50 'Meeting' my chums

Whether a maid is supposed to be this good or not at decorating, one thing was for sure, Celina IS good.

The bar looked like an elegant classic bar. There were also several alcoves spread all around, each one wit hit's own atmosphere. They possessed each some decoration matching a specific pantheon, as well as a window looking at that pantheon site of power. For that I recorded four hours of viewing threw 'Tom'.

It was a funny project. I even added a window looking directly in the dimension gap for fun. You could see the great red doing some flying stunt every now and then. I did put some super heavy enchantments so that he would not realize someone was looking at him. No need to get his attention.

Once the bar was created, I needed a barman.

For this I decided to create an homunculus. I didn't want a human, since he might be prone to mood swing and annoy my guests.

The process to create an homunculus was surprisingly easy (for me). The hard part was the conditioning, but by using my new magical language that was starting to become pretty well shaped, I was able to do create a sort of AI.

In the end he wouldn't be the sharpest one of the bunch but he could slowly learn, and most of all, he would not complain, nor sleep. He'd just had to drink a special mixture every twelve hours and he would be good to go.

I decided to name him Jerry, in honour to Jerry Thomas, a very famous bartender of the mid 19th century, as well as the author of the very first cocktail book ever published, "The Bon Vivant's Companion".

Celina spent some time to teach him every thing he needed to know, and was also responsible for stocking various drinks.

As for me, while Jerry was learning under Celina, I created the last part of my project, the keys. Each key would need to be blood bound and would always come back to it's owner if he lost it. Aside from that, I made it pretty resistant. All keys looked the same, a red modern key with the initials RDC in gold on one side, and the name of the owner on the other side.

To use it was pretty simple. You just needed to put the key into a door, and after a few seconds the door would become red with "The Red Troll's Cavern" written in cursive appearing on it. Then you just needed to turn the key and you would be able to enter my pocket dimension. From there you would enter a lobby with several doors. the reason for waiting a few second was to be sure there were some doors available for opening.

Once inside, you could take whichever door you wanted and would be able to come back from your original point. If you tried to enter the door someone else opened you would simply be stunned until you didn't want to enter said door.

I didn't want people to use my bar as a transportation hub after all.

Once that was done I added a little something to the anchor. It would link my mind to the dimension, meaning I would always know what would happen inside, and most of all, I could create a projection of a red troll in a black 3 pieces costume that would be able to move and talk.

It was important since I did not want people to know who I was just yet.

Of course I made something similar for Celina, she could now project the image of a red troll female in a maid outfit. I did allow her to choose something cuter but she told me she preferred to be the same species as me.

Now it was time for the grand opening !

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Red_Troll : *I have a great news to share with you my chums ! Today, I made a new step to my evil plan of world trolling domination. REJOICE !*

Zaz69 : *shivering*

TheDevilBrain : *feeling dread*

Red_Troll : *AHAHAH, I can see you are already in the right mindset. This is perfect. I realized that there were not enough people in our little chat group to entertain myself, but I don't want to add bigger loosers (how's your chase for my identity going by the way ?) so I decided on something else, and you two are going to be my very first guinea pi... I mean, my very first guests !*

Zaz69 : *I'm sure I'll regret it somehow, but my curiosity IS one of my biggest flaws, so I'll bite. What are you talking about, and where are we... Invited ?"

TheDevilBrain : *The curiosity killed the cat, lucky for me, I'm a devil. Let's get this done...*

Red_Troll : *Both of you should be able to find a key in your pocket in about 2 to 3 minutes, tell me when you have it.*

Zaz69 : *Are you saying you're strong enough to teleport something in our pocket at you convenience ?*

Red_Troll : *Na, I use a blood ritual to bond the key to you. You won't be able to loose it anymore."

TheDevilBrain : *A... Blood ritual ? Like with OUR blood ?*

Red_Troll : *Yeah*

Zaz69 : *could you maybe be more expressive on HOW you acquire OUR BLOOD ?*

Red_Troll : *Na*

It was hard to do, but using some super miniaturised mechanical mosquito, the job was done. After all, I could already create small portal, and Tom was always here to help me open them in the right place.

TheDevilBrain : *I'm not happy about this... Not that I can anything against it anyway. It's just depressing I didn't realize my blood was stolen. I know I already said this, but I'm happy you use your knowledge/power for the most stupid things.*

Zaz69 : *True, I'm still trying to figure how you stole my latest porn stash. And the key just appeared in my pocket, despite my anti teleportation spell in place.*

TheDevilBrain : *Same...*

Red_Troll : *Normal, it's bound to you, meaning every spell you use would consider the key to be a part of you and thus wouldn't hinder it. Anyway, time to open a door with no spatial protection on it (not sure what would happen). A surprise is behind the door ^^*

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And this is how, a few seconds later, Azazel and Ajuka were in my bar, facing my projection opening his arm in a grand gesture.

Red Troll : "Welcome to my lair !"