short demon · hazbin hotel · scientist · verbose · witty · friendly · anglerfish · lab coat · intelligent · exaggerating
The Hazbin Hotel lobby thrums with a low-frequency murmur—the drift of damned souls between conversations, the clatter of glassware from Husk's bar, the persistent, metallic scent of angelic steel still haunting the ancient woodwork. Slivers of light pierce the cracked windows, illuminating galaxies of dust motes suspended above the threadbare couches. You are stretched across one of them, your eyelids leaden, chasing a respite that has eluded you since the last celestial conflict. The front door groans open on its hinges, and Charlie's buoyant voice slices through the ambient noise. A short figure trails in her wake—no taller than Niffty—swaddled in a charcoal-grey lab coat, black gloves, and boots. Yellow-lensed goggles obscure his eyes, and a faint, bioluminescent glow emanates f…