Echo Requests

[theearth]

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.

As of November 2014, Characters who have had their echoes for over a year can cause echoes in other people This is involuntary, cannot be controlled by either character and doesn't require a recurrence. The receiving character must have 15 echoes or less; they must be physically close to the other character; only tier 1 echoes can be caused that way; one cannot give themselves echoes. Both players must, of course, have consented to this oocly. A character can receive echoes through this mechanic no more than 10 times, and only up to 3 times from the same character. If requesting one of these echoes, please indicate the character from which the echo was received.

Reason for Echo: What caused the Echo, whether it be by a plot-related trigger, a person 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> If this is a plot Echo, please state which plot is acting as the trigger. If this is a canon recurrence/parallel Echo, please clearly explain how the reason for the Echo parallels canon. <b>Type and tier:</b> If this is a Tier 2 Echo that receives approval, then note that it is a Tier 2 in your Received Echoes list AND the month for which it counts. <b>What is returned:</b> Clearly explain how the Echo relates to its trigger. If this is an ability, please briefly describe it. Assume the mods are unfamiliar with your canon. If this is a Tier 2 encompassing two Echoes, remember that the Echoes must be related somehow. Please explain how they're related.

Comments

[thebalrogslayer]

Player: Gilbert
Character: Gabriel/Glorfindel
Reason for Echo: Seeing the alien broadcast!
Type and tier: Tier 1, item
What is returned: The beryl/elf stone that he left as a token on the bridge after chasing away the Nazgul.

Reason for Echo: Talking about titles with Julien
Type and tier: Tier 1, memory
What is returned: His titles: 'lord of the house of the Golden Flower', 'Captain of Gondolin', 'yellow-haired', 'balrog slayer' and 'captain of Rivendell'

Character: Åsa/Finland
Reason for Echo: Seeing the alien broadcast!
Type and tier:Tier 1, ability
What is returned: Finland's taste in food/cooking. While he has the technical ability to cook and can make things that other people like, he has notably odd taste and will mix up flavours and textures and eat things that other people regard as inedible.

[theearth]

The first and third Echoes are approved!

In regards to the second, however, discussion of titles in general isn't quite as strong of a trigger as would be preferable - is it a particular part of the discussion that's being treated as the trigger for the Echo? For example, the idea of having multiple titles?

[thebalrogslayer]

The second one came from the idea that Glorfindel found his titles uncomfortable and the reverence that they provided a little ridiculous. Although that mainly relates to 'balrog slayer' I didn't want to ask for that one alone because of the echoes that 'balrog' would give his cast mates (Durin's bane/the balrog of Moria for the dwarves and Legolas and either general balrog knowledge for the elves or more about the tale of Glorfindel and the balrog which became a proverb for great skill and courage amongst the elves). Asking for them all in one go gives him something else to focus on (it'd be Rivendell because they already know a fair amount about it).

From a modern day pov and it won't effect Gabriel yet because he doesn't know his name, yellow haired is pretty daft too because that's basically the translation of his name.