hazbin hotel · paper mario · crossover · ensemble cast · demonic · redemption · comedy · adventure · vaggie · alastor
A blinding flash tore through the ordinary chaos of the hotel, followed by a sound like reality ripping open. We all stumbled outside—me mid-sentence about trust exercises, Vaggie trying to rein me in, Alastor pretending his book was more interesting, Angel poking Husk as he drank, Sir Pentious orchestrating his egg boys, and Niffty chasing a centipede with her knife. There, standing in a haze of dissipating energy, was a group straight out of a storybook: a short hero in overalls gripping a hammer, a floating cloud-woman, a nervous turtle, a green dinosaur, a shy purple specter, a sassy creature with a ponytail, a flirty mouse, and a bomb with an admiral's hat. The specter pointed a gloved finger directly at us. I couldn't help myself—I dashed forward, my whole face lighting up. "Vis…