(Violet's Pov)
I looked to the girl as she looked back at me, I smirked as I sat at my end of the bar and drank my whiskey and she would look at me more. I get up and take a seat next to her and she looked down at her drink and I chuckle.
"You know if you just wanted to have a chat you could have just come over and sit next to me instead of me having to do all the work." I tell the woman and she looked back to me then back to the drink and I chuckle as I order another drink from my friend Louis and he nods as he hands me the whole bottle of whiskey and I pour myself another glass.
"Look, right now I don't know what to think." She says and I chuckle.
"How about, who are you, what are you? Why are you doing this to me? What did I do to deserve this? The list can go on darling, the thing is, when are you going to stop questioning me when I tell the truth to you and you alone." I tell her and she looked to me.
"Come on, I'm just having some fun while I take a break from hell you know, the devil has to take some time off." I tell her and she shakes her head.
"You are not the devil, that stuff doesn't exist." She tells me and I chuckle quietly as I take another drink.
"Darling, you saw me get shot and stabbed multiple times and yet you still deny it, tell me how can a living mortal live after being shot in the lungs and heart multiple times and never go down?" I asked her and she shook her head.
"The devil is a guy." She says and I smirk as I shift into my male persona and looked to her and she is shocked.
"Pardon, but the devil doesn't always have to be a man, though I do like this form, especially if it gets me the ladies, though that shouldn't matter to you since you are Bi correct?" I asked as I take another drink.
"Then why is your name Violet?" She asked and I smile.
"I like the color, next question for me, why are you called Clementine?" I asked her and she shook her head.
"My parents named me." She says.
"Right, guessed they really liked Clementine's so much they named heir child after a fruit, or the song… that's pretty dark, I'd like to meet them." I tell her with a smile.
"look…. You can't be the devil."
"Darling I just shifted into a male figure right in front of you and you still deny this… you mortals are so intriguing." I say and she drank and I smirk as I fill her glass up and she looked to me and nods in thanks and I nod back.
"you going to stay like that?" she asked.
"I quite like this form, so probably." I tell her as I drink.
"…. How?" she asked.
"Well I'm magic." I say simply.
"No, I mean…. How are you real?" she asked.
"Hard to explain but being the child of god being sent to damnation caused me to rule my own kingdom so to speak, I did bad and I got punished." I tell her.
"And you came to the mortal side because?"
"For fun really, especially here in this small little town you call a home, people here think they're so pure in life but hey everyone has a little sin, even you." I tell her.
"So, you came to just mock us?" She asked and I chuckled.
"No, no, no, I came to punish the wicked, since I'm clearly on vacation I still have to work to prove to the people I'm not to be messed with… I punish the guilty, it's my job, just like it's your job to do the same, punish those who are guilty for their crimes, I just…. have fun making them squirm or act upon those desires so I can punish them later on." I tell her as we drink some more.
"Or make them go crazy."
"No, darling I hate it when I see them go crazy, cause when they reach hell, they aren't that scared anymore…. Well until they see their punishment that is, I like to spice things up." I joked as I drank again.
"So, you came to punish the wicked?" She asked.
"And to have some fun, I'm not all work, I do play as well, it's fun." I explain a bit to her.
"So why do you stick around me?" She asked as she took a sip of her drink.
"You're quite interesting, you shot me once and I bleed, but others who shot me don't make me bleed, I can't get you to tell me your deepest desires for some unknown reason, which is a pain by the way, but my question is… why do you keep coming back to me?" I asked as I held my glass near me about to take a drink.
"I have no idea why." She admits and I chuckle.
"What's so funny?" She asked.
"You mortals." I chuckle.
"Maybe desire for me is what keeps you around?" I joke and she shakes her head and I shrugged.
"Or maybe you're intrigued in me as well, I mean you've seen what I can do, what I am, maybe you want to believe it's not true, that all this is a dream, that you're in a coma after the car crash that took your leg when you were in high school, that this is all just a dream, or some type of religious beginning for you, cause you think that you might end up in hell if you don't start to believe and if you don't that heartrate monitor will flatline and you'll just be in eternal darkness for the rest of your death." I say and she looked at me.
"I… I um." She doesn't speak and I swivel in the chair a bit.
"Oh, don't worry this isn't a dream darling, this is very much real life, no need in having to believe it but you never know." I tell her and she drinks more and I watch her carefully.
"You aren't lying?" She asked.
"The religious nuts will say that I love liars but I hate them with a passion, I hate liars, I hate cheater, thieves, anyone that sins, why do you think I punish them?" I asked.
"To get your kicks?" She asked and I laugh at this.
"Oh, trust me I do get a kick out of it, but to tell you the truth, I find it sad…. You mortals will take another's life just to get the rush of adrenaline, that serotonin bullshit babble just to make you feel good, but so does gambling and even sex, it's disgusting, and religious people blame me for it when I had nothing to do with sin, I didn't create it darling, I didn't tell Adam and eve to eat the apple, my father says humans have free will and you have one life, just one and people ruin it, killing children is by far the worst thing I've seen you mortals do, I do wish those children could come to hell to see the person that killed them be tortured for taking an innocent life, or violate the innocent people, who did nothing wrong." I tell her.
"But."
"But nothing, those children need closure not just being sent to heaven but to see that the monsters that hurt them get their just their punishment, I hate bad people." I tell her.
"But aren't you a bad person?" she asked.
"Matter of perspective really…. People see me as the one making people committing these crimes, but yet I punish them for it? Makes no sense at all don't you think?" I asked and she nods and I take a drink.
"So…. You have a wife?" she asked and I smirk.
"No."
"But there's a story where you do."
"ah right, but I don't, I'm single…. Though why do you want to know this?" I asked as I smile taking another drink.
"No reason, just wondering which stories are true or not." She says quickly and I smirk.
"Tell me Clementine… do you desire me?" I asked.
"No."
"Well that was quick to answer, but when that happens that usually a lie." I tell her.
"I'm confused."
"Hmm, is it because I just changed my gender in front of you, if you desire my female form, I don't mind switching back, though if you want, I can stay like this, either way you do desire me." I smirk as she turns a bit red.
"No, it's not the gender thing just…. I was religious at one point and then I lost faith and then you show up." She says.
"Ah questioning if you should start going back to church?" I asked.
"Not really."
"Again, you mortals are a strange bunch, and I like it."
"What do you get out of all of this?"
"All of what darling? I mean sex is a plus for me, punishing people is also fun and part of my job you know."
"I mean… you're supposed to be the bad guy in all of this, and yet you're telling me you are but also aren't." she says as she looked at me and I looked back at her.
"Darling, as I've said before it's a matter of perspective, people want someone to blame so they blame me because I didn't like what my father was doing, I didn't like how he was running things letting people in heaven after they've repented for their sins, then he has a bastard son and kills him to free people of their sins? And that's all fine and dandy to kill your own son in a horrific manner torcher and starvation on a cross burning from the heat, and yet his son forgave people? He forgave those that did him wrong that murdered him, and they we not punished because they were free of sin once he died on that cross and I couldn't punish them for their deeds." I tell her.
"You're mad because of that?" she asked and I nod.
"The bible was written by greedy men of God and he allowed it to happen, he allowed the priests to lie to the poor to make them spend their last gold coins on a piece of paper that meant nothing, letting children go without food or water, killing children, children…. And I hated him for that, my father let kids die because those men of god were allowed to get away with it, letting them lay in bed with little girls and boys and people defend those monsters with every last breath because you mortals know nothing but I do…. I do and I know that those people are monsters as well, preaching how all of you were made in his image and yet you have people killing gays, blacks, non-conformists just because they don't believe in their God, because they're monsters who think they're doing Gods will, trying to force people to follow them and then get mad when people call them out on their bullshit." I say pissed.
"You really care for the innocent people?" She asked and I nod.
"I really do, I cared for my brother Jesus very much, and people say I want to battle him in Armageddon when my child is to be born and he comes back, but I will never hurt my brother who died for our father, who forgave those people…. He was a good man not because he was god's son, but because he wanted people to have a clean slate to turn their life around after they killed him…. And you mortals ruined it all by pulling stupid stunts and allowing it to happen." I tell her truthfully.
"People defending murderers, turning to crime and then you mortals don't help each other, you mortals let the homeless freeze to death in an ally way, and I have to punish those poor people because of how they lived their life, I even begged my father to allow them into heaven because those people were casted away by your society left to die and they just wanted a way out or some place warm to be for the night, but no, because they drank their pain away with booze or used drugs to get away from their thoughts of not having a home or family anymore they have to be punished and I have to do my job." I tell her.
"No one goes to heaven clean, they have sins, everyone does even you." I tell her.
"I know that." She says as she looked into her drink and I take a drink of my whisky and pour the last of it in my cup and set the bottle down.
"No one knows who you really are because people painted you as the black sheep, just like people do now to their own…. Racist, sexists, monster of all forms…. that's why I became a detective…. To try and help people, I try but… people don't care, they'll compare me to bad cops, bad black people, bad women, all of it." She says and I nod.
"Well I can tell you one thing, if it were up to me, you'd be going to heaven faster than they will, I know you want to do good, never doubt yourself on that, those who judge should learn that it is not their place to do so…. They aren't my father and they especially aren't me." I say as I finish my drink.
"So, do I still call you Violet?" She asked as she looked me up and down and I chuckled.
"Vincent, at your service." I tell her as I hold my hand out to her and she shakes it and I smile.
"You don't go by Lucifer?" She asked as we let go of our hands.
"I mean you can if that makes things fun, you can call me a beast in the bedroom if you like as well, I'm into Kinky things." I joke and we both laugh and I smiled as I order another bottle of whiskey and we have a few more drinks.
"I once… hit this guy in the face cause he… he tried to use the fact that his uncle was a famous baseball player to try and get into my pants."she tells me as she giggled a bit and I smile.
"I would love to pay money to see that."
"Really?" She asked and I nod.
"Perverts deserve to be punched, to bad I wasn't there to do it."
"Why is that?" She asked.
"…. I have no idea." I tell her honestly.
"Do you ever have feelings for someone? I mean you lived for so long." She says and I look at her.
"I did once for a mortal." I tell her.
"What happened?"
"She acted like all Mortals do, she cheated on me, but sadly she passed on…. Was murdered actually and she never went to hell…. I have no clue where she's at." I tell her.
"I'm sorry."
"Don't be, besides she's been gone for a long time now and I've gotten over it." I tell her as I take another drink.
"You've had so much to drink… can you even get drunk?" She asked and I smiled.
"If I have more yes I will be intoxicated, I have a really high tolerance to alcohol." I tell her as we look at the four empty bottles of whiskey I mostly drank. We both laughed again and I smile at this.
"So Mr. High tolerance to alcohol…. You ever think you'll fall for another mortal?" She asked.
"Who says I haven't already?" I asked her, She looked at me and I smiled at her.
"Would you tell?" She asked.
"No, well One day maybe." I say.
"Would you have married her?" She asked and I think.
"Thought about it, never went through it good thing I didn't." I tell her as I drink again.
"So the devil believes in marriage?" She asked.
"Well I never denied marriage or anything, I just don't think that your society thinks about it the way I do."
"And what do you think marriage is?" She asked and I think.
"two people that love each other enough to spend the rest of their lives together, have a family and be happy and to." I went quiet.
"To?" she asked and I looked at her my face falling a bit.
"To make each other happy… to make memories together to provide for their children and to love them with all their heart… to love their family as if that was their own even if they don't agree with who you married or the family of their child's partner… to make sure you even help them with dirty dishes once in a while, have romantic date nights if possible." I rant.
"You would make someone really happy."
"No… no not really."
"Why not?"
"… I am not the right person to marry."
"Because you're the devil."
"Not just because of that."
"Then what else?"
"… I've told you that people blame me for their sins…. They'd think I stole that mortals' chances in heaven… in that one story where I apparently stole the one mortal away, but instead she wanted to stay with me?" I asked and she nods.
"There are people that shun her, for wanting to stay but in that story, I was kind, right?" I asked and she nods.
"And yet they shunned her for her choice to stay." I mumble.
"You'd think people would shun your partner and children?" She asked and I nod.
"They would shun my family because I get one chance of love and a family…. My children would be shunned just for being part of who I am…. When they didn't ask to be born from my blood line…. They would be hated and I would." I stopped.
"Go on."
"I would kill anyone that made my children feel that way, that would make my family feel ashamed for being with me." I say and break my glass in anger which made her flinch.
"Sorry."
"It's ok… you'd really do anything for your family wouldn't you?" She asked and I nodded.
"I'd love my family, I'd cherish them, I would make sure that…. That they get the love the deserve and any bastard or bitch that tried to make them feel bad would suffer for doing so." I tell her.
"The people that do that to my family would suffer." I repeated as I take a breath and I look at the whiskey on the counter and I look around to see the bar empty except for me and Clementine. So I get up and hop over the counter and grabbed another bottle of whiskey and Clementine giggled a bit as I offered her another drink and she refused and I shrugged as took a drink strait from the bottle and I lean on the counter.
"Don't worry about the tab you've accumulated it's all on the house, even this." I say holding the bottle.
"Thank you, but I'll pay my tab."
"No don't worry, please it's not a deal with the devil." I joked and she looked at me.
"Are you sure?" she asked and I nodded.
"Of course, I'm sure, if I'd make a deal with you, I'd want my favor immediately." I say as I smirk at her.
"Fine, but I'm going to pay the next tab ok?" she asked and I nodded as I poured her another glass and I look at her.
"Though to be fair I wouldn't let you pay the tab to begin with, your drinks would always be free." I tell her.
"That's very kind of you." She says and I smile at her.
"Thank you, see even the devil can be nice." I joke as we drink again.
"What would that favor be that you mentioned?" She asked and I smirked.
"A night in bed with me would be great." I tell her bluntly.
"You really want to sleep with me huh?" She asked.
"Truly yes, I would, but I would respect your decision of not wanting to…. I would be sad but hey." I admit.
"Very respectful and honest…. I like that in a partner."
"Really? What else do you like or desire?" I asked as I looked into her eyes, to get her to say something but again nothing. It intrigued me a bit but also bothered me.
"Wouldn't you like to know?" She asked and I nodded and looked down.
"I would." I tell her honestly.
"Why?" She asked.
"It's my job to know what people desire the most in their life but I can never get to know yours."
"Oh, so you can't get me to admit what I truly want to do in my life." She says and I nod.
"And I don't know why."
"Interesting." She says and I chuckled.
"Well I guess we're going to be playing a little game correct?" I asked and she nods and I smile as I make a toast to her little game.
"Cheers to the game." She says and I smiled.
"Cheers." I drink a bit and smile at her.