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[aprimemover]

The Rowan is a psychic. Since this enters metagame territory, it's time for a

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This will only cover sensing via telepathy and clairvoyance. Anything that influences your character, mentally, physically, or otherwise (say, stealing their stuff with telekinesis), I will always clear with you beforehand

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[jazzingitup]

TELEPATHY
Um...before I answer the rest of the telepathy section, I think we need to hash out whether she can sense thoughts/emotions/etc of NON-ORGANIC beings at all? At the every least even with Rowan's powers on full blast I think it'll be difficult, since Jazz is machine-based, and machines don't think the same way as humans do.

Can the Rowan:

Sense emotions:
At what distance?: NA/skin contact/face-to-face/same room/eye or earshot/a few decks apart/anywhere/other--I just gotta be difficult.

Sense surface thoughts: Y/N/It's complicated...
At what distance?: NA/skin contact/face-to-face/same room/eye or earshot/a few decks apart/anywhere/other--I just gotta be difficult.

CLAIRVOYANCE
Can the Rowan:

See what's in pockets/purses/bags: Jazz doesn't really have any? He has a subspace pocket, which is like a small pocket in a different dimension so to speak?
At what distance?: NA

See into my character's stateroom/unattended bags/etc.: Yes. Nothing of interest there really though.
At what distance?: Anywhere.

Locate my character:

[aprimemover]

I was hoping/dreading a robot player would answer this. XD (I don't consider your answers binding for your canonmates, by the way, so don't worry about that.)

She's capable of tapping into generators to augment her abilities (except not on the boat, about which she will be unhappy), so machines aren't completely incompatible with psychic powers from her universe, and some psychics there have machine affinities. Still, she's not one of the latter. I don't think her telepathy will work beyond sensing "yes, that is a thinking being."

I think it'd be like an English speaker looking at a page of Chinese. You can tell there's meaning there, but damned if you can figure out what it is. She might be able to learn to "read" it with exposure, but that's a long-term plot.

Clairvoyance doesn't depend on telepathy. Telepathy sure makes it easier, though. In her home universe, once she'd met Jazz in person, she'd be able to use clairvoyance on him. However, the boat screws with things, and she's not as good a clairvoyant as she is a

[jazzingitup]

^^; As a side note, I have read the Tower and Hive books, it's just been a long long time for me...more than 8 years at least. And you're right, they are horrible.

And okay, what you've laid out for Rowan's abilities when she's dealing with Jazz (at least) is good.

And yup, you can make clairvoyance work on Jazz. I've no preference on that either way.

[aprimemover]

OMG seriously? Even the other McCaffrey fans I've talked to have been like "I think I've heard of them?"

THEY ARE SO BAD. I re-read them for the app and I was just .__.

Talents are such goody-goodies that once she calms down I expect her to end up using her powers for search-and-rescue missions and surprise parties. She is going to be Very Unhappy about how inconsistent and unreliable the boat makes her Talent, though. /plays tiny violin

[jazzingitup]

^^; They were like the fist McCaffrey books I read. Oh I know they're bad. There were interesting when I was a teenager and starting to get into sci-fi. And then they get less so the more I read. And you are one of the only two people I am aware of that rp out of her books.

Awwwww~ The poor girl. Jazz is bitching about how BAD the ship is for his bodywork. XD;

[aprimemover]

I loved the hell out of them at 13, to the point where I was able to write most of the app without a canon check.

Pern is the most popular, and it's tough to play a dragonrider in most LJ games, 'cause where are you gonna put the dragon? Who does the other person play?

The casual violence is going to horrify her, the poor dear. /tiny violin crescendo