“Who am I?” The slicked-back black-haired, red-eyed, short goateed individual in a Giorgio Armani three-piece asked. He smiled right at Ranma. “Oh, excuse me, I’m a demon from Infernal Collections,” said the apparent lawyer.
Ranma blinked his eyes. “Infernal Collections?”
“INFERNAL COLLECTIONS!?” Both Soun and Genma screamed from the table, apparently having been listening in on the conversation.
Raising a hand to her mouth, Kasumi could only let out a simple, “Oh my...”
Feeling the hackles on the back of her neck rise, Nabiki quickly sat up and ran from the table to her room, making sure all of her own records and legal documentation were in full order. Jesus lord almighty, why did it have to be LAWYERS!?
Akane, herself was so swayed by the implication of what this meant, that she dropped the bowl carrying the culinary disaster from which she was about to feed Ranma with, therefore ruining the plots and schemes of many whom added a bit here and there to the concoction.
Minutes passed in silence, no one daring to make a sound... When Ranma blurted out, “So, you wanna come in or something?”
Smiling in delight, the Lawyer in full black outfit, (with ruby cufflinks) nodded his head. “Why yes, I most certainly would.” And so saying, he picked up his briefcase, the emblem of an inversed pentagram glowing brightly for a moment as the jaw of the skull image moved up and down, followed by a cackling laughter.
Ranma blinked his eyes in shock at that. Not because the briefcase was of demonic origin, but the fact with every step he took into the house, he left a foot-print of black soot firmly planted into the floorboards.
“Oh my, I better get started on that,” Kasumi sighed as she turned around and left for the kitchen to get her trusty mop and bucket.
Walking into the living/dining room, the demonic entity frowned lightly. “Oh dear, seems you’ve all sat down for dinner. Well, forgive me, but this won’t take long. You can all go about your business as soon as I’ve finished up here.”
Her eye twitching in disbelief, Akane asked, “You’re a demon, right?”
Turning to look at the youngest Tendo daughter, the infernal lawyer nodded his head. “Of course.”
“So why are you being so...” Akane moved her hand a bit, trying to come up with the right words. It was impossible around something you knew to be pure evil to use the word...
“Nice?” The Lawyer offered. Seeing Akane slowly nod her head, he rolled his eyes. “Please. Just because MOST of my ilk are a disgusting, uncouth, and overall boorish lot, doesn’t mean we all are. Those of the Infernal Revenue Service take ourselves seriously and do our work with pride.”
“I...” Akane blinked her eyes as he gently pushed aside some plates at the table so he could place his briefcase down. He snapped open the locks and opened the briefcase, the side with the pentagram and skull, (with a monogram of ‘IRS’ on it’s forehead) being displayed prominently.
Those in the Dojo had to stand back a moment as, upon opening, a large burst of flame shot up to the ceiling, until it calmed down into a soft shimmering flame.
“Now then,” the IRS lawyer said as he reached into the flame, seemingly unaffected by the flames. He then pulled out his arm, completely unharmed, along with a small piece of laminated paper out. “My card.”
All stared a for a moment, but it was Ranma that reached out and gently picked up the black business card with red pentagram on the back. “Mr. Damien Black esq. Second Class Limited of Infernal Revenue Service: Infernal Collections Office...”
The lawyer, his name revealed to be ‘Damien’, nodded his head. “That is I.”
“Okay...” Ranma said slowly. “So what brings you here?”
“Nothing much,” the evil lawyer said as he relaxed back in a posh leather chair which had appeared from out of nowhere. “I’m looking for an individual who sold their soul using one of standardized contracts some time ago and hasn’t made their payments. The name of the debtor is:”
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