Whisper Asks

Whisper asks are when a marked or unmarked anon or logged in audience member sends an ask, usually to something relevant in the current story line. These are used to help move the story along and find out more about the characters and the world around them.

Rules of Whispers/Asks

 * 1) You CANNOT introduce outside items!
 * 2) You CAN influence the plot and encourage inter-character relationships!
 * 3) You CAN make character suggestions!
 * 4) DON’T look up info on the monsters they’re currently facing.
 * 5) DON’T ferry information from character to character like a mail service.
 * 6) Please DON’T spam.

Whispers are able to ask questions of the party and people in the world around them who are able to hear. They cannot 'see' an area that does not currently have a Listener present.

Whispers in an area can look around near their Listener and see things that they cannot, though they cannot affect the physical world and cannot speak to nor shout/harm a being that is unable to hear them.

Whispers are able to Block people from hearing them specifically, though some Listeners are exempt, and others may still hear if they are referenced [by name usually, though it is not confirmed if unnamed references also count in some instances ] in the whisper they were blocked in.

Whispers cannot affect the world around them, but are able to Save the game upon the first time they see a *mystical/sacred object or the characters level up.

When the current Main Character dies, whispers are allowed to open and choose an old save and continue the game from there. This has been used once, and the save that was used (***) became corrupted., starting a new Save **.B. It is unaware what will happen to a new save.

The Main Party [Roman, Logan, Patton, Virgil] was aware of what happened past the old save, and that they somehow time-jumped. It is unknown if any other characters are also aware. [***Check back to see if Dee and Remus remembered, though I believe they were aware of something happening due to Remus' connection with Roman, and possibly Dee knew as well? Or did he rely on Remus telling him?]

Mechanics of Whispers
Not everyone can hear a whisper that well, and not everyone can be assumed to not listen.

Each individual whisper that is marked carries a hint of what they are marked with to the character they are speaking. This does not affect gameplay, but does add flavor. Musical notes has a musical quality to their whisper, and the hearts of varying colors will sound similar to a character that the Listener knows and is represented by that color (purple for Janus would remind them of Virgil, while to Virgil it may remind him of Charlotte, and Green heart to Roman or Amaryllis would seem similar to Remus, ect.)

Blocking:
Brackets: [ ],   , {  }  can be used to hide information from someone in a whisper based on their Listening level. Some characters hear only static rather than what's inside the brackets, while others will be able to understand despite the (often painful) distortion. It is unknown if the different brackets do different things and whether doubling up affects things or how.

To block someone specifically they must be called out as blocked at the beginning of the whisper, and any mention of them by (notable) name weakens the block.

(/) symbol, block ____, and ** are examples of blocking someone.

Screaming/Whisper Shouts:
Shouting in a whisper

Ski-Suiting:
Once someone has been knocked 'unconscious' by whispers, their body can then be puppeted (ski-suiting) by subsequent whispers. They are awake and aware and must follow the whispers in order of the ask, and can fight whispered instructions only to an extent. To be released they must receive three separate whispers saying that they release them.

The only current example of a whisper puppeteer event happened with Dee [Janus] towards the beginning of the comic. Upon being controlled his immediate instructions were to ** (tell Remus how much he liked him?) followed by immediate release, causing all further instructions to be null.

Common Icons/Symbol Shortcuts:
These are the most commonly used Icons for whispering to save characters. Utilized the most in the beginning when Tumblr would not allow more than 400(/500?) characters per ask.

Main Party
Roman: Can hear whispers directed at himself and also see images sent by whispers, such as Virgil in various dress or creatures spotted ahead. He can then use a cantrip to reveal a minor image of what he was shown to the rest of the party.

Logan: Can hear whispers directed at himself, and in his vicinity (exact distance untested). Can hear whispers that mention him but are not directed at him*. Cannot see images, but can often relay information based on images presented by Roman.

Patton: Can hear whispers directed at him and that mention him*?

Virgil: Can hear whispers directed at himself. With his contact with the otherworldly energy* comes instability, and his ability to hear whispers has grown, now presumed able to hear whispers in his vicinity. Potentially able to block whispers?**

Remus: Presumed able to see images like his brother** and can hear whispers as well. Like Virgil and Janus came into contact with the eldritch energy that allows Janus to control whispers. Unknown if he is gaining similar control over them.

Janus: Is our [Whispers] conduit to the realm, and unless hijinks happen (such as recently with the main party being in the Faewild) is assumed to hear every whisper. Can block whispers from reaching their intended target.

Secondary Characters
Amaryllis:

Ainsliee:

Emile:

Empress:

Ghost boy: (Emile's child)

Kai:

Nicodemus:

Query:

Remy:

Thomas:

Has a high ability to hear whispers, but often takes medicine to prevent himself from hearing lest he drive himself mad. On one occasion spoke with whispers when he had skipped a dose, much to the chagrin of his advisors and friends.

Antagonists
The Dragon Witch / Marissa:

Has the ability to hear every whisper unless blocked. Unlike Janus can see into the Faewild with the use of a magic mirror and is able to hear Whispers and presumably see what's going on.

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Whisper Name Tags
A character that is spoken to via whisper will often get a sense of the one asking by either their tumblr name or the icon/word tag the whisper used. This does not affect game mechanic but does allow some regular whispers to be recognizable to the characters, and add individuality to the askers. Not every anon uses Icons and it is not needed to participate.

(some logged in whispers used icon tags previously, and keep their icon tags unless otherwise specified.) Icon names are often tagged so the asker can find previous questions, but if not searching a specific whisper tag will often find previously answered questions.

This is an optional chart to see what names and icon sets are already in use, to make it easier to pick a whisper name. It's not the be-all end-all of names and should not be treated as such, just a handy chart to keep track.