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( boomtown ) : plotting + permissions
So, spoiler alert, Teishi was apped into Boomtown as just as much miniplot as character. Or, to quote my own "why do you think this character would work in New Dodge" section:
—Because you're likely to have to get in line.
Now, without further ado!
Character name: Aoki no Teishi, though her first name is pronounced "Sadako" using modern pronunciation. (True name: Green Leaves Turn Red —not public knowledge.)
Fandom: Teen Wolf
Species: Kitsune — specifically, a Reiko/Koryo, a Celestial kitsune who works spirit magic and feeds directly on life force
permissions from teishi to you.
1.) Flirting, hugging, kissing:
Go for it. She is reasonably likely to reciprocate because sure, seems fun.
2.) Fighting and injury:
Yes, go for it, but she'll fight back and she's a formidable opponent. Also, let me know if you want to hurt her severely.
3.) Mind reading and general telepathy:
Teishi has extremely good mental defenses that most characters are not likely to be powerful enough to break through, so this is probably a no, though just conversations are fine.
That being said, if you really want to try something cool and can come up with a good reason why it should work, I'm all ears!
4.) Unnatural mental influence:
(By "unnatural mental influence" I mean anything designed to artificially induce a feeling or action.)
As before, Teishi's mental defenses are really good. That doesn't mean she's literally immune, but it does mean that once again the answer is "probably no, unless there's a cool reason why it should work." Subtle attempts at manipulation (e.g. a low-level magical charisma) are more likely to be successful since they're far less likely to provoke her active resistance.
5.) Binding:
This category is mostly here as a heads-up that it's something characters can do. Extracting vows from Teishi — by stealing her hoshi no tama, or by powerful magic, or by whatever works — or imposing other power limiters on her... all of this is expressly stuff I am cool with having happen.
6.) Killing:
The big one. And, as promised, the answer is "yes."
But. She won't be easy to take down. Overwhelming physical and/or magical force (that is, more than a single character is likely to be able to muster) could do it, and so could the right combination of physical force and binding her. Either way, killing Teishi should probably be a group effort.
There's a general theme, here: Teishi is powerful, but she's also explicitly in-game to be a target. The tl;dr version of her permissions is anything goes, as long as 1) we talk about it, 2) you've got a reason it should work, 3) it doesn't mess anything up for anyone else, and 4) it sounds cool.
permissions + plotting survey.
In general, Teishi has the following powers: illusion, shapeshifting (technically a particularly potent form of illusion), possession, spirit binding, spirit feeding, general spirit magic, and foxfire creation and use. She can also create, as manifestations of her celestial power, firefly-shaped bits of magic, which can act as scouts or seeds of power. (Her illusions are not 100% foolproof, with things like looking out of the corner of your eye, shadows, and reflections sometimes hinting at or revealing the truth. Dogs, the natural enemy of the fox, are especially good at this.)
Furthermore, she is a skilled fighter with above human strength (roughly on par with Teen Wolf werewolves, so something like double human strength). The nature of her immortality additionally means that she is immune to disease and that, given enough time, she can heal from most injuries. (That being said, it's very much so not instant healing; rather, just that if she's not outright killed by wounds, she'll recover.) While, because of this, she can bounce back from many poisons, Letharia vulpina, a.k.a. wolf lichen, is a major weakness.
All of Teishi's offensive abilities will be exclusively opt-in (unless characters pick a fight).
Please let me know if you want to ~volunteer as tribute~ to be one of the people Teishi screws with. I promise that, in return, your character will get to have their full revenge. The answers to 1-3 below will be assumed to be "no" until or unless you tell me otherwise!
For all of these, a simple "yes," "no," or "N/A" is fine for general stuff, but if you want specific scenes or sub-plots, more information about what you have in mind is super helpful!
1.) Are you willing to have your character(s) fed from?
Teishi feeds directly from life force/spirit energy, leaving her victims moderately to severely weakened. (This can indeed kill if taken too far, but obviously she will not actually kill any PCs.)
2.) Are you interested in having your character possessed, or in having Teishi possess an NPC important to them?
I don't think Teishi will be doing a lot of this, at least not with actual PCs, because it's tricky, logistically, to roleplay. But if maybe one PC wants to volunteer for this variety of awfulness, let's talk. In general she prefers women victims, but beggars can't be choosers.
3.) Non-human/non-mortal characters only: Are you willing to have Teishi use spirit magic against your character?
While Teishi can use spirit magic to do simple attack/defense things against anyone, non-human characters may be susceptible to its higher-level forms — things like being forced into tasks or otherwise (temporarily) bound to Teishi's will. This might come up in a fight, or it could be a sub-plot.
4.) Any other special information I should know?
Are there any notable ways your character is likely to affect Teishi? This can include stuff like abilities that would be especially effective against her, as well as more passive effects, like resistance to her powers and seeing through her illusions. Basically: a general, catch-all "tell me stuff that you think could/should come up in their interactions."
It is my intention to play Teishi as a bright flame of a character — vivid and dangerous and inevitably meant to burn herself out or be snuffed, probably at the hands of other characters. She's essentially intended as a plot opportunity: a study in contrasts with the supernatural creatures in town in general, and the nogitsune in particular. While she is not a chaos/pain-eater as her "cousin" is, she is, in and of herself as an eater of life-force, a source of chaos and pain. I think dealing with her as a threat will force the other characters in New Dodge to reevaluate their perceptions of good, evil, and the supernatural.What this means, in terms of a permissions post, is that I'm hoping to have some people volunteer to have her powers used on them in ways ranging from the minor to the significant. In exchange, you all get to do that right back to her. Up to and including killing her. Just, when it comes to the killing, you do need to check with me.
—Because you're likely to have to get in line.
Now, without further ado!
Character name: Aoki no Teishi, though her first name is pronounced "Sadako" using modern pronunciation. (True name: Green Leaves Turn Red —not public knowledge.)
Fandom: Teen Wolf
Species: Kitsune — specifically, a Reiko/Koryo, a Celestial kitsune who works spirit magic and feeds directly on life force
permissions from teishi to you.
1.) Flirting, hugging, kissing:
Go for it. She is reasonably likely to reciprocate because sure, seems fun.
2.) Fighting and injury:
Yes, go for it, but she'll fight back and she's a formidable opponent. Also, let me know if you want to hurt her severely.
3.) Mind reading and general telepathy:
Teishi has extremely good mental defenses that most characters are not likely to be powerful enough to break through, so this is probably a no, though just conversations are fine.
That being said, if you really want to try something cool and can come up with a good reason why it should work, I'm all ears!
4.) Unnatural mental influence:
(By "unnatural mental influence" I mean anything designed to artificially induce a feeling or action.)
As before, Teishi's mental defenses are really good. That doesn't mean she's literally immune, but it does mean that once again the answer is "probably no, unless there's a cool reason why it should work." Subtle attempts at manipulation (e.g. a low-level magical charisma) are more likely to be successful since they're far less likely to provoke her active resistance.
5.) Binding:
This category is mostly here as a heads-up that it's something characters can do. Extracting vows from Teishi — by stealing her hoshi no tama, or by powerful magic, or by whatever works — or imposing other power limiters on her... all of this is expressly stuff I am cool with having happen.
6.) Killing:
The big one. And, as promised, the answer is "yes."
But. She won't be easy to take down. Overwhelming physical and/or magical force (that is, more than a single character is likely to be able to muster) could do it, and so could the right combination of physical force and binding her. Either way, killing Teishi should probably be a group effort.
There's a general theme, here: Teishi is powerful, but she's also explicitly in-game to be a target. The tl;dr version of her permissions is anything goes, as long as 1) we talk about it, 2) you've got a reason it should work, 3) it doesn't mess anything up for anyone else, and 4) it sounds cool.
permissions + plotting survey.
In general, Teishi has the following powers: illusion, shapeshifting (technically a particularly potent form of illusion), possession, spirit binding, spirit feeding, general spirit magic, and foxfire creation and use. She can also create, as manifestations of her celestial power, firefly-shaped bits of magic, which can act as scouts or seeds of power. (Her illusions are not 100% foolproof, with things like looking out of the corner of your eye, shadows, and reflections sometimes hinting at or revealing the truth. Dogs, the natural enemy of the fox, are especially good at this.)
Furthermore, she is a skilled fighter with above human strength (roughly on par with Teen Wolf werewolves, so something like double human strength). The nature of her immortality additionally means that she is immune to disease and that, given enough time, she can heal from most injuries. (That being said, it's very much so not instant healing; rather, just that if she's not outright killed by wounds, she'll recover.) While, because of this, she can bounce back from many poisons, Letharia vulpina, a.k.a. wolf lichen, is a major weakness.
All of Teishi's offensive abilities will be exclusively opt-in (unless characters pick a fight).
Please let me know if you want to ~volunteer as tribute~ to be one of the people Teishi screws with. I promise that, in return, your character will get to have their full revenge. The answers to 1-3 below will be assumed to be "no" until or unless you tell me otherwise!
For all of these, a simple "yes," "no," or "N/A" is fine for general stuff, but if you want specific scenes or sub-plots, more information about what you have in mind is super helpful!
1.) Are you willing to have your character(s) fed from?
Teishi feeds directly from life force/spirit energy, leaving her victims moderately to severely weakened. (This can indeed kill if taken too far, but obviously she will not actually kill any PCs.)
2.) Are you interested in having your character possessed, or in having Teishi possess an NPC important to them?
I don't think Teishi will be doing a lot of this, at least not with actual PCs, because it's tricky, logistically, to roleplay. But if maybe one PC wants to volunteer for this variety of awfulness, let's talk. In general she prefers women victims, but beggars can't be choosers.
3.) Non-human/non-mortal characters only: Are you willing to have Teishi use spirit magic against your character?
While Teishi can use spirit magic to do simple attack/defense things against anyone, non-human characters may be susceptible to its higher-level forms — things like being forced into tasks or otherwise (temporarily) bound to Teishi's will. This might come up in a fight, or it could be a sub-plot.
4.) Any other special information I should know?
Are there any notable ways your character is likely to affect Teishi? This can include stuff like abilities that would be especially effective against her, as well as more passive effects, like resistance to her powers and seeing through her illusions. Basically: a general, catch-all "tell me stuff that you think could/should come up in their interactions."
Karra's Characters
Stiles: Yes
Nogitsune: Probably?
Kit: Yes
Allison: Yes
Emma: No
Evan: Yes
Harry: Yes
2.) Are you interested in having your character possessed, or in having Teishi possess an NPC important to them?
I am not sure yet!
3.) Non-human/non-mortal characters only: Are you willing to have Teishi use spirit magic against your character?
Lol I think that basically applied to Nogitsune for mine, so sure.
4.) Any other special information I should know?
Stiles: I don't know, is she affected by mountain ash or mistletoe?
Nogitsune: He has his standard abilities.
Kit: He's allegedly protected by aliens who will retaliate if he's killed/injured too badly
Allison: idk, does Rex count as a 'thing that could happen'? Robot...stuff?
Emma: N/A
Evan: he can see and speak to the dead and he can manipulate them to put them inside machines.
Harry: MAGIC
Re: Karra's Characters
Re: #4-
Should she be affected by mountain ash or mistletoe? A brief consultation with the teen wolf wiki suggests they're mostly just werewolf things.
Kit and Allison I'm happy to play by ear, and same probably with Harry (he doesn't have any spirit magic does he? I know that's a whole separate school in nWoD, but idk with oWoD). But I do wonder how much Evan's abilities could interfere with hers. I'm betting she'd have to compete with him for control of spirits (at least if they're already dead).
Re: Karra's Characters
ooh. That'd be interesting, re: her and Evan.
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Mione could be fed on, but I would like it that she not be killed lol
I am pretty much open to anything, so go for itt, although Steve would be harder prolly than Mione.
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I don't think that the serum is likely to affect how feed-from-able Steve is, since it doesn't affect his spirit/soul...unless you think it would make tastier or something along those lines by strengthening his life force?
But yes, definitely let me know if you want something specific!
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2. No across the board.
3. N/A
4. Bucky is an enhanced super soldier, so he could likely hold his own against her if they got in a fight, and he's really close with the nogitsune, so there are some potential plot hooks, I suppose.
Rex is a vengeance machine, so if she fucks with him, Allison, their baby, or Ana, he will likely scheme revenge.
Wichita, idk, there's nothing really special about her.
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Did we want to go with Bucky being pushed to get involved due to Teishi hurting people he cares about, or did you want her to target him too? I'm game for whichever, though.
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I'm also game for whichever! Whatever jives best with what you want to do, I'm fine with.
K.'s characters!
Vincent: Depending on the plotting behind it, sure!
Illyria: Illyria canonically has no soul so I'm not completely sure if she's got any... spirit to feed on? I'd love to work something out though; she does have some sort of energy/life force, since that's how she infected Fred.
2.) Are you interested in having your character possessed, or in having Teishi possess an NPC important to them?
Both characters: I'd prefer not to.
3.) Non-human/non-mortal characters only: Are you willing to have Teishi use spirit magic against your character?
Illyria: Potentially, if the plotting is awesome. :D
4.) Any other special information I should know?
Vincent: N/A
Illyria: Illyria is incredibly strong still, going above the strength of most creatures, including demons and vampires so that could be interesting? I'd love to plot some fighting out between them, especially if Teishi's powers end up affecting her in any way because >[ HDU
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Possession is a little iffier but if you don't have any other takers I miiiiight be willing to consider this idk we'll see!!
Korrin's kooky kids.
1.) Yes.
2.) No.
3.) N/A*
4.) *Just in case, Natasha has the KGB version of the Super Solider Serum, and as such, also heals slowly, has snail's pace slow aging, and heightened things (like speed, etc). All of this is in her app, if you need anything further.
Claire Bennet -
1.) Yes.
2.) Yes.
3.) Claire's classified as an Evolved Human, soo...use at your discretion? IDK, heh.
4.) Again, more information is in her app, but I always love playing around with what effects her and what doesn't (i.e. vampire/zombie/werewolf bites, etc). Claire does heal instantly, more or less can't die, is immune to illness, and so on.
Anything that does not make sense, or any questions you have, just e-mail me. ^_^
Re: Korrin's kooky kids.
I'm pretty sure that, as far as Teishi's spirit magic is concerned, both Claire and Natasha qualify as "human," which should work out well for them since it means being less vulnerable to her magic and all that.
Do you have any specific requests? I want to get this plot rolling this evening, so I want to check in with people if they want specific feeding scenes and the like. Also, do you think you want Claire really for real possessed? I was thinking of gathering a plurk of people who were volunteering for possession to plot in more detail.
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As unhelpful as it may sound, I'm willing to do whatever you need with Claire. If you want total control vs her ability causing cracks, I am ready! \o/
Mary's lot
1: Across the board sure
2: Sure
3: Flea & Seren: Sure
4: Flea's magic centres around illusions and charms. He ought to at least realize there's something not quite real about the illusions.
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1. He'd be incredibly unwilling unless she was dying and needed food. I'm happy for it to go ahead with that in mind.
2. As above, happy for it to go ahead.
3. N/A
4. Nothing.
Professor Elm
1. Same as Mack
2. Same as Mack
3. N/A
4. Professor Elm does have Pokémon that will come to his aid. Also, coming from Johto, the theology of that region does seem based on more Traditional Japanese styles, such as rebirth and reincarnation. He may know little bits about Shinto.
Sean Slater
1. Same as Mack
2. Same as Mack
3. N/A
4. None
Terzen T'Karr
1. Same as Mack, but with the added note that Terzen is in possession of a Trill Symbiont, and, therefore, has two sets of lifeforces.
2. Same as Mack, possession of Terzen may be difficult due to the strong mental presence of the T'Karr symbiont.
3. I am willing. Terzen is Half-Trill, Half-Betazoid, not a mote of human in him.
4. Being half-Betazoid, he's Empathic, and can communicate telepathically with other beings capable of it. He is unable to manipulate thoughts or emotions, but can sense beings of greater mental prowess, lies, and other powerful emotuons.
Grace Yi
Unsure if this is applicable due to being dead, but if it is, then yes.
2.) Are you interested in having your character possessed, or in having Teishi possess an NPC important to them?
If there's a way it could be interesting, then sure. (I am not unlike Teishi in regards to plotting.)
3.) Non-human/non-mortal characters only: Are you willing to have Teishi use spirit magic against your character?
Sure!
4.) Any other special information I should know?
I mean we have already talked about this, haha, but I very much look forward to them talking about the various things they actually agree on before Grace figures out what kind of person she really is and recoils very quickly
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That being said, I feel as though a vampire would have to be harder to possess than a baseline human due to essentially having to compete with the Beast, so it might be a difficult possession to maintain longterm.
...Idk I am making this up as I go along. ????
(As for feeding, yeah, I think you're right: no life force = nothing to eat. How very unfair, Grace.)
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2) I'd be okay with it, again as long as Teishi doesn't care for the victim being so young
3) n/a
4) I'd say there's nothing. She didn't die with an infection, she was just shot fatally in the stomach :'( Sarah wouldn't have much for resistance nor would she be able to see through any illusions; I.e. if Teishi shifted into Joel for example and Teishi, as Joel, got mad at her for something or was accusing her of something via something Teishi got from possessing Sarah earlier and used it against her, she wouldn't be able to see through that and would believe her father was actually furious and being cruel despite him never really getting that way with her?
that's just an example though! D: hello there!
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So, I realized that I don't have you added on plurk yet, which means that I'm not able to include you on a plurk like I wanted, but Teishi has zero qualms about harming children, and I would love to do something with this.
Teishi's version of shapeshifting doesn't include being able to perfectly mimic appearances -- to create that kind of mischief, she needs to possess people. If you think you might be up for playing a kitsune-possessed version of Sarah (since, upon determining that multiple people have interest in this, I'm realizing that's way more workable than me playing Teishi-as-[other character]), we should absolutely talk!
But in general I am up for any variety of suffering you think would be fun!
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I'd have no problem playing a kitsune-possessed Sarah. I wouldn't know how to play her that way so any suggestions/guidance would be great. c:
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1) Feeding:
Rory: no, poor guy already has enough feeding issues
Alec: Sure! He's got a bit of an excessive amount. Curiously and curiously.
Calanvir: Yes.
2) Possession:
Alec: Noo... well she could try, but I don't think it'd work.
Rory: No.
Calanvir: possibly.
3) Spirit Magic.
Alec: Yes! He's also not human. Definitely doesn't consider himself human at least. And technically isn't human.
Rory: Yes.
Calanvir; Yes.
4) Other Stuff.
Alec doesn't exist completely inside of reality, though he doesn't know it yet. He's just slightly outside of it. I don't know if that would have any effect on her.
Cupcake's Characters
Lydia: Yes, if we decide banshees can be fed from.
Katniss: Yes.
May: Yes.
Helena?: Yes.
2.) Are you interested in having your character possessed, or in having Teishi possess an NPC important to them?
Lydia: No. But I'd be interested in having her TRY to possess Lydia and be unable to due to her banshee-ness.
Katniss: It could happen, but I'm not looking for it with this character.
May: Willing to let it happen, and it might be interesting.
Helena?: Willing to let it happen, and it might be interesting.
3.) Non-human/non-mortal characters only: Are you willing to have Teishi use spirit magic against your character?
Lydia: We should decide if spirit magic can work on Lydia, so possibly!
Katniss: It could happen, but I'm not looking for it with this character.
May: Willing to let it happen, might be interesting.
Helena?: Willing to let it happen, might be interesting.
4.) Any other special information I should know?
Lydia: Let me know if you need info on Lydia's banshee-ness.
Katniss: Straight up human, but probably not going to be involved in this plot.
May: Combat bad-ass, she might be good as a hunter and/or a body to possess. She can control her rage REALLY REALLY well. As in, held a piece of Asgardian technology in her hands designed to instill beserker rage and kept complete control of herself.
Helena?: Helena's a childlike psycho killer and might be persuaded toward a lot of things, provided I app her in by the time the plot gets underway.