opt-out / opt-in! (the last voyages)
Mar. 4th, 2026 03:08 pmAdamantea is an ascendant archmage of Mind, meaning she is part of the underlying mechanics of reality that govern minds, consciousness, feelings, thoughts, dreams, etc. Reading thoughts and feelings isn't her working magic, really, just her performing an action.
Which translates to: she is an apex telepath / omnipath with virtually unlimited power, as well as an equally capable empath.
By default she is actively self- and Admiral-limited while a Barge passenger & passively reads primarily surface thoughts & feelings: whatever a character is experiencing in the moment and potentially some longer-term contextual thoughts the current context has primed for. For the sake of RP, without an OOC check-in she will only actively reference or utilize information she has gathered in threads with her current thread partner.
Active uses of magic -- i.e. temporary emotion-dampening, instant-calm, feelings-editing, memory-editing, etc. -- will always have OOC check-in. This is primarily information she might gleam passively; she is actively trying not to push and look at things people don't necessarily want to share with her. (It'd be unethical, and if she does it people won't want to willingly share things with her! That's bad.)
This doesn't mean she always succeeds, because it's like breathing for her to Know You, but in general she won't actively intervene even if someone is an active danger to themself or others as long as it's on the Barge. (If real and permanent death is definitely 100% on the table... that's another story.)
If you would prefer to opt out of Adamantea's mental and/or empathic powers entirely:
OPT-OUT
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Date: 2026-03-04 10:42 pm (UTC)Wiktor Szulski | flawmaturge
IS MY CHARACTER UNREADABLE?: He is the OPPOSITE of unreadable: he is, in fact, very loud and will leave impressions all over the place. It's one of the things thaumaturges do.
IS THERE ANYTHING UNUSUAL GOING ON WITH MY CHARACTER'S MIND OR EMOTIONS?: He's bonded with 3 other thaumaturges (back in Warsaw) and has all of their life experiences and memories in him. He's also got 7 salutors inside him, congealed human belief and thought attached to bits of other people that he's imported and grafted into himself and one naturally one attached to his own Flaw (Pride). See his page for more.
ANYTHING SHE SHOULDN'T BRING UP?: NOPE! Go for it.
ANYTHING SHE SHOULD BRING UP?: Anything you like!
CAN SHE BE CALLED?: Sure! Though he probably won't have her on his filter for his cabin until they get to know one another.
ANYTHING ELSE?: Absolutely figure she'll be able to see his salutors in general even if they're not Upyr. And that she could enter his mindspace. If she does it without permission, he will be startled but probably not upset.