It was three o'clock in the morning when I finished the preparations. A long wooden table sat in the middle of the room. At least a dozen chairs were lined up along each of the sides, with one at each end. Twenty-six seats in all. Yes. Everything was set.
The inky blackness filling the room was forced back as I lit the match. Dozens and dozens of pictures covering the wall suddenly came into view, each depicting some grotesque demonic form.
"Welcome, friends," I say as the images greet my senses. "Have a seat, make yourself comfortable, and stay for a spell."
I throw myself into the chair at the end of the table nearest to me. The glow of the match reveals a large collection of candles before me. I light the one closest to me and it soon ignites the others as they are packed so closely together. I sit back and rest my feet on the table. My guests merely grin at me. I reach forward and take the teapot resting on the table. It is ice cold.
"Care for a drink, gentlemen?" I ask as I pour a strange, dark, brackish fluid from the teapot into several small cups which lie before me. I gaze at my guests for several minutes. "Well? Have you no manners? Answer me!" I shout at them. I look at the floor and chuckle softly to myself. With one swift motion of my foot, I knock several of the candles over and send them rolling off the side of the table. In an instant, I am on my feet. I hurl the teapot into the midst of the demons. It shatters and drenches the walls with its peculiar contents. "Be that way," I mutter to myself.
The flames of the candles I knocked to the floor spread to the legs of the nearest chair. Within moments the room is engulfed in fire. I pick up one of the remaining cups and take a sip of the foul liquid it contains.
"So that's the way it's going to be, is it?" I ask. I glance around once more at my demonic associates. I raise my cup to them. "Well then, here's to a job well done." I drink the remaining substance in the cup and begin laughing maniacally. The teacup slips from my fingers and shatters on the floor. I throw back my head and laugh, laugh until all fades to black.
"Thanks for coming...we should do this again sometime...when I see you in hell!"