((So yeah, we had a small hiatus there. Appendix had a hissy fit, so I had to get that bastard yanked out.))
Bang one spandex dude's head against another spandex dude's head until they faint.
[6->6] You grab them by the heads. They try to resist, and you take a few nunchuck blows to the ribs, but they simply cannot match your raw strenght. You bash their heads together. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again.
You drop the two spandex dudes to the ground. One is twitching violently, while the other just lays there, bleeding from the nose.
Bob shows his hand with the ring saying:
"I feel power. I know i can do "something" - showing "", but i need help in understanding my possibilities..." Chews pizzas. Bob tries to make that pickaxe he did earlyer.
[5] You materialize the pickaxe again. The old man watches you do so, chewing his pizza and otherwise being unimpressed.
"Oh, aye. I reckon that's the same kinda ring sarge used to have back in 'nam. What do you want to know about it, exactly?"Hit him on the head with my baton
"HEY BUD, IF YOU'RE NO FRIEND OF THESE GUYS HOW ABOUT WE WORK TOGETHER FOR A BIT? KEEP THE REDCOATS OFF ME SO I CAN GET THIS GUY."
Continue hiding.
"Gimme a second."
It's time to pull out the shotgun and pulverize the remaining grenadiers.
"Now. What you been' sayin'?
As our resident mahou shoujo keeps on hiding underneath some rubble, the fight on the surface continues. [6->2] Bob hits the guy in overalls in the face with his baton, breaking his nose. Rick, meanwhile quickly holsters his empty revolvers and takes out his shotgun again. [6->1][5] The dragonsbreath round hits the first grenadier straight in the chest, sending him flying back into the pile of overalls and Bob, on fire. The second round takes off the last grenadiers head.
((Red leather, gold-lined pages? I see what you did there. Gonna flip a coin to decide which to read first.))
Spruce takes a moment to look at each book, trying to decide which to read first. After a few minutes in contemplation, he takes both over to his favorite reading chair and sets "Canergak's animunculi" down beside him as he cracks open "daemones et diis" and starts reading.
Read daemones et diis.
The book is dividided up in two parts. The first part is about various demons, giving a short description and a sketch. The second part does something similar for "divine" beings, though some of these descriptions don't seem all that divine. Every description also includes a ritual of summoning. All of these sketches also have a small symbol in the upper right corner, either: S,C,D or !
Strangely, every time you open and close the book the amount of pages seems to change, even though the book stays the same thickness.