The Emerald Tower possessed such a bevy of unusual rooms that it was impossible for one person (aside from it's mistress) to keep track of them all. Many had practical use, but some were simply bizarre, or outlandish to a fault. A "waterfall feature" room that was simply a corridor full of stepping stones and lots and lots of running water with lily pads and frogs and all!
Vine liked her eccentricities, no doubt.
One room however, was unusual. More of a closet than a room, it had a great number of ticking clocks. Some had gone off already and were not reset. The ringing could be heard from Vine's primary chambers at the top of the tower, and had strange labels attached to each.
"Deal with Seraphim"
"World War 3"
"Release of Ugont Red Wine (must have!)"
"Cocaine Crash"
"Paimon's First Gay Romp"
Some serious, others....less so. But one highly awaited one finally started ringing. The chime alerted the Queen upstairs and at once she came to address it. Buzzing and chiming wildly, Vine read over the placard underneath.
"Lucifer's Triumphant Return/Death of Adam"
"Oh finally." She sighed. "You've kept us waiting dear Luci."
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Less than 24 hours later, in front of a shining new hotel, done up in a fresh style, glowing like a phoenix from the ashes, Vine arrived with what looked like half of a high-end department store.
Presents in heaps, all prettily wrapped boxes in all sizes. Vine enjoyed spoiling those who liked to be spoiled, gotten a few nice little gifts for residents of the hotel, flowers for the martyrs who died in the epic war for the Hazbin Hotel. But mostly for Charlie and Lucifer. It had been seven years since either of them bothered to see her and she deemed it was high time to break the ice.
"Yoo hooo!"
Bursting through the doors like any flamboyant, uninvited queen would, Vine entered through to the hotel lobby, arms laden, presents floating in piles behind her, luxurious and decadant.
“Yzma and I… we’ve got a lot of history.” He looks off for a moment, like flipping through old memories. “She was my boss for a long time. And yeah, she could be intense—like, ‘talks to herself’ intense—but I stuck around because I thought she needed someone. Someone to, I dunno, keep her grounded? Carry her potions? Support her plans even when they were, uh… morally questionable.”
He sighs. “I know she tried to do some really bad stuff—especially to Kuzco—and I don’t excuse that. But deep down, I think Yzma was lonely. Angry. Maybe forgotten. And sometimes when people feel that way, they start making choices that push everyone away.”
Kronk straightens up, giving a small, bittersweet smile. “I don’t hate her. I can’t hate her. I just hope that, wherever she is, she finds peace… and maybe someone who tells her she doesn’t need to take over the world to matter.”
Send me 🔥 + a topic for my CHARACTER to give you an unpopular opinion-ACCEPTING!
"So, I know I'm not the mos' animal-lookin' sinna around. I don' really know how they decide HOW far the animal morphin' goes, but that's not what I'm here to talk about. What I AM gonna talk about, is how bizarre it is to jus' wake up one day an' find out certain parts of ya body are jus'...jus' entirely different than they were when ya kicked the bucket."
"Imagine this- ya live ya whole life with human feet. Ya look down, an' ya got 5 toes an' nails on 'em an' jus'- ya know, ya got feet! And then ya die, an' when ya wake up? BOOM! Ya got these round paws with claws an' ya jus' gotta figure out how to stand on 'em. An' ya betta be fast, or some sinna who already knows how to use their apendages will come up an' snipe ya jus' for fun!"
"An' that's the BEST scenario. I can' even imagine how tough it is for sinnas who come back MISSIN' things they've always had. Like snake an' slug sinnas- imagine havin' to figure out slitherin' when ya spent ya whole life walkin' on feet. Oh, or those guys an' gals who get extras an' have to make THAT work. I have a pal, Nellie. An' she came back as a centipede. Oh goodness, did she have a hard time learnin' how to make all those clicky feet work for her!"
🔥 - Something that annoys them? (I'm curious about your boy ok 😂)
Questions for Muses!
“One thing that ruffles my feathers is being treated like a little kid. No really! Do you know how often I hear “You’re not allowed to, Lucid”, “You can’t do that, Lucid”, “Go back to your duties, Lucid”, “This doesn’t concern you, Lucid”, “The council will handle this, be on your way, Lucid”, “Go play with your dreams and illusions, Lucid”.
“I’m an adult too! Not only that I’m a seraphim and technically by definition a guardian angel. I may seem childish in their eyes but that’s because they don’t tell me anything! They don’t explain the way I need to hear it. Instead I’m redirected or-or pushed onto be someone else’s problem, or straight up ignored. I can’t just ignore things and pretend they don’t matter, especially if somehow I’m involved.”
Lucid presses a hand over his eyes, leaning his head back with an exhausted, defeated sigh. As he looks forward again his fingers slip through his messy blond locks, the halo above his head ever so slightly wobbling and humming louder than usual. “…I just want to be included and treated as an equal. Not a child, not a pet or prisoner. Because when I talk back I’m shut down with an iron fist and booming voices. I’m God fearing…and it’s not God who I’m afraid of…”
Lucid visibly looks uncomfortable at this question, wings folding tightly against his back as his halos hummed pitch lowers. He fidgets, hands wringing as he shifts his weight from one foot to the other.
“…I’m not s’posed to lie, so instead I opt out details in truths should they ever be brought up. And I’ve regrettably accumulated more secrets than any angel I imagine. There are things I can tell my friends in Hell that I cannot breathe to those in Heaven and vis versa. But there are…some…I keep from all.”
“I am allowed to go down to The Garden. Of course I have to inform my superiors that is where I am headed. Heh, I…really can’t go anywhere hardly without them having to know. A very tight leash they have on me. But I have found ways to slip from that lead unnoticed, such as sneaking down to Hell. And one thing I’ve discovered is that I can physically travel through time and space on my own accord. I’ve used it to go back to The Garden to see it in its prime, the way it was originally intended to be. The first humans flourish there, Lucifer has not yet fallen. I have seen them first hand and even interacted with some…”
“But I cannot interfere with fate, I mustn’t! Going back there at all is risky enough as is. But temptation…the joy I feel and witness there…I long to see it one more time, again and again. It’s like…a narcotic. I can’t get enough. And it is a more dangerous game than sneaking down to Hell. I’ve been caught in neither act yet by Heaven. …But I know one, if not both, will be discovered in time.”