The Devil's Nest, Friday Night

[my_own_advocate]

Someone wanted to rent the Baltimore club for an evening in a week or two. Lucifer had happily agreed.

Until he'd found out how much of a partyzilla this person was.

"I'm sorry, he wants how many crystal chandeliers?" he complained, wandering around the Devil's Nest with his phone glued to his ear. "Covered in what? Absolutely not! That's a health code violation if I've ever heard one, and not a fun o-- neon ombre? On my walls?"

It was a negotiation in motion.

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[single_man_tear]

Dean had come in for his usual drink and was surprised to see it wasn't Tiny causing problems.

After having a whiskey and hearing half of the conversation he offered the following advice via a stage whisper: "Tell 'em you'll do it for $800,000 on top of the labor and supply cost to install and remove them later."

[my_own_advocate]

Lucifer lowered his phone, clamping his hand over the microphone. "But then I'll still know they had been there," he hissed.

[single_man_tear]

"You could hire one of those crime scene clean up crews that make everything sanitary and charge them for that," Dean suggested.

[my_own_advocate]

Lucifer held up a finger. He raised the phone back to his ear.

"You may do it, but only if you agree to pay for extensive crime scene clean up," he said. "Yes. Yes, I know what I said. It absolutely sounds like a crime scene..."

[single_man_tear]

Dean gave Lucifer a thumbs up in acknowledgement. "Yeah, that's telling them."

Whoever they were.

[my_own_advocate]

The whoever hung up.

Lucifer pulled the phone away from his face and glared at it.

"Gen Z, I swear."

[single_man_tear]

"Eh, they'll settle down when they have actual responsibilities," Dean said with a shrug. "Every generation has their quirks. Then again you've been around for all of them. Are Gen Z the worst?"

[my_own_advocate]

Lucifer considered that question for a moment.

"Currently," he said, "They are the worst."

[single_man_tear]

"So Generation X? Millenials? They're fine?" Dean asked.

[my_own_advocate]

"Millenials," Lucifer said, pulling a face, "They were absolutely a thing, weren't they?"