Ygin

[oi_theoi]

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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Comments

Re: Day 74, Afternoon

[sharksong]

[Makes an entirely undignified squealing sound that she cuts short when Ygin begins to speak. Focus!!]

Th-That's . . . That's some welcome.

Re: Day 74, Afternoon

[oi_theoi]

[Your body tells you that your tumbling end over end, a mad freefall in the black nothing, even though your eyes can't verify it.

But through it, steadily, not changing angles... a single hand reaches out, cups her cheek warmly, gently, and then vanishes.]

question

question

speak

Re: Day 74, Afternoon

[sharksong]

[Clenches her teeth for a moment, resisting the urge to recoil and instead focusing entirely on the hand. The hand isn't moving --> you aren't really falling. Probably. Unless it is falling with you don't think about that]

I. I noticed some of the gods have stuff about priests . . . i-in their information. But the space on yours looked blank. Does it say anything . . . ?

Re: Day 74, Afternoon

[oi_theoi]

[There's silence for a long moment.]

curious

good

it

[And at the edge of your hearing you can pick up a faint whisper, genderless and quiet, there's a cadence to it, rise and fall, rise and fall. Another joins it, just a little off, and another... and another.

All around you, it rises in volume from the sheer amount of whispers, all hissing at you urgently, from every angle as you turn. Over and over. Your mind struggles, shifting through the conflicting noise, seeking desperately for a syllable or even a consonant set to dig into to make something of it make sense.

Finally, there, right in your ear, breath washing over your neck, you hear clearly what all of the others had been trying to say. don't run]

says

Re: Day 74, Afternoon

[sharksong]

[Barely even drawing breath through all that, partly for the sake of trying to hear what's being said, and partly out of simple fright. She almost wants to laugh when she catches the answer though—of course it would say that.]

O-Oh . . . okay. But. . . . What do you offer?

Re: Day 74, Afternoon

[oi_theoi]

[You float to a stop, drifting back and forth like a feather. The voices continue, speaking in one and then the other ear with each word.]

power

strength

understanding

knowledge

defense

new


new

unknown

Re: Day 74, Afternoon

[sharksong]

[She draws in a few deep breaths, calming herself as she listens. This really does sound better than anything else she'd seen today, and after the latest escapade outside . . .]



I want that. Power and strength. I . . . I need it.

Re: Day 74, Afternoon

[oi_theoi]

can you

difficult

struggle

face

yourself

Re: Day 74, Afternoon

[sharksong]

Everything I remember in my life has been a struggle.

Re: Day 74, Afternoon

[oi_theoi]

[Your feet settle lightly on the ground. It's solid beneath your shoes.]

seek

what scares you

terrifies

frightens

astounds

take the heart

take weapons

armor

skills

what makes it

all

worthy

admired

return

return

be again

Re: Day 74, Afternoon

[sharksong]

[What am I signing up for . . .]

Get a bunch of parts from scary animals. Okay . . . I can do that.

Re: Day 74, Afternoon

[oi_theoi]

[There's no answer, but a flat tongue, lick a dog's, laps at her fingers twice.




And her eyes are struggling to adjust to the sudden light of the shrine room.]

Re: Day 74, Afternoon

[sharksong]

Wah—!

[pressing the heel of her hand to her eyes for a moment, then squinting in the light]

Ah . . . I-I'll come back when I'm done then.