Devil's Advocate || An Alastor x !FEM! Oc || PythonIsWrong

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- Chapter 1 -

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"I  think  it's  funny  you ⍑ℍ⟟☊⏧   ⟟   ⍧⍲☊'⍑   ℍ⍲☊⟄⎾ℇ   ⍓⍦⎎ℇ⎾🜅..."

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"Hey angel cakes..." Anthony said as he came in the empty bar. Jaycln stood behind the counter getting ready to close up for the day. It had been a really long night with basically nothing but the typical routine and customers. Anthony was one of the few regulars that Jaycln could actually stand, so she wasn't upset when he walked into the, obviously closed, bar. "Hit me with a strong one, won't ya?"

"Rough night?" Jaycln wasn't really a speaker, which worked with Anthony since he would just talk her ear off. She didn't mind that though. To be honest, she kind of preferred it. When she was alive, she was always one to stay quite, mostly because that's what she had to do in order to save herself. Being a thief wasn't all it was cracked up to be, but when you have to steal to survive, it's preferable to death.

"Wouldn't you believe it?" Anthony wore his signature, teasing smirk. Jaycln just rolled her eyes with a small smile. She considered Anthony a friend, probably the only one she had in Hell, but she didn't care. "Val's a fucking idiot."

"Agreed." Jaycln finished preparing his drink. "I wish he wasn't so touchy with you." One thing about Jaycln was her divergence to touch. She had been touch starved all her life, so she developed a natural divergence to it.

"It's whatever, it's not like he'll stop anyway." Anthony sighed along with Jaycln, both of them knowing the spider demon was right. "I got a place down at this new place in town though. It's free so long as I play nice."

"New place, and playing nice?" Jaycln was confused. She hadn't heard of any new places in town and that was something she knew she would have heard about, but playing nice? That didn't sound like Anthony.

"Yeah, it's called the Happy Hotel, or some shit. I'm only really there for a free room." Now that sounded more like Anthony. Jaycln just smiled and shook her head. She new her friend, probably better than he knew himself, but that comes from taking care of him when he got too drunk. "You should come by, I heard you're lookin' for a new place after what happened last week."

"I'll stop by, but I can't promise I'll stay there." Jaycln began to clean the rest of the dishes so she could finish her shift and close up. "You know I'm not one for all of the false hope."

Anthony just nodded his head and smiled, happy his friend would be stopping by the hotel. He wasn't really one to advertise for the hotel, since his reputation was on the line, but he just wanted a friend close by. Could anyone really blame him?