"Fearlings," Alex said. "Kuk's servants, the ones he's using to take over this world. At least when he's not using us and the others like us. They're not here to hurt you. Believe it or not we're not here to hurt you either. We're here to offer you a deal."
He snapped his fingers and the creatures faded into the dark of the alley and disappeared.
"Like I said, because of Kuk trying to take over this world, reality's thin. The people of this world, their fear is so strong it pulled you here - it pulled us here too. Even Kuk Itself can't control it or send you back home. At least not yet, not until he's won and has control of this world. Like I said - a force of nature."
He went on breezily, "So you have two options. You can wander around in a strange world with no allies. No one would stop you. We're not about to pick any fights over people wanting to be left alone." A pause. "Or you can join up with us. See, Kuk is very generous, and not only does It give some of us all kinds of opportunities to do some damage to the self-righteous idiots trying to stop It - you know, for fun - It also rewards us if we're willing to help It. Power, wealth, even the slightly more immaterial, like healing if you're sick - you name it, and that'll be your reward if you help It destroy this universe. You get to go back home after, with a dark god sending you off with whatever you want. It's a pretty good deal."
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He snapped his fingers and the creatures faded into the dark of the alley and disappeared.
"Like I said, because of Kuk trying to take over this world, reality's thin. The people of this world, their fear is so strong it pulled you here - it pulled us here too. Even Kuk Itself can't control it or send you back home. At least not yet, not until he's won and has control of this world. Like I said - a force of nature."
He went on breezily, "So you have two options. You can wander around in a strange world with no allies. No one would stop you. We're not about to pick any fights over people wanting to be left alone." A pause. "Or you can join up with us. See, Kuk is very generous, and not only does It give some of us all kinds of opportunities to do some damage to the self-righteous idiots trying to stop It - you know, for fun - It also rewards us if we're willing to help It. Power, wealth, even the slightly more immaterial, like healing if you're sick - you name it, and that'll be your reward if you help It destroy this universe. You get to go back home after, with a dark god sending you off with whatever you want. It's a pretty good deal."