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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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[having recently spent a lot of time in the company of various Weres and feeling it when they shift, it's easy for him to tell that the effects of what Ygin did has been steadily wearing off.

So here he is again, standing in front of the dark hole in the wall, more reluctant than ever, but knowing this is a rare chance to talk to Ygin while he's conscious without worrying about transforming midway through the conversation.

Takes a deep breath...]

[The hole is still and quiet, if you didn't know better, it would seem just as though it was a normal depression, damage left by one of the areas many disasters.

However, you get the strange, distinct feeling that... it's waiting for you.]

[~~drr drr drr~~ Reaching a hand out hesitantly--stops just short of the entrance... drops his hand and takes another deep breath, holding it this time--]

[--screws his eyes shut and jumps straight in]

HWAAH!!

[You fall.

The darkness blinds you to speed. The sensation robs you of time. But it feels fast, it feels like forever, that there's no possible, rational way to survive whatever landing is coming.

However, the freefall becomes a slide and a chute....

Whatever you land in, you bounce harmlessly a few times before landing on soft fur.

A hand reaches out and pets you on the head.]

good

[OH MY GOD HEART ATTACK]

I... I wasn't expecting that at all......

expect

what

Falling! Haha, it was actually kinda fun...

[The ground under you shifts, rolling a bit.

You hear laughter rising up around you, some hissing, some giggling, a few in a full guffaw, and none of them the same tone or voice.

It never breaks its mirth, even as a large, flat tongue - easily twice your width - dragged up you in a friendly lick, nearly knocking you over in the process.]

[djfhsdfsdf] EEEW, YGIN-SAN!!

[It wraps around him.]

good

good

stay

[Jeez...]

Um... the thing that you did before is wearing off though...

grows back

grows

space there

Yeah, I can feel it... It's different from just having all the shadows exorcised...

Um... Would you think I'm running away if I asked if you can do that permanently...?

[It spits him out.]

[Falls over from losing balance and vertigo]

I can't get near otherwise though! Even your priests and priestesses are a problem 'cause I can feel it when they shift...

sssss

sssss-st

sssttilllll exists

could take it

could eat it

good good

tastes

[As if to punctuate the thought again, a small, forked tongue squirms and wraps between your fingers, tasting a moment before sliding away.]

could eat

eat

eaaaat

but it would eat you back

devour

rip

your mind

fear

growing

biting

what if

when

black

choke

monster skin

want

okay

run

hide

hide

[Oh man, I don't know what half of that's supposed to mean but Ygin is actually creepier when it's trying to make sense.]

Oh--okay--that sounds... bad?

don't run

dontrun

[Takes a breath...]

Okay... Um, then, I need something that won't eat me back, right? If all of me is where it's supposed to be, then I'm back to where I started with no hope of even controlling when I change except by running or hiding--I.. I don't want that either!

Breeze-san and Aerta-san and Leo-san... They all have a talisman that lets them change. Can I do something like that?

could

could... can...

[It shifts, shuddering under you. You hear an indrawn breath, air catching on something wet and gurgling.]

what is it

fear

you

what do you

fear

exact

[Something's close, leaning over you, draped... it's not touching, no contact, no proof, but you feel it, the tension in your back and skin, the warmth radiating from it.]

say

speak

it

[I AM SO BAD WITH SUSPENSE!!1 clenching his fists, one at his side and one bunched at the front of his shirt as he tries not to jitter too much]

I--I'm scared of that feeling of being too close to the Shadow world! When it's like the air turned into water and I'm breathing in darkness no matter what I do--b-because I know what comes after that is waking up to things I had no control over--that I couldn't stop myself from hurting my friends even if I wanted to--

so

so

that

yes

[There's a hand on his shoulder, light, human.]

ready?

[--still jumps slightly]

Haha--I--well if I don't do it now I don't know when I'll have the nerve to try again, so.

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