"Okay, so is it true that your birthday is October 31st?" she asks
"Haha, no."
"Really? When is it then?"
He puts his finger to his chin "Nobody was really keeping time when I was created, so I'm not really sure." He grins at her "I was never 'born' either, so it's a bit of a moot point. When's your birthday?"
"November 1st," she answers "I was born in 1997."
"Wait, what year is it on Earth?"
"Well, it was 2024 when I died so…"
"Golly! That's it? It feels like it's been an eternity!"
"Well, that is an eternity to us!" Voe laughs
She had been spending a bit of time with Lucifer since he had consoled her the week before. She was in his tower now, just getting to know him a bit better, trading information about each other.
"Is your hat your crown?"
He glances back at his top hat on the desk "Yeah, kind of. It has a crown in it."
She gets giddy "Can I wear it?"
"Sure!' He hands it to her and she squeals all excited
She takes the hat and places it on her head, taking selfies with it on.
"You wanna take a picture?"
"You want to take a picture? With me?" he seems shocked and caught a bit off guard
"Fuck yeah! Come here!" she reaches for him and he comes into the frame of her camera "Okay let's do silly faces." They make funny eyes and stick their tongues out, laughing at themselves the whole time
"Can we do cutesy pictures?" He asks
"Of course King!" She presses her face against his face and they both do cute little smiles, he blows a raspberry against her cheek while she laughs when a knock is heard at the door
"Come in!" Lucifer calls
It's Charlie. She comes in sounding bright as ever "Hey Dad I just wanted to see if you-" She stops in her tracks, retreating into herself "Hey Voe."
"Hey," she waves at the Princess
Lucifer sits up straight "What did you need sweetie?"
"I just wanted to see if you wanted to hang out or talk, but I see that you're busy so I'll-"
"No no, me and Ducky were just finishing up."
"Ducky?" Charlie questions while Lucifer blushes
Voe stands "That's me. I suppose I can head out. Bye Luci," she bats her lashes at him going to walk out "Oh!' She takes the hat off of her head and hands it to Charlie "Put that back please?" exiting the room.
She takes the elevator down to the parlor, where Angel, Niffty, Husk, and Alastor are occupying the space. Occupying the same space, but all doing separate things. She heads over to Angel, who's lying on the couch texting on his phone.
"Hiya,"
"'Sup?"
"Just editing these pictures."
"Don't make 'em too bright,"
She snorts "That's a rookie's mistake. I'm a pro."
"Okay pro," he smiles, his gold tooth shining in the parlor light "What's the picture of?" She tilts her phone over to show him the photo "Is that Lucifer? When was you taking pics with the big dick in charge?"
Voe smirks "Just a few minutes ago, then Charlie came up and-"
"Interrupted you 'bout to get dick from the big dick?"
Voe turns pinkish and pushes the spider "Uhh no!"
"Mhmm, I know how you get down dollface."
Niffty crawls into her lap "Can I see Mommy?"
Angel raises his brow, Voe whispers "I don't know, she just started calling me that." She puts the phone in front of Niffty
"Ooo, look at his claws! *Rawr*" Niffty bares her little claws
"Real close to your neck toots"
"Okay, it's not even all that." Voe rolls her eyes
Angel seems very unconvinced, pursing his lips and squinting his eyes.
She turns to the kitchen where Alastor is focused on yet another meal "What you cookin' today Bucky?"
"Something casual," Alastor responds "Just spaghetti."
"Better not be breaking the noodles," Angel says vaguely threatening
"What's wrong with breaking the noodles?" she asked him, now rubbing Niffty's hair.
Angel looks at her disgusted "Everything,"
"Such as?"
"I don't even wanna talk about it,"
She shrugs "I just assumed you would break the noodles. Like, does everyone not break them?"
"I can't believe this. W-what am I hearing?"
"You break the noodles Bucky?"
"Of course my dear."
Angel covers his ears "I'm living in a hotel of heathens!"
Voe looks around "Everyone I've ever known or seen cook spaghetti has broken the noodles. I mean, how else would you fit them in the pot?"
"You're supposed to boil the bottom and then push the rest in!"
"How do you know when to do that?"
"You keep watching it!" Angel curls up into a ball "This conversation is painful!"
Voe shrugs "Maybe it's just a Black person thing." She turns around toward Alastor "Are you Black?" Voe asked the Radio Demon, getting microphone feedback in response. The others stare at her "What?"
"Hey! How would you feel if someone asked you if you were Black?" Angel chimed in
"I'd feel fine, and I'd answer. Because I am Black."
"Really? I thought you were Italian like me."
"Okay, first me being Italian would not preclude me from being Black, and second, why does everyone think I'm Italian?" she pinches her fingers together
"First of all, your hand gestures, second of all your accent."
"I'm just from New York!"
"Hey me too!"
"That doesn't matter!" She turns back to Alastor "Are you Black?"
Alastor's brain doesn't know how to process that question, so he is frozen in place while Voe sits and waits for an answer.
"Hey." She goes up to him to make sure he hears her. "Are you?"
He turns to face her, his smile static and unnerving "Why?" his eyelid is twitching
"Well, you're a Louisiana boy, and you said that your mom made that jambalaya recipe, and you speak French. And also you break the noodles"
"So?" Angel asked from the couch
Voe turns to acknowledge him "So…that sounds like a recipe for a Creole." She turns back to Alastor "Are you?"
"N-no," he lies
Voe watches him for a few moments after he answers. She does not believe him but does not press him, as she can finally sense his unease with the question, and decides to get more information later.
"So what exactly does it mean to be an Overlord?"
Voe stood in the parlor in front of her mounted smartphone and waited for the audience to give her responses.
be a bad bitch
be Bomb
be powerfll
"Well, that can't be it. 'Cuz if that was it, I'd already be one!" She tosses her hair back over her shoulder.
the Vs are overlords
yeah!
true true
"Oh, they are, are they?" Voe strokes her chin with her index finger "But like, what does that mean?"
being an overlord is about owning souls mamas
"Owning souls? Is that why Velvette asked me to sign away ownership of mine?"
you work for velvette? no wayyyy
i wish she owned my soul :(
tbh i'd give you my soul if you asked
"Wait," she acknowledges the last comment "You'd give me your soul? Just like that? You wouldn't want anything for it?"
hell yea!
fuck yes
i'd get to see that ass evryday that's enuf for me
Voe ponders a bit more "Wait, so how many of you would want me to own you if I was an Overlord?"
Lots of commenters sent in hand emojis, indicating that they would want to be owned by her. She smirked at the thought of gaining that kind of power.
back in the day you had to kill other overlords
that's what the radio demon did
he was killin' all them bitches!
"So, Alastor is an Overlord?" She leans into the camera to read the comments
yeah!
he's like the most powerful one
NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
that's debatable
i think the vees are btter tbh
"Okay, you guy's spelling mistakes are driving me mad!" she huffs in frustration
BITCH GOT HIS ASS KICKED :P
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
REMEMBER THAT SHIT?
YOOOOOOOO
"What are you talking about?" She asked the live
yooo she got here after the whole shit with extermination day!
"Extermination day? What the fuck?! Explain, now"
BASICALLY EXTERMINATION DAY IS WHEN HEAVEN COMES DOWN AND KILLS US LIKE EVERY YEAR, SO WE DON'T LIKE OVERPOPULAT E OR WHATEVER
AND LAST EXTERMINATION DYA RADIO DEMON FOUGHT THE LEADER OF THE ANGELS
adam
YEA ADAM
and adam kicked his ass
HE RAN AWAY LIKE A PUSSY
"Um, ew gendered language. And oh, this is not something I knew. I love all the tea being spilled tonight." She pretends to drink from a teacup
NAH HE WEAK FR
tbh you could prolly kick his pussy ass
"Well, I don't wanna fight him. I don't really fight men." she leans back from the camera "I destroy them from the inside." she clenches her fist with evil intent in her eyes. "Wait, if he's an Overlord though, does that mean he owns souls?"
FUCK YEAH
he owns mad souls
HIS BITCH ASS OWNS ME
Voe sits and ponders this new information. If Alastor is an Overlord and had this much power at his disposal, why was she given so much leeway?
"Does he get like really rampage-y when he's mad?"
hell yeah
can't believe you've been there all this time and haven't heard all this stuff
THIS BITCH BEEN UNDER A ROCK
he use to rip peoples souls apart and put them on his radio broadcast
"Ohhh, that's why he's called the Radio Demon. Okay, that makes way more sense, because I deadass thought it was because y'all knew man's was obsessed with radio and old 1920s-looking shit and I'm like how did y'all figure that out? Like, did he tell y'all that? Like why would he tell y'all that?"
wait wym girl?
nah do tell
1920s shit like what?
"Oh, like obviously he's obsessed with radios, but like he won't let Charlie update the TV, even though he's not the one that has to watch it. I'm like 'Girl stand up for yourself!', but she don't. He also gets mad when he sees other people using their phones. Like, how you mad that other people are enjoying tech after 1930? Like, we not making you use it. And he still looks at me sideways when I talk about being an influencer. He told me 'that's not a real thing', like obvi, it is!" She starts laughing as she remembers something "BRUH, guys like a few weeks ago, he saw my speaker, which looks like this," she lifts her speaker into the camera " and was like 'that's not a speaker, it is a box with small holes in it.' and I'm like 'no?' and I stood there and explained to this GROWN ASS MAN how Bluetooth works, and when I was done, he looked at me like this." She tilts her head to the side and opens her eyes wide to an exaggerated degree, to look stupid "like his brain didn't work or something" She starts cackling and clapping at how amused she is with herself.
girl
GIRL
oooo you in trouble lmao
BITCH WATCH OUT!
NAH WE BOUT TO SEE THE TUMBLE OF THE CENTURY XD
"Hmm?" her laughter dies down, she raises a brow "What?"
Alastor clears his throat behind her, and she turns to meet his gaze. "If you have something to say, my dear, say it to me. Not to your little 'fans' on your little picture box."
"Well, the thing I'm recounting was a conversation we had, so it's not like you were unaware of it. Or did you forget?" She crosses her arms "Fossil,"
Alastor widens his eyes, surprised at her boldness, given the things he knew about her. This was the direction she wanted to take their relationship in? After the things he'd seen?
"My dear, did we forget your bout of tears because I did not want you touching me?"
A blush rises up her neck "I told you I wasn't crying. And that's not even why I was upset."
"Really? And why were you so upset? Apparently, you cried to Lucifer? Or so I've heard."
"I was upset because you're an ass, and I didn't cry to Lucifer. He just happened to be there. Why does it matter to you anyway? Why are you keeping tabs on me? Why do you need to know what I'm up to and who I'm with hmm?"
"Why do you need to talk about me?"
"I don't. My viewers just brought you up, and I told them something that I thought was funny. You can relax Bucky, you are not the center of the universe."
Alastor looks at her full of condescension, and dissipates into shadows. Voe turns back to her still going live. "Yeah, trot along deer boy."
girl i was already planning your funeral
I THOUGHT WE WAS GONNA LOSE U :'(
see? pussy
"Okay, I'm still not liking the gendered language," she speaks to the screen
"Who is it?"
"It's me!" Voe opens the door, leaning in "Ducky," she bites her lip, teasing him before entering
Lucifer slaps his forehead "I cannot believe I said that in front of Charlie."
"Me either, but I'm owning it. I'm a cute little duckling." She laughs sitting down next to him "What's up on the agenda Your Majesty?'
"I told you, you can just call me Lucifer," his eyes are kind and soft
"I know, but I like the power dynamics involved." she makes her eyes seductive
Lucifer's neck turns red and he loosens his tie slightly "I'm just sorting all my rubber ducks." he tells her
"Hmm," She reaches over him for his top hat, and the blush rises further up his throat. She places the hat on her head "I love this thing,"
He stares at her and sighs, smiling. He blinks regaining his thoughts "Did you want to see them?"
"The ducks? Sure!"
He gestures to his creations, she starts touching them. He clears his throat "I saw your live by the way. Good job, standing up for yourself,"
Voe widens her eyes "The King of Hell watched my live?"
He laughs "Yeah! I've been watching them since I met you!"
"Wow, I am honored!" She smiles really big and it's sweet
"Oh c'mon, it's not anything more special than us sitting here and talking."
"I'm honored for that too."
He waves her off "It's nothing."
"No," she touches his hand "I really am honored. I'm being serious. You're the King of Hell, who knows what important stuff you have to be doing. Including making these ducks! But you took the time to console me when I was upset. I mean, I'm pretty important, but compared to a King? It really means a lot to me. Thank you."
Lucifer's eyes are watery while listening to her, but he scrambles to hide it when she looks back up at him
"Is this a Charlie duck?" She holds up one that looks like his daughter
He blushes "Um, yeah. I made it for her, but haven't found the right time to give it to her."
She looks through them further "And Vaggie!"
Lucifer mumbles under his breath "Oh, Vaggie"
"Here's Niffty, and Husker, How did you make one of Angel? And-" she looks back at Lucifer with wide eyes and a laugh dancing on her lips "Is this Alastor?"
Lucifer's blush takes over his whole face "I make them when I'm feeling intense emotion."
"Wow, I've never seen a rubber duck look murderous before. Oh-" she picks up a little stick "Is this its tiny cane?" She laughs in delight "These are amazing. You have to make me one, please. I will pay you."
"Oh no no no, definitely not. If I make you one, it's on the house."
She moves closer "Not if Lucifer, when. You are going to make me a rubber duck that looks like me." She walks her fingers up his chest and pulls on his bowtie "Understand?"
He swallows "Yes ma'am."
"That's right, be a good boy for Ducky." she winks