Echo Requests (retired)

[theearth]

New Echo Request page here!

Please fill out this form when requesting an Echo, then post it to this entry. The request will be dealt with as soon as possible.

When requesting an Echo induced by a past-life parallel/recurrence, please demonstrate clearly the similarity between the events, as well as the relation between the events and what is returned.

As of September 2013, Tier 2 Echoes can be granted once a month per character. Take care to specify the limitations and/or level of detail to the Echo requested! If you are unsure, suggestions will be gladly offered.

Reason for Echo: What caused the Echo, whether it be by a plot-related trigger or a canon recurrence. For the latter, this must be unusual enough to have been the first time the character has encountered it within Locke City, and strongly resemble a specific event from canon. Picking up a jug of milk from the store will not cause an Echo if it isn't any different than the times the character has done it before.
Type and tier: Physical change, power/ability, mental/memory, or item/creature. Tier 1 are the regular Echoes, and are typically a single memory/ability/item/etc. Tier 2 are essentially two regular Echoes rolled into one, such as an item and a memory or ability associated with it, or two directly-related memories, or so on. Currently only one Tier 2 Echo is allowed per month, so please be sure to note them somehow on your info posts.
What is returned: In the case of canon recurrences, these must be directly related to what has caused the Echo. Stronger recurrences = stronger Echoes.

<b>Player:</b> <b>Character:</b> <b>Reason for Echo:</b> <b>Type and tier:</b> <b>What is returned:</b>

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[mightymegatron]

Player: Stefan
Character: Megatron
Reason for Echo: Seeing the Cybertronian eyes of his friend, Chris in this log.
What is returned: A memory of the skyline of Cybertron.


Character: Megatron
Reason for Echo: Helping to tear down the statue in the Dead District.
What is returned: How to read and write Cybertronian, but not the name of its language, its origins, etc.

[theearth]

Approved! Twice! Please remember to update your info post.

[formermagicalgirl]

Player: Nadia
Character: Takako/Fenrir
Reason for Echo: touching the statue in the dead district before its torn down. Will happen in this post.
What is returned: The ability to use her hair as a weapon of sorts as shown in this video Minus the ability to drain energy to the point of making someone comatose, more just can tie someone up with it. If possible, also just the memory of that short little bit from where Sasame attacks her, she retaliates and he ends up nearly dead.

I'm going more for the ability to use it, but not quite yet the ability to use it well and considering it is an ability born of despair, until she masters it (maybe a few months of practice?) or receives an echo for the rest it will have an equally high chance of backlashing and entangling her to be fair since it is pretty powerful even without the draining ability.

And actually will go ahead and post for the new guy too since I just tossed him right into plot.

Character: Leonhardt
Reason for Echo: snake statue destruction
What is returned: The ability to summon Kernviter. The sword itself will just look like the one he had in his preincarnation, but otherwise act like a normal sword since it's going to take more than a couple of echoes to regain all its funky abilities.

[theearth]

Approved! Twice! Just be reasonable with the sword use for now (i.e. let's not go chopping half the city up) and we're golden.

[searchforpeace]

Player: Melon
Character: Audrey Burne / Mineva Lao Zabi
Reason for Echo: Touching the snake statue in the Dead District before it's torn down, via this log with Takako and Colette.
What is returned: Some of that there Newtype latent empathy/thought projection. In canon she's only begun to show awakenings of it, reaching out to Banagher to ask him to catch her. Y'know, after she throws herself out of the damn plane and is free-falling to earth.

Here I plan to have the ability be much the same - she'll get vague feelings at first, wee hints. Newtype empathy works as a sort of 'spatial awareness' more than a true sixth sense/ability to read emotions. Seriously, think of Jedi's ability to 'feel' things while blindfolded. IT'S PRETTY MUCH THE SAME.
Likewise the thought projection portion is just going to be weak and pretty shallow until Audrey both acknowledges it and begins actually trying to use it.

[theearth]

Approved! Come join the glorious Newtype Collective, Spacenoid! One of us. One of us.

...oh, yeah. And update your info post, I guess.

[wordsgate]

Player: Haley
Character: Sam Iwata / Sasame

Reason for Echo: Thread hasn't happened yet, but Takako-mun and I are planning on having Sam literally run into Tamara, which will give him a canon-reoccurance echo. (This is the scene from canon that it'll mirror--episode 9, starting at around 18:50. I know this probably seems like something minor enough that it wouldn't cause an echo, but it's a major turning point for Sasame, since it's the first moment that he realizes Takako is working in Himeno's home, and it's also what prompts him to confess his love for her and forsake his role as a knight.)

What is returned: The memory of seeing "Mikage" turn and look at him, along with the feelings he had at that moment--longing, guilt, regret, anger and frustration directed at himself and Hayate (although he won't remember who Hayate is, just maybe a vague knowledge that not all of his emotions are directed at himself or the girl in the Echo), just a general big ball of negative emotions. However, I'm not wanting him to know TOO much about what was going on at that moment yet, so the sounds in his memory will be muted enough that he won't be able to tell what she's saying or even what her voice sounds like. The image and emotions are just what he's going to get back.

[theearth]

Approved!

Remember to update your info post, yeah?

[edhwierfan]

Player: Kamilah
Character: Aeron Penning / Arthur Pendragon
Reason for Echo: Bantering with Emery/Merlin in this thread.
What is returned: The vague sense that Emery/Merlin can be trusted, and some snippets of banter from their previous life. (I can choose just one conversation in particular if that's too vague!)

[theearth]

Because so much of Merlin and Arthur's relationship is... built upon banter in the show, the snippets suggestion is just fine. Echo approved!

Please remember to update your info post.

[argents]

Player: kou
Character: banagher links
Reason for Echo: this conversation with casval, particularly the initial closing line, is nearly identical to a line in a conversation banagher had with bright noa aboard the ra cailum battleship. where he was told: "Just like every other Gundam pilot, I like to think that it chose you. It was always the inevitable outcome, for better or worse. Be brave enough to fight off despair. If you're a Gundam pilot, a Newtype, you can do it."
What is returned: basically the memory of that conversation. so he has a name to assign to his crazy powers, and a very peripheral awareness of the unicorn gundam in the background of said convo.

[theearth]

Approved!

Please remember to update your info post.

[angelskills]

Player: Kero.
Character: Colette Brunel.
Reason for Echo: Visiting the snake statue with Tamara and Audrey! Can be found here.
What is returned: Her Cruxis Crystal. The Cruxis Crystal is kind of a big deal so I'm going to explain why I've chosen it! Canonly, Colette is actually born with the stone in her hand (ew gross) and I'd like to follow along canon with her echos and how things effect her. So that's number one! The Cruxis Crystal is, essentially, a power booster/body enhancer and eventually what allows Colette to become an empty vessel for the Goddess Martel. Everything she'll be getting later hinders on the Cruxis Crystal.

Of course, right now, the Cruxis Crystal will give her no additional powers - it'll just be a pretty piece that she'll think her grandma picked up at a yard sale and decided to wear. However! While the Cruxis Crystal will be dormant as far as powers go for now, canonly its touch without a Rune crest leads to Colette developing a disease called Chronic Angelus Crystallus Inofficium. It occurs when the body of a Cruxis Crystal bearer rejects the crystal and takes on a crystallized form, and is very rare, happening to one in a million. Of course, Colette develops it, and they eventually need to create a Rune crest for her. As of now she will not have the Rune crest - only the Cruxis Crystal is coming along for the ride. So I'd like for the only effect of the crystal at this point to be beginning to slowly poison her. There would be no effects of this for quite some time, but the sooner I can start it the more development I can give it! \8D/

[theearth]

Approved on all fronts! You've got the green light from me to go on ahead. Don't forget to update your info post, as well.

[deathcough]

Player: Kalyn
Character: Souji
Reason for Echo: Talking to Casval about his purpose in life.
What is returned: His memory of a talk with Chizuru about the meaning of his life, after slaughtering men in the streets. ("My job is to kill our enemies" etc.)

[theearth]

Approved!

Please remember to update your info post.

[11ady]

Player: Robyn
Character: Lady Une
Reason for Echo: Conversation with Casval and asking if he'd say goodbye to Euphie before going off to die
What is returned: Treize being a dick and not saying goodbye before going off to die OTL Basically, this script excerpt:

Wufei: How many people have died for you?!
Treize: Do you really want to know? As of yesterday 99,822 people.
Wufei: What?!
Treize: Lady, how many have died today?
Une: So far, we have received confirmation of the deaths of 82 White Fang soldiers and 105 of our own soldiers.
Treize: I see. Give me their names later on today.
Une: Yes, sir. I will.

And then he didn't come back. Yay. 8| Man, that took awhile to transcribe.

[theearth]

I apologize. At this time, His Majesty cannot be reached for comment or approval, as he is currently tied up in other, more important matters.

But as his ever faithful supplicant, I validate this Echo whole-heartedly, and implore you to update your info post with all due expedience.

GLORY TO OZ.

[edhwierfan]

Player: Kamilah
Character: Aeron Penning / Arthur Pendragon
Reason for Echo: discussing group/battle organization in this thread.
What is returned: Arthur's grasp of military/battle strategy (including how to schedule patrols and arrange defense of a city)

(I'll slow down on the echoes, promise!)

[theearth]

I'll go ahead and grant this (and pacing isn't really an issue here), I'd just request Arthur not be, uh... general-tier quite yet, if that makes sense, since he's still relatively new. So I'd suggest making him pretty good at strategy, but not quite at the level of a seasoned soldier yet. He can get better at it later, of course.

[struckout]

Player: Anduin
Character: Kallie/Lightning
Reason for Echo: Staring intensely at this writing for too long.
What is returned: The memory of staring at this inscription for too long, which is written in an alphabet different than Lightning was used to... actually regaining the knowledge of the alphabet she did know.

[theearth]

Approved!

Please remember to update your info post.

[reapsthewind]

Player:TealDeer
Character:Christobel Starsky
Reason for Echo:Matt Brillion's recent post with Cybertronian language. Hey, that's Starscream's native tongue, of course it should trigger SOMETHING.
What is returned: Unhelpfully, NOT the Cybertronian language. Instead, she's going to get the Decepticon faction symbol:



Only she's going to remember it as upside-down (because that's how the symbol appears on Starscream's wings)

She will not get the name of this faction, or the name of the symbol, just the symbol, and the following opinions about it: In her mind, it'll be a symbol of uprising and revolution. It's also a symbol of conquest, but naturally she's going to see that as a good thing, since her pre-incarnation was the one doing the conquering. So conquest that's totally for the greater good? Right??? CRUSHING OUR OPPRESSORS AND MAKING THEM BLEEEEED BECAUSE THEY SHOUUUULD. In any case, in her mind it's going to be something important, a very deeply personal symbol.

[theearth]

Sounds good. Echo approved!

Please remember to update your info post.

[exloserspromise]

Player: Effing
Character: Sandy/Steve
Reason for Echo: Elian raising the possibility of using Cybertronian as a cipher in Matt's recent post.
What is returned: Sugar variant of the Joint Army/Navy phonetic alphabet, which was used to standardize and clarify radio communication between branches of the US military during and after WWII. It's probably the simplest of the various codes Steve learned and used during the war and not even really a secret one, but it can still be confusing to someone unfamiliar with the concept of using whole words to represent their starting letters.

[theearth]

Approved!

Please remember to update your info post.

[testsonseashells]

Should have gotten to this much earlier, but hey.

Player: G-man
Character: Mordin Solus
Reason for Echo: Encountering the werewolves
What is returned: Mordin will regain a greater portion of his salarian physiology. His metabolism will now be equal to that of a full salarian's, and he will have an eidetic memory.

[theearth]

Going to have to say pick one or the other here (as in, either the metabolism or the memory). The two functions don't really have anything to do with each other, beyond being under the broader umbrella of physiology, and eidetic-class memory would be a bit too powerful for a second Echo on top of the heightened metabolism, too.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S TOO SOON TO REQUEST ONE FORGIVE ME IF SO /o\

[wastingtime]

Player: Mindy
Character: Elian Price
Reason for Echo: Christobel showing a certain symbol.
What is returned: A memory of his first experience with that symbol - rather, someone wearing it. It'll be literally only a second or two, with the attached feelings of startlement and confusion. Hey, this guy did all but trick him that he was a good guy, not that he'll remember that...

[theearth]

Nope, this is just fine! Echo approved, go ahead and update your info post.

[earnedmystripes]

Player: Batty
Character: Kaburagi
Reason for Echo: Getting drunk with Casval in his apartment and them eventually passing out on the floor together
What is returned: A sense of there being "someone missing" in his life, someone that was extremely important to him that he used to do things like that with.

Reason for Echo: When the creepy nighttime stuff happens eventually (specifically, the "I wanted to save the Earth" dream)
What is returned: His original crapsuit hero suit.

[theearth]

Good to go on both counts. Update your info post old man.

[reckless_fire]

Player: Sylver
Character: Kenji/Kazuma
Reason for Echo: His shouting match with Jack
What is returned: The memory of one of his many shouting matches with Ryuho. He'll remember the jackass's name (because, jeez, they yell each other's names often enough) and that they really didn't like each other, but he'll have no idea why.

Reason for Echo: Night time weirdness, whenever that happens.
What is returned: Better control over his Alter. This is something I would like to develop slowly and with a lot of trial and error involved. Basically, at first he would be able to sense it, even grab onto it briefly, but not able to fully manifest even his first form. He'll still be limited to just deconstructing matter for the time being, but will eventually be able to consciously do so. Sometimes.

[theearth]

You got it. Feel free to ask a mod for help on the development front if you're unsure of anything (cough Deus cough). It's been awhile since someone has seen that canon but they should be able to assist if needed.

Anyway, go on and update that info post!

[abidan]

One back-dated and one forward-dated Echo, if that's all right! The back-dating shouldn't be a retcon issue at all, it's just a couple of old emotions.

Player: Pearl
Character: Emery

Reason for Echo: Post-werewolf fallout. He's been involving himself in a lot of characters' business (trying to help them etc) and feeling incredibly weak and useless because of it. He doesn't regret not going on the hunt, he just feels as though he should be able to do more to help with what he has.
What is returned: A deep feeling of that old self-deprecation re: being unable to help his friends due to lack of ability or skill.

Reason for Echo: Touching one of the snake statues in the gallery.
What is returned: The ability to use weakened telekinesis. No building-crushing awesomeness, just smallish things like passing the salt and pepper.

[theearth]

Approved! Twice!

But the catch is you have to update your info post telekinetically. Good luck, kid.

[dorkytracksuit]

Player: Aki
Character: Davin (The Psionic)
Reason for Echo: Hanging around the statues for over an hour.
What is returned: Another memory, of him attacking and kidnapping young trolls.

[theearth]

"Attacking and kidnapping young trolls" is a little vague. Can you elaborate on this, a bit more? What exactly is the context of said attacking/kidnapping?

[icy_heavens]

Player: Misty
Character: Toushirou Hitsugaya
Reason for Echo: Experiencing a haunting.
What is returned: Filling in some of his knowledge about ghosts; mainly the different classifications of them and how they come to be that way. Possibly also what has to be done to keep souls from going down the path to becoming a Hollow, and that Hollows need to be "purified", if that's not too much. Though any knowledge about death gods is conveniently left out.

[theearth]

I'd say limit the Echo to just basic information about ghosts for now, and a vague idea of the concept of a Hollow. If that's agreeable to you, that is, because otherwise... yeah, a bit too much there.

[shiromadoushi]

Player: Fran
Character: Bakura3x
Reason for Echo: Being haunted
What is returned: Partial ability to summon Diabound: Diabound will not be solid or able to interact with the world at this stage, but will be visible. image reference for appearance and scale

[theearth]

After giving this some thought, I'm going to allow this, but I'd ask two things:

1) That Diabound not be summoned constantly, so we don't have the ordinary populace freaking out at GIANT DEMON SNAKE THING;
2) That Diabound not be granted any further abilities for a while, given its capability to Wreck Things on a considerable scale. Like, a while a while.

If you're down with both of these stipulations, then Echo approved.

[seriallylucky]

Player: Kd7sov
Character: Felix/Fred Vandenberg
Reason for Echo: Gettin' all spooky-haunted
What is returned: Reduced aging, as granted by the Golden Sun Event. This would have no effect on his general or specific health, except insofar as he'd have a young person's immune system and sturdiness for longer (and then an old person's immune system and sturdiness for longer, assuming he doesn't die/lose all Echoes before then). I could probably come up with a number for the reduction if you want, but I doubt it'll ever be relevant.

(Because I seriously doubt I'll ever be able to do this one by canon parallel, and why not get some no-obvious-effect Echoes in early?)

[theearth]

Sure thing. Echo approved, go update your info post, epic win, etc.

[espigeonage]

Player: Joysweeper
Character: Julien/Yuuya
Reason for Echo: Hanging around the art gallery
What is returned: The ghost-sense some characters in HB have - the ability to see, hear, and touch a spirit that isn't weakened or concealing itself from him, a physical perception of cold if a spirit is near regardless of concealment. I never alluded to this in the app because at the time I hadn't examined his interaction with a ghost character; it's never spelled out that he can see them, but had to be inferred.

...I might at some point give him the echo which will let him become a ghost if certain conditions are met. Hmm.

Reason for Echo: Being haunted
What is returned: A memory, but it's the kind of memory without real sensory detail, the kind that's faded back into more of a recounting than a recording. Please tell me I'm not the only person with memories like that. Specifically this!
Basically it's that he was part of "the Party", specifically the "Heaven-Soaring Wings" part which here is implied but not stated to be espionage-based, he was recruited at the age of eight which is not unusual, the work was gonna be dangerous, and he wanted to protect the remaining humans.

[theearth]

Can you describe the "ghost sensing" ability in more detail, please? I am not canon familiar so I'd appreciate some expansion upon it before rubber stamping the request, particularly how it'd be relevant for Julien/Yuuya.

Second Echo is approved, though, so you can go ahead with that at least.

[wastingtime]

Player: Mindy
Character: Elian Price
Reason for Echo: Hauntings!
What is returned: POWER; the start of his temporal mechanics analyzer, as he had a habit of getting exhausted/faint when using his time travel power in canon [or too much power, period]. It'll take another echo or two to fully develop, but at this point he'll start to have an really, *really* good sense of timing. I know that's kind of vague but I hope it makes sense!

Reason for Echo: Posting on the forum.
What is returned: MENTAL; so that part in his background where he had a lot of siblings. Well, he'll think back to them, but abruptly his first 'memory' of them will be of them being a lot different (even if he can't put his finger 100% on exactly how) and with something very, very important they needed to do. And that he's only one who's still doing it. He'll recognize this as an echo after a moment or two but it'll still 'come up' when he thinks of his family.


I'm going to pass on him getting an Echo from being in the same room as the statues for now; he'll visit them, but I'm not sure he'll spend the full hour there. If this changes, I'll post here with another request. \o/

[theearth]

Temporal mechanics analyzer... uh, yeah. Sure. Whatever that means. Go for it. The mental one is fine, too.

Go on and update your info posts for both instances.

[iaijutsu]

Player: Sam
Character: Hajime Saitou
Reason for Echo: Haunting funtimes.
What is returned: A memory of dealing with one of the rasetsu-gone-nuts back in Kyoto. Enough context that he'll remember their need for blood, but not necessarily the other weaknesses (i.e. he will not recall the weakness to sunlight and the chance of their turning to ash if they overuse their powers).

Reason for Echo: Hanging out in the gallery.
What is returned: The memory of that time they went to Shimabara and Souji spent the whole time staring at Saitou and Serizawa made some snide comment about Souji having weird priorities for staring at a man while they're in the red-light district.

[theearth]

Sure did laugh at the second one there. Ahem, Echoes approved! Update your info post for both, Japanese swordsman of the questionably heterosexual inclination.