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[ OKAY, SO WHAT'S A NEWTYPE? ]
[ BUT WHAT DOES THAT REALLY MEAN? ]
[ NO BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR ME? ]
The Basic Newtype Theory: As humanity expands into space, all latent abilities will blossom in order to adapt to the great void and mankind will then be able to understand each other without misconceptions.
[ BUT WHAT DOES THAT REALLY MEAN? ]
Essentially, a Newtype is the next stage of human evolution as it relates to living in space. His spacial awareness is so acute as to act as a sixth sense, so Banagher exhibits vaguely "psychic" qualities — mostly something like precognitive empathy. This means that Banagher is sensitive not necessarily to the actions of others, but to the intent behind said actions, especially as they pertain to him. For example, think something hard enough at him, and he'll probably be able to sense it. Think, "Hey I'm going to go punch that kid's face in!" and he'll probably be able to sense it in enough time to try and prevent it. Think, "Hey I'm going to punch this other guy's face in!" and he likes Other Guy, he can try to help them avoid it, or submit his own face for punching, etc., etc. (Heavy emphasis on "try".) So on and so forth. This is a mostly useless skill outside of his Gundam, but important for other like-minded characters, or those who don't take kindly to relentless do-gooders getting a potential read on their emotions.
[ NO BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR ME? ]
If you'd like CR with Banagher, it'd help me out to know how to approach your characters with his powers! Newtypes carry a pretty big stigma in his canon, so he's a bit dodgy about it and likely won't speak up about his ability unless confronted or asked by someone he trusts. On the other side of the coin, Banagher is pretty forthright, and attempts to make any judgment on someone on his own merit, outside of the things he senses. So morally grays and villains and people with generally dark brains don't need to worry about him pulling the LOOK AT HOW EVIL SO-AND-SO IS stunt. It is a latent ability, so it's sort of always passively running — however, I'm always more concerned with the comfort of who I'm playing with, and can definitely run a workaround for it if you'd rather not have him notice anything at all, or only bits and pieces.
CHARACTER | name,journal
CANON | canon
CAN HE SENSE THINGS FROM YOUR CHARACTER | Be as sparse or detailed as you'd like, for either yes or no answers! For nos, you can mention if a character has psychic blocking or if you'd rather find a workaround. For the yeses out there, feel free to specify if you'd rather us hash something out oocly first or if you're alright with my taking cues from introspective prose or bracket text! Most often, I will err on the side of caution when it comes to picking up on things and go with the bare minimum, unless stated otherwise or if it's handy for cultivating some kind of plot or CR we've talked about. It'd also be helpful to state whether or not Banagher is allowed to outwardly react (whether by voicing or acting on) to the things he senses with your character.
WHAT CAN HE SENSE | Can also be as sparse or detailed as you'd like! From someone's basic "aura" or energy to the more complex things, such as true intent, powers, inner emotions and thoughts and/or things characters may lie about and try to hide from others. If you'd like to gradually develop what he can sense via CR, that's all good with me too! Anything goes. Note: you can also mention limitations on what he can sense from characters who may be putting up fronts.
ANYTHING ELSE | What it says on the tin!
(THIS POST WILL BE UPDATED WHEN HE COMES BACK INTO POSSESSION OF THE UNICORN GUNDAM. BECAUSE THAT'S A DOOZY.)
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CANON | Star Wars: The Old Republic
CAN HE SENSE THINGS FROM YOUR CHARACTER | Yessss please do! Pretty much anything even hinted at in tags is free to be picked up on, since Andronikos is just a typical human with little in the way of mental resistances. So Banagher can react to or muse on anything that happens to come up, which will....probably be often, let's face it. The guy has some anger issues no matter how deeply he tries to bury them.
WHAT CAN HE SENSE | As said above, pretty much anything that comes up in tags is something that Banagher is free to sense. And the biggest thing, again, is likely going to be the severe amount of tension and anger that Andronikos keeps bottled up pretty much at all times. He's quick to act on it the moment something triggers it, yes, but even when he's seemingly calm and content, Banagher could probably still sense it still simmering just below the surface, along with some couple hundred tons of general distrust, paranoia, and survivor's guilt. And at the same time, Nikki does have a terrible habit of telling lies about his intentions if it'll placate the people he either doesn't want getting in the way or doesn't want to worry, so Banagher is more than welcome to pick up on any true intentions, too.
ANYTHING ELSE | I won't lie, Nikki will definitely go on the defensive if he ever caught onto the fact that Banagher could read him like this, if only because of how long he's spent around the Sith with their similar abilities. But Banagher doesn't read as the type of person who would use it for any ill intent, which. Would make things considerably more comfortable with him, I guess hahah. Nikki already knows that he's a good kid. :(