Permissions + Impressions

[unsunderworld]

▷ First Impressions ▶ VISUAL: A tall (6'4) man of slightly unclear age; somewhere above twenty-five but no more than fifty. Shoulders always slightly slumped forward, and bad posture overall. His hair is mostly a dark, almost purple brown, save for the wide white streak in the right side of his bangs, and is kept in a short undercut. He is overdressed, always, and dramatic, always, in a fur-lined robe with a short coat peppered liberally with medals and Garlean iconography. And gloves - watch those gloves, for this is indisputably a man who talks with his hands. Facially, his cheeks are distinctly sunken, and the area around his eyes is dark enough that the light gold of his eyes is sometimes nearly invisible by contrast. In the center of his forehead is a not-quite-skin-colored protrusion known as the Garlean 'third eye.' Underneath the heavy clothes, his build is on the thin-and-lanky side, but still quite muscular. His proportions, however, aren't quite human and can be a bit on the uncanny side (abnormally long neck and legs in particular). Trademark accessories: pearl dangle earring, singular, left ear; white gloves, embroidered. (General purposes/canonical outfit render) IMPORTANT: He does not appear to possess a shadow, regardless of lighting situation. ▶ AURAL: Posh, accented, meandering and sarcastic; here is a good cutscene reference for his general speaking tone. When he's pissed, it tends to go higher and snottier. ▶ OLFACTORY: Fancy. This is a man who takes the time not only to smell clean, but to cologne. Wood scents, a faint whiff of something not entirely unlike gunpowder, spices. ▶ DEMEANOUR: Exhausted. Sarcastic. Superior. It's not unfounded if it's true. Ancient. Arrogant. A creator. Disdain like a native language. (Not quite) sole survivor. Emperor and ancestor of emperors. All things come to an end, except him. Architect. Truth-teller. I never expected you to meet my standards in the first place. One life, a thousand lives. Implacable. Patient. Grieving. We are the music makers, and the dreamers of dreams. Every piece a part of the grand design. Lonely. Incapable of stopping even if he wanted to. Once, kind. Remember us. Remember that we once lived.

▷ IC Permissions ▶ PHYSICAL AFFECTION: Go for it. Make the old man awkward. Just do it. ▶ PHYSICAL VIOLENCE: Please no permanent damage or serious injury without discussion. Otherwise, go for it! ▶ RELATIONSHIPS: You are climbing a mountain if you want his emotional companionship, but I'm not going to stop you. As far as casual encounters, he's unlikely to indulge, but it's not impossible. ▶ PSYCHIC & PSIONIC INFORMATION: THIS GUY'S OLD. Very clearly inhuman, in the 'can comprehend ages humans cannot' sense, and also the 'doesn't quite feel like he fits in a meatsuit' sense. Lots of masks; strong instinctive barriers, and can probably feel that you're looking. Possesses an ability called the "Gift" (or alternately, the Echo) that allows him to control the boundaries of his own soul, whatever the hell that means. ▶ MAGICAL INFORMATION: BIG AND DARK. Like, that's a nearly bottomless well of dark magical energy, of creative magical energy, just kind of wandering around in a meat suit. Once you can actually manage to look past the size and density of his magical signature, it's possible to identify it more distinctly, but for the most part, he's big and he's dark. For those who look most closely, there's a thread of not-quite-his-but-not-quite-foreign darkness muddled in with the rest - the thread of his tempering to Zodiark. His soul is also notably more, denser, whatever term you feel applies, than the average person. He is, quite literally, So Much. ▶ MEDICAL INFORMATION: He slumps horribly with some kind of back problem and has eyebags enough for fourteen worlds. Other than that, however, he appears to be fit as a fiddle. Anyone examining him would of course notice the Garlean third eye in the center of his forehead, which is some kind of sensory organ based on the neurological density around it. ▶ OFFENSIVE SUBJECTS & TRIGGERS: The actual splitting of souls, magically or otherwise, is a bad time! He doesn't like it!

▷ OOC Permissions ▶ BACKTAGGING: YES. HELL YES. ▶ THREADHOPPING: HELL FUCKING YES. ▶ FOURTHWALLING: I have no particularly strong objections but would prefer a heads-up beforehand! As a side note, referencing Earth mythology (namely, the mythological Hades) is likely to get a reaction similar to actually being fourth-walled. ▶ OFFENSIVE SUBJECTS & TRIGGERS: In approximate order of severity: Pregnancy, internal parasites esp worms, visual depictions of organs (descriptions are fine), non-consensual hair cutting/dyeing/modification ▶ ANYTHING ELSE? You are 100% cleared to use different colors and fonts around me, but please don't make text super small!

▷ OPT-INS FOR YOU ▶ AETHER-SENSE: Aether being one's magical signature or life force. Anything unusual going on there? ▶ SOUL-VIEWING: Can he see the state of your character's soul? This is primarily useful for identification, but any sort of wounds or connections on a soul-level would also be "visible," so to speak. Pretty much anything that you might think is relevant can go here. ▶ TELEPORTATION: Finally, here's a place for you to opt-in to getting your character flung through dark portals at the snap of a finger. ▶ OPT-OUT: He's a Final Fantasy villain who goes around founding evil empires with Standard Evil Empire Motifs and attempting to destroy the world. If you would like to opt out of interaction entirely, or a specific subject area, that's absolutely balmy and I understand. ▶ ANYTHING ELSE?Anything else that you might think is relevant for me to know.