Character: Po

Mun: The Sheep

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Before Po becomes well-acquainted with anyone, I realize that I should probably make this permissions post to deal with his abilities. Po’s abilities are completely out of his control; he can’t focus them, heighten them, or turn them off, so everyone around him is affected by them. But I understand that in RP, there are some muns who don’t want their characters affected for various reasons. I’m perfectly open to fudging a reason for Po’s powers not work on these characters or coming up with some other way around it. If you could all fill out this meme when you see it to tell me what Po should and should not be able to do, I would be grateful.

Explanation of Po’s powers:

Po has a double ability. His first ability is a sort of low-level psychic ability. He can sense the thoughts of others but only the thoughts that pertain to him. He can’t tell who you’re in love with, but he can tell if you’re attracted to him. He can’t tell if you’ve ever killed someone, but he can tell if you’re about to stab him. He can’t sense if you hate your father or want to hug your inmate or sometimes wonder how your warden might taste. The only thing he knows is your intentions and thoughts toward him.

His other ability is a sense of the physical world around him. He can sense the presence and movement of other people and objects around him. He knows if someone is approaching on the other side of a door, even if they walk soundlessly. He knows when someone is running above him or if there is a tiny insect below his feet. He can sense the shapes of objects, and sometimes he can guess at textures. His sense of people becomes stronger the better he knows the person in question. His sense of strangers is a bit blurry, whereas he can sense every hair on the heads of his best friends and family.

I’m definitely okay with characters who need Po not to be able to sense them in one way or another, but I should warn you that Po uses his powers a lot. He’s recently gone blind, so he leans heavily on his extra senses to understand the world around him. He may have a hard time communicating with a character who he can’t sense at all, though I’m sure that would be a fun challenge for me as a mun!

Permissions:

1: Can Po sense your character’s thoughts toward him?

2: Are there any circumstances in which you would like him not to be able to read your character’s thoughts?

3: Can Po sense your character’s body and movements?

4: Are there any circumstances in which you would like him not to be able to sense your character’s body and movements?

5: Would you like him to be able to sense you only from up close, or is it okay if he can sense you from a farther distance (as much as half the length of the barge away)?

6: Does YOUR OWN character have any telepathy? If so, can they sense Po’s thoughts?

This is the post in which I ask for your opinion on how I play Po. Is he too emo, too happy, or not perceptive enough? Tell me here and I promise that I will not use my own Internet Wank Grace on you.

[Po is standing in front of the elevator on the third deck, hands in his pockets. He seems to be staring intently at it. His posture is very relaxed, but there's obviously something about the elevator occupying his mind. Every so often he jabs one button or the other with a finger and waits for the doors to open, but he doesn't get on. That, for anyone who wants to know, is because he's ridden the elevator up and down for the past hour. He's still fascinated by it. If you speak to him, though, he will be happy enough to make conversation with you.]