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Vox sat alone in his large office, apart from Shock.wave lazily swimming around him in the aquarium walls of his office. He giggled to himself as he pulled up another hologram screen from thin air, his electric red eyes fixed on the new screen along with the many others he had around his desk. Suddenly, the door to his office swung open violently and an all too familiar moth-demon barged in angrily after it. Vox quickly vanished the numerous screens he was looking at, and with a quiet groan of complaint, acknowledged the sinner with a questioning look. "What the hell Vox!" Valentino shouted angrily, flailing his four arms around as he spoke."You were supposed to be at the overlord meeting five fucking minutes ago!" The moth-demon continued angrily. "Ah shit, that was today?" Vox replied, pulling up a digital calendar from thin air to examine. "Yes it was today you idiot!" Valentino responded as he marched closer to Vox until he was standing in front of his desk. "I guess I should get going then." Vox removed his calendar hologram. "Yeah, you should!" Shouted Valentino, pointing a slender finger at Vox accusingly. "Yeah yeah, alright, just don't miss me too much when I'm gone!" Vox said with a smirk before transforming into electricity and shooting off into the nearest camera. "Estúpida caja de TV" Valentino muttered to himself with annoyance.
With amazing speed and precision, the TV man quickly made it to the entrance of the building of the overlord meeting through a series of cameras and such electric devices. He exited his electricity form, popping out of the camera near the entrance, then pressed a button opening the elevator before he stepped in swiftly. Vox's mind wandered as the elevator shot up, a small giddy grin grew on his screen face as he was lost in space. The elevator soon came to an abrupt stop with a soft ding noise. The sinner recollected himself, straightening his bowtie and clearing his throat before exiting the elevator. He could already hear Carmilla Carmine rambling on about something stupid. Vox walked across the hall and paused before entering the door to the meeting room to take a deep breath. Without wasting another moment, Vox made his entrance, making sure everyone looked up as he loudly opened the door. "Sorry I'm late! I was working on very important stuff. Before you say anything, you're welcome. I know you all just couldn't stand having a singular meeting without yours truly." Vox said, walking to an empty seat with a large toothy grin. As usual, Carmilla looked at Vox with a sharp glare,"How nice of you to be joining us Vox. Will the other Vees be joining as well?" She asked with a monotone voice. "Yeah, no, they're all too busy with better shit to do than attend this crappy meeting."He responded, keeping his large toothy grin plastered on his screen face. Carmilla responded with a short nod of acknowledgement, though her glare only grew sharper. Carmilla let out a short sigh before continuing where she had left off. "As I was saying, there has been a noticeable decrease in..." Carmilla continued, but Vox was paying her no mind; he had better things to think about. Before he got too lost in thought, he reached into his pants pocket and grabbed his phone to record the meeting in case there was actually important information.
The meeting droned on and on, but the TV sinner paid it no mind, after all, he had much more important things running through his mind. One vivid recent memory was living rent-free in his wired little brain, which replayed endlessly. It had taken place just days before this very meeting, like now, it had started with Vox sitting in an office chair, though that time it had been his own office chair in his own office. Vox had been sitting in his office, Shock.wave doing laps around him in the aquarium walls of his office. It was strangely peaceful for hell and especially peaceful for Vox's life, until it wasn't. A polite knock was heard from the obnoxiously large door to his office before it opened gently, revealing Ethan, who held a deep crimson colored envelope in one of his slender gray hands. "Uh, sir, you've got a letter." The eel demon explained as he quickly made his way to Vox's desk. "A letter? Who the hell uses letters still? Hell, I didn't even know we had a postal service in hell!" Vox exclaimed loudly before snatching the letter from his assistant's hand. Vox's bright blue talons contrasted harshly with the red coloring of the envelope as he tore it open. Ethan stood awkwardly in front of the desk, tail swaying gently as he waited for Vox to start reading the letter. Vox carefully grabbed the letter from the envelope before unfolding it to read. "Dear Vincent, I hope this letter finds you in a position to help an old pal out."The letter read. Vox's eyes widened at the use of his living name. He knew only one sinner who could address him in such a way, one sinner he missed as much as hated. "I know you and I have had our differences, but I assure you that this letter is meant to put aside those minor issues to benefit us both. I know there are many who would wish to see the contents of this letter, but alas, this is written for your eyes only. For that reason, I wish to discuss a little deal of sorts with you, old pal, where unwanted eyes and ears may leave us alone. We shall meet where we first met all those years ago, next Saturday at approximately 9 pm. Best regards, from your old pal.<3" A light cyan blush dusted his pixilated face as he noticed the heart at the bottom of the letter. He was no better than all those years ago. He was still head over heels for that damned deer.
Vox snapped out of his daydreaming and checked the time on his screen face. Friday, 3 pm is what it reads. Luckily for Vox, it seemed that the dreaded meeting was finally coming to a close. Carmilla dismissed the overlords before walking off with Zestial and her daughters, as she usually did after every meeting. The overlords slowly made their way out of the meeting room as the meeting came to an end, some straying behind to talk, others to listen in on others' conversations. Vox wished one of the fellow Vees had come along, but he knew well that they hated these meetings as much as he did. He spared one last glance at the room before heading for the elevators.
Back at the Vee tower, Vox had already busied himself with an overwhelming mountain of emails to respond to in his office. Replying to emails was an almost therapeutic process, the repetitiveness of reading and replying was one Vox had grown accustomed to and almost looked forward to. It gave him a sense of control and familiarity. Both things he enjoyed immensely, which is why he was now upset. A task in which he usually enjoyed was now being disrupted by the plaguing thoughts of the same sinner who had been in his mind all week. Vox's screen glitched slightly as he gritted his teeth in anger. His chair was briskly thrown upon the cold hard floor of his office as he stood up suddenly. "Fuck this! I can't even focus on my damn work!"Vox shouted angrily to no one in particular. Shock.wave swiftly swam closer to Vox at the sudden loud sound in the room. "Shit, sorry about that Shock.wave. That damn deer is driving me nuts." Vox said in a softer tone, turning to look at the electric shark. "I'm going to beat that red twinks' ass tomorrow! Who gives two shits about whatever deal he's trying to get me into?!" The TV head continued, now pacing around the office as his heap of emails remained abandoned. He circled the room over and over again, muttering incoherently, the occasional swear being the only audible words in his rambling. The sudden ring of his screen face forced him out of his rambling, Velvette was calling him. He quickly moved her FaceTime call to another screen before answering. "Velvette! What's up doll?" He greeted with a sharp but welcoming grin. "Are you done with ya work yet Vox? Val and I were going to watch some shitty movie, yknow, get out of work early." Velvette explained. "Vel, I'd love to join, but I haven't finished responding to all these shitty emails." Vox responded, earning a groan in annoyance from Velvette. "Oh come on Vox, that shits gonna take forever! Just join us, stop being such a killjoy." Velvette continued. On one hand, Vox wanted to finish responding to those emails, but on the other hand, he knew he needed a distraction from thinking about that deer sinner before he really lost his mind. Vox sighed in defeat. "Alright, alright, whatever. I'll be up there in a sec." He responded in annoyance. "Alright, see ya soon V!" Velvette exclaimed happily in triumph before hanging up. Vox hoped this shitty movie combined with the presence of the other Vees would be enough to distract him. After all, it was just one small meeting with his biggest rival and ex-friend he hadn't seen since they had disappeared six years ago. What could possibly go wrong?