In the Fauni's Garden.

(This took a bit longer than anticipated because I had to come up with a name for the devil, and when I couldn't come up with a better one I then had to get permission from John Wigger over at Zombie Roomie since he did it first.)

So after a moment of confusion, Sul and I found ourselves in a sort of folded space containing a large garden.. of plants a bit more fantastic than the rest of the arboretum, very similar to most plants but infused with magic.

"Soooo..."

"Yeah magical garden."

"Sense anyone?"

"The cat you were talking about...and...something else. I think you can handle this."

And with that Sul patted me on the shoulder and stepped backwards through the portal we'd  gone through, leaving me alone in an unknown location with at least one unknown entity. And so I stepped into the unknown... didn't take me long to find them though since John's energy is rather... unique compared to most people,  and so I walked past a pair of, I think they were some type of banana trees flanked by birds of paradise to find him and another person playing cards... Well person is simplifying it, he had the torso of a man with legs like a goat and a deer antlers growing out of his head....And they were playing cards.

"So... I think I've walked in on a joke of some sort....but I'm guessing this is a friendly get together."

The cat tilted his head in my direction before speaking to his companion across the table"Aye, so this is the one I was telling you about Sam, the new up and coming magical beastly being, so what brings you here kiddo?"

"Patches sent me to find you, said you'd been gone longer than usual and she was worried."

"Her worried for me? Aw tha's cute.... must'a been gone longer than I thought.. so what do you think of my friend?"

"Hmmm....well if I were a little less knowledgable of the world I'd say he was Old Scratch... but I'm thinking a Fauni?" I turned to face him he stood up walked over and pulled me into a hug crying. "..I'm sorry?.... did I make a mistake?"

"No not at all it's just been ages since someone didn't mistake me for Lucius Morningstar." After a few mome moments he let me go and turned back to the cat "...so take five on the game I'm sure he has questions of me."

I nodded as John shrugged "Based off context....that's Lucifer?"

"Yup."

"Interesting tidbit... so is Lucifer and Satan the same?"

"Nope, two different devils."

"Honestly that's all I could even think of for right now, mind if I sit and watch?"

"not at all, any friend of John's is by extension a friend of mine... except for that one that tried to take my horns.. fuck that guy."

And so I sat talked, and after a while got dealt in on a few rounds of cards, found out that the plants were in fact bananas, but unfortunately the non-edible kind, and eventually reminded John that Patches was in fact worried enough to send someone to find him.