It was... odd, to say the least. Living in Hell was always bringing new situations and experiences to my front door.

Oh, wait. Haha! I'm getting ahead of myself, aren't I? Sorry, I should introduce myself. I'm Y/n Nights, a demon born and raised in Hell. My family is... not all that well know, really. You probably wouldn't know them, even if I told you. Mostly because we keep our existence mainly a secret. We're quite a powerful family of demons, but we don't like the attention. That's why I come from what seems to be a normal demon family on the outside rather than a group of Overlords.

Of course, we're still demons, so we do have our tendencies to... murder and maim and steal from others. But, hey, this is Hell after all. It's not that uncommon for that to happen.

But my life is stranger than most. There isn't a day where an odd occurrence happens to me, and lately it's only been getting worse. I hate it! I just want a normal life in Hell! Is that so much to ask?!

Ahem. Sorry. Let my demon out for a moment there. Heh. Anways, I've been trying to find a way to relax and have some regular old fun, so I was super happy and excited when I got an party invitation from my old friend, Alastor.

He's a super popular and infamous Overlord that went by the title "The Radio Demon", that title due to the fact that he would broadcast his big actions over any and all radios all over Hell. He's not too bad of a guy, really... once you get past the murderous and cannibalistic and sadistic persona of his. Other than that, he's pretty fun to hang out with.

So, now I am finding myself driving my car to his place, which actually looks like a 1900s mansion. It was a lot bigger than most houses, and it was painted in a red and gold style with some black in it.

After arriving, I parked my car and exited through the door. I walked up to the mansion, seeing the lawn ornaments he's set out in front. But once I neared the door, I saw someone I've never seen before. They... looked like an angel, and they had similar features to Alastor.

Despite his odd and uncommon features, I decided to introduce myself.

Me: "Heya, Wings."

The, most likely, Fallen Angel turns to me and smiles, opening his mouth to greet me back.

Rowan: "Oh! And hear I thought I'd be the last guest to arrive."

Me: "I didn't think Al would actually invite other people, so this is a shock to me as well" *offers a hand to shake* "I'm Y/n Nights. It's a pleasure to meet you."

Rowan: *shakes hand* "And I am Rowan, a Fallen Angel. Alastor helped me after I Fell and here we are."

Me: "Well, Alastor always had a knack for helping people every-so-often. I guess I drilled that into him."

Rowan: "Yes. He speaks of you fondly. Now, should we head in?"

Me: "Of course!"

I say, fixing my jacket a bit and the both of us enter the house. We both look around, and I was amazed at how the place looked. Alastor always had a thing for cleanliness, but not even he could make the place look this good.

"Hi!"

Me and Rowan pause, both of us looking down to see a small Cyclops Demon in a skirt.

Me: "Uh... hi."

Niffty: "I'm Niffty! You must be Y/n Nights, right?"

Me: "Uh, yeah. Here's my invitation."

I say and hand the small Cyclops my invite, Rowan greeting her right after like an old friend and gave her his invite right after.

Niffty: "Okay! Thank you. This way, please!"

Niffty says and leads me and Rowan to where the other guests were.

Me: "So... you know her?"

I ask Rowan.

Rowan: "Niffty? She's a helping hand, hired by Alastor to clean his house. She does a swell job."

I nod and we walk with Niffty to another room, the Cyclops Demon looks back at me with a smile.

Niffty: "Good luck at the table tonight! I'll grab you both drinks!"

Niffty immediately dashes off after that and I just chuckle a bit, me and Rowan walking up to the other guests. One was someone I recognized: Alastor's twin brother, Bellamy. Everyone just called him Blue, mainly because of his looks.

The other wore a dark themed suit, a wide grin on his face as a monocle covered one eyes and was wearing a top hat. He also held a wooden and metal cane in one hand.

As I walked up to them, Bellamy must've saw me in the corner of his eye, because he immediately ended his conversation with the grey-skinned demon and turned to me with the best smile he could make... which wasn't much. But I still enjoyed seeing his precious smile as I smile back at him.

Me: "Blue! It's great to see you again!"

Bellamy: "Y-you as w-well, old fri-iend."

The two of us greeted the other with a quick hug before we parted, quickly making conversation.

Bellamy: "How are your parents? Your little sister, Jaime?"

Me: "They're doing just fine. They have it lucky, not dealing with the shit I go through everyday."

We both give a laugh at my statement, both of us glad to be with one another again.

Bellamy: "Th-that's great to h-hear. And I-I heard you got a job? I-is that c-correct?"

Me: "Yeah, actually. I actually helped make the business actually. My partner is an Imp."

Bellamy: "An I-Imp? That's surprising to h-hear."

Me: "Yeah. He's crazy, but he's a cool guy once you get to know him."

Bellamy: "I b-bet. Now, I-I must be going. I w-wish to explore. I'll s-see you at the t-table."

Bellamy said, beginning to walk away as I'm reminded that the twin brothers don't actually live together.

Bellamy: *walking away* "O-oh! And go e-easy on everyone! Don't w-want them g-going broke, now d-do we?"

I laugh a bit as I wave him goodbye, walking off myself as I enter the dining room. There I see an Avian Cat Demon with red wings and a small red hat.

I recognized him as Husk, a "friend" of Alastor, as he likes to call the cat.

Me: "Heya, Pussy Cat."

He immediately turns his head to look at me, giving me a small glare.

Husk: "Oh. It's you. What do you want?"

Me: "Heheh. I'm just exploring, Pussy Cat. It's been a hot minute since I've been here, so I'm just refamiliarizing myself with the place."

Husk: "What have I said about calling me "Pussy Cat"?"

Me: "You said not to call you that, but when have I ever listened?"

Me: "God-fucking-dammit. I forgot how annoying you can be! Almost as bad as Alastor."

I chuckle at this and Husk rolls his eyes, walking away and into the kitchen. I then see a blur in the corner of my eye and, before I knew it, Niffty was right in front of me with a tray of drinks in her hand.

Niffty: "Got your drinks!"

Me: "Oh. Thank you, darling."

I say and reach down to pick up a glass of champagne, and most likely Al's favorite as well.

Niffty: "See you later, and enjoy your evening!"

She then zoomed away, making me smile at her childish demeanor and behavior. I then walked out of the dining room and into the main hall where one of the staircases were located, and that's when I see my old friend...

... Alastor.

Alastor: "Y/n, old chap! It's amazing to see you again!"

Alastor stated, pulling me in for a quick side hug before he lets me go. He never was one for physical stuff.

Me: "It's great to see you, too, Al. I can't wait for us to catch up!"

Alastor: "Ahahaha! Yes! It would be great hearing about your little misadventures! Oh, how I've missed your little tales."

I smile and chuckle a bit at this, happy to see Alastor again.

Me: "You got it, old friend."

Alastor: "Great! Ah, it's great to be surrounded with such great and trustful faces! Hahaha! Now, this is not just about me, it's about you and the others as well! Drink, and have a good time! Life is for the living. After all..." *voice distorts slightly* "... I could be dead in the morning~"

Alastor laughs and I laugh along with him, remembering that he told jokes like that all the time as I took a drink of my champagne.

After that, things started to blur all together. I could hardly remember anything, only glimpses like playing cards, dancing, beer pong, and a gun. After that, I was lead to the room I would be using for that night and fell almost immediately asleep once I hit the bed. The last thing I saw before I blacked out was the clock saying that it was 1:30 in the morning...

•••

I woke up to the sound of the clock going off, ringing loudly as I looked at the time after I stopped it.

8:30

Me: "Heaven, what happened last night? It's all a blur..."

I say and rub my eyes, standing from the bed and walking to the bathroom to look at myself in the mirror. My curly H/C hair was a mess and wasn't its normal fluffy self, and my clothes were a messy. I also had lipstick smeared on my cheek from what seemed to be a kiss. A drunk kiss, but a kiss no less.

I quickly fixed myself, correcting my clothes and fixing my hair so that it was its old fluffy self again. To wake myself up, I splashed water on my S/C face and opened my E/C eyes to look at myself in the mirror again.

I looked fine now, so I left the room entirely and entered the hallway where Niffty immediately zoomed over to me.

Niffty: "Good morning, Y/n!"

Dear God, she's a morning person...

Me: "Morning, Niffty..."

I greeted her back, giving her a tired smile which she returned brightly.

Niffty: "I'm giving everyone a seltzer with cocaine. It's the best thing for the morning after according to Husk!"

Niffty said, holding up a tray of white drinks for me to take one. Now, I wasn't really one for drugs and whatnot, and I only drink on occasion, but I guess I can have one.

Me: "Thanks, Niffty."

I thank the Cyclops Demon, taking one of the cups and watch her dash away. I take a drink of it... and I immediately regret it. I nearly puked. So, I placed it on a nearby table and gagged a little before I heard a laugh. I turn to see Bellamy, small snickers escaping his lips which made me smile at him.

Me: "Morning, Blue. How'd you sleep?"

Bellamy: "I sl-slept just f-fne, Y/n. You m-must've as well, esp-pecially after last n-night. You s-seriously knocked them o-out last night. I h-haven't seen you l-like that in y-years. Good to l-let out th-the demon every once i-in a wh-while, huh?"

Me: "Yeah. It sure was fun... from what I remember."

Bellamy: "Yes... b-but, I'm-I'm still not sure a-as to what we're s-supposed to be c-celebrating here. I-I mean, it's great to b-back and to s-see you again, but... o-out of the b-blue like this..."

Bellamy trails off as his mind seems to be elsewhere, but he quickly looks back at me with his weak smile.

Bellamy: "An-nyway, it's not the-the time to b-become conspiratorial. L-life is ours t-to choose, I always s-say. Or, I g-guess, the aft-terlife. Heheh."

Me: "Yeah. Of course, Blue."

Bellamy: "Now, I h-have to find Al. I'll s-see you at br-breakfast. Catch u-up soon."

And with that, Bellamy walks off to find his red brother. I wave him off before heading to the staircase and walking downstairs, looking around a bit as a see a knight on a pedestal and some cool paintings. But suddenly...

*THUD!*

... a blur of red fell to the floor, and I immediately looked down to see...

"Alastor...?"

A flash of lightning went off and the man with the top hat, now wearing a black bathrobe, walked in. I learned that his name was Black Hat.

Black Hat: "Did anyone hear that lightning?" *sees Alastor* "DEAR GOD! THERE'S BEEN A MURDER!"

Another flash of lightning occurs after he spoke and he walked up to the dead body.

Niffty: "Did anyone hear light--OH MY GOD! MURDER!"

Niffty said as she entered the room, lightning flashing again as she dashed over to Alastor's body.

Husk then walked in after her.

Husk: "Did you--? MUUUUURDER!"

Lightning flashed again, making me look out the window before I felt a hand wrap itself around my throat. I turn to see Black Hat holding me by my throat, glaring at me with a deadly stare.

Black Hat: "What the Heavens happened here? Who's in charge around here? Trick question: that guy!" *points at Alastor* "And he's dead now, which makes me in charge. So you better listen up, brat. Incase you haven't heard, there's been a... killing."

Everyone waited for the lightning to flash before I spoke, struggling with his hand gripped tightly around my neck.

Me: "Yeah... I know... He fell in front of me..."

Black Hat: "Well then, that makes you the prime suspect! So you better explain where and when and why you happened to be right where Al fell!"

Niffty: "Actually, his body's cold... er. He's been dead-dead for a while."

Black Hat: "A likely story... which I happen to believe completely."

Black Hat lets go of your throat and you gasp for air, coughing and wheezing as you rubbed your sore throat.

Black Hat: "All right, you're off the hook."

Me: "I could've just told you what I did last night..."

I stated weakly.

Black Hat: "Yes, well, anyways, I happen to know a thing or two about murder mysteries, so--"

Husk: "Oh, yeah? Prove you're a real dick!"

Black Hat sighs and pulls out his wallet, pulling out a card that said "Member of the National Muder Mysteries Club". I look at it in confusion when his wallet suddenly opens more and a bunch of pictures unwind from the leather casing.

Black Hat: "Oh. Those are my old henchmen and workers. Don't ask me about them."

Me: "Ok--"

Black Hat: "Fine! I'll tell you! Each one of them died. Each one worse than the last. Some even died in ironically hilarious way. Which made it even worse."

Me: "Okay...?"

I question as I look at Husk, both of us giving each other a confused glance.

Black Hat: "But hey, you look like you have potential. You're my newest henchman."

I immediately shook my head at this.

Me: "Sorry, but no thanks."

However, Black Hat just laughs a bit.

Black Hat: "That's what they all used to say... right before the died."

I then gave Husk a concerned look as he returned back to me before we looked back at the top hat wearing demon.

Black Hat: "Alright. Hand me that fingerprinting kit behind you, will ya?"

I sigh, accepting my fate before turning to grab this fingerprinting kit that was behind me. I looked all over the couch but couldn't find it, so I turned back to Black Hat but only to see that he's changed into his suit and was already using the kit I was supposed to get.

Me: "What the Heavens...?"

Black Hat: "Thanks."

He thanked me as if I had already given it to him, and he tossed it aside before kneeling down to look at Alastor's corpse. I walked up to it as well as Bellamy entered the room, his footsteps catching my attention as I turned to look at him.

Bellamy: "What... wh-what happened?"

Niffty: "Blue! Someone murdered your brother!"

A flash of lightning sounds as Bellamy gains a confused and fearful expression.

Bellamy: "A m-murder?"

A clap of thunder.

Bellamy: "Wh-who could've d-done this?"

Black Hat: "That's exactly what me and my new henchman are here to find out."

Black Hat said, motioning to me when he said henchman. I noticed Bellamy look at him and then me and growing an angry look. He was... mad? That's new to see.

Niffty: "Um, shouldn't we call the authorities to handle this? They would be interested since Alastor is... was an Overlord."

Black Hat: "We don't need them! I'm all you need. As a matter of fact, I suspect the killer is right here in this house. With that weird storm outside, none of us are getting far, anyway."

Me: "So... where just stuck here with someone with the power to kill an Overlord walking around?"

Black Hat: "... yeah, pretty much. But don't worry. I'm gonna get to the bottom of this. The rest of you, get back to your rooms and hunker down. And pray to Lucifer that you're not the next to be murdered."

A clap of thunder goes off.

Niffty: "I'll... I'll check on our other guests."

Niffty said, her usual childish demeanor replaced with worry and fear. I haven't known her for long, but even I knew it wasn't usual for her to act like that. It had me worried.

Husk: "I'm gonna go drink. All this death made me wanna get drunk again."

Husk walks off, presumably to get some beer to drink and get drunk off of. I look at Blue, his face no longer angry but concerned and fearful again.

Bellamy: "I... I-I need t-to tell Rowan ab-bout this..."

He says and walks off. I tell him goodbye as he heads to speak with the Fallen Angel we partied with the night before. How absurd it was that all of this is happening just now, after all the fun we had.

Black Hat: "Alright, henchman--"

Me: "My name's Y/n. Y/n Nights."

I say as I kneel down in front Alastor's body.

Black Hat: "Yeah. Anways, it's time to get to work. Judging by the temperature of the body I measure rectally, which is obviously the most accurate way to get the inner body temperature of a corpse. That's a fact, totally procedure."

Me: "Sure it is..."

I say under my breathe as Black Hat continues to speak.

Black Hat: "Don't tell anyone I did it."

Me: "What?"

Black Hat: "I am sure Alastor was killed around 1:30 am last night."

Me: "Cool. Just ignore me."

Black Hat: *stands up and points at me* "So what were you doing at 1:30 am last night?"

Me: "Sleeping. I looked at my clock the entire night."

Black Hat: "... I'm gonna ignore the strange fact that you sleep with your eyes open. But it checks out."

I stand to my feet as he continues.

Black Hat: "So, we need to figure out where everyone was and what they were doing around that time or, at the very least, who saw Alastor last."

Me: "I can look around and ask some questions if ya want, Top Hat."

Black Hat: "It's Black Hat! And yes, that would be helpful. Go and piece together the story of what happened last night. I'll stick around with the body and run more... tests."

I roll my eyes and leave the room, soon hearing an argument between Rowan and Blue. Wait... Blue was fighting with someone? I guess death can bring out parts of people they didn't know existed.

Bellamy: "Oh, h-how can you b-be so fl-flippant?"

Rowan: "Flippant?! I'm taking this very seriously!"

I grow closer and peak into the room they were in, watching their fight.

Bellamy: "Don't y-you give me th-that horsesh-shit! I kn-know you hated h-him, but... h-he was my broth-ther... and he r-reached out to y-you!"

Rowan: "Oh, what do you want from me, then?"

Bellamy: "I WANT YOU TO CARE!"

Holy shit, did Blue just swear and yell in the same conversation? That's... bad.

Rowan: "Just because I'm not bawling my eyes out like a lowly Sinned doesn't mean that I don't care."

Bellamy: "I... I c-can't believe y-you... You c-come find me when y-you pull your h-head out of y-your ass!"

Bellamy then stormed off into my direction, opening the door and pushing past me angrily but apologized for pushing past me. I watched him leave before entering that room he was in, walking inside to see Rowan sitting on a chair as he looked at his sword. He looked deep in thought before he looked away and saw me.

Rowan: "Oh! Good to see you again, Y/n!"

Rowan replaces the scowl he had on earlier and replaced it with a smile, standing from his chair as he walked up to me.

Rowan: "You were quite the monster last night. But... I'm assuming you're not here forba leisurely talk, are you?"

Me: "Sorry, but no. I'm helping Top Hat with the murder investigation."

Thunder goes off outside, both me and the Fallen Angel looking at the ceiling before back at each other.

Rowan: "Well, I'll help you, then. I'll tell you what happened to our "deer" friend Alastor. Heheh." *mockingly as Alastor* "Oh, look at me! I'm an Overlord now! Forget all my friends or the people that helped me become who I am! Just look at all the killing I've done! I have to turn people into my friends via fear! Hahaha! You like me? Too bad!"

I roll my eyes as the Fallen Angel mocks Alastor like that. In fact, I was a little angry. He doesn't sound like that at all!

Rowan: *mockingly as Alastor* "Oh, glug glug! Oopsie poopsie! I can't hold my drink. Gotta go off to the little boy's room! Who wants to join me? I'm gonna go up there upon my stairs. My house has more than one staircase. Oh, look at me and how powerful I am! Oh no, I'm falling! Aaaah, I'm dead."

I facepalm at this. This Angel, who had been raised and trained to be majestic and holy and just everything a demon isn't, was acting like a huge child.

Rowan: "And that's what happened. Probably, anyway. So, if you need to corroborate this story with anybody else, just be on your way and go through the entire house. Go now. I'll be here when you're done."

Me: "Okay...."

I turn and walk away, leaving the room as I do what he said I would do: investigate the house. Then Niffty appeared in front of me, her face still full of worry.

Niffty: "Y/n, please, follow me."

Me: "What...? Why?"

Niffty: "I need to show you something."

She dashes off again and I follow her, doing my best to keep up with her rapid speed. But, before I got far, everything suddenly shifted and we were in a different hall.

Me: "What the...?"

Niffty: "If you're looking for answers, there's really now mystery at all. There's not a single detail of this house I'm not familiar with, since I've sped around this entire place. And there isn't a single guest I have not personally examined."

She takes a quick glance at more which I noticed, but I decided to ignore it as she was leading me somewhere. We were near a staircase leading downwards before she stopped and turned towards me.

Niffty: "I warn you: what you are about to see if not for the faint of heart. A domain of evil this is... but in we must go."

She leads me down the staircase and into what seemed to be a win cellar. I was looking around everywhere, expecting to see something horrifying or a clue of sorts, but all I got was...

Niffty: "AAAAAH! NOOO!"

She immediately dashed towards a broken wine bottle, telling me to look away and apologizing for the sight as she went to clean it up. I was really weirded out, but it wasn't too weird. I should know.

Anyways, I leave the wine cellar as Niffty cleans up the mess, walking up the stone steps and into the kitchen. There I see Husk drinking out of a bottle of booze, and I walk up to him which gains his attention.

Husk: "Ugh. You again. What do you want?"

Me: "I'm just helping Top Hat with the investigation."

Husk: "You and your nicknames. Well, I may seem like a sweet and innocent guy, but many people with short lifespans might think otherwise."

Me: "I know, Pussy Cat. Can you just give me some help or info on what may have happened to Al?"

Husk: "The cameras."

Me: "What?"

Husk: "The cameras, dumbass. Niffty convinced Alastor to install them for security reasons. You can access 'em here in this kitchen if you want."

Me: "... I'm gonna ignore the strange fact you can look at your camera feed in the kitchen and just take a look."

Husk: "Knock yourself out."

Husk said, pulling a tablet out of nowhere and tossing it to me. I turned it on and looked through the camera feed from last night. At first I didn't find anything, but then I saw Black Hat and Al talking at 1:17 am. They talked about Niffty and Husk for some reason.

I turned off the tablet and placed down on the counter, sighing as I pinched the bridge of my nose. When I looked up, Husk was gone.

Me: "Who would've thought I'd be investigating a murder in Hell. Crazy, huh?"

I ask myself right before thunder roars outside, making me look out the window before leaving the kitchen. I head outside, only to see no storm. Weird, but I went onward to continue the investigation.

I walked across the balcony and towards the gazebo when I saw Blue pacing back and forth in front of it, holding his cane anxiously and nervously. I called out to him.

Me: "Heya, Blue."

He turns towards me, giving me a quick smile before he sighs and walks up to me.

Bellamy: "I-I'm sorry you saw th-that you h-had to see th-that argument with R-Rowan. I was a-angry, and it was-sn't right and... h-he must be i-in shock. R-Rowan has alw-ways been calm, f-for better a-and for wors-se."

Me: "It's fine, Blue. It was just surprising to see you yell and swear like that. I've never seen you do it before. Kinda shocking."

Bellamy: "Ag-gain, I'm sorry. Just... i-it's so hard t-to think with all o-of th-this... Alastor w-was my brother and... h-he's gone? A-and so fast, t-too?"

He started tearing up, signaling he was about to cry.

Bellamy: "I-I'm sorry, I j-just need t-to b-be al-lon-ne right n-now."

Bellamy started sniffling and turned away as he wiped his eyes, but I quickly stop him by grabbing his shoulder. He looks at me in confusion before I pull him into a hug, my own tears threatening to spill as well.

Me: "Everything's gonna be okay, Bellamy. I promise that I'll find the demon who did this and take care of him myself. I promise you won't have to worry about it anymore. I'll make sure you're safe."

Bellamy didn't answer or respond in any way. He just started crying and held onto me, gripping my jacket as he bawled into my shoulder. He wetted my jacket, but I didn't care. He was my best pal, even when Alastor was around. I would make sure he was safe, and I'm not letting some Overlord murderer stop me from making sure he's safe.

So, I stood there, holding Bellamy in a hug as he cried into my shoulder. I would make sure he's safe, even if it costed me my life.

But there was just one thing plaguing my mind. Three little words that just grinded my gears...

Who killed Alastor?