Permissions: Eagle Vision

[theflyingone]

Eagle Vision is a hereditary sixth sense that can be activated while standing still and uninjured. This intuition shows people's true intentions at that moment, in the form of auras, and color-codes them. Thus, it can see auras through illusions and disguises (but not walls). If there is a specific target he's looking for, the ~murmuring background voices~ will come from that direction. When he moves or gets hurt, it deactivates, but there's still a residual glowing aura about people for a short bit. Video 1m 47s in. Wiki, riddled with spoilers.


Red = Hostile or potentially hostile to Altaïr. Everyone from active guards, police, and soldiers, to slavers, tyrants, those who'd use power to control or suppress freedom, even in the name of peace.
Blue = Altaïr's allies. Assassins, those who would fight for free will, willing to break the law for this belief.
White = informants, sources of information, hiding places (people sitting on benches can be hiding places too, though for some reason the game marks them blue)
Gold = Altaïr's temporary leads, persons of interest, assassination targets
Nothing = civilians, neutral-minded people.

To an uninformed character, this looks like an uncanny intuition. Though it uses broad generalizations in practice, they can be the deciding factor in whether or not Altaïr trusts someone when he meets or has to work with them. Comment below whether you want Altaïr to see your character's intent, regarding himself, at any given moment. Altaïr may also be able to see through your character's illusions, glamours, invisibility, etc. If your character can block scrying/chi sensing and the like, please mention it. It may or may not have an effect.

Also try to guess what color your character would be to him most of the time, if any. I realize this may be difficult, considering people's colors change even in canon according to what role they play in different situations. It's not general allegiance, it's specific circumstantial intent. For example, someone can switch from being an ally (blue) to an informant (white) and vice versa, or an ally (blue) could switch to being a lead (gold) when leading Altaïr somewhere. Even people in the role of guards have been known to switch from red to blue when defecting to join Altaïr. Frenemies are also a thing, as are "allies" who show as blue because they are working with Altaïr, but only as long as he's useful.

added 2013 sep 22: Now with a form!
<b>character name(s) & journals(s):</b> <b>eagle vision:</b> always/never/ask first/special circumstances? <b>color:</b> What color you think your character might be, if applicable <b>notes:</b> Anything else you think I should know

Comments

[anotheryosuke]

Ooh. In that case he'll probably be neutral 90% of the time and maybe sometimes blue. A little. :D

(I gotta try me some benches)

[theflyingone]

Yep, if two people are chillin on a bench enough distance apart from each other, he'll just casually SIT BETWEEN THEM.


...not a creeper, not at all.

[anotheryosuke]

HAHAHAHAHA

Reminds me vaguely of MGS boxes. What is it with super-stealthy people and weird hiding methods...

[theflyingone]

YEP it's like that

[i_rule_me]

character name(s) & journals(s): David Haller i_rule_me
eagle vision: Special Circumstances, we'll probably want to PM or talk on AIM about it.
color: Blue/White/Yellow
notes: David, being the sort of super-powered enigma he is, might show up as blue, white, or yellow depending on how he's feeling at the time, and he won't show up at all if he's particularly confused or is otherwise feeling less than stable.

Though David has noble intentions, he often gets caught up in his own head about how, and if, he should act on those intentions, and how far he should go. A good quote from his canon goes "I have all the power in the world and a just cause. What does one wee child stand against that?"

[forsometimenow]

character name(s) & journals(s): Simon Tam pompous_today, Jennifer Keller forsometimenow, Richard Castle thebestseller
eagle vision: Yes
color: Probably nothing or maybe blue or white depending on circumstances (they're all three good people)
notes: Simon and Jennifer are both doctors, hence if Altair ever needs medical help, I assume that would show up as blue or white (I'm not canon-familiar enough to know for sure, alas). All three are good people and would fight for the side of good, but they're also civilians and not warriors of any sort.

[theflyingone]

There aren't any NPC doctors in the first Assassin's Creed for me to say for sure, but Ezio Auditore, who has the same gift, sees doctors as blue. If Simon and Jennifer are willing to medically assist Altair at that moment, i think they would show as blue, too. :)

[theflyingone]

The yellow may only make an appearance if Altair is actively after David--that is, if Altair has a reason to tail him, or if Altair knows he has already done something to warrant assassination, like widespread mind control. Otherwise, he'd show up as whatever color suits his current personality/identity.

Caveat: If David happens to be sporting some sort of telepathic block or shield at the time, Altair may not be able to see him as ANY color, and assume he's a harmless civilian. 8O

[i_rule_me]

I don't think David, as I'm playing him, will ever resort to mind control on that level. He's intentionally trying to keep a low profile at this point, wanting to help people without being noticed if at all possible. I only mark him as potentially yellow because in his own universe, he's kind of universally known as a person of interest, and people always assume the worst of him, given his history or reality manipulation, and being manipulated himself.

Though David is a very powerful telepath, his mind is more or less an open book. Like....he has the potential to block out basically anyone, he's usually just trying to hold himself together, so he doesn't have the attention span to actively block people out of his mind. He prefers to psychically trick people into thinking that he's not there, or otherwise distract them instead.

[teenagebadboy]

character name(s) & journals(s): Aaron Livesy teenagebadboy
eagle vision: Yes
color: That would depend on situation. But most of the time he would be grey and rarely blue.
notes: Aaron can tell right from wrong but he hasn't got a strict moral code he follows. He has been doing bad stuff in the past. He often acts upon "an eye for an eye" principle. If someone does anything bad to him or someone he cares about, he'll want to get even. But he doesn't suppress or bully. He can intimidate and/or fight people he has beef with. So unless Altair is directly affected by Aaron, Aaron would probably show up as grey. Aaron hasn't been show to fight for what's right and his life is mostly that of an ordinary human (but with a lot of drama seeing as he's a soap character). However if Aaron by some circumstance would be on the same side as Altair instead of in the middle he would probably show up as blue. Also if Aaron know something Altair needs to know he would be white.

[givetheslip]

character name(s) & journals(s): your favorite facekicker givetheslip obvi
eagle vision: if the answer is ever no we're not friends anymore
color: blue most times with gold for special occasions such as trying to kill or impregnate her (you decide which is more likely)
notes: i am ridiculous but i think you know that

Paradisa

[radiantwingedone]

Two characters-

character name(s) & journals(s): Duke Pantarei radiantwingedone
eagle vision: yes
color: Usually no color, occasionally blue, occasionally red. Duke's problem is he really would rather be left alone, he has issues with the governing system of his home country, but he also is willing to off humanity as a whole in the right situation.
notes: Duke can't see. (and obviously, events can change this-)

character name(s) & journals(s): Sion Astal stainedglassreflections
eagle vision: PM FIRST-
color: Its complicated. really complicated
notes: Legend of the Legendary Heroes is pain and suffering :C

[theflyingone]

Lucky David has a clean slate in Altair's eyes. Altair could care less about laws or widespread opinion. He operates outside of society's rules (he's a trained killer lmfao), so their opinions about David may not match Altair's. If Eagle Vision comes up in a thread, we'll figure out what David's headspace is doing at that moment and go from there.

[troublemancy]

character name(s) & journals(s): Kelsier (troublemancy)
eagle vision: Yes, go for it.
color: Blue, or perhaps white or gold? depending on the situation. His own values are very similar to the Assassins'.
notes: he will never let altair live this ability down if he finds out about it

[theanguissette]

character name(s) & journals(s): Phedre @ theanguissette
eagle vision: always
color: gold or blue
notes: Dunno if it matters, but Phedre's literally marked by an angel

[thezerothlaw]

character name(s) & journals(s): Daneel @ thezerothlaw
eagle vision: always.
color: blue. probably blue. the bluest of blues. at least under most circumstances. consider him lawful good.
notes: Still a robot, if that matters.

[hazardlight]

character name(s) & journals(s): Amanda & Roadrash @ hazardlight
eagle vision: always
color: Amanda is usually going to show up blue; she's fairly justice-oriented and has a low opinion of the rule of law. Roadrash will often be colorless (and thus not show up at all, because he's invisible and incorporeal), but when he's in a particularly cooperative frame of mind or his presence is relevant to what's going on he might occasionally show up as an indistinct white form.
notes: On the rare occasion that Roadrash does register, he'll frequently physically overlap with Amanda. not having a physical form is hard.

[ayiyiyi]

character name(s) & journals(s): Xena | ayiyiyi
eagle vision: Yes!
color: After our long plurk ramblings, seems to be settled as blue XD
notes: Xena does have a dark past, so she has definitely not always been blue.

character name(s) & journals(s): Matthew Swift | comebewe
eagle vision: Yes!
color: Mostly blue, maybe sometimes white at times.
notes: As mentioned, people who can see the Truth of things can see a pair of flaming blue angel wings on Matthew's back.

[butthemiracleneverhappen]

character name(s) & journals(s): Frederika Bernkastel, butthemiracleneverhappen
eagle vision: ask first
color: Formidably red, barring character development.
notes: Bernkastel describes herself as "the cruelest witch in the world," and she is not wrong.

character name(s) & journals(s): Sara Smith, otomechapilot
eagle vision: ask first
color: Blue. She fights for the freedom of her world.
notes: Sara would disapprove of his methods. She could be convinced that they're necessary... on Altair's world, at least.

[helborn]

character name & journal: Casper LeBlanc Jr. helborn
eagle vision: Ask first? Mostly because it depends with Casper...
color: Probably neutral or blue most of the time, but it really depends on the thread!
notes: Casper has an ability that basically negates surprise attacks entirely so if the two of them ever get into a fight we're going to have to hash stuff out. xD

character name & journal: Naoya crouching_sin
eagle vision: Always is probably fine, if only because...
color: ... unless Naoya is infiltrating, he's likely almost always going to be super blue. He may not always be Altaïr's ally, but he does have free will as a major thing he supports. Just not the only or main reason for wanting to do what he wants to do. Not sure how much you know about the Shin Megami Tensei games, but he's the Chaos Route representative in his game, and that tends to lean on the side of free will. ... It's just usually also accompanied by the whole "fight for your place in society" thing, but eh.
notes: I'm so sorry about him. In general.

[grimjeaper]

character name(s) & journals(s): Barry Bluejeans {grimjeaper}
eagle vision: always!
color: red maybe? As much as Barry is genuinely a good person, liches are still technically Evil. Otherwise I'm not sure!
notes: if eagle vision is anything like true seeing, then Altair will be able to see how Barry is literally possessing his own body. He'll be able to see a spiritual red robe that hangs over Barry's body like a real, normal hooded robe, good raised and obscuring Barry's face, and skeletal hands sitting on Barry's like they're guiding his actions. Inside the hood is complete darkness, except for either a skull (lacking its bottom jaw) or a pinpoint of light, depending on his emotional state.

[theflyingone]

At the moment, as an information dispensary, he would probably be white most of the time. Red could happen. Context is everything!

The lich will be all one color--whatever color Eagle Vision assigns to it. If Barry is the lich and it's just part of his form and not a separate being in its own right, it will glow whatever color Barry is.

[grimjeaper]

Due to the manner of liches being literal embodiments of magic and thus not having a physical form, technically Barry is the lich and possessing an otherwise empty body that just happens to be genetically his in this specific instance. And the shape his lich form takes is a red robe. So if he doesn't possess his body, the physical form will be nothing. unless the form is another person with their own opinion of Altair

But yes, white definitely works!

[theflyingone]

THAT'S SO WILD

[grimjeaper]

THE ADVENTURE ZONE IS A TRIP MAN

ALSO HE MIGHT BE LEVEL 18