MM/UW/LD Vision Catchall
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incendiarizeHey folks! Arthur's main power is "visions of the past and future", which isn't an inaccurate description, but does....oversimplify it a little bit. I'll do my best to explain the nuance of it here.
1. Arthur sees the past and potential futures. This power spans timelines, and also isn't impeded by distance. Futures he sees are not set in stone. He will generally know if he's viewing past or future, but this can be confusing (for example, trying to find the history of the corpse of someone who traveled back in time before dying, he'll be aware of seeing the future even though it already happened to the poor time-traveler), but not always. He also isn't limited by where he is in time - that is, he can see any point in the past or future that has someone for him to see through. Because!
2. Arthur sees these visions first-person. It has been described as "jumping into [the] memories" of the person he's seeing through, and they can be memories that haven't yet come to pass (thus, future). If he's viewing through someone who was hallucinating or whose senses were otherwise fooled, at the time of the vision, then he will see whatever they thought they saw rather than what was actually there. He gets the full experience. If they hurt, he's hurt. He feels what they feel, gets what they were thinking at the time, all of it. During more intense visions, he loses his own sense of self and becomes the person he's viewing through entirely.
3. There are no effective limits. Arthur doesn't have to know whoever he's seeing through. He doesn't have to even know if they're relevant to him. They don't even necessarily have to be relevant to him! The person can be right next to him or a universe away. They could be dead. There's really nothing stopping you from giving him anything. He has gotten up and gone walking mid-vision before, so they can affect him physically (other than physical responses to mental/emotional stimuli). Certain individuals with specific powersets, and we can talk it over if you think your character would qualify, may be able to become aware of his mental presence in their memories, and may even be able to communicate directly with him that way.
4. Arthur can only sort of control this power. While he is capable of inducing visions at will, and of aiming them - for example he may try to look at a specific person's future, or a certain object's past - and said aim usually works, it's....imperfect. Visions he induces are less potent than visions that come at random (and they can come at random), and he may not get what he was aiming for. For example, in 15 Strangers, Round 4, trial 1, he attempted to look at Krone's past to see if she killed Akko - and while he did get Krone's past, he overshot and saw something from her personal life instead of anything useful. He has tried to get past and gotten future instead, and there's really no reason he couldn't get something completely different from what he's trying for.
5. Visions can come at random, and that's what this post is for. Sometimes, as RPers, we want to force a bit of a character's background out there that they just wouldn't share. This is a good way to do that. Visions that come to him at random can happen anytime, under any circumstances. These are usually more powerful than the ones he tries for, which means he gets more sucked in and invested and loses track of "Arthur". It's rough on him.
6. Arthur can replay and share visions. He can put himself through a vision he's already seen again, though it will be just as intense as the first time. If he's in glasses form and someone with good soul resonance with him is wearing him, he can play a vision he's had and they'll see it too - also first person, just as intensely. New visions can also come to him and be shared with his Meister, if they're wearing him.
So! I think that covers basically everything necessary! If you want to drop a random vision on Arthur, write it up and drop it here! If you're not sure what to do, here is his visions catchall from 15 Strangers, Round 6, full of examples of how people have given him visions in the past. I can provide examples that aren't on that page if you need more. Comments are screened, for maximum suspense and secrecy. All I ask is please leave something to indicate when it happens in the subject line.
1. Arthur sees the past and potential futures. This power spans timelines, and also isn't impeded by distance. Futures he sees are not set in stone. He will generally know if he's viewing past or future, but this can be confusing (for example, trying to find the history of the corpse of someone who traveled back in time before dying, he'll be aware of seeing the future even though it already happened to the poor time-traveler), but not always. He also isn't limited by where he is in time - that is, he can see any point in the past or future that has someone for him to see through. Because!
2. Arthur sees these visions first-person. It has been described as "jumping into [the] memories" of the person he's seeing through, and they can be memories that haven't yet come to pass (thus, future). If he's viewing through someone who was hallucinating or whose senses were otherwise fooled, at the time of the vision, then he will see whatever they thought they saw rather than what was actually there. He gets the full experience. If they hurt, he's hurt. He feels what they feel, gets what they were thinking at the time, all of it. During more intense visions, he loses his own sense of self and becomes the person he's viewing through entirely.
3. There are no effective limits. Arthur doesn't have to know whoever he's seeing through. He doesn't have to even know if they're relevant to him. They don't even necessarily have to be relevant to him! The person can be right next to him or a universe away. They could be dead. There's really nothing stopping you from giving him anything. He has gotten up and gone walking mid-vision before, so they can affect him physically (other than physical responses to mental/emotional stimuli). Certain individuals with specific powersets, and we can talk it over if you think your character would qualify, may be able to become aware of his mental presence in their memories, and may even be able to communicate directly with him that way.
4. Arthur can only sort of control this power. While he is capable of inducing visions at will, and of aiming them - for example he may try to look at a specific person's future, or a certain object's past - and said aim usually works, it's....imperfect. Visions he induces are less potent than visions that come at random (and they can come at random), and he may not get what he was aiming for. For example, in 15 Strangers, Round 4, trial 1, he attempted to look at Krone's past to see if she killed Akko - and while he did get Krone's past, he overshot and saw something from her personal life instead of anything useful. He has tried to get past and gotten future instead, and there's really no reason he couldn't get something completely different from what he's trying for.
5. Visions can come at random, and that's what this post is for. Sometimes, as RPers, we want to force a bit of a character's background out there that they just wouldn't share. This is a good way to do that. Visions that come to him at random can happen anytime, under any circumstances. These are usually more powerful than the ones he tries for, which means he gets more sucked in and invested and loses track of "Arthur". It's rough on him.
6. Arthur can replay and share visions. He can put himself through a vision he's already seen again, though it will be just as intense as the first time. If he's in glasses form and someone with good soul resonance with him is wearing him, he can play a vision he's had and they'll see it too - also first person, just as intensely. New visions can also come to him and be shared with his Meister, if they're wearing him.
So! I think that covers basically everything necessary! If you want to drop a random vision on Arthur, write it up and drop it here! If you're not sure what to do, here is his visions catchall from 15 Strangers, Round 6, full of examples of how people have given him visions in the past. I can provide examples that aren't on that page if you need more. Comments are screened, for maximum suspense and secrecy. All I ask is please leave something to indicate when it happens in the subject line.
