Seraphim 101

[shirtlesspersona]

Things to know about your invisible neighbors

[ Really, Zaveid just found he could type a lot into this thing and decided to make it public so maybe he won't have to explain he's not a ghost, or that he's really here, to someone again. Instead, just link it and go HEY. READ THIS THING.

So yes, it is typed. ]
so
some people might have noticed by now
but theres a couple invisible people here
okay
literally two
but that makes a couple

just saying
we arent ghosts

[ Anyone who's seen his texts, or texted with him, will recognize Zaveid's typing style. ]

we're called seraphim
think humans but were sort of half element
like fire water earth wind
those sort of elements
of course
home
theres seraphim that come in the shapes of dogs or cats
not to mention katz
so if we seem human and then there's something that really isn't human
it just goes with being what we are.

[ Looking at you, Dezel, with your shark teeth and weird lizard throat you've got going. ]

the whole thing with us being invisible
though
thats actually on humans
nothing about seraphim changed
its something about humanity that ended up with resonance going down
or suddenly needing it
i dont remember
it happened way long ago
Dark Age
I think humans call it?
wait
no
era of disappearance
thatd be it
probably


thats why some of you can see us
and some of you cant
and i guess why some of you think im an actual ghost
im not
i promise
i think id know if im dead
[ ... Zaveid that is terrible humor for someone who is pretty sure he is actually dead at home. ]

im a wind seraph
means im probably the cause of most of these indoor breezes and whatnot
or maybe its not me
because theres more than one wind seraph here
and i dunno if theres other people with wind powers about
so maybe dont go assuming its zaveid
that could be a problem
probably for you

anyway
dont worry about not being able to see us
for all i dont get why humans stopped being able to
resonance goes up the longer a humans around a seraph
so eventually you might be able to see us
probably

[ What else should he put in this? Ugh. ]

i unno
ask me shit if you need clarification
but thats the basics
were here
we aint ghosts
were just windy

[ Then there's little video clip, of the ceiling in one of the standard rooms. He might be there, but he didn't get caught on camera. His voice, however, is pretty clear. Even if your character doesn't normally have the resonance to see / hear him, they can hear him here. Thank your phone crew. ]

... Man, that could'a been so much easier if I recorded me sayin' it. Too late!

(ooc: here's a properly formatted version for ease of ooc reading.)

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[fistfullofmagic]

[...Oh. Oh. Well. This is... not something Dhaos was expecting. Not from the spirit he had such a lovely time dancing with, anyway.]

...I was not aware that you are not visible to most, nor that you are... A seraph refers to a rather different sort of person where I am from.

[shirtlesspersona]

[ Heeey he recognizes your voice! ]

Kinda seems to be how it goes. Either 'aaah, are you a ghost', or I look so normal the thought doesn't cross their mind.

[ Zaveid, you should never be considered normal. ]

Really? Huh! I mean, depending on who you are, y'might get called other things, but usually we're all seraphim, with the appropriate element slapped on front.

[fistfullofmagic]

[What is normality? Dhaos isn't sure.]

To be honest, I was under the impression that you were a spirit like... I believe Sylph is the name of Aselia's spirit of wind?

[He's never had much of a chance to ask, really.]

Although most information is based only in ancient legend, my people are said to be descended from beings known as angel, the most powerful of whom were known as seraphim.

[Given the way that there seems to be more he isn't saying, it may not be terribly hard to guess what he means from that.]

[shirtlesspersona]

I dunno what either of those really are. Spirits sound like ghosts, but that probably isn't right, and the closest thing I know of to 'sylph' is using Sylphestia.

[ Huh. Second mention of angels. ]

You're not the first to mention that, but uh. We don't have mentions of other races close to ours. Well, I mean, humans are kinda close, at least in shape to a lot of us. [ Oh, he forgot to mention the thing about dead humans becoming seraphim once in a while. He'll just add it later or something. ]

[fistfullofmagic]

In this instance, spirits are aspects of a world's mana given form, I believe? I admit, my knowledge on the subject is somewhat limited. The only one I have spoken to is Lady Mana, and the subject matter of our conversations has been... largely of topics more pressing than the nature of her brethren.

[Sorry Zaveid, but he doesn't know you well enough to tell you about his problems.

Although it does bring up an interesting question...]

I admit, I am curious as to why the human form seems to be such a common shape to occur, even amongst unrelated peoples.

[shirtlesspersona]

Huh. I do have a lot to do with mana.

[ Here it almost sounds like he leaned into the phone. ]

Thumbs. Pretty sure its thumbs.