[Mini Event] TMI

Hotaru

Take me where the shadows grow
Just wanna not be here

Things go south impressively fast, and Hotaru’s face remains stoic through it all. She isn’t surprised to be thwarted, though it makes her spine ache with the intensity of her discomfort and the effort it takes to conceal it. Even from her early days as an informant, spy, and thief, her mind has always been the most sacred of places, and Vox’s easy entry makes her feel ill. Still, she exists in a difficult grey-area that only Sunjata is aware of, and silence is the best defense - especially when everyone else has plenty to say to fill the gaps.

Noah throwing her off her feet is unexpected to put it incredibly lightly, and the world rights itself she finds her claws out and pupils distorted in half-shift expression of defensive feline surprise. It takes a delayed moment of forced breathing to put her claws away before she takes Noah’s hand to be helped up, nerves frayed from the unfortunate combination of situational tension and unexpected battery.

Quickly fixing her hair, she exhales sharply and approaches Seren, deciding if Sunjata is comfortable with this process then she might as well fall in line. “I’m not sure if mine will work,” she clarifies preemptively in a soft tone, deeply uncomfortable with doing this publicly. Admittedly even more uncomfortable with the idea of her fellows knowing this ability than the Family. The few who know it are already a risk, even if she trusts them implicitly. Placing her hand on the orb in case that makes a difference, Hotaru drops her voice to a nearly subvocal decibel to try and preserve her privacy from the others as she commands, “Stop moving.” That should show if her compulsion even works on something without a developed brain. It’s unlikely a command to hurt itself will work; even non-sentient creatures and plants would consider that order to be antithetical to their natures. Their sole purpose is continued existence and procreation, so self-inflicted damage would weaken her compulsion’s grip significantly. Still, should she try for the sake of trying? Ru cuts the magic whether it works or not, and her lips scarcely move on the next compulsion. “Hurt yourself.” The Valkyrie watches just long enough to gauge success - if any - before she gracefully retracts her hand and retreats back to Sunjata, content to fade into the background once more. She is strangely grateful she hasn’t unlocked any other abilities yet that she would be forced to display. Although she would have been relieved to show that one off instead in place of her compulsion as a red herring. The idea that she can truly trust everyone here simply because they’re all demigods is laughable, and revealing her literal powers makes her skin crawl. Hotaru wants this entire event to be done with already.

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Ru tests out two separate Compulsion commands to try and gauge levels of success with the weakness of “against target’s nature” being considered. General command to see if non-sentient void can be compelled, and then a command to harm itself to gauge strength *insert large shrug*

Magic: Compulsion | Outside of a KQ/PQ+, can influence a target within 10ft of her to do something they would realistically find themselves doing. In a KQ/PQ+, gives disadvantage against 1 target within 30ft. ((END+LUCK+d100 contested roll).
Type: Dark | Rank: Upgraded

Take me where the stars don't show
It can get a lot out here, shining all alone