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yet another bin bons ([personal profile] caliginous) wrote in [community profile] animus_ooc2012-06-27 12:52 am

MINI PLOT TIME

In addition to the retrieval bots and other various ugly things going on in the Tower proper, one of your resident telempaths (i made that word up do you like it) is going to fly off the deep end. This is how I give Karkat a "Happy Year Anniversary" present. In short, the reality bending trials, topped with him being voted off and murdered has had a rough effect on his psyche.

WHAT THIS MEANS FOR YOU:

This is basically entirely optional -- if you don't run into Karkat, this will probably have no effect on you. HOWEVER I'd like for people to keep in mind that if you do choose to participate, you may be effecting your own close CR, so it might be prudent to check with them before you tag into the thread.

KARKAT'S RANGE OF ABILITIES INCLUDE:

- Mind control
You have two options here. If you're not a lowblooded troll, you can opt for the easy route and fall victim to narcolepsy at his behest. If your character is weak of will/mind, you are welcome to fall victim to his full control. If they are stronger of will/mind and you still want to do the second option, I will need to address this on a case by case basis. I would like to know about this before you tag others. People who choose the second option are welcome to thread with other people as if Karkat is influencing them to perform morally questionable deeds. Again PLEASE plan this ahead of time with the people involved and PLEASE inform me if this is what you want to do!

- Emotional manipulation
Again, two options. Karkat is still the equivalent of 13 (nearing 14) years age, so please take that into consideration before you make your choice. As the Thief of Heart, Karkat is able to make people feel ways they would not normally feel, usually pertaining to himself. However, because he's out looking for trouble, he will also be looking to screw with previously established relationships. This is a good way to start new CR, or to advance previous CR in another direction. If a character normally acts a certain way (say, for example, they are flirtatious on occasion) Karkat may also amplify their personality (so that they will make advances on everyone in sight). Once again, you may assume they are under Karkat's influence if you'd like to thread with another person but please talk to me and those involved first.

People who fall victim to narcolepsy will wake up within the hour with memory of falling asleep, but no knowledge of how it happened. This does not need to be threaded out, as Karkat will be doing it at random.

Karkat's telepathy is a little stronger than Vriska's so it can last for several hours depending on the scenario, but will not last over a period of 4 hours. People can be controlled multiple times if they so wish. People do need to be in range for his telepathy, so there is always a chance for him to be seen -- he's not being entirely shy about it, but he's not being super obvious either. If someone sees him, they see him, but he won't be making a show of it. If someone happens to notice him controlling the person and wants to try and snap them out of it, they just need to interrupt his concentration. Again, I'll get into more detail if people want to play out that sort of scenario, just keep in mind that Karkat must be in range though he doesn't have to be visible unless you want him to be (in which case, let me know).

My ultimate goal here is for him to get some sort of comeuppance for this. The shenanigans will start Friday, June 29th ICly, and end once Kanaya gets a hold of him to snap him out of it (or sooner, if someone gets angry enough to kill him, I guess), probably the following Friday. I'd like to keep it going as long as possible so that people stuck in the pods have an opportunity to play also.

QUESTIONS? :D This is mostly meant to give the opportunity for some new CR and to play out scenarios you might not get to do in game under normal circumstances.
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