Good end Drift AU.

That initial effect is just as scary in a different way. Booming thunder and smoke and a dark voice ringing in your ears is a show of power and outright force – it’s frightening, but it at least gives the impression of being something up-front. You can at least think that you know what you’re dealing with.

But something that enters the circle silently, solemnly, with an air of intensity and quiet restraint, like a simple wall holding back the force of a vast ocean…that’s unnerving. This being in the circle isn’t posturing. It’s assured, and you have no idea what it might be capable of in the right circumstances, nor what those circumstances are.

In the end, his reputation may simply be less chaotic than in canon universe. He’s still powerful enough for summoners to seek out – in fact, thanks to this more stable reputation, he may even see a few more summons, since people might not have as much cause to fear random chaos and rage, however cautious they might be, and however uncanny his quiet demeanor actually is.

And if he does end up accidentally destroying California all the same due to that frenzied fight against a powerful and very enthusiastic foe, he may still have that infamy, with a side of “see? Even a ‘reasonable’ demon like Alcor is dangerous, destructive, and not to be trusted.”