Random Reader

Lucifer decides to go snooping in Alastor's room in hopes of finding something incriminating and get him booted from the Hotel.

He finds what looks like an old journal, takes it to his room before he's found and gleefully starts to read!

The full game hasn't come out yet so we don't know how all the details, but I also have some ideas (that may get destroyed when it comes out) but I'm thinking that Alastor lives on the run with Hatter (perhaps 'disguised' as husband and wife) and Dormouse in a scenario similar to the 'Escape Ending,' where Alice finds her parents had approved of her to be given a lobotomy, then Cheshire Cat finds her at her lowest point and gives her the same axe Cordelia used...

In Alice Asylum, there was going to be a musical number on the first level, the Denial Realm, sung by the Mock Turtle and a child version of Alice who is being kept prisoner in a circus. A cover of the song was made on youtube (linked in the image).

Imagine the cast watching the amnesiac, innocent, thirteen year old version of Alastor singing while knowing the truth:

Oh, I'll be free, I'll leave! And I'll get my family back! It's okay... it's alright... Here Everything is Fine. It's the four thousand five hundred sixty-fourth day And Everything is Fine. When I get my family back Everything will be fine! When I get to home again Everything will be fine!

I think the Hazbins may be reminded of Charlie when looking at this version of Alastor.

Oh god that HURTS. Especially if they got to get a good look at Alastor's childhood, his parents - he was happy! they were good people and they loved him and he was happy! And they died because they protected him.

And now they see this version of Alastor, amnesiac and happy and in denial/not knowing what happened to them...

@too-much-inspiration @kitsunesongs Since Angel is watching this, so is Vox probably the other Vees.

Alastor then interrupts, laughing over 'how ludicrous and presumptuous you are, Vox, to think having the truly good and innocent see their loved ones degraded to their true demonic selves.' Vox argues, saying he knows Alastor misses his parents, and at this point he completely forgets they're in front of a crowd as well as being televised, he promises Alastor that he can see his parents again after Vox comes to power. That any and all Sinners can see the ones they've missed the most.

Alastor looks shocked before giving a humorless laugh, telling Vox that the Alastor his Papa and Maman remember was their sweet, innocent 8 year old child, not the broken, mad serial murderer he is now. "Vincent, listen to me when I say, I would prefer my parents remember who I used to be and think of me with love, not see me as I am now and think of me with disgust."

This would happen after Lucifer's failed attempt to intimidate Vox, though I think he called for backup after watching Alastor's life since the King of Hell got put on the warpath seeing all the evil Alastor dealt with if this isn't Eve!Lilith!Alastor, and if it is, than he's coming to make things right with his wife's reincarnation. I'm thinking he made his iconic entrance to buy time for his backup to properly prepare since he called them on short notice and didn't have time to give much information other than a Sinner Overlord is attempting to rally other Sinners to start a war with Heaven. Which normally wouldn't mean much to the Sins or Goetia but this is after Hell learned that Angels and be hurt and even killed with Angelic Steel, so the threat of war is real with how paranoid and hair-trigger Heaven, and especially Sera, have been in the past decade.

One reaction I'm interested in is Lute. She's in the midst of grieving her... whatever the fuck Adam was to her and wants to eradicate all of Hell, fully believing that will make things better. So how would she react to a whole lot of Sinners sobbing and singing about wanting to see people they've lost, due to being in separate afterlives? She'll no doubt feel disgusted by 'Sinner filth' acting as though they have any right to want to meet with 'righteous souls' who did go to Heaven, but the longer she listens, the more she... understands.

Did Charlie explain who Alastor was during the rally? If she doesn't (Charlie is under A LOT of stress right now and that little titbit would be difficult to talk about) and snaps at Vox like she did in canon with the whole 'sinners like you' rant, I could imagine Alastor subconsciously recognising that self-righteous attitude and Locks-In. Eyes flaring purple when he interrupts and brutally dismantles her justifications, her half-baked apology and snarls how he 'shouldn't be surprised as Lulu was the only angel I had ever met with actual fucking integrity!' Sera's anger is snuffed out when she realises who it is speaking to her and Vox is giddy when he realises that Alastor has (unintentionally) riled up his rally even more. He knew they would be unstoppable together!

If Lute were to try and defend the Exterminations and their righteousness, how all demons deserve to be slaughtered, Alastor flippantly remarks how it's a shame she was heaven-born as Hell had a special welcoming parties for people like her.

I live in the UK (am not 'old' yet) and use a trolley twice or thrice a week when shopping for essentials, it saves on online shopping or petrol and is extra exercise without shopping bags digging into my fingers!

“Mom has been texting me for the last twenty minutes. She wants me to come home. It’s a four hour drive, when the roads are clear, and from what I hear everybody is trying to get somewhere right now. There’s no telling if I’d even-”

“Everybody else has left. All the other kids were picked up, the other staff left. They gave me all the keys. I promised to stay and wait for as long as- well. Even if some of the parents show up, I guess some of them won’t, so I’m just waiting. Until.”

[Clears throat.]

“A couple of people came after everybody left. Peter, one of Aidan’s fathers, gave me three hundred dollars for staying. What am I going to do with money? It’s- anyway. I kind of get it. He wanted to give me something.”

[Audio ends]

[Audio starts]

“They’re all between 2 and 4.” Sniff. “They’re so little. Too little to really- maybe if they were older, I’d have to tell them something. But um. I’m just- trying to stay calm and keep them happy and occupied. I think that’s the best thing, right now.”

[Heaving breaths.]

“I normally use this recorder to help me remember stuff. It’s just, uh, habit to talk to it. I don’t know. They’re napping, right now. I’ve got the baby monitor, they know that if they talk into it, I’ll come, so-”

[Sobbing.]

[Audio ends]

[Audio starts]

“Mom keeps texting, so I blocked her. I sent her a text telling her goodbye, first, but. I do. But these kids need me.”

[Sniff.]

“I tried calling their parents again, but I can’t get anybody. It’s just busy signals. I called the firefighter station, 911. I can’t get through to anybody.”

[Shaky breath.]

“I went out into the yard. Um, I think they can play. It’s nice out, and you can’t really see it yet. Little bit of a glimmer, if they ask I’ll just tell them it’s a plane, but it’s nice out and we’ve got hours before-”

[Murmuring child’s voice, indistinguishable.]

[Audio ends]

Warning to anyone using Linktree.

From the 5th July, they'll be feeding all imagery you use on your landing page into DALL-E by OpenAI.

Carrd.co. Free alt with paid features.

Bento.app Currently free, integrated with bluesky

Everlink.tools Closest to Linktree, has some paid features.

Lucifer decides to go snooping in Alastor's room in hopes of finding something incriminating and get him booted from the Hotel.

He finds what looks like an old journal, takes it to his room before he's found and gleefully starts to read!

Past week has been extremely tough, I have applied to so many different places of the artistic inclination (game devs), but no positive response yet. Also trying to find local job that pays good and an affordable apartment, also no luck. My parents, whom are in the middle of bumfuck nowhere, would accommodate and control me, to a degree that I am not comfortable with, plus there is no work out there.

I had one pro to that plan, in which I would have gotten to see my kitty again, before he passed from old age, but they told me today that he's gone missing a few days ago and hasn't been seen, which might mean he slipped away to die. Day before, went to check my work to see if there was anything I could do, learned one of my coworkers who's been out sick just died. Heaviness upon heaviness. I just want to turn a corner for some good things.

Some positive today: Did the farmer's market, sold some of my clay figures, made a bit of profit, went to see the Backrooms for a discount ticket, was good, I can feel it sticking to me like a smell (granted maybe not the best thing for my mental health but I ordered ahead of time, so...). I got myself a San Pellegrino, the lifeblood of my homeland, had to treat myself.

Really hoping things get better during the week, that I find something sustainable. Going to try and get some more art out, finish some more WIP. I could really use some help if anyone wants to commission me.