Synodiporia: Jaunt History/Skills Gained

[meanballerina]

Jaunt History

+ Pogémon!; infiltrator
+ Olympus Upended; investigator
+ Showtime!; investigator

Skills Gained

Devil's Favor
Mark

Acquired upon joining the Travelers. The mark of Devil's favor is located on the outside of her right ankle.

Her mark is designed in an over-the-top goth style. It takes the form of a demon/sheep's skull with large curving horns and an upside-down pentacle inscribed on the forehead. The interior of the left horn is taken up by a spider's web, from which dangles a black widow spider. The upper curve of the right horn has a pair of bloody pointe shoes hanging from it. Above the skull, between the horns, are the letters XV.

Devil's Favor
Aura

Once a week, for ten minutes per Favor Skill possessed, the Traveler emanates an aura with a radius of twenty feet per Favor Skill possessed. Those within the aura have their vices and material desires increased, making them more vulnerable to temptation than usual. Those within the aura always feel faintly warm and flushed, regardless of the temperature in the environment around them.

Duration: 1 minute x 2 Favor skills (2 min)
Radius: 20 feet x 2 Favor skills (40 ft)

Telepathic Network
Filter Intrusion

The ability to access privately broadcast data on the telepathic network. Even if a message is filtered to a specific group of people, you may listen in (or actively participate).

To show the skill is in use, leave a blank comment titled ‘Filter Intrusion’ on the post or thread being eavesdropped on; these blank comments do NOT count toward monthly activity, but active participation in the conversation does.

Telepathic Network
Network Archive Retrieval

The ability to search for and share old data on the telepathic network. OOCly: this allows you to link old posts or threads from synopsychic in your current threads.

Telepathic Network
Psychic Protection I

The ability to block others from using Filter Intrusion or Investigator Mind Reading on you. This may also convey some resistance to psychic intrusions originating off the network. Requires one other telepathic skill.

Comments

POGÉMON!

[meanballerina]

Natasha infiltrated as a teenage runaway. Among other things, the gang works as runners for the underground betting rings and otherwise just tries to keep body and soul together. Her past is somewhat unclear as she dislikes talking about it and harshly fends off all attempts to pry. However, it's known that Nat is fluent in Russian and that she used to learn ballet. She still has the graceful bearing of a dancer, but anyone who thinks that's a sign of weakness will soon learn their mistake, as Nat is more than capable of holding her own in a fight.

Also unknown is how she came to meet her Pogemon. In its Pogmented form, it resembles this Pokemon mash-up. It is the size of a full-grown male elk, easily large enough for her to ride.

In its normal form, it resembles a Tsum Tsum version of that mash-up. So imagine a fuzzy black cylindrical blob, about 8 inches long, with four teeny nubbins for legs. The butt end has another teeny nubbin for a tail. The face end is slightly pointed to resemble an elongated ungulate face, and has slightly larger branched nubbins above its face, resembling the beginnings of antlers.

It's name is Vanya* and it hates you. Also, against all evidence to the contrary, it is apparently a Mineral-type Pogemon.

Powers:
- limited size changing (covering the range of possible Tsum Tsum sizes, from small enough to fit in a hand to nicely pillow-sized)
- tummy storage (can store items in belly for a limited period of time)
- nigh indestructible but also no combat ability whatsoever until Pogmentation

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* Actually, it's name is Ivan, but similarly to how she uses Natasha instead of Natalia for her given name, she uses Vanya instead of Ivan for her Pogemon. According to the one post I have saved that explains Russian dimunitive names, the progression for Ivan goes: "Ivan -> Vanya -> Vanyusha, Vanechka -> Vanyushen'ka (the last one is so fluffy no one but your grandma would ever use it)".

She totally calls her Pogemon Vanechka (perhaps even...Vanyushen'ka???) when no one's around, even though no one actually understands enough Russian to call her on it.