Rolando Backstory

Obsession For Possession

It wasn't long before Rolando arrived with other infestor demons near Leviathan's abode. Leviathan could appear as fearsome as a giant sea serpent covered with eyes and spikes down his back, as stern as a king with a crown and dark robes, or as chill as a shirtless surfer dude. Sometimes he could even shapeshift into a mermaid, sending male demons into a frenzy.

Rolando couldn't see much of Leviathan...he was in a shadowy form with glowing teal eyes, purple tones to his scaly skin and outfit and several eldritch tentacles waving around him.

Leviathan gave a brief welcoming speech and then began assigning the demons to different locations on Earth. He tested their shapeshifting and possession powers. Rolando was able to push away most of the demons from his mind, save for a few advanced ones. Being possessed with his limbs feeling numb was not pleasant.

"It appears you are quite exceptional, Rolando," Leviathan praised.

Rolando grinned.

"But don't dream of following in my fins. That's reserved for...me! And my relatives..." He posed with a pair of sunglasses and did a rocker/surfer pose with his fingers.

Rolando scoffed. 'I'll swim my own current thank you very much.'

Leviathan soon chose the top twenty-five to go on the missions. Many were disappointed with the low wage of only 66 souls per month.

"That's it?" one of the demons murmured. "We're just lowly lackeys, huh?"

Rolando scowled inside his head. 'Unbelievable! Even janitors in the palaces make more than us! Those earth apes better taste good!'

"Glamora, your location is the abandoned MegaMountain cave."

A dark blue female demon grinned and stepped through a portal toward a tall mountain.

"Bling," he told a golden demon, "You get the Five Star Galore Resort in California! Be sure to only kill them at night."

"Lucky," Rolando muttered, crossing his arms as Bling vanished through his portal.

"Ruben, Jewels, and Aurum," he called to three demons, "Head on over to this cemetery here."

Rolando yawned until...

"Last but not least...Rolando!"

Rolando grinned and stepped forward.

"Here's your location! Stay there until you're called back to Envy and don't let anyone see your true form! Kill anyone who may know about Hell. Good luck!"

He was practically shoved through the portal and soon, Hell disappeared behind him.

He glanced around at the gravestones and dead trees around him.

"Seems suitable enough," he said.

Then he turned around as lightning flashed in the sky. Before him stood an old hotel called the One Star Wonder.

Rolando raised an eyebrow and barred his teeth. "Wait...this...this is the place I was assigned?! It's nothing but a shitty dump!"

He stomped toward the building.

"One Star Wonder? Me, the Five Star Wonder stuck here?! Preposterous! Not to mention having to interact with those disgusting, sinning, low-life dumbass..."

Rolando darted behind a corner as three people headed through the front doors of the hotel.

"...humans..." Rolando narrowed his eyes.

He stared at his reflection in a window. He concentrated and his features shifted to manifest a human disguise.

An elderly man with a nearly bald head sat at the manager's desk, wearing a black buttoned shirt and a single star on the front.