OOC/Abilities/Reference
Shiki, while currently a Tohno, was adopted after his original family was completely killed off. His original family, the Nanayas, were assassins who killed demons and other unworldly beings (vampires, half-demons, etc). Shiki was considered the strongest heir of the family and possesses all of their abilities, which are listed as follows.
As of now, all of Shiki's abilities have been regained.
Instinctual Abilities
Sixth sense: This ability allows Shiki to detect beings that "do not belong in the world". Whenever he's near a supernatural entity, such as a vampire or demonic hybrid, his instincts will immediately alert him to its presence. The more powerful the entity, the stronger the reaction. The more inhuman it is, the more hostile Shiki's subconscious will be, to the point of demanding him to remove the threat immediately. He's mostly learned to tune it out due to his constant contact with supernatural phenomena, but it's still there.
Danger Instinct: Shiki's ability to perceive killing/harmful intent towards his person. Whenever his life is threatened in any way, Shiki will subconsciously understand this and, depending on the level of the threat, automatically react accordingly. At his particular level, his instinct is said to border on precognition, and assassination techniques are all but useless against him. He's even shown in canon to dodge and defend attacks from behind that he had no idea was there (vs. Ciel when she tried to impale him from behind).
Speed and Agility
Flash Sheath: One of the signature techniques of the Nanaya clan, Flash Sheath refers to the user's ability to attack faster than the eye can track. To the would-be observer, the user's arm movements would be so fast that at best, it would look like nothing more than a series of blurs, if even that. Shiki's signature technique, the Seventeen-Piece Dissection is performed using this technique, allowing Shiki to slice an enemy apart into seventeen pieces in what would appear to be one stroke of his knife.
Flash Dash: One of the signature techniques of the Nanaya clan, Flash Dash refers to the user's ability to move faster than the eye can track. To the would-be observer, the use of this technique would cause the user to completely disappear from view. This ability can also be used to scale walls and ceilings. In canon, this only was accessible to him under the threat of death but after canon had advanced into Melty Blood, Shiki has access to this anytime he deems it a serious enough situation.
Mystic Eyes of Death Perception
The Mystic Eyes of Death Perception allow Shiki to see the fated destruction of his target. This applies to living and non-living things, mortals and immortals. In essence, Shiki sees lines and points on everything in his sight. By tracing a line with his knife, the target then splits or falls apart cleanly where his knife traveled. This damage cannot be repaired by any means including regeneration or even spacial magic. By stabbing a point, Shiki kills the entire existence of his target. Moments afterward, the target will die. This ability completely ignores reincarnation, regeneration, inability to take damage, and immortality. Obviously, this does not ignore Mayfield type reincarnation. The reason why this is so powerful is because Shiki is destroying the existence of his target. Upon that destruction, the world senses a paradox where the target doesn't exist anymore but is still alive. To correct that paradox, the world simply allows the target to die then and there.
There are beings immune to this ability. Those who do not have a Gaian concept of death will naturally be immune to this. Lunarians are shown as having a Gaian concept of death most likely because the Moon and Earth have a close relationship. Beings that naturally subvert the MEODP would be ORT who is from Mercury and has no concept of death at all. Servants from Fate/Stay Night also subvert Shiki's eyes.
Pure Eyes
Shiki's original psychic ability that he was born with, Pure Eyes are a form of clairvoyance that allows the user to see that which cannot be seen, a power that many saints in human history have had. Each individual's Pure Eye is unique, and all Pure Eye users see something different. Shiki's particular Pure Eye allows him to be able to see that which 'shouldn't' be seen. For example, in Kohaku's scenario in Tsukihime, he was able to 'see' Akiha's power in the form of red hair, something even Akiha herself couldn't see, allowing him to cut it apart before it could do much damage to him. This ability likely extends to most other forms of invisible psychic abilities. Shiki still has this ability in addition to his Death Perception, although it's implied that he is able to turn this ability on and off at will.
The majority of this information was brought over from mai_naifu's journal with that player's permission because I'm a lazy bum and didn't want to write this out in my own words.
All questions and comments can be posted here. If there are any questions regarding characterization, they can be brought to my attention here where anon is on and IP logging is off and comments are screened unless requested otherwise.
As of now, all of Shiki's abilities have been regained.
Instinctual Abilities
Sixth sense: This ability allows Shiki to detect beings that "do not belong in the world". Whenever he's near a supernatural entity, such as a vampire or demonic hybrid, his instincts will immediately alert him to its presence. The more powerful the entity, the stronger the reaction. The more inhuman it is, the more hostile Shiki's subconscious will be, to the point of demanding him to remove the threat immediately. He's mostly learned to tune it out due to his constant contact with supernatural phenomena, but it's still there.
Danger Instinct: Shiki's ability to perceive killing/harmful intent towards his person. Whenever his life is threatened in any way, Shiki will subconsciously understand this and, depending on the level of the threat, automatically react accordingly. At his particular level, his instinct is said to border on precognition, and assassination techniques are all but useless against him. He's even shown in canon to dodge and defend attacks from behind that he had no idea was there (vs. Ciel when she tried to impale him from behind).
Speed and Agility
Flash Sheath: One of the signature techniques of the Nanaya clan, Flash Sheath refers to the user's ability to attack faster than the eye can track. To the would-be observer, the user's arm movements would be so fast that at best, it would look like nothing more than a series of blurs, if even that. Shiki's signature technique, the Seventeen-Piece Dissection is performed using this technique, allowing Shiki to slice an enemy apart into seventeen pieces in what would appear to be one stroke of his knife.
Flash Dash: One of the signature techniques of the Nanaya clan, Flash Dash refers to the user's ability to move faster than the eye can track. To the would-be observer, the use of this technique would cause the user to completely disappear from view. This ability can also be used to scale walls and ceilings. In canon, this only was accessible to him under the threat of death but after canon had advanced into Melty Blood, Shiki has access to this anytime he deems it a serious enough situation.
Mystic Eyes of Death Perception
The Mystic Eyes of Death Perception allow Shiki to see the fated destruction of his target. This applies to living and non-living things, mortals and immortals. In essence, Shiki sees lines and points on everything in his sight. By tracing a line with his knife, the target then splits or falls apart cleanly where his knife traveled. This damage cannot be repaired by any means including regeneration or even spacial magic. By stabbing a point, Shiki kills the entire existence of his target. Moments afterward, the target will die. This ability completely ignores reincarnation, regeneration, inability to take damage, and immortality. Obviously, this does not ignore Mayfield type reincarnation. The reason why this is so powerful is because Shiki is destroying the existence of his target. Upon that destruction, the world senses a paradox where the target doesn't exist anymore but is still alive. To correct that paradox, the world simply allows the target to die then and there.
There are beings immune to this ability. Those who do not have a Gaian concept of death will naturally be immune to this. Lunarians are shown as having a Gaian concept of death most likely because the Moon and Earth have a close relationship. Beings that naturally subvert the MEODP would be ORT who is from Mercury and has no concept of death at all. Servants from Fate/Stay Night also subvert Shiki's eyes.
Pure Eyes
Shiki's original psychic ability that he was born with, Pure Eyes are a form of clairvoyance that allows the user to see that which cannot be seen, a power that many saints in human history have had. Each individual's Pure Eye is unique, and all Pure Eye users see something different. Shiki's particular Pure Eye allows him to be able to see that which 'shouldn't' be seen. For example, in Kohaku's scenario in Tsukihime, he was able to 'see' Akiha's power in the form of red hair, something even Akiha herself couldn't see, allowing him to cut it apart before it could do much damage to him. This ability likely extends to most other forms of invisible psychic abilities. Shiki still has this ability in addition to his Death Perception, although it's implied that he is able to turn this ability on and off at will.
The majority of this information was brought over from mai_naifu's journal with that player's permission because I'm a lazy bum and didn't want to write this out in my own words.
All questions and comments can be posted here. If there are any questions regarding characterization, they can be brought to my attention here where anon is on and IP logging is off and comments are screened unless requested otherwise.