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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[...weak laugh]

I thought you were more into bump in the night fears than mega gross ones. Do I get to cook it first?

revulsion

uncertainty

same

same

react

overcome.

[uuugh]

I guess Celty's been eating souls for years...

[OKAY GONNA. GONNA DO THIS

it's gonna be mega gross and he will try really hard to not throw up but DUBIOUS]

[Oddly enough. You feel the tiniest pat on your back.]

[not sure if imagined that or not

but it's enough to make him start laughing mid eating a giant raw dragonheart

which also makes him a little dizzy

thank god it is dark in here and when this it is done it can just be one of the many things he will never ever talk about ever

it takes a little while. there are several lengthy pauses to regroup.

But he does eventually get through it]

[As you do your heart settles, stilling for a moment. It's almost like it takes a rest and then

THA-THUMP.

It seems like it starts all over again, with the vigor and zeal of a new muscle. It pulses strong and heavy in your chest, filling you head with heady power.

In the darkness, however, you can see the urns disappearing one by one, and the prickle of anticipation down your spine.]

[gasps a bit, wiping blood away from his mouth with one hand and pressing on his chest with the other

laughs a little shakily]

Dragon heart, ne? Can I breathe fire now too?

could try

could try

brace

[Your eyes blurs for a moment, your vision jumping. The world recolors through amber lenses, painting it in harsh yellows, browns and golds, intensely sharp.

The rest happens all at once, one blending into the next, echoing with such a compounding escalation that some part of your mind just backs off, dimly aware of what is happening. The skin on fire, muscles reknitting, bones restructuring, it feels almost as if you are finally breaking out of your own skin and stepping out into something else...]

[And then it's over. You're back in your own head, nerves echoing dully, pins and needles through the skin. Your throat is sore and your cheeks wet, but it seems so secondary at this one, singular moment.

Hanging around your neck is a talisman of a red dragon wrapped by a large green snake... you can feel something in it, powerful and eager, thrumming to the beat of your heart.]

[There was a wild moment where Kida wondered if he was really going to turn into something, that maybe he wouldn't be able to turn back. He's prepared himself for the possibility but it was still startling and terrifying...

At least for a minute, then the feeling of changes themselves are enough to distract him from any thoughts of the future.

When it's over his legs are shaking a bit and his breathing is hard, he pats himself down in the dark, making sure his body hasn't changed, before coming upon the talisman]

...Ygin..?

it is

you are

shall be

fear enough

use

take

become

[l. laugh, just tired now]

I can feel it... something tells me you're not going to be able to explain how to use it really well.

will protect

precious

brave

overcome

[squeezes the talisman again]

...you're really on our side, right?

[There's a silence, broken by a stirring of sounds, insects chirping, throaty whistles, rattles and hisses. The whispers amongst them are almost all at the same time, jumbling over each other.]

righwrongsidesidewhichhumanwatchfearlovesworddancedangerS'vxlossstrangedifferentscreamwhatsiderunPAINwretcheddarknessfightfloodEND

[It breaks off suddenly, the cacophany settling into what sounds like something enormous swaying this way and that in a soupy mud.]

...

yours

[god gooooooooood r-rubs his face a bit, definitely tensing at the noise but also just waiting for it to die down. he's long since learned to not look for the source of any noises.

cracks a week grin at the final quiet word though]

...okay.

You want me to be brave, right? I'm not the best at it, but I can face most of them.

yes

good

[The darkness begins to recede and light filter around Kida again.]

but important

most important

don't run

[that is probably the biggest ping of fear ygin has gotten from kida yet

but he stands up and nods]

Thanks.

[steps out, back into the shrine room]

Ygin

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