Niffty

**Niffty** is a supporting character in the *Divine Comedy*.

She is a hyperactive, creepy, and obsessive sinner who died in the 1970s. After being reborn in Hell following her death, she became the number one fangirl of the Radio Demon, Alastor, following him around closely wherever he goes and carrying out his biddings and destructions. After Alasor checked into Hotel Purgatory, he appointed Niffty to be the maid of the establishment.

## Appearance

Niffty is a cycloptic sinner of short stature with pale skin. She has a large eye that takes up most of her face, with light-yellow sclera, a fiery-orange iris, and a large, dark brown pupil. She has short and scruffy reddish-pink hair with yellow highlights. Her teeth are sharp and a light-yellow color, and she has small pink dots at each corner of her mouth, giving her the appearance of having dimples.

## History

### Background

Niffty, then known by her real name Natalie Tanaka, was a Japanese-American young woman living in America during the early 1970s. Much of her background is unknown though several characters imply that Niffty was a clearly disturbed child seeing as how creepy she acts around others in the hotel. Niffty herself, during an interview with Charlie, states that while she does not remember much of her life as a human, she does recall working as a maid for several powerfully wealthy men. She also had a deep fascination with serial killers who were rampant during the early 70s and was in awe of how meticulous and "clean" some would be after committing a murder.

It is also revealed that Niffty used to be married but was pushed into marriage by her parents. She recalls on how she was "mercilessly groomed" into being the perfect housewife to placate her abusive husband. She took a job as a maid to financially support themselves. During her career as a maid, Niffty would succumb to her dark impulses by murdering anyone in the household that left a mess behind even if it were a small stain. While she would excuse the men, as she is a hopeless romantic even though she can relapse into bursts of violence, she held no mercy for the women, especially ones that lived as consorts for the wealthy men to where she would brutally murder them.

### Arrival to Hell

She met her end when she was run over by one of the maids that survived her attacks. After her death, she was condemned to Hell and sent to the Violence Ring, residing in Shadyside, and would be renamed "Niffty". For a while, Niffty would go on about her business in Shadyside until she heard of the Radio Demon who she was instantly smitten by.

Niffty would go on to try and get Alastor's attention and she certainly did when she murdered a group of sinners who cornered the Radio Demon though they did not know who he really was. Impressed by her tenacity and skills in mutilation, Alastor took Niffty in his service by signing a Faustian bargain with the Radio Demon.

Not long after she would meet up with Husk who was also instilled into Alastor's service by being in huge debt to the Radio demon, becoming closely acquainted with the alcoholic sinner and developed a great friendship with the Toon Demon, Acrylic. Niffty also met Wilfred and Mephisto through their close friendship with Alastor and naturally developed romantic feelings for the two Overlords much to their amusement. After the Rat Pack were enlisted in Charlie's redemption program, Alastor appointed Niffty to be the maid of the operation. She is a lively and helpful member of the crew, despite her ditzy, borderline scary behavior and outdated view on gender roles.

## Trivia

* Her theme song would be "Disturbia" by Rihanna.
* She is, ironically, modeled after a cockroach and has several cockroach-like traits, including making a skittering noise while quickly moving around or her ability to easily bounce back from physical trauma. She can squeeze herself into tight places like many cockroaches can.
* According to the writer, Niffty's cyclopean eye is a reference to the era she lived in that being the 70s where conspiracies of aliens were rampant as depictions of aliens usually involved having a singular eye.
* She has severe OCD.
* Niffty has hybristophilia, and therefore gets especially attracted to men who are considered "bad boys", notably Alastor, Mephisto, and Wilfred.
* Alongside Mimzy and Molly, Niffty is the Rat Pack's #1 fan and comically clashes with the two women over it.
* A running gag in the series is that Niffty would develop maddening crushes towards most of the male characters that are introduced. This attraction extends to even angels such as when she was gazing longingly at Michael and was attracted by his "alpha posture".