's office. I showed her the check and<br />
declared that there must have been some mistake. Was I being paid for<br />
more than two weeks work for some reason? She looked at it briefly.<br />
looked back at me with a blank stare, and said firmly, "No, that's two<br />
weeks pay, and it's exactly what it should be. Good luck in life." She<br />
disappeared back into her office and shut the door. And who was I to<br />
argue with the owner of the company?<br />
One of the greatest impediments to the absolute reign of the Black<br />
Magician's will is his unfortunate cohabitation with lesser mortals<br />
parading as intelligent life forms, not at all sentient but automatous in<br />
their actions and reactions to a universe that they cannot understand.<br />
So often so little effort would be needed to accomplish any goal if the<br />
Sorcerer's human landscape would cooperate, or at the very least step<br />
out of his way. King Paimon becomes the equalizer.<br />
It is necessary here to imagine a fitting goal, a target person<br />
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