OOC ☼ Powers & Permissions

[onlymydiabound]

✔ Bakura can summon a monster known as his “ka” – half of his soul in monster form. Bakura’s ka is called Diabound, and is pictured above.

✔ Ka grow with the strength of their owner’s heart, and rely on the rest of that person’s soul (their “ba” or life force) for energy. They gain special abilities in accordance with that person’s desires. Diabound’s powers are therefore focused on stealth and combat. A breakdown between physical and magical abilities follows:

Physical
- Strong coils
- Poisonous fangs
- Incredible speed
- Basic flight (though not very well when wrapped around Bakura)

Magical
- Wall phasing*
- Dispelling magic (crisis situations only)**

*Diabound can move through solid surfaces effortlessly on its own. When carrying something (or wrapped around Bakura), this takes some more doing, and thereby places a strain on Bakura's ba, though Bakura doesn’t think of it in such terms.

**This ability will become "Spiral Wave", Diabound's special attack, which according to Thief King in canon "blows away my enemies and dispels all magic cast upon me". Since his understanding and control of Diabound is incomplete, Bakura cannot yet activate this ability at will. Instead, Diabound activates it independently if Bakura's life is in danger or his ba undergoes an extreme emotional strain.

✔ Since ka grow with the strength of the owner’s heart, Diabound will “evolve” if Bakura significantly develops or matures over the course of his stay in Vatheon – or, alternatively, if he becomes corrupted.

✔ Ba is not an absolute, one-time-only expenditure: just as people heal from emotional wounds, Bakura can replenish his ba given time.

✘ That said, Diabound’s biggest weakness is its reliance on Bakura’s ba for energy. If Diabound takes a hit, Bakura feels the pain where Diabound was struck, and the longer Diabound remains summoned the greater toll it takes on Bakura’s ba. (Wall phasing also drains ba.)

✘ Accordingly, when Bakura runs out of ba Diabound can no longer manifest – so to take out Diabound, one simply needs to target Bakura (and hope he doesn’t catch on/can’t respond in time).

✘ Killing Diabound, or exhausting Bakura’s ba, won’t necessarily kill Bakura. Killing Bakura, however, will kill Diabound.

Basically: I'll do my best to keep all fights against Diabound fair, but never hesitate to PM me or note in a comment if I'm going too far - canon does turn Diabound into a walking godmode by the time it's done, though I'd like to avoid a similar fate.

That said, wall phasing is a whole can of worms of its own! So please comment below if you'd prefer Bakura not invade your character's home - or if you'd prefer Bakura never attempt to steal from your character, period. (He is a thief, after all...)