#also Genlock/Noise lore jumpscare Lmaooooooo

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Talking 'Bout Noises (Atlas!au)

Noises are the form that ghosts take after giving up their sentience and consciousness to survive in Static. They can be any shape, any size, any form, and be perceived in multiple ways (Ex: a human might see a humanoid form with multiple eyes. A ghost might see a tall pillar with one singular eye. Any shots taken with Genlock that hits the form the shooter perceives will hit, it is unknown how). They will always be malformed from what originally was the ghost's form, but some specific traits may stay along, say a certain number of legs, arms, or size and height. They all have a specific and consistent set of attributes and visual indicators to tell that they are a Noise, however.

The following is said traits; A matte skin or fiber that is their body which doesn't interact with any forms of light or shadow (typically black, white, or a combination of the two as visual static), multiple eyes plastered around its body (that are all found more often than not to be blind), a liquid form that can easily change through methods similar to body manipulation in normal ghosts, the ability to infinitely regenerate any portion of their body immediately through their liquid form, and enhanced senses that allow for inhuman and un-ghostly reaction speed and awareness (eyesight is not included, for obvious reasons).

(Examples:)

While they work off of instinct, they also tend to work in Waves, with each member having a certain role. They are inherently chaotic and violent, and will attack anyone on sight no matter the context. Despite most not having a mouth, they also seem to be able to use clicks and hums to communicate with themselves, audibly similar to the sound of objects and textures shearing each other in a quick manner. The commutation itself seems primitive, mostly likely due to their inability of sentience and existence as a husk of a ghost, typically being used as exclamations or intensifiers for certain actions.

When Genlock touches a Noise, it seems to force its skin tissue to become fully solid, firing through the skin and burning the edges into stability. The solidified skin cannot be regenerated, and cannot turn fluid with the rest of its body, causing tension and conflict with the 'dead' skin and normal Noise skin.

Noises partake in a hivemind. Once more, their instinctual mind doesn't allow use of the typical positives of Hivemind, with two exceptions. A Noise can psychically control another Noise interchangeably with its own body, and vice versa. If a Noise sees you, EVERY Noise sees you. So obviously, don't try to get caught in the sightlines of any Noise whatsoever, no matter how 'weak' they may appear.

(It was once rumored that Atlas was a Noise. Doesn't make sense. To be able to speak and have feelings, actions of your own? But still be forced into a hivemind of beings that purely be to kill? He would've gone crazy and joined them in violent ferality long before any of this happened. There's no way he's a Noise, Right?)

Right?