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>

Comments

Revision request!

[doomedtheworld]

Actually, I was wondering if I could make a change to this Echo. I was mulling over how to get Vanessa's powers to show up and I realized there was an obvious and much quicker way to do it as opposed to Echoing back a power and then Echoing back which metal fuels it or vice versa.

In Mistborn an Allomancer first gains their powers by "snapping." Basically what happens is when they're put into lethal danger their Allomancy gene or whatever triggers and they gain their powers. I can't really canon-parallel this since Vin almost died so many times growing up even she doesn't know when she actually snapped but I was thinking the fungus creature event could toss her into a nearly fatal situation and she'd Echo back her snap, triggering all her powers in one go albeit still at a limited level.

This wouldn't change much since she still has to Echo back the memories of what these powers are and what metal fuels them, and she'd still only use steel for awhile since that's the only one she knows at the moment. All it would really do is remove a step in how I was originally going to have her recover her powers and free up a bunch of Echoes for memories, character traits and skill/power boosts.

Thanks!

[theearth]

Hey! We find this acceptable under two conditions. One, her requested Echo will not give her the power to steelpush. The initial Echo to give back Allomancy will not return anything truly useful -- only the potential to use metals.

Second, each metal will require its own Echo, and these Echoes will be the knowledge of what each metal does/how to use it. In addition, we'll require that each initial metal echo return a weak form of the power, with a second Echo granting full power.

Is this acceptable/what you had in mind?

[doomedtheworld]

The way I was going to play it was that the Echo would return her Allomancy powers and since a previous one gave her knowledge of what steel does and another thread had her acquire some that would be the one she'd use first. It would be in a seriously depowered form with very limited range and only the ability to push on one object at a time that she's focused on. Less action movie ninja-star-throwing and more ragdolling around the street like a putz while monsters try to eat her face. Also, since she has to almost die for this Echo to work I don't plan on making it easy on her. Would that be alright with you guys?

The rest is pretty much exactly how I was going to play it. This Echo would just mean she could potentially use the metal but she'll still have to Echo back the knowledge of others before the power is available. Also totally cool with needing a second Echo to reach full power. I'm just hoping to streamline the whole thing a bit more so I don't need to devote over twenty Echoes just to get her abilities back at all.