List of oneshots part 4
chapter 82
Plot: Charlie gets hypnotized, following any random orders given to her.
Series: Hazbin Hotel
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Charlie smiled as she stood outside the bar, a packet of pamphlets in her hands. "This spot should be perfect to get started for the day." She smiled, walking forward. 'Vaggie was wrong, this is a great idea! I just know I'll find a sinner here who wants to redeem themselves!'
As soon as she stepped inside, the smell of booze, smoking, with the possible stench of sex hit her hard, making her grimace and nearly gag as it was filled with all manner of demons who were doing their own things. 'Ok, just start out strong, stay positive, you got this!' She thought before clearing her throat. She walked up to a group at the counter and smiled. "Excuse me gentlemen."
The group looked over at her, pausing their drinking as they stared at her in mild annoyance. "Fuck off."
"Sorry about interrupting you, but I wanted a moment of your time to tell you about a great chance that could help your lives here in Hell." She started, offering out one of the pamphlets to them. "We offer free room and board, all we ask is that you start a regiment of clean living free from all sin and vice."
They stared at the overly colorful pamphlets with cartoonish designs before the tallest one looked at her. "This is some fucking joke, right?"
"Nope, this is real si-" She started before the tall one tossed the remnants of his drink on her shirt.
"Fuck off, I ain't giving up shit for a free room."
Charlie jumped and looked at her clothes as they tore the pamphlets up and walked away from her. "Wha- that wasn't nice!" She protested.
"Suck a dick!"
"Rude…" She muttered, picking up the remnants of her brochures. "Ok, so that didn't go so well, but it's just the beginning. I KNOW I can get through to someone." She said, looking around the bar before spotting a demon drinking alone in a corner, he was a starge, blue skinned demon in what looked like a ruffled suit with a dented tophat on his head. She smiled and walked over as he took a sip from his bottle. "Hi there!"
The demon just looked up at her in annoyance before sighing. "Look, I'm tired, so just leave, alright?"
"Oh, sorry. I just saw you and thought you might have a moment to hear about a brand new opportunity that might help you." She said, trying to hand him a pamphlet, only to remember they were torn up. "It's really a great program, you see we try to help demons reform and redeem themselves so they can enter heaven!"
"No thanks, now buzz off." he huffed before taking another guzzle from the bottle before letting out a belch. "I don't wanna hear any bullshit from some gussy upped pansy."
Charlie winced before taking a deep breath and breathed out. 'It's ok, he's just a hurt soul, you can do this, don't leave until he agrees to come to the hotel!' she tried smiling wider. "I know it sounds a bit hard to believe, but that's what the hotel is all about, giving people a second chance to help themselves. To help themselves and live a more fulfilling life than what Hell has."
"Last chance, leave." The demon growled, his eyes starting to glow in frustration.
"I know, this may be annoying to hear, but I promise this is for your own good." she let out before he stood up, glaring at her and making her back up slightly.
"What's for my 'own good' is getting you off my ass!" He muttered as he reached into his pocket and pulled out a large gold pocket watch. "Here, stare into this you crazy nut." He said as he began to swing the watch back and forth, the hands starting to move in a quick spiral
"Um, ok?" Charlie replied, confused at seeing the watch, her eyes following it left and right.
"You will follow any suggestions you hear from now on. You will think these orders are your own ideas." The man continued. "No matter how weird or messed up they sound, you WILL listen to them."
"I…" Charlie started, only to feel her eyes grow heavy as she stared at the watch go back and forth, back and forth. She swore she saw swirls forming while her eyes started to grow more dull as she slouched and stared directly without any sign of turning away.
"Good, now you will follow this command until….eh, until I say otherwise, now scram." He stopped swinging the watch and sat back down with his drink before Charlie nodded her head. Turning, she made her way out of the bar with an empty look in her eyes. "Good, that's the last I'll see of her."
As Charlie made her way out of the bar, she began to shake her head, her eyes becoming normal as she sighed. "I guess the bar was a bust…" she walked down the pavement, not feeling any different than usual as she went down a nearby alleyway. "Wonder where I could try next."
Suddenly she saw two figures burst into the alley from the other side, one landing flat on the ground and groaning, the other landing atop the first one, who Charlie recognized as Cherri Bomb.
"What's the matter big boy? You were talking a big game before, but now you're flat on your stomach like a two dollar bitch." She chuckled, tossing a small bomb in her hand up and down before she looked up and spotted Charlie, who was staring at her in surprise. "Hey, aren't you that chick running that pansy ass hotel?"
"I-I am, and you're Angel's friend, right?" She asked nervously.
"Yep, just taking care of some deadbeat who thought he could take me on."
"Help me…" groaned the demon.
Charlie blinked as her eyes seemed to become vacant as she started to move forward. "Ok-"
"Oi, don't listen to him." Cherri snapped, punching him in the face to knock him out.
Charlie abruptly stopped as Cherri casually kicked the demon over with a satisfied smirk.
"Well, that was fun, but I got places to be, things to do, so you can go now princess, unless you'd rather come and have some real fun?" Cherri teased, chuckling to herself as she glanced at Charlie.
"Ok." Charlie nodded with the look in her eyes staying the same. "Let's go have some fun."
"Wait, really?" Cherri asked, stopping in her tracks. "Little miss perfect 'lets redeem demons' wants to go out and help me blow some stuff up?" she let out a laugh, holding her stomach while Charlie stood there without moving. "T-T-That's a riot!"
"I'm ready for some fun, or are you not going to do anything?" Charlie asked, tilting her head in confusion, almost robotically so.
"Hehehe…fine princess, if you're so keen to have some fun, prove it." She snorted, tossing Charlie a grenade. "Toss that at the nearest thing and the-"
Cherri hadn't even finished her sentence before Charlie tensed up, pulled the pin and threw it through a window near them before turning to Cherri. "Like that?"
Cherri blinked and was caught off guard with the casualness before the the building shook with the grenade going off, breaking the glass. "Huh, yeah. Guess you're serious." she slowly got a devious grin with her hands on her hips. "Alright, I know the perfect way to cut loose. Follow me."
Charlie just nodded as Cherri took off, with the princess of hell close on her heels.
'Oh this is gonna be fun!'
The two ran for several blocks, taking numerous turns along the way, until they reached an old warehouse that looked abandoned. "Alright, you ready for some real fun Charlie?" Cherri asked, chuckling as she began to slide open the massive front door.
"Of course." nodded the princess, still with a blank expression before the two walked inside. Inside the warehouse were several demons lounging around on crates, old couches and barrels, who turned to the two in surprise.
"Alright fuckheads, time to learn why you don't tresspass on Cherri Bomb's turf!" called the bomb obsessed girl as they got up with frowns.
"The fuck it is, this place is OUR turf."
"Guess again! Alright Charlie, time to have some fun!" Cherri called out, bringing out several bombs from her pockets. "Just follow my lead and don't get yourself blown up."
"Will do." Charlie remarked, her eyes starting to glow as horns began to grow from her head.
"Kill these bitches!" called one before the others grabbed various weapons around them as Cherri pulled the pin off one bomb and chucked it, causing it to explode in a cloud of bright glitter making them all rush at the two. From the cloud Charlie leaped out, slamming into the demon closest to her, grabbing them and throwing them around like a rag doll.
She threw him into a crate, smashing it before she saw another one swinging a chain and swung at her face, her eyes catching Cherri duck from one demon throwing a punch, making the princess mimic the same before she and Cherri decked their respected demon's right in the faces.
"Not bad princess, not bad at all! You're way cooler than I thought!" called Cherri before stuffing a bomb with a lit fuse in a demon's pants, making him scream before she kicked him outside before the sound of it going off was heard with his screams going silent. "I thought you were a pansy and didn't know jack about fighting."
"Dad didn't let me leave home without knowing how to fight." Charlie called back, throwing a rock at a nearby demon, copying how Cherri had thrown her grenades. "He made it clear, don't take shit from no demon."
"Ha, you can say that again!" Cherri laughed, shoving a grenade down another demon's throat. "Damn, if you're this much fun we need to do this more often!"
"Works for me!" Charlie let out, slowly starting to feel her blood pumping as she kept doing what Cherri did, her horns coming out fully with her eyes turning red while her teeth grew sharp. She gave a wide grin as a demon bashed a stick on her head, which broke with her not flinching before she turned to him. "Was THAT supposed to do something?"
"...Yes?" He said nervously, backing up only to feel his back hit something large and metal.
"Well guess what? It didn't do jack shit!" she laughed, grabbing a lead pipe from another demon taking a swing at her before turning to him and gripped his throat, holding the pipe up. "You know, they say plenty of iron is good for you, let's test that out!"
"No no no no no!" He cried out in fear before ducking as Charlie tried to stab the pipe into him, only to hit and puncture the metal behind him. She pulled her pipe back, leading to the gas inside it to seep out.
"Hold still, I don't wanna make a mess." She said, trying to stab him once more, only for him to weave and duck, making her hit the canister again, causing sparks to fly off from where the hole was punctured. "You're a squirmy little fucker, aren't you?"
"Here, try this Charlie!" Cherri laughed, tossing a grenade towards the blonde.
The princess reached up and caught it, grinning at the sinner sadistically as he tried to crawl away. "Let's see you try and run from this."
The demon screamed as she shoved the grenade down his shirt, and pushed him against the large metal container. "This is gonna be go-"
Boom
BOOOM!
The explosion ignited the gas, causing the tank to blow, knocking Charlie back with Cherri shielding her face, not seeing Charlie as she went flying through the worn out roof, and into the air itself. She flew farther and farther up, far away from the warehouse and the brawl that had been going on inside, not truly comprehending what had just happened to her. All she did know was she eventually came to a stop before plummeting towards the ground, her sense coming back slightly, just enough to register she was about to crash. Frantically she tried to summon her powers to slow her down, to dampen the fall, anything, when she noticed that the ground she was heading towards was strange, almost circular and rounded. Moments before impact she realized she was falling towards a massive balloon that was parked on the ground, a blimp.
She hit it before she could blink, the fabric being a softer impact as it held together before pushing her up, leading to her without a scratch as she laid there with wide eyes. "What just happe-" She started before hearing a loud ripping noise underneath her, and yelped as the fabric beneath her tore, causing her to fall into the balloon. She wound up crashing against the top part of the blimp through the fabric, making her groan in pain. "This can't get any worse…" She groaned, only to hear the metal beneath her start to groan. "Oh come o-" She started before falling once more, only to land on something softer than the metal this time.
"OW!"
"Oooh…." She groaned as she tried to sit up, noting that the thing beneath her seemed to be long, and cold to the touch before she felt it move.
"Get off me!" Cried the figure, making Charlie's eyes go still as she practically leaped off the figure, who was revealed to be Sir Pentious. He rose up, dusting himself off before looking at her with a sneer. "What in all the rings of Hell are you doing here? And-SWEET LUCIFER! MY BLIMP!"
"I was falling." Charlie said, answering his earlier question.
"Why did you break my blimp?! Ugh, you're just like that damn cyclops whore!" he cursed while looking at it closer, having to bite his lip to keep from yelling. "Damn it to the deepest pits of hell! I try to get it spruced up and improve on it, and this happens!" He groaned before whipping back to glare at Charlie. "Ugh, what were you even doing that could have done this?!"
"Blowing up people for Cherri Bomb."
"You were with that whore?! Wait, is she here right now? I've got a score to settle with her!" he hissed with his hood showing.
"No, I blew up someone near a gas tank and it exploded, sending me flying away from where she is." Charlie blankly said, not seeming alarmed at the danger she was potentially in.
"And right through my blimp." he growled before facepalming. "It could have happened to anyone, but nooo, it had to happen to me! And in such an uncouth and uncivilized manner!" He groaned before glaring at her. "Women today have such a sense of decency, of modesty! They need to be polite, nice, to know what it truly means to be a proper woman, a civilized woman!"
Charlie's mind registered the words as an order, making her stand up straight before speaking in a more smaller tone. "I apologize for doing something so rude."
"I….thank you? It's good that you know when you're in the wrong, but you must do better not to repeat this mistake." Sir Pentious siad, his eyes widening in surprise at the apology. 'She apologized? Well…that's quite a breath of fresh air. Hell or not, that's no excuse for decent manners.'
"I will." She said with a nod. "What else can I do to avoid another incident like this, and avoid being improper? You said that I should learn, so what must I do?"
Sir Pentious stared at her, his egg minions who were there, confused, as their boss shook his head. "Wait, you…you're trying to fool me, aren't you? You're asking ME for advice on how to properly act?"
"Yes, I am asking you, you seem to know what a proper lady should do, thus I am asking you." Charlie said, looking at him dead on. 'He's the only one who seems to know what a proper woman is supposed to act like, so where else am I going to get this info?'
The snake demon was silent, his minions wondering if he broke, before the snake gave a wide grin and put his hands on his hips. "Well it's about TIME someone bothered to ask how something is done the right way. You ingrates could learn a thing or two before messing up."
"I will do my best to learn." Charlie said as he grinned before one of the minions cleared his throat.
"Uh…boss? Should we…get rid of her?"
"No!" he snapped before flicking the egg away with his tail, making him crash into the side. "Alright, first lesson. A proper lady knows how to walk. Show me how you normally walk."
Charlie then began to walk as normal, only for the snake demon to huff in disappointment.
"No no no. That's not the proper way at all! You're slouching in those shoes, and a lady does NOT slouch. Stand up straight and do it again." He ordered as Charlie instantly straightened out, and began to walk as he demanded. "Wha-brilliant! My, you sure are a fast learner!"
"What else is needed for a proper lady?"
"Well, for one there is talking properly, and you must speak elegantly with the right vocabulary!" he cleared his throat and held up a finger. "Observe. My, this day is a positively chilly one."
"My, this day is a positively chilly one." Charlie repeated back, trying the words in her mouth.
"Again, this time softer." He instructed, a look of glee on his face as she did as instructed. 'It's finally happening, the perfect proper woman has finally started to appear!'
When Charlie finished he nodded his head.
"Good, now repeat it again while walking around, and WITHOUT stumbling and with your back straight." He said, his face heating up as she began to do so. 'My goodness, she…she's perfect, she even has a regal face, pure white like a doll…'
"Now what?" She asked, staring at him almost blankly.
"W-Well… I suppose it would help if you looked the part of a dignified, cultured woman, right?" he adjusted his tie with a grin. "After all, acting is one thing, but appearance is just as crucial, which means you need a makeover."
"Alright." She said, nodding along.
"Splendid! I know just the place, it'll be perfect!" he rubbed his hands. "Follow me and by the end of the day you'll be a brand new woman."
"Glad to hear." She smiled, making the snake demon's heart skip a beat.
'She's perfect!'
(Later)
"Ugh, it sure is packed out here today…" Muttered Pentious. Him and Charlie moving through a big crowd on the sidewalk, trying to get to the shop he had in mind. "Of all the days it had to happen, it just HAD to be today."
Charlie said nothing, just following the snake like he instructed. 'I wonder what this shop is like?'
The snake demon hissed in annoyance, bumping into people as he tried to make a path. "The sooner we get there, the better."
"Agreed." Charlie said before hearing someone shout something intelligible before the crowd around them began to surge to life.
"RIOT!"
'Ok!' Charlie thought, hearing the new command before suddenly people began to run, and she found herself being separated from Pentious.
"W-Hey! What are you doing?!" The demon cried out, trying his best to get back to Charlie. "No, wait!"
"Move it ya blonde broad!"
"Ok!" Charlie obeyed the command, quickly avoiding the demon who said it, getting farther from Pentious as various other demons called out for her to scram or get out of the way, her body moving on autopilot to obey. She bobbed and weaved through the crowd, going down allies, flowing with the tide of the crowd until she found her in a new part of the town all together. She was far away from the demon crowd causing chaos, looking up and saw the local news building in front of her. 'Huh…. maybe I can find someone in there who wants to redeem themselves? Or at the very least maybe a phone so I can call Vaggie to pick me up.'
She walked inside and looked around, the lobby of the building surprisingly empty minus the lady at the desk typing at the computer with boredom. The demon looked up, glancing at her in mild annoyance. "You're late, you the new weather girl?"
"Weather girl?" she repeated back, standing at attention.
"Yeah, you here for the opening right? We need one ever since the last one jumped off the rooftop." She remarked as Charlie nodded, smiling.
"Yep, that's me, I can do it!"
"Alright, go down the hall, make a left, tell them why you're here, and DON'T get drunk, we have enough of that already."
"Yes ma'am!" Charlie said, giving a small salute before marching down the hallway as instructed.
'Weirdo. Katie's gonna eat her alive.'
With said newswoman, she was on a smoke break to try and relax her stress from dealing with the idiots at the job. 'Idiots, all of them, I could do this whole job myself and it would be better than this.'
"Hey Katie, you're on in 2 minutes." Called a random imp, only to cry in pain after Katie flicked her cigarette into its eye.
"I already know that. I've been doing this job since before your mom pity fucked your dad." she dismissed with a wave as he ran off to try and save his eye.
"OW….ok….also, the new girl is waiting for you…ow!" he let out before leaving her alone, making her raise an eyebrow.
"New girl? Who the fuck is that?"
"The weather girl…y'know, the eye candy who points at clouds?" He groaned. 'You should know, you started as one!'
"Oh, they found some poor soul to take that spot? Let's hope they can keep it together than the last one." She grinned sadistically, walking back to her desk. 'Can't wait to drive this one off the roof too!'
'Psycho bitch.'
As Katie adjusted the papers she was going to read, she heard the doors open and inwardly chuckled hearing high heels. 'Ah, there's the poor poor cunt now.' she glanced over, only to go wide-eyed when she saw Charlie walk in, wearing a tight white blouse shirt with a tight black skirt, her legs on full display, and smiling while looking around. 'What in all of Satan is SHE doing back here?'
'So this is my new job? I hope I can do it right…but I can barely move, these clothes are too small!' Charlie thought before spotting Katie marching towards her angrily. 'Oh no.'
"What do you think you're doing back here, 'princess'?" asked Katie with a sneer.
"I'm working here now, I'm the weather gi-"
"Bullshit! You're just trying to get back on tv so you can blab about that stupid hotel, right?" she cut her off while leaning down as Charlie looked confused.
"No, I'm here to read the weather."
"Uh-huh, and why would you want to do that, huh? You think you're good enough to do this? Well you're not!" Katie snapped angrily.
"Alright people, get ready! We're live in 5!"
"Let me make one thing clear, little girl." she poked Charlie in the chest. "In this business, you either stand above everyone and show them who's boss, or you get thrown out like shit. 'Oh I'm just here to read the weather' is a load of bs, do you know why? Because nobody cares about that, all they care about is to stare at the new eye candy so they can rub one out before they focus on the real important thing, and that's me." She said smugly. "If you ever want to succeed here you have to be like me! But of course, that's-"
"We're live in 3…2….1…" Called a demon as Katie turned mid insult, practically jumping back to her desk.
"Welcome back with this morning's segment of News 666!" smiled Katie with a fake smile as her last words stuck with Charlie who shook her head and slowly grinned with her hands on her hips. "Starting things off, a riot broke out in the south district with numerous demons already injured and some probably dead."
"Sounds like a grand old time, though this is the third riot this week, perhaps there is a change in the air for this circle of hell?" Tom added.
"Well some have speculated on-" she was cut off when she heard a snicker, making her turn and saw Charlie giving her a smug look while chuckling, making her narrow her eyes and keep her own smile up. "I'm sorry, is something funny?"
"Oh no, no no no. Please, go on." she waved her hand. "I'm sure you're REALLY speculating on something."
"Oh?" Katie asked, an eye twitching. "And what is that supposed to mean?"
"Oh nothing, just speculating on how much long they'll be keeping you before finding someone better." she casually shrugged, making the demons there stare at her in surprise with Katie's eyes widening, the demon with the demon moving the camera over on Charlie who held her hands on her hips. "I mean, look at you. You're practically oozing desperation to stay relevant with cheap implants like those to keep men hooked."
"Why you li-"
"And that face? I've seen less plastic in a condom than your face, then again I'm sure you're familiar with them, I bet you've gotten quite close to the boss of the station to keep your job for song, haven't you?"
Demons watching this were snickering or laughing outright, while in the studio, Tom himself was fighting not to do the same as Katie's eye twitched while losing her smile before standing up and scowled.
"This coming from the 'princess' who thinks we should all be 'happy and nice'? Ha! I-"
"Let's get one thing straight Katie," Charlie walked over without losing her smirk and poked the woman in the chest. "That's what I am, a princess, and I've got more style and talent in one finger than you do in your worn out body. In fact, I could probably take this job without even trying. After all, why should they settle for an old hag like you?" She taunted with a smirk.
"You?! Please, you're the hazbin who couldn't even keep her one 'guest' of your hotel clean without him going on a cocaine fueled killing spree!"
"Maybe, but how much more plastic can you stuff in your cunt before they realize your crow's feet are sticking out more than that dildo you've got stuffed up your loose asshole? Face it bitch, you're old news." whispered Charlie while giving a wave.
"You…you!" Katie fumed, glaring at Charlie in rage. "No one…and I mean no one makes a mockery of me in my news room!"
"Wow, and you're going senile too, because guess what? I just did~" She chuckled before Katie let out a shrill cry of rage and lunged at her. Charlie fell back on the floor with Katie pinning her before they started rolling around, the camera demon keeping it all in view of the camera. As they fought Charlie began to change, her horns popping out as she began to get the upper hand of the fight.
"Uh boss? Should we stop this?" asked a demon in the office of the demon in charge of the studio, both watching this on the private screen.
"No, let's see where this goes…. And is it me, or does something seem off?"
"You mean Katie losing her cool on air without being drunk?"
"No, not that, that crazy bitch was always a loose cannon, no one has been willing to stand up to her yet though, I mean the new girl, the weather girl…do I know her?"
"I think she's…wait, I think she's Lucifer's daughter."
"Charlie?" The demon asked, leaning forward to reveal Vox staring at the screen in confusion. "Didn't she show up talking about some fancy hotel before?"
"Yeah, apparently she came in to be a weather girl? I dunno what to tell you boss."
Vox rubbed his chin as he watched the two girls fight, feeling something was off. He began to type away at his computer, starting to access his cameras around the circle of hell. 'Let's see what's really going on with Charlie, no way that 'let's redeem demons' girl would insult Katie like that.'
With said woman, she had Charlie in a headlock with Charlie trying to slip free. "Don't fuck with a real woman you little brat!"
"Real woman? You mean old whore!" she stamped on Katie's foot, making her yell before Charlie reached up and yanked on Katie's hair hard enough to make the woman drop to her knees before Charlie started clawing at her face. "Let's see if we can't scrub that makeup off with your blood!"
"Gah! Fuck off you little bitch!" Katie roared in anger. "You halfrate weather girl! Why don't you do us all a favor and do what the last girl did and jump off the fucking building!"
Charlie raised her claw before immediately stopping, her horns going back into her head as she let go. "Ok." before she took off running out the room.
"...Huh?" Katie said, blinking in confusion along with everyone else in the room. "Did she just….what?"
"Wow Katie, spot on performance, and for all to see." remarked Tom casually. "You really played the part of an old bitch getting her ass kicked, huh?"
She turned to Tom with a scowl before realizing the camera was still on her. "Oh fuck." She cursed as we cut to Charlie, who was currency falling off the side of the building.
'I wonder how long until I hit the bottom.' She thought when suddenly a net was shoved out a window below her, catching her mid fall. She blinked, surprised at the sudden stop before looking down. "Oh… I failed."
"Haha, I knew the new girl would jump." Chuckled the imp holding the net. "Now c'mon, let's-"
CRACK
Apparently butterfly nets aren't supposed to hold the full weight of a demon, who knew?
Charlie went falling again, turning as she did and looked down as she saw someone walking by below right in her path, leading to her falling right on top of them.
"OW! What the fuck?!" The figure roared in confusion and pain.
'How many people have I fallen on today?' Charlie thought before being pushed off the figure.
"Do you ha-Charlie?!" the person let out, shown to be Helsa, dusting herself off before looking at Charlie in surprise before scowling. "What in all of Hell are you doing you cunt? I'm on my way to the spa to work out tension, and you drop on me like a damn rock?!"
"I-"
"No, I don't want to fucking hear it, it's probably something stupid like 'I was trying to help someone' or some shit. Typical, like always you try to find a way to ruin everything." scoffed Helsa, throwing her hair back as Charlie got back on her feet. "No wait, it was probably something like 'Oh I was just helping some poor puppy in a tree' or some goody two shoes thing."
"I-"
"Ugh, why am I even bothering, I need to get to the spa. You know, maybe you should try it sometime, take a break from that rat infested hellhole you call a hotel and actually enjoy your life." She huffed, pushing past Charlie. "It might actually get you to open your eyes."
Charlie blinked as she processed these new orders before she began to follow Helsa. 'Maybe she's right, I do need a break.'
Helsa herself had to dust her sleeves, not seeing Charlie behind her. 'I'm gonna need a mud bath to deal with this new stress now, fucking fantastic.' She thought, making her way to the spa, too obsessed with what she would do at the spa to notice she wasn't alone. As she stepped inside and looked at herself with her hand mirror, she spotted Charlie's reflection, making her turn and frown. "What are you doing?"
"I'm taking a spa day, like you said." remarked the princess bluntly and casually.
"What?! Now?!"
"Yep."
Helsa stared at her like she was nuts, narrowing her eyes before scoffing and walked off. "Whatever, suit yourself."
"Thanks, I will." She said with a smile.
(Later)
"Why are you in my room?!"
"They put us together because we came in together." Charlie responded blandly.
Helsa scowled at Charlie, taking her response as her being a smart ass. "You… What, do you want to bitch about workers rights or something? Why can't you just let me enjoy myself?!" She growled, shaking her head. "Ugh, you know, you could learn a thing from me, maybe you wouldn't be so fucking miserable if you just put yourself first instead of the idiots who end up in hell!"
"Ok." replied Charlie with a nod.
"The fuck you mean ok?" Helsa growled in annoyance. "Why don't you actually respond like an actual grown up?"
"Because I am one, and you're right." She said back, shocking the gray demon.
"Wait, what did you just say?"
"I said, you're right." she replied before slowly smiling and leaned back on the bed. "I should worry more about what I want and what everyone else cares about right behind me."
"I…yes, you're right!" The gray demon agreed, regaining her composure. "You're the goddamn princess of hell, it's about time everyone one else started treating you like one, but that can only happen if you act like a princess!"
"And what better way than by pampering myself at a spa, right?"
"Yes, exactly! I didn't think I'd ever say this again, but you're absolutely right Charlie." sighed Helsa with what sounded like relief before grabbing the bathrobe provided. "Let's get started and treat ourselves like queens."
"Sounds good." Charlie smiled, following her.
'I wonder, is this a trick? Charlie hasn't acted like this since we were children.' Helsa thought, glancing at Charlie.
"While we're at it, let's see what kind of wine they have here. I haven't had any since….huh, actually I've never had wine. Let's try and change that." smirked Charlie.
"I couldn't agree more!"
(Later)
Both young women were leaning back in leather chairs, their nails getting done while having their feet massaged by a pair of muscular incubi, mud masks on with their hairs getting cleaned up and brushed, with some vintage wine bottles on a table beside them.
"I gotta say Charlie, I don't know what made you change, but I must admit, it clearly was for the better!" sighed Helsa as she sipped from her glass while Charlie was on her second glass. "Why be a little miss goody goody when cutting back and using what you got is so much better?"
"What can I say? You were right." remarked Charlie while relishing the fingers against her soles. "I AM the princess, and with so much money to use, it'd be a waste not to throw it all over the place. Heh, now that'd be funny. Just throw a bunch of bags of bills of money in the middle of the city and see people flock to them."
"Maybe after our spa day we go out and do just that, it's been awhile since I saw some good old fashion murder over cash~" grinned Helsa sadistically before feeling a tug at her hair and glared at the woman. "Watch it! If I end up with a split end, I'll have your hands ripped apart!"
"Y-Yes ma'am, my apologies!"
"Good, and don't forget it!"
"Now now Helsa, that's just rude." Charlie chastised her, making Helsa frown.
"How?"
"Why ruin her hands when she could just make it up another way?" chuckled Charlie with amusement. "I mean, if she messes up, she can just give some homeless sinner a few handjobs to make up for it. You could get it on video tape for later."
Helsa blinked in surprise before a devious grin flashed across her face. "Oh Charlie, you have the most wonderful ideas! Truly, that hotel was a waste of your time and talents."
"What can I say? I guess I thought it would do some good, but what good is trying to help others when we're in Hell? It's everyone for themselves after all, and if it's not broke, why fix it? Too much work."
Helsa sighed and leaned deeper against the chair. "Fuck Charlie, if you realized that sooner, we'd be having spa days like this every day back when we were tiny."
"Agreed, I'm glad you talked some sense into me Helsa." She sighed happily. "Go a little lower hotstuff and you might get a generous tip."
"Yes ma'am." The incubi said, a small smile on their face, almost as if they were hoping their tip would be something other than cash.
After that was done, the two had a full body massage while naked and on tables, a towel covering their lower halves with both sighing at the tension leaving their bodies.
"Charlie, I gotta ask, what do you think you'll do with that old hotel now? Clearly you're not going to continue with that stupid redemption idea, right?"
"Mmm, I don't know. I might just go ahead and sell it to some poor bastard needing storage, or just have it burned to the ground. After all, it has been getting chilly lately, it'll be one good deed to the city to help heat things up." She chuckled.
"Say, why not fill it up before burning it down, have some real fun?" Helsa asked, her eyes turning red momentarily.
"Fill it up with what exactly? Fireworks? Explosives?"
"Guests." She chuckled evilly.
"Wait, fill it up to the brim with sinners and just burn it all down?" Charlie asked. When she saw Helsa give a nod, she mirrored her with her own grin as her eyes turned red. "Helsa, you are one evil little bitch~"
"Oh you know it~" She cooed before letting out a laugh. "It'll be a blast!"
Both of them started laughing with sadistic glee, the two masseuses not stopping since they still had a job to do and were on the clock.
After the two were finished, they walked out of the spa, practically glowing as Charlie looked at her fingers.
"Wow, my nails look better than ever. It's official, I'm coming here all the time."
"We can make it an official spa day every week, the day you finally realize what Hell is all about. And since we're going nuts, why don't we go shopping for you? After all, a real princess wouldn't be caught dead looking like a valet."
"You said it, lead the way Helsa." Charlie smiled.
"Happily." She grinned. 'This is great, I never thought we'd be this close again, it's like when we were kids!'
The two took Helsa's limo to the highest priced mall nearby. As soon as they walked out, they had a few hellhound guards to shove people aside as they walked, not caring who was in their way.
"Come Charlie, I have the perfect store in mind." Helsa grinned as Charlie nodded, looking around.
Unbeknownst to the two demons, there was a figure who was stealthily following them, keeping an eye on the two, or rather an eye on Charlie. They had a grin on their face, keeping a distance from the two as the two girls took an escalator up. They were passing by a couple of demons with one bumping into Charlie, falling on his ass.
"Oof, hey!" he looked up at the two with Helsa glowering at him.
"Watch it limp dick, we're busy."
"Now now Helsa, that's rude of us." Charlie crouched down near the demon with a seemingly innocent smile before looking concerned. "I'm so sorry about that."
The demon looked at her before huffing and moved to get up, only to go wide eyed when he found a foot slamming into his face. He looked up to see Charlie stepping on him with a fanged grin.
"Sorry that a little bug like you thinks he's good enough to show his face around here. Apparently your parents didn't teach you. When you see someone better than you, you get on your knees and BEG for forgiveness, especially when you can't see where you're walking."
"I-I wha-"
"I…said…BEG!" She snapped. "Do it before I make you a smear on the ground!"
The demon cried out as she stepped harder, making him claw at the ground. "Sorry! Sorry! I'm sorry!"
His friend looked nervous as Charlie raised her foot, giving him the chance to crawl back in fear.
"You should be, now your oily face ruined my shoes." she growled before turning to one of the hellhounds and smirked. "Boys? I think these two need a little 'lesson'."
"Will do boss, we'll take care of this shrimp." The tallest growled as the demon yelped and tried to escape, to no avail. He got his shirt grabbed while the other two grabbed his friend. "Let's have a little 'talk'."
"Wait! I said I was sorry!"
"Too late shithead!"
"Excellent, now come along Charlie, it's time to get what we want."
The two went back on their trip while the figure chuckled to themselves.
'Seeing the princess of Hell act like an uptight Goetia? Now that's some primo stuff, good thing I'm always recording.' Chuckled the figure. "And given what else I've seen today, I think I have an idea….now to test it~"
Soon the two women came to a shop that had so many fancy looking clothes and accessories that some looked like they were practically made out of diamonds.
"Feel free to look around Charlie, we're gonna need to get you the perfect new outfit." Helsa said, starting to wander off in the store.
Charlie was about to follow, but her eyes caught a little red number in a store a few ways to the side. She began making her way towards it, noting it was a tight dress with no straps with a slit on the side with rubies sewn into the collar. She grinned as she got closer, only for a tall figure to step in front of her, blocking her view. "Hey, move i-"
"Come with me." they commanded in a slightly static voice as Charlie immediately stopped with her eyes going blank.
"Ok."
"Hmm, so I was right…excellent~" The figure chuckled as they began to lead Charlie out of the mall. They took a secluded exit out the back and through a long hallway before leaving back outside where a van waited. "Get inside and don't make a sound."
"Ok." She said, doing exactly as instructed. She took a seat in the passenger side while the figure took the wheel and drove off, his large screen head taking up less space than you'd expect.
"I must say, I'm surprised that it was so easy." The figure chuckled. "Allow me to introduce myself Charlie, I'm Vox, surely you remember me?"
"You're one of the Overlords." she answered in a blank tone without turning her head.
"Good girl." smirked Vox. "I couldn't help but see your little fight with that Katie Killjoy a while back. Now that pulled in a bit more viewership, but nothing huge. So color me surprised when I see you doing a repeat, but this time with more flare. You were acting like a complete deva to her, and it was glorious, but given your little reputation, it also made no sense." He explained as he made his way through the crowded streets. "So, I took the liberty of looking at all the security footage in this rig, and surprise surprise, I tracked you acting stranger and stranger all day, acting far from the redemption obsessed princess you were yesterday."
"Ok." she answered, staring ahead as he made several turns.
"And that's when I had a theory, and it was right. Seems little Princess of Hell listens to anything someone tells her too, no matter what. That right there is a golden opportunity for my little business, so I hope you're ready to be a star."
"Ok." She said blankly as the van pulled into a large studio complex. "Whatever you say."
"That's exactly what I like to hear." Chuckled the overlord. "Oh, I'll be putting you to good use~"
The two made their way inside the studio, monitors and screens all over while various posters displayed numerous products, all starting with V. He led her to an open area with a green screen and cameras all over the place aimed at it.
"But first, we're gonna need you to get into wardrobe." he pulled out a remote and hit a button, causing several demons to rush in with a long clothing wrack of various clothes. "Give the girl something that fits. After all, my new spokes girl is gonna be stared at by everyone in Hell."
"Yes boss!" They chimed, quickly looking through the racks before pulling out a black suit that looked like his with a V on the front of it. "How's this? We can tailor it so she shows some tits while she wears it? Sex sells boss."
"Obviously, but if I wanted her to look like a stripper, I'd have given her to Val." he frowned, making the demons nervous. "I mean something that sticks out, but not so much that people won't pay attention to the product."
"O-Ok, um… what about a simple black dress? Or maybe we could get a tux like the one she wore when she first went on tv?"
He gave them an annoyed look, making them quickly rush through the clothes before holding something out, making him look at it and grin. "We've got a winner."
They all sighed in relief as he turned to Charlie.
"As for you princess, I wanna see you bring your A game. I wanna see you put all that energy you put into that song and dance number into my brand new line of commercials, you think you can do that for me?"
"Yes sir, you got it!" She replied cheerfully, giving him a mock salute.
"Perfect~" He grinned. 'I wonder….maybe I should start making a contact or two, just in case Lucifer starts to bug me about his daughter?'
"Uh, sir?" one of the demons spoke up. "We've got the next line up of products ready to go whenever you're ready."
"Good. Get her changed and make sure ALL the cameras are ready to go. I don't want anyone to miss a single moment of this." He snapped. "I want this to be perfect!"
"Yes boss!"
As that went down, the camera panned away from the studio and went across the city, where various screens lit up as it stopped on Alastor himself, casually walking down the street for a little walk.
He smiled as he kept walking, enjoying the sights and sounds of people suffering, before noticing that a crowd had gathered in front of a shop, peaking his interest. He tapped one demon on the shoulder. "Pardon me."
"What?" they turned with annoyance before seeing Alastor, stiffening up and breaking out in a cold sweat at recognizing him.
"Would you mind letting me by? I'm curious to see what seems to have aroused such a crowd."
"Y-You can see for yourself!" The demon barely got out before they began to run away out of fear.
"How kind." he remarked without blinking as he walked into the crowd and saw they were in front of a TV store, numerous screens glowing with him rolling his eyes. 'Seems to me like another boring commercial. Truly, folks have become too dependent on these.'
"I can't believe I'm seeing this shit?"
"Who knew she was working for Vox of all people?"
'Ugh, did that cocky shithead get a new piece of eye candy for his shows?' Alastor thought as he focused on the screen only to blink in surprise as he saw what was being aired.
"-And that is why Vox's brand new V-O's are the best cereal in hell~!" beamed Charlie while gesturing to a cereal box, clad in a brightly yellow leotard, long white stockings with black high heels, with a yellow version of her normal suit on the top while a small yellow top hat was on her head tilted slightly. "Guaranteed at a reasonable price to the first one hundred callers, and pack full of so much sugar your kids will be getting diabetes in no time!"
"Finally something worth jack. My kid won't shut up about junk food."
"Having mine go into a diabetic coma might do the little shit some good."
Alastor tilted his head as Charlie moved to the right, the cameras following as she stood beside a headset on a table.
"Following up is the special ultra V-VR Headset! This new item will be hitting the shelves next month! State of the art and qualified to give you such an amazing virtual reality experience, you won't be able to tell the difference between it and real life, except it won't be nearly as bad as real life~" She giggled while covering her mouth. "After all, if it's good enough for a princess, why can't it be good enough for you? Call and order right away!"
"Hell yeah, fuck reality, it fucking sucks!"
"Damn, this new girl really has some spirit! Much better than the last broad!"
'Charlie? What is she doing dressed up like that, and working for VOX?!' thought Alastor who felt himself grit his teeth at the name. 'Out of all the denizens in this cesspool of sin and debauchery, she had to go to him of all people? Hmmm, this seems very peculiar.'
"Now to wrap our special offer is something for all you souls out there wanting to find love, or better yet, just get laid!" she gestured to a large heart with numerous Vs on it with a ribbon wrapped around it. "Come Valentine's Day, the specially made V-Velvet chocolate bonbons go up for sale! The first 500 lucky customers will get a special edition with more chocolates than any normal one, which come finely packed with a little something inside them that's sure to make any lonely sinner drop any pride they have and drop YOUR pants!" She pointed at the screen when she finished before waving. "That's all the time we have today, make sure to call that number and remember, Vox brands, given the seal of approval by the Princess of Hell, it's like you're royalty!"
The commercial went black with the crowd talking in excitement and eagerness with some already on their phones to place several orders.
'I wonder….is Charlie in some sort of trouble? The princess I know would never advertise a product that was clearly a roofie in disguise.' Alastor thought before a grin flashed across his face. "Well, I can't wait to see what you do next Charlie, whatever it is, it's guaranteed to be interesting~"
With that, the radio demon turned to go back on his walk while at the studio, Vox was reading up the ratings from the commercials while in the same room, numerous demons were answering calls left and right, the numbers climbing higher and higher by the second.
"I'll be damned, it worked, it actually worked!" He laughed, reading the numbers. "You're liquid gold Charlie, liquid gold! With you I'll be richer than Satan himself!"
"Glad to hear." Charlie cheerfully said, sitting quietly on a couch at the other end of the office, like she had been instructed.
"All it took was a bubbly new face who happened to be the big man's little girl and these sinners are ordering so much they'll be in debt and still buy more."
"Mr Vox! We've already run out of pre-orders on the V-VR Headsets!" called one demon.
"Then make room for more, we're gonna be swamped with them." he chuckled while drumming his fingers together. "Maybe we'll get to work on you showing off new stuff for the holiday season. Why make them wait nine more months when they can get an early grab?" He chuckled as he looked at her hungrily. "I bet we could even start making merchandise based on you! I know Asmodeus has that little clown, I bet we could make you just as much a star as him!"
"Whatever you want."
"Exactly, whatever I want, all I want, forever!" He laughed happily.
For the next few hours with more orders coming in, Vox stared at his monitor as his bank account got bigger and bigger, making him feel content and nearly wipe a tear away, if he could. All the while Charlie kept sitting there without a word of complaint.
"Oh, I know what would be perfect for this, some champagne! Charlie you stay here while I go get some, alright? Last time I sent an imp they drank half of it!"
"You got it Mr. Vox!" She smiled as the overlord rushed out of his office, leaving her alone. She happily stared at the wall for a few minutes before the doors burst open, but instead of Vox, a new figure barged in.
"Oh Vooooox~!" called a slim demon with slightly gray-brown skin. She had long, voluminous hair tied into large pigtails which were velvet on the tips and maroon at the ends, with white swirl streaks on her pigtails and on her bangs and with black hair ties holding her hair up. Her eyes had white irises and red sclera, and she seemed to be wearing white clown eyeliner with burgundy eyeshadow and black lipstick with a strip across the center of her mouth. She wore a black shirt with a heart on it, and what appeared to be a gray coat with a fur collar that has red hearts and two skull clasps on each side. She also wore fingerless black striped evening gloves, with the alternate colors of the right and left being white and velvet, respectively. "I heard you're rich now, how about we celebrate… damn, he's not here." The figure sighed, losing her energy when she noticed the desk was empty. She walked over and sat down, spinning in the chair for amusement and put her hands behind her head. "Oh well, maybe I can blow up his phone again, but he said if I did that he'd lock me out of it, again. Sometimes he can be too uptight." She sighed, continuing to spin until she saw Charlie sitting on the couch, staring at her. The figure's eyes went wide and she lost her balance falling out of the chair with a short scream.
Charlie remained still, not flinching from the scream as the girl got back up while looking at Charlie. She stared at her in shock and amazement, blinking once, then twice, then thrice, almost as if she couldn't believe what she was seeing.
"Hey, what are you doing?" She cried out, staring at Charlie in shock. "In fact, what are you doing here…wait…Charlie?!"
"That's me! I'm sitting here because Vox said so." She smiled as Velvette stared at her in disbelief, getting closer.
"He…told you? You work for him? Why didn't he tell me?!" She pouted before grinning.
"I was advertising some of the brand new Vox products on the air." She said as Velvette happily sat right next to her. "He told me it was my new job."
"Well, that would explain the get up you're in. Say, I bet you'd look great in a pair of nice, TIGHT jeans, and a small crop top~" She said, looking at her. 'I know I'd like looking at you in them~'
"Sorry, but I was told to stay here by Mr. Vox."
"Eh, you can leave, I'll tell him it was my idea." Velvette said with a shrug, missing how Charlie stiffened a bit.
"Ok, I'll leave."
"That's the spirit." she beamed, right as Vox came back in and noticed her. "Hey Vox!"
"Huh? Oh, it's you." Vox groaned, carrying a large bottle of champagne. "What are you doing here?" He asked, moving to his desk and missing Charlie walking out of the office.
"I thought I'd drop by when I heard about your little ads and wanted to celebrate with you." She smiled sweetly before smacking him in the shoulder.
"Ow! What the hell?"
"That's for not telling me you got Charlie to work for you!" She hissed angrily.
"For someone always on her phone, you're sure late to the obvious. How the hell did it not click if you saw the ads?"
"Duh, chat rooms. I READ how much people were talking about them obviously." She huffed. "I never actually watched them! Why would I click on an ad?!"
"I don't know." He groaned, popping open the bottle. "Look, why the hell are you so pissed, you know she works for me now, so what?"
"Because that's something you should tell your best friend personally!" She groaned. "Haven't I told you that she's at the top of my list?"
"...I'm going to regret this, but what list are you talking about?"
"People I wouldn't mind some private time with, duh!" She said, rolling her eyes. "I've been wanting a chance to try and convince her to have some fun for ages! I want to ride that princess all night long~"
"And how's that been working out for you?" Vox asked sarcastically, before his eyes roamed back to the couch and saw the yellow clad princess was gone. "Hey! Where'd she go!?"
"Charlie? Oh, I told her she could go, why? She just works for you, she'll come back."
"Not if someone gives her an order!" He snapped, making Velvette blink in confusion.
"Huh? The fuck are you talking about?"
"She'll listen to whatever someone tells her, it's the whole reason I got her to show off my shit without any issues. Apparently something happened, some kinda hypnosis bullshit."
"Hypnotized?" Velvette asked, giving Vox her full attention as he stormed past her.
"Yeah, she literally can't refuse any command, now where did you tell her she could g-"
BAM!
Vox's face went to static as he dropped, Velvette holding the bottle with a shit eating grin on her face.
"Thanks for the heads up~" She sang happily, practically skipping out of the office. "You've given me everything I've ever hoped for~" she tossed the bottle away and rushed down the hallway, looking in any room she moved by. After a few more rooms she spied Charlie in what looked like a large storage room for clothes, browsing through them curiously. "Oh Charlie~"
Charlie stopped and turned as Velvette skipped over. "Yes?"
"Jump up and down once!" She said, staring at Charlie eagerly.
Charlie turned around before giving a single jump.
"Now do it on one leg." She said, staring in amazement as Charlie did just that. "Now clap your hands!" She grinned as Charlie began to do so. 'Now let's see if this is real….let's ask her to do something fun~' She thought before clearing her throat. "Now…twerk for me Charlie!"
Charlie turned around, squatting down near the floor, and started to try and shake her ass cheeks together.
Velvette grinned like Christmas came early as she stared at the performance. "Oh….we're going to have so much fun Charlie~" she pulled out her phone and started recording, giving a perverted chuckle at the display. "Say, why don't the both of us stop at my place?"
"Sounds great." Charlie said, still twerking.
"Say, how about you live at my place, huh?" Velvette added, licking her lips as she stared at Charlie. 'I'm never, ever going to let her leave~'
"Sure thing."
"Great!" Velvette put her phone away and wiped some drool from her mouth before grabbing Charlie's hand and started leading her out at a fast pace. "When we get there, you can try on some stuff I had that'll look WAY better than that. You look like a giant banana, I think you'd look better in something more tight~" She said, practically giggling.
"Sounds great, can't wait." Charlie smiled, practically being dragged at this point as Velvette moved as fast as she could. Soon things began to be a blur before Velvette finally stopped, panting in front of a large mansion.
"We're here~" She cooed, leading Charlie in. "I….ha, ha….I need to exercise more…I keep the good stuff upstairs." she moved over and quickly locked the door before looking at the still Charlie looking around, feeling her libido rising up and making her chuckle. "The things we'll do will make Asmodeus blush~"
"Huh?" Charlie said, turning to her. "Stuff like what?"
Velvette moved to answer, only to hear a knock at the door, making her frown and roll her eyes. "Ignore it. The only thing we'll be doing is-"
"Excuse me? Is anyone home?" came Alastor's voice outside.
Velvette froze, her head creakily turning to the door. "T-This isn't a good time Alastor!"
"Really now?" Alastor smirked with amusement on the other side. "And what seems to be occupying your time at the moment dear?"
"I uh… I have a date?" She offered, glancing at Charlie.
"Oh? Funny, I could have sworn I saw Charlie while walking by. She wouldn't happen to be in there, would she?"
Velvette was silent as she glanced nervously at Charlie, and began to consider her answer.
"I ask because I happened to see someone who looked just like her come in with you." he leaned in closer to the door with his tone going lower. "You wouldn't happen to be hiding something, would you, Velvette?"
The overlord gulped as she let out a nervous sigh. "Let's say theoretically she was in here, would…would you take her away or something?"
"Well that assumes she was here. If she wasn't, then my business is done here." his grin grew as he cleared his throat and held his hand out. "Oh Charlie dear, could you open the door?"
"Right away." She responded back before Velvette could cover her mouth as she moved over to the door.
"No! W-wait!" Velvette cried as Charlie opened the door. She tensed up as she saw Alastor walk in and smile at her.
"Well well, seems I was right." he turned to Charlie. "Charlie, be a dear and wait outside would you? I need to have a word with my dear friend Velvette for a moment."
"Yes Alastor-"
"No, wait, Charlie, stay here, please!" she spoke, making Charlie immediately freeze in place right as she raised her foot. "Go upt-mmph!" her mouth was covered by Alastor who shook his head.
"Tsk tsk tsk. It's quite rude to have a third party listen in. Plus it's bad manners. Charlie, proceed out, and cover your ears too."
"Ok." she made her way outside, covering her ears as Velvette tried to pry the hand off while Alastor closed the door with his foot.
"Mmmph, mmmph!" Velvette tried to protest, trying to pry his hand off her face.
"Now then, I'm going to let go, and you aren't going to try and give poor Charlie any more orders, ok?" he rubbed her cheek with a thumb while looking her in the eyes. "Blink once if you agree, twice if not."
Velvette paused before blinking once.
"Splendid!" He said, releasing her. "Now then my dear, just what did you have in mind for your 'date'?"
"I uh… I wanted to have some fun in private?" She said, nervously. "Is there any chance you could leave her here for tonight and come back in the morning?"
"Now now, that'd just be rude. To leave a defenseless young lady in the clutches of a devious little fiend? Why my dear, I'd expect that from Valentino of all people."
"I-It's just once! I mean, we barely even did anything! I haven't even given her a real wardrobe change! You saw what she had on, can you really call that fashion?"
"Uh-huh, and tell me, would this new outfit be a sexy maid uniform, or perhaps something made of latex or leather?"
"Well….I mean leather would work, but now that you mention it…" she glanced away and looked back. "Oh come on Alastor! I can't give up a golden chance like this! Everyone's got their little kinks and fantasies, so what's wrong with this one time?"
"This one time she can't say no… but if you wish to try and serenade and court her later, feel free… in fact I can guarantee she will be giving you a chance later." He said, a massive grin on his face, leaving Velvette confused. He leaned down closer, making her back up. "But do keep this in mind, if I find out you try and go back on my advice, well then my dear, we may have problems~" he chuckled darkly with her shivering before he turned and walked to the door. "Ta ta for now."
"O…ok…see you later Charlie…" She let out, slumping in defeat. 'I didn't even get to kiss her yet!'
"Come along Charlie, let's go home." ordered Alastor as the two walked away from the mansion. "I'm willing to guess and say you've had quite the day, haven't you?"
"Yes, I have, I've been doing a lot of favors for people." She said, with a smile.
"Well you won't have to worry about some random strangers taking advantage of you, instead you can relax and sleep the day away." he patted her head while giving a fanged grin. 'Of course, I'm not a stranger~'
(Later)
Charlie hummed, looking at the lobby of the hotel as Niffty had finished cleaning it up while Vaggie stood beside her. "Ah, it feels great to be back."
"Welcome back Charlie!" Niffty smiled. "How was your day out? Did you find anyone to come stay at the hotel?"
"Well, sadly no, but it definitely helped me realize a few things."
"What's that?" asked Vaggie as Charlie held her hands behind her back and looked up.
"It made me realize that I've been going about this hotel in the wrong way."
"No duh." remarked Angel, draped out on the couch while Husk was reading the newspaper with a bottle.
"Which is why, at this very moment, it's time for some major changes."
"Changes? What changes are you talking about Charlie?" Vaggie asked, having a bad feeling from the look on her face. 'Please not more musicals, please not more musicals…'
"As of this moment, the Happy Hotel will be a place to help sinners indulge!" she spread her arms out, making everyone there look at her in surprise. "Think about it. Why bother trying to help them when helping them indulge and run wild makes so much more sense? It's sure to attract guests in no time flat!"
"What?! What are you talking about Charlie?!" Vaggie cried out in shock. "What about redemption and saving sinners?!"
"Oh come now Vaggie, it was never gonna work in the first place. It's time to accept the truth and just enjoy ourselves!" she spoke while reaching over and pulling Angel and Husk over with an arm over their shoulders. "Just imagine it, a place where you could drink as much as you want, a place where you're free to fuck anyone and anything you want without caring about the after effects? Doesn't that sound great?"
"Hell yeah it does!" Angel said with a big grin before pausing. "Will my room still be free?"
"Yep! Everything will be free!"
"Then count me the fuck in!"
"How much booze we talking?"
"ALL booze." She grinned as Husk perked up.
"But wouldn't this all make a big mess?" Niffty asked in confusion.
"Of course, but that's why as the hotel's official head maid, YOU'LL be in charge of several interns to make sure it's nice and tidy. After all, if it's clean, that just means the guests can do whatever they want without slipping over a thing."
"Charlie, snap out of it, this isn't't you! What happened today?!" Vaggie cried out in shock, shaking the princess of hell desperately.
"Inspiration my dear Vaggie!" she beamed while draping an arm around her. "And best of all? If anyone has an issue with someone else, they're free to kill them! No sense letting them stew over bottled up emotions. If they wanna coat the walls in blood, then hand out knives and let them run wild."
"What?!"
"Yep! Oh, and would you also be open to making our relationship open?" She asked Vaggie as she led her into the hotel.
Vaggie stared at Charlie before she tried shaking her harder. "SNAP OUT OF IT CHARLIE! WAKE UP!"
"I am awake, in fact I feel more awake than ever before!"
Off to the side in a chair, Alastor chuckled while discretely pushing the watch into his pocket and out of sight. 'Oh, this next month will be glorious. I should get my old camera out to document some of the finer moments~' He thought gleefully. 'This is going to be so entertaining~'
(1 Month Later)
"What…What did I do?" Charlie asked in horror, staring out at the lobby of the hotel. It was littered with beer bottles, used condoms, sex toys, the walls looking torn up with various blood spots across it, holes everywhere, with various kinds of things written across the spots that weren't a mess.
"Chaos dear Charlie, chaos." Alastor hummed happily, watching her reaction with glee.
"I…but….why wasn't I stopped?!"
"Hmm, well Vaggie DID try, but…." he looked to the side as said woman was scowling at him while looking battered up. "It seems she couldn't help but join in~"
"I was trying to keep those bastards from burning the whole place down!"
"Now now Vaggie, we know you've been a buzz kill, but Charlie and her new partner let you stay anyway, you could at least be polite." Alastor tutted as Charlie's face went pale.
"What?" she turned to the radio demon. "What did you say?"
"Your new partner. Don't worry, you and Vaggie are still dating I believe, but you're also dating someone else Charlie." He said, his smile nearly splitting his face in half.
Her jaw dropped as Alastor walked away with a hum. "W-W-Who?!"
"That stupid overlord, don't you remember?" Vaggie said bitterly, looking at her in confusion.
"No! I…I really don't." she held her head while looking down. "Everything is one big blur. The last thing I remember was I was out trying to find people interested, the next? I'm looking at the hotel….like this. Oh Vaggie, WHY did this happen?!"
"You…You came back and started saying the place should be a place for sinners to run wild." Vaggie said as Charlie's jaw dropped. "That was a month ago… and then the others started coming around more often looking for you."
"Others? What others?"
"Um…apparently you had a big day that day…"
DING DONG
Both turned to the front door, sharing a look with each other before Charlie walked over nervously and steeled herself as she grabbed the handle and slowly peeked outside. "Hello?"
"Hey Char! You up for some fun? I found this primo stash of C4 that has Valentino's name written all over it!" grinned Cherri with a bag in hand.
"Oh! Uh…that sounds…fun, but…I can't." she replied, a sinking feeling hearing that as she looked at the bag. "See, I have to clean up today, which is gonna take ALL day."
"Alright, you know where to find me Char!" She grinned, turning to leave.
"Why is she calling me Char?" Charlie whispered to Vaggie.
"Last time you two went out you came out covered in ash and dust, I guess she came up with a new name for you then."
"Wait, what did we do?" asked Charlie in worry.
"Uh….let's just say there's a reason I threw out all the fireworks we had on hand." Vaggie said before Charlie's phone began to ring. The princess's eyes went wide as she looked at it and saw Helsa's face and number.
"Helsa? What's she doing calling me?"
"Ah… well apparently you two are BFFs now." Vaggie said as Charlie paled.
"D-Did she see the error of her ways and start acting nicer?" Charlie asked in vain hope.
Vaggie gave her a silent look before looking away. "Not exactly."
"H-How bad?" Charlie asked, feeling a sense of dread as Vaggie just sighed in response.
"She got you to 'act normal' just like her."
"Oh Satan no."
"Yeah… you went full Helsa." Vaggie said as Charlie groaned and held her head.
"Noooo." she let out before answering the all and braced herself as she held it to her ear. "Um, hello?"
"Oh Charlie, hon, how are you? There's a new store opening up, and I was thinking we could go down and tear the owner a new one, see the hope leave their eyes as we tear them a new one verbally~" chuckled Helsa with sadistic glee making Charlie grimace. "And maybe see if there are any losers who think they have a shot with us. I think you stepping on them would be hilarious to see again."
'Again?!' Charlie thought before shaking her head. "Uh… I'd love to, but I feel sick, maybe next time?"
"Sick? That blows, but I guess we can just reschedule for our spa day time. Oh, and if you see that bitch Victoria or whatever, tell her she could use a new wardrobe, or does she choose to wear old rags?"
Charlie saw Vaggie bristle and growl overhearing that before stepping back slightly. "Notedbye!" before hitting end as Vaggie huffed.
"Fuck I hate that bitch, please tell me that you'll be ditching her soon."
"Of course I am Vaggie. I'd never willingly hang out with someone who talks that bad about you, or treats others that way. I must have been REALLY out of it if we spent time together."
"Yeah… that's one way to put it." Vaggie groaned. "Also, you're going to have to watch out for Tom Trench, he should be here soon."
"Huh? Tom? Why?" She asked as she heard a knock on the door.
"Because he keeps coming over every day, the studio keeps sending him." she replied before Charlie opened the door to show said man. "Speak of the devil."
"Hello Charlie, how are you doing today? I was hoping you'd be willing to at least look at the contract this time before throwing it at my face." He sighed, holding up a large stack of papers.
"A contract?" she accepted the papers before letting out a grunt. "For what?"
"To come back to the studio. After giving Katie the ass kicking she's been needing, the studio is eager to have you come back and take up a permanent position as the weather girl, especially if you can bring that spunky attitude like last time."
"Wha-what?!" She cried out in shock.
"Yes, and of course they're offering a very competitive salary, signing bonus, and other goodies, stuff they never offered me." He remarked bitterly.
"Uh…just to refresh my mind since it's been a while, but what exactly happened when I left?"
"Katie went on a full blown tantrum after you jumped out a window, and our viewership spiked as the audience hoped you would come back."
"I what?!" Charlie gaped while dropping the papers before Vaggie stepped in between.
"She'll think about it." before slamming the door shut. "So yeah, that happened, but it's nothing compared to Vox's attempts."
"Vaggie? PLEASE tell me I didn't make him mad and he's now giving the hotel a horrible reputation. I've seen how bad his advertisements can get when someone crosses him." Charlie begged as Vaggie shook her head.
"No, no, it's…complicated. You actually made him really, really happy and kinda…worked for him for a bit."
"Oh…well that doesn't sound as bad."
"Uh… you were advertising his products, and he claims you signed a LOT of contracts." Vaggie added nervously. "He's been coming by every other day demanding you go back to his studio with him, and if it wasn't for Alastor he might have succeeded….and her help too I guess." Vaggie muttered, adding the last part bitterly.
"Her?" she responded before there came another knock at the door.
"Oh Chaaaarlie~"
"Yeah, HER…." Vaggie muttered darkly. "Your new girlfriend."
Charlie's eyes widened as she looked at the door before another knock came. "Um….I think I'll just ignore this one." she whispered.
"Charlie? C'mon, open uuuuup!" Velvette's voice called. "I got the new maid outfit for you!"
Charlie's face turned red while Vaggie pulled her spear out and walked towards the door before Charlie tried to hold her back. "Vaggie wait, don't do something rash!"
"I'm well past the point of doing anything rash, this has been a long time coming!" she growled while dragging Charlie as she opened the door showing the smiling Overlord. "Go fuck Valentino's whores and fuck off!"
"Nope, but you know I'd happily make you my whore Vaggie if you weren't so stubborn~" She chuckled before spotting Charlie, her eyes widening in glee. "CHARLIE!"
"Oh! Uh…hello." greeted the princess meekly before finding herself tackled by the woman to the floor.
"Charlie~" Velvette cooed before she pulled the confused demon into a kiss.
"MPH?!" Charlie's eyes widened, going completely stiff while Vaggie's hair looked like it was rising up as she gripped her spear tighter.
Velvette finished with a large grin, practically snuggling up against Charlie. "Ah, that was perfect as always Charlie~"
"Ah…ah…ah…."
"Ah, I almost forgot my treat~" She chuckled before Charlie felt her quickly squeeze her rear. "Nice and perfect~"
"W-W-W-Wha…"
"Get your filthy hands off CHARLIE!" roared Vaggie pulling her spear above her.
"Aw C'mon Vaggie, do we really have to do this song and dance every time I see her?" Velvette pouted, quickly rolling over to she was under Charlie, and shielded from Vaggie. "Why don't you get with the program and live a little? I'll bet you might even see three heads are better than two~"
"No, and your little game is over!" Vaggie snapped. "Charlie is finally sane again, and now she can get rid of you!"
The Overlord looked at Vaggie before turning to Charlie. "Is that true Charlie?"
"W-Well I do know what's happening, the last month has been one big blur…" She admitted nervously. "Is it breaking up with her if I don't remember dating her?"
"So you don't remember taking me right here on the floor like a wild starved animal?"
"I-I did what?!" Charlie cried out, her face completely red.
"Or how you left me these?" she showed her neck, which had numerous bite marks, making Charlie's eyes widen as her face looked paler than usual. "You seemed more than happy enough then!"
"I-I don't remember doing any of that! T-That wasn't me!"
"Or what about when I brought over my personal stash and you took the biggest one, shoving it up my-GAH!" she was cut off as Vaggie used her spear to pull her off of Charlie by her neck and dragged her to the door.
"OUT YOU SEX MANIAC!" She shouted, tossing Velvette out. "STAY OUT!" she slammed the door and let out a heavy growl as Charlie sat up and gulped.
"Uh…Vaggie? She…was just joking about that last part….right?"
"Sure hun, sure…" Vaggie said, carefully making sure not to look at her. 'No….it was…'
"I…. please tell me it was just her, did I try to date anyone else while I was crazy?!"
"No, other than a few people trying to get you in bed, it was mainly just her."
Charlie let out a heavy sigh of relief before another knock was at the door. "Oh no!" She gulped, staring at it nervously.
"Dear Charlie, are you in here my love?"
"Of course…. Velvette wasn't the only one who was trying to get with you." Vaggie rubbed the bridge of her nose and turned to the door. "She's not here! Go away!"
"I'd be happy to wait for her in the parlor!"
"NO! For the last time, she isn't interested in marrying you moron, she already said no!" roared Vaggie. "Now buzz off or I'll turn you into a new pair of boots!"
"You dare threaten me, the great sir Pentious?!"
"Oh I dare alright!" she roared before Charlie put a hand on her shoulder.
"Vaggie? Let me handle this."
"What? Are you sure hun?" Vaggie asked worryingly.
"I don't want more fighting here, so let me try and settle things calmly. I don't remember what happened, but I think I can ease things down." She said as she began to open the door, only to see at first a large bouquet of roses.
"Ah! Charlie my dear, you look wonderful~" smiled Sir Pentious, taking his hat off and bowing to her while holding up the bouquet with his free hand. "I knew you were here, my heart could feel it."
"Yeah…. I'm sorry, but I haven't been myself for a while, if I said or did anything out of the ordinary you can just ignore it please." she held her hands together. "I'm flattered, really, but I'm already together with Vaggie, and I don't want to lead you on."
"I…I… you're you again! Thank Satan!"
"Um…yes? I'm feeling like myself again." She said, growing more confused.
"This is great! Before you were acting so uncouth, so unlike the woman I met a month ago! I just knew that if I kept coming you'd snap out of it!" he sighed in relief before holding her hand. "Oh my dear Charlie, you're exactly the kind of woman I've been waiting so long for. Which is why I came here to ask a very special question."
'Oh please no, not that!' she thought before the snake pulled out a ring from his pocket, making her and Vaggie drop their jaws.
"Will you marry me?"
"I…I can't, I'm sorry!" Charlie got out, looking back at Vaggie as if she was pleading for help.
"She's spoken for buddy!" Vaggie added in frustration. "So buzz off before I have to impale you!"
"I… I see you are still nervous my darling, very well." He said, standing up. "I will be back soon to see if your heart has grown for me in my absence." He handed her the bouquet and tilted his hat again before slithering away.
"Ugh, he'll be back soon, I swear, he's more stubborn than Alastor."
"Look on the bright side Vaggie. I've learnt something from all this." she walked back inside and closed the door. "I am NOT going to try and persuade a stranger in a bar again. Next time, I'll try a more safer approach."
"Perhaps I should accompany you next time?" A jolly voice called as Alastor strode in with a massive grin on his face. "A personal bodyguard, if you will, could keep the sneaky rats from causing any trouble."
"All you do is cause trouble!" Vaggie snapped back, shaking her head.
"Now now dear Vaggie, is that any way to talk to Charlie's business partner?"
"It's alright Vaggie." Charlie spoke up with a smile. "Thank you Alastor, but I might take a little break before doing it again."
"No rush my dear, take your time." he remarked while his hand lightly touched the watch in his pocket. 'A few months should be plenty of time before bringing her more fun side back out~'