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Charlie heard a knock on the door, she opened it only to come face to face with a sinner with grey skin, shoulder length blood red hair in curls, ram horns, clawed foots with 2 digits and blue eyes on black sclera, she is wearing a red suit, red pants, a red and black papillon and holding a microphone cane, but her most intimidating feature is her wide grin with sharp golden teeth.
"Hel-" Charlie immediately slams the door on the figure's face, she opens again just to check "-lo" the figure tried to continue, only for Charlie to close the door again.
"Uhm Vaggie?" Charlie calls for her girlfriend "What?" She answers, tired due to the day's ordeal. "The Radio Demon is at the door" Charlie explains, making the other girl's eyes widen "WHAT?!" Vaggie exclaims, "Who?" Angel Dust questions in curiosity. "What should I do?" the princess asks for advice. "Well don't let her in!" Vaggie exclaims, Charlie looks at the door and takes a deep breath, no, this hotel is supposed to welcome everyone, so she opens the door.
"May I speak now?" The demon says, slightly annoyed. " You may-" Charlie answers before getting interrupted herself. "Luz, pleasure to be meeting you sweetheart, quite a pleasure, excuse my sudden visit but I saw your fiasco in the picture show and I couldn't resist, what a performance, I haven't been this entertained since the stock market crash of 1929 haha, so much chaos."
Luz was interrupted by suddenly finding herself at the business end of Vaggie's spear. "Stop right there, I know your game and I won't let you hurt anyone here you pompous cheesy talk show shitlord!" Vaggie threatens only for Luz to laugh. "Oh dear, if I wanted to hurt anyone here, I would have done so already." The radio demon states while her blue eyes turn into radio dials and everything around her distorted into static only to then return to normal a few seconds later. "No, I'm here because I want to help!"
The 2 were stunned. "Say what now?" Charlie asked, pure confusion on her face while Luz gave a giggle; "Hello, testing, testing, is this thing on?" Luz says tapping her microphone staff. "Well I heard you loud and clear." it surprisingly answers, the princess then chimes in, curious. "You want to help with...?" She questions tentively, Luz responds by turning into shadows only to reappear side hugging both Charlie and Vaggie. "With this whole thing you're doing." The radio host continues, "This hotel, I want to help you run it."
This makes both the princess and her girlfriend suspicious. "uhm, why?" Charlie asks, only for Luz's smile to widen.
"I'm simply curious." She responds. "I have been bored for decades and when I saw what happened to you on TV I couldn't not come." her smile widens. "Besides what's more entertaining than watching the scum of the earth try to defy their fate?"
Her words made Charlie's eyes widen.
"Does that mean you think it's possible to rehabilitate a sinner?" She asks, hope in her heart, only for Luz to shake her head. "I don't think so, the life they were given was already their shot at the pearly gates, it's their fault they weren't decent people then." Charlie's face fell, only for the overlord's sinister smile to become slightly softer. "But, the world always finds a way to surprise me, obviously not everyone has or deserves a shot, but... What do you have to lose in trying?" Luz continues as Charlie's smile widens more and more while Vaggie looks more and more surprised.
"So, what's the deal with smiles over there?" Angel Dust asks which surprises Vaggie. "You don't know? You've been in hell longer than me!" Angel shrugs as Vaggie sighs "Luz, the radio demon, the most powerful overlord who ever existed?" Vaggie asks like it's obvious. "Meh, not big on politics." the spider demon answers which makes Vaggie sigh as she recounts the story.
"A long time ago Luz manifested in hell like any other sinner, but seemingly overnight, she began to topple overlords who had been dominant for decades, if not centuries, no mortal souls ever harnessed this much power so quickly, or at all, then she began to broadcast her carnage live, sinners began calling her the Radio Demon, as lazy as that is, nobody knows what force enable her powers, but one thing is certain, she's an unpredictable source of danger, a violent psychopath the likes of with we cannot get involved with-"
"You done?" Angel Dust asked before silently giggling. "She looks like a strawberry pimp." he comments on the clothing.
"But can we trust her?" Vaggie questions, the spider sinner only shrugs. "I don't think you trust anyone at all." He points out, much to Vaggie's irritation, she then grabs Charlie and looks at her with her one good eye.
"Charlie, listen to me, you can't believe her, she's a murderer, a dealmaker who own thousands of souls, she's dangerous!" The one eyed girl warns before Charlie sighs. "I know she's bad, but she seems able to be reasoned with, besides, the whole point of this hotel is to give people a chance and to have faith things will be better, trust me, I can take care of myself." The princess reassures her.
"Whatever you do, don't make a deal with her." Vaggie warns, Charlie smiles. "Don't worry, I'm not that naive, I know the basics." then going towards the demon. "OK, so, Luz, you're sketchy as fuck but you seem like a reasonable person, I think everyone deserves the chance to prove they can be better, including you, so I'm taking your offer to help, on the condition that there'll be no trickster voodoo strings attached."
Luz shrugs," Fair enough." the demon responded, she then looks at Vaggie's grumpy face. "Smile my dear, you're not fully dressed without one!" She tells which only makes Vaggie more furious. "So where is your hotel staff?" Luz asks to which Charlie glances towards her girlfriend while giving an embarrassed laugh.
"oh you're gonna need much more than that." Luz critiques, she then looks at Angel Dust. "What can you do my effeminate fellow?" she asks. "Not normally what I do but I can lick your cunt." He answers as Luz's smile flickered "Ah, no." she deadpanned. "Your loss." The porn star shrugged.
"Well this just won't do." The overlord wondered as she walked around the place. "I supposed i can bring some help to liven up the place." she continues, snapping her finger, the worn down fireplace of the hotel now appearing brand new and lit, a small figure covered in sooth crawling out of it, Luz picks it up, removing the sooth in the process, revealing a small woman with a single giant eye, sharp teeth, small black arms and legs and wearing a 1950s housewife dress.
The woman opens it's eye, and gives a cute smile. "This little darling is nifty!" Luz explains before she released the small sinner, "Hi, it's so nice to meet you, it's been a while since I made any friends." She says as her eye looked at each one of them and her smile turned into a manic grin. "Why are you all women? Are there any men here?!" She asked as she scuttered around the hotel, "Oh boy this place is filthy, it really needs a lady's touch, which is weird since you're all ladies, no offense." she began sweeping everywhere and killing bugs manickly.
Then another sinner was summoned, a cat-like humanoid with white and black fur and red and black wings. "Read em and weep boys- wait where am I?" He asks before turning around. "Oh... Great, what do you need me for?" the winged feline sinner asked upon seeing Luz. "Husker, my good friend, glad you could make it." Luz says charmingly as "Husker" facepalms. "Dammit boss, I told you not to call me that stupid pet name, I was just about to win the whole damn table!" the sinner laments making the radio demon chuckle. "I'll replace whatever you lost, but I need your services, Husk."
Husk sighs as he gives up. "What do you want this time?" Luz grins at that. "Well I figured you'll be the perfect face to man the front desk of this hotel." Luz gave Husk a bottle of Cheap Booze (it was litterally what the drink was called), Husk took it and gave a swig before finally settling down on the front desk/bar Luz just summoned.
Angel Dust began flirting with Husk as Luz turned back to Charlie. "So what do you think?" she asks, Charlie gives a big smile. "This is amazing!" she excitedly answers as Vaggie looks away. "It's... Ok" the girl settles with in response. Luz then side hugs them. "This will be very entertaining." She then began to sing.
You have a dream.
You wish to tell.
And it's just adorable!
But hey kid!
What the hell!
Cus' You're one of a kind!
A charming Demon belle!
Now.
Let's give these burning fools a place to dwell!
Luz then snaps her fingers and tiny demons made of shadows began playing instruments.
inside every demon,
is a lost cause
But we'll dress em up with a smile! (with a smile)
And we'll determine if in this cesspool,
There's someone to spare!
And show these simpletons proper class and style! (class and style)
Here below the ground,
Maybe your plan will work out!
They'll spend a little time,
Down at this hazbin ho-
The song was suddenly interrupted by an explosion as the door was trown right off it's hinges directly in nifty's face, the hole revealing Sir Pentious's blimp.
"Well well well, look who it is harboring the spider freak, we meet yet again Luz." the snake sinner cockily monologued, the radio demon in question however tilted her head. "uhm, do i know you?" she asks with faux ignorance, irritating Sir Pentious.
"Oh yes you do, and this time I have the element of SURPRISE!" He pulled a lever, revealing a charging laser cannon.
Luz responded opening a dark pink portal where dozens of black tentacles came out, grabbing themselves around the steam punk blimp, one of them tearing off the laser and trowing it inside another portal, it then crushes the whole thing in seconds before trowing away the wreckage as Sir Pentious screamed.
Luz watches her work with a sadistic grin for a few seconds.
"Well I'm starved who wants some Sancocho?" She suddenly asked turning back towards the others as they looked both surprised and terrified. "my mama showed me a recipe for Sancocho that's to die for, yes indeed it had a kick straight out of hell, hoho I'm on a roll." She changed the name in front of the building from Happy Hotel to Hazbin Hotel while walking back.
"Stay tuned."
Meanwhile in an undisclosed part of Pentagram city a sinner woke up on the ground, they got up as they groaned.
"Ugh, where am I? My head is killing me... Wait what happened to my body?"
Amity Blight looked at her hands, revealing cat paws made of abomination goo.