Vaggie looked at the hourglass in the distance … so close to the next extermination. So close to everything going to shit. Less than two months left until Heaven would come down again to purge. This wouldn't be a simple extermination… an angel, a fucking angel, died, and Heaven would never allow that to go unpunished. Everyone in Hell would be in danger… she doubted even Charlie would be safe from Heaven's wrath this year.

It terrified her to imagine what Sera would do to make sure Lucifer himself couldn't stop the absolute genocide of every ring in Hell. If they weren't worried about killing a live human in hell without even a chance for a chance at an afterlife, then who knew just how brutal and deprived they'd get.

"Sssssso Msssss. Charlie." Pentious dragged Vaggie out of her negative thoughts. "What'sssss on the itinerary today?"

"Given the actual progress we made, today's a free day. Feel free to relax however you see fit." Charlie smiled. "OTHER than vices and sins." She clarified.

"Shoot, and the orgy I had planned to hold in the living room would've had cake." Angel Dust snickered as he laid out on the couch. "I suppose a small one in my room will have to suffice."

"You better be joking." Vaggie glared.

"Relax Vagina, I am." He chuckled as he sucked on a popsicle. "I need to rest for tomorrow. Val wants me to try this new waterboarding kink he's into and I'd rather have my energy."

"Is that a kink?" Husk questioned. "I'm pretty sure it's a form of militia torture outlawed in most countries."

"And we're immortal. Do the math." Angel Dust shrugged. "Stay down here long enough and anything can become a kink. Like how Nifty has a kink for killing small animals."

"Not inaccurate, although calling it sex would imply I want to give them pleasure …" The tiny woman glared at the walls. "I want them to feel only the despair and pain that I feel deep down inside….."

"Are we sssssssure it's only eighty perccccent likely sssssssshe won't kill usssssss?" To be fair, Vaggie was also concerned.

"A free day eh? Maybe I can use the time off to visit Zestial. His library might have a good read or two now residing in its walls." Alastor spoke up in thought. "Or I can make up for the lost time Iruma spent up top and send him out to Wrath and dive down a volcano, both seem equally intriguing, don't you think?"

"Fuck off, Alastor." Charlie growled.

"What she said." Iruma came down the stairs with a yawn, his hair a mess as he wobbled… his hair that was on fire. "Man last night was rough …"

"Iruma… are.. are you alright?" Charlie asked with concern as she pointed to the top of his head. "Your hair-"

"Is on fire, I know." The kid yawned. "It doesn't go out, but it also doesn't burn the stuff around me… occasionally." He said. "Although apparently it does pop like a sparkler when I feel excited."

"Sparkly." Nifty grinned as she roasted one of her stabbed rats near the fiery cowlick.

"So … that's a thing." Vaggie noted. At some point they really needed to get his biology checked.

"Does that mean no more headpats considerin' the heat?" Angel Dust asked.

"Like I said, it's selective." Iruma shrugged as he ran his hand through it.

"I'm … sure this is fine." Charlie nervously smiled.

"Young Suzuki, great timing." Alastor smirked. "Could you please-"

"Graaaaa!" The boy's arm burst out of control, a giant maw biting down on a nearby Angel Dust.

"Hey, hey, hey, watch it!" Angel Dust shouted, frightened. "I thought we cleared our emotional shit!"

The boy blinked, slowly moving back. "Sorry, I … have no idea why I did that."

"Yeah, well, would you please get away-"

"Grrrrrrrr!" The mouth stretched over to the bar and swapped half of it in one bite.

"What the fuck-!" Husk yelled.

"RAAA!" Iruma shouted out … before panting. "Sorry … headache …"

"Huh…" Nifty gained a mischievous grin. "Iruma, please-"

"Grrrrrr!" The mouth moved right towards Nifty's tiny body.

"Finally!"

"Move!" Pentious shoved her out of the way as he got bitten. "Gasaaaaah!"

"Fuck you, that was meant for me!" Nifty shouted, pouting. "Iruma; Pl-"

"Okay that's enough!" Vaggie grabbed the tiny girl and covered her mouth. Luckily the stabbing didn't really hurt given that she was an angel; and it was inconspicuous enough for people to not question anything. "Kid, you alright?"

"Huh?" Iruma asked as he spat out Pentious. "What the-what just happened?

"The fuck's going on here!?" Angel shouted, confused as the others.

"Ah, I think I can comprehend." Alastor smirked. "It seems Blitz and his dear sister broke the boy's brain. With the shouting match two nights ago."

"Shouting match?" Charlie questioned. "You mean when they kept telling him please-"

"Grrrrrr!" Iruma leapt towards Charlie, who simply held him like a baby, rubbing his back and head.

"Sssssh, it's alright, just ride it out."

"Quite so. Too many contradictory commands must have scrambled his noggin. Funny, Blitz did more damage mentally than I could ever dream of. Haha! Definitely a great investment to have the boy stay with them."

"Fuck off Alastor!"

"What she said." Iruma shook his head, blinking. "Wait, how'd I get here? Why's Charlie holding me?"

"So good news. When someone uses a trigger word, you no longer do what they say." Husk spoke up from the broken bar. "Bad news, you now become a rampaging animal again." He frowned at the broken, spilled bottles.

"Ooh..." Iruma nodded as he turned to Angel Dust. "So you know how to use drugs other than snorting them right? I feel like I need to increase the variety."

"We're not going to increase your drug intake!" Charlie shouted protectively. "That alone was an extreme exception I'd rather not exacerbate."

Alastor gave a hum. "Dear Husker, you're a cat. Know any good places to get animal collars?"

"What? Scared the kid's gonna bite you if you can't tighten the leash?" The cat demon sassed.

"Oh no, I'd welcome the excuse to demolish him." He gave that usual overdramatic voice crap before going back to normal. "I just think at this rate we'll have a repeat incident of him demolishing this fine establishment."

"And we just fixed the wall too." Angel Dust shook his head.

"And we are NOT giving him a collar!" Charlie shouted angrily.

"Then I believe your only option is to keep your arms around the boy twenty four seven, unless you think you can convince all of hell to never say those words again."

"Iruma, I beg you-!" Nifty shouted.

"RAAAAAAAA!" He tried to break out of Charlie's hold, his right arm starting to form that holy claw.

"Nifty! Someone get a muzzle for her!" Vaggie shouted as she helped hold Iruma down.

"I'm on it!" Angel Dust tackled the girl, arms holding her down as he … covered her in bondage straps and put a ball gag in her mouth-gross. She began to squirm, her mouth making muffled noises. Everyone stared at him. "Hey, don't judge, just be lucky I'm actually helping out of my own accord here!"

"Alastor, do you have any methods of calming down that don't involve beating?" Vaggie growled.

"Just cannibalism." Alastor cackled as he held up a disembodied leg. "Here you go boy, nice and juicy leg for the raging murder machine you're growing into."

He instantly chomped the entire thing, bone and all, panting. "Ooooookay … feels weird blacking out this much …" The kid blinked. "So... is that just something I have to live with now?"

"It's... it's just something we'll have to figure out how to deal with." Charlie sighed as she placed the kid down. "We were able to work around you going feral at night, so this... this'll just be an extension of it." She poked her hand on the flaming cowlick. "This might have something to do with the excess energy Bee gives off with her lava lamp glow."

"How the fuck does a sin work off excess energy?" Angel Dust asked.

"Property damage mossssstly." Pentious shrugged.

"How about we list something … less destructive." Charlie asked in a hopeful tone.

"I wasssss." The snake nodded. "That isssss the closssessst thing they've done to morally consssstructive when sssstressssed."

"So what you're saying is that I should get a demolition job." Iruma nodded. "I've been around explosives enough that it shouldn't be too much of an issue … how much damage are we talking about?"

"Anywhere between twenty seven and thirty city blocks." Husk shrugged.

"But it's not like anyone important will get hurt. So what if you kill them with that holy sword of yours, you've already killed an angel, you can't get more monstrous than that!"

"He's NOT a monster Alastor!" Charlie yelled.

"He's not really human either, dollface." Angel Dust pointed out, looking serious. "Not anymore at least."

"Charlie." Vaggie groaned. "Not that I'm agreeing with any of these maniacs, but we can't hold him down forever, and he has way too much energy to burn for something as simple as a jog."

"Mhmmmghmgmgmgmghhmgmgmghhhh!" Nifty shouted likely something threatening and sexual from her gagged position.

"It shouldn't be too bad. Everyone close in my life is already pretty good at not saying pl-" Iruma gagged. "Ple-" The kid gagged again. "Those words around me…. Wow, I can't even say them anymore."

"Truly an entertaining day to be had." The radio freak smirked.

"Fuck off Alastor." Charlie sighed, before turning to Iruma. "Well, today is a free day for the hotel, you don't have to do anything you don't need to do."

"Sorry, never been good with just laying around." Iruma nodded. "Not to mention laying around would just build up energy, right?"

"I'll agree if it means you're less likely to go full animal on me again." Angel Dust nodded.

"Besides, I have jobs to do today anyway." Iruma shrugged. "I'm reading again for the Kaiju Klub."

"Honestly surprised more people don't just write them off after hearing an overlord has story time." Vaggie muttered.

"Would you argue against an army of dinosaurs?" Husk pointed out blankly. Eh, not wrong. "Besides, any overlord who's not the Vs or Al is an overlord to respect."

"Truer words have never been spoken." Iruma nodded.

"Careful now, if you slip up and go violent again, I will be looking forward to some discipline."

"And I look forward to actually caring about what you have to say, because I don't." The kid rolled his eyes as he headed out the door.

"… He's getting fun." Alastor grinned with a very concerning cackle.

"Pardon me if you saying that fills me with the urge to hit you." Charlie glared.

"And I'll accept them with a chuckle, princess."

"Just... ignore him like always Charlie." Vaggie patted her girlfriend on the back. "You, more than anyone, need a rest day."

"Right …" An arm wrapped around Vaggie, Charlie sighed. "Come on, let's head to bed then." Oh … well, at least it would be a pleasant afternoon.

"Finally going to prove the existence of your sex life?" Angel snickered.

"I will stab you in the leg." Semi pleasant afternoon with these morons around… but pleasant nonetheless.

Missi Zilla smirked as her crew gathered around the kid for story time again, although this time, there was something else grabbing their attention. "Sooo sparkly..." An iguana demon's eyes glowed as they poked the kid's now on fire cowlick.

"Yeah, it won't go away. Same with my skin tone." The kid mumbled. "Really hard to look human."

"Do you even want to?" A newt demon asked.

"… What?" The kid asked with confusion.

"Do you even want to be a human walking up there?" A pterodactyl demon asked, pointing upward. "Aren't you always saying you've only been happy by being in hell? Isn't that, like the whole character arc of your journey?"

"I mean … I like being down here more for sure, yeah?" The child nodded in contemplation. "But I still wanna … be alive, right?"

"Being alive is for pussies." A gator girl scoffed. "Being alive sucked for over half of us here. It's why we're happy Hell even exists in the first place."

"Yeah, before I was just a normal worthless human skin bag that did pointless work like being a police officer." A salamander rolled their eyes. "Then I came to hell and really started living my life."

"I feel I should question that more but … death still exists." He murmured. "Extermination and holy blades right? Permanent double death?"

"True." Zilla shrugged. "But life and death go hand in hand. If you don't risk and struggle you'll never live, just survive." She patted the kid on the back. "You think being an Overlord was easy? Hell nah. Sure, how you die plays a part in the kind of power you have, but more often than not, we're all on the same playing field. There are those that are content with the fact they've died and can't do anything about it… and then you got those that work to make an actual life in hell, a life that's actually worth giving a fuck about."

"Right … Bee was talking about struggling to be happy." The kid muttered. "… At least I think so, rest of the night got blurry with drinks."

"You know you really gotta bring some beelzejuice when you can." The crocodile sinner groaned. "Pretty please-"

The kid twitched as his body switched into a maw, the top of his head sparkling. "GRAAAA!" He screamed as he chomped down on them.

"Whooaaa….. Kid's got some killer chompers!" A stegosaurus laughed.

"Shiny looking snappers." A gator girl grinned.

The kid pulled back, blinking as he shrunk back down. "Oh … it happened again." He winced. "Sorry."

"Kid, don't be, it's all good." Missi reassured with a chuckle. "It's just a friendly gesture between two animals, nothing serious, right dude?" She turned to the croc sinner.

"Lllll… unnnnng." He cried out from the floor.

"Yeah he'll be fine." She chuckled. "It's hell, they'll regenerate, and short of actually trying to kill him, pretty much anything is free game."

"Oh… Still… I'm sorry it sprang out of nowhere." The kid looked at his arms, frowning. "I'm losing control and blacking out... I don't know what's going on."

"I thought it was just you finally snapping?" One man asked.

"I didn't even know I snapped in the first place." The kid groaned. "All I know is that I need drugs to sleep at night or else I go out like a wild animal, and now I have to worry about going feral every time someone says ple..." The kid looked like he gagged. "Someone uses the trigger."

"Honestly, it doesn't sound too different from what most animal-like sinners go through when they get to hell." Missi shrugged. "Getting used to their new instincts, bodies, temptations, tastes, interests, the whole shebang.

"But … I'm not an animal. I'm human." He tilted his head in confusion.

"Kid, you have fur all over your body, you're turning blue, you got termite-like arms, and you have feathers constantly surrounding you … even you with your naive shtick have to cope with the fact that you ain't human, not anymore." Missi snickered.

The kid sighed. "It was nice while it lasted … so what do I do?"

"What you need … is one night." She grinned. "One night of letting yourself run wild without anyone to tell you what to do. No rules other than the laws of the jungle."

"... So a camping trip?"

"No… a party, animal style." Zeezi laughed. "That's why the Kaiju Klub exists to begin with. Here, being an animal is a requirement. We cater mostly to reptiles, but for the future sin of Gluttony, I think I can make an exception."

"Aah … a party animal style … so chase around prey and stuff like that?"

"Exactly. Full on beast, no ethics holdin' you back." Missi grinned. "We can set it up tonight, you burn off your extra energy, all that jazz. Think of it as an induction party to your new, non-human life."

"Oh … thank you." The kid smiled up, before blinking. "I can bring guests right?"

"Long as they're an animal of some kind, I don't see the big deal."

"Good, cause I probably need to ask someone first before anything else."

Octavia smiled as Iruma came into her room. "Wow, your place is always so pretty, Via-chan."

"Eh, I have a style and I like keeping to it." One upside to being rich was never having to clean her room herself, of course that also meant the imp sergeants occasionally got too handsy with her private stuff. "But it's not as pretty as your little cowlick is now." She gently poked the flaming piece of hair. "It's like a little flaming flower."

"Yeah, although constantly setting things on fire randomly is a bit annoying. I'd prefer if it was just a visual effect only." He noted. "Like my entire body is just doing its own thing without me."

"Pretty sure that's just puberty." Octavia smirked. Like all your thoughts of lavishing him with your hands and poking every inch of his-GAAAAK!

"Stretching your hand again?" Iruma asked. "I can massage it if it's stressed out."

"That would be lovely." She held it out as he grabbed it, he began soothing it. "Oooh, that feels nice."

"Thanks, I've been practicing a bit from how stressed everyone gets." He smiled. "So … how's your dad doing?"

"He… could be better." Octavia sighed. "He's been laying down in his room since he came back from the hospital. Blood donations were able to heal him quickly, but… he still lost a kneecap to an angelic blade… he's not going to be able to walk without a cane from here on out." Only adding to Octavia's hatred of weapons… especially holy weapons and that bitch Carmine.

"I'm sorry about that …" He looked up. "Maybe I could try helping him out? I have experience with limps."

"It's amazing you still want to help so many people even with everything going on with you at the moment." She smiled, kissing his lips gently.

"Thanks." He smiled with a dopey grin as his hair sparkled like a firecracker. "Helping people... it's just what I like to do. Even if I was forced to do it all my life… I still think it's the only logical thing to do with my life. It's like… part of my soul or something like that."

"That's a fun little way to look at it." She chuckled, taking back her hand to wrap it around his body. "So, you wanted to do anything in particular today, or just hang out?"

"Actually … I wanted to ask you a favor." He said. Oh? "You remember how Bee's party went?"

"You mean when that dickhead forced you to come along, you got drunk under false pretenses, got kissed without proper consent or state of mind and woke up with fur and feathers?" Octavia nodded. "Because I remember it vividly."

"Right, I had a feeling you'd still be upset; which is why I wanted to talk to you about this before anything else." Iruma sighed. "So… Missi Zilla invited me to an animal style party tonight at her club, she says it would help me with the whole 'going feral' problem."

"I … was actually kind of busy with my dad recently." Octavia frowned. "What feral problem?"

"Ooh … so you know how when someone says the p word or another trigger I have to do what they say no matter what?" He asked.

"I am aware of that, yes." So many worries and concerns she wanted to help him with.

"Well recently Blitz and his sister kept going back and forth with too many, and now whenever someone says it, I go ballistic like an animal."

"So ... if someone tries to use the trigger, you'll attack them instead of obeying?" Octavia asked.

"From what I keep hearing, yes, I tend to black out whenever it happens."

… This may be the only time she thanks the red asshole for anything. "Well, that's actually good for any time someone wants to take advantage of you."

"Maybe, but I don't want to just randomly attack someone on a slip up or poor choice of words." Iruma nodded. "I mean, what if you one day said it without thinking-"

"I would never say those words to you." She held his hands, staring into his eyes. "You mean too much to me."

"Aww." He smiled. "But still … I don't want to go wild at any time … but if you don't want me going, that's fine too."

Normally she would leave it at that … but her goal was to let Iruma exercise his freedom as much as possible… "Do ... do you want to go?"

"I … just want to not go wild and hurt people again … Alastor's fine, but people like Angel Dust, Moxxie, Charlie, you … it would just feel wrong, you know?" Her boyfriend looked off and sighed. "And I was told I could bring guests, so you and a few others I can bring along to help me not go so… out of control and make a deal and stuff like that. Because... well, if the point is to have fun... I want it to be with you."

He … he really wanted this. And if it was to help him out, then she really didn't have anything to fear or lose either. You know, you could get something out of this too … "Okay … I'll come with you." She accepted with a serious nod.

"Thank you Via-chan-"

"But … I want you to do something first."

"Anything." Iruma smiled with a nod.

You heard him, anything. Shut up, this is perfectly reasonable! It's not like I'm extorting him like dad does with the red dick!

Octavia took in a deep breath ... she was going to do this ... don't let this be weird, don't let this be weird…. "...Bite me..." She blushed.

"... What?" He tilted his head, puzzled.

"You've studied animal behavior, or… lived it, right?" She asked, which he nodded. "Then, when two animals bite each other, it's sometimes as a form of affection…"

"...Oh …oooh…" Iruma held his head. "This is about what happened with Loona, right?"

"A little… I don't hold it against you... or her…" Because you want that sexy dog to bite you too-SHUT UP! "But… I'd... I'd like to experience it too."

"Alright …" He slowly began moving closer, gripping her body with his soft hands as he began climbing her, moving up, their heat shared as he reached her head, slowly lowering himself to match … she could feel his breath on her neck, but he paused. "Are you sure this is alright … hurting you?"

"It won't hurt me… I promise…" Her body twitched with anticipation. "Take it slow…I want to feel every moment of it.

"Okay… I'm going to do this." His mouth opened wide. "Three… two….. one…."

Do it do it do it-!

Shinnmk

His teeth were in her neck.. pressing against her skin and sinking in deep….It… it felt….tantalizing beyond belief. Yes, bite harder, bite harder you sexy little BEEEEP, bite into my BEEEP BEEEP and into BEEEEEEPP BEEEEEP where we can BEEEEEEEEP with tuna casserole and BEEEEEEEEEP...!

She could feel her heartbeat from inside, she could feel every inch of pain and pleasure, she could feel-And he pulled away. "Was that … alright?" He asked with such adorable innocence.

"… Again." Octavia asked immediately.

"I'll take that as a yes." He nodded, reaching down, but pausing.

Noooo! You little tease! You're suppose to be fucking me over-shut up! "Is... is something wrong?"

"Um … you know how you gave me control over if I wanted to date other girls?" Iruma questioned.

"…. Yes…" She slowly nodded. Don't tell her she had to deal with that now … you know, you could totally experience that three way you've always wanted-shut up! We haven't even gone that far yet!

Iruma took in a deep breath. "Well … I wanted to give you something too, since I don't really understand how to progress relationships … when you think we're ready for sex, I'll trust your judgment."

…. You can claim it right now! Right now, it's perfect, he's given consent so we're free to do whatever we want! Do it do it do it you little hungry bitch-! "Thank you for trusting me." Pusssy! I just got him to bite me, I'm not pushing him into sex this soon.

"No problem." He smiled so innocently, before biting down on her neck and making her feel so great.

"Harder… go harder and lick my neck as you do it..." She gasped as she wrapped her legs and arms around his body.

The teeth sunk deeper as his tongue slowly slithered … slithered … she looked down, seeing two tongues emerge from his arm. "Sorry, I don't know what they're doing."

… You claim those tongue tentacles RIGHT NOW BITCH! "It's fine, just keep going." She panted. This was amazing, the best thing about her day, neigh, her month so far, it felt so good and she wanted it to last forever-!

"Via, you in your room-?" Her dad popped his head in … and blinked. "… I... I wasn't aware you were this far into the relationship-" She may have felt terrified and concerned from that hospital trip, and she may be constantly checking up on him to see if he was okay … BUT TIME AND PLACE!

"Dad! Get out of here!" She threw a pillow at the door.

"Right right! Sorry!" He exclaimed apologetically, slamming it shut. "... Almost like watching me and Blitzy from the outside." She could hear the muffled voice.

"… Well that killed the mood." Octavia sighed. If there was anything that turned her off ... it was her dad and that dick.

"Sorry." Iruma pouted. "Was ... was I good?"

"You were amazing." She ruffled his head, small sparks flying from her hand and his hair. "Heheheh, it tickles." She giggled.

"Glad you think so." He smiled, kissing her lips again. "I'm happy I make you happy."

"You do more than make me happy." She held him as she kissed him deeper. "You... you make me ecstatic to be alive." And horny. I will get a lobotomy to remove you!

Iruma smiled. "I'm happy to have you all here!" It's been an absolute whirlwind of a day, and it was time to finally focus on fixing one of his own problems himself instead of helping other people's problems.

"Yeah, well, anything that gets me free booze is always something I support wholeheartedly." Angel Dust snickered. Missi said only animal demons were allowed, so he invited Angel Dust, Husk, Octavia, and Loona.

"Same." Husk nodded as he made his way to the bar, turning to the giant overlord. "Missi."

"Husk, been a while. Still stuck as a cat on a leash?" Missi snickered.

"Still a loud mouth with a bite weaker than her bark?" The bartender shot back with a glare.

"Hah, still as old and curmudgeon as ever." The purple dinosaur cackled.

"Does he just, know everyone?" Angel Dust questioned.

"I mean… probably." Iruma shrugged. If every sinner was stuck in Pride, it made sense that they'd be pretty familiar with one another. Given a few years, Iruma could probably know everyone's name in this ring. "I know everyone in Cannibal Town by name, so it's not that weird."

"So there's an entire club for sinners to just go buck wild like it was Gluttony?" Loona asked, gazing around at the bar.

"Eh, something to that effect." Missi snorted as she opened the doors. "Beelzebub's style is all about gluttony and indulgence. My style is getting people to go crazy and embrace their inner animal. Plus we got more variety than just hellhounds and imps."

"Fuck em up, fuck em up, fuck em up!" They turned to see the group surrounding two sinners biting at each other's throats, blood flying everywhere.

"It's basically a mix of Gluttony and Cannibal town if you want it in simpler words." Husk shrugged his shoulders as he grabbed onto a nearby vine. "And there's always a drink within arms reach." He pulled on it, making a wave of alcohol wash over him. He sighed with content. "Ah… don't care about the sticky fur in the morning, that's good shit."

"... Fuck it, I'm down." Loona walked over and snagged one, along with Angel Dust.

"... Are we the only ones who don't drink regularly?" He asked Octavia.

"I mean we're the only teenagers in the group." Octavia muttered. "And… I've never had... Alcohol before."

"Ah..." He nodded. "It can taste ... funny, and kind of bitter, but, in control, it kind of feels like your brain's getting a massage." Iruma reassured. "You don't have to take any if you don't want to."

"I mean … you're letting loose, I may as well try it myself." The girl shrugged, as she grabbed a glass, and began drinking … before coughing. "Gah, you were right, so bitter."

"Told you." Iruma nodded as Octavia began blinking rapidly. "You going to be alright?"

"Yeah, yeah... Totally fine, my... My fuzzy wuzzy blue bird." Octavia chuckled as she leaned on him. "You're soo fluffy."

"... Lightweights of a feather." Husk said bluntly.

"Flop on the floor together." Angel Dust snickered.

"I've got experience with this Iruma, I can keep track of her." Loona sighed as she held onto her. "Why don't we sit you down before you do something you regret?"

"Hello pretty doggy." Octavia chuckled as she wrapped an arm around her. "Oooh, you fluffy tooooo."

"Yes, super fluffy." Loona nodded.

"I want to be inside two fluffies..." Octavia slurred out as she rubbed her head on Loona's shoulder. "Double fluffy means double fun…"

"...Fuck, you guys don't make this easy for me." Loona blushed as she carried Octavia.

Iruma slowly blinked. "...Well that's something I'm gonna have to think about." Did... did Octavia like Loona too? He still had trouble reading most relationships, and Octavia was drinking…. But… was this something silly said while drunk or something Octavia wanted deep down. She did suggest he could date more than one girl… would that mean she'd date Loona too? It would make him feel less guilty if he went for both of them … unless Loona wasn't into Octavia …

He shook his head. He could focus on that later, right now it was time to solve a different problem in his life. Iruma turned to Missi. "So … how do I 'unleash the beast' or whatever? Do I just say a phrase, flip a switch …"

"Don't overthink it kid, it comes when it comes." Missi grinned as she chugged down a keg. "Enjoy the party, let your guard down, and it'll come to you naturally."

"Alright …" Iruma grabbed some food and chowed down on it. Let his guard down … now that may have been a challenge. One that would only be fixed with … he took a sip of the whiskey on the counter.

"Sure you want to go with that? It's stronger than your usual fix." Husk asked.

"I'm always on guard, need something … harder …" His vision was fuzzy. His brain…. His brain felt softer…. Mushier… like… a wave was coming over him…. A big… fuzzy wave…..

Grrrrrrrrrrrrr

Let it out…. Why…. you'll… hurt people….

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Well, they say it's okay, but is it really okay…?

Grrrrrrrr

Be one … with … the animal … the instinct … but….

Grrrrrrrr

I'm not… human…. I'm not…. Demon… not… an animal… I'm….. I'm Iruma…..And I can be whatever I want.

"Ah… kid…?" Husk asked as poked his shoulder, his face a bit worried. "You alright-?"

FOOOOOMMMMFFFFF

His fur grew out as his feathers extended all over his body almost like a cape as the fire on his head flared up with an intense heat, before crackling with a dazzling sparkle.

"I'm gonna party!" He exclaimed to the world! "But first, food." Iruma wanted some prey to chomp down on and fill their stomach. It was always hungry.

He looked around… biting wasn't wrong, they were all animals here, eat or be eaten, that was the law everyone agreed to here. Let's see, something big and filling, can't do Missi … ooh, the brachiosaurus was big!

"Preeeeyyy …" He leapt at the creature, biting into their flesh, eating up the sustenance before it got cold.

"AH WHAT THE FUCK!?"

"Eat or be eaten my friend!" Iruma cackled as he took a big bite.

"Dude… that kid's hard core!" One of the triceratops shouted as the crowd cheered.

"Eat! Eat! Eat! Eat!" A dragon looking demon chanted.

"COULD YOU GUYS ACTUALLY TRY AND STOP THIS MANIAC BEFORE-!" And Iruma finished off by eating his head.

"Yummy!" He cheered as the body dropped, the thud shook the place for a few seconds. Now his stomach was satiated, it was time to dance! People liked dancing, dancing was fun. Ooooh, maybe he should play music. "Do you guys have a piano!?"

"Kid, not that I'm not liking this new spirit you're putting out, but you do realize if you play music it'll kill all of us three times over?" Angel Dust asked warily as he was making out with some hunky crocodile guy.

Iruma grinned sharply. "Don't worry Angel, I'm relaxed and kind of drunk, which means I'll play better!" At least he thought it was.

"Nah, we ain't got no pianos." Missi shook her head. "We got guitars, bases, and drums."

"Eh, that's like a sideways piano, it'll do." Iruma shrugged as he grabbed the nearest one. "But the normal way of playing is such a drag, let's make it fun!" He cackled as he yanked out two extra arms.

"THOSE ARMS AND MOUTHS BELONG TO ME!" Octavia shouted with a grin as she climbed on top of Loona's shoulders. "ROCK THE HOUSE DOWN BLUEBIRD!"

"Will do, song bird!" He shouted, slamming down on the instruments.

"Ahh, this is going to be bad-Hey, that's actually not that bad of a beat." Angel Dust blinked in surprise, bopping his head to the rhythm as others followed suit. "Huh… the kid can actually play when he's drunk."

"Alcohol, the cause and solution to most of life's problems." Husk nodded.

"Sing it out, kid!" Loona shouted encouragingly.

"Ladies and gentlemen, demonic specimens." He called out. "The party animal has arrived! Iruma Suzuki, the future prince of Gluttony!" Iruma slammed down on the drums with all four arms. "The hottest dog fresh off the grill, yeah it's a vibe!"

"He's a very hot dog…" Octavia blushed as she took another drink. "And I'm on top of another hot dog, hotdogs all around!"

"Give the girl a hotdog!" A sinner shouted as they threw food to her.

"If you don't already know, these demons are bad to the bone." Iruma grinned as he kept up the beat, gesturing to the world around him. "I'm not alone, my entire pack's in the zone!" He hugged Husk.

"Oh boy." Husk rolled his eyes as he pulled on another wine. "Well, I did say I was getting drunk."

"We're sinners of Hell and we roam until the party comes home!" He bashed the drums as he spread out his wings, and with a mighty flap, flew in the air as a trail of fireworks followed his path of flight. "On a roll, everybody lose control!"

He flew up to Octavia and Loona, and grabbed them by the hands, using his arms to hold them up as he flew in the air. "Whoa, since when do you fly?" Loona blinked.

"Who cares, enjoy the ride Loo Loo!" Octavia chuckled.

"So so so, tell me what you want!" Iruma stated to the world, grinning toothily. "Gummy bears and alcohol?! Furry chairs, feathered blankets or a giant chocolate ball?" He outgrew his feathers, forming them into a giant blanket. "Boys and girls, I got it all!" He wrapped them all around his friends and rolled them out into the dancing crowd. "From the window to thе wall! No more rooms inside the hall!" He made a giant mouth and ate the walls, letting in the natural air. "But a word to the wise, No time to stall!"

"There's never going to be an intact wall anywhere we go, is there?" Angel Dust laughed.

"Probably not." Husk rolled his eyes with a smirk.

"Look, Everything going on upstairs is crazy!" Heaven was a wild and uncontrollable mess. "Come delve a little deeper down and dig in for a day with me!" Down in the best place in the universe … Hell.

"Baby, we're up all night, and then you'll see!" He spreaded out his fire, creating fireworks on the inside that made the crowds roar like wild. "This is the appetite of Suzuki!"

"I am actually getting pretty hungry now." Loona smirked.

"Closed mouths they don't get fed, open up your jaws!" He shoved some meat from the bar into everyone's mouths. "Until there's nothing left at the monsters' ball!"

"Let's go now!" The crowd cried out.

The beat of the drums continued to play as Iruma joined in... feeling… free…. More free than he's ever been in his life… more than on Earth, and certainly more than he's ever felt in Hell. The best life he ever lived.

"Daang, not bad for a first song that DOESN'T make all of hell scream in agony." Angel Dust cackled.

"Heck yeah it is!" Iruma laughed. "Come on Angel, tear up the dance floor! Tonight, we go wild!"

Loona opened up her eyes … to Octavia's face next to hers, and Iruma's sparkling hair stuck in between their bodies. "...Fuuuuuuck." Loona may have or may have not had too much to drink last night.

"You can say that again." The bird girl grumbled. "Is this a hangover … why do people have these?"

"Drinking too much at once without having enough water, it's a whole thing." Loona grumbled. "How… how did we get like this?"

"I don't know... Iruma started flying and dancing... And I kind of... Blacked out from here." She muttered as she moved her arm around, Loona feeling a tingly sensation from down below. The goetia blinked. "...Are our clothes still on?" Octavia asked.

"Yes."

"...But my hand's on your butt."

"That it is." She blankly noted.

"...How long has it been there?"

"I woke up with it like that."

"Fuunnn …" The sleeping boy chuckled, his body almost buzzing with giddiness as his head rolled over into Loona's chest. "Fluufffffy funny." He muttered, making her boobs tickle from the vibration.

"... Welp, this is somehow the most and least embarrassing thing that's ever happened to me." Loona deadpanned. There's been worse situations to wake up to.

"Same…" Octiava scooted up as she looked around to the piles of bodies sleeping soundly on each other. "Fuck, did we pass out at the club? We've been here all night."

"And most of the morning, it's eleven o'clock now." Loona checked her phone.

"Good thing mom doesn't listen to the radio." The bird mumbled, lightly rubbing Iruma's head. "Angel Dust probably had fun."

"Look to your left and you'll see how much." Loona pointed over to the spider, who was resting soundly, using a passed out Husk's wings as a blanket. "Guess the cat finally caved to a bed sharing."

"I don't know if that's romantic or platonic." Octiavia tilted her head. "...Strangely cute though."

"Yeah…" Loona muttered as she looked at the girl. "So last night … you said some things … things I think you'd rather keep to yourself, but..." She blushed.

Octavia slightly winced. "... How bad was it?"

"Nothing like your sex obsessed dad or Blitz, but... A few things that make me question your sexuality." Loona chuckled nervously.

"... Oh …" She blushed. "... I mean … I've had some thoughts, but never really ventured too deep into them …" That was probably a bold faced lie, but Loona wouldn't push it. "Sorry if it made you uncomfortable…"

"You think you're the only girl that's ever hit on me? It's hell, eventually everyone does." Loona shrugged as she rubbed Iruma's neck. "I mean, given that you give Iruma permission, it's not that far of a stretch you'd be into it too on a more… personal level."

"Thanks for not judging me …" She sighed with relief.

"It's hell. You either judge everyone or no one." Loona shrugged. "Sides, you're one of the few people that isn't an objective asshole that I know…. You're good for Iruma."

"Yeah… you are too." The girl nodded as they both smiled at each other.

"So…. fluffy…." Iruma's hands stretched out, pulling Octavia closer to Loona as their noses touched, making them blush.

"...We can... Keep this on the downlow though, right?" Loona asked.

"Given that there's a radio between us … our dads are probably going to kill us, kill him, or kill both." Octavia muttered. "...Worth it." She smiled.

"Absolutely." She nodded with a grin. "So…. last breakfast before we face paternal wrath like no other?"

"What kind of breakfast would they serve in a bar?"

"Eggs with a side of Bloody Mary." Some crocodile demon spoke as the sound of an oven and the smell of butter filled the air from over one of the counters. "We're animals, we like to eat protein."

"… Better than nothing." Loona shrugged. This… this wasn't a bad morning at all… it was pretty nice... and… she wouldn't mind waking up to this more often.