After seven years of hard work, Vox was an overlord. Which was mostly thanks to his own ambition and Alastor, of course. Alastor, his dear friend and secret crush even after more than a decade. One night he'd almost confessed his love for the other, but then snapped out of his half-drunken state and brushed it off as a joke. Ever since that incident, he and Alastor remained friends, business partners, and fellow overlords. Vox befriended Valentino and Velvette, too, and started the Vees. Alastor didn't join them, but he still had access to come and go as he pleased. Vox also often went with Alastor to Cannibal Town for tea parties with Rosie. Life was good, it was simple and happy. Vox could only imagine what life would be like if they were complicated and sad...

Vox was working on documents in the Vee Tower when Alastor materialized from the shadows beside him, with his deer ears perked up and his smile wide, leaning forward on his microphone cane.

"Ah, my dear friend, I've been looking for you! Still at work, I see. Why don't you take a break with me, hm? I recently discovered a new restaurant! There's rumours that they have the most exquisite hors d'oeuvres, not that I would ever trust the rumours, mind you, but I'm simply curious, haha! Would you be so kind as to accompany me there? Get your mind off work and all that. My mother always used to tell me fresh air did wonders for a person- or demon, in this case!"