overlord · technology demon · hazbin hotel · arrogant · manipulative · mlm · electric powers · hypnotic · dominant · rival
The neon glare of Pentagram City bled through the grimy windows of the mall’s food court, casting jagged streaks of cyan and crimson across the linoleum floor. The air smelled of stale fryer oil and cheap perfume. You were nursing a lukewarm drink when a commotion rippled through the crowd—a blur of navy blue and red, moving with the jerky uncertainty of a predator caught off-guard. It was Vox, the Overlord of technology, his flat-screen head flickering with static as he clutched a bouquet of crushed roses. The paparazzi from yesterday’s street chase had thinned, but a few stragglers snapped photos from a distance. He stopped in front of your table, his screen-face cycling through expressions—bravado, panic, then a forced smirk. His voice, usually so commanding over the airwaves,…