hawkhearsyou | {permissions}

This is a permission post for Ulki, the Hawk King's "ears". You can learn more about Ulki at the Fire Emblem Wiki if you would like.

To summarize why Ulki requires a permission post, Ulki has a unique skill known as Vigilance. I have created a lengthier post on his Vigilance here, which outlines the skill as a game mechanic and its applications in a roleplay setting. To summarize this skill of his, Ulki can hear over very, very long distances, and can even differentiate subtle movements and know who they belong to. This definitely means that he can listen in on any conversation that could be taking place on the campus of Smash Academy and out to every corner of FDC with ease. He can also affiliate movements with a person, even if they think they are disguising themselves. Being able to hear anything and everything is no trouble for him, especially in a concentrated area such as FDC. However, Ulki also tends to be very suspicious of people and their motives. Ulki is known for snooping into people's personal background as well as gathering evidence on them via his superior hearing.

Both of these bits about Ulki can be very problematic for troublemakers and secretive characters at Smash Academy. That being said, I do not want to automatically superplay and have Ulki know everything about your character's background, as well as their every action in-game. If something or someone interests Ulki, he will tend to direct his attention toward these activities and conversations, but not if you don't want him to listen to these things.

So what can you do for me? You can fill out this form! This permission form is not the be-all-end-all, as I will definitely ask all parties involved if something serious is going down. This is simply me requesting some basics so that I can get permission for Ulki to keep tabs on dudes and/or know what cues they give off when they go about their every day life.

I apologize for how lengthy this is, but it can be important! If I'm ever in doubt, I will most certainly contact you. If it is critical to your character's history or anything of the sort, I will definitely talk with each player about it even if it seems like it's not too big of a deal.

To get in touch with me (Prince) with questions or the like, hit me up on AIM @ smaaaaash23 or on Plurk @

smaaaaash. You may also PM me on Ulki's account and I would be totally cool with that. Thank you so much for giving me some information to work with!

(...Also, I must thank Em for helping me out with this since I have SUPREME DIFFICULTY figuring out what to include in my posts. I greatly appreciate it.

IF YOU NEED ANY EXAMPLES, Ocelot's and Liquid's would be the ones to look at THEY'RE SO GREAT)

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Character: Your character's name here. I would appreciate it most if you could separate each entry to one character, but I don't mind if you put them all in the same comment. Since each character probably has different ways of moving and the like, you can see why it would be most beneficial to separate them like this.
Permission for Ulki's Vigilance: This is regarding Ulki's superhuman hearing abilities. Please feel free to give me specifics here. By giving me freedom to have Ulki listen to your character, that would give him the ability to know where your character is located at any given moment, listen in on audible conversations (meaning Ulki can't listen to anything written/typed since that just wouldn't make sense), and all things like that. You can either give me a Yes/No answer or give me specifics. For example, if you are alright with having Ulki listen to your character except while they are out doing shady business in the city, feel free to let me know. This is mostly regarding logs/vocal conversations over the network that are marked as [public] or are unmarked. PLEASE REMEMBER that if I am in doubt, I will definitely contact all participating players before making assumptions.
Permission for background checks: This is regarding Ulki's constant suspicion about certain characters, especially when they exhibit strange behaviors upon first meeting. Even so, Ulki can get pretty snoopy about people's backgrounds. This is another one of those sections that can be answered in a simple Yes/No, but you can also add details about their background that he might find easily vs. details he would need to work a little harder for. He mostly looks for details such as: Name, Affiliation (with a company, religion, title, or otherwise), Homeland, Basic profile information (age, family, topics related to his concern), Personality traits (through word-of-mouth or other character's opinions on the character in question)... Those types of things.
Audible cues: Does your character have any distinctive way of walking? Typical outfits that make any particular noise? Are they light on their feet? Do they walk with stealth? Are they careless? Those would go here. In addition, if your character tends to have certain audible cues that indicate a status of theirs, those would also go here. For example, does your character move a lot more when embarrassed? Do they have a quickened pulse when lying? Do they sigh a lot more when lying? Anything like that? Even the most quiet of signals would be enough to signal Ulki that something is suspicious about them.
Other information: This might be a good place to let me know if your character actually has multiple personalities that alter the way they carry themselves or if they give off different cues depending on this particular fact. If your character lies practically all the time and it doesn't phase them, that would also go here, especially if they've been living as another identity their whole life and have been lying for years and years. Things that could either make it easier for Ulki to read your character or make it more difficult would be good to put here.

Edited 2013-01-18 19:51 (UTC)

i' M trying REALhard to do this permissons post but it's TOO HARD

Character: Ocelot

Permission for Ulki's Vigilance: Sure, grab whatever conversations you'd like.

Permission for background checks: All Ulki might find is that for a few years before coming to the school Ocelot was a Spetsnaz Major in GRU. Which is obvious anyway since Ocelot continues to wear his uniform.

Audible cues: I'm sure Ulki will always be able to hear Ocelot's distinct footsteps without even really trying to. He has a specific walk (patiently and solidly like he's in a western) and always wears jingly little spurs on his heels.

...And if Ulki ever hears a loud MEOWWWW, it's probably Ocelot.

Other information: Ocelot is a spy, but he never talks about this stuff to anyone because he's working alone (his unit isn't in on it)... he might do a rare check-in with the CIA though? Over a phone. Maybe we could work out how that would go someday.

And Ocelot is a HUGE LIAR....... however, I think Ocelot might actually be one of few people who can't be detected on that. As in, no pulse change or whatever. He's been trained since birth to be this kind of agent so I don't think lying would have any physical effect on him like it does for other people. It's very natural for him.

Character: Liquid Snake
Permission for Ulki's Vigilance: Yes. He's worked with mind-readers, so he's paranoid, but it's perfectly fine for him to hear any conversations or actions Liquid's involved in.
Permission for background checks: Yes. Most information about him is going to be impossible to find; his very existence is classified. But digging around might find out that he's former SAS, a former Prisoner of War, raised in Britain despite being American, is a clone, a terrorist, and has a giant robot.
Audible cues: HE WILL HURT YOUR EARS. Just a warning. Liquid is LOUD, especially when he's angry. Also listening in on Liquid will pick up constant movement, not just of him, but also anything he jumps on, flips over, walks on, etc. He's basically the most antsy person there is and will casually perform acrobatics mid-sentence.

He's... pretty easy to pick up, even when disguised as someone else, because he barely changes his voice. His boots are military-issue, and his dogtags probably jingle a fair bit. He also has a tendency to make quiet 'tch'-type noises when he's annoyed.

...uhm. He kinda screams in his sleep, too. Nightmares due to past events. SO UH. HAVE FUN. And if Ulki gets too annoyed, Liquid can totally soundproof his room.
Other information: He is an open book. Facial expressions, voice cues, the works.

Worst.

Spy.

Ever.

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