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Hastur, Duke of Hell ([personal profile] thedukeofhell) wrote2023-12-13 09:22 am

[open post - if you dare!]

What looks like a speck of black dust on the floor of the mansion starts growing, widening, until there's a large pool of darkness on the ground. It bubbles and roils, as thick and glistening as oil. A low wailing that sounds like a thousand lost souls crying out comes from it -- and a figure slowly climbs its way out of the darkness. The smell of sulphur permeates its way through the room. It's all very stereotypical. A little predictable, some would say.

Hastur, a Duke of Hell, stands in the middle of the room. He is tall, dark, definitely not handsome -- and definitely not a sight for sore eyes. If one had sore eyes and looked at him, one would instead want to use one's own fingers to tear one's own eyes out of the sockets rather than continue looking at him. He's distinctly quite maggoty until he pulls his form together more, at which point he's only mildly maggoty. Mildly maggoty and pissed.

He knows he's here. He can smell him here, the unique scent of gloomy fall evenings, leather jackets, gasoline, and something very... ophidian. After that whole ordeal with the Apocalypse, the stupid demon, the upstart, the fool, the-- flash bastard1 just up and left, saddling Hastur with all of his paperwork! Car parked on the street, abandoned. That was the kicker. The real head-scratcher. Why would Crowley abandon his car? The only explanation is that he's out there getting into some sort of trouble he shouldn't be... Disobeying the Lord and Master's orders, surely.2

"CROWLEY!" He suddenly yells, turning in a small circle. There's no response.

"Crawly," he says, quieter and more sinister. He walks to the door of the room, peering down the hallway. "I know you're here. I know you've abandoned your position. We aren't happy with you. He isn't happy with you. You're in big trouble... and you know what that means. We've done this before and I'm still BLOODY PISSED from last time. I've been sent to fetch you and the sooner you see me, the sooner you come to me... the fewer repercussions you'll have to face." The unhappy smile on his face says otherwise.

Hastur, Duke of Hell, is angry and on the hunt for a particular demon. Apologies to anyone who gets in his way.

1Hastur's insults typically lack swear words, despite being a demon, because (due to being a demon) he is quite uncreative.
2 The concepts of trouble and disobedience are lauded in Hell in thought but not the practice-- and especially not against Hell.
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[personal profile] wickedwit 2023-12-13 05:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, it’s not subtle, that’s for certain. Claudius overhears the monologue — which, he supposes, was meant to be heard, so he can’t fault the man (? demon, definitely demon) for making it obvious. He pours himself a Scotch, because he needs it if he’s going to run interference on an angry demon seeking Crowley.

It doesn’t occur to him for a moment to do anything but interfere. Well, there are a few, fleeting considerations — he could go to one of his infinitely more powerful friends, and let them know what’s going on. But that’s step two. Step one is to assess who they’re dealing with. After that, Claudius’s weapons are obfuscating charm, and maybe pointing in an unlikely direction. He steps into sight, and puts on a smile. “Hello there,” he says. “Can I be of any help to you?”
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[personal profile] wickedwit 2023-12-13 10:33 pm (UTC)(link)
"Crowley ... Crowley. That's a hard one." Claudius drinks his scotch like that'll help him remember Really, he's thinking how much more this one looks like a typical demon in a creative etching of Hell. So many maggots. It reminds him of something in Crowley's burn book. "Try something smaller and we'll see if I can work my way up to it. Do you want a drink? An introduction to the mansion? We could even try exchanging names and pleasantries, see where that gets us."
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[personal profile] wickedwit 2023-12-13 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh, don't do that. Don't say I can sense it with confidence. That's very effective, if you're dealing with someone who has any idea what your kind are capable of sensing, but I am woefully ignorant and I can't tell whether you're bluffing." Claudius smiles. It's a charming smile, but with no expectation to charm -- it's just the best one he can call up. "I might know him, if that makes you more inclined to be pleasant. My name is Claudius."

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[personal profile] az_fell 2023-12-13 10:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh. Oh, dear. Aziraphale senses Hastur's presence long before he sees him. It's hard to miss demonic energy this rancid, unfortunately. It feels like something stuck in his esophagus that won't go down right no matter how hard he coughs.

"You really ought to leave," he advises Hastur with mild dismay.
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[personal profile] az_fell 2023-12-14 12:26 am (UTC)(link)
"He can be as far as he likes," Aziraphale objects, attempting to maintain an understatedly pleasant demeanor. He's not particularly succeeding. "Aren't you -- you know, no longer in existence? Surely Crowley, who is in existence, is allowed to be anyplace he likes, in comparison."

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[personal profile] sporesprouter 2023-12-14 04:06 pm (UTC)(link)
That was... quite the rant. Tress peers cautiously into the room. "Um. Hello. Are you all right?"
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[personal profile] sporesprouter 2023-12-14 05:36 pm (UTC)(link)
She blinks. "Crowley? I haven't seen him today, but he's probably around somewhere." The overheard rant is still fresh in her mind, though, so she's fairly confident that there are no good intentions here. "I mean, I have some ideas of where he might be, but I can't guarantee any of them."

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[personal profile] temnota 2023-12-15 12:20 am (UTC)(link)
There were a lot of feelings running through Aleksander's head at the moment and rather then deal with any of it, he very much wanted to hit something. After hearing the rather poorly done evil monologue and seeing the face of the... person delivering it, he was hopeful that he might get his wish.

Cracking his knuckles, he made a show of looking over the man then snorting dismissively. "Looking for someone, are you?"
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[personal profile] temnota 2023-12-15 02:32 am (UTC)(link)
The name meant nothing to Aleksander. While it was true he hadn't met everyone here, he was sure he would remember someone calling themselves Crowley. Rather then say so, he shrugged carelessly and gave the man a mocking smile. "Oh, who can say where anyone is? The rooms shift about, you know. Any particular reason you're looking for him?"

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"Oh, excuse me," Sagramore says, all lightness, as he immediately gets in Hastur's way.
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[personal profile] sagramore 2023-12-15 04:05 pm (UTC)(link)
"Your pardon, your pardon. You're new, aren't you?"

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[personal profile] aflashbastard 2023-12-16 01:29 am (UTC)(link)
Crowley could sense that Hastur was present from the moment he arrived. It's that feeling you get when you're walking past a clogged drain on a dreary, rainy day (the type of rainy day when you have to go somewhere and it's just too rainy to be atmospheric) and there's something stuck to the bottom of your shoe and you're not sure if it's a wet leaf or wet dog poop-- and you look over and see the slow spiral of muck that's trying to go down the drain and see some indeterminate object that makes you gag just slightly... yeah, that feeling. He's been avoiding him.

So clearly, a couple of hours later, he rounds a corner and runs smack dab into him. "Oh. Hey," he says, eloquently.
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[personal profile] aflashbastard 2023-12-16 01:50 am (UTC)(link)
"Hastur," Crowley says, trying to sound mildly surprised while simultaneously looking for a way out. "Didn't know that you were here. It's been a while. How's, er, Hell?"

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