Rico slept in his wet suit. Tomorrow was the big day. He wondered whether Rick was conscious or unconscious for a moment, but decided it didn't matter. The Demonchad needed Rick as a meat puppet in order to communicate. He briefly thought of Bruno his future boat, the dude was now a living sex toy in the Demonchad's snatch. He didn't know whether Bruno was gay, straight or bi, but he didn't think that anyone would enjoy being in the monster's vagina. He wondered about it, as he might have to go in there himself. The age of Man was ending, and the age of the Old Ones would resume.
Standing up, Rico went over to the shrine he kept hidden in his armoire, there the ancient looking tentacled statue of Cthulu stood enthroned. It had belonged to his mother and her mother. His father had insisted it wasn't ancient because it bore the imprint "Made in Japan" on its underside. His grandmother insisted that was added to smuggle it in the US. His father insisted that a pulp fiction author named Lovecraft created Cthulu. Grandmother insisted she knew better, and the Lovecraft merely exposed some of the secrets of the Cult of Cthulu before they were able to silence him. He looked at the urn of ashes next to the statue.
He picked up the urn, and said, "Night, Papa, guess granny was right about Cthulu. Chad's this wet suit. Bruno's being transformed into a boat, and Rick's a meat puppet. Tomorrow we begin the search for R'yleh, and to wake C'thulu from his great sleep."
The image of his father's face appeared on the surface of the brass urn. He mouthed the word, "NO!"
Rico laughed. His father sure had screamed when they cremated him as an offering to the Old Ones. His spirit had been trapped in the urn ever since. He lifted the urn containing his grandmother's ashes. She glared silently, she hadn't expected to be an offering herself. Rico set her down next to his father's urn. Then he picked up the last urn, it contained his mother. His grandmother had offered up her daughter, years ago. Rico would be a king among men, but he wasn't sure what his position would be to the demonic gods he served. Still he had burned his bridges and his family, literally to get here.