Arackniss
'Mmh…' Arackniss groaned internally as he sat in a bare room save for the table in front of him and the metal chair he sat on while his arms were crossed as he leaned back on the backrest, 'I told pops the deal made with that imp was iffy.' He thought to himself with a sneer on his face as he grumbled under his breath next, "But does he listen, nooo." he rolled his eyes with annoyed look.
As the arachnid-sinner shifted a bit on his metal chair to rid himself of the uncomfortableness felt from sitting in one place for too long, he continued to think to himself. 'And as an act of good-fucking-will, he sends me, one of his own sons, to help apprehend and kidnap some fucker for the skills he possess with gunsmithing.' Arackniss griped to himself in his mind with a scowl on his face.
"Seriously…" Arackniss commented out loud to himself as he brought his leg up to rest it a bit on his knee, while still keeping his arms crossed and back rested on the backrest of the chair they gave him to sit on. "Who the fuck was that guy that wiped out almost half our men?-" he was about to talk more to himself of what sort of clusterfuck that was the attempt of apprehending the gunsmith, but the door opened shortly after.
"Greetings, care to speak more on that matter?" The burnt man intoned with a grave tone as he let himself into the room, a few heavy muscled sinners stood outside while the sinner walked into the room while he carried in his hand another metal chair while gently letting it drag along the thin carpet office floor, "because…" the sinner continued saying as the door shut behind him, "You have some questions that need answering." he said in no less of a tone that was an inflection of a demand.
Arackniss' eyes watched the man's actions and kept an eye on him as the burnt sinner flipped the chair in his hand around in front of him, and bounced it down to open the chair up for the sinner to sit on across from him.
Making a smirk to let his amusement be known, the arachnid-sinner spoke. "Well…ask away. Though, depending on the question, I may not be able to answer…on account of…" Arackniss rolled his eyes up, a gesture of himself thinking, before looking back down to the burnt sinner, "Y'know, ask away, I'll see about answering some of your questions…Bacon man." he remarked as his eyes honed in on the burnt skin beneath the gauze that covered the burnt man's head.
"You may call me Graham, if you'd like." The sinner across from Arackniss said as he sat on his own chair, and leaned his elbows onto his knees, "But if you insist on the insults and name calling, go right ahead, it matters not to me." Graham said as he focused his eyes on Arackniss with a pointed look.
"...sheesh, take out all the fun, why don't you…" Arackniss commented with an annoyed expression, before speaking more to the man in front of him, "Whatever, ask away ya Coglione." he smirked at the man.
"Hmm." Graham remarked with a flat look in his eyes, before he spoke to Arackniss, "I would ask who you work for, but a prior conversation I had with Miss Carmine before this talk between us started, has me thinking of a different question to ask."
Lifting his eyebrow of curiosity, Arackniss gave Graham a confused look, "Oh, what's she know?" he asked.
Graham lifted his arms to interlace his fingers together as he stared back at Arackniss, "The attempt of whatever those sinners were trying against me, was operated largely in part by Crimson Mafia, of which, you however, are not a part of." he summed up what Carmilla had told him.
"...heh…" Arackniss chuckled a bit with mirth, "Well, she wasn't far off the point, what gave it away? Cause I don't remember at any point in time, she ever saw me in person." he remarked with a wry look on his face.
Graham reached into his vest, before he pulled out a yellow folder and tossed it to the table for Arackniss to pick up, with one stray photo sliding out, "Miss Carmine…in her own words, likes to keep a record of her deals, in case of…blackmail…not sure why in a place of lawlessness though…." he worded out with a measured tone of calmness, while Arackniss bent over from his chair to pick up the folder for his perusal.
"Huh…" Arackniss scoffed a bit as opened the folder up to show a photo of him and a few of his own mafia's men from last week, it was when they had ordered from Carmine for a good deal on weapons. In the photo other than him and his men, was one of Carmine's daughters with the other nowhere to be seen. "That sly bitch." he muttered under his breath in Italian, before closing the folder up and looked back up at the burnt sinner sitting across from him.
"So what now?" Arackniss asked with a glowering look directed at Graham.
Graham spoke back to Arackniss with a stern tone, "Where is the Crimson Mafia's base of operations?" he questioned the other sinner, "I already had one overlord attempt something of the same nature against me not but a short while ago, and now an Imp's Mafia is after me." he answered with a steady tone of indifference. As if the man himself was no stranger to having different entities come after him.
Taken aback a bit that the man in front of him was already dealing with something of the same nature prior to the attempted kidnapping of his person, Arackniss chose to comment on it, "Quite…the popular man, are you?" he smirked a bit.
"For the lack of a better description, quite so." Graham replied back to him with a measured look in his eyes, "Now the location." he sternly asked.
Arackniss replied back to the man with an incredulous look, "Well, that's the thing, what're ya plan'n on doing with the information?" he asked with a pointed look, "Not like you plan on going there yourself an shoot'n up the place, right?" he chuckled a bit at the thought.
"If it comes down to it, then I will, but otherwise, I'd rather settle this matter with the least amount of trouble…however…." Graham answered with a calm tone, "I do not appreciate violence, but if violence is needed to safeguard a certain place I am part of, then I will take whatever measures I need to quell this…problem I have." the sinner spoke with a chilling tone that promised ill will towards his enemies.
"...you'll let me go afterwards?" Arackniss asked with a cautious look in his main eyes.
Graham simply stared back for a few seconds, before answering the Arachnid-sinner, "On the grounds that you agree to give the Hazbin Hotel a try, I do after all have a job to help Charlie in any way."
"Oh fuck!" Arackniss dropped the folder that he still held in his hands, and stood up away from the man while causing his chair to screech from being knocked back a bit, "Ain't no way I'm going there!" he shouted with a snarl, which caused Graham to simply look back at him with curious gaze as he continued to sit in his chair.
Arackniss pointed down at him with a glowering look down at the burnt sinner still sitting, "Make up some other deal." He raised his voice in protest.
"..." By the look in Graham's eyes, it looked like he was connecting some dots in his mind, before making his thoughts be known, "You are related to the profligate, Angel Dust, yes?" he asked with a steady gaze up at the arachnid-sinner.
"...tch." Arackniss clicked his teeth with annoyance, and looked to the said with anger in his eyes, "Profligate huh?" he questioned, before looking back at Graham with a less annoyed look, "I would have gone with something more poignant…considering his occupation…but that's neither here nor there." he gruffly remarked.
"...perhaps I should just have the serpent come back with me then." Graham spoke up with an apathetic tone as he stood up, then looked directly at Arackniss, "But yes, I suppose I'll let you go if you release any pertinent information. The invitation was simply an attempt on my part to increase the hotel's occupancy."
Arackniss lifted his hands up in a halting manner, "Fuck it, I haven't seen the piece of shit in decades, it's about time his big brother drops in for a…house visit." he said with his hands on his sides as he stared back at Graham with a smirk. "And plus, it's not like you can find Crimson's main base in Pride Ring, he's from Greed Ring and not exactly a local to this ring of hell."
"Hmm…I see…" Graham remarked with a steady gaze, "So you can say without a shadow of a doubt, that he does not come to Pride ring, nor have any sort of forward base of operations?" he asked,
"...well…" Arackniss made an uncertain look on his face, "There is this one place down west of imp city…" He started with explaining to Graham.
Later
Out in front of Carmine's tower, Joshua exited out from the doorways; the burnt sinner idly pulled out his phone to look at the time, before putting it back into one of his pockets on his vest. Between leaving the hotel, getting chased after, and taking refuge within Miss Carmine's building, quite a bit of time had passed.
It was a bit ironic that Joshua had ended up questioning Angel's brother, the very sinner himself having been amongst the mafia members that had hounded him down; he was not sure if it was some part on the holy Father's work, some cosmic luck, or mere coincidence, but one thing was for sure, at least the Serpent was willing to give the hotel an attempt.
Joshua's eyes glanced to the side a bit as he thought back to the earlier conversation with Sir Pentious.
"Excused me?" The serpent asked Joshua with a shocked look, "Mind repeating that?"
Joshua, on the other hand, couldn't help but give the sinner across from him an annoyed look, before quashing it down to give Sir Pentious a flat look, "An invitation to the hotel." he explained as he crossed arms while standing across from the snake sinner. "As well as a path to redemption for your own soul."
Sir Pentious blinked a few times at the way Joshua worded his invitation, before making a frown, "I…I am a bit sssurprised you'd extend an olive branch to me." He palmed his chest, before pointing between him and Joshua, "I've done nothing but harass that hotel, by any ssstretch of the word." Sir Pentious then gave Joshua a scrutinizing gaze, "What makesss you think I'd accept your invitation?" he asked.
Joshua tapped his arm with his index finger whilst his arms were still crossed, before answering the serpent sinner, "I don't think. I am merely, as you say, extending an olive branch. A chance for you to set aside any grievances, lay aside your ambitions, and commit yourself to betterment."
"...huh…" Sir Pentious spoke aloud as he reached up to scratch his head a bit, before answering Joshua with an uncertain look, before brightening up, "You know-" he pointed up with an enthusiastic look, "That sssoundsss like quite the fun experience!" Sir Pentious remarked.
"...rather quick to make your mind up…" Joshua noted with a critical look given to the serpent.
Sir Pentious on the other hand, crossed his arms and gave Joshua an annoyed look, "It hasss been more than a hundred yearsss sssince I've been in hell!" He explained, as he moved his arms to plant his hands at his side, "It doesss get a bit…repetitive doing the sssame thing over and over again!"
In response to Sir Pentious' reasoning, Joshua gave the serpent a flat look, "Quite so,...like attacking the hotel more than once." he pointed out.
"...fair play…" Sir Pentious had the decency to give Joshua an embarrassed look, before straightening himself up, "But mark my wordsss…" he continued with by once more pointing up with his finger and making a resolute look in his eyes, "I'll find another way to beat you, my formidable adversssary!" he declared.
Breaking himself out of his thoughts, Joshua turned his head to see a group of eggs head his way while out of the front doors emerged Sir Penitous in the midst of pocketing an old phone…the likes of which looked like a brick.
Noticing the looks he was given as he slithered to the sidewalk to greet his egg boys, Sir Pentious scoffed as he spoke, "I care not for all that hi-tech, especially thossse new phonesss!" he declared.
Joshua simply stared back at Sir Pentious with a deadpan stare whilst the eggs boys eventually reached their boss to crowd around the serpent, "a bit…hypocritical don't you think?" He questioned the sinner.
Sir Pentious on the other hand, gave Joshua a confused look, "Whatever do you mean?" he asked with an accusatory look.
In response, Joshua spoke back with an even tone, "You use laser weapons, guided missiles for your blimp, the blimp itself…" he listed off with a critical look directed at the serpent sinner.
"That's different!" Sir Pentious declared while palming his chest and expressed a defiant look, "My creations are for weapons of war! Not for leisure, there's a difference!" He defended himself.
"You tell him boss!" One of the egg boys cheered for Sir Pentious, which the serpent sinner allowed it to boost his ego, going by the look on his face.
Not sure how to argue back on the matter, as it seemed like more or less a pointless argument to get into, Joshua erred to let the discussion drop.
And just in time, as from out of the doors of Carmine's building, Arackniss exited and made his way to stand not far from Joshua and Sir Pentious with an expectant look on his face, "So, we head on over now?" he questioned Joshua.
Joshua, looked between the two sinners, while giving the egg boys a passing glance, before giving a nod.
Hazbin Hotel
Walking back into the hotel through the front door with an exhausted look, Charlie was followed by Vaggie as the two headed into the lobby before Charlie rounded the corner to plop over the armrest of a nearby couch and land face first into the cushions of the sofa, then let out a muffled frustrated groan whilst Vaggie stood beside the couch.
Seeing the entire thing while he sat on a chair, Angel Dust couldn't help but sate his curiosity, "Sooo, how'd it go?" he asked with a bit of an amused look on his face at the two's expense.
Vaggie sighed once, before she leaned on the armrest of the nearby couch while she answered Angel's question, "Not a single new recruit."
"Yeah, well…" Angel Dust look to the side for a bit, before looking back at Vaggie and Charlie with a shrug, "who would wanna use their last days not fucking and fighting?" he asked, then went to peruse through his phone.
Given the nature of human beings, Vaggie couldn't help but somewhat agree to the statement. As the atmosphere settled for a bit with the sound of somber silence, the front doors of the hotel were soon opened as Joshua let himself in through the front door.
Vaggie, who was still standing and in direct sight of the burnt sinner, voiced her thoughts to the man, "Joshua!" she remarked with an astonished look, "You…uh…got a few bullet holes on your vest!"
As Joshua walked into the lobby to stand not far from Vaggie, he glanced her way with a relaxed demeanor, "Wouldn't be much of a bullet proof vest if it didn't do its job." he commented back with a dry tone.
"Sheesh." Angel Dust commented as he looked up from his phone, "Why is it that almost every time you go out for something, you end up in some sort of shoot out?" he asked.
Sitting up from lying face down, Charlie looked over at Joshua and noted that the man indeed did have a bit of bullet holes on his clothes. Frowning a bit, Charlie decided to let her opinion be known, "I hope you're not the one starting those fights, at least." she remarked with a disapproving look at Joshua.
Joshua on the other hand, gave Charlie a simple look in the eye, "I don't intend on starting any fights, but I will finish them if the situation requires it." he replied back, before questioning the two. "But aside from that, you Charlie, seem a bit down." he commented.
"Well…." Charlie rubbed her arm nervously, "I went out with Vaggie to look for new occupants for the hotel, but we didn't have any luck-" before she could continue speaking, the door was kicked open, before two new figures let themselves in, followed by a few egg looking lifeforms.
"What, no welcoming party?" Arackniss' voice rang out, before both he and Sir Pentious made their way into the lobby, where a flabbergasted Charlie was looking at them, Vaggie was giving them a defensive look, Joshua gave them a sideways glance…
"What the shit!" Angel Dust stood up while gripping his phone tightly, and glared at Arackniss.
"There he is!" Arackniss smirked over at Angel Dust, and opened his four arms out in a welcoming manner, "Ol' cum rag mcgee!"
"Fuck you, ya' shrimp dick waffle!" Angel dust threw his phone down to the chair, and stormed over to Arackniss. "You think you can just walk in here like that and call me names!?" he challenged.
As Angel Dust walked over and stood apart from his older brother, Arackniss looked back up a bit at his younger brother with a withering glare, "Calling me a shrimp is a low blow, ya two bit whore! Take it back before I knock you upside the head!"
"Go get bent! I"m not the one coming in on short notice, only to call me a cum rag!"
"Ain't my problem you're going around offering your hole to everyone!"
"At least I'm getting action, and I'm a famous porn star at that! Unlike some short stacked fucker of a brother!"
"Hey, I may be short, but at least I have better integrity than to show my face on a billboard with cum stains! Ma would be furious, if it weren't for the fact her soul ended up in heaven!"
"Yeah!...well…fuck you!" Angel Dust threw his hands up in anger.
Within a second, the two arachnid-sinners butted heads before yelling in their native tongues at each other with glares.
While the two continued arguing against each other in Italian, Sir Pentious, while carrying suitcases in his hands, gleamed a broad smile over at Charlie, "Hello, would you perhaps direct me to your nearest available room?" he asked.
Charlie, for the most part, had the decency to give Joshua a confused look, "What did you do while you were gone!?" she asked.
"It's been a day, to be quite honest…." Joshua answered while looking off to the side a bit.
"Beh, puoi dire a papà di succhiare un cazzo!" Spat Angel dust as he jabbed Arackniss into the chest, to which Arackniss slapped the offending finger aside and jabbed his finger in return into Angel's shoulder.
"Non è questo il modo di parlare di tuo padre, pezzo di merda!" Arackniss yelled back quickly with a heated glare.
Giving the argument between the two brothers a sideways look, Charlie commented, "Should we…stop…them?" she asked, unsure of how to handle two family members getting out from some heated argument.
And just as well, as the argument between the two Italian arachnid sinners, reached a crescendo, before both Angel dust and Arackniss, glared heatedly at each other with frowns in silence. After another moment of silence passed, both brothers smiled cheekily and opened their arms to each other.
"Ya look great!" Arackniss observed with a smirk up at Angel's face, "Ya eating ok Anthony? You ain't eating garbage are ya?"
"Eh…" Angel Dust made a wishy washy motion with his hand, "The grub is good here…" he replied with a glance towards the kitchen, "But every now and then, I have to step in if Charlie plans on making anything italian." he remarked with a smrik.
"Guh." Arackniss sneered with distaste, "Tell me about it, there was this one time I visited some restaurant where some imp made a poor attempt at opening a human food restaurant, fucker had the gall to serve pizza with pineapple on it."
"Ya shittin me!" Angel Dust gagged a bit at the thought, and directed Arackniss to walk with him to chat over in the kitchen.
As the two Italian spiders disappeared into the kitchen, Charlie couldn't help but take it all in with a confused look, "uh…"
Meanwhile, Vaggie glanced over at Sir Pentious with a measured look of reservation, "So what's your story?" she asked with a critical look afterwards.
"Me!?" Sir pentious palmed his chest, and smiled triumphantly, "I have come to endeavor myssself into redemption!" he declared with a bolstering voice.
"...right…" Vaggie deadpanned, and before she could comment more, the doorbell rang, signifying that there was a visitor…or new recruit…one of the two.
Vaggie sighed a bit, and headed to open the door while Charlie spoke somewhat excitedly with Sir Pentious, now that she was out of her funk since the serpent sinner had declared himself wanting redemption with the help of the hotel.
As Vaggie opened the door to greet whoever it was that had rung the doorbell, she was greeted to the sight of Velvette, who was idly looking down at her phone before looking back up at her with a dry look, "Yes, hello, is this that stupid hazbit hotel?" she asked in a dismissive manner.
"...No." Vaggie declared, before slamming the door shut on the overlord. Already done with having at least one overlord present in the hotel.
"Oi!" Velvette shouted through the door.
"Vaggie!" Charlie shouted over at her with a disapproving voice.