"Yay! Now that that's all sorted out: Hi! I'm Charlie! Welcome to the Happy Hotel! Who are you? Do you believe in our cause? Are you a new resident or employee? Do you like–" Charlie walked towards the male demon that the trio brought in.
"Charlie! Let the poor lad speak!" Alastor chimed. Everyone had turned their attention to the newcomer.
"I'm Ryan. I landed here about a day ago. I don't know why I'm here. I made a deal with him," he pointed at Alastor, "and he told me to come here. So I did." He seemed embarrassed by the fact.
"I did this fine fellow!" Alastor jumped in. "Selena will be so busy with the club's stage and music lists and band, I thought why not give Niffty a helping hand! He could also help Husker with drinks during club nights!" He laughed a staccato laugh and put his arm around Ryan.
"You son of a bitch! That's not our deal! You said you'd help me rise through Hell's ranks!" He backed away from Alastor. "I don't wanna work in some dumb hotel."
"Now. Now. My boy. Smile! You're never fully dressed without one!" He waved his finger in as a warning. "Besides, Charlie is the Princess of Hell! What a rank to work for her! Selena here, the fox, is Charlie's father's friend. Lucifer listens to Selena more than he does the princess." He waved his arms to gesture at the two of them. "The purple girl over there with a scowl is the princess's girlfriend! What more of a contact can I give you!" He laughed again. "This hotel is a redemption hotel! The princess's and Selena's dream!" He began to chuckle darkly. "Get where I'm going with this?" Ryan gave a nod and kept his mouth shut. "Good now onto introductions! The scowling girl I mentioned before is Vaggie! Beside her, the tall effeminate fellow is Angel Dust, the cute little cyclops is the housekeeper Niffty, and behind the bar, as you already know, is Husker!" He spinned the poor boy around. "Now, I said you'd act within my thrall so here's my plan! You help us here, and I'll ask them to train you and put in a good word." He stopped and menacingly glared at Ryan. "T̵h̴a̴t̶ ̸w̶a̸s̸ ̴t̸h̶e̵ ̷d̶e̵a̶l̸!̶ [That was the deal!]" Poor Ryan shuddered and nodded. "Good, now let's get you integrated." He pushed Ryan towards Charlie.
"So, Ryan, do you believe in redemption?" Charlie was looking at him expectantly with her big red eyes.
"I don't know what to think." She walked him towards the bar and pulled the keys to the rooms and the check in book out from under it. Husker had moved to the corner to give her some leeway.
"That's fair! All I ask is that you give us a chance! Should you want to be redeemed, let me know! Angel is our only resident at the moment, but he doubles as doorman. We'll be pairing you with Niffty since the hotel is so large." She signed him in and grabbed a key to his room. "Follow me! We'll get you set up in your room!" She led the new employee away and jabbered on about his new duties and dinner. Vaggie followed her to make sure that Charlie was okay.
"So," Husker started.
"So?" Selena asked as she fully sat on the bar stool.
"Why'd you sit on me for our walk back? And purr? You could've just walked in front of us!" Husker was more worried about what Alastor would think. When he looked over as he spoke, he saw the Radio Demon's ear twitch.
"Oh that?" She picked at her nails and yawned. "I had just been running around the city and needed a break. Plus I wasn't mad at you, and I like you as a person." She began to stretch across the bar. "As for the purring, I can't control that. It just happens." She gave him a sheepish grin. He could tell she wasn't telling the full truth, but the answer wouldn't get his ass kicked. "Plus I always wanted to touch you 'cause you look so soft and floofy! You wouldn't let me in my normal form so I took advantage of being an animal." Ah. There it is. The truth.
"Go fuck yourself." Husk turned away from her and started cleaning the counter. She could tell he was mildly happy. Perhaps he was blushing under all that fur.
"So, Foxy, whatcha think about the new guy?" Angel sat next to her. His back on the bar, facing Alastor.
"I don't know, Fluffy. He smells funny." She wriggled her nose. "Doesn't smell tasty at all."
"Tasty? Don't tell me, Fox, you eat people?" He seemed alarmed.
"Only since I was a demon. I find hearts and livers to be irresistible upon a kill." She started salivating. "I wanted to hide this side of me for longer, but it is what it is."
"I must say I find a heart salad and liver and rice irresistible myself." Alastor sat on the other side of her. He had his hand holding up his head.
"Oh yeah, I meant to ask you about that. So you're actually a wendigo, huh?" She turned to Al.
"A wendy what now?" Angel seemed so confused.
"A wendigo is a creature from Native American mythology. It's said that if tribes suffered drought or trappers got caught in blizzards, and they ate the flesh of the deceased, it would arouse a hunger within them."
"Well I eat plenty of dick so am I a wendigo?" Angel asked. "I also hunger for it all the time. Like a craving!"
Selena burst into uncontrollable fits of laughter. "No! You idjit! You have to eat human flesh. Like actually consume it. Anyway, if they eat more human flesh, they eventually change and hunger for it endlessly. Unable to be satisfied with the amount they've had. They are generally represented with wolf or deer skulls and are completely emaciated."
"My dear, you are well informed! Wendigos can take many shapes and are deemed apex predators!" He seemed so proud of himself. And smug. "I was actually quite upset when I thought I was a deer! I mean I love me some venison, but they are the number one form of prey where I'm from!" It seemed like his radio host accent began to fall and something more genuine began to peer through. He cleared his throat, "Imagine my surprise to find out that true to legend I am a wendigo! I had to do my own research here in Hell though! I wasn't as well informed as you."
"We all know you eat people, Smiles." Angel said.
"Yeah, but if he took the wendigo form, he ate people when he was human, Fluffy."
"What the fuck?" The conversation continued until Al had to start dinner.