rp tools | hurts, pains and traumas

[pacificates]

As a Spirit of Compassion, Cole has a form of telepathy in which he can reads the minds of others — more specifically their hurts, worries, and traumas. He is drawn to those hurts, in a wish to help them. He can deal with this in handfuls of ways: often offering words of encouragement, or gentle nudging to people to act, or perhaps revealing information the person does not know. Other times he can simply take the hurt away and make a person forget it. Sometimes it may a case be reminding a person of something comforting, like reminding a dying soldier of a soup his mother made to comfort him in his last moments.

Often, Cole comments on those hurts — speaks them out loud as he comes to him, often in cryptic ways. Here are a few examples of such within canon.

"She is bare-faced, embarrassed, and she doesn't know. She thinks it's because of her. He hurts, an old pain from before, when everything sang the same. You're real, and it means everyone could be real. It changes everything, but it can't."
— Cole's comments on a Inquisitor Lavellan romance with Solas, had he removed her vallaslin and then broke off the relationship with her.

"An old name burns inside armor that shouldn't fit, lit by faces of the children he couldn't save."
— Cole's comments on Blackwall and his past actions.

"He sounds right again with the chains in place, but the music makes him sad."
— Cole's comments on Cullen, if he is told to resume taking Lyrium.

"A breath-caught smile from the Enchanter as the candle lights. The walls are safe; she will never be hungry again."
— Cole's comments on Vivienne's relationship with Duke Bastien.

For the sake of sanity/rp purposes, I've included a little fill out form for Cole's abilities to help me write out these pains, due to Cole's nature of speaking them aloud often — or him offering solutions/comfort to others, considering a character's pain doesn't need be something they're actively thinking about for Cole to sense it. Basically, give me food to work with! Please fill out for threads!

For Deer Country players: please feel free to add in game-specific hurts/memories /things in game that would comfort them, as well as canon ones.

<b>Character Name / Journal:</b> character name / journal here <b>Canon:</b> canon here <b>Character Memory/Fear/Pain:</b> name one, name several. feel free to add in details of memories, perhaps things like specific images, or snippets of conversation. symbols, colours, things like that. <b>How can Cole help:</b> is there perhaps insight Cole can give, maybe an explanation relating to the memory (ie. maybe character b lied to protect your character and your character didn't know this) or perhaps something comforting Cole can recall to remind your character of? or perhaps he can simply have your character forget

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[dyaddyissues]

Character Name / Journal: Kylo Ren | dyaddyissues
Canon: Star Wars

Character Memory/Fear/Pain: - Kylo, or Ben, grew up under pressure and the burden of expectation placed on him by being the son of war heroes. His parents loved him but didnt know how to help him or deal with his growing power and emotional instability. During that time he was haunted by a voice that preyed on his insecurities and doubts, turning him towards the dark.

- His uncle, Luke Skywalker trying to kill him in his sleep. He lashes out and brings the hut down on top of his head, and the academy + all of the students are destroyed in a flash of thunder.

- Joining the Knights of Ren after killing their leader and becoming Kylo, bleeding his lightsaber (corrupting it with the dark and causing it to become unstable)

- Snoke's manipulation, and his cruelty towards his apprentice.

- Killing his father as a way to finally destroy the conflict and call to the light but only making it worse, the guilt that eats at Kylo.

- The bond he shares with Rey and her defeating him at Starkiller.

How can Cole help: There's not really that much that Cole can say or do, Kylo will outright refuse help, and he's not likely to take comfort from a stranger very well. Things like telling him that there's good in him, not likely to help but hearing that he's not pathetic or a failure might be a good place to start with him.