You kneel and grip the blade of the ornate dagger in your hand, and you slice your palm open to finish the ritual. You had heard of this from various suspicious sources and didn't believe it at first, but with so much free time and nothing better to do, there's no harm in trying, right? Blood trickles into the center of the pentagram on the ground in slow pitter patters. Is it working? Should something have happened by now? As you begin to doubt this stupid "ritual", a flicker of crimson sparks from the liquid in the salt circle. Then it gathers into a gust of bright red flames as... something rises from the ground. It's surreal to watch. It's a demon. It's unbelievable that it actually worked...