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Lucifer’s POV
Resting on his bed wearing his duck pajamas and brushing back his messy blonde hair, Lucifer had been lost in thought, thinking about what happened last night. He was thinking about Charlie’s words.
“Dad, why do you hate Alastor so much? If we want this hotel to succeed, we need you two to work together. So just please, try to consider…”
It made him wonder, why did he hate that bitch so much? After all, the red bob man was willing to work together as long as Lucifer stopped calling him Bambi. Last night in fact felt like a fever dream. In the middle of questioning his entire existence, Lucifer heard someone calling his name.
“Morning Dad! Are you ready for the meeting we have with the sinners?” Exclaimed Charlie, full of excitement.
“Good morning Char Char! Yea I just… wait.. WHAT!” Lucifer asked with pure terror. Not only was he not ready, but also he had nothing prepared.
“You know? The one I was telling you about yesterday? You and Alastor are going to talk about your partnership with the hotel!” She hissed in a both irritated and confused tone.
Lucifer loved his daughter very dearly, but he never understood why she would constantly jump scare the hotel staff with these surprise meetings.
“Oh! I’m sorry, I totally forgot my dear! You know I’ve been busy lately. I’ll hurry and get changed."
“Alright! Please hurry! We’re all waiting for you and Alastor. He’s also been apparently busy.” She gave him a persistent stare.
“Okay! I’ll be down in 30 minutes.” Lucifer said with a downright disgusted look on his face. A collaboration with him? He was going to work with the Radio Demon, his sworn enemy?! He sighed while putting on his classic black bowtie. It felt like he had missed 10 episodes of a duck soap opera. No amount of the devil’s magic is going to come up with an inspiring speech in 10 minutes.
Ten minutes later he rushes downstairs. He was in such a hurry that while he was heading down, he bumped into Mr. Yellow Smiles.
“Oh! It has appeared that Your Majesty is in such a rush. Tell me, what’s on his mind this time?" He says with a shit eating grin.
“Well, if you care so much. Charlie surprised me with this sudden meeting with ALL of the sinners in Hell. I thought she had told you. I mean, she wants us to work together." Lucifer said in a concerning tone.
“Oh well of course! As the host of the Hotel, I am always on top of everything. Now, about that speech, unfortunately for me, Charlie said we must both participate in this wonderful endeavor." He said in his usual, sarcastic tone.
They both head downstairs. Lucifer figured he would rather risk killing himself while teleporting than walking with this Strawberry Pimp. When he reached downstairs, he saw all the hotel staff waiting. Angel Dust was flirting with the staff as per usual, and Charlie was pacing around excitedly.
“There you two are! She exclaimed. So, do you guys have a speech planned out?" Charlie said. The Radio Demon, surprisingly, looked at Lucifer, almost like he was asking him for help.
“Don’t you worry Charlie! I may have a little something cooked up for you." He pulled out a golden scroll, which seemingly had a script. “I’ve been working on it, and I just need to make a few changes." Lucifer had said in a prideful tone.
Charlie, looking impressed, glanced over at Mr. Red Guy." So, Alastor, did you two have a fun time working on the script together?” She looked with a huge smile on her face, almost too forced. The Radio Demon, however, didn’t look as excited.
"You can say something like that…” He said in a tired tone. He then looked back at Lucifer, looking offended that he had claimed his amazing work.
“Well, I’ll take your word for it! Now everyone, let’s go and give a hell of a presentation!" Charlie said enthusiastically, as they all headed over to Pentagram Square.
As they were walking to Pentagram Square, Lucifer had stared at the red, ashy skies of Hell. It had been a while since he’d been to this area of town, back when he was still with Lillith, he still had dreams. It was all like a fever dream for Lucifer, but it was in fact reality.
Finally, when Lucifer was done reminiscing of his past, they had finally reached Pentagram Square. Despite the emptiness of the hotel, there was a huge crowd of sinners all pushing and shoving to make it up front.
Looking around, there were huge banners with titles like “HAZBIN HOTEL: COMEBACK" and “HELL’S BIG STRONG DADDY COLLABS WITH RADIODEMON". Mostly everyone brushed it off considering it was most likely Vox and his ballistic reporter’s doing. Lucifer, however, was pretty disturbed by the fact that almost everyone in Hell sees him as a DILF. Alastor was also pretty irritated that the posters say that he’s “collaborating" with his sworn enemy. They didn’t get much of a chance to react until they were brought on stage.
Charlie had Alastor pull some strings and Lucifer had to admit, it was pretty smart. Apparently, the sinners of Hell were excited that their King would finally show up. Most of them didn’t really respect Lucifer, however, they mainly just saw him as just the “king".
“Shut up! The royal family is speaking! a sinner had said, almost gasping for air, barely being able to contain his laughter. Once the crowd had finally calmed down, Charlie started speaking first.
“Hello lovely people of Hell! I’m sure you’ve all heard of the King’s recent collaboration with the Radio Demon for our hotel! Here at the Hazbin Hotel-"
“Can you just shut up and get to the fucking point?!” Another sinner had interrupted Charlie.
“Right, sorry! Anyways, my father and the Radio Demon have a speech for everyone, they’d like to talk about their partnership with the hotel. I’m sure you’ve heard a lot about it on TV.”
Charlie gestured to Alastor and Lucifer to come on stage. They were both waiting in the back. Eventually, they started awkwardly shoving each other.
“CAN YOU STOP SHOVING ME YOU PIECE OF SHIT!" Mr. Smiles yelled accidentally, in front of everyone. The crowd was dead silent and looked at them with all sorts of embarrassment. “Shit." Lucifer yelled with a horrified look on his face. Charlie gave them a concerned death stare.
Lucifer finally started speaking off his amazing work of art and everybody started gaining secondhand embarrassment. Charlie was eyeing them with concerned looking faces. Mr. Freaky Face hadn’t said anything, and Lucifer had contributed all of the work.
At the end of Lucifer’s interesting speech, everybody in the crowd looked unfazed, as per usual. Charlie was making faces, the crowd was unimpressed and Vaggie was too stunned to speak. After it all, somebody had called out “THIS IS BORING, CAN YOU JUST SHUT UP ALREADY?!" It was Susan. Apparently, she only wanted to eat some flesh, not listen to a boring speech about redemption.
Everybody fled after hearing about the new VoxTech product, Angelic Security, had just officially dropped. On their way back to the hotel, embarrassed as usual, Charlie was whining about how nothing had gone well. She said she wasn’t mad at Lucifer and Alastor, but she was mad that nothing had been working. Her hotel, her marketing, her speeches, nothing.
Even though he hated seeing his daughter worry, Lucifer thought to himself. The speech could have gone better, but at least he didn’t have to participate in some sort of cooking show. Nothing could be worse than that.