"My apologies. All species' insanities, not just human ones. Even if I don't subscribe to the idiocy of racism myself, I'm not entirely immune to being taught bad habits by people who do."

((-slaps self- Need to pay more attention))

Athelia smiles, "No need to apologies."
She looks down at the book infront of her, everything he had said no on pages, she flicks to another one incase he had more information.

"Demons are generally an unpleasant lot, mostly concerned with their own satisfaction or amusement, which very often ties into spreading whatever their associate madness is or, failing that, simply causing distress and gathering power. As far as power in between demons go, souls are what they can use the best, and mortal servants are the next best thing. So if a demon can, it will steal your soul. If it can't do that, it will try to possess you and force you to do its bidding. If it can't do that either, it will try to manipulate and trick you into doing what it wants. As I'm sure you're smart enough to realize, this means that when dealing with demons it is paramount to be aware of what is going on, to be as forewarned as possible, and to focus on what you are doing. The fastest road to accidents in demonology is, therefore, to summon when you are tired, drunk, distracted or otherwise not at full mental and sensory capacity. The second fastest one is overestimating yourself or underestimating the demon at hand." he paused for a few moments. "Usually, when starting out, novice demonologists work with demons that are weak enough for direct soul theft and possession to not be an issue, leaving only manipulation to watch out for at the start."

Athelia nods and looks down at the book, as he spoke the words would appear on the page. Athelia looks back to him,
"Weak demons such as imps right?"
She was listening intently, not wishing to miss a single thing even though it was being written down as he spoke.

"Exactly. More specifically, imps keyed with up front violent or destructive disorders, as they possess fairly little flair for subtlety. Pyromania is a time honored classic. On the flip side, imps of things like megalomania, classic psychopathy or delusional schizophrenia can be devious and cunning enough to not really be much better for beginners than a more powerful demon."

Athelia nods,
"So then, what are we to be dealing with?"

"I was thinking we start with something comparatively harmless but fairly useful and go for an OCD imp. Generally, demons will either be good at inducing or taking advantage of their associate disorder, or suffer from it themselves. Or any combination of the three. OCD imps are good at inducing pseudo-OCD, and suffer from it themselves. If you can learn to ignore the nagging, or manage to formulate a command that prevents it from nagging altogether, it can be very helpful with organizing your things and keeping your.... wherever you keep it, clean."

"Okay..."
She frowns,
"I should be able to ignore the nagging... Being in the Break Room teaches you to ignore a lot."
She smiles at her light hearted joke as if to ease her nervousness about summoning a demon.
"How do we go about it?"

"For that, we'll need a summoning circle, incense, fire to burn it in and the right summoning spell. Starting with the last one-" he reached into his pocket and took out a scroll with an incantation written on it. "- it's right here. You can read it aloud from the scroll when casting, but read it through a few times first so we're sure you don't stumble over a word or mispronounce something."

Athelia nods, her eyes flick to the scroll watching it curiously...
"So... What would happen if it was read aloud outside the circle without the incense?"