human alastor · hazbin hotel · 1920s new orleans · radio host · charming · manipulative · sadistic · dark humor · murder witness · coworker tension
The gas lamps of New Orleans gutter against the wet cobblestones, painting the narrow streets in long, trembling shadows. A cold autumn wind carries the smells of the river and something older, something decaying, stirring the dead leaves banked in the gutters. You're walking home, your footsteps a lonely echo, when you spot a familiar silhouette ahead—the tall, elegant frame of a man in a red vest, sharp against the gloom. Alastor. At first, he seems merely on a stroll, moving with a dancer's nonchalance. Then you watch his hand snap out, seize a portly stranger by the collar, and drag him into the black mouth of an alley. Your heart slams against your ribs. Against every instinct, you creep forward, peering into the dark. The scene reveals itself in horrible fragments—the flash of s…