Author's note: Aaaaaaand 2 chapters in 1 day, kinda as a way to make up for not being able to upload one yesterday, still not sure what was causing that issue.

But yea, writing the banter between characters in this one was allot of fun.

Chapter 23:

Playing dollhouse

The hazbin hotel, pride ring, hell:

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"And these are the other guest rooms. As you can see, more and more patrons have been checking in lately since the fight with Adam" princess Morningstar eagerly spoke as she led some of the new sinners on a little tour through the hotel.

Flanking the demon belle on either side were her father, Lucifer, the king of hell himself and on the other side, the overlord known as Ashley, the anarchy demon.

"Can I just say? It does me good to hear someone as influential as yourself is giving my daughter her full support" The king spoke up as Ashley smiled "Hey of course sir. I mean, I was kicked out of heaven, who is to say it can't happen the other way around? Might very well be possible, who knows?"

She then turned to the princess "Speaking of which, Charlie, any word from our feathery "friends" up there?" Putting the "friends" part between air-quotes.

Charlie would shrug "Well, Emily said she had exciting news but that it'd be better to share it with us in person" to which Lucifer added "Yes, so next week, we'll be meeting her and Sera in the heaven embassy face to face, no fancy holograms like last time"

When the high seraphim was mentioned, Ashley would give a devious chuckle "Hehe, well if you see tall dark and sexy, tell her Ashley said hi, and let me know how she squirmed" which made Charlie a tad uncomfortable "I really don't think that's a good idea, Ashley"

The anarchy overlord would shrug "Hey don't look at me, she's the one who kicked me out for a compliment. Let me have my fun"

Lucifer would pinch the bridge of his nose "Never thought I'd find myself agreeing with a sinner, but Ashley is right. Her offense wasn't even that big of a deal, Sera WAAAAAY over-reacted….typical…."

"Amen to that, sir" she responded as she gave him the fingerguns.

Vaggie would be awaiting them around a corner, seemingly having picked up on their conversation "Well it wasn't just Emily's news, Sera had some important matters to discuss as well. She looked rather serious"

Lucifer would chuckle "Uhm…doesn't she ALWAYS look that way, Maggie?" to which the anarchy overlord, the princess AND the former exorcist would speak up in unison "It's Vaggie!"

Lucifer would wince and smack himself on the forehead "Aw shit, messed it up again, I even practiced" as he looked at the fellow fallen angel with an awkward smile "I'm sorry Mag-ERM…I mean, Vaggie, I'll get it right first try one of these days"

Vaggie would chuckle as she patted her father-in-law on the shoulder "It's alright, sir, you're trying, that's most important, right? You can't do more then your best after all"

Lucifer would respond "Oh no no no, none of that "sir" stuff, you're my daughter's girlfriend, As far as I'm considered, you're family, Just call me Lucifer." As he gave her a hug that was maybe just a "little" too tight.

By now, they had arrived back in the lobby. Lucifer decided to just plop down on one of the sofas and observe the scene as Vaggie had quickly gone to work at the front desk, assigning the new arrivals their rooms as Angel Dust was currently at the bar, deeply engrossed with Husk, his bestie Cherrie Bomb and Nifty in what seemed to be a game of poker.

"FULL HOUSE! Behold and weep!" The cat demon grinned as he smacked down his cards on the bar before raking in a pile of poker chips as Angel threw his cards to the ground "HEY that's not fair, you CHEATED" Nifty laid down her own cards while eagerly yelping "UNO"

This would cause the spider demon and bartender to look each other in the eye before erupting in laughter, Cherrie quickly joining in as she patted the short maid on the head "Wrong game, squirt, but I love your enthusiasm" to which Frank, the remaining eggboy would respond "You tell her, miss Bomb"

After a few playful, teasing jabs between him and Husk, Angel would flag down Charlie and the others "Hey toots, don't know if ya heard the latest news? It's kinda a big fucking deal"

Vaggie would speak up from the other end of the lobby "Oh? What's new?" While Charlie, Lucifer and Ashley approached the pornstar as Cherrie Bomb would eagerly give him a playful punch in the shoulder "Oh fuck yea, tell 'em Angie"

"Apparently voxtech released a statement that going forward, collaboration with Velvette will seize. Whatever projects they were working on before will be wrapped up to completion but as of today, it'll just be Vox and Val now" The pornstar spoke up.

This caused some raised eyebrows and another few sinners to gasp as Ashley spoke up "Hold up, wind back a minute…..VELVETTE LEFT THE VEES?!"

Cherrie pulled out her phone "Apparently. It's all over sinstagram" as she held up her phone, showing the news feed going insane, followed by some posts from the short fashionista herself confirming the rumors.

By now, Vaggie had finished her work as she joined the others "Wait, weren't the 3 of them thick as thieves?" as Husk would respond "Apparently not as much as we initially thought. Caused quite a stir-up too, now that Velvette will be going solo as a stand-alone overlord" As he pulled a bottle from…."somewhere?" and took a few healthy gulps.

"She posts online they were a "bad influence on her" and that she'll be taking shit into a new direction" Angel stated, to which Vaggie asked "Why are you even following her?"

Angel would shrug "I aint. She "kinda" has dominion over hell's social media, you can't exactly avoid her"

Letting her curiosity get the better of her, Charlie pulled out her own phone and hopped online, scrolling through the feed "Hu…..she also seems to be wanting to distance herself from her whole #BITCH" branding"

This caused an annoyed sigh from the anarchy overlord "Ya really believe this hogwash, Charlie? It's fucking VELVETTE we're talking about. Dunno, something here smells fishy"

"Maybe close your legs then, toots" Angel dust jokingly jabbed, to which Ashley would quip back at him with "Now listen here you little shit…." Tho from her entire demeanor, it was clear the shark and the spider were just bantering with each other.

This back and forth went on for a while, causing many laughing sprees from the others in the lobby as the 2 of them might as well have been a comedy duo, that is, until there was a knock at the door.

"I'll get it" Charlie eagerly sang as she bounced towards the door and opened it "Hello and welcome to the hazbin ho-….." she froze in surprise.

"…VELVETTE?!"