#save me maid vox

[smthaboutuss]

Break doodles 🤕🫶

[colourstreakgryffin]

Cat demon! Reader who is just a little sh!t with people they consider friends(Alastor and Vox, but separately, pretty, please? Or whichever of them you want to right.)

Oh no. No. Of course I’ll do both of them seperately! It’s a pretty interesting concept but I’ll try my best to try this out for you, love. To be honest, I can imagine our mean demon babes would LOOOVEEE this type of us!

Alastor

Alastor cannot tell if he’s beyond pissed off with you or beyond impressed with you. He feels both coursing through his veins whilst watching your every movement like a hawk

You’re singlehandedly the most annoying and irritating and agitating thing he’s ever seen… and Niffty is bad enough as it is. You just make him want to tear off his own ears more than the Hotel’s cyclopian maid does to anybody else

You’re the physical embodiment of the phrase; ‘an adorable little shit’. You’re a very pretty cute fluffy little cat sinner that looks like a darling but you’re not at all, you’ll always pick on and prank the people you love the most and that’s applies to Alastor, if not the most

And Alastor has the ability to contain his patience of a single stepped-on pastry trying to keep it all its cream filling… so, you shouldn’t push him as much as you want to, unless you want him to truly lash out at you but it is funny to see his mad huffy face

However, Alastor does find you amusing and impressive so really, he’d only give off harsh warnings and wouldn’t truly put his hands on you since he likes you as you like him, just warnings if you continue being a little shit to him any further

Yes, Alastor is a hypocrite. He hates it when you irritate him with your love-filled pranks and head bats but he’ll happily manipulate you to direct your agitating little shit energy onto his worst enemies or other innocents. It’s quite fun to watch from the sidelines that you’re serving him

“If only your adorable face would save you from annoying me, my dear. Such a precious cat with a foul mouth…”

Vox

If Alastor gets annoyed by you and your little gremlin attitude and energy, Vox is much worse and he is less patient than Alastor with you, however… he’s more directive

Vox keeps you around since you’re amusing to watch piss of all your beloveds in your precious but irritating little jokester self but the moment you target him, he’s zipping away to avoid the headache

Vox is aware that your actions and your pranks and your annoyance is all formed through love so he is flattered by the like you have for him but he’d prefer you don’t touch him with that

Vox can quite snappy at you if you don’t follow his orders of ‘don’t annoy me’ but like Alastor, he would never hit you. He only yells and threatens, he can’t actually hurt you since he likes you. Even if you’re the most annoying thing in Hell

Vox does find you absolutely adorable though. He doesn’t know who doesn’t. You’re a little cute fluffy demonic cat sinner with big pan-sized eyes but big claws. He absolutely loves yet hates it

He definitely considers hiring you as one of his employees, maybe his top employee so he can exploit your love and care to him onto others for both of your enjoyment. He does keep you in mind, not like he can really ship you off anyway

“Come here, Kitten~ oh yes. Come here and go bother Uncle Val for me and I’ll give you lots and lots of treats. That’s my good little kitty~”

[acethatlovesdinos]

Ask: what is niffty relationship with the other overlords?

Glad you asked! Let's find out, shall we?

(Kinda long so I've placed the cut so that it won't take up too much scrolling haha)

OVERLORDS:

Carmilla: "I like her. She knows what she wants and holds herself respectably."

Zestial: "...the maiden is quite powerful. I do rather appreciate her affinity for cleanliness and order."

Zeezi: "Hah! Nif's a total FREAK! Great at parties. Though she can't keep a drink down to save her life, haha."

Rosie: "Oh, Niffty? What a doll! Such a sweet dear. She's even offered to help clean up my part of town after the exterminations! I invite her over all the time. Wonderful partner for tea."

Alastor: "Ah, the housekeeping demon. She's certainly...interesting. much more powerful than she looks, and not a creature to underestimate. It's wise to remain on her good side."

VEES:

Velvette: "oh, that cheeky bitch? I know next to nothing about her, but she's one of the few things that makes Val actually shut the fuck up. I'll respect that."

Vox: "that little maid seems...weird. i havent met her myself. the strangest thing that I do know of, has to be how Val reacts to her."

Val: "something's wrong with her. I can't pin what it is. In my very soul, it's like...she must have offended me in another life. Keep that bitch far away from me."

BONUS:

Val: I fear no man

Val: but that thing....it scares me

BONUS BONUS:

"Christ, don't even get me started. Of course, I guess it's better that my boss is friends with her. can't imagine what might happen if i made her mad. I certainly wouldn't recommend it."

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[tuninghearts]

The most silly Billy Voxval fluff you can write

When Vox wasn’t burning himself away in Hell’s eyes, the clock would be ticking with memories made with the other Vees. For Valentino, crawling into their shared bed was when he could finally have Vox to himself, and stay with him for as long as they wished. Silly billy Voxval fluff, taking place after Episode 2.

Valentino had known about Vox’s dream to skyrocket to fame since they first connected through a bar’s drunken atmosphere and late-night conversations. Despite his warnings about responsibility, image, and mental stability, Vox was too blinded by ambition to heed them. Now, Vox would either have a camera or a microphone shoved into his face, and the facade he tiredly tried to keep unscathed was deteriorating the more he stood in the spotlight. He wasn't a man with perfect anger management and flawless patience; he was a ticking time bomb.

From the closed bedroom door, he could hear Vox answering the last questions about his supposed new invention: Angelic Security. The pressure that he must be handling on his shoulders from having to explain to a gullible crowd a life-saving product that hasn’t and probably will never enter reality must be overwhelming him, and therefore, Valentino planned to make sure the bedroom was a safe haven for him to return to, letting him rest his overworked soul. As he was head deep in his phone, patiently waiting for Vox to arrive, all sounds halted. Camera flashes didn’t rattle against the porcelain floor anymore. All words had seemingly vanished. Then, the doorknob was twisted open. “Good evening, Vox,” Valentino chirped, as his phone was lowered onto the mattress when Vox slipped into the bedroom, fairy lights hung in their bedroom illuminating his figure when he closed the door. “How has dealing with the hysteria been for you?” “I think you know how it was.” He swirled whatever liquid was in his mug. “I had to hypnotise them because no one can learn to shut up.” “What’s that you got there?” “It’s coffee,” he takes a sip, finally catching the smell that wafts past him. “Velvette gave it to me on the way here, and I really needed it.” “Well, now that the chaos is over, let’s relax, shall we?” He pats the empty area of the bed next to him, where pillows slouched against the headboard, where the indent of Vox’s body had been erased by maids. “I’ve got just the perfect solution for you and your tired head.” “What’s better than coffee at this time?” His shoes were kicked off before his legs slid underneath the blanket, bedsheets crumpling into waves as he did. “A back massage,” Valentino smiled. “Come on, don’t overdose on caffeine. What’s a better stress reliever than your significant other?” A smile was pulled on his screen, and though it was just the corner of his lips perking upwards, it was sparkling with pure joy rather than the grin he showcased to all of Hell, coated with a thousand lies. “Okay.” “Put down that cup.” “No, I’m going to finish this before I go to sleep. I’m not waking up to cold coffee.” He takes a painfully loud sip, ripping the air in half. “Just for a couple of minutes until I’m done?” “Fine.” The mug slides onto the top of the nightstand, rattling ceramic against wood. His hand uncurled, slipping away from the handle. “I’ll finish drinking once you’re done.” “Take off all this,” Valentino tugs on his waistcoat. “Is it really necessary?” His back straightened as he sat up, jacket pulled off of his shoulders by languid claws, sleeves falling down his arms to pool into a navy mess that rests at his hips. He’s burnt out, tired, and really irritated, Valentino noted to himself. “If you want the experience to be even better, then yes.” The jacket was thrown to the other side of the room, sliding across the floor to knock into the wall. The waistcoat, bowtie, and shirt followed along its invisible path, piling on top of each other. In front of Valentino was a back that’s bare and scarred, gashes scribbled across his tender, albeit sweaty, skin. “Are we going to start?” Vox asks, words barely making it past his tongue. “Yeah, just lie down on your stomach.” “Am I allowed a pillow?” “Sure.” He took a pillow and rested it underneath where his chin ought to be before he splayed out onto the bed. “Go on.” His hand draped upon Vox’s shoulders. Warmth tickled his palms, crawling up on his fingers, as the massaging began in gentle, careful motions. His lack of experience in relaxing others made him more wary of the pressure he applied onto Vox, how much his fingers are curling into his skin, not wanting to give more cracks in his healing composure. “You need a shower,” Valentino commented, an attempt to lighten his mood. “Too lazy. I’m sleepy. Put me to sleep.” “You won’t sleep with the amount of caffeine that you just poured down your throat; you’re just lazy.” Vox laughs. Hearty, from Heaven itself. A sweet melody he loves listening to. “You know me too well.”

“How could I not know the love of my life too well?” His soft sigh in reply ricocheted inside Valentino’s chest, and he could feel his heart beating against his ribs while his hands slipped down, parallel to his spine, slowly easing the strain hammered into Vox’s muscles. “You’re surprisingly good at this,” Vox mumbled into the crevice of his pillow.

“Surprisingly? I find myself to be quite a professional at massages, thank you,” Valentino said, putting on an act of being hilariously offended.

Another laugh. “Whatever you say, but I think you’re a professional at making my day better.”

He could feel a smile start to stitch itself onto his face, gold tooth glimmering in the lights that accompany them like fireflies. “Whatever you say,” he repeated.

“You know I can’t stay for long, right? I have things I need to do. I have paperwork, I have—”

“Cancel it all, don’t be shy.”

“No, I’ve done it once today and it would look weird if I were to do it again,” He sat up, bed frame creaking, and Valentino’s hands lowered. The air conditioner blew onto his palms, frostbite infesting the remnants of the feeling of Vox’s skin on his. “I… Thank you for this. You made me happier than I was before.”

“You’re welcome.”

Vox’s hand tucked itself in Valentino’s palm, and raised it into the air. He leaned forward, and kissed his knuckle—a flower blossoming where his lips touched, entangling him in sweet nectar and delicate flower petals. “I’ll see you again tonight, okay?”

Valentino nods, as Vox takes the mug, untouched for quite some time. He hadn’t noticed that the smell of coffee was much fainter. When he pours it into his mouth, he chuckles. “It’s not as warm as before, but hey, better than being ice-cold.”

“Definitely.”

He stands up and walks to the other end of the room to pick his clothes up from the floor. “You’re right, I do need a shower. I have no time for it now, but I’ll take one after. Do you have any perfume?”

“You know I always have one wherever I go.” Pulled out from Valentino’s pocket was a perfume bottle, glass crafted to emulate crystal, topped with an aureate pump. Inside of it was a pink liquid, sloshing around when he twirled it in his fingers, almost trying to entice Vox into spraying it across his body.

Once Vox finishes adjusting his clothes on his body, wiping off any wrinkles and sprinkles of dust, the bottle is taken out of his hand, and he douses himself in its puffs until the room is enveloped with the fragrance of roses. The perfume was given back to Valentino before he walked to the door.

When the door opens to piercing lights that wash across their bedroom floor, Vox says, “Thank you, again. I’ll make sure to pay you back.”

“Hey, no need to pay me back with anything,” Valentino smiles. “We’re supposed to look out for each other, aren’t we?”

A soft hum, the beginning of a heartfelt song, before he says, “We are.”

He leaves the room, and Valentino can relax knowing that Vox is relaxed too, that he was able to spend time with him even though their moment was sliced short due to business duties and work. He hoped that when night overtakes the crimson sky, he could hold Vox in his arms for much longer, and drift off into slumber and dreams together.

[inkadink17]

(I can’t really remember or find the og oc bio temp maker I am so sorry.)

Hazbin Hotel Oc

(Also before I get into this yes I Stan the three Vees as they are it’s just a nice thought to think of a forth is all)

General info

♡ Name :

King Victor || of the kingdom of Fhackdishite

♡ Nicknames/Alises :

King Victor

Vic (Vox)

Your majesty

Your highness

Ancient bastard (velvet)

Senile dust dick (Valentino)

Good friend (Alastor)

College (Vox)

♡ Date of Death : 1200s (medieval/Middle Ages)

♡ Age: 60s

♡ Species : Dragon demon

♡ Sex : Male

♡ Gender : Male

♡ Birthdate : 6/25

♡ Height : 6’4

♡ Weight : 164 lbs

♡ Alignment : Lawful Evil

♡ Sexuality : Heterosexual

♡ Current Occupation : Overlord (Vee)

☽♠ Appearance ♠☾

♤ Body Type : shit, idk

♤ Skin Color/Fur Color : purple (dragon form)

♤ Hair Style : none

♤ Hair Color : none

♤ Hair Texture : none

♤ Eye Color : red

♤ Eye Shape : almond

♤ Nose Shape : snout

♤ Mouth Shape : big dragon mouth?? IDK

♤ Teeth : resembles dragon

♤ Body Modifications :

stitches around his neck (decapitated in life)

Wings

Fiery tail

♤ Work Outfit :

King robe

Hood (to hide dragon form)

Gloves

crown

King attire

♤ Casual Outfit :

#1: look at me being the best single dad and shit shirt that velvet got him/king pants (pajama pants with crowns on them)

#2: turtle neck/sweat pants

♤ Formal wear :

Still king attire lol

♤ Sleep wear :

Naked

♤ Swimwear :

We swims in his dragon form (aka naked sorta)

☽♣ Personality ♣☾

Positive traits

♣ responsible

♣ hard working

♣ romantic (if right person is met)

♧ Negative Traits (See above for traits)

♣ controlling

♣ aggressive

♣ egocentric

♧ Likes

♣ books

♣ being king

♣ teaching the other Vees about responsibility

♣his minions (teeny tiny tin horsemen, maids, ect..)

♧ Dislikes

♣ the other Vees acting irresponsibly

♣ Modern Technology

♣ Valentinos Vulgar behavior

♣ velvet commenting on his age

♣ anyone who opposes him

♧ Hobbies :

giving orders

Golf

Going to the gym with velvet

Gossiping with velvet

Reading

♧ Weaknesses:

♣ Phobias :

Autophobia/Monophobia (fear of being alone

♣ Pet Peeves :

dishes left in the sink

Last minute calls

Feeling like a babysitter to the other Vees

Velvet making him help her pick an outfit

Being pushed around

♣ General Weakness :

Being alone

♧ Strengths

♣ Skills : knitting/ good hand writing/gives great advice

☽♦ Magic/Fighting ♦☾

♢ Fighter or Hider? :

He’ll fight if he has too, in the case that the other Vees are in danger, otherwise he hides in V tower

♢ Powers

♦ Description : he can breath fire and fly like an actual dragon

♦ Strength :

sturdy scales on skin

Very powerful when large

♦ Weakness :

being alone, again

Angelic weapons

♢ Weapon of Choice :

Horsemen

College

☽♥ Stats ♥☾

♡ Health : ★★★

♡ Physical Strength : ★★★★★

♡ Speed : ★★★

♡ Agility : ★★★★

♡ Smarts : ★★★★★

♡ Charisma : ★★★

♡ Luck : ★★

♡ Work Ethic : ★★★★

♡ Wisdom : ★★★★★

☽♠ Relationships ♠☾

♤ Mother

Unknown (most likely executed after his birth)

♤ Father

♠ Name : King Victor |

♠ Status : unknown

♠ Relationship Status : his father is a role model to him

♤ Sibling(s)

Unknown

♤ Pet(s)

Pet cat named Cheshire

♤ Significant other

None

♤ Ex(‘s)

-Beatrice

-Celestina

-Elizabeth

-Alice

-Colette

-Miranda

-Genevieve

-Joan

-Brunhilde

(Wives, beheaded)

♤ Crush

None

☽♣ Previous life ♣☾

♧ there isn’t much to say about his past, He ruled a King in the medieval times in the kingdom of Fhakdishite, he got married 9 times and beheaded each of his wives and was beheaded himself.

☽♦ Fun Facts ♦☾

♢ He has an allergy to wheat bread

♢Every time he turns on his phone, he calls one of the Vees over to help him work the damn thing (he can’t send a text to save his life)

♢Only the other Vees have seen what he looks like under the hood

♢He doesn’t admit it but he considers the other Vees his children

[grimgrinnrs]

" If I hear another engineer complain about how we don't need to make Angel Defense anymore because 'the threat is gone' and 'the Princess saved us' I'm gonna fucking kill them. "

Vox rubs at his forehead as if he actually had one to try and alleviate the headache these past few days had caused him. The euphoria of Alastor disappearing yet again and possibly having found a way to get to him through that maid of his finally wore off, and now he was having to deal with the post-victory chaos in the market.

Then, as he's walking through his own tower, some VoxTek worker just comes running over with a tablet in hand and all he can do is sigh and roll his eyes.

" I swear to god if this is another HR complaint, I'm going to have to make a sign and staple it to every wall in this tower to remind you all we don't have an HR. "

But then, no doubt too scared to even say anything to him, the employee just hands Vox the tablet and runs away. Mentally logging this interaction away in the "Who Gives a Shit" bin of his mind, Vox turns the tablet on and begins examining the contents of it.

And then quickly is taken by surprise. In an instant, he transforms into energy, leaves the public space of the tower, and travels to his office.

" Not only does Alastor have an imp that I never knew about. " He states to no one but himself as he enters his broadcast room.

" But she just went on the run because someone tried to kill her for a bounty. " He storms over to his console, sitting down at it with a lot more force than he should.

" AND NO ONE FUCKING TOLD ME UNTIL NOW?! " He slammed his fists against his broadcast console. Seethed for a while. But then, eventually, calmed down. Breathing deeply, he leaned back in his seat and connected to his monitors and the whole of the VoxTek system.

" Doesn't matter in the end. Because the fact she's disappeared means she got loose of Alastor's leash. "

" So now it's time to find her first. "

[disneyfangrl100]

Chapter Eight: Radio killed The video Star

Charlie paced back in forth in the lounge room as she tried to come up with a plan. “Okay… So the extermination is coming in six months instead of a year. No big deal. Just a little setback. Nothing we can't handle. Just angels cutting our timetable in half.”

“But who needs a whole year to save souls? Am I right?!” Charlie says on the verge of a panic attack. “And next time when they cut the time in half again, and again, we'll just handle it, right?!”

Vaggie grabbed Charlie, calming her down. “Yes. We will.” Quasi agreed with his future sister in law. “She’s right Charlie we’ll get through this together.”

“Oh, please, ya had less then half a chance when you started all this salvation bullshit.” Angel said. “Not helping, Angel.” Quasi said annoyed.

“Hey I’m just speaking facts sides… Angel’s phone buzzed as his phone was spammed with threatening messages from his boss. Look all I’m saying is… there ain't no silver lining this time.”

“Sure there is! We just...have to look a little harder for it!” Charlie said. “Well, while you're lookin', the rest'a hell's goin' nuts.” Angel said waving his phone in their faces.

“People are already freakin' out about the news. Look at what's happenin' in the Doomsday District.” He said scrolling down an article with the bottom showing a demon screaming in front of a fire. Suddenly a pink message popped up. It was from someone named… valentino. Charlie looked closer reading the text.

“Err, what is a...Donkey Show?” “Yeah and who’s Valentino?” Quasi asks. Angel seems to panic and turn the phone back around. “Aah, heh, nothin'.

“My boss, valentino is like that sometimes he’s just freaked out about the news too.” Quasi stared at him suspiciously but shrugged. He didn’t want to push Angel but he had a feeling he was hiding something. “Like I said, everyone's losin' their shit.” Angel said.

“Yeah, that's true. Sinners are desperate. Maybe desperate enough to try anything to escape the extermination?” Vaggie said. Charlie gasped.

“This is the perfect time to recruit more sinners for the hotel!” Angel laughed. “Cute idea and all, but you really gonna go out in all of this?”Angel says waving the phone. “Well, it's not like people are just gonna show up on our doorstep.” Quasi said.

Suddenly, a massive explosion created a freshly made hole in the wall. “What the… A large zeppelin floated outside. “Show yourself Alasssstor.” A voice shouted from the blimp. He saw a large snake demon sitting at the help.

“Come and face - the snake demon pauses for a moment when he notices Alastor absent from the freshly made hole. He then looks to see him sipping coffee on the balcony of the second floor. “Oh there you are - Face my wrath!” The creature shouts. “I’m sorry… who are you?”

“Who am I? Who am I?!” The snake says looking offended. “I am the great Ssssssir Pentious Inventor, architect of dessstruction, villain extraordinaire!” Alastor dissolved into a black shadow as he descended to the ground materializing aside Angel, Vaggie, and Charlie.

Niffty the small but crazy maid appears on Alastor’s shoulder “Ooooooh, he's a bad boy.” Niffty says excitedly.

Alastor scoops Niffty up and drops her to the ground. “Aha, well if all that's true, you'd think I'd have heard of you.” Pentious looked at him annoyed. “I attacked you literally last week.” Alastor cocked his head to one side.

“We've done battle, like... 20 times.” Pentious said. “Well, you must have been really bad at this.” Alastor said. “Silence! Now cower!”

“For when I've ssslain you, the almighty Vees will finally acknowledge me as their equal.” Pentious said.

Niffty reappeared on Alastor's shoulder. “Ooh! Wait, who are the Vees?” She asked confused.

“Oh, nobody important.”

“No body important! They’re only the three most powerful overlords ever!” Quasi said. “I’ve never met or seen any of them but I’ve seen vox before whenever I try to watch tv on my phone. I did see him once though… in person.

“I have a friend at VoxTech who hacked my phone so I could access tv from earth.” Alastor chuckled. Clever boy… but like I said… they’re nobody important.

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Meanwhile deeper in the pride ring A large crowd stood in front of a store as they watch an advertisement on the tvs facing the window showing off a spy drone. “New VoxTek designer voyeur scopes, Peeping on the neighbors has never been more stylish. VoxTek! Trust us with your money!”

The Crowd immediately stampeded into the store coming out with boxes with voyeur scopes.

“This week's episode of "Yeah, I Fucked Your Sister, So What?" is brought to you by VoxTek. Trust us with your entertainment!” Said another Ad for a tv show. A large room with tvs showing off numerous consumers as appears as the words "trust us" repeats and overlaps. Meanwhile hidden away in the Vees tower Vox; the tv headed leader of the Vees watches his consumers laughing maniacally.

“Now that's good television!” . Suddenly his screen/ face shifts to reveal an icon of Velvette another one of the Vees.

Vox uses his powers to transfer the call to one of the other screens lining the room. The camera turned on revealing Velvette in her studio, her pink and purple hair in a large ponytail. “Hello “There, Velvette! How are you this hellish morning?” Vox says a wide smile appearing on his screen.

“Oh, cut the shit, Vox. I need you up here now!” She said urgently. “Whatever could be the problem, my dear?” Vox asked with a fake smile. “Your little boy toy is wrecking my apartment, while I'm trying to pull together a show and…FUCKING BITCH! Valentino screams off camera.

“Just get your ass here, NOW! ...Damn it, Valentino!” Velvette shouts as she ends the call. The call ends, and Vox's smile fades away as he gets up with an annoyed sigh, before fixing up his bowtie. “Oh god.”

“Here I go, Valentino.' Just another fucking day with Val. Hey-hey-hey. Fuck my life.” Vox says ashe walks onto the elevator platform as it Rises to the next floor.

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Vox steps out of the elevator sighing as he puts on a smile for a crowd of reporters. They shout at him pointing their microphones at him asking him numerous questions. “Mr. Vox! What are your thoughts about the new extermination deadline?” Asks one of the reporters.

Vox smiles with fake sincerity as he addresses the crowd. “My dear people! We at VoxTek Enterprises have always been at the forefront of innovation. And now, with this new oncoming threat, we are shifting our focus, to your protection. We are pleased to announce… Vox reveals an ad that read VoxTek Angelic Security in gold letters.i

“VoxTek Angelic Security Is coming soon! Trust us, with YOUR safety.” Vox says using his left eye to hypnotize the crowd the same way he hypnotizes the rest of his consumers. “Uh sir, when did we begin working on Angelic Security?” Asks an intern.

“Thirty seconds ago.” Vox says as he walks off. “Try to get that bitch Carmilla on the books and cancel all my appointments today. I have a fire to put out upstairs.” And with that his body morphs into electricity and generates itself into the security camera on the wall.

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Velvet stands in her studio glaring at four of her designers holding up dresses to show her for her show. “Ugh. No. Unacceptable. You're fired.”

However one designer pisses her off more than the other. “What is this? WRIST RUFFLES?! Is this 1750?! BURN IT like the witches who wore it!”

Vox appears next to her as she sends the designers away, rubbing her temple. “Velvette! I can see you're busy. Tell me, where's our hot-headed friend now?” Velvette glared at him.

“Up in his tower, waiting for a flat-faced prince to calm him down!” She says angrily. Vic sighs plastering another fake grin across his screen. “And uh, what's got him so out of sorts today?” He chuckled.

“Who knows? But he tore up my best model! And you know, the show can't wait for that unlucky bitch to pull herself back together!” She says as she called over one of her interns. “Melissa! Get over here!”

The intern known as Melissa nervously runs in front of the mirror as Velvette uses her overlord powers to change her outfit by swiping her hand, one after another until she spots the one  she likes. “No. No. Hideous. I want to die. Eww. (gasp) Yes! That's the one.”

“Ahh, looks like you have everything under control here.” Vox says. “Of course, I do! Fuck you!” Velvette says flipping him off. “Now shoo! Take care of the piss baby!”

Vox goes upstairs to the tower and is greeted by two moth demons who open the door for him. Once inside he finds Valentino sitting on his couch surrounded by a fog of red smoke. When Val notices Vox, he sits up with fury in his glowing red eyes. “Fucking FINALLY!” Valentino growls throwing an empty glass.

“Kitty! Another drink!” The robot jester next to him nods as it quickly disappears reappearing with another drink. “Ugh! Can you believe what that piece of shit did?”

“THE UNGRATEFUL WHORE!!!” Valentino shouts tossing his drink at Vox, who side steps narrowly avoiding the glass as it shatters on the ground. “Uh, which whore are we talking about this time?”

“Fucking Angel Dust! Who the hell else would I be talking about?!” Valentino growled as he walked past him. “That fucking SLUT walked out on me!ME! I fucking made him!”

“Without me, he's just a bag of meat with some mildly entertaining holes.” “Oh! Angel quit?” Vox asked. “NO!”

“He didn't fucking quit! It's worse!” He said taking Vox's phone as he threw it at the wall. “He MOVED!!!”

“He thinks he can just walk in here, work, and then go home somewhere else? Can you FUCKING believe that?!” Valentino says walking to his personal closet as he tore it open. “He thinks he can run off and shack up with Lucifer’s bimbo daughter! And her freak of a brother.

Vox frowned. “Angel is... living with Lucifer's children?”

“YEAH! That BITCH Chuckie or Chandler, or I dunno- Something mannish like that and I don’t know what the brothers name is. They got this hotel and-Which of these makes me look sexier?” Valentino says holding up two long pistol guns: a long revolver and a semi-pistol. ”Heh. What are you doing, Val? You're not going over there.”

“That slippery twink is gonna remember who owns him. I'm gonna FUCK everyone in that rancid shit hole, I swear to god!” Before he can finish loading the gun Vox grabs him by the collar and shoves him to his face, clearly furious his screen bright.

VAL! Vox says his voice distorted. Vox calms down chuckling. “Hehe. Think about it…Vox say walking Valentino towards the window, taking away one of his guns and putting it in his pocket.

“Our brand is, perfection. And what do you think chasing whores around town will, do for our image?” Val frowned. “Um.....fuck it up?” “Right! Do you want people thinking you can't control your employees?” Val looked at him insulted.”No!”

“Exactly! And hey, you still have him under contract. He isn't going anywhere! SO...you should...Do nothing?” The sound of a winning slot machine played over Vox’s speakers.

“Great idea! Now that's why they pay you the Big bucks.” Vox says pinching the moth man’s cheek. “Ugh…but I really wanted to shoot someone.” Val says crossing his arms with a disappointed scowl as he He pulls out a cigarette placing it in his red cigarette holder as Vox lights it with his powers.

“Well, lemme call up the lowest earners this month.” He said walking over to a row of TV’s on the wall. “Ohh, you know me too well.” Val chuckles and blowing a red smoke ring in the shape of a heart. “Ya know....Angel isn't the only one spending time at this Ratty Hotel with the devil's Príncipe and princesa.”

Said Valentino grinning mischievously. “Oh? Who else is there? Someone who, owes you money?” Valentino Chuckles.

“Someone who owes us much more than money ...the Radio Demon is there.” Upon hearing those words, electricity courses through Vox's head, as his sharp claws dig into the desk so hard it leaves scratch marks. Vox gave a small ominous laugh turning to Valentino.

“What did you just say?” Vox said in a distorted voice. “You heard me.”

“Alastor... came back...and he is with Lucifer's children , and that wasn't the… FIRST FUCKING THING YOU TOLD ME?!?!?!” Vox shouted grabbing Valentino by the collar.

“Hey! killing Alastor is your kink.”Valentino says freeing himself as he turns on the tv showing a recording from one of their VoxTek Voyeur scopes.

It shows Alastor using his powers to attack Sir Pentious’s zeppelin, laughing maniacally as he hears Pentious’s screams “Arrgh! Oh! Please! Stop!” Sir Pentious pleads.

“Um...Alastor! I think he's had enough.” Charlie said. “I agree Alastor I think maybe you’re going a bit too far.”

“Nah. He's got a few more hits in him.” Angle joked. “Angel!” Quasi said shocked.

“What it’s a joke. I was joking.“Sir Pentious fell through the window of his zeppelin landing in front of Alastor face first on the ground below. Alastor twirled his staff smiling. “Thanks for another forgettable experience.”

Alastor says as one Pentious’s egg minions falls and cracks ope in front of Charlie. “Thank you... for letting your guard down! ”Sir Pentious says laughing as he uses his long tail to tear part of Alastor's coat. “Aha! Yah! Oh, shit... Sir Pentious says looking up to see Alastor's shadow transform in front of him as Alastor makes a noise similar to a wild elk.

A massive green explosion sends Sir Pentious flying off across the city screaming as he disappears from sight. “Well, it looks as though I need a visit to the tailor! Best of luck, chums.”

“Wait, you're leaving?! Alastor! We need your help! We need you to do your job.” Vaggie says.

“We need a wall.”Angle says gesturing to the hole in the wall. “Of course! Can't let my new project fall into disrepair already. What would the papers say?!”

With a snap of his fingers, black ink demons appear with construction tools as Alastor walks away. Angel takes an interest and looks at one of the larger muscular demons as he shoves Vaggie away as he approaches him.

“Hey, sweet cheeks. Whatcha doin' later? I love me a man with a giant ...tool.”

Valentino scowls at the scene, leaning his face against the screen. “See?! Look how he flirts with that guy, and he's not even paying! Who is that?”

“I'm gonna fucking kill his whole fucking family!” It was then that Val noticed the prince in the background… he was blushing. Val grinned. “Well, well it looks like Lucifer’s ugly duckling’s got a little crush on angel… this might prove useful… what do you think Vox?” However Vox was still focused on Alastor.

“Vox?” Valentino says slamming his fist on the table. “VOX!”

Vox was paying little attention as he watched Alastor leave his appearance static and out of focus.

“That FUCKER is back!” Vox said glitching. Valentino grins as he realizes the situation and walks to his lover. “Yeah! I thought he was gone for good too!”

“It's been seven years!” Vox growled. “You still pissed that he almost beat you that time?”Valentino says pinching his boyfriend’s cheek. “Uh, FUCK YOU.” Vox snapped.

“Just saying. “ said Valentino shrugging. “Things have changed a lot since he left town!”

“THAT'S for sure.” Valentino said. Smugly. “I gotta send a message of who's REALLY in charge of things now!”

Vox returns downstairs to his tv room as he hooks himself up to the mainframe as he prepares for a broadcast. He smiles as he starts to sing.

♫ Welcome home! ♫

♫ I'm gonna make you wish that you stayed gone!♫

Vox sings, electricity coursing through him as he sits in his chair, turning his face to the numerous screens.

Vox: ♫ Say hello to a new status quo, ♫

Vox presses a big red button, and 4 cords latch themselves to the ports on the back of his head, connecting himself to his TV networks.

Vox: ♫ Everyone knows that there's a brand-new dawn, turn the TV on! ♫

Director: Camera, speeds, rolling in three, two...

Chorus: ♫ Wel-come to the show! ♫

Vox appears as a news anchor as he talks about his hatred for Alastor. Little did he realize the broadcast was being viewed by everyone in hell… or at least everyone in the pride ring. Including a certain angelic prince. Quasi frowned looking at the broadcast on his phone as Vox appeared. Though he had a feeling Vox insulting Alastor on live television would only piss him off.

Vox: ♫ Top of the hour and we're discussing a certain has-been who has been spotted cavorting around town after a seven-year absence. Did anybody miss him, did anybody notice? More on tonight's program. ♫

Vox: ♫ So, the Radio Demon is back in town! ♫

Vox: ♫ Why is he hanging around? ♫

Vox: What does that mean for your family?

♫ Well, handily, I've got good news! ♫

♫ He's a loser, a fossil, and I don't mean to sound hostile, ♫

Vox & Chorus: ♫ But the demon is a coward! ♫

Vox: ♫ You can take that as gospel. Pulling my viewers? Impossible! I'm visual, he's barely audible! Stop giving him the time of day! ♫

Vox: ♫ Don't listen to a word he'd say. ♫

Vox ♫ I hope he had a nice vacay! ♫

Vox & Chorus: ♫ But he should have stayed away! ♫

Alastor who had just finished getting his coat tailored. notices the crowd watching Vox’s broadcast as exits the tailors shop. He smiles a mischievous grin as walks away as Vox continues singing.

Vox: ♫ While he hid in radio, we pivoted to video! ♫

He sings on screen pulling out an uncooked bloodied deer head from an oven caked in blood.

Vox: ♫ Now his medium is getting bloody rare! ♫

In a hallway in V Tower, Vox jumps, twirls and then pulls Valentino and Velvette into a hug

♫ Hell's been better since he split, ♫

♫ Where's he been? ♫

♫ Who gives a shit?! ♫

However to Vox’s displeasure and quasi delight as he tried to hold back a laugh. As Vox’s broadcast is taken over by Alastor. The Audio broadcasting from his radio station tower attached to the top corner of the Hazbin Hotel.

Alastor: ♫ Salutations! ♫

Alastor: ♫ Good to be back on the air. ♫

Alastor:♫ Yes, I know it's been a while since someone with style treated Hell to a broadcast. ♫ Quasi burst into laughter enjoying Alastor insulting Vox.

♫ Sinners rejoice! ♫

♫ What a dated voice! ♫ Vox sang

Alastor: ♫ Instead of a clout chasing mediocre video podcast. ♫

Vox: “COME ON!”

Alastor: ♫ Is Vox insecure, pursuing allure? ♫

Alastor: ♫ Flitting between this fad and that. ♫

Alastor: ♫ Is nothing working? ♫

Vox: “IGNORE HIS CHIRPING!”

Alastor: ♫ Every day he's got a new format! ♫

Vox: “YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE FUTURE!”

Vox and Chorus: ♫ He's the shit that comes before that! ♫

Alastor: ♫ Is Vox as strong as he purports? ♫

Alastor: ♫ Or is it based on his support? ♫

Alastor: ♫ He'd be powerless without the other Vees! ♫

Vox: “Oh, PLEASE.”

Alastor: ♫ And here's the sugar on the cream. ♫

Alastor: ♫ He asked ME to join this team! ♫

Vox: “Hold on!”

Alastor: ♫ I said no, and now he's pissy! That's the tea. ♫ Quasi laughed so hard his side hurt. It was no wonder Vox hated Alastor. It also explained why Alastor had not been entirely thrilled when they’d been trying to film the hotel’s commercial.

Pissed Vox’s screen face starts to glitch and crash as he gets angrier. Vox: [Glitching.] ♫ You o-old timey PRICK! I'll show y-you suffering! ♫

Alastor: ♫ Uh oh, the TV is buffering! ♫

[Vox’s circuits overload as he crashes. Vox: [Signal breaking up.] ♫ I'LL DESTROY YOOOOU-YOU LIT-T-LE—♫ Vox's screen face and voice overload and crashes, before Vox involuntarily lets out an outburst that overloads everything from the TV screens to Valentino, Velvette's and even quasi’s phone which shocks him causing him to drop it but luckily it is unharmed. But everywhere in Pentagram City, suffers a citywide blackout with the exception of the Hazbin Hotel.

Alastor: ♫ I'm afraid you've lost your signal. ♫ Alastor says. Suddenly quasi gets an eerie feeling as his supernatural senses go off.

Quasi sees a blurred image of Alastor on his phone as he begins to sing.

♫ Let's begin. ♫

♫ I'm gonna make you wish that I stayed gone! ♫

Meanwhile in the tower Alastor begins to shift into his true demonic form with every sentence his antlers growing bigger.

♫ Tune on in. ♫

♫ When I'm done, your status quo will know it's race is run! ♫

♫ Oh, this will be fun! ♫

Alastor says an evil laugh before cutting off Vox's signal throughout the city, leaving the Overlord dismayed that Alastor is still as popular and powerful as he was last time. Vox: FUU-UU-UCK!

Quasi shrugs putting his phone back in his pocket as it returns to normal. “People sure do like to sing here.”

—————————————————

Meanwhile in The Vee’s tower Vox calls emergency meeting with Himself , Velvette, and Valentino to discuss the matter of Alastor as the robot val named , Kitty, pass out drinks to each of them.

“We have a problem. Alastor is getting close to prince and princess Morningstar, so our main concern now is ensuring that no deal is ever struck between Lucifer's BRATS and that smiling freak!”

“Well, how exactly are we supposed to stop it?” Velvette asked confused. Valentino sat putting glue on his revolver so he could add glitter and marbles to it.

“Put something inside them. That's how I get the bitches to behave.” Vox frowned. “Not helping… then again… didn’t you mention that you think that the prince has a crush on Angel?”

“Definitely I know one when I see one.”

“That could be useful for later… then again maybe someone on the inside isn't such a bad idea. Do you think Angel would?” Valentino shrugged. “That lanky prick won't even return my calls.”

Vox sighed. “We need someone who Little Miss Bleeding Heart would take in.”

“Someone...pathetic, desperate, with no direct ties to us?” Said Velvette.

“I employ every down on their luck loser this side of Hell. Who the fuck is left?” ValentinoI asked.

Vox grinned as he got an idea. “I think, I have... JUST the one.”

—————————————————

Back at the hotel, Alastor's black and white demons are currently fixing the hole in the wall as Charlie, Vaggie and quasi return. Charlie throws herself onto a couch, exhausted.

“Soooo? How'd it go?”

“Not a single new recruit.” Quasi says leaning against the wall. “Yeah well, who would wanna use their last days not fucking and fighting?”

As Angel checks his phone, Vaggi hears a knock on the front door. She walks over to it and opens the door, only to find Sir Pentious behind it, holding his hat.

“Why, hello my dear”- Sir Pentious is cut off by Vaggie punching him in the face. He falls as Vaggie points her spear at him. Sir Pentious cowers in fear with the tip barely at his neck. “Wait, wait, wait! I come in peaccce.”

“What are you doing here?” Charlie and quasi appear behind her back. “Vaggie, what's the problem?” Charlie gasps. “Oh! Hello again!”

“I didn't come looking for a fight. I uhh.. I heard that you're helping people, people who want to be better?” Charlie lets out a gasp and runs over to grabs his hand and leads him to the door of the hotel. Quasi watches the snake demon with suspicion. Like Vaggie he didn’t entirely trust him… and yet he couldn’t sense anything threatening about him.

He could sense if someone was a threat by reading their aura. And the snakes wasn’t threatening. It was a pale red with a tiny black spot in the middle but it wasn’t a cause for alarm. However what surprised him was when he flinched when Charlie grabbed his arm. The snake reminded him a little bit of himself.

Maybe he wasn’t as evil as he’d first appeared. “ You heard right! Welcome to our home of healing, our resort of restoration, our- Angel appeared in the door cutting Charlie off.

“Are you fucking nuts? This chump was trying to kill us like literally six hours ago! And now you wanna bring him in here to live with us?” Frowned Angel. “Absolutely!”

“This place is about second chances, and who deserves one more than this slithery…slippery… special little man!” Quasi chuckled. He loved his sister. She always saw the best in people… and demons. He was a little bit more cautious but he was willing to trust in his sister.

“Aren't you supposed to protect this place?” Angle asked Vaggie. Charlie gives her the puppy-dog eyes, begging Vaggie to give Sir Pentious a chance to live in the hotel. Vaggie sighs giving in. “I guess he's not much of a threat without the war machine, or even with the war machine.

Sir Pentious' cobra head flaps down with depression, sighing. Charlie hugs Vaggie, lifting her up in the process and twirling her around once. “Oh! Thank you thank you thank you thank you! Sir Pentious! Welcome to the Hazbin Hotel!”

Charlie says leading Sir Pentious into the hotel. “ Oh no darling! Thank you! You won't regret this.”

Angel looks at Quasi. “I can’t imagine you’re ok with this?” Quasi sighs rubbing the back of his neck awkwardly. “I… I don’t know I mean he doesn’t feel or look like a threat.”

“What is that supposed to mean?”

“I have this… gift; among my other powers. I can see people’s aura’s.” Angel grinned. “Wait seriously? What’s mine look like.

“It’s pink…though it’s a little faded… are you ok?” Angle looked annoyed. “Course’ I’m fine. Why wouldn’t I be?”

“Are you sure? You seem… stressed.” Angel laughed. What are you a fucking empath to?” Quasi shrugged. “I guess. These powers started showing up the day we had the meeting with Adam.”

“His aura was gold and black though there was a lot more black than gold.” Angle patted him on the back. These new powers of yours must be tough to deal with. Do you want to talk about it?” Angel placed a hand on his shoulder.

Quasi pulled away. “I-I should go make sure Charlie’s doing alright. I just hope I’m right about this new guy. Angel shrugged. “Eh, I give him a week, tops.”

When they entered the hotel Charlie was giving a Sir Pentious the tour of the hotel, introducing Husk to him as well as the wall he blew up before it was fixed. “So, this is the bar and the bartender. This is the curtain, and this is the new wall after you broke the last one, heh, and oh! Oh! This is the”-Vaggie grabbed Charlie to calm her down.

“Babe, you don't have to show him every detail.”

“Yeah I think he gets it.” Quasi laughed patting Sir Pentious on the back. “Wow you are really slimy. Quasi said wipping his hand on his clean red pants.

“Sorry, I'm just so excited to have our first real guest!”

“Uh, what the hell am I then?” Angel said offended. “Well, you're an important part of our family here Angel, but you uhm, uh…Constantly make us look bad, sexually harass the staff, and have literally never once tried to improve?” Vaggie said cutting Charlie off.

“What she means is, it's just nice to have someone interested for once.”

Quasi notices the sadness in Angels eyes. He feels bad but he knows he can’t help him unless he tells him the truth of what really bothering him.

Niffty sits on the carpet playing with Keekee; the hotel’s resident pet and the little soul of the hotel. However as Charlie and Sir Pentious approach Keekee hisses at the snake and scatters away while Niffty turns to greet them.

“Over here we have our maid Niffty.”

Niffty Gasps recognizing Sir Pentious. “The bad boy is back!” Niffty climbs onto Sir Pentious and holding him by the collar, as looks into his eyes with her single insane red eye and a very sadistic smile, which creeps him out.

“Never leave me again.” Niffty says in a creepy whisper. “Down girl. Quasi said prying Niffty off him. Sorry about that.

“We're about 80% sure she's harmless. Quasi said laughing awkwardly.

“And over here we have- Charlie is cut off as she nearly bumps into Alastor. “

Oh! Uh, Alastor! Our gracious facility manager! You've met our newest guest Sir Pentious…hehe… Alastor grins. “Ah yes!You're the one who ruined my coat!”

Alastor's eyes glow red in the dark with a violent temptation to rip him a part. “I definitely remember you now.” He said in a sinister tone. Sir Pentious gulps nervously. “Well, I guess this is a great time for your first lesson!”

Charlie Clears her throat. "How to apologize! The first step to becoming a better person is to admit when you are wrong, why don't you give it a try?”Sir Pentious looks nervous but gives Alaster an awkward smile.

“Yes..uhm.. Mr uhm.. Radio Demon sir, please forgive me for attacking you and ruining your very lovely coat.. uhm.. here.” As a token of apology, Sir. Pentious hands back the small fabric he tore from Alastor's coat. Alaster takes it and inspects the damage. “Ah-Ho!Not many people have been able to take even this much off me, it must have meant quite a lot to you.”

Despite being generous, Alastor spontaneously combusts the fabric tear into green flames, leaving Sir Pentious and Charlie stunned. Later they all sat in the living room as Charlie thought up a new activity.

“Now, with a new resident, I think it's important we all get to know each other! So we are going to play a little game. “Everyone, follow me. My name is Charlie .” Charlie clapped twice.

“I like to sing!” She clapped twice again. “And when we get to know each other it's the greatest thing! “ Said clapping twice once more as she pointed at Sir Pentious. “ My name's Sir Pentious.” He said clapping twice.

“I like to build.” He said clapping twice a second time. “And despite my stupid Egg Bois, I think I'm very skilled!” When it was Angel's turn, however he looked disinterested, looking up from his phone. “This is stupid.”

“This- is not- stupid! *claps twice* It's just a game! *claps twice* Sir Pentious did it well so now please try to do the same!”*claps twice*

“I am too sober for this.” Angel said annoyed. “Well, get used to it and learn how to play, this is gonna be your whole day! Vaggie said clapping twice.

—————————————————

That night Angel lies down on his bed as he glumly looks at his phone and sees all his voice mails from Valentino. Angel sighs and begins to play them each one at a time unaware that someone was at the door listening.

Angel I understand tonight must’ve been rough for you. Charlie wanted me to check on you are you ok?” He got no response. “Hello?”

He pressed his ear to the door straining to hear inside. He heard a voice that didn’t sound like Angel. It almost sounded like… a voicemail. Though unlike the ones he got from his dad and Charlie these were far from kind or caring. Though the tone shifted friendly and apologetic to a barrage of screams threats of violence.

Valentino (voice message): “Angel baby, come home! It's not the same without you here, I miss you! Come back.”

“ANGEL, YOU BITCH! IF YOU DON'T COME HOME, YOU'LL BE FUCKING GREASY TRUCKERS FOR THE NEXT YEAR!”

“Hey, amorcito, I didn't mean to yell, but you know how crazy you make me- YOU FUCKING SLUT! Hey, Angie! About earlier-KILL YOUR WHOLE FUCKIN' FAMILY! Work's really stressful! LITTLE COCKSUCKING PIECE OF SHIT!”

Valentino: “You actually think you can change? Addict trash like you doesn't change. I'll see you soon, baby.” Quasi’s hands ball into fists. “So you his was what Angel had been hiding.

His boss had been sending him threatening messages. He didn’t know much about The Vee known as Valentino… what he did know is that he wouldn’t leave Angel alone until he returned home to him.

“Sorry, not now, Fat Nuggets.” He heard Angel say to her pet pig. Quasi froze realizing Angel was leaving the room. Before he could move the door flies open as he comes face to face with Angel.

He half expected him to be Angry but instead he just looked surprised. “How much of that did you hear?” Quasi hesitated. “All of it… why didn’t you tell me… or Charlie… we could help you.” Angel sighed.

“Walk with me. He followed him downstairs. The hotel was quiet and everyone was asleep. “I’m sorry you had to hear all that… but there’s nothing you can do… he owns my soul.”

“I know how you feel.” Angel frowned. “Not that I’ve ever sold my soul!” He sighed. “I was raised by a corrupt judge. “

“Yeah Charlie told me about him. He tried to burn Charlie at the steak. I’d’ve payed to see the look on his face when he realized she wouldn’t burn.” Quasi laughed. “Yeah it was a little funny.”

“Anyways… he wasn’t exactly the best father figure. He was abusive. Both verbally, mentally, and physically. “He hit you?” Angel said shocked. Quasi nodded.

“It’s fine. I feel better now knowing his soul is rotting down here in hell where it belongs.” “Yeah that’s good.” Said Angel smiling. “Hey you want a drink?”

Angel asked approaching Husks empty bar as he picks up a whole bottle. “I’m good.” Angel shrugs and starts drinking. However Angel pauses as he notices something out of the corner of his eye. Quasi looks in the direction he’s looking in time to notice something slithering away.

“What the?” Angel runs of down the hallway and he follows. They find finding Charlie's office door open as they take and takes a peek inside. There, they discovers Sir Pentious setting up a small camera in one of the bookshelves, a camera that obviously belong to Voxtech.

Angel jumps into action slightly drunk as he slams open the door open. “You slippery little shit!” Sir Pentious yelps realizing he’d not only been caught by Angel but the princess’s brother as well. Who stares at him arms crossed over his chest disappointed. “You're working for the Vees?”

“I fucking knew there was something shitty about you.” Sir Pentious denies everything. “I don't know what you're talking about!…whore bug!” He said with a smirk.”

Angel, sufficiently pissed off, tackles Sir Pentious on the ground. He punches him in the face before wrestling with him. “Quasi wanted to mad at the snake for insulting his friend and secret crush but he wasn’t sure what to do.

“Get your aggressively average body…OFF OF ME!” Sir Pentious shouted as he uses his hypnotic powers on Angel. Angel becomes momentarily stunned.

“Fuck!” [Angel stumbles back as he snaps out of it as he corners Sir Pentious. Right then, Charlie and Vaggie walk in.

“What's going on?” Charlie said yawning. “Shit.” Quasi swears realizing they’d woken his sister. “This little bitch is a traitor!” Angel says slurring his words.

“Preposterous! I would never betray you. You... are my best friends!” Sir Pentious said hugging Charlie and Vaggie. “Seriously we literally just caught you.” Said quasi annoyed.

“Yeah then explain this!”

Angel lifts off one of the books revealing the hidden camera, much to Charlie's shock. Sir Pentious realizes that his cover is blown and scurries away. Frightened. He brings out his wrist watch to make contact with Vox.

“Ah! Ah! Abort! Abort! S.O.S! Agent Pentious in need of immediate evacuation!” Vox immediately picks up. “Pentious? Wait… you were caught?!? It hasn't even been, a day!” Vox laughed.

“Please! You've got to get me out of here!” The poor snake begged. “I can't believe we thought you could handle even something this simple! Do us a favour, if they don't kill you, go ahead and do it yourself!”

“You MISERABLE FAILURE!” Quasi noticed tears in the snakes eyes. He almost felt bad for him. His aura was grey like a storm cloud. He hated people like Vox; who took advantage of others.

Sure Pentious acted like a villain but that was because people expected him to be… but maybe he didn’t have to be.

“I... I… just make it quick I guess…not that I deserve it.” Sir Pentious said as he lay on the ground, with Vaggie holding a spear ready to pierce his skull. “Gladly.” She said.

However before he could be put out of his misery, Charlie and quasi stopped her, as Charlie held out her hand to him.

“Pentious?”

Pentious opened his eyes to find Charlie smiling down at him, her hand extended.

Charlie: ♫ It starts with sorry, that's your foot in the door. ♫

Charlie: ♫ One simple sorry, spoken straight from your core.♫

Charlie: ♫ The path to forgiveness, is a twisting trail of hearts! ♫

Charlie: ♫ But sorry is where it starts! ♫

Sir Pentious: ♫ Who could forgive a dirtbag like me? ♫

Sir Pentious: ♫ I don't deserve your amnesty. ♫

Angel and Vaggie walked towards him Angel with a gun and Vaggie with her spear. Angel Dust and Vaggie: ♫ Can't we just kill him? ♫

Angel Dust and Vaggie: ♫ Shoot him and spill his blood? ♫ They said pointing their weapons at the frightened reptile.

Charlie: ♫ That's an option you could choose. ♫

Angel Dust and Vaggie: ♫ Works for us. ♫ Quasi blocked Angel as Charlie grabbed Vaggie spear.

Charlie: ♫ But who hasn't been in his shoes? It starts with sorry. ♫

Sir Pentious: ♫ Sorry. ♫

Charlie: ♫ Dig down deeper and say one sincere sorry! ♫

Sir Pentious: ♫ I'm so sorry! ♫ He said to quasi who gave him a forgiving smile and a pat on the back.

Charlie: ♫ And your journey's underway! ♫

Charlie and Sir Pentious: ♫ It'll take time to cover your/ my vast multitude of sins ♫

♫ But sorry is where it begins. It starts with sorry. ♫

“I hated that song!” Said Niffty who was standing in the hallway in her pajamas with a disappointed scowl. “Why are you so lame?!” Niffty says kicking his tail as she walks away.

“Not a bad boy.” She mumbles “You’ll get used to it.” Quasi said patting him on the back again as he let out a tired yawn. “Good first day! Let's get some rest!”

Charlie said as she and the others leave the room; the wrist watch communicator still on the office floor. Alastor appears from the shadows of the dark hallway with a malevolent smile as he picks up the watch using his magic to revive the watch.

“WHAT?!?” Vox says his face appearing on the watch. Vox pauses when he realizes that Alastor is the one calling him. “You'll have to try harder than that next time, ol' pal!” Alastor says crushing the watch with his bare hand as Vox incoherently screams at him as the watch becomes incapable of creating audio, before Alastor retreats back into the darkness, chuckling his smile the last thing to disappear into the shadows.

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January Wrap Up

I read 11 books in January which is a personal record. I’ve included the synopsis pulled directly from Goodreads and my (short) thoughts on the book. If you’d like a longer review of any of the books I read this month, feel free to request it!

The Innocence Treatment by Ari Goelman - ⭐⭐⭐

Lauren has a disorder that makes her believe everything her friends tell her--and she believes everyone is her friend. Her innocence puts her at constant risk, so when she gets the opportunity to have an operation to correct her condition, she seizes it. But after the surgery, Lauren is changed. Is she a paranoid lunatic with violent tendencies? Or a clear-eyed observer of the world who does what needs to be done?

Told in journal entries and therapy session transcripts, The Innocence Treatment is a collection of Lauren's papers, annotated by her sister long after the events of the novel. A compelling YA debut thriller that is part speculative fiction and part shocking tell-all of genetic engineering and government secrets, Lauren's story is ultimately an electrifying, propulsive, and spine-tingling read.

 Nothing I found particularly impressive… it had potential but didn’t quite meet it.

 The Memory Book by Lara Avery - ⭐⭐⭐⭐

 Sammie was always a girl with a plan: graduate at the top of her class and get out of her small town as soon as humanly possible. Nothing will stand in her way--not even a rare genetic disorder the doctors say will slowly start to steal her memories and then her health. What she needs is a new plan.

So the Memory Book is born: Sammie's notes to her future self, a document of moments great and small. It's where she'll record every perfect detail of her first date with longtime crush, Stuart--a brilliant young writer who is home for the summer. And where she'll admit how much she's missed her childhood best friend, Cooper, and even take some of the blame for the fight that ended their friendship.

Through a mix of heartfelt journal entries, mementos, and guest posts from friends and family, readers will fall in love with Sammie, a brave and remarkable girl who learns to live and love life fully, even though it's not the life she planned.

 I am shocked. I never expected to like a contemporary this much... especially "sick-lit" or whatever people are calling it. Maybe it was because I found a lot of what Sammie said to be so relatable, or maybe because NPC is exactly the type of disease I'd like to research in my future. Maybe it's because one of my greatest fears is getting dementia and losing my memory.

Whatever it was, I hope I can find it again in another book.

 Vox by Christina Dalcher - ⭐⭐

 Set in an America where half the population has been silenced, VOX is the harrowing, unforgettable story of what one woman will do to protect herself and her daughter.

On the day the government decrees that women are no longer allowed more than 100 words daily, Dr. Jean McClellan is in denial—this can't happen here. Not in America. Not to her.

This is just the beginning.

Soon women can no longer hold jobs. Girls are no longer taught to read or write. Females no longer have a voice. Before, the average person spoke sixteen thousand words a day, but now women only have one hundred to make themselves heard.

But this is not the end.

For herself, her daughter, and every woman silenced, Jean will reclaim her voice

 Uh, yeah, not impressed. Disappointed. Annoyed. It felt like Dalcher was trying too hard and was clearly ridding on the coattails of The Handmaid’s Tale’s recent re-emergence.

Also, the narrator on the audiobook and pronounce Wernicke’s area which just grated on my nerves and honestly pissed me off.

 First We Were IV by Alexandra Sirowy - ⭐⭐⭐⭐

 It started for pranks, fun, and forever memories.

A secret society – for the four of us.

The rules: Never lie. Never tell. Love each other.

We made the pledge and danced under the blood moon on the meteorite in the orchard. In the spot we found the dead girl five years earlier. And discovered the ancient drawings way before that.

Nothing could break the four of us apart – I thought.

But then, others wanted in. Our seaside town had secrets. History.

We wanted revenge.

We broke the rules. We lied. We told. We loved each other too much, not enough, and in ways we weren’t supposed to.

Our invention ratcheted out of control.

What started as a secret society, ended as justice. Revenge. Death. Rebellion.

 Wooooowwwww... I am starting off this year with some pretty good reads. Granted, I read probably 3/4 of this one in emerge on my birthday after having twisted my knee skiing the day before...

This book didn't take the path I thought it would. It just felt like the climax and conclusion occurred in the same paragraph? I don't know maybe that's just me...

I'd love to see this as a TV show (maybe Netflix since they tend to do a rocking job).

 Day 21 by Cass Morgan - ⭐⭐⭐

 It's been 21 days since the hundred landed on Earth. They're the only humans to set foot on the planet in centuries...or so they thought. Facing an unknown enemy, Wells attempts to keep the group together. Clarke strikes out for Mount Weather, in search of other Colonists, while Bellamy is determined to rescue his sister, no matter the cost. And back on the ship, Glass faces an unthinkable choice between the love of her life and life itself.

In this pulse-pounding sequel to Kass Morgan's The 100, secrets are revealed, beliefs are challenged, and relationships are tested. And the hundred will struggle to survive the only way they can -- together.

 I still much prefer the Netflix adaptation. Although I enjoy this recovering from an apocalyptic event storyline the books take, I find that they lack the action that I love so much in the show… not to mention that my favourite characters don’t exist.

 52 Reasons to Hate My Father by Jessica Brody - ⭐⭐⭐⭐

 Lexington Larrabee has never to work a day in her life. After all, she’s the heiress to the multi-billion-dollar Larrabee Media empire. And heiresses are not supposed to work. But then again, they’re not supposed to crash brand new Mercedes convertibles into convenience stores on Sunset Blvd either.

Which is why, on Lexi’s eighteen birthday, her ever-absent, tycoon father decides to take a more proactive approach to her wayward life. Every week for the next year, she will have to take on a different low-wage job if she ever wants to receive her beloved trust fund. But if there’s anything worse than working as a maid, a dishwasher, and a fast-food restaurant employee, it’s dealing with Luke, the arrogant, albeit moderately attractive, college intern her father has assigned to keep tabs on her.

In a hilarious “comedy of heiress” about family, forgiveness, good intentions, and best of all, second chances, Lexi learns that love can be unconditional, money can be immaterial, and, regardless of age, everyone needs a little saving. And although she might have 52 reasons to hate her father, she only needs one reason to love him.

 Be prepared for a spoiled, bratty, unlikable main character. If you can’t stand characters like this, then I suggest avoiding this read, especially since we are trapped in her head (1st person narration) for the duration of the book. However, Lexi does have a great character arc, so if you are able to tolerate her for the first half of the book, you’ll actually start to like her.

Another contemporary I really enjoyed… not sure if this is because I’m not as picky when it comes to my favourite and least favourite genres anymore, but then again it my just be that I stumbled across two contemporaries that suited my fancy this month.

 The Loneliest Girl in the Universe by Lauren James - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

 Romy Silvers is the only surviving crew-member of a spaceship travelling to a new planet, on a mission to establish a second home for humanity amongst the stars. Alone in space, she is the loneliest girl in the universe until she hears about a new ship which has launched from Earth – with a single passenger on board. A boy called J.

Their only communication with each other is via email – and due to the distance between them, their messages take months to transmit across space. And yet Romy finds herself falling in love.

But what does Romy really know about J? And what do the mysterious messages which have started arriving from Earth really mean?

Sometimes, there’s something worse than being alone . . .

 Okay. First of all, the UK paperback cover is gorgeous. This would have one hundred percent been a cover buy if the synopsis hadn’t also intrigued me.

I went in thinking that it would be a space-based romance, but boy was I wrong. And good thing too. I’m not a huge fan of romance (more like I tolerate it for a good plot), and this book did not focus of the blooming romance as much as I thought it would.

Space, suspense, beautiful cover? Sign me up!

 Crash by Lisa McMann - ⭐⭐⭐

 Jules lives with her family above their restaurant, which means she smells like pizza most of the time and drives their double-meatball-shaped food truck to school. It’s not a recipe for popularity, but she can handle that.

What she can’t handle is the recurring vision that haunts her. Over and over, Jules sees a careening truck hit a building and explode...and nine body bags in the snow.

The vision is everywhere—on billboards, television screens, windows—and she’s the only one who sees it. And the more she sees it, the more she sees. The vision is giving her clues, and soon Jules knows what she has to do. Because now she can see the face in one of the body bags, and it’s someone she knows. Someone she has been in love with for as long as she can remember.

In this riveting start to a gripping trilogy from New York Times bestselling author Lisa McMann, Jules has to act—and act fast—to keep her vision from becoming reality.

 Not bad but not amazing either. It’s your typical psychic teen struggling with her newly found gifts and trying to prevent a tragedy. I’ll continue on with the trilogy since I have the bind up, they’re quick reads, and they’re a good distraction from my stressful studies… so basically just what I need.

 Bang by Lisa McMann - ⭐⭐⭐

 Jules should be happy. She saved a lot of people’s lives and she’s finally with Sawyer, pretty much the guy of her dreams. But the nightmare’s not over, because she somehow managed to pass the psycho vision stuff to Sawyer. Excellent.

Feeling responsible for what he’s going through and knowing that people’s lives are at stake, Jules is determined to help him figure it all out. But Sawyer’s vision is so awful he can barely describe it, much less make sense of it. All he can tell her is there’s a gun, and eleven ear-splitting shots. Bang.

Jules and Sawyer have to work out the details fast, because the visions are getting worse and that means only one thing: time is running out. But every clue they see takes them down the wrong path. If they can’t prevent the vision from happening, lives will be lost. And they may be among the casualties…

 This second book in the Visions series took an interesting turn on the whole psychic thing, but a lot of the book was spent going back and forth between “No I don’t want to do this” to “Yes I’m in” and “No I don’t want to help” to, again… “Yes I’m in” which was kind of a drag.

 Number of Pages Read: 3438

Average Rating: 3.5

Favourite Book of the Month: The Loneliest Girl in the Universe by Lauren James

The cover, the space adventure, the thriller-type aspect to the plot… everything I love all in one.

Least Favourite Book of the Month: Vox by Christina Dalcher

I was just… really disappointed.

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FFXV PREQUEL ACCORDO GROUP IDEAS

Regis goes to the throne room to get his father’s blessing, like Noctis in FFXV -- Mors isn’t there.

Regis finds Mors sitting in his study drinking. Mors asks him why he isn’t gone yet.

Mors gives a really half assed ‘blessing’ and continues with work.

Cor, a 15 year old, instructed by King Mors to be Regis’s chauffeur.

Regis runs back to tell Mors he loves him, Mors is literally in the middle of flirting with a maid and gets all irritated. 

Mors hands over a letter and tells Regis DO NOT OPEN IT. It’s for his mom, the Queen, who resides in Accordo with her family/Regis’s grandparents. Mors tells Regis to make sure Queen Vox is to give it back to Mors, or back to Regis even, once she’s done.

Regis figures maybe his father does have a heart, he’s found time to give Vox a letter and want one back.

Clarus and Regis are SO glad to gtfo of Insomnia. Cor isn’t. Cor hates them all. Edgy 15 year old child is a bit of an asshole and doesn’t like when they talk shit about King Mors.

Cid looooooves to talk shit about King Mors.

Weskham will also drive instead of Cor, and cooks and serves drinks and is a good strategizer, but mostly fights. He has guns and a rapier.

Cor with the Genji Blade

Clarus with the greatsword and shield

Cid with polearm but also hammer (because why not)

Weskham trying his best to keep this clusterfuck of a group together and not constantly bickering.

The other three LOVE to bicker with Cor because he’s so pissy and overreacts to everything.

They take a hell of a long time in Lucis because they want to savor being away from Insomnia. ‘Oops the car broke down’ ‘Oops we had to go run an errand’ ‘Oops the chocobo post needed us to help’

Fighting a Behemoth but only managing to cut it’s eye and horn.

Lots more strategy based fights (little different from FFXV combat, more like how they would strategize in Duscae... except the combat and strategy is actually used and WORKS.)

Fighting Imperial Troopers, before they’re called MTs, and while they’re still believed to be cyborgs.

Meeting Imperial Head Scientist Ardyn Izunia.

Meeting him everywhere.

How does this guy go everywhere at once.

What does he want from us.

We just do not know.

(Optional Side Mission for Ardyn to become a temporary party member and hang out.)

Ardyn has some terrible lab coat and glasses but is fooling nobody with the fact that he’s added ANOTHER layer to his 5000 layered clothing.

Meeting Aulea in Cape Caem

Learning about Regis’s childhood in Cape Caem and growing up with Aulea.

Aulea as a temporary party member fighter.

Dino Ghiranze’s father is maybe or maybe not Lucian-Accordo Mafioso.

There’s no daemons (because Mors still has the wall over Lucis) so hunts are only for creatures.

Head Hunter Ezma Auburnbrie, and her strange sister Kimya, who may or may not be a witch.

Kimya and Ardyn are good bros despite only meeting like two months ago.

Going into Accordo.

Don’t have permit.

Have to sneak into country.

Meeting Queen Vox -- Regis’s mother. Regis never really knew her.

Regis hands over his father’s letter. Cue Queen Vox sobbing in her room and Regis overhears her.

The letter was a Divorce Paper.

Dino Ghiranze’s Grandfather comes to visit Queen Vox, and helps the boys enter the country “Legally”

Many air quotes over “Legally”

They’re granted permission to enter the capital, Altissia.

Shit goes down, fights break out, Imperial MT Troops start attacking Regis.

Weskham orders them to leave while he causes a distraction.

Cor is very mad about this. Weskham is the only person he really liked.

Cid and Regis have a fight about leaving Weskham behind.

Weskham is captured by Niffs, interrogated, and then broken out by a Militia team. Major Camelia Claustra helps rehabilitate him. Weskham has lost his “legal” passport, however, so, he can’t leave the country.

Weskham starts a small bar for the militia group. It starts to become a big bar, and more like a small pub or restaurant.

When Regis and the other three return, there’s daemons in Lucis. The Wall has been reduced.

People are being viciously slaughtered left and right by daemons, because nobody knows how to fight it.

Medicine, electronics, clothing, ect has all been embargoed. King Mors is telling everyone that Leide, Cleigne, and Duscae is “Niff Territory” now, not to be pitying the people there.

King Mors blaming Regis for not being able to take Accordo.

People think Regis is dead and died in Accordo with the rest of his group.

Cor throws a tantrum, randomly parks the car, and just leaves the group.

Aulea is furious about the lies King Mors is making. Aulea is a hunter now.

Aulea and Ezma and Kimya working together to figure out how to calm the civilians, and forming a headquarters in Meldacio to train daemon hunters.

Aulea is now a party member.

Kimya has a plan, says that they should contain daemons instead of trying to kill the big ones.

The team going into the dungeons, and fighting daemons back into a sealed off area.

Once that mission is finished, Regis gives the key to Ezma, and trusts her better than everyone else.

Going back to Insomnia, Cid and Regis have a falling out, and Cid leaves the team

Clarus, Regis and Aulea are the ones who make it back.

Being interrogated at the wall.

I’M THE PRINCE OF LUCIS

“Yeah, and my wife is the Oracle”

Breaking into YOUR OWN COUNTRY and confronting YOUR OWN FATHER.

Final Boss King Mors.

Penultimate Final Boss: Cor Leonis (Cor “Mors did nothing wrong” Leonis needs an ass whooping right about now.)

King Mors seems to know something about Noctis, before he’s born, doesn’t ever explain. Decides that this is good and wants Aulea to be there.

“Your child will save the world, and you will die before you see him.” (He knows Aulea will die at childbirth)

WHATEVER CHILD I HAVE I WILL ALWAYS BE A BETTER FATHER THAN YOU.

Ending at a stalemate, King Mors just retreats, and Cor tending his wounds.

Aulea and Regis and Clarus just realizing how fucked up everything is. Reflect on life.

1970s AND 1980s HEARTLAND ROCK MUSIIIIIIIIIIC

Stand By Me

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She used to scrub toilets for $9 an hour. Now her book about it is a best-seller

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MISSOULA, Mont. — Five years ago, Stephanie Land was slumped over on her hands and knees scrubbing a bathtub. The single mom was a semester away from graduating college and pregnant with a second child.

She was broke. People cautioned her against it. But she decided to quit her job as a house cleaner and go all in on her studies with the hope of becoming a freelance writer after graduation.

“It was incredibly difficult to turn my back on paid work and have faith that my dream would pay off,” she said.

It did. The former cleaning woman has written a rags-to-riches story that’s long on rags before finally offering a hint of riches.

Her memoir about her years cleaning houses, “Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay and a Mother’s Will to Survive,” debuted two weeks ago at #3 on The New York Times nonfiction best-seller list.

The book is an illuminating window into the mundane, low-paid service work that much of America never notices or chooses to ignore.

And now, after years of grueling poverty, its sudden success is changing Land’s life.

She was on a plane last month when her book made The New York Times’ list.

“As soon as I landed, I got a huge amount of texts,” she told CNN. As the plane was taxiing to the gate, she broke down crying.

She put herself through college by cleaning houses

“Maid” begins in Land’s late twenties, when she was living in a homeless shelter with her infant daughter. One excruciating early scene describes Land’s mother flying in from Europe with her husband to help her daughter move from the shelter into a transitional apartment. Land wrote that her mother refused to even buy her lunch, forcing her to pay $10.59 for a burger — “twenty-eight cents less than what I had in my bank account.”

A later scene shows Land having a falling out with her father, with whom she and Mia were staying.

For more than a decade, she’d nursed a dream of becoming a real writer, quietly scribbling away with reddened eyes and a cup of coffee late at night after her daughter Mia had drifted off. She’d become a mother at 28, but lost the support of her family. Cleaning became about the only job she could find without a college degree in the small town where she lived near Seattle.

On her own, without financial support, Land often relied on government assistance programs. In addition to the indignity of being poor, she said even providing the documentation to prove she actually was poor became exhausting in itself.

“You’re having to prove again and again that you’re doing what you say you’re doing,” she said.

Land enrolled in the University of Montana’s creative writing program because of the school’s reputation for launching authors’ careers.

But between cleaning houses and caring for her daughter, Land was a thirtysomething student who didn’t get invited to many parties with her fellow English majors.

“They were all writing about their year abroad and I was writing about cleaning toilets,” she said.

After earning her English degree in 2014, Land finally began to put food on the table with her pen instead of a mop. She became a writing fellow with the Washington, DC-based Center for Community Change. An essay in Vox, in which she dished on all the prescription painkillers she found in the mansions she cleaned, went viral and led to bylines in the New York Times, Washington Post, and other news outlets.

But clicks on her articles didn’t always mean dollars in her bank account.

Land was still struggling when she landed a publishing contract and received her book advance in late 2016. She still had $50,000 in student loan debt and $20,000 in maxed-out credit cards, but she finally gained some breathing room to focus on expenses beyond just basic necessities for herself and her two girls — such as seeing a chiropractor for a case of scoliosis that had worsened through years of scrubbing stains out of carpets.

And she bought the nicest car she’d owned in years: a 2006 Subaru. Even now, though, she said, “I haven’t been to the dentist in years.”

Now her fans include author Neil Gaiman

“Maid” landed high on the Times’ best-seller list, between memoirs by former first lady Michelle Obama and Senator Kamala Harris, who is running for president. Her publisher’s office “was jumping up and partying and hugging” when they got the news, Land said.

Amazon named “Maid” one of its best books for January. Barnes and Noble has the book on its recommended list for February. And author Neil Gaiman has praised her book on Twitter. Land named her younger daughter Coraline after Gaiman’s book of the same name.

Land’s book comes as director Alfonso Cuaron’s “Roma,” a film told from the point of view of a young Mexican housekeeper, is up for 10 Academy Awards, including best picture. Both take a working-class character who’s often on the margins of society and give her a leading role.

Land has been traveling around the US the past couple weeks speaking about her story. She reads sections of her book describing how her exhaustion as a mother, a maid, and a student defy the misconception some have that welfare recipients are lazy.

One fan, who lives the same meager existence Land knew for so long, splurged for an $18 train ticket to see the woman who had written herself out of poverty.

“I just took a train for two hours to see you. I blew my budget for the day,” the woman wrote in a handwritten note she gave to Land. “And from what I read, I know you understand what it’s like to have a daily budget.”

Land has been writing for broad audiences for the last few years, and her hard lessons about poverty didn’t always land softly.

“Most of the responses have been from white men trolling me on the internet,” she said.

But things feel different this time.

“I’m surprised that people really are seeing how hard it is to get on public assistance and to get off of it,” she said. She is mindful of how hard it can be to earn a living, citing the federal employees working paycheck to paycheck who lined up at food banks during the government shutdown.

“I think (the book) tells the stories of our times.”

And Land is speaking out about poverty

Land says a long list of grants, loans, and assistance programs helped her and her family eventually climb out of poverty. But she found these programs could constrain recipients as much as empower them.

Her book describes how meeting government assistance programs’ work requirements while taking college classes and raising her daughter was a constant, near-impossible balancing act. If the government is going to ask for work requirements, they should let college credit hours count for that, she says now.

“My job offered no sick pay, no vacation days, no foreseeable increase in wage, yet through it all, still I begged to work more,” Land wrote in the book. “Wages lost from missed work hours could rarely be made up, and if I missed too many I risked being fired. My car’s reliability was vital, since a broken hose, a faulty thermostat, or even a flat tire could throw us off, knock us backward, send us teetering, falling back, toward homelessness.

Some leaders are pushing to alleviate the hardships “Maid” portrays.

Sen. Kamala Harris is pushing a Domestic Workers Bill of Rights that would support those who work as nannies, house cleaners, home health nurses and similar jobs.

The proposed legislation would introduce federal requirements for domestic workers to receive many of the same benefits routinely expected in other professions, including paid sick days, affordable health care and retirement savings, rest breaks, and fair scheduling practices.

And next month Land is slated to speak on a panel about poverty alongside major progressive public policy figures in Washington as part of an event organized by the Center for Community Change, the same group that first offered her a writing fellowship.

She did it all without a man

Today Land, 40, lives in Missoula, Montana, with her two daughters: Mia, 11, and Coraline, 4.

The girls’ fathers aren’t much involved in their daughters’ lives. Land married another man in 2017, but she said her husband was abusive, and their partnership was brief.

Now she is adjusting to the life of a literary star, even if she doesn’t feel like one.

“I’m not a literary writer. I tell it very plainly, like it is,” Land said. She admires the sparse, meaning-laden sentences of Ernest Hemingway, who advised, “Write hard and clear about what hurts.”

She followed that admonition in Maid’s first line: “My daughter learned to walk in a homeless shelter.”

As she mapped out her memoir, she turned to heroes like John Steinbeck and Kurt Vonnegut and scoured breakout memoirs from contemporary female writers like Cheryl Strayed, author of “Wild.”

In the months to come Land plans to work as a public speaker and mentor low-income writers. Once she catches her breath, she’ll start thinking about another book.

Land says she chose a “hero’s journey” structure for “Maid’s” narrative, believing that memoirists should “show growth and that you’ve learned something about yourself.”

But the single mom also introduced her own modern twist: “I wanted to do it without a man at the end.”

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