Maybe a calming song to help him sleep?
Lucifer: *whimpering*
Alastor: Shh…Lucifer, calm down. You’re safe.
Lucifer: Al…? Where am I? What’s going on?
Alastor: I don’t want to alarm you, but you’re in the hospital.
Lucifer: The Pride Ring doesn’t have a hospital…
Alastor: I know. You’re in the Sloth Ring.
Lucifer: Huh? But how—? How are you here then?
Alastor: *shows special wristband* I’m here in special permission to be here with you. Now hush, you need your rest.
Lucifer: *shaking his head no* I-I gotta go back to the Hotel.
Alastor: Lucifer shush…no you don’t. Here, maybe I can lull you to sleep again
Lucifer: Not that “We’ll meet again” song.
Alastor: No. I have a different one in mind *clears throat and begins singing*
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Mr Prince, do you think Alastor can still speak with a Cajun/Louisiana creole accent, or is his voice stuck as the transatlantic radio show host accent? I like the idea that he could slip back into his older accent when he's has a bit too much to drink, or when he's very excited/angry/feels a strong emotion, or when he's lost in thought and something reminds him of his old life/hometown/mother
Pilot VA doing an exxagerated cajun accent https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_Rml2FtvW4
Cover of Friends on the other side (w/ Dr Facilier's - AKA Husk's VA - Louisiana cajun accent) with Alastor's voice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZVwcFWSji8
ETA: I forgot to add this due to being distracted by accent mechanics, but the asker sent a follow-up that I think is worth noting since as a commentor said, Alastor is Creole specifically:
just an interesting publication I found about the interconnection of Creole and Cajun - TIL Creole is mistakenly used as a racial designation, even though it encompasses a large spectrum of people of all colors and cultures - including some Cajun people who were considered a subset of the Creole people (LINK)
Okay, so, FASCINATING that you ask me this, hahaha, because I actually have a roommate that was put into speech therapy at around 11 years old because she was facing bullying due to having a UK accent, and she converted pretty fully to speaking with USAmerican accent over the course of 2-3 years.
This ask prompted me to ask her some questions about it, so here are some points she shared:
She does experience revertigo to her UK accent, but it has less to do with feeling strong emotions and more to do with context. It happens more easily if she's had something to drink or is sleepy, but the actual trigger for it is speaking with people or watching media that includes that accent. On rare occasion, if she is thinking deeply about old memories from when she still spoke with a UK accent, that can also cause the code-switch.
She still does vowel and consonant exercises sometimes, especially after a night where she had revertigo (most recently: had a few drinks with her boyfriend and got an Uber driver that was from a neighboring town to where she was born on the way home).
She has moments where she feels like she has to focus on speaking with sharper consonants, and also moments where she feels like the USAmerican accent is effortless. The more she's around people with US accents, the easier it is.
Now, Alastor's case is pretty different in some ways (for one, he likely started putting on the transatlantic accent a few years older than that), but is probably pretty similar in others (I imagine with the accent being so popular for media, there were plenty of known resources for teaching it to yourself, akin to speech therapy). And beyond that, a lot of how the human brain processes language, pronunciation, accents, and code-switching would remain consistent across the two different situations.
So most likely, he does have a chance of reverting back to his "mother" accent, likely when he's had a few drinks and is around folks who speak the same way. Now, whether his control issues would allow that to happen is a different question - he's very dedicated to his image, and I can see him being fully aware of the circumstances in which he's likely to slip, and subsequently either going a little easier on the alcohol or just plain paying extra attention to his enunciation when he speaks.
Since he probably started putting on the transatlantic accent later in life and also is never actually around people who speak it (since it's fake), I imagine he probably still has to regularly do vocal exercises for upkeep!
(Various sources: My roommate's life experiences and own education in psycholinguistics, oops, haha.)
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maybe Alastor can sing to Verena? To distract her from the pain?
Alastor: I can try? *turns to Verena* Hey sweetie, do you want me to sing to you?
Verena: *shrugs with weepy eyes*
Alastor: I’ll take some song requests. Anything you want.
Verena: What’s that one song at the beginning of the froggy movie?
Alastor: You mean ‘Princess and the Frog?’
Verena: Yeah. That one.
Alastor: Okay darling.
Verena: I wished a place like that actually existed.
Alastor: *completely dumbfounded because this is based on his Hometown*
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