meet the new boss, same as the old boss

[lamentapple]

[ Sometimes, it all works out. Sometimes you wield enough terrifying angelic power and co-lead a vicious enough army of piss off mad demons with your daughter that even Heaven has to listen when you say shit sucks and things need to change around here. Here being non-revolving door between Earth, Heaven, and Hell. Better outcome than the last time he tried this whole revolutionary shift in the order of the world bit. And the first time. But hey, who's counting! Sera's been given an almighty bitchslap, Lute lost her other arm and her head in an unfortunate accident when she made the fatal mistake of trying to murder his daughter again, and policy reform has been beaten into law. Literally. Who knew angels nowadays were such pushovers? Haha.

Most importantly, now there's a new boss in charge. A new boss up in Heaven, at least. All's well that ends well, happy endings all around. The Hazbin Hotel is officially permanently in business and under Angel Dust's — Anthony's — management. God forbid anyone starts blacklighting the place for stains.

Lucifer watches as Charlie excitedly clutches at Emily's hands. As Lilith smiles fondly at their daughter before joining Vaggie and their little cohort of redeemed demons in following the two newly appointed angelic leaders through the gleaming golden gates. As the dazzling paradise of Heaven swallows them up for a life of the eternal happiness they deserve.

And then he lets the smile slip right off his face.

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. Someone has to take care of Hell. ]

There you are, Alastor. [ He doesn't look away from the empty arch of the gates as the shadows gather into the little shit's smirking form. But he did help, so Lucifer can remember his name for at least the next ten minutes. ] I knew you'd come creeping out of whatever crack you'd crawled into. Just the roach I wanted to see.