Emet-Selch's Soul Sight

[untsundered]

So Emet-Selch is special in that he can see people's souls! He can view them in such a distinct way that oddities to them, even down to their specific hues, are discernible to him! With that said, I would humbly ask for you to fill out this lil bit of info about your character's soul (or lack thereof) so that I know what he might be seeing when he views them.

In Emet-Selch's canon some of the main characteristics of souls are impacted by how much aether (life energy) they have within them, seemingly immortal beings that are god-like adjacent lifeforms tend to have a "signal flare" like light to their soul. Where as something more mortal and fragile by comparison is described as sickly in its glow, like a guttering candle ready to blow out at any moment. There's evidence to suggest that eye color might be linked to the color of the soul (eyes are windows to the souls etc etc), but nothing is fully confirmed and it's left utterly speculative.

That said, other worlds and realities might follow different rules, so feel free to draw your own conclusions on the colors and whatnot! It will give Emet-Selch something to ponder on all the same!

Fill this out please with character name in the subject line:
<b>Color:</b> this could be linked to an element affinity, eye color, vibe, whatever! <b>Glow:</b> typically reflective in terms of natural mortality/magical capability/etc weaker glow is more mortal, stronger glow is more godly/immortal species. For example, while mutants from x-men might get wild and crazy powers, they are still technically mortals/humans in this classification and so their souls would likely be reflective of that (barring any crazy god stuff that happens later in life, looking at YOU Jean Grey), but someone like Thor would likely have a very brilliant soul due to the nature of what he is. <b>Notable characteristic:</b> Some souls are corrupt or damaged or broken or split in half (maybe split into 14), things happen! Anything worth noting that Emet-Selch might see, please mention it here! <b>Physical Characteristics:</b> Emet-Selch is also able to discern things about *people and objects* with his sight, seeing the very basic building blocks of what they are comprised of. So, if there is anything special you would like for him to notice about your character, like if part of them is made of stone, or metal on the inside, then let me know here!

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Cloud Strife

[nimbuster]

Color: matches Cloud's eye color - vivid blue marred by veins of intense green.
Glow: Brighter than it should be, judging by the fact that he's just a mortal human...except he does appear to be full of souls, so I'm thinking it's probably something like, Emet can see that his own original soul is dim and mortal, but then it's got the life energy of the Planet itself sort of grafted onto it, and that is crazy bright.
Notable characteristic: See above! Cloud, why do you have the Lifestream stapled onto your soul...
Physical Characteristics: He can see that not only is the Lifestream part of Cloud's soul, it's also running through his veins, metaphorically speaking. He's infused with it down to the cellular level. He can probably also see Jenova in some fashion. Some psychic immortal alien shit in his DNA, for reasons.

Also, I'm guessing that if Emet ever sees Sephiroth, he'll notice that swaths of their DNA and like...psychic identity?? is that a thing?? are eerily identical.