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Adding on to previous questions.

If a Mauvian Senshi holds their form for 1 hour a day, and a Mauvian can hold their humanoid form for 2 hours a day, would they be able to -

A.) Be a senshi 1 hour and then a humanoid for 2 hours for a total of 3 hours a day in their other forms

B.) A senshi for 1 hour and a humanoid for 1 hour totaling 2 hours.

C.) Only a senshi for 1 hour or a humanoid for 2 hours as both deplete the Mauvian completely afterwards.

Mauvians could hold their humanoid form for two hours a day and their senshi for an additional hour upon unlocking it, so a total of three hours! (A)

Can we get some clarification on whether or not youma can eat things outside of starseeds and energy?

There have been statements on the discord that they cannot eat anything but energy-based and more recently in profile crits however there are several youma that have favorite foods listed or instances in roleplays where they've eaten some sort of 'food' that wasn't a starseed. There's nothing I could find in the negaverse guide about whether or not they can eat anything.

For example, using my own youma, Medi has mice listed as a "favorite food" and no comments were made about whether or not that was acceptable.

Why is it an option for the profile if they can only consume starseeds or energy orbs?

Youma can eat things outside of starseeds and energy, however they do not consume or process food like humans so there are things to keep in mind. The crit you are probably referring to is:

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Youma typically do not eat human food or anything but energy/starseeds. In the past it has been said that for youma, trying to eat anything else would be akin to a person just putting different things in their mouth. Food/anything but energy or starseeds is not considered edible for youma. This doesn't mean that he can't try to taste things, I just wanted to make sure you knew that typically youma don't try to eat anything other than their designated diet because of this! (It would be like a person tasting paper, or ink, or dirt). They do not digest food in the way that humans do, so there is a huge possibility of this making him sick in some way.

This crit was left in a profile where the youma had a hobby that involved consuming things, making eating things a primary focus of this character more so than other youma who simply have a 'favorite food'. Because food seemed to be intended as a major part of this youma's profile, the critique was shared to make sure the player understood that youmas functioned a little differently than humans. The crit is in line with what has been said about youma eating things in the past; we were only recently made aware that this was not in any information threads despite having been in play for many years now, so in our next information update for the faction/s we will make sure to include it.

In most instances, it is not a problem if a youma has a favorite food, however youma typically don't eat food. They are not creatures designed to feel hunger or fatigue naturally as they can simply return to the Rift to restore themselves. Youma are fueled by Chaos energy; as such, human food does not offer any sustenance. Food has next to no purpose to them as eating it is unnecessary to their survival. However, this does not mean that youma could not eat, simply that they do not have the same biological response as humans do.

While it could be assumed that some youma have a digestive tract to process food, the food could also simply be consumed and dissolve inside of them, however as their body is not intended to process food naturally it could result in sickness. This would be far more likely to occur in a youma whose hobby is consuming things than it would be a youma who is simply eating something occasionally.

As for your question regarding why it is included in the forms, there is not an official youma questing form; all of the questing forms are located here, however there is additional information on youma characters here! Many youma players simply alter the civilian form and include the powered information as located in the side-swap thread. However, we intend to update the Questing Handbook to include youma/half youma information given the increase of straight-to-youma/half-youma characters!

Can the rule of past life RPs not counting for growth partially be lifted? I get why you wouldn't want to have a characters entire growth done via past life, but it seems rather silly that an entire subforum that all factions can use and that can be used to establish canon plus be referenced and explored in present day be treated as if it's not worth counting to their growth. Could it be considered that 1-2 Rps from this forum be counted for growth per stage? I feel this would help explore more PL things for players and how to further develop a lot of present day plots with memory exploration, (and explorations of space).
(and I mean a 1-2 cap much the same way that solos have a cap limit in comparison to regulars in comparison to battles?)

Unfortunately, the Past Life RPs are not able to help for current life growth because this is not representative of your present day character growing; the past life character's experiences do not define present day development so they cannot be used for growth, sorry! Your character can uncover past life memories and these can be counted towards growth, but the only roleplays that count towards a character ICly growing to the next stage must be done in present day and by the present day character.


Could it also be brought to consideration that the rule of 'Youma battles can only count for 1 battle'- this rule was established when chaos agents were not many in number and there was a genuine issue of difficulty in their players finding battle rp. It becomes extremely difficult to have a pacifist character just run away or get beaten up *all the time* as they face off against another person rather than a monster. It feels very outdated, and at times rather crippling for order characters.

I understand these are odd asks, but, is there there any current consideration of altering or removing some of these outdated rules? (Much as the hetrochomia one was recently)

The limit on NPC youma battles is in place to encourage roleplay between Order and Chaos characters; it was established because there were instances where a character could reach third stage without ever having interacted with a Chaos character.

This is not necessarily an outdated rule; if we remove it, it returns us to the state of the shop where we saw very clear issues with how people were reaching requirements. Pacifist characters can still reach battle requirements by sparring or practicing their magic with Order characters or by breaking up fights between other characters; there needs to be a clear battle element to count for a battle but they do not always need to be engaging in Chaos characters.

Hello! I have a wip of civilian art from Verithe waaaay back when but they never got back to me with the finished work D: I got the character quest approved recently so would I need to get a slot for new civ art or....? I have no problems with getting new art I was just wondering!

Please PM the mule in regards to this! If you could send in the information that you had in regards to the civilian art, including the most recent work in progress that will help us out as well.

How do people find out about the ascension process ICly? How is this information disseminated? While I found information on how the ascension process happens, I could not find anything on how characters discover the ascension process.

(By characters, I mean any Negaverse character -- officer, senshi, mauvian -- and not just the senshi that are capable of ascending)

ICly there is limited information available on the tablet; it is enough to understand that Ascension is a process that a Corrupted Senshi can undertake, and it would detail some of what the process entails. However, full information could be obtained from an Ascended Senshi or a General Sovereign; because the nature of Ascension is so dangerous, the Negaverse does not want people flippantly attempting the process without being prepared. Because Ascension is considered among the ultimate sacrifices for a Corrupted Senshi, full information can be a bit intimidating on paper. General Sovereigns have full information on the process and it can be assumed that trustworthy Mauvians, Generals, or Eternal Senshi would have been informed of the process from reports distributed by the General Sovereigns.

Mauvians or third stage Negaverse characters would be allowed to gauge if their Senshi subordinates or allies seemed like they would be a good fit for Ascension, but the information would not be publicly available to first or second stage characters and they would need to get the information ICly from characters who can best judge how to broach the topic and educate them on it in a way best suited to the character's needs and direction.


Unrelated -- I know superiors in the Negaverse can summon their subordinates to them, but can they also banish those subordinates elsewhere when in their vicinity? For example, if Faustite and Heliodor are both in Faustite's office, can Faustite banish Heliodor to outside eir office door?

Faustite would be unable to move Heliodor. Teleportation only works one way; a superior officer may be able to summon someone of lesser rank to them, but they do not have the ability to teleport someone to a location of their choosing unless the Superior officer is actually accompanying them.

Since the questions seems to have been missed/gone unanswered in the main thread and I too am curious about the answers, I received Mei's permission to repost her questions in hopes of a more public answer:



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How many active artist are there?

Is the workload of gone/vanished artist being transferred to other artists? (Ones who don't answer dm's/pm's)

If someone has waited for art, gotten civilian as they waited, still hasn't gotten it, is there a time limit until it should be reported to the mule?

The best way to determine which artists are open to take on new art is to check the Customs Procedure Thread. While this may not be entirely up to date, as RL may pop up and prevent artists from updating regularly, it is the best resource to determine an artist's status. You may also reach out to them directly if you want to confirm or have any questions about their availability.

If you are waiting on art and want an update, the best action to take is to contact the artist directly. The same goes for if you are looking for someone to take on art. Most artists list methods for how to check with them for availability in the customs thread.

If you are waiting on art, and have PMed your artist for an update but haven't heard back in two weeks, please PM the shop mule, In the Name of the Mule, and we can look into things! If we are unable to reach an artist, or an artist is unable to continue the artwork, we will do what we can to work with other available artists to take on the art. However, the first step should always be to speak to your artist directly as they are the only ones who know the exact status of your art and what their estimated wait time for it may be.

Can personal Youma survive in Negaspace outside the Rift (barracks/castle/etc) without getting tired. If not, how long before they have to go back to the Rift?

Personal youma can survive within Negaspace for an indefinite amount of time, depending on age, power, and the rank of their bonded agent. They will only really recharge while they are recovering in the Rift and will eventually need to return there, however they will not lose energy as long as they remain in Negaspace.

However, most Youma would not be comfortable within the city limits for a particularly extended period of time and it is unlikely that they would be welcome in many areas unless there was a specific reason for their presence.

Youma are intended to be disposable fodder in most scenarios. Having them around constantly would cause more problems than not, especially within the barracks, where space is limited. While they could linger in these areas, it wouldn't be welcome in most cases, and would only be tolerated if they were with their bonded officer. Stray youma wandering around Negaspace would likely be evicted back to the Rift upon being found.