#most people view Ceph like an annoying kid sibling

[ceph-the-ghost-writer]

Radiation: Ignore the conventional ways to describe the pov (third person limited, third person omniscient, first person, etc.), how would you describe it? Urushiol: What quality does your character have that irritates the other characters?

From the Pick Your Poison Ask Game

Hi, and thanks for the ask!

Radiation: Ignore the conventional ways to describe the pov (third person limited, third person omniscient, first person, etc.), how would you describe it?

My brain works about the same for writing as it does for dreaming. It has two methods of showing me a story: (1) Letting me slip into a character's skin and experience the story through their senses and emotions, or (2) having me watch events through a series of movie-like scenes with a variety of shots/angles. I alternate between both, switching between an observer and participant at any given moment. When I write, I'm basically attempting to articulate that experience for others.

Urushiol: What quality does your character have that irritates the other characters?

We'll go with my user-namesake for this one.

Ceph, the ghostly member of the Unseen Hand, lives for--so to speak--vexing and annoying their fleshy colleagues. (This is due roughly to 10% malicious/chaotic intent, 90% just wanting attention.) Their main means of achieving this end is through their method of communication: sticky notes. Whether putting a strain on a romantic relationship or foiling political schemes, a well-placed series of Post-Its has been the downfall of more than one plan. The little drawings and nitpicking comments they leave at random are often just rude.

This ability can also be put to use by the members and agents of the Unseen Hand through bribery and flattery. Cassius Mergus, de facto leader and most diplomatic of his fellows, has had a fairly high success rate of getting Ceph to sow mayhem on his behalf. Hawthorne, patron of the magic department, could probably threaten them into doing whatever he wanted of course, but the ruthless necromancer sees Ceph as beneath his notice at best, a pest at worst.

Aside from passive-aggressive notes, the resident spooky menace will employ misleading noises, jump scares, mysterious smells, and other poltergeist-style tactics to confound the corporeal.