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Hell.
o Impersonate human beings if that is within their nature and capacity.
o Own property, become citizens, hold offices, own and operate legal
businesses, marry humans if the humans are apprised of their true nature
beforehand and no intimidation is used and in all other legal ways approved by
the State of North Carolina attempt to achieve a normal life on Earth.
o Enter into binding contracts with human beings with one of the two
following stipulations:
1) The human must be fully apprised of the nature of the contract and the
nature of all parties involved in the contract; or, 2) The human must sign the
contract with his own blood. (Percentage of blood to inert materials not
specified; blood must be less than twenty-four hours old in Earth-sequential
time only
, as per previous agreements between Heaven and Hell; human must know that
blood has been drawn; no blood from blood donorship or other merciful blood
collection agencies, or from accidents and injuries may be used.)
Repent.
Repent, Lucifer muttered again, and cocked an eyebrow at Agonostis. It is
going to be the duty of my away commander to make sure there aren t any
repenters
. His voice was ominous when he said it. He continued to read:
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Unchained denizens of Hell must:
o Eat and drink mortal food, or their Earthly bodies will wither and fail,
and they will have to pay
Heaven for new ones. Heaven will charge a cost-per-body fee plus punitive
wastage tax for any Earthly bodies above and beyond the one that will be
issued free from Heaven per Hell-soul at the time of exit from Hell this will
be collected by the usual revenue methods. These Heaven-issued Earth-bodies
will be indistinguishable from the individual Hellspawn s normal form and will
have all the Hellspawn s usual abilities excluding those which would run
counter to the above decrees.
o Obtain their sustenance in the normal mortal way that is, by growing food
or paying for it with cash or barter.
Agonostis swallowed. And I am to be one of these Unchained, treading the
Earth and seducing humans into damnation while . . . holding down a job?
Lucifer laughed. It was a harsh and hollow sound. Oh, I wouldn t think of
demoting you as far as that . . . yet. No, no, Agonostis. The Archfiend
looked down at Agonostis and his eyes blazed red.
You re going to be in charge. This will be your chance to prove to me that
you still have what it takes to make it as a fallen angel in Hell. We haven t
had one of the original Fallen busted back to imp since . . .
gracious! . . . since that unfortunate incident with Shedhurdzashel and the
failed temptation of Billy
Graham. You remember that, of course.
Agonostis nodded. He was feeling faint.
So I m sure you ll come through for me.
I m going to be responsible for fifty-eight thousand Hellspawn . . .
Agonostis swallowed again. His heart felt as if it was lodged in his throat.
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On Earth. What sort of tracking facilities will I have?
I ll finance a nice central office, and rent space for several satellite
offices and make sure you re supplied with start-up technology
I ll probably rather buy locally, Agonostis said, thinking of Hell s
equipment, which was slightly more archaic than Communist Russia s had been,
and which was built and tested by equally enthusiastic, inspired workers.
technology
, Lucifer repeated stiffly, an adequate staff, some seed capital, and a base
starting salary for you and your officers. I ll expect net profits within the
fiscal year we ll run it from October to
October for the sake of accounting convenience.
You mean net profits in souls?
I mean net profits in souls and money. We re incurring expenses from Heaven
from this I expect to counterbalance those expenses and make a nice net, too.
If you re going to be on site, make it worth my while to have you there.
Agonostis nodded. Keep fifty-eight thousand plus Hellspawn in line with Hell s
stinking equipment and
God s stinking rules and generate a profit. He d known this was going to be
bad. He hadn t imagined the depths to which bad could sink. Yes, your
Foulness, he said, keeping his eyes on the ground. He sighed deeply and
turned to go.
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Hell.
o Impersonate human beings if that is within their nature and capacity.
o Own property, become citizens, hold offices, own and operate legal
businesses, marry humans if the humans are apprised of their true nature
beforehand and no intimidation is used and in all other legal ways approved by
the State of North Carolina attempt to achieve a normal life on Earth.
o Enter into binding contracts with human beings with one of the two
following stipulations:
1) The human must be fully apprised of the nature of the contract and the
nature of all parties involved in the contract; or, 2) The human must sign the
contract with his own blood. (Percentage of blood to inert materials not
specified; blood must be less than twenty-four hours old in Earth-sequential
time only
, as per previous agreements between Heaven and Hell; human must know that
blood has been drawn; no blood from blood donorship or other merciful blood
collection agencies, or from accidents and injuries may be used.)
Repent.
Repent, Lucifer muttered again, and cocked an eyebrow at Agonostis. It is
going to be the duty of my away commander to make sure there aren t any
repenters
. His voice was ominous when he said it. He continued to read:
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Unchained denizens of Hell must:
o Eat and drink mortal food, or their Earthly bodies will wither and fail,
and they will have to pay
Heaven for new ones. Heaven will charge a cost-per-body fee plus punitive
wastage tax for any Earthly bodies above and beyond the one that will be
issued free from Heaven per Hell-soul at the time of exit from Hell this will
be collected by the usual revenue methods. These Heaven-issued Earth-bodies
will be indistinguishable from the individual Hellspawn s normal form and will
have all the Hellspawn s usual abilities excluding those which would run
counter to the above decrees.
o Obtain their sustenance in the normal mortal way that is, by growing food
or paying for it with cash or barter.
Agonostis swallowed. And I am to be one of these Unchained, treading the
Earth and seducing humans into damnation while . . . holding down a job?
Lucifer laughed. It was a harsh and hollow sound. Oh, I wouldn t think of
demoting you as far as that . . . yet. No, no, Agonostis. The Archfiend
looked down at Agonostis and his eyes blazed red.
You re going to be in charge. This will be your chance to prove to me that
you still have what it takes to make it as a fallen angel in Hell. We haven t
had one of the original Fallen busted back to imp since . . .
gracious! . . . since that unfortunate incident with Shedhurdzashel and the
failed temptation of Billy
Graham. You remember that, of course.
Agonostis nodded. He was feeling faint.
So I m sure you ll come through for me.
I m going to be responsible for fifty-eight thousand Hellspawn . . .
Agonostis swallowed again. His heart felt as if it was lodged in his throat.
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On Earth. What sort of tracking facilities will I have?
I ll finance a nice central office, and rent space for several satellite
offices and make sure you re supplied with start-up technology
I ll probably rather buy locally, Agonostis said, thinking of Hell s
equipment, which was slightly more archaic than Communist Russia s had been,
and which was built and tested by equally enthusiastic, inspired workers.
technology
, Lucifer repeated stiffly, an adequate staff, some seed capital, and a base
starting salary for you and your officers. I ll expect net profits within the
fiscal year we ll run it from October to
October for the sake of accounting convenience.
You mean net profits in souls?
I mean net profits in souls and money. We re incurring expenses from Heaven
from this I expect to counterbalance those expenses and make a nice net, too.
If you re going to be on site, make it worth my while to have you there.
Agonostis nodded. Keep fifty-eight thousand plus Hellspawn in line with Hell s
stinking equipment and
God s stinking rules and generate a profit. He d known this was going to be
bad. He hadn t imagined the depths to which bad could sink. Yes, your
Foulness, he said, keeping his eyes on the ground. He sighed deeply and
turned to go.
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