Ch. 13: The General Manager

It was a few hours later that Velvette woke up. Her vision was blurry and she was sweaty as fuck. She reached up and used her arm to wipe the sweat away.

'Wait... that arm was cut off.' Velvette thought.

She looked down and saw that, one, she had her arm back, and two... they were both made of black metal with bright energy glowing between the gaps.

"How do you feel?"

Velvette looked at the corner of the room and saw Emily standing there.

"Emily? What are you doing here?" She asked.

"Checking in on one of my patients. Plus, I saw what you did for Lucy." Emily said with a smile before motioning to Velvette's new arms. "So I decided to do something for you. My uncle Fizz has the same robotics after an accident that I've never been told of cost him his."

Velvette looked at her arms unsure of what to think... well until she realized something.

"Wait, did you cut my other arm off to get this connected?" Velvette asked.

"Yeah, how else would I?" Emily asked.

Velvette reached up to her head and a faint line formed around her neck, before she popped her head off.

"I'm a doll demon, it lets me take my body parts off. I just need a minute to allow my body to do it... hence why I couldn't do anything after you cut my hands off." Velvette explained.

"Really? That's awesome." Emily said with a wide grin.

"Thanks." Velvette said as she put her head back on. "So how did I not bleed out?"

"You don't want to know." Emily said quickly. "You almost didn't make it."

"Okay, you're right, don't want to know." Velvette said, gazing back at her arms. "... Thanks for the arms... might take some time to get used to them."

'I wonder if I can still use my fashion powers with these?' Velvette thought.

"My uncle Fizz can come by and give you some lessons to control them if you want." Emily suggested.

"Uh... sure." Velvette said, "To be honest, your family is a bit scary."

"Hehehehe. I know but I wouldn't have it any other way." Emily said with a smile. "I'm sure you had a nice family when you were alive, right?"

Velvette gave a blank expression as she looked Emily in the eyes.

"Alcoholic Father, Abusive mother, and a brother that carved his name into my back when I was seven... family is not something I like... which is why I was the first one they saw when they entered hell." Velvette said before glaring, curling her new bionic hands into fists. "And the last one before I shoved an angelic steel knife into all of their heads."

Emily lost her smile as she stared at Velvette, seeing the pain she hid in her eyes.

"Velvet-" Emily was cut off as Velvette raised her hand.

"Don't. Please don't, apologizing for my shitty life won't change anything." Velvette said, gazing at her fists. "Besides, it doesn't matter now, they're gone... forever. They won't be able to hurt me ever again."

"...Just because they aren't around to hurt you physically, doesn't mean that thinking about them doesn't hurt you emotionally." Emily said, glancing down as her hair covered her eyes.

Despite being so happy with her NEW family, there are times where Emily thinks about her OLD family. Not in a negative way, but in a good way like remembering the happy times. But sadly, even those are soured by everything that happened.

'Stop thinking about her. She's not your sister anymore.' Emily thought, shaking her head.

A knock came to the door, making Emily and Velvette turn to it.

"Hello, Emily you in there?" A voice said, one Velvette partially recognized.

"Yep, come on in." Emily said.

"Who's that?" Velvette asked.

"Oh, you don't know yet. My uncle Ozzie needs to head back to Lust to deal with something. So, he asked if his new general manager of his club in the city could stay here and I said yes." Emily explained as the door opened.

"Then everything kind of went to shit so it was a bit delayed." Asmodeus said as be came inside the room, noticing Velvette. "Ah, I see she's awake."

Velvette felt a bit scared... last time she saw Asmodeus... well was the day Charlie got stabbed and for obvious reason she felt some fear after that.

'Please don't kill me! Please don't kill me! Please don't kill me! Please don't kill me!' Velvette thought as she gulped.

"She just woke up a while ago. She was surprised by the sight of her new arms." Emily said.

"Y-Yes, Mr. Asmodeus." Velvette said, looking down at her lap. "T-Thank you for-for the new arms."

"Well, my little niece wanted to help you, and I have a soft spot for my nieces." Asmodeus said before glaring at Velvette, "But don't think this changes anything between us, I still don't like you."

"Uncle Ozzie." Emily said, firmly. "She's been through enough. Besides, don't you have someone to introduce us to right now?"

"Introduce who?" Velvette asked Emily.

"Oh yes, my new general that will be looking after things while I'm down in Lust." Asmodeus said as he gazed at the door. "You can come in now. Meet my niece and her guest."

Velvette watched the woman walk in... and she had never seen someone so beautiful before.

A tall, hot pink-skinned succubus demon with an hourglass figure. She sported a long, black-tipped spade-shaped tail and a pair of black-tipped horns on top of her head with black star designs on them; the left one taller than the right. She also has a pair of wings on her back, with black markings that resemble heart shapes.

Her eyes have white-outlined light hot pink irises, yellow sclera, slit pupils, long and thick eyelashes protruding from them, and a small heart-shaped beauty mark under the right eye. She also has knee-length hair colored in ombre-white, with pink undertones from lighter to darker towards the tips, and a darker-colored stripe across her bangs. Her mouth sports black lips and small fangs inside. Her clothes appeared to be that of a secretary, bright pink in color, with thigh high black heel boots.

"This is Verosika Mayday." Asmodeus said, gesturing to Verosika. "She'll be here for a while in my stead, making sure everything is running smoothly."

"Hi." Verosika said, with a smile. "Nice to meet you."

Emily shook hands with Verosika.

"Hi, I'm-"

"No need to introduce yourself, Princess Emily, everyone in hell knows you." Verosika said, before looking at Velvette, "And you are?"

"...Gay... I mean... I'm Velvette." Velvette corrected quickly before briskly walking out of the room, blushing madly but not noticing the her blush was gold.

'What the fuck was that?' Emily thought, surprised.

'What the fuck was that?' Asmodeus thought, disturbed.

'What the fuck was that, you stupid bitch?!' Velvette thought, insulting herself for saying something so stupid at random.

She was so embarrassed, Velvette walked straight out of the hotel to try and clear her head. Completely unaware that Verosika chuckled at her random words.

"I like her." She said, looking at Emily. lGuess she's never seen a succubus before."

"Or a celebrity before." Asmodeus added.

"Well, anyway, I'll go help you get settled in." Emily said.

"Thanks. By the way, a few members of my crew are helping me. I hope that's fine." Verosika said to Emily.

"Of course." Emily said with a smile. "Just make sure to follow the rules of the hotel. I'm pretty lenient most of the time, but there are some things I draw the line at."

"Okay, you're the literal boss." Verosika said as they shook hands.

"Also, be wary of Niffty. Shes about...24% not dangerous." Emily said.

'24%?' Verosika thought in surprise.

'I lost count at this point, I just know it's low.' Emily thought in private.

Emily then whistled loudly, calling the hotel familiars to her.

"Razzle, Dazzle, go make sure Velvette doesn't get into trouble." She said.

They saluted and flew off to catch up with her.

"Aren't you worrying too much? I'm sure she'll be fine." Verosika said.

"If there's one thing you should know about me, Verosika, it's that I look after my friends." Emily said. "Now back to getting you settled in, let me show you around."

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