[Inconspicuous Kitty]

Applicable BYOND Key - Caurija
Character Name - Maeve
Request Type - Character Request/Unique Ability

Request Details 

A character that has the inverse of the summoners 'The Contract', she behaves very similarly to a youkai. Those with the capacity to sign a spiritual contract can sign a contract with this character, though with a far more limited supply of options that a normal youkai contract would have.

Specific Request 

'The Contract' - Summoners or otherwise someone capable of signing a spiritual contract (however that works) could 'contract' Maeve. This would have a much more limited effect than the normal contract, and would entail terms and conditions as a contract would. Once a contract is forged, it cannot be changed unless the terms of the contract are broken, or a particularly powerful magic intervenes, and only one contract can exist at a time.

Focus Transferral - The one whom contracts her can fairly easily transfer focus to her. She grows weak without focus, far more so than a normal individual might, as a cost for her link to youkai and their realm. Without it, she needs to sleep, and a summoner's transference is how she would stay awake - otherwise, she would be locked in eternal rest.

Spirit Self - Maeve can vaguely sense into the spiritual realm Youkai reside in, and can be sensed as something similar to one by those familiar with summoning. She would also be mildly afflicted by any affects that should generally only hurt youkai.

Reason why you are making this request (if applicable) 

There's a lot of games where you can have an experience as a summoner of some kind, but what if the shoe was the other foot? I would like to explore the limited knowledge we have of Youkai and other realms, and this character is my interest in delving into what it might mean to be a youkai, and learn more about them.

Roleplay & Lore supporting your request 

What is the deal with Youkai? How much do people know about them? What is that 5 FP per turn to maintain them? How close to possession is Installing? Is the door leading to another universe or is it a kind of limbo between worlds? What do the Youkai get out of the contract? What even are they?

I don't know. Not a lot. The cost to maintain their physical form outside of a summoning house (which is such a magical place it does it for them). Very, very close. It leads to some sort of other dimension. Youkai get focus, which they need to survive, as well as companionship, which they may desire. Dunno.

I know very little about the contract, and there's very little information I could find out about it. For the character themselves, I'm not entirely sure - Maeve is something of an amnesiac, looking to find her place in the world and acquire a sense of belonging.