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[absolvers]

EMPATHY Kiyoung is empathetic, it's his "angelic talent" of sorts. Broadly speaking, he senses the emotions and feelings of those around him, and he is capable of creating profoundly deep empathetic connections. He usually doesn't want to, but he can. PASSIVELY receives emotions from those around him, getting stronger with proximity and intensity of emotion. With ACTIVE CONTROL this can be strengthened or stopped, but this requires sustained effort and focus. With CONSENT, he can deepen the empathetic connection to a pretty ridiculous degree, it depends on how far the person is letting him in, so to speak. Connection does not typically go two ways, but it can if he wants it to or with loss of control Not limited to mortal beings, but it does get dampened with more and more powerful beings This means he can typically identify other supernatural beings around him even through glamours, but he can still be fooled by strong illusions. MEMORY ACCESS An extension of his empathy, Kiyoung has a particularly rare ability that allows him to tap into the memories of others. Unless he's accessing a really recent surface memory, he typically needs time both for him to go deeper, and for his given "target" to open up to him, whether knowingly or not. Requires PHYSICAL CONTACT, but also ACTIVE EFFORT Accesses surface-level memories, vague impressions that depend on how strong or vivid the memory in question is Not typical but he can get vague flashes in physical contact, if there is some intense enough memory to be picked up With SUSTAINED PHYSICAL CONTACT, he can access deeper memories and in greater detail With CONSENT this immediately becomes much easier and much more detailed, it depends on how far he's being "let in", so to speak. Without consent, it depends on how emotionally and mentally guarded his target is. ABSOLUTION A special use of his memory manipulation, this is why Kiyoung is most sought after. He can entirely take a memory from someone, taking it into himself and leaving them completely free from it. This is rare even for an angel, and when coming from full angels this is a gift bestowed only on the worthy that brings with it forgiveness from God and genuine absolution for the removed memory, or the absolved sin. Kiyoung, however, is not really a full angel, let alone a seraph, and he's not nearly as powerful -- but also does not have any of those restrictions. He just doesn't have those benefits, either. Where an absolver seraph would just be able to reach into someone's mind and take a memory more or less effortlessly, for Kiyoung, this is a long, difficult process. Even those who specifically hire him for this "service" he needs to spend some time on, because paying him is one thing but trusting him enough to let him into their head is another. Once he gets in, though, the memory can be pulled out from the root, he can excise any traces of it elsewhere if need be. Fun non-exhaustive list of weird memories Kiyoung has absorbed Requires PHYSICAL CONTACT, requires CONSENT and also like SUSTAINED ACTIVE EFFORT CANNOT make new memories, and can only modify existing ones by removing parts from them Takes a long time to get deep enough, but once he's there he can remove just about anything. There is no giving memories back. Once he's cut out something, it's gone. Taken memories are "stored" separately, they do not leak into himself or form part of his natural memory. They can be accessed, but only manually. MISCELLANEOUS He's also just in general nephil, half-angel which means he's capable of some supernaturally things. He's only half-angel, and a young one at that, but the potential is there. IMMORTALITY, he can be killed by a sufficiently powerful being but will age into forever INHUMAN STRENGTH & AGILITY, but in terms of strength he'd be outclassed by most other immortals TELEPORTATION, short distances and he can't do it too much, either. Sure knows how the wards and charms them humans use work, because he sometimes has to use them he's only half angel