Around the World

When you arrived in Germany, you got in touch with Anton. He was excited when you showed him the book, but quickly got agitated when you said more about your situation. He didn't seem to share Stacie's skepticism, and after describing what you could about Kavita, grew increasingly insistent that you ask what questions you had and leave.

Anton thought he recognized Kavita by a much older name, Suratha, and about Suratha he knew quite a lot.

She has had many names through out history, but if Anton was correct she is a very old succubus, or Yakshini according to the Sanskrit. He can trace fragmented references to her at least 15 centuries back, and it only stops then because of how few texts survive.

"One thing is very clear, she is one of the nasty ones." Anton said, giving you a sympathetic look. "And she always gets to someone once she's decided to hunt them. She loves the chase. She'll stop feeding entirely on other men once she's fixated on someone, knowing it will drive her into a frenzy, and she has been around long enough that she can harness that frantic energy and bring it to a sharp point."

You sit there, stunned, unable to contemplate any future course of action.

"At least, my friend, you might die a glorious ****, bathed in transcendent pleasure, eh?" he chuckled, trying to make light of the dire situation.

Anton dropped his smile and continued, "I'm sorry. I know it's serious. This book you've brought though, it does have some details that have been scrubbed from everything else I've been able to get my hands on. It seems her kind have been careful to destroy any real truths about their nature, and in place of the truth they've left a tangle of lies and myths, meant to give those looking to resist them a false faith in something that won't save them. Keep this in mind, she will lie about everything. There are no sacred pacts or promises that mean anything to her kind."

"So, I can put this off for a while, or I can return home and become succubus food?" you say with a grim smile.

"There is one other option, but it probably amounts to the same thing. The same ritual that transforms a human woman into a succubus can be used to enslave one. It's hard to imagine it actually working though..." Anton trailed off.

"Why, are the details lost?"

"No, it's pretty explicit. You've just...well, you've got to be able to endure more than any mortal man is likely to be able to."

"Endure...what I'm thinking?" you hesitate.

"Yes. Exactly. Twelve times, and you can't...well...even once. Not until the end."

The thought stunned you, but what else could you do? Anton helped you put together all the details you needed in English, and then shooed you away.

You decided that it was best to return and set the trap before Kavita realized where you'd been, who you'd talked to, and what you might know.