I never expected forgiveness

P L A Y E R;
NAME: Birdie
AGE: 26
PLAYER JOURNAL: N/A
TIMEZONE: Eastern US
CONTACT: magpietellme, or PM a character journal
OTHER CHARACTERS PLAYED: Stephanie Brown

C H A R A C T E R;
NAME: Lucifer
CANON: The Wicked + The Divine
POINT IN CANON: End of issue 5
AGE: 18
APPEARANCE:

"of the eternal fire, of rebellion, of damnation"

5'6", about 120 lbs, slender androgynous build. Very pale, white-blonde hair with a streak of black above one temple, ice blue eyes that go red when she's angry (and about to ruin someone's day with a miracle). Seems to have permamently day-old smudged eyeliner, and it works for her. Always dressed in an impossibly immaculate white suit. The Bowie vibes are intentional.

CANON HISTORY:

"Every 90 years, twelve gods return. They are loved. They are hated. Within two years, they are all dead. In 2014, it's happening again. It's happening now."

Not much about Lucifer's previous life really matters to her now - she seems to have cut all ties with that life the second she was able to. Her parents gave her the unfortunate name of Eleanor Rigby, their fashionably retro taste in music, and not much else. One night, while she was alone at home, she noticed someone lurking in her backyard and went out to confront them, knife in hand. That someone turned out to be Ananke, the woman who wakes the gods. Eleanor fell and Eleanor was transformed and Lucifer rose from that moment... and nothing before matters quite as much.

Lucifer seems to be one of the first gods to be awakened in this cycle, gaining notoriety and worship and hatred as all gods do - possibly more hatred than usual given that she's Lucifer, not just any god... But still, no one had tried to kill her yet, so things could be worse. She had two years left to live, and she was determined to make the most of it.

One night, she dragged a random fan to an interview at one of her best friend's shows, and the whole event turned into much more of a Thing than anyone involved expected. During the interview (which didn't exactly go well for the gods in the first place), a pair of gunmen started shooting at the gods from across the street; Lucifer lost her temper, and exploded the heads of the attackers. She was arrested, put on... a bit of a show at her bail hearing, and when the judge's head exploded, everyone assumed Lucifer was responsible. Especially since she snapped her fingers at the exact moment it happened. (She was just trying to make a point. Honestly. She didn't do it.)

Lucifer was put in jail, naturally. No one could prove she was responsible (snapping your fingers is not legally a deadly weapon, even if you are a god), but no one wanted to take the chance. And she sat there quietly for a few days... until it became clear to her that none of the other gods would come to visit her. That no one cared. That she was expected to sit there and rot until the rest of her short life was up... and Luci had no intention of letting that happen. She broke out of prison, set a van full of policemen on fire and started causing trouble... because what else is a devil to do?

She expected Ananke to be upset. What she didn't expect is that Ananke would sic two of the other gods on her, and, when that didn't work, ambush Luci and explode her head. She'd honestly feel extremely betrayed by that. If she weren't extremely dead.

CANON PERSONALITY:

Lucifer is - not at all metaphorically - the devil herself: a cocky, sarcastic little shit with far too much pride, a quick temper, and a desperate need for attention. Eleanor was all of these things too, or she would have become a different god, but Luci is all those traits turned up to eleven, larger than life and more than human.

Most of the time, she projects an air of effortless confidence and power - Lucifer is in control of every situation and not afraid of anything, and she wants everyone to know it. She's not often what you'd call subtle, but she is manipulative and very good at it, talented at reading people and knowing exactly what buttons to push, what promises to make, to get the desired result. She lies as easily as breathing, and you'd never know the difference between her lies and the truth... but she doesn't lie nearly as often as she'd have people believe.

She's a showboat, someone who absolutely owns every room she walks into - and if the spotlight's not on her, there's a good chance she'll try to grab it at the first opportunity. Luci's excellent on a stage, but she's in her element when she has someone to challenge: a reporter who doubts the existence of gods, a judge who wants to treat her like a misbehaving child, or the goddess who decided to keep Luci in a cage; in all cases, she's at her theatric best, probably because the opposition fuels her very nature. Lucifer is a rebel - therefore, she needs something to rebel against.

Everything about her screams a need for attention - she recognizes it, and isn't shy about it. When everything is going to hell, when Luci's at her worst, broken and beaten and at the end of her rope, she still insists the cameras stay on. "No matter what, don't stop filming. That would be the worst thing." A part of Lucifer isn't entirely real unless someone's watching, unless she has an audience to perform to - she doesn't know who she is anymore without that audience, and she doesn't want to find out.

Luci's both temperamental and impulsive, rarely considering or caring about the actual consequences of her actions, and one of the more self-aware and insightful gods in the pantheon. Her temper can flare in an instant, and when she's angry, she's violent and fearless, willing to burn down the world to get what she wants… though most of the time her wants are surprisingly small and simple: stimulants, attention, freedom…

At the same time, within the pantheon, she seems to be the most aware of the limits of their existence. She's one of the few who really seems to grasp that while the gods they are may continue in the next cycle, the exact people they are, the particular combination of circumstances that make them who they are this go-round will never happen again. Lucifer will never be Luci again… and that's part of what makes her so impulsive now, so willing to reach for what she can have and make the most of it, because she has exactly two years, maybe less, and she's going to spend them the best she can.

And, at the core of her, she is scared. When it comes down to it, she's still Eleanor, still a teenage girl trying to find her place in the world. She doesn't want to stop existing; she knows she's going to die, she knows everything's not going to be okay, but a part of her still wants to believe it will be. She's lonely and uncertain and she wants someone to miss her when she's gone - not just her parents, who she doesn't believe actually cared about her; not just her fans, who will mourn the god she was; but someone who will miss Luci, the person she is now.

She doesn't know that she's found it. She doesn't know that she ever will. But she is Lucifer, and as long as she's here, she knows her purpose in the world: to shake things up, to challenge whatever powers there are, to make people question. She's happy to do it.

ABILITIES:

• General invulnerability... mostly. It is very difficult for humans to harm her most of the time - bullets will either bounce off her or curve around her, she can walk through fire without a scorch... except when she's performing or has otherwise made herself vulnerable, at which point even human attacks are capable of injuring or killing her (though even then, she's still more durable than your baseline human). She can also be harmed or killed by other gods at any time, as well as (presumably) beings of similar power.
  
• Enhanced strength, enhanced speed. She seems to be one of three real physical powerhouses in the pantheon - not a match for Baal or Sakhmet (or at least not both at once), but still well above human ability.
  
• Minor reality warping. She probably couldn't do it on a large scale, but keeping her suit spotless, altering the course of bullets or keeping rain from ever touching her, vanishing cuffs off her fingers... child's play.
  
• Creation and control of fire. Because come on. She's the devil. Controlled with a snap of her fingers, it can be as small as lighting a cigarette or as big as blowing up a building.
  
• Inspiration. The whole purpose of gods is inspiring mortals, and just her presence has an effect on any mortals who can hear her voice... if they're susceptible. Not all mortals are affected by all the gods, and a rare few aren't affected by any of the gods. (Teenagers and young adults seem particularly susceptible, but even for them, not every god speaks to every mortal.) Those who are affected by her will know immediately that she is something more than human: it's something like a fairy glamour, making her seem more interesting, more charming, more attractive, just more than mortals. It makes people want to be around her, makes them want to listen to her - and when she's performing, especially when she's singing, this effect is intensified to the point that you cannot possibly focus on anything but her. The effect she has on people lingers, too; people who have been affected by Lucifer will tend to be more rebellious afterward, more likely to challenge authority, question the status quo and generally cause trouble.

INVENTORY; The white suit she's wearing and nothing else. She doesn't need anything else.

S A M P L E S;
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So who do I have to thank for my unexpected resurrection? Hmm? Usually I'd have to wait ninety years for this sort of a... [ She pauses, considering her words, and when she continues, it's with a heavy dose of irony. ] ...miracle.

[ Well she amuses herself, if no one else. ]

Never mind. I take it no one I'm speaking to right now is a god, so let's move to slightly more pressing matters.

Does anyone here have cigarettes? Caffeine? Cocaine? I don't care, honestly, just tell me what it's going to take to get it from you. I had a hell of a week before I died and woke up here, and I am not in a mood to deal with any of it.

Introductions and so on later. Nicotine now.

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