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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[There's no difference between when his eyes open, and when they're closed, and his fingers flinch to brush at his wrist. Leo has to grit his teeth to continue walking, unable to find footing without tentative steps forward.]

You got everyone out.

[You can feel it shudder, along your skin, hear the disturbance of water.

Your feet start to get damp as you shuffle forward.]

not again

cannot again

[The water alarms him and he halts for a moment.]

I'm not going back there again.

[The hand releases you. You hear something shift... and silence follows. Waiting.]

[He takes a step forward, then stops again, alarmed by the silence and the shifting, his head turning as he tries to see, but can't. Hands tentatively go out, trying to feel along, another step, another, but he's leaned forward, trying to feel and there's nothing. He's scared, and just can't admit it.]

this far

to go

where

terror

smell it

why return

[He exhales slowly, a breath he didn't know he was holding as he tries to flex his fingers, but doesn't know if they're moving anymore. Is he even in control right now? He can't see anything that tells him so and this place is exactly like being shoved to the furthest parts of his mind where Levi or Oswald take over. None of the other Glens have been so forward. The darkness is Vertigo inducing, and he lowers, trying to touch the floor.]

I keep ruining everything because I'm afraid that I won't be here much longer. There are people inside of me that take over, and someday I might not come back.

[His voice begins to crack, and he breathes a little faster, obviously close to a panic, but it's self induced right now. There's nothing to grab or throw or kick, so when he stands abruptly, he stumbles forward another step.]

I don't want to be afraid I'll vanish anymore!

driven driven

must yell

must mark

shout loud enough

the air wont forgets

bite deep enough

it scars

is that

your proof

[It moves again. Scrabbing claws, whispers of fur, the scrape of scales, all of it in nonsensical chorus. You can hear it, winding around you, a mountainous, unseen landscape.]

leave marks

hate the marks

purpose

what purpose

[He's not sure he understands clearly, but the words seem to resonate something in him, a desperation. He walks a little faster in the darkness, stumbling when he can't see and can't figure out how far each step is from the ground. Under the stress, Jabberwock briefly appears. It is not a creature Ygin would be familiar with.]

I want to be able to silence the voices that aren't mine! I want to protect the people close to me without hurting them!

I refuse to be anyone's pawn anymore!!

But, what do I do? How do I do it?

Edited 2012-08-13 01:51 (UTC)

[The air thrums around him, thick and heavy. He can feel the vibrations of it, deep in his chest, echoing like a heavy base, shuddering around his words.

Eyes light up, one by one, as he shouts, the only light in the darkness, slits of color, opening into large ovals, fixing, studying, devouring the sight of him.]

be

be

be more

stare it down

rip it up

be more solid

be louder

roar with it

you fear you

not them

you hate you

you fade more

nothing to fight

to fight for

[The weak light from the eyes is enough to cast dancing shadows over impossible shapes, give a weak outline of your own hands... show ripples as the ground under your feet moves.

Most begin to close as the very ground, the creature, the lids of the eyes all shudder in unison.]

can help

can show

can strengthen

one rule

one rule

don't run away

[Leo freezes and stares, eyes able to adjust to the miniscule amount of light after being in the darkness for so long. If he had any concept of time, it would be lost already, but it feels like ages and might only be minutes. He's seen horrible things - these eyes remind him of chains - and Leo keeps his feet from moving even an inch, slow to lower and then sit down with his legs crossed. It's difficult to understand Ygin, but he thinks for a moment that he does.]

I'm not. I won't.

[Fingers slide along both of Leo's cheeks, and then cup his face in warm, smooth palms. They lift his face, angling it upward until his neck protests. The eyes smooth and dim one by one, the last fluttering away into darkness as another enormous, single pair opens. Close, feet away from Leo's face, and the sheer width and span of them stretching past his range of vision...]

go out into

vines and leaves

find what calls you

tells you it is strong

take its heart

bring it

take its strength

what gives it fear

protection

strength

weapons

bring it

i will give you

you must master

it

yourself

[Every inch of him is tense to fight the instinct to run away from terror, his neck muscles throbbing, fingers gripping at a hem of fabric he can no longer see. A small pessimistic voice chides him for listening. Help is always too good to be true, but he speaks anyway, unable to nod or tear widened eyes away. The word is completely exhaled, all sound only a rush of breath.]

Okay.

[His next words are stronger, throat clearing a heavy lump to speak louder.]

Okay. I'll do that.. and come back.

good

good


[It starts dim at first, but the light filters around you, banishing the darkness in heavy wisps, the dark fog lifting and revealing... you standing outside of the shrine, facing the others.

Distantly, beyond Eizon's towering column, and cracked glass, you can see the purpling hues of the sky.

It's almost dawn.]

Ygin

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