Applicable BYOND Key - Someoneidk
Character Name - Davira Moonthorn
Request Type - Character/Ability; Shapeshifting Contract
Request Details -
A contract with a Youkai that shares the Summoner’s body with them, acting as permanent Shapeshifting, if only more dangerous due to its nature, if only more beneficial. Here, it is being used with an Apus, granting avian features, and affinity to light magic; Alongside helping the Papilion stay sane, and lessening the effects of illusions on her, self-caused or otherwise.
Specific Request -
Wings; Allowing for floating off the ground and gliding, though flight would still require magical assistance, such as spells that create air shafts.
Scales/Talons; Scattered scales akin to a bird along the arms and legs, with sharp talons replacing nails, the right arm is covered fully in scales, as an entirely new appendage had to be grown.
Enhanced reflexes, parallel-thinking; Being two minds within one body, reflexes are naturally enhanced, alongside the ability to think, or focus on two separate things at once, if need be.
Illusion resistance; A resistance to the effects of illusions, from Davira suffering constant illusions herself, and the Youkai helping her see past them, by acting as a second set of senses, if spiritual in nature, leading to visual illusions becoming transparent, and others to be dulled, though depending on the level of illusion magic, she can still be tricked.
Reason why you are making this request (if applicable) -
I’ve been wanting to get back into playing Davira after she got Tarnished, but I felt like I wanted to do something new with her, and try out a build that I haven’t before, which is Bonder/Priest. While it isn’t Shapeshifter, that kind of class would see active shapeshifting, compared to a one-and-done shapeshift; Meanwhile, Bonder as a class is about friendship with a Youkai, and you’d have to be pretty good friends if you’re going to share a body. I think this all should be possible within the lore, and within reason, but I'm making an app just in case, regardless.
Roleplay & Lore supporting your request -
As a Papilion, Davira has always been tormented by the hanging star, by her mind, and by constant illusions of a world that truly never existed, which leads to her being scattered, easily distracted, and never truly learning, even after exilement from Meiaquar, losing her right arm, and then from Duyuei, where she was tarnished.
She sought out Telegrad for therapy, but even that didn’t seem to work for her, falling into the same habits again and again, causing her to leave and become a hermit, while she looked for a solution herself, no matter what it cost- Perhaps it was her insanity that lead her to summoning, to shapeshifting, that she knew was dangerous, that she knew the downsides of, yet she still wanted to learn it, for it could make her sane, gain her a new arm,
After months of living by herself, seeking out Youkai, she finally found one to make a contract with, an Apus, a Youkai so free, a shining beacon of light, in her world of darkness, one that would see past the illusions for her, one that would think with her, fill in the gaps of that shattered mind, the shapeshifting was painful, she had to learn how to live again sharing a body, only returning more months later, born anew, different, not quite the same person, but hopefully sane, even if the cracks still show through.
Character Name - Davira Moonthorn
Request Type - Character/Ability; Shapeshifting Contract
Request Details -
A contract with a Youkai that shares the Summoner’s body with them, acting as permanent Shapeshifting, if only more dangerous due to its nature, if only more beneficial. Here, it is being used with an Apus, granting avian features, and affinity to light magic; Alongside helping the Papilion stay sane, and lessening the effects of illusions on her, self-caused or otherwise.
Specific Request -
Wings; Allowing for floating off the ground and gliding, though flight would still require magical assistance, such as spells that create air shafts.
Scales/Talons; Scattered scales akin to a bird along the arms and legs, with sharp talons replacing nails, the right arm is covered fully in scales, as an entirely new appendage had to be grown.
Enhanced reflexes, parallel-thinking; Being two minds within one body, reflexes are naturally enhanced, alongside the ability to think, or focus on two separate things at once, if need be.
Illusion resistance; A resistance to the effects of illusions, from Davira suffering constant illusions herself, and the Youkai helping her see past them, by acting as a second set of senses, if spiritual in nature, leading to visual illusions becoming transparent, and others to be dulled, though depending on the level of illusion magic, she can still be tricked.
Reason why you are making this request (if applicable) -
I’ve been wanting to get back into playing Davira after she got Tarnished, but I felt like I wanted to do something new with her, and try out a build that I haven’t before, which is Bonder/Priest. While it isn’t Shapeshifter, that kind of class would see active shapeshifting, compared to a one-and-done shapeshift; Meanwhile, Bonder as a class is about friendship with a Youkai, and you’d have to be pretty good friends if you’re going to share a body. I think this all should be possible within the lore, and within reason, but I'm making an app just in case, regardless.
Roleplay & Lore supporting your request -
As a Papilion, Davira has always been tormented by the hanging star, by her mind, and by constant illusions of a world that truly never existed, which leads to her being scattered, easily distracted, and never truly learning, even after exilement from Meiaquar, losing her right arm, and then from Duyuei, where she was tarnished.
She sought out Telegrad for therapy, but even that didn’t seem to work for her, falling into the same habits again and again, causing her to leave and become a hermit, while she looked for a solution herself, no matter what it cost- Perhaps it was her insanity that lead her to summoning, to shapeshifting, that she knew was dangerous, that she knew the downsides of, yet she still wanted to learn it, for it could make her sane, gain her a new arm,
After months of living by herself, seeking out Youkai, she finally found one to make a contract with, an Apus, a Youkai so free, a shining beacon of light, in her world of darkness, one that would see past the illusions for her, one that would think with her, fill in the gaps of that shattered mind, the shapeshifting was painful, she had to learn how to live again sharing a body, only returning more months later, born anew, different, not quite the same person, but hopefully sane, even if the cracks still show through.
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