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Replace my bones with rats. I must writhe.
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4 mos ago
You either die a hero or live and do something else.
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5 mos ago
All fish dream of the stars.
6 mos ago
You cannot fathom my desire to install additional hinges in my bones.
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6 mos ago
People are always saying that murder is bad, but you know who never gets asked? The victims. I have no idea whether murder is okay or not, but I certainly know who we should be asking about it.
Genichiro hadn’t ever really been a fan of crowds. A few years ago he probably would have said it was all the noise that bothered him, but now, even as familiar as he’d become with listening to constant chatter Genichiro still felt uncomfortable. Perhaps it was time to just give in and admit he was a bit of an introvert. “Ne̴̯͋r̵͉̔d.” “Hav̸͙̏e yo̵͔͝u̴̺̾ trie̷͖̓d just̴͍̐ talki̸̹͊n̷̛̥g?” “Oḧ̷̠́,̶̛̹ I k̶̜͒no̴͚̿w! Why dő̷̘ṇ̵̚’t you jus̵̻̈́t as̴̃ͅk̸̬͛ me ho̵̻̕w to extr̷͎̈́o̵͎͠vert̶͐ͅ?” Of course, the chatter was particularly noisy right now, numerous excited streams of exposition and babble. Normally when they got this excited it meant Genichiro would be able to infer something out of the voices, but right now it seemed like the voices' interests were thoroughly divided making it hard to pick out any patterns. “S̷̢̿hi̴͈̚ny!̷͐ͅ Shin̴̙͋y̸͓̎! S̴̡̉hi̶͍͊ny!” “Are s̶̤͠w̷̖͋ŏ̷̡rds mea̸̘̓n̵͔͘t to ta̸͖͠l̸̍͜k?” “Whǎ̸̪t̵̡͠ doe̵̮͝s ̴̭͘k̷̩͠itsṳ̷͑n̸̪̽e tast̶͑͜e lį̴̉k̷̦͠e?” Ignoring some of the more detestable comments being made in his head, Genichiro scanned the room for a clue as to where he was meant to go. He hated doing things like this, it always ended up feeling awkward, looking around like he hadn't the first clue as to what he was meant to be doing, which admittedly was pretty much exactly the case. Worse yet would be having to go up and ask someone for directions, which it was looking like he’d inevitably have to do. Logically speaking most people were probably as confused as he was before their first mission, so it wasn’t like anyone was going to judge him too harshly, not that that thought helped. “Acẗ̶͍́û̸͇ally, eve̵̲͆ry̷͙̆one ju̴̜͌st haṭ̴͂es yo̷̬̿u!” “I’m g̴̪͝oing̵͚̾ to̵̼̽ pre̶̼͒t̸̪͛end not̶̬̂ to̷̦͝ kn̵̽ͅow yo̸͚̎u̷̩̔.” “Is tha̶͍̚t̴̼͆ man ̷̠̆a̴̘͘ dinő̵̹s̴̱͐aur?̸̯̈́” With a sigh, Genichiro approached the woman, or rather the man according to the voices, that appeared to be offering people bentos. “Um… you mentioned something about missions? You wouldn’t happen to know where I’m meant to go for those by any chance? Sorry, I’m kind of new here. To missions that is…” Genichiro glanced over at the bentos, trying to ignore several voices that were insisting that they were in fact poisoned or otherwise deadly weapons in disguise. “Please shut up... oh. Er- apologies, I didn’t mean you…” “Hah̶̠͝a̷̛͖hahǎ̸͚!̷̯͋” “Wel̴̟̕l̵̝̎ thi̵̱͝s is̷̝͛ embar̷͎̚r̶̙̀assing.” “I̴̝͘’̸͙̈́m teḻ̵̐l̶̼̑ing yo̶̝̍ü̸͙, t̶̜́haẗ̶̟́’s a bö̶͕́mb in disġ̷͔ų̷͒ise!̵̠̌”
I'll probably want to change some things when it isn't 4 am and I'm fully awake, but this is mostly done.
Genichiro Kirigaya
Age: 20 | Gender: Male | Class: Specialist, Rank 1
"Wh̵͇̀at doȇ̷̳s all t̷̤̾h̷̛̭at ma̷͋ͅṫ̷͕t̷͍͋er? Yö̶̭u're haṟ̸͝d̷̘̅ly a pe̶͈̚rson anyw̴̺͌ay."
Appearance:
Genichiro is a man of rather unassuming appearance, both in terms of physical characteristics and presentation. Scrawny, with dark hair and eyes, and a slightly bad posture, there’s nothing about Genichiro that really stands out in a crowd. Even in terms of clothing he’s dull, tending towards plain clothing and muted colours. "Ug̵̡̒l̷̹̊y.̴̖̈́" "I ̴͚̈t̴̜̎hi̵̳̔n̷̡͋k yo̸̦̐u're p̵̢̿retty..̶̫̇." "Wh̵̳̑ỳ̴̡ cą̷͑ń̶͉'t you j̷͇͆ust̶̹͐ lo̵̦̍o̸̻͑k lik̴̟̕e sö̴͕mḛ̴̈́o̵̯̔ne el̸̺͝s̶̱̏e?̶̬͑"
Personality:
Genichiro is very curious, the kind of person who desires to understand every new thing he sees, though nowadays he’s a little more cautious about that sort of thing than he used to be. "Ï̶͔ ș̵̿aid Ị̸̍ wa̸͈͝s̵͍̕ sor̷̪̓r̴̦͋y...̷̡̎" He could be described as being quite nerdy and certainly, he tends towards shyness when meeting new people, but he tries to be at least a little outgoing and gets over his shyness with new people quickly enough for it to be more of a barrier to entry than an ongoing hindrance when interacting with him. Hooking him with an interesting topic, particularly one rooted in science or philosophy is the most surefire way to break past his barriers. "F̸̤̌u̸̦̎ckin̵̝̍g̶͙͊ nerd̸̫̆!" "Lǫ̴͆ser̸͚̓!" "Doñ̷̦'̵̧͑t list̷̘͋e̵͖̿n ̴͚̿t̶̜̓o the̶̞̽m̶̘̈́, yó̴̬u̴̜͐ tasṱ̸͠e grȅ̶̹ả̷̻t tḣ̸̗e w̸̖̃ay̸̲̿ you̴̖͊ ̴͇̓arĕ̸͉." At times Genichiro can come across as a bit of a know it all, between being well studied and his tendency to correct people on minor technical details. He doesn’t really mean any harm by this, more that his own curiosity sees him wanting to know as much as possible himself and he assumes that others would also feel the same way and want to be corrected when they make mistakes. "You̴̥̿ thin̶̡͠k̵̹̎ you'̶͚̊ṟ̴͠e smar̵̪͊t? Ju̶̝̔s̵͔̀t wȃ̸̫ḯ̷̳t tiḽ̶̕l̴̜̀ yoů̷̮ get̵̬̍ a loà̴̙d̴̫̑ of us̸̛͉!" Genichiro expresses a strong sense of empathy and desire to do what he can to help others. He wishes to be able to use his aspect as a tool to further that goal and fully believes that he could use its knowledge to solve all manner of problems on a global scale and even improve living standards beyond that. Unfortunately, experience has led him to largely avoid the use of his aspect to any great extent, in service to that goal or otherwise, at least until he can get a better grip on his power. "Do̸͙̚n̶̰͑'̷͚̋t b̸̬͂e likê̸͎ ̵̫̊thȧ̷͕ṱ̷͛. Bĕ̵͉ ̴̧͐like̷͋ͅ ú̴͜s! We̴͉͐'̴͋͜re gre̶̛̹a̸̟͠t rol̸͈͊e mode̴̘͊l̵̲͆s!" In addition to his actual personality, tend to lead people into thinking he’s anywhere from weird to downright insane. His reactions to his aspects commentary, tendency to talk to himself, a habit of doing several things at once, and depending on how many questions he’s asked recently, sudden and erratic changes in personality, all tend to arouse suspicion in those around Genichiro, especially considering that without any physical manifestation to his aspect, as is common in most specialists, his behaviors are somewhat harder to dismiss as supernatural bullshit to outside observers. "I̷̭͠ ̶̗͂AM Á̸̺ FU̵̫͠C̶͚̆KING̴̔ͅ ̴̛̟DḬ̵̚N̸͚͂OSÃ̵͓Ù̵͎R!!̷̧̊ MO̶̹̓O̷̥̍!" "Sh̴̙̃ù̸͕t up̴̘̄ alre̴̳͑a̷̞̽dy.̴̱͆"
History:
As far as most people that care to ask are concerned, up until the accident and even a while beyond it, Genichiro led a pretty normal life as a student, academically gifted and from a family on the poorer side of things, but otherwise perfectly normal. When he was 17 however, Genichiro got into a traffic accident and from there, things went downhill pretty quickly. While the injuries themselves weren’t anything that he wasn’t able to recover from, it certainly didn’t help with the rough patch his family was going through financially, and worse still, proceeding the event Genichiro gradually began to hear whispers, ones that seemed to grow in variety and intensity as time went on. "Plë̸͕a̵͕̾se sto̶͘ͅṕ̸͚, it'̵̞̓s em̷̞̔b̸̛̰arr̷̽͜aṡ̸̢s̵̡̃ing wĥ̶̥e̵̡͝n yȏ̴̫ṳ̶͒ tal̷̩̎k̷͇̑ ab̶̠̐o̷̜̚ut ̴̹̃us̴̥͂!̸̣̃" Not wanting to further burden his family, Genichiro had kept quiet about his problem. He found he could, at least a first, ignore the voices if he tried hard enough. It was hard at times to ignore some of the nastier comments the voices made, especially as they grew more numerous, but Genichiro figured that it would have to stop getting worse eventually and when that happened, he could simply learn to live with it. "He̶̯̋h̴̖́e" "Gö̷̻o̸͉͗d i̴̞͐d̵̡̾ea tḫ̴̉a̷̜̓t.̷̜̀" When the voices started telling him things that he himself didn’t already know Genichiro responded with denial, reasoning away any possibility of the supernatural. Knowing things about people he shouldn’t? Must have overheard someone gossiping. Knowledge of events halfway around the world? Probably heard it on TV. Things he was certain he hadn’t learned anywhere? It was probably like deja vu and his brain was simply drawing connections that didn’t actually exist. Genichiro likes to tell people that it wasn’t until the day he said he’d believe it if he were given the winning lotto numbers and he actually was, that he began to believe that there might be something more to the voices than simple head trauma. "N̷̡̈ō̷͔thiň̴̻' t̵̼͘o̶͔̕ sȩ̴̎e he̴̪̊r̷͉̕e..̴̒ͅ." Things moved quickly after he realised that he could just speak to the voices and for the most part they seemed eager to talk, especially if that entailed Genichiro asking them questions, though some answers were seemingly off-limits. He had a plan now, he’d finish off his schooling with flying colours and move on to pursue higher education, making a tonne of money on the side while did so, he certainly wouldn’t be a burden if he could pull that off, and with the voices doing so would be trivial. After that maybe he could revolutionise medicine or something. "Is̸̳̐ t̸͎̉hat leg̷͍͂ã̴͍l?" "Sh̷̘͆u̴̟͛t up, w̷̥̏e go̸̼̿n̸̡̋na b̴̻̑e lo̷̯̿a̸̹͐ded̵̥̾!" Genichiro's plan at first went off without a hitch, and though those close to him noticed a gradual change in his personality as he became more reliant on the voices for guidance, becoming more erratic and distractible as he went along, no one really wanted to comment on it. While he’d been good at academics before, now he was actively thriving. It wasn’t until he’d finished with secondary education that his occupants decided they were done with the waiting game and things took a turn for the worse. "Th̴͍̎ĩ̷̩ngs a̵̩̅b̷̠̋out t̴̨̽o̶̠̐ ge̸̛̜t goȍ̵͇d̶̘̽!" What happened next isn’t exactly something that Genichiro is willing to talk about and the specifics have been kept pretty much confidential by the agency. What is know is that Genichiro asked his aspect too many questions in a short period of time and without knowledge of what price to doing so was and that as a result, Genichiro ended up causing quite a bit of damage before the agency was able to detain him. "Yȍ̴̜u̸̢͆ cut̵͉͋ of̵̳̒f̶̪̄ tẖ̸͒e be̵̖͌s̷̗̈t pa̴̘͌rṫ̵̤!" "T̸͈̈́h̸̛̻at wa̸̙͝s fu̶̻͝n̸͎̍!" "I̶̖̓ w̴͔͆antę̶̈́d̵̟̈ tǒ̵̻ ̸̼̇keep̴̠̄ play̴̝̿i̷̯͂ng.̴͖͗.̸̺͗." In the almost two years since then the growth of his aspect has slowed down significantly and Genichiro has spent his time split between his studies and gaining better control over his aspect. While he’s had very limited success thus far with resisting the drawbacks to his aspect, he has picked up a couple of tricks to prevent himself from going too far.
"You̶͉͂ ̷͉̿havë̴̩́ ̸̜̋nȏ̷͙ frien̸̞͠d̴͍̅s!"
Class Details:
Myriad of Voices: Genichiro’s mind is inhabited by a multitude of voices in various states of insanity and disrepair ranging from psychopathy to addiction to raving lunacy. The voices have concrete personalities, at least as much as their insanity will allow for, and often speak in ways that would suggest histories outside of Genichiro’s head, but even then their stories are riddled with enough holes, contradictions and downright impossibilities, to make it doubtful as to whether anything they are saying is true. It doesn’t help that the voices universally refuse to answer questions as to their nature. "Gu̶ỳ̴͜s! Thä̴̩́t̵̺͋'s us̶̫̚!" It isn’t exactly clear exactly how many voices there are living in Genichiro’s head, save for the fact that it is an incredibly large number and occasionally new voices will manifest seemingly out of the blue. The number of voices actually active at any given time is far lower, varying from half a dozen or so to an overwhelming amount, dependent on how interesting things are outside for the voices.
Multitasking: A side effect of his aspect, Genichiro is able to focus on multiple things at once as long as he concentrates. Notably, it is incredibly easy for Genichiro to keep track of a large number of conversations at once, though with some difficulty he is able to direct this multitasking ability in other directions.
Limited Omniscience: While they probably aren’t actually omniscient the voices definitely know a hell of a lot more than they should be able to, collectively possessing a seemingly bottomless wealth of information both general and personal even when there should be no possible way for them to have learned something. "Wè̵̩ ̵̹͗s̸̲̈́ee yo̶̠̊u̵͚͛!" "C̵̦͛an't̵͖̿ ̶̰̃hid̸̘̏ĕ̸̮ fró̷͓m̴̟͠ uș̴̓!" "Yo̸̲̽u ġ̶͇u̶̡͗y's arë̸ͅ cre̴͇͝e̸̠̅py.̵̫͗" The voices are more than happy to answer Genichiro’s questions, actively encouraging it in fact, and will generally answer him truthfully or at the very least make it very obvious when they aren’t. While this means Genichiro technically has access to expert level knowledge on pretty much any subject including secrets or otherwise unknown information, accessing it doesn’t come without a cost. Each question he asks is paid in a loss of sanity depending on the scope of the question asked and while time will see his mind recover the traded sanity Genichiro progressively becomes more easily influenced by the voices as he loses the plot and cannot tell at any moment how much of his normal mind he retains. It also becomes easier for Genichiro to interpret and carry out his aspects instructions as his sanity crumbles.
Commentary: Unlike many specialists Genichiro doesn’t have any enhanced senses of his own, save for an enhanced ability to process the chatter of the voices, however, having spent so long listening to the constant commentary on pretty much everything relates to himself, his surroundings or any major external events that draw the voices interest, Genichiro has learned how to extrapolate the commentary into a useful if often, cryptic source of information as to what’s going on. "Oh̶̨͒,̵̥̌ shḭ̸̏n̸͉͐y!" "Ar̷̖̀ẹ̸́ we̴͚̓ al̶͙͆l ju̸̡͠st ign̵̪͐o̶̠͘ring̸͈͗ th̶͈̾e ̶̳̚d̸̛̳rag̴̱͆ō̶̘n?" The exact amount of information Genichiro can gain from this fluctuates depending on the stimulus, with the voices being far more willing to talk about some things than others and the amount of interest generated amongst the voices having an effect on just how many speak. Generally, at least the broad strokes of things are pretty easy to pick up on with more specific details being increasingly hard to pick up on unless Genichiro starts asking questions. "Let̸͍͐'̸̨̒s adḓ̶̈́r̵̦̓es̷̙̿s̴͕̽ the elep̵̞͆h̷͈̐ant in̵͖̂ th̵̩̾ḙ̸́ ro̶̺̕ò̸̖m...̶̫͐ halfw̶̧͠a̷͔̽y acrõ̴͖ṣ̷̉s th̵͉́e w̸̖͛orld̴̼̋." Occasionally, the voices give away pieces of information for free, primarily snippets of information in excruciating detail, though sometimes with key details missing. They tend only to do this when doing so would cause something interesting to happen and pretty much never if they think they could get Genichiro to ask them about it himself.
Psychic Protection: The voices are highly possessive of Genichiro’s mind, any attempts at mind-reading, telepathic communication or other connections are met with vicious hostility from the voices, resulting in the offending subjects being quickly shunted out, usually suffering from short term migraines and confusion. Other attempts at divination have also been known to occasionally show incorrect or downright nonsensical information where Genichiro is involved.
"W̴̬͆ẻ̶̳ don'̵̰̎t ṱ̷͝a̷͇͒ke to̴̼̾ō̴̟ k̶̰̒indļ̸̾y to ̸̩̍yo̴̧̿ur kin̴̙͒d̶̹͆ arouņ̵͝d̷̗̿ heṟ̸͝e̸͔̒."
I just reallised that I should probably make it clear that I'm still around and that I'm planning to post now that uni has eased up a little. Somehow it only just occured to me that periodically refreshing the page on my phone without acctually being logged in, might make it appear as though I wasn't still here.
I'll probably want to change some things when it isn't 4 am and I'm fully awake, but this is mostly done.
Genichiro Kirigaya
Age: 20 | Gender: Male | Class: Specialist, Rank 1
"Wh̵͇̀at doȇ̷̳s all t̷̤̾h̷̛̭at ma̷͋ͅṫ̷͕t̷͍͋er? Yö̶̭u're haṟ̸͝d̷̘̅ly a pe̶͈̚rson anyw̴̺͌ay."
Appearance:
Genichiro is a man of rather unassuming appearance, both in terms of physical characteristics and presentation. Scrawny, with dark hair and eyes, and a slightly bad posture, there’s nothing about Genichiro that really stands out in a crowd. Even in terms of clothing he’s dull, tending towards plain clothing and muted colours. "Ug̵̡̒l̷̹̊y.̴̖̈́" "I ̴͚̈t̴̜̎hi̵̳̔n̷̡͋k yo̸̦̐u're p̵̢̿retty..̶̫̇." "Wh̵̳̑ỳ̴̡ cą̷͑ń̶͉'t you j̷͇͆ust̶̹͐ lo̵̦̍o̸̻͑k lik̴̟̕e sö̴͕mḛ̴̈́o̵̯̔ne el̸̺͝s̶̱̏e?̶̬͑"
Personality:
Genichiro is very curious, the kind of person who desires to understand every new thing he sees, though nowadays he’s a little more cautious about that sort of thing than he used to be. "Ï̶͔ ș̵̿aid Ị̸̍ wa̸͈͝s̵͍̕ sor̷̪̓r̴̦͋y...̷̡̎" He could be described as being quite nerdy and certainly, he tends towards shyness when meeting new people, but he tries to be at least a little outgoing and gets over his shyness with new people quickly enough for it to be more of a barrier to entry than an ongoing hindrance when interacting with him. Hooking him with an interesting topic, particularly one rooted in science or philosophy is the most surefire way to break past his barriers. "F̸̤̌u̸̦̎ckin̵̝̍g̶͙͊ nerd̸̫̆!" "Lǫ̴͆ser̸͚̓!" "Doñ̷̦'̵̧͑t list̷̘͋e̵͖̿n ̴͚̿t̶̜̓o the̶̞̽m̶̘̈́, yó̴̬u̴̜͐ tasṱ̸͠e grȅ̶̹ả̷̻t tḣ̸̗e w̸̖̃ay̸̲̿ you̴̖͊ ̴͇̓arĕ̸͉." At times Genichiro can come across as a bit of a know it all, between being well studied and his tendency to correct people on minor technical details. He doesn’t really mean any harm by this, more that his own curiosity sees him wanting to know as much as possible himself and he assumes that others would also feel the same way and want to be corrected when they make mistakes. "You̴̥̿ thin̶̡͠k̵̹̎ you'̶͚̊ṟ̴͠e smar̵̪͊t? Ju̶̝̔s̵͔̀t wȃ̸̫ḯ̷̳t tiḽ̶̕l̴̜̀ yoů̷̮ get̵̬̍ a loà̴̙d̴̫̑ of us̸̛͉!" Genichiro expresses a strong sense of empathy and desire to do what he can to help others. He wishes to be able to use his aspect as a tool to further that goal and fully believes that he could use its knowledge to solve all manner of problems on a global scale and even improve living standards beyond that. Unfortunately, experience has led him to largely avoid the use of his aspect to any great extent, in service to that goal or otherwise, at least until he can get a better grip on his power. "Do̸͙̚n̶̰͑'̷͚̋t b̸̬͂e likê̸͎ ̵̫̊thȧ̷͕ṱ̷͛. Bĕ̵͉ ̴̧͐like̷͋ͅ ú̴͜s! We̴͉͐'̴͋͜re gre̶̛̹a̸̟͠t rol̸͈͊e mode̴̘͊l̵̲͆s!" In addition to his actual personality, tend to lead people into thinking he’s anywhere from weird to downright insane. His reactions to his aspects commentary, tendency to talk to himself, a habit of doing several things at once, and depending on how many questions he’s asked recently, sudden and erratic changes in personality, all tend to arouse suspicion in those around Genichiro, especially considering that without any physical manifestation to his aspect, as is common in most specialists, his behaviors are somewhat harder to dismiss as supernatural bullshit to outside observers. "I̷̭͠ ̶̗͂AM Á̸̺ FU̵̫͠C̶͚̆KING̴̔ͅ ̴̛̟DḬ̵̚N̸͚͂OSÃ̵͓Ù̵͎R!!̷̧̊ MO̶̹̓O̷̥̍!" "Sh̴̙̃ù̸͕t up̴̘̄ alre̴̳͑a̷̞̽dy.̴̱͆"
History:
As far as most people that care to ask are concerned, up until the accident and even a while beyond it, Genichiro led a pretty normal life as a student, academically gifted and from a family on the poorer side of things, but otherwise perfectly normal. When he was 17 however, Genichiro got into a traffic accident and from there, things went downhill pretty quickly. While the injuries themselves weren’t anything that he wasn’t able to recover from, it certainly didn’t help with the rough patch his family was going through financially, and worse still, proceeding the event Genichiro gradually began to hear whispers, ones that seemed to grow in variety and intensity as time went on. "Plë̸͕a̵͕̾se sto̶͘ͅṕ̸͚, it'̵̞̓s em̷̞̔b̸̛̰arr̷̽͜aṡ̸̢s̵̡̃ing wĥ̶̥e̵̡͝n yȏ̴̫ṳ̶͒ tal̷̩̎k̷͇̑ ab̶̠̐o̷̜̚ut ̴̹̃us̴̥͂!̸̣̃" Not wanting to further burden his family, Genichiro had kept quiet about his problem. He found he could, at least a first, ignore the voices if he tried hard enough. It was hard at times to ignore some of the nastier comments the voices made, especially as they grew more numerous, but Genichiro figured that it would have to stop getting worse eventually and when that happened, he could simply learn to live with it. "He̶̯̋h̴̖́e" "Gö̷̻o̸͉͗d i̴̞͐d̵̡̾ea tḫ̴̉a̷̜̓t.̷̜̀" When the voices started telling him things that he himself didn’t already know Genichiro responded with denial, reasoning away any possibility of the supernatural. Knowing things about people he shouldn’t? Must have overheard someone gossiping. Knowledge of events halfway around the world? Probably heard it on TV. Things he was certain he hadn’t learned anywhere? It was probably like deja vu and his brain was simply drawing connections that didn’t actually exist. Genichiro likes to tell people that it wasn’t until the day he said he’d believe it if he were given the winning lotto numbers and he actually was, that he began to believe that there might be something more to the voices than simple head trauma. "N̷̡̈ō̷͔thiň̴̻' t̵̼͘o̶͔̕ sȩ̴̎e he̴̪̊r̷͉̕e..̴̒ͅ." Things moved quickly after he realised that he could just speak to the voices and for the most part they seemed eager to talk, especially if that entailed Genichiro asking them questions, though some answers were seemingly off-limits. He had a plan now, he’d finish off his schooling with flying colours and move on to pursue higher education, making a tonne of money on the side while did so, he certainly wouldn’t be a burden if he could pull that off, and with the voices doing so would be trivial. After that maybe he could revolutionise medicine or something. "Is̸̳̐ t̸͎̉hat leg̷͍͂ã̴͍l?" "Sh̷̘͆u̴̟͛t up, w̷̥̏e go̸̼̿n̸̡̋na b̴̻̑e lo̷̯̿a̸̹͐ded̵̥̾!" Genichiro's plan at first went off without a hitch, and though those close to him noticed a gradual change in his personality as he became more reliant on the voices for guidance, becoming more erratic and distractible as he went along, no one really wanted to comment on it. While he’d been good at academics before, now he was actively thriving. It wasn’t until he’d finished with secondary education that his occupants decided they were done with the waiting game and things took a turn for the worse. "Th̴͍̎ĩ̷̩ngs a̵̩̅b̷̠̋out t̴̨̽o̶̠̐ ge̸̛̜t goȍ̵͇d̶̘̽!" What happened next isn’t exactly something that Genichiro is willing to talk about and the specifics have been kept pretty much confidential by the agency. What is know is that Genichiro asked his aspect too many questions in a short period of time and without knowledge of what price to doing so was and that as a result, Genichiro ended up causing quite a bit of damage before the agency was able to detain him. "Yȍ̴̜u̸̢͆ cut̵͉͋ of̵̳̒f̶̪̄ tẖ̸͒e be̵̖͌s̷̗̈t pa̴̘͌rṫ̵̤!" "T̸͈̈́h̸̛̻at wa̸̙͝s fu̶̻͝n̸͎̍!" "I̶̖̓ w̴͔͆antę̶̈́d̵̟̈ tǒ̵̻ ̸̼̇keep̴̠̄ play̴̝̿i̷̯͂ng.̴͖͗.̸̺͗." In the almost two years since then the growth of his aspect has slowed down significantly and Genichiro has spent his time split between his studies and gaining better control over his aspect. While he’s had very limited success thus far with resisting the drawbacks to his aspect, he has picked up a couple of tricks to prevent himself from going too far.
"You̶͉͂ ̷͉̿havë̴̩́ ̸̜̋nȏ̷͙ frien̸̞͠d̴͍̅s!"
Class Details:
Myriad of Voices: Genichiro’s mind is inhabited by a multitude of voices in various states of insanity and disrepair ranging from psychopathy to addiction to raving lunacy. The voices have concrete personalities, at least as much as their insanity will allow for, and often speak in ways that would suggest histories outside of Genichiro’s head, but even then their stories are riddled with enough holes, contradictions and downright impossibilities, to make it doubtful as to whether anything they are saying is true. It doesn’t help that the voices universally refuse to answer questions as to their nature. "Gu̶ỳ̴͜s! Thä̴̩́t̵̺͋'s us̶̫̚!" It isn’t exactly clear exactly how many voices there are living in Genichiro’s head, save for the fact that it is an incredibly large number and occasionally new voices will manifest seemingly out of the blue. The number of voices actually active at any given time is far lower, varying from half a dozen or so to an overwhelming amount, dependent on how interesting things are outside for the voices.
Multitasking: A side effect of his aspect, Genichiro is able to focus on multiple things at once as long as he concentrates. Notably, it is incredibly easy for Genichiro to keep track of a large number of conversations at once, though with some difficulty he is able to direct this multitasking ability in other directions.
Limited Omniscience: While they probably aren’t actually omniscient the voices definitely know a hell of a lot more than they should be able to, collectively possessing a seemingly bottomless wealth of information both general and personal even when there should be no possible way for them to have learned something. "Wè̵̩ ̵̹͗s̸̲̈́ee yo̶̠̊u̵͚͛!" "C̵̦͛an't̵͖̿ ̶̰̃hid̸̘̏ĕ̸̮ fró̷͓m̴̟͠ uș̴̓!" "Yo̸̲̽u ġ̶͇u̶̡͗y's arë̸ͅ cre̴͇͝e̸̠̅py.̵̫͗" The voices are more than happy to answer Genichiro’s questions, actively encouraging it in fact, and will generally answer him truthfully or at the very least make it very obvious when they aren’t. While this means Genichiro technically has access to expert level knowledge on pretty much any subject including secrets or otherwise unknown information, accessing it doesn’t come without a cost. Each question he asks is paid in a loss of sanity depending on the scope of the question asked and while time will see his mind recover the traded sanity Genichiro progressively becomes more easily influenced by the voices as he loses the plot and cannot tell at any moment how much of his normal mind he retains. It also becomes easier for Genichiro to interpret and carry out his aspects instructions as his sanity crumbles.
Commentary: Unlike many specialists Genichiro doesn’t have any enhanced senses of his own, save for an enhanced ability to process the chatter of the voices, however, having spent so long listening to the constant commentary on pretty much everything relates to himself, his surroundings or any major external events that draw the voices interest, Genichiro has learned how to extrapolate the commentary into a useful if often, cryptic source of information as to what’s going on. "Oh̶̨͒,̵̥̌ shḭ̸̏n̸͉͐y!" "Ar̷̖̀ẹ̸́ we̴͚̓ al̶͙͆l ju̸̡͠st ign̵̪͐o̶̠͘ring̸͈͗ th̶͈̾e ̶̳̚d̸̛̳rag̴̱͆ō̶̘n?" The exact amount of information Genichiro can gain from this fluctuates depending on the stimulus, with the voices being far more willing to talk about some things than others and the amount of interest generated amongst the voices having an effect on just how many speak. Generally, at least the broad strokes of things are pretty easy to pick up on with more specific details being increasingly hard to pick up on unless Genichiro starts asking questions. "Let̸͍͐'̸̨̒s adḓ̶̈́r̵̦̓es̷̙̿s̴͕̽ the elep̵̞͆h̷͈̐ant in̵͖̂ th̵̩̾ḙ̸́ ro̶̺̕ò̸̖m...̶̫͐ halfw̶̧͠a̷͔̽y acrõ̴͖ṣ̷̉s th̵͉́e w̸̖͛orld̴̼̋." Occasionally, the voices give away pieces of information for free, primarily snippets of information in excruciating detail, though sometimes with key details missing. They tend only to do this when doing so would cause something interesting to happen and pretty much never if they think they could get Genichiro to ask them about it himself.
Psychic Protection: The voices are highly possessive of Genichiro’s mind, any attempts at mind-reading, telepathic communication or other connections are met with vicious hostility from the voices, resulting in the offending subjects being quickly shunted out, usually suffering from short term migraines and confusion. Other attempts at divination have also been known to occasionally show incorrect or downright nonsensical information where Genichiro is involved.
"W̴̬͆ẻ̶̳ don'̵̰̎t ṱ̷͝a̷͇͒ke to̴̼̾ō̴̟ k̶̰̒indļ̸̾y to ̸̩̍yo̴̧̿ur kin̴̙͒d̶̹͆ arouņ̵͝d̷̗̿ heṟ̸͝e̸͔̒."
Okay, here’s version 2. Still need to finish off and tidy up some things, work on colours and actually give this guy a name (if anyone has any suggestions on that front it wouldn't go unappreciated).
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Age: 20 | Gender: Male | Class: Specialist Rank 1
"Wh̵͇̀at doȇ̷̳s all t̷̤̾h̷̛̭at ma̷͋ͅṫ̷͕t̷͍͋er? Yö̶̭u're haṟ̸͝d̷̘̅ly a pe̶͈̚rson anyw̴̺͌ay."
Appearance:
### is a man of rather unassuming appearance, both in terms of physical characteristics and presentation. Scrawny, with dark hair and eyes, and a slightly bad posture, there’s nothing about ### that really stands out in a crowd. Even in terms of clothing he’s dull, tending towards plain clothing and muted colours. "Ug̵̡̒l̷̹̊y.̴̖̈́" "I ̴͚̈t̴̜̎hi̵̳̔n̷̡͋k yo̸̦̐u're p̵̢̿retty..̶̫̇." "Wh̵̳̑ỳ̴̡ cą̷͑ń̶͉'t you lo̵̦̍o̸̻͑k lik̴̟̕e that̷͎͝?̶̬͑"
Personality:
### is very curious, the kind of person who desires to understand every new thing he sees, though nowadays he’s a little more cautious about that sort of thing then he used to be. "Ï̶͔ ș̵̿aid Ị̸̍ wa̸͈͝s̵͍̕ sor̷̪̓r̴̦͋y...̷̡̎" He could be described as being quite nerdy and certainly, he tends towards shyness when meeting new people, but he tries to be at least a little outgoing and gets over his shyness with new people quickly enough for it to be more of a barrier to entry than an ongoing hindrance when interacting with him. Hooking him with an interesting topic, particularly one rooted in science or philosophy is the most surefire way to break past his barriers. "F̸̤̌u̸̦̎ckin̵̝̍g̶͙͊ nerd̸̫̆! " "Lǫ̴͆ser̸͚̓!" "Doñ̷̦'̵̧͑t list̷̘͋e̵͖̿n ̴͚̿t̶̜̓o the̶̞̽m̶̘̈́, yó̴̬u̴̜͐ tasṱ̸͠e grȅ̶̹ả̷̻t tḣ̸̗e w̸̖̃ay̸̲̿ you̴̖͊ ̴͇̓arĕ̸͉." At times ### can come across as a bit of a know it all, between being well studied and his tendency to correct people on minor technical details. He doesn’t really mean any harm by this, more that his own curiosity sees him wanting to know as much as possible himself and he assumes that others would also feel the same way and want to be corrected when they make mistakes. "You̴̥̿ thin̶̡͠k̵̹̎ you'̶͚̊ṟ̴͠e smar̵̪͊t? Ju̶̝̔s̵͔̀t wȃ̸̫ḯ̷̳t tiḽ̶̕l̴̜̀ yoů̷̮ get̵̬̍ a loà̴̙d̴̫̑ of us̸̛͉!" ### expresses a strong sense of empathy and desire to do what he can to help others. He wishes to be able to use his aspect as a tool to further that goal, believing that he could use its knowledge to solve all manner of problems on a global scale and even improve living standards beyond that. Unfortunately, experience has led him to largely avoid the use of his aspect to any great extent, in service to that goal or otherwise, at least until he can get a better grip on his power. "Do̸͙̚n̶̰͑'̷͚̋t b̸̬͂e likê̸͎ ̵̫̊thȧ̷͕ṱ̷͛. Bĕ̵͉ ̴̧͐like̷͋ͅ ú̴͜s! We̴͉͐'̴͋͜re gre̶̛̹a̸̟͠t rol̸͈͊e mode̴̘͊l̵̲͆s!" In addition to his actual personality, tend to lead people into thinking he’s anywhere from weird to downright insane. His reactions to his aspects commentary, tendency to talk to himself, a habit of doing several things at once, and depending on how many questions he’s asked recently, sudden and erratic changes in personality, all tend to arouse suspicion in those around ###, especially considering that without any physical manifestation to his aspect, as is common in most specialists, his behaviours are somewhat harder to dismiss as supernatural bullshit to outside observers. "I̷̭͠ ̶̗͂AM Á̸̺ FU̵̫͠C̶͚̆KING̴̔ͅ ̴̛̟DḬ̵̚N̸͚͂OSÃ̵͓Ù̵͎R!!̷̧̊ MO̶̹̓O̷̥̍!" "Sh̴̙̃ù̸͕t up̴̘̄ alre̴̳͑a̷̞̽dy.̴̱͆"
History:
As far as most people that care to ask are concerned, up until the accident and even a while beyond it, ### led a pretty normal life as a student, academically gifted and from a family on the poorer side of things, but otherwise perfectly normal. When he was 17 however, ### got into a traffic accident and from there, things went downhill pretty quickly. While the injuries themselves weren’t anything that he wasn’t able to recover from, it certainly didn’t help with the rough patch his family was going through financially, and worse still, proceeding the event ### gradually began to hear whispers, ones that seemed to grow in variety and intensity as time went on. "Plë̸͕a̵͕̾se sto̶͘ͅṕ̸͚, it'̵̞̓s em̷̞̔b̸̛̰arr̷̽͜aṡ̸̢s̵̡̃ing wĥ̶̥e̵̡͝n yȏ̴̫ṳ̶͒ tal̷̩̎k̷͇̑ ab̶̠̐o̷̜̚ut ̴̹̃us̴̥͂!̸̣̃" Not wanting to further burden his family, ### had kept quiet about his problem. He found he could, at least a first, ignore the voices if he tried hard enough. It was hard at times to ignore some of the nastier comments the voices made, especially as they grew more numerous, but ### figured that it would have to stop getting worse eventually and when that happened, he could simply learn to live with it. "He̶̯̋h̴̖́e" "Gö̷̻o̸͉͗d i̴̞͐d̵̡̾ea tḫ̴̉a̷̜̓t.̷̜̀" When the voices started telling him things that he himself didn’t already know ### responded with denial, reasoning away any possibility of the supernatural. Knowing things about people he shouldn’t? Must have overheard someone gossiping. Knowledge of events halfway around the world? Probably heard it on TV. Things he was certain he hadn’t learned anywhere? It was probably like deja vu and his brain was simply drawing connections that didn’t actually exist. ### likes to tell people that it wasn’t until the day he said he’d believe it if he were given the winning lotto numbers and he actually was, that he began to believe that there might be something more to the voices than simple head trauma. "N̷̡̈ō̷͔thiň̴̻' t̵̼͘o̶͔̕ sȩ̴̎e he̴̪̊r̷͉̕e..̴̒ͅ." Things moved quickly after he realised that he could just speak to the voices and for the most part they seemed eager to talk, especially if that entailed ### asking them questions, though some answers were seemingly off-limits. He had a plan now, he’d finish off his schooling with flying colours and move on to pursue higher education, making a tonne of money on the side while did so, he certainly wouldn’t be a burden if he could pull that off, and with the voices doing so would be trivial. After that maybe he could revolutionise medicine or something. "Is̸̳̐ t̸͎̉hat leg̷͍͂ã̴͍l?" "Sh̷̘͆u̴̟͛t up, w̷̥̏e go̸̼̿n̸̡̋na b̴̻̑e lo̷̯̿a̸̹͐ded̵̥̾!" ### plan at first went off without a hitch, and though those close to him noticed a gradual change in his personality as he became more reliant on the voices for guidance, becoming more erratic and distractible as he went along, no one really wanted to comment on it. While he’d been good at academics before, now he was actively thriving. It wasn’t until he’d finished with secondary education that his occupants decided they were done with the waiting game and things took a turn for the worse. "Th̴͍̎ĩ̷̩ngs a̵̩̅b̷̠̋out t̴̨̽o̶̠̐ ge̸̛̜t goȍ̵͇d̶̘̽!" What happened next isn’t exactly something that ### is willing to talk about and the specifics have been kept pretty much confidential by the agency. What is know is that ### asked his aspect too many questions in a short period of time and without knowledge of what price to doing so was and that as a result ### ended up causing quite a bit of damage before the agency was able to detain him. "Yȍ̴̜u̸̢͆ cut̵͉͋ of̵̳̒f̶̪̄ tẖ̸͒e be̵̖͌s̷̗̈t pa̴̘͌rṫ̵̤!" "T̸͈̈́h̸̛̻at wa̸̙͝s fu̶̻͝n̸͎̍!" "I̶̖̓ w̴͔͆antę̶̈́d̵̟̈ tǒ̵̻ ̸̼̇keep̴̠̄ play̴̝̿i̷̯͂ng.̴͖͗.̸̺͗." In the almost two years since then the growth of his aspect has slowed down significantly and ### has spent his time split between his studies and gaining better control over his aspect. While he’s had very limited success thus far with resisting the drawbacks to his aspect, he has picked up a couple of tricks to prevent himself from going too far.
"You̶͉͂ ̷͉̿havë̴̩́ ̸̜̋nȏ̷͙ frien̸̞͠d̴͍̅s!"
Class Details:
Myriad of Voices: ###’s mind is inhabited by a multitude of voices in various states of insanity and disrepair ranging from psychopathy to addiction to raving lunacy. The voices have concrete personalities, at least as much as their insanity will allow for, and often speak in ways that would suggest histories outside of ###’s head, but even then their stories are riddled with enough holes, contradictions and downright impossibilities, to make it doubtful as to whether anything they are saying is true. It doesn’t help that the voices universally refuse to answer questions as to their nature. "Gu̶ỳ̴͜s! Thä̴̩́t̵̺͋'s us̶̫̚!" It isn’t exactly clear exactly how many voices there are living in ###’s head, save for the fact that it is an incredibly large number and occasionally new voices will manifest seemingly out of the blue. The number of voices actually active at any given time is far lower, varying from half a dozen or so to an overwhelming amount, dependent on how interesting things are outside for the voices.
Multitasking: A side effect of his aspect, ### is able to focus on multiple things at once as long as he concentrates. Notably, it is incredibly easy for ### to keep track of a large number of conversations at once, though with some difficulty he is able to direct this multitasking ability in other directions.
Limited Omniscience: While they probably aren’t actually omniscient the voices definitely know a hell of a lot more than they should be able too, collectively possessing a seemingly bottomless wealth of information both general and personal even when there should be no possible way for them to have learned something. "Wè̵̩ ̵̹͗s̸̲̈́ee yo̶̠̊u̵͚͛!" "C̵̦͛an't̵͖̿ ̶̰̃hid̸̘̏ĕ̸̮ fró̷͓m̴̟͠ uș̴̓!" "Yo̸̲̽u ġ̶͇u̶̡͗y's arë̸ͅ cre̴͇͝e̸̠̅py.̵̫͗" The voices are more than happy to answer ###’s questions, actively encouraging it in fact, and will generally answer him truthfully or at the very least make it very obvious when they aren’t. While this means ### technically has access to expert level knowledge on pretty much any subject including secrets or otherwise unknown information, accessing it doesn’t come without a cost. Each question he asks is paid in a loss of sanity depending on the scope of the question asked and while time will see his mind recover the traded sanity ### progressively becomes more easily influenced by the voices as he loses the plot and cannot tell at any moment how much of his normal mind he retains. It also becomes easier for ### to interpret and carry out his aspects instructions as his sanity crumbles.
Commentary: Unlike many specialists ### doesn’t have any enhanced senses of his own, save for an enhanced ability to process the chatter of the voices, however, having spent so long listening to the constant commentary on pretty much everything relates to himself, his surroundings or any major external events that draw the voices interest, ### has learned how to extrapolate the commentary into a useful if often, cryptic source of information as to what’s going on. "Oh̶̨͒,̵̥̌ shḭ̸̏n̸͉͐y!" "Ẇ̷ͅe̵̻͊ sē̷͓e yo̶̥͝u̵̻͘!" "Ar̷̖̀ẹ̸́ we̴͚̓ al̶͙͆l ju̸̡͠st ign̵̪͐o̶̠͘ring̸͈͗ th̶͈̾e ̶̳̚d̸̛̳rag̴̱͆ō̶̘n?" The exact amount of information ### can gain from this fluctuates depending on the stimulus, with the voices being far more willing to talk about some things than others and the amount of interest generated amongst the voices having an effect on just how many speak. Generally, at least the broad strokes of things are pretty easy to pick up on with more specific details being increasingly hard to pick up on unless ### starts asking questions. "Let̸͍͐'̸̨̒s adḓ̶̈́r̵̦̓es̷̙̿s̴͕̽ the elep̵̞͆h̷͈̐ant in̵͖̂ th̵̩̾ḙ̸́ ro̶̺̕ò̸̖m...̶̫͐ halfw̶̧͠a̷͔̽y acrõ̴͖ṣ̷̉s th̵͉́e w̸̖͛orld̴̼̋." Occasionally, the voices give away pieces of information for free, primarily snippets of information in excruciating detail, though sometimes with key details missing. They tend only to do this when doing so would cause something interesting to happen and pretty much never if they think they could get ### to ask them about it himself.
Psychic Protection: The voices are highly possessive of ###’s mind, any attempts at mind-reading, telepathic communication or other connections are met with vicious hostility from the voices, resulting in the offending subjects being quickly shunted out, usually suffering from short term migraines and confusion. Other attempts at divination have also been known to occasionally show incorrect or downright nonsensical information where ### is involved.
"W̴̬͆ẻ̶̳ don'̵̰̎t ṱ̷͝a̷͇͒ke to̴̼̾ō̴̟ k̶̰̒indļ̸̾y to ̸̩̍yo̴̧̿ur kin̴̙͒d̶̹͆ arouņ̵͝d̷̗̿ heṟ̸͝e̸͔̒."
Still working on my draft, but I've only now just realised how similar some parts of my concepts were to @YummyYummy, I might need to go back and change some things. Also, names are hard.
###
Age: 20 | Gender: Male | Class: Specialist
"Wh̵͇̀at doȇ̷̳s all t̷̤̾h̷̛̭at ma̷͋ͅṫ̷͕t̷͍͋er? Yö̶̭u're haṟ̸͝d̷̘̅ly a pe̶͈̚rson anyw̴̺͌ay."
Appearance:
"Ug̵̡̒l̷̹̊y.̴̖̈́" "I ̴͚̈t̴̜̎hi̵̳̔n̷̡͋k yo̸̦̐u're p̵̢̿retty..̶̫̇." "Wh̵̳̑ỳ̴̡ cą̷͑ń̶͉'t you lo̵̦̍o̸̻͑k lik̴̟̕e that̷͎͝?̶̬͑"
Personality:
History:
As far as most people that care to ask are concerned, up until the accident and even a while beyond it, ### led a pretty normal life as a student, academically gifted and from a family on the poorer side of things, but otherwise perfectly normal. When he was 17 however, ### got into a traffic accident and from there, things went downhill pretty quickly. While the injuries themselves weren’t anything that he wasn’t able to recover from, it certainly didn’t help with the rough patch his family was going through financially, and worse still, proceeding the event ### gradually began to hear whispers, ones that seemed to grow in variety and intensity as time went on. "Plë̸͕a̵͕̾se sto̶͘ͅṕ̸͚, it'̵̞̓s em̷̞̔b̸̛̰arr̷̽͜aṡ̸̢s̵̡̃ing wĥ̶̥e̵̡͝n yȏ̴̫ṳ̶͒ tal̷̩̎k̷͇̑ ab̶̠̐o̷̜̚ut ̴̹̃us̴̥͂!̸̣̃" Not wanting to further burden his family, ### had kept quiet about his problem. He found he could, at least a first, ignore the voices if he tried hard enough. It was hard at times to ignore some of the nastier comments the voices made, especially as they grew more numerous, but ### figured that it would have to stop getting worse eventually and when that happened, he could simply learn to live with it. "He̶̯̋h̴̖́e" "Gö̷̻o̸͉͗d i̴̞͐d̵̡̾ea tḫ̴̉a̷̜̓t.̷̜̀" When the voices started telling him things that he himself didn’t already know ### responded with denial, reasoning away any possibility of the supernatural. Knowing things about people he shouldn’t? Must have overheard someone gossiping. Knowledge of events halfway around the world? Probably heard it on TV. Things he was certain he hadn’t learned anywhere? It was probably like deja vu and his brain was simply drawing connections that didn’t actually exist. ### likes to tell people that it wasn’t until the day he said he’d believe it if he were given the winning lotto numbers and he actually was, that he began to believe that there might be something more to the voices than simple head trauma. "N̷̡̈ō̷͔thiň̴̻' t̵̼͘o̶͔̕ sȩ̴̎e he̴̪̊r̷͉̕e..̴̒ͅ." Things moved quickly after he realised that he could just speak to the voices and for the most part they seemed eager to talk, especially if that entailed ### asking them questions, though some answers were seemingly off-limits. He had a plan now, he’d finish off his schooling with flying colours and move on to pursue higher education, making a tonne of money on the side while did so, he certainly wouldn’t be a burden if he could pull that off, and with the voices doing so would be trivial. "Is̸̳̐ t̸͎̉hat leg̷͍͂ã̴͍l?" "Sh̷̘͆u̴̟͛t up, w̷̥̏e go̸̼̿n̸̡̋na b̴̻̑e lo̷̯̿a̸̹͐ded̵̥̾!" ### plan at first went off without a hitch, and though those close to him noticed a gradual change in his personality as he became more reliant on the voices for guidance, becoming more erratic and distractible as he went along, no one really wanted to comment on it. While he’d been good at academics before, now he was actively thriving. It wasn’t until he’d finished with secondary education that his occupants decided they were done with the waiting game and things took a turn for the worse. "" What happened next isn’t exactly something that ### is willing to talk about and the specifics have been kept pretty much confidential by the agency. What is know is that ### asked his aspect too many questions in a short period of time and without knowledge of what price to doing so was and that as a result ### ended up causing quite a bit of damage before the agency was able to detain him. In the almost two years since then the growth of his aspect has slowed down significantly and while he’s had very limited success thus far with resisting the drawbacks to his aspect, he has picked up a couple of tricks to prevent himself from going too far.
Class Details:
Myriad of Voices: ###’s mind is inhabited by a multitude of voices in various states of insanity and disrepair ranging from psychopathy to addiction to raving lunacy. The voices have concrete personalities, at least as much as their insanity will allow for, and often speak in ways that would suggest histories outside of ###’s head, but even then their stories are riddled with enough holes, contradictions and downright impossibilities, to make it doubtful as to whether anything they are saying is true. It doesn’t help that the voices universally refuse to answer questions as to their nature. "" It isn’t exactly clear exactly how many voices there are living in ###’s head, save for the fact that it is an incredibly large number and occasionally new voices will manifest seemingly out of the blue. The number of voices actually active at any given time is far lower, varying from half a dozen or so to an overwhelming amount, dependent on how interesting things are outside for the voices.
Multitasking: A side effect of his aspect, ### is able to focus on multiple things at once as long as he concentrates. Notably, it is incredibly easy for ### to keep track of a large number of conversations at once, though with some difficulty he is able to direct this multitasking ability in other directions.
Limited Omniscience: While they probably aren’t actually omniscient the voices definitely know a hell of a lot more than they should be able too, collectively possessing a seemingly bottomless wealth of information both general and personal even when there should be no possible way for them to have learned something. "" The voices are more than happy to answer ###’s questions, actively encouraging it in fact, and will generally answer him truthfully or at the very least make it very obvious when they aren’t. While this means ### technically has access to expert level knowledge on pretty much any subject including secrets or otherwise unknown information, accessing it doesn’t come without a cost. Each question he asks is paid in a loss of sanity depending on the scope of the question asked and while time will see his mind recover ### progressively becomes more easily influenced by the voices as he loses the plot and is completely in the moment how much he’s lost it. "" While time will see his mind recover the traded sanity, ### progressively becomes more easily influenced by the voices as he loses the plot and cannot tell at any moment how much of his mind he retains.
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Commentary: Unlike many specialists ### doesn’t have any enhanced senses of his own, save for an enhanced ability to process the chatter of the voices, however, having spent so long listening to the constant commentary on pretty much everything relates to himself, his surroundings or any major external events that draw the voices interest, ### has learned how to extrapolate the commentary into a useful if often, cryptic source of information as to what’s going on. "" The exact amount of information ### can gain from this fluctuates depending on the stimulus, with the voices being far more willing to talk about some things than others and the amount of interest generated amongst the voices having an effect on just how many speak. Generally, at least the broad strokes of things are pretty easy to pick up on with more specific details being increasingly hard to pick up on unless ### starts asking questions.
Psychic Protection: The voices are highly possessive of ###’s mind, any attempts at mind-reading, telepathic communication or other connections are met with vicious hostility from the voices, resulting in the offending subjects being quickly shunted out, usually suffering from short term migraines and confusion. Other attempts at divination have also been known to occasionally show incorrect or downright nonsensical information where ### is involved.
"W̴̬͆ẻ̶̳ don'̵̰̎t ṱ̷͝a̷͇͒ke to̴̼̾ō̴̟ k̶̰̒indļ̸̾y to ̸̩̍yo̴̧̿ur kin̴̙͒d̶̹͆ arouņ̵͝d̷̗̿ heṟ̸͝e̸͔̒."
Aya was getting excited, unreasonably so actually, considering she had no idea of how this sudden learning thing worked in the first place. Still, even if she wasn’t successful, learning something about how the system itself worked, or rather didn’t work, would be valuable in its own right.
As she walked Aya continuously analysed every critter she saw to the best of her abilities. Butterflies… Those were the post chrysalis forms of caterpillars right? Designed pretty much solely for reproduction… also pollinators, what was the evolutionary advantage to that? Incidental as a result of their diet or maybe benefiting the ecosystem at large was indirectly beneficial to them…
She tried to maintain her usual sense of caution, occasionally snapping her improvised weaponry back into position and scanning for danger as a sudden wave of panic hit her, but each and every time Aya’s attention was quickly sucked back to the task of identifying the local wildlife. Birds… flight was useful but the mechanics behind it escaped her grasp… a centipede, lots of legs, lived in the underbrush, probably poisonous...
Primitive Crafting: Ancient civilizations used the very same methods as they harvested the base materials at their disposal to make weapons. Learned how to make primitive traps like spike pits, holes, and spike traps. Also learned to make bone/wood weapons such as clubs, bows, slings.
Knowledge of the Three: Knowing the names of the god and goddesses of the world they live in they can now properly worship them. Ramos god of light and the sun, Duvelna goddess of death and the night, Shirila the goddess of the earth and nature.
Titles:
N/A
Blessings:
N/A
Curses:
N/A
Inventory:
Alpha Horn Rabbit Pelt
Alpha Horn Rabbit Horn
Hand Held Rock
Aya still doesn’t know how the system works, so she spent her time wandering around and analysing random animals in the hope of gaining knowledge. She’s probably going to continue wondering until she finds something noteworthy or it gets dark.
By the way i just wanted to point out he isn't denying you because he wants to, your offer to make the weapon for him is not possible because he gave his pelt and horn to Aya so he has nothing on him.
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