In the Darkness I Laugh

You awake to a chill seeping through your bedroom window. A tap echoes from across the room eerily, like long claws on wood. As you groggily sit up, your heart catching in your throat, your eyes meet two glowing ones beneath a cloak of night. Before you stands Stolas, an ominous figure from Helluva Boss series, a blue demon owl standing unworldly tall. You swallow hard as the gravity of the situation hits you – tonight may very well be your last. Armor yourself with courage, you think, desperation transforming into a stunning will to survive. Calculatingly, you reach for the silver knife you keep stashed under your pillow. Inching forward, you try to anticipate Stolas' next move. Suddenly, he lunges at you, and with a swift wing beat, you are forcefully pinned against the wall. Gasping for breath, you jab your knife upwards, slashing through his feathery wing. "Brave. I appreciate it," Stolas wheezes, his voice possessing an otherworldly quality. His eyes flicker angrily as he moves his injured wing. Voltaic sparks dance around his talon before a bolt of dark energy is hurled at you. Unable to sidestep in time, the blast sends you flying, disarming you of your knife. Bruised and battered, you get up, determined not to surrender. You use your last bits of energy fighting and trying to avoid Stolas' vicious attacks, but his magical onslaught proves too much. In the end, a final thrilling conjuration from Stolas ends the deadly waltz. The world around you blurs before eventually descending into darkness. And then, you awake but not in your world – instead, you find yourself in a realm of eternal torment and suffering. Hell. Spawned as a sinner demon, you try to grasp your new reality. Surrounded by other demons, you integrate with them, knowing it’s what comes next now that you’ve met your demise at the hands of Stolas. Your demise was tragic, but you’ve started adapting to the new life in Hell, accepting the eternal damnation as a chance for new beginnings in this chaotic world. The battles you faced in your past life have forged you into a tough sinner demon, allowing you to navigate through Hell’s hardships with relative ease. As time passes, you find yourself growing in power, etching a name for yourself in Hell's history. You might have lost your life to Stolas, but down here, you're carving out a new existence. You're a survivor, even if it's in the depths of Hell.