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[growlies]

✥ NAME & DEVICE USERNAME: Red
✥ CANON: Original - inspired by Monsterhearts: tabletop rpg
✥ ONE-LINE PITCH: Cerberus turned teenage hall monitor
✥ DEAD / ALIVE / IT'S COMPLICATED: It's complicated.
✥ ARC OF ARRIVAL: Sky whale
✥ INVENTORY:

✘ Cigarettes
✘ Flask
✘ Hall monitor vest
✘ 25340 coins from MH shenans

see your soul
✥ Red's Ability: As Cerberus, Red is able to sense other people's souls. They usually appear to her kind of like an aura - color and scent and feeling all mixed into one. Given she's not in the Underworld anymore, this can easily be explained away as something she can't do here if you don't want your character's soul to be seen and you can also specify exactly what (if anything) she gets from it so it can be as vague as you'd like.
✥ About Red Given Red is made of the Cerberus of the Underworld and a teenage soul (she doesn't know that part), she will give off magic/dead/ancient vibes to anyone who can sense that. No permission needed!
✥ Can Red see/sense your character's soul? Y/N
✥ If yes, please describe it: You can describe it in terms of colors, scents, vibes, whatever you'd like, and what she'd be able to sense from those colors or scents. Make it as vague or specific as you want.

i.e. if I wasn't playing Wrath and I wanted her to see his soul (tho who knows if the devil has one of his own), I'd say his soul is black and gold, smells of brimstone and power, feels of cold and war and death and many unspeakable things. Feel free to flavor it how ever you want!

Comments

[matermali]

✥ Can Red see/sense your character's soul? Yes!
✥ If yes, please describe it: Not sure how it would appear, but probably very dark/smoky, totally up to you. The scent might be something like blood, smoke, and/or taste bitter like venom since taste is linked to scent. If you want to include Vanessa's inner-conflict into the mix, there could be fractured spots or different colors, but this is super optional.

It's an amalgamation of sorts. It's Vanessa's soul, but it's also the soul of an old goddess (which is what demons usually sense). The name might vary based on the mythological incarnation (Amunet, Hella, Lilith), so if there's a Greek equivalent, that could be fun. Or could just be felt as 'old and dark', if you wanna keep it vague.

[growlies]

Omg yes, I really love that idea of the bitter kind of taste and the blood and smoke. I'd definitely include some of that inner conflict into the mix- maybe whisps of lighter colors within the shadows or light fighting with the shadow or something.

I bet that there is a Greek equivalent. I'll look into it - maybe just kind of remind her of that Greek equivalent.

[matermali]

Amusingly, Persephone fits some of the themes. Sought after by lord of the underworld, ends up becoming mistress/queen of the underworld; Vanessa's story in a nutshell, but that might be too on-point for your taste. Hecate is another interesting option. I've forgotten so many ancient Greek deities.

I would normally look to the more primordial gods, but I'm not sure any of the Titans fit... Damn, why the ancient Greeks gotta have so many gods?

[growlies]

From my research, it seems like Lamia might be the most direct translation. "In the Vulgate, Saint Jerome translated Lilith, the spirit in Isaiah 34:14 who conceived by Adam a brood of monsters, as lamia, thus sealing Lamia's image as a seductress in the Christian imagination."

However, I can also keep it vague since it's obviously not a direct translation, but definitely sensing the god-like soul within is the most important part.

[matermali]

Lamia! I love that.

update!

[matermali]

canonbump changes: Maybe more like a vacuum, with some pull to it? Black smoke and shadows, blood and venom scent/taste have all been leveled up. Any fractures of light are almost gone, but not entirely.

I didn't think to ask before; do Red's senses include auditory?

[growlies]

Oooh, damn, that's one helluva update (pun intended).

It definitely can include auditory!

[matermali]

I'd say it'd be a subtle upgrade! But yeah. ;;

Not sure why I didn't think of it before, but it still can work now! Might include the sound of scratching, which might be quiet or louder depending on what Vanessa's doing/feeling with her mojo. Think maybe...nails dragging and tearing at a thick fabric like burlap, or maybe at leather. Maybe at skin. It could be a feeling, too, if you want. I'll let you play with it as you like!