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empatheias permissions post
Feb. 6th, 2018 06:33 pmEmerald has a special ability called a semblance, except hers is one of the rare semblances that allows her to affect others rather than herself or the world around her. For this reason, permissions/opt out post!
What is a semblance and what is Emerald's?
In RWBY, semblances are special abilities that are unique to the individual, with a few exceptions (such as the Schnee family's genetic semblances). Emerald's semblance is of a rare variety in that it involves control over others’ perceptions and is one of the only known semblances to cause physical pain to the user. Her ability allows her to manipulate a person’s mind into seeing or hearing whatever she wants them to, with severe restrictions that make it difficult to use. A significant amount of concentration is required to make consistent and precise illusions, meaning that if she doesn’t catch something happening in the physical world like accidentally kicking up dust on a dirt road, she can’t compensate for it and it may make it possible for an observant victim to realize whatever they’re looking at isn’t real. Additionally, while she is capable of using it on more than one person at a time, two minds can give her an excruciating headache. More than that may cause unconsciousness, so unless she has no other choice she will not do more than two people at a time.
What does she mostly do with it?
Because of Emerald's semblance, she's an incredibly skilled thief. Emerald was, in the words of Roman Torchwick, a "street rat" for most of her life before Cinder took her in. She managed to survive by stealing from others, whether it was money or other items of value. Of course, that doesn't always mean she gets by without being caught, especially if there are multiple potential witnesses around. The most common thing she does with her semblance outside of battle is lift wallets.
In battle, she can create a number of illusions ranging from altering visibility to creating duplicate images of allies, enemies, weapons, and even dialogued scenarios if the recipient isn't aware of how to spot her illusions.
I'm in!
Cool, please reply to this post with the names of any characters you're down for something with and anything I should know about your character that this might interact with (like if they can detect if someone is messing with their mind because of special abilities or just about anything you can think of that would be relevant.
Hell no!
If you're not, you don't need to reply, but if for whatever reason you want to opt out of interaction with me completely, I won't ask questions or get upset about it, just let me know. But if you just don't want her to use them on your character, that's fine too and you don't have to reply, I won't have her use them or will work to avoid any situations that she would feel ICly compelled to use them with you to make sure that we don't have any issues. No hard feelings either way! (I know mind stuff isn't everyone's jam!)
What is a semblance and what is Emerald's?
In RWBY, semblances are special abilities that are unique to the individual, with a few exceptions (such as the Schnee family's genetic semblances). Emerald's semblance is of a rare variety in that it involves control over others’ perceptions and is one of the only known semblances to cause physical pain to the user. Her ability allows her to manipulate a person’s mind into seeing or hearing whatever she wants them to, with severe restrictions that make it difficult to use. A significant amount of concentration is required to make consistent and precise illusions, meaning that if she doesn’t catch something happening in the physical world like accidentally kicking up dust on a dirt road, she can’t compensate for it and it may make it possible for an observant victim to realize whatever they’re looking at isn’t real. Additionally, while she is capable of using it on more than one person at a time, two minds can give her an excruciating headache. More than that may cause unconsciousness, so unless she has no other choice she will not do more than two people at a time.
What does she mostly do with it?
Because of Emerald's semblance, she's an incredibly skilled thief. Emerald was, in the words of Roman Torchwick, a "street rat" for most of her life before Cinder took her in. She managed to survive by stealing from others, whether it was money or other items of value. Of course, that doesn't always mean she gets by without being caught, especially if there are multiple potential witnesses around. The most common thing she does with her semblance outside of battle is lift wallets.
In battle, she can create a number of illusions ranging from altering visibility to creating duplicate images of allies, enemies, weapons, and even dialogued scenarios if the recipient isn't aware of how to spot her illusions.
I'm in!
Cool, please reply to this post with the names of any characters you're down for something with and anything I should know about your character that this might interact with (like if they can detect if someone is messing with their mind because of special abilities or just about anything you can think of that would be relevant.
Hell no!
If you're not, you don't need to reply, but if for whatever reason you want to opt out of interaction with me completely, I won't ask questions or get upset about it, just let me know. But if you just don't want her to use them on your character, that's fine too and you don't have to reply, I won't have her use them or will work to avoid any situations that she would feel ICly compelled to use them with you to make sure that we don't have any issues. No hard feelings either way! (I know mind stuff isn't everyone's jam!)
