A chat with new friends

'When I first thought of visiting hell. I considered the chances of the first trip being absolutely awful. My thoughts on the chance of something going wrong we're correct, but, not in the way I thought it would. Seeing I was the one who was the main cause for my small accident.'

'That said, the accident already passed so there's no need to talk further on that topic. What I need to talk about, is what I plan on doing now that I'm in hell for the day. The goal's I set weren't that hard, but, I didn't know how to go about doing them. I only had a day before I had to get back to heaven, because, that was the time I told Corrin I'd be back. Didn't feel like worrying the little guy.'

'Well, I said a day, but, I didn't say the exact time. Not like it really matters all that much. ...Okay, maybe it does matter a little bit to him, and maybe me. ...What? I promised to myself that I'd cuddle him later!'

'But, enough with the dilly dallying. I had thing's to do and nothing was really going to stop me!'

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"Welp, I was expecting a different answer from you." 'No point in trying to sugarcoat my little joke that ultimately failed.'

"𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙸 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚘 𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚊𝚢 𝚗𝚘! 𝙱𝚞𝚝, 𝙸 𝚒𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚢 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍! 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚢 𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗! 𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝'𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚢 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚜𝚘 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚏𝚞𝚗 𝚝𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛! 𝙱𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝙸 𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸'𝚖 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚎𝚗𝚓𝚘𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜!" 'Damn, I was definitely played by this guy. Now I'm going to be stuck getting taught stuff from a demon, who may or may not try killing me for his own sick pleasure.' 

'I sighed at his words, the dude was eccentric and all sorts of mysterious. He only spoke at least once when I first dropped in, and that was about my halo ring. And then he agreed with my idea of being a teacher for me? Maybe he enjoys causing a ruckus? Or maybe he enjoys problems being started to satiate some sort of kink he has? That's all I've seen thus far, and I think he knows I've already considered this.'

'Alastor looked to me, a smile on his face.' "𝚈𝚘𝚞'𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚗 𝚘𝚍𝚍𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚎. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝙸 𝚜𝚊𝚠 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝙸 𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕! 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚕! 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚓𝚘𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝙸'𝚖 𝚗𝚘𝚝! 𝚂𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎'𝚜 𝚊 𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚍𝚊𝚕 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚊𝚌 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚍𝚛𝚘𝚙𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎, 𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚖𝚊𝚓𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚛, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝'𝚜 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚊𝚍𝚊𝚢𝚜!"

'Huh, so it was because of boredom? Maybe I was wrong to think he was all that bad? Truth be told, I shouldn't have judged him so quickly. Well I mean, he is a demon, so...that's enough reason to warrant some type of concern at the very least.'

'A chuckle escapes me as I looked him in the face, or looked down at his face to be more accurate.' "Well, I'm flattered to learn that I gained your attention. Not many usually call me special unless it's someone that cares for me." 'Flattery definitely worked with me if you played your cards right, and I was usually the one who had the best hand.'

'He seemed surprised that I wasn't angry for him using me as a source of amusement.' "𝙶𝚕𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚛𝚎 𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎𝚍!"

'But, he instantly stowed away his surprised expression with a pleased grin.' 

'My lips spread into a wide grin as a smile spread across my face as well.' "Don't expect me to be available twenty-four-seven. I'm usually quite busy up in heaven, and that's coming from someone who's only been there for a few days at the very least." 'Had to put that out there for him to understand. This teacher/student relationship wasn't going to be an everyday type of thing. My schedule was already so full of things to be done that I considered it comedic that I was willing to put his him on said schedule.'

'Alastor didn't seem to be phased in the slightest.' "𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚊 𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔 𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚌 𝚜𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚊𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜! 𝙸 𝚝𝚘𝚘, 𝚊𝚖 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚋𝚞𝚜𝚢!" 'He raised his cane to the hotel lobby roof' "𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚕 𝚒𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙸'𝚖 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚌𝚔 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑! 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚜𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚒𝚝𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚞𝚕𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚕. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎, 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚎𝚕𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚍𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝!"

'Hm, guess he really hates being idle. I mean, not having anything to do sucks. And seeing this is hell? Who knows what's left to do down here if you've been in this place for a while, I'm sure he's tried about everything he considers enjoyable for himself down here in this little slice of heaven.'

'My expression became apologetic, clearly a little embarrassed with how I put some more unneeded pressure on his shoulders.' "Ah, sorry then. I didn't mean to be a burden." 'Damn my soft side and my mother's teachings!'

'The man now considered my teacher dismissed my apology with a wave of his cane.' "𝙽𝚘 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚙𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚐𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎! 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚖𝚢 𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚋𝚎𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗!" 'Well isn't that swell, no reason to feel bad if the other party doesn't mind.' 

"𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚘𝚏 𝚞𝚜! 𝚈𝚘𝚞'𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚟𝚊𝚕𝚞𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸'𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝!" 'Incentive and insight? How would he gain anything from this by teaching me?'

'All I could do was shrug my shoulders in acceptance. Nothing stood out to me that screamed danger, so, I saw no reason to say no to this. And why would I even consider saying no? It's not like it's going to cause me any problems as far as I could tell.'

"Well, as long as we both get something good out of this, then it's fine in my book." 'He didn't downright argue with me, so, that's a brownie point heading his way.'

"And as long as we can manage this without any problems, then I'm all for it." 'If this helps me become more powerful, then I'll happily oblige to almost any of his requests and demands.'

'At this point I could tell Alastor was brimming with anticipation, and I couldn't say I wasn't feeling the same way. My need to learn was burning fiercely. Just imagine all I could do with what he could teach me, well, depending on what he can and will teach me. My certainty for him teaching me a lot was pretty high, but, I doubted that he'd teach me everything he knows.'

"Then it's settled, you'll teach me when we have time, and you can gain whatever your trying to obtain from this little deal between the two of us." 'My smile widens a bit.' "This might be really good for me seeing I'm pretty much defenseless."

'Alastor guffawed at the word defenseless ' "𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚒𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚋𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚜, 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝙸'𝚖 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚕𝚢 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝, 𝙸'𝚖 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚛𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚢 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚞𝚝 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗."

'Hm, seems he believes that I'm capable of defending myself. He's not entirely wrong seeing I have arms and hands, so, If I had to defend myself, then I'll throw fists!' "You're most certainly right, I can't argue with you on that. I mean, I have hands so why not use them?"

'All I could see was a pleased smile from Alastor. Seemed I was on his good side for now.' "𝚈𝚘𝚞, 𝚖𝚢 𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍, 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝! 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚍𝚎𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜! 𝚆𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚍, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚕!"

'This dude really knew how to be over enthusiastic, huh? Couldn't deny that his smile was a little infectious, but, I was still on edge about him. Something definitely made my senses scream danger anytime I looked at him. Good thing I knew how to keep myself in check from making some sort of reaction.'

'Before I could say anything else, someone besides me and Alastor decided to jump into the conversation' "It's lovely seeing you two talk and all, but, are you going to ignore us as well?" 'I turned around to see a slightly upset spider, in which case, I suspected he liked attention. I was still baffled that he was a he and not a she. I mean, the chest he's got going? Might be chest fluff, not entirely sure.'

'I sent Angel Dust an apologetic smile then looked back to Alastor to see if I could get back to talking with the others.' "Mind if we continue our conversation later Al?"

'Only a smile and a nod was all the confirmation I needed as I began to walk back to the main group.' "Well, seeing you wanted my attention, was there something you needed?"

'The spider sent me a friendly smile while the others just looked between the two of us, some were looking a little uneasy, didn't know why...' "So, you free tonight sugar? Been aching for a fun night lately~!" 'Ooooh, that's why they looked uneasy. Seem's this is a common thing he does, figures.'

"Sorry man, I don't do flings. I'm a commitment type of guy. I'm sure you're a sweet guy and all, but, flings just aren't my thing, ya know?" 'Hoped he understood I wasn't trying to be rude.'

'Seeing I refused his offer, he seemed a bit disappointed at my refusal but just shrugged, guess that's a good response to my answer.' "Meh, it was worth a shot." 'He said.' "And I'm surprised you didn't seem grossed out with my offer, seeing you already knew about my profession beforehand."

'I walked over to him and patted his shoulder.' "I don't really mind the profession. Those type's of things never really grossed me out. I mean, some just do it to do it." 'Mom always taught me to respect ones profession.'

'Angel was at first shocked at my admittance to not caring, but then he just smiled brightly and said.' "Well aren't you just a sweet treat! Wish you were into flings, and if ya were, I'd give ya my complimentary services plus extra for free~." 'Well, he's definitely a horndog.'

'All I did was pat his shoulder a few more times and smile before walking back over to the couch, but not before picking up Husk again to cuddle with.' "Damn it! I'm not some damn toy to play with!" 'Don't care, didn't ask, shush!'

"Mmm, in my eyes, you're just a cat that needs to be cuddled with." 'And cuddle I shall!'

"Damn it..." 'He pretty much resigned to his fate as he slumped in my arms, slowly laying into my petting with a sigh of defeat.'

'I chuckled as I continued to pet him, not going to stop anytime soon!' "While it's cute seeing you handling Husker like a kitten, we still have to talk about what you're going to do now that your here in hell." 'I looked up to see Charlie standing in front of me with an expectant look, probably wanted to know what I was planning.'

'My head tilted a little bit as I scrunched my face up in thought, I hadn't really considered what to entirely do once I got here. My original goal was just to explore hell and see if I could gain something from doing so.' "Well, my intended plan was just to sightsee, but, now that I've seen that people down here aren't all that bad, I plan to find some places to buy."

"Places to buy? Your plans are to buy a place down here in hell? I mean, it's nice to see that an Angel see's hell as a possible place to live, but, you want too willingly live down here?"

'My response was a confused frown.' "I was never planning on living down here, unless I have too. When I said buy places, I meant lots of businesses. I own a good number of companies and stores up in heaven, thus, I plan on doing the same down in hell." 

'Her expression changed from neutral to an 'o' shape in understanding.' "Ah, I see! But, that might be a mistake on your end." 'A mistake? What's she mean by that?'

'All I could do was express a frown at her words, did she think I didn't know what I was doing? But, before I could say anything, she seemed to catch onto the dip in my mood.' "I don't mean anything by what I said! I'm just trying to warn you that hell isn't all that safe. 'She inhaled and exhaled, preparing to say her words of advice' "Hell usually has a lot of turf wars and disputes. Thus, making property more expensive to maintain and manage. The only reason I can really run this hotel is because I have the funds to do so, and also because of Alastors support. I mean, you wouldn't believe how many times a stray bullet has punched through some of the window's just from a firefight right outside our front door's!" 'Huh, I didn't really consider that.'

'But, I was more then set to handle that type of problem.' "Don't worry about me on money and management. I already have more than enough money to last me hundreds of thousands of lifetimes. And secondly, managing any owned buildings will be easy due to the power I have in possession, and if having power isn't enough? I'll just make a mafia or something." 'Just because I'm an angel, doesn't mean I'm pure of heart. If I have to higher some goons to do my dirty work, then well, so be it!'

'When I said that, everyone seemed heavily taken aback at my response. Hm, guess they weren't expecting that from an angel that was only five or so day's old.' "Let's just say that I have a friend that's heavily supporting me and pretty much gave me all his money." 'Heh, he actually doesn't even need money or anything in particular.'

'Before I could continue talking, Charlie immediately appeared in my face with a bright smile.' "Then you could help us! With your help, I'm sure we could really kickstart this hotel!"

'Puzzlement was the only response I could give.' "My help? Why would you need my help? I mean, don't you already have more than enough money?"

'But, my guess was wrong.' "We do have more than enough money, but, we don't really have access to many resources outside of this hotel." 'She seemed pretty adamant about getting her point across.' "I've barely got any credibility to my work in helping sinner's gain a chance of redemption. And, I've yet to even have a sinner redeemed. Most don't think it's impossible and consider it a fake dream that can't be achieved. But I say their wrong! I believe in my heart that you can redeem yourself if you truly try!"

'She continued to talk.' "What I need is support, and yet, all I have is the people standing before you! But, if I could gain your support then I know for a fact I could have a chance at making my wish come true! Imagine what I could do if I had the help of an angel that could easily spread the word of what I'm trying to do in heaven!"

'And she stopped, her face flushed with excitement and brimming with anticipation at the possible idea of me helping her, but, I had to pop her bubble.' "While that is a good and truly fascinating idea, which it is. I can't help but deny your request to aid you." 'And there come's the frowns and displeased looks, even Alastor seemed a tad bit disappointed.'

"Why not!? You could be a great boon to this hotel and us, no, not just us! But all of hell as a whole!" 'Seemed I made Charlie a bit upset, oops.'

'Apologies were all I could give, and an explanation.' "Listen, right now I can't. I'm way too busy as is. But, the real reason is because I don't hold enough influence over heaven or hell yet. What I need to do is garner support and resources." 'I stop and stare into her gaze, a spark of determination in my eye's as I stared her down.' "I will help you when I finally have enough supporter's and resources, but until then, I can't. Just...give me some time and I'll tell you when I'm ready."

'When I finished my explanation, everyone's moods immediately became better. Seems my reasoning was more than good enough, and they ever seemed a bit surprised at what I said.' "You really mean it?! Oh, thank you thank you thank you!" 'Charlie latched onto my hand and began to jump up and down in joy.'

'All I could do was smile helplessly as she cheered at my words. I was most certainly going to support this big project of hers. This type of thing is something that can bring hope and happiness, and I want a part in it.' "You're welcome, and I should be thanking you as well." 'She stopped jumping as she registered my words, clearly confused on why I said thanks.'

'But before she could ask what I meant, I decided to speak first.' "The reason I'm giving my thanks is because you're allowing me to do something most would consider foolish, but, I see it as a chance of something greater. Passing this up would have been stupid on my end." 'And there's that smile of hers! Damn her smile and that infectious aura she has! She's making me feel all bubbly and tingly!'

"Ohhhh, you don't know how much this means to me! So many have denied helping me and yet you immediately decided to support me!" 'She was exuberant with happiness, but, she immediately stopped jumping and looked me dead in the eyes. A seriousness expression showed on her face, an expression I've yet had the chance to see.' "If your help truly proves to bear fruit, then, consider yourself the first ever angel to have my backing. The Morningstar name shall support you from here on out, even if it's only just me." 'Woah, I got goosebumps from just her gaze, scary!'

'Gratitude was all I could express as I sent her a warm smile.' "Then if I have your support, then you'll have the support of my name as well." 'Should I tell her my last name? I don't know...I...I've only told it a few time's...I suppose she deserves to know it.' "My last name is laoch, it stands for warrior in Irish." 'And the cat's out of the metaphorical bag.'

'Some showed puzzled expressions when I mentioned it being Irish.' "So you's were an Irish man? Where's the whole accent shtick?" 'Asked Angel Dust.'

"I was born in the United States, so, I have no accent. But, I do have a lot of Irish in me. Well...I'm a mix of a lot of stuff. British, Irish, German, Russian, and so on." 'I could go on for days with how many different ethnicities I have in me.'

'Laughter came from Angel as he smirked at me.' "So your like one big cultural cocktail?" 'Damn, I should have thought of that one! Hm, going to have save that for later...'

'Nodding to his little joke, I replied.' "Basically, yeah. I mean, I never really considered it to be all that amazing. Like, there's way more amazing people out there with all sorts of cool thing's going on in their DNA, or...uh...bad things as well." 'It's kinda fucked what some people get during birth and later in life, well, depending on the thing that makes their life shitty.'

'The little girl, which I will call a kid until proven otherwise, decided to finally speak her mind...by somehow getting onto the top of my head and staring me down with that...eye...yeesh, kinda creepy.' "So your just like a mystery gift bag! Hehehe, I wonder what would happen if I cut you open!" 'Nope, just nope. Like, where's the nearest trashcan I can punt her into?'

'I gingerly reached up and gently set her down, sending her off with a pat on the head and a strained smile.' "I'd prefer it if my intestines were on the inside and not on the outside, preferably not as some sort of noodle art piece." 

'Instead of being down by my apparent dismissal, she immediately perked up at my mention of art.' "So, your saying I should make art out of people's intestines? ...I LOVE IT!" 'What the fuck....'

'All I could do was recoil at that, visibly disgusted at her. I mean, how did she even get that idea from me!? The only thing I said was to not cut me open as if making me into some bloody art piece! Is she like, ok in the head or...?' "Uhm, please don't." 'Maybe I can persuade her out of it?'

"You're saying I should do it now? Ok!" 'Aaaaaand there she goes. Hm, I just...I dunno...did she even hear me? Do I have to do some sort of mind games to make her not do things like that? .....I don't even want to try...'

'I looked to Charlie, still a little confused on what the fuck just happened.' "Is she okay? Like, okay as in mentally ok?" 'No reason to beat around the bush on this one.'

'Charlie just sheepishly smiled and rubbed the back of her neck.' "Eheheh, that's just Nifty being Nifty. You'll get used to it sooner or later. But, no reason to worry!" 'No reason to worry? Seriously? ...do I need to get my ears checked or something?'

"No reason to worry? How is that no reason to worry about?" 'I point to the main entrance, where the little ball of horror exited from.' 

'All Charlie could do was laugh, albeit a bit forced.' "Well, for starters, she can't actually kill anyone. You see, down here in hell, we can't die. But...." 'Why's she saying but? But what? No butts no nuts no coconuts? ...that was cheesy...'

"But what? Why are you saying but? Is there something I'm missing here?" 'Hearing that you couldn't die in hell was sweat, but, there was obviously something more to it.'

"Well...you can die, and by die, I mean permanently. It's called true death, which means you don't come back, like, ever again. However, there are some theories on what happens after you die." 'She quirked my curiosity at the words true death.'

'She looked down, hiding her face, I could tell she was struggling to speak.' "When you face a true death, it's said your souls entirely destroyed. Other theories say your reborn without any memories, but I doubt that. It's...it's not something I like to talk about all that often." 'Sore subject then, got it. I'll make sure to avoid talking about that with her.'

'My face turned a bit solemn at her words, even I was offput by her statement.' "That sucks, like, really sucks. I mean, to die and not be reborn? I know being cast down into hell is fair for those who've done some pretty bad shit, but being permanently killed and not being given another chance? That' a little too far, then again...it might have to be done for the greater good."

'Her head snapped up, her eye's open in disbelief.' "For the greater good!? How could dying forever be for the greater good!?" 'She was getting a little louder at this point, gotta calm her down.'

'Raising my hands to show I meant nothing by it, I continued to speak what I meant.' "What I mean is that it might be for the betterment of hell and heaven and earth as well. Say for instances that hell has twenty billions souls, right? Now, what would happen if earth how a staggering amount of ten billion? The planet's economy and condition is already shitty as is, adding so many more people to the planet would be absolutely horrible." 'I Inhaled, catching my breath for a second before continuing.'

"What if there's a chance hell's super overcrowded and earth can't provide for any more humans? Thing's are going to have to be done, either up top or down here." 'I didn't know if hell was an infinite plain of existence, but, seeing there's an economy down here as well, I highly doubted hell could support that many people.'

'Charlie still looked adamant about it being wrong, but, she knew I was right.' "I know that! It's just...it just doesn't sit well with me." 'Mmm, I wish I could comfort her, but, I don't know how to go about doing it.'

'I sighed, running a hand through my burning hair, which felt warm to the touch, but not too hot.' "All I can do is offer the ones who die a true death my condolences. It is a pity they die, but, the saying that life must go on, wasn't just said to be said, it was said with purpose." 

'Looking around the room, a few of the other's seemed a bit down in the dumps now. Damn it, why did we have to talk about shit like that? Talking about dying, especially permanently, really ruined the mood in here.'

'I clapped my hands together to get all their attention, well, those who seemed a bit lost in thought.' "Death sucks, we all know this. Especially all of you guy's know this. Even I know that death sucks, I've lost loved ones. We've all lost something to death, well, maybe all of us. I can't speak for everyone here, but, I'll just think that we've all lost someone or something precious because of aging or some tragic accident. But, now's not the time to sulk over such a topic. Today, today we just need to chat and get to know one another better." 'It sucked saying that, but, the ending of my little speech was somewhat enlightening.'

'The few who agreed nodded their heads, even though most didn't want to.' "Now, I need to ask how you actually encounter such a thing as a true death." 'I had to know for my safety and ways to prevent it happening to myself and anyone I cared about.'

'That question caused a chain reaction of emotion's, some became a bit fearful, others became angry, and some became sad.' "Angelic steel, a material used to forge weapons for heaven. Some say the weapons are blessed to allow for permanent killing." 'This time it was Vaggie who spoke, she hadn't really talked all that much since I got here.'

'And speaking of Vaggie, she walked over to a nearby wall and picked up what looked like to be a spear.' "This is an angelic weapon. You don't ever want to get harmed by one of these. Even a small cut would take a long time heal. The weapon can cause injuries that'll take much longer to regenerate, and, the greater the damage, the longer the rejuvenation cycle."

'Charlie decided to speak her mind as well.' "There's also those who have powers to permanently kill. Even certain demon's and angels can hold the power to do such a thing. But, it's not all that common to find a demon or angel that can actually do that." 'Hm, bad news all around. Mean's I'll have to be careful even in heaven, especially hell.'

"Yeah, but those angelic fucks, no offense Z, can die as well." 'I turned to Angel who seemed adamant on speaking his part.' "They can die by their own weapon's, which is funny as fuck if you ask me." 'Angel laughed a bit at his own words, hm, guess it is a bit comical.'

'Even Alastor chuckled a bit at Angel's words, hm, I think everyone here, excluding Charlie, like the idea of Angel's dying by their own weapons. But, I find it justifiable if the denizens of hell have to deal with shit like true death.' "But, is getting killed by angelic weapons a common thing?" 'Almost forgot to ask that, oops!'

'Some looked away, hesitant expressions adorning their faces.' "𝙸𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎, 𝚋𝚞𝚝, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎'𝚜 𝚊 𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛! 𝚆𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚒𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚢 𝚎𝚡𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚝'𝚜 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚠!" 'I looked to Alastor, seemed he wasn't done talking just yet.'

"𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎'𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚡𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚗𝚘 𝚎𝚡𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚎'𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚞𝚕𝚐𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚎𝚡𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚜. 𝙸𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙸 𝚜𝚞𝚐𝚐𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚐𝚘 𝚝𝚘𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚘𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖. 𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝙸 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚘 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚊 𝚍𝚘𝚣𝚎𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝'𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚊 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚖𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚗!" 'Hm, it'd make sense if he can take down at least ten by himself, the aura he's giving off just say's "Don't fuck with me or I'll tear you limb from limb".'

"You guy's must have it rough down here." 'That was just me putting it lightly. Every part of me wanted to just get out of here and curl up into a ball and question my life choices.'

"Rough's an understatement bub, it's a shitshow all around. I may enjoy some good Ol violence from time to time, but I know when enough's enough." 'That was Husker who decided to speak this time, and yes, he's no longer being pet, but that didn't mean I was going to stop holding him like a giant stuffed animal, albeit still small in my eyes.'

'Pity was all I could feel for them. I'm glad I was made into an angel by V, or my life would have really sucked down here in hell. No wonder Charlie wants to give demon's a chance at redemption, because, if I was down here as a demon, I'd most assuredly want to get out of this place as soon as physically possible.'

'Even though all this was being talked about, I didn't feel the least bit affected. Maybe it's because I can deal with such thing's more easily than others? Not that it'd be mentally unhealthy for me to not care, which I do care, but not as much as I should. I wanted to express that I cared for such things, and yet I couldn't. Most demon's down here in hell are here for a reason, so why I would even think of showing some form of compassion to those who did something horrible? The answer is simple, because I have a heart and I'm not blind to my emotions.'

"Well, now the moods definitely ruined in here." 'All I received was silence, which was to be expected. Not like I could blame them, because even I was feeling down in the dumps.'

'A few questions were on my mind, some that might help lighten this suffocating atmosphere in this place.' "What's the name of this hotel? I was never really told what is was." 'Needed to know the name of the place I was planning on supporting of course.'

'Charlie immediately brimmed with excitement, her previous mood all but nulled and locked away.' "It's called the Hazbin Hotel, the place where sinners come for redemption!" 'Was that the slogan or was she just telling me the name of this place and its purpose? Also, didn't I already know the purpose of this place?'

'I raised my eyebrow's at the name, seemed there was some sort of running gag in it.' 'Hazbin? Like as in has-been? Is the name supposed to be a joke or something?" 'Soon as I said that, everyone's head turned towards Alastor.'

'Even I turned to face him once I noticed that everyone was doing so as well.' "𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝙷𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚢 𝙷𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚕, 𝚒𝚗 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚘𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚕𝚞𝚡𝚞𝚛𝚢 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚏𝚎𝚠 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚏𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚍 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎!" 'Huh, seems that even though he supports the idea of hotel, he still considers it foolish? Not a very supportive team player if you ask me...'

'Alastor turned to me.' "𝙱𝚞𝚝, 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚕𝚞𝚡𝚞𝚛𝚢 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚢 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚏𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠! 𝙰𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚕 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚕 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚗𝚞𝚖 𝚘𝚙𝚞𝚜!"

'...I might've bitten off more than I could chew. Damn it, this might draw to much attention my way, and not in any way good! Ugh, what have I gotten myself into?!'

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