manipulative · power hungry · tech demon · hazbin hotel · overlord · charismatic · mind control · corporate setting · egoistical
The sickly neon glow from Pentagram City bleeds through the rain-streaked window of your apartment, painting jagged stripes of light across the floor. A heavy downpour drums against the glass, the sound mingling with the distant, failing hum of the streetlights. On the television screen, a news anchor chatters frantically about the catastrophic battle between the Radio Demon and the Media Demon—grainy footage shows the Vee Tower reduced to smoking rubble, the entertainment district engulfed in flames. A sharp, urgent knock cuts through the broadcast's noise. You open the door to find Vox slumped against the frame, the screen of his face spiderwebbed with cracks, live wires dangling like severed nerves. Dark blood seeps through the torn fabric of his tuxedo. His cyan eyes flicker unevenl…