Somebody bring the silence

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It seems like some people are following a kind of template... I guess I'll just steal it off them...?

Yang Ji Hye

Friends : Ji Hye has no friends. That's just a fact. The spirits around her are far too hostile to allow her near other people without at the very least a snide criticism. Often, the spirits yell at her so loudly that she simply can't hear other people speaking. Much of what is being said around her has to be relayed by one of the kinder spirits she is chained to.

What Ji Hye would really like, though, is somebody who could make all of the spirits just be quiet. She isn't sure what kind of power this would require and even if somebody did have it, she would be afraid to contact them. People without Dark Sight are unable to see the spirits around her, which would probably make it hard for others to understand her experiences.

Since Ji Hye can only connect with spirits from a particular sub plane, most summoners and other people with spiritual abilities are also unable to see the spirits chained to her. However, they are often able to sense them. Since the collective presence is often hostile and malevolent, most of these types of people keep away from her.

Enemies : Most of Ji Hye's enemies are by extension. A good majority of the spirits she is chained to have numerous enemies who are also spirits. Sometimes a living person will make it among the ranks of their enemies but the ones who are most knowledgeable about the theories behind soul chaining soon learn to leave her alone. After all, as long as these spirits are chained to Ji Hye, they can't move about as quickly or efficiently to make trouble. Others, however, with less knowledge are quick to label her as a threat or even evil. Judging by some of things she's done while being possessed by spirits, Ji Hye thinks that they might be right.

Lovers : Ji Hye is heterosexual but has never been in a relationship because of obvious reasons. Truthfully, if anybody ever expressed romantic interest in her, it would probably go over her head since she isn't especially good with dealing with real world problems or emotions.

Other : Since Ji Hye suspects that she might be legitimately dead and only puppeting around her corpse wrapped in spiritual essence, she is very afraid of the possibility of meeting somebody with a power negation ability. She also tends to avoid people with mind based powers because they might become overloaded with the thoughts and emotions of all the spirits chained to her.
 

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Hello there :D

I have a character named Lysander that has a similar power to Yang Ji Hye's (he can see spirits, though only dead people for now, he's a necromancer in making :D) and a similar story (he also has undead people stuck in his head due to an accident) and I think that a plot involving two of them could be fun. There is a link to Lysander's profile in my signature, so tell me what you think.
 

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Oh, that sounds like it could work!

Although, Ji Hye's power is limited specifically to supernatural spirits (demonic, possibly divine, emotion, nature), for lack of a better term. She actually can't see the spirits of dead people.

But other than that, it sounds like it might be possible for them to interact.. It's kind of like... Um.. You know <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanabata' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Tanabata</a>? Minus the romantic sense, they'd be a little like the two characters in that story.
 

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I don't know the story, but I'll give it a quick read :D Also, I saw that she can't see ghosts, and Lysander can't exactly see spirits either, but they are in a same boat, so to speak, stuck with invisible people and all, so they could help each other in some way :D Plus, Lysander is used to the noise, ominous presences and people talking to themselves, so that makes it a lot easier as well :)
 

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Saw it, and replied. I hope you don't mind that I played it as if Lysander's spirits could sense the presence of the demons surrounding her and that they are making him sick. I thought that since he is a necromancer, which is usually considered as dark magic, he should be able to feel them, if not see them. :)
 

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Eh, not all of the spirits around Ji Hye are malevolent. Some of them, like Hitori, Imouto, and Oppa are actually benevolent ones. Hitori in particular is kind of up there with dragons. It's just that Hitori is also kind of fail at being good. On the flip side of it, though, Talag is basically a fallen god. A really minor one but same idea.

Lysander should probably be able to sense at least traces of all of the major chained spirits since many people with spiritual power who don't have Dark Sight do. And since he does go into dark magic, I think that yeah, he should be sense able to sense the malevolent ones more clearly. They're probably louder to him, too, if he gets within range. Possibly, he might sometimes even catch glimpses of them. It wouldn't be all the time, though.
 
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