Kissing and Other Things It's Probably Not A Great Idea to Do with a Demon
So, I mentioned in my stats and permissions that kissing Hatter can give the demon powers over you, but in light of the fact that Hatter's been seeing more of this kind of action lately, it seems like a good idea to give it it's own post and break down the details a little more.
Why Kissing Hatter Is Totally Safe. Except...when it isn't.
Why isn't safe?
As I've said before, Hatter is really the demon Belial. One of seven demons with the title Satan in AS universe, and realistically speaking, probably one of the seven strongest demons in Hell. Nominally, Hatter is a Prince who serves Lucifer, but since Lucifer is sort of incommunicado due to plot, and has been for lskdjlskdjfs thousand years, Hatter doesn't so much answer to Lucifer as serve his interests out of loyalty and love. (This involves sacrificing about a thousand virgin brides. But that's another story.)
So Hatter is a big deal demon in AS universe. Are there stronger characters? Yeah, there are. But Hatter's still nothing to sneeze at, particularly in hir element.
It should go without saying at this point that this fact means that Hatter is not safe.
An example of this is that kissing a demon of Hatter's rank in AS universe allows them to put a mark on you, which as I've said before, allows them to exercise a variety of powers and influences over a person. These powers include but are not limited to possessing them, infecting them with lesser demons/demonic parasites, influencing their thoughts, poisoning them, etc. In essence, it's sort of like making a deal with that demon, but not necessarily getting shit for it. And in AS universe, this was potentially dangerous even to Setsuna in Alexial's body. It can be fought, it can be undone, and it's not all powerful. But it's a pretty big deal and even for reasonably strong angels and demons, it's dangerous.
It really is putting yourself in Hatter's hands, from an IC perspective.
And from an IC perspective, Hatter has been passing it up because 1) there hasn't been much reason to, and 2) it would get the angels in camp allll stirred up. At least, I'd think so. And once they found someone who had Hatter's mark, they'd fix that anyway, and not only would that mean not having the mark, it means drama and not being trusted and other things Hatter would prefer avoid.
But. Uh. Yeah, unsafe.
Why is it really safe?
I hope it goes without saying, but I'll make it explicit just to be sure, and because it's nice to be clear:
I would never, ever do something like that without triple checking with a player first.
There would be planning. There would be asking. You would probably get sick of telling me yeah, go ahead, if I ever did do something like this because I'd ask so many times. I've thought about playing with it in the future, and I still might, but I'd be tempted to do it with Neji or something just so I only have to worry about abusing myself.
I may be willing to accept other volunteers, potentially, but the point remains: none of that will happen as a surprise. I promise.
For everyone else, Hatter will continue just passing it up.
What else is safe except when it isn't?
Accepting gifts is a similar deal, though not as bad. For one, gifts are obviously easier to get rid of. Hatter's gifts, theoretically, could influence a person who accepts them though. However, anything that would or will ever do that will be clearly marked OOC. Same as above, though not to the same extent.
I have no plans of surprising people with that sort of thing.
So in conclusion:
Keep kissing Hatter. One likes it.
Why Kissing Hatter Is Totally Safe. Except...when it isn't.
Why isn't safe?
As I've said before, Hatter is really the demon Belial. One of seven demons with the title Satan in AS universe, and realistically speaking, probably one of the seven strongest demons in Hell. Nominally, Hatter is a Prince who serves Lucifer, but since Lucifer is sort of incommunicado due to plot, and has been for lskdjlskdjfs thousand years, Hatter doesn't so much answer to Lucifer as serve his interests out of loyalty and love. (This involves sacrificing about a thousand virgin brides. But that's another story.)
So Hatter is a big deal demon in AS universe. Are there stronger characters? Yeah, there are. But Hatter's still nothing to sneeze at, particularly in hir element.
It should go without saying at this point that this fact means that Hatter is not safe.
An example of this is that kissing a demon of Hatter's rank in AS universe allows them to put a mark on you, which as I've said before, allows them to exercise a variety of powers and influences over a person. These powers include but are not limited to possessing them, infecting them with lesser demons/demonic parasites, influencing their thoughts, poisoning them, etc. In essence, it's sort of like making a deal with that demon, but not necessarily getting shit for it. And in AS universe, this was potentially dangerous even to Setsuna in Alexial's body. It can be fought, it can be undone, and it's not all powerful. But it's a pretty big deal and even for reasonably strong angels and demons, it's dangerous.
It really is putting yourself in Hatter's hands, from an IC perspective.
And from an IC perspective, Hatter has been passing it up because 1) there hasn't been much reason to, and 2) it would get the angels in camp allll stirred up. At least, I'd think so. And once they found someone who had Hatter's mark, they'd fix that anyway, and not only would that mean not having the mark, it means drama and not being trusted and other things Hatter would prefer avoid.
But. Uh. Yeah, unsafe.
Why is it really safe?
I hope it goes without saying, but I'll make it explicit just to be sure, and because it's nice to be clear:
I would never, ever do something like that without triple checking with a player first.
There would be planning. There would be asking. You would probably get sick of telling me yeah, go ahead, if I ever did do something like this because I'd ask so many times. I've thought about playing with it in the future, and I still might, but I'd be tempted to do it with Neji or something just so I only have to worry about abusing myself.
I may be willing to accept other volunteers, potentially, but the point remains: none of that will happen as a surprise. I promise.
For everyone else, Hatter will continue just passing it up.
What else is safe except when it isn't?
Accepting gifts is a similar deal, though not as bad. For one, gifts are obviously easier to get rid of. Hatter's gifts, theoretically, could influence a person who accepts them though. However, anything that would or will ever do that will be clearly marked OOC. Same as above, though not to the same extent.
I have no plans of surprising people with that sort of thing.
So in conclusion:
Keep kissing Hatter. One likes it.