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| Origin: | Trespasser |
| Nature: | Haunted |
| Boundary: | Dilapidated ranger station |
| Size: | Crooked |
| Nature Features: | Crowberry (Empetrum nigrum) Driftwood |
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148 GP
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Watch your step! I’m down here, friend.
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ES is a ghost even among ghosts. They are a friendly and sociable spirit, but inaccessible– manifesting only as a disembodied voice emitted from busted electronics.
In their previous life, they were a musician and internet-infamous vlogger based out of what is currently Alaska.
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Ice rolls around in the heel of your glass
My friend, have you had your fun?
Sure as the salmon will labor her last
And you live in want of a run.
◆ Personality ◆
A soft-spoken but friendly soul, ES is the unlikely traveling companion to the laconic Rhodes. Unlike her, they’re a warm and inviting presence, and they delight in meeting others out on the North American tundra.
As often as they can, anyway. Their only point of contact with the world around them is Rhodes’ transceiver.
This is because ES is a true ghost. It takes tremendous effort for them to manifest in the physical world, and nobody has ever approached them in such a state, living or nonliving. Their form always flickers and disappears before it can be reached. For this reason, most know ES as the disembodied voice on the other end of Rhodes’ transceiver, though they sometimes manifest through other electronics, as well.
When asked why they live in a walkie-talkie, ES is reluctant to answer. Rhodes avoids such conversations altogether. Whatever the terms of this strange arrangement, they don’t seem to bother them. ES is content to be the funny little voice that follows her around.
Somebody has to look out for her, after all.
◆ Enchantment ◆
Aleatoric Eye
While ES is bound to Rhodes’ transceiver, they’re not completely trapped in it. They have retained all of their sensory faculties from their previous life– particularly their sight.
ES has a keen eye and a photographic memory, which allows them to keep an unbroken mental record of everything they witness. They use this ability (in conjunction with their elemental) to project these memories onto anything that will hold image or sound.
◆ Elemental ◆
Electric Shadow
ES has a strong affinity with abandoned electronics. Over time, they’ve learned how to give the ghost back to a machine– if only for a little while.
Usually, they use this ability to help out Rhodes by unlocking doors, turning on lights, broadcasting distress signals, and so on. But ES also uses it for amusement. Most attribute the magic of Rhodes’ stories to her inherent skill as a storyteller, but the visual trickery actually belongs to ES. They delight in using their powers as instruments to entertain other ghosts, and share a strong creative vision with Rhodes that helps her stories come to life. They are constantly challenging themself, honing their skills in pursuit of ever more creative, more artful, more bombastic applications.
ES doesn’t train this talent just out of love for the craft, though.
Sometimes, distorted memories of a very different ghost flash over those old CRT televisions and shattered phone screens. Without a physical body, ES struggles to feel close to Rhodes. Puppeting around images of their past life is the only way they know how to bridge this gap.
This power is destructive in the long run, however. ES has yet to find a way around this.
◆ Notes ◆
- ES exclusively interacts with others through Rhodes’ transceiver. When they do attempt to hold a physical form, they’re a darting shadow in the peripheries, a strange noise, or a flickering reflection on a glass screen. They are ashamed of this form and are very afraid of others seeing them like this.
- Rhodes doesn’t know that ES can manifest a physical form, however weakly… Or more accurately, she doesn’t know that the ghost she sees is ES.
- ES has a gentle and musical voice, filtered through the radio static of the transceiver. Their energy is usually magnetic and tender, but when they are under stress, it becomes keening, fissured, and chaotic.
- In addition to they/them, ES also uses she/her and he/him pronouns.
◆ Use ◆
ES can be freely used as a character in your own stories. They almost never manifest in a physical form around others. Instead, they interact with the world as a disembodied voice channeled through various electronics. They are likely to be a warm and welcoming presence, delighting in the company of other creative spirits.
Rarely, they’re a true ghost– distressing and inarticulate.
ES cannot be used as a creator esk at this time.
I won’t save you
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