Since the rune is relatively simple, Alex finishes the basic rune, bloated to the point where the Ironback would likely fit inside the central portion. The lizard in question follows the little trail you set out, as you finish it's just outside the rune itself, and notices the bounty in the center. It still is aware of whatever you're doing, and is curious on what exactly that is. It continues to the leg of meat and begins eating, while the rune 'activates', beginning to glow more and more brightly until it stops, then goes dark.

"Oh, you should probably drop anything dangerous first. You'll wail your arms around like an idiot. It's an... indescribable feeling of pain and renewed understanding.", You distinctly memorize Joshua saying, again about the rune. You drop your Naginata and wait for the worst. You first notice the Ironback screaming and writhing around in excruciating pain and mental stress, and it eyes are apparently on actual fire for a split second. Afterwards, you feel a sharp pain in every single organ, as if a small army of demonic creatures were trying to rip out your guts and nibbling at them.

You can't help but scream for a few seconds, while you claw at your own eyeballs in unceasing mental agony. You soon go comatose for what seems like a few minutes in blessed unconsciousness, and then wake up, near what looks to be a nest at the trunk of a large tree, and drenched in sweat. You can't see anything as your vision is still blurred from the ungodly amount of hellish fire that reverberated through your very soul for a few seconds. You then hear your new Ironback familiar puking up something from behind you while clawing at another thing. You turn around and notice that it's puking up that chicken from earlier while waving around like an idiot, and you can hear what it's thinking. You think.

As it isn't actually sentient or all that smart, it has no words to say; but you still get what it's [i]saying[/i]. For obvious reasons, it's wondering what the hell that was and what you did, and it also wonders if you have any more of that chicken stuff because that was [i]delicious[/i]. It then wonders why it can directly think with you, but then stops, as it's more worried about getting more delicious food. You then notice the Ironback also has your Naginata in it's mouth, trying to eat it.

Well, you just got your new Familiar! That was easy, aside from peeing yourself a little.