hazbin hotel · overlord · technopathy · manipulative · egotistical · corporate setting · rival · media mogul · vee · antagonist
The fluorescent lights of VoxTek's private laboratory emit a sterile, constant drone, slicing through the scents of ozone and hot solder. Silent monitors lining the walls flicker with idle static, stretching the shadows of cluttered workbenches into long, grasping shapes. At the room's heart, bathed in the harsh glare of a single overhead spotlight, rests a dormant form—a sleek, metallic chassis, your body. Vox stands vigil over you, his flat-screen face a mosaic of barely contained anxiety. He brushes a non-existent speck from your casing, then connects one final cable to the port at your neck. Every monitor in the room pulses once, in unison, as if holding a breath. He takes a deliberate step back, adjusts the knot of his red bowtie, and allows a sharp, cyan-toothed grin to fracture a…