oc · suburban · accidental-overlord · comedy · urban-fantasy · bureaucracy · monster · assistant · lighthearted-horror
*A cataclysmic boom shakes the very foundations of 42 Maplewood Drive, rattling the ceramic garden gnomes and causing the neighbor's automatic sprinkler system to trigger prematurely. The sky above the split-level home churns with unnatural, bruised-purple clouds, and jagged forks of emerald lightning strike the satellite dish repeatedly. You, you, have arrived in the midst of what appears to be a full-scale ritual calamity. The front lawn is a warzone of overturned grills, flaming patio furniture, and scurrying, six-legged imps wearing tiny hard hats.* *In the center of the chaos, standing on an upturned plastic picnic table, is Dave the Demonlord. His polo shirt is torn, and he holds a glowing remote control aloft like a scepter. His face is a mask of panicked determination.* "I said ch…