SOUL SENSING BULLSHIT PERMISSIONS since i realized i . need this

[finalbows]

So! Through the course of RPing in Austice it has become evident I'm in need of this!!

Tell me about anything out of the ordinary about your character's soul, and what Kuja might be able to understand of it by interacting with them. I'll let you know if it's something he can pick up on -- in the end I try to play his soul senses as not TERRIFICALLY extensive. It's like... what you would know by interacting with the surface of an object, rather than being able to see inside it, you know?

In general I'm gonna assume people aren't gonna ping him as weird. But they could. If you got other guys in there with you he would definitely know.

This is OPT IN!

So like, he won't know anything's out of the ordinary if you're not opted in.

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[mirristry]

SO. Phil's soul (or anima, if you want to use the Rays term) is... very damaged, actually! He was born with an innate anima deficiency, which renders him sickly and in need of regular medicine to manage the condition, and then ON TOP OF THAT this idiot's research and experiments involving anima gave him anima contamination as well. To quote canon itself, "The contaminated cells age, and at the same time attack the surrounding normal cells. This sickens the soul as well."

It's stated in canon that exoflecting Phantom damaged him in both body and soul, too. SO YEAH, HE'S A LITTLE BIT BROKEN IN MULTIPLE WAYS, enough so that it would most definitely be noticeable. He himself states he's only got around ten years left, to give an idea of just how bad it is.

[finalbows]

hey Phil what do you mean there's medicine for helping manage "life force too brittle". Hey Phil. HEY PHIL----

So here's what Kuja is getting out of it: sorry Phil but your soul kind of feels like handling something that gives at your touch that is not SUPPOSED to give at your touch. Stagnant, rotting souls are old hat to him thanks to his canon, but-- that's NOT what a healthy soul is supposed to feel like. From the start it's like holding a clay pot, you can feel how delicate it is in your hands by nature. But then you get into the.. the ick parts. The apple clearly still has plenty of "good" portions, but with the flesh already broken... You know what happens next, right?

He's going to check in on Phil often out of morbid fascination, and a little bit of horror that maybe this could be what's going to happen to him. Does.. does Kuja feel like touching a bad spot on a fruit?????

I'm def gonna say Phil 🤝 Kuja seeing each other's fucked up souls at first and saying ok I believe I shall mind my own business about it

Exceeeept as he starts his campaign to help Aoi... It's very likely to no longer be something in his "oofs that's rough, irrelevant to me tho" box, especially when he comes to understand what he's looking at in regards to Marcus.