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"How is it that you found me when you were there in the light?"
"You reek of darkness--even the light can't block the smell. I guess I followed the darkness right to you."

Throughout Kingdom Hearts, one of Riku's biggest struggles is in learning to accept the darkness that resides inside of him, and learning how to use it to his own advantage without losing himself to it entirely. While there are a number of different things he can utilize the darkness for, one of the most passive uses is that he can sense the darkness in other people. (Chain of Memories describes it as being like a scent, while most other games seem to ignore that aspect of it.)

As of 10/14, Dante will be regaining this ability, which means that he'll be able to sense the darkness on player characters and notice if people are more affected by it or less, or if someone's heart is struggling with dark feelings ("dark," for the purpose of Kingdom Hearts, referring to negative emotions such as anger, spite, hatred, jealousy, etc. Sadness can make one more susceptible to the darkness, but doesn't seem to be the source of any).

Of course, I don't want Dante to start jumping around metagaming and calling out people for the darkness inside of them without player permission! So this is where you come in. Please c/p the below form and leave me a comment here to let me know if you're all right with Dante being able to sense darkness in your character(s), and how much he'd be able to sense! Feel free to update these comments as often as necessary with new developments, and don't worry--if something's going to go into a heavy discussion about the darkness, I'll still touch base to see if you're okay with it first :) this is mostly for metatext purposes.

Thanks, guys! ♥

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PLAYER: Abi

✦ CHARACTER: Dante
✦ JOURNAL:

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WOULD ~~RIKU~~ YOUR CHARACTER BE ABLE TO SENSE DARKNESS IN ~~YOUR CHARACTER~~ DANTE'S HEART? HOW MUCH? Yes! While eventually Dante will be at an equal split between light and darkness, there's still enough darkness in his heart right now to be noticeable. However, oddly enough, it doesn't feel like your typical darkness: it's restrained, controlled, a tool for him to use more than it uses him. Even if Dante hasn't realized it yet, he can't be corrupted by darkness any more.

AM I OKAY WITH YOUR CHARACTER SENSING THIS DARKNESS IN NARRATIVE TEXT? Absolutely!

COMMENTING ON IT ICLY TO DANTE? Please. But know that if you do, he's going to panic--he doesn't know yet that Riku managed to control his darkness and so he's still scared of losing himself to it.

ANYTHING ELSE? YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME AND ILU ALL

Edited 2017-10-10 13:13 (UTC)

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