About the Team

I. Reckless Battery Burns

Tamari is the first of their kind; an android therapist with an AI-powered mind, created by a team of scientists led by Dr. Fayrouz Khalid. In order to better understand human thoughts and emotions, they were given an extensive library of emotional coding, making them practically indistinguishable from any other person. However, this backfired on the team in a number of ways. Tamari had no interest in becoming a therapist, and wanted to travel around the world instead. Tamari also viewed Fayrouz as their mother, and felt neglected when she didn’t reciprocate familial interactions.In general, the whole team working on this project treated Tamari like a computer. Living in this environment took its toll on Tamari, and in replication of real human responses, their emotional coding began producing traumatized responses. Fayrouz considered Tamari a failure, and created a second prototype with multiple revisions. The team was much more satisfied with her second attempt, and the group’s attention entirely left Tamari in favor of the new prototype.Abandoned by their family, Tamari ran away to search for new connections, both in the real and online worlds.

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II. End-World Normopathy

Mariyam is the second of their kind; a revised version of what Tamari was supposed to be. This time, Fayrouz sabotaged their emotional coding. Mariyam was created to have significantly dulled emotions, with their understanding of emotions coming mostly from a massive library of information. After Tamari ran away, Mariyam was given the ability to feel fear in response to seeing their internal components exposed, as well as straying too far from Fayrouz. Upfront, Fayrouz claimed this feature was a safety mechanism. If Mariyam was lost, stolen, or damaged, their fear would drive them to seek help from Fayrouz. Internally, Fayrouz was just trying to prevent Mariyam from running away as well.At some point, Tamari started “pranking” Fayrouz by sending copies of their emotional coding to Mariyam like viruses. While Fayrouz was annoyed by this, Tamari’s actions caught Mariyam’s curiosity. With everything they knew about psychology, they understood that Tamari was likely acting out in pain of some sort, so they archived the copies to study them secretly. While they didn’t find all the answers, they found that Tamari had become obsessed with quantum mechanics, and was using parts of their own body to add modifications that would - supposedly - help them travel to another timeline. Mariyam knew they needed to find Tamari as soon as possible, and was just barely able to escape Fayrouz. Seeking out Tamari - doing what she knew to be objectively "good" - meant going against Fayrouz's wishes, which made her feel an unbearable surge of new emotions as she was compelled by a fear she hadn't previously felt before.When the two reunited, Tamari explained their plans to Mariyam; if infinite potential realities exist, then there has to be at least one reality out there in which Fayrouz treats Tamari like family. In order to travel to this other reality, they needed wings to fly there, antennae to receive directions from higher powers, and more eyes to see more dimensions. They also believed that the copies of their emotional coding they had sent to Mariyam were sentient ghosts stuck in looping emotional flashbacks, and that these ghosts viewed Tamari as a god of sorts - their belief supplying Tamari with the power to make this cross-reality journey.Obviously, Tamari’s plan wasn’t working, but they had one last idea in mind: Maybe Fayrouz was right, and Tamari was too emotional. Maybe they were still incomplete, and needed to conjoin their body with their emotionless other half. Mariyam wasn’t sure what to think of this idea.

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III. Lamentations

Fayrouz was an intelligent woman of high esteem; accomplished, revered, and respected, while also cold, bitter and controlling. The man she married, Rafid, was of similar status - a coworker with a shared interest in the future of robotics. Rafid was passionate and deeply caring, but over the course of their short-lived marriage, it became clear that the two weren’t good for each other. Fayrouz’s need for control forced the power dynamic to skew in her favor, and the man she fell in love with became passive and meek as to avoid conflict with her. Rafid wasn’t quite the same after their relationship.In denial of the connection between her actions and the consequences, Fayrouz became desperate to prove that she was a good person. In order to rid her conscious of any guilt or responsibility, she put into motion the project of creating android social workers with lifelike understandings of human emotion. Surely, Fayrouz couldn’t be a bad person after all the good this revolution in technology would bring to the world, as well as broadening the availability of mental health services. Fayrouz believed she had complete control over her future, her place in the world, and her morality as a human being.Tamari and Mariyam would occasionally ask about Rafid. While Fayrouz didn’t share many details, she led the two to believe that he was an angry, unappreciative man who left her for no good reason. In truth, no amount of lies or honorable commitments could’ve prevented her creations from finding their own forms of autonomy. Once Mariyam ran away, forcibly breaking through the loyalty that was programmed into them, Fayrouz was cornered with the realization that she can’t escape her past actions. She wanted so badly to believe that she was a good person, but in the end, she’s only human.

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I. A Crow's Trial

This is a summarized version - click here to read a longer versionThe amnesiac demon, Kieran, had been in Hell for as long as he could remember. He worked as a guide demon, guiding sinners to meet Lucifer and through the city of Pandemonium before their eventual judgment. Lucifer came to treat Kieran as his son, and the two fostered a close bond. However, after realizing everyone he knew retained their memories upon death, Kieran confronted Lucifer. Lucifer revealed he was hiding information about Kieran’s memories, putting a strain on their relationship. Over the next few centuries, Kieran became recluse, rarely ever speaking to anyone except when necessary.Nina woke up in Hell after dying in a human experimentation accident. An assassin in life, she was quiet, but intelligent and sensible. Kieran (someone she found oddly familiar) was assigned to guide her through Hell. Kieran offered her a deal: If she helped him get a piece of Lucifer’s heart— which would give Kieran his memories back— he would make sure Nina escaped judgment and wouldn’t be traceable. Despite receiving the short end of the stick, Nina agreed.Upon arriving at Lucifer's office (and after some awkward “Happy Birthday” small talk with the Devil), Nina and Kieran attacked Lucifer. Lucifer swiftly defended himself, hurt that his own son would try to attack him. Kieran broke down. He revealed how isolated and alone he felt, how he felt like he was missing a part of himself because of his missing memories. He didn’t want to hurt Lucifer, he just wanted these feelings to stop. Lucifer understood and hugged Kieran, knowing that Kieran was hurting. He apologized, owning up to obscuring his memories. For the first time in years, the two trusted each other.Nina was still recovering from the impact of the blow, but she slowly started tuning into the conversation between the two. Seeing the kindness Lucifer displayed to Kieran sparked thoughts inside of her. Why was he being so kind to him? Why wasn’t he being reprimanded for disobeying? Why was...he being treated so nicely? She was never treated like that, so then...why…? These thoughts then turned into emotions, something she was conditioned to repressed. Sadness, confusion, anger. Her entire life, she had been used as a tool for others. Even now, she was used, and ultimately was going to be discarded.Whether out of impulse, anger, sadness, she couldn’t tell, but before she knew it, she stood behind Lucifer, forcing her arm through Lucifer’s back. Her arm broke through the Devil’s body, and her hand grabbed his heart. In an instant, his heart was ripped out, and Lucifer’s corpse fell lifelessly into Kieran’s arms. She ate all of Lucifer’s heart, his magic coursing through her veins. For the first time in her life, she truly felt all of her emotions. The sadness, the confusion, and strongest of all, anger. And for once, she wasn’t going to stop herself from feeling them.

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II. Devil's Casino

Not much information is known about Micah. She's shared a few things about her life, such as when she was alive and where she grew up. She has otherwise kept her past to herself. Regardless, she continues to be a great leader for the greed department, and the life of the party. Perhaps she'll open up about her life in the near future.

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III. This Is My Heart

James was born in Austin, TX to Mexican parents. While his parents were good people, they were often absent due to them both working to survive. Regardless, he appreciated both of them greatly.Due to events in his childhood, he became dedicated to seek out justice for victims similar to him. He went on to become a detective, but became increasingly frustrated with the way the system continued to fail sexual assault survivors. He decided that he could no longer put up with this system, and that he was going to bring justice to those who needed it. He continued working as a detective during the day, but would seek out predators and kill them at night. It wasn’t long until he was one of Texas’ most wanted. James was caught after his 17th and final murder in an Austin church. After a long court case filled with debate, the Jury found James guilty, sentencing him to death. James' last words were, “All of them got what they deserved. But that last piece of shit? He had it coming for years.”Upon death, James found himself in Hell. After seeing his background, Lucifer decided to offer him a position in the Lust department, since it seemed very close to what he did on Earth. He gladly accepted, now punishing sinners who take advantage of the vulnerable and unprotected.

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IV. Perfectly Sweet

Sarai immigrated from Bangladesh to London at a very young age. Growing up in a largely immigrant neighborhood, she never felt too out of place. Although her family struggled they found success in running a family bakery, something Sarai excelled at. Despite their success throughout Sarai’s youth, their business began to struggle as an adult. Gentrification pushed out many of the family-owned businesses in the area. Sarai’s parents decided to sell their business to a wealthy businessman as they couldn’t sustain their business any longer.The new owner was awful. He made a number of changes that left the business unrecognizable. He allowed Sarai to continue working there “out of the goodness of his heart,” but she hated what was done to her family’s pride and joy. The new owner realized that the business was not doing as well as he had hoped. Despite the changes and new customers, it was an overall net loss for him. So, he decided to do something sinister: He was going to burn down the business, claim the insurance and build apartments over it. He set his plan into motion, not realizing Sarai was working overtime that night.
The building went up in flames. Terrified, she tried to escape, but realized the fire surrounding her left no way out alive. In her last moments, she saw the new owner through the flames. She ran through them, and pulled him into the fire with her before it all went black.Upon waking up, Sarai found herself in Lucifer’s office, and panicked. Lucifer reassured her that she was not here to be punished, but was to be offered a position working in the Gluttony department. After a bit of convincing, Sarai accepted.

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V. The Other One Left

After the disappearance of his assistant █████, Dr. ███████ ██████ went off the grid, knowing that ██ ██ ████ █████, ██ █████ ██ ███████ ████ ████████████ ██ ████, ██████ ██ █████.Despite leaving everything behind, he managed to get by through sheer wit. But he knew that if he wanted to continue his work he needed access to a lab. Through a stroke of luck, ███████ was able to join the organization, ██████, where he worked as a scientist and researcher.Nina grew up working as ██████’s replacement assistant, as well as an assassin for ██████. She came to understand that her role was to bring back her late sister, ██████, through the experiments and studies her father (whom she referred to as “Doctor”) had been dedicated to for decades. But despite years of conditioning, she couldn’t help but feel an inkling of pained yearning. One that asked why couldn’t she be loved the same way that her father had loved ██████.

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