01 : video 🕷 daemon : happyd

[ptrprkr]

[ The video feed starts off shaky, a close-up of the front of a red t-shirt taking up most of the screen while the muffled sounds of sight struggle are heard -- although, nothing serious, it's more fumbling and clearly frustrated sighs. ]

Okay. [ It's the voice of a teenage boy! ] Is thing working? Is it on?

Yes. [ The daemon replies in a familiar older male's voice, sounding clearly Done with Peter Parker. ] Now back up, you're way too close to me.

Yeah, sure. [ He backs up, and who would have guessed that the voice of a teenager was coming from a teenager? ]

Uhm. Okay. [ He straightens his shirt out, clearly he isn't used to addressing any large groups of people... even if he can't actually see them ]

Hi! I'm Peter! [ He gives a quick wave of his hand. ] And, wow, this is a pretty long way from Queens, am I right? [ Awkward laughter. ]

Listen, kid, hurry up and get to the point, okay?

Right. Anyway, I was wondering if anyone has any special skills, or abilities, or hidden talents. I once knew someone who was double jointed in their shoulders, they could turn their arms in all these weird directions

[ And, then he starts attempting to do the same..... but, very unsuccessfully. It just ends up looking odd. ]

Okay, they get it, quit it before you hurt yourself.

Okay, okay. [ Nod. Nod. ] So.... Yeah. [ He claps both of his hands together. ] If you do, is that something normal where you're from, or do you have to keep it a secret? Did someone teach you, or was it something you were born with?

Or is it the result of a run in with a radioactive insect?

[ Well, that's oddly specific.... ]

Alright, enough questions already, these folks have things to do. Wrap it up.

Fine, fine. turn off. End transmission. Stop--

[ The video then ends abruptly. ]

Comments

text, daemon: calypsod

[leovaldez]

you don't ever stop being weird do you?

[ Because Leo is super normal. ]

text ; daemon : happyd

[ptrprkr]

What was weird about that?

[leovaldez]

I don't know... all of it?

And your daemon is pretty creepy.

[ptrprkr]

You're weird for thinking that.

Yeah. I didn't get to choose him.

daemon: quothed

[deathkid]

Keeping it a secret is kind of important because most mortals either wouldn't believe us or wouldn't be able to understand.

Anyway, what I am, what I can do... all stuff I was born with.

daemon : happyd

[ptrprkr]

I can understand that.

So you have known since you were born?
I think I might have liked that better than just waking up one morning to it all.

[deathkid]

I knew I was different, but I didn't find out what I am until I was ten.

[ptrprkr]

How did you find out?

daemon: fridayd

[servomotor]

ARACHNID.

DID YOU BRING YOUR BEAUTIFUL AUNT?

text ; daemon : happyd

[ptrprkr]

Uh... Mr. Stark???

No.
Aunt May didn't come with me.

[servomotor]

YES, THIS IS MR. STARK. AND YOU'RE PETER PARKER, INTREPID BOY GENIUS.

WHAT'S GOING ON? WHEN DID YOU COME FROM?

[ptrprkr]

what? Really?
You mean you ended up here too?

That day on the Ferry.
You know, I was really kind of banking on you knowing what's going on. One second things were fine and then the next they weren't.
What happened?

voice; daemon: caind

[estrayer]

[ Okay, so under normal circumstances he would have ignored this outright. But... ]

Why would it be because of a radioactive insect? [ Because, come on now. That's weird. ]

voice ; daemon : happyd

[ptrprkr]

Sometimes that happens to people.

[ People is kind of a stretch. More like person. ]

[estrayer]

[ Uhhh, okay. ]

That never happens to people. And even if it did, how would it give you powers? Radiation sickness, maybe.

[ptrprkr]

It totally happens to people.
Not very often. Literally one in a million.

I don't really know how. I'm guessing something to do with the type of radiation it got exposed to [ A lot of weird stuff happened after those aliens came out of the sky. ] and whatever was in the bite messed around with my DNA.

[ He pauses. And then, like a lightbulb clicking on: ]

Like a werewolf! [ A beat. ] But, with a spider. And I don't turn into a spider.

[ Yeah. just like a werewolf. ]

video; daemon: meow meowd

[moshennik]

Hey, don't let him sass you.

video ; daemon : happyd

[ptrprkr]

Happyd? It's kinda difficult not to, he can be really pushy.

[ Somehow he's even more so in person, too. ]

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[moshennik]

You're the boss of him. I changed mine's name. It was lame before now it's Meow Meow.

video | daemon: pikad. curse the fourth wall!!!

[creatio]

Imagine if you were bitten by a radioactive caterpillar.

( Hello, Peter. There's a bright and bubbly teenage girl to talk to now. )

That'd be weird, right? Though maybe less weird than a bee.

video ; daemon: happyd

[ptrprkr]

Do you think you end up with enhanced characteristics of it, or of a butterfly?
Or do you develop those ones later?

[ Peter hums in thought for a moment, as though seriously weighing the pros and cons. ]

I think a bee might be pretty cool, you could call yourself The Stinger.

[creatio]

Would you have to go into a cocoon first? That'd be really awkward to explain. Sorry I missed the thing, I was growing some wings.

( Oh, good. Someone as equally strange as she is. )

Bees don't really sting though. They're so much nicer than wasps. The Pollinator would be better.

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[astralera]

For most of those in my world we are born with the ability to manipulate their natural aether. It is an inherent magical energy - the life force of my world.

Some are born with instinctive knowledge of how to use it while others spend years mastering it.

Any additional abilities I have beyond the norm were granted to me by the Mothercrystal. She is similar to this 'God' of other worlds.

Everything else I know is the result of intensive study and training.

text ; daemon : happyd

[ptrprkr]

[ Peter reads the message a few times over, and mutters a soft whoa out loud in response. ]

So, everyone in your world is born... magical?
That sounds really cool. Is it unique to every person? Or is everyone born with the same abilities?

The ones that were granted to you, what are those?

tl;dr and if anything is inaccurate blame the wiki );

[astralera]

Essentially, yes. Not everyone is able to access or shape the aether within them, but every living being does contain it.

Everyone has a different amount of their own aether to draw from. I am not sure if one's natural aether stores increase with age and training or not as it is not my area of study, but age and training do allow one more refined control and less waste.

With training one may also draw aether from the ambient, elementally aspected aether of the planet itself. This is especially important for those who practice the healing arts, as otherwise they spent their own life force to heal and die well before their years.

Magic is not unique to every person - there are various disciplines of magic and combat that use aether in all differing ways that everyone can learn with dedication. A very quick list of the strictly magic-based disciplines are as follows:

Thaumaturgy/Black Magic. Offensive magic. Uses lightning, ice, and fire aether.
Conjury/White Magic. Healing magic. Uses air, earth, and some water aether.
Red Magic. A mix of Black and White magic, and physical melee attacks with a rapier.
Arcanima. Using geometries to shape one's aether to attack enemies with venoms and unaspected spells. Also can unlock the latent power of gemstones to summon familiars.
Scholar. Healing magic based off of arcanima. Can summon a faerie familiar.
Summoning. Powerful offensive magic based on arcanima. Can shape latent primal aether to summon powerful familiars.
Astromancy. Healing magic. Reads the stars to give foresight in battle.

Aether can also be used in physical combat disciplines, such as a ninja's ninjutsu.

Hydaelyn blessed me with the Echo. It is a blessing that is not uncommon and manifests in different ways for different people. There are a few constants with the abilities it grants: first is that it prevents them from having their mind tempered by a Primal god; secondly, it can grant visions from a person's past though you cannot control where and when this happens, nor what you see; third, those blessed with the Echo are also able to understand and communicate with any sentient being that contains a soul, regardless of language or species.

My Echo manifested in a way that I am able to see what an enemy's attack will be a few seconds before they do it. It also allows me to live through a fight I would otherwise die to in the form of a vision, so that I might avoid such a fate in combat.

One of my friends had it manifest so that she is able to trace aetheric signatures.

My unique gift is the Blessing of the Light. It grants me strength and resilience when I need it most so that I can push far beyond my limits. In return, I use this strength to keep darkness from spreading across the Mothercrystal's world.