oi_theoi | Ygin

Ygin
The Unknown, Madness, Fear, Night

❧ Played by Nishi

Appearance: It is impossible to get a clear picture of Ygin all at once. It has feminine hands, but a clenched, lantern jaw. You might see the line of a cloak, hunched and stooped, but you might also see flowing, black hair. It has a long, lizagon-like tail, and the presence of it is most often the only consistent sign it is openly in the area.
The voice is a low, genderless whisper, directly in the person’s right or left ear, inaudible to anyone else. You might sometimes hear feathers, or the rasp of scales, gurgles or scrapes. The smell is dry and papery, or wet and fetid.
Whenever Ygin is around, people will feel a tight feeling between their shoulder blades, as if something is watching them.
Characteristics: Childlike, insatiably curious, sadistic, inquisitive, ponderous, demanding, fickle, irrational and sometimes outright gibberingly insane.

Likes: Courage, terror, chimeras, were creatures, shape shifters who lose control by nature, self-awareness, emotional vulnerability, hallucination-prone people, scrying or dreaming powers, phobias, playing mind games

Dislikes: Bravado, rhetoric, scholarly learning, order, science, machinery, unflappable people, people without curiosity, obtuse people, bright lights, restrictions.

Shrine: The shrine presents itself as a dark opening in the wall. It’s large enough to walk into, but you cannot see, hear or sense anything inside.

Ritual: Getting its attention can be as simple as putting a hand in the opening, but walking entirely in is guaranteed to get an answer and quite a bit more favor.

❧ Will Take

❧ Will Give

Nightmares
Fear
Insomnia
Confessions of dangerous/shameful secrets
Maps of uncleared areas
Accounts of previously unknown animals (it doesn't have to be real as long as the character is convinced it is)
Spider silk
Porcumonkey quills
Alcohol
Spirit draining powder
Furbies (successfully caged)
Pieces of your sanity (temporarily or permanently)
A single sense (temporarily or permanently)
Destruction of lights in the dorm areas

Restoration of a single sense
Mirrors
Hand lanterns
Incense
Scented candles
Candy (Hallucinogens)
Curse removal or status effect removal
Obscuring cloaks, cowls or form/gender/identity hiding clothes
Soft-soled shoes
Mental healing I - Can give two talismans, one will restore sanity: soothe, comfort and calm. The other will sap sanity from someone else in any way the player chooses. The second talisman can be shared between multiple people in order to keep the cost low.
Mental healing II - Can devour your insanity. It's delicious.
Information on flora and fauna in explored areas
Understanding of the world (Hallucinations)

❧ Exchange Rate

Items to Units
Worth	Offering
1 Unit	Fear (a shock or start) Confession of a phobia Accounts of new animals/plants Spidersilk (per handful)
2 Units	Fear (challenging a phobia) Confession of a shameful secret Small map of an uncleared area Alcohol
3 Units	Fear (Panic attack or fight or flight terror) Insomnia Vivid nightmares Spirit draining powder Destruction of lights in the dorm area
5 Units	Fear (Paralyzing or phobia CAUSING terror) A piece of your sanity One of your senses
Units to Items
Cost	Reward
1 Unit	A small hand lantern Scented candles/Incense Candy (hallucinogenic)
2 Units	Hand or vanity mirrors Gender/form obscuring clothing Soft soled shoes Information on animals/plants in explored areas
3 Units	Curse or status effect removal Full length or wall mirrors Understanding of the world~
5 Units	Mental Health (either method) Restoration of one sense

❧ The Were

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

Expectations and Powers of the Were

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sharpen

forward

stop

running

become

entrust

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[And almost like that, the pressure is gone and the silence becomes a more natural one.]

[ (unsure)!!! ]

[There's an almost overwhelming rush of a predator... larger, dangerous.... it fills the air with INTENT and the edges of it lie far beyond where your senses can stretch.

Still, the air is thick with the scent of Ygin... A strange, cool darkness in your sinuses, and soothing to your nerves...

And moreso the distinct impression that the intent is focused elsewhere.]

Not that, just ah... this is going to sound really jaded? But sometimes people try to kill other people. Sometimes if you've been that person it's the obvious solution when a stranger tries to get in the way of you taking away a thing that's turning your friend into a monster.

But we don't have to be those people. At the very least it's not too much to talk to them before we decide on anything else, right?

They really do deserve it, though.

you then

you then?

[A flicker of a tail, spikes shuddering along its mossy back, a recognizing growl, and a low rumble that starts as a purr, licking at the shadows along crevices and the wall. Mind if he doesn't just nuzzle around Elliot, because while Leo doesn't remember - this one sure does, and it recognizes your scent and position in its hierarchy of things.]

Yes, me . . . I can take care of myself.

[it's still a bit of a surprise to see this creature so large, but he does reach out and touch between it's eyes, rubbing there with a soft smile]

At least you remember me.

[ hesitates

and then nods ]

You, then.

If they don't just threaten to kill me again.

good

[And almost like that, the pressure is gone and the silence becomes a more natural one.]

If that happens then we'll know for sure where we stand. I'll help you bury some bodies if it comes down to that but I'd rather go the less messy route if we can.