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***skinstealer*** · (This post was last modified: 07-08-2019, 07:05 AM by skinstealer.)

BASICS

What are they?

Parts of the soul
Can come from any living thing
Plants are included in this, though their scraps are a lot more passive than fauna/people
Shed off naturally as a result of significant changes/events in someone’s life
This includes trauma, positive life changes, loss of a limb/organ, birth of a loved one, death of a loved one, relationships stopping/starting, growing up, epiphanies, etc. If it makes a significant impact on a person, no matter how big or small it is in the long run, it’ll leave a scrap.
Significance of an event is completely relative to a person- everyone sheds scraps, no matter how simple their life may seem
Scraps can develop over time before shedding, often at a point of realization or closure.
Upon death, scraps are released- some free floating, others mounted to the body in question (if there is one).
Scraps contain memories, emotions, and energy.
Shedding a scrap does not take the memory, emotions, and/or energy away from their source- barring an extremely, extremely rare condition that inevitably ends in the person developing into a husk.
Hospitals, schools, and graveyards are examples of naturally scrap-heavy areas.
Commonly referred to as scraps, leftovers, or parts of the soul.
Similar scraps can cluster together, combining their contents to make a larger, more powerful scrap

Memories

Scraps contain memories relating to the event that shed them
Clarity of memories depends on how important the memory was to the person who shed them
In the case of cluster scraps, memories can get mixed up or played in sequence
Scrap users can pull from the memories within a scrap to do magic- for instance, turning a scrap from a violent attack into the weapon in the memory.
Memories can be skipped around/played back by a user viewing them

Emotions

Scraps contain emotions relating to the event that shed them
The intensity of the emotions corresponds to how powerful magic pulling from it will be
The ideal use for a scrap corresponds to the emotions within- such as anger or protectiveness leading to an ideal weapon scrap, or happiness as a guiding/soothing scrap.
Scraps can be used for purposes outside of their ideal, but it may not have favorable results.
Scrap users may be caught off guard while examining the contents of scraps, as the emotions within are directly sensed by the scrap user themself.

Energy

Scraps contain energy, the amount relating to the intensity of the event that shed them
Energy can be pulled from the scrap, and restores after a period of time
Enormous amounts of energy compared to shreds- powering an object with a scrap means that as long as it has some recharge time, it’ll never lose its power
The more energy is stored in a scrap, the more powerful the resulting magic will be.
Scrap users can be overwhelmed by the amount of energy in a powerful scrap, sometimes to the point of psychological or even physical damage.

Sensitivity

There are varying degrees of sensitivity when it comes to scraps, with 20% of the world’s population having some degree of it.
10% of people can sense scraps to some degree- this usually manifests in a “gut feeling” or sense of something being around them. Most people with this sensitivity level are dismissed as having a weird sense of intuition.
5% of people can see scraps, but can’t interact with them. Some people with this sensitivity level track scrap locations.
3% of people can touch and interact with scraps, but can’t manipulate them. These sensitives can find a good living selling/trading scraps to scrap users.
2% of people can manipulate scraps, and use them to perform magic. These people are referred to as “scrap users” or “wizards”, and have varying skill levels based on their natural skill and how much training they’ve gone through.
Some scrap users can manipulate but not see scraps, or any strange combination! Sensitivity varies as much as people do, which is to say: a lot.

Object Mounting

Scraps can be mounted onto objects (or sometimes, people).
Mounting a scrap onto an object can give said object strange qualities, typically related to the contents of the scrap
Scrap users often mount scraps to weapons and tools, allowing them to use magic in a more controlled manner.
Some people who can see/touch scraps become “witches”- non scrap-users who can use magic via tools/equipment mounted with scraps.
Scraps can attach to objects on their own as well, typically drawn to objects associated with their contents- directly or tangentially
Severed limbs/lost parts of the body will always have scraps mounted onto them.

Scrap Merging

Scraps with similar qualities cluster together naturally, but scraps can also be merged together- either by force or through coaxing.
Scraps that have different qualities will resist merging, and will require more exertion/force to merge
Merging scraps can lead to new uses for scraps, as well as amplified power + emotions
Merging scraps can have side effects to those of a lower skill level, and serious danger to those unprepared.

Affinity

Everyone, sensitive or otherwise, has a scrap “affinity”
Scraps have different types, not unlike TCP types- any sort of material works.
People typically (but not always) shed scraps of their affinity, and if sensitive, are drawn towards them
This allows scrap users to manipulate their own scraps (or scraps similar to their own) with more ease than others
People can have multiple affinities, though this is most commonly seen with gods
God affinities tend to veer close to their motifs, if not exactly them

Scrap Users

Scrap users (also known as “wizards”) tend to keep their powers hidden from society, out of fear of ostracization and targets placed on their backs
Gods don’t take well to rogue scrap users in a lot of cases, and see them as threats
Due to the fact that scraps are completely undetectable to most of the population, the majority of the world doubts they exist
Underground communities exist everywhere, though some are more visible than others
Some scrap users congregate, but many go solo.
Scrap user fights can cause serious damage to the world around them, raising suspicion and drawing attention to themselves
As such, wizard fights are typically made formal duels, and brought to secluded areas.

Scrap Forms

Some say that scrap users are capable of transforming themselves in times of need…
More to be seen through our stories!

Scrap Ghosts

Beings created by scraps clustering (or being forced) together.
Similar scraps attract eachother
Varying degrees of sapience
Some perform echoes of their past lives, others have full sapience and make their own goals
Visible by everyone if strong enough
Weaker ghosts only visible to sensitives
Varying degrees of being able to interact with the world around them
Different types of scraps can combine, but it's less common and typically has to be done by force
Do not have to all be from the same person- most ghosts are a composite of scraps from completely different sources
Appearance varies, but takes from all contents