[[ooc: but then he's also a corpse and not a spirit and from a different world so who knows???? lol. idk. your choice!]]
There were plenty of significant sources of energy around the village; all were from the train-goers that had ended up here when it decided to make a pit-stop here. He ignored those energies and focused further out. Usually he only picked up nearby sources or very high levels from afar whenever he wasn't actively searching for someone. Goku he could sense from almost anywhere on the same planet, especially whenever the Saiyan went Super. The spike in energy was almost impossible to miss with that one.
While he was actively searching for an energy level it was a bit different. He could take his time and feel out what he was searching for. He had more control over his ki sensing while he meditated, as well as a few other more mentally focused abilities. Ones he rarely used admittedly.
Since he didn't know what he was looking for exactly today, he tried to take his time sweeping the area from which the goblins kept coming. He wasn't lying when he said most of the goblins just felt like a mass of nothing. Or perhaps more accurately like a mass of random people. Basic people. Basic power levels. It was like sensing everyone in a city; it was all a big pile of energy but very low level and it made it hard to distinguish one person from another unless he was uniquely familiar with that person. General power levels felt the same unless it was someone you knew enough to distinguish them from a crowd, kind of like recognizing one face in mass of faces in a crowd.
Just as Piccolo was about to give up without finding anything of note, a small peak caught his attention. If he hadn't been concentrating he wouldn't have noticed it. Hadn't noticed it in all the time they were here so far. Not surprising considering they had their hands full anyway and it wasn't much to feel. But there it was. Even if it wasn't quite what they were looking for it was a start. More than they had now.
Piccolo's eyes snapped open. "That way," he said as he pointed. "I'm not certain what it is exactly but it's just different enough to warrant looking into."
Oh, and he hadn't forgotten about the Stand business either. He was still interested in that. He glanced back at Dio. "Maybe I'll see what this unique ability of yours is when we find that thing and take it out."
fair enough, prolly accurate. uh, I'm gonna go w/yes as they can sense the dead just as well iirc???
There were plenty of significant sources of energy around the village; all were from the train-goers that had ended up here when it decided to make a pit-stop here. He ignored those energies and focused further out. Usually he only picked up nearby sources or very high levels from afar whenever he wasn't actively searching for someone. Goku he could sense from almost anywhere on the same planet, especially whenever the Saiyan went Super. The spike in energy was almost impossible to miss with that one.
While he was actively searching for an energy level it was a bit different. He could take his time and feel out what he was searching for. He had more control over his ki sensing while he meditated, as well as a few other more mentally focused abilities. Ones he rarely used admittedly.
Since he didn't know what he was looking for exactly today, he tried to take his time sweeping the area from which the goblins kept coming. He wasn't lying when he said most of the goblins just felt like a mass of nothing. Or perhaps more accurately like a mass of random people. Basic people. Basic power levels. It was like sensing everyone in a city; it was all a big pile of energy but very low level and it made it hard to distinguish one person from another unless he was uniquely familiar with that person. General power levels felt the same unless it was someone you knew enough to distinguish them from a crowd, kind of like recognizing one face in mass of faces in a crowd.
Just as Piccolo was about to give up without finding anything of note, a small peak caught his attention. If he hadn't been concentrating he wouldn't have noticed it. Hadn't noticed it in all the time they were here so far. Not surprising considering they had their hands full anyway and it wasn't much to feel. But there it was. Even if it wasn't quite what they were looking for it was a start. More than they had now.
Piccolo's eyes snapped open. "That way," he said as he pointed. "I'm not certain what it is exactly but it's just different enough to warrant looking into."
Oh, and he hadn't forgotten about the Stand business either. He was still interested in that. He glanced back at Dio. "Maybe I'll see what this unique ability of yours is when we find that thing and take it out."