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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Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[The metal is warm, thrumming to the same tempo as your heart. Your figures trace patterns across its surface, possibly, if you're keen, picking out wings, or claws.]

good

good

you are sewn

Mm, that was-

...unexpected, a bit.

[Something large sends trembles through the ground as it slithers around you.]

expect

know

useless

unlearn

experience

grow

[ one hand holds the amulet to herself, the other reaching into the dark ]

And so I am now unknown too, hmm?

[Your fingers brush deeply into a warm, soft slime. The slick skin below it pushes upwards a little, obviously not minding the touch.]

were you

known?

[ lol whut ._.! wellllll w/e w/e lays her hand in it anyway ]

Well, only a little, I think... mm. To someone, I probably was.

Edited 2012-08-25 02:29 (UTC)

[It slithers on, accumulating thick goop on your fingers before it settles down and away from your hand.]

[It shifts, swaying... the ground beneath you rocks gently, ponderously.]

unlearn

learn again

unknown

be

others with

[ o_o

o_o aaaand suddenly feeling like going home to nap! pressing self up to knees and then feet carefully ]

I shall do my utmost.

Ah, others, though?

will know

will

be able

[In response, the floor slants downwards, opening a faint sliver of light that lifts gradually, until its more than enough to accommodate you're exit..]

[ yes. seeking that, but passing to address the darkness. ]

Mm.

Thank you, Mother.

[There's a pause, still -how much had been moving, ambient noise and tiny swaying, that it becomes so sharp in constrast now?

Again, you feel that stroke along your hair, just once, the hand hard and encrusted with stone, before it vanishes.]

well

come

[And your eyes are suddenly straining to adjust to the light again as you walk right into Chrysos.]

[ --with an arm outstretched and just about to plunge it into the wall, even. ]

--ah--

[ hi honey.

my face is covered in blood.

aaaand stumbling ]

- oof!

[ --kergrabs by shoulders!1 spear clattering to the ground ]

--Aerta?!

[ there's something distant in her eyes, but not dull like after the dream or from a drug. this is sharp, even in her disorientation ]

Chrys . . . os?

[ his own moving rapidly as they look her over, good hand lifting to touch the side of her bloody face '-' ]

...yes.

Are you hurt?

Hurt?

I am not. [ gosh really it's all centered around her mouth... ]

[ .......

fffforehead against hers, for a moment ]

Good.

I am, however, a bit messy.

...more than before, yes.

[ pulls back slowly, taking one of her hands in his good one. A fleeting glance at the opening in the wall, and away. ]

Shall we go?

[ it's a bit slimey ]

Let's.

[ DUN CAER stooping and snagging his weapon up

...holding her hand more tightly than usual, as they walk/limp away ]

Ygin

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