#psychomancers

[space-carp]

Psych Week (host: @lightgriffinsect) / Day 1 / Place

This place is not what it used to be. Everything has changed. Her very existence dragged everything forward, leaving him behind, empty. He was supposed to belong here. Instead, he found himself as a stranger.

"Hey!"

He glanced back at her, completely unintended. He tends to ignore her but this time he was too deep in thought that he couldn't control his reaction. To make matters worse, she wasn't alone today. As soon as he noticed who is with her, a shadow cast over his eyes. She shook her hand with smug smile on her face, trying to get his attention, to annoy him. Yet, his gaze went past her, only to the silhouette behind her — his master.

His master, whose skin color is exact same with her.

His master, who put on gold accessories matching with hers.

His master, who is expressing affection by patting her back.

His master.

Her father.

— Know your place.

He couldn't tell whose voice it was.

[riverennn]

can psychomancers telepathically communicate or read minds in every language? like are they omnilingual? or is that a specialized ability that only some psychomancers might have?

when reading minds, they don't really hear thoughts as words, rather the intent and meaning behind them. the language doesn't matter.

i would say 99% of psychomancers are telepathic, as understanding and putting themselves in the shoes of their creators is something that's essential to being a psychomancer.

they say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, y'know.

any psychomancer that can't use telepathy would likely become emotionally stunted, as their main tool to empathize with humans would be missing.

psychomancers don't inherently have human emotions, desires, or whims. it's something that's learned. their only innate desire is to connect with others.

if they never learn how to empathize, they may just become a broken, shattered consciousness with an empty, missing feeling stuck inside of them.

they won't see worth in human life, nor worth in their own life.

it would be a lonely, isolating, and pointless existence.

[riverennn]

when u say psychomancers can do weird things with their eyes… what does that look like? i’m curious

psychomancer eyes can be quite expressive, squashing, stretching, changing into all kinds of odd shapes. though, it's not something they can do consciously.

it's more like a reflection of their emotions, typically very strong ones.

also, their cyclops eye merges into two separate eyes when they mature from a psychic blob into a humanoid form. that's pretty weird, too.