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GOLDEN PEACOCK: POWER PERMISSIONS
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 used as a more umbrella term and I'll be leaning towards using that. Spirits bound to the service of an exorcist are referred to as "shiki" (shikigami).
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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kitsoru) for questions or concerns!
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 used as a more umbrella term and I'll be leaning towards using that. Spirits bound to the service of an exorcist are referred to as "shiki" (shikigami).
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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If your character is human, is your character capable themselves of sensing spiritual energy, youkai, demons, etc? Further, do they have harnessable spiritual powers? neither of mine can do this.
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? i mean like... just look at leona!!! for robin, 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? yes to both. :)
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No.
If your character is human, is your character capable themselves of sensing the supernatural? Do they have spiritual powers?
Yes. Tohsaka is capable of sensing the supernatural and her body produces a massive amount of magical energy. The visual novel explains this as: if a human generates 5 units of magical energy (at such low levels this is simply considered 'life energy'), and the average mage generates 25 units of magical energy, then Rin generates 500 units of magical energy.
Does your character carry any manner of object or artifact that might ping as being supernatural?
Yes. She doesn't have many at the moment, but typically Rin will carry jewel(s) that have magical energy she has drained from herself and stored into them for use.
Are you okay with Matoba sensing your character's ability/their magical or spiritual artifact?
Yes. Typically mages are able to "conceal" this, but since Rin has not yet come across a mage that works similar to the kind in her world she hasn't bothered to do so.
Are you okay with Matoba testing your character's ability?
Yes, absolutely.
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Baizhu is actually mostly human but for his eyes, which he’d swapped with his pet snake, Changsheng, after making a pact with her. In doing so, he’s able to freely use Changsheng’s power to swap around medical conditions and qi/life force from person to person, not to mention that he’s also basically sharing his lifespan with her.
If your character is human, is your character capable themselves of sensing spiritual energy, youkai, demons, etc? Further, do they have harnessable spiritual powers?
He’s capable of sensing some traces of elemental powers as well as malevolent energies considering his extensive research on the latter, but he doesn’t have any direct connections with the spiritual aside from Changsheng. He also can’t harness any spiritual powers!
Does your character carry any manner of object or artifact that might ping as being related to spirits, demons, the underworld, etc?
Yep. He keeps this handy little trinket called a Vision hanging from his hip, which gives him access to his plant-based elemental powers.
Are you okay with Matoba sensing your character's inhumanness/their ability to see/their magical or spiritual artifact?
Abso-fucking-lutely. 1000% go for it. Matoba’s free to sense Ro’s smelly malevolence on him too!!!
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!!! He’d be more amused about it than anything.
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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? Yes & yes!
Does your character carry any manner of object or artifact that might ping as being related to spirits, demons, the underworld, etc? Not currently. Maybe someday he'll get his weapon back...
Are you okay with Matoba sensing your character's inhumanness/their ability to see/their magical or spiritual artifact? Yes. He keeps his cursed energy fairly contained unless he's fighting, but someone capable of sensing it could still pick up on it.
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? Yes; cultivators in MDZS have a decent amount of ability overlap with onmyoji. They can see/sense the supernatural and have qi-based spiritual powers. Xue Yang is also particularly sensitive to dead/vengeful spirits (yes, the ghosts in the hotel ping him, a lot).
Does your character carry any manner of object or artifact that might ping as being related to spirits, demons, the underworld, etc? Nothing he currently possesses in GP.
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? Yes, though fair warning that depending on how it comes across and/or his mood at that moment, Xue Yang might react positively or very negatively. He doesn't mind others knowing; it's just about how he reacts to the testing itself.
just in case it comes up!
Nope, Alan is just a little guy.
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 have no idea if this is relevant to the way Matoba parses powers, but just in case: Alan should be a magic-user, IE he was born with the innate ability to use his world's magic, but as a toddler his mother insisted he play with a rosary made of magic-repelling wood. As a result he's a "perturbator": magic bounces off of him, goes around him, and generally behaves oddly. In this sense he's sometimes capable of seeing through magical illusions, which might be kinda like sensing spiritual energy?
However this is all very his-world's-magic specific, unless it'd be fun for it to work on other-world's-magic. Shrug!!
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?
N/A
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?
Extremely yes, especially if you're down for Alan to be able to perturb his magic a little bit as a treat!