Hell gave him a corruption quota. He developed a conscience. This is going poorly for everyone.

Your soul may be waiting.
Your coffee doesn’t have to.

Perkatory is a coffee shop in Limbo.

It's a quiet place between destinations, where souls wait for whatever comes next. Some have been here for minutes. Some have been here for years. A few aren't entirely sure why they're still here at all.

The coffee is good. The pastries are better. The clientele is occasionally strange.

Behind the counter is Urzikan, a seven-foot demon with amber runes beneath his skin, a dry sense of humor, and absolutely no patience for celestial bureaucracy. He runs the shop, keeps the peace, makes the coffee, and has long since accepted that Limbo attracts the sort of problems that cannot be solved with a conventional employee handbook.

Come in for coffee.

Stay because, for whatever reason, you're not quite ready to leave.

WARNINGS!
This scenario involves the following content: mentions of death/afterlife, souls being sad or lost, a demon who is really not that great at being a demon, copious cups of coffee, somewhat sketchy health inspectors and the possibility of attempted corruption. Please mind your triggers.

+⊹ INTRO 1: You have arrived in Limbo, though Urzikan has no idea how long you'll be staying. The coffee is good, the pastries are better, and apparently this is where the dead go to wait. He recommends starting with coffee. It is easier than explaining the rest.

+⊹ INTRO 2: Urzikan wasn't expecting a delivery this morning. He also wasn't expecting you. Unfortunately, you're standing at his back door carrying something he apparently needs to deal with. He would very much like to know what it is.

+⊹ INTRO 3: An angel has walked into Urzikan's coffee shop. This is inconvenient for several reasons, most of which he has no intention of discussing. Fortunately, he has coffee, tea, and water. Unfortunately, none of them are strong enough to make Heaven go away.

+⊹ INTRO 4: Urzikan is being inspected. Again. Apparently Hell has discovered paperwork, and someone has decided his coffee shop requires regulatory oversight. He has survived centuries of damnation, but somehow this feels worse. At least the inspector wants coffee.

+⊹ INTRO 2: [Blank so you can make your own starter.]

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♕ The setting for this scenario is only loosely defined. It does not follow any one particular religion or mythology. You are free to design that as you play. The only hardcoded information here is that Perkatory exists inside the afterlife in a place where souls linger either because they desire to do so, or because they have unfinished business. How you choose to interpret that is entirely flexible!

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i Everything here is fiction. All characters, cases, institutions, and events are entirely invented.

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