Statement Begins

Should you wish to leave a Statement for The Archive (or, more specifically, the Archivist), you may do so here. This post is intended to be a convenient one-stop shop for all of the Statements that have been collected by willing donors.

It should be noted that all Statements are considered private by default. John will be reading or listening to them all, and other Archive staff (particularly Martin) may see them as well, but they are not considered part of the publicly accessible records collection that The Archive houses.

There are three ways to leave a Statement:

• Direct Statement: we could play it out in a thread; your pup can enter The Archive, request to leave a Statement, and be shown to John's office, where he will listen to your story with unnerving intensity.


• Written Statement: you can write out your pup's Statement in its entirety, like a one-shot journal entry, and link it below.


• Summary Statement: you can leave a general summary of what your pup's Statement is about and any relevant details. We can either handwave that it was given directly, or say it was written so John can record it himself later.

The first two options can be linkdumped to the main community and counted towards reqs; the third would just be a very kind favor to John that he would appreciate very much.

As far as potential side-effects go: John will let your pup know that giving a direct Statement may increase the odds of them having unpleasant nightmares, and might make the trauma feel fresher for a while. Whether your pup actually experiences anything is entirely up to you, but if you DO want them to have Archivist-haunted nightmares, just let me know. Also, please be aware that the Archivist-haunted nightmares can be expected to recur regularly for a long time.

Permissions

So our boy Jonathan has some abilities that list towards the infomod/dubcon end of the spectrum. I want to make sure that I'm not having him do anything to people's pups that they (the players) aren't comfortable with, so I'm going to give a brief outline of his most relevant abilities for your perusal. Pretty much all of these are going to be opt-in; if I don't get a 'yes,' I'll presume a 'no.' (The exception would be 'being able to tell if someone has a Statement,' which is so intrinsic to his character that it probably can't be avoided. That said, he doesn't have to know any relevant details, just that your pup has been Through Some Shit.)

Mildly Omniscient - John will be able to tell at a glance if someone has been through something supernatural, though specifics would require further action, such as taking a Statement, Compelling answers out of people, or digging directly into their brain. He may also have flashes of insight regarding details of people's lives, though whether said insights are useful is up in the air.
Compelling - when John asks someone a direct question, he can put a measure of psychic oomph behind it that compels an honest answer. He isn't capable of making people believe they wanted to answer honestly, so pups are highly likely to notice something is up if they weren't intending to be straight with him. This extends to being able to Compel Statements out of people, forcing them to tell him whatever life story they have that relates to one of the fear-based Entities. This would be intensely traumatic for the victim, and would result in vivid, recurring nightmares in which they relive their experience while John passively observes them. John will share these nightmares as they happen.
Telepathic - John may 'hear' questions that someone thinks but doesn't ask, especially if they are about him. He is also capable of staring directly into someone's mind and extracting their Statement against their will, though that isn't something he'd be inclined to do to a human adversary when Compelling works just as well.
Clear Sight - John may be able to see the results of a supernatural influence on another person, or see past magical illusions.

SO. If you have strong feelings about any of these -- particularly the compulsion aspect, as John will initially be driven to gather Statements in this manner and it could be interesting to not use NPCs -- let me know! I've got some coding below if you want to avail yourselves.

I will also plan on talking all of these through with players OOC before actually having it happen in a tag, whether via PM or discord or what have you. Please feel free to hit me up with any questions or concerns!


<b>Player name:</b> <b>Character name:</b> Are you comfortable with your character experiencing any of the following? If so, to what degree? <b>Compulsion:</b> <b>Omniscience:</b> <b>Telepathy:</b> <b>Clear Sight (if so, what might he notice?):</b> Additional thoughts?

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