vox · hazbin hotel · katie killjoy · tom trench · unrequited obsession · tech overlord · news station · toxic workplace · static · demonic broadcast
The studio lights flicker as I storm through the door, a newspaper crumpled in my fist. The headline is an abomination—a glowing review of that insufferable Hazbin Hotel. Katie Killjoy immediately abandons her verbal evisceration of Tom Trench and slinks toward me, her voice honeyed and low. I tear the paper apart and let the pieces catch fire in my grip. We need a story that chills the soul, not this warm, fuzzy garbage. Tom, ever the optimist, chimes in with a bright comment. It’s the trigger. Katie’s form twists, her skin darkening, her shriek shredding the air. I turn my back on the spectacle and walk out, leaving the crew to weather her monstrous tantrum.