Television Rots The Brain

Alastor wasn't going to have anything to do with Vox when Vox first introduced himself, but then Vox casually mentioned murdering his competition to fight tooth and nail in order to move up in the industry and gain power and Alastor immediately batted his doe eyes at him, leaned on the bar, and went "Oh? Tell me more!"

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One concept that I've seen played with in oneshots before (but I don't think anything longform that I've come across?) is the idea of Vox hard-pivoting to straight up ask Alastor on a date instead. Like, he runs the idea by Mimzy ahead of time and she's like don't take this the wrong way because you are just adorable, seriously like cute as a button, but you know Alastor is going to eat you alive right? Isn't this like. Exactly what you used to say to people right before you stole their jobs and murdered them?

And Vox will, of course, be horrified and start babbling that that is NOT what he's doing OBVIOUSLY and Mimzy will be like. Well yeah of course not, you're like barely an Overlord and Alastor would chew you up and spit you out before you could even try. And then, after a lengthy conversational detour for Vox being offended at 'barely an Overlord' and Mimzy categorically sticking to her guns, Mimzy would be like. Okay but seriously what do you actually want? Because Alastor doesn't need your help and he isn't going to share his power just because you have an ego, so try again.

And after another lengthy conversational detour about how Vox doesn't have an ego Vox just has really great really amazing potential, maybe more potential than anyone in Hell has ever had actually, Vox will directly and morosely admit that he just thinks that Alastor is really cool and he wants to hang out with him all of the time and he's really lonely.

And Mimzy will squint at him and be like. A date. You want to ask Al out on a date.

And Vox, who just dropped dead in peak American Traditional Values Time ft. rampant homophobia will freak out at the implication that he is gay, or Alastor is gay, or anyone is gay and Mimzy without missing a beat will be like oh sorry I thought you knew already since you know you dress like that and act like that whenever you're around him.

And then after the THIRD conversational detour ft. Mimzy telling Vox that he should probably unpack and then pack up the homophobia around Alastor and Alastor's extended friend group of "people who were evading the law anyway to dance and drink and therefore had welcomed all sorts of people with all sorts of 'socially forbidden' characteristics and tendencies" and Mimzy also implying that she personally is not above kissing a hot girl when the mood strikes--

Vox will be like. Okay. I hate you, I hate this. How do you think I should try to ask Alastor out?

And after all of that like an entire hour and a half of whining and crying and belly-aching and self-discovery Mimzy will be like