"It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance Princess, as your Uncle has introduced me I am Tahm Kench, The River Demon, and one of the Largest Loan Sharks and owner of several of Hells casinos across Pride, Gluttony and Greed Proper, along with being a connoisseur and maker of the most delicious dishes this side of the Styx." He said introducing himself as he holds onto his coat showing obvious pride in his status.
"He's willing to help out the Hotel because I'm the one that helped him elevate his status to what he is now, and since he has plenty of free time I decided to call him up, not only that but if things ever get messy hear at the hotel he will be of great help." I say patting the big man's back.
"Oh! Well that's great, welcome to the team Mr. Kench." Charlie says holding out her hand as he nods as he holds out his finger which itself is the size of her hand for her to grab on and shake.
"And the pleasure is all mine my dear, but please call me Tahm, now with that out of the way, I would like to see where the kitchen is at and what we have so I can see what I can make here." He said before Niffty came back while still riding on the back of Cerberus.
"Oh! Oh! I'll do it!" She said all excited like before turning Cerberus around like her own trusty steed she began to lead Tahm towards the kitchen.
"Oh and how can I forget!" I say before clapping my hands before a bunch of shadow demons began carrying a plethora of foodstuffs towards the kitchen as well.
"Can't have a kitchen without all the necessary ingredients needed to make the food for this place after all, sad to say I don't have any alcohol on me at the moment so I can't restock the bar with the good stuff like I said, but when I go by gluttony again I'll get some of the good stuff and even some of the rare Beelze-Juice for you guys to enjoy." I say with a chuckle.
"You serious? That stuff is extremely rare to find outside of Gluttony from what I heard." Husk says as he raises an eyebrow surprised to hear I'll stock the bar with some really good stuff.
"Of course, you think me living for so long and I wouldn't make connections with the other leaders of the other rings?" I say with a smile and a shake of my head before I notice Alastor walking downstairs as he's subtly watching me.
"I must say good sir, your little friends are doing a wonderful job of refurnishing the Hotel proper, though I hope you don't mind if I borrow you for a moment to discuss some details pertaining to the hotel." He said while keeping his iconic smile, but his eyes were saying something else entirely.
"Sure, sure, after all you are the co-owner to this hotel, so it's only right we talk about things." I said with an equally wide smile before I followed him as he lead me off to a private lounge of the hotel.
"…. Is it just me or did that conversation feel…. Off or something?" Angel said after he saw Cain and Alastor disappear.
"Nope, I could feel it too, let's hope whatever happens doesn't end up wrecking this place." Husk said before going back to drink some more alcohol.
Meanwhile both me and Alastor have taken seats across from each other, and with a snap of my fingers a couple shadow demons appeared with a two coffee cups and a hot pot of dark coffee before pouring us each a cup which I grabbed as they faded away before bringing it to my lips to take a sip before putting it down on to the table at my side.
"So what would you like to talk about? Me and my experiences here in hell over the several millions of years I've been here? Or maybe about yourself? No it's obviously about the hotel we need to talk about or maybe…." I say enthusiastically before leaning forward with my head resting on the back of my hands as I looked at him while my eyes changed to full of symbols, symbols he was very much familiar with.
"…. About who owns the leash around your neck?" I say as the room dimmed as his eyes glowed red while his horns grew longer, clearly not happy I brought it up.
"Oh please, don't bare your fangs at me when we both know that's what you wanted to know in the first place ever since we first made eye contact, or am I wrong and you already know and bringing it up is just pissing you off?" I said in response as my eyes changed back to normal as I leaned back as I wasn't even phased by him getting feral with me.
He snarled for a moment before he shut his mouth, closed his eyes and took a deep breath as his demonic transformation as he regained his composure.
But before he was about to ask, both he and I saw the leash on his neck appear and suddenly tighten around his neck, making him grab at it in pain, but it was clear that he couldn't speak.
"Wow, that thing really doesn't want you talking about it with others at all, but if you can't talk and ask what you want to know then I don't know what to tell you." I say with a sigh which I see him look at me with a grimace and irritated look on his face as he could keep his normal smile like this.
"Alright, just think your not going to ask or even say anything and that leash should begin to loosen up soon enough." I say as I am quite familiar with his owner after all.
As soon as I said that he seemed to try what I said and sure enough the leash around his neck loosened before fading away.
"I'm going to take a shot in the dark and assume that thing doesn't want you to ask about it in a verbal sense, so let's try something else." I say before snapping a table between us before I pulled out six cards labeled 0 through 5 and put them out in front of him.
"So let me ask, how much do you know about your owner, zero means nothing and five means you know everything." I say as he looks at the cards before pointing at 0
"Really? Nothing at all? Not even it's name?" I ask which he shrugs before giving the 50/50 sign with his hand.
"So it gave it a name but you don't think it's actually its real name?" I ask and he nods in response.
"Then do you know the terms of your contract?" He then points between both two and three respectfully.
"So it's nothing specific, but also nothing vague either, but it's in such a way you can't complete your end of the deal to end the contract huh?" To which he just nods.
"Alright, then I'll tell you everything you want to know about your owner, but only if you make a deal with me in return." I say as he squints his eyes as if waiting for what I'd say next.
"It's simple really, I give you all the info you want about your owner, and in exchange you never make a deal that will require either Charlie's or Vaggie's souls for you to complete, and that should be easy enough for you to agree with after all right?" I say with a smile before my eyes began to glow a bloody crimson before my body started to turn into a pitch black mass of shadows that began to spead across the entire room as many eyes and sharp maws appeared and the walls, floor and furniture with my body having the most of them as my voice began to become deeper and much more malevolent.
"Unless of course, that was your plan on coming here in the beginning?" As all the maws smiled at him as the eyes stared at him intently in return.
But he returned with a smile of his own, "Heavens no! I never had that intention in the first place, but if it makes you feel better then sure, let's shake on it." He said holding out his hand, but I could tell he was lying as he breathed as he all intense and purposes to claim Charlie's Soul, and as for what I already had a guess.
'The soul of the princess of hell for my freedom, that was your orginal plan huh, well looks like I threw a wrench into that now didnt I?' I think to myself before pulling back all the shadows and returning back to normal before I grabbed his hand.
And the whole of Pentagram City shook as the deal was struck by the two Overlords of Hell.
"Alright then, let me tell you about what I know about Roae, better known as the Root of All Evil."
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