the results of the poll are in and are... rather inconclusive. therefore, going on those results and my own feelings, i am going to switch the rp to private mode. this means i will no longer tend to the main, post promos or perform interest checks.
those who still want to stick around and write with each other as we have been for the past few weeks are absolutely welcomed to !! not much will actually change except for no longer actively promoing. i will likely pop onto my own character every now and again and the discord will remain for those who want to stay in it.
for those who decide this is it : thank you all for a great run and i hope to continue to write with those of you who choose to stick around !!
our first ask meme week starts now and will last until midnight est on friday, february 25th. this means you cannot send more memes after friday, but feel free to take as much time as you need to reply to the memes you receive and post them whenever you finish them.
to participate in this ask meme week, please create a post with a link to your muse’s ask box and links to memes posted on @abilitiesbulletin you would like others to pick from ( limited to ask memes this time around, no sentence starters ). do not reblog the meme posts themselves.
please send memes at least one ask meme to everyone who participates. when sending them, please to try include the question / prompt along with the emoji as one emoji may be related to more than one prompt. these weekends are meant to be a fun way to help develop your muse, so have fun !!
if you have any ask memes you would like to see in future week, please send them to the bulletin. let us know if you have any further questions !!
.・。.・゜quick, look !! did you see YUKIHIKO AMANO disappearing around that corner ?? i’ve heard that the INVESTIGATIVE ASSISTANT has PSYCHOMETRY and has been in boston since AUGUST 2012. HE is 28 years old and a CIS MAN. rumor has it HE is quite GOOD NATURED and INTELLIGENT, but also COY and RESTLESS. maybe we should follow them and see if they really give off the vibes of worn picture frames, dragging the last second before you have to inhale, blank spaces in documents, hands calloused from digging, and being fenced in with one way to go.
THE ABILITY
PSYCHOMETRY: the ability to discover facts about an event or person by touching inanimate objects associated with them.
knowing what other people could do with their powers, yukihiko thought nothing of his own seemingly mundane ability. gifted with psychometry from the day he was born, yukihiko quickly and fluidly adapted to the concept of logic at a tender age. he learned—and seen firsthand—that there was always a reason for something. he never had to ask why.
all it took was a single touch to find out what it was.
having used psychometry ( to an excess ) on his parents to understand why they’d said certain things, he developed a reservation about using psychometry on people after finishing middle school. if not the intimacy of knowing of someone so deeply, the invasiveness of it all discomforted him immensely. for the rest of his teenage years, he exercised psychometry on inanimate objects to satiate simple curiosities—( did he lie about not touching my bag? were these eggs really cage-free? god, who broke the vending machine? ).
for both objects and people, yukihiko is able to read and enter memories from years ago as if he was physically there. these memories come in brief flashes, in which he must concentrate to sift through each one and to enter it. despite being able to enter a memory, he is strictly limited to what the person recalls and does not gain what the person was thinking or feeling.
to the outsider, he is seen remaining still with his eyes closed, brows furrowed in effort. the passage of time in the memories is much quicker than real life: yukihiko can experience a full 24 hour period in someone’s memory in just two minutes.
objects are usually no problem, but he is unable to follow its history down to a molecular level. using psychometry on people, however, takes a physical toll on him. he describes it as the feeling of his head being dunked underwater—the deeper he ventures into someone’s past, the more air leaves his lungs. though yukihiko has come to the conclusion that he may be able to hone this part of his psychometry by learning how to control his breath, he has yet to test it out.
psychometry, however, is mostly still whatever to him. he does not actively talk about his ability to most people, but he does not hide its existence if he is asked about it. it was useful when he worked part-time as an art museum tour guide; sneaking a touch on each piece so that he could provide vivid storytelling for visitors. despite graduating from college with a degree in computer science, yukihiko ultimately ended up overstaying his welcome at the art museum.
after being recruited to work as an investigative assistant, he’s left his gig at the art museum. granted it’s taken him 28 exhausting years, but he’s coming to embrace psychometry through learning its applications and just how valuable it is.
APPEARANCE
yamazaki kento — specifically with a middle part and shaggy, neck-length hair.
welcome, zeal !! i’m super pumped to have you and yukihiko in the rp <3 and to finally fill baaz’s wc !!
some abilities i’d love to see around here are : zoolingualism, chlorokinesis, adoptive muscle memory, electronic communication, super strength, invisibility, levitation, adaptive evolution, phasing, voice mimicry, enhanced memory, and whatever else you could think of or that fits your muse !! some subtle, well-hidden, and even seemingly useless abilities are something i’d like to see on the dash as well !! think breathing underwater, always knowing true north, enhanced intuition, clairaudience, activation / deactivation, always knowing what people need, and enhanced synesthesia !!
our sentence starter meme week has now concluded. you may no longer send sentence starters but feel free to answer any that have not yet been answered in your ask !! our next event will be character development ask memes from feb 19 - feb 25th !! stay tuned.
quick, look !! did you see SAGE O'CONNOR disappearing around that corner ?? i’ve heard that the PASTRY CHEF has BIOLUMINESCENCE and has been in boston since OCTOBER 2018. HE is 34 years old and a CIS MAN. rumor has it HE is quite PASSIONATE and GOOD-HEARTED, but also STUBBORN and IMPULSIVE. maybe we should follow them and see if they really give off the vibes of old love letters and mementos kept safe in a shoe box, over-sized cardigans, battered paperbacks with notes crammed in the margins, flour dusted counter tops, and the feeling of a warm bear hug from someone you love.
THE ABILITY
BIOLUMINESCENCE: The power to generate bioluminescence
It began slowly. A flicker of light that was easy to miss as Sage laughed with the girl he loved. Then again while the two kissed beneath his grandmother's willow tree. It was a soft glow that would vanish as quickly as it arrived. Easy to ignore until one fateful afternoon that began like any other. The two were at his home, taking full advantage of the empty house. They failed to notice the way her fingertips left trails of light along his skin, or the way the soft glow brightened and dimmed in time with his heavy breaths. It wasn't until the light stopped dimming and instead grew steadily brighter that they noticed something was very wrong.
At first, Sage was horrified. As far as he knew no one in his family had any sort of ability, and certainly no one glowed –Or at the very least, no one talked about it. In fact, had it not been for his girlfriend, his relationship with his ability would be far different than it is today. She saw beauty in what he could do, and with her support he grew to accept and eventually control it.
In the beginning he would light up whenever he felt a swell of a emotion and as a result his parents quickly pulled him out of school –afraid of what people would say or do if they knew, but in time he learned control. Although occasionally he still slips up here and there –usually when he is flustered or embarrassed. (If you get him worked up enough a faint glow may accompany his blush.)
Over the years, he's learned control and has tried to test the limitations of his abilities in secret to avoid potentially hurting or blinding someone. While his ability isn't something he advertises, he has used it once in his culinary school years as a drunken party trick. (He cracked his back and glowed like a human glow stick.) Something he may repeat again if you get him to drink enough shots. For the most part, however, he keeps his ability to himself and uses it only in the privacy of his own home. Usually when he's reading at night or in the rare occasion when the power goes out and he needs a bit of light.
As far as limitations, he isn't aware of many. He hasn't allowed himself to see just how blinding his light can be, but does notice that if used too often or for too long it can be quite draining resulting in the need of sleep and/or a good meal. That being said it isn't the coolest or most useful of abilities. He can't do things like control storms or lift cars off of babies so as far as he is concerned it's fairly useless. Save for the occasional blackout or nifty party trick, of course.
moss, first of all let me apologize for the delay in your acceptance but i am so excited to have sage here at abilities !!! seemingly “useless” abilities are some of my favorites and i love how you have brought sage’s bioluminescence to life in your app. thank you for applying and we can’t wait to see sage on the dash !!
we will be extending the period to send / receive sentence starter memes to FRIDAY, FEB 11TH @ midnight est. from here on out, our meme days will be a week long which hopefully gives everyone who wants to participate the opportunity to !!
as a clarifying remark : you do not need to open your ask box to receive sentence starters to SEND them to others who have posted their links !! we do encourage participation, but understand if you do not want to receive them. another idea is to only have your ask box accepting memes for part of the time and then closing it once you feel you have received an adequate amount. if you close your ask box / no longer want to receive more memes, please delete or strike out your original post saying you were participating.
as always, feel free to reach out with questions !!
no unfollows this week which brings us to a three week streak !! but that doesn’t mean that i wouldn’t love to see some new muses around here either !! if you’re in the market for a relaxed, slow, and literate rp come give the main a look — being resourceless && running on an interest check basis, we’re definitely made for the busy or sporadic rper !! whatever time you can dedicate is awesome.
our first sentence starter meme weekend starts now and will last until midnight est on sunday friday, february 11th. this means you cannot send more sentence starter memes after sunday friday, but feel free to take as much time as you need to reply to the memes you receive and post them whenever you finish them. it’s up to you and the person who sent you the memes if you want to turn these intro threads or not — the biggest thing here is inspiring new plots !!
to participate in this sentence starter meme weekend, please create a post with a link to your muse’s ask box and links to memes posted on @abilitiesbulletin you would like others to pick from. do not reblog the meme posts themselves.
though we will not have strict rules on sending memes, if you choose to participate please send memes to at least two or three other muses — with an emphasis on muses you have not yet interacted much with. these weekends are meant to help inspired new connections and make sure everyone is having fun !!
Hi! This place looks lovely. I know the application page says no jobs in law enforcement but would something like a forensic pathologist or coroner be permitted? They work with police sometimes, but that isn't all they do.
hi there !! thanks for the question. yes, we would accept either — as you noted, they do work with law enforcement sometimes but their jobs are fairly separate from the law enforcement sphere. a think a good marker for what we will not accept within the broad sphere of "law enforcement" is if the profession requires or allows gun carrying, and arrests can be executed by the person or done on their behalf ( eg. police detectives, officers, fbi agents, etc ). i would be open to accepting criminalists/forensic lab techs as well, however be sure to do research on the actual job and not just pull information from highly sensationalized crime procedural shows like csi.
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