New Species Event - Mass Interaction Log (take two)

[lucetimods]

Who: Anyone!
What: All in here
When: Today, Tomorrow, Until April 2nd
Where: Anywhere in Luceti!
Summary: More people turning into weird stuff. Mod Note: If you want to opt for a second transformation for the rest of the event, feel free to do so.
Rating: FUN

No need for LJ Cut! Mass action style stuff all around town. You can use this if you don't want to make a post. Or you can make a post anyway. Have at!

Comments

Re: April 1st

[illusional]

Having spent a considerable amount of time as an illusionist, I know better than to look one in the eyes.

Your eyes are no longer designed for sight at all. What you are seeing is something you are not technically seeing, but sensing. Illusionists sense the souls of the creatures around them, none two appearing alike. That is what the colors you see are.

Re: April 1st

[consultmybooks]

That...makes sense. Unfortunately. So you're normally one of these, these creatures, yes?

And if I'm only seeing souls, is that why everything else looks so blank?

Re: April 1st

[illusional]

The answer to both of those questions is yes. Normally I wear a blindfold around my eyes to limit the risk of an incident. Creating illusions and feeding on souls is a mutual power. Therefore, were someone to accidentally see an illusionist's eyes, they would also accidentally lose a part of their soul.

However, that is the case for illusionists who lack a complete soul of their own and feel a desire to feed. I am not certain what would happen if you attempted such a thing...

Re: April 1st

[consultmybooks]

I probably won't attempt it. Because I don't feel the least bit hungry.

Re: April 1st

[illusional]

That is reassuring to hear. Had you become the sort of illusionist who felt a desire to feed, it might have been necessary to imprison you until the experiment ended.

[She says "imprison" only because she knows well enough that it's not exactly socially acceptable to tell someone you just met that you might have had to kill them.]

The hunger is typically not something so easily maintained, particularly to a creature who would not be accustomed to it.

Re: April 1st

[consultmybooks]

And I'd much prefer not to go through that again.

Re: April 1st

[illusional]

...has a situation such as that occurred before?

Re: April 1st

[consultmybooks]

Oh, yes.

But then it was blood, not souls.

Re: April 1st

[illusional]

Blood? I cannot say I have ever heard of a creature who possessed such a hunger. Are they, perhaps, from your world?

Re: April 1st

[consultmybooks]

You've never heard of vampires?

Consider yourself very fortunate, then.

Re: April 1st

[illusional]

Oh?

Am I correct in assuming they are not a friendly species?

Re: April 1st

[consultmybooks]

They are an exceptionally unfriendly species.

Most consider humans to be future meals and nothing more. The ones in my world are actually incapable of compassion.