[OOC] Hikari Academy

[Ryonara]

Yup, just did.

[Strange Rodent]

Still minor WIP, thoughts? Sorry, I don't feel like a teacher would suit his character too well. Although.... Maybe a demonology teacher? Or a Psionics teacher, but that seems too obvious.

Ceiran Strivelyn

• Appearance:

Yeah, I know it's Levi. It's the only decent image I could find, though.

• Name: Ceiran Strivelyn (KEER-awn STRIV-lin)

• Age: 17

• Sex: Male

• Species: Human host with a Twitch demon parasite

• Abilities:

Hider

• Twitch: Ceiran allows the Twitch demon some space in his body. He begins to twitch all over, right until he almost falls over. By this point he has allowed the demon his whole body. This allows him to tap immense amounts of power, however this comes with two downsides: 1. The power is stronger than both Ceiran and Twitch, and thus cannot be properly controlled; and 2. Each time he does this there is a chance of him becoming irreversibly consumed by Twitch. This uses the power latent in the universe around him, and has a bit of a vampire effect on most things within a 5m radius, and cannot be properly utilised in places without latent power. If this should occur, his soul will be cast into the depths of the Void and become utterly irretrievable by even the strongest of magics.
• Psionics: Ceiran is able to manipulate latent Psionic energy, or ki, to his will. The amount he is able to control is tied to how much physical energy he has, and how much control Twitch has over him currently. The colour and smell is dependent on the Aura of the user (Ceiran has a Blue-ish Aura that smells how you'd imagine loneliness to smell). Psionic energy is a very versatile magic, able to form to anything the Psionic wishes as long as concentration is maintained. The bittersweet thing about it is that it doesn't affect the physical plane at all, and affects the residual magic within objects. The downside is that it is extremely easy to counter and stop, any magical shield will do. It requires significantly more time and concentration to punch through shields. It grows more powerful with impulsiveness, and at its most powerful it can become advanced pyrokinetics.
• Minor vampiric demon suppression: The Twitch is a minor parasitic demon. It gains its power using vampiric powers and draining the area around it of energy. It attaches to a host towards the end of its lifespan to gain power in the physical realm, and hopefully inherit the body. This form of demon suppression prevents it from draining energy from the surroundings, provided it's let out sometimes. It does not fully protect the host, who must eat about 25% more food to keep their energy up and sate the demon.

• Skills:

Hider

• Cooking
• Coffee! Advanced Coffee, though. In-depth knowledge of roasting, blending, brewing, grinding, and other shit like that.
• Lying: His parents were quite strict, which didn't mix well with Ceiran's impulsive nature. He learned to lie well.
• Sluicing: Ceiran is able to understand a good chunk of depth by skimming. Of course, he understands things better if he reads them properly.

• Inventory:

Hider

• Wand: A Steel & wood energy directing focus, made for Psionics. Does nothing except offer a vessel for the will to travel to the energy, making Psionics marginally more efficient.
• Enchanted Coat: An ankle length coat that Ceiran has imbued with his own energy as a kind of capacitor.

• Sample Post:

Hider

He had just woken up. There was a... presence. A terror similar to that of a very small and very venomous spider. He couldn't move out of bed, because it'd surely get him then. If he stayed... it might take a while to find him. Maybe just long enough. Time seemed to stretch like honey. Sticky, slowly, and with difficulty. The seconds took up physical space, and seemed to sound like grey. The minutes oozed power in all the wrong ways. He was feeling his aura for the first time ever, and something had noticed him.

A sickly thin black hand slid over his eyelids, and closed them. A rough hissing voice speaks "You're an interesting one, aren't you? How I'd relish bleeding your brain. Oh... what's this? You've no shields! Ahahahaha... you moron. Let me IN!!. He writhed all over, the pain making twitch until he passed out. He had no hope other than to strike a deal. Even that was a desperate move. As he felt his body retreating into the void, he reached out for this demon.
"I'd like to make a deal."

He won't tell the rest. He might not remember it, or it might have been too painful. A combination of both? Either way, now he is who he is.

• Other:

Twitch Demon

The Twitch demon is a parasitic demon that feeds off its host hand its hosts surroundings. It is fairly benign if 'fed' daily. All else is detailed above.

Personality

The best way to describe Ceiran is polar: Either absolutely for, or absolutely against. Perhaps in alignment to this, he will barely talk with you when he first meets you, but as he opens up to you he becomes quite outgoing. Aside from social tendencies, he approaches things with a curious mindset. He has a passionate nature, which he shows in strange ways sometimes...

[Conscripts]

@Silver Carrot@Awesomoman64

Sorry, I forgot to tag you in my post. You guys can attack him with whatever, I'll respond accordingly. Also, if there are something that you guys want to do or that I accidentally breached, just tell me, and I will edit my post ASAP

[Silver Carrot]

@Conscripts

Are there any weapons there?

[Awesomoman64]

@Conscripts

Your post is fine by me.

[Conscripts]

@Silver Carrot I don’t state it specifically, but there should be everything available there for students to use. So yeah, you can take things you need

[Cerces22]

@Conscripts

Ah man, you demanding everyone to state their powers will def throw Circe off her game, she has no problem with the teachers knowing her powers, but will be sheepish to share in front of the others right off the bat lol

[Strange Rodent]

@TheWindel @KoL Thoughts? What else do I have to do?

Ceiran Strivelyn

• Appearance:

Yeah, I know it's Levi. It's the only decent image I could find, though.

• Name: Ceiran Strivelyn (KEER-awn STRIV-lin)

• Age: 17

• Sex: Male

• Species: Human host with a Twitch demon parasite

• Abilities:

Hider

• Twitch: Ceiran allows the Twitch demon some space in his body. He begins to twitch all over, right until he almost falls over. By this point he has allowed the demon his whole body. This allows him to tap immense amounts of power, however this comes with two downsides: 1. The power is stronger than both Ceiran and Twitch, and thus cannot be properly controlled; and 2. Each time he does this there is a chance of him becoming irreversibly consumed by Twitch. This uses the power latent in the universe around him, and has a bit of a vampire effect on most things within a 5m radius, and cannot be properly utilised in places without latent power. If this should occur, his soul will be cast into the depths of the Void and become utterly irretrievable by even the strongest of magics.
• Psionics: Ceiran is able to manipulate latent Psionic energy, or ki, to his will. The amount he is able to control is tied to how much physical energy he has, and how much control Twitch has over him currently. The colour and smell is dependent on the Aura of the user (Ceiran has a Blue-ish Aura that smells how you'd imagine loneliness to smell). Psionic energy is a very versatile magic, able to form to anything the Psionic wishes as long as concentration is maintained. The bittersweet thing about it is that it doesn't affect the physical plane at all, and affects the residual magic within objects. The downside is that it is extremely easy to counter and stop, any magical shield will do. It requires significantly more time and concentration to punch through shields. It grows more powerful with impulsiveness, and at its most powerful it can become advanced pyrokinetics.
• Minor vampiric demon suppression: The Twitch is a minor parasitic demon. It gains its power using vampiric powers and draining the area around it of energy. It attaches to a host towards the end of its lifespan to gain power in the physical realm, and hopefully inherit the body. This form of demon suppression prevents it from draining energy from the surroundings, provided it's let out sometimes. It does not fully protect the host, who must eat about 25% more food to keep their energy up and sate the demon.

• Skills:

Hider

• High pain tolerance: Due to the Twitch causing pain when it's called on, he has become somewhat desensitised to pain.
• Coffee! Advanced Coffee, though. In-depth knowledge of roasting, blending, brewing, grinding, and other shit like that.
• Lying: His parents were quite strict, which didn't mix well with Ceiran's impulsive nature. He learned to lie well.
• Sluicing: Ceiran is able to understand a good chunk of depth by skimming. Of course, he understands things better if he reads them
  properly.
• Improvisation: Due to previous experience in acting and public speaking (he thought he liked them at first. Turns out he didn't really), he has a strong out-of-the-box thinking style.

• Inventory:

Hider

• Wand: A Steel & wood energy directing focus, made for Psionics. Does nothing except offer a vessel for the will to travel to the energy, making Psionics marginally more efficient.
• Enchanted Coat: An ankle length coat that Ceiran has imbued with his own energy as a kind of capacitor.

• Sample Post:

Hider

He had just woken up. There was a... presence. A terror similar to that of a very small and very venomous spider. He couldn't move out of bed, because it'd surely get him then. If he stayed... it might take a while to find him. Maybe just long enough. Time seemed to stretch like honey. Sticky, slowly, and with difficulty. The seconds took up physical space, and seemed to sound like grey. The minutes oozed power in all the wrong ways. He was feeling his aura for the first time ever, and something had noticed him.

A sickly thin black hand slid over his eyelids, and closed them. A rough hissing voice speaks "You're an interesting one, aren't you? How I'd relish bleeding your brain. Oh... what's this? You've no shields! Ahahahaha... you moron. Let me IN!!. He writhed all over, the pain making twitch until he passed out. He had no hope other than to strike a deal. Even that was a desperate move. As he felt his body retreating into the void, he reached out for this demon.
"I'd like to make a deal."

He won't tell the rest. He might not remember it, or it might have been too painful. A combination of both? Either way, now he is who he is.

• Other:

Twitch Demon

The Twitch demon is a parasitic demon that feeds off its host hand its hosts surroundings. It is fairly benign if 'fed' daily. All else is detailed above.

Personality

The best way to describe Ceiran is polar: Either absolutely for, or absolutely against. Perhaps in alignment to this, he will barely talk with you when he first meets you, but as he opens up to you he becomes quite outgoing. Aside from social tendencies, he approaches things with a curious mindset. He has a passionate nature, which he shows in strange ways sometimes...

[TheWendil]

@Strange Rodent

I'm not exactly sure what the Twitch demon does in terms of abilities. Can you explain that a bit more.

[KoL]

@Strange Rodent

Well, first things first:

- Remove that bunch of redundant hiders, please. They make the CS needlessly hard to navigate through.

- Second, I have the same question as @TheWindel. What is a twitch demon?

- The description of that Twitch power is too confusing, please clarify this: what kind of power are you writing about? If it's physical power, how strong can he get? How exactly is that harmful for the environment and to people close to him? And what's this "latent power" you described?

- Psionics and ki are not the same thing, just as much as ki and mana aren't the same. Let's avoid this kind of power source crossover if possible. Why is it that psychic powers have a smell, especially a smell of an abstract feeling? Again, keep your description straight, psionics != ki != magic. Also, I want some applications and limits on this power as well "anything the user wishes" is shorthand for reality warping which is not a power within PC realm for very obvious reasons. How does the power have any effect on reality if it doesn't affect the physical plane?

- Explain "Minor vampiric demon suppression" better because I'm not understanding anything about it, given that seems to contradict the previous two entries of his CS.

- Please, don't use Black as a font color. It's nigh impossible to read without highlighting the text, which is an unnecessary inconvenience, especially on mobile devices.

[Cerces22]

@Ryonara

We going to have a fun little rivalry?? Lol

[Ryonara]

I guess we could? Sonia just thinks you’re weird being all touchy with her.

[Sync]

My posts might be delayed a bit due to irl stuff. I'll try to get one up tomorrow as soon as I can tho.

[Strange Rodent]

@KoL Thanks for providing such a thorough list! I knew exactly what I needed to change, which is nice. I've changed his ability a bunch, and while it's closer to what I wanted to be saying, it's rather different to what I was actually saying. It'd probably be best if you forgot most of what you read in the previous draft.

Also sorry for not making things clear the first time 'round. It was about 3:00 am where I am, so I... uh... wasn't exactly functioning .

Let me know if I fucked up again. Self editing isn't really something that comes naturally to me, and this is an iffy power. Sorry to keep pestering you

Ceiran Strivelyn

• Appearance:

Yeah, I know it's Levi. It's the only decent image I could find, though.

• Name: Ceiran Strivelyn (KEER-awn STRIV-lin)

• Age: 17

• Sex: Male

• Species: Human host with a Twitch demon parasite

• Abilities:

• Twitch: Ceiran and the Demon inside him make a temporary trade: The Demon is able to mess with some of Ceiran's memories, thought patterns, and knowledge, and Ceiran is able to access some of the Demon's resources, such as Raw Magic, better control over Raw Magic, High Intelligence, Selfishness, and Persuasion. This trade inflicts a lot of pain on Ceiran, which causes him to twitch uncontrollably. Hence the name. The longer they have access to each-other, the more extreme it becomes (Ceiran gains more demon-like abilities, and the Demon can fuck around with Ceiran's body more). The powers linger for a few minutes after, though at about half the potency.
• Magic Manipulation: Ceiran is absolutely incapable of casting spells as we see them now. In lieu of this power, he began learning how to use his Raw Mana reserves as a medium for creating, rather than a resource for trading. I'd describe it as the difference between using wood to build a house; and selling the wood for money and then paying someone to build a house for you. It allows you to be more creative at the cost of potency and/or quality. This ability allows him to manipulate his Raw Mana into constructs, which he has full control over, including while airborne. Constructs act like objects, and can take any shape, gaining the appropriate functions. The larger, denser, or more complicated it is, the more energy it requires to sustain. The size and power is limited to the amount of Raw Magic available to him. This is usually only what is within him, but special circumstances may allow for him to draw on extra Raw Magic, (Ex. People giving it to him, using a capacitor, or using the Twitch). He can recharge this Raw Magic by using one of three methods: Meditating, eating, and/or sleeping. Meditation provides a fairly large amount within 20 minutes, eating provides an amount proportionate to how much was eaten over time, and sleeping will fully recharge, unless he's healing from a wound or other similar situations.

• Skills:

• Poetry: More of an interest than a skill, but he's become somewhat decent at it.
• High pain tolerance: Due to the Twitch causing pain when it's called on, he has become somewhat desensitised to lesser pain.
• Coffee! Advanced Coffee, though. In-depth knowledge of roasting, blending, brewing, grinding, and other shit like that.
• Lying: His parents were quite strict, which didn't mix well with Ceiran's impulsive nature. He learned to lie well.
• Sluicing: Ceiran is able to understand a good chunk of depth by skimming. Of course, he understands things better if he reads them
  properly.
• Improvisation: Due to previous experience in acting and public speaking (he thought he liked them at first. Turns out he didn't really), he has a strong out-of-the-box thinking style.

• Inventory:

• Wand: A Steel & wood energy directing focus, made for manipulation. Allows him to channel his will to his Raw Magic more easily, lessening the concentration needed.
• Enchanted Coat: An ankle length coat that Ceiran has imbued with his own energy as a kind of capacitor. This can be charged through ritual, and once charged, Ceiran can access the Raw Magic it was charged with.
• Grimoire: An ancient book detailing the how of Magic Manipulation. Ceiran has learned most of what he knows from this.

• Sample Post:

Hider

He was sitting at his cluttered desk, face rigid with concentration. A small grey-blue ball was orbiting him. The world seemed to be as quiet as a rock. Or, at least, this section of it. The ball paused in front of his face, and he reached out to grab it. His hand contacted the silky smooth, but strangely hot ball. He held it for a while, before throwing it at a wall. It sailed through the air like a glass ball might, and crumpled like paper when it hit the wall.

He looked out the window, and was rather frightened to see it was dark so suddenly. He decided that sleeping was probably a good idea. He had noticed his control start to slip as he used more energy. He stood up and left, coat trailing behind him.

His bedroom was adorned with the basics: A bed, a wardrobe, and a dirty clothes pile. Naturally, all his clothes were thrown in the dirty washing pile; apart from his coat, which was lovingly hung in the wardrobe. He crawled into bed after turning the oil lamp off, and slid into a sleep. He dreamed of the Sad Prince, who lived in The Sigh, and had his betrothed commit suicide. Apparently The Sigh was a breach upon the Earth, but he knew nothing else about it.

He woke with a poem ringing in his head. He forgot this as soon as he knew it was there. He glanced about the dark room. Something felt wrong. He wasn't still sleeping, but he wasn't entirely awake, either. The wrongness grew like a tumor. Slowly, but with many malignant intentions. The wrongness was surely feeling for him... scouring the room. As it grew nearer, he became more terrified. It was out to kill him. He was going to die. No... It was out to destroy everything he cared about! He was to be left a wretched, paralysed mess.

An ivory mask on a terribly tendrily pitch body. It depicted a face that was somehow both a smile and a frown at the same time. It gazed into his brain, and these words were heard; "I would like to play a game for the rest of your life. I will become part of you, and we will wrestle for control of your body. I will access you, and you will access me."

I don't want to. This sounds delightful! I have no control. I'll always have company! This will cause immeasurable suffering for those around me... Bonus after bonus! Who'll be able to resist me? I won't. What fun! Okay.

• Other:
Twitch Demon

The Twitch demon only has its name because of how Ceiran twitches while he's trading with it. It wants to cause as much pain to Ceiran as possible, as that's its job in their game. It does this by changing happy memories to painful ones, the pleasure of eating good food to the terror of eating loved ones (get your mind out of the gutter. This is pure cannibalism I'm talking about), and the comfort of company to the infinity of loneliness. In some ways, it's quite similar to depression.

When Ceiran draws on it's Raw Energy, he will gain a pool twice as big as his own, and become twice as efficient at controlling it. This pool grows as Ceiran's own pool does; He's able to access more of the Demon's energy as he can access more of his own.

Aside from the effects described throughout the whole post, it can absorb unclaimed* Raw Magic, speak directly into peoples minds (but not read them), and can access all kinds of demonic knowledge. Ceiran can claim these abilities if he spends more than 15 minutes twitching. This will also cause severe memory loss, heavy internal bleeding, and an insatiable murderous desire.

*unclaimed Raw Magic is Raw Magic that is not attached to a living being.

Personality.

Ceiran has difficulty with his personality. It changes so often due to the Demon. He finds it hard to latch onto one thing that describes him. So far, all he has is this: "A constant crisis".

Usually he has polar opinions; either all for, or totally against. He rarely accepts grey areas and ideas. He's usually rather blunt about this as well, forgoing nuance in an attempt to just get the point across. Although he does have a weakness for poetry. He's passionate about his interests, but doesn't really delve far into other things. One thing is for sure, though. You would never call Ceiran mild.

His style is impulsive. He won't plan ahead too often, preferring to adapt to situations as they rise. He will almost always act off gut instinct. He says he doesn't fail unless he doesn't learn something, so that helps with this way of solving problems.

Miscellaneous info:

He attends Hikari academy in the hopes of finding someone who can help him with his demon. Although he doesn't want word to get out about it, so that could be a problem. And he may as well learn something while he's there. No harm in that, right?

[Lonewolf685]

This Twitch demon sounds more like something he'd go to school to excise then to get an education alongside, considering it makes him brash, impulsive, and egotistical to match his boosted powers.

Hmm, I suppose that raises a question; Why is Ceiran going to Hikari Academy in the first place? I can't imagine he aspires to be a heroic figure.

[Strange Rodent]

For the learned people there. While he doesn't necessarily want to be a heroic figure, there may be someone there who can help him. The only problem is, he might not want word of this getting out. He may be executed or something. (assuming capital punishment is a thing here)

Also he likes knowing things. I should write this in the sheet. Thanks for the questions!

Oh yeah, he's brash and impulsive even while not Twitching. It's a trait of his. He can't think ahead too well, so just makes it up as he goes along

[Lonewolf685]

Good to know. You might want to also add that he's trying to conceal his demonic possession to some extent as well.

[Strange Rodent]

Done. It's not stressed, but it's in there

[TheWendil]

@Strange Rodent

I see no inherent problems with him. So long as he realizes teachers will be on watch given his manic behavior. Await my partner's judgement.

[KoL]

@Strange Rodent

He's ok with me as well.