Scene 1 · Roadhouse Stage InteriorOne more roadhouse. One more flawless set. Dead Muse is locked in and the crowd is electric. But this time, unseen at the bar rail, a figure in a charcoal coat and wide hat watches…Scene 2 · Roadhouse Stage InteriorTHE DROP — AND THE CATCH. Jukes rips the solo. The violet rift tears open under the floor. The band drops — Rick, Shadow, Gary, Jezz, Chuck — ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, gone into…Scene 3 · Nether City StreetFIVE IN HELL, NO WAY UP. The band crash-lands on the lava-lit street — but this time there's no welcoming Devil, no party. Just five forged souls in a burning city realizing the po…Scene 4 · Nether Safe HouseSATAN'S RESCUE ATTEMPT — AND THE TRAP. Satan, in a nether safe house, frantically works to reestablish a connection to Jukes from the hell side to reopen the door for his stranded…Scene 5 · Nether Safe HouseTHE DEATH OF THE DEVIL. They murder Satan — and it is not a king's death. It is ugly, undignified, drawn-out, grotesque. The silver-tongued sovereign of hell, who ruled with theatr…Scene 6 · Nether Safe HouseVIVIAN DOUBLE-CROSSES THE BROKER. Mid-celebration, before the body's even cold, Vivian turns on The Broker. The deal was always a lie — to her. She murders him too. And since they…Scene 7 · Throne Room of HellTHE BAND ARRIVES TO A LEADERLESS HELL. Vivian ascends the great obsidian throne to crown herself — just as Dead Muse (minus Jukes) storms in, having tracked the chaos, found Satan…Scene 8 · Throne Room of HellTHE BATTLE FOR HELL. Vivian summons her loyal but pathetic goblins and gouls — Snik and Mauld and a handful of worthless others — and the band falls on them. The fight is not close…
