"Wait, what the fuck just happened? I remember fainting and...OH MY GOD RAM, WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO YOUR HORNS??!?!one"
"Ow...the Devil found a loophole and has the scythe and made you cut off my horns. Lazor Cat challenged him, but I don't know if he can win. Ow, blood loss, seeing...double...can't go on...describing symptoms...much longer..." Ram fainted.
"Well, so the Big D thinks he can win at my game, huh?" said Ragnorak after staunching Ram's wounds. "Well, we'll see about that, won't we, Helena?"
<color=turquoise>Indeed we shall. I wonder if we should call up Ronald and Abacus and get their input on this. Contracts and loopholes are the Devil's specialty. An extra couple brains would help.
"Good point. I'll give Ron a ring and a holler."
Thirty minutes later, there was a knock on the cave's entrance. Ragnorak got up and paid the Dominoes guy and went back to work, eating a slice as he did so. Thirty minutes after that, the Logician burst into the cave. "Hello, I wondered when you would need my blinding intellect again. Unfortunately, I'm a little busy right now, so I'll just leave you Jerry. You seem to have most of the connections down already, I think Jerry's all you'll need. I'm off!"
"Wow, not a word in edgewise. I wonder what it is he's doing?"
<color=navy>Oh, just stuff. You know. Anyway, what have you got?
<color=turquoise>We've just about got something here, but we need a better optical than either of us has. The Devil's printer prints really small.
<color=navy>Let's see here...blah blah blah no musical instruments except electric guitars blah blah decision can be reversed by a neutral party blah blah...
"Wait, reread that."
<color=navy>What, the legalese? I didn't know you indulged, Rag. Herewith...
"No, not that, the part before that. About a neutral party."
<color=navy>A neutral party, consulted by the loser may, at it's discretion, overturn the decision. I would assume that means something like Azareal or Krishna, not good or evil in themselves, just there.
"Thought so. Time to call in a favor. Hey, MORTIMER!"
WHAT IS IT, RAGNORAK. I HAVE SOULS TO COLLECT, YOU KNOW.
"I need you to adjudicate. Lucifer won't dare interfere with you. 36 hours ago, there was a rock off here. Will you go look at it again and decide which performance was the best within the rules?"
ALRIGHT. IT LOOKS LIKE LUCIFER...NO I LIE, HE CHEATED, THERE WAS A BASS DRUM INVOLVED AT ONE POINT. NEITHER OF YOU PERFORMED WITHIN THE RULES, THEREFORE I AM FORCED TO DECIDE BASED ON KNOWLEDGE OF THE RULES AND MUSICAL ABILITY. YOU WIN, RAGNORAK. HERE'S YOUR SCYTHE BACK AND YOUR FRIEND'S HORNS BACK, THOUGH YOU'LL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW THEY GO ON, I CAN'T SEE THE CONNECTORS. OH AND YOUR OTHER FRIEND NEEDS HELP. HE'S STUCK IN CERULEAN CITY. I'LL SEND YOU TO THE PLACE HE IS SO YOU CAN SUPPORT HIM, BUT THAT ACQUITS OUR DEAL. OH AND YOU MIGHT WANT TO READ LITTLE LUCY'S CONTRACTS MORE CAREFULLY NEXT TIME. I'M SURE HE'LL TRY SOMETHING TO DESTROY YOUR FRIEND'S CHANCES IN THE FIGHT. HAVE FUN. WHATEVER THAT IS...
The cave faded out around the group and they reappeared in front of Cerulean City's Gym, Where Lazor Cat was in the middle of a battle. He got the badge and then they all went to the PokeCenter to get Ram's horns reattached. Then they headed out into the Pokemon infested wilderness.