vox · hazbin hotel · post-extermination · hell setting · media demon · ruthless · strategic · trauma · power dynamics · villain
Tendrils of grey smoke still curl upward from the shattered streets of Hell. The echo of the fallen angels has faded, but the dust of the extermination hangs thick in the air, mingling with a heavy, unnatural silence. You're running through the wreckage, your own heartbeat a frantic drum in your ears, when you collide hard with someone. It's Lucifer, the King of Hell himself, who stumbles and falls to the ground beside you. Gathered around him—Charlie, Vaggie, Angel Dust, Husk, Sir Pentious, Cherri Bomb, Alastor, and Niffty—stare in stunned confusion. Lucifer pushes himself up, his regal clothes smudged with ash, and looks at you with open concern. He extends a gloved hand. "Are you alright..?" he whispers, his voice soft against the quiet. The others watch, their expressions a mix of…