Ozeth

Ozeth

“Yes– Ozeth sees… But– No Vermilia… Ozeth understands… Yes… OK, OK! Ozeth understand now, just answer one question for Ozeth… Did you have to rip out both of them… I see, Ozeth is a fool for asking that and he agrees with you– She just hung up on Ozeth!”

Ozeth was tired today… Ozeth gets very tired whenever Ozeth has to clean up after the VIP event.

“So I guess that means you couldn't get her to apologize? Should I go ahead and set up some bribes to make it look like the guy was under the heavy influence of drugs?”

Ozeth can say with pride that Ozeth will never regret hiring his young assistant Dante. He came to Ozeth a few years ago on an internship, but after he proved himself in assisting Ozeth time and time again, Ozeth decided to keep him!

“Now boss, let’s take a look at the other events from last night.”

Ozeth can only groan in pain knowing what was coming next. Dante cleared his throat and continued ro recap last night’s VIP event.

“Putting aside the actor that had his eyes ripped out, there are other matters that need our attention.”

After another groan from Ozeth, Ozeth opened a long white drawer from the middle of his desk. The desk was custom made from the rare Perma-frost wood that only grows in the far reaches of the north every few decades. Just possessing one figurine made from this especially rare wood was worth a fortune, and Ozeth had a whole desk all thanks to the money that his company is making. The wood had another special property aside from its rarity that made it so valuable. It was always cold, essentially making Ozeth’s desk into a natural refrigerator, and thankfully Ozeth had prepared some comfort food. As Ozeth began feeding his stomach, Dante continued professionally.

“Firstly, we had three separate perfume companies send representatives, but it should be noted that they are all on the rise, and they all have the capability to monopolize the market, because all three will be undergoing a merging of companies soon.”

Ozeth nodded as he remembered hearing about these up and coming companies, and how their CEOs were thinking of consolidating their assets.

“Wanting to make a promotional deal or sponsorship, they approached the girls directly, speaking to Luna specifically.”

“Ozeth can only say poor fools!”

Dante just chuckled as he continued.

“And I agree, boss. At first glance it looks like a good deal that will make them a lot of profit, but… After closer inspection, it leaves a lot of loopholes for our company to not only take all profit they make after a short three years, but to also gain all their assets. Every single penny they produce would go to us, until they declare bankruptcy. Serves them right, considering they tried to side step us.”

While Dante smirked as he finished his sentence, Ozeth thought just how terrifying Luna was. The only reason that Ozeth’s company, Infernal Voice, wasn't the one going bankrupt in three years was because Luna liked it. Vermilia was surely scary, as she would kill everyone you love and then kill you, but Luna was almost worse… She would make sure you stay alive to suffer, and then even make your children’s children suffer.

“Ozeth see's. Very well, have our team draft some addendums so that they can at least last a decade. That will give them a little time to realize and try to save themselves from going under. Don’t look at Ozeth like that! Ozeth may be a demon but even Ozeth is not that cruel. Ozeth does not want to have a guilty conscience when thousands try to die for insurance money for their families.”

Dante shrugged as he dropped his confused expression as he scribbled something on his notepad. Dante will understand later that these small wins are what help us sleep at night.

“Then there was a– *cough* small matter with Xera…”

“Oh really? But if it’s here… Wait, Ozeth is worried now!”

Ozeth’s eyes widened as he came to the realization. Xera tends to control herself the most out of the girls. But when she makes trouble it’s on a nuclear level. Dante sighed and nodded his head in agreement as he explained.

“One of the VIP groups was an older man with his daughter and her two friends. They were all people with a lot of influence in North Chrono-Haven. All three families are prestigious, but the Uncle of the girl was the most dangerous. His brother is a politician with a high standing with the Oligarchy of Ebonrath… The third member of the Senate of Ten.”

“How bad, Dante?”

Dante took a deep breath before continuing. Dante could say whatever he wanted, but it was obvious he had gained more than just a few gray hairs from this job. Ozeth’s is the same. Ozeth had long glowing amber locks, but now it was a faint yellow.

“He will never be able to use his left arm again. He thought it would be fine for him to grab her, uh… Backside…”

“You mean ass, Dante?”

“Yes, her ass, boss… I heard this morning his arm was so mangled that amputation was necessary..”

Ozeth is tired. Can this get any worse? Ah, Ozeth really needs a vacation soon! And Ozeth definitely needs more stress food.

“Just… Just call the Ebonrath senate and try to explain the situation we can– Hmm.”

Ozeth was deep in thought trying to come up with a solution, until Dante spoke up.

“I believe I already have an idea, boss.”

Ozeth motioned with his hand for him to continue.

“The two young men were extremely drunk while the niece left early, and the uncle doesn't actually remember what happened. So let's say a crazy fan managed to sneak in and tried to attack the guest while the uncle bravely fought him off!”

Ozeth was right. Dante is a Void send. Ozeth should have gotten an assistant even sooner!

“Ozeth sees where you are going with this! We will get backlash for providing bad security, but we will get a lot of good PR from making the senator's brother a hero, evening out our reputation in the end… Ozeth is proud Dante, good job!”

“Thank you boss!”

OK, good! At least the biggest problem is off Ozeth’s mind… Wait! One, two, three… That only leaves–

“And what did Ranva do? Tell Ozeth, just end his suffering!”

If one girl makes trouble… All of the girls make trouble. Luna, Vermilia, and Xera have their tendencies, but Ranva is infamous for being traumatizing! But surprisingly, Dante just shook his head.

“Nothing Boss… She was behaving all night. The only complaint we have about her is that she didn’t really interact with the guests.”

“Are you sure? Ozeth doesn’t need to remind you of the last time she tried to hide the body in the toilet right? Or that time when she threw that lady off the building? Or the time when she chopped up that poor bastard into little tiny pieces and made a smoothie, which she fed to Ozeth’s dogs? Ozeth can't even bear to look at another pet now…”

Dante and Ozeth bothe shivered at the thought. Ranva loved her knives, and she loved using them on people that annoy her even more. Do you have any idea how hard it is to explain why a pop-star likes to carry around knives!? Ozeth’s been trying to convince her to stop carrying them on her all the time, but it would be easier to get a “Karen” to shut up.

Unlawfully taken from Royal Road, this story should be reported if seen on Amazon.

“No Boss, nothing really. Like I said, the only complaint is that she didn’t interact with the guests at all. Ranva was just standing in the corner and behaving herself… I think she was waiting for our no show.”

Ah! Now Ozeth remembers! There was one Diamond VIP that Luna warned Ozeth about because he was so out of place. Then when Ozeth went to ask questions it turned out he was friends with Neon Magic and got tickets from them as a birthday present. Ozeth likes Neon Magic and is even in the process of making a contract with them. That’s why Ozeth even looked the other way when Dante approved of a discount… But Ozeth won’t think about it, because if Luna found out, Dante would be punished… OK, maybe Ozeth will give him a warning, Ozeth likes his assistant.

But this all makes some sense to Ozeth now. Ranva is good friends with the members. A few years ago Ozeth sent her to work with them for a couple of months as a part of Ozeth’s promotional campaign, and it was very good for her. She was also likely the one who made sure he got the ticket.

“Which brings us to our biggest problem.”

Oh boy… Of course there was a problem with him. Ozeth is not even surprised anymore, he is just glad there were no deaths last night and no need for Ozeth to call his cleaning crew. Lately they’ve started to ask for extra pay… Ozeth can’t blame them though.

“Please check the survey email… And then check the file I am sending you. It’s a video our media team scoped out and removed as fast they could.”

Ozeth took a look at the survey first… And, well, it was bad. This wouldn't matter if it were any normal fan, but a VIP? Either way, it's not the girls fault, but the customers.Az Ozeth was thinking this through, Ozeth opened the video Dante had prepar– What the fuck?!

“Dante, are you fucking with Ozeth? Do you really expect Ozeth to believe th–”

But before Ozeth could finish the door to his office opened and two staff members walked in. A member of the costume team and a member of security.

“I think these two will be able to explain the situation better, boss.”

Looks like Ozeth will have to go one more day without sleep… Ozeth misses his lush amber hair.

Ranva

Last night’s VIP event went as we expected… Well, at least I didn’t make any trouble so Ozeth can’t blame me this time. I did rip out the earring of the young girl that came because she wouldn't stop pestering me. But she was terrified and in shock, so she probably won't tattle.

The only strange part of the event was that her never showed up. We saw him in his booth and he looked like he was having a good time. I know I would’ve recognized him if he had come in because he would’ve been the most plain looking guy to ever exist standing next to the flashiest people you've ever met. If you looked up pictures of “average guy” I’m sure he would’ve popped up. The only interesting thing about him was the way he would clam up and avoid eye contact with Vermilia when she would try. The way he blushed and got embarrassed made her want to pla– I mean perform in front of him basically the whole night.

Still, not showing up was definitely a dick move! I waited for him and didn't drink or eat anything the whole night so that I could make a good impression since it's a favor to those two idiots. When the guys call later I’m gonna give them a piece of my mind! They'll learn not to waste my time like that!

*Ring…Ring…Ring..*

Well speak of the devil!!!

“Sup?”

“Yo R! How's my favorite partner doing FTW? GG? LOL?”

I gave a pity laugh but I definitely wasn't as angry as I was two seconds ago. Chris had that talent, to either piss everyone off or make everyone laugh.

“All good Chris. How are you? All good with the gigs there in the west? How are all of you doing?”

“For sure girl! All is fine and GG here!”

What the hell is “GG”? We really need to talk one of these days about his slang! I know Felix actually offered me a paper that translates everything and I think I’m gonna take him up on it.

“I hear you're going to stay in Chrono-Haven, you even got a sweet penthouse and everything. We’re planning to come in about two to three months so we can meet up! And we are going to HF!”

Seriously? The info about us moving is already out? Chrono-Haven is one of the largest cities, well, actually, more like its own nation. It's the leading center of technology and has plenty of well trained staffing agencies, so it's the perfect base of operations for us.

“Oh! BTW I watched the video of last night’s show. Daaaang girl, nice moves on the ending!”

Before I could respond to his compliment, I heard someone in the background say something about “wasting time and turning the speaker on”. Hahaha, that's probably Felix. I decided to turn on my speaker as well since the other girls were starting to stare at me.

“Hey Ranva, you and Chris can talk this out later. The reason we are calling is Donny. How did it go?”

Looks like Felix has the main word now. But his question only prompted another question from Luna.

“Who?”

That’s when Xera chipped in.

“The mystery Diamond we were talking about last night. The guy from seat two who never came to the party.”

Which reminded me that I was upset at these two chuckleheads.

“Hey that’s right! Wanna tell me why your friend stood us up like a total dick? I waited the whole night for him just to not show up!”

The other side of the line was silent, I almost thought they had hung up, until about 10 seconds later Chris actually started to laugh.

“Hahahah! Nice try Ranva! Did Donny make you say that? This is probably revenge for the joke we made Tolgan play on him. I know he’s not answering his phone so who’d he get it on with? Was it Tiffany? Baste? Don’t tell me it was Vermilia! Please tell me it was not fucking Vermilia! You never stick your dick in a cra–”

“I am right here!”

We heard an audible yelp as he heard Vermilia’s retort, as she practically growled at him. Oh boy, now she’s mad. He better hope he doesn’t meet her in person before she cools off or directs her anger in some other direction. But I still had no idea what he was talking about.

“No, Chris, he never came. He was there during the concert, but he never ended up showing up at the after party.”

Again, they were quiet for a few long moments until Chris spoke first.

“BTV! That little bitch actually chickened out! I told you he was never going to go! I am even surprised he even went to the fucking concert.”

But unlike Chris who was pissed off, Felix actually sounded worried.

“Are you sure? I mean, maybe he just stayed in the corner? He hates to be the center of attention and you girls just didn't notice him maybe?

“No. He was never there, why’s this so hard to understand?”

Luna had lost all her interest in the situation at this point. She went back to reading her magazine, some issue about perfume companies. But Chris was still angry and continued voicing his dissatisfaction

“And we made sure Tolgan would make him feel comfortable! He even dressed up nicely and everything! According to Tolgan he had a good time and Tolgan even asked us for his number since they never had time!”

That was dressed up!? That style was him dressing up nicely! What the fu–

“Tolgan…? Ah! He is in charge of the driver security team!”

Looks like Xara knew who they were talking about. I never really cared since I usually take my bike anywhere I need to go and we switch help so often… Wait, actually, wasn't he that huge northerner? Vermilia chimed in, but this time with a slurry tone to her voice instead of anger.

“Well, considering how much he squirmed the whole night and how deep the red in his face was–”

–Thanks to you and your messing around! If he is as shy as they say, maybe that's why he was a no show–

“--and all those drinks he had, it's no surpri–”

Vermilia was interrupted by a sudden screaming from the other line.

“HE WAS DRINKING!?! HOW MUCH DID HE DRINK!? HOLY SHIT PLEASE DON’T TELL ME IT WAS JACK & COKE!”

“OH GOD DON’T TELL ME HE STARTED TO SING! OH BY THE VOID I DON’T WANT TO BE AN ACCOMPLICE IN MURDER!!!”

Luna’s ears were pinned back as she yelped in pain from the reverb the mic gave off after their screams. Definitely not envious of her enhanced senses right now.

“I… I don't know, maybe one or two? It couldn’t have been that bad–”

Xera tried to calm them down and curb the situation, but those two were hysterical. With Chris, this might’ve been normal, But it was just strange with Felix. He's normally super calm and composed.

“NO, NO, NO!!! I TOLD YOU WE SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN HIM THAT MOUSE! BUT NOOO! YOU JUST HAD TO GO ALL FUCKING WISEMAN AND TALK ME INTO THIS SHIT, I REFUSE TO ACCEPT ANY RESPOSIBILTY YOU PET FETISH BASTARD!!!”

“DON’T YOU DARE BLAME IT ON ME!!! YOU’RE THE MORON WHO THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUNNY IF TOLGAN SCARES HIM AS A PAY BACK FOR THE SHOE COMMENT! YOU KNEW HE WAS GOING TO BE NERVOUS ALREADY!!!”

This is when me and the other girls began to actually worry, as they shared concerned looks. Could something have actually happened to him? It’s pretty well known that some of our fans are beyond crazy… Could one of them have jumped him out of jealousy?.

“CALL THE POLICE! CALL THE SWAT! GIVE THEM A DESCRIPTION!!! WAIT HE’S SO AVERAGE THEY’LL NEVER FIND HIM BY THE VOID HIS AUNT IS GOING TO KILL US!

Chris screamed, practically on the border of crying. And then it was Felix’s turn…

“GO GET MY OLD PHONE I HAVE GREGS NUMBER THERE! HE IS PART OF THE CHRONO-HAVEN ELITE EMERGENCY RESPONSE FORCE! WAIT, NO, SHIT IF HIS AUNT FINDS OUT SHE IS GOING TO DROP US ONTO SOME ISLAND FOR THE REST OF ETERNITY, HOW THE FUCK AM I GOING TO EXPLAIN THIS TO HIS BROTHER, THE KID IS GOING TO BE DEVASTATED!”

And Luna actually grabbed her phone. But before she could dial anybody.

“No need for that! Ozeth can explain everything.”

There was Ozeth standing in the middle of our apartment with a complicated expression. And right behind him was one of our security guards.