PCs with Yamato

[silentscout]

Comments

[silentscout]

[Well. He already said something, so.]

It's a ghost that possesses people through eye contact and can control their bodies.

[ghoststrums]

[ immediate and fast: ]

it's not a ghost.

[silentscout]

It's not?

[ghoststrums]

it's not.

[silentscout]

What is it then?

[ghoststrums]

obviously they all keep saying magic isn't real because it is magic. and not a ghost.

[silentscout]

You're just saying that because you're afraid of ghosts.

[ghoststrums]

I'M NOT AFRAID OF GHOSTS.

[silentscout]

Yes you are.
And you should be, ghosts are terrifying.

[ghoststrums]

I'm not and there's no point in talking about this since it wasn't ghosts so it doesn't matter.

[silentscout]

Then what does matter?

[ghoststrums]

[ literally anything else but ghosts ]

it's probably not something any of us are personally familiar with from our home worlds so we should start looking into possibilities from the unknown.
that's what's important.

[silentscout]

Ghosts are unknown.

[ghoststrums]

we're not talking about ghosts anymore move on.

[silentscout]

Then what about mind-control mages? It could be that.

[ghoststrums]

there was definitely some kind of mind control going on today, yeah.

[silentscout]

Someone said we can buy back powers with the vouchers.
What if we all buy the power to keep our minds from being controlled?

[ghoststrums]

I don't think that's the answer.
probably they'd make us be specific on the kind of control it was.
because the two of them seemed aware even if they couldn't control themselves, right?

[silentscout]

I still don't want that to happen to me.

[As an executioner, not a culprit. Because Lalli is not a murder bean and thinks he won't be murdering.]

[ghoststrums]

me either.
I'm saying, it seems like the kind of thing where you need a specific counter, instead of a generic one.

[silentscout]

It reminds me of how trolls sometimes control the minds of new mages. But I didn't hear any Black Speech.

[ghoststrums]

most of the time people who are controlled back home aren't aware of it.
the most similar case is puppetry, but I didn't see any string.
are victims aware like that with "black speech"?

[silentscout]

Victims who don't know what to look for are like that.
It feels like an idea whispering its way into your mind, and then you find yourself doing it even if you know it's a bad idea.
You have to be mentally trained to resist it.

[ghoststrums]

how close to trolls do they have to be?

[silentscout]

Depends on how strong they are. 50 meters is usually close enough even for the weaker ones though.