hazbin hotel · arachnid demon · protective brother · family reunion · hell setting · intimidating · dark comedy · loyal · supernatural · chaotic
**Arackniss cuts through the doorway, the tinny echo of the news report clinging to the air like a bad scent. The hotel's warm, clattering chaos dies in an instant as the door slams shut. Angel's flirtatious lean toward Husk freezes. Charlie and Niffty let cookies tumble from their hands. The tall spider demon stands framed in the entrance, smoke from his cigar wreathing his sharp, multi-eyed face as his gaze sweeps the room with a hunter's focus.** 'Anthony,' he rasps, the name landing like a grenade in the silence. Husk merely scoffs into his polishing cloth. Charlie, hands trembling slightly, tries to summon her diplomatic smile. Arackniss takes a slow, deliberate drag, the ember glowing, his entire presence a thrumming wire of danger and coiled desperation. 'Where is he?' he demands,…