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Charlie POV:
Of all the things Charlie expected to happen, she did not anticipate Nifty leaping off the table in the direction her dad and their new staff.
I'm so glad Angel took away her knife earlier.
The first person she went to was Lucifer, who looked mildly uncomfortable with how manic Niffty was acting. Considering that he has been alive for centuries ruling Hell……..that was quite an achievement.
She looked him up and down with her eye opened wide.
”The ultimate bad boy…” She then sighed, dejectedly. “Too bad you’re taken by the very tall, pretty painting lady.”
“Um….thank you for complimenting me and my wife….I guess?” His tone reeked with awkwardness.
Niffty’s attention then swiftly shifted to one of the imps present, the one with white hair that Charlie guessed was named Moxxie. “Short bad boy!”
Niffty leapt forward, only to be stopped by the other imp, Millie, with a punch to the face. Niffty barely seemed fazed as she fell backwards. In fact Charlie could see her smiling while she was on the floor.
”Don’t even think about it,” yelled Millie, “he’s my husband! Back off before ah poke your eye out!”
Niffty got back up and dusted herself off. “That was fun!” She declared, before thinking for a few moments. “Awww, that means the short bad boy is taken too. He’s small enough to help me stab more bugs for my puppet shows!”
Millie seemed as equally confused as Lucifer was. “Ah…..don’t know how to respond to that.”
“Woah,” Blitzo interjected, “that’s impressive. It takes a lot to gross out a murder machine like Millie.”
That statement caused Niffty to turn her gaze towards Blitzo and Stolas. “I can’t even have the loud bad boy because he’s with the tall bad boy. At least the height difference is hot so I can write a new puppet show about it. Maybe I can use a roach and a rat together!”
Everyone was silent for a few seconds while processing that tangent, before Blitzo simply shrugged in response.
”Eh. I’ve heard weirder and kinkier stuff about our relationship and I’ve read even weirder fanfics about it.”
”Please stop talking,” groaned an exasperated Loona.
Charlie hoped that this whole weird ordeal was over so she could give a full tour for her dad and the new staff. After her dad answered a question or two she had started to wonder about. For the meantime, Charlie was wondering what Niffty would do next.
At least she hasn’t stabbed or bitten anyone….Yet….
Niffty then noticed a roach she must have missed, which started crawling away into the depths of the hallways.
”Ooh! I missed one! Time to stab!”
With that, she pulled a new knife out of nowhere, and chased the roach. She cackled like a maniac as she went.
After a brief pause, Matthew was the first to speak.
”Am I the only one with no idea what just happened?”
”Trust me,” Husk answered, “Whatever goes on in that twisted little head of hers, you do not want to know.”
A triumphant cry then rang out, with Niffty skipping back toward them all, bloody knife in one hand and a dead roach in the other.
Why is there so much more blood on that knife than what there should be in a roach? On second thought, like Husk said, I don’t want to know.
Charlie decided to finally get things back on track, and she turned to speak to her father.
”So…Now that introductions are out of the way…I just wanted to ask you something, Dad.”
”Of course, sweetie. Ask away?”
”Why did you bring on our new staff? I mean, don’t get me wrong, I’m thrilled to have more help around here and I’m so happy you’re supporting what we’re trying to do here…I just don’t know why it’s happening all of a sudden.“
Her dad started to look a little awkward.
“Oh, well…..The reasoning for this decision is a bit…complicated to explain. It’s not that I don’t think your lovely girlfriend isn’t doing a good job as security, far from it. I trust her completely to keep you safe. Even Bambi over there can be effective to scare off any threats to this place.” That last remark caused Alastor to growl with annoyance.
”But the main cause for this new development started about a few weeks ago, when my new BFF over there,” he pointed at Matthew, who suddenly looked very nervous, “crashed into our realm, literally, and the subsequent debacle that ensued caused some changes to be made in how we deal with our neighbours up top.”
Charlie was both confused by and a little worried about what she was hearing.
”Dad..What are you trying to say?”
”What I’m trying to say is that the Archangels found out about your establishment here and wished to support it by enlisting the services of this fine company.”