Permissions Post 2: Omniscient Boogaloo

[docfoul]

In canon, Doc Scratch is nearly omniscient, save for some "dark pockets" that obscure his knowledge. These dark pockets are, more often than not, temporary, and sometimes he can just deduce what's going on because he is, unfortunately, a pretty intelligent man.

That's why this post exists.Just tell me the extent to which Doc Scratch is allowed to know about your character  - I'll organise this in levels from 0 to 3 because it's convenient and because I've decided it just now. However, keep in mind (especially for 2 and 3) that Scratch will NOT spoil your character on events they don't know about yet. He will tease and prod and allude and be generally infuriating, but he will never outright say anything like "hey this is when you're doing to die." Anyway, here:

Level 0: Nothing at all. Scratch will only know what any ordinary human being would know. Even if your character doesn't have any sorts of powers to protect them from, say, psychics and the like, the community itself will create a dark pocket around them. That means Scratch cannot, and will never be able to see what's going on around your character, quite possibly even if he's standing 2 feet away from them.

Level 1: Basic knowledge; things like your character's name and what they do in life. Acquaintance-level knowledge, pretty much. Let's chalk this level up to, er, holey dark pockets. Yes.

Level 2: Intermediate knowledge; this includes more details about your character's life, past, present and, with a bit more difficulty, future. Feel free to specify exactly what Scratch is allowed to know!

Level 3: Advanced, near-complete knowledge - just as it would be in canon (in most circumstances). If you're going to go with this, first, I thank you for it, and second, it'd be super-nice if you left me a way to know stuff about your character that can't be easily found with a Google search! Maybe a link to a character survey meme, or a headcanon dump, or anything, really. I promise to make good use of it.

If you have any questions or anything to add at all, go ahead and say it! I know I'm not the best at explaining things sometimes, a-ahahaha.

Comments

[owlcreation]

Kaworu: Likely to sit around Level II. However, that is not to say that Scratch would not receive interference if there’s any tangible investigation going on. Unfortunately for him, Kaworu has possession of an A.T. Field, which will make it difficult to get a lot of substantial information from him. While it is likely true that Scratch could pick up that he would be a potential problem (granted his nature as an Angel), it is doubtful that he’ll get the full idea of what he is. Certainly, he could assume he isn’t wholly human based on the sheer idea that he has a barrier that is immensely powerful – doubly so in that it capacity to shove people out – but again, it is unlikely he’ll be able to put together the whole idea of him. However, I say Level II for a reason: Scratch is welcome to pick up his past minus the details of SEELE and what it was he was aiming for. This means, however, he can have access to the fact he wasn’t brought up in a home from the scraps he could see. Similarly, he can know that his native (human) language isn’t Japanese, but German. He’s also welcome to know about his being a pilot. However, as for his death(s)? I’ll allow full access to the second (from his body literally decaying) and the impression of his first – meaning he’ll know he’s died twice, but lack the details of the first. So, summarizing: He can know everything outside of SEELE, anything to do with the MPEs, most of his facility life, his nature as an Angel (he can get a sense he could be a problem), and his first death/what he was aiming for. He can certainly know he was a traitor to Shinji. He can also know the future in some sense, but I’m not even sure on it at this point. So, it is best to ask me if you want anything in particular.

Kouichi: Again, likely to sit around Level II. I say this for the sheer fact that his memories are extremely extensive, granted he’s lived for well over a century and has switched forms using the tenpenka. Thus, I think all of his past would be kind of a mess to pick up given his switching, at the very least. I would prefer that he didn’t know about his wanting Miharu to use the Shinrabanshou, but he could certainly know about his long-standing wish to die, his life as a ninja, and could get the vague idea of his being a “monster.” His immortality would be something that he could speculate on, but he gets very ruthless when his secrets are threatened. So, there is that. I trust you won’t spoil him to the future or spoil anyone else, so I’ll let you have a go at that. So, in short: His past would be murky, his future would be a little clearer – but would leave out the bits about his immortality and his nature as an owl. He could certainly see all the rest, though – especially his ties to Raimei and his later “death.”

N: Level II, again. He is more than welcome to see most of his past and most of his future, but I would prefer that his future be hazier than his past, granted that N can’t even determine it clearly. I trust, again, you won’t spoil him if he picks up something different. Similarly, if you want any particular details about his past, please ask.

Note: Just don’t spoil anyone or have him go about telling folks about what he knows outside a lock that is crucial. If you have any questions about what is and is not crucial, just ask!