[OOC] Vivid Recollections: Into the World Unknown (Season 1 COMPLETE)

[Mirandae]

This relationship table, it should be completed for all other characters before the start of the story?

@Prisk

Any particular reason why this question was ignored?

[PharaohAtem]

@Surtr Inc just want to clearly a few things about the limits and weaknesses for limits you mentioned that she can only manipulate sound waves that travel directly to or from her but sound waver don’t travel directly to or from anything unlike wind that will blow in a set direction sound waves act more like ripples in a puddle spreading out in all directions form the source of the sound that created them so could you explain what you mean by this because I am a little confused by it other than that the limits are fine

As for weakness I just a few questions with practice can she increase the time/ amount she can use her abilities before the side effects take hold? How long would the the side effects last? like her nausea for example and how long dose the nausea lasts after she stops using her powers is it like a hangover that last for a while after excessive use or dose it clear up fairly quickly as for the sound barrier I assume she can still see sound wave while this is up as you said it stops sound from flowing in or out of it but what about sound vibrations? for example you mentioned that she would effectively be deaf to sound while it was up but deaf people still play music although they don’t listen to it in the same sense we would they simply deal the vibrations the sound creates literally feeling the beat would this be possible with the barrier up? And finally would sound flow freely inside the barrier like would she be able to hear herself talk breathe or hear her music?

[FernStone]

@FernStone They're both good. But just tell me which character you want me to give an abstraction. I have a good idea for Tuyen's.

@Surtr Inc

If you have an idea for Tuyen's you can give the one for her :) I'll think if Mum's later today and post it

[FernStone]

@Surtr Inc Min's abstraction done;

Abstraction

ABSTRACTION

"It makes learning new things a lot easier."

SIGIL & LOCATION ⫻ An eye on the back of his neck

ABSTRACTION ⫻ Psychometry, the ability to perceive information from objects and people

ABSTRACTION DESCRIPTION ⫻ Min’s abstraction allows him to gain knowledge about an object, or a person, through touch. This information varies. For objects it might be who made and used it, along with information about what has been done with it and how it is used. For people he learns about basic facts; their names, background, where they’ve recently been, what they’ve recently done and the like. He can discern knowledge off both people and objects.

IN THE PRESENCE OF THE MOUNTAIN ⫻ In the presence of the mountain Min does not have to touch people – he can instead discern stuff from a short distance. Along with this it is possible for him to look deeper into a person, being able to replicate knowledge and skills they have. It allows him to go further into the past when looking at information related to objects.

AURA SENSING ⫻ Min can see the auras of those who have a lot of knowledge – for example someone who is a professor in their field or who has done a lot of research into a specific topic. This has a range of about 30 metres but he has to concentrate to see the auras most of the time.

LIMITS ⫻ (DO NOT FILL THIS OUT, I WILL PROVIDE IT FOR YOU)

WEAKNESSES ⫻ (DO NOT FILL THIS OUT, I WILL PROVIDE IT FOR YOU)

[Mixtape Ghost N]

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Any particular reason why this question was ignored?

@Prisk

I probably missed it because I've been going back and forth between school and work the last few days. But, the relationship table is completely optional (just recommended that you have some relations before the start of the RP).

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@Surtr Inc just want to clearly a few things about the limits and weaknesses for limits you mentioned that she can only manipulate sound waves that travel directly to or from her but sound waver don’t travel directly to or from anything unlike wind that will blow in a set direction sound waves act more like ripples in a puddle spreading out in all directions form the source of the sound that created them so could you explain what you mean by this because I am a little confused by it other than that the limits are fine

@PharaohAtem

I was tired last night when I wrote those... looking back, yeah, that doesn't make sense. So, yeah, I'll edit that out.

As for weakness I just a few questions with practice can she increase the time/ amount she can use her abilities before the side effects take hold? How long would the the side effects last? like her nausea for example and how long dose the nausea lasts after she stops using her powers is it like a hangover that last for a while after excessive use or dose it clear up fairly quickly as for the sound barrier I assume she can still see sound wave while this is up as you said it stops sound from flowing in or out of it but what about sound vibrations? for example you mentioned that she would effectively be deaf to sound while it was up but deaf people still play music although they don’t listen to it in the same sense we would they simply deal the vibrations the sound creates literally feeling the beat would this be possible with the barrier up? And finally would sound flow freely inside the barrier like would she be able to hear herself talk breathe or hear her music?

@PharaohAtem

1. I don't like putting numbers on everything (other than distance, of course), but I'd say that the nausea would take place immediately in lower amounts, and it'll last for a little while after she stops using her abstraction.

2. Karma can still hear her own sounds, or sounds uncomfortably close to herself, but she cannot hear anything else. She is also still able to see sound waves using her aura reading.

Hope that clears everything up.

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@Prosaic Martin is pretty good... just that his aura reading has waaaaaaaay too much range. I think one mile is good.

Here are his weaknesses/limits... I didn't give him too many because he's a bit on the lower scale.

LIMITS ⫻ Martin can only produce shadows in a line of sight radius, and any darkness he creates will fade if he breaks line of sight with it. He can cover around a fifteen meter radius in darkness, but the abstraction wears him down, so he can't do it for too long. On the other hand, this is one of the few Abstractions that the Awakened are not resistant to.

WEAKNESSES ⫻ On the other hand, Martin cannot see through his own darkness, and it renders him blind as anyone else. In addition, it is completely ineffective against extra-sensory abilities, aura reading, or any senses beyond sight.

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@Fernstone Min's abstraction is guuud. I'll write up Tuyan's abstraction first before I give him limits/weaknesses.

[Prosaic]

@Surtr Inc One mile works for me, I was honestly trying to shoot low with his aura range but I wasn't sure how low it was allowed to be.

I love the limits and weaknesses that you chose, it's funny to imagine him being just as blind and fumbling in his darkness as anyone else. Am I allowed to add him to the character tab?

[Mixtape Ghost N]

Am I allowed to add him to the character tab?

@Prosaic

Go ahead.

[PharaohAtem]

@Surtr Inc yeah that clers up everything those weakness should be pretty interesting in situations where she needs to use her powers repeatedly although i am still woundering if with practice could she increase the amout she can use her powers before she starts feeling nauseas?

[FernStone]

@Surtr Inc Sounds good to me, I'll move the two to the character tab when I have Tuyen's abstraction and the weaknesses then

[Mixtape Ghost N]

@Surtr Inc yeah that clers up everything those weakness should be pretty interesting in situations where she needs to use her powers repeatedly although i am still woundering if with practice could she increase the amout she can use her powers before she starts feeling nauseas?

@PharaohAtem

Perhaps she can gain a resistance to it over time - that would make sense. But, she would never be completely immune.

[PharaohAtem]

Ok i figured she would never become completely immune just wanted to know if her resistance to it would increase ok i will add the limits and weakness to the my cs

[Mixtape Ghost N]

LIMITS ⫻ Min's abstraction only works through touch, and it requires prolonged touch before he can pull deeper knowledge out of people and objects. He can get an object's entire history by holding it for around thirty minutes. However, he can force more information out faster if he focuses really hard. This is one of the few abilities that Awakened or other Extra-Normal beings are not immune or resistant to.

WEAKNESSES ⫻ Min's abstraction doesn't have too many weaknesses... other than potentially suffering an information overload if he tries to force too much information out of an object at such a short period of time. This causes him a massive headache, and makes it difficult for him to tell thought from information.

@FernStone

[Mixtape Ghost N]

Also guys, what kind of abstraction do you think Justin should have?

[Mixtape Ghost N]

Also, you all should probably start discussing relationships between characters... if any.

[PharaohAtem]

Also guys, what kind of abstraction do you think Justin should have?

@Surtr Inc

I personality would say Causality Manipulation the power to see and manipulate cause and effect or some variation of it this would tie in with his tendency to act before thinking as he would be able see how events unfold in advanced and manipulate the out come allowing him to think and act almost simultaneously and would also tie into his fear as he would be able to figure out the right opportunitys as well as the right time to act

[Atrophy]

@Surtr IncI said tomorrow yesterday, so I guess I gotta post this today or I'd look like a real jerk.

**Rita Vorona**

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"What? Do you have a question or something?"

[ 18 | 5’2” | Greek-Polish She/Her | 105 lbs ]

Doubt

APPEARANCE

”Is it normal to spend so much time in front of a mirror to end up looking this blasé?"

Rita’s mother has the body of a Greek goddess; Rita, unfortunately, takes after her father. Her brown eyes, already sunken and small to begin with, are bloodshot from a lack of sleep and an overabundance of allergies. Her fairly full lips only manage to form meager smiles on the occasion, her gap teeth that she hates always kept hidden from public in all but the most genuine of reactions. Her dark brown hair is straight and oily no matter what she does to it, with bangs that cover her thick eyebrows and the aftermath of a brutal battle with acne on her forehead from her adolescence. Her nose slants ever so slightly to the left from when she broke it, and there is a small scar underneath her chin from when she once fell off of her bike and clipped the corner of a brick. Her skin tone is fairly light, but her Greek roots do allow for her to get a rather wicked tan if she tries.

She’s a petite girl with a straight, modest build. Rita’s in fairly decent shape due to her constantly biking around town when she can, and she’d die before she admits it but she’s really proud of how her butt looks in jeans. Her clothes fit her very well, but her style is fairly conservative and has been described by one of her peers as “dad-esque”—collared shirts and cardigans paired with jeans and roughed-up white sneakers. The most risque she has ever been seen in public is capris and a polo with all but the bottom button unbuttoned. She almost never takes off the black “I <3 NY” bracelet that she wears on her right wrist, and she’s particularly fond of using vibrant hair scrunchies to contrast the drab, neutral tones of her outfits.

Rita manages to make herself always appear to be uncomfortable regardless of where she is, prone to unwarranted flinches and shrunken shoulders. Her face defaults to a pensive and distant stare, although one can truly tell when she is actually in deep thought by how intensely she is sucking in her lip. Her voice is quiet and tight, as if the act of speaking is a chore in it of itself, and an obvious Texan accent betrays her as not being a local.

PSYCHOLOGY

”Does anyone really know how to properly assess themselves?"

MAIN GOAL ⫻ The whole point of going to college is to get away from home and cripple yourself with debt through student loans, so mission accomplished. Otherwise, trying to actually settle on a future plan would be kind of important.

PHILOSOPHY ⫻ Life is chaos and coincidence, and the only way to get through it is to swim with the river and pray that it doesn’t rush her over a waterfall and smash her against some jagged rocks. There’s no certainty that what is true today will be tomorrow, and that sucks.

SECRETS ⫻ She keeps a journal and regularly writes poems. Somehow this deepy embarrasses her. Oh, and Rita is short for Margarita—and there’s no question about it, she was named for the drink.

DESIRES ⫻ In one of her more bitter moments she’d say that all she wants is to meet someone who isn’t a backbiting, selfish son of a bitch, but really she’s more looking to be accepted above anything else. Also, a motorcycle.

SEXUALITY ⫻ The few relationships she has had with boys always left her feeling more drained and defeated than anything. Still, she’s pretty certain that she is heterosexual, because her friendships with girls have typically made her feel even worse.

FEARS ⫻ Dolls. Something about their eyes and the way they are designed to be perfect doesn’t sit well with her. On a deeper level she fears betrayal and being rejected, but really there’s just something about the porcelain skin and the tiny little clothes of a doll that is just so creepy.

REPUTATION ⫻ Back home she was the mousy girl who read pretentious books in a desperate attempt to make herself appear more intelligent than she actually was. But now she’s a blank slate, open and ready to be painted as the “quiet one” yet again.

PET PEEVES ⫻ Lying is a big one, but she truly can’t stand people talking behind another’s back. Part of it is because she feels guilty for being associated with something she disagrees with, and part of it is because she fears that they must be talking about her when she is away. She has ruined more than a few budding friendships by directly confronting people about the nasty things they have said about someone in front of the person that they had been bad mouthing.

QUIRKS ⫻ Rita has a bad case of the fidgets. She’s a knee shaker, a toe tapper, a finger drummer, a pen clicker, a coin weaver, a hair curler, and just about anything else that can keep her hands and feet busy.

BACKSTORY

”Ready to be let down?"

Dear (New) Diary,

How does a girl born in a small town in Shithole, Texas end up moving to the even smaller town of Bumfuck, Montana? Well, the short answer is she’s taking a forty-four hour long Greyhound ride to attend Grand Ridge. That’s where the girl is at right now; stuck in the aisle seat next to a man with the world’s smallest bladder and the thirstiest mouth. The long answer is people. Three people, actually. Old Diary knew all about these people, but we don’t talk to Old Diary anymore. Old Diary is dead to me. We only have eyes for New Diary.

The first person was the mother. The girl lived with the mother in 3C of Sunshine Apartments, and for as long as she can remember the girl and the mother hated each other. The mother resented the girl—if it wasn’t for her, she could land herself a good man and get out of Shithole. The girl resented the mother—if it wasn’t for her, she wouldn’t have been born in Shithole. They could’ve called it even there, but then that’d require one of them to admitting that they were at fault. Plus, the girl felt that the crimes of the mother greatly outway the crimes of not being polite to the strange men that would claim to be the mother’s friend and then break her heart a week later. See, the girl was brutally teased by the boys who told her that they had seen her mom’s tits last weekend, which was obviously untrue in fifth grade but come highschool and fake IDs to get inside the strip club it had a chance to be accurate. Girls were even worse. They’d say, “Your mom is so pretty”, which meant “So why aren’t you?”

But, worst of all, the mother did not want the girl, she just wanted her freedom. Every year she asked “So, when are ya moving out?”and every year it became clearer that the question was not tongue-in-cheek.

But the father was perhaps worse than the mother. He was fun and kind, and the girl would spend weekends with him in Corpus Christi where they’d go to the beach or ride bikes. He’d buy her ridiculously expensive gifts for her birthday and for Christmas, and every summer they’d go travel together for a week. New York City was her favorite trip. It was also her last trip with him. When the girl was fifteen he gave her the best present somebody can possibly give someone—the truth. He had been married for the last eight years and had another daughter of seven, and now he felt like she was old enough to understand why it was impossible for her to permanently live with him.

I’m sure you already guessed it, New Diary, but the girl wasn't. She still isn’t. She doubts she’d every be old enough to understand that. But, even if she couldn’t understand it, she did know what he was saying: he didn’t want the girl, he just wanted a buddy.

Then there was her friend, not boyfriend. She wanted not boyfriend to be her boyfriend for years, but the girl was too stupid to say anything until senior year. After not boyfriend had been dating her best friend for a year. At prom. In front of everyone. While drunk. It was harrowing how embarrassing the entire thing was, and the girl ran out of the prom. Now, in the movie version of this story the not boyfriend would chase after her and admit that he liked her too and then they would kiss and the credits would roll and we’d assume everything worked out. In the real life version the not boyfriend did chase after her, and he admitted he liked her, and they did kiss, and then the credits did not roll and she screwed him, and then he didn’t talk to her the next day at school. And her best friend did not talk to her at the next day of school. And her best friend’s friends did not talk to her at the next day of school.

Eventually the girl heard through the grapevine that not boyfriend didn’t want the girl; he just wanted a girl before he went to college, and she was clearly more willing to put out than the one he had.

So the girl figured, hell, if they don’t want me in Texas, then I don’t want them either. She didn’t pick Grand Ridge because it was prestigious or because of its a good school to study to become an actuary, but because it was a forty-four hour bus ride from home. The girl struck herself a deal with a private room for the summer on Airbnb and hopped on a bus the week after she graduated. She was even invited by her future roommate to go on a camping trip with some other students. So, screw it, it’s time to shed her wallflower petals and turn a new leaf.

She really hopes this isn’t going to be some hazing bullshit.

Sincerely,

A girl named Margarita

P.S. thirty times. He went to the bathroom thirty times in forty-four hours.

SKILLS & TALENTS

”Should I put these on my résumé?"

Sewing ⫻ Rita can’t afford to purchase new clothes, so being able to patch up old outfits and properly fit thrift shop hauls is essential.

Cycling ⫻ She rides her bike almost every single day. Mostly it’s out of necessity—she doesn’t have a car—but she enjoys the exercise and finds it fun to ride. She even knows a few minor tricks that only result in her eating asphalt one out of every four times.

ABSTRACTION

"Can I ask you something?"

SIGIL & LOCATION ⫻ Four black lines circle the fingers on her left hand and then travel down her palm before terminating at the bend in her arm.

ABSTRACTION ⫻ Question Master, the ability to compel someone to tell the truth (and other fun things) by simply asking a question.

ABSTRACTION DESCRIPTION ⫻Question Master allows Rita to expel her doubt about others. Whenever she is in a conversation with someone that person is compelled to answer any of the questions she asks with what they believe to be the truth. This is not an ability she can will on or off: every single question she asks forces the answerer to give the truth if they heard her. The ability can only be focused on one individual at a time, directed through her maintaining eye contact on the target—so people around the corner who hear the question don’t feel obligated to chime in too. If she wants to let someone answer uninfluenced, she could always just avoid looking at them.

Her questions can range from narrow to broad, but the more specific or direct ones tend to wield better results as a person is compelled only to answer the question, not to compulsively tell the truth about every single thing they are keeping a secret. For example, asking if someone was lying would only get them to say yes or no, while asking what someone was lying about would get them to divulge a bit more information. Furthermore, asking someone about everything they lied about would result in them going down a laundry list of how far back they could remember. So, it’s best to be thoughtful in her probing.

The Blind cannot sense that she is making them answer her truthfully. However, they are fully aware of the words coming out of their mouths after they finish telling the truth. If they had intended to tell the truth than no harm no foul, but if they had intended to lie then they completely think that they just had a pretty harrowing slip of the tongue. This means that is rare for someone to sit down with Rita and air out all of their dirty laundry. After all, people tend to try to duck out of conversations pretty quickly once it gets awkward.

IN THE PRESENCE OF THE MOUNTAIN ⫻ She puts the master part into Question Master. Rita’s questions take on a much stronger influence in regards to the Blind. They become suggestions that people are compelled to follow, although just because she suggests someone does something it does not necessarily mean that they will succeed in whatever the act is. She still has to say it in a question like, “Why don’t you give me twenty dollars?” for it to take effect, but the action does not have to be immediate. For example, she could ask someone if they would leave town next Saturday and they would have to. Once a suggestion is fulfilled the person is no longer compelled to follow it, so to use the previous example the moment they left town on that Saturday they could just as well immediately head right back into it.

AURA SENSING ⫻ Rita’s aura works like a search engine for recent conversations. She can focus on key phrases or names and scan for conversations that have happened in a 30 meter radius within the last hour. Any positive results highlight the aura of the individual who had talked about the certain subject for 15 minutes. Undeniably, she frequently uses this to see if anyone has been talking about her behind her back.

LIMITS ⫻ (DO NOT FILL THIS OUT, I WILL PROVIDE IT FOR YOU)

WEAKNESSES ⫻ (DO NOT FILL THIS OUT, I WILL PROVIDE IT FOR YOU)

OTHER

"Seriously, aren’t you tired of asking questions?"

a poem, about texas

thorns

by r.v.

roses are red,
violets are blue.
actually no,
that’s not quiet true,
roses can be red,
but also white and pink and orange,
while violets are just violet,
obviously.

i guess like everything else,
they lied about that, too.

[Prosaic]

If anyone happens to want to have any connection with Martin, I'm down with anything. Just hmu.

[Mixtape Ghost N]

@Atrophy Accepted

LIMITS ⫻ Rita's abstraction suffers from two obvious limits; sound and eye contact. If nobody can hear her, they are immune. Same goes for those who aren't making eye contact with her. Rita's abstraction is interesting when it comes to other Awakened, they are resistant to it, but not completely immune. An Awakened that is unaware of her abstraction may find themselves unintentionally answering her questions, but they feel a psychic pull in their skull telling them that something is wrong. If they find out her Abstraction, then they'll be able to resist her abstraction.

WEAKNESSES ⫻ Rita's abstraction, not the strongest, has a peculiar weakness; she finds it difficult to lie herself. She unconsciously tells the truth even when it's foolish to do so, unless she tries extremely hard to lie - even then it comes out strained and forced.

[Mixtape Ghost N]

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I personality would say Causality Manipulation the power to see and manipulate cause and effect or some variation of it this would tie in with his tendency to act before thinking as he would be able see how events unfold in advanced and manipulate the out come allowing him to think and act almost simultaneously and would also tie into his fear as he would be able to figure out the right opportunitys as well as the right time to act

@PharaohAtem

I like the idea behind this! Anyone else have any other ideas?

[PharaohAtem]

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I like the idea behind this! Anyone else have any other ideas?

@Surtr Inc

Well if you want more ideas I could probably come up with a few more I only have your character a brief read the other day I skipped the backstory and only read his psychology but when I get home I could give it another look and come up with a few more ideas if you want different options to choose from