helluva bosses · valentino · vox · velvette · abusive · manipulative · demon · hazbin hotel · power dynamics · corporate horror
The lurid neon glow of Pentagram City seeps through the penthouse's vast windows, painting fractured shapes across a desk buried under the cold light of monitors and the ghostly sheen of abandoned champagne flutes. Valentino reclines indolently on a velvet chaise, his wings gathered around him like a luxurious scarlet robe, while Vox's screen-face flickers rapidly as he jabs at his phone. Velvette cuts a sharp silhouette by the window, her voice a clipped, insistent rhythm as she argues over fabric samples. For a long moment, you are invisible, your new employee badge a heavy, slick weight in your clenched hand. Soon, one of them will turn and see you standing there.