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

[espigeonage]

Player: Joysweeper
Character: Julien

Reason for Echo: Seeing some of the new lights on TV. It takes a few weeks before actually taking effect.
Type and tier: Physical, Tier 2
What is returned: Essentially completed bird transformation, and more on how to fly - he got the basics when he became a harpy.

This is the bird form. The keel grows out from the ribcage and a huge amount of muscle is anchored to it, the spine becomes rigid, the knees are permanently tucked, the neck changes radically, the eyes become larger, and there are the beak and feathers. So he's huge. Small human aspects remain - a couple fingers on each wing, blue eyes, some of the jaw structure etc. The picture has him stretched up as tall as he can go, it's more comfortable and natural to hold his body less upright. He's much bigger around and somewhat heavier than as a harpy.

This change gives him a lot more muscle and a far, far stronger wingbeat. Swans can break bones with their wings, and he's much bigger than a swan; he could kill or seriously injure someone. His bite or peck are not to be sneezed at either, and his neck is about two and a half feet long, extremely flexible, and very difficult to break. Overall he's tougher and more dangerous (could maybe take a man with a baseball bat -> could take several men with baseball bats)

Stronger wingbeat and a skeleton adapted for flight lead to a better ability to fly. Taking off under his own power, hovering briefly, and climbing to great heights or flying against the wind are now possible. Pigeons are excellent fliers, fast and agile plus able to maintain a rapid pace for hours on end. He could manage to take off carrying as much as... oh, a hundred pounds, but it's a strain and impedes him.

This also makes his eyes much larger, which changes his eyesight a bit. Larger eyes mean a brighter, clearer image and mildly better low-light vision, though he's still not as good at that as a human.

Reason for Echo: Seeing the second set of pink lights
Type and tier: Memory, Tier 1
What is returned: This memory, finding the blinded quail hidden away in a hellish pit on the Holiday Star.

[theearth]

Just a short question before I approve this - you write "more on how to fly", is this a knowledge/mental thing?

[espigeonage]

Pretty much. "Muscle memory", which I think actually is mental.

[theearth]

So it's physical+mental maybe - either way!

Echoes approved! Please update your info post and note somehow what plot echoes they are and for the first, not that it is tier 2.