In the chaotic wasteland of Hell, within Lucifer's grand palace, a crescent-shaped table of obsidian and gold gleamed beneath black firelight. Seven seats encircled it — though only five were filled. At a grand marbe black chair sat Lucifer leaning back into it like a throne with a ĺarge smug on his face. To his right sat Pandora, one of her legs resting over the other she was looking at Lucifer with a stern yet curious expression, to Pandora's side sat a young woman with Blood Red hair and wide open blue eyes that radiated color, a soft smile on her face as she was neatly seated. To the left of Lucifer sat a tall woman with a quite revealing raven black dress and a very stern look on her face that scanned others at the table. To the edge sat a bear of a man, covered in a good amount of clothes, his face barely visible, only for his mouth that was in a resting expression and covered in bushy full beard, his body not moving at all.
In middle of the crescented table was a knelt demon, a grotesque creature with a wide toothy smile its eyes hollow and boney body with rough skin that wrapped around its skeletal form, its head twitching from side to side, its chest heaving as it breathed in and out with unsettling rattling sounds. Its voice's pitching changing as it spoke.
"Ladies and Lords…I bring news of the great power that was released not long ago in Northern Japan. Some youngling demon girl escaped the DHC containment and slaughtered–many of humans."
The demon chuckled to itself as its head twitched to the side.
"She's scarily powerful, I'd say that she reaches even beyond the strength of overlord demons."
The demon chuckled a little again as it looked up to Lucifer.
"My Lord, additonaly. She's made her way into a demon family on earth, where she's hiding out now. There's two demons that are fairly powerful, one of them is the executioner, but there is one that stands out greatly, radiates…pure, raw and untamed might from within. We may have found what we've been looking for, at last after centuries."
The Deadly sins shifted in their seats due to these news, leaning in out of curiosity, only except for Ivan and Lucifer who remained in their current positions.
Lucifer stood up, the smug look on his face only getting bigger.
"Good..good, continue observing them. You're dismissed now, I will discuss this with the others"
Lucifer started pacing around the room ,the demon walked out of the room and the doors behind him closing themselves with magical force.
Lucifer scanned the one's gathered in the room. And spoke up with his arms crossed.
"We may have found them, of course we'll wait for a clearer answer. But I'll want all of you to be ready to start getting busy again, once we confirm they are the rest of us. Pandora, make sure the maids are also ready and that everything is in tip-top shape for their eventual arrival."
Rose smiled as she looked at Lucifer and giggled a little.
"Great! I've been getting more and more bored with stuff lately so something to do will be a great change of pace, from the mundane...sit around and do whatever you want routine!"
She nodded a little before leaning into the chair lazily.
Alamir spoke up.
"Lucifer, are we sure that we want to drag them here into hell already? They are young demons who were not even born in hell, remember how long it took Rose to get accustomed to hell. And how long it took her to even speak to us."
Pandora nodded as Alamir spoke and let out a gentle sigh as she looked at Lucifer.
"Alamir is right Luci, if they are as young as Primach says, wouldn't it be better for us to slowly introduce them to us and pull them to hell once we feel like they are ready?"
Lucifer waved them off with a smirk on his face as he stood up.
"You worry too much sister, I know the better course of action. You don't know nearly as much as you think you do. Trust in what you do know instead—my plans never fail unless someone else screws up."
Lucifer says and starts walking towards the door.
The three who were not seemingly asleep glared at Lucifer, especially Pandora.
"That is exactly why we're worried Luci, you're the one not telling others your full plans and you just expect us to follow your mysterious plan blindly, there is a tradition of you botching plans after all do not forget the fi–"
Lucifer clenched his fist as Pandora started speaking, before she reached the end of her sentence he was up in her face, his hand holding her by the cheeks with one hand, holding her up almost as if to shut her up, his hand tightening around her face, almost as if ready to crush her head.
"Stop, overstepping. Dear Sister, you know damn well that this is a completely different circumstance."
Pandora smiled as she stared into Lucifer's eyes, a light hum and pink light illuminating the bottom of their faces as she glanced up and down.
Lucifer stared at Pandora and then looked down, she had her hand to his heart, it was glowing with magical aura swirling around her entire arm, marking that she is ready to cast a spell that could pierce his heart at any moment, as he saw that, he lets go off her and chuckles awkwardly.
"Apologies…I lost my cool there, one way or another. Be ready, all of you"
Lucifer said and swung his hand towards the door, making it open and he started to walk towards it.
Pandora touched her face checking if something got broken or if he hurt her in any way.
Rose gently walked over to her as a red rift opened above her head and a bloody tentacle slowly reached out of it, dripping with blood.
"I am glad that I went on a refill not long ago. Got more than enough to treat the ailment…although it was pretty hard disposing of the bodies now that Alamir wasn't there with me to eat the dead."
The tentacle reached towards Pandora, who sat there without any panic or fear present in her eyes as the tentacle slowly pierced into her neck and started glowing red.
Pandora looked up to Rose and gave her a nod.
"Thanks Rose, Lucifer has been getting more and more unhinged lately, he's hiding something and I would like to know what. That plan of his only smells of trouble, and dragging two young demons into it..."
Pandora sighed and rested her head on her hand.
Alamir called out from her chair.
"Something that Lady Greed does not know? Now isn't that quite something, I assume it's pissing you off so much that you push Lucifer's buttons to try and get it out of him? Oh who am I kidding. You two have been like this ever since I met you…only been getting more friendly."
Pandora looked at Alamir and chuckled.
"Got me all figured out Alamir, it's so frustrating to know that Mister Ego is hiding something
that we all deserve to know."
Rose shook her head and gave a gentle tap on the back of Pandora's head.
"Pandora you should really be careful or he'll hurt you one day, I know you are more than capable enough to take care of him yourself but what if you get caught off guard like today? Maybe let it cool off, you've got your own scouts on the situation after all…maybe they'll be able to tell you something that might give you a hint at what Lucifer is hiding?"
Pandora sighed as the tentacle pulled out of her neck, leaving behind no mark or blood.
"You know I can't resist a chance at expanding my knowledge…and thanks again Rose, I feel much better now, even though he did not do much."
Rose smiled softly while looking down at Pandora.
"Do not mention it! That's what friends are for, besides you've done so much for me that I basically owe you anyways. If anything were to happen I'd stand by you."
Alamir abruptly stood up as she looked at the two.
"So would I Pandora, Lucifer may be charismatic, but we all know about his attempts at getting the golden throne. Anyways...I assume that we're finished here for today now…I'll go and make myself something to eat, I'll let Ivan's maid know that he's fallen asleep at a meeting again so she can bring him to his room"
Alamir says as she walks past Ivan, glancing down at his motionless body.
Pandora nods a little as she looks at Rose.
"You should go do your stuff too, I still have some things to do in relation to things happening in the wrath Circle, seems like there's been a mutiny of the current Wrath Archdemon. I'll meet you tonight for evening tea and cake still. Apparently Lucina made some yesterday during her vacation and wants us to try them, she's been training to cook better desserts her entire vacation."
Rose gives a gentle nod, still smiling gently and chuckles at the mention of Lucina still in a sense working despite being given a vacation.
"She's such a hard working girl…Wrath will be very lucky to have her once it gets here. And I'll be waiting Pandora, in the meantime I will go visit India for some tea leaves for tonight"
Rose spun her hand in the air and a rift appeared in the space her fingers moved at.
She gave a gentle wave and stepped into it and the rift closed right away behind her.
Pandora was left alone in the room with Ivan, she crossed her arms and stands up.
"You best remember everything that happened here Ivan. I'll be off too, enjoy your rest, big guy"
She says and starts walking towards the door also.
Ivan very gently moves his head down as if to give a slight nod.
As Pandora left the room she let out a heavy huff as she thought to herself.
"The strings are snapping. The lack of control is so annoying."
She shook her head side to side to shake the feeling off and started walking again, the sounds of her footsteps echoing through the hallway.
"But the mention of the Executioner is quite intriguing....guess I'll have to look into that once I find some time for it."
In the meantime, Lucifer is in his room, his hands gripping onto the armrests of his chair as a maid stood by. His head swirled with emotions.
"Pandora is getting on my nerves, I need to find a way to reel her in again…though her needing to get the information out of me is more than enough to keep her reeled in, she won't try anything until she knows everything…soon the entire world will dance to my whistling, and nobody shall realise until too late"
Lucifer looks towards the maid standing in the room, she had brown hair, done in pigtails and had sharp green eyes, her hands folded in front of her standing still as if to await orders.
"Ema, bring me a bottle of scotch and some Salami with italian bread, I'm feeling quite Peckish."
The maid gave a quick bow.
"Yes your highness."
She said and started walking out of the room, leaving Lucifer alone in his room for now.
"Wrath and Pride, you two will be the key in all of this. Soon all the realms will be mine to rule over, and under my rule all shall be free. I have to make sure that I get to them first before anyone else does."