Resonance Permissions

[tsunergy]

Mikleo is a seraph, a spiritual being that resembles a human but cannot be seen, heard, or touched by humans without a sufficient level of resonance. Resonance basically means their level of instinctive or spiritual power, depending on species.

Most people cannot interact with seraphim, and go about their lives without even noticing them. To combat this, his ability to manifest (which is normally limited to mirrors with enough focus) has been boosted. So he's, you know, playable.

Those who can see and hear seraphim in canon are:

• Animals (or those with animal senses or instincts)
  
• Spiritual or supernatural beings
  
• Monsters
  
• Humans with exceptionally high spiritual resonance (those who can naturally see ghosts or spirits, those who can 'sense' the weird stuff)

For Drift Fleet purposes, anyone's resonance with Mikleo will increase the more they are around him, eventually making it so he can be at first heard, and then seen. Whichever crew members he has who don't fall in the above categories, for example, ought to start hearing him after a couple of months. Visibility follows some time after.

Mikleo will never be visible in photos or on the communicator, but his voice will always work on it regardless of resonance.

To help me out, please let me know on this post if Mikleo is able to interact with your character in person! And if you're not sure, we can sort it out here. /o/

ALSO ALSO- Mikleo has the same ability to sense malevolence as Sorey. So if you can fill out Sorey's permissions as well, it would help us both out!

<b>Name</b>: <b>Character & Journal</b>: <b>Species</b>: <b>What's their resonance like?</b> Basically how/why they'd see or hear Mikleo, if it isn't immediately obvious from their species. Would they have malevolence? (see the note above re: Sorey's permissions; if you're not sure, I can assume no!)

ORIGINAL RESONANCE PERMISSIONS HERE

Comments

[aetherflows]

Name: Saffy
Character & Journal: Alphinaud Leveilleur (aetherflows)
Species: Elezen
What's their resonance like? Elezen aren't immortal magical creatures like most elves. However, Alphinaud is an arcanist and works with magic and aether all the time, so I think it's safe to assume he can hear seraphim just fine! Elezen also have excellent eyesight and hearing, further contributing to this. I think he'll be able to see seraphim pretty fast.
Would they have malevolence? Alphinaud is honestly pretty pure. He's full of light and hope and determined to make the world a better place. I think any malevolence would come from his guilt over failing as a leader and wariness to trust from the betrayal he suffered-- but he's basically over all of that at his canon point.

[privateeyed]

Name: Cassandra
Character & Journal: Ben Douglass, privateeyed
Species: Human
What's their resonance like? Ben is straight up human despite the metal parts and comes from a "normal" future world so his resonance is at a solid zero.
Would they have malevolence? He absolutely is full of anger and self-loathing and guilt. A lot of the guilt stems from having to depend on people when he's otherwise an incredibly independent person, and a lot of anger directed towards himself and the way his life has swerved from his original plans. He isn't a bad person though, so a lot of his malevolence would stem from his anger and guilt.

[watermarks]

Name: Shira
Character & Journal: Katara watermarks
Species: Human
What's their resonance like? I MEAN. She's a bender, so she's tied in closely with the elements, specifically she's a waterbender so... there's that. On top of that, there's her time in Luceti where she developed a close bond with three spirits and she definitely believes in the spirits in her world... plus there's that whole Painted Lady thing where she both impersonated a spirit and then had the spirit show up to thank her, so... she's... gonna be in the middle, I bet, the high end of the middle. So I think she should be able to hear him and see an outline of him by like... convo three or four.
Would they have malevolence? Okay, so... for malevolence, I think she would have a little, honestly. All the killing she had to do in Luceti, all the self-doubt for not being able to help her friends/the helplessness, and the resigning herself to use bloodbending has left her with some spiritual scarring. Also, she's yet to fully resolve the bit with her mom being murdered, so there's that. And of course, being very, very angry at the Malnosso and Cultists might leave a bit of a mark too. But overall, Katara is a Good Person (tm), or at least she tries very hard to be and is someone who is genuinely full of compassion, so play with this as you will?

[hollowedfaith]

Name: Syl
Character & Journal: Libra (hollowedfaith)
Species: Human
What's their resonance like? He's a spellcaster and a man of faith, so despite being human, he might be able to hear Mikleo as kind of a distant or directionless voice? As far as malevolence, I went and filled out Sorey's permissions here.

[woodcarving]

Name: Saffy
Character & Journal: Magnus Burnsides / woodcarving
Species: Human
What's their resonance like? Magnus should be able to hear him at least and work up from there, particularly stemming from having died a few dozen times and spending time as a spirit inhabiting a mannequin.
Would they have malevolence? I think there's some potential for guilt over what he's lost and the people he's let down, but it's not something that keeps him from functioning. Alas, no Chalice AU here either... just dogs. His heart is just dogs.