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

[theearth]

Is this Lazarus's first encounter with ASL, and did L know it?

[dead_black_eyes]

It would be Lazarus' first encounter with actively studying ASL. L is a character who is shown to be highly (and unrealistically, but this is a fictional anime genius) multilingual in canon and capable of taking in a lot of information very quickly. Having solved 1,000 of the world's most difficult cases, even if only one of those required comprehension of ASL (or any other language), he would have put effort into learning it, and probably seen ASL in particular as very useful for other reasons (since he relies on a handler and they share most of their intel) a method of communicating silently would have its merits for a detective under more than a few circumstances.

It is a headcanon/reasonable assumption echo (like most of his other language echoes); unfortunately we get to see a very small portion of L's career in canon, so there's 17 years completely unaccounted for where all we know for sure is that he was being an awesome detective and solving 1,000 distinct cases while acquiring a lot of random and surprising skills (like Capoeira and flying a helicopter, which are hard canon). Of all these random skills, languages are probably the most useful and reliably reasonable to headcanon.

If this isn't OK or simply too farfetched, I'd like to alternatively have him echo back his ridiculously quick learning curve via Wolpertinger encounter (Tier 2 would be OK, since it's a big one) so he can go about picking it up.

[theearth]

Echo approved (if you want it - a ridic quick learning curve via Wolpertinger Tier two sounds fun too - the only stipulation to that would be that you apply it somewhat selectively at your own discretion, just to not overdo it; perhaps limit it to languages? or just oocly limit it's use to not play up his Gary Stu too much).

[dead_black_eyes]

Ooh! Yes, I absolutely do want the additional echo, and agree wholeheartedly with the necessity of limiting it (since the last thing I want is to play a Gary Stu!)I will use it responsibly and sparingly; at present I can't think of too many immediate applications for it, but as endgame approaches there might be something he can benefit from learning rapidly. How about something like using it once per month to acquire a significant skill (learning a new language, becoming an expert on cartography, ski master etc) or twice per month to acquire more minor skills (proficiency at tying knots, knitting, card tricks)?

I'd define a "major" skill as something that would ordinarily take a person years of dedicated practice to accomplish, and a "minor" skill as something that a person could get the hang of in a couple of weeks of dedicated practice. With endgame in progress he won't have the chance to do this very much, but it'll be cool when he can!

[theearth]

That sounds like a pretty good limitation!

Steep learning curve echo approved! Please update your info post and note that this is a Wolpertinger echo and December tier 2!