Carousel of rats in a maze. Is there any escape? Probably. But I'm going to get vored anyways.

Two weeks have passed since the hangover incident. Feeling bad for the mess we created, I barely managed to convince Q and Lily to help everyone else with the cleaning. It was a long arduous task, but we managed to make everything be good as new. Thankfully, no one found out it was us who did it, so it'll be a secret we shall keep till the day we die...again.

After the cleanup, Charles and Vaggie decided to try making us do crazy shit for ascension. Like drugging our sins away, shock therapy, table manners, leap of faith, etc. All that gave no results. Fucking hell. I lucked out with the suppository one. Most painful experience of my existence. Had to wear diapers for a week because of that shit.

Shirley has been making the most progress out of all of us. I only mean that her horns are like slightly shorter than usual and her caws have been less frequent. Though that also means she's becoming more eccentric. I've seen the way she looks at us with hunger and its been freaking me out. I always keep an eye on her when she's around me.

"Now that it's been decided, prepare yourselves for the fun activity of supplying the Hotel!" Charles enthusiasm breaks my trance. That's right. We all voted who gets to go with her to do some shopping. Me, Angel, Nifty, Vaggie and Shirley are staying behind to take care of the place. It's mostly for group bonding apparently. Plus, you never know if someone will come here for salvation. Even though no one new has come since I got here.

"We're just going to the mall. Nothing to get excited about." Lily sighs as she leans on Q's head. He's piggybacking her and it looks adorable~! If only I had my phone.

"Oh~! I'm coming along as well." Alastor says as he pats my back and winks at me. I doubt he's going to help out. And so Charles, Q, Lily, Bob and Husk head out. Al whispers to me. "I found more information that might interest you. All you have to do is survive. Good luck, chap! You're going to need it." He follows the group outside and go on their own misadventure.

Shin Megami Tensei IV-Hallucination

"Survive? What is he talking about?" *Red* Shivers runs down my spine. I turn to see at the far end of the staircase, Shirley is looking at me with those unblinking predatory eyes. Now I said before she changed physically, but I'm starting to think it's not for the better. She looks more monstrous, like her face is resembling more of a skull and her horns may be shorter, but they're getting thicker. We stare at each other. Trying to observe who makes the first move.

"Hey!" Holy shit! Angel calls me as he's sucking a lollipop. "Are you going to stand there or are you going to play with us at the ballroom?" I check if Shirley is still there, but she's gone. That feeling of being watched hasn't left, though.

"Y-Yea. I'm coming."

"Hah! That's what everyone says to me!" I chuckle at his sexual joke. Definitely need something lighthearted. He wraps his arms around me and starts trailing his finger around my chest. I'm used to him touching me. He's trying to test the boundaries, but I make sure to stop him if he gets too low. "You know, I heard from a little birdie that you're a virgin." Of course. Lily probably spilled the beans. He whispers in my ear. "I can teach you the wonders of sex. What do you say?" He's quite the charmer, isn't he?

"While I'm very flattered you want to smash my perky ass, I got important things to take care of. I don't want to get addicted to sex and start wasting my time on getting off."

"Why do you gotta such a prude? Do you have any idea how rare virgins are these days? I've never had any, so this will be a first time for the both of us." He trails his finger across my cheek.

"Man, if you really want it so bad, why don't you just rape me or something?" He's taken aback from my statement.

"It's no fun if only one of us is enjoying themselves. Plus, the screaming would get annoying pretty fast and kill my boner." Ah. So he's not a rapist. Just very promiscuous. Good to know.

We arrive at the room. Vag and Nif are waiting at the middle of the room. There's an empty glass bottle on the floor.

"Is this what I think it is?" I ask. Nif gets excited.

"Yes it is! It's Truth or Dare! I never got to play it and now is the perfect time!" She expresses with her tiny hands up high.

"Isn't a little cliche?" I really doubt Vag would even do or say anything.

"Come on! Sit down and let's play!" Me and Angel sit around a circle. She spins and the bottle faces me. "I dare you to suck Angel's cock!"

"First of all, you're supposed to request smaller dares for it to escalate to the sexual stuff and second I get to choose and I choose Truth."

"Oh...Would you suck his cock?" She asks me again. I look at him and shrug.

"Give me like three shots of whiskey and I'd do anything to be honest."

"I'll keep that in mind." Angel says as he winks at me. Nif spins the bottle again and it faces her. Angel gives her a request, but their conversation fades as I'm more focused on that sensation that we're being watched.

SMT IV-Premonition

*Scarlet* My body shivers again. I scan around the room, but us four are the only ones here. It's as if they can see us through the walls. I know who it is.

"Shirley." I didn't say that. Finally taking notice of Vaggie staring at me. "You've been red the entire time. I'm guessing you feel her preying on us too." She says and shudder. I can see her breath. Actually, it suddenly becomes colder.

"Fuck. Who turned up the AC?" Angel says, rubbing his hands together. We're all visibly shaking from the sudden temperature drop. We notice the mirrors are being covered in frostbite. We all get up very alarmed. "The fuck is going on?" But no one gives an answer. We're just very afraid. Me and Vaggie exchange looks and I can see the terror behind them as she can perceive mines. She readies her spear.

That's when we hear it. Movement from above. It sounds like a wild animal shuffling around the furniture. It's also snarling loudly. This goes on until it's right on top of us. Then it stops. Complete silence. I don't know how long we've been standing there fixated on the ceiling, but the thing breaks through it and we jump out of the way!

SMT IV-Battle B1

The beast that emerges from the rubble is about eight feet tall and the head is a skull of a vulture. The horns look like deer antlers made out of dead tree barks. The feathers are white as snow and the clothes have been tattered due to the increased size. You can only see the blue glow on the eyes, which they're looking at me! The beak is slightly open. Letting her breath constantly flow out like a mist.

The Sin Eating Glutton

Shirley Kaiser

She lets out an earapping screech. We cover our ears, but it's not enough to block out noise! I feel lightheaded and notice her lunging towards me! Woah! I barely manage to dodge her bite in time. Thank god for my quick reflexes. She tries to go for me again, but gets shot by Angel's Thompson gun. While she's distracted, I pull out my knife that I kept since the club incident and start slashing and stabbing. She hisses and jumps out from the same hole from whence she came. There's a distant cry and it becomes quiet again.

SMT IV-Distress

"What the fuck happened to Shirley!?" I finally speak up. They're all trying to access the situation themselves.

"This may not answer the question, but while me and Charlie started with the concept of the hotel, I've decided to research more about the history of Hell and see if there have been redemptions in the past. No records at all, surprise. But there have been documentation of sinners acting more feral as they haven't sinned for awhile." She explains.

"So basically, she's having a withdrawal for not eating people?" Angel simplifies.

"In the most basic bitch way, yes." She leers at him.

Jesus. If that's the case, then I'm afraid what I would become in my withdrawal. I look at the hole Shirl created and think back on her form. You get consumed with desire and become a physical manifestation of your sin. *Red* I shudder at the thought. At the corner of my vision, I could swear seeing Angel looking worried at me for a moment.

"Ah, don't sweat the small stuff." He puts a hand on my shoulder. "I'm pretty sure it's different for everyone. You know, different religion and stuff." Is he trying to comfort me? "Well this suck. I was hoping for someone to dare me to do something raunchy."

Nifty is cleaning desperately the rubble. Poor girl wanted to have fun. *Crimson* This feeling!

"Nifty get out of there!" But it's too late. One bite is all it takes. Shirley grew in just a few minutes and used her long neck to reach cyclop from the hole! She quickly leaves and I crawled my way up but Angel stops me. *Burgundy* "Let me go!"

"There's nothing you can do. You'll just be her dessert." Dammit! He's fucking right. What can I do against her? Her transformation is getting worse by the minute!

"We'll all be eaten if we don't stop her. " Vaggie sighs. "There's no other choice. We have to kill her." Me and Angel are surprised.

SMT IV-Distrust

"The fuck you mean we're going to kill her!?" Angel protests. Which catches me off guard.

"She's too out of control and is a danger to everyone here! You just saw that she ate Nifty!" Vaggie screams.

"Oh so just because she ate someone, suddenly it's too much for you to handle?"

"Have you seen her? She's clearly going to kill us and you're over here arguing!"

"I'm sorry. I thought you investigated cases like these in order to prevent them? Now I'm afraid that if I have a withdrawal, you're just going to kill me."

"Shut the fuck up! This isn't even about you and since when did you ever care about rehabilitating!?"

"Since I volunteered, Toots. One patient gets a little heated and you immediately resort to violence. I thought every demon has a rainbow inside? I wonder what Blushes would think of you right now?"

"Don't you fucking dare bring her up in this!" She points her spear aggressively at him.

"GUYS GUYS! Save your ideological debate for when we don't have a Bloodborne boss hunting us down!" I shout at them getting tired of their bullshit. "While you two were having your little talk, I was thinking of a plan to detain her. First thing first. Angel, do you carry any kind of rope?"

"Always do." He pops on of the extra arms holding a rope. "How did you know?"

"You seem sadistic enough to always have one." He smirks. "All right. Now that we have that, then this can work. Going out in the hallways is suicide cause it's way too cramped. Here, we have a big space to maneuver and we can cover some sides. So I will try to bait her under the hole, while you guys are on the ceiling. The moment her head pops up, both of you will jump and Angel will detain her beak with the rope, while Vag will detain her body. Then we split her stomach to save Nifty and then we can decide what to do with her."

"But that's too risky. How will you know if she's coming?" Vaggie questions and I show her my scales.

"I've noticed my scale changes to a different shade of red depending her location. The lighter the color, the closer she is. If anyone got a better plan, lay it out." Silence. "Good. Let's get into position."

"Since when did you become the leader?" I glare at Angel.

"Since I saw my friend get fucking eaten in front of me!" He's taken aback from my hostility. Calm yourself. "Sorry." *Crimson* She's on her way. "Come on. She's coming." We go into position. Vag is uncomfortable of being held on by Angel, but I told her to suck it up. She reluctantly agrees and finally get on the damn ceiling. Fucking acting childish at a time like this. Don't worry, Nifty. I'll make sure to save you. Even if I get digested in the process.

SMT IV-Battle B2

*Scarlet* I start hearing movement above. Heavy stomps. Seems she grew again. She stops above the hole, but I can't see anything. I hear her inhaling and exhaling. Some white wind is coming down! I jump out of the way. The rubble is instantly frozen and the residue is spreading on the floor, freezing it's path. I run up to the wall and cling on, before the entire floor is covered in ice. Shirley breaks through the ceiling above me and tries to eat me! It's hard to dodge, so I let go and kick the wall to slide off the floor. She gets on the floor, lets a howl and starts coming at me. Just a little closer...Now! I give the signal and they jump on top of her. Angel is struggling to tie her beak due to the mist that freezes his hand and rope. He missteps and gets hurt by her antler, making him and Vag get flung to the ground. Dammit! Nothing ever goes according to plan! Guess I'll go for plan B.

*Red* "Hey Shirley! Don't I look very plump and full of vigor?" I slap my ass to emphasize my meatiness. I have her attention. She will charge at me with her mouth open. Then I will jump towards her and purposely get eaten to at least get Nifty out of the digestive fluids. Hopefully that will give Angel and Vag enough time to get her out. Before Shirls could process my intentions, Angel shoots her and focuses on him. "Oy! What are you doing!?" Angel doesn't say anything and is covering the gash on his leg. She roars and starts going towards him. No! "Shirley stop!" I know it's useless to scream, but I'm too far to catch up to her and the ice is making it hard to run. Then right at the last second, Vag pushes him out of the way. He tries grabbing her, but got her ribbon and she gets eaten in one gulp!

"Why?" I barely hear his shock. After Shirls finishes, she tries to go for him again. But she clutches her stomach and starts whimpering. Crying in pain, she starts hurling the girls out of her. Shirley leaves again and I run up to them. They're covered in slime and stomach juices.

"Ohoho~! I think I just found a new fetish!" Nifty says excitedly. She's fine! I hug them tightly, not giving a shit about the mess.

*Pink* "Thank god you're both okay!" I start sniffling. Angel limps his way towards us and hands Vag her bow.

"You're one crazy bitch, you know that?" He says. She smiles for the first time.

"We're all crazy, since we shared the same idea." She grabs the bow and wraps it around Angel's wound.

"H-Hey! It will heal on its own."

"It will recover faster if it's treated." She says as she finishes. He doesn't protest, just sighs.

I'm glad everyone is getting along, but there's still something I have to take care of. I get up and start walking out.

"Here." Vaggie passes me her weapon.

"Don't worry. I got my own." I pull my knife and twirl it. I've certainly gotten better with it. "Keep it just in case." She nods and I walk out to confront the glutton herself.

The hallway is dark as hell. I can barely make out the furniture. *Scarlet* She's close by. I hear someone crying. It's coming from the bar. *Crimson* She's drinking? I sneak by crawling on the wall.

"ThInK I cAn'T SenSe Ya, BoY?" I freeze not by the cold she's surrounded, but by that horrifying voice. It's like someone smoked a hundred packs a day and is gurgling it with scotch. Doesn't sound scary when I describe it like that, but trust me on this one. She clears her throat. "You're covered in my fluids. I can smell you clearly." Oh, now she just sounds normal. This went from terrifying to weird. A giant Eldritch Abomination is just chilling and drinking. "Wanna grab a pint with me?" She offers me whatever she's drinking.

"After my hangover, I'm holding off for a while." She shrugs and drinks the entire thing. Is it safe to approach her? I sit down next to her and still keeps drinking. "Are you back to normal now?" She finishes the drink.

"Nope. Alcohol is the thing that keeps me from eating. After I'm sober, I'll go feral again." She opens a bottle. "I'm going to be honest with you. I never liked my job. It was just enough for me and my love to get by until we could find a better place. We found a lovely beautiful American woman. Her name was Amanda. When I first laid eyes on her, it was like falling in love for the first time again."

"I'm sorry to interrupt your life story, but what does this have to do with the situation at hand?"

"It's supposed to give you insight of what my real sin is. Plus, you get to know myself better before my inevitable redemption."

"Well can you tell me the important part then? Cause we're on a time limit and you're down to three bottles now." I point the bottles left.

"Hmph. Fine. Threesome happened. Polygamy happened. More people joined our relationship. Potato blight fecked us and everyone but me died. So in order for everyone to go to heaven, I feasted their flesh as there was no bread at the time. And then I'm here for a very long time. Cute girl found me on the streets eating a DELICIOUS imp and offered me a chance to ascend and meet my husband and the family. There. Ya happy?"

"Very. I figured it was cannibalism. You look like a depiction of a Wendigo so it wasn't that hard to put two and two together." But how do we redeem you? They've tried a lot of stuff and it barely worked...Maybe. "Hey, what if I eat your sin away?" She almost chokes her drink.

"The feck? Why would you do that?" So it hasn't been done yet. "Even if it were possible, the bread and cake here are corrupted and I doubt you can handle the weight of sins I carry."

"Never planned on using those." I place my hand on my chest. "Mom always told me that the more you lie and sin, the blacker the heart becomes. That's what I'm eating. The core of your sin!" She's shocked. There's silence for a moment as she grabs the last bottle.

"Feck it." She eats the bottle and gets up. "Let's go to the lobby. Big space for the ritual." I nod and follow her. She lays down in the middle of the floor, right under the chandelier that we replaced. She looks very peaceful. I stand on top of her belly. My weight doesn't affect her. I mean she's fucking big. Like about eighteen feet. "Are you sure you want to go through with this? There's a chance you might get too corrupted and may never ascend to Heaven?"

"I'll worry about that once we see if this works and I survive." She sighs.

"Very well. Recite this prayer as you're eating: I give easement and rest now to thee, dear woman. Come not down the lanes or in our meadows. And for thy peace, I pawn my own soul. Amen. Understand?" I nod. She smiles and lies completely still. I crouch and unbutton to reveal her bare chest. Placing my hand under her feathers, I feel the heart. Dammit, my hands are shaking. Come on, Daniel. We've come this far. It's time to see this through!

Lights out

His tail light shines on top of them. Daniel has the knife ready in his hand.

Daniel: Shirley Kaiser. You have endured many trails in your life and your payment is to suffer eternally in Hell. Such is the life of a sin eater. Allow me to relieve you of your tolls!

He slices her chest wide open. She doesn't react. He reaches for the still beating heart and pulls it out. It is black as tar and big as a grapefruit. He takes a big mouthful. The black blood bursts inside of his mouth.

Daniel: (OH GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD)

He internally screams. It takes literally every atom in his body to not throw up. Safe to say, he's already regretting his decision. But his sheer will to keep his promise is what keeps him going and takes another bite.

Daniel: *Tears running* I-I g-g-g-give easement *Gags* AND rest *Takes a bite* n-n-n-now to thee, dear woman. *Another bite and starts punching the floor repeatedly* COOOOOOME not down the lanes(FUCKING GOD PLEASE END) or in our meadows. *Deep Breaths* And for thy peace, I pawn my own soul. *Last Bite* Amen.

Show's over

*Blue* Thank god it's fucking over! I'm fucking clutching my stomach and mouth to not feel any sicker! That tasted way worse than it looked. I'm afraid to describe the taste. It's just horrible!

"What the fuck happened!?" I turn to see everyone back from their shopping and the other three recovered and joined up. It must not look good on me since I'm covered in black blood with an open chested Shirls.

"Wait I can ex-!" I cover my mouth and feel the vomit in my throat. I'm crying trying to force it back down.

"What's happening to her?" Angel points out and we all see Shirley shrinking back to normal. Her body is slowly reverting back to human form, until she's fully recovered! We're all stunned by the event.

She wakes up, stands and examines herself. She is crying tears of joy. She has pale skin and long light brown hair. She looks at me with those same sky blue eyes and hugs me tightly.

"I can't believe it actually worked! Thank you so much!" She clings to me where her heart used to be. It's beating much softly now. Strangely puts me at peace.

"Can someone explain to me what happened while we were gone?" Charles understandably asks. Vaggie and Angel tells everyone the entire story and I fill in my side. Qwais has Bob on a leash to prevent him from trying to rape Shirley. The hell happened in the mall? I'll ask about that later. I excuse myself so I can take a bath and rest from the constant adrenaline rush. I go to my room and Alastor is here!

"Well chap, you certainly had a spectacular performance. It was actually much more violent than I expected, which makes it all the better!" He laughs and I just glare at him. "Since you survived, I will tell you what I found. I am a man of my word." He pulls out a white folder. "All I could find is that you were handpicked by the lord of Hell, Lucifer." My eyes widens.

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"LUCIFER!? THE Lucifer!?" He nods. I'm fucking shooketh! "How or why!?"

"Apparently you were supposed part of the CWP. Child Working Program. He uses children for construction and hard labor. Why this entire city is built by the hand of those unfortunates souls!" He looks out the window. So he uses child labor!? Actually why am I surprised about that. This is Hell.

"But what about my sin. Did you find out what it is?" He looks at me with the biggest grin. I've got a bad feeling about this.

"The Sins of the Father. A sin that the child bears the father's past sins. Hahaha! Your father must've committed a ritual and basically gave you a one way ticket here."

"W-What!? My dad did that? Why would he do that!?"

"Many reasons. However, that should be the least of your worries. Remember that he only accepts children and yet you died recently. Now unless your mind is that of a child, there's still that missing puzzle that needs to be solved." I'm still shocked about my sin. It ain't even my sin! As if I didn't hate him already. I bet Alastor is relishing my misery. "Well I'll be taking my leave then."

"Wait! Is there anyway to be redeemed from my sin?" He quizzically stares at me.

"Why don't you ask the Princess of Hell?" He leaves before I can say anything.

"Princess of Hell? Who could that be?" I'll ask someone once he takes a bath.

*Violet* Ah~! The bathroom is certainly the place of reflection and serenity. So i got his sins, huh. Way to throw your kid under the bus. But I'm going to make my redemption possible. And also for everyone else too. I stay a little longer, letting the water run at my face. Princess of Hell...I better ask Charlie about it. She's always so helpful! I dry myself up and put a new fresh set of white shirt and pants. How come I'm the only one with patient clothes? Ah well, I got used to it. I process what I want to do next and decide to look out the city from the roof. I run all the way to the roof and notice Shirley is here too. She's staring up where Heaven is. She finally notices me.

"Well if it isn't my saviour." I walk up to her

"Nah. You have to thank everyone else for not making me do stupid things and killing myself in the process."

"Oh I already gave my thanks to them. Charlie has been very excited for my redemption, I thought she was going to have a heart attack!" She laughs. "It was a fecking wild ride, but the day finally came. I never thought it was even possible, but I'm glad I met you guys." That's right. None of this would've been possible if it wasn't for this hotel and the staff. Even if they were going to kill her, but they're just starting and hopefully today should be proof that there's still a chance! "Especially you, boy. You have a good soul. Hard to believe you're even here." I laugh nervously.

"I know right? It's crazy." All cause of my bastard dad!

"When you eventually ascend, I will introduce you to the family. And yes, that means you're part of it! I will take no for an answer."

"Hahaha! How could I decline after that? I can't wait to meet them." Angel and Vaggie join up as well. "Hoy! What goes on, guys?"

"We're just checking up on her. She will ascend any moment now and I certainly don't want to miss it." Angel says. "The rest will catch up soon after fixing a couple stuff."

"I got an idea! Let's celebrate this moment and departure with a musical number!" I say and snap my fingers.

Flyers-Death Parade (English Cover by )

Lights out

Every light source is now being focused on them like a spotlight.

Daniel: Woooooooaaaooooah! YEeaaaaaeeeeeeaaaaaah! OOOOW! It's time to shake it up. So stir the pot baby, dish. Come on and face the music. Time to shine just make a wish. You got so many problems, but the night is young. Let's take one down and pass it round. From dusk till dawn let's have some fun.

Angel/Shirley: Boom Boom Boom. Dancing through the skies.

Daniel: We're gonna break the clock and make the moment come alive!

Angel/Shirley: Boom Boom Boom. Dancing through the skies.

Daniel: Kick it up another notch. Let the rhythm take you high!

Angel/Shirley/Daniel: Everybody put your hands up! Now we're flying baby. No no more drama. Be your own wings. Let's see you shake that groove thing. Growing stronger yeah. Get on that new wave.

Daniel: I'm sick of wilding out, I wanna burn my dread! I'm down for something different, down for getting out my head!

Vaggie: So tacky, lame and basic.

Daniel: Darling, that's just mean! Just flip that bit. Reverse that shit. It's your originality.

Angel/Shirley: Boom Boom Boom. Dancing through the skies.

Daniel: Pushing under pressure, you just keep on keeping ooooooooon!

Angel/Shirley: Boom Boom Boom. Dancing through the skies.

Daniel: Turn that struggle into pleasure. Show them who you really aaaaaaare!

Vaggie: Come on, let's fly!

Angel/Vag/Shirls/Dan: Everybody put your hands up! Now we're flying baby. Now this is freedom. Hallelujah sing life is your creation. Don't you know you're the one? So take the stage, son.

Angel/Shirls/Vag: Flying!

Daniel: Deep in your memories!

Angel/Shirls/Vag: Flying!

Daniel: Just hear it playing. The beat inside your heart is rising, so try agaiiiiiiin!

Angel/Shirls/Vag: Yeah yeah yeah yeah! Whoah woah woah woah! Chu chu chu~ru! La la la la! Yeah yeah yeah yeah! Whoah woah woah woah! Chu chu chu~ru! La la la la!

As the instrumental kicks in, everyone else joins up to the commotion and dances along as well. Even Alastor and Husk are grooving along!

Everyone: Everybody put your hands up! Now we're flying baby. No no more drama. Be your own wings. Let's see you shake that groove thing. Growing stronger yeah. Get on that new wave. Everybody put your hands up! Now we're flying baby. Now this is freedom. Hallelujah sing life is your creation. Don't you know you're the one? So take the stage, son.

Everyone: Flying!

Daniel: Deep in your memories!

Everyone: Flying!

Daniel: Just hear it playing. The beat inside your heart is rising, so try agaiiiiiiin! AAUUUUUuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!

Eveyone: Yeah yeah yeah yeah! Whoah woah woah woah! Chu chu chu~ru! La la la la!

Show's over

As the light slowly fades in, I notice Shirley is not here anymore and only white feathers are left behind from where she stood. I pick one up and look up at Heaven. Hopefully we get to see each other soon.