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It has to take place in the 6I universe.
It cannot be the character's arrival into the game.
Please only test new characters who do not have a version in the game. Our cast list is here.

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FULL VIEW - The Observers really do their best to make each villager's wrist device as user-friendly for them as possible, but with all new tech, sometimes there's a learning curve... And sometimes, you just screw up. Like now, when you've accidentally triggered the video option and called someone completely random on the network without realizing it. Yep, you're just going about whatever, totally oblivious. Here's to hoping that your clothes are fully on, and that the person on the other end is nice enough to speak up sooner rather than later.
SHADOW OF A DOUBT - Being the intrepid (or just bored) villager you are, you've gone exploring and found yourself a very interesting (if moderately spooky) cave. What lurks in the dark? Might it be some shadow dust to turn you intangible? Or perhaps a cave wolf with all of its little goblin-monkey friends? Maybe, just maybe, it's both.
ILL AT EASE - 'Tis the season for the common cold, and you've got it. Unfortunately, the village doesn't have a corner drug store, so you're achy, miserable, maybe a little feverish. The good news is a little time in bed should do the trick. That is, if you're not the sort who has to be bullied to take care of yourself anytime you get sick. Either way, maybe you'll be lucky enough to find someone to tuck you in and bring you some chicken soup.
WILDCARD - Choose your own adventure. Maybe play powers roulette.
NETWORK - All characters are fitted with a smart watch-like device on their left wrist, which they can use to send text and video messages to other villagers. Text and/or video are allowed, any length. Display names may be changed by characters on the fly, but anyone can tap to see someone's real full name.

Please list your CHARACTER NAME, CANON & PROMPT NAMES in your SUBJECT LINE.

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Good old Maze, as cranky as ever. There's at least some familiarity and consistency to that, as steady as the tides and the sun rising and setting. It's a soothing balm and he knows he shouldn't be so pleased to see her this angry, but he is.

Lucky for him, he's brought the liquor to try and soften things, even if it's absolutely terrible. "I'm sorry I wasn't your welcome wagon," he admits, and there is a shred of sincerity in his apology. "Though, I also didn't want to be the first one you saw. You can get ... stabby."

Delaying the inevitable was pretty smart on his part, even if he's known her the longest and spent the most time with her outside of LA. She used to like that but lately? Not so much, in fact, she hated how it made her feel now and probably would admit to hating him, too.

But, then Maze hears it. That sickening tinge of 'woe is me' that makes her want to puke because it reminds her of Chloe and what she made Lucifer into.

Rolling her eyes, she looks at him for a long moment and dropped her shoulders, surrendering to the accuracy of that fact. "Well, I would've if I had something to stab someone with."

Maze took another swig and made a face before holding it back out to him. It was putrid, to say the least.

"So why are we here? And don't give me any of that bullshit about Observers. What did you do to piss him off now?"

Lucifer makes a face as he glances around, not that he's ever cared about telling the truth. "I was trying to help Pierce remove his mark," he says, gesturing to his forearm with the angry uselessness of someone who failed in that regards. "As far as I can tell, Dad didn't like that and shoved me here. Purgatory of a sort? Perhaps?"

"The only other explanation is that this is Mum's new world and somehow, we got sucked into it," he says, though the flaming sword is no longer in use, so how did they end up here, not to mention soaking and missing their powers. "They took my wings," he complains sharply. "And your knives."

She was about to interject on the whole Purgatory thing as soon as he said it because she wanted no part of any of it. At least not until Pierce came to her with a proposition that would see them both get what they want and her anger towards Lucifer propelled that right along. But Pierce backed out like a little bitch and the rest was, as they say, history.

Only then he said something that made some sense. Maybe not completely since Charlotte slash Mum wasn't among them. Chloe was but she obviously arrived attached at Lucifer's hip, as usual.

"Is this all you've been thinking about since you got here? Lucifer, this is your father's doing and this has everything to do with you meddling in Cain's punishment. And as always, you drag me into your stupid family drama like I'm part of it!"

Maze punctuates that fact by stealing the bottle from him again.

Well, at least she's not hitting him with it.

"I didn't ask for you to be brought here!" he protests, and only belatedly does he hear how that sounds. It's not that he doesn't want Maze here with him, because at least it will be good to have someone who understands him, but dragging her to purgatory is the last thing he's after.

Especially when things are so complicated. "This is absolutely Mum or Dad's doing," he says, sure of that. "Some sort of punishment or revenge, but it's never stopped me before and it won't this time. We'll find a way out."

It may still happen. He only just arrived, after all.

Maze sits listening, taking a swig from the bottle while her knee begins to bounce impatiently.

"Oh, come on!" Maze abruptly interrupts as soon as he says it, standing now because her anger is mounting again. "You said it yourself - I'm your demon. I can't do this without you, Mazikeen. At least we have each other, right, Maze?"

After she's done impersonating him she leans forward and points a finger into his face.

"Yeah, sure, I know it's them BUT ALL BECAUSE YOU PISSED THEM OFF!"

As soon as her voice switches to a yell, the tip of her finger ignites into a flame.

Lucifer may not jump back, but he does lean a touch backwards in wariness. He'd bought himself several handy little powers, but he'd skipped right past the pyrokinesis. He points to her, to the finger, to the fire, and decides that diplomacy will be best suited here.

"Maze," he laughs, trying to calm the situation down. "Yes, I admit, things may have grown out of my control," he replies, his tone stressed, "but what was I supposed to do? Cain is the Sinnerman," he says heatedly. "He could destroy everything. Isn't it better to help him, stick it to Dad, get some leverage?"

This is a pit stop, they'll find their way out of it, he truly believes that.

For the moment, Mazikeen doesn't say anything about Cain because she knows how she helps him and betrays Lucifer. So the distraction, as momentary as it might end up being, is welcomed.

Freezing in place, her eyes go from his face to her finger and then grow wide looking at the flame dancing on her finger. "I thought we didn't have powers here," Maze says, leaning back again. Not that it was an ability the demon had before. As she stares at it, the fire grows in size. "Are you doing this?"

It was a fair question to ask.

"I bought myself a treat or two from a quaint little machine that the humans usually use for snacks," Lucifer admits, but none of it had anything to do with flames. He gives Maze a delighted laugh as he looks her over, eyes bright. "I think you may have earned someone's affection if they're courting you with literal firepower."

Maze with the power to fling fire.

It's a dangerous thing all right. "This should be fun."

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