Ok this is for anyone who wants a good story idea I’ve got plenty but not the ability or skill to write a good fanfic.
Pretty much a year after Lilith disappeared Charlie is summoned to the surface by a cult who were hoping to get a favour from her/ the antichrist. The cult offers her a new born baby girl asking if she’d like to take its soul alive or dead. Charlie is pissed off and quietly asks who her parents are. The cult leader reveals it’s from two of their members born specifically for her. Charlie then takes the baby and orders razzle and dazzle to kill every single cultist for planning to harm a baby.
She goes back to hell and wonders what she’s going to do with the baby. Though once the girl smiles at her and reaches for her hand Charlie decides to adopt the little girl, naming her Lilith after her mom, though she uses Lili to distinguish them
Then when she meets Vaggie 3 year old lili takes a shine to her as she feels safe with her. Vaggie starts to fall for Charlie as along with saving her, her kindness and compassion along with being a wonderful mother to lili makes her realise that Charlie is more of an angel than the ones in heaven. They start as friends then start seeing each other with Vaggie becoming lili’s new mother though she called her mama before Vaggie started dating Charlie. Charlie is the mom who makes you feel safe and loved, loves singing and making you happy along with teaching her everyone can become a better person as long as they put in the effort and don’t give up. Vaggie is protective but soft with her daughter wanting to raise her to be safe and strong, she teaches her to be careful as being too trusting is a risk and to always be ready to fight for the ones she loves and what she believes in. Lili has a happy and loving childhood with her mothers. She calls Vaggie mama and Charlie mommy. She knows Spanish from Vaggie teaching her so she has to be careful cursing in it when she’s around.
Lucifer is a bit more involved with Charlie as he loves his granddaughter and loves spoiling her. Angel loves the kid too and plays dress up with her along with letting her play with fat nuggets. Husk pretends he doesn’t like her at first but becomes very protective of her. Nifty likes her but she sometimes creeps her out. Alastor is intrigued by Lili but she’s terrified of him and hates being near him so hides behind someone else when she can. Razzle and Dazzle are even more protective of her than Charlie as they are made to protect Charlie and thus her child, plus lili is still young. Keekee loves her too.
The show happens as you’d expect though with Vaggie and Charlie raising their daughter together. Make whatever tweaks you like. Also if you decide to use it please don’t make Lilith a villain as I like to think she’d have a great relationship with her granddaughter. Also no Alastor x Lucifer as I don’t understand why they’re shipped together as it makes no sense. Though it’s your story make what changes you want.
Can you do a what if Vaggi, Angel Dust and Alastor are Siblings AU?
Huh honestly that’s something I never thought of but your suggestion has got me thinking already. Yeah I’ll add it to my list and get to it down the line. Thanks for the great idea.
This idea came to me after I remembered in the old prequel comic where Angel Dust met Charlie and Vaggie stating he charges extra for women. I imagine that Val makes him service female clients or on camera so this came to mind. Further clarification that Angel Dust is still completely gay, he just sleeps with ladies for money sometimes and doesn’t enjoy it a bit just part of the job. Trigger Warnings: Domestic Violence, mentions of SA, attempted SA, Violence, Valentino, threats of Blackmail, classism, murder, genocide.
March 1974, it was a normal night in Pentagram city in the Pride ring. While other parts were undergoing turf wars and various other commonalities in the home of sinners. Though in a fancy part of town it was kept away, within a high end Hotel Restaurant Dante’s Inferno a woman in a nice dress was at the bar nursing a drink. Charlie Morningstar Princess of Hell was not having a great night. Her family had noticed she hadn’t dated anyone in a while and asked if they’d be interested in at least meeting some people. After thinking it over Charlie agreed cause at least it’d be a bit of fun. She’d arrived for her 7th date that month with a man Lilith had brought up. He was an up and coming Goetia who looked like an eagle. While it started off well with him being nice, even if the princess didn’t see a future they could still have fun, it was soon ruined when they brought up his ex who cheated on them and breaking down into hysterical sobs. After calming him down and helping him realise he wasn’t ready to date yet along with recommending therapy, the princess got him in a taxi home. So now she was drinking Beelzejuice mixed with whiskey, cause that was still one of her better dates out of the 6 other men, women and people she’d seen that month. Overall Charlie just wanted to have some fun and end her long dry spell. That’s when she noticed a rather well dressed handsome Spider sinner across the bar.
Angel Dust was having a stressful night. His new boyfriend Valentino had convinced him they could be a massive star and thus started working in their porn studio. The Spider didn’t actually mind it though the Moth had been so stressed at building his brand they’d started losing their temper or being short though he always apologised later, saying he knew Angel Dust could be the biggest star in Hell and wanted to make it happen they just cared a lot. That was why the spider was in this fancy Hotel, Val had convinced him to build his brand word of mouth from regular people was a great way too. They were less fond of this but were convinced by some kind words from the moth. The mediocre sex he often had wasn’t too bad, though he could at least find some pleasure. The real issue was that Val also told him to sleep with women to double his audience, arguing it was no different than screwing a guy who finished after a minute. That obviously led to an argument where the Moth really lost his temper before claiming he just wanted to help their career and make them the star they deserved that the Spider reluctantly agreed. They just cared a lot. This was why shortly after said argument Angel Dust was in a fancy Hotel looking for a rich screw, ideally a guy who knew how to fuck or at least a rich girl who couldn’t tell he was faking and waiting for it to end. They didn’t notice the well dressed woman across the bar.
Charlie watched as the Spider tried propositioning a sinner before being rejected. While using the services of an escort or prostitute wasn’t something she’d normally consider, their long dry spell and having the king of Lust as an uncle gave her an open view about it. As long as they were willing and enjoyed themselves plus paid well it was all good. Though the idea he was gay crossed her mind, the princess quickly decided to approach him and proposition him without talking about payment 1st, that way he wouldn’t feel pressured to agree and would only be doing so cause he wanted to . Mind made up Charlie got up and walked over to him.
Angel Dust noticed the Lady walking over to him. Even if he was gay they could still notice if a woman was pretty and she definitely was, beautiful even. It became apparent she wasn’t used to this kind of thing, poor girl was blushing and stumbling over her words. The Spider took pity on her, using his acting skills. They got close to her, started flirting by saying she was cute and the prettiest gal here tonight. That had her blushing even more before Angel Dust said they knew why she came over so what do they want. Charlie managed to ask if he was available for the night. The Spider responded by acting flattered a pretty gal like her would wanna spend the night with a common whore like him especially considering it was obvious she had money, before asking how much she thought he was worth. Upon seeing her pull out a stack of cash and hearing 100 G’s Angel Dust realised he made the right choice. Getting back into the role he told them to put the money away and introduced himself, as did Charlie. After a bit more flirting the princess led him to the reception desk to get a room. The journey there and the elevator the Spider used his extra arms to further hear things up. By the time they made it to the penthouse bedroom Angel Dust was carrying Charlie while their tongues were down their throats. Putting her down he headed to the bathroom to get ready.
In the bedroom Charlie was stripping down and going over everything in her head. She thought about condoms or birth control before remembering she couldn’t catch STD/I’s while sinners were sterile so didn’t need to worry about pregnancy. So instead the Princess focused on making tonight good for both of them, along with a magical message to her parents saying she was fine and would tell them how the date went in the morning before trying to lay on the bed seductively.
Angel Dust for his part was in the bathroom getting ready. After stripping he took out his ladies kit. After doing a line of the coke baggy witching he swallowed 2 fast acting long lasting Viagra’s. Once they’d take effect he looked in the mirror, putting the mask of an excited partner instead of a tired hooker and exited.
Several hours later Charlie was finally exhausted enough to fall asleep, which Angel Dust was happy for. Though unfortunately she was a cuddler. After wriggling free and replacing himself with a pillow the Spider got his clothes back on and the cash, though considering she’d not only been nice but checked if he was enjoying it decided to show some kindness. Angel Dust put the blanket over Charlie, placed her clothes on the bedside table and left a note thanking them for being a great client. Before leaving he also put the do not disturb sign on the door so they wouldn’t get woken up by the staff.
Charlie woke up alone the next morning. While she understood a lot of Sex Workers didn’t stay after finishing, she still wanted to give them breakfast for such a great job though the thank you note helped. The Princess got up and after calling her parents to send the limo ordered room service. Once they’d take effect meal was finished she had a shower and then got dressed. A quick checkout later the princess was soon on her way home.
Unbeknownst to her or the Spider, something thought inconceivable had taken root after that night.
A month after their encounter Charlie is visiting her Aunt Belphegor. Their palace is just like she remembered, candles that release calming scents, cushions, plush couches and chairs spread throughout perfectly fitting for the home of the sin of Sloth. The princess finds the Sheep asleep on her throne, more a large soft cushion than a chair sleeping away as you’d expect. Though upon hearing her voice they open their drowsy eyes while slowly but sweetly greeting their beloved niece. Charlie smiles apologising for dropping in unannounced, though their aunt doesn’t care glad to see them. Though upon hearing it’s because they aren’t feeling well Belphegor becomes 100% immediately asking what’s wrong before carrying them to her medical suite. The princess states it’s nothing serious she just notices some strange things, clarifying that she’s been feeling fatigued, her boobs are more tender and nauseous in the mornings listing off a few more that make the sheep think of only one thing, though decides to verify 1st.
After placing Charlie on the examination table Bel asks if she’s done or eating anything recently. Aside from maybe a new cafe 2 weeks ago everything’s been completely routine. The Sheep asks Charlie to lie back while she uses her magic to examine her. Through this the Sin is able to check every part of their niece which turn up as normal, except for 1 specific area. Her womb. Belphegor takes a moment to process this information, having to hide her face when she asks the princess if they’ve had sex recently, which a blushing Charlie admits about a month ago curious/confused. Thus with a gentle smile on her face the Sheep looks her in the eye and announces she’s pregnant.
There’s a full minute of silence as Charlie digests that information before screaming out a loud WHAT in shock before starting to pace around the room. Understanding how much of a shock it can be Bel gives her some space before asking their niece about the father, becoming uneasy seeing them freeze before saying it can’t be them. As a ball of ice cold fear settles in their stomach the sheep asks the princess if the encounter was non-consensual wrapping her hands around theirs trying to appear outwardly calm, while internally she’s planning to track the fuck who violated their beloved Charlie and make their moments waking or asleep torment for all eternity. The sin lets out a sigh of relief upon hearing that no it was a consensual encounter, just that there’s no way it should’ve been from that. Belphegor is confused till their niece reveals it was a sinner, understanding their confusion. This causes the sheep to take a moment before admitting she has had a theory for some time that while sinners can’t reproduce with each other or Hellborn, it could be possible with Heavenly creatures. As Charlie is half Angel via Lucifer it seems like they have proven that theory, though that’s not exactly comforting to the Princess in question for obvious reasons. Less so when their aunt starts excitedly talking about the avenue of research it opens up and the paper she could write on it, though clarifies only with their nieces permission of course which they’re grateful for even though it means it won’t happen. Realising theyre starting to get anxious again Belphegor hugs Charlie into her chest, the softness of their wool and it scent helping to calm them down again before asking if she wants this baby, as while they have mentioned wanting children and to be a mother several times this situation isn’t likely what she had in mind. The Princess explains she does, but feels like she should try and find their father to check if wants to be in their life. The Sin simply asks if she remembers their name and appearance, smirking at their niece revealing he was a prostitute reminding her she gets called by Ozzy often to check up on some of his partners so is unfazed by that. Bel simply calls up some of her people and orders them to gather information on a Spider sinner named Angel Dust who is a sex worker ASAP. While they wait offers Charlie lunch, reminding them that she has to keep up with meals as she’s eating for 2 now something that makes their niece give a warm smile.
Barely 2 hours later the pair are looking at the report Bel’s people gathered. Charlie is impressed they were so quick, their aunt points out that while her sin is Sloth, when their queen calls her subjects can be very quick. As the sheep goes over the report she finds more and more that displeases then worries her. They thus share that Angel Dust is not only a sex worker but an up and coming porn star who has predilection for hardcore drugs & alcohol with a reputation for violence dating back to his arrival in the 40s. Charlie feels a bit of guilt upon hearing he’s gay, realising that despite her efforts she still had sex with a man who couldn’t enjoy it whatsoever. Bel further reveals that his boss/boyfriend Valentino is an on the rise overlord focusing on Sex Work/ Pornography, already having a reputation for a terrible temper, abusive behaviour and just overall scum. After letting their niece absorb this information Belphegor states they can’t even tell the Spider about let alone allow them to be in the baby’s life. Charlie starts to protest till Bel brings up 2 points. 1: if it gets out who their father is, even if the family will accept them, to many others they’ll just be a whores bastard and could hurt their claim on the throne especially when they have other siblings. 2. Based on what they’ve seen this man is not only unfit to be a father, but he’s likely blackmail them for money to keep it quiet or his boss would do the sake if not for sexual favours or force her to perform in his pornography. This the only way to not only protect Charlie but the baby.
There’s a silence as the princess ruminates over what her aunt said before agreeing she right. Despite that Belphegor can see her niece is getting upset so hugs her once again to calm her down asking if she’s ok. Charlie admits she’s scared about raising the baby alone, though their aunt reminds her that she won’t be as the entire family will be there for them like always. This calms the princess down and thanks her aunt for their help with sheep smiling gently reminding them she’s the one who pulled them from Lilith and saw them take her 1st breath, there’s nothing she wouldn’t do for them. Though the sin herself turns anxious before asking that as she was responsible for all of the queens pregnancy check ups and as stated delivered Charlie, would they be ok if she did the same. The princess smiled stating it would be an honour, earning her more wool in the face.
Until early evening the pair go over several important details: advice for how to tell the King and Queen they’re going to be grandparents, prenatal appointments & checkups, what to do and avoid over the next 8 months. The one bit of information Charlie is most grateful for is that as Lilith was created before Eve she wasn’t affected by her punishment of childbirth being painful, so neither will they just feel tired from the effort. They only stop when the princess points out she can tell how exhausted her Aunt is from being up so long so tells them to get some sleep. Belphegor doesn’t even finish her thank you before collapsing straight onto the floor, in a deep slumber. Charlie left after dragging them onto their throne and kissing their forehead, hopping in the limo home.
By the time she’s back her parents are already in bed, so no questions they aren’t ready to answer. Arriving in her room Charlie immediately begins to change for bed, tired due to the revelations of the day and their condition. Upon getting into bed her Goat Bois who’d driven her home and their cyclops cat KeeKee join her, the trio nestled near her belly. Realising they already knew about the baby due to how much more affectionate and protective they were, especially Razzle & Dazzle who went dragon mode on a butler just cause he got too close. Charlie gave them all scritches thanking them for protecting her and the baby. She soon turned in for the night, the trio still nestled around her middle guarding their charge and her child.
The next morning Charlie woke up her usual energy supplemented by her anxiety about telling their parents. Having a long shower and drying off before getting dressed the Princess remembered what Belphegor said, just be direct and tell them. While still nervous this gave them the focus to leave her room, Goats and Cat following close behind.
Breakfast that morning was an interesting affair. The Royal couple asked why their daughter had been away for so long. Their claim to just be visiting Belphegor was accepted, though Lilith did sense something else was behind it. The pair also noticed Charlie was hungrier than usual, not only having seconds but requesting unique and outlandish combinations which wasn’t unheard of as she could have an appetite and did join Beelzebub in trying unique recipes. Once the plates were cleared away they both noticed that the Princess looked anxious, though before they could ask she requested they join her in their room.
The Royals and animal companions enter the princesses bedroom, her asking the Goat Bois to lock the door and parents to cast a silence charm so no one could hear them. That only made Lucifer and Lilith anxious about what it could be they wanted to talk about. Charlie takes a minute to steady herself before revealing she went to see Belphegor as they’d had some weird symptoms, that only made her parents openly worried till she said the 2 words: I’m pregnant. The room is so quiet you could hear a pin drop. Despite knowing they love her, the princess was worried both would be ashamed at her being a single mother with a child out of wedlock. That soon dispels when Lucifer and Lilith are happily embracing her, cheering that they’re going to be grandparents and are just so overjoyed. Once the hugs and kisses are done they ask the obvious question, who’s the father. Seeing her reluctance both jump to the same conclusion the sin of sloth did looking visibly relieved when Charlie states it was just a one night stand with a man she can’t really remember. Lucifer and Lilith quickly move on, the latter stating they need to discuss a few things. Along with the obvious like telling the sins asap they need to decide when to announce the baby, stating that anytime before it’s viable should be fine though that would just increase the rumours till then. On the issue of the father they can simply state he isn’t around, though that would mean a few fake hungry assholes would try to claim the title though checking promised they’d be dealt with. While they have plenty of details to go through, for now today is a happy day as the pair can look forward to their grandchild. They state that their daughter can use all her old baby stuff which she appreciates.
The family soon leave the bedroom in very happy moods and head to Lucifers office to reminisce about Charlie’s childhood and plans for the future. Lilith meanwhile texts the sins letting them know to attend an important meeting. The 3 spent the day going through photo albums, telling stories about the Queens pregnancy and the princesses infant/toddler years along with having lunch and dinner in there. By the time they turn in for bed Lucifer and Lilith walk Charlie to her room, the latter ordering Razzle and Dazzle to be on high alert just in case which they both saluted to. Before falling asleep that night the Princess spoke to her child, promising that no matter what they would have a big family that would adore them above anything else.
The next afternoon the Sins arrived just before lunch as requested by their brother and sister-in-law. After greetings were shared, very warm affectionate ones in Charlie’s case they got down to business. Lilith explaining that they called them here as their niece has something to tell them. Every one of the sins except Lucifer and Belphegor look at them curious as to why she’d call them here. After taking a moment Charlie announces the big news, she’s having a baby. There is a moment of silence before chaos erupts. The Princess soon finds herself pulled into various hugs by her overjoyed relatives, with Beelzebub, Asmodeus and even Satan despite his attempts to deny it are crying tears of joy. Though it quiets once the subject of the father comes up, as Charlie stating he won’t be involved causes a few to jump to negative conclusions though the Sheep jumps in stating it was simply a one night stand and their niece simply can’t remember who he is along with no interest in finding him. That calms the sins down, but leads to Leviathan and Mammon to be envious that Belphegor knew before them even if it made sense considering she was the family’s main Doctor. Discussion soon moved onto when they would be announcing it, the Queen explaining to the Princess she wouldn’t have to do anything as a spokesperson would be the one to actually deliver the news and the only thing they have to do is decide when. Charlie thinks about, choosing to announce it in a few days so it would be out of the way. The rest of the meeting continues till early evening lunch being served, plans being discussed. Though the princess refuses to have a celebration after the announcement, she agrees to do a baby shower and gender reveal as long as it’s just family which they all agree to the sins and her parents already thinking about what to gift their niece and her child. By the time they leave the Royals are exhausted with the 3 having dinner before an early bed time. They’ll certainly need the energy.
A few days later the announcement of Charlie’s pregnancy is read to a courtyard full of reporters and journalists in front of the Morningstar palace. The questions immediately start especially after it’s started that the princess doesn’t know who the father is and has no interest in finding them. The Legitimate news channels focus on what this could mean for the Royal family and what this new child could do in the future. Tabloid and other gutter media focus more on who the Father could be with wild rumours circulating that Charlie became pregnant at an orgy, that it was 1 of 100 men she screwed in Lust and other equally insulting/debased theories. While charlatans do come forward claiming it’s them, only tabloids cover stories like an Incubus sex worker claiming he spent a night with the princess or a Hellhound who had a quick fuck at one of Bees party’s, though the only legitimate candidates are seen as members of the nobility. Seviathan Von Eldritch her old high school ex is considered the primary candidate, though he explains they never actually slept together and along with just being friends hadn’t seen Charlie in over a year, though a few Goetia do put their names forward one particular boastful braggart adding salacious details. He soon disappeared after a visit from the sins so the other claimants quickly dropped their claims. Meanwhile a certain Spider sinner was watching this while his boyfriend/boss was discussing his new alliance with the TV overlord Vox, wondering who the dad could be.
Charlie generally talk it easy over the next few months attending her prenatal appointments with Belphegor with her parents, Lilith and Lucifer helped set up the room next to theirs as a nursery with all her old baby stuff. Though they did become a bit overprotective by giving her a new 12 strong bodyguard and 3 nurses to attend her at all times she left the palace, which they went along with knowing they just wanted her and the baby to be safe. At the occasions she attended thrown by her parents or the sins the most regular question asked was who the baby’s father was, she just start ignoring the question so they’d learn but the cycle repeated each time. One person that was actually pleasant during this time was Carmilla Carmine. She was a fallen Angel who’d given birth to her twin daughters Clara & Odette, before making her name as an arms dealer, including the rare Angelic Steel kind while also being close another overlord Zestial along with being an old friend of the family. The matriarch gave her some advice and shared stories about her daughter’s infancy much to their embarrassment, though the princess appreciated them.
Thanks to Belphegors powers she was able to confirm the baby was a girl. Charlie didn’t care what the gender was but it helped her focus on things like the name, decorations and clothes. They called the sins to the place so she could tell them alongside her parents. The reaction was as expected, they were overjoyed especially Lucifer and Lilith who were getting a granddaughter. The news was announced the next day with reactions varying. The legitimate news simply congratulated the Royal family, the tabloids and Goetia started wondering about who she might end up marrying despite they weren’t even born yet. Charlie for her part lay in bed rubbing their belly looking forward to meeting her little girl.
Around month 7 was when they had the baby shower, at Charlie’s request it was just family and close friends. After a delicious lunch and some conversation it was time for the gifts with the King and Queen going last. Asmodeus had made a blanket and pillow filled with his feathers so they would always be soft and warm. Belphegor gifted a candle that when lit would allow them to have a calm sleep and to also control their dreams, along with being enchanted to never lose wax. Beelzebub gifted a jar of never ending candy that could give whatever you want, though admitted it was for when they were older. Leviathan gifted a mobile that would create images of the ocean on the ceiling and walls to entertain them. Mammon’s was the most shocking as he gifted his future niece a full 1/10th of his wealth. Satan for his part had made a bracelet with the fang of a particularly ferocious beast, so they would know to never give up. Carmilla and her daughters forged a necklace from Angelic steel for when they were older. Zestial for his part had made a dress from black Spider Silk. Lilith for her part had made a music box depicting the King, Queen and the Princess that would play a calming lullaby for the baby. Lucifer for his part announced that he was adding a baby/toddler expansion to Lu Lu World so his granddaughter can enjoy the park with her mother. The princess is grateful for all the gifts and thanks everyone for their contributions. The party continued into evening only ending after a very filling dinner, Charlie returning to bed early tired thanks to the excitement and her condition though not before placing the gifts in a safe place.
As it nears the Princesses 9th month of pregnancy she’s attending her family’s usual end of year ball. Charlie is in a comfortable silk dress wearing comfortable shoes drinking orange juice sat at the high table with their parents and the sins who seek to be taking it in turns to dance, socialise and anything else they might do so someone is always with her. Thanks to her current condition the most she feels like doing is staying in her seat till it’s time for an early night. Ozzy, Levi, Bee and Lilith make it more tolerable by cracking jokes or telling stories about some of the guests. It’s going well till King Paimon makes an appearance. After his usual greetings he asks if Charlotte is looking for a husband, as he has a son who would not only be perfect but could give her many more legitimate children. There’s a silence as nobody can believe the stupidity or audacity to ask for a marriage when the Princesses parents have made it know they aren’t doing that and implying their grandchild/child is not legitimate from being born out of wedlock. Vassago not wanting a bloodbath pulls them away while congratulating Charlie on their pregnancy. The party soon returns to normal with the Royals and sins agreeing to keep him far from their princess and her daughter. Despite that she continues to have a good time before retiring to bed early that night.
It was the 3rd of January 1975. After an enjoyable New Years celebration the Morningstar palace was still full as Belphegor wanting to be close as Charlie’s due date got closer had moved in temporary. This was followed by the rest of the sins wanting to meet their new great niece asap, so the palace was much livelier than usual especially as Mammon had to be stopped from stealing anything he liked or Satan burning it down in one of his rages. But it would soon get even more chaotic.
At 5am that morning Charlie Morningstar was awoken by a strange sensation in her chest, upon opening her eyes she understood why. Their water had broken. Less than a moment later Belphegor had arrived with her staff, giving orders while checking on and comforting their niece. Razzle and Dazzle who were already awake shot out of the room, returning a minute later with a panicked King and Queen who immediately went to their daughters side to comfort and support her, while the sheep focused on making sure mother and child were safe.
An hour of exhaustion and pushing ended with the sound of a baby’s cry. Once she was washed Bel handed them to Charlie, allowing them to hold her daughter. They mostly took after her mother, as the sheep explained their Angelic heritage made them the dominant parent aside from her eyes which were a cerise-pink and white hair. The princess absolutely adored her crying at being able to see them in person after all those months. Lucifer and Lilith both fawned over their granddaughter, though they did ask what their name would be. Charlie hadn’t revealed what it would be, but had decided on it not long after finding out she was going to have a girl. Angela Morningstar. The name does raise a few eyebrows but everyone assumes it’s to honour her grandfathers Angelic origins. Regardless he and her grandmother can’t help but love the name just as much as her. Belphegor pointed out that as both mother and child needed their rest, it would be best to let the sins meet her quickly before leaving the pair alone which the Princess agreed to.
The sins who’d been up anxious the last hour were overjoyed to meet & hold the newest addition to the family. Bee and Ozzy cried at how she loved their fur and feathers. Mammon argued he was the favourite cause he made her laugh with his bells. Leviathan argued she was after they liked the feel of her scales. Satan for his part was oddly quiet letting her rub into his chest thanks to his warmth before promising to murder anyone they asked him to. Bel despite having already met the baby smiled as she nuzzled and fell asleep in her wool. Once everyone had met her the King and Queen kicked every one out so Charlie and Angela could get something rest. The sheep handed Charlie a potion that ensure no matter how little sleep she got they would completely recover, adding it’s what she gave Lilith after her birth. The princess took it before drifting off after, Lucifer and Lilith staying to keep an eye on them. Its worth was proven as the baby soon demanded to be fed waking her mother up.
After some initial teething problems Charlie soon proved herself a devoted and loving mother to Angela with her parents and the sins assisting when needed. As the Princess didn’t have any duties she was able to focus solely on her little girl, allowing them to create a strong bond though Bel did point out it could lead to Angela becoming clingy, so suggested she leave them with family to let her get used to being away from them which Charlie admitted was fair.
The 1st big occasion with the new Princess was her introduction to the Nobility of Hell. The Morningstar’s were in their best, including Angela in the black dress Zestial had gifted her and her little black Helliron Tiara. It was mostly spent letting the various lords, princes and lesser kings like Paimon introduce themselves to the newest Morningstar, not realising a 3 month old doesn’t care or will remember their various titles or boasts. The Sins for their part mostly just took the time to spend with their nieces or take the baby so her mother could get a drink, eat or use the bathroom. The topics of future rages came up and were roundly rejected by the King, Queen and Princess though a few did need stronger rebukes. The most interesting part of the night was when Charlie saw her ex Seviathan. As usual they were friendly, the pair laughing over how some people thought he was the dad and him complimenting Charlie on his being a mother suits her. It’s ruined by Helsa appearing and being her usual self, but soon runs off indignant after Angela throws up on her. The princess doesn’t hesitate to tell her daughter what a good girl she was.
Not long after their introduction Charlie decided it was time for Angela to choose the toy that would become her closest friend and guardian. While Razzle and Dazzle did adore her, along with KeeKee, she wanted their daughter to have their own. So one day the Princess gathered all of the stuffed toys set already had or were gifts to the baby. Charlie then told Angela to pick her favourite as they would be their best friend and protector. Carrying her around the pile and relying on their noises to find the right one. They chose a large fluffy white spider toy with red letters called Webby. Wondering if it was due to some subconscious resemblance to her father, the princess shook it off and handed the stuffie to their daughter who immediately hugged it close letting out a happy squeal. Angela refused to go anywhere or sleep without it, much to the jealousy of the Goat Bois and cat.
As she grew Angela began to show her personality: she was a kind, sweet and intelligent though snarky, occasionally mischievous. This was shown when at 3 she managed to get into Liliths closet to try on her nicest dress and smeared her face in lipstick so expensive it costs most denizens of Hell a year’s pay. The Queen simply laughed at the sight as this the king and her mother, though she did apologise until being told they were replaceable. That picture of Angela still sits on all their bedside tables, including the sins much to her embarrassment.
At 3 they decided it was time to cross a big milestone. Lucifer used his magic to bring Angela’s spider toy Webby to life. The Spell wasn’t complicated for the king of Hell, soon the Spider was now walking and shooting web. The toddler loved it and she her as they’d been together since nearly the beginning. The pair were inseparable, with the Goat Bois and Cat warming up to their new companion.
By the time Angela was 4 she’d develop an interest in dancing, copying the moves of people she saw on TV or when her relatives took her to see live shows. That was why Charlie approached Carmilla who was a noted dancer if they’d teach them. The matriarch agreed. The young princess proved to be a prodigy under Carmilla gentle but firm teaching. She also picked up an interest in instruments like the piano and had a lovely singing voice following in her family’s footsteps, along with learning Spanish.
By the time their daughter was 5, old enough to attend school Charlie thought about her options. While she didn’t want her to be educated by tutors in the palace the prospect of sending them to one of the academy Goetia attended didn’t feel right either, considering the environment and expectations of behaviour. Instead the Princess decided to send Angela to a good public school. Lucifer wasn’t on board being anxious for her safety, but Lilith supported it as she believed would be good for their granddaughter to grow up with her people and understand them better, exactly what their daughter was thinking. Thus they searched and found a school that had great marks, safety and satisfaction ratings. It was called Gehenna Public in a nice neighbourhood of Imp city. It was a mixed grade school that covered kindergarten to High school in 4 buildings. While it wasn’t the richest they managed to provide everything the students and faculty needed with a few extras. Deciding to give it a look they asked for a meeting with the principal the next morning.
The 34 year Hellhound wasn’t expecting to see the Royal family just appear in her office, so after a near heart attack and grovelling before being told they wanted to tour the school to see if it was suitable for the princess to start attending next year. At that she did faint. After being woken up and confirming their request the principal offered to start the tour right away, though understanding they don’t want to broadcast their appearance the king cast an invisibility spell. Cue her secretary being confused that both doors opened on their own.
The tour confirmed what they’d heard. The students looked happy and engaged, the teachers looked passionate and caring plus the buildings themselves while not the newest were well maintained with lots of character. Back in their office after a quick discussion with even Lucifer being won over, Charlie announced Angela would be attending that September. The Principal was obviously happy to have helped, while also being terrified at the implications a royal attending their school brought, though forgot about it when she agreed with them those Goetia academy’s raise complete little shits, mentioning stories her cousin who’s a groundskeeper heard. After filling in the paperwork and saying goodbye, the poor woman pouted herself a shot praying it wouldn’t ruin her career or worse. Though felt much better when she received several checks for large donations to the school. Enough that she could not only update their equipment, renovate the buildings and build a new gymnasium along with a swimming pool.
Obviously Angela going to school was quite the emotional experience. The Princess was nervous at being around so many strange people and away from her family for so long. Charlie and Lucifer despite being heartbroken their little Duckling was growing up told her it would be great, she’d learn lots of things, make friends and have fun. The King managed to keep it together till the pair left giving him and Lilith a hug, the Queen comforting her weeping husband as the Limo drove away.
As the news of her attendance had been kept quiet, the sight of the Princess and her daughter at the school drop off was quite the shock. Despite her own sadness Charlie focused on hyping Angela up and giving her the confidence she needed before walking her to the door. After a final have a nice day she got back into the limo and cried until they were back at the palace. Her little girl was growing up.
Angela for her part had a great day. Her teacher was nice, she made a lot of friends and the classes were fun. Overall they were looking forward to the next day. Charlie was obviously happy they enjoyed it and along with her parents had their favourite for dinner. For their part the Princess had also been busy. Needing to fill their time that was once spent with Angela, she went to the library to read which should be easy considering how vast it was. There the librarian revealed that they’d gotten some new books in, one happened to catch her eye. It was a medical book that covered how childhood trauma can affect people in adulthood. She spent the next several hours till it was time to pick up her daughter reading it cover to cover. Before leaving she asked the Owl Goetia to gather other books like it for her, along with contacting Belphegor for similar. After putting their daughter to bed the princess returned to the library to start going through them, falling asleep in one.
Over the next week while their daughter enjoyed school, the mother read books that explained how childhood trauma can cause unhealthy and criminal behaviours in adulthood. That gave her something to consider.
On Saturday Charlie took Angela out to celebrate her 1st week of school. They went to her favourite places along with visiting the sins who wanted to know how her 1st week at school went. While visiting Belphegor the Princess asked their daughter for privacy as she had something to ask them. After some light conversation Charlie revealed to her aunt about their research into psychology and that it made them decide to study psychology. She further explained to their intrigued aunt that they had wanted for the longest time to improve Hell, part of that includes helping people recover from their trauma and learn to live with their mental conditions/disorders. The sheep was impressed/proud to hear about her nieces plans, happily agreeing to teach them personally. It was agreed that the princess would start next week, though the sin did warn her it would be a lot of hard work, though Charlie simply asked has she ever given up just cause something was hard. Bel smiled already knowing the answer.
The next few years were interesting for the Mother and Daughter pair. Angela excelled academically and socially, becoming her classes valedictorian and most popular student cause she was intelligent and kind, though wouldn’t take shit which resulted in a couple of principal meetings though Lucifer and Lilith praised her for standing up for herself and others as did Charlie though asked to use her words instead of fists. The princess had thrown herself into their studies headlong, actually managing to complete her work at twice the usual rate which worried Belphegor but their niece was just a fast learner. By the time her daughter was 10 the princess had gotten her PhD with a specialisation in addiction and trauma. Their graduation was treated as a big occasion with the family having a big celebration at the palace with the sins and the Carmines in attendance. Not wanting to rest on her laurels Charlie soon got an internship for a year at one of Bel’s rehabilitation clinics so she could learn how to help treat people with addictions and aid their recovery. It wasn’t easy, some days the princess came home drained and even in tears but the successes she had did more than the failures or hardships did. Later she started volunteering at a home for children who had traumatic pasts. That was the hardest for her as she couldn’t understand anyone harming a child let alone their own parents, though rather than give in it only pushed her to continue trying to help. While heartbreaking, the experience and good she did were invaluable to her.
Lilith wasn’t idle having joined and quickly became head of Gehenna Publics PTA, where she managed to not only ensure a smooth relationship between the parents and faculty, but also set up multiple events and traditions that benefited both the school and community enough they continued long after her granddaughter graduated. Lucifer simply focused on being the best grandfather he could be by spoiling them. Though life was starting to get more interesting for the family.
At 11 it was time for Angela to enter Middle School which was treated as the milestone it was. They had a party at Lu Lu world for her classmates and then a private one for the family at the palace. Charlie and Lucifer were as emotional as expected, though the former was better at controlling it. Of course it was also time for the young Morningstar to start learning how to use her magic. She was joined by her mother who realised they’d neglected learning more for too long. Lucifer taught the pair to Harness more Angellic magic and Lilith the demonic. Charlie was able to grasp the magic better thanks to her experience and prior training in at least a little bit of it, plus it helped that her parents pushed her harder than Angela who they took it slower with due to her age and lack of experience. While it did take time the Princess became a master at using healing, destruction, creation and portal creation along with other forms like transformation magic. That allowed her to also help train their daughter too.
Another aspect of both’s training was combat. Satan had long argued that Charlie and later Angela should learn to fight at least for their own protection along with the former protecting the latter. The Princess did agree simply so she could learn to protect her child. It was done during her visits to Wrath before Angela started school so the sin could both teach his niece and watch her daughter, as she did enjoy seeing the animals on his ranch afterwards. The Dragon was not a gentle teacher but Charlie soon adapted as he convinced her to fight like she was protecting Angela. It started as a raging inferno but with his lessons on how to control it, become a controlled inferno. The Princess continued the lessons when she visited Satan to stay sharp, plus learned how to use her later magic lessons to become even deadlier. Angela for her part didn’t start till she was 14 where the Sin was gentler at 1st before pushing her harder. Neither mother or daughter walked away with bruises at 1st but soon they were giving the living training dummies the bruises. Both became expertly trained combatants thanks to Satans mentoring by the time the latter was 18, which each continued doing so either alone or together. It became a favourite bonding activity of theirs.
Charlie also started involving herself in the political aspects of Hell. It started out via supporting Charities that helped with issues like homelessness, DV, child abuse and poverty etc. she heard about a few but did her own research, choosing those that were the most effective and well regarded even if they were small. The Princess met their leadership to figure out what they were doing and how. In every case this led to them receiving patronage from not only her but the royal family as a whole allowing them to receive resources and funds from both which helped improve their capabilities massively. Of course their representatives pointed out the issues were being caused due to factors like how the laws didn’t cover, overlooked or even caused the issues they were fixing. This is what got them to enter politics, though she found lawyers and other experts associated with the charities to figure out what was the problem, how and the way to fix them. That caused her to start attending meetings to pass new laws or reform old ones. Lucifer and Lilith were onboard, as were Asmodeus, Beelzebub and Belphegor with Leviathan being more neutral but generally agreed with them though Satan and Mammon were the ones that regularly tried arguing against them though were regularly outvoted. These reforms made things better for the Hellborn helping Charlie to increase her personal popularity amongst them to a high degree though the Goetia and other wealthy citizens were unhappy as said reforms were either putting limits on what they saw as their rights to treat their staff and subjects or forced them to pay more in wages, protections and other employee benefits. To counteract this the princess at her mother’s advice looked for allies in said groups, finding more in the latter than the former. This helped Charlie to gain a better understanding and experience in politics along with the intrigue involved.
Of course Charlie’s most important thing in her life was her daughter and despite her own wishes, she continued to grow. At 12 Angela started puberty which was an interesting time for the family. Belphegor helped the Princess explain the process to her, which while helpful couldn’t stop the necessary aspects of it from happening. Their usually sweet and kind child started to become more snarky, standoffish and even argumentative for little reason as most teenagers do. Charlie was left regretting asking if she was this difficult, the King and Queen reminding her of their emo phase which left the Princess hiding her face in embarrassment especially once Lucifer brought out the photo album. Though once the worst of it was out of the way Angela returned to her usual self, with some changes. Around 12 she started getting taller till they were just shy of Lilith’s height, everyone assumed it was their grandmothers genes. By the time she was 18 Angela looked like a paler white haired version of the Queen, with a slender body and large bust that caused her to be seen as a prime contender for the most beautiful woman in Hell.
Of course the young princess had to go through another key aspect of puberty before that. Angela had a lot of friends male, female and other but at around 12 she started to get new feelings towards the girls and older women. She was noticing how pretty they were and felt strange sometimes when thinking about them. When she asked her mother, Charlie called Asmodeus and together they explained what these new feelings meant. This helped them to discover she was a lesbian with her family accepting them with no issue. By 14 the young princess was sought after by most of the girls in her school, with them enjoying the attention and having a couple of short term girlfriends. At 16 there was an incident in which Charlie accidentally walked in on her daughter with a girlfriend in a compromising position in bed, after apologising she slammed the door shut and proceeded to try erasing the image from their mind. Both couldn’t look each other in the eye for a week, making meals rather awkward. Though the worst was yet to come. The day after Angela’s 18th birthday the whole family including Zestial and the Carmines gathered to surprise her, as they’d all claimed to be busy that weekend to throw them off the scent. Once they were ready Lucifer summoned portaled them in their bed so they could wake her up for the surprise, but the words died in their throats. As nude as the day they were born was Angela, a Goetia heiress, 2 succubi, along with a female Imp and Hellhound lay without the blanket on top of them. The birthday woke up realise in shock/horror her whole family had found them like that. The Queen wordlessly played the bed back in her room and they all shared a look not to say a word. This was appreciated by the young Princess who arrived fully clothed to enjoy the party, though Lilith, Ozzy, Bee, Levi and Clara shared approving looks. As unexpected as it was, this wouldn’t be the biggest shock the young Morningstar would give them.
Not long after their birthday Angela graduated her school as its valedictorian. The family, especially Charlie were overjoyed and so proud of her that they had a massive celebration just for them at the palace. After multiple toasts including a heartfelt and loving one from her mother, the young princess had a big announcement of her own. She revealed that they had spoken to Asmodeus who had agreed to take her under his wing as his apprentice and thus was moving to Lust. Obviously everyone was shocked as she had never mentioned this before, but were supportive of their decision. Though Mammon was a bit put out that she didn’t ask him, but was left flattered after Angela explained she wanted to learn how to specifically run a business in a way that catered to its clientele that only its king could something she’d learned from him. Her mother and grandparents became emotional, especially the former, as she’d never been away longer than a school trip or vacation but knowing it’s what they wanted all did their best to ensure she didn’t doubt or feel guilty about her choice. The party continued despite the shocking revelation.
A few weeks later Angela had finished packing and was moving the last of her things to Lust. Having already said goodbye to Lucifer and Lilith, it was time to do the hardest one. Charlie despite managing to stop them at 1st couldn’t help but start shedding tears at the fact her baby was all grown up and leaving, though it was softened by promises for them to visit each other and call regularly. Now calm the princess hugged her daughter wishing her luck, reminding them she will always love and be proud of them. That caused Angela to start crying before the driver asked if she was ready to leave. Despite both being emotionally charged the pair separated, Mother and Daughter accepting that for now their paths had to diverge from each other. As she drove away Angela saw her family waving, as the King and Queen comforted their Princess staying it’ll get easier. Later just before bed Angela called her mom, Charlie was overjoyed to hear from her so soon. The pair just talked about their 1st day in Lust and moving into Ozzy’s place though while it was unsaid the call was more of a way for the young Princess to feel comfortable enough to sleep as her mothers voice was a nice way to calm down the anxiety in her chest.
Over the next 4 years Angela learned from her uncle not only how to run a business in Lust, but to thrive. Instead of simply having his niece stick at his side, Ozzy sent her to work under various managers in the different departments of his company so she could learn the various aspects of the job along with hearing their knowledge learned from decades of experience. This proved invaluable till shortly before the end of their 4th year together the Young Princess decided she had learned enough and thus was ready to go on her own. Asmodeus agreed and to show support plus no hard feelings offered a sum to help, which while appreciated wasn’t necessary as along with her gift from mammon as a baby plus the various others she had enough to never need to work let alone worry about funds. They still took it cause it made the big rooster happy. The Sin didn’t even mind when she poached some of his best girls.
As the building she chose was in perfect condition, the only work needed was redecorating and some remodelling to die its owners vision. This meant that Angela’s new business opened before the end of the year, Sappho named for the Greek poet of the who wrote about love between women in Ancient Greece. The building was split in 2 ways the lower half being a place where ladies come for a nice meal, get a good drink, listen to or watch some good entertainment and maybe find a nice gal for a bit of fun or something more. The upper halves were devoted to the more carnal aspects of lesbian love with various rooms for any guest who wanted to have fun with a pretty lady or 2 and any willing staff. The club opened to rage reviews with critics and customers alike praising the atmosphere, quality of service from the staff, food and beverages along with the entertainment. As this was the Lust ring its more adult offerings were just as praised. Overall it was everything Angela hoped for.
2 years after opening her Club/Hotel Angela Morningstar was heading to her office, basking in the pride of a show well done after a singing act that had the audience eating out of her hand. Thus celebrating with a nice bottle of wine and maybe some pleasurable company later was all she had planned, though something made her stop. The sound of whimpering and teary no’s coming from a nearby bathroom. Considering what her clientele often came for it wasn’t uncommon for them to have some kinky role-play in places they might get caught or seen, but that sounded too real for her to just leave alone. Inside she found an older wealthy looking succubus holding down a younger struggling sobbing one whose dress had been torn at the chest exposing her bra and was trying to stop their attackers hand going up her skirt. The young Princess did what seemed reasonable, grabbed that Rapist cunt by the hair and proceeded to bash her head into a sink till all that was left was broken porcelain, brain & skull fragments. Turning to see the still terrified woman, Angela remembered the lessons about how to deal with victims of SA from her mother, Uncle Ozzy and Aunt Bel. She approached them slowly speaking gently promising she was ok only getting close when they gave a nod. Once she was close enough the succubus threw her arms around Angela crying out of terror at what just happened, the trauma still fresh. Once more asking permission this time to touch them, the princess picked them up bridal style after receiving it. Continuing to comfort her the young Princess opened a portal for them to a centre in the ring that specialises in treating those who are victims of sexual crimes.
After getting her checked Angela called the club, explaining to her manager what happened and to take over along with cleaning the bathroom up. Once the Doctor was done they went in to sit with the poor woman. It was quiet as neither one spoke till Angela asked if how she was feeling and what her name was. Over the next few minutes the young Morningstar learned her name was Chastity, she was 23 years old, an orphan from birth and a teacher. Apparently that cunt was someone she’d met while coming in for to find a date and followed her to the bathroom to take what she wanted. Angela for her part apologised for that stating that the bathrooms are the only places without their usual security for patrons privacy, but has ordered for security to be in them from now on to prevent it ever happening again. That seemed to comfort the succubus but the check being offered was 1st surprising, then shocking due to the amount being 250,000. Especially once it was explained that her medical and therapy costs would be paid for, the check was simply part of the apology and to do with what she wanted. After another hug the Princess asked if she wanted to go home, offering them a lift. Opening a portal after learning the address Angela asked if Chastity wanted her to stay, which they did sleeping on the couch outside her door as she didn’t want to be alone.
Over the next 2 years the pair would become close friends. Chastity after paying off some bills, a vacation and paying for her students to have a great end of year trip donated the money to a charity which immensely impressed Angela. While their friendship did start simply as the Princess keeping an eye on the young succubus, they realised they got along very well. The 2 of them would visit shops, cafes, bars and restaurants together to talk, share funny stories and look at the pretty ladies around them. Once Chastity was comfortable enough to do so Angela took her out to places to find girls they could have fun with, though she avoided taking the former to Sappho’s considering what happened. After 4 months the princess introduced them to her mother. The Succubus was obviously terrified of making a bad impression, so of course she ended up tripping when they went to curtsy and landed headfirst into her breasts along with grabbing them for balance. Chastity was mortified while Charlie and Angela after the shock wore off reacted as expected, the former comforted her letting them know it was an accident while the latter laughed her ass off. Thankfully the same thing didn’t happen when she meant Lucifer and Lilith. The Morningstar’s found the young, sweet, kind and gentle Chastity to be a delight along with them all sensing the pairs feelings for each other, agreeing she’d be a perfect addition to the family as did the sins and Carmines, though Satan, Mammon and Levi weren’t sure about her.
It was before the Sinsmas after their 2nd anniversary that during a night of holiday drinking that Chastity in a peak of Dutch courage asked why Angela would sleep with any single or in a non-monogamous woman who was willing but never them. This soon led into the Succubus revealing her feelings that started the night they saved them, but had grown from seeing how kind, sweet, loving and tough they were. Though before the princess could respond her friend threw up and fell back into their seat. Thus she carried them to bed after striping her down to their underwear. The next morning Angela decided to be direct asking Chastity if she meant what she said, despite her hangover and embarrassment admitted it was true. Letting it sink in the princess then admitted she shared the same feelings for them. Cue a silence before they both just burst out laughing this is how they confess, before hugging. They spend the rest of the day cuddling on the couch before the princess invites the succubus as her date to their family party, which is happily if anxiously accepted. This leads to their 1st kiss.
At the party no one was surprised to hear they were together, with money changing hands to Charlie who made the winning bet about when they would get together. After the initial embarrassment the couple enjoyed their 1st Morningstar party together. Everyone easily welcomed her to the family, even if Satan, Mammon and Leviathan needed time to do so but were able to as they saw how happy she made their niece.
The new couple’s relationship wasn’t that different from their friendship. They still went to the same shops, bars, restaurants and cafes, though new much pricy ones were visited for dates with Angela spoiling Chastity with gifts of jewellery, clothes, luxury vacations and overall just spoiling the succubus. Chastity herself worried it would seem like she was just using Angela for her money, the princess though managed to calm her fears and it was just their way of showing how much they love her. After a year together the pair moved in together the teacher relocating to their partners palace in Lust full time. It was quite the change going from a modest apartment to a palatial estate with staff waiting to fulfil any request she might think off, but they soon adapted. Though Chastity kept working at the school, which thanks to her connections was able to get a lot more funding which was good for everyone involved. After 2 years the pair mutually decide to get married, much to the joy of the family using rings that Lucifer himself made. As they don’t want to wait a year Angela asks the sins how soon they can plan it, agreeing on 3 months.
The day of the wedding is absolutely perfect, as with the sins planning despite the short time frame made it the event of the century. Despite the couples preferences as it was a royal wedding it had to be treated with all the prestige of one. Thus along with a guest list including all those judged deserving in Hell’s High Society and celebrities to both perform/attend the issues of catering, news coverage and security. Due to the fact it was their niece getting married the sins, even Mammon gave their rings the day off to celebrate. It was most popular in Lust considering one of their own was joining the Morningstar’s. Leviathan toon care of the dresses: Angela chose to wear a dress similar to Lilith’s wedding gown, it was black with a slit down the side and showed off her chest with a pin of the Morningstar crest in her hair which was in an up ponytail. Chastity chose a dress that complimented her reddish-pink skin and was a bit more chaste than her fiancés. Before the ceremony the Queen gifted her daughter-in-law the necklace she wore for her own wedding to Lucifer, while Charlie gave the Princess a pendant she’d had made the day she was born to always remind her of what’s important. The couple walked into the ceremony together to show that they always would be from that moment on. The king officiated, giving a speech about how despite bad things can get as long as you’ve got someone you love by your side you can survive before declaring the brides wedded and may kiss, which they wasted no time in doing to the cheers of family, friends and other guests.
The reception after was something that would be remembered for decades after, though not for the good or entertainment though it was excellent. It was due to things like Beelzebub getting drunk enough to strip nude and fly around the room before being captured then covered in a curtain, Mammon pissed off Satan who accidentally set a table cloth on fire, Asmodeus managed to start an orgy in his room that he was in and out of through the evening, Leviathan caused 3 breakups, 2 divorces and revealed a cheating scandal thanks to the gossip learned during the event, Belphegor meanwhile put several people near her to sleep and the grandparents of the bride focused on keeping them calm so the couple could focus on their day. Charlie for her part took the pair aside, saying that today was wonderful and she’s so glad to see them so happy admitting she’s proud to have them as her daughters. This while sweet for Angela was overwhelming for Chastity who as an orphan always longed for a family now she had one. The Succubus hugged her mother in law crying which was returned with the young princess joining in. Overall it was a perfect day.
Over the next few years life continued on for the Morningstar’s. As she was now married to their granddaughter, Lilith and Lucifer gave Chastity the rank of Princess consort which came with an annual income and an estate in each ring along with the gift of immortality and eternal youth. Just like before she refused to be idle, along with keeping her job teaching they started working with Charlie in charity work, specifically ones that helped children and spoke about her experiences of being assaulted while supporting then setting up their own charity that helped victims of Sexual Assault/similar crimes. That helped to make her very popular amongst the citizens of Hell. Angela for her part continued to manage Sappho’s while investing in several businesses outside and within Lust to ensure a regular income along with supporting her wife and mother in their charity work along with her own.
Around this time Charlie decided to increase her own efforts to help Sinners as much of her efforts had been focused on Hellborn. Their 1st idea was to suggest a visa programme that would allow sinners to leave Pride and potentially even settle permanently in other rings. Only Lilith supported her idea. Satan, Mammon and Leviathan claimed they were too much trouble. Ozzy, Bee and Bel stated that due to their durability and in many cases powers/abilities made them a threat to their citizens which Lucifer agreed with. Despite that they didn’t give up. Her next big project was setting up a town away from Pentagram city so Sinners could have a safe place to live without the violence of the city or having to make deals with Overlord. The Queen backed it with royal funding and their own money only asking to name the town “New Eden” as a joke towards Heaven and an ideal of what it could be. It was completed within 2 1/2 years with enough homes, retail, recreation and public spaces including immaculate parks for up to 20,000 people. Applications flooded in but thanks to the system only those who weren’t a danger were accepted. The town soon proved itself as being a generally safe place to live without the violence or chaos of the city aside from minor crime which the local authorities dealt with. A requisite of citizenship was that soul deals were explicitly forbidden and those attempting to make one would be thrown out. Shortly after its success the Princess started planning to build several more towns but they ran into several issues: the applications were down 70% and many of those were withdrawn as rumours started circulating it was a fancy way to enslave sinners, paperwork was sabotaged for deliveries and construction parts were being stolen or destroyed, along with some Hellborn being upset that sinners were getting nice news places to live while they weren’t. These issues combined forced Charlie to cancel the project with a heavy heart though she refused to give up. They then tried to set up centres that could help new arrivals acclimate better in which they’d receive a place to sleep, 3 meals a day and assistance in finding a job along with a residence. Considering it was in Pentagram city proper the building required magical protections and armed security. The 1st centre did well, but it was obvious that others wouldn’t be as effective so the plans for them were shelved due to the chaos of the city and the sinners not trusting a royal project. The princess decided to try smaller scale projects that seemed to have success but nowhere near what they could’ve. Charlie refused to let that demoralise her and focused on the good she did do. Overall things had been going well for the Morningstar’s family, though sadly it wouldn’t last.
From mid 2016 Heaven had been calling for more meetings to discuss the influx of sinners which was reaching massive levels. Sera kept making demands for Lucifer to handle it or they would, which angered Lilith reminding her Heaven has no right to tell them what to do with their kingdom or people. When the king was more apathetic about the Sinners it caused an argument that ended with the Queen moving rooms and their interactions being frosty or more arguing. Lilith then started leading rallies of Sinners to resist Heavens over reach, they grew gradually from 1,000s to close to a 1,000,000. Charlie for her part agreed with her mother and started to see Lucifer less due to being unhappy at how little he cared about their people. Angela was equally upset but kept in contact with her grandfather, guessing there was something more underlying for his reasoning. While the Morningstar’s were becoming more fractured, soon they would be broken.
On New years 2017 a portal from Heaven opened and from it a swarm of masked Angels descended. They started massacring the confused then panicked dinners without mercy for the next several Hours, killing without pity or mercy. In the aftermath the death toll was estimated at close to 50,000 sinners had been permanently cleansed, thanks to their Angelic weapons. During the Chaos afterwards Lucifer announced that he’d agreed to allow Heaven to carry out this extermination annually to prevent them from threatening their kingdom in exchange for Hellborns being and that no reprisal would be carried out. Obviously there was even more pandemonium as the fact that this was the new normal now where these so called exorcists would come once a year to kill them and based on what footage there was, were invulnerable. Many were terrified at this that now they could be killed permanently and die again, some were angry, while others saw the opportunity this brought to gather their discarded weapons to settle old scores and take the dead’s territory and belongings. Carmilla already known for her high quality weapons decided to start scavenging them as well, she already made Angellic weapons secretly for the Morningstar’s and in small quantities for the nobility but she could make even more claiming it was from the Angels leftovers. Though there was one big reveal left.
Charlie had rushed straight to the Palace having returned from visiting Angela & Chastity in Lust, only discovering the extermination after it was over thanks to the media blackout likely so she wouldn’t try to stop it. Arriving the princess started searching for Lilith, hoping that together they could convince Lucifer to stop this and force Heaven to cancel it. But the bedroom she’d moved into was empty, as was their office and every other room they frantically searched throughout the palace. It wasn’t till she found Lucifer in his office looking desolated. The king informed Charlie he’d already looked in the palace and all of Hell but for some reason couldn’t find the queen. She was gone. That pushed the Princess over the line, she started crying at the idea her mother was gone, secretly wondering if it was cause she failed to make Hell better like she hoped. Lucifer moved to comfort his daughter but was shocked when she turned full demon form, screaming at him to back the fuck off. Charlie for her part made it known just how furious, betrayed and disgusted she was with her father for allowing their people to be murdered like cattle. Uninterested in any of his reasoning the Princess made it known he was dead to her, that she wanted nothing to do with him anymore before portalling out. Lucifer later found her room devoid of her most important and necessary items. Having lost his wife for what he believes is his own fault and daughter disowning him for the extermination, the king slumps into a deep depression and starts to seal himself away to wallow in his despair and regret.
Charlie contacted the rest of the family to let them know about Lilith. Obviously they were shocked, confused and worried as they had no idea where she could’ve gone. Though the frantic Princess then started trying to convince them to help her stop the exterminations, but she received none. The Sins pointed out that they only affected Sinners while the treaty ensure Hellborn were left alone so they saw no reason in risking all of Hell for a small portion of it. That causes an already upset Princess to lose her temper telling they were as useless as her father and didn’t care about the suffering of her people, so they should just fuck off and leave them alone if they won’t help. The 6 of them were shocked as they’d never seen their niece like this before, following her request as it was obvious their presence would just upset her more. Angela and Chastity stayed managing to calm them comfort Charlie as she broke down sobbing, completely overwhelmed by the heartbreak, loss and betrayal of the day. The Sins did try to contact Lucifer but he simply ignored their calls locking himself away in his palace broken by their loss of family.
The news of Liliths disappearance had only made an even more chaotic situation worse with wild theories being thrown around: Heaven had kidnapped her so Lucifer would allow the exterminations, she was in hiding planning an invasion of Heaven, that Angela had assassinated her to get closer to the throne and other bits of idiocy like that. Regardless without their Queen her resist movement fell apart as no one could hope to replace her and fighting Exorcists seemed suicidal. Of course some refused to be idle.
Charlie even if she knew they couldn’t force Heaven to stop, could at least limit the damage. Using her access to the Royal Treasury the Princess contacted multiple construction companies through Hell offering 3x their usual rates for a large scale project in pride. The job was to construct multiple bunkers throughout the ring that sinners could shelter within if they were homeless, recently arrived or caught out during an Extermination. These could vary from enough for 1 person to several dozen at a time stocked with enough rations to last till it was safe along with lavatory facilities. The next part was a large scale warning system that would cont down by the hour then minutes to give those listening enough of a warning to get to safety. As this was a project backed by the Royal Family, the overlords were smart enough to stay away and those thugs that didn’t soon paid the price. Shortly after lashing out at the sins she called them to meet in person and apologise for what happened, explaining that she understood their reasoning and that agrees that risking all of Hell isn’t the right solution either. They accept easily, understanding she was just going through a very upsetting day so don’t hold it against her. Though she did make a request of 2 of them, stating that if the exterminations can’t be stopped Sinners can still be saved. Charlie asked Bel to let her staff know they would receive a large payday if they were willing to go out and treat injured sinners during the purge, along with asking Satan to provide guards for them. The Dragon wasn’t exactly thrilled but agreed seeing just how important to his niece this was, along with hoping the experience would be good for his soldiers to get real experience. While these measures didn’t stop the death toll, it did blunt it. Sinners also took notice and while many wouldn’t say it, they were grateful to the Princess for saving them or their loved ones. It also helped that Charlie along with Angela and Chastity to help as well, despite how few people they found survived, the ones they did made it worth the effort.
Of course there was more yet to repair within the House of Morningstar. Angela and Chastity had stayed in contact with Lucifer, regularly visiting to make sure his depression didn’t get too bad which he appreciated though still didn’t fix things. The young Princess tried convincing her mother to talk to him but Charlie refused not having anything to say to him. This continued for the better part of a year until finally Belphegor decided to step in. The Sheep revealed that Lucifer had been suffering from depression and PTSD ever since giving the apple to Eve causing evil to come into the world, then being cast out of Heaven, that Lilith helped him keep it under control even though he refused to get therapy like she’d suggested multiple times, so now he was suffering the worst case they’d ever had considering their wife was missing along with being disowned by his daughter. That shocked the Princess as she’d never known any of this, though is further shocked when Bel says her parents didn’t want her to know so as to not burden them. This caused Charlie to go silent as she thought over what they’d just heard, feeling immense guilt over how she treated him after the 1st extermination. The Sin comforted their niece by reminding her that their feelings were valid and while she does want father and daughter to reconcile, that doesn’t mean they have to forgive him at least not yet. That causes the Princess to seriously rethink things.
A week later Charlie takes the plunge to visit her dad. The palace is much different than it once was. Instead of the sounds of staff and officials moving through the building with Goetia or representatives requesting the Monarchs support for a dispute or requests it was dead silent with cobwebs in the corners getting big. Wincing in pity at just how bad her former childhood home had gotten, the Princess began looking for her father. The Throne room was just as neglected, the royal bedroom was still being actively used considering how lived in it looked, so that left only one place. Lucifers workshop was like the princess remembered, though with a lot more rubber ducks as their maker was bent over his workbench. Charlie was frozen for a good few minutes before calling out to her dad, causing him to jump in shock before turning to face his daughter face a mix of shock/hope. Their both quiet as neither knows what to say, before after some fumbled words they agree to go to the lounge to talk.
It’s awkwardly quiet for the next 30 minutes as neither of them knows what to say till they both start and accidentally interrupt the other. Charlie begins by stating that she’s still angry at him about agreeing to the exterminations and allowing their people to be slaughtered, but understands it was to protect the Hellborn and their family. They also admit that losing mom didn’t help her attitude either, even admits she was willing to never speak to him again. But Belphegor told her about his depression and trauma from the apple along with being cast out, how Lilith helped him with it. The Princess states that despite everything she still loves him and wants him to be happy/well. As she knows he’s been refusing in the past makes him a deal, if he starts getting treatment they’ll start attending family therapy with him so not only will he get better but they both will. The king is silent as Charlie goes further saying she knows what trauma and depression can do, especially when left untreated that despite her anger she knows he’s suffering and has been for so long probably worse with the Queen but it’s their next words that break him. I love you and I’m here for you. That sends Lucifer into a full on sobbing fit as his daughter holds him close, offering comfort and warmth. Once he calmed down, along with stopped apologising, they agreed to the other realising the help would be good on both the personal and for their relationship. The Princess agreed suggesting they have some dinner and she can call Bel tomorrow which he happily agrees to. The meal is nice and while it didn’t fix all their problems, it was close to how things were without Lilith present. Charlie as agreed called her aunt, who was ecstatic to hear Lucifer had agreed and happily set up personal appointments for both as their niece admitted she thought it was worth trying considering her feelings about mom disappearing, along with family therapy for the pair of them.
Their 1st joint appointment was a few days later, individual appointments the day after. The therapist was a Baphomet named Lavender who Belphegor herself had chosen, as her qualifications and personality she thought would be a perfect fit for the Morningstar’s. Charlie and Lucifers 1st appointment was simply about setting the rules and starting a dialogue between the 2. It took time but the Father Daughter pair were able to begin repairing their relationship and become closer gradually like they once were. The individual therapy followed a similar process with the king being diagnosed with both depression and PTSD like the sin thought, along with his appointments he was given a prescription for medication made by Bel herself. The Princess’s was about dealing with her abandonment issues and fears that Lilith left cause she wasn’t good enough in making Hell better. Gradually lavender helped the pair heal. Lucifer’s medication and his treatment helped him see what happened with the apple releasing Evil wasn’t a malicious act but a well intentioned one that went wrong, along with him not being responsible for the evils of the world though the hardest aspect was that of his belief he drove Lilith away. That was a very difficult nut to crack. Charlie’s was about helping her see that their mother didn’t leave cause of anything to do with them and reminded her of how proud they always were of them. Even then both still had bad days where despite treatment and support, their conditions were simply too strong to be overcome at least temporarily. The best option was to give them the love and support they needed.
Gradually Charlie and Lucifer rebuilt their bond, acting more like the family they once were. After a few months the pair started spending time together just the 2 of them, doing things like feeding the ducks, having breakfast and dinner normally Father Daughter activities. This helped the king reconnect with the sins, which they were ecstatic about, along with stepping back into his role as king. This pleased everyone in the family even if they knew there was still a hole for their missing queen.
4 years before the Hazbin Hotel Pilot, Charlie is searching the aftermath of an extermination for survivors with Angela and Chastity following. As can be expected they’ve barely found anyone who wasn’t too far gone let alone able to help, which was a constant since this travesty had begun 3 years ago. The Princess is silent as they march through a street covered in bodies so thick they can’t avoid stepping on them. The trio continues until something in an alley catches Charlie’s eye. She follows it till she finds a woman bleeding from her back and left eye against a dumpster. Immediately the Princess starts bandaging their eye, blushing when she smiles at them. Further back her daughter/in-law freeze at what they see on the floor and the garbage can. Angela immediately tells her mother what she’s found reminding her what has gold blood. Charlie freezes before picking up the unconscious exorcist, stating that until she knows what happened to them they still deserve help. The Young Princess isn’t sure but is overruled by her wife, simply going along with it though picks something she sees on the floor before joining her mother through the portal she opened.
Upon arriving at the house Charlie was now living in, which internally was more like a palace, the princess carried her charge to the guest room while Chastity called Belphegor and Angela followed close behind. Placing their charge on the bed of the guest suite Charlie used her magic to remove their clothes summoning the medical cabinet, withdrawing potions the sin of sloth herself made to deal with even the worst wounds. Though before applying them she froze, as did her daughter both their eyes went wide. They realising that rather than back wounds the Exorcist’s wings had been removed, considering how the appendages are viewed as vitally as a limb it shows just how serious her injuries are. The young princess drops her suspicion to help their mother start applying the potions to stop the pain and help accelerate the healing process. By the time they finish the wounds are starting to knit together, her pained moans disappears. The Sheep soon arrives completely alert considering the gravity of the situation. After complimenting her nieces work she voices the obvious question, what did this. While Charlie is uncomfortable with checking their patients memories along Chastity, Bel along with Angela point out that they need to know who could take down an Angel and if she’s dangerous. What they see changes a lot of things.
A day later Vaggie awakens in a soft bed on her stomach, shocked at not only that but also their eye and back no longer feel like they’re on fire. Looking around she realises the room they’re in is big and warmly decorated. The Ex-exorcist is left trying to remember what happened when the door opens, in walking the woman who rescued her, who she just realises is the Princess of Hell herself. Though instead of threats, torture implements or even an evil look they’re smiling with a tray of soup and bread. Charlie for her part is happy to see their patient is awake, but tamps down the excitement considering what she went through. Vaggie for her part is shocked more that Lucifers daughter is bringing her food than that she put her in a warm bed with wounds treated, as the latter 2 could’ve been part of some psychological torment to fuck with her mentally. Instead she asked how they were feeling and if they needed anything, which just furthered their confusion. Vaggie finally asks why she’s being so kind to her. That seems to catch the Princess off guard, though she quickly recovers stating cause they know what she did to wind up down here. That causes the former exorcist to freeze before she continues stating they’re free to come down when ready, offering to give them a tour before leaving stopping to introduce herself. Vaggie hesitates before giving her own name. Alone again the Angel tests the soup, finding that along with not being poisoned it’s actually quite good dipping the bread in before devouring them too.
Vaggie stayed in the room for several hours until she heard a scratching noise at the door. Curious she opened it to find a one eyed cat looking up at her. After a moment of just staring it started curling around their legs, purring causing the Angel to bend down to scratch behind their ears. This gesture caused the cat to start nuzzling Vaggies face making her smile. A laugh let her know that Charlie was back, smiling at the adorable scene letting them know dinner was ready and asking if she wanted to join them downstairs. Hesitating the Angel then agreed though stopped remembering she was only wearing a sleep dress, till the Princess portalled her clean clothes on the bed saying she’d wait outside while they got dressed.
After getting dressed in her now clean clothes, Vaggie followed Charlie with the cat she learned was KeeKee to the dining room. The place seemed like a palace, which wasn’t surprising considering who its owner was. The trio walked down the stairs till they reached the kitchen, which was massive, seeing 5 other people there. The Princess introduced the Angel to Razzle and Dazzle, her childhood guardians who flew over to greet their charge/mistress along with being friendly to her guest. Vaggie also a spider on the table laying out places, who she guessed was like the Goat Bois. Though the remaining 2 were the most standout out. 1 was a succubus she recognised as the Princess-Consort next to her wife, which helped Vaggie understand why Adam hated any pictures of the woman as she looked very much like Lilith. Charlie introduces them to her, Chastity being the warmest while their wife is more neutral.
As they sit down to eat the Angel is still tense despite how no one is being threatening. She almost jumps when Charlie asks what her name is, realising she never got it. Vaggie is silent before telling them, at which point Angela laughs asking if she means like Vagina, earning her a kick under the table from her wife. The Angel explains that Adam named her as she was one of his best girls and thus he chose the best thing ever. There’s a silence as they absorb that, Chastity stating at least in Lust they’d at least use something more tasteful than being that low brow while the Princess states an understanding for why Lilith left him. Vaggie simply states they’d understand even more hearing what he said about the 3 of them. The young princess is obviously curious, pressing the Angel to tell them despite her mother and wife trying to protest. Realising she has no option does so: Adam claimed that the reason why Charlie can’t remember who her daughters father is cause she’s a massive slut who probably got knocked up in a gangbang with maybe a 100 sinners fucking her and that’s why she can’t tell which ones load knocked her up. That Chastity is a gold digger who’s probably screwing ladies on the side and Angela herself is a whore who opens her legs for a bit of cash considering her club. The table is silent as everyone except Chastity, who is trying to keep the peace, is pissed off the princess stating she understands why her mom left that prick so long ago Vaggie adding it’s worse having to see him daily. Things soon calm down as everyone returns to the meal, the young Princess does admit that the Angel that seems alright though states that she’d have tied her to the bed if they didn’t see them sparing that kid. Though the succubus kicks her under the table once more, Angela simply says it’s not like she was talking about when they do it. That caused Vaggie to snort a laugh while Charlie is doing her best not to think of that image in their head.
Once the initial chaos ended dinner proceeded well, though Vaggie was quiet considering the obvious reasons. Once it ended the Angel returned to her room claiming she was tired, though she really just wanted to be alone. So deep into her thoughts Vaggie didn’t realise she had company, until she turned to find Razzle, Dazzle and KeeKee on her bed. Quickly realising the reason, it is soon confirmed when they meow or bleat when asked if Charlie told them to keep them company. Understanding the futility of attempting otherwise, the Angel simply changed into her sleep dress only then realising it was pure hell silk leaving her stunned the Princess would give them such a thing. Vaggie was too tired so curled up into bed rather than give it much thought. The Cat and Goat Bois soon nuzzled in, almost protectively, their gentle sounds helping ease her off to sleep. Their soft fur also helps.
Vaggies 1st week at Charlie’s home is an interesting experience, especially as Angela and Chastity have to return to Lust for their own responsibilities though not before the former gives the Angel an obvious warning. Over the next several days Vaggie sticks to her room, only leaving to cook for herself once learning she is allowed to. Aside from that she watches TV to get an impression of what living in Hell might be like, reading some of the books from her rooms large library or just doing nothing. The Goat Bois and cat are a godsend as they provide her with company plus support considering how often they’ve helped them during flashbacks and panic attacks. They also see the Princess in passing around the home as it’s obvious she’s giving them space to settle in, giving friendly waves or checking in how she’s doing. It’s not until the 7th day when Charlie finally enters the Angels room asking if she’d like to go shopping. After the initial confusion the Angel asks what they mean, cue more confusion that it’s so she can get more clothes. Vaggie isn’t exactly comfortable with leaving her room, especially as Charlie states she’d pay for them. After more attempts at deflection the Princess reminds the Angel she’s only got the clothes they found her in and the sleep dress given to her, if it wasn’t for the fact they were regularly washed both would smell absolutely rank soon enough. That causes them to pause, though when Charlie reminds Vaggie no one knows about her past along with the promise to stay close to them for extra security they finally agree. This allows the Angel to discover that instead of the palace she expected, the Princesses home is actually a simple house outside Pentagram city.
Vaggie’s 1st trip into the Pride ring is tense. Every single explosion, loud noise be it a conversation or slamming door causes the poor Angel to tense up though Charlie’s presence helps keep them calm by holding her hand and a warm soothing smile. The shopping trip soon shows the pairs different definition of the act. While Vaggie did sometimes buy things like trinkets and the like, the Princess is used to much more. Instead of just a some new clothes Charlie takes them to multiple stores for new outfits, underwear and even a new phone along with a computer. Despite Vaggies attempts they fall on deaf ears as her companion is determined to give them everything they’ll need. This extends to a place to eat, as even though the Princess chose a local cafe that was cheap with great food the Angel still felt wrong ordering anything more than a simple sandwich and water though was given a much more filling one with a smoothie that tasted delicious.
By the time they returned home Vaggie was left feeling just completely confused and their lingering guilt got even worse. This caused the Angel to just freeze in the middle of the hallway. It wasn’t until Charlie used her training and experience of dealing with situations like this, did they respond. Vaggie with tears streaming from her eye asked why the Princess had helped and shown kindness to someone who’d murdered their people without a question like a monster for 3 years. Charlie is silent for a moment before replying, stating she imagines that Heaven lied to them about what Hell was really like and that the sinners are monsters which the Princess admits isn’t entirely wrong. But continues by stating that the Angel one of her people go, a child, cause she realised it was wrong then gesturing to her eye stating she paid the price for it. Yes she had done bad things but that doesn’t make her a bad person. There’s a moment of silence before Vaggie starts full on weeping, just overwhelmed by everything falling to her knees though Charlie catches them. After checking her grip they open a portal to their room, laying the Angel on the bed. Asking if they want them to stay or go, the princess stays at their request with Razzle, Dazzle and KeeKee joining to comfort Vaggie even after she falls asleep.
The next day Vaggie wakes up face in Charlie’s chest still being held like yesterday. It feels nice, warm, soft but most of all safe like nothing can hurt her there. The Angel stays there for another hour till the Princess wakes up, surprised to see them already awake but quickly asks if she’s ok now. Vaggie takes a moment before saying no not really but better than yesterday. Charlie isn’t surprised but focuses onto trying to help. She explains that the Angel is exhibiting symptoms of PTSD which are worse considering the cause is still so recent, along with depression over their guilt for the exterminations before gently suggesting they would benefit from therapy to help them heal. Vaggie goes rigid remembering the embedded lessons about weakness and asking for help from Adam. Sensing their internal struggle Charlie told them it’s not shameful to ask for help and while they won’t force them, the offer is always on the table. The Angel is silent before thanking the Princess, who simply smiles in understanding before taking her hand and leading them to breakfast.
Vaggie is left thinking about Charlie’s offer, fighting with herself about what the right choice is till finally deciding to take it. The Angel makes the request at dinner time that, which causes the Princess to pull her into a twirling hug which she apologises for, though their guest didn’t hate it. The next morning Belphegor paid a visit to ensure their nieces patient was properly healed. After Vaggie changed from terror at a sin in her personal space, to confusion at her falling asleep head on their to trying and failing to fight the natural drowsiness the sheep caused. Charlie managed to get her aunt up and off the Angel, portalling the sheep home after getting a clean bill of health for her guest. The Princess then booked an appointment for them to see Lavender, as her personal experience made them believe she was the best person to help Vaggie.
Thankfully Lavender had an open appointment the next day. Vaggie was still rather unsure about therapy considering all of Adam & Lutes bullshit about weakness, but the Baphomet was used to this so knew how to deal with it. While it was mostly just a way to get a feel for what the Angel needed, Lavender was able to get a good reading of what they would need to do to help them. Obviously they diagnosed Vaggie with PTSD & Depression so prescribed her some medication Bel herself made as a favour to Charlie. After the Angels session the Princess then decided to reveal Angela had brought her spear back, she’d waited till Vaggie was in a more stable place for it. The sight of it made them flinch at the bad memories associated with it but chose to keep it rather than get rid of it.
Vaggies 1st year in Hell is mostly adjustment and recovery. Charlie does her best to make her feel safe and comfortable which does help immensely, as the Angel is only able to go out with the princess for the 1st several months before thanks to her encouragement and therapy able to go out alone. Vaggie also started studying intensely about how Hell worked not long after arriving, Charlie regularly finding her in the living room or kitchen table with books open, laptop and note book like she was studying for a test worth all her grade. The Princess found it cute so decided to help by giving them tutoring sessions to help them, which included trips to the other rings. Lust was an experience as while not a prude, Vaggie wasn’t used to people being so revealing or doing things in the open along with how the businesses advertising was so horny even when they were nothing to do with Sex. Gluttony was actually her favourite along with Sloth, the former due to the great food scene the latter due to how calm/serene it was. It also allowed her to get closer to the young princess and her wife. Angela after dropping her suspicions bonded quite well with the Angel a thanks to having her mother’s kindness but a snarky cutting sense of humour that made her laugh. Chastity as before was generally warm and friendly, used to helping shy kids get out of their shells helping the pair become fond of each other. Though the one Vaggie became the closest to was Charlie. The Princess proved to be a comforting presence in the Angels life as when she had a nightmare that caused her to wake up screaming with tears running down her her, the phantom pains from their wings and when her guilt became too much Charlie was there for Vaggie with KeeKee, Razzle and Dazzle to calm/comfort them. This helped the pair grow closer. After 3 months Vaggie was able to pick up her spear again, telling herself she was using it to protect the one who helped them instead of pointless butchery.
As the pair spent more time together they began to develop feelings. Charlie loved how brave and devoted the Angel was, while Vaggie adored how kind and compassionate the Princess was.
Angela, Chastity and Belphegor could see the obvious growing attraction between the pair, taking bets about when they would confess. It toon about 9 months for them to do so independently but rather than peace this brought about a similar anxiety. Charlie spoke to Bel worrying that her friend would only be agreeing to a relationship out of feeling a debt towards them, while Vaggie worried her feelings were both the Florence nightingale affect along with not being enough for the Princess to Lavender. The Sin reminded her niece that while yes the Angel would initially feel a debt towards them, considering that they’ve been friends for months and has received significant mental treatment is not likely to go that far to fulfil such a debt, so any feelings she has would be legitimate. The Baphomet for her part asked the obvious question that would Vaggie still love Charlie knowing what she does now if they hadn’t saved her life. The silence from both is proof enough, though neither of them were ready yet.
3 Years before the Hazbin Pilot. The 4th extermination day was as bloody as the others, despite the attempts of Charlie. While her bunkers sheltered many, the warning gave them time and the medical teams got to wounded Sinners, many simply didn’t make it. As the Princess returned to her home, Angela and Chastity bride her with Vaggie watching their backs spear out having gotten comfortable enough to use it again to protect instead of murder. Inside Charlie’s family and friend did their best to try and cheer up the rather demoralised Princess. Angela and the Angel focused on reminded Charlie about how many she saved personally and indirectly, while Chastity ordered from her favourite pizza place, including a pineapple despite the former 2s disgust with the various animal companions cuddling her. This did help to raise her spirits, especially when the trio argued about pineapple on pizza, Charlie and the succubus being the ones whom liked it while the Young Princess and Vaggie are staunchly against it. This continues till the couple return home to lust, leaving the pair alone.
As its late Vaggie starts helping Razzle and Dazzle clean up the mess, with Charlie joining in. The Princess turned it into dancing by putting on the radio, showing off her moves and eventually convincing the Angel to join them. It continued as light fun until Vaggie caught Charlie into a dip. That caused the pair to freeze as the obvious romance of the act hit them. Both stayed like that for a minute, staring into the other’s eyes each panicking till coming to a decision. Moving their lips closer till they touch, staying like that for a full minute before breaking apart. Despite knowing they should talk about their feelings, both are just exhausted so agree to go to bed. Without thinking the Angel picks the Princess up bridal style, making her blush, carrying them to their bedroom. After putting Charlie to bed, Vaggie convinced by their puppy eyes to stay the night. Once joined, the Princess pulls the Angel into a hug which after some initial hesitation she returned with Razzle, Dazzle and KeeKee joining the pair.
The next morning the pair woke up in each other’s arms. Despite knowing they needed to have a discussion about last night, they spent another hour curled together before getting up for breakfast. While the Goat Bois cook Charlie and Vaggie decide to have the talk. Both admit their feelings and go how long they’ve felt them, along with what they want from the relationship. This leads to a brief silence due to the stunned realisation they are a couple now before both smile and begin talking about what to do for their 1st date.
The week leading up to that night is quite hectic. Charlie decides to surprise to surprise Vaggie and wait till the night of to show them where they’re going. After hearing about it Chastity smirks as Belphegor and Angela pay up cause she won the bet, the couple also help them prepare. The Succubus helps the Angel pick her outfit, finding a beautiful lavender dress with silver trim. The Young Princess helped her mother choose a red and black suit with gold highlights. The older couple helped the newer one get their hair and makeup ready for the night in question. Upon seeing each other Charlie and Vaggie were stunned silent before praising the other’s beauty before becoming flustered messes. The Princess took the Angels hand, making them laugh at how much of a dork she was being while also being charmed by it. Thus the pair walked through a portal to their date.
Vaggie was surprised to find themselves in New Eden. Seeing her face Charlie explained that unlike the city the town was much more peaceful and safer, as the Sinners who lived here had to pass background checks so were the more peaceful sort combined with no overlords meant no turf wars. Walking through it, seeing how peaceful and pristine the area was, the Angel understood how it earned the name. She then explained to the Princess that Adan had a full on meltdown hearing the name and even Sera believed the name was meant to be an insult. Charlie admits that while it wasn’t her mom’s primary goal, that was likely an intention behind it. The pair continued on, the Angel realising that the Princess was much more popular and liked here compared to much of Pentagram city with Sinners happily waving to her and even a few asking for selfies or autographs which she happily gave. They continued till arriving at a small restaurant, the name Pierre’s giving an idea of what cuisine it served. Instead of going in the front door Charlie led Vaggie to a side door where they were met by a rat sinner, Pierre based on the chefs uniform and accent. After a very animated greeting he led the pair to a private rooftop table in a flower garden, leaving the pair once they were seated.
While they look over the menu the Angel asks if the Princess is fond of French Cuisine, she answers they love all kinds considering the various people that end up in Hell. Both then end up blushing when Charlie admits it was largely cause French is considered the language of love. They start with a Charcuterie and Cheese Board, then Coq au vin finishing with Crème Brûlée. The food as expected was delicious and the service great, though the Angel guesses the Princess would’ve tipped generously. Inbetween eating the pair started talking, which lead them to discussing when they fell in love with each other. Both agree it was the 1st time they saw each other, despite the unfortunate circumstances of that day. The pair then look out over the balcony to take in the view of New Eden, enjoying how calm and peaceful it is. The romance of the mood causes Vaggie to ask Charlie to dance. The pair do so to no music and continue late in the evening. After paying the check the Princess opens a portal back to her house, the pair being so exhausted they fall asleep in her bed still dressed.
The next morning the pair woke up and agreed it was a great night. After breakfast they had to deal with the questions about how it went, Charlie Angela and Vaggie Chastity. The new couple took it in stride understanding they were just enthusiastic about making sure their 1st date went well.
Their 1st year as a couple was certainly eventful.
Charlie’s habit of buying gifts for her loved ones increased as she and Vaggie were now dating. The Angel eventually had to convince the Princess to tone it down after she had to have her closet magically made as big as a house to store all the clothes, jewellery and the like that she bought her. They also had several more dates together such as lunches, walks in parks, a zoo visit where Vaggie had to fight off an escaped Hell Tiger and dinner dates. Around their 3 month anniversary Charlie planned a trip for them in Envy to her estate on the sea, in order to make a milestone of theirs very memorable. Arriving early the couple spent the day sunbathing, swimming and walking along the beach along with find seashells. They ate lunch overlooking the ocean with delicious fresh caught seafood and fine wine. While the Angel enjoyed their time there, a ball of anxiety settled in her stomach understanding why the Princess brought them there. Once dinner was finished Charlie led Vaggie back to their room, complimenting her on how perfect she looked and offering a glass of a 1000 year old vintage worth more than anyone could make in a 100 lifetimes. After sampling the wine and complimenting its flavour the Angel allowed the Princess to pull her into a dance, slow but passionate. This led to the pair kissing deeply, though it soon broke as Vaggie said she had to tell them something. Remembering Lavenders lessons about controlling her anxiety the Angel revealed she had never done this before, in any sense so despite their lack of experience did want to do this. Understanding Charlie took it slow and gentle, ensuring she felt comfortable and safe. It was a very enjoyable night for both of them, one of the most memorable in Vaggies life. Though it was somewhat dampened by the staff revealing via compliments and smirks, that the Princess forget to put a silencing charm on the room that night.
Of course Charlie also helped her partner improve their skills which were lacking or needed improvement. This included her fighting skills, which the Princess decided to do after watching Vaggie practise and noted several flaws in her technique. They explained that the Angel focused solely on the attack, understandable considering her original task, but fought like nothing could hurt her which had proved incorrect already. Vaggie admits she’s got a point but is skeptical when Charlie offers to train her, until after being asked to attack the Princess has their spear yanked out of her hands and is on the floor hands trapped a knee in her back. This forces Vaggie to agree to a smirking Charlie’s offer. In their 1st session the Princess surprised the Angel by punching her in the face breaking their nose, followed by a hard crotch kick before a full on over the shoulder body slam. Vaggie despite the obvious pain was both impressed and honestly turned on, smiling as a fussing Charlie healed the damage. The training started solely with unarmed hand-to-hand, in which the Angel learned to defend herself via blocks, dodges and counters especially as her teacher was not only strong but agile thanks to years of experience and dance lessons. Through many painful lessons Vaggie soon improved, enough that Charlie felt comfortable to add weapons to the sessions. These were the special knives that drew no blood or left damage, but still caused pain so the lesson stuck that Satan had his niece initially train with. Despite how attack focused their exorcist training was, Vaggie was able to adapt and improve her skills slowly then quickly at 1st. These sessions had an unexpected outcome in that the Angel enjoyed Charlie kicking her ass, so a few of their most intense sessions got rather heated. Chastity and Angela accidentally walked in on one of these, the young Princess started cracking jokes till her wife threatened to cut them off from sex for a month. That shut her up, earning a smirk from Vaggie who made a whipping sound which caused Charlie to laugh till a look from the succubus shut them up while Angela just pouted harder.
Though the hardest subject for Vaggie was magic. As she had been created as an exorcist, the Angel had thus never received any training in the subject though Charlie did her best to help them. Even with vigorous training and support from the Princess, she was only able to use mid-level spells though this was more than enough for them. In combat she learned to use fire, ice and lighting spells into her attacks or even weave them into their spear to make them even deadlier. Teleportation magic allowed her to move places instantly, though she often still preferred to walk or drive if it wasn’t urgent. Healing magic was most useful though she could only do mild injuries like cuts and bruises, not completely fix anything too serious just some of it. Creation magic was the one she struggled with the most as that school was the complete opposite of her purpose. Despite this with Charlie’s tutelage the Angel was able to make artificial objects, though nothing larger than a piece of furniture or anything organic. Still it proved to be quite useful. Obviously though there were other aspects of their relationship that needed to be attended to, specifically regarding those of family.
After 6 months together Charlie and Vaggie were having lunch with Angela and Chastity. They discussed things going on in their lives and how the former couple’s relationship was going. Overall it was a nice visit, until the young princess asked her mother how grandpa felt when he met the Angel. The silence that followed said everything. Obviously neither she nor her succubus wife could believe that Charlie hasn’t told her father she’s dating Vaggie, let alone they’re a fallen Angel. The woman admit she’s been wondering about that too, pushing the Princess to admit she didn’t want to expose them to the craziness that is their family too soon as introducing them to the king would be followed up by the sins. Angela and Chastity nod in understanding, remembering how the latter’s introduction went, but point out she has to do it sooner or later. That forces Charlie to agree and promise to tell Lucifer in person in the next few days, despite her obvious anxiety. In bed Vaggie reminds the Princess how well she spoke of her father and how close they are, along with how he only wants her to be happy. This calms an anxious Charlie down, while the Angel is still anxious about meeting the king of Hell and making a good impression on him.
The next day around noon Charlie arrives at the palace to find it as busy as expected. Servants are caring for the ancient building and its inhabitants, clerks and other functionaries are dealing with requests or issues pertaining to the King and his residence while various petitioners mostly Goetia with a few wealthy Hellborn mixed in waiting to see someone the most arrogant believing they deserve their sovereigns attention only and not one of his underlings. Upon seeing the princess is there the majority bow, though a few presumptuous petitioners try to talk to her Charlie politely turns them down, hotly to a rather arrogant Goetia wanting to discuss a possible alliance/marriage. She finds Lucifer in his office going through paperwork and looking like he’d rather spend time with sinners than do a second more, though his mood much improves seeing Charlie. He immediately pulls her into a hug asking how she’s doing and inviting them to share lunch which she happily accepts.
Over the course of the meal the father daughter pair share how they’ve been doing, the king asking how Angela’s doing recently happy to hear she and Chastity are doing well. Once the plates are cleared away the Princess bites the bullet telling her dad she has something to tell him. Upon hearing Charlie has a new girlfriend, Lucifer is absolutely over the moon wanting to hear everything though does pause hearing she’s a fallen Angel and former exorcist. He obviously asks questions but the Princess states it’s not her story to tell which the King accepts. Charlie then reveals she came here to invite him to dinner in a few days so they can meet, which Lucifer enthusiastically accepts.
The next several days are a rather tense affair, as despite her own anxiety Vaggie is focused on making sure that Charlie doesn’t go overboard in trying to make everything perfect. Despite having to do so repeatedly the Angel succeeds in calming down the Princess, at least until the day of the dinner.
Charlie is dressed in her best suit while Vaggie is wearing what she wore for their date as it’s the nicest one they have. After once more calming down the Princess, the Angel prepares as the door is knocked. Upon seeing his daughter the king pulls her into a passionate and loving hug, along with showering the Goat Bois and Cyclops cat in affection though froze seeing the Angel before pulling them into a crushing hug welcoming her to Hell, though soon a look of confusion came over them. The night went well as Charlie told Lucifer what she’d been doing recently, while he asked Vaggie is anything had changed in Heaven recently the pair laughing over Adam’s ego and Sera’s prissiness, the king adding a few stories of his own from before the fall. After desert is finished Lucifer asks how the Angel actually fell. Along with rage at hearing what happened, the King reveals that she isn’t actually a fallen Angel as it requires a full on hearing by a Heavenly court and a judgement calling for it not being mutilated on the spot. The fact she’s still a full Angel hits Vaggie like a ton of bricks, though Charlie is ecstatic as it proves that she was completely in the right with what they did. Lucifer then offered to take it up to Sera, though upon seeing the terror in the Angels face realised it wasn’t needed or wanted. Wanting to calm things down the king asked if she’d like to look at the princesses baby pictures, much to the latter’s embarrassment and former’s enjoyment. As he left Lucifer admitted to Charlie he could see how much she and Vaggie both love and support each other, giving his approval for them even if he states that’s not needed. The Princess is still grateful for it, hugging him before bidding them goodbye. The Angel who overheard joined her partner in cleaning up before heading to bed, both happy the night had gone well but now just wanted to rest after all the stress leading up to it.
The next morning at Breakfast Charlie while pleased about last night, did tell Vaggie they had an even greater challenge ahead: introducing her to the sins.
Remembering how Chastity was introduced to them and knowing picking 1 to meet 1st would cause a great deal of jealously and hurt feelings, Charlie chose to do it all at once. After talking it over with Vaggie they had Lucifer invite the sins to a dinner at the palace in 2 months time, long enough for the couple to prepare for the Angel meeting the Kings and Queens of Sin. In that time the Princess helped their partner learn everything she could about their relatives alongside Angela, with her wife adding her own experience of trying to win over their affections. Though the closer the date came the more anxious the couple became, but with the other’s support they manage to keep it together. Then the night came.
Charlie and Vaggie arrived dressed in their best at the palace an hour early with Angela and Chastity meeting them, the 4 helping Lucifer with the final preparations: enough high quality alcohol for the sins like Levi, the perfect cuts of meat for Satan marinated for weeks, the perfect deserts for Bee and the a comfortable place for Bel etcetera. In that time the Succubus gave the Angel a last minute pep talk reminding her that none of them would let anything happen, which helped boost her spirits. At least until the guests arrived.
They arrived all at once not wanting to be last via portal, the colours and patterns giving them away. Each of the sins upon entering gave their beloved niece and grand niece a very affectionate greeting, though only the most open like Ozzy, Bee and Bel greeted Chastity along with their partners Vortex and Fizzarolli. Vaggie for her part was immediately under scrutiny with Leviathan not seeing why Charlie likes someone so short and common, while Satan see her as a weakling. At least until they find out she’s a former exorcist. The Serpent at least assumes it’s just their mother’s taste for Angels rubbing off on her, while the dragon actively dislikes them and Mammon wants to flog his shit until Lucifer calms them down. The meal goes well as everyone focuses on the food, with the rooster, fox and sheep trying to get to know the Angel while the princess, her daughter and daughter-in-law add things that make them look good. Though the other 3 were still suspicious of her. Once desert ended the group changed to the living room, which allowed for more personal 1-1 conversations.
Vaggie thus was able to have more effective and intimate conversations. She started with those who seemed to be on her side already. Belphegor despite sleeping on a couch, have a thumbs up though she’d already helped by talking glowingly of her relationship with Charlie both before and after they got together. Asmodeus and Beelzebub explain that along with her many glowing recommendations, they can both sense her emotions in regard to their sins. Thus can taste not only their lust and gluttony for the Princess in the traditional sense, but towards her happiness, safety and seeing them succeed. So they both know they can trust her, though do make some threats that are more for formality’s sake. The Hellhound and Jester commiserate with her over being partners of Royalty and having to earn the approval of their family but state as long as they’ve got their partners at their back it makes it easier along with stating she seems like a good fit for Charlie, leaving the Angel feeling much more at ease at least until she spoke to the latter 3 sins. Mammon was swallowing his 3rd helping of desert when he deigned to reply to Vaggie, stating he knew just how much Greed could fuck with people and as he’d promise to murder anyone who tried to harm his beloved niece why should he trust them. The Angel stated he shouldn’t, that she’s done nothing to earn it but points out that in the time they’ve known Charlie not once has she ever hurt her and the only thing about them that could be considered greedy is desire to see the Princess succeed and be happy. That causes the spider to freeze before admitting with a smirk that while he might not trust her yet, he can definitely see she loves his niece more than anything else. Leviathan and Satan are the same, both feeling the envy and wrath deep in Vaggie’s heart worried at the risk towards their beloved niece, along with their origins adding to it. The Angel was honest stating that yes she felt a small amount of Envy at how despite growing up and seeing the worst of creation Charlie can still be so optimistic, hopeful and kind, but it will only drive her harder to protect them and their dream. This manages to win the serpent over earning a smile from both heads, though it’s with an unspoken promise they’ll be watching her. Satan she stated her wrath was based on how unjustly treated the Princess is by so many of her own subjects just for trying to help and how Heaven has wronged her, promising to use it to protect them and punish those who would harm her. That didn’t change the dragons opinion, though did peak his interest, stating if she wants to prove that to him then they had better be at his palace in 3 days time. Despite her anxiety at this the rest of the night progressed well with Charlie happy to see that at least half the sins like her partner now. Once they left Chastity told the Angel that the other 3 will come around, all they need is to see the love is genuine which was greatly appreciated. Though the challenge still hung in her head.
At the appointed time Vaggie arrived at Satan’s palace in Wrath. The Dragon waited out front, admitting he wasn’t sure if she’d come stating that earns a little of his respect but the rest will depend on what is shown. The sin leads the Angel to his training yard, asking if Charlie ever explained how he trained her and Angela. Vaggie recalls their conversations about it, stating that the Princess called it the most physically exhausting and painful thing she’d ever done including giving birth. Satan smirked, proud that his lessons still kept their place in his nieces memory before saying it was due to how hard he pushed her to ensure none could defeat them, along with being able to protect their loved ones like her daughter who also went through the same. To this end he leads her to the training arena and gestures for them to enter, which the Angel does. The Dragon watches as they prepare.
Over the next several hours Vaggie is thrown into battle after battle that forces her to use every piece of training, experience, tenacity and instinct to succeed let alone survive. By the end the Angel is left a panting exhausted mess, covered in cuts and scratches with bruises alongside a large wound on her back. The former exorcist immediately calls out Satan for giving her challenges he never gave Charlie or Angela when they started with him. The Dragon points out they were the child of the Morningstar/Former 1st Woman and their daughter respectively, he knew how much power they had and how to pave them, her on the other hand is only a low ranking Angelic attack dog so he’s going to push them hard to see if she can actually be able to stand at Charlie’s side. Vaggie can’t argue his logic, as the Sin of Wrath war is his vocation and to him being worthy of his nieces partner means being able to protect her most likely due to their own past. The Dragon does admit she did better than he expected, but lets the Angel know she still has far to go before he’ll trust her to stand at the Princesses side and while she might not have gone easy on them he’ll be much worse. Vaggie smirks saying she’s looking forward to the challenge. Satan simply smirked at that.
Upon returning home Charlie immediately looked aghast at Vaggies wounds, demanding to know what happened while healing them. Upon hearing that Satan had put her through the ringer, the Princess had to be stopped from marching down there and burning down his palace by the Angel pointing out it was his way of testing them. Charlie obviously argued that the Dragon had no right to test her, but Vaggie pointed out not only was she an Angel, but a former exorcist as extreme it might seem to them, it was his way of ensuring she was not only a good partner but able to stand at their side to protect them. Still not convinced she reminds the Princess of how protective sins were of her before and then after they found out she was expecting of both her and Angela. Training her hard is not only Satans way of ensuring she’s strong enough, but his way of protecting her by making sure her partner can when he can’t. Charlie is quiet after that, accepting the reasoning even if she doesn’t like it and understanding that Vaggie is enjoying the challenges he gives her. In bed that night the Princess tells the Angel that if Satan kills her, then she’ll tear off his horns and shove them up his ass. Vaggie smiles promising she will.
The next several months of Vaggie’s life are some of the most exhausting, painful and enjoyable she’s ever had. While Charlie was the most challenging opponent she ever faced, the Princess couldn’t match the stress and difficulty of fighting multiple enemies at once in environments that were designed with to make it as hard as possible and sometimes without a weapon. The lessons were learned often via the wounds sustained and how to avoid them. This forced the Angel to fight harder and smarter, using every bit of her experience, tenacity and even magic at her disposal to win. No matter how bad the wounds Vaggie refused to go down and after having Charlie heal them, was back as expected. These acts managed to impress Satan who after one such session let her know his approval, though a promise he’d always be watching them. The Angel understood but was still grateful, while his niece was overjoyed the Dragon had come around. Though the couple had something much bigger to worry about.
The Winters ball was 1 of the 4 massive social events that the Morningstar family had held since their arrival into Hell. It was to celebrate the season and the coming enc of the year. Charlie explained to Vaggie that it was one of the occasions that being seen as a couple was a massive deal, it was a sign that those involved were serious enough to be married or a similar partnership. The Princess thus offered to allow the Angel to sit it out if she wasn’t ready for that much of a commitment though their response that there’s no other place she’d rather be drove them to happy tears. In the time leading up to it Vaggie spent much of her time learning the various rules of etiquette expected from Hellish high society and to recognise those attending with Charlie, Angela and Chastity’s help. The Succubus herself offered advice on how to deal with everyone their looking down on you, recounting subtle jabs that she was a gold digger or requests for prices to fuck her during their 1st time much to the fury of their wife and mother-in-law. This support and the Angels natural drive to cover every angle allowed her to quickly learn everything she needed, along with some practise. Last but not least was their choice of attire, which they needed leviathans expertise for.
In the Ocean palace deep beneath Envy’s seas its queen was hard at work. In her studio the 2 headed sin was measuring her niece and her partner, ensuring that they were up to date for her designs for the couple. Once this was completed, Leviathan then started to gather their records of the pairs previous outfits, Charlie’s being much more detailed. Vaggie asked why they had to go through this much effort for their outfits, earning a blank but withering look from the sin who explained that in events like these everyone must stand out but no one more so than the royals and their partners to remind those watching not only of their status but prestige to do otherwise would be a sign of weakness. The fact that the princess nodded agreeing with her aunts words, even if she didn’t like the sentiment behind it. Already having their colours in mind Leviathan then asked what Charlie wanted, as she did wear suits but would wear dresses and tended to alternate for occasions like this. The Princess decides on the former as she wore a dress to the last one she attended. The Sin then leg the pair know the outfits would be done a few days before the ball as she would focus upon completing both to her usual high standards. They arrived as scheduled, looking stunning and with more than most people make in 5 years.
The day of the Winters Ball was chaotic as in Charlie’s home her daughter and daughter-in-law arrived to get ready with her and Vaggie. The hours from their arrival were a flurry of activity as time was spent putting on finishing touches as they got ready, light snacks only to prepare for the feast at the ball that night. As the Angel got ready she added in some last minute cramming on the etiquette and the guests with Chasity helping, in-between being hungry at the tiny amount they’d eaten that day hoping the food at the event would be worth it. Just before the 4 of them left the house, the Princess revealed a surprise for their partner. It was a necklace made from the heart of a star she’d requested her father make especially for Vaggie, it was a purple gemstone that glowed with constellations carved into it on a silver chain. The Angel is obviously touched doing her best not to cry while their partner puts it on them. Once everyone confirms their ready Charlie opens the portal to the palace.
Arriving 2 hours early to help with any last minute additions or finishing touches, the group find that the palace ballroom has been done up to perfection. As the staff are running around finishing up Lucifer is in the middle of the room trying to not let his boredom overwhelm him until catching sight of the group, all but running over to them glad he can do something other answer questions about which decorations go where. After hugging and complimenting their dresses, he mentions the staff have got everything in hand so all they need do is relax before the madness starts. At this the couples head up to their rooms of the palace to plant their bags before talking to the king. An hour before the start the sins arrive giving their greetings, each noting the significance of the Angel as the princesses date.
As could be expected the guests started arriving at the appointed time, though a few did so fashionably late as they were important enough to do so or wished to appear so. The Morningstar’s greeted the guests in the centre of the ball room as traditional dictated, allowed the various Goetia to see Vaggie standing next to Charlie. Obviously rumours began to swirl about who this mysterious woman was, both the outlandish and depraved kind. This was also a reminder about why each of the family hated dealing with the majority of the Goetia, their pompousness and just assholish behaviour. Vaggie and Chastity took their partners hands, which were throbbing after the vice like grips they’d been in to prevent rage outs. As apologies the pair healed them and took both to get some wine.
After their 1st glass the Morningstar’s ladies started pointing out people of interest. This included the likes of Vassago, one of the better Goetia who was someone the family found they could rely on, Prince Stolas currently in a corner drinking while his wife laughed with friends who they described as a friendly but sad and lonely man along with the only overlords invite Carmilla Carmine and her daughters with Zestial. As the guests had likely fasted for the feast, the announcement that it soon would be starting soon thus the guests headed to their tables. The Angel soon understood that feast was a fair name as it was 10 courses: salad, soup, appetiser, beef, chicken, mutton, pheasant, pork, fish and desert. By the end Vaggie despite fasting felt overstuffed for the rest of the night, but still managed to dance with Charlie. The pair also took the time to meet some of their guests. Vassago was as expected in a good mood, speaking Spanish to Vaggie laughing over the whole pompous bullshit the other Goetia revelled in along with telling her she was lucky to end up at Charlie’s side, both being stunned silent when the Princess responded they were the one who felt lucky making the Angel blush. Stolas was more subdued till they got him talking about his garden with Charlie, though what really got him motivated was talking about his daughter Octavia who was currently at home as a 15 year old wouldn’t enjoy this place. Despite him trying to put up a front the pair noticed just how well cold his eyes were. Carmilla was the most interesting as she had not only been Angela’s dancing teacher, but was considered a grandmother by the girl, with her daughters as aunts. The matriarch affixed the Angel with a look before making conversation with the Princess about her current endeavours and becoming much warmer once the young Princess appears with Chastity. Then once Zestial, Clara and Odette appear she becomes a side character, watching as they all talk about times before her fall or plans without them till Charlie leads her to get more wine.
By the time people are starting to head to bed early morning, Vaggie ends up alone with Angela and Chastity while Charlie takes a moment to talk to the sins. Here after noticing some guests heading off together, the Angel hears a snigger from the young Princess who decides to reveal her mother used to find company at events like this for some private delight. Vaggie immediately listens, shocked at some of the details. By the time the Princess returns, the Angel has heard everything her daughter thought worth mentioning.
Shortly afterwards the 4 of them retire to bed as they’re exhausted, saying goodbye to Lucifer and the Sins before doing so. In their room after getting into bed Charlie asks if Vaggie had fun, she admitted it was nice and rather eye opening in some ways leaving the Princess confused until it’s revealed that Angela told them how she used to use events like this as a pick up zone. Charlie immediately hides her face in hands till their partner tells them it’s fine, aside from surprising her the Angel found their tally impressive. The Princess confused asks why they aren’t upset. Vaggie gives her a questioning look, reminding her she’s been alive over 2 centuries so obviously they’ll have history plus they’re both adults and part of that means having sex so getting upset over having it with other people is just childish and petty. Charlie thus pulls them into a hug wondering how she got so lucky to have the Angel as their partner. Vaggie for her part returned the hug understanding you had to ride out one of the princesses emotional outpourings.
The next morning with all the guests gone the Morningstar’s and their partners had breakfast. Vortex and Fizzarolli were here as neither of them would have to deal with the bullshit attitudes of the nobility, though the latter is uneasy whenever mammon turns attention to him much to the annoyance of Asmodeus. During the course of the meal Vaggie is able to win over Leviathan and the Spider via conversations overheard last night. The serpent learned juicy gossip about a Marquise who bragged to her friend how she was not only sleeping with their sister-in-law, but also her mother-in-law and aunt-in-law at the same time without any of them knowing. This juicy bit of gossip helped win them over as the 2 heads begin planning how to watch this salacious series of affairs develop and potentially end. In mammons case the Angel revealed how she’d overheard several greed ring Goetia brag about their plot to get out of paying the full tax on their estates and businesses by sinking the money into various shell corporations to report as losses and keep the money to themselves. While impressed the Spider was infuriated at being denied his cut, promising to carry out a massive audit across the whole ring to ensure no one else was doing it. This earned Vaggie a grateful smile from the jester, as that would keep the clown busy enough to let have more time free from the pressure of their bullshit. Charlie smiles at her partner gaining the approval of her final 2 relatives, with Angela giving them a thumbs up while Chastity gives another smile.
Life continues for the couple for the next several till Sinsmas. As can be expected Charlie absolutely adored the holiday using it as a chance to spoil her loved ones, as Vaggie knew. It was thus no surprise when her presents were stacked high to the ceiling in several large piles. The Angel obviously felt bad when she couldn’t get anywhere near the amount or quality of gifts, the Princess reassured her anything she made was good enough. This was proven when Vaggies gifts for Charlie were a blanket and 2 pillows she’d not only stuffed with expensive high quality feathers, but spelt out a message “feel as comfortable and soft you make me feel.”. That had the Princess crying at how heartfelt the gift was. Later Angela and Chastity came over to exchange gifts before heading to the palace. Unlike the ball the Royal Family prefer to celebrate the Holiday with only each other and their loved ones. Despite some comments from Satan and Mammon, threats of punishment from Charlie silencing them, this included Vortex and Fizzarolli. They met in the palace in the late afternoon to exchange gifts before having a hearty dinner that included each of their favourites. As can be expected the Princess and her daughter were the ones who gave the gifts that suited each of their recipients the best, along with being the most thoughtful. This included a set of Angelic throwing knives from Angela, which the Angel greatly appreciated. The party went on till 2 in the morning with Vaggie having to be carried home by Charlie, as the former had overindulged in a drinking contest with Beelzebub that despite winning still impressed the sin via her ability to stomach a large quantity of pure Beelzejuice. The Princess for her part actually enjoyed how sweet and affectionate they were like this, though the Angel certainly didn’t the terrible hangover plus vomiting the next morning though a large breakfast and hugs plus medicine certainly helped. It was the calm before an unfortunate storm.
2 Years before the Hazbin Hotel Pilot, that year’s extermination went like clockwork. The lead up to it was as usual an extremely busy time for Charlie due to co-ordinating the various relief groups, making sure the bunkers were up to code and supplied, thus she had several sleepless nights with Vaggie, Angela and Chastity helping the best they could. Once the screams began the 4 were put in the thick of it trying to help the best they could, no matter how little that actually was. Even after the exorcists had long since returned home they stayed out till the late hours before returning home, the young princess and her wife to Lust, the Angel and her mother to their house to rest after the exhaustion and mental anguish of the day.
By the time of Angela’s, birthday a few days later Charlie is able to focus on that and become her usual happy self again. As can be expected for a royal like the granddaughter of Lucifer there was always a massive event, it being the 1st social event of the year and a Hell wide holiday with even Mammon giving workers the day off to celebrate his beloved grandniece. The Ball was just like the last one, more a chore than proper celebration, which was fine with a smaller more intimate gathering the day after with just family and close friends. This was when Vaggie ended up with an interesting offer from Carmilla Carmine. The Matriarch stated she’d heard a lot from Satan about the Angel’s progress and wanted to test them herself. Despite knowing it wouldn’t be a cakewalk Vaggie agreed cause the woman gave off danger and she wanted to test herself. At home that night the princess became anxious hearing about this, stating that Carmilla isn’t someone who plays around. The Angel stated she’d trained with Satan himself, but the Princess pointed out that he didn’t fight them 1-1 like Carmine will. Thus Charlie decides to reveal a significant secret about the Matriarch. Not only was she a former Angel, but a seraphim who was married to Sera and was cast out while pregnant for an attempted revolt/questioning Heavens ways. That only is she a dangerous and ancient warrior, but is 1 of less than a handful in Hell who can forge Angelic Steel instead of just remaking it. That does cause Vaggie to rethink before deciding to go ahead, arguing that if Carmilla is really as powerful as they say she is then facing her is a way to see just how strong their training has made them. Realising she can’t talk them out of this, the Princess simply wishes her luck promising to heal any injuries they receive.
Vaggie arrives at the Carmine compound, the door opening once she’s close enough leading to a large entry hall. Upon the walls are various weapons made of Angelic Steel, both a threat and boast. The matriarch stands watching from the top of the staircase, watching the Angel like a Tiger sizing up its prey. It continues like that, unnerving Vaggie till Carmilla pounces so quickly that she can barely lift her spear to block them. The fight lasts an hour, despite seeming more even to observers the Angel is just barely matching the Matriarch using every bit of her training, skill and experience plus magic while they’re just using their greater pool of experience, skill and power. By the end of it Vaggie is left panting on the floor exhausted and bleeding from over a dozen wounds while Carmilla only has a small cut on her face. She looks down at the Angel panting exhausted before them, sizing her up based on their current status and how they fought. After several minutes the Matriarch tells them to return tomorrow morning so her training can begin before turning away to return to their office. Vaggie is left alone till she can call Charlie to open a portal home. The Princess immediately starts fussing over the Angel, stating that Carmilla took it easy on her, which they aren’t surprised by. Once her wounds are healed Vaggie states her intention to continue training with them, which it both unsurprising and frustrating to Charlie but accepts she can’t stop them.
Over the next 3 months the pattern continues, Vaggie goes to train with Carmilla then comes home with wounds and bruises which Charlie’s heals before repeating the process over again. Slowly the number of them start to decrease and her performance starts to improve gradually enough that the Matriarch starts to praise them for it. This soon turns into conversation other than mistakes being called out or shouts at bad timing. Soon she even invites the Angel to stay for dinner. This allows Vaggie to start to get closer to Carmilla, but also her daughters Clara and Odette along with Zestial. She learns more about the circumstances that lead to the matriarch’s fall from Heaven and her former marriage to Sera along with meeting Zestial, an ancient primordial demon, along with raising her children in Hell and establishing their position in Hell. Soon though the conversations turn to funny stories, specifically those involving Charlie and Angel, the twins growing up and the occasional incident involving Carmilla herself. Soon instead of just training the Angel visits to solely see the family and even begins learning ballet from the matriarch who is as exacting a teacher for it as combat. This growing closeness and familiarity eventually leads to Vaggie seeing the carmines more like family, which is shared as during a training session Carmilla called the Angel daughter. After a moment of surprise she called the matriarch mama showing her acceptance of it. This soon led to her being accepted as a Carmine in all but name, at least for know which led to a substantial development.
6 months after beginning her training with the matriarch Vaggie arrives one morning that Carmilla is leading them to a place deep within the building. They arrive at a room that’s well laid out with various storage spaces around various forging instruments/tools, around a large forge. Here the Matriarch asks the Angel if she knew how they earned their place in Hell, the answer being cause she can reforge Angelic steel earned a laugh followed by a response of that being part of it. Carmilla reveals that she can actually create the Steel from scratch as it was one of her skills earned in Heaven. Vaggie is shocked asking why no one else knows. When the Matriarch points out she only sold the Angelic weapons to the Royal family until the exterminations began, selling high quality regular weapons to the masses. With the influx of leftover exorcist weapons she was able to scavenge them to start selling the masses and put a mark up while still having a way to restore the supply allowing her to make a great deal of money and influence. The Angel actually appreciates the cunning business sense displayed there, before asking why she’s brought them there. Carmilla’s response to teach her to work the Steel silences Vaggie dead.She states that teaching Clara and Odette was her way of showing them an important family trade and a coming of age ritual. The Angel stayed quiet as she understood what that meant, while the Matriarch told them to listen well as no Carmine has ever failed at this task.
The next few months were gruelling for the newest Carmine, as not only was Carmilla an even harsher task master here but the material was just as difficult as she was. Due to not being a higher Angel Vaggie could only work the steel not create it. It started with simply reforging small pieces of it and then creating small blades. Their 1st real achievement was creating a dagger that while rough, didn’t shatter or bend during the testing phase. As it wasn’t a practical piece she took it home and put it on her mantle as a memento, which Charlie didn’t hesitate to put in pride of place to show their support. The Angels 1st proper creation was for herself. It was designed to look like a Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting knife, Vaggie liking that it was good for stabbing and slashing with the right sharpening. Carmilla judged it a perfect choice after it succeeded the various tests. Later her next big piece was a present for the Princess. It was a Poignard Dagger that as befitting a gift for royalty was much more decorated or ornate than her own. The blade had engravings of an apple with a snake wrapped around it while the hilt was made of golden Angelic steel and an engraved ruby in the hilt. Vaggie was able to get the blade itself done, but required her mother’s help to do the fancier details. By the time it was done the blade was a work of art. The Angel also created a necklace of Angelic Steel for Charlie, using her magic to create a red garnet as the centre piece. Obviously the Princess loved both, but it was clear the latter gift was more her taste. It was certainly a sinsmas to remember. Though inbetween the various gifts Vaggie received that year the best was the adoption papers from Carmilla. The Angel had to stop herself from breaking down in tears right then and there. It was a sweet moment of calm before the madness that followed.
1 Year before the Hazbin hotel Pilot, Charlie and Vaggie were exhausted after another bloody day. With Angela and Chastity having already left the pair were eating Chinese food while just talking randomly, though the Angel noticed the Princess looks distracted. At some prompting Charlie admits she has an idea that’s been in their head for while and wants their opinion on it. Vaggie agrees but is shocked by what follows. A Hotel to redeem sinners and get them into Heaven. The Angel is silent as she mulls over that before seeing the Princess has a hopeful expectant smile on her face despite her exhaustion. Vaggie states that honestly isn’t something she’d ever considered, with Charlie explaining she’d been thinking about it for a while but hasn’t tried cause she didn’t have faith it would work until she met them. She continues stating that the fact that the Angel despite being an exorcist refused to harm a child and was cast out for it, chose to help them try to make Hell better is to them proof that anyone can change possibly even enough to get into Heaven. Vaggie is silent, both touched but unsure stating that while she appreciates her faith in them, she’s only 1 person plus considering Sera never considered redeeming before the extermination does make her saying if it’s possible. Charlie states just because they didn’t try doesn’t means it impossible, just unproven. She admits it’s a long shot, but considering the only other option is triaging the damage it’s better than just continuing on and letting the suffering continue. The Princess understands it seems like a long shot, but the Angel interrupts them by stating she’s in. After a questioning look they state that while she isn’t sure about the idea, they’re sure that if anyone can do it then Charlie can. Cue happy tears from the Princess while Vaggie hugs her. Despite the excitement both are exhausted so head to bed shortly after, though Vaggie wakes up to find Charlie up before her already brainstorming ideas.
At Angela’s birthday party a few days later Charlie announced her plan to the family. Reactions varied: Chastity, Ozzy and Bel were the most onboard/supportive, while Angela and Bel were skeptical they also voiced support, the most vocal against it were Satan, Mammon and Levi arguing it was worthless trying to work with Heaven. Lucifer for his part was silent till the 2 were alone. He was honest stating that while he would support anything she did, his experience with Heaven and genuine distrust of sinners meant they weren’t sure she was at best wasting her time or at worst making themselves a target for disappointment or worse. The Princess understands where her dad is coming from but states she can’t continue to see their people suffer if she can help stop it and needs to at least try. The father and daughter understood they couldn’t share the other’s point of view, the king still swore to support her in anyway needed to make this dream of hers come true.
It didn’t take long for the pair to find a place as Charlie remembered an old Hotel her parents used to host parties in. The place was a decayed and neglected mess, though the Princess was too busy thinking of what it would look like while Vaggie was confused as to how a pirates ship got up there. As expected the inside was just like the outside though it wouldn’t be for long. Over the next month the pair use their magic to begin fixing the Hotel. It isn’t a difficult job as they focus on the large areas 1st like the lobby fixing the damage and making it not only look great but fit the theme they were trying to create, a place of redemption and hope. They then moved onto fixing the rest of the ground floor before dealing with the rooms. Thanks to Charlie’s use of the size compression spell she was able to turn them into apartments with sizeable rooms to help future guests with some being made to host several guests at once in case some wanted to stay together. The top floor they converted into their own personal one, with rooms for visiting family and requiring permission otherwise the elevator wouldn’t go there. These rooms were made bigger than the floor itself so the princess and Vaggie, along with their relatives would have plenty of space with their own including a forge for the Angel to work at along with a private office for both and other necessary amenities. The pair also added what they thought the guests would like and would be good for the Hotel to have in general. This included a library the size of the building thanks to Charlie’s magic, they added a bar which would along with being a gathering place could also help those with drink issues to learn to be around it and not relapse, the kitchen was made up to restaurant quality with the dining room for use by guests and possibly visitors in the future both to generate income and spread good word of mouth about the hotel. Soon they move on to make additions to the wreck of a basement. Here they add a full gym, swimming pool, sauna, training area, a movie theatre and a live theatre along with a dance studio. Overall things that guests could use to pass the time and improve themselves. At Charlie’s insistence they fix up the garden so it creates a nice area around the Hotel too, plus some fruits and vegetables they can grow as well. Overall by the time they’re done the whole place looks much better. They invite Angela and Chastity over who love the place especially once they see their room and the thoughtful addition made to it for their personal use.
After the Hotel repairs/renovations are done both agree they should find sinners who will back them, as doing so would not only give them more legitimacy but a support that actually knows what their future clients/patients have gone through. Obviously their 1st choice is Carmilla, who while skeptical at the idea both due to her own experiences with Heaven and knowing that many of the damned enjoy Hell does give her support due to her long history with the Princess and it was her daughter asking. The pair soon begin looking at other overlords as they have the influence to help their cause, though they soon find they have little options due to not wanting work with the likes of the V’s or they wouldn’t want to work with them. This left them with only 1 choice who was powerful enough and seemingly met their standards.
Their walk through Cannibal Town was both an interesting and nerve wracking experience for the couple. Charlie while out of by the open eating of Sinner flesh was actually impressed by how nice and clean everything was in this slice of Americana along with how polite and friendly the Cannibals were. Vaggie for her part focused on keeping ready to deal with any threats that came their way, though did see a certain resemblance between the townsfolk and the boy she saved. Upon arriving at Rosie’s shop they were meant by a woman who spoke with a Ukrainian accent, explaining that her wife was waiting for them and had been looking forward to it since they made the appointment.
Inside they follow till they reach what is obviously the home part of the building, where Rosie waits another cannibal woman. Upon seeing them the Overlord is ecstatic to meet them and find out why the Princess of all people wants to meet with them. The 5 of them sit down to tea, with snacks for non-cannibals provided much to the couples relief. Rather than get straight to business they make small talk to build up an understanding. Here the pair learn that both women are Rosie’s wives, the Ukrainian woman they met is Sunny who died during the Holodomor though did have to resort to eating human flesh and Belle, her Irish wife who had to resort to it during the Potato Famine. The overlord herself reveals she resorted to it to cover up their murder of their 1st husband who’s abuse caused them to miscarry, then the 2nd for hurting her daughter before marrying a gay man and having an affair with her maid before dying of sickness and arriving in Hell where she built Cannibal Town and became its overlord. During this talk it’s revealed that Rosie’s wives don’t practise cannibalism anymore as it was out of desperation or pleasure and there are a few more like them in the town and their choice is respected. Before they can start talking about the Hotel a young cannibal boy runs in who upon seeing Vaggie freezes and vice versa. It ends when the boy runs at the Angel pulling her into a hug not believing she’s here, while she’s crying tears of joy. After a moment they tell the confused onlookers about why they’re acting like this. The kid Vadym who is Sunnys son and was adopted by her wives, reveals that Vaggie is the exorcist who let him go. Cue a moment of shock as the 3 of them had been skeptical of his claim, but upon having proof confirmed by the woman in question and the Princess the 3 are frozen. Though soon enough Sunny has her arms around the Angel tearfully thanking them for saving their son, while Rosie makes it known that whatever they wanted to talk about she’s on board with as repayment for what Charlie’s girlfriend did with Belle inviting them to stay for dinner.
The meal is not what they expected as in between the gratitude of the mothers, Vadym wanting to be as close to Vaggie as possible and the fact that along with the food not having sinners in it tasted very good. Plus the ladies of the house gossiping about the goings on made it seem like a snapshot into an alternative time. By the time the couple left full and happy not only did they have another powerful overlord on board and that the Angel had more proof her decision was right, they were invited back for afternoon tea. Their visit to Cannibal Town would prove to be a very important one to the pair in more ways than one.
That afternoon tea turned into more and other such visits. Rosie and Sunny were excellent cooks while Belle was an amazing baker so the food was amazing along with being non-cannibal. Vaggie appreciated seeing Vadym safe and happy, while Charlie enjoyed how the Overlord filled a need for maternal warmth she’d been longing for since Lilith left. That caused her to often visit her solo for advice or just a nice chat. Angela and Chastity also visited after deciding to join the Princess. The young Princess enjoyed sharing gossip about the Goetia and stories from her work including a few about her mothers exploits at Sappho’s, much to her embarrassment but everyone else’s joy especially her Angel who had some ideas. The Succubus liked seeing their son considering her profession as a teacher and love of kids, plus her love of vintage fashion helped them have some interesting conversations with the older ladies and mother-in-law. This new closeness resulted in Rosie and her wives being invited to the Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter balls as personal guests of the Morningstar’s, the 1st sinners ever invited which she loved knowing just how much it would piss of the V’s and a good chance to see how the highest of Hell live. Obviously the Goetia were scandalised by lowly damned souls being there but didn’t dare say a word. Plus she Bee found some very lovers of good food and drink, Ozzy got someone to share good stories with and Levi had more gossip lovers to gab with. Plus Carmilla was happy to see someone other than Zestial who wasn’t some blue-blooded Goetic asshole.
Even with the Hotel improved and some overlords on their side the new owners still needed to deal with keeping the building supplied for future guests. Bee, Levi and Angela helped them to find a supplier of high end spirits and other liquor for guests, visitors and celebrations. Vaggie found a butcher that got meat from Wrath directly that was high quality and delicious, along with a highly rated local bakery and a grocer that sold fruits and vegetables that like the meat was from Wrath that matched its quality. During this time Charlie was also fine-tuning her plans for treatment with Belphegor who gave good feedback and helped her to refine the plans further. Overall they were making great progress, though there was still the occasional hiccup.
Such as one morning Charlie was adjusting a picture on a ladder. Due to a sudden gust of wind caused it to bump against the wall and the Princess to lose her balance. Vaggie who was across the lobby saw this and despite knowing she wouldn’t be there in time to catch her, still tried. Unbeknownst to either of them the swell of love and protectiveness the Angel felt would bring back what both thought was long lost. Catching Charlie Vaggie is obviously glad to see she’s safe, but both realise something. How did they get across the lobby so fast, or more importantly how are they both in the air. Cue both having the shock of their lives seeing a pair of flapping wings behind the Angels back.
Belpegor was there in less than a minute despite being woken from a nice nap hearing her nieces panicked near screaming call. Upon arriving she understood why. Immediately the sheep started examining Vaggies wings both physically and magically. Aside from the fact they’re different gradients of grey now, her wings are no different than their original set. The obviously question is why they’re back now. Bel has a theory, that as Angels are often created in association with a specific emotions. As the ex-exorcist was created to protect Heaven, this it stands to reason that her desire to protect Charlie is what caused the wings to return. Regardless of if it’s true or not the couple change from shock to joy. The Angel is so happy to have her wings back she can’t help but fly around the room, while the Princess fawns over how soft and beautiful her wings are. Seeing no further need for their services the sin happily lays down on the couch for a well deserved nap. Charlie lays a soft blanket on her while Razzle, Dazzle and KeeKee join to keep them company.
Over the next few days they had some visitors once the news got out. Lucifer was the 1st as he was the only member of the family who knew about proper wing care. To this end he gave Vaggie several products and tools to help care for them, which would be Charlie’s job as she helps preen and care for his wings after Lilith disappeared. Angela and Chastity were also impressed to see them, the former making a joke about using the lost feathers for pillow and mattress filling, promising it was a joke at a look from her mother. Their wife for her part stated they were lovely and asked if the Princess used them as a blanket, a look confirmed that statement just before she wrapped the appendages around herself. Overall it was a great thing for Vaggie as she can soar through the skies again, as well as Charlie who could hold onto them during said rides.
With 1 month left before the extermination and everything at the Hotel ready the owners decided it was time to start looking for their 1st guest if not more.
After 2 weeks of searching that was met with laughter, insults or lack of interest the pair realised that even with their already low odds of finding a willing participant it was a long shot. Despite this Charlie refused to give up, seeing a sinner leaning against a streetlight and choosing to give him a shot. Though upon stopping up and opening the window the Princess freezes on her tracks before letting out a loud yell of shock. It’s Angel Dust.
The Spider in question was simply looking for customers after his prick boss got upset with him for dealing with a problem, but instead of a handsome John he got shocked by a doll looking rich gal. Shaking his head he stares that Women are double, though Charlie for her part despite their obvious anxiety clears up that isn’t why they’re here inviting him inside. Vaggie is both annoyed at the hooker looking for booze, while confused why her partner reacted that way. Though it soon turns solely into annoyance at how this Angel Dust is being an ass asking the princess if she’s sure about him, despite her lumpiness she confirms he is much to the Angels exasperation. Here they start their pitch for the Hotel and their plan to redeem sinners to Heaven as an alternative to the exterminations. The Spider is obviously skeptical, not helped by Charlie stating he looks like someone who regrets their life choices and wants another chance, though he enjoys trying to get Charlie to say what he does. An exasperated Vaggie claims he’s not a good fit and they should just start again tomorrow after he starts laughing at their failure to find anyone, though this instead cause Angel Dust to argue he’s the best with the former telling him to prove it. Then to their shock he agrees, while the Princess is overjoyed giving the Spider a large wad of cash after he claims they need to get back to work. A shocked Angel Dust asks why she’s giving him so much with Charlie stating it’s an investment in him as there’s more to him and they want to help him. This stuns him for a moment before he leaves returning to his flippant attitude once more as he leaves the limo, the Spider is still confused as the Princess thanks him before leaving. Though internally she herself feels relief at the fact he doesn’t recognise her in anyway. Angel Dust heads home to find comfort in Fat Nuggets, actively wondering about the idea of redemption.
Meanwhile at the Hotel that night Vaggie asks Charlie why she was so jumpy around Angel Dust. Realising there was no point in hiding it, the Princess asks the Angel if she remembers the story of how they got pregnant. Vaggie nods, still shocked that Charlie got knocked up via a 1 night stand with a prostitute even if she knows from 1st hand experience and stories via others they aren’t as innocent in that regard as expected. Then she drops the bombshell that Angel Dust was the man in question. After a full minute of silence both to let them absorb the information and the Angel’s own sheer shock the Princess explains why she kept it secret. Vaggie immediately understands considering the danger surrounding Angel Dust’s boss plus his own behaviour and how it could risk Angela’s link to the throne if people found out she was conceived from both a prostitute and sinner. Obviously they ask why Charlie wants to let him into the Hotel. She states that if the Spider is serious about redeeming themself then helping him can make up for keeping him out of their daughter’s life and ideally even let him be a part of it. The Angel is skeptical pointing out that he doesn’t seem like a real candidate, plus even then Angela might not be interested in having him be in her life even if he did. The Princess nods admitting that’s fair, stating she never plans on telling Angel Dust unless she’s genuinely sure he’s better than he seems and with her daughter’s consent. Vaggie doesn’t have high hopes but accepts her partners answer.
To Vaggies surprise and Charlie’s joy Angel Dust did arrive the next day. The Princess made sure to show her appreciation via a hug, though he did have a few questions the most pressing of was were pets allowed. Upon getting confirmation of that the Spider revealed his pet pig Fat Nuggets who Charlie immediately started cooing over, with even the Angel admitting he’s cute. They give Angel Dust the tour 1st, impressing him as he honestly wasn’t expecting the place to have this much or look so nice. The size of their room is an even bigger shock to the Spider as he had to regularly blow his land lord for a shitty cramped studio. Once he’s settled in the Princess goes over the rules such as no bringing strangers in overnight without approval, no drugs and alcohol can only be consumed at the bar or other common areas unless approved. Angel Dust nods smirking, though he soon stops as later on he realises his stash isn’t in the bag. In a welcome brochure it stars that aside from medicinal materials the living quarters of the Hotel are charmed to destroy any narcotics that enter their threshold. Immediately the Spider rushes down furious demanding to know why the fuck they destroyed his drugs, Vaggie reminds him he’s here to get clean not high. Though Charlie does offer him something else, a pink potion in a glass jar. He gives her a look until the Princess explains it’s what her aunt Belphegor gives patients in their rehab centres, gets rid of the physical symptoms of withdrawal so they can focus on treating the mental and psychological reasons behind their addictions. Angel Dust is skeptical, wondering if this is actually a kind of weird cult and Charlie wants him to drink it so he can become her braindead happy sex slave. After realising that wouldn’t be too different than his current life, the Spider downs it in one gulp surprised it tastes like strawberries behind heading off as the Angel shouts when dinner is and the Princess gives an enthusiastic bye.
A few hours later in his room Angel Dust is genuinely surprised the potion was legit, as he isn’t feeling the usual symptoms or cravings withdrawal normally gives him. With time to kill he focuses on unpacking his stuff and settling in, moving onto properly exploring his new place. Unlike his old place everything is well made, the hot water works and nothings leaking or creaking. The happiest surprise is that the fridge is fully stocked with what seems to be high quality products. Despite not really trusting the owners, the Spider remembers what Vaggie said about dinner and considering that Charlie helped him out via getting a new place and not getting the shakes he feels skipping would be ungrateful.
Making his way down with Fat Nuggets Angel Dust is surprised by how familiar it smells the closer he gets to the dining room. Upon the large table is an assortment of foods that look familiar but alien to a degree as well. Upon seeing him Charlie immediately pulls him into a hug grateful he chose to join them, though the Spider argues it was only cause he couldn’t be bothered to cook though it’s obvious she knows the truth. Vaggie states that as he mentioned his family were Italian the Princess decided to make some of its native cuisine, stating some of it might be different than he’s used to. Angel Dust agrees remembering what his brother said about the food when he was serving in the country decides to give it a try. Unsurprisingly the food is delicious, even better than his mother’s even if it feels like sacrilege to say. The Spider asked who cooked it, shocked that Charlie answers along with stating Vaggie helped, though the Angel states they only did the chopping tonight. He laughs stating back in his neighbourhood she’d be fighting off the men with a stick as good in the kitchen she is. Charlie blushes saying she learned to cook after having her daughter. Angel Dust is shocked that she had a kid, making jokes asking if she was teen mom who got a bit too frisky on Prom night or when her parents left her for the night. The Princess laughs stating she’s 225 and gave birth close to 50 years ago, just looks like she’s in her 20s. Remembering the announcement the Spider then asks who the dad was, realising his mistake at Charlie going stiff before stating he wasn’t safe to be around. Feeling guilty he apologies stating he must be a piece of shit and both were better off without him, not noticing the looks the couple gave each other. Moving onto lighter things the Princess discusses what activities the Hotel offers while their guest lets them know his work schedule can be rather unpredictable so that’s something their going to have to deal with. After desert Angel Dust thanks them for the food and for also letting his pet have some too before leaving. The couple exchange a look, 1 hopeful the other doubtful.
Over the next 2 weeks they all settle into a routine. Angel Dust proves to be a an interesting/annoying depending on who you ask, his sarcastic and over-sexualised personality certainly has an effect. He enjoys saying things that either make you blush or get mad, the latter they enjoy. Though they also notice how subdued he can be coming back from work. Sometimes he just complains and asks for a drink before making more remarks then heading to bed, but on others he comes home holding himself and just goes straight to his room flinching at points. To that end Charlie started leaving healing potions in their room, which he might not say but definitely appreciated. Along with the pair taking care of Fat Nuggets when he’s at work. Though it got rather tense when Angela and Chastity decided to visit after hearing the Hotel had its 1st guest. Upon recognising the Spider who asked if she was a starstruck fan, the young Princess said not really stating his work was overrated. This caused a rather heated argument before the pair made peace over drinks, with the succubus remarking they almost look like father and daughter. Vaggie manages to stop Charlie from dropping a box of glasses and takes her away to help deal with her oncoming anxiety attack. Once that’s done the Angel notes just some of Angela’s features make sense next to the Spider. Upon hearing that Chastity is a teacher, cracks a joke about how it must make the roleplay great which Angela admits to causing them to laugh while her wife blushes, mother doesn’t want to hear about their sex life and the Angel just shakes her head while thinking considering both her parents it’s no surprise. Overall aside from spiking Charlie’s blood pressure the visit went quite well.
The Hazbin Hotel Pilot. Just like the last 6, the 7th extermination day is just as bloody as the others with the owners trudging back into the Hotel exhausted after another day of trying to save Sinners, regardless of how few that was. Angel Dust who was waiting for it to be over leaves as he’s been called into work now that it’s done giving them a sympathetic look once they aren’t looking. As Vaggie pours a strong drink they both need, Charlie is ordering some dinner. Once it’s ready the Princess simply opens a portal and grabs it, leaving the cash plus a large tip. Once the meal is done she opens a portal to their room and collapses into it still dressed, with their partner following suit.
Vaggie wakes up early the next morning as is her routine. After completing her usual workout the Angel prepares breakfast for her and their partner, hoping a nice meal in bed would warm her spirits. To their surprise Charlie is already up, almost bouncing across the room in excitement before noticing her girlfriend is in the room. She then takes a moment before explaining that was 666 news asking if they’d like to come on and talk about her new project to fill in an empty time slot. The Angel is obviously shocked but quickly adjusts asking the Princess if they’re sure considering what their anchor is like. Charlie just waves it off reminding her of all the planning they’ve done for this and how it’ll be great. Accepting she had a point as their girlfriend rushed to get ready, dressed and grab their presentation notes, the Angel texted the Spider to let him know not to do anything to embarrass the Hotel today. Unfortunately Angel Dust was too busy to notice it.
In the studio the couple are going over the final points for the interview to ensure it goes perfectly so they can the case for their hotel perfectly. Vaggie also took the liberty of letting Lucifer and Angela know, who would inform the rest of the family so they could watch Charlie’s moment on air. The Princess in question after remembering her pitch goes to greet Katie Killjoy, who quickly lives up to her reputation as not only a complete bitch but a homophobe too. Charlie simply grits her teeth, asking the news woman how it’s working out for them considering where they ended up while offering a polite smile. Despite the slight Killjoy rushes back to the desk once they get back on air with her guest following serenely behind.
Despite getting her name wrong, Charlie decided to pitch their Hotel the best she could. Even with the initial blank or even mocking reactions the princess makes her case passionately reminding them all of how she’s tried to save lives during the exterminations, along with asking everyone a direct question are you happy with your life as it is in Hell. Vaggie knocks out a camera man for insulting their partner. The Princess simply continues her point by stating their must be some part of those watching that wants to be better and how the Hotel can help them achieve that. Despite this Killjoy simply mocks the idea that any sinners would want to be better people. Not deterred Charlie reveals their 1st guest as none other than Angel Dust, defending him despite the news anchors insults by listing the progress he’s made in the last 2 weeks. Just as it’s revealed the Spider in question is now involved in a turf war. Vaggie is now currently trying to call Angel Dust while her partner has had enough and shoots back calling Killjoy a nasty spiteful bitch who is only in her current job thanks to her boss who’s bi though they probably have no idea what that means instead of a page 3-girl, cheap hooker or weather girl on a station no one watches. The audience inside and out of the studio are stunned, as is Tom Trench who despite enjoying his coworker being torn down is terrified of her legendary rages running off as she transforms and leaps at the Princess. Charlie doesn’t even brink as she punches Killjoy hard enough to send her flying till they hit the boundary of the Pride ring. There’s a silence till the entire audience and co-anchor applaud the Princess who is leaving with the Angel to pick up their wayward guest from his scrap. Much to the interest of a certain Deer watching the broadcast.
The drive home is quiet in the Limo as Charlie is trying to figure out what to do next, while Vaggie is glaring furiously at Angel Dust who is more interested in messing with the divider. His response of owing his girl buddy a solid should be considered a redeeming quality only infuriates the Angel even more she states not when it results in territorial genocide which the Spider pushes further till a throwing knife hits the button just missing them. Angel Dust argues he was just trying to protect his reputation as it would nosedive if people found out he was trying to go straight, Vaggie snaps that instead he’s fucked with their reputation making them look like a joke, which the Spider tries to come up with a retort both are shocked by the Princess snapping enough. Charlie bluntly tells Angel Dust that while she understands he’s only been with them a short time and thus still early in his journey with his intention to help his friend a noble one, doing so the way he did not only made the Hotel look back but is only reinforcing that it seems like he doesn’t actually value their attempts to help or see improving himself as a possibility. The Spider is stunned before asking if that means they’re kicking him out, her answer that no just cause he doesn’t think he can redeem himself doesn’t mean she doesn’t think he can, adding there’s more to him than even they themselves see and thus the Hotel will still continue to be a place for him. Angel Dust is actually silent, till he simply says whatever not wanting to admit that bit of faith felt really good.
Upon arriving Angel Dust heads to the kitchen for a snack, while Vaggie just slumps into the couch. Charlie for her part takes a moment to go to her office and make a call. Like usual it goes to voicemail but she continues anyway telling her mom how the interview went but despite that she refuses to give up and promises to live up to their dream hanging up after a quick I love you. Returning to the lobby they hear a knocking at the door. Curious the Princess goes to answer it before getting the 2nd biggest shock of her life at the presence of the Radio Demon. She slams the door shut before opening it again just to confirm it’s actually him slamming it a final time. Immediately Charlie calls over to Vaggie telling them who’s at the door. While Angel Dust is just confused her partner is immediately on edge, telling them not let him in. Though curiosity drives the Princess to open the door again.
After getting confirmation he could talk now, Alastor introduces himself in a memorable way just as the former radio host strives to. Vaggie for her part warns him that she won’t allow him to hurt anyone there, the fact she nor Charlie aren’t put off by his threat/promise both surprises and intrigues him. The Deer then stares he’s there to help much to their shock and confusion. Clarifying that he’s grown bored and lacked inspiration for decades, craving a new form of entertainment claiming that what the Princess did on camera is the purest kind of. Alastor then clarifies that he doesn’t actually believe in redemption and he will take pleasure in watching the scum of the world try and continually fail to better themselves.
Vaggie meanwhile explains to Angel Dust who their visitor is, exasperated that she has to do so to someone who’s been in Hell decades longer. The Angel thus explains to the Spider how Alastor appeared and seemingly toppled ancient overlords overnight, raw power like that having never been seen by a mortal soul before, broadcasting the carnage through Hell to show off their power earning his moniker despite how unimaginative it was. Along with people genuinely wondering how he could rival the most ancient evils of their world Vaggie states that no matter what they can’t trust him as an unpredictable source of danger, a wicked spirit of mystery and a violent monster they can’t risk getting involved with. Angel Dust then jokes he looks like a strawberry pimp, then also asks if she trusts any man earning a deadpan look.
Vaggie for her part takes Charlie to the side stating the facts, that Alastor obviously has ulterior motives and is pure evil along with not being redeemable who likely wants to destroy everything they’re trying to do. The Princess herself admits that while yes he’s here for this own less than pure reasons and has no intention of changing, throwing him out would go against everything the Hotel stands for asking the Angel to trust her. Despite her own anxieties she decides to trust their partner.
Thus Charlie goes up to Alastor informing him that she is rejecting his offer. There’s a silence before the Radio Demon asks a simple what in shock. The Princess points out that not only does he not believe in the goal of the Hotel viewing it as simple entertainment, she doesn’t need his support as along with the backing of her family but 2 other overlords Carmilla Carmine and Rosie, the latter of which makes their eyes narrow for a second before returning when she points out further that considering his 7 year absence mean he isn’t that big a deal like they once might’ve been. Charlie for her part stats that if Alastor does want to take part in what they’re doing regardless of his reasons then he can join as their concierge which put him only below her and Vaggie. Theirs a silence as they all await his answer. Alastor despite the insult to his pride and power, knowing he has no option agrees to her terms.
Alastor for his part gets into gear quickly asking where their staff is, noticing how empty the place is. Vaggie explains they were waiting for more guests to arrive before contacting Charlie’s relatives to provide the necessary employees. The Deer states he can provide them with the 1st then. At the nearby fire place he casts a spell that causes a spot covered figure to emerge who quickly reveals herself to be a cyclops sinner. Alastor introduces her as Niffy who makes a big impression, asking if theirs any men here while cooing over how clean the whole place is. Next is a cat sinner who has just won a hand at cards before realising where he is. Initially hostile at the Radio Demons presence and his attitude towards them, the newly introduced Husk changes his tune at the presence of the bar and its many high-end beverages. Waiting to show off his showmanship the deer uses his magic to summon a band but is surprised that it’s limited by the building itself, continuing despite that he puts on a show which the princess enjoyed. Till a pound bang hit the front door and they heard a scream of fury.
Outside Sir Pentious still furious at Angel Dust for interfering, though his attention shifts to Alastor who claims not to know him. Deflated the Snake unleashes his laser cannon, though it’s cut short by the Radio Demon opening a portal from which tentacles grab then destroy the airship. Initially pleased Alastor is unnerved by the fact neither the Princess or her partner look unimpressed before returning to his jovial personality at the suggestion of making his mother’s Jambalaya. On the way in the Radio Demon also changed the sign from Happy to Hazbin Hotel. The owners decided to let him have it. At dinner they complimented Alastors cooking, managing to guess the spices he used which impressed him. The Angel stated there was a place that used to make it and was a regular customer, while the Princess learned to cook it when trying different cuisines. This intrigued the Deer more. Afterwards they got the full tour, with Niffty loving the pool and Alastor the library. The new trio were also pleased with their rooms as much more than initially expected. The Radio Demon asked Charlie if he could modify his room to his liking using magic, which is how he learned the Hotel is enchanted to ensure that no magic except for the owners can creep too far in for guests safety/privacy. Annoyed at his powers being limited, Al focused on remodelling his room more to his liking.
It’s an adjustment period for the Hotel with their new additions and old inhabitants learning to get along with each other. But aside from dealing with Husk dealing with Angel Dusts flirtatiousness and Nifftys extreme cleanliness they settle into a rhythm.
As can be expected the owners leave to attend Angela’s birthday party at the palace , putting Alastor in charge. Like usual the event was for family and close friends as a nice intimate affair. The young princess loved all her gifts and getting to spend time with the people she loves. Her mother was informed by several of the sins that the interview, despite some of their feelings on the Hotel, was amazing especially how she swatted that bitch Katie Killjoy across the ring. In a quiet moment she also informed Rosie, Carmilla and Zestial about Alastors return along with him now working at the Hotel. While the latter 2 debate about what this could mean and his disappearance, the former simply sips her tea. As the party ended the birthday toon the time to tell Charlie she and her wife thought she did really well on the interview, though did voice that Angel Dust was a real asshole despite her attempts at defending him. Once they were along Angela and Chastity revealed they had a big surprise for them. They were going to be moving into the Hotel to help them. Obviously the owners were shocked asking about their own careers and commitments. The young princess had simply put her manager in charge of the day-to-day operations with her checking in monthly and the succubus was still going to be doing her job, with a portal the commute would be nothing and she could help on the weekends. Obviously Charlie pulled both into a tearful hug, wondering what she did to deserve such great daughters while they and Vaggie tried to calm them down.
The couple moved in the next day to much fanfare by Charlie who proceeded to introduce them to their newest additions. As they’d only heard about the young Princess and her wife from 3rd hand sources it was rather eye opening. Angela caught onto to Alastors act quickly telling him to save it, she’s used to people trying to soften her up before fucking her and she isn’t falling for his charming radio host shit, bluntly reminding the Deer of his place and how with her there he’s not even in the top 3 most powerful people in the Hotel anymore. Alastor for his part is both insulted but intrigued by her cool but blunt response noting how different she is from their mother. In Husks case he’s both impressed and terrified by her downing their usual, a triple shot of Beelzejuice mixed with the same of aged Wrathian Fire Whiskey and 2 shots of absinthe together which she downs then asks for another like it was water. Chastity meets Niffty who shows off her roach puppets, thanks to decades of experience dealing with kids and their sometimes interesting arts and crafts, the teacher simply asks what their names are and how she made them. After launching into a lengthy explanation of both, the maid tells them none of her teachers were nice like her and she likes them. Alastor asks how the succubus deals with misbehaviour, he’s disappointed to find out that corporal punishment is not one of them. The Radio Demon argues that back in his day if a child disobeyed he’d get a quick reminder why they shouldn’t. Chastity simply replies that some cases might require it, but in her experience gentler methods like actually talking to the child and finding out the cause plus teaching them why it’s wrong work better than just beating them, especially as she’s sure those methods played a part in the man who was damned to Hell. Alastor is silent, annoyed at being called out but impressed by both her calmness in speaking to an overlord like him and courage in saying that exact thing. He finds himself sharing the same fondness he has for Charlie with them, subconsciously cause both remind him of his mother. Life continues on with the Hotels new residents until a certain meeting is called.
HH S1 Ep 1. Charlie is in her room reading the story of Hell when Angela and Vaggie arrive, the pair making her jump before reminding her they love her theatrics the former adding she read them that as a baby. It’s gets serious as they ask if she’s ok, the Angel asking if the Princess has heard from Lilith then how long it’s been. Despite the fact it’s been 7 years Charlie still believes that her mom is off doing something important and that the kingdom was something they both care about. The pair remind her she isn’t alone and that the Hotel will work as they both have faith in her, before Vaggie reveals the reason why their there is because Alastor said he had something to show them.
After a commercial that was at best ineffective and worst insulting the trio have notes. Vaggie and Angela are both obviously pissed off for obvious reasons, while Charlie is trying to be more polite in her criticisms. The Angel points out it didn’t even explain that they’re trying to save sinners from the extermination with the Princess more politely backing up her point, stating the commercial was about letting them know they’re trying to help. Alastor argues that as he was forced to use that noisy picture box advertising so had some fun with it. The Young Princess reminds Alastor they asked for a TV ad as that’s the most popular medium, but also said he could do a radio one as well so he doesn’t get to whine like a spoiled toddler, earning her a look. Vaggie for her part adds that when he arrived a week ago they said he wanted to help run the Hotel but is instead mocking them, along with how no one’s gonna wanna come to a place a powerful overlord thinks is a waste of time. Angel Dust offers his own services for the ad, despite the ex-exorcists refusal the Spider continues. Angela for her own part mentions how even in Pride that’s a bit much and also calls him out for harassing Alastor with his going at it comment which they appreciate. Charlie thanks Angel Dust for his enthusiasm but refuses to exploit him that way, hoping that also helps break down his persona. While the Spider continues about his bedroom abilities the Princess takes a call from Lucifer.
Angel Dust for his part asks why they can’t just make people stay there considering how powerful Alastor is, which he boasts he could. Husks add that’s the only reason why he’s there cleaning bottles and listening to them bitch and moan, while Niffty adds she’s into that much to his discomfort. The Spider can’t help but flirt with Husk with Angela calling him out for harassing the cat now while Vaggie joins in while also stating they can’t force sinners to stay, they have to choose to. Angel Dust claims he’s choosing to stay there and still thinks it’s stupid considering they’re in Hell thus the end of the road. The Angel for her part states that maybe it doesn’t have to be. The Spider simply states as long as he can stay there rent free, as drugs aren’t cheap.
Charlie for her part is hearing from Lucifer that he’s busy with work and that Heaven has scheduled a meeting with the head of the exorcists, asking if she’d take his place. Obviously they both are confused about what this could mean but she agrees. Once done she calls over Angela and Vaggie. Upon hearing the news the Angel goes rigid, asking why the Hell they would be asking for a meeting so soon after extermination. Her daughter suggests it’s most likely so Adam can bitch about something or brag about how much better Heaven is and their kill count. The Princess admits anything is possible with that man. Despite their joint worries Charlie leaves to attend, asking the pair to take care of the Hotel while she’s gone, hoping the walk would help her prepare for whatever the meeting could be about.
Arriving at the embassy the already on edge Princess is not calmed by just how creepy and unnerving the building is, even more so when a quill and paper appears then disappears after signing her name once she rings the bell. A door opening leading to a darkened room only worsens it. Entering her training and instincts kick in, just in case it’s an ambush jumping when the lights come on and a voice calls out. It takes every bit of restraint and more to control to stop herself from attacking, especially once she sees it’s Adam and Lute, due to his disgusting lies about her beloved daughter and daughter-in-law plus how the latter mutilated their beloved girlfriend. Using years of experience and courtly etiquette the Princess was able to present a polite but cool front that didn’t shatter despite Adam’s childish attempts at 1st a handshake then offer of ribs despite knowing he never comes down and uses holograms instead. Charlie then asked why he called this meeting, but the 1st man instead decided to ramble about random bullshit. She took a breath knowing this would take a while.
Meanwhile back at the Hotel Vaggie gathered everyone, including Chastity who returned from running errands, to state that while Charlie was away they would be filming a new commercial that actually represented what they were trying to do. Angela made her the camera so they could get started. Beginning at the bar it was derailed by Husks inexperience with acting and Angel Dusts continued flirting. Angela got the Spider under control by offering a weekend in Lust and a meeting with Asmodeus himself, while her wife held up cue cards for the cat to read.
Back at the meeting Charlie was finding her patience becoming more strained Adam’s idiotic and offensive rambling.
In one of the rooms of the Hotel Vaggie is continuing with the commercial this time with Niffty. Though this was hampered by the fact that the maid froze with a blank look when the Camera was pointed at her. Along with being creepy it really slowed things down, though Chastity who was used to dealing with camera shy kids had an idea. After sending Niffty out for a minute, she returned to find only the succubus who asked them how clean the Hotel was. Niffty immediately did so with a gusto, stating how pristine everything was. Leading the maid out Chastity peaks back in to get a thumbs up from a no longer invisible Angela, Vaggie and Angel Dust.
In the lobby the trio are going over the footage while Alastor arrives to praise them over making an effective commercial, even if it’s going to air on that noisy picture box. Chastity answers before the others can, saying that since the Deer is such a powerful overlord then he should have no issue getting it on air for them immediately. Al is silent till the Succubus promises that if he does they’ll let him do an exclusive interview with her and Angela, along with full creative control over a radio ad for them. That does the trick with the Radio Demon happily agreeing. Vaggie and her wife give Chastity a look of surprise, she simply says it’s no different than convincing a student to do something by dangling something they want too.
Back at the Meeting Charlie is about to either rip her own ears off or tear out Adam’s tongue after hours of his sexist and misogynistic ramblings. In the end she simply snaps demanding why they called this meeting or the Princess would leave tired of his pointless bullshit. Unhappy at being interrupted the 1st man takes extra pleasure as he and Lute reveal they’re adding a 2nd extermination to the schedule in just 6 months time. Charlie is intially shocked before enraged demanding to know why it’s happening but the pair just cut the feed, both giving her smug looks and Adam the finger. The Princess proceeds to break the table by slamming her fist into it before wondering how she’s going to tell everyone back home.
Charlie arrives still sullen before being dragged into the Hotel by a very enthusiastic Vaggie. Before the Princess can tell her what happened, the Angel leads them to the couch with everyone else revealing that they reshot the commercial with Alastor stating he used his connections to air it ASAP, Angela reveals she edited it and Angel Dust bragging it’s one of his better performances. Full of joy Charlie decides to wait to tell them about the meeting, though it’s soon ruined when the news interrupts their commercial to reveal it. Chaos spreads as it’s shown a new extermination is coming in 6 months.
Meanwhile in Heaven Adam and Lute find the body of their dead exorcist via a drone. The enraged 2nd wants to go straight to Hell and purge them all, while her superiors tells her to be patient before smashing the projector with his fist.
Ep 2. Charlie is in the lobby pacing back and forth panicking over the new extermination before Vaggie helps calm her down. Angel Dust for his part is skeptical arguing that the news is making everyone crazy, then trying to hide a text from Valentino which puts both the owners on edge for a different reason. Though the Spiders point about everyone losing their shit causes the Angel to realise that if sinners are desperate, they’d be willing to try anything to escape the extermination, which the Princess joins in on stating it’s the perfect time to recruit more sinners for the Hotel. Until they’re interrupted by a loud banging against the wall, followed by a familiar scream of rage.
Within his airship Sir Pentious is demanding for Alastor to come out and face him, before realising he’s on the balcony having a cup of coffee bemused by the Snakes 2nd attempt, not even bothering to remember him despite their precious encounter or any of the others. After more mockery from the Deer the Inventor claims defeating him with allow them to accepted by the 3 Vee’s as an equal. A curious Niffty asked who they were, but Alastor said no one important.
Within his office Vox watched over his empire, ensuring his minions did as ordered and the brainless masses consumed his products and content with a bit of hypnotic persuasion. Though it’s interrupted by Velvet calling and demanding he deal with his boy toy who’s fucking up her studio. Exasperated the media overlord leaves his office interacting/hypnotising several journalists that Voxtech was developing a solution to deal with the new extermination though it was complete bullshit before zipping through a security camera as electricity.
Arriving at her Studio Vel tells Vox that Valentino was in a mood and tore apart her best model, telling him to deal with the piss baby that is his boyfriend.
Vox thus find Valentino in the penthouse having a temper tantrum breaking shit cause Angel Dust has moved into Charlie’s Hotel. The Media overlord talks the pimp down from doing something stupid by pointing out how bad it would make them look and instead offers to let him shoot up their worst employees of the month. Val then reveals that he isn’t the only one staying there now, but so is Alastor enraging and shocking the TV who is furious that wasn’t the 1st thing they told him, though the moth just points out he’s not the one who’s got a kink for killing the Deer. Vox then watches the drone outside the Hotel.
Alastor is of course toying with the terrified Sir Pentious despite Charlie’s pleas for mercy while Angel Dust watches amused. After dropping the snake out of his airship face 1st into the mud, the Radio Demon then blasts him away after he tries to salvage the defeat by ripping off a small sliver of their coat. Alastor then leaves to have his coat fixed at the Tailor while Vaggie and the Princess head off to hopefully recruit more sinners to the Hotel.
Back at V Tower Vox is furious to find out that Alastor is back, even more so when Val brings up how he beat them last time they fought. Wanting to prove his superiority and that things have changed the Media Overlord decided to run a special broadcast. While it started off well it became apparent that the Radio Demon could still find the right buttons to push, causing the TV to short out all of Pentagram City except the Hotel. Alastor took the time to further mock his wannabe rival by promising he’ll make them wish he’d stayed gone and how fun it would be.
Later the Vees are in a meeting room with Vox reminding them about how bad it would be for Alastor to get too close to the Princess, especially if he can somehow make a deal with her. The trio eventually settle on getting someone inside the Hotel, someone pathetic enough for Charlie to pity but no ties to them. The Media overlord smirks knowing just the one.
Angel Dust watches as Charlie and Vaggie return home, the Princess flopping face down into the couch exhausted after a long fruitless day. The Angel reveals that aside from her partner giving selfies and autographs to Hellborn, they couldn’t find any sinners interested in joining the Hotel. The Spider isn’t surprised that no one wants to waste their possible final days, though a knock at the door catches Vaggies attention. Upon seeing Sir Pentious at the door she hits him with a punch, then puts her spear at his throat he claims to come in peace. At the sight of the Princess the snake claims to want to better and join the Hotel. Despite her suspicions Charlie welcomes him enthusiastically, much to the disbelief of Angel Dust reminding him he only a few hours before had tried killing them. The Princess defends him by reminding the Spider that everyone deserves a 2nd chance including Sir Pentious. The Spider then tries to get the Angel on side but trusting Charlie she states that the Snake isn’t a threat even with his War machine, let alone without out it. At this the Princess welcomes the Snake with a hug before starting the tour. Angel gives him at best a week.
Charlie starts by introducing Sir Pentious to the rest of the Hotel with Niffty making a very big impression on the snake, actively terrifying him. Though the meeting becomes awkward when they reach Alastor, who states he recognises the inventor as the one who damaged his coat. The Princess seeing this as a good learning opportunity, encourages Sir Pentious to apologise to the Radio Demon, though it’s ruined by Alastor coldly burning the sliver to both mock and demoralise the Snake. Angela and Chastity who are back from errands/work are split, the former doesn’t trust the inventor one bit while the latter wants to give him a chance as he reminds them of shy/lonely students she’s had.
Wanting to make Sir Pentious feel more welcome Charlie organises a clapping and singing game, which despite Angel Dusts comments seems to work making the snake feel at ease. Angela also rolls her eyes but participates to please their mom while Chastity who’s done this for decades it’s instinct by this point. They then move onto an exercise where the Snake and Spider are tested on behaviours that can lead to redemption with the former doing a better job which earned praise from the owners, which unintentionally made Angel Dust feel like a failure that Sir Pentious is better in 1 day than he was in almost a month. Thus he heads to his room to try and get some rest, though it was only worsened by the messages from Valentino despite the attempts of his beloved pet Fat Nuggets. Needing to take his mind off things the Spider heads down to the bar for a stiff drink. It’s moments like this that remind him even without the chemical dependency, the mental kind will always be the worst no matter how much he wants to try and ignore it.
After a swig of whiskey Angel Dust sees a shadow on the wall, instinct telling him to follow. The spider is shocked then enraged to find Sir Pentious planting a camera in Charlies office. This leads to a scuffle where the Snake hypnotises Angel Dust to get him off, but it stops there when both see the Princess, Vaggie and Angela at the door looking disappointed, angry or unimpressed. Before either can speak Charlie destroys the Camera with her magic, which causes Sir Pentious to start desperately looking for an escape route while calling Vox for help. The TV instead mocks the Snake for being caught so soon, telling him he’s worthless and if they don’t kill him, then he should do it himself. That causes Sir Pentious to break down asking that they make it quick. Chastity who had been watching outside remembered all the children she’d seen like this for either their parents or fellow children. She along with the ever compassionate Princess comforted the Snake, telling him it was never too late to say sorry and make a real effort to be better. That surprises the Inventor asking if they would really give him a chance, the succubus and Princess remind him what the Hotel stands for. That seems to be the push Sir Pentious needed to give it a real shot, though the kick from an irate Niffty was something he could do without. Despite their anger at his betrayal, sympathy for what they saw Vox say to him plus the Angel and Younger Princess trust their partners/mother while Angel Dust understands what desperation can do to someone especially when the Vees are involved. As they leave the room Alastor appears, picking up the discarded watch taking the opportunity to mock his old foe again before destroying it.
The next morning Sir Pentious left to bring his airship to the Hotel along with his Egg Bois, setting up a lab in his spacious room. The next several days were interesting to say the least.
Ep 3. Charlie is putting up a banner to celebrate Sir Pentious 1st week at the Hotel. Angela and Vaggie aren’t exactly sure about celebrating him being there a week considering past behaviour, which is punctuated by the Snake rolling in a new weapon. He explains it’s to help protect him from the rest of the residents, as they’re being too nice not for it to be a trap. Clara and Odette arrive delivering the parts for the “Skin Flayer 11,000”. This leads to them greeting the Princess, their niece and Sister revealing that they have an overlords meeting today after inviting them to dinner the following night. Along with agreeing Vaggie tells them to take the shipment back along with explaining that along with not being allowed to build weapons in the Hotel, everyone is being nice to Sir Pentious cause they want him to feel welcome, which they are skeptical of. That lack of trust gives Charlie the idea to make it the focus of the days activities, though the Angel does remind the snake of the ground rules and after they shoot a laser that only just marks the ceiling states that the Egg Bois are confiscated for the day despite Sir Pentious begging. While Vaggie leads them away her partner comforts the crying snake.
Vaggie finds Alastor in his room eating from a dead deer. The Angel asks him to watch the Eggs for the day, the Radio Demon agrees stating he’ll be on an outing for the day. She thanks him while also being disgusted by his choice of meal.
Back in the lobby Charlie announces that they will be running some exercises to try and build trust between the Hotels residents, with Vaggie leading after ensuring she’s ok with it. The Angel gets into the mind of a drill sergeant and runs them hard through several challenges which include trust falls, trying to build a tower from spaghetti and marshmallows while their arms are tired together or attempting to bake a cake while they are either deaf, blind, mute or on a video call. That last one ended with the screen broken, though Husk passed out drink before that, Angel Dust trying to strangle Sir pentious with his own tail and Niffty laughing madly at the chaos. After cleaning up the Spider has a suggestion of what they could do next, which despite Vaggie and Angela’s suspicions they agree to try.
Alastor for his part is walking to the meeting, coming very close to murdering the Egg Bois as their shenanigans are driving him mad, well madder. His journey is interrupted by the arrival of Zestial. The Radio Demon is pleased at being able to interact with a fellow overlord. The pair discuss about Alastors disappearance and the rumours about it, much to the Deer demons pleasure. Though it soon turns sour when the Spider overlord questions his involvement with the Hotel, considering he is the 3rd such overlord to do so as the Radio Demon doesn’t enjoy hearing he wasn’t the 1st but claims it’s due to reasons he wishes to keep to himself.
Upon arriving at the building, Alastor orders the Eggs to guard the front not noticing that Frank was trapped on the elevator with them. As the overlords take their seats the Egg sticks close to the Deer, hiding behind his seat after Rosie’s smile makes him jump. Carmilla soon arrives stating that with the new extermination they need to minimise the risk to their interests and the potential loss of souls, she stops to greet her old friend Zestial along with being surprised at Alastors return though quickly moves on to the Deers offence. Though they are interrupted by the arrival of Velvette, the fashion/social media overlord being her usual insulting and disrespectful self. Any chance at salvaging the meeting is ruined when the Doll throws the head of an exorcist on the table, shocking everyone there but the Matriarch who simply asks where they found it. Velvette explains they found it on extermination day, that with proof exorcists can be killed then it changes things, stating she and the others Vee’s are coming up with an assault plan. Zestial interrupts her attempt at getting more support by pointing out they don’t know how the Exorcist was killed or by who, that attempting an uprising could see all of Hell purged, though he adds that the Doll and her allies could be leading them to slaughter simply so they can take territory if not outright destroy them. This causes the other overlords to turn against the idea, though Velvette noticing the unease on Carmilla’s face adapts. Insulting the spider overlord 1st to rile the matriarch up, continuing to do so before asking if they know what killed the Angel. Despite Carmilla ending the meeting there, the Doll overlord leaves pleased at both riling her up and all but confirming the truth. As he gets up to leave Alastor notices the Carmines and Zestial exiting, sensing an opportunity he sends Frank to follow to learn the truth hanging over their heads.
Meanwhile Charlie is embarrassed, Vaggie annoyed and Angela bemused that Angel Dust has led them to a BDSM club, telling the Angel it’s no activity requires more trust than BDSM. The young Princess for her part internally agrees, remembering how big a milestone it was for Chastity to trust them to do it considering how they met. Vaggie and her partner don’t disagree with the Spider, but along with this being inappropriate they also believe in private things remaining that, private the Angel convinces Charlie to let her attempt a way they both know. Despite her trepidation she agrees.
This leads them standing on a building in the middle of contested territory while a war goes on beneath them. Vaggie explains that as everything else has failed they’re be learning to trust the same way she was taught, through combat. A portal then opens beneath the guests and staff dropping them a decent distance away, the Angel telling them they don’t get home till all of them make it to the roof. The trio watch with Charlie hoping they’ll be ok, while Angela makes bets with Vaggie about who will get more injured. The latter wins as Angel Dust, Husk and Sir Pentious arrive back on the roof, the Snake the worst hit. Niffty is somewhere in the distance causing chaos to her hearts content. Deciding it’s easier to just bring her home, the Princess opens a portal back to the Hotel, where upon being healed the guests head to their own rooms to rest and recover. Except the maid who rushes to clean herself and the Hotel of any dirt that was tracked in. Silently the Angel hopes she made the right choice.
Meanwhile Frank is staying hidden in Carmilla’s office as ordered to gather information. The Matriarch downs a swig of whiskey, refuting her daughter’s suggestion they tell Zestial who already guessed the truth. The Spider overlord is able to convince her to reveal the truth, that she killed the Exorcist to protect her daughters and covered it up to prevent a war that could cause Hell to be purged. Carmilla further adds that regardless she would do anything to protect her loved ones such as Clara, Odette and Zestial. As the mother and daughters embrace the Egg Boi flees having gathered the required information.
Outside Alastor awaits while the rest of the Egg Bois are playing in the garbage. Upon seeing Frank the Radio Demon questions what he heard, being very pleased to hear the truth of Carmilla’s angel slaying and ordering his little spy to stay silent before heading home.
Back at the Hotel Charlie and Vaggie look on happily as their guests and staff are bonding over their experiences in trying not to die. The Princess states she knew that the Angel could do it, bringing a smile to her face. Angela meanwhile is filling in Chastity about what happened while she was at work, not being surprised Angel Dust took them to a BDSM club or that Vaggie dumped them into a warzone let alone that it worked. Alastor returns about this time, claiming the Eggs were actually rather useful before returning them to Sir Pentious as a reward for his good behaviour. The Snake is intially overjoyed to have them back before ordering them to clean his room.
Later while preparing for bed Frank tells his boss about their day, revealing the secret about Carmilla despite Alastors order. Though with their reputation for making crazy shit up and their wording the Snake believes it’s more of the former, wishing them a good night.
A few days after their group experience Angel Dust and Angela are sharing exploits, with the former impressed by the latter’s body count and experience. The Spider cracks a joke about how someone like the Princess came from someone as prudish as Charlie. After a full minute laughing along with spitting out her drink, Angela smirkingly reveals her mother isn’t as innocent as he might think. That gets Angel Dusts attention who wants every word. The young Princess not only reveals her mothers habit of using royal occasions as a hook up spot, but how she would sometimes spend entire weekends at her place or others in Lust with several employees at a time which left them exhausted enough they needed vacation time to recover. By the time Charlie and Vaggie return several hours later everyone at the Hotel sans Alastor is sat listening rapt around Angela. The Princess thinks they’re being friendly, though her joy turns to horror upon hearing from the Spider what they listening to. Angel Dust is smirking in approval/respect, Husk gives her a raised eyebrow look, Sir Pentious is too red faced to look at her and Niffty is smirking at Charlie with clear admiration/jealousy. The Angel picks her girlfriend up, giving a look that promises pain if they bring this up around either of them, before carrying them onto bed to help them deal with the embarrassment.
For Ep 4. the hotel members sans Alastor are sat around during show & tell by the TV watching a tape Angel Dust brought, which turns out to be one of his pornos. Vaggie quickly rips the tape out and throws it at the Spider, who just manages to catch it, telling him this is about sharing stuff that’s meaningful to them not filth. Angel Dust is offended stating this won him a “Sex-x-x-i” award along with being his best film and helped him beat out Tiffany Titfucker. Husk for his part adds that it’s not a very convincing interrogation scene, causing the Spider to get defensive. The cat simply asks if he’s not gonna act like the scripts are hot garbage, with Angela adding that the films from Lust of are a much higher quality cause the actors actually enjoy it and don’t have to fake it. Angel Dust tells both to go fuck themselves that what he does is classy art, though Husk and the young Princess remind him that he bitches about then at the bar while drunk constantly, clarifying that everyone does it and he knows plenty about them. That Sir Pentious watches them sleep cause he’s a lonely insecure buffoon, Charlie is stressed out by trying to steer the herd of drunken cats that is the Hotel, Vaggie is stressed by making sure the Princess doesn’t get burned out while Niffty he avoids talking about for obvious reasons. The Spider cracks a joke about the kitten having claws before they move onto him, stating he can see through their bullshit and how fake they are. Angel Dust starts trying to refute this, but quickly becomes subdued once a call from Valentino calling him in for a last minute shoot. Despite their obvious discomfort at seeing the Spider so distressed, the Princess simply wishes him a nice day. Once he’s gone Charlie slumps into her seat angry at how Val continues to hurt and prevent their friend from making any real progress. Vaggie and Angela both point out that as Princess of Hell she can just force the pump to give her Angel Dusts contract or Vox will if she puts on the pressure. The Princess is worried she could make things worse, but her partner and Daughter remind her she’s put arrogant Goetia and others much more powerful beings than a simple overlord in their place, so what’s there to be scared of along with it being to save someone she cares about. That helps ignite the fire in her heart.
Angel Dust is on set trying to deal with another shit script while not angering Valentino today. Just as the shoot starts, the Spider freezes in terror at the sight of Charlie entering the studio with an uncharacteristically stern look on her face. Immediately Angel Dust rushes over to try and get her out of their pronto, but is horrified to hear them call Valentino over. The Moth is annoyed till he sees it’s the dear Princess of Hell, so focused on how he could use her both professionally and privately doesn’t notice the look on her face. As Val tries to touch her Charlie shocks everyone by backhanding him across the room. As the pimp overlord tries getting up the Princess shoves him to the floor her foot on his head keeping him there. Charlie then lets him know she knows what kind of scum he is, but is shocked by the arrogance and stupidity to think he could use that smoke of his to turn her into one of his sex toys. That such an insult is enough to earn a death sentence and as the daughter of Lucifer and Lilith, along with her family the sins plus her own power would be very easy to enact. That it would be so easy to burn down everything his partners built, cause honestly Val is just a money maker who thinks with his cock Velvette and Vox are the real brains of the Vee’s. The Princess then makes it known she’s addressing Vox, stating she wants to talk to someone with actual authority. The TV overlord zips in, hiding his annoyance and fear behind a veneer of charming courtesy, asking what he can do to make up for his associates behaviour. Charlie states she came for Angel Dusts contract, but wants compensation for the insult, Valentino’s projected profits for the year sounds fair. Vox tries to convince her to lower it but the look on her face shuts him up, agreeing without argument and telling his partner to shut the fuck up as he’s not cleaning up his mess if he doesn’t do as he’s told for once. Valentino despite his rage hands over the Spiders contract, with the Princess then stating she’ll have the Voxtek accounts looked over by the royal accountant to ensure they aren’t swindling her of their due. This makes the Media overlord sweat before promising it’ll be in her account tmrw completely correct to the last cent. Charlie without breaking eye contact with the overlord tells Angel Dust to get his things as they’re leaving. This jolts the spider out of his frozen state who wishes to get his things before the Princess opens a portal. Stopping at the threshold he looks back at his friend stepping on his tormentors head and staring down Vox wondering if it’s just a dream, before stepping through hoping it isn’t. Closing the portal Charlie then adds she wants an apology from Valentino, who after a look from his partner does so despite the rage and humiliation he feels. The Princess then steps through a new portal, never breaking eye contact with Vox till it closes.
Angel Dust is stood in his room frozen still as Fat Nuggets is pawing at his leg feeling their distress. It isn’t until Charlie appears and calls his name. Turning he finds her offering his contract, a gentle smile on their face saying it should be him who destroys it. Taking it the Spider holds it for what feels like an eternity before ripping it in half. Immediately he feels their chain around his neck break, decades of pain, fear and hopelessness going with it. Once it hits him, Angel Dust falls to his knees and starts sobbing uncontrollably not being able to accept he’s really free. The Princess pulls hims into a hug while his pig starts pressing himself into their side to try and comfort them. It continues like that until the Spider passes out from sheer exhaustion.
Angel Dust woke up in bed with Fat Nuggets curled up next to him. The clock informed him it was 10:30pm so he’d been sleeping a good few hours. Leaving his bedroom he found a tray with a note from Charlie hoping he feels better soon. Removing the lid the Spider finds it’s his favourite, which is quickly devoured due to his hunger. Despite the delicious meal Angel Dust doesn’t feel any better, so heads to the bar hoping a good drink would help. He’s surprised to find Husk still there who immediately pours him a strong drink that is quickly swallowed, as are the next 4. Neither of them say anything for a while till the Cat asks how freedom feels, clarifying theirs multiple vids of the Princess not only getting his contract but putting Valentino in his place. Angel Dust stays silent till Husk reveals he was an overlord himself, explaining that his gambling addiction led to his downfall thanks to losing too many hands till the final one that cost him everything in a final desperate move to stay afloat, a deal himself. The Bartender understands what it’s like to regret the choices you’ve made, even when you’re a free man now like him. Husk is honest with the Spider stating that even though he’s free, it’s gonna take time for him to recover from all the shit he’s been through and even then they’ll still be a wound no matter how small that’ll remind him of it. But unlike him he’s able to make his own decisions now and can choose to be better along with recovering. The Cat then states if it makes him feel better he’s not alone in being completely fucked up, but he’s in a place that will help him stop being as such. That manages to get a smile from Angel Dust, which elicited the same from Husk who smiles seeing the real him. They stay like that for a good few hours drinking and laughing over what a cunt Valentino was till they drunkenly head to the Spiders room. The Cat was originally going to just put the Spider in his bed but ended up falling asleep on the couch. This is a source of much amusement much to his annoyance, but Angel Dust is happy he stayed as is Husk even if the latter won’t admit it.
The next morning Charlie comes to see how Angel Dust is doing. He’s subdued but happy to see her, the 1st thing they did was to pull them into a hug and give a heartfelt thank you. The Princess returns it until the Spider ends it, lasting a good 15 minutes. Once it’s over Charlie reveals she has an offer for Angel Dust, to help clear his head she’s offering to let him use her beach house in Envy for a week along with Cherri Bomb if he wants as they imagine getting out of Pride might be good for him. The Spider is stunned before telling the Princess she’s done enough for him, her response is that she’s doing it to help him cause he’s their friend stuns the spider silent again before he accepts the offer. Charlie smiles telling him to come to the lobby when he’s ready. Angel Dust packs up whatever beach stuff he’s got along with texting Cherri Bomb who’s bothering excited to see the beach and leave Pride for the 1st time ever. The Spider arrives not too long later with his bags packed and Fat Nuggets, the Anarchist overlord soon joining them. Charlie opens a portal letting them know she’ll open it again the exact same time in a week telling them to have fun.
Arriving out front the pair see that house is an underestimate, as it’s more like a beach palace with a large sprawling estate, private beach and freshwater swimming pool. They quickly get settled in with the staff taking their bags, though rather than dig out clubbing like Cherri Bomb suggested Angel Dust just wanted to relax and take it easy. Understanding he was still dealing with his freedom from Val the Cyclops agreed. The 1st day was spent sunbathing, swimming and just relaxing though the Spider did fuss over making sure Fat Nuggets had sun screen on to not get burnt. It continued like this for the rest of the trip, though Cherri Bomb didn’t mind as it allowed them both to just relax plus it was good for Angel Dust to clear his head without stress. They swam, the Cyclops tried to teach the Spider how to surf and they indulged in the various luxuries of the palace, which were many, other pleasure. Angel Dust for his part would walk around the halls noticing the large number of portraits and pictures of the Morningstar family both the official and personal kind. They depicted happy moments of the family from a young Charlie to the now adult Princess with Angela at various ages. It reminded him of happier times with his family, more often his mother and twin along with their brother. This causes him to ruminate on why despite everything she’s continued to help him. Along with the fact that Charlie is just that kind, she genuinely sees him as someone worthy of help who can be more than he sees himself to be. That hits the Sinner quite hard, though in a good way. He admits that while it’ll take a while before they can be the man that the Princess sees he can be, but is willing to put in the work. The trip overall proves to be an enjoyable, relaxing and overall healing trip for the Spider.
Meanwhile the night after Angel Dust left Charlie is in bed when she asks Vaggie a very important question. Now that he’s free from Valentino and shown he’s not as bad as she thought, should she tell Angela he’s her father. The Angel asks if that means she’d tell the Spider he’s her father, the Princess clarifies only with their daughters permission. Vaggie admits that she’s right about Angel Dust being safe to tell, but points out he would be obviously shocked, possibly angry and betrayed she kept his child from him or might not even care stating if could go any number of ways. Charlie agrees she’s thought of that but admits it might not get that far if Angela doesn’t agree to telling him. But her partner also brings up that she might feel angry/betrayed that they kept the truth from her, something else the Princess accepts.
The next morning Charlie invited Angela for a mother’s daughter day. The pair spend it shopping at several of the most expensive boutiques in Hell, a spa in Sloth and finally dinner at one of their palaces in Gluttony. After a delicious meal Angela finally asks why her mom’s been so tense all day. Charlie sending the servants out and casting silence spell to stop any eavesdropping made the young Princess more anxious. Her mother started by asking if she ever wondered why they never talked about their father. That confuses Angela more than anything as aside from during a family tree project at school she never gave it much thought. Charlie thus explains the night that she was conceived. The fact it’s a sinner is shocking enough, though the reveal of who stops Angela’s heart. Obviously she has questions like how a sinner was able to get the Princess of Hell pregnant and why they’re telling her now. Charlie thus explains Belphegors theory and their reasons for not telling any else but now that Angel Dust is free and shown he’s better than they thought it was safe to tell her now. Angela for her part agrees with the points but asks if she’s going to tell the Spider, her mother stating it’s up to her. The young Princess is obviously still stunned and going through multiple different feelings so tells her mother she needs time to decide, stating they understand why they did what they did but needs to process it and have her reaction so will be staying elsewhere till she’s ready to talk. Charlie despite being prepared for and understanding, is still saddened to see her daughter upset like this.
Charlie soon returned to the Hotel alone stating that Angela was visiting family and would be gone for a few days, informing Chastity that she’d call to let her know where she was. That and the rather depressed aura around the Princess gave the obvious impression that something had happened between the mother daughter pair. Husk gave Charlie some of those mocktails she liked, Niffty worked extra hard to keep the place clean, Sir Pentious for his part stopped any disruptive experiments to avoid stressing her out more, Vaggie worked extra hard to support her partner and Chastity tried to help while waiting for her wife to return home. Alastor while seeing the opportunity in the situation also felt a small bit of sympathy for the Princess, thanks to how much she reminded him of his own mother. Overall it was a tense few days as Charlie either focused on her work or sulked in their bedroom.
Angela for her part went to Sloth to talk to her aunt. Not only because the sin of sloth knew how to help her relax, but how to deal with the complex mix of emotions/feelings about the whole situation. The sheep despite her expertise decided to call in Beelzebub, who initially hoping for some drugs immediately portalled over hearing their great niece needed help. After being filled in the bee/maned fox had to deal with several revelations but quickly focused on helping Angela. Over the next 3 days the aunts listened to the young princesses feelings about the truth of who her father was. Both were able to help her deal with her feelings of shock it was a sinner and someone she knows, the small amount of anger that he wasn’t there for her even if she understood it wasn’t fair or logical, along with the betrayal Charlie never told her even if she never cared before and the tiny sliver that they were ashamed of them. They helped come to the conclusion she was scared over what this could mean not only for her relationship to Angel Dust, but how it could affect their relationship to their mother, chastity and the Hotel. After reassurance from her aunts that Charlie wouldn’t ever change how much she loves her regarding how she was conceived and that if she wants to no one has to know the truth of her parentage. That helps but Angela admits she’s probably going to need therapy to completely deal with this, making a note to call Lavender. Deciding it was time to return home the young Princess thanked Bel and Bee, both reminding her how much they love them, before opening a portal home.
Charlie was obviously overjoyed to see her daughter again, but refrained from overreacting. Angela sat her mother down for a talk explaining that she still understands and doesn’t blame them for keeping the secret, though admits they still need to come to terms with it so thinks some joint therapy with Lavender and personal alone would be a good idea for at least a little while. Her mother agrees wholeheartedly, embracing their daughter glad to have them home and knowing they weren’t angry at her. Angela later told Chastity who was both shocked but supportive of her wife while also agreeing with Charlie’s reasoning.
Angel Dust returned the next day. While everyone was happy to see him and that the time away had helped him clear his head, the more observant of them noticed that Charlie acted somewhat tense around them, while Angela had started avoiding the Spider. This confused them but aside from Alastor who wished to discover the reason why for his own ends, the rest let it go.
The pair start sessions with Lavender. Charlie is dealing with her guilt and doubts about keeping the secret, while Angela is dealing with the revelation and her own feelings on the matter along with joint sessions to help them work through it. Thankfully they are making good progress it’s just gonna take some time.
Charlie later decides that since Angel Dust enjoyed his trip to Envy, she’s going to do something better for everyone at the Hotel. The Princess gathers everyone in the lobby, announcing that she’s going take them on a trip to see the other rings of Hell. This obviously causes excitement and intrigue amongst the guests/staff who’ve always wondered what the rest of the infernal kingdom is like. Charlie reveals that she’s drawn from a hat to decide which order they’ll visit but will be keeping it a surprise till they arrive, warning everyone to pack for different temperatures and humidities. They do so to varying degrees.
1st stop is Wrath. Everyone except Alastor & Sir Pentious complains about the heat, as it reminds the former of summers back home the latter being nice for the cold blooded sinner. The activities they do vary in success. None except Angel Dust knows how to ride a horse so the rest of the guests/staff need lessons especially Sir Pentious considering how hard it is for a snake to ride a Hell Horse. The owners, Angela and Chastity do their best to help with their greater experience to varying degrees of success. They also take part in traditional Wrathian Hog Hunt. The Radio Demon proves the most skilled killing many thanks to his cunning via traps, while a ferocious Maid helps him to finish them with her needle along with his knife, though their laughter creeps the rest out. The Spider couldn’t join as they reminded him of his own pet, so he stuck next to Husk drinking some of Charlie’s high end booze, while the 2 royal couples had to stop the Hogs from eating the inventor as snakes were a popular snack for them. Next was a rodeo in the nearby town where Angela entered winning the top prize and the crowds favour, while everyone else watched aside from Niffty who Alastor had to repeatedly restrain from trying to chase the various muscular hellborn. On the final night they were invited to dinner with Satan himself. The Dragon doted on his niece and great-niece, while giving respectful warm greetings to their partners. The sinners he spared only a quick offhand greeting, though he did freeze for a second seeing Angel Dust next to his niece but that was interrupted by Alastor trying to puff himself up. Satan simply stated he’d never heard of him, as Overlords despite thinking of themselves as powerful often only last a blink of an eye and aren’t worth the attention of someone like him. The Princess interrupts asking her uncle how things are going, giving the Deer a look that says “don’t fucking try it, he can flatten you like a bug don’t be a prideful idiot”, that cause him to stew further while the Cat just laughed. After a delicious meal in which the Sin of Wrath told embarrassing stories of his nieces and his own exploits the Hazbins returned to the estate to rest before their move the next day.
The next stop was Lust. For obvious reasons Alastor was largely disgusted by the ring, preferring to stay at Charlie’s palace, Nifftys enthusiasm found her several very interested partners to her joy, Sir Pentious was left a blushing mess which attracted a number of men and women though he politely turned them down, Angel Dust adored it especially as he had many fans there who wanted his autograph or selfies, while Husk enjoyed the numerous high end liquor along with seeing the Spider having a good time. Along with fine restaurants and shows, including tasteful Cabaret which even the Radio Demon could enjoy, the Princess took them to Ozzy’s on their final for a fine show. Here Angela fulfilled her promise of introducing the Spider to her uncle. The Sin of Lust and the former pornstar both act like excited school kids as they tell each other how much they love the others work, as does Fizzarolli when he arrives now openly being involved with the former. The pair offered to spend a night with Angel Dust, though he politely turned them down to their disappointment. Though Ozzy and Fizz froze for a second seeing him next to their great niece before moving on quickly. After spending time revealing stories about both Nieces to their embarrassment the Rooster offers the Hazbins gifts from his new unreleased products. The Deer leaves without taking any for obvious reasons, the Maid leaves carrying a bag 3x her size happily, the Snake takes a few small things while blushing, the Spider takes 3 bags worth happily, the Cat takes just a handful, Charlie and Vaggie take a bag each while blushing, though the young Princess and Chastity take 2 each completely unabashed.
Greed is a mixed bag. Angel Dust both hates and loves it due to reminding him of his time in the mob, Husk finds the smell vile, Niffty is obsessed with trying to clean as much a possible along with trying to find more bad boys, Sir Pentious grabs a few things for his own machines from the various bits of debris thinking it reminds him of the East End and Alastor enjoys the opportunity to go shark Hunting. As Loo Loo Land is still being rebuilt they find other places to spend their time, along with dodging the various gang wars and crime, often at the nice parts of the Ring which are a ripoff for obvious reasons. On the last night Mammon had them at his palace for a feast, in which he tried to tempt Vaggie, Angela and Charlie into advertising some stuff for him accepting their various degrees of polite rejection. Upon seeing the Spider whom he recognised as a big deal in Pride, the Sin of Greed tried to convince him to work for them, along with noticing what the previous sins did, before his niece got him to stop immediately. Dinner was awkward as Mammons eating habits made everyone feel ill, with the maid having to be restrained from going crazy at the sight of the mess.
Sloth was next, with everyone enjoying the calm and slow atmosphere of the Ring. They contented themselves with various calm activities including treatments at one of its famous spas. Alastor after some convincing got a Hoof treatment along with Charlie and Angela, Angel Dust and Husk got their fur shampooed/softened, Niffty got a full beauty treatment with Chastity, Sir Pentious got a scale treatment and Vaggie got a treatment for her wings like the cat did but privately for obvious reasons. Dinner with Belpegor was interesting as aside from looking at them, Angel Dust being the last, the sin conked out in her seat. The food is delicious but simple.
Next it’s the Envy Ring again. Angel Dust is happy to be back at the sea and beach, Niffty has to be stopped from hunting crabs but happily collects various sea shells, Alastor stays in the shade, Husk continues to drink while avoiding getting wet, Sir Pentious enjoys the heat and swimming, Charlie spent most of the trip either making sand castles or swimming with Vaggie while Angela and Chastity enjoyed sunbathing together or napping in a nice bit of shade. They also peruse the various restaurants, shops and similar businesses, the sinners enjoying the fact that it’s on the Princess’s tab while the Spider and Deer enjoy the envy the various aquatic Hellborn have towards them for being in the company of Hells high royalty. Their last night they attended a gala hosted in the underwater palace of Leviathan, the sins heads offering compliments or criticisms based on each of their nieces guests appearances though like before she lingered briefly on Angel Dust before moving on to focusing on her nieces and their partners then the rest of the party. The food was fancy seafood that a single teaspoon of cost more than most Hellborn make in a year, while Charlie and Angela were regularly harangued by guests hoping to boost their status. It included 5 attempts to either become their mistresses/lovers and 3 attempts to replace their partners completely with the rest just wanting pictures to prove they met them or business/political proposals. The rest of the Hazbins watch this and similar events making bets or jokes, the Radio Demon hoping 1 will cross the line as he’s fond of fresh seafood.
Last but not least was Gluttony. Alastor had mixed feelings about the ring as he enjoyed both the temperature and humidity along with the food, but was constantly on edge around the Hellhounds that called it home, Niffty found the ring to be mostly clean so enjoyed the various sweet beverages and food, though caused absolute chaos after drinking a triple shot of double strength espresso, Angel Dust and Husk mostly enjoyed the food along with the amazing cocktails containing Beelzejuice while Sir Pentious enjoyed the heat and spending time with his friends. The last night they were invited to a party at Beelzebubs mansion, the sin enthusiastically greeting Charlie, Vaggie, Angela and Chastity before inspecting the rest of the guests. She claimed that the Maid tasted absolutely insane in both the good and bad ways, the Deer tasted of spite, rage, hate and malice, the Cat a mix of pity, remorse and self-loathing, the snake a mix of yearning and desperation. After that the Hazbins largely wanted plenty to drink for obvious reasons. During the party the sin took the opportunity along with Vortex to introduce her nieces and their partners to the pairs new girlfriend, Loona. The Hellhound was obviously tense with how her girlfriends niece acting so enthusiastic about meeting her, while their grand niece was still friendly but more observant and calculating. Their boyfriend though helped relax her by stating it’s just how they are meeting new partners like them, furthered by the Angel and Succubus sharing their own experiences with meeting the other royals. The party goes well with the Hazbins all managing to find something to enjoy in their way.
At the end of the night the Hotel group are in the private part of Beelzebubs palace, with the sin herself off her head on some drugs she managed to steal from Belpegor. Vortex and Loona were trying to stop her from doing anything to hurt herself but she refused to take it seriously. Charlie herself tried to convince her aunt to take the withdrawal potion or at least go to sleep, which caused the maned wolf to say she’s fine, it’s not like she told anyone about that Angel Dust guy being Angela’s real dad. You could hear a pin drop as the room went silent. Husk stopped a glass just to his lips, Niffty let out a loud gasp, Sir Pentious spat out his drink, Alastor simply goes still letting out a flat what, the 2 Hellhounds both have looks of shock on their faces, while the Spider in question is like a Deer in headlights. He looks at the Princess wondering if this is some kind of joke. Realising there’s no option Charlie uses her magic to replay her memory of meeting Angel Dust in the bar, his face showing recognition then shock before snapping that it’s impossible sinners can’t have kids, stopping when she explains Bels theory and that he was the last person she’d slept with before that along with their long dry spell ended that night. The Spider is silent before he looks at Angela as does every other sinner, a look of recognition and acceptance before telling Charlie to open a portal now. As requested a portal to the palace in Gluttony is opened with Angel Dust stepping through without a word. Tex and Loona carry a now unconscious Sin out, realising her presence is best removed. The revelation combined with Charlie’s current mood signals it’s time to leave going through the portal till only the Royals remain. Vaggie tries to talk to their partner before catching them after they slump to the ground. Angela and Chastity share a look with the Angel as she carries them through, wondering how the fuck this is gonna go.
After a restless sleep Charlie finds herself at the door to Angel Dusts room. Standing there for what seems an eternity before finally knocking, it isn’t long till the Spider answers holding Fat Nuggets. There’s a brief silence before he asks if the Princess wants to come in. Cue another awkward silence till Charlie starts to apologise before Angel Dust simply tells her it isn’t necessary. The Spider states she didn’t owe him anything considering he was a whore she fucked once, plus it’s obvious they had no reason to think he’d be a good fit as a father considering his reputation and guesses him being owned by Valentino was another big reason, which the Princess admits is true. Angel Dust points out that while yeah it’s weird to know he’s got a kid, let alone a Princess of Hell, he doesn’t have any negative feelings towards Charlie especially considering she gave him a safe place to live, is actively trying to help him despite multiple shows he doesn’t deserve it and freed them from that Pimp prick, far as he’s concerned they still owe them a lot more then can be repaid. The Princess is silent before stating she still feels guilty, the Spider pulls her into a hug telling her that’s cause she’s a bleeding heart and one of the best things about her passing Fat Nuggets so she can pet him. They stay like that for a while till there’s another knock at the door, before it opens revealing Angela.
There’s a silence before Angela asks if her mother could give them some privacy to talk to Angel Dust. Charlie quickly nodded handing the Spider back his pig then all but running out of the room slamming the door shut behind her. Cue another silence before Angel Dust cracks a joke that thank fuck she got their looks from her mother instead of him, which actually made the young Princess laugh. He then asks how long she’s known, Angela stating Charlie told her when he was away on his Envy trip. While she doesn’t blame her it still brought up a few things so they’re doing some therapy, it’s going well and hopefully they’ll be ok soon. The Spider is then silent before asking what this means for them. His daughter is honest stating that she’s happy to let him be a part of her life, but makes it known she isn’t looking for a father figure as they’ve had plenty and will shut down any attempts at parenting. Angel Dust agrees with no issue admitting that’s more than she needs to give him. It soon moves onto him asking how she met her wife, the Spider feeling some pride that his daughter, still feels weird, grew up good enough to save a random woman from a rapist though he does admit that’s thanks to Charlie’s influence there. They spend a good few hours there, Angel Dust listening to Angela talk about how she and Chastity started as friends then partners before marriage, her childhood etc. at some point Fat Nuggets crawled into their lap which the young Princess actually appreciated petting the tiny pig.
The rest of the Hotel group are waiting in the living room, the sinners curious to see what comes next while Vaggie and Chastity focus on comforting a very anxious Charlie. It’s ended when Angela carrying Fat Nuggets and Angel Dust following close behind before splitting off. The young Princess tells her mother it was a good talk while the Spider tells Husk, along with the others listening, that it’s all good and they’re just adjusting to everything going forward. The Cat admits it’s good news, while looking at Angela with the others finally realising why the resemblance bothered them. Before opening a portal Charlie gathers their attention, stating she understands that the current revelation is very shocking but states that it would be best if they kept it to themselves. Her face is its usual sweet one, as it their tone but theirs an underlying promise that they really don’t want to tell anyone else, enough so that even Alastor doesn’t want to test it. Once they all agree the Princess opens a portal home for them to all get back to normal.
Later that day Charlie calls for a meeting of the Sins, as she and Angela agree they need to deal with any potential issues from what happened ASAP. The pair bring their partners for support/backup as they know this can become very emotional.
In Belphegors palace the rest of their siblings sans Lucifer has arrived. Beelzebub is absolute hysterical over her fuckup the previous night, her colour showing it and even refusing to consume anything to just cry while her partners and the other Sins try calming her down. It isn’t until the sheep tells her that they’re going to learn soon enough anyway, that the Maned Wolf reveals she exposed the identity of Angela’s father. Immediately the siblings are both furious at her stupidity with being high no excuse, but also their own curiosity wants to know. Upon hearing it was the Spider Sinner from Charlie’s Hotel. Cue looks of pure shock that silences all of them, even the loud mouthed Mammon and roaring Satan. It only ends with the arrival of their nieces in question. Bee for her part throws herself at their feet begging forgiveness while the rest of the Sins just look perplexed. The Dragon and Spider for their parts ask if what their sister said is true, not believing a lowly sinner could father a child on their near divine niece. Upon it being confirmed they along with the other sins and their partners are stunned silent, except for Bel, Vortex and Loona. The Sheep herself restates her own theory to end anymore questions. Though it doesn’t work. Leviathan can understand now why Charlie never revealed the truth about Angela’s father, as fathering a child via a prostitute isn’t that uncommon, one fathered via a common Sinner not even an Overlord would be enough of a stain for many on their royal pedigree. Satan himself can’t believe she’d lower herself to such worthless ilk like a sinner when even an Imp would’ve been less a degradation, with Mammon adding so would a Hellhound. This earns glares from Beelzebub, Azmodeus and their partners for obvious reasons. Their young niece soon joins demanding to know if her paternity is enough for them to be unworthy of being a Morningstar or their Niece anymore. Realising how it could sound Leviathan along with the Dragon and Spider apologise stating it is only shock at the revelation that they still love her and believe she would make a fine Queen, the serpent herself stating that it would cause many Goetia to question her suitability which is obviously why her mother hid at least partially. Satan then adds that aside from a few superficial traits she thankfully took after her mothers superior side and not her fathers lesser aspects, with Mammon asking why would anyone wanna fuck a Spider like them as they are gross. He doesn’t understand why everyone is giving him a seriously look. While they aren’t exactly happy with their reactions, the Princesses both know that’s the best they can expect from them. Charlie herself explains the reasons why she kept Angela’s father a secret and why they decided to reveal it, though not so soon or in such a manner giving Bee a look that makes her feel worse. The Sin of Gluttony once more begs their forgiveness, being crestfallen when their nieces make it know they’ll have to wait as what she did was a massive betrayal of their trust even if it was unintentional but does perk up stating they will forgive her they just need time. While not what they were hoping for, it’s enough for Bee as she understands how bad they fucked up. The Princess then states that to ensure theirs no more problems what was spoken about in here will be kept in the strictest confidence, which everyone agrees to. Before leaving Angela asks her aunts and Uncles how their little plan has been going, the smiles on their faces being enough of an answer for her and their mother before leaving.
Unbeknownst to the others at the Hotel, shortly after Angel Dust left for his vacation Charlie called for a meeting with a few of the Sins. At her palace in Sloth she and Angela met with Ozzy, Bee, Mammon, Levi and Bel stating she had a business proposal for them. Reminding each of the sins why they each hated the Vee’s: Azmodeus cause Vals a rapist piece of shit who gives Lust a bad name, while he, Belpegor and Beelzebub both hate him plus Vel for creating love potions that ruin parties and cause unnecessary work for the health system. Levi hates Velvette for in her words being a tacky hard with no real taste for fashion and Mammon hates Vox for muscling in on the tech market. So they hatch a plan.
While the Hotel group was travelling the sins made their move. Thanks to Charlie lessening the tariffs on goods from outside Pride and where necessary special dispensation the Sins started expanding into it. Ozzy, Bee and Bel made a new chemical that when added to a food/beverage would not only nullify any narcotics added it would also show that it had been added, ensuring it was known who did it along with it being made a legal requirement in all such products going forward, thus rendering Velvettes love potion worthless. The Rooster also expanded his operations to within the ring with recruiters regularly finding new sinners and giving them suitable jobs along with warning them about Valentino not only giving the Moth more established and better quality competition, but fewer new workers due to the truth about him being known and better options with Ozzy. Leviathan started selling her fashion and cosmetics line for a lower rate than the Dolls overpriced shit, forcing them to match, though still lost a big share considering the sins was equal or higher quality. Mammon started selling TVs and other tech at similar or higher quality than Vox without the big brother type shit, forcing him to do the sake especially once the Sin started showing his own channels too with most of the same stuff the Media Overlord was selling. By the time the trip was done the Vees had lost a significant amount of their market share and wealth. While they were still among the most powerful overlords in the Pentagram, it was a serious hit to their pride and illusion of invulnerability.
Several days after returning home Angela invited Angel Dust out to dinner. The Spider was surprised but agreed happy to spend time with his daughter. That night they arrived via a portal to the private room of a very nice Italian restaurant in Lust, fitting considering it’s one of the languages of lovers. The Princess stated this is the best place in the ring for authentic Italian cuisine, which her father soon realised was different than the kind he’d grown up on in New York. Angel Dust was also impressed to see her speak Italian fluently, Anglea laughing how she felt drawn to learn it perhaps as some kind of subconscious bond to her father which makes him laugh too along with how she chose a plush spider toy. Despite his unfamiliarity with the food, the Spider enjoys the meal as it’s delicious. The pair also engage in conversation in which the young Princess asks questions about her father’s life on Earth and his family. Angel Dust is honest about his life in the Mob including the things he regrets, growing up gay in a Roman Catholic Italian crime family was not fun in anyway along with the general homophobia of society. He doesn’t talk much about his father except to call him a fucking worthless piece of shit, their brother he’s an asshole but the tone does imply affection, when they start talking about his twin sister Molly and mother he gets much softer and openly loving. Angel Dust talks about the things the pair got up to and how she was along with their mother the only people who kept him sane in that shit life he had, mentioning both were too good to end up in the life they had knowing their in Heaven and got the afterlife they deserved. The Spider is silent before stating that Angela reminds him a lot of them, which is no surprise as Charlie reminds him a lot of Molly so that’s why he’s got a soft spot for her. Over desert she asked if he’d considered trying therapy like Sir Pentious did, pointing out just how much happier the Snake had been with Charlie helping him realise he wanted friends not power or worthless respect. Angel Dust is silent before stating he’s not there yet, which she understands. With the meal finished the pair head back to the Hotel, the pair both appreciating the chance to talk about the family. Overall it was a very enjoyable experience.
Several days later Angela and Chastity call Charlie, Vaggie and Angel Dust into their room for a private chat. After some initial questioning the couple reveal that they’re planning on having a baby, clarifying after things at the Hotel have calmed down and it’s more established. That causes the Princess to burst into tears at the idea of being a grandma pulling both into a near crushing hug that her partner has to break up before she suffocates the pair. The Spider for his part is still in shock asking why they thought to tell him too, considering they’ve only recently discovered their relationship and his new it is. The young Princess points out that he’s still her dad and thus deserves to know he’s gonna be a grandfather. That ends up causing Angel Dust to start crying despite his claims otherwise.
Several weeks later Angel Dust wakes up to realise it’s April 1st, his birthday. As this is the 1st one since being freed from Valentino the Spider is unsure of how to feel. Cuddling Fat Nuggets he arrives downstairs to find the lobby empty which obviously unnerves him putting them on edge. When they enter the dining room Angel Dust nearly jumps out of his skin as everyone jumps out at him shouting surprise. The room is decorated with a birthday banner, balloons and streamers with everyone there except Alastor wearing party hats including Razzle, Dazzle and KeeKee. Charlie pulled a rather stunned Spider into the seat at the head of the table where his favourite breakfast was waiting. Once he and their pig finished that’s when the presents came out. Niffty was 1st having made a pillow in the shape of Fat Nuggets, Sir Pentious presented an automatic feeder so they wouldn’t have to worry about the pig missing meals, Husks was a high end bottle of Whiskey he got as a favour, the Radio Demon gifted a fine stag coat, Vaggie gifted him a pair of Angelic Steel Knuckle Dusters, Cherri Bomb a video of herself blowing up several of Val’s places, Charlie’s was a pair of custom made leather boots made by the Royal Family’s personal cobbler, Chastity got an autographed copy of Verosika Maydays next album as she was a former student and Angela got him a gig working at Ozzys a few times a month which paid good money. These combined with a great follow up lunch, dinner, his favourite flavour of cake and having fun with those he came to see as friends it was the best birthday the Spider had had in a while.
Overall it was an interesting few months for the inhabitants of the Hotel, but as the extermination grew closer and with no proof of redemption in sight the Princess became more anxious and stressed till it finally exploded.
Ep 5. Vaggie awakens to find Charlie missing from their bed, along with a noise coming from their office. The Angel finds the Princess going crazy over a conspiracy board about how to make redemption work before the extermination. After she has a stress induced freakout Vaggie comforts them, which Charlie greatly appreciates before they suggest it’s time to ask Lucifer for help. Their partner admits it’s a good idea, as despite his low opinion of sinners he’d do anything to help her and could get them into contact with Heaven to plead their case but admits there’s 1 thing that’s making her unsure about. The Angel guesses asking if she’s worried he’ll try to kill Angel Dust for knocking her up and leaving them to be a single mom. The Princess doesn’t say it but manages to answer that yes it’s that exactly. Vaggie points out they can simply explain things to him so Lucifer understands, plus while it will be awkward they can stop it being too bad especially as the Hotel needs this chance. Charlie nods still dreading the conversation that was coming.
Lucifer is taking a break from his duties as King of Hell in their workshop, having finished creating a rubber duck the backflips and spits fire. Though initially proud of his work, it’s replaced by melancholy at seeing pictures of when his family was complete. It soon changes to panic when Charlie calls before he answers overjoyed to speak to her again. Despite his feelings on Sinners he’s more than happy to pay their Hotel a visit if it means he gets to see their beloved daughter and granddaughter.
In the lobby Vaggie gathers everyone while Charlie and Angela are discussing how to tell Lucifer about Angel Dust. The Angel briefs everyone that the King is visiting so they need to not only be on their best behaviour but make the place fit for a royal visit, so uses her drill sergeant persona to get them in gear. Thankfully theirs little cleaning needed so it’s mostly just decorations with Sir Pentious and Niffty making cookies while Husk tries to calm Angel Dust down who is freaking out considering he knocked up the big man’s daughter and left her to be a single mom. Chastity explains that while Lucifer can be a bit awkward in general and protective over his family especially Charlie, he’ll understand once it’s explained to him. That doesn’t do much to help the Spider feel better though.
With everything prepared the guests and staff gather in the lobby while the Royals plus partners gather at the door. Lucifer bursts through the door happily embracing his daughter and granddaughter along with greeting Vaggie and Chastity. After the king greets the various animal companions he compliments what they’ve done to the Hotel, Alastor choosing then to make an appearance. The Radio Demon introduces himself as the concierge, getting into a pissing contest by mocking Lucifers height and offended he doesn’t recognise them, though the Princess quickly ends it by bluntly reminding Al who her dad is and that he can stomp his arrogant ass in the dirt like crushing a fly leaving him to seethe while Husk bites back a laugh. Charlie thus moves onto introducing her dad to the staff/guests. The bartender is as enthusiastic as you’d expect, Niffty unnerves Lucifer, The Snake is as stiff as a board and the Spider is as tense as you can expect. Once the Princess finishes explaining that Angel Dust is their 1st guest, the Maid then adds in that he’s Angela’s daddy not understanding why everyone is giving her looks. Cue a confused/furious King giving his daughter a look that demands an explanation. So Charlie thus has to explain to her dad while the Spider in question and everyone else waits to see if wipe them from existence. After a conversation that is rather uncomfortable for the Princess, Lucifer is able to understand the circumstances behind that night and why his daughter chose to raise Angela alone. The King for his part does tell Angel Dust he doesn’t hold what happened against him and appreciates that he’s trying to do better, plus if Angela is willing to give him a chance then so will he though promises that if he even thinks of hurting her or Charlie then he won’t hesitate to remind him why Hell knees to him. This leaves the Spider even more terrified until a certain Flapper arrives.
Everyone except Alastor, Husk and Niffty is confused about who this woman is till the Deer himself happily greets them, which is returned in kind. Mimzy explains that she was in the neighbourhood and decided to stop by to see an old friend. At Charlie’s questioning the Flapper explains they ran in the same circles back on Earth including how the Radio Demon would be able to drink sailors under the table with Whiskey and keep up on the dance floor at their old club. After intruding herself to Lucifer, Alastor apologises but they have a tour to continue despite the Kings insistence his daughter can handle it alone the Deer insists on joining them. Charlie for her part is too polite to refuse deciding to throw Alastor a bone letting him trail behind while she and Vaggie give Lucifer the tour. While Mimzy stays in the lobby getting a drink at the bar from Husk who is irritated at seeing her, while Niffty is still focused on hunting any bugs she can find. Angel Dust glad the attention is off him asks how the Flapper and Radio Demon know each other, being surprised that he has friends considering how much of a big mystery they still are. Mimzy thus explains how Alastor appeared making a splash quicker than anyone had ever seen. Despite people trying to dismiss him, it soon ended when Overlords the heavy hitting kind started going missing with no one knowing what happened till the radio broadcasts started playing their screams a new 1 added whenever another went missing. That’s when he revealed himself as the Radio Demon and their broadcasts never lacked for new voices from those too stupid to mess with him. For obvious reasons everyone at the Bar is very unnerved/creeped out except for Angela and Chastity, the former from growing up around greater powers and simply wondering how Alastor got that power while the latter understands where his arrogance comes from, along with his obvious dislike of those with more power than him. Mimzy after stating that the Deer can be a total sweetie is annoyed to find the Cat has left leaving her without another drink.
While Charlie is telling Lucifer about all the progress they’ve made with Sir Pentious and Angela Dust, Alastor drops back to speak to Husk. Despite the Cats concerns about Mimzy along with citing her past examples of causing trouble the Radio demon isn’t interested stating he can handle it. Husk reminds him that he was gone a while with no one knowing why, which causes Alastor to stare they don’t need to and calling them his pet. This cause them to make the mistake of mentioning that’s funny considering he’s on a leash too. Pride wounded the Deer quickly put the bartender in his place by promising to tear his soul apart and broadcast their screams as a warning to any other disrespectful wretched who dared question him leaving Husk shaking on the floor terrified.
On the upper balcony Charlie and Vaggie finish telling Lucifer the progress they’ve managed to make, the king making it known how proud he is of them both. After nearly squeeing in joy at that the Princess readies herself for the hardest part of the conversation, asking for him to set up a meeting with Heaven. Immediately tensing up Lucifer states that’s not a good idea, Charlie for her part understanding her fathers trauma but desperate to achieve her goal tries convincing him but is cut short by the sound of a heavy weight hitting the front doors. Down beds they find a group of shark demons with a battering ram trying to break in, their leader calling out for Mimzy.
Portalling into a lobby they demand an explanation from the Sinner in question who not only reveals she owes them 50 grand but stole 1 of their cars and hit the bosses girlfriend with it. Despite the fact the mobsters can’t actually do any damage considering the Hotels enchantments, they can’t allow the Loan Sharks to keep attacking, especially with a catapult of all things. Alastor interrupts Vaggie, offering to deal with them himself as a way to further prove himself to the owners. The Radio Demon soon shows them their mistake much to Mimzys joy.
Within Charlie is able to convince her dad, stating she understands his trauma and fears about Heaven itself something she has to do to save their people along with fulfilling her dream like he once did. Despite his own fears Lucifer does agree to get the meeting set up ASAP. An overjoyed Princess pulls him into a hug before gathering Vaggie, Chastity and Angela telling them they have a lot to discuss.
Outside Alastor finishes dealing with the last of the Loan Sharks, going serious when Mimzy arrives. While the Flapper is her usual bubbly self the Radio Demon is not, telling them to leave. Initially thinking it’s a joke she’s displeased to discover the Deer is serious, stating that he can’t have someone who would endanger the Hotel there offering her a place if she ever gets serious about redemption even if it’s very unlikely. Mimzy for her part leaves in a huff, angry at losing her get out of jail free card and insulting the Hotel. Husk watches enjoying the show and pleased she won’t be coming back.
Over the next several days before the visit Charlie, Vaggie and Angela go over their plans for Heaven. Including a contingency that they hope won’t need to be used, but if pushed can do quite a lot of damage. During this time they decide to reveal the truth of the Angels past. As you can expect the reactions were quite strong, especially from Alastor considering she’s an even bigger threat now, but after everything they’ve been through move on rather quickly.
Ep 6. Charlie is in her office going over the final touches with her daughter and partner about the meeting with Heaven. The Princess is both excited and terrified about what this could mean, though focuses seeing that Vaggie is uneasy about returning to her former home. She promises that nothing will happen to any of them and it will be ok, calming the Angel down. Angela gives them the heads up the portal will be opening soon, so the trio leave though not before they take a folder that will prove key.
In the lobby Angel Dust is returning from another gig, 1 of the several since getting his freedom, exhausted asking for a strong drink from Husk. Though at this point they heard a loud bang from outside followed by loud cursing before they come in the front door. Cherri Bomb reveals she’s there to take the Spider out considering he’s been texting her about how tired they are from working. While initially not up to it he decides to agree, Charlie convincing the bomber to take the rest with a large stack of cash. Angela asks Chastity to keep an eye on them before the portal opens with the trio going through, hearts racing hoping for the best but preparing for the worst.
The gates of Heaven were exactly like what the 2 princesses expected, while Vaggie was immediately on edge at seeing them. Upon arriving they met St. Peter who greeted them warmly and started looking through the book for them. While doing so Angela admits she was confused considering he looks different than she expected, the man actually laughed admitting he gets that a lot stating if you’re up here long enough you give yourself a makeover just like he did to change things up, which they admit to understanding. After some looking he claims to not being able to find their names, then panicking once he hears their Morningstar’s. Though the arrival of Sera and Emily puts a stop to that. The mother and daughter are on edge especially the former thanks to her experience with the Elder Seraphim, though are more at ease with the younger as the former exorcist claimed they were like the Angel version of Charlie. Emily was as friendly and welcoming as expected, contrasting with her sister.
Heaven was as exactly like Vaggie said, a beautiful ordered and peaceful paradise. Emily and St. Peter both gave a very enthusiastic welcome before the Seraphim took the trio on a tour before the trial began. On their way they pass by Adam and Lute, who while initially shocked it turns to rage at seeing their former subordinate. Despite this the 1st man is reminded by his 2nd that Sera told them that they can’t risk anyone in Heaven finding out about the Exterminations, which is further reinforced when their superior appears behind the pair and bringing them to her office. Here the elder Seraphim lets them know about her displeasure with how despite clear instructions they’ve brought the daughter of Lucifer to their door and risk exposing something she’s worked hard to keep, promising that if it isn’t then their activities end along with greater turmoil. Adam tries his usual cockiness but drops it quickly promising he and Lute will handle it.
Meanwhile Emily after taking the trio to an ice cream shop, with Charlie especially happy to discover that the rainbow sprinkles are made of actual rainbows. They then move onto the Zoo where the Seraphim reveals you can actually cuddle them, demonstrating it by hugging a sleeping Tiger that starts lying on her head. At the Princesses request they go to the Koalas to hug them, Charlie crying over their softness with even Vaggie adoring the little things. Angela for her part goes to the aquarium and coos over the blob fish they have, which confuses the former exorcist when her partner and The Seraphim join in. As they’re leaving Charlie asks Emily if these sorts of debates are broadcast, the Seraphim admitting they are but is curious why they want to know. The Princess and her daughter state they believe it would be a great idea for Winners who’s family’s/loved ones who are in Hell can have the option to redeem themselves and earn their way up. This is enough to get Emily to agree to make it so. The trio exchange a victorious but guilty look, as even if it’s necessary they didn’t like manipulating someone as kind as her.
Vaggie takes a step away from the group into a part of the aquarium that’s deserted, where Adam and Lute soon appear. Initially trying to play dumb the 1st man reminds her she was 1 of his best so of course he recognises her. Thus he makes his former subordinate a deal, after their 2nd insults their relationship to Charlie, if they help kill the chance of this redemption bullshit then they won’t expose the fact that the princess is dating someone who murdered 1000’s at least of their people. Once the pair are gone Vaggie asks if the got it, with a grinning Angela giving a thumbs up phone still in hand despite no longer recording.
In the Heavenly Court room the Hell delegation take their seats, Charlie and Angela cringing when Adam arrives calling the former a Karen for going above his head, the latter not mentioning he looked/acted like what a lot of people would call a Ken. Sera starts the trial from her spot above gesturing for the Princess to start. Charlie for her part starts with the story of St. Dismas, a thief who along with a murderer was crucified with Christ. While the latter mocked him the former showed kindness only asking that the son of god remember him in Heaven. For this kindness Jesus promised that he would ascend with him to Heaven. The Princess states that if the Son of God himself could offer such to a common thief for a simply act of kindness shouldn’t Heaven be willing to offer those damned who wish to redeem themselves the chance to at least do so. That gets loud applause from Emily with a number of others nodding or at least intrigued by the argument, leaving the elder Seraphim uneasy while the 1st man and Lute start panicking. Adam demands actual evidence, mockingly laughing when she mentions that Angel Dust their 1st patient has made incredible progress asking if a porn star is their best example. The Princess simply asks how he knows they’re a porn star, which causes them to freeze as Sera gives him a displeased look while others are sending suspicious/curious looks. Angela protective of her father, demands the 1st man tell them what he thinks gets someone into Heaven. After scribbling a list he sends it to Vaggie who points out these rules are binary and sometimes contradictory but the 1st man stands by them, along with the elder Seraphim reminding everyone he was the 1st Human Soul into Heaven. Charlie thus argues that the Spider can meet all those rules, leading to Adam summoning a viewing orb.
Angel Dust meanwhile is in a club called Consent with the rest of the Hotel and his friend. Cherri Bomb is initially annoyed to find Sir Pentious trying to get their attention before he ends up handing them their favourite drink which surprises her. Moving on the Bomber offers the Spider a handful of pulls to share to take the edge off, though he quickly turns it down reminding her he’s staying off the stuff causing Cherri Bomb to shrug and take both piles. Angel Dust ends up looking out for Niffty by cutting off her drinks seeing she’s taken too many, then stopping the maid from trying to clean the club and cheering her up after upsetting them by leaving them with Husk who while initially exasperated goes along with it while Chastity is in mother hen mode by watching them like a hawk. The Snake takes another shot to tell Charri Bomb how much he admires her skills with explosives which confuses them more. Though the mood turns cold once the Spider catches sight of Valentino, though before they can leave Niffty manages to escape and charges straight for the pimp. The Spider catches her but Val sees them thinking they’re there to ask for his job back and has brought a gift for him. Angel Dust simply tells them to go fuck himself, reminding the Moth that’s he’s free and doesn’t have to put up with his sick shit anymore. Valentino gets up to strike the Spider but is stopped by the Succubus punching him hard enough to send him flying back into his seat, breaking a few teeth. Chastity stops the Moth from speaking by reminding him how much the Sins have fucked him already, what would they do when they find out he attacked someone under their nieces protection. Despite his own Stupidity and Rage Val uses his head to leave, growing even more furious when Angel Dust says running suites cruel cowards like him. As the Moth retreats Niffty manages to break free and rips off some of his fluff, freaking him out/humiliating him further. Cherri Bomb and Husk praise the pair for putting Valentino in his place, with the former politely turning down the Spiders offer to join them at the Hotel though not before she finds a flower with a not from Sir Pentious in her hair which shocks them further and makes them contemplate things. Internally Angel Dust is starting to understand why his daughter chose the succubus.
Back in Heaven Charlie triumphantly points out he did everything on the list, which Adam panics asking why he isn’t here then. That causes Emily along with others to start asking the same, with the Princess bluntly asking if they actually know what gets someone in but Sera cuts that off quickly stating they know when a soul has arrived. Desperate the 1st man demands to know if they’re really going to side with Lucifer and the 1st whores daughter, who’s not only a single mother who probably got knocked up in a gang bag with 1000’s of people and who’s daughter is an even bigger whore considering she owns a brothel. This actually turns a lot of the room against him, including the elder Seraphim for the needless slut shaming. Angela for her part furious at the insults towards her mother and grandmother, called Adam a fucking hypocrite considering the only reason he got Eve was because he was such a prick Lilith couldn’t stand him, along with how his whole dickmaster or 1st dick persona is likely cause their actual 1 so small that any girl he’s slept with couldn’t feel it. That enrages the 1st man so much he promises that he’ll make them watch as he burns their Hotel down and slaughter their guests in the next extermination. Only then does he realise what he’s done to Sera’s horror.
The room is silent as they digest what Adam said, till the trio spring their plan. Taking control of the viewing orb Charlie reveals that for the last 7 years Heaven has been sending an army of Exorcists led by Adam to purge sinners without mercy. Angela further reveals the statistics of the death toll and Vaggie reveals her former life as 1 before being mutilated then left to die solely for sparing a child sinner along with the footage of him and Lute attempting to blackmail her. The room soon erupts into shocked horror, especially Emily who after finding out her sister gave the order. The 3 feel guilty for not warning her ahead, but know their authentic reaction will help in the long term. The younger Seraphim calls out her sister’s hypocrisy and cruelty, then questions the trio asking if this is why they asked her to make sure it was being broadcast. They admit it was apologising for not telling them but stating their reasons which despite her feelings on being lied to, Emily agrees and understands why they did it. Realising the implications Sera immediate ends the trial ruling against redemption much to Adam’s joy, promising that he’s coming to their shitty Hotel 1st as a portal opens behind the Trio. Standing her ground Charlie reminds the elder Seraphim that the treaty states Royal property and those within are spared from the extermination, with Vaggie asking if she’s really willing to start a war over 1 man’s brittle ego and petty Pride. Sera immediately realising the outcome tells Adam to leave the Hotel alone as a direct order just before the Hellish guests leave. She then tries to speak with her sister who doesn’t even bother to stay, flying away as fast as possible. While the 1st man tries bragging the Seraphim immediately puts him in his place by reminding him of how he not only failed but her orders, promising that if he attacks the Princess or her Hotel she won’t hesitate to banish him to Hell and let the sinners have their vengeance silencing them. Once she’s gone an enraged and vengeful Adam tells Lute that if it’s the last thing he does he’s going to burn that shithole to the ground and get his revenge, Sera’s orders be damned much to her sadistic pleasure.
Back at the Hotel the Trio wait for the others to tell them what happened. While they aren’t surprised it failed the fact that the 3 were able to expose the truth made them smile, though Vaggie points out that Adam won’t let the assault on his pride go unanswered despite Sera’s offer. So they need to prepare. This leads to Charlie and the Angel to head to their room, though not before they and Angela let Angela Dust know they saw what happened at the club, stating how proud they were of him, much to the Spiders joy.
Ep 7. It was a month till the 2nd extermination and the residents of the Hazbin Hotel were anxious especially as the owners hadn’t left their room in the week since the Trial. As they were discussing what to do Charlie came down looking completely calm but focused. The Princess apologised for the silence but they’ve been coming up with a plan to fight. This she revealed the truth about how exorcists can be harmed by Angelic steel and how Carmilla killed one, likely the cause for the new schedule. While the rest react with shock, Alastor is annoyed at his leverage being removed, especially once it’s known that the Princess knew about this for a while but admit her explanation of not wanting to risk all of Hell just for the Sinners is fair. Angela ask what the plan is then. Her mother states that they’ve already taken care of the weapons side of things, with Vaggie doing further work so all they need is people willing to fight. Chastity guesses she’s going to Rosie considering their close relationship but her son was only spared from the extermination thanks to the Angel plus the cannibals would probably love to taste Exorcist flesh. After Charlie confirms that’s the plan, the Radio Demon offers to come along hoping to salvage the situation. Ok their way out the Princess tells the rest of the guests and staff she wouldn’t blame them if they chose to leave considering they never signed up to fight Heaven, leaving to see if she returns to an empty Hotel.
The walk to Cannibal Town is silent as Charlie is thinking over their plan while Alastor wonders how to salvage the situation. As they make their way through town more than a few of the Cannibals greet the Princess who is so focused that she doesn’t reciprocate. Arriving at her Shop Rosie was initially excited to see both though the look on Charlie’s face made it obvious she had something big on their mind. Upon hearing that they were planning to fight the Exorcists during the next Extermination the Overlord was shocked before smiling broadly, happy to avenge all of her people that had been killed, the fact her son could’ve been 1 of them and the chance the to taste Angel flesh. Though she does remind the Princess that the Cannibals won’t just be commanded, they have to be convinced to fight. Thus Rosie gathers everyone in town to the centre for a special announcement. The pair of overlords give the Princess some encouragement which is appreciated. Thanks to her years of public speaking, her relationship with Rosie and Al mentioning being able to eat Exorcist flesh the Cannibals very quickly agree to join the fight.
Arriving back at the Hotel Charlie is overjoyed to see that no one left and were instead fortifying the building, unnecessary as it was with the charms protecting it. Angela and Chastity had been building up the supplies needed to host their allies such as food and finding the rooms for them if necessary. After revealing how things in Cannibal Town went the Princess invites everyone to follow her. Upon arriving at their shared room the other patrons/staff are impressed and jealous at the size of it, though soon notice the sound of hammering metal. Charlie leads them to the source, a large forge where Vaggie is working on Angelic Steel. The Angel looks up to see her partner, whose face already tells her that the Cannibals are on their side. After a quick congratulatory kiss Vaggie explains that she’s been spending the last week preparing the tools needed, revealing that they got a shipment from Carmilla after the dinner to prepare. Removing a blanket she reveals a weapon covered in custom made Angelic Steel weapons. Angel Dust got a pair of sub-machine guns, Husk card covers and explosive parts for his dice, Sir Pentious a revolver and dagger, Alastor a hunting knife, Niffty a long sharp dagger and explosive parts for Cherri Bomb cause she imagined they would be there. Though the pièce de résistance was the 3 sets of armour she crafted for herself, Charlie and Angela for nearly a year. The Angels was lavender coloured with silver highlights and a crest feating wings with Charlie’s sigil, the Princesses was red with black and gold highlights with her sigil while the young princesses was red with white highlights and their sigil along with shields for the former while the latter got a mace with hers. The Spider asks why they don’t get armour, admitting it’s fair that a suit takes a lot of time to make while the weapons are easier. With their tools the residents of the Hazbin Hotel get ready for the fight of their lives.
The next month is spent training and fortifying the Hotel in preparation for the Extermination that will soon be upon them.
Ep 8. the day before Extermination day Vox is watching via drone as the inhabitants of the Hazbin Hotel and the Cannibals are preparing, laughing about how they’re all going to die.
Meanwhile at the Hotel itself Charlie after going over everything a final time with Vaggie, Angela and Chastity calls everyone together in the courtyard. Here the Princess thanks them for all their hard work and that regardless of what happens tomorrow they will win and show Heaven that they can’t keep killing then without a fight. That manages to rouse the crowd before the Princess invites them inside for a final night of revelry before the dawn.
At the bar the various residents chat and make conversation. Above them Alastor and Niffty discuss how they’ve grown fond of their fellows at the Hotel along with bonding over their shared madness. At the Bar Husk questions why Angel Dust isn’t out trying to have a last fling before possible death, but he shrugs stating he’s had plenty to last a lifetime which makes the Cat smile. The Spider then tells them to pour him another drink so he can enjoy possibly their final night living. Angela joins him for a moment asking how he’s handling it, her dad stating it’s like back when they did a particularly risky job in New York. The Spider is quiet asking if she’s sure about joining the fight tomorrow, the Princess asks if he’d abandon his mother or friends if they needed help which silences him. Angel Dust asks Angela to watch her back and stay alive, she returns the sentiment before heading off to spend time with Chastity tough not before telling him he’s got taste with Husk, which causes them to blush. Cherri Bomb meanwhile is talking to Vaggie before Sir Pentious arrives to give her a flower and states he hopes she’ll survive the battle before slithering off. The Bomber is still confused about her feelings till the Spider convinces them to give him a chance, his claim that snakes have 2 dicks intrigues her further. While Vaggie watches the Princess say goodbye to her wife before she leaves via portal with all the animals so they won’t get hurt. After Chastity leaves the Angel notices that Charlie isn’t there. She finds them in her office going over the various pictures of their time at the Hotel with their friends frightened about what the next day could bring and take from them. Vaggie comforts Charlie by reminding them of all the good they’ve done and this leads the pair to kiss after they remind each other of their love for each other. Angela who’s watching smiles glad to see her mother so happy, before remembering that the day coming will likely be bloody so returns to the bar to enjoy the time before with friends. During said time the Princess told the bartender that she not only noticed but approved of the growing connection he had with her father, but promised that if he hurts him they would start with castrating. That caused poor Husk to drain an entire bottle just to calm down, though he appreciated the overprotective bit of support there. The residents of the Hazbin Hotel enjoyed the night knowing what could come after.
In Heaven the Exorcists have gathered to listen to Adam before the extermination begins. He gives his usual shot along with how they’re going to burn that shithole Hotel to ground along with offering a large bounty for whomever kills Vaggie, though pausing genuinely disturbed by Lutes graphic enthusiasm. Once the portal opens they surge forward at the 1st man’s command.
Outside the Hotel the residents and the Cannibals are stood ready waiting for the Angels to strike. Vaggie gives a rousing but short speech before the battle begins. As can be expected the Exorcists dive straight in without any fear of harm, which proves to be their undoing as they go straight for the centre. Once enough of them are inside Alastor activates his shield to trap them with the flanks enveloping the exorcists from all sides. Along with isolating the 1st wave making them easy prey for the Hotel residents and Cannibals, the shield takes the weapons they’ve dropped to attack those outside the barrier. This is when Sir Pentious reveals his own contributions, as the air is soon filled with the sounds of explosions from the cannons he set up around the field. They fire a mix of exploding, shrapnel and flash rounds to either blow up exorcists, shred their wings or blind them which combined with the fact that the order is random they are left constantly dodging making the fights even harder for them. By the time Adam breaks the shield the entire 1st wave has been wiped out, thought that doesn’t stop others from following while their commander goes for Alastor.
Despite the plan telling him to repeat and the danger the 1st man poses, the Radio Demon is too prideful to retreat. After initially managing to frustrate Adam, after his staff is broken it quickly becomes apparent the Deer is no match for him in terms of sheer power. With a bleeding chest wound Alastor flees his foe, to the 1st man’s mockery and a watching Vox’s rage.
Meanwhile down on the ground Charlie, Vaggie and Angela are in the centre of the field standing atop a pile of exorcist corpses either stabbed or bludgeoned by their weapons. Angel Dust after laughing at an accidental innuendo from Husk leaps into save Frank the Egg Boi from being scrambled by an Exorcist. Though it’s interrupted by Adam making a reappearance to start blasting holy light at everything in sight. Realising what this means the Princess quickly buries her grief at Alastor’s supposed death and with her daughter creates a shield along with portals to bring everyone inside of it. Despite the 1st man’s attempts to break it they manage to keep the barrier up. Sir Pentious who is watching sees Adam in front of his airship, a plan quickly forms. The Snake grabs Cherri Bomb who is initially annoyed then stunned/pleased when he both kisses her and announces his love for them. Boarding his airship Sir Pentious moves it closer to the head of the exorcists while ordering his Egg Bois to fire his cannon though is instantly vaporised by their target upon seeing them. This obviously hits the Hazbins hard, though this soon drive Charlie into a deep rage. Enhancing her voice she calls Adam a ducking coward daring him to face an actual challenge in 1-1 combat. Enraged at his pride being insulted/overjoyed to deal with Lucifers brat the 1st man’s meets them on the roof after she teleports there.
Vaggie immediately goes to assist her partner but is intercepted by Lute seeking to continue their rivalry. Within less than a second the Exorcist finds her arm removed at the shoulder by their former subordinate, who then backhands them in a wall knocking them unconscious and covered in rubble.
Meanwhile Adam is soon realising he’s fucked up. Charlie is holding nothing back using her trident to slash/stab where she can, smashing him with her shield and using magic to block their strikes. Bleeding and exhausting the 1st man flies away to send a focused blast at the Princess, though Vaggie shoots up from slicing his wings, sending him falling and causing the hotel to be bisected while she rescues her partner.
On ground Adam tries to get up and figure out his next move, but is soon flattened by Charlie drop kicking him with such force that it creates a significant crater. Not hesitating the Princess breaks the 1st man’s arms before going full fury on him. It continues until she looks at his bloody pulverised face, teeth either broken or gone completely along with a swollen shut eye and blood leaking from every hole on his head with cut wings and a broken ribcage. Grabbing him by the throat Charlie carries Adam to the top before looking him dead in the eye that despite everything he’s done she still believes in mercy allowing him and the other surviving exorcists to retreat, but makes it known this is the last extermination otherwise Sera will be proven right about now wanting to fight a war with Hell. Dropping the 1st man to the floor the Princess starts to rejoin her companions, though Adam furious at his humiliation and losses refuses to walk away. Angela seeing the 1st prick about to strike her mother via a beam does the only thing that makes sense, pick Niffty up and throw her at him. The maid quickly adapts seeing herself fast approaching another exorcist, does what Charlie told her to do. Adam falls over after the knife goes in, everyone is shocked though Vaggie turns giddy that Niffty has stabbed him in the back before repeating motion cackling madly. Lute now conscious pulls herself from the rubble just in time to see, racing over to her commander to try and get him to hang on though all he can manage is a smile before the light leaves his eyes. Despite their rage the Lieutenant realises she has no chance, especially once the king himself arrives ordering them to leave. Taking Adam’s Halo Lute orders the retreat for those exorcists still alive, being the last one through the portal, not wanting to give them the satisfaction of seeming like she was afraid.
With the battle over Charlie with her rage cooled walks through the ruins of the Hotel, sorrow setting in deep to her soul seeing what’s left of the home she built for their strange little family. Though it’s the sight of the ruined banner for Sir Pentious 1st week that truly breaks her. The Princess falls to her knees weeping at her failures in convincing Heaven and protecting her home especially requiring the Snake to give his life for theirs. Lucifer states that his daughter is the only 1 to truly change Hell in the last 10,000 years, that she can do it and that her story has only just begun especially when she owes it to her friends living or dead to make dream possible along with how she’s touched so many hearts including his. The others join in agreeing they can rebuild the Hotel and make it bigger than ever with more sinners than the Princess can dream. This combined with them stating it started with her is enough to get Charlie out of her grief as she’ll have their friends/family with them.
The rebuilding of the Hotel goes quickly thanks to having Lucifer on their side, his creation magic combined with his daughter and granddaughter being a potent combination. Meanwhile the news of their fight against the extermination, including Adam’s death not only boost Charlie’s reputation amongst sinners but the Hazbin Hotel itself with Niffty especially becoming famous for being the 1 to slay the exorcists leader. Of course the Vee’s are already planning on how to use the situation to gain power and rule all of Hell itself. Alastor for his part is licking his wounds, shaken by their near death experience swearing that any idea of freedom pales in comparison to his hunger for freedom and desire to be the strongest in all of Hell no matter the cost.
With the Hotel finished Charlie dedicates a memorial to Sir Pentious for his sacrifice with a portrait and golden statue. The Princess also promises to continue her efforts till redemption is proven and their people are saved. Added to this is the excitement of Alastor reappearing proving he isn’t dead, though Lucifer, Vaggie, Husk and Angela are not so thrilled to see him realising he ran like a coward after letting his pride get in the way. Regardless they along with the rest of the Hazbins celebrate the reopening of the Hotel and the continuation of Charlie’s dream.
In Heaven Emily and Sera are in a meeting room when out of nowhere the Snake sinner they saw at the trial just appears in the room looking like a winner much to his confusion, the formers joy and the latter’s shock/horror. Elsewhere upon a beach Lute approaches a woman sunbathing, informing her that Adam is dead and if she wants to stay there then she’ll need to go down to Hell and deal with her bitch. Lilith for her part watches impassively with some annoyance, simply waiting to see how this affects her plans going forward.
S2 ep1. In the month since the battle against the Exorcists the Hazbin Hotel has been seeing a massive influx of new guests and attention from the media, even though there is a misunderstanding about their goals.
In the lobby Vaggie is checking in new guests while also thinking over her new name, along with Angela and Chastity while calling out Alastor for not helping who’s acting like a prideful little bitch after his beating from Adam. To make it worse they are soon swarmed by journalists asking various ridiculous questions. Husk meanwhile is at the bar slammed trying to get out all the orders he’s received from the new guests while Angel Dust is sat on the bar claiming he’s representing the Hotel while allowing Fat Nuggets to gorge himself on the Cats nuts despite their request for help. He then asks Cherri Bomb for help who refutes his claim that she’s staying at the Hotel now while the Angel asks if anyone’s seen Charlie to deal with the reporters, the Spider stating he saw her in the lounge keeping Frank company. Before she leaves he asks her to confirm if the Princess is still up for their therapy session later, as Angel Dust is more willing to discuss his feelings now.
In the lounge Charlie is listening as Frank the Egg Boi is going over the busts he made of Sir Pentious. The Princess is obviously still emotional and grieving his death. Vaggie arrives asking her to help with the reporters along with the new guests, though stops to ask if she’s ok. Charlie is honest stating she’s still grieving over their friend but does her best to focus on the issues at hand despite her partners offer to take over for them.
Meanwhile Vox lets Katie Killjoy know how displeased he is that she’s giving the Hotel any positive coverage, before settling on a new angle for it and to use their popularity for themselves.
Angel Dust is trying to help Cherri Bomb go through her mixed feelings about Sir Pentious considering their relationship, while she denies any feelings for him.
Charlie is initially pleased to see all the people at the Hotel, but it soon turns sour once it becomes apparent none of them understand their mission and think it’s a way to declare war on Heaven. While Vaggie is trying to get the crowd under control the Princess is introduced to Baxter, a scientist and former colleague of Sir Pentious making it known he’s nothing like them. He also reveals he not only doesn’t believe in redemption but is there to disprove it. Charlie for her part tries to educate the new guests/journalists about what they are actually trying to do. Obviously this causes a number to leave but there are still plenty who choose to stay. Though the misunderstanding still persists with many, being further derailed when many start gravitating towards Niffty as Adams Killer worsening it. At the bar Husk asks why Alastor isn’t helping, he answers exactly like the prick he is.
Lucifer seeing Charlie is getting overwhelmed takes her away for a quick breather.
The Vee’s meet in Vox’s office to discuss their plan to use the Hotels victory over the exorcists and the Sinners desire for revenge to not only rule Hell but Heaven itself as gods, though it’s obvious Vox would be more than happy to rule alone.
In his room Lucifer and Charlie talk, with her admitting she doesn’t know why they’re having so much trouble convincing everyone. The King points out she’s still dealing with losing not only the original Hotel but her friend as well, which takes time to heal from. The Princess states it’s not good enough especially if she can’t stop people from getting the wrong impression of the Hotel or what they’re trying to do. Lucifer simply does his best to comfort her, before the pair reminisce on how well Lilith used to handle the spotlight/ stress along with helping others deal with it. The pair thus reminisce together over their missing mother/wife and agree it was easy when she was here along with the King stating she’d be so proud of their daughter like she always was along with how they were born for this.
Back in the lobby while the new guests are fawning over Niffty, at the Vaggie is going over ideas for a new name with the others giving feedback, while Cherri Bomb asks why’s she’s changing it, the Angel stating as it was the name Adam gave her and that it was demeaning they need to pick one for themself. Chastity and Angela agree as a name is a powerful thing, especially when you choose your own. At this point Charlie returns addressing the crowd clearly and confidently explaining that they are there to redeem people not kill Angels, so anyone who isn’t needs to kindly leave, though clarifies she believes in every Sinners ability to change and earn a better life so anyone who isn’t willing to try is welcome to stay. Despite this many of them leave, but despite her sadness Vaggie is able to cheer up her Princess as is her daughter and daughter in law. It’s help when Baxter all but agrees to stay and see if the experiment is worth trying even if he thinks it will fail.
Back in the meeting Vox finishes his explanation of the plan, before having to do so again as Valentino wasn’t paying attention. The TV explains in a much simpler way that the Moth can follow his plan to allow the trio to ascend to Heaven to rule as not just mere Overlords but gods which sends them into arrogant laughter.
On the terrace Charlie and Vaggie are talking about how the former wishes they’d gotten a chance to say goodbye to Sir Pentious while the latter does her best to comfort them along with reminding her that it’s ok to feel how she does about what happened. The Angel also offers that she and Angela can take on more of the responsibilities till she’s ready which the Princess is grateful for. They also discuss the idea of Vazzie for Vaggies new name but the reactions of both Charlie and KeeKee convince her to keep looking.
In the lobby the couple along with Chastity and Angela watch as the Vee’s starts their smear campaign on 666 news while painting themselves as Hells true saviours. The young Princess offers to call up Satan to wipe them out, while the Succubus and Vaggie point out that many people remember the things Charlie has done to help Sinners even before the Hotel, so only the idiots will believe it and it’ll blow over in a week anyway. The Princess is still pissed at them for not only lying but in her mind desecrating Sir Pentious final act for them. The Angel leaves to get them a Harder Daddy, while Angela and Chastity leave to talk to some of the Morningstar’s PR people to figure out how to deal with this shit. Thus Charlie is alone when Emily comes bursting through a portal revealing that not only is Heaven going into lockdown over Adam’s death and Sera worrying about Hell retaliating along while everyone is worried about more death while also being scared of the next step, before the bombshell that Sir Pentious is redeemed and in Heaven now that the Hotel works before promising to be back soon. Once she’s gone the Orincess has no other option but to simply scream in shock.
S2 ep 2. the trial and aftermath are generally the same, but Sera has much less patience for Lute loudly reminding her that Adam disobeyed her directs orders and risked starting a war with Hell for his own pride, which the fact she and the other exorcists went along with proves just how unreliable/disloyal they are. When the 2nd brings up that she spoke to Lilith, the Seraphim finally loses it, making it known that she had no right/authority to do so and that if she gets a single inkling of disloyalty or attempts to retaliate against the Hotel, then she won’t hesitate to not only strip her of their rank but to also banish them to face the Sinners without a way out. Before ordering them to leave Sera states that despite everything she’s sorry about Adam’s death even if he brought it upon himself, suggesting that considering their relationship Lute should consider psychological and grief treatment to help them recover. The Lieutenant states that’s unnecessary before leaving, stewing in hate and grief before the hallucination of her old commander/beloved encourages her to seek revenge no matter what.
S2 ep 3. after Emily’s bombshell reveal Charlie rushes to Vaggie who is in the lounge with the others and reveals that Sid Pentious was redeemed and is now in Heaven. As can be expected the Princess is absolutely ecstatic while the others are varying degrees of shocked, though the Angel manages to calm them down by asking if they have proof. Charlie admits that aside from the Seraphim’s claim no, it reminding her that then it’s only their word and with Heaven going into lockdown proof will be hard to get. Which combined with Vox’s misinformation campaign will only make them look worse if they try saying it with only their word. Thus the pair find Angela and Chastity who are contacting the family PR people to set up a meeting on how to deal with Vox. Upon hearing the news the 2 are completely shocked then congratulatory knowing that their mother/in-law could do it, before agreeing that without proof they’ve got nothing. The 4 agree that they need to stop the misinformation campaign. Charlie for her part suggests they try approaching it in a way that the Media Overlord would understand, her daughter adding that they could offer a reduction in his taxes for a time to hopefully get them to back down and regain lost income. Chasity backs this considering how hard their payback hurt them, though Vaggie points out that might not work or he’d ask for too much. Obviously they were right.
Vox for his part sees the request for a meeting and with Velvette decides to have some fun with it.
Back in the lounge Husk, Angel Dust and especially Cherri Bomb are still coming to term with the fact that Sir Pentious actually got redeemed. After initially denying it the Bomber is left confused over her mixed feelings toward the Snake considering she didn’t really know him that well, the Cat points out that Baxter mentioned working together so asking him might be worth it along with informing her his room is in the basement. Cherri Bomb claims she isn’t going before trying to blow hole in the floor, then leaving the normal way when she’s reminded her bombs can’t even scratch the Hotels enchantments.
Charlie is in the lobby informing a disinterested Alastor when a surprising pair of visitors arrive. Despite not wanting to see either of them the Princess put on her best diplomatic smile and voice honed through decades of dealing with Hells nobility, welcomes Vox and Velvette. Finding herself alone after the Radio Demon flees, Charlie has to put up with the Dolls snide comments and the TV’s honeyed insults along with his obvious attempts at flattery. When Vox tries gifting them a 150 inch Voxtek TV the Princess responds by pointing out they already have a 160 inch. The Media and Fashion overlords then ignore her attempts at claiming she wanted to meet in a more appropriate location, bombarding them with questions that cause the Princess to groan audibly.
Meanwhile in his laboratory Baxter is questioned about his relationship with Sir Pentious by Cherri Bomb. While intially reluctant the Scientist explains that along with being lab partners seeking to become powerful overlords, he created the Egg Bois. Though his treatment of them was enough that the Snake left finding him too cruel to focus on his turf wars with a woman he became obsessed with. That only leaves the bomber more confused before leaving after Baxter is being a prick, dropping a bomb in as payback.
Later in the city and in a park in heaven Cherri Bomb and Sir Pentious both reminisce about the times they had together during their various turf wars, along with the feelings they had for each other.
Back in the Hotel Vaggie, Angel Dust, Husk, Angela and Chastity enter the lobby to find Charlie dealing with Vox and Velvette. The Angel is obviously pissed demanding to know why they’re here with her partner stating she’s trying to work out a deal though unsuccessfully after they turned up. The Spider for his part is immediately anxious asking why they are here, his trauma from Valentino resurfacing at seeing his business partners. His daughter tries to calm him down while stating it might be best for the pair to leave. The Media Overlord smirks asking that maybe they could get a presentation of redemption with someone as hopeless/worthless as the former Pornstar. Charlie for her part tells Vox that she won’t allow her guests let alone her friend be disrespected/abused and orders him to leave. The TV instead doubles down asking if she thinks someone who murdered their own father can be redeemed into Heaven. The Princess simply responds stating she believes everyone can be redeemed even him, though she knows he won’t choose to. That catches them off guard before a portal opening under his and the Dolls feet drops them in the parking lot, their time at the Hotel over.
In their limo the pair go over the footage they got, smirking no one will want to stay at the Hotel.
Back inside Charlie apologises stating she never meant for other of them to come and tried to get them to leave. Angel Dust for his part isn’t in the mood to talk and simply goes to his room, ashamed at his secret being aired so publicly. Husk for his part goes after him while Angela stays to help her mother both to prepare for the firestorm Vox will send their way but also to comfort them with Vaggie and Chastity. Later that night the Spider finds dinner at his food for him and the cat with a handwritten note from Charlie, the Angel, his daughter and her wife that what he did doesn’t change how they see him or their belief he can be redeemed. While he doesn’t leave his room Angel Dust places the note by his bedside, so he can remember it when things get hard.
Unfortunately the day doesn’t get better. Vox airs an expo that claims that Charlie not only hates her own people and is trying to force them into a puritanical life style, but a badly disguised Velvette claims that she struck them. Not only does this damage the Hotel and Princesses name/reputation but causes several sinners to leave. The only bright spot is that Cherri Bomb decides to check in to at least support Angel Dust who appreciates the gesture.
That night in an emergency meeting the Morningstar ladies and their partners are discussing strategy with their PR people. They decide to focus on all the good things that Charlie did to help sinners such as the bunkers for homeless/caught out sinners on extermination day, the warning sirens and forcing them to agree to a standardised start along with projects like New Eden. They will also go after the Vees pointing out they did nothing and hid like cowards along with airing reminders of their constant controversies including an interview with Salina a Sinner they used and abused. Afterwards Angela points out to her mom that even if they got proof of Sir Pentious redemption that would only solve part of the problem, a lot of sinners lost loved ones or more were in living terror of the exterminations so they want justice or revenge though to them both are the same thing which is how Vox is getting so much support. Even if she doesn’t say it Charlie agrees, as does Vaggie and her wife.
The response works as it reminds people that despite Vox’s bullshit Charlie at least tried to help long before the Hotel started. That combined with the fact that many Sinners now have TV’s, Phones or computers from Greed that Vox can’t hypnotise them through means that while the Media overlord still gets a lot of support, it isn’t as much as he wanted.
S2 ep 4. Charlie is focused on trying to continue running the Hotel and deal with Vox’s smear campaign. Realising it’s hitting her hard Vaggie suggests their partner take some time away to relax. The Princess obviously refuses stating it wouldn’t be fair with all the hard work that the Angel has already put in. Vaggie retorts that Charlie has been working equally hard along with having her name/dream dragged through the mud. They of course refuse to listen till Angela and Chastity are revealed to be standing outside the door, making it known relaxation isn’t an option. Reluctantly the Princess agrees, having to be dragged through the portal while telling their partner to call them immediately if anything happens.
Alastor meanwhile is in his room stewing over the wound on their chest, a reminder that he isn’t as powerful as they thought. Later in the lounge he gets into an argument with Lucifer who calls him out for not doing his job in helping run the Hotel and how Vaggie is doing such a better job, the breaking point telling him to use a coaster before the Radio Demon says he’s done and quits before storming out of the room, along with sending tentacles to knock over the Kings coffee cup.
While at a Spa in Sloth Charlie is unable to relax due to how anxious she is about the Hotel and Vox. To end it Angela and Chastity simply strip her naked and throw her onto a massage table where a pair of skilled Baphomet Masseurs start walking across her back making her melt, while another team start looking after their hooves and leg fur. The couple join after turning off the Princesses phone, her daughter joining their mother while the Succubus gets her wings and tail seen to.
In Cannibal Town Alastor is strolling down in his Sunday best gathering flowers to visit Rosie. After an initially friendly start it turns more serious once the Radio Demon reveals he’s quit and their fellow Overlord reminds them of the deal they struck. Rosie doesn’t hesitate to remind Alastor that she promised to make him the post powerful Sinner in Hell, it’s not her fault he was arrogant/stupid enough to take on a high level Angel before reminiscing about the Deers life on Earth, how they met and his death. Holding back his rage while Rosie laughs at that final part, Alastor reminds her that he’s only been running around Hell including that stupid Hotel as she promised him power, in turn they bluntly put it terms via song that thanks to their deal he is as good as her pet and has no choice to do as he’s told so will have to sort out the issue with his staff themself. Outside the Radio Demon stews over the insults to his pride and reminder of his limits, though seeing a statue of Charlie with her parents helps him come up with a cunning plan to earn his freedom back and full power.
At the Spa the trio are in a sauna melting in the heat like puddkes and enjoying every instance of it. Charlie asks if anything’s happened at the Hotel with the couple stating no, which causes her to relax even further.
In the entertainment district Alastor sends out a challenge, with Vox appearing to answer after imploding an unfortunate Sinner. The Media overlord asks if the Radio Demon is there to plead for him to stop attacking his precious little Hotel. Alastor simply states he’s bored of their incessant slander and wants to end it. Valentino appears along with Velvette to help Vox, the latter jumping straight into it after the Deer mocks him about not wanting his humiliation to broadcast live. With his power limited by their broken staff Alastor is despite being able to put up a good fight is quickly being overwhelmed by the Vees.
Back at the Hotel Niffty is cleaning when she sees the fight broadcast on Velvettes channel over a guests shoulder. Without any hesitation the Maid immediately rushes over to Husk, picking him up and running to the fight as quickly as possible claiming Alastor is in trouble.
Alastor meanwhile is in Vox’s clutches with the latter tearing out his chest stitches, though fortunately Niffty and Husk arrives the maid throwing the Cat at Velvettes who flies into a rage at them messing up her hair. The Maid meanwhile deals with Valentino crawling through his jacket and stabbing him, sadly without their Angelic dagger. The fight continues until the Radio Demon sees the Moth has Niffty at gunpoint, offering a skeptical TV a deal. In exchange for becoming his prisoner they will allow his compatriots leave unharmed or lay a hand on Charlie. Vox is initially shocked before quickly agreeing absolutely ecstatic to have one over his old enemy.
Wallowing in the ecstasy of his victory Vox goes all out with TV interviews, a parade and other petty acts like taking him to a diner for him to have a smoothie with 2 straws alone instead of sharing it. Even going the extra step to force the Radio Demon to watch him and Valentino in bed much to their disgust. Despite this Alastor still manages to get under their skin, reminding him of how without his partners he’d be nothing and how he’s still the same weak needy little cowardly attention seeker, using a speaker when his mouth is covered. That sends the Media overlord into a meltdown as he remembers that night, when they tried to enter into a partnership and instead was mocked with any friendship between them being non-existent with the added humiliation of their defeat afterwards. Vox for his part reiterates his victory, his power and that he’s the boss now despite the Deers continued defiance with promises they’ll wish they stayed gone by the time he’s done.
Later at the Hotel Charlie returns to find her relaxed mood obliterated upon seeing the news of Alastors capture by Vox. Chastity is equally as shocked while Angela instead believes he got cocky or it’s another plot of his.
S2 ep 5. In the aftermath of his defeat of Alastor Vox and the other Vees are using the boost to their reputation along with promises of taking over Heaven to gather more overlords to their side along with other Sinners though Carmilla and Zestial refuse with Rosie not even being asked for her connection to the Radio Demon.
Charlie out of sheer stress has repeatedly tried contacting Heaven via the embassy and even become desperate to try setting up a makeshift landing pad/beacon on the balcony. Vaggie meanwhile is doing her best to be supportive but with the chaos of losing Alastor and their inability to contact Emily or anyone else in Heaven isn’t helping. The Princess is worried about the Radio Demons safety while the Angel believes it just about plan of his and will be fine. Charlie for her part knows that the only thing that will stop Vox is not only proof of Pentious redemption proving it’s possible, but also a way to help people feel like they’ve gotten justice after the exterminations.
Vaggie leaves Charlie to focus on taking care of the Hotel, helping out several guests before meeting Angel Dust who claims he didn’t go to group therapy cause he’s been having headaches all day while Baxter claims that Husk leading it has been informative including the various ways to say stupid. The Angel reveals she’s going to talk to Lucifer with the Spider asking them to tell them the tea later.
Vaggie meets the king in his room. After some initial pleasantries/awkwardness the Angel ask Lucifer if she’d heard about Vox was doing. He was obviously unhappy with what the Media Overlord has been saying about his daughter, though has to remind Vaggie that part of his punishment is that he can’t actually harm Sinners thus preventing him from dealing with Vox. Frustrated the Angel admits he’s right, stating if Alastor was here he could deal with them. This unintentionally causes Lucifers pride to be hit considering his animosity with the Radio Demon, deciding to get involved in the situation.
In Heaven after watching Charlie repeatedly and more desperately try to contact them Emily tries to convince Sera to talk to her who is refusing due to the disorder Vox is causing, though the former accuses them of being afraid of having to admit Hell deserves an apology for what she did. Sir Pentious arrives to Lutes disdain as the younger Seraphim reveals she invited him as he can provide a valuable perspective. Despite Sera’s attempts to refute him entry her sister uses their equal authority to allow him to stay. The Snake manages to convince the elder Seraphim to go along with Emily and Abel’s plan to try apologising to Hell though they end up leaving him alone in the meeting room.
On the balcony an exhausted Charlie is shocked to see the Heavenly contingent arrive, especially once Emily divebomb hugs them to the floor. Once the initial joy wears off the Princess takes a moment to process that their big idea to make up for near a decade of extermination’s and countless deaths is gift baskets. As gently as possible Charlie explains to Emily how not only would it be ineffective but even seen as insulting, which the younger seraphim agrees is fair. Moving on she asks if Sir Pentious is with them, disappointed when Sera reveals that he’s still in Heaven but misses them as they couldn’t bring him. The Princess then explains the situation stating that Vox is trying to convince Sinners that the Angels are still out to get them, along with redemption being fake and the only way to stop them is to attack 1st. In order to prevent it Charlie wants to negotiate a treaty to show that won’t happen, but states that it won’t happen till Lute leaves not trusting or wanting her there. The Lieutenant obviously refuses till the elder Seraphim agrees ordering them back to Heaven and to take no action until they return. Any protests Lute has died in her throat at seeing Sera’s face, retreating like a beaten dog through the portal.
In Charlie’s office she and Sera lay out the terms of a treaty that will be signed at a later date. Amongst the terms are: 1. An end to the exterminations for now and forever after. 2. Exorcists or similar Angels are forbidden from entering Hell without the express permission of the Royal Family. 3. Heaven issues a full apology for the deaths and suffering caused by the Exterminations, along with reparations for those affected. 4. Heaven and its leadership must offer total and unconditional support to the Hotel towards their efforts to redeem Sinners. 5. Sinners will be allowed to contact their family in Heaven if they consent to it. 6. For her crimes against the people of Hell and as the last of the Exorcist leadership that took part in the exterminations Lute must be handed over for trial, with a death sentence being likely. Sera initially refuses stating that enough blood has been shed and they were only following her orders, Charlie lets out a bitter laugh pointing out that the woman in question revelled in the slaughter of helpless victims and mutilated a subordinate for refusing to harm a child. She goes even further asking the Seraphim if she’s actually sorry about all the sinners that were killed or only cares that they could’ve been redeemed. That causes Sera to be silent before stating they should deal with Vox, Charlie agrees but keeps her voice even and their eyes are cold.
Meanwhile outside of V-Tower Vox is preening at the crowd he’s gathered, while going over the finishing touches with Valentino Alastor manages to get under his skin by pointing out he only got there with his associates damaging their ego/pride enough to push the Moth off the stage widening the rift in their relationship again. The Media Overlord goes on stage to play the crowd with false gratitude and claims that they are continuing Liliths work, sending them into a frenzy at the promise of revenge against Heaven with him at the helm. Lucifer appears trying to put Vox in his place, despite an excellent presentation the Overlord is unimpressed/unworried quickly continuing the show in the process insulting the King and forcing him to reveal that he can’t actually harm sinners. This only makes Voxes promise of conquering Heaven seem even better though it stops when Charlie and the Heavenly contingent arrive.
Initially Vox panics or at least seems to, till Emily explains that they’re there to apologise with Charlie explaining that they’ve negotiated a treaty that will not only end the violence but start a new era of peace. The Media Overlord quickly pivots mocking the idea, claiming that no apology could make up for what Heaven did to them and they are really there to flaunt their power as they can’t stand that Hell managed to land a blow on them. The Princess reminds him it was her friends and herself that landed said blow while the Vees despite claiming to have a plan, hid away like cowards as they always did while she fought to protect her people. His pride wounded Vox quickly returns to riling up the crowd by showing evidence of the Exterminations brutality forcing the younger seraphim and Abel to see the horror of it. Charlie attempts to rebuke him but upon learning about Lucifers attempts to threaten him, enraging her at his betrayal. The TV overlord continues his attempts to rile up the crowd, with the Princess trying to calm them down though it’s ruined when an enraged Sera goes full Angellic and claims that it was Sinners like him that caused her to allow the Exterminations. Pouncing on this Vox uses it to fire the crowd into an inferno of retribution, promising Holy War upon the Golden Kingdom. Realising their mistake Sera opened a portal evacuating Emily and Abel leaving Charlie to be distraught/enraged at the failed attempt to stop things getting worse.
In Heaven Sir Pentious is playing with his Angellic Eggs when the trio return from Hell. Their initial excitement soon turns sour after seeing the looks on their faces, solidifying when Sera reveals that Hell declared war and Emily breaks down in his arms.
At the Hotel Vaggie is trying to stop several of their guests leaving after seeing the rally, which doesn’t succeed. Charlie returns enraged demanding to know where her dad is. She is furious at how stupid he was in threatening Vox before questioning her partner when he claims it was them who told him she needed help. The Angel clarified she just asked if there was anything he could do, before accepting there wasn’t considering he can’t harm sinners. Charlie is even more pissed that he ruined everything for no reason just as Heaven was willing to actually start working with them, even going so far as to claim that Lilith left cause she was tired of fucking ruining everything and then kicking him out of the Hotel immediately. Heartbroken at her words the King agrees without hesitation. As he leaves the Princess tells Vaggie she knows they didn’t mean for this to happen and doesn’t hold this against them. The pair then receive a text from Angela asking to meet in her mother’s office. They arrive to find the young Princess and Chastity waiting for them, bearing both sympathetic but unsurprised looks. Angela is the 1st to speak stating that it was a good attempt before asking what happened with Heaven. After hearing the negotiated terms she agrees it would probably be enough, at least without Vox. Charlie is about to start ranting before realising based on the looks the pair have they’ve got a plan. The Succubus reveals that after meeting the PR people they made a visit down to Wrath and Satan, her wife adding that he agrees that Vox is getting too uppity so it’s time they cut him down. Vaggie guesses they mean use the Sins legions to eliminate the Vees for good. Their partner despite hating them and wanting to stop the war isn’t exactly enthused at attacking her own people, though does accept a few deaths is better than another extermination but points out killing Vox would only create a martyr. Angela agrees it’s not the best plan but it’s better than the alternative. Her mother asks to think it over, especially considering how exhausting today was. The couples soon separate to rest and hope that things won’t get worse.
S2 ep 6. Vox and Velvette are meeting with Carmilla Carmine to try and win her to their cause. The Media Overlord forces his partner to apologise after she refuses once again, even putting the Doll down. Vox points out to the matriarch that she became a target for the Angels once she chose to arm the Hotel that ended up killing Adam, that war is coming and will come for her so if she wants to protect her family then she’ll help him protect Hell. This pushes Carmilla to agree much to the TV’s satisfaction. Outside Vel confronts Vox for throwing her under the bus, though he dismisses their complaints stating they got the deal and it was her own fault for fucking up the only Overlord meeting he let them attend on their behalf telling her to reflect before zipping through a security camera, leaving her to rage at his entitled cunty behaviour.
Back in her office Zestial confront Carmilla over choosing to back Vox not only owing to his interests being entirely self serving but her own close connections to the Morningstar’s. The Matriarch states it’s not about sides and will not lose anyone else when the Angels come for them, not her girls or him. Disappointed the Spider Overlord states he can’t support her, hoping she’ll come to her sense and then he’ll rejoin them at their side. Clara and Odette soon storm into their mother’s office demanding to know what the fuck she’s thinking in trusting Vox. They freeze seeing their mothers lost look and try to comfort her, though are stopped by the presence of several of their security staff. Carmilla gives them a sad but determined look saying she knows they won’t understand her choices, but at least her reasoning in that everything she does is to keep them safe as the pair are removed struggling to be kept under house arrest until the situation is resolved. Alone the Matriarch contemplates her choices and everything she’s lost, hoping more won’t be taken from them soon.
Back at the Hotel Vaggie is pushing herself to fix the various issues with the Hotel and keep their remaining guests happy. Though that’s soon ruined upon hearing that Carmilla is now working with Vox. She finds the rest of the group at the bar sans Angel Dust, confirming if they’re hearing this bullshit. Charlie for her part is furious at this betrayal as is Angela who immediately decide to talk to the Matriarch and figure out what the fuck she’s thinking with Vaggie joining them. They try putting Husk in charge but he refuses stating that with all the bullshit they’ve been dealing with he’s taking some time off, stating without Alastor it’s not like anything is keeping him there. While not pleased the Trio can’t exactly blame him for wanting some time away from the madness, so the Angel puts Niffty in charge. As they leave the Maid summons an army of bugs while Baxter watches preparing something.
Husk for his part returns to the Magic Kat his old Casino. Pleased to see nothing has changed he starts out at the bar indulging in liquor before moving onto the tables taking pleasure in the thrill of chance and the indulgence of liquor, glad to leave his problems behind him. Though it doesn’t take long for the cards to turn against the Cat, enraged/frustrated he falls deeper into the booze at an even lower rock bottom.
Charlie, Vaggie and Angela arrive at Carmine industries despite their rage from Carmilla’s betrayal, hope to still be able to get her to see sense. Their attempts don’t work, as the Matriarch points out that even if Heaven was willing to be peaceful Vox declaring war has changed that and she plus her family will be a prime target considering who armed the Hotel. The Angel tries to convince her by stating that the Hotel works so why join him, her response that when a fight comes she will protect her own and considering they started this war by killing Adam why do they still insist on Heaven being the answer when they know what they are capable of, which Vaggie into a spiral of memories about their time in the Exorcists. Seeing this a protective Charlie tries to remind Carmilla of her mother’s beliefs, but the Overlord simply points out that Lilith is gone and thus doesn’t matter which is why she’s choosing the winning side to protect her family. Angela herself then asks something that stuns the overlord silent, weren’t they her family. Carmilla doesn’t speak before walking away saying sometimes you can’t save everyone you care for in difficult times. The young Princess gives her a hateful/betrayed look before opening a portal leaving her mother and their partner alone before they too leave crestfallen at having failed.
Shortly after Angela gives a press conference in which she states that due to actions against the Morningstar’s, Carmilla Carmine is being stripped of all her currently held ranks, privileges and properties in the other rings of Hell along with their right to leave Pride have revoked and confiscated though her daughters will remain in place. The Matriarch watches this grim but accepting of it being the cost to save her daughters, especially with their memories of Heaven/her wife replay in her head.
Back at the Casino Husk is continuing to drown his sorrows as the entertainment starts, shocked at seeing its Angel Dust in drag. He watches entranced as the Spider sings a song that seems perfectly tailored for him before exiting.
In V tower Vox interrupts Valentino while the Moth is checking his performers, trying to find Angel Dusts replacement. The Media Overlord promises that his plan will lead to Val getting the Spider back though this only irritates them and Velvette reminding him it was their plan the pair becoming tired of being pushed aside. Vox attempts to win their partner back by reminding him of their decades in business together but it doesn’t work especially with Alastor poking and prodding in the right places driving the wedge deeper by playing on their captors vanity/pride culminating the in TV insulting them speaking Spanish resulting in a glass thrown at his head much to Velvettes joy.
Back at the Hotel Vaggie returns to find Chastity is trying clean up the various messes, while Cherri Bomb is dealing with a starved Fat nuggets eating her makeup. The Angel confronts Niffty asking what the Hell happened, being shocked then impressed to see the bugs that Baxter and her turned into a jazz band till she hears the bell for the penthouse ringing. Vaggie arrives to find Charlie having set a table for 2, with a bottle of the Angels favourite wine and food. The pair talk, with the Princess stating that she wanted to show her appreciation for all of their partners hard work in supporting her and keeping the Hotel going. While Vaggie appreciates the sweet gesture she can tell Charlie is hiding their true feelings and gently pushes her to talk. This causes the Princess to reveal that she feels like she’s failing her dream and also Liliths to make Hell better, along with how she feels like she’s driven Pentious, Husk, Alastor and Lucifer away not helped by Carmilla’s betrayal/words and with Vox’s declaration of war feels like she’s a failure and that her dream is going to die. The Angel for her part reminds them of everything she’s done already, that together they can do anything as their love is that strong. Despite some lingering doubts this helps to not only reinforce Charlie’s resolve but of how much their partner loves them.
In the Casino Husk is still drinking away his problems when Angel Dust saunters up to talk. The Spider explains the singing is one of his many jobs, before asking why the cat is there. Husk explains he just needed a break from all the bullshit at the Hotel, which Angel Dust admits is fair though is surprised he’s sticking around with Alastor gone. The bartender hesitates before stating he’s grown to like the place and the people there, it being unsaid who specifically they’re talking about, even if it’s a bigger mess than they are. The Spider laughs agreeing but points out some messes are worth being there for. Even if he isn’t completely sure redemption is possible for him, Angel Dust admits it’s worth trying for the people you love. Husk adds that themselves certainly aren’t redemption material, the pair toasting to being who they are. It’s interrupted by the Spider being alerted to a job interview happening soon, saying he’ll see the Cat back at Hotel before he and Angela have dinner. Smiling Husk puts the glass away decoding its time to stop and head home.
Angel Dust arrives at a fancy restaurant being led to a private room, becoming unnerved at realising the place is empty. Alone the Spider realises something is wrong and prepares to leave, until he sees a familiar TV. Before he can speak the Media Overlord coils a cable around Angel Dusts throat. When the Spider spits on his screen, Vox doesn’t hesitate to take out frustration from having to share him with Valentino and bring Charlie down on them enjoying his screams at being shocked. The TV then takes even more pleasure in revealing how they’re the reason why he knew the Angels were coming or about Lucifer limitation, asking if they remembered Late night jobs that are absent from their memory. This opens up Angel Dusts memories of being hypnotised, sending Vox information about the Hotel such as Pentious redemption and eavesdropping on the King when he revealed they can’t hurt sinners. The Spider already feels guilty enough, but that soon turns into ice-cold terror when Vox admits that the Princesses kid was his being the most shocking part and how the reveal will be such great television along with being extra sweet payback/humiliation. Angel Dust does his best, but it’s futile as he is hypnotised once again.
Back at the Hotel Husk arrives to find Angel Dust much to the confusion of Cherri Bomb, Angela and Chastity the 4 of them soon realising that somethings wrong. In Charlie and Vaggies room the former gets ready to call Lucifer to let him know all is forgiven and to return but takes a moment to thank her partner for reminding them to have faith in what their doing again.
Meanwhile Lucifer is watching a Duck sitcom on TV crying when Charlie calls saying she wants to meet. Though rather than his daughter, it’s Vox having copied the Princesses voice to lure him into a trap for the next stage of their plan.
S2 ep 7. Lucifer arrives at the meet-up, finding it to be a deserted warehouse. Despite growing unease the King continues not wanting to risk damaging their relationship further. This unfortunately lands him in the Vox’s trap, who takes the opportunity to gloat at their prisoner. Though Lucifer soon loses interest upon seeing Alastor, the pair continuing their rivalry. The King insults the TV’s attempt to seem important or plans reminding him that as they’re in Hell they’re just as much a failure here as in life. This doesn’t stop Vox from being cocky as the container is loaded in as the power source.
In his lair the Media Overlord reminisces about his life on Earth and the way he clawed, lied and killed to the top before their ironic death swearing that nothing will stand in their way to be above all others for ever more.
Back at the Hotel Charlie is panicking over how her dad hasn’t responded despite their many attempts, even using duck emojis. Angela herself states that not only is he not responding to her but none of the sins either. Before they can discuss further a special announcement from Voxtek is broadcast. The trio join the others in the lobby to watch as Angel Dust not only denounces the Hotel, but also the Princess and reveals the fact he is the father of her daughter. The shock of this only helps to galvanise his claim that fighting Heaven is the only option and the only choice is the Vees. Vox then takes the stage to reveal his latest weapon, claiming it’s their chance to finish what Lilith started. After a moment the TV orders the Might of Lilith fired at Heaven, not only managing to break through the barrier but to also blast off the Golden Gates sending them down to destroy the embassy. Once the initial shock has worn off Vox hacks the communication systems in Heaven to demand their surrender within 24 hours or face the destruction of the Golden Kingdom. Panic quickly spreads throughout Heaven with Sera having no idea what to do, while Lute takes satisfaction that her war is coming.
The Hotel meanwhile is wondering what to do next. Vaggie while trying to calm Charlie down tells Cherri Bomb they’re not fighting Heaven. Angela herself adds that the problem is Vox, remove him and there’s no war. Chastity reveals to the others they had already been planning to deal with him via help from the sins but had been trying other methods 1st. Everyone turns to the Princess who after taking a moment is now more composed and determined to stop a madman from destroying their home and everything they’ve worked for states there is no other option, telling her daughter to contact Satan it’s time to end Vox once and for all. Nodding the young Princess goes inside with her mother and their companions to begin preparing to finish it.
In the Council chamber Sera is confronted by a panicked Abel while Emily and Lute are trying to get her to give Charlie a chance or launch a preemptive strike on Hell. Overwhelmed the elder Seraphim leaves to pray hoping it will help give her the guidance necessary to steer through this chaos. While the others argue Sir Pentious follows close behind. Finding Sera at prayer she asks the Snake how he can help considering what she is and the responsibilities at her feet, though his point about her needing a friend to talk to gets them to give it a chance. The Seraphim states it’s her job to not only enforce the judgement of Heaven but to protect those that deserve it and preserve the separation of the righteous and the wicked, something that was never meant to be in doubt. Not till his arrival, but now demons are at the gates and everyone is looking to her to know what to do but she has no idea how to judge when so many who were slaughtered could’ve been saved by their orders. How humans can somehow be redeemed despite taking part in actions as vile as this. Sir Pentious explains that humans act the way they do often because they’re scared, because they know their lives can end at any time they’ll do anything to see the next day and fulfil their dreams. This along with the Snakes willingness to die for his friends despite their fear helps Sera see that Sinners can earn their redemption through genuine attempts at being better/fixing their mistakes. This allows the Seraphim to see how to both redeem herself and lead to a better future for both realms by helping Charlie.
In his study Vox is basking in their satisfaction, till Velvette called annoyed that he didn’t give her a heads up about blowing the gates off Heaven. The Media Overlord plays it off frustrating the Doll as she points out they still need more support claiming that Charlie’s campaign against them did better than the trio want to admit along with how many sinners doubt the truth of Angel Dusts reveal about Angela. Vox doesn’t pay it any heed telling Vel to plan a soirée for tomorrow so the other overlords can witness his moment of triumph, freezing when his partner corrects him about it being their moment. The TV also doesn’t care that Val is pissed at him, ordering Vel to make sure he’s there nicely dressed and early so they can show a united front against Heaven. The Doll agrees not happy at being ordered around. Alastor pushes his old rivals buttons about how he can’t even take on Heaven if he’s not even the strongest in Hell, considering so many still aren’t with him. Every attempt that Vox uses to try refuting the Deers allegation are met with more that only further enrage him, especially when he points out they couldn’t even get the Princess to admit they bested her even if he invited them to the party as there’s nothing that could break their spirit. The Media Overlord driven by envy, pride and rage swears he’ll get them on camera bowing to him. The Radio Demon continues his mocking till Vox leaves before cackling knowing that their plan is close to fruition.
In Heaven Sera announces her decision. Lute is excited then disappointed to hear that while she is to prepare the Exorcists, it is only if Emily fails in trying to resolve the situation peacefully. The younger Seraphim is overjoyed to hear that her sister is willing to give them a chance to share their hope with Hell, no longer being guided by fear.
Back at the Hotel Charlie, Vaggie and Angela are planning how to deal with Vox quickly/effectively. Cherri Bomb and Husk are talking about how to get Angel Dust back though Baxter points out that sacrificing him might be necessary to win, angering the pair. Meanwhile the Princess is surprised to receive a call from the Media Overlord himself, though this soon turns to fury demanding to know where he gets off on calling her. Vox is as confident/arrogant as ever inviting Charlie and her daughter to his party to celebrate his victory over heaven. Upon mentioning Lucifer Charlie goes extremely silent before responding coldly , shutting up the TV, promising that even if it’s the last thing she does he will watch everything he holds dear turned to ashes before his eyes. Vox despite being genuinely unnerved tries laughing it off saying he’ll take that as a yes and see her there. Overwhelmed by anger and anxiety the Angel does her best to calm the Princess down, as does her daughter both reminding them of the plan to end it once and for all. Despite knowing their right Charlie points out that it seems like all she has are choices that are some form of bad and going to the party at least leads to a no matter how small chance of stopping the Vee’s without bloodshed is going especially as no other solutions are falling out of the sky. Cue Emily falling out of a portal and face planting into the floor.
After the shock wore off Charlie rushed to see if Emily was ok, though the Seraphim moved onto telling the Princess that Sera now not only believes in redemption, her and the Hotel along with wanting to find a peaceful solution. This news is lessened by the fact that as Vaggie points out Vox has everything he needs via smearing their reputation, villainising Heaven and as Charlie points out that with him somehow getting Angel Dust to insult the Hotel it’ll take more than words to stop him or convince anyone he’s wrong. Emily suggests they show them then, if Hell can broadcast above so is the reverse. Baxter adds that it is as Voxtek has been pirating TV from the Golden kingdom for decades, some of Earths too. The Scientist then reveals he was the one who designed their security system, along with being both able to broadcast something to all of infernal realm and willing to do so clarifying that he’ll do so that due to the way they folded his blankets to their liking meant they’re best friends. Though he does state a similar intellect in Heaven would be needed to make the 2 realms completely alien technology work together in less than 24 hours. Sir Pentious agrees, rapturous at being able to invent again, while Baxter scoffs not surprised it’s him. Vaggie admits that they have a way to get Hell to believe in Charlie’s dream even if it’s dangerous and a long shot.
That night the various players prepare to risk everything to gain what they want. The Hotel to gain back their friend, stop a war and show Hell that Charlie’s dream is possible. Vox to gain the power he’s always craved and put Alastor in his place. The other Vee’s not only to get their partner back but ascend to the highest station. Lucifer simply wants to go home and reconcile with his daughter. Lute hoping this will be her chance for revenge, while Abel is terrified at what this could mean. Sera meanwhile is praying that this will lead to a better dawn instead of more death.
S2 ep 8. Vaggie is going over the plan. She and Charlie will go to Vox’s party, meanwhile the residents and staff will sneak in using Baxter’s key card. There they’ll split up, Angela, Husk and Cherri Bomb to find/rescue Angel Dust and break the mind control or at least bring him home. Niffty and the Scientist will find then hijack the signal, the maid begins informed that it’s her job to protect Baxter with her life which they eagerly agree to. Once they’ve got control they’ll broadcast Sir Pentious in heaven to prove that redemption is real where Emily will enter with the Princess to show that peace is a real option. At the Bombers question the Angel explains that while everyone else is distracted with Charlie she’ll try and figure out how to destroy the cannon, being exasperated when the Cat asks how stating they’ll figure it out.
Charlie and Vaggie are dressed to the nines as they enter Vox’s party. Despite their anxiety the Princess is filled with rage at the Media Overlord for everything he’s done, while the Angel is solely focused on completing the mission while also protecting her partner/friends. Vox is meanwhile greeting the Overlord’s and being a boastful arrogant prick. Especially once he sees Charlie has arrived, seeing it as a sign of victory. The TV shrugs off her questions about where Lucifer is, commenting on the boldness of bringing an Angel, who sarcastically calls him funny which they didn’t catch onto. Vox then leads the crowd into a fervour by promising to conquer Heaven the next day. Upon seeing Alastor Charlie rushes over trying to see if he’s ok, but the Media Overlord uses his cables to place her in a place of honour next to him. Offended at not even being next to his partner Valentino storms off, Velvette following to get him back. As expected Vox is too focused on stroking his own ego to give Vaggie any mind, focusing on reminiscing on how he humiliated the Princess and Alastor. The Angel meanwhile does her best to convince Carmilla to help them, but the Matriarch refuses despite the point about how after his conquest is done the TV isn’t gonna want the only woman who can destroy his weapon around. This causes Vaggie to leave spitefully cursing Carmilla as not only a coward, but a traitor who abandoned those she claimed to see as family. That hits her hard even if she doesn’t show it.
Emily meanwhile is watching from a rooftop, giving the teams the signal to go, her initial wording confusing Husk. As expected Baxter’s ID card gets them inside, the teams splitting up to carry out their part of the plan. The Seraphim then portals back to Heaven to let Sir Pentious know to be ready. Inside the tower the Fish deactivated every camera inside, though don’t notice that Shok.wav saw and informed the Vees about their unwanted guests.
Angela, Cherri Bomb and Husk find Angel Dust under the effects of Vals poison. Meanwhile Baxter is starting to hack the servers, warning Niffty they won’t be alone for long. Outside Vox is pulled from his boasting to Charlie with the revelation he’s been hacked, the Princess now boasting much to his irritation calling for companions being frustrated to find them gone and his attempts to retaliate against the Scientist thwarted. Charlie meanwhile takes the time to start her presentation. Vaggie once she finds her attempts to damage the cannon pointless, goes inside to find an imprisoned Lucifer much to their shock before promising to get him out of there once she figures out how. The Media Overlord attempts to silence Charlie, but is instead muted by Baxter happy he can finally shut them up though it’s still interrupted by the arrival of Velvette. Niffty refuses to back down a giant the Fashion Overlord starting a ferocious brawl. With the signal not connecting the Princess is left floundering while Vox watches smugly as the crowd starts to turn against them.
After failing to convince a disoriented Angel Dust to follow them, Cherri Bomb simply puts him in a sack prepared to carry them home. Though before Angela can open a portal home Valentino makes his presence known. Upon seeing that someone is trying to steal his prized possession again, the Pimp orders Kitty to deal with them. This is soon thwarted by the young Princess vaporising it with a flick of their hand. Before Val can even react his ribs are broken from a punch, followed by Angela smashing him into floor hard enough to make a crater and break his spine. Seeing her enraged face fills not only the Moth with terror, but also her companions as she starts repaying the decades of torment done to her father along with trying to use him again to not only hurt his friends but also her mother.
Outside Charlie is left trying to deal with a rapidly hostile crowd. It seems at 1st that Emily’s arrival and her joining with Princess to preach that Heaven isn’t interested in harming Hell or Sinners anymore, believing in redemption as well as to making things right and that all of them has the capacity for good inside of them if only they’re willing to believe in themselves. Though it’s ruined when they realise that Vox has hypnotised the crowd, who is boasting of said fact. Charlie is left calling Niffty and Baxter for an update.
Meanwhile the Maid is in a brutal fight with Velvette, the Scientist quickly realising what he can do.
Back outside Vox traps Emily in his cables, mocking Charlie for leading her friend into yet another disaster stating she’s nothing but a pale imitation of her mother and they would be disgusted with their weak pitiful slut of a daughter who got pregnant from a whore like Angel Dust ordering them to speak into a camera to tell everyone they lost along with proclaiming him the most powerful sinner in Hell. Instead the Princess looks Vox dead in the eye claiming she only hated Vox for what he did to her friends and family, but now she actually pities him. That stuns the Media Overlord silent. Charlie continues saying she can tell that deep down they are so desperate for power cause they are truly weak, powerless and afraid that not even death could stop them from trying to prove otherwise. Alastor smirks ear to ear as the Princess points out that he’d be nowhere without his partners but is so arrogant, narcissistic and ego driven that they can’t see how he’s pushed them away having no real friends just subjects and is so desperate to be seen as strong that he’s willing to risk Hells destruction by starting a war with Heaven and risking both realms fury. For those reasons Charlie says that despite being the strongest sinner in Hell pities him for how truly weak and scared he truly is until Vox slaps her enraged by her words, especially over how accurate they are, promising she’ll get to watch as he has her daughter and girlfriend gang raped by every sinner in the infernal realm before going through it herself powering the Might of Lilith, forcing Vaggie to leave it to see what’s happening. There’s a stunned silence broken only by the Radio Demons mad laughter, freed from both deals to Rosie and the TV, is now at full power. Alastor reminds Vox of their deal and by striking Charlie he’s broken it taking the time to mock them over being such an idiot. While the Media Overlord is freaking out claiming he can force them back into submission, the Deer simply mocks him claiming his power grab helped him break another chain that’s been containing his power so they can finally settle it once and for all.
The battle soon spreads across the city with it quickly become apparent that Alastor is not only more powerful but the better fighter. Inside the penthouse Angela has beaten Val to a bloody mess, striking with enough force to turn his bones to powder and liquefy his organs. Looking at the now drooling broken Pimp, the Young Princess walks over to a window that she breaks and drops him to the ground like the worthless shit he always was. Turning her attention to Angel Dust, Angela uses her magic to remove the effects of the drugs after Cherri Bomb drops him from the sack. Intially the Spider is confused then terrified at seeing his friends and daughter in Vals turf, though is soon stunned by the damage. The trio state it’s a long story.
Vox being torn apart by Alastor calls SHOK.WAV for help. The beasts arrival forces the Radio Demon to beat a quick retreat while being hunted, though in the process it sends the Media Overlord with their tale though senses opportunity with how close to cannon they landed. Not only does Alastor have to avoid the shark, but the cannon which proceeds to carve a path of destruction throughout Pentagram city vaporising countless sinners. Horrified Charlie and Emily set to work saving Sinners, using magic and the latter her wings to move and render aid as quickly as possible. Carmilla seeing the madness decides to return to the fold seeing Vaggie struggling with the Might of Lilith.
Niffty is continuing to put up a stubborn fight that is pushing Velvette to the edge, forcing the Doll to use her social media powers though Baxter manages to shut them down before exploding her phone. The Maid takes advantage by using a cable to shoot herself like a rocket to kick Vel out the window and crash into pieces on the ground, though she starts to rebuild herself. The Scientist is able to get the broadcast back, except the laptop is destroyed by a blast from the cannon rendering the point moot as he can’t receive the signal with their only hope being that Sir Pentious can rig something overwhelmingly powerful enough to force the signal down there. Sera who is watching urges the already desperate Snake harder, which they already are.
Velvette reforms herself shocked to see Valentino turned into a bag of meat, shoving a potion down his throat to gift the damage though not painlessly going by his groans then screams of agony. The sight of Vox firing the cannon wildly causes the Fashion Overlord to agree that their partner is losing his shit, before shushing the Pimp like a disobedient dog for being horny.
Vaggie is still trying to disarm the Might of Lilith to no effect, surprised but happy to see that Carmilla has decided to help explaining which panel and wires to lift/cut. With the weapon powered down Vox is forced to watch as he has become the most hated Sinner in Hell being shouted down as a liar and traitor. This only drives him further into desperation/madness to kill Alastor, with Charlie and Emily continuing to rescue any sinners they can. Getting a lock on his hated rival, the Media Overlord fires a shot though misses thanks to the Seraphim at the cost of one of her wings. This terrifies Sera who panicked over her sisters injury orders Abel to prepare the Exorcists, though is talked down by Sur Pentious asking them to trust him, to which she changes the order to evacuate Emily.
Charlie rushes to help Emily while Alastor is trying to get up next to them, Vox simply turns the cannon on the 3 taking pleasure that he can get all of them at once. Carmilla warns him that firing it again will overload the weapon taking them and half the pentagram with them, though he admits to not giving a fuck about Hell, Heaven or any of them cause as long as he can wipe the smile from the Radio Demons face the TV doesn’t care what happens. Velvette manages to quick Vox off the weapon before it fires followed by Valentino ripping his head off once his delusions get the better of him. The Moth then tries to carry the 3 away but discovers his wings are still damaged trapping them. The Princess starts planning to evacuate everyone but the Matriarch stated they wouldn’t get them clear in time though the Seraphim refuses to lay down and die. Emily limps to the Might of Lilith erecting a shield around it to try and contain the explosion, not having the power to cover more than a small area. Charlie soon joins her, followed by Husk, Niffty and Angela though it’s still not enough they are soon interrupted by the arrival of Lute and Abel.
The Exorcist isn’t interested in evacuating Emily but in evening the score. Ignoring Abel Lute charges at Vaggie, though just like before the Angel sends her former commander flying with a backhand. This gives the 3rd man the chance to find his courage, channelling his father puts the Lieutenant in her place ordering her to leave at once. Stunned and seeing him as Adam Lute sullenly obeys orders returning to Heaven, stewing further in their rage and humiliation newly topped off.
With the threat removed the Hazbins lament their inability to fully close the barrier. Though inspired by this display Carmilla and a returned Zestial add their own power, soon followed by the other Overlords. An enraged Rosie demands to know why Alastor isn’t joining in, being shocked and disgusted they would be willing to allow them to die simply as a bartering tool to get his staff fixed though agrees and is even impressed by how far the Deer is willing to go before the pair add their own power to the others. Velvette and Valentino join as well both to save their lives then and hopefully afterwards as well, while Vox screams impotently as he’s now only a severed head. The energy of those gathered is enough to cover and raise the Might of Lilith, containing its explosion saving countless Sinners lives.
While the other Overlords decide to never speak of it again, the Hazbins celebrate their victory. Zestial meanwhile reconciles with Carmilla glad to see she’s seen sense again. Lucifer now free crawls out of the hole and collapses with his daughter, granddaughter and Vaggie rushing to help him. In Heaven Sir Pentious sends the signal, not knowing that the crisis is over but still proving redemption is possible along with being able to speak with Cherri Bomb again whose dorkiness makes her laugh and remember why she cared for him. Baxter and Niffty hug while Sera arrives heartbroken to see her beloved sister injured due to her own cowardice and blindness embraces them, though upon seeing her former wife freezes as does the Matriarch as neither have seen each other for millennia though simply look away to focus on more pressing concerns. The Vees meanwhile try to slink back into their tower but are stopped by several new arrivals. Chastity stands beside the sins as they portal into the clearing, pissed and ready for a fight. Freezing the trio of Overlords wonder if this is how they die again, before reacting to chains shooting out to grab Vox’s head. Satan then states that due to various charges including the kidnapping and torture of the King, attempted murder of the Princesses, the mass genocide of Sinners in Pride, trying to illegally start a war with Heaven and countless other charges the Media Overlord will be imprisoned pending a trial. Valentino and Velvette are left wondering if they’ll be joining too, though Charlie states that for helping stop the weapon they’ll clear for now, the implication being the next time they won’t be so lucky. The Vee’s share a look, Vox openly pleading/begging for help before the Moth and Doll turn knowing theirs nothing they can do while the TV is thrown into a cell via a portal. Belphegor rushes to start treating Lucifer while the others follow with the Dragon fixing Carmilla with a look stating that if she thinks everything is good now then fucking think again, she betrayed the family and nearly got the king, Charlie and Angela killed the only reason she’s not in a cell is cause she helped. The Matriarch accepts that they’ll have to spend a long time making up for their actions. Angel Dust is reuniting with the Anarchist next to Husk when a look from Val sends the Spider into a spiral of guilt, fear and shame. Immediately walking away the pair ask him where he’s going. Angel Dust simply states he’s leaving everything. The duo try to stop him but the Spider reveals what the Vee’s had him do including ratting on the Hotel for who knows how long, put his friends and their own daughter in danger so none of them are safe around him. Despite Husks claims of being able to help Angel Dust states they can’t, the only choice for him is to leave where he can never be a threat to any of them again. Despite a final plea from the Cat and Cherri Bomb the Spider tells them to forget they ever knew him apologising one last time. The Bomber tries to comfort Husk by stating he’ll be back.
In the aftermath of the crisis several changes occur. The Hotel is once more full of Sinners who actually understand believe in Charlie’s message both because of Sir Pentious own being proven, but also thanks to her rescue of many during Vox’s breakdown and stopping the explosion aided by the exterminations now being ended. The Princess realising who deserves to be the manager has stepped down as head counselor, making the newly named Vaggi the Hotels manager. Alastor thus returns to take his old role and is in a much better mood, not knowing why though. The Vees now only 2 are still able to salvage their reputations by spinning the reputations, playing up their role in ending the crisis and distancing themselves from Vox. With Angel Dust gone the Hotel is trying to adapt to his continued absence, especially Angela, Cherri Bomb and Husk who is now caring for Fat Nuggets especially as they have no idea where he is. Heaven is actually supporting the Hotel with Emily regularly visiting along with carrying messages and gifts from the Bomber and Sir Pentious, her new wing replacing the old one. The residents of the Golden Kingdom are now calm once again with the damage being repaired, even being excited at the prospect of new arrivals. Lute for her actions has been stripped of rank and expelled from the Exorcists being forced to carry out community service, saved from execution thanks to Charlie being willing to drop it as a sign of good faith considering what Vox did. Angela and Chastity have decided to leave the Hotel to return to Lust to focus on not only their own careers but to start trying for a child. Carmilla despite her help is still being held at arms length by the Sins with even the Young Princess not letting her off the hook, despite Charlie and Vaggie forgiving her, even so her former titles and privileges have been restored to her.
Charlie is in her room preparing future plans when out of nowhere her phone rings, much to her shock it’s Lilith after 7 years finally calling back.
The prince and Princess (Charlie Stolas platonic marriage au)
Just going to clarify that I’m not changing Stolas sexuality, he is still gay here. This is just an idea I had to give Stolas and Via a happier family life while also combining the shows together. TW: Parental Neglect/abuse, Trauma, Murder, SA, Racism, Classism, Blackmail, Valentino, Stella & Andrealphus. SPOILER: Also as this began before we knew the exterminations were only 7 years old in season 2 it was too late to change it.
18 years before the Hazbin Pilot the recently 18 Prince Stolas is alone on a balcony. Despite the festive atmosphere within the young owl feels nothing but emptiness and dread at his upcoming marriage in several months, arranged by his father as a child. Even though he had been told it was a good match along with his duty as a Prince of the Goetic blood, he was just being sold as stud to produce a more powerful child with a woman he doesn’t love let alone like. So deep into his rumination’s he doesn’t notice someone has joined him.
Upon hearing a voice asking if he was ok the prince looked to its source. The sight of Charlie Morningstar, Princess of all Hell had him pale. After giving the proper greeting plus apologies Stolas relaxes hearing her say it’s not necessary. She reiterates her question and the owl lies saying he’s fine. Charlie can sense he isn’t so asks if they’re looking forward to the duties they’ll be given. This helps Stolas relax admitting he’s always loved the stars so being able to access them will be a nice touch. They move onto the prince revealing his love for gardening, which the princess shows much interest in. With him much calmer and relaxed Charlie finally admits she can tell something is troubling Stolas, offering him a friendly shoulder to lean on if he wants to talk. Despite not knowing her, the owl feels comfortable talking to her and thus lays out his issues.
Stolas reveals that he’s being forced to marry a woman he doesn’t even like due to an arrangement from when he was a child just to produce a powerful heir. He feels uncomfortable sharing the most glaring point with her. Charlie is obviously sympathetic, as she heard about how much her mom hated being forced to be Adam’s wife if she didn’t flee Eden or how he treated Eve. The princess herself even reveals she asked why they allowed the Goetia to still arrange marriages if Lilith was the victim of one. They explained that while they did hate it, pointed out the nobles would just find ways around a ban and the fact they banned marriages from involving any one under 18 is the best they could do. Stolas agrees with their points as ones like his father would just find loopholes to exploit. She then asks what the problem with his betrothed is, understanding completely when he reveals it’s Stella. Both have seen her reputation for being brutal to her servants and extreme classism as well as unpleasantness personally. Charlie of course asks if he could just find someone else to marry. The prince laughs pointing out that the match was arranged to ensure a powerful heir of their lines, plus even if he could find someone else they would need to be both magically and politically strong enough to justify spurning her family. The princess is silent for a moment till she turns the owl to face her. Charlie suggests they could get married. Cue Stolas face displaying a mix of shock and WTF.
Charlie explained herself, reasoning that she was from the most powerful line magically and politically in Hell, so would be more than enough to justify breaking the engagement. The princess further asks if he wants children, upon getting an affirmative response she reveals she does as well. Stolas does of course ask why she’d suggest it, Charlie simply says she doesn’t want someone to go through what her mom did, and if she can help him avoid them of course they’d do it. The Owl takes a moment before pointing out it’s not exactly the best idea, but it’s honestly the only option available. He does point out things like how long they would stay together, what if they wanted to see other people and the like. The princess says they can stay together until their child is 18, if they both agree they can see other people and if they want to pursue a serious relationship then divorce to do so. Stolas being desperate enough not to marry Stella agrees, though admits they need to agree on the finer details which Charlie agrees to. The prince as a gentleman offers to escort the princess to her room, taking her hand. Though the balcony is close to the exit and they stay by the periphery of the ball room, enough people see them and rumours start, especially as Stolas never left her room.
The pair spend the next several hours going over the finer details. Stolas agrees to sign a prenup that the Morningstar’s lawyers draw up though does ask to read it 1st, along with their eldest child taking the mother’s last name for obvious reasons and similar minutiae. By the time they’re done Charlie already asleep so the prince places her in bed under covers before taking the couch. The next morning the pair awaken, the princess thanking the owl before using the phone to call her parents for an urgent meeting at the palace, as does Stolas for his father. As they prepare to leave the owl asks if the princess wants to open the portal, being surprised when she abashedly admitted they didn’t know how. Stolas points out she’s nearly 2 centuries older than him, questioning why she never learnt from her parents or the sins. Charlie simply states she felt guilty asking as they were busy, plus she was more focused on using her magic for showmanship. The prince gives her a look before opening the portal, the pair stepping through.
In the Morningstar palace the king and queen are awaiting their daughter, as her request had them anxious. The pair were also surprised by the arrival of Paimon, who claimed his son told him to be there which added further questions. When their children arrived, Lucifer and Lilith noted the look of determination on Charlie’s face while king didn’t notice nor care that Stolas looked anxious/unsure. After everyone was seated the princess starts apologising for doing this so early but it’s very important, with Stolas adding they’d talked at length about what they’ve decided to announce. They are both silent before jointly announcing their getting married. The room is silent as the king and queen are shocked not underwear the fuck is happening. Paimon for his part is ecstatic that Stalos has managed to find the perfect bride, announcing she’s much better than Estella everyone noticing he got both names wrong. The prince thanks his father asking him to deal with informing her family of the ending of the arrangement while also keeping it quiet before the announcement. The king agrees leaving the remaining 4 alone while Lucifer and Lilith give the pair a look that just says “what the fuck is going on!”. After explaining what happened Lucifer and Lilith are both exasperated and a bit proud of their daughter. They also find the pair have already agreed on plans for the pre-nup, when to divorce and custody of their child afterwards. Despite their initial attempts to point out it isn’t the best idea Charlie silences them by saying she simply wants to prevent someone going through what her mom and Eve did with Adam. The monarchs are silent before giving their approval stunning the pair. Her parents tell the princess that while they would she rather not do it, she’s not only an adult now who can make her own decisions and nothing they could say or do would change her mind. After Charlie hugs them, Lucifer and Lilith apologise to Stolas for having to be in this situation as they’ve both heard he’s a fine young man, along with having to give him the shovel talk explaining he’d understand as a father. Once things have become peaceful the parents and the newly betrothed head off to have breakfast.
Over the meal Lucifer reminds Charlie they have to not only tell the Sins, but make the announcement soon as well. Lilith asks when they planned to have the wedding, the pair admit that as this isn’t a real one let alone a marriage they’re happy to get it done as soon as possible. Understanding the monarchs agree the sins could probably handle that. After telling the pair to relax as once the sins are told and work out the feasible date, the announcement would follow shortly leaving them a lot of stress from the necessary press interviews, tours and everything else involved in a royal wedding.
A few hours later near mid-day Lucifer called the sins over for an important meeting. Once the expected greetings were done the questions followed. After a shared look the pair announced Charlie was getting married. Barely a second later the room filled with celebrations, tears and questioning. Upon hearing who the groom was they all silenced as they had no idea who Stolas was. This is when the circumstances behind the arrangement were revealed. None of the sins were surprised as they knew their niece would marry someone to help them out, along with knowing nothing could stop her once she put her mind to something. Lilith then announced the pair didn’t really consider it a real wedding so wanted it done ASAP, but considering it’s a royal one they have to meet certain standards. Understandably the sins do need the input of the ones getting married so the king and queen send for them.
Upon arriving Charlie is engulfed in multiple hugs, with a few moments on how they didn’t expect her to married like this. Stolas for his part got 6 variations of a shovel talk, though Ozzy, Bee and Bel were the friendliest and most welcoming, while Mammon, Levi and Satan were the most threatening/protective. Understanding the sins sat down and asked the pair what they both wanted. Aside from some basic requests they didn’t really want anything specific or special. With that in mind after going over it the soonest date it could be done was within 3 months. With everyone in agreement Lucifer says they need to make the announcement soon, deciding tomorrow would give them time to prepare and the future spouses a chance to relax before the madness begins. Stolas returned to his manor while Charlie went to her room in the palace both enjoying the last bit of calm before a several months long storm.
The next morning the pair arrive early to go over what they’re going say and do during the announcement plus the requisite questions. At mid day reporters from across Hell arrive for an announcement from the royal family, standing outside the main balcony under the watchful eye of the imperial guard and extra security Satan brought. Inside Lucifer is getting ready while the ones at the centre of this are getting their finishing touches. Charlie is in a red and black dress wearing her crown, while Stolas is in the suit he was given along with his duties after turning 18. After Levi and Lilith make sure they look perfect the king leads them to the balcony to get started. Lucifer begins by greeting them for coming out today, the crowd silent to hear what the king will announce. He starts off by saying they know none of them would be happy to come out for no reason so promises it’s well worth it, announcing Princess Charlotte’s marriage to Prince Stolas son of Paimon.
The crowd is instantly abuzz, a torrent of questions coming out till Satan silences them again. Lucifer states he understands they want answers, so gestures to the pair in question. The 1st question they answer is why the princess is marrying so below her, which Stolas does take a bit personally, Charlie states he’s a perfect gentleman, a powerful magic user and a good man. The rest are answered with ones that seem substantative but are really empty, which a few catch onto. Lucifer soon ends it claiming they have a lot to prepare for as the wedding date is announced 3 months from then.
The reaction is as you’d expect. Amongst the Hellborn feelings about the wedding vary but the one thing they can all agree on is the celebrations planned for the wedding, as they know the sins adore their niece and will go all out for her wedding plus the celebrations in their own rings. Sinners don’t care except for those who see a chance to make money, love the glitz around big famous weddings or the royal family. The Goetias are set aflame. While some had seen the pair leave the party together or heard the rumours, they thought it was a quick little tryst not a betrothal with many both praising and being envious of the prince. Except his former betrotheds family, who already being upset at the humiliation of it being broken were powerless to do anything as the princess of Hell was the finest prize available. While Stella was furious at the insult on both counts, her parents focussed on finding a new husband for her not helped by the fact it was hard enough with her reputation and behaviour. Andrealphus spelled out for her that the humiliation wasn’t even the issue it’s the fact her behaviour was the main cause. The only man willing was a politically insignificant but wealthy old earl who fell asleep without consummating the marriage, thus forcing her to do it while he slept until she became pregnant. Once their child was laid, he died in his sleep aided by Stella smothering him. Due to his age and insignificance no one bothered looking too deeply, allowing his widow to inherit his assets easily and raise their child with her brother aiding them.
The 3 months of planning and preparation for the wedding, for the sins, parents and the pair involved. Ozzy was busy finding the performers to entertain at the wedding, Bee finding food and drink suppliers as they would need a lot, Bel to not only ensure no one was poisoned or got sick, Satan the security, Mammon the media deals and who could show what and where, Levi the official guest list along with all the invites she and the other sins plus the king and queen had. Lucifer and Lilith were doing their best to keep the chaos as controlled as possible along with media interviews with their daughter and future son-in-law. While they did manage to create the illusion of a loving couple one thread did emerge that caused some discomfort. Charlie noticed that many people either jokingly or seriously started saying that she had a thing for younger men and was a cougar, while Stolas had a thing for older women. This pushed her to talk to the prince about his feelings regarding the age difference. He was honest stating that he did feel a bit weird about it, Stolas affirms that if his options are someone similar in age his dislike and would make their life a living hell, he’d choose the woman nearly 200 years older who he likes and sees as genuinely good friend. This statement helps make the princess feel better and reminded her why they were doing this, to prevent him from ending in a loveless, unhappy and most likely abusive marriage.
During that time Stolas also met Charlie’s oldest and most loyal companions, the Goats Razzle and Dazzle with KeeKee the cat. They were obviously suspicious of this newcomer especially as he was meant to marry their charge, though seeing how respectful and well he treated her won them over. The owl soon got used to at least one of them sleeping or curled up next to him. He was honestly jealous that the princess had such loyal friends since childhood while they were alone, but took solace in the fact it meant his child wouldn’t be as alone growing up. Stolas also appreciated the Goat bois helped him gardening, brought snacks or helped get books and papers while the cat was a nice warm purring blanket for stress. Charlie was overjoyed to see them getting along.
After 3 months of work it was finally time, the wedding day had arrived. The palace was full to the brim with guests from across Hell. Goetic nobility, famous, influential or wealthy Hellborns wanting to be seen at the event of the century. The Staff both permanent and temporary either hired or brought in by the sins to deal with the massive needs of an event that calibre. And the media trying to get the best angles for shots and pics that could make them famous.
Within their rooms the pair in question are getting ready with outfits that Leviathan herself made for the occasion, to show off the splendour and prestige of the Morningstar line. Stolas for his part had been tailored a new royal suit in his colours fitting a prince-consort. While the owl was getting ready, psyching himself up he was surprised to find the queen herself behind them. Lilith had a gentle look on her face asking how he was feeling, laughing when the response was doing their best not to vomit or shit themselves in terror. The Queen herself stated she can understand that, it’s a big promise getting married even if it’s not a real one. After a silence she gives her sympathies understanding none of this is fault, that it’s only happening cause Paimon is a selfish uncaring cunt, though backtracks as unlike him those are useful making Stolas laugh. Lilith continues that she knew his mother, though not well, but they were a good woman and would’ve loved to be here along with seeing the man he was. The prince is touched as she died due to birth complications. The queen then reveals the reason that brought her there, opening a box that holds a new black hell steel crown, claiming it’s more fitting him now. Grateful Stolas thanks her, being a bit stunned when Lilith tells him he can call her mom when he’s ready. After thinking it over the prince admits he’d like that. On the other side of the palace Charlie is going through a similar bit of anxiety, till Lucifer arrives to calm them down. Once that is done the king admits he can’t get over how beautiful she is, along with still thinking of her like that little girl who liked to dress up which makes them laugh. Lucifer admits that even if it isn’t a real wedding he’s glad it’s to Stolas, as he seems like a good guy. Charlie smiles admitting she thinks that too, even if they don’t love each other romantically they can still love each other like friends and as the parent of their future child. The king tries not to cry at the idea of his baby having one of her own, before revealing the reason why he arrived. As she’s wearing the cloak Lilith wore at their wedding, it’s only right he gives her something too. Within the box he carried was a collection of his feathers she could place in her hair. So touched Charlie broke down in happy tears hugging her dad, as did Lucifer.
A short time later it was time for the ceremony. At the couples request it was to be as short as possible, so after Stolas took his place at the altar with the king and queen it was Charlie’s turn. Despite knowing it wasn’t real all of the sins still cried tears of joy, including Satan, at the sight of their niece wearing her mothers cloak, fathers feathers in her hair and the red and black silk dress walking down the aisle. Everyone in Hell was watching as the princess walked towards her husband and parents with the wedding parties flanking them, which comprised of people they knew quite well. Lucifer and Lilith started with a speech about the importance of this day, along with their joy at Charlotte having found a fine husband in Stolas and hopefully many tears of marriage, selling the sham that it’s a real marriage. The pair then start the vows asking the pair if they would be faithful and loyal to each other and their marriage. After swearing they do the monarchs pronounce them married and may kiss. It is both the 1st and last time they will ever do so. The applause of those watching within or without the palace was deafening. Within the crowd was the grooms former betrothed. Not wanting to be deprived of attending the biggest social event of the century, Stella’s parents made it know she would be on her best behaviour, as otherwise would threaten not only their new betrothal but the family’s standing. So under the threat of Disownment and Andrealphus watchful eye she behaved and stayed far from the couple, despite her seething rage.
While the ceremony itself was able to kept short, the reception unfortunately will need to go on until at least the evening to keep up appearances. The guests are seated based on their fame and notoriety along with connections to the sins or royal family, with the closest or highest seated near the family table, though Paimon is only there as father of the groom to everyone’s displeasure. The food is served in 5 courses, picked by the couple with Bee and Levi’s help to cater to their guests tastes and requirements while also looking/tasting perfect. After the final course before the newly weds cut the cake are the speeches, thankfully restricted to family. The Brides aunts/uncles give their own variety of saying how much they love her and are glad to be here along with how perfect she looks, while various levels of threatening in reminding the groom to treat her right while welcoming him to the family. Lucifer and Lilith give a joint one echoing the same, though leave the threats with the pair warmly welcoming the owl to their family as their new son, which obviously touches Stolas considering he isn’t used to parental affection. His own father meanwhile praises him for managing to marry the finest bride in hell while openly urging him to sure an heir on her quickly, as that’s his whole purpose. While the sins and monarchs are restraining from murdering the prick, the bride and groom share a look agreeing he will never meet their child.
Over the next several hours with the various performers entertaining the party in-between the pair in question receiving the well wishes of the various guests and dancing with different partners before having their 1st dance then Charlie dancing with Lucifer for the father of the bride, while Lilith dances with Stolas as the mother of the groom a gesture that nearly brings him to tears. After several hours of partying the pair retire, the rowdier/stupider Goetic guests telling the groom to get a baby in her. The sins have to be reminded that murdering guests is bad conduct, though the king and queen are making note of their names and faces. Charlie and Stolas head into an empty room, where he clarifies the bags have already been sent to the destination. At that the owl opens a portal to Wrath, taking them to the princesses estate there. Once they arrive several of her servants enter with the goat bois and KeeKee, the former helping the pair to their rooms for the night hot baths waiting and lots of water plus hangover potions from Belphegor, the latter happy to see their Charlotte dressed so pretty. With the stress burned away by hot enchanted bath water and potential headaches or vomit taken care of by the potions plus water to keep them hydrated the newlyweds go to bed in separate rooms, grateful the day is done.
The next morning the pair are awoken by the staff and informed breakfast is ready, heading to the dining room at the same time. Upon arriving Stolas is shocked to see Charlie asking about the maids family, knowing details that show she is very familiar with them. After she leaves the prince asks about this, the princess being confused before explaining they make a point to know about her staff’s families and lives as she likes to make sure they’re doing well. When the maid returns with the food, the imp smiles saying it’s a lucky escape that the owl didn’t have to marry that bitch Stella as the princess is kind enough to fake a marriage to help him. Stolas is obviously shocked the staff know questioning if it’s wise, Charlie points out not only does she trust them but many of them have worked for her and their family before that for several generations so yes she does. This level of trust between staff and his new wife’s familiarly is shocking to him, as despite being raised his staff since infancy he was taught to keep strong boundaries between them. Once breakfast is finished the princess promises her husband no one but the sins or her parents know their here and the staff can be trusted not to say anything, they can drop the charade. Grateful Stolas asks what they’ll do for the week, Charlie shrugs that aside from a visit from Satan whatever they want.
So over the next few days they do that. Stolas spends a lot of time in the estates gardens admiring the plants, Charlie joining him sometimes and revealing it was her mother who planted these. The prince praised Liliths work being overjoyed when his wife reminded him she’d be more than happy to teach him, while listening to him talk about the various different plants he saw. She found it endearing he loved them so much. The princess for her part spent a lot of time around the estates animals making sure they were well cared for. Though the ones she loved the most were the horses, knowing each of them well and they adored her, regularly riding around the estate with their husband joining them teaching him how to properly ride Hellhorses which he thought was impressive along with her knowledge of the animals. The pair also bond over their love of telenovelas and reading, the former for the overacted drama laced story lines and the latter because for Charlie it was her main form of entertainment as a teenager and Stolas he just loves reading.
When Satan arrives he’s affectionate to his niece, while putting her husband on notice though stopped when she called him out for it. The dragon reported that he had placed guards to watch all of the estates covertly to ensure no one could get close enough to discover their presence with Leviathan spreading multiple false reports of the whereabouts to further dilute the search ensuring they would have privacy. Charlie of course thanked the sin profusely, before he announced he had a further surprise.
Satan revealed he’d brought all the wedding gifts for them to open. Cue an afternoon spent going through and sorting them. They found a variety of gifts such as paintings, vases and similar furnishings, some nice enough they’d certainly display. Others were gifts of Jewellery for both of them, the princess especially like a pair of gold ruby earrings. Some were bottles of fine wine along with other alcoholic beverages , tea or coffee with cheeses and smoked meats or fish. Some gifts were obvious attempts at flattery from ambitious Goetia or businesses hoping to increase their standing. Overall they got many gifts worthy of displaying or using, while others would be put into storage or at the princesses request gifted to the staff across her estates. The finest though were those from her family. Levi had gifted her a fine set of pearls and him a pearl cloak pin. Bees was a fine bottle of Beelzejuice she’d been fermenting for a millennia, a not promising the rest on her real wedding. Satan gifted them both a fine pair of Draconic leather boots. Mammon sent both solid gold statues of them dancing. Bel some fine hoof and claw ointment. Ozzy’s gift was not opened as it vibrated, a note saying it was when the needed a release, at least in front of an uncomfortable sin. The most cherished gifts were from the king and queen themselves. In a letter Lucifer said her gift was a surprise she’d have to wait till they returned from their honeymoon. Lilith meanwhile stated that as a member of the royal line Stolas as prince-consort was now entitled to several things. With it are deeds for large estates in every ring of hell and documents about the raising of new legion s under his command, simultaneously making him the wealthiest and militarily powerful Goetia only below the sins or Morningstar’s in Hell. He obviously needs a moment as Satan explains it’s only fitting if he’s the heirs spouse, even if he’s not a real one. Wanting to ease the tension the princess suggests they have lunch as the cooks prepared her uncles favourite.
After a delicious meal the Sin joins them on a tour of the estate, making sure it’s in perfect condition before leaving. Stolas lets out a breath of relief, asking if all the sins would be that intense. Charlie reminds him Azmodeus, Beelzebub and Belphegor were perfect friendly to him before admitting Mammon and Leviathan would likely be the same as the dragon. While the prince-consort isn’t exactly relieved, he does appreciate that his wife’s family are just being protective something he admittedly envies. They continue their days in wrath till it’s time to leave.
From this point on they continue the plan to spend a week in each ring, repeating their activities to a degree though more specific to the corresponding ring. In envy they enjoy sunbathing and swimming along with looking at the sea life. Greed they mostly enjoy the comfortable peace of the nicer part of the area they’re in. Levi and mammon visited them during their stays in their territory, both being lovingly warm to Charlie while keeping Stolas on notice. In Sloth they enjoy the various masseuses and beauty therapists on the estates staff. Gluttony they sample the various offerings from its various bars, restaurants, cafes and bakeries. Lust they enjoy the relaxing atmosphere along with the shows recorded for them. Ozzy, Bel and Bee visit each being as friendly to the owl as they are loving to his wife. It continued like this till it was time to return home. Stolas enjoyed his time just as much as Charlie, though did question how Lucifer was able to not only magically make their rooms 2 stories tall and as big as a house plus bathrooms that had a swimming pool for a tub while also being a jacuzzi. He’d soon see just how much his father-in-law could do.
After a quick portal the pair arrived at Stolas mansion, handed to him once he reached majority at 18. Outside the staff awaited their prince and his bride who would now be moving in. The Chamberlain an older imp welcomed them, especially Charlie and congratulating them as a wedded couple. The owl didn’t have the same trust his wife did in her staff with their own, as he didn’t know if they would still report to his father and thus having told them their relationship was false. The princess for her part was very friendly like usual, even telling the staff to call her by name not title. The chamberlain being a staunch traditionalist was shocked to silence at this, while the rest of staff used to cold, haughty or cruel Goetic royalty found this a welcome change. Their bags were soon being brought in. Upon entering they saw the surprise lucifer spoke off.
The entry hall was 3 times its original size. The chamberlain explaining that after the wedding the king visited and used his magic to increase the mansions interior without changing the outside. He then leads them on a tour showing that the kitchen has tripled in size along with the dining hall and the other areas were increased similarly including the living quarters along with a larger swimming pool, with room for other leisure facilities. Upon seeing his room Stolas is surprised it’s now got 2 floors and a bathroom similar to the ones in his wife’s estates. The old servant announces that Lucifer also brought Charlie’s things and they’ve been storing them till the princess chooses a room for herself, being under the belief the pair like having their own space. He also brings up that due to the increase in size they require more staff, so would like to go over it with them. The pair agree to do so after settling in. The princess chooses a room across the estate as her bedroom and begins moving her things into it, winning over the staff involved with their warm and friendly personality.
After lunch the new master and mistress of the estate meet the chamberlain to go over the requirements. Once he’s done listing off the numbers and people needed presents them both with the contract they’ll be signing. To both Charlie and Stolas shock they found out their staff are paid rather low wages, only allowed things like paid vacation at their discretion and sick leave only if they require hospitalisation with no insurance or maternity/paternity leave etc. The pair obviously question this, the princess due to never even thinking are making her staff go through this and the prince pointing out he remembers the staff regularly taking time off of sick days growing up. The chamberlain replies that this is the standard contract for Goetic servants and points out that as long as Stolas was cared for Paimon almost never visited so the staff used that to take certain liberty’s, though with him being an adult he thus has more authority in the management of the Household. The princess immediately takes the contract then tears it up, telling their aged retainer to let the staff know they would be revising the contract. At this the imp obeyed before bowing and leaving. Stolas then turned to Charlie asking what she was doing, as they pulled out her flip phone. His wife revealed she was calling her family lawyer to send over copies of their contracts with her staff. Upon reading them the owl was shocked to find out it allowed staff 6 weeks paid vacation, unlimited sick leave, 3x the average pay in Pride, with very generous paternity/maternity leave with health insurance that covered everything such as dental. He now understood why her staff were so loyal and found himself admiring them a lot for their kindness.
At the appointed time the staff gathered to hear their new mistress announce them for the 1st time. Charlie was obviously very friendly and warm, saying she knows it’s annoying having to do this when they’ve got work to do but promises it will be quick and announcing they hope they’ll have a more positive working environment from this point forward. Various members of the crowd exchange looks, doubting or hopeful at the princesses sincerity. At a nod Razzle and Dazzle start handing out the new contracts, with Charlie hoping they’ll be happy with the changes to their previous one. As each of the staff reads it they react by freezing in shock, looking at her unbelievingly and a few faint. Upon confirmation it’s real a genuine cheer of joy with the majority celebrating with a few especially grateful ones running up to hug her. Which the princess happily returned. Some of them even hugged Stolas who went stiff not used to such affection though he did like it.
Later they discussed how to fill the many new positions the estate now needed for its extended needs. The sins for their part found Staff willing to move up to Pride and their existing employees found others wanting to find service with other royalty, many being tempted by the generous terms Charlie offered. This filled many vacancies with rest via new hires. As the new lady of the house and Prince-consort settled into their roles, they deal with what comes.
In their 1st month back Stolas is focused on getting into his role as Prince, this means that along with paperwork and prophecy he has to be begin preparing his new duties as Prince-consort. Charlie for her part focuses on making the place more warm and feel like a home instead of its former cold former aura. This included new decorations along with deciding on what some of the new rooms could be. These included a home theatre, a game room and similar additions. Her husband appreciated these, especially as it made watching Telenovelas even better and making the library a warmer place to relax instead of the stodgy dead area it used to be.
The pair also started visiting the King and Queen at their request. It started with tea before a walk around gardens, Stolas enjoying the plants and hearing how she’d cultivated it over the millennia. After heading inside Lilith stated that as a member of the Morningstar’s now the owl needed to have the magic to match with his financial and military power, so this meant he’d be taught the magic’s only the oldest of the Goetia. Once the shock wore off Stolas was both excited/anxious to receive lessons from the monarchs of hell themselves, though he did ask if his wife would be getting the same. Obviously the king and queen are confused while Charlie looks sheepish. They both state they assumed the other or the sins taught their daughter, who simply says they were busy and she felt bad about bothering them. Her parents give her a look before stating they’ll be training them as well. This starts the weekly training sessions either at the Royal palace or their’s. In that time Charlie is able to learn how to open portals, create things from nothing, heal, destroy and use the same spell that Lucifer did to enlarge the inside of rooms without changing the outside. Stolas while unable to access the highest spells due to not having the required power was still able to learn from Lilith magic that put him only beneath the sins themselves in terms of power. While it would take time for the pair to become completely fluent in the powers, with training it would happen gradually. During this time Stolas asked the king and queen about why they had been so welcoming towards him. The pair were honest, stating that he reminded them a lot of Lucifer before they fell, lonely misunderstood and not allowed to be who he truly was, so this caused them to be kind towards the owl. This obviously touched him and his wife, so helped make them closer as a family with the prince-consort even joining his father-in-law when he made ducks even if he just listened to the king talk about them while doing so.
The 1st big event as a married couple for Charlie and Stolas was the mid-winters ball, the annual end of the year celebration at the Morningstar palace where only the creek of the crop were invited. They put on a good show for the cameras as a couple and in front of the guests, but in private along with worrying if they were selling it well enough, shared some laughs over how over the top they being to sell it. Inbetween selling the act they enjoyed the food and drink available, danced with a few people, talked with Lucifer and Lilith along with the sins the pair found a friend in fellow Goetia Vassago and the overlords Carmilla Carmine an old ally of the Morningstar family along with Zestial. Charlie for her part spoke to her ex Seviathan as they were on friendly terms, he congratulated her on getting married and calling her husband a lucky man, which she appreciated. The Prince-consort had an especially good time, drinking so much that his wife had to open a portal home and carry him to bed. This was derailed by the Owl pulling her into a hug calling them his best friend before falling asleep. With Razzle and Dazzles help she managed to detangle herself, leaving KeeKee to watch him, before putting him into bed and heading to their own room with the Goat Bois following. Unfortunately a bad hangover was the least of Stolas worries as a reporter got video of Mammon blowing the secret during a conversation with Levi. This obviously caused a frenzy as everyone wanted to know the details behind it, the couple saying nothing. Aside from the scandal the Goetia didn’t care as it wasn’t the 1st time it had happened. Neither did Paimon as the video did say they were planning on having a child together so that’s all he wanted. Except for a certain newly married ex fiancée who was furious to hear the news. Though the Sin of Greed was in the doghouse for a while, only being forgiven by Charlie when he donated to several charities, not caring for his tears of agony at doing so. The scandal soon died away as other stories came out, just in time for that year’s extermination.
The day of the annual cleanse was as chaotic as usual. Stolas being a Hellborn and royalty had never given the day much thought, as aside from the screams of terrified sinners it didn’t affect him. At least until he heard his wife announcing she was going into that chaos. He obviously questioned why, Charlie claiming she was going out to help any sinners who needed it. The Owl reminded her that even if exorcists don’t target Hellborns, one might not recognise her or a sinner could use it as a chance to hurt her, but the princess was unmoved. Realising there was nothing he could say to convince her, Stolas decided he would join her. Charlie was surprised telling him that wasn’t necessary, accepting it when he said even if their marriage is fake as a husband they can’t allow their wife or friend to risk herself alone. After getting ready they head out.
For Stolas who was isolated from the chaos and bloodshed of Hell, the sight of an in progress extermination is a shock to his very soul. Seeing the dead or dying sinners strewn around the city like discarded trash, combined with the screams of those unlucky enough to be hit or the cries of terror and pain is something he will never forget. If it wasn’t for Charlie acting as an anchor the Owl would’ve stood where the portal took them. Over the next several hours he helped his wife tried to save those she found. Some they did, for many it was too late or no helping them. They continued searching even when the exterminators had left late into the night before returning home, accepting there was nothing else there was no one left to help.
After portalling into their kitchen Stolas asks if Charlie wants something to eat as he can have Razzle and Dazzle make something, or get them something very strong for their nerves. Though he turns upon hearing a sniffle. The princess is just standing where he left her, tears down their face. Not knowing what to say the prince-consort simply pulls her into a hug, jointly helping his wife while causing her to unleash the pent up sadness and anger at what they saw that day. They stay like that for nearly an hour before Charlie is calm enough for Stolas to lead her to their room, the princess apologising for getting tears and snot on his suit while her husband lets her know it’s ok. Upon reaching the door the Goat Bois take over while the Owl bids them good night before heading to his own, passing out from the mental and emotional exhaustion of the day.
The next morning he woke up and after a needed shower found his wife at the breakfast table, with her goat and cat companions curled around her while she ate breakfast. Upon seeing Stolas she managed a smile thanking him for last night, which he said required none as they are not only married but friends such things should be expected. The pair ate their food in silence till the princess asked if she could tell him something, the prince-consort promising she could tell him anything. This seemed to put the joy back into her step as Charlie jumped up asking Stolas to meet her in the library in 15 minutes, rushing out of the kitchen with Razzle, Dazzle and KeeKee following. The owl was left wondering what it was she wanted to show him.
In the library Stolas arrives to find a piano set up with Charlie gesturing for him to take a seat. Cue her performing “Inside of every Demon is a rainbow”. The Owl is applauding and hooting in joy, before clarifying that no he doesn’t think it’ll work when asked. They list several reasons why: 1. Either Heaven isn’t interested in or believes redeeming sinners is possible. 2. Sinners by their very nature are damaged due to living in a very vindictive and cruel society, not even counting the lives they lived that landed them in Hell. So due to either or both they will likely have substance or mental issues to cope with the trauma in their lives that requires a lot of resources and training to fix which neither of which Charlie has. 3. Due to the above point most sinners due to sheer survival don’t trust strangers, let alone powerful ones and all they see her as is the rich spoilt princess who had a big fancy wedding that ended up being fake. 4. As with his last points out that she has no political reputation that people can take as proof to see her as a serious player. 5. He points out further that while he understands wanting to help sinners, reminds Charlie that along with their staffs original contract and what they’ve seen or heard Hellborn suffer much more than them, but she seems happy to ignore the people that make up most of the kingdom. Once he finishes the prince-consort realises upon seeing how his wife’s face has fallen might’ve gone too far. Stolas quickly states he does believe Charlie can do it, just pointing out the ways she can actually make it happen though it’s mute as she leaves the room the goat bois following close behind. The owl is this left feeling absolutely guilty and remorseful.
Charlie didn’t leave her room for the rest of the day. Stolas attempted to make up for it by giving her space and having meals sent, though it was either Razzle or Dazzle who took it. After dinner he decided to bite the bullet and talk to her again. The door surprisingly isn’t locked, even more so once the Owl doesn’t hear crying and instead the sounds of his wife on the 2nd floor of the room talking rather determinedly. Upon walking up the stairs he finds her at their desk hunched over several stacks of papers and her computer. Once she notices him it’s a bit awkward as neither knows what to say. Stolas is the 1st to speak apologising for what he said before, though his wife he has nothing to apologise for. The princess clarifies that why she was hurt by what he said, realised they were right. Charlie was looking at redemption like it was something easy like wishing upon a star, but he helped her realise there was a lot she was neglecting to think about along with how she was ignoring her other subjects in the Hellborn. So she’s been planning for both. Thus she began showing her husband the plan she’s come up with. This includes getting a psych degree from studying with Belphegor to help her future patients, find ways to help Sinners before that along with Hellborns. Stolas started coming up with ideas of their own and stayed there till they fell asleep at the desk.
A week later it was the regular meeting of the rulers of Hell, in which the sins and their king/queen met to discuss the governance of Hell. To everyone’s surprise Charlie and Stolas were also attending, though they simply assumed that their niece was taking a more active role in ruling hell with her “husband”. To their further surprise she’s the 1st one to speak, bringing up several proposals. 1. The building of public bunkers in Pride for sinners to use during exterminations if they have nowhere to go or get caught out. 2. A better countdown system that properly warns citizens when the extermination is getting close and beginning. 3. For the previous point forcing heaven to keep the exterminations at an agreed timetable on the day in question. The table is quiet till Satan and Mammon speak up, asking why they should devote resources to help the wretched when theirs more pressing matters to attend to. The princess simply responded that as this matter dealt with the pride ring, she only needed the permission of her parents as its rulers, politely asking the pair to quiet down as this had nothing to do with them. The table was soon stunned, especially the spider and dragon as their niece had never spoken to them like that. After a few moments they did as they were told and shut up, earning smirks from rest of the table including the pair she silenced. The king and queen agreed with the proposals, glad to see their little girl was growing into a strong leader. Though Lucifer did lament for her last point they’d need to talk to Sera and convince her, being surprised when Charlie asked to join the meeting. He agreed with Lilith also planning to join to help check any bullshit the Seraphim might try. The Owl produced a list of construction companies in pride they could use for the bunker project that were known for their efficiency and reliability. The fact he was helping his wife, improved the Prince-consorts standing in the eyes of the sins, even if it varied a bit.
After the meeting the pair spoke to Belphegor privately. They both asked for help in finding a therapist to help them with their issues, which she was more than happy to. Charlie also asked if the sheep would be willing to tutor her in psychology, which their aunt said they would be honoured to so. The pair soon started seeing a baphomet named Sage, she was very sweet and welcoming which helped ease them into it. Even though it would take time she was confident they could heal.
A month later it was the day of the meeting with Sera in the Heavenly embassy. Charlie noticed that her dad was fidgeting nervously the second they entered the building while Lilith was trying to calm him down. They take their seats in the chosen room before the Seraphim arrives. After some polite greetings, including congratulating the princess on her wedding they get down to business. Charlie takes the lead providing evidence that the exterminations in the last 10 years have been delayed from anywhere from a few minutes to several hours, reminding Sera that as the treaty allowing them specifies their start and end times specifically its makes heaven look not only unwilling to follow the agreement but incompetent. The king and queen are smirking at their daughter using heavens own need for perfection against them. The Seraphim for her part is seething as she knows that Adam’s pre-extermination parties are to blame as he always overdoes it and misses the predetermined starting time. Realising she’s right and having a way to put the 1st man in line agrees along with an apology, promising that future exterminations will start and at the agreed upon times no earlier or later. With that the hologram disappears, Charlie soon engulfed in a hug by her parents both proud and impressed that she managed to use heavens own perfection against them. After a picture from Lucifer they head back to the palace to celebrate. By the time Charlie returned home via her limo, she was barely able to stay on her feet before landing in Stolas chest before falling asleep. While carrying her to bed the owl wondered how much she had drunk to get this way considering the royal family have well angelic levels of tolerance to alcohol.
Shortly after the meeting thanks to the pairs fore-planning the project was able to start shortly before Charlie announced it to Hell. To the sinners they were grateful to have places they could actually use to avoid exorcists if they got caught out, though the new warning system should prevent that, or didn’t have a place to go. This did raise their opinion of the princess to varying degrees. The Hellborn on the construction side also appreciated the fact she was not only give them a project with a long life time but the generous pay also helped. As it was her project Charlie was thus in charge of managing it, with her husband helping with the multitudes of paper work.
6 months after the wedding the pair are having dinner discussing Charlie’s plan to place control of all the orphanage and similar care facilities under the shared control of Azmodeus and Beelzebub, as their rings have the best records in that regard. During this the princess mentions that her ex has apparently started seeing some model in Envy. Stolas asks who he is, his wife explaining it was Seviathan Von Eldritch. He’s obviously surprised as his family are one of the most influential in their ring as well as the rest of Hell. His wife explains it was just a high school fling that didn’t last more than a few months, it only made it that far cause their dads were friends. Curious the prince consort asks if she’s had a lot of exes. Not thinking the owl would care Charlie answers honestly that she’s had a few considering she’s been alive nearly 2 centuries, so that’s a lot of boy/girlfriends. Though she notices that this caused a reaction in her husband who seems anxious and leaves the room quickly. Concerned she follows him.
Charlie finds Stolas on one of the balconies outside taking a breath. She asks if he’s ok, the Owl admits no not really. The Prince-Consort is reluctant to clarify but starts to explain that since he was a child, even before his original engagement that it was his duty to take a wife and bear children with her. But the problem is even if he can notice a woman is beautiful he’s not attracted to her or anything leaving him feeling like there’s something wrong with him and just utterly confused. His wife asks as gentle as possible if he might be gay instead. Her husband simply deflates with a sad hoot that he isn’t sure of that either. Thinking over what to say next Charlie says she can help him try to figure it out, if he wants to. Stolas understanding what she means agrees out of desperation.
This leads the pair to the Prince-Consorts bedroom with only the blanket covering them. Charlie takes the lead, due to her greater experience overall and specifically with Goetias. Barely 20 minutes later they’re both lying under the covers. The princess asks her husband if that helped, he rather deflated says no. The Owl gets up grabbing his robe, thanking her for trying to help but wants to be alone now. A rather disappointed Princess does as requested, putting on her own robe before heading to her own room. The pair both soon slip into their bathtubs thinking over what they’ve learned. Stolas sadly is more confused than ever, while Charlie is upset she couldn’t help her now closest friend. Though this doesn’t last for long as the princess comes up with a plan to help him. As the pair lay in their beds to slumber, neither knows of the life they’ve created that night.
3 weeks after that night Stolas is checking into a hotel in Lust. Charlie called telling him she’s helping her uncle Ozzy with something so suggested he join her for a vacation for the week. Despite still being in turmoil the Prince-Consort agrees as spending time with his friend has been helping him feel better to a degree. To his surprise theirs no luggage other than what he brought in the penthouse suite. Initially thinking his wife went to the meeting and forgot to drop her bags off, an envelope on the table catches their eye. Upon opening it he discovers it’s from Charlie, in it she states that there is no meeting and she brought him to Lust to help him as the Owl has been noticeably been distressed since their night together, so hopefully what she has planned will fix that. Upon finishing it theirs a knock at the door. On the other side is a rather handsome well dressed Incubi flashing a charming smile, another envelope in his hands. Stolas opens it to discover another message from his wife. This one states that she spoke to her uncle to buy a week with the man before him. His name is Cesare and is a specialist in 1st time experiences. Charlie further stars she understands if it’s too much for him, he can turn him down and stay in Lust for the week or come straight home. But regardless he shouldn’t care about any expectations or what anyone else might think as he’s done it enough. Just do what he wants and will make it happy. After finishing with the message he stood there for 5 minutes just thinking it over till he made his choice. The Prince-Consort offered his hand, apologising as he hand no idea how this works. Cesare for his part smiled, stating he’s used to it before leading them out of the Hotel.
Over the next week Stolas had many 1sts, some bigger than others. Cesare as a seasoned escort knew how to make his client happy and do the things he never could. Be it a simple meal or a night at a club the Prince-Consort was able to discover and accept who he was, no longer being afraid or confused again. It was obviously fodder for the press as the image of him with a male escort not even trying to hide it, sometimes being rather affectionate, proved for good that their marriage was fake. Aside from the obvious bait for the rest of Hell following it, the nobility found the whole thing fertile gossip material. Though a certain new mother and widow with an egg simply became enraged seeing or hearing anything about while her brother thought it was hilarious. His wife meanwhile was overjoyed seeing him enjoy himself, smiling every time she saw something about him happy he was able to discover and be who he was. Though neither of them knew how quickly things would change for them.
Charlie was at one of her lessons with Belphegor. As it was over they were discussing Stolas return home the next day, the sheep smirking at what her niece did to help while she simply blushes saying it was to help a friend. Though they stop when the princess feels a bout of nausea. Worried the sin asks their if this has happened before, being sure of the cause when she says been happening the last few days along with her boobs hurting, nose being more sensitive and smells making her feel ill though the biggest warning was her stomach seemingly getting bigger. Wanting to be sure the sheep asks her permission to use their powers, suspicions being proven the second they touch them. With a smile on her face she reveals Charlie is pregnant.
Upon hearing their aunts words, the princess is thrown into a mix of shock and joy. Bel questions if the baby is Stolas considering it’s not only a fake marriage but he’s gay. Charlie thus explains that they had sex to try and clear things up for him though it didn’t really help, shocked she’s pregnant after their 1st and only ever time doing it. The sheep smirks it only takes a single time depending on how lucky or unlucky you are. Feeling their distress Belphegor promises the princess of it’s what she wants then no one else has to ever know and they can take care of it for her if. Calmer now Charlie thanks her aunt but explains that she was just in shock, while it is surprising they both knew they had to have kids as that was the point of his original betrothal but they also wanted to. Though they did plan to do it via Artificial insemination, but beggars can’t be choosers. Bel smiles before offering to do a more thorough check, which is granted. She explains that due to their shared angelic backgrounds the baby had a 50/50 shot at favouring one of them and it happens to be Stolas, explaining the baby will be an owl Goetia thus will come from an egg. That makes the princess wince a bit, even more so being told it only takes 3 months before they’re ready to lay so she’s already 1/3 of the way there. The sheep does calm Charlie down explaining that Angels don’t feel pain in labour nor did her mother due to being created before the curse human women gained for childbirth birth being painful from Eveeatijg the apple, the worst she’ll feel is tiredness during the labour. That makes Charlie feel better but she starts worrying about telling her husband considering just how surprising it is. Bel reminds her that Stolas is a good man and friend so while yes he’ll be shocked, they’ll also be excited and overjoyed considering they both agreed to wanting kids.
With that settled Bel does explain that due to how much faster the pregnancy is progressing along with telling her parents soon, will need to take vitamins to help as it progresses along with insisting on regularly prenatal visits at least once a week. Charlie agrees with the sheep giving her everything she’ll need, though before leaving hands them a sleeping potion. The sins tells their niece she knows they’ll panic and overthink, while understandable isn’t good for them or the baby so tells her to drink it now and it’ll take effect once they get home. Knowing this is a losing argument Charlie does as she’s told, opening a portal and managing to change before falling asleep in bed.
The next morning the princess awoke to find her goats and cat curled around her belly. While petting them she guessed they knew already, considering for the last week they’d been more protective and affectionate. Getting dressed Charlie chose her robe instead of her usual suit or other clothes due to how tight they’d recently been feeling, finally understanding why. She had breakfast in her room and asked the staff to tell Stolas to see them as soon as he arrived. While waiting the princess began absently rubbing her stomach, smiling as she imagined what the baby would like and if it would be a boy or girl along with things they can do.
Stolas arrives around lunch time walking on air, happy to be home after the greatest week of his life after figuring out who he is. Along with planning to thank his wonderful friend and wife for setting it up. Once the staff inform he she wants to see him in her room the Prince-consort starts dancing toward it. Upon seeing his wife the owl picks her up into a twirling hug, thanking them for helping him found out who he is while hooting happily. Though it’s cut sort when Razzle and Dazzle start bleating at him till he puts their mistress down, landing on her shoulders after to cuddle. Charlie apologises stating they’re just being a bit protective recently, before gesturing for Stolas to sit. They talk about the time he spent in Lust, specifically with his boytoy. A hooting blushing Prince-consort can’t help but fawn over him like a lovestruck schoolgirl with his wife smiling at how happy he is, along with being very emotional when they thank her for setting it up. After a brief silence the princess reveals that she’s been feeling a bit strange recently and Belphegor found out what was causing it yesterday. Taking his hand she looks Stolas in the eye, smiling as they tell him he’s going to be a daddy.
Stolas is frozen in shock eyes wide. He stays like that as his Joy and Panic are fighting to emerge 1st. The fact he immediately starts panicking and being shocked that it happened after their only nigh together, Charlie repeating Bel’s line about it only needing to happen once doesn’t help. The princess manages to calm him down by promising it’s going to be ok, before asking the big question. Does he want to keep the baby. This snaps him back to normal, screaming of course before returning to a normal tempo and restating that in a calmer tone. He reiterates her earlier pints that while it’s earlier than they planned and obviously not how they thought it would happen, he does want to be a father and is overjoyed to find out he will be. Though of course claims that if his wife isn’t then that’s fine. Upon hearing Charlie shares his feelings he relaxes.
After an awkward silence Charlie places Stolas hand on her belly. The Owl nearly tears up unable to believe he’s feeling where their child is, with his wife calming him down. The pair stay like that for 30 minutes before a knock at the door alerts them to the fact it’s lunch. Once the staff have place the food they begin to enjoy their meal. When it’s finished the pair began discussing their next steps. They agree to tell her parents tomorrow so they can have the day to themselves. Also discussed is their preference for what their child might be, Stolas admits he’d like a daughter while Charlie admits she has no preference. Though he does panic further upon finding out the baby will be a Goetia like him and they’ve got 2 months left, requiring Charlie and her companions to calm him down. The main topic is how to raise their child. Both agree they want to be involved in their life, Charlie spent plenty of time with her parents while Stolas was isolated being raised by only his staff with rare visits from Paimon, so want them to know they have parents that love them. It continues like till long after they have dinner and realise it’s time for bed. Before he leaves, the Prince-Consort requests that if they have a daughter if their name can be Octavia. The princess agrees as she understands that he wants to honour his mother who died in labour. After thanking her he leaves, leaving them each to prepare for how things will change.
The next day the pair sit in the limo, deciding the drive will help them think of how to do this. When the Goat Bois announce they’ve arrived Stolas gets out 1st and takes Charlie’s hand helping her out, he’s become rather protective which jointly flatters and annoys the princess. After taking a moment to prepare they head inside, asking the staff to have the King and Queen meet them.
After 5 minutes in one of the many rooms used to welcome people, Lucifer and Lililth arrive happy to see their daughter and son-in-law though due ask why they didn’t call ahead. They all sit down as Charlie announces they had big news, looking to Stolas before announcing she was pregnant. There’s a silence as her parents crushed their tea cups, then picking their daughter up in a hug celebrating that they are going to be grandparents. Though the pair do question if it’s the Owls considering his time in Lust, though the king points out he could be pan before the man in question explains he’s completely gay. The princess explains about their night together, clarifying how they’ve had a child together. Upon hearing that it’s taking after the Prince-Consort Lucifer starts panicking that means they’ve got about 2 months to get everything ready though Lilith manages to calm her husband down. The Queen despite her excitement points out they have a number of things to take care of, such as telling the sins, making the official announcement and the obvious interviews. They agree they should tell the sins the next day and make the announcement the day after that, before moving onto the lighter more joyful aspects of the news. The pair promise their daughter any of her old baby stuff she wants, along with planning a baby shower and asking their plans for the birth plus name. Charlie stated their intention to name the baby after Stolas mother if it’s a girl and surprising everyone by stating her intention to name it after Lucifer if a boy. Stolas and their mother agree their great choices, with their father crying touched she’d do that for him. The visit continued to the evening with king and queen embarrassing their daughter by telling her husband funny childhood stories and showing off their baby pictures before the pair returned home.
The next morning the sins arrived as they’d been told it was for an urgent meeting at the palace, a sleeping Bel smiled from her place on the couch as she was the only one who knew the truth. When the Morningstar’s and Stolas walked in, along with greeting their niece, Ozzy, Bee and Bel congratulated the owl on his bit of fun in Lust, though the former 2 realised something was off based on how their hosts were acting and emotions tasted. After asking everyone to sit down, Charlie shocked their aunts and uncles by announcing she was pregnant. There was a moment of silence before multiple tearful congratulations, with promises from each e.g. Satan promising to murder anyone who hurt them. Mammon questioned if the kid was Stolas considering he was gay. After she clarified the night in question and reason why the, the princess gave the dragon permission to punch the spider in the face for saying it was an accident then. The Owl stated they had decided to call it a happy surprise, as while earlier and not gained the way they expected it to happen, both are happy about it. The rest of the morning and much of the afternoon is spent planning the announcement and baby shower especially as the baby was 2 months away, along with further embarrassing Charlie with more baby/childhood stories.
The parents to be returned to their mansion. Over dinner they go over just how chaotic it’ll be once the news gets out, with Stolas promising to support Charlie in anyway possible and ensure she as well as the baby are comfortable and healthy as possible. Touched they discussed plans for after the birth, both agreeing they would take time off their duties to focus on raising the child for at least the 1st year. Knowing they’ll have a very chaotic day tomorrow the spouses head to their respective rooms to get some much needed rest.
The next day late morning the front on the palace is swarming with reporters once more, bets being made about what it could be with the least likely being a pregnancy announcement as everyone knows the princesses marriage is fake and her spouse is gay. When Lucifer announced that was in fact it, one lucky imp walked away with a shit ton of money. When the lady in question and her husband began taking questions, the 1st and most pressing was if the baby was Stolas. Charlie stated that it was and would not be clarifying. After a few more answers they ended the press conference.
The announcement caused a total media circus. Everyone channel from serious news discussing the ramifications of a new royal prince or princess to gossip/tabloid news wondering if Stolas is actually the father or if he had a boytoy help him perform. The pair in question simply ignore it. Reaction amongst the population varies as well. Many sinners don’t care but a similar number do considering that Charlie helped create an option that could save their lives during the extermination. Hellborn it’s as mixed, though she’s more popular as the princess got the other sins to transfer control of their orphanages and foster systems to Ozzy and Bee who have the best track record in that regard. It’s now understood why when the 3 visited a hellhound foundation orphanage in pride, Charlie nearly tore the people running it apart after seeing the squalid conditions the kids were being kept in. This has helped boost her support amongst Hellhounds especially who know how their kind can be treated outside Gluttony especially orphans. Amongst rest it varies based upon how they feel about the royals or about babies in general. A significant portion of the Goetia are already making plans to hopefully marry their children or themselves into the Morningstar’s via the newest addition. An envious Stella is already plotting for her own unhatched child to do so.
In their mansion the expecting parents revive a flood of congratulatory letters with gifts. Stolas opens one his father sent, in which Paimon congratulated his son on carrying out his role so quickly. Though the prince-consort is enraged to discover included is a list of potential suitors for betrothals, being especially disgusted that along with the names of other Goetic babies and children are men around his age or older. The owl burns both, symbolically destroying his connection to his father and a promise to give his child all the parental love and care he never got. Charlie is going through something similar as included with the letters and gifts from the nobles are similar lists included which name unborn children to early teens. The princess uses her magic to write polite notes thanking them for the gifts and congratulations but turning down any betrothals. Late the pair talk and both agree to never arrange a marriage for their child no matter what.
A few days later the pair went shopping to get some clothes for their child, as they didn’t know yet they got clothes that would work for a boy or girl. Though unfortunately the second they arrived the media was already waiting for them. Razzle and Dazzle showed them why getting close was a bad idea when they turned dragon on an imp who did. Stolas seeing this form for the 1st time understood why Charlie called them her bodyguards, while she simply helped calm the pair down. After their excursion was done they left. As the Owl was opening the portal home a rather loud fish demon called out asking his wife who the real dad was cause it obviously ain’t her husband. Enraged the Prince-Consort went full demon form letting him and everyone else sharing such sentiments he won’t stand his friend being insulted in such a way. The fish in question apologised after pissing and shifting himself before running off. Charlie was grateful, smiling that he protected her honour like that. Stolas reminded her of course he would, even if they’re not properly married he’s still duty bound to protect her honour as his wife, friend and mother of his child. After packing up their purchases the pair settled in for an easy night in.
The next day the pair visit Belphegor for Charlie’s 1st check up. It’s not invasive thanks to the sheep using her magic and she’s able to tell the expecting parents that the baby is healthy even showing them a vision of what it looks like causing both to cry tears of joy. After clearing her and making sure the princess has been taking the supplements that she gave them, the sin gave them a lesson in demon biology. And explained that laying the egg won’t be pleasant so will have plenty of painkillers on hand, which Charlie appreciates. Here Bel informs them that birth isn’t painful for Angels but it was a part of the punishment for fallen ones like her father and demons like Lilith, so the experience of pushing a large egg out of her vagina is going to be unpleasant to say the least. The princess in question is paler than usual though her aunt promises it’ll be worth it in the end. After that the Owl does his best to see to his wife’s needs to apologise for what he’s putting her through to deliver their child.
Several weeks later at the start of 2nd month of the pregnancy, the baby shower is being held in the Morningstar palace. In addition to her parents and the sins, Carmilla Carmine, her daughters and Zestial were invited as old friends of the family. Along with sharing funny stories and games they moved onto the presents. Lilith gifted her a soft silk pillow for the baby to sleep on, Lucifer stated his gift would come after the party, Bee gave them a scented blanket to help the baby sleep, Ozzy a music box to play songs to help keep them happy, Bel a baby monitor with 2 receivers that’ll tell them if the baby needs feeding, changing or calming down, Levi got them a lovely pearl and silver rattle, Mammon gifted a full 1/10th of his wealth for the baby which shocked Stolas though it’s explained he did the same for Charlie and Satan gifted them a set of toys carved from Wrathian Blackwood he made himself. The carmines had their own gifts. Carmilla a mobile of the child’s various family represented, Odette wrote a book about the family’s history which Clara helped by making it child friendly and Zestial a spider silk sleep dress. This started questions about the gender with Bel announcing at her nieces request, would reveal if it would be a prince or princess. After a moment in which the sheep fell asleep and had to be reawakened, stated it was a girl. Cue the pandemonium from the family finding out they’d have another princess. This then led to Lilith and Carmilla sharing ways to deal with labour pains, break the father’s fingers during it or throw heavy objects at him. Stolas obviously paled at this. A few hours later the shower was over with the king opening a portal to show his gift.
The portal opened to their mansion, in the hallway between their rooms in front of a door that wasn’t previously there. A giddy lucifer reveals it’s his gift as he opens the door. Within is a large room full of the all the baby stuff the parents had gotten, the King explaining he placed it so it’d be equally close to both of them. It’s also decorated with a mural of the family above the crib so the baby would know they’re always watching over her. Charlie was so touched she pulled him into a hug crying while Lilith watched with Stolas, explaining they left the other walls blank so they could decorate as they wished which the Owl appreciated. Over the next week they did so. The father painted stars and constellations while the mother did cute things like duckies and happy rainbows.
Life continued on for the next several weeks as the family prepared for the birth, especially as it grew closer. Until the 3rd month of her pregnancy, Charlie awoke to a wetness between her legs and feeling a strong urge to push. Rather calmly she told the Goat bois to get Stolas, the pair flying down the hall bleating like their asses were on fire. Upon being awoken in a panic, which worsened when he was told the baby was coming. After rushing into her room, the princess asked if he’d called her parents or Belphegor. Just as he realised he didn’t, the owl was relieved when 2 portals opened revealing the king, queen and Sin plus her team the latter revealing Razzle and Dazzle called them. Bel got to work setting everything up with her team while Lilith and Lucifer went to comfort their daughter ensuring she was ok. The sheep explained it would be best to have as few people in the room as necessary, so said someone needed to leave. The king did so stating Charlie needed her mother and Stolas deserved to be here, leaving the owl obviously grateful for that kindness. Though he could do without the broken fingers from his hand being crushed.
To everyone, especially Charlie’s relief it only took 2 hours for the egg to come out. Belphegor immediately checked it externally and internally using her magic, reporting the baby was in perfect health. After giving it to the parents and letting the grandparents get a look, Stolas started keeping it warm by pressing it to his chest and wrapping a blanket around it. A few days later once she recovered Charlie started swapping with him to also warm the egg. When they did so both parents would talk to their daughter, even if she couldn’t hear, about all the things they can’t wait to do with her or how much they can’t wait to see her. When they needed to sleep the Egg was placed back in the crib with Razzle, Dazzle and KeeKee jointly keeping it warm as well as watching when it started to hatch. It continued like this until 3 weeks later.
It was early morning on the 17th of August 2007, in the nursery a pair of goats and a cat would wake up to a shocking sight. At 1st they were able to ignore the sound of something cracking till it got louder. Upon waking up and seeing the egg was starting to hatch, they lost their fucking minds. While KeeKee stayed behind to keep watch, Razzle and Dazzle each took off in the opposite direction to alert their mistress and her husband their child was arriving. They were overzealous in that they smashed down their doors in dragon form before carrying the panicked pair by the scruffs of their shirts or feathers to the nursery, though upon seeing why they calmed down.
It took 30 minutes before Octavia was out of her egg, her parents offering gentle loving encouragement while they watched and waited. Both also noticed there was a rather unnatural eclipse outside, everything was completely dark with the shines of the moons reflecting in their daughter’s eyes once they opened for the 1st time. They were red and white, absolutely perfect. Stolas immediately bundled her into the blanket Bel gifted them before handing her to Charlie, feeling it only right the mother should hold them 1st. The Princess smiled down lovingly at her baby, tears of joy down her face, as she explained they’d waited so long to meet them and was so happy they were here, crying harder when they started holding her finger in her hand. The Prince-Consort was no better, weeping tears of joy as she nestled into his feathers. They also introduced her to the Goat Bois and cat, all 3 of whom were very happy to meet the newest addition to their family while she was equally intrigued by them. Noticing she was tired the new parents placed her into the crib their companions joining to keep her company and safe. Deciding to let her rest Charlie and Stolas prepared to leave till he brought out a pair of wooden chests. The Owl explained for Avian Goetia it’s quite common to keep the shells of their young’s eggs as a memento, offering to split it in half with her. The princess loved the idea and agreed, each gathering half before letting their daughter sleep.
Due to how early and how chaotic their wake up was, the pair are exhausted so decide to get some more sleep. After waking up mid morning and a long desired breakfast, they call Belphegor to check up on her. The portal opens before the 1st ring was done. Once she asked when they’d hatched, immediately starts heading to the nursery the parents following behind her. Upon seeing her new niece the sin got work magically checking her. Once it came up clear she took a moment to look at her, fighting the urge to pick them up and cuddle as newborns need their sleep. Reporting her findings the sheep lets them know to wait till Octavia has been fed before bringing anyone to meet her. Charlie and Stolas nodded, thanking her for the help before the Sin left. They continued relaxing until the baby monitor went off, letting them know Via was awake.
The pair portalled to her room, finding the goats and cat failing to calm her down. As the monitor showed she was hungry Stolas picked her up and regurgitated his food to feed her. Despite knowing this was how Avian Goetia fed their young, Charlie still found it hard to watch for obvious reasons. While she could feed the baby with bottles of ground up food suitable for her, the Princess and Prince-Consort agreed at night he would handle the feedings as it would be quicker while she would change her and they’d both share putting them back to sleep. Once their daughter was fed and happy they took her on a tour of the mansion. The staff were obviously happy to meet their new lady, as were Stolas plants who understood who she was. After showing her the whole mansion they sat down in the living room, Charlie called her parents. A portal opened before the 1st ring. The new grandparents were overjoyed to meet their granddaughter. Despite the fact she had no feathers yet, to them she was the most beautiful thing in Hell. The new princess also seemed fond of them, though there was a crimp when she needed to be changed. Lucifer and Lilith enjoyed the sight of her parents having to deal with their 1st diaper change. Once that was done the 4 adults discussed what to do next. Obviously the sins would need to be called so they could meet their new grandniece, but the king reminded them they would need to make the announcement soon, the only reason why it wasn’t already out was the staff had been sworn to secrecy. The parents agreed to have the announcement done after the sins met her so they could enjoy it as just a family.
Soon a magical message was sent informing the other 5 sins their newest member had hatched, so all 6 were invited to meet her. Less than a second later 6 different portals opened, each of the kings and queens of Hell desperate to meet their new princess. Octavia loved Ozzy, Bee and Bels feathers, fur and wool, how smooth Levis scales were, how jingly mams bels are and how warm Satan was. They continued showering her in love and some pictures till the little owlet started to get sleepy. This was the sign that her parents needed to put her down for a nap, though Leviathan borrowed the kings phone and got him plus Lilith to pose with Charlie and Stolas holding the baby. After handing it back to Lucifer stated that was the picture they put out with the announcement. This caused them to discuss and agree they’d make it soon, simply send a statement with the picture instead of gather everyone in front of the palace in an hour, thus giving his daughter and son-in-law a chance to beef up security the estate for the media circus to follow. The pair thanked him before taking Octavia to her room to rest. Razzle and Dazzle followed along with KeeKee to once more keep her company and guard her. It was so cute the parents both took pictures before leaving.
As Lucifer said the statement and picture was released to the media outlets across Hell, causing a media firestorm. Just as expected a literal circus was parked outside the mansion hoping to get pics or video of the new princess, though thanks to the added security and magical protection it wasn’t an issue allowing the new family to focus on their child. Obviously discussions about Octavia and what contributions to hell might were the focus of the serious news channels, while the gossip and tabloids talked about who she might end up marrying. Regular hellborns reactions varied based on their feelings towards the royals specifically Charlie just as with the pregnancy announcement, as did the sinners. The Goetia were already planning on how to ingratiate themselves and hopefully put their children on the throne via a marriage, as one princess and her Marquis brother hoped to do.
The 1st week of a child’s life like for any new parents was a time of immense joy, but also anxiety. Especially in the case of Charlie and Stolas. As this was their 1st child they panicked over everything: was she eating enough or too much, was she getting enough or too much sleep, were her feathers coming in right. So the pair kept calling Bel multiple times a day that week. While the sheep did want to help her niece and understood the anxiety of new parents, when your sin is sloth being woken up multiple times pushes you to the limit. On the 7 day Belphegor arrived with Lilith snd Lucifer forcing everyone to sit down and talk. The monarchs explained it’s normal to be worried about your baby in the 1st few days, as their own after having the princess were some of the most stressful in their lives doing the same thing with the sin. Bel then finished by stating she would be more than happy to help if they had real concerns, but if they woke her up one more time for a stupid reason she’d give them both nightmares for a week. Apologetic and understanding their daughter would be ok agreed, Lilith and Lucifer left while the sheep then fell asleep on their couch. Not wanting to disturb her deserved rest, the Princess and Prince-Consort put a blanket on her along with telling their staff to ignore the room for a bit.
By the end of her 1st month Octavia’s feathers had come in, taking after her father in a white one on her face and black everywhere else except her fingers which are white. To her parents the little princess is absolutely perfect, both having plenty of pictures of them playing with and just loving their little treasure. Though soon they must follow the expectations of a new Morningstar child.
As she’s now old enough to be introduced to the nobility of Hell. The event would be carried out in the Royal palace, both for its size and somewhere the baby was used to. Lucifer, Lilith and the sins had spend the time after the announcement preparing it. The decorations, food, security and media coverage would be of the highest quality as well as warning the guests anything that upset the parents or child would result in being thrown out on their asses. For the occasion Levi had designed her niece and her husband a dress and suit that suited the occasion, along with a perfect little dress for Via. This would also be the 1st time the owlet wore the tiara her grandparents made for them. Once they were all ready the pair agreed that once the baby was tired, regardless of if there were still nobles who hadn’t seen her the night was done. With that the pair carried their child and started descending the staircase.
Everyone in the room watched as the newest Morningstar was carried into the room by her parents, stopping once they reached the King and Queen with the sins waiting at the bottom of the staircase. Thus began the next 2 hours of the various nobles being introduced to a baby that couldn’t remember something existed if she couldn’t see it. Along with the usual attempts at flattery and legitimate congratulations, were the various ways people tried to ingratiate themselves to Charlie or Stolas and the attempts to set up betrothals despite each being bluntly shot down with a promise no such marriages pacts would be made. After a while even the king said as such, shutting down such talk. A number of familiar faces appeared that night. Vassago congratulated them on having such a perfect child and used his magic to entertain her, Carmilla praised how lovely she was as did Zestial and her daughters, the former of which tickled the owlets cheek. Seviathan appeared congratulating his friend and ex on a perfect child, Helsa tried to start something but got pushed away by her brother after Via bit their finger. Paimon also appeared, during his only meeting with his granddaughter praised Stolas for doing his job, before telling him to find a suitable husband before fucking off to drink. No one was sad to see him go. Andrealphus appeared with his sister and his niece who was a bit older. Despite trying to ingratiate himself, the peacock instead upset her requiring her mother to calm them down. Stella’s attempt to introduce her daughter Lucrezia to the new princess did not go well, as she tried yanking out some of her feathers. Shortly after this it was obvious Octavia was tired and getting overstimulated so her parents decided to put her down for a nap. Thankfully everyone had met her so no one could complain.
Stolas and Charlie put her in the nursery Lucifer and Lilith had set up when she could stay over. The little princess quickly dozed off with Razzle and Dazzle joining her to make sure no one bothers them. The pair take pictures of the cute sight before leaving to return to the party. After a bit of fun talking to friends and family they head to bed once the party ends, exhausted after it ends the pair retire to sleep, Stolas in a guest suite and Charlie in her childhood bedroom. They join her parents for breakfast the next morning with Octavia before heading home.
The new parents decide to spend as much time as they can focusing on their new daughter, so are taking a break from work for a while. So they spend their days with Octavia, wanting to be with her as much as possible. This also included visits with other members of the family including her grandparents or the sins. When Via was 6 months and able to eat solid food her parents were more comfortable leaving them with relatives allowing both to restart their duties. This included their magic training under Lucifer and Lilith, though they were happy to bring Via along as she enjoyed watching. Charlie herself restarted her training as a psychologist under Belphegor to continue her hopes of helping sinners and ending the exterminations. Stolas got back to his work and prophecies along with the garden, though both still made time for their little girl. This allowed them to be there for the time she started crawling then walking and finally speaking. Her 1st words were star, obviously this had both her parents in tears of joy, though they did make sure mammon knew to keep his mouth cleaner around her, which he obviously failed considering she learned the word cunt. Cue a beat down from Satan and his mouth being washed out by Charlie. Though a number of unexpected developments would soon occur
Despite the efforts Charlie had made with the bunkers, warning system and exact timing, there were still many casualties of that year’s exterminations. New arrivals of those who’d been in the wrong place wrong time. Even the medics Belphegor sent weren’t enough to stem the deaths. Seeing their lifeless eyes and hearing the cries of pain or begging for mercy hit the princess harder, as it did Stolas likely owing to having a child now. This continued as the weeks after they both had constant nightmares of losing Octavia. The pair both sat down and eventually shared this. After admitting their genuine fears over her safety due to being the youngest Morningstar and their families many enemies known or otherwise wouldn’t hesitate to target them. This lead them both to agree to something they never thought they’d either do.
Once Via was old enough to be left with family the pair made a secret visit to Wrath. Satan was surprised but happy to see his niece, though their request was while a joyous one even more unexpected. The parents explained their desire to protect their daughter so to that end wished to learn how to fight. Understanding their reasoning the Dragon made it known he would not be gentle, they would bleed and bones would be broken but if they endured none could stand against them. Even though that left them both anxious mix, the Prince-Consort and Princess accepted.
The 1st several weeks of training was gruelling and left the pair in exhausted agony, especially as Satan was simply testing their endurance, strength, reflexes and agility. Once that was done he found that Charlie thanks to her natural strength would suit as a frontline fighter while Stolas would need to focus on using his magic and using a weapon that suited his better control and grace, such as a rapier.
Once the real training started, the pair began learning hand-to-hand again living dummy targets. Charlie thanks to her natural angelic/demonic strength was able to break them apart in one hit or several at once, Stolas meanwhile had to learn how to use more graceful strikes as he wasn’t as naturally strong. The training also included practicing against each other, with the princess overwhelmingly beating her husband, but the owl soon learned to put up a much better fight even if he could win. Once they were used to that moved onto using actual weapons. Charlie used her trident while Stolas was given a rapier. During this stage Satan noticed flaws in both their styles. The Princess was too defensive and passive, while the Prince-Consort was making obvious mistakes in his stance and weapon handling. The dragon pointed this out and helped them pushing them to be respectively more aggressive and reactive with controlling their stances and being more controlled in weapon stances. It took time but soon the pair became proficient with their weapons. They started with individual targets before several at once. The next step was using their magic in conjunction with their weapons, much more important for the owl as it was his main power. This allowed both of them, especially the princess, to become a true powerhouse. In their final test Satan forced them to face an endless swarm alone each and then together. By the end every single dummy had been wiped out with much of the training grounds destroyed. This filled the sin with pride at how much his dear niece had progressed.
After celebrating with a fine meal Satan had gifts for them both. He revealed he’d been forging something for some time since they’d started their training. On two display racks stood a pair of armoured suits of Angelic steel, both in their colours: Red, Black and Gold with the Morningstar apple on the chest for Charlie with Stolas being a red and grey with a regal yellow feather decal on the chest. Also waiting for them was a golden coloured dagger with a snake wrapped around an apple for the hilt and a rapier that was as black as night with an owl themed hilt. Both were obviously grateful for these gifts, especially the Prince-Consort. The Dragon pointed out he still doesn’t think the Owl is good enough for his niece, but considering he’s been a good friend/husband to her and father to their child he’s willing to at least cut him some slack in that regard. While not the outcome he hope for, it’s enough for Stolas to accept it. Both remembered what the sin said about keeping their skills sharp so created a training ground under the mansion to do so.
In their official capacity the pair were both busy. Stolas assisted Charlie with her reforms along with his own duties. This included a number of reforms to how Hellborn were treated specifically IMPs. With the King and Queen plus the sins support they passed. Mostly they were focused on improving their rights and treatment in regards to employment, education and healthcare. This was done via changing the rights employees had across the rings, Mammon was the most resistant due to not liking having to spend money on it nor was Satan as he felt they infringed on his ring’s sovereignty though as the minority they lost. On the healthcare side of things they convinced Bel to open up more hospitals in other rings which helped reduce the waiting times and improved the quality of care instead of focusing it in Sloth. Education was helped by more investment in public schools and the salary for teachers overall improving their quality plus job satisfaction. While it would take time for the reforms to completely bear fruit, it did help improve things in the now to a degree along with earning the princess even more support from Hellborns, specifically Imps and granting her important political skills from the experience of having to negotiate and keep the peace between those she spoke to for information and solutions. While Stolas gained a better understanding of how the lower classes are treated. The pair also made enemies in the Goetia who were unhappy to give their own staff more rights due to the reforms.
Charlie also continued her studies with Belphegor, which while slowed down by her break to look after Octavia and her political reforms managed to graduate Cum Laude shortly before Via’s 4th birthday. The princess has many photos of herself with her family on graduation day, though her favourite was the one with just her and Octavia. Stolas for his part had to deal with his duties with the Grimoire and as Prince-consort along with his gardening and prophecies. The pair regularly dealt with disputes that called for it from the other nobility of hell or lower class Hellborns, the princesses social programs and charities to help the various problems they faced.
Of course what mattered most to the pair was their daughter, who had an interesting time growing up. For Octavia’s 1st birthday a holiday was declared across Hell, with each ring celebrating in their own unique way. Each of the sins got their niece a gift she loved. Lucifer for his part gave her something truly remarkable. When Via was just over a month old Charlie and Stolas showed her a collection of all the stuffed animals they and the family bought for them. They then had her look over each one till she made her choice, a large toy white python named Samael, Sammy for short. Along with being touched she chose a snake, the king had a plan. At the party in the mansion just between the family Lucifer used his magic to bring his granddaughters companion to life. Obviously the 1 year old was overjoyed to see her best friend come to life, while the newly sentient toy was very loving to his friend and charge refusing to leave the others side.
Time passed and in that time Octavia grew as children do. Shortly after her 1st birthday, Lucifer and Lilith started taking the family on trips to Earth to see it. They did have to adjust to how in the more Angelic members case including the baby that animals loved them, though none of them minded especially Via. The king was happy to see his favourite creation ducks on the surface, especially ducklings. The visits included places like New York, London and Rome though they did once visit Disney. While it was fun they agreed Lu Lu World was much better. Thanks to their disguises they all looked like a family on vacation to any observers allowing them to focus on having a good time. Outside of these trips the pair continued their duties while ensuring the wellbeing and happiness of their daughter. It continued like this when a question came up for a 4 year old Octavia.
As their daughter was getting older the pair discussed her education. As they’d both been tutored privately, at least for most of Charlie’s childhood, both shared how lonely it was for them. To this end they agreed to send Octavia to school so she could make friends and learn more about her kingdom. Charlie didn’t want to send her to a private school as the ones Goetia use tend to be full of mini Helsa’s, Stella’s and Andrealphus. Stolas agreed though based on what he’d seen and heard about public schools from helping with his wife’s reforms and charity work he was anxious about sending her to one. Thus the pair searched for one that met both their standards. After much searching they found one. Gehenna public school was one of the nicer public schools, despite lacking the resources of their private counterparts thanks to their hardworking and determined teachers managed to get the best out of their students and create a safe supportive environment, which helped make it popular with parents and students alike. It also had 2 separate buildings, 1 for kindergarten and elementary classes while the other was for middle and high school. After talking to some of their staff who’d gone or knew people who went, the pair decided it was the best choice.
Knowing that if they were seen there it would give away where their daughter could be going to school, so in order to avoid the media circus the pair booked an appointment to meet the principal under fake names. This certainly shocked the middle-aged hellhound simply doing paperwork, when suddenly the Princess and Prince-Consort of Hell were in her office. After taking a moment to let the shock wear off, Mrs Rhodes immediately leapt to her feet and offered words of respect while kneeling though they stopped her. Once the pair explained why they were there and their reasons why it took another few moments for the shock to wear off again. Of course the Principal did ask how they could do the tour without attracting attention, Charlie rather simply cast an invisibility charm on all 3. Used to the situation the Hellhound simply started to lead them out of her office. The imp secretary sat there saw her bosses door open, thought about it then just went back work. Not her circus not her problem.
On the tour the Principal showed the parents that all the things they’d heard, good or bad were true. While the school was lacking in certain areas the dedication of their teachers made up for and helped make it a good environment for the students. After this the pair agreed this was the best place for their daughter. Once they’d discussed enrolling Octavia and made it known the importance of secrecy, the royal couple left the principal in her office after removing the invisibility spell. The next day Mrs Rhodes received a check from the pair, for school maintenance. Upon seeing the number she nearly fainted in shock then joy. Several days later she announced that thanks to a generous donation that not only would they be carrying out various improvements to the building and teaching supplies, but they would be raising the staffs pay and even building a new state of the art gym and indoor swimming pool.
Back home Octavia was excited to be starting school and making new friends. Her parents were happy to see her excitement, but both were worried as any new parent could be if she’d enjoy it. The rest of the family was sad they wouldn’t be able to see her as much, though Leviathan, Mammon and Satan were against sending her to mix with those they saw as beneath her though that did nothing to sway their niece or her husband.
As it was Octavia’s last birthday before she started school, the family decided to visit Mammons theme park Loo Loo Land as he’d invited them and they’d been to Lu Lu World several times already. Despite the fact the rides weren’t exactly the safest or best maintained, the family still had fun. It helped that the sin had told his staff to let them at the front of every line and win every game. It was going well until they went to the Fizzarolli and friend’s show. While Stolas found the show immensely entertaining, his daughter found herself terrified of the rather badly maintained robot. Charlie for her part saw how upset she was and took her outside shushing them. Away from the robot and being calmed by their mother, Via admitted she found the clown terrifying and didn’t want to be in there again. Understanding the princess said it’s ok to be scared, but no matter what she or her father would ever let anything happen to her. This helped the young owlet feel better. The pair waited for Stolas who asked why they left. Upon hearing why he was obviously guilty for not noticing Octavia’s distress, but she didn’t hold it against him as she had her mother to help calm them down. The family soon left. Despite the issue with that creepy as fuck clown, they did have fun at the park.
It was the 1st day of school and Octavia was so excited she leapt out of bed. At breakfast she was wasn’t able to sit still due to the anticipation. Her parents noticed, Charlie told her it would be great, while Stolas told her that if anything happened she should tell her teacher before promising to pick her up no matter what till his wife calmed him down. After getting ready they drove to the school.
Upon seeing the royal limo and members of the royal family step out, everyone froze as they walked Octavia to the door realising the princesses daughter was attending school there. After saying more goodbyes they let Via walk on before leaving, Charlie once more having to calm down an anxious Stolas.
Vias 1st day started off a bit awkward. As can be expected the other kids were a bit nervous around a princess as they’d all heard how the Goetia treat Hellborn. Though one young hellhound was willing to give them a chance. Her name was Jana and the pair became fast friends. By the time school ended she ran out to her parents but found only Razzle and Dazzle. They explained that they’d both gotten stuck in meetings. This deflated the princess a bit but she was still happy with how her 1st day went so that didn’t stop them. After apologising for not being able to pick her up Charlie and Stolas celebrate by having Vias favourite meal for dinner. They were very happy to hear that not only had she had a good day, but made a friend. The next morning while dropping her off they both spoke to Jana’s parents, who after the shock of talking to royalty wore off agreed it was great their daughters had become friends and even setting up a play date that weekend at the mansion. They also couldn’t believe their daughter was telling the truth about making friends with princess. Via’s 1st week at school was better than her 1st day, as once everyone got used to the princess being there she made a lot of friends in her class. To celebrate Charlie and Stolas ordered pizza for a movie night with some great Disney films from Earth. They fell asleep in the home theatre watching Brave.
The play date was an interesting experience. Jana’s parents had spent the week cleaning up the house to make a good impression as despite their reputations, Charlie and Stolas were still royalty. Thankfully the visit went very well as neither the princess or her husband care much about appearances and simply complimented how lovely their home was while the girls played. Stolas even talked about gardening with Janas dad while Charlie and her mom discussed the school, with the latter suggesting she join the PTA which the princess thought was a great idea. The 1st time she went the room went silent till the reveal she brought cookies. Eventually she became its head very quickly allowing her to be very involved in how the school ran things. A week after that 1st play date Jana and her family were invited to the mansion. They thought the buildings outside was intimidating, how big it was especially in certain places even more so. Upon seeing that Octavia’s room was actually 2 levels, they nearly fainted. The rest of the visit progressed much better with them staying for a very nice dinner. Overall everyone had a nice time.
As Octavia had started her regular education, it was time for her magical one to start. Despite their skill with it themselves, Charlie and Stolas decided to have Lilith and Lucifer teach her as they had more experience with the art. This worked well as they knew how to pace it out for a beginner, especially as Via is below only her mother in terms of magic power. This allowed her to thrive even if the progress was gradual. She also did well at school as having very ancient and intelligent rulers of hell for family did a lot of your studies. The princess regularly got A’s and was top of the class owing to her hard work and the teaching of her family. Overall her 1st year went perfectly and thanks to the events the PTA under Charlie organised during the year and summer the school got better in a lot of ways with Stolas helping plant a new garden in the front. For her 6th birthday that Year, Lucifer closed Lu Lu World so Octavia and all the kids from her class could have it to themselves. It was a smashing success. As time went on things changed while also staying the same. Via graduated to elementary school and started moving through each grade, still popular and a great student. She also started ballet lessons with Carmilla Carmine as along with being an old friend of the family, was a master at the dance. Thanks to her tutoring and their own inherent skill, Via became a protege of the dance. Charlie and Stolas continued their reforms while raising their daughter. Though one big change they didn’t expect was coming.
At 10 years old Octavia was a smart girl. Not in the sense of knowing things, which she was thanks to her family helping in that regard. Smart as in she was perceptive and noticed things. For a while the young princess had noticed how her parents weren’t like most couples married or otherwise. For example they never kissed, a peck on the cheek sometimes but never on the lips or how they both sleep in separate rooms. They do say they love each other but it feels different than a couple should. For Valentine’s Day they get each other gifts but they are for solo use like a bottle of wine they like or tickets to a place one of them enjoys. It’s the same on their wedding anniversary, aside from a few presents and words with a dinner it’s like any other day. Even more confusing is sometimes at night when Via is supposed to be asleep she sees them leaving the mansion. Her father is always with men, mostly imps, and mother with men and women. Unlike with each other they flirt and tell jokes like a couple should. Though the answers would come from an unexpected source.
It was during the 2nd week of summer break, Octavia was visiting Jana for a few hours. While talking about a show they liked Sammy heard a mouse and slithered off to eat it, despite his princess ordering him not to forcing her to go looking for him. While looking for him Via overheard Janas parents talking. They were talking about when Charlie and Stolas would finally tell their daughter the truth, as she’s a smart girl and most everyone else does. Jana’s mom pointed out it’s not exactly easy to tell your daughter something like that, her dad admitting sitting your kid down to tell them her parents marriage is fake and they never loved each other isn’t easy, especially when it’s common knowledge. The Owlet stands there stunned, absorbing that rather shocking information till her snake having sensed their distress arrived to comfort her. After allowing him to climb onto her shoulders and rub his face she returned to her friend, acting as if nothing had happened despite the major bombshell dropped on her. She keeps it up till Razzle and Dazzle pick her up and is back in their bedroom, just letting it bounce around her.
At dinner that night Octavia is uncharacteristically quiet, worrying her parents who after some attempts at conversation finally ask if she’s ok. The Owlet takes a moment before asking if they can answer a question for her. The pair both promise not seeing this as an issue. Cue their shock when Via asks if they’re a real couple. Charlie asks why she’s asking that, learning that her daughter has suspected something was off for a while but overhearing Jana’s parents was the final piece of the puzzle. The princess watches as her parents share a look, before asking if they can do this in her room.
After heading there they confirm if Octavia wants to hear the whole truth. Once she’s does the pair go over something they’ve rehearsed in their heads for years. They start with Stolas engagement and how they came up with the plan, getting married and eventually having her. The Prince-Consort does admit they had Via early than expected, but after vehemently denying she was an accident Charlie says she was a happy surprise. This is when they both reveal they had planned to divorce either when she turned 18 or either of them found somebody they wanted to pursue seriously. The room is quiet for a few minutes till the young owlet asks if that means they don’t love each other. The pair are honest that while they love each other as very close friends and the parent of their child, neither of them feels romantically in anyway towards the other Stolas even clarifying that he’s gay. Via is quiet before asking to be alone for a bit. Understanding she needs time the Princess and Prince-Consort leave. As it’s late the young Owlet goes to bed her snake joining her, as do the Goat Bois plus the cat.
It’s a tense few days for Charlie and Stolas as Octavia doesn’t leave her room simply having things brought by Razzle or Dazzle. Obviously both are worried about how she’s taking the truth, as despite knowing they’d have to tell her at some point, ideally it would’ve been under better circumstances. To their shared relief Via left her room that afternoon and wanted to talk. She admitted that while she understands why they did what they did, especially considering how awful they’ve seen and heard Stella be, plus the signs did show something was going on. But even then it’s still a shock to know her parents don’t love each other and it’s going to take time for them to accept it, though she will as despite everything the princess knows they love her and vice versa. After that the Princess and Prince-Consort hug their daughter close, grateful this hasn’t changed the way she sees them. Charlie herself offers to talk to Belphegor if Via wants to see someone to help process her feelings which the owlet agrees to. As it’s been a few stressful days the family orders some takeout and just take it easy, have some fun as a family even if they aren’t a normal one.
After Charlie asked Bel for the name of someone reliable Octavia could talk to, the young owlet was able to properly come to terms with the truth about her parents feelings for each other. Life thus continued on as normal for the family with both good and the occasional bad times. Though sadly a significant worse time would soon come.
After the extermination that year Hell was shocked by the sudden disappearance of their Queen Lilith. She had left no message or a single trace of where she had gone or what happened. Despite a lengthy search across Hell she couldn’t be found, truly disappeared. This hit no one worse than her family. Lucifers depression began to overwhelm him once more till his daughter and sister of Sloth convinced him to get help, along with reminding the king they were there for him. With this support he started seeing Charlie’s old therapist, who was honest telling that considering how long he’s been carrying these burdens and the severity of it would take a long time/lot of work to recover. With the support of his family Lucifer was able to make steady progress to heal. The Princess herself was also deeply hurt as along with no idea what happened to her, Lilith had been a great mother and supportive of her even when the king wasn’t. She also started seeing her therapist again to help with their feelings of abandonment and grief. Stolas himself was also affected by the loss of his mother-in-law. As he lost his own mother she had fulfilled that role since becoming her son-in-law. The owl would miss their gardening and tea conversations immensely. He also restarted therapy. Octavia was heartbroken that grandma wouldn’t be there to talk to about school, about clothes and to teach her magic anymore as they adored each other. She was back in therapy too. Overall it was a bad time for the Morningstar’s. The situation also caused unrest amongst the rings that was quickly put down, as everyone wondered where their queen went. With the sins help it soon stabilised.
As Lilith helped Lucifer with the large amount of paperwork he had to deal with, the king was struggling with the sheer volume. Stolas thus stepped in to help, being granted the title of the Kings Chancellor granting him immense political influence along with a big salary. Despite still missing their Queen, the Morningstar’s grew closer together. Even if they still missed Lilith, life continued on.
Via continued to grow, excelling in both her academic and magic studios becoming a prodigy in both. Though as it happens, many of her peers including Jana started to become interested in relationships. Thus one day after school the 12 year old owlet and hellhound were in the latter’s home doing homework. At some point Jana started asking Via if she’d noticed if one of the boys in their class was cute. Confused the Princess said not really. This caused her friend to start discussing how several other boys and girls in their class were also cute, before stopping when a blush came to her face. Concerned via asked Jana what was the problem. The Hellhound revealed she realised that telling someone they like them could lead to kissing, which aside from family they’ve never done. Curious herself the Princess suggested they practise with each other, which Jana agreed to after thinking it over. After some initial awkwardness considering one had a beak and the other had a snout, managed to do so. Just as quickly it happened it ended. The Hellhound stated it felt nice, while the princess admitted she felt nothing. Jana put it down to Octavia not liking girls, before moving onto other things like tv or vacation plans. The owlet herself was left feeling confused.
Over the next several days Octavia started to realise the idea of being in a romantic relationship was unappealing to her. This confused her as she knew it was normal to want that, so started to wonder if there was something wrong with them. By the weekend she decided to talk to someone who was an expert and who they trusted.
That Saturday her parents were both busy so allowed the princess to stay home, thus giving her the perfect cover. Around lunch Via called her uncle Ozzy who was overjoyed to hear his niece call them, though that soon changed to unease hearing the anxiety in their voice. Upon being asked to visit he immediately agreed, opening a portal straight into her room.
Once he was sure his niece was okay, the king of lust asked what the problem was. This caused the princess to go over the last few days, the kiss and her lack of interest in it and the realisation that possibly extended to romantic relationships too. Ozzy listened before telling his niece not to worry. The Sin then launched into a detailed explanation of what being Ace meant, in regard to both romantic and physical relationships the latter kind in an appropriate manner. He covered the spectrum of it and how it can be different from each person. This helped Octavia understand what her feelings were and meant. She was curious if it might change as she gets older, her uncle was honestly saying it might or might not but regardless it was based on what felt right to her and there was no shame in whatever that was. This helped Via lot so obviously hugged her uncle, profusely thanking her uncle for his help. The sin returned the hug promising to help with anything she might need. Before leaving Ozzy asked her to visit as he and fizz missed them, along with advising her to tell Stolas and Charlie when she’s comfortable as even if they might be confused at 1st they’d accept it without hesitation if it made her happy. Taking that to heart the Princess decided to tell them at dinner.
Dinner that night was a tense affair for the young owlet as she kept going over what to say. It was ended though when Charlie asked if she was ok, as did Stolas pointing out they’d noticed how anxious the Princess was through the meal. Accepting it was time, Octavia announced she had something to tell them. Starting with the kiss, both her parents cooing over their 1st one, she then explained how it made her feel and how much she’d been thinking about it over the last few days before calling Ozzy and the talk along with how he helped her realise she was Ace even if the Princess isn’t entirely sure where on the spectrum she falls yet. Charlie who while not an expert but knowledgeable, along with Stolas who while completely clueless, both accepted and supported their daughters identity. The next morning she came down to find both slumped over the dining table sleeping, multiple books about what being Ace meant and books on how to be the parent to and support an Ace child.
The rest of the family was just as supportive with Bee wanting to throw a party, Levi made her a dress in the Ace colours, Bel gave her some books to help, Mammon was happy another member of the family was like him, Satan was glad he didn’t have to worry about chasing off unworthy suitors, Lucifer made a duck of her in Ace colours too while Ozzy smiled at his niece feeling comfortable enough to come out after his help. Next Via had to tell her friends starting with Jana. Obviously the Hellhound felt guilty for the kiss and apologised profusely, but Octavia pointed out it was her idea and went along with it, plus is kinda grateful cause it helped her figure things out. Most of their friends and classmates at school were accepting, though a few were ignoring or didn’t believe it was real. They either learned or stayed quiet. Via was much happier knowing who she was and being accepted for it.
Life continued on and the Morningstar family with it. One particularly big occasion was Octavia’s 13th birthday. As this was when she became a teenager they all worked hard to make it great for her. The day before Via was visiting Lucifer, he wanted to show off some of his new creations which always brought him joy. After that the owlet noticed a picture on his workshop wall that she couldn’t believe was real. The king clarified that yes, the picture of her mother dressed like a goth and looking miserable is absolutely real. Considering how happy and warm Charlie normally was it still boggled their mind. To further prove it Lucifer magicked a box that contained not only more pictures, but the very dress and headband she wore pointing out it runs in the family considering they were dressing more goth now too. Due to forgetting about a meeting the king had to leave, alone the Princess and her snake shared a look plan already forming.
The next day at the mansion the sins were there with Charlie, Stolas and Lucifer getting ready for Octavia’s party. They’d all done their part like Bee making the cake etc. to ensure it was as perfect as possible. Once the sound of Via walking in was heard they all turned, the room going silent after happy birthday. Standing there was Princess wearing the same black dress and headband her mother wore for their goth phase, whose eyes were currently pinpricks out of shock. Then everyone else started laughing, except Lucifer and Stolas who coo’ed over how cute she looked, while Charlie was embarrassed beyond belief. Thankfully the party continued as planned, though more with the birthday girls mother embarrassed and everyone poking fun than expected. Even if it was for a one time gag, Octavia kept wearing the headband as she thought it looked good, Charlie did her best not to cry hearing that.
4 years before the Hazbin Hotel pilot, it’s extermination day. As usual Charlie and Stolas are out looking for Sinners to help. The pair are travelling through an area the exorcists have already cleared, focusing on more target heavy areas as it’s nearly over. Despite them being forbidden to harm Hellborn let alone Royalty, the pair are using an invisibility spell. So far they’ve had no luck, much to the Princesses sadness, her husband trying his best to keep her spirits up. Though the sound of shuffling and pained moans catch their attention. Dropping the spell Charlie charges down the alley ignoring Stolas warning her it could be a trap.
Charlie finds a woman with greyish-lavender skin, greyish-white hair with faded purple tips and her sole remaining eye is pink and ivory. She’s barely conscious, not surprising considering her bleeding eye and back wounds. Immediately the Princess uses her magic to start healing the damage, blushing when their patient smiles at her. Stolas who is checking to make sure there’s no incoming threats notices something shocking. He grabs Charlie, dragging her over to the trash can, pointing out the golden blood and tossed away exorcist uniform. Both let that revelation sink until the Princess started making her way back over to her patient. The Prince-Consort points out the obvious, this is an exorcist an angel who comes down once a year to kill Sinners. Charlie retorts she knows, but remind him that’s there’s never been a case of one being hurt in Hell, so obviously something happened. Stolas says a sinner could’ve gotten lucky, but his wife points out she could’ve also been injured by her own. While picking them up the Owl wasn’t exactly happy at the prospect of bringing a bloodthirsty killer into their home around Octavia. The Princess pointed out she’s with one of the sins and will be till the mess gets cleared up, so she won’t be at risk. Stolas still isn’t happy but accepts Charlie isn’t budging, opening a portal back to the mansion. While she takes their guest to an empty room to rest, while he goes to call Belphegor.
The sin arrives not long after, obviously worried about an exorcist being in the same place as her nieces. Stolas met the sin and took her to the room their guest was staying in. Charlie was checking over them, while understanding why her husband did it, is annoyed he went behind her back like that. The Sheep immediately started asking how they found her, while using her magic to check their wounds. After hearing the story, while complimenting her nieces work, Bel admits that anything could’ve happened and there’s only 1 way to be sure. They both understand what she means, but the princess is uncomfortable violating her privacy like that. Even the Prince-Consort despite wanting to be sure of their guests risk of harm, felt unsure about it. Despite this Belphegor did so.
It wasn’t hard for the sin of Sloth to find the memory, which proved the exorcist was no threat. She then showed it to her niece and the Owl, who both looked shocked/horrified at the sight of the eye gouging and wing ripping just for letting a child go. Bel stated that while Charlie fixed the physical damage, the mental and psychological damage would take time to heal, offering a potion to help with both. Before leaving she told them to give the Angel space but also keep an eye on her, considering what she did and happened to her.
Vaggie woke up in a soft bed, the pain gone at least the physical kind. After taking in that the room was very luxurious realised she wasn’t alone. Two flying goats in suits were watching her curiously, which to her shame caused the Angel to scream in shock. This caused a rather worried Charlie to barge in carrying a tray of food, who after being told by the Goat Bois calmed down promising their guest she was safe and they were just keeping an eye on them. Obviously this doesn’t calm Vaggie down, so the princess places the tray on her bedside table gesturing for Razzle & Dazzle to give them privacy.
Once she’s alone, it takes another 15 minutes before the panic and shock at the situation to subside. This allows Vaggie to realise the room she’s in is more like an apartment, though her hunger pushes that to the side. Taking a closer look at the tray the Angel realises it is a large bowl of chicken soup with 2 crusty bread rolls, a tall glass of water and a chocolate muffin. Despite the possibility it’s poisoned, Vaggie is so famished she picks the bowl up to drink it before dipping the bread in whole then devouring them in 4 bites. By the time she’s finished the Angel realises what a mess they are with soup on her chin, combined with her feeling a need to wash clean this hell of a day’s worth of stress from their body looks for the bathroom. Ignoring the fact it’s larger than some apartments Vaggie goes straight to the mirror, to examine her scar. Just as expected there’s a noticeable scar on her skin, though realises the fact it doesn’t hurt means Charlie healed her. The memory of the alley hits her before she strips and marches into the shower just wanting to focus on the feeling of cleansing hot water on their skin.
After putting on towels that were nearly as soft as the ones in heaven, Vaggie picked up the clothing she woke up in. To her shock it was a lovely white nightdress that felt like silk. This further compounded the confusion she felt at the situation. For a while the Angel just sat on the bed thinking over everything that’s happened. It’s interrupted by a knock at the door, Charlie saying she’s got her clothes and asking if it’s ok to come in. After receiving permission the princess plages them on the dressing table, saying they washed them for her. Before she leaves Vaggie asks why they helped her. Charlie is honest stating that she needed help, that didn’t change even after discovering she was an exorcist. That was further strengthened by Belphegor showing how they wound up like that. Following an uncomfortable silence the princess promised the Angel was safe here, no one would say anything as her staff were loyal and promising she could stay as long as they wished. Vaggie then bluntly questions why she’s helping her considering the fact they murdered so many people she cared enough about to make the exorcists job harder. Charlie is honest stating that while the exterminations did make her angry, the fact she was one didn’t change the fact they needed help. Plus the fact no one really knows about how to hurt angels limited who harmed her, upon learning why she understood that Vaggie was a victim too. The Angel in question is silent contemplating what the Princess said as she says they’ll send up dinner in a few hours.
Vaggie exhausted by both her traumatic experience and the shock at how kind the actual Princess of Hell was didn’t leave the room. Aside from eating the dinner delivered by Razzle and Dazzle, which was a very filling and delicious lasagne, just lay in bed thinking what the Hell’s happened to her. Before going to bed the Angel ran herself a hot bath and laid in there till the hot water turned cold. Re-donning the night dress Vaggie curled into the middle of the soft bed, only the nightmares waiting as she fell into a fitful sleep.
The next morning despite her exhaustion Vaggie awoke early like always. Refusing to just lay in bed wallowing she decided to explore her room. As expected it was luxurious with an actual kitchen, living room and a balcony overlooking the estate with the distant city too. Then it was turning on the TV, discovering Hell’s programming was much more vulgar than Heavens before moving onto the books stored in the many shelves. They were a mix of Hellish and Earth publications mixed from serious history to trashy romances. Wanting to kill time she picked one up, a story about a Goetic princess and her love affair with an imp maid and a succubus concubine she ended up marrying. By the time she was several chapters in there was a meow at the door. Opening it Vaggie found a one eyed cat looking up at her. It immediately started curling around her legs purring, which caused the Angel to scratch the cyclops ear. This then led to the cat gesturing for the Angel to follow them. Curious and wanting to get out of her room she followed.
On the walk Vaggie saw the various portraits and pictures of Charlie and her family. Most of them were the parents with their daughter together or alone at various different ages. The most common factor is that they’re smiling and happy. It’s obvious the pair love their child, while in the few wedding or pregnancy photos while happy aren’t the kind a loving couple has, which isn’t a surprise considering it’s a false marriage.
Vaggie follows the cat till she ends up in what’s obviously the dining room. Charlie is thrilled to see them leave their room, more so upon hearing who led her here. After introducing KeeKee to the Angel officially gestured for her to sit as breakfast was on its way. To Vaggie’s surprise the breakfast carried in by Imps on trays, rather than being anything extravagant it was sausage, bacon, scrambled eggs and pancakes with Orange juice. Foreseeing her question the Princess explained that she doesn’t go for overly fancy food and prefers simple good ones, which the Angel agrees with. As they eat, being some of the best she’s ever had, Vaggie does ask where the Prince-Consort and daughter is. Charlie explains Stolas went to help her dad as he always gets a lot of paperwork after an extermination and thus needs help, Octavia is staying with one of the sins as they don’t want her around for obvious reasons. The Angel guesses she’s staying longer as neither of them were sure about her. Charlie admits that was the case at 1st, but it switched to letting Vaggie adjust to their new circumstances. This further made them feel grateful for the princess in not only healing and taking them in, but keeping her own child away to let them get comfortable.
Once breakfast is done Charlie calls in Razzle and Dazzle to introduce them properly. Without the shock of waking up to them watching her, Vaggie has to admit they’re really cute thus gives them both chin scratches. The pair respond by licking her face which makes her laugh, which causes the princess to blush. Once that sweet scene is over she leads the Angel on a tour around the estate. Vaggie is impressed by just how much there is, not surprised when Charlie explains its thanks to the space enlargement spell Lucifer taught her and Stolas. Though it was a pain for the Angel to constantly avoid being bitten by the Prince-Consorts plants, especially once they started touring the garden she had a good time.
They ended the tour for lunch, making their way back inside to the dining room once again. After sitting down they were surprised by Stolas joining them, he claimed they got through the paperwork quicker than expected so decided to return for the day. It’s a rather tense meal as Vaggie hasn’t met the Prince-Consort so has no idea how he feels about her. The owl starts by asking her name, which causes Charlie to wince as in her excitement she forgot to ask. Upon hearing it they both ask where she got it. Once it’s explained that Adam gave it to her as she was one of his best and thus got named after the best thing ever, revealing that he used hard g’s when pronouncing it. This cause both to lower their already low opinion of the man. When asked Vaggie admitted that the 1st man did talk about them, though in unflattering terms. At 1st he claimed the Princess liked Bird Pussy, then with the reveal of the truth of the marriage mocked her for marrying a gay bird and were both sluts for fucking other people with Charlie being an even bigger one for getting pregnant the only time they ever had sex. Stolas is quick retorting that Adam is such a massive prick, likely to compensate for how small his actual one is. That makes the whole table laugh. Though it’s interrupted when one of the maids announces that Octavia is calling, the princess getting up taking the call outside.
While she’s gone there’s an awkward silence as neither the Owl or Angel said anything. It ended when Vaggie asked if he wanted her there. Stolas is honest stating not at 1st, considering she was an exorcist. But after Belphegor showed them what happened he’s more willing to give her a chance, considering she was mutilated for sparing an innocent child and as a father himself he sees it as proof she wouldn’t hurt Octavia. There’s another silence the Prince-Consort says he understands how lonely she must feel, explaining that his mother died laying him and despite having multiple caretakers none of them did anything beyond see to his physical needs lest they anger Paimon by getting too close to them. So Stolas thus grew up alone despite having multiple people around him, so he sympathises with being abandoned by those she thought cared for her. This was when he revealed Vaggies spear, claiming it seemed like a good idea to bring it back via his pocket dimension, offering it back to them. The angel is obviously unsure but the Prince-Consorts says that while he understands the negative feelings it brings, in the end it’s simply a tool and is only used how the wielder chooses to. The Angel considers his words before reaching for it, though it soon disappears. At a look Stolas starts he sent it to her room as it seemed awkward to carry it around right now, which Vaggie admitted was fair. This is when Charlie comes back in revealing Via was just calling to ask if they could go to the estate in Wrath, asking if anything happened while she was gone. The pair say nothing much.
The rest of the day the trio spend time together. Stolas recommends some books to help Vaggie adjust, while Charlie promises to take her shopping for more essentials. After the Prince-Consort showed off his various plants, the Angel was surprised by how affectionate he was to them, the 2 of them invited Vaggie to watch Hellanovvella’s with them. Initially skeptical she found herself loving the overacted and convoluted storylines. It became quite common for them to discuss the storylines, pair characters or brainstorm what could happen next. By dinner time their guest felt comfortable in the royals home. That night on their way to bed Charlie and Stolas discussed that as she was no threat, it would be safe to bring their daughter home. While Razzle and Dazzle are curled up sleeping in her lap, Vaggie looks over at their spear. Stolas words from earlier playing in her head.
The next morning the trio had breakfast, Charlie and Stolas discussing what to do after Via came home that afternoon along with the former taking Vaggie shopping. The Angel in question tried to dissuade her, but was shot down by it being pointed out she can’t have only 1 set of clothes. Once the meal was done the Princess dragged her to the limo where Razzle and Dazzle took them to the nice part of Pride.
They started in a lingerie shop so Vaggie could get something underwear, she was quickly overwhelmed by not only the options but the style and price. Charlie noticed this and spoke to her about their obvious discomfort. The Angel is honest stating that in Heaven she only really wore her uniform which was rather plain and simplistic, so has never really worn anything other than that. Sympathetic the Princess offers to buy some more plain options which they appreciated. Even though even those were still more extravagant than she expected, Vaggie did end up with some she liked, enjoying it when Charlie complimented her while trying them on making the Angel blush. The princess then took her to a clothing store. Rather than just a few simple things she bought an entire wardrobe including new shoes and new personal devices like a phone and laptop. Any attempt by Vaggie to stop her was ignored as Charlie wanted to help them.
After loading all the stuff into the limo the pair had lunch at a nice little cafe. Once they finished some lovely sandwiches and coffee had desert, Charlie going for ice-cream while Vaggie went for a cinnamon roll with vanilla icing. Without thinking the Angel wiped a bit of chocolate off the Princesses face with her thumb before putting it in her mouth. Charlie is able to contain just how much she liked it while she doesn’t notice. With everything bought the pair head home once they pay their bill, the princess leaving a tip so big the waitress who picked it up burst into tears of joy.
Back at the mansion Charlie portals all the purchases to Vaggies room before they head inside. The second they open the door the princess is bowled over by her daughter, who is happy to see her mum again. After regaining her balance Charlie returns the hug just as enthusiastically before Octavia asks who the woman with her is. After introducing the Angel as a guest, the Owlet asks if she’s her mother’s new mistress. While the ladies are blushing embarrassed and secretly not finding the idea terrible, with Stolas letting out a hooting laugh before explaining she’s simply a guest. After heading inside Vaggie went to her room as she was feeling tired, the Owl and his wife bid her good bye while their daughter watched with suspicious eyes.
The rest of the day Charlie and Stolas spent with Octavia talking about her time with the sins and what she did, along with planing to have her favourite dinner that night. Vaggie joined them. During the meal the young princess bluntly stated she could tell their an angel and asked why they were in hell. After a moment of shocked silence the woman in question simply asked how the owlet could know, not being surprised when the answer is she is similar to lucifer who’s a fallen Angel. Thus Vaggie explains what got her cast out of heaven. Via responds that Adam and Lute sound like a bunch of cunts, making the Angel laugh while her mother gasps and father screech in shock. Both obviously demand to know where she’s heard language like that, the Owlet points out she’s 13 in Hell and has Mammon for an uncle. That’s enough to get the pair to accept the answer. Afterwards Octavia seems intrigued by Vaggie going forward. The day after Charlie got their guest a new eyepatch as she realised they probably didn’t want to constantly see her scar 24/7, which the Angel appreciated.
2 weeks after arriving at the mansion Vaggie decided to get back into fighting shape. Charlie thus let her use the mansions training area for it and observed the former exorcist for a few days before offering to train with them. It seemed even till Vaggie stopped telling the princess she knows they’re holding back and tells her to give it her all instead of going easy on her. Charlie thus disarmed and had her pitchfork at their throat in 2 moves. After the shock wore off the Angel asked where she learned to do that, impressed as no one had beaten her that quickly or so well. The princess explained Satan taught her at their own request to protect Octavia considering the possible threats. She also stated that Vaggie was too focused on the attack not the defence, which isn’t a surprise considering she was taught to hunt down fleeing targets who couldn’t fight back, which combined with her believing Sinners couldn’t hurt Exorcists made her leave themself open to hit in return. This causes Vaggie to start training with the princess to improve her own skills, with Stolas joining in or doing it alone to test them against magical enemies. Along with helping the Angel grow closer to Charlie and to a lesser degree Stolas.
A month after Vaggies arrival at the mansion Lucifer decided to make a surprise visit. Obviously seeing the infamous Morningstar nearly sent the ex-Exorcist into a small panic attack until the sight of him picking Octavia up and calling her his little chick, before doing the same to Charlie though using ducky instead calmed her down. Though upon seeing them greeting her nearly brought it back, Stolas explained she was a guest of theirs after they’d found her injured after the last extermination. Despite his initial suspicion the king seemed to buy it moving onto asking his granddaughter what she wanted for her birthday despite it over 6 months away. At least until over lunch when he asked why there was an Angel in Hell for no reason. Cue a rather panicked Vaggie being calmed down by the Princess and her companions while the Prince-Consort explained what happened. Lucifer along with feeling a lot of anger at the injustice of the situation, decided to explain to the former exorcist that she wasn’t a fallen Angel. Seeing her confusion the king explained that being made a fallen requires a trial carried out by heavens council, specifically the Sera who decide if theirs enough cause to cast them out and thus carry out the process. That’s a shock to Vaggie as well as everyone except for Stolas, as he knew about the process but as their guest hadn’t mentioned being a fallen Angel never mentioned it. Still furious Lucifer states he would contact Heaven to demand what the fuck kind of show their running up there, which causes the former exorcist to once more have a near terrified breakdown begging the King not to do that genuinely terrified that Adam and Lute will come after her once they found out she’s still alive. Charlie thus more with KeeKee, Razzle and Dazzle have to calm the poor woman down while the princess convinced her dad to let the matter why. Despite his fury, Lucifer could help but understand her terror considering his own trauma from being cast out so promises not to mention it to Sera. Once she’s calmed down the King asks to speak to Vaggie alone. Here he commiserates her situation as they’ve both been cast out for doing what they felt was right. This surprisingly made Vaggie feel better to have someone else who understood what she went through, as well as learning the stories about the King of Hell were false. Soon lucifer had to depart but did make it known to his fellow outcast that she had nothing to worry about brother Heaven nor anyone in Hell would harm her lest they face his wrath. It still threw the Angel that she was receiving better treatment from the royal family of Hell than she did from her superiors in Heaven.
Shortly after that meeting Vaggie decided to take Charlie’s offer to see a therapist to help with her trauma over what happened and obvious guilt. The princess happily set them up with the Morningstar family’s go to one. While it was slow the Angel was able to start making progress in her recovery as well as the guilt she felt for what she’d done. This helped her adjustment to her new circumstances, as did a certain miss Morningstar.
After being at the Mansion for 3 months and having grown close to her, Charlie decided to let Vaggie in on her plan to end the exterminations. While surprised the Angel already believed the Princess could do it based on seeing her kindness and determination 1st hand despite her knowledge of Heavens rigidity in regards to how it operates, the details of said plan along with their own education and qualifications further solidified that belief. One thing that did give Vaggie pause was her plan to find overlords willing to back her, though Charlie soon assuaged that by stating shed chosen based on what she knew. This left only Carmilla Carmine who was already a friend of the family and Rosie of Cannibal Town who she’d heard good things about. Obviously the Angel was still anxious so asked to accompany the princess, despite knowing about her fighting skills to be their bodyguard. Regardless Charlie was overjoyed to hear that and agreed.
The meeting with Carmilla was nerve wracking for Vaggie considering she was the sole purveyor of Angellic steel and weapons in Hell. This didn’t abate even with the matriarch greeting Charlie rather warmly along with her daughters before moving to her office, the Angels anxiety getting even worse. It explodes when Carmilla asks why the princess has an ex-exorcist with her. Vaggie after a tense moment asks how she could tell, the response that the X over their eye and the Angelic spear mean it isn’t exactly rocket science which causes the woman in worst to look sheepish. Though it’s interrupted when the matriarch asks if Heaven has changed in her time away, which shocks the Angel, even more so once it’s revealed the overlord of weapons is the former Archangel Camael. After a moment of shock, which is amplified when she reveals she was married to Sera head of the council and both Clara & Odette are their daughter born after she was banished after a failed rebellion in Heaven. After letting that digest Vaggie reveals some troubling truths. The fact that exorcists are specifically made for their job like any other Angels and that the exterminations are top secret known only to those involved and the Seraphim herself. At 1st she thought it was to prevent a panic, but now realises it’s because most saints I.e. the souls of humans and most other Heavenborn would be against it. While Carmilla isn’t shocked Charlie is along with anger that Sera knows the extermination would be seen as evil but kept it hidden. Once that is done the Matriarch thanks Vaggie for that information along with informing the princess that while she does wish them luck in their attempts at ending the annual cleanse, backing her could bring Heavens attention on them which they obviously. Despite being downcast at the rejection Charlie understands thanking Carmilla for her time and looking forward to seeing her at Octavia’s next Ballet lesson.
The walk out of the building was a quiet affair. On the drive to Cannibal Town Charlie spoke 1st, stating that while she is sad about Carmilla refusing to support them and angry about the truth that Heaven covers the exterminations up, it also gives them hope that the majority of those within it would refuse it if it came out. The rest of the ride is silent once more.
Upon arriving at the entrance to Cannibal Town Charlie told the Goat Bois to keep the engine hot, while Vaggie gripped her spear tight for obvious reasons. Despite the name and its inhabitants diet the area was a rather lovely area like you’d expect in the early 20th or very late 19th century America. It was clean, the people friendly and polite, overall not what they expected. The Princess had checked ahead of time where Rosie was, stopping outside the shop when the Ex-Exorcist insisted on going ahead for safety reasons. The inside was just like the rest of the town, clean and like a frozen moment in time just with more creepy stuff like shrunken head keychains which the Princess grabbed one for Octavia. The Overlord upon seeing her dashed from the counter to greet Charlie with all the courtesy expected for such a prestigious guest. After explaining why they were there, Rosie invited them to talk over tea.
Rosie’s office was like the store, an interesting mix of vintage and macabre decorations including a wedding photo of her and 2 other women. After sitting down the overlord brought over tea and finger food, clarifying it was non-cannibal, before asking why they were here. Charlie then started into her pitch while Rosie politely listened. Once it was done she explained that while she is grateful to the princess for the things they did to make the exterminations safer for them, but points out it seems like a long shot and while she does want to backing the idea of redeeming sinners is a long shot at best. Though she’s interrupted by the door opening and a young cannibal boy entering before freezing at the sight of Vaggie, who froze as well, before immediately telling the overlord that’s the Exorcist he told them about. This obviously changed the tone of the conversation, as now Charlie recognised him as the Sinner Vaggie let go. Rosie was skeptical till the woman in question confirmed it. After that it was explained that the boy Vadym is the overlords son via marriage to 1 of her 2 wives, so after giving a very enthusiastic show of gratitude for sparing him promised to support the Princesses idea wholeheartedly as thanks along with her help in anything else she might need. Before they left both Rosie and her son gave the Angel a hug for what she did. For much of the journey home Vaggie is quiet till Charlie sees her crying, saying she’s glad he’s ok. Immediately she starts comforting her friend in a very needed hug.
Stolas got home late that night and upon hearing about what happened he suggested they celebrate. As Via was at a sleepover so they let loose with wine and takeout. Charlie and Vaggie ended up asleep in the same bed. While both claimed to be embarrassed both secretly liked it.
A few weeks after that meeting Belphegor dropped by to check on Vaggie, though she had an ulterior motive. The Sheep reminded Charlie that while she could keep the Angels past a secret from everyone else, telling the other sins is a necessity at this point if she was going to continue staying with them. The princess was against it but the sin pointed out that if they found out of context then they could react negatively considering how protective of her and Octavia they are. That wasn’t something she could argue with, especially once Vaggie agreed. The plan was to start with the sins more likely to listen instead of go off the rails. Ozzy was sympathetic and offered Vaggie a pair of mechanical wings, which while appreciated was turned down. Bee offered her some high quality Beelzejuice from her own stocks which was also politely rejected. The pair both individually noted thanks to their powers the feelings their niece and the Angel had for each other. Leviathan was more skeptical promising to drown her for an eternity if she tried anything. Mammon promised to pour molten gold down her throat forever if she hurt Charlie or Via, before trying to get her to advertise for him. Satan didn’t say much more than give her a look that promised agony and suffering. The princess pointed out all the meetings went well and now 4 of the 7 sins like her. Though Vaggie would prefer not to have 3 of them threatening her even if it was understandable.
Life continued on for the Morningstar-Goetia household till June, as the summer ball was being held to mark the beginning of the season. Charlie and Stolas were obviously looking forward to going while Via was staying behind to have some friends at the mansion. Vaggie was a bit anxious about going till the princess convinced her with the magical words, “I’d really like you to come”, admitting it would be a nice way to spend time with the pair. To prepare they had to go to Leviathan as she made their dresses for occasions like this as both a point of pride and affection. Despite her distrust of the Angel the sin also made her dress as well. Stolas got a dashing suite made of silk with a dark red shirt, gold buttons with matching thread and darker shade of red coat with white cuffs and cravat along with a quartered coat of the Morningstar and his own sigil as a pin. Charlie’s was a beautiful ballgown made from red silk as well with gold and black highlights with a pin of her crest as heir to the throne. Vaggies dress was made of lavender silk with silver highlights and white feathers on the shoulders and back. Overall they were perfect. The Owl and 2 headed serpent noticed how the ladies blushed seeing each other in them.
In the lead up to the night Stolas and Charlie helped Vaggie prepare by teaching her both etiquette and how to recognise who would be there. The princess ensured that the Angel knew all the necessary steps and which forks to use as well as how to properly ballroom dance, which both enjoyed much more than they revealed. The Owl helped Vaggie learn who to avoid entirely, who was safe and those in-between. They’re at it late that night when the Angel asks about Stella and Andrealphus, taken aback at his reaction to calling them both absolute cunts the former being an evil racist abusive and shrewish one, the latter a manipulative, pompous racist one. Based on that reaction it was obvious they had history so Vaggie asked. Stolas was honest stating Stella was his original betrothed before he met Charlie. Curious the Angel asked how that happened and upon hearing it isn’t surprised, not only due to seeing how kind/selfless the princess is but not wanting to go through something like Lilith did with Adam considering her experience with him. Though she does ask if he felt weird about marrying someone so much older. He’s honest admitting that while yes it was a little strange, considering his options were someone similar aged who would make his life a living nightmare or someone centuries older who was kind to him and saw as a friend so no contest there. Vaggie is also curious about how they had Via, as knowing Adam he was probably just bullshitting but is shocked when Stolas explains how it happened. While sympathetic the Angel does point out it didn’t exactly sound like the best plan, the Prince-Consort admitted that was true but stated he was a confused young Goetia who had been told since infancy he was meant marry a wife and bear children despite not finding women attractive in that way. So yes while in hindsight it was a bad plan it was his wife’s attempt to help him at the time and even if it didn’t work, it still led to Octavia so in both their eyes that alone made it worth it. Vaggie had to agree, as well as admitting that Charlie getting him a week with an escort to help actually sounds like something she’d do. This soon moves onto Stolas discussing that despite trying for many years he hadn’t managed to have anything but physical relationships with him asking if the Angel has had better luck. Embarrassed Vaggie is honest stating she’s a virgin, which shocked the owl. They clarify that she never found anyone in the exorcists she found attractive and were discouraged from getting close to others outside of it. Stolas sympathetic states that as it’s an overnight affair that Ozzy normally provides company for him and Charlie afterwards, so would be more than happy to request he find a nice lady for the Angel. Vaggie thanks him for the offer but admits flings and 1 night stands aren’t her thing as she wants to be intimate with a woman she really cares about, specifically a certain princess even if she can’t admit it to herself yet. Understanding the Owl states there’s plenty of ladies, including their household maids who’d love to have a chance with a beautiful woman like her. The Angel is stunned as she admits that’s the 1st time anyone’s called her beautiful, which shocks Stolas as even if he isn’t attracted to women can still appreciate their beauty which they certainly are. Stunned for a bit Vaggie thanks him before they both agree it’s late and turn in, before leaving she tells the Prince-Consort she hopes he finds the man he’s looking for. He simply nods in gratitude.
The trio arrive early at the Morningstar Palace to make sure everything is going well. Just as expected the sins have helped turn it into the perfect venue with the staffs hard work. They’re all happy to see Charlie, with Vaggie being greeted warmly or coldly except for mammon who once more asks if she’d be interested in doing ads for him. Lucifer of course takes the moment to let her know how perfect his apple pie is, along with complimenting Stolas appearance and hoping Vaggie has a good time. The Angel in question is hyper focused on not being outed and protecting Charlie, despite knowing she can handle herself and the sins plus the king present, as better safe than sorry.
Just like always the guests arrived in the ballroom through the labyrinthine doors to a meticulously decorated venue with multiple tables to sit around the large dance floor with the largest table for the King, Princess, Prince-Consort, Sins and any guests which is Vaggie sat between Charlie and Stolas. It starts with small talk between the various attendees. The Angel watches as various ranking nobles make an appearance to the couple, with a few wanting to talk business. Most want support for planned measures to increase their wealth, power or influence, some talk gossip and a small number try to talk about Octavia’s future spouse which is shit down politely but firmly after the words spoken. The Carmines and Zestial are attending as old allies of the Morningstar’s, the matriarch being more interested in Vaggie than anything else. Rosie was also invited as thanks for supporting the Princess’s future plans, introducing her to Stolas and her wives to them all. Here they learn that the overlord devoured her 1st husband for abusing their child, killed her 2nd for similar and died after marrying a gay man and starting an affair with her maid before dying of Scarlet Fever while her wives Belle and Sunny died after being forced to eat human flesh during the Irish Potato Famine and Holodomor respectively, now refusing to indulge in it out of moral beliefs. As she was Vadyms Sunny is especially grateful to the Angel for sparing him. As was traditional the 1st dance of the night was started by the Royal Family, as was usual since Lilith disappeared Charlie and Stolas. Vaggie watched entranced at the way she moved, not able to take her eyes off the Princess. After a round of applause other guests begin to journey to the dance floor, as this was considered a prime place to make business, political and marriage contracts.
Over the next few hours Charlie and Stolas were both asked to dance by many which they politely accepted, though Vaggie did get a few herself. The 1st was Carmilla who after saying her moves could use some work though she had talent, asked how they were settling in. This lead to the matriarch mentioning she sympathises with their circumstances and would be more than happy to talk considering their similar backgrounds which the Angel appreciated before dancing with both Clara and Odette. Next was Rosie, the Overlord wanting the change to talk to her. Here the Cannibal discussed just how cutthroat and ruthless all these so-called nobles were before smirking at how offended they were a couple of sinners being allowed into such an exclusive event. Vaggie pointed out that Zestial was here but then discovered he was actually a primordial demon plus like Carmilla was an old ally of the Morningstar’s, though Rosie admitted it not only made her feel good rubbing it in those snobs faces considering she’s started as a shop owner and only rules a single town,but knowing she’d be the envy of all the other overlords for being invited to such an exclusive event. 3rd was Vassago, who the Angel had heard the pair mention and sometimes go meet but this was their 1st encounter. He started by asking if this was any different from the parties they had above, Vaggie was initially surprised he knew but realised either Charlie or Stolas told him so if they trusted them so could she. They admitted that aside from the annual rager Adam threw after an extermination she didn’t go to any others, the parrot was sorry they limited her like that. Then he moved onto saying she was that the royal couple found her as they are good people. Here the Angel learns that for a brief period Vassago and Stolas were lovers before realising they were better as friends, along with that it’s rather common for Ozzy to send a man for the owl and a man or woman for the princess after events like this. They end it after the parrot mentions it’s good the pair have someone else they can trust, especially someone who can watch the princesses back, with Vaggie being grateful for his silence on their secret. She then dances with Stolas and Charlie before it was time for dinner, though to those watching it was obvious her dance with the princess held a sort of unspoken passion and energy to it compared to the others.
Once it’s time for the meal everyone exits to the dining room, the layout like the tables in the ballroom. The meal is served in 4 courses: a soup, an entree, a main and a desert with options for each taste and requirement of the guests. This is the spread out with a 30 minute gap to allow for a leisurely pace for the room. Once it’s over the dancing resumes with people leaving to return home several hours later, though the sins and the royal couple plus their guest have a room. Unbeknownst to everyone else Charlie went to Asmodeus and told him to send the incubus he selected for her to Stolas. He happily agreed though he hid it, knowing who she really wanted to spend time with. While the room empties the Princess and her Angel talk on the balcony overlooking the royal gardens. Vaggie compliments the wine while Charlie explains it’s a special vintage made from the grapes Lilith grew shortly after the fall, it’s only served to the members of the royal line and those they deem deserving. Obviously understanding the significance she thanks them for the privilege. They talk and drink till they’re drunk enough to be laughing while helping each other to bed the pair falling asleep in Vaggie’s. Vassago who guessed Charlie would turn down her uncles smiles hoping the pair would confess their feelings.
The next morning the pair woke up, after being both embarrassed and secretly happy they agreed it was just the booze plus nothing happened. Thus they both went to breakfast with Lucifer and a very pleased looking Stolas awaiting them. When the king left to get something the Owl thanked his wife for sending that handsome incubus to join the Imp Ozzy got him for the night, which she smiled that he had a good time. After her father returned they had a nice breakfast, except the teasing the pair got for sleeping in Vaggies room. The trio then returned home to thankfully find Via had kept the place in the same condition as they left it along with her friends having already returned home. In the time leading up to Octavia’s 14th birthday a few things happened. Vaggie took Carmilla on her offer and started training with them. Thanks to what she does with Charlie, she has more experience which helps though the Matriarch does teach them how to use agility and mobility more in a fight, this soon translates to her taking dance lessons as well. It helped Vaggie get closer to Carmilla and her daughters. Charlie also started having in cannibal town with Rosie and her wives, the Angel often accompanying her with Stolas who enjoyed talking gossip and about Hellanovelas on Tv. Via would also join as she likes the shops macabre offerings and that the overlord was like a fun aunt/grandma.
The day of Octavia’s birthday that year was a big event like usual. The weekend before she’d spent the day at Lu Lu World with her friends and class with it being private just for them. As the actual date itself was a national holiday there were celebrations throughout Hell with the sins, her grandfather and those close to family invited to a private event at the family mansion. These included the Carmines, Zestial, Rosie and her wives along with Vassago. After a breakfast with the parents and Vaggie giving the birthday girl her favourite foods with promises the gifts will come at the party Via spends the day getting ready with Razzle, Dazzle and Sammy helping her choose the outfit right for the occasion. Later Charlie and Stola watched their owlet come down the stairs in a dress that was black on top but turned purple the lower down it got with her tiara. The Angel had to comfort both as they cried in joint pride at how beautiful she looked and heartbreak she wasn’t their little girl anymore. Via shared a look with a sympathetic Vaggie before joining into help calm her parents down.
Not long later at midday the guests started arriving. The sins were the 1st with Lucifer arriving half an hour before the rest, each taking the time to show their beloved great niece how much they loved her along with Charlie. Then the other guests arrived shortly after. As usual they started with a nice lunch with a menu appropriate for everyone, before moving onto the cake which was Beelzebubs present being the princesses favourite flavour. Then came the gifts. Charlie and Stolas revealed they were taking her on a trip for the new year that winter to see the Northern Lights. Lucifer revealed he was building a new water park for her birthday in Envy. Asmodeus and Fizzarolli got her a new blanket filled with the sins own feathers. Belphegor got her a candle that once lit would calm her enough to sleep instantly on nights where she couldn’t, along with the wax never melting. Leviathan gifted her niece with a beautiful pearl hand mirror. Mammon gifted his dear niece a massive sum of money, which considering his sin further showed his love for her. The Carmines made a beautiful Angelic Steel Necklace for Octavia while Zestial gifted her a beautiful dress made of black spider silk. Rosie and her wives got her a taxidermy Owl as she’d mentioned wanting one. Vassago gifted her a book on the history of how humans perceived the stars and celestial bodies. Satans gift though proved the most controversial.
The Sin of Wrath had commissioned a blade for his niece from Carmilla, as while he could craft weapons from Angelic steel he lacked her talent for engraving and other ornamentation. It was a Stiletto, fitting for a woman of royal blood. The blade was in her colours with engravings of stars and her sigil, the quartered sigil of her parents, with a half moon on the hilt. Octavia of course loved it, till her parents took it. Both claimed she was too young for a weapon much to her own protests, along with Satan and the Carmine matriarch arguing she was old enough to learn how to use if not have the dagger though they refused to listen. Thankfully Bee and Ozzy calmed everyone down enough to continue the party with serving the cake the former made. It continued on until late evening when everyone went home after a light dinner considering how filling lunch and the cake was. Though there was still some bitter feelings about the matter of Satans gift, especially from the one it was intended for. Octavia went to her room and slammed the door hard once the last guest left. Vaggie seeing the crestfallen faces of her parents and understanding both sides offered to talk to the Owlet, as she could be somewhat considered a neutral party.
Vaggie found the princess on her bed with the Cat, Goat Bois and Snake curled around them. Upon realising it was the Angel, the young Owlet asked if she was gonna tell them their parents were right about being too young. To Via’s surprise Vaggie actually believed they were wrong, while it was understandable as the crown princess of Hell she’d be a major target to many people so should be able to protect herself. Happy to have someone else on her side, the owlet pointed out until her parents agreed there was no point. The Angel told her not to worry about it, tomorrow she should go visit her friends while they talked to her parents. Grateful the princess hugged Vaggie, which while initially surprised returned it before leaving for their own room.
The next morning Octavia left early to see her friends while Vaggie steeled herself for what was obviously going to be an emotional conversation. As expected Charlie and Stolas were at the breakfast table, greeting the Angel along with questioning where their daughter was not being surprised she was out. As expected they hadn’t changed their minds, stating that Via was still too young. Vaggie pointed out her age made it even more necessary, reminding them that there are plenty of people within and without Hell who would want to harm their daughter. Though what sealed it was her pointing out that despite being a trained exorcist Lute still managed to sneak up and take both wings plus their eye. If that could happen to her, how vulnerable would Octavia be, reminding them they won’t always be there to protect her. This forces the pair to accept she’s right, as proven yesterday their little Owlet was growing up and they can’t treat her like a little girl anymore. So they agree to allow it, but only if Vaggie is the one to train her. The Angel is skeptical if that’s a good idea but Charlie points out they trust her to at least start the princess training till she’s ready to move onto a more experienced teacher later on, plus if either of them tried they’d be too timid due to not wanting to hurt Octavia. This convinced her to agree.
When Octavia returned home late in the afternoon she was called into the dining room, finding her parents and Vaggie. Charlie and Stolas stated that the Angel had convinced them that as she was no longer a little girl, it was thus time for her to learn how to protect herself, punctuating it by returning the Stiletto they’d confiscated. Obviously Via was overjoyed, hugging everyone in the room.
The next morning was when they started. Vaggie woke Octavia up by throwing ice water on her, then ordering the sputtering and panicked Owlet to dress in clothes she can move plus sweat in. In the training area beneath the mansion The Angel let the now dry jointly annoyed, excited and anxious know that this wouldn’t be easy, but as long as they were willing to learn she’d teach them. This began a period that Via affectionately called the most rewarding and exhausting of her life by that point.
They started 1st with hand to hand combat. While Octavia did inherit Charlie’s strength demonstrated by punching the Angel into the wall on the other end, she lacked endurance and stamina, which showed when after a swift gut punch couldn’t stand up for a while without pain and nearly passed out puffing from a long session. Vaggie told the Owlet these would need to be improved, promising that while she wouldn’t be cruel bruises, exhaustion and pain would be part of the process. Not one to give up the Princess agreed. Through the process the pair discovered that it would be best for Octavia to favour a fighting style that focused more on grace and speed as thanks to her years of ballet training from Carmilla plus her lithe body she already seemed to move that way. Though Vaggies greater combat training and experience plus the lessons from Carmine in both combat/dancing as well as superior stamina and endurance allowed her to regularly beat their trainee despite their comparative lack of strength. Despite these consecutive losses the young princess showed determination and refused to quit much to her teachers pride.
Once Via had a good grasp of Hand to Hand the next step was weapons. Obviously no live steel was used, so Vaggie instead chose tools that Charlie had used in their training. The blades were enchanted that while they would cause no damage but the strikes would still cause the recipient to feel pain. This was demonstrated when the Angel drove one into the Owlets stomach and twisted it. After screaming in agony then cursing Vaggie Octavia realised there was no blood, realising what she did asked if that was necessary. The Angel simply responded will they let anyone get close enough to do that again. Despite disliking the method, the princess had to agree with the point. At 1st they stuck with just the knives, Octavia learning some key lessons such as when it’s better to block or dodge. But the most shocking lesson was one day when Vaggie actually allowed them stab her, then trapped both the blade and Vias hand to slash her throat, teaching her to win you need to willing to take some pain. Though the 2 most important ones are don’t be afraid to play dirty and know when to run.
Just like before it continued till Octavia was more confident and experienced with the knife, before moving onto the next stage. Once Vaggie felt the Owlet was ready lay a collection of weapons like the training blades on a table so the princess could choose her weapon. Via looked over the variety of different swords, axes, war-hammers, maces etc. before choosing a rapier similar to her father’s. Thus continues their training with them focusing 1st on letting the Princess get used to her new weapon, though the Angel did at times force them to use others to learn to adapt to whatever tool is at hand.
On the sidelines Charlie tried to convince Octavia that she was only meant to use these for self-defence though Vaggie did argue that if you can justify it well enough with the circumstances anything can be considered self-defence even if it’s the preemptive kind. This was a hot topic of debate between the pair.
Life continued on for the inhabitants of the Morningstar Household. Octavia returned to school once the summer vacation ended, her parents went back to their duties, with Stolas supporting Charlie’s philanthropic and charity ventures while Vaggie kept up her training with Carmilla to protect the princess while training the owlet. Thus it went till the holiday season came.
As it was time for the mid-Winters ball again the couple made their usual appearance with Vaggie joining them, Octavia preferring to spend the night at home. The trio arrived early to help make sure everything was going as it should before the festivities began. The sins arrived 1st before the rest of the guests, as expected it was the crime of the crop of Hells elite with famous Hellborn for entertainment and personal friends of the Morningstar’s invited such as the Carmines, Zestial and Rosie plus her wives.
Like usual the guests mingled and danced while the orchestra performed. This was when Vaggie 1st saw Stella gossiping and gloating while Andrealphus was drinking off to the side plotting how to boost his families standing. Ignoring the pair she focused on sticking close to Charlie. The night passed with the Princess and her husband having to deal with the usual political bullshit and questions about their daughter’s marriage prospects despite regularly reminding everyone why that isn’t up for discussion. This includes the aforementioned pair from before. Stella herself asked where Octavia was, then bringing up her own daughters accomplishments both in the academic and personal sense, obviously trying to unsubtly push her as marriage prospect though Andrealphus stops her from going to far before eventually dragging them away. The Angel looked at the Owl stating now she knows why he married Charlie instead, Stolas saying it’s something he can never repay her for before downing 5 glasses of wine in a row while his wife follows suite.
As it’s time for the meal everyone takes their seats while the various acts get ready to perform. It’s various musical groups, performers though the highlight of the night is Fizzarolli who is on top form earning the loudest applause of the night before taking his seat next to Asmodeus. Vaggie asks Charlie about their relationship with Princess explaining they keep it secret cause as one is the sin of lust and the other is an imp, a lot of people wouldn’t be happy about it. They both agree that’s a bunch of bullshit even if they understand their reasons.
Once the delicious meal and enjoyable entertainment was done it was time for the dancing. The trio spent the time either with friends, allies or those interested for the Princess and Prince-Consorts support. Vaggie was of course questioned by Carmilla and Satan about the young Lakers progress. While the former was happy, the Dragon made it known he intended to check her progress personally. This obviously put the Angel on edge till Carmine pointed out he wouldn’t do anything violent to someone his nieces care about so much. Just like at the previous ball the Princess and her bodyguard spent the last hour talking on the balcony before Vaggie escorted them to bed then heading off to her own.
Soon as the holiday season hit the family of 3 and their companion travelled up to Earth like they promised their youngest member, though it was more expansive than originally planned. 1st they visited Germany for the Christmas markets, then Prague and Vienna for the same before moving onto Finland their final destination to see the Northern Lights like their promised Octavia. Vaggie wasn’t surprised they were staying in luxury mansions or chateaus but by the fact that many of the staff seemed human. Charlie explained it that they were a mix of Hellborns glamoured to appear human like them and worshippers of Lucifer or Stolas who served them willingly. After a few days sampling great food, drink and buying several souvenirs they settled in to see the sight they came for, the Northern Lights. Though it was marred by the fact that with the Extermination soon happening the adults would have to venture back to staunch what suffering they could, while Via would stay on Earth with Razzle, Dazzle, KeeKee and Sammy to keep her company.
3 Years before the Hazbin pilot. After an exhausting day of trudging through the bloodshed of an extermination to help save or comfort those unfortunate Sinners caught out the trio returned home to rest. Stolas brought them some very strong mulled wine to help them relax, Octavia included. It was certainly helpful though Vaggie suggested a hot bath and sleep which the other 2 agreed was perfect. As they left father and daughter noticed the awkwardness in which the Princess and Angel interacted, so after exchanging a look decided it was time to end it.
The next day after breakfast Octavia asked Vaggie to join her on a hike. Whilst doing so they took a break to catch their breath, in which the young owlet asked how the Angel was feeling after a year in Hell. Vaggie was honest admitting that while she’s still struggling with the guilt of what she did and the trauma, along with missing heaven wouldn’t give it up for anything that she’s gained since being cast away. After a moment Via then asked when she was gonna tell her mum how she felt about them. This caused her to splutter before trying to deny it while blushing before the princess told her to cut the shit it’s obvious to everyone who’s actually seen the pair together which silences the Angel. The Owlet asks why she won’t, with there being a long silence until it’s finally broken. Vaggie is honest stating she doesn’t feel worthy of Charlie, that after all the pain she’s caused to the people they love and how the princess took them into her home making them part of the family. Octavia listens before admitting that yeah she did kill a lot of sinners, reminds the Angel she was lied to about why and since stopping has not only supported her mom but done their best to protect them and the family, including training her after convincing their parents to let them. Finishing she points out to Vaggie that not only has she proven to be better than what heaven made them, Charlie obviously loves her just as much as they do even listing examples. Another silence follows before the Angel asks if she’s sure, with Owlet enthusiastically stating yes. This is enough for Vaggie to get up and start making her way back to the lodge, though not before pulling Octavia into a hug and thanking her. The young princess returns it saying she’s looking forward to their wedding day.
Back in the lodge Charlie is going over some paper work while Stolas brings her some hot chocolate. After some small talk the Owl asks his wife how she feels about Vaggies 1st year in Hell, which causes her to panic realising they forgot to plan something aa the trip and extermination distracted her though he’s able to calm them down. Stolas then suggests the 2 go out for dinner together, somewhere romantic. The princess is silent her husband bluntly asking why they haven’t already asked them out considering it’s obvious how much she cares about the Angel, before she reveals there’s 2 reasons why she hasn’t done so. 1. She doesn’t want to take advantage of Vaggie considering they feel like they haven’t say yes considering everything she did for them and 2. She doesn’t want to ruin their family. Stolas quickly retorts that’s ridiculous as the Angel adores the princess as much as she does but is just too scared to say it and then reminds his wife that their family will survive no matter what, only their marriage will end and it was a sham anyway further pointing out that both he and Octavia want her to be happy which it’s obvious Vaggie does. The Prince-Consort finishes by pointing out Charlie has done so much for everyone else, it’s time for her to do something her herself. The princess is silent before tearfully embracing Stolas, thanking him for being a great friend while he says he can pay him back by letting him be best man at their wedding.
Shortly after the ladies in question meet in the living room, after some initial awkwardness they both ask if the other wants to go on a date before enthusiastically agreeing at the same time. A watching Stolas and Octavia then take the pair to their rooms to get them ready. The Prince-Consort and Razzle take care of Charlie, while Via and Dazzle take Vaggie. After the pair are dressed perfectly, the Angel in a beautiful warm Lavender and silver highlighted dress with the princess in a beautiful red and white suit with gold highlights. After complimenting them Stolas reveals he booked them a table at a very nice place in Paris before opening a portal while the power wishes them a great night. After a delicious meal and romantic walk by the Seine before a portal to the top of the Eiffel Tower the pair share their feelings of love and kiss before heading home to find the Owls, Goat Bois, Cat and Snake sleeping on the couch waiting for them.
A few days later the family returned to Hell. Charlie and Vaggie decided that they’d like to just keep their new relationship between them and everyone who already knew for a bit. Unfortunately that was impossible as the media quickly caught on resulting in the pair receiving multiple interview requests jointly and individually. This also led to their friends such as Vassago, Rosie/her wives and the carmines plus Zestial their congratulations. They also got a visit from the rest of the family in which Lucifer, Beelzebub, Asmodeus and Belphegor welcomed her to the family, while Leviathan and Mammon had warmed up to her. Satan though was still skeptical telling the Angel if she wanted to prove her worth to court his niece, they would have to earn it. Obviously Vaggie wasn’t going to let that go unchallenged.
As the year went on Charlie and Vaggie grew closer as a couple. They started out going on small lunch, dinner and shopping dates before eventually doing over night ones within pride and later the other rings till on their 3 month anniversary the princess got them a week long vacation at her beachfront estate in envy. Charlie herself was fond of buying the Angel gifts while Vaggie happily offered her help with anything the princess needed. Stolas and Octavia were also happy to help the couple with anything they might need, resulting in the 4 of them growing much closer.
Vaggie also started improving her own skills in several ways. Lucifer offered to teach her how to use magic, but had to explain to the former exorcist that she would only be able to learn mid level spells, which was enough in her mind. Along with lessons from the King her girlfriend and the Prince-Consort also helped allowing them to learn at a faster rate. The next most important skill for Vaggie was combat.
Deciding to prove her worth to Satan as Charlie partner Vaggie asked the Dragon to train them the same way he did their partner and Stolas. The Sin was more than happy to accommodate. As she had experience and prior training he pushed her harder than he initially did with Charlie or the Owl, but as expected the Angel handled it well. The magic Vaggie learned also helped. Eventually the Princess refused to allow her to go through it alone, which Satan had no issue with seeing it as his niece repeating the process of learning to fight together like with Stolas. As expected the pair did remarkably well together. As a sign of his respect for the fallen Angel he crafted her a blade out of Angellic Steel in the style of a Fairbairn-Sykes fighting knife. The 2 also bonded over feeling like they’re the ones who act the most reasonable at times compared to the antics of the others.
Satan trusting the Angel enough also started teaching her how to craft Angelic Steel. Obviously it took time but eventually Vaggie was able to craft the metal though the Sin pointed out Carmilla was a better teacher for refining her skills. The matriarch was happy to do so. It was a long and gruelling process, but Vaggie was able to learn how to forge the steel into shape while keeping its strength. The 1st creation the Angel made was a shield like Charlie’s. The 2nd was a gift for Octavia’s 15th birthday, a beautiful rapier similar to the Stiletto she got for her 14th though with the princesses own sigil instead of her parents with a star on the hilt. While the matriarch did help with the finer details it was mostly Vaggies work. The Angel couldn’t wait to gift it to the Owlet.
The couples 1st major public occasion was the summers ball. While they were able to keep Vaggies secret, the sheer amount of questions from the journalists and attempts by various Goetia to get gossip quickly proved tiring. Thanks to the sins, Stolas and Lucifer the pair managed to find time for themselves to have a nice night together.
Later for Octavia’s birthday she presented young owlet the rapier she’d made, presenting it as her gift with some help from Carmine. Obviously the princess loved it and hugged Vaggie. Soon they incorporated it into the training to let them get used to the weapon and her stiletto jointly. After some time she got skilled in using both, though despite Satans offer her parents refused to let him train them yet.
Charlie and Vaggies wasn’t the only one to grow stronger. The Angel thanks to training the Princess became a trusted confidant and someone they could rely on, the pair bonded over how sometimes they felt like the only reasonable/normal people when things got too crazy along with the advice and encouragement she gave Via. While she and Stolas gave Vaggie advice for their relationship with their mother/wife to avoid any hiccups along the way. This eventually led to the pair alternating which of their rooms they slept in.
By the time of the Mid-Winters ball that year it became unspoken amongst the sins, the other Morningstar’s and their allies that the pair would eventually marry. Lucifer was already designing Vaggies crown with the others preparing aspects of the event. At the event itself the couple had a great time with their friends and family.
For that year’s holiday celebrations the family of 4 spent it in Charlie’s estate on the coast of Envy. Instead of the cold they spent it sunbathing on the beach and swimming in the sea before having Lucifer, the sins plus Fizzarolli, the Carmines including Zestial with special dispensation granted to Rosie so she and her family could visit. It was a wonderful time, though everyone except Charlie had a certain question on their minds.
2 Years before the Hazbin Hotel Pilot. With another extermination ended Charlie was taking it easy in her room after a nice hot bath, earned for the hours spent trying to save sinners. Vaggie was getting Via from Sloth, the couple already planning their 1 year anniversary. Though the princess is soon surprised by a knock till Stolas asks if he can come in. Once within she points out to the Owl they’ve been married for years and have a child together, he concedes but admits their more friends than spouses which they admit is fair. Stolas then sits asking what Charlie is doing for their anniversary, gushing with her when she reveals it’s a trip up to the Caribbean on Earth for a week. Though it soon turned serious when he asked why they haven’t started discussing the divorce yet, reminding her of their deal when the plan for the marriage was struck. This put the princess in a rather sad mood, that anyone could see despite her fluffing bathrobe and hair in a towel. Taking a moment Charlie was honest, stating that while she knew it was coming had tried to put it off as long as possible. Clarifying that despite the fact the marriage was fake, she feels bad for ending their family especially where Via is concerned. The Prince-Consort reminds her of all the times she spoke about how nothing would ever destroy their family, regardless of whether they were married. Stolas then further points out it happened cause Charlie tried on 2 occasions to help him, which led to them getting married and their daughter, that she’s been selfless enough. It’s time that she does something for just herself. Crying now the pair get up to hug. The princess says that she’s glad they got married, as despite not loving him the owl was a great Husband and even better friend. He retorts that while he was never in love or attracted to them, his future husband would have a lot to live up to compared to Charlie. As they broke apart the pair looked down at their rings, remembering the day each one came upon their fingers and how soon would no longer have a place upon them. Both agreed they would tell Octavia after the trio was done, at which point the divorce would be initiated.
Later once Vaggie and Octavia were home, Charlie broke the news of their anniversary trip to the shock of the former and excitement of the latter. The Angel after coming down thanked the Princess for the trip, then stated she’d have to pack but wasn’t surprised when Razzle and Dazzle appeared holding her bags, giving her beaming partner a smirk of understanding. The pair left early the next day, with Stolas and Via seeing them off. Despite things seeming normal, Vaggie and the Owlet could tell something was off.
The couple stayed at a beautiful mansion right by the sea. They spent the week sunbathing, swimming, drinking tropical beverages and enjoying wonderful food. Vaggie got to show off her surfing skills from envy while Charlie cooed over the sea-life especially dolphins, who thanks to both being Angelic to some degree they were very affectionate with. Though the princesses favourite encounter was with a group of freshly hatched turtles who she and Vaggie protected making sure they all made it to the ocean. Seeing the cute little things swim was one of the happiest moments of her life. Though soon more serious matters must be discussed.
On the last night of their trip Charlie reveals the conversation she had with Stolas and the plan for their divorce. Despite knowing it was coming Vaggie did feel guilty for breaking up the family, though the princess did use Stolas point that regardless of if they’re married they’ll always be a family. This helps the Angel feel better about the situation, cuddling closer to her partner.
The pair return home at mid-day, with Via, the Goat Bois and KeeKee the most excited to see them again while Stolas greeted the pair. The young Owlet was still confused at how something still felt off despite her parents being normal, Vaggie who now understand emphasised with them.
A few days later after Octavia had returned home Charlie and Stolas asked them to the living room for a family chat. Despite the casual way it was worded, the young power could sense the tension in the air. Once they’d sat down and the parents asked how their daughter’s day went the bomb was dropped, they were getting a divorce. The pair explained that they understand that if she’s upset but promise this doesn’t change anything, they’re still a family no matter what and will always love her. Via for her part is silent before getting up and leaving, calling back she knew it was going to happen eventually so it’s not a big deal. Worried by her contradictory actions the pair exchange a look while Razzle, Dazzle and KeeKee follow her out. Vaggie who was watching the owlet all but run out is equally worried.
Vaggie found Octavia in her room sitting on the bed surrounded by Sammy with the Goat Bois and Cat. Obviously upset but not crying, The Angel asks what’s wrong taking a seat next to them. Via is honest stating that despite years of knowing the truth of her parents relationship and accepting it plus wondering why it hasn’t already happened yet, hearing the divorce was happening just made them feel sad and scared. Vaggie states she knows the feeling, as despite hating the exorcists and its bullshit, realising she couldn’t go back terrified her at 1st and even once she accepted they were better off part of her missed it. They clarify that she’s upset because it means that her family and life is changing in an irreversible way, even if it’s one she knew was coming and even wanted that’s still scary as it means the Owlet can never get how it was back. Curious the princess asks how long it took for the Angel to stop missing heaven. Vaggies honest stating it took months for that to happen and even then there’s part of it she does miss, but doesn’t regret where she wound up. She finishes by telling Via her feelings are valid and ok, that it will take time for them to go away and if she does miss some parts of how things were that’s ok too offering to talk to them whenever she wants understanding the Owlet might not be comfortable talking to her parents about it. There’s another silence before Octavia pulled Vaggie into a telling the Angel she’s glad their her moms girlfriend. The hug is returned as well as joined by Razzle, Dazzle, KeeKee and Sammy.
Calmed down the pair returned to the living room where Charlie and Stolas had been anxiously discussing what to do, grateful at their daughter’s return. Octavia told them about her and Vaggie’s conversation, that while she is happy Charlie’s found someone she will still be sad about how the family won’t be the same for at least a little while but makes it known she understands it doesn’t change that they’ll always be one. Relieved that their daughter knows that no matter won’t their bond will still remain, the parents hug her and pull the Angel into it as well.
Charlie and Stolas called the family’s lawyer to start the divorce process. They agreed it would be not be announced till after the divorce was completed. As both were on the same page it was a very easy process, except for when it came to the distribution of assets. Stolas only wanted a 1/8 of their joint account as he felt since the majority of it was Charlie’s it was fair he only take a small amount, though she managed to convince him to take 1/2 instead for being a good friend, husband and father. They also decided not to formalise a custody agreement since Octavia had a strong relationship with both and as she’d be an adult in a few years could decide who she saw and when, as long as they got to see her on a regular basis they’d be happy. As the mansion was Stolas fathers before they married the princess has no issue letting him keep it. Though they soon had to discuss the Owls title and privileges. This had been decided shortly before the wedding, it was decided that Stolas would keep his official duties as long as they didn’t pertain to being the spouse of the crown-princess as well as his legions and the states he’d been gifted though his title would be changed to Grand-Prince to reflect his former status. There were a few other small things to discuss but it didn’t take long as the most pressing issues had already been solved. With that done the pair simply put their signatures on the document. It then hit them both that their marriage was now over. Charlie suggested that they celebrate all the good times they had that night, which Stolas agreed to. Instead of some big rager the pair with their companions, daughter and the princesses partner had a nice meal reminiscing on all the good that came out of their fake marriage.
The next day the now divorced couple went to the Morningstar Palace after contacting the Sins, Lucifer, the carmines and Zestial along with Rosie’s family. Here they announced their divorce and wished to make an announcement. Understanding what was expected of them the King and his siblings did the necessary work while Rosie, her wives and the Carmines helped them get ready looking their best as well as advice. Within less than an hour the courtyard was full of journalists just as when the engagement and the princess’s pregnancy were announced. The majority guessed what this was about, but some theorised it could be to announce that the Princess was pregnant or her daughter wasn’t actually Stolas but someone else. This was met with eye rolls all around. Though it soon quieted when Charlie and Stolas approached the podium wearing their crowns in the best clothes they had, this plus the fact the pair were speaking instead of through a spokesman made it an even bigger deal. The Princess was the 1st to speak thanking them all for coming out and understanding they’ve likely got a lot of questions, hoping her answers will be enough. She went on stating that after nearly 16 years together the royal couple has decided to end their marriage and go their separated ways. This immediately caused an avalanche of questions though Satan soon silenced them. The Owl then took over stating that the decision was mutual, the pair still have a great deal of love and positive feelings for the other but have simply decided it was time. They answer the next few questions: why have they decided to split, what will Stolas new title be, will Octavia still be heir vice versa. The pair gesture and Lucifer appears thanking them for coming out but making it known the questions were over before portalling the 3 back inside. After that the couple headed home to just rest and hope the media circus would die out soon.
As expected there was a cavalcade on the news about the split. It was mostly about how the relationship between the now exes and their daughter would go, how the succession would be handled, about Charlie’s mysterious bodyguard turned lover etc. though that was only the serious news. The Tabloids were talking about how this was the beginning of Charlie building a harem putting forward multiple famous and important people as contenders, including the up and coming Verosika mayday plus other bullshit. Let’s just say the Morningstar family learned to avoid those for a while.
While there was an adjustment period for the family on how to go from there, they were able to adapt. Vaggie moved into Charlie’s room, glad there was enough space for her stuff as well as the extra rooms added too. The Princess and her Ex-Husband decided to keep their wedding rings as mementos, keeping them in special boxes for safety reasons. Octavia thankfully adjusted to the change after a few months and was back to normal after that.
Vaggie for her part continued improving her skills under Carmilla. The 1st piece she made completely alone was a dagger made for Charlie. It was a Poignard gilded with gold on the hilt with a ruby engraved with the Princesses sigil. Even though she wasn’t a weapons girl, the beautiful workmanship and effort was greatly appreciated. The Angel also made one for Stolas with his symbol engraved onto a ruby too which he greatly appreciated. This soon moved onto making guns. Vaggie made herself a pair of pistols as despite preferring her spear knew it was better to not need to get close enough to use it. For a quieter way to dispatch threats she crafted several throwing knives as well. She offered to make one for Charlie and Stolas but they politely turned it down, though Via did ask if she could get one. Her parents were relieved when Vaggie said when she’s 18, much to the Owlets annoyance.
Charlie continued her work to improve Hell. Via her reforms and charities helping Hellborn plus Sinners she managed to do a significant amount of good which included banning businesses forcing works of either type to work on extermination day due to the chaos risking both. This also included gathering information on the various overlords, especially the 3 V’s, who the more she learned about the more she grew to despise them. Wanting to thank Rosie for all her support, professionally and individually, the princess made it so that any unclaimed Sinner or Hellborn bodies would be transported to Cannibal Town. The overlord and her people who indulged in the act were very grateful for the greater variety of food they had available.
Stolas focused on his own duties and gardening. Despite having multiple offers from other Goetia or the great and wealthy of Hell Sinner or Hellborn, he was more focused on ensuring his family stayed together instead of any relationships. Aside from trips down to Lust or visits from skilled men courtesy of Asmodeus the new Grand Prince was devoted to being a father and friend to his ex-wife. He and Charlie helped each other out in their duties along with making sure Via was adjusting well, with the princess sometimes trying to set her former husband up which he was grateful for but turned down each time.
The Owlet herself once the adjustment was done noticed that while her parents had divorced, nothing had really changed. Her mom and dad talked, chatted and laughed with Vaggie making breakfast, asked her what she had planned or how her day went and how her friends were. It helped her accept that no matter what they’d still be a family. So life went on as normal for her be it hanging out with friends or family occasions.
Overall life went well for the Morningstar’s with Charlie and Vaggies relationship getting stronger the more time they spent together and supporting their various endeavours. One special occasion being Via’s 16th birthday party.
As it was a rather significant age, it was required that Octavia make her debut to Hells High Society. Despite wanting to protect their owlet from the scheming and backstabbing of the nobility it was necessary for her to be seen as a true member of the royal line. So they scheduled it for a month after her actual birthday at the Morningstar palace. That way the princess could still have her party with her friends at Lu Lu world and the family one. Once the fun was concluded as much time as possible was spent reminding her of the various etiquette, dance and other lessons needed to walk amongst the jackals she’d be spending the night with. Vaggie for her part showed Via where to hide her dagger, named Borealis with the rapier named Aurora, with Carmilla explaining how to do the most damage with one strike. Charlie and Stolas gifted her a bracelet that if rubbed would open a portal to a safe place while letting them know it had been activated. Rosie taught how to slip poison into a drink without being seen. The rest of the sins and Lucifer gave similar advice along with promising to murder anyone who made them uncomfortable.
The night of the debut the family had arrived hours early to get everything ready. Leviathan took over getting the Princess ready with a team of her best beauticians to help her look their best. An hour before it started the Serpent unveiled her to niece to their parents and Vaggie. Octavia was wearing a beautiful ball gown that started off black at the top but turned to a dark blue with silver stars, crescent moons and constellations with her Silver Tiara. Overall she look more like a queen then a princess. Her parents actually started crying over not only how beautiful she looked, but how mature as well reminiscing about how she used to be an adorable little girl. Vaggie helped calm them both down while letting the lady of the night she look great. That helped to calm her nerves.
As was tradition Octavia didn’t appear until after all the guests had arrived. Once the Ballroom was filled it was time. The Princess entered via the grand staircase, the lights turned off and a beam following her as she descended with her parents plus Vaggie following behind to meet Lucifer and the Sins in the centre of the room. Whilst this was happening her various titles were being read aloud followed by Charlie’s and Stolas. In the crowd were the children of the various nobles closest to Octavia’s age. Most were there to make a good impression on the current future Heir while others had parents pushing them to try and make a betrothal happen either tonight or later. Most of these knew about the princesses leanings so simply planned to make a show to please their parents, though a few thought they could do so either out of pride, narcissism or not believing Asexuality/Aromanticism was real.
Upon reaching her grandfather, Octavia addressed the guests thanking them for coming out for her debut and wished them an enjoyable night. This started the festivities. After receiving compliments from Lucifer and the other sins about how she looked, which made Leviathan preen, they had to greet the guests. After nearly an hour of doing so, some guests just couldn’t help but be windbags, it was time for the 1st dance of the night with king and his granddaughter. The crowd watched as the pair showed off their dancing skills, the Owlets being especially noticed, before it ended with vigorous applause. As could be expected Via spent her night dancing or chatting with the various guests, it was a mix of ingratiation, politics and attempts to set up introductions or outright engagements that she politely shut down. In-between she managed to talk to her family and their friends such as the Carmines, Zestial, Rosie and her wives. They complimented how she was handling things, which made her feel good. Though eventually after the meal was served she was feeling suffocated by all the attention so made her way out of the Ballroom to get some space. Unfortunately someone noticed.
Selene Goetia was the daughter of a wealthy countess and niece of a powerful Marquis. Having her mother’s beauty and uncle’s intelligence/cunning plus their shared classism, racism and like Stella a narcissist she was a dangerous enemy to have who would do whatever it took to get what she wants. Raised from childhood to see her family’s superiority over the lesser races of Hell with Andrealphus educating her in how to use her mind and cunning to get what she wants she was not your average Goetia. Tutored by skilled teachers before being sent to the finest Academy for Goetia in Hell the young countess earned high marks and praise of teachers along with a place at the top of the social and academic food chain. Despite her own high intelligence the young Goetia preferred not to have to work for what she wanted. Instead she flirted with fellow students, including boys despite being a lesbian, to get them to do her work. If a teacher caught on she would threaten to falsely accuse them of trying to sleep with her for marks, knowing none would believe them over her convincing performance they submitted. Though she managed to conceal her worst traits rumours did follow that made her a figure of fear to those who attended the academy. Whenever a girl caught her fancy she acted all sweetness and love, showing a more cruel side if they disobeyed her before being cast aside when it ended or in many cases had outlived their usefulness to her. On occasion this included actual harm. The daughter of a duke was found shoved at the bottom of a tall staircase after she broke up with Selene, while surviving it took months of painful recovery. A barons sister nearly OD’d after a recreational drug was slipped into her lunch. A princesses niece almost took her own life after a prolonged campaign of threatening messages were left for her throughout the building and outside. All 3 left and many suspected her involvement even if it couldn’t be proved. Now her eyes were on the finest prize of all.
Octavia was standing on a balcony far from the ballroom, taking a breath while she took a few deserved moments to just rest. It’s not until she hears the sound of heels that they realise someone had followed. Turning around she was dismayed to see it was Selene, the daughter of Count Stella. Knowing the rumours about them the princess is courteous but guarded. The young countess attempts to be friendly asking if the princess is enjoying her debut, complimenting not only her but the event itself. It soon turns sour when she asks why the heir to the throne would choose a nobody instead of a more powerful or at least richer paramour, Via defends Vaggie as a good friend to the family and partner to her mother. Selene moves onto asking about school, asking how she can be all around those Plebeians considering her superior blood. That she says is cause they’re good people most of them and several her friends. Ignoring this the bitch then asks if Octavia has gotten many offers that night for suitors. At this the Owlet groans stating a few and it’s so annoying as anyone with a brain would’ve heard she’s Ace. This causes Selene to burst out laughing before saying she thinks they are if it’s even real, but can help with that. The truth comes out as the young countess pitches the idea that she would make a fine partner and future queen, that even if Via is Ace then all they need to do is carry out her wifely duties and provide an heir while also obeying her as a good wife their marriage could be perfect. Obviously feeling creeped out and even unsafe the princess starts making an excuse to leave but finds her hand in a vice like grip, a smirking Selene asking if they can’t stay longer. Thankfully help arrives.
The pair turn at hearing a request if Octavia is ok, causing Selene to release her. It’s Vortex, Beelzebub’s new boyfriend. The Princess answers quickly she’s fine just wanting the situation to end. The Hellhound then claims her parents are looking for her, giving the perfect reason to leave. The young countess scowls at the plebeian but wishes her target a good night. The pair stay till she’s long gone, Tex using his ears to track her steps till they’re faint enough to let the princess know it’s safe. Almost immediately a scared Octavia starts crying from the sheer anxiety she felt at the situation. Understanding the hound pulls them into a hug reminding them it’s safe now and acting as an anchor of calm for her. Once she’s calmed down he asks if they want to head home, the owlet meekly nodding. After confirming she’s ok and seeing that she can open a portal home he mentions he’ll tell her family they weren’t feeling up to continuing, hinting he’d let them know something happened quietly to not cause her anymore stress that night. Grateful Octavia heads through, though not before saying Bee chose well with him. Grateful for the compliment he left after the portal closed. Back in her room Octavia was so overwhelmed by the stress of everything that happened she just fell onto her bed exhausted. Sammy feeling his wards turmoil curled up on her chest acting as a sort of security blanket.
Octavia wake ups still feeling exhausted. After giving Sammy some good boy scritches drops the dress and has a much needed long bath to hopefully wash off the stress. Once’s she dried off and in comfy clothes makes her way down to get food, the snake curled up on her head feathers.
Unsurprisingly her parents and Vaggie were there waiting. Despite the obvious worry in their faces none of them did anything, waiting for Via to sit down. Once that was done they each gently asked what had happened last night, as Vortex said he went to find her feeling something was off and that she left after he did. The Owlet takes a moment before recounting what happened that night. Despite the quiet in the room you could feel the fury in the 3 adults as more details were revealed. After a few moments of silence Charlie and Stolas thank their daughter for telling them, while also promising nothing of the sort will ever happen again before opening themselves a portal each disappearing through them. Vaggie gave the princess a look, both knowing what they were doing.
In Stella’s estate the occupants are having breakfast, which is soon interrupted by the demonic forms of Charlie and Stolas demanding to know where Selene was. The young Goetia was frozen as the pair spooked over her demanding to know where in creation did she dare to act in such a way towards their daughter, informing the Countess and Marquis who seriously believed they would be wiped out. The little psychopath argues it’s not her fault Octavia’s too much of a child to accept her duties as a princess, even blaming them for raising her too soft. Stella and Andrealphus are now praying for a quick death. This only galvanises the offended pair, Charlie ordering the whole family are never to step foot near any event the Morningstar’s or the sins are hosting along with promises of punitive action if they do. The Marquis covering his nieces mouth thanks them for the mercy and offers more apologies though it’s mute as the Princess and Grand Prince leave as quickly as they arrived though he and his sister prepare to drill how the girl has fucked them royally.
Back in Stolas mansion Vaggie comforts a still distressed Octavia with the Goat Bois and Cat joining them with Sammy. Via laments that she froze, that despite all the training and advice the second that bitch touched them they didn’t do anything. The Angel points out a real situation especially in a normally safe environment like that can throw you off even with experience reinforcing that she did nothing wrong. There’s another silence till the Owlet says that it’s a good thing Vortex found her. Vaggie agrees he followed his gut and it’s boosted his reputation amongst the family, even Satan and Mammon like him for what he did. Bee meanwhile promised to give him a special reward, both smirking when Via quipped hopefully he can still walk straight after. This is when Charlie and Stolas return stating they’ve dealt with the situation before asking if she’s ok. Octavia is honest she’s still really uncomfortable with what happened and would like to see her old therapist again. Both obviously agree even offering to let her stay home for a few days which she decides to take. Wanting to help further they call Jana’s and her other friend’s parents, explaining the basics asking if they’d like to give her some support. Obviously they agree. Asking Via where would be best for her right now, they take her and their friends to their estate in Sloth where they go for a few days allowing her to relax and rest with friends and family around them. The school has no issue considering not only is the mother asking the heir to the throne, but head of the PTA and along with her family responsible for all the schools donations. The trip and the support helped the Owlet feel better, with the therapy helping her recover. Though it did lead to bigger repercussions.
The sins not only barred Selene’s family but promised to kill that little cunt if they ever saw her. This turned the family into Pariahs with all the other Goetia following suits cutting them off socially but financially as any family involved in business with them cut ties, costing them a significant sum of money and forcing them to work with Plebeian partners. The news of what happened also destroyed the young countess’s hold over her academy as her victims both teacher and student came forward resulting in her expulsion along with barring from any other education institutions forcing her to resume home schooling. In other words they were rightfully and truly fucked.
Shortly before Sinsmas Octavia went to Satan. She asked her uncle to teach her to fight like he did Vaggie and her parents, explaining she never wants to be in a situation like that night again. Understanding but obviously concerned about her age asked Stolas and Charlie. While apprehensive they and the Angel agreed it was better for it to happen under controlled conditions with them watching over her. Just like before the dragon pushed the Owlet hard, but thanks to Vaggie and Carmilla’s training she pulled through increasing not her skill but instincts. Though her parents did fuss over the various injuries and bruises, it reminded her off how loved she was.
For that Sinsmas the family decided to take it easy and celebrate at the Morningstar palace with Lucifer and the other sins plus Rosie’s family, the Carmines and Zestial. As expected it was quite the affair with great food, drink, gifts and fun. The festivities carry on late into the night with a few of the guests needing to be carried to their room. Charlie, Stolas and Vaggie found a moment to thank Vortex for looking out for Via. Despite him trying to play it down they made sure the Hellhound was properly rewarded. By royal decree he was granted a barony and the rank of Baron in Gluttony. Obviously a lot of Goetia were pissed off but said nothing considering who he helped, gave it and he’s seeing. While grateful Tex decided to continue working as a bodyguard as it felt right for him instead of just sitting on his ass in some fancy office, though he did enjoy having his own big place now.
In the lead up to the extermination that year Octavia chose to spend it with Satan so as to continue her training, as she didn’t want to see all the bloodshed. Her parents and Vaggie meanwhile spent the days leading up to it ensuring all the bunkers were stocked, the warning system was functioning and the relief forces of Hellborn who went out to find survivors were fully prepared. Like always it was going to be a bloody day.
1 year before the Hazbin pilot. As expected it was a chaotic and nightmarish mess like always. Charlie, Vaggie and Stolas return home exhausted needing a long bath and strong drink each. The trio shared the drink before the Princess and Angel shared a bath in their room, while the Owl had one in his own. As usual they waited till the next day to bring Octavia back so she won’t see the gore after it. Though the night before Charlie, Vaggie and Stolas are in her office having a needed discussion. The princess asks if it’s time for her to start her project to end the exterminations. The pair listening agree that considering she only put it off to work on her skills in doing so, carry out reforms that helped Sinners now and then ones that improved the lives of the Hellborn plus waiting till Via was old enough to not need her as much state that yes it is. Excited at the change to finally start she picks both up into a big hug and twirling them around the room.
A few days later Charlie has Octavia picked up from school with Stolas, both having gotten a text saying she has a surprise for them. They wind up outside a rather ramshackle old building on the outskirts of pentagram city. Here the Princess and partner present them with the site of the future Happy Hotel. The pair look unimpressed by the crumbling and derelict thing not knowing what to say, till the Owl remembers hearing about this place. It was an old hotel that Lilith and Lucifer hosted parties in till they stopped in the 50s. Charlie admits that while it doesn’t look like much they’re planning to fix it using her magic and after setting everything up it’ll be the perfect place to help Sinners redeem themselves. Stolas and Octavia both agree, as they know she won’t stop till redemption is proven and considering the work she’s put into it over the years know theirs no chance she won’t succeed. This results in another tearful twirling hug, though the Owlet takes the Angels place.
They spend a month after that planning the Hotel’s layout. The top floor will be where Charlie and Vaggie will stay with Octavia when she’s there. The other floors will be for the residents to live. The ground floor will be where the reception, kitchen, restaurant/dining room with Stolas suggesting a lending library would be a good idea too. The basement will be where recreation facilities will be such as a swimming pool, gym, sauna, training room, movie Theatre, a stage for live performances and similar facilities. Via adds that making the rooms more like apartments could help future guests feel more at home with their own spaces including a kitchen if they eat at different times or just aren’t very social. Once it’s done they get started.
Charlie uses her creation magic to completely do up the lobby, replacing the decaying or broken with beautiful new furniture, decorations and in warmer inviting colours. After fixing up the top floor including their room which thanks to her size compression magic is more like a penthouse suite with multiple rooms calls it a day deciding to have Octavia over to do her room. Though at dinner that night she points out that since they’re starting the Hotel she and Vaggie will be moving into it. Despite knowing it was coming eventually there’s still a silence at the fact it’s happening. In spite of his own anxiety Stolas stands up stating that to celebrate all the good times they’ve had at the mansion they should throw one last party here before they leave. The pair agree as it seems like a nice way to end their time living together like that. They plan to hold it in a week so they can plan everything.
Charlie and Stolas went to invite the rest of the sins personally while Vaggie and Octavia went to invite Satan, the latter joining as she wanted to know if he could teach her on a certain date. The Sin wasn’t at the palace so his guards give them a ride to where he’s currently on a hunt. The Dragon is obviously happy to see his niece and former student. After giving his agreement to the invitation Satan and Vaggie begin discussing possible security for the Hotel. Via meanwhile who’s standing to the side goes for a walk, which took her near a slope. As she edged closer to get a look at something her foot caught on a root sending them sliding down it. After getting up she found herself against something warm. It was a Hellboar that had woken up and was not happy. After it squealed its rage the Owlet climbed back up the slope desperate to get away, though before she could get back to the group she tripped again allowing it to make up the distance. As the beast got closer she could only scream before freezing in fear. Vaggie who had been looking for the Princess heard her. Upon seeing the Hellboar bearing down on them the Angel felt an overwhelming need to protect the girl she’d come to see as a daughter. Before she knew it they were standing over a still frozen Owlet, spear run through the beasts eye and out its skull down to the hilt. After pulling it free Vaggie turned to look at Octavia to see if she was ok, thinking she was just in shock. It’s not till Satan and his guards arrive soon sharing a similar look that they realise a familiar weight upon her back. Upon seeing their regrown wings she’s frozen in shock.
After getting her cleaned up and making sure she was ok, Vaggie took Via to see Charlie and Stolas who were currently visiting Belphegor. Obviously the 3 were happy to see them, but upon hearing what happened the sheep started checking her over while their parents started fussing over them till they went silent once more upon hearing how The Angel stopped it and bringing out her wings. There’s another silence as the sheep moves onto them. After checking them Bel is deep in thought over what this could mean while in-between thanking Vaggie the parents are completely admiring of her wings, which are more grey than the original pair. The Angel states she doesn’t know how they come back, the sheep demon has a theory. She stars that as exorcists are created at least initially to protect Heaven, so as she was determined to protect Octavia it caused her to regain them. This theory seems the most correct to everyone especially the woman in question. Vaggie notes it’s going to be strange readjusting to having them back, along with having to preen regularly. Charlie for her part excitedly says she can help considering the experience gained from preening their ex-husband and daughter. Overall it adds more to their planned celebration.
The night of the party Lucifer, the Sins, their partners, the Carmines, Zestial and Rosie’s family arrive to celebrate Charlie and Vaggies last night at the mansion. Satan brought different cuts of the Hellboar Vaggie killed for food, while presenting its skin to Octavia as a gift. Privately the Angel comforted the Owlet on her feelings of weakness considering the incident, reminding them how she lost their eye and wings in a surprise attack like that when she had more experience which helped the princess feel better though she still wanted to do better. Lucifer having heard about the wings gifted Vaggie some premium care products for them which she greatly appreciated. At the end of the night there was a toast to the years the family stayed under that roof and to Charlie’s endeavour, even if a few still doubted it. Overall it was a great celebration.
The morning after it was over. Charlie had portalled her and Vaggies things to the Hotel already, now they just had to leave themselves. The princess found Stolas sitting on the replacement bed, looking rather melancholy. Upon seeing them he brought up that this was where she told him they were having a baby. That made them both smile before they both admitted it still felt strange seeing it so bare. The Owl admitted it wouldn’t be the same without her, the princess pointing out she’d visit plenty though he reminded her it wouldn’t be the same. Another silence follows with the Grabd Prince resting his head on hers, stating he never thanked her enough for everything. Helping him avoid a miserable marriage to that bitch Stella, helping him become a happier more confident person and overall giving him Octavia. Charlie admits she has him to thank for that too, along with helping her realise the ways she can make Hell better for everyone and improve herself in the process whole supporting her dream. The pair laugh over how despite it being a sham marriage and him being gay it was one of the happiest times of their lives. They then hug accepting it’s over and will never come again, staying like that for a few minutes till breaking apart. Stolas then takes her arm like a gentleman and leads Charlie on her final journey as the Lady of the House, the door closing behind them to a bare room.
In the Entry way the staff are waiting to say their final goodbyes, grateful to all the kindness the Princess has shown them through her time there. Charlie is grateful managing to show her true kindness by recognising all of them by name and wishing their families well. Vaggie is waiting by the Limo with Via. Seeing her father so depressed causes them to reconsider spending the night at the Hotel, but he insists stating it’s only for 1 night. Before they leave the Grand Prince tells the Angel he knows she’ll keep his friend safe, before bidding the Princess goodbye with a final hug before giving the Owlet one. He watches as they leave waving goodbye with the staff. Once out of sight he gives them the day off wanting to be alone. It doesn’t take long for it to become as quiet as a tomb. Stolas is left wondering the quiet halls lamenting the memories of joy and laughter that will never come again. Though it’s soon interrupted by the sound of someone breaking in.
Travelling to the spot using a portal outside his bedroom, he places himself behind the door rapier drawn waiting. Despite all his training he’s never had to actually kill so steels himself for that before surging in and slapping the assailant to the wall, blade at his throat demanding to know what they want before freezing at who it is. Despite it being over 20 years since seeing each other he could never forget his 1st love. Dropping the stunned imp the Grand Prince asks what they’re doing breaking into his house. Blitzø is left trying to come with an excuse before Stolas asks if he remembers him, leaving the Assassin confused. This is cleared up when the Owl plays a projection of their day together which brings back some of the memories but not all though based on how the imp is still confused while he lovingly recounts their time spent together. Stolas then goes back to why he’s there which is when Blitzø explains the o is silent now and how he’s a hit man, noticing they aren’t nervous at the prospect he kills for a living along with being shocked they remembered wanting to open a circus as a kid. Though he soon gets back on task by stating he needs to borrow something, getting nervous when the Grand Prince’s eyes narrow at him considering he just tried robbing him. Though they soften when the Imp points out that while Charlie’s reforms have made things better for Hellborn especially the lowest of them, they still have to work and struggle for those higher so is simply seeking to make his own way. Clarifying that he needs the Grimoire Stolas is torn. Even if he wouldn’t be punished for doing so it still wouldn’t be a good idea to hand off a Goetic artefact like that but is sympathetic for Blitzo’s plight with his own lingering feelings and loneliness not helping. So he agrees but states he needs it back. Excited the Imp takes it and ends up falling over the balcony before calling out he’s okay. The Owl is left alone, his feelings of guilt superseded by older ones of joy and desire not felt since that day at the circus.
Meanwhile at the Hotel Charlie and Vaggie after moving in permanently, they helped set up Octavia’s room which thanks to the princesses magic was just like the one in the mansion having 2 stories and being bigger then it should with multiple large rooms. They also got started on the basement with the princess using it as a chance to test her daughters skill with creation magic, which was good for beginner. Once that was completed the trio took the rest of the day to relax and go over their future plans with the owlet asking if their gonna buy the Angel new backless tops for her wings, though her mother clarified she’s already done so with her magic. Though Charlie did bring out a present for Vaggie claiming it was for the Hotels new head of security. It was the outfit Vaggie wore in Season 1, though the blouse which was the same colour as the Bow the princess gifted her shortly after arriving at the mansion though it was backless for her wings. Obviously touched she tearfully hugged Charlie much to her joy.
That night to celebrate the beginning of their new endeavour to hopefully change Hell forever they ordered Pizza. They had fun with funny stories, jokes and singing till the adults fell asleep on the couch with Octavia leaving a blanket on them before heading to bed.
After returning to the mansion the next morning Octavia found Stolas acting rather distant. She asked if he was ok, the Owl stating he was fine just adjusting to her mother and Vaggie leaving. Despite a sliver of doubt the Owlet believed him so offered to spend the day doing something with him. The pair spent it gardening and shopping at Stylish Occult. While it did help, the desire in the Grand Princes heart didn’t disappear. So the next day when Via was at school he decided to pay Blitzø a visit.
The former performer is currently explaining how he got the Grimoire in mission Zero. The fact that it seems like they’ve met before and it meant something to Stolas makes Moxxie think it’s more than just being nice, which Millie backs up as even with the Owl supporting Charlie’s reforms to help Hellborn, that doesn’t meant he’d give away an artefact like that. Their boss plays it off as just a bunch of royal bullshit, before freezing when Loona announces Stolas is there to meet him. Cue them finding the Grand Prince looking rather anxious.
Blitzø confused asks why he’s there with the Owl stating it’s about the Grimoire, before to their surprise recognising Millie asking how she’s doing and vice-versa. The hit woman reveals Stolas and Charlie were there when she won at the Pain Games during the Harvest Moon Festival, with him complimenting her skill though admits the ban was understandable considering the 15 funerals after that one with her grumbling about the unfairness since only 9 were her fault. This causes Millie to introduce Moxxie as her husband, the former grovelling to the royal while Stolas bids him to stand up not liking the whole submission to him thing. The Owl compliments the imp on finding a fine wife like Millie and also her for choosing a fine man. Unintentionally he’s giving a blushing Moxxie thoughts while his wife and boss imagine themselves in them as well. This causes Blitzø to introduce Loona as his daughter who is her usual self though Stolas doesn’t mind. Here he gets back on topic, he states that while he’s not normally fond of assassination he understands that even with the Reforms Charlie pushed through Hellborns, especially Imps, still face many challenges so as long as they keep a low profile he’ll lend them the Grimoire requiring it be returned on the full moon for his own duties. Actually surprised the Owl isn’t demanding it back Blitzø agrees, though his next request shocks everyone as he’s asking Blitzø out to dinner. After a moment of shock the Imp thinks it’s some royal role-play and agrees with Stolas giving him the address along with the time. Blitzø slaps him on the ass as the Owl leaves, hooting and blushing in shock/joy. Once gone the rest of I.M.P. give their boss a look of shock that the Grand Prince asked him out to dinner, though he plays off as Stolas wanting a meal before getting pounded into the mattress. They all share a look when he turns to open the portal for the job.
Later that night Blitzø arrives at a nice but not snooty restaurant. Upon arriving he’s ushered to a private room where Stolas is wearing what could be considered fancy clothes. The Imp goes along thinking it’s part of the game. The meal itself is very enjoyable, the Owl explaining he and Charlie loved this place cause the food is great as is the service and it isn’t snobby or overpriced like most restaurants that other nobles go to. Stolas asks Blitz some questions like why he left the circus, did he work anywhere before starting I.M.P. and how he adopted Loona. The Imp mentions something bad happened at the circus, he worked at that shit hole Loo Loo Land before becoming a hit man and says he adopted her before she aged out. Realising he doesn’t want to talk about personal stuff, Stolas talks about Octavia, his work with Lucifer and Charlie. Despite seeing it as a game Blitzø does put in an effort like making jokes or asking more about his life. It goes well till the Imp drinks too much and after attempting to proposition the Grand Prince falls off the table while trying to climb over it. Stolas picks up Blitzø’s phone calling Loona for their address. The Hellhound takes her drunken father from the Grand Prince promising to pass on that he had a good time.
Blitzø wakes up the next day surprisingly on his own couch and without a hangover. Loona having just finished cooking breakfast explains Stolas brought him last night and said he had a good time. The Imp is shocked not understanding why the Owl didn’t fuck him then, his daughter points out he probably doesn’t take advantage of guys in states like that and reveals the Grand Prince also gave him a potion that takes care of hangovers. This leaves Blitzø even more confused as while part of him does start to accept Stolas wants a serious relationship, his own issues won’t allow him to accept that.
Life continues on. While Charlie and Vaggie continue with their goal of fixing up the Hotel to start redeeming Sinners, Stolas focuses on his work while also trying to closer to Blitzø.
Stolas for his part during the call to Blitzø during S1. E1. Is asking about when he can do a dinner date when the Imp hangs up almost immediately though it still resulted in him getting caught by Martha. Upon arriving the next day the Owl apologises for causing him to get captured fixing up the gunshot wound magically. The next morning I.M.P. arrive to find a note on their door from Stolas saying he heard about the fire and hoped this made up fully for the call. They open the door to find the office completely changed. Not only is it cleaner but it’s much bigger on the inside. The computers are top of the line, the chairs remarkably comfortable and they’ve all got their own offices the size of the lobby with full en-suite bathrooms, the break room is the same along with the meeting room and on Blitzo’s desk are flowers with an apology card. While the rest are marvelling over these changes their boss is silent due to the internal war going on inside him.
S1. E2. Not long later Stolas calls Blitzø asking for their services as bodyguards. Initially refusing till hearing the offered amount, both out of discomfort with the sincerity of his feelings and the location being Loo Loo Land, calls out letting Millie and Moxxie know where they’re heading. Instead of a day out with Octavia, Stolas is actually there in his official duties under Lucifer to check if Mammon is still refusing to follow the multiple Cease and Desist letter for copyright infringement. Though he does enjoy having the chance to spend time with Blitzø. After arriving he explains the reason why he’s there, promising it shouldn’t take too long then the trio can have fun here if they wish. Millie who loves the park is overjoyed to be there, while Moxxie isn’t due to his negative association with Theme parks. Wanting to do something nice their boss lets them go have fun while escorting the Owl solo. The pair make their way to the Circus tent, where the Grand Prince regales his boyfriend with the day he and Charlie came here, still lamenting that he didn’t notice how upset Via was. This shows the Imp his lover cares deeply for his daughter just like him towards Loona. As the pair sit down Stolas is not surprised to find that not only are the cease and desists being ignored, but the Fizzarolli robot plagiarised inside of every demon is a rainbow, the same song Charlie used to sing their daughter as a little girl. Enraged he steps out to make a call while Blitzø gets up to follow, allowing the robot to notice him. A mostly similar argument from the show ensues with the pair starting a fight that ends with the imp crashing into the game stall Moxxie and Millie are in front of after crashing into Wally Wackford causing a fire to start spreading. While the trio are fighting the damned robot Stolas is calling Lucifer letting him know what he saw, both equally furious that Mammon plagiarised the song Charlie created for Octavia. Ending it and seeing the fight going on, Stolas ends it by portalling behind the Fizzbot before cutting it in half with his rapier then burning the remains. The Imp trio are left shocked and honestly a little turned on by the display before following the Owl as he leaves the burning park behind business done.
When dropping off some flowers for Blitzø at the office Stolas and Loona get chatting. He asks why she only works reception, they reply cause her dad is too protective to let them out in the field often in case she gets hurt. The Owl commiserates there, as he was scared to let Octavia learn how to fight but accepted due to their home and her position it was a necessity. Stolas further adds Loona would be a perfect field operative as not only would her disguise let them fit in, but a hellhounds superior speed, sense of smell, strength and their natural weapons would make her a near perfect hunter. Plus many have been fooled by a pretty woman. The Hellhound goes silent blushing before stammering a little that no one except Blitzø has called her pretty before, the Grand Prince states he was only speaking the truth making them blush more. That’s when the rest of I.M.P. arrive covered in blood from a job well done, talking about the targets death till they see Stolas. Blitzø asks why he’s there before seeing the flowers, hiding a blush while thanking him much to everyone else’s enjoyment. Though it soon turns hot when the Owl reveals he was talking to Loona and argues she should come on more missions with them. The Imp doesn’t want to hear, simply going to his office and slamming the door shut. Realising there was no point the Grand Prince gets ready to leave though is stopped by the Hellhound in question thanking him for trying. After a polite nod Stolas opened a portal home.
S1.E3. Stolas isn’t involved in the chaos but upon hearing about what happened points out he and Verosika could get in serious trouble if it got out, though he later pays the landlord to give I.M.P. a permanent reserved spot which they all appreciated. As Blitzø likely wouldn’t mention the Cherubs he’s got no idea about what happened there.
Octavia’s 17th birthday that year is like usual an absolute smash. After her usual Lu Lu World party with friends the one with family is while not as big, is even better. The Sins each gift her something wonderful. Mammon, despite claiming he didn’t know the bot stole Charlie and Via’s song, is in the shit so buys his niece a top of the line Sports car which she loves despite not knowing how to drive yet. Satan gives a beautiful black-red feather cloak made from a giant bird he slew on a hunt. Beelzebub and Vortex give her a recipe book with food themed around things that they love about their niece. Leviathan gifts a ring encrusted with Dark Blue and Green Ocean diamonds harvested from the depths of Envy’s oceans. Asmodeus and Fizzarolli give her a hat with some of the sins own feathers. Beelzebub a dream catcher that allows them to control whatever dream she’s in. Lucifer proceeds to reveal he’s created a new gem for her tiara crafted from the heart of a blue star, giving it a truly one of a kind appearance. Charlie and Stolas shared a gift, which was a mural of the stars the days the princess found out she was pregnant, laid the egg and hatched with it being titled most important days of our lives, which caused the Owlet to hug them crying tears of joy. Vaggie and the carmines went in on working to create a suit of Angelic Steel Armour in her colours which was immensely appreciated with Satan noting the craftsmanship. Zestial crafted a mural of the Morningstar family including partners from spider silk. Rosie and her wives gifed them a set of taxidermy tools promising to teach her how. The party continues to go well after the presents, obviously some are emotional over Octavia nearly being an adult especially the parents and Lucifer who cry over how small she used to be, everyone enjoying themselves especially the birthday girl.
Near the end Stolas and Charlie find a quiet place on one of the balconies. They both laugh over how it was scene like this that started the whole thing. As they watch over their daughter having fun the Owl thanks her for giving him a life he never thought he could have so full of love and joy. And the princess thanks him for helping her not only achieve her dream but found other ways to help all her people while improving herself. Stolas then asks how the Hotels going. Charlie happily tells him it’s going great that they finished fixing up the Hotel months ago, inviting him over to see it, now their just working out deals with suppliers for stuff like quality food imported from Wrath, beauty and skincare products from Envy and medical supplies from Sloth. The paperwork and negotiating is a pain but it’ll be worth it. The princess then asks if Stolas is dating anyone yet, his blush giving him away though doesn’t push further when he says it’s still developing yet glad he’s found someone to make him happy. The night ends not long later with Vaggie leading the princess to their room while the owl go’s to his own having had a wonderful time with his family.
S1. E5. While their working Stolas brings lunch for Blitzø. In his office the Owl states he needs the Grimoire back earlier than usual for his duties during the Harvest Moon Festival in Wrath along inviting I.M.P. to join as his personal guests. Blitzø thinks it over before deciding to agree as it is a dry season for them. He gathers the others informing them about the Grand Prince’s offer. Millie for her part is the most enthusiastic as she hasn’t been home in a while, plus staying in a fancy mansion has always been a dream. Moxxie is going more to please his wife and Loona’s got nothing better to do.
So they shut the office and after heading to their respective home to pack arrive at Stolas estate via a portal with the van. Upon arriving it’s exactly as they expected, a large mansion made from dark wood and stone with a large wall around it. As is the custom the staff are out front greeting their master, raising a few eyebrows at the van and his company. I.M.P. follow as the Owl leads them to their rooms while his employees take the bags. As expected the rooms are luxurious and thanks to the size compression magic more like 3 story apartments. Blitzø is surprised to find he got an individual room though Stolas says he thought they’d like to have their own space. They settle in until it’s time for dinner.
As they made their way to the dining room the 4 of them noticed that pictures on the wall were almost exclusively of the Grand Prince, his wife including several of their wedding and daughter along with other members of the Morningstar family with no pictures of his Goetic family. Dinner is in 3 courses, the 1st being a light soup with the 2nd being pork chops in a sweet bbq glaze and the final being apple pie. Stolas asks if they enjoyed the food, being grateful receiving confirmation. During desert Moxxie asks if the Grand Prince could answer some questions like how he and Charlie decided to get married. Smiling Stolas explains how she found him miserable on the balcony that night and after hearing his explanation, suggested they get married instead. There’s a silence as Loona adds that marrying someone you just met doesn’t seem like a great idea. There’s Owl admits that under most circumstances no but considering his choice was her or a cruel bitch like he was meant to marry, he’d take that option anytime. Millie then curious asks why the Princess offered to do it, understanding when Stolas clarified she didn’t want him to go through what Lilith did when heaven tried forcing her to be Adam’s wife. Preempting the next question he reveals that yes the age gap did feel a bit weird to him at 1st, but compared to his other option chose the woman he considered a friend who cared about him before moving onto other things. Millie is looking forward to visiting her families farm as it’s not too far away, though Moxxie isn’t considering her parents don’t like him. The Owl sympathises as Satan didn’t like him at 1st either but states he earned it by proving his worth as a husband, suggesting the Imp does the same, by showing what a loyal husband he is. That seems to make Moxxie think. Before they leave for bed Stolas lets them know he’ll be leaving early for preparations tomorrow so will see them at the festival and reminding them they have VIP seats with him. While the couple and Hellhound head to bed to get a nice relaxing night before the long day to come, while their boss/adoptive father is still confused by the Grand Princes treatment of him.
After a filling breakfast early the next morning I.M.P. drive over to the Tumbleweed ranch where Millie is happy to see her parents and vice versa. Though there’s tension due to Joe and Lynn misunderstanding what freelance means along with their dislike of their son-in-law. Millie then introduces Loona, who is her usual charming self, and Blitzø who compliments them raising a sturdy bitch of a daughter. The pair like him a lot, though Moxxie soon puts his foot in mouth before getting the signal to stop from their wife. Their boss soon joins in mocking him when Joe says a real man can kill without a gun, before he calls for their new newest field hand Striker.
The dashing rider manages to charm both Millie and Blitzø, especially the latter after he compliments him on starting a business solo and conning that Ditzy Owl to get to the surface though the hit man badly tries explaining their dynamic. Joe suggests they both compete in the Pain Games, with Lynn explaining it’s a way to prove who the roughest and toughest bastard in Wrath is. Though does remind her daughter why she’s banned when they start complaining. When her husband brings up the idea of competing himself, it causes Joe to burst out laughing at his chances despite Moxxies arguments. Striker then suggests he kill a sleeping HellBoar, pointing out the hide is too tough to do with a gun so you have to pry them off to get the blade in. Despite his best efforts he fails, with the Cowboy Imp doing so mocking him in the process. Alone Millie tries to comfort Moxxie, who despite his humiliation still goes ahead with entering the games.
Later at the Festival Wally Wackford introduces Stolas to the crowd, gaining a much better welcome considering the reforms he helped Charlie pass made their lives better and also knows how to properly address the Wrath Ringers. Once he kickoffs the Pain Games wish Blitzø luck in a much more appropriate manner, which causes the Imp to blush. As expected Moxxie lags behind while his boss and Striker are neck-neck in the lead, it’s made even worse for the Thespian as the same shark seems to have a vendetta against him. With the Games completed Blitzø and the cowboy are the 1st ever tied winners. To rub salt into the wound Striker proceeds to sing a song about not only how great he is, but how much Moxxie sucks as well. Already upset the news that his boss has offered them a job pushes the Thespian to return to the farm Millie accompanying him.
While alone Moxxie is walking up the stairs when he notices a strange glow from inside Strikers room. To his shock is a Carmine rifle, the kind that can kill Demonic royalty. The cowboy in question makes his presence known, along with all but saying why he’s there. Thus a short but brutal fight ensures where after nearly escaping the Thespian is almost strangled to death by Striker, though Millie who heard the commotion arrives. Breaking his grip by stabbing the prick in the back, she’s manages to repeat the strike several times but he smacks her in the wall hard enough to break her arm before dragging the pair away.
Striker throws the pair into the basement where a bear trap injures Millie’s leg, their captor stating their worth more as leverage to Blitzø along with not being worth the cleanup. Moxxie immediately goes to check on his wife, but she reassures him she’s fine telling him to go and kill that brown-nosing cocksucker. Millie reassures the Thespian that while he isn’t good with his hands, use what he is good at. After a slight misunderstanding Moxxie realises and shoots the door open, before becoming sheepish realising he could’ve use it before, earning a fucks sake from his wife.
Back at the Festival Stolas curses the Harvest Festival with the true Harvest Moon. From his window Striker lines up the shot when Blitzø appears pointing a gun at his head. Desperate the Cowboy tries playing up the other Imps ego, stating just how superior they are than the rest of their race and how he obviously hates playing boyfriends with a stuck up Goetia who only helped Hellborn to please his spoilt Bimbo wife, while working for sinners who don’t give a shit about him how they could kill the unkillable together starting with the Grand Prince. Blitzø pretends to fall for it, more than happy to see Moxxie holding the pricks own gun at him. Though the mockery is cut short as the former performer sees the knife in the cowboys tail behind his back. Cue a brutal melee where fists, teeth and a flower pot are used, turning the tide from Striker back to the I.M.P. pair. Though he’s able to escape by Loona inadvertently slamming the door into Moxxies face asking why her dad called for them.
In the aftermath while Millie is being scolded by her parents for allowing Striker to trap them, Moxxie defends her by pointing out she was protecting him and defending his wife being strong enough for both of them, reminds the pair she was only in that situation cause they hired him. This actually impresses Joe and Lynn, actually earning him some respect which Millie notes is a big achievement.
In a cheap motel on the other side of Wrath Striker is informing the client that the job failed, promising to take care of it next time. It’s revealed Stella is the one who hired the Imp, making it known she wants Stolas dead no matter what. The Cowboy smirks promising next time the Owl won’t be lucky.
Back at the estate the 4 arrive in the living room. Before they can make an excuse about Millie’s injuries, Stolas states they found the assassin. Cue a shocked silence with the Owl promising to explain, though points out they have more important matters gesturing for the hit woman to sit down. As he’s healing her injuries Stolas explains that a few days ago Satan told him based on rumours amongst Wrath’s criminal underground, that there was an assassins going after a big royal. Which based on how the Grand Prince is the only one presiding over the Harvest Festival made him the likely target, so in order to find them he decided to invite I.M.P. to do so. Blitzø is obviously enraged demanding to know why he didn’t tell them, as are the rest of them. Stolas explains they had no idea who the killer actually was or if there were more. Plus if told, they could accidentally give themselves a way warning the killer(s) allowing them to adapt or escape to try again another day just as if he beefed up the visible security. That got the Imps and Hellhounds attention. The Owl explains using invisibility placed a circle of protection around the stage so strong, only a magic blast from the likes of a sin or above could’ve destroyed it. A still angry Blitzø asks why he chose them, the response of because Stolas trusts them and their skills stuns him silent. The Grand Prince apologises for the deception and the obvious pain they went through but promises he has more than kind words to give, stating he’ll do so at dinner but 1st has some calls to make but asks if the 4 have a picture of Striker. Loona shows one which Stolas swipes his finger across magically creating a physical photo, impressing everyone present before leaving the room. I.M.P. exchange looks then head to their rooms to relax before the food is ready.
Stolas then contacts Lucifer and Satan informing them of the foiled assassination providing Strikers name and picture to both. Incensed the King promises there won’t be a place the bastard can’t hide, while Satan is surprised his choice of guards worked which causes the Owl to remind him he spoke of their skills. Before ending the call, Stolas speaks about the rewards for the 4.
At dinner that night it’s initially quiet till Stolas arrives smiling, which the rest of them are curious about when 4 envelopes land in front of them. Their white with gold trim, though the most shocking part is the wax seal of Lucifer upon the letters. Opening them, some more gently than others, they are shocked to find letters of thanks in the kings own writing for saving a valued servant and member of the royal line hoping the reward within is enough. They then find a check at the bottom, the sum written making them freeze in shock. 5 Million souls. After a minute of silence there’s cheering and tears of joy at just what they can do with this. The Owl then states the Royal Treasury has also paid for their offices rent and utilities for the year, clarifying he didn’t state what they do to avoid any prying from powerful eyes which they are also grateful for.
After returning to Pride they each do their own thing with the money. Blitzø buys a shitload of horse stuff, though still has the vast majority of the money left. Loona who was the only one not celebrating as she has no idea what to do with that much cash doesn’t use the majority of it either, aside from buying a new phone and clothes. Millie and Moxxie are the ones with the biggest plans, after the former gives some cash to her family. 1st thing they buy a nice top of the line car with great insurance before looking for a house as the apartment is not suitable for future plans. They find a lovely place in a nice part of town, it’s 3 stories with a finished basement, a big yard and pool plus a jacuzzi. Even after closing the deal they still manage to keep a chunk thanks to the Thespian managing to charm the owners to go below their asking price.
S1 E6. Goes mostly the same except in the hallucinations Blitzø instead sees Stolas offering him a seat next to him as an equal unchained but falls not believing he deserves it. The resulting rescue then massacre goes on till it’s time for Stolas to appear. He instead calls the Imp his beloved, with his demonic form being even more terrifying and just as upset they got caught pointing out the consequences would be much worse for them if they get in trouble. Disregarding the terrified DHORKS agents as simply more demon obsessed lunatics to be ignored as kooks laughing at how silly it sounds before opening a portal home. The Owl then asks if Dinners in the cards as a reward, though says it can be an another night as it’s obvious the Imp is exhausted which he appreciates. Meanwhile Agents 1 & 2 console themselves with the plethora of evidence they have to be taken seriously now.
A week after the incident on Earth, Stolas and Blitzø are having a dinner in the formers mansion as his reward for saving I.M.P. from the previous incident. Octavia decides to visit her dad as a surprise which leads to her meeting the assassin by accident. While he’s as crass as usual he does treat the Owlet nicely knowing how much she means to the Grand Prince. Via finds him to be an interesting choice in partner, but as long as he makes her dad happy is willing to give them a chance. At one point she overhears them talking about I.M.P. Later that night back at the Hotel she mentions to Charlie and Vaggie about having run into Dads new boyfriend on a date. Immediately her mother starts bombarding her with questions though the only things the Owlet can say for sure is that he seems to make him happy, reminds her a bit of Uncle Mammon based on how often he curses and works at someplace called I.M.P. before heading to bed as she’s got homework and is exhausted. Obviously curious about the man her friend and father of their child has chosen the princess either the Angel looks him up the next morning after Octavia goes to school. What they find shocks them both and breaks Charlie’s heart.
Almost immediately after Charlie portals straight to the mansion. Stolas is at 1st happy to see her, till she screams “how could he!!!”, in full demon form flames trailing behind them. The Princess explains she looked up his boyfriend and found out not only is he running a business that lets Sinners kill Humans on Earth, but he’s helping them lending them his Grimoire. Not only is that highly illegal but it goes against everything she’s trying to do with the Hotel and a personal betrayal. The Owl doesn’t even try to speak, the mix of fury, betrayal and heartbreak in his friend’s face making him realise how badly he’s fucked up. Charlie then asks the one that destroys him, did he believe in her dream whatsoever or did he just humour them like a hyperactive child. Not interested in whatever excuses he has the princess turns to leave the same way she came. Vaggie who was waiting and guiding their upset partner gave Stolas a look of pure anger that made his blood freeze. Later on Octavia came back to the Hotel and found her mum crying into the Angels chest asking why Stolas could do this to her while being comforted. Understanding that now might not be the best time to ask Via left before they noticed her and went to her own room where she furiously texted her dad demanding to know what he did and how he could hurt her mother that way. This simply made Stolas feel worse.
A few days later Charlie finally told Via what happened. The Owlet was so furious at her dad she never wanted to talk to him again. Though her mother in their compassion told her daughter that despite everything Stolas still loves him and vice versa. While she won’t force them to visit the Owl for a while, he’s still her father and deserves a chance from his daughter. The Owlet scoffs but agrees to at least give herself time to calm down before asking if there’s anything she can do to make their mother feel better. The princess asked if they could watch tv and cuddle on the couch in their PJ’s while eating ice-cream like when she was a little girl. Octavia enthusiastically agrees. Vaggie returned late that night to find the pair asleep on the couch cuddled up with the Snake, Cat and Goat Bois surrounded by empty ice-cream cartons. After taking a picture she puts a blanket on them before wishing them a good night, kissing Charlie’s forehead then heading to bed.
The next day Vaggie called Ozzy, as along with being one of the sins who wouldn’t murder Stolas, as despite everything Charlie still cared for him, along with being trustworthy enough not to tell the other sins.
The Rooster arrived to find his believed niece heartbroken and looking absolutely awful. After sitting her down he explained why he was there and asked what happened as the Angel was vague on details. Once Charlie explains what happened the Sin immediately sets to comforting her, promising that he’ll do whatever it takes to make her feel better. His suggestion of a vacation to Sloth eventually wins out despite her protestations arguing she needs time to relax and recover which convinces her. Vaggie accompanied their partner to help while Via chose to stay at the Hotel solo promising to keep it safe. The time alone doesn’t do much for her anger as she refuses to answer any of her dads messages or calls, while her uncle wants to make him pay for stabbing his niece in the back after everything she did for him.
S1 E7. Everything happens the same as it did in the show, except Stolas is in his room intermittently looking over the happier memories of his family and his phone to see if any of his messages to Octavia have been answered yet. Blitzo’s call has the same effect of perking him up, though part of him feels like a selfish prick for it, even more so once the Imp asks him out for the 1st time ever. Arriving via Portal shortly after in his best the Owl’s presence allows them in.
Once inside Stolas smiles reminiscing about the times he spent here with Charlie, before it turns bitter like poison in his heart. Wanting to get his mind off it he asks Blitzø how his day went, asking how the job against the lumberjacks went and similar questions, though the imp is too focused on spying on Millie and Moxxie on their date. This leads the Owl to ask why they asked him out, though it’s interrupted by the show starting. Here while various scantily clad women drop down on platforms above the stage Fizzarolli himself appears to welcome the guests to another great night at Asmodeus’s own club promising them a night sick freaks like them will enjoy. The Grand Prince is anxious in case Charlie spoke to the Sin, while the former Carnie isn’t happy to see his old friend. The Clown introduces himself before introducing tonight’s acts: the gorgeous Verosika Mayday who after being surprised strikes a pose and the Squirters, though while warming up asks if everyone heard about what happened to Loo Loo Land, admitting he wants to both shake and subpoena the hand that did it. The Owl and Imp immediately start trying to look inconspicuous. Fizz then starts talking about how the robo version of him made more money than the sex bots they sell, promptly becoming very uncomfortable when an onlooker reveals he has 4 as well as 1 under the table, before moving on to introduce Moxxie as their opening act of the night.
The Thespian’s song is a love song for Millie, which while sweet isn’t the right choice for the venue especially when the Owner is watching displeased in the background. Stolas feels sorry for what the poor lovestruck Imp will go through. Soon Azmodeus makes himself known, and with Fizzarolli at his side mocks Moxxie for daring to play a love song in his lustful lounge, giving him a chance to make their performance more fitting for the house and when he doesn’t continue their mocking of him along with his relationship till Blitzø steps in defending the pair as being very passionate, revealing the fact he’s watched them have sex on several occasions. Along with shocking his friends Fizzarolli begins mocking his love life. Verosika still angry and hurt over how things ended doesn’t hesitate to join going after him for his selfishness and thoughtlessness as a partner. Though when Ozzy sees Stolas things take an unfortunate turn.
Asmodeus’s mood turns to a fury, his feathers turn to flames as he shifts into his demon form. Any playfulness banished as the sin advances on Stolas, outright screaming he’s got some balls to show up after what he did. The crowd watches shocked, with the I.M.P. trio concerned about the Owl, while Fizzarolli and Verosika plus her crew are concerned about their lover and boss. Ozzy demands to know what kind of piece of shit would betray the woman who saved his ass from a loveless abusive spouse, gave him a family, helped him discover who he was and gave him a daughter who loved him as a close friend to spit on everything she did for a piece of shit like Blitzø. It isn’t until the clown is right in his face that the sin finally calms down, realising that his flames scorched a visible area around himself and everyone is looking at him with a mix of shock/terror. Fizz asks what the fuck is going on with him Ozzy simply says it’s not his place to say and not here before turning to look at the Imps and Owl telling them to get the fuck out. Realising the night was over both pairs both leave separately, the former Carnie overhearing Millie tell Moxxie despite everything she loved his song cheering him up. Meanwhile Blitzø was more confused than fucking ever about what Asmodeus meant in his rant at Stolas.
Not long after Blitzø is parked in front of Stolas mansion, waiting quietly while the Owl gets out rather awkwardly. He apologises for how the night went, but says they enjoyed spending time with him. After the Grand Prince attempts to convince him to join him for a drink as Via is with her mother the Imp just tells him to stop. That he just isn’t in the mood and further attempts at shared time like watching a movie or cuddling just causes Blitzø to snap that he knows all Stolas want to do is fuck him, but right now can’t fucking play his game. The Owl is so struck by the truth of how his beloved sees their relationship simply says goodnight before the Van charges off. Alone the Grand Prince of Hell lays on the steps and cries at just how he’s fucked everything up.
Later after waking up from some Absinthe Stolas accepts that along with showing Blitzø their relationship is real, must fix things with his family. To that end he opens up a book on Asmodean Crystals.
S1 E8. Goes mostly as it does in canon except when Loona is putting Blitzø to bed almost tells him that she won’t be the only there with him, but realises that even if he wasn’t drunk wouldn’t believe Stolas genuinely cares for him.
S2 E2. Octavia is in her room after school remembering the story and promise her dad made about taking them to see the Tears of Azathoth as a little girl. But she still can’t even be around him after what he did to mum. Even if she’s back to normal now she can still she the pain in her eyes whenever Stolas is mentioned or looks at a picture of him, not understanding why they haven’t been thrown away. Refusing to let him off the Owlet decides to steal the Grimoire, as she can’t open a portal to Earth thanks to a power block, to see the meteor shower alone.
At the I.M.P. office Blitzø is having a needed conversation with Loona about her attitude with clients, though while she isn’t exactly happy to be hearing it refrains from throwing things at or hitting her adoptive father. She dares him to just replace her then, to her shock he says maybe he might. With a thumbs up from Moxxie he doubles down telling her that considering how often she complains about him babying her, then it’s time he act like her boss and orders her to their desk which she does in a very aggressive manner. Unbeknownst to them Octavia sneaks in while the rest of them are distracted. Moving unproved except by the Hellhound the Owlet goes into the former carnies office. Quickly finding the safe, guessing the combination is 1234 cause of course it is, she opens the book commanding it to take her to see the stars. It thus opens a portal which gets the attention of the imps who charge in just as she crosses through. After a moment an annoyed Blitzø calls out Loona who simply says he’s got a visitor.
Meanwhile due to her emotional distress clouding her judgement and the Grimoires misunderstanding of the request Octavia finds herself in LA. After realising she landed on someone killing them and some unfortunate encounters the young princess lays against a wall hyperventilating out of anxiety as she’s never been to Earth alone before.
Back at the Office Blitzø is doing the exact same out of panic at how he’s going to tell Stolas his daughter stole the book and running away with it. Moxxie points out that the Owl seems to like him, though his boss calls bullshit on it though soon does exactly that and quickly hanging up the phone after further adding they have no idea where they went or how to get them back. There’s moment of calm before Stolas in his demon form smashes through the door calling out the former Carnies name.
Octavia having calmed down has donned her human disguise and is currently trying to figure out where to see the stars. Misunderstanding what a star tour is hops on one of the busses.
Back at the office Stolas is demanding to know how a teenage girl could waltz in and steal an infinitely powerful artefact, then why she did it and how they could find her along with where she could’ve gone. Loona manages to get the scent of urine and desperation left over from the portal, so correctly guesses LA.
After portalling to the city, commenting it’s not that different from home, Blitzø tells Loona to get sniffing. She points out how hard it is in a city like this, before a comment from Moxxie results in another fat joke from the father and daughter towards him. Millie then asks why Stolas can’t simply track or portal straight to Octavia, the Owl explains that she’s using a masking spell which along with the Grimoire boosting makes it impossible to track her considering she’s Lucifers granddaughter. Realising they’ve got no option but to look the old fashioned way, the former Carnie says they need disguises. Cue Stolas and Loona activating them. After a snarky comment from Blitzø he does the same granting the 3 imps human appearances. After a moment in which the married couple compliment their disguises they get to work.
After Stolas grabs some red sunglasses Moxxie runs into a performer offering his CD. This leads to him wanting to buy it with Millie trying to convince him otherwise, though one woman gives him a quarter for his demon impression the Thespian comes up with an idea.
Via meanwhile realising the tour wasn’t what she expected watches as an influencers family leaves him, before he starts tonguing his boyfriend bringing up unpleasant feelings for her.
While the other trio are on the hunt, Blitzo’s disguise finds him confused with a Hollywood Star Brennnon Ragers, the man their target landed on and accidentally killed. As can be expected there’s a frenzy of fans around him, wondering aloud where Millie and Moxxie are. Currently they are earning cash singing a beautiful love song, paying the envious performer before the Thespian is sidetracked by an artists stand to his wife’s exasperation. Soon a producer and his crew arrive to take the star to a show he’s an hour late for. Despite his attempts to explain and resist, Blitzø is thrown in the van with Stolas posing as his agent. The Imp smashes out the window to call Loona, telling her to keep looking.
Octavia for her part is walking down the street, through an active crime scene, annoyed the tour was a bust. Though her mood improved seeing an awesome Owl logo for a souvenir shop taking a picture of it.
Backstage of the Studio Blitzø is panicking that he’ll have to perform live, though is able to calm him down by pointing out he does deadlier things on a daily basis without a thought by sheer confidence then show some of that and he can make the crowd his no problem. This pep talk while not the best, combined with the Owl showing his support in the audience and it laughing allows him to drop the stage fright.
Loona currently getting a coffee takes a selfie outside the same window Via did. Upon seeing it in her feed the Hellhound decides to use the pics to track their location across town, barring one case of mistaken identity, until she makes it to the observatory.
Back at the studio Blitzø is playing the role well until the idea of giving up his characters dog comes up. This causes him to flash back to the day he adopted Loona. Thanks to Charlie’s reforms the centre is more like an actual orphanage where the kids have their own rooms, get proper amenities, treatment and education. The Hellhound guiding the imp explains that theirs plenty of kids who would love a great home and family. They pass by the yard where Blitzø asks about an older girl sitting on her own looking absolutely miserable. The woman turns rather sad, explaining that’s Loona who due to a number of behaviour issues is isolated from the other residents as they’re scared of her. They clarify that her situation isn’t exactly in pups raised even partially in the system before the princesses reforms, even stating that they’re scared for what will happen as since she’s nearly 18 the rules state the longest she could stay is 6 months. That combined with how broken, upset and even scared Loona looks is why the imp adopted her, she was like him. Coming out of it he has a panic attack where he refuses to hand over the dog, seeing it as his daughter. It escalates to him drawing his pistol and being mobbed by the cast/crew. Stolas not in the mood to wait any more wrestles Blitzø free, the producer getting splashed by some water which being mostly acid kills him though not before setting the studio flame. In the chaos the imp returns the favour grabbing the Owl and leading him out to search for their daughters.
Back at the observatory Loona finds a crying Octavia looking at patch of sky cleared with her magic. Detransforming the Hellhound compliments the Owlet on her sinstagram pics along with clarifying their how she found them. Via states that she was so stupid, that despite being in a great spot to see the Meteor shower she’s still upset. After getting a big lit by her magic, the receptionist reveals her dads worried about her, which the Princess scoffs at as he couldn’t even be bothered to come himself after breaking her mums heart by backstabbing her asking why he cares more about himself than them. Loona states it’s not always simple like that, that shit gets messy and everyone especially dads have issues. Sometimes they fuck up, well all the time, but that doesn’t mean they don’t care. The Owlet doesn’t believe it till hearing Stolas is actually there looking for them, the Hellhound stating she doesn’t know what happened or why she’s pissed at him but suggesting cutting him some slack. He tries even if it doesn’t always work, the lighter in her hand reminding the Hellhound that means her dad too, that being more important than you expect. Loona stands up asking if Via is ready to find them, the owlet handing them the Grimoire before hugging them which they return after a second.
Down in LA a fleeing pair of dads are surprised then relieved to see their daughters emerge from a portal. While Loona kicks hers in the balls, Octavia is more willing to talk apologising to him for running, but Stolas is simply happy she’s ok and asks why they ran off. The Owlet stated it was to see Azathoths Tears, clarifying she didn’t want him to join cause she was still angry at how he hurt mom and that while she does love him they can’t just stop at least not yet. Understanding the Owl accepts that stating her feelings are valid and he’ll do whatever it takes to make up for what he did to them. Despite not seeking the meteor shower the 4 enjoy seeing the fireworks from the studio fire.
Back with M&M Millie is texting Blitzø where to open the portal while her husband is dragging a large sack of art and rewards. Just as he’s about to buy another CD, his wife throws a knife into his head ordering him to march home before picking him up abandoning their loot.
Later at the Hotel, Octavia tells her mum she was with friends for the day before asking an important question. Does she hate Stolas? Charlie is honest stating that despite what he did she still loves him as a close friend and the father of their daughter, that she will forgive him once he’s shown efforts at making up for it, right now isn’t the time. Glad to know things will get better the Owlet hugs her mother before heading to bed, feeling better despite the madness of the day.
S2 E3. Happens as it does in cannon with no changes I can see.
S2 E4. Stolas is in a cafe in an upscale part of pride, a tradition he used to do with Charlie but now does it solo. Just as the 1st cup is finished there’s a gasp as a window breaks, Striker has arrived. Not wanting to fight in a cramped space like that the Owl uses his demon form to move outside, though it’s ruined by the assassin using an Angelic rope to trap them. Before Stolas can do anything else he has an Angelic pistol in his face.
Not long later Blitzø gets a call from Stolas, though the Imp claims it’s not a good time. The Owl simply states that Striker is currently abducting him and has used Angelic rope that’s preventing him from using his powers so needs help. Blitzo claims he can’t as he needs to get Loona her Hellbies shot, though spelling the last one word, even if it’s much easy to schedule now she still needs support due to how terrified she is. Stolas rather exasperated points out he’s not exactly asking him to do something unreasonable, before the Cowboy steals the phone leaving Blitzø a message and destroying the phone.
Enraged at the situation Blitzø drives to save Stolas, though Moxxie points out he and Millie can deal with it wanting a change to get pay back against that prick Striker. Dropping him back at the Hospital their boss tells them to head down to Wrath and look for some cowboy shit while carrying an anxious Loona inside.
Blitzø drags a frozen Loona by her tail, his colourful curses at the situation don’t impress a mother with their young child. It isn’t exactly eased by the slowness of the receptionist, especially when she thinks the O in his name isn’t silent. Though the Imp focuses on trying to calm his daughter, the other parent takes issue with his wording.
Down in Wrath Striker is taking Stolas to his hideout, a mini mariachi band serenading the hitman. Stolas actually enjoys it until the imp screams at them to leave him alone. Leaving the Owl to question how one gets their own theme song.
Back at the hospital Blitzø soon loses his temper with the Karen in reception until they’re called up for Loona’s appointment. So he drops them from gunpoint and carries his petrified daughter to the Doctor.
In Wrath M&M are getting gas, Moxxies getting it when he’s challenged by a trio of bikers cause he’s wearing a hat similar to their leader, while Millie gets information. The Hit-woman is able to get what they needed from the same mini-imps that followed striker before, while her husband deals with the trio quickly and brutally. They race off to find him, accidentally blowing up the gas station in the process.
Down in the Hideout Stolas isn’t impressed, asking why Striker didn’t just shoot him. The assassin claiming his client wanted the royal treatment for them. The Owl then calls out the train tracks as a cliche, his captor calling them a classic gets enraged at the question of the big erect dick statue being one too. Striker points out not everyone gets to grow up in mansion like Royalty, with some of them having to live hard lives and have everything they care about taken from them by rich fuckers like the Owl. After stabbing him in the shoulder, the assassin makes it known he’s not going to talk over him or do anything damn thing thanks to the robes. Stolas laughs calling him a hypocrite, how despite hating royalty like him he’s likely working for one and has killed how many of his own people just for money like those he hates. This allows Stolas the chance to kick the prick in the nuts, though earns him a stab in the leg. He just laughs it off as having gotten worse than that training with Satan. This causes Striker to say he won’t be such a smart ass under a tombstone, though the Grand Prince laughs saying he isn’t scared of him after everything he’s seen. When the Imp leaves him alone, Stolas wonders how close help is.
In the Hospital the Dr after mistakenly calling them both Bingo and Tuna, ignores his warning to make it quick. The sight of the smaller needle causes them to go into fight mode, requiring her father to save the Baphomet from becoming dog food.
At the estate of Andrealphus the Marquis is listening to his niece lament over how her only marriage options are rich commoners, they don’t hesitate to remind them it’s their fault for the mess the family is in. Stella who is across the table smiles saying they’ll be happy to hear she’s getting some retribution. Already stiff, her daughter and brother are speechless at her stupidity, before telling her how stupid she is. Selene asks how her mother could be so stupid as to think assassinating the Grand Prince of Hell would be a good idea, her response that it’s revenge for not only rejecting them and being forced to marry an old Earl who fell asleep during sex then making them persona non grata. Andrealphus points out that when, not if, the Morningstar’s find out it was her they will make her beg to die and at best they will be even more ostracised worst stripped of their possessions forced to become prostitutes. This forces an upset Countess to agree to cancel the hit.
Back in the mine Striker is enjoying roughing up the Owl mocking the Princess, enjoying the threats, while stabbing his shoulder with his Angelic blade before raising it. Though his phone going off stops him. Seeing it’s the client he goes where Stolas can’t hear, disbelieving Stella’s cancelling the hit to avoid the wrath of the royals. After destroying his phone the Assassin says that just cause the client got cold feet, doesn’t mean he can’t have fun with him say taking some eyes as a trophy. This interrupted by the arrival of M&M.
What results is a brutal bloody fight in which Millie is nearly beheaded by her own axe. While Moxxie nearly suffers another near miss with strangulation, but a kinky harder allows him to throw the bastard back with his rope and their wife to drop Strikers own statue on the prick. Disappointed he’s run again they soon start panicking at seeing the state of Stolas, realising they need to get him to a hospital.
Back at the Hospital Blitzø and the Doctor had a hellish experience trying to get Loona her shot. After being bloodied the imp finally wrestles his daughter down long enough to allow the needle to be injected.
Outside the patched up Blitzø and cone wearing Loona walk out, not noticing the various journalists, just as M&M pull up. Thinking everything went fine the pair as are the Husband and Wife by the arrival of Belphegor herself followed by her personal team, the boss himself shocked to see Stolas wheeled away, realising he can actually be hurt when told by Millie what happened.
Later in a private room under guard surrounded by flowers Stolas hears his phone go off. Seeing it’s a text to get better soon, he responds stating he might be there for a while if he wants to visit growing despondent as no response comes. Putting it down he lays there.
Though to his surprise Octavia and Charlie soon barge in, both extremely upset while a worried Vaggie stands at the door. Despite the pain Stolas allows both to hug him, surprised but happy to see them. He clarifies that despite pain Bel says they’ll make a full recovery speeded along by her medicines. The princess lets him know that Lucifer has tripled the bounty and if offering a title to whoever captures or kills Striker, which he’s happy to hear. After comforting their daughter the Angel takes her to get a snack, sending her parents want to talk. Alone Stolas is honest stating he’s surprised Charlie’s there, her response that despite how hurt and angry she still is about what he did, they’re still her close friend and father of via so of course she’d be here considering how much love she has for him. Feeling worse about what he did, Stolas offers to explain. He reveals that Blitzø is that boy he spoke of years ago, the one he spent such a happy day with hoping it would never end. That he gave Blitzø the Grimoire to hopefully help them grow closer and build a relationship from it, but instead he thinks it’s some royal playing a game and cost him his best friend and the family he gained. The Owl doesn’t realise he’s crying till Charlie hugs him wiping away the tears. Once he’s calmed down the princess states that while she understands why Stolas did it, that still doesn’t change that he betrayed and hurt her in the process so still needs time to forgive him. Seeing that as more than he deserves, the Grand Prince thanks her for that. When their daughter and Vaggie return the talk turns to when he can leave and what they can do for a daddy daughter day after cheering him up. It also helps Stolas see he can get his family back and more if he fixes his mistakes.
S2 E5 happens almost the same as it does in Canon.
S2 E6. It begins mostly as in canon except Ozzy is visibly unhappy about meeting Stolas, though Fizzarolli reminds him it’s for Charlie as she asked him to which the sin can’t turn down.
Later at the start of said meeting he makes it known Stolas will address him as Asmodeus or his majesty, still furious at him stabbing his niece and their friend in the back. He states that while it is good he wants to make up for his mistakes by not supporting Blitzo’s business, he can’t give the imp an Azmodean crystal cause Fizz hates him and refuses to elaborate as it’s not his story to tell, just like he didn’t tell why the sin currently despises the Owl. Upset but understanding why Stolas prepares to leave till Ozzy gets a text from his Froggy. The joy turns to horror seeing a mob boss named Crimson along with Striker is holding the clown hostage with a list of demands his lawyer will be bringing. Cue a furious Sin.
In the cage after Blitzø mocks fizz for panicking as his royal chicken won’t let his favourite fuck toy get hurt. Enraged Fizz calls out his ex-friend as having more regal tastes, then is shocked when it’s revealed they haven’t done anything in that regard yet claiming it’s some game he’s playing, the clown then asks why he asked the Owl there getting tired of him overhearing how it seems like the guy wants a real relationship but they can’t see it. This causes another fight till Striker tells them to shut up, calling them embarrassment to Imps, that at least the loud mouth is using his royal instead of being a purse dog. Fizzarolli tries calling the hitman no better than any royal, but soon realises why that’s a bad idea till Crimson orders Striker to let the clown go.
Back in his office Asmodeus is desperate to get Fizzarolli back, but Stolas points out anything signed would have to be honoured no matter what. He instead offers to read through the contracts instead. It soon proves to be a good thing as they would’ve handed over all his factories to Crimson, along with the right to mount the clowns head on his wall. This leads to renegotiating the contract, with the Owl having a plan in mind.
Back at the warehouse Blitzø is able to break them out, but Fizzarolli’s lack of combat skills soon proves to be an impediment causing the pair to argue once more. Though this leads to them telling their events about what happened the night of the fire that injured both and cost the assassin his mother. They then learn that Blitzø was told Fizz didn’t went to see him and he was never told they tried to visit. Realising it’s just a huge tragic misunderstanding they have to refocus on escaping for obvious reasons.
Back in Asmodeus tower Stolas is going over the revised contract before handing it to Crimsons lawyer, who is taking his time reading it much to the fury of the sin. While he does have to put his cloak out, the Owl is left smiling at when his plan comes to fruition.
In the warehouse the pair are still attempting to escape, the clowns robotic limbs helping deal with threats, while talking in which it comes out he admits the accident is how he met Ozzy, downplaying any romance by adding in multiple descriptions of the roosters assets. After being cornered and Fizz finding out Blitzø is still obsessed with horses, the latter reminds him of how they used to steal his dad’s booze. After understanding his meaning, the clown gets to work distracting them while the assassin makes them a way out until they escape bringing down the roof on their captors heads.
Outside as they stroll through the junkyard the old pair of friends compliment the other on their skills and how they handled the situation. Seeing a mostly intact car the pair share a smirk before Blitzø breaks in and hot wiring it. Though before they can leave Striker shows his ugly mug, taking Fizz hostage promising to kill him. When the clowns distracted the Cowboy, their friend is able to shoot some gas cans. This separates them, setting strikers jacket aflame forcing him to flee. Though this traps Fizzarolli in flames as his arms are too damaged to reach safety and the trauma of his accident causes him to shake in terror at the inferno. Blitzø using his acrobatic skills is able to save his friend unlike he did all those years ago. After a bit of annoyance from the clown at being blown up again, the former Carnie embraces him again rebuilding their friendship, though he ruins it by making an inappropriate make out request.
Back in his office Asmodeus is getting more unhinged the closer to the deadline they get, while Stolas waits patiently. Just as the sin is threatening to kill the lawyer, his beloved Fizzy arrives both happily embracing. The Owl seeing the shark demon panicking as he packs smirks, knowing that he was beaten regardless of his plan. That being a clause for Fizzarolli’s emotional wellbeing after capture that couldn’t be fulfilled giving Crimson nothing. Stolas leaves smirking knowing retribution will be swift. It starts with the lawyer a smirking couple taking their time.
Afterwards Ozzy carries Fizz out of the office promising to never leave him unguarded again. In the hallway the sin makes it known that anyone who speaks of him being living to the clown will be broken, punctuating this by crushing a statues dick making them run from the implication. Up in his workshop Ozzy gets to work on fixing Fizz, along with repairing his arms and injuries. He then explains that Stolas was there asking for a crystal for the guy he hates, before turning shocked when the clown tells him to give it as they helped him so it could be his reward. Fully repaired the pair go off for some fun. Though Fizz does ash what happened to the Queives, being relieved that they managed to return as the Limo picked them up.
A day later the Asmodean Crystal arrives at Stolas home. Seeing it fills him with terror that it could change things terribly and relief that he can make up for his failing, along with getting the life he always dreamed of.
S2 E8. It happens exactly the same, though Charlie, Vaggie and Octavia are watching from the Hotel as is Stolas from his mansion and Vortex with Beelzebub at the Honeycomb. They are overjoyed to see the pair finally being public about their relationship. They all send messages of congratulations to them with the princess demanding they double date, with the queen bee wanting it to be a triple date.
S2 E8. Stolas gets up preparing for a choice that could alter his life forever in the best or worst way. Blitzø who is anxious and frustrated at his situation with the Owl believed that tonight will finally be when they bang, thus the game will be over and it’ll be like how he always thought it was.
Meanwhile on the surface the former members of C.H.E.R.U.B. are trying to survive while earning their way back into Heaven, while also robbing people. Collin is skeptical though the other 2 are able to convince him of the necessity of their actions. This allows D.H.O.R.K.S to find and capture them. After an initial misunderstanding of thinking they’re also demons, Cletus suggests they can help each other out realising they hate the same guy.
Back at I.M.P. Blitzø is in a good mood, complimenting M&M which they notice. Upon finding out it’s been a few months since they last had a date Loona suggests he might be getting bored of him, wanting to break ups. The former carnie decides that if they’re going to bang, he’s going to give Stolas a very fun night much to the discomfort of Moxxie. Though he starts panicking as none of his paraphernalia is good enough so decides to make a trip to Lust for a trip before dumping a shit load of paperwork on the Thespian, much to their exasperation.
In the interrogation room Cletus claims they’re exorcists, pulling the name from a conspiracy theory he heard from a crackpot Winner, while Keenie adds their waiting for the demons to return to be be slain stopping Colin from blowing it. Believing it Agents 1 & 2 show off their baes and arsenal including combat exo-skeletons in the likeness of the Imps plus a furry suit of Loona for some reason. Though their pièce de résistance is a machine that can open a portal straight to Hell, not including the issue that it only opens tall enough for a child which didn’t go well when they tried send in some through. The Agents thus offer the trio a chance to hunt demon scum, all but Collin enthusiastically agreeing.
After suiting up and testing the gear, Cletus in the red, Keenie the Yellow and Collin the Blue the trio prepare to enter Hell. Agent 1 in the Loona suit tries joining, but is stopped by Agent 2 for obvious reasons before she hands the trio a tracking device that’ll lead them to Blitzø. Unfortunately they have to take their gear through piece by piece, arriving in Lust.
In a candle Store Blitzø is looking for something to make the night even better, though his inability to describe an actual mood fucks things up. Above the Cherubs watch, Keenie wanting to strike till Cletus points out he’s alone and they should make sure he’s alone 1st as it’s their only chance.
In a Sex toy/paraphernalia shop a spider demon is helping Blitzø find the right things for his night with Stolas, though he’s just making guesses. The heavenly trio are obviously uncomfortable thinking it’s a torture shop, getting even more so the longer the shopkeeper goes finally reaching their limit and flying out at the sight of the XXXX rated machine. This causes Keenie to panic while Cletus keeps them on target.
Blitzø is talking with Fizz about what he could use, getting a 1st hand look at the new stuff before it hits market. After getting a look at the Dragon Driller 5000 the imp enthusiastically takes that and a blindfold. Outside the Cherubs mistake Ozzy’s for an armoury, while everyone else thinks they’re a trio of voyeurs. The sight of the toy Blitzø has chosen pushes them into action thinking it’s to torment a human. Though it’s interrupted by the rest of I.M.P. revealing they’d been following their boss, plus none of them were very discreet via an ambush. This leads to a vicious skirmish.
Despite Loona being hit and levelling a building so M&M can land in the pool then passionately tongue in they win the brutal skirmish , with the Hellhound taking the bloodied cherubs and smacking them through the portal with her hip. Blitzø meanwhile has no idea it happened thanks to sheer luck and coincidence.
At the Mansion that night Stolas is in his room while Blitzo climbs onto the balcony. While he’s showing off the various tools the Imp bought for the night the Owl is anxious asking for the book claiming he needs it back permanently. This nearly sends Blitzø into a desperate panic attack, till Stolas reveals he’s gifting them an Asmodean crystal which puts them under his jurisdiction technically but able to operate without breaking demonic law. Stating that as he no longer needs his Grimoire it removes any expectations of their relationship, irregardless of such things being unintentional. The Imp sadly can’t believe it thinking it’s cause the Owl is growing bored with him, until Stolas says that he has genuinely cared for him for a very long time, but gifting him the Grimoire was a mistake as it bound them in such a way that it has to be fixed. Even if they can’t continue, that doesn’t mean the Grand Prince doesn’t want Blitzø to continue to be who he is and run the company, just know that he doesn’t have to continue seeing him unless it’s their own personal choice as they want him to, only if it’s what he truly wants to. Unfortunately the Imp’s various issues and belief about their relationship cause him to see it as kinky fore play in the game.
Stolas for his part thanks Blitzø for the time they had and how happy he made him, wishing him the best with his business. The Imp shocked it was true follows as the Owl explains that despite wanting him for so long they could believe his feelings were false and it was just some game lets him know it truly know what they had was. Blitzø does not react well, screaming that he has no right to change the whole thing and that’s he’s a pompous rich asshole. Though before he can continue Stolas bluntly points out that nothing changed, that’s how it always was asking bluntly did it not feel strange that he never pushed for anything more than dinner or time together, that he never treated him with anything less than respect or affection and helped him start his business for nothing more than out of a desire to help the man he loves and has since their day in childhood together, the kind no one else has engendered since and who helping cost everything he loved. Stolas even asks if once in their time together did he say anything that could be taken as using him aside from one misunderstanding at the start, there’s a silence. Stolas realising just how little Blitzø thinks of him, portals him outside while stating how very highly he thought of them.
Despite seeing just how fucking wrong he was it’s too late. Blitzø finds himself in the front garden only being able to let out a loud fuck.
Later that night Stolas is visited by a worried Charlie. No words are spoken as the princess embraces her friend, the Owl weeping into her hair as she does her best to just be there for him. Later Stolas reveals what happened, with Charlie having to fight the urge to hunt Blitzø down and make him suffer as that would just hurt him more. Upon hearing that giving them the crystal was to both remove any pretence about their relationship but to also make up for his mistake in betraying her, the princess understands what he gave up to make it right. After a few hours of comforting him, Charlie lets Stolas know she forgives him now, especially as fixing his mistake caused so much pain to themself. Letting him spend another few hours crying on her she finally led him to bed. Both laughing at how often they did this for each other after getting drunk. As she’s putting Stolas to bed, he asks how Charlie knew about him needing support. The princess reminds him the staff have her number, so called. He thanks her, for still helping him even after he was such a stupid prick. They respond by kissing his forehead stating that of course she’d help always. Before leaving she thanks the staff for letting her know, then ordering them to do the same if he gets like that again which they eagerly agree with. Charlie then returns to the Hotel to try helping their drug abusing spider.
S2 E9 Stolas is reading by the pool when Blitzø makes an unwelcome appearance, trying to convince Stolas to go back to how they were, making an absolute pigs ear of it. The Owl wasn’t in the mood as the Imp made it known not only that he viewed their relationship as a game but saw him as another pompous royal, not even want to talk to him and requiring space as it’s hard for him. It was bad enough he’d received an invitation for being their latest Ex, after initially claiming he wasn’t planing to attend calling it immature, but admits it would be rude considering how kind they were to invite him. Blitzø is of course pissed, especially once he sees Verosika is the organiser. Stolas points out that it’s concerning he has an entire party devoted to hating him, though the imp claims it’s cause he wouldn’t be tied down. The Grand Prince asks if he has no issue always being the one to crush others feelings, the former carnie calls it ending shit before it gets too serious as relationships are boring. This causes Stolas to ask why he’s here then, before ordering them to leave when he can’t answer. Blitzø tries pushing it but the Owl tells him he isn’t comfortable with how he’s speaking to them, getting furious when the imp claims he looked down on him before they ask for one incident in which he wasn’t respectful and considerate compared to how as they put it only saw the whole thing as some royal game. It ends with him bringing up that they sound no better than Striker, reminding Blitzø he didn’t do anything more than trying to help while showing his true feelings but he just wanted the Owl to play into his idea of what he was as some spoilt selfish royal. Their reply of that being the gayest shit he’s ever heard finally pushes Stolas to leave. This causes the former carnie to have a break down in which he states does he want him to say that they could never believe a prince could love someone like him and his self-hatred stops him from ever apologising to anyone he could ever care about. At the Grand Princes response of yes Blitzø claims he can apologise though refuses to do so to him.
Back at his apartment Blitzø decides just out of spite to apologise to everyone he’s fucked with. Starting with giving Martha a gift basket, he smirks seeing she and Mrs Mayberry are an item know, especially when the former is unapologetic about it. Next is the D.H.O.R.K.S. they massacred, the bouncer at Ozzy’s taking a break to see if Stolas has texted back, then the apple mascot at Loo Loo Land, the agents they massacred, the Brennon Ragers and the producer at an award ceremony before cancelling another attempt at texting the Owl before the Cherubs but instead doesn’t apologise telling them fuck you. Now that’s left is to apologise to his exes, at the party they threw to share how much they hate him.
On the surface Blitzø blending in thanks to it being Halloween makes his way to the address after getting directions. Stolas meanwhile is already there navigating his way through the party, lamenting how it’s spent celebrating mutual pettiness. Verosika is actually very welcoming to him as she knows how much the aftermath of a Blitzø breakup can be. The Owl himself states it’s been a while since his last Halloween party on earth, flashing back to when he attended the sacrifice in his honour he had to stop. Despite being obviously put off by her voteless hatred via the cake stabbing, the succubus tells him to have fun as they’re amongst friends there before taking the head piece of the cake. The imp in question after realising he needs to keep track of his exes starts apologising , badly, though soon realises he’s in dangerous territory takes the table cloth as a disguise then blaming Dennis for the mess.
Outside many of the guests are gathered as Verosika gives a speech introducing Stolas as the guest of honour. Initially anxious but thanks to the Pop-stars encouragement the Owl is able to sing about how much he wanted to show Blitzø how much he loved him and hoped they could be happy together, but refused to believe his feelings were real and seeing it as just some game to fuck him. The disguised imp weeps realising just how badly he fucked things up.
Inside Blitzø approaches Stolas, who is downing Beelzejuice. Asking why he’s there the Owl isn’t impressed to hear he’s getting another cheap apology. Despite his attempts to do so Blitzø still isn’t ready to realise people can love him, with Stolas pointing out there’s an entire crowd full of people who cared about him that they throw a party about how they fucking hate him cause of how he hurt them annually. The Imp simply says they’re better off without him, especially the Grand Prince, stating he deserves so much better and not understanding why he wants to be with him. Stolas then tells him honestly that despite being married and having a child with his best friend, gaining a family and friends he could trust/rely on he never had the thing he truly wanted. Love. Someone to share his heart with as only lovers can, to spend his life with, to do normal shit and have it feel like the most romantic thing ever just cause he’s with the right person. Before finishing that he wanted Blitzø the one he’s loved since that day at the circus all those years ago. Seeing him like that causes the Imp to try reaching out before the Owl just tells him to leave as it hurts being there, that he’s doing it for himself not the person he’s hurt. After calming down a rather handsome incubus comes over asking Stolas to dance, which they happily agree to, much to Blitzø’s displeasure.
Seeing Verosika on her own Blitzø heads up to talk. After calling him out on his balls coming there, the imp mockingly apologises for simply telling it like it is before continuing in missing the point. The succubus finally calls him out for being so shitty, that being from Hell isn’t an excuse and that he can’t handle his actions affect other peoples feelings. She confronts him further by asking how it would’ve felt that the fun guy she was dating bailed cause she simply said I love you, calling it the most embarrassing feeling to be vulnerable just once and that he knew how to send a message in the shittiest way even worse that he makes her feel bad for still being angry. That hosting this party helps everyone else cope with the shit he did after dicking them over, watching an imp break down crying after throwing a knife into an effigy’s eye. At his silence Verosika asks if he’s got no snarky comeback, Blitzø admits he doesn’t and is actually sorry not wanting to be like this forever. They notice Stolas having a good time, the succubus approving when he starts tonguing his partner, calming her ex down by saying that if he wants to change it starts with saying good for them and hoping they get laid before offering him some cake. Shortly after the pop-star left him, Blitzø follows seeing the ways he affected those he was once involved with, stopping at the sight of Stolas continuing to dance and being happy. Despite the pain he leaves, gets in his van and drives back to Hell after facepalming into the steering wheel.
S2 E10. Millie arrives at the office with the morning coffee order, greeting Verosika’s crew happily as since the party they’ve been much friendlier. She arrives to find that even though it’s been a month Blitzø is still sulking over the breakup, ordering Loona to stay all night burning 200 taxidermies owls with a 100 more arriving via Wally Wackford, the poor girl having to down all the coffee. Already worried the sounds of Moxxie screaming after not returning home sets her even further on edge, only to discover it’s due to his stress at their boss draining the pension to buy horse plates, attempts at reminding him about their paid off house and savings do nothing as the poor imp can’t stop his stress induced anxiety attack. Millie finds Blitzø watching ghostfuckers, obviously still upset about the breakup despite his claims they didn’t or ever will. The news of a client gets the hitwoman to leave and deal with them.
Their client is a recent arrival claiming she was killed by a ghost at a spooky haunted hotel. Despite Millie’s attempts at clarifying that ghosts don’t exist with Loona backing her up, Blitzo’s arrival and enthusiasm for wanting to fuck a ghost takes over with the hitwoman agreeing to offer unconditional support per their agreement with the punch card. She’s hopeful that he’s at least out of his office.
Loona is doubtful it’s a good idea, but Millie hopes it’ll help clear Blitzø’s head while asking her to watch over Moxxie. Intially reluctant she agrees after the Hitwoman reminds her they can’t keep both safe at the same time. The boss pulls up Loona agreeing with Millie being grateful enough to use her name.
On Earth they crash into a grave and found themselves in front of the haunted Hotel. Despite Millie’s attempts to convince him otherwise, Blitzø is sure they’ll find ghosts dropping he spent a couple grand on a ghost catching machine after not paying her in a month. Despite her best efforts the hitwoman is reaching her limit.
Inside they meet the creepy concierge who is at 1st reluctant before agreeing to let Bethany Ghostfucker/Blitzø film in the Hotel, revealing the multiple grizzly murders that have taken place including their client. Millie and the boss argue about Ghosts being real again before the lights flicker. After getting the keys the pair set off to check every room.
While walking through the halls, a paintings eyes following, the pair argue once more about the realness of ghosts before Blitzø kicks in a door. Instead they interrupt an elderly couple. This sets off a chase involving multiple other humans with Millie pulling her boss back from making it worse.
Crawling through the vents Millie finally loses her temper, telling Blitzø that while she loves to have fun together or said anything about him moping like a sad sack for weeks, but considering they’ve got bills to pay he can go be pathetic with his ghost games while she gets the job done. He tells her they don’t need them anyway.
Crawling forward alone Blitzø discovers a strange black goop before the vent starts tilting downwards, desperately crying for Millie’s help. After landing he is confronted by 1st a faceless copy of his friend, before others that died in their missions appear asking why he always needs help and take from those around him before leaving them worse and more broken than finding them, how he can never change or stop fucking peoples lives up, though the question about when was the last time he loved someone without hurting them breaks him. He flees down the hall finding them hugging his mother, who tells him it’s not a dream before burning in front of him despite his cries for it to stop.
Millie finds his necklace, formerly Tilla’s, outside a room where Blitzø is screaming and crying. Though upon touching him, they scream to stay away as he destroys everyone and makes their lives worse. The Hitwoman reminds them of how they met and recruited her into the company. Then when she was feeling like they shouldn’t be able to make money themselves as imps are just good for muscle, he set her straight by reminding them why each member is in the company and if they can’t make it no one could. That meeting him helped overcome her beliefs that she could only ever be a farm girl or underpaid goon and that she could be anything. Thanks to him she has a career, a husband but most of all a future along with being her best friend clarifying she could never hate him. Millie is honest stating that she’s so used to Blitzø being almost bulletproof and she depended on that, so seeing him reduced to this wasn’t something they knew how to deal with but apologises stating she should’ve respected him like he always did her apologising for it. Feeling better the pair get back to finishing the mission.
In the hallway they go through the clues and figure out it’s an infestor demon, Rolando making his appearance known. After chasing down and separating the pair the tormentor neutralises them after a short fight before possessing Blitzø forcing the Imp to see the worst moments of his life played out repeatedly. Seeing Millie trying to aid him, Rolando uses his hosts body to attack adding in words he knew would break her lying it was all their friends while he can only watch begging. The Infestor laughs over how sweet they’ll taste after driving away the only one left who can take his bullshit. After blocking and dodging Rolando’s attacks, Millie catches his punch and turns the tide trapping him. Despite his attempts the Hitwoman lets him know that his words mean shit to her and Blitzø can handle it himself, so starts beating the ever loving shit out of them till the Infestor is blocked. After a brief misunderstanding it’s cleared up Blitzø is clean before knocking the prick into the pool, before tossing in the ghost machine to fry the fishy prick once it’s obvious nothing actually happened. Once it’s clear he’s dead the pair leave the hotel.
While pushing the van out of the dirt, Blitzø smiles touched Millie considers him her best friend before agreeing he’s gonna stop trying to be their 3rd anymore. After admitting that things with Stolas affected him that much, he admits he’s gonna keep stalking them as Moxxie is still a little fuckable which Millie agrees with.
Back at the office Moxxie celebrates having fixed the company’s finances, till Loona points out he forgot to carry a 2. Stopping the Thespian from burning the place down the Hellhound gives him a blanket, ice cream and sits him in front of a TV playing the Ghost Fuckers musical much to his joy.
S2 E10 A few days later Stolas is visiting Charlie and Vaggie at the Hotel, marvelling at all the work they’ve done, praising that they’ll be redeeming sinners in no time. Over lunch they reveal their 1st patron is none other than Angel Dust. The Owl is intially shocked though admit it makes sense considering he works for that shit stain Valentino. The princess shares the look, confusing the Angel. They explain that shortly into their marriage the Moth had offered to provide company for the then Prince-Consort, including those of a certain age. Instead Stolas strangled the sick fuck to near death, before forcing him to make a deal to never do that kind of shit in any form on pain of death. Vaggie herself wants to murder them herself, which Charlie shares too. It then moves onto how the Spider is doing, their honest telling Stolas that he’s not making it easy, but they’re going to keep trying to prove he’s safe here and they believe in him. He wishes them luck before the question moves onto how he’s been doing since the breakup. It’s quiet before the Owl admits that while what he did say hurt him, they still love Blitzø and want him in their life. Though he admits he’s sure the Imp doesn’t feel the same so it’s a moot point before they move onto asking how Octavia is doing at school. Despite his jovial mood it’s obvious to the pair theirs a genuine sadness and longing in his eyes, so when he leaves they decide to deal with it.
It’s mid afternoon at the I.M.P. Office with the company rebuilding from Blitzo’s breakup spending when they get an unusual request. A client wants to meet them all in the boardroom, which aside from a shrug. The 4 of them sit there for 20 minutes till they hear a knock, Moxxie getting up welcoming the client as he opens the door, freezing at who it is. Standing there is Charlie Morningstar and Vaggie, both looking very unhappy. The Thespian walks quickly back to his seat, he and Millie holding hands under the desk preparing for the very real chance they might die. Loona is frozen still terrified looking to her dad, Blitzø is as still realising he might’ve just killed his daughter and best friends. As the princess takes a seat, their partner behind them. A silence settles quickly into the room as everyone of the team wait to see what the Princess will say or do. Once she does asking if they can guess while she’s there, their boss jumps up shouting it was all his idea, they were just following his orders if anyone should be executed it should only be him. The rest of I.M.P. try protesting but Blitzø silences them telling Moxxie to look after Loona, they and Millie having tears in their eyes as they realise their friend and father could die protecting them. Momentarily stunned Vaggie exasperatedly explains that while yes they’re not happy about the whole killing humans that’s not it. The Imp and Hellhound are shocked but also confused till Charlie decides to reveal the reason for their visit.
Clarifying that while they aren’t exactly thrilled at a business that goes up to Earth to kill humans for sinners, she can understand they were desperate considering it’s still difficult for Imps to get ahead even with her reforms helping them. Plus as they are now technically under Ozzy’s purview it’s up to him to decide if they can keep operating. The reason they’re here is because of Mr Buckzø’s relationship with her ex-husband. Theirs another confused silence as the Princess asks if the Imp knew how heartbroken Stolas was and still is after what happened, informing him of the stars the Owl was once he expelled him and how part of her wanted to hunt him down, making him beg to die. The man in question tries disappearing into his seat. Charlie continues stating the despite that and the time apart, earlier that day Stolas admitted that he still loves Blitzø and wanted a life with him. There is another silence as Moxxie, Millie and Loona turn to look at their boss for his reaction, only to find them frozen in shock contemplating what he’s been told. Once a few minutes have passed the Princess asks Blitzø if he still loves the Grand Prince and if given the chance restart their relationship on better terms. To everyone’s surprise including his own, Blitzø says yes he would, that even if he doesn’t feel deserving of the Owl they want to be by his side and tell him how much he loves him and do the boring stuff couples together forever before slapping his hands over their mouth in absolute shock. Charlie then apologises stating she needed to hear the absolute unvarnished truth so cast a truth spell on him, removing it then much to the Imps relief. Getting up the princess states that Stolas is waiting for him though he doesn’t know she’s here, telling him the pair need to have an honest conversation. Though Vaggie stops Blitzø as she isn’t done. While Charlie is willing to let I.M.P. continue operating she has 3 rules that if broken will result in immediate punishment, her tail, horns and eyes suddenly becoming more demonic putting them all at notice. 1. No targeting children. 2. Whenever she needs them they will answer without delay or complaint. 3. Don’t hurt her ex or daughter, being directed mostly at their boss. They all agree vigorously while the Angel lets the Imp pass, watching as he rushes away and screeches out of the parking lot in the van.
Left alone Charlie returns to her regular form, apologising for things being tense but did what she had to help her friend with his relationship issues. Moxxies the 1st to speak saying they’re grateful that the princess didn’t imprison or execute them, so it’s all good. Charlie still apologises before greeting Millie saying it’s been a while and asking how she’s doing, the Hitwoman smiling saying it’s nice to see her too and life’s been good especially since she married her Husband. Upon finding that out the princess looks over Moxxie explaining she has good taste and he seems like a fine man which makes the Imp blush. Moving onto Loona she looks her over before stating the Tex and Bee were right about her being pretty. That causes the Hellhoubd to freeze asking what she means, the princess clarifies that the pair have apparently been talking about her a lot and were planning to ask her on a date. While Loona deals with that information, Charlie turns back to M&M stating that Stolas mentioned they were the ones who rescued him from that prick Striker apologising for their reward being so delayed but life’s been rather hectic for them, handing them a sealed envelope like they got for stopping the outlaw the 1st time. To their immense shock the letter states that for services rendered to the royal family they will not only be gifted the check for 30 million souls within but a knighthood each. There’s a silence before an overjoyed Moxxie leaps up hugging Charlie’s upper half before kissing her cheek while profusely thanking her, before realising what he did and making a grovelling apology though she explains it’s ok she understands the reaction, though Vaggie still gives him a look before they leave allowing the couple to celebrate their newfound financial and social status, while the Hellhound accepts 2 people she likes are interested, a hunky sweet guy and a sweet gubbly gal who’s also a sin.
Parking outside the mansion and actually running through the halls till he finds Stolas, an out of breath Blitzø falls to his knees before him a weeping sincere apology in which he’s sorry that he’s so fucked up and broken he saw the Owls sweet gestures and genuine attempts at a relationship as just some game. That he’s sorry he hurt him so much and couldn’t tell him how much he loved him cause he was too broken/scared and self hating to think they could really love him. That he’s understands if Stolas hates him but needed to tell them how he really feels. After some initial confusion then digesting what was said the Grand Prince takes a breath, asking if that’s what he really feels. Once he has definite confirmation, Stolas admits that while he’s still hurt at how things went, they would like nothing more than to start over and have a proper relationship which causes the imp to hug him while crying even more. Once Blitzø is calmed down he reveals over dinner what caused him to come running in with a confession like that. The Owl smiles, both grateful and annoyed at what his friend did. By the time they finish it’s late with Stolas offering to let them stay the night, freezing when they ask to share a bed which they then happily agree to.
Blitzø and Stolas begin preparing for bed after what can be agreed was an exhausting day. The Owl stripped nude while the Imp kept his underwear on. After a moment’s hesitation Blitzø plants his head into Stolas chest arms around his back, which causes them to start making happy hooting noises before wrapping his own arms around them. Thus the pair share a bed for the 1st time, no innuendos or saucy activities. Just 2 people that love each other sleeping in one another’s arms.
Ok now that we’ve covered almost all of Helluva Boss it’s time to focus a bit more on our favourite Hotel.
3 months before the Pilot despite her heartache at what Stolas did, Charlie refused to let it stop her from carrying out her dream. After months of work, most of it being setting up everything needed from the various suppliers she and Vaggie decided it was time to start looking for their 1st guest.
For obvious reasons this was no easy task, after nearly a day of fruitless searching the pair were planning to head home to start again the next until Charlie caught sight of a certain Spider sinner leaving against a street light, looking for johns. As they pull up he starts his act, before stating he charges extra for Jane’s though the princess clarifies they just wanted to talk to him quickly. After promising to pay him, he gets in then immediately starts asking if they have booze which doesn’t win him points with Vaggie though Charlie states she can tell he’s good. They obviously ask his name, which causes the exasperated Spider to reveal it’s Angel Dust along with his career as a famous Porn Star, much to the ex-Exorcists exasperation. It gets worse upon hearing her name and his mockery of it, though he shows some gratitude to Charlie after finding out she’s the princess stating those bunkers of hers helped a friend of his out. Upon hearing their plan to redeem sinners to heaven, he’s obviously skeptical asking why they want him to be their 1st with the princesses explanation that he obviously regrets his life choices doesn’t help. Laughing the fact he’s the only 1 they managed to convince to talk, Vaggie attempts at explaining the amenities and benefits if he tries intrigue Angel Dust at least internally, before he calls it lame then enjoys Charlie’s embarrassment at trying to voice his profession. Done with the Spiders shit Vaggie states he’s a bad candidate and suggests they re-look tomorrow his pride causes him to get into another verbal altercation with her before agreeing. He claims it’s cause he’s 3 months behind on rent and doesn’t wanna keep blowing his land lord. Then Angel Dust reminds them he needs to get back to work, before being stunned when the Princess hands him a big stack of cash. Her further response it’s an investment in him claiming there’s more to him than he sees and they want to help him. Downplaying his feelings of shock the Spider gets out of the limo.
Later that night while cuddling his Pig Fat Nuggets the Spider goes over what happened and what it could mean for him.
The next day he arrives at the Hotel. After Charlie gives him a hug in sheer joy before cooing over how cute his pet is, gives them the tour with Vaggie. Angel Dust was honestly impressed that they weren’t bullshitting about the amenities it had, though his room was the biggest surprise as he had expected the usual bed and bath, he instead had a whole apartment. The Spider obviously agreed to the rules, fingers crossed on the no drugs whatsoever or alcohol in rooms rule. Though upon finding his stashes of both replaced by a note from the princess stating now he can get a proper start. Immediately storming down Angel Dust demanded his possessions back, the princess incinerated the substances before his eyes politely reminding him that they are banned though alcohol can be purchased at the bar in approved amounts. The reveal that there was a charm in the Hotel that activated the second he agreed would ensure it would happen anytime the spider or any other guest tried to do it, regardless of crossed fingers. Annoyed he returned to his room to find a strange bottle on the table, a note from Charlie explained it was a potion used in Sloth rehabilitation centres that purges the physical need for substances in who consumes it, though clarifies the physical effects will not be pleasant. Not wanting to give them the satisfaction Angel Dust didn’t touch it, though a few hours without his fix the withdrawal started so spite wasn’t worth it anymore. Downing the bottle the spider didn’t feel anything, until it hit. He soon felt a crippling headache and ice water in his veins that caused him to collapse onto the bed, curl under the blanket with Fat Nuggets by his side waiting for it to end or death. Thankfully it only took an hour to get back to normal. After that unpleasant concoction and realising he was fine, Angel Dust got up to check the fridge as it was nearly dinner time. Finding it packed with quality Wrathian meat and vegetables a note explaining they stocked it for him. At the same time theirs a knock, Vaggie explaining she and Charlie are making dinner if he wants to join them. Wanting privacy the Spider makes his own dinner with their pig.
It continues like that for a few days, aside from going to work or walking his pig the Spider doesn’t really leave his room, until one afternoon when coming back from said walk he meets Octavia. Obviously he’s surprised to see a kid in the Hotel asking what the deal is, only recognising her as Charlie’s daughter when the princess says so while pulling the Owlet into a hug. Via recognised him as Angel Dust the porn star, much to her mother and Vaggie’s discomfort. She pointed out: 1.She lives in Hell. 2.Even if she doesn’t a lot of her friends watch porn. 3. He’s one of the most famous ones in Hell. 4. His posters and ads are all over Pride. Even if it makes sense neither of them are happy about it. Of course Via herself is more interested in Fat Nuggets calling him cute, which they appreciated enough to start nuzzling them. Sammy meanwhile finding them warm curled up around their neck, which they found sweet. The Spider did ask if it was a good idea to have a kid in the same place as well any of their potential future patients, Charlie pointed out that her daughter could take care of herself, with the Angel adding only the 3 of them could access their floor and anyone else needed to be with them. He admitted that was fair.
For a while Angel Dust continued his routine of staying in his room only leaving for work or his pig, along with getting more of the potion to deal with his withdrawal as getting it done faster was better or for more food. The only one he really interacted with was Octavia. They enjoyed hearing the Highschool gossip, talking fashion and even watching trashy tv or movies in the basement on the big screen. He also trusted her to take care of Fat Nuggets when he was out. She likewise trusted him with Sammy, who made a very good Boa. It wasn’t until Charlie’s ex-husband visited, the Spider heard from Vaggie he did something to her but they were starting to fix things. Curiosity combined with his natural suspicion of offers to help after Valentino, Angel Dust decided to listen.
Managing to find a good spot the Spider listened as they talked, wondering why the Grand Prince was heartbroken over an imp, but the most impactful thing was yet to come. When Charlie spoke about how despite difficult he was being but would still do their best to show they were safe here and believed he could change for the better. Instead of an admission of mockery, disdain or betrayal the Princess still genuinely wanted to help him. Angel Dust didn’t really do anything but stay in his spot for a long time thinking over what that meant. Even if he had still come to the Hotel despite his trust issues, the Spider was still waiting for them to kick him out after realising he didn’t deserve their help or to be exploited in some way. But no they really did want to help him, saw something in him that no one not even he did.
Later returning from their meeting at I.M.P. Charlie and Vaggie are discussing what to do for dinner when they smell something delicious. The pair find to their shock, Angel Dust preparing dinner with Razzle and Dazzle helping. After a moment of silence the Princess is overjoyed to see the Spider being more involved with the Hotel, asking what changed. Feeling guilty he’s honest about the eavesdropping, earning a hurt look from Charlie and an annoyed one from the ex-exorcist. Angel Dust apologises stating he’s had trust issues for a while, so wanted to see if they were being honest with him. Hearing what she said made him realise it was the truth. The Spider continues stating that while he might not be sure about the whole redemption thing, he’s willing to try improving himself though is honest stating they’re likely gonna fuck up a lot and hopes they can accept that. The pair exchange a quick look before Charlie pulls him into a hug saying of course, while Vaggie gives him an earnest smile. They help Angel Dust with making dinner.
The 3 joined by Octavia and their animal companions have a very lovely meal that night. Just as Angel Dust promised he made a real effort to stop taking drugs, though was allowed liquor at the bar. Though considering his work the psychological need proved too strong, but with the potion and their support he managed to go a bit longer without each time. While he did still continue to be a sarcastic asshole he was much friendlier with the owners. The Spider also met Stolas when he came for tea. The pair got along quite well as Angel Dust loved hearing all the gossip about rich and mighty of society, along with bonding over how they grew up being told to get married and have kids, plus shit dads too. Eventually the Spider heard about how they actually got married, inbetween laughing at the ridiculous of it found it sweet that the princess wanted to help a stranger like that. He also did ask how they had Via, like did they use a turkey baster or Stolas have a friend help him perform that night. Upon hearing the story, Angel Dust said they were either really lucky or unlucky to get pregnant after their 1st and only time having sex together. The pair both agreed on lucky as it led to their little girl, who despite being embarrassed loved how affectionate her parents were.
Of course the members of I.M.P. also had their own matters to attend to.
Blitzø having reconciled with Stolas was doing his best to have a relationship based on more than just sex. The Owl suggested they see the same therapist he and Charlie used. Though skeptical considering he’d already tried, the Imp agreed to give her a try. Sage had seen many patients on her career, but Blitzø Buckzo was one of the most interesting. Thankfully it didn’t take long for him to open up, but the sheer amounts of issues and trauma they had meant it’d take a lot of work. Thankfully the baphomet was up for the challenge. It was a slow but gradual process to help him recover from all the shit he’d dealt with but she was confident it could be done, plus he had a lot of support.
Moxxie and Millie after the meeting went home the out of sheer joy at their reward proceeded to tear the bedroom apart in a display of sheer passion. Afterwards the pair discussed it and decided that despite the money they would continue to work at I.M.P. both due to enjoying their work and being around their friends. Though they did agree to buying a beach house in Envy and the farm girl sent some more money back to her family. Of course they didn’t know about the little surprise they made that night.
Loona for her part after the meeting had gotten a text from Vortex asking if she wanted to have fun with him and Bee. Once she had gone through a dozen emotions including joy, anxiety, shock and others in the space of a minute agreed. Arriving to the Honeycomb much quieter than usual, the Hellhound was greeted by Tex, who led her to the main living room where Beelzebub was very happy to see them. Taking a seat Loona prepared for what she thought would be the next question so deeply, that she said yes I’ll be your girlfriend to if she wanted a drink. Cue a rather interesting silence, confused on the hosts end while their guest looked like she wanted to die out of embarrassment. Vortex broke the silence by cracking a joke, that while it didn’t answer if she wanted a drink that did clear up the main reason why they invited her, Bee meanwhile picked Loona up into a hug overjoyed promising that she’d never want for anything in material or love kissing her cheeks which she enjoyed despite all the blushing. Obviously the pair were curious how she knew they were going to ask, upon hearing about Charlie’s visit to the office the Queen laughed at how her niece gave them away, then explained she’d have to get her some extra nice for Sinsmas. With things calmed down both she and Tex asked Loona if she’d to join them for dinner, kissing her hands causing the poor woman to go near as red as their coworkers before agreeing. It was kind of surreal watching the Queen of gluttony cook her a meal, Vortex helped the receptionist feel at ease with the whole thing. During meal Bee fed Loona once or twice enjoying pampering her new girlfriend. Once it got late the pair asked if she’d like to stay the night, which after some hesitation they agreed. Tex picked her up in a bridal carry, both partners enjoying their blush. That night Loona found herself cuddled up between a topless hunk Hellhound and a scantily clad Queen Bee, despite the initial shock the receptionist quickly found herself enjoying the feeling and fell asleep between them, feeling loved and valued.
Life went on at the office. Blitzø was his normal self but was overall much happier and fulfilled. Moxxie and Millie were in very good moods thanks to their new found financial security. Loona was very happy with her new relationship, as having a girlfriend who could taste your emotions and boyfriend who was sweet empathetic was a nice thing. Plus as their boss had been willing to throw themselves to death to the highest of Hell’s royalty it helped bond them all as a family. Loona even started calling Blitzø dad openly which he absolutely loved. He also stopped stalking M&M as he had his own relationship plus therapy was helping there.
Late November Charlie was busy preparing for her annual holiday charity venture with Vaggie, Stolas and others helping. It was something she’d started shortly after getting married to the Grand Prince. In order to help those less fortunate in all the rings the Princess set up a system where people could collect food and gifts paid for by her own money so they could still have a magical holiday season. Charlie herself handled Pride, Stolas Wrath as Satan wasn’t interested, Vassago took care of agreed for obvious reasons, Bee, Ozzy and Bel took care of their own rings. Envy wasn’t included as Leviathan herself stated that considering her inhabitants care about appearance more than anything they would only use the ones in other rings to not look bad. The system itself used an online form that people would enter their name, the food and gifts they wanted, this was limited based on the quantity and price in order to prevent anyone just taking too much of the great stuff. People had tried to do so in the past and sell it for a profit, though it was soon obvious why that was a bad idea. Then you’d just pick it up from the chosen centre. It was one of the things that made the princess more popular with her Hellborn subjects. Even despite all the work being put into that Charlie made sure to get her family and friends nice presents, along with a little get together before the actual Holiday.
It was held a few weeks before Sinsmas and the big royal party in the Hotel. Along with the Owners, Octavia and Stolas was Blitzø with Loona with M&M along with Angel Dust. 1st they each opened the gifts Charlie got them. Vaggie got a beautiful silver and silk chocker with a lavender coloured diamond. The Owlet a beautiful gold ruby necklace. The Grand Prince a rare sapling from earth. Blitzo she found a rare horse figurine for. Loona a limited edition album of her favourite artist signed too. Moxxie a Stradivarius and Millie a rare bottle of Wrathian Bourbon. The Spider got a pass to travel through the other rings. Overall they all appreciated the princesses gifts. The night itself was also fun. As it turned out the Thespian imp was a fan of Angel Dusts work, which he enjoyed some playful flirting with the poor imp. Blitzo meanwhile was his usual self dangling from a chandelier with Stolas and Vaggie trying to get him down while Charlie fretted to the side with a smirking Loona and Octavia. Though 2 very important conversations took place that night.
Charlie noticed that Millie had disappeared, curious went looking for her. She found the Hitwoman having just hung up her phone and looking very emotional. Charlie obviously asked if they were ok, with Millie requesting they talk somewhere private. Going to one of the upper balconies the princess offered her a drink, though the farm girl refuse it. After a few moments Millie asked how she felt upon finding they were pregnant. Realising what she’s truly asking, tamping down her own joy, Charlie is honest stating the circumstances weren’t what they planned for as having a child wasn’t in the books for a year minimum not so soon. Along with how worried she was if Stolas was ready to be a dad as at the time wasn’t sure it was good or bad luck, though after holding Octavia the 1st time both agree it was a miracle. That causes the Hitwoman to smile before going anxious again. The princess asks if she wants to be a mother. Millie reveals that both she and Moxxie want kids, but points out how dangerous their job is that she could lose the baby or one/both of them could die leaving them an orphan. Charlie simply listens as she can tell they just need to let it out. Once it’s over the farm girl looks at the princess, all but begging her what to do. Charlie is honest pointing out that everything Millie said is valid, but reminds her as this is Hell she could die walking down the street and she shouldn’t let fear control her decision making. Though regardless telling Moxxie is a must as otherwise it could be lead to irreparable damage in their relationship. The Hitwoman is silent before pulling the princess into a hug, which they return, thanking her for the advice. Charlie then points out as they’ll probably be seeing a lot of each other she’d be more than happy to help if they decide to keep the baby which Millie appreciated. They return claiming they just went for a walk, with the farm girl happily curling up next to her beloved husband.
Around the same time another important conversation is taking place. Octavia asked her dad to talk in their room privately. Stolas was obviously concerned by how anxious Via seemed to be, even Sammy was looking the same too. After a minute Via started by saying he knows she loves him and that will never change, which was then making him anxious. Then after more preamble the Owlet finally revealed why she wanted to talk alone. Octavia was asking his permission to ask Vaggie to adopt her, clarifying it would only give them the same status as him and mom without taking anything away. Seeing his daughter was panicking Stolas simply told her to calm down and take a breath, once that was over he revealed he had no issue with her request and thought it was more than deserved after everything the Angel had done for her and overall as part of their family. The Grand Prince then asked if she had the papers yet, not surprised when his daughter pulled them out of the air with magic. Doing the same for a quill Stolas signed his name on the 1st parental signature slot, which caused Octavia to give him a big hug. He did advise Via to wait till the party was over as he imagined Vaggie would prefer that which the Owlet agreed made sense. The pair returned to the rest in high spirits.
Later that night in the Hotel when everyone had left but its inhabitants Octavia asked Vaggie if they could talk privately. Alone in the Angels office the Owlet stated she had a big question to ask her. Taking a piece of paper from them Vaggie was shocked to see it was adoption papers, with Stolas signature already on it. After a few moments of shock she hugged the Owlet which was reciprocated, tears coming from her one remaining eye. Charlie was equally overcome with joy later when she was told and once they calmed down promised to have it fast tacked before Sinsmas. Overall it was a great for the family.
At the home of the Knolastname’s Moxxie was preparing for bed when he noticed Millie wasn’t in their room. Finding them in the room next to theirs looking deep in thought. After jumping hearing her name called, Millie apologised saying she was just wondering about if they had kids and this room would make a great nursery. Moxxie smiled at that agreeing it would, putting his arm around her pulling them close. The pair were quiet until the Hitwoman asked if her husband wanted kids. The Thespian is silent before admitting that he does despite a fear he’d be like Crimson. Millie asks if the fact the danger of their jobs doesn’t make him worried. His response that of course it does but he knows they’d never let anything happen to the other, but this is Hell anything could happen shes silences them. After another pause Millie reveals she’s pregnant, explaining she did the test at the party and her talk with both Sallie May and Charlie, that while she does want to be a mom is genuinely scared. Moxxie despite wanting to scream in joy focuses on comforting the love of his life, promising her that he’d support her no matter what choice she makes as they can always have kids later if that’s what she wants. Asking to think it over the pair head to bed, the farm girl from Wrath staying up longer than the Thespian anxiously thinking things over. The next morning Millie wakes up Moxxie had made her favourite for breakfast including imported Wrath ring Coffee. Taking a seat next to him she gives her decision. They want to keep the baby. The Thespian doesn’t contain his enthusiasm letting out a scream of joy, picking his wife up in a hug and twirling her round the room overjoyed they’re gonna be parents. When he puts her down they immediately kneel down to kiss their belly promising the baby they’re gonna be so loved. The Hitwoman smiling, realising she’s made the right choice. They agree to wait a bit before telling anyone else, just enjoy having it between them, aside from the princess and her sister. The couple spent a lazy day together grateful it was the weekend.
Of course there was one final big event before Sinsmas. The Mid-Winter Ball. As always it was being held at the Morningstar Palace. In the time leading up to it Stolas drilled I.M.P. on the various bits of etiquette and protocol, especially in Loona and Blitzo’s case considering the former was now the partner of a sin and the later as the partner of the father to the heir of the throne. Along with that was the fashion. Bee proceeded to take her newest girlfriend and Vortex to Leviathan for their outfits. The Serpent kept the receptionist under a microscope, checking her physical attributes and personality not being impressed. Though based on what she’s heard from Via about helping them out is willing to give them a chance. Levi makes her and Bee dresses with a suit for Tex that are individually each worth more than the buildings in her neighbourhood. Blitzø got similar with the sin being even less impressed.
As was traditional for them the Morningstar family, the sins and their partners arrived 1st, the Crown Princess, Grand Prince, Octavia and their partners before everyone else. Lucifer for his part was excited to meet Stolas new boyfriend, surprisingly they actually got along quite well. With Loona he both gave her a shovel talk and a big hug which confused the poor girl, though Tex and Fizz explained it was just a brother thing for him. The retired clown himself was glad to see his friend here, as it proved he and the Owl were good now. Thankfully like usual nothing had gone wrong, though they had to keep Blitzø from getting murdered by Satan. Their guests of honour had also arrived and were being prepared for their moment.
As the final guests arrived the opening event began. Moxxie and Millie arrived in new clothes a suit like old military officers and royalty wore along with a dress a princess would wear. After walking down to the king their names and deed spoken by heralds, the pair knelt before him. Lucifer thanked them for their service to his family, had them swear an oath of loyalty and proceeded to knight each making each a sir/dame. With that the ceremony was over and the ball could begin in earnest.
The night mostly went smoothly. There were a few pointed barbs thrown at the members of I.M.P. but their companions and royal partners managed to silence them with a look and choice words of their own. For the largest part they celebrated M&M’s new titles with the father and daughter’s 1st official appearance on the royal social scene. Loona did at times get anxious, but thanks to her partners perceptiveness and taking her to a quiet spot to relax allowed them to enjoy the night. Blitzø for his part came to Via’s rescue from a nobleman not so subtlety trying to make himself a good marriage prospect. The Imp simply pointed out what happened the last time someone harassed the Kings’s granddaughter and why they were only spare worse cause of being under age, what would they do to the prick 6x times her age. They quickly left while Octavia thanks Blitzø as she always got flustered when people tried flirting, he left her no it was no big deal just keeping them safe. Noticing him looking suspiciously at her aunt and male partner, the princess explained how he had nothing to worry about from either of them and how Vortex was even the one who saved her from Selene that night. That seemed to help the hitman ease up a bit towards them. Once it was late enough the guests began to leave while the Morningstar’s, Sins and their companions plus the guests of honour stayed the night with breakfast in the morning before returning home.
For Sinsmad the members of the family and the members of I.M.P. Celebrated it solo, as they’d spent enough time together recently a bit of private time was decided to be in order. Octavia split the day between her mom’s and dads in the morning then afternoon. Loona did the same splitting the morning with Tex and Bee before joining Stolas and Blitzø in the afternoon. Moxxie and Millie relaxed planning for their baby. It was a nice day for everyone involved.
Of course the joy had to give way to pain as the extermination came on New Years Eve. Despite her best efforts, Charlie couldn’t help but feel remorse at how many died. Vaggie did her best to support their partner through the pain. Though not long after returning home they received a call that made their day. 666 news revealed they had a cancellation asking if Charlie would like to come on and talk about her new project. After an enthusiastic yes from the princess, they were told it would be in 2 hours. Quickly getting ready, including a not for their sole patron who was at work, the pair jumped into the limo with Razzle and Dazzle driving.
At the studio Vaggie helps Charlie prepare while going over her talking points for the Hotel. Once they’re ready the princess goes to greet Katie Killjoy who is her ever charming self, stating she doesn’t touch the gays as she has standards. Charlie simply points out her standards are part of the reasons she’s here. Annoyed the anchor woman retorts the only reason she’s here is because Jeffrey Dahmer cancelled his cooking segment. Though the princess interrupts them, pointing out she’s spent plenty of time around catty nobles so Killjoy can save it with the mean girl routine, though she isn’t surprised considering she must be bitter about needing a gay man to be head anchor on a network only sinners watch. That causes the reporter to freeze in shock then start shaking in rage, Tom Trench is doing his best not to laugh, before the break ends and she has to rush back to her seat still seething.
Once the broadcast starts Killjoy just barely staying professional asks Charlie what her latest project is. The Princess for her part manages to give a very emotional but effective speech about how it breaks her heart seeing so many Sinners killed, especially considering the most recent extermination. This leads them to revealing her plans for the Hotel, despite some initial heckling Charlie makes a very good case pointing out that there have to be sinners out there that want to be better even if they don’t believe or want to admit it, to get a chance to see their loved ones in heaven and escape the extermination. That seems to make those watching consider it. The newscaster mocks it further by asking who would be stupidly or desperate enough to try that redemption bullshit, mocking her further when it’s revealed that Angel Dust is not only their 1st patron but has made a genuine effort to improve his behaviour and habits. Though it’s soon ruined by the announcement that the turf war between Cherri Bomb and Sir Pentious has been joined by the Spider assisting the former.
Despite the shock and panic at this reveal, Charlie keeps her cool by pointing out that just because Angel Dust is stumbling doesn’t mean he isn’t trying to redeem himself, plus he’s only helping his friend. Vaggie is meanwhile trying to frantically call the Spider. Killjoy glad to get back at the princess said if she can’t even control someone who works for coke and lube, it’s no wonder her daughter is so fucked up to think she can be axe or whatever its called with them as a mother and that gay gutter fishing owl for a father. Tom Trench went silent knowing that’s not something you say considering how devoted and loving a mother Charlie is, let alone to her face. The woman in question is silent at 1st, letting her rage muster for a moment before her horns, tail and claws come out. Charlie then states that it’s a joke for the anchorwoman to talk about mothers, considering that if hers actually raised them right they wouldn’t be in Hell reporting the news to an audience that’s half high or just bored, also it’s not like she’s can talk about her daughters private life, cause based on what she’s heard none of the many guys she’s slept with said it was like bedding a half dead fish and smelt twice as bad. Everyone watching including Stolas and Octavia with I.M.P. at the office cheer that as do many others watching. Killjoy for her part is so enraged she transforms before leaping at the princess, who casually seats them across the ring earning more cheers especially from their co-anchor. Charlie simply asks Vaggie to follow her as they hop in the limo to pick up their patron.
The ride home is as awkward as you can expect. Charlie is looking morose at how bad the interview went, Vaggie is pissed at the spider opposite them who is feeling remorseful as he had no idea about the interview. Angel Dust for his part starts apologising, explaining that Cherri Bomb called him up and he owed her. The owners despite their feelings on how it went let him know they don’t blame him, as both remember what he said about the bomber being his only support for a long time and he was only returning the favour. That plus the princess stating she knows he’s trying his best and didn’t meant to cause them trouble only makes him feel worse.
Upon arriving at the lobby Angel Dust goes to get a drink to deal with his fuckup, while Vaggie focuses on comforting Charlie on the couch. Despite her accepting it would take time for Sinners to want to try redemption, today was just a bit of a hard blow. Though with the Angel there telling them she did great it did lift their spirits a little. Along with a video call from Stolas and Via both letting her know she did great, the Owlet especially enjoying how she put that Cunt Killjoy in her place, causing all 3 parents to remind her not curse though she just rolled their eyes, the princess thanked them both for the support as it was much needed before they had to leave as Blitzø had started a fire that needed putting out. In better spirits Charlie went off to call Lilith, letting them know how things went with the interview and despite how it went she wasn’t giving up on making Hell a better place just like she did before hanging. Before she could return to Vaggie, the Princess heard a knock at the door.
Curious about who it was they opened it only to be met by the dreaded Radio Demon. After slamming the door once out of shock, then Again after confirming it called over to Vaggie informing her who’s at the door, to their shock and the Spiders confusion, tells the princess not to let him in but the princesses curiosity gets the better of them. Opening the door to an enthusiastic Alastor who explains how entertained he was by her interview saying it was more enjoyable than the stock market crash. The Angel points her spear at the Deer promising to not let him hurt anyone there, he simply retorts that if he wanted to they already would have. After creeping everyone out Alastor then reveals he’s there to help to their confusion, till he clarifies that it’s because he’s bored and believes the hotel could be his new source of entertainment. The Deer then laughs at being asked if he believes in redemption, stating the only chance people had was on Earth and he’s there to watch the scum of Hell constantly try and fail to better themselves.
To the side Angel Dust asks who Alastor is, to Vaggies confusion as he’s been there longer than her. Exasperated she explains that he arrived in Hell decades ago with power unseen in a sinner and toppled overlords who reigned for centuries broadcasting their screams across Hell to show his power, earning him the cognomen of The Radio Demon pointing out how lazy it is. No one knows how he could rival the oldest and most destructive evils of their world but regardless he’s an unpredictable and dangerous wicked spirit of evil and monstrous chaos they shouldn’t get involved with unless they want to risk being erased. The Spider says he looks like a strawberry pimp which The Angel finds funny before saying she doesn’t trust him. Angel Dust asks if there’s any men she does trust, Vaggie says of course including him, which makes them smile at that.
Charlie meanwhile has finished talking to Alastor, exchanging a look with Vaggie who despite her own anxieties trusts them to make the right choice. The Princess asked what the Deer could bring to the table. Arrogantly the Radio Demon pointed out he could provide them with staff, exposure and having a respected/feared overlord in exchange for being her equal partner. To his shock Charlie rejected the offer. She pointed out that not only did they have the resources to hire staff and advertising but also had the support of her father, along with overlords like Carmilla Carmine and Rosie being allies of hers. That causes Alastor to freeze then seethe as the princess explains she’d be willing to take him on as a junior partner, putting him below her and their partner in the hierarchy. Displeased at how he’s being forced to take a lower position he agrees. After aggravating Vaggie and meeting Angel Dust being his sarcastic self decides that while the Hotel is in perfect condition they’ll need somebody to keep it that way.
With a click of his fingers the fireplace ignites as something drops into it, before he picks it up revealing a diminutive cyclops sinner naked Niffty. After introducing herself she says they’re looking forward to making new friends, ask if theirs any men not realising Angel Dust is before finally squeeing over how clean the whole place is. Then a gambling winged cat dinner arrives, who Alastor introduces as Husker, who is immediately hostile to the Deer though he doesn’t drop his jovial attitude. The cat sinner isn’t interested in whatever the man wants but relents upon seeing the well stocked bar. The Spider intrigued by the feline tries flirting which is roundly rejected while Charlie tries introducing herself and welcoming him though the cat is just as disinterested. Funny enough Angel Dust does ask why they have a bar, Vaggie explains just like with the potions for the physical aspects of addiction the bar helps alcoholic guests learn how to deal with being around booze without relapsing as it’s something they have to learn plus it’s a good social area for guests who aren’t alcoholics with drinks for those who don’t or who are sober.
Alastor for his part uses his magic to put on a show, realising just how limited his powers were in the hotel, both for fun and to endear himself to the princess. The performance goes well to they hear a loud bang on the door then some very angry yelling and hissing from outside. In his airship Sir Pentious is seeking vengeance for their defeat but is happy to see the Radio Demon there, though is annoyed by his lack of recognition. While the snakes main weapon is deployed and charging, Alastor demonstrates his powers opening a portal where large tentacles leap out pulling the warship to the ground while crushing it causing an explosion. After the stunned crowd, sans Charlie who while surprised at his power has seen greater displays, start following the Deer who promises to make his mother’s delicious Jambalaya recipe. He also uses his power to change the sign from Happy Hotel to Hazbin Hotel, which the owners decide to let him have as a reward for dealing with the nuisance.
After a delicious meal Charlie agrees to give Alastor the concierge position, with an understanding he obeys her and Vaggie. Despite the restrictions the Deer is glad he’ll at least have some power here. He also makes note of the pictures of not only the princesses parents, but her daughter and ex-husband.
The next day Stolas and Octavia visit, the latter being embarrassed by her mother’s affection. Meeting the new staff is an interesting experience, Niffty starts feeling the Grand Princes feathers squeeing about how soft they are while calling the Owlet pretty. Despite the promises of the princess she was mostly harmless they exchanged a look. Husk was an interesting experience as he was his usual sullen self though did ask if letting a kid into the hotel was a good idea, though the looks she and her parent gave them made him realise it was a mute point then downing a bottle of whiskey. Though Alastor was the most interesting as along with trying to act charming to the young lady, hoping to get a good relationship going. Her father he couldn’t help being cocky and snide, not liking it when the Owl cut him down to size stating they heard about him from Rosie who their quite close to but aside from that he’s only an interesting footnote compared to other overlords. Charlie sensing an argument tells her ex to be nice, then tells Al to stop being an idiot considering not only is he a Goetia so far above him but the one he’s trying to pick a fight with is only below the sins power wise so stop being a prideful idiot. That stuns the Deer before he sullenly agrees walking over like a pouty child. The Cat does his best not to burst out laughing.
For her part Octavia becomes fond of the new additions in her own way. Niffty despite being a bit fucking nuts, loved her taxidermies while the owlet liked her vintage fashion and found her roach puppet shows entertaining enough to gift the maid feathers she preened off for a new duster. Niffty cried in absolute joy. Husk Sh’s liked cause he was honest and direct, plus she liked playing cards with him as did the cat. He appreciated her not being one of the crazies and respected her card skills, even if she kept beating him. Alastor hoped to manipulate the young princess but found like her mother she was too smart for that, though they did bond over their experience in hunting him on earth and her with Satan, even giving her advice on how to make her taxidermy creations unique, along with nostalgia seeing her interact with Charlie. Via herself was split on the Deer, 50% viewing him as a weird uncle the other 50% as someone to watch carefully.
Stolas was different. Niffty reminded him of Blitzø to a degree so found her a sweet and charming if somewhat terrifying presence, while the maid appreciated how polite and friendly he was, along with helping keep the lobby plants alive. Alastor he didn’t trust one bit and despised his cocky attitude as similar to Andrealphus, while the Deer hated having someone so much more powerful in vicinity who openly made their disdain known. Husk was a more unique situation. The cat reminded the owl of Blitzø in one of his more sour moods, but could see they cared more than they let on. That combined with his disdain for being bound to the Radio Demon presented a unique situation. Stolas contacted the gambler in his dreams. After the expected freak out the Grand Prince offered him a deal, keep an eye on things and make sure his daughter and her mother were safe. The next morning Husk woke up to find an account number which had a large sum in it. They got the message.
HH ep 1. It had been a week since the extermination and Charlie was in her room reading the story of Hell to calm herself down. Vaggie who surprised the princess asked if she’d heard anything from their mom. After getting confirmation she hadn’t but the Queen was likely doing something really, the Angel reminded the princess had her and others who had faith in her, before revealing Alastor had something he wanted to show them.
After a rather mocking commercial about the Hotel Vaggie makes her displeasure known while Charlie tries being softer in why it doesn’t work. Alastor himself argues that as he’s been gone for the last 7 years decided to have some fun with it, along with being better known for and preferring radio to the noisy box. The Angel points out they need a commercial that actually shows what they’re trying to do, not mock them. Angel Dust pipes up offering to help pointing out his popularity could help, which the owners appreciate. Octavia points out it would also help if they ran an online campaign which would be doubly helpful considering the Spiders web presence. Charlie is obviously grateful for her patron and daughter’s eagerness to help, but has to step away to answer a call from Lucifer.
Angel Dust then asks why they don’t just force some sinners to stay, pointing out with all the power in the building it wouldn’t be hard with Alastor gloating he could. Husk then adds in that’s the only reason he’s there listening to all their bitching is caused Al is forcing him, with Niffty is her usual creepiness. The spider flirts with the cat, much to the latter’s annoyance. Vaggie then asks if Angel Dust would stay there if they tried forcing him. When he has no answer the Angel states that you can’t force people to want redemption, they need to be willing to work for it.
Meanwhile to the side Lucifer is asking Charlie to attend a meeting with Adam at the embassy as he’s busy with a Sins meeting. Shivering at disgust of having to see the man, the princess agrees to do so much to the king’s gratitude. Hanging up she called Vaggie over, with Octavia sneaking behind her. Charlie explains the situation with obvious anxiety and suspicion, wondering what that 1st prick could want. The Angel warns her to be careful, while their daughter makes her presence known reminding them to not let Adam bait her as it might be a trap. Grateful the princess thanks them before leaving.
Charlie soon arrives at the embassy, taking the limo to help her think. Upon arriving the princess marched through the front door and made her way to sign in, experience from her previous visits putting her on autopilot till she takes a seat in the meeting room. Adam and Lute soon arrive, Charlie not sure if it’s better or worse it’s via hologram. After he tries to get the princess to shake his hand or eat ribs despite neither was real. Charlie simply sighed as she knew this was going to be a long day.
Back at the Hotel Vaggie gathers everyone in the lobby telling them that while Charlie is away, they’ll be making a new better commercial. At her Request Octavia magically creates a video camera. They start with Angel Dust and Husk at the Bar. The Spider despite his attraction to the Cat controls himself to put on a good performance, while after some initial issues with reading the script Via hold cue cards he can read giving a much better performance.
Back at the embassy Adam is going on about one of his exploits with a lady while Charlie just sits there wanting to bash her head in. She tries asking him why he called his meeting but he simply went off another tangent making her wish for a strong bottle to drink till unconsciousness.
In one of the Hotels room’s Niffty is trying to kill a stray bug, till Vaggie gets her attention telling them to say they have the cleanest rooms. Though it’s ruined by her blank stare into the camera, creeping the Angel with the Owlet and Spider there with her. After another failure Via has an idea, sending the maid down to get something. By the time Niffty is back only Vaggie is left, asking her how clean the rooms are. The maid gives a much better answer before racing off after another bug. The Spider and Owlet reappear as the latter’s invisibility spell wore off, while the former held the camera. A thumbs up from Angel Dust let the ex-exorcist know they got it.
In the lobby Octavia is finished with the editing, grateful Leviathan taught her to make videos for her socials. Vaggie smiles at the final product, though it disappears with Alastor making an appearance. After complimenting the pair on how they were able to wrangle their stable to work, he offers to use his connections to get it on the air. Obviously the pair are suspicious but the deer argues he’s just trying to help the hotel thrive, more to prove his worth and ensure his position. Despite their skepticism the pair hand him the footage so he can do as promised.
In the meeting Charlie is at the end of her rope after listening to more of Adam’s ramblings, demands he shut up with the pointless bullshit and reveal why they called this meeting. The 1st man and Lute simply smirk as he reveals they’ve decided to increase the number of exterminations to twice a year starting 6 months that day. Obviously the princess is shocked, though before she can demand answers the holograms disappear, Adam and his 2nd smirking as he gives her the finger. Enraged Charlie smashes the table before walking out wondering how she’s going to tell everyone at the hotel.
Charlie walks in thinking how to break the news, when both Octavia and Vaggie greet her smiling before leading them to the couch. Here they reveal how everyone at the Hotel made a new commercial, Angel Dust calling it some of his better work with Alastor using his influence to get it on air that day with it soon coming on. The princess is overjoyed, deciding to wait before dampening their spirits with the news. Though it’s a moot point when Katie Killjoy comes on preempting the commercial, though annoyance soon turns to shock when the new double extermination is announced.
Meanwhile in Heaven Adam and Lute are using a drone to find the body of their casualty. While the 2nd expresses rage and desires a total purge, the 1st man calms her down asking her to be patient before destroying the projector.
HH ep 2. Charlie is in the lobby pacing and trying not to panic before gradually breaking, while Vaggie calms her down. Angel Dust meanwhile points out that with the announcement people are going crazy, both noticing him getting anxious at texts from Val. This causes the Angel to point out that if people are getting desperate then they’ll be wiling to try the hotel. The Spider asks if they really wanna go outside in the madness. Just as the princess points out it’s unlikely people are going to show up on their doorstep, they hear a loud bang followed by familiar yelling.
Outside despite his annoyance at failing to damage the hotel, Sir Pentious demands that Alastor show himself before realising he’s on the balcony sipping coffee. Despite trying to remind him of their various previous encounters, including a week previous the Deer claims not to recognise him. The Snake then claims that once he’s slain him then the Vee’s will have no choice but to recognise him. Niffty climbing in Alastor asks who the Vee’s are, he claims no important. Unbeknownst to them a Voxtech drone is watching this unfold.
In his office within V Tower Vox is enjoying watching his media empire and products being consumed by the masses, with or without hypnotism, though it’s interrupted by a call from Velvette. The Doll overlord wants the TV to deal with his boy toy who is fucking things up on her floor in a temper tantrum. Exasperated he leaves to deal with it. On the way he deals with journalists, claiming they’re developing a new angelic defense system, with a dash of hypnotic gaze. Vox then tells his assistant to get Carmilla Carmine on the books for a meeting so they can actually start working on, zipping through a camera as electricity. Arriving in Vel’s studio the fashionista tells him to fix the piss baby’s mess while she cleans up after the moth tore her model apart before tonight’s show. Exasperated the TV leaves as his compatriot prepares the replacement.
Vox finds Valentino having a fit, complaining about a whore and breaking shit. The TV asks for clarification, the moth reveal that Angel Dust has moved into Charlie’s Hotel which intrigues and worries his partner, who must focus on stopping them from doing something remarkably stupid. After helping Val realise just how it would make them look if he went chasing after the Spider especially once he offers to let them shoot the lowest performers of the month, Vox is glad the situation has been resolved. Though upon being told that Alastor is staying at the Hotel, he starts sparking from pure rage. After being brushed off by the moth the TV tunes the feed onto a screen for the Hotel drone.
Alastor is currently using his powers to play with Sir Pentious till the Snake falls face down in front of him. Though the inventor tries to claim a victory by taking a sliver of the Deer’s coat, realising quickly why that’s a bad idea. After blasting them screaming into the distance Alastor leaves to get his coat fixed, while Charlie and Vaggie wish Angel Dust farewell before heading to find any other willing sinners, while he wishes them luck.
Vox meanwhile is furious about Alastors return, even more so once Val mentions how the deer bear the TV. In order to vent his rage and show the Radio Demon who’s boss he prepares a special broadcast. Despite his best efforts Alastor quickly gains the upper hand after, causing Vox to lose his temper and short out the entire city save the Hotel. The Deer finishes with a promise to make him wish he’d stay gone, while the TV just wails in embarrassment at his defeat.
The 3 V’s meet for an emergency session started by Vox. He points out the dangers of Alastor getting close to the princess, as her making a deal with him is nonexistent, as overlords who have like Carmilla and Rosie have seen both their influence and Power increase. Vel asks how, with Val being his usual unhelpful self though the TV overlord agrees he has a point saying someone on the inside would be a good idea. After the moth states Angel Dust won’t return his calls, Vox says they need someone miss bleeding heart would take in with the Doll agreeing it needs to be someone pathetic and desperate while not being connected to them. Val points out that doesn’t exactly leave a lot of options, though the Media overlord smiles having the perfect candidate in mind.
Back at the Hotel Charlie and Vaggie return from an exhausting day, the former face flopping onto the couch. A curious Angel Dust asks how it went. The pair explain that they couldn’t find anyone, as people either ignored, laughed them off or asked for autographs/selfies which they gave. The Spider sympathises but points out that if people think they’re going to die, most would rather spend their last days doing whatever they want instead of trying some vague chance of redemption. While Via who has returned from school tries comforting her mother, Vaggie hears a knock at the door. Upon seeing it was Sir Pentious, the Angel decked him following up with her spear at his throat despite his claims of coming in peace. Demanding to know why he was there, Vaggie was joined by their partner who was more welcoming. Upon hearing that the Snake was wishing to become a guest Charlie immediately welcomed him in, much to Angel Dust and her daughter’s skepticism considering his previous attacks against them. The princess reminded them that the hotel was about second chances, arguing that Sir Pentious deserves the chance to try. The Spider tries to get the Angel to agree but she supports her partner’s decision, arguing with or without his inventions the Snake was no threat. After thanking her, Charlie welcomes the Inventor to the Hotel. Angel dust gives him a week tops while the Owlet bets a day at most.
Charlie thus starts showing Sir Pentious around the lobby and introducing him to the other members of the hotel, excited to have their 2nd guest. Niffty is as expected her usual overactive excited and creepy self, especially with the snake who she calls a bad boy. Despite the princesses promises that she’s harmless, he’s still terrified of her. This leads them to Alastor, who after some prompting from Charlie Sir Pentious apologises for damaging the Deers coat which is undercut by him burning the returned sliver of his coat out of mockery/spite.
Wanting to welcome Sir Pentious properly Charlie has them play the clapping game. It starts with her, the snake though Angel Dust is skeptical with Octavia agreeing as it reminds her of pre-school. Vaggie for her part tells them they don’t really have a choice via her own clever contribution, causing the pair to reluctantly participate.
Later with her daughter’s help Charlie creates a skit for Angel Dust and Sir Pentious to play in. The former will be attempting to convince the latter to take some drugs to help them to study for a final exam. The Spider goes along with it as the dialogue is much better and cause he can tell how much it means to the princess. As expected the performance goes well with Charlie praising the Snake for such a great 1st day. Noticing the Spider looking a bit put out, the princess comforts him by promising that even if their giving Sir Pentious a lot of attention cause it’s his 1st day they still recognise and appreciate all of his efforts in retuning to be better. While that helps, Angel Dust is still heavily affected by the voice messages Valentino sends him. This eventually causes him to go down and get a drink.
After something strong from the bar, the Spider notices a shadow moving. He follows it to the door of Charlie’s office ajar, within finding Sir Pentious planting a camera. Enraged at this betrayal Angel Dust attacks the Snake. After a brief scuffle that ends with Sir Pentious using his hypnosis on the Spider the pair find an annoyed Vaggie and Octavia with a disappointed Princess. The pair try revealing the truth or covering it, but Charlie silences them by explaining they know Sir Pentious planted the camera, revealing they used a spell to keep an eye on him just to be safe. Realising he’s been caught the Snake immediately starts looking for an escape even calling Vox on his phone watch for rescue. Instead the TV mocks them for getting caught so quickly, adding that they are so completely useless he should kill themselves if they don’t. The Angel and Owlet despite their initial anger can’t help but feel sorry as he curls up on the floor asking him to kill him quickly. While Angel Dust still wants to, Charlie stops him and offers Sir Pentious a hand. She states that while he might’ve come here based on a lie, the Hotel is a place where people can learn to be better which he can do for real if he wishes. Shocked at this offer of forgiveness Sir Pentious was momentarily stunned before taking it. Angel Dust was of course skeptical but was silenced when the Princess asks if was the best guest at 1st, reminding him they gave him a chant to improve so does the snake. It’s interrupted when Niffty emerges unhappy that the Snake is no longer a bad boy, kicking him in the tail for disappointing her. As they leave to get to sleep Alastor appears in the room, activating the watch to mock his old rival before destroying it.
The next morning a now legitimate guest Sir Pentious leaves to pick up his airship and Egg Bois. He also sets up a laboratory in his room, grateful that Charlie used her magic to give him a much larger space to do so. While suspicious of every other staff or guest at the Hotel, he was more at ease around the Princess and her partner. Though surprisingly he was the friendliest to Octavia. The Snake treated her with all the courtesy a young lady and royal were owed. Despite Via not being into the whole thing, she did appreciate that he was trying to be respectful. They also found his inventions interesting, plus his Egg Bois were funny.
HH Ep 3. Charlie is putting up a banner celebrating Sir Pentious 1st week, though Vaggie points out he’s still a significant work in progress. The Snake in question wheeling in a weapon proves her right. He calls it the Skin Flayer 11,000 and it’s to help him shoot the other residents as he suspects their planning to kill him due to being too nice to him to not be lulling him into complacency. Though he perks up when his delivery of machine parts arrive via Clara and Odette who are happy to see the Owners. After some catching up including a dinner invitation from Carmilla, the Angel tells the snake he can’t build weapons in the Hotel and that no one is trying to kill him they’re just being nice to make him feel welcome. Vaggie then tells the sisters to take the purchase back which they do with a shrug, while telling Sir Pentious he needs to trust them which he admits he doesn’t. That gives the Princess the idea for the days activities to be about trust. Though her partner does reinforce the no weapons point or plotting against guests, though the Egg Bois shooting a laser at the ceiling that thankfully didn’t even leave a mark was the last straw. The Angel decided that to encourage the Snake to better behave she would confiscate his assistants for the day despite his pleas otherwise if he wanted to stay and redeem himself. While the inventor wailed in sadness the Eggs happily followed Vaggie at his order.
Vaggie takes the Egg Bois to Alastor who is enjoying his breakfast of a dead deer. The Angel asks the Radio Demon to watch them for the day, which he agrees to before leaving for an important outing. She meanwhile is disgusted by his meal.
Down in the lobby Charlie gathers Staff and Guest alike, stating they’ve noticed tension that goes against their goals. So in order to fix it they’re going to do some trust exercises, despite some grumbling from the others. The Princess then announces that Vaggie will be taking the lead, who after some initial discomfort and support from their partner is willing to do so. The Angel does take charge like a drill sergeant before stating what the activities were. 1st they start with trustfalls, 2nd where 1 of them has to lead a blindfolded team mate through an obstacle course and 3rd 2 truths and a lie. The success with each one varied, though Angel Dust had a suggestion for the pair.
Meanwhile Alastor was walking to his meeting, patience pushed so far by the antics of the Eggs he was very close to committing murder. The appearance of Zestial was considered a welcome blessing, happy to see a fellow overlord of his calibre. As they walked together the Spider questioned what happened to the Deer, the latter laughing at the idea he’d fallen to an exorcists blade claiming it was simply a sabbatical. It then moved onto him being involved in Charlie’s hotel, with Zestial stating his surprise. Though Alastor was soon displeased to discover that not only does the spider overlord have a close relationship with Charlie and her family, but so does the Carmines. Upon arriving at the elevator the Deer demon stops the Eggs from following , ordering them to stand guard. Though he failed to notice Frank had gotten in.
Upon arriving Alastor and the other overlords take their seats, Rosie taking the place next to them before scaring the Egg Boi off with a fang filled smile. Carmilla appears revealing she called them here to discuss ways to limit the damage the new extermination schedule could do to their power bases. Seeing Zestial the matriarch happily greets her old friend, before being shocked at the appearance of Slastor though soon moves on not interested in what happened to him, much to the Deer’s displeasure. Though before the matriarch can get back on track they are once more interrupted by the arrival of Velvette, much to her displeasure as the Doll is their usual disrespectful and insulting self. The meeting is further halted by the Fashionista throwing the head of an exorcist on the table. Once the shock has worn off Velvette claims they found it on extermination day and with proof of their mortality the Vees are coming up with an assault plan. Zestial interrupts by pointing out they have no idea what killed the Angel possibly even being one of its own, pointing out that Heaven could retaliate by purging all of Hell for attempting an attack. While the other attendees agree the Doll notices the anxious look on Carmilla’s face. Seeing an opportunity Velvette provokes her by insulting the Spider, thus starting an argument. After several insults the Fashion overlord finally asks if the Weapons overlord knows what happened to the Exorcist, causing them to end the meeting. A victorious Velvette leaves followed by the others, though Alastor stops sensing an opportunity as the Carmines and Zestial leave ordering the Egg Boi to follow and learn what he can.
The Hotel crew are currently in a clothes store at Angel Dusts suggestion, as shopping can be a good bonding activity. It’s a pleasant reprieve with everyone getting something for themselves or someone else, though despite this progress Vaggie was still worried about their progress. The Angel and Charlie spoke, despite the princess’s initial reluctance she agreed to her partners plan to push their guests and staff to trust each other. Thus the pair take them to a building in the middle of a battleground between various sinners. On the roof Vaggie explains that the bonds of those forged in combat are the strongest kind, telling them that their job will be to work together and make it back to the roof. Before any of them can protest or question Charlie opens a portal beneath their feet, dropping them in the middle of it. While watching the groups progress, the princess notices the Angels unease and questions her. Vaggie reveals she’s worried what they’re doing isn’t enough, especially in light of the new extermination. Charlie for her part makes it known just how much she’s helped already and how important to the Hotel they are. That helps lift their spirits enough that the pair are able to watch while their companions fight back to them, Vaggie happily nuzzling her princess which is eagerly returned. The pair aren’t surprised to see only 3 have returned as they guess Niffty is causing chaos. After portalling her back which makes the maid whine that it’s over they all head back home for some well deserved R&R.
Frank the Egg Boi was currently hiding as he listened into the private conversation between the Carmines and Zestial. Carmilla for her part isn’t interested in sharing the truth despite her daughter’s encouragement though the Spider is able to convince the matriarch. Thus she reveals it was only to protect her daughters and that if it got out it could cause a war that could cause all of Hell to be destroyed, including her children. Carmilla then promises to do anything to keep them and Zestial safe by keeping it hidden. Having completed his mission the Spy flee the room arriving outside to find Alastor who upon hearing the truth is very happy, though orders Frank to keep it to himself.
Back at the Hotel Charlie and Vaggie watch happily as the rest of the group bond over their experiences in the battlefield, having grown much closer. Around this time Alastor returns, claiming the little monsters proved rather useful. The Angel then states the Eggs can be returned to Sir Pentious as his conduct today has been enough to earn them back, before reinforcing he can’t make anymore weapons. After joyfully embracing the Eggs, the Snake then ordered them to clean his quarters.
Later as they’re preparing for bed, Frank reveals the secret though his boss simply believes it’s more bullshit he’s making up.
The next night Charlie, Vaggie, Stolas and Octavia are having dinner at the Carmines. While the meal is delicious as ever with progress about the Hotel, the Grand Prince’s relationship with Blitzø and the Owlets progress at school both socially and academically. Though they all notice a rather uneasy atmosphere in the air, till eventually Carmilla reveals she has something to tell them or better yet show them pulling out the Exorcists head Velvette brought. Cue an uncomfortable shocked silence till Vaggie breaks the silence asking where they got that. The Matriarch explains how she killed the Angel to prevent it from hurting Clara and Odette. Charlie, Vaggie and Stolas now understand why Adam decided to have a 2nd extermination, it was revenge for one of their own being killed. Upon hearing that the Doll overlord is the one who brought it in Via deduces that it’s likely that even if they did want to fight back the Vee’s were likely trying to get their rivals to agree then withhold support either wiping them out or severely depleting them, which Carmilla and Zestial agree being proud at her deduction skills. The Angel then states they need to be ready in case the Exorcists decide to target the Hotel, asking the Matriarch to give them some supplies which she happily agrees to. Before leaving Vaggie removes the heads mask to find she recognised them, realising this Carmilla ask if they knew each other well. The response that not really doesn’t really change the awkwardness of the situation. Heading home via a portal after saying goodbye to their hosts and the owlet plus her father who were heading back to the mansion. After arriving in their room the Angel goes to her forge, carrying the head with her the princess following. Vaggie lights the forge at its highest before placing the remains of her comrade inside, saying a prayer in the old Angelic tongue, despite not really knowing each other she felt they deserved this much at least. Charlie comforted her friend, asking if they should return the ashes to embassy, though Vaggie’s argues they shouldn’t as it could be used by Adam & Lute as further provocation along with tipping them off they know how to fight Exorcists. Understanding the Princess still gathers the ashes so they can be returned to heaven at the 1st opportunity once things have cooled between the celestial and infernal kingdoms. Their partner appreciated it.
The next several weeks pass with the usual craziness in the Hotel. Sir Pentious more comfortable and trusting of his fellows takes Charlie up on her offer of therapy. It’s slow at 1st due to his distrust of the profession considering how it was practised in his day. The snake starts off small talking about his time in Hell such as their former partnership with Baxter before separating due to irreconcilable differences in their treatment towards the Egg Bois. Then it moves into his crush with Cherri Bomb and how much he loved fighting her, which the princess finds cute much to his embarrassment. Though the inventor soon decides to reveal what damned him to Hell, his life as a shut away trying to practise his craft and how he watched people, along with how he stood by after watching Jack the Ripper kill his 1st victim and never reported him allowing him to kill 5 more with the guilt being what sent him there. Charlie listens then comforts Sir Pentious before admitting that yes what he did was terrible and if he wishes to redeem himself must work to make up for his sin, but promises them that the Hotel can help them do so and she personally will do everything in their power to help them to the best of her ability as will the others promising he has friends here. That sets off another tearful reaction from the Snake, though he soon becomes more devoted to redeeming himself and trying to get closer to his fellow Hotel Dwellers. While it’s not enough to carry him to the pearly gates it’s a good effort.
HH ep 4. The inhabitants of the Hotel and Octavia were in the lobby watching an old recording of Angel Dust performing in drag shortly after arriving in Hell for show and tell. Cue a round of applause for his excellent performance, which makes the spider blush especially when Husk compliments him especially. Though it’s ruined when Valentino calls, the Spider becoming a more subdued anxious mess as he’s called into work. Despite their obvious displeasure at seeing them being forced to leave just for that prick of a Moth Charlie accepts she has no choice. At least until Vaggie and Octavia remind her of what Stolas did to Valentino, pointing out she can do much more to help not only their friend but other sinners under the Vee’s thraldom. That obviously lights a spark in the princess who stands up promising to be back soon.
In Valentino’s studio Angel Dust is performing more shitty material under the Pimp Overlords watchful eye, hoping today he’ll be in a good mood. Though one thing no one expects is to find the Princess of Hell walking into the room a determined look on her face. The Spider immediately jumps up shoving the bull sinner off him, rushing forward while putting on a robe to try and prevent his friend from being harmed by his piece of shit boss. Though it’s for naught as Charlie refuses to leave and Valentino notices her. To everyone’s surprise the princess tells the moth to shut his fucking worthless mouth in a tone no higher but much colder than usual, stating she’s here for the Spiders contract. Before Valentino can utter a word Charlie reminds him she hasn’t given him permission to speak yet, before stating she’s understands the pimps brain is his smallest organ after his dick of course so they’ll explain it for him in a way even they could understand. The Princess reminds him of who she is and what her ex-husband did to him, what does the moth think they can do considering how much higher they are than him in power then asking if one contract is worth losing everything he’s built while also reminding him of who her relatives are in case he’s stupid enough to try something holding her hand out expectantly. The whole room is shocked silently watching to see what will happen, while Angel Dust watches on both stunned and terrified at what could happened. Valentino is silent stewing in his rage before handing her the contract, an attempt to tell them to leave silenced by the princess shushing him saying she hasn’t given them permission to talk. Charlie then turns to Angel in a much warmer and gentler tone telling him to get his things as they’re leaving, before waving their hand at their former boss shooing him like a dog further damaging the Pimps pride though be reluctantly obeys. After quickly changing and grabbing his things the Spider walks towards the portal the princess opened, noticing his friend keeping a fervent watch to ensure Valentino doesn’t try anything though it momentarily stops when she gives him a warm supportive look before resuming it till both are through the portal and its closed.
Charlie and Angel Dust just stand there in his room, the former giving the latter to process what has happened. Once the Spider is finished he turns to the princess to see her offering his soul contract, a soft supportive look on their face. Understanding what she’s wordlessly saying he takes the source of decades of misery, trauma and pain holding it for what seems like years before ripping it to shreds. Immediately Angel Dust feels the chain around his throat disintegrate, the feeling of helplessness sadly still there as after so long wearing the collar he has no idea what freedom means despite so long dreaming of it. The Spider doesn’t know when he started crying, only realising it when Charlie pulls him into a hug and their suit starts to get damp. The princess stays like that, not even breaking away when Fat Nuggets furious starts squealing and scratching from inside the bedroom hearing his caretakers cries, ridging through the portal allowing him to try comforting them. After nearly an hour of crying Angel Dust both mentally and emotionally exhausted allows the princess to guide him to bed, lying on the mattress as she placed his beloved pet with him. The Spider has no idea what she said before drifting off to sleep but the warmth and gentleness of her tone is enough to understand what they meant.
Later Angel Dust wakes up to find a tray of food on his bedside table with the clock reading 5am. NLT surprised he slept that long the Spider grabbed a note attached to the lid, it was from Charlie. She said that hopefully Angel Dust felt better and if not then having a good meal would help. Upon removing the lid the Spider was happy to find it was his favourite meal with an appetiser and desert as he’d shown the princess and her partner how to make it. He also noticed a very nice bottle of red wine with another note saying that while they try not to encourage guests to drink too much, this is a special circumstance along with explaining they fed Fat Nuggets and took him for a walk. After downing a 1/4 of the wine the now former pornstar got to work on the food. Tearing through it like a starving cast away he finished it in barely 10 minutes, which goes against his standards of enjoying his food but right now all they wanted was to be full. Once the last piece was in his belly the Spider simply laid in bed with their pig, just continuing to wonder what to do now that they were no longer bound to that moth prick.
A few hours later Angel Dust hears a knock at his door, surprised it was Husk instead of Charlie they welcomed him in. The cat reveals he was on his way down to the bar and decided to check on him, the Spider decided not to mention how that’s a very big detour and simply thank him. Theirs a few minutes of awkward silence till Husk asks how Angel Dust is doing, the latter deciding to be honest stating he had no idea what the fuck to do as despite dreaming of freedom for nearly a century it feels strange even frightening. The cat sympathises, revealing his own past as an overlord and how he came to be owned by Alastor along with with his own addiction to drinking and gambling, overall saying that he’d probably be the same but reminds him of just how precious that freedom is and not to waste it. That little support means a lot to the Spider who thanks him before heading down to the lobby, his pet pig in their arms.
As the pair arrive they find Charlie waiting at the bar very happy to see them. She obviously asks Angel Dust how he’s doing, grateful that’s he feeling better despite still not being sure about how the future will be. Hopeful to help the princess reminds him of his pass to the other rings, this gets everyone but Vaggies attention considering this is the 1st they’ve heard of it. She offers to let him use one of her estates to get away and clear his head. After remembering that she was the heir to the throne so would have several such estates, the Spider asked if he could take Cherri Bomb with him which was met with a supportive yes. After thinking it over he agreed, being further surprised when Charlie offered him her credit card to use on his trip. Angel Dust did ask if she was sure about giving that to him, the princess stated of course as not only do they trust him not to abuse it but it’s to help him. The Spider stands there frozen before taking it with a thank you, though internally he still didn’t feel deserving of all her kindness.
While Angel Dust is packing his things and calling Cherri Bomb, Charlie announces to their staff that she has something for them apologising that it was meant to happen yesterday but with what happened it was forgotten. In the trio’s hands land a letter. Opening it they discover it’s a pay check for $5,000 souls, Vaggie explaining that even if Alastor brought the 2 of them they are still paid employees with the benefits included. Niffty is excited as it’s the 1st time she’s had a paying job and that she can spend it on more cleaning products and ways to kill pests. Husk is more neutral, admitting it’s more than he made a month back on Earth. The Deer is unhappy to discover he’s being paid the same as his subordinates, though his complaints are silence by being reminded he’s only a junior partner and still an employee like them leaving the Radio Demon to grumble about the whole thing.
Not long later Angel Dust comes down the stairs bags packed, Fat Nuggets in his 2nd pair of arms. After saying goodbye he heads out to the Limo picking up Cherri Bomb on the way. They arrive late evening, the place just as nice as expected. The staff welcome them in as Charlie gave them a heads up, showing them to their rooms before giving them a delicious meal. Once it’s over the Spider lays in his bed cuddling his pig still unsure about his life now.
The next 2 weeks are spent with Angel Dust and Cherri Bomb swimming or tanning with Fat Nuggets, visiting Gluttony to try the best restaurants, bars and cafes in Hell with some great parties. While the time away and the cyclops support does help, the Spider is still left feeling anxious about what his future will be like. Arriving home late at night the former potnstar is surprised to find Husk waiting at the bar, his usual already waiting. Taking a seat the Cat asks how the trip was, taking the answers that didn’t say anything in stride. It continued like that till Husk reminded Angel Dust that even if it was scary, now he had the chance to make his own decisions instead of listening to complete shit heads and do what they wanted along with how everything from here on out was his choice. The Spider pointed out that’s how he ended up being owned by Valentino, though the cat reminded him he didn’t have good friends around him then like now who won’t let him fall into that bullshit again. That helps Angel Dust feel better, enough to flirt with Husk saying he didn’t know they cared that much about him which caused the bartender to playfully tell him to fuck off. They stayed down there till the Cat had to carry the Spider and his pig to bed leaving a glass of water and some painkillers. In the morning everyone, especially Charlie welcomed him back asking if he was feeling better. Angel Dust was honest stating that while not the whole way there he was better off which was enough for the princess.
The next few months were interesting for the members of the Hotel.
Shortly after Angel Dusts return Charlie overheard everybody talking about their lives on Earth and what they missed most. This gave the princess an idea. The next morning they ordered everyone to gather in the lobby early as she had a surprise for them. So all the guests and staff arrived to find a much more excited Charlie than normal standing next to an equally confused Vaggie. She let them know she had a special treat for them but 1st they had to pack enough for trip lasting close to 30 days. Despite their questions the princess simply said it would be revealed soon, letting them know to pack some warm and cool weather clothes. Sir Pentious was confused, while Husk was annoyed, Angel Dust and Niffty were excited while Alastor was more neutral. After arriving with their bags and the Spiders case his pig, Charlie opened a portal gesturing for them all to step through. Sharing a glance intially the rest followed after the princess and her partner went through, Niffty being the 1st with an excited cackle.
Upon exiting they found that not only did the air not have the smell of sulphur, but lacked the distant sounds of explosions and gunfire. The biggest surprise though was the sky looked blue via a window along with a green field of grass and a grouping of trees. They were on Earth. Charlie thus announced that she was taking them to visit each of the planes they lived before dying, bringing up a chart that showed they were visiting in the order of London, New York, New Orleans, Las Vegas and Tokyo. After a moment of shock the 5 let out a variety of reactions: Sir Pentious was happy to be visiting home again, Angel Dust was more conflicted, Alastor was intrigued to see how the big easy had changed, Husk just grumbled and Niffty was ecstatic. The Spider asked how they were gonna do anything looking like a horror movie wet dream. The princess smiled before snapping her fingers. Suddenly the sinners took their appearances from life, while Charlie and Vaggie were in their usual human forms. Letting inertia of seeing their former faces wear off the pair also explained they would spend 5 days in each city before moving on to get plenty done. The Deer asked about the Hotel, but it was explained that the doors would be locked unless somebody came seeking redemption which one of the owners would return to take care of them. The princess then told them to find a room for their things and join them for breakfast downstairs soon. The 5 sinners looked at each other before deciding to do as requested.
Once they’d chosen their rooms and stored their things, the 5 sinners plus pig found their way to the dining room where the princess and Angel were already seated waiting for them. Soon after sitting down the staff presented them with a full English Breakfast made up of Back Bacon, Sausages, Black Pudding, Fried Eggs, Mushrooms, grilled tomatoes, beans and buttered toast with freshly brewed coffee except for obvious reasons Niffty who had orange juice. The food was delicious though Husk and Angel Dust were put off their black pudding when Sir Pentious said how much he missed the dish calling it blood pudding. Despite the explanation that it was mostly grains with a bit of blood the pair still turned it down, the Cyclops happily eating theirs while Alastor took the time to savour his own. During the meal the question of whose place they’re staying in comes up. Charlie explains it belonged to an occultist who in the 1800s made a deal with Lucifer for wealth and the safety of his loved ones in exchange for service to him in death. The Radio Demon asks what happened to them. Vaggie explains he lived a long happy life with his wife and 4 children who all went to Heaven, while he himself worked as an archivist for the Morningstar’s before retiring to a nice quiet part of Pride adding the mansion was relinquished to the royal family after his death as he outlived his loved ones. That was surprisingly more wholesome than expected. There was also the question of who the staff were, it being revealed they were a mix of Hellborn and human worshippers of the king of Hell which didn’t surprise them honestly. After the table was cleared Charlie called everyone to join her in the main sitting room.
Upon sitting down Charlie showed everyone the itinerary for the trip, explaining they would spend 5 days in each city before leaving at night to arrive at the next one, alone with the plan for London. She then revealed they would have some security, just in case. In walks I.M.P. in human disguises with Stolas. Angel Dust who’s met them before asks how the princess got them to agree to the job, Blitzø states it was part of the terms for her letting them continue to operate was to work for her when it was needed. Plus she’s paying them a shit ton of cash for a working vacation, which Millie and Moxxie are the most excited for. Loona herself is looking forward to getting some good pics. The Owl states he’s looking forward to having some romantic time with the Imp on the trip, not caring that Alastor wasn’t happy to see him there. The Deer did ask about Octavia curious who was watching her for the near month they would be gone. The parents pointed out she was almost 18 so along with her training could look after herself, along with having her snake and the Goat Bois as well plus being able to call them, lucifer or the sins if she needed help. Charlie herself asked how the hitwoman was doing with the baby, Millie smiling that aside from a bit of tiredness and mood swings she was fine while her husband was being absolutely doting towards her. After some more small talk, with the princess making it known they couldn’t hire I.M.P. after hearing what they did the trip started.
Over the next 5 days the group visited museums like the Imperial War Museum, theatres like the Shakespeare’s globe theatre for a play, where a debate about Romeo and Juliet split the group. They also managed to visit Buckingham palace. Niffty and Blitzø attempted to find the king for a ransom, while Charlie smiled over how nice the place was. At the Tower of London Angel Dust nearly got them arrested after joking about robbing the Crown Jewels. The local cuisine proved popular too, Fish and Chips from a local chip shop was a favourite as was a roast dinner in a pub, especially when Alastor found out they did a special venison option. London Zoo was a lot of fun, as Charlie loved the penguins and Snakes, while Loona liked the tigers with Stolas enjoying the owl exhibit. Sir Pentious enjoyed being back in London and seeing how much he changed, though it got very somber when they heard a Jack the Ripper Walking tour go by. The Inventor decided to follow stopping at the 1st murder site as old memories flooded back. The princess who followed checked on him though the snake said nothing. The last day Sir Pentious asked if she could find something for him. Thus the inventor stood before his grave, the name Pendleton etched into the aged stone. He didn’t say anything just stood there before leaving after an hour. Upon returning they said nothing and simply went to bed.
The next morning they travelled to New York. The group visited Times Square, Central Park and took in a show on broadway. The Statue of Liberty was interesting as they had to stop Niffty climbing up it. The Central Parkk Zoo was also interesting, though they had to prevent Blitzo stealing a lion or Millie wrestling a bear. As part of the agenda was also some of Angel Dust’s haunts and neighbourhood, the Spider was glad to see his favourite restaurant was still there and better than ever, along with his favourite bar. He did visit his old family home, obviously a new one was living there but it still brought back old memories. Angel Dust also took a solo trip to find his grave, finding it marked with Anthony Ragnos, “A beloved son, brother and friend may he find peace” next to his sister and brother. He didn’t say anything that night though Husk did visit and didn’t leave till the next morning when they left.
New Orleans was as expected, a city of music, culture and great food. Alastor insisted they visit an old speakeasy he frequented in life, happy to see the bourbon was as he remembered plus they now served top tier Creole cuisine. Husk, Angel Dust, Loona, Blitzøand Niffty needed to be carried home after that. They tried gumbo at a place by the water which the Deer called truly magnificent and took in a riverboat cruise, where Millie had to fight an alligator after Moxxie fell in the water, despite that they still had fun. The airboat ride went better as did their tour of the French quarter. Though the Radio Demon did want to see his old studio which was to their joy still operational and even did tours. The elderly guide explained the stations history, including a special section on the infamous Bayou Butcher, Alastor Le Blanc. He covered how the many used his guise as a radio host to conceal and report his vicious murders as a cannibalistic serial killing cannibal who used Voodoo rituals to try and summon demons to empower himself. Alastor was enjoying it until the man mocked his death via being mistaken as a deer by a hunter, the guide laughing as he called it a fair death for someone so gutless and cowardly. The group watched as the Deer almost gave his response till a look from Charlie silenced him, letting him know nothing was happening to the man then or after they left much to their displeasure. The day before leaving the Radio demon insisted on a solo trip. He found his family’s church and a weathered old stone, upon reading the name he knelt down placing fresh flowers his mothers favourite and sat silent not having the words just hoping her peace in heaven was what she deserved, as this world failed to give her that. Aside from allowing his cyclops maid in the Deer didn’t let anyone in or leave his room that night.
Las Vegas reminded them of Hell in a lot of ways except there were no explosions, fewer murders and it was hotter than the pride ring. Obviously they hit the casinos like Little Caesars where they played some games. Huskies won at blackjack while Charlie won a fortune at Poker before giving it to a charity nearby much to the heartbreak of several losers while Blirzø got thrown out for trying to cheat. They saw the fountains at the Bellagio, where Niffty tried to swim. Walked the strip where Loona got catcalled and had to stop her dad from killing him. They hit the mob museum where the Spider claimed to remember a few people and Moxxie realised that many mobsters were marginally better than his father. They saw a magic show where Stolas added some flair to make the magician look good much to his confusion. The Grand Canyone trip was hot but fun especially the mule ride they took, aside from Angel Dust spooking Alastors Mule causing him to hang on for dear life promising revenge afterwards. The gambler for his part did some checking and found out his body was left unclaimed then cremated. Unsurprised he took some expensive whisky and shared it with the spider before falling asleep.
The next day they arrived in Tokyo which was very nice, probably the cleanest city Charlie had ever seen. Thanks to a translation spell they were all able to speak perfectly fine to the locals, making things much easier. The group toured the imperial palace east gardens Stolas loving how elegant and beautiful they were, while stopping Blitzø from trying to steal some of the flowers. Next was a sumo wrestling event where Husk made bets that on the final but he lost to a Smirking Niffty. A tour through Shinjuku saw them try various foods at different eateries, which they all found very enjoyable, as they did the fish market with Alastor being impressed by how they skinned and cut the fish. The Skytree was also a favourite though they had to prevent the former carnie from hanging off the top. Charlie, Vaggie, Stolas, Moxxie and Alastor attended a traditional tea ceremony while the rest did a pub crawl. Niffty for her part had no interest in anything to do with her human life and enjoyed having fun in her home.
Upon returning to Hell everyone agreed they had a great time. For the sinners it proved to be a fun and also nostalgic jaunt. For I.M.P. it was a great trip that they got paid a lot for . Stolas enjoyed spending time with his friend/ex, Vaggie and Blitzø. Of course while they were gone a few things happened.
The same day Angel Dust went on his trip Charlie called her uncles Ozzy, Mammon, aunts Beelzebub and Leviathan. At lunch in a restaurant so expensive you had to know someone just to get the number, she put forward a plan. Knowing how each of them hated a member of the Vee’s for various reasons, it was easy to get their support. While the plan would take time to implement it would be very damaging to the Vee’s. The day after they left for the trip. The news announced that 4 of the sins had new projects/businesses/products coming to Pride. The tariffs to keep competing rings from overshadowing local production were down, though it only affected their targets. Azmodeus announced he was expanding his operations to Pentagram city, offering much better conditions and pay for any sinners especially new arrivals it significantly cut into Valentino’s bottom line and ability to gain new talent. Leviathan’s fashion and makeup line were also available cheaper so many sinners started buying those over Velvettes more expensive offerings forcing the doll to cut her own prices, along with any potential recruits snatched up via better pay and working conditions. Beelzebub hurts them both via some help from Belphegor by creating a new fermentation treatment that nullifies any love potion old or new permanently cutting into both their profits. Mammon hits Vox by selling tv and other tech at a lower price while being the same quality which hits him hard, especially once the fine for the blackout from fighting Alastor arrives. While the trio are still major players they’ve found their influence, power and wealth significantly weakened forcing them to adapt while making them hate the Princess even more.
Others are equally affected. Crimson for not only attempting to kidnap Fizzarolli but doing so with a wanted criminal who themself wounded and almost killed the Grand Prince had all their bounties joined then tripled with promises of titles and land for whomever brought them in. This resulted in not only multiple bounty hunters and their old rivals but also associates and allies going after them. This destroyed what was left of the Knolastname crime family. While hiding out in a motel Crimson revealed his last resort to the Assassin and Alessio. An Azmodean crystal. Using it they escaped to Earth, just hide out till the heat died down he said, though they all knew that wasn’t happening. Funny enough they wouldn’t need to wait long. Shortly after making it to Earth they were grabbed by D.H.O.R.K.S. who proceeded to interrogate them. Once it came out that they had common enemies the 3 demons made a deal to not only get payback against I.M.P. but to live the good life again. The 3 were given an isolated place in the mountains placed under guard with all the luxuries they could want in exchange for information the organisation could use. This proved very valuable.
Meanwhile another Certain countess was making her own moves. Charlie was surprised to find a letter requesting she come to a restaurant in a wealthy part of pride alone at a specific time in the next day. Suspicious but curious they decided to follow up on it. Arriving the next day at lunch the princess despite being dressed in a fine suit was ready for a fight, her dagger hidden ready to be drawn at a moments notice. Whoever asked for her is sitting on the other side of their private table holding the menu up, only dropping it once they sat down. The sight of the little cunt who harassed her daughter Charlie just barely stopped herself from gutting them cloaca to sternum. Selene stated she knows there’s nothing stopping them from killing or torturing her, but points out she isn’t stupid enough to meet for no reason. That causes the princess to ask why she’s there then. The young heiress then explains she knows who was behind the attempt on Stolas and is willing to provide evidence on 3 conditions. Charlie wanted to ask what they were but realised the 2 parties affected by her and the attempt should have a say. Thus she opened a portal ordering Selene to stay and she’d be back soon.
Octavia was in class just before it finished for lunch, when her mother appeared via an open portal claiming she needs to come with them and telling the teacher they’d be out for the day. The old imp simply said he’d inform the office like this was a common occurrence as the young owlet walked through it. They also got Vaggie from the Hotel who came through guessing something was up. The Trio soon arrived in Stolas office, he guessed by their expressions something was up.
10 minutes later after settling in and explaining everything there was a profound silence, especially from Octavia as she was still traumatised over that night while Stolas thought it over. He stated that even if the offer is legitimate they can’t give that bitch anything after what she did to their daughter. Vaggie wasn’t happy about it either but pointed out if it was real then they could remove a potential threat, though admits she’d rather torture it out of the heiress than reward her for it. Charlie stated she wouldn’t mind that either, explaining that’s why she decided to speak to her ex and daughter as both are affected by the situation. The Owl tells his owlet no one expects her to be okay with this, she’s free to say no which both of her mothers back up. Via thinks it over before telling Charlie to take the deal as finding out who tried to kill her dad is more important. After getting further confirmation the trio let her know how brave she’s being before the princess portals back to the restaurant.
Charlie didn’t drop her scowl as she asked Selene what their terms were. The Heiress listed 3 things: 1. Immunity. 2.To be realised into Hell’s High society, stating she would stay far away from any of them especially Octavia even saying they could put a spell on her that ensured as such. 3. She would gain her uncles title and assets, why would become obvious. The Princess agreed stating the spell would keep her 500 metres away from any of them. Happy Selene revealed it was her mother who hired Striker, as revenge for costing them the life she wanted with the humiliation of marrying an old man and their banishment being the final straw. Charlie was not surprised considering the woman always seemed spitefully petty and considering how her daughter ended up, but freezes when the Heiress pushes a USB drive across the table revealing it contains the calls and messages made between her mother and the assassin. After a curious look from the princess Selene explains she put a program that records Stella’s calls or texts in case it was ever necessary to gather information. Charlie stated the Goetia are a truly fucked up family. The Heiress simply laughs reminding her the king and queen had to legally ban them from marrying girls as young as 13 to men old enough to be their grandfathers and have children as soon as possible, fucked up is polite. The princess asks if they really have no issue in betraying their mother and uncle. Selene states she loves both as they helped make her who she is, but Stella has fucked the family and she isn’t going with them, uncle Andre is just unfortunate collateral. Shrugging the new Marquise smiles about how she’s going to go to some parties, soirées and buy some escorts perhaps find mistress then in a few years a suitable wife. Charlie pints out that might not be easy considering the rumours, but Selene smirks reminding her of their previous point and multiple men would happily wed their daughters to a wealthy and powerful lady. Shaking her head the princess leaves via a portal.
Taking the USB to the royal council room Charlie sends a message to her father and the sins to gather. Presenting the evidence and checking it proves everything Selene said, so Satan immediately sends Reapers to arrest Stella and Andrealphus. Though thanks to the latter preparing wards he has enough time to grab his sister and flee to the surface, though after hearing who turned them in he wasn’t surprised. Honestly the exiled Marquis was proud of how ruthless and cunning his niece was, while her mother was furious at how the little bitch betrayed her. Thanks to their exile they couldn’t access any of their old resources on Earth without being caught. While trying to figure out what do next D.H.O.R.K.S. grabbed them thanks to a camera catching them before the disguise spell activated. After a quick interrogation and realising the could be useful the pair were offered the same deal as their previous demons advisors, information for comfort. Stella and Andre blabbed what they knew in exchange for a nice penthouse with a staff and generous stipend, though the former complained it wasn’t the extravagance she was used to.
Life at the hotel continued. Alastor was his usual creepy charming self trying to get closer to the princess. Husk continued tending bar trying to survive the craziness while growing close to a certain spider. Angel Dust was still adjusting to his freedom while receiving help from the owner and a certain cat. Sir Pentious continued his path to improve himself. Niffty continued ensuring the Hotel was clean and enjoying having friends. Vaggie was keeping the Hotel and its inhabitants safe while supporting her partners dream. Octavia continued splitting time between it and Stolas home, both trying to help she doing so with help from Loona for a social media campaign. Charlie for her part felt the extermination creeping closer and closer, which wasn’t good for stress.
HH e5. Vaggie woke up to find Charlie wasn’t in bed, though the sound of frantic movement told them where she was. The princess was in her office going over a pin board on how to make redemption work to stop the 2nd extermination. Seeing how stressed she was the Angel sat her down and convinced the Princess to take a breath. That helped a little with Vaggie pointing out she’s made great progress with Sir Pentious and Angel Dust, the only problem is time. This causes them to suggest they call her dad. Charlie admits it’s a good idea, as even if Lucifer still didn’t think highly of sinners he would help if it was for her, though how. That’s until Charlie realised how. He could get her a meeting with heaven to try and convince them to give redemption a chance, though stopped seeing how the Angel froze stiff. Immediately wrapping her arms around Vaggie the princess promises she won’t let them hurt her again which helps calm them down. After a minute she agreed it was a good plan and went to get ready while Charlie called Lucifer.
Lucifer is in his workshop taking some R&R after a long day of paperwork and meetings, even with Stolas helping with the paperwork it’s still a lot. Though even the joy of completing his flipping and fire breathing duck washes away at the reminder of the one he lost, along with the happier times they had. Though it’s soon interrupted by a call from Charlie. Obviously excited at his daughter calling the king answers after a bit of flailing with their phone. Lucifer smiles asking his daughter how the Hotels going, which she says it’s going well but asks if he’d come by for a visit. Despite how busy they are he agrees without hesitation promising to be there soon.
After gathering everyone in the lobby the owners reveal that lucifer will soon be visiting so they need to welcome them in a way that shows what their doing here is working, Vaggie going full drill sergeant. In the short time they have the guests and staff manage to decorate to a degree, Charlie having to magically rewrite the banner and Sir Pentious making cookies for the king. Alastor for his part watched from the 2nd floor.
Soon there was a knock at the door, Charlie, Vaggie and Octavia were pulled into very affectionate hugs by the king before he turned his attention to KeeKee then the Goat Bois and Samael. Lucifer then complimented them on how they’ve made the place truly shine. Though it’s interrupted by Alastor introducing himself acting like a territorial buck against a rival, starting by mocking their height. The princess gets involved reminding the Deer about her warning towards Stolas, don’t push his luck against one of the few more powerful than him deflating them while Husk hid his laughter to the side. Charlie explained he was their concierge and has been helpful before introducing him to the rest of the staff and patrons. Sir Pentious is overly formal, Angel Dust flirts with him, Husk just stares at the king and Niffty climbs on them being her unnerving self. Though it’s interrupted by the arrival of Mimzy, confusing everyone except an unhappy Cat, excited Maid and pleased Radio Demon. Alastor revealed she was an old friend of his welcoming them to the Hotel. The flapper revealed they were friends on Earth and went to the same club, the Deer claiming she was quite the talent which caused her to claim she was in their prime still. Upon seeing Lucifer she introduced herself annoyed Alastor hadn’t warned her. The Deer then followed the Morningstar’s and Vaggie on the tour, though it was Charlie and Vaggie doing so while he listened.
Mimzy meanwhile gets a drink off a very unhappy Husk, while asking Niffty how it’s going with the bugs. Angel Dust for his part asks about her relationship with Alastor, surprised he has friends while Sir Pentious listens in. The flapper explains how he rose to power in Hell, rising from a newcomer to taking down Overlords who were heavy hitters and broadcast their screams over the radio earning his name, The Radio Demon. After creeping them out she claimed he was total sweetie with some jazz and Rye. Mimzy then asks for a refill, only to find the bartender missing. Though she looked at Octavia, telling the princess if she smiled a bit more and wore more ladylike clothes she’d find someone and be less depressed. The Owlet understood why Husk hated her.
While listening to the owners tell the king about their plans and progress with the Hotel, Alastor is stopped by Husk. The Cat points out that Mimzy only comes around when she needs something and who knows what trouble she’s bringing around this time. The Deer brushes them off claiming no one would dare to mess with him. Husk reminds him he’s been gone for 7 years without explanation, which Alastor explains is nothing he needs to know or worry about. After mocking them as his pet, the Bartender shoots back tough talk for someone else with a leash round their neck. An enraged Radio Demon reminded Husk who he was and promised to broadcast his screams after tearing apart their soul for every other disrespectful wretch who dares question him to hear if he ever said those words again. The cat was left shaking in terror as Alastor departed in a jovial mood.
Outside Charlie and Vaggie are telling Lucifer about Angel Dust’s progress like how he’s quit drugs on the balcony. He’s obviously very proud of their progress, as while he never believed in sinners he always believed in his daughter. Obviously touched the Princess still has to steel herself for the question she has to ask, a look from the Angel giving her some courage. Charlie thus asks her father to set up a meeting with Heaven for her to try and plead their case for redemption. The king then goes silent, which they both expected. He tries to claim it’s not a good idea, reminding her that Heaven aren’t as open minded as you’d hope. Charlie remembering how the Fall traumatised and he’s likely trying to protect her attempts to convince him nothing will happen to her, though it’s interrupted by several Loan Sharks trying to break down the door with a battering ram calling for Mimzy.
Portalling in the trio hear from Mimzy that she not only borrowed 50 grand from them but stole one of their cars and hit their girlfriend with it in a crash. The Loan Sharks have brought out a catapult that thanks to the wards on the Hotel do no damage. Alastor wanting to remind every one of his reputation decides to take care of the threat. Using his full sinner form the Deer is able to quickly deal with those that don’t flee much to the flappers joy. Once the Sharks have been killed or sent running she heads outside to thank her old friend. Alastor for his part tells Mimzy to leave now as she brought her own mess to the Hotel so he would fix it for them, which he can’t allow. The flapper is obviously skeptical till the Deer reinforces the point by stating she’s more than welcome to stay if she actually wants to redeem herself but both know that’s not going to happen. Thus Mimzy leaves furious, much to Husks relief.
Meanwhile Charlie is continuing to try and convince her father to set the meeting up, but he reveals their genuine fear over what could happen to them if Heaven decides she’s too much trouble like they did him. The princess is able to calm Lucifer down, reminding him that it was his stories that inspired her to dream and that they are worth fighting for. That she needs to save their people and isn’t going to stop, along with how he doesn’t have to worry about keeping her safe. This gets through to the king as after a tearful embrace in which they both state their love for each other agrees to get them the meeting with Heaven. While deciding to celebrate the Princess and their partner agreed they needed to plan for the trial, both in case it went their way or otherwise.
Shortly after Lucifer left Vaggie after talking it over with Charlie decided it was time. Gathering everyone into the lobby the Angel had revealed her past as a former exorcist. Reactions were varied:Niffty was impressed, Sir Pentious was terrified
HH ep 6. Charlie and Vaggie are in their room going over the talking points for the trial. Noticing she’s a bit anxious, the Princess promises the Angel that no matter what Adam and Lute won’t be able to hurt her again which helps them calm down.
In the lobby Angel Dust is returning from one of his other jobs, exhausted after a busy day. Though it’s interrupted by the sound of an explosion against the wall, followed by another and accented cursing when it didn’t even scratch. Cherri Bomb instead uses the front door, her presence exciting the spider. The Bomber claims she’s there to take him for a night out after his texts about how tired he is for a recharge, which he agrees to. Charlie who’s just arrived offers her a large sum to take Niffty and Husk, much to her joy. To everyone else’s surprise sans the owners, Stolas arrived via a portal. It was explained that he was helping with the trial thanks to his ability to review large documents and recall obscure sections/clauses. Soon the portal to Heaven opened with the trio quickly walking through.
Arriving at the gates of Heaven itself the 3 were greeted by St. Peter himself who asked for their names, though upon hearing Charlie was the daughter of Lucifer nearly sent him into a panic attack. Though it was stopped by the appearance of Sera and Emily. The latter caused her blood to boil as it did Vaggies, though the latter’s presence was welcome as the Angel had heard good things and informed the Princess. The elder Seraphim was polite and courteous as could be expected, whilst the younger was actually excited to have them there. With this they were allowed into Heaven.
After their welcome Emily started to guide the trio on a tour of heaven, the Hellborn marvelling at its beauty and being so different, while the Former Exorcist only saw the rot beneath the shine. While 4 were walking down the Main Street passed Adam and Lute who stopped in shock. Furious to not only see Stolas and Charlie but also Vaggie as well. Sera summoned them to her office before either could do something stupid, reminding the 1st man she only agreed to his yearly activities as she thought it would keep Heaven safe & wouldn’t bring trouble to their door. But now Lucifer has set up an audience for his misguided daughter. The Seraphim reminds Adam that this is one of many things that has proven her doubts about him leading the exorcists, so if they can’t stop the problem getting any worse she will strip both him and Lute of their positions. The pair try to protest but a look from her silences both before the words leave their mouths.
Emily meanwhile is showing their guests around Heaven. She starts with the gardens which Stolas loves cause of the variety of rare and beautiful plants and flowers. Charlie for her part adores the zoo as they have animals like Dodo’s and Tasmanian tigers that are extinct on Earth, though her favourites are the Koala’s which Vaggie agrees with due to how huggable they are. The younger seraphim asks why the pair got divorced if they get along so well. The Grand Prince thus tells her how it happened. Along with feeling sympathy for what happened and admiration for Charlie, Emily states that makes Sera’s attempts at setting her up look mild. The Angel heads off to take a leak when she’s accosted by the 2 people she didn’t want to see. Adam asked if she really thought he wouldn’t recognise one of his best girls, using the pronunciation of her name they despised. He then reminds her of how they fucked up, along with congratulating them on ending up with Charlie in the most sleazy way while Lute called their relationship vile and blasphemous. Vaggie simply asks what he wants, the 1st man stating that unless she helps kill the idea of redemption at the trial he’ll expose that she killed 1000s of her girlfriends people, she doesn’t say a word as they leave. Looking around the corner she sees the princess both exchanging a smile their plan worked.
Later in the courthouse the trio take their seats, with all of them being displeased to see Adam arrive. Sera starts the trial letting everyone know why they are there, gesturing for Charlie to start. The Princess begins with the story of Saints Dismas, a thief who was crucified with Christ and showed him compassion only asking that he remember them in Heaven, instead the son of god saw him ascend alongside them that one act of kindness enough to get him into paradise. She also reminds them about Jesus saying that only those without sin can cast the 1st stone, its point that no one is without it and none are perfect. Charlie further adds that if even Jesus is willing to claim that and a thief could earn his way into paradise shouldn’t everyone have a chance to redeem their souls even after being damned. This earns a lot of approving looks, including Emily which makes her elder nervous. Adam demands to know if they have any proof of her claims of redemption. Upon hearing its Angel Dust he mocks their example of redemption for being a porn star, though regrets it when Stolas asks how he knows their a porn star causing everything especially an irate seraphim to give them a look. The Princess states that as Angel Dust was born into a mob family he wasn’t innocent, but explains he was gay in a time and with a father that didn’t accept that part of him. Along with how he was a porn star, he only did so due to being in a contract with an abusive and cruel boss but now that he’s free they’ve not only stopped drugs but made a genuine effort to be a better person. Charlie accepts that it might take a long time but does believe he will redeem himself. Skeptical the 1st man demands proof, bringing up the viewing orb.
Cue the Hotel group and Cherri Bomb in the sex club Consent. Sir Pentious under Charlie’s advice buys the Anarchist a drink, which surprises her though she quickly moves on talking to Angel Dust about how he’s been doing more of his other jobs to fill his time. Along with their drink Cherri Bomb offers him some pills to calm them down, the Spider for his part refuses stating he doesn’t do that anymore. The Bomber for her part shrugs and swallows both portions while Husk looks on approvingly. Later while Niffty is going out of control Angel Dust cuts off her drinks, stops her from going crazy and even calming them down after accidentally upsetting her. The Snake for his part emboldened by the booze in his system lets her know how pretty she is and how they admire their explosive skills, before falling on his face. Flattered the Anarchist moved onto asking the Spider that with him not being tied down to his prick boss they could go like this every night. While the thought was appealing he pointed out the Hotel was taking up a lot of his time, though he froze seeing Valentino in a booth at the other end of the club. Before they can leave the maid for some reason has gone straight for the Moth. Angel Dust is able to stop her but he’s unfortunately seen by Val who assumes he wants his job back and is offering a present. The Spider simply tells the pimp to fuck off. Obviously pissed they demand to know what they just said. Angel Dust repeats himself much louder, calling him a worthless piece of shit that does nothing but ruin people and is deep down a spineless coward who needs his TV boyfriend to be anything more than a 2 bit pimp. Val goes to slap them but the Spider looks him in the eyes daring him, reminding him what Charlie would do if he tried. Furious that he can’t torment them anymore the pimp turns to leave after flipping the table, though not before Niffty rips off some of his neck fluff. Meanwhile Husk and Cherri Bomb compliment Angel Dust on standing up to that piece of shit. As they leave Sir Pentious wakes up and hand a confused anarchist a card while she gets another drink. They read it then blush as they down another shot.
Back in the courtroom the trio are happy to point out that not only did he not sin, but that Angel Dust had actively looked out for one of his friends proving he’s improved himself. Adam desperate asks why he isn’t here then, though that backfires as it causes Emily then everyone else to start questioning that. Charlie then asks shocked that none of them know what gets you into Heaven. Sera shuts that down, already anxious, by stating they know when a soul has arrived and passed divine judgment adding it’s their job to ensure their safety. Her Sister for her part argues that the princess was right, that the Spider did improve himself though the elder claimed it wasn’t that simple. . Charlie for her part tired of Sera’s evasiveness called out their refusal to listen and believe sinners could improve to rise higher. Lute frustrated it’s gotten this far finally asks are they serious, arguing that the Spider is nothing more than a crack whore who blew his shot and deserves to burn in Hell while adding homophobic shots that piss off the trio. Adam joins in arguing that He’ll is forever, accidentally exposing the exterminations to the court room.
As can be expected the reaction is shock and horror, especially from Emily in addition to learning that Sera not only knew but ordered it and kept it hidden to protect them from the truth. The younger Seraphim rejects this, arguing that her sister’s support for such a cruel act violates every bit of their supposed preaching of the values they’re meant to uphold. Emily joins together with Charlie to condemn Sera and Heavens hypocrisy. There’s a lull with the reaction of the crowd growing stronger as their fury at being lied to becomes stronger and the younger Seraphim flying from her sister. Spiteful and wanting revenge Adam and Lute expose Vaggies past as an Exorcist, hoping to drive a wedge between them. The princess instead brings up the event that saw her cast out specifically sparing a child sinner and being mutilated for it. The court room explodes even further, the Angel herself bringing up the pairs attempt at blackmailing her before which doesn’t help either of them. The Elder Seraphim demands to know why the 1st man never reported this or why he disciplined one of his subordinates in such a viciously cruel manner. Stolas states it shows not only Sera’s incompetence in knowing what’s going on with the exorcists but adds that Adam has been doing things that break the rules regularly, with Vaggie adding in the cruel and abusive manner they are treated by Lute. The Seraphim is silent as not only is the secret out but her failings as a leader have been thrown in her face. Thus she decides to end the trial ruling against redemption much to the Hell Trio’s anger and the exorcist pairs joy. The 1st man then brags about going for the Hotel 1st just to spite them, though the Grand Prince reminds Sera doing so would be an act of war due to violating the treaty. The Seraphim thus orders Adam to leave it be.
Once the representatives of Hell are pulled through a portal the courtroom Sera turns to try and speak to Emily but finds her flying away, uninterested in talking. Adam and Lute meanwhile are trying to brag but a furious Seraphim lays into them, that for a long time she’s been willing to overlook their transgressions and failings but now it’s over. After this extermination both will be stripped of their ranks and removed from the exorcist’s permanently. When the pair attempt to protest the Seraphim turns into her more Angelic form telling them to be silent tired of their flagrant insubordination, stating that if they disobey her in regards to the Hotel she will have both banished to Hell immediately after, not leaving till both say they understand. Alone the pair both full of rage at their humiliation and overcome with revenge agree the attack on the Hotel is still happening regardless of what Sera says.
Back at the Hotel the returning crew find a furious Charlie while Vaggie tries to calm her down and Stolas is currently downing a bottle of wine. The trio explain what happened, leaving all of them in shock that not even Heaven knows what gets you inside. The Angel then explains they have to be ready for Adam’s attack, as they know he won’t leave them alone after humiliating him like that. The Grand Prince promises to be in touch before portalling to Blitzo’s apartment and call Via who is having friends over at the mansion. After that the pair head to their own room to begin planning things out.
HH e7. Down in the lobby everyone except Alastor and Niffty are starting to get anxious as neither the Princess or her partner have been out of their room in a week, obviously concerned for their wellbeing and the encroaching threat of the extermination. Though this is soon interrupted by Charlie walking down the stairs, looking deadly serious. After letting everyone shout their questions out she calms them down by apologising for being so distant but promising they’ve been working on a plan. Thus she reveals that Exorcists can be hurt by Angellic steel. Obviously everyone else reacts especially once it turns out they known that for years, though the princess points out that if it became common knowledge it would start a war that could destroy all of Hell and while she does want to help Sinners, she couldn’t sacrifice her Hellborn subjects to do it. The patrons and staff agree that’s fair while Alastor is seething realising his plan was never going to work as it was only a secret to them. Charlie states she’s going to cannibal town to get some help as their close relationship with Rosie could provide them the army they need, the Deer tagging along hoping to boost his reputation doing so by looking like he was trying to help. Before leaving the princess lets the rest know that she would understand if they left as they didn’t signup for this and regardless of what happens hopes to see them once the storm has passed.
The pair portal straight to Cannibal Town, Charlie not wanting to waste anytime. So focused was she on her goal that greetings from several Cannibals went unnoticed while Alastor followed closely behind. They entered Rosie’s ship to find her dealing with a customer before happily greeting the princess and the Deer claiming she hadn’t seen him in a while, the man in question wrestling with the small font of bitterness within him and genuine fondness for her. Realising the serious look on her face the overlord asked what was wrong. Charlie stated simply that Adam was going to attack the Hotel and she needed her people’s help to fight him off. Rosie was more than willing to help via a mix of genuine fondness for her, wanting to payback the exorcists for killing her people over the years and to get more into their good graces. Though she did remind the princess they couldn’t order them to fight, she’d have to convince them herself to do so. Thus the Overlord gathers her people into the town square and giving the princess some final advice along with Alastor.
Charlie thanks to years of public speaking, confidence and belief in her cause manages to give a speech that wins over the cannibals, with Alastor adding they can eat all the Angel flesh they want helping. With an army behind her the princess starts to return to the Hotel. She’s overjoyed to find her friends had stayed, each giving their reasoning that they’ve become fond of each other and the Hotel, fortifying it. Grateful Charlie opened a portal gesturing for them to follow.
They arrive in Charlie and Vaggies room, everyone’s obviously shocked at how big it is, envious grumbling particularly from Angel Dust and Alastor smarting over how his powers were restricted like every other room that wasn’t his or common areas, the princess told them to follow. They found themselves inside Vaggies Forge, the temperature was too high for everyone except Charlie though the thing that focused their attention was the Ex-Exorcist bent over an Anvil hammering Angelic Steel. Upon seeing them all Vaggie asked her partner how it went, genuinely pleased they had their army, before revealing the fruits of their labour. On the table was an assortment of weapons made from the material. Angel Dust got submachine guns, Niffty a dagger, Husk card covers and shrapnel for his dice, explosive parts for Cherri Bomb, a short sword for Sir Pentious and a hunting knife for Alastor. Obviously the Soider asked how she learned this so quick, being shocked when they revealed Satan and Carmilla Carmine taught her. Forget more the Angel reveals the suits of Armour she’d crafted for herself and Charlie shortly before opening the Hotel. The princesses was a beautiful red with black, white and gold trimming with their crest on the chest, Vaggies meanwhile was lavender with silver trim and her own crest of a pair of Angellic wings with a shield bearing the same. Charlie stated that as they only had a month to prepare time was of the essence. She also took everyone to the basement revealing the massive store of Angelic weapon and raw steel, explaining that after the Weapons overlord had told them about the dead exorcist they had her ship this here as they guessed it would go this way. Everyone is of course shocked none of the noticed it being loaded, though guessed it was cause of magic. Thus preparations for battle began.
In the month long lead up to the battle the Hotel and their allies prepare the best they can. Vaggie trains everyone hard to ensure their chances of victory are maximised even if there are some complaints along with working with raw Angelic steel to help them make it useful. Sir Pentious uses his mechanical and engineering skills to create several devices to help protect the Hotel. Stolas arrives to assist with the defence to help both of his friends, his ex-wife especially. This obviously meant that Blitzø was going to be there too with the rest of I.M.P. following after their boss, excluding Millie who was nearly 7 months pregnant at this time so would be sitting the battle out. The Angel thus supplied the former carnie with an Angelic pistol and Knife, with another of the former for Moxxie who would be using their Carmine rifle as a sniper and Loona received a similar load out to her father though also got sharpened fang and tooth covers to do what she did best. Octavia also refused to be left out despite her parents concerns, reminding them she was nearly 18 and thus an adult along with how they couldn’t stop them from protecting her family. They agreed but asked Via to act as support instead of the frontlines. Cherri Bomb also joined looking forward to a good scrap and putting the steel parts given to her to great use. Though they all knew the day was quickly.
HH ep 8. Vox watched through one of his drones, laughing at the Hotel and its allies preparations for the extermination and how they were all going to die.
Meanwhile Charlie, Vaggie and Stolas are looking over their little army the princess wishing her mom was here. Suddenly Sir Pentious dressed up like a general bursts out promising they shall win tomorrow. Niffty meanwhile gets a bit too enthusiastic about being reminded to stab any Angels she sees, having to be reminded to leave their resident spider alone. The former exorcist gets everyone’s attention by reminding them they only have 24 hours left to prepare.
Afterwards Charlie gathers everyone out front thanking them for being there and with a rousing speech promises that they will win, no matter how high the odds might seem. After this Vaggie suggests they head in for a final drink before they face the madness of dawn.
Inside everybody is having fun and talking. Blitzø is making bets with Husk, Cherri Bomb and Angel Dust about who gets the most kills. Octavia after convincing her parents to let her drink downs a glass of whisky in one shot to their shock, while Loona laughs at it. Sir Pentious for his part toasts to being alive and not dying tomorrow which gets a resounding cheer from everyone else.
Upstairs Alastor is watching them with Niffty where the pair admit they’ve become fond of the enjoyable collective, before the maid places a roach crown on the Deers head the duo laughing over their madness.
At the bar Husk and Angel Dust are talking about how much the spider has changed in the last few months while he just wants to enjoy their last possible night alive so asks for another drink, both smiling the whole time. Sir Pentious finding the courage wishes Cherri Bomb luck in the battle tomorrow and hopes she survives, if they both do then he’d like to have dinner with her before leaving. Surprised the bomber tries to play it off before Angel Dust gives her a look and mentions a night of fun would be a good idea especially since snakes have 2 dicks knowing that would be the final push.
Charlie meanwhile is looking at Angel Dusts getting emotional at all the pictures of him and everyone else at the Hotel. Vaggie seeing this calm hers down by reminding her of all the good she’s done, lives she’s changed and souls touched. In the end the pair reaffirm their love for each other as being more than anything before exchanging a kiss. Stolas and Via are watching from around the corner smiling as they let them have this moment.
Vaggie wakes up early the next day, her usual early bird tendencies heightened by what they’ll be facing in just a few hours. After leaving her room the Angel hears a grunt and sees Octavia’s door ajar. She finds the owlet struggling to get her armour on having never worn it before. Upon seeing her Via blushes in embarrassment before asking Vaggie for help. With proper assistance the Princess is able to properly equip their gear, marvelling at how well it fits and lightness. The Angel reminds her that along with being made using her measurements Angelic Steel is not only remarkably strong but light as well, though stops looking as if she’s noticed something. They mention to Via it might be a good idea to put her head feathers up as it could be used to restrain her during a fight or trap her. Understanding they asked if she could get her dad, as mum could never figure out how to work her head feathers so he had to do it. Nodding Vaggie left to get him. Opening the door she immediately regretted it. While the Angel and Charlie were certainly not prudes, that doesn’t mean she wants to see the aftermath of Stolas and Blitzoø possible last night together bang. Using her wings to avoid the multiple things on the floor that would require scalding water and bleach if she touched them, Vaggie flew over to the Grand Prince. Grateful for the gag she cut his bindings to the bed and dragged him by his foot to the hallway. Using a jug of ice water from the kitchen, she woke him up by pouring it on his head. The gag managed to contain the loud screech of shock at the sensation before he realised who was standing over him and where. The Angel explained Octavia needed him so the Grand Prince should get a shower, especially using soap and get dressed. Nodding Stolas walked back into his room quickly due to both his daughter’s needs and embarrassment. Showered and dressed the Owl got to work on braiding the Owlets hair before wrapping it into a bun. Doing so he talked about the time Charlie tried and accidentally tore half their daughter’s hair feathers off, even showing a picture of a Baby Via and terrified Princess. Vaggie burst out laughing while their princess was embarrassed by her accidental Mohawk. The pair both complimented her new look though it soon turned serious. They each told Octavia not to do anything brave/stupid, just do her part and stay alive which she agreed to. Though before leaving the Angel gave them an Angelic pistol, aside from some engravings it was quite normal. The Owlet nodded in appreciation.
The trio woke everyone else up using their magic, earning groans of screams for silence as some were tired or hungover enough to want more sleep. As the kitchen got work and the dining hall filled up, despite joviality and warmth from those within all knew not everyone was coming home alive. The only question was who.
In Heaven Adam and Lute had gathered troops planning to attack the Hotel despite Sera’s orders otherwise. The 1st man starts pumping his soldiers up and mentioning Vaggie, being put off by his 2nd’s extreme bloodlust, promising a fortune to whomever took her head. He opened the portal, exorcists charging through with Adam and Lute following shortly after.
The Exorcists arrived right above the Hotel. To them it seemed as if only the princess, the traitor and the other inhabitants were there, so they dived in for the glory of the kill. But to their shock they disappeared just as Alastor from the roof covered the space around them in a shield. This was also when the illusion ended and they saw a massive army of cannibals hungry for their meet with the Hazbin’s amongst them. Thus a rather one sided fight began. Meanwhile Adam was raging outside at this apparent trap, especially once he saw his soldiers being slaughtered by their own weapons. Within the shield Cherri Bomb and Angel Dust were shooting and blowing up Exorcists, Sir Pentious is using his his cannons loaded with Flak, flash and explosive rounds to keep the pressure up with Via making portals just above the barrels to keep them guessing while Loona watches her back tearing an exorcists head off spine included with their teeth. Husk is calling the snake out on the pointlessness of yelling in a fight while throwing his cards and Niffty is being her best little psycho self by dashing around stabbing any exorcists that hit the ground. Charlie meanwhile is cutting down exorcists with Vaggie, grateful the shield is working though Stolas is skeptical casting spells while Blitzø is covering him before Moxxie from within the Hotel headshots an exorcist coming from behind.
Adam tired of losing smashes the shield with a punch, allowing the rest of the exorcists to join the few survivors of the 1st wave, before moving on to deal with Alastor. As cocky as ever the Deer genuinely believes he has a chance. Despite managing to hold his own the 1st man is able to break Alastors cane, crippling their power and allowing Adam to slash his chest. Realising he has no chance Alastor flees, much to the annoyance of a watching Vox.
Down on the field the rest of the Hazbins and Cannibals are dealing with the surge of Exorcist reinforcements, Angel Dust saving Frank the Egg Boi from getting scrambled by an exorcist. Though it shifts when Adam reappears firing beams of holy light at anything that moves. Thinking quickly Charlie creates a shield, Stolas opening portals to get everyone inside while Octavia 1st assists her father before both join in boosting its powers. Inside after quickly realising what this means in regard to Alastor the princess pushes her grief and rage down to focus on protecting everyone else. Adam more interested in showing off blasts the field and hotel randomly, enjoying watching the sinners run and hide. Sir Pentious who is outside the shield sees his airship mored right behind the 1st man. Deciding to do something brave and stupid, he grabs Cherri Bomb despite her indignation and confusion he gives them a kiss professing his love before slithering off leaving the bomber flustered.
Sir Pentious boards his airship ordering his Egg Bois sans Frank to move and charge up the death ray to fire upon Adam. Everyone below watches in disbelief and shock as the Snake gets closer and charges up his death ray, though it spins turn to horror as his target simply vaporises him in one shot like squashing a bug. Grief and heartbreak set in as the Hazbins mourned the death of their friend, though Charlie felt an immense rage. Years of watching her people murdered and family being threatened combined with their 2nd guest being slaughtered like he was nothing proved to be the final straw horns, claws and tail coming out eyes darkening in rage. Using a burst of magic the princess shot into the air like a missile, straight at the 1st man. Vaggie went to follow her, but was intercepted by Lute. The 2nd smiled evilly at the thought of killing the traitor but was soon proven incorrect when her former subordinate removed her left arm . Before she could even scream in pain Vaggie punched her in the gut and smacked them in the face hard enough to send the Exorcist flying into dirt, knocking them out and creating a crater. The Angel then follows her love, not to dive in but keep an eye to make sure they don’t lose control.
Adam doesn’t know what’s happening till his hand has been removed at the wrist. The 1st man sees the princess coming for him and despite the pain goes to blast her with his other hand. But in the blink of an eye not only is Charlie in front of them, but has broken his arm and grabbed their neck tight enough to cut off the air supply allowing Adam to see the pure rage burning in her eyes. Propelling them both into the air the princess continues her vice like grip of Adam’s throat. They continue ascending till they pierce the clouds and Charlie turns to propel them in the reverse direction, the 1st man feeling as they got closer to the ground.
The pair crash through the Hotel, the force strong enough to shatter the building and creating a massive crater. Charlie then proceeded to beat the ever loving shit out of Adam till his teeth had been broken or knocked out of his mouth, face was just bruised meet and he was coughing up blood in addition to his broken ribs. Though rather than him the princess stopped, despite her rage and fury cold blooded murder wasn’t who she was. Hefting him like a sack of flour Charlie carried Adam out of the crater by his robe. Here she stated that she wasn’t a murderer like him, but the exterminations were over empathising that the 1st man had better tell Sera that if a single exterminator enters Hell again it would be war cause they were done letting her people be slaughtered. Dropping Adam she turned away telling him to leave with the rest of his soldiers as an act of mercy. Despite this and his injuries his rage and pride compelled the 1st man to rant about his superiority, that their status as the father of Humanity meant they should be on their knees worshipping him. This of course gave Niffty the chance to stab him in the back several times, to the shock or joy of the Hazbins watching. Lute who awakened from her beating froze in shock then went to Adam, begging him not to leave them though all he could muster was a final smile. A newly arrived Lucifer told her to take the remnants of their army and go home, being rather threatening before adding a soft please. Realising they couldn’t win the 2nd took her commanders Halo and opened a portal calling for the others to follow. Despite this it didn’t seem like a victory.
The Hazbins moved through the rubble of the Hotel, those who did grateful they sent their companions to stay with Millie. Already brittle from the loss of their home, Sir Pentious celebration banner is what broke the princess. Charlie fell to her knees weeping over their friend and so many others deaths with the Hotels destruction, that if she had been better at convincing Heaven it could’ve all been avoided and letting them down. Lucifer pints out she’s the 1st one to make any real change in Hell in 10,000 years, promising that her story has only just begun and owes it to keep going pointing out the damage they’ve gotta fix and how she has her family around her to help including the other Hazbins, adding that the show must go on. Surrounded by her loved ones the princess takes Angel Dusts her will reinvigorated by their support.
Rebuilding the Hotel is quick, as the Morningstar’s and Stolas combine their powers to not only finish it in a day but make it even grander than before. Meanwhile the Vees are plotting their takeover of all Hell. Alastor meanwhile lurks in his ruined tower, his near death experience proving the folly of friendship and a further reminder about why he must break his deal and gain total power. With the Hotel rebuilt and a memorial of their loyal snake painted the Hazbins gather out front, where to their surprise then joy of everyone but Husk, Stolas and Lucifer Alastor reappears as considering they could find him assumed he was dead.
Though unbeknownst to them Sir Pentious landed in front of the Seraphim sisters in a more Angelic form. Cue Emily being overjoyed while Sera is shocked/horrified. Elsewhere on a beach in Heaven Lute confronts Lilith, revealing Adam’s death and that their deal is done along with how if she wishes to stay then she’d better stop her bitch displeasing the Queen at the insult to her child and their thinking they can order them around her plans their own.
Of course the aftermath of the battle had other implications. News of Charlie’s defeat of the extermination and Adam’s death spread quickly, putting the Hotel and its Cyclops maid in the limelight. Along with this press coverage, rewards were granted to those who assisted in the defence of the princess and her dream. The guests and Staff of the Hazbin Hotel including Cherri Bomb along with large cash rewards were granted passes that allowed them to leave the Pride ring much to their joy, especially the Deer who already had plans. Moxxie for his service was granted an estate, choosing one in Wrath knowing it was where Millie loved most and so their daughter could be close to her grandparents and aunts/uncles when they visited. Stolas refused any rewards as simply defending his friend. Blitzø and Loona meanwhile received knighthoods which their partners enjoyed calling them Sir/Dame for a while after. For their help the cannibals were awarded with medals made from the Exorcists weapons and passes to the other rings, understanding they couldn’t eat anyone there. Rosie was granted the rank of Marquise, along with an estate in at her choice Envy for the gossip plus her pass out of Pride. As Carmilla already has a rank and estates the awards are instead given to her daughters, being given ranks and an estate to each. Clara chooses Gluttony for the parties while Odette chooses Sloth due to how calm it is. Alastor does ask why the other overlords got bigger gifts, Charlie’s explanation that while Alastor did help both provided vital aid to the Hotel as well as the fact they weren’t obligated to like he was considering they were a guest. Even if the logic was sound it still displeased the Deer.
HH S2 ep 1. A month after the battle the newly rebuilt Hazbin Hotel is flooded with new guests, though they are under the impression that staying will allow them to kill Angels. Vaggie who is planning to change her name is doing their best to deal with the massive influx of new applicants. Not helped by an unwilling Alastor refusing to help when she’s swarmed by journalists who want to know amongst other things if Charlie drinks Angel blood to improve her gay powers, is she off killing more of them and if the Hotel is actually recruiting a Hellish army with that last one followed up by the reporter questioning if he should divorce his wife. Husk meanwhile is trying to deal with the massive influx of orders, with Angel Dust being his flirtatious self with Fat Nuggets by their side while riling up the crowd. Cherri Bomb then refutes the claim she’s part of the Hotel, just hanging out at it though the cat doesn’t believe her. The Angel then appears asking if anyone’s seen the Princess as the reporters are asking fucked up questions for her. The Spider reveals she’s been in the lounge keeping Frank the Egg Boi, then adding she tell them he’s still up for his therapy session later that day.
Charlie meanwhile is listening as Frank explains the various Bust’s he created. She’s trying her best to keep it together despite her grief and guilt at the Snakes death, not helped by the Egg gifting her his ruined Death Ray. Vaggie arrives informing them about the reporters but pivots to asking if they’re ok, the princess answering honestly that Sir Pentious death and the others is still affecting her, but refuses to burden their partner further considering all their hard work along with a way to get her mind off it.
Meanwhile Vox is unhappy to see The Princess and her Hotel being shown in a good light so visits the news Studio. In-between Killjoys horniness, he makes his displeasure known in that any headline that isn’t scaring people is a waste to run. The TV then claims its popularity could be useful if they find the right spin. Vox leaves telling her to keep up the questions and prepare for some breaking news tonight.
Down in the lobby Cherri Bomb is standing in front of Sir Pentious memorial. She doesn’t understand why the snake died for her just after revealing he loved her when all they did was be rivals and how the bomber fucked with him. The Spider comforts her by pointing out their attributes making her smile, before she reveals her wish to see him again though pivots its cause she wants to punch them in the face for dying.
Upon entering the lobby Charlie is surprised by the sheer amount of Sinners in the lobby, before being overwhelmed by the reporters and their questions. While Vaggie is helping get the crowd under control the princess ends up meeting Baxter. After the pair are introduced to each other, it coming out that the scientist knew Sir Pentious and that he was there to prove redemption was impossible. Not letting that get to get Charlie thus starts talking about everything the newly rebuilt Hazbin Hotel offers and how all the guests are like family to them with the others joining in about its goal. Of course a few are put off by the reveal that it isn’t actually a place where they can kill Angels and thus leave. One of these guests has the unfortunate luck to run into the Vee’s which gives her an example of they use and toss people away.
Back at the Hotel Charlie clarifies to the reporters and Guests that they aren’t about killing Angels but being better than them. It’s derailed when a number of them start obsessing/celebrating for killing Adam despite the princesses protests. Then the reporters are once more swarming her asking multiple questions, which considering her not being at 100% certainly was overwhelming them. Vaggie asks her which they evade, while Angel Dust points out the same at the bar with Husk failing to get an unwilling Alastor to help. Lucifer realising his princess needs him poofs into help and gets them out of there.
In his office Vox is cooing over his shark while his partners arrive, not hesitating to throw the girl Val brought into the tank for dinner. The TV then reveals he’s called them in for their recent public displays. He calls out Velvette for publicly fucking with Carmilla in front of other overlords and that the pimp can’t hit Angel Dust in public at least, as it’s no longer funny. Vox reminds them that their brand is perfection and anything else makes them look bad before pivoting onto the real reason for the meeting. He points out that with Charlie proving that not only could exorcists, but big boys like Adam could be killed and despite her attempting to play the be friends card it presents an opportunity. With the Hotels reputation and the renewed hope of the sinners they could start a Hell Wide uprising to take over Heaven putting themselves at the top. After clarifying his plan the TV wins them over by exploiting their desires to get them on side, using Vals depravity and the Doll’s obsession with perfection to convince them of the chance to become gods.
Lucifer and Charlie meanwhile talk in his room, the king telling her that considering not only did their old Hotel die but so did her friend thus she’s allowed to be a little off. Of course the princess still spirals over how it could affect the Hotel before asking her dad how he dealt with all the stress of being in charge. He admits it’s not easy admits having people you can rely on helps, stating Lilith was that for him. This leads the pair to reminisce over how good she was at it, staying calm, being the peoples voice and being the centre of attention with everyone looking to and following them. While ignoring meaningless things and people. This causes Lucifer to get passionate, stating that their never saw her as meaningless, the greatest day of their lives was the day she was born and always believed in them both even when sometimes they didn’t believe in themselves. Charlie sadly asks if he still misses her, the king admitting every second of the day for the near 8 years his queen has been missing, the princess admitting she does too. Vulnerable the princess asks if Lilith would be proud of her, which lucifer strongly claims she would helping them calm down and wipe away their tears. He reminds her that the only thing that helped him survive after her disappearance was having her, Stolas, the sins and Via there to help both in the professional and personal sense, reminding her they have plenty of people here she can do that with here. This helps Charlie feel much better thanking him for the talk.
Alone Charlie attempts to call Lilith briefly letting her know how things are going and that despite how the sinners are there for the wrong reason she knows they can convince them to believe in redemption, along with asking her to call back and how much they all love and miss her.
While Niffty is being fawned over by her fans, Vaggie is at the new bar going over a possible new name. Cherri Bomb asks why she’s changing it, the Angel explaining it was the one Adam gave her and it was demeaning so they needed to give herself one. A few more suggestions come up before Charlie arrives, letting everyone firmly know the true purpose behind the Hotel and anyone who isn’t there to be redeemed should leave immediately. After an impassioned speech about how she knows they can be redeemed and those who believe in their dream can stay. Unsurprisingly many of the sinners follow the reporters in leaving, though the Angel comforts the princess, interrupted by Baxter who despite believing it will end in spectacular failure Charlie reminds him it’s only a worthwhile experiment if he tries welcoming the scientist to the Hotel. Niffty questioning if he’s the new Pentious is answered hotly by everyone including KeeKee.
On the roof Charlie is taking a break when Vaggie visits with KeeKee running a new name by her, the princess supporting her partner in that they’ll find a new name. Though she soon reveals to her the saddest part they didn’t even get to say goodbye to Sir Pentious and wishing to just stop the feelings to focus. The Angel reminds her the feelings are important and she’s allowed to feel them. Vaggie then offers to ease her burdens by taking on more of the Hotel duties till they’re ready, which Charlie agrees to grateful for the support. Another name is suggested that neither the princess or cat remotely like.
Unfortunately it’s ruined by News 666 twisting what happened and slandering them quite obviously, before trying to give the Vee’s publicity as helping those affected by Charlie. Furious the princess is calmed down by Vaggie who leaves to get her a drink. That’s the moment Emily arrives via a portal, revealing that cause of Adam’s death Heaven is going into lockdown, as Sera is afraid of Hell wanting revenge and they don’t want anymore death but is scared of what’s coming next. Though her biggest bombshell is left for the end when the Seraphim reveals Sir Pentious made it to Heaven and redemption works. Cue a shocked and overwhelmed Charlie screaming.
HH S2 ep 2. Goes mostly the same, except Sera is much more hostile to Lute, reminding her that she and Adam disobeyed their explicit orders to leave the Hotel alone. The Seraphim also points out that their commander was given the chance to flee but instead chose to rant and was stabbed in the back for his stupidity. She further adds that the only reason they haven’t been banished is due to chaos of the situation. Sera reaches her breaking point upon hearing Lute spoke to Lilith, causing them to go full seraphim and making it clear that anything other than their explicit orders will be dealt with severely putting the exorcist in her place being forced to accept the situation and her continued/diminished role as 2nd. Thus she contacts the Queen to let them know the plan is off. Lilith rejects Charlie’s call, eyes lingering on the many missed calls and texts from her husband and daughter before turning it over and walking away.
HH S2 ep 3. Still dealing with the shock Charlie rushes through the Hotel to find Vaggie. Bursting into the lounge the princess frantically reveals everything that Emily told her. Obviously their partner is ecstatic to hear the Hotel works and redemption is possible. Though it dampened when Vaggie has to explain why they can’t just come out with it, as with their only proof being a supposed conversation with an Angel that conveniently only the princess arguing for redemption saw. Charlie thus realises what they’re saying, if they reveal it with no proof then they’ll just look like they’re lying. Their deflated mood isn’t helped by a Voxtech blimp flying by calling them a dictator. Before she does anything else their partner asks them to clarify what Emily said about Heaven locking down and similar questions though the princess simply says that as long as it’s happening contacting the seraphim isn’t an option, especially in regards to finding out how their friend redeemed himself. This obviously frustrates the ex-Exorcist who sees Charlie on her phone typing. She clarifies it’s a e-mail to Vox about a meeting to try and stop him slandering her or the Hotel. The Angel does warn her to be careful but the princess states it’s only a preliminary to see what day and time he can do, along with it being far from the Hotel to prevent him making things worse. Despite her anxiety Vaggie agrees that’s at least worth trying.
Shortly afterwards in Vee tower Vox laughs at the e-mail before showing it to Velvette who joins him, claiming they’ve got their spin.
In the lounge the other Hazbins are discussing their shock at the Snake actually making it to Heaven, Cherri Bomb being the most skeptical. Husk himself points out that aside from Angel Dust Sir Pentious was the mostly of them to do it. The Anarchist did admit that despite their decades of turf wars she didn’t really know him, just that he was kind of soft when they did the along with the remember me shit he pulled. Husk points out that Baxter was spouting shit about them working together when he 1st arrived, she could talk to him and try figuring things out that way. Cherri Bomb leaves, claiming she isn’t going to the basement where the fish is staying before trying and failing to blow a hole in the floor then just walking past Vaggie to take the elevator.
Down in the lobby Charlie is talking to an uninterested Alastor about how hopefully soon she’ll hear back from Voxtech about their meeting to end their slander of the Hotel. Though it’s interrupted by Vox and Velvette unexpectedly appearing at the door. The TV puts on his usual faux charm while the Doll is completely uninterested, before the former states he couldn’t miss the opportunity to interview Hell’s most controversial figure and her apologists, then asks where Alastor is. The Deer in question disappears using his shadows. The princess cuts Vox off before he could say anything else stating that 1. Her e-mail wasn’t an invitation to the Hotel but a request to figure out a date and time for them to meet elsewhere. 2. It wasn’t an interview request but so she could request them to slandering them and their project/friends. The TV takes a moment to reorient stating that an interview would be the perfect way to disprove the claims against her along with feeling her a gift of a new Voxtech 150-inch TV, though the drones have to bring it through an open window as they can’t break the wall. The princess politely rejects the gift, destroying it before making the lobby TV 160-inches with magic claiming she prefers Mammonvision as it was more reliable with far fewer peeping accusations than the former brand making Vox seethes even if he kept the smile up. The duo try pressuring Charlie into an interview but she ends it by destroying their drones and firmly stating their won’t be one, as they are here they can discuss why Voxtech should stop slandering them and the Hotel. This began a very unproductive meeting with lots of shouting and insults.
In the basement Baxter was experimenting on his bugs when Cherri Bomb scared the soul out of him. After insulting him for working at Voxtech she asked him about Sir Pentious and their former relationship, messing with him about being partners before the Fish clarified lab partners. While initially reluctant to talk Baxter concedes when the bomber put on her creations lit in front of him unless he tells the full story. Thus the scientist reveals that along with creating the Egg Bois together the pair hoped their inventions would allow them to become powerful overlords, though only his bioengineered creations managed to get them any worthwhile attention while the snakes were too outdated and explaining they split as the snake found his treatment of the Eggs too cruel and violent so took them to carry out his ridiculous turf war scheme with her who they were obsessed with her. This only makes Cherri feel more confused about Sir Pentious before Baxter being a dick caused her to leave, though not before throwing one of her bombs behind her much to his horror.
In Heaven and Hell Sir Pentious and Cherri Bomb reminisce about their days turf warring and just how much they loved it, along with how they’ll both miss those days with the latter beginning to work through her true feelings for the snake while doing so.
Back at the Hotel the other Hazbins are shocked to see Charlie in a heated argument with Vox while a bored Velvette watches. Vaggie obviously demand to know why their here, with the princess clarifying that Vox interpreted her e-mail differently than expected and are having a “spirited” debate about why they should stop slandering her and the Hotel. Angel Dust is especially anxious about her letting them in, stating they’re probably broadcasting this to Val despite the drones being destroyed before telling them to kick both out. Seeing the genuine fear in his eyes Charlie agrees, telling the TV and Doll to please leave. Vox for his part decides to be a prick by laughing at the idea the spider could ever be redeemed with Velvette joining in, causing the princess to repeat the request as an order much more sternly. The TV then asks if he knows why their guest is here, ignoring Angel Dust pleas to reveal his sin was murdering their father. Before he can say anything else Charlie opens a portal beneath their feet, though grabs Vox by the throat full demon form stating that she believes that anyone can be redeemed but they have to want it, which obviously the media overlord is too weak and cowardly to want before warning him to stay the fuck away from her friends before letting him fall on top of the Doll in their garbage heap. Charlie turns to find the spider has already left, likely to his room. Despite wanting to comfort him, she accepts he needs some space for now.
Outside the Vee’s get into the limo while Vel cleans them up before the pair complain about how little footage they got before Vox claims they can make something out of it.
Not long later Charlie watches as Vox airs a badly made expose with crappy cut together footage and who is obviously Velvette in a shadow with her voice badly distorted claiming that the princess hit her with the vibe being off. Despite the terrible quality a few guests are convinced to leave, though Cherri Bomb decides to check in, which she reveals while comforting Angel Dust over what happened.
Later Charlie apologies to Angel Dust stating she never planned to have them here or meant for them to make him uncomfortable. The Spider is silent asking if the princess still believes he can be redeemed, shocked to find out she does reiterating her previous words that anyone can be redeemed as long as they’re willing to work for it which he is. There’s more silence as he thinks over what they said, before asking if they can have a last minute therapy session, which they obviously agree to.
HH S2 ep4. Charlie is in her room frustrated at what Vox is doing, with Vaggie and Octavia trying to comfort her while Loona just watches unsure what to do. The Angel reminds her that as Vox tech controls the airwaves in pride and is the one sinners watch most of course he’s gonna be effective at smearing her even if their efforts to dilute their control of the media worked. Octavia states that while Velvette is spreading it on social media, there is proof not everyone’s buying it, the Owlet presenting a live feed of one of the Dolls posts. In the comments while many agree or are just insulting the Princess, others while not believing in redemption are more supportive of her thanks to their programs that saved sinners from and their stopping of the extermination. The Hellhound then adds that even if they can’t stop the bullshit on TV they can fight them online, suggesting a number of ways to do so. Via herself is happy to be sticking it to that overdressed bitch Velvette, Sammy getting equally worked up over it. Here her mothers learn that a few months ago the Fashion overlords attempted to proposition the Owlet to model for one of her lines while she was having lunch with friends. Despite turning her down politely but firmly they refused to take no for an answer requiring security to throw them out. Not only did Velvette land in a dirty puddle ruining her clothes, but tripped face-first into dog shit all in front of several journalists and people recording on their phones. So yeah no love lost between them. Everyone else laughs at that before they get to work.
Alastor is in his room looking over the patchwork stitches on his chest, pride refusing to simply ask Charlie or Lucifer to heal them. He later joins Angel Dust, Cherri Bomb and Lucifer in the lounge, the former pair discussing what pricks Vox and Val are. The king takes the moment to continue his rivalry with the Deer, both firing shots though the former doesn’t hesitate to point out just how incompetent the latter is at actually doing their job with Vaggie being much better at it. Along with how Alastor ran away after Adam kicked his ass. Lucifer finally pushes him over the line by telling him to use a coaster for his coffee, the Deer saying fuck this and quitting before spilling the kings own coffee on him via tentacle the Spider and Cyclops wishing the king had moved in earlier laughing at the exchange.
Meanwhile the Royal pair, Angel and Hellhound are looking for ways to counteract the bad press on line. They decide to fire back by reminding people of a few of the Vee’s own scandals: Vox using his devices to spy on people and feeding employees to his shock, Vel selling a perfume that had the same scent of animals in heat and skinning employees to use their fire or feathers and Val is much easier as they just have to remind people of any number of the shit he’s done. This in conjunction with posts reminding people of all the good Charlie’s done for sinners big or small paging in tandem with the news outliers they established running similar stories. Niffty as the Adam slayer is also a key stone of this. Turning the camera invisible they are able to get the maid to reveal what she loves about the Hotel: how great a boss the princess is, how many friends she’s made and how clean it is amongst other things. All of them hope it’ll work to at least some degree.
Alastor wearing a new snazzy suit bearing gifts and flowers pays Rosie a visit. She’s initially excited to see the Deer, though it shifts once over tea he reveals they quit the Hotel. The Cannibal cuts the Radio Demon off, reminding him that being their isn’t up to him and shoots down his argument by reminding him being the strongest sinner like the deal stated doesn’t mean they could face an Angel like Adam laughing over how cute and stubborn he still is just like when they met. Rosie this reminisces over Alastors past, his rise to become a radio host, toast of New Orleans and his darker side along with how their deal came about then his anticlimactic death the next day. The last part has her laughing at how he was killed being mistaken for a Deer, while the man in question simply plays along. Alastor this reminds her of all the things he’s done, though the Cannibal simply puts him in his place telling him every move they make are hers and hers alone and telling him to fix his staff on their own.
Seething at being called Rosie’s pet Alastor takes a seat on a bench, trying to think of a way to get what he wants fittingly enough in front of a statue of the once Intact royal Family, before realising the perfect plan to do so.
To this end the Radio Demon walks straight in the Vee’s territory, broadcast via his staff a challenge to the Media Overlord. Arriving in a bolt of electricity vaporising an unfortunate cactus sinner, Vox asks if Alastor is finally here to beg to leave their hotel alone though he claims it’s simply out of boredom from having to keep hearing it and challenge them to a final fight. The TV is soon joined by the Moth and Doll. Despite his injuries and damaged staff the Radio Demon gives a good account of himself, but against 3 he can only do so much.
Meanwhile Niffty who is inbetween takes sees the news of the fight, so immediately rushes out to pick up Husk to join him leaving the quad busy going over the data for their efforts and a confused Angel Dust at the Hotel.
Vox corners and traps Alastor, ripping their chest stitches out just as the Cat and Cyclops arrive the latter throwing the former at Velvette. She thus wants to murder Husk for ruining her hair, requiring him use every trick in the book to fight back. Niffty meanwhile climbs into Valentino’s coat and stab him repeatedly. The fight continues till the Deer offers a proposition seeing the maid under the moths boots, gun to her head. Alastor points out their constant back and forth is not only making things boring but things harder for him to do what they have to do, interrupted by Vox, before offering a deal. In exchange for becoming his prisoner they let his companions leave unscathed and not lay another finger on Charlie. The TV accepts after a moment of hesitation not believing he’s finally won.
The rest of the day is spent with Vox spreading the news via the news, a victory parade, TV interviews and being a remarkably petty prick taking him to a dinner with a milkshake with two straws that only the media overlord can have considering the Deer is gagged and tied up. Though the worst is forcing Alastor to watch him fuck Valentino. Of course even then the Radio Demon still manages to get under their skin by reminding him of how they rejected his original offer decades ago instead of answering their questions about his power and joining the Hotel. Despite his prisoner status Alastor manages to spread the seeds of discord by remind Vox how he needs the other Vee’s to be the powerful overlord he is, though the TV overlord shoots back by reiterating the situation and how he’s going to be a new god before giving the Deer a taste of electricity. Though Val ruins it by being his usual self.
Back at the Hotel there’s obviously shock at the news. Charlie wants to rescue him but Vaggie and Octavia point out that considering one of the deals terms was to leave them alone it could be it was a way of helping the Hotel, which trying to get him back could ruin any chance at proving the Vee’s wrong. Husk adds that smiling prick is always coming up with shit like this, plans that only he knows along with not secretly happy the Deer is gone. Despite her own wishes the princess accepts that rescuing Alastor is a bad idea, though it only adds further stress to the situation.
HH S2 ep 5. The news of Voxs defeat of Alastor spreads like wildfire throughout Pride. Other overlords hear seeing it as proof the TV’s strength and this combined with his promises about carving up Heavens get everyone sans Zestial and Carmilla along with Rosie who wasn’t approached to sign on with him.
Charlie meanwhile is trying to work with Vaggie to fix the situation, which includes trying to counter the Vee’s attempts to gain more support and sending multiple messages to Heaven including both officially and a makeshift lighthouse on the Hotel’s roof. The Princess laments how it would be so much easier with Alastor before worrying about him, though Vaggie is dismissive claiming like Husk he always has a plan. Charlie then points out it would be so much easier if they could just show them proof Sir Pentious is redeemed, though the Angel is skeptical. They point out that even if redemption was proven many would want justice considering the terror/trauma of the exterminations along with people who lost loved ones due to them, while many would want justice others want blood. That sticks with Charlie as she keeps trying to brainstorm how to deal with the situation.
Vaggie for her part is dealing with issues through the Hotel when she runs into Angel Dust who claims he missed the group therapy due to bad headaches lasting the whole day, though Husk is enjoying the therapist shit aided by his job as a bartender requiring to listen to people. Baxter himself enjoyed the session thanks to the ways he learned to call people stupid. The former exorcist then reveals she’s heading to Lucifer to talk while the Spider asks her to share the tea later.
Lucifer welcomes Vaggie curious at her reason to visit. After some awkwardness the Angel asks the King if he’s been keeping up with the news revealing that Vox has been shitting on both Charlie and the Hotel for weeks infuriating him. Thus Vaggie asks if theirs anything he can do to help. This is when Lucifer reveals a deeply held secret, he can’t hurt sinners as part of his punishment is that he’s stuck in Hell so isn’t able to touch them in anyway. After the shock wears off she realises there is no easy fix to the situation so thanks the king and leaves. Though the king enraged by his daughter and her dream being slandered decides to put on a show to put that TV prick in his place without harming him.
In Heaven Emily watches as Charlie is exhausting herself trying to get their attention with Sera, Lute and Abel. The younger Seraphim pushes for them to talk to the princess but the elder of them claims Hell must sort its own affairs out 1st. Emily sees through Sera’s excuses and argues it cause she knows they owe them a huge apology, though it’s interrupted by the arrival of Sir Pentious. The 2nd obviously isn’t happy to see him but the youngest Seraphim reveals she invited him as he’s their expert on Hell the snake would provide valuable perspective on what to do, though the snake plays down his expertise while also being happy to help. Her elder sister also tries refusing his place but Emily reminds her sees as high as them so he can stay. Upon being asked Sir Pentious agrees with the youngest seraphim’s and new commanders idea of an apology plus gift baskets, even managing to convince the eldest Seraphim by repeating Charlie’s “it starts with Sorry”. The 4 exit through a portal leaving the snake alone with his heavenly Egg Bois.
An exhausted Charlie looks up to see a portal opening just before an overjoyed Emily gives them a dive-bomb hug. The pair are ecstatic to see each other again and happily hug before the princess sees the other trio, Immediately she asks if they can see Pentious but Sera states he’s fine and misses them as he had to left behind. Though Charlie takes a moment after seeing the gift baskets and hearing they’re part of the apology for the exterminations. The princess states she appreciates the thought but explains that there is an overlord using their victory over Adam and the anger of near 3 decades of exterminations that killed 1000s of sinners a year to gather people to his side to declare war on heaven due to fear they’ll strike back 1dy, pointing out that gift baskets would seem more an insult than thoughtful apology. The younger Seraphim along with 3rd man take a moment before admitting they realise now it’s too little. Charlie states it’s fine they’ve never had to deal with this sort of thing, gesturing for them to come inside.
Within Charlie’s office she tells the 4 that along with revealing proof Sir Pentious is in Heaven the only thing that could help calm things down is a proper peace treaty which Sera agrees to wholeheartedly. The princess lays out 6 points: 1. Heaven must offer a total apology for the loss of Sinners lives. 2. reparations paid to those who were affected either themselves or their love ones due to said exterminations. 3. The Exterminations are forever ended with any more Exterminators in Hell without the Royal Family’s permission can be considered an act of war. 4. Heavens total support with the Hotel in redeeming sinners henceforth. 5. Sinners will be allowed to contact their loved ones in Heaven if they are there and willing. 6. For her crimes against the people of Hell and as the last remaining of the Exorcists leadership involved, Lute must be handed over for trial which will likely result in death though it will be a quick and painless beheading. While the others are easy to agree with, that last one is controversial with the woman in question being almost violent at the suggestion though Sera calms her down, the eldest seraphim claiming that there’s been too much blood already. The Princess for her part lets out a bitter laugh reminding Sera the one she’s protecting happily massacred 100s of her people a year since the exterminations started and that she’d be well within her rights to ask for their head too considering she green lighted but unlike Lute Sera is necessary to make the whole thing work plus is at least remorseful. Though the thing that clinches it is the Princess asking if she sees those lost in the exterminations as deserving of guilt as sinners or simply only worth it cause they could’ve been possible Winners. The room is silent as everyone except the 2nd looks at them waiting for their answer. Sera simply states they can deal with Vox 1st before doing anything else. Charlie simply agrees, eyes cold and voice even.
At V tower Vox is backstage preparing for his big moment, though Alastor manages to get under his skin and spreading discord by damaging the TV’s pride causing him to push the others off the show. The Media overlord manages to hype up the crowd thanks to skill and experience, using Liliths name to inspire further emotion from the crowd by stating they are carrying on her vision. Though it’s interrupted by Lucifer attempting to put Vox in his place. It’s ruined once they are able to prove the king can’t hurt them, not only humiliating him but making them look even stronger. The appearance of Charlie and Heavens representatives puts a halt to things due to sheer shock though the TV claims they’re there to silence him. Emily of course adds that they’re there to apologise for the exterminations with Sera joining in, the princess following up by stating they’ve worked out a treaty that should ensure their doesn’t have to be anymore violence. Of course Vox adapts playing the crowd further by pointing out it’s only cause Heaven is so scared of Hell after they landed a big hit by putting Adam down. An enraged Lute only worsens things and proves their point. It gets worse the Media overlord brings up how many sinners died each year and shows images of the killings, horrifying the younger Seraphim and enraging the crowd further. Vox then reveals Lucifers attempt at silencing him and Charlie is shocked/betrayed upon seeing them flee. It becomes completely unsalvageable once Sera goes into her full Angel form and declares Vox is the reason why she allowed the extermination at all. The TV not only uses this as proof that Heaven only exterminated them cause they were scared of them but reveals that the Royals knew about Angelic Steel hurting exorcists for years but chose to let sinners die instead of fight. That destroys any credibility Charlie might’ve had and with Vox riling up the crowd promising to repay Heaven with a visit of their own the Eldest Seraphim opens a portal back home evacuating the 4 quickly. Realising it’s a lost cause the princess opens her own, near the Hotel but far enough for her to scream in rage/sadness.
Back in the meeting room Sir Pentious is playing with his Egg Bois till the 4 return. His intially hopeful mood is dashed as they reveal what happened, with Emily being in tears apologising to the snake.
At the Hotel almost all their guests are leaving despite Vaggies attempts to get them to stay, shortly before an enraged Charlie slams in demanding where her dad is. The princess wants to know why the Hell he threatened Vox, the king claiming that the Angel told him he was giving her trouble. Though Charlie cuts him off shocked while exposing to a shocked Vaggie what happened and asking what they were thinking. Obviously she explains they only asked if there was anything Lucifer could do, she didn’t ask him to threaten the TV. Despite that Charlie states it would be best if she didn’t see her dad for a bit and tells their partner she understands they didn’t mean for this, but just asks for some space to calm down. Vaggie sadly understands while Lucifer listened and leaves the Hotel at his daughter’s request.
Vaggie is in the lounge having a drink, Lucifer is heading back to the Palace, Sir Pentious is trying to comfort Emily while Charlie is trying and failing to call her mom. Overall everyone’s having a shit time.
HH S2 ep6. Vox is in a meeting with Carmilla Carmine at her office while Clara, Odette & and Zestial in his spider form watch. The TV starts by speaking of Liliths efforts to rally sinners over 7 years ago to liberate them from Heavens tyranny before disappearing, now he wants to finish what she started. The matriarch isn’t interested in his flattery and reiterates she isn’t interested in engaging in a war or working with his disrespectful crew. Vox pivots explaining Velvette came specifically to apologise, which she does strained after being coached by her associate before he then talks her down as being too young and inexperienced as an overlord. When that doesn’t work he reminds her she was the one who armed Charlie allowing them to kill Angels, stating she’s the one who started the war and that when it reaches them, they’ll be their 1st target for helping the Princess kill their 1st man. Fear for her families safety pushes Carmilla to accept though unhappily.
Outside Velvette lays into Vox for throwing her under the bus, while he couldn’t care less stating they got the deal and staying it’s her fault for fucking up the one overlord meeting they let her do solo. The TV then travels through a nearby Camera leaving a now infuriated Doll on her own.
Now alone Zestial confronts Carmilla over how she aligned with Vox as they both know he only cares for himself. The matriarch states that regardless of what she has to do, she won’t lose anyone else looking forlornly at the bands once worn by her and their seraphim. The Spider forlornly accepts but says he can’t stand at her side and hopes she comes to their senses, at which point he will stand by them again. Carmilla attempts to talk more but he has already left. Along again both her daughters barge in calling them out for giving into that TV prick of all people saying they won’t just stand by and watch her let fear lead them to make such a catastrophic mistake. Sadly the Weapons overlord this was coming, gesturing behind the pair. Before they knew what happened Clara and Odette found themselves restrained by Angelic Handcuffs. As they protested Carmilla stated she couldn’t lose them like their mother, so in order to stop them interfering she’s having them confined in their rooms till everything’s calmed down. Their voices raise louder even as the sisters are dragged out, leaving their mother alone and miserable at what she must do to protect her family.
Meanwhile Charlie is in a meeting with Stolas and Octavia. The Grand Prince apologises for being absent, revealing that Vox’s rhetoric about striking Heaven had reached a few Goetia and Hellborn so with Vassago plus other Goetic allies and the sins they’d been convincing them why it was a bad idea, with I.M.P. when necessary removing troublemakers/making examples. The Princess is obviously not happy about that or it was being kept from her, but does appreciate that he was trying help. The Owlet then asks why they don’t just have I.M.P. or the sins/Goetia kill that TV prick. Both her parents point out that would make him a martyr and give his cause even more power than alive, the only way to beat him is to prove redemption works and that Heaven isn’t going to attack them. The trio are silent thinking it over till Octavia asks if they remembered the 2 triumvirates of Rome. Both remind her classic history is standard for Royalty, so she clarifies by reminding them both fellow apart cause the members ambition, greed and desire for power till only 1 was left. The pair understand what she’s getting at now, they need to weaken the Vee’s unity. Stolas and Charlie call up the various new stations they own, telling them to do pieces on how a different V is the real power behind the trio, while Octavia contacts Loona to help start an online campaign to do the same. While it might not destroy their alliance, it’ll at least weaken it to a degree.
While working through this Charlie and Stolas both look at the date, then realise something horrifying. They’ve forgotten about their daughter’s birthday. After screaming in horror the pair are surprised by Octavia telling them it’s not a big deal. She clarifies by stating that considering their trying to stop that shitty TV from starting a war and slandering her mothers dream, along with them now being 18 putting off celebrating their birthday is a much more minor issue. Despite their attempts at arguing otherwise the owlet refuse to listen simply getting back to work. That causes her parents to smile at seeing how mature she is, remembering the little girl who didn’t understand why she couldn’t have cake and ice cream for breakfast. They soon return to their own efforts before the Owls leave, allowing Charlie to try running the Hotel despite everything else going on.
Vaggie for their part is running herself ragged trying to deal with the various duties that have fallen on their shoulders such as dealing with the inhabitants requests. After one such task fixing the Lobby’s TV she learns that Carmilla is now working with Vox. She rushes to the bar to inform them, especially Charlie who doesn’t hesitate to let her frustration out before asking the Angel to accompany them to visit and hopefully convince Carmine to stop. Husk for his part done with all the stress stares he’s leaving as Alastor being gone means he’s got no reason to stay. Cherri Bomb asks him about Angel Dust making the cat freeze, before stating he was an adult who could look after himself. It only gets worse when the TV reveals that with Carmines aid they can fulfil Liliths dream and take back Hell’s power. The Princess argues that’s the opposite of what her mother wanted as she had peaceful protest not violence, storming out with Vaggie following putting Niffty in charge, who is excited at the opportunity.
Husk finds himself at an old casino haunt of theirs. Here the cat indulges in his vices, gambling and alcohol addiction rearing their heads. At 1st he does well at the tables before like every gambler the cards turn against him, enjoying his freedom once again before seeing the ugly side of his overindulgence losing every bit of his winnings till he’s banned from the games and needing more booze to fill an unquenchable thirst at the bar.
Charlie and Vaggie arrive at Carmines factory, demanding to know why the overlord abandoned them to work with Vox knowing how insane his plan is. The Matriarch throws their claims that Heaven isn’t a threat now that the media overlord declared war on them. The Angel points out that they’ve learned the Hotel works, why start a war now and side with Vox. Carmilla simply states for the same reason she armed them before. to protect her own reminding them their stand and killing Adam really started the war asking why they’re still so focused on Heaven being the answer when Vaggie knows exactly what they’re capable of, causing the former exorcist to flashback to what happened to their old friend. Seeing their partner having trouble the princess steps forward arguing they should never let themselves become the enemy that Lilith believed, but Carmilla fits her of stating that as she’s gone her beliefs don’t matter. All that matters is war is coming and the weapons overlord is choosing the winning side. Charlie then asks even if it means betraying her family, the matriarch snaps she’s protecting them before the princess silences her, aren’t they family too. There’s a moment where Carmilla looks remorseful before looking away. Charlie opens a portal saying that she can do what she thinks is necessary, but so will they before leading a still anxious Vaggie through looking back with a mix of sadness/betrayal. After both are in their room the princess takes the time to comfort the Angel and let her calm down, knowing what’s needed in moments like these.
Later an announcement goes out across the news stations of Pride set up try the Royals that due to actions against the interests of Hell and the Morningstar’s, Carmilla Carmine has been stripped of all titles and privileges including her numerous estates in the other rings, though her daughters are allowed to keep theirs intact. The Weapons Overlord isn’t surprised to hear it, the greater pain comes from the fact that her actions have possibly destroyed a connection to others see saw as family but resigns herself that it was the only option they had.
Husk for his part is still at the bar complaining at all the bullshit he’s had to put up with at the Hotel as a lovely broad starts performing, before reacting in shock at it being Angel Dust in drag. The Spider proceeds to sing a song about having both a downward spiral and losing streaks in life, career and relationships as well as going off the deep end, seemingly referring to not just the cat or the singers pasts but how different they are now along with the seemingly futility in hoping for better. Husk is entranced from start to curtain call.
Back at Vee Tower Val is auditioning actors to replace Angel Dust before Vox orders them out. The TV is in a very bad mood as he’s seen the news and online stuff debating about who the real leader of the Vee’s bit is trying to hide it to keep the appearance of unity up. It’s ruined by Velvette laughing at the idea, which Alastor adds more fire to by claiming he was begging the moth, causing Vox to be much more forceful and being an arrogant prick pissing both his partners off while the deer happily smirks before Val hits their screen with a glass which the doll compliments.
Back at the Hotel Vaggie is unhappy to see the chaos that has happened in their absence. After checking in with Cherri Bomb trying to stop Fat Nuggets eating their makeup finds Niffty, asking what they were doing instead of watching over the Hotel, the reveal that she and Baxter created a bug band that can play actual instruments impresses the Angel. Though KeeKee soon alerts her that Charlie needs her.
Vaggies find them in a blanket fort she made with Lilith and Octavia a tea pot and cups on a tray. Charlie states that with everything going on she hasn’t given them the credit they deserve for all their help recently, so wants to make it up to them. The couple look over the cake she made that was ruined by Fat Nuggets sitting on it to Charlie’s surprise, Vaggie stating they can’t eat that with a smile. Despite their partners reassurances the princess states that it’s not okay and she feels like she failing not only her mother’s dream but theirs to improve Hell for its people and Via.She also reveals it was partially motivated out of the hope that it would get Lilith to return and tell them what she did to drive them away, but instead they’ve driven their friends away and along with Vox helped start a war ruining their dreams. The Angel immediately steps in to not only remind Charlie of not only all the good she’s done but how powerful their love is and they can do anything together. This helps raise the princesses morale enough to face the challenge.
Husk is still at the bar drinking when Angel Dust comes up, pointing out he has a couple of jobs before learning that the bartender quit. The spider admit it makes sense as Alastor isn’t around, laughing at his joke that the Hotel is a bigger mess than they are. Angel Dust points out they’ve both gotten better staying there, despite Husk’s insistence he’s just a sad drunk in a bar the former claiming he’s a former sec worker doing different jobs to get by, both clinking their glasses in a toast at their situation. The Spider leaves claiming he has a new job opportunity, saying he’ll see the cat at the Hotel later despite the latter’s attempts at claiming he won’t before laughing and putting the glass down to head home.
Angel Dust is heading to a Hotel where a client supposedly wants to meet over dinner. He’s taken to a private room, thinking it’s so whoever it is can bullshit in private and seem like a big shot. The Spider walks in till he hears the door slam and seeing Vox. Before they can say a word the TV wraps a cable around his throat claiming they just need his empty head, getting spit in the face as a response. The Overlord responds by slapping Angel Dust across the face, saying he’s wanted to do that for so long and that they found a use for them, throwing the spider into the wall before shocking him. Then he gloats over how he was one step ahead of Charlie and knew the Angels were coming or that Lucifer couldn’t touch him, asking if there were any late jobs he couldn’t quite remember. Flashback to Vox hypnotising the Spider shortly after Charlie got his contract from Valentino after returning from Envy during a late night job, taking pictures of them preparing and sending pics to Vox before they auto delete and listening outside Lucifers room when Vaggie spoke to him along with other key events from the last several weeks. Angel Dust tries to refute it broken at betraying his friends before Vox tells him Velvette is gonna make him look great before his presentation, using a mirror to hypnotise him once again while all they can do is scream before it takes effect.
Husk arrives to find Baxter, Niffty and Cherri Bomb watching the bug band before realising Angel Dust isn’t there. He asks where the Spider is with the bomber claiming they don’t know as he should’ve been back by now considering Fat Nuggets is so hungry he’s trying to eat the bar. The pair soon grow suspicious realising he hadn’t answered her texts either.
In their bedroom Vaggie reinforces her point that no matter what they will succeed considering the impossible odds they’ve faced before together. Charlie thanks her for not only their faith but support despite how crazy things got, deciding to call her dad to let him know she wasn’t mad and he could come home.
The King meanwhile is watching a soap opera about ducks in the dark before he sees Charlie is calling him. Despite her voice being off lucifer agrees to meet at their location. Cue Vox revealing he was simply copying the princesses voice before gloating at having their power source, pulling Alastor close while Val and Vel get Angel Dust ready before the TV is jolted by some scream thunder.
HH S2 ep7. Lucifer followed the map pin to a pitch black warehouse. He calls out for Charlie wanting to make up for his fuckup, ignoring the sketchiness of the situation including stepping into a big X. This allows the containment vessel to trap him along with securing his arms and legs. The king goes along with it thinking his daughter is just playing a prank on him, until Vox appears using her voice before switching to their own. Lucifer orders him to let them go before the TV reminds him they can’t hurt sinners. Seeing Alastor the King guesses the Deer told him, getting enraged when they claim it had nothing to do with them and Lucifer was just sloppy before the media overlord interrupts to gloat. Realising he’s trapped and unable to transform Vox informs Lucifer it was made by Carmilla Carmine with added wards to prevent what he just attempted, despite the betrayal Lucifer states he isn’t interested in whatever plans they have it won’t work cause along with being garbage they were failures down here and up above. The TV simply tells the king they have plenty to worry about, stating they’re counting on not being able to kill him as the vessel connects to his weapon.
Back at V tower in his office Vox reminisces about his rise to power and the blood he shed to do so, until his unfortunate but ironic death and how he plans to become the brightest star in the sky.
Charlie meanwhile is panicking over how Lucifer isn’t responding despite her attempts at communicating. Vaggie points out he might still be upset at how things ended last before she kicked him out, though it’s interrupted by a special announc by Vox tech. The pair join everyone else in the lobby as Angel Dust appears on screen. To their shock and the Princesses heartbreak is the Spider claiming the Hotel is a joke along with how peace is impossible and fighting back is the only way to save themselves, with only the Vees able to do so. Vox then zips on stage thanking them for returning to them. Charlie despite the shock/pain refuses to believe Angel Dust said that willingly as does Husk. The TV then riles up the crowd that reminding them of how since Liliths uprising they’ve been at the mercy of Heavens army and watched for years as their fellow sinners were sent to eternal death think there was nothing that nothing could be done. But the one good the Morningstar’s Hotel did was show them they could fight back, but thanks to the Vee’s they don’t have to live in fear and himself specifically they now have a weapon that can strike at Heaven itself completing their queens mission. Thus he unveils their new weapon, the Might of Lilith despite Val’s complaints. In the lobby the Hazbins react in shock while Charlie claims they’re too late. The media overlord thus activates the cannon, draining energy from lucifer. To the shock of those within the golden Kingdom and joy of those watching from Hell the blast manages to bring down the lockdown barrier Sera erected after the trial sending a shockwave through Heaven and destroying the embassy with the gates being used as shrapnel. Vox then hacks Heavens screens to broadcast his boasting a about how they’ve been preparing since their last visit, claiming that they’ll be visiting and that trying to fight them off isn’t a good idea considering how outnumbered they are. He gives the Seraphim 24 hours to surrender unless she wishes to be front row for the next extermination. Heaven is thus in chaos as Emily and Sir Pentious react with panic, Lute with joy at having her war and Sera is overwhelmed by the situation.
Outside the Hotel Cherri Bomb says that Heavens definitely going to kill them now. Vaggie for her part is trying calm down a very stressed Charlie while ordering everyone to start setting up defences for the Hotel.
In the council chamber Sera is listening as Emily, Lure and Abel are arguing about the next step before ordering them to stop, leaving to pray hoping that will clear her head and calm their anxious heart. The Trio resume arguing while Sir Pentious follows Sera. He finds her kneeling before an altar praying. While she’s initially dismissive of his offer of assistance until he suggests she needs a friend to talk to. Here the seraphim is honest stating that once she was sure of her duty to enforce the judgement of heaven, to nurture those that deserve it and keep the righteous and wicked separate. Once she had no doubts about who was deserving or not, but now a redeemed sinner was in Heaven, Demons are at the gates and everyone is looking at her to know what to do when she has been responsible for the deaths of so many that could’ve been redeemed. The idea that humans could be so vile to take part in such a thing yet have the innate goodness to be redeemed isn’t something she see as being explainable. The snake for his part explains that humans are driven by their fear of their mortality, it drives them to be willing to anything to see the next day and achieve their dreams. Sera for her part understands via his willingness to die for his friends that redemption can be earned via repentance, genuine care and living to make things right aided by Charlie’s lessons on forgiveness. This helps her understand what she must do next.
In his office Vox is rewatching footage of the barrier breaking before Velvette calls him indignant he didn’t give her a heads-ups about the gate being blasted off its hinges. The TV is dismissive at the Dolls reminder they still need more support, telling her to set up a soirée so all the overlords can witness his triumph which he backtracks on clumsily once Vel calls him out. Vox also acts like a demanding prick ordering Vel to make sure he’s there and wearing something nice for a united front against Heaven. Alastor takes the chance to mock his delusions of grandeur even further, pointing out he isn’t even the strongest in Hell and only beat him with his fellows help, captured Lucifer using information from a borrowed spy and attacked Heaven with a device Carmine invented and built. The fact he needed to beg across Hell for help is pathetic along with how Charlie wouldn’t even admit he beat her. The Deer manages to push the TV to invite the princess to the party, playing him like a fiddle.
Back in the Council chamber Sera orders Lute to prepare the troops, then stay on standby before allowing Emily the time they have left to resolve things peacefully. The eldest sister states she’s done allowing fear to guide her decisions and asking the youngest seraphim to share some of the hold she’s held onto for her Charlie and her ways with the rest of Hell as she believes in her.
In the Lobby Vaggie is directing everyone to fortify the Hotel. Cherri bomb and Husk are arguing they should be getting Angel Dust while Baxter argues they don’t have enough time to rescue him and instead should focus on taking care of those still there. Charlie meanwhile is thinking of what to do when she gets a call from Vox. The Prick is calling to gloat and invite her to his soirée claiming they’re both working for a better future for Hells people. Upon hearing him referencing lucifer the princess immediately demands to know what they did to him but Vox hangs up knowing she’s coming after that. The Angel claims that no matter what she can’t be thinking of actually walking into V tower, Charlie states that she knows that even if Vox won’t but if there’s still a 1 percent change to stop his plan it’ll be at the party. Plus they don’t exactly have solutions falling out of the sky.
Cue Emily opening a portal and falling face first into the floor. Charlie checks if she’s ok, but the seraphim simply states they got through to Sera and she believes in the princess, redemption and wants to find a peaceful solution with Hell and will help however she can but 1st they need to stop the attack. Vaggie says it’s great that Heaven wants to help but points out that Vox has smeared their reputation and villainised the Angels completely, with the princess adding he somehow got Angel Dust to go on TV and call redemption a joke so it’ll take more than words to convince people. So Emily says they show them, if Hell can broadcast to Heaven they can do the same in reverse. Baxter then adds in that Voxtech has been pirating Heavens Television channels for decades stating their security is a joke and revealing he designed the company’s security system. Along with being able to broadcast to all of Hell the fish is willing to lose his job to help them as they’re his friends. Though he clarifies it would take someone as smart as him to invent a way to make Heavens completely alien technology compatible with Hell’s in less than 24 hours. Emily repeats this to Sir Pentious who is more than willing, though Baxter is skeptical. With this the various characters talk about their hopes for the future and what the next day will bring.
HH S2 ep 8. Vaggie is going over the plan. She and Charlie will go to Vox’s party as guests, while the rest of them sans Emily will use Baxter’s key card to get into Voxtech while everyone is distracted. Cherri and Husk will find Angel Dust either breaking the mind control or just bring him home to deal with it later, Niffty will watch over the fish while he hacks the source of their signal, telling the maid to guard him with her life. Once they have control of the broadcast Sir Pentious will take over and show everyone proof that redemption is possible at which point the Seraphim will enter and with the princess at her side as a show of unity between the realms so they can see fighting isn’t the answer this time. When the Bomber brings up the gun, the Angel states she’ll try and destroy it, telling the cat she’ll figure it out when he asks how.
Charlie and Vaggie arrive in their best, the latter quietly checking if everyone was in position. Vox for his part is greeting his guests while being an obnoxious tosser, becoming even worse seeing the princess. He seats her next to him after waving off their question about where Lucifer is along with commenting on the boldness of bringing an Angel not noticing their sarcasm of how funny he is and stopping Charlie from getting to Alastor. Val and Vel immediately take offence to not being seated by their partner, the former storming off while the latter tries to get him to stay till the press are done. The TV for his part brings up their moments together to humiliate her, while the Princess is restraining the urge to go full demon on his ass. Vaggie and Carmilla meanwhile are in a heated discussion where the latter refuses to help forcing the former to attempt disabling the weapon on her own.
Emily meanwhile watching from a rooftop gives the others the signal to enter the building while the Vee’s are distracted and move quickly. Upon getting inside Baxter uses his keycard to open the door before they split up into pairs. The Seraphim opens a portal to let Pentious know they’re in and to get ready to launch the broadcast. While they think the Fish has disabled the camera’s they unfortunately don’t see Shockwav who is reporting their intrusion.
Husk and Cherri Bomb find Angel Dust out of his mind from the hypnotism and drugs he was fed. Baxter and Niffty are in the server room as the former is able to hack the system quickly.
Vox is continuing his montage of humiliation to Charlie who is patiently waiting for it to end. Thankfully Baxter takes over the screens, the princess happily gloating as she reveals a surprise of her own in store. The TV overlord attempts to get his partners involved but sees that they’ve left him alone. Despite Vox’s attempt the Scientist removes his connection before it can do anything to finish the override. Charlie meanwhile takes the stage calling for the crowds attention, stating they’ve seen her successes and failures but want to tell them about someone who didn’t, that proved redemption was possible when she couldn’t, revealing the truth that Sir Pentious was redeemed. That despite his mistakes he was able to improve himself and succeed at entering Heaven. Vaggie meanwhile is attempting to find a way to disable the weapon but it’s no easy task. She goes inside to discover the king trapped within, who has no idea what is going on and greets her quite enthusiastically. The Angel finds her attempts to free Lucifer just as unsuccessful. Vox attempts to stop the princess, as he knows it could ruin his support base but is soon muted by Baxter allowing her to continue stating how the snake earned his way to Heagen while the TV can silently bitch in the background. Emily this signals the former to duo to launch the broadcast. Unfortunately before the Fish can do so he’s trapped by Velvette, who reveals she’s there to stop them while Niffty is enthusiastic about fighting, surprising the Doll with her ferocity. This delay causes Charlie to panic which a now unmuted Vox uses to his advantage.
Inside Cherri Bomb and Husk after trying to wake Angel Dust up decide to leave seeing Charlie on TV. As the Spider is completely out of it the bomber puts him in a sack to carry home. Unfortunately Val returns, not happy to see his property once more being stolen away thus Kitty reveals she’s more than a drink fetcher.
Outside Charlie is once more panicking as the crowd starts turning against her, Emily thus appears earlier to try and prove what they’re saying is true by promising that Heaven doesn’t want to cause Hell anymore harm and that sinners can be redeemed with the princess adding that they just need to believe in themselves. Though they realise that Vox is hypnotising the crowd to keep them compliant while mocking Charlie again. Despite her attempts at contacting Baxter, he’s distracted as Niffty fights Velvette. Along with Husk and Cherri Bomb dealing with Valentino and his robot maid while trying to save Angel Dust knocking kitty out of the fight with a bottle to the head. Outside the TV overlord traps the seraphim in his cables gloating over Charlie for leading her friends into disaster once again while claiming Lilith would be disgusted by the weak, pitiful, failure she is and demanding she admit on camera he’s the most powerful sinner in Hell even above the Queen and Alastor not noticing him smirking. The princess at 1st refuses before the Deer tells her to agree, intially shocked realises that he had something planned so reluctantly does so much to Vox’s elation not realising he’s sealed his fate. Vaggie despite attempting for a while still can’t break the king out of his cage and has to leave him as the cannon activates. On the stage the media overlord can’t help but be a preening peacock placing his hands on Charlie shoulders while mocking them. This breaks his deal with Alastor who enjoys telling him how they’ve played Vox the whole time simply by knowing him. The TV tries to put the Radio Demon in his place, but the latter is unrestrained and at full power now.
The fight is as destructive as you can expect, tearing the city apart. While Vox gets some opening hits in, Alastor soon reminds those watching just how deadly and sadistic he can be. Meanwhile in the tower Val is putting the Cat and Bomber on the back foot, but they turn it around be blinding the cunt and beating the shit out of him before a hypnotised Angel Dust joins in, nearly choking his friend till Husk knocks him out of it with a punch. Initially angry he’s horrified to realise what he was doing. The moth uses the distraction to try ending the Bartender, but his arrogance proves misplaced as Husk disappears into his hat before it shoots explosive dice that send Val out the window to be trapped in cables by the stage.
Alastor meanwhile is tearing Vox’s wires out of his chest requiring them to call Shock.Wav for help. The Shark tears its way out of the tower and immediately starts defending his father. The Deer dodges the beast while the TV is tail smacked to just in front of Liliths Might, an evil smirk on his face. Vox then starts firing the cannon wildly throughout the city trying to kill Alastor, erasing countless sinners many of whom are stuck in place hypnotised by his powers. Charlie and Emily immediately step in to start rescuing any sinners they can find. Carmilla realises it’s gone too far. Back in the Server room Niffty is continuing to fight Velvette, Baxter assisting by hacking her phone allowing the Cyclops to kick the Doll out the window and fall in pieces to the ground below. The Fish meanwhile is able to get the broadcast back, though a beam from Liliths Might destroys the laptop ending that plan meaning that Sir Pentious has to be able to create something so overwhelmingly powerful he can force it down there. The Snake in question is rushing to do so.
Velvette after putting herself back together and freeing Valentino both realise that Vox has lost his fucking mind. Carmilla tells Vaggie which pieces to disable while taking her own sections, managing to shut the cannon down. This allows Vox to hear and see how everyone has started turning against him, causing them to suffer a full on mental breakdown supercharging the cannon again to continue trying to kill Alastor. Emily flying and Charlie using her shield like a surfboard continue rescuing whatever sinners they can find. The Radio Demon is quickly getting tired of being chased by the shark just as its owner gets a lock on him. The Seraphim manages to push them out of the way but at the cost of her middle left wing being hit.
Sera panics seeing this ordering Abel and Lute to prepare the army before Sir Pentious convinces her to just give him more time. Instead ordering them to just get Emily back to safety.
Vox prepares to fire the cannon to kill Emily, Charlie and Alastor ignoring Carmilla’s warning that another shot would overload it destroying them and half the pentagram. But the Media Overlord driven mad with revenge and his plans falling apart decides it’s worth it as long as he kills that fucking Deer. Instead Velvette kicks him off the weapon and Valentino rips his screen from his body after he won’t listen, along with trying to get the 3 out of there before realising his wings are damaged and won’t fly.
Seeing the cannon start to overload Charlie starts trying to plan how to evacuate everyone but Carmilla warns there’s no use. Emily instead moves to try and cast a barrier around it to stop the explosion. The Princess soon adds her own though due to Liliths Might being charged by an archangel it still isn’t enough. Vaggie using her own magic joins with Husk and Niffty with Angel Dust, Cherri Bomb and Baxter standing beside them to show their support. Though it’s interrupted by Lute appearing and Ignoring Abel to try settling her score with Vaggie while the 3rd man panics. The 2nd tries striking her former subordinate but is simply smacked into some rubble. By the time they’ve gotten back up Abel has managed to find his courage and channeling his father puts Lute in their place ordering her to return home. Despite the Hazbins and Seraphim’s power it still isn’t enough. Carmilla and a reconciled Zestial join their own powers, as do the other overlords. To the side Rosie tries to convince Alastor to join in and help but he refuses unless she fulfils his terms. The cannibal overlord is disgusted and impressed at his willingness to risk everyone to get what he wants, fixes his staff. The duo then add their powers with the others including a reluctant Vel and Val. This manages to power the barrier enough to contain the explosion even raising it into the air with their combined energy while Vox bitches off to the side.
The cannon and barrier soon disappear in a wave of rainbow light, much to the celebration of those watching. While the Overlords agree to never talk about this again, Emily celebrates their victory with Charlie and Vaggie. Though the princesses attention is immediately focused on lucifer who is now free of his cage. She immediately apologises for before and not getting him out sooner explaining with the chaos she didn’t have time to look for him, the king instead is happy she forgave them and collapses into her arms. Having finally managed to finished the machine the snake has Sera activates it allowing Sir Pentious to show proof of his redemption, though is put off by the fact that situation has already been resolved. Him being able to see his friends and Cherri Bomb is a good consolation while the Bomber is intially annoyed before laughing at how much of a dork he is. Baxter meanwhile enjoys a hug from Niffty. The Seraphim sisters reunite though the eldest feels immense guilt her decisions cost their youngest her wing and possibly their life though she soon sees her ex. Carmilla and Sera exchange a look before looking away reconciliation not even on their minds after millennia apart and current circumstances. Outside the main group the Vees and Shock.Wav try to renter the tower but are interrupted by 7 differently coloured portals. A very stern looking Stolas is the 1st to exit followed by the sins all armed for war, including Satan in giant black Hellforged plate and a massive axe. The Owl asks did they really think kidnapping the king of Hell and their family would end well. The trio are frozen silent as even the shark knows when greater predators are around. Satan creates a black chain to rip Vox out of Valentino’s hands, Vox terrified in the dragons hand. The Grand Prince states that he will stand trial for grand treason against the Morningstar’s and attempted assassination of Lucifer. Valentino and Velvette are frozen as they know theirs nothing they can do while the Media overlord is taken through a portal with the sin of Wrath as the rest follow. Stolas states Charlie asked he grant them mercy for at least helping stop the cannon but best remember they are 1 step away from losing everything. The pair quickly nod as they scurry into their nest. Angel Dust and Husk reunite with Cherri Bomb, though the Spider sees the look the moth gives him sending a chill down their spine. Thus he starts to walk away much to the confusion of the Bomber and Cat, stating he’s leaving everything including the Hotel. Despite their best attempts Angel Dust states that they used him to betray those he cared about and not only reveal their secrets but attack them like he did to Cherri Bomb in the penthouse and it’s better if they just forget about him as he’s too much of a risk to be around. The pair watch forlorn as he leaves.
In the aftermath of the incident Charlie calls Lilith to let them know what’s happened. The Hotel is once more full of Sinners, though unlike before they know and believe in redemption as they know Heaven is done with exterminations. To deal with the influx and show their appreciation the Princess has decided to step back to just being the Head Counsellor while allowing their partner, a newly named Vaggi to take majority control of the day-day running as manager. Alastor is also back and in a much better mood. The 2 remaining Vees are also currently having to deal with all the press from the Morningstar’s stations covering what Vox did which is massively damaging their reputation and profits causing them to require a massive rebranding to just survive while TV is still awaiting his trial date. They’re all also saddened that Angel Dust left, leaving for one of the other rings and placing his beloved Fat Nuggets under Husks care hoping he’ll soon return. Emily with a new prosthetic wing for her part is helping the Hotel along with passing messages/gifts between Cherri Bomb and Sir Pentious along with how the Winners have calmed down after the chaos subsided, even being excited at the prospect of more redeemed arriving. Lute for her actions has been stripped of rank and would’ve been expelled from the exterminators if they hadn’t been disbanded with their extradition only dropped from the yet signed treaty as gratitude for Heavens help and a compromise for how Vox nearly started a war. Sera while wrestling with her guilt and how to continue going forward is wondering if she should contact her ex-wife and possibly meet their daughters. Carmilla meanwhile isn’t in the best position either. While Charlie gave her back their titles, privileges and estates only she, Vaggie and her daughters along with Zestial have forgiven her. The Sins have made it known she’s persona non grata and even Octavia isn’t talking to her, sending back their birthday present with a note reading keep it traitor in Spanish. Overall while things are complicated it’s mostly going great, with the princess stating that despite how Vox tried to convince her their dream was different than they remember but if she could see everything they’ve done they would be so proud before hanging up after saying she loves her and bye. Though almost immediately afterwards Charlie is shocked to see and hear Lilith finally return her call.
Hello! I would like to ask if it would be possible for you to put your stories under a read more? They're very well detailed but it becomes difficult to scroll past them when not reading. Thank you!
Sorry I normally do, just forgot with the last one. Fixed it now.
Ok this is an idea I’ve had for a while. TW: Homophobia, Sexism, Racism, Drug use, Mental Health, Trauma, mentions of SA, Death, Genocide and Valentino.
It’s April 1st 1938. Within a large home in an Italian neighbourhood of New York City a party is taking place. It’s for the family’s sole daughter and youngest son, Molly and Antony Ragnos turning 18. After the main festivities down stairs calm down with all but the family’s closest associates and friends leaving, the twins head upstairs with a friend of theirs. Her name is Maria Motha, their father is Francesco Motha an old associate of the twins father Henry. The Motha’s own a shipping company and when Francesco was starting out he met a recently made Henry through mutual acquaintances. Despite their different racial backgrounds, their shared Catholicism and desire to rise high allowed them to forge an arrangement. Through money the mobster invested to launder it, Motha shipping was able to expand and start increasing its range and quantity of goods they could move. Along with giving the new Ragnos family a legitimate source of income, they had a steady supplier of booze during prohibition via ports in Canada and Cuba, which they could smuggle into the US themselves. Even with prohibition ending and Francesco still refusing to move illegal goods after, the arrangement made both men very rich and influential using their funds to invest in their communities as well as binding them closely. The Ragnos twins were thus childhood friends with the sole Motha daughter. Especially Molly as like her brother she solely desired the company of the same sex as did Maria. Both had been the other’s 1st girlfriend and sexual partner, though ended it as they felt they were better as friends while regularly sleeping together. As was their plan an after party, except their brother Nicolo called her for help in dealing with an uncle who had too much to drink. Alone with Antony and frustrated her plans were interrupted, Maria took him up on his offer to try some drugs he’d bought. While she normally didn’t, the woman decides to try it once. The pair soon discovered it was some very strong stuff, so much so they blacked out not knowing what happened till Molly woke them up the next day after finding them nude in the same bed. Realisation set in that they’d slept together under the influence, which along with the shock reinforced their sexualities as neither enjoyed it. After a lecture from the annoyed twin, helped cover for them also stating Maria better not get pregnant or their parents will force them to marry. Which soon proved prophetic.
A month later Maria was experiencing a strange bought of illness. Morning sickness, sensitivity to smells or tastes with strange aches or pains. Worried her parents contacted the family doctor for a check up. After going over her symptoms he bluntly asked if she’d had sex with a man, as the signs pointed to her being with child. The Motha’s froze. Maria due to never expecting this and realising Molly made a lucky guess, her parents despite not understanding her homosexuality had accepted it so never expected to hear that diagnosis. She explained about the party, her father giving her a look and her mother shaking hearing she did drugs then shock that Antony was the father considering they knew he was interested in men. After the Doctor left her parents gave Maria some time to contemplate the situation as well.
After dinner her parents told her that as much as they love them, having a daughter with a child out of wedlock was too much of scandal so they presented her with 3 options. 1. They could find a Doctor to terminate the pregnancy, obviously their least liked one considering their Catholicism. 2. Marry Antony and raise the child together, both able to take lovers on the side. 3. Go to a secluded place till she gave birth and place the child for adoption then act as if it never happened, they didn’t like this one as both wanted grandchildren. Maria thought it over. The 1st and 3rd were unacceptable to her as while this was a surprise she always wanted to be a mother, with the 2nd being the best of a bad lot. After letting them know her choice, the parents were relieved her mother especially as she could be a grandmother. Francesco was equally excited but was focused on his conversation with Henry. He soon left to have a meeting with his old business partner.
Henry welcomed Francesco to his office, curious as to what this meeting was about considering he normally called ahead. Upon hearing that Maria was pregnant the Ragnos patriarch took a moment simply out of pure shock. Despite hearing the explanation Henry hoped that this was god giving a chance to fix his deviant son, and make him a real man. After promising that Antony would marry his daughter the shipping magnate left at ease.
At the Ragnos home the family was called into their patriarchs study, wondering what it was about. Upon hearing that Antony had knocked Maria up they each had their own reaction. Nicolo spat out his drink in shock, their mother Teresa felt a mix of joy and surprise, Molly was annoyed with the father-to-be was frozen. After allowing a moment to absorb the announcement, their father followed it up by saying he’s agreed that their children will marry as it was Maria’s choice and he isn’t going to fuck up his most important business relationship cause Tony can’t grow a pair. For his part Antony revealed he isn’t gonna run, saying as much as the Motha’s love their daughter, a scandal of an unwed mother would be too much so this was the best out of bad lot for her, plus he can do that much for her as it’s equally his fault. Henry is surprised but glad to see his son taking responsibility like a man explaining he will be joining him and his mother when they see the family to arrange the wedding details plus the cover story tomorrow.
The Ragnos arrived at the Motha’s mansion in the nice part of town around lunch. After a rather awkward lunch they spoke in Francesco’s study. It was agreed the wedding would be in a week, the excuse being the couple were so desperate to be married they couldn’t wait with baby conceived on their 2 week honeymoon. Not the best but it was what they had on hand. Further the Motha patriarch offered Antony a more legitimate job as a company representative to clients, thinking his usual charm would do well there. Henry agreed wanting him to serve as the family’s legitimate face. Once all the details had been arranged the soon to be wed couple found a moment to themselves to talk. Maria apologised but Antony pointed out he was just as guilty. They end up bonding over how even though she always wanted to be a mom, she like him never expected it to happen this way, though they do laugh over how there was a good chance they’d wind up in a Lavender marriage just not each other. Noticing he’s looking at her stomach, she places Antony’s hand on it where he admits that’s he both scared and excited, laughing when his fiancée reveals she’s the same way. They both agree that even though they’ll never love each other as spouses should, they’ll always love their child more than anything.
Despite only having a week to prepare, thanks to the families wealth and connections, the wedding is a smashing success. Anyone close to the family knows the couples true proclivities, guessing an accidental pregnancy, though they either don’t care or keep their mouths shut for obvious reasons. Maria wears her mother’s dress like she always wanted while Antony got a brand new suit made. The reception was catered by their favourite restaurant and they had great entertainment, overall it was a very enjoyable night. During the toast the bride drank the champagne, but passed it to the groom via a kiss and thanks to his experience was able to swallow it without anyone seeing.
At the end of the reception they got a taxi to the train station to take them to their honeymoon, a stay at a cottage by the sea outside Atlantic City for 2 weeks. Unbeknownst to everyone else, Molly who was visiting a friend during that time was actually staying with them to keep her new sister-in-law company while Antony had a friend from a club he frequented doing the same for him.
After an enjoyable 2 weeks by the sea or in the casinos the newlyweds returned to a surprise. Their families had decided to gift them a new mansion in the countryside, so they’d have a lot of room for the baby. Aside from a few staff from the Motha’s, ones Maria knew and trusted as well as a few of the ladies she’d occasionally sleep with they still needed to find the rest themselves via the couple’s request. At her suggestion they would find staff at the queer clubs they attended. The good pay along with the promises of security for many men and women who’d been either been disowned or runaway earned them a good supply of loyal staff.
Over the next several months the couple prepared for the birth of their child. Antony was able to make a good impression at work, increasing business from existing customer and winning some new ones. At home they decorated their child’s nursery, choosing a room close to theirs that has a view of their large rear garden. Afterwards they talk about what they expect of their future as parents. The 2 both agree they don’t care what gender they are, but both admit it would be easier to keep Henry’s clutches off a daughter than a son even if he claims to want a legitimate face for the family. Maria pointed out that a girl would have it harder in other ways, despite wanting to take over the company with her dad’s blessing both knew few would take a woman seriously along with the other double standards for women, with Antony pointing out the fact a guy knocks a girl up nothing bad can happen to him cause it’s seen as being a man while the girl can be disowned as a whore or forced to hide it then give the kid up if the guy won’t marry her. They also talk about how they’re worried the kid will be treated depending on which of them they take after, considering how despite their wealth the Motha’s are still looked down on for being Hispanic as El-Salvadoran immigrants. A thought that truly scares them is if the baby takes after them in preference of the same sex. While they’d both accept them, due to experience know society wouldn’t considering how many people like them are disowned, forced into sham marriages, thrown into asylums or killed, Antony having personal experience as his father never accepted him. Despite this the 2 promise to never make their child feel unloved or unsafe, to do everything they can to protect them.
As the months pass they go through several holidays where they have to play the happy couple, though the further along the pregnancy got presented opportunities to avoid them. The pair used that to get out of big Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years parties, though they did attempted the more intimate dinners. The last ones they had before becoming parents.
The baby came in early January. Maria was in the kitchen when her waters broke near noon. Her mother Eva, Antony’s mother Teresa and Molly had moved into to help with the birth a few days past immediately helped her to the bedroom while the staff contacted the Doctor, her father and husband. The former got there sooner thanks to living in the nicer and thus quieter part of New York, while the latter 2 not only had to deal with the traffic of downtown but also the weather as there was a lot of snow/ice still on the ground slowing them down. By the time they arrived it was already over.
The pair walked in to find one of the maids carrying some towels down the stairs, who informed them the baby had been born. They rushed upstairs to find the Doctor outside the room who congratulated Antony on having a little girl, clarifying she was born 30 minutes ago. The man is stunned with Francesco adding his own congratulations before telling him to go in 1st, he should get some time with his little girl. Still stunned the new father walks in to find his mother, sister and mother-in-law around a bed bound Maria holding a bundle. The 3 left giving them some privacy but not before telling him how beautiful the baby was.
Alone Antony approached apologising for being too late, Maria pointed out he got here plus the baby was a week early anyway so it’s not like they did it on purpose. After laughing then just continuing to stare his wife offered to let them hold her, which Antony nervously agreed to. Upon having them placed into her arms, he noticed that she took after her mother with dark skin, black hair and dark eyes. What broke him out of his stupor was feeling her hand grabbing onto their finger. At that moment Antony smiled and told her he was their daddy, and thankfully she took after her mommy. He also noticed just how small they were, Maria promising they were fine and that the doctor checked her said she was healthy just small, which made sense as their mother wasn’t exactly tall either. The pair then discussed what her name would be, as they agreed a boy would get an Italian name while a girl a Spanish one. Maria reveals she wants to name them Agata, after her grandmother which Antony likes. Thus Agata Ragnos is born.
As they’ve already met her, Agata’s grandmothers and aunts adored her the moment they heard it with Eva overjoyed to hear they share her mother’s name. Francesco adored her as well, though Henry did complain a bit that their skin was darker along with them not being a boy though he did seem fond of her. Nicolo was quite sweet to his niece promising to kill anyone who hurt her.
Over the next few months they went through the expectations for a new child. The christening and baptisms as expected were big events with family, friends and close associates. Despite having to play being the happy couple they did have fun as they still saw each other as friends, plus they loved their daughter. Unlike other mothers who had the means Maria was a very involved and devoted mother to Agata playing with her, singing to her and taking care of all their needs. Antony was also more involved than was usual for men of that time calling her his little angel in Italian, singing to her and getting up at night with her half the time. Overall the couple were very devoted and loving parents to their little girl. They decided to give her the middle names of their mothers, thus making her Agata Theresa Eva Ragnos which they both loved.
Overall despite the circumstances both parents were enjoying their lives and daughter, especially once she learned to talk. It also helped they could indulge in little bits of fun with their staff and in Maria’s case Molly occasionally. Though the world sadly didn’t stay calm for long.
Just before Agata’s 1st birthday the Second World War had begun plunging it into an even more chaotic state. Maria who had been keeping eye on not only Europe but Asia grew increasingly concerned. In fact during family thanksgiving dinner in 1940 she revealed her worries about the war expanding to include the US. Henry tried to say it was ridiculous but she gave her reasons. She pointed out that not only had Hitler allied or occupied much of Western Europe, least those who weren’t neutral, his ally Mussolini had eyes on rebuilding the Roman Empire which included many colonial holdings that belonged to the Free French and Britain but also brought Greece into it. Though she argued the real danger wasn’t Germany but Japan. Maria argued they’d been building their military up for nearly a decade and along with invading China they wanted a pacific empire. Much of which belonged to European powers and the US, several of which were home to natural resources like rubber, which were vital to a military industrial machine. She argued that just because America doesn’t want to get involved, it won’t save them from being dragged in similar to the Great War. Their final point that when if did happen it would be young men like Antony and Nicolo who would be needed to fight it, even if the former was saved via her families connections it still left the latter at risk. The table went quiet, especially the Ragnos as they couldn’t refute her points any more though they hoped she was wrong.
Sadly their daughter-in-law was proven right a year later after Pearl Harbour. Just as she also predicted Francesco used his connections to keep Antony off the draft. Despite his own mob connections Henry was unable to keep Nicolo out, though he admits they’d have enlisted anyway. The young man chose the airborne wanting to be with the best, plus the extra 50 bucks a month helped. He was assigned to the 82nd “All American” Airborne Division. He shipped out mid-January 1942. His family were there to see him off. Molly and Theresa asked him to stay safe fearing for their brother and son. Henry told him to kill plenty of those Kraut bastards while Antony simply told his brother to not do something stupid and come home. Maria wished him well too, though Agata despite not realising what was happening as she’d only recently turned 2 didn’t want her uncle Nicky to go. He promised he’d see her again and bring some presents too.
As expected the war changed everything. Despite being no where near the front countless young and middle-aged men were drafted or enlisted freely. Even though they knew he wasn’t at the front yet Molly and Theresa prayed for Nicolo regularly, with Henry focusing on trying to keep the money coming in while keeping off the government’s radar. Francesco meanwhile with Antony’s help managed to win several government contracts which made up for their lost ones due to the war. Maria meanwhile focused on helping where she could with Eva joining her. She set up several committees with the other women in her their town to send care packages via the Red Cross to wounded soldiers, food parcels to civilians in allied and occupied countries along with POW’s with raising war bonds. Agata meanwhile grows up not understanding much more than their fighting bad people who have to be stopped, her parents want her to focus on being a child and not worry about adult stuff. Though she realises things are different when after starting school several of her classmates have family who are away fighting, come home injured or don’t at all. She soon realises her family are luckier than many others.
Nicolo meanwhile managed to get through his training with flying colours, the skills he’d learn from the mob made him a very effective soldier. His leadership skills and tenacity could’ve seen him placed into officer training school, but his family’s criminal background made the army unwilling to potentially give him a position to aid and enrich them. Despite this Nicolo managed to see action across Europe fighting in Sicily, Italy, France, Holland, Belgium and finally Germany. He rose to the rank of corporal with 3 purple hearts due to injuries sustained in Italy, France and Belgium with several medals including a Bronze and Silver star with the 2nd Highest award of the army with The Distinguished Service Cross. This helped him to meet the 85 points needed via to return home early and leave the army.
Nicolo arrived in June to a hero’s welcome, his family waiting for him at the docks. His mother and siblings were overjoyed to see him while his father was much restrained about it. Agata despite hearing stories about her uncle saw him as a stranger. Not taking it personally Nicolo promised to make up for lost time. At the Ragnos family home he told them about his time training and in combat though kept the gory details till his niece was asleep. Nicolo also showed some of the souvenirs he got. Italian and German medals, a Luger and P38, a Hitler Youth and SS honour knife plus the ring that came with explaining he and his squad found some SS who after hearing about the camps, decided to take their time with all but saying they tortured them to death. None of those listening had any issue with that, after seeing the pictures and hearing the stories, as far they were concerned any involved with the Nazis final solution deserved to die agonisingly before burning in hell. Maria brought up the GI Bill asking her brother-in-law if he plans to take advantage of it and go to college. They gave her a strange look before asking while when he can just working for his dad. Despite knowing that she hoped he would leave the criminal life style behind, with Antony, Molly, their mother and her parents giving her sympathetic looks while Henry is glad to get his best man back. Though when things turn to the end of the war Maria is blunt to point out it isn’t over yet, reminding them that they still have to beat Japanese who will put up a fanatical and bloody resistance. Even then they’ll have a new adversary in the soviets pointing out they’ve already started setting up puppet governments in the countries they occupied and won’t be too interested in letting them go free.
Maria is proven right after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. While all are happy the war is over, she is unnerved by the sheer destructive potential and the new weapon unleashed upon the world. At a dinner celebrating the end of the war, she points out that along with not being the sole reason the Japanese surrendered considering the soviets had declared war upon them and preferring an American occupation than a communist one, the A-Bomb was a Pandora’s box now that it was out there it couldn’t be out there. When some of her family doubted it, Maria reminded them many of the people involved were from other countries, including German ones who the soviets were now able to get their own with occupying parts of it, countries like France already had programmes for nuclear research before the war pointing out it won’t take too long for someone else to get it. This causes the room to go dead silent at that. Even with the realisation the world was forever changed, the family were able to move onto a happy way of life with peace returned.
Nicolo and his dad got back to running things like before the war, with contacts the former soldier made in Sicily and Italy giving the family some lucrative business. Theresa did her best to keep the family together and praying for her son and husband’s souls. Molly continued working to support causes that she believed in, an ardent support of women’s, civil and workers rights. Antony continued helping Francesco running the company, being able to resume and gain new international contracts now that the war was over. Eva continued in the role of the devoted wife and trying to improve her family’s place in the New York social scene. Maria also focused on trying to improve things in their home town. Agata meanwhile was just being a child. All she noticed was how her Zio Nicky would give her presents, not understanding why mama looked uncomfortable when he offered to deal with people who messed with them. Or how Nonna and Abuela would buy her dresses and toys, while Abuelo would let her play in his office while he worked and showed her some of their boats. Nonno was always serious even when spending time with her and for some reason papa didn’t like him being around her too much. Even then she had a happy home with loving parents who adored her. They had picnics in the garden, Antony bought her horses to ride and he taught her Italian while Maria taught her Spanish while teaching them about the world and to be strong. Her favourite was when they sang to her at night or read her stories. Overall things were perfect for the family, but sadly it couldn’t last.
On a night in May 1947, Antony Ragnos leaves his father’s office enraged and heartbroken. He’d left early that morning to go over some paperwork and set up some client meetings, then went to meet with his brother and dad. The meeting had started tense like they usually did, with small talk about how Agata was doing, doing very well at school and ballet, before moving onto what he was called there for which even Nicolo didn’t know. After Henry’s request to convince Francesco to start carrying goods of a less than legal origin were denied, things got heated. The Father accused the son of thinking he was better than where he came from, who retorted that compared to him he is. Despite their brother/son trying to calm things down it was ruined when the Ragnos Patriarch called his son nothing more than an up-jumped disappointing disgrace of a faggot. Antony left without another word. Needing to deal with the stress he stopped off at an d dealer of his, who claimed to have an experimental anaesthetic for him called “PCP”. Desperate for a release he took it, thus sealing his fate.
Arriving home Antony went straight to his office. Throwing his jacket off he rolls up a shirt sleeve, pulls out a rubber band to find the vein and withdraws the syringe from the briefcase. After a moment it slides into a vein, releasing its poison when the plunger is pressed. For a few moments the man feels nothing but pleasure as the stress, anger and hurt of the argument peels away. Though it’s soon replaced by fear/terror as due to neither him or the dealer knowing how it works, loaded too much in the syringe. As he feels himself begin to give in, Antony realises to his horror that his daughter will likely find his body and remorse that not only will it traumatise her but he’ll never get to see them grow up or tell her he loved them one last time due to leaving early that morning. Soon it ends and thus the life of Antony Ragnos a former mobster, businessman, son, brother, husband and father is extinguished.
Agata got up the next morning hoping to see her papa, as he left early and had to stay late in the city. She went to check his bedroom, he and mama said it was so she didn’t get woken up when he came in late, but it was empty. So she went to the next place he could be, his office. The girl still in her nightdress walked down the hall and stairs dragging the stuffed toy goat Abuela made for them, stopping outside the large wooden door. Despite their short height Agata is able to open it by standing on their tippy toes. Upon doing so she sees her papa in his desk chair, obviously having fallen asleep in there. Wanting to spend time with her father she rushes forward to wake him up. Though for some reason he isn’t getting up. She tries tugging on his clothes and calling for him to wake up, but strangely he didn’t react. Agata kept tugging and calling for him to wake up, getting more scared the longer it went on. By the time Maria who heard the screaming and crying arrived with several of the staff they found her begging Antony to wake up. Upon seeing the syringe in his arm they understand what happened and in one of the most painful moments of her life, the mother was forced to drag her crying child away from his body while the staff called for an ambulance. After telling Agata that her papa was dead and never coming back the crying got even worse loud enough to hear through the house, especially when she begged them not to take him away.
The week leading up to the funeral was a painful affair for the family. It was done at the Ragnos family church in their old neighbourhood. Molly, Theresa and Agata were emotional wrecks at the death of their brother, son and father. Nicolo despite his pain kept it hidden wanting to appear strong , as did Maria though both were heartbroken at the death of their brother and friend/father of their child. Eva always felt he was a good man and pitied him for dying that way, while Francesco would miss his energy in the office along with sympathy for their daughter and granddaughter. Henry was more annoyed he’d died in a way that made them look bad. The funeral itself was filled with family, friends and associates with the Ragnos ladies especially Agata showing their grief. The wake was held at the family home nearby. Maria dealt with helping her mother and sister-in-law deal with it while also accepting condolences as the widow. Nicolo was on his own drinking while Henry started talking business and the Mothas were trying to help their in-laws as well. The youngest member of the family spent the entire time in her fathers old room, refusing to leave till she fell asleep. Though that was only a slight improvement.
In the weeks after the funeral Agata stopped being the happy, sweet and playful little girl she’d once been becoming more sullen and reclusive. Even when she went back to school after her 2 weeks of compassionate leave was done they barely spoke to anyone, stayed in the library durning recess and went from regular A’s to just barely passing. The final straw was when a boy had been picking on one of Agata’s friends called Antony a worthless junky. By the time the teacher got her off him she’d given him a broken nose and a black eye with 3 knocked out teeth. Despite understanding her situation Agata was suspended for a month. Rather than be angry Maria was simply worried but her daughter refused to talk to them. After talking to the Family’s priest father O’Malley he said that as the issue was her grief over Antony’s death, who everyone who knew the family remembered their close relationship, it was beyond both their understandings to help. He instead suggested a child therapist in the city who they trusted. Despite the lack of respect for the field and how those who used it were seen, Maria was desperate to see her daughter helped so agreed.
The 1st few appointments were mostly Agata building her trust in Dr Dove, while he was also trying to figure out how to help them best. After a few sessions Maria noticed small improvements in her daughter, remembering the therapist said it could take time before they saw any major changes, though even those little ones were better than nothing. Within a few months she was more like herself before Antony’s death, something the rest of the family were happy to see. Though everyone except Molly was skeptical about Agata seeing a Therapist due to the beliefs of the period about it and those receiving it, especially Henry. He was the most vocally against it till Maria shut him up by reminding the Mob Boss Antony only took the drugs after seeing him, being a contributing factor in his death so unless he wanted to wound up in the mortuary section of the paper he’d best shut their mouth. The stunned silence especially from the patriarch reminded everyone that she was not to be fucked with and he stopped talking about it, as did the others. Within a year Agata was back to how she was before Antonys death, even if she still grieved her father and would always miss him. For a time it seemed like the family was going to be ok. Unfortunately life had yet to finish doling out tragedies upon them.
In 1950 thanks to the government once more cracking down on the mob, the various families started trying to find ways to keep the money coming and as was often the case, they chose to take another one’s. The Ragnos family soon found themselves in a bloody turf war with a rival mob. This soon moved from solitary shootings to Drive By’s and targeted attacks. The casualties soon mounted on both sides though the family would be greatly torn apart. Theresa and Molly were the 1st, victims of a car bomb meant for Henry. The patriarch and Nicolo carried out bloody vengeance wiping out their rivals in a suicidal assault that claimed their lives as well. Francesco realising he’d likely be next turned states witness, hoping to secure his family’s safety and wealth, but was shot leaving his office late afternoon though he did manage to save the wealth the family had accrued. That combined with the money the Ragnos had allowed their surviving loved ones to lived very luxurious lives. Despite that the 3 survivors were devastated by their losses. Maria focused on looking after her daughter and keeping the family together. Agata went back to therapy to deal with the losses. Eva struggled to rely on her Catholic faith and moved in with her daughter and granddaughter, selling the family home in New York. They did their best to help heal their wounds and move on regardless of the pain the 3 shared.
Over the next few years after the 3 did manage to do so. Maria along with caring for her daughter became more involved with the community, as did her mother who left New York and moved in with them to stay close. Agata sadly was changed by her losses. Even resuming her therapy only helped to a degree, while she was able to resume life the loss of so much of their family had permanently affected her. No longer the excitable or friendly child she once was, but was now more withdrawn and reserved even having developed a temper like her grandfather Henry. Maria and Eva lamented her loss of her former traits, but promised to do their best to keep supporting them. So life continued.
One morning when Maria was leaving some books Agata, now 14, needed for school in her room. After placing them on the bed she turned to leave, noticing something stuffed between the mattress and bedding. To their shock it was a magazine that had pictures of women in compromising positions. After letting herself be amused by the situation she thought over what to say to their daughter when she got home. Upon arrival the teenage girl went to her room, stunned silent seeing her mother reading the nude magazine that was meant to be hidden in the mattress. To their shock Maria complements her on having good taste though admonishes her hiding skills they need work. After a moment to process the scene before her Agata asks why her mama isn’t angry, the response that it’s only natural to be curious about sex isn’t a big deal to them just conflicts the girl more. When she clarifies that it’s because she’s obviously queer, Maria simply looks shocked before stating that would be hypocritical considering she’s also gay. Once the shock wears off in a few minutes Agata asks how, this is when her mother reveals the truth. About her relationship with Aunt Molly and most of the maids which shocks their daughter more, especially once she thinks back to how she used to find their mama in bed with her auntie who was keeping them company while papa worked. The fact that he was gay to shocks her even more, even more when she thinks over similar incidents with him and the butlers/groundskeepers. This of course caused her to ask why they had a kid together, forcing Maria to reveal the truth behind their wedding. Obviously hit hard by this Agata asks if they were an accident who forced them into an unhappy marriage. Obviously her mother refutes this by pointing out that she and Antony were friends and both agreed to it, as the other option was aborting or hiding away then adopting them to never see or talk about her again, which he was equally against as he wanted to be a father. And also that she was a happy surprise not an accident, plus even if they didn’t love each other romantically they did as friends and the parent of their child. She further points out they would’ve had likely had to marry anyway to cover for each other, more due to society considering how everyone in the family except Henry knew and accepted them. Maria finishes by promising to help Agata with any questions she might have about her sexuality. Grateful the pair share a very tender and loving hug, though it turns humorous when her mother tells her to get better at hiding her magazines as even though Eva is ok with them being gay they’ll get an earful if she catches her with dirty magazines. Cue laugher from both.
Life continued on with Agata turning 18 and graduating High School. Thanks to her high grades and involvement with a few extracurriculars which included gymnastics, ballet and track, she was able to attend a prominent college in New York City. Despite the numerous attempts by various male students the young woman rejected them claiming she wasn’t interested, though that didn’t stop others from trying. Agata also didn’t try dating much with women not only due to not wanting to risk revealing her sexuality to the wrong person and risk ruining her life but wanting to focus on her studies. She thus chose to study how addiction works and the causes of it, to understand what happened to her father hopefully to gain some closure from that. Thanks to her work ethic and intellect she managed to be in the top 3 of her class, even making it to the number 1 spot at a regular rate. Outside the classroom Agata was just as active becoming a number of students vocal about different causes including nuclear disarmament, women’s and civil rights along with similar issues being a regular at several demonstrations or protests. Overall the young Ragnos was living a happy fulfilling life and would likely continue to do so, if only fate didn’t laugh at the plans man made.
It was a cold January night in 1961. The Ragnos family had gone out to dinner to celebrate Agata’s 22nd birthday at a restaurant that was dear to the family, with the owners being old family friends. After a delicious meal they left to continue it at home, the birthday girl drove as she didn’t drink not wanting to risk losing control. On the drive Agata was very much not happy to hear her mother and grandmother trying to set her up with one of the new maids who’s around her age and liked her. This soon ended when going down a road down a hill that a speeding car was speeding towards them . To avoid a crash they swerved out of the way but were still clipped, which sent them smashing down the side and flipping multiple times till the car was a wrecked hunk of metal the passengers within had no chance at survival. It was discovered the next morning with the driver of the other car being arrested for causing 3 deaths.
A week later the funeral was planned at the church the family regularly attended. The attendees filled the church with many giving heartfelt eulogies praising the ladies strength, kindness and intelligence Father O’Malley claiming that despite their lives being cut short they can take comfort in having earned their way into heaven thanks to the good lives they led. At will reading the family gave donations to several charities and groups they supported including the church, with the largest going to their former employees. Along with a lump sum they were each given a part ownership in the Ragnos mansion so they could have a place to stay and be themselves, with the families investments being changed to pay into an account for the upkeep of the estate and grounds so it could be kept in top condition. The staff continued the tradition of hiring queer persons to give them a place to be themselves and when society became more understanding started hosting parties for LGBTQ+ people and turned it into a party venue/museum for the buildings unique history and the family that created it.
Meanwhile in heaven the family of 3 arrive at the golden gates of St Peter, meeting the man himself. After the initial bit of shock coming to terms with their deaths and reverence at meeting the legendary Saint much to his usual discomfort he checked their names and let them know someone was coming for them especially. While they waited Agata asked about his appearance pointing out it was different than she expected, he gave her points for noticing as most don’t and explained if changed after he came to heaven pointing out their own changes. To the women’s shock they’d each changed to a degree. Eva herself had gained swan wings due to her grace, fitting due to her grace, Maria a dove due to her gentle nature and Agata the wings of a an eagle due to her strength and determination with them each having gained Greyish-lavender skin and greyish-white hair with lavender highlights plus pinkish-ivory eyes. Soon their welcoming party arrived, to their shock it was a seraphim one of the higher angels. After more reverence the angel who introduced herself as Emily, who was there to take them to meet the rest of their family who she was close to. After a tour showing what heaven offered and an explanation about their change in appearance the seraphim led them to a house with a large garden. Within they found Molly and Theresa, who had both gained the appearance of fluffy white spiders, both of whom happily embraced the 3 glad to see them again while also sad they died especially due to how young Agata was.
After settling in the 3 obviously had questions, the 1st of which was where the men of the families were. Molly pointed out Henry was obviously in hell, with sadness mentioning so were her brothers with Theresa sharing it. Maria was also saddened her friend was not here while Agata was further heartbroken she’d never get to see their papa again. After some time to let them absorb it Emily explained that they wouldn’t have to worry about anywhere to stay as all new residents get a home, with them being made to their personal specifications. To this end she opened a portal to an empty space asking if they wanted to share a place or get their own. The 3 decided at least till they got settled to share a place and while it took some time they did settle into their afterlives with the youngest Ragnos deciding to get her own place, ending up with a simple 2 storey cottage that had a large garden full of flowers for her to tend and a pond in while her mother and grandmother chose something similar to what they were accustomed to on Earth.
Once they were settled the other Ragnos ladies revealed a bit more about their lives in paradise. Theresa had discovered she was a aromantic heterosexual, meaning she didn’t have an interest in romantic relationships solely sexual ones with men which considering how she never expressed much love for Henry made sense to them. Along with learning she had a long string of lovers, which Agata did not want to hear about for obvious reasons. To the trios shock Milly revealed not only was she engaged but to Emily, the seraphim who welcomed them at the gates, explaining the treatment they received. The couple explained that they met in the centre for young souls, I.e. where orphaned children go to wait for their parents, be adopted by other saints or heaven born if possible and if not be cared for there. The pair started as friend before admitting their feelings and finally both proposing at the same time. They both decided to wait till more of the family arrived, the implication also being till Antony could join them no matter how long the wait. The Seraphim also explained that there’s nothing sinful about Queer and that’s just something humans came up. Maria was glad to see her friend/ex/sister-in-law had found someone as wonderful as Emily to make them happy.
After a few months adjusting the 3 ladies decided to actually start enjoying their eternal paradise. Eva joined Theresa and her group of socialites, enjoying parties, teas and similar activities like they did on Earth. Maria decided to take advantage of Heavens more egalitarian approach and with the experience she got from her father became a clerk, earning much praise for her efficiency and hard work. Agata enrolled in university to continue her education, thanks to the fact it didn’t cost money and it wasn’t used in Heaven so they could continue attending as much as she wanted. That allowed her not only complete her studies from Earth but to get degrees in business management, psychology and similar subjects. They also took cooking classes to learn how to do multiple different cuisines as she loved cooking and trying new things along with baking.
On the romantic side things were more interesting. Despite being told that divorce was not frowned upon by heaven and would be able to do so to Francesco, Eva refused stating that while he did work with criminals, he was also a great husband and father who she loved. So she refused to divorce him despite being separated by the realms. Maria initially went a bit crazy due to not having to hide her sexuality anymore before easing off. She was introduced to a lady by Emily, they were a guardian angel. After a few dates they became a couple and eventually married, with Agata becoming fond of her new stepmother due to her kindness, how great she was to their mother and respected her boundaries. The woman in question did date a few times but they never went anywhere past a few months as she didn’t feel a connection them. Eva and Theresa did their part did try setting her up as along with wanting Agata to find a good wife wanted great grandchildren, being frustrated when nothing panned out. They got a bit hopeful when she made friends with an older woman named Bernadette who taught one of her cooking classes though this was soon ruined when Agata made it known they were just friends. Didn’t stop the family joking about her preference for older ladies. The pair regularly had coffee and eventually dinner together telling each other about their lives on Earth. The youngest Ragnos thus discovered that along with fathering a child with a white man who abandoned them did her best to raise her son with love. Though she rarely talked about her son Alastor, when doing so described him as being a gentle boy and so sweet lamenting that based on what she’d been told he’d done truly horrific things after she died. Despite that she still loves and misses her little boy. Agata can’t blame her cause while Maria did keep Antony’s mob past secret, upon reaching heaven and looking it up while she understood considering the family connection, she was still disappointed by what he did while still loving him. Bernadette became like a 3rd grandmother to her and she the granddaughter they never had.
Along with her academic pursuits Agata also joined several clubs and sports such as track, gymnastics, ballet etc. Thanks to the increased strength and stamina she developed due to regular training/practise, they were able to start making a name for herself in the various events Agata competed in. Though while she didn’t always win due to many of her other competitors being more experienced and in better physical condition, her determination and refusal to quit helped to make them stand out. One boxing match where despite the living Heaven being knocked out of her by a bigger stronger opponent, she still refused to give up and managed to make it a tie. Along with the respect of her opponent, applause from family and many of those watching, 2 people in the audience in particular had their eyes on her.
A few weeks later Agata was walking home from college, she noticed that 2 people were following her. Remembering what her uncle Niccolo and Grandfather said to do she prepared a trap. Stopping at a flower shop she bought 2 decently sized pots and turned down an alley. Hiding in a doorway and waiting till her pursuers passed by before throwing a pot at the leader before moving onto the one behind them. A curse of pain with actual cursing confirmed the 1st attack succeeded but the 2nd failed and ended with them against a wall hand around her throat. She is soon introduced to them after the man they hit orders the woman holding them to put her down. He reveals himself to be Adam the legendary 1st man and father of humanity, though any awe and respect she has for him soon disappears after they compliment her on being a hot piece of ass, then it’s destroyed when he calls it hot she’s a lesbian. The woman accompanying him who is revealed to be Lute simply rolls her eyes before reminding him they’re here for a reason. A portal opens with him gesturing for Agata to follow as they have a very interesting offer for her.
Following them she finds the 2 in a room with a large circular table of pure white stone that looks like marble various engravings of Angels upon it. Adam gestures for her to sit, doing so just as Lute and he do so. The 1st man then asks if Agata is hungry as several ribs appear in front of her and upon being asked if she thirsty is offered wine by several very attractive lady angels wearing very little with smiles on their faces. This just leaves her more confused along with being a little aroused. Exasperated at her bosses usual behaviour, the 2nd-in-command reminds him of why they brought her here forcing him to get rid of the ribs and girls much to his annoyance. With the distractions out of the way Lute reveals they’ve been watching her and thinks she made a great addition to their group. Confused the saint asks what group. Adam then takes over asking if she’s happy in heaven and is her family, upon receiving confirmation he smirks asking if they’d do anything to keep them safe leaving her anxious. Here the pair explain they’re the leaders of a special group of angels that work to ensure the denizens of hell can’t harm the golden kingdom or its people, showing images of sinners carrying out acts of violence or depravity upon each other. It then shifts to images of masked angels descending and massacring them, with the pair naming them as exorcists who descend into hell yearly to cull their numbers and ensure they can’t threaten heaven. This is when they make their offer for Agata to join being the 1st winner to do so Adam calls her, as after watching their athletic accomplishments plus the determination and dogged refusal to give up makes her an ideal recruit. Despite their belief in many of the damned deserving punishment, the young saint can’t exactly condone such a genocidal act considering that many are like her father simply there due to bad decisions and circumstances rather than being evil. The pair share an evil look knowing how to play her. Adam feigns sympathy explaining they know about her dad Antony and offers false condolences before revealing he was killed in Hell shortly after arriving, in such a way that they couldn’t regenerate and in a horrifyingly sadistic way even showing a hologram of his body. Agata was frozen seeing her beloved fathers body torn apart into such a grizzly sight it looked more like a pile of meat. As the tears shed their agony mixed with rage, at the filth that had killed Antony in life and death, she wanted to make them suffer. The pair smirked as they knew their plan had worked. Thus their 1st saint recruit joined.
After being sworn to secrecy in order to not incite panic in heaven, her training began. Agata was put through backbreaking training that included endurance, flying, tracking and most importantly of all combat. Lute took the lead, pushing the recruit to her limits, breaking them before pushing her to new ones. The rage at her father’s loss and natural determination plus refusal to quit drove Agata harder than ever, something her new commanders noticed much to their pleasure. After nearly a year of training Adam and Lute presented her to Sera as proof of concept. The pair had met thanks to Emily’s engagement to Molly. Despite their future status as in-laws there was always a sort of distance due to not only their age but status, though the Seraphim always acted polite in a maternal sort of way like a distant grandmother and the saint a respectful grandchild. Upon seeing her Sera was uncomfortable as they’d never told them the name of their new recruit, which further compounds the fact they aren’t happy about their request to let a saint into the exorcists. This is due to not only wanting to ensure complete secrecy but so those who ascended wouldn’t have to be faced with the prospect of purging their own loved ones. While she did agree that with the training she’d gone through, Agata would make an excellent exorcist Sera did ask if she could really cope with possibly purging her own family who were damned. The saint simply stated that the only family she cared for in Hell was dead, as far as they were concerned her uncle and Henry brought him into the mafia and caused not only his death on earth but the acts that damned him with Francesco being culpable as his connections allowed the family to rise. Despite being unnerved Sera agreed to allow Agata entry into the exorcists. Adam and Lute smirked, not only that they had gotten what they wanted but the manipulations they’d planted worked so well.
After swearing secrecy about the extermination and her role within it, Agata was given her equipment including a finely made spear and a black stripe was added to both wings to show she was now one of them. As their 1st non-heavenborn her entry got a lot of attention with some welcoming, others skeptical while the majority were solely interested in seeing if she was worth the hype. They would get their proof a few weeks later during that year’s extermination.
Over the next several hours Agata thanks to a mix of a training, determination and rage managed to make it to 10th place in that year’s kill count. With it now only being her 1st but also as their 1st saint recruit it impressed her fellow exorcists, with those skeptical or uninterested calling her a great addition. Adam himself made sure to single her out at the after party claiming she’d go far. Thanks to Agata’s drive to improve mixed with her still present rage saw her move up to 7th, 5, 3rd and finally 1st place in the kill tally which she would share at alternating times with Lute. This of course earned her a new exorcist name, Vaggie courtesy of Adam after the best thing in the world much to their disgust. Outside of her duties as an exorcist her life continued as it did before. Aside from keeping the oath of secrecy, attending regular training and the extermination exorcists were allowed to do as they pleased. So Agata continued going to college or other kind of courses to improve herself along with spending time with friends and family. They noticed a shift in that she’d become less sympathetic in regard to those damned to hell though the woman herself refused to talk about them except her father. It continued like this for a few years, till Agata started to see more clearly.
As her 1st several years in the exorcists passed and the more blood she shed, the manipulations and rage began to fall from Agata’s mind. Once she stopped seeing the sinners as scum deserving death, she began to question their methodology. Such as why are they going after regular nobodies instead of the overlords who held the true power amongst their kind and whose deaths would be crippling to any effort to strike heaven. One day after training the rising star asked Lute and several offer old guard exorcists about this, but they shrugged it off by saying the point is to keep the sinners in their place and afraid of Heavens retribution plus they simply told her not to question orders. This obviously left Agata unsatisfied and thus started questioning more. As her experience with the exterminations grew so did the questions and eventual doubts. Eventually she was forced to come to the horrifying conclusion that there was no point, that Hell’s sinners were no threat to Heaven and the exterminations were just Adam’s way of getting revenge on its king and queen. That her sisters-in-arms were made for this and honestly don’t care. The acceptance of this along with the fact that Agata can’t leave causes her to simply accept she has no choice and go on autopilot during said cleansings as it’s the only way they can function without a complete breakdown. Seeing her friends, family or other activities in paradise is when she shows her true self, during training, exterminations and the other exorcists only a mask is shown, though they see it as her simply becoming a more efficient exorcist. It continued like this for decades, till one day it all changed.
It’s the extermination of 2019, on New Years like always. Agata and her sisters poured through the portal hunting for targets, sinners unlucky enough to either be outside or land there flee in a doomed attempt to save themselves. Unlike the others the sole saint member takes no joy in this, simply going through the motions and trying not to be disgusted with herself for the blood shed by their hand. After driving her spear through some poor souls back she pulls off her mask, the HUD glitching, then gives chase seeing a small target dart down an alleyway. Though upon seeing a frightened crying child there, they freeze. Shocked as they were told Children didn’t go to Hell and refusing to harm one allows them to flee. Unbeknownst to Agata she was followed, only discovering the horrifying truth when the shadow falls upon her. In less than a minute her life is ruined again and place in heaven ripped away, just like their wings after Lute cut out her eye leaving with halo in hand with Adam. Despite the agony from her wounds and the panic running through them at equal pace the now fallen Angel knew she had to act quickly, as any who found a wounded exorcist would have no kindness for them. Quickly stripping the most identifiable parts of her uniform off and tossing them along with the wings into a dumpster. Only in her underclothes she dragged herself across the wall before the pain became too much.
After what seemed like hours the fallen angel woke up to find a woman with growing red eyes standing above them. Despite her fear, they instead start to bandage her eye. After both being initially flustered the exhaustion overtakes the wounded young woman. Her companion simply picks them up gently and carry’s them bridal style to help them heal, using their tail to pick up the discarded spear as it feels important for some reason.
After making it back to the dilapidated former hotel she’s living in, Charlie takes her patient to one of the spare rooms near their own. After placing them on their front to not exacerbate the pain her back, the princess calls their loyal companions Razzle and Dazzle. After asking them to clean, disinfect and stitch their patients back wounds she leaves to get more bandages. After removing her dress and seeing the gold blood, the goat bois realise she’s an angel. Sensing she’s not a threat they assume Charlie knows or will find out so decide to focus on their task, gently cleaning, disinfecting and stitching the wounds like requested along with. Despite their attempts to be gentle the fallen angel hisses in her sleep. The work is done by the time the princess returns who after praising them starts the bandaging. It isn’t until the next day their patient wakes up.
The former exorcist was surprised to find herself in a warm bed and their wounds tended to. Even more so with a cyclops of cat in their face. Yelping in shock and being reminded why she was on her chest, their focus soon shifted to the sound of a door opening. Realising it was the princess of Hell Charlie Morningstar who rescued and treated their injuries sends them into a state of shock for a moment. Their rescuer meanwhile introduces herself and asks how she’s feeling, pausing while waiting for their response. Once the shock subsides the fallen angel says that aside from the pain she’s fine, before asking why they saved her. Charlie looks surprised, one of her people needed help what other reason would she need. Suddenly the stories about the princess being a spoilt brat seem like bullshit. The princess asks what happened to them, obviously the ex-exorcist gives an edited version that she was a recent arrival who had the misfortune to arrive during the cleansing. Horrified they arrived on extermination day Charlie offers to let her stay as long as she needs. Despite her shock and suspicion they agree grateful to have a safe place for now. Before leaving for food the princess asks what her name is. Taking a moment the fallen angel realises her old name no longer fits their new life, so tells them it’s Vaggie, though differently pronounced than Adam’s . Charlie smiles saying it’s a lovely name before getting her lunch.
Due to her angellic healing and the medicine Charlie provides, Vaggie is back on her feet in a week. In that time she’s gotten quite fond of the one eyed cat KeeKee, who provided warm snuggles and calming purrs. The princess herself also regularly checked on their guest, spending often hours in their room keeping them company. This proved that she was more than Adam claimed. Vaggie now able went down to breakfast with Charlie, where she met the hotels resident goat bois Razzle and Dazzle. Without even thinking about it she started cuddling the pair and giving them scritches, which they both enjoyed and the princess found absolutely adorable. Even after stopping the goats stayed in her lap during breakfast, hopeful for more affection.
Over the next month after making sure she was ok and fully recovered, Charlie reminded Vaggie of her offer to stay at the hotel. Despite both her own anxieties and not wishing to take advantage of their kindness, she wanted to stay with the princess. After a few months they’re comfortable enough to start sharing more things about themselves. Vaggie claimed she was killed in an accident and had graduated college before her death, with having lost a father to drugs and multiple relatives to organised crime. Charlie for her part revealed her strained relationship with her dad, mom going missing and trying to make hell a better place. This is when the princess reveals the purpose behind the hotel, a rehabilitation for sinners to redeem themselves and make it into heaven. After taking a moment to digest that and wonder if it was even possible or the chance heaven ever thought of it, the fallen Angel asked what her plan is. Charlie proceeds to give a presentation that Vaggie feels is lacking at best. She asks the princess some key questions such as: does she have any backers, how does she plan to supply the hotel once it starts operating, does she have access to medical resources and experts in Sloth or how to repair the hotel. Before they can answer, Charlie soon has to leave to deal with the fact a part of the floor has broken away. The former exorcist for her part decides to put her skills to use.
Several hours later after morning turns into evening Charlie who has been thinking over what Vaggie said arrives at the dining table to find them with her laptop and several papers. Upon seeing them they wave the princess over to show their work. Vaggie reveals that she’s been going over how to not only fix the hotel but how to make her idea work. This includes: 1. Repairing the obvious decay of the building and possibly adding in other amenities. 2. Getting reliable supplies and suppliers for their needs. 3. Making the place seem like a legitimate operation amongst others. Charlie is shocked before asking why they did all this, the angel is rather perplexed pointing out that along with saving her and proving them a place to stay, the princess is trying to make Hell better and stop the extermination along with being her friend. Charlie is stunned before tearfully pulling them into a hug, admitting that not even her own dad believed in her so it feels good to have someone who does. Vaggie returns the hug doing her best to calm the princess down. She does in time for dinner with the angel telling her they can talk about the plan tmrw.
Vaggie back to her usual routine wakes up early and makes breakfast for herself, Charlie, KeeKee and the Goat Bois. After a delicious meal they get to work. They go over the princesses finances, what they will need to not only fix but run the hotel and also make it a workable project. This is when Vaggie reveals she has a PHD in Psychology so can help their future patrons with healing along with skills in bookkeeping her mother taught. Charlie is obviously impressed and calls her a gift from heaven, not noticing when she briefly stiffens while Razzle and Dazzle exchange a look. On the money side the angel admits it’s a good amount but having extra would always be a good idea in case of an emergency. The princess thus reveals that she has a much larger trust fund, but her parents put a limit on how much could be withdrawn without them approving it and considering she isn’t talking to her dad that’s not happening. Vaggie asks about her aunts/uncles the sins and if they’d be willing to give her any money. The princess is a bit uncomfortable at the idea of asking them for money, but soon agrees when it’s pointed out that they not only have a massive amount but would be happy to help their niece along with the fact it would make her dream a reality. So after the meeting she calls them up and sets up meetings with them throughout the week.
The 1st one she sees is Ozzy, who is overjoyed to see his beloved niece, as is Charlie to see her beloved uncle along with his long term partner fizz. Upon hearing her request the prince was more than happy to give her the money. It was the same with Bee, along with seeing her partner Vortex again. Mammon who loved spoiling Charlie gave double the others gave wanting to be seen as the best uncle, as did Leviathan wanting to be seen as the best aunt. Satan was a harder sell as he didn’t care about sinners and thought she was wasting her time, though is able to convince him. Bel is the same, though she and the other sins are intrigued to hear they’ve got a new friend who’s helping her make their dream happen.
Upon returning home Charlie finds Vaggie cooking dinner, offering them a cannoli while asking how it went. Happy to hear the princess got them more than enough funds, the angel reveals that while she was gone they went to a local bakery. The owner was a sinner and upon hearing them speak Italian, along with that her family were from Italy before migrating to New York he was very eager to talk as his brother did the same. Along with the pastries he revealed there was a construction company in the area that did good work and had a good reputation so managed to arrange a meeting in a week. Overjoyed Charlie pulled her into a hug, which after the shock wore off Vaggie appreciated. While waiting for the food to finish the princess asked who taught them to cook, the angel responded her mom, aunt and grandmothers. Her maternal side was El-Salvadoran and paternal was Italian so she learned how to cook/bake both sides cuisine, adding others as she got older. Charlie was impressed, admitting she’d never really learned how herself aside from a few things. Vaggie offered to teach her which the princess happily agreed to. They then ended up having a delicious meal with their companions.
A few days later Charlie told Vaggie she was taking her shopping as she only had the clothes she was found in, which even after cleaning aren’t enough. Despite feeling uncomfortable with having their money spent on her, she agreed cause the princess wouldn’t take no for answer. They spent the day in one of the nicer parts of pride buying whatever Charlie thought she could use. This was mostly clothes though she also bought Vaggie a phone and laptop so they could communicate and do things with. One of these was a bow that the princess thought looked perfect on them, the angel didn’t refuse as seeing her smile made them feel warm inside. Though once the essentials had been found, Vaggie decided to get something else upon seeing a Carmine arms outlet. Upon going in she asked the shopkeeper if they had a handgun in the .45 calibre range that was reliable, lightweight and durable. With a smirk at having a customer who knew what they were talking about, he revealed the Vespera, Latin for Dusk. He explained while it wasn’t made of angelic steel it was made of composite materials that ensured it was lightweight and durable with very good stopping power which combined with its standard 10 round magazine or 15 round extended made it a very reliable effective firearm. After picking the gun up and getting the feel asked if she could test it. A few mags later Vaggie requested a 2nd one like it, black, along with 10 extended magazines for each gun with 300 rounds plus 2 holsters. After looking to a rather surprised Charlie who nodded her ascent, the angel also bought some throwing knives.
Ok their way home Charlie of course asks why Vaggie bought the weapons. Her response that she wants to protect them stuns the princess. When Charlie says she can take care of herself, the angel argues even so they still want to keep them safe. Touched by this the princess keeps blushing the whole way home. After putting the clothes away, barely managing to fit it all, Vaggie looked at the bow Charlie gifted her and asked the princess to put it in her hair for them. It became a staple of her dress that day forward.
A few days later they have their meeting with the owner of the construction company. Stone Pickman is an imposing hellhound of considerable height and strength, as befitting his profession. After a warm welcome from Charlie he gets straight to business, assuming most of the work will be restoring the building based on the lobby, he asks to walk around the building to get an idea of the work. 2 hours later he sits down with the owner and her friend. He’s honest stating that while it’s doable, fixing up the hotel won’t be cheap considering the size, decay, how many new people he’ll need to bring in along with the machines and resources. Vaggie answers that won’t be a problem, as long as the work is good. Understanding what she means the Foreman simply responds they build quality and are worth the price. Stone then moves onto to asking what they’re doing at the hotel. Upon hearing Charlie’s enthusiastic pitch, he simply moves onto responding his jobs to build what his customers want not judge them. The pair appreciate his professionalism. Of course the foreman does offer some advice that they should expand the guests rooms into apartments, arguing that since many of them would be staying here long term they’d appreciate having more private space like say a living room and a kitchen if they’re private or don’t like big groups. They admit that’s a good point and request that. Further Charlie asks if he could do anything in the basement as it’s unused storage. Stone asks what she’s thinking, hearing a request for a pool, gym and similar places for enrichment. The foreman admits that it depends on the conditions down there but should be able to add some of those requests. Before leaving Stone reveals that it’ll take 6 months to not only finish their current projects, but recruit and gather the necessary workers, equipment and supplies then it’ll take 1 1/2 to 2 years to get the project finished along with requested half the quoted price ahead of time. Vaggie admits that’s fair with the princess writing the check then handing it to him. After the Hellhound leaves Charlie unable to contain her excitement at making some real concrete steps at making the hotel happen, picks the angel up into a twirling hug before putting them down. After attempting to apologise, a blushing Vaggie lets her know it’s no issue and she kinda liked it.
While waiting for the project to begin, the pair spent the next few months getting closer. Vaggie along with teaching Charlie how to cook also shared a bit more about herself, how her paternal family were in the mob and her father died of an overdose when she was young along with how their maternal side while legitimate did assist them, thus how her parents met and her skills with weapons, though was careful to avoid giving too much. After giving her condolences the princess revealed more about her own life, how she used to be much closer to her dad before her mother disappeared and how he withdrew from everyone including her. This along with the story they told her about how hell was formed makes the angel wonder if Lucifer could be suffering from depression and PTSD. Charlie further reveals how back before their disappearance, Lilith was devoted to the kingdom but also the family, smoothing over an arguments which were common with the sins and helping to keep her husband and daughter close. After calming down a rather emotional princess, Vaggie realises just how much the queens leaving hurt Charlie and Lucifer, hoping she had a good reason considering what they’ve just heard. Also during this time the princess asked her companion to teach them what they knew about psychology to make her more effective in running the hotel. After she promised they understood it was not the same as being formally educated Vaggie agreed with them being a voracious learner. In return the princess helped her friend learn more about hell worked, filling in the gaps heaven never bothered filling. Overall the time together allowed them to become much closer, which obviously caused their feelings for each other to grow.
As expected Pickman promised they started work on the hotel at the agreed date. The plan was for him and his interior designer, a succubus naked Sugar, to go over what they wanted early that morning before the work began. While the lobby and hallways would only be getting fixed up, the redone guest apartments and the new areas would need a bit more work to figure out what fit them best. Thanks to Sugars experience and knowledge in areas like this, suggested that while the rooms follow a set standard they also be customisable to the occupants personality and tastes along with each having a bedroom, bathroom, kitchen and living room, with some being larger in case several guests want or need to share. Charlie obviously loved this. Along with their suggestion to do up the dining area to turn it into a proper restaurant, which along with being used to host special occasions could serve outside visitors and the like to spread the hotels name/reputation. For the basement they would be able to add the gym and pool that the princess requested, with a few other things as the foundation was solid with the proper conditions. Stone said that unless they ran into any problems the project should be done to the original 1 1/2 year to 2 year time frame unless something goes wrong. Grateful Charlie brings out some champagne and they toast the beginning of the hotels rebirth.
While the work started off well, due to the proximity to Sinsmas and extermination day there were obvious delays with the workers taking it off. During said extermination Charlie went out every year to try and help any sinners who were injured, Vaggie obviously going to protect her. After several hours of finding barely anyone left alive much to the princess heartbreak and the angels guilt being added to further seeing it and the suffering her former sisters caused. After a very trying day the pair returned to the hotel exhausted physically and mentally, so much so instead of cooking they ordered pizza. Some cheer returned when Charlie laughed at how offended Vaggie looked when the princess wanted a pineapple pizza, with them ranting it was an insult to Italian culture and cuisine. After enjoying their abomination pizza for Charlie, Spicy meat lovers for the Angel, a one of everything for the Goat Bois, fish for KeeKee and some sides to share they all just lay there in the princesses room on her bed. After spending a long time looking at Charlie, Vaggie says she never properly thanked her for saving their life. Before the princess can respond her friend says it was more than treating her injuries, they gave her a home and a purpose along with learning how to live in Hell. Charlie for her part reminds the angel that she helped them too, not only by helping her improve themself but with getting the funds for the hotel, finding the company to renovate it and just being there for her. The room is silent as the pair slowly start to move closer till their lips touch. Inbetween kisses and gasps for breath, expressions of love for the other are exchanged. The new couple soon fall asleep in each others arms, companions joining them.
The next day as they still had the hotel to themselves, the new couple talked things through. Along with setting boundaries for their new relationship and agreeing at least for now Vaggie would stay in their own room planned their 1st date for that night. Rather than anything extravagant they decided to see a movie at a theatre that played Earth films. The one playing that night was Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. The angel was rather emotional which the princess picked up on. She explained it was the last film they saw with her papa before he died. Understanding the princess offered to leave but they promised they were fine. After a bit of silence Vaggie revealed her dad promised to shoot the witch if she appeared in a nightmare and even went so far as to have a replica of Snow’s dress for Halloween that year. Charlie for her part revealed that upon hearing she wanted to see the movie, Lucifer actually got a copy from Earth and turned their dance hall into a movie theatre for the 3 of them to watch. Sharing these memories not only helps them grow closer, but also helps them to enjoy the movie. 4 weeks after that night, both would discover they’d each gone to Stone to convert one of the basement side rooms into a movie theatre with 40 comfy sofa seats and a large screen. Both along with finding the situation hilarious were touched by the other’s gesture.
Life continued on with the pair growing closer and the hotel becoming grander like it once was, the work preceding to schedule without any bumps. Though life as usual was unpredictable. One morning after returning home from grocery shopping an ignorant sinner tried mugging the couple. In less than 15 seconds Vaggie had broken his arm and nose, before throwing him in a dumpster. Impressed by their skills Charlie asks if her family taught her that. After briefly panicking the Angel explained that she learned the basics but learned the rest from other teachers. For her part Vaggie asked if the princesses parents ever tried to have them learn how to fight. Charlie blushes before explaining they and a few of the sins like Satan, though she was more interested in trying to resolve things without violence. That answer worries her partner.
Later that night Vaggie asks Charlie a very blunt question. Could she protect herself? Obviously the princess is confused staring of course she could, before the angel slams her to the bed a butter knife at their throat. Embarrassed Charlie claims she wasn’t ready, proving this when the angel was flipped onto the floor. Vaggie bluntly admits that while yes the princess is powerful she doesn’t have a lot of training, even asking what they would do if someone with equal or superior power attacked. Or even someone better trained/experienced. Understanding their point Charlie agrees to let the angel train her. The pair started the next morning in the hotels back yard. 1st it was unarmed combat, Vaggie being grateful the princess learned to control her natural strength. The angel didn’t go easy on them, teaching Charlie to play dirty and to win, despite their initial reluctance. It continued like that over regular sessions till Vaggie was comfortable they’d learned enough to move onto weapons. Obviously they started with rubber weapons such as knives to build up her control and familiarity with weapons before starting to train with their spear and trident. One thing that became obvious was that Charlie was far too defensive and lacked the necessary aggression. It was also realised that Vaggie was too aggressive giving little thought to defence. Thankfully they both helped the other to improve their weaknesses. One fateful session the angel decided to goad the princess, making her angry by saying things that upset them. Charlie kept her cool till they started talking about how Lucifer abandoned them. That was enough to cause the princess to go full demon mode and have the angel on her back trident at their throat. Once the red rage receded, Charlie apologised before fleeing to their room.
Vaggie found her on their bed hugging a pillow, the goat bois and their cat next her. Upon seeing her Charlie immediately started offering very enthusiastic apologies for what happened out there. After promising them it’s fine, the angel asks if they can have a serious talk. Despite her anxiety the princess agrees. Vaggie is honest admitting that for a long time she’s noticed that her issues with her dad go deeper, in fact it even includes issues with her mother and how she’s viewed by the people of Hell. The angel tells Charlie that she thinks they need professional help in order to deal with them. The princess is quiet, digesting what they’ve heard. It takes several minutes before Charlie answers in a low voice admitting that Vaggie is right, she’s let this stuff build up for a long time and even without her psych teachings knows it unhealthy. The angel responds admitting it is the 1st step, now they can get her some help. Charlie asks why they can’t help her, till Vaggie reminds her that as they’re dating her feelings might interfere with her professional judgement and could impede their recovery. Despite not liking it the princess admits that’s a good point. The angel pulls the princess into a comforting hug, joined by their companions, promising to support them while they heal. Overcome by the genuine love of those around her, Charlie started to cry tears of joy.
The next morning Charlie called her aunt Belphegor to ask if she knew any good therapists for them to see. In less than 15 seconds the sheep had already sent the details of one before calling back, letting them know she had already paid for a years worth of sessions and simply told her to get the help she needs. After vigorously thanking their aunt the princess set up an appointment. The therapist in question was a hellhound named Sage, who was gentle and supportive to Charlie letting her know to take as much time as needed to open up. Though thanks to their lessons from Vaggie, the princess knew the only way to make progress was to actually participate. The 1st several sessions were Charlie talking about her issues and past to help Willow build up an understanding before starting to offer the support needed to assist their recovery. That combined with her partners and animal companions, allowed the princess to start healing. Charlie is soon prescribed several medications to help her, which Belphegor herself made.
As the hotel entered its final stretch, the work would be completed within 6 months. Due to it being focused on the last few upper floors including where the couple lived, they decided to move out till it was completed especially as Sugar convinced them the owners should probably deserve more space than just the room they’d shared since dating after a year. Once ensuring everything was placed into storage they weren’t taking with them the pair embarked on a trip to each of the other rings. The plan being they’d spend a month there and travel back twice a month to check on the progress. Charlie was of course excited as this was their 1st vacation as a couple, which Vaggie was also excited for simply cause they got to spend time together.
The 1st ring they went to was Wrath. Here Vaggie loved being able to ride the Hellhorses with Charlie, as it reminded her of their time riding their horses on Earth. Charlie loved being able to have picnics with the Angel and see the animals again. Though Vaggie despite knowing the princess , was well a princess, still felt shocked at just how big her estates in all the other rings were. Though it didn’t surprise her just how much the staff loved her, due to the fact not only did she treat them well but also paid generously with similar benefits including paid vacation, medical insurance and other things that other nobles barely offered. During their time in wrath the princess finally asked why their angel was so fond of Razzle and Dazzle. Vaggie thus explains her favourite childhood toy was a goat named Mr Goat. Obviously she found this adorable much to the angel’s embarrassment, especially when she brings up the fact that after the shock of seeing their dragon forms later fell asleep cuddling them both like that.
For the rest of the trip they enjoyed the sights of each ring. Envy they lounged on the beaches, swam in the oceans, enjoyed amazing seafood and Charlie spoiled Vaggie in its many high end stores. Gluttony it was delicious pastries and coffees from its many cafes/bakeries with the cocktails from the various bars as well as restaurants. Sloth was mostly spent relaxing in its various health spas unwinding. Greed, they mostly spent their time visiting the safer attractions , including Loo Loo Land which Vaggie thought was inferior to Lu Lu Land though Charlie still enjoyed it. Especially as the angel won her a thing. Lust the pair mostly went to the various restaurants and more tame places, though they did pick some things up for their intimate time. Charlie claimed that her aunts/uncles were busy, but was really worried they might be a bit too much to introduce right now and wanted to wait till things were calmer to do so. Inbetween their leisure time the Angel was developing an outline of how to treat their future guests/patrons, with the princess using her connection to Bel to get them a supply line for any medications they might need for their recovery. Overall the hotel was beginning on a very strong foundation.
Even though they’d regularly gone back to check on the Hotel in the 6 months after leaving for their vacation, coming to see it complete was still a massive deal especially to Charlie. Seeing the outcome of the renovations was like a dream come true. Like they’d asked the original theme was kept while revamping everything else. The Lobby looked brand new with new furniture and furnishings. The basement had been done perfectly the pool, gym and movie theatre definitely adding to the amenities available. The dining hall had been set up as a proper restaurant to match the quality of the kitchen. The rooms were bigger and thus more comfortable for the future guests who would one day stay there. The couples one room had been extended to encapsulate their side of the floor making it more comfortable for them. Overall it was perfect. After vehemently thanking both Sugar and Stone, Charlie promises to recommend them to anyone who needs their services. Grateful they only have to unpack their clothes as the company moved their furniture back in, Vaggie does have to restrain the princess by reminding her that they need to at least rest before looking for guests the next day which they reluctantly agree to. The Angel also reveals that she’s made deals with several of the local businesses such as the butchers shop and grocery store, that provide quality wrathian products, along with the bakery to regular supply the hotel ensuring they have a regular input of high quality goods. Cue a flying hug from Charlie. While the pair explored their new home, Vaggie had idea she’d be reuniting with someone she hadn’t seen in nearly a century.
It was not a great day. Despite the couple waking up early to get a head start to look for potential guests, it was early evening and hadn’t found anyone interested with many insulting them. Despite this lack of success they pushed on a bit longer, when Charlie saw a spider sinner leaning against a street lamp. After the initial confusion of thinking them prospective Jane’s much to Charlie’s embarrassment stating they just want to talk to him. After a promise of cash he gets in. Vaggie is obviously skeptical for the above reasons and the fact he’s looking for alcohol in front of them, though Charlie stands by her decision saying she can tell he’s good. Curious the sinner asks them to tell them why he’s there. Vaggie asks what his name is, with him revealing it’s Angel Dust touting his fame as a porn star, both trying to place the feelings of familiarity they have towards the other. Upon telling the spider her name and the princesses, he calls out the similaritity to Vagina much to his amusement. Trying not to lose her cool she goes onto to explain the idea of the Hotel helping sinners redeem themselves to him, and their goal of getting them into heaven at least once to prove it’s possible. At his questioning the angel admits they don’t know yet, Angel Dust showing his skepticism. The princess thus pipes up claiming they want him to be their test subject, claiming he looks someone who regrets his life and would be interested in self reflection and improving themselves at his questioning. Vaggie then reveals they’ve tried talking to sinners all day and no one’s agreed to it yet. Despite his laughter, she goes onto to explain that he’d get free meals, housing, protection and access to the hotels amenities if he agrees to attend the activities planned and make a genuine effort to improve their behaviour. Despite mocking it and enraging their partner, the princess interjects asking he can’t really enjoy standing on the side of the road waiting for people to pay him getting embarrassed at saying the actual act much to the Spiders amusement. Tired of his mocking sarcastic behaviour, the angel suggests he isn’t a good choice and they look again tomorrow. Surprisingly Angel Dust loudly defends himself, arguing he’s the best choice, with Vaggie demanding he prove it. To her shock and Charlie’s excitement he agrees. The Spider explains he’s 3 months behind on rent and the free housing sounds better than sucking off his landlord every month, much to the Angels disgust. To his shock the princess gives him a massive wad of cash, to save him having to go back out and look for Johns. Her explanation that the money is not only payment for helping them, calling it an investment in him when he asks if it’s a trick claiming there’s more to him than the spider thinks and they want to help. Flustered he claims he doesn’t need help before leaving saying they’ll be in touch with Charlie thanking him once more. The drive and night home has the princess ecstatic they’ve finally found someone especially as the extermination is less than a month away. Despite her own doubts along with strange familiarity with the spider, Vaggie keeps them to herself just glad to see Charlie happy while also hoping she’s wrong about the Spider.
The next morning Angel Dust arrives. After a greeting by an overjoyed and welcoming Charlie he’s led inside, though she does stop to pet and coo over his pig Fat Nuggets who enjoys the attention . After being impressed by how nice it looks, he agrees to a tour. Though it’s interrupted when his pet leapt out of his arms and ran over to Vaggie, asking for pets. While the Spider and Angel were confused, the princess thought it was adorable. After giving Fat nuggets his pets, Angel Dust picked him as Charlie took him on a tour. He was impressed by the fact they had a pool, Gym and Movie Theatre, but his favourite thing was the kitchen and his big it was. The room they gave him also impressed as it was much bigger than the one he left. Inside was a letter with a drawing of himself, Charlie and Vaggie, thanking the Spider for being their 1st guest promising to not only help him but make his time at the hotel enjoyable as well. Angel Dust scoffed but kept hold of it, touched even if he wouldn’t say so. He also found a pamphlet explaining what the hotel expects of him and they will do to help, along with a note that they make meals for anyone interested. Hungry the spider decided to attend with his pig.
To their surprise dinner was Spaghetti and Meatballs like his mama used to make with garlic bread and Parmesan cheese. Angel Dust complimented the meal, shocked when Vaggie revealed she made it. She then said her grandmother taught her how in Italian, shocking the New Yorker. Though he acted like himself by saying something crude angering her. Though before he went to bed he explained he could have weird hours, so asked that one of them look after Fat Nuggets for him. Charlie enthusiastically agreed, though he was still drawn to Vaggie for some reason who thus agreed to make it easier for her girlfriend.
In the week that followed Vaggie found herself doing her best not to murder the spider, though also had to deal with the feelings of familiarity getting stronger. Along with not taking the hotel seriously and being an asshole, the spider had drug stashes hidden throughout the hotel. Though this was fixed by Fat Nuggets leading the pair to each of them. While he did act betrayed Angel Dust did forgive his little piggy while also lamenting his stashes. One morning the Angel watched as the spider tapped his fingers on the breakfast table, reminding her of a nervous tick their father had. That thought stuck with her. Though when she saw the way he held a cigarette and flipped the lighter after dinner, stopping them from reprimanding him it finally hit her. Angel Dust was her father. This revelation obviously hits the Angel hard. After a few moments frozen in shock she all but runs out of the dining room, which worries Charlie and confuses the Spider before returning to his smoke.
The princess finds their partner in bed surrounded by KeeKee and the Goat Bois. Knowing she’s having a panic attack, which hasn’t happened in nearly a year, Charlie gives Vaggie space waiting for her to respond. When they say they’re ok now the princess obviously asks what happened down there. The angel looks away before telling them theirs things about themself she’s kept from them, that she’s ashamed off and afraid they wouldn’t be able to forgive them for. The princess points out she’s guessed there’s things they keep to themself but promises she’ll forgive her and nothing will stop her from loving them. Vaggie takes a moment to reveal she has 2 major things to reveal, deciding to start with the easiest one: That Angel Dust is her father. Cue a look of shock from Charlie who obviously wants to ask questions but decides to let them continue.
Vaggie thus reveals how her parent’s families met, their conception and the resulting marriage. Then more about her childhood and how loving their parents were, before she found Angels body after his overdose. Charlie actually stops them by pulling her into for a few minutes, knowing that’s not something any child should have to see. Vaggie then continues with how her paternal family was wiped out in a mob war and maternal grandfather was shot after turning States witness. The angel then detailed her life after including college before the accident that killed her. Charlie suddenly understands why Vaggie is so strict with her alcohol intake and with medication of any kind, though she does question her arrival into Hell. That’s when the bombshell that they went to heaven is dropped. Obviously the princess wants to ask a lot of questions but decides to let her continue. Vaggie then explains about what her life in heaven was like after reuniting with their aunt and grandma in heaven, even explaining Mollys engagement to Emily. Charlie thought it was sweet she wanted to wait till her brother was able to attend. After explaining about how she went to college, made friends and even competed in a few competitions, she caught the eyes of 2 people. The princess kinda laughed at hearing how she broke a flower pot over Adam’s head, though freezes when the angel explains they were there to recruit them for for the exorcists. Vaggie then drops 2 more bombshells, the exorcists are all heavenborn created for it and the vast majority have no idea about it with all members being sworn to secrecy. She explains that that Adam wanted them as a proof of concept to prove to Sera saints could become exorcists though they never let him recruit anymore after. Vaggie explains that they lied to her, that the sinners had killed her father in a cruel manner and along with their anger at the others who destroyed her family manipulated them to join. The angel is honest that for the 1st few years her anger drove her to be as bloodthirsty as possible but eventually started to question how random sinners could be a threat, revealing her plan to target overlords for more focused strikes, while the princess would prefer no death admits that would’ve been preferable to a mass purge. Of course after it was rejected with Lute and a few other bluntly telling her to follow orders, Vaggie realised the truth. It was never about stopping hell from attacking heaven, it’s Adam revenge against the king and queen of the damned. The angel even admits that even though she knew it was wrong there was no option for her to leave, so simply made sure to kill her targets as painlessly as possible though she still regularly made it to the top spot, explaining why Adam named her which angered the princess. Vaggie then explains how she was cast out and met Charlie. The room is silent for a few moments till Charlie pulls them into a hug, promising to tear Lute apart with her bare hands. Vaggie is obviously confused asking why they don’t hate her. The princess is honest admitting she’s hurt they didn’t tell her earlier she understands why, plus Adam and Lute lied to manipulate the angel who at realised it was wrong later. Even if she couldn’t leave they still didn’t become a bloodthirsty monster and was kicked out then mutilated for sparing a child. Plus Vaggies been supporting them since they arrived to help stop it, so to her it’s proof they are trying to redeem themself. The Angel refutes this, arguing she doesn’t deserve forgiveness let alone redemption considering she has a kill count higher than serial killer who ever lived. Even without tears Charlie can tell just how much pain she’s in, reminding her the point of this hotel is to help people be better and they’ve already made good progress there. This causes Vaggie to start weeping with the princess and their companions hugging her to calm them down. Once the tears have stopped Charlie asks what she wants to do about Angel Dust.
The Angel takes a few moments before asking them to let her deal with it and not tell him any thing. The princess understands, considering her own dad issues, but does strongly suggest they start seeing a therapist like Willow. Vaggie admits that’s a good idea and promises to see them soon.
The next few days are unusual. Angel Dust notices Vaggie is absent with Charlie giving him weird looks. Then one morning the Angel ends her isolation, finding the Spider in the lobby about to do a like of coke. Enraged she asks if drugs are all he cares about, causing him to burst out laughing claiming he loves Nugsy more with cock 2nd. To his shock she asks if that means his daughter didn’t matter to him more than his next fix. Angel Dust tries to play it off till Vaggie brings up things she shouldn’t know, like the trips to Coney Island, his nickname for her Angioletto etc. This just drives him into a paranoid terror demanding to know where she learned that stuff. Her response of, “don’t you remember me papa?”, causes him to fill with realisation and dread. Looking at her he sees their mother, starts to question but is interrupted by Vaggie rapidly asking if he wants know how she died, what happened to her or what it was like to find her beloved papa cold and unmoving with a needle in his arm before rushing away. The spider is frozen as joint feelings of guilt and horror overwhelm him. Angel Dust ran back to his room, curling onto his bed with Fat Nuggets crying over the situation just like his daughter is with Charlie.
After a couple of hours Angel Dust left his room with Fat Nuggets to get food, freezing at the sight of Vaggie at the dining table who shares the reaction. After a few moments she pulls a chair out for him to join her sharing some pizza they ordered in. They don’t say anything as they eat till both are sick of the silence and the spider asks what happened to his daughter. The Angel then starts on with what happened after he died. Obviously he isn’t happy to hear she died younger than him, but was glad she got to heaven. Angel Dust did laugh hearing about his mom’s activities cracking he got his libido from her, along with joy Molly found a good partner like Emily and touched they wanted to wait till he could be there along with Maria doing well too. Of course upon hearing about what Lute did, the spider pulled Vaggie close promising to tear that cunt to shreds for what she did to his little girl. Despite the issues between them, it felt nice to hear her papa being so protective again. Angel Dust for his part revealed what happened on his end. After arriving he at 1st had to deal with the guilt of not being able to see his little girl again, then he started doing more drugs and booze before openly indulging in his sexuality no longer having to hide. After that he worked in various clubs and the like, revealing his brother and dad restarted their mob activities while Francesco went back into business again all 3 currently still alive even if he has no contact with the former pair, along with eventually meeting Val but he’s quiet about anything past that though she already knows about the overlord and wants him dead. There is another awkward silence as Vaggie asks if he’s ashamed of her, which shocks the Spider. He points out that she got manipulated into joining the exorcists along with realising it was wrong and stopping even if it cost her, plus with the fact a lot of her kills probably had it coming Angel Dust still sees her as better than himself. The pair then discuss things going forward. Vaggie is honest, stating that she knows how addiction works and why he did it, there’s still a lot of hurt and anger so it’ll take time for them to forgive him but is willing to. For the Spider that’s enough, promising to put in the effort to prove himself. The father and daughter then hug, with Fat Nuggets licking the latters face. Both laughed that he was there, with Angel Dust amused he forget they brought him.
Over the next 2 weeks life in the hotel changed. With their relationship to each other confirmed, Angel Dust and Vaggie at 1st were awkward in their interactions still not sure how to go forward. The Spider also made a much more serious attempt at redeeming himself, along with thanking Charlie for helping his daughter and being her partner though did have to give the if you hurt her speech for obvious reasons. Thanks to the princesses connections the hotel offered a drug to residents that removed the physical need for substances though the psychological need would remain to help them on their recovery. In the beginning Angel Dust had only used it to not deal with withdrawal while continuing to use drugs, but now was making a serious effort to quit them. It wasn’t easy as even without the cravings or feeling sick, the triggers from work/Val were strong but his love for his Angioletto proved stronger. Vaggie herself still found it weird to be around her dad again, but with Charlie and her therapists help started adjusting to it again. The pairs 1st big activity was when the Spider returned from an exhausting day at work to find his daughter making pizza for dinner. Agreeing to an offer to help the pair begin rolling the dough. Angel Dust is impressed with the sauce, Vaggie revealing she added smoked paprika to it along with usual spices and garlic after making it fresh. After bonding over their disgust over the princesses enjoyment of pineapple on pizza they cook the rest, the Spider glad to see the kitchen has a proper pizza oven the Angel saying she asked for it specially in the remodel. Along with Charlie’s Hawaiian Pizza they make a large one of everything for the goat Bois, some fried anchovies for KeeKee, a meat lovers for Angel Dust and a Spicy Chicken for Vaggie. The princess who had been watching them cook, smiled glad to see their starting to repair things, along with a pang of sadness at her own issues with Lucifer.
For that years extermination thanks to knowing about Vaggies trauma Charlie and Angel Dust decide to make it easier for her. The Angel wakes up to find a note telling them to come to the basement. Upon arriving she finds her father and partner waiting. The pair explain that in order to help her not worry about the events that will soon happen outside, they’ve going to treat them to watch her favourite movies. While surprised but obviously touched Vaggie agrees. They spend the day able to forget about the horror and pain this day brings just watching a mix of movies from the 40s to the new 20s with their cat, Goats and Pig accompanying them. Once the exorcists return home the 3 head to their rooms with their companions to sleep.
The couple awaken the next morning early to discover Angel Dust is gone, a note claiming he needed to head out for something. Though before they can ponder it further, the phone goes off. Upon answering Charlie calmly agrees before becoming absolutely overwhelmed by joy, revealing it was 666 news asking them to come on for a segment about her new project. While also pleased, Vaggie manages to rein it in along with calming the princess down. She reminds her this is their 1st chance to really advertise the hotel, so they need to take it seriously. Understanding the princess with her partners help starts planning a pitch right up into they actually enter the studio.
Vaggie helps Charlie get ready, going over her appearance and making sure she knows what to say. The princess despite her excitement has managed to create a proper pitch highlighting the hotels facilities and resources. After a final bit of support from the Angel, she approaches Katie Killjoy trying to be friendly. Though it’s soon ruined when the newscaster talks down to her, claiming they’re only on cause Jeffrey couldn’t do his cooking show, along with arrogantly claiming to be above her and an extra dash of homophobia. Despite her displeasure with all of the above, the princess takes her seat as the commercial ends.
After an insulting remark from Killjoy, Charlie starts her pitch after an encouraging look from Vaggie. She states that growing up they always tried to see the good in hell and its people, so the loss of so many sinners breaks her heart each year. Growing more passionate the princess pitches her idea for an alternative, the redemption of sinners via her “Happy Hotel”. After the frosty reception, despite her anxiety, Charlie bluntly asks any of those watching if they’re happy with who they are and the circumstances they’ve found themselves in. More self confident the princess focuses on what their hotel can offer and the real tangible benefits instead of vague promises like safety, a place to heal and find greater meaning rather than just simple survival and meaningless pleasures along with possible redemption. That seemed to intrigue several of those in the studio or watching outside, particularly a rather shadowy figure. The newscaster still insults the idea causing Charlie to bring up their 1st patient, Angel Dust. Killjoy scoffs arguing he’d do anything for drugs and cock, angering the pair. The princess hotly defends him, revealing he’s been clean for 2 weeks and has been a model patron. Cue an announcement that the Spider has joined Cherri Bomb in fighting Sir Pentious. Trying to salvage the situation while Vaggie attempts to get in touch with him, Charlie defends Angel Dust as helping a friend and arguing that redemption isn’t a straight forward journey so slip ups are to be expected. The newscaster continues to insult both him and the princess, causing her to retort she’s not only a hypocrite considering her boss is gay, but also a no talent hack. Enraged Killjoy tries attacking Charlie who thanks to her partners training, swats her aside several miles away. The pair soon leave to pick up their patron from the small war he’s in.
The drive back to the Hotel is awkward for obvious reasons. Charlie is depressed the interview didn’t go well, Vaggie is angry at her father and the Spider in question regrets screwing things up for them. Angel Dust apologises saying he had no idea about the interview and promises he wouldn’t have gotten involved if he knew. Despite their disappointment the pair understand that he was just trying to help a friend, he’s mentioned Cherri Bomb got him through some tough times and the Angel remembers how big loyalty was in their community back on Earth, so don’t hold it against him. That just makes the Spider feel even worse, as he feels he’s failed his daughter.
Upon returning to the Hotel, the decorations welcoming new patrons mocking them, the trio break off. Angel Dust goes to the kitchen for a snack, while Vaggie throws herself onto a couch. Overwhelmed Charlie goes outside to call her mom, a coping mechanism, to tell her how things are going. Despite their set back with the interview she still has faith in the idea, confident that Angel Dust and other potential patrons can redeem themselves especially with Vaggie supporting them before hanging up. After heading back into the hotel the princess freezes at the sound of knocking, someone is at the door.
To her surprise it’s the dreaded radio demon. After slamming it into his face twice, 1st out of shock then confusion she calls out to Vaggie telling her who’s at the door. While Angel Dust is confused, the angel immediately tells Charlie not to let him in. Despite knowing his reputation, Charlie’s curiosity got the better wanting to know why he was there, this she opens the door.
After getting confirmation he can talk, Alastor enthusiastically introduces himself before being stopped by Vaggie’s spear. The Angel curses him out, promising to end him if he tries to harm anyone there though the deer simply smirks saying if he wanted to they would be. After a moment to let them stew in terror, the deer revealed his intentions much to their shock/confusion. He clarifies they want to help them with the hotel, clarifying it’s so he can have some real entertainment after decades of boredom and after watching Charlie’s performance on the news has decided her hotel is the perfect place. He then reveals he thinks the idea of redemption is nothing more than nonsense, explaining he wants to watch sinners strive and fail then fall into despair as they realise He’ll is where they’ll stay forever more.
On the side Angel Dust asks who he is. A shocked Vaggie can’t believe her father has no idea who the Radio Demon is. His response of not being into politics exasperates her to no end. Thus the Angel explains to the Spider about how Alastor arrived in Hell, having access to such power that he toppled Overlord’s who’d reigned for centuries and broadcast their screams across the radio to showcase it and his carnage earning his cognomen. Along with explaining the speculation about his powers source, Vaggie explains that he’s an unpredictable source of danger and a wicked spirit of mystery and violent monster they can’t afford to let getting involved in the hotel unless they want to risk falling prey to him. Angel Dust calls him a Strawberry Pimp, then asks if she trusts anyone after his daughter says she doesn’t trust the Deer.
Pulling her aside, Vaggie implores Charlie not to listen let alone trust Alastor as not only is he pure evil but a deal maker who is irredeemable and more than likely planning to destroy the hotel. The princess admits that while the Angel might have a point and has no interest in changing, but the point of the hotel is to give them a chance to be better. Turning him away would go against everything she’s trying to do and believe in, asking her partner to trust them. Despite her own anxieties, Vaggie decides to trust them.
Charlie makes no niceties, admitting he’s sketchy as fuck and clearly sees the hotel as a joke but is willing to give him a chance to prove he can be better so accepts his offer. But with a caveats. 1. No deals. 2. She orders him to assist as long as he’s willing to . 3. He accept that she and Vaggie outrank him. Despite his annoyance at the last point the Deer agrees though takes a moment to mess with the Angel.
After complimenting the hotel’s aesthetic and quality of work, asks where the staff is. Charlie explains that they were waiting to get more patrons before looking for anyone else. Alastor of course points out they need more and asks Angel Dust what he can do, who takes the opportunity to mess with him for doing so to their daughter. The Radio Demon then decides to call in a few favours to improve their disposition. Cue him bringing in Niffty, the Cyclops maid crawling from an ashy fireplace. After greeting them and searching for any men, not noticing Angel Dust is one, is ecstatic to see just how clean the Hotel is complimenting them on their skills at keeping the place clean. While she’s zipping round the lobby, Alastor brings in the gambling cat Husk who’s less than happy to see the Deer. After explaining his latest project and jointly mocking the man, reveals the bar he’s added along with offering him to be the bartender. Initially still enraged, the cat soon agrees for the booze. While Vaggie is initially against it, she soon realises the bar along with being a good draw for visitors and a social spot for guests, it can also be a way to test the recovery of those who have drink problems. She also isn’t happy to see her dad flirting with Husk before Charlie introduces herself enthusiastically though he’s more annoyed by it.
Deciding to put on a show Alastor uses his powers to bring up a band, change the environment and everyone’s appearance to 1920s styles. While dancing with Charlie he takes the opportunity to mock Vaggie, enraging her and their father. It continues till an explosion send the door, which hits Niffty sending both flying.
Outside they find Sir Pentious, who wanted payback for his defeat via Angel Dust, though he’s just as happy to see Alastor again who doesn’t recognise the snake. His attempt to attack the hotel is thwarted when the deer gives a demonstration of his powers, terrifying and impressing all at once. With the threat dealt with he takes them back to hotel, offering to make them his mother’s jambalaya. The couple exchange a look, hoping this will go well. Meanwhile using his powers the radio demon changed the song to say “Hazbin Hotel”.
At dinner that night they all agree the food is great. Vaggie herself actually compliments his use of the spices, impressing Alastor that she could tell. The Angel simply explains she learned how to cook a number of different cuisines. Then when the deer mentions again it was his mother’s, she’s reminded of her old friend Bernadette whose son was a former radio host. After staying quiet at dinner, she later reveals the truth to Charlie in their room. While shocked she asks what they’re going to do. The Angel obviously says nothing as they can’t risk revealing her identity to anyone else at the hotel which the princess admits is the smart move, at least for now.
Over the next week the new additions familiarise themselves with the hotel. The apartments are appreciated, with Alastor using his powers to personalise his room. And the addition of his radio tower gives him something to do, while Husk and Niffty get used to their new duties.
For Ep 1. Charlie is in her room reading the story of her Hell their parents created, swearing to do her mom proud. Vaggie reveals herself, causing the princess to jump and KeeKee to return to her cat form then flee. After comforting her over their sadness at the recent extermination and still missing her mom, the Angel promises she’ll succeed and isn’t alone in trying to make the Hotel a success. Vaggie then reveals that Alastor has something to show them in the lobby.
The Deer thus shows them a commercial in which along with mocking the idea, claims Charlie is delusional and working through her daddy issues. Though he at least shows off the amenities. Vaggie for her part calls him out on making them look like a joke, while Charlie tries being nicer about it. Alastor argues he was just trying to have fun with it considering not only has he been missing for 7 years, but had to do it on a medium he despised. The Angel points out he said he’d help the hotel, but no one would want to come if a powerful overlord like them openly called a joke.
Angel Dust then pipes up that they could use him in the hotels advertising. Vaggie points out that’s not a bad idea considering how famous he is, but admits they’d likely get plenty of creeps who weren’t really interested. Though Charlie does admit that as long as it’s tasteful it shouldn’t be too much of an issue, before a call from her dad pulls them away.
While she’s gone the spider asks why they can’t just have Alastor force people to stay there. After he rants he could, Husk pipes up saying that’s the only reason he’s there along being annoyed at Angel Dusts flirting, with Niffty being her usual creepy self. Vaggie bluntly tells her dad to leave Husk alone before pointing out the only way sinners can improve is if they choose to. The spider quiets down accepting she has a point.
Charlie is quiet after finishing with her dad, quietly gesturing for Vaggie to come over. Here she reveals that Lucifer asked her to attend a meeting on his place with the head of the exorcists. While they don’t say it, the Angels face morphs to one of anxiety and fear. The princess promises it’ll be ok, she knows what he’s like and will be careful. Despite her worries, Vaggie nods trusting her and tells them to stay safe. Charlie smiles before leaving to the Heaven Embassy.
Upon arriving at the building, Charlie felt her usual mix of dread and anger along with anxiety before heading through its doors. Feeling the emptiness of the room she continued to the desk, signing in before a door opened, which definitely didn’t help her anxiety. When the lights came on and Adam greeted her, it took a lot of self control for the princess not to show them how Vaggie trained her. Despite the overwhelming anger at what the 1st man and his lieutenant did to their Angel, Charlie managed to put on a neutral and formal outlook, politely but firmly explaining why she’s there along with asking what he wants to talk about. After not falling for his tricks or insults Adam calls her boring along with starting to talk about inconsequential details that just made her eye twitch.
Back at the hotel Vaggie gathers the residents, explaining that while Charlie is gone they’ll be making a new commercial that better represent her vision and what they’re doing. She asks Alastor for a camera, then clarifies a video camera to his annoyance. They start in the bar with Angela Dust and Husk, the latter of whom is having trouble with the script. The spider comes up with the idea to have the Goat Bois hold up a big card with his lines. This combined with Angel Dust giving a very effective performance makes the take a very good one. Thanking them for such a great performance the Angel hopes they all go like this. The Spider gives her a rather affectionate bit of support, the cat notes.
Back at the embassy Charlie is exasperated listening to Adam spouting more sexist bullshit, while Lute sycophantically nods along. The princess prays she won’t die of boredom.
Back at the Hotel Vaggie stops Niffty from chasing a bug by telling her the line for the commercial. Unfortunately it’s derailed immediately by the blank and frankly unnerving/terrifying look she gives the camera. After a 2nd attempt that goes as the 1st, Angel Dust has an idea. Niffty returns after checking something in the opposite room to find Vaggie alone. Though doesn’t dwell on it as the Angel asks her to speak the line, which she does enthusiastically before leaving. The spider leaves the closet, having filmed the maid without her knowledge. He and his daughter share a look of triumph, with the latter complimenting him on such a great idea.
In the lobby Angel Dust is helping to edit the footage, explaining to Vaggie he learned from a guy at work. In the shadows Alastor watches as the pair laugh and act very close, something he plans to keep an eye on. Appearing out of nowhere, shocking the pair, he asks if the commercial is done. The spider claims he’s just adding the final few touches and it’ll be ready soon. The Angel then adds that if Alastor is so mighty and powerful, then he should be able to get it on air before Charlie gets home. Despite knowing she was goading him, the Deer can’t allow his status to be questioned so agrees.
Back at the embassy Charlie is on her last nerve listening to Adam inane and regularly sexist bullshit. She stands up asking bluntly if he has anything worthwhile to say, otherwise they’re leaving. Offended the 1st man asks if she’s teary cause it’s her time of the month, while Lute insults her by claiming it’s no surprise the daughter of the whorequeen and the traitor has such little manners considering she was born in an utter realm of filth. Pushed to her limits the princess turns telling Adam that 1. no it isn’t her time of the month as demons don’t have them. And 2. That he is nothing more than a loathsome piece of sexist, misogynistic garbage that proves even god needed a 1st attempt and it’s no surprise her mother not only dumped his worthless ass, but she and Lucifer decided to try freeing Eve from him or that his sons became the 1st murder victim and murderer with a disgrace like him for a father. Charlie then turns on Lute calling her a disgrace, that calling herself a soldier is an insult to real ones as all she and her exorcists do is chase down fleeing unarmed civilians to murder them, making them more like cowardly butchers. The room is frozen as the pair digest that, their rage boiling until the 1st man decides to reveal they called this meeting to inform them they were moving the extermination to every 6 months. The look on Charlie’s face is enough satisfaction before they leave the shocked, heartbroken and enraged princess in the room by cutting the holograms. After smashing the table into pieces she left the room, wondering how to tell everyone back at the hotel.
A crestfallen Charlie arrives at the Hotel doors, Vaggie dragging her in claiming they have something to show them. Here she reveals that they all remade the commercial to something that better suits her vision, Alastor bragging about using his influence to get it on tv. Obviously touched, the princess looks forward to watching it. Unfortunately it’s interrupted by the news, though the annoyance turns to shock when the new extermination schedule is announced.
In Heaven Adam and Lute watch as the drone finds the headless body of one of their own. Enraged at the fact the sinners killed one of them, the 2nd in command wants to burn Hell to the ground. The 1st man promises her they’ll make them pay before smashing the projector.
For Ep 2. Charlie is pacing in the lobby panicking over their time table being slashed in half, spiralling till Vaggie stops her promising they will. Angel Dust points out that they were having trouble finding guests before, but with the announcement sinners are going absolutely crazy. Though it’s interrupted when a message from Val causes the spider to clam up, causing the couple to share a worried look. The Angel picks up on what her father said about people getting desperate, pointing out they might be desperate enough to try anything even the hotel to escape the extermination. While he is trying to be supportive Angel Dust points out now isn’t exactly the safest time to go into the city. While the princess claims it’s not like anyone’s just gonna show up to their doorstep, they’re interrupted by a wall being destroyed.
Outside Sir Pentious is in his rebuilt airship demanding Alastor come out and face him, before noticing he’s already outside on the balcony sipping coffee. While giving his monologue the Deer shadow walks to the other 3 outside. Niffty joins enamoured by the bad snake, while Alastor mocks the snake by claiming to have no memory of him despite their multiple battles, saying he must be terrible if he didn’t make an impression. Enraged Sir Pentious claims that once he defeats the Radio Demon the 3 V’s will have no choice but to treat him as their equal. Niffty asks who they are but the Deer calls them no one important.
In his chamber Vox is happily watching over his empire and the money it brings in. Until a call from Velvette demanding he deals with his boy toy who is having a temper tantrum and fucking up her department while she’s trying to get ready for a show. Exasperated he gets up to deal with it. On his way he deals with press while jointly hypnotising them into believing him as he claims to have a new angelic security system. On his way out he tells his assistant to try and arrange a meeting with Carmilla Carmine before zipping out of the room via a security camera.
The fashion mogul explains that Valentino is in his tower while she’s trying to deal with the damage he did, telling Vox to deal with the piss baby.
Vox arrives to find Valentino is upset because Angel Dust moved into the princess’s hotel. Vox talks him down from trying to go guns blazing at the hotel, arguing doing so would just make them look weak and the moth unable to control his own people. The TV further calms him down by promising targets to shoot at. Valentino then reveals that Alastor is staying there now too. After letting out his rage Vox tunes into the drone outside the hotel.
The Deer in question is enjoying toying with the over ambitious snake, while Charlie feels it’s overkill Angel Dust thinks he can take it. Despite being falling face first into the dirt, Sir Pentious thinks trying to win a small victory via stealing a sliver of Alastors coat is a good idea. Cue the Radio Demon sending him flying, screams disappearing the further away he gets. Realising he needs to visit the tailor prepares to leave. Though Vaggie reminds him they need him to fix the damage, the spider emphasising her point. Thus the Deer summons some shadow minions to fix the hole. Before they leave, Angel Dust tells the Angel to be careful giving her a hair rub, much to her embarrassment while the princess thinks it’s cute.
Valentino watching is immediately jealous not knowing their connection. While Vox is furious that Alastor has returned, seconding to make a demonstration of how things have changed. After hacking into all the TV’s in pride he starts insulting and mocking the Radio Demon, who soon counters with a radio broadcast of his own. They go back and forth, but it’s obvious to anyone listening that Vox is losing, till the TV ends up causing an outage throughout the city except the hotel. Here Alastor promises to make them wish he was still gone.
The V’s have a meeting in which Vox points out the danger of Alastor possibly making a deal with Charlie, and why they can’t let that happen. Here after Val is as helpful as ever, the TV points out someone on the inside would work. After going around on how they need someone not only desperate enough but also not connected to them. Vox smirks as they have the perfect one in mind.
Back at the Hotel Charlie flops onto the couch, depressed at their inability to find any new patrons. Angel Dust then points out that people who think they might die are more interested in using that time to indulge in their pleasures. At the same time Vaggies hears a knock at the door. Upon seeing its Pentious she punches his face before having him on the floor, spear at their neck. He claims he’s there to become better. The princess immediately leaps on this welcoming him in, while the Spider is unhappy considering he tried attacked them just earlier that day trying to get the Angel on his side. Despite her own reservations, a look from Charlie convinces them to agree.
Charlie starts by showing him around the lobby and making introductions to the staff there. To the side Angel Dust shares a look with Vaggie, telling her to keep an eye on the snake. After an introduction to a very eager Niffty, they end up in front of Alastor. At her urging Sir Pentious returns the coat sliver he stole and apologising, before the Deer destroys it in front of them to mock his efforts.
Charlie then gathers Vaggie and the other staff to play a clapping game introducing them to each other. After she and Pentious do it, Angel Dust refuses calling it stupid though the princess and his daughter make it known he doesn’t have a choice. Later the guests are forced to apologise for doing something to each other, considering what happened last week. The Spider starts by apologising for destroying his stuff, while the snake does for trying to murder him be. While Charlie is praising the inventor for such a great 1st day, Angel Dust leaves tired and annoyed.
In his room the Spider curls up next to Fat Nuggets, doing his best to ignore the bullshit coming from Valentino. Angel Dust decides to go to the bar and get a strong drink.
After having his bit of relief he notices a shadow in Charlie’s office. Following it they find Sir Pentious planting a camera on a shelf. Enraged at the betrayal of his friend’s trust, the spider leaps at the snake starting a brutal fight. Cue the owners arriving and the truth being revealed, the inventor desperately tries to escape even calling Vox for help via his watch. After the cruel insults from the TV, Sir Pentious gives up planning to allow them to kill him. Rather than do that the princess convinces the snake to try redemption for real, pointing out he can get better. He agrees, though does regret the kick from an unhappy Niffty before they all leave for bed. Alastor appears after they leave, activating the watch to humiliate Vox further before destroying it.
The next week is interesting as the Snake settled into the hotel. He was thankful his room was big enough for him and the egg bois he brought, along with being allowed to use a spare room for a workshop. He also starts undergoing therapy with Vaggie, which surprised the rest as except for Charlie and Angela Dust they didn’t know. Alastor is dismissive of it, Husk himself is impressed and Niffty was at 1st a bit uneasy around them before getting proof nothing would happen. Through her sessions with him, the Angel was able to discover that the Snake had a decent amount of self loathing and was desperate for human connection. Even though it had only been 1 session, they were sure he could improve as it progressed.
For Ep 3. Charlie is hanging a banner celebrating Sir Pentious 1st week. This is soon spoilt by the snake in question reeling in a new weapon, which he plans to use on the residents claiming they’re obviously planning to kill him based on how friendly they are towards him. Cue Clara and Odette Carmine wheeling in parts for Sir Pentious, this caused Vaggie to freeze till they left. The Angel then confiscates them, bluntly reminding the snake he said he wanted friends and that while it’s understandable he’s anxious about it, he needs to be willing to trust them. Despite his displeasure at losing the weapon and his aforementioned anxiety he admits she’s right. This causes the princess to decide their next project should be to build up trust between the staff and tenants. Of course once the Eggs shoot a hole in the ceiling, Vaggie decides to confiscate them for the day so they won’t disrupt the exercise and also to teach the snake to manage them more responsibly. Despite the short time it still upsets the Snake.
In his room Alastors breakfast is interrupted when Vaggie enters. She asks that he keep an eye on the Egg Bois so they can’t interrupt the trust exercises their running. He agrees though explains he’s leaving as there’s an appointment he has to keep. After reminding him not to harm the Eggs, the Angel is disgusted to find the main course was a rotting deer corpse.
After discussing it and gathering the others, Charlie announces that due to the tension with the hotel they will be hosting some trust exercises to help them grow closer, with Vaggie in charge. Taking charge the Angel announces they will do a number of exercises to help. They start with the Human Knot, Icebreakers and Two Truths and a lie with each one varying in levels of success. Angel Dust suggests an idea of his own, which the pair decide to give a try even though they’re worried about what it could be.
Alastor is walking down the streets to the meeting, doing his best not to murder the Egg Bois. Zestial appears which improves the Deers mood as he enjoys talking to an old friend. As they walk the Spider brings up the theories and his own questions about their disappearance, which the Radio Demon laughs off as a simple sabbatical along with staying silent about his reasons for joining the Hotel. They continue till the reach the elevator, Alastor ordering the Eggs to remain outside to guard it, not noticing Frank was in there with them.
After taking their seats Carmilla arrives welcoming and explaining the reason for meeting. Giving Zestial a warm welcome the matriarch is surprised to see Alastor, though soon continues on much to his annoyance. Though this is soon further interrupted by the arrival of Velvette, who is as respectful as you’d expect. The fashionista soon brings the meeting to a complete stop upon revealing an exorcists head. The room is silent then shocked at the idea they could be killed. Velvette reveals they found it on extermination day and with proof of their mortality, they can fight back claiming she and the other V’s have a plan to do just that. Zestial interrupts by pointing out the head while intriguing, isn’t proof enough to risk their lives. The Spider points out that as they don’t know what slew it or who, then Heaven could easily purge all of Hell for such an attempt. This sways the other overlords, but the Doll notices Carmilla looking away anxiously. Realising she might know what happened, decides to goad them by insulting their old ally. It works with the argument escalating till the V accuses the matriarch of knowing what happened to the Exorcist but the matriarch simply ends the meeting. Satisfied with the results Velvette leaves insulting them with the other overlords following. Though Alastor wanting to find out the truth sends Frank to spy on the Carmines.
The Hotel group are in a clothing boutique, as Angel Dust always thought shopping was a good way to bond. It’s not the worst idea as different members help each other find something. Husk finds himself a new hat, Sir Pentious a coat and Niffty a new dress. There’s a rather sweet moment where the father found a dress for his daughter, claiming it would look great on her. Though it’s interrupted when some asshole tells Vaggie she’s got a great ass and would love a turn on it. The Spider along with loudly cursing the fucker, also ripped a rack off the wall to cave his skull in. The Angel appreciates him dealing with it, while Charlie is a bit envious seeing him being a father to his daughter. To the others who don’t know they draw their own conclusions. The cat thinks due to the age difference he sees her as a little sister/ daughter. The snake believes he’s just defending a lady friend’s honour. And the Cyclops is just enjoying the violence. The owners despite seeing some progress agree it’s not enough, so after confirming the princess trusts them, Vaggie takes them to the next exercise.
On the roof of a building in a war zone, Vaggie announces that their next test will be to work together and make it back. To this she starts throwing them off starting with Sir Pentious, then Angel Dust and Niffty. Husk who tried to escape was blocked by Charlie, explaining they all had to participate. This gave the Angel the change to grab his tail and throw him over like the rest. As they wait the couple go over the progress they’ve made, with Vaggie being worried if she did a good enough job. The princess points out she’s done more than enough today and based on what she told her about their own training this will bond them together. Not long later a rather battered snake is dragged up by a tired spider followed by an unhappy cat up the stairs. After realising Nifftys not there, Vaggie tells Charlie to get the others to the car while she looks for the maid. They find her based on where all the male sinners are running from.
Frank is doing his best to stay hidden as Zestial questions Carmilla about what happened, with her daughters suggesting they tell him. After some initial reluctance the matriarch reveals that she did kill the exorcist and hid it, fearing that if others knew it would drive Hell to a war it couldn’t win, costing her everyone she loves promising to keep them safe. The Egg taking his cue runs. Outside Alastor is waiting while the other Egg Bois dumpster dive. Upon arriving Frank reveals what he learned, pleased the Deer orders him to keep quiet about it.
Back at the Hotel, the owners watch from the 2nd floor as the fruit of their exercise bears fruit. Staff and patrons alike are laughing over what happened, bonded by the brief but fierce combat they saw. Charlie praises Vaggie as she knew they could do it. The Angel smiles, glad to know she could prove her partners faith in them. Around this time Alastor returns, claiming the Eggs weren’t as annoying as he thought. With the exercises finished they allow Sir Pentious to reclaim them. After an emotional reunion, the Snake ordered to clean his room.
Later that night as they were preparing for bed, Frank told his boss what happened that day. Including Carmilla’s secret. Though the snake thought they were just making bullshit up again.
For Ep 4. everyone is in the lobby doing show and tell, Angel Dusts contribution being a recording of a drag performance he did shortly after arriving. Everyone there applauds and compliments him, though the one from Husk seems to make them bashful. Though it’s soon ruined when the Spider answers the phone, changing to anxious submissiveness, worrying the owners. Angel Dust then reveals he’s being called into work for a shoot. Despite both their desires for him to stay, Charlie and Vaggie accept it. The princess does lament that his job taking away from time at the hotel, though this gives the Angel an idea on how to fix that.
In the studio Angel Dust is doing his best to put on a good performance, though the shitty script isn’t helping like usual. Though he freezes seeing Charlie enter the room. The Spider makes a beeline straight towards her, wanting to get them out before Valentino noticed her. Sadly he failed. Upon seeing the princess the moth he puts on his superficial charm and even offers her a part. After pushing her disgust and discomfort down Charlie reveals she’s there to discuss a deal regarding Angel Dust. The princess explains she understands that the Spider works for the Pimp, but wants him to spend more time at the Hotel so to that regard is willing to pay for that. Intrigued Valentino asks how much, Charlie simply states she’ll have her lawyer send over a contract soon. The princess then leaves not wanting to cause trouble for her friend. The Moth is very pleased, thanking Angel Dust for bringing in more money. The Spider himself feels guilty that Charlie has to give money to his piece of shit boss just to help him, putting him in a very bad mood.
After a much more tolerable day compared to canon, the spider returns to the hotel and goes straight to his room to stew in his feelings of guilt and inadequacy. At least until he wants to down a bottle of booze. Not wanting his daughter or friend to see how he’s really feeling, put on his usual flirty over-sexualised persona. While serving him the cat voices his annoyance with their fake bullshit and bluntly tells him to cut it out. Enraged Angel Dust has an outburst and storms out. The commotion gaining the owners attention who demand to know what happened. Husk tells them, while also playing it down claiming he’d be ok, but Vaggie knowing what Valentino is like, how her dad avoids talking about his work and the obvious signs of trauma he displays knows better. She orders the cat to find him and convince him to come back, ignoring their protests by reminding him he’s the one who drove him out. He grumbles before leaving, not noticing her or the princess looking extremely worried.
Husk manages to follow the Spider, witnessing them walk into a bar. Rather than get near anyone they take a spot alone, obviously not wanting to be bothered. The cat takes a spot with a good view of them, ordering a whisky to pass the time. It doesn’t take long till a Loan Shark comes over asking if he’s up for a good time. Despite multiple fuck offs the guy doesn’t take the hint and keeps pushing. Until the Spider responds by smashing a bottle over his head and bashing their face into the counter. By the time the fucker falls to the ground dead his buddies are ready for payback. This is when a rescue by the cat via his thrown playing cards and exploding dice took place.
Outside Husk tries to convince Angel Dust to return with him back to the hotel but he refused. The Spider claims he didn’t need his help, or Charlie’s that he can take care of himself. The cat refutes that as it was obvious he was going through a self-destructive cycle and could use someone to talk to. Scoffing, Angel Dust points out there’s no chance he’d talk to him after what they did at the Hotel. Husk in return pints out that if he was actually being honest and open, instead of this fake bullshit constantly putting up an act. This is what finally causes the Spider to break. He tearfully admits that he blames himself for fucking up his own life. Dying from an overdose, getting involved with Valentino and trusting him leading to decades of horrific abuse and requiring the princess to give that cunt money just to help him. It just shows him just how he only ruins his own life and fucks up his loved one’s lives too. The cat gives him a few moments before revealing he understands better than he thinks, as it was drinking and gambling that sent him to Hell. Along with being a former overlord who gambled with souls then his losses pushed him to bet his own to desperately hold on and gamble his own, thus being owned by Alastor. The cat is honest explaining they’ve both royally fucked up their lives and afterlives via their addictions and bad decisions, but points out that’s they’ve got people in their lives who care and want to help. This seems to help the Spider realise that while yes things are shit they can get better, but only if he’s willing to let people help him. Unfortunately the Loan Sharks reappear as they didn’t exactly go far. After a quick fight, Husk compliments Angel Dust on his fighting along with admitting he’s a good guy.
The pair arrive back to the Hotel with the pair laughing over the stories the Spider tells about Valentino. Upon hearing him Charlie rushes to give Angela Dust a hug, apologising if she upset him. Though it’s cut off by him explaining it wasn’t anything she did, that he’s just angry at himself for getting involved with that prick pimp and forcing her to pay him. The princess understands but tells Angel Dust that not only is he their patient but friend, she’d spend anything to help him. Touched the Spider gives her a hug before Vaggie arrives, saying she’s glad they’re back in one piece before taking Charlie to bed as she’s obviously exhausted from worrying about him. The Cat decides they could both use a drink, so the pair head to the bar.
Over the next several months a number of things happen to the Hazbin Hotel’s occupants.
On a day he has off, Angel Dust asks Vaggie to join him for a surprise. Curious and wanting to spend more time with her dad agrees. Everyone sees the pair leave, which makes them curious. Husk genuinely believes the Spider sees her like a sister or similar, Pentious thinks they’re being friends as does Niffty. Alastor for his part, from his own observations and what he’s heard, along with his rather dated beliefs about sexuality believes the Angel is carrying out an affair with him behind Charlie’s back. Wanting to increase his influence with the princess, remove his biggest detractor and that uncouth spider it seems like shooting fish in a barrel as he finds the princess on the 2nd floor. It’s soon proven otherwise when he’s sent flying via a punch to the face, crashing into the repaired wall. Though before the Deer can recover, Charlie begins choking him with a clawed arm letting him dangle as well much to the shock of the others watching. After letting him panic, the princess forces Alastor to look her in the eye, promising that if he ever says such vile lies about their partner and friend again, he’ll regret it. Dropped in a heap offering apologies as she turns away, the Radio demon and the others watching are shown a very important pair of facts. Not only should they happy Charlie is so forgiving, but never fuck with those she loves.
Meanwhile Angel Dusts surprise is revealed to be a trip to an Italian part of the city. Here he and Vaggie reenact the days where they’d visit the old neighbourhood back on Earth. Along with eating pastries from a bakery, they find themselves a tailor/dressmaker that makes them both a new outfit. They then move onto lunch at an authentic restaurant before finishing with Gelato. The pair then spend some time in the areas park, which aside from the loud cursing, violence and sexual activities would be just like the one back home. They stay there till close to dinner time before returning home. Charlie praises Vaggie’s outfit while Husk does the same for Angel Dust. For obvious reasons no one says anything about the brief confrontation before, especially Alastor for embarrassment and anger at miscalculating like that. He later apologised simply claiming to be concerned for her wellbeing, while Charlie did outwardly accept it, it’s unknown if she truly did.
A few weeks later Angel Dust meets Cherri Bomb at a club, wanting to take some time to relax with a friend after work. The bomber was happy to see him, even accepting when he refused any pills and just shared some drinks. After an hour alone on the roof top of a building she finally decided to ask her friend what was up, as the Spider obviously had something on his mind. It took him a minute before Angel Dust could finally tell his friend the truth. Upon hearing that her friend was not only married and had a kid, the Anarchist took a moment to react before laughing at the idea that somebody as gay as him knocked up a woman. The spider laughed too, saying he was fucking shocked too considering he only had sex with her once. He proceeded to explain everything, how they got married and kept seeing other people as they both solely played for the other team outside that night under the influence, their daughter and how he died. What shocked Cherri Bomb even more was the fact his kid went to heaven, became an exorcist and is now dating the princess along with running the hotel with her. His reasoning for quitting drugs is explained with the anarchist supporting him wholeheartedly in repairing his relationship, seeing how happy the Spider is in talking about her as she’s seen the shit he’s been through. Angel Dust thanks her but obviously makes it known she can’t tell anyone, Cherri Bomb laughs as it’s given and she won’t say a word. Unbeknownst to them a Voxtech drone was recording nearby. Its owner smiling cunningly in his office.
Vel and Val are awoken late at night as their partner has called an emergency meeting. They arrive, the former more curious than annoyed unlike the latter. Vox is smiling ear to ear, like he’s figured out how to get people to pay for breathing. He gestures for them to sit as a video starts playing. By the end there’s silence, till the fashion and TV overlord immediately start going over what could do with this. Not only could they use the Angel to get information about the exorcists, but that gave them blackmail on the princess. As the pair continue strategising, Valentino is frozen in rage. Furious that his property could hide this from him after everything he’s done for Angel Dust, decides to punish him. When the rest of the Vee’s aren’t looking he uploads the video online. Internally he’s smirking at how the spider will regret fucking with him.
Several hours later the owners of the Hazbin Hotel are walking into the lobby, discussing various topics like what to do for breakfast activities to do or date ideas. Though they stop seeing the rest of the patrons sitting in front of the TV looking at them with a mix of shock and Nifftys case excitement. Onscreen is a video of Angel Dust revealing the fact Vaggie is along with being his daughter an exorcist. The spider in question walks in, freezing at the footage. Once Killjoy appears Charlie throws her trident through the appliance, demanding to know what happened. Angel Dust explains he told Cherri Bomb caused he trusted her, but there was a drone they obviously didn’t see. The Angel in question points out this could be very bad, but the princess simply makes a call before a portal opens. She gestures for Vaggie to follow her. Once the pair arrive in what seems to be a palace in Wrath, Charlie explains she’s going to show what happens when people threaten her loved ones.
Back at V tower Velvette and Vox are laying into Valentino for being stupid enough to throw away their leverage. The pump defends himself by saying it was to punish Angel Dust for keeping it secret, arguing they could still get dirt about Heaven from his kid. Suddenly all the TVs start glitching till a tall red dragon figure appears on them. He introduces himself as Satan Lord of Wrath, now that he has their attention moves off screen to let someone surprising speak. His niece. Charlie reveals she knows that while people think she’s soft and weak, that’s only to a certain point such as if her loved ones are being threatened. Recently a video was released that did just that by the Vee’s. The 3 in question go stiff, especially once the scene changes to an army mustering. The princess announces that in response to this she considers it a personal slight against, which her family the sins don’t tolerate. Thus she announces that if the ones in question don’t submit to the punishment of her choosing, then the armies of not only Wrath but all the rings will march against the Vee’s who will be forced to watch as everything they’ve built turns to ashes and will beg for death. After that a counter comes on screen, revealing it started once the broadcast did. Realising they’re fucked Vox takes over the screens to announce they’ll accept what ever punishment the princess decides. Along with being forced to give Angel Dusts to the Spider, they’ll repay half of this year’s past and future income to her as recompose so she can repay the sins for their aid. Shutting the mother up, the TV overlord agrees.
Shortly after a courier arrives bearing his contract, the Spider is frozen as he holds the source of decades of torment and trauma. Husk asks if he’s ok, Angel Dust responds not really for obvious reasons but wants to wait till the owners return.
In Satans palace the sin praises his niece for her decisiveness, though does wonder why she doesn’t just wipe them out. Charlie simply smiles, though it’s much different than her usual kind. More cunning. This makes the dragon smile understand she has a plan. Before the pair leave he passes on a message that in return for their help he and the other sins want to meet not only Vaggie but her father as well. While anxious at how her aunts/uncles would react to their angelic partner, the princess knows it’s the least she can do so accepts.
After arriving back at the hotel, the pair are engulfed in a hug by Angel Dust, out of gratitude for freeing him and that his daughter is safe cause no one’s gonna try anything thanks to Charlie’s broadcast. The rest of the patrons also praise her for the steel displayed, even Alastor though he now realises the princess is not the easy target he thought. Though before anything else happens the Spider reveals his contract, letting the owners see them ripping it in half with the chain around his throat disappearing completely. This results in them hugging the newly freed sinner, Husk smiling happy he’s free now. At dinner that night mixed in with plans about what Angel Dust will do now, the patrons ask his daughter what heaven is like. She answers, till silencing the room by telling the Deer his mother still loves and misses him despite the things he did. This causes the Radio Demon to freeze, before asking if she’s happy. Vaggie answers truthfully that Bernadette is, along with having many friends including herself and their family, she teaches cooking classes with working at the centre for orphaned/unclaimed children. After an uncharacteristically long silence before thanking them for the information and leaving. The Cat and Maid are quiet, as they’ve never seen the Deer like that before.
On their way to bed that night the Angel asks her father if he’d like to start therapy. After he questions if it’d be her doing it, Vaggie states their relationship could make it difficult for her to give impartial advice, but does have someone in mind. Angel Dust considers it before saying not right now, but he will. That’s enough for her.
In the next week everyone is still adjusting to not only the fact Vaggie is a former exorcist, but Angel Dusts daughter. The pair started acting more familial now that the secret was out. Everyone thought it was sweet, accept Alastor who felt a bit of envy at the sight. Though as a dad he did the job of embarrassing his child by recounting stories of her childhood. This included the fact she loves Razzle and Dazzle so much cause her favourite toy was called a toy goat, fittingly named Mr Goat. Vaggie while embarrassed was touched when Niffty made a perfect replica based on her dad’s description. She started sleeping with it after that, though the Goat Bois were jealous of their new rival.
A week after the reveal it was time for the promised party. Charlie had spent that time prepping her partner and patron in how to act/react with the sins. While Vaggie was anxious beyond belief, Angel Dust was excited to meet Asmodeus himself who was an idol to the Spider. The night of the party as they were preparing to leave Charlie wore a beautiful red and black dress with gold trim, Vaggie a lavender with silver trim and Angel Dust a finely made suit in his usual colours. After a final reminder in which the Angel and Spider promised everything would be fine in the lobby they were ready. Though Sir Pentious did ask how the spider could attend considering sinners weren’t able to access other rings. This actually proved a useful distraction, as a de stressed princess explained that she was able to get him special permission. On cue the portal opened, the trio saying their good byes, Charlie reminding Alastor he was in charge till they got home. The Deer promised he’d keep the place in tip top condition.
Upon arriving they found themselves in Charlie’s estate in Sloth. The Spider was impressed, especially upon hearing it was just one of several she had in each ring as he sometimes forgot they were an actual princess. The Sins arrived before them, which wasn’t a surprise. Each one took a turn to give her a very loving hug and a gift, the pair learning the nickname each one had for her. Vaggie was the 1st to get their attention as the partner. The reactions varied, Ozzy, Bee and Bel were the most welcoming, Leviathan and Mammon were more neutral while Satan was suspicious though they each have a version of the Shovel talk. Then came them seeing Angel Dust. The King of Lust and Queen of Gluttony were excited, as they’d both seen his work and heard about his ability to party, the king of Greed asked if he’d be interested into going into business while the rest saw him as their nieces father-in-law. Over the course of the night the Angel managed to make a good impression on the sins, most surprisingly Satan. The pair bonded over feeling their desire to protect Charlie and murder anyone who hurt her, plus feeling like the burden often fell on them to keep everyone together. The topic then moved onto combat, with them exchanging tips. It even resulted in the King gifting Vaggie an Angelic dagger and at her request some throwing knives of the same. The blade was similar to a Fairbiarn-Sykes fighting knife. She also made friends with Belphegor who was happy to see the princess had a trained professional at her side, along with talking about theories and the like. The spider for his part along with getting on perfectly with the most fun loving sins, managed to win over Leviathan with his knowledge/taste in fashion. Overall it was a perfect night.
The next morning the trio woke up after spending night, Angel Dust asking why they don’t visit any of these places with Charlie admitting it was a good idea for some exercises or bonding trips. Once they finished a delicious breakfast they headed home, happy to find the Hotel still in one piece. They discuss how the night went with Vaggie showing off the knife Satan gave her. Seeing it sparks a thought in her father’s mind, he asks if Lute used an Angelic weapon to take her eye. Surprised she replies yes. Angel Dust then points out that means Exorcists can be hurt by it along with sinners. The room freezes at this revelation, with Alastor annoyed his future leverage was gone. The Angel for her part is annoyed she never realised that, though the others point out the event was a very traumatic one, so it’d make sense she wouldn’t want to think about it too much. Regardless with that information they know how to fight exorcists if necessary, though they all decide to keep it quiet for obvious reasons. Life thus continued on in the Hotel, though unbeknownst to them the princess had a very lovely surprise in the works.
Several days after the party a breaking news story broke. Due to a loosening of several important regulations goods from the Lust, Gluttony and Greed were becoming cheaper in Pentagram city. Everyone immediately turned to Charlie after hearing her giggle. The princess then proceeded to explain. After dealing with the leaked footage, she started planning to further pay the Vee’s back with her aunts/uncles Ozzy, Mammon, Bee, Levi and to a lesser extent Bel. They were just working out the details before it was finally ready. The plan is as follows:
Ozzy will expand into pentagram city to both open up new sex work venues and film studios. He will also have people regularly looking for newly arrived sinners. They’ll take them in and help them get settled along with explaining about how hell works. Either they leave at least informed or choose to work for the sin, sex work or otherwise. Combined with the fact not only would Ozzy actually treat them much better then Val, but combined with the fact they aren’t under soul contracts the product their in will be much higher quality. Along with cutting of the Moths pipeline of new employees but having a sin to compete against will also cost him a lot.
Bee with the help of Ozzy and Bel created booze that nullifies the effect of the Vee’s love potion. Not only cutting off another income source, but preventing multiple SA’s.
Levi and Mammon being able to prove their products at the same price as Vel and Vox’s will force them to cut the price or find other ways to make up as the Envy queens fashion line is superior than the Dolls, while the Greed kings is the same level as the TV’s. Plus the former will be messing with Velvettes social media platform and accounts.
Overall the Vee’s will be having to face strong competition they can’t bully, threaten or attack as they aren’t suicidal, will be forced to accept lower profits or cut costs somehow. The other patrons are standing there shocked/impressed at the princess cunning and planning, especially Alastor. When Vaggie praises her, they retort their the one who taught them the importance of planning/thinking ahead. They decide to celebrate as it’s soon apparent the plan is working already.
Despite all this, the closer they got to the extermination the more stressed and panicked Charlie got. Culminating in an early morning freak out.
For Ep 5. Vaggie awakens to find the other side of the bed empty. Curious they check the rest of their room. Finding Charlie in her study panicking that despite all the progress they’ve made, they’re no closer to actually redeeming someone with the extermination 2 months away. After calming the princess down the Angel pints out it might be time to contact Lucifer. While not thrilled due to their lack of contact, Charlie admits along with hopefully starting to fix things, they could get him to set up a meeting with Heaven. Vaggie is skeptical reminding her that Sera green-lit it along with covering it up. The princess is hopeful that if they give proof of the progress Angel Dust and Sir Pentious made, then perhaps it could be enough to convince her or at least others in Heaven. Even though she knows what the seraphim is like, her partners optimism convinces the Angel it’s worth trying, though she and the princess do agree a contingency is necessary.
In the Palace of the Morningstar’s the King of Hell is working on a project, a back flipping fire breathing rubber duck. Once the initial excitement wears off he’s forced to face the suffocating feelings of depression and loneliness, lamenting what he’s lost. Till he gets a call and sees it’s Charlie. After the shared feelings of shock/panic are pushed aside he responds. The pair share some initially awkward dialogue, till she asks if he’d heard about her hotel. Upon saying he hadn’t Charlie asked if Lucifer could set up a meeting with heaven, specifically over Adam’s head. When the king initially rejects it, the princess puts her heart into all but begging for his help. After another unsure response she invites him to the Hotel to see what she’s doing and why it not only matters to her, but could win over Heaven. Upon hearing the invitation Lucifer is overjoyed promising to be there in an hour
In the lobby, after gathering everyone the pair announce that the king is visiting soon, Vaggie tells them to make the place look nice and presentable. Before heading off her dad comes over asking if they’re going to tell Lucifer the truth. Briefly thinking it over his daughter explains they’ll be focusing on convincing the king about setting up the meeting, but if things go well maybe. Angel Dust understands, admitting that the prospect of meeting his future-in-law was daunting enough, let alone him bring the king of Hell.
After the preparations are completed everyone gathers in the lobby, as an anxious Charlie gives a final pep talk before Lucifer barges in. Following on from a bone crushing hug with his daughter, the king goes onto greet KeeKee and the Goat Bois before complimenting her on how nice the place is though reacts strongly on seeing Alastors edition via the bar. Once the introductions are done, Lucifer engages in a heated war of words with them till Charlie breaks it up pointing out the Deer has been helpful but subtly reminding them not piss of the literal king of Hell. He doesn’t listen enraging him till the king asks Charlie to introduce the rest of the hotels colourful inhabitants.
Charlie starts by introducing him to Vaggie. Upon hearing the girlfriend part Lucifer is a bit overexcited exclaiming how they both like girls and pulls her into a hug, getting her name wrong. Next are Sir Pentious and Angel Dust, both of whom are a bit awkward with the king then a disinterested Husk and an enthusiastic Niffty. Lucifer compliments his daughter on his well she’s done, Alastor can’t help but point out with no help from him while he’s been there since day 1. This of course causes the princess to interject, reminding the Deer he appeared after the interview claiming he only saw the Hotel as grounds for more entertainment. Despite his help with getting them staff, repairing the damaged wall and the commercial his contributions pale in comparison to her partner, who stood by her before long before opening the building but helped with gathering the funds and renovating the then decrepit building with developing plans to help their patrons. Overall the Angela has been a much greater asset than he was. The room is stunned silent. Alastor is reeling from being put into his place. Husk and Lucifer are enjoying it. Niffty and Pentious don’t know how to react. Angel Dust and the lady in question are smiling, both happy to hear how much Charlie appreciates her. Though it’s soon interrupted by the arrival of Mimzy.
Alastor greeted his old friend quite enthusiastically, ending the confused silence from the others. The Flapper explained she heard the Deer was in the area and decided to call in. Charlie asked how they knew each other, learning the pair were old friends from the club days. Upon seeing the king Mimzy immediately introduced herself much to his discomfort. The deer then claims that he and the princess must give Lucifer a tour, who wants just her to do it. Charlie ends it by saying she and Vaggie will give the tour, while Alastor is more than welcome to join them, damaging his ego and pride though he hides it.
Once the pair have set off Mimzy proceeds to reintroduce herself to the Deers companions, not taking Husks displeasure seriously. Curious Angel Dust asks about their relationship, pointing out they don’t know much about him. The flapper is happy to clarify the details behind his rise to power and how he earned his epithet of the Radio Demon, actually terrifying the Spider and Snake listening. Though the cat has disappeared.
Upstairs while owners are showing the king around and telling their exploits, Alastor is following close behind trying to salvage his reputation. Though the appearance of Husk requesting a word stops him. The cat reminds him that Mimzy only appears when she’s in trouble, worried over what kind of demon is coming after her now. The Deer plays it down claiming he can handle whatever might be coming for her, as no one sane would dare challenge him. Husk points out he’s been gone for the better part of a decade for unknown reasons, which Alastor condescendingly tells him not to worry about it. Enraged the cat says he isn’t their pet just because the Deer owns his soul, who laughingly says it does. Though it goes badly when Husk reminds him he also has a chain around his neck. Already slighted by the events of the lobby, the Radio Demon puts the fear of God into the bartender promising to use his death as an example to other disrespectful wretches like him. Alastor leaves him shaking and terrified.
Back with the tour the trio arrive on the upper balcony as Vaggie describes all the progress Sir Pentious and Angel Dust have made. Lucifer doesn’t hesitate to tell Charlie how impressed he is with her work in both her patients and fixing up the hotel, though he does admit that she can’t expect too much from Heaven. The Angel adds in she knows what he means. The king reveals he thought she felt different, asking what caused her to wind up here. After an explanation Lucifer offers sympathies but does explain that Vaggie isn’t fallen as there’s a big process involved and she was just kicked out. After the shock of that wears off he uses what he just heard as a further reason to try and convince the princess that heaven wouldn’t be willing to listen. When she protests she still has to try for their people, he points out they are awful and despite the work she’s done here Sinners are in hell cause they chose to use their free will to sin. His point is proven when they start feeling the building shake. Down below a group of loan sharks are calling for Mimzy.
The Flapper in question reveals that along with borrowing 50 grand from them, she stole one of their cars and hit his girlfriend. Cue several flaming rocks being fired from a catapult into the lobby. While everyone is either panicking or trying to put out the fires along with avoiding being hit the king uses it as a perfect example of how she shouldn’t put her faith in sinners. Alastor appears to deal with their attackers, seeing it as a chance to both remind people of his power and strengthen his position at the Hotel. This he turns more demonic as he deals with them. Lucifer uses that as further proof how sinners are beyond saving in almost all cases. Charlie simply tells him to shut up, admitting that while it’s more sadistic than she liked he’s just protecting the Hotel and asking why people who were her enemy or laughed at her like the Snake or Spider can believe in her but not their own father.
Outside Alastor makes it known that Mimzy isn’t welcome as she put the Hotel at risk. The Flapper thinks he joking before he reinforces it by saying she’s welcome if they try to give redemption a shot, though both know it’s not her style. Angry Mimzy leaves mocking him and the Hotel, while Husk watches with a smile before returning to watching the family drama with Angel Dust and Sir Pentious.
Charlie again asks her father for help though he once more refuses. The princess thus decided to hit the nail on head, she explains she understands that he’s worried about her and what heaven will do, as she understands that he’s depressed and traumatised over being cast out. The king stiffens be saying he just wants to protect them from that, to save her suffering like he did over failed dreams more than anything. The princess in return points out that she loved hearing about his dreams and imagining it was being a dreamer like him, that he inspired her to keep fighting for their dream. That being saving her people more than anything. Here the duo begin to repair their relationship as Father and Daughter. Lucifer thus promises to get her that meeting with Heaven, but points out he won’t be able to join them. Charlie promises she’ll be fine before he leaves. Vaggie thus comes over reminding her I the next step won’t be easy, but the pair both agree they’ll be ready together like always.
They hear later that night that the meeting is set for about 3 weeks away. Along with the initial hope and excitement, preparations are made just in case.
For Ep 6. Charlie and Vaggie are in their room going over their points for the trial. Once they’re done the princess asks their partner if she’s sure about joining them in Heaven. The Angel admits she’s worried, but isn’t going to leave her partner to face them alone. After Charlie gives her a kiss for being a wonderful partner the pair prepare to leave.
In the Lobby Angel Dust is returning from a workout in the gym, admitting to Niffty that now he’s free and not working shitty hours they’ve got a lot more time to keep themselves in top condition. Cue an explosion just as the owners enter destroying their most targeted wall. Cherri Bomb bursts in revealing she’s there to take the Spider out to a long overdue celebration of his freedom. Angel Dust is grateful but says he’s feeling tired after exercising, through the Anarchist points out a night of fun will make him feel better. Upon seeing Vaggie she takes a minute to ask if that’s her, upon getting confirmation Cherri Bomb is overjoyed to meet their friend’s daughter, joking she obviously got her looks from her mother. Rather than get annoyed he agrees. After the Spider embarrasses his daughter by telling the cyclops stories about her, Charlie suggests the rest of the Hotel join them as a well deserved night off. Cherri Bomb accepts after the princess drops a bunch of cash in her hands. As the portal opens Sir Pentious asks how they’ll avoid the Angel getting recognised. It’s revealed that Lucifer gave them a necklace that can turn them invisible, so they can stick to Charlie while not being seen. They agree that’s a clever plan before she activates it and the pair head through the portal.
The pair arrive before the golden gates, even if seems like theirs only one of them. They continue until they reach the gate, Charlie being surprised that St Peter is exactly like Vaggie described him. The man is a friendly as usual welcoming her with his usual cheer, though he does panic when it’s revealed she’s Lucifers daughter. The arrival of Sera and Emily calms him down, the presence of the woman who green-lit her people’s genocide pushes the princesses self control to its limit. After a polite welcome from the senior and a more enthusiastic welcome from the younger seraphim they bring her within the golden kingdom. Their partner stayed close but with some breathing room.
The pair of St. Peter and Emily proceeded to give the princess a very warm welcome, as she took in just how Heaven is like the stories Vaggie told her. After it was finished the younger seraphim took her by the hand to begin a tour. Starting with the Zoo Charlie couldn’t help but coo over how absolutely adorable the animals were, especially when she got to hug a Koala before moving onto to other parts. The hidden angel smiled at her partners joy.
Meanwhile Adam and Lute who saw the pair walking down the street were shocked. Angered the 1st man has to not only be restrained by his 2nd, but stopped from accidentally revealing the exterminations. Cue Sera transporting the pair to her office. After they demand to know why the princess of Hell is doing here, their superior that after they failed to control the Demons unrest Lucifer demanded an audience for his misguided daughter. The Seraphim bluntly reminds Adam she only agreed to his yearly activities if it didn’t bring trouble to their gates, ordering them to do whatever it takes to prevent the problem from getting worse.
After Emily had finished taking Charlie to the ice cream shop the pair take the time to relax in the park. With their treats done the princess asked the Seraphim what the trial would be like. She explained it would be like any other trial, with a defence and opposition with Sera and herself moderating/giving the verdict with members of the council watching. Charlie asked if it would be televised, Emily admitting it isn’t normally done though is convinced to do so by the princesses earnest request, along with not telling her sister in order to not stress them out further. Once she leaves Charlie admits that she’s as lovely as Vaggie said, along with expressing guilt about tricking her. Their partner admits she doesn’t like it either, but along with televising it to spread the truth Emily’s genuine reaction will help sell the truth. Plus she’d understand once the truth is revealed.
In the court room Charlie grimaces as Adam appears, calling her a Karen for talking to his manager. Sera then announces that they are there to determine whether a damned soul can be redeemed. The princess starts by bringing up the story of St. Dismas. He was a thief crucified alongside Christ and a murderer. While the latter mocked Jesus, the former showed him kindness and simply asked that he remember him in heaven. For that act of compassion the son of god took him to paradise when he ascended. Charlie finishes by saying if he could earn his redemption, why can’t those in Hell if they’re willing to put in the work to do so and earn it. This seems to win over much of the council including Emily, much to Sera’s worry and Adam plus Lutes annoyance. The 1st man demands to know if they have any real evidence, before mocking their 1st patient is a porn star. The princess shoots back asking how does he know the Spider was a porn star, earning more than a few curious and an accusing loon from his superior, then clarifying that Angel Dust only did porn cause he was owned by a cruel pimp before he was freed. Still skeptical he asks if she’s willing to put her money where her mouth is. Once Charlie agrees Adam brings ups a viewing orb to watch what the Spider is doing.
In the club Angel Dust is telling Cherri Bomb about how therapy is going. The cyclops is glad to hear he’s starting to heal after what Valentino put him through, buying the Spider a drink to celebrate. Meanwhile a more confident Sir Pentious ends up buying a drink for the cyclops, which surprises her but it’s appreciated. After sharing a few rounds Angel Dust decides to cut Niffty off as the booze is obviously hitting her harder, resulting in the maid going on a small rampage till the Spider stops her looting the clubs cleaning supplies. He then calms her down by dropping her on Husk after accidentally upsetting them, the cat exasperatedly accepts it. Their fun continues till the group spot the moth pimp. They attempt to leave but the maid still under the influence charges towards him, the Spider just about catching her. Unfortunately Valentino still sees them and thinks he’s trying to get his job back and bringing him a gift, despite being freaked out by her. He simply tells the moth to go fuck himself. Despite the anger on his former bosses face, Angel Dust laughed saying even a fucking moron like him won’t try touching him considering what Charlie would do. The joy of telling the fuck how much of an absolutely vile sack of shit he was, gave Angel Dust as much pleasure knowing he could only walk away from it, along with Niffty stealing some of his fur. Before they leave the bomber is happy to see her friend finally tell Val what he thought, as was Husk. Sir Pentious before joining the group left Cherri Bomb a note under drink and a rose, which further perplexed/impressed her.
Back in the Trial Charlie is ecstatic to be proven right, causing Adam to panic asking why he isn’t there then. This causes Emily to ask that too and leaves others asking the same. The princess looks to Sera questioning if she knows what actually gets someone into heaven. The anxious Seraphim shuts that down saying they know when a soul arrives and passes divine judgment. Charlie shocked questions them how the hell did the 1st man get here then, as not only is he an example of some of the worst traits of humanity but was such a controlling douche Lilith abandoned Eden rather than submit, that Eve had to be made submissive to him and let’s be honest his terrible parenting lead to the 1st murder. The room is silent as an enraged Adam rants that during the extermination he’s going to make her watch as he burns the hotel to the ground and kill all their friends in front of her. Then he freezes realising what he just said. Immediately the younger Seraphim questions what he was talking about. Before her elder can stop it, a new voice is revealed offering to enlighten them. Cue Vaggie appearing in the room.
While most of the room was confused Adam and Lute were pissed to see her, Emily was confused but overjoyed to see her friend/niece again and Sera was frozen in fear. With a gesture the younger transferred control of the viewing orb to the Angel. Using it she explained that for centuries the 1st man with the Elder Seraphim’s permission had been leading a regular cleansing of Hell permanently killing its formerly human inhabitants. Vaggie also explained how Adam and his 2nd manipulated and lied to her about her father being killed in hell in order to recruit her into the exorcists. She’s honest about how at 1st she saw it as vengeance but came to see it as pointless bloodshed, as their victims were mostly powerless/harmless. When she suggested to Lute they target overlords who held the power it was shit down, proving it wasn’t about protecting Heaven but fulfilling their leaders blood lust. Along with how the pair left her to die after his 2nd tore off her wings and cut out her eye for sparing a child sinner, leading to Charlie to take her in and save her life. For obvious reasons the room is in an uproar. Emily looks to her sister desperately hoping it’s not true, but when Sera says it was the only way to keep heaven safe it breaks the younger seraphim’s heart. Her sadness turns to righteous fury as she joins the pair denouncing the exterminations as evil. At this point Charlie reveals she asked her to broadcast the trial so all of heaven knows the truth.
Obviously a panicked Sera ends the trial, desperate to do damage control, ruling there isn’t sufficient evidence for souls in Hell to be redeemed. Adam enthusiastically lords it over the pair, promising that he’ll be coming to their Hotel 1st as a portal opens. Vaggie reminds Sera that doing so would violate the treaty and start a war. Realising that she orders the 1st man to leave it alone, though obviously he won’t. After the pair are sucked through the seraphim tries to speak to her sister who simply flies away uninterested in talking.
At the Hotel the pair tell them how it went before disappearing into their room.
For Ep 7. the other residents of the Hotel are worried as the owners haven’t been out of their room in a week with the extermination a month away. Though the pair soon leave. They apologise for being so absent but explain they been planning on how to protect the hotel as they know Adam is still going to attack. For this they require both allies and weapons. Angel Dust asks why they don’t simply get her family to give them an army. The princess points out that while she does want to protect her dream, bringing in a Hellborn army to fight Angels would start a war and that’s something she can’t do, same for getting weapons from her family. Alastor sensing an opportunity claims to know where she can get people willing to fight. Vaggie then says they need weapons to arm them, so is going to try and work out a deal with Carmilla Carmine. This is when Frank blurts out that she killed an exorcist. After letting that sink in, everyone gives Sir Pentious a look, he simply points out they say crazy shit all the time, being proven right a moment later. The Angel admits now that it makes sense why her old boss added a 2nd extermination a year, he was always a prideful bastard and a sinner killing one of his exorcists would enrage him to no end. With that in mind it gives her further reason to visit the Matriarch. Before the 3 leave the Princess says she knows this isn’t what they signed up for, so won’t hold it against them if they decide to leave.
As the pair walk into cannibal town they’re quiet, as Alastor is thinking how this will improve his station with Charlie while she prepares to argue her case. Though she is surprised by how lovely the town is, aside from the obvious signs of cannibalism. The Deer leads the princess into a shop that is obviously very popular claiming a friend of his is inside who can help. The pair find Rosie as she’s finishing with a customer and is very happy to see Alastor, but even more so to see Charlie as he introduces her to them. Once that is over the princess reveals she has a big favour to ask the overlord, though is surprised when they agree immediately. Perplexed Charlie points out she doesn’t know what they’re asking. This is when the business woman reveals she owes her partner, as her son claimed an exorcist had let him go. Obviously she and her wives didn’t believe him till they heard the reveal on tv and he pointed out Vaggie as being the one who let him go, so she kinda does owe the pair. Grateful her partners kindness is helping them the princess reveals her reasons why. Rosie explains that while she does want to, they can’t force their people to fight and possibly die, she explains they have to be convinced. Understanding Charlie agrees to try.
Rosie for her part gathers everyone in the town square before explaining that the princess has a request for them. After taking a moment to prepare, Charlie is able to give a rousing and impressive speech that wins the cannibals over to help. Alastor also helps by promising they can eat the exorcists corpses. Now that they have an army the princess hopes her partner is having as much success.
Meanwhile Vaggie was banging on the door of the Carmine building, shouting that she knows what Carmilla did and is more than happy to discuss it outside if she doesn’t let them in. Once the door opens the Angel prepares for what ever she might face. Once inside the overlord greets her from the 2nd floor with 2 minutes to convince her not to silence them for good. Vaggie explains she knows what she did and how, that the princess sent her to get weapons to prevent the next extermination. The matriarch refuses enraging the Angel demanding to know why she won’t help as they already know how to do it, and considering she knows Adam he won’t stop with the hotel so this is their one chance to stop him. Carmilla reveals her time is up before leaping at them.
Thanks to her training with Charlie Vaggie is able to put up a better fight against Carmilla, though the matriarch is still the superior fighter. She explains that rather than simply attacking her, they’re showing her the weaknesses in exorcists combat style even if the Angel is still skilled and how to exploit them. Carmilla explains how she killed the exorcist and points out to her that revenge will only get you so far, if you really want to win then you need to fight for the ones you love. Understanding the lesson Vaggie is able to regain her wings and impress the overlord enough to get her weapons.
The couple return home with their allies and respectively, both happy to see they succeeded. Though Charlie is both surprised and happy to see her wings are back. Once they enter the Hotel itself they find the other residents are fortifying the place. They each state that they aren’t leaving as for the same reason, they’ve become fond of the place with Angel Dust pointing out he ain’t leaving his little girl again. Happy to see the community they’ve built the princess immediately gets straight into planning and fortifying the Hotel for the extermination.
Over the next month they did exactly that, hoping that it would be enough to grant them a victory.
For Ep 8. Vox watches via a drone the Hotel and the cannibals prepare for the battle coming tomorrow, laughing as he believes their going to die.
After Vaggie voices her worries if they’ve fortified enough, Sir Pentious in a Generals uniform promise they’ll achieve a victory considering their preparations. Niffty appears who is reminded of her duty and given an Angelic steel knife. The Angel then reminds them they’ve only got 24 hours left so they need to make it count. As much time as possible is spent training and preparing.
In the evening Charlie gathers everyone, thanking them for their hard work and diligence, promising that together they will win and stop the extermination before calling them inside to spend a few hours resting before they turn in.
Inside the cannibals and Hotel crew celebrate what could be their final night alive. Alastor watching from above shares Nifftys feelings of becoming very fond of their fellow inhabitants. In the bar Angel Dust and Husk share theor desire to live as much as they can tonight, with the cat complimenting the Spider on how much progress he’s made since coming there. Sir Pentious for his part tells Cherri Bomb how he feels before leaving after his anxiety overwhelms him. Combined with some words of encouragement from her friend and the snakes earlier deeds decides to spend the night with him. This gives the father and daughter pair a chance to talk. Angel Dust is honest saying he’s glad to make up for lost time, before saying he’s proud of Vaggie saying he knew she was destined for greatness from the moment they met. Touched the Angel says she’s glad she has her papa back. The pair hug before she leaves to find an absent Charlie, though before doing so the Spider hands her an Angelic knuckle duster reminding her the old family motto, “if it’s worth it, fight dirty”. Grateful for the gift she gives him a final hug before leaving.
Vaggie finds Charlie outside Angel Dusts door, crying after seeing the photos of his time there. Calming her down by reminding her of all the good she’s done for the people here, the pair both confirm their love before kissing.
The next morning in Heaven Adam gives his usual pep talks to his exorcists, along with reminding them why they hate Vaggie and offering a bounty for whomever kills her. Once the portal opens they charge through.
Outside the Hotel everyone is ready, knowing it’s do or die as Vaggie tells them to fight together and for their souls. She and the other hotel inhabitants are in the centre alone, knowing the exorcists would charge right for them. Once enough are within Alastor activates his shield trapping them and using tentacles to strike those outside with their own dropped weapons. Inside the 1st wave are soon surrounded by the cannibals they ignored on the flanks. Sir Pentious fires cannons using a rotation of exploding, shrapnel and flash shots to kill, wound or blind them. Niffty and other small quick exorcists are the throat cutters, finishing those on the ground quickly and efficiently. The rest are killing any exorcist they can, with Vaggie and Charlie wielding her pitchfork with shield killing the most. Outside an enraged Adam and Lute watches as they’re being given an actual fight instead of a massacre.
Furious the 1st man destroys the shield, though barely any of his exorcists within are still alive for it. Seeing the one responsible Adam flies to deal with him. Despite being told to retreat and having no chance to win, Alastor is too proud/arrogant to run. At 1st the fight goes well for the Deer till his microphone is destroyed and slashed across the chest. Realising this is un winnable he retreats.
Down on the field with their shield lost its much more chaotic for the defenders. Charlie and Vaggie are fighting back to back, while Angel Dust rescues Frank the Egg Boi from being scrambled. Though it gets worse when Adam starts blasting holy magic. Realising they can’t win while the 1st man is attacking, the Snake makes a decision. After grabbing Cherri Bomb to declare his love with a kiss Sir Pentious rushes to his airship. Once aboard he moves to fire his death ray at the 1st man at point blank. Those watching are hopeful, though it’s soon shattered when Adam simply vaporises it.
Heartbroken and enraged at his loss Charlie unleashes her full form before calling for Vaggie to drop her on the roof and issuing Adam a challenge, face her 1-1 unless he’s a coward. He’s more than happy to oblige, meanwhile Lute follows her former onstage into the hotel. Vaggie remembers her father’s words and does as he said, fight dirty. She starts by throwing her spear at their foe, before her throwing knives, managing to land a hit on their shoulder while the rest are dodged or turned aside. Lute despite her arrogance is surprised to see them performing on her level. While her sword is bigger, Vaggie’s knife is better suited to the tighter confines and combined with her using every dirty trick possible plus the environment it’s a much more even fight than the 2nd expected. Thinking she’s won after driving her sword into her hand, Lute is shocked when Vaggie shoves it down to the blades hilt gripping the guard despite the pain. Even more unexpected is the hard stomach punch courtesy of her knuckle duster causing her to drop the sword. Not missing a beat the former exorcist removes it from her flesh and uses it to remove her former superiors arm. Lute lets out a short scream of pain before attempting to continue fighting, before said dusters are used to knock her out. Desperate to see if Charlie is on she flies to the roof.
The duel is going worse for Adam than he expected. Instead of the weak princess he expected, Charlie is both a skilled and vicious fighter who is not only venting her rage at the loss of her friend but the centuries of pain he’s caused to her people and personally to Vaggie. With shield protecting her, the princess strikes out viciously with their pitchfork driving the 1st man back and leaving him bloody when hit. Desperate he flies away, unleashing a massive burst of holy magic that bisects the Hotel. Vaggie who was already flying upwards catches the falling princess. Unbeknownst to Adam the pair use the dust as cover so her partner can cut his wings with a dive attack while a free falling Charlie punches him the face hard enough to send him shooting into the ground.
Exhausted, bleeding and enraged Adam emerges from the crater mask broken showing his face. His ego on full display he calls the pair a broken fuck up and a spoilt demon cunt, claiming that as the father of mankind the sinners present should be worshipping him while calling them ungrateful, disgusting losers. Till Niffty stabs him in the back and does so repeatedly for good measure. Lute awakens, horrified to see her commander is dead. With the threats of a recently arrived Lucifer combined with their losses and her own condition she reluctantly calls a retreat while grabbing Adam’s halo before following the few survivors to Heaven.
With the battle over Charlie proceeds to go through the ruins, grateful she sent Razzle, Dazzle, KeeKee and Fat Nuggets to her dads, breaking down upon seeing the banner for Sir Pentious 1st week. She believes that it was her fault for all the bloodshed if she’d been better at convincing Heaven. Lucifer for his part points out she’s the 1st person to actually change anything in Hell for 10,000 years and his own belief that she can complete her dream promising they can rebuild the damage along with owing it to her friends living or fallen along with all those she can help, reminding her how she changed his heart. This combined with the support of the others encourages her to keep going. With the Kings help they remake the Hotel even greater than before, with a painting to remember their fallen snake. Alastor reappears at this time after having a breakdown over his near death experience swearing to earn his freedom and rule over Hell, to the joy of everyone but Husk and Lucifer with Vaggie being suspicious of him.
Meanwhile as the news of Adam’s death and the exorcists defeat spreads, specifically Charlie’s part in it and how she beat the 1st man with Niffty killing him makes her a more respected figure among sinners. The Vees meanwhile are planning to use this power shift to their advantage to not only rule Hell but also avenge their humiliations upon the princess responsible.
In Heaven Sera is keeping an eye on an unhappy Emily when to their shock, the Snake Sinner from the trial reappears. Once it wears off the former is shocked while the latter is overjoyed.
On a secluded heaven beach Lute drops Adams halo at Liliths feet’s, telling her that he’s dead and that if she wants the deal to continue then they’d better deal with her bitch daughters hotel, displeasing the queen immensely for the threats/insults to her child.
Ok this is something I came up with after seeing a few similar pieces. TW: Child Abuse, Discussions of Mental Health, Trauma, PTSD, Racism, Homophobia, Mentions of SA and Rape, plus Valentino.
Over 4 years before the Hazbin Hotel pilot it was a sunny September day in LA. As people went about their lives a young Hispanic woman was relaxing in a coffee shop enjoying her day off. Her name Agata Motha. A beautiful muscular early 20s woman with beautiful dark skin and black hair with a single brown eye. The other had been lost last year in 2018 after an IED attack that caused her to be medically discharged from the marine corps. After not only recovering but learning to live with only 1 eye, Agata had started working at her uncles construction company. It was a small business but it had a good reputation and they made good money, with them grooming her to possibly take over. It was hard but honest work and let her stay active while working her body, though grateful she had the weekend to just relax discounting her workouts. That’s why she was in said coffee shop enjoying a cup to relax after a hard run. They didn’t realise how life changing it would be.
Agata was so focused on her coffee that she didn’t notice someone beside the table till they asked if they could join them. Looking up she saw it was who only be described as Angel. It was a tall blonde and blue eyed woman with the palest skin she’d ever seen. But the one thing that stood out was her smile, don’t get her wrong she was more beautiful than anyone Agata had ever seen but it was just how warm and loving it seemed that stood out. So distracted it took till the 3rd time for her to realise they were asking if she could join her as all the other tables were full. Flustered she quickly agreed. Thanks to her new companions chatty nature the 2 got to talking.
Agata thus learned her name was Charlie Morningstar, a college student studying Psychology and had started recently only arriving shortly before her classes started, so was trying to make some new friends and meet people. This lead to the veteran to reveal she was relaxing after a workout as it was her day off. During said talk the blonde revealed she was an only child while Agata was the oldest of several siblings, how she lost her eye and that Charlie after giving her condolences revealed she wanted to one day open a rehabilitation centre to help people improve people’s. Despite her normally more closed off nature to strangers Agata felt comfortable talking to the student. This led to Charlie asking if she’d like to go out to get to know each other that night, specifying just as friends. Agreeing despite the ache at her saying as friends, the veteran watched as they left before finishing their coffee and heading home.
After making it to the family home she started to get ready for tonight. Though Agata made the mistake of telling her family she was seeing a girl tonight. Her mom didn’t hesitate to ask details, her dad gave her a proud look and her youngest siblings started asking if they were girlfriends now with the older ones cracking jokes. Despite her family being supportive, the veteran remembered why she didn’t tell them details about her life when it came to women. Thankfully it stopped after explaining they were just meeting as friends but her parents still had a look in their eyes that could tell she was interested in being more with her.
The 2 met at a nice restaurant which was the 1st of several such meet ups that month. They got closer with them learning of each other’s jobs. Charlie admitted it made sense Agata worked construction considering her muscles who in turn was not surprised that she worked at a daycare. The veterans reason was along with being a family business where her uncle was training her to hopefully take over she liked using her muscles, while the student just loved kids and they in turn loved due to how innocent and sweet along with how they are so curious about the world. This led to them talking about their pasts with Charlie revealing her family were very rich so was quite sheltered before deciding to go achieve her dream, though it was obvious something had happened at home that wasn’t talked about, Agata revealed that her family while not rich weren’t poor saying it was a loving supportive environment, noticing a small glimmer of envy at that in their eyes. Upon hearing how she lost her eye the student didn’t hesitate to call the former marine brave which they tried to be humble about. It was during one of these meet ups that they learned that they both liked women, both looking at a sexy patron at a bar, Charlie revealed she was Bisexual with Agata being a lesbian, subtlety making the other both feel relieved.
After a month of being friends Charlie feels comfortable enough to invite Agata to her house. Based on the fact that she regularly pays for both along with being a more than generous tippet, they know the student likely has a lot of money. Upon seeing the home is a Tudor mansion, it proves she’s rich.
Charlie welcomes Agata in warmly, not noticing her lingering shock at how rich she probably is. The veteran notices that the inside reminds her of the student who lives there. It’s decorated in warm colours with soft furniture and a welcoming friendly atmosphere. Though Agata’s attention is soon taken by the sound of hooves on the wooden floor and baaing. This is how she meets Charlie’s Pygmy goats Razzle and Dazzle, the reddish furred goats looking at the stranger with curiosity. It doesn’t take long for her to fall to her knees, immediately scritching their heads and bellies over how cute they were, much to their and the students joy. Then the veteran feels something soft rubbing and purring against her leg, this introducing her to KeeKee the one eyed tuxedo cat. Cue more scritches and loud purring. Charlie made them both dinner, showing off her talent at cooking with Razzle and Dazzle being surprisingly effective at helping her. While waiting Agata saw several pictures of who she assumes are her family, with only one displaying who are obviously their mom and dad.
After a delicious meal they started to talk over wine in which Charlie revealed more about herself after Agata asked about her family. They revealed that the people in are her pictures are her aunts and uncles, with them revealing the reason why theirs only one of her parents. The student explains that her mom went missing 3 years ago and despite her best efforts they couldn’t find her. Her father thus isolated himself leaving her to deal with it all on their own without any help along him never supporting her dream really hurt her along with missing her mother thus losing both parents. As she’s obviously upset nearly crying Vaggie does her best to help her feel better along with the goat bois and cat who are on the couch with them rubbing against her. It works with Charlie thanking her friend giving the goats and cat treats with head scratches. She talks more about her happier family memories, like how her aunty bee and uncle Ozzy taught them how to bake and cook along with her uncle mammon giving her a massive fortune when she was born. Then her uncle Satan promised to murder anyone who hurt her and aunt Leviathan would ruin anyone who did as well. Then their aunt Belphegor who was a talented doctor in every field, which Agata thought was just exaggeration on her part. Though she does ask why Charlie moved away from home if they had a talented Dr like her aunt. The student is honest saying she just needed to get away from home for a while, though they do talk and Bel does visit to help her out with their work. Rather than head home the veteran decides to stay the night in one of the spare rooms. Upon hearing that Charlie’s mom and dad are called Lilith and Lucifer she wonders if her family are just alternative or in a demon cult.
The next morning at breakfast it’s a much lighter affair with them making light conversation. Here Charlie sheepishly admits she can’t drive as she’s used to being Chauffeured or walking so never learnt how. Agata for her part offers to teach her how, which results in the student picking her up for a hug, shocking them with their strength. After cleaning up the veteran headed home with even stronger feelings for the student
Over the next week they started driving practise. After a few incidents Charlie was able to get the hang of driving with Agata being a patient teacher. Her only real hurdle was the driving part as she was actually very good at the written aspect, though her friend did convince them that taking more time to prepare would be a good idea. The student took her advice and passed both on their 1st try just before Halloween. They spent the day before the holiday buying a car, as she didn’t really care about having an expensive or flashy car got a reliable one with Agata’s help. That was also when the student asked if the veteran would be interested in hanging out with her for Halloween which they agreed to. After they got the car Charlie revealed she’d made a costume for them both hoping she’d agree. Of course Agata asked how she got her measurements, they shrugged stating they looked at her clothes sizes when they were changing or in the shower at her place. Deciding not to point out that was a bit boundary crossing she agreed to be at Charlie’s place tmrw after work.
The next day Agata arrived to find Charlie had decorated her house even further, though she’d kept to the theme of fun and child friendly than outright scary. The student opened the door with a seemingly real pair of horns and tail in a red dress with black fringe and gold buttons on the chest. Her friend couldn’t believe it looked so real with Charlie blushing saying she’s really good at designing costumes. The veteran after entering found the adorable sight of Razzle and Dazzle in little tuxedos with capes while KeeKee was daring either of them to try putting her in a costume. After putting on an angel costume that included a dress made of actual silk and wings that felt like real feathers with a halo headband Agata was ready. After accepting her friend’s compliments, the veteran asked how she got it made with them shrugging saying she had her aunt Levi make it for her and send it once it was done. After that Agata was more impressed by the fact her friend had bought a massive supply of full size bars, the student arguing its Halloween everyone deserves full size candy.
They thus spend the next few hours giving out candy to the trick or treaters. Once word about the full size candy gets out, a line forms around the block, with the goat bois proving popular with kids being allowed to pet them if they were nice. Thankfully most of the trick or treaters child or adult are good as are the parents, though one mom complains about Charlie being dressed like a demon along with the length of her dress. The student rolls her eyes and gives her kids extra candy as an apology they have such a prudish busy body for a mom. Agata can’t help but laugh seeing her face as the door shuts in it.
Once all the trick or treaters head home they order a pizza and watch Halloween movies that aren’t scary at Charlie’s request. They both fell asleep on the couch watching Nightmare before Halloween, having had a great night.
In the week after that night Agata ends up meeting Charlie’s aunt Belphegor. She’s a tall woman with brown skin and white hair with eyes that seem lavender coloured. Her friend explains she’s here to check up on her studies and help them with anything they might need. Their introduction is cut short when the woman ends up falling onto the couch asleep. The student explains her aunt suffers from narcolepsy so after waking them up they start where they left off. After talking a bit with the Dr interesting in her lost eye. When her niece was out of the room Bel thanked Agata for being a good friend to Charlie considering how lonely she was before meeting her. After a meal where the medical professional managed to stay awake she had to be carried to bed. After that her niece regaled her friend with stories of how despite her aunts constant sleepiness they always made sure she was ok when with her, plus was great to nap with. The 2 soon found themselves falling asleep on the couch. Before saying goodbye Belphegor smirked at seeing the way they were intertwined before waking them up.
A few weeks later as Thanksgiving approaches Agata asks Charlie what she’s doing for it. To her shock the student reveals her family never celebrated it so this will be their 1st. Putting aside questions of why she’d never celebrated it the veteran immediately pointed out that being alone on Thanksgiving was bad enough but your on your 1st was unacceptable. Agata immediately invited her to their family’s Thanksgiving, not taking no for answer. Charlie said she would as long as her family were ok with it. Later that day Mrs Motha agreed to let her come, though she and the rest of her family joked about it being a bit early to introduce them to the family. The veteran simply went to her room, locked the door and called the student to let her know she was welcome to attend much to their joy.
Though bad luck struck. There was a problem with the oven and stove that despite her uncle using his contacts couldn’t get the parts to fix till after the holiday. As no one else had a place big enough to host it seemed like they’d have to cancel it. Agata called Charlie to let her know, but the student offered to let them use her place. Despite her protests that it was too much she refused to retract her offer and after informing her parents who after being assured that the place was big enough. Upon seeing it they realised there was more than enough space.
After getting an ecstatic welcome Agata’s family went their own ways. Her mom was joined by Charlie in the kitchen after showing her to it, despite her protestations was happy to have the help in the kitchen. As the rest of the family arrived the younger cousins found themselves playing with the very appreciative of the attention Razzle and Dazzle. KeeKee also liked the attention but made herself at home on the lap of the Motha family Abuela who liked having her there. The sports lovers including Agata’s dad, uncles and a few of her cousins made themselves at home in front of the large flatscreen. The rest were in one of the rooms catching up and gossiping.
After several hours dinner was ready. In that time Charlie had managed to make an impression on everyone, with Agata’s Abuela telling her they would never forgive them if they didn’t marry the student. The veteran blushed. The food was delicious as always, with their hosts apple pie being a new favourite with the student claiming it was an old family recipe. Some of the more gossipy members started asking questions about her family. Charlie claimed her family never celebrated it cause they never saw the point, Agata saved her by shutting down questions about her parents, though their names raised a few eyebrows. One of the cousins who was a priest asked the student if her family were religious with her claiming both her parents had a bad experience with religion. They then got into a friendly debate with Charlie pointing out the bible can’t exactly be unbiased considering when it was written and by who, arguing that Lilith was demonised for simply wanting to be treated as an equal, which the other women agreed was a fair point. He for his part admitted that as is often the case biases influenced the Old Testament to a degree. After the religious discussion ended and the food was done the guests and host resumed having fun. Seeing Charlie interacting with her family like she was a longtime member stirred feelings in Agata. Especially seeing her interactions with her toddler cousins, who loved her and vice versa. By the time her family left she was invited to Christmas. Overall it was a great night. Unfortunately the student enjoyed teasing the veteran with her cousins childish nickname for her, Vaggie. They swore to kill them for that.
As the weeks passed the focus moved from Thanksgiving to Christmas. Agata was busy trying to find gifts for her loved ones, then decorating the house and the rest of the holiday preparations. A week before Christmas she’s visiting Charlie who is telling her about all the things they’re doing at daycare for the holiday, when something on the news catches the veterans eye. Multiple charities including homeless shelters, women’s shelters, children’s hospitals and etc. have recently reported anonymous donations of $100,000 each. They look at the student who looks a bit sheepish before moving on asking about the party her family are throwing. The veteran doesn’t let her wriggle out of it and gets her to admit the truth. Charlie explains that her aunt supported her coming to the surface on the condition that she keep a low profile, so donating lots to charities fulfils her desire to help people, doing it anonymously also lets her keep the promise. While dealing with the fact that the student is not only rich enough to throw around that amount of cash, but chose to use it to help people without any care about the credit made her respect and unsurprisingly love her even more. The veteran simply told them she did a very good thing before moving back into discussing the party details.
The party took place on Christmas Eve. Charlie arrived early as she promised to help Mrs Motha with making the food, Razzle and Dazzle happily curling up next to the fire while KeeKee found herself snuggled into Abuela Motha once again. Everyone is following El-Estreno and wearing something new even their guest who researched about El-Salvadoran holiday customs. As she’d looked up ahead of time how to make them, Charlie proved an adept helper in making all the food they needed for themselves and their neighbours who showed up unannounced. Then the family went to mass, with the student staying behind to keep an eye on things making sure the food was perfect. After a delicious meal they gathered for the fireworks they always set off. Charlie especially loved that part of the festivities. Before everyone headed home they decided to open the gifts. While everyone got what they wanted, it was their guest who stole the show by getting everyone something they really wanted. This made the family love her even more.
The remainder of the year was quiet as Charlie had explained to Agata she had to take a trip and wouldn’t be home till after the new year. Sad they would be gone but understanding it was something she had to do, the veteran wished her a good trip. Despite how nice her family’s party was, they still wished Charlie was by her side, even if it embarrassed her to admit especially during the part where everyone kissed.
Unfortunately with the beginning of the year they got reports about a new virus in China, though they hoped it wouldn’t spread.
Time flew till Valentine’s Day. During that holiday the 2 genuinely hated seeing other women and men in Charlie’s case flirting with them. This got worse when the 2 went out for galantine’s day, 1st for a meal then a drink after. They were both sent drinks by multiple people. Agata sent back every one as she wasn’t interested and with some friendly coaxing so did Charlie, much to their admirers disappointment. For Valentine’s Day itself they spent the day at the students place, watching cheesy romcoms with the veteran laughing at some of the plots, though Charlie defended them as while yes being unrealistic they’re just stories that make people smile. They ordered some Chinese food and enjoyed sharing some chocolates the student bought. They then talk about all the people who asked them out for that night. Charlie’s were mostly single dads and some moms from the daycare, with a few of Agata’s customers or people they’d met in daily life. After gorging themselves on chocolates, Chinese and wine they fell asleep in each other’s arms.
Over the next few weeks things go as normal till one day Agata arrives at Charlie’s place to find her looking deep in thought. Upon being alerted to her presence the student asks her friend for some advice. There’s been a girl at the day care who she’s seen wince like when you put pressure on a bruise. The veteran guesses she suspects abuse. Her friend reveals yes and wants to know she thinks is the right course of action, as she knows reporting it to her manager is the official action but what if she’s wrong and ends up traumatising the kid. Agata understands what Charlie is saying but points out that she has a duty of care to report her suspicions and if she’s wrong at least they’d be sure it wasn’t happening. The next day the student did as her friend advised and informed their manager. They call the police, discovering bruises on her arms and back. The girl reveals tearfully that her mommy hits her when they get mad and threatened them not to tell her daddy. The police go to arrest her while the day care calls him. He’s obviously horrified and heartbroken he had no idea this was happening, there’s been a big project at work he was in charge of so he’s been distracted having to work late and leave early. The cunt reveals she was angry that her husband was neglecting her and thus took it out on their daughter, even revealing she regrets having her and only did so he wouldn’t leave her.
Afterwards she’s quickly charged with child abuse and denied bail. Her husband promptly divorces her getting everything including sole custody with his ex forbidden from coming near their daughter. They both thank Charlie for following her instincts and preventing the cunt from doing further harm. The move not only makes her popular among the other parents, but gets her interviewed on the news as a human interest story. The 2 of them are watching tv at Charlie’s place when Agata notices Charlie is looking unsure again. After some prompting they reveal they just don’t understand how anyone could do that to a child, especially their own mother who carried them for 9 months and brought her into the world. The Veteran is honest, telling the student that while every kid deserves parents, not every parent deserves a kid. It’s obvious they only wanted a baby to not get divorced. Hell even one or both parents who wanted a child can end up being bad or terrible by not providing them the support and love they need or abusing them in some ways, even horrific ones. Agata simply explains that while parents do make mistakes, the good or those who try to be actually try to fix them. And sadly outside circumstances like trauma, addiction etc can cause them to harm their kids even if they don’t mean to. Unless they or their adult kids take the step to fix things it can leave the relationship permanently destroyed, though she adds that only if the parents are willing to admit their mistakes with real efforts to be better, plus if the kids are willing to give them that chance. And they aren’t owed forgiveness if their children don’t want to or can’t.
Charlie doesn’t say anything for a bit just absorbing her words. Then she thanks Agata before revealing more about her parents. How they used to sing her to sleep, play with her and take her out. Lucifer would take her to see the ducks in the pond, Lilith would play dress up and they’d both take her to his theme park. That her mom always supported her dream, even while dad didn’t. Overall she’s asking the veteran if she should forgive her dad for abandoning them after they lost mom and not supporting their dream considering he was a great dad once. Agata is honest telling Charlie that even if Lucifer does sincerely apologise and make actual efforts to make things up to her, it’s up to them if they want to forgive and allow him another chance. The student swallows those words before pulling them into a hug, thanking her for being a great friend. Neither of them wanted to admit how good the hug felt, especially for the veteran along with her words.
Though the world would soon change as the COVID virus started spreading and causing mayhem. After the city issued its stay at home order things were changed. Charlie was unable to attend work or go to physical classes while Agata was forced to stay home, her uncle unable to work. While grappling with the awful events and news the 2 kept in touch via Zoom, text and Phone. It stayed like that till things calmed down and vaccines started being given, though even if they had to be careful it was nice to be in each others physical presence.
Life continued on. Charlie continued her studies with Bel visiting to make sure she was doing her best, along with checking up on things with her friend. Agata also furthered her time at her uncles company, dodging the many questions of when she’ll ask her princess out. The 2 themselves continued growing their friendship while trying to not risk it with feelings they didn’t know would be returned.
As they couldn’t properly celebrate Easter Charlie wanted to do something special for her class so after clearing it with her manager and the parents especially making sure they were all vaccinated, planned a special egg hunt at her house. The students along with Agata’s family were invited, with the latter laughing ear to ear seeing her dressed in a fluffy Easter bunny costume. The veteran lamented why she agreed to this before seeing the student in a suit smiling in a way that warmed her heart. Though she was not the only one in costume with the goat bois donning their tuxes from Halloween with the addition of bunny ears carrying baskets of candy. The cyclops cat happily curled in Abuela Motha’s lap again.
The egg hunt went well, as while Charlie didn’t want to make it too easy she didn’t want the kids to get upset and not find any so there were plenty of eggs for everyone. The kids had fun as did the adults with the food and drink with the games plus the hunt helping to make it a great day. Unfortunately someone had to try and spoil it. One of the Motha cousins had brought a friend of hers, who upon seeing Charlie’s house saw that she had money and immediately hated her for it. They started with sly digs asking how she got the money or how it must be so nice not having to work for cash. The student chose to ignore the obvious insults but when she went too far by accusing her of being a spoilt brat that proved too far. The Motha’s immediately called her out for being such a bitch to Charlie considering that she’s a genuinely nice person. They point out that not only did she set this up for the kids at the daycare, but invited their family around to have fun too. Also mentioned is how she let Motha’s host Thanksgiving at her place when they had no other option, got them great Christmas presents and most of all saved a kid from her abusive mother. The cousin who invited her also called her friend a hypocrite cause when have they ever even donated to a charity instead of just retweeting what celebs say or sad posts online. Thoroughly cowed they leave. The cousin of course apologises to their host, but she simply says they didn’t do anything plus stood up for her so has nothing to apologise for. Thankfully none of the kids noticed and they were able to resume having a great time.
Later on after all the kids and their families went home, the Motha’s and Charlie sat down to a delicious meal. The cousin revealed that after her friend refused to apologise she ended things. No one is really sad to hear that and instead focus solely on having a good time. After desert everyone heads home, except for Agata who stays the night. After talking about how much fun they both had, especially with how the veteran wore a bunny suit, they offhandedly responded they’d love to see the student in one. Realising what was said they both blush before heading to bed trying to forget about it. Though of course they don’t.
Things continue with the 2 growing closer as friends and living their lives, Agata working at her uncles company and working out, while Charlie continues her studies and job at the daycare.
For a late July 4th the Motha family’s neighbourhood was throwing a party to celebrate especially as the limits on them were ended, so Agata invited Charlie. She volunteered to help Mrs Motha make the food they were bringing and went to the store to pick up what they needed. Unfortunately this would give the student a taste of one of the worst aspects of humanity.
As the 2 went into the store they encountered a man wearing a rather recognisable bit of red and white headwear with a non-mask covering and a shirt denouncing vaccines as fake. He started by asking if Mrs Motha spoke English and was worried about being deported. She responded in perfect English that she was a citizen. As expected this doesn’t stop him harassing them even after Charlie firmly tells him to leave them alone. He goes to follow them as they head to checkout, which made the student decide she’d had enough. Charlie picks him up by the throat slamming him into one of the displays, shocking not just him but everyone else watching. With a dangerous look in her eyes she tells him in no uncertain terms that unlike a hateful worthless bit of scum like him who likes to use his so called privilege to feel good about himself and superior despite the fact he’s likely never done a damn worthwhile thing in his life, unlike the daughter of the woman he’s been racially abusing who lost her eye in Afghanistan making her worth 3 times his pathetic self, before warning him to leave them alone before she makes him regret it. He just stands there shocked as she walks to Mrs Motha. Before they can head to pay the manager who’d been watching lets them know they can have it on the house, as an apology. The 2 soon left as they just wanted to leave.
In the car Mrs Motha can see that Charlie is troubled, so pulls over suggesting they get lunch. In the cafe it’s quiet till the student asks why did she just walk away. The older woman thus proceeds to explain to Charlie she and by extension the rest of the family have to face something like that regularly, though it’s often in small ways. This causes the student to remember certain instances like that she overlooked, though this causes her to ask once more why they just walked away. Mrs Motha explains that as much as she’d like to get angry it wouldn’t change anything and in many cases just make her look like the instigator to the authorities and others, so her only option is to simply not let it get to her. Charlie still points out it’s not fair or right which they agree with but state this is simply the world they live in. Before they leave she thanks Charlie for standing for her, glad that her daughter has friend like her. This warms the students heart, but isn’t happy to hear them request they don’t tell the family so it doesn’t ruin the party. Despite her own wishes she acquiesces.
The party goes very well with everyone having fun, even Charlie despite her conflicting emotions about what her talk with Mrs Motha. Though after being told Agata is both furious it happened and grateful her friend stepped in to defend her mother, though is also frustrated that she just tried to let him get away with it. Charlie after thinking it over defends them by saying she’s likely so used to it and knowing little would actually change feels there’s no point. The veteran agrees even if she’s still pissed it happened. The 2 decide to just take it easy and try to stop being pissed off.
Over the next few months the friends grow closer. As school is out Charlie takes a few trips even convincing Agata to join her, though they refuse to let them pay for her thus limiting their trips to a weekend in the mountain with a week in Las Vegas being the most extravagant trip they took. They also made sure to make time for each other when they were finished with work. The student even joined the Motha’s on their annual trip to the beach out of town for a week. The veteran is sure her family put them in a single room to try and drive them together. While it didn’t then, it certainly helped.
Shortly before the 1 year anniversary of them meeting Agata was helping Charlie get ready for the start of her 2nd year of College. During which she mentioned how she had started looking for an apartment, as while she loved her family they just needed a place to themselves. This causes the student to suggest they move in with her. The veteran obviously tries to refuse but is unable to argue as it’s a great offer. The place is big so lots of room along with being very nice, plus they know each so no weird possible roommates. An added benefit is they can move in whenever they want. The only issue is that Agata would feel guilty not paying rent, Charlie instead suggests she just over the groceries which they agree works. After working out the finer details it’s agreed she’ll move in the next few days.
Agata’s family are of course sad to see her go, especially her siblings considering she’s their big sister. Her parents of course understand she needs to start her life as an independent adult. They’re also hoping this will finally get them together.
So after choosing her room and packing up all the stuff she wants to bring, Agata is fully moved in by the time of what Charlie dubs as their anniversary. To celebrate both it and the move being finished, the student suggests they order takeout, watch a movie and eat ice-cream which the veteran went along with knowing she had no chance of changing her mind. After a very enjoyable night the two are talking about funny things they went through. Charlie says something that causes Agata to try and push her down on the couch, the student laughing as they play fought. Though the veteran being on top of her stirred repressed feelings in both. Before they knew it their lips met and stayed that while for a while. Then more which were hungrier and more passionate. Without any warning Charlie picked Agata up, as no protests were given she carried them up to her room where things reached the natural conclusion.
After a very enjoyable and heated encounter the couple lay in bed, Agata resting on Charlie’s bare chest. The veteran is soaking in the aftermath of not only the joint confession but their intimacy, the student though is deep in thought feeling a mix of joy and guilt. Unaware of her partners inner turmoil, Agata says that she’s been feeling that way about them for nearly as long as they’ve known each other so is glad they feel the same. Despite the strange mix of emotions roiling around inside her that makes Charlie smile, though upon hearing the Veteran reveal that not only are they their 1st girlfriend but also at physical partner the guilt surges.
Without warning Charlie gets out of bed, worrying Agata, before turning to face her. The look on her face is a mix of determination and remorse as she reveals to the veteran theirs something they’ve been keeping secret from them. In barely a second the veteran sees the students true form. Unnaturally pale skin, yellow and red eyes, black lips with rosy red cheeks though the most striking features are her goat legs, black spade tail and large horns coming out the top of her head. They simply listen as their partner reveals the truth about themselves. Not only is Charlie a demon, but the princess of Hell as the daughter of Lucifer and Lilith Morningstar it’s King and Queen. They explain that they were honest about her mom going missing and the stuff with her dad, but there’s a lot more to it she’ll explain later. For now they reveal they felt guilty enough lying to her friend, but now that they’re together and hearing what they said about being her 1st in 2 pretty big ways they just couldn’t keep lying to them. The princess says she understands if they want to leave promising no hard feelings or harm towards her. There’s an agonising silence as Agata does nothing but lay in bed and look at her shocked, Charlie of course terrified what she’ll say or do next. To her surprise the veteran gets up to kneel in front of them and starts praying under her breath. Worried/confused they ask what she said. Agata looks up at Charlie with a look of pure adoration, revealing that she was thanking god for letting her be with someone as perfect and divine as his granddaughter. There is a silence again before a tearful princess pulls her lover into their arms, weeping tears of joy that they’ve not only not been rejected, but called such wonderful things. Agata does her best to comfort them till eventually they fall asleep together, human in the arms of demon.
The next morning Charlie awoke to find Agata still in her arms just staring at her lovingly. Blushing and overjoyed to find out it wasn’t a dream she asks how they slept. The veteran responded very well considering she had a very cute warm and soft goat lady to cuddle with. Blushing the student admitted she was worried being part goat would put her off, though her lover responds it makes her cuter as they rub her face into their leg fur making them blush. Agata asks how the fur is so soft and smells so good, Charlie responds she uses a special shampoo and conditioner for Baphomet demons. At the questioning look she realises theirs a lot she hasn’t explained to them so offers to do so over breakfast.
After getting dressed, though Agata stops Charlie from shifting back into her disguise, explaining she loves all of her and doesn’t want them to hide any part of herself. Cue a tearful hug from a grateful princess they head downstairs.
Once they reach the bottom Razzle, Dazzle and KeeKee see Charlie in her true form, this switch themselves. Agata is shocked to see the goat bois flying and wearing suits while the cat has turned into a cyclops with one large eye. After her bodyguards/companions spend a good 5 minutes hugging her girlfriend with the cat happily rubbing against her leg she asks the 2 to get started on breakfast. While they wait the veteran does question why she doesn’t have her horns or tail out, the princess explains they only come out when she’s really emotional or wants them to, they just thought it was a good touch. The 1st question is what the 3 of her companions are. Charlie explains that KeeKee was created to keep her company, while Razzle and Dazzle were former toys of hers that her dad brought to life to protect as well as be loyal companions. Both before and long after breakfast had been served the princess answered her partners questions about Hell till early afternoon. Agata is intrigued to hear the true story of how her dad fell, she really can’t blame Lilith for not wanting to be with a man that didn’t respect her, along with sympathy for trying to help Eve despite what happened. When Charlie reveals the truth of the extermination she’s honest and admits that while she understands why they’d be upset about her people being murdered many wouldn’t exactly call purging the worst of the worst a bad thing. The princess flinches before admitting she’s got a point, but then asks if people who stole just to survive, had to prostitute themselves or do other bad things just to survive deserved to be permanently killed. The veteran admits they don’t, being horrified that Heaven doesn’t discriminate between the worst and the desperate. Here Charlie thus reveals the reason why she came up here, to get a psych degree to open a hotel that can redeem sinners and get them into Heaven. Agata asks if that’s ever happened, the princess deflates a little but points out just because it hasn’t yet doesn’t mean it isn’t possible. Her partner admits that’s fair as lots of things were thought to be impossible. Charlie excitedly asks if she thinks it’s possible, Agata points out she didn’t think demons existed so to her anything is possible. After another hug that nearly choked her, the veteran asked why Lucifer doesn’t believe in her dream. The princess deflates before explaining that her dad doesn’t care about sinners, seeing them as proof of his mistake in letting evil into the world and agreed to the exterminations as he didn’t care if they lived or died since if they chose to sin they have it coming. They used to be close but after her mom disappeared and he locked himself away along with not supporting her dream she decided to just leave to learn how to make it happen. Charlie didn’t realise she was crying till Agata was wiping away the tears while hugging her along with Razzle and Dazzle with KeeKee rubbing her face against theirs. Her partner thus asked if she was ok and if she wanted to talk about something else which the princess appreciated.
After letting her take a moment Agata listened as Charlie talked about her aunts and uncles, the sins. She already guessed that Belphegor was likely a demon but one of the kings of hell still shocked her. Though the fact she was a giant sheep softened the shock a bit. The forms of the other sins also made sense, though she wondered why Beelzebub was a bug canine mix with the princess shrugging that’s just the form she wound up with. After hearing about the rings she decides that the ones she’d most likely prefer were Gluttony for the food and drink with Envy for the beaches along with them being the safest. Lust if she and Charlie wanted a night out. They spent the next couple hours listening to the stories of royal antics with the sins. Highlights include nearly burning down Bees palace while trying to make her breakfast in bed at age 7 and apparently almost causing Mammons murder when she was a baby after saying cunt when he returned her from being babysit. The stories make them both laugh with the princess hoping to introduce her to them, which obviously causes the veteran obvious concern though she hides it.
The conversation moves onto the hellborn. Agata is not surprised to hear that the different races are discriminated against for different reasons. Imps are seen as dumb muscle, Hellhounds as little more than animals and Succubi/Incubi as little more than sluts. Charlie does admit opinions about them vary with Bel, Ozzy and Bee being on the better side of treating them, with Satan, Mammon and sometimes Levi. They can sympathise as some of her older relatives have certain outdated opinions themselves. Once they realise the time they get started on dinner, letting the bois take a break after making breakfast and lunch. After they decide to stop talking and just relax, Charlie putting on one of her favourite movies from Hell. It was a musical about a young Succubus deciding between a wealthy Baphomet businessman or her childhood imp woman to court. It ends with the 3 in a happy polyamorous relationship. The veteran isn’t surprised it’s a musical but is by the casual nudity, suggestive situations and in her opinion excessive cursing. Even more so upon hearing it’s the Earth equivalent of PG13. The princess clarifies it’s from Lust, which makes sense. Once it’s done they head to bed. As they’re getting ready they agree that while they’ll each have their own room still as they’ve only just started dating even if they still sleep together. The couple spend the night in Charlie’s room again as Agata’s still needs to properly moved into. They curl up into each other, the princess being warm enough the veteran doesn’t need the covers to sleep.
Over the next week they settle into their status as girlfriends. Agata after getting up early for her runs is the one who makes breakfast, allowing the princess to wake up to the smell of fresh brewed coffee, sizzling bacon, scrambled eggs and fresh pancakes. Charlie for her part would spoil the veteran by making her very delicious lunches at work with little notes, despite the jokes from co-workers it was worth it.
On the 7th day as they hadn’t had their 1st date yet they started discussing ideas. To Charlie’s surprise Agata suggested a place in hell. She admitted she was intrigued to see the place where the princess came from plus they’ve been on earth so much it only seems fair to let her spend time at home. While the princess is ecstatic at the chance to show their girlfriend hell, she knows it can be dangerous so lets her know she doesn’t have to do it just for them. The veteran promises she’s sure, which results in Charlie picking her up into a hug and twirling her around the room before promising they’ll have the best time. They agree to do it on the next Saturday as they’ll have the day and free to do whatever they want.
In the days leading up to their date the couple are jointly excited and terrified at finally going on their 1st date. Agata’s family after letting their joy be known at them getting together start to help them prepare. Mrs Motha calls a few of her sisters and nieces to help them get an outfit together the day before. After hearing it’ll be during the day and in a hot place they decide on a lavender skirt with a matching light top, with light makeup as less is more. On Charlie’s side she calls up her aunt Leviathan for advice. After letting her know how jointly happy she is that they’ve called along with being hurt they haven’t called in nearly a year though lets it go quickly once they’ve apologised and is very intrigued to hear they need fashion advice. They open a portal straight to the house to get to work. After getting the details, joking that they take after her father in falling for a human much to her nieces embarrassment, they get to work. They decide on a nice red sundress that won’t make her too warm and shows off her figure. Though Charlie omits its in Gluttony let alone Hell as she knows her aunt would likely try to keep an eye on them if not introduce herself to Agata and size her up. With everything ready the couple go to bed that night looking forward to tmrw morning.
After waking up and getting ready separately in their rooms, Razzle helping Charlie and Dazzle helping Agata, they meet in the living room. After taking a moment to take in what their partner looks like, they give each other sincere compliments before the princess opens the portal to hell. They offer their partner a hand and guide her through after kissing it.
Despite having been told over the week leading up to the occasion being told about the ring, Agata is still shocked to see Gluttony with her own eyes. Just like Charlie described the buildings are built like beehives out of glass and metal. The sky is a bright yellow with the climate being a tropical one, warmer than LA but not too hot, with palm trees and similar flora with lots of different insects fluttering about. She’s pulled out of observations by the princess asking what they think, happy when the veteran admits she likes what she’s seen of it so far. Though she freezes upon seeing her 1st hellhound, a very pretty golden retriever who sees the woman staring at her and assumes she’s simply a disguised hound who’s interested so blows her a kiss before running after seeing a very unhappy princess. Charlie thus pulls Agata’s arm to start their date.
They start by walking down the Main Street with Charlie getting them both some cold slushies for the heat. Agata can’t believe just how good it is, calling it the best she’s ever had, a smirking princess reminding her that the ring is considered the best for food and drink for a reason. After showing the human some of the flora and fauna in the park, then a walk up to the top of one of the viewing platforms to look out at the ring. Charlie then found them a cafe to have some delicious brunch at. After a few more hours of sightseeing the couple sat down and watched the night come in. Not long after they portalled back home after getting some takeout for dinner. The couple both agree that it was great, with Agata hoping Charlie could show her the other rings , along with her native one. The princess smiles admitting she’s looking forward to it. After a delicious meal they fall asleep on the couch together, the goat bois joining them after draping a blanket on them with KeeKee.
Back in Hell the return of their princess, along with Agata who she forgot to disguise is big news. The multiple pictures and video taken by bystanders is rife for legitimate news and paparazzi. Some simply think they’re a Succubus or Hellhound using their human disguise, but that’s shot down quickly as being ridiculous. The only remaining option is that it’s a human. This of course fuels further speculation about who she is and how they met. More than a few point out the fact Charlie and Lucifer have a taste for human women. The sins obviously hear about this and set up a meeting.
At said meeting Belphegor puts them at peace by revealing where Charlie’s been and who her partner is. While relieved she’s ok, their pissed off Bel kept it from them, even Leviathan who’d helped their niece prepare wasn’t surprised it was a human woman, but was still as pissed as the rest along with being envious Charlie trusted them to know where she was. Though they are all of course curious about this human that she’s dating. The sin of sloth explained they were friends 1st then started dating along with her background. Satan for his part approved she was ex-military but like the rest of his brothers and sisters still wanted to meet Agata to make sure she was right for their niece. Bel agreed and suggested her place after the others argued their homes would be the best place, thankfully convincing them before ending the meeting.
Bel arrives at Charlie’s house, appearing in her room with the couple embracing in their sleep. She wakes them up by pouring freezing water on the couple, after the panicked screams 1st due to that and the shock of seeing the sin who tells them to get dressed. In the living room Belphegor doesn’t hesitate to call Charlie out for her stupidity in not giving Agata a disguise, revealing the multiple pictures, headlines and tv discussions from back in Hell. Embarrassed and regretful the princess apologises claiming she was so excited she just forgot, her aunt wasn’t having it reminding Charlie that could’ve gotten her girlfriend hurt or worse, she’s not a little girl who can fix her problems by saying sorry but over 200 years old even if she looks 20 and acts half that asking how she could make her dream happen if she can’t even use basic common fucking sense. That hit her niece particularly hard which caused Agata to defend her by stating she should’ve asked about a disguise but was too distracted by both excitement and anxiety to do so, arguing half the blame falls on her. The sin isn’t having it arguing that as her niece took her to Hell, this the responsibility of her safety thus disguising them falls entirely on Charlie. Then she drops another bombshell that in order to calm her siblings down they had to inform them about where they are and who Agata is. Along with joy she’s safe and anger Bel hid it from them they want to meet their girlfriend. The couple freeze with Charlie trying to protest before Bel cuts her off, telling her this her own fault for her childishness lack of responsibility and stupidity that this isn’t a request but an order. They will arrive at her palace in sloth that Friday, an hour before the sins arrive even if she has to drag them there herself. Accepting they have no choice the 2 ask what time before Bel starts to leave, though 1st she heals the humans eye. There’s shock as Agata can’t believe she’s got it back with the sin claiming that as she knows the truth there was no point in not healing it. Then she left, leaving the couple feeling a mix of things. Charlie feels guilt and shame for forgetting such a key detail as a disguise along with the fact that her aunt called her out for it, though Agata getting her eye back added joy to the mix. The human in question while feeling bad for her princesses dressing down by the sin was still in massive shock at getting back a part of herself she never thought they would. It was a helluva way to wake up on a Sunday morning.
Over the next week the couple prepared. Charlie prepped Agata by giving her as much as she knew about her aunts and uncles. Who to worry about, who would be fine and what they all liked and disliked. This resulted in the human taking detailed notes and reviewing everything. They both fell asleep at the dinner table doing so several times that week till eventually it was Friday.
As bel told them they arrived at the palace 2 hours early instead of 1. A Baphomet butler let them in, Agata couldn’t help but stare as it was her 1st time seeing one up close though quickly shook herself out of it. The human noticed that along with being a very calming environment it smelt of lavender, which fit the sin of sloth. This was also the 1st chance she had to see her in their true sheep form via the multiple portraits of her either alone, with family or hellborn likely to be important or valued underlings. The couple soon arrived at what could be considered the ballroom, with the Sin sleeping against a wall. Waking her up was routine for the princess, upon doing so her aunt thanked them for being early. Using her powers she put them both in new clothes. Charlie was wearing a gown she often wore for important occasions in sloth, it was in the Morningstar colours. Agata found herself in a similar lavender gown with the Morningstar crest on her breast to show her connection to the princess.
The next 2 hours were spent planning how to win over or at least convince the more difficult sins Agata was good for Charlie. Though they did have to wake the sheep up several times, as even though Bel did her best to stay awake as the sin of sloth she could only do so for so long. Even though the human had gone over everything she remembered and the notes she took, still felt woefully unprepared. Then the sins started arriving.
1st was Azmodeus, the 3 headed rooster adding his usual showmanship to the entrance as did the others with flames shooting out of his portal before turning into fireworks. Beelzebub arrived with a geyser of Beelzejuice that turned into cotton candy. Mammon an explosion of gold. Leviathan in a burst of water and Satan through a geyser of flames. Bel whispers they’re doing this to remind Agata that’s only a fraction of their power. After they each hug their beloved niece they let her know how hurtful it was that she didn’t tell anyone except Belphegor. Charlie apologises, explaining she just needed some space away from Hell after mom then dad and knew that they were all busy with their own rings along with lives, even admitting she felt bad enough just involving the sheep and didn’t want to burden them. Understanding now they all point out that she’s ever a burden, she’s their niece and they adore her so helping them is never even a question. After a tearful 2nd round of hugs they noticed Agata who their niece happily introduced them to. Her girlfriend whispered in her ear she’d only have to deal with Mammon, Satan and Levi threatening her tonight, Ozzy, Bee and Bel would do it later when things calmed down. This earned a look with the princess clarifying with the latter 3 it was more to do with reputation and formality, as even though they think she’s good for them if they didn’t it would make the 3 look soft. Agata could understand that even if she wasn’t happy about it.
Wanting things to go well they started with Ozzy. He was as sweet and friendly as you’d expect. As he was able to taste their feelings for each other, not just lust but true love he smiled and welcomed her to the family making it known he was glad Charlie had someone she could rely on. Bee was similar due to tasting their pheromones. Then Mammon. The sin of Greed started by promising to pour molten gold down her throat if they ever hurt Charlie, before asking Agata to do some adds for him. Leviathan was an interesting case. Her human head was much friendlier, even though she was part of promising to drown her forever while being eaten by piranhas for hurting her niece, while the serpentine head was much more dismissive and rude. Satan was the most terrifying as he didn’t need to say anything to scare her. Agata dealt with them thusly. The Prince of greed she said she’d do a few as long as she like the product and got a fair cut along with it not being harmful, he was impressed by her negotiating skills. Envy she won over by complimenting her dress they made for Halloween and how lucky she feels having something so masterful made by such majestic hands, thus saying her sin and making the snake like head at least receptive to her. Wrath it was a more honest conversation. Agata pointed to her honour as a soldier, explaining that she lost her eye saving a comrade and that she would die before allowing harm to come to their shared loved one. This seemed to earn his grudging respect. The night went smoothly after that till the topic of Lucifer came up. The room went cold with Agata noticing a mix of sad and angry looks on the sins faces, with Charlie following suit. The human thus quickly diverts the conversation asking her girlfriend if she wants to tell her family about Halloween. Bee then pipes up that she thought their costumes looked great, laughing about how that Karen looked when Charlie put her in their place. The room goes quiet when said princess points out she never said anything about that, Agata only met the sin tonight and this is the 1st they’ve mentioned it as Bel never said anything about that night either. Everyone in the room starts eyeing the Queen of gluttony as she steadily gets more nervous.
After attempting to 1st bluff then flee, Beelzebub finally admits that she’s been using her powers to keep an eye on Charlie through flies. She is of course enraged, it not being helped when her aunt promised they didn’t watch when they were intimate. The princess is furious to know how she could violate her privacy and trust like that, which seems to set the sin off. Bee laughs asking what Trust, considering she only decided to tell Belphegor where she was going and keep in contact with. Charlie falters claiming she just needed to get away from Hell, their aunt scoffs asking they didn’t think that included her family, at least the ones who didn’t abandon her or go missing. The room tenses as the princess hotly shoots back she didn’t abandon them, she just didn’t want to distract them while running their rings with the king have secluded himself. This earns another laugh with how would letting them know or visits distract them. Bee then claims that Charlie was just being selfish, only focusing on what she wants regardless of how it affects the people around them being exactly like Lucifer did when he abandoned her. The room goes dead cold, even the transformed princess of Hell and queen of Gluttony are in full demon form. It’s like that for a few moments till Charlie turns to face her aunts and uncles, face softening as she asks if that’s how they all feel. The answer is how all of them even Bel refuse to look her in the eye. After a moment to process it she opens a portal and walks through ignoring any calls for her to stay, with Agata following closely behind leaving the forlorn sins behind including an especially remorseful Queen Bee.
Back on Earth Agata finds a tearful Charlie sat on their bed with the goat bois and KeeKee in her lap. They speak 1st asking if what Bee said is true. Taking a moment to think it over the human realises honesty while painful is the best way forward admits that in a way yes. She explains that while the princess can be very kind, compassionate and generous, but can be so focused on what she thinks is right it can end up ignoring what the people she’s trying to help want. After a moment of silence Charlie quietly states she genuinely thought that leaving and not telling anyone but Bel was the right choice, to not burden them. But she admits that while it is largely the truth, realises that a part of it was that less time spent with her family meant fewer reminders of what she lost when mom disappeared then dad locking himself away. Agata rather than say anything simply hugs the princess and wipes her tears away. After a few minutes they both agree that while Charlie needs to have a conversation with the sins, tonight has been exhausting and they need to rest quickly falling asleep while entwined in their clothes.
The next day with Belphegors help they gather the sins once more. Here Charlie admits that while she did genuinely have good intentions, she realised that after talking with Agata that it was partially motivated by selfishness though they do understand upon hearing what those reasons were. The princess promises that she won’t abandon them again and will make an effort to be more involved with them like she used to along. Cue more tears and hugs along with sins letting their niece know theirs no hard feelings, though Bee still apologised for spying on her which they appreciated. The family was starting to heal. The fact this was facilitated by their nieces human girlfriend certainly helped improve their opinions of them, even if Ozzy and his sisters of Sloth and Gluttony did due their required promises of torment they let the veteran know she was welcome in the family much to her joy, confusion and slight fear.
Over the next few weeks Charlie started spending time with her aunts and uncles to make up for lost time. Agata was surprised she was also invited though the princess explained it was cause they like her now, as by helping them realise she had screwed up had proven herself as a good partner for their niece.
With Ozzy he brought them to his club and gave them VIP seats for there to see the best shows. Despite how shocking it was to see so much, “adult” activity done so openly in the ring Agata had fun. They also met Fizz, even before they told them it was obvious they were a couple. When she asked why it was a secret it didn’t surprise her to hear it was because a lot of people wouldn’t be happy an imp was dating a sin. Charlie herself wasn’t happy about even if she understood why they wanted to keep it quiet. Despite that the 2 found the imp a funny sweet man just like the king of lust. They also loved his pets, the princess especially adored precious.
Next was Bee. The couple arrived at her place to find it in still in the aftermath of a party she threw the night before. The sin for her part was very happy to see them and flew them to her kitchen. Here they met Vortex who was a pretty friendly guy. While Bee cooked breakfast the hound revealed they met at one of her parties when he stopped some prick from spiking a girl. That got the lady interested and things went from there. While things were great the couple admitted the only downside was all the people not happy about a hellhound dating one of the top royalty but they ignored it. Another example of Hells discrimination against hellborn for the human. After breakfast they spent the day seeing the sights of Gluttony, shopping and going to a few bakeries which were delicious. Overall they had a great day.
Upon returning home Agata asked Charlie if people were talking about them in Hell. The princess froze before admitting yes and some of it was bad. Their reason was they didn’t want them to get upset over it. While they understood the human pointed out she’s used to people giving her crap for who she is as both a lesbian and Hispanic so doesn’t need the princess to protect her. Charlie apologises noting that she kinda broke her own promise to be honest with each other, then has Razzle and Dazzle bring over her Hell laptop. They spend a few hours going through the different pieces on their relationship. Most was just gossip that they laughed at specifically a part that the human was a sacrifice that the princess was buttering up. Others were more straightforward news pieces that varied in quality. The last ones though were more hate filled bullshit complaining that Charlie was degrading the royal line by bedding a common human with several of them listing better options including her ex Seviathan who she’s just friends with now after they dated briefly in high school. Rather than say anything Agata shut the laptop and asked if the princess would be up for sharing a hot bath before the had some wine. Charlie enthusiastically agreed adding they could also have some cheese, causing the veteran to laugh she really is royalty prompting the woman in question to defend wind and cheese as a simple but refined dining option.
Their next visit was to Leviathan in Envy. The 2 heads were happy to see them both as it’d been a while since they’d had a girls day. Agata wondered at how the ring was a mix of dry land and deep water with the buildings set up for both somehow. Though she then became more focused on how the royals decided to use her as fashion model by dragging her into multiple different high end fashion and Jewellery stores. In between dressing her up in dresses that cost more than entire neighbourhoods back home with necklaces, rings and earrings worth a small country’s yearly GDP several times over the aunt and nice tried on their own. Any attempt to tell the princess it wasn’t necessary she simply smiled and said to just let her spoil them, the look in her eyes just destroyed her unease. After spending more money then Agata thought possible they had lunch at a very very high end restaurant before restarting the shopping till evening when they headed home with Charlie staying she’s glad they got such a big closet.
Unbeknownst to her partner, the princess had spoken with her aunt about dealing with the people insulting their relationship. Within less than a day the articles critical of their relationship disappeared with the people most hateful of it saw their accounts hacked and reputations ruined after certain embarrassing secrets were brought to light. Happy with the outcome and that no one was insulting her girlfriend, Charlie spent the rest of the day relaxing with Agata.
Next they visited Mammon in Greed. Even before arriving Charlie told Agata to stay close, wrapping an arm and her tail protectively around the human even though they were taking a car the sin sent at the entrance of the ring. It soon became clear why when Greed resembled every mobster and petty criminals wet dream of violence, crime and murder along with the fact that it seemed like everything sold here was overpriced, cheaply made or both. Mammon was happy to see them and gave them both gold as a gift, proving that his niece was one of the few people who could get him to give instead of take. Their day consisted of the sin talking about how his businesses are doing, all the tax money he’s collected before moving onto shipping in the nicest part of Greed, which are actually nice. Then they went through multiple stores where even if the goods were high quality they were still overpriced though that didn’t matter when the ruler was there. The stores either gave it for free afraid of offending him or he shoved cash at them. Then they ate at the best restaurant of Greed which was very good but also overpriced as to be expected. Overall they had a good time but it left Agata worried if they’d have enough space if they kept buying so much.
Then it was Satans turn. They were picked up by a car near the capital of wrath. Agata while unnerved by the fact there were active volcanoes nearby and the violence from the people or wildlife, she found herself enjoying the savage beauty of the ring. The sins palace was what the human expected, a giant fortress made of black stone with spikes and lava moat. The Dragon greeted them happily before revealing they weren’t staying there, opening a portal to his ranch. Charlie was happy to be back there as she loved the animals while the human made sure to keep an eye out as any of them looked willing and able to take a bite out of her. The princess though enjoyed petting the hellhorses her uncle kept, they were friendly to her due to either liking her or not wanting to anger their owner. One stallion in particular took a like to her human partner who appreciated the attention. Satan said that was surprising as he didn’t like anyone. After letting them get acquainted the sin said it was time to go riding. Agata was shocked to hear that they would be actually getting on the animals but Charlie was so excited to get back in the saddle she didn’t notice and her partner found themselves placed in the saddle of the friendly hellhorse while the princess chose a mare their uncle offered.
When she was used to the Stallion and no longer scared to fall off its back, Agata smiled at not only the beauty around the ranch, but how much of an amazing rider Charlie was. Along with how gorgeous they looked with the wind in her hair. Satan noticed and waited till he was close to ask in a booming voice if she hunted, smirking at how she nearly fell of their mount in fright, though his face returned to normal seeing how annoyed his niece was.
Agata revealed that yes she goes on a summer hunting trip with her dad, uncles and a few cousins. Thus the sin handed her a rifle and pointed to a plain beneath the hill they stood upon. They saw a small number of wild hell cows. The beasts were larger and more aggressive along with thick armour like hide. Satan told her to prove her skills by killing as many as she could for their dinner, revealing the only weak spot was the eyes. Despite Charlie starting to protest the human simply took the rifle and found a spot. To her companions surprise she removed the scope, stating the glare from the sun could alert the animals to the princess while her uncle smirked in approval already understanding. After testing the wind and getting used to the unfamiliar weapon Agata simply observed her prey. Charlie and Satan watched as the human stayed completely still for several minutes till the crack of several loud rifle shots broke the air. Agata didn’t move as her companions rushed to her shooting spot to get a better luck at what happened. To their shock all 5 of the hell beasts were dead, a bloody eye socket each. Satan let out a laugh before patting the humans back who after getting up nearly went back into the dirt. Charlie despite not enjoying violence picked her up in a hug, proud she showed off her skills. Agata for her part simply stated before she lost the eye was being considered for sniper school. The sin stated he’d use the best looking one for their meal while the rest he’d store, though his niece convinced him to give it to his workers and their families.
After returning home and a further tour of Satans ranch home which included many portraits and pictures of the royal family especially Charlie with her uncle they sat down for dinner. Agata’s 1st taste of hell cow straight from Wrath was interesting. It had a naturally Smokey heat. Satan explained the meat was purer the closer consumption is to the kill. After some stories traded that were about to leave, though the sin stopped the human. He revealed he had a gift for her. It was an angelic steel knife that looked like a fairbain-Sykes. It had a sharp slender blade that seemed to swallow the light around it. Satan made it known he trusted Agata to protect his niece, so the blade was a tool to aid in that. Rather than make a big statement or declaration the human bowed her head to the sin, both a sign of gratitude and further promising she’d keep their shared loved one safe. Back on Earth Charlie was both shocked and happy to see that her uncle trusted her enough to give her a weapon he himself created. Agata for her part couldn’t help but admire the knife’s workmanship and dark beauty, along with the gratitude the trust the ancient lord bestowed upon her.
Last but not least was Belphegor as since she’d kept Charlie’s location secret and seen her regularly, they volunteered to be seen last. The couple arrived back at the palace to find the sin sleeping happily in her throne made of soft fluffy materials. After waking her up Bel smiled letting them know she had a nice relaxing day planned at the most luxurious spa in Sloth. Charlie was especially excited as she loved the spa though Agata was less enthusiastic when she discovered part of it included baphomets walking on her back but soon changed her tune at how amazing it felt. Once the manicures, foot and hoof massages plus the mud bath then sauna was done the 3 felt like completely new, even if the couple had to stop Bel drowning in the mud after she fell asleep in it.
They returned to the palace for dinner where the meal was light but filling with some sweet calming tea. After finishing a desert of sweet but delicate tarts Bel asked Charlie if she’d thought about talking to her dad. The princess had a look of both anger/sadness on her face saying what’s the point when he hasn’t bothered calling her in over a year, so they obviously don’t care. The sheep had a look of sadness that soon gave way to resignation telling her niece that had something to tell them. Agata prepared to give them privacy but stopped when the sin said she could stay.
Belphegor thus explained that Lucifer had due to a mix of trauma over being cast out and remorse for bringing evil into the world had developed PTSD and depression. That was why he at times could be so withdrawn though like what happened with Lilith disappearing it was rarely that bad. When it was she and the other sins plus her mom could coax him out of it. Along with revealing the other ways it affected him and how Bel with Liliths support tried to get the king help he refused each time. With his queens disappearance the king had gotten even worse. Rather than excuse his actions, her aunt says she’s only telling them to fully understand the situation and make an informed decision. Charlie for her part is silent just sitting there before getting up abruptly and leaving through a portal with Agata getting up to follow leaving the sheep demon behind.
Agata found Charlie on their bed with Razzle, Dazzle and KeeKee in her lap, looking uncertain. The human goes to her partners side and asks how they’re feeling. The princess is silent before admitting she doesn’t know what to do. That despite learning what happened to her dad and feeling sympathy for him, she’s still angry at how he’s hurt and treated them since mom disappeared. Part of Charlie wants to forgive while the other part is still so angry and another is just sad/hurt. Agata reminds her about what she told them about how parents can hurt their kids, specifically the part about how it’s up to her to forgive him. The princess is quiet once more before simply sitting up and getting into bed. Her partner accepts she doesn’t want to talk anymore so simply joins them.
Unbeknownst to their partner, the princess didn’t go to sleep immediately but thought over everything she’d heard and came to a decision. Thus Charlie woke up early enough Agata would still be slumbering. After getting dressed and writing a note then kissing her partners forehead, they bid her beloved companions to keep them calm till she returned. With the portal opened the room returned to a natural quiet peace.
Upon arriving outside the place she once called home Charlie steeled herself, she had to do this. Though it didn’t prepare her for the heartbreak and shock at what the palace had become. Dust, cobwebs and other signs no one has been here in a long time. Refusing to let the feelings prevent them from doing what needs to be done, the princess continued on. The journey through the halls that once resounded with laughter, singing and other sounds of a happy loving family were now only filled by the faint sounds of heels moving through them. Having to see the portraits of important occasions in the Morningstar family’s lives didn’t help. Lilith and Lucifer building their palace, them and all the sins, her birth and multiple other important occasions that added more sorrow than joy to her heart. This continued till Charlie found herself before the place she’d been dreading. Lucifers workshop.
After taking half an hour to ready herself both mentally and emotionally, Charlie opened the door to find their father asleep at his desk. Upon the walls were portraits of happier times, though she did cringe at one of her emo phase, that reminded her just how broken the king was. After a moment to digest the scene in front of her the princess pulled out her phone to call him. Lucifer awoke with a start then panicked further upon seeing who was calling, unaware she stood behind him. He answered awkwardly happy to hear from his beloved daughter. Upon asking about a visit lucifer claimed the place was overrun by Goetia wanting things along with his own workload. Surprised by the sound of someone behind him the king was shocked into silence seeing Charlie behind him before hanging up. An awkward silence filled the room before Lucifer kept out of his seat to hug their beloved daughter though froze realising she wasn’t reciprocating. At the question of if something was wrong Charlie simply said they needed to talk, which along with seeing the look on her face made the king realise this wasn’t going to be a pleasant one.
After taking a seat in what was the family room, Lucifer taking a moment to use his powers to clean it up, the father and daughter sat in an uncomfortable silence for a few minutes. Charlie broke it by telling her dad she had something to say and that it would be best if he stayed quiet till the end. The king nodded despite his discomfort.
The princess thus let him know just how angry and hurt she was that he never supported her dreams or believed in them, along with the pain of not only losing her mother but being abandoned by her father thus forcing her to in essence lose both causing even more heartbreak. Charlie then explains that Belphegor told him about his condition, how she and mom had tried to help despite their refusal to get help. That combined with not only her knowledge of how mental illness can affect people, but the fact Lucifer was a great father in the past is why she’s willing to give him a chance to rebuild their relationship. The princess lays out her terms that they attend family therapy while he also does individual treatment and spend time to repair their bond. If he doesn’t agree, then their relationship is dead and he will never see or hear from them again.
The room is quiet as Lucifer sits there silently mulling over what Charlie said to him. The princess is left wondering what he’s going to say till tears start running down his face. Despite her anger she can’t help but run over and pull him into a hug. This causes the king to start apologising for how he’s treated his beloved daughter, letting their own issues and stubborn pride cause her pain and heartache. The father promises that he’ll fulfill every condition she set, promising not to let it happen again. This of course causes his daughter to cry glad to hear she’s getting her father back.
After hugging and crying they break apart. Lucifer asks where Charlie’s been for the last year. She reveals how 3 months after Lilith went missing and he hid himself away, they decided to start making real progress on making her dream a reality. So the princess went to Belphegor. Despite offering to enroll her in sloths best university, Charlie wanted to leave hell for a while as just being there was too painful at the time so chose to attend school on earth. The king is obviously surprised, then amused to hear she chose to go to college in Los Angeles. They further explain that with her aunts help got a new identity and records created for them to seem like a normal human, along with a disguise spell to look the part and how to open portals. This brings up Lucifer asking how living on Earth has gone for her. Charlie says it’s been great, though hesitates before revealing she’s met someone. Immediately the king started asking who he was, where they met etc. upon hearing it was a woman he exclaimed that she liked girls too.
Over the next hour the princess informed her father about how her relationship with Agata started and how they confessed. He couldn’t help but laugh at how she proves the family has a thing for humans which makes her blush. Lucifer supports Charlie revealing her identity when they started dating, as a secret like that wouldn’t have been good to keep from the one she loved which means a lot to them. Then comes the question of how the sins reacted. Upon hearing that she asked Belphegor to keep her move to Earth secret as to not worry the sins along with believing it’d only bother and distract them from managing their rings. Lucifer says he understands that but points out that’s exactly what he did by locking himself away. While it does make her wince Charlie can’t argue that, admitting a few others said the same.
Before she leaves as it’s early evening and Agata must be worried, Lucifer asks if he can visit their home and meet her partner. Charlie is surprised but admits it’s a good idea, their girlfriend and dad can meet while making a big step in repairing things. Though she remembers that they should call Bel to set up their appointments as she’s like got someone for them. This is proven correct as the sheep happily reveals after hugging both that she has the perfect therapist in mind, along with portalling to give them both a hug promising this will help them both immensely. Charlie soon said her goodbyes to head home. On their own the king thanked the sin for helping his daughter along with for aiding their reconciliation, she simply responded their family plus a dr helps fix things.
Back on earth Agata is preparing dinner, almost dropping a pot of sauce out of surprise seeing Charlie’s back. After embracing she asks how it went, glad to hear it well. Though that spoons turns to horror upon hearing Lucifer will be visiting tomorrow. This results in the princess 1st having to help her out of a panic attack, then stop them from killing herself in trying to prepare the house. Thankfully Agata calms down after Charlie promises that her dad only wants someone who loves and treats them right so she’s got nothing to worry about there. Despite that the human is still terrified of making a bad impression to the actual king of hell and her partners father.
The next day Charlie wakes up to find her partner doing some last minute preparations with Razzle and Dazzle both in regard to tidying up and preparing brunch. It includes food that she remembers Lucifer is meant to like. They include pancakes, French toast, omelettes, bacon, sausage, regular toast white bread with jam and other savoury sweet items. The princess simply picks them up into a hug promising it’ll be ok until they calm down. She also offers to keep an eye on things while they get a shower and get ready which is appreciated. Shortly afterwards there’s a knock at the door.
Charlie opens it, immediately being engulfed in a hug by Lucifer who is disguised similar to her. After greeting Razzle, Dazzle and KeeKee in a similar way, though gave the goat bois a reminder to keep her safe, he realised Agata was there. Without hesitation he picked her up in a hug thanking them for being such a great friend and partner to his daughter. After Charlie points out they’re crushing the woman and allowing her a few seconds to digest what’s just happened, Agata thanks the king and welcomes them to their home along with hoping she shows themself as a worthy partner for his daughter. Lucifer laughs saying based on what he’s hears she already has, which eases her anxiety as they head to the kitchen for brunch.
After a delicious meal in which the king asked Agata questions about her life and family, in-between bites along with complimenting her cooking which made her blush. While Razzle and Dazzle took the plates to be cleaned, Lucifer decided to follow the cliche of a parent embarrassing their child to their partner by revealing albums of Charlie’s baby pictures, to her horror and the humans joy. Over the next hour the princess watched mortified while her father showed and explained multiple embarrassing pictures to Agata who was loving every moment of it cooing over them.
Once the photos were put away Lucifer asked Charlie if Belphegor had taught her anymore magic aside from portal and disguise spells. The princess looked a bit sheepish before admitting that no, which prompted Agata to ask why. Their response that they chose to focus more on learning how to sing and dance while using it to make fireworks causes the human to be both unsurprised/ deflated. She points out that Charlie could not only use magic to protect herself or others, but heal them thus fulfilling her goal of protecting her people. The princess realises she’s right and immediately starts feeling guilty she never realised. Lucifer interjects by reminding her she can still learn, even offering to teach her as a way to make up for lost time. This resulted in the king being picked up into a hug by his daughter which he let happen, grateful to see her so happy. Then upon hearing the sound of ducks, he all but runs outside. The couple follow him to see the king of hell surrounded by ducks while he fawns over them. Lucifer spends the next hour playing with the ducks along with making them comfortable houses using his magic with a charm to stop predators or others from hurting them. Agata would never forget the image of him letting a bunch of ducklings sleep on his chest.
Later just before he left, when the 2 had a moment alone lucifer thanked Agata for being there for Charlie when he couldn’t, implicitly blessing their relationship and his approval of her. She thanked him and upon telling her girlfriend, they were of course overjoyed that their partner and father had such a positive interaction seeing it as proof things were going perfectly. Agata smiled seeing her so happy, along with feeling joy at how well the day had gone for both of them.
A few days later the father and daughter have their 1st individual sessions then family therapy the next day. The therapist Bel recommended is a Hellhound name Willow. Along with being best in her class and a lot of intuition, her sharp sense of hearing and smell allow her to tell when her patients are anxious or scared based on heart beat plus pheromones. She’s friendly and gentle to the pair helping them to open up in both their sessions and in the family one. Charlie willow helps by allowing her to start revealing that along with her issues with her dad, she has feelings of inadequacy towards both him and her mother in regards to how she hasn’t achieved anything compared to them, especially in regards to how she can’t save her people from the exterminations. Lucifer she helps by allowing him to open up on not only his feelings of depression towards not only bringing sin into the world and losing Lilith, but his PTSD due to his fall and guilt in failing to be the father his daughter deserves. Willow explains that while it will take a lot of time and work, as long as they’re willing they can get better. This helps the pair feel a sense of relief along with the positive effects of their 1st sessions. Belphegor to help her bother creates medication for him to take to help deal with his depression and anxiety caused by the traumas he’s been through. It does take time but soon starts helping the king.
So it seems like things are going well for the Morningstar’s, though some can’t stand that. A few days after the therapy Lucifer gives a press conference not only announcing his return to governing hell, but his support for Charlie and Agata’s relationship promising to make anyone who harms either of them suffer. Of course it wasn’t just Hell watching. Adam and Lute had known about the princesses human girlfriend, but aside from jokes and insults hadn’t told anyone else. Though now that the king is involved they can cause some trouble for them and have fun watching it so tell Sera about. Obviously she is not happy that the Morningstar’s daughter is courting a human woman, especially considering what happened the last time her father did so.
Lucifer awakens to an urgent demand for a meeting at the Heavenly Embassy with Charlie. Guessing what this is about he calls his daughter up to inform her about the situation. She’s of course pissed off, not understanding where they get off on dating to judge her relationship, the explanation the king offers only infuriating them further. Agata makes it known she wants to attend but he tries to convince her otherwise. Lucifer points out that it can be very intimidating for mortals to meet heavenly beings, reminding her about the discomfort when they met for the 1st time. While admitting he’s right she still refuses to leave Charlie to face heavens bullshit especially when it concerns her. He agrees while also realising just how perfect she is for his daughter. The king leaves after telling them the time of the meeting and when they need to be there. This leaves the couple to plan what to say and how the meeting could go before bed, with the princess thanking her partner for standing at her side and promising to not let them try any bullshit to threaten or scare them. The veteran is grateful before pulling her into a kiss before they try to sleep both anxious in similar but different ways.
The next day after dressing in their best and a quiet breakfast they portal to the front of the heaven embassy, meeting Lucifer out front. Despite their attempts all 3 are anxious though the king promises it’ll be fine, even if it’s more for himself. They then head inside, Agata and Charlie both agreeing it’s rather creepy, especially after the quill and sigh in sheet drop down out of nowhere. Lucifer leads them to the usual meeting room, where thankfully they don’t have to wait too long with Sera arriving soon after. Agata is struck by just how heavenly she looks though notes the king still exudes an angelic aura considering he was an archangel.
The Seraphim starts with polite but pointless greetings before getting straight to the heart of the matter. Sera explains that she’s worried that Charlie is leading Agata into damnation via their relationship. The princess obviously bristles pointing out they aren’t doing anything particularly sinful except pre-marital sex, the king tries to hide the discomfort on his face, asking is that really enough for hell. The angel explains that by being in a relationship with her she’s being more tempted to damn her soul denying her a place in heaven. Sera moves to address Agata directly, explaining that she has many family waiting for her in heaven who are looking forward to seeing her, even revealing she was on track to make it through the gates asking if she’s really willing to lose that for a relationship only a few months old. This doesn’t fool the veteran who can see the manipulation coming a mile away, even calling Sera out for it considering Angels are meant to be honest and paragons of virtue not manipulative liars. This stuns them quiet for a moment while Charlie and Lucifer share smirks of pride. The Seraphim quickly tries to recover by asking if she’s really willing to give up paradise for a demon, though it’s futile. Agata replies that Hell with Charlie is more paradise than Heaven without her. The room is stunned into silence. Lucifer realises his daughter has truly chosen the right woman, while Charlie is so touched and proud of her partner she’s close to crying tears of joy. Sera for her part realises there’s no changing her mind, so leaves saying she prays they’ve made the right choice before leaving.
After stepping outside to take a breath Agata soon finds herself engulfed in a hug by both Morningstar’s, exclaiming how proud they are of for both how she handled herself and called out Sera for her hypocrisy. After taking a moment to catch her breath she points out it was obvious what she was doing and thus not hard to call her out, though Charlie does ask if she meant what she said about hell with her being paradise. The veteran looks at her confused before passionately reaffirming she meant every word of it. Cue another hug followed by a passionate kiss from the princess with the king watching with a smile on his face. Though Charlie does ask him if Heaven would try anything else, Lucifer shrugs saying that even if they aren’t happy about it they won’t try anything as Sera knows it isn’t worth pissing him off so they’re safe. Before the couple head for Earth he asks them to come to the palace with him.
They arrive to find the place in a much better state than they left it, the staff are back with the place having been cleaned up. Lucifer invites them to his study saying he has something to tell them. Once there the king asks if Charlie remembers the winters ball. The princess immediately exclaims in joy asking if he’s bringing it back, getting even louder when the king confirms it. At a questioning look from Agata they explain it’s an old tradition that the royal family would throw a ball for the elites of Hell to attend. It’s largely the Goetia with the sins attending, along with select overlords and celebrities invited. It’s a way for the Morningstar’s to remind them of who’s in charge and why. Lucifer explains it’s happening in a few days, he thought it’d be a good way fully cement his reentry to ruling Hell, plus for Agata to make her official introduction to the kingdoms High Society. This obviously makes her feel a bit anxious but a look from Charlie and promises from her dad help to ease those feelings. Lucifer gives them the time and date, along with revealing he had Bel make them something for the occasion. The couple give their thanks before heading home.
Charlie and Agata spend the next few days preparing for the ball, going over who will be attending, the ones they don’t have to worry about and the ones it’d be best to avoid. They pick their clothes up the day before the ball. Leviathan made Charlie a red and black suit with gold trim modeled after the dress uniforms officers wore in the 19th century, while Agata’s is a flowing lavender ball gown with silver trim. The couple both agree they look absolutely lovely.
The day of the ball they wake up early and spend the next few hours preparing before they have to arrive to ensure they look their best. Agata does her hair up in a ponytail while Charlie decides to do her hair up in a bun for the occasion. They arrive an hour before the ball starts to help Lucifer with any finishing touches. It’s not needed as everything has gone smoothly.
Upon seeing them Lucifer can’t help but exclaim how perfect they look pulling both into a hug. Charlie points out he looks quite dashing as well, wearing his more formal suit and hat which makes the king blush. He explains to Agata that they’ll make their appearance down the grand staircase into the ballroom once all the guests have arrived, the going 1st with them following behind. The human of course asks how long that will take, the princess explains the guests arrive quickly as her mom never liked to be kept waiting.
Charlie is proven right as after the sins arrive, who proceed to give her a hug along with Agata or another greeting depending on who it was along with her dad, the rest of the guests take less than a quarter of an hour to arrive. In that time the sole human is checking to ensure the knife Satan gave her is both secure and able to be drawn from its hiding place just in case. Once the guests have settled in the ballroom the herald announces the royal family are entering.
Lucifer is the 1st to descend the stairs, looking every bit the king he is. Then Charlie and Agata follow, the princess taking her partners arm as the walled down the steps. Despite feeling like every one of these powerful and in some cases millennia old beings eyes were focused on her, the human felt safe knowing her beloved was close by.
Thankfully only Lucifer had to greet the guests, so Charlie and Agata took the change to mingle along with getting some food. This also resulted in her meeting a few people.
Vassago was one of the better Goetia according to the Morningstars. He was polite friendly and charming, though Agata was surprised he spoke Spanish. The 2 had a very informative conversation where he let her know some of the gossip around her, who was spreading it and the general opinion while promising his support as he sustains most of the Goetic families bullshit. She and Charlie decided he was their favourite person to talk to that night.
Prince Stolas was a friendly if not shy man. He was polite and respectful to them both, along with making it known he admires Charlie for choosing who she loves regardless of what others say. Overall she got the vibe he was a very sad man, aside from his daughter. Octavia for her part was a curious and sweet girl, as she was the 1st human she’d ever met. Her father thankfully stopped her from going too far, though the conversation was cut short when a woman who sounded like a harpy screamed his name. Stolas apologised before taking Octavia with him. Based on the sad look on Charlie’s face this wasn’t an isolated incident. She explained that Stolas was arranged to marry his wife as a child, who is an absolute bitch who abuses him. Only reason he hasn’t divorced her is cause he doesn’t want to hurt their daughter. Agata felt nothing but sympathy and pity for the man, hoping one day he has the courage to leave that evil cunt.
Next was Andrealphus. The man was exactly like a peacock, proud and haughty. He started with over the top greetings and flattery that had them both rolling their eyes. The Marquis then tried getting juicy details about their relationship and asking about some gossip he’d heard. Charlie made an excuse all but carrying her partner as they left.
They then ended up with some of the most interesting and terrifying people outside of the sins Agata had ever met. Zestial an overlord so ancient and powerful that he was actually retired now but still terrified everyone. His way of speaking was rather antiquated but the spider himself was polite and respectful to them both. It was his companion though that did more of the talking. Carmilla Carmine, the weapons overlord and one of Hell’s most powerful/deadly figures. Charlie had mentioned she was a former Angel who was cast out long ago. She’d thus turned her talent as blacksmith into a significant advantage here. She was polite but kept the human under a focus just watching her. With Charlie it was a bit warmer as she was like an aunt to the princess. After some awkward conversation the matriarch revealed she spoke Spanish which helped ease the humans worries. Though it still seemed as if the overlord was studying her via questions about her family, childhood etc. questions that seem innocuous but can tell someone a lot about you. It ended when Carmilla had to leave as her daughters needed her, Zestial following. As they left her partner explained it seemed like the overlord was interested in the human, Charlie saying that could be either a good or bad thing. Though she does promise regardless she, Lucifer and the sins won’t let anything happen to her, thus assuaging her fears.
After meeting a few more people and talking to Lucifer, the sins, Fizz and Tex the couple end the night on a balcony watching the night sky. They ended up spending the night in Charlie’s old room, Agata enjoyed seeing all the posters, drawings and toys in there some causing the princess great embarrassment.
The next morning the couple have breakfast with not just Lucifer but the sins plus Tex and Fizz who also stayed the night. Charlie couldn’t help but smile at how wonderful it felt seeing the family together like when she was a little girl. Rather than simply head home the family decides to spend the day together like they used to. Mammon tries telling jokes which many end up working. Satan does push ups with them all on his back. Ozzy sings a song with Fizz helping. Bee cooked with Tex. Leviathan gave them facials and did their nails. Bel made them healthy smoothies. Lucifer ended it by putting on a fireworks so. Overall it was a great day, as the family was truly back together even if Lilith wasn’t there.
2 years before the HH pilot. It’s extermination day or as it’s known on earth New Year’s Eve. In their home Charlie is pacing nervously while Agata looks on sympathetically in-between playing with her Angelic steel knife. They’re both waiting for the extermination to end in Hell. Normally the princess would go out during it to help sinners, but as her partner refused to stay behind she decided to wait till it was over to prevent an exorcist from targeting accidentally or on purpose considering how they are. The second their alarm goes off signalling it’s over Charlie opens the portal with Agata moving to her side. The princess explains that while Hell can be a bloody on a normal day the extermination is a whole other animal, warning it could give her nightmares. Their partner shrugged saying regardless of what she sees having them by her side makes sleep easy. After a quick hug they head into Hell.
The couple are silent as they find the streets strewn in bodies and covered in their blood, with similar gore. Charlie despite the pain it causes her is sadly used to this, prepares to find those who need their help. Agata is frozen, as despite her combat experience she’s never seen anything as stomach churning as this, though she swallows any bile in her stomach she’s got a job to do and won’t fail it.
As the 2 begin moving through destroyed street they are intercepted by a pair they really didn’t want to see. Agata was expecting something very different when she met Adam, he left her very disappointed. Along with flirting he said that even with the eye and being damaged good she was still an 8, Charlie had to restrain herself from punching the prick. The 1st man then started bragging about how many sinners they’d kill, with Lute claiming to have killed 199 that year much to her bosses pride. Though the human couldn’t help but scoff at him calling her a great soldier, pointing out soldiers fight enemies who can fight back not cut down people who are running and can’t even fight back, calling her nothing more than a gutless fucking butcher. The exorcist demands to know how she dares to call her that, needing to be restrained by Adam reminding her what would happen if they struck the princesses partner. Lute calms down, arguing she doesn’t care what a demons whore says which requires Charlie to be held back from tearing her apart. Thankfully they leave as they’ve already overstayed their welcome, flying up to the portal to heaven. The couple then return to trying to help any wounded sinners, sadly they don’t find many.
A month later the couple are at home, Charlie pacing a hole into the floor while Agata looks on worriedly with KeeKee in their lap with Razzle and Dazzle next to her sharing her concern. The princess is complaining about the fact that no one in Hell or even cares enough to do anything to find an alternative to the exterminations, that even with her Dad willing to support her he points out Sera won’t stop unless they have a workable alternative even then it’s an if. Her aunts and uncles aren’t really interested in helping sinners or the other nobles for that matter. She just doesn’t understand why no one is doing anything. Her partner shares a look with Razzle, Dazzle and KeeKee, then asks if she can be honest with them, grateful they said yes.
Agata takes a few moments to think over what she’s going to say and how to do so, before finally deciding to be honest but gentle. She pointed out that despite Charlie’s own unhappiness with the powers of Hell and Heaven refusing to do anything to help improve things for sinners, they aren’t exactly innocent. After asking rather shocked princess to hear her out, they continue. Agata pints out that while yes Charlie does go help wounded sinners on extermination day, that’s treating the symptoms not the disease. That as princess she could actually use her royal powers to enact reforms to help sinners not just in the exterminations but in their daily lives where they suffer regularly. The veteran also reminds the princess that despite also being her people she’s never talked about helping hellborn, e.g. hellhounds and imps who as the lowest regarded are subject to in her own words terrible discrimination in every way. Agata promises Charlie that’s she not attacking her, just pointing out that despite being over 2 centuries old she’s not actually used her power to carry out any meaningful reforms to really help any of her people, and considering her dad is the king with the sins her aunt/uncles who would back any reforms she makes without a fight she has no right to complain about others not doing so when being guilty of the same.
The room is silent as Agata finishes, watching as Charlie’s face went from shock, hurt before slowly turning to pained acceptance. After a few moments the princess leaves despite her partner’s pleas for her to stay. Wondering if she went too far , grateful the goat bois and KeeKee went after her. As it was late the human made her way to one of the spare rooms, close to the room they shared but far enough away to give their partner space.
The next morning Agata woke up dreading and wondering what she would say to Charlie to apologise for what happened last night. To her surprise she found the princess at the dining table on her laptop with several papers spread out. They locked eyes, the human not being able to stop themself from blurting out an apology, which earned a confused look from her partner asking what she’s apologising for. Upon hearing it was for last night, Charlie suddenly understood and said that yes while at the time what Agata said hurt, it made her realise just how true it was. That despite being the princess of Hell she’d never done anything to help her people in any meaningful way along with how she was ignoring the Hellborn and how they suffered even if it was unintentionally. So now she’s going to rectify that. They gesture to an empty seat, asking if they’d look over the plans and help her with them. Agata simply smiled and agreed.
The next day Charlie called a meeting with her dad and the sins. They were obviously surprised but supportive. She explained what Agata told her and how it made her realise she needed to do better as princess for their people. The things she wanted to discuss were a number of reforms to improve things for sinners and hellborn. It was the 1st of several such meetings. While a few of the sins, particularly Mammon, complained about the cost or other issues they still agreed as it was Charlie asking.
The 1st reforms Charlie chose were the easiest, making it easier for sinners to survive the extermination. They started by constructing a large series of bunkers across pride so that sinners who were homeless, caught out of newly arrived could stay safe within till the extermination ended. This had the added benefit of employing citizens across the ring as well as bringing in more money to the economy with resources bought in the other rings. The next step was creating a warning system that was more than a countdown from the Heavenly embassy clocktower, though it wasn’t exactly uncommon for the exterminations to happen late catching people out. Lucifer set up a meeting at Charlie’s request, so she could convince Sera to have them happen at a scheduled time consistently. It wasn’t easy but the princess pointed out to the Seraphim that it didn’t look good on heaven if they could meet their own deadlines, especially because Adam the 1st man couldn’t handle his responsibilities, who she correctly guessed was simply hungover or asleep causing the delay, though they didn’t tell her that. On her return to heaven Sera called Adam and Lute to a meeting, in which she revealed that the exterminations had to kept to a proper schedule, that if it was late for anything other than legitimate reasons, they could both expect punishment if not being completely stripped off their ranks. Despite some whining Adam agreed not wanting to lose his job, unhappy he couldn’t party as much before the exterminations anymore. The new warning system would begin a week before, starting at the time the extermination would start, with it then changing to hourly 12 hours before it then every 15 minutes before counting down from the final 15 to ensure everyone had plenty of warning to get to safety either at home or in one of the bunkers or similar safe places. While it would need to be proven how effective they were, many sinners even if they wouldn’t say it appreciated the Princesses attempts at keeping them safe from the exterminations, along with the employment many got from said construction projects. Charlie with Belphegors help also set up a volunteer corps of Hellborn doctors and bodyguards to go out into the extermination to treat wounded sinners as the exorcists were forbidden in hurting them. Once her aunt offered 4x overtime they got a lot of people joining.
Once the preparations for her new safety measures were finished, Charlie moved onto improving things for her hellborn subjects, specifically Hellhounds and Imps. Ozzy and Bee were the most enthusiastic in their support as they were unhappy with how the 2 groups were treated. Bel herself was also supportive as she hoped it would drop her workload as the head of Hell’s healthcare. Leviathan was more neutral, while she never went out of her way to harm either, she never really cared unless someone met her standards. The only 2 against it were Mammon and Satan due to their unwillingness to change things. Regardless of their opinions everyone supported their niece.
The 1st change was laws protecting both Hellhounds and Imps from discrimination in housing, employment and education. Along with improvements of maintenance to and quality of utilities in areas that were inhabited largely by both groups this helped improve their standard of living, though it would take time to get to where it could be. This included upgrading roads, schools and other amenities both groups already used as well as building new ones. While it would take time it would improve things for their users. The 2nd change was the reform of the Hellhound foundation, which despite having Beelzebub’s signature on its paperwork the sin had little control over outside of her ring due to the other’s disinterest or inability. The conditions of the one they visited in pride enraged them both so much Charlie nearly killed the administrator on the spot. After dealing with the staff, they moved the children down to gluttony where the sin made plans to find them permanent places to stay. After their discovery the princess used a royal decree to place her aunt in charge of every facility dealing with Hellhound youths in all the rings. 3rd was a much more difficult step, a reform to standardise working conditions, benefits and employee rights across all of hell. As can be expected Mammon who would be heavily be affected by it protested massively, but still agreed with it when Charlie asked as his favourite niece.
While her reforms earned much praise and popularity with the Hellborn, especially Imps and Hellborn, others especially the Goetia and wealthy Hellborn were displeased at the loss of profits though the former were worried it would give the lower orders ideas beyond their station. They tried appealing to Satan and Mammon, due to their noted disdain for lower races plus the latter losing profit too. Despite their own beliefs they refused to go against their niece, both men reminding their petitioners to respect Charlie when more than a few forgot their places. The opposition became much more silent after that.
In order to ensure her reforms were fulfilling their stated goal Charlie found a number of activists she could trust and put them in charge of a number of charities. That way she could get a proper look at how things are going and what new problems might arise in the future.
Charlie also started her magic training with Lucifer on the weekends for a few hours. They started off small at 1st to get her used to it before moving onto the bigger more complicated spells. The king would teach her creation, healing, transformation and destruction magic. They started with his specialty of making things from thin air or changing them entirely. From changing plants to other kinds, she was able to create entire forests and buildings out of nowhere. One helpful spell was the ability to make a space larger on the inside without changing the outside of it. Bel helped with the healing magic and soon the princess could heal any wounds no matter how dire. Just like her father Charlie learned how to transform into anything, a spell she used to turn into different animals to cuddle Agata. Destruction was one of the easiest despite her dislike for violence, being able to turn a desert into glass. Thanks to her father’s help, the princess was furthering her powers significantly.
Though obviously her relationship with Agata was not neglected, despite her reforms of hell, studies, work and training with her dad, Charlie made time for them. Thanks to her father’s help in improving her understanding of portal magic the couple travelled across Earth as well as Hell. They had picnics in the Serengeti playing with lion cubs, weekends in Milan Italy or nights in Tokyo with trips to the various rings off Hell. Overall their bond only grew stronger as the princess had her human partner to thank in not only reconciling with her father, but realising she could help her people even with the exterminations happening in ways she never thought of. While for Agata Charlie opened up her world and not only showed them so much but made her understand the joy of true love. Though it would cause her to come to a conclusion that would change her destiny forever.
In the 6 months since that night when Agata had helped Charlie realise she could do more, the veteran had realised things needed to change. That her partner was the princess of a very dangerous realm with equally if even worse enemies. Even if they could defend themself and her, but what could the human do to protect her as a knife even Angelic steel couldn’t stop a millennia old enemy. This pushed her to make a drastic but necessary decision in their eyes.
While Charlie was busy with work Agata called Lucifer, asking if they could meet. He of course happily agreed and immediately opened a portal to the palace. After another backbreaking hug the king led the woman to kitchen for an early lunch. For an hour they talked about how things were going, Agata with work and how things were with Charlie and Lucifer on how his therapy was going along with ruling Hell again. Though the king could tell she was here for more than a chat so asked why they called him. Grateful he cut to the heart of the matter, the veteran explained that she felt unable to properly protect or stand at Charlie’s side as just a regular human, so wanted to find out if there was a way for her to become a demon. The king is silent before asking if they know what they’re asking, though can’t argue when she points out heaven had already promised she was barred. Lucifer then says if she’s sure he’ll help Agata gesturing them to follow him.
The 2 travel deep into the palace till they reach a door. It’s unimposing but the human can feel the power imbued within and that beyond it there are things that none of her kind should ever be witness to. Passing the threshold Lucifer explains that when he and Lilith were cast out, the changes that happened to her were more drastic and agonising than his. Unlike other sinners her transformation was much more significant which he believes owes to their creation by heaven unlike the future damned. His queen couldn’t do anything except whimper and moan for the 1st month after, she described it as her body tearing itself apart then rewriting at the very soul. Later he and Belphegor managed to discover how the process affected her, then how to make it happen. Lucifer then walks up to the wall of locked safes, using his magic to open one before withdrawing its contents. Within a small glass bottle is a liquid of blood reddish black liquid that makes Agata want to run in terror though she stays her place. The king hesitates before speaking again, focused on the potion in his hands. He ask if she’s sure about this, not only will it be extremely painful but it will cost them their humanity something that can never be reclaimed. Without any hesitation the woman reaffirms her choice, that not only is that worth being able to protect Charlie but it’ll be a price she’ll happily pay. Both impressed at her devotion to his daughter and afraid of the outcome he hands her the bottle. After taking a moment to feel it weight in their hand, she uncorked the bottle and pressed it to her lips. The taste as it hit her tongue nearly made them vomit though powered through it. Agata felt nothing as it reached her stomach, before the worst pain she’d ever feel hit her. She couldn’t even scream, falling to the floor as their very soul felt like it was burning. Lucifer who watched felt sympathy and remorse, transporting her to a bed while preparing to call Belphegor, though it wasn’t necessary.
Across Hell and Heaven, as well as any demon or angel on earth, they could feel as some new power had been born. Those old enough recognised it as the same from the fall of the Morningstar and his Queen. To those in the infernal realm who understood they were shocked and intrigued, while in the divine realm there fear and in cases terror at what this could mean. A new power was born.
Meanwhile on Earth Charlie was finished at daycare, glad to have had another wonderful day with the kids but grateful she can go home to their wonderful partner. Until she felt something. It was unlike anything the princess had ever felt, the closest she could think of was Lilith. Her phone pulled them back to reality, especially once she saw it was Lucifer calling. The only thing he said was to get to the palace now. After finding a secure place she portalled straight there.
Upon arriving she found her dad waiting with a grim look on his face. Though before a word could be said, the presence became more familiar. Like Agata’s. Immediately panic surged through the princess, terrified and desperate to discover what happened to her beloved nearly starts tearing through the palace till Lucifer stops her. Though rather than calming down, the explanation does nothing but add fury to her emotions, demanding to know why he let their love go through with it. The king for his part pointed out Agata chose to do it despite his warnings, along with defending her reasons by pointing out that despite what Charlie might think her being human put them a severe power imbalance along with the fact she couldn’t protect her from other demons who wanted to harm them. Despite her anger the princess couldn’t refute that, or it was entirely their partners request. Pushing down her anger, they decided to focus on bring there for their love. This became even stronger once Lucifer described just how agonising it was for them.
The pair arrived in the room Agata had been placed to find Belphegor fully alert standing over the woman. Charlie felt her heart drop at the sight of multiple potion IV’s in her loves arms, though the sheep’s explanation lifted it back up. Bel explained that based on what Lilith had gone through plus their own research in creating the potion, they had developed a treatment that would help Agata heal afterwards. The issue was the pain, as even though the transformation process rewrote while tearing you apart at the soul, it was more the agonising pain you had to heal from. The potions being injected into their partner were strong painkillers that were reducing the pain turning a month long recovery to only 2 weeks. This was something the princess was glad to hear, not only due to lesser pain but it being easier to hide them for 2 weeks instead of a month. Charlie did ask if she could stay with Agata, grateful to hear that she wouldn’t move till she woke up and could be kept company. The lie she went with was that as work was shut for renovations and her uncle had no need of her the couple were taking a 2 week trip, though the area had terrible service so they would be out of touch, claiming it was a surprise. Thankfully the Motha’s bought it, simply wishing them a fun trip. After that all Charlie did was lay next to her beloved, praying she wouldn’t suffer too much as she recovered.
The 2 weeks were the worst of Charlie’s whole life. All she could do was watch as Agata twitched, whimpered and groaned in pain unable to help her. Though she watched as the transformation took effect. The humans teeth, toe and fingernails sharpened into points gradually becoming fangs and claws. Though the most obvious was her black hair turning a grayish-white with faded purple tips, skin a grayish-lavender with their lips turned black. In a brief moment when her eyes opened, they’d turned into pink sclera with ivory irises. Though the most shocking change was when a pair of greyish wings. While the princess did appreciate said changes, all she really wanted was for her beloved to awaken and pain to end. Understanding this her father kept what transpired outside of the room from her ears.
Word soon spread of what had happened. The princesses human partner had become a demon like her mother had. It came from palace staff who overheard snippets and from whispers with family or friends, it turned into wild rumours. Along with shock such a thing could happen, the theorised reasons why grew wilder with each telling. Agata wished to overthrow Lucifer with Charlie at her side as queens, to rule alone, to wed the king or wipe out both having used his daughter as a pawn etc. Lucifer and the sins silenced such madness, he made it known such rumours were to end lest there be dire consequences with his siblings supporting his words. Amongst Hellborn it was met more with excitement as the princess had improved their lot, so it was hoped it would be a good omen except for Goetia who worried it could lead to further losses in their power/privileges. Sinners it was mixed. Some grateful to Charlie for increasing their survival odds saw this as a good thing, others were jealous of a human becoming stronger than any of them and the most powerful worried this could lead to interference in their affairs.
Heaven meanwhile was largely more restrained. The winners and most heavenborn had no idea what was happening as Sera was keeping it quiet, though she and others who were present at the fall were absolutely dreading what it represented. It got worse for the seraphim upon discovering the source of said disturbance. Almost she called Lucifer demanding his presence at the embassy which he promptly answered. The king was silent as he let Sera vent, the rage and fear on her face painting a clearer picture than words could. She demanded to know how he could allow this to happen, his explaining of Agata’s reasons only made it worse. Upon the accusation that they were trying to make up for the loss of strength from Liliths disappearance he lost what little patience left to him. Turning to the angel with a look of cold rage that even made her step back despite being a hologram, the king told her to shut the fuck up and get over it. That Agata’s reasons had nothing to do with harming heaven and if they wanted to press the issue then he’d be more than happy to remind Sera why she was afraid of war with Hell. The room is silent as Lucifer simply left a terrified hologram alone before it shut off. There would be no more trouble from Heaven about this matter.
Thankfully Belphegor was right, Agata did wake up after 2 weeks. While she did feel like they’d had lava running through their body, the sight of Charlie asleep holding her helped them ignore it. Though to her embarrassment she woke the princess up yelping after seeing their wings the 1st time. After calming down a tearful and relieved Charlie, she quickly let them know just how angry they are after doing it behind her back. Agata apologised, which was quickly accepted as they were just glad she was ok. The couple then spent the next 20 minutes going over the effects the spell had on her before Lucifer arrived with Belphegor. Agata was very fond of the wings and talons, though admitted her eyes were the favourite addition.
After the king and sheep arrived, they spent some time examine her along with asking questions about their condition. Then Lucifer explained the talons, wings and fangs are her full demon form slipping through, explaining how to put them away, while explaining the rest would be her regular demon form. They practised a bit more on bringing the fangs, talons and wings out so she could get used to it. The last thing they taught her was how to put on a disguise spell, which looked like her old human form. Lucifer explained that he’d teach her how to access her full demon form when she was ready, along with the rest of her powers but for now it’d be best if she just rested, which Agata appreciated as they still felt like absolute shit. Bel gave her some potions to help deal with the last of the pain before open a portal back home for the couple. The 1st thing Charlie did after was carry her girlfriend to bed, get their animal companions to snuggle with them and make her a very filling meal before ordering her to stay in bed the rest of the day. They didn’t argue both because it was pointless and she wanted to.
The next day after being told the alibi, Agata called her family apologising for not doing so yesterday as she was exhausted after a long day travelling home. Thankfully they believed it. Aside from requests for joining some events and her uncle having work for her, the newly transformed demon had plenty of downtime especially as Charlie was going back to work. Even better as the pain from her experience was finally gone.
Over the next month it became apparent what the transformation had done to Agata. Her reflexes were much faster, catching a glass before it hit the ground and strength wise she was able to lift things she once struggled with one handed. The Motha’s while shocked simply assumed it was due to her training hard. This was interspersed with visits from Bel and Lucifer, the former performing check ups while the latter asked questions about how she was feeling or if anything weird had happened. Glad to hear she hadn’t accidentally burned down a house and her body was functioning normally the pair would leave.
Once the month was over, the king called Agata asking her how they were doing. Once he got confirmation that she was completely back to normal, at least as much you can be after becoming a demon, Lucifer opened a portal and bade them to come.
In the palace Lucifer explained it was time to start teaching her how to get used to her new form. Over the next several months Agata learned to use her new powers and shift between her regular demon form to eventually get full demon one. They started slowly by getting them used to bringing out her claws and wings, this included having them out for several hours to get used to them, which resulted in several scratches to furniture and knocked over frames or glasses. Charlie enjoyed her wings the most regularly hugging or using them as blankets in bed.
1 year before the pilot, it’s extermination day. The couple wait as the siren counts down, watching as sinners run into their homes or the public bunkers though they know that either due to bad timing and luck some won’t be able to reach one before they shut or arrive during the purge. They both spent their week finishing preparations for their Hellborn volunteers to go and treat those they can, now all they can do is listen as the warning system counts down to zero. Despite knowing her reforms have likely saved many of their people from death, Charlie still weeps at the sound and sight of her people being massacred, with Agata doing her best to comfort her before they head out to help those they can.
The blood flowed and lives snuffed out till the call sounded and the portal opened, then it was silent for but a moment before the chaos of Hell returned to take its rightful place. Despite their usual vigour the total death count was lower than previous years, owing solely to the princesses reforms in that regard. Thanks to not only having the large bunkers to seek refuge within but smaller ones that new arrivals could hide within, the hellborn medics and their bodyguards managed to save a number sinners as well. Along with not only saving lives, it proved the effectiveness of Charlie’s plan not only earning her respect and showing her abilities as a leader to, but the respect and even some cases love from the sinners whose lives were spared by them. Even though she was still saddened by the lives lost, Agata reminded her to be happy with what they had done convincing her to celebrate. This helped improve their mood and the couple had a nice time.
A few days after the extermination Lucifer called the 2 of them to the palace. He revealed that as she’d gotten used to her transformation, it was time for Agata to bring out her full demon form. After some preparations with Belphegor on hand just in case anything went wrong, along with changing into a robe so her clothes wouldn’t be destroyed.
Following the kings instructions she tapped into her power at its deepest level, feeling just how strong and invigorating it was before bringing it out. Within a less than a second her form changed from the gray-lavender skinned one those watching had become used to. Agata’s full demon form resembled that of a falcon her body covered by feathers the same colour as her wings, hands becoming like claws with sharp talons with her feet matching, her teeth once more becoming fine fangs. Upon seeing this Charlie immediately started telling her how amazing she looked while hugging her, which was appreciated. Lucifer also complimented the new form while Bel checked them over using their magic, after confirming she was fine they tested Agata’s powers. While her magic would need a lot of training, she was able to use her wings to fly at super high speeds. They discovered this after she crash landed 6 rings away after the 1st try of using them in this form. Thankfully her new form allowed her to walk away without any real harm. The king set up a plan to start teaching her magic, with the princess promising to help.
At home that night Agata asked Charlie why sinners often changed their names. She explained that many did so due to wanting to disconnect from their life on earth, either due to bad memories/experiences or simply wishing to be a new person separate from their living self. After thinking it over the falcon demon explained she felt that her identity in Hell was different from her Earth self, that while she is the sane individual in both she needs to be different in each one, so to that end has decided to go by another name to differentiate them. Understanding what they mean the princess ask what name she’s chosen. Agata reminds her of the old nickname her cousins gave her, Charlie understands after a moment but asks why genuinely confused. The Falcon explained that she wants to turn a name meant to mock her into one of strength and a new beginning, though with a different pronunciation. Thus in hell she becomes known as Vaggie.
The lessons started the day after. Lucifer greeted Agata before catching himself and remembering her new name, which she appreciated. He started out by having the falcon just use their magic to check her aptitude. While she was close to Charlie’s level, she had much less control due to lack of experience. Though the king did point out this just meant she needed to practise more, this they agreed to meet 4 times a month to fit around her life on earth plus the princess could help her as well. The training started off slow with more basics spells before mastering them then advancing to a higher level. Thanks to being able to train both on Earth with Charlie and Hell with Lucifer Vaggie made steady progress. While she was able to learn all the schools, her specialty was destruction magic for obvious reasons. They didn’t mind that due to being a novice it would take her longer to master her powers, she had plenty of time, especially as she had other skills she wanted to learn from others.
A few days after her 1st magic lesson, Vaggie travelled to Wrath to speak to Satan. The lord of Wrath was surprised at her visit but was welcoming. The falcon didn’t take long to reveal her purpose in requesting the sins training in combat. Curious and flattered he asked why pointing out she had combat training on earth, though she pointed out that was against human enemies not demons or angels. What fully convinced him to agree was hearing her say the reason to learn was the same as why she became a demon and forever gave her show to hell, to stand at Charlie’s side as an equal to defend them and her dream to her dying breath and who better to teach her than the lord of Wrath himself. This not only convinced him to do so, but increased his opinion of the woman. Satan told Vaggie they would begin tomorrow, and he wouldn’t take it easier on her, their response of she wouldn’t expect him to just made him smile even more.
Charlie for her part was terrified as she knew their uncle wasn’t the type to go easy but Vaggie refused to change her mind. Rather than just accept it, the princess joined these lessons arguing if her partner is willing to do so for them it’s only right she does the same.
Satan was pleasantly surprised to find Charlie joining their lessons, not only because she was finally learning how to fight but also both students would be motivated to train harder with their partner next to them. He started them off with hand-to-hand with a quick sparring match to test them. Vaggie was 1st, breaking the princesses nose with a punch before shoulder throwing them with an elbow drop to the belly. The falcon of course apologised but the sin argued it was the point of the test, plus if they had actually bothered to learn some of this early she wouldn’t be bleeding on the floor holding her stomach. This chastisement had the intended effect of not only remind Charlie her lack of skill was their own fault, but pushed her to improve for both’s sake.
After healing the damage the couple started training for real, with Charlie managing to land a few hits on Vaggie, though this was dwarfed by the amount the princess took. Satan called for them to stop so he could give his verdict. He pointed out the falcons experience and existing training certainly gave her an advantage, unfortunately she focused so strongly on the attack that she neglected their defences allowing the princess to land a few hits that could’ve been blocked easily. On the other side his niece was fighting too defensively, which combined with inexperience making her too easy a target. Satan pointed out they needed to work on it if they wanted to advance before giving them 15 minutes rest.
The rest of the lesson and the next several continued on hand-hand, though after the 1st Satan had them fight living dummies instead of each other. It started off solo with each one forced to face an opponent on their own. Both Charlie and Vaggie took what he said about their weaknesses on board, though it did take some time and practise they were able to be respectively more aggressive and defensive which was further tested by facing 2, then 3 and sometimes more opponents at once. After they showed some solid proof they’d learned it was time for the next step.
They moved to using knives at 1st to get them both used to using a weapon in such a way. The next step was bigger weapons. Charlie obviously used her Pitchfork, as this was the 1st time Vaggie had seen it a moment was needed for her to recover from the shock. Remembering she had none Satan offered her several weapons, after thinking it over the falcon chose a spear arguing its ease of use and effectiveness fit her. The sin approved before continuing the training as it was before 1st against a single opponent before moving onto adding more to test them. It was during this that Agata displayed her skill with throwing knives, using one to kill a dummy that tried to flank her, thus Satan gave her some to train with. Once they’d proven their skill fighting alone he had them start doing so together, until they were beaten or they had no more dummies to use, also being allowed to use their magic as in a real fight anything went. Charlie and Vaggie fighting together was more like dancing, the couple were able to move in near perfect harmony striking and blocking those who tried to strike the other and able to come up with strategies quickly resulting in them easily defeating the practise targets sent against them. While the lord of wrath admitted it would take time for them to become truly unbeatable they were well on the way to doing so.
Not long after that 1st bit of joint training the sin asked Vaggie to meet him privately in his palace. Here Satan explained that while he wasn’t sure about her, she’s proven herself to not only be a strong and capable fighter but a devoted and loyal partner to his niece so had decided to teach them something few in Hell knew how to do. It was revealed that Carmilla Carmine rather than just reforge it, can actually make Angellic steel. The sin explains that along with it improving her sale price by making it seem more finite, it also prevents others from targeting her and trying to learn that knowledge. Satan himself learnt how and wants to teach Vaggie as he trusts her. Touched the falcon asks when they can get started.
The lessons started off small, simply learning how to make the heavenly steel before moving onto making basic knives until Satan told her she was ready. At this stage she asked Charlie for some of her blood, which she agreed to despite the strangeness of the request. For her 1st creation Vaggie reforged the Fairbairn-Sykes knife the sin had gifted her keeping it a simple weapon, before forging a Poignard Dagger for Charlie. The hilt was engraved in Envy with a raised snake around a ruby apple. During the forging process the falcon added the princesses blood to her blade and their own to hers. This gave both knives a wavy red appearance. Upon seeing the blade and understanding the reading behind using the blood, so part of them would always be near the other, was touched beyond belief. The falcon also created a spear for herself so she would be able to fight effectively, along with a shield to protect her beloved from harm. Their next project was more intricate and she thus requested help from the lord of wrath due to his experience, which he gladly gave. With his help Vaggie was able to create 2 suits of angellic steel armour for herself and Charlie. It was a gruelling task, that thanks to the sin the falcon completed beautifully. Both sets were simple, functional above else made to accommodate their full demon forms. Vaggie’s was coloured lavender with silver highlights while the princesses was red with black highlights. They were strong and certainly left an impression. Charlie loved the gift and didn’t hesitate to let the falcon know how much she did.
7 Months before the Hazbin Pilot it’s Charlie graduation day. Not only is she 1st in class but her dad, girlfriends, aunts and uncles with Vortex and Fizzarolli plus the Motha’s are there to see it happen. After the ceremony and required hugs, pictures and sometime tearful words of love and support from their loved ones, they head back to have a small celebration at their home. As this was the 1st time Vaggies family met Charlie’s it was an interesting occasion. Satan and Vortex had the ladies and a gay cousin watching their muscles all night, Bee made cocktails that kept it going, Fizz with Ozzy’s help entertain everyone, Mammon actually gave good investment advice out, Leviathan gave out good makeup and fashion tips, Belphegor some health tips in between sleeping with Razzle and Dazzle curled up next to her. Lucifer for his part had baked some apple pies which went down a storm. Overall the party was a lot of fun. Afterwards though due to Bee’s cocktails most of the human guests were passed and had to be put to bed with their families staying too. After making a delicious breakfast before seeing them off the couple agreed to take some time to just enjoy being together. The 2 of them used their powers to travel across the earth in the day before heading home at night or just relaxing together.
6 months before the pilot Charlie calls Lucifer to join her and Vaggie for lunch. After a delicious meal the princes reveals the real reason for the meet up, to pitch her plan to redeem sinners. Razzle set up a projector while Dazzle switched off the lights and both drew the curtains before passing the audience a pair of binders. Charlie’s then revealed her plan of renovating one of the Morningstar’s old properties, a hotel they once used to host parties that’s been abandoned for decades to host their redemption program . Along with listing the various amenities and the fact that along with Charlie offering therapy sessions to any guests, Belphegor would be providing any medication the guests would need as required with access to Specialists from Sloth if necessary. As the Falcon and King read through the associated information they quickly realised the princess had done her work and created an airtight idea, while they would need to prove redeeming sinners was possible no one could say they weren’t fully prepared. After it was over Charlie asked what they thought. Vaggie obviously supported the idea, both due to her fair in them and the proposal. Lucifer was honest, saying that while he might not believe in sinners they believed in his daughter so promised his support. Overwhelmed with joy the princess pulled them both into a hug twirling them around the room.
The next day they headed down to the hotel in question. It was as they suspected, a run down ramshackle mess of a building, though Charlie said it would look much better once they finished with it. A few days later she was proven right. The 3 of them started on the ground floor, using their magic to not only clear the mess but return everything to pristine condition. The princess added a bar arguing that it would not only serve to help recovering alcoholic by making them get used to being around it along with switching to non alcoholic beverages, it could also serve as a social gathering place in the new hotel which the others admitted was a good point. They made the lobby area a more inviting place with soft couches, a fireplace and a nice big tv for people watch things on with a library just off it. Next was the kitchen which they made restaurant quality with a fridge that perfectly preserved everything inside of it as well as making it bigger on the inside. The dining room was also fixed up, the plan being to run it as a restaurant for both guests to have a nice meal and gather socially plus visitors to spread word about the hotel. The 2nd day they moved onto to starting on the guests rooms. Using their magic they were able to make them bigger on the inside, turning them into apartments with a living, bed and full bathroom plus kitchen to help make them more homely. They later did the same to the room they would be staying in, changing it to an entire floor. Lucifer asked why they didn’t use it on their home on Earth, being embarrassed when the couple pointed out they had humans visit regularly. The 3rd day was the basement. Here they added a gym, training arena, swimming pool and jacuzzi, sauna, movie and live action theatres. Overall the hotel was in much better condition than it was. The 3 decided to order takeout eating it in their newly finished project before heading home, earth and the palace respectively.
The next day Charlie contacts the sins to get stuff for the hotel. Satan for Meat and Produce for the hotel, Bel for the supply of medication and when necessary specialists for guests, and finally Bee, Ozzy, Levi, Satan again and Mammon for various different spirits and high end alcohol for their future patrons. Along with a deal for a local bakery to send them baked goods daily once they open for their patrons enjoyment.
Vaggie pointed out that even with her dad’s support, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to find other backers specifically sinners as it would help show it wasn’t just a royals fantasy or pet project. Charlie agreed and suggested Carmilla Carmine as their 1st, since she was not only a respected/feared overlord but one of the most powerful along with being an old family friend. They managed to schedule an appointment for the next day.
The meeting started rather tense as Carmilla was all business, regardless of how much effort she’d put into herself, the hotel and the pitch Charlie was still nervous which Vaggie picked up on. A comforting hand before she started helped. After the presentation was done with her reasons for going to the overlord, they waited as she read through the documents she brought with her daughters and Zestial also observing to see her reaction. To their surprise the matriarch agreed. Carmilla explained that despite the princesses research and efforts she doesn’t believe redemption is possible or at least easy to achieve, they will support her in return as a favour for their aid. Cue her explanation to the confused couple. The overlord revealed that since their were fewer sinners on the streets last extermination, the exorcists had gotten more frenzied/desperate to keep their kills up so were more focused on their targets, along with being more willing to leave or throw their weapons to get them. This combined allowed Carmine and her people to gather more Angellic steel with few losses due to clever tactics. So for that they would repay her by backing the project. Cue an awkward tearful hug from Charlie that Carmilla returned in an equally awkward manner, she suggested they speak to Rosie of cannibal town as well. The overlord explained that Rosie had been singing their praises so seemed amenable to assisting them. Despite their obvious discomfort about visiting cannibal town they decided to give it a try.
After returning home Charlie called to set up an appointment, with an enthusiastic Rosie setting it for tmrw afternoon.
The drive into cannibal town was tense, Charlie was thinking over the pitch plus trying to not offend the cannibals while Vaggie was planning to fight their way out if necessary. Though the fact that the people were friendly/polite and the area itself was not only clean but a very nice slice of early 20th century Americana. After arriving in front of Rosie’s Emporium, the Falcon told the Goat Bois to be ready to fight their way out, earning her 2 happy smirks and bleats of approval from them.
Upon entering the shop they saw it was empty aside from 3 women, the overlord in question approaching with open arms pulling the princess into a hug. Rosie led them to a table with several finger foods and 2 kettles of stewing tea and coffee upon it. After getting a confirmation it was non-cannibal food they had some along with Charlie having tea and Vaggie choosing the coffee. Rosie introduce the other 2 women as her wives, Sunny and Belle. When the initial small talk ended the princess started her pitch, though the overlord interrupted them by revealing Carmilla had already filled her in and was happy to give backing to it. Rosie clarified that while she isn’t entirely sure it’s possible they kinda owe her. The overlord explained that while she has her own shelter for Cannibal town, the warning system and Charlie forcing the extermination onto a more defined schedule prevented any of her people from being caught out. So out of gratitude for saving her people Rosie will back the hotel. Cue an ecstatic princess pulling her and their wives into a twirling hug. With the support of 2 powerful overlords plus Lucifer it would give the hotel a big legitimacy/credibility boost.
Over the next few months both of them started spending time with one of the overlords. Vaggie with Carmilla and Charlie with Rosie. The Falcon spent her time practising with the overlord, the latter impressed by the formers skill though both admit training with Satan helped. Aside from combat Carmilla also had Vaggie help in the forge, admitting her skill and talent are very impressive making her blush. Then ballet classes, which the former human revealed she actually took till graduating high school along with being talented at it. The princess and Cannibal mostly just had tea together along with some dress shopping as both enjoyed the towns vintage fashion. Rosie also liked giving Charlie gossip often times about the other overlords.
Gradually they started bonding with them. Vaggie started to get close with Carmilla’s daughters and soon spending time with them started feeling like when she did with her family back on Earth with the matriarch being like a 2nd mother. Carmine even trusted her with the story about how she fell from heaven while pregnant. Charlie appreciated how warm, supportive and even maternal Rosie was. This combined with the fact the princess reminded the overlord of her own daughters on Earth added to it. It eventually resulted in her revealing the truth about how she wound up in hell, via killing 2 abusive husband the 1st of which started her on cannibalism, a 3rd who was gay and more of a friend. Her death then how she built cannibalism town before meeting Belle then sunny and marrying both along with adopting the latter’s son. Overall the couple found more people they could rely on and even call family.
3 months before the pilot. In order to properly focus on the hotel the couple agreed to move into it permanently. This Charlie gave 2 weeks notice at her job in preparation for it. Of course the other staff and kids were sad to see her go but wished her well. The excise they gave was that she had been offered a prestigious opportunity in Europe so would be moving to pursuit it. The mothas were obviously heartbroken to see them go but understood why and wished them the best of luck. They had a final party at their house as a going away bash. During the celebration the couple asked one of Vaggies cousins who was out of work and looking for a new place if she’d be interested in being the caretaker for the place. Along with free room and board they’d only have to make sure the place was kept in a good state. She obviously agreed, especially after hearing the pay would be 80 grand. They also let the family know they could still use the place for parties and special occasions which they appreciated. The next morning the Mothas saw them off as they left in a taxi. Once they were far enough away they opened a portal to hell just outside the hotel. They started the process of moving into their new home, both promising the other it would work.
They spent the 1st month getting used to living at the hotel, ensuring their deals in regard to their supplies was sufficient and planning out their approach to any potential guests. Once they were ready the search started. After several days of no’s in various vulgar ways and signing autographs or taking selfies from fans the couple were driving down pentagram city’s streets in the limo. Though they soon stopped when the princess saw a lone spider sinner leaning against a street light.
After stopping and getting him inside they start their pitch, though it’s delayed by the spiders mocking and irreverent behaviour especially in regard to Vaggies name. He also reveals his name as Angel Dust. Charlie restarts the pitch by asking him if he’s happy in his life, asking again when he dances around the question, silence speaking louder than words. The princess with the Falcon explain their hotels goal to the skeptical spider. They also list of the amenities which intrigues him, though the fact it includes a rent free room with Charlie adding pets are welcome though within reason. After clarifying large pets that could be a serious danger or needs they couldn’t fulfil he further seemed interested. The spider timbering why he was originally soliciting said he’d think about it but would need to leave to earn some cash. Without hesitation Charlie gave him a big wad of cash claiming it was an investment into something worthwhile, him. Angela Dust is silent before taking it and leaving, trying not to show how much it affected him though the couple share a look. The princess due to her understanding of Psychology specifically in regards to signs of trauma while the falcon could recognise when somebody used humour to cover up pain. They both shared a look agreeing to keep an eye on him if he came to the hotel.
A few days after their meeting Angel Dust arrived at the hotel. After taking a moment to look at just how nice the place was till Charlie got his attention. Here the princess and Vaggie told him the hotel rules. No drugs aside from prescribed medications or the like, alcohol was allowed but only at the bar, no violence towards guests or staff within the hotel, etc. after agreeing he revealed his pet pig Fat Nuggets. Charlie obviously loved him and even the Falcon thought he was cute. After portalling his bags to his room they gave the spider the tour. Angel Dust was impressed that all the amenities were actually here, his favourite being the kitchen. Upon seeing he was getting an apartment instead of a single room they asked how it was possible. The couple explained about the size compression spell and all the rooms were like this. After a final goodbye the spider settled into his room hoping internally this would work.
Over the next month Angel Dust followed the routine of waking up, having breakfast in his room despite invitations to join the couple before heading to work, then he’d get shit faced on booze and drugs depending on the day and his energy, then came home his demeanour always worrying the princess and her partner. He soon discovered the hotel was enchanted to destroy any drugs he attempted to bring in forcing him to do them outside of it. After the 1st night of such a bender Charlie gave him a potion that would deal with the physical affects of his substance abuse, such as the physical need and the withdrawal symptoms though she did explain it wouldn’t stop his psychological need for it. The Spider didn’t care as it simply meant he didn’t need to worry about the sweats or shakes anymore. He refused the potions after nights out. Despite their worry and unhappiness at his continued usage of drugs they never once threatened to punish or kick him out, which confused Angel Dust but part of him thought its cause they didn’t care enough. Until one night after a terrible day at the studio he was so exhausted he just went straight to his room to forget it. Upon arriving he found a card on his bedside table. It was a handwritten thank you card from both Charlie and Vaggie thanking him for staying at the hotel for a month, that while he might not see it yet they know he can improve and is deserving of the chance plus the help required. That seemed to finally make the spider realise they did want to genuinely help him, so he sat there quiet for a while just taking it in. The next morning rather than just stay in his room, he chose to join the couple for breakfast. After the initial shock wore off they simply offered him a seat while the Goat Bois served the meal of hash browns, bacon, fried eggs, sausage and pancakes. After trying some of the coffee he said it was better than the shit he normally had, same for the food. Thus began a conversation about the worst meal they’d each had.
From that point Angel Dust started getting more involved. He started cooking sometimes, making food like he had on Earth. A lot of it was the Italian foods he ate growing up in New York which was delicious. He also started trying to cut down on using drugs, which even without the physical need thanks to the sobriety potion the psychological need made it difficult. He could go a day or several without needing them, but one bad day at work or a memory would cause him to relapse. The owners understood, simply encouraging Angel to make it a little farther next time along with reminding him Charlie’s offer of counselling. The Spider turned it down at least for now. The couple were happy to see his progress, but seeing him come home exhausted and destroyed in more ways than one they knew it would take a lot before he could fully start healing from his pain and trauma.
A few weeks after that the couple were attending the Winters end ball again. They met with her dad early like usual that year, talked to the sins, met a few people though they spent a lot of time with the carmines including Zestial and Rosie plus her wives, who thanks to her support and growing bond with Charlie had been invited that year to their joy and the envy of their foes. In-between enjoying the occasion the 2 of them asked the sins like Bee, Ozzy, Levi and Mam with their overlord guests if they knew any gossip or rumours about the Vees. It proved to be a very productive night.
The Day before the pilot. The owners and patron of the Hotel are in the lobby waiting for the extermination to start. Angel Dust is preparing to see the couple off as they are getting ready to join their volunteers in helping any sinners they can. After a quick goodbye the princess and falcon leave the spider on his own. He spends the next 12 hours watching TV in the lobby with Fat Nuggets, Razzle, Dazzle and KeeKee joining him. After the couple returned exhausted and bloody Angel Dust had to leave as Val called him in. They wished him a good bye, worried for him but grateful to discover he’d left them some dinner in the fridge. After everything they ate then went straight to bed completely exhausted physically and mentally.
The next morning Vaggie woke up early, after showering went to prepare her and Charlie breakfast. While she was in the kitchen the reception phone went off, they had Razzle bring it to them while Dazzle took over the cooking. Shockingly it was a representative from 666 news who revealed that due to a vacancy they wanted to know of the princess would be interested in appearing to talk about her new project. Without hesitating she immediately agreed and after getting the time to be there hung up the phone before portalling straight to their room. Once Charlie recovered from nearly having a heart attack from their partners wake up call, the news about the interview sent them into an excited panic. After hugging Vaggie she rushed to get ready via a quick shower and all but jumping into her usual outfit before fixing up her hair. At breakfast she ate so fast a bit of the plate almost got chewed up if their partner didn’t stop them. The excitement was so high the only thing that temporarily stopped it was the fact Angel Dust hadn’t been home yet. Vaggie pointed out he mentioned he’d probably be seeing a friend after work and as they hadn’t gotten any messages contradicting that he was likely fine. Despite some niggling worries the princess accepted that and went back to being excited again. They chose to drive to the studio in order to go over what Charlie should say during the interview.
Upon arriving they were led up to the studio, while waiting for Charlie’s turn. Her partner went over the most important points along with some last minute affirmations. The princesses 1st meeting with Katie Killjoy was very unpleasant, as not only did she think she was better than her but also made her homophobia a point of pride. Charlie simply shot back pointing out she was only the biggest news caster in pride with the other ones in hell beating her in both quality and personality. The end of the break was the only thing that stopped the newscaster from responding leaving her to stew, while Tom Trench was doing his best to hold back their laughter.
After introducing herself, ignoring Killjoys spitefulness, Charlie got to work on explaining why she was on the program that day before revealing her new project, a hotel to redeem sinners into heaven. Ignoring the insults from the anchor the princess explained her thinking along with the amenities and services offered before revealing not only did her father support her but the overlords Carmilla Carmine and Rosie. Even if people aren’t sure about it, they do agree the princess has done her research plus the goodwill from her extermination measures to protect sinners. The fact that Angel Dust is their 1st patron surprises many, with Charlie hotly defending him from Killjoys insults by revealing he’s been making efforts to stay off drugs and improve his behaviour. Though it’s unfortunately ruined when news about the spider is involved in the previously mentioned Turf War between Cherri Bomb and Sir Pentious. After the initial shock Vaggie starts trying to call Angel Dust while the princess is trying to salvage the situation. Rather than throw him under the bus Charlie points out that the path to self-improvement is never easy or straight so people will stumble, arguing this is just one such for Angel Dust. Eventually tiring of Killjoys insults the princess shoots back that she was a failure in life and asks how it feels knowing they only have their job thanks to Vox, a gay man despite her own homophobia otherwise she’d be lucky to be a 5th rate weather girl. The room and many watching are silent waiting for the anchors response. Enraged she turns into a more insect form before lunging at the young royal. Charlie simply sends her flying with a slap so hard she lands 5 miles away, looking more annoyed than threatened. The room is silent once more before cheers from the audience, especially Tom at sight of that bitch being put in her place. The princess and falcon simply walked out of the room to go pick up their guest.
The ride back to the Hotel was a quiet one, fraught with tension. Angel Dust was sat facing the owners both of whom looked equally unhappy, with Charlie more sad while Vaggie was pissed. Realising how badly he fucked up the spider started apologising, that if he knew about the interview he would’ve tried to make sure he wasn’t seen or at least end it quicker. While the falcon did voice her annoyance she understood that he was just trying to help his friend. Despite their dislike for her destructiveness, the couple know how much the cyclops has done for Angel Dust as his only true friend and how much she’s supported him through all the crap he’s suffered so are willing to be lenient there. Charlie despite her own frustration lets the spider know she isn’t angry at him but the situation. That makes Angel Dust feel even worse than if they just screamed at him.
Upon arriving Angel Dust goes straight to the bar for a stiff drink, while Charlie and Vaggie go to the couch to just rest after an absolute nightmare of a day. The falcon seeing her partners look of sadness did her best to comfort them, pointing out they knew it was going to be tough but at least she shut that homophobic bitch up which brought a smile to the princesses face as they cuddled together on the couch. They stay like that till a short time later they hear a knock at the door.
Charlie obviously gets up to check but freezes upon seeing who it is, before slamming the door in a panic. Then briefly repeats the process. While still digesting what she saw, they call out to Vaggie saying the radio demons at the door, putting the falcon on edge telling her not to let him in while Angel Dust is just confused having no idea who he is. After thinking it over for a second the princess decides to see what they want.
Upon being told he can talk now Alastor goes into a performance of how much he enjoyed the interview, though he’s stopped by Vaggie. She coldly promises to kill him if he hurts anyone at the hotel, despite wanting to respond in a way that’ll put her in their place the deer can feel the power radiating off her so simply smiles despite his displeasure at being challenged, pivoting back to revealing to everyone’s shock he wants to help with the hotel. When asked he says that after so much boredom the interview, specifically Charlie’s bitchslapping of Killjoy across the city gave him so much of the entertainment he needs after decades of boredom. Of course when the princess asks if he believes redemption is possible, the Deer simply bursts out laughing calling it ridiculous as you only get one chance and anyone in hell is damned there forever. No he wants to support the hotel to get a front row seat to enjoy watching all the patrons when they fall and fail to reach an impossible dream. While Alastor is continuing his pitch, Angel Dust asks who he is shocking Vaggie as he’s been in Hell since the 40s, exasperated when he claims he isn’t into politics though considering he didn’t recognise her at 1st that’s no surprise. The Falcon thus explains that the Radio Demon appeared in Hell then started toppling Overlords who’d been in power for centuries then broadcast their tortured screams on the radio earning his cognomen. She finishes by calling him an unpredictable and dangerous force that should never be trusted lest they suffer for it. The Spider asks if that means he could beat her, though Vaggie laughs it off by arguing she’s not only got power similar to Liliths but trained by Satan and Lucifer as was Charlie, the little deer wouldn’t stand a chance. They both share a laugh when Angel says he looks like a strawberry pimp.
Vaggie then pulls Charlie away from him, asking her to be careful due to their reputation plus the sheer impossibility of him being redeemed. The princess listens understanding and sharing her concerns, but points out that if they turn Alastor away then they’ll be betraying their promise to give everyone a chance to redeem and improve themselves, even someone like the Radio Demon. So Charlie thus says that unless she wants to betray everything she’s trying to do, simply asking that her partner trusts them, which while difficult Vaggie promises she does. Though does ask he just be careful. The princess promises, reminding her that not only did she get lessons from her dad about taking no shit from other demons, but her aunts/uncles also helped there. Charlie then tells Alastor that even though she knows he’s sketchy as fuck they aren’t against him helping, but as he’s not the only one supporting them considering her dad, Carmilla Carmine and Rosie are backing them she’ll have to reject his offer and instead make him a junior partnership along with being the Hotels manager beneath her and Vaggie considering his 7 year absence and lack of resources compared to them. The Radio Demon is frozen both annoyed he forgot about the existing supporters and insulted that he could only be a lesser partner with his disappearance and lack of resources thrown in his face. As he had no choice Alastor simply smiled agreeing to the terms, despite his internal rage.
With his place assured Alastor complimented the Hotels quality and standard of cleanliness but asked where the staff were. Vaggie said they were waiting for more patrons before looking for more staff via Charlie’s dad, as it was only the 3 of them till now. Wanting to prove himself the Deer offered to help in that matter, gesturing to the fireplace as he worked his magic. They all watched unnerved, except for Alastor, as something crawled from the fireplace before a large cyclops eye opened. The Radio Demon simply walked forwards and picked it up, knocking the ash off to reveal a short young woman beneath it. He introduced her as Niffty. After saying hello the 1st thing she did was notice just how clean the place was and hoping they could become friends, then asking if there were any men there confusing the spider for a woman before stabbing a stray spider with a sewing needle. Alastor then summoned his next hire, a top hat wearing winged cat who’d obviously just come from a poker game having played the winning hand. The Radio Demon introduced him as Husk, who is very unhappy to see him. After an argument at least on his end as Al just watched it like a show, the cat gave in at the chance to be around a lot of booze as the hotels bartender. Charlie introduces herself politely but he rebuffed her, though the fact he immediately started downing a bottle was a concern to her and their partner. Angel Dust for his part immediately started flirting with Husk who strongly rebuffs them though that doesn’t deter the spider.
Hopeful that his actions have won the princess over, Alastor uses his powers to start a performance and shift everyone’s clothes to like those of the 20s. Here he started a dance with his minions performing and the deer himself singing pulling Charlie into it. Despite keeping her guard up she enjoyed the little bit of fun while Vaggie kept her eyes on him, ready to make him pay for an attempts at harming her beloved partner. This continued till heard a loud bang at the door with distant rather unhappy yelling following it. The lobby and its inhabitants outfits returned to normal as the magic was interrupted by the commotion outside.
They ventured to the courtyard to find out what was causing it. In an airship a rather irate Sir Pentious was displeased to see his attack had done no damage thanks to the enchantments on the hotel. Upon seeing Alastor the snake soon starts floating that not only will he get revenge on the whorebug but defeat his enemy the feared Radio Demon. The man in question simply asks who he is, which enrages the inventor even more thanks to the blow to his ego being bruised. Thus he deploys his secret weapon, a massive laser canon. Rather than deal with herself and stopping Charlie from, Vaggie gestures for the deer to do so as another way to prove his value as a partner. He does so with a gusto summoning a portal through which multiple tentacles appear, pulling the airship into it after flattening it to the shock and horror of everyone but the deer himself. With that dealt with Alastor offers to make everyone his mother’s recipe for Jambalaya. As the group walks inside he changes the hotel sign to Hazbin Hotel from Happy Hotel. The owners decided to let him have it as a sort of reward, to incentivise Al to continue helping in meaningful ways.
At dinner that night Husk fills Alastor in on what’s happened since he went away. He’s not happy to discover that Vaggie is on the same level of Lilith thanks to a potion from Lucifer. Especially as it puts her so far above him along with being trained by the king and lord of wrath along with the princess in both magic and combat. This would make his job much, much harder.
Ep 1. In the week since Alastors joining with Husk and Nifty, the newly named Hazbin Hotel had spent the time getting to know each other. Charlie was in her room reading the story of her parents and the creation of Hell promising to make her mom’s dream come true. She is rather embarrassed realising Vaggie was there the whole time not realising, but the falcon simply smiles saying she loves when they get like that. The conversation turns solemn when she asks if Lilith has called back yet, noticing the sad look on the princesses face when she says otherwise but claims they must be doing something important which their partner agrees with along with promising she will make the hotel work and make the queen proud along with reinforcing the fact she’s not alone and has faith in the hotel working. KeeKee who’d run off after being surprised by Vaggie from her key form curls up in Charlie’s arms before the former reveals Alastor has something to show them.
Alastor reveals he’s created a TV commercial that is not only not good, but very insulting. Charlie tries to be polite but Vaggie bluntly tells him it was shit. The Radio Demon argues that as he’s been away from Hell for sometime and did it on a medium he despised, decided to have fun with it. The Falcon argues back that his entertainment shouldn’t affect their trying to get the hotels message out, pointing out that he’s only a junior partner who turned up late to support them and is the weakest to do so perhaps he should be trying harder to prove his worth. Alastor simply smiles dangerously holding in his anger at that remark. Angel Dust then pipes up suggesting he could star in the commercial considering he’s the hotels 1st resident and a rather famous celebrity which the couple appreciate, making him smile. Though the princess is soon pulled away by a call from her dad. The Spider does ask that considering how powerful the couple are, why don’t they just make people stay there. Husk then pipes up that the only reason he’s there is because Alastor is forcing him to be, with Niffty adding in she likes that much to everyone’s discomfort. Angel Dust starts flirting with a very annoyed Cat before Vaggie stops him by stating they can’t force sinners to stay here as they need to want to improve, pointing out that even if it took time the couple trusted him and the spider has made real progress since he arrived. Touched by the words of genuine support Angel Dust simply blushes. Meanwhile Lucifer has told the princess that due to a high workload he can’t make a meeting with Adam at the embassy, asking her to cover him. Despite her worries at what this could represent they agreed. Charlie signalled to Vaggie they needed to talk, revealing what the King had asked her to do. They both agreed that the 1st man wanting a meeting so soon after an extermination was worrying, the falcon offering to accompany her, though the princess refused asking her to keep an eye on the Hotel. Despite disliking the idea of Charlie going into a possible ambush, Vaggie trusted her enough to agree.
After a quick portal Charlie found herself in front of the Heavenly Embassy, feeling a mix of anxiousness at what Adam could want and rage thinking about their previous visit here with Sera they went inside. Just like the last time the place was unnervingly quiet, wanting to make this meeting short as possible they signed in and made way to the meeting room. Unlike before it was dark. Tensing the princess prepared for an ambush almost drawing her pitchfork when Adam and that bitch Lute appeared, sitting and standing next to each other respectively. Easing a little Charlie said her dad was busy so asked them to attend in his place, the 1st Man rudely saying he guessed that. He offered a hand but she ignored it, knowing he was a hologram which spoiled his attempt at a joke. After a little sulk he tried again with rubs but only received a raised eyebrow in return. Inwardly the princess sighed knowing this would be a long meeting.
Back at the Hotel Vaggie gathered everyone in the lobby telling them that while Charlie was out, they would be filming a new commercial to surprise her with. Conjuring herself a camera they got to work. They start at the bar with Razzle and Dazzle holding cue cards for Husk to read from with Angel Dust at the bar. After a few tries the cat was able to read his lines and the spider focused on giving a good performance instead of acting horny or flirting, which both his co-star and director appreciated.
Back at the embassy Adam was giving details about a lurid story that made Charlie want to bash her into a wall. The princess simply voiced that she now understood why their mother left him and wanted to help Eve as well. This started him onto a rant about how he was not only a great husband but lover as well. Charlie simply wanted to impale her head on a nearby sculpture.
In one of the Hotel Rooms Niffty was attempting to impale a bug before Vaggie got her attention. Their role in the commercial was to state they had the cleanest rooms, though that was derailed seeing the nightmare face she made on camera. Rather than give up she had her leave the room before coming back in to find the Falcon had disappeared. Though upon hearing Angel Dust ask how clean the rooms she went into a sporty about how they were the cleanest she’d ever seen along with how comfortable they are. After the maid left Vaggie reappeared in a corner, satisfied the invisibility spell worked before handing the Spider a 50 souls note for his help.
In the lobby Vaggie doing some editing to the footage they’ve got, the scenes she shot with the others along with showing off and explaining the amenities/services the Hotel offers. Alastor appears complimenting her on making an effective commercial, even if it lacked his showmanship like the original. The Falcon simply thanked him for the praise before saying they had to get it on the air before Charlie got home before an idea came to mind. Smirking Vaggie told Al that as he was no help and to further prove his worth as a partner, then it would be great if he could get it on tv unless he doesn’t have the connections they claim to have. The Radio Demon narrows his eyes, smile becoming dangerous though he does respect how she’s using the circumstances to her advantage. He reluctantly agrees taking the camera promising to get it on the air ASAP before disappearing. Proud she simply sits down looking forward to showing their work to her beloved.
Charlie was nearing the end of her limit with Adam’s ranting, so demanded he tell her why he called this meeting or she was walking. Insulted he and Lute decided to reveal that they were moving the extermination up to twice a year with a new one 6 months from that day, enjoying the horrified look on the princesses face though it soon turned to rage burning the room before leaving smashing the doors out of her way.
Charlie takes a few minutes to calm down before heading home, heartbroken at the prospect at telling the residents what she heard. Though her mood soon shifts as Vaggie, who looks excited to see them, pulls her inside to the couch in front of the TV with the others. Here she finds out not only that they’ve all made a new commercial together with Alastor using his connections to get it aired today with it showing soon. So overcome with joy the princess decides to wait till later to reveal the news. Unfortunately a breaking news announcement revealed that for her interrupting the commercial, obviously shocking the rest of the residents.
In Heaven Adam and Lute watch as a drone scans through the rubble in Hell till it finds their target, a headless exorcist corpse. Enraged the 2nd wants to go down and kill them all immediately, but her commander promises they’ll get their revenge but must be patient before destroying the projector.
Ep 2. Charlie is in the lobby raging over the change to the extermination, as it not only cuts their time in half but puts more of her people at risk. Vaggie is the same, both agreeing their must be a reason behind it. Regardless they still have to deal with their timeline being cut in half. Angel Dust pipes up pointing out that getting people interested before was difficult, now likely impossible due to how crazy everyone was going at the news. That’s when they notice a text from Valentino that causes the Spider to panic for a moment but tries hiding it, much to the couples discomfort, playing it off as desperation. This is when the Falcon points out that if people are desperate then they might just be willing to try anything, including redemption. This causes the princess to pipe up that it might be the perfect time to recruit more guests. Angel Dust wishes them luck but points out that it’s getting crazy out there. To reinforce that point they hear a loud bang hit the wall, with familiar screaming following it.
Outside Sir Pentious is there in his rebuilt airship to find a worthy foe, calling for whomever brave enough to do so. Upon seeing Alastor on the balcony the snake demands they face him, rather put down the Deer doesn’t recognise him despite fighting multiple times. Though upon seeing Vaggie Sir Pentious shifts his challenge to her, declaring her a greater challenge and a victory over being worthy of the V’s attention. Along with playing down Niffty question about the 3, Alastor was offended at being snubbed deciding to show why that was a bad idea. Unbeknownst to them a Voxtech drone was watching this unfold.
Meanwhile at the V’s tower Vox is watching from his control room as the hypnotised and enraptured masses buy his products and consume his content. It’s interrupted by a call from his partner Velvet, demanding he get up there and deal with Valentino who’s tearing apart her studio. Exasperated the TV overlord leaves, briefly stopping to bullshit and hypnotise some reporters before teleporting to the studio via a camera. Here the fashion overlord tells him what happened and demands he deal with the “piss baby”.
Vox thus arrives in the penthouse to find Val raging over how Angela Dust has moved into Charlie’s hotel, promising to go over there and fuck everyone. Though the TV finally has enough and talks to the pimp like the idiot he is, convincing him that doing so would only make them look weak, especially him along with pointing out the spider is under contract along with finding a way to make him feel better by using underperforming employees for target practise. Val then reveals that Alastor is back at the hotel, enraging Vox demanding to know why he didn’t mention it the 1st time, the moth playing it off as not being their rival. Cue the Media overlord bringing up the feed from his drone at the hotel.
Alastor is reminding Sir Pentious not to discount him. While Charlie thinks he’s going overboard Angel Dust is enjoying the show. It continues till the snake falls to the ground landing in front of the Deer, attempting to salvage this humiliation by stealing a sliver of his coat. Cue an enraged Alastor sending him shooting off into the distance, before announcing that he has to visit a tailor to get his coat fixed. The princess wishes him well before she and Vaggie leave to start looking for more potential patrons.
Vox enraged to see his old rival return, especially being reminded by Val he almost lost to them the last time they fought decides to send a message. To show that things have changed in the last 7 years. The Media overlord thus starts a broadcast that is both a warning/insult to his old rival, though it’s interrupted when the Radio Demon decides to respond. Alastor is able to easily rile/anger Vox putting him on the back step, though the TV manages to strike a blow by asking the Deer how it feels to be the least powerful overlord at the Hotel along with the weakest of the partners. He hides the rage at the insult by bluntly reminding Vox that unlike him he doesn’t need the other V’s to hold onto his power. This continues till the Media Overlord rages out so much he blacks out the city except the hotel, losing and embarrassing himself in the process.
At an emergency meeting the 3 V’s gather to discuss the situation. Vox points out that even with his weakened position, Alastor getting closer to the princess is bad for them as while she has no reason to strike a deal with him any influence he might gain no matter how small is bad for them. Velvette for her part points out that Charlie herself is a threat in that she’s likely not going to let people like them continue to mistreat her subjects and not only does her power alone make her a threat but her familial plus political connections magnify it astronomically higher. Her partner agrees suggesting that they need an inside man, someone who Charlie would take, the doll pointing out it needs to be someone unconnected to them while being pathetic enough to do it. After Val points out that’s no easy as they already do, the TV overlords smiles as he has the perfect man in mind.
Angel Dust is in the lobby watching as the owners return with Charlie flopping onto the couch. He asks how it went with Vaggie revealing they didn’t get any new recruits but a lot of fans wanting autographs and selfies. While sympathetic the spider points out that a lot of people aren’t gonna wanna waste possibly their last days on a likely dead end option. Before she can respond the Falcon hears a knock at the door. Upon finding its Sir Pentious, she gives him a 5 second warning before she vaporises him out of existence, causing him to frantically promise he’s there in peace. Upon seeing the princess he claims he’s there to be a guest and be better. Charlie immediately welcomes him to the hotel, though she and Vaggie share a look knowing they need to keep an eye on him. Angel Dust is less than enthusiastic pointing out he tried attacking them just a few hours earlier then welcome him in their home. She points out that anyone who wants to redeem themselves is welcome, including their slithery friend. Obviously the Spider looks at Vaggie, who shrugs saying if he tries anything she can turn him into boot leather, plus a belt and handbag making the serpent shake in fear. While Charlie continues her welcome, Angel Dust is less enthusiastic about his chances.
Excited at the prospect of a new guest Charlie goes overboard in showing him the lobby. When Vaggie points it out she argues it’s nice having a new patron, though makes sure to tell Angel Dust they don’t appreciate him any less which makes him feel warm, even if he doesn’t say so. Though upon introducing the snake to Niffty, the princess reveals they’re mostly sure she’s harmless. The real hard point is Alastor who isn’t willing to forget his coat, though upon receiving an apology and the sliver back, he simply burns it just screw with the snake.
In order to help everyone get to know each other Charlie has everyone gather in the lobby to play 2 truths 1 lie. While some are more enthusiastic than others it goes well. They then move onto a skit that has Sir Pentious play a student rejecting drugs from Angel Dust playing a drug dealer. Even though he knows it causes it’s the Snakes 1st day, part of the spider still hurt seeing him get all the praise. It got worse hearing Val’s messages in his room so much that even Fat Nuggets didn’t help.
Thus he went to the bar for a stiff drink to calm his nerves, till he saw a shadow heading into Charlie’s office. To his shock then rage he watches as Sir Pentious plants a camera on one of the shelves. Enraged he attacks resulting in a brawl that only ends when they both see the owners standing above them. Immediately the spider tells them what happened while the snake tries to cover himself. Though it doesn’t work as the pair reveal they had suspicions about him and had been watching them via magic since he arrived. Realising he’d been sussed out, the snake immediately started trying to escape even calling Vox from his video watch for extraction. Incredulous he’d been found out so soon the TV told Sir Pentious he was a complete and utter failure all but encouraging him to kill himself if they didn’t. This obviously broke the man all but allowing them to do so. While Angel Dust was still angry at his betrayal, Charlie and Vaggie were more sympathetic after hearing what was said to him. They both promised the snake they wouldn’t harm him, with the princess saying it was obvious that the inventor wanted respect but pointed out he likely wanted friends more, offering him a chance to make some real ones and become a better person at the same time. Touched by the offer he agrees, though he could do without Niffty kicking him for not being a bad boy. Before they leave Charlie apologises if they made Angel Dust feel bad, which while unintentional they had to be sure if they were right or if Sir Pentious really was a new guest. Understanding he let them know there were no hard feelings, actually appreciating when she hugged him and returning it. Once the office was clear, Alastor appeared picking up the video watch to enjoy mocking his hated rival one more time.
In the next week Sir Pentious moved into the hotel properly, bringing his airship and Egg Bois with him. He was adjusting to the hotel and despite the reputation plus attitudes towards mental health in his day, the inventor did seem willing to try therapy with Charlie.
Ep 3. For the anniversary of his 1st week there Charlie put up a banner celebrating it, which despite feeling it was a bit much Vaggie helped with. Though it was ruined when the snake in question rolled in a new weapon, which he claimed was in response to the fact that everyone being so nice is simply a ploy to kill him when he isn’t expecting it. This is when Clara and Odette arrive with parts for Sir Pentious machine. They and the Falcon get into a conversation where it’s revealed Carmilla has called for a meeting of the other powerful overlords, along with making plans for her and the princess to join them for dinner. Though before they leave Vaggie tells the snake he can’t make weapons, telling the sisters to take the parts back which they do, along with arguing the other residents are being nice cause they want him to feel welcome. This lack of trust gets Charlie to come up with the idea to do trust exercises for the day, though not before her partner lays down some ground rules which along with the aforementioned rule, no plotting against guests and keep his Egg Bois under control. As they fired a laser at the ceiling, not even a mark thanks to the enchantment, a second later the Falcon decided they were being confiscated for the day much to his sadness.
Vaggie finds Alastor in his room, eating a deer corpse to her disgust. She asks him to watch the eggs for the day. He agrees though mentions he’ll be at an appointment for the day.
Charlie gathers everyone into the lobby to explain they understand there’s been some tension, so hopefully they can work on it today by doing some trust building exercises that Vaggie would be leading as they’d agreed before. They started with trust falls before moving onto Minefield and back-back drawing. The results were mixed though Angel Dust had an idea.
Alastor was walking down the street towards Carmine industries, doing his best to not murder the Eggs he’d agreed to watch. Though his mood improved seeing his old friend Zestial. After some light conversation before moving onto where the Deer went and why, as well the rumours. Al instead claimed it was a light sabbatical, though enjoys the rumours keeping people on their toes. It moves onto his joining the Hotel, the Spider overlord revealing that Carmilla did so due to her wanting to repay Charlie for her help in making their job safer, also due to the connection her partner has to the matriarch. The reveal of this closeness vexes Alastor further than he previously was. Upon arriving at the elevator he orders the Egg Bois to wait outside, not noticing Frank got in there with them.
As the other overlords take their seats, the Egg filters in hiding behind Alastors chair, after a toothy smile from Rosie. Carmilla arrives, announcing that the subject of the meeting is the new extermination, specifically how it affects them. She points out that even with Charlie’s reforms they still suffered losses that cost them and they must plan for this new extra risk to their power. The matriarch also briefly acknowledges then ignores the Radio Demon, offending/hurting his pride. Though unfortunately for her Velvette soon arrives, interrupting and offending Carmine simply being her arrogant disrespectful self. After a brief attempt at trying to re-rail the meeting, Carmine is interrupted by the doll who reveals the head of a dead exorcist. The Fashion overlord argues that if they can be killed then they can fight back. Zestial points out that if they don’t know how it died, then they would simply be inviting an even larger genocide upon themselves. Displeased to see them agreeing Velvette soon adjusts by noticing Carmilla’s discomfort, deciding to bait her by insulting her oldest ally/friend. This works drawing her into a heated argument which the matriarch ends after being accused of knowing how the Exorcist died. The Doll leaves happy to see her plan worked, both for a partial confirmation and to get under Carmines skin. As they filter out Alastor orders Frank to follow Carmilla to see what he can learn.
Meanwhile at a clothes store the Hotel residents are there at Angel Dusts suggestion, his argument being that shopping for someone can help you grow closer. This is proven partially right as Husk and Sir Pentious actually find some new clothes, while Charlie helps Niffty find a new outfit. Despite this it’s not enough so Vaggie lets their partner know she has a rather drastic plan in mind.
Cue them winding up on a roof top in the battle ground of Pride. Vaggie announces that just like she did in the marines, they’ll learn to trust each other via the flames of combat. Before any of them know what’s happened, the learn staff and patrons are dropped through a portal being told to make it back to the rooftop together which is not easy as they’re now a mile away. While Charlie isn’t entirely sure, she trusts her partner enough to let her try. Though this turns to joy as the Falcon reveals she packed a picnic for them while they wait. It takes nearly an hour, all exhausted and bruised except Niffty who is being a terror looking for bad boys.
In her office, Frank watches as Carmilla deals with the stress of the meeting downing a bottle of whiskey. Along with refusing to tell Zestial the truth despite her daughter’s attempts otherwise though the Spider convinces them otherwise. Here she reveals it was only to protect her daughters and the secret is to prevent a war that could kill those she wanted to protect including Zestial. Deciding now is a good time to flee, the Egg runs. Outside he finds Alastor and tells him what he found out, happy to have this information the deer orders Frank not to say anything to anyone else.
Back at the couple are watching how their friends have managed to bond, laughing over how they made it back to them through the war zone. Charlie smiles telling Vaggie she knew they could do it, which makes the Falcon blush before the 2 embrace. Around this time Alastor arrives back, telling them that the meeting went well with the Eggs being more useful than he expected. As a reward for their conduct Sir Pentious can have them back early. After a tearful reunion he’s back to ordering them around.
Later that night while preparing for bed Frank reveals what he learned about Carmilla killing an Angel, though the inventor put its down as more random shit so ignores it.
The night after Charlie and Vaggie are attending dinner at the Carmine household. While they have a good time they notice there’s a tension in the air. After desert Carmilla reveals that she has something to tell them, revealing the Exorcists head, stunning the couple. She explains what happened and how the V’s found it, along with the meeting. Immediately they understand now why Adam called for a 2nd extermination, he wants revenge. They thank her for telling them, asking what she did with the body. The matriarch explains she left it and went back to look after the meeting, but it was gone likely taken by heaven. The princess tells her to destroy the head to cover her involvement which they agree to. Before they leave the Falcon asks Carmilla to send a shipment of angellic steel, weapons with some metal to the Hotel discreetly as a contingency which they promise to do.
A few days later, thanks to being more trusting Sir Pentious starts Therapy with Charlie. Along with revealing the reason why he’s in Hell and his regrets about it, plus his lifd on Earth. The princess tells the snake that while he made mistakes, being at the hotel is the 1st step in improving himself, plus it’s obvious that rather than being respected he wanted friends he could trust and rely on, which he’s started making there. Sir Pentious appreciates it and decides to continue doing it as it’s helped make him feel better even if it’ll take more time before it fully does so.
Ep 4. Everyone is in the lobby watching a recording of Angel Dusts 1st performance in Hell shortly after he arrived. After an enjoyable viewing they compliment and applaud his performance, the ones from Husk especially making him blush. Though it’s soon ruined when he gets a call that reduces him to an anxious mess before announcing he has to leave for a last minute shoot. Despite her own unhappiness the princess lets him leave not wanting to make things harder for him. Though rather than sulk she asks Vaggie to follow her to their office.
Inside away from the others, she asks a very important question. Should she get involved. Understanding what she means Vaggie is honest stating that while it could cause them some trouble, it’s worth it to help Angel Dust who is not only their patient but also friend. Plus they’ve both been talking about taking down the V’s for a while now and it would be a good 1st step in showing they aren’t as strong as they appear. Plus even if Val tries something Charlie could destroy him without thinking. Galvanised the princess opens a portal to V studios, thanking their Falcon for her help. They simply respond telling her to bring their spider home.
At the studio Angel Dust is going through the motions of a shitty script and preparing for an uneditable gang bang to make his prick boss money. Till he sees a very determined Charlie walk in. Terrified he rushes over begging her to leave before she gets hurt, though it’s too late as Vals noticed them. The moth immediately saunters up, trying his flattery but before he can try the princess along with telling him to shut the fuck up, threatens to tear him apart if they try touching her. So stunned by that he lets her continue, demanding that the pimp hand over Angel Dusts contract. Valentino simply sneers demanding to know where she gets off talking to him like that. Charlie snaps back reminding him to remember his place as she’s the princess of Hell and he’s a lowly little pimp worth less than the dirt on her heels before asking if the Spider is worth watching everything he’s built with his partners be torn down. Furious at being challenged, he threatens to have Angel Dust gang raped every second of his existence for the insult. The princess retorts she can shoot Angel Dust with a regular bullet, meaning he can regenerate while making the moth beg to die. She further reinforces this by reminding him who her partner, dad, aunts and uncles are, plus the overlords who are backing her. She understands he’s too stupid to think with anything other than his dick or bruised ego, but asks if his partner and 1 of the 2 brains of the V’s is willing to risk their wrath. Before he can answer Vox takes over a nearby TV, ordering Val to just give up the fucking contract and not be a fucking idiot. Enraged the moth almost makes a stupid mistake, but has a surprising moment of wisdom. He hands the princess the contract, who gives it to a stunned spider. It takes him a few moments before realising what’s in his hands, tearing it apart and feeling a weight leave him. After giving him a moment Charlie opens a portal, then leads the still dazed Angel Dust through it. Though before going through herself, the princess gives Val and a Vox a look of cold hatred promising she will kill them one day but make sure they watch everything they’ve built burn around them first.
In Angel Dusts room after closing the portal Charlie checks on their frozen friend. He simply turns asking why she did that, her simple response that he’s their friend of course she helped him. This drives the Spider to tears as he embraces the princess who simply hugs him back, letting them cry it out. Once it’s over Charlie lets him know he can take as much time as he needs to come to terms with what happened, offering to bring him his meals and also to talk to her when he’s ready. For the next few hours aside from eating said food Angel Dust stays solely in his bed cuddling his beloved pet pig, just contemplating his life going forward. It continues like that till the Spider gets sick of the solitude and heads down to the lobby.
The area is empty except for Husk, the bartender offering him a drink. He explains that the news about the confrontation had gone viral even before Charlie told them what happened, the cat congratulated them on their freedom. Angel Dust thanked him on both counts, but didn’t touch the drink. Sensing his unease Husk revealed his own past as an overlord, how he lost everything and wound up under contract to Alastor, so he understands how it feels to have everything change so quickly and drastically. The spider then asked how he’s meant to continue now that he’s free and the suffering, at least the physical kind is over. The cat is honest, saying it’s going to feel strange and so scary at times he’ll crave the familiar of what he had before, along with the fact the trauma will take a lot of time to heal from. But based on how Angel Dust endured instead of walking out on extermination day over the decades of personal torment he went through, they’ll be strong enough to heal from it, especially as he’s got a lot of people willing to help him. Touched the Spider doesn’t know what do except hug the cat tearfully thanking him which they reluctantly allow. A watching Charlie smiles, before whipping out her phone to begin a several stage plan to wipe the V’s out.
The next morning Charlie and Vaggie are busy in her office preparing before leaving before midday, for a special meeting. They arrive at a very nice restaurant outside Pentagram city, with a private room booked. Within are Beelzebub, Azmodeus, Leviathan and Mammon here at their nieces request, though the topic certainly helped. How to cripple the V’s. Bee and Ozzy despised Val for the obvious reason that he treated his people like shit along with manufacturing love potions with Vel’s help putting people at risk considering it’s often used at places where their sim is present, abusing it. Levi hates the Doll too considering her an amateur wannabe who thinks she’s a legend while barely a trainee in Envy plus selling overpriced rags. Mammon hates how Vox has cornered the tech and entertainment market in Pride depriving him of valuable customers. The couple put forward a plan they are very happy to back.
Over the next month things go wrong for the V’s. Ozzy has started expanding to Pride, Pentagram city specifically. With recruiters looking for newly arrived sinners explaining what their jobs actually entail plus clear non soul binding contracts and much better benefits plus protections it cuts a very significant cut into the moths recruitment. Plus along with the sin bringing up some of the talent from lust as well as producing higher quality films cut an even bigger wedge of profit from Val. Plus with Bee making alcohol that can eliminate the effects of love potions for virtually the same price as regular booze, fucks both him and Vel at the same time.
Velvette herself is soon hit by a massive hacking attack that not only destroys her social media presence, but leaks a number of dirty secrets that costs her immensely in terms of reputation. Leviathan then launches a new line of fashion with several new stores in Pride. Not only are they high quality and have the sins brand, but are cheaper than Velvettes, forcing them to drop prices to match.
Vox finds himself hammered when several studios in Greed he was working with or negotiating with cut their contracts with Voxtech. Mammon then expands his own content via tv and streaming to pride, cutting a significant amount of revenue generation off. It’s worsened once he starts selling his own products, which are on Voxes level but much cheaper forcing the overlord to follow suit.
This is helped by the fact Charlie cut tariffs on out of ring goods to pride low enough to help her aunts and uncles make a lot of profit in return. Everyone guesses this is the princess 1st strike on the V’s who can only simmer as they can’t do anything. The next step is finding people to replace the V’s once gone and ensuring not one sinner can rise high enough to replicate their monopolies to keep things fair and competitive.
Shortly after his liberation Angel Dust starts seeing Charlie for therapy. It starts with him talking about his life on Earth. His twin sister Molly, mom, brother and dad. Being in the mob, getting into drugs and how he died. The princess listens, admitting to the spider that while wasn’t fair to him and it’s no surprise he wound up how he did, the responsibility for his choices still falls on their shoulders. Though does clarify that by being here he’s starting on the journey to become a better person which he appreciates. After a few more seasons she diagnoses him with PTSD, anxiety and other similar conditions with prescriptions to help with them, which thankfully help the Spider. They help but Angel Dusts trauma still hits hard, at times the physiological urges and triggers to start using again hit, so hard that at times he just barely hold them back. Charlie gives him some coping mechanism which help but are still extremely difficult though his friends also help them with. Even if it’s difficult he refuses to give up.
In the next 4 months between 4 and 5 several things happen.
In order to continue the story they’d moved to Germany for a job opportunity, Charlie and Vaggie were heading back to Earth to see the latter’s family for a week. After letting Alastor know he was in charge they opened a portal up to LA with their human disguises. The family was obviously happy to see them both again and they spent the next 7 days catching up with the family, along with telling well rehearsed details to sell their cover story. One of her nieces who was learning German was talking to them in it on and off, thankfully Lucifer taught them a spell that let them understand all the languages of Earth dead or current after casting it just once. The only issue was the Falcon taking a few moments to realise people were talking to her when they use their old name Agata which led to some laughs about how she’d forgotten her own name. During this time Vaggies mother asked both of them separately when they could expect to tie the knot. Cue blushing and stammering from both, though they admitted likely once all the things they had to do were finished, I.e the hotel. After arriving back at the hotel Angel Dust who’d heard about what happened to Vaggie from Husk, as he was high when it happened, had a question. Was it worth being damned to Hell forever. Without hesitating the former human said Charlie was her heaven and anything was worth being with her forever. That seemed to stun the spider temporarily before he admitted he understood completely.
Meals at the hotel soon became an occasion with everyone taking a turn to prepare breakfast and dinner. Sir Pentious often made English breakfasts and toast dinners, Husk bacon with eggs and burgers, Alastor Bananas Foster French Toast and his Mothers signature Jambalaya, Angel Dust pastries with Coffee and various pasta dishes, Niffty made waffles, eggs and bacon with meatloaf dinners while Charlie and Vaggie made waffles with delicious dinners of food from across Hell.
For Angel Dusts birthday, especially as it was his 1st being free Charlie planned something big. Upon waking up the Spider found the lobby decorated and everyone shouting Happy birthday with gifts and his favourite foods waiting for him on the dining table. After finding some very heartfelt presents the princess has a special announcement, she’d talked to her dad and uncle about giving the sinners a special pass to leave pride so they could spend the night in Lust for a show at Ozzy’s famous restaurant of the same name. Cue the obvious excitement at not only visiting another ring but a prestigious establishment, even Alastor despite his distain for sexual things was still interested in seeing a new ring. Everyone spent the day preparing before Charlie created the portal at 6pm after giving everyone the spell that allowed them to pass through till the next afternoon. Upon arriving they each had a reaction to the ring. The Spider loved everything about it, the Deer was disgusted by just how sexual everything was, Sir Pentious spent most of the time blushing, Husk didn’t really care and Niffty absolutely hoped to find a few bad boys. They landed outside the restaurant entrance with crowd split their attention on the royal couple and Angel Dust himself, as all 3 had a lot of fans in lust. They found themselves in a VIP booth overlooking the stage. After getting their order taken the sun himself and Fizz appear, turning their attention to the spider after greeting their niece and her partner. It came out that the 2 were big fans of his work and wanted his autograph. After Angel Dust processed that a sin and one of hells greatest acts were fans of his, he happily gave them his autograph before revealing he was fans of theirs too. This led to a conversation in which Ozzy offered him the chance to perform on stage with them. Answering less than a second the spider followed them backstage to get ready. After not only 1 but several encores Angel Dust returned to the table absolutely ecstatic he got to perform like that, profusely thanking Charlie for this opportunity. Seeing his joy the princess comes up with a plan. The rest of the night goes well for everyone else with great food and drink, which Husk appreciates enough to pass out from. Sir Pentious gets several offers from a few interested Succubi though he politely declines. Alastor enjoys the entertainment, avoiding anything lewd in his presence. Charlie and Vaggie just have a good time together. Niffty has an absolutely perfect night as she finds a few interested Incubi to have fun with.
The next day Charlie calls Angel Dust into her office to reveal something big. After seeing how much fun he had at Ozzys, she talked to the sin who was very enthusiastic about it, that he could have a job performing at the club 3 nights a week with the right to visit Lust whenever he wants. The Spider is frozen before engulfing Charlie in a hug thanking her for the opportunity, she simply responds their friends of course they helped him. Angel Dust continues to enjoy his new job at the sins club.
Of course despite what happiness they had, the closer they got to the 2nd extermination the greater the princess panicked.
Ep 5. Vaggie wakes up alone in their room, finding Charlie in her office. The princess is panicking and looks like she’s gotten little sleep. After calming her down they discover she’s panicking about the new extermination which is just over a month away as they haven’t gotten anyone into heaven or even a way to check their progress. This is when the Falcon comes up with an idea, simply call her dad and have him set up a meeting with heaven. They point out that while yes Sera did start the exterminations she also agreed to her request to set them to a more scheduled start and was concerned about their show when they started dating so maybe if they show they’re trying to find another way she might listen or at the least help them figure out how to get souls into heaven. Charlie admits she’s got a point so agrees to call Lucifer.
The king is in his workshop, taking a well earned break after all the paperwork and meetings he has to deal with as King of Hell. After finishing one such project he looks longingly at the pictures of happier times with is family, though it’s softened by the newer ones he’s made. Once the initial panic is done after seeing Charlie is calling, he answers it wondering what she wants. With the initial greetings done, with the king praising his daughter’s handling of that bitch reporter she reveals her reason for calling, a request that he visit the hotel. Obviously he agrees overjoyed to see her again.
At the Hotel the couple gets everyone in the lobby. Once they’ve informed them about the king’s visit all of the patrons/staff set to work on getting ready for him.
At his arrival Lucifer is greeted happily by Charlie and Vaggie, with him greeting the Goat Bois and KeeKee after. They then move on introducing him to their guests and staff, which goes well till they get to Alastor. The Deer not happy about a more powerful rival on his turf engages in a rather petty dick-measuring contest that starts pissing off the king, till the princess intervenes warning Al that he could crush him without effort so stop being such a prideful arrogant dickhead. He obeys though his pride is wounded, much to the joy of Lucifer and a laughing Husk.
Though before they can continue the talk it’s interrupted by the arrival of Mimzy, an old friend of Alastors who he’s happy to see. Husk for his part is very much not. After the Radio Demon greets his old friend and she introduces herself to everyone, especially a rather flustered Lucifer, plops herself down at the bar asking the annoyed cat to pour her a drink, not noticing or caring about his distain for them. The couple take this moment to restart their tour with Alastor happily tagging along. With them gone the flapper reveals not only her connection to the Deer, but how he became the infamous Radio Demon.
With the tour going on, Husk sneaks away from the bar to speak to Alastor. The Cat reminds the Deer that Mimzy normally brings trouble with him playing it down as no issue and to not worry considering who he is. Husk points out that he was gone for 7 years, along with no explanation why so that might make people braver in regard to him. Alastor just tells him not to worry about it then calls the cat his pet when he says they aren’t. Enraged Husk says that’s rich coming from someone with a chain round his own neck. Enraged the Radio Demon puts the bartender in his place, promising dire consequences if he says anything like that again before leaving the terrified cat shaking on the floor.
On a balcony near the top of the hotel the tour stops telling Lucifer just how much progress Angel Dust and Sir Pentious have made. The king lets them know how proud he is of the progress they’ve made, admitting they’ve gotten further than he thought possible though it’s no surprise considering it’s his little girl at the helm. Touched Charlie steels herself for the question she brought him here. They explain why she called him and their reasoning, a chance to talk to heaven to get their support or at least understand where they need to get their patrons to be redeemed. The king is silent, not sure how to respond to that. Though it’s interrupted by shouting from the ground floor by what seems to be a bunch of loan sharks, with a catapult of all things.
Thanks to the Hotels enchantments the rocks bounce off, not even scratching the paint. Everyone in the lobby is calm, except Mimzy who dives behind the bar panicking. The tour group return via a portal demanding to know what’s going on, with the flapper revealing its due to her loaning 50 grand, then stealing a car and crashing it into their girlfriend, declaring she had it coming. Despite the lack of damage they can’t allow this attack to continue, though Alastor offers to deal with it to further prove his use to the hotel and an opportunity to shore up his reputation as a powerful overlord. He quickly deals with the terrified and fleeing loan sharks showing off his power. Mimzy soon comes out to thank Al for dealing with them, before he tells her to leave. She doesn’t believe it till the Deer points out they put the hotel at risk and he can’t allow that, though offers her place if she decides to redeem herself though admits that’s not likely. Angry she walks off claiming they don’t need him or his shitty hotel. Husk watches smiling
Back in the hotel Charlie asks Lucifer about his response to her question and he says he isn’t sure it’s a good idea. Understanding where her father is coming from, the princess tells the king she knows how much what happened hurt him and that he’s worried about her but promises she knows what they’re asking. While still not sure Lucifer decides to trust his daughter promising to see the meeting up soon with Heaven. Grateful they would have the chance to plead their case the couple embrace already planning on how to give their argument.
Ep 6. It’s been a day since the Kings visit and the couple are ready to head to heaven to plead their case. Especially as the portal is going to arrive soon. After a last minute bit of planning Charlie thanks Vaggie for all her support as without her she’s sure it never would’ve gotten this far. The Falcon refutes this as she knows they’d have found a way without her, this whole idea was theirs after all. Cue a tearful hug between partners as the princess cries over how grateful she is to have someone like them in her life.
In the lobby Angel Dust is returning after rehearsals at Ozzy’s, a drink waiting for him. The spider admits that’s despite how exhausting it is, he loves doing shows with people who actually respect him and treat him as an equal. Husk smiles saying he seems a lot happier even in the way he walks, Angel Dust smirks asking how much he’s been watching him which makes the cat blush before looking away. The owners arrive in the lobby just as they hear a series of loud booms and curses from outside the hotel, before it slams open revealing the cyclops bomber Cherri Bomb. The spider rushes to greet his friend who reveals she’s there to take him out for the night. Seeing this is a bonding activity plus being a way for them to relax, the princess hands the pair a massive wad of cash if they agree to take the others with them. Just then the portal appears with the pair heading through wishing them all a good time before it shuts. Sir Pentious arrives and freezes upon seeing Cherri Bomb, before playing it cool which gets her attention before they head out.
The couple found themselves outside the gates of heaven, with St. Peter. awaiting them. Despite her bad experiences with heavenly figures, Vaggie having been raised catholic showed the man the respect he was owed, much to his discomfort appreciating Charlie’s more friendly greeting. After discovering she was actually Lucifers daughter he briefly panicked, before Sera arrived with Emily in tow switching from their full angelic forms to their more casual ones. Despite their rather turbulent encounters the senior Seraphim welcomes them courteously while her junior welcomes them much more warmly happily introducing herself. The couple find themselves liking Emily and believing her to be much more like what Angels are meant to be.
Upon entering the kingdom Emily and St. Peter proceed to show them what Heaven is like before the Seraphim takes them both on a tour. They end up passing by Lute and Adam, who after their shock wears off are very angry to see them up there. Lute has to prevent her superior from nearly outing the extermination in public before Sera summoned them to her office. Here she didn’t hesitate to let them know how upset they were with their conduct, reminding them they were only allowed their bloodbath as long as it kept heaven safe but now Lucifers daughter was here to plead her case for her ridiculous idea of redemption. Sera finishes by telling them to stop this problem from getting any worse whatever it took.
The couple spent the time before the trial with Emily, their 1st stop being the heavenly zoo. Here Charlie happily cuddled animals like the Dodo or Tasmanian tiger, while Vaggie couldn’t help but ride on the back of a T-Rex. The Seraphim then took them to get some lunch, which was absolutely delicious. The whole time she asked them questions about hell. Despite how kind and friendly she seemed, the couple didn’t know if she was a plant to gather information or if Sera could be watching them so was careful in what they said to not give away too much. The younger seraphim seemed supportive of the hotel and redemption, at least to them.
At the specified time Emily led them to the courthouse and the room the trial would be happening it, separating so she could take her place next to Sera. The pair spent the last few minutes going over their strategy before entering. The room itself was large with the seraphim at the top with the others beneath them, with their table being the lowest with another on the other side of the room that was higher.
After taking their seats to their shared dismay Adam arrived, calling Charlie a Karen for going over his head. They simply rolled their eyes. Sera then announced that they were here to see if souls in Hell can be redeemed into heaven by the methods and means of the Hazbin Hotel before telling the princess to get started.
Despite her anxiety Charlie makes a very strong start. She’s honest admitting that many of the people of her realm did bad sometimes terrible things to end up there, using Angel Dust as an example. She explains that he was born into a mob family who was forced to do terrible things though does admit many acts were done willingly. Along with the pressures of keeping his sexuality hidden due to both the standards of both society and his family at the time, combined with guilt for aforementioned acts drove him to abuse narcotics that eventually led to his death. The princess admits that despite being in many cases forced he did enough things willingly to he damned to hell, but points out that like many sinners he’s come to regret his mistakes and wants to redeem/better themselves even if they can’t make it to heaven, but due to the way her kingdom is and the circumstances they find themselves in can’t. Charlie argues they at least deserve the chance to at least try and prove to be worthy of heaven, arguing that Christ himself ascended St Dismas to heaven being a thief showed compassion while crucified with him.
This strong start has many actively agreeing, including Emily, or at least open to the idea of redemption much to Sera’s anxiety and Adam/Lutes anger. The 1st man shoots back that wanting to be better isn’t enough, arguing one drug whores words aren’t enough considering the spider lies for a career as a porn star. Charlie simply asks how he knows Angel Dust is a porn star. Cue a minute where a visibly sweating Adam tries to figure out how to justify knowing about Hellish pornography. A disappointed sera says they should move on, after giving the 1st man a withering look. The princess then explains all the progress the spider made along with his reasons for using substances in hell considering his time being owned by Valentino till she freed him. This wind more sympathy from the council, as many have met those who experienced or seen suffering like she described happening. Adam still argued that words are meaningless and they need to see some actual proof he’s actually trying to redeem himself. Charlie smirks agreeing, having the utmost faith in Angel Dust. Sera agrees summoning a projection orb to watch the spiders actions.
Angel Dust is at the club Cherri Bomb took them to. After Sir Pentious successfully buys the cyclops a drink knowing her favourite, she talks to the spider about his new job. He lets her know just how much he loves it and while it’s tiring it’s worth it. Cherri Bomb offers him some pills but he politely declines saying he’s done with that stuff which she understands. He then stops Niffty from drinking too much and calms her down after accidentally upsetting her by handing them to Husk to look after. They decide to leave for the maids sakes, though the bomber tries to get them to stay Angel Dust refuses saying there’s more important things than drinking or partying before freezing, as Valentino’s there. Before they can leave, Niffty runs over with the spider following to keep her safe. Upon seeing them Val assumes Angel Dust is there to get his job back and brought the maid as an offering. He tries to leave but the mother pushes him too far, lunging at the Val and beating the hell out of him for all the crap he did him. Enraged he threatens him but is cut off by the spider, pointing out that if he touches them or anyone else at the Hotel Charlie will make him beg to die, showing him just how powerless he is and enjoying the chance to reveal just how much of a weak coward the pimp truly is. Despite his anger he leaves, much to the spiders pride and satisfaction with Husk revealing how much he respects him for doing that. Cherri Bomb applauds his balls and is glad he’s not only free but with people who give a shit about him. As they leave Sir Pentious ends slipping a flower into her hair without her noticing, which charms her when she realises it.
Back in the courtroom Charlie is ecstatic that Angel proved her right. Adam meanwhile is left panicking before asking why he’s not there. Vaggie pipes up asking why he’s in heaven when he seems an amalgamation of all of humanity worst traits along with being proof even god needed a 1st draft considering how much of a disgrace he is. Sera then has to hold back an enraged 1st who tries attacking the falcon with his axe ordering him to control himself before Emily repeats his question, why isn’t the spider in heaven. This combined with the rest of the court rooms murmuring causes the princess to ask if they even know what gets them into heaven which the senior Seraphim silences as they know when someone arrives and passes divine judgement.
Emily for her part questions why Angel Dust and others like him aren’t being given a chance, especially considering he proved he’s changed. Sera tries to simply push it aside but Charlie joins in arguing the unfairness of the situation, that her people deserve a chance to improve and earn a way out of Hell. Enraged Lute insults the spider as nothing more than a worthless crack whore, before Adam joins her that he and other sinners are undeserving of heaven in any way before the idiot exposes the exterminations. A horrified Emily can’t believe they’d actually murder sinners begging Sera to tell her she didn’t know. The rebels she did and her justifications both break her hurt/enrage her not hesitating to call her sister out for her hypocrisy and lies. She then joins Charlie in calling out the unfairness/cruelty of the whole situation.
The court room is in chaos as the revelation of both the extermination and Sera lies cause the jury to discuss this revelation. The couple are happy to see this, especially as they’re both angry that Sera kept the whole thing hidden as she obviously knew most of heaven wouldn’t be ok with it. Enraged and trying to salvage the situation, Adam revealed the strange occurrence nearly 2 years ago was Charlie turning her girlfriend into a demon after seducing her as a human. Vaggie refutes this by pointing out it was her own choice to stay with them and protect the princess, who was actually upset in the beginning. Sera finally silences the room calling for order.
After a moment Sera rules against redemption citing lack of evidence, to Adam and Lutes Joy, Emily’s horror with Charlie and Vaggie being outraged. The 1st man gloats about how he’s going to target their hotel before a portal opens up dragging them back to hell. Sera calls Adam out for unnecessary cruelty with him soon shutting up realising everyone in that room but her and Lute hate him. The elder seraphim tries to calm an upset Emily down reminding her what happened to Lucifer and way could happen to her if she questions things too much.
After arriving back at the hotel Charlie and Vaggie know they have to plan for the attack. Aside from telling the rest of them what happened the couple stay in their room for the next week.
Ep 7. The patrons and staff in the lobby, rather worried as neither of the owners have left their room in the week since the trial. Just as they’re discussing who should see them Charlie comes down the stairs looking determined. The princess apologises for the lack of contact but promises they have a plan. Here she drops a bombshell that they know how to kill exorcists, angelic steel. She explains she’s known since her uncle Satan told them after he gifted Vaggie her knife. When they ask why no one’s fought against them, the princess points out that the extermination was preferable to war combined with lack of care for sinners and her own preference to try finding a peaceful resolution along with avoiding a war as well. But considering Adams promising to attack her and their hotel, which as an attack upon a royal plus a hellborn means they’ve broken the treaty so if Heaven wants to complain they can fuck off. Alastor meanwhile deflates realising his secret is worthless, as Frank the Egg Boi reveals he knew along with that the Deer told him to keep it secret. Cue a few pissed off looks, especially from Charlie who back to the issue at hand. She says she’s going to ask Rosie for help while Vaggie is taking care of her end. The Radio Demon wanting to win back some trust offers to go with her. Before the princess tells the others she knows they never signed up for this, so if they decide to leave she won’t hold it against them.
The ride to cannibal town is silent as the princess is in no mood and the Deer knows not to push his luck. Upon arriving Rosie invite them in, already happy to see Charlie ecstatic to finally get a change to talk with Alastor again especially as it seems like this is important business. Once she’s heard they’re gathering an army to fight exorcists the overlord is very supportive though reminds the princess that she has to convince her people to fight.
After gathering the cannibals in the centre of town, Charlie gives a speech which along with her reforms saving cannibal lives and the promise of exorcist flesh from Alastor gets them on their side happily.
Upon returning to the hotel Charlie is happy to see her friends had stayed to fortify it rather than flee. After announcing their support from Cannibal town the princess opened a portal and gestured for them to join her.
They found themselves in what was revealed to be the owners room, though thanks to their magic was more like a whole floor. Along with wonder where a few envious comments though they ended when they heard a loud hammering noise. The princess led them to where it was coming from, which was also distinctive due to the heat emanating from it. Within they found Vaggie in a thick apron and gloves wielding an angelic steel hammer. She looked up to see them, before focusing on Charlie who gave them a nod. This told her they had the army they needed. The Falcon revealed that along with creating a battle plan, she’d been taught how to craft the steel by both Satan and Carmine so had spent time forging them each angelic weapons. Sir Pentious got a sabre and revolver. Angel Dust several sub-machine guns. Husk a pair of knuckle dusters with sharpened covers for his cards. Niffty a large needle. Alastor got a hunting shotgun and hunting knife. She’d even made shells and explosives for Cherri Bomb as it was obvious they’d be there to help her spider friend. Upon being questioned about the gear for their cannibals, Vaggie explained she’d had Carmilla send a shipment months ago just in case. It’s all in the basement waiting. Charlie then explained that even with the weapons and people to wield them, they would need to train hard in order to win and stop the exorcists from murdering their people or their dream.
Over the next month along with severe drilling and training, they began fortifying the hotel grounds to ensure they had as high chance of winning as possible.
Ep 8. Vox is watching as the hotel and the cannibals are preparing to fight the extermination tomorrow via a drone, laughing that they’re going to die.
After a pep talk from Vaggie Charlie prepares to give a speech with Sir Pentious especially eager to get ready to fight. Once everyone is gathered in the front of the hotel the princess thanks everyone for being their, while also reminding them of the unfairness of the exterminations and how it’s made them suffer before promising that they’ll stop it and show the exorcists they can’t just treat them lambs to be slaughtered. With the audience having a very eager reaction, Vaggie suggests they head inside to have a bit of rest before the chaos of the coming battle.
In the bar everyone is having a drink and laughing. While the others have a toast Alastor is watching from the floor above with Niffty, both admitting they’ve actually become quite fond of them. At the Bar Husk and Angel Dust get to talking, deciding to enjoy what could be their last night together. Sir Pentious manages to make his feelings for Cherri Bomb known, who with some encouragement from the spider decides to give him a chance.
Away from the party Charlie is outside Angel Dusts door, getting emotional seeing all the pictures he has up of his friends. Vaggie finds her and after calming them done the couple both thank the other for being in their lives, declaring their undying love for each other before kissing.
In Heaven the exorcists are mustering on their parade ground, waiting for the extermination to begin. Adam gives a speech in his usual crass manner with Lute backing him up. He also promises a massive bounty to whomever kills Vaggie for humiliating him, though Lute gets so graphic ally into it they get uncomfortable. With the portal open the 1st man and his 2nd give the order to attack.
Outside the hotel everyone is there and ready to fight, the owners in their armour ready for the fight. The area has been fortified and everyone told their part. They wait till the 1st wave of exorcists is close enough before springing their trap. Alastor summons a shield that not only traps the angels caught within, but attacks those outside of it with their scavenged weapons. Before the trapped exorcists know what happens they start coming under fire. Sir Pentious built several cannons with Vaggies help, which fire 3 types of shells: explosive rounds, shrapnel rounds that explode mid-air to shred their wings and flash rounds to blind them inflicting casualties or making them easy prey. Those who could avoid them flew at the centre, as not only was the princess or their leaders bounty there but the line looked weak. This was a trap as Vaggie had set them into an inverted crescent formation, make the centre weak and strengthen the flanks to envelope then destroy the enemy as it pulled back while they stayed in the centre. It works. The couple both wind up covered in golden blood from the exorcists they kill. Husk and Angel Dust fight back to back bullets and cards flying. Niffty darts through the chaos, finishing any downed exorcists with cannibals small and quick like her following. Cherri Bomb is darting around throwing bombs taking out at times several exorcists at once.The Snake controls the cannons, keeping their payloads random to keep the enemy guessing. The Deer focuses on keeping the shield up and getting any exorcists he can.
Adam enraged at further humiliation struck the shield destroying it. With it down the rest of the exorcists flooded in, while their leader went for Alastor who created shield. Despite putting up a good challenge once Adam destroyed his microphone the Radio Demon was easy prey being struck and wounded before fleeing.
Ok the field despite the influx they were holding their ground. Charlie and Vaggie stood on a mountain of Angel dead, with their spider saving Frank being splattered. Till Adam reappeared blasting beams of Holy Light beams. Despite what him being there could mean, the princess focused on shielding her people with her magic. Realising they needed someone to stop him Sir Pentious told Cherri Bomb he loved her before kissing them and running towards his airship. The snake programmed the cannons to target the 1st man as a distraction. So focused on destroying them, Adam didn’t notice the airship getting closer or deploying its main weapon. Though once it was near point-blank range he vaporised it and those within.
On the ground the hotel residents were heartbroken at the loss of their friend, while honouring his sacrifice. Though Charlie felt rage, at not just the loss of her friend but the unjust murder of untold numbers of her people. This rage hardened into a weapon focused solely on revenge and justice for them, specifically at the fucking monster behind it. Opening a portal she surprised Adam, punching him hard enough to send him flying into the hotels roof before opening another to join him. Vaggie opened her wings to join her but was intercepted by Lute. While the lieutenant thought she could easily slay the Falcon, she was disproven when her sword and right arm were torn away. Before she could scream a knee to the chest broke several ribs followed by a head butt hard enough to crack her mask. Vaggie simply said it’s hard fighting real enemies when you’re nothing more than a butchering coward, before throwing her hard enough to create a crater and knocking her out. Without a second thought they flew to join their partner.
Adam despite his bravado knew he was outmatched. Charlie not only had the power but training and fighting skills to back it up. It was all he could do to dodge, even then he was covered in wounds and blood. He tried to fly away but was intercepted by Vaggie who punched hard enough to break multiple ribs and smash him through the roof to the bottom, destroying the hotel and creating a crater.
Getting up he was panicking watching every shadow for a strike, firing wildly. When Charlie appeared charging at him he struck, but a portal carried her behind him before continuing her charge. The princess dodged and dropped till just before she was close enough to strike the 1st man attempted a strike that was sure to hit. Till it was revealed to be an illusion cast by Vaggie. Adam turned just in time to see Charlie impale him on her pitchfork down 2/3rds of the way down the haft. As he breathed his last breath, the princess let him know this was for Pentious and everyone else he murdered before kicking him off, allowing his body to fall to the dirt. Lute awoke to see her commanders lifeless corpse hit the soil. After begging him not to die she looked up to see Charlie, who was allowing her and the other exorcists to flee, but promising to ensure if any returned they wouldn’t be leaving again. Terrified/enraged the lieutenant called a retreat after taking Adam’s Halo, those survivors joining her through the portal.
With the battle over, Charlie moved through the ruins of her hotel, thinking it was a good idea they set KeeKee, Razzle & Dazzle plus Fat nuggets to the palace with her dad before freezing. Upon seeing the banner honouring their fallen friends 1st week, the princess fell to her knees and wept remorseful at the losses they hand endured even wondering if it was worth it. Vaggie and a recently arrived Lucifer with the others joining helped raise her spirits reminding her of all the good she’d done.
Motivated once more, the princess joined her loved ones in rebuilding the Hotel. Either Vaggie and Lucifer helping Charlie soon rebuilt the hotel bigger and grander than before, with a statue of pure gold honouring their fallen friend. The V’s believing this was an opportunity planned to not only rule hell, but pay the princess back for her slights against them. Alastor having a mental breakdown swore to free himself no matter what it cost and rule all of hell. He returned to the hotel, welcomed warmly except by Husk with the princess and Falcon unsure about him still though appreciating his aid.
The news about Charlie and the hotels efforts to not only stop the extermination, but felling of Adam made her a legend over night. Even Killjoy showed her respect announcing the news. The cannibals were honoured beyond a feast to remember with medals made from the dead exorcists weapons with a statue to honour their fallen. A plaque for it was made from Adams molten down guitar. Rosie and her followers appreciated this. Carmilla was also honoured with several very valuable rewards.
In heaven Sera who was keeping an eye on Emily idling their duties received a massive shock. The snake sinner from the trial now in the form of a winner appeared in front of them, to the formers shock/horror and the latters joy.
Elsewhere in heaven on a beach, the Queen of Hell received a surprise visitor. Lute announced the death of Adam, with their deal being done unless Lilith went down to stop her brats hotel. Despite her annoyance at the insult to their daughter, the queen felt joy at being able to save her family again, though vigilant against the threat Lute and those allied to her might pose them.
I am not a creative enough writer to write a whole fan fiction about it, but a Vaggie goes to Earth or a time travel to Vaggie as a human? Idk? But you're a really good writer and I love your work
Ok thank you very much, and I’m already working on a human Vaggie au so that’s remarkable timing. Hope you like it when it comes out.
Dark Romances: Tier 1
Featuring StaticRadio and Valastor. Inspired by 'Can't help falling in love' by Tommee Profitt feat. brooke and 'Toxic' by 2WEI. Designs by @kalico-of-doom and @/AkireRosales.
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Dark Romances Tier 2:
Featuring CherriSnake and Adalith. Inspired by 'Worship' by Amber Run and 'You are no good' by Hidden Citizens.
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Dark Romances Tier 3:
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Dark Romances Tier 4:
Featuring ValAngel and RoyalHalo. Inspired by 'Sweet little lies' by J2 and 'War of Hearts' by Ruelle.
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Featuring CherriSnake and Adalith.
Inspired by 'Worship' by Amber Run and 'You are no good' by Hidden Citizens.
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Hey this is an idea I thought sounded interesting so decided to put it to down, as I thought combining Helluva Boss and Hazbin hotel would be fun. TW: Acephobia, Abusive Parenting, Drug and Alcohol abuse, Domestic abuse, Rape and mentions of it, sexual abuse, parental grooming, Threat to a child, Crimson, Stella & Valentino
Nearly 7 years before the Hazbin Hotel Pilot Charlie Morningstar, princess of hell is in a nearly empty bar in Greed trying to forget her problems. It’s been a month since the last extermination and her mom went missing. Despite a search no trace was found. Her dad having fallen into a depression had locked himself away in the palace from everyone including her, leaving them to deal with her mom’s disappearance alone. She’d tried talking to her aunts and uncles in the sins, but they were all too busy dealing with the panic from her mom’s disappearance so here she was drinking alone in Greed.
Also in the same bar was Moxxie Knolastname. He was taking a moment to relax after a stressful day at work. His job being a mobster in the family business, which was hard enough when your dad was the boss along with being an absolute fucking asshole and monster. Crimson had very high standards especially for his son and heir, so that meant the imp had to push himself hard to meet them, particularly today in a raid on a rival family that went exceptionally well thanks to his sharpshooting skills. Despite the praise from everyone else, including his dad he just wanted to forget about work and relax with a strong cup of whisky.
The bar is quiet, the two being the only patrons inside. Moxxie sitting at the end of the bar notices the only other customer was a pretty woman he faintly recognised. He walked over and asked if she’d like company, as they looked like they could use it. Charlie was surprised but honestly grateful for the company, so nodded gesturing to bar stool next to her.
They spent the next several hours talking. Starting with being stressed and just needing time to stop thinking about. Once they realised they were largely here cause of their dads, stories were shared along with frustration and anger plus hurt was aired out. They then moved onto their moms who they both loved and lost, that losing them had just made things so much worse. Their shared anger and sadness combined with the drink stirred feelings of desire, as both individuals were attractive and their shared connection made them feel comfortable. After Charlie asked if he’d like to join her at their place, Moxxie happily agreed. A short walk later to her penthouse the two had a passionate drunken night together.
The next morning Moxxie awoke 1st with a hammering headache. He remembered drinking in the bar, meeting someone, talking and winding up at their place. He looked behind to see them sleeping still, noticing she looked gorgeous along with the same faint recognition. He realised why after seeing some portraits of the royal family. Upon realising he had just fucked the princess of hell it took everything not to scream in horror. While she was noted for their kindness and thus wouldn’t allow her father to hurt him, which was unlikely as the king wasn’t the overprotective sort, that didn’t mean her more classist family members, Goetia or anyone who disliked the lower classes being involved with the royalty of hell wouldn’t. So he gathered his clothes, walked into the living room to get dressed quickly, gathered his things and put on his shoes in the elevator after quietly closing the door.
Charlie later woke up, grateful her angelic tolerance prevented her from getting hangovers. She then remembered last night and looked around the room finding herself alone. The princess shrugged as she understood it was just a one night stand for her and the imp she just barely remembered over shared loss and resentment. While she normally didn’t have one night stands, last night was good way for her to get rid of some stress, forget her problems and just feel good. Shrugging she called Razzle and Dazzle to pick her up from her penthouse in Greed, before getting in the shower. After getting dressed she headed home to the old hotel she’d bought in the hopes to use for her future project in saving sinners.
Both the mobster and princess went about their days like any other. Unbeknownst to them they had created something that night.
A month after her encounter with the imp in Greed, Charlie was feeling strange. She had been having weird food cravings, her sense of smell was much more sensitive, her boobs hurt along with feeling bigger and peeing more. Razzle, Dazzle and KeeKee had also been very clingy with her recently too. So to figure it out the princess decided to visit her aunt Belphegor in Sloth.
While the visit was a surprise, it was a welcome one as the sin of Sloth like all the others adored Charlie. After a very big hug and some catching up, including how she’s doing since her mom left, which Charlie danced around along with how she’s feeling that Lucifer locked himself away. While she could easily tell Charlie was lying, the sheep demon realised her niece was here for more than a talk, asking if she was ok. The princess told Bel her symptoms, who offered to use her magic to figure out what was wrong, having them lay down on a couch in her living room. Not long after she activated her powers Bel’s eyes became like plates before returning to normal despite the shock. Charlie looked to bel asking what was wrong with her, though the sheep was quiet as she tried to figure out the right way to say what she found. They decided to be gentle but direct, asking her niece if she’d had sex recently. Perplexed the princess told her aunt she had a drunken fling a month ago. The sin then reveals a massive bombshell, she’s pregnant.
Charlie is frozen digesting that, before she turns into an anxious mix of joy and fear, so much so that Belphegor does what she did when they were a baby and child to calm her down. They pick the princess up, press her face into her wool, shushing her promising it’ll be ok while stroking her hair and using her magic to ease her anxiety. After a few minutes the sin puts her down, once they get confirmation she’s ok now just shocked. Charlie can’t believe it as it was only one night, Bel points out while it’s not common it only takes one time that’s why using birth control is so important. The princess admits that’s fair. Sensing anxiety the sin asks if the encounter was entirely consensual. Charlie vehemently promises it was, while they’d both had something to drink they both consented, easing the sins worries. Then they ask the big question does she want to abort it, put it up for adoption or keep it.
Charlie takes a minute to think it over. While yes she did want to be a mother someday day, she always planned to be in a long term relationship if not married 1st. Though while admittedly it wasn’t what she imagined, the idea that she was carrying her baby brought a smile to her face and while scared it made her equally happy. Bringing her hand to rest on her stomach she smiled and said she was keeping it. Bel smiled, admitting that while she would along with the rest of the family support whatever choice she made, they knew she would be a wonderful mother and had been letting for the day she would become one. Overwhelmed by her support Charlie started crying and pulled Bel into a hug, which the sheep returned happily. It’s cut short when they hear Charlie’s belly rumble, her aunt offering to make them lunch, as it’s not good to skip meals especially when you’re eating for 2 now. The princess smiles as she follows the sheep demon to the kitchen.
As Bel cooks for them and they eat, they go over the schedule for her appointments to check on both Charlie and the baby, along with things to help her during the pregnancy as well as the child. This includes exercises, avoiding stressful situations and vitamin supplements she can take. The sin actually starts crying tears of joy when Charlie asks Bel to deliver the baby, pulling her into a hug as she’d be honoured considering she delivered her too. Overall the meal is helpful and helps Charlie relax.
After they finish Charlie brings ip the possibility of finding the dad and letting him know about the kid, so he can decide if he wants to be in their life. Belphegor isn’t sure about that but agrees to help her niece find out who he was. Bel puts Charlie to sleep to search her subconscious memories, after getting her consent along with the necessary information such as the date, time and location. It’s quite easy for the sin to find the memory, stopping when they start walking out. She wakes the princess up, who recognises him from the image Bel captured from the memory. The sin then uses her medical database to find him. What she finds makes her uneasy, as it does Charlie after she sees it.
They discover the father is Moxxie Knolastname, son of the infamous and dreaded Crimson Knolastname, Mob boss, career psychopath who supposedly murdered his own wife and mother of his son. Same son is a high ranking member of said organisation. Charlie feels faint, requiring Bel to help her into a seat and stop her having another panic attack. After calming down the princess asks if it makes her a horrible person to not want Moxxie in the baby’s life, let alone tell him about it. The sin reassures her it isn’t. Even if he’s not a monster like his father, they still work for him and is involved in a very dangerous line of work, along with Crimson likely to harm and exploit the child even if Moxxie doesn’t. One of which is justification enough, all together a definite fuck no on telling him. Charlie smiles glad to know she’s right for wanting to protect her child. Even more so once her aunt promises that she’ll never tell anyone, hugging her aunt for being so supportive.
Despite her reassurances, Bel can feel Charlie is still worried so offers her the chance to stay the night and spend the rest of the day together like when she was a kid. Charlie is of course overjoyed and agrees immediately. They spend the rest of the day just watching tv together, with her aunt making tea that helps calm the princess down along with ordering in for dinner. They head to bed early as Charlie is exhausted after the day they’ve had, she asks if she can sleep with bel and the sin is more than happy to agree. They make a nightdress similar to what she used as child, which while not her style the princess still appreciates. Charlie cuddles into her wool as she sleeps. It reminds the sheep demon of when the princess was a little girl. The sin uses her powers to ensure her niece only has good dreams, of her and their future baby.
The next morning Bel makes them breakfast while Charlie thanks her for not only the food but great dreams last night. After putting the food on the table the son asks something that’s been on her mind since yesterday. When will she tell her dad, based on the princesses expression that isn’t an easy topic. Charlie agrees she probably should tell him, but with how he’s acted since mom went missing locking himself away and just ignoring her, leaving her to not only deal with losing both parents, along with never supporting her dream of saving sinners she’s just really hurt and angry at him. The sheep sits down giving Charlie a moment before deciding to reveal something that she never knew about her dad.
Belphegor explains that Lucifer accidentally releasing evil into the world and being cast out of heaven affected him greatly. The sin reveals that since that day her father has regularly suffered from depression along with PTSD. Bel continues explaining to the princess that it’s what caused Lucifer to be so uncaring about sinners as he saw them as proof of his mistake, along with not wanting to risk angering heaven at 1st not to lose Lilith then to keep Charlie safe after she was born. The princess of course asks why no one told her. The sheep explains that neither of her parents wanted her to know as not to worry her, that they wanted her to live her life not worry about him. Lilith did her best to help Lucifer when it got too bad, covering for him and supporting him through. Despite both their urging he refused to get help which resulted in it simply continuing untreated. Losing her has made it likely even worse thus the king locking himself away.
Charlie is left absorbing that surprising revelation about her dad. She asks Bel if it makes her a bad person that while they sympathise with her dad’s mental health struggles and trauma, she’s still angry at him for abandoning and not supporting. The sin reassures her it isn’t. Her feelings are valid and while Lucifers trauma and sickness are terrible, that doesn’t excuse the harm he’s caused to her by refusing to get treatment. The princess takes a few moments to think it over before revealing she’s going to talk to her dad, to get her feelings out in the open and make it known that she’s willing to reconcile with him as long as he makes a genuine effort to be better along with the pregnancy. Belphegor smiles, applauding Charlie for taking the most difficult step in repairing their relationship along with offering to go with her. They decline wanting to do this alone but are grateful for the offer. After finishing breakfast she has her aunt portal her to the family palace so she can talk to her dad.
After arriving Charlie realises just how quiet it is, as while there would normally be the large staff and visitors here for social or official visits the palace was unnaturally quiet without any evidence of life within it. The sight while unnerving didn’t deter the princess from continuing on her journey to find and talk to her dad. As she passed through the halls past portraits of happier times and her own memories being awakened she went over what to say to her dad. Charlie started with her dad’s office and bedroom, realising he’d likely be in his workshop if he was nowhere else. Peaking into the room they were right, Lucifer was bent over working on something. So Charlie walked in standing behind her dad, waiting for him to notice. 10 minutes later she decided to just call him. To his credit he picked up immediately, being rather happy to hear from her though he claimed he was too busy with work right now. The princess simply told him to turn around, he nearly jumped in fright but was happy to see her then sheepish realising he’d been caught lying, though it turned to worry and concern seeing the determined look on his daughters face. The princess simply told her dad they need to talk, asking if they could do this in the living room which the king agreed to.
After sitting down Lucifer wanted to ask what wanted to talk about, but she beat him to it by asking him why he abandoned her after mom disappeared. The king was frozen before trying to swear he didn’t, but the princess cut him off by pointing out that he never talked to her, even tried to see how she was or offer support leaving her on their own thus abandoning. He wants to interject but she doesn’t give him a chance. Charlie points out that while he lost a wife, when he locked himself away she lost both parents and was left alone with no one to talk to as the sins were too busy trying to keep everyone from panicking when the queen disappeared. Along with that Lucifer has never supported her dream of trying to stop the exterminations to save their people. She then reveals bel told her about his depression and PTSD from the fall, that while she’s sympathetic to his struggles that doesn’t justify not supporting or just abandoning her especially when he’s been offered help from multiple people countless times. Charlie didn’t realise she was crying till she felt the tears roll down her face, demanding to know if lucifer even loved her cause it feels like he doesn’t give a shit about her.
The room goes silent as Charlie awaits her father’s response and the king realises just how badly he fucked up, hurting his beloved daughter. To their surprise her dad starts crying along with apologising for not being there for her after Lilith disappeared, that he was so wrapped up in his own grief he forget about her though that’s no excuse . That he should’ve listened to Lilith and Bel in getting help for his issues long ago but was too proud to admit he needed help. Lucifer promises that he never meant to hurt her, promising Charlie that if she gives him another chance he’ll get help and be the father she deserves. Overwhelmed by relief at seeing her dad admit his mistakes and promise to be better, along with wanting to comfort him embraces the king which he happily returns.
After 10 minutes of hugging they break apart. Charlie does make it known that she’s glad her dad admits his mistakes, he does need to follow through on both his promises of doing better as a dad and getting help. Lucifer swears he will, wanting to be the father she deserves. After calming down a bit more the king asks if there’s anything else she wants to talk about. The princess takes a moment before looking her father in the eyes with a smile on her face telling him he’s gonna be a grandpa.
Lucifer is frozen before he’s bursts out crying and cheering at that news, picking Charlie up into a hug as he can’t believe his little girls gonna be a mommy. After putting her down he asks who the father is, though he realises something might be wrong seeing them hesitate. She’s honest anx explains that she tried talking to the other sins but they were too busy calming everyone down after mom went missing, so she wound up in a bar in Greed. There she met a guy, they bonded over missing their moms and their dads being assholes, Lucifer winces at that. That along with a few drinks they wound up back at her penthouse nearby and the next morning he was gone. The king asks if she’s going to find and tell him, noticing once more his daughter’s hesitation. The princess reveals Bel looked in her memories to find his appearance, then they were able to use the medical records to find him. She simply tells her dad he wasn’t a safe person to be around the baby let alone know about them so she won’t. Lucifer has more questions but realises it would better to respect Charlie’s privacy. He promises that regardless of if the father is involved, she has him and the rest of their family to help her which makes the princess a bit teary again.
They then talk about Charlie’s plan. He’s happy to hear that Bel will be the one delivering the baby, the king almost breaks down crying upon hearing that she wants him in the room to support her during the birth. Lucifer is of course not happy to hear she wants to continue living in the hotel, though he says he’ll respect her choice even if he doesn’t like it after she refuses to move back into the palace. She then asks what happened to the staff and he sheepishly admits he just gave them paid leave since he wanted to be left alone. They agree they should probably give them a call. After letting the staff know to report back tmrw the king offers to make her lunch, the two working together like when Charlie was a kid. Afterwards he asks if she’s told the sins yet. The princess answers she only found out after seeing Belphegor yesterday and he was the 1st person she told afterwards. Lucifer offers to call them over to talk today if she wants. Charlie thinks it over and decides she wants to tell the rest of them soon, so why not do it now. Her dad calls them saying he has something important to talk to them about.
The sins arrive 15 minutes later, wondering what their brother/king wants. Seeing Charlie is a pleasant surprise as they’re very happy to see her, along with apologising for being too busy to talk when her mom went missing. The princess lets them know they both have something important to tell them, leaving the sins sans Belphegor intrigued. Lucifer started by revealing he and Charlie had a very good talk, where he’s realised that they’ve failed as her father in some big ways, the sins look like they aren’t surprised, revealing that they’ve reconciled and realising he needs help will start attending therapy soon. Bel interjects that she has the perfect woman in mind and has booked them both in tmrw for individual then family therapy the day after as she thought Charlie could use it. While unexpected the princess appreciates it as it sounds like it could be very helpful. The king interjects once more by claiming that he called them here cause the princess has news of her own. That intrigues the sins sans Belphegor, especially Leviathan who can read people thanks to her sin and Beelzebub who can taste both joy and anxiety from the father and daughter. After taking a moment to compose herself Charlie simply tells them she’s pregnant.
The room is silent before it’s full of joyful screaming and congratulations sans Bel. Every single one of the sins pulls her into a hug letting her know how great a mom she’ll be, how excited they are to see her baby or better yet babies along with what they want to do with them. Bee wants to teach them how to bake and throw awesome parties, Ozzy how to be an amazing performer, Lev how to read the true meaning and goals of anyone they meet, Satan to protect and teach them to cross their enemies, Mammon how to get ahead in business and Bel how to understand health in the body and mind. Then the question of the father comes up. Upon seeing her discomfort their minds go to dark places, till the sheep demon interjects the encounter was consensual just a drunken one night stand. Bel explains they found the dad but Charlie decided he wasn’t safe to be around the baby, asking they respect her privacy which they agree to despite their own curiosity.
Overall the reveal went splendidly. They each swore their support along with gifts when they figure out what the kid likes. Mammon pledges an early gift with 1/10th of his total wealth. While he did the same with Charlie it was still a surprise he’d do it again. The princess is absolutely grateful pulling the spider into a hug thanking him, which he happily returns. Considering Charlie could live off the remaining amount for possibly eternity she’s overjoyed her child will have that same security. The topic of the announcement comes up, as since it’s a new member of the Morningstar line it’ll be a massive deal so better to report it early rather than later. They point out rumours will circulate about the possible father and why he’s not involved but that’s sadly something they can’t avoid. With his daughter’s agreement Lucifer plans to hold it in a week so they can adequately prepare for everything with each of the sins doing their part. The talk moves back onto her plans and their excitement for the baby resulting in Lucifer having to order dinner. They leave close to midnight with Charlie deciding to stay in her old room due to how tired she is.
Next morning after breakfast they head down to sloth for their therapy appointments. Lucifer is 1st then Charlie. Their therapist is kind Succubus named Willow who helps them feel safe and at ease. She helps the king start to understand that he can start to heal from what happened and be a happier more healthy person. Charlie she helps start to heal from her abandonment and resentment issues, the former towards both her parents and the latter towards her dad. While it’s only the 1st session it helps them both. After getting home to the hotel Razzle, Dazzle and KeeKee refuse to leave her alone, specially cuddling next to her belly. She smiles knowing they felt the baby before her. At the family therapy the next day Willow helps Charlie to air out her grievances towards Lucifer in a healthy constructive manner and him on how to start repairing their relationship in sustainable ways. Overall it’s helping them both heal themselves along with their relationship.
The day before the press conference Lucifer sends a massage for Sera to meet him in the embassy, as he needs to update them on the latest Morningstar. The Seraphim attends via Hologram, which annoys/offends the king. After some awkward small talk he reveals the reason why he called, his daughter is pregnant and new royal was going to be born in 8 months time. Sera is of course surprised but offers some genuine congratulations to him and Charlie on their new addition. She asks about the father, Lucifer shrugs saying his daughter hasn’t told him as he’s not safe to have around the baby let alone know about it. The angel simply thanks the king for the information promising to update their records and have Adam plus his exorcists notified of the child so they can avoid harming them. She cut the transmission after. The king walks out bitterly wondering if Sera meant any of her congratulations and if she pitied the child for being born in hell.
The next day the sins are gathered at the palace to help Charlie with last minute preparations before the press conference. Mammon had gotten all the big news outlet chomping at the bit by giving vague hints about a big reveal. Satan had secured the area with the royal guard to the last inch to keep his niece safe. Bel had been making sure that she had been keeping calm, for both herself and the baby. Lev had ensured she would look her best by having a dress made similar to the one Lilith wore on big occasions, but red instead of black with details that suited the princess. Ozzy and Bee were coaching her on what to say as they knew how to deal with large crowds. Just before Charlie went out Lucifer looked at his daughter in her perfect ruby red dress, black tiara on her head and hair flowing free. He started crying at how mature she looked resulting in her having to calm him down before heading out to the podium. He and the sins were on the side ready to give her any support she needed.
As she made her way to the podium outside the palace Charlie noticed just how many cameras and reporters there were. After taking a moment to breathe she started by thanking them for coming out. She then went on by saying that as they’re all busy she won’t mince her words, they organised this press conference to let them know that the Morningstar line will be gaining a new member as she’s pregnant. It goes from calm to crazy with everyone shouting out multiple questions till Charlie goes demon mode demanding silence. Satan and Lucifer watching to the side feels pride seeing her control the crowd. Now that everyone’s calm the princess will answer questions. Here she reveals that yes the child wasn’t planned but Charlie calls it a joyful surprise, that no the father isn’t involved and she won’t speak anymore about it, her father is supportive and overjoyed at becoming a grandfather, along with they’ve reconciled and are attending family therapy to rebuild their bond. After a few more questions Lucifer arrives to pull her out by letting them know the conference is over, but not before letting it be known his sabbatical is over and he’s back so Hell better remember that. Back in the palace her aunts and uncles along with her dad let her know how proud they are of how well she did, causing the princess to blush in embarrassment. Lucifer recommended she take it easy as she’ll be getting plenty of interview requests, congratulations from Goetia, generally the same frap he and Lilith dealt with when they announced they were having her. He portaled Charlie back to the hotel which was soon surrounded by reporters hoping to get an interview or picture but knowing to stay outside else they incurred the devils wrath.
The news of the princesses pregnancy spread like a wildfire. Along with speculation about the gender, its power and how it could change hell was the curiosity about the father. It was obvious that she didn’t want him involved so people began spreading multiple stories that perhaps Charlie was assaulted though she herself put it to this to rest by revealing it was a consensual encounter. The questions still continued about who the father could be. Most likely candidates were members of the Goetia families, while a few did claim to be the father this was quickly disproven and others learned not to lie after a count boasted how the princess begged him to fuck her and how she screamed like a bitch in heat when he did after the sins plus lucifer vaporised him plus their estate. Seviathan Von Eldritch was the favourite as he was her one time high school boyfriend, till he refuted that he and Charlie had never had sex even when dating as they broke up after a short time due to realising they were better as friends, plus he was in no where near her due to family business disproving that idea. The speculation still continued changing to the idea the father was a member of the lower classes or a powerful criminal figure. With the princess refusing to even dignify paternity questions the speculation grew and became even crazier.
Down in Greed in the Knolastname estate Moxxie watched the speculation about the paternity of the princesses baby, with his family’s crew adding their own ideas. He briefly thought about their encounter over a month ago before putting it out of his head considering it to be absolutely ridiculous that the princess would be carrying his baby. His mind then went back to planning a job Crimson gave him.
A month after the press conference Charlie is relaxing in the hotel after a session with Willow. She revealed concerns about the princess. They believed that Charlie was too trusting at times which can be dangerous as a particularly skilled liar or manipulator could hurt or use them, which is an even bigger risk now that she’s going to be a mother. She also pointed out that Charlie can at times be too optimistic which can lead to negative or even harmful outcomes. Willow mentioned it cause she didn’t want Charlie or her baby to get hurt, which the princess appreciated even if it stung a bit. Thinking it over she realised they had a point, but to be sure she needed to talk someone she knew would be honest with her. Her dad and the sins would be too gentle so there was only one option. After apologising for knocking the cat and goat bois off her lap with how fast she got up, told Razzle and Dazzle they were going on a trip.
The drive to Carmine industries was very calm, as after an incident where some shrapnel hit the limo, Lucifer and the sins purged the area. While the sinners regenerated, the experience was so traumatising they and others learned not to cause shit when the princess was around. Once they arrived it didn’t take long for the entrance to open, her cue to enter.
She passed the main entry hall with multiple angelic weapons hung on display before walking into the living quarters, where she’s met by two old family friends. Carmilla Carmine, formerly Camael the Angel cast out for rebelling against heaven. And Zestial a primordial fear demon from before her parents arrived in hell. They were both old friends and close allies to the family. Both were happy to see her along with congratulating her about the baby. After some initial small talk the princess revealed she had something to ask the matriarch.
Charlie explains what her therapist said and came to her as she knows her dad or the sins will be too afraid if upsetting her to be honest. Carmilla takes a moment before agreeing with everything that willow said, also adding that the princess is too passive. She explains that while Charlie might see not reacting to people insulting or disrespecting her as a big deal, due to the way Hell works only makes her look weak. This makes it hard for people to take her seriously in anyway especially sinners, with any respect only due to being Lucifers daughter. The matriarch further points out that this means people would be willing to antagonise and harm her along with their child as they have nothing to fear from her. While it did hurt and frighten her to hear that, Charlie accepted they were right. For the sake of her herself and her child she needed to grow so no one would even think to harm either of them. She thanked the overlord for her honesty as while it did sting it was what she needed to hear. They then asked if she could run something else by her.
After agreeing, the two overlords watch as the princess brings out a piano, Razzle and Dazzle assisting as she sings about her Happy Hotel with Inside of every demon is a rainbow. Being more than used to the Morningstar’s antics the two just watch drinking tea. Once it’s over Charlie asks her what she thinks. The weapons overlord is honest, that she doesn’t believe it will work. While dejected again the princess gestures for her to continue. The overlord has 3 points:
1. In hells existence not one sinner has been redeemed, so the basis of her idea seems impossible. And even if it isn’t then why would heaven accepted a formerly damned soul within. Considering they send exorcists each year to purge sinners, along with fact those redeemed if they were allowed past the pearly gates could face any number of prejudices.
2. Any one who ends up in hell are broken people. Through either choice, tragic circumstances or both they chose to spend their lives on earth committing sins that barred them from the kingdom of god. Regardless of any good deeds they possibly did before hand, they were still judged to suffer in endless suffering. Any prospective guest of hers will likely need treatment for any number of psychological issues that will require treatment before they can start trying to be better people. And considering to her knowledge the princess never went to medical school they don’t have the necessary knowledge to help them.
3. Not only do the sinners lack respect for her, but Charlie doesn’t respect them. Consciously or otherwise, she doesn’t respect sinners as much as she thinks she does. Considering her song meant to recruit patrons multiple disrespectful and insulting names it would only serve to alienate any potential recruits due to a perceived lack of care to help them. All they see is a spoilt brat of a father who until recently couldn’t be bothered to rule his kingdom. At best her program would be seen as a waste of time, worst a way to exploit her. Plus considering she spoke of allowing murderers at said hotel, then she would need security to keep anyone from being hurt or otherwise victimised to prevent guests being scared off, because they certainly wouldn’t be scared of her.
In total solving one would be immensely difficult, all 3 nearly impossible. And considering she helped already admitted she has things she needs to work on she can understand why they don’t seem up to it. Which even if they were gentle about it her father, aunts or uncles could argue against.
Overwhelmed by what was said to her and her hormones, the princess can’t help it as tears start to fall from her eyes. Her maternal instincts kicking in Carmilla offers her tissues to dry her eyes. She also reveals that doesn’t mean they can’t. Charlie looks at her surprised. The overlord smirks by reminding her she said nearly impossible not definitely. Along with being the daughter of lucifer and Lilith, along with their best qualities plus her own determination theirs nothing she can’t do. Especially in regards to redeeming sinners. They simply have find the solutions to the problems above. The matriarch then asks if she will.
After a moment to digest what she said, Charlie shoots out of her chair her optimism and determination even higher than before. She promises that she’ll not only get a psyche degree to help sinners recover from their trauma and heal to become better. That she’ll use the virtues heaven claims to live by to convince them to let the redeemed in and if they don’t then they can just fuck off. Even if heaven refuses to take them, then she’ll just help enough people improve till Hell becomes a better place. And if anyone thinks they can use or manipulate her, then Charlie will remind them she’s the daughter of the king if they try hurting them, her guests or heaven forbid her baby.
After a brief hug where she thanked the overlord for her honest but harsh words, she leaves her Goat Bois following after. Once they’re alone again Zestial smiles, complimenting Carmilla on her ability to help the princess not only see her failings but decide to improve upon them. She smiles pointing out she’s a mother, sometimes tough but necessary is the only way. They both agree that Charlie always had it in her, they just needed it brought out. It’s likely her own impending motherhood also helped, as the matriarch can attest it changes people in surprising ways.
The next day Charlie was seeing Bel for her prenatal check up. The sin was happy to report that both she and the baby were perfectly fine, her diet and exercises were doing their job along with prescribing things to help with any issues she might be having. Here is when the princess made her request to ask the sheep for something. They explained her meeting with Carmilla yesterday and how it made her realise she needed to start taking it seriously in regard to redeeming sinners. So Charlie asked Bel if she’d be ok teaching her psychology. The sin is surprised by happy they would come to her with this. Of course the sheep pointed out that she do some of it before the baby was born, they’d need at least several moths of to recover after the birth along with look after the child. Charlie said she knows but was willing to do it if they were. Belphegor smiled, being reminded how determined her niece was, letting her know they’d start 1st thing next Monday along with giving her the necessary materials. After a very overjoyed princess hug her nice headed home. On the way Charlie rubbed her belly telling the baby they were going to get tutored by auntie Belphegor.
Over the next 4 months Charlie began seeing Bel a few times a week for lessons. The sin was impressed and a little worried at how quickly her niece was going through the material. She asked her niece to slow down to not over stress herself, but they simply responded they just want to learn everything they could about it to do the best job possible.
Charlie was in her room, looking over some of the hand me downs her dad and the sins had gifted her. They were her old baby clothes they’d kept for sentimental reasons to now use for her own child. It had happened after her last prenatal checkup with Belphegor who informed them she was having a daughter much to her absolute joy, though she’d be just excited at having a son it’s just knowing was so much better regardless of which one it was. Bel also took the opportunity to explain that while it would only be a quarter angel, the angelic side was always dominant I.e. why the princess was a near copy of her dad with bits of Lilith thrown in, so the child would take mostly after her with some pieces from the father. This comforted Charlie as the more she shared with her was the lower the chance anyone could try and track down Moxxie. After moving back into happier thinking she decided to tell the family in person after her aunt gathered them. They were so excited to be having another princess in the family.
While grateful Charlie didn’t want her child to only wear her old clothes, as it was important for them to be their own person and clothes was an important aspect of that. At least when she was older. So the princess got her laptop out and started searching for child’s dressmakers/tailors in pentagram city. Funny enough the 1st result was the best reviewed and not too far away. In her excitement she showed Razzle & Dazzle who were curled up into her lap with KeeKee, though the Goat Bois reactions was not happiness. They baa’d and bleated trying to convince her it was a bad idea considering it was in cannibal town. Charlie understood their concerns but pointed out no one there would be stupid enough to try harming her or the baby considering what her dad would do. She also reminded them that she’d have her loyal protectors at her side, which calmed the Goats down a bit.
The walk to the shop after parking was quiet and calm, considering everyone stayed out of her way as the princess had two massive and very protective dragons at her side that growled or roared at anyone that even tried to get near Charlie. Rather than be scared, the cannibals were impressed considering it a bit of excitement to see beasts like that let alone the princess in town. When she arrived at the store, Dazzle opened the door using his snout earning promises of sweets when they got home.
Entering the princess found the room empty except for 2 adult cannibal women and a young cannibal boy. While the ladies were a bit unnerved by the dragons giving them death glares through the windows, the boy was excited to see Charlie which she appreciated. After promising the bois wouldn’t do anything unless they thought she was being threatened the ladies calmed down then perked up when she revealed why she was there. They called for Rosie who was excited to meet the Morningstar, immediately offering her food and a seat which they appreciated.
After getting some tea and non-cannibal food Charlie reveals the reason she’s here. Rosie is ecstatic at the chance to make clothes for the royal family. The princess also apologises for Razzle and Dazzle, they’ve just been really protective of her. The overlord smiles saying she understands completely, admitting she wished having someone to protect her then her 1st husband wouldn’t have caused her to miscarry. The room goes quiet with the women doing their best to see if she’s ok before Rosie promises they’re fine, moving onto asking Charlie how her pregnancy is going. This led to them and sunny discussing how their pregnancies went. Here the princess learned that the 3 women are married and have been for several decades, with the boy being their son. Rosie killed her 1st abusive husband for causing her to miscarry, partially eating him before leaving him in the woods, 2 after he drunkenly hurt her daughter by shoving him down the stairs. Her 3rd was gay and was generally a good friend and father. She took a lover after discovering she was only attracted to women, though they were sadly separated after they died of influenza. Rosie eventually used her skills to gather information and make allies, eventually building cannibal town, along with her shop and become the local overlord. She met her wives too. Belle had died in the Irish potato famine, having turned to cannibalism to survive as did Sunny during the Holodomor to keep her son alive. The two met Rosie, the former when she 1st arrived and the 2nd after they became an overlord. They eventually got married and became a happy threesome. The two reveal they don’t practise cannibalism I.e. the non-cannibal food they had. After some more conversation Rosie and Sunny ask if they can touch her belly, which Charlie allows. They end up sharing just how annoying it was that people touched without asking. By the end the princess had not only made some good friends but the overlord gave off a maternal feeling, which is something she missed with her mom being gone.
A month later the princess is attending a gala at the family palace. She had arrived early to avoid a big rush of people congratulating her or asking about the father. Through the night her dad and the sins are acting like mother hens. Her dad has a chair brought for her, insisting she sit in it despite claiming she’s fine to stand. Bee is constantly checking on her asking if she needs anything to eat or drink. Ozzy magically places a cushion under and behind them on the chair. Lev made sure everyone knew just how pregnancy suited her niece and how beautiful they were. Bel checked in regularly to see how she was doing. Mammon grabbed several of the staff, giving them big tips to get her anything she wanted. Satan scared off a Goetia he thought was getting too close with a look, then spent the night nearby looking like a dragon protecting his treasure. Eventually she decided to take a walk and get away, which they thankfully understood.
After greeting several people and ignoring any questions about the babies paternity, she ran into Sev. Unfortunately his sister was there too. Helsa was her usual self being a notch about Charlie being a single mom with an accidental pregnancy. The princess retorted she likes to think of it as a happy surprise, plus unlike her parents she won’t regret their baby. The Von eldritch heiress could only walk away infuriated and embarrassed, with her brother laugh smirking ear to ear. Once she’s gone the friends start catching up. He can’t believe she’s going to be a mom though he knows she’ll be a great one which makes Charlie feel good. They laugh at the idea he was the dad considering they hadn’t seen each other for months before she learned about it. After some more small talk they go their separate ways glad to catch up.
The princess then runs into Stolas and 11 year old Octavia. She’s close to them as they were formally the princes babysitter then his daughters. The little owl wraps herself around Charlie’s legs letting her know how happy she is to see her along with how excited about how they’re going to be a mummy now. Her father shares the sentiments fondly remembering their time when he was a child. After thanking them she asks where Stella is. The prince becomes sullen gesturing to her drinking and gossiping with other Goetias. A look of sympathy crosses her face as she knows Stolas never talks about how things are between them in front of Octavia. So she asks if they’d like to attend the baby shower her family are throwing her in a week, telling the owlette it’s a secret neither she nor her daddy can tell anyone else about. The princess nods her head excitedly, her father thanking her for the chance for them to spend more time away from Stella. After some more conversation she leaves to see others.
Charlie talks to Vassago who congratulates her and looks forward to what her child will be like. Then Andrealphus comes over trying to get her to spill who the father is by listing off candidates that are crazier than the last, until the other Goetia accidentally knees him in the Cloaca giving her the chance to flee. She also sees the carmines again with Zestial, her cousins Clara and Odette overjoyed about the baby looking forward to being aunties. Rosie and her wives were invited at their insistence who are also happy to see her. She invites both groups to her baby shower much to their joy even Carmilla’s.
A week later the baby shower is in full swing. Along with the food and drink they also played shower games. They did the gifts near the end of the party, once all the games were done. Lucifer revealed that he was giving Charlie all her old baby stuff, though she pointed out the baby would need it when she stayed over so he duplicated it giving the copies to her instead. Ozzy presented her with a blanket made from his own feathers so the baby would always be warm along with being enchanted to smell like lavender to help them sleep. Bee gave her a candy jar that never ran out. Lev gave a music box that could be made to play any song along with dancing figures and landscape that could be changed via magic. Mammon revealed along with 1/10th of his wealth he’d set up an investment fund the kid could access once they were 18. Satan gifted a plush hellhorse toy. Bel gave a pacifier that would soothe any pain during tooting. Carmilla gifted a necklace of angelic steel that could magically change or cycle between different pictures. Zestial a dress made from spider silk. Clara and Odette got the kid a custom made story book that changes the picture and story depending on what the reader wants. Rosie and her wives made plush toys representing Charlie and her family. A red goat for her, a white duck for lucifer, a sheep with multiple eyes, a fluffy green spider, a 3 headed rooster, a two headed snake, a honey coloured maned wolf and a bid red dragon. Stolas and Octavia got a plush owl that could display the constellations. Overall it was a great day. Lucifer stayed behind when everyone else left ostensibly to clean up. After they were done he had something to show Charlie. The king led her to nursery to reveal not only had he already placed the duplicate baby stuff there, but he had also created a mural showing the whole family including their absent mother/wife and the sins watching over the crib. Charlie cried over how beautiful it was for nearly an hour afterwards.
A month later Belphegor had told Charlie the baby would likely be born in mid October a month away during a prenatal visit. The princess had long decided on a home birth with bel deciding to move in early that month to be close by when the baby does come. Charlie doesn’t stop hugging her for 10 minutes afterwards. And she was right
Mid-October Charlie wakes up with a wetness between her legs and a strong pressure. Realising what was happening she told Razzle and Dazzle to get Bel, the babies coming. The sin arrives staying calm kicking out KeeKee along with the Goat bois so they wouldn’t get in the way. She also called Lucifer who teleported there still in his sleep clothes before magically putting on his suit. Despite his own panic he does his best to stay calm for his daughter, who asks him to call the sins, Carmines along with Zestial and Rosie plus her wives. The sins teleport into the lobby immediately panicking/excited that the baby’s finally coming. Lucifer told them to wait in the lobby, which they obeyed. They filled in the carmines, Zestial, Rosie and her wives. The labour lasted 6 hours till finally at 12:30pm the sound of a crying baby filled the room.
After washing and swaddling her bel gave the baby to Charlie. Overcome with a mix of exhaustion and joy at finally getting see and hold her baby, she cried happy tears. Just like Bel said her daughter took mostly after her. They had white pale skin with rosy red cheeks, black lips, eyes that were yellow and red along with furry hooved legs like hers plus a similar nose. The traits she took from Moxxie were his white hair, white freckles and digitigrade legs. Charlie absolutely adored her and named them after the emotion they made her feel most. Thus she became Joy Morningstar. Bel complimented her on how perfect they were, as did lucifer who in-between crying called her the most precious thing in hell, even more once he got to hold her. They brought up the sins so they could meet her. They were the exact same as Lucifer crying over how perfect she was with Satan promising to murder any that tried to harm her. Next was the carmines and Rosie’s family. They absolutely adored Joy as well calling her absolutely perfect.
Bel stayed a few days after everyone left just to be sure mother and daughter were ok. For the 1st month Joy slept in her Charlie’s bed cause she couldn’t bear to be away from her. Even when the princess started putting her in her room they still checked on her several times a night for a few months to make sure she was ok. KeeKee, Razzle and Dazzle regularly cuddled up next to the baby to make sure she was ok and had a good nights sleep.
Once Joy was a month old they presented her to the elite of hell. Lucifer portaled them to avoid the press as they were desperate to get a picture of the new princess considering the news coverage around her.
Joys debut went quite well with most complimenting the princess on how beautiful her child was. Thankfully after the 1st attempt at forging an arranged marriage was hotly turned down by Charlie and Lucifer no one else tried. In-between all the introductions she managed to meet Sev who complimented her on how perfect their baby was. Vassago offered his own congratulations handing the babe one of his feathers to play with. Stolas gushed over how adorable she was reminding him of Octavia after she hatched. The Goetia and Morningstar princesses seemed quite intrigued with each other which their parents noticed. Stella was thankfully off drinking and gossiping keeping her far away from them. After that the mother and daughter spent the night with Lucifer, the sins, the carmines and Rosie’s family finding them enjoyable company.
Charlie didn’t leave Joy with anyone else till that year’s extermination, so she could do her usual routine of helping any injured sinners. They returned home to find their daughter and father playing, her dad showing her his duck collection. Exhausted she thanked him before returning to the hotel and passing out on her couch with her daughter.
Once Joy was 6 months old Charlie resumed her lessons with Bel. She either left them with her dad, one of the sins, the carmines or Rosie. Though her aunt was more than happy to let her bring Joy during their lessons which she sometimes did. She and the rest of her family remarked she was exactly like Charlie was as a baby, a happy, sweet, excitable curious little thing.
Shortly before her 1st birthday, Lucifer and Charlie had thanks to therapy, making time for each other and honestly just Joy had made massive bounds in repairing their relationship. Thus he offered to teach her how to use her magic. They started small by using some magic to fix up small things in the hotel before moving onto her 1st big test, animation magic. The plan was to animate Joys favourite toy, the hellhorse plushy Satan gave her, Shadow. It went well with the horse gaining a pair of leathery wings and being a very determined guardian to the young infant, who was just happy her favourite toy could actually play with her now. Lucifer made her a tux like Razzle and Dazzle had, who were glad to have a new friend to watch over their little princess with. At her birthday party a month later, Satan had as big a smile he could muster and told Shadow, do what she was made for and keep her safe which the hellhorse simply nodded to in agreement.
Charlie’s training with her dad continued. He taught her everything he knew. Soon Charlie was an expert at creation magic, destruction magic, portal magic and healing. With it she actually used it to not only fix up the hotel but improve it. With lucifer observing she cast a spell that made a room much bigger on the inside to the size of an entire apartment without changing the outside. She eventually did this to the entire hotel, making her and Joys rooms the size of entire floors on the inside. The princess also expanded the hotels amenities too. She turned the kitchen into a professional restaurant one with all the necessary tools along with expand the dining room to match. The next additions including an Olympic swimming pool in the basement, full gymnasium, sauna, cinema and theatre along with a library on the 1st floor. The hotel now not only looked great but was full of amenities for guests to use. That would hopefully help them on their path to redemption.
The princess wasn’t just focusing on her herself but on problems affecting hell itself. As her daughter was half imp she started realising she can’t just focus on helping sinners especially after looking deeper into how they and other hellborn are treated. To this end she started up several charities to help hellborn affected by issues such as domestic violence, substance abuse homelessness and others. Charlie also passed laws protecting the different hellborn from being discriminated against or exploited. While her uncles Mammon and Satan looked down on the lower classes they supported her cause they couldn’t say no to their niece. With her father the king and the sins supporting her said reforms passed easily. While these reforms upset members of the Goetia they learned to keep their tongues still, the hellborn races for their part soon came to adore the princess in helping improve their lives and protect them boosting her support amongst them.
Of course Charlie also focused plenty of time on her daughter. Just after her 1st birthday Joy said her 1st words calling the princess mama much to her overwhelming well Joy. She called lucifer grandpa, the sins Ozzy, Bee, Mammy, Levi, Bel and Sata. The carmines Abuela, Cla, odd and Zest. Rosie and her wives were Nana, Sun and Belle. A few months after her birthday to her families happiness she started walking as well. Unfortunately a few months after that she started running, she was quick requiring her family to need to be faster. The only one of her family that had an issue with this was mammon, who was often out of breath catching her. Her mother and family made sure take plenty of pictures of said milestones, the mundane and otherwise.
Joy was also fond of her auntie Bee’s and uncle ozzys partners. The Queen introduced her nice to Vortex after they’d been dating long enough to justify it and seeing how gentle the hound was plus how much Joy loved him proved he was the right person for them. Fizzarolli was great with kids, the princess was no exception as she loved her funny uncle fizzy which further proved to the sin of lust he chose well.
By the time of Joys 2nd birthday things were going great for the royal family. Lucifer and Charlie have finished family therapy while continuing individual therapy just to stay in tip top shape. While they both miss Lilith they’ve realised they still have each other plus joy. The sins while still continuing to argue and squabble have not only Charlie but Joy as a uniting factor as they love both immensely. Plus since the king is actually ruling again it means they’ve actually been able to get things done making their jobs much easier. Said kings daughter had also come along way, as not only was she a year away from earning her psych degree thanks to Belphegors tutoring but her own hard work, a trained and talented magic user thanks to lucifer and her reforms were not only improving the lives of her hellborn subjects but her popularity amongst them too. Overall the royal family were doing very well. Though none could predict the events that would lead to the latest member of the family joining.
4 years before the HH pilot Charlie is looking across pentagram city to find any sinners that need help after the extermination. Like every year it’s rare to find any as exorcists generally don’t leave many living victims. Until she finds a woman bleeding from her back and eye. Stopping to treat her injuries the princess can’t help but notice how beautiful she, blushing when they smile at her. Realising they needed a place to recover, she gently picked the woman up, apologising for nicking her back wounds and opened a portal to the hotel. The princess placed her in the bed of a spare bedroom in her room. Her healing magic was good but wounds caused by angelic steel needed medicine not just magic to fully heal, so she called up Belphegor to bring them along with offering a 2nd opinion. Her aunt soon arrived and asked to see the patient so she could figure out what treatment would work best. Though upon seeing her, the sheep felt something very familiar and checking her bandages confirmed it. Bel told her niece her patient was an angel. The princess froze remembering what kind of angel visits Hell this time of year. So while bel treated her patients injuries, Charlie called her dad who arrived almost immediately. The king had a grave look on his face while the princesses was more concerned and curious. Though both were glad Joy was with Ozzy and fizz in lust.
When Vaggie woke up she found herself in a comfy bed, wounds nowhere near as painful as before. Though upon seeing the king of hell with woman who refused her, who she now recognised as the princess of hell. Her heart stopped and was sure she was going to die if not be tortured for an eternity. Lucifer informs her that he’s cast a spell that will force her to answer truthfully and to not try anything, along that if she tries anything that endangers his daughter or worse his granddaughter at any point, he won’t hesitate to make her beg to die.
They start by asking who attacked her and this leads to them learning that Vaggie was mutilated and left to die solely cause she spared a cannibal child. That pissed them both off, but lucifer was even angrier that they didn’t even bother with the proper protocol. He was about to leave when Charlie asked him where he was going. Upon announcing he was going to contact heaven about this flagrant breach of proper procedure, the former exorcist started having a panic attack that caused him to pause and required the princess to calm her down. She begged him not to tell them as they might just finish the job. Charlie convinced her dad not to do it considering just how scared her patient was. The king reluctantly agreed, then asked if she was sure about letting the angel stay here. The princess pointed out she had been kicked out for sparing a child, they can trust her. Despite his own fears her dad agreed. Charlie told Vaggie she has nothing to fear, they won’t hurt them and she’s welcome to stay as long as she likes. Still under the truth spell the angel responds she’s a lot nicer and prettier than she thought, making them blush. Along with feeling mad how Adam called her an even bigger slut than Lilith for getting pregnant outside of marriage. Despite their shared anger Lucifer leaves after telling Charlie to call him if she needs anything, the two hugging before he steps through the portal. The princess offers Vaggie a potion that will make her sleep but promises it’ll heal her by the time she wakes up. After some initial hesitation the angel takes it quickly drifting to slumber. After taking a moment to admire her sleeping form the princess leaves for her own bed a short walk away, needing to just let the day end.
Vaggie wakes up next morning with feeling much better. It’s gonna take some to get used to having only one eye, but grateful the pain is gone and she’s got a place to stay. She blushes remembering how pretty Charlie is, along with some disbelief the princess of hell is so kind. This is when she notices a glass of water and a binge letting her know Charlies making breakfast and is welcome to join them. After thinking it over the angel fiend the water and heads down to join the princess.
After some initial surprise she’s in a large apartment that is bigger on the inside, Vaggie finds the elevator down to the lobby. Here she follows the smell of cooking and sound of singing. The angel enters the kitchen to see the princess in more relaxed nightwear. She stares at them as they cook several items singing admiring her beauty and singing, till she yelps feeling something grabbing her leg. Vaggie looks down to see a white haired, toddler smiling up at her. She realises this is the princesses daughter Joy. By instinct from her own siblings she picks the child up, placing them on her hip causing them to hug her making them smile. The angel looks up to see her mother smiling at the 2. She compliments Vaggie on how good she is with her, they simply laugh saying it comes natural when you’re the oldest of several kids. Charlie informs her breakfast is ready gesturing to the high chair where they place Joy. Here with Razzle and Dazzles help she plates up the food with some cut up pancakes and eggs for joy. Vaggie absolutely starving just inhales the pancakes, sausage, bacon, eggs and toast on her plate before looking embarrassed seeing the amused looks on everyone’s faces. Charlie simply asks if she’d like more which the angel bashfully nods to.
Once she’s finished her 2nd helping, Vaggie compliments Charlie’s cooking. The princess who’s currently feeding Joy brushes thanks her. After everyone is finished the angel helps clean up, despite the princesses insistence she’s a guest her argument being it’s the Leary she can do considering they not only healed her injuries, but took her in and gave her a place to stay. Once the kitchen is clean Charlie offers to show Vaggie around the hotel.
The angel is impressed by not only how nice the place is but by the amenities offered. The princess explains she improved it when her dad taught her creation magic, along with making the rooms larger on the inside to make them more comfortable for guests. Vaggie especially appreciates the gym, pool and library. After the tour they wind up in the lobby with the women on the couches while Joy is on the floor playing. The angel asks if the princess is ok with answering some questions, she responds if she’s ok with a question of their own in return for each answer which they agree to. Vaggie thus learns that Razzle and Dazzle were created from stuffed toys as bodyguards/assistants for her with Shadow being made the same for Joy with KeeKee the cat curled up in their lap serves as the hotels key. Charlie learns that the exterminations are kept secret supposedly to keep heaven’s population from panicking but the angel guesses it was so they wouldn’t riot over something many saw as evil, which pisses the princess off along with giving her some relief many winners and angels wouldn’t support it requiring such secrecy. Vaggie asks why they want to try and redeem sinners, the response impresses her in that their her people and she wants to make their lives better and hopefully end the exterminations somehow, ideally even getting sinners redeemed to heaven. Charlie asks why they joined the exorcists, the angel reveals they thought she was a good fit and told her it was a top secret organisation to keep heaven safe but eventually realised it was just a way for Adam to date his bloodlust but unfortunately she couldn’t leave afterwards no matter how much she hated it. They continue like this for a while, till they eventually realise it’s lunch time.
Charlie asks if they’re ok with something lighter as she forgot to get groceries, which Vaggie is fine with. They have some sandwiches before the princess asks the angel if they’d like to join them in the garden. Vaggie watches as Charlie plays with and dotes on Joy showing her so much love and gentleness. They watch as the angel despite some obvious nervousness is rather natural with her daughter making her laugh and smile. They stay like that till it starts raining causing them to rush inside. After that Charlie uses her magic to tell the story of a little princess with her mommy visiting her family. It’s made to entertain a toddler but Vaggie is impressed by the visuals her magic creates. It tuckers joy out enough that Charlie puts her down for a nap , Shadow cuddled up next her.
After that they spend some time in Vaggies room in Charlie’s floor. She makes sure everything is up to her standards which they promise it is. The princess also asks if she’d like to go shopping tmrw for clothes considering she only has what she’s wearing. The angel tries to refuse but gives in at their insistence and sweet puppy dog eyes. Vaggie does also asks if she’s sure they’re ok with sharing the same space as her daughter with them. Charlie’s honest and admit it hurts thinking about all her people she killed, but points out she was cast out for sparing a child sinner plus she only joined cause they lied to her. The princes further points out that this hotel is meant to help people be better, letting that kid go was her 1st step to it, so she’s welcome to stay. Vaggie didn’t know when she started crying registering it when Charlie started wiping the tears away and hugging her. Despite her pleas that she was a monster that had killed so many of her people and didn’t deserve her kindness or help, they responded the fact she feels that way proves she isn’t and the reason she’s here right now proves she does. It takes a while but the crying stops with the princess just holding the angel till they hear joy wake up. Before she gets her, Charlie says she can get her a therapist to talk to once she’s ready, which Vaggie appreciates.
After they spend some time just watching some tv and making plans for the next few days in-between Charlie’s lessons with Belphegor. Tmrw along with shopping she’ll show Vaggie around the city while Joy is with her dad. Then she’ll help the Angel familiarise herself with hell. Vaggie wants to refuse to not feel like a burden but realises it’d be pointless.
Around dinner time Charlie asks Vaggie what she’d like to order, feeling like Charlie’s done enough lets her pick. They end up having Chinese with the two taking turns to feed Joy. Desert is ice cream with Vaggie laughing at how Charlie’s is covered in sauce and toppings, along with the toddler trying to eat it all in one go. They head to bed a few hours later. After singing a lullaby the princess puts her daughter in her crib. On the way to her room Charlie gives Vaggie a nightie she though fit her, which they appreciate.
In the night Charlie is woken by Joy crying but as she leaves her room it’s replaced by shushing and singing in Spanish. She looks in, nearly crying from the adorableness of Vaggie calming and singing her baby to sleep. The angel doesn’t realises she’s there till she goes to leave, looking sheepish. They couldn’t sleep so watched tv when they heard Joy crying so decided to save her the trouble. They start to apologise for overstepping before Charlie interrupts telling her it’s fine and they appreciate the help. Once back in their room she offers Vaggie a sleep potion, which the angel hesitantly takes.
Charlie wakes up and after changing Joy takes her down to find Vaggie has not only gone grocery shopping but is cooking them breakfast. The angel had the goat bois show her where the store was, along with using her card, apologising if that was overstepping. The princess smiled, saying it was fine besides she appreciated that she not only bought food but cooked it for them.
After a delicious breakfast Lucifer came to pick up Joy. Grandfather and granddaughter were overjoyed to see each other regardless of how often they see each other. Before he left the king asked to speak to Vaggie, leaving her a bit nervous. He apologised for his conduct yesterday. They were feeling protective of Charlie and Joy, seeing her as a threat, but remembered how scary it is being cast out of heaven especially considering what happened to her. So he’s sorry for causing any unnecessary distress. The angel takes a moment before thanking him along with letting him know she’s be the same way in his place. Lucifer ends up hugging Vaggie who returns it after some initial shock. He wishes her and Charlie a nice day before portaling to the palace with Joy for the day.
Charlie takes Vaggie to a nearby clothing store. Here she gets her some clothes for daily use, workout clothes, underwear and footwear. She also buys the angel an eye patch as the wound is healed now. Despite knowing Charlie is being nice Vaggie still feels bad that’s she helping her so much when she has nothing to offer. At lunch after hearing this the princess offers her a job as her body guard. She frames it as a way for Vaggie to feel useful and not like she’s a burden, which they know despite multiple promises she isn’t. The angel hesitates before thanking her, glad she can feel useful.
After lunch Charlie buys Vaggie a hellphone, along with a laptop so she can access the web. Once they were back in the hotel she helps Vaggie put her clothes away, along with choosing a new outfit for her new bodyguard job. It was the one she wore in the show. The spent the next few hours going over how hell worked. Vaggie knew about the overlords already so they moved onto the other rings and the sins, Charlie’s aunts and uncles. Along with the other races who the angel only knew the basics about, the princess provided more detailed info about them. By the time they finished Lucifer has arrived to return Joy, pointing out it was early evening. Charlie thanked her dad while Vaggie went to get started on dinner. After he left they had a nice meal before the princess gave her daughter a bath and put her to bed.
Over the next few days they fell into a routine. Vaggie or Charlie would get up to help locket back to sleep by singing or when be necessary changing her. The angel would often get up and with Razzle and Dazzles help make breakfast. Then the princess would take her around the city to help her learn and adjust better to hell. There was a park they stopped at that Charlie had taken Joy to for years. The 3 of them plus Razzle, Dazzle and Shadow played games, told Joy stories, picnic lunches and fed the birds. Joy loved the ducks, they joked she got it from lucifer.
After a month in Hell Vaggie decided to take Charlie up on that therapy offer. After talking to bel they thought willow would be a good choice. For her 1st session the princess opened a portal outside their office, after making sure the angel was okay and telling her she’d be outside when they finished she took Joy to get some lunch in a cafe. The session was just to help Willow see what kind of help Vaggie needed and for her to decide if they were a good fit. It went well with the succubus managing to make some initial findings that the angel is suffering from depression, PTSD and low self-worth, while they find her to be a comforting and safe presence. They schedule an appointment for next week with 2 more planned after that each a week apart just so Willow can create an effective treatment outline for Vaggie. Charlie is waiting out front like she promised, a soft smile on her face. Rather than ask how it went right away she gave her a sandwich to let her eat before asking. They smiled at hearing it went well and promised she’d be here waiting after the others.
Over the next several months the hotel group settled into a nice rhythm. Vaggies therapy appointments went to twice a month after the initial 4. Willow wrote her prescriptions for her depression and PTSD along with exercises to help her improve her self-worth from her guilt. The prescriptions were made by Belphegor herself as a favour to. Charlie along with those sleeping potions that you can’t overdose on. The medicines start to help but Vaggie decides to do more herself. She starts attending the gym rather than just lounge in her room before making breakfast which makes her feel much better. She also starts practising with her spear that the princess brought back but kept till she was ready. The angel also starts reading books that Willow recommended to help deal with her guilt and improve her self worth. These things combined help cause gradual improvements in the angels thinking and attitude. Though Charlie and Joy also help.
Vaggie spent most of her time with the mother and daughter. She felt a strong pull to Charlie and a genuine fondness for Joy. When they aren’t playing or taking care of her in the hotel they take her out usually to the park but other places. This was why in her 3rd month the 3 went to Lu Lu World, Lucifers theme park as he built a toddler section for Joys 1st birthday which resulted in mammon claiming he was gonna do the same. They all ended up having a good time especially once Charlie and Vaggie took turns winning prizes for Joy and each other. When the toddler was with Lucifer or other family the 2 would have days together. This included each other’s hair, shopping or at the angel’s insistence working out together. She was surprised at how strong the princess naturally was, though remembers her dad was an archangel. Overall Vaggie is adjusting to her new life, recovering from her pain and learning to be happy with her little family. Though others soon become interested in her.
6 months after her arrival the other sins overhear Belphegor and Lucifer talk about Charlie’s new roommate. The king accidentally lets out that she’s a former exorcist. It’s takes 30 minutes to calm them down and stop thinking she’s there to hurt their niece or great niece. They both explain what happened, while this does calm most of the sins down they still want to meet her especially Satan if she’s living with Charlie and Joy. Realising he’s fucked up he immediately portals to the hotel, falling to his knees and begging forgiveness in front of Charlie and Vaggie. After finding out why, the angel starts panicking though the princess helps calm her down, as does KeeKee who curls up in her lap. Charlie is annoyed her dad let the secret out but understands it was a mistake, instead moving onto a solution. She and lucifer agree to invite the sins over to the place for dinner so that way Vaggie can meet them and show she’s not a threat. Despite her own fear the angel accepts. Lucifer says he’ll set it for a week today, so in that time Charlie can tell Vaggie everything she needs to know about each of the sins to win them over.
A week later Charlie and Vaggie are putting on the finishing touches. The angel is wearing a lavender dress Charlie bought for tonight with her growing hair in a ponytail. She’s wearing a new red bow that the princess gave her to help with how long it’s getting, which she deeply appreciates and cherishes. Charlie for her part is wearing a red and black dress, while Joy is in a simple red one. After making sure the angel is ready the princess portals them to the palace.
They are greeted by an imp doorman who Charlie knows by name, asking how his family is doing. He responds their doing well and is happy to see the princess before leading them to the living room where Lucifer awaits. He smiles seeing his daughter and granddaughter pulling them into a hug. Upon seeing Vaggie he promises that he and Charlie will make sure the sins are on their best behaviour with her, which doesn’t do much to help. As they’re finishing the final preparations the angel ends up asking the doorman what it’s like working for the Morningstar’s. He’s honest and admits that while the family can be eccentric they are much better than most of the Goetic families and several of the sins such as Mammon or Satan to work for. Lilith as the 1st woman in hell loved it and its people, so never looked down on the hellborn or saw them as lesser. While she could be strict about certain things she was always treated them well and respectfully. Lucifer while not a fan of sinners treated hellborn like regular people not the way they’re stereotyped as being. Along with being his awkward self at times he could be pretty easy to work for. Charlie for her part was the kindest of the family. She was always friendly and sweet, convincing her parents to give the staff their birthdays off. Plus she walkways stood up for them when guests insulted them or treated them badly. Vaggie isn’t surprised about Charlie’s kind and respectful to Hellborn but the behaviour of the other members of the royal family is quite enlightening.
Not long after that Belphegor is the 1st sin to arrive. After hugging Charlie and Joy, who both nuzzle into her wool, she turns to Vaggie asking how she’s feeling and if the therapy and medications are helping her genuinely pleased when they confirm that.
As each sin arrives they each cuddle their niece and great niece to their chest before turning their attention to the Angel. While Ozzy and Bee do make their promises that if she harms either Charlie or Joy, the former will turn her into a brain dead fucktoy and the latter will use her body as a living still for Beelzejuice, they are very friendly after that, even standing up for her with the other sins with Bel, Charlie and Lucifer. Leviathan after cuddling her favourite niece and great niece, looks Vaggie down after promising to turn them into fish food then lets her know how unimpressive she is even if they’re pretty. Mammon after glomping the mother and daughter, promises to force feed the angel molten gold for eternity if he hurts them, before then trying to get her to advertise some products for him. Satan after hugging Charlie and Joy doesn’t even do anything more than look at the angel.
The dinner goes well with Ozzy and Bee quickly becoming fond of Vaggie. Levi and Mammon are more neutral as upon finding she’s not a threat to Charlie or Joy they stop caring. Except for Satan. After hearing Charlie call the angel their bodyguard he laughs. The room goes silent except for Vaggie who asks why that’s funny. The Dragon responds that she’s ill suited considering she doesn’t know how to fight. The angel points out she was an exorcist, he scoffs saying that she was taught to chase down fleeing sinners, that she’s never had enemy that could fight back and sparring doesn’t. He even further points to the fact that her 1st real encounter cost her an eye and wings, proof she’s not fit to protect Charlie or Joy. Vaggie retorts she was taken by surprise, he unsympathetically points out that’s further proof she’s unfit considering surprise attacks are something bodyguards need to be prepared for, if she can’t protect herself how can she protect her charges.
The room is silent with everyone else admitting internally he’s got a point while Charlie is about to stand up for Vaggie, till they say he’s right. The angel admits that everything Satan said was true, so asks him to teach her how to better. The room is still silent but for a much different reason, shock at her bravery or insanity. Vaggie says that they tell stories about Satan to scare new recruits, so if anyone can teach her how to protect the princess or Joy it’s him. The dragon is silent before a smirk comes upon his face, he admits he’s impressed by her balls and agrees. He tells them to be at his palace in wrath by 9am tmrw. The night soon ends.
At the hotel Charlie is asking Vaggie why she would do that, ask Satan for training. The angel retorts that he was right and he can help her learn to fight better to keep her and Joy safe. The princess points out he won’t go easy on her, they simply say good she’ll learn better than. Charlie tries to convince Vaggie to change her mind but they refuse pointing out that her job is to protect her and her baby, how can she do that if she’s never been in a real fight or taught to fight a real enemy. The Angel understands she’s scared but this is her choice and they have to accept it even if she doesn’t like it. The princess nods forlornly promising she’ll be here with medicine and spend the day pampering her after. Vaggie simply smiles and thanks her while Charlie pulls her into a full hug, as does Joy who was being held by her mother.
The next day a portal opens for Vaggie to Wrath. She arrives outside of Satans palace where the sin looks at her unimpressed. After giving them a change to leave, the dragon strikes at her hard enough to send her flying with a punch to the stomach. This breaks several of her ribs along with her shoulder. Satan opens a portal back to the hotel letting her know he’ll be here tmrw if she wants to try again. Charlie is horrified to see Vaggie injured and heals her, begging they not return. The angel refuses.
Over that week Vaggie returns shortly after leaving the hotel each day with a variety of different injuries that the princess heals. She begs the angel not to return but they do.
On the 8th day Satan asks why she keeps coming back despite the fact he keeps kicking her as. Vaggie responds that she’s there to learn how to protect Charlie and Joy. For them any pain is worth it to keep them safe. For a moment the dragon is silent before a look of respect crosses his face. He tells the angel that he kept breaking her to see if she was truly worthy of the duty given to her. What she said and her actions prove that they are. He takes her inside his palace to the training area and truly begins their education.
The next month is even more gruelling than her training as an exorcist. Satan while no longer testing her resolve, is not any gentler. In fact he’s even harsher as he knows her reasons and drive. Thankfully rather than falter Vaggie is driven even harder to learn. It hurts Charlie to see her come back from her training covered in bruises and internal injuries. The princess tries to convince them to stop, but the angel points out that she’s doing this to protect her and Joy. When they try to refute they need protection, Vaggie points out that while her magic is impressive that’s not enough to keep herself or her daughter safe. So since she hasn’t bothered to learn how to fight then the angel will for both of them. While initially shocked the princess realises Vaggie isn’t wrong, if they’re willing to do this for them then she can’t really complain.
To both Satan and Vaggies shock, Charlie made it known she wanted to join them. While they were initially hesitant they agreed based on her refusal to be turned away. While she didn’t have the angels pre-existing experience or training, they made up for it through her strength, endurance, magic and as Vaggie learned the princesses rage. The dragon smiled seeing his niece not only learn to fight but use her wrath to such a great extent. Satan was more than happy to have her join. Mostly cause he was glad to see Charlie learn to fight, but the 2 fighting back to back made them even deadlier. Plus sometimes they brought Joy and he loved seeing her, curling around her as she was his greatest treasure along with her mother.
2 months after they begin their training under Satan Charlie realises she’s never introduced Vaggie to Joys honorary grandmothers. She decides to start with Rosie, Bell and Sunny as they’re the friendliest ones. The angel was of course shocked the princess let cannibals interact let alone watch Joy, not even hearing 2 of them weren’t cannibals anymore and in general they didn’t eat children let alone babies. They would still stay on guard.
The walk into cannibal was one of the most nerve wracking experiences of Vaggies life. Despite how happy Joy was, how friendly and sweet the cannibals were towards her or Charlie, the princesses own happiness to be back. The angel was their guardian she’d keep them safe. Though she was also a bit on edge due to the fact she might see the child she spared nearly a year ago.
After entering Rosie’s shop Vaggie is still on edge as Rosie and her wives immediately greet Charlie while fawning over Joy, who is happy to see her nana’s Rosie, Belle and Sunny. Though if soon dissipates once she sees the boy she spared that day. After a moment of shock the two end up rushing to each other, the angel pulling him into a hug glad to see he’s ok, which confuses the others watching. That’s until he tells his mothers that this is the exorcist that let him go. Upon hearing that the 3 women pull her into a hug expressing their gratitude for sparing their boy.
The visit goes quite well after that, as the woman who spared their son Vaggie is quite well regarded by the overlord and her family. The ladies also noticed just how the Angel and Princess acted around each other. Add in joy and they could easily be mistake for a family. After they left the 3 began betting on how long it would take for them to get together.
Back at the hotel Charlie asks Vaggie if she’s ok considering how quiet she was on the way home. It’s at this point the angel starts crying, saying she’s glad she’s ok. The princess simply pulls her into a hug to calm her down. It takes a while but soon Vaggie is calm and asleep with Charlie carrying her to bed. Rather than return to her own, she stayed and slumbered next to her.
The next day Charlie decides to introduce Vaggie to Carmilla Carmine, formerly Camael. That scares Vaggie even more than the cannibals. They told stories about her the archangel that rebelled and was cast out. The drive over to Carmine industries was the princess doing her best to calm down the angel. Once they arrived it took a few minutes for Vaggie to get out of the limo.
Entering the building and seeing all the Angelic weapons on the wall did little to calm the angels nerves. Upon seeing the infamous rebel herself she feels as if she’ll shatter. That ends upon seeing her pick Joy up and starts acting like doting grandmother speaking to the toddler in Spanish, while calling her Abuela. Upon seeing her the overlord looks at Vaggie with a stern inquisitive gaze so strong, that not even holding a laughing toddler could make it any less effective. Carmilla more said than asked that she was the former exorcist she’s heard so much about, causing the Angel to nod. The overlord then proceeded to let her know she’s heard a lot about her, she’s impressed she not only managed to prove herself to Satan but get the princess to learn how to fight. Vaggie plays it off as if it was nothing though the matriarch can tell there’s more than friendship between them.
The visit goes well with the 2 angels bonding over their hatred for heavens bullshit as well as Adam. Carmilla jokingly calls him proof even god needed a 1st draft, which made them both burst out laughing. After heading home Vaggie thanks Charlie as along with her dad, it’s nice having someone else to talk shit about heaven with.
A month later they’re at Joys birthday party at the Morningstar palace. At various points Lucifer, the sins, Carmilla, Rosie, Belle and Sunny are gossiping about when Charlie and Vaggie are going to get together, even placing bets on when they finally confess. Rosie, Carmilla and Lucifer place money in the next few months.
The ladies in question are focused on making sure Joy has a wonderful party. This is also where Vaggie meets Vortex and Fizzarolli. Tex explains that he met Bee at a party and after a short time as casual partners the sub asked him to become her boyfriend, apparently after seeing how good he was with her niece. This is shown when the toddler rushes over to hug the hound upon seeing him. Fizz for his part was able to win Joy over with his abilities to entertain along with being great with kids, especially as she screamed his name in excitement at seeing him. The two also make their guesses on when Charlie and Vaggie will become a couple based on what they’ve seen of them and heard from their own partners.
Vaggie also meets Stolas and Octavia. Charlie has told her plenty about the prince and his very unhappy marriage, along with how she looked after him and Octavia when they were young so she’s sympathetic towards him. Stolas is rather intrigued by the fallen angel, along with hopeful that based on what he’s heard and the princess will become a couple as he’s heard they are a very good match. Octavia for her part finds Vaggie to be amazing considering she’s not only a fallen angel but training under Satan himself. The angel in question thought she was cute and sympathised with her for having a somewhat difficult home life considering what she’s heard about her mother. The owlet also hopes they get together as she sees how happy the princess is with her.
The party goes well with Joy loving all her presents and the attention from her family. Something unexpected happens when Joy calls Vaggie mama. The angel is frozen before crying tears of well Joy while Charlie calms her down. Clara, Odette and Zestial who had only interacted with Vaggie at the party at the party, but witnessing that caused them to join their mothers bet, along with starting their own on when the angel would join their family after seeing the matriarch interact with her.
Just over 2 months after it was extermination day. After having dropped Joy off with Bee whose turn it was to watch her that year, Charlie and Vaggie returned to the hotel. They both comforted each other through their trauma at having once been a part of it and their helplessness to protect her people. Once it was over they went out, the princess to help any injured sinners while the angel kept her safe. They didn’t find many that required their help so returned home.
After making it back they order some take out, then ice cream cause they need it. While doing so Vaggie gets up to wipe some that got on Charlie’s face. They both realise how close their faces are and freeze, blushing. They stay like that till both mutually reach to kiss, lips meeting in the middle. Afterwards the 2 confess their feelings, how they’ve fallen in love with the other. Charlie seeing how the Angel moved on from the trauma of her attack and repenting for her best by trying to be better, supporting Charlie in her dream as well as raising Joy and protecting them. Vaggie tells the princess that she’s loved her since the moment they carried her out of the alley then treated her wounds, that she gave her a chance to be better, that regardless of his impossible it might seem she’s done everything she can to improve hell and save her people, along with being a wonderful mother to Joy. They kissed again then several more times till they ended up waking the next morning nude in Charlie’s bed.
The next morning they talked things through and decided to start a romantic relationship. They called up Bee asking if she’d be okay taking Joy another day. After her enthusiastic agreement, the 2 spent the day together. It was a day of sweet moments, good food and romance. By the end they realised they were truly in love with each other.
Their relationship while important was one of several things that happened to their family during the next several years.
They decided that since Joy was 3 it was time for her to start preschool instead of having her tutored privately. Rather than send her to a private academy they chose a good public school that Rosie recommended, as Charlie wanted her to interact with hellborn children so she could interact with them and grow up understanding their struggles so she could help make hell better for them. The overlord funded the school in exchange for letting cannibal towns children and adults attend night school once or twice a year for 2 weeks so they could stay up to date on all the knowledge and innovations that had been made. Vaggie expressed surprise considering how old fashioned the cannibals were. Rosie pointed out just cause they like things from when they were alive doesn’t mean they don’t adapt to new tech or methods. She points out that they use emails to send out invitations, event planning and recipes. They also made cooking videos to teach each other and video calls to catch up. Rosie herself was apart of multiple group texts so she could get the best gossip. After doing their research, that the school had high ratings by the parents, was safe and had a good history they decided to enrol Joy to start at the beginning of the next school year in Late August. Lucifer, Mammon, Satan and Leviathan, along with Carmilla were against sending her to public school. Rosie, Belle, Sunny, Clara, Odette, Zestial, Bee, Belphegor and Ozzy supported Charlie’s choice. Those against it were worried for her safety along with Levi seeing it as beneath her with Mammon and Satan not seeing the point in her interacting with her lessers. Those for argued it was good for her to interact with other hellborn children and make friends, plus it would be good experience for when she grew up. Plus the school taught from pre-school to elementary school with the middle-high school across the street meaning that her daughter could attend with her friends till college. Despite some of her families apprehension the administrators of both schools received large anonymous donations that allowed them to carry out multiple large upgrades to both schools.
When Joy started that August any journalists knew to keep a distance based on the threats of Lucifer and Satan. The princess was able to make a number of friends thanks to her sweet and kind personality. Of course the parents were a bit uneasy about interacting with the princess, but after Charlie being herself and once Vaggie cooled down from being overprotective they made some friends at the school. She also went onto become one of the most popular and academically successful students there.
With Joy in school now the couple were able to not only spend more time together but on their goals.
Shortly after Joy started, Charlie was able to graduate with her psych degree. It was done in a private ceremony with her family there while the princess wore the traditional robes and gown. Cue multiple pictures of lucifer crying in pride and her with the rest of family, though her favourite was the one of her and Vaggie holding their daughter while she hugged the princess wearing her cap. Though rather than start her program immediately she wanted to make sure everything was planned out along with having the necessary resources.
Vaggie herself expanded her skill set. After their initial meeting with Carmilla she found her self being invited back, eventually become close to the matriarch and had family. Along with bonding about their disdain for heaven’s hypocrisy, they bonded over their love for their families. Carmilla eventually started to train the angel in dance, convincing her by pointing out proper footwork was important during combat. Plus it helped that it would impress Charlie. The more time she spent with Carmilla, the closer they got till eventually the two saw each other as mother daughter, with Clara and Odette seeing her as their new sister vice versa for the angel. Zestial she came to view as a sort of wise grandfather she could trust. Eventually Carmilla trusted Vaggie enough she decided to teach her a secret that only the family knew, fully adopting her into the family. That she could forge angelic steel. The overlord explained that it was common knowledge till the exterminations started and eventually purged the sinners who knew. That combined with the abundance of abandoned angelic weapons convinced her to claim she was only reforging scavenged materials. This created a scarcity that drove up the prices of her products but allowed her to secretly stockpile and sell arms to the royal army. That way if necessary she could arm a large force quickly to defend her family or hell itself. With Carmilla’s guidance Vaggie started small, crafting a pair of daggers, one for herself the other for Charlie. Her 1st big solo creation was a shield similar to the one the princess had. From then on she crafted a pair of angelic steel suits. Red and black for Charlie, Lavender and silver for herself. She also crafted a pair of pistols, one for herself and the princess using the same colours as the armour. Though her proudest creation was a knife for Joy. It was engraved with the Morningstar crest on the hilt and colours with an inscription, “Even though we share no blood, you will always have a place in my heart and soul. May this blade be proof of that and if necessary a tool to defend yourself. My beloved Joy.” Carmilla thought it was a perfect gift. Charlie was impressed by all of Vaggies creations but seeing the dagger and its inscription caused her to cry at how sweet it was. They agreed to give it to her when they were older.
One day when Joy was 4 she was at the top of the stairs in the lobby with only Vaggie there. She somehow slipped but rather than fall her angelic mother’s arms caught her white wings keeping them aloft. After the shock dispelled and ensuring she was ok, they called Belphegor. She explained that the wings were perfectly healthy, also based on the fact that angels feel emotions of love and care strongly, seeing her child in danger caused her wings to return. While shocking Vaggie was able to calm down once she saw just how much Joy loved her wings. As did Charlie and Lucifer when they found out. It became common for her to take them flying along with Charlie teaching Joy how to preen her wings, using the feathers for their pillows, mattresses and blankets. It was also normal to see the entire family cuddled under Vaggies wings due to how soft and warm they were.
Lucifer in an attempt to get closer to Vaggie offered to teach her magic. While it wouldn’t be at the same level as him or Charlie, he could teach her some spells that were useful. She was able to learn how to open a portal, along with the kid level spells for creation, destruction and healing magic. While it wasn’t as potent as the Morningstar’s, it still gave the angel plenty of options in a fight.
Speaking of combat, the couple continued their training with Satan. Thanks to Satans harsh but effective methods they turned from just holding on to clearing entire fields alone or together. Their magical abilities combined with their training made them nearly unstoppable alone, together they were unbeatable. The dragon soon moved onto teaching them about more than just fighting but leading. He started to teach them the importance of tactics and strategy pointing out Charlie might need to lead hell in case of a war or rebellion. They learned the importance of not only winning a battle but how to win a war. The importance of being able to inspire an army to fight along with keeping it supplied. The lessons were very helpful to the couple even if they didn’t see a pressing need for it.
Vaggie as she was now dating Charlie made an effort to improve her relationship with those close to her as well. Rosie she respected and could tell that despite the ruthless qualities you need to be an overlord was a devoted friend to Charlie and surrogate grandmother to Joy. Her wives Belle and Sunny she got along with quite well considering like their wife they adored Joy and were much less of an intimidating presence along with being very friendly to her. The sins were more mixed. Ozzy and Bee she got along with the best, enjoying their tips on places to visit as a family or dates, but tips Ozzy gave for private matters. Leviathan they respected each other, as she was much more shrewd and cunning, plus the different heads made it interesting. Sarah she was close to thanks to his training and support in improving herself. Mammon she found annoying and crude, so she was polite but didn’t let him try shit in getting her, Charlie or Joy to be in ads.
As Charlie and Vaggies relationship grew, so did the angel’s relationship with Joy. The young princess having grown with them as her 2nd mother loved her thanks to her loving, protective and supportive nature. This is why at 5 she had a special gift for Mother’s Day with Grandpa Luci’s help. She woke up her mommy and mama with breakfast in bed Razzle, Dazzle and Shadow helping her. Her mothers loved it along with her gifts, handmade cards for the both of them. Though she revealed an extra gift for Vaggie. It was an envelope that upon opening the angel had tears in her eyes upon reading it. They were adoption papers. Joy smiled saying that she’s been her mom for so long might as well make it official. After signing the papers with tears in her eyes, the angel embraced her daughter in a hug, as did Charlie, Razzle, Dazzle, Shadow and KeeKee. It was also around this time that Joy started wearing a bow similar to Vaggies, wanting to look more like her mama. Though the family not yet complete.
As Octavia was 13 not far off 14 that year, the couple decided to ask if she’d be willing to babysit Joy as they were a bit easier to handle now. The Goetia agreed as she was always fond of the princess and vice versa.
Charlie and Vaggie treated Octavia with kindness. They trusted her, listened to her and never blamed her for making mistakes. They also let her know she could come to them if she ever needed anything regardless of what it was. Soon the young Goetia realised that they were being more motherly to her than her own. Due to this she began going to them for advice about things at home, her peers etc. the kind of things teenagers need help with and are curious about. This resulted in shortly after her 14th birthday Octavia confiding in them that she thought she might be asexual. The couple were both very supportive and offered to get someone more knowledgeable she could talk to, which she was grateful for. Imagine her shock when it turned out to be Asmodeus. He listened to the Goetia and helped her understand what it meant to be asexual, along with promising that it was perfectly natural. He also helped her understand that she could still be interested in romantic relationships and while they aren’t sure who they’re attracted to yet, getting married and having kids is something she possibly wants. Ozzy also gave her a few books as well as places to look up if she has any questions or wants to meet kids like herself. Octavia was grateful to the princess and Angel, especially once they helped her decide how to tell her mum and dad.
It happened on a Saturday. Octavia called her parents into the living room and after some initial anxiousness told them. She explained that how she’d felt before discovering what asexuality was, how Charlie and Vaggie along with Ozzy helped her understand then accept she was along with helping them to understand she does still want a romantic partner to possibly marry and have kids with just without the physical stuff. Stolas was the 1st to speak. He was honest, that while he had no idea what asexuality was before Octavia brought it up, he supports and accepts her no matter what wishing her to only be happy and that’s all that matters to him. She’s left smiling happy to know her daddy still loved and accepted her. Sadly Stella ruined it. She laughed telling Octavia that she’s not asexual, that it’s just a phase she’ll grow out of once she’s more mature and less childish, even asking if it’s cause she got turned down by a crush before leaving as she had a social engagement. Stola is left enraged along with shocked, he knew she wasn’t the best mother but thought they’d at least accept their daughter instead of rejecting them. His thoughts stop when he hears sniffling. The prince turns to see his beloved daughter tears flowing from her eyes, obviously devastated at the rejection. Stolas immediately rushed to pull her into his arms and did his best to calm her down, but he had no answer when she asked why can’t her mother accept them. After calming her down he offers to take her out for the day, just have fun to take her mind off things which she agreed to still a bit tearful. They went to stylish occult for taxidermy stuff, clothes shopping, lunch, a movie, more shopping, a movie then dinner before heading home. While it did help Stolas could tell she was still hurt.
Stolas called Charlie and Vaggie to tell them what happened. Along with being heartbroken and enraged they offered to take her for the day to make her feel better which the prince appreciated. They agreed they’d take her in a few days when they were free.
A few days later they took Octavia to Lu Lu World just the 3 of them. The Goetia had fun with the both of them, along with feeling better after they promised that just because Stella had failed her that didn’t mean she couldn’t rely on them for anything she might need. After heading home she found a box on her bed. After opening it, it was revealed to be a music box that magically displayed Charlie, Vaggie, Joy and her dad with a message, no matter what they were always there for her. Octavia cried happy tears upon seeing that.
After that she spent a lot of time with the family. Charlie and Vaggie would bring her along on outings, trips and even vacations to the other rings and sometimes Earth. Stolas agreed as it gave Octavia time away from the tension in their home and she was always happier along with more calm spending time with them. Stella agreed as she thought her daughter was trying to build a bond with the future queens and heir to the throne, which made them very proud of her cunning. On these trips thanks to Charlie’s disguise spell, they looked like a normal human family. It wasn’t uncommon for the Goetia to be mistaken for the couples daughter, neither she or them ever bothered correcting them.
Shortly before her 15th birthday Octavia asked Vaggie to teach her how to fight. The angel was surprised though upon hearing her reasoning, that she wanted to be able to protect herself, they agreed though needed to talk to Stolas. The prince was obviously anxious but upon hearing his daughter’s reasoning and Vaggie pointing out they won’t always be there to protect her he agreed. Charlie was a bit anxious about her age but understood her reasoning and trusted Vaggie not to let her get hurt, so using her magic created a training area in the basement.
The 1st day was an eye opening experience for Octavia. Vaggie started by telling her the 1st rule in fighting was never play fair. After stating they would start on the count of 3 the angel struck before even saying 1. She broke several of Octavia’s ribs, ankle and body slammed her. While the Goetia was shocked, Vaggie simply reminded her of the 1st rule and asked Octavia if she would forget the lesson. Begrudgingly the Goetia said obviously not, the angel simply smiled before healing her, then letting her know that while she would never be cruel she would be harsh to her, as the harder she was the better they learnt and this increased her chance of survival. Octavia understood and got back to her feet. Stolas even though he had been told the training would be harsh wasn’t actually happy his daughter’s bones were regularly being broken, but as Charlie and the angel healed them plus Octavia wanting to do it he accepted it.
After enough time had passed and Octavia had progressed enough in unarmed, Vaggie moved to using weapons. She started out with daggers, using enchanted blades that caused pain but left no wound. As the Goetia was more experienced this time it took less time for her to learn along with betting dodging and recovering from hits. In her recognition for her hard work and talent, Vaggie forged her an angelic dagger for her 16th birthday. It had a dark blade with a gemstone in the guard that seemed to retain a wave of light that constantly shifted. It was named Borealis. Octavia loved the gift as did her father.
After Octavia had gotten used to her Vaggie had her look through a pile of weapons to choose her next training piece. The Goetia chose a rapier, which the angel explained was a good fit as the weapon required finesse and control to utilise properly, plus her fighting style should focus on using both her speed, agility and quick reactions to strike at weak points while avoiding strikes. Training with it went well for Octavia thanks to her years of dance training expected for a ballroom dance floor she’d join one day. While it took some adaption she proved her skill and talent, especially when paired with a dagger. Vaggie also taught Octavia how to shoot as it doesn’t matter how good you are at close quarters if your enemies are using guns. The Goetia soon proved her talent as a markswoman.
Charlie also took a hand in training Octavia in the mysteries of magic. She was already talented so was able to learn quickly. Thanks to the princesses teaching the Goetia was able to access and use magic only the oldest Goetic royalty could use, her angelic heritage working in her favour.
For her 17th birthday she was granted 2 gifts each by the princess and Angel. Vaggie had crafted a beautiful Angelic rapier named Aurora that retained the stone of her dagger but being a brighter blade, the two being like the northern lights of their joint namesake. She also forged a pistol with her preferred colour scheme along with engravings depicting an owl, though Stolas asked Vaggie to hold onto it till she was 18. Charlie crafted a necklace and bracelet. The necklace was made of silver with a black gemstone in the middle, enchanted to act as a shield to protect Octavia, while the bracelet that was silver was engraved with runes that allowed her to open a portal to their location and call for help if she ever needed it. Octavia not only loved the gifts but was touched by the effort the couple put into them, as was Stolas. This was before he slept with Blitzo and announced the divorce.
The couple did their best to cheer Octavia up and support her, privately though they were happy Stolas was finally leaving Stella as they knew just how bad she was. They do agree he could’ve done it better.
Over the next few months they provided Octavia a safe place to get away from the stress of her parents fighting. Aside from insults she never really talked about Stolas new partner and the prince himself claimed he ran his own business but said nothing else. Other than that they focused more on taking care of Via than looking into her dad’s new lover. After Stolas attempted assassination they visited him in hospital with Octavia who was hysterical upon seeing her dad in that state, Joy was also upset as he was one of her favourite uncles. Via stayed with them till her dad was well enough to recover. He didn’t speak much about the assassin, they assumed it was due to the trauma of the event.
Around the time of Oops, the couple have regularly had Octavia coming over to get her away from her parents fighting for anywhere from a night to several days. Realising this wasn’t good for her Charlie went to her parents with a plan to allow Octavia to stay at the hotel and see them without staying with them. Stolas she was honest, stating it was cause she was suffering being around all the arguing and being in the middle of the divorce. The prince agreed feeling genuinely guilty for hurting her and wanting her to have a safe place. Stella the princess framed it as Octavia being so good with Joy that they needed her at a moments notice to watch her thus requiring her to stay at the hotel. She agreed though she thought it was for different reasons. In her mind she had first thought that Octavia was simply trying to get close to the royal family, but Charlie’s request plus Octavia being 18 next year put a devious thought into her head. Stella believed that her daughter had been working a long strategy to become the couples mistress or even equal partner, even lying about being asexual to trick them into being more comfortable around her. Having her move into the hotel was likely so the couple could, pluck the flower once it had bloomed as would be proper. Internally she was ecstatic that her daughter would be the shared mistress of the queens of hell or even one herself. While she wanted to call everyone she knew to brag, doing so would endanger her daughter’s plan, so decided to wait till the announcement went out.
Meanwhile Octavia was able to find more peace in a much calmer and warmer home. She was allowed to use any of the hotels amenities, her favourite being the library as reading calmed her down. Charlie and Vaggie along with her usual lessons also taught her other things, her favourite being cooking and baking. Stolas loved the apple tarts she made calling them amazing, despite thinking it was just flattery it still made her feel great. The Goetia also enjoyed spending time with Joy, the 2 seeing each other as sisters. Along with playing together, they would often just spend time together watching tv or Octavia reading her books. It also became common for the 2 to fall asleep together. One night the couple were returning home, they found Octavia and Joy curled up with the goat bois, Shadow and KeeKee lying on the lobby couch in front of the fireplace. Charlie used a portal to put them in Octavia’s room after she and Vaggie took pictures cause of how cute it was. They sent one to Stolas and he nearly died of cuteness overload.
Soon it was Joys 6th birthday. They celebrated by giving her breakfast in bed before sending her to school, promising the rest of her gifts would be there once she got home. Upon getting home she saw a small mountain of gifts from her moms, grandpa, aunts and uncles. Rosie and her wives plus the carmines also visited with gifts of their own plus the birthday cake her moms made her. That Friday after school they invited all of Joys classmates to Lu Lu World which lucifer had closed to let them have the whole place to themselves. The birthday girl and her friends absolutely loved it.
The next day was the party with just the family and close friends. After being hugged by each of her aunts and uncles, plus her grandpa and grandmas, Stolas and Octavia that’s when the party started. It included great food and drink, especially the cake which Bee had spent all of yesterday baking. Along with having a great time the sins started acting familial to the young Goetia as they’ve heard and seen how the couple treat her, so guess she’ll be joining the family soon. Near the end of the party Stolas is talking to Bee, Ozzy, fizz and Tex. The princess overhears them talking about how things are going with his new partner, apparently her uncle had helped the owl with something. They then talking started talking about Blitzo, how they’d all met him. Bee complimented his drinking skills while she and Tex both hoped he got help, along with how great his daughter is, a common theme with them the past few months. The jester revealed they were childhood friends and reconciled after he’d saved him from a mobster who was holding him for ransom. He then talked about it being funny they met at ozzys club with his co-workers, Tex guessing he meant the married couple. At hearing what the husband looked like Charlie froze, when she heard his name it was like everything just stopped. She stayed like that till Vaggie came over to check she was ok as she hadn’t moved. Charlie claimed she was fine just tired and was going to lie down. The angel could tell something was up with her, as did Ozzy and Bee as they could feel her emotions and they were rather chaotic.
After everybody left and having Octavia watch Joy, Vaggie went to check on charlie. They found the princess in bed hugging a pillow. The angel decided to get to the heart of the by gently asking what’s wrong. Charlie after taking a moment asks if she remembers what they told her about boys dad, Vaggie responds yes as it was a few months into them dating, they were happy she supported her choices to not have him be in their child’s life. So she told her what she’d overheard. The angel took this in and simply asked what she wanted to do, her support not even a question. The princess admitted she wanted to learn more about him and this company he was now with.
Charlie got to work asking mammon to find a hacker for her and Levi a PI, the best money could buy. After promising that she was ok and just needed them for a private matter, they complied. The princess told them what she wanted and promised them both enough that they wouldn’t have to work a day in 100 lifetimes. This encouraged them to give their best work. The hacker gathered every bit of info that IMP had. Charlie was horrified to discover that they were assassinating people on Earth for sinners, along with his Stolas was actively helping them by lending his Grimoire. Not only were both extremely illegal but the former risked angering heaven. She was also not happy to read about what happened when Octavia stole it to go to Earth alone. The PI brought much happier news, he revealed that aside from being hired or provoked Moxxie was not only a friendly if not sweet man but a loving husband, Millie while also possessing a bloodthirsty streak never attacked without being provoked or needlessly along with being very sweet and friendly as well. This combined with files that corroborated Moxxies gentle nature such as not wanting to kill a mother till she was revealed as a cannibal made the princess reconsider some things. After going over it with Vaggie she agreed that what IMP was doing was a massive violation of the treaties between Heaven and Hell, influencing humans was one thing but murdering them that could be used as justification to include hellborn in the exterminations which terrified Charlie. The princess then brought up what the angel thought about the imps conduct. They were honest that while he was an assassin he did show a degree of morality in how he operated plus he was a loving husband, that considering how hellborn are looked and still treated especially imps despite Charlie’s reforms along with just how Hell is. The princess then asked if she’d be wrong to give him a chance to be in Joys life. The angel went silent before admitting that she had every right as her mother, before it was pointed out that they were also Joys mom so had a say too. Vaggie tried dodging it till Charlie flat out asked what was wrong. They were silent before tearfully admitting she was scared that of Joy met her real dad, then they wouldn’t want her anymore as she isn’t their real mom. Shocked the princess calmed the angel down hugging her and promising that no matter what their daughter will always see her as their mother and always love her. After that Charlie admits that regardless of what happens with Moxxie they can’t allow IMP to continue operating and they need to do it in a way that won’t hurt anyone. Vaggie agrees and they start working on to do just that.
Though not long later the full moon happened resulting in Stolas breaking up with Blitzo. While they were angry at how he’d been neglecting Octavia even unintentionally, they still sympathised with him and did their best to help him feel better. While he was careful to not reveal anything beyond why they broke up not wanting to get him in trouble, the prince appreciated their help. Octavia for her part did her best to help as well, cause despite everything she hated seeing her dad in pain. After he returned from Verosikas Halloween party the 3 noticed he was happier which they were glad for.
Shortly after Halloween Via decided to visit her mother, as despite everything that had happened she still cared about them. The second she walked in the living room Stella pulled her into a deep hug which surprised the Goetia immensely. Her mother then proceeded to go on about how she always thought her daughter was more cunning, taking after her maternal side instead of her useless father, confusing the girl more. Stella then praised her by saying what she’s done was so brilliant even they were surprised. Octavia is still confused. Her mother then clarifies she can’t believe she worked her way to become the lover of the future queens of hell, either as a shared mistress or queen herself. Via simply freezes shocked. Stella brags that she knew the second Charlie had made the request for her to stay over that her becoming Joys babysitter was a way to get closer to them set herself up to make them desire her. Obviously they wouldn’t do anything till after she turned 18 next year as is proper and are just keeping her close for when she’s ready. Stella even says she realises the asexual thing was a way to lull them into a sense of security that she’s been using to build up attraction between them. She then mentions it would be better if she had them each get her pregnant but regardless she would share the bed if not title of the next queens of hell with their child already adoring her. Octavia for her part is doing her best to break down crying. She’s discovered that her own mother not only doesn’t know her but is entirely willing to pimp her out the second she’s legal. The idea that she’d genuinely think their identity is a lie and they would spend years preparing to seduce the women she’s seen as mothers. It hits her that her mother has likely never truly loved her. Then once Stella starts offering to find some ladies she can watch to get tips before the event happens she pulls away claiming she has to get back to Joy. Her mother simply smiles bidding her fair way, asking she call her after it’s happened so they can start preparing her outfit for her wedding. Via all but runs once the door shuts, holding the bracelet like her life depends on it till the portal opens and she’s home.
Charlie and Vaggie had rushed to the portal, their fears heightening when they saw just how upset and broken she looked. Before they could ask anything Octavia started wailing as she fell into the princesses arms crying. They guided her to one of the couches and spent an hour calming her down. Upon hearing what Stella had said to her, the two are infuriated wanting to kill the cunt on the spot for doing something so vile and heartless to her own daughter. They ask her if she wants them to call her dad, Via asks them not to as she knows he’s still upset about the breakup and knows this would just make him feel worse. The couple appreciate she doesn’t want to worry her dad, but it feels wrong not to tell him. Despite they agree. They take her up to to her room and let her just rest. As Charlie gets up to get her some food Octavia shoots up calling her mummy begging her not to go. The princess is frozen as is the angel. The Goetia is frozen before apologising if it made her uncomfortable but even before today they were both more mothers to her than Stella. The couple exchange glances before letting her know it didn’t bother them. They offered to stay with her and they did till next morning, holding her and comforting Via as she cried till they all fell asleep together. Charlie and Vaggie were glad Joy was at a friends sleepover for the night.
Joy returned home the next day, her mommy and mama were happy to see her, though she could tell they looked upset. They explained Octavia was here and really upset after something with her mom so she might not be up for doing anything for a bit. The child obviously understood and decided to check on her. They found the Goetia in the bedroom of her suite, curled up in bed watching tv. Octavia was surprised but happy to see Joy, who wanted to see how they were doing. After getting into bed with her they asked if Via was ok. She answers that they’ve felt better. The hybrid then asks what happened, the Goetia simply says her mum showed she didn’t really care about her. Joy then says she’s sorry to hear that, but that her parents told her that family isn’t the people you’re born to but the ones you love and who love you, in that way she’s a part of their family. The Goetia doesn’t say anything but pulls her into a hug smiling and saying they are family in that case, affectionately calling the hybrid her little sister. Charlie and Vaggie go to check on Octavia, finding her curled up sleeping hugging Joy who is returning it.
Over the next few weeks Octavia began to heal, as while Stella had failed her, she had other family she could rely on. They spent time playing with Joy and doing her hair like any good big sister. She trained with either Charlie or Vaggie, along with just spending time with them. She also saw her dad a few times as well. While Stolas was glad to spend time with her, he noticed something was off with her but respected when she said she was ok not wanting to pry too deep till she was ready. Everything was going ok, till the trial.
Charlie and Vaggie were in the garden having a picnic while Joy was with Lucifer for the day. That’s until they hear Octavia screaming for them from the lobby. They come running and she tells them that her dad’s about to be executed. Without a moments hesitation Charlie has Razzle and Dazzle turn dragon, opens a portal with Octavia riding with her and Vaggie on Razzle. They shoot through fast enough to force the court room doors open, landing next to the prince. Those within the court room and watching were stunned silent seeing the princess make such an entrance. Octavia takes the chance to run to her father, as does Blitz. Satan questions why Charlie’s there when she asks in return why Stolas is about to be executed. The sin explains that they were never going to execute him and explains what happened. After a few seconds to take it all in, the princess calls that the biggest crock of shit she’s ever heard. They point out that 1.Andrealphus the main accuser of IMP was Stella’s brother I.e. Stolas ex wife who every reason to want him dead. 2. Why would Blitz try to passionate him considering he can still access earth without the grimoire, along with it being pointless for him to hire someone considering his profession aside from distance which would still make him a suspect . 3. What kind of plan would the prince have that required him having humans on earth killed. Those points cause the watching crowd and the sins, especially a rather embarrassed Satan to agree she’s right. Charlie frustrated tells them they are starting again and she will take over leading the trial as Lucifer’s daughter. Satan points out that as the law of hell he is responsible for trials, the princess laughs that might be true but she is the daughter of the Morningstar and heir to the throne so can do as she wishes. Plus she’s only here cause he was too incompetent to do his job properly. The whole room freezes as do the viewers cause while yes she might be his niece but the lord of wrath has a very bad temper. Satan himself is frozen before laughing, saying how proud he is of his niece to not only use her power but wrath to remind even him of her place, he offers his hand to carry her up to her dads throne that Bee and Ozzy cleaned up.
Charlie announces that they will restart the trial in 15 minutes. She also removes Andrealphus as the prosecutor cause there’s an obvious conflict of interest. He wants to protest but realises that it’s a bad idea, especially with her decided aunts and uncles the sins in the room. The princess announces Vaggie will serve as the prosecution, any who worry about her connection to the prince or his daughter making her less impartial but they remain silent for obvious reasons. Charlie also asks Vassago if he’d be willing to act as the defense which he happily accepts. Vaggie asks Octavia to take a seat in the stand, she initially refuses but relents at her father’s request.
Once everything is ready Charlie announces the trial has restarted. She then asks why the sins didn’t use the truth spells. They, especially Satan look sheepishly admit they forgot about them. The princess simply shook her head in exasperation as the spells are activated. She then announces they are here for the charges against Blitzo Buckzo of plotting the assassination of Prince Stolas Goetia of the Arse Goetia. Stolas will be the 1st called to the stand.
Vaggie asks who he thinks hired the assassin. This causes Stolas to launch into a 30 minute long rant that not only points the finger at Stella, but reveals the depths of hatred for her and the depths of how she abused him ever since they met after their marriage was arranged to create an heir. He also reveals that she smirked when the assassin kidnapped him. His rant causes some people to gawk, while Stella is infuriated in her brother’s mansion. Octavia meanwhile feels both horror at the fact her dad was being abused but never noticed and dread that they were only married to have a kid. Vaggie simply lets him return to stand with IMP.
Charlie then asks if they can call back the assassin, looking annoyed finding out he’s already left. She then tells Stolas that based on the circumstances Stella is the most likely suspect. Andrealphus of course calls out from the stands it’s slander, while yes she wouldn’t be upset if he died, that doesn’t mean she hired him as they aren’t a scheming monster. Octavia stands up screaming she can prove that, asking to be put on the stand. Vaggie and Charlie both exchange a look before trying to tell her she doesn’t have to but Via is already on her way to the stand.
Realising she’s massively misunderstood what was going on with her daughter and the royal couple, along with her attempting to kill her ex-husband exposed, Stella does the only thing she can. Run. She opens a portal to earth and using her disguise gets as much money out of her families earth accounts to ensure her quality of life is what she deserves.
Vaggie asks why Octavia believes her mother is behind the assassination attempt. Via simply claims she knows how far her mother would go. This is when she reveals what Stella told her. The entire courtroom is shocked filled with a mix of revulsion, disgust and rage as are those watching. Even the Goetia who aren’t paragons of virtue find what Stella said beyond the pale. IMP are all wishing they’d killed that bitch years ago. Stolas for his part is frozen feeling rage, horror and disgust all at once. He asks why Octavia never told him, she says it was cause he was still hurt over his breakup and didn’t want to make it worse. He’s frozen watching as his daughter weeps from remembering her discovery of who her mother really was, as Vaggie does her best to comfort her. Internally he feels like an utter failure of a father.
In the stands Andrealphus along with being disgusted and enraged at Stella realises they’re screwed. She’s likely run and he’ll be left holding the bag, so he does what he can . He announces that yes it was his sister behind the attempt on Stolas life. That he only found out afterwards and convinced her to call it off so they could steal the princes wealth and possessions. The Marquis throws himself at the courts mercy begging they take it easy on him.
Charlie takes a moment to absorb this before nodding to Satan. Andrealphus is chained by the guards and dragged to the centre of the room, despite his protests. Here the princess makes it known that his crimes warrant execution, that even if he called off the hit, knowing about it and concealing the information of his sister being the mastermind makes him an accessory. But she’s feeling merciful. Charlie finds him guilty and with her authority as princess strips him of all his titles, honours, power, wealth and possessions. Andrealphus can only beg as his powers are taken from him. Furthermore he will sentenced to 1000 years imprisonment, with his former titles and possessions being held in trust by herself for Octavia till she’s ready to assume them. The peacock can only wail and curse Stella for costing him everything. Charlie is then informed that the guards couldn’t find Stella at Stolas or her brothers estates. Frustrated she realises they’ve likely gone into hiding, so she makes it known the same punishment applies to her along with promising a bounty of 1 billion souls for whomever can bring her in. Those in the room or watching are frozen as that’s the largest single bounty in recent history. They all guess Charlie wants the bitch.
Stolas and IMP cheer as the Elsa ripoff is dragged away, with the prince holding his daughter begging her forgiveness for failing her and promising to do better. Despite her mixed feelings she’s glad it’s over. The IMP crew after they shared their joy at winning prepare to leave before Charlie asks where there going. Blitz responds that since it was proven they didn’t try to kill Stolas they thought they were free now. The princess responds that was only 1 of the charges, they’re still on trial for using a Goetia artefact illegally, accessing Earth illegally and interfering with the lives of humans illegally. IMP, Stolas and those watching realise they aren’t clear yet and quite possibly screwed. With a wave of her hand Charlie drops copies of all their evidence into Vassago’s hands, revealing they’ve know about the company for some time they were simply trying to figure out how to deal with them, the trial despite being less than ideal gives them that chance. The trial with have an intermission of about an hour to allow them to build a defense. Already worried upon seeing the witness list they realise they are fucked. Though Vassago argues that can win a lighter sentence if they make enough of a good argument. Bel having woken up spends the hour conversing with Charlie and Vaggie about their plans as she recognised Moxxie.
Meanwhile through hell speculation about the trial is already spreading, along with the admiration for Blitz standing up Imps treatment by the upper classes with many hoping the princess will be merciful. As well as said witnesses being gathered by guards in preparation for the trial.
After the hour is up they reconvene with Charlie listing the charges before telling them to start. Vaggie calls Blitz to the stand. She asks bluntly why he thought it was a good idea to use a Goetic artifact illegally. Blitz of course argues with how hard it is and how the game is rigged against imps the only way to get ahead is to break the rules, outright calling the princess out on how despite them also being her people she only started giving a damn about hellborn when her daughter was born instead of just her sinners. Charlie admits that fair and apologises promising to continue trying to improve things for imps and the other hellborn. Vassago joins in by pointing out the Grimoire was given freely by Stolas, no harm was done in hell and are now lawfully travelling to Earth using a Azmodean crystal. Vaggie shoots back regardless of how he got it the book is still capable of doing massive amounts of damage, along with how this could encourage offers to steal similar artefact’s. Though her most effective point was reminding everyone heaven barely tolerates hell interfering with humans as it is, if they found out that demons were going to the surface to kill them then it could be enough for them to add hellborn to the extermination targets of not an outright war between the 2. They ask Blitz if he ever thought of that but the imp is frozen imagining his friends and loved ones being murdered by exorcists. Vassago simply portals him back to the others and they move onto calling Stolas to the stand.
Vaggie starts by asking how he could be so stupid as to give Blitz his Grimoire, a priceless relic of great power. Stolas admits it was stupid but he was so desperate for a fulfilling relationship that he took it without thinking. Vassago points out that IMP only used it to travel to Earth and it didn’t interfere with his duties, along with the fact the prince did eventually end the deal and provide them with legitimate means to travel above. Plus considering he was trapped in an unhappy abusive marriage is it not understandable that he wanted a fulfilling relationship in some form. Vaggie calls for Blitz to return to the stand.
Vaggie asks if he loves Stolas and Blitz admits he does. She then asks if it was only sex or did they go on a date together even once. The imp admits it was only sex with him asking the prince to Ozzy’s where it was so he could spy on Moxxie and Millie. Vaggie’s next question is how did Stolas treat him. Blitz here admits that along with sexually explicit dialogue or flirtations, the prince tended to use language that fetishised the imp and made him believe that he only saw him as a sexual partner if not a toy to live out his fantasies. She then asks if he loves Stolas, the spell forcing Blitz to admit he does. The prince meanwhile is left feeling absolutely awful as it’s shown that despite his feelings he treated the man he loves so badly, especially as he admitted they loved him back. Vaggie finally asks why he never told Stolas how he felt about any of it, Blitz admits that he didn’t feel good enough for him and that he genuinely thought Stolas only looked at him for sex, admitting he took it badly when the princess revealed that wasn’t the case this ending their deal. He admits he wishes they’d handled it better cause despite everything he does still love him.
Vaggie then turns to Stolas, who is shocked to hear that despite everything Blitz still feels the same way. She asks him if he now realises just how unhealthy their relationship is considering not only his own behaviour towards Blitz, but only lending him the Grimoire in exchange for meeting once a month not only was the relationship unhealthy but exploitative along with power dynamics of him being a prince. Stolas simply lowers his head ashamed. Vaggie goes further that not only has he been a terrible partner but an awful father, that despite breaking up he rushed down to take the fall willing to die for his ex and abandon his daughter along with the rest of the turmoil he’s put Octavia through for the past several months. The prince is finally just realising that’s what he did, he admits that at the moment he could only think to save Blitz and he thought that Octavia would be safe with her and Charlie. The angel snaps back of course she would, she’s their daughter and they love her, but that doesn’t change that Stolas chose Blitz over her breaking his promise to never leave her. He’s quiet, knowing she’s right and having no defence. The 2 are sent back to their seats.
Vaggie then starts calling forth other witnesses. They bring including but not limited to:
Martha and Mrs Sarah Mayberry, which is awkward considering she’s a teacher at Joys school and while not in her grade, they enjoy a club she does a few times a week after hours. Martha is of course in awe at Satan, apologising that she’d be willing to offer her body but since getting with Mayberry they’re exclusive. Satan just rolls his eyes at that, while Vaggie is shocked asking how they got together considering Martha was killed by IMP at Mayberry’s request along with how they committed suicide after attempting to murder her along with their husband after catching them in bed. Blushing the teacher admits it just happened, as after meeting them fighting viciously they bonded over their ex-husband’s. Martha reveals her husband blamed her for the family’s death and left her, after bonding the two slept together discovering just how amazing Sarah is in the sack giving her ass a smack smirking despite the annoyed look she gets, plus they’re actually very happy as a couple. Sarah thus explains that after catching them in bed then committing murder and attempted murder then suicide out guilt for exposing her students to it, was enraged and wanted justice after hearing Martha was considered a hero for surviving. They in turn explains she slept with other men so they could trap then eat them as her family were cannibals, till Moxxie shot her while attempting to kill Blitz and Millie. She then reveals that it was the cops that killed get family after the imp called them to arrest them, serving some annoyed looks from Blitz and Loona. Vassago uses this as proof that IMP only killed the guilty party, plus the rest of her family ended up in hell despite Moxxies attempt to turn them into the authorities plus he killed Martha to protect his wife and boss, though the angel argues they didn’t know they were cannibals at the time just regular people. The couple are dismissed afterwards, though Martha makes it known she actually loves hell as she can be an open cannibal now, leaving much of the court uneasy.
They call up Moxxie, with Charlie greeting him and admitting it’s been a while, which he agrees with. This shocks the court and those watching that they’ve met, with the sins asking how they know each other. The princess says they met briefly nearly 7 years ago. The sins look closely at Moxxie who upon noticing his features combined with what Charlie said makes them realise who their nieces father is, but they say nothing along with controlling their reactions.
Vaggie asks Moxxie why he spared the husband and kids. He explains that he lost his own mother, so he knows just how damaging a loss like that is so stopped his boss from shooting her. Though upon finding out they were cannibals, he didn’t feel much guilt especially when Martha threatened his wife and friend. But he didn’t want to traumatise the kids, so called the police so he could be tried and the children could be given help to lead normal happy lives. Charlie and Vaggie both take note at his compassion there, before the latter sends him back before calling the next witness, Lyle Lipton.
Here he reveals what brought him to hell, showing he deserved it. But not only mentions the fact imp interacted with Cherubs but fought them. He’s quickly dismissed for the entire company to be brought to the stand.
Vaggie all but screams at them that they knew about that fight from the files, but how the fuck did they think fighting heavenly agents was a good idea. Vassago points out that they struck first but the angel says that doesn’t matter it still happened. Imp try and argue they were just doing their job but Vaggie shuts them up by pointing out their job is why they’re here. Satan immediately points out if heaven believes demons are openly killing humans on Earth then they might be preparing a retaliatory strike or even a full invasion, panicking everyone in the court and watching except Charlie. Loona then points out that’s not gonna happen as they were kicked out of heaven. Satan questions how they know that. Millie says cause they got kicked out and are apparently working for a human organisation that knows demons exist. The room is frozen before Charlie tells them she and Vaggie already know, but they need to get the others up to speed gesturing for Stolas to join them.
After not only explaining that they had a run in with a human government organisation that has proof demons exist, but have allied with heavenly castaways and likely have the technology to enter hell. IMP nod realising just how much more fucked they are.
It takes Charlie actively standing in front of Satan to stop then calm him down, though his eyes let the defendants know he wants to make them suffer. The rest of the sins are of course panicking as are the court are panicking before the princess calms them down by shooting a column of fire into the air. She admits that this isn’t great, but not the worst thing hell has dealt with, promising the royal family will take care of it. When one of the Goetia loudly demands to know how and insults her, Satan smashes them into the ground. No one else speaks. Charlie explains she will deal with the issue soon, along adding the charges of skirmishing with heavenly agents illegally and exposing hell to humans to the charge list. IMP and Stolas realise they aren’t winning here.
More witnesses are called including Verosika Mayday. She recounts the events that lead up to and including the beach party disaster, including the fish monster she created by throwing Beelzejuice into the ocean. The look of disappointment and worry make the pop star wince, especially as it feels like it’s coming from her favourite uncle. With her is Barbie Wite who testifies that Blitzo interrupted a perfectly legitimate drug deal as part of her job to bring it to hell for medical uses.
Next is Emberlyn Pinkle, which causes Blitz to duck though it’s too late. She assumes that he’s brought her here to be ravished by Satan and other depraved demons. The man in question just gives a WTF look while Ozzy is smirking. Emberlyn continues upon seeing Charlie remarking she looked like her old doll, making the princess uncomfortable. Vaggie tells her that’s her girlfriend so don’t harass her, unfortunately this results in her having to answer several questions about their bedroom life due to the truth spell. The Angel and princess are left mortified, with Ozzy and bee giving her knowing looks, while others including mammon are uncomfortable or like blitz enjoy hearing it. Moxxie prays he doesn’t accidentally mention anything about the night they spent together. In between kinky outbursts the sinner reveals that aside from being into anime, fanfic and similar hobbies she never really did anything. The encounter with her blitzy-kun was wonderful as she thought she would be spending eternity being ravished by sexy demons. While disappointed he wasn’t interested she’s been able to indulge her monster fucking fantasy’s in hell. Blitzo is still hiding while Stolas realises how he used to sound in treating the imp, Ozzy wants this girl working for him ASAP and everyone else is either uncomfortable or enjoying it. Vaggie cuts her shit thanking her for the testimony.
After several more witnesses with Vassago giving as good of a fight as they can Charlie decides it’s time for a verdict. IMP, Stolas their love catching or there in the room held their breath hoping for the sentence to be light. Meanwhile in Wrath Striker is watching looking forward to them likely losing their heads and in Greed Crimson is looking forward to his embarrassment of a son being put down. The princess declares them guilty on all charges, stating they’ll move onto the sentencing. Moxxie and Millie hold each other close, while Blitzo is hugging both Stolas and Loona. A frightened Octavia is being comforted by Vassago.
Charlie acknowledges that their crimes warrant death, but is willing to offer them a chance. This shocks everyone. The princess admits that while they broke the law, IMP only did it due to the unfair conditions and opportunities given to them which she promises to fix. Stolas she points out while she understands did what he did out of a desire for love but he broke too many rules, ones that can’t be forgotten. She strips him of not only his titles but possessions holding them in trust until Octavia is ready to take them, though she allows him to keep his powers. Despite feeling a bit unsure about losing much of what he had, the father along with his daughter is glad he’ll be alive and free. For IMP she tells them that their company is disbanded and all its assets will go to her. They are also told that they along with the prince will now work for her till such a time she feels their debt is paid otherwise facing prison or execution. While saddened at the loss of their company IMP along with Stolas accepts the terms. With that the trial is ended. Charlie also thanks Vassago for doing his best as defence despite a difficult case, along with Octavia for her bravery. She further tells IMP and Stolas to meet her at the former mansion of the prince tomorrow at noon.
Despite the loss of their company and independence, Blitzo and his company’s attempt to rise up along with his calling out of the same system has made him an icon amongst the imps of hell, a symbol they don’t have to take the shit lot offered to them anymore. Charlie despite disbanding IMP and putting them to work came out more popular amongst imps as well. The fact that she not only gave them a fair trial but admitted they only broke the law due to the shit lot imps face along with promising to improve things and not executing them made her appear as a more just and fairer future queen.
To the Goetia it showed that the princess was not a pushover to be ignored and that they needed to watch their step around her.
After the trial the sins ask to speak to Charlie, which she does in the old meeting room with Belphegor and Vaggie at her side. The other sins are shocked and honestly a bit hurt that she never told them Joys dad was an imp. Charlie explains that she didn’t tell anyone aside from Bel who helped her find Moxxie and Vaggie once they started dating cause it’s easier to keep a secret the fewer people know. The princess also is sorry as she knows that along with the sheep demon, that Bee and Ozzy have no issue with the hellborn races, that aside from being snobbish Levi can be nice to those who meet her standards, but considering how bigoted Mam and Satan are especially towards imps she was worried how they’d treat Joy for being half one asking both if she was wrong to be genuinely concerned about that. The 2 argue that they both love their niece, along with the fact she’s a quarter angel and quarter demon royalty she’s superior than any imp, earning a look of anger and disappointment from Charlie that hurts both. She says that she loves her uncles and they love her, but she’s never liked their treatment of the hellborn and is definitely not gonna let that shit around her daughter, especially if it causes her to hate a part of herself that she should love. So the princess gives them an ultimatum, either change their thinking or they will never see Joy again. The sins even Bel are shocked, but upon seeing her eyes they can see the determination in them and just how serious she is. Mammon and Satan argue she’s asking them to change millennia’s worth of thinking, Charlie accepts it won’t be easy for them but they need to at least try lest they hurt Joy through their words and actions. That causes the 2 to freeze, as they both admit they would never forgive themselves for hurting their beloved great niece, so for both her and Charlie’s sake. Afterwards the sins ask what’s her plan for having IMP and Stolas work her. She explains that they’ve proven their skills so can work at her hotel in different ways, along with it being a way to see if Moxxie is willing and able to be in Joys life. They of course ask why considering she kept her daughter’s paternity a secret, she argues that was due to his career along with his father crimson. That causes Ozzy to shudder in rage. Now that he’s left his dad’s organisation along with having proof he is a good person and husband, she thinks he deserves a chance to be in joys life. The sins look to Vaggie who admits she’s anxious too but trust Charlie’s judgement. The rest of the sins also promise to support their nieces decision, along with promising to make Moxxie suffer if he hurts either of them though they trust Vaggie will do that 1st.
Once they are finished the couple heads home to where they find Lucifer dropping off a sleeping Joy, exclaiming she had so much fun they tuckered herself out. The couple smile with Vaggie taking her to bed while Charlie asks her dad to sit down as she needs to tell him something. She asks if he heard about the trial, they did and lets her know just how proud he is of her for stepping in like that proving she can be a stern but fair queen. After squeeing internally at hearing that she uses her magic to bring up an image of Moxxie, asking if he notices something about the imp. It takes lucifer a minute saying the hair and freckles look familiar not understanding why she’s having him look at one of the imps from the trial. Then she brings up an image of Joy next him and his eyes nearly bulge out as he realises what she’s trying to tell him. Charlie this explains why she kept him out of joys life, didn’t tell anyone but Bel then Vaggie, her overhearing Fizz talking about him at the party, discovering IMP and using the trial to not only get reliable staff for the hotel to give them another chance and see if Moxxie would be a good father in his daughters life. Lucifer absorbs this then admits he understands why she hid it, that while he isn’t sure bringing him into the hotel he trusts her judgement. Plus if he tries to hurt Joy she and Vaggie will make him suffer. Touched the princess pulls her father into a hug and asks that he keep it quiet like the sins are, as she doesn’t want to tell her daughter till she’s sure about her dad, which he agrees to before leaving.
At Stolas mansion he is sitting down with Octavia, as he realises it’s time they had a long needed talk. The prince offers to answer any questions Via has. She starts by asking if she was an obligation to him. He’s honest, admitting that the whole marriage was to have a child, but he promises her that the day she was laid and hatched were the happiest days of his life and despite how bad things got she was what made it bearable for him. Octavia then asks why he didn’t divorce Stella sooner, Stolas says cause he thought staying together till they were 18 would be the best way for her to have a normal childhood. She scoffs asking if the last few months have been fucking normal for her. The prince acknowledges that’s fair. Finally Via asks him why he broke the promise he made to never leave her. Stolas for his part simply says he panicked seeing Blitzo about to be executed and acted without thinking though says that’s no justification and he can’t apologise enough to her. After a moment of silence Octavia states that they need serious therapy both family and individual, which her father agrees with. Via reveals Charlie and Vaggie recommended their therapist Willow as she’s helped them and lucifer both individually with helping the Morningstar’s rebuild their relationship. Stolas nods admitting that’s a great idea, though he looks rather distracted. Realising what’s on his mind she tells him to go and see him. He tries to claim she doesn’t have to but Via knows how much he cares about him, along with how happy he makes her dad happy. Stolas is frozen before pulling them into calling her the best daughter in the would with a forehead kiss before portalling to Blitzo’s place.
The imp in question is jointly grateful to be alive and downcast over the fact the business he worked so hard on is gone. Though it’s a consolation that his actions at the trial have made him an icon amongst his fellow imps along for standing up to their unfair treatment. He’s pulled from his thinking when he hears a knock, shocked to see its Stolas. He anxiously asks if he can come in, Blitzo not knowing what else to do simply says yes.
After a few awkward minutes on the couch in silence, Blitzo turns to the owl being shocked when he sees them crying. Stolas turns to face the imp, apologising to him for how they treated them, making them feel like a sexual object through the deal, the way he fetishised him and made him feel anything less than a valued partner. Blitz argues he wasn’t exactly innocent either but the prince refuses to take anything less than the majority of the blame. After Stolas calms down they both agree they need to be better in the future, with prince saying he and Octavia are starting family along with individual therapy with a therapist Charlie recommended, maybe they could do couples counselling. Blitz simply pulls the owl into his chest giving his support to the idea. Loona found them curled up on the couch the next day.
The former members of IMP and the once prince arrived at the mansion as requested shortly before noon. They were greeted by one of the butlers who welcomes them, being pleased to Stolas. When asked he points out that they treated them much better than his cunt ex wife, bringing a smile to the owls face. Though it becomes bit strained seeing his emblem replaced by the Morningstar one. They are led into the dining room where Charlie and Vaggie along with Octavia are sat down waiting. The princess gestures for them to take a seat on the same side as Via, before explaining they thought a good meal could help ease any tensions. Almost immediately the staff bring in several trays of food for a roast dinner consisting of: Hell-turkey filled with stuffing and wrapped with bacon, pigs in blankets, roast potatoes, various vegetables and other sides. The sight of this causes IMP and the Goetia to exchange a look before deciding to just say screw it and dig in.
After a very filling meal Blitz cuts to the heart of the matter by asking why the princess called them here, with the response being to inform them of their new duties under her employ. Here Charlie pitches her Happy Hotel as a way to stop the yearly exterminations by redeeming sinners into heaven. The Imps and hellhound are left incredulous, with the princess accepting it sounds nearly impossible but that it’s at least worth trying. Millie is the 1st to ask what they’d be doing there then. Charlie explains that the imps with Blitz leading them would serve as the hotels security under Vaggie, Loona as their social media/brand manager based on recommendations from Bee and Tex making the hound smile, with Stolas as their Clerk/bookkeeper. This is when Charlie gives them their 1st pay checks clarifying they’ll get paid monthly, with their eyes bulging at the amount. Blitzo’s is 300,000 while the rest of them have 250,000 ontheirs. While Stolas due to his former background asks if that’s a lot, the rest of them after taking a second start cheering or outright crying in joy. It’s then revealed they’ll get full health insurance, sick leave and 6 weeks vacation.
After letting them calm down the princess and Angel exchange a look before deciding it needs to be done. Charlie gets Moxxies attention then ask if he remembers the night they spent together nearly 7 years ago. The room goes silent as the others hear that. Stolas and Octavia make confused Owl noises, Loona a confused whine, Blitz neatly chokes on some food, the man in question goes silent while Millie’s eyes nearly bulge out of their skull. The imp in question bashfully asks why she’s bringing that up, the princess answers cause he was the person she had sex with before finding out she was pregnant. The room goes even quieter as Charlie creates an image of Moxxie and then of Joy right next to each other. While the Imps, Hellhound and Goetia see the child took mostly after her mother, the fact that they and Moxxie have the same coloured hair, freckles and digitigrade legs proves it. The imp in question is completely silent before asking why she never told him or found out he was the dad. The princess explains how she went to bel who told her, then they tracked Moxxie down using her dream magic before searching the medical database to find him. That upon finding out his father was the infamous Crimson and he was a high ranking member of the family they decided it was safer not to have him in her life. The imp can’t find himself disagreeing with her, neither can the others. Charlie then mentions that she heard Fizz mention him at Joys 6th birthday party which is what caused her to decide to track him down. She hired a hacker to look at IMPs files, which is how she got the evidence and a PI to follow him. That’s how she learned not only is he a good husband but a good and compassionate man, which is why she’s giving him a chance to be in his daughter’s life. The table goes quiet once more as they all look at the princess. Charlie explains that they wanted to do this differently but with the trial they kinda didn’t have a choice, but her offer still stands. Blitzo is of course skeptical asking why she’s giving him a chance, wondering if it’s not some kinda trap. Vaggie tells him that the princess simply likes to give people chances to be better as she believes everyone deserves the chance to try. The imp asks how she knows that, the angel unfurls her wings stating that she not only took in a wounded exorcist who then became not only her friend, but romantic partner and to raise her daughter together. Everyone except the Goetia are silent at that till Moxxie speaks up, the shock wearing off stating he does want to be in Joys life. Charlie smiles glad he’s taking the opportunity, but lays out a strict rule that none of them can tell Joy till they’re ready and he’s proven to be a good father to her. They all agree, with the imps and hellhound leaving as Stolas decides he should stay here to talk to Octavia but promising to call Blitzo tonight which he agrees to.
On the way out Blitzo compliments Moxxie on how his daughter’s a beauty, which makes the new father smile.
The imp couple were quiet on the way home, both absorbing the most recent reveal. After returning home Moxxie decides to ask Millie how she’s doing as she can tell she’s having trouble with it. She’s honest, admitting that this is a helluva lot to take in. That they can’t believe that her husband not only has a kid he didn’t knew about but one with the princess of hell who they now work for and wants to give him a chance to be a dad. And that means she’s now going to be stepmom to the possible future queen of hell. Feeling a sense of dread, Moxxie asks if that means she wants to end things, which Millie promises she doesn’t, placing her hands on his face and rubbing his cheeks. It’s just so much to take in at once she just needs time to clear her head, saying that maybe heading back to her families ranch for a day or 2 could help. While not happy to see her leave even temporarily, he knows that she needs to process this her way so agrees and lets her know he loves her, as she does him.
Millie packs a small bag before heading out, calling Sallie-May to meet her at the Hellevator as she needs time at the farm to clear her head. Her sister does so, actually being concerned with the rest of her family when Millie doesn’t say anything on the drive and upon getting home just goes to her room silently. They leave a plate outside her door which is thankfully taken and returned bare. They all worry it might be something from the trial’s aftermath. Moxxie did his part understands that Millie is only gone to clear her head, that doesn’t mean he misses her any less or Millie who despite needing the time away misses her Moxxie by her side.
The next day Moxxie is up drinking coffee to stay awake, as yesterday’s reveal and Millie leaving made him unable to sleep. Hearing a knock on the door he goes to answer it, being shocked to see the princess and mother of his child. She asks if she can come in and he leads her to the couch, getting a cup of tea for her. Moxxie starts to call her princess but she cuts him off, saying they prefer Charlie. The 2 sit in silence till Charlie asks where Millie is, Moxxie explaining she went down to wrath to see her family and clear her head, clarifying that they haven’t broken up she’ll be back. Despite this the princess still feels guilty, asking if he’s angry with her for keeping Joy from him. The imp takes a moment to answer that while he would’ve liked to be in his child’s life, he doesn’t blame her as not only was his career unsafe but his father alone was justification. He does ask why she chose to name her Joy, Charlie smiling saying it was the feeling she felt holding her the 1st time. Moxxie smiles agreeing it’s a wonderful choice. He then asks to hear about her which the princess happily agrees to.
She spends the next few hours telling him about their daughter. Charlie tells Moxxie about how kind, gentle, sweet and compassionate she is. That she loves animals, singing and dancing along with musicals which makes him smile. That she’s popular and has lots of friends in school owing to how friendly she is, along with being the smartest in class. Charlie explains that the sins tutor her in the subjects they know, e.g. Bel for medicine and biology while mammon teaches her about finance and mathematics. Plus the fact she works hard and studies means she’s smarter than even some adults. At one point the princess even brings out a photo album and starts showing him pictures of joy growing, beginning with the picture taken of her holding Joy. After finishing she asks if Moxxie and Millie ever planned on having kids. He admits they do but it wasn’t exactly a good idea. He gestures to the apartment which makes having a baby difficult, the fact their job was dangerous making a pregnancy difficult along with how despite the company getting regular customers they couldn’t afford it. But with their joint paycheck they can afford a much nicer place, plus the job at the hotel will be much safer and the benefits actually make having kids entirely viable now. Realising it’s close to lunch now Charlie gets up to leave, thanking Moxxie for letting her in. Before she goes she hugs the imp which after some initial surprise he returns. They let him know she thinks he’ll be a great dad to both Joy and his kids with Millie, she just has to be sure though. He understands and bids her good bye as she leaves.
Down in Wrath Millie has just finished telling her parents and sister about the whole situation. They are of course shocked that not did Moxxie sleep with the princess but ended up fathering a child with her. Sallie-May makes a joke about it but a look from her parents tells her it’s not the time. Joe for his part says the fact he wants to be in his daughter’s life proves he’s worthy enough for Millie as a real man doesn’t abandon their kids. Sallie-May does point out that a lot of people won’t be happy that the princess had a kid with an imp let alone it being a possible heir. Lin shushes them pointing out this isn’t exactly helping, asking her daughter what’s the problem. Millie is honest, saying that not only does Moxxie have a kid he never knew about but with the princess that adds a lot to their plate. Plus Millie admits that she’s scared she won’t be able to handle being a stepmom and mistreat or hurt Joy, along with it being a sign she’d be a terrible mom to her and Moxxies kids. Lin like a good mother listens and tells her daughter she understands where she’s coming from. When she and Joe found out they were having their 1st she was honestly terrified as she had no idea what to do. But once you have them you realise it’s not as daunting as it looks when you have a loving loyal partner at your side. Plus she’s honest and admits yes, being a parent to a child that isn’t yours can be difficult but as long as you treat them as you would your own while respecting their boundaries and the other parents involved as long as it’s in the kids best interest she’d do great. That helps Millie to calm down and feel better.
A knock at the door causes Sallie-May to get up and answer it, finding Charlie on the other side looking for Millie. After some initial shock she lets her in and shouts for her sister, telling her Moxxie baby mama is here along with complimenting her looks making the princess blush. Upon seeing her Joe and Lin now, calling them her majesty which she tells them to stand and just call her Charlie. She looks at Millie, understanding if this is a bad time but would she be ok to talk over lunch. The imp decides to agree as she realises it be good to go through a few things about the whole stepmother thing. The princess smiles and actually picks Millie up in a hug, carrying her through a portal.
After putting her down Millie discovers they are in Los Satanio, the capital of Wrath. Charlie asks where she’d like to go and the imp replies she could go for a steak, so they go to the best steakhouse in town. It’s a very expensive place, but it’s no problem for the princess the staff who upon seeing immediately grant her request for a private room. Once they arrive Charlie tips the waitress 500 souls, earning a hug from her and causing Millie to wonder how much money she’s got.
After sitting down and ordering there’s an awkward silence before Millie guesses she wanted to do this so they could hash out the details about her being Joys stepmom. Charlie admits that’s part of it, as she also wanted to see how she was doing after the bombshell she dropped. The imp responded by outlining her anxieties and fears with her mom, the princess responding it’s normal considering that’s how she felt before she had her daughter. After that Charlie lays out that she’s not expecting Millie to become Joys 3rd mom, though she wouldn’t have any issue with that if it went that way and both were comfortable with it. She reiterates what Lin said about being a stepmom, as long as she knows that her daughter is safe with her, can be trusted to keep her that way and protect her she’ll be happy. Millie promises she won’t hurt or mistreat her, but asks why they never told her family Joy was half-imp. Charlie admits that’s she was scared of how Satan and Mammon would react considering their views on the hellborn races. The imp actually smiles hearing how the princess got them to actually try not being racist pricks under threat of never seeing her daughter so they wouldn’t make her feel ashamed of their imp half. Millie applauds Charlie for defending her daughter from that racist horseshit, though does point out there’s plenty others who share those opinion, which they sadly agree with not looking forward to having talk to Joy about it. This is when Millie reveals that she herself believed that imps were just muscle and nothing more till Blitzo convinced her otherwise, the idea of her daughter believing that scares her. After some reassurance from the imp, the princess and her start talking about how they met their partners, laughing over how Moxxie fell so hard for Millie’s skill plus bloodthirstiness and how Vaggie fell for princess of hell considering she was an exterminator. Eventually Charlie brings up she saw Moxxie before this, revealing he’s missing Millie a lot. This causes them to decide to return home, along with the princess and her mom clearing her head.
After paying the bill and leaving another large tip, Charlie portals Millie back to the farm to say goodbye, along with texting Moxxie then opening a portal to her surprise.
After saying her goodbyes Millie texts Charlie to open the portal home. She arrives to find Moxxie happily waiting for her, the couple embracing. Though her husband is confused as to where the princess is as she claimed to have a surprise for them, though his wife is confused. That’s when another portal opens. They go through and find themselves standing in front of a large 4 story house with a big yard and iron fence with a gate around it. They find the princess standing in front of it. Charlie asks them what they think, the couple admitting it’s beautiful. She says it should be, plus it’s got a lot of space with 6 bedrooms, a game room, furnished basement and attic, though they’ll find out once they move in. Moxxie and Millie freeze hearing that. The princess points out he said the only thing stopping them from having kids was space, so this should take care of that. While grateful beyond belief the couple try to refuse if arguing it’s too much. Charlie says they’re going to be family, family helps each other. Plus this is her way is showing she has faith they’ll prove her right in regard to being good influences on Joy. The couple are frozen before they both hug the princess crying tears of gratitude as she tells them the movers will be at their old place soon along with having spoken to their landlord about the lease. Millie asks how they knew they’d agree, Charlie shrugs saying she had a feeling. Moxxie shakes his head but stops smiling as he looks back on their new home.
The following Monday the former employees and founder of Imp along with Stolas arrive at the princess hotel at 8am as they were told. It’s so Charlie can give them a tour along with their job orientation. They admit it looks pretty good from the outside but are all anxious about what they’ll find within. Before they even knock the door it slams open with an excited Charlie happily welcome them to the hotel and gesturing for them to come inside. She leads them to Vaggie who’s waiting by the staircase, as the princess promises them that this will be the best job of their lives and can’t wait to show them around. Blitzo winces a bit still sore about losing the company with Loona offering a supportive smile till they hear an ear splitting screech of joy. Millie saw Razzle and Dazzle come down the stairs, due to her love of stuffed animals especially cute ones, the imp can’t help but jump forward pulling them into a hug. The Goat Bois don’t mind, with the princess finding it adorable, explaining they were stuffed toys her dad brought life to act as bodyguards when she was a kid. It ceases once they hear a young voice call out.
Coming down the stairs is Joy, wearing her bow, wearing a pink shirt with a bee from Beelzebub and a skirt from leviathan with Shadow at her side. She greets her mommy and mama telling them she’s all ready. They ask if she’s excited about the project they’re doing at school, so much so the hybrid didn’t even care about going in early. Upon seeing Stolas she runs over hugging him which he happily returns glad to see his niece. They ask if he’s here to start working here since he was really bad and couldn’t be a prince anymore. The owl winces before admitting he is, though she’s happy to see him more often. Charlie then explains there’s more people here she needs to meet gesturing to the former IMP members who are shocked to see her in person, especially Moxxie who is still as a statue.
Blitzo is the 1st to snap out of it happily introducing himself to the young princess as her new uncle, though he freezes upon seeing Shadow mesmerised by the flying little hellhorse. Seeing this she asks if he’s like horses too. Que them bonding over how much they love them.
Loona is next as she recognises her as the pretty lady uncle Tex and Auntie Bee always talk about. Blushing the hellhound ask what she means. The kid thus reveals not only do they think she’s cute but overhead them talking about how to jointly ask her out. Vaggie and Charlie tell her it’s not nice to tell people private stuff like that, Joy of course apologises. Loona meanwhile is still processing that her 2 crushes wanna ask her out.
Next is Moxxie who is brought out of his shock by Joy pointing out he has freckles like hers. He smiles agreeing but saying hers are much lovelier which makes her smile. The imp introduces himself, curtsying and saying he’ll be here for whatever she needs as is proper for princesses. Joy laughs saying he’s funny and nice. The sound of her laughter makes Moxxie feel like when Millie said I do on their wedding day. Along with hoping he can prove himself as worthy to be in her life.
Millie is last introducing herself as his wife, causing the princess to say he’s lucky she has such a pretty wife. Blushing the imp thanks her calling her a polite sweet little thing, along with promising she’ll keep her safe. Joy smiles saying she’s pretty and nice too, though Moxxie interjects that’s she’s strong too.
Though it’s cut short with Vaggie reminding her she had to go now or be late. Joy of course rushes to the limo with Razzle and Dazzle dropping her off, while Shadow follows to stay at her side like usual for school after hugging her parents goodbye. After she leaves Charlie asks how Moxxie is feeling, everyone concerned how he’s reacting to meeting his daughter. The imp admits that while he knows it’s necessary now, part of him wishes he could tell her immediately. Millie comforted him, while Blitzo, Stolas, Charlie and Vaggie couldn’t really blame him, with Loona also being sympathetic. The princess asks if he needs a minute, but they claim they’ll be fine telling them to continue.
Charlie and Vaggie show them all the hotels amenities along with letting them know they can use them on break or outside of work hours. Millie loves the gym, Moxxie the theatre, Loona and Blitzo the movie theatre while Stolas the library. They then move onto the orientation. The security team will be responsible for keeping the residents safe from internal and external threats, along with a skeleton key to open any door in the hotel if necessary. Stolas will ensure the hotels accounts and records are all in order, along with any contracts the hotel receives or needs made. Loona will be responsible for ensuring the hotels brand is kept in good public standing along with the hotels social media accounts and how to reach more sinners when they start accepting guests. Charlie ends the tour at what she states is their offices. They are shocked as within is their old office but much nicer. The princess explains she realised they’d be attached to it so used her magic to remove it from their old building and place it in the hotel. Along with improving it she uses her magic to allow them all to have their own offices including for Stolas and Loona. The former IMP and Prince are lost for words till Blitzo actually picks her up into a hug grateful he’s got the old place back. After putting him down Charlie lets them know they can take the day to just get adjusted to the hotel but offers them breakfast which they appreciate as they all skipped it. Charlie also hands Blitzo the keys for the old IMP van as it’s been repainted with the new hotel logo, letting him know he can have it back as it was his personal vehicle. The imp lets out a cheer he’s got it back again.
After a nice meal of bacon, sausage, eggs, hash browns and pancakes, which they found out are the best in hell like Stolas promised, the new staff of the hotel split to do their own thing. After setting up their stuff in their offices Millie heads down to the gym with Moxxie, Loona and Blitz the movie theatre while the former prince gets started on going through the hotels paperwork. After lunch the imp couple decide to go through their office armoury to ensure everything is still there, while the former boss decides to spend time with Stolas and Loona ends up calling Octavia seeing how her therapy session today went as she started seeing Willow before creating an outline for how to spread the hotels brand on social media.
By the time Joy returns from school the former assassins and Prince have already had a memorable 1st day at the hotel. Charlie and Vaggie trusted their new employees to leave them alone while they went to go get her. Upon returning home the young princess wanted to get to know the new people working at the hotel, so much so she convinced her parents to invite them to stay for dinner. While the food was delicious Moxxie focused more listening to his daughter talk about her day. Along with being happy to hear her talk he also felt a pang of guilt, wishing he had been there to watch her born, take her 1st steps etc. just be there as a father should. Once the meal was finished he headed to his office ostensibly to make sure everything was packed away. The others noticed with the angel especially sympathising with him.
Moxxie was in his office just sitting at his desk, spiralling till he heard a knock at the door. He was surprised to see it was Vaggie holding a bottle of whiskey and 2 glasses, saying he looked like they could use both a drink and a chat. While still shocked the imp agreed.
They didn’t start actually talking till halfway through the 1st drink. Moxxie opened up about feeling guilty about not being there for Joy, that if he’d left Crimson earlier he could’ve been there for more of her childhood. He also admits that part of him is afraid he won’t be a good father and end up like how his dad was. Vaggie listens, telling him she understands his guilt but points out he didn’t know so he can at least be there for her now. She opens up about how her past an exorcist at times made her feel undeserving to have Charlies help as a friend then her romantic partner, let alone raise their daughter together, but therapy helps along with the princess as does the smile on Joys face whenever she sees her. They also bond over having shit bosses as they exchange stories about crimson and Adam. By the time Charlie and Millie find them they’ve drained half the bottle, being absolutely out of it. Millie carries Moxxie through the portal home while Charlie uses one to take Vaggie to their room and put her to bed. The 1st day went well.
Over the next week the new employees settle into their roles. The work at least for now is easy as it’s mostly just preparation and training for the security team. Stolas was going through the hotels records looking at any paperwork that could need to be reviewed along with templates for any future contracts they needed to make. Loona also spent a lot of time just planning things out for when the hotel officially opened. Overall while they missed IMP and in the owls case his title, they had to admit working at the hotel was pretty great. They also became fond of Joy.
Blitzo not only loved talking about and playing horses, she loved watching him perform his old circus routine and laughed at his jokes. Though Shadow would prefer it if he wasn’t constantly trying to hug her, as the hell horse thought he was a bit clingy. Loona also found herself becoming fond of the kid, not only cause they told her stuff about Bee and Tex, but she just found herself liking how nice she was. Moxxie obviously wanted to make a good impression on her, this including playing with her, putting on little shows in the theatre for themselves or playing dress up along with helping whenever he was able.
Millie did the same as her future stepmother, she told her stories from Wrath though more child friendly versions along with doing her hair and bow, remarking she did the same for her sister Sallie-Mae. Stolas who was already her uncle enjoyed spending time with her as she enjoyed reading astronomy books with him and learning about plants.
Just over a week after they started Loona complains about how the place next to theirs got broken into wondering if they’ll be next. Blitzo points out their neighbourhood is a shit hole so it’s no surprise they’re along with landlord being a cheap asshole who refuses to get better locks. Overhearing this Charlie offers to let them move into the hotel, pointing out they wouldn’t have to worry about being robbed or commuting each day which they complain about too. Blitzo is actually open to the idea but Loona refuses, getting heated by the end of it. The princess looks at the imp who shrugs it off saying if his daughter doesn’t want to move then he isn’t leaving her. Charlie can sense there’s more to it as Loona got unusually upset about it.
After work Loona was in the apartment relaxing alone, as Blitzo and Stolas were attending their 1st couples therapy session with Willow. Her ears picked up the steps coming towards the allowing her to open it even before the knock, along with being able to smell the signature apple and cinnamon scent of the princess. Charlie after some initial surprise asked if she could come in, with the hellhound agrees curious as to why she came here. After noticing all of Blitzo photos have his face blacked, proof that the therapy might help, the princess takes a seat on the couch next to Loona. After attempting some smalltalk the hellhound gets straight to the point asking why she’s here. Charlie decides to get into it and asks why Loona seemed so hostile at the idea of moving out and leaving the apartment. She’s silent before asking if the princess has ever been to the hellhound foundation. A very angry look comes across her face before Charlie admits she has shocking the hellhound. They explain as part of her reforms she visited it with Beelzebub who was worried about how hellpups were being treated in the other rings, so they went to pride. Seeing them locked in cages like animals, having to use buckets and sleeping on benches along with just how broken they looked, the princess admits that Bee had to stop her from murdering the cunts who ran it, reminding her that wasn’t who she was. Being a mother herself she couldn’t stand to those kids treated that way. After imprisoning the people in charge she reformed it so all the orphanages in hell were under Bee, the foundation was renovated to be the kind of place those kids deserved along with people who would look after them. She apologises she didn’t get there sooner, though Loona is silent before thanking her and saying it wasn’t her fault she went through it. The hound explains that the lack of privacy, access to a shitter or even being treated like a person were awful, but the thing that made it worse for her was that she was put there. That her parents decided they didn’t want her and either forgot or couldn’t be bothered to abort her so they just dumped her in that place. That she was so worthless and unwanted they just left her there. Hell when Blitzo adopted her she thought he was just some pervert who was waiting till she was 18 to force her to have sex with him, pimp her out or use her like a slave. But he treated her like his daughter, admittedly he was too clingy and she hated how he treated her like a kid, but he gave up his own room so she could have a safe space that was just for her, the 1st time she ever had that. So yeah the neighbourhood is a shit hole, the landlord a cunt and the place might not be much, but it was the 1st place that she could call home and she doesn’t wanna lose it. Loona didn’t know when she started crying but felt as Charlie pulled into a hug pressing her face into their chest striking her hair. Once she felt she was calm the princess said she’s sorry that happened to her, that regardless of what reasons her parents gave her up she’s sorry they didn’t see just how wonderful a gift they gave up. That Loona didn’t have to go through what she did at the foundation but the fact she did and came out so strong along with so much determination proves she’s better than they ever treated her. That her feeling about the apartment and not wanting to leave it are valid, no one can say otherwise nor does she ever have to leave it. The hellhound doesn’t know why but she finds herself pressing her into the embrace and likes the feeling of Charlie rubbing her hair, it just makes her feel warm and comforting safe even.
After letting her calm down Charlie ask if she’s ok, Loona replies she is now. The princess lets the hellhound know if she ever wants help she can find her a good therapist. Loona thinks it over before saying it’s a good idea but for another time along with wanting Charlie to be the treating her which they happily agree to. The princess also suggests a solution that will let them keep the apartment while being in the hotel, rousing the hellhounds curiosity. Charlie offers to do what she did to their office, place the apartment in an empty space of the hotel and use her magic to compress its internal size without losing any of it, that way they get it somewhere better and closer to work. The hound thinks it over before agreeing as it worked with the office.
The two leave the apartment as Charlie casts the spell. After a few moments watching it take effect, Loona notices that the door is now different than their old one. The princess opens it to show an empty apartment instead of the one they were just in. She explains to the hellhound that for both the office and apartment the spell had 2 parts, moving them to the hotel and replacing what she was removing so there wasn’t just empty space. Loona is impressed complimenting Charlie on her skill making her blush. She opens a portal back to the hotel, specifically in front of where the apartment is now. It’s on one of the higher floors and upon going in they find it’s exactly as they left it, though the princess is grinning at the hellhounds bedroom. Curious Loona goes into discover that it’s twice as big as it was with an en-suite bathroom. Charlie explains she thought they’d appreciate the space, as would Blitzo gesturing to a 2nd door, explaining she thought he’d like to have his own room again. The hellhound smiles thanking her as does her dad when he sees what the princess did.
2 weeks after they started at the hotel Octavia showed herself again. She had taken time away after the trial to just have some time to herself along with starting therapy both individually and with her dad, so she could just rest herself emotionally and mentally. The day she came home Joy was heading to school, the young princess ran at her and leapt into her arms, the Goetia happily catching her glad to see her again as well. From that point on Via began splitting her time between the mansion and the hotel. Along with learning from Charlie and Vaggie still along with their usual activities they started resembling a family. Not long after she came back they called Charlie mum during lunch and Vaggie Ma during dinner. While the former IMP members reacted they noticed no one else did, shrugging and continuing to eat. It also came out that the 2 were officially adopting Octavia after she turned 18, as that would be the easiest time for everyone involved. Joy was excited they’d officially be sisters, for via the feeling was mutual. Loona soon joined their little group as the oldest sister, via in the middle and Joy the youngest. They generally spent time together doing each others hair, make up or playing with Joy, the older 2 gossiping, shopping or just having fun. It was Octavia who convinced Loona to start training with Vaggie. The hellhound is confident till the angel breaks out several teeth before healing the damage, then she just enjoys having someone who’s a real challenge.
3 weeks after their arrival to the hotel, Blitzo asks what the princess did to deal with DHORKS. Charlie thus explains that she paid them a visit after the trial.
Flashback to 2 days after the trial. In DHORKS HQ the alliance of Cherub and the titular human organisation are confounded on what to do next. Not only are their heavenly allies still recovering after their failed excursion into Hell, along with one of the demons infiltrating their base twice in the same day leaving them not only embarrassing but enraged. They’re all in the portal room debating what to do next till they hear a new voice. Looking over is a woman that obviously isn’t human admiring the machine. The Cherubs prepare for a fight though feeling she looks familiar. Agent 1 demands to know who she is, her answer being Charlie Morningstar Daughter of Lucifer Morningstar the princess of hell chills them all. Human and Cherub alike freeze in shock and fear, Agent 2 cautiously asking why she’s there. To their shock she states to apologise. The princess explains the demons they both dealt with were illegally accessing the mortal world along with their very business model being illegal. She claims that they’ve been punished and will no longer be able to carry out their former activities, apologising it took them so long to catch on. The humans believe she’s lying to try and lull them into a trap despite her promises. Turning to the Cherubs Charlie notices their injuries, using her magic to heal them which shocks the castaways. Colin asked why she did that, not really sure how to feel about her answer cause they needed help. Keenie then shoots back that can’t possibly be true as demons are heartless and evil creatures. Annoyed the princess asks if that’s why she decided to attack Millie after some heated words. She points out that while she understands IMP had been antagonising them about Lyle Lipton’s soul, but the death of that opera singer was accidental while they chose to initiate the hostilities so it can be argued they were responsible for the casualties that got caught in the crossfire. The Cherubs are shocked as despite their best efforts they can’t come up with a counter to that. Charlie then reveals she’s opening a hotel that will help redeem sinners into heaven, offering them a place there. She points out that since they’re from heaven, the knowledge they have could prove to be invaluable to her goals along with earning themselves a way back into heaven. Keenie and Cletus laugh it off as not only impossible but a trick, while Colin seemed interested in the idea. Agents 1 & 2 let her know her attempts to deceive them aren’t working and there’s nothing she can do otherwise. Accepting that she’s not gonna win Cherub over or convince the humans, the princess puts her plan into action. With a flick of her wrist she shoots a usb into the nearest slot and to the Agents horror finds it erasing all their data on the local and back up servers. Charlie tells them she can’t have them entering hell whenever they wish before destroying the portal machine in a burst of flame so strong that there aren’t even ashes left. She then bids them goodbye after destroying all their data about how to enter hell and this machine to do so.
Back to the present everyone except Vaggie is shocked and impressed at how Charlie handled DHORKS so well, being polite while ripping the heart out of their operations. It reminds them that despite her gentle nice and compassionate side she’s still the princess of hell who doesn’t take shit from anyone. She later reveals the virus was created by Ozzy who’s a wiz with computers and machines so uses it whenever he needs something completely wiped from existence.
Nearly a month after arriving, Charlie and Vaggie announce that they are going to look for their 1st patron Joy for her part is excited to see her Mommy and Mama finally starting to make their dream of the hotel happen, the rest wish them luck skeptical/worried if they’ll find anyone.
After several hours of searching the couple are driving down a street when they see a spider sinner leaning against a lamppost. They decide to give him a chance. After clearing up the initial misunderstanding they invite him in. After introducing themselves Angel Dust asks why they want to talk to him. The couple thus pitch their hotel, which isn’t easy with the spiders constant snarking and sarcasm, asking him to be their 1st patron. He of course is skeptical but promises to think it over, though the princess giving him a massive wad of cash so he can get off the street causes him to freeze, her saying it’s an investment in him catching him off guard. Through the talk the couple could tell something was off about the sinner and how he talked about his boss. Angel soon returns to his snarky self before leaving, though later with his pet Fat Nuggets he admits the hotel sounds like a nice idea.
The next day to everyone’s surprise except Charlie’s Angel Dust arrives to check in. After giving him a big hug and fawning over Fat Nuggets, she introduced him to the rest of the hotel staff. Blitzo and him get along well for obvious reasons, especially once he reveals he’s a fan causing the spider to flirt before the imp says he can’t as he’s got a boyfriend. Upon seeing Stolas he remembers them, complimenting Blitzo on his balls to not only screw a Goetia but try and break all the rules. The Owl blushes as his boyfriend reveals they watch his films together but is polite while the spider says he can’t blame either of them as they’re both damn fine making Stolas blush letting out an embarrassed hoot. Millie finds herself also fawning over his pig due to how cute it is before revealing she and a blushing Moxxie also enjoy his work. After more flirting he’s disappointed to discover they aren’t interested in a threesome. Loona makes a crack about how she’s surprised he can still walk considering how many poundings he gets on a regular basis, earning a laugh from the spider telling her he’s alright and they should meet up for drinks, non-alcoholic when he notices the owners looks. Though upon seeing Joy who ends up loving his pig but commenting on how fluffy he is, Angel takes a much sweeter approach thanking her and saying he’s never met such a pretty princess before. Her mothers exchange a look with each other then Millie and Moxxie, the former surprised with Charlie glad it proves she was right about him with Vaggie realising the spider has a gentler side. Mox meanwhile is a bit worried about his daughter interacting with a Porn Star while Mils can tell Angel is a sweetie beneath his snarky horny side and won’t hurt her.
Angel Dust was happy to see his room was more an apartment and the amenities certainly helped. He turned down the counselling sessions offered him due to not believing they’d help, though he did appreciate they never pushed him. He was also surprised to discover they provided medication that could completely cure his addictions if he decides to though they wouldn’t prevent him from getting addicted again. Angel Dust didn’t say anything when Charlie and Vaggie made it known they were here to help him get better, but internally he appreciated it. The spider is glad to hear they’ll let him keep drinking booze as his drug addiction is his major problem. Overall he’s starting to realise they genuinely want to help him. Though he does regularly come back for said potion several times though neither Charlie or Vaggie say anything when he does.
Over the next week Angel Dust proves that Charlie was right about him. While he does hide stashes that are soon found either through Charlie’s magic or Loona’s sense of smell, he does show a gentler side. He shows that he’s got a genuine soft side for kids by often playing with Joy and letting her see him try out outfits in little fashion shows. The spider also trusted her to feed his pig when not there, along with trying to not curse around her. Though they all saw a deeper side when meeting Octavia.
He was actually rather gentle with the young Goetia, even telling her at dinner that he’s sorry her mom was a cunt but it took guts to tell everyone what she really was. He wishes he had the guts to tell his own dad to fuck off when he was still alive. Stolas, Blitzo and Moxxie agree wholeheartedly. Via is touched and he ends up acting like a cool uncle she can gossip with along with get fashion tips from. Plus she thinks his pig is cute. Loona he also found a good rapport with as he enjoyed her sense of humour and they enjoyed messing with people. She joined the spider and Via during their gossip and fashion sessions.
Though it didn’t take long for them to notice that whenever his boss called the spider sinner became anxious and timid. And when he came back he just seemed both physically and mentally exhausted. They all heard stories of what Valentino was like, but Charlie knew Angel Dust wouldn’t open up to them till he was ready, so all they could do was provide a supportive and welcoming environment. Charlie offered to give him therapy but the spider kept turning her down each time. Hopefully he would agree.
2 weeks after Angels arrival Loona went to Charlie with a big request, help her get ready for a date as Beelzebub and Vortex had asked her out. After squeeing loud enough to be heard a mile away the princess told the hellhound she was so happy for her, before realising she obviously came to her for help. Loona asked if Charlie could give her some advice and get ready. She ecstatically agreed, though said she knows others who can help.
So while Angel Dust was doing her hair, Octavia finding her a suitable dress while Charlie, Vaggie and Millie gave her advice. Millie mentioned how on their 1st date Moxxie took her to a cage match then a nice meal after before a walk in the park. Charlie and Vaggie talk about their 1st date where they went to a nice restaurant then a movie and on the way home the princess carried the angel while singing about how much she loved her. Their point being a date doesn’t have to be some out of this world thing as long as you love who you’re with. Loona admits they’re right but Beelzebub will likely plan it to be an expect rager, though Charlie laughs confusing the hellhound. She explains that while Bee does love throwing parties she prefers more intimate and meaningful experiences with those she loves. The princess also reveals that the key is to be herself, earning a look from Loona. Charlie clarifies by pointing out that as a sin her aunt has had to put up with Goetia and others lying to her knowing the truth thanks to the taste of their emotions. Plus she explains that in her long life she’s only ever had one night stands or short term flings, Vortex was her 1st partner ever as after all her time in Hell Bee decided he was the one. Charlie further reveals it was how he treated Joy that convinced bee she was right about him. It’s likely the same for Loona considering that the sin and her partner must’ve decided they wanted her to potentially join them. The hellhound is silent that they want her cause they’re attracted to who she is on the inside along with the outside.
Angel Dust finishes doing her hair, putting it into a nice pony tale, while Octavia Chose a dark blue dress with a silver crescent moon on it. With promises that she looked gorgeous Loona prepared to leave, though Blitzo stopped her. Rather than try to forbid her he instead told her she looked gorgeous and to have a wonderful time. The father smiled as his daughter gave him a hug before walking through the portal.
Loona arrived outside Beelzebubs palace, which was uncharacteristically quiet for this time. She rang the bell and found herself being pulled through another portal in the arms of the woman they came to see. Bee was very happy to her, as was Tex who was sitting at the dining table in the sins expansive kitchen. He got up to join their hug, which made the hellhound both embarrassed but happy. Loona noticed that the sin and other hound were dressed in their best, the former wearing a backless dress with a slit down the side and the latter in a finely made suit that suited both. To her surprise Bee was cooking, Tex explaining that she prefers to cook for things like this instead of just making it appear. By the time the food is done it’s a 5 course meal that Loona decides is the best she’s ever had, letting Beelzebub know that actually making the sin blush. She smiles offering to teach her, Tex warns her that the sin is quite the perfectionist ducking as food flies over his head.
After the meal Bee led them to the roof where she showed the 2 hellhounds a view of all of Gluttony. Up there the sin told Loona exactly what Charlie did, that she and Vortex are the only people she’s ever felt strongly enough to ask out. Bee also reveals that she wants them to know exactly what to expect from the relationship. The sin reveals she wants to not only marry her and tex but to make them immortal to always be at her side. After the initial shock wears off Loona thinks it over and is conflicted, while the idea that both Bee and Tex would always be by her side, but combined with the fears of outliving her friends and family along with anxieties about being a mom herself considering her own childhood made them very anxious. Thankfully her partners could tell, embracing her in a hug from both sides letting her know she was ok and has time to decide what she wants. Feeling both loved and safe the hellhound melts into the joint embrace. Here Vex further clarifies they like Loona cause she’s tough and hard on the outside but soft and sweet on the inside, making her try to hide her blush much to their joy. She ended up spending the night curled up in-between them, grateful they were willing to wait till she was ready.
When she returned to the hotel the next morning almost everyone was waiting to hear what happened. After hearing it went well and they were going on another one they cheered, with Joy asking when she can call her auntie Loona much to the hound’s embarrassment but also Joy. Blitzo also let her know they were lucky to have her as did Stolas. She ended up pulling both into a hug much to their surprise then happiness.
In the week after the date night Angel Dust surprised everyone by coming down less to ask for a refill on those potions that cured addictions. Even though Angel was still coming back for them, they understood the fact that he was leaving more time in-between said requests along with actually looking guilty showed he was making an effort to get clean even if it was gradual. Angel started finding little congratulations baskets with notes from Charlie, Vaggie and even Joy celebrating every time he made it further. This touched the spiders heart as it showed they genuinely believed in him even if he wasn’t perfect at it. This was further reinforced when he saw the engraving in his bedroom that said, “Every journey begins with a single step!”. He took to keeping the notes in his bedside table to help him get further every time. It helped his progress in recovering and needing the potion less.
Joy Morningstar was a smart girl. While nowhere near the levels of her adult family members, she was advanced for her age with an intellect beyond her peers and even some adults. It helps when you’re tutored by your aunts and uncles who are experts in several fields. This includes her aunt Belphegor who she’s currently with for the day. Despite her reputation for sleepiness the sin is making a strong effort to stay awake for time with her niece, who she’s teaching about DNA and how people inherit traits from their parents. Along with finding the lesson interesting Joy’s confused about how she mostly looks like her mommy. Bel smiles as she explains that even though it’s only 25% of her, the angelic side is always dominant in children with non-angelic partners. The young princess then starts to think about her and Mr Moxxie, how they both have white hair, freckles and the same kind of legs. While others could play them off as coincidences it stuck with Joy who kept thinking it over.
After Charlie and Vaggie picked her up they asked if she was ok, noticing she was uncharacteristically quiet. Joy simply said she was tired from seeing Aunt Bel, plus it had been late when they got her. So the couple decided they’d give her dinner, then bath and bedtime. Just as they were putting her to bed their daughter asked if they could answer a question for her. They agreed and after some initial hesitation Joy asked her question, is Moxxie her daddy.
The room is silent as her parents try to digest what their daughter just said. Charlie questions why Joy is asking that, understanding when she explains her lesson with Bel about DNA, what she said about her angelic side and how they share certain similarities with the imp. Despite their anxieties the couple are proud of how smart and perceptive their daughter is. Realising she has no choice the princess reveals he is. The young hybrid then asks why she brought him to the hotel cause they thought she never told him about her cause he was a bad person. Charlie clarifies that it was fear of that, along with the job he had and who his own father/boss. She then tells Joy that she looked into after Fizz mentioned him at her birthday and it caused her to look into him. That allowed her to find out he’d left his old job and was in fact a good man who along with Vaggie they decided to give him a chance to see if he would be a good father to Joy. She asks if he has and the couple admit he did. They ask if she can see him but her parents point out it’s late and she needs her sleep, they can see Moxxie tmrw which the hybrid admits is fair. Before they leave Vaggie decides to ask her daughter a question, is she still their mama. The child is confused answering of course she is, just cause they have a daddy and a new mom doesn’t mean they aren’t her mama anymore. The angel overcome with emotion simply hugs her daughter close, who returns it wanting to make her mama feel better. Charlie watches smiling before going into the hallway and makes a call.
After making sure Joy is asleep they head over to the Knolastname home. The couple within are as shocked as the ones outside. They sit down at the kitchen table to talk it through. After explaining what Joy said and her request, Moxxie and Millie asked what they wanted to do. Charlie admitted that while it was earlier than planned the 2 had proven they were both safe to be in Joys life, so if they were ok with it they’d bring her over at 8:30am tmrw. The imps thought it over and decided it would be best to do that. Before they left the princess handed them a sleep potion as she guesses they’ll need it. The couple thank her before she leaves and take a sip each upon making it to their room, finding it puts them down instantly.
After waking up early enough to get ready, they don’t bother having breakfast as their anxiety ruined any appetite they had, Moxxie and Millie watch the clock. Sensing his anxiety, Millie started to rub his back promising it’ll go great, despite her own worries clouding her mind. The second the clock hits 8:30am they hear the knock at the door, with it opening as it’s unlocked. The married couple share a look as they prepare for one of the most important days of their lives.
After some awkward greetings they decide to leave Joy to talk with Moxxie. The father is of course nervous beyond belief wondering what she wants to ask him, preparing his to answer whatever questions no matter how difficult. She starts by asking if it’s true her mom didn’t tell him about her cause he was doing a dangerous job and working for dangerous people. Moxxie is honest admitting he was, the main reason Charlie kept the secret was his dad Crimson, telling her that he’s an absolute monster who killed his mother. After her shock at that last part, the hybrid then asks if he knew about her would he have left. Her father promises without a second thought, he’d have given it all up to be there for her, revealing his immense guilt at missing so much of their life and wishing to have been there for Joys birth, 1st word and steps, promising that if she lets him he’ll be there for her from now on. His daughter takes a moment to think over his words before embracing him in the hug and telling him she’s glad she finally gets to have her daddy in her life. Moxxie is frozen before returning it tears falling from his eyes.
Outside watching the ladies start crying due to how heartwarming the sight is.
After letting them have their moment, the ladies come back in. Charlie and Vaggie offering to let Moxxie and Millie spend the day with Joy to bond, as she was already on winter vacation, letting the married couple take the day off as well. The couple agreed as they wouldn’t say no to spending time with their newest addition who was very excited at the prospect. Millie and Joy even more so upon seeing in the princesses hand 3 VIP passes to Lu Lu world.
The day went wonderfully. While they had to stick with the more kid friendly rides Millie was glad to finally go to the one place she’d wanted to ever since she was a kid. Moxxie despite his discomfort enjoyed seeing his wife happy and spending time with his daughter. Joy who loved the park felt it was even better getting to spend time with her new family. One of their favourite parts was the games which unlike Loo Loo Land weren’t rigged. One funny moment was when Moxxie missed all the targets in a game causing the operator to laugh at him. Joy annoyed at this went full demon form, which revealed that while it was mostly like her mother’s the horns were like a female imps. She picked up the ball and threw it with enough force to not only knock down all the targets but smash through wall. After some silence the guy handed them all the prizes then shutting down his booth.
At one point through the day when they were alone Millie asked to talk to Joy. She said they understand that this is a weird situation and won’t blame her if they take a while to get used to having her as a step mom and while they’d be happy if the kid saw her as more than that, she understands if they don’t. Joy for her part made it known she was more than happy to see the imp as a new mom as they had a good feeling about them, plus if her dad married her she must be a good person along with how kind they were to her. This resulted in the 2 hugging, a sight that made Moxxie smile.
After a fun day they left, Moxxie carrying a tired Joy to the car. As Charlie and Vaggie had told them they could also keep her for the night, the couple looked forward to having more time with their daughter. Once they got home they helped the young princess pick her room before they started dinner. Both adults were impressed to see just how capable Joy was in helping while her father make dinner. After a great meal along with desert they played some board games then a bath before bed. Though Joy asked if she could sleep with them which they agreed to. Millie went to the bathroom and returned to find Moxxie and Joy asleep, arms wrapped around each other, her husband’s tail wrapped around their daughter with Shadow asleep on her chest. Finding the scene adorable beyond all belief she took a picture to send Charlie and Vaggie plus for her to keep. After putting her phone on charge, the imp climbed into bed joining her husband and new daughter embracing them both as they slept. It felt nice.
The next day once they returned to the hotel, Joy didn’t hesitate to tell her moms just how much fun she had with Moxxie and Millie, along with the prizes she won. Angel Dust who was watching said he wondered when they would tell the kid the truth shocking them. He pointed out that he’d grown up around plenty of guys who’d had kids they couldn’t officially recognise for a variety of reasons and the imp was acting like a lot of them, the physical similarities between them confirmed it. The spider complimented Moxxie on being good enough to be there for his kid which made the father smile. Blitzo meanwhile was happy the secret was out and started telling Joy all the stories he knew about her daddy, including the embarrassing ones that mortified him. Charlie and Vaggie meanwhile were glad they had a good time, looking forward to many such moments as did Millie and Moxxie. Though they had more to deal with.
The princess of hell, granddaughter of Lucifer attending his theme park with a pair of imps was something people noticed. Combined with the pictures of her acting familial with them along with her resembling Moxxie to a degree set off the gossip and rumour mill. People began arguing that he was the mysterious father the princess had always been quiet about, something that others denied due to their belief at the sheer ridiculousness of Charlie having a child with an imp. After seeing this and deciding it was time for the truth to come out the princess contacted her dad to set up a press conference.
Outside the royal palace news crews from across hell waited for the princess to confirm or refute the claims about her daughter’s paternity. Charlie walked out to the podium with Vaggie, her dad and the other sins at her side, Satan silencing any reporters with a roar. After taking a second to breathe she thanked everyone for being here, understanding that they all have questions about the rumours concerning Joys father. The crowd of reporters and almost all of hell watching await the answer. Charlie then confirms that yes Moxxie is her daughter’s father. There is silence before chaos erupts till the princess herself silences them, surprising many but earning a look of respect/pride from Satan with Vaggie giving her a proud one too. Charlie then announces she will answer 5 questions and then the matter is done.
1. She and Moxxie met in a bar in the greed ring after some business with her uncle.
2. As she was hurt over Liliths disappearance and her dad abandoning her they bonded over jointly missing their moms and being pissed at their dads for being assholes. Lucifer does his best not to look hurt as he realises they deserve it, though the other sins do give him looks of sympathy.
3. While they had a few drinks they were both still able to consent thus any rumours one of them assaulted the other need to end now. She brings her demon form out to punctuate this point.
4. She kept Joy’s paternity a secret not out of shame that Moxxie was an imp but because he was a hitman working for the bloodthirsty mob boss Crimson Knolastname his father. Keeping him away from their daughter was a way to keep her safe. Now that Moxxie is no longer associated with him she decided to give him a chance at the trial after investigating him thanks to her uncle Fizzarolli mentioning him. Ozzy and Fizz meanwhile are squeeing over how she called the jester uncle.
5. Charlie finally clarified that regardless of how many children she and Vaggie have in the future they won’t disinherit Joy as her heir. The only circumstances that would cause that to occur would be if she proved to be unsuited to the role or simply didn’t wish to be.
The princess then ended the conference before portalling home finding her daughter with the rest of IMP, Stolas and Octavia watching. They applauded her for her professionalism and straightforwardness along with not taking any crap. Grateful but exhausted Charlie asked if they’d all be ok just ordering in for dinner and having an easy night. The reaction was very enthusiastic.
The reveal about Joys father sent shockwaves throughout Hell.
The Goetia thought it was a nice bit of scandal that made things entertaining. Though the more hardline classists/anti-imps were affronted by the idea the princess herself could lay with and bear an imps child. Though they learned to keep their mouths shut after one of their number ranted about Charlie being a worthless slut if she opens her legs for Fire Toads, and that Joy is a bastard half breed abomination that should’ve been drowned at birth. He realised why everyone was moving away from him upon turning to see Lucifer and all the sins behind him with looks of pure rage. Any Goetia suspected of thinking like him were forced to listen for a month via magic as the sins and their king made that prick beg for death. As his body was never found he was either killed in such a way identifiable remains were impossible or they were still working on him.
For the hellborn it was different. The Imps of Hell felt hopeful, as a possible heir to the throne was half imp along with her mother having passed multiple reforms to help them it was hoped that along Charlie continuing to do so, that Joy would follow in her footsteps and finally end their status as bottom of the pile. To them the young hybrid was a sign of hope that things were going to get better. Other hellborn to a degree felt similarly but many of them including some imps didn’t really care aside from the reveal being entertaining.
Others felt much different. Those like Striker who hated the royals were disgusted at the idea one of their own could lay with let along have a child with one of the royals. To them Moxxie was a race traitor and Joy a filthy abomination. The assassin Imp especially wanted to get rid of both.
Crimson Knolastname was furious. Not only had his son left the family in the shit thanks to his fucking friends, but he’s had a kid with the princess of hell and didn’t even know. The mob boss knows even if the kid had been born a boy, thus actually useful for more than marrying off, the only thing they could do was get a payoff to stay away and quiet but now there’s no chance of that now. Though as he’s a completely short sighted idiot who overestimates his own intelligence and cunning, comes up with a plan that couldn’t possibly ruin everything he’s built.
Not long after the reveal it’s Sinsmas. The hellborn members of the hotel are happy that while they’re in work it’s more of a come to the hotel and do what you want situation. So they’re all just enjoying the holiday. To Moxxie and Millie’s surprise Charlie made sure to teach Joy about Sinsmas as it was part of her culture. The little one decides to express the sin of pride due to how much she loves her family. For Stolas it’s his 1st time celebrating the holiday though Octavia reveals she’s been doing it for a few years now. Blitzo indulges in his greed and pride, Stolas his lust and pride, Millie and Moxxie their wrath plus lust, Loona her gluttony and Octavia her pride and Sloth though in healthy positive ways. Overall the little makeshift family had a great time. Especially once the gifts were exchanged. Joy received a number of gifts. Stolas got her a book on the stars. Octavia a dress that had simmering stars on it. Blitzo got her another horse stuffie. Loona a a picture of them plus Via. Millie got her a little hatchet, promising to teach her how to use it. Moxxie bought her a guitar. She loved all her gifts. Charlie and Vaggie explained they would give their gifts when they celebrated their own holiday.
Not long later it was Christmas. The hellborn didn’t really understand celebrating a holiday for heaven but Charlie explained it’s a comfort thing for most sinners due to having good memories associated with it. Angel agreed pointing out it was one of the few times his family was completely happy. The couple thus gave out their gifts. Vaggie made IMP angelic steel weapons, Blitzo a modified flintlock to have a magazine, Moxxie a pistol, Millie a battle axe and Loona a pair of knives. Stolas she made a pair of rings for when he proposed both angelic steel, one with a red gem and the other with a black one. And Octavia she made a ring of angelic steel with a black diamond carved to look like a moon. Charlie got IMP and the Prince various large vouchers/gift cards to high-end establishments, Octavia a dress that symbolised not only her ascendancy as the head of her father and uncles house but also a future Morningstar. Joy they both got a number of gifts along with ones from her other family members. Angel Dust got a new dress from Charlie and a set of angelic knuckle dusters from Vaggie, who he in teethed gifted some items for the bedroom. Joy he got a stuffed toy of Fat Nuggets. On both holidays they had a feast. On Sinsmas Moxxie and Millie cooked, while on Christmas it was Charlie, Vaggie and Angela Dust. Both were absolutely delicious. Everyone had a wonderful time.
Though the vibe changed once Charlie revealed the family, including the sins and close friends. IMP was surprised they were invited. Charlie explained that it was due to Loona dating Bee and Tex, Moxxie as he’s Joys dad and Millie as his wife, Octavia was going to be a member of the family after her birthday so Stolas was invited as her dad with Blitzo as his boyfriend. They with the exception of Via needed sleeping potions during to their anxiety.
The next day everyone sans Angel Dust who had to work arrived at the Morningstar Palace at midday. Everyone from IMP and Stolas were terrified considering not only would they be having dinner with the sins and powerful overlords but the king of hell himself. Though they did their best to continue moving, the splendour of the palace reminded them of where they were.
They arrived in the main hall where the king decided to make his entrance. Lucifer came through a portal pulling Charlie, Joy and Vaggie into a hug asking how his daughter, granddaughter and daughter-in-law are doing. The angel having learnt doesn’t bother to correct him. Then he moves onto Via calling her his future granddaughter which she appreciated. He lets them know he’s got them some great gifts before noticing Moxxie. The king immediately turns more seriously walking over, calling the imp the one who knocked up my little girl and left her to raise his daughter on her own, a serious look on his face. The imp is frozen in place, his wife and friends terrified the king might decide to smite him from existence. That ends when Lucifer bursts out laughing telling them he couldn’t help it. He clarifies he knows it wasn’t Moxxies fault and is glad he’s proven himself to be a good dad to Joy, easing the tension. He then promises to make him scream begging for death for all eternity if he ever hurts his daughter or granddaughter, before giving him and Millie ducks that look like them. While the imp is frozen, his wife is cooing over how cute the ducks of them are. He moves onto Loona telling her he’s happy to finally meet her considering how much Beelzebub talks about them, along with the same promise of he hurts her before giving her a duck that looks like her. He then goes onto greet Stolas asking how things are going with his new boyfriend prompting Blitzo to introduce himself. Lucifer quickly moves on finding the imp very odd.
Over the next hour the rest of the guests arrived. The sins proceeded to give Moxxie the same threats they did to Vaggie if he ever hurt their niece if or grand niece. When Rosie arrived she was friendly and polite, both complimenting him on how wonderful Joy is, while also promising to use him to make roast imp, imp stew and imp pie if he ever hurt her or Charlie. Her wives were the same without the threats. Moxxie was getting a bit faint from all the shovel talks though upon seeing Carmilla Carmine that changed. He immediately started fanboying over her, revealing that he’s been an admirer of hers since he was 6 and looked up to her as an idol. The imp then pulls out a picture of the overlord taken 20 years ago asking for an autograph. Carmilla is frozen for a moment before deciding to sign it as he asked nicely plus he’s one of the better admirers of hers, along with not bothering with her threat as they know what’ll happen considering her reputation.
After some mingling and talking, Bee introduced Loona to her siblings before pulling her into her lap next to Tex on a couch cuddling the blushing hound. Stolas and Blitzo spent time talking to Ozzy and Fizz. Charlie spent time talking to her dad with Joy. Satan asked Vaggie how her training was going, with the 2 planning to meet up to discuss possible threats to Hell. The Carmines and Rosie’s family spent their time exchanging gossip. Then it came time for dinner.
As they were making their way to the dining room Lucifer asked Joy if she’d gotten everything she wanted, noticing her hesitation in saying yes. He got her to reveal theirs something she wants but isn’t sure how to ask her mommy and mama. The king promises that if she asks they’ll get it for her. Emboldened the young hybrid thanked her grandfather, he laughed that’s what he’s there for before they both walked in to the dining room.
After the meal, more a feast was served everyone began to talk. Gathering her courage Joy loudly asked her Mommy and Mama for a little brother or sister. The whole table goes silent hearing that, Charlie choking on her wine while Vaggie spits it out. After taking a second to get their heads in order the couple tell their daughter that it’s not an easy thing to have a baby. She says she knows as Bel told her how a baby is made, the sheep pipes up that she only taught her the biological side of things. The couple then try to explain that while they do both want more children, they want to want until their married 1st and their too busy with the hotel right now. This of course caused Joy to pout. That’s when Lucifer, the sins, Rosie and Carmilla pipe up admitting they’d love it if they got more grandkids and nieces/nephews. This is when Clara decides to crack a joke that her mom’s grandbaby fever is so bad cause she’s old enough to be a grandma 100s of times over.
The room went completely silent, as did Clara, as they all knew you don’t mock Carmilla’s age. Before she can react, her mother has Clara by the scruff of her neck like a misbehaving kitten a look of fury on their face. Desperate to avoid her fate she offers multiple apologies as the matriarch carries her out of the room, but nothing can save her from punishment. Shortly after she leaves those at the table begin hearing the sounds of flesh hitting flesh, cries of pain and mercy mixed with angry Spanish. They all wince, especially Odette and Zestial as they know the punch those hands pack.
10 minutes later Carmilla walks in with Clara following behind whimpering and rubbing her ass. Zestial pulls her seat out for her, Odette puts a cushion down and Lucifer summons up some ice for her under it. Once she sits down, Joy in her childlike naivety reveals that her moms like being spanked. Charlie and Vaggie go pale and freeze in horror, especially as their daughter reveals she heard them while she was getting a glass of water cause they forgot to fully shut the door, revealing further they like to call each other mommy. The table is split into 3 camps. Those who are mortified like Lucifer and Moxxie, those who approve like Ozzy and Bee and finally those who find it hilarious like Blitzo and Clara.
After being mortified the couple are able to return to normal after apologising to Joy, along with kicking themselves for remembering to put silencing charms on all the rooms in the hotel to make sure their daughter didn’t hear anything inappropriate but failed cause they forgot to close their door all the damn way. Thankfully Joy seemed to forget by the time they started exchanging gifts after dinner, but knew they’d have to put up with the jokes for a while. Though Charlie did wonder why Millie seemed to flinch everytime someone mentioned kids or Joy wanting siblings. Once their daughter was tuckered out after getting gifts she loved, the party soon ended. Loona ended up heading him with her partners, while Charlie portalled Moxxie and Millie to their place, while the Goetias headed back to their mansion with Blitzo. With the hotel to themselves they placed Joy in her bed before heading to theirs, making sure to shut the door fully.
The day after the party Charlie is still thinking over what she saw with Millie. After going over what she saw , the princess also remembers that the imp has also been having some mood swings recently along with having a sensitive stomach. After coming to the likeliest conclusion she decides to figure out the truth. So Charlie invites Millie to her office to talk. After giving the imp her favourite tea and cookies, they make small talk before the princess decides to drop the bombshell, asking how long she’s known they’re pregnant. Millie is frozen before revealing she found out on Sinsmas after taking a test. They ask how they figured it out, Charlie reveals her symptoms reminded her off when she was pregnant, along with how she flinched whenever kids were brought up at the dinner last night. Plus the look in her eyes were the same as their own when the princess found out she was pregnant, the strange mix of joy, fear, hope and dread. Charlie asks if she’s told Moxxie yet, which Millie admits she hasn’t not sure how to do so. The imp explains that despite all the crap Crimson put him through and fears he might be like him, he did want kids just like her. And being around Joy reinforced that for them because she’s so sweet, kind and loving that Millie admits that she loves the girl as a daughter though she freezes after saying that. Sensing this and remembering her training Charlie lets her know they can tell her anything this is a safe space. After some hesitation the imp admits she scared that something might happen during or after the pregnancy might cause her to hurt Joy, something that would break her heart. Along with the fact she’s scared she won’t be a good mom to any of her kids and they’ll hate her. The princess gives her a moment to calm down before gently telling her she felt the same at first in-between the joy of finding out she was gonna be a mom. That even with the sins and her dad’s help she felt alone at times and she would screw up either during or after the pregnancy. But talking with her dad who had his own worries about being a dad helped along with Belphegor. She points out she can talk to Moxxie and share their concerns after telling him, asking if there’s anyone else she can talk to. Millie says her sister Sallie-May who helped them out after telling her about the baby on Sinsmas. Charlie points out if she could tell her about the baby they can trust them with other things. After thinking it over the imp admits they’re right thanking the princess for her help. Charlie smiles letting her know she’s more than happy to help anytime. After a bit more talking about how to tell Moxxie they find it’s the end of the day with Millie thanking the princess for her help.
Millie tells Moxxie that night, after the shock wears off he is absolutely ecstatic before panicking. She helps him calm down by reminding him the only issues they had about kids were their apartment not being big enough, their jobs being dangerous and not making enough which are all now solved. Moxxie admits she’s right but along with own worries about being like his dad he has the added fear that he might end up neglecting or hurting Joy. Millie admits she’s had those fears too, it’s normal to feel them and they probably always will even if it’s in a small form, but they’ve got each other plus the people at the hotel and her family in wrath to help. This helps calm him down and admits he’s never felt luckier to have her as his wife than now, which Millie returns in her feelings towards him.
The next day they announce the news to the hotel. Blitzo is absolutely ecstatic at being an uncle again and Joy too as she’ll finally be a big sister. Stolas, Charlie, Vaggie and Angel Dust congratulate them along with offering any help they need. Octavia and Loona also offer their congratulations. Millie then asks if they can take some time off next month to give her family the news personally with the princess more than happy to agree, she also mentions she can bring the baby to the hotel during her maternity leave so she can spend time with Moxxie and Joy without needing to work which the imp appreciates.
Meanwhile on the surface Stella Goetia is pissed off. Despite having enough money to live a wealthy lifestyle and a valuable home in the nicest part of the richest city in the US she’s still enraged at the loss of everything in Hell. The news that not only did Stolas get to keep his powers and is dating his imp fucktoy, but the princess who caused it actually bred a halfbreed bastard with an imp who worked for her ex bastards lover. It makes her crave revenge. Remembering during the trial IMP tangled with a human organisation she decided to find them. Hiring a hacker to find their location was easy enough, all she had to do was send them a message offering information and help. DHORKS leapt at the chance.
The reveal she was a demon made the agents and Cherubs obviously suspicious, but without the portal and their information they were desperate. Though upon hearing how she genuinely believed her underage daughter was preparing to become the lovers of 2 older women but she was actually supportive and proud gave them pause. Agents 1 & 2 justified it as necessary to work with her to protect humanity from demons, while the Cherubs felt ill at the prospect of working with someone like Stella, Cletus and Keenie were desperate for revenge they pushed their own feeling of disgust aside. The reveal that Charlotte was telling the truth did little to change the humans mind, arguing if common assassins could access earth then they needed to prevent others from doing harm, which the Cherubs were more united on. Stella proved herself by opening a gateway to hell and happily offering any information they needed. Though she had several conditions. They would bankroll her lifestyle and help rescue her brother from imprisonment in hell which they begrudgingly agreed to. The agents and most of Cherub felt satisfaction they could continue their goals while Colin was left wondering if they were doing the right thing. Stella meanwhile who was interested in solely revenge was glad she was on her way to get it.
Back in Hell it’s the day before the extermination. Charlie and Vaggie are sending Joy to Satan as it’s his turn to watch her for the extermination. Stolas and IMP still can’t believe he’s the same one who threatened them at the trial after seeing him cuddle Joy calling him his greatest treasure along with her mother. Hearing them call him Satty was even more shocking. After the 2 left they asked why the couple were sending her away the day before extermination day. Charlie pointed out that it made things easier, plus they’ve only told her the exterminations are a bad thing heaven does and don’t want her to know the gorier details till she’s older which they can all understand. Vaggie then goes over the plan for the extermination. All doors and windows will be locked, the curtains will be drawn and with the silencing spells put up no sounds from outside will be heard by the people inside. Except for the front door so anyone who needs help can be allowed in. After that they’re allowed to do as they please, though the owners do make it known they won’t be allowed to leave the hotel until the day after the extermination once the worst of the chaos is over. Since Moxxie and Millie were the only ones who didn’t live in the hotel they were allowed to get everything they’d need for the next 2 days which they appreciated along with the spare room they were given.
The extermination began as any other, with the sound of screaming. The hotels spells stopped it from reaching inside but they knew what was happening. The hellborn went about their day, Stolas and Blitzo were watching a movie in the theatre, Millie and Moxxie were relaxing on the couch in front of the fireplace with a blanket while Loona and Octavia were in the Owl’s room gossiping. Angela Dust was in his room curled up with Fat Nuggets, just relaxing as he knew once the extermination ended he’d be called into work. Looking at the pictures from the owners and their daughter plus the uplifting message on his wall along with his beloved pet helped him find solace in the peace he had. Charlie and Vaggie had left as the genocide began, the princess casting an invisibility spell upon them to keep them safe. They would spend the day helping those sinners they could or at least ease their suffering.
The Princess and Angel returned to the hotel late at night, having chosen to keep helping those they could even after the extermination ended. They arrived to find the place quiet, the hellborn in bed and their sole patron at work. Charlie and Vaggie were surprised to see several portions of food on the table, a note explaining Moxxie cooked it while Stolas used his magic to keep it warm for both them and Angel Dust. Touched by the gesture they quickly ate their food, leaving the spiders untouched before they quickly headed to their bed to rest. So exhausted they did nothing but strip nude then fall asleep in each others arms.
They woke up refreshed the next morning to find their staff awake and preparing breakfast. Deciding to pick up Joy Charlie opened a portal to Satans Palace in Wrath. The sight shocked and warmed their hearts at the same time. The dragon was wrapped around his niece, head laying across her like a dragon guarding his greatest treasure. The sin wasn’t happy to be woken up and forced to relinquish his nice, though Joy rubbing then kissing his snout while saying goodbye certainly helped. After putting their daughter at the breakfast table, the princess got a call. A minute later she came in absolutely ecstatic that 666 news wanted to interview her about the hotel. Vaggie was sceptical considering how Katie Killjoy was, while the rest agreed Joy was excited to see her mommy on the tv. Before they leave to get ready the couple ask where Angel Dust is, Blitzo says he got back late then went straight to his room. Worried about him they asked them to keep an eye on him which the agreed to. After getting ready they said goodbye asking their daughter to be good for her daddy and ma. Charlie and Vaggie then hopped into the taxi with the goat bois driving them to the studio.
They arrived an hour before the interview to prepare and go over their talking points. Even though it was short notice Charlie had long since gotten used to interviews so with Vaggie’s help came up with a pitch that would surely convince people.
Once it was their time Charlie went to greet Killjoy, mostly to be polite as she’d already met the newscaster before and disliked her immensely. The mantis felt the same, being her usual cuntish self. After she tried pushing the princess around but only being rebuffed when they didn’t take the bait, claiming unlike her she doesn’t feel the need to prove herself by insulting people. Annoyed she returns to her seat, while her co-anchor Tom Trench has to hold back from laughing at the scene.
When the interview starts Killjoy starts her usual crap but Charlie used to news interviews and having prepared doesn’t play along. Instead Charlie gives a well thought out speech on how the exterminations break her heart at losing so many of their people and her goal of ending it has only been strengthened since her daughter was born. With that in mind she reveals her hotel to end it by helping redeem sinners to get into heaven. She’s able to stay calm despite the laughter. The princess then makes several points including her own degree in psychology, the hotel being a safe haven from overlords and other including exterminators along with how she has the resources to help her patients etc.. While if it doesn’t win anyone over it least lets them see Charlie is going to give a real try with a few being intrigued. Killjoy then demands to know if she’s got any sad fuckers, not being impressed when they reply it’s Angel Dust. The princess hotly defends her friend/patient by revealing he’s been making real efforts to cut back on his drug usage and has overall been a good friend to her and their family including Joy. That’s when the news about the turf war being joined by the titular Spider comes on.
While disappointed Charlie defends him by pointing out that he’s only helping his friend and that redemption isn’t a straight path. Killjoy of course doesn’t listen deriding the princess, even going so far as to call her a dumb slut for not only letting a cock sucking drug addict fool her, but allowing an imp to shoot his load inside and give her a half-breed bastard.
The room went completely silent. Tom trench looked on in horror as did his co-anchor who now realises she royally fucked up. Vaggie who was once enraged simply watches her girlfriend. At the hotel the IMP crew who had been watching with Octavia and Stolas were frozen. Moxxie and Millie had already covered their daughters eyes and ears, originally so she wouldn’t hear the cruel words said about her but now so the sight of the the things her mommy would do to that bitch wouldn’t give her nightmares. Thinking quickly Stolas portalled the hybrid to her room, with Shadow following to keep her inside till it’s over.
In the studio Charlie had her full demon form out. Red in black eyes full of fury, horns and claws out with her tail like a predator about to jump upon its prey. Before anyone knew what was happening the princess had leapt upon Katie. Over the next 20 minutes all anyone heard was roaring, screaming and the sound of flesh and bone being shredded or broken. By the time Charlie decided she was done, the station medics took one look at the mangled but still living remains of the newswoman. They decided it would be faster to just shoot her to regenerate, which trench happily did riddling her with bullets even after it was done taking out the years of rage pent up from her constant abuse towards him.
To those watching on tv or in the studio it reminded them of one thing. That Charlie might be kind and understanding but she does not brook insults easily, those towards her loved ones angered her, but those who insult her daughter are reminded why she’s the princess of hell along with Satans niece. Though this only served to intrigue a certain watching deer.
After picking up Angel Dust it’s a long but quiet ride home. The spider genuinely feeling guilty for screwing with the interview apologises admitting even if it was to help Cherri Bomb he probably could’ve found a way that didn’t make them look bad. Despite their joint annoyance at how the interview went, along being able to tell he’s genuinely remorseful plus considering how for a long time the anarchist cyclops was his only support they can’t be surprised he wants to help her out. Charlie lets him know that while they wish he hadn’t have done so destructively at least today, they understand wanting to help Cherri out just asking him to find a less destructive way next time. The Spider somehow feels even worse with how forgiving they’re being rather than if they both yelled at him.
Upon arriving at the hotel Joy runs up to them telling Charlie how great she was on tv, which helps make both Charlie and Vaggie feel better. They look up to see Moxxie had made cookies for them with hot chocolate, they guessed for celebrating or softening the blow. The couple took some for themselves and their child while the spider went to the bar, where Blitzo poured him a string drink along with words of support. Angel Dust asked if he’d ever fucked things up for the people who care about them, which the imp and Prince admitted they had understanding where he came from which made him feel better. On the couch Millie, Moxxie, Loona and Octavia were doing their best to cheer them up. The imp couple pointed out that she made a very good argument, with the hellhound pointing out the interview is trending online especially the part with her mauling killjoy which she’s used for a post pointing out that she’ll do the same to anyone who’s screwed with her patrons which is also trending. Octavia also points out that even if people don’t come immediately Charlie’s likely gotten her message out and people will at be willing to try it once she’s further along. This makes them feel better especially with Joy cuddled up in their laps. Though they jump hearing a knock at the door.
Charlie placed Joy solely on Vaggies lap to see who it was. The sight of the legendary Radio Demon caused her to slam the door shut in shock before repeating the process to just be sure. Still shocked they call out to to their partner and let her know who’s at the door which seems to get everyone except Blitzo and Angel Dust who seem confused on edge. The angel immediately tells the princess not to let him in, but after thinking it over her curiosity wins out.
Opening the door Alastor asked if he could speak now, after getting confirmation he proceeds to launch into a storm of compliments for Charlie’s performance at the interview calling it the most entertainment he’s had since the stock market crash. Vaggie for her part puts their spear at his throat promising to end him if he tries harming anyone at the hotel, when Al tries to scare her she’s unfazed considering she’s faced the lord of wrath which both intrigues and annoys the deer. Then he reveals he’s here to help, which confuses everyone. Al then explains he wants to help them run the hotel due to the sheer boredom and after seeing the princess putting Killjoy in her he decided she was the person to do so. He then makes it known that he doesn’t actually believe redemption is possible and is there simply so he can enjoy watching them fail repeatedly, much to Charlie’s annoyance.
At the side Angel Dust and Blitzo ask who he is. Shocked at least in the spiders case Vaggie points out he’s been in hell decades longer than her, annoyed at his response that he’s not into politics. The angel explains about als rise to power with Stolas adding in his own commentary pointing out that while he is nowhere near the level of the Goetia it was still shocking that even an overlord could have so much power. Angel Dust retorts that he looks like a strawberry pimp which makes Blitzo laugh annoying her.
Worried Vaggie then goes up to Charlie and tells her that they can’t trust him, pointing out he’s a deal maker who will likely try to destroy everything they’ve worked for and is pure evil who can’t be redeemed. The princess for her part admits their partner is likely right, but points out that their whole mission statement is that any one can redeem themselves so they need to give Alastor a chance as if they turn him away it would go against everything she’s trying to. While not happy about it the angel accepts her girlfriend has a point, letting her know she trusts her to make the right decision and promising to stand by her no matter what. Charlie thanks her for their support.
Charlie thus goes up to Alastor admitting that while he’s sketchy as fuck along with seeing what she’s trying to do as a joke, despite that she believes seriously enough in her dream that she’s willing to take his offer but makes it known she won’t be making a deal and will simply order him as princess to help the hotel as long as he desires to.
Alastor thus decides to inspect the lobby, then ask about the staff. Charlie then introduces him to IMP and Stolas. She explains that Blitzo, Moxxie and Millie handle their security concerns, Loona their social media presence and Stolas as the company’s accountant/clerk. The deer demon mocks the idea that social media could help the hotel annoying the hellhound, but the princess steps in defending her job by pointing out in the 7 years since he left Social media has become a very valuable way to spread news and company brands, thus a much larger share of the market then radio does now. Loona is grateful that Charlie stood up for her while Alastor is irked that she pointed out radio has become less popular. Though he jumps back complimenting her on getting staff but points out she needs more than them. He then speaks with Angel Dust quickly leaving after the spider displays his usual demeanour. Though he stops when Joy who had been kept behind the couch by Millie, Moxxie and Vaggie. As expected of her mother’s daughter she’s friendly and curious about the new person in her home. Alastor after his initial shock is impressed by the fact she isn’t scared of him and taken by her manners, introducing himself just as politely. He does ask who her father is with Charlie pointing to Moxxie. Confused Charlie explains that they weren’t together with her raising Joy alone then with Vaggie before they started dating and Moxxie married Millie, she only recently informed him about their daughter due to him no longer being involved with dangerous people. Alastor realises there’s obviously more but admits he’s surprised that someone as highly ranked as the princess had no issue having a half- before he can finish that Charlie has turned full demon, knowing what will happen Al shuts up apologising for any offence. Millie then comes forward revealing herself to be a massive fan of his, surprising everyone one. She explains that her grandmother who lived in pride before moving back to Wrath had been there for Al’s rise to power. They were so impressed she got recordings of his broadcasts that Millie listened to after her granny passed. She was also impressed by how he could carry out a massacre and went so far to ask for an autograph. Flattered he agreed actually glad to have a fan plus he found her delightful. Next was Moxxie who he found to be a rather polite and even respectful while the imp was terrified of him. Blitzo the deer found to be annoying and crass, while the imp thought he was sneezy creepy fuck. Stolas was much more even with Alastor treating him with mild curiosity but nothing more, while the radio demon was more on edge considering the prince was more powerful than him and they both knew it. Loona thought Al was a self important prick considering how he put down her job while he saw her as another crass young woman. Octavia though he was more respectful considering she was of the higher classes also due to her power, she simply saw him as any other wannabe who wanted to use Charlie’s power.
Alastor decided to then show off what he could bring to the table. Using his powers he brought niffty in through the fireplace. After introducing herself as a neat freak who hated bugs and loved fellas, disappointed that the imps were taken along with confusing Angel Dust for a girl. Though upon meeting Joy they get along well as the maid thinks she’s adorable while the kid thinks she’s funny. Then Alastor brings in Husky who isn’t happy to see him, but relents on seeing the well stocked bar he’s meant to be manning. Charlie and Vaggie exchange a look as he gives off vibes that show he needs a lot of help, though seeing Angel start flirting with him makes them smirk. As can be expected Joy sees his tail and immediately starts hugging it, said cat simply decided to let her keep doing it, either cause she’s the princess, he has a soft spot for kids or both. Millie managed to get her off it.
The radio demon then decided to use his powers to put on a show that either entertained, annoyed or confused as they find their clothes changing and music beginning to play. Charlie for her part gets into it. Overall Alastor is having fun till they hear the sound of a bang against the door and loud unhappy yelling outside. They go out to find Sir Pentious in his airship bragging about how he’s going to not destroy Angel but Alastor as well. The deer easily destroys the airship, though aside from IMP, Niffty, Husk and Angel Dust the rest of them aren’t impressed which annoys him. He then leads them back to the hotel offering to make them Jambalaya.
The dinner was great with everyone enjoying the food. Though there was a pause when Al called himself the new partner, with Charlie telling him he’s not. The princess bluntly explains that while his help is appreciated nothing he’s done isn’t anything they couldn’t done themselves. She points out her father supports her thus ensuring they have plenty of resources, they could’ve easily found more staff, plus the hotel is in pristine condition and considering including Joy and Octavia he isn’t even in the top 5 most powerful people in the hotel. She’s willing to let him have the position of concierge but if that’s not enough he’s more than welcome to leave. Niffty was shocked waiting for Al’s reaction while Husk was doing his best not to burst out laughing. Despite the fact his pride was injured, Alastor couldn’t leave so reluctantly agreed though to throw him a bone they change the name from Happy Hotel to the Hazbin Hotel like he suggested. Niffty is overjoyed to see how big and clean her room is, while Husk appreciates the space. The Radio Demon for his part makes a few alterations including his radio tower on the side of the hotel, though he has to ask permission 1st. After an eventful day they head to sleep.
The next day Joy is excited as it’s her 1st day back at school in weeks. Moxxie explained to the sinners that schools shut before sinsmas and don’t open till the 2nd day of the new year. Charlie and Vaggie decided to let him and Millie drop her off, considering they’d missed the others. The couple are touched and they don’t hesitate to take photos of and with joy along with the owners before leaving after breakfast. Both couples were hoping that since this was their daughter’s 1st day back since the reveal about her paternity that it wouldn’t cause her any trouble.
Moxxie and Millie dropped her off easily before they came into contact with 2 people they hadn’t seen since the trial, Martha and Mrs Mayberry. It’s as awkward as you can expect with the teacher having to head inside to her class though not before complimenting the father on how wonderful Joy is in not only class but her club as well which makes him feel proud. Though as they leave the cannibal asks if she can talk to him. Millie leaves after getting a look that tells her he’ll be fine. After an awkward silence the cannibal reiterates what she said at the trial, annoyance for her death but gratitude for trying to spare her kids and ex even if the cops killed them. He does admit even he was shocked by it. Martha then laughs how even though her ex left her she ended up with the gal who killed them. After the initial violence that lead to hatefucking before they actually started talking then dating she’s honestly happier in hell than alive. Here she can openly be a cannibal with her fellows in cannibal town without having to hunt her own food, she’s got split custody of her kids who are happy and a great girlfriend so yeah she kinda owes him that. Moxxie for his part doesn’t really know what to say except a confused you’re welcome. She laughs, revealing they respect him for stepping up and being a dad instead of running away along with revealing Sarah talks about Joy complimenting her on being a great kid, which makes the imp feel warm inside. Overall she lets him know they’re good and he’s got nothing to worry about from her. Moxxie leaves the encounter feeling oddly happy, Millie herself admits that’s fair before heading home. The pick up Joy who revealed aside from some kids being surprised she’s half imp her day went great, much to the relief of her parents.
While she was at school Husk explained the whole situation to Alastor. Along with finding it entertaining due to the scandal and plot twists he finds himself being intrigued by both the princess and her daughter, likely due to his and the latter having a similar background. Growing up mixed-race in Louisiana with his black mother alone meant life was difficult. Even with the support of their fellows they still lived by poor means along with being able to do nothing about the harassment they received from the whites of the population especially his own. Despite that his mother did her best to raise Alastor with as much love as she could, making her absence hurt deeply and the fact he knows he’s shamed her immensely. Joy meanwhile was raised by Charlie without her father but was the top crust as princess with her family to assist her. Then she met her partner who became romantically involved with them raising her daughter. Then her father is offered a chance which he takes and proves to be a great one with his wife coming to see the child as her own. And Joy’s family all adore her immensely, in many ways Charlie reminds him of his own mother. The Radio Demon finds himself becoming fond of both the princess and her daughter.
Meanwhile in Tartarus prison the former Marquis Andrealphus is lamenting his choices. How he could’ve been so stupid as to let his stupid bitch sister get him involved with her plan to get revenge on her ex. Now thanks to her he’s lost everything, his title, estate, wealth and powers rotting in a jail cell. While he will get out the Goetia will only be a laughingstock without anything to his name. The only work he could find is likely as a rent boy selling his cloaca to whoever wants it. They continue stewing till he hears an explosion blow his cell door off and finds himself grabbed by scruff thrown through a portal. Upon seeing Stella any shock he had turned to pure anger screaming at her demanding to know what the fuck she was going hasn’t she ruined everything enough. After a screeching match she managed to inform about her deal with DHORKS. Exasperated that she not only abandoned him but is now working for humans he accepts it’s his only option too. After making the same demands he proves to be worth it as unlike Stella he manages to prove worth it quickly. The reveal that one of IMP had a kid with the princess of hell shocks them immensely along with the rest of the information he provides them about how Hell functions, which obviously proves invaluable.
For Ep 1. Charlie is reading Joy the story of the fall, as despite hearing it 100’s of times it’s still her favourite. After promising her mommy she’ll make grandma Lilith proud Vaggie makes her presence known. They remind them that Joy needs to head to school along with Alastor having something to show them. After the 2 plus Moxxie and Millie say goodbye with the Goats Bois driving her Shadow following as always they see what the deer demon has for them.
After watching a commercial that mocks the hotel and its purpose the reactions are what you’d expect. Charlie tries to be polite but Vaggie tells him it was absolutely shit, while Alastor calls it hilarious then argues it’s been 7 years since he last did a show then pointing out his disdain for television. Angel Dust then pipes up arguing they could do a social media campaign with him as the star, which Loona admits would probably work then adds it doesn’t really matter if the deer is too old fashioned to actually know what he’s talking about with a smirk, irking him.
That’s when Charlie gets a call from her dad causing her to leave to take it. The spider then asks why they don’t just have Al make people stay here, which the deer affirms he could with Husk piping up that’s the only reason he’s here to listen to their bitching. After a bit of flirting from Angel Dust Vaggie tells him to leave the bartender alone and points out they can’t force people to stay otherwise they won’t really try to get better, asking isn’t that why he’s massively cut back on using drugs, which the Spider admits is true feeling warm with the supportive smile she sent him.
Meanwhile Charlie has just finished the call with her dad, being very uneasy. She calls Vaggie over, informing her that he asked them to take a meeting with Adam as he’s busy. Upon seeing the look on the angels eye, the princess takes a moment to make sure she’s ok. Upon confirming she is the 2 talk about what he could actually want as the exterminations only a week ago. Charlie says she’ll find out when she’s there, preempting Vaggies request for her to be careful promising she will and if that murdering prick tries anything she’ll make sure there’s barely anything left to bury. After a final bit of support the princess leaves. Her journey to the embassy is fraught with her thinking over every scenario.
Upon arriving she finds herself unnerved by the quiet and cleanliness of the building, which only gets worse when the sign in is just a scroll before entering an empty room. Her training helps her to stay alert for any possible ambushes, her hand going to the knife in her belt. With a light coming on she turns blade drawn prepared for an ambush. Upon seeing it’s an impressed Adam and on-edge exorcist she holsters the knife. He compliments her on her alertness and quick draw before reaching to shake her hand, mocking her when she couldn’t tell it was a hologram. Annoyed the princess simply asks why he called the meeting, which the 1st man asks if they could get to know each other before offering her lunch. Charlie asks if he really thought she’d fall for that again, which he laughs thinking they would. The princess simply sits down knowing this will take a while.
Back at the hotel Vaggie has gathered everyone in the lobby. Here she tells them that while Charlie is gone they’re gonna make a new commercial to cheer her up, as she’ll need it after seeing that prick Adam. Angel Dust pipes up asking why she’s so sure it won’t go well. Panicking as they’ve kept her past secret from the patrons for obvious reasons, the angel points out considering they regularly purge sinners they aren’t likely interested in stopping it which seems to assuage the spider’s curiosity. Vaggie then uses her magic to create a film camera surprising everyone but IMP and Stolas.
They start at the bar with Loona holding the camera, Moxxie holding flash cards and Vaggie directing. Angel Dust decides to take it seriously along with Husk being able to read the cue cards the performance goes much better.
Back at the meeting Adam continues being his frat bro cuntish self while Charlie is doing her best to not just walk out and leave. She then describes to ask him if they’ve ever thought about a solution to their biggest problem , hopeful in some way he might listen. He just starts listing off multiple different issues.
Back at the hotel Vaggie gets Niffty ready by telling her the line. Upon seeing her freeze on camera they are all freaked out, the angel quickly comes up with an alternative. She turns Loona invisible using her magic, then has Stolas come into talk to the maid about just how clean the rooms are which they get perfectly. She also decides to highlight the amenities the hotel offers including how big the rooms are, Moxxie talking about the theatre, Blitzo the movie one, Stolas the library and Millie the gym. After the hellhound edits it Vaggie smiles as she watches a very well done commercial play. Alastor chooses this moment to appear and genuinely compliment her on how good a job she did. The angel points out it was a team effort, along with pointing out he could do his part by getting it broadcast which the deer agrees is fair, seeing it as a way to further enmesh himself into the hotel.
Meanwhile at the embassy Charlie is at her wits ends, listening to the bullshit that Adam is spouting. The fact she’s also spent the whole time refraining from wanting to murder both him and Lute for what they did to Vaggie hasn’t helped. Standing up the princess demands to know if they have something to tell her or are they content in simply showing her that not only was her mother right in leaving him but being proof that even god needed a 1st draft. Silence before the enraged pair reveal that they’ve decided to increase the exterminations to twice a year from now on it being 6 months from that day. Shocked Charlie is further enraged as they simply left before she could ask why. So instead she tore the room apart along with scratching a message telling the 2 to go fuck themselves.
The walk back to the hotel is the princess simply wondering how she’ll break the news. Though the second she gets to the door Vaggie opens it and drags her inside with a smile on their face. Here they tell her about the commercial and how they all acted in it or made it, Loona reveals she edited it along with planning to post it online while Al managed to get it on tv. Charlie is so touched she actually forgets about the 2nd extermination. Though it’s ruined when the commercial is interrupted by the announcement much to everyone else’s shock and horror.
Meanwhile in heaven Adam and Lute using the drone find the body of the headless exorcist. Enraged his 2nd wants to go down and kill all the sinners immediately, the 1st man calms her down by promising they’ll have their time.
After returning home Joy notices the mood at the hotel and at bedtime asks her parents what happened. Charlie and Vaggie explain that her mommy went to meet the angels who didn’t give her a chance even creating a 2nd extermination and Mama made a commercial with her daddy and ma plus the others but the announcement about the new extermination stopped anyone from seeing it. Their daughter said she’s sorry about that but knows they’ll stop the exterminations and asks if they can show her the commercial. This simple act of belief makes them feel better so they show her the commercial. The 3 of them fell asleep in Joys bed after watching it.
For Ep 2. Charlie is pacing in the lobby stressing out over the fact that the exterminations are now happening twice a year making their job even harder. Though Vaggie comes up and helps calms her down. Angel for his part pipes up that she to the extermination being moved up everything is going completely nuts. Then the text from Val about doing a donkey show comes up which a panicked spider plays off, though Charlie, Vaggie, Loona, Moxxie, Millie, Blitzo and Stolas who were nearby were jointly disgusted and worried for Angel Dust. The hellhound adds in that despite the fact the sins were also posting the commercial on their sinstagram pages, the extermination being doubled was still so shocking the online chatter around it means nothing else is really being seen right now. Angel then adds it’s no surprise everyone is desperate and losing their minds. This gives Vaggie the idea that desperation could get people to give the hotel a trial. Despite being on their side the spider is skeptical as is Blitzo. Though Charlie points out they have to do something with Millie supporting that by arguing even if they don’t get anyone then at least it shows they believe enough they’re not giving up easy. Then they hear a boom against the walls outside and a familiar annoyed British accent.
Sir Pentious is outside in his rebuilt airship demanding Alastor face him, looking a bit sheepish when he sees the deer is on a balcony above where he tried to destroy the wall. The snake repeats his demand while the radio demon just asks him who he is again which damages his pride and pushes him to prove himself harder. Alastor shadows down to the owners, spider, IMP and Stolas with Niffty impressed by the bad boy snake. Alastor once more insults him by claiming he’d never heard of him which further angers the snake despite repeated attempts to remind him of who he is. Sir Pentious decides to remind him through defeating him and proving himself worthy of joining the Vee’s. At the maids questioning the deer demon simply calls them unimportant. Unbeknownst to them a Voxtech drone is watching them.
Meanwhile in V tower Vox is laughing over how powerful he is while watching the denizens of hell. That’s interrupted by a call from Velvet demanding he come deal with an upset Valentino who is fucking up her department. Exasperated the tv overlord leaves to fix the mess.
On the way there he is interviewed by multiple reporters wanting to know his thoughts on the new extermination timeline. He of course bullshits that they’ll start producing a new angelic security system using his powers to hypnotise them before ordering his assistant to try and get Carmilla Carmine to work with them on it if before teleporting through a security camera.
He arrives to find Velvet still pissed that Val is having one of his temper tantrums and killed her best model. The fashion overlord then tells Vox to take care of his boy toy.
Vox thus arrives in the penthouse to find Valentino having a temper tantrum over Angel Dust simply moving. When Val mentions he moved into Charlie’s place and is planning to over there to get him back along with fucking everyone there. The tv overlord bluntly reminds him why that’s a bad idea as not only would it damage their image but trying anything with the princess is an easy way to have her daddy and Aunt’s/Uncle’s the sins to destroy everything they’ve built and likely torment them for all eternity. Relenting the moth then reveals that Alastor is staying there too, which enrages Vox who wants to know why Val didn’t tell him that immediately which he plays off. He runs over to the screen to check the drone outside the hotel.
He watches as Alastor easily deals with Sir Pentious before sending the snake flying after he takes a sliver of his coat. The deer demon leaves to get his coat fixed while Charlie and Vaggie leave to go looking for any new patrons while Loona says she’ll try to create buzz online.
An enraged Vox decides he needs to show Alastor that things have changed, especially after Val brings up how the deer beat him before he disappeared. Thus the tv overlords starts broadcast to try and put the Radio Demon in his place though this is derailed when the deer comes on the radio to challenge him. Alastor quickly gains the upper hand enraging Vox causing him to black out the city except for the hotel humiliating him.
The V’s have a meeting in which Vox points out the danger it could pose if Alastor is able to make a deal with the princess. So they have to stop it from happening. This leads them to decide they need a man on the inside who is not only someone Charlie would take in but is desperate and not connected to them. The TV overlords smiles as he has the perfect option.
Back at the hotel Moxxie and Millie are playing with Joy after picking her up early cause the blackout caused school to shut. In walk Charlie and Vaggie, the former flopping onto the couch face first. A sympathetic Angel Dust asks how it went with the Angel revealing they couldn’t find anyone with Loona admitting no one online was interested either. The Spider understands that as if people think they’re going to wiped out then having as much fun as possible is more appealing than trying for something that seems impossible. Vaggie meanwhile heard a knock at the door.
Upon opening it to find Sir Pentious at the door, she gives him a look that promises death unless he leaves causing the snake to freeze. Charlie arrives curious about who’s at the door, surprised to see its him. The inventor claims he’s here cause she’s offering to help people be better. Of course the princess is very enthusiastic but the tiniest bit suspicious though she decides to give him a chance. Angel Dust along with Millie, Moxxie, Loona, Blitzo and Stolas were of course not happy about this pointing out that he’d tried killing them literally 6 hours ago now she wants to let him live with them. Charlie for her part reminded them that the hotel was about 2nd chances and Sir Pentious deserved one. The spider turned to Vaggie who while suspicious herself decides to trust Charlie pointing out he’s not a threat with or without his weapons.
An excited Charlie proceeds to go overboard introducing Sir Pentious to the staff and showing him around till Vaggie calms her down but Charlie explains she’s just glad they finally have another guest. After being freaked out by both Niffty and Al, the snake meets Joy. Along with being very friendly and sweet, she lets him know how cool his machines are. The inventor is of course touched.
Charlie decides to gather the staff and guests to get together for a bit of bonding along with easing Sid Pentious in on their 1st day. She decides to have everybody introduce themselves and say one fact about themselves no one else knows. After that they move onto doing a skit which Moxxie wrote. Here Angel Dust is a dealer trying to convince Pentious to buy drugs with the money he was gonna use for a present for his little sister played by Joy. After the play ends with Pentious refusing the drugs there’s cheering for him doing so well in his 1st day. Angel Dust is about to head to his room before Charlie stops him, letting him know that no mater what they’re grateful he was willing to give them a try and makes it known that the spider will be an important part of their story along with being their friend. Touched he thanks her before heading back to his room. Despite all the crap Val keeps sending Angel feels better thanks to Charlie’s words and fat nuggets curled up next to him.
After a few hours he decides to get a drink from the bar. While there he overhears a noise from Charlie’s office. The spider investigates, finding the snake planting a camera on one of the shelves. Enraged at his betrayal of Charlie, Angel Dust lunges at the snake attacking him, only relenting when he uses their hypnosis powers on him. Though they both freeze at the sight behind them. In their sleep wear is Stolas magic ready, Blitzo with his Angelic flintlock, Moxxie his Angelic pistol, Millie her angelic battle axe, Loona her teeth bared and the owners though only Vaggie has her spear. Pentious tries bluffing after the spider reveals what he saw, before Charlie silences him by explaining that while she wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt she had a feeling of unease around him, as did the others so they used magic to watch him thus confirming their suspicions. Realising how screwed he was the snake immediately started trying to call for help from Vox while trying to escape. This of course causes the TV overlord to insult the inventor as a worthless failure telling him to kill himself if they don’t.
Heartbroken by that cruel dismissal Sir Pentious throws himself to the ground asking them to make it quick. The others even Angel Dust feel bad for him. Charlie thus decides to cheer the snake up telling him he can be better and offering him a chance to really join the hotel. Touched he accepts. As everyone is leaving the princess hugs Angel Dust thanking him for protecting the hotel, which he refutes saying of course he would it’s his home especially after what they’ve done for him. Once they’ve left the office Alastor appears to mock his rival via the watch before destroying it.
Sir Pentious officially moves in the next day. He’s impressed not only by the size of his room but the fact Charlie gave him a lab to work from, though she does ask him not to make any weapons. The princess decides to let him settle in 1st before offering him therapy. The snake ends up getting along with Moxxie, Millie and Stolas. Though the one he gets along best with is Joy who loves watching him work and for who he sometimes makes toys for.
For Ep 3. Charlie is making preparations to celebrate Sir Pentious 1st week. At least until the snake rolls in a canon. He explains it’s to protect himself as it’s obvious that everyone at the hotel being nice to him is just a ploy as they are planning to kill him. This is when Clara and Odette arrive delivering his machine parts. The 2 greet Vaggie happy to see her though she tells the snake he can’t make weapons at the hotel along with how the residents are being nice to make him feel welcome and asks her sisters to return the shipment which they agree to. Realising that the lack of trust is an issue the princess decides to make that their next activity. Though the angel lays down more rules, reiterating no more weapons along with keeping his egg bois in line. After they fire a laser at the ceiling which thankfully didn’t go through or even scorch it, but as punishment Vaggie decides to take them away for the day much to the snakes sadness.
Alastor is eating his breakfast, a dead deer in his room when it’s interrupted by Vaggie asking him to watch the eggs for the day. He agrees seeing it as a way to further integrate himself into the hotel, though reveals he’ll be going to a meeting today.
Back in the lobby Odette and Clara hung around to let Vaggie know she, Charlie and Joy are invited to dinner tmrw night which they of course accept before leaving mentioning they’ve got an overlord meeting to attend.
After they leave Charlie calls all the residents and staff into the lobby. Here the princess admits there’s been some tension, so in order to fix that they’ll be doing some trust exercises. After Blitzo, Husk, Angel Dust and Sir Pentious interrupt Charlie announces that Vaggie will be leading the exercises having discussed it beforehand. The Angel being prepared adopts a militaristic attitude while announcing their doing trust falls after they say something vulnerable about themselves. Charlie goes 1st with everyone from IMP, Stolas, Angela Dust and Vaggie catching her. It moves onto the spider who is taking it seriously this time who is caught by the aforementioned group with Charlie in his place. Then Sir Pentious who is caught by Charlie, Vaggie, Moxxie, Millie and Stolas. Next is Niffty who everyone drops. Then it’s Moxxie, Millie, Loona, Stolas and Blitzo who are caught by everyone. After this they move onto a few other exercises. This included pairing them up into different groups with people who didn’t know each other well. The 1st exercise was to build something out of dried spaghetti and marshmallows. The 2nd was to tie each other together to do a series of tasks together. They had mixed results though Angel Dust had a suggestion.
Alastor meanwhile was on his way to the meeting trying to resist the growing urged to murder the egg bois. He is grateful to Zestial. Along with talking about where he went, the deer learns that not only is Tosie close to the princess and her family, but so is Carmilla both being seen as her daughters grandparents, Charlie viewing the former like a mother and Vaggie viewing the latter the same way. This puts an obvious crimp in his plan to integrate himself further into the princesses good graces.
The overlords arrive at the elevator with Alastor ordering the Egg Bois to stay outside, except Frank who ends up inside by complete accident.
After arriving Alastor smiles seeing Rosie hoping they’ll have time to catch up after. Carmilla arrives, happy to see Zestial and surprised to see the radio demon who is offended when she admits to having no interest in where he’s been the last 7 years. Though the meeting is soon interrupted by Velvette who is her usual arrogant and disrespectful self who reveals the exorcist head after interrupting Carmilla again shocking everyone present. The matriarch asks where she found it, the fashion overlord claiming she and the boys found it on extermination day. They argue that if the exterminators can be killed then it’s possible to fight back, claiming the Vee’s are working on an assault plan. Zestial points out they don’t know how the Angel died or who killed her, arguing it could’ve been one of its sister not a sinner, which he and the rest of the carmines know, thus they could simply be inviting a more destructive or total extermination upon them. Due to his argument and age the others agree with the spider, angering Velvet who sees Carmilla’s discomfort capitalising on it. The fashion overlord baits her by insulting Zestial causing the weapons overlord to defend him. They argue with Carmilla ending the meeting after Velvet accuses her of knowing how the angel died. While the others leave Alastor decides to have Frank follow the Carmines to see if they can overhear anything useful.
Back with the hotel group, it turned Angels idea was a shopping trip. While it did lead to some interesting results Vaggie pointed out this wasn’t exactly what they needed. After asking if Charlie trusted her the Angel knew what to do next. Once they managed to gather everyone the princess portalled them all to a building in the middle of the contested ground. Vaggie thus explains that as her own experience and IMP can attest the strongest bonds are forged by those in combat. Without any warning a portal opens under the staff and residents feet, the angel telling them to get back by working together. While they’re doing that the owners are watching making sure no one dies. Thankfully no one does with Millie and Niffty actually thanking them for a fun time.
In Carmilla’s office after downing a decent amount of liquor she refutes her daughters trying to convince her to tell Zestial what happened. It’s all for nothing as he guesses she killed it and asks why she didn’t take the credit to remind every one of her strength. Here the matriarch reveals she kept it hidden due to her fear that if sinners found out they could be killed, it would cause a war that would cost her everything she loves. Carmilla then promises she’ll do whatever it takes to protect them. Frank who had been listening then leaves realising now is a good time.
Outside Alastor is waiting for Frank to return while the other eggs are scavenging in the trash. Upon returning he reports what they heard which pleases the deer who orders him to keep it quiet.
Back at the hotel the couple watch happily as their plan worked as the patrons and staff bond over their experiences today. Alastor arrives shortly afterwards who simply says his business was enlightening. The angel then returns the egg bois to Sir Pentious who is happy to see them. Frank reveals the information he discovered but the snake ignores it believing it’s just more nonsense from them.
The next day Joy, Charlie and Vaggie head to Carmilla’s for dinner like they agreed. After a lovely meal the matriarch says she has something to tell them, asking her granddaughter to wait there with Odette and Clara while she and Zestial discuss it with her mothers in their office. After arriving Carmilla explained that she knows why the extermination was doubled, bringing out the exorcist head. Once the initial shock wore off they ask what happened. The overlord explained what happened, though she and the others noticed Vaggie’s face was unusually pale. The angel reached forth to remove the mask and a look of shock came upon their face. They revealed the head belonged to a woman she trained and was close to before her expulsion. The matriarch goes to apologise but her daughter tells her not to, she was only protecting Clara and Odette. They leave after thanking Carmilla for telling them, Vaggie hides the head so their daughter won’t see it. After putting Joy to bed, they take the head into the garden behind the hotel to burn it in a sort of funeral. Charlie comforts a crying Vaggie.
The next day they gather the staff and inform them of what Carmilla told them. Along with shock at the fact exorcists can be killed and that the overlord hid it, they ask how she did it. Vaggie explains Angelic steel, which is what Carmines shoes are made from. Blitzo then asks why no one figured it out till now, Husk retorts that anyone dumb enough to try didn’t know and got killed plus anyone who had the steel wouldn’t risk it either. Stolas points out that it makes sense that the exorcists are doubling the exterminations for revenge. Charlie then reveals the secret about the steel is know to the highest levels of the aristocracy such as the sins and her parents, the princess herself only learning it 4 years ago. Angel Dust asks why it’s a secret and why they haven’t tried to fight them off. She explains that it was to prevent sinners from starting a war with heaven, especially considering her dad doesn’t see them as worth fighting one over or arrogant nobles and in Charlie’s case she wanted to end it peacefully or at least try to. Plus attacking them would cause a war that would be even worse than any extermination. The sinners can’t exactly argue with them there. Alastor got his part who hoped to use said secret to improve his influence with the princess is not happy to discover she already knew about it. Charlie all but begs the guests to keep about this for obvious reasons which they agree to. Sir Pentious also can’t believe Frank was telling the truth.
For Ep 4. Angel Dust is showing everyone a tape of his 1st performance in hell. They applaud how good he was, with Husk pointing out how happy he looked. That’s ruined when Val calls turning the spider into an Anxious terrified mess before leaving. No one stops him as they know it won’t change anything. Charlie herself laments that they can’t do anything due to his contract with the moth. Blitzo adds in she could but she won’t. The room goes silent as the princess asks him what he means. The imp doesn’t hesitate to point out she could’ve killed Val months ago, had one of her family do it or use threats to get him to give up Angel Dust, pointing out she can’t exactly complain when she’s standing by the side doing to help him except patch up the damage. Blitzo points out it’s funny she’s willing to stand up to Satan even if he is her uncle but not some overlord she crush if she really wanted to. The room is silent as everyone waits to see what the princess does. Charlie rather than argue or defend herself after being quiet stands up and walks out of the hotel. Everyone but Vaggie is worried, which she explains as knowing what this means. Charlie is done standing on the sidelines, she’s going to act.
In the studio Angel Dust is trying to do his best despite the shitty script, till his blood runs cold seeing Charlie enter. Before he can get to her Val approaches her, planning to try his suave shit not noticing she’s in no mood for his bullshit tells the moth to shut his fucking scumbag mouth. The whole studio goes silent as no one has ever spoken to him like that and lived to tell the tale. Uninterested in the pimps anger the princess says she’s here for Angel Dusts contract, when he asks what they get in return Charlie coldly answers his life at least for now. An enraged Valentino asks if he knows who the fuck he is. The princess coldly asks if he remembers who she is, reminding him who her family are including her uncle Azmodeus who already despises him would do to him if she asked them. Arrogantly Val reminds argues she wouldn’t dare try anything because he’d turn the spider into a broken down mess. Charlie retorts that all she’d need is a non-angelic bullet or knife then he’d just regenerate for a few hours. In that time she would see to it that everything the moth built would turn to ashes in his mouth, that he would watch it burn and his partners would turn on him to save themselves. Then the princess and her family would make him beg to die before turning him over to his former victims. By then he’d be no threat with or without the contract and by the time Angel Dust regenerated they’d have taken it from him willingly or forcefully. She then asks is one sinner worth all of that. The whole time Charlie didn’t raise her voice, bring out her demon form or change the expression on her face like she was discussing the weather or talking about lunch, in that moment she truly was the princess of hell.
Val despite his anger in a rare moment of common sense hands the contract to the princess who promptly tears it apart. Angel Dust is in shock not only from the scene in front of him but the feeling of the chain around his neck disappearing. It’s not till Charlie comes to him that he eases out of the stupor with her gesturing towards a portal back to the hotel though they wait as the spider gathers his things. As they leave the princess stops before stepping through. She turns to face Val with a look of pure hatred in her eyes but a neutral look on her face promising the moth that he is going to die it just won’t be today, regardless of if it’s her or someone else who ends his worthless existence. She then leaves the room, the moth overlord full equal parts anger and fear.
Back at the hotel everyone watches as Angel Dust returns through a portal with Charlie following in shock, the spider having a look of pure shock on his face. Then in less than a moment they embrace the princess weeping tears of joy thanking her. After spending 20 minutes calming him down she takes him to his room to rest. Before Charlie leaves Angel Dust thanks her for saving him, though she explains it was what Blitzo said that made them realise she can’t keep standing by and letting him get hurt like that. The spider made a note to buy the imp a good bottle of booze while still thanking Charlie for her help. The princess left letting him know he could take a few days off, he would have everything brought to his room if he wanted that. Angel was grateful simply falling into his bed holding fat nuggets close.
The Spider stayed like that till early evening. He decided he was done doing nothing so left to head to the lobby. He found no one there but Husk at the bar. The cat saw him and started preparing his usual as he approached the bar. The cat explained Charlie told them what happened impressing a lot of them, with Angel just being silent. He further explains that Millie and Moxxie took Joy for the night, the owners have been in their room the last few hours, Niffty tuckered herself out, Alastor is away on business with Stolas and Blitzo at the princes old place with Via and Loona, so they’ve got the place to himself. Husk then adds he’s glad the spider is free. He reveals he was an overlord himself and explains how he lost it to where he is now. The cat says they’re happy Angel is free and hopes he uses it to live as he deserves. Touched the spider pulls the bartender into a hug, shocking them. He promises he’ll help them find a way to greed the cat from Al. Husk is skeptical but grateful and the 2 spend the next few hours together talking.
The next day Charlie arrived to drop Joy off at school, though she revealed she also had a meeting afterwards so would be out till lunch time.
After dropping her daughter off, the princess arrives at the most expensive and stylish restaurant in pride. Here Charlie finds her uncles Azmodeus, Mammon and her aunt Leviathan. While they are more than happy to see their beloved niece, all 3 of the are curious as to why she called them here, though Ozzy and Levi appreciate how high end the venue is with mam appreciating the place looks worth the price. The princess asks how they’d feel in hurting the V’s earning looks of pure joy. The sin of lust despises Val due to how he treats his workers, envy views Vel as an amateur unhip high school mean girl she’d love to put in her place and greed hates Vox due to how he cornered the tech market in pride denying him sweet cash. So they’re all in to hurt them.
The plan is to drain them of influence and money. Ozzy does so to Val by starting up his own studies in pride, which due to his better working conditions and better access to talent he soon starts taking a significant portion from Val. Levi starts actively going after Vel, starting rumours about the quality of her products while discounting her own in pride damaging both her reputation and profits, along with sabotaging her online profile crippling her influence on there. Mammon starts selling his tech in pride cheaper than Vox along with starting up his own tv studio cutting in on both his money makers. It’s a gradual but sure way to cut down their wealth, power and influence. Plus they won’t be stupid enough to fuck with the sins so they’ve got no other option but to try and struggle through it.
Though Charlie isn’t just interested in having her family takeover the markets as she’s seen just how bad monopolies like the Vs can be. Instead she wants to make room for others to set up and create some healthy competition. The princess also knows that just killing them would lead to someone taking over or a war between their former followers to take over. So their princess is going to drain them slowly to either wipe them out or at least weaken them enough to allow others to start competing against them. It’s why she’s working with her family, as while the sins are willing to expand they’ll be too busy with own rings to try and takeover their respective industries in pride further aiding her plan.
After working out the details they have a nice brunch before heading back home. Arriving at the hotel Charlie simply says the meeting went well.
The next morning is when the news breaks that the sins of lust, envy and greed are expanding into pride. Every single patron and employee of the hotel turned to look at the princess with a smirk on her face. After explaining her plan everyone except Vaggie is left shocked, who is smiling proudly at her beloved. Husk is the 1st to admit he didn’t think she had in her, which the princess retorts she’s the devils daughter and Satan taught her the importance of long term planning. Angel dust for his part is feeling even more grateful that Charlie is going to cripple if not destroy 3 overlords including Val to get justice for him. The others are reminded why they should be happy that Charlie is so kind and sweet, while Alastor is beginning to realise just how formidable the princess.
The Vee’s meanwhile are going nuts as they know they’ll be losing money and power trying to compete with the sins, along with Vel and Vox not hesitating to call Val an idiot to piss off the princess enough to get her family involved.
The next few months in between 4 and 5 were very eventful for the hotel.
Angel Dust shortly after gaining his freedom decided to take Charlie and Vaggie up on their offer of therapy. Pentious did too. In the spiders case he opened up about growing up in the mob. How his dad was a prick of the highest calibre and despite being hell they don’t talk, same for his brother. About his twin sister Molly who is in heaven as he never found her down there. It was easy for both the princess and Angel to tell that even before Valentino he’d had a lot of trauma and heartbreak in his life. Angel Dust admitted after the shock Hell provided him a freedom he always wanted to be himself, so he actually happy at least till Val. He revealed that Val manipulated and lied to him to make him think the moth loved him, which the spider knows is completely shit, not seeing his true face till he gave him his soul. Angel didn’t talk much about what Val was like but to Vaggie and Charlie it was obvious that he’d suffered likely several lifetimes worth of trauma under that fucking monster. They were honest with him and said that they would do whatever they could to help him heal, but explained that even if he did so and learned to better cope with it the trauma would always be there in some form. Despite that last part the spider thanked them for their care and help. They diagnosed him with PTSD, anxiety and several other conditions, getting him prescriptions to help him heal. With Sir Pentious he explained that he had often been isolated due to his intelligence so that drove him to prove himself and gain respect, along with revealing he wound up in hell for allowing a serial killer to get away with his actions. They helped him understand that what he really wanted instead of respect was friends and that he can make up for what he did on earth promising their support which made him feel better. While it was gradual the 2 sinners did start to improve and feel better.
At the end of the month Millie and Moxxie took that trip to wrath to tell her family in person. They were ecstatic to find out there was to be a new baby in the family, with Sallie-may pointing out it wasn’t easy keeping it secret. Though Joe and Lyn did make it known they wanted to meet their other granddaughter. Admitting it was fair Moxxie asked if Joy could join them on a trip to wrath for said reason, Charlie and Vaggie agreed they could during her next school break.
Then on Valentine’s Day it over was in the air. Joy had gotten a valentine from everyone in class, with both Moxxie and Vaggie deciding to keep track of who did in case they need to remind them not to hurt their baby. That night the hotel was nearly empty. All the couples were out leaving only Husk, Angel Dust and Via to watch Joy for the night. The hybrid and owl decided to try helping the cat and spider get closer. While they didn’t completely succeed it did cause the 2 to bond over their attempts which was better than nothing.
Though the peace was shattered when Crimson decided to enact their plan.
While Joy was waiting to be picked up outside of school after her club had finished, she soon found herself surrounded by Crimsons goons. They claimed to only want to take her to meet grandpa crimson, the kid though remembering what her parents said about him along with getting an unsafe feeling from all of them refused. One tried to grab her but they made the mistake of doing so in front of Shadow. She showed them why Lucifer brought her to life. They turned into a giant hellhorse using her teeth to place Joy on their back and started to massacre the sharks. One she kicked pulping their skull and the other she bit half his face off. Realising it was not the cake walk they expected one tried to run, only to be face to face with 2 very pissed off dragons who’d arrived to pick up their mistresses daughter. After the sound of roaring, flesh tearing and screaming only one of the thugs was left alive. Razzle stayed in dragon form to keep the survivor in his place while Dazzle made a call. Cue a portal opening.
Shadow immediately rode through with being engulfed in a hug by Charlie and Vaggie before checking her over then asking if she was ok, being relieved when they promise they are. That’s when Millie and Moxxie appear panicked as they repeat the process of checking on her as the rest of the hotel arrive having heard about the attempted kidnapping. Razzle drags in the lone surging goon, who comes face to face with a pissed of princess, her partner, his bosses pissed of son and his wife who massacred the gang plus their very pissed of friends. He started talking without being asked, revealing that Crimson sent them to kidnap her for a massive ransom along with teaching Moxxie a lesson, who blew his brains out after confirming that’s all he knew. As they’d already sent Joy to bed so she wouldn’t see or hear anything more traumatising, Charlie pulled out her phone to send a single text to everyone in their family, that someone tried to kidnap Joy and to meet at the palace.
Upon arriving with Vaggie, IMP and Stolas via portal they found the sins and Lucifer already in full demon mode raging about who would dare to harm their niece/grandaughter. Shortly followed the Carmines and Rosie arrived equally infuriated about who would dare harm their granddaughter and niece. Charlie explained it was Crimson and that it was for ransom, which infuriated Azmodeus even more considering how he tried that shot with Fizz. They all started demanding blood with the princess promising they would have it. Everyone noticed just how calm and composed Charlie was, though Satan was smirking as he felt the wrath within her boiling like a volcano. She asked Mammon for a list of Crimsons businesses and associates along with a map of greed that highlighted them. Doing as asked the sin made both appear. The princess then spent 20 minutes quietly doing through the list before revealing her plan. Rosie and the Carmines would stay at the hotel to guard Joy in case they try this again. Despite wanting blood they agreed to protect her. Charlie then explained that the sins including her dad would target different businesses that crimson owned and hid associates giving them each a list. She then explained that along with Vaggie, Stolas and IMP they would go for Crimson himself shortly after the strikes began to let confusion cripple them before delivering the Final Cut. The princess quickly turned to full demon mode making it know that there would be no mercy this was a total extermination. Everyone watching was jointly scared and impressed by just how efficient and bloodthirsty Charlie was being, just goes to show you don’t fuck with a mother’s baby. The operation start time would be in 30 minutes to not allow crimson time to prepare while getting ready themselves. After getting confirmation they were ready Charlie opened a portal for her group plus Rosie and the Carmines. They didn’t bother explaining and went straight to work arming up, though Vaggie told the Prince and IMP to follow them.
After expressing surprise at how big their room was, the couple brought them to Vaggie’s forge. Here the angel revealed she had crafted each of them suits of Angelic steel armour. Stolas was black and white, the Imps got dark red with Loona getting grey. After being starstruck they fell in love with them. Once they’d all gotten kitted out with their new gear plus their usual arsenal Charlie opened a portal to an overlook over Crimsons mansion. In her armour with her demonic form out she looked absolutely terrifying.
In the mansion Crimson was awaiting the return of his crew and hopefully their return to grace. Striker was anxious about why they were taking so long, a feeling matched by Alessio but the boss brush them off. At least until one of their goons burst in telling them to turn on the tv as theirs something they’ve got to see. The 3 turn pale as the news reports the 7 deadly sins are on a rampage through greed, even more so once they realise the plays they’ve been attacking are ones they own or work with. That’s when they hear screaming from out front. The mob boss turns on the security cameras and goes still as a corpse watching as a group led by the princess and his son massacre his people. Striker goes out front hoping to settle his score with IMP especially that race traitor and his baby mama princess.
Meanwhile the Hotel crew were cutting through Crimsons gang like butter. Charlie was running off rage and adrenaline as she cut down another goon with her trident, before she noticed an imp in cowboy gear raising a pair of angelic pistols at her. He tried letting out a boast before the princess appeared in front of him near instantaneously. Before the assassins could react she had crushed both his hands forcing him to drop the guns. Charlie looked down at him spitefully saying she remembered him from the descriptions she’d heard from Stolas and IMP as Striker. She asked him how it felt facing someone stronger for a change before kicking him in the stomach hard enough to break his ribs and shoot him all the way back to Crimsons office. The princess then went back clearing the mansion, replying no one important when Vaggie asked who she sent flying.
Seeing Striker shot through his office wall with broken hands and coughing blood, Crimson realised he was fucked. Thus he used his only card left to play. Hidden in his desk was an Azmodeian crystal. It was a trophy from taking down a rival family, only good for one use but that option seemed better than nothing. Using it he told Alessio to follow as the portal didn’t last long, surprised to see him dragging striker. The mobster assumed he could be useful. The portal fizzled out just as their attackers smashed into the office. Seeing Crimson gone Charlie smashed the office to pieces before Vaggie calmed her down. As they couldn’t do anything else they looked through his files to see what he had done and who he was connected with.
Over the next few days there was a clean up. Anyone connected to Crimson was investigated and arrested, their assets seized with Charlie having them donated to the victims of Knolastname mob. Moxxie she offered the mansion but aside from some old childhood mementos and belongings from his mother he told her to burn it to the ground. With the very public purging of the family it further reminded people not to fuck with the Morningstar’s especially Charlie. At the hotel they celebrated their victory with the sinners having a lot more respect for the princess. They were a bit protective of Joy for a while but they eased up. Her parents were happy she was safe while Moxxie finally paid his dad back for all the pain he caused him.
Meanwhile on the surface Crimson, Alessio and a severely injured Striker were hiding out trying to plan their next move. Till the assassins phone went off. The caller had an offer.
After being picked up by DHORKS and healing Striker, Stella offered them a chance for revenge. They obviously took it though Andrealphus pointed out that if they tried anything involving the princess or her daughter, the king and sins would make them regret it. At the least they could get it on IMP and Stolas. The healed assassin wanted to make the princess bleed but settled for revenge on those traitors, their pet and that bird prick. Crimson was happy at the chance to hurt his shit traitor son and Alessio simply followed his boss. DHORKS weren’t happy to be working with demonic criminals but saw it as necessary to prevent demons threatening humanity. Colin meanwhile was already upset to find out sinners were being murdered regularly during exterminations but working with demon criminals who tried to hurt a child was too much. Keenie and Cletus justified by arguing they would only be going after IMP for what they did to them. Though privately they shared his feelings on both working with the criminals and the exterminations but were so focused on revenge they ignored it.
At Joys next break she went with her dad and ma to Wrath, though they stayed at the estate Satan had gifted her. Upon seeing how big it was the couple nearly had a heart attack as did the tumbleweeds. Joe and Lyn absolutely adored Joy as did the rest of the family including Sallie-May who became auntie May. They were impressed by not only how polite she was but how strong considering she managed to wrestle a hell bull to the ground to hug it. Overall the visit went very well.
At the beginning of Spring there was a ball to celebrate the start of the season. Along with the usual royalty the hotel’s inhabitants were invited as Charlie’s guests, Moxxie and Millie were invited as Joys father and latest mother, Stolas by Octavia with Blitzo as her guests and Loona with Vortex and Beelzebub. With the royal palace being covered in decorations and catered with food and drink worth more than most of hells denizens made in a year it was quite daunting for the non-royals. Moxxie in particular got a lot of attention as the sire of the princesses child, though Charlie soon got them to leave him alone. As Joy herself was too young she was at home being watched by Shadow, Razzle and Dazzle plus KeeKee, so everyone got to have a nice adult only night. They had fun but it had the chaos you could expect considering everyone from the hotel sans the young princess, the King and sins plus Rosie and her wives plus the carmines, it was certainly a memorable night.
Not long after Joys school has started back up again they’re having a festival with games, food and rides with a play that Joy was playing the main female role. Obviously the whole family went with a lot of the other parents, teachers and vendors doing their best to not piss off the sins, king, princess or overlords in attendance. Joy spent the day with her parents on the rides, snacking or playing games either getting prizes or them winning their partner prizes. The rest of the hotel crew followed suit with Husk, Bee, Ozzie, Rosie and Carmilla winning things for their respective loved ones, with mammon and the sin of gluttony especially enjoying the food provided. Angel Dust, Cherri Bomb, Clara and Niffty enjoyed the rides. Alastor found a quiet spot for tea with Rosie though was goaded into playing a few games. Once evening came around it was time for the play.
After getting everything ready in the school theatre the kids were ready as was Rosie who had volunteered to direct the play. It was the story of Lucifer and Liliths love. Joys family and friends sat in the front row, though the sins sat in the back for obvious reasons, many of the parents felt unnerved with the sin of wrath staring down at them. Joy who was playing Lilith did a great job along with showing off her singing voice, in-between taking pictures and video, her parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles were crying tears of joy. After it was over she was rewarded with praise from not only the audience but her family. Overall it was a very good day.
For ep 5. Vaggie wakes up to find Charlie bent over her desk panicking a bit about how despite all the progress Angel Dust and Pentious have made, they aren’t any closer to being redeemed. The angel moved over to support her partner, reminding her that they knew this wouldn’t be easy or quick but would take time which the princess admitted was true, she just wanted to prove it was possible before the next extermination. That’s when they hear the door open and Joy walks in asking if mommy’s ok. Vaggie explains that she’s just a bit stressed out cause it seems like they aren’t helping their patients fast enough. The hybrid reminds Charlie she told her if you’re doing something right it can take a while, which they admit is true, along with how much happier both the snake and spider have been since arriving at the hotel thanks to her and even without redeeming them she’s made their lives so much better. Her mother obviously gives her a hug. Then Joy asks why don’t they just talk to heaven directly and go over Adam’s head, as he was a big jerk explaining one of her friends moms said if the person you tried talking to doesn’t help then just go over their head if it’s important enough. Vaggie says that’s a great idea, they could ask Lucifer to get them a meeting with heaven. Charlie is reluctant as from therapy she learned of his trauma with heaven. The Angel understands but points it might their only option which she reluctantly agrees with.
Lucifer is in his workshop relaxing after a lot of meetings, audiences and paperwork happily finishing his latest rubber duck that can jump and spit fire. The joy fades as depressions sink and he looks at the old pictures of him and Charlie with Lilith, though it’s softened seeing pictures of the father daughter with Joy alone or together that manage to make him feel better. Though upon hearing his phone go off and seeing it’s his daughter he panics along with being happy. Upon answering it they talk with Charlie asking her dad if he could come to the hotel so she could show him all the progress they’ve made. He happily agrees of course as it allows him to see his little girl, her wonderful girlfriend and his beloved granddaughter.
At the hotel Vaggie gathers everyone in the lobby to inform them that the king is visiting. The staff and patrons are a mix of excited and anxious as they never really got a chance to meet the king, except for IMP and Stolas who were still a bit scared of him. The angel orders everyone to get to work and help make the place look good to Lucifer.
After a short time everyone is in the lobby ready including Joy who has the day off. Upon arriving the king pulls both his daughter and granddaughter into a hug along with greeting keekee along with Razzle, Dazzle and Shadow making sure the latter 3 remember to look after his girls. He then greets Vaggie happily who returns it before moving onto IMP and the prince. After a quick conversation with them especially Moxxie the princess starts introducing him to their staff and residents which includes Angel Dust and Sir Pentious letting him know just how much Charlie has done for them which makes the father feel pride. That’s when Alastor who had been watching from the upper floor made his appearance. This led to a brief argument as the deer felt insulted Lucifer disregarded him till Charlie told him to knock it off reminding him that her dad could kill him without thinking about it, a further wound to his pride though the bartender smiled at that.
They spent a bit more time in the lobby when to their shock Mimzy appeared to Alastors joy, Husks annoyance and the rests confusion. Though enamoured by Lucifer and Stolas, the former is confused the latter uninterested in her attention. She also offends Charlie and Moxxie with their partners when she asks if it was a surrogacy situation or if they stepped out on their partners along with offering herself to the 2. The owners quickly start up the tour with Lucifer again, with Alastor being allowed to join as the concierge while Millie and Moxxie decide to take Joy to watch a movie in the basement theatre. The flapper soon earned everyone’s disdain by voicing her relief at the kid leaving as she hates them. Here she also reveals her connection to Alastor and his rise to power to the patrons.
On the tour Alastor is hanging back as the couple explain their methods, challenges and progress with the patrons to the king. Husk who left the lobby to voice his concerns about Mimzy reminding him she normally means trouble which the deer plays off, telling him he doesn’t need to worry as he can handle anyone stupid enough to mess with him reminding the cat who owns who. Pissed Husk points out he’s not the only one wearing a chain around his throat. An enraged Alastor proceeds to put the bartender in his place with threats that leave them shaking in terror.
On the balcony after finishing with their talk about their patients progress Lucifer lets them know how proud he is of them. This is when Charlie lets him know they brought him here for more than a tour, asking him to set up a meeting with heaven. Upon seeing him freeze the princess apologises as she knows how much trauma he has from what happened but unless they speak to them directly then there’s no chance they can stop the exterminations and convince them to give the hotel a try. Though it’s interrupted before he can respond by someone shouting out for Mimzy, with a catapult of all things.
In the lobby said Flapper panics while the couple and king portal to the lobby demanding to know what’s going on. No one is happy to hear that Mimzy pissed off a bunch of loan sharks by not only taking 20 grand, but then stealing a car from them and hitting their girlfriend. Thankfully the spells stop any damage from happening but Millie and Moxxie are trying to keep a frightened Joy calm. Alastor volunteers to go out and deal with them, hoping to further prove his worth to the hotel.
After quickly dealing with them the deer confronts his friend telling her to leave, as she brought harm to the hotel and she can’t stay. Mimzy is at 1st incredulous but the angry before storming off after Alastor offers her a place if she wishes to redeem herself though he knows that’s not going to happen
Inside the father daughter pair resume their conversation. Lucifer is honest saying that as much as he wants to support Charlie he’s scared that heaven will hurt her the same way it did him. She understands but reminds her dad she still has to try, not only for her friends and partner, but so she can create a better world for Joy. Understanding her desire to protect their child, Luci agrees but charges Vaggie to protect her up there especially as she knows what it’s like in Heaven.
Charlie of course celebrates with Vaggie and Joy though it’s cut short when the hotel patrons and staff ask what Lucifer meant by Vaggie knowing heaven. This lead to them revealing Vaggie’s secret. After some intitial shock along with the obvious questions they each had their own reaction. Pentious was scared at 1st, Niffty was excited, Husk was surprised as was Angel Dust and Alastor felt threatened though upon hearing about why they got kicked out they were surprised as well. After thinking about they admitted it didn’t change anything as none of them had clean hands and unlike them she stopped when she realised what she was doing was wrong. Though they were shocked to hear their hellborn contingent already knew and managed to keep it quiet. The sinners were more shocked about the fact that heaven kept the exterminations secret with only a few knowing, though it made them feel better knowing their families weren’t ok with them being exterminated every year. The 2 promised they would do their best to convince heaven to give redemption a chance which their friends said they know they would and regardless appreciate their efforts. After leaving the lobby Charlie and Vaggie began going over their plans/argument for the trial along with a contingency plan.
For Ep 6. after getting the message from their dad that Heaven agreed to the request along with the date and time they’re preparing for both the trial and travel to the golden kingdom. It’s 2 weeks since and now is the day of the trial. As they won’t be staying long they decide to only bring the necessary materials for the trial.
Down in the lobby Angel Dust is having a drink after spending some doing the exercises Charlie has him do after therapy. Husk ask how he’s doing and the spider is honest saying being free still feels weird after all the time he spent with Valentino, which the cat can understand offering what support he can which is appreciated. Moxxie who is nearby shares his own experiences with being free from Crimson and his abuse, as does Stolas about Stella’s abuse, both promising that it’ll get better which Angel and Husk appreciate. The owners walking into the lobby like the others are shocked when they hear a loud bang from the outside then a number of curses before the door slams open revealing Cherri Bomb, the anarchist bomber. Angel is more than happy to see his oldest friend while the couple are wondering why she’s there but hope it’s something good. The cyclops reveals she’s there to take the spider out for the night to have fun which he happily agrees to. Hoping to let everyone have an easy night Charlie hands Cherri a massive wad of cash to take everyone else out which she happily agrees to. Husk, Niffty, Stolas, Blitzo and Loona agree to join while a heavily pregnant Millie and Moxxie are staying home that night with Joy. The portal to heaven opens with the princess and Angel stepping through.
They arrive on the path before the golden gates of Heaven. The couple arrive at the foot of them to meet St Peter who politely asks what their names are so he can check his records. Charlie reveals they’re not souls but emissaries from Hell for a meeting. After an initial panic he’s relieved when Sera and Emily arrive in their full angelic forms to take over, shifting into more human forms. The older seraphim welcomes them formally while the younger one is overjoyed to meet them. While Charlie was happy with how friendly and sweet Emily was, it was also partially cause she was a big part of her and Vaggies contingency plan. The seraphim led them on a short tour, with the younger of them and St. Peter enthusiastically singing its praises and welcoming them, the princess has to restrain herself when the elder reminded them the visit was only for a short time. During this they saw a winner they were sure looked like a female Angel Dust. As Emily led them to show more of heaven they ran past a shocked Adam and Lute who weren’t happy to see them, his subordinate having to hold the 1st man back from exposing their secret before Sera portalled them into her office.
The Seraphim is not happy reminding Adam she only allowed his activities as long as they didn’t threaten the safety or peace of heaven, which included keeping the exterminations secret. But now Lucifers daughter is up here trying to pedal her foolish ideas about redemption. He and Lute promise nothing will happen.
Meanwhile back with Emily and the couple she’s taken them to the zoo. Charlie absolutely loves hugging the Koalas with Vaggie enjoying the birds, answering the questions their guide has on their daughter who she calls adorable. After leaving the seraphim asks if they’d like to get ice cream which they agree to, though after the princess inhales hers they ask if there’s somewhere they can talk privately which peaks Emily’s interest. She takes them to her palace, the simple luxury of which shocks Vaggie. The couple ask the Seraphim to cast a silencing spell so no one can overhear.
They thus reveal the exterminations to her, which horrifies the Seraphim who doesn’t to believe it till they provide proof via memory and answering under truth spells along with Vaggies back. It takes her a few minutes before she’s calm enough to ask how they could keep this hidden, the former exorcist responds easily when the head of the council gave the order. Emily is silent as she lets it sink in before futilely trying to refute that before eventually giving up and accepting it’s the truth. Charlie reveals they told her because Vaggie told her how much she cared about heaven and what it stood for so they knew she wouldn’t stand for this act of blatant genocide. Understanding the meaning in that last sentence the seraphim asked what they needed her to do. The next part of the plan was complete.
At the trial Adam is his usual self calling Charlie a Karen for going to his manager, while the princess and Vaggie simply get ready to argue their case, ignoring the manchild. Sera begins the trial, worried as to why Emily seems so distant though she assumes it’s because of nerves. Charlie starts her argument by recounting the story of St. Dismas, of when being crucified alongside Jesus he showed him kindness despite his own suffering and thus was granted the right to ascend to heaven. She argues that if he could redeem himself through good deeds why can’t anyone else even sinners in Hell. That seems to win over a lot of those watching or at least makes them think over her worlds. Internally the 1st man and elder Seraphim are panicking about how well she did there.
Charlie then starts talking about Angel Dust. She talks about his past being born into a mob family that forced him into a criminal lifestyle along with being treated cruelly by them and forced to hide his sexuality along with being tricked into selling his soul to someone who abused him horrifically. That ever since staying at the hotel he’s turned his life around quitting drugs, getting therapy to heal the damage and overall be a better person. Adam interrupts mocking that their only patron is a porn star, then again they must get along well since she did let an imp knock her up out of wedlock and have a half-breed bastard. The room goes silent out of disgust for what he said, but the princess who has gone full demon form is barely holding back from tearing him apart promising to murder him if they ever insult her daughter again. Sera actually tells Adam to keep such comments to himself not happy he went there either. Vaggie further uses this as proof that he has no place to judge who’s worthy in that as everyone can attest, he’s a sexist, bigoted jackass who only got in by virtue of being the 1st man. The Elder Seraphim has to agree telling Adam to sit down and be quiet forcing him to reveal Joys dad worked for a company that killed humans for sinners. This of course causes a commotion with Sera wanting confirmation on that. The couple explain the company was being illegally operated, with those involved being punished and working for Charlie at the hotel to repay their misdeeds. Though this does cause some damage much to Adam’s enjoyment. Charlie then reiterates that no the spider isn’t their only patron, mentioning Sir Pentious as well, but as their 1st they thought that highlighting Angel Dust made sense, asking if they could watch his behaviour to prove their faith in him. Thus Sera brings up a viewing orb to observe the spider.
The couple are quickly vindicated. Angel not only turns down drugs offered by Cherri Bomb along with stopping Niffty from going crazy then calming her down when she’s upset. Though the best part is when the spider not only protects her from Valentino but stands up to his former boss. Even better when the pimp tries to strike him Stolas stops him, promising that he won’t hesitate to remind the little sinner of his place causing them to flee. At the time Pentious who’s actually more confident in himself openly makes his intentions to Cherri known and ends up doing well even if it gets derailed by the confrontation.
In the court room Charlie and Vaggie are proudly flaunting their proof in Adam’s face. Though the 1st man snaps back if he’s so good now then why isn’t he in heaven. Emily voices this too which soon spreads to the rest of the court as well. The princess for her part shocked asks if any of them knows what gets you into Heaven, which Sera silences by saying they know when a new soul has arrived and passed divine judgement. Her sister isn’t cowled, demanding to know how she can just go along with not even knowing how people actually get into the Heavenly kingdom or sent to Hell, asking if it makes it easier to exterminate those who don’t sending the room into silence, with Sera’s blood going to ice.
Emily along with Charlie and Vaggie proceed to reveal everything, the seraphim revealing the documents she stole exposing Sera’s involvement with the former exorcist explains she was left to die after being mutilated for simply sparing a child sinner. That’s a double hit as they didn’t think children went to hell. The elder seraphim tries to keep things calm before they hear shouting from outside. Smugly the 3 reveal that Emily had used her official powers to have the trial broadcast on the heavenly news, so everyone knows the truth.
A desperate and panicked Sera ends the trial, quickly ruling against redemption so she can try and clean up the mess brewing outside, to the anger of an unsurprised Charlie and Vaggie plus an incredulous Emily. Adam and Lute proceeds to boast about how they’re going to target the hotel 1st, though his former subordinate reminds the seraphim targeting it would not only risk hellborn but also the princess violating the treaty. Sera realising the danger such an act poses forbids the attack before sending Charlie and Vaggie back to hell. Emily refuses to even look at her sister flying away. When the 1st man tries to play it off an enraged Sera tells him to shut his mouth and that his stupidity has lead to a secret they’ve tried to keep hidden exposed to all of Heaven. Realising now would be a good time he and Lute leave, though once out their superiors earshot he says the hotel is still their target which she approves of, their minds clouded by petty revenge.
At the hotel the couple tell their friends what happened, impressing them with how they actually screwed heaven over, though Vaggie reminds them that Adam is still going to attack the hotel, as they hurt his pride, so they need to be ready.
It’s decided that Joy will stay with Moxxie and Millie till after the attack, as the hotel will be very chaotic till then as well as to keep her safe. She doesn’t mind as her mommy and mama visit her.
For Ep 7. the hotel crew are worried as in the week since the trial neither Charlie nor Vaggie have left their room. Even though they know that the 2 were preparing for the attack in a months time that didn’t meant they weren’t fretting over the possibility of them overworking themselves or panicking. This was put to rest when Charlie walked out in her suit looking completely normal, aside from a determined look on her face.
Before anyone could question her the princess stated that she’s sorry they were absent, but she and Vaggie were working hard to prepare a plan to fight the exorcists. The angel would take care of her part while Charlie would be going out to cannibal town to get allies. Alastor hoping to further ingratiate himself to her offered to come along which they had no issue with. Before leaving the princess made it known that as this isn’t what her staff or patrons signed up for they weren’t all free to leave, letting Stolas and IMP know they could too as their punishment doesn’t include fighting Exorcists.
Charlie and Alastor soon arrived at cannibal town with Rosie and her wives happy to see them both, the overlord being very excited by the princess’s request. She gathered the townsfolk together for Charlie to make her speech. As she knew what the cannibals wanted along with her own passionate speaking and their memory of what Vaggie did to help one of their own made them very eager to join the fight.
Upon returning to the hotel and finding not only were Stolas or IMP there working to fortify the place, but along with her sinner patrons and staff Charlie was overwhelmed with joy and gratitude. After letting them know how grateful she was along with her success in cannibal town, they opened a portal asking them to come through.
They found themselves in Charlie and Vaggies room, shocked it was the size of a whole floor though the sound of hammering metal got their attention. The princess led them to a large room where not only was the sound coming from but also a lot of heat. Inside they found the former Angel hammering away at Angellic steel. She was of course overjoyed at the news that her partners plan succeeded but realised they needed to explain. Vaggie revealed that for the last week she’s been crafting personalised Angellic weapons for the sinners of the hotel. Angel submachine guns. Husk sharpened card covers with Knuckle Dusters. Niffty an angelic dagger. Sir Pentious a sabre and revolver. Some explosive supplies for Cherri bomb. And for Alastor a hunting knife. After examining then stating how much they love the kit they ask how they’re going to equip the cannibals. The couple reveal after their dinner a few months ago they had Carmilla secretly ship a large supply of Angellic weapons along with steel just in case this situation happened. Impressed by their fore-planning they ask how much there is. Vaggie simply gives them a smile and says enough. Moving on Charlie points out they only have a month so from now on they need to train hard to win which they all agree to.
Not long after that Octavia arrives demanding to be allowed to fight with them, as those angel fuckers are threatening her dad and mums plus sisters they’re gonna fucking lay. Despite their own unease her parents agree, stating she’s nearly 18 so can decide if she wants to be here. Plus they know she wouldn’t take no for an answer anyway. Here Vaggie reveals an early 18th birthday present. It’s a suit of black and white armour with moon decorations with a surcoat depicting Via’s crest, a crescent moon above the Morningstar crest though in black and white over a purple sky. The owlet loves the gift though the angel reminds her she needs to get used to wearing it, which her dad and IMP agree with as it takes time to get to moving in it let alone fight in it. The sinners ask why Vaggie never made any for them, along with the suit being made months ago she simply points out it didn’t seem necessary till now plus time she spends on making said armour is less weapons for the fight. They all agree more weapons are better.
For Ep 8. Vox is watching via drone as the hotel prepares, laughing as he thinks they’re going to die.
At the hotel a good bye is taking place. Knowing Adam wouldn’t be above targeting their daughter, the owners and Moxxie are having Joy go to the lowest rung with the sins to protect her as a contingency plan. Millie was joining her as they were too heavily pregnant to be involved and to keep hers safe too in case she was targeted as well with Razzle, Dazzle and Shadow going with both for added security. Those present exchange promises to see each other again and wishes of good luck. It was over in a blink as the portal closed. Despite how much it hurt the 3 had a job to do so got on with it.
Charlie gathered everyone in front of the hotel. Here she gave a speech thanking everyone for their hard work and willingness to fight, promising that no matter what they would stop the exterminations and show the exorcists they can’t just come down to kill them with impunity. This galvanised the crowd before they dispersed to rest before the final battle.
At the bar the staff and patrons took the time to have one final drink. Charlie, Vaggie and Moxxie shared a drink, the imp thanking the princess for not only the chance to be in his daughters life but also be someone she can be proud of, which the angel shared as well. Charlie simply thanked them for both being great parents to Joy and her partner for being in her life always supporting them. Angel Dust and Husk shared a drink, their shared feelings still unsaid but known wordless agreeing to spend the night together. Sir Pentious who had been more open for his feelings with Cherri, found himself being dragged to her room which he had no issue with. Stolas, Blitzo, Loona and Octavia spent some time together as a family, the former 2 reiterating that no matter what happens tmrw they’re glad to have each other in their life, the latter sharing the same sentiment as sisters. Even Alastor and Niffty agree they’ve become fond of their strange little family at the hotel.
Charlie takes a moment away from the bar, breaking down at the sight of the picture on the Spiders door showing him with different members of the hotel including Joy. Vaggie who sees her is able to calm her down by pointing out how much she’s helped so many people, with the couple reiterating their love. Despite the fears of the morrow they all sleep well.
In heaven Adam is pumping up his exorcists with Lute assisting though her eagerness to murder Vaggie puts him off for a minute. Here he says that they’ll be attacking the hotel despite Sera’s orders cause he wants to teach those sinners and princess a lesson. The portal opens and they swarm through.
At the hotel they find nothing so some charge in, only then realising their mistake. Once enough of them are inside Alastor activates his shield trapping those inside and keeping the rest out, with tentacles grabbing their weapons to start cutting them down. Before they can react those inside are blinded by a fog so thick they don’t realise they’re under attack till the 1st body hits the ground. From all sides cannibals and the hotel group with Angellic steel start cutting them down. Exorcists ate cut down as they charge or blown out of the sky, fall due to shrapnel shredded wings or blindly fly into obastackes being easy prey thanks to Sir Pentious cannons switching between explosive, shrapnel or flash rounds. In the hotel Moxxie leads the sharpshooters with machine guns in adding further fire. To the imp every time he pulls the trigger or chambers a round he’s protecting his daughter’s home. Octavia cuts down her 1st exorcist by removing its head after sidestepping a strike, it doesn’t register till it’s over with many other such kills in defence of her family, Loona sticks close as they are both part of their reason to fight today her daggers drenched in gold. Charlie and Vaggie lead the kill count using their weapons and powers to create a zone of death around them. Niffty is leading the quicker cannibals in finishing off any downed angels so they don’t have to worry about them. While Husk, Stolas, Blitzo and Angela Dust watched each others back, the latter enjoying annoying the former with crude jokes.
Tired of this Adam charges to break the shield before going straight for Alastor, according to plan. The shield had to be created by someone powerful but not enough that Adam would swarm them with exorcists, someone he felt he could beat. Thus the radio overlord. Though he didn’t follow the plan to signal for help when it was needed, too proud and stubborn in his own power. While he gave a good showing, once the 1st man broke his staff then dealt him a wound he fled, much to the pleasure then annoyance of a watching Vox.
The battle continues in the courtyard. Angel rescues Frank the egg boi from an exorcist, just before Adam reappears. Charlie with Stolas, Octavia and Vaggie helping opens portals to get everyone near them to place them in a protective shield as the 1st man starts firing beams of holy magic at the hotel and them. Seeing that they can’t do anything while holding the shield up and with Adam distracted, Sir Pentious sends a message he recorded for Cherri in case the worst came before boarding his airship. He gets close enough to bring out the main cannon but is blasted away in less than a second as he’s noticed by a dismissive 1st man. Enraged and heartbroken at the death of their friend/2nd guest Charlie decides she’s done. Adam turns before a punch sends him flying into the hotel wrecking it, courtesy of a full demon form princess a look of pure hate in her eyes.
Vaggie goes to assist but is interrupted by a bloodthirsty Lute. The exorcist brags how after she kills them and her Bitch, she’ll find their halfbreed bastard to send with them. Less than a second later her left arm is removed thanks to a precision shot from an enraged Moxxie. Her former subordinate wastes no time on swatting her aside with a slap hard enough to send them flying into debris knocking her out. Vaggie doesn’t even spare her another glance.
Adam gets up in the ruins of the hotel, doing his best not to show his panic. He sees a silhouette and fires a beam at it but it’s nothing. This continues with further false appearances of the princess and his former subordinate. The 1st man is so focused on them that he doesn’t notice his attackers have each removed an arm each. They proceed to beat the ever loving shit out of him, venting their anger and pain at how he murdered Charlie’s people, turned Vaggie into a weapon then left her to die when they decided to stop along with insulting their daughter. By the time they’re done Adam’s face is more like pounded meat. Deciding to waste no more time they each bring out their trident plus Spear and drive them into his heart ending his life with not even a whimper. Lute regains consciousness to find his corpse, after futilely trying to wake him up Charlie gives her one last chance to flee. Taking the warning she grabs Adam’s Halo before fleeing with the other surviving exorcists back to heaven.
With the battle over the survivors go through the wreckage. Stolas and Blitzo reunite with their daughters glad to see them unharmed with Via becoming fonder of the imp after he saved her from a sneak attack. Angel Dust is happy to find his pig Fat Nuggets unharmed with Husk at his side. Charlie for her part helps Keekee trapped under some debris. Though upon seeing the banner commemorating their fallen friends 1st week she breaks down, feeling like she failed, something that Vaggie and a newly arrived Lucifer do their best to help her out of. They remind her that while yes they lost Pentious and others, she stood up to the exterminations stopping one for the 1st time ever along with all the other good she’s done. The others soon join in, a newly re motivated princess gets up to join them in rebuilding the hotel. Alastor meanwhile is having a breakdown at nearly dying, becoming even more determined to gain his freedom. After reuniting with their daughter and Moxxie with Millie as well as their guardian companions they get to work. With Lucifer and Charlie’s powers it takes less than a day, being even grander than before along with a statue and portrait to memorialise their brave snake. This is when Alastor returns to the annoyance of Lucifer and Husk, but the joy of the rest of the sinners and Charlie.
The news about not only the defeat of the extermination but Adam’s death at Charlie’s hands sends a shockwave throughout Hell. Not only is it further proof not to fuck with the princess but a sign that things might just be changing. It also brings a spotlight onto the patrons and staff. Octavia being not only the last of 2 houses and to be adopted into the Royal family, but the 1st Goetia to slay angels in millennia heralds her as a true force of nature. Stolas also proves himself not to be trifled with. IMP for their part become legends for being the 1st hellborn to kill exorcists.
In the aftermath the Vees plot for their hypothetical takeover while the hotel recovers. In cannibal town the residents are honoured with medals of molten exorcist weapons along with a memorial statue with a plaque made from Adams guitar. For her assistance Rosie and Carmilla for supplying the weapons plus material are given appropriate personal gifts and awards as well.
In heaven Sera and Emily are shocked the appearance of the snake sinner from the trial in front of them. While the younger sister feels joy at being proven right, the older one feels horror at the idea she had been making a horrible mistake.
On Earth upon hearing about the victory, DHORKS are terrified at how the demons defeated the angels seeing it as further proof they have to be ready to protect against future incursions. Cherub are shocked that the exorcists were beaten wondering if they are on the right path. Stella, Crimson and Striker simply see the acclaim their enemies have received as further motivation for revenge. Alessio simply follows his boss while Andrealphus is simply trying not to let their stupidity get him killed.
On a beach in heaven Lute confronts Lilith, throwing down Adam’s halo revealing his death. She tells her that the deal is done, that if they want to stay she has to stop her daughter’s hotel from happening. Before leaving the exorcist tells the queen she’s a grandma now. The shock at this news mixes with Liliths joy that she can finally reunite with her family and make up for the lost time.
An in-depth with the Earth meets Hell au possibly?
No pressure at all I just really liked it and was sad it wasn't as in depth as your other stories
Yeah that was one of my earlier ones, before I started putting more detail into them. I might revisit it one day like a did a few of my other older ones. Glad you liked it regardless.
Hey this is another redo of an au I realise I could do much better. For anyone who wants it. TW: Rape, Murder, Drug and alcohol use, genocide and Valentino.
It’s the year 1000AD and the mood in heaven is as joyous as always for the Angels within, along with any Winners who earned their way into the blessed kingdom. The leader of the heavenly council is of course distracted. She has just left a meeting discussing the state of the humans upon earth, it is as usual a mix of good and bad. For every good deed there seems to be an act of evil to follow it regardless of where they happen. They continue to prove why heaven was right to fear the evil being brought into the world Lucifer and Lilith caused by giving Eve the apple. The Seraphim feels sad thinking about Lucifer. Sera was amongst the 1st angels created after god made his children the archangels. Unlike them Sera and the rest were not siblings so they could have children together and create new Angels together or alone to fill his kingdom. She had once been the Morningstar’s friend in those early days. While others shunned his ideas Sera thought him a sweet and joyful soul, full of promise and potential. She smiles as she looks down at a pond of ducks, remembering his favourite creation. Sera regrets how things went and how the council had chosen her to be the one to decide the couples sentence, as a test of her loyalty to heaven and its laws. That was 1 of 2 choices that still haunt her to this day.
As the angel walks into her home, a palace unlike any on earth she remembers happier times within and without it of her life, with someone she misses everyday. In her personal study hangs a portrait of the Seraphim when she was once known as Raziel and her beloved wife Camael on the day of their wedding, both resplendent in their dresses. Her wife Camael had like her been created after the archangels allowing them to fall in love and marry. They had both been prominent members of the kingdom in their own way. Raziel was truly talented at helping to guide the council and shape the way heaven would be run, while Camael proved herself not only a fine craftswoman in the art of weaponry but a deadly and ruthless fighter along with strong inventive leadership and administrative skills. That is why she had been chosen to become the 1st new archangel with all the responsibilities and privileges with it. For a time they were happy and even planning to start their family.
Then the creation of Eden, Adam and Lilith, her refusal to submit to him, her meeting lucifer, the creation of eve and the apple, the couples trial and banishment. Camael had also been friends with Lucifer, despite her more serious personality she was fond of him, so she could never truly forgive her wife for banishing him. It was a year before they slept in the same bed again, Raziel making it known just how much it broke her heart, though while she stopped treating her coldly and returned to how things were Camael’s fire burned bright to change things.
She emerged as the leader of a rebellion of angels that wished to change the status quo of heaven. It was shortly before this rebellion that the couple learned Camael was pregnant. Throughout the process Raziel did her best to to make peace meeting with her wife personally to end the violence though she refused. In their last meeting before the rebellions end Raziel fell to her knees weeping begging Camael to lay down at least her own arms so that they could have the life with their children they always wanted. Despite the pain at seeing her wife so desperate and afraid she refused as they believed they were doing what was necessary to change heaven for the better. Raziel was thus forced to make the hardest choice of her life.
She told Camael she wanted the fighting to end, so had information that could win them a decisive victory they needed. The rebel leader went to meet her only to discover it was a trap. She found herself not only surrounded by an army but Michael with the rest of the archangels. Normally they would try to fight their way out but was unable to fight so late into her pregnancy, so Camael no choice but to surrender.
The trial was quick. All the rebels were sentenced to banishment to hell. Raziel tried to convince Camael to stay to have their children so they could be raised in heaven. Enraged at her betrayal the former archangel refused, ensuring their children would grow up in hell and Raziel would never meet them. Despite the praise and rewards she got including being made head of the council under the archangels, Raziel felt nothing but ashes in her mouth. Not only had she lost her beloved wife but would never get to see her children born or raise them. She fell into a severe depression that lasted months in which she refused to leave her home, bathe and rarely eat which while not a necessity for angels was still concerning. The archangels hoped a way to fill in that hole her lost family left could fix her broken heart. They appeared at her door one day carrying a baby seraphim confusing the woman. They explained she was to replace Lucifer and bring joy to heaven, that as she was made using her essence she was thus her sister and they hoped she would be willing to raise them. Seeing their sweet smiling face brought some joy back into Raziel’s heart and after a moment agreed taking the babe and holding it in her arms, a warmth she missed returning to her. After getting used to taking care of her new sister Emily, she returned to her duties as head of the council though chose to take a new name to separate herself from her past. She was now Sera.
Sera smiles as she remembers her years raising her sister. The joys of her 1st words and steps to them teaching her how to fly properly. Then she helped her learn her duties of bringing joy to heaven and its people, a task she performed extraordinarily well. She helped winners newly arrived adjust, helped look after children whose parents hadn’t arrived yet or didn’t ensuring they were safe and happy along with helping her sister run the council. Though those happy memories also bring a familiar ache. As much as she raised Emily she wasn’t her mother only her sister. Looking at the portrait of her wife an idea starts to form within her mind.
The next morning she goes to see the Archangels who are more than happy to see her as she’s family due to her marriage to Camael. After some small talk, Sera politely refused to have breakfast with them and let them know she was here with a request. They were of course intrigued as she had never done so before. Sera revealed that she knew they still had some of Camaels essence like they did hers, so she wants their permission to use it to have a child that is made up of herself and her wife. The family is quiet upon hearing this request but Michael responds agreeing to it, as she’s done plenty of good for heaven and she deserves something for herself. Raphael opens a portal to where the essences are stored and retrieves Camaels essence. He asks how Sera wants to do it, as in heaven Angels or winners can decide to either have their children created instantly as babies or carry them for 9 months. Sera chooses to carry the child and feel it grow inside of her. Raphael’s uses his powers to draw some of the essence out, the source soon regenerating what it’s lost, then places it above Sera’s womb where it soon absorbs into her. Despite only just receiving it she can feel her child. Sera thanks the archangels and portals home, where she collapses into bed happily hugging her belly while weeping tears of joy. After an hour of this she gets to work.
Sera starts by getting the baby stuff she used for Emily out of storage, picking out the room for the nursery and setting it up, which with her powers took 30 minutes. She then called Emily asking her to come home ASAP as she had big news to tell her. The younger seraphim flew so fast that she flew through the door and hit the wall shocking them terrifying her sister, though she was soon back on her feet both excited and anxious about what Sera had to tell her. She simply smiled and said she was going to be aunt.
After a second to process this, she let out a scream of joy so loud it was heard even in hell, then squealed as she pulled Sera into a hug twirling her around the room before putting her down. This is when Emily asks how she got pregnant since she hadn’t been dating anyone. Sera then explains and while surprised Emily understands as she knew how much her sister regretted what happened, so this way she can have the family she didn’t with Camael in some way. Sera then shows her the nursery and she loves but admits she would’ve like to decorate it with them. Emily is ecstatic once her sister lets her paint a mural above the crib. Emily proceeds to use her powers to create a mural depicting her, Sera and Camael standing over the crib on clouds. Sera of course loved it even if her heart twinged at the fact her wife would never meet their baby. Later over dinner, which Emily refused to let Sera help with, they went over the plans for the baby. Sera revealed that she would be stepping down at 6 months and would not return to her council duties till the baby was 2. Emily was shocked as anything more than a few days off and her sister would be desperate to go back to work. The biggest shock came when Sera asked her to take over for her until she returned. Emily after absorbing that information was of course shocked asking if she was sure, Sera simply smiled she trusted no one but her which made her feel very happy and proud that her sister trusted them to do her job for her. They continue discussing her plans for the baby.
Sera announced her pregnancy one month later. The reaction was first shock then Joy as Sera due to her tenure as the head of the council’s known as the Queen of heaven. She was also known as the mother of heaven due to her stern but fair, kind and just rule. Many were looking forward to the arrival of heavens new princess.
Sera spent the first 6 months of her pregnancy teaching Emily how to do her job so she would have some good advice and experience before she took her maternity leave. At month 7 they threw a party to celebrate before she left organised by Emily. Sera spent the night getting gifts and congratulations which while she enjoyed, just collapsed into bed afterwards exhausted.
Over the next 2 months Sera continued preparing for the birth with Emily helping while adjusting to being the head of the council. Sera also decided to leave the gender as a surprise to make the birth even more magical.
Early into the 9th month it finally happened. Sera was in bed when she felt her legs get wet, she realised quickly and called first Raphael, then Emily. The Archangel portaled into her room calmly, while Emily flew from the council chamber to Sera’s bedroom running on excitement and panic though it cleared up quickly once she took a breath. Unlike human births Angelic ones were much less painful just tiring due to the parent needing to push a child with wings out. Sera during this time in-between pushing and resting was starting to regret punishing Eve and humanity to have painful births, along with periods based on what she’d heard from Winners. Thankfully as the Archangel of medicine Raphael and Emily who had assisted as midwife before knew exactly what to do.
The Labour lasted 6 hours and it was ended with the sound of a baby’s cries. Emily immediately moved to wash the child, noticing she had a niece while doing so. After Raphael looked her over he bundled her up before handing them to Sera. She broke down into happy tears upon seeing and holding her for the first time. She noticed they had skin like Camaels with it being greyish-lavender. Her hair was a mix of theirs being more graying-white with the tips being a faded purple. The eyes were another mix with pink sclera and ivory irises. What stood out most were her small 6 white wings upon her back. After crying for nearly an hour she chose to name her daughter Agatha, Emily fawning over how wonderful it as along with how beautiful her new niece is. Raphael also gave his compliments and promised to come by for a follow up on the baby before giving the family some privacy. After an exhausting day Sera rested while Emily put Agatha in a diaper, onesie and bundled up before handing them to her sister, complimenting her on how beautiful the baby is and how proud of her they are. Sera thanked her before she left. Afterwards Sera played Agatha on her chest and wrapped her 6 wings around them to keep them both safe and warm. Inbetween the thoughts of joy and happiness there was some bitter sadness as she accepted her wife would never get to meet them.
Sera took a day to recover letting Emily help her before taking over. Sera was a devoted mother who never put her daughter down unless she was doing something that required it, giving her to Emily then taking her back immediately. She also slept with Agatha for the 1st year owing to her protective nature towards them.
A month after her birth Sera presented Agatha to the elite of heaven, despite her own misgivings it was required as head of the council. The reception went very well with many viewing her birth as a good omen and the child herself would go on to do great things. The Archangels treated her as their niece due to her 2nd mother being a former member and made it known they would enjoy seeing her or even watching her for the Seraphim. Then Adam spoke to her. He was his usual self and boasted that kids loved him plus having multiple kids made him an expert, Sera did her best to not point out Cain and Abel. She handed Agatha to him, he held her under her armpits and at a distance. Her mother was about to intervene before Agatha projectile vomited on his face. The room which was watching the 1st man went silent, then burst out laughing at him. Remembering not only was the kids mom Sera, but the Archangels were there too, so despite his rage at the humiliation he handed Agatha back to their mom and walked out fuming as the laughter continued. Sera who had also been laughing wiped her daughter’s face and smiled as they started laughing too.
Till Agatha was 2 Sera spent as much of her time with them as possible, the only exceptions when she had appointments or she was allowing Emily and the Archangels time to spend with her. Sera also gifted 2 stuffed duck toys that Lucifer had made for any children he and Camael had. Agatha loved the two and held them close, crying when even 1 was taken away from her. Their names were Splish and splash. Once Agatha was old enough Sera brought them to life to keep her company and protect her, the two being able to transform into large griffins when she was threatened.
Shortly before Agatha was 1 and a 1/2 years old she said her 1st word. Unfortunately it was fuck. Sera had been visiting Emily at the council while the Archangels were present and Adam was also there, the baby having heard him say it. The room went ice cold before almost everyone except for Adam who was frozen solid and Sera who was horrified then enraged before the other occupants burst out laughing. The Seraphim handed her daughter who was continuously saying it cause everyone was laughing at it to Emily, a look of pure rage on her face. Adam wisely ran and fled from the mother, he only got outside the building before she in full Angel form got him. After a promise to make Hell seem like a vacation if he ever cursed in front of her child again. A terrified Adam simply nodded before fleeing and avoiding her for a month. This reminded heaven not to piss off the queen, especially when it came to her daughter.
After Agatha turned 2 Sera returned to her former position as head of the council. Though rather than leave her daughter at home she took her with her. She was in her office with her or on her lap during meetings if she wasn’t with Emily. It was during this time that the exterminations were approved. Adam presented the idea before, which Sera had rejected each time though this time was different. The 1st man used her protective instincts as a mother, pointing out that if Hell rose up then Agatha would be at risk. The possible scenarios ran through Sera’s head till she reluctantly agreed to allow him to set up a group to carry it out, with rules. The exorcists and their activities would be top secret from everyone outside of it except for her and it would only be done once a year with the caveat they couldn’t harm child sinners. Adam was ecstatic till she revealed she would meet with Lucifer and agree the terms much to his annoyance till she silenced him by saying it was that or no extermination which he simply accepted and sulked out of the room.
Sera calls the meeting with Lucifer in the heavenly embassy in hell for the next day. As usual seeing the king hurts the angels heart, vice versa for him seeing her. They start with the usual pleasantries before she reveals the new plans for the exterminations asking that Lucifer agree. After agreeing only if hellborn and royalty are spared the meeting ends soon after. Sera is tempted to tell him about her daughter but decides against it leaving quickly afterwards.
The next several years continue with Sera raising Agatha with Emily and the Archangels help. They helped her learn how to walk, read and write along with how to write. Once Agatha is old enough to start attending school Sera has her homeschooled by the best minds of Heaven winner and Angel. This helped young Agatha to gain a well rounded and unsurpassed education even amongst the angels. She also received personal tutoring from the archangels. Jophiel taught her about the arts and how to create beauty in the different forms along with Uriel though they also taught her about the different sciences that even humanity hadn’t mastered yet such as chemistry, physics and biology. Raphael taught her about medicine along with how to treat both sicknesses and injuries of the body and minds of both angels and humans. Gabriel taught her the importance of one’s words both spoken and written, as the right ones at the right time can be more powerful than an army and the importance of diplomacy in matters of state affairs as well as how to properly spread a message and information. Ariel taught her about nature, how all its parts must be nurtured and protected to create beauty in its plants and animals. Zadkiel taught her the importance of mercy and giving people a chance to redeem themselves. Azrael was the angel she was most scared of, but she was gentle and helped Agatha to see the role death plays in the natural cycle. Michael though taught her the skills she took to the most, just like her exiled mother, War. He taught her the importance of both strategy and tactics to respectively win both wars and battles, along with logistics, recruitment, leadership and anything else a good war leader needs. Under his tutelage she became a phenomenal general, but the one aspect she truly excelled at was combat. Under Michael Agatha learned how to hone her body and rage into a perfect weapon, able to cut down anything that stood in her way. Her magical powers were also improved. Raphael taught her how to heal any physical wound and sickness, Jophiel how to create truly magnificent works of art and beauty artificial and natural, Gabriel how to open portals that can take you anywhere on heaven and earth simply by visualising where you wish to go, Ariel how to use her powers to bring life back to dead areas and make them bloom again. Michael taught her how to use beads of light to vaporise her targets in battle, create waves of light to cut down multiple targets and how to move like a bolt of thunder hard and fast. By the time she turned 18 Agatha was educated amongst beyond the greatest minds of humanity.
Outside of her education Agatha had a genuinely happy childhood. Her mother while stern was loving and attentive with Emily being the fun aunt. Upon hearing that she wanted a pet Sera had the grounds of the palace populated by animals from across history. It was normal to see Agatha playing with wolves, flying with birds and sleeping curled next to tigers. Her guardians Splish and Splash were her closest companions along with bodyguards ready to protect her at a moments notice. It was normal for the 3 to fall asleep curled up anywhere in the palace or its grounds. She also saw plenty of heaven on trips with her mom or aunt. They took Agatha to the zoo to see and learn about the animals of heaven and earth, art galleries to see the great works of heaven along with plays, to the amusement parks they had to keep people happy and joyful. Agatha has many happy memories of her time with her mother, aunt Emily and sometimes with the Archangel’s joining them. Emily also made sure that she interacted with children her own age by taking her to the centre for young souls. It was set up to look after children who came to heaven alone. Ideally it would temporary until homes could be found for them. They looked for relatives who had a relationship to the child and if they were interested along with being suitable. If they couldn’t then they would be adopted by interested adoptive parents. It also housed those child winners who wished to stay children instead of growing up. The centre acted as a care home and school for them to experience safe childhoods, that many of them were sadly denied on earth. The angels assigned to it are made especially to keep the children safe and happy, helping them when they have flashbacks or nightmare of past trauma, along with helping those with difficulties. Many of the children feel genuinely safe and loved. Emily as the angel of joy regularly goes to look in on the children and make them happy, they call her aunt Emily. Sera also attends though due to her duties not as often, being nicknamed mama Sera. Agatha was glad to be able to play with other kids her own age and later on became like a big sister to them. This gave her a strong protective side towards children.
One thing that surprised everyone was how she took after her mother Camael in one specific way. Sera told her more as she grew up about her other mother and eventually told her what happened, letting Agatha know why she was banished along with the angels she took with her to hell. Despite never meeting either of them, the young Angel felt a strong desire to be closer to her in some way. This drove her to go to the part of the palace Sera had forbidden her to when she’s 14. Within was her mother’s old forge along with her materials and journals. Agatha read them gaining an understanding for her mother and also how to forge Angelic Steel, which gave her a drive to see if she could be as good Camael was at forging weapons. She waited till she knew her mother would be away on business as well as Emily when she had no lessons planned. Donning her mother’s forge apron, which she had to shorten, putting her hair in a bun, putting on the forcing gloves and gathering the necessary materials she got to work. Remembering every instruction in the journals along with her own instincts she spent the entire day and night forging her 1st weapon. Sera and Emily arrived the next morning as they had been kept out due to business when they found the Archangels at the gates to their palace. They revealed they were there as Agatha hadn’t arrived to meet them that morning and they were worried. Her mother and aunt were shocked as it wasn’t like the girl to shirk her duties. Sera led them in and started calling for her daughter, she froze smelling the scent of a forge fire as did the archangels. The seraphim flew to the source as did the others including a confused Emily. They arrived to find the forge active and Agatha almost the spitting image of Camael at work. Sera of course demanded to know why her daughter disobeyed her, Agatha argued back she wanted to learn more about her other mother and reading her journals made her feel the desire to forge something like she did. The resulting product was a work of art. It was an ear dagger or blade of mercy. It was rather simple with the only embellishments being the ears made to look like angel wings and engravings on the blade itself. The sheath was made of lavender leather and angelic steel. It was simple but beautiful and deadly. Michael looked at the blade and was impressed that this was her 1st attempt, he claimed that Agatha was a master craftswoman like her mother, offering to let her continue in their training. While Sera wasn’t happy her child was taking after her wife, but didn’t feel like going against the lord of heaven. With Michael at her side Agatha forged her spear along with a number of throwing daggers, shield and broadsword of Angelic steel to use. He also oversaw her creating a suit of lavender and silver angelic steel armour. This earned her acclaim as heavens forge mistress like her mother was. Sera took comfort in the fact Agatha made more than just weapons. For her and Emily’s birthday they both got a necklace made of angelic steel with the gemstones being actual stars.
When Agatha turned 18 she was considered an adult by heavens standards, but angels aren’t considered mature enough to take on official duties till they turn 180 so they can get more life experience, education and skills to ensure they’re able to do their jobs properly. Which Agatha was more than willing to do.
Her 18th birthday party was quite the occasion. Sera ensured it was fitting for the princess of heaven becoming an adult. She had the finest food and drink provided, the best performers and the sky had a cascade of fireworks which dazzled the attendees. All the most important people of heaven especially the Archangels. Agatha had a great time having a lot of fun spending time with her family and friends. Of course Adam had to ruin it. Despite knowing she was a lesbian after she came out at 14 the 1st man tried flirting with her now that she was 18 along with using his nickname for her Vaggie, unknowingly earning looks of murder from Sera, Emily and the Archangels. Agatha for her part decided to put him in his place. She proceeded to not only let him know that even if she wasn’t gay she would rather fuck a rusty nail then him, along with saying she can’t believe a complete asshole like him made it into heaven then retracts it by saying an asshole is useful unlike him. She then finishes by saying she’s sorry that Eve was forced to be married to him as he is proof that even god needed a 1st draft for humanity. Agatha’s volume had attracted the attention the entire party. The room was silent before everyone just burst out laughing including the archangels, her aunt and mother. Adam being both enraged and humiliated wanted to put Agatha in her place, thankfully Lute kept him back and reminded him where they were along with in front of who. The 1st man realised trying to hurt the daughter of the council head in front of them, her aunt and the Archangels was very much suicide so he wisely just grumbled and left. The party continued with Agatha’s putdown of Adam being the most memorable part of the night.
Agatha continued her training under the archangels and even started attending college for a number of courses till her 180th birthday. Once she was able to start her duties Agatha split her time between assisting Sera and Emily in their duties. This gave her vital experience in both the administration of heaven and how to make sure its people are happy. Angels don’t need to sleep to regain energy, it’s another way to relax for them, nice but not necessary. This left Agatha plenty of time to carry out her duties, continuing her training with the archangels, hobbies such as gardening, baking, cooking and forging. Also she attended college whenever she wanted to learn something new, which happens regularly when you live for over a 1000 years.
On the romance side of things it was a bit more interesting. Agatha told her mom she was a lesbian at 14, considering heaven had no issue with it Sera was very supportive. This meant she regularly attempted to set her up. It didn’t go to the extent of arranged marriages just trying to find a nice girl(s) that her daughter could hopefully marry and give her grandchildren. Emily thankfully talked to her sister, convincing her to let Agatha make her own decisions regarding her romantic life. Though she still sometimes suggested girls for her to at least talk to, helped by the fact her staff knew if you had a female friend or relative that was single it’s a good idea to mention it to her. Agatha had 3 ladies she dated shortly in the last 2 centuries. 1. Margaret was a recent arrival who’d just discovered she was exclusively attracted to women after an arranged marriage in Victorian England. Sera suggested Agatha date her as a way to help her get some experience dating women and possibly see if she was a good fit. They dated for 3 months before deciding they were better as friends. Agatha gave her advice, helped her meet ladies and looked after her son when she went out. They became good friends and her son called her aunty Aggie which she loved. She learned that her former husband was an inventor who caused their deaths when one of his inventions exploded. 2. Agatha was having coffee when she met a new doe winner named Bernadette. She had arrived from Louisiana a year ago. The 2 got to talking and well Bernadette was a bit flustered when she realised Agatha was flirting with her. The Seraphim apologised but the winner wasn’t offended just surprised. They went back to her apartment were she explained to Agatha she’d always felt attracted to both men and women, this is where after more information the angel explained she might be pansexual, after which Bernadette realised the definition fit her. This resulted in the 2 going to dinner and dating for a short time. After breaking up they stayed friends with Agatha introducing her to their wife and being her best woman. Over their long friendship she learned about her son who despite Bernadette doing her best knew he had done awful things even if she didn’t know the specifics of them. 3. Molly was a spider winner who was glad she could be an open lesbian. The two started out as friends before briefly dating though they later broke up and continued being friends. The spider confided in them that her brother was closeted like Molly but fell into the family’s mob business and drugs. After they broke up Agatha could tell Emily liked her so encouraged her aunt to ask Molly out. Despite some initial shyness, the two were still together by the 2020s
Not long after she turned 18 Agatha confided something personal in her mother. She revealed that while she does experience Sexual attraction to other women, she wants to spare her 1st time with a partner she sees herself being together permanently. Sera of course lets her know that’s no reason to be ashamed. She admits that Camael was her only partner in that sense and she hasn’t been with anyone else since as it just didn’t feel right. Agatha was grateful for the support and after hugging the two spent the night watching movies once they made dinner.
It’s Dec 30th 2020, 4 years before the pilot. Agatha is exhausted, as she along with Emily were the main planners for that years Christmas celebrations. It’s always a lot of fun but absolutely exhausting though it’s always worth it cause it makes everyone happy. Plus Jesus is a wonderful guy and it’s nice to let him see just how much they all appreciate and love him. Agatha still remembers when he watched her as a kid sometimes. Now she needs to prepare for the new year celebration. She’s on the way to talk to her mom to get some signatures to approve a few things, though she stops hearing Adam and Lutes voice. Agatha knows eavesdropping is wrong but she can’t help it. She overhears them mention something about tmrw involving hell and needing to be discrete. Her curiosity peaked she realises the need to not look suspicious. So Agatha knocks on the door announcing she’s there for some signatures for the New Year’s party. Sera shoos Adam and Lute out, both exchanging glares with the youngest seraphim who returned it. After sighing them her mother let her know that Michael wanted to see her. Agatha wasn’t surprised as she regularly met with one or more of the archangels regularly. She left just as her mother started asking if she was taking a date to tmrws party.
Agatha portalled to the Archangels palace, their meeting place they all had their own palaces. She walked in passing the multiple portraits and mosaics that showed them at different points, including those no longer amongst them. Arriving at the meeting room she found Michael in his seat next to the now empty one of Lucifer and on the far end Camaels similarly empty seat. He gestured for Agatha to approach as he stood up and moved to stand in front of the large window overlooking heaven. Michael started by complimenting Agatha on not only her continued training with them but her hardwork in helping her mother and aunt in their duties. Michael then reveals he and the other archangels have been talking and they’ve decided to offer her Camaels place amongst them. Agatha is of course frozen in shock. Michael for his part understood and let her know they weren’t expecting an answer immediately, if she wanted to she could take as much time as she needed the offer would be there when she was ready. Agatha thanked him and left to return to her room in the palace, mentally drained cuddling up with Splish and Splash.
For hours before and after dinner her mind was racing thinking about the offer she was given, to become an archangel. Though this was soon replaced by thoughts about what she had overheard in her mother’s office. Hell wasn’t discussed much in heaven so anything to do with it was something to take extremely seriously. Agatha went over the various scenarios: an invasion of or by hell, an assassination mission, Lucifer had been overthrown etc. just driving herself crazy with what could be the reason. That’s why she decided to find out the truth.
Agatha spent the night planning, she would use an invisibility spell to follow Adam, at her power level only another Seraphim or above would see through it. On the preparation stage she placed everything she might need into her pocket dimension. This included her weapons and armour along with Splish plus Splash.
The next morning she left the palace at sun rise to wait outside Adam’s. He didn’t leave till near mid-day. She followed him to a compound at the edge of heaven, Sera forbid her from going near as it was a military base and top-secret. Agatha waited near the top of the tower, not wanting to risk being caught. She couldn’t hear what Adam was saying but did wonder while there were so many female looking angels with weapons here. Once the portal opened to a red sky she assumed was hell, she waited till the last one went through before going herself. What she saw horrified. Agatha watched as those women hunted who she could only assume were sinners and cutting them down.
She watched as Lute began advancing on a crying child sinner. After feeling heartbroken that children could go to hell, it gave way to righteous anger. Lute soon found herself thrown across the street. Agatha looked down at the crying child, telling him to run before turning to face the lieutenant as she got back to her feet. She was shocked to see the council heads daughter who demanded to know why they were there.
Adam soon arrived and was more annoyed than shocked. Agatha reiterated her demand and promised that she would see to it her mother banished them both to hell for this atrocity. The 1st man simply laughed revealing Sera was the one who ordered it. Agatha wanted to refute it but what she overheard in her mother’s office made that impossible. Rather than argue she left the scene, needing time to just think as her whole world came crashing down.
Agatha hid in an alleyway behind a dumpster and just started crying. She couldn’t understand why her mother, someone they looked up to and idolised could order something so horribly cruel. And if she was a part of, what’s to say the Archangels weren’t as they ranked above her and Sera wouldn’t be able to do it without them knowing right.
The Angel stayed like that for hours until she couldn’t cry anymore, until the extermination ended. Then she heard the most beautiful voice asking if she was ok. Agatha looked up to see the most beautiful woman looking down at her. She had beautiful red eyes like rubies, hair as bright as gold and skin as pale as ivory. And her smile could warm up an arctic tundra. It makes her blush and smile back, which causes the mystery woman to do the same ticking some hair behind her ear.
She introduces herself as Charlie and asks if she’s ok. Agatha doesn’t really say anything just shakes her head for no. Charlie asks if it’s her 1st day in hell and the angel responds yes cause technically it is. She is of course sympathetic as it’s bad enough your 1st day in hell, let along falling during an extermination. Charlie then offers her a place to stay if she likes. The Angel knows she shouldn’t trust strangers, especially in hell so easily but something about her made it easier for Agatha to trust Charlie. Though she was thrown for a loop when they asked what her name was. Thinking it over she knew her life in heaven was over as she couldn’t return knowing what her mother had done, so Agatha was a name she no longer needed. She decided to go by the nickname Adam gave her. Charlie smiled, saying Vaggie is pretty name making her blush as she led them to their home.
After arriving at Charlie’s home, Vaggie was shocked to see it was a hotel, even if it was a rather rundown one. Entering she was also surprised to see 2 flying goats in suits that immediately hugged Charlie and licking her, filling the room with wonderful laughter. The demon apologised for the hotels condition as she only moved in a few years ago and is working to restore it. The angel for her part simply walked around till she stopped in front of a portrait the Charlie with a tall woman with horns and a shorter man in suit and top hat that looked very familiar. This is when the demon reveals that they are her parents Lilith and Lucifer Morningstar, the king and queen of hell. Vaggie freezes as she turns to look at Charlie in shock as she speaks her thoughts, that she was the princess of hell. Charlie blushes in embarrassment while simply nodding.
Vaggie takes a few minutes to process this before blurting out that she can’t be the princess of hell, she’s too nice, friendly and beautiful. Charlie of course blushes before telling her despite the stories her parents aren’t that bad. After gesturing for her to sit down, the princess sends Razzle and Dazzle to get something for her after introducing them to Vaggie while she made them both tea. This is when she’s introduced to KeeKee, who after shocking her happily snuggles into her lap. Charlie squeals at this and the angel just enjoys calming feeling of her purrs. After the goat bois return she reads her friend the story of her parents fall. Vaggie is of course trying to reconcile this account with her what she heard in heaven. Aside from the rebellion her mother took part in which was seen as a pointless and destructive war, lucifer was seen more as a tragic prideful figure. Sera and the archangels didn’t like to talk about him but said he was a dreamer who sadly didn’t fit and let his dreams damn him. After finishing it Charlie hopes she can help her see that hell isn’t all bad and she can have a happy afterlife. Vaggie still can’t believe someone so sweet, hopeful and optimistic is the princess of hell. Considering how late it is they order takeout and spend it talking, Charlie promising to show her around pride as sinners aren’t allowed to leave while Vaggie does her best to answer her questions about herself without revealing her past. The princess shows Vaggie to her room which while dated is quite nice. She thanks Charlie and gets ready for bed after she leaves, grateful she has a night dress in her pocket dimension. Despite all the thoughts running through her head she was so exhausted once her head hit the pillow she was out.
The next morning Charlie is up going over how to show Vaggie that hell isn’t all bad. It’s of course stymied by the fact Charlie keeps blushing thinking about her beautiful lavender grey skin, pink-white eyes and silver hair with faded purple tips. She’s pulled from her stupor by the scent of cooking bacon, assuming Razzle and Dazzle are making breakfast. Though once she sees them both still curled up in bed she realises that’s not the case.
After waking them up the 3 head downstairs to find Vaggie making breakfast for them. It includes crispy bacon, fluffy pancakes, fluffy omelettes with cheese, juicy plump sausages and freshly squeezed orange juice. It’s mouthwatering. Upon noticing them the angel gestures for them to sit. Charlie is grateful but embarrassed as host she should he doing this. Vaggie smiles and says it’s fine, she was up anyway so decided to make everyone breakfast. Razzle and Dazzle give her hugs plus kisses for making them each a plate which makes her laugh especially as the cat is purring and rubbing against her leg for their own plate too, the princess finding it to be one of the most wonderful sounds in existence. The food is wonderful. The pancakes are so fluffy and soft like her dad’s, the bacon is crispy, the sausages are juicy and the omelettes are fluffy and light.
After a wonderful breakfast Charlie takes Vaggie on the tour she promised her of pride. Despite Charlie’s best efforts at showing her the good side, all Vaggie can see is the suffering the sinners inflict on themselves and each other. Though she does see some good things. Like how sinners and hellborn can be good to each other, along with the beautiful parts of hell. After returning home the princess gifts her a new hellphone. Vaggie immediately try’s to refuse as it’s too big a gift, but Charlie refutes this by saying she’s still new in hell and a hellphone is a good way for her to learn about it safely plus what’s a gift between friends. The angel having no response for that simply thanks her and does her best not to smile too much. Later while having dinner Charlie asks if she saw anything good during the tour. Vaggie without thinking said I’m right across from her. The second they realise what she said they both blush. Vaggie out of embarrassment and Charlie out of joy she said that. Deciding not to bring it up again they just continue eating though the princess will be squeeing in joy at that comment for weeks after.
For the next few weeks they fell into a routine. Vaggie would make breakfast, then they would spend the day together in the hotel or go out. After her 1st week Charlie insisted on taking her shopping for a new outfit instead of the single white and blue dress she had been wearing. Vaggie ended up with the outfit she wore in S1, as Charlie thought it looked nice on her. The princess also got her a red bow for her long hair. This 2nd gift was greatly appreciated as the angel wore it everyday hence. Vaggie in her spare time did research on hell online. Here she learned about the overlords, Sinners who gained power through the ownership of others souls. The very concept made her sick with disgust. The current most powerful ones were the likes of Rosie of Cannibal town, The 3 V’s who controlled the media empire of pride, Zestial the oldest of them which made him dangerous simply cause of the fact he’d survived so long. After reading some of the other names and looking at the accompanying pictures, she froze. The picture of Carmilla Carmine looked exactly like her mother Camael. She spent the next several hours looking up every bit of information she could about her. That’s how she discovered her sisters and Carmilla’s relationship with Zestial that seemed very close. Vaggie felt conflicted and wanted to ask Charlie if she knew anything about her but didn’t as that could be suspicious. She also researched about the hellborn and the other rings. They were surprised to discover that Lust and Gluttony were considered the best rings. That then led her to research the sins. Agatha decided to ask Charlie about the sins but only once they were closer and it was less suspicious. Overall she needed to avoid Charlie finding out she was an angel. That didn’t last
A month after arriving at the hotel Vaggie was grateful Charlie was taking the goat bois with her on a trip to visit one of her aunts. It gave her the perfect chance to preen her wings. Bringing them out for the 1st time since she fled Adam and Lute it was easy to see just how bad they were. They were in desperate need of preening, though just moving them hurt. She pulled her preening kit from her pocket dimension and got to work. Unfortunately that was easier said than done. There were simply too many hard to reach feather, even using a portal it was too easy to just yank the wrong ones and that hurt even worse. This is why you need somebody else to help you with preening. Even several hours later she wasn’t even a 10th done before she heard the door open and Charlie standing there looking at her with 6 wings.
The room is silent before Vaggie tries to explain before Charlie stops her. The princess admits while it’s a big surprise, she understands why Vaggie hid being an angel as it’s scary falling plus they only met a month ago so that’s not a lot of time to know someone. Vaggie is quiet until Charlie offers to help preen her wings, as she used to help her dad and they look like they could use some. The angel simply turns to face her, which they take as a yes. Charlie grabs a chair and places it behind her, then picks up Vaggie’s preening kit to get started.
It goes at a soft but regular pace as Charlie is gentle, knowing which feathers to remove and which tools to use along with the preening oil. For some reason it reminds Vaggie of when she’d do it with her mother or aunt. How they’d both be so gentle and careful with her wings. This causes the angel to realise that now Charlie is someone she trusts as preening wings is reserved for close friends, partners or family. This is why she decides to tell the princess the truth about herself.
Over the rest of the session Vaggie told Charlie about who her mothers were, Emily her aunt and growing up in heaven, her relationship to the Archangels, her duties and finally the fact that she left because she discovered the exterminations along with her mother giving the order for it. That if her mother someone she looked up to as a just and kind leader could agree to something so awful then for all she knew the Archangels some of the finest Angels she’s ever met could be part of it, so she’d rather never return than be part of it. Plus since meeting Charlie Vaggie realised that there was something truly wrong with how things are if heaven would allow Adam into heaven and the princess of hell cares more about the damned souls than them. She didn’t realise she was crying till Charlie came in front of her and started wiping the tears away before pulling them into a hug, letting them cry into her chest while she ran her fingers through her hair. This lasted until Vaggie was so exhausted she ended up falling asleep. She put the angel into her bed and spent the rest of the night just trying to go over what Vaggie told her. Especially about how the exterminations are a secret to almost everyone in heaven.
The next morning Vaggie woke up hours past her usual time, but still felt exhausted. She went downstairs, despite how supportive Charlie was last night it still left plenty of time for her to change her mind about letting her stay let alone keep her secret. The angel arrives to find Charlie waiting at the dining table, she jumps up and almost runs over to give her a hug before stopping, then gesturing for her to take a seat. It’s quiet until Vaggie starts saying she doesn’t blame Charlie if she wants her to leave, she’ll find a place to stay soon, though the princess interrupts saying she doesn’t have to leave. The Angel just gives her a look as the princess continues. Charlie says that she’s done nothing to deserve being kicked out, plus the fact she left heaven due to disgust at what their doing shows they’re a good person so of course they’re welcome to stay. Vaggie is silent before she starts having to wipe tears away. Charlie gets up and pulls her into a hug which helps calm the angel down.
After a few more minutes making sure she’s ok they sit down as Razzle and Dazzle bring in breakfast. Seeing them reminds Vaggie of her own bodyguards/friends. She lets Charlie know she has some people who want to meet her. The Angel opens her pocket dimension which shocked Charlie, Vaggie gave her a quick explanation about how it’s an infinite storage space and offers to teach her how to make one, which the princess is ecstatic to hear. That’s when Vaggie pulls out two of the most adorable things she’s ever seen, two bright yellow flying duckies wearing blue and white suits. Charlie is frozen as Vaggie introduces them as Splish and Splash. It takes less than a moment before the princess is engulfing both in a hug cooing over how soft and cute they are, while Razzle and Dazzle look on jealously. The angel smiles and says it’s not a surprise they like her since Lucifer created them as a gift for her mothers when they had children. Charlie is even happier to hear this with the goat bois ceasing to be jealous and excited to meet their brothers. The princess and Angel spend the rest of day watching the ducks and goats bond, along with ensuring they don’t burn the hotel down. Keekee got in on the fun too, pretending to hunt the ducks while they flew trying to avoid her.
The next day Vaggie is up early making breakfast, with Splish and Splash helping. Charlie after learning about her being an angel wants to ask about heaven and how she could get them to support her ideas to end the extermination, but considering just how upset she was upon discovering it and her own mother was the one who approved it, she decided to wait until they were in a good place.
So at breakfast she asked if Vaggie was ok with talking about heaven in general. The angel took a moment before admitting she’d rather not talk about her mom or the exterminations but anything else was fine. She proceeded to tell Charlie about growing up in heaven. The princess fawned over the fact Vaggie got to play with a garden full of animals, something they dreamed off as a kid. The fact that heaven was also clean, quiet and safe unlike hell was something that seemed more amazing than to Charlie. She also found herself becoming very fond of Emily as Vaggie described her as heavens version of her, especially upon hearing it was their job to make sure heaven and its inhabitants are happy. The centre for young souls was something she wasn’t surprised existed but was still happy about. The fact Vaggie went there to look after the children with Emily made her heart soar at the image of the angel in front of her playing with little kids. Though the part she was most interested in was hearing about was her aunts and uncles in the archangels. Charlie’s mom asked her not to ask about them as they made her father very sad, so despite her curiosity she didn’t. Though she could now ask all the questions she wanted thanks to the angel in front of her.
Vaggie was happy to tell the princess as despite her doubts about their involvement in the exterminations, the time she spent with them were some of her best memories. She told Charlie about how her aunt Jophiel taught her how to cook like a master, uncle Uriel helped her learn to think carefully, Uncle Raphael how to help people in small ways that can often have big effects, aunt Ariel how to bake like an expert, Uncle Gabriel how to read someone’s words to see their true meaning, Auntie Zadkiel how to defuse a situation to prevent it getting worse and end it peacefully. Hearing about her uncle Michael was what interested Charlie the most due to being her father’s twin. Vaggie admitted despite trying to appear happy he always seemed to he hiding an inner sadness, that he along with other Archangels didn’t like to talk about Lucifer and if they did it was only short bits of information about him. They said he was a dreamer who made a mistake due to his pride and they miss him. The room becomes rather quiet at that, the angel deciding to show the princess some of her powers to make her feel better.
They headed to the front of the hotel, Vaggie asked if Charlie wanted ever wanted more plants around the hotel. The princess admitted she wanted to plant some but along with not finding the time she didn’t know how. The Angel proceeded to use her powers to make the garden bloom. Charlie, Keekee, Razzle and Dazzle watched in shock as trees, bushes and flowers began to grow around the hotel. By the end the trees were up to the 5th storey of the hotel with different fruits hanging from their branches, the bushes were covered in different berries and there were literally fields of flowers all around them.
The princess looked around at just how beautiful everything looked now, along with how succulent and juicy the fruit looked. She turned to find Vaggie holding an apple out for her to eat. After a moment to think it over she took it and had a bite. Charlie was overwhelmed by how sweet it was. After a minute of just absorbing that she made her pleasure and joy known. As did Razzle, Dazzle and KeeKee after tasting some of the berries. The Angel let out a gentle sweet laugh and then started leading the princess to a rather large vegetable garden, asking if she wants to take some for dinner. After an enthusiastic yes they grabbed some potatoes, tomatoes, peppers and onions to use for dinner later.
Back in the hotel Charlie still couldn’t believe she could do that, Vaggie laughed pointing out she was educated for nearly a 1000 years by the archangel of nature herself, so it’s to be expected along with offering to teach them how to do it. The princess of course agreed enthusiastically and even picked them up a hug that made them both blush afterwards. Vaggie also promised to teach her how to garden without using magic as she always found it to be relaxing, Charlie agreed happily to that too.
Later that night after they made a delicious dinner together and were watching tv once they finished cleaning up, Charlie turned to Vaggie. She told them it was only fair she share some things with her too considering they trusted them. Charlie started with how her mom disappeared shortly after the extermination 4 years ago and how it drove her dad to isolate himself from everyone even her. The loss of both her parents hurt Charlie deeply and has made her feel isolated and alone ever since even with her aunts/uncles the sins, she knows they’re busy so feels bad bothering them. Adding in the fact it breaks her heart to see her people being murdered every year with the extermination along with how they suffer normally. So that’s why she moved into the hotel, it’s a part of something she’s been dreaming of for a long time. Here she lays out her plan to redeem sinners so they can get into heaven and end the exterminations. Charlie waits anxiously for her response. Vaggie thinks over what she’s heard. Realising they both have issues with a parent and the other being missing made her feel closer to the princess. Plus while she wasn’t sure if her mother would allow redeemed sinners into heaven or if it was possible, to the Angel Charlie was proof of the impossible. She was not only born in hell but its princess but was so kind, compassionate and selfless that even angels were lacking compared to her. After less than a minute the angel stands up and simply asks when they start. Charlie of course squeed loud enough to be heard a mile away and pulled her into a hug. After putting her down she went to get the ice cream out for them to celebrate. Vaggie simply smiled at how adorable she was. Once the princess fell asleep the angel carried her to bed and ended up falling asleep next to her.
Over the next several months Vaggie taught Charlie some of her magic along with more mundane skills. She also assisted the princess with working out a plan to fix-up the hotel and how to start the program for redemption. This would lead to the biggest change in Charlie’s planning and outlook in how to operate the hotel.
4 months after meeting her, Vaggie was going over Charlie’s plans for the hotel. While she couldn’t doubt her enthusiasm they were lacking in practical realistic methods of achieving them. So she decided to sit down with them and go over the hotel. The angel was honest with her concerns, which the surprised the princess. Vaggie reiterated she did support Charlie and her goals, she just wanted to help her figure out the right way to do this. She thought they were just worrying about nothing so suggested they do a devils advocate, where Vaggie would try to argue against Charlie’s points. The Angel agreed though made it known that she was going to be honest, but promised she believed in her and only wanted to help her.
Charlie started by saying that once heaven saw they could redeem sinners they would stop the exterminations. Vaggie pointed out that they don’t know if redemption is actually possible so until they prove it heaven is being asked to take a gamble considering no sinner actually has been redeemed. That’s not even going into if heaven is willing to allow her to try redeeming sinners let alone if it was even possible as with her mother in charge of the council who allowed the exterminations then either she doesn’t know if it can be done or doesn’t want it to happen. Plus even if heaven doesn’t want the exterminations to happen letting in the people who tormented them might be refused as heaven doesn’t wish to make the victims suffer more. Charlie is quiet as she never thought of that before admitting those are fair pints before moving on.
Charlie then tried to argue that there are sinners who want to be better. Vaggie pointed out that even those who do aren’t exactly able to be. She reminds Charlie people who wind up in hell are often broken due to either their own choices or tragic circumstance, they spent their lives on earth doing sinful acts which regardless of any good things they did damned them to hell. Any of whom would likely have any number of psychological issues that will need treatment before they can start trying to be better people. Plus how can Charlie do that when she has no psychological training or knowledge to do so. Charlie is once more quiet and more nervous as that was another lot of good points before quickly asking they move on.
Finally Charlie argues that she can convince sinners to give redemption a try. Vaggie asks how. She points out that any sinner who interacts with her shows her no respect as princess let alone if they’re not actively insulting her. Also despite what she likes to think Charlie doesn’t respect them even as the way she talks about them she sees them as misbehaving children not adults who can make their own decisions which is not only very insulting but looks like she doesn’t really care enough to help them. Even when she does improve herself and fix her own biases they still aren’t going to respect her. They only see her as the spoiled princess of a king who can’t even be bothered to rule his own kingdom. They’d see it as best a doomed project or at worst a way to exploit her. Plus even if she was able to convince people they would be held back by the fact that due to the fact that Charlie lets people insult her openly and doesn’t do anything it makes her look like a coward who won’t defend herself let alone others. So why would they expect her to protect them from threats outside or within the hotel who won’t be afraid of her.
Charlie doesn’t say a thing in response to that, simply thinking over everything she said. Vaggie fearing she might’ve gone too far promises Charlie she never meant to hurt her, she just wanted them to see that she wasn’t taking her goal or plans seriously enough. They finish by reiterates she does believe she can redeem sinners and end the exterminations. The princess sits there before standing up and thanking the angel for her honesty before leaving with a worried Razzle and Dazzle following.
Vaggie didn’t get much sleep that night feeling genuinely guilty over how she’d hurt Charlie. Lacking the ability to sleep she went to the kitchen at 5am and with Splish and Splash assisting her in making Charlie a breakfast feast for the next several hours. By the time Charlie comes down the kitchen is overflowing with her favourite foods. Upon seeing her the angel stops and offers her anything she wants though the princess simply asks to speak to her in the dining room. Fearing what this could mean she still went willing to face it.
After they sat down it was silent for a few minutes before Vaggie went to apologise before Charlie let her know she didn’t have anything to apologise for. The princess goes onto explain that while what she said hurt, she thought it over and realised everything she said especially about herself was right. She was being too unrealistic and even childish in how to achieve her goals but after thinking it over she’s accepts she had to take some steps herself to improve. Charlie reveals she called her aunt Bel to give her psychology lessons so she could become a real therapist and help her patients heal then become better people. Vaggie smiles and says she’s glad to hear it. The princess then pulls her into a hug thanking for caring enough to be honest with her. The angel responds that forging taught her to see the potential in everything she made, in Charlie she saw boundless potential it just needed to be released to show her true magnificence. They blush as the two sit down to enjoy the very large breakfast Vaggie prepared. The princess also asks Vaggie to teach her how to fight so she can protect herself but more importantly others especially those close to her. The angel smiles but makes it known she won’t go easy on her which they respond they won’t either.
A week after their talk Charlie starts her psychology classes under Bel. Along with being a very dedicated student she was driven to learn what she needed to help her, plus having Vaggie who had studied psychology for nearly a millennia under the archangel of medicine was an even bigger boon. This allowed her to excel and get far ahead of where a normal student would be. The two would regularly be going over Charlie’s books with the Angel quizzing her which the princess regularly got right. It wasn’t uncommon for them to fall asleep at the dining table or on the couch while studying. More than once they would wind up cuddling each other in their sleep, Charlie’s tail coming out to wrap itself around Vaggie, while their 6 wings would wrap around the princess.
Along with helping Charlie with her psychology studies, Vaggie also started teaching them how to fight at their request. The 1st lesson the angel told the princess to never fight fair. She emphasised this by telling her they would start at 3, before head-butting Charlie hard enough to break her nose, punch her in the stomach and flipping her onto their back before even saying 1. Vaggie did emphasise she said never play fair to a dazed princess. She healed her injuries before they started up again. They eventually got what the Angel was teaching her. They started out with basic hand-to-hand combat which despite her appearances Charlie could be a very effective and vicious fighter, once she got used to it she started beating Vaggie half the time, impressing them. They then moved onto weapons, though they used blunt metal ones to avoid injury. The 1st weapon she taught Charlie was a knife as it’s a reliable back up plus it’s useful in areas where larger weapons can’t work. Once she was able to get the basics they moved onto larger weapons, Vaggie making a blunt version of her spear and the princesses pitchfork so she could get used to the weight without any risk of significant harm. Vaggie suggested she start practicing to use her trident with both hands before also using her shield. While it would take time for Charlie to become a truly effective fighter, she did have promise and was willing to keep up her training with the angel.
6 months after meeting Charlie, she’s helping Vaggie decorate her room as after finally convincing the angel to make it her own. This was the 1st time the princess saw her other weapons and the suit of armour she made, while she wasn’t normally into weapons they were beautiful even to her. Vaggie blushed at the praise as she continued pulling things from her pocket dimension, glad she had made copies of her most treasured items. Charlie didn’t hesitate to fawn over pictures of little Vaggie with different people. Seeing her being so happy and cute with Emily warmed her heart, especially once she heard the woman was a little like themself. The princess did freeze a bit at seeing a picture of her with a perfect copy of her dad, guessing that’s Michael. Vaggie seeing this decided to gather the rest of her pictures with Charlie’s heavenly family and offered to show them what they looked like. The princess enthusiastically agreed. Seeing the family she had in heaven helped her put faces to all the names along with the stories behind each picture making her smile along with the stories with Emily. Once they finished the two started hanging the pictures up, though the Angel froze looking at a picture that she forgot about. It was of her mother’s on their wedding day. Charlie saw this and smiled saying they looked beautiful then asking if she’s ok. They then offered to answer any questions about Carmilla as she’s known her since childhood. They told Vaggie that despite her outward reputation she’s very warm and loving person bringing up instances when they babysat her. She also told her about her sisters Clara and Odette. Clara was more lively, spontaneous and fun loving while Odette preferred to stick to her schedules, more stoic and found more pleasure in science than going out. This intrigued the angel who thanked Charlie for that information then asked what she knew about her from heaven. The same case with her dad, she doesn’t like to talk about it much at least not outside her daughters. Vaggie explained to the princess about how her mother was along with being known as Camael, she was also an archangel, clarifying she was the 1st angel to earn the rank rather than being born into it. This caused Charlie to breathe a breath of relief as she was not attracted to her own cousin. She was of course not surprised Carmilla had earned her position as she was 2nd-to-none as a craftswoman. After realising it’s time for dinner the 2 head down to eat, especially as they’ve neatly finished decorating. After dinner they’re tired enough to have an early night. Except for Vaggie who had a scouting mission to undertake.
Vaggie observed the Carmine building to be sure everyone within was asleep. After 2 hours she made her move. To avoid setting off any alarms she teleported in after activating her invisibility shroud. They found themselves in the entry hall and moved further into the building. She passed family portraits and pictures of business arrangements noticing with her mother and siblings was Zestial, confirming their very close relationship. Before she can move any further she has to avoid a throwing knife coming at her, deflecting another with her dagger. Then she finds herself held by the neck against the wall with her dagger hand trapped as well.
Vaggie finds herself face-to-face with her mother, Carmilla Carmine. Her face is as hard as steel but rather than rage it has a look of curiosity. She tells whoever it is to drop the shroud as she can feel her. The angel realising she’s got no choice acquiesces. Upon seeing her face the overlord was shocked as she could see both herself and Sera in her. Carmilla placed her on the floor gently then drew her hands back to perform a spell. It caused 4 weaves of light to leave, 2 heading further into the house while 1 touched Vaggie and the other Carmilla. The overlord is shocked before her face softens and tears come to her eyes, before pulling Vaggie into a hug as they call her Nina. After letting them cry into her hair, she starts to calm down and wipe her face before asking the Angel to follow her to their office.
Upon arriving the overlord pulls out a very ornate but well used and loved tea kettle. They then ask Vaggie what her favourite tea is. They choose lavender and chamomile, with Carmilla opening her pocket dimension and pulling out loose-leaves of both then hearing the kettle magically before pouring it in. After drinking it and discovering it’s the best tea she’s ever had, there’s a silence before they start talking.
Vaggie reveals everything about her life in heaven, how she was created, being trained and offered a place by the archangels before leaving heaven after discovering the truth about the exterminations. Carmilla isn’t surprised that Sera kept it secret considering her former role, but admits genuine pride her daughter was able to nearly become an archangel like her. They also respect that Vaggie stood by her principles and chose to stay in hell. She then asked her mother why she changed her name, the overlord simply responds the same reason they changed theirs, they were no longer that person so they needed a new name which they agreed with. Carmilla also gives her own account for why she rebelled. While they thought lucifer was too much of a dreamer he was their friend, especially as he was the one who gave her the support to reveal her feelings to Raziel now Sera. Vaggie is shocked to hear that wondering why her mother never told her, Carmilla points out cause it brought up the pain of banishing him as she was the one who did so, revealing it caused them to sleep separately for a year before reconciling. His banishment was the 1st step for her seeing just how rigid and unadaptable heaven had become. They tried to change it peacefully but realised force was needed to do so. Her daughter reveals she already knows the rest and asks what happened after she fell into hell. Carmilla reveals that she was found by Lucifer and Lilith, the former of whom was glad to see her. Then she went into labour shortly after arriving. Lilith helped deliver her daughters and gave her a place to stay in the palace till she was able to build her own. After that she became the supplier of angelic steel to the royal guard and the armies of the sins, which allowed her to become a very powerful woman and give her children a secure future. Once the exterminations started she simply started scavenging the abandoned weapons and with the sinners who remembered her making the steel dying off she simply lied that she used solely scavenged angelic steel to make herself look weaker than she was to fool her enemies. The overlord then looked close to tears as her daughter revealed she learned to craft in her forge fire from her journals. Upon seeing her dagger she called it a masterpiece and let her know how proud she was to see how she followed in her footsteps. Vaggie then asked about Lilith as she doesn’t feel right asking Charlie as it always upsets her when she mentions them. Carmilla proceeds to tell her daughter that the queen was a great woman and leader. That despite Lucifer losing his will to dream she saw what hell could be and did her best to make it happen. She had a heart and will of steel but a gentleness. Lilith would destroy anything that threatened her people or family, saw all her people as her children. Lilith was also so gentle and loving with Clara and Odette as babies along with them growing up, they called her aunt Lili. When she was pregnant they would spend hours talking to her belly looking forward to the day they’d get to hold them. After Charlie was born she refused to let her sleep in her crib for a month. And would leave any function to be there for her. She was also just as devoted a wife. Lilith helped Lucifer when his depression got the best of him, assisting with his duties, making sure he looked after himself and overall did the best to keep him happy. Carmilla then finishes by saying she doesn’t know where or why she left but with her went the heart of the Morningstar’s.
Realising the time Vaggie says she has to get home to the hotel. Carmilla understands but asks that she come by in a few days to meet her sisters. The angel agrees, hugging the overlord who asks her to call them mama which they eagerly accept. Vaggie reactivates the shroud and flies out of a window Carmilla opens for her. Upon arriving at the hotel Charlie is in her room waiting for her as once she realised she wasn’t up breakfast, they checked her room to find it empty. The princess isn’t upset just curious about where they went, upon finding out she is overjoyed to find out that the angel went to see her mom. Even more once she finds out they’re going back in a few days to meet her sisters, dragging her shopping to find a dress for the occasion. They end up finding a lovely lavender one.
The day of the 2nd visit Vaggie is in Charlie’s limo anxiously pulling at the seatbelt despite Splish and Splash’s attempts to calm her down. They arrive at the entrance to the carmines compound with Vaggie casting the shroud on the ducks to keep them safe from prying eyes. She also gives Razzle and Dazzle chin scritches promising she’d make them a blueberry pie later much to their joy. After taking a minute she walks through to the entrance, a little unnerved the door open immediately for her.
The angel went through the hallway till she found herself in the family room she remembered going through with Carmilla to her office. Though the second she entered the angel found herself pulled into a flying hug. Based on their poofy white hair and dark skin it was Clara. She proceeded to let Vaggie know just how happy she was to meet her new baby sister before putting her down. The angel noticed Odette hanging back with a look of anxious curiosity. She approached and politely asked if they’d like a hug, which the scientist happily agreed to. They spent the next several hours going over funny stories of their lives and general details. Vaggie brought out her weapons and armour for her mama to inspect. Carmilla was impressed at the quality of the work, letting her know how proud of her she was once again at her talent at forging. The angel asked if her sisters did but the overlord revealed that they never did much beyond the time she spent teaching them. Odette is better suited to the research side of things while Clara is better at dealing with the PR side of the business. The sisters then asked Vaggie to show her wings as they had loved their mamas since they were babies. Upon seeing all 6 of them Clara hugged 3 saying they were so soft while Odette plucked a feather to do research on it. The angel asked if her sisters had wings which caused them to look rather uncomfortable. Carmilla explained that due to falling while carrying them the two don’t have access to their angellic powers including wings. Realising this was a sensitive topic for them Vaggie redirected it by telling her mama she had some old friends who wanted to see her again. The angel then undid the shroud revealing Splish and Splash to her, upon seeing them Carmilla let an uncharacteristic squeal of joy and pulled the 2 ducks into a hug letting them know how much she missed them, to the shock of Clara and Odette. Their mama explained that they were 2 stuffed toys lucifer made for when she and her their mother had kids. Clara for her part pulled Splish into a hug nuzzling him over how cute he was, while Odette gave a waiting Splash permission to hug her and enjoyed how soft he was. After having dinner then desert Vaggie had to leave but not before her mama and sisters asked her to visit regularly so they could make up for lost time. The angel happily agreed. She arrived back at hotel to find Charlie sleeping on one of the lobby couches. Vaggie carried her up to her bed and thanked her for waiting for her.
Over the next several months Vaggie continued to see her family in hell, it was nice being with her mama and sisters. Carmilla was impressed by Vaggie’s dance skills but isn’t surprised they’ve lived over a millennium with some of the best teachers. Her combat skills were to be as expected for the former apprentice of Michael, Carmilla never told her but it took everything she had to just stand against her daughter much to her pride. Vaggie also helped Odette out as she had a very good mind for science and helped Clara with the PR side of the business. Not long after her 2nd visit she met Zestial her mother’s oldest ally whose relationship was very close. While she was at 1st a bit anxious of him he proved himself to be a reliable and trustworthy friend. He revealed that rather than a sinner he was a primordial demon who had existed in hell before the fall, allying himself to the king and queen then to Carmilla who he became very fond of as well as her daughters. After he proved himself to be a trustworthy and supportive influence Vaggie started to see him like a father figure, which Zestial seemed to enjoy. She also continued helping Charlie in her psych studies and combat training to help her get stronger, along with being more assertive. This allowed them to grow closer along with their feelings growing as well.
On the 1st anniversary of Vaggies arrival in hell she spent it with Charlie trying to help calm her down during the extermination, then protecting her when they went out to help any injured survivors. The healing magic she taught the princess helped immensely. After returning to the hotel after an exhausting day they just ordered takeout and relaxed. For the rest of the night they just talked, joked and laughed which was Vaggies attempt to make her friend feel better about all the people who died. Through the night Charlie appreciated her help, but also noticed how pretty she looked while laughing, which the angel also noticed about the princess. It went on till they both went for the last cookie with their hands touching. After freezing then rushed apologies plush blushing Charlie got up to get more cookies but ended up tripping and being caught by Vaggie who shot up to catch her in their arms. After a moment to process the moment the 2 couldn’t keep their feelings hidden, they kissed deeply and passionately. They kept it going for a full minute before breaking apart. After putting the princess down they talked revealing they’d both been in love with each other for months but were too scared to say anything. Feeling the passion running through her Charlie asked if Vaggie wanted to take this upstairs. After a few moments to think it over, the Angel agreed with a smile. The princess led her to the elevator where they started to let their desire take them, their lips connecting regularly even as they walked to the bedroom. It ended only when the two had stripped naked and took a minute to admire their bodies, Charlie then lay Vaggie onto the bed.
The next morning the 2 awoke in each other’s arms, Vaggies wings wrapped around them both. Despite their shared exhaustion the angel was up as usual, though she did spend some time just smiling at the still sleeping princesses face. After 20 minutes of this Charlie woke up to see them smiling down at her. After confirming she had been doing so since waking up she was flattered and touched as no-one had done that for her before. The angel offered to make them both breakfast while getting dressed, which the princess agreed stating they needed the energy making them both blush. Vaggie smiled stating that she didn’t know making love could be so relaxing but exhausting, then again it was her 1st time. Charlie simply nods before it hits her what she said as they’ve left the room. The princess immediately rushes to get dressed in some comfortable clothes to follow her down to get clarification.
Over breakfast Vaggie clarifies that no casual sex isn’t forbidden in heaven, it’s actually very common and as long as it’s done behind closed doors it’s perfectly fine. Charlie of course asks if that’s the case why was she a virgin despite being over a millennia old. The angel takes a moment before admitting to the princess that she dated a lot of people in heaven, even feeling sexual attraction to them. But they decided they wanted to save their 1st time for a woman she saw a future with, the kind that she would marry and have children with. After knowing Charlie for so long and getting to know her, Vaggie saw that with them. The princess is quiet, genuinely touched and even honoured that she chose her. Charlie then proceeded to pull Vaggie into a very warm and loving hug while crying with her girlfriend trying to calm her down. Later that night the couple had their 1st real date. It was a this nice little restaurant that Charlie paid to give them a private room. The food was great as was the service with the princess leaving their waitress a large tip, Vaggie guessing she’d have done so regardless of if it was good. They then walked and at times danced home. They both considered it the best date of their lives.
Over the next 3 months their relationship grew thanks to their love and support for each other. Vaggie continued teaching Charlie magic, combat skills and helping with her psychology work, though she now offered rewards when she did well from kisses to more private activities. The princess also learned more about heaven especially Sera, who the angel had kept quiet about but was more comfortable telling her now that they were together. After hearing about how good and loving her mother was despite the exterminations made Charlie rethink her relationship with her dad.
One night in bed together Charlie asks Vaggie for her honest opinion, should she try reconciling with her dad. The angel admitted no one would blame her for not wanting too, but based on what the princess told her about how loving he was to her plus how happy her childhood was he does care about and love them. Though his lack of belief in redemption is understandable, Lucifer all but abandoning her after Lilith disappeared was a genuinely selfish move. But it can be understood it worsened his already existing depression. Charlie was shocked by this, which confused Vaggie as she thought they knew, explaining her mom had told her that Lilith helped Lucifer with it as best she could. The princess of course reveals she knew nothing about that and doesn’t understand why her parents kept it from her, the angel guessing they didn’t want her to worry. This of course makes her feel even more conflicted, as she knows from her psychology lessons how depression can affect people. After thinking it over that night the princess decides to see her father that day so she doesn’t back out. Vaggie for her part was worried but supported her, offering to join her if she needed any emotional support. The princess turned her down but was grateful for the offer.
Charlie found herself standing outside the gates of her families palace. She stood there for 30 minutes before finally deciding to enter. What she saw broke her heart. The place looked as if no one had been within it for years, even if it was clean it just felt dead. The princess decided to call her father, hoping he’d pick up. He did after several rings. Lucifer was surprised but happy to see Charlie was calling him, even more so once she revealed she was in the palace. The king portalled to the great hall to meet her, but then noticed that she looked rather upset. He asked if everything was ok, Charlie said they had to talk. Lucifer was worried about what this would be about but agreed leading her to the family’s sitting room.
Once they were seated the room was soon filled with an uncomfortable silence. Lucifer could tell this was not gonna be easy but decided to let his daughter say what she needed to. Charlie started by asking him why he and mom never told her about his depression. The king wonders where she learned about but realises that’s a moot point. He’s honest and admits he never wanted to worry Charlie with his issues and asked Lilith to do the same even if it was begrudgingly. Lucifer also admits that when asked he felt like he didn’t need help cause he just saw it as bad days even though Lilith regularly along with bel tried to get treatment, plus he didn’t think it would work and was too proud to try. Charlie takes this in feeling some sympathy for her dad as she knows how bad depression can affect people but realises she’s needs to tell him how she feels. She starts by telling lucifer that while she understands he’s suffered not only from his depression and mom leaving that doesn’t excuse the fact he’s hurt her even unintentionally. This makes the king freeze. The princess reminds him he lost a wife when Lilith went missing, but she lost a mother and father too when he locked himself away. Lucifer winces at that. Charlie continues by pointing out that along with that she had to try and fulfil her dream alone something he also never supported her with, her hurt and anger visible in how she speaks. The king feels genuine guilt at having hurt his daughter this way especially once he sees tears starting to form. He wants to apologise but knows letting her finish is the best idea. After taking a moment to calm down Charlie says that while she is hurt and angry by his decisions, she understands that he never meant to hurt her and he does love her as she does him, so she wants to give him a chance to rebuild their relationship. She wants lucifer to start getting help through therapy, along with family therapy so they can rebuild together. She makes it known this is the only way they stay in contact cause as much as she loves him Charlie won’t stay in contact if he can’t be bothered to try fixing things. Lucifer is silent for a moment before he breaks down crying begging Charlie to forgive him, that he let his pride blind him to how he was treating her and how his refusal to get help too. He falls to his knees promising everything Charlie asked and begging her forgiveness. She simply hugs him promising that while it’ll take some time she will. After an hour calming him down, Lucifer suggests they get some lunch and try to make up for lost time.
After a delicious lunch the king cooked, he asks Charlie about what shes been doing recently. She happily tells him about how she’s been taking psychology lessons under Belphegor to run her hotel better, along with combat training so she can protect herself and prove she can defend her future patrons, along with a new girlfriend. Lucifer is proud to hear his daughters been improving himself but upon finding out she’s seeing someone is a big deal. After exclaiming they both like girls he asks the usual questions. The princess is happy to inform him that her name is Vaggie, she’s been helping her with her psych lessons and teaching her how to fight. Upon hearing it was Vaggie telling Charlie some necessary truths about not only her plans but herself in regard to her goals that got her to start improving himself Lucifer likes her already asking when he can meet her. He notices Charlie looks a bit nervous. He’s then shocked to be told that she’s not only an angel but a seraphim and Sera’s daughter who chose to stay in hell after discovering the exterminations. The king of hell is left absorbing that information before exclaiming in joy at the fact Sera had another kid, he’s even happier upon finding out she’s seeing someone was made with Carmilla’s essence. Lucifer asks when he can meet her. Charlie is glad to see her dad so happy and eager to meet cabbie but knows she’ll want some time to prepare so asks if he can come over in a few days which he happily agrees. Before she leaves they call bel to set up their appointments after she gives them the name of a skilled and trustworthy therapist, happy to hear lucifer is getting help along with helping to repair their relationship.
After returning to the hotel Vaggie is waiting eager to hear how it went. Charlie tells them she told her dad how she felt, he apologised and agreed to start attending therapy individually and with her for daily therapy. The angel is of course happy to hear it, hugging the princess though she notices they look anxious. Charlie reveals she told her dad about them and he’s coming over in a few days to meet her. That causes Vaggie to go as stiff as a corpse. Despite having been around the archangels in heaven she’s never dated the daughter of one before. Even knowing lucifer isn’t the monster some think he is, they’re still the king of hell. Charlie does her best to calm Vaggie down by revealing he’s excited to see her not only cause she helped them but cause she’s Sera and Carmilla’s daughter. Despite this the Angel is still an anxious mess.
In preparation for his visit Vaggie has Splish and Splash plus Razzle and Dazzle deep clean the hotel while she’s in the kitchen practicing to make the perfect apple pie for the king. The goats and ducks are ok with the work as they get to eat her reject pies, which are delicious. The day before Lucifers visit Charlie finally intercedes and pulls the Angel away to her room to talk to her. After reminding her she had nothing to prove, Vaggie admitted knowing and feeling it weren’t the same thing. She feels that she needs to prove to the king they are worthy of Charlie, pointing out despite living in hell all her life she’s more angelic than those who are angels and trying to save her people. The princess is silent before admitting she feels unworthy of Vaggie, considering that she chose to leave heaven after finding out about the exterminations and is also helping her dream of ending it. The two are silent before laughing at how ridiculous the other is, before hugging both promising their partner they are worthy of each other even if it sometimes feels like they aren’t. They head down to the kitchen where Charlie tastes the last pie, telling Vaggie it’s the greatest they’ve ever had. The angel beams at this, hoping the king will feel the same way about it.
The day of Lucifers visit Vaggie is wearing her lavender dress, her hair in a ponytail and is doing her best not to appear too nervous, with Charlie trying to help. They hear a knock and after the princess lets him in the king pulls hers into a hug, with the angel noticing just how much he looks like Michael. He then enjoys petting KeeKee then Razzle and Dazzle after reminding them to keep looking after his little girl. Upon seeing the angel he took a moment before rushing over and pulling hers into a hug exclaiming she looks just like her moms, which causes them to go rigid before returning the hug. Upon seeing Splish and Splash he starts happy crying as he can’t believe that Sera not only gave them to Vaggie but brought them to life. The ducks for their part are happy to meet their creator and cuddle him making him cry even more. His daughter and the angel look on wondering if they should get involved before he calms down and sits with them by the fireplace.
Over the next couple of hours the king tells them stories about his time with both Sera and Carmilla’s in heaven, including some embarrassing ones that makes them both burst out laughing. Lucifer then asks if she ever spoke about him. Vaggie says when her mom rarely did it was with sadness and remorse about what happened, the same as the archangels. This shocked the king as Charlie hadn’t mentioned she knew his siblings, even more so upon hearing they were aunts and uncles to her but admit it makes sense considering Carmilla was a member. Lucifer then asked about her relationship with them. Vaggie told him about how they’d been her teachers in regard to both her magic and knowledge of different subjects. Upon hearing she was Michael’s protege he’s glad Charlie has her protecting them. When she mentioned it was offered for her to join them he realises just how capable she must be as only the best are offered to become an archangel. Lucifer compliments her on the forest in front of the hotel guessing it was her training from Ariel that’s to thank. Vaggie blushes before admitting that’s it along with healing magic from Raphael which she’s uses to heal Charlie whenever she’s injured. This gives the king an idea. He offers to teach them both creation magic. The two are surprised but lucifer points out it’s a very useful skill to have plus teaching them would be a good way for him to rebuild things with Charlie and bond with Vaggie. They’re hesitant until he points out just how helpful such magic can be, especially in regard to fixing up the hotel. This causes the two to agree before they sit down for dinner.
The food is delicious and Lucifer calls the apple pie Vaggie made the best he’s ever had which makes her blush. After a bit more talking the king leaves but not before she asks if she needs his blessing to see Charlie. He looks at her blankly before bursting out laughing. Lucifer reminds her this isn’t the 1800s, even if it was Charlie is an adult woman who can see whomever she wants regardless of how he feels about them. After what happened to Lilith they both swore Charlie would grow up knowing she could make her own decisions regardless of their feelings. Plus he likes Vaggie so she’s got nothing to worry about. The angel is so relieved to hear that she pulls the king into a hug, before putting him down after realising what she’s done but he just smiles at her.
The next day Vaggie goes to get breakfast started when she finds a rubber duck that looks like her. With it is a card from lucifer that says, “Welcome to the family”. The angel starts to cry in joy, as does Charlie once she sees it.
Over the next 6 months the couple start their creation lessons under Lucifer. He starts out by having them make small things to get them used to casting it. Charlie is able to get it naturally thanks to being her father’s daughter, while Vaggie did go have experience thanks to her training with the kings siblings. Once they perfected it they started using it to fix up the hotel. They started small by fixing up cracks in the walls and ceilings, then they started to not only fix the hotel but improve it. Thanks to Vaggie teaching her the pocket dimension spell Charlie came up with the idea to use the same principle to make the rooms bigger on the inside, giving their guests more space and making them more comfortable. Lucifer watched their 1st few attempts to help if anything went wrong though they prove they know what they’re doing. They even make their own room an entire floor of its own on the inside to give them plenty of space. They then start adding more amenities to the hotel. 1st is expanding the kitchen and dining room which is planned to someday operate as a proper restaurant for guests and regular visitors. They expand the bar as having a drink isn’t a sin on its own plus can be a good way to help people unwind, plus big new library for people who liked to read. The couple then move onto even bigger additions. In what was the basement they add a full gymnasium, Olympic swimming pool, spa, movie theatre and regular theatre along with a training area as they accept hell isn’t safe so people need to protect themselves. By the end the hotel is better than it ever was. Vaggie also used the new magic to create dummy targets to help Charlie learn to fight multiple targets at once and with her dads teaching was able to tap into her more destructive magic that made her a truly deadly fighter.
In that time Charlie and Lucifer started their family therapy along with Individual therapy for both as Charlie felt it could help. Bel was happy to help both of them as she’d been desperately trying to get him since the Tower of Babel, plus she appreciated Charlie was trying improve herself without being asked. Their therapist was a sweet baphomet named Sage, she was one of bels best along with her most trustworthy. She started by helping Charlie voice her grievances and ways in which Lucifer could make up for them. Sage advised that they both spend time together once a week to rebuild their relationship. They happily did so and it became a highlight of their week. In her individual sessions with Lucifer she discovered he was suffering from PTSD due to his fall along with anxiety in addition to his depression. Sage spoke to bel to make special medication for him along with exercises and ways in which he could learn to cope with his conditions. This helped the king learn to deal with his conditions better but also be much happier. Charlie with Sage’s help realised that she puts too much pressure on her idea for redeeming sinners as she feels not only the weight of her parents legacies on her shoulders but also guilt about not doing enough to help them. Sage also helped her realise that at times she can be so focussed on what she wants she can ignore other people and their wishes which Charlie admits does sound like something she does. She also forced the princess to accept that while it’s a good thing to want to give people a chance, it can allow others to use it to take advantage of her, so she needs to be more suspicious of people in order to protect herself and those she cares about. Charlie also learned how to heal and cope with her abandonment issues partially from her dad locking himself away but mostly due to Lilith disappearing. Overall they both came out of therapy as healthier and happier people along with closer as a family. They continued going as a family and individually as they wanted to stay in a good place mentally and in their relationship.
During this time Lucifer started to step back into his duties, as he realised that without him hell had become more chaotic in his absence. He was thus going to surprise the sins at their next meeting. Vaggie had encouraged Charlie to attend as she could regardless of the hotels success make things better for sinners and hellborn in other ways. In the weeks leading to the meeting they researched problems in the rings and how they could be solved. The sins were of course shocked to see not only the king but their niece as well. After the usual topics of discussion were completed Charlie further surprised them by saying she had several motions to put forward. Even more so once she passed out thick folders and started a presentation, titled ways to improve hell. She started with her 1st point by building public bunkers for use during extermination day so sinners who were homeless, caught out or newly arrived could find a safe place to stay during it. Her 2nd point was establishing a sex workers guild for hellborn and sinners within pride including pentagram city that would be overseen by Asmodeus so he could ensure those involved in it were well treated and protected along with weakening the powers of those that do mistreat them which the prince agreed with a smile on his face proud of her. 3rd she put forward the idea that Beelzebub should be placed in charge off all orphanages or care homes plus foster systems in all the rings as they vary in quality with gluttony’s being the best, Bee was happy as she’d been trying to do that for a while. 4th rather than simply focus the medical services in Sloth they should open up more hospitals in the other rings, Bel was in favour of it once it was pointed out it would mean less work for her. 5th she suggested a cut on the import fees for products from envy specifically fashion and cosmetics as it would help make them more competitive in pride and the other rings thus driving innovation in the industry which Leviathan loved. 6th she suggested that in exchange for lowering his rings taxes that mammon instate workers protections and rights which will encourage them to work harder and earn him more money which he agreed with on that alone, though Charlie didn’t point out it means he’d be paying more in taxes too even with the reduction. The sins are glad to see not only lucifer is back but Charlie is taking a more active roll in hell, but in a serious way as well. Lucifer let’s loose that Charlie’s new girlfriend has been helping her take their goals more seriously. Despite their attempts to gather information the father and daughter said nothing much to their frustrations. Though they’d learn about her soon enough.
Charlie and Vaggie are walking down the street after a lunch date at this lovely little cafe bakery. The goat bois are currently enjoying some glazed donuts while the ducks are enjoying berry crepes, the couple are simply walking arm in arm just enjoying their time together. That’s until they hear screaming and explosions. Bursting through a building was a giant mechanical snake piloted by the overlord Sir Pentious, while the bomb throwing anarchist Cherri Bomb threw bombs at him while dodging laser blasts. This caused some nearby sinners to join in fighting each other or the horde of others that followed the two feuding overlords. The entire area had become battleground for a turf.
Vaggie wanted to get out of there till Charlie pointed out there were hellborn and sinners trying to flee, who she wanted to help escape. The angel agreed. The two opened portals to get anyone fleeing out of there safely while using their healing magic to treat any wounded. They had nearly finished until an explosion sent a piece of debris flying straight into the princesses head knocking her out. Vaggie immediately rushed over terrified while Razzle and Dazzle changed into their dragon forms to protect them along with Splish and Splash turning into their griffin forms. After checking her over and making sure she was ok but unconscious a feeling of rage overcame her. The angel watched as a family of imps were being threatened by a sinner with a gun and a succubus mother trying to protect her baby behind a car. Without even thinking she threw her spear hard enough that it impaled the sinner against the wall while opening a pair of portals to get the imp and succubus families to safety. All Vaggie saw now was sinners destroying and killing without care for any others especially the hellborn who lacked their immortality. She saw a crying hellhound holding a dead imp likely his boyfriend or husband. The sinners fighting didn’t care about anyone else but themselves or the harm they caused, so she would show them what it was like to be cut down without mercy by an uncaring more powerful enemy.
She told the dragons and griffins to protect Charlie, earning roars and screeches of agreement. In a less than a second the angel was clad in her lavender and silver angelic steel armour. Drawing her broadsword and dagger she released her wings, shooting forward into the fray her angelic form on full display. The sinners were naught but meat to her and she was the butcher.
Some of the sinners froze seeing an angel while others turned to face her, hoping to earn the glory of killing one and the wisest of most cowardly fled. None of them would live more than a minute longer. Every time Vaggie struck with her broadsword or dagger several sinners died at once. She moved less like a person and more like a spectre of death. They moved so quickly that her targets couldn’t even react before being cut down. Any of the guilty that tried to flee were vaporised by her magic. In less than a minute 500 sinners were dead in the street or completely vaporised. Cherri bpm wisely got the hell out seeing what was happening but Pentious believing this could make his reputation tried to engage her. He didn’t even finish his speech before Vaggie flew through the cockpit grabbing him while destroying his invention. The snake was terrified as an enraged angel had her sword to his throat asking why she shouldn’t just kill him now. He immediately started begging for his life though a roar broke Vaggies concentration. It was Razzle reminding her Charlie still needed to be taken home. She dropped the snake who screamed as he landed in a pile while the angel flew down to the princess. After making sure she was ok Vaggie opened a portal home. Unbeknownst to them a Voxtech drone had been watching the whole time and the overlord watching smirked as this would be a damn juicy bit of news to break.
Back at the hotel Charlie wakes up in her room with the goat bois cuddled up to her. They immediately hug her and start checking her head, but stop once she demands to know what happened. Upon hearing what happened she asks where Vaggie is. On the way there the princess is going over what happened and what to say. While she would rather the angel didn’t kill anyone, it’s understandable that she was simply trying to protect her and any others caught in the middle of it. They arrive at Vaggies room to hear sniffling. Charlie opens the door to see the angel with tears coming out of her eyes which were bloodshot while Splish and Splash tried to calm her down. The princess immediately rushed over and pulled her into a hug asking what was wrong. Vaggie says that she killed so many people, she lost control and was no better than the exorcists a bloodthirsty murderous monster. Charlie admitted that while she doesn’t like seeing people killed, they accept Vaggie only did it to protect her and the other vulnerable hellborn in the area so it’s not like she was murdering defenceless sinners during extermination day. This helped but not by much and Charlie spent the next several hours comforting the angel promising she wasn’t a monster and she loved her. They also made a note to book an appointment with sage for the angel along with hoping they’d have time before word got out. Unfortunately the next they were proven wrong.
Vox showed the footage on the morning news when everyone would see it. It was also picked up by other stations in the other rings. The secret was out. The footage of an angel cutting so many sinners down not only with weapons but magic so quickly and moving inhumanly fast made them realise just how much worse the exterminations could be. The story’s also covered how the angel was in fact the nearly year long girlfriend of the princess which added even more fire to the story through rumours, conspiracy theories and speculation. The sinners were terrified new exterminators were coming, hellborn were more calm considering she was protecting those of them caught in the crossfire and the Goetia wondered what it meant as they were involved with the princess. The sins for their part immediately called a meeting with lucifer.
Afterwards he’s arrived at the hotel, glad he portalled to avoid the mess of news and paparazzi from all across hell. After making sure they were both ok he revealed the meeting. While most of the sins were calmed down after finding out Charlie knew Vaggie was an angel and was safe though still annoyed lucifer never told them, Satan was the opposite. To him the only way he could accept his niece seeing an angel was for them to prove strong enough to protect her, thus calling for an open challenge in several days time. The princess asked if she could talk to him but was dismayed to hear the lord of wrath wouldn’t change his mind. The angel while still traumatised accepted the challenge due to wanting to prove no one could hurt Charlie with her around and she would always protect her. In the days leading up to it she forged herself a new shield for the fight. Charlie asked if Vaggie wanted to wear a favour of her affection, but she pointed out their bow was favour enough.
The meeting was at the Morningstar palace which had been cleaned up after Lucifer rehired the old staff. Within the ballroom were the Goetic royalty and the 7 deadly sins sans Lucifer. Debates raised about what this meant with it split between those who see the new angel as a good omen and those who saw it as a threat. The suns were more uniform in that Lucifer vouched for Vaggie plus she had been the reason why Charlie had been improving herself,except Satan. He argued that if she’s going to be their nieces partner he wants proof she can protect her. That’s when the room goes silent as the main doors open.
Lucifer king of all hell is the 1st of the trio in, with Charlie beside Vaggie in full armour spear and shield drawn. The message was obvious she was here to fight much to Satans joy, with the sins and many Goetia exchanging bets on who will win. The lord of wrath activated cameras that broadcast across all the rings in preparation for their showdown. The king let it be known that she would accept Satans challenge to face him. The Seraphim and Sin looked each other down before he went to retrieve his axe and she to receive words of support and love from her princess. The two then faced each other in the middle of the room. Satan said she was brave to face him considering he’s much older and several times her size. Vaggie retorted she’s as tall as Lucifer and he easily cowed him like a disobedient mutt, earning gasps along with laughs from the braver Goetia and the sins along with many across hell respecting her balls or hoping the lord of wrath would put her in their place. Satan now angered demanded to know who she thought she was to speak to him like that. She said Vaggie formerly Agatha, daughter of Sera lord of the council of heaven and Carmilla Carmine, formerly Camael the 1st to earn the title of archangel rather than be born into it along with being the apprentice to Archangel Michael.
Meanwhile in an overlord meeting called to watch the duel, Carmilla watches as every other overlord turns to look at her mixed with faces of shock and curiosity. She simply gave them a predatory smirk as she brought out her 6 black and white wings. Rosie for her part is excited at this new development, while Zeezi and the burning skull overlord are shocked while the Vs reactions are more split. Vox is genuinely afraid, Val shocked and Vel has a look of rage that the bitch kept it hidden from her. Clara, Odette and Zestial simply compliment the matriarch on her showmanship and go back to discussing how Vaggie will win.
Back in the ballroom Satan takes a moment to absorb that, as he realises she was no mere angel. The rest of the ballroom after shocked gasps from the goetia immediately begin complimenting the princess on having such a strong and mighty lover, with some arguing she takes after her mother in their taste for angelic partners. The sins meanwhile are looking forward to the match as it just got much more interesting.
Lucifer asked if the fighters were ready. After getting their agreements he asked where they’d like to carry out the challenge. Vaggie responded by punching Satan in the face hard enough to send him flying through the wall into the wastelands of pride. While everyone in the room and those watching were absolutely shocked, except for Charlie and Lucifer who knew her power, the angel brought out her 6 wings and flew faster than any one expected to where the Sin had landed.
After several hours the sin and angel had destroyed the part of the wasteland where they landed. Black-reddish blood seeped from the many wounds on Satan. While this girl was no Lucifer she was by no means easy prey. She had the reflexes of a trained and skilled fighter, deflecting most of his attacks and reacting too quick for him except for lucky instances. The lord of wrath was giving it his all but refused to yield till he saw her true strength. Vaggie for her part had fewer wounds but her blood showed the sinners and hellborn it was gold. The angel was refraining from using her full power as despite his flaws he was a good uncle to Charlie and she loved him. Vaggie had feinted allowing the Kip dunce to land blows so she could land her own, but more were from him landing them without her letting him. She decided it was time to end this.
The angel used her wings to propel herself backwards before throwing her spear, it landing dead on the haft of Satans axe going deep and knocking it out of his hands. She then shot forward punching the sin in the stomach, aided by her speed along with her natural strength he felt every single rib break. Vaggie followed it up by smashing him in the jaw with her should hard enough to not only dislocate his jaw but either knock out or break all his teeth. The angel grabbed the stunned lord of wrath by his neck and flew into the sky at high speed. Once they were high enough she dropped him before smashing her feet into his chest and with her wings shot them down to the ground at high speed. The impact could be seen all throughout pride and felt in all the rings of hell.
The ballroom and the rest of hell were in complete silence as the cameras only showed clouds of dust. Then a portal opened up to the shock of the royals, sins and Goetia. In walked Vaggie but what made everyone watch feel even more shock was what she was dragging behind her. It was Satan but in a much worse state. His horns were broken, multiple bones were poking through his skin, blood seeped from his eyes, mouth, nose and ears, his wings had multiple holes in them. After dragging him into the centre of the room, she dropped the horn she was using and drew her dagger putting it to his throat. The angel asked a single thing, yield or would she have to mount his head on her wall. The sin could do little more than say yield as his broken body made further combat possible. Vaggie sheathed her dagger, watching the sin as she walked away to a decent distance before they started healing him with magic. After less than a minute his horns had grown back and each wound had sown shut with the pain disappearing. The angel then summoned back her spear which was still embedded into Satans axe. After pulling it out she offered the weapon back to its owner holding it by the head. The sin takes it, asking why she held back. Vaggie responds cause she’d have killed him if she didn’t and despite his flaws Charlie loves him and would be heartbroken if he died, plus she wanted to have a real fight which he gave her. Satan knows he should be angry that he was still losing despite giving it his all and she was holding back, but the fact she healed him along with returning his axe and only held back to not hurt Charlie along with beating him before going full power made him realise his niece had a strong protector now and hell a new weapon in it’s arsenal. The sin simply laughed and patted the angel on the back, letting her know she was welcome in the family. Charlie smiled as she almost ran to her girlfriend checking her over before healing then kissing her. Rather than stay she simply opened a portal and took them home to give Vaggie the rest and care she deserved. To those left in the ballroom and watching on tv, they were left in shock as there was a new power in hell that easily defeated one of the strongest and oldest princes of hell.
In the weeks that followed there was a media circus with Vaggie having to give interviews to various news agencies as she was now a massive celebrity. These varied depending on the ring. Wrath wanted to know her workout and training regime. Lust wanted details about her past relationships and her current one with Charlie, she refused to answer the more explicit ones. Gluttony what the food in heaven was like and what her favourites were. Sloth wanted details about angelic medicine and healing. Envy about the fashion and beauty products of heaven along with details about their relationship with the princess. Greed about what goods are like in heaven and what they use for money. Pride was a more mixed bag. When Vaggie went on for 666 news she found Katie Killjoy to be an unpleasant bitch, but when she insulted Charlie she let her have it. She simply stared the reporter down with eyes of cold rage that actually scared them. Then she demanded to know where the fuck an arrogant up jumped overrated weather girl like her dares insult someone as perfect as the princess her girlfriend in front of them. Katie started shaking she realised she up much to the joy of Tom trench and the other staff. The angel demanded that she apologise to Charlie who she portalled on set. The newscaster got on her knees begging her forgiveness before Vaggie ordered her to kiss their feet which they immediately complied with before ordering her off the set. Killjoy actually ran off afraid to piss them off while trench and the rest of the crew laughed at. Trench then gave the interview and overall it went very well. The pride ring was shocked to find out the exterminations were a secret which gave sinners hope that their families didn’t hate them if it was kept so hush hush. Many were also jealous that sinners were able to have kids in heaven unlike them and surprised casual sex was allowed along with being so common along with other things. After the interview Trench thanked her for great interview and also putting Katie in her place. As they left Charlie admitted she was grateful for Vaggie defending her honour but thought the kissing her feet was a bit much. The angel simply responded she deserved it and wanted to show people they couldn’t insult her girlfriend anymore, which earned her a kiss.
Each ring reacted to Vaggies new celebrity status after the fight in their own way, with a number of girls born across hell being named after her or some variation of her name including her old one, though especially in wrath due to defeating their lord with a new cult having been born there, naming her the warmother. The devotees wore medallions or got tattoos with her name. In lust she inspired an increase in angel roleplay and other related kinks to become very popular. In Gluttony multiple restaurants, cafes, bars and bakeries came up with new pastries, alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages inspired by her, she and Charlie actually liked them. Envy it led to new fashions inspired by her becoming popular with them incorporating silver and lavender often with feathers, which Charlie bought some of the nicer ones for Vaggie which increased their popularity seeing her wear them, even being invited to model for them which she did very well at. In Greed multiple bootleg products rose up based on her and Charlie, though official ones came out after Vaggie worked out a deal with lucifers lawyer one of the terms being the workers were fairly paid and treated while also getting a fair cut. In sloth people started getting surgeries to have wings attached, these either went well and caused no issues along with being able to fly or horribly with the recipient suffering horrible pain that required emergency surgery depending on who performed it. Some even went as far to have their hair, eyes and skin permanently dyed to look like her much to Vaggie and Charlie’s discomfort. This new celebrity caused souvenir hunters to scavenge the battleground for things to sell or keep. This included rocks which went for small fortunes along with Vaggie and Satans blood. They went for massive sums with some likely planning to use the blood of a prince or an angels for power magics, her new cult bought a small vial to act as a sacred relic and one Goetia supposedly bought some to eat just he could say he had tasted an angels blood. That especially creeped the couple out.
In the aftermath Vaggie found herself getting to know the sins. Satan she had a mutual respect with as he trusted her to protect his niece and her strength as well with them regularly having bought or going hunting in wrath together to see who can get the biggest kill. Beelzebub loved her cause she made Charlie happy and overall helped take Satan down a peg. They bonded over baking and cooking with both agreeing they’re excellent, though Vaggie refused to try and match her in a drinking contest after the 1st time despite beating her, she decided hangovers weren’t worth it. Azmodeus also loved her for the same reason and was more than happy to give Vaggie ideas for dates with Charlie, she also got along with Fizz and encouraged the 2 to be more open but respected that they weren’t ready. Leviathan liked her cause her presence had increased the envy people felt for her, plus she could see through people’s lies and see what they really wanted, plus they agreed to give any information she had in exchange for any she had. Mammon likes her for all the money she had made him through the product deals and kept asking her to do endorse new products, Vaggie figured out that if you give him food he’ll focus on that along with throwing a handful of bills for him to follow. Though one good thing about him was that when it came to Charlie money was no object which she appreciated about him plus he liked she kept her safe.
With the truth of her past out once again Carmilla became much more respected and feared. The overlords were much more careful and respectful to her considering she was a former archangel. Rosie thought it was great, enjoying the gossip she heard about her. The Vs were afraid of pissing her off, though Velvet was more pissed off the bitch had cheated by being there since the start.
Not long after the fight Vaggie and Charlie were at the hotel enjoying a nice relaxing day when they got a call from Carmilla. She let them know that Rosie the overlord of Cannibal town wanted to see them both in a few days for tea. That set alarm bells off in the angels head, she asked why and her mama simply said it was a surprise. Though she did add that despite the name the cannibals where rather friendly and nice especially Rosie though she is an overlord so she can be dangerous when she wants to. Vaggie thanks her for the tip along with the message and let’s Charlie know about the request, the princess thinks they should at least see what she wants, worst comes to worst they fight their way out. The angel admits that’s fair.
So the day of the requested meeting they leave the limo with the goat and duck bois near cannibal towns entrance, deciding to walk to Rosie shop. On the way there they notice a group of cannibal ladies looking at Vaggie like they want to eat her, she can’t decide if it’s the literal or the bedroom way. Once they see the emporium is close they give each a look that wordlessly agree that if shit hits the fan, they fight their way out.
Upon entering they find the shop empty which is understandable if the owner wanted a private meeting but put Vaggie on edge, though Charlie was more optimistic. They heard a door open and a well dressed woman in vintage clothing walk in. Upon seeing them she came over to pull them both into a hug introducing herself as Rosie, the towns overlord. She then drags them to the back of the shop were 2 other women are waiting for her. She introduces them as her wives, who are also very happy to see the Angel. After sitting down for tea Rosie reveals one of the kids claimed that they were cornered by an exterminator but was rescued by another Angel with 6 wings. Vaggie freezes, then asks where he is. The overlord gestures behind her and she’s shocked to see the boy standing there before rushing over pulling him into a hug overjoyed to see he was ok, as was he to see her too. Rosie then revealed that the boy is their son. They invited her so she and her wives could thank them for saving his life. Over tea they learned about how Rosie and her wives ended up in hell, the former ate her 2 abusive husbands while the latter 2 had been driven to desperation during severe famines and now abstained from cannibalism. The overlord also lets her know she’s become quite popular in town since she saved their son and the cannibals are very tight-nit and loyal to each other. After that visit Vaggie found herself become fond of the overlord and her family as did Charlie, who started seeing her as a trusted confidant and even in a maternal sense since Lilith disappeared with them seeing her as a daughter.
3 months after the duel in December Lucifer has restarted the Winters end ball, a celebration held for the elite of hell the final one of the year. The couple arrive at the palace, Charlie deciding to wear a red and black ballroom dress while Vaggie is wearing a new lavender and silver one. They greet the king, with the princess doing her best to help calm her father’s nerves down while the angel is helping the staff with the finishing touches.
After the other guests start arriving it goes very well. The entertainment, food, drinks and decorations are perfect with everyone having a good time. Charlie is using the party to along with spending time with Vaggie and her family to build political connections. She talks to Vassago and Stolas who are more than happy to support her ideas, it was also nice to see Octavia who’s like a niece to her, along with comforting the prince about what a bitch Stella is. Vaggie is also happy to spend time with her mama and sisters plus Zestial. Rosie and her wives were invited at special request by the couple who had a good time as the food was good plus great gossip about the royals. The night is overall going very well, though some idiots ruin it. As Vaggie is going to get a drink she’s accosted by an envious member of the Goetia who claims she stole Charlie from her and was preparing to win her over, while the princess was dealing with a number of other Goetia who want to convince her to support their reforms that will enrich themselves while making things worse for imps and hellhounds. They both try to politely leave but they are hounded, with both growing more insistent towards them. The angel finally snaps telling the jealous butch that she knows what she’d like and Charlie would never want a judgement, classist racist bitch like her while the princess tells the petitioners to fuck off as she has no interest in making her people suffer so a bunch of rich assholes can get even richer. This causes a scene but gets them to leave the couple alone, along with entertaining their guests. After that they find a nice quiet spot in the palace gardens to just relax together.
Charlie and Vaggie spent that the day before that year’s extermination making sure the new bunkers were up to code then the day of helping any of the few wounded they found. For the many sinners who needed to use said bunkers the couple became very popular due to saving their lives which the princess later admitted it felt good to have her people happy with her.
A year and 9 months later, 3 months before the pilot the couple after having long since finished refurbishing the hotel magically and Charlie having gotten her psych degree they decide it’s time to go looking for their 1st of hopefully many patrons. They spend a month looking for someone till they got lucky.
They’re driving around one day after hours of fruitless searching till Charlie sees a spider sinner leaning against a light post. She has Razzle and Dazzle stop so they can talk to him. Angel Dust starts flirting before noticing she’s a woman and lets her know it’s 2x as much for ladies, before she frantically invites them inside. He immediately starts looking and asking if they have any liquor before an exasperated Vaggie introduces herself which causes him to burst out laughing which makes the angel ask if the princess is sure, which she reaffirms. At this moment the spider recognises them and goes rigid, honestly terrified. Seeing this they promise that Vaggie won’t hurt him as long as he doesn’t threaten Charlie which calms the spider down, he acts more like his usual self but careful to avoid pissing the seraphim off. They proceed to pitch the idea to an Incredulous angel dust though he does seem interested in the protection, safe place away from Val and rent free part too. He admits he isn’t sure but will give it a try before telling them he needs to leave as his boss told him to get some cash. Charlie in response gives him a massive wad of cash, letting him know he’s worth it when questioned which leaves the spider speechless. Angel is a bit sarcastic as he leaves but they can tell he’s grateful for the money.
He arrives the next day much to Charlie’s joy and Vaggies happy surprise. Upon seeing his pig fat nuggets the princess immediately starts fawning him, though he soon runs straight to Vaggie wanting her attention. The angel explains that it’s an influence from Eden which causes Earth and He’ll animals to want to be near angels as she strokes his head much to his joy. After handing nuggets back to Angel Dust they give him the tour and explain to him about the hotel. He seems impressed by the fact they grow their own fruits, vegetables, herbs and spices with the princess explaining it helps when you have magic. Upon seeing the kitchen Angel Dust is shocked at how big it is, even more so once Vaggie reveals she knows Italian, explaining angels are born knowing all human languages dead or otherwise. The two then talk in Italian briefly both noticing how happy he looks. They then show him the other amenities which shock and impress the spider. By the time they make it back to the lobby they reveal they had his things take to his room. Charlie then tells him the rules such as no drugs in the hotel, no outside people without letting them know and no fighting other guests. Vaggie also tells him that his room will have a kitchen so he can prepare his own meals but there are meals with them and other guests for all 3 meals if he wants to join them. Angel is shocked his room is more like an apartment with a living room, kitchen, full bath and bedroom. After letting him see it they let him know that they both have psych degrees so are ready to talk whenever he is which he laughs off, though they leave some pills which they explain make withdrawal easier if he decides to get clean which the spider is silent at. Once they leave he goes to his bedroom discovering a very sweet note from Charlie letting him know they believe in him and promise to do whatever they can to help him improve. The spider rather than throw it away puts it in a drawer for safekeeping and is well not sure how to feel about the picture across his bed with a wide smiling Charlie and more subdued smiling Vaggie around the words, “We know you can do it!”. Angel simply unpacks his stuff then decides to join the couple for dinner. He arrives with nuggets to see that it’s spaghetti and meatballs with saffron arancini with mozzarella. The two talk while giving Angel the opportunity to join in without pushing his boundaries, though aside from talking about the food he doesn’t say much.
Over his 1st month Angel Dust goes about his days at the hotel. He pushes their buttons either earning admonishments from Charlie or annoying Vaggie into yelling at him to see how they react though it never goes beyond that. It’s also during this time that they notice how he acts when his boss calls, how he talks and how he is after getting home, which based on what they’ve heard about Valentino paints a very bad picture. They know they can’t push Angel to talk so they give him space unless it gets really bad. They look after fat nuggets when he’s at work and stick his fridge with spices and herbs along with meats and cheeses from an Italian Deli they found nearby. Charlie also leaves potions that heal any physical wounds he might have.
In his 2nd month Angel realises they genuinely want to help him, considering how they give him space, look after nuggets and keep his fridge stocked plus those potions always fix him up. The fact that despite him being an asshole and not really interacting with them aside from that helps him see they do believe he can be better. So he starts cutting back more on drugs with the pills helping that a lot, he starts cooking in the main kitchen downstairs and interacting with them more. He admits he isn’t ready for therapy but is overall more willing to give the program a try. Charlie is overjoyed as Vaggie is happy her girlfriend’s plan is working and Angel Dust really does want their help, she also notices how much he reminds her of Molly back in heaven.
That extermination is as tense as any other with Vaggie doing her best to comfort Charlie despite knowing she’s saved a lot with her bunker initiative. Angel Dust for his part is in his room trying to enjoy his day off, grateful that the walls of the hotel is soundproofed so they can’t hear any of the screams outside. Once it was over the spider was called into work while the couple went out to help any wounded sinners while having the ducks and goats keep an eye on KeeKee and Fat Nuggets. Though once they get home they surprise each other with gifts for their 4th anniversary of meeting and 3rd as a couple.
The next day they’re at 666 news getting ready for their interview to advertise the hotel. Charlie is a bit nervous/excited while Vaggie is being as supportive as expected telling her she’ll be great. They went over the pitch which was much more professional and included a talk about the hotels amenities. Killjoy was her usual self till she noticed the angel was there and was much more polite much to Trenchs joy. Once it starts the princess put forward a much more professional pitch. She pointed out her degree in psychology along with resources they can use to help any guests with their issues be it through traditional therapy, activities and access to medication that can help them plus the fact no one will dare attack the hotel of lucifers daughter or her seraphim girlfriend. She also points out their 1st guest Angel Dust the famous porno star has been clean for 2 weeks and interacting with the program, defending him when Katie is skeptical. Overall the interview is going very well, until the report about Angel Dust fighting Sir Pentious with Cherri Bomb. Vaggie immediately portals to the scene, upon seeing her again the snake tries to act brave before she goes into her angellic form which terrifies him into fleeing then turns her attention to Angel who realises he’s fucked up. Back in the studio Katie emboldened by the angels exit starts acting like her usual bitchy self to Charlie mocking her idea for being dead in the water. She of course shoots back that’s rich coming from a complete bitch like her, who despite not touching the gays and claims to have standards works for Vox who’s gay without whom she’d be nothing than a 3rd rate weather girl. The studio goes silent for a moment waiting to see what happens next. Killjoy immediately goes to attack her, but Charlie decks her hard enough to send them flying several miles away before the newswoman is even out of her chair. The silence continues before the crew, audience and especially Tom Trench start applauding the princess for putting that annoying bitch in her place. Charlie gives a performers bow before Vaggie opens a portal for her back to the hotel where she’s waiting with Angel Dust, the former is very unhappy while the latter is guilty.
After taking a few minutes to calm down, they sit across from Angel in the lobby, Charlie more hurt while Vaggie is more angry. They ask what he was doing in a turf war, he remorsefully admits that Cherri called him needing help and he felt like he had to considering all she’s done for them. The couple exchange looks, based on what little he’s told them that until he came to the hotel she was his only support system. Charlie says she understands he felt like he had to help his friend which is an admirable goal, but fighting in turf wars isn’t exactly good behaviour, Vaggie adding especially when it affects the hotels reputation like today. They both tell Angel while they aren’t happy they understand he was just helping his friend asking he not do so in a way that affects the hotel again. Despite how gentle their being the spider feels even worse for screwing them over with his stunt.
Vaggie noticing Charlie is looking upset she offers to make them a cup of tea with honey, which they accept. While the angel makes it the princess goes to her office for some privacy. After shutting the door Charlie calls her mom, despite knowing she won’t answer they tell her about the interview and how it went along, despite the setbacks she’s still hopeful her and Vaggie can help Angel who is hopefully the 1st of many new patients before hanging up. The seraphim walks in with the tea, realising what happened she walks over to the princess puts the tea on the desk and places a kiss on the princesses head, wordlessly reaffirming her support and belief in her dream which they appreciate. They stay like that for a few minutes before Charlie downs the cup in one go and heads back to the lobby with Vaggie following her. Once they arrive they hear knocking at the door.
Charlie goes to open it hopeful it’s a new guest, though freezes seeing who it is. She slams the door shut before opening it then shutting it again. They tell Vaggie it’s the radio demon causing the angel to looked shocked as she thought he was dead 7 years by this point. The princess asks what she should do with her girlfriend telling her not to let him in but if she does they need to be extremely careful, as he has to be here for a reason. Charlie nods, thinking over her girlfriend’s words and what she knows about the one on the other side of the door, before finally making her decision.
Upon being allowed in Alastor wastes no time in introducing himself and complimenting Charlie on her entertaining interview calling it the most entertaining thing since the stock market crash of 29. He pauses seeing Vaggie looking at him without any fear more like he’s a minor annoyance/curiosity which intrigues/infuriates him. He then reveals he’s there to help her dream, though it’s for entertainment rather than any real belief in redemption due to simple boredom and Charlie decking killjoy plus her passionate pitch proved she would be the one to provide him new entertainment. Along with his belief that no sinner can redeem themselves and their failures doing so will be entertainment to him. Charlie is rather upset and hotly argues he’s wrong which impresses him more.
Angel then asks who he is, much to Vaggies shock as he was here decades longer than her exasperated at his explanation of not being big on politics. She explains he was a powerful overlord who appeared stronger than most other of the others and toppled them overnight broadcasting their screams across hell on his radio show to show off his power finishing by stating that along with the mystery of where his power came from that’s he’s an unpredictably dangerous monster of chaos. Angel simply says he looks like a strawberry pimp and points out Vaggie could put him down easy, which she agrees with adding so could Charlie, that doesn’t mean she trusts him or wants to take the risk.
She thus goes to Charlie telling her that if she does decide to let him in she can’t trust him, considering his reputation and his own words which the princess promises she won’t though she can’t turn him away without breaking her own goals. Charlie thus lets Al make his offer before roundly turning his deal down , pointing out that she’s not stupid enough to make one with him but will be willing to order him to stay to help as long as he’s willing to thus accepting his offer. Though she points out that he’d better have a good offer considering they’ve fixed up the hotel and have the support of her father which causes the deer demon to seethe realising he has fewer options than he thought thought he reluctantly accepts.
He asks where the staff is with the couple revealing they were waiting for more guests, which Al jumps on as his opportunity. He 1st brings in nifty who is actually extremely impressed by how clean the hotel is while still being disappointed by the lack of men, not realising Angel Dust is along. Next is Husk who is not happy at being pulled away from the table as he was winning, acting very pissed at Alastor before calming down at the sight of the well stocked bar even if he still hates it. Angel does admit he wondered why they had a bar considering the hotel, with Vaggie arguing lots of people drink without it being a problem plus alcoholics need to learn to be around booze to be able to avoid relapsing plus even cutting back a little at a time can help people in kicking it rather than simply going cold turkey, which the spider admits makes a lot of sense. The spider is also interested in their new bartender.
Alastor then summons a band along with changing everyone into 20s style clothing pulling Charlie into a dance, though is less of an ass to Vaggie as he can sense she’s not someone to be trifled with. That’s until the door is blown off by an explosion hitting Nifty. They go outside to see Pentious in his airship preparing a new laser weapon. Vaggie is preparing to shield them before Al uses his powers to destroy it, shocking everyone who hasn’t seen it before. He then leads everyone inside while offering to make them all his mother’s Jambalaya.
Over dinner Vaggie realises how much it tastes like her friend/ex Bernadette’s before realising that Alastor is her son. Her heart breaks at how she’d feel knowing her son had become an even bigger monster. Exhausted she decides to simply focus on eating before heading to bed with Charlie. After dinner Al asks Husk if he knows anything about the princess’s business/romantic partner. The cat just laughs at him remembering just how long he’s been gone which annoys the deer demon. Though it soon turns to shock upon hearing that not only is she the daughter of the council of heaven along with Carmilla’s daughter who is a former archangel herself but was close to becoming one as well. When the details about her beating the sin of wrath Satan himself in combat easily enough, he stews over being in the proximity of someone so much more powerful than him damaging his pride and making his plans even harder to accomplish.
For Ep 1. Charlie is in her room reading through the story of her parent’s fall, when Vaggie surprises her. After asking if she’s ok as she only reads it when she’s missing her mom, the princess promises she is especially as she has them at her side which makes the angel blush. Vaggie then lets her know that Alastor has something to show them.
After watching his commercial Charlie tries to be polite in her criticisms but Vaggie hits the nail on the head, telling Al it was a bunch of shit. He of course argues that it was hilarious and complains that they were the ones who wanted it on tv instead of a more proper medium like radio. Angel pops up offering to help film a new one which the couple appreciates. Then Charlie has to leave to take a call from her dad. The spider then asks why they can’t just have Alastor force people to stay there, which the deer retorts he easily could. That’s when Husk shouts out the only reason he’s here is cause Alastor forced him, with nifty piping up with cat telling her to keep that to herself. Angel starts flirting with the cat much to his annoyance. Vaggie tells him to leave husk alone pointing out he chose to come and stay of his own free will, forcing people won’t work. Plus if anyone could force them to stay it would be her as she’s much more powerful than Alastor, causing the radio demon to glare at her.
Charlie meanwhile has been asked by her dad to attend a meeting with heaven, specifically Adam, as he’s busy dealing with an issue with the sins. The princess calls Vaggie over, upon hearing the reason why the angel goes very quiet. She tells Charlie to find out what he wants but he very careful and not bother pitching the hotel to him as not only would he not give it a chance, there’s no chance he’d pass it onto her mother so she shouldn’t bother pitching the hotel to him. The princess agrees and thanks her for the advice, before opening a portal outside the embassy.
Once she’s inside her thoughts turn to what he could want along with how this could affect the hotel and their hopes of redeeming sinners. After signing in she heads to the meeting room, upon noticing it’s empty she prepares for a possible ambush. When Adam and Lute appears, it takes her everything not to scream at them, grateful finding out their holograms so she doesn’t have to be physically near them. Charlie is polite but nothing else hoping to get this over with, not falling for his attempted pranks and simply going along with Adam’s attempts at small talk. The whole time she wished she was back at the hotel.
Meanwhile Vaggie has gathered everyone in the lobby. She tells them that while Charlie is at the meeting they’re going to make a new commercial for the hotel, as seeing it will make her feel a lot better after the meeting which she’ll likely need. The angel creates a professional camera, surprising the others then tells them to get ready. She starts with Husk and Angel. The spider is able to keep his thirsty side in check and give a good performance with the cat managing to read his lines with the goats holding cue card for them to read from.
Meanwhile back at the embassy Charlie is wishing she was dead as Adam is telling a story that makes him sound like a misogynistic prick as usual.
At the hotel Vaggie attempts to get nifty to film her segment before they run into a snag as the cyclops freezes up on camera. She has her leave before turning Splish and Splash invisible so they can record her without being seen. They have her do it under the pretence of practise then let her know they got it before she leaves. Angel Dust is impressed she can do that, the seraphim smiling and revealing she can do much more. She then denies his request to use it to play pranks much to the spiders annoyance.
While she’s exiting the video Alastor appears, to her annoyance, letting her know he’s impressed with how well it all went despite what the angel had. Vaggie thanks him before revealing she often did theatre in heaven and reports on the heavenly news along with public service announcements, so knows how to make a good shoot. She then asks if he can get this on tv, which annoys the deer. Vaggie simply shrugs saying she can do it if he doesn’t want to show his value in being at the hotel. Despite his offence he knows she’s right so agrees to get it on air that day. The angel smirks a bit as he leaves sulking.
At the embassy Charlie finally having enough stands up and demands Adam get to the point or she was leaving, as he was proving why her mom left him along with why he’s proof even God needed a 1st draft. The 1st man freezes at that before he joins Lute in being absolutely pissed off, letting her know if that’s what she wants then fine. This is when they reveal their moving the exterminations up to twice a year, 6 months from that day. The princess is horrified and enraged, arguing the treaty only allows for it to be once a year. Adam brushes that off by saying no on will care as long as it’s only sinners dying, as long as they leave the royalty and hellborn alone they plus Lucifer won’t do anything about it. The two then cruelly eject an angry Charlie who is very tempted to burn the damn embassy down while also feeling horror at the idea of 2 exterminations a year.
She walks back to the hotel to think things over and try to find a way to spin it that isn’t awful or if it’s better to delay telling them till tomorrow. The second she reaches the door Vaggie pulls Charlie in excitedly, her warm smile calming the princess’s worries. Upon hearing that they all made a commercial with Al using his connections to get it on tv the princess almost starts crying in joy. Though it turns to everyone being annoyed when it’s interrupted, then horror/shock as it announces the new extermination.
Meanwhile in heaven Adam and Lute watch as the drone finds the body of their slain exorcist. Despite his 2nd wanting to go down and massacre them the 1st man promises they just need to wait before destroying the camera.
For ep 2. Charlie is panicking while trying to figure out how to deal with their being 2 exterminations a year now and how to make the hotel work before the 2nd one happens. Vaggie of course calms her down before Angel interjects that it might be a lot harder to achieve now before the princess says they just have to try harder in response. The spider then points out the fact that people are going completely nuts over the news, though Charlie asks about the donkey show text from Valentino, which he plays off much to the couples worries based on his body language and what they know about his boss. Angel points out that sinners are desperate which gives Vaggie the idea that they’ll try anything to avoid extermination out of sheer desperation. Charlie agrees it’s the perfect time to find new patrons with Angel Dust pointing out it’s not exactly calm out there, with the princess refuting that they can’t just wait for new people to just turn up at their door. That’s when they hear a loud bang followed by a series of annoyed complaints.
Outside Sir Pentious is annoyed that his attack didn’t even scratch the wall, demanding Alastor come face him before realising he’s on the balcony sipping coffee. The snake continues his boast of defeating the Radio demon along with the respect the Vs will give him, while Al just shadows down to the ground while the others come outside. Nifty asks who the V’s are with Al simply saying no one important. The second Pentious sees Vaggie he tries to flee in terror, Alastor offended by being overshadowed reminds the snake to fear him too. Unbeknownst to them a Vox tech drone is watching this.
In his office within V tower Vox smiles as he watches his empire and uses his powers to fool the weak of hell into buying along with watching his products. That changes once he gets a call from Velvette who complains about Valentino fucking up her studio spouting his mood as he has to leave to fix it. On the way he uses his powers to trick to the reporters into thinking they have a way to protect against the exorcists before zipping into Velvets studio. Here she demands he get his boytoy back to normal as he’s screwing with her fashion show.
Vox this heads up to Valentino’s room to find the pimp throwing a tantrum about Angel Dust moving into the hotel, promising to go over there and fuck everyone in it. The TV overlord reminds him that not only would it damage their brand to go after a common whore, but trying anything with the princess would not only piss her off but also her angel girlfriend and the king, which the moth begrudgingly agrees with. After promising he can shoot the lowest earners, Val shocks and enrages Vox by telling him that Alastor is staying there. He of course demands to know why they never told him but the moth just shrugs it off pointing out Al is his enemy. The tv overlord immediately switches to the drone observing the hotel.
Alastor is currently using his tentacles to shake Sir Pentious airship before the snake falls out as he laughs out loud enjoying it, despite Charlie asking him to take it easy on them. After thanking the snake for another forgettable encounter, he rips off a chunk of the deers coat before realising his mistake then being sent shooting through the air screaming. Alastor lets them know he has to leave to get his coat fixed. The couple also leave planning to head out and get new sinners for the hotel leaving the others.
Back at the Tower an enraged Vox can’t believe that Alastor is back or with the princess. He decides to make him learn how things have changed in the last 7 years. So he tries to mock the radio demon on tv but is soon left humiliated when the deer demon causes him to become so enraged he shorts out everything in Pentagram city except for the hotel. Wanting to not only avenge his embarrassment but also prevent the Radio demon from making a deal with Charlie, he gathers his partners to try and figure out how to prevent that possibly along with knowing what the hotel is doing. They agree they need someone desperate and not connected to them, the tv overlord revealing he has the perfect choice.
After a long day the angel and princess return, without any new sinners and the latter exhausted flopping face first into the couch. Angel Dust asks how it went, Vaggie revealing aside from selfies and autographs with a lot of sinners/hellborn they didn’t find any new recruits with the spider arguing no one wants to waste their time on a long shot when they think they’ll die in a few months though a knocking interrupts him. The seraphim goes to answer it finding Sir Pentious on the other side who upon seeing her, goes stiff and stutters out a hello. Vaggie looks at him asking what he’s doing there before Charlie appears curious about who’s at the door. Here the snake gets out he wants to become a guest and redeem himself. The princess excited to have a new patron drags him in, while the angel is suspicious.
Angel Dust of course reminds them he tried attacking them twice in a week let alone a few hours ago, which Vaggie admits is fair. Though the spider can’t exactly argue after Charlie reminds him the hotel is open to any who want to redeem themselves which the Seraphim admits is the point of the hotel, plus it’s not like Pentious is really that dangerous with or without his war machines which causes the snake to become a bit down.
Charlie then brings him in to introduce him to everyone, ecstatic to have their 2nd ever guest. She promises Pentious that nifty is mostly harmless, they think though she still creeps him out. After being terrified by Alastor, at Charlie’s urging the snake apologises for damaging his coat returning the sliver he stole, which Al destroys after wondering how much it meant to him before destroying it just to spite the inventor overlord.
To welcome him to the hotel and introduce him Charlie has them play the clapping game. Angel isn’t enthusiastic but a soft look from the princess causes him to become involved reluctantly. They then move onto the skit which is about a university student being offered drugs to help him deal with stress, Pentious as the student and Angel as the one offering the drugs. Pentious of course rejects them with a good argument. Charlie is of course overjoyed at how well he participated on his 1st day. Angel dust laughs about how he’s glad the script wasn’t too bad, but feels a bit inferior to the snake.
He goes to his room where he tries to deal with his guilt about hurting the hotel with his and Cherri’s fight, his feelings of inadequacy in trying to actually redeem himself and helplessness once Vals text start coming through hearing the limps voice in his head. He snuggles with Nugget’s before heading down for a drink.
At the bar he takes a swig of strong booze before hearing something from Charlie’s office. The spider finds the snake planting a camera on the bookshelf. Enraged at his betrayal and deceit Angel lunged at Pentious causing a short brawl that ended when they saw the couple in the doorway. Angel tells them what happened, but is cut off by Vaggie revealing they know. She felt something off about Pentious so placed an observation spell on him to confirm or deny her suspicions. The snake freezes before screaming for help trying to flee while calling Vox. The tv overlord is incredulous it took so little time for him to get caught, he insults Pentious along with telling him to kill himself if they don’t. Broken the inventor just falls to the floor, not even trying to stop them from killing him. Taking pity on him Charlie offers him a chance to redeem himself for real, which the snake happily takes, touched by her kinds words and belief he can be redeemed. As they leave Alastor picks up the watch to mock Vox once again before destroying it.
For Ep 3. Charlie is celebrating Sir Pentious 1st week by having a banner displayed and having his favourite meal for dinner, a traditional Sunday Roast. Vaggie reminds her while it’s a big step, he’s still got a ways to go. The princess argues he’s made great progress, before freezing at the sight of him rolling in a weapon. She asks and the snake claims it’s to prevent the others from striking as they are being too nice not to be planning something. This is when Clara and Odette arrive bringing his weapons order. After letting her annoyance be known she greeted her sisters who were happy to see them. They let her know that their mother wanted to see the couple for dinner tmrw night, which the 2 agreed to. Vaggie then told them to take back the order as weapon building isn’t allowed, much to the snakes exasperation, her sisters taking them without complaint. She also points out that people are being nice cause they want him to feel welcome. Pentious looks to the Cat, Spider and Cyclops saying he doubts it. He also says he doesn’t trust them despite the angel telling him it’s the truth. Charlie sees this as an opportunity for the days activity to create trust though her partner claims ground rules must be set. These are no more weapon building, no more plotting against the guests and he needs to be in control of the egg bois just as two of them fire a laser that would’ve put a hole in the ceiling if not for the enchantments on them. Sensing Vaggies anger and not wanting her to be seen as the bad guy, the princess tells Pentious that the eggs will be confiscated till the end of the day, which causes the snake to start weeping as he’ll miss them immensely even for a short time. After an emotional goodbye, the egg bois accept it easily, the seraphim leads them away while Charlie comforts the inventor.
Vaggie leads them to Alastors room, asking him to watch them for the day. After complaining about his breakfast being interrupted though agrees letting her know he’ll be leaving for the day. She thanks him then voices her disgust of his meal of a dead rotting deer.
In the lobby Charlie announces that they understand there’s been tension, that Vaggie adds is making their redemption programs harder disarming Pentious after trapping Nifty with a gun to her head. The couple announce they’ll do some trust exercises to help them bond. They start with trust falls though it has mixed results after the princess puts the angel in charge, which they happily agree to. After that Vaggie starts with other exercises. The 1st requires everyone to say one nice thing about everyone no matter how small, which goes better. Finally they move onto a trust exercise that requires them to reveal something themselves. Vaggie starts by revealing she loves to rub her face into the fur of Charlie’s legs cause of how soft they are, while the blushing princess reveals she loves having her wings wrapped around her. Pentious reveals he sleeps curled up with his egg bois, Husk that he writes letters to his mom, Angel that he talks to Molly even though she’s not there and Nifty likes writing stories along with drawing.
Meanwhile Alastor is walking to the meeting, doing his best not to murder the egg bois, very grateful that Zestial appeared. On the way there the spider overlord asked where the deer had been having heard he’d been exterminated which cause him to laugh. Upon reaching the elevator Al attempts to keep them watching out front, though Frank got trapped inside. Upon arriving Alastor and Zestial watch as the other overlords arrive while Frank follows behind trying not to be noticed. Carmilla Carmine arrives with her daughters, welcoming her fellows, especially happy to see Zestial and surprised but quickly moving on from seeing Alastor has returned much to the deers annoyance and offence. The weapons overlord starts before being interrupted by Velvet who is her usual self. After insulting Carmilla who tries to move on she reveals the dead exorcists head, causing the room to freeze in shock. The matriarch asks where she got it from, with the fashion overlord revealing the Vs found it on extermina day and as it’s proof they can be killed, then they can fight back claiming they have a plan. Zestial interrupts pouting out they not only don’t know what killed the exorcist or who, which doesn’t give them an idea of how to fight them and would likely just cause the exorcists to purge all of hell. Vel is pissed seeing the others agree with him, but seeing Carmilla looking like she’s trying to hide something they decide to find out what it is. After insulting the spider overlord and infuriating the matriarch, the doll finally insinuates that she knows what happens, resulting in the meeting ending early all but confirming her suspicions. Intrigued Alastor has Frank follow the carmines to find out her secret.
Meanwhile the hotel group is out shopping as Angel suggested it as a bonding activity. Charlie finds a new top for Vaggie while she finds them a new skirt. Angel ends up finding a new dress for nifty, with her finding him a new top. Husk who’s sipping a flask smiles at the sight. Sir Pentious for his part ends up finding a new blanket to keep him and the eggs warm at night. While it helps it’s not enough so after some convincing Charlie lets Vaggie try something else.
The angel takes them to the middle of a war zone. She tells them that her former teacher Michael, told her the bonds forged in combat are some of the strongest there are. Vaggie then announces they’ll be dropped in and have to fight their way back to the rooftop, opening a portal underneath them. While Charlie did feel a bit bad about it, her partner reassured her reminding her that combat practise helped them bond, along with bringing out a picnic basket which makes her feel better. After others get back they heal any injuries and portal back to the hotel, though Vaggie has to chase Niffty down who’s enjoying the chaos too much, hoping it worked.
Frank is in the office trying to stay hidden while Carmilla reveals that she killed the exorcist to protect her daughters and kept it hidden to prevent a war that could kill the ones she loved. The egg immediately flees back outside to reveal the information to Alastor who is very intrigued and orders him not to tell anyone.
Back at the hotel the couple watch as their guests and staff bond over their experience trying to survive. This makes them both feel good. Alastor returns not long after, explaining the meeting went well and the eggs were more helpful than he expected. They return the eggs to Sir Pentious who is overjoyed to see them again. That night while preparing for bed Frank tells him about Carmilla killing the angel but he assumes it’s just more crazy stuff and doesn’t listen.
The next night at the dinner after a great meal Carmilla reveals the angels head and that she killed it. Understanding this is why they moved the extermination up, the couple thank for trusting them. Vaggie and her mom discuss how Sera nearly killed own daughters via the exterminators, further fuelling the anger they both have towards their ex-wife/mother respectively.
For Ep 4. Angel Dust is showing the hotel a recording of his 1st drag act, everyone enjoying his singing and applauding his performance. Husk even adds in that he looks like he’s having a good time probably why he’s looks and sounds so good which makes the spider blush. It’s unfortunately ruined by Val calling Angel in. The couple can tell based on his voice and body language that he’s scared. After he’s gone the two discuss their worries about Angels situation and with encouragement from Vaggie, Charlie decides to end it.
Angel Dust is on set trying to read his lines, complaining about the dialogue before Val tells him to shut up and follow the script. That’s when he notices Charlie walks in, noticing she has a serious look on her face. The spider panics going up to his friend to get her out of there before anything happens, those hopes are dashed when Vals calls to him. As he approaches the moth has evil lustful intentions upon seeing the princess. Though that ends when he feels a pain greater than anything else. Everyone in the studio watches in shock as their boss falls to the ground screeching in agony like he’s on fire despite nothing visibly happening to him. They then notice the princess walking towards him a passive look of disgust on her face. Charlie looks down at the moth asking if he’s enjoying The Agony, it’s a curse her father taught her. It makes the recipient feel the worst kinds of pain as long as it active. She continues by telling the moth she could tell he was a monster in life who only got worse in hell, as much as she’d like to make this his eternal fate she’s willing to lift it in exchange for one thing. Angels contract. Val gives it to her in less than a second and the spider watches as Charlie tears it apart feeling the chains around his neck burn a way. He’s frozen as the screaming stops and his former boss just starts panting with the pain gone. Angel is pulled back to reality with Charlie offering a warm smile, asking if he needs to get anything. The spider quickly runs to his dressing room, gets his stuff and beats her downstairs. Upon reaching it the princess opens a portal to his room as she can guess he wants time to digest what just happened. He walks through wordlessly till he’s in his bed reflexively picking up Fat Nuggets.
After a few hours of going through a strange mix of joy, terror, relief, anxiety, gratitude and fear. He’s free but doesn’t know what that means. Val can’t hurt him but that doesn’t take away the trauma he’s already got. Eventually the spider leaves his room carrying his beloved pig. It’s evening now and every one is in the lobby, they freeze seeing him. Angel simply walks over to Charlie who is standing next to Vaggie by the entrance. After reaching her he takes a moment before using his 2 free arms to pull her into a hug, tears streaming down his face thanking her for everything she’s done. The princess internally is screaming in joy, but simply returns the hug telling the spider he doesn’t owe her anything knowing that’s what he needs.
After Angel Dust calms down they decide to celebrate. Husk starts pouring drinks while Vaggie orders food from a great Italian place they like and Charlie sets up the karaoke machine. Overall they all have a great time with even Alastor joining in, they learn he can hold his liquor and perform very well. They also learn to not let nifty drink as it makes her so much worse. That night the spider bonds with the cat as he compliments him on much better he is when he’s actually happy and himself rather than some fake bullshit. The two spend a good portion of that night and others going forward talking or similarly spending time together.
Once news spreads about what Charlie did it not only damages the V’s reputation but further reminds people she’s the princess and not to be fucked with.
In the 4 months between episode 4 and 5 a number of things happen.
Angel Dust after realising he’s not only in a safe place with people that care about and want to help him, but is also free from Val decides to start therapy. The couple are of course thrilled. Angel starts by talking about his past in the mob, his piece of shit dad, his loving mama, his brother he always taught with and his beloved twin Molly. The spider explains he started doing drugs to deal not only with the stress of being a mobster but having to hide who he was from society but also his abusive and cruel dad. He even admits he overdosed after his dad just left him to die. Hell was actually freedom for Angel Dust and he indulged in it, though he admits he missed his mama and sis who were in heaven after he heard from his brother they died with him and their dad on earth. That hurt but he was glad they were safe. It only got worse after meeting Val, a bit better after meeting Cherri Bomb and much after meeting Charlie and Vaggie. While the couple know Angels recovery will take time they’ll be there to help him as long as he’s willing, which the spider appreciates.
Sir Pentious starts therapy as well upon hearing Angel had, as he distrusted it due to how mental health issues were seen and treated in his day. He reveals his childhood as the son of wealthy Indian immigrants in London, despite which they were looked down upon by most of high society. This continued into his education from fellow students and teachers which drove him to prove himself. He also reveals he was married, his wife Margaret was an old friend and while they did care for each other they were never in love. Sadly she and their son died when one of his inventions accidentally exploded. Pentious said that drove him even harder to prove himself. He also admitted he believed what drove him to hell was watching a woman murdered by a Ripperesque serial killer and did nothing to help her. The couple agree that it’s likely Pentious resentment and lack of respect from peers is what caused him to continually try to take over hell, so they point out to him maybe he just wanted friends all along who cared for him rather than people he never cared about. The snake takes a moment to realise they might be right. The couple also let him know that despite his mistake in not saving that woman, he can do better in hell which makes him feel better. He continues attending the sessions cause they help him feel better and progress on his journey to redeem himself.
One day while the hotel group is taking it easy, they start asking Vaggie questions. Like if her name was really Vaggie, what it’s like in heaven and what the other angels are like. She answers them with encouragement from Charlie, though freezes once Angel asks about her sex life up there. Seeing her blush the Spider asks if it’s cause Charlie’s her 1st. He realises the truth seeing her blushing face along with the princesses. Rather than mock her he’s more incredulous as he thought Vaggie was more than a 1000 years old and has dated before, plus as she says casual sex was allowed behind closed doors. The Seraphim blushes harder before stating that while she felt sexual attraction she wanted her 1st time to be with the woman she loved and could see a future with. The room goes silence with even Angel having nothing to say as he understands just how big a deal that is. After a few moments of silence Nifty does ask if she didn’t feel anything for her exes. Vaggie explains it varies, some she only has one date others a few months, so she saw them acquaintances others life long friends. Husk interested asks who they might’ve been. The angel proceeds to name 3 of them which causes Al, Pent and Angels eyes to nearly bulge out of their skulls.
Vaggie explains her relationships with their mom, wife and sister. Alastor is of course shocked his mother likes women but was glad she was happily married to someone who treated her as she deserved, along with the angel being a good friend to her. He also agrees rather sadly when she points out his mom would be ashamed and heartbroken to see the monster he’s become. Pentious is glad his family is happy in heaven and Margaret has moved on, thanking Vaggie for helping her and looking after his son. Angel along with being happy that Molly is in heaven with his mom, along with finding a sweet gal in Vaggies aunt Emily. He of course doesn’t hesitate to be a little shit by pointing out once they get married he’ll be the angels uncle. They of course are horrified by the prospect which the spider makes worse with his jokes and teasing.
Angel wakes up on April 1st, the 1st birthday he’ll have since being freed from Val. The spider remembers telling everyone it was today wondering if they’ll do anything for it. Charlie knocks revealing she has some of his laundry that was washed. While there he asks if anything’s happening for his birthday today, trying to appear nonchalant but hopeful that something will be done. The princess waves him off with a laugh, saying they know it’s not his birthday and it was just a joke cause c’mon it was so obvious considering it’s April’s fools day. Angel tries to play it off as she was right but is actually saddened they thought it was a joke. After the princess left the spider takes a moment to hide his disappointment and sadness as he heads downstairs.
Upon reaching the stairs he’s stunned to see a large banner wishing him a happy birthday with his face on it. The rest of the hotel also shout happy birthday and start singing the song. They announce they decided to mess with him for once which makes the spider burst out laughing they got him, but also out of joy they actually believed him. Along with great Italian food that the couple cooked and traditional pastries they got from a bakery, Husk also made some delicious cocktails. They all also got him gifts. Charlie got him an expensive new spider themed dress, Vaggie made him a new boa from her wing feathers, Husk got him a bottle of expensive wine he won at cards,, Nifty a new pillow for him, Sir Pentious created a massager for him and even Alastor got him some records of Jazz bands he liked. The spider is touched they went through all the effort. Things got chaotic after Cherri Bomb who made a fashionably late entrance with a shit ton of booze which he appreciated. Everyone except for Vaggie and Charlie thanks to their inhuman tolerances had hangovers next day. Angel still considered it his best one yet.
For ep 5. Vaggie wakes up to find Charlie panicking at her desk as she tries to figure out how to redeem Sinners, the stress of the upcoming extermination in a month and their lack of success finally getting to her. The angel is able to calm her down before suggesting they should call her dad to set up a meeting in heaven. The princess admits that’s a good idea, though they discuss something only they know before calling him.
Lucifer is in his office crafting a new rubber duck, taking a break from his duties to relax. After some initial joy he falls into a depressive episode as he looks at the pictures of the past, when Lilith was with them. Even though his therapy and reconciliation with Charlie has helped massively, the king just can’t help but feel his sadness and loss overwhelm him. This is eased when he sees his daughter calling him. Lucifer immediately answers, glad to hear from her as they’ve both been so busy recently with the hotel and his own duties so haven’t been able to talk much. They both apologise for that and make plans to spend time when things are easier, but she invites him to the hotel to see their progress. Overjoyed lucifer agrees and the king proceeds to get ready wanting to look his best.
After the call the couple gather everyone into the lobby to let them know that Lucifer will be visiting. Some like Nifty and Angel are excited to meet the king, for obvious reasons. Vaggie takes command ordering them to get ready for his visit. Nifty and Pentious make cookies, Husk cleans the bar, Angel Dustdresses in his best while the seraphim and Charlie use their powers to decorate the lobby.
Upon arriving the king pulls Charlie and Vaggie into a joint hug, before happily greeting KeeKee, then Razzle and Dazzle making the sure the latter 2 are still looking after the couple. Here they introduce him to their guests and staff. After reacting to the hotels eccentric residents he’s introduced to Alastor. The Radio Demon acts like his usual arrogant self and the king doesn’t like it, the king shooting back at the deer he supported , funded and trained not only Charlie but Vaggie as well when Al argues hr was here since the interview. Sensing it’s going to get worse the princess intervenes telling her dad to calm down and reminding Alastor that’s he trying to pick a fight with the king of hell, who is so high up on the good chain he’s insignificant in comparison so stop being an arrogant asshole. The deer is rather chagrined at that along with his pride being damaged, while Husk is smirking behind his drink. That’s when Mimzy arrives.
After an introduction by a very happy Alastor he joins Charlie and Vaggie on their tour with Lucifer. Mimzy for her part after getting reacquainted with an annoyed husk and Nifty being her usual self, she explains her relationship with the radio demon and his rise to power.
Husk then pulls Alastor away from the tour, pointing out that Mimzy always brings trouble with her. Al waves it off as being able to handle whatever it is if she has as no one stupid enough to cross her. The cat points out that he’s been gone for a long time and no one knows why, which the demon argues no one does telling him not to worry about it. Annoyed Husk says that’s rich coming from a man with a chain around his throat. Enraged Alastor reminds him who owns who, promising to make him suffer for such disrespect if they ever say such a thing again. Terrified husk agrees shaking as the deer leaves.
Up on one of the balconies the couple are telling Lucifer all the progress Angel Dust and Sir Pentious, which impresses the king. While taking a break he lets them know just how proud he is of them both, which makes the angel and princess smile. Though they exchange a look with Vaggie giving Charlie a supportive look, before she asks her dad for something big, a meeting with heaven. The king freezes before asking why. She explains that if they can get a meeting with heaven and plead their case about redemption they could convince Sera to stop the exterminations. Lucifer tries to respond before they feel something hit the hotel. They look down to see several loan sharks with a battering ram demanding Mimzy come out.
The 3 portal down to the bar where Mimzy reveals she not only took 50 grand, but ran one of their girlfriends over with a car she stole from them. The loan sharks try to use a catapult on the hotel, but thanks to the enchantments the shots just bounce off wall much to their annoyance. Alastor appears to take care of them, wanting to both prove his worth to the hotel but remind people of his power. He goes full demon form and starts devouring the loan sharks much to Mimzys joy.
Inside Charlie tries bringing up her request to her dad, she knows how much heaven hurt him and he just wants to keep her safe, but she can’t just stand by and watch their people be exterminated each year. Lucifer admits that is what he’s afraid of and just wants to keep his daughter from being hurt the same way he was. She reminds him that she always looked up to him and wanted to be like him, that he also said he regretted not supporting her in the past so even if he’s scared he can still prove what he said about wanting to do better by getting the meeting for her. After a moment lucifer realises she’s right and promises to get it set up asap. Charlie overjoyed hugs 1st her dad then Vaggie, though the couple are already thinking of how to implement their plan in heaven.
For Ep 6. The couple are in their room packing going over the plan for the trial and their contingency plan. After finishing Charlie looks at Vaggie asking if she’ll be ok going home, considering what happened. The angel points out her home is with Charlie, not heaven. And while yes going back will be difficult, as long as she has them by her side she can do it. The princess hugs her, both proud and grateful she has the angel at her side.
In the lobby Angel Dust is back after a few hours outside, with Nifty cleaning him up. Husk pours him a drink asking how his day was. The spider reveals that he’s been looking for a new job since he’s free from Val, but it ain’t been easy. The cat asks why considering all his needs are met and he can just ask for cash no issue. Angel points out Charlie and Vaggie have done plenty to help him, he doesn’t want to exploit them and act like a leach. Plus a job can be good for your self worth apparently. Just as said couple arrive they hear several loud bangs then accented cursing outside before Cherri Bomb enters through the front, Vaggie grateful the walls enchantments once more held up. Angel is of course happy to see her, especially once she reveals she’s there to take him out to relax after a stressful day on the job market and convinces him it’d be good for him. Charlie interjects offering Cherri a bunch of cash to have the others join them. After seeing the portal open they leave wishing the others a good night. Sir Pentious comes in and sees the cyclops bomb thrower, though rather than try the arch nemesis routine he decides to try being polite and flirtatious which surprises the overlord and internally admit she isn’t against, before telling him to shove off as they all leave for the bar.
At the gates Charlie stands alone, unbeknownst to anyone else Vaggie has cast the shroud to hide herself to support the princess unseen till the right moment to reveal herself. As she gets close Charlie realises the seraphim was right, St Peter does look like a twink, along with being as friendly as she said he was. The gatekeeper asks for her name apologising when he can’t find it, then nearly has a panic attack finding out she’s Lucifer daughter. That’s before Sera and Emily arrive. It takes everything she has not to attack the cunt responsible for her people’s genocide. Though she also notices how similar her angelic form is to Vaggie’s. Said angel feels a mix of anger, joy and sorrow at seeing her mother, while the sight of Emily evokes solely joy. After some introductions where Charlie does her best to be her usual self with Sera, they bring her into heaven showing them the sights before Emily takes her to their hotel so the princess can freshen up.
Adam and Lute are walking down the street when they see Charlie and Emily running by. After the initial shock the 1st man is so pissed he nearly reveals the secret there, if not for Lute stopping him. After reminding him of Sera’s orders to keep it secret, she teleports them to her office. Here she tears them a new one for not only bringing Lucifers daughter here but possibly revealing the thing they’ve tried to keep hidden for nearly a millennium, which she only allowed to keep heaven safe. Sera then orders him to stop it from getting worse. As they leave she picks up a picture of Vaggie as a child and wonders where she is.
In the hotel Emily is telling Charlie about everything she wants to show them, the princess realises that she really is the heaven version of herself. Charlie says she’s exactly like she’s heard, the seraphim is of course confused as where she’s heard it from. That when she hears a voice she hasn’t in years and turns to see her beloved Agatha standing behind her. After being frozen she flies at her niece, saying how much she’s missed and worried about her in-between crying and hugging her. After calming her down, then stopping her from telling Sera, Vaggie tells her aunt what happened. She showed her memories of not only the 1st extermination but the others along with the message Adam had of Sera revealing she knew and was the one who ordered it. After taking a while to absorb that inbetween ranting and crying about how sera could do that, she asked why Vaggie stayed in hell. They said it was cause she couldn’t come back to heaven knowing her mom was behind something so awful. She then explains about meeting Charlie, how they started dating and meeting Camael plus Clara and Odette. After showing an overjoyed Emily the memories of her time with them, she makes it known she’s glad Vaggie ended up with Charlie as the princess seems a good match for her which causes them to nearly cry in joy. After that the couple reveal they have a contingency plan that they need her help with, the seraphim happily agreeing to help.
At the trial Charlie arrives with a once more shrouded Vaggie. They notice Adam arriving and they both roll their eyes at his Karen comment. Emily arrives a short time earlier more withdrawn and serious, Sera is surprised but she thinks that her sister is just treating the situation with the seriousness it deserves. As the council head she starts the trial after opening it.
Charlie starts by making a speech of how many sinners wound up in hell due to choices they made in life. She then points out that depending on the time you were born in, along with your gender, sexuality, race and socioeconomic background etc. meant people were often pushed into making the choices that damned them to hell. While in a lot of cases that isn’t an excuse, they should still be allowed the option to improve themselves and the chance to be good people that was often denied to them in life to earn a place in heaven. A number of the councillors seem swayed with others considering it, to the panic of sera and annoyance of Adam & Lute. The 1st man demands some actual proof, Charlie responds with her 1st patron Angel Dust has made massive progress since coming to the hotel. Adam scoffs calling him the porn demon. Charlie responds by asking what he thinks to get into heaven and how does he know Angel Dust did porn. He struggles to respond, not only due to not having an answer for the heaven question or how he knew Angel Dust did porn with Sera and others looking at him accusatorially. He quickly scribbles down a list of “Act selfless, don’t steal, stick it to the man”. The princess acquiesces the 1st 2 are good points but the 3rd can have negative connotations as sticking it to the people in charge isn’t always a good thing considering what happened to her dad. The council agrees, Sera pointing out that as the 1st soul into heaven so he knows what he’s talking about even if the 3rd point can be situational. Charlie argues Angel Dust is doing those right now, with Adam summoning a view screen to watch said Spider to get proof hoping he can watch her face fall when he’s proven right.
It shows Angel Dust in the club with the others. To Charlie’s joy he not only rejects Cherri Bombs offer for pills and helps calm down nifty when he upsets her. The best part is when he not only stands up to Val to keep the maid safe, even punching him in the face and daring him to try touching him considering what the princess did to him before. The moth indignantly just leaves screaming while Husk lets the spider know just how impressed he is he did that, causing them to blush. In the background Sir Pentious not only buys the anarchist a drink, but compliments her on their explosive acumen and reveals he always admired her skill and tenacity. Intrigued further she asks if that’s why he always kept fighting her. The snake reveals that was the reason at 1st but it eventually became about trying to impress her. After letting that sink in Cherri downs a shot and drags the snake to one of the private rooms for some fun much to the snakes joy and embarrassment.
In heaven Adam is left floundering as most of the council is on or leaning towards Charlie’s points about redemption, with said princess rubbing the 1st man’s face in it. He retorts by asking if he’s so good now then why isn’t he redeemed. This unfortunately adds more fuel as Emily asks why isn’t he there then. Charlie then asks shocked none of them know what gets you into heaven before Sera shuts her down saying they know when a soul has arrived and their job is to keep them safe. That’s when the room goes silent as a voice they all recognise but haven’t heard in years asks “safe from what?!”.
Vaggie drops her shroud standing beside Charlie in front of the shocked council, exorcists and her mother. Sera after hesitating almost flies down to hug her long lost daughter, though upon seeing the enraged look on her face realises that’s not a good idea. Vaggie then announces to the council that she understands that they are wondering where she’s been, promising they’ll get an answer but they have a terrible secret to reveal. Sera, Adam and Lute are frozen as she starts playing her memories of the exterminations she’s seen, along with stopping the lieutenant from killing a child. Emily joins in revealing information she stole from Sera’s office. It includes orders, training stats and the kill counts for each extermination. This further horrifies the council with a desperate Sera trying to justify it as being necessary to keep heaven safe. Vaggie snaps at her mother the sinners were in no position to threaten heaven. She also reveals that she’s met her mom and siblings in hell letting her know they were almost killed by an exorcist. The causes the seraphim to go nearly catatonic in horror. Emily further reveals that she’s met understands she kept this hidden from heaven cause she knew they wouldn’t accept their family in hell being murdered, though that’s no longer the case as she’s been broadcasting the trial to all of heaven. The couple reveal it was their trump card in case the trial didn’t go well. Realising just how much of a problem this is Sera ends the trial ruling against redemption before opening a portal back to hell. Though she of course tries to convince Vaggie to stay though her daughter simply picks Charlie up and flies through the portal. Emily leaves not even looking at her, out of disgust and shame. She’s left alone until Adam approaches though before he can say a word, the seraphim goes full angel form and smashes him into the ground screaming he cost her their daughter so unless it’s about work he’d better stay away from her. He agrees all but running along with Lute leaving her alone, wondering if she’s lost everything and failed in keeping heaven safe.
For Ep 7. in the week since the trial the other hotel residents are worried as Vaggie hasn’t left her room since getting back from heaven, with Charlie making flying visits down before returning to their room. They told them that despite a good show by Angel Dust that convinced many they knew the trial was never gonna go their way so decided to let the secret out and let Sera deal with it. The princess also let the spider know just how proud she and Vaggie were of him for not only staying clean but protecting nifty and standing up to Valentino. The Spider nearly happy cried at that. But in the lobby he and the others are trying to figure out what they can do to stop the exorcists, though it’s interrupted once Charlie appears.
She apologises for not being around much but she and Vaggie have been planning on how to stop the next extermination, as knowing Adam his pride will cause him to target the hotel owing to them humiliating him. The princess reveals she’s going to cannibal town to get an army, surprising Alastor, though the others ask how they can fight Exorcists. Here she reveals that Angelic steel can hurt angels just as much as sinners, Vaggie having told her not long after they met. The rest of the crew can’t believe the answer was so simple till Husk reminds them that no one who tried fighting on extermination day ever survived so it’s no surprise no one knew. Alastor joins Charlie hoping to use this as another chance to ingratiate himself towards her. As she leaves the princess lets them know she understands this isn’t what they signed up for and wouldn’t blame them if they decided to leave.
On the way to cannibal town Charlie is uncharacteristically quiet as she’s thinking over what to say and do to get the cannibals to join them. Rosie is a good friend along with them all appreciating Vaggie saved her son, but she knows giving them a good reason to join would certainly improve their odds. After arriving in the overlords shop, she calms down as Rosie always does that for her. They’re also happy to see Al as it’s been too long since they’ve been able to have a good chat. Though Rosie can tell the princess isn’t here for a social visit based on the serious look on her face. Charlie lets her know she needs help and is hoping the cannibals would be willing to help her stop the extermination. The overlord smirks as the princess always helps make things interesting.
Rosie gathers the cannibals in the square giving Charlie some last minute support. The princess starts by thanking them for coming out and that she has something very important to ask them. She reminds them of how her girlfriend saved Rosie’s son, along with telling them how she tried to convince heaven to stop the exterminations though that failed. So now it’s still going ahead and she’s decided she’s done just letting it happen. Charlie asks them to think about the people they love who were taken from them by the exterminators, asking if they want to let that happen again and to help her if they’re sick off having to hide in fear every time it happens. The crowd absorbs her words and it starts working, so by the time Charlie offers them a chance to fight back they’re chomping at the bit. Al letting them know they can eat any exorcists they kill was a nice bonus. With the crowd on her side she leads them to the hotel.
Upon arriving she sees Clara and Odette dropping off several large crates of angelic weapons for them. While they would normally say hello there’s no time for that. Entering the hotel with Alastor she see the other residents have been fortifying it rather than fleeing, which makes the princesses heart nearly burst with joy. After thanking them for staying she opens a portal to her and Vaggies room, saying its father than the elevator. They are at 1st shocked by how big it is, until they hear a loud hammering noise coming from down the hall. The princess leads them to the seraphim’s forge, where along with the room being very hot and covered in mounted weapons, they see said angel with her hair in a bun, wearing thick leather gloves and apron along with a mask. After seeing them she asks Charlie how it went and smiles hearing she got everyone they needed, along with hearing that her sisters left the weapons. The princess then asks her partner if she’s done on her end, smiling when she nods and moves to the side. What they see shocks everyone.
On the table are personalised weapons for each of them. For Angel Dust she made several submachine guns, 2 being Tommy guns of angelic steel that fire the bullets of the same material. Husk sharpened card covers with shrapnel to place in his dice and knuckle dusters. Nifty an angelic steel version of her needle. Pentious she made a revolver and Sabre used in his time. Alastor she made a hunting knife similar to what he used in life. She also crafted fillers for Cherri Bomb to put in her explosives as she imagined she’d be joining in the fight. Along with being impressed at the quality many were touched at the fact she took the time to personally make them, the seraphim shrugged they were her friends so of course she did. Charlie reminded them despite how lovely this scene was, they only had a month before the extermination so they had to prepare which the others agreed with. For the hotel group, they felt like they had a good chance of winning that day.
For Ep 8. The hotel and Cannibals have been training for a full month preparing for the extermination tmrw. Vox watches via a drone laughing about how they’re all going to die.
The couple are looking over their army, with Charlie wishing her mom could see this, while Vaggie promises they’re ready. Sir Pentious bursts through the door in an old officers uniform promising they are. He points out that Vaggie plan is perfect. A pincer with their centre weak to draw the exorcists in while the flanks envelop them. Along with the hotel group being there to encourage the cannibals assigned there they aren’t being left to die. This combined with the angel having Pentious make flack, explosive and flash rounds to blow up exorcists, shred them or at least their wings along with blinding them and placing the guns on the flanks to crate a kill zone theirs no way they can’t win. Nifty then bursts out thanking them both for letting her be the throat slither who finishes off any downed exorcists.
Vaggie then gathers the cannibals and residents to remind them they only have 24 hours left so they need to make it count. They either train themselves or are making the final finishing touches to the defences. At the end of the day Charlie gathers everyone for a speech, in which she thanks them for their hard work and promises that they will win, stopping the extermination and showing heaven they can’t just kill their people anymore which does a good job of rousing her people. Vaggie then suggests they go to the bar for some last minute fun before tmrw.
In the bar the hotel residents and Cherri are mingling talking together. Alastor and nifty are watching from the 2nd floor talking about how they’ve become fond of the other residents and even consider them friends. At the bar Husk and Angel are bonding talking about how much the spider has changed since coming to the hotel, he retorts that they should live tonight as it’s their last wanting to share a drink with the cat. Sir Pentious approaches Cherri Bomb thanking her for standing with them and that she made his time in hell a truly memorable experience just by being in it. Touched the cyclops drags the snake up to his room, though she freezes as does everyone else upon seeing an angel in the lobby. Vaggie and Charlie are unhappy to discover it’s Sera.
The daughter goes up to her mother demanding to know why she’s here. Sera starts by calling her Agatha before she’s cut off, making a face when told her name is Vaggie and asking why she’s using that nickname Adam gave her. She responds it’s the name she had when she met Charlie so it’s a lucky and good name, making the princess nearly cry in joy. Sera reveals she’s there to offer her a chance to return to heaven, which is refused in less than a heartbeat. Her mother actually starts begging her daughter to come home offering her anything to do so, Vaggie retorts heaven isn’t her home anymore and she’d only return if the exterminations were ended and they promised to support the hotel. Sera said she can’t do that, Vaggie simply said well then she’s not going back. Her mother begged her to just come home, but her daughter was in no mood. Vaggie made it known just how disgusted, disappointed and ashamed she was to find out that her own mother, the woman she looked up to her whole life as a just, kind and compassionate ruler of heaven could support a genocide. Her pleas that they were to keep hell from attacking and hurting her cell on deaf ears, Vaggie then asked about her sisters who were nearly killed by exorcists in the last extermination. The seraphim goes silent in horror at that, her daughter scoffs and makes it known she’s disowning her, that she never wants to see her again and hope losing her daughter was worth her own fear and prejudice. Barely holding back tears Sera simply portals back to heaven.
In her office she finds Adam and Lute waiting. They decide to stay silent considering her face switches to barely restrained anger at them, reminding them she blames them for the loss of her daughter. The seraphim lets them know that Vaggie refused her offer and thus they have to go ahead with their contingency. She hands lute a potion that will temporarily grant her the powers of a seraphim, only lasting the extermination. Sera cuts her excitement short by remind her she is to capture Vaggie not kill and bring her home, after hearing them both agree they heard the order they leave, though they exchange smirks showing they have no intention of following that order. Once they’ve left Sera looks at pictures of her with Carmilla, Vaggie and Emily at different points of their lives. She starts to weep wondering where it all went so wrong.
Back at the hotel Charlie is making sure Vaggie is ok. The angel promises she is despite the emotional encounter with her mother. The princess does ask if she’s sure of her choice to stay, they look at her in shock as she simply says of course she is solely cause they are. To Vaggie that makes hell with her more of a paradise than heaven, which touches Charlie’s heart and they end up hugging promising they’ll win and protect each other tmrw.
In heaven Adam is giving his speech rousing his girls up like he does every year, telling them to tear them apart like usual. He also makes it know that Sera wants her daughter taken alive, as accidents happen, whoever tries will get a nice fat bonus. At that the portal opens and they charge through, Lute beside the 1st man looking forward to using her powers temporary as they might be to finally put that bitch in her place.
Outside the hotel the residents and the cannibals watch as the portal opens, exorcists pouring out. Vaggie tells them to fight to their last breath no matter what. The exorcists fall for the trap diving straight in, not realising the mistake till it’s too late. Once enough are in Al raises the shield stopping more from entering, trapping those within and using tentacles to wield their own weapons. Inside the 1st wave is caught in the pincer and surrounded, along with being shredded, blown up or blinded by Pentious cannons. Nifty finishes off any downed exorcists to stop them from rejoining the fight. By the time Adam broke the shield the entire 1st wave had been wiped out.
Adam flew to the roof to deal with Alastor who arrogantly believed he could defeat the 1st man. Despite holding his own once his staff had been broken and injured by Adams axe he fled, much to the joy of Vox watching via drone.
Ok the ground Vaggie and Charlie had amassed a large kill count, using their powers and training to cut down multiple exorcists without hesitation or mercy. Gold blood dripped down their lavender-silver and red-black suits of armour. They were caught off guard when Adam started blasting beams of magic, the seraphim growling as she realised Al didn’t call for help. The two create a shield and start opening portals to get people inside, so focused on keeping it up they can’t attack lest it fall. Sir Pentious seeing this kissed a nearby Cherri proclaiming his love for her and rushing to his blimp. Once inside he tried to position it to fire the main weapon on Adam. Even though he came close Adam vaporised him in less than a second.
The hotel group feels a deep sadness at his death, though Charlie feels something else. She feels an intense furious rage at watching her 2nd patient and friend murdered in front of her by the same fucker who’d been doing it for over 1000 years and laughed at her attempts to save them. It was time to show him what the princess of hell was truly capable of. Almost like a shadow she appeared in front of Adam, her horns and tail out, eyes now yellow and red burning with rage. With a single punch she set him crashing into to roof, appearing upon it just as quickly as she did in front of him.
Vaggie opens her wings and flies to join her, but is interrupted by Lute. She of course brags about how Sera gave her a temporary energy boost to be on her level in order to bring her home but is gonna enjoy killing her using what her mother gave them. The seraphim is listening stone-faced dodging the exorcists strike and removing her left arm above the elbow. Before she can even scream Vaggie grabs her by the throat. She lets Lute know it isn’t just power but skill and training as while she was trained to hunt down fleeing sinners, they were taught by the archangel of war to actually fight those who could fight back. And while she’d love to kill her she has better things to do, throwing her hard in the ground knocking her out as she resumes her journey to the roof.
Adam for his part isn’t faring better. It’s taking everything he can just to survive against the enraged princess. He’s covered in blood from the multiple wounds she’s given him, constantly striking at him to keep him on the ground. Once Vaggie joins slashing his back he gets desperate. He throws a blast they deflect which gives him time to get into the sky to fire a much stronger one that demolishes the hotel. Though to his horror the couple are unscathed as Vaggie comes flying from above through a portal to punch him into the ground, creating a crater within the hotels ruins.
Adam gets up absolutely broken, coughing up blood and barely standing. When the couple appear he tries to put up a defence but Charlie simply portals behind him breaking his arm, while Vaggie appears in front of him breaking his leg. The 1st man is soon on the ground at their mercy, but rather than beg for mercy, insults them that they don’t have the balls and that they can’t kill him he’s the father of man, though he stops once Charlie drives her trident through his heart killing him. Vaggie uses her dagger to remove his head, holding it aloft as she leaves it show the remaining exorcists the fate of their leader. Lute upon seeing it is in hysterics, despite her rage realises they can’t win. She retrieves his halo and takes the survivors home bloodied with far fewer returning with them.
After checking the rubble for any wounded with Angel overjoyed to find Fat Nuggets unharmed, Charlie frees KeeKee from some debris, the princess collapses upon seeing the banner they made for Sir Pentious 1st week believing she’s to blame for his death and the destruction they suffered. Vaggie, the cat and 2 goat bois hug her doing their best to lift her spirits, which is assisted by the newly arrived Lucifer who along with her partner remind them that she enacted the 1st major change in millennia and helped to stop the extermination possibly for good. They along with the other residents promise to help her rebuild the hotel and continue her dream. Touched Charlie is brought out of depression by being reminded they can still continue by rebuilding and honouring their friends sacrifice.
With the help of the hotel residents and the king the couple are able to rebuild the hotel quickly, making it even grander than before. They also honour Pentious sacrifice with statue and portrait along with looking after Frank the only Egg Bois to survive. Alastor returns, after suffering a breakdown at his loss and injury, more determined than ever to break his chain and be free to do as he wishes. The V’s are already planning to try and use the situation to their advantage possibly to take over hell, as unlikely as that is. Thanks to the coverage Charlie is now legend for not only stopping the extermination but killing Adam their leader personally, definitely prove she is not as weak as people thought she was. The hotel honours the fallen cannibals by building a statue in their honour, along with melting down the captured exorcist weapons to create medals for them and excepting cannibal town from taxes in perpetuity.
Meanwhile in heaven Sera is doing her paperwork to keep an eye on Emily to ensure she doesn’t do anything too rash, when to their shock the snake sinner from the trial appears as a winner in front of them. After the shock has worn off Emily is overjoyed Charlie was right, while Sera feels overwhelmed by horror and guilt that she not only caused an unnecessary genocide but lost her daughter for nothing.
On a beach within heaven Lilith watches as a bloodied Lute announces Adam’s death dropping his halo on the sand, along with that Charlie was the one who killed him. She tells the Queen if she wishes to stay in heaven then she’d better get down there and stop her brats hotel. Aside from glowering at the insult to her child, once lute leaves Lilith is overjoyed that she can finally return to her husband and daughter.
Ok so I’m doing a redo of my Vaggies daughter au as I realise au could do it better now. TW: Death by childbirth, Rape, Drug Addiction, Abuse and Valentino.
3 months before the pilot Charlie noticed Vaggie acting strangely. She had been making a call after making sure the room was empty, Charlie had been behind the reception looking for a lost pen. In it she mentioned a time for a pick up, then after hanging up remarking she’s glad they’d be out at the store. The day of she sent Razzle and Dazzle out to get the groceries while she followed Vaggie. After a few close calls she saw her leave a bakery with a box plus birthday candles, which intrigued/confused her more as Vaggie didn’t really socialise much and had never mentioned anyone whose birthday she’d want to honour alive or dead. That night Charlie pretended to be asleep when just after midnight Vaggie got out of bed. After a minute they followed her.
Charlie followed Vaggie to the kitchen with the goat bois and KeeKee. They then observed her removing the cake from a cupboard hidden behind some pots and pans then placing it on the counter in the kitchen. They burst in as she was putting the 10th candle on the cake, shocking Vaggie. That’s when they see on the cake written in frosting “Happy 10th Birthday Gabby, Mama loves you so much”. After some silence Charlie says they have something to talk about, which Vaggie defeated agrees to.
After taking a seat at the counter, along with making sure Razzle and Dazzle doesn’t touch the cake, Charlie asks why she didn’t tell her she had a daughter. Vaggie looks away her face covered in surprisingly fear and shame, before admitting she had a child would mean she had to reveal something else she was deeply ashamed of and sure she’d hate her for. Despite wanting to hear that 2nd part, the princess decided to let Vaggie go at her own pace.
Vaggie reveals that after losing a job offer she’d waited to start since graduating in late 2012, in early January 2013 she was feeling upset that she’d turned down others for it, that was not going to happen. So she went to a party with some friends to get blackout drunk and forget her problems. She vaguely remembered finding a guy equally drunk as her and stumbling into a room with him then taking off their clothes. Next morning she woke up in bed naked alone. Aside from being sure she was definitely a lesbian, her only thought was to get to her apartment, shower then just relax before starting the job search the next day.
Then to her shock her one and only encounter with a man resulted in a pregnancy which she discovered after a positive pregnancy test. Vaggie had been so shocked it took her 20 minutes to start thinking about what to do. While she was Pro Choice getting rid of it felt wrong, as did putting it up for adoption. So Vaggie decided to keep the baby.
A week later she gathered the courage to tell her parents. After their complete shock wore off and empathetically ensuring the encounter that led to the baby was consensual to her dad, he and her mom promised to help them with raising the baby. They gave her all their old baby stuff to use in the 2nd room at her apartment. Said apartment was owned by a fried of the family, who upon finding out she was expecting cut the rent down further than it already was to help her.
During the pregnancy her mom went with her to every appointment and was overjoyed like Vaggie was to find out it was a girl. She decided to name her Gabriela after the Archangel. She was looking forward to holding them in her arms. Sadly it didn’t go as she hoped.
In September of 2013 it was close to her due date when tragedy struck. Vaggie woke up with blood between her legs. She screamed in terror alerting her parents who upon seeing the blood got her in the car and to the hospital. Her dad drove so fast it’s a miracle they weren’t in an accident. The Doctors told her due to complications they couldn’t save both her and the baby. Vaggie chose to save her baby. She only managed to hold her once before she passed away.
She didn’t realise she was crying till Charlie offered her a tissue, though she and the goat bois were crying too with KeeKee curled up in her lap purring to try and make her feel better. Charlie wondered how she wound up in hell then, as it sounds like she was a good person and her death was completely selfless to save her baby. That’s when Vaggie looks away uncontrollably, the princess giving her time. That’s when she revealed she’s not a sinner but a fallen angel. This takes Charlie by complete surprise till she remembers just how unsinful Vaggie is, though does ask why she never told her as her dad and her aunts/uncles are fallen angels. She clarifies she was an angel that visited hell once a year. It takes a second for Charlie to realise what they meant, she notices that Vaggie is preparing for her to do something to her. That both confuses and honestly offends her to a degree, so she simply tells her to continue her story.
Vaggie reveals that once she got to heaven instead of being allowed through the gates, she was met at the gates by Adam and Lute. She was originally honoured to meet the 1st man and father of mankind, before he opened his mouth. He and Lute revealed that they want her for a special group dedicated to protect heaven. Vaggie went with them intrigued. They revealed that along with her determination and upstanding moral character, her sacrifice to save her daughter made her worthy for a group dedicated to protecting heaven. The two revealed they led a group that regularly purged hell to ensure it couldn’t wage war on heaven. They claimed that if they didn’t then not only would hell and its denizens destroy heaven, they would then conquer earth to enskave and torment the humans upon. Lute told her that if she joined she would be ensuring the safety of her daughter from demonic filth, showing Gabriella in her crib at home sleeping peacefully. Vaggie was overcome by love for her daughter and fear of what would happen to her if hell did conquer earth that she immediately agreed. Adam told her it was a 50 year term of service but Vaggie only cared about protecting her baby regardless of the time she had to be a member. He welcomed her to the exorcists and told her their mission was top secret so she couldn’t say anything about it to anyone outside the group.
Charlie is just barely holding back her anger at the fact that not only was heaven hiding the exterminations but Adam and Lute were manipulating Vaggies feelings of maternal love and fear to make her join them. She simply gestured for the angel to continue.
Vaggie admits it wasn’t till her 3rd extermination she realised it was bullshit. Hell was in no place to threaten heaven let alone conquer it. The sinners either hid or fled, the latter being easy prey. They were just killing helpless damned souls. Vaggie voiced her concerns and found similar sisters who shared them, though lute did ask her how many scum who murdered, trafficked abused or raped children in life were in hell and if they deserved mercy. Vaggie shut up after that though only cause she knew talking wouldn’t change anything. From then on Vaggie continued being their best killer though she started letting people go when she could, ignoring any she found attempting to hide or flee when she could get away with it. She thought she was doing a good job till that day. The extermination day Charlie found her Vaggie had removed her helmet cause it malfunctioned, then chased a target down an alleyway. Vaggie upon seeing it was a cannibal child around her daughter’s age, she couldn’t do it and let him go. Unfortunately due to bad luck or already being suspicious Lute followed seeing what she did. The bitch took not only her eye but her wings and halo leaving her to die. Vaggie was terrified even after throwing away her wings and uniform, which combined with her injuries she decided to just lay down and die. That’s when Charlie found her, tied with her daughter’s birth as the best thing that ever happened to her.
The room is silent for a few minutes before Charlie speaks. While still hurt Vaggie didn’t tell her, she can understand being a former exorcist would be something she wanted to forget but considering she was manipulated into joining then realising it was wrong and even when she couldn’t stop it at least tried to spare who she could. Then was mutilated and left to die while doing so. After saying this the princess only wants to know why she didn’t tell her. Vaggie turns away, starting to openly weep. She says it’s because all she sees in the mirror is a blood soaked murderer who killed god knows how many might’ve wound up in heaven if things were different, that sometimes she thinks the world would be better if she just cut her throat or wrists in the bathtub, that she genuinely hates herself and is truly unredeemable. So if a monster like her can see that, why would someone as wonderful as Charlie see any differently.
The princess is frozen. She is consumed by hatred for Adam, Lute and whoever created the exterminations that did this to Vaggie and heartbreak that the woman she loves who’s done nothing but support her dreams and her loving them with all her heart plus was cast out of heaven and mutilated for sparing a child thinks so little of herself. Charlie grabs Vaggie pulling her head into her chest, then apologises that she never noticed how much pain she was in, but from now on she’s going to help her see just how wonderful, kind and brave she is along with healing her pain. Vaggie is still before starts crying even louder that despite hearing everything about her past Charlie still lives and wants to help her. After calming her down the princess asks Razzle and Dazzle thought Vaggie was an angel considering they were created by her dad. They both respond yes and even KeeKee nods. Shocked Charlie asks why they never told her. The goat bois simply say they thought she did considering how much gold blood Vaggie bled into the bandages she changed and assumed she knew that’s what angels bled. Here Charlie is embarrassed she forgot that part of education but is more annoyed she didn’t realise it. Though she stops upon looking at the cake. She asks Vaggie what she was gonna do with it. The angel responds she was going to light the candles and sing happy birthday as today is her daughter’s birthday. Charlie asks if they can all join. Vaggie simply smiles and says she’d love them to. After lighting the candles and singing happy birthday, along with Vaggie wishing Gabriela a long and happy life along with getting into heaven they all take slices and eat. They then head up to bed with the Angel cuddling into Charlie’s chest with Razzle, Dazzle and KeeKee cuddling up around her. Once she’s asleep Charlie’s horns, claws and tail come out, the latter two curling around the Angel. Charlie then swears to never let anyone hurt her again and make those who have die screaming.
Meanwhile on earth it’s a special day for Gabriella, Gabby to friends and family, Motha as it’s her 10th birthday. Her grandparents wake her up for school with her favourite breakfast. They also promise they’ll make her favourite for her party. It’s always a big thing with all her aunts and uncles plus her few cousins attending. As she got older she noticed that even though they were happy they also looked a bit sad. She knows it cause they miss her Mama Agata who died giving birth to her. For her 9th birthday she asked them to tell her about them. They told her she was brave, loyal, hardworking and stood up for what she felt was right. That she stood beside her friends no matter. That night she heard her grandparents crying when she went to the bathroom. She knows they all love her, they’re just sad and wish her mama was there to watch her grow up.
Gabby is a very good student and an overall bright girl. She does well in all her subjects except PE. She loves to read and can read books for high school students which helps with her studies. Art is also a favourite of hers as she loves to draw and paint along with having a talent for it. She also has a lot of friends as she’s nice, sweet and friendly. It also helps that last year she broke a bully’s nose. He got 2 weeks suspension and she only got 1. While her grandparents were mad at her in the office in the car they admitted they were proud of her for standing up for others, her grandpa even complimenting her punch technique. They said as long as she did all her work from school, she could do whatever she wanted. Gabby finished it in 2 days, spending the next 5 reading books, watching tv and playing games.
She’s very happy once school ends as it’s now the weekend. Her grandparents pick her up and take her to place flowers on her mamas grave. As they leave they see Father Ramirez who promises to tell Agata they visited in his prayers which the family appreciates. Her party that night is as fun as all the others with her family making her happy with their love, the food was great and the gifts were what she wanted a few new books, clothes and a silver cross necklace that belonged to her mama grandpa and grandma gave them. Once the party’s over and her grandparents asleep, Gabby enacts her plan.
A few day before her birthday, Gabby went to the neighbourhood book shop. The owner was a nice friendly guy who was well loved in the community, so the shop still had a lot of regular business. He also had a large collection of rare books he’d collected over his life by visiting estate sales to find rare and pricey books such as 1st editions or old out of print books. He was able to sell them online for good sums of cash to collectors meaning he made a good profit. Gabby helped out there a few times a week, she’d do it for free but he refused and paid her for their time. When she went in then he offered to let her pick a book for free as an early birthday present. That’s where she found an old weird looking book. The owner said he got it from an estate sale and it came from a wealthy guy who studied the occult. Gabby looked inside and it was full of spells including one that allowed the living to see the dead, that got her attention. She chose it and the owner let her take it. Gabby hid it cause she knew her grandparents wouldn’t want her reading that sort of stuff so young.
Once she was sure they were asleep, Gabby got to work. She got dressed with shoes, got the paper she’s drawn the summoning circle on and the book, heading to the clearing behind her house where the trees will obscure her. After setting everything up she finds the page and says the ritual words before cutting her hand open to make the blood sacrifice. A few minutes after it hits the centre of the circle nothing has happened, causing her to think it was fake. That’s till she feels something. Gabby turns to see strange red energy emanating from the circle till it shoots out to engulf them, terrifying her.
In less than a moment Gabby finds herself in a field of red grass, under a red sky with a moon that has a pentagram engraved upon it. Frightened by not only the ritual but now being transported to a strange scary place. They turn to find a large building that strangely has a carousel and pirate ship jammed into its sides, with the sign on the roof saying, “Happy Hotel”. While she normally would try to figure out where she was first, though it felt like it was better to get out of the open. Gabby went up to the door and decided against knocking, simply checking to see if it was locked. Once she thankfully found it wasn’t she went in.
The interior while dated and a bit rundown wasn’t too bad. The lights were on likely for any late night visitors or guests go find their way. Gabby notices a few pictures and paintings on the wall, though before she can look closely she feels something soft purring against her side. She looked down to see KeeKee rubbing against her side. While surprised by the fact the cat has only a single large eye and no mouth, Gabby immediately starts scratching her ears and belly which the cat absolutely adores.
Upstairs Razzle and Dazzle can sense someone is in the hotel so they wake up the owners. Charlie is excited hoping it’s their first guest, while Vaggie is more suspicious and grabs her spear. The sight they see shocks them both, causing the angel to drop her weapon.
In front of them in the lobby petting KeeKee was a a young human girl. Though upon hearing the clang of Vaggies spear she turned to look at the stairs to see 2 strange looking women looking at her. The blond one has red eyes, the nose of a goat and what looks like hooves. The woman to her left looks to her shock like pictures of her mama did, though her skin is a greyish lavender, one pink eye with an eye patch and grey silvery hair. Charlie for her part thinks she looks like a younger Vaggie bit with light brown skin, black hair and brown eyes. Then before she realises it Vaggie and the girl have already crossed the lobby till they’re right in front of each other. They both seem to recognise the other and after they each say “Gabriella” and “Mama” it simply confirms it. Vaggie opens her arms and falls to her knees as Gabby charges in to hug. They are both crying and saying things in Spanish that Charlie can only guess is words of love and possibly apologies from Vaggie for not being able to watch her grow up. The princess is touched to see them reunited and starts crying a little too.
After calming down Vaggie ask what she’s doing here. Though a bit annoyed and scolding her for being stupid enough to take a risk with a ritual like that, the angel was glad to meet her daughter for the 1st time. She then introduces Gabby to Charlie. The girl is shocked to see that the daughter of El Diablo is so beautiful, which makes Charlie blush, Vaggie adding she’s much nicer than she thought at 1st too. Charlie does her best to be nice but not too overbearing and awkward considering this is her girlfriend and love of her life’s daughter. Gabby for her part likes her especially as she makes her mama happy. After some small talk which includes how her life has been and how her family up top are, the fact they still really miss her almost makes Vaggie start crying again, Gabby ask what her mama is doing in hell considering everyone said she was a good person. Vaggie looks away uncomfortably before telling her it’s a conversation she’d rather not have now. The Angel looks as if she steeling herself for something.
Vaggie tells Gabby as much as she’s happy to see her, she needs to return to earth and destroy the book she used, then live a good life so she will make it to heaven and not end up in hell, even if it means they can’t ever see each other again. She of course gets very emotional at this, refusing stating she’ll come as often as she wants and that they won’t say goodbye after spending so many years yearning to know her. Vaggie bluntly responds it isn’t safe for sinners let alone a human child and as much as she wants to be in Gabby’s life they have to put her safety 1st and foremost even at the cost of never seeing her again. Gabby of course snaps that isn’t fair she has a right to know her mama if she can.
Charlie is watching this sympathising with both of them. She understands that Vaggie just wants to keep her daughter safe as hell isn’t the safest place for adults let alone human kids, but Gabby has grown up without her mom in her life and now that she finally has her back she’s being told to let her go. Charlie especially sympathies with Gabby as she knows just how much it hurts not having your mom in your life. That’s when she remembers a magical item Lilith made centuries ago and showed her once. The princess proceeds to interrupt the two and says she has a solution that will let Gabby see her mom and keep her safe, intriguing both. Charlie gets Razzle and Dazzle telling them what to get from the vault. It only takes 30 minute for the goat bois to get back.
Charlie explains it’s a bracelet her mother made centuries ago that allows a human to split their soul in 2 so they can be on earth and in hell at the same time. The bracelet allows the memories off both halves to merge once the hell bound one activates it to return and reunite the two back on earth. It also ensures the safety of the user by sending the hell soul back if they are attacked without any damage. Vaggie asks if it was ever used, the princess reveals it was made so her mom could show Dante Alighieri what hell was really like as she found his book Dante’s inferno slander. The Mother and Daughter exchange a look, before Vaggie agrees that if it works then Gabby can use it to visit hell but they should do a test run 1st. The Angel smiles as she feels her daughter throw their arms around her thanking her so much and how much she loves them.
After putting the bracelet on, it’s a golden serpent eating itself wrapped around a red ruby, Charlie tells Gabby to activate she just has to press the gem and think of home to go back to earth then hell to come back. Gabby does so and finds herself back in the clearing. After letting her excitement out she then grabs her stuff and heads home. She destroys the circle paper then changes back into her PJ’s then hides the ritual book. She gets into bed and after touching the gem then thinking of hell finds herself back in the hotel. After hugging Charlie and thanking her for giving them the chance to be with her mom, which makes the princess smile ear to ear, while Vaggie still worrying as you’d expect is glad she can be with her daughter now. Gabby does go back one more time to test if the memory transfer works, she goes back to hell after confirming it does. She then proceeds to absolutely fawn over the two Goat Bois due to how cute they are, which they return cause they know she’s Charlie’s daughter now too so will protect. Vaggie reminds them all it’s late so they need to get to bed. Gabby asks if she can sleep with her, which the angel agrees to. Without even thinking about it the Angel picks her daughter up and carries her to bed. The mother and daughter curl up on her side of the bed with Razzle, Dazzle and KeeKee curled around them. Charlie takes a picture of them squeeing at the cuteness before getting on her own side and wrapping her arms around Vaggie before joining them in sleep.
On Earth Gabby woke up to breakfast then spent time with her friends before heading to the bookstore to help out like any Saturday. In hell she had a great breakfast with her mom, Charlie, KeeKee and the Goat Bois before they spent the day teaching her about the origins of hell and how it worked. Gabby admitted the best part was finding out they had a big library with so many books for her to read.
Sunday Earth Gabby went to church and lunch with her family before she spent the rest of the day reading and relaxing. Hell Gabby meanwhile went with her mom and Charlie shopping, as they decided since she was going to be regularly staying at the hotel she needed her own room, plus decorations and furnishings along with a wardrobe. Here Charlie revealed she had gotten a charm that made Gabby look like Vaggie so no one would suspect she’s actually a human. On earth Gabby asked her uncle who became a priest after Father Ramirez helped him with his grief after her mom died. She asked him questions about Lilith, Lucifer and if even sinners can be redeemed. The questions and her knowledge both surprised and impressed him, he did his best to answer but as with many things no one can know what happens after you die for sure, Gabby did her best to hide her smirk.
On Monday while Earth Gabby went to school like normal that week and her usual weekend stuff, Hell Gabby was taken on a tour of all the rings of hell, though they went in the day when Lust was more family friendly. She just loved how diverse and amazing hell was, the different styles of building and the colours associated with them. On the 8th day they went to Lu Lu World, it was better than any theme park she ever went to on earth. The rides were amazing, the food was delicious and Charlie and Vaggie won her lots of prizes, along with buying her souvenirs. Overall it was a great way for Gabby to bond with her mama and Charlie. Vaggie also started helping Gabby improve physically through exercising and even gave her fight training since it was hell. Thanks to the Bracelet Gabby was able to carry the benefits back to her body on earth when she returned to it.
Whenever she returned from hell to earth she wrote down what happened in her journal, along with drawings of the people she spent time with and where they went both for fun and to ensure she had a backup if the memory transfer went wrong.
2 weeks after arriving Gabby asked Charlie why she wanted to redeem sinners, she did support the princesses dream but wanted to know why. Charlie and Vaggie exchanged a look before leaving to talk. Here the angel gave Charlie permission to tell her about the exterminations, as the princess didn’t know if Vaggie wanted to tell Gabby about her past, which they said they would after the extermination talk.
The couple sat down and began to explain to Gabby about the exterminations. This horrified the girl though she did honestly admit if she heard about this on earth they wouldn’t really have much sympathy for the sinners since only bad people are meant to go to hell. Charlie admits that’s fair but looks a bit hurt at that. Gabby asks if they target specific sinners or is it indiscriminate, which upsets her when they tell her they just kill any sinners they can find which she points out means they will likely ignore sinners who deserve it and kill ones who don’t. She does admit it makes sense that Lucifer agreed to it rather than go to war and it at least only affects sinners not the rest of hell, so it’s a cruel necessity in that regard. Gabby then asks if anyone has tried to fight them, Charlie and Vaggie say anyone who tried was killed. They also tell her they use Angelic weapons that are the only thing that can permanently kill or wound a sinner and they leave so many each year their’s a thriving market for them. Gabby does point out it’s really stupid for them to do that which the couple especially Vaggie agree with.
Noticing her mama looking uncomfortable, she asks if it was Angel that took her eye. Vaggie goes tense but admits it was, but there’s more to it than that. Here she proceeds to explain to Gabby her past. How Adam and Lute manipulated her into joining the exorcists by claiming she was preventing hell from destroying heaven and conquering earth thus protecting her, how she realised the exterminations were wrong and when she couldn’t speak up about it tried to let people go, the incident that cost her eye and being found by Charlie who along with falling in love with her plus helping her dream to redeem sinners and end the exterminations.
Gabby listens quietly which worries both women. When she finally speaks she understands that Vaggie was manipulated and did try to do the right thing were she could which cost her not only her eye but wings and is trying to help Charlie end the exterminations, she says it still hurts and makes her angry that she took part in exterminating sinners many of whom could’ve redeemed themselves. Gabby asks they leave her alone while she thinks things through. They agree but as she leaves she hears her mama starting to cry and claim Gabby hates her while Charlie comforts her promising they don’t.
Gabby proceeds to hole up in her room with KeeKee in her lap trying to calm her down. She thinks over everything her mama told her and while she understands they lied to her, they still killed a lot of people who didn’t deserve it. Then she remembers what Charlie told her, “anyone can be a better person if they truly try”. The fact that she did try to let people go, got kicked out when she was caught and is now helping Charlie proves she really is trying to do better and atone.
Gabby goes down to see Charlie comforting a no longer but still upset Vaggie. Upon seeing her the two go still. Gabby tells her mom that while yes she’s still hurt and angry about what she did, Vaggie did try to spare those she could when they realised it was wrong and is now helping Charlie try to end the exterminations. So she admits it will take time to fully forgive her mama, it will happen. Vaggie is genuinely touched and pulls her daughter into a hug, promising that she’ll prove she deserves it though Gabby points out she already does. Charlie is watching with happy tears in her eyes. That’s also when they hear Gabby’s stomach rumble, remembering that the discussion happened mid morning so none of them had lunch and it was now dinner time. They all agree it’s time to make something to eat, Gabby volunteering to help as she helps grandma cook sometimes. On their way to the kitchen her mama regales them with the story of the dinner Charlie cooked the night they both revealed they had feelings for each other, much to the princesses embarrassment.
The little family of three work together to make a delicious meal, the adults handling the more dangerous stuff while Gabby helped where she could. After eating a delicious meal and having a wonderful night watching movies they fall asleep on the couch curled up together. Razzle and Dazzle got them all a blanket before joking KeeKee in joining them, though they took a picture before that.
About a month after arriving and 2 before the pilot, Gabby was curious about Charlie’s actual plan for both the hotel and how to redeem sinners. Despite Charlie’s enthusiasm, the girl could see some obvious flaws that the princess didn’t see or ignored. So she spends a few hours that night coming up with a way to point said flaws out to her. The next day Gabby asks Charlie to do an exercise with her, they’d play a reporter interviewing Charlie about the hotel, pointing out flaws and using arguments other might use to give reasons why not to support the hotel which would allow the princess to better get her point across, making the hotel seem like a legitimate option. Vaggie watches as it goes looking uncomfortable.
The interview starts with introductions with Gabby being as polite and respectful as good reporter should be which Charlie loves. They start off by asking Charlie why she started the hotel, which she replies cause she wants to save her people and stop the exterminations. Gabby then asks why now, which Charlie responds by saying she’s tried several ways to help sinners but the hotel is the one she thought would be most effective. Gabby then points out the fact her own father doesn’t support the idea nor do many other powerful people makes it difficult for Sinners to take it as a credible option, that makes Charlie wince as she admits it’s a fair point, but she points out that as princess of hell it should have some credibility to it. Gabby then asks why, making Charlie freeze. She points out that the princess has never made any concrete steps in improving hell despite the fact she’s been an adult nearly 2 centuries now, and they seem more focused on sinners who only make up a percentage of the population of hell compared to regular hellborn, pointing out it seems like she doesn’t care about many of her own people. Charlie is both stunned and hurt at that, arguing that helping sinners get into heaven and ending the exterminations will make both sinners and hellborn safer, Gabby points out that the exterminations only target sinners and the angelic weapons scavenged are primarily used to kill sinners or Goetia nobility which doesn’t affect them, many hellborn would likely be glad the sinners population is regularly purged as it means less competition in housing or employment, but individuals who are practically immortal and likely use their powers both inherent to them or gathered through various means to torment not only other sinners but the weaker hellborn which is why many are happy they are restricted to pride. Charlie can’t actually argue that point, or Gabby’s point about how if souls could be redeemed why hasn’t heaven tried it and that if a redeemed sinner that caused a soul in heaven trauma through various means, would heaven not decide to refuse them entry to protect their victim from further trauma. Gabby circles back to her point about Charlie never using her royal influence to help by constructing bunkers sinners could stay in during an extermination if they were homeless, caught out or a fresh arrival which would likely have reduced the death toll dramatically, that is something Charlie kicks herself over as it’s a damn good point. Gabby then asks what makes Charlie think she can redeem sinners as her plans look like they were drawn by kindergarten students especially since they’re drawn in crayon, but the princess has no medical or psychological experience which would be necessary to help sinners recover from the likely mountains of trauma they’ve suffered from earth and hell to even start redeeming them. Charlie has no answer. Gabby’s final pony hits her hardest, is the hotel really to help sinners or to make herself feel better for doing nothing of substance to help them for nearly 2 centuries. Charlie doesn’t say anything but gets up and walk up the stairs.
Vaggie goes up to comfort Charlie and finds her in bed looking upset. The angel does her best to comfort the princess, but Charlie turns to look at her and asks if she agreed with anything Gabby said. Vaggie tries to word it gently but does admit she’s thought a few of them already like how she hasn’t fully realised the help some sinners need. Charlie of course asks why Vaggie never said anything, shocked when they respond they did but whenever anyone let alone her offered even constructive criticism to help Charlie either ignored it or treated it like said it would never work, so Vaggie just stopped trying. The princess is mulling this over before turning away and asking to be left alone, which the angel reluctantly accepts.
Downstairs Gabby does apologise she was just trying to help Charlie see some of the flaws, which Vaggie understands and knows she will once she’s calmed down. This is proven true when a dishevelled Charlie comes down the stairs. The mother and daughter both start to apologise before Charlie cuts them off admitting they were right. While she was hurt by what they said it made her realise she wasn’t taking things as seriously as she should, plus she was so used to being mocked or insulted, even helpful advice started to sound like it especially from Vaggie as it reminded her of her dad not supporting her dream. Charlie admits she’s glad to have them both here not only helping with the hotel but in her life, pulling them both into a hug. Then the princess asks them to help her create a more realistic plan along with a matching pitch. Vaggie and Gabby happily agree. They spend the rest of the day working late into the night, ordering take out while they discuss strategies and ideas plus researching things to help them. They all fall asleep at the dining table late that night.
A few days later Vaggie has just finished training Gabby and are sitting down for lunch with Charlie. Curious she asks her mama about why she changed her name from Agata, which Charlie is intrigued to know as well. Vaggie explains it was given to her by Adam and tells them how he pronounced it, this makes both her daughter and girlfriend hate him even more. Gabby then asks her mama how Lute took her eye, Vaggie is a bit uncomfortable but explains lute used her sword. She then asks if it was made of angelic steel, which the angel says of course. Gabby then points out that means Exorcists are vulnerable to it, so a sinner could use them to fight one. Charlie and Vaggie both start to explain why that wouldn’t work before they freeze, realising she’s right. Just be sure Vaggie has Charlie make a cut on her palm with her spear, the hypothesis being proven once they see the angels golden blood. Vaggie then asks why no one tried this, Charlie reminds her Angelic steel is rare in hell and anyone who had it wouldn’t try to fight an angel getting themselves killed. Mother and daughter agree that makes sense, but it also gives them an option to fight if needed, though the princess argues that’s a last resort.
For Halloween on Earth Gabby goes trick or treating then to a Halloween party at one of her aunts houses. She’s dressed as a demon princess, Charlie, a lot of people praise the costume and her originality. In Hell Charlie nearly cries seeing her dressed like them. They spend the day carving Jack-o-lanterns, playing games and watching Halloween movies. Charlie hates scary ones but if it’s ones involving demons she either laughs or gets annoyed at the inaccuracies, so they stuck to not scary ones.
On earth in order to explain why she’s getting stronger Gabby starts working out at home with her grandfather and going running with her grandma which they enjoy having her join with.
2 months before the pilot, after having come up with a more practical plan for how to run the hotel they decide to go looking for their 1st guest. Charlie and Vaggie are a bit anxious about bringing Gabby with them, but they agree when she points out they’ll be spending a lot of their time in the hotel so maybe she should at least help them look for the guest who will also be spending a lot of time in the hotel.
They leave in the morning and are still looking early evening, till they see a spider sinner leaning against a street light. Upon seeing Charlie he says he charges more for women though she promises it isn’t that she wants inviting him. The spider shrugs, he starts looking for booze but the second he sees Gabby he immediately makes it know he doesn’t do things with kids no matter how much, which Charlie and Vaggie immediately promise they wanted none of that, though Vaggie was much hotter about it. Thankfully once that was cleared up they began the pitch, it was more professional and highlighted the benefits such as no rent, meals provided and safety, plus the offer of support from the staff. Angel was skeptical before Gabby interrupted pointing out that Charlie wouldn’t be here asking unless she genuinely believed he could redeem himself which affects the spider. He plays it off saying he needs to think it over, along with getting back to work to make cash. When Charlie offers him all the cash he needs calling it a worthwhile investment, himself. Angel is further affected but takes the money and leaves. Angel arrived the next day bringing his pig who Gabby loved and vice versa. This further endeared the kid to Angel as Fat nuggets is a good indicator of if people are good or not. The spider is further shocked when the reveal Gabby is actually human. They explain she came down here to meet her mom through a ritual but Charlie found a way to be on earth and in hell at once. Angel could understand wanting to see your family but pointed out that if it gets out a live human kid was in hell it would be bad for all of them. Charlie says they know and trust Angel to not tell anyone. This further show of trust seemed to affect him further but he tried to play it off further.
At first Angel is his usual sarcastic self who outwardly acts like he doesn’t really believe in the hotel and enjoys messing with Vaggie due to her reactions, but internally is grateful for having a safe haven from his boss and work. Though it does start to get to him when everyone including the Angel keep letting the Spider know this is a safe place and they believe in him along with genuinely wanting to help him. He’s probably closest to Gabby due to him having a soft spot for kids, she looks after Fat nuggets when he’s out and helps him with his outfits. Though he has talked to Charlie and Vaggie about how Gabby seems too much like and adult and not like a kid, which they’ve noticed and are trying to help her act a bit more like a kid. He does his best to hide his trauma from the owners and Gabby especially as Angel especially doesn’t want her to find out what his boss and job do to him.
As time went on at the hotel he kept up his persona of not believing the hotel would work and being sarcastic. But gradually the support he received from everyone including Vaggie helped him realise they did believe in him. Plus the fact Gabby reminded him of his sister gave him extra incentive. So he started to start cutting back on drugs even though it wasn’t pleasant. He told the rest it was to save cash but regardless of if they believed it they gave him as much support to make the withdrawals as comfortable as possible. He really appreciated that even if he didn’t say it.
For Christmas on Earth Gabby spent the day with her family. The morning she and her grandparents opened presents before having breakfast then church with her aunts, uncles and cousins before they met up for Christmas dinner and exchanged gifts. Gabby got some new books and art stuff along with games. She spent the year making paintings for her family which they loved. Overall it was a wonderful Christmas.
In hell she spent the day with Charlie, Vaggie and Angel. While it didn’t snow in pride they still made it as Christmasy as possible. They put up decorations, exchanged presents. Gabby got a necklace from Charlie, Vaggie a hellphone so she could call them for help and Angel got her a nice bottle of perfume, she loved them all. Gabby also made them all pictures which they loved. Charlie got Vaggie a new silver necklace and Angel a choker. Angel got them both some gifts for the bedroom he told them to open privately, despite their embarrassment they thanked him. Vaggie got Angel a switchblade from Vaggie which he appreciated. Fat nuggets also got gifts. A new bed, toy, blanket and a hat which Angel loved. The 4 then made dinner together with Angel making some food his family had at Christmas with Vaggie and Gabby making their own. Charlie helped were she could. Overall Christmas at the hotel was a very lovely affair.
Despite their pleas Gabby decided to be in the hotel on extermination day, to support Charlie and her mama. The curtains were drawn and the doors plus windows were locked. Though it did little to help. Vaggie looked like she was barely keeping it together even with her daughter and girlfriend were doing their best to comfort them. She was sat on the couch in front of the fireplace in the lobby, a blanket wrapped around her as her head lay in Charlie’s lap, KeeKee, Razzle and Dazzle cuddled up next to her with Gabby sitting beside the princess. Angel dust who they hadn’t told about Vaggie’s past guessed by her eyepatch that the exorcists had taken it, so he could understand her reaction.
Extermination day was always fraught even before it began as even if it lasted 12 hours it never started at the same time each year. Sometimes it would be early in the morning to just as it was ending. Vaggie explained it was a psychological tactic to screw with sinners heads plus catch people out cause they’d think it wasn’t happening or they had time to do errands, Lute came up with the tactic. Charlie and Gabby hated her even more after this.
It began at 10am and ended at 10pm. Ever since the screams started Charlie looked heartbroken, Vaggie sobbing throughout made it worse. Once it ended she simply carried the angel to bed before joining her while Gabby returned to earth. They were all just exhausted while Angel was called into work.
The next day was the interview. Charlie, Vaggie and Gabby had all worked on creating a pitch that was professional enough to be taken seriously. Getting the interview wasn’t easy as Charlie had to call nonstop for before they gave in after a cancellation.
For the Pilot, they arrived at the studio with Gabby in disguise. After going over the plan with Charlie empathising that she can’t sing to help be taken more seriously they were ready with the mother and daughter giving her respectively a kiss and hug for luck which the princess appreciated. Killjoy was her usual charming self, though when she asked if Gabby was their daughter via adoption cause no one wanted her or was a street urchin both Charlie and Vaggie had to restrain from killing her on the spot.
Killjoy is as much a bitch as usual during the interview, but Charlie thanks to Vaggie and Gabbie helping her come up with a good pitch is able to put up a much more legitimate and professional pitch, along with ignoring or shooting back Katie’s insults, annoying her and impressing Tom Trench. The princess, Angel and human are feeling quite optimistic of their chances. Especially once Charlie reveals Angel Dust is their first guest and has been making an effort to not only improve his behaviour but cut back on drugs. Then the turf war comes up Angel front and centre.
Charlie is genuinely hurt along with panicking, while Vaggie is pissed as is Gabby that Angel is doing this now, the kid also being disappointed that Angel is betraying Charlie this way. The princess tries to salvage it by defending Angel that redemption isn’t a straight path, though it Katie being a butch turns it into a fight. Vaggie is just trying to keep her daughter safe.
The drive home is very tense. Angel is on the other half alone while Charlie is looking despondent, Gabby and Vaggie are both looking upset at the spider. Vaggie doesn’t hesitate to call him out when he starts trying to defend himself and acting flippant, but when he doesn’t seem to care about Charlie pointing out what he did wasn’t cool Gabby snaps. She asks why does he have to be such a fucking asshole, shocking everyone. Gabby proceeds to call Angel out for being so ungrateful that despite everything they’ve tried to do for him he just doesn’t seem to care. She then proceeds to tell Angel she thought he was a good guy genuinely trying to change but it’s obvious he doesn’t care about anyone but himself and it’s no wonder he’s only got Cherri Bomb for a friend, cause he likely drove everyone else away. The kid stops as she starts crying which her mom and Charlie do their best to calm her down. Angel Dust for his part feels genuinely ashamed not only for making her cry, but they were right just how much of an asshole he was by screwing them over.
At the hotel Vaggie goes to sit down while Angel goes to get a popsicle. He cracks a joke about the hotel being empty but seeing the princesses despondent expression and Gabby’s genuinely angry one he stops. The kid hugged Charlie trying to make her feel better promising she will find new guests and they believe in her as does Vaggie, pointedly saying it doesn’t matter if some don’t looking at the spider demon. The princess was touched and returned the hug smiling at how lucky she is to have her in their life. That’s when they hear a knocking at the door.
When Charlie answers it she shuts it then does so again after checking who it is. She announces it’s the radio demon, much to Vaggie shock/horror and the human and spiders joint confusion. After being advised by the angel not to open it, the princess decides to take a chance to see what he wants.
After making his entrance the Deer was curious about the child in the hotel, though before he could get a step towards her he found an angelic spear at his throat. Vaggie very coldly told him to stay the fuck away from her daughter, also asking him what he was doing here. Alastor was further intrigued so after giving his threat began his pitch to Charlie, making it known he was here for entertainment not to actually see people redeemed. Vaggie explained his backstory to both her daughter and Angel, the former now terrified of the deer while Angel pointed out he looks like a strawberry pimp. Gabby wondered what he meant with her mom giving the spider a death glare.
Charlie was counselled by Vaggie and Gabby not to trust Alastor, but the princess promised she knew what she was doing. Rather than make a deal she simply told him to stay and help as long as he wanted which Alastor agreed to. After pointing out the state of the hotel he offered to bring in help.
1st he brought in nifty who along with lamenting the filthiness of the hotel and lack of men, was happy to see Gabby as she wasn’t the shortest person in the hotel plus hopefully they could be friends. Vaggie was protective of her daughter who was bit creeped out.
2nd husk who despite losing a pot and seeing Al had dragged him back, was accepting once he got regular booze. Vaggie didn’t object as alcohol while a vice was something everyone indulged in. Husk shoved Angel away but looked a bit softer once he saw Gabby.
After this Alastor then proceeded to turn the room into a stage to dance with and sing on, before Pentious arrived. After showing everyone his power he then offers to cook them jambalaya. Vaggie and Charlie both pull Gabby close to them, they tell her not to turn her disguise off unless she knows it’s just the 3 of them which she understood. This didn’t last long as Alastor revealed he could sense she was using a disguise spell. Realising it was over Gabby undid the disguise, resulting in the deer, cyclops maid and cat to be absolutely shocked at a human kid in hell. Once they explained she was Vaggies daughter and with Charlie’s help is able to stay in hell so she can see her mama. Husk is sympathetic and understanding, nifty is rather excited at the prospect at the idea of a human in the hotel while Alastor is rather quiet and reserved which makes everyone uncomfortable.
A week later Charlie is in her room reading the story of hell to Gabby. Vaggie surprises them both then comforting her about missing her mom and making her proud. Gabby sympathises due to her not meeting her own mama till she came to hell, plus Lilith sounds like a great mom and queen. Vaggie then says Alastor wanted to show them the new commercial he made, Gabby asks is that a good idea considering he hates TV.
She’s proven right when they see just how bad it is, Gabby and Vaggie especially annoyed at what he said about Charlie. Vaggie doesn’t hesitate to give her full opinion then regrets it remembering her daughter is there, though Charlie is covering an exasperated Gabby’s ears. Al simply retorts he thought he made a good commercial then mentions his hate for tv again. Angel pipes up offering his help, though Charlie doesn’t want to exploit him with Gabby retorting of course he doesn’t have a real idea cause he doesn’t actually care about the hotel, causing the spider to wince.
Charlie gets a call from her dad and steps away to answer it. That’s when Angel Dust asks why they can’t simply make people stay with Al, though despite his promises he could, Husk points out that’s why he’s even here with nifty being her usual self. Vaggie then says the only people who can be helped are those who choose to stay here.
Charlie who had just finished the call contemplates an offer that is both worrying but has plenty of possibilities. She calls Vaggie over, Gabby following. Upon hearing the head of the exorcists wanted a meeting, the angel froze and started breathing hard. Charlie immediately started to calm her down promising it’s ok, while also rubbing her hair with her daughter hugging her side. The angel soon came back down calmed, then mentioned whatever it is wouldn’t be good. Charlie agreed remembering what Vaggie told her about Adam but she should at least find out what he wants. Gabby and her mama wished her luck before she left.
Charlie’s walk to the embassy is full of thinking of what Adam could want, based on what she’s heard it could be anything from gloating to announcing a new exorcist weapon. Upon arriving and finding the room after signing in her mind was still racing, jumping but not falling after hearing Adam’s voice. Seeing him with Lute she did her best not to try tearing him apart as she knew he was a hologram, not falling for the handshake offer simply taking her seat and asking for him to start. This simply caused him to keep rambling. The princess winced this was not going to be pleasant.
At the hotel Vaggie decided to help Charlie by filming a new commercial, Gabby her loyal aid by her side. After gathering everyone to announce it and getting a camera they got to work. They started with Husk and Angel. Gabby decided to stand a bit behind Angel with cards for Husk to read, that combined with the Spider wanting to make for his mistakes in hurting not only Charlie but Gabby didn’t flirt with the cat and took it seriously. This resulted in a genuinely good take, Gabby herself noticing Angel Dust taking it seriously but didn’t say anything as she was still mad at him.
Back at the embassy Charlie eventually asked Adam to tell her why he’s here. The 1st man claimed he was simply trying to get to know the princess as this was their 1st meeting. Charlie rolled her eyes as she knew this was Adam’s way of being both an asshole and wasting their time.
Back at the hotel Vaggie gets Nifty ready for her take before they realise her issue with Cameras. Gabby simply asked her mom to take them outside, confusing her but complying none the less. The kid was gonna go into the closet to film it secretly before Angel offered to do it instead. Gabby gave him the Camera but made it known this didn’t make them anywhere near good after what he did during the interview. The Spider despite being sad to hear accepted he deserved it before going into the closet. Once they returned inside Gabby had Nifty say her line which was perfectly delivered, Vaggie understood when Angel came out of the closet holding the camera. Happy she thanked Angel for his help, making the spider smile, while giving Gabby a kiss on the head for being so smart.
Down in the lobby they’re going over it to try and edit it into a good commercial. Alastor arrives commending Gabby on her quick thinking for helping her mama with the commercial. Vaggie reminds him she’s a smart girl which he agrees with along with promising to gut him if he ever hurts her. Rather than being upset he’s respectful appreciating any mother who protects their child so fiercely, his tone giving hints of warmth and sadness. He said he would fulfil his part in helping the hotel by getting it on the air which Vaggie was glad to hear handing him the camera. After he left Gabby admitted he still scared her, Vaggie letting them know that was smart. Fear is an indicator something dangerous is close by. The kid then asked her mama if the commercial will help, she replied hopefully it will but regardless Charlie will appreciate they tried to help.
Back at the embassy Charlie having had enough tells Adam to tell her why she’s here or this meeting is done. This is when Adam announces the new extermination schedule. Shocked and horrified Charlie demands to know why but the 1st man and Lute blow her off. Enraged by Adam not only being a complete prick and now revealing he’s gonna kill her people twice a year she just snaps. Charlie screams he’s such a massive asshole that it proves not only while her mom left him but why even god needed a 1st draft if he was the 1st human man plus it’s obvious why Cain and Abel happened considering how much an asshole he is. Adam is stunned while Lute is enraged but Charlie leaves not interested in any more bullshit.
Having calmed down on the walk Charlie feels more disappointment that she’ll have to tell the others there’s 2 exterminations now thinking how to tell them. At the hotel she’s met by both Gabby and Vaggie who are excited to see her, letting her know they made a new commercial for her. This made the princess feel much better especially upon hearing how everyone helped. As they make it to the couch Charlie picks Gabby up and places them in her lap, with Vaggie putting an arm around them both. To the others they looked like a pair of moms and their kid. Unfortunately the commercial was preempted by the new extermination announcement shocking or horrifying everyone in the hotel.
Meanwhile in heaven Adam and lute are going over their plans after finding the body, promising they’ll get their payback.
For Ep 2. Charlie is panicking about the new extermination with Vaggie doing her best to calm her down. Angel dust interjects that’s unlikely as with the change sinners are going even crazier wanting to enjoy what little time they could due to desperation. This gives Vaggie the idea that the more desperate people are the more likely they’ll try redemption which Charlie agrees with, despite the Spiders doubtsto Gabby of course asks why would they change the schedule considering it’s stayed the same since the start. That actually makes them think before they dismiss it as not being important right now. That’s when an explosion destroys the wall.
Outside Sir Pentious is there to challenge Alastor, who not only doesn’t bother remembering the Snake, but dismisses the V’s as well when Nifty asks.
In V tower Vox was happily overseeing the success of their empire while using his powers on the weak minded of Hell to enrich himself. It sadly ended when Velvette called him up to deal with Val causing problems in her department. After hypnotising the reporters and arriving in his partners department he does to deal with his partner/lover.
Upon learning he’s going to charge into the princesses hotel, Vox calms him down by reminding him of their reputations and how Angel is still under contract so it’s both worth damaging it over him. Val then reveals Alastor is back, enraging the tv host demanding to know why he didn’t tell him before switching to his drone outside the hotel.
Here he watches Sir Pentious defeat and desperate attempt to salvage it by ripping off a small sliver of Alastors coat. The deer demon prepares to leave to have it fixed before Vaggie reminds him they need someone to fix the wall. He simply uses his power to create servants to fix the damage. Gabby despite her fear is impressed by that.
Meanwhile along with being pissed Al is back Vox notices the child who looks strangely like the princesses girlfriend, though his attention soon returns on reminding Al how times have changed.
This results in a battle that not only leaves the city except the Hazbin Hotel without power and Vox enraged at his humiliation.
He gathers the V’s reminding them of how dangerous Al making a deal with the princess would be. On a lesser note he brings up the picture of Gabby. Vel notes she’s cute and would be a damn fine model, with Val agreeing with sicker intentions in mind. To prevent the 1st and investigate the 2nd they agreed they needed someone desperate enough who wasn’t connected to them in the hotel, the TV overlord smiling as he had the perfect man in mind.
Back at the hotel Angel watches as Charlie and Vaggie returned, the princess flopping onto the couch, revealing they didn’t find any new guests. Angel pointed out it’s not likely anyone would want to try for redemption when they might get killed by angels. Vaggie of course argues that just because it seems impossible they shouldn’t stop trying, as she never thought she’d meet her daughter watching with a loving smile as Gabby does her best to cheer up Charlie. Then they hear a knock at the door.
Upon opening it and seeing Sir Pentious, Vaggie moved to neutralise him despite his promise he wasn’t there to fight. Charlie upon seeing the snake and his request to join the hotel was ecstatic to gain another guest welcome him in. Angel and Gabby of course thought it was a bad idea asking Vaggie if she was really ok with this, though Charlie giving her the eyes caused her to agree to let him stay. Gabby did pull her mother to the side saying she didn’t trust him, which Vaggie praised her on telling her “Always trust but verify”.
Charlie is of course excited they have their first real guest, which offends/hurts Angel Dust. Charlie apologises by reminding him he is an important part of the hotel, Vaggie then proceeds to list off the ways he causes problems for the hotel: making them look bad and sexually harassing the staff. Gabby then adds he made Charlie look like a joke with what he did during the interview nearly ruining things before they began and acting like he didn’t care. Those all hit the spider hard as while he has tried to cut back on drugs he hasn’t actually been a model resident.
Charlie then proceeds to introduce the snake to everyone in the hotel, getting Pentious to return the sliver of coat he took from Alastor. The deer overlord simply incinerated it to make it known how little his victory mattered. Last but not least Charlie introduced the Snake to Gabby who made it known she didn’t trust him. The princess laughed it off promising she would warm up to him.
Gathering everyone but Alastor they decide to do some introduction activities like the clapping game which Angel calls dumb before participating. They then have everyone reveal one thing no one else knows about them. When they move onto the skit it’s a much more realistic one with Angel playing the representation of being tempted by drugs while Gabby plays the role of his sister who loves Pentious playing a college student about how it will affect his life, encouraging the snake to reject drugs. Charlie praises Pentious for doing such a great job along Gabby, Vaggie revealing she taped the performance much to her embarrassment. Angel simply slinks off to his room to deal with the fact that everyone seems to prefer Pentious, which considering he actually seems to be making an effort doesn’t make it hurt less. He feels worse once he sees Vals messages.
Later trying to make himself feel better he goes down to the bar to drink, when he hears something strange coming from Charlie’s office. He opens it to discover the snake planting a camera into the office. Enraged at not only luring but betraying Charlie the spider lunges at him resulting in a brief struggle.
This wakes up the owners and Gabby who was staying the night. After the camera is revealed the snake attempts to flee, calling Vox for rescue. Of course he loses any will to escape after hearing his vicious insults. Charlie and even Gabby feel sympathy for him, the latter convincing her mom to give him a chance which the angel agreed to reluctantly. After being offered a real chance for to redeem by the princess Sir Pentious happily agreed. Alastor then mocked Vox before destroying the camera.
The Snake after getting over the shock of Gabby being human was impressed by her maturity and intelligence for a child, even more once she started asking to help during his experiments much to his joy.
Ep 3. after Pentious has been at the hotel for a week Charlie of course wants to celebrate it. Then he rolls in his latest weapon, exasperating Vaggie who shoots down his argument that the other residents are plotting something by saying they’re just trying to make him feel welcome. Then once the Carmine sisters arrive she gets even more annoyed. On their way out they notice Gabby who’s looking at them, curious about them considering what their family does. Vaggie tells Pentious that not only does he have to stop making weapons but get rid of the Egg Bois. The snake is of course heartbroken but agrees as it being a part of his redemption. Gabby of course thinks that’s a bit too cruel and follows her mom to try convincing her not too. It works and the angel changes it to one day though decides to wait before letting Pentious know so he’ll think he got them back for good behaviour.
In Alastors room the Cannibal is enjoying a dead deer for breakfast, before it’s interrupted. Gabby barely restrains from liking at the sight and smell, Vaggie bending down to rub her back checking if she’s ok, standing up once her daughter confirms she is. Alastor asks why they’re there, the angel asking if he could take care of the Egg Bois, clarifying watch them for the day when Al started to get murdery. He then revealed he would take them with him while he ran an errand. Gabby despite her fear of him still being there, was intrigued and curious of the overlord. She shocked both by asking to accompany him on his errands. Vaggie immediately refused not trusting the radio demon not to hurt her daughter, though Gabby convinced her by pointing out Al says he never hurt kids and would risk losing Charlie off. She still promised to murder Al if anything happened to her. The deer was in a good mood as he had been intrigued by the only human child in hell and thus spending time would allow him to learn more about along with growing closer to her, promising the mother she had nothing to fear from him. They left shortly afterwards.
Down in the lobby in order to not only help Pentious get closer to the other residents but do the same for all of them, Charlie decides to do some team building exercises. Though beforehand she asks Vaggie if they’d be comfortable leading it and after some thought the angel agreed. They start with trust falls before moving onto some challenges that require everyone to work together that fail spectacularly. Angel offers a solution which Charlie convinces them to at least see what it is.
Mean while Alastor is travelling to the meeting with a disguised Gabby and the Egg Bois, who she convinced to be quiet with them all getting a prize if they do. Al was impressed by her creative mind and the two began conversing both wanting to learn about the topic of their curiosity. They agreed 1 question for another. Gabby learned Al loved radio as it was the popular medium growing up, he grew up poor in Louisiana and dearly loved his mother. She told Al about her life on earth, why she travelled to hell and how she’s able to be there. Though when she asked Al why doesn’t he try redeeming himself to see his mom again, he stopped dead for a minute before responding there was no redemption and he would be beyond it if there was. This is when Zestial appeared making the kid jump. After greeting each other and catching up about where he’s been, the spider overlord asks about a much more timid Gabby. Alastor simply claims the girl is the daughter of one of the hotels owners and asked to attend to learn more about hell. The fellow overlord looked at the girl as if he could see through her disguise before going back to talking to the deer.
As they made it to the elevator Al ordered all the egg bois to stand guard out front, but Frank wound up inside. Upon reaching the top Gabby watches as the other overlords enter, being very focused on the pretty lady in a fancy dress and hat before realising she had to follow Al. To her embarrassment and joy the only seat near him was next to the pretty lady she saw before, who upon seeing her flashed a friendly smile. Carmilla soon came in welcoming the other overlords smiling at seeing Zestial then surprise at seeing Alastor before saying she’d not really thought about what happened to him but welcoming him back, annoying the radio demon and making Gabby laugh. This alerted the weapon overlord to her presence asking why a child was here, to which Al claimed she was the daughter of one of the hotel owners who asked to come along and learn how things are done between the powerful of Pride. Carmilla continued looking at the girl just like Zestial did before continuing.
Though she soon stopped as Velvette arrived, talking on her phone trash talking the Carmine Matriarch before noticing Gabby. Remembering her from the meeting, the fact she was pretty made Vel interested in her, offering her a job if she was interested in modelling. Carmilla either due to maternal protective instincts or simply wanting to start the meeting told the fashion overlord to sit up and sit down or leave. They complied though had an annoyed/insulted look on her face.
Carmilla began the meeting before another interruption from Velvette, looking as if she was just about to murder them. It disappears as the room goes quiet as she throws the exorcist head on the table, before Carmilla demands to know where she got it. Velvette explains that the Vs found it on extermination day, that since they can killed they can fight back proposing they have a plan. At the same time Gabby who has been mostly sheltered from Hell’s gorier aspects is unable to hold it back and pukes on the table, hitting velvettes shoes and pants. Zizi, Clara, Alastor and Rosie burst out laughing while Carmilla and Zestial share a smirk while the skull overlord doesn’t react. The fashion overlord is immediately enraged promising to show the brat some manners. Carmilla immediately asks Velvette to control herself or is she so low to harm a child. Now insulted she gave the other overlord a look before returning to find Rosie giving Gabby a handkerchief to wipe her mouth while giving Vel a death glare. Zestial then pipes up that just because they found the head isn’t proof of much if they don’t know how it was killed or who did it. Gabby feeling brave also points out who’s to say the V’s won’t just use the others as cannon fodder then swoop in to take their turf. Carmilla says “from the mouth of babes” before demanding Velvette compose herself and show more respect. This leads to the two arguing before Velvette accuses the matriarch of knowing how the Angel died causing her to end the meeting there. Alastor notices Carmilla leaving and directs both Gabby and Frank to follow them to learn what they can, the child not too sure but going ahead curiosity getting the best of her.
Meanwhile Vaggie and Charlie are regretting trusting Angel as he’s led them to BDSM club/shop. He claims that it requires a great deal of trust, something they both know but don’t reveal for obvious reasons and isn’t conducive to what they’re trying to do. The angel asks the princess if they trust her to run this her way, upon hearing she does they decide to get them to bond the way she did. After travelling to a destroyed building in the free-for-all zone Vaggie reveals they’ll bond through combat, telling them they have to make it to the top of the roof by working together while tossing them off starting with the snake, spider, cat who tried to run and a very eager maid. Charlie isn’t sure about this but trusts Vaggie, though before she can say anything notices she looks worried about something. The princess guesses it’s about Gabby, the angel admits it’s the 1st time she’s let her go off with someone that isn’t them out of the hotel. Charlie understands as she knows that Vaggie is very protective over, promising Al wouldn’t do or allow anything to happen to her. The angel simply lays her head into the princesses chest as they watch their residents fight together, except nifty who is just terrorising the other sinners and causing chaos cackling all the while.
Gabby and Fred are in the office as they overhear Carmilla confess that yes she was the one who killed an angel. Deciding they got what they needed they turn to go, but Frank in his rush knocks the cabinet making a glass shake. This minor mistake alerts Zestial to their presence, shadow walking to pick the child up by the scruff of her shirt. The carmines are shocked to find her there, with Carmilla becoming very irate marching over to take her by the scruff. She tells Gabby it’s rude to go around eavesdropping and that naughty children get spanked. Gabby points out it’s rude to pick up children that aren’t hers either. After a moment respecting the girls guts she puts her down, though she interrupts the overlord asking if she killed the exorcist with her angelic steel slippers. The room is frozen in shock, Carmilla asking how she knew that could hurt angels, Gabby shrugging she has her secret, they have theirs. This actually makes Clara and Zestial smirk. The weapons overlord thinks over what to do, she can’t and won’t ever hurt a child plus there’s no way she could keep the girl here without her mother and the princess coming looking for her. She asks if Gabby plans to tell anyone, they respond only her mom and Charlie but tells her Frank was with her so Al will know already. Carmilla could accept the princess and her partner knowing as they’d keep it quiet, but Alastor is a wild variable. After a moment thinking it over she lets the child leave, they politely thank the overlord before leaving as quickly as possible. Carmilla and Zestial compliment her courage as she leaves.
Outside Alastor is currently wondering if he should go get Gabby, as he’s become fond of her along with being intrigued by her plus he doesn’t want to anger her mother or Charlie enough to be kicked out, if not worse. This is assuaged once the child leaves the lift and after ensuring she’s ok returns home.
Back at the hotel the couple are smiling as they watch the residents talking about their fight for survival laughing over it having bonded. Charlie compliments Vaggie on how she knew she could get them to work together, which makes the angel blush. Upon seeing her daughter returning with Alastor and the Egg Bois she charges down to pick them up into a hug then asking if she’s ok while checking her over much to their embarrassment. Al then compliments the girls behaviour as she and the eggs proved quite useful, along with her being entertaining. The couple are curious about that last point but Vaggie decides to call Pentious over to let him know his eggs are back much to his joy.
Later that night Gabby tells her mama and Charlie about the meeting. The fact that an angel was killed explains why the extermination was moved up. Along with being pissed at Alastor for putting her danger the couple are grateful that Carmilla didn’t hurt her and admit that while they wished she hadn’t put herself into harms way, the info she got was very useful to them.
For Ep 4. Angel Dust was going to show his porno before seeing Gabby is there so obviously decides not to. He simply tells them it won’t him an award, Charlie and Vaggie appreciating he didn’t show it with the kid in the room. That’s when Husk calls out all the acting is those films is complete bullshit which offends angel defending himself and his work, before Husk calls him out further by claiming he can see through his bullshit and everyone else’s calling out their flaws except Gabby as she’s a kid, but she’s still upset with him for what he said about Charlie and Vaggie. Angel gets pissed when Husk calls him fake, though he stops once he feels his phone go off. Everyone notices how Angel becomes much more nervous on the phone before revealing he has to leave as his boss called him in. The cat pisses the spider off once more telling him to fuck off before leaving. Charlie tries to stop Angel as they haven’t finished their exercises yet but he tells her if his boss calls he has to go in.
Vaggie then encourages her to use her authority as princess to get Angels boss to let him spend more time at the hotel. Gabby asks if that’s a good idea as Angel seemed scared of him. Charlie in her excitement at getting Angel to hopefully spend more time plays it off as him just being strict not understanding who Valentino is and what he’s like. It goes as badly as you’d expect.
Charlie returns in tears, upsetting both Vaggie and Gabby who want to figure out what happened, but the princess tells the kid she needs to go to her room as this isn’t appropriate for her to hear. Vaggie tells her to go causing her to obey though unhappily. Not long later the two come to her room to talk to her about what Charlie discovered about Angels boss and what he goes through. The couple did their best to explain it in a child friendly way, but there’s only so much you can do when explaining what Sexual assault and abuse is, along with a toxic narcissistic monster who enjoys it. Before they’re even done Gabby is crying her eyes at horrified at what’s happening to Angel but that she’s been so angry with him for just trying to cope with all the crap his boss put him through. She says that Angels really are assholes if they don’t target people like Val who deserve to die but regular sinners. Charlie wants to say otherwise but can’t find it in herself to disagree, neither can Vaggie. After helping her calm down Gabby returns to earth.
The next day after Gabby returns she waits till she and Angel are alone before she hugs the spider. He’s of course shocked till he sees her crying and she starts apologising for being so mad at him, that they didn’t know what her boss does to him and that he needs to deal with it. Angel is frozen as he wishes that Charlie had kept her mouth shut, but seeing the kid like this and hearing her say she’s sorry for being mad at him it goes away. After calming her down he takes her to get a drink at the bar before they both head to his room, he cleans it up first, to play with Fat Nuggets and his outfits. It makes them both feel better.
In the 4 months between episode 4 & 5 and number of things happen.
Gabby went with Al to Cannibal town so she could have a real meeting with Rosie, motivated by her crush on her. The woman was happy to see Al again and was very sweet to Gabby, flattered by her childish crush. The kid was a bit deflated to find out she was married but it went back when the overlord offered to make her a dress. During the measurement taking and what she wanted the two talked with Gabby about her life on earth along with Rosie telling a child friendly version of how she came to hell after killing 2 abusive husbands, several daughters and a female lover plus how she met her wives. The dress was very nice and with Rosie being so sweet and friendly she decided to come back tmrw. Al was away on business so she had Razzle and Dazzle drop her off. It was a good day till she got home and Vaggie found out where she went. Her mama was furious she not only left the hotel on her own but went to cannibal town of all places. They get into an argument with Gabby snapping that Rosie and her wives were nice to her, Vaggie arguing that could just be a ploy to soften her trust. She argued that Rosie’s a cannibal and a murderer so can’t be trusted. Of course Gabby snaps back that’s rich considering she killed more people than Rosie ever did so she’s more of a murderer than her. The room goes silent, watching Vaggies reaction. Her face is frozen in shock before a tear starts falling. Charlie who had been ready to step in immediately rushes to Vaggies side, gives Gabby a cold look telling her to go to her room. They try to protest but Charlie brings out her horns, the girl wisely acquiesces regretting what she said. The princess carries the angel to their room spending a good few hours to calm her despite her heartbreak. Once she’s able to Charlie goes to Gabby’s room and lets her know she crossed a really big line with what she said which the kid agrees with. The princess lets her know along with apologising she’s not allowed to leave the hotel for a week along with helping nifty with any chores she might need to do, which they agree with. Finally she has to apologise to her mama, the child winces but agrees. She goes to find Vaggie in bed her eye bloodshot from all the crying. It’s painfully awkward as the daughter admits that she never meant she said, they were just angry. The mother says she understands but that doesn’t change how much it hurt, that while she does want to forgive her it will take time for the pain to go away. Gabby accepts this and the two hug reconciling, Charlie smiling as she watches by the door. They agreed that after the week was up that Gabby could continue to see Rosie if she took Razzle and Dazzle for protection which she happily agreed to.
On Earth Gabby’s grandparents found her diary detailing her adventures in hell. After getting home from school they confronted Earth Gabby at dinner showing the journal. Rather than being upset they praised her for her creativity and imagination plus such great drawings in it, as they thought it was a story she was writing. They liked that she made her mama a hero and gave her a loving girlfriend in Charlie, telling her if she wants she could probably get it published when she turned 18. Gabby took the praise deciding to find a better hiding place for it. In hell Vaggie panicked but was glad her parents didn’t hate her considering what they said about her in the diary thinking it was a story. Charlie was overjoyed to find out her in-laws thought she was a wonderful partner for Vaggie even if it was for a story.
Gabby had started learning from Pentious about science and engineering, often helping him with his projects learning a lot and impressing him with her knowledge and maturity at a young age. He complimented her on it at dinner that night, Gabby without thinking said “when you kill your mama by being born, you kinda have to justify it”. By the time she realised what she said, the sound of shocked gasps and cutlery hitting the table followed. Across the table were shocked and horrified faces. Vaggies though was one of pure heartbreak. The kid immediately ran to her room despite Charlie and Vaggie calling for her, the princess and Angel then talking over what to do. After giving her some time Vaggie went to Gabby’s room, finding her in bed walking to lay sit beside her daughter. After an awkward silence, the Angel told her daughter she doesn’t have to justify her life to anyone and who says otherwise can fuck off. Gabby retorts no one ever said anything like that to her, but whenever her family talked about them and how much she missed her, it made the kid feel like she needed to prove why she deserved to be here instead of them, plus that’s why Mama wound up in the exorcists if she wasn’t born then she’d still be on earth. Vaggie then realises that’s why Gabby was always so mature and pushed herself to do so well, she genuinely believed she had to justify her life.. The mother simply pulled her daughter into a hug telling her to never think that way about herself, they chose to have her and she doesn’t owe anyone especially not herself justification for existing. Gabby admits that helps but only a little. Her mama promises she’ll help her realise it’s the truth. That night Vaggie and Charlie through her aunt Belphegor find a trust-worthy and reliable child psychologist in Sloth. It took some time but Gabby started letting loose and not being as mature acting more childishly which made the hotel happy to see her not being as tethered by her own feelings of needing to justify herself. On earth her family noticed it too and while they had no idea why they were happy to see her acting more like her age and just having fun.
For ep 5. Vaggie wakes up alone and discovers Charlie in the lobby going a bit crazy as the extermination is only a week away and they haven’t made any real progress towards redemption. Vaggie and Gabby do their best to help calm her down before the angel suggests Charlie call her dad. The princess isn’t keen explaining their distant relationship but Gabby points out that he’s the only one who can get them the meeting with heaven, so if that’s what she’s wants then unless she wants the extermination to happen she’s gotta do it. Charlie reluctantly agrees.
Lucifer is in his workshop finishing up his latest creation, his joy quickly turning to ashes. He looks at the photos and portraits on the wall of him, Lilith and Charlie in happier times yearning for them as he touches his wedding ring. It soon turns to surprise them panic as he sees Charlie is calling him. Upon hearing her inviting him to the hotel he’s overjoyed and immediately prepares to head over.
At the hotel Vaggie takes charge in preparing it for the kings visit, Gabby helping Sir Pentious with making cookies and everyone else in cleaning up. By the time they finished it’s serviceable.
Lucifer upon arriving pulled Charlie into a loving hug overjoyed to see her, along with fawning over Razzle and Dazzle. He was very happy to also meet Vaggie, though his biggest reaction was upon seeing a disguised Gabby. The king was frozen before turning to Charlie asking to know why she didn’t let him know they’d adopted a child. This causes the couple to blush with most of the other residents laughing at the kings confusion. He immediately pulls her into a hug fawning over how cute she is and telling him to call him grandpa Luci. Gabby is jointly confused while enjoying the idea of the king being her grandfather cause he will be. Once Charlie explains that she’s Vaggies daughter and she hasn’t adopted her yet, Luci points out she said yet so they’re going to be. The princess simply drags her dad to introduce him to the rest of the hotel blushing ear to ear. It goes well till he meets Alastor.
Here the two not only argue about who’s been the better father to Charlie but grandfather to Gabby. Lucifer points out as king he can give her whatever she wants while Alastor argues he’s unlike him been there since arriving at the hotel. Then Mimzy arrived to the surprised of everyone else but Al who is happy to see her and husk who is very unhappy. The kid asks why husk doesn’t like her and he simply calls her trouble. Charlie along with Vaggie decide to continue the tour showing her dad around the hotel, which Alastor and Gabby decide to join, staying close with her mama. Before they start she points out that while Alastor is being a jerk about it, he isn’t wrong in that they’ve actually been here supporting them since the start unlike him. Lucifer deflates while the deer demon looks smug till Gabby continues pointing out to stop being an arrogant ass, reminding him that he’s trying to mess with king of hell who could easily crush him like a big considering he’s only an overlord, Charlie might stop him but push him too far and even that won’t stop him. Alastor looks very displeased while Lucifer smiles smugly. Charlie immediately starts the tour back up again hoping to avoid a confrontation.
During said tour Gabby overhears Husk and Alastors confrontation about Mimzy. Here she learns not only about the deal the radio demon is in but a reminder of just how dangerous he is. She wisely ran back to the tour before he saw her.
Gabby arrives just as it’s finishing and Charlie asks her dad to arrange the meeting with heaven. He of course refuses declaring their people are awful and that heaven threw him out for trying to change things so theirs no chance they’d let her. That’s when the loan sharks attack looking for Mimzy.
They portal back to the lobby which is full of burning and falling debris. Angel Dust pulls Gabby out of the way of some, which enrages Vaggie who is only just stopped by Alastor volunteering to deal with the Sharks outside. Here the father and daughter continue their argument, with Charlie snapping that at least Al supports her unlike Lucifer. The king then reveals that he’s afraid that Heaven will break her like it broke him, his lingering trauma and PTSD colouring his perceptions. Charlie responds that she always looked up to him for being a dreamer and always wanted to be like him, that she can no longer watch her people die and needs to save them. The king realises his daughter is exactly like him before he fell. The two begin to reconcile over being dreamers along with hoping to rebuild their family as it once was. Lucifer agrees to set up the meeting with heaven and wishes her luck. Charlie overjoyed pulls Vaggie and Gabby into a loving hug, hopeful they can convince heaven of their goal of being able to redeem sinners.
For ep 6. Charlie is in their room preparing for their journey to heaven along with her arguments for redemption. They tell Vaggie she doesn’t have to come considering her trauma from heaven. The angel of course refuses to let Charlie go alone , causing the princess to pull her into a loving hug telling her wonderful she is. Gabby then walks in excited she’ll be joining them in heaven. Her mama is nervous but Charlie promises her that she’ll stay by their side the whole time and theirs no way Adam or Lute could get away with threatening let alone harming a child in the open, which eased her worries.
Down in the lobby Angel Dust is returning from a very hard day at work spent, Husk pours him a drink and lets him air out what happened. The couple and the kid soon arrive as in lobby to leave for heaven. They tell everyone that Alastor is in charge till they get back and to stay safe, though it’s interrupted by the wall Pentious destroyed blowing up again. In walks the anarchist overlord Cherri Bomb, claiming she’s there to see Angel and take him out on the town. Upon seeing Gabby she decides to be friendly by giving her one of their bombs, which Vaggie immediately confiscates. Charlie wanting to give everyone a night off gives the cyclops a massive wad of cash to take the others out with them. Once the portal opens she tests Vaggie through it before picking Gabby up as they go through.
They arrive at the gate of heaven, Gabby in awe they’re actually there. They are met by St Peter who isn’t what the child is expecting, which Vaggie admits was the same when she saw him. He’s polite and does his best to find their names on the list nearly having a freakout when he finds out Charlie’s dad is Lucifer Morningstar. It’s thankfully averted when Sera and Emily arrive, Gabby being shocked by their Angelic forms before they become more human looking. They welcome them to heaven, Emily much more enthusiastically which the couple appreciate while doing their best to keep their cool considering Sera was the one who not only greenlit the exterminations but kept them hidden from heaven knowing how they’d react to it. Upon seeing Gabby Emily asks if she’s a new arrival, they say they’re Vaggies daughter and she went to hell with her when they died. Emily is of course horrified as children aren’t meant to go to hell, turning to Sera for an answer. The older seraphim does her best to not look too panicked while coming up with an answer, she says it’s simply a mixup and they can allow her to stay in heaven to correct it. Gabby of course refuses as she’d rather be with her mama in hell. Emily of course looks rather despondent but accepts it, while Sera is externally calm internally she is fighting with combined guilt and horror as while she knew child sinners existed, seeing one made it all the more real about the suffering they’d face in hell let alone the exterminations.
Emily and St Peter introduce them to heaven, before the younger seraphim takes the couple and child to show them around heaven. They pass by Adam and Lute who are not happy to see Vaggie back in heaven, Sera soon pulls them into her office. She reminds them that their activities are a secret and they were meant to keep them covert, but considering lucifers daughter here to plead her case theirs a good chance their secret might be out. The two promise that won’t happen. Before they leave Sera asks if they’ve been following her rule for leaving child sinners alone during the exterminations. The two quickly respond of course, praying she doesn’t realise they’re lying. Sera accepts this more out of desperation than actual trust.
At the hotel Vaggie is taking a minute to get ready to head out with Emily and Charlie before they head a knock. It’s Adam and Lute not only letting her know they recognise her but threatening to expose her secret to Charlie if she doesn’t throw the trial. After they leave Vaggie asks if they got it. Gabby walks out of the closet her hellphone out smiling as she confirms it. The Angel kisses her daughter on the head and promises to get her ice cream for a great job.
The couple and child spend the day with Emily. She takes them to the zoo where they get to pet all the animals. Charlie loves the Koalas as does Vaggie. Gabby meanwhile loves riding an actual T-Rex. They then get ice cream where the sprinkles are actual rainbows before they head back to the room. Here they go over their final plans for the trial having spent all of their free time after lucifers visit planning it out.
At the trial itself after the introduction Charlie tells the story of Saint Dismas, a thief who was crucified beside Jesus defending him from the insults of the other crucified beside him and asked the son of god to remember him in heaven, Jesus instead brought him to paradise with him. The princess uses this example of the son of god forgiving a thief for his crimes as proof that heaven should be willing to allow damned souls who work to redeem themselves a place in heaven. This wind over Emily and others in the jury while many others admit she has a good point. Sera and Adam are left panicking while Lute is pissed.
The couple bring up how many sinners only end up damned cause the time, place or circumstances they lived in didn’t accept them so caused to act in negative ways to survive. They use Angel Dust as an example, Adam pegs him as a porn star which causes the couple to ask how he’d know that. This causes the 1st man to sweat as everyone especially a displeased Sera is looking at him. Lute takes over pointing out that doesn’t exactly justify what they did to earn a way into hell. Charlie agrees that’s fair but points out they at least deserve a chance to prove they can be better in the right circumstances. Adam demands proof and asks Sera to open a viewing orb to watch if Angel is actually deserving of redemption.
Through it they watch as Angel Dust not only refuses to do drugs, but helps calm nifty down when she gets upset, protects her from Valentino and stands up to him despite how bad it would be for him.
In heaven Charlie and Vaggie happily point out these examples as proof that Angel is on the path to redeeming himself. Adam panicking asks why he isn’t there then. This questions results in Emily asking the same question, which causes the rest of the jury to ask the same. Charlie then says it’s no surprise as heaven has no idea what actually gets someone in there. The room is frozen in shock. Sera goes to reprimand the princess before she snaps back asking if she’s scared they’d tell everyone about the exterminations they launch to regularly kill sinners for good. Ok the orb starts playing scenes of said event with sinners running for their lives as masked Angels murder them without mercy. The room is frozen in horror, sera shocked it’s out and Adam and Lute pissed they’ve been outed. Charlie then goes to reveal that Vaggie was a former exorcist herself. After covering Gabby’s eyes and ears they play Vaggies memories of her mutilation by Lute simply for sparing a child. Sera enraged shouts at Adam that she told him to spare child sinners before freezing realising what she said. Emily horrified demands to know why she could justify such an evil event, they try to justify it to prevent hell from uprising. The younger seraphim points to the scene of fleeing sinners and burning buildings, asking how could they threaten heaven. Charlie then has Gabby play the video from her phone revealing how Adam and Lute tried to blackmail her mama into betraying Charlie. This makes them look even worse. Sera realising the situation is falling out of control ends the trial deciding that there isn’t enough evidence to support redemption. As she sends the protesting couple and child away Adam starts to gloat, but stops seeing the enraged look on his superiors face. Sera tries to speak to Emily who looks at her with not only disgust but heartbreak before flying away. Sera simply sits there wondering if she’s making the right choices. Lute for her part was suspicious of the child and decided to look into it further.
After arriving back from heaven once they’ve had a chance to cool down the couple and Gabby decide to tell their friends what happened at the trial, who while pissed at heaven are amused at how they showed them up and exposed the truth to heaven making things real hard for them. This is when after discussing it with Charlie and Gabby, Vaggie reveals to them her past as an exorcist. The residents especially Alastor are stunned silent, with the couple and kid fearing the worst. Though the residents except Al admit that while it’s a shock they can’t exactly talk as they’ve all done evil shit on earth, hell or both and unlike them she stopped cause she realised it was wrong. Plus she’s trying to help them plus others be better and stop the exterminations. Also considering the crap she goes through with them the fact she hasn’t killed them already shows they can trust her. Vaggie is genuinely touched and thanks them for accepting her. Meanwhile Alastor is seething he never knew there was an exorcist under the same roof he’s lived under for nearly half-a-year.
For ep 7. the hotel is in a sort of limbo as after telling them about the trial Charlies spent the week in her room with only Vaggie or Gabby seeing her.
Though the princess soon arrives flanked by her angel partner and their daughter. Charlie apologises for being so isolated but reveals she needed time to deal with heaven rejecting them along with planning on what to do next, which she feels they deserve to know. All the residents especially Alastor are intrigued. Charlie reveals the secret about how Angellic steel can hurt Angels, which causes the rest to ask how no one fighter that out. Vaggie retorts no one with it was dumb enough to try fighting an exorcist which they agree with. The princess then reveals they have a plan to find allies to fight with them, along with weapons. Charlie based on Gabby’s relationship with Rosie sees her as their best option for troops while Vaggie will try to convince Carmilla to equip them with weapons for the fight. Alastor who was shocked they knew the secret of harming angels then incensed he’s lost his chance for a deal offers to come along to help with Rosie to salvage it which Charlie appreciates. Before they leave the couple make it known they understand if any of them decide to leave as this isn’t what they signed up for.
Charlie goes with Alastor and Gabby to talk to Rosie. The cannibal overlord is very happy to see her friend and Gabby, meeting the princess is something she never expected. Charlie reveals she’s there cause she needs help to fight the exorcists and was hoping Rosie and her cannibals would be interested in doing so. The overlord is excited at the prospect but reveals she needs to win over every cannibal or they won’t join.
As Rosie gathers the rest of the cannibals in the centre of town Gabby and Alastor give Charlie a last minute pep talk. This plus her preparations allow her to make a much more convincing and rousing speech the 1st time around which soon wins the cannibals to her side giving her an army ready to fight them.
Meanwhile Vaggie is at Carmine industries. She threatens to expose Carmilla’s secret unless they let her in. Once within the weapons overlords demands to know why she shouldn’t just kill her now. Vaggie tells her they know that Angelic weapons can harm angels and want her to give them enough to fight. Carmine refuses asking why she should risk herself and people for a fight that isn’t hers, the Angel of course tries convincing that Charlie did her best to avoid this but if they don’t stand together today then the exorcists will come for her alone. Carmilla refuses once more and lets Vaggie know that her time is up lunging at her.
Vaggie does her best but Carmilla easily kicks her ass through the whole thing till eventually she reveals she’s teaching her how to fight exorcists and then highlights their flaws due to thinking they’re invincible. The overlord then reveals she knows they’re a former exorcist, pointing out she has an X over her along with carrying an angelic spear. Carmilla then teaches Vaggie how to fight using her love for those she cares most about to drive her. The Angels love for both Charlie and Gabby proves exactly what she needs, resulting her regaining her wings. Carmilla impressed agrees to give them the weapons they need.
The couple are returning home both happy to see they got what they need. Charlie and Gabby are shocked then ecstatic to have wings again, with Vaggie promising to tell them what happened later. They head into the hotel to discover the residents rather than fleeing spent the day fortifying the hotel. When asked they claim they’ve become fond of the place and ain’t running. Charlie is obviously touched and after both explaining what happened they have dinner then start preparing on what to do preparing for the extermination.
The preparations for the exterminations take up almost everyone’s free time though Gabby has plans for a particular day. On May 10th Charlie and Vaggie are awoken by Gabby with Razzle and Dazzle carrying in fresh made breakfast of their favourites. The couple are overjoyed, Charlie especially as she founds out it’s for Mother’s Day and Gabby got her a gift and card along with Vaggie. She painted them both a wonderful portrait of the two of them together along with hand made cards. Though it’s then revealed that the kid has an envelope for Charlie. The princess opens it and is frozen along with Vaggie when they see its adoption forms, before turning to look at Gabby. She says you’re already my 2nd mom in every way might as well make it official. Charlie is a mess of happy tears as she pulls her new daughter into a hug with Vaggie trying to calm her down while also being glad the Goat Bois put the food on the princesses desk. After calming down she signs the papers before her dad picks them up via magic and shortly let them know the forms had been officially processed so Gabby was now Gabriella Motha-Morningstar. Lucifer was of course overjoyed and promised he’d had her fit for a crown or tiara after the extermination had passed. The rest of the hotel are overjoyed to hear it and Charlie promises once the extermination is dealt with they’ll have a real party appropriate for the occasion. Instead order pizza and take the night off.
Meanwhile in heaven Lute is looking over Vaggies file, spect the part about her family. Once she sees a picture of Gabby, she recognises her as the kid at the trial. She smiles evilly as a plan forms in her mind.
For ep 8. Vox is watching as the hotel is training along with the cannibals laughing that they’re gonna die.
At the hotel itself after a final day’s preparation Charlie gathers everyone together so she can give a final speech thanking them for being there. Afterwards they retire to the bar to enjoy a final bit of fun before tmrw. Husk and Angel talk a bit adding in a bit more flirting. Alastor and Nifty above agree they’ve both become quite fond of the other people at the hotel. Sir Pentious once more fails at flirting with Charlie Bomb before Angel convinces her by being a good wingman. Charlie for her part heads off to look at the pictures outside Angels door crying before Vaggie finds her. After highlighting all the good she’s done and people she’s helped, they both reaffirm their love with a smiling Gabby watching. Once they notice she’s there, the couple tell her she has to head home and tell her she can’t return until the day after the extermination just to be safe. Despite her dislike of it she agrees, telling them she’s sure they’ll win and she’ll see them in 2 days.
After arriving on Earth Gabby hears her grandparents yelling at the front door. She walks in to see the them arguing with a woman in a suit and sunglasses. Upon seeing her they stop, she notices they look both angry and scared. The woman reveals she’s a CPS agent and due to complaints they’ve received they’re removing Gabby from the home until an investigation has been made, adding that if they don’t co-operate they’ll have to bring in the police which will make them have a much worse time disproving the claims against them. Realising they have no choice they help Gabby pack a change of clothes and promise they’ll get her home soon, both giving her a hug while holding back tears. Before they leave the agent lets her know she can’t bring jewellery, so Gabby gives the bracelet asking her grandma to keep it safe. The whole thing is terrifying for the kid and her grandparents.
In the car Gabby is focused on watching her grandparents who are getting smaller the further they get. Though once they’re gone she starts noticing that the windows are blacked out and there’s a divider. That’s when she hears a voice that sounds too familiar and turns to see Lute smiling evilly at her. Immediately she tries to open the door which is locked then screaming and banging on the window, Lute smirkingly tells her it’s locked. Angry Gabby kicks lute in the shin, resulting in the angel slapping her in the face hard enough to leave a bruise and draw blood.
They drive till entering an empty area to open a portal back to heaven. Upon arriving lute picks Gabby by the scruff of her shirt and throws her into a cell, gloating about how they’ll show her the hotel ruins and her whore mother and her bitch princesses bodies. The rest of the day she’s left alone except for lunch and dinner being brought to her, while she does her best not to cry terrified at the situation she found herself in.
The next day Adam is giving his speech to pump up the exorcists, with Lute enthusiastically helping especially at the part about killing Vaggie. Then the portal opens and they begin.
At the hotel they’re prepared for them. The battle starts and blood is soon shed. Once enough exorcists are within Alastor creates his shield that jointly traps them within and creates tendrils to kill those outside of it while preventing them from coming within. Enraged at this and the fact they can kill them now breaks the shield with a punch. Then goes looking for its source.
Upon finding Alastor they start fighting the overlord cocky and arrogant enough to assume he can beat the 1st man. This is dispelled once despite his issue hitting the radio demon, once he breaks his cane and deals a wound to him, they realise just how out matched they are and flee to 1st the joy then rage of Vox watching through his drone observing the battle.
This is when Adam orders Lute to get their little surprise and calls out to Charlie. He tells her that her deer demon ran off to die and with the shield down they’ve got no chance. That if the leave the hotel and stop their redemption bullshit they’ll let them live. Charlie of course refuses until they see a sight that chills her soul along with the rest of residents, especially the angel and princess. Lute is holding a struggling Gabby with a sword at her throat.
Adam says they can take his offer and get the kid back or they can all die. Vaggie tells them to let her daughter go or she’ll tear them fucking apart, Charlie adding Angels don’t threaten children and asks how Sera would react to this. Adam simply shrugs saying how’s she gonna find out. Unbeknownst to him Sir Pentious upon seeing Gabby and how Adam was distracted made a dash to his airship.
Everyone was so focused on Gabby the hotel crew only saw the airship getting close to Adam once he started charging his laser. Unfortunately so did Adam who promptly vaporised him breaking everyone’s hearts. Though this distracted Lute enough that Gabby was able to bite her hand hard enough to cause them to drop her.
Vaggie seeing her daughter falling brought her wings out so fast they simply shredded the fabric covering her back. She flew until she caught her and pulled them close checking her over promising she’d never let that bitch hurt her, unfortunately Lute took this as an opportunity to attack. Thankfully a dragon mode Razzle rammed into them, sending the exorcist flying, while Charlie on Dazzle flew to Adam who responded by sending her into the sign with a flying punch. Vaggie thus put Gabby on Razzle and with Dazzle told them to get her away from the fighting and keep her safe. The dragons roared their agreement. The angel turned to face Lute who climbed out of the rubble. Vaggie swore she would kill that cunt for threatening her child.
Vaggie was full of rage at not only her friends death but her child being threatened. She gave Lute no quarter in their fight, it was tooth and nail. The exorcist expected anger but this fury was not something she had ever witnessed, barely being able to deflect and dodge let alone attack until she sees an opening. Lute impales Vaggie through her right hand, but the triumph soon turns to shock as her foe pushes their hand all the way to the hilt of her sword, grabbing it and her hand. Before she knows what’s happening Vaggie has removed her left arm above the elbow. They then kicked the sword out of her hand, using her impaled hand to rip off Lutes mask while her other hand is choking her, a look of pure rage on her face as she promises to make her beg to die. Though once she hears Charlie scream she headbutts lute hard enough to knock her out, drops her and flies to assist her beloved.
Charlie despite the boon her powers gave her, she hadn’t mastered them and her lack of combat experience allowed Adam to trap her despite his injuries. He boasted about how he was going to make her look as he destroyed her hotel and killed her friends. That’s when Vaggie dives from above slicing into his back with her spear, causing him to scream in agony, allowing her to catch Charlie as he drops her. This is followed up by the king of hell punching him directly in the face.
The arrival of the king was the beginning of the end. Lucifer was much more vicious and less humorous cause not only did Adam hurt his daughter but based on the bruise on her cheek, hurt the girl he saw as his granddaughter even before Charlie adopted her. The king rained repeated vicious blows upon the 1st man breaking and shattering his bones, along with ripping off his arm to the shoulder. Adam was now terrified as he remembered despite everything Lucifer was an archangel. In desperation he sent out a blast of Magic that destroyed the hotel, Vaggie flew her and Charlie away before it impacted. This enraged the king further who punched Adam hard enough to create a deep crater in the earth.
With a moment of respite Lucifer met Charlie ok the ground with the others and after checking 1st on her then Gabby who is flown over by Razzle and Dazzle. Adam despite multiple broken or shattered bones, missing an arm to the shoulder, face turned into beaten meat and his teeth either being broken or knocked out of his mouth tries climbing to the crater. He makes it, but isn’t able to utter a single sound as he feels a knife pierce his back. He falls over to reveal to everyone it was niffty who viciously stabs him several more times cackling madly. Charlie and Vaggie cover Gabby’s eyes and ears, to not traumatise her further. Lute who was now waking up saw her boss face down in the dirt severely injured likely dead. She rushed to Adam’s body and turned him over, hoping he could still speak. Even without the knife wound in his chest his face was so badly beaten and with so few teeth left he couldn’t say another word, giving her a final broken smile before he passed. Heartbroken Lute grabbed his halo and fled with her surviving exorcists when given a last chance by the king.
Once it was over the Hazbin residents looked through the rubble to see what was salvageable. For Angel Dust this was far nuggets and Charlie KeeKee who she freed from some debris. Upon seeing the banner celebrating Pentious 1st full week she breaks down crying with Vaggie and Gabby trying to comfort her, as she expresses guilt for causing all the destruction and blaming herself. Lucifer of course helps to lift her spirits by reminding her of how she’s not only helped the people at the hotel but stopped the exterminations and made the biggest change in hell for 10,000 years, along with encouraging people to actually work to make things better. This along with the rest of the hotel joining in helps lift Charlie’s spirits and they jointly begin rebuilding the hotel with Lucifers magic helping to speed it up. They built a memorial to honour Pentious sacrifice and to everyone’s joy but Lucifer and Husk Alastor returns.
The news of the exterminations defeat by Charlie and the hotel spreads throughout hell which improves their reputation significantly especially niftys as she’s the one who killed Adam. The V’s of course are trying to find a way to capitalise on it to put themselves at the top of the food chain.
On earth things for Gabby are back to normal. Lucifer used his magic to erase her supposedly being taken by CPS and with the bracelet back is able to spend time with her loved ones on earth and in hell especially her Mom and Mama. Her grandparents still take peaks at her diary sometimes as they enjoy the story they think she’s writing and drawing for.
In heaven Emily and Sera get a shock when the snake sinner from trial arrives, to Emily’s then joy and Sera’s then horror. Meanwhile Lute is letting Lilith know about Adam’s death and the end of their deal unless she can stop Charlie’s hotel. Once Lilith is alone she smiles as she can finally go home again.