Character Shenanigans!

[voidtreckermods]

Sometimes things happen that may have consequences further down the line. Sometimes characters decide to do things that might have immidiate reprecussion. As mods we want to have our fingers on the pulse of the game as it were, but we are also aware that we won't be able to read every single thing!

So that's where this post comes in. If your character has done something 'noticable' that you think we might need to know about, throw us a link here. Some might require a response, some will just be noted.

Example: "Over *here* my character is trying to smash the windows of the engine!"

Sometimes you might have an idea in mind that you believe will have consequences and be in the midst of writing the thread, however you want to know what those consequences will be for threads going forward. Or you might still be in the planning stages and would like to know how things might pan out. That's also what this post is for!

Example: "At the end of this event my character is planning to not rejoin the train and instead ride off into the sunset! What happens?"

Ask away!

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[wewillwewill]

I have a small laundry list of questions! Apologies in advance. Not all of these things will be immediately investigated but he will be doing so.

In Elidibus's canon, aether is the energy that flows through all things. It is not just 'magic energy' though it is what is used to USE magic. It is also life force, the energy of natural phenomena, etc. Sometimes it is just in a 'base state', sometimes (though not always) it is elementally charged (fire, ice, water, lightning, wind, earth, light, dark). For instance, a volcano's eruption is marked as 'aether heavily aspecting toward the fire element'. Electricity running through a device would be lightning aspected aether and so forth. It cycles to the Aetherial Realm and back again as new life. It exists between worlds as well. And of course it is woven into spells, constructs and creation magic (Elidibus's people could literally create very near anything given enough aether and focus; it was a gift the whole race used naturally.) Elidibus possesses the ability to see the flow of aether.

1) When first appearing on the platform, what would the flow of aether be like in the surroundings? Would it seem a static presence (meant to be permanent), temporary (will disappear once its use time runs out), an old creation or something newly created?

2) About the SCA: In the same vein that aether is not 'just' magic, what sort of aether might flow in it? Does it interact with their wearer's aether? Does it connect to the train in some fashion?

3) Would the fog be part of the natural surroundings (naturally part of the aether flow?) or would it be interrupting/diverting it (Like a spell or a barrier)? Would the train be shrouded by this if so or could its aether still be seen beyond it?

4) When the train is visible what sort of aether would flow around it? Does it have any spells about it? What of its composition? If the fog can be 'seen' through with these senses, would it still be there? Would it have any notable changes or would it just be hanging out, if you will?

5) What about the train from the inside? Any interesting aether connections going on here? He would peek at hotspots for certain (the engine room wall for example!)

6) About Voidspace, canon FFXIV has 'Void' being an existence being completely Aspected to the 'Dark' element. Dark represents growth/activity/chaos. Something which Elidibus can move around and in with relative ease normally because of his nature. I get the impression that Voidspace in VT is a different concept so I want to confirm that and also want to ask, aether-speaking, how that might differ. (He is certainly wise enough not to look at it overlong but would be interested in studying it to determine the nature of it. Seeing if a small, harmless spell can take form in it that sort of thing.)

And that is it for now. There are some other things I'll have questions for later but this would probably apply to his first few days and I already feel it's a lot of stuff to answer. Thank you for your time!

7) I lied. One more thing: I remember it mentioned in setting that sometimes a sound like choral singing can be heard but may be dismissed as the wind. I do think if heard Elidibus would seek out its source. He is possessed of what is canonically called the 'Echo' but on a MUCH greater scale and scope (and control) than the game's player characters and mortal NPCs portray. The closest comparison is a bundle of psychic-like clairvoyance and plot MacGuffin. I think he would tentatively seek to try and determine whether this 'singing' is just the wind or something else. Cautiously. Very cautiously. Shit like this lead to bad things happening to his world. But it's also why he can't leave it alone.

[voidtreckermods]

1) The aether on the platform is very fluid. A place in a state of change. The platforms have been explained IC to be liminal spaces- to ease transition into the void and the energy reflects that.

2) There is a connection between the sca the train and the passengers. Life maybe? Energy? Magic? It will feel strange and not quite like anything he knows but he will be able to sense that there is the connection there.

3) The fog is part of the natural aether of the platform. It doesn't seem to have any spells but it won't feel or seem like fog he knows of. The train is partly shrouded by it but can be 'seen through'.

4) Is metal an aether? Because he will get enough to know that it is a train. There's no other energy apart from that of the other passengers. No magic, no life energy, not even a power aether.

5) The inner walls and furnishings act like he would expect normal walls and furnishings to act. With the same aether as you would imagine. He can sense nothing from the outer walls or the engine room wall (indeed it seems like his sense skips the engine room wall completely).

6) He won't be able to see the aether of the void through the train windows- its as if his senses stop at the outer walls. Likewise no magic will leave the train into the void.

7) Cautious is good! As he tries to tune into the singing it will sound louder, calling him and seem very much more singing rather than the wind. It will also come with a rapidly growing headache.

[wewillwewill]

Thank you very much!

(Also it would be crazy weird to see no aether flowing in a train obviously powered SOMEHOW so that's interesting!)

Well rather than the flow from train to people to SCA connection. Which I will follow up on later because this laundry list is already probably a few days worth of examinations.

Also needs to recover from that danger headache! cOc