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hatesdeerstalkers) wrote2019-08-12 12:18 am
hatesdeerstalkers) wrote2019-08-12 12:18 am
Permissions Post for Daybreak
Moriarty is from the grandaddy of all Detective stories - and while he's not the detective himself, he's known in both book canon and FGO canon to be Sherlock's intellectual equal. In canon, he even manages to tell who Salter (Artoria Alter) is before she tells him her name by using a deductive process remarkably similar to Sherlock's, so he's definitely got the same perceptiveness.
So! What I'm asking here is -
1. Do you want Moriarty to pick up things like tics, personality, how they hold themselves, the words they say, predicting what they're thinking via body language, etc. If you don't, it won't come up during tags! Not commenting to this is the same as opting out in my eyes, so!
2. If you're okay with it, then I'll need you to give me details about them. How's their normal body language? Is there anything strange about them magically or not that he could notice? Do they have any tics or nervous habits he'd pick up on? Anything on their bodies or visible markings or smells he'd notice and potentially be able to deduce from?
3. Anything else you want to add that I didn't mention but Moriarty would notice? Tell me here!
Injury (any kind, including torture): Yep, though it won't stick around permanently.
Death: /LAUGHS IN IMMORTALITY, aka yeah! Though ask me first, since I am trying to have it be on the dl for Moriarty for a bit.
Romance: That's a nah, chief. I play Moriarty as uninterested in romance.
Mind-reading: I'd like a heads up first, but sure!
Generally, I'm pretty chill! Honestly, just contact me if you wanna do something.
As for what characters will notice from Moriarty:
- Constantly 'on' with magic, if they have good senses. It'd feel like a spell of some sort is continually running.
- Those with good hearing or if they ever hug him will notice the lack of heartbeat.
- Has almost no reaction to most kinds of pain.
- His Butterfly spell is too advanced for the time period he says he's been alive, seeming more like something a mage family would work on over time or have bequeathed to them.
From Moriarty's app:
End of the Spider's Thread: A thin, easily dispelled magic 'thread' that he can stick to walls, objects, and people which allow him to know where people are within his 'web' / if they disturb it or enter it (within a 20 ft radius), and also allows him to listen into their conversations. Of course, though it's easily dispelled, it's nearly invisible to magic senses and physical ones - and those with keen senses will often only feel as if they've walked into a spider web when it attaches.
In essence, I'm asking if you would be willing to have your character be bugged / have Moriarty be able to eavesdrop on conversations and know where they are if they're on campus / nearby him. I can also have him not catch all of conversations, if you'd like!
Not responding to this will be treated as the same as opting out, so no worries.
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2. Therion's body language and presentation is almost always closed-off and subtly evasive: not facing people head-on, arms across the chest as a shield, brief eye contact only--the works. His left eye is always covered by his hair, and his outfits always put additional barriers between him and others, whenever he can get away with it. As fall starts, for example, he'll be wearing a scarf well before the weather really justifies it. He often draws it up and over the lower half of his face when he's uncomfortable. He also wears bulky sweaters or hoodies to hide the metal shackle on his right wrist, though there's only so much cloth can do to hide that.
Magically, Therion's pretty much always putting on a hey-don't-notice-me glamour in Moriarty's class to hide the fact he's nodding off in the back. He's also half-Fey, if that's the kind of thing Moriarty can tell.
3. His username on the Iris Network is tealeaf22. He's literally outing himself as a thief in Cockney rhyming slang. He thinks he's funny.
Spider Threads: Absolutely, especially if Therion ends up trying to lift something of Moriarty's. He's not experienced enough in this magic stuff to really notice. The thread would trump Therion's glamour at short range, so Moriarty would know where he is even if Therion's turned his unnoticeable act to max. At a distance, I'd leave that up to you. He's very active at night, which might explain why he's so tired in Moriarty's classes.
Listening in on Therion's conversations reveals that he goes out of his way not to say much about himself while continuously coaxing information out of others. Further, he tends not to talk to people much at all.