Emerald CYOA - Power

The head imp looks you over with a smirk as you take your weapon and armor tokens to put them down, Nyte quickly following suit to follow your lead.  "You'd be surprise how many out there wish for power, thinking that it would solve everything for them."  The imp replied as he led the two of you past the horde towards the door behind their group.  "Of course those who wish for such things don't usually know who they're dealing with.  The fact that you're going into this eyes wide open certainly says something about you..."

Though the imps all around you laugh and you can see that Nyte is growing nervous, but you tell him that everything is alright as you move forward.  The two of you follow the imp towards the door and notice that unlike the one that you had entered before didn't have quite the same security measures.  Since there was a pack of imps in front of it you surmise that's why as you watch the head imp pull out a set of keys.  He takes out one in particular and slides it into the lock.

As the door opens you find that it enters into a rather luxurious bedroom that looks like it belongs in a palace instead of underneath some ruins.  You and Nyte look on in awe as you feel the heat in the room increase, especially as the door closes behind you.  When the catfolk goes back to try it he quickly finds that it's not only locked but completely sealed.  There was nothing that you could do but wait there to see what was happening as the Tabaxi looks around and starts looking through things.

"I would appreciate it that you didn't put your hands on all of my things," a deep, booming voice said as you and Nyte spun around to see the new creature in the room.  You and Nyte both gasp when you see the behemoth of a creature standing before the two of you, clearly a demon with a physique that would put most bodybuilders to shame and covered in bright red scales.  "So these are the two that wish to trade for power."

Nyte looks between the two of you in confusion but you wave your hand away dismissively before regarding the demon before you and saying that's exactly what you want.  "So you are the one with the gift of gab," the demon replied, this time in the infernal tongue.  "I am Zelphyr, a warrior demon lord, and if you want what you seek then you're going to need to pay me something in return.  You know what they say, no power without sacrifice... and since you're the one that has the ability to speak to me in my native tongue you get to make the choice of who will pay the price."

Both you and the demon look over at Nyte, who just looks at the two of you in confusion.  Zelphyr's grin grows as you can see the catfolk grinning and waving at you...