Hell is chaotic. Despite that, demons tend to enjoy a bit of structure. Big time biblical demons are ranked at the top, new demons are placed at the bottom. It’s a system they created to help keep the evil in order. It works for them.
Over time the new demons complete tasks, please the higher ups, and move up the ranking. They are eventually replaced by new demons.
Well, except Oofala.
“Your going to tell them about me?”
You are an interesting story.
“Fair enough, continue.”
As long as any demon can remember, Oofala has been at the bottom of rankings. He was placed there like everyone else, but he just stayed at the bottom. The top level demons were concerned when he didn’t move up. I mean, according to their thinking, demons should want to do bad things, and bad things make you advance.
Early on they pressured him. They tricked him like only high ranking demons could. None of it seemed to work. Eventually they gave up, and Oofala stayed put.
“Those were the days. I could tell you some stories.”
I bet you could.
You see, the ranking system works because the demons make it work. They pressure the others to stay in line. There are few rules in hell and there really wasn’t anything they could do. So, they left him alone.
“Not entirely true, but continue”
Without ambition and without supervision, Oofala enjoy a good amount of autonomy, as much as a lower demon can have. He would occasionally be called to do some task for a higher ranked demon. It was usually a farce, because he was bad at being a demon.
“I mean, am I bad? Or am I really good? These are the questions you need to ask yourself.”
Can I get back to my story?
“Of course.”
This gave Oofala a ton of time to himself. He wasn’t needed in war, or demonic possessions like the other low ranking demons, so he traveled. He traveled a lot. He came to enjoy people and places he found along the way.
“Is this where you tell them how we met?”
Nah. Let’s save that for next time.