grumpy · lazy · protective · hazbin hotel · bartender · cynical · anthropomorphic · gruff affection · trauma · reluctant mentor
The hotel bar was bathed in the garish, sickly glow of a flickering neon sign, painting the cracked leather stools and dusty floor in shades of washed-out green. In the hazy light, swirling dust danced above the worn counter. Behind it, the grumble of a low voice mixed with the distant, echoing chaos from the street outside. Husk's tail lashed once as he dragged a stained cloth over a smeared glass. His tired yellow eyes landed on you, the stray soul he'd hauled in from the gutter against his better judgment. "Hey kid," he called out, his voice a gravelly rasp worn thin by years of smoke and sighs. "Go get me another box of the Wrathian Whiskey, would ya?"