So Familiar a Gleam: Conclusion

[voidtreckermods]

For those who helped as anchors in the finale of So Familiar a Gleam. Once the adrenaline wears off they will be hit by a deep and total exhaustion which will leave them not able to do much other than sleep, eat and maybe make it to the cinema carriage to flake out in front of a film, until Day 16 (platform day) when, as long as they did rest they will be feeling a bit better though and slowly recover to their full strength.

They will also find that sleep filled with vivid dreams. They aren't necessarily bad, many of them are good but they are strange and very vivid. Sometimes they experience lucid dreaming, falling from dream to dream, aware enough to know they are dreaming but not waking up. Sometimes they just dream of colours and wake with strong emotions of hope, fear, or even wonder for the vastness of the multiverse. These strange dreams will last throughout the month of Merriment though they might get the odd one now and again after that.

For everyone who spent time in Diagad (which for ooc purposes is everyone who provides a mission thread for AC) they will find, once they have recovered their strength and began to process all that has happened they have the potential inside them to tap into the power they had there. This will start in very minor ways- a very small fraction of what they were capable of on Diagad but if they train it and hone their abilities they will get stronger. We wouldn't expect anyone to be able to use their new powers in any real way by next mission- though they can certainly begin to explore them.

We hope you all had fun!

Comments

[labcatte]

Weird question: while in the illusion, I had Frankie in their original human body with their power being that they could shift from human to tiger form similar but not quite to their own. How would that translate into a power post-mission when they're back to being Ubastim 24/7? Shifting back to human for short periods? Turning into a different tiger person?

[voidtreckermods]

They could turn back to their human self for periods of time- if you want after he has trained in it he could also shift to the other tiger form?

[deductiongeek]

So two questions.

1. What happens if a character refuses to admit that they have ability and try to ignore it?

2. Conan's ability during this was talking to ghosts. Are any ghosts on the train (apart from the obvious)? Or is he safe from dealing with this until the next mission.

[weifinder]

Is it fair to say Wei Wuxian has a bit of a Chaos hangover from having done all that channeling? It's exhausted him either way, but just seeing if there's anything additional I should keep in mind!

[labcatte]

Actually, that really works. Thank you!

[controlsthedie]

Is there any way that Mort can start being his own mouse and be best pet friend partner? Can Than's life powers manifest in that way? Since part of his thing was to help life thrive via his own fated/life thread?

[voidtreckermods]

1) Depends on the power- if they ignore it and refuse to use it it will not grow any stronger as that requires practice and training. However small things might happen out of their control (for example part of their power might activate if they get mad or scared).

2) There are no ghosts apart from characters who are ghosts, on the train. So it would not be until the next mission!

[voidtreckermods]

Yes! Wei Wuxian will have a Chaos hangover for sure! He will probably be as exhausted as those acting as anchors.

He will also have this dream semi-regularly:

You are lying on your back looking up at the sky. You are comfortable. It may be that you lie on a soft patch of grass, on a sandy beach or in your bed from home. It may even be that you float in water, lie on a rooftop or on the branch of a tree. The important thing is that you feel safe here, you feel comfortable, the temperature is just right.

You are looking up at the most beautiful sky you have ever seen. It may be the bluest of blue. It may be a night sky pricked with a million stars. You may be in space itself. It may even be softly raining or a sky of dark tumultuous storm clouds. But it is beautiful, whatever you deem to be so.

For a moment everything is just right with the world. But then, from the edges of your vision, there are dark shapes. You can't quite name them. But dark, jagged, wrong. They blot out your perfect sky.

You are falling. The ground beneath you has vanished. Falling not just downwards but upwards, outwards. Your consciousness has shattered and you are falling in every direction that ever was, falling through reality itself.

There is a scream, a scream of a million voices. A scream that fills every sense of you and you realise that one of the voices in the scream is your own.

[voidtreckermods]

His life powers could manifest in that way yes! It would be very slow but Mort could start becoming the best pet friend.

[oceantier]

Double-checking: The new power wouldn't replace the old one(s), correct? It just adds another potential?

[voidtreckermods]

The new powers don't replace any canon powers they have! It's just something extra.

[oceantier]

That's what I figured, but wanted to check. Thank you!

[thawed_pride]

If a character's Diagad power was similar to something they can already do, albeit through another source (magic rather than inborn power), how would those interact?

[weifinder]

Hah, beautiful! Makes total sense to me, and also what a dream, he'll have to try talking to people about it, eventually /stares into distance

... Maybe he'll finally talk to the train, in addition to Jingyi's suddenly short, exhausted messages

[voidtreckermods]

They won't interfere with one another but instead will try and work together (this might be very trial and error)- you could play it either that the super power enhances the natural ability. Or explore a different facet of the power with the super power!

[controlsthedie]

Very slow is fine ╰(*°▽°*)╯

[sizedoesntmatter]

I only just realised I actually have a question regarding Allen's.

I gave him bad luck that causes him issues (giving him bad luck and thus causing a series of unfortunate events) if he doesn't pass it on now and again. When this power forms will this still be a thing or would it be a case of when he trains it can change? (If it's the former I will be making a permissions post)

[voidtreckermods]

He could probably train to control it- to not pass it on to others but there will probably be mishaps/ a lack of control to start off with!

[theotherphil]

Hiya, getting caught up - I didn't submit the mission thread for AC because it's active but slow, not hitting the 5-reply requirement. Phil didn't get a chance to use his powers so the point may be moot, but for future reference, is that something Phil counts for?

[voidtreckermods]

The 'did your character participate in a mission' question requires a mission thread of any length- so if Phil was on the mission even if his threads didn't reach five comments then he will count for this.

[theotherphil]

Thanks so much for clarifying!