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Here is a demon. The demon is in his swimming pool.
He doesn't swim naked, so he takes the summon anyway.
demon cam vs the clam planet
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from_scratch
from_scratch
"I can either make a portal or I can try to figure out Officer Eitamek's flight regulations so I can leave without disrupting air traffic. I'm not actually sure whether it's preferable to have me around for another hour or so to avoid having a portal here."
"I think having a portal here would probably be disruptive. But I could have a vehicle summoned to take you safely to orbit, if that's all right with you."
"I'll do that, then."
After a brief interaction with a communication device, they report, "A shuttle and pilot will be here in just a minute."
After a brief interaction with a communication device, they report, "A shuttle and pilot will be here in just a minute."
"You're welcome."
The shuttle and pilot arrive. The pilot is disinclined to chat, but perfectly functional at getting Cam into orbit and past the planetary traffic zone.
The shuttle and pilot arrive. The pilot is disinclined to chat, but perfectly functional at getting Cam into orbit and past the planetary traffic zone.
from_scratch
That is all Cam asks.
He gets politely away from Cult Planet and portals into his Sphere and tries to open the portal to Elarron's.
He gets politely away from Cult Planet and portals into his Sphere and tries to open the portal to Elarron's.
It works!
It is. Here he is just a short distance downslope of the palace on its hill.
honest-opinion
The first palace guard he encounters is happy to direct him to the current location of the king, which seems to be: doing paperwork at a desk.
from_scratch
"Hey, thought you might like a status report. A lot of aliens have self-destructed but others are having civil wars and one planetful has been taken over by a cult theologically opposed to killing other species."
from_scratch
"I haven't checked all of their planets yet. And one of them wants eight days to set up quarantine procedures before they'll voluntarily talk to me. Unless you have any questions I can go look in on the rest of them now."
honest-opinion
"I think my curiosity can wait until you're finished with the initial survey, but thank you for the update, I appreciate it."
Widespread rioting!
Not that he can detect.
from_scratch
...Does anything productive happen if he drops a speaker on a smallish riot and suggests that they calm down?
They freak out harder and assault it vigorously.
Next planet! ...is devoid of life because it bombed itself to death.
There are a few more of those - rioting, civil wars that don't look like they would benefit from intervention, planets destroyed by various means. He's getting toward the end of the list now.
The third-to-last planet seems to have reached some kind of functioning equilibrium. There are no riots currently going on, and when he arrives they send him a message using flashcode instead of attacking on sight. Granted, the message they send is "Filth! Leave us in peace!", but it's not accompanied by violence!
There are a few more of those - rioting, civil wars that don't look like they would benefit from intervention, planets destroyed by various means. He's getting toward the end of the list now.
The third-to-last planet seems to have reached some kind of functioning equilibrium. There are no riots currently going on, and when he arrives they send him a message using flashcode instead of attacking on sight. Granted, the message they send is "Filth! Leave us in peace!", but it's not accompanied by violence!
from_scratch
...Cam goes back to Cult Planet and asks if they have any diplomats/missionaries handy.