Permissions (gargleblasted)
What this post covers:
-Permissions concerning the Cleansed Crystal Mirror and it's potential to invade privacy.
-Judgment of Black and White, as it requires the knowledge of a persons innate nature.
-Some helpful suggestions Eiki can lecture on.
Since Eiki has a rather invasive ability of judging "White or Black" when seeing a person, and has a mirror that can peer into anyones life reveling their secrets and past deeds, I am making this permissions post to help regulate it, and better explain the abilities. This post is also to help me know what kinds of things Eiki should lecture on, as she has a habit to do this to everyone she meets, even when she's just met them. I highly encourage castmates, CR, and anyone interested in running into her to at least fill out the lecture information. Just so I have a better idea on what I should work with and don't step on head canon.
Also, any kind of plotting you want with her abilities, ideas, suggestions, or questions on how something soul be dealt with or other things, feel free to post them here.
Cleansed Crystal Mirror and what it does:
This is a mirror that helps the Yama judge a person based on the deeds they made in life. It has various functions which can be looked at over here which has more information on her spell cards and abilities in general.
The important part for this permissions is the fact she can look into anyones life. She can find out anything she wants from it, past sins, secrets, or even virtues. Eiki is a very upstanding person though, and will not pry for the sake of prying, and will only use it when necessary. Also, since using the mirror to gather information like that is tiering for her, she has no reason to use it first in any situation. Mostly this is here if it has plot relevance, there's no other choice, or you think it might be fun to play with. The information used can be as much or as little as you like, and any information you don't want known can be explained by Eiki was too tired to keep looking for other information.
What is this "Judgment of Black and White?"
Eiki is a yama from Hell, or Judge of Hell if you will. The job of the yama is to judge a soul after death based on it's sins, and send it to Heaven, Hell, or the Netherworld depending on how it lived it's life. Though it would be easy to assume this means "Good and Evil" it doesn't quite, as this is based on the idea of Buddhist good and evil (or more accurately right and wrong), and thus is a little different. It's more a matter of proper and improper, and not on what one might consider a traditional moral right and wrong.
For example, using a canon and none canon situation:
-Eiki tells Yuuka she should attack more humans. This statement in and of itself is not good or bad, but since Yuuka is a youkai and it's in her nature to attack humans, not attacking them is making her act improperly. Thus, she is judged black for not doing what she should, as what's in her nature. Meanwhile she tells Reimu that she needs to exterminate more youkai, as she is a miko in charge of a youkai exterminating shrine. The fact that Reimu does not work harder at her job of extermination means that she is black, because it goes against her job and nature.
-A simpler example: A lion eats gazelle, as long as it eats gazelle like it should, it is white. A gazelle eats grass, as long as a gazelle eats grass it is white. When a lion eats grass it is black, when a gazelle eats meat (or a lion!) it is black.
This same logic can be applied to any number of things.
Now, the difficult part here, is that it's not so cut and dry. For, there are other things that will contradict, so it's more or less safe to say no matter what your character has committed some sort of sin, and has black marks. Is your character an assassin? Are they a good assassin that works hard and stays true to their line of work? Were they raised that way? None of that really matters, though they will get a white mark for being good at their job, they still get black for murder....
In the end, it's about adding up, do the white marks outweigh the black marks? Whichever has the most wins, and this is more or less how karma is calculated. (Feel free to correct me if I say anything off.) I'm not asking you to count anything though! So don't worry, I just want an estimated guess on what Eiki would instantly tell on a first glance.
So, please do not worry about her knowing your secret villain is evil, because she won't know that. She will only know if their karma is bad or not, and if they have a lot of sins or not (which as I said, are unrelated to evil/good, yet not always exclusive either. When in doubt ask I guess?).
If this helps, you can think of your characters in D&D terms, lawful good is white, lawful evil is also white. Chaotic good and chaotic evil would probably be black. And there is no such thing as neutral.
Old nag Yama sama and her endless lectures:
Eiki has a very big personality quirk, and that is to lecture everyone she meets on anything she can. She means this for the best, but it's pretty annoying. Since she has the ability to see anyones sins, and know if their karma is bad pretty instantly, this lets her know pretty fast what you need work on. It can be anything from you lie too much, to you don't put enough effort into something. Any kind of fault out there. This is heavily connected to her Black and White ability, so understanding that will help here. (Don't worry about the instant comment, there, I'm very flexible with how to deal with this and I don't mind her gradually coming to know things, especially for those characters not from Touhou, or even Earth.)
Now, this is the main point of this post, I don't know every canon (and I can't guess at everyones head canon for Touhou) so I'm just going to ask that people give me a bit of a heads up on what kinds of things their characters have been doing that could be lectured on. This is pretty much the information I want to know most, so it would be really nice if castmates, CR, and anyone interested in running into her at any time filled at least this much out.
Sorry about being so long winded, but it felt like it would be best to properly explain everything first.
Character name:
Character journal:
Age: If you're unsure a ballpark is fine.
Species: Human? Demon? Doll? Something else? If it's a secret just mention it and what should be assumed.
White or Black?: You can go into as much or as little detail as you like here, this is just so I know what she would judge. If there is something more complicated I don't mind discussing it.
Past sins and deeds: Feel free to share anything you would like her to know, again, as much or as little as you like, and discussions are always welcome.
Cleansed Crystal Mirror, yes or no?: Similar to past sins and deeds, but instead of stuff that could probably be observed by anyone, or a record that could be found, I want to know if she can use the spying aspect of the mirror. This is something that would only be used when necessary. So, if a plot forced it's use, or a situation made use of it. If you're interested in playing with this potentially, but don't want to share certain things that's fine! As with everything else, share as much or as little as possible and I'll work with you.
Lecture material: Do they lie a lot? Are they lazy? Do they torture animals for fun? Are they excessive in something? Rude? Really the skies the limit here. If it helps, Eiki is said to lecture anyone for anything, even white lies made for a good cause. This is the section I'm most interested so I want to encourage that even if you don't want to fill out the rest, please fill this out. Especially canonmates and CR, as I don't want to step on toes and say things that are disagreed with.
-Permissions concerning the Cleansed Crystal Mirror and it's potential to invade privacy.
-Judgment of Black and White, as it requires the knowledge of a persons innate nature.
-Some helpful suggestions Eiki can lecture on.
Since Eiki has a rather invasive ability of judging "White or Black" when seeing a person, and has a mirror that can peer into anyones life reveling their secrets and past deeds, I am making this permissions post to help regulate it, and better explain the abilities. This post is also to help me know what kinds of things Eiki should lecture on, as she has a habit to do this to everyone she meets, even when she's just met them. I highly encourage castmates, CR, and anyone interested in running into her to at least fill out the lecture information. Just so I have a better idea on what I should work with and don't step on head canon.
Also, any kind of plotting you want with her abilities, ideas, suggestions, or questions on how something soul be dealt with or other things, feel free to post them here.
Cleansed Crystal Mirror and what it does:
This is a mirror that helps the Yama judge a person based on the deeds they made in life. It has various functions which can be looked at over here which has more information on her spell cards and abilities in general.
The important part for this permissions is the fact she can look into anyones life. She can find out anything she wants from it, past sins, secrets, or even virtues. Eiki is a very upstanding person though, and will not pry for the sake of prying, and will only use it when necessary. Also, since using the mirror to gather information like that is tiering for her, she has no reason to use it first in any situation. Mostly this is here if it has plot relevance, there's no other choice, or you think it might be fun to play with. The information used can be as much or as little as you like, and any information you don't want known can be explained by Eiki was too tired to keep looking for other information.
What is this "Judgment of Black and White?"
Eiki is a yama from Hell, or Judge of Hell if you will. The job of the yama is to judge a soul after death based on it's sins, and send it to Heaven, Hell, or the Netherworld depending on how it lived it's life. Though it would be easy to assume this means "Good and Evil" it doesn't quite, as this is based on the idea of Buddhist good and evil (or more accurately right and wrong), and thus is a little different. It's more a matter of proper and improper, and not on what one might consider a traditional moral right and wrong.
For example, using a canon and none canon situation:
-Eiki tells Yuuka she should attack more humans. This statement in and of itself is not good or bad, but since Yuuka is a youkai and it's in her nature to attack humans, not attacking them is making her act improperly. Thus, she is judged black for not doing what she should, as what's in her nature. Meanwhile she tells Reimu that she needs to exterminate more youkai, as she is a miko in charge of a youkai exterminating shrine. The fact that Reimu does not work harder at her job of extermination means that she is black, because it goes against her job and nature.
-A simpler example: A lion eats gazelle, as long as it eats gazelle like it should, it is white. A gazelle eats grass, as long as a gazelle eats grass it is white. When a lion eats grass it is black, when a gazelle eats meat (or a lion!) it is black.
This same logic can be applied to any number of things.
Now, the difficult part here, is that it's not so cut and dry. For, there are other things that will contradict, so it's more or less safe to say no matter what your character has committed some sort of sin, and has black marks. Is your character an assassin? Are they a good assassin that works hard and stays true to their line of work? Were they raised that way? None of that really matters, though they will get a white mark for being good at their job, they still get black for murder....
In the end, it's about adding up, do the white marks outweigh the black marks? Whichever has the most wins, and this is more or less how karma is calculated. (Feel free to correct me if I say anything off.) I'm not asking you to count anything though! So don't worry, I just want an estimated guess on what Eiki would instantly tell on a first glance.
So, please do not worry about her knowing your secret villain is evil, because she won't know that. She will only know if their karma is bad or not, and if they have a lot of sins or not (which as I said, are unrelated to evil/good, yet not always exclusive either. When in doubt ask I guess?).
If this helps, you can think of your characters in D&D terms, lawful good is white, lawful evil is also white. Chaotic good and chaotic evil would probably be black. And there is no such thing as neutral.
Old nag Yama sama and her endless lectures:
Eiki has a very big personality quirk, and that is to lecture everyone she meets on anything she can. She means this for the best, but it's pretty annoying. Since she has the ability to see anyones sins, and know if their karma is bad pretty instantly, this lets her know pretty fast what you need work on. It can be anything from you lie too much, to you don't put enough effort into something. Any kind of fault out there. This is heavily connected to her Black and White ability, so understanding that will help here. (Don't worry about the instant comment, there, I'm very flexible with how to deal with this and I don't mind her gradually coming to know things, especially for those characters not from Touhou, or even Earth.)
Now, this is the main point of this post, I don't know every canon (and I can't guess at everyones head canon for Touhou) so I'm just going to ask that people give me a bit of a heads up on what kinds of things their characters have been doing that could be lectured on. This is pretty much the information I want to know most, so it would be really nice if castmates, CR, and anyone interested in running into her at any time filled at least this much out.
Sorry about being so long winded, but it felt like it would be best to properly explain everything first.
Character name:
Character journal:
Age: If you're unsure a ballpark is fine.
Species: Human? Demon? Doll? Something else? If it's a secret just mention it and what should be assumed.
White or Black?: You can go into as much or as little detail as you like here, this is just so I know what she would judge. If there is something more complicated I don't mind discussing it.
Past sins and deeds: Feel free to share anything you would like her to know, again, as much or as little as you like, and discussions are always welcome.
Cleansed Crystal Mirror, yes or no?: Similar to past sins and deeds, but instead of stuff that could probably be observed by anyone, or a record that could be found, I want to know if she can use the spying aspect of the mirror. This is something that would only be used when necessary. So, if a plot forced it's use, or a situation made use of it. If you're interested in playing with this potentially, but don't want to share certain things that's fine! As with everything else, share as much or as little as possible and I'll work with you.
Lecture material: Do they lie a lot? Are they lazy? Do they torture animals for fun? Are they excessive in something? Rude? Really the skies the limit here. If it helps, Eiki is said to lecture anyone for anything, even white lies made for a good cause. This is the section I'm most interested so I want to encourage that even if you don't want to fill out the rest, please fill this out. Especially canonmates and CR, as I don't want to step on toes and say things that are disagreed with.