om_ooc | Possibly the strangest meme ever

So, two questions (from Toby and Paul, respectively)

1) What does your blood "smell" like?

Toby gets a psionic impression of the "scent" of someone's blood when they cut themselves. These rarely if ever actually smell like blood; for example, Ianto's blood "smells like" old paper and ink, which she equates to the smell of a used bookstore. Her own blood smells like cut grass. So, in case your character is ever bleeding, what will she smell?

2) What does your astral image look like?

Paul sees people's astral images when he looks at them (examples: the leaves on Felix's arms obscure him, Ianto looks like an owl, Toby is wearing armor). What does he see when he looks at your character?

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om_engineer

Huh. These are really good questions.

Angie
1. Angie's blood is made of organic metal, so I figure...you know how a sun-warmed old muscle car tends to smell? Not iron, but...sort of closer to hot chrome, I guess.

2. I think Angie's astral form looks more like her general form from The Authority. Sort of like this.

Faiza
1. Faiza's an energy wielder (even if it's kind of a weird sort of energy), so I think she'd smell more like antiseptic and ozone. Antiseptic because of the energy is used for.

2. I think I like this one best. The sword and body armor mean that she's ready to go out and get in the middle of a conflict to do her thing (and it's modern body armor, despite the sword), but she's still recognizably a doctor. Her astral image is probably closer to her actual age, though.

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om_patriot

Oh my god, the scent of magic in those books is one of my favorite things. Exciting!

1. Smells

Blaine The metallic of guitar strings.
Steve Old brick and iron.
Molly Burnt sugar.

2. Astral

Blaine Sound waves. (http://www.prntscreen.net/itpblog/Sound_Wave2.jpg)
Steve Himself, before his mutation kicked in, wearing a military uniform.
Molly A grizzly bear, but still a cub right now.

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om_apollo

Paul - "smells" like sunlight, if that smells of anything. Sunwarmed earth, fresh baked sweet cookies with an edge of spice, but mostly warmth.

Astrally, he looks mostly like himself, but he glows.

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om_hades

1) Nico's blood would probably smell like deep earth. With a metallic hint (like the precious metals). Effy's probably smells a lot like smoke.

2)Nico's astral image would be obscured by the shadows/darkness. Effy's would mostly just look like herself haha.

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om_grimm

Smells
Bigby: Wolf
Cindy Sandalwood, and rose
Kurt: Trapeze chalk, lit candles in a church
Peter: A photo fresh out of a Polaroid camera, and regret

Astral
Bigby: Wolf
Cindy A warrior whose face is obscured
Kurt: Him as a swashbuckling pirate
Peter: A spider

Edited Date: 2015-04-12 07:01 pm (UTC)

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om_cherrybomb

This is a hard meme.

Bart's blood would totally have the smell of ozone and possibly stuff associated with the feel of a dangerous lightning storm, and his astral form is himself as if he were drawn in speed force energy, like his scouts in canon, but I don't have a pic handy.

Claudia? I guess she'd be like burnt solder or silica, copper, and the kinds of things you get futzing around with electronic gadgetry. I have no clue what her astral form would be, other than probably revealing a lot more of the jagged inner stuff she has going on than she'd really like anyone to know about.

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om_hawkeye

Simon Tam

Simon's blood smells like mint tea, fresh rice, and liniment oil.
Simon's astral image is his normal form broken down into base energy, golden bits of light constantly breaking down and bursting into being - reaching out toward others and drawing into himself.

Laura Kinney

Laura's blood smells like dirty snow.
Laura's astral image is a black jaguar, sometimes lit by the moon.

Damon Salvatore

Damon's blood smells like bourbon, and the weathered pages of a book.
Damon's astral image is alabaster stone wreathed in obsidian, with aquamarine eyes.

Kitty Pryde

Kitty's blood smells like disintegrating photons.
Kitty's astral image is a chinese sword dancer.

Clint Barton

Clint's blood smells like oil, wax, and old leather.
Clint's astral image is a red shouldered hawk, most times mid-dive.

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om_escher

Arthur
1. Wool, ink, and actual blood.
2. Himself in an immaculate, perfectly fitted three-piece suit, holding an automatic rifle.

Wanda
1. …I have no idea. Suggestions?
2. Constantly in flux, but always glowing red.

Tony
1. Doesn’t have blood.
2. The full Iron Man armor, incredibly dented and scorched but still in one piece.

Cecil
1. Hot sand, indefinable chemicals, and ozone.
2. An indistinct, vaguely human-shaped shadowy black mass with lots of eyes.

Abby
1. Like a forge, all heat and molten metal.
2. An explosion, mid-burst.

From:

om_catseye

Wanda suggestions--Fire and spices? Maybe? Fire and something full bodied!

From:

om_ghost

Cecil, Felix is really glad you're such a sweet person or you'd be terrifying for him to be around a lot of the time. ♥

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om_ghostwriter

Well, you already know Ianto's. :)

For Becky:

1. Salt and ashes
2. A pentagram that's centered around her? Possibly an anti-possession symbol from Supernatural (aka pentagram with flames sticking out from the edges).

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om_daken

Daken
Blood: Daken's blood smells pretty sour, I'd imagine. Something like bile, almost? Probably tastes about the same to her, too, if blood tastes different to her. Otherwise, just smells like something you don't wanna ingest.

Astral Image: Daken's astral image likely features his canonical tattoo (Google it, I'm too lazy to link at the moment) and otherwise looks like himself covered in blood, scars, and open wounds. And his claws are always out.

Rockslide
Blood: He doesn't have any! Not a drop. And he apologizes for nothing.

Astral Image: Oddly, Santo's astral image looks exactly like he did before he changed. If it becomes relevant, I'll find a picture, but he's a fairly average kid of obvious Italian descent, short black hair, etc. etc., probably wearing a sports jersey (though the attire might humorously change from time to time)

Nicholas Gleason
Blood: Nick's blood smells like couch leather and wolf fur.

Astral Image: This is a toughy for me, because I almost imagine him looking pretty much exactly like himself, just... sadder, in his astral form, but I feel that's kind of a cop-out.

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om_changeling

Blood tastes like blood. It's a psionic equivalent; she isn't actually smelling it, that's just how the impression comes across. On the flipside, she might think there's something wrong with it (she's only human) and likely would avoid ingesting it.

From:

om_daken

Gotcha. Wasn't sure if taste was different at all for her or not, but good to know! :D

From:

om_quicksilver

SMELLS

Pietro - hot asphalt
Jeanne-Marie - charcoal and incense
Lydia - antiseptic of some kind
John - fire
Conner - fresh hay
Harry - sulfuric acid aka oil of vitriol (it may be obvious to her there is something very, very wrong with his blood?)

ASTRAL

Pietro - cheetah, transparent... there may be glitter >.>
Jeanne-Marie - just blinding white light
Lydia - a woman in all white, carrying a shield and sword... possibly screaming.
John - fire... again.
Conner - An older, bigger version of him, with a shield on his chest. (Hint, it's his--and Clark's--"S")
Harry - A much smaller, skinnier, sunken-but-big-eyed him. He's wearing a school uniform.

From:

om_changeling

Actually, I think it probably would be. Not what, obviously, but she wouldn't want to drink it if she had any choice.

From:

om_shade

...you would be a transparent glittery cheetah, Pietro

From:

om_ghost

Felix's note to self: keep astral vision off while at work at all times. o.o

From:

om_touchstone

WOOHOO Banshee! I approve.

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om_ghost

I should note that Felix can see astral forms as well, however, he might interpret it differently than Paul does.

1: Blood scent
Felix - ivy.
Irvine - old leather.
Diaval - warm earth after rain.

2: Astral form
Felix - vines and leaves wrapping around him and obscuring him.
Irvine - has the head of a golden retriever :D
Diaval - MOAR feathers everywhere!

From:

om_patriot

Irvine WOULD.

From:

om_ghost

LET HIM LOVE YOU

From:

om_touchstone

I took Laura's and Damon's images from what Felix has seen in the past. I hope that's okay.

From:

om_ghost

Absolutely! We already had them figured out. :)

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om_northstar

Northstar:
Blood - ice and pine pitch
Astral - a humanoid made of obsidian blades and sharp angles

Inara:
Blood - jasmine and antiseptic
Astral - herself from the front; a hollow china doll from the back

Warlock:
Blood - N/A
Astral - a blank space of shifting dimensions

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om_agent

1) Philip's blood would smell mostly like plain blood, mixed with a healthy dose of cordite and metal.

2) He looks mostly like himself, older than he is, in a plain suit. He's also semi-transparent, hard to see even when you know he's there. (it's not that he's invisible to people that can see on that plane, he's just literally faded)

From:

om_magik

Doug
1. Fried electrical and freshly popped popcorn
2. Himself, but with a thin veneer of network imagery traced over him, obscuring his features

Illyana
1. The scent of burnt out matches
2. A pointier featured version of herself, with horns and a tail

Luornu
1. Orange juice and cloves
2. A triple exposed image, with various aspects superimposed over each other

Quentin
1. Solder and marigolds
2. A shorter, geekier looking version of himself, with brown hair and Harry Potter glasses

Toby
1. Herself, wearing medieval knight's armor
2. Freshly cut grass

Edited Date: 2015-04-14 11:34 pm (UTC)

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om_red

Eames
1. Crisp art paper
2. Eames' astral form appears as his physical form currently appears, with a blur around the edges. The shape changes with him.

Betsy
1. Steel with a sharp, electric edge
2. Default form is her purple, butterfly signature. With focus her astral shape is identical to her current physical shape (surrounded in purple energy). On the astral plane/in dreams she may appear in her current shape, or if she's vulnerable/damaged she may revert to her first body.

Fraser
1. Snow and the hint of woodsmoke
2. A wolf with a stetson by its feet

Tim
1. Coffee and metal
2. Himself, in shadow, wearing a mask. His shadow also spreads like a cloak or wings behind him.

Sharon
1. Lavender and honey
2. Her tigris feline form, full grown (aka HUGE)

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om_angelic

Blood smell
Nori: Electricity. Shocker.
River: daffodils, dawn, dreams - but there's a darker note under that, if she pays enough attention, something like darkness and broken dreams.
Jenna: waxed wood and freshly baked cookies.
Midnighter: something metallic and cold
Cal: basketball (he swears, they have a very distinctive smell), sun and something a little dark. (It's entirely possible the scent of his blood can change as readily as the rest of him can, so it probably differs a little depending on who he's mimicking etc, but this is the base that is all him.)
Paul: something warm and light and super tasty whoa.

Psi signatures
Nori: blue electricity, constantly being absorbed and released and absorbed and released. Depending on how she's feeling re: drugs at any given time, it's also possible she'll be curled up in a ball inside herself, shaking.
River: she's holding these weapons.
Alice: her original self, all silvery-blue translucent.
Midnighter: bigger, badder, blood on black leather and wearing his mask.
Cal: a blurry, golden shadow.
Paul: his wings are always apparent, in their bright, red-tinted glory.

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om_diamondlil

Lil
Blood: Bleeding isn't a likely thing to happen with Lil. But on the off chance it does, fresh fallen snow with a hint of gasoline.

Astral image: a Valkyrie in armor with big black wings.

Cersei
Blood: Port wine.

Astral image: A lioness with big green eyes and a length of golden rope around its throat like a noose.

Jubilee
Blood: The air after a fireworks show.

Astral image: blob of color shifting, sparkling protoplasm.

From:

om_vault

Better late than never!

Smells:
- Harley - pop rocks and grape soda
- Jack - an old, well-worn military uniform, and "alive" (...what does immortality smell like?)
- Inu-yasha - sword metal and forest air

Astral images:
- Harley - herself, but with a big ugly crack down the middle of her face that reaches down past her chest (though hidden by clothing), and the two halves are slightly offset
- Jack - A transparent version of himself, with a child-shaped shadow presence around him, sometimes holding his hand then disappearing [not sure how astral presence is effected by mental shielding? Only really powerful psy powers can get in his head].
- Inu-yasha - A very large white dog , untamed so either peaceful when he's alone or snarling when he's not; although the dog is already large, oversized paws show it's still growing.

From:

om_endgame

Topher
1. Crayon wax and overheated computer parts.
2. A very small child.

Lucrezia
1. Talcum powder and something on fire. Like incense.
2. Coin toss between an angel and a harpy. Probably depends on the day.

From:

om_cyclops

Scott:
1) Jet fuel and leather
2) His younger self, with a blindfold rather than glasses

Brian:
1) Fresh textbooks and the lab
2) Himself as a medieval knight

Vance:
1) freshly-cut grass
2) An astronaut superhero (this guy: http://www.writeups.org/img/fiche/4074.jpg)

Dana:
1) cherry wood with a faint overlay of formaldehyde
2) a small terrier

Mort:
1) swamp water
2) Himself, but grayer

From:

om_wolfsbane

Jay Guthrie

1. Jay's blood smells like nickel (the scent of worn-down guitar strings)

2. Jay's hair is dripping wet, and he has bits of seaweed and algae stuck to him. His wings are a blazing gold color, but he is weighed down by a heavy anchor chained around his neck.

Rahne Sinclair

1. Rahne's blood smells like warm scones just come from the oven.

2. Rahne has a triple image, blurring between a girl, a bipedal wolf-girl, and a proper wolf. The images all exist and move at once, but they one by one flash through looking more solid at an alarming rate.

Megan Gwynn

1. Megan's blood smells like a candy shop--that faint scent of sugar and fruit flavoring, and the chocolates and caramels being made warm in the back room.

2. She looks much like herself, only clad in a sparkling fairy-princess gown with a tiara and a silvery magic wand.

From:

om_scientia

Blood smell: Carlos' blood has a distinct sterile smell, like rubbing alcohol.

Astral image: Atoms, large enough to see, stacked to make up a body without any physical gender markers.

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om_primal

Teon's blood smells like sun-warmed, fresh soil, mixed with a hint of pine.

Teon's astral image is him, without clothing other than a loincloth, with his hair longer and his muscles are a bit bigger. Despite the more savage appearance, he generally appears to be serene.

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om_cloak

1) Ty's blood smells like cilantro and charcoal smoke.

2) Ty's astral form is an inky black void that seems to draw in light from around it, in a vaguely humanoid shape, but it seems to have some sort of hood and billowing cloak around it.