Oh, right, we didn't really talk about that. It's called "haki", in my world. It's like every person is sort of a presence in my mind, and I can usually tell where they are and if they're hurt or in trouble. And when they feel emotions particularly intensely, especially face-to-face, it tends to bleed into me. It awoke after last year's Werewolf, which it isn't supposed to do, it's supposed to be more gradual, but something particularly traumatic and awful can switch it on. Usually that kills people, if it turns on like that. I was lucky.
I try not to focus too closely on people's feelings, because a good amount of people here already think I'm a creepy stalker. But I can't turn it off. It's like trying not to hear people talking when you're stuck in a room with them, and they're all talking at once. I've gotten a lot of practice filtering it out, especially working at the Pink Slip and everywhere else. [exposure therapy via horny people in a hot, dark place.]
Really? You get the bad, any time you touch someone? That sounds awful.
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It's called "haki", in my world. It's like every person is sort of a presence in my mind, and I can usually tell where they are and if they're hurt or in trouble.
And when they feel emotions particularly intensely, especially face-to-face, it tends to bleed into me.
It awoke after last year's Werewolf, which it isn't supposed to do, it's supposed to be more gradual, but something particularly traumatic and awful can switch it on.
Usually that kills people, if it turns on like that.
I was lucky.
I try not to focus too closely on people's feelings, because a good amount of people here already think I'm a creepy stalker.
But I can't turn it off. It's like trying not to hear people talking when you're stuck in a room with them, and they're all talking at once.
I've gotten a lot of practice filtering it out, especially working at the Pink Slip and everywhere else. [exposure therapy via horny people in a hot, dark place.]
Really?
You get the bad, any time you touch someone?
That sounds awful.