[hider=drafts] [color=aquamarine][b]Gifts[/b][/color] [list] [*][color=orchid][sup](4)[/sup] [b]A living touch[/b][/color][list] [*]Calign is conditionally incorporeal. All matter that is not alive will pass through it without interacting unless it chooses to make itself fully tangible again. [*]Matter that intersects with it when it chooses to leave intangibility will be expelled from the space it occupies, sometimes violently. [*]However, any matter composing an entity capable of growth, motion, reaction, and evolution will always be able to touch Calign's body, bringing it into tangibility. The amount of flesh that becomes tangible depends on the toucher's 'magnitude', which seems to correlate with size, age and intelligence. Airborne bacteria make almost no contact with Calign, and a brush with a lichen will affect little more than the affecting fingers, but standing in the boughs of a tree will leave it fully corporeal even if the only contact is the sole of a foot. Should a human shake hands with it, its arm, shoulder and a substantial portion of its torso will become corporeal.[/list] [*][color=orchid][sup](4)[/sup] [b]Now you see me[/b][/color][list] [*]Calign can turn transparent to electromagnetic signals at will, rendering itself invisible.[/list] [*][color=orchid][sup](2)[/sup] [b]Float like a butterfly[/b][/color][list] [*]Calign chooses exactly how much it is affected by gravity. It may be weightless or three times the weight its body appears to be, whenever it does so please.[/list] [*][color=orchid][sup](3)[/sup] [b]Whisper sweet nothings[/b][/color][list] [*]Calign's voice is different to all those who hear it. It can be understood in all languages and comprehended by all living things. Whether this is a form of telepathy or something else is not currently known, as acoustic analysis of the voice of God is inadvisable. [*]Sapient organisms typically experience no short-term compulsive effects from this voice, though they are known to find it soothing, or otherwise 'pretty' or 'luscious'. Simpler minds, however, may come to consider Calign their greatest ally and closest friend. Animals will serve the spirit loyally if it does not violate their most basic instincts and affections.[/list] [*][color=orchid][sup](4)[/sup] [b]Pandora's Box[/b][/color][list] [*]When it has grown familiar with an ecosystem, and touched closely with its inhabitants, Calign can begin to call elder spirits to its aid. These form from fog, or otherwise from obscuration, and resemble a creature from that environment that has followed an alternate evolutionary path. [*]Elder spirits may be substantially stronger, faster, smarter, and more venomous than their model species. They are fully corporeal and behave as living beings that have been under Calign's spell for a very long time. They rarely last for more than a few hours or days, and at the end of this time they return to the mystery from whence they came. [*]An elder spirit may manifest as several organisms at once, depending on the natural size of that organism's society. A pack of wolves, a solitary fox, a colony of ants, and so on. [*]For whatever reason, Calign can only conjure a single elder spirit to its aid at once. Should any part of it die, its body must be returned to obscurity in order for Calign to summon a new one. That is, it must be veiled from observation for a particular amount of time.[/list] [/list] [color=aquamarine][b]Flesh[/b][/color] [list] [*][color=orchid][sup](3)[/sup] [b]I am strong[/b][/color][list] [*]Calign's body is well trained. Its stamina is greater than an unmodified human, its reflexes are faster, its limbs stronger. Calign has keen senses and long practice in their use. [/list] [*][color=orchid][sup](3)[/sup] [b]I am vigorous[/b][/color][list] [*]The resemblance to humanity appears to be only skin deep. Calign's flesh appears to be a human form reverse-engineered by some mindless force. Its internal organs are arranged differently and made of a different substance. [*]Notably, Calign's nervous system is decentralised, and like a starfish, it is capable of regenerating lost parts of its body rather than simply healing. The pace of recovery is somewhat faster than that of an unmodified human. [*]The organs unknown perform functions unknown and reclaim energy from mysterious sources. Calign does not need to eat, drink, sleep, or breathe. [/list] [*][color=orchid][sup](2)[/sup] [b]I am ancient[/b][/color][list] [*]It is unknown when Calign came into power over its world. It is known that it has learned nearly all there is to know thereof. Calign knows the hidden places. Calign understands how to hide its step and take it quickly. Calign can hunt with the raptors. [/list] [/list] [color=aquamarine][b]Belongings[/b][/color] [list] [*][color=orchid][sup](1)[/sup] [b]Simple white robes[/b][/color][list] [*]These display the same curious properties as Calign's body, in that they are only tangible at will or in contact with a living being. [/list] [*][color=orchid][sup](2)[/sup] [b]My pipe[/b][/color][list] [*]A simple pipe with which Calign smokes a soothing haze. It may be enchanted of its own accord, as Calign has never been seen to actually light it. Calign seems wont to forget it in strange places, and will always come looking for it if it is found. [*]Does this also follow the rule of intangibility, or has Calign simply hidden thousands of them away in various locations all over the planet? None can say. [/list] [/list] [/hider]