Your Roommate Is The Demon Lord, Destroyer of Worlds

ACT 1

"I'm home," you say while closing the door behind you as you lay your backpack against the wall.

"PREPARE TO FACE MY WRATH, MORTALS!" a blood-curdling voice erupts from the couch up ahead. It came from a buff, red-skinned man with horns. His face is tense and focused on the TV as he rapidly pushes various buttons on the PS4 controller in his hands. "TODAY YOU SHALL KNOW TRUE FEAR--"

The screen flashes "ROUND LOST" in giant, flashing letters.

"FUCK," the man screams as he throws the controller on the couch. Actual flames start coming out of his mouth as he grits his teeth, then looks to your direction and smiles, subsiding the flames and revealing his sharp yellow fangs. "Oh, hey man. Did you get the pizza?" he says while picking up the controller again.

You walk over to him, kicking over some trashbags to clear the way. "Sorry, Bub, I forgot," you say solemnly as you take a seat next to him. "Just wanted to get home as soon as possible," you say while opening the mini-fridge next to the couch and opening a can of soda. As you drink, you reminisce over how you and the Demon Lord Beelzebub (Bub as you both agreed on) first met, but your musings are quickly interrupted by Bub holding a controller in your face.

"Just forget about today by playing some games, man!" says Bub with glee.

You lower his hand away from your face and look over to him with a forced smile. "It's been a long day. I have a lot of work to finish for College, I just got rejected by Lily, and--"

Bub puts the controller against your mouth. "Whoa, too much man. Wait--" his eyebrows tense up and flames start coming out of his eyes, "Lily rejected you?!" He stands up and bares his black claws. "I shall devour her soul at once," he says with a really low voice.

You stand up and sit Bub down. "Chill, bro. She didn't, like, say it to my face." You look down. "Just kinda found out that she's got a boyfriend."

Bub stands up again, fuming with even bigger flames from his mouth. "I shall devour the souls of both her and her mate."

You hold the cold can of soda against his neck, which causes him to flinch a little. "Knock it off, will you."

Bub sits back down and holds his controller. "Ah, fuck her. You could do much better, anyway." He grins. "Hell, I could hook you up with some hot Demon babes. Or the human babes that my friends know." He presses more buttons on the controller. "Or you could forget about all that for now and just play some games. Y'know, chillax, as you humans say."

You sit down and continue drinking your soda. "I don't know..."

"Tell me more about the Demon girls," you say while finishing the last of your soda and leaving the can on the table in front of you.

Bub turns his head to you wearing a shit-eating grin. "Glad you asked!" He takes out his smartphone from his hoodie pockets and starts texting someone. After a few seconds, a hole rips through the fabric of space just in front of the mini-fridge. Bub stands up and walks over to it, motioning his hands to follow you.

You stand up, but hesitate to move. "I don't know, Bub. Last time I went through your portals, I was stuck in the middle of Canada."

Bub rolls his eyes. "Stop being lame and jump in. Besides, our destination is like, a few miles away."

You look to the side. "The Pacific Ocean is a few miles awa--"

Bub grabs you by the neck and throws you into the portal. He walks through shortly after.

Your vision is filled with a series of colors, overwhelming you until it finally recedes into something that looks more like a carpeted floor. You hear Bub emerging behind you as well as the sound of the portal closing.