Post by Reikiko on Apr 5, 2015 14:34:03 GMT
Hey everyone, today's subject isn't a fancy poll or suggestion, but a little bit of background about Reikiko's absorbing and essence nonsense I been talking. I know most of you likely won't care, but I like ranting so let me provide a little bit of background info.
The power of noms:
Absorbing, the necessary act for every bio-android to rise in power, until the day they reach perfection. There are a lot of different ways of absorbing, Reikiko's method being inspired by how Cell drained the humans in the anime. By using the stinger at the end of her tail Reikiko is able to inject a potent paralysis poison onto a defeated (or incredibly weak) individual. This poison doesn't simply paralyze someone, it also weakens the so called protection a person has to getting their essence absorbed (more on this soon).
Once the poison is injected Rei quite literally starts to suck the person's essence out of their body with an effect similar to a succubus draining the life out of them. It causes them to steadily shrivel up into a husk, and finally at the end of the act the remaining poison dissolves the victim's bones and skin, literally leading them to only leave behind their clothes. A little bit disturbing, isn't it?
Now onto a more exciting thing:
The Soul Essence
Ki essence, or as Reikiko calls it 'Soul Essence' is pretty much a person's energy. It is unique from person to person, and largely influenced by things like their power level and their species and such. It's a curious thing to note that Soul Essence in fact is not simply ki. As shown in Reikiko's recent thread with Scargot and Walker, Soul Essence is pretty much a ki-based imprint of someone's soul. This means that the 'soul essence' basically is infused with characteristics of the person it belongs to. What importance does this have to the bio-android? A big importance.
With great power comes great responsibility:
A curious detail is the fact that upon absorbing someone, their essence remains inside the bio-android. This is visibly shown by Reikiko's change in attitude where she becomes more proud and cocky, but also more violent in the same way a Saiyan might. As time passes this essence starts to grow stronger, like a bi-polar type of thing that threatens to slowly overwhelm the host. It makes you react in ways that are often beyond your usual nature, and at some point it feels as if someone is about to 'take control over you'.
In the end Reikiko described it as the essence of the Saiyan trying to consume her, and by struggling both emotionally and spiritually Reikiko was able to dominate the essence and ascend to the full power/potential of her semi-perfect form.
Curious detail, in Reikiko's case the girl has always been described as someone who is lingering between the aspects of good and evil, never truly entering one territory over the other (aka Chaotic Neutral) . However, upon dominating the essence Reikiko became able to enter a state of true neutrality. As seen before in the series people can generally 'guess' your alignment through your ki (the whole 'good/evil feeling') and Reikiko has now become a being that is literally neither. She is almost akin to a goddess from the Greek mythology (here is another case of goddess complex =P). This is shown in how her energy has turned into a pure white color, and her energy feels more or less like a raw fount of power. Curiously enough very strong emotions tend to influence that aura...
Yes, it's not a traditional thing for bio-androids as shown in the anime, but I wanted to be a bit different~
The power of noms:
Absorbing, the necessary act for every bio-android to rise in power, until the day they reach perfection. There are a lot of different ways of absorbing, Reikiko's method being inspired by how Cell drained the humans in the anime. By using the stinger at the end of her tail Reikiko is able to inject a potent paralysis poison onto a defeated (or incredibly weak) individual. This poison doesn't simply paralyze someone, it also weakens the so called protection a person has to getting their essence absorbed (more on this soon).
Once the poison is injected Rei quite literally starts to suck the person's essence out of their body with an effect similar to a succubus draining the life out of them. It causes them to steadily shrivel up into a husk, and finally at the end of the act the remaining poison dissolves the victim's bones and skin, literally leading them to only leave behind their clothes. A little bit disturbing, isn't it?
Now onto a more exciting thing:
The Soul Essence
Ki essence, or as Reikiko calls it 'Soul Essence' is pretty much a person's energy. It is unique from person to person, and largely influenced by things like their power level and their species and such. It's a curious thing to note that Soul Essence in fact is not simply ki. As shown in Reikiko's recent thread with Scargot and Walker, Soul Essence is pretty much a ki-based imprint of someone's soul. This means that the 'soul essence' basically is infused with characteristics of the person it belongs to. What importance does this have to the bio-android? A big importance.
With great power comes great responsibility:
A curious detail is the fact that upon absorbing someone, their essence remains inside the bio-android. This is visibly shown by Reikiko's change in attitude where she becomes more proud and cocky, but also more violent in the same way a Saiyan might. As time passes this essence starts to grow stronger, like a bi-polar type of thing that threatens to slowly overwhelm the host. It makes you react in ways that are often beyond your usual nature, and at some point it feels as if someone is about to 'take control over you'.
In the end Reikiko described it as the essence of the Saiyan trying to consume her, and by struggling both emotionally and spiritually Reikiko was able to dominate the essence and ascend to the full power/potential of her semi-perfect form.
Curious detail, in Reikiko's case the girl has always been described as someone who is lingering between the aspects of good and evil, never truly entering one territory over the other (aka Chaotic Neutral) . However, upon dominating the essence Reikiko became able to enter a state of true neutrality. As seen before in the series people can generally 'guess' your alignment through your ki (the whole 'good/evil feeling') and Reikiko has now become a being that is literally neither. She is almost akin to a goddess from the Greek mythology (here is another case of goddess complex =P). This is shown in how her energy has turned into a pure white color, and her energy feels more or less like a raw fount of power. Curiously enough very strong emotions tend to influence that aura...
Yes, it's not a traditional thing for bio-androids as shown in the anime, but I wanted to be a bit different~