{ Chapter 46: Sinsmas }

Stolas wakes up in a mountain of horse plushies, much to his surprise. Around the apartment showing various horse themed objects, even a horse show on TV. Blitz is in the kitchen making breakfast.

"Well, good morning there, Prince Sleeps-A-Lot!" Blitz greeted with a chuckle. "D'you sleep well, big bird?"

"Best I could, I suppose." Stolas yawned.

He looks at a rocking horse who is missing an eye. He then picks up a horse plushie and tosses it aside.

"Uhhh... My, Blitz...hoohoo." Stolas chuckled awkwardly. "You sure have a lot of... horses."

Blitz smiles in response, and Stolas fully turns to him.

"Iiissss there a story behind that?"

"There is..." Darkness reminiscent of flames surrounds Blitz. "But it's way too long, and way too traumatic..." the darkness suddenly disappears as he's back to being cheerful. "Breakfast'll be ready in a jiff!"

Blitz smiles and continues making breakfast. Stolas also smiles before frowning, and walks to a cabinet in the bathroom. He opens the cabinet with a horse and a few other objects and tries to reach for something, but it's not there. He looks down at the running sink.

"Blitz? Um... Would you be able to grab some-"

In the kitchen, Blitz is setting eggs on a plate.

"Grab some what?"

Back inside the bathroom, Stolas, looking sad and in distress, looks from the sink up to his reflection in the mirror. He forces a smile before turning the sink off.

"Never mind!"

Stolas walks out of the bathroom. He then walks over to the table set up by Blitz, having their breakfast ready.

"Okay, so I don't know what you eat, so I just made a little of everything in hopes that something works for ya. Got some eggs, made 'em special!"

Stolas gags in his mouth a bit. Blitz realizes what he's done.

"Oh. Oh shit. I'm sorry. Is this- th-that's like cannibalism for you, isn't it?"

Stolas poked the eggs with his fork.

"No, just rather off-putting. But it is protein, I suppose." He then eats a bite of his eggs.

"Uh huh..." Blitz asked as he takes a bite. "So w-wha- what do you normally eat?"

"Normally I dine on a custom diet prepared by my waiting staff; full of essential nutrients and freshly prepared rarities such as roasted vole or... fire koi?"

An intrigued Blitz simply looks up at Stolas.

"A fresh kale salad?" Stolas added.

"Oh, nice. Anything that I can get that's affordable?"

"Maybe some... rats?"

As soon as Stolas finishes his sentence, Blitz quickly gets up and puts their breakfast in the sink to wash the dishes.

"On it! I'll grab my stompers and head out to that alley this afternoon."

"Mmm well, that'd be nice. Rats were always Via's favorite snack. Though, I miss Danika's delicious cooking. She always enjoys cooking food for us..."

Stolas is about to sip his coffee, until he suddenly remembers Octavia and Danika.

"Oh no! Where's your phone?"

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Meanwhile, in Danika's mansion, Danika was having a little hard time as she was reading all the books that involved responsibilities of being a princess along with wrapping up gifts for everyone she cares about, learning that Sinsmas is coming up, which is a different word for Christmas. Ever since she was free from Satan, Danika was given a lot of work to do what Ars Goetia does, but she did her best to get through while bonding more with Octavia. She sighs in exhaustion and lies down on her very own bed, staring up at the ceiling. She wonders how everyone is doing right now. Suddenly, Danika hears her phone ringing and turns to the side to see... Stolas is calling her. Delighted, Danika picked up the phone and answered it.

"Dad!" Danika cheered.

"Danika, darling! You're alright. Oh, I missed your voice!" Stolas cheered as he smiled on the other side.

"I missed you too, Dad. Oh, you won't believe what's been going on!" Danika exclaimed happily.

"Oh, please tell me you are being treated properly by Satan. I would hate it if you were hurt," Stolas exclaimed, causing Danika to realize that no one except the royals knew that she was free from Satan's control, which gave her an idea.

"Yeah. I'm being treated properly Dad, like royalty in fact," Danika said as Octavia entered her room, Danika gestured for Octavia to keep quiet.

"I'm going to try and reach your sister, but knowing her mother, she will try and keep me away," Stolas complained.

"Oh, I don't know about that yet. I do have high hopes for you. I'll try and get in contact with Octavia as well," Danika said as she winked at her sister who was giggling.

"Thank you, my dear. It's great to hear your voice again. Love you," Stolas said before hanging up.

"Love you, too, Dad." Danika chuckled.

"When will we tell him?" Octavia asked eagerly.

"We'll see him by Sinsmas. And I'm kind of in the middle of my royal duties and... presents." Danika gestured to the mess on her desk.

"Hehe. That sounds great. I'll get to making presents as well."

"Sure. Don't be too long."

Octavia activate a portal for her to go through before it disappeared. Danika lies down on her bed again, thinking of getting some shut eye as she starts to take a nap. Hours later, she felt something underneath being removed along with her clothes being shrewn open and opened her eyes as she woke up from her nap. Her eyes widened in shock to see Striker, who's smirking at her.

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!!LEMON WARNING!!

"S-Striker?!"

Instead of responding, Striker swiped his tongue over the cloth of her underwear before growling and ripping it off with his teeth! Danika's speechless as she trembles at his hungry glare. She wanted to push him off and tell him to stop and take it easy, but he quickly pinned her down. Danika cried out, feeling his mouth latch onto her sex.

She held onto the back of his head as she buckled and trembled from his wicked tongue tickling every sensitive spot between her walls. Curses whimpered from Danika's mouth.

"You bastard devil you!"

Striker grunted against her mound and quickly pulled his pants down to give his crotch some air to breathe!! He even use his tail to remove his hat from his head and place it on top of Danika's head instead. He was so turned on and he was seconds from busting, but he was trying to get Danika's pleasure first before his own. Having no choice he sucked against her clit hard-

Danika's whimpers quickly changed to a loud cry as she arched off the bed to squirt right into his mouth! This had him cumming quickly onto the bed sheets. Both of them crumbled in a panting heap, trying to catch their breaths from the intense play but Striker recovered quickly.

"I've missed you, Starlight~" he said before pulling her into a heated kiss.

The taste of Danika on his tongue was hot with the mix of his own flavor, and she moaned feeling his demonic cock rubbing eagerly between her legs. He pulled out a condom, placed it on himself, before he pushed it inside her. Danika gasped and gripped onto him tight.

"Fuck Striker, I missed this. I missed you."

"Danika, darling. Being inside you... it's addicting as fuck. I can never get enough of you."

Danika moaned from the steady thrusting of his hips growing stronger which pulled out squeaks and airy gasps from her throat.

"Oh, keep making those noises, my galaxy princess. Oh, love your fucking voice when I stir your inside out!" Striker hissed louder, his rhythm growing choppy as he could feel his end was coming a bit faster than he hoped. She is now hugging his head tight as he bucked down harder and she begged for the cowboy to ride her out harder.

"Please Striker! Fuck- yes! Cowboy harder! Ahaaa! Right there!!"

Striker hissed and growled, her voice making his body shake. He hugged Danika tight as his hips snapped harder against her before grinding down on top of her to bust a seam and let go all his pent up energy and love he had for her into the condom. Danika later came after him. She cursed as Striker rocked softly to let go all he had until he was empty. He pulled himself out and removed the stained condom and tied it up and tossed it somewhere.

Finally, Striker collapsed on top of Danika and both are sweaty from the instense sex they had. His hat was halfway off her head and she fixed it just as Striker looked up at her.

!!LEMON ENDS!!

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"When I heard that you're free from Satan, I couldn't stop myself from running out to be sure you're here..." Striker admitted, fixing his messy hair.

"How did you know?" Danika wondered, stroking his horn.

"I was keeping an eye on Andrealphus ever since the trial. I was planning on torturing him when he ranted about you being an owner of the mansion and being a freebird." he explained.

"...Striker, that's really sweet of you to care." she smiled.

"It's really out of character from me, but... I can't deny that." he chuckled sheepishly, digging his face into her chest.

The two lie there for a moment, embracing each other until they heard a phone call. It was Striker's flip phone. Danika was surprised he still has it as Striker reluctantly sit up and pick it up before answering with a speaker on.

"Hello?"

"I need you to kill Danika Nightingale this instant!!!" Stella yelled over the phone, causing Striker and Danika to flinch at her loud outburst while wincing.

"I'm sorry. Repeat that? You were too loud." Striker asked, rubbing his ear.

"You heard me, imp! Kill Danika! She's free and roaming around freely doing who knows what!! I need you to put her out of the existence! I'll pay you large amounts for your mission!" Stella explained angrily.

Striker and Danika looked at each other in disbelief for a moment before laughing. Stella heard this and became more angry.

"What's so funny?! And who's that with you?!"

"Sorry. That just hit me funny." Striker said after calming down. "But I will have to decline. First, you told me to kidnap her when I tried, and now you want me to kill her? Make up your mind. I'm done working with you."

"WHAT?!! WHY THE FUCK NOT?!!"

Danika sit up and gesture him to put the phone towards her, which he did as she answered for him.

"Because he's with me. He's now part of my boyfriends."

"YOU?!!" Stella yelled in shock.

"Striker is no longer working for you or your brother. And he's working with me and for me now. So if you don't mind..." Danika reached over to Striker's below, causing a pleasure grunt from him. "I'm fucking him right now. Have a nice day, bitch."

Hearing made Stella utterly disgusted and pissed.

"YOU'RE FUCKING AND SLEEPING WITH AN IMP?!! YOU ARE JUST LIKE STOLAS!! YOU MOTHERFUCKA--!"

Striker immediately hung up, not wanting to hear more of Stella's scream. He placed his phone on top of her drawer and sighed in relief.

"Boy, am I glad she's out of my life. Can't stand her."

"Yeah. That was very satisfying." Danika agreed, staring down.

Striker noticed where she was staring and smirked seductively. He pulled her closer to him as they're chest to chest.

"Shall we?" he whispered, wrapping his tail around her waist.

Danika smirked back and wrapped her arms around his neck.

"You fucking bet we are." she whispered back before pulling him into a kiss.

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Back in Blitz's apartment, Blitz is cleaning a pan while also looking at a desperate Stolas who paces around the room. The line keeps ringing, but no one is answering.

"Pick up, pick up, pick up! Via dear, please pick it up. Please pick up,"

Stolas sits down on the beanbag and looks at the phone, which is still ringing.

"No! No, no, no. Shit."

Defeated, he bangs the phone on his forehead. Blitz sets the pan down and rushes over to Stolas to assure him.

"Hey, hey, hey, whoa! Look I'm sure it's gonna be okay, alright? I- I'm sure she's... she's just away from the phone right now, okay? And breathe. It'll be okay." he assured him. "As for Danika, she's strong. I'm sure she's doing alright. I hope..."

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Blitz drags Stolas off the beanbag as the two begin a montage of their experiences in the city. They walk past booths selling a variety of items and foods, but when Stolas looks at a booth, the imp running the booth looks away from him. Next, in a grocery store, at the register, even more demons in line throw insults at Stolas after he unknowingly cuts in line in front of them. At a laundromat, Blitz is talking with Stolas before the washer bursts open and floods their surroundings in bubbles, infuriating the demons around them. Back at the apartment, on a new day, Stolas wakes up on the couch and goes to the bathroom. Again, he goes through the cabinet and reaches for something, but it's not there. He exits the bathroom and sees Blitz cooking breakfast who ends up setting the kitchen on fire. At a diner, the two are eating breakfast, but the waitress serving coffee glares at Stolas. She grins and spits on his breakfast. An imp next to their table laughs at the former prince before Blitz throws Stolas' breakfast at the imp. The waitress charges at Blitz.

At a clothing store named "Frock Off!", Stolas goes through a variety of outfits. Blitz is trying to catch a rat in an alleyway, but Stolas is distracted with his attempts to call Octavia. Blitz grabs the phone to reveal that he's in bad shape, with the rat biting his eye, then crawling around his head afterwards, much to Stolas' shock. Back at the clothing store, Stolas goes through more outfits. Once he's finished trying the clothes on, Blitz goes to pay them, but his card is declined, angering the employee cashing him out. Ultimately, Stolas and Blitz exit the store and run away with their unpaid items, setting off the store's alarms.

"Is this how everyone acts when they don't have money?" Stolas asked worriedly.

"Nope, this is how I act when I don't have money." Blitz responded with a grin.

They're back in the apartment as Stolas is closing the cabinet who is looking at his reflection in the cabinet mirror, ending the montage. Outside, Stolas walks to the couch and falls onto it. He squawks despondently. Just then, Blitz rises from behind the couch.

"Eyyy, Stolas!! Merry Sinsmas!!"

Blitz topples the couch forward, catching Stolas in surprise as he falls onto the ground.

"Ahhh! What the fuck was that for?!"

Blitz sits on the back side of the couch and takes out his calendar.

"Uh, it's Sinsmas! You know, the day every Hellborn celebrates and acts on their birth sin? Or any sin, whichever ones they want, honestly!"

"I cannot say I'm familiar with this holiday," Stolas stated.

"Really? Wow, rich people don't have any fun, do they?" Blitz asked.

"No, fun is free, but we can afford nice things." Stolas said.

"You know what might help that privileged little attitude? Paperwork!"

Blitz gets up from the couch and Loona, who is eating dog treats straight from a box, walks by.

"Why dontcha come on with me to the office, and help Loony with wi- wh- you know whatever the fuck her job is?"

Stolas is disgusted.

"Eugh, you have to spend your holiday at work?"

"I choose to spend my holiday at work! See, last year I set my apartment on fire, so this year we're doing it at the office. It's insured." Blitz explained.

Stolas is visibly annoyed by those words, but walks to the door to join them anyway. Loona is busy stuffing the box of dog treats right in her face. Blitz grabs her by her tail and drags her out of the apartment as they head to their arrival at the office.

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Blitz opens the office door and walks in. Stolas enters after him but hits his head on the walls atop the door.

"Oof, oh. Son of a bitch."

Loona enters the office shortly after with bundles of chips covering her face. Moxxie and Millie are already in the office who are fighting each other because of the fact that they are native from the Wrath Ring. Moxxie grabs a bag of chips from Loona to protect himself from getting sliced by Millie's knife.

"Heh, he he!"

Unfortunately, this plan falls short, as Millie catches Moxxie off guard by kicking her leg high up in the air and slices Moxxie's finger.

"Ow! Millie!"

Moxxie smiles and growls as he tries to chop Millie's neck with his right arm. However, Millie stops his arm from hitting her and uses the end of her tail to poke him.

"Ouch! You're good!" Moxxie grinned.

The kitchen, that's well-decorated with wreaths, lights, and tinsel. The door bursts open as Moxxie and Millie continue their fight. Moxxie is knocked into a chair and falls onto the floor, and Millie uses the chair to hit Moxxie. He blocks the chair by opening the refrigerator door and uses a bottle inside the fridge to throw at Millie. As the bottle flies over her, she jumps and uses the lamp above her to lunge herself to the fridge's door.

"Gna gna gna gna, I'm gonna, bite you Millie!" Moxxie growled playfully.

"You always make me watch old musicals when I wanna watch Cleaver Hand 6: Ultimate Cleavage!"

Millie lunges towards her husband and they both open the door to the meeting room. Stolas watches the married couple with a worried look on his face.

"Well you snore all the time!!"

Moxxie growls once more before Millie kicks him away and pulls out a katana. In return, Moxxie pulls out a minigun.

"I will wreck you!"

"Not if I do first!!"

Millie leaps onto the table as Moxxie fires at her, both laughing, before Moxxie runs out of ammo. Millie jumps off the table and chases after Moxxie, both playfully hissing at each other then tumbling around together, giggling. M & M rise back up, in each others' embrace. Despite their laughter, Stolas is disturbed by what he sees.

"Happy Sinsmas!" Millie said, laughing wholeheartedly.

Millie and Moxxie kiss before Moxxie pulls out a bazooka and blasts Millie out of the building.

"Happy Sinsmas, honey!!" Moxxie said cheerfully, waving at her.

Blitz enters the staffroom with Loona. Loona sits down beside Stolas while Blitz brings out a whiteboard.

"Listen up, chuckle-fucks! Today, we got Stolas in the office." Blitz announced as Stolas waved politely. "So I want each of your red asses on the best behavior possible!"

"Uh, sir? You are literally the only one who needs to adhere to that." Moxxie pointed out, frowning.

"And that's detention, Mox. Millie, punch him."

Blitz flips the board around, revealing Millie. Millie punches Moxxie, then kisses him on the forehead.

"Oof! Aw!"

"Good, Happy Sinsmas, Mox. Now, Loony- Stolas wants to learn how to secretate so show him how it's done." Blitz continued.

Loona sighs and instructs Stolas.

"It's literally this." She uses a sucker as a phone. "Ring, ring. "Hello? I.M.P. - Yeah, we can kill that asshole. Wanna schedule an appointment? Thursday cool? See you then, dipshit." Click. It's easy as sin, Blitz. Can I go with you guys if he's on the phone today?"

"I mean, I- I guess?" Blitz said, unsure.

"Yes!!" Loona fist pumped.

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To the front desk, Blitz moves the phone closer to Stolas and pushes his seat toward the desk while reassuring him.

"See, Stolas? Finally, something to help you out, something to do! And I can pay you for it! You could use a little money coming in, right?"

"Money coming in?" Stola's confusion and realization hits him. "Oh lords... I'M POOR NOW!"

Stolas bursts into tears, crying loudly and burying his face onto the desk as I.M.P watches.

"Oh-ho-ho-ho fuck!"

I.M.P cringes, not knowing what to do. Suddenly, the phone rings. Blitz gasps and tries to stop Stolas from crying with encouragement.

"Oh, answer it, answer it!" Stolas lifts his head up. "You can do it Stolas, come on, answer the phone!"

Stolas hesitates as he reaches for the phone to answer his first customer call. Blitz stands in front of him, holding flags, in support, next to his coworkers. Stolas tearfully answers the phone. As Stolas takes the call, Blitz is excited for the effort while Loona makes an awkward face.

Stolas choked up and answered.

"Hello, I.M.P? Yes, we can kill your asshole. Immediately, just bring it here." He gives a crooked smile. "Thank you! Good day, ma'am."

Stolas hangs up the call and immediately faceplants onto the desk. Blitz moves closer to the desk to keep reassuring and encouraging him.

"Uhhh... Close enough!" Blitz pats Stolas' head. "Good job, buddy."

Suddenly, I.M.P's newest client bursts the door open.

"You said you could kill someone immediately?" Karen Client asked.

Blitz grabs Stolas' hand to make hand gestures for him.

"Oh- yeah! Yes, we sure can!"

The Karen client enters the room and drops her purse onto Millie and Moxxie.

"Good. Because it's Christmas."

Blitz gets slightly annoyed and corrects her.

"It's 'Sinsmas', lady, get it right."

The Karen Client steps around to face Blitz, hip checking Loona out of her way, angering her, but walks away. As she continues her rant, she doesn't even stand in her spot for a moment, as she retreats to the couch and lies down, filing her nails.

"I can't stand the idea of my fucking ex-husband enjoying this sacred holiday with my daughters when he fucking left me for another man!"

This story awfully resembles Stolas' situation. He tries to fight back tears, but is failing to do so. Blitz tries to deflect the client's issue.

"Oh, well..." Blitz started with a nervous laugh. "that sounds like something that can happen from time to time."

"And he probably cheated on me!" Karen Client continued.

Stolas sinks into his chair as Blitz nervously chuckles

"Well, that's-"

Stolas screeches tearfully as he falls behind the desk.

"-not really worth killing someone over though, right? I mean, cheating isn't really that big of a deal anymore is it?"

Karen Client sits up.

"Isn't that what this business does? He doesn't deserve to live that heinous lifestyle and poison my daughters with it."

"Uh huh. Look, I don't think this is a job we want to take on." Blitz said awkwardly.

Moxxie leans in as Millie is over him, giving him a noogie. The client's purse is on top of them.

"Really?" Moxxie asked, surprised confusion.

Stolas climbs back onto the desk, still filled with sorrow and ready to project his own actions.

"What not? Maybe he deserves it. Selfish men like that don't deserve to-" Stolas gasps then sobbing. "to li-i-i-i-i-i-iiive!"

"That..." Blitz said, trying to reassure Stolas. "No, that's not- Ugh."

Blitz turns to talk to the client. As he takes on the job, she smiles evilly.

"Alright fine, we'll do your shitty job, but you're paying us double, bitch."

Blitz opens a portal to Earth using the Asmodean Crystal and flips the client off with both hands before entering through. Moxxie, with Millie still on him, leaves next, followed by Loona, who drops an empty bag of chips behind her and flips off the client as well.

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In the mansion, Octavia comes back from shopping and walks alone down the hallway until she steps on a dried leaf. Octavia removes one of the ear buds to her phone and looks down a corridor where Stolas' potted plants, once breeming with life, is dead from the cold ice that was surrounding the house. She even noticed a water bucket along with some guidebooks on the ground next to it as she could guess Danika is trying bring them back to life.

Inside her room, Octavia places the shopping bags down and picks up her guitar and lies on her bed. She pucks at the strings while looking around at the items in her room: the books about stars, old photos on the wall with her father covered over and a constellation mural on the ceiling. On the other wall hangs a new portrait of herself and Danika smiling happily, wearing their royal gown and crown. Octavia decides to move to another location.

Inside Stolas' closet, Octavia looks around at the items, some of which are packed inside boxes labeled "Stolas' Stuff". She finds a picture she drew of herself and her dad as a child, as well as a father's day card and a picture of them with "Star Observation" written beneath it. Stolas has clearly kept a lot of things she had given him throughout her childhood. While it makes her smile, it also make her miss him more. All of these memories motivate Octavia to sit down in the closet and play a song on her guitar.

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Your boxes packed up on the bed
Your words are in my head

Stolas' hand appears from behind, attempting to reach out to Octavia but stops himself. Octavia turns around and puts the guitar down. She stands out and extends her hand out, lining it up with Stolas' hand.

Tellin' me it will be okay
You'll remember what you said
Or was it just another lie?

The image of Stolas vanishes. Octavia sighs dejectedly and she drops the picture in her hand. The scene transitions to Octavia wandering in the hallway of the palace. Octavia chases after a silhouette of a bird flying away.

This place that used to be your home
Would you call me on the phone?

Octavia runs through a door and appears as herself as a child alone in the dark. The door closes, and she begins to cry.

Will I hear your voice in the middle of the night
When I turn off the lights?

Octavia, now back in the present, wipes the tears from her eyes. A light shines behind her and she turns to see the same image of Stolas looking at her from over his shoulder, but his attention is diverted when an image of Blitz crawls up to him, seductively. Octavia watches with despair.

Or are you just another ghost?
Ohhhh

Octavia reaches out for Stolas, but Stolas suddenly takes off. Octavia chases after him again, running into a room and finding him appearing inside her family painting with Blitz's image again, smiling at her.

How could you lie to my face?
And did our time mean nothing to you?

Both images take off out of the room with Octavia running after them again, unable to keep up and falling to the floor. Only then does the image of Stolas stop and turn to her. The image extends his hand to help her up.

Were you bluffing all along?
That you would be there to see
Yourself forgiven by me

Octavia angrily slaps Stolas' hand away and stands up on her own. She backs away from Stolas' image as the palace around her crumbles and breaks apart.

If you thought that I'd take it you were wrong!

Oh you were wrong!

Another transition turns to shooting stars hitting the ground around Octavia as she walks alone. Some of the stars contain burning photographs of her childhood.

And when you're gone I will be okay
I will be okay, though I'll never be the same

Cracks appear from the ground as the Earth breaks apart including globes and books from Stolas' closet. Octavia stands in the middle of the disaster, growing with determination from her heartbreak.

And I'll know that I was right to doubt you!
I'll grow without you and you'll only know my name

When the disaster fades, Octavia is left in darkness, save for a bright purple light from a flame dropping down toward her. Octavia reaches out and catches the flame in her hand. The flame reveals the Star Observation photo she had been looking at before but it burns in her hands as she crumples it up and lets it drop to her feet. She walks forward as her footprints light up a path behind her. Octavia stops and looks at the stars around her.

You always told me I'd be okay
Well I'll be okay, though I'm not okay today

The scene transitions back to Stolas' closet as Octavia finishes the song. Tears stream down her face, and onto her drawing of her and Stolas.

But my tears won't fall upon your shoulder
I'll just get older and you'll only know my name

Octavia stands up and looks around the closet one last time. Before she leaves, she looks at her guitar and places it on a shelf above her before she notices a pill bottle. When she picks it up, she notices that it's Stolas' Happy Pills. She notices a box full of the same bottles behind it. She is surprised by the discovery, and after a moment, she was about to leave with a newfound determination when suddenly, the closet door was slammed closed in front of her along with a click as she was locked in.

"What the hell?!" she exclaimed in shock, trying to unlock the closet door and smacking it. "Hey! Let me out! Hello?! Dan?!!"

A familiar light cold blue eyes peeked into the closet door.

"She's not here."

Octavia gasped to see Andrealphus and glared.

"You! What are you doing here?! How did you get inside?!"

"I have my ways. Now, be a good little girl and stay where you are while I deal with your dear big sister. She had foiled my plan long enough." Andrealphus threatened, smirking evilly.

"You better stay away from her! Once I get out of here, I will kick your ass!" Octavia promised with a warning. "Danika will know about this."

"I doubt that. Danika will never know if you lure her out of her home." he said, holding up Octavia's phone where it shows a text message between her and Danika.

Octavia's eyes widened in horror as she could see that Andrealphus impersonated Octavia to tell her that she's heading to IMP Headquarters and Danika had left earlier to find her. This is not good.

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Back to the I.M.P office, Stolas checks Blitz's phone and finds no new messages, disappointing him. He turns his attention back to his journal to do some writing but then quickly picks up the phone and refreshes the page. When the phone still shows no new messages, Stolas groans and grows more desperate. The Karen Client is standing up in front of the couch, growing increasingly impatient.

"Ugh! Don't you have any reading material anywhere? Are we just supposed to sit here and wait?" she whined.

The Karen Client is trying to get Stolas' attention but Stolas keeps blocking her with Blitz's phone while waiting for messages.

"How long do they take?"

"They take their time. It's a difficult business, I imagine." Stolas responded in a deadpan tone.

Karen Client starts mocking Stolas.

"You "imagine", huh? Well, they should hurry up if they expect people to just stick around without anything to do." Stolas' eye twitches. "What a shoddy business operation!"

Nearing his limit, Stolas stands up from his seat.

"Ooh, here's an idea! You could shut the fuck up!" he suggested with a fake smile.

Karen Client gasps dramatically and then flatly.

"Rude."

Blitz's phone rings. Stolas reacts quickly.

"Oh! Oh, yes, yes, yes yes!" Stolas gasps, quickly and eagerly answers call. "Hello?"

Only it was a Telemarketer on the line.

"Hey I'm calling you about your extended warranty on your new Robo Pony 2000-"

And with that, Stolas snaps. Stolas crushes Blitz's phone with his hand, picks up a stuffed toy and rips it in two, throws the desk tree across the room, pushes the Sinsmas tree over, tosses a couch cushion, and returns to the desk to flip it over, but it doesn't budge.

"Augh! C'mon, you suck, you fucking suck you fucking piece of shit, move your fucking face you goddamn sucking motherfucker—" Stolas muttered while tryinf to flip the desk.

Stolas fails to flip the desk and completely loses it.

"GAH! WHAT A FUCKING IDIOT I AM! THIS WAS SO STUPID I CANNOT BELIEVE I COULD BE" Stolas bangs head on desk twice. "THIS FUCKING STUPID I RUINED EVERYTHING!" he tries flipping desk again. "MOVE!!! YOU SHITTY DESK!!"

Stolas still can't move the desk so he picks up his journal and looks at the page he is on, including a drawing.

"And I did it for what? These stupid, foolish fantasies!?"

Stolas tosses the book away. The Karen Client, stunned into silence, steps out of the way before it hits the wall and lands onto the couch. Stolas rushes for the door to the office and opens it.

"I can't stand it any longer! I don't care what they fucking do! I'm seeing my daughters!"

Stolas leaves, slamming the door behind him. The Karen Client picks up Stolas' journal and sits back down on the couch, preparing to read it.

"I guess it's something to read."

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Meanwhile, I.M.P's destination at Earth as they arrive at a neighborhood, and it's snowing at night. A girl is facing in front of the portal, before leaving once it fully opens. Blitz enters, followed by Moxxie happily taking Millie's hand to bring her through. The trio shiver upon feeling the freezing temperatures as Loona goes through the portal.

"Ahhh, it is cold as shit! What is this?" Blitz asked, shivering.

"Do humans have Sinsmas too?" Millie questioned.

"I- I don't think so. This seems to be something else." Moxxie said.

Loona is observing a santa decoration. Millie looks at a child angel decoration before suddenly barfing.

"You okay, babe?" Moxxie asked with worry.

"Oh, yeah." Millie coughed. "Must just be the cold."

Blitz puts his hand on Millie's shoulder before turning her around to face the target's house.

"Okay, let's just hurry up and kill this son of a bitch so we can get the fuck back home."

Blitz runs towards the house and rolls on the snow before stopping at the window. Blitz takes his gun out, but lowers it to look at the scene before him. Moxxie appears next to him, and also looks through the window to see the happy family. One of the daughters put a santa hat on her dad's head, while the other daughter gives her other dad a gift. The two dads share a kiss, displaying a warm and wholesome scene of the family. Blitz shivers and hesitates with the hit.

"Sir? This may be out of turn... But I feel like this one isn't worth the money." Moxxie said sadly.

Loona and Millie walk up behind the two. Loona tosses the santa decoration into the snow.

"What?" Millie questioned, confused.

"I don't think I wanna be part of this one, sir."

Loona brings the crew together. Millie is still shivering while Blitz silently contemplates what to do.

"You okay, dad?" Loona asked with comfort.

Blitz turns to face his daughter, and she assures him.

"I can handle this one. You know, if you're not up for it."

"Really?" Blitz asked.

Loona smiles and nods. Blitz turns back to the happy family. It turns out Blitz is imagining himself, Loona, Stolas, Octavia, and Danika in the same position. He is holding a big present, and Stolas, Danika and Octavia warmly smile together. The present Blitz was holding is a horse, which elates him. He hugs and brings his family closer together.

"Nah, fuck this. We're going home."

Blitz stands up and walks away from the house. Loona follows him, but Moxxie stays with Millie as she protests to the decision.

"What? Didn't he cheat or s-s-something? Come on, this is fun! We've done this kind of t-t-thing before." Millie said.

"Just... not this one, Mils. Not today."

Blitz rubs his Asmodean Crystal to activate the portal. Loona and Moxxie walk towards the portal, but Millie stands in her spot before moving back to the house.

"I can do this one, I can do this!"

Blitz stops her in her tracks before going through the portal.

"Millie!"

Moxxie looks at her, and puts a hand on her shoulder to soothe her. However, Millie is furious with this decision.

"We'll do it next time! It's just not worth it."

"Don't start, Moxxie! Just because you aren't demon enough to do this job, doesn't mean--"

Before Millie can finish, Moxxie looks down, dejected.

"I'm sorry." she frowned with guilt.

"Sweetie, I know it's Sinsmas and it's in the spirit of Wrath... But are you okay?" Moxxie asked.

"I'm fine, I don't... know what's gotten into me today."

Moxxie kisses her forehead and pulls her into a hug.

"It's okay. I'm here for you."

With that, they both go through the portal, closing it.

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