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ONE. list your characters (journal names optional).
TWO. others reply with one of those characters or a pairing for you to write; platonic or romantic is up to you.
THREE. pick five cliché AUs from this list (complete with explanations!), and write something of any length - a sentence, a paragraph, a drabble, or a full-length ficlet, if you'd prefer - for each of those five AUs, involving that character or pairing.

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Prison

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"I wanna go home," Nanako murmured, curled up in a corner. "It's too lonely here."

"I'm afraid you can't. You're trapped here. Everyone is trapped."

"You're a goddess. Can't you let us out?"

"I'm afraid I can't do that. You see, I'm trapped here with you."

"How can you be trapped?"

"Because, Nanako," Izanami said, putting a hand on the child's head. "In your heart, you want to go to Heaven. And Heaven is a place where I hold no power."

Nanako looked up. "But...but this isn't really Heaven!"

Izanami gestured around the serene setting. "You know what you see before you is not the real Heaven," she said and touched her forehead. "In here, but here," she pointed to her heart. "You do not. And that is enough that until you let go of the reason you wish to go to Heaven to make this place real enough."

"But...I want to go home..." Nanako said softly.

Izanami smiled gently, almost sadly, and pulled the girl into a gentle embrace. "As do I, child. As do I."