#alastor (ram)

[randomly--accessed--memories]

Okay, now that the blog finally got unflagged, I can share this! Massive thanks to @benjimatorarts for accepting this commission– I'm delighted with how it turned out! It's nice to have a sort of "cover" for this AU, especially since it's been ruling my life for the past month.

For those who don't know, this AU is predicated on the theory that Niffty is actually a former overlord who Alastor somehow drove into insanity. The story is based around the question: "What if he did the same to Vox?" Developing this AU has been an ongoing collaborative effort between myself and several lovely frequent contributors, and I've really enjoyed what we've put together so far! We mostly focus on Vox's relationship with the Vees in the aftermath of the event and the psychological/emotional fallout thereof, as well as Alastor's reappearance seven years later, when he summons Vox to join him at the hotel. It's honestly been a ton of fun to work on and I think we've gotten some really good angst/black comedy out of it!

But yeah, enough pitching– thank you again to @benjimatorarts for the piece!

[redladydeath]

You know that theory where Niffty is a former overlord who Alastor chose to brainfuck instead of killing for whatever reason?

Someone make an AU/fic where he does that to Vox

[raisedxbyxtelevision]

Didn't want to fill out the kinks/turn ons/turn offs section, but I thought this looked fun.

[venisontransmission]

@voxxcd from here

It's deeply concerning to see Vox so completely disengaged with the world around him. Alastor can't find the heart to hide his concern - pinched brows as the static grows in pitch. Finally, there's a break - the deer demon sees a face looking back at him. It's not right - but it's an improvement.

Where at first he's almost nervous to touch, the radio host lasts all of a few minutes before he's approaching and running fingers along the sides of Vox's screen.

"What happened?" Measured out perfectly - he couldn't lose his temper at Vox, it wouldn't help.

[voxxcd]

((I mentioned before in the replies to a post tht vox would lead a vox army against ram alastor for goin after the vox multiverse he'd be pissed as hell lmfao))

[everworlds]

A Moment's Rest ✨️

After a long day of working, these two need some time to unwind together 💕

I have been dying to draw these two on an actual, full canvas forever!

Time taken:

8hrs and 32 minutes

Program used:

Ibispaintx

Characters used:

Ever Sinclair (My OC)

Alastor Hartfelt (Hazbin Hotel, belongs to vivziepop)

[huskirl]

This is clearly a kismesis

Also a small silly doodle from right before bed

[storm-ismyusername]

WIP. F!Alice belongs to the wonderful @notherpuppet and F!Vox belongs to @redladydeath's from their amazing (and incredibly dark) RAM AU at @randomly--accessed--memories!!! Please check both of them out!!!

[staticintone]

I'm doing it.

Send [ ♢ ] for RAM Alastor to meet your muse as is. (Your muse will be your main verse, and he will be trying to understand them. Nothing complicated. These will be short)

Send [ ♧ ] for RAM Alastor to meet your muse under RAM circumstances. (Your muse will be from a RAM universe. Not necessarily my RAM verse, but a RAM verse. If you want an idea, go to the RAM blog. These will also be shorter)

Send [ ♡ ] for RAM Alastor to try and involve your muse in the process. (Are you insane? This means he'll either try to change your muse or convince them to help him. These will be long, and if we haven't interacted much, I will be messaging you to plot)

Send [ ♤ ] for RAM Alastor to try to break your muse emotionally. (This does not mean a "torture broadcast". This will be him trying to warp his way into your mind. I, again, may have to plot through this with you so that he knows which buttons to press. These will be long as well)

These can be combined as you see fit.

[randomly--accessed--memories]

I’m curious as to why this wasn’t discovered before now, but it feels like it belongs here

[redladydeath]

One last thought about the mindbreak AU before bed:

It's a normal day in Vee Tower. Velvette's in her quarters, trying to livestream, when Valentino bursts in, bitching that he can't find Vox and that he's not answering his calls. Velvette pauses the stream to yell at Val for interrupting her work with something so petty— Vox is probably ignoring him on purpose because of shit like this. They go on like that for a bit until suddenly, the tower experiences a brownout. Velvette's laptop starts glitching out— not only is the internet down, but the computer itself seems to be corrupting. This is all highly unusual; the tower never loses power since they're the ones producing most of the damn stuff. And then Alastor's voice starts emanating from every speaker in the building.

He welcomes everyone back to his show, saying that tonight's broadcast will be a very special one– a throwback to his older work. This week's guest is an overlord from the entertainment district and one-time close personal friend of his: Vox, the Media Demon! Vox's voice is heard, cursing at Alastor in response, followed by the sound of shattering glass. Don't touch that dial, Al says, for tonight's show will be very entertaining, indeed.

Valentino and Velvette are frozen for a moment, rooted to the spot in terror. Then, before Velvette can even process what's happening, Val tears off down the hallway to his quarters, scrambling for every gun and angelic weapon he owns. Velvette goes after him, yelling to slow down, that this might be a trap and that there are ways to fake someone's voice. And then the screaming starts. Velvette may not have ever experienced one of Alastor's broadcasts before, but she can tell on an instinctual, animal level that the sounds coming out of the tower's speakers are not AI.

Val tears off to the roof, barely able to contain his demonic form as Velvette runs after him. He almost takes off without her, but grabs her at the last moment when she screams to take her with him. In his full demon form, Val makes a beeline for Alastor's radio tower, with Velvette dangling off of him. She tries to make calls and check social media for more information, but her phone is completely non-functional, along with every other piece of modern technology in Pentagram City. The only things that seem to be working are the speakers, all of which are playing Alastor's broadcast, city-wide.

When they reach Alastor's tower, Val immediately starts tearing through everything he can. But to Velvette's horror, no matter how much of the tower they search, they don't find anyone: Alastor and Vox aren't there. Vox's screams are echoing throughout the city and Val is yelling and crying and smashing things in vain and she's just stuck there, useless, unable to do anything about it.

Eventually, the broadcast comes to an end. Alastor thanks Vox and the audience for a delightful show and signs off. The power and cell service suddenly come back on. Val and Velvette only have a few moments to try and wrap their minds around at the fact that they didn't make it in time before Velvette's phone starts blowing up. She gets a call from her secretary: Alastor just dumped Vox's mangled body in the middle of the lobby before vanishing into thin air. The two of them race back to the tower.

Everyone is astounded to learn that, when they scan his systems, Vox is still alive, although completely non-functional at the moment. VoxTek employees scramble to repair his mutilated body, all while Val screams at them to work faster, to fix him! Velvette is approached by one of her employees; they've looked over the security footage and it turns out that Vox and Alastor were actually in the basement of the tower, in one of Val's studios no less. They don't have footage of the actual event, but they do have the aftermath, with Alastor (in pretty rough shape himself) dragging Vox's body back upstairs. Velvette goes numb at the news. They were in the same building the whole time. All she can manage to get out to the employee is to not, under any circumstances, tell Valentino.

[voxxisms]

@staticintone whispered a line !! ram!vox swap ( accepting! ) “What’s wrong with you?! What happened to the frequency?”

the tone startled him. something about it was frantic or upset, he wasn't fully sure. shoulders drew in, making himself smaller. worry settling into his core. what had he done? he just got here, he hadn't meant to cause any problems. didn't alastor let him? or maybe he'd forgotten. he knew he was supposed to stay close to the hotel, but he couldn't really remember how he had gotten all the way outside without walking there himself. or traveling through the networks. but he couldn't recall those things.

❛ i ... i'm sorry, i don't know what you mean. ❜ cycling through varied frequencies, pulling words as necessary to fill his vocabulary. mental barriers too in place to figure out what he was talking about.

❛ i don't know what happened. i was in my room ... && then i wasn't. i was on my way back, it took a while to find the exit to that place i was. big building, many windows. confusing. ❜

meek in his own tone, gaze settling on alastor's face. relaxing him instinctively, really, offering a shaky, uncertain smile.

❛ i don't mean to frustrate. ❜

[voxaholic]

Have @randomly--accessed--memories on my mind, so here is a mental animatic/amv set to this song.

I want to say I learned something valuable today

Opens on Vox with his flatscreen head smiling sardonically at the camera as he sings the lyrics.

Alas, my murdered remains are incapable of learning anything

The screen flashes red and violently cuts to Vox's vivisected torso then to Vox with his retro head smiling vacantly at Alastor's side.

Trusted you I should have never trusted you

A montage of Vox and Alastor during the "good old days" where Vox is following Alastor around with stars in his eyes.

In fact I never did

Cut to them fighting, Vox gets Alastor pinned and there is a brief shot of both their faces looking furious.

What's the use I'm not complaining I'm not anything

Vox at the hotel with the residents. He looks happy, for the most part, but on the last line, the camera zooms in to show his screen is completely black.

Is this what's supposed to happen When you're only trying to do right in this wicked world?

Vox and The Vees, a montage of him building his empire with those two at his side. Him trying to "right" in Hell by acquiring power with his partners by his side.

Probably I should already know this

Vox alone in his quarters in the tower, Vark at his side. His empire isn't his own anymore. He is otherwise alone.

Probably I should graciously accept what I get

Alastor popping up out of nowhere. Vox is thrilled, there is a shot of him excitedly taking Alastor's outstretched hand.

..... And that's all I got for now. Might go back and do the rest of the song later though. I think it's a good Vox -> Alastor song.

[protovoxxed]

VHS is very dependent on Alastor as a whole, from repairs to doing things, and just getting things done.

He's listless without direction. I can't help but imagine he's just stuck in a room quite often waiting for an order or something to do. He just wants to make Alastor happy, but he's always upset with something VHS is doing. VHS is purely being what he was told to be.

Also, I have been thinking about VHS having schizophrenia. I have it, and it sucks LOL. But I'm luckily not heavily affected by it. However, I can't help but imagine that toying with VHS's mind in the way that it was, certainly didn't help.

Why I think he'd be pretty spared from the hallucinations (visual and auditory and touch sensory), I think that he'd very much have hard delusions. I often think he doesn't even realize he's dead and in hell. I feel he sort of resembles more of how he was as Zeni and namely Violet.

Violet while bitter deep down, they were very much a people pleaser and would bend over backward for those around them. Often times at her own expense. Zeni was the same way.

I think that VHS would act a lot like he was as Violet/Zeni. I think at times he won't always respond to his name "Vox" or "VHS" but Violet or Zenith.

[venisontransmission]

@televisionrotsyourbrain

If the old television head were a mere 'blast from the past', the expression on Vox's face was an entire freight train.

A long buried memory unhelpfully crops up. Of a time shortly after he'd first met the television demon who was very new to Hell and all its inner workings.

The sinner had taken to following Alastor around like a lost puppy, and the radio demon tolerated it if only because Vox was just so interesting. So different than anything Alastor had seen in life - how much time had moved in the short span that he'd been dead.

If he recalls correctly, the media demon had been babbling on about tech for the better part of fifteen minutes. A bombardment of information when Alastor had asked about the inner workings of Vox's television head - and television in general. To this day, the deer demon is not sure why he did it - perhaps it had been done as a teasing gesture - claws reach out to touch the hard outer shell of Vox's monitor. He feels the snap of static electricity against his knuckle as he hooks a finger on the inside of his screen and tugs gently.

"Perhaps one day, I'll take you apart."

And that exact grin, that exact flash of light was the response he received over seven years ago.

"I'd like to see you try." Vox had said - possibly the first time Alastor had ever heard such a haughty tone from the other sinner.

Full of surprises, that one.

In the present, he lets go, watching Vox carefully. On any other day he'd assume this to be some sort of trap. But something is off. The media demon's radio waves were completely jumbled, like playing a violin with broken strings. A terrible sound for sensitive ears like Alastor.

"Well I was expecting something more modern, but it may seem something is amiss with this situation."

[hazbinned]

🎵 - VHS and Valentino | 🎵 - VHS and Alastor (cause problems for u)

Alastor @ Ram Vox - I'll Be Good

I thought I saw the devil this morning Looking in the mirror, drop of rum on my tongue With the warning to help me see myself clearer I never meant to start a fire I never meant to make you bleed I'll be a better man today

Valentino @ Ram Vox - When The Party's Over

Don't you know too much already? I'll only hurt you if you let me Call me friend but keep me closer (call me back) And I'll call you when the party's over Quiet when I'm comin' home, and I'm on my own And I could lie, say I like it like that, like it like that Yeah, I could lie, say I like it like that, like it like that But nothin' is better sometimes Once we've both said our goodbyes Let's just let it go Let me let you go