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]

First echo: How is Tony telling him that he's a good cook a first time thing?

Second echo is approved!

Third echo is approved as a Tier 2 under the assumption that 1. vampirism is only a descriptor and not an actual change of anything (so the two echoes are immortality and having to drink blood) and 2. immortality only means that he won't age anymore.

Please update your info post.

[stefanged]

First echo: ... yeah, I should've been more specific. I was thinking the whole memory of Stefan making food for a large group of people (and actually not butchering the dish) was a canon recurrence, since he's the only one that can cook without burning it.

If that doesn't work, then don't worry about it.

Third Echo: Yeah, Vampirism is a descriptor, but could I change the immortality from "not aging" to "not dying unnaturally?" [IE, if he gets hit by a car, it does not kill him on impact?]

[theearth]

1.: If he's never done the "making food for a large group of people" is something that he hasn't done before, then he can get the echo.

3.: "If he's hit by a car, it does not kill him on impact, but the healing rate is still normal" aka "inability to die no matter how great the injury" would be an option! (We've had various ways of staggering immortality, but generally we require that it is in one way or the other staggered.) Does that work? He can get a greater healing rate with his next echo, obviously, assuming that he has that in canon.

[stefanged]

1: Sounds good. (He's never made food for large groups on his own - his mom and sister usually help.)

3: I completely get the staggering! I wouldn't mind going that route, with inability to die being first and then the healing rate and then what other aspects go along with it as future Tier 1 Echoes. (In TVD, immortality would be broken down into "inability to die," "inability to age," and "greater healing rate." I'm blanking on other aspects atm.)

[theearth]

Echoes approved then!

Please update your info post.