Our Moments:
First month at the hotel was Joan and Michael adjusting to a schedule the hotel ran on. Learning about random bonding activities Charlie usually hosted. Some were used to build bonds of trust while others were team bonding. Family style meals with everyone chipping in setting the table to cook. Sometimes Alastor, Lucifer, or Elanye did the majority of meal prep. All took place in the communal areas throughout the hotel.
"We also reach out to the community," Hephzibah further explained, "Where we past out fliers and try to find souls that want to be redeemed."
"As you go out and interact with violent souls about the idea of redemption?" Joan asked her.
"Not like they're pouring in," Zon placed a trey down, "Besides our current one."
Having eyes of the former angel he took commands from stare at him. Didn't make him flitch as he poured tea and put down a 3- tier dessert stand. Sighing when he noticed what Hephzibah was wearing over her uniform.
"We have talked about your attire," Zon pointed out the sportswear set Hephzibah was in, "Alastor will not approve."
Crop top hoodie with a sports bra and drawstring shorts with lengthy socks and sneakers. Al came in a black- n- red coloring with rose prints. Ponytail she wore her hair high pitched through use of an elastic band.
"It's more comfortable than that suit." She was ready to argue.
"Don't say I didn't warn you," Zon pulled away, "Have a nice day."
Hephzibah ended up scratching her unnamed leopard behind one of his ears. Drew out a loud purr from her when she started to nuzzle her side. Showing that the giant cat lay right beside her right on the sofa. Where Micheal ended up dismissing Joan for the rest of the day. Which she accepted since she had a rooftop garden to check out. Waiting for her to be completely out he heard danger when Micheal woke.
"Does she have a name?" Micheal asked out of curiosity.
"Never got around to naming her," Hephzibah recalled, "My untimely death did that. Why ask?"
"Way you two get along." Micheal found his anxiety melting away just being in leopard's presence.
"Due to her being my familiar," She pointed out, "Want to pet her?"
She and her leopard made room for Micheal on the same sofa for him to seat. Which he found himself accepting after the morning he spent with Angel Dust. Patience he had toward Angel Dust when he first interacted with him. Left him intrigued and what kind of changes this sinner had. As he earned a pur when he was allowed to run his fingers through the leopard's fur.
"Do you all do any physical activity outside the hotel?" Michael thought to ask, "Besides what you and your cousin do."
"I jog with my leopard," She sat back in her seat, "Hard to find someone other than Corbin, Vaggie, or Uncle Luci. That can keep up with us through or around Pentagram City."
Led to Micheal becoming her jogging partner when she was running errands for Charlie. Micheal wasn't really bothered when the leopard killed a random sinner. Not that Hephzibah couldn't handle herself in a defensive way. She proved when she used combat magic and hand- n- hand combat to disarm. Left her taking their weapon and leaving them beaten up.
"Melas," Micheal suggested names for her leopard, "Melano."
"Wait a second." She disappeared into swirl of water molecules along side of her leopard before Micheal'a eyes.
He was joined by Elanye after she got dropping the twins off with their nanny and tutor after one her magic lessons. She kept her distanced when she took in fitted shirt, sweats, and footwear he wore. Also taking in the scars not even Lucifer was aware his twin had on his person.
8*8
Once a week for the past six years, Corbin always met with Octavia for coffee within the rings. Meeting at random locations that made a decent cup was adventure. The two texted each other with a location to show up and wait for the other. Place that was chosen this week was located in the Lust Ring. Name alone had Corbin trying to not laugh when he showed up.
"Ok," He said to his gray wolf, "She wins this around."
Eye roll he got from Laiki over the joke he was trying to make left her to huff at him. He understood and ended up making their way inside for usual order. Eyes that got from imp and hellspawn demons that weren't scared off. They made space for him and Laika to walk to the front corner.
"One Frozen Tropical Citrus Ice with Strawberry Puree, one Jade Citrus Mint Brewed Tea, and a small cup of ice." He ordered.
He ended up posing for pictures for some brave enough to ask after payment and waiting for his order. Which wasn't long as he carried his order to a two person table. Laiki took up a lying position under the table as he lay the cups down. Followed by the small cup of ice being laid next to her just when Octavia arrived.
"How much I owe and looks like I am on time." She took a seat.
"On me and how is your babysitting gig going?" He recalled.
"Keeps me busy while my Uncle is copping." She laughed.
Seems in the last 6 years, another scandal among the Ars Goetia swarm the media pages. Seems Stella's older son had an ongoing affair of his own with an imp named Jesse. Full colored photos of them making out in the corner of the lust and pride rings. Usual insults about what Andrealphus was thinking about how it ran in the family. Resulted in the creation of hybrid children, an older boy named Daren and a younger girl named Fiona. Carried the full appearance of Ars Goetia with red coloring their feathers.
"Daren is a total bookworm and Fiona isn't taking etiquette lessons," Octavia bragged about them, "Thanks again for those suggestions."
"Anytime since gives me a chance to share what I know." He shrugged.
"How is the last of your training with Leviathan going?" She asked.
Corbin ended up opening his backpack to pull out two books that Leviathan gave him during a visit with his family. He pulled the Hymns of the Deep and Codex of the Waves to show her. Which she couldn't believe a sin granted to a mere human soul like Corbin when he told her story behind them.
"My aunt was given a choker made of braided black cord with sea glass and shells with a single tooth from a female Leviathan." He spoke of the necklace Elanye got.
"Your family is so lucky." Octavia lightly slammed her fisted hands on the table's edge.
"We only remember what the world forgot." He answered.
He spoke of the knowledge the living world forgot once automobile and electrical energy took over their world. Stopped fearing or be cationous of laid beyond by making jokes in a dismissive manner.
"How are classes coming along and that new hotel guest?" She asked about Baxter.
"He questions every little thing, doesn't take to Charlie's activities well, and keeps having these outrageous requests." He lists.
"What is the weirdest one?" She had to know.
"Wanted to conduct a series of experiments on my aunt and me," He sipped from his drink, "How we are able to fly on broomsticks."
She tried to not laugh when he described Baxter had kinds of machines and mentoring devices. Between a wind speed that checks if they were harnessing a wind current to their control. Endless list of the questions about the spell they used to the importance of decoration on broom's pole.
"My aunt has a meteor fragment, hephzibah has a ribbon made from harpy feathers, and I've got a mixture of things on mine," He spoke of the items everyone had, "All used as flying aids."
"He does know magic is a thing?" Octavia asked him.
"More like my aunt is inquiring with my mom in the living world," He recalled a family heirloom she was wanting to know about, "This living alligator bag."
"Actually walks?" Octavia asked.
"Yea," Corbin nods his head, "Whole thing was an enchanted wedding gift between my distant relatives. Husband prepped the skin of a giant alligator to perfect a twisted spell to keep the spirit of an animal bond. After he turned it into a travel bag with original legs as a wedding gift for a witch he took as his wife."
"Wicked." Octavia saw story as romantic.
Corbin laughed at Octavia's interest toward anything animal related led back to how he learned of her interest in taxidermy. She took him to her favorite shop that sold hell beasts down in these weird positions.
"You have to send me pictures," Octavia insisted, "Deal?"
"Not going to request one?" He asked.
"Break our promise to never dopple in that form of magic?" She reminds him, "Hell no."
8*8
Elanye ended up sneezing when she landed after showing Luncian and Samae flight magic. The way their eyes just lit up when shown a simple spell channeled. Through a broomstick their mother had, the two were VERY excited.
"Any questions?" She went on to ask them.
Up went their little arms to be chosen by their mother and ask a million and one questions. She ended up answering each one from sitting positions to how high they should fly. Left Zon to be demonstrated with his newly mended wings. Which left the two to take flight with their own wings. Revealing the gradual color of their feathers from white on to black. Luncian's wings came with two bigger ones and a second set of smaller ones. Samae's wings were the same size in lower and upper. Not such a huge wing span since their wings had a long ways to grow.
"Good luck with them," She wished Zon, "Fact you gave me back mine I'll forever be in your debt."
He ended up taking over the lesson of flight for her over his two newest charges. Now accepting their lack of strength in their muscles or undeveloped wings. Had her sitting down to rest watch them on a nearby bench.
"Want some company?" Owner of a black tail with spikes that end in a triangular tip with a red heart at the center came into her line of sight.
"Thought you had a meeting with the sins?" She greeted him.
"Everyone had to attend to their kid," He happily looked up, "Wasn't it just yesterday they were leaping off the top shelf."
"We were catching them." She reminded him.
Right beside her Lucifer went with head resting on her shoulder and eyes still on their children. He started to share with her stories of when he started to fly as a newbie Angel. His older brother encouraged each flap or inch he took when he entered the sky.
"I lost focus when I got high enough into the sky and used a parachute," Elanye stated, "My step- father saved me from the fall."
"You know," Lucifer recalled, never meeting him in Bolgia 4, "What he likes?"
"Was a natural exorcist with Damascus steel guns," She recalled, "Handled the ugly side of Bloodmarch family business."
Lucifer dare not ask Elanye any more about her step- father and his tools. Being that he found himself tugging at the collar of his shirt.
"I think I did meet him back on your grandfather's ranch, Lucifer recalled, a tough sort with a real cowboy look, "Thought he was a ranch hand."
"So it just comes from a branch of demons that eat human souls." Elanye's answer made him go wide eyed.
"What?" Lucifer got a tad worried.
"Luci, Don't worry," Elanye assured him, "He and my mother never had ANY children, he adopted Wywave and me beside a son he had from a previous relationship," She stated, "My step- brother adopted instead of having biological children."
"Had me worried there." Lucifer sighed out of relief.
When he got a kiss on the cheek from her that goofy grin appeared across his face for her. His tail zigzagged from those black apple colored lipstick touched his cheek.
"I thought having any kind of demonic trait would be a good thing?" She teased.
"Never been a fan of the one," Lucifer shared, "You and I both. My step- father always said we were enough for him."
"So a step- brother?" Lucifer wiggled his brows.
"Mated to a spiritual warrior," She tried to recall, "Their adopted a daughter, who married an unorthodox priest with exorcist training."
"What a colorful family you have." Lucifer loved what he heard.
"Bloodmarch bloodline is a mixture of outcasts," She happily sighed, "Stories I could tell."
Lucifer took her hand when she didn't know where to start since most of them lived throughout hell. They still hadn't explored since she been busy as a mother and Lucifer's companion.
"Maybe we can take the kids and meet them?" Lucifer asked her.
"Which kids?" She asked him.
Corbin was living with them while attending college as Hephzibah worked at the hotel and was a delivery girl. Luncian and Samae were on an academic path in magic and everyday education through tutors.
"Nothing wrong with a little fun." He shook his tag and tongue.