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Natsume Yuujinchou is a series dealing with youkai, Japanese folklore, spirits, kami, and the intermingling of humans with them. Specifically, the Matoba are a clan of exorcists, raised for generations with strong spiritual senses and knowledge of creatures and techniques dealing with spirits.
Generally, in-series, humans with spiritual power are referred to as "able to see". Either "youkai" or "ayakashi" are specifically used to refer to Japanese folklore spirits in the series, though "ayakashi" is more common and I'll be leaning towards using that. Spirits bound to the service of an exorcist are referred to as "shiki".
As Matoba has strong spiritual power and the ability to sense abnormalities (and is also the manipulative sort of character to use this to his advantage), please let me know if there is anything I should know about your character and anything you'd like to opt in/out of regarding the following:
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Is your character any manner of spirit, youkai, demon, or otherwise inhuman being? Does your character share their body with any manner of spirit, youkai, demon, Persona, etc? Matoba can't tell humans apart from ayakashi by sight alone, but he can tell more from someone's general feel- both by behavior, and when an aura is too powerful for a normal person.
If your character is human, is your character capable themselves of sensing spiritual energy, youkai, demons, etc? This is so I know what info to drop you in tag brackets!
Does your character carry any manner of object or artifact that might ping as being related to spirits, demons, the underworld, etc? He might not be able to tell if it's you or the object you're holding that's pinging! Feel free to give details based on your canon.
Are you okay with Matoba sensing your character's inhumanness/their ability to see/their magical or spiritual artifact?
Are you okay with Matoba testing your character's inhumanness/their ability to see in minor ways (such as asking intrusive questions/making references to things that require special perception/using magic on surroundings to see if they sense it?
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Generally, in-series, humans with spiritual power are referred to as "able to see". Either "youkai" or "ayakashi" are specifically used to refer to Japanese folklore spirits in the series, though "ayakashi" is more common and I'll be leaning towards using that. Spirits bound to the service of an exorcist are referred to as "shiki".
As Matoba has strong spiritual power and the ability to sense abnormalities (and is also the manipulative sort of character to use this to his advantage), please let me know if there is anything I should know about your character and anything you'd like to opt in/out of regarding the following:
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Is your character any manner of spirit, youkai, demon, or otherwise inhuman being? Does your character share their body with any manner of spirit, youkai, demon, Persona, etc? Matoba can't tell humans apart from ayakashi by sight alone, but he can tell more from someone's general feel- both by behavior, and when an aura is too powerful for a normal person.
If your character is human, is your character capable themselves of sensing spiritual energy, youkai, demons, etc? This is so I know what info to drop you in tag brackets!
Does your character carry any manner of object or artifact that might ping as being related to spirits, demons, the underworld, etc? He might not be able to tell if it's you or the object you're holding that's pinging! Feel free to give details based on your canon.
Are you okay with Matoba sensing your character's inhumanness/their ability to see/their magical or spiritual artifact?
Are you okay with Matoba testing your character's inhumanness/their ability to see in minor ways (such as asking intrusive questions/making references to things that require special perception/using magic on surroundings to see if they sense it?
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Thanks for reading, and always feel free to poke me here or on plurk (
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Does your character carry any manner of object or artifact that might ping as being related to spirits, demons, the underworld, etc? Sans's phone from home runs on magic. I'm not sure if that counts or not.
Are you okay with Matoba sensing your character's inhumanness/their ability to see/their magical or spiritual artifact? Of course! Sans can't really hide that he's not a human anyway.
Are you okay with Matoba testing your character's inhumanness/their ability to see in minor ways (such as asking intrusive questions/making references to things that require special perception/using magic on surroundings to see if they sense it? Yes.
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If your character is human, is your character capable themselves of sensing spiritual energy, youkai, demons, etc? Further, do they have harnessable spiritual powers? No, but with one exception, detailed below.
Does your character carry any manner of object or artifact that might ping as being related to spirits, demons, the underworld, etc? Yes, though I don't know if it'll ever actually come up as Wave keeps it stored in her bag, which is largely demiplane shenanigans so stuff in there isn't physically in the world until she pulls it out. That said, Wave has a length of cloth that will absolutely light up, as it was woven with her own spiritual energy and then saturated with pure magic belonging to a powerful mage. Wave's only way of using magic/powers is to burn away pieces of this cloth as she uses the power from it; while holding it, she's a little more sensitive to magic and can sense it a little bit.
Are you okay with Matoba sensing your character's inhumanness/their ability to see/their magical or spiritual artifact? Yes!
Are you okay with Matoba testing your character's inhumanness/their ability to see in minor ways (such as asking intrusive questions/making references to things that require special perception/using magic on surroundings to see if they sense it)? LMAO PLEASE, it'll be really funny.
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Does your character carry any manner of object or artifact that might ping as being related to spirits, demons, the underworld, etc? +1 magical cell phone! Nothing else comes to mind.
Are you okay with Matoba sensing your character's inhumanness/their ability to see/their magical or spiritual artifact? Absolutely. The skeletons are visibly skeletons.
Are you okay with Matoba testing your character's inhumanness/their ability to see in minor ways (such as asking intrusive questions/making references to things that require special perception/using magic on surroundings to see if they sense it? Please, give him an excuse to brag and show off some magical powers.
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If your character is human, is your character capable themselves of sensing spiritual energy, youkai, demons, etc? Further, do they have harnessable spiritual powers? She herself is not beyond supernatural sight at the moment...
Does your character carry any manner of object or artifact that might ping as being related to spirits, demons, the underworld, etc? ... but she carries a powerful holy amulet that protects her. (It's a single bell tied to a red string she wears as a bracelet.) Less likely to be visibly apparent, she carries a pair of glasses that suppress the wearer's spiritual ability to that of a normal human. She's unaware of that however, and thinks her not-boyfriend's glasses are normal specs.
Are you okay with Matoba sensing your character's inhumanness/their ability to see/their magical or spiritual artifact? Absolutely, she's fuckin weird.
Are you okay with Matoba testing your character's inhumanness/their ability to see in minor ways (such as asking intrusive questions/making references to things that require special perception/using magic on surroundings to see if they sense it? Absolutely!
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Absolutely he is! Kuja is a Genome, an artificial, human-like race who have monkey tails, and are (designed to be) empty vessels meant to receive dead souls. They can move and manipulate bodiless souls, and possess a few different innate powers that aren't.. really all that relevant. They have telepathy but Kuja forgot he personally can do that.
Kuja as an individual is fantastically magically powerful-- there were very few close to his level in his world. He is as a rule ethereal and strange. It's up to you if Matoba would be able to tell Kuja's meant to be an empty soul-vessel, rather than a person with his own.
REALLY IMPORTANTLY THOUGH is the fact that Kuja isn't alone in his body. There's two souls in there -- one, a vibrant soul that is stuttering like a candle in a wind, clearly doomed to soon fall apart, and a second, stable, sleeping soul, belonging to Queen Brahne.
Does your character carry any manner of object or artifact that might ping as being related to spirits, demons, the underworld, etc?
Usually not, unless he's created some kind of horrible Terran abomination object.
Are you okay with Matoba sensing your character's inhumanness/their ability to see/their magical or spiritual artifact?
Absolutely!
Are you okay with Matoba testing your character's inhumanness/their ability to see in minor ways (such as asking intrusive questions/making references to things that require special perception/using magic on surroundings to see if they sense it?
ABSOLUTELY mindgames are my favorite thing to do with Kuja, I would love for him to be on the other end for once
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If your character is human, is your character capable themselves of sensing spiritual energy, youkai, demons, etc? Further, do they have harnessable spiritual powers? Yup!
Does your character carry any manner of object or artifact that might ping as being related to spirits, demons, the underworld, etc? Technically he can make them but he has none on him currently.
Are you okay with Matoba sensing your character's inhumanness/their ability to see/their magical or spiritual artifact? Yes!
Are you okay with Matoba testing your character's inhumanness/their ability to see in minor ways (such as asking intrusive questions/making references to things that require special perception/using magic on surroundings to see if they sense it? Go for it, you know Lalli already so this is going to be a fun time lol
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He does not share his body with any manner of anything, however.
If your character is human, is your character capable themselves of sensing spiritual energy, youkai, demons, etc? Further, do they have harnessable spiritual powers? I believe he can probably sense/see some supernatural things. As for possessing any harnessable spiritual powers...not entirely sure. Leaning towards no.
Does your character carry any manner of object or artifact that might ping as being related to spirits, demons, the underworld, etc?
No.
Are you okay with Matoba sensing your character's inhumanness/their ability to see/their magical or spiritual artifact?
If Matoba can sense someone is afflicted by a strange, otherworldly power (curse), then feel free.
Are you okay with Matoba testing your character's inhumanness/their ability to see in minor ways (such as asking intrusive questions/making references to things that require special perception/using magic on surroundings to see if they sense it?
You can go ahead.
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'Spirit' is probably the closest. Or something similar to a Persona himself. He's a manifestation of emotions + energy, kind of.
Does your character carry any manner of object or artifact that might ping as being related to spirits, demons, the underworld, etc?
Nope.
Are you okay with Matoba sensing your character's inhumanness/their ability to see/their magical or spiritual artifact?
Sure!
Are you okay with Matoba testing your character's inhumanness/their ability to see in minor ways (such as asking intrusive questions/making references to things that require special perception/using magic on surroundings to see if they sense it?
Also fine! Probably nothing will ping him unless Matoba has a way of invoking something "otherworldly"/portals but he's free to prod.
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She is a robot, so entirely inhuman and without a soul. (: have fun matoba
Does your character carry any manner of object or artifact that might ping as being related to spirits, demons, the underworld, etc?
Nope!
Are you okay with Matoba sensing your character's inhumanness/their ability to see/their magical or spiritual artifact?
Go right ahead.
Are you okay with Matoba testing your character's inhumanness/their ability to see in minor ways (such as asking intrusive questions/making references to things that require special perception/using magic on surroundings to see if they sense it?
come at me boy, this robot can fit so many sad reminders of the contrary nature of her existence. Also yes I give you full permission to be as mean as you would like to her. If she can handle Dio and Akane, she can handle Matoba.
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If your character is human, is your character capable themselves of sensing spiritual energy, youkai, demons, etc? Further, do they have harnessable spiritual powers? ssssssort of! it doesn't come with pinpoint accuracy, but he can get a general sense if other spirits/demons/etc appear in the vicinity, or if there's some spiritual energy brewing.
Does your character carry any manner of object or artifact that might ping as being related to spirits, demons, the underworld, etc? his sword...........
Are you okay with Matoba sensing your character's inhumanness/their ability to see/their magical or spiritual artifact? we already talked about this a bit so yea it's fine
Are you okay with Matoba testing your character's inhumanness/their ability to see in minor ways (such as asking intrusive questions/making references to things that require special perception/using magic on surroundings to see if they sense it? he can certainly try! the issue is more that kara is himself so he will be resistant to questions and the like, but attempts to learn more or test him are fine.
hello again matoba
Yes. Qiqi is a Jiangshi, animated by the power of several Adepti (immortals, or divine beasts) working together. Though she can unleash the power sealed within her to use in a fight, it inevitably returns to her. She also possesses a Vision, which is a... indeterminate magical object with indeterminate ties to the self... that allows control over a single element. In Qiqi's case, it's ice.
If your character is human, is your character capable themselves of sensing spiritual energy, youkai, demons, etc? Further, do they have harnessable spiritual powers?
Qiqi possesses Elemental Sight on account of her Vision. It's.. vague.. what all this does, but it certainly lets you see 'indeterminate vibes of power,' and illuminates beings and items in accordance to their Genshin Impact Element/closest correspondent, IE things that are woody and flammable are green, electrified are purple...
Qiqi can harness the energy sealed within her using talismans. She can use it without them, but does not like to -- it's inexact, and potentially dangerous. That power has surged out of her control before.
Does your character carry any manner of object or artifact that might ping as being related to spirits, demons, the underworld, etc?
The sword Qiqi carries has a hunger for blood. It's not especially tied to her, or anything, it's just your typical fantasy bloodthirst sword that passively beckons the wielder to further violence through its use. I mean, you could say that of any sword, right? ..Right?
Are you okay with Matoba sensing your character's inhumanness/their ability to see/their magical or spiritual artifact?
Absolutely!
Are you okay with Matoba testing your character's inhumanness/their ability to see in minor ways (such as asking intrusive questions/making references to things that require special perception/using magic on surroundings to see if they sense it?
Absolutely!
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If your character is human, is your character capable themselves of sensing spiritual energy, youkai, demons, etc? Further, do they have harnessable spiritual powers? Not human, but - Ain CAN sense spirits/demons/etc. His magic is his spiritual power, so yes to that. It's a complicated system to explain, it runs on what's called "cycle magic" but a lot of his power is tied to his emotions nowadays. TL;DR if Ain casts magic it's very much like "whoa that's some angel shit you're doing there buddy". Please let me know if you have questions bc Elsword canon is horrible to explain I'm sorry—
Does your character carry any manner of object or artifact that might ping as being related to spirits, demons, the underworld, etc? His pendulum might ping. It's bound to him and he can break it to increase his magic, mostly he uses it as an arcane focus though. The pendulum is said to regenerate if he breaks it. He will probably not do this or he's just going to be completely fucking unfettered at all times. Or maybe he will 👀
Are you okay with Matoba sensing your character's inhumanness/their ability to see/their magical or spiritual artifact? YES
Are you okay with Matoba testing your character's inhumanness/their ability to see in minor ways (such as asking intrusive questions/making references to things that require special perception/using magic on surroundings to see if they sense it? YESSSS please call him out on his bullshit I'm begging