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powersthatbe) wrote2018-01-10 06:52 pm
powersthatbe) wrote2018-01-10 06:52 pm
Ouroboros Retrograde - plot role info
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Re: Council of Senpai, Double Valence-Era - Lupa
He would have found only three Wills present in Liminal Space - two active and one passive.
There are some similarities but they feel quite different in a number of ways.
With the bigger Starquake, he'll have a sense of something reaching out and questioning.
Re: Council of Senpai, Double Valence-Era - Lupa
If he pokes at the Starquake's questioning, will he be able to figure out what it is questioning and reaching for?
Re: Council of Senpai, Double Valence-Era - Lupa
The passive one is simply waiting, not influencing anything.
Pokes at how?
Re: Council of Senpai, Double Valence-Era - Lupa
Pokes, as in, focusing to get more detail. Reaching out implies that it wants or intends something, and will can be used to express desire, intent, plans, or willpower, which all fall under his archetype (Or will as in future tense, but Lupa's not quite as connected to that part of will so he tends to get vague results when he's looking at things from that direction.)
Re: Council of Senpai, Double Valence-Era - Lupa
Reaching out his will towards the Starquake's question is likely to both reveal a significant answer to him - and precipitate his transformation into a Harbinger. Your call if he cuts contact in time & remains unsure, or commits to pursuing the answer.
The active wills are both focused on dozens of things at once, staying vigilant & making minimal changes - active watching & balancing, essentially, like someone birdwatching while standing on a high wire. The minds are vast enough to feel more like places than people.
Re: Council of Senpai, Double Valence-Era - Lupa
Okay, so would he have likely picked up Merge on his own just from knowing it exists and generally what it does, or do I have to wrangle a teaching thread with Yuuki/Right (there are a couple threads I could turn to teaching a thing)
Because if he knows Merge (and I want to have actual!Lupa pick it up anyway) that's the next step he'd take.
Re: Council of Senpai, Double Valence-Era - Lupa
He can certainly have picked up Merge on his own - teaching thread is only necessary if he's keeping it as a skill & it's a second skill.
The Starquakes are some kind of search, originating in deeper levels of dream by some consciousness. At first they mainly affected terrain because they thought terrain was what they were looking for. Now they're chasing people because they've realized people are what they're looking for.
Re: Council of Senpai, Double Valence-Era - Lupa
Excellent. So what can the Harbinger of Will do since that's... less clear of an Archetype than Storms and will going Harbinger offer him more insight on why they're seeking people, and/or unveil the wills behind the Starquakes a bit?
Re: Council of Senpai, Double Valence-Era - Lupa
I would say the Harbinger of Will could imbue areas woth a rudimentary consciousness and purpose.
Re: Council of Senpai, Double Valence-Era - Lupa
But, um, you didn't answer the other question? Would Merge on Liminal give him anything or have consequences, or would it just fail?
Re: Council of Senpai, Double Valence-Era - Lupa
Re: Council of Senpai, Double Valence-Era - Lupa
And that is very important information, and also very worrying. Time to talk with other Oracles about this and see if they can Oracle any information about what the consciousnesses behind the Starquakes are.
Re: Council of Senpai, Double Valence-Era - Lupa
If there isn't anything more he can get from that, just say so! Otherwise, let's do the thing and see what he can learn. (Also, he's blind so he doesn't process things as visual information anymore, so if that would change things up for him somehow, let me know)
Re: Council of Senpai, Double Valence-Era - Lupa
Re: Council of Senpai, Double Valence-Era - Lupa
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Yes, but it's latent, sleeping, when he isn't actively Harbingered up.
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Re: Council of Senpai, Double Valence-Era - Lupa
That... sounds like it could work, with an Archetype that permitted that kind of tracking, yes!!
Re: Council of Senpai, Double Valence-Era - Lupa