Use Lilith (Seed Path)

You recalled that the seed could bridge the gap, if only briefly, to Lilith’s pocket dimension. Of course you weren’t sure what Lilith would do with the man once you made that connection, but you had to hope that it would be effective enough to break him.

You took out the seed, which had shrunken to size of a marble, and gave it a squeeze. With your other hand pressed firmly to Albert’s mouth, you felt the two of you getting sucked into another reality. The study shifted and blurred together before reassembling in a new form, that same blank world of semi-focus.

In the confusion you let go of Albert, who shouted in outrage and shock. “What the fuck did you do? Huh? What the FUCK did you do?”

Before you had time to answer, laughter rippled out from the dim. Shadow and dust came together as her form was fashioned, Lilith grinning and drooling like a hungry wolf who had come upon a lamb. “Oh, Michael,” she cheered in delight, “what a tasty treat you’ve brought!”

“I need your help,” you said, before she could sink her teeth into Albert. “This man is a member of the cult, and I need him to start talking.”

Albert tried to back away as quickly as possible. “You’re…one of them! The Great Ones!”

“But not the one you were hoping for,” she laughed, malice shining in her eyes. “Incubus has no place here. You’re gonna by my plaything now.”

“You can’t kill him,” you interjected, “or…or drive him crazy or whatever it is you lovecraftian beings do. He has information on the cult and I need it out of him.”

Albert tore his eyes away from Lilith and stared at you. He spat at your feet. “No…No no! I swore an oath t-”

There was a blink of light and Lilith was at the man’s side. She seemed suddenly eight feet tall, a looming colossus that seemed more than human. Her hands, talon-like, came down around his skull in a vice grip that coaxed a scream from him. Her nails began to dig into his scalp, drawing blood. “Alright, Michael, since you’re such a dear…let me poke around in here and see what I can find…”