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[spoilsfun]

Conan has the ability to perform Sherlock scans on complete strangers. This means he can take tiny clues in your characters appearance and use deductive logic to figure out things like their hobbies, what they do for a living and where they've traveled recently.  Of course Conan will only be able to interpret things that he knows about from his world. 

1. Is Conan allowed to use a Sherlock Scan on your character?
2. What observations would he be able to make? Does your character have calluses from a hobby or a particular accent?
3. What would he be allowed to deduce about your character from observations?

Comments

[simulsimul]

1. Go right ahead! Kratos is also from a fantasy world, and also butt old, so he may present as a little weird.

2. He has a warrior's calluses, stance and stride, and an officer's command; his accent is the 'from anywhere' sort, but markedly so. He has the demeanour of someone who has seen front-line combat. His poker-face is practically supernatural, as is his calm, but even though his voice tends to be even, it's not mechanical. He tends to sit with his back to things as someone with hyper-vigilance would, and likewise is always wearing armour and rarely has his sword out of reach; but even though he'll pull his sword if threatened, he rarely seems to react reflexively or out of control.

He's gentler with children and tends to be hyper-aware of them when they're in his vicinity. The clothes he wears tend not to match the weather, and two things he never takes off, other than his soul-gem, are a locket and a blue gem in a setting on the back of his left glove (to the point where Conan may notice that the glove has a hole cut into it for the gem, rather than the gem being set into the glove). Conan will rarely see him eat, drink or sleep; those times Kratos does eat, he will actively avoid anything with anything resembling tomatoes in it. Conan might occasionally have trouble seeing whether he's breathing. He'll probably be able to tell that Kratos finds most physical labours on the inhuman side of the 'effortless' scale.

3. The fact that he's a parent, the part about being a soldier and a mercenary; accustomed to having a shield on his left arm, even though he doesn't currently have one, and also accustomed to wearing heavy armour, despite his lack of bulk. Certainly a front-line officer, given his awareness of his surroundings, but with an ability to compartmentalise which really doesn't say good things about his psychology. He emphatically does not like tomatoes.

When the compartmentalisation and the gem on his hand are taken in context with the strength and lack of physical needs, Kratos probably presents as an android hitting squarely in the uncanny valley -- he's actually an angel, which are noted in canon to have traits similar to androids. I'm okay with Conan figuring that out, but I'm not sure which minor details would lead him to that conclusion unless he outright sees wings, given the android comparison. (The wings are incorporeal, so there's no way to see them unless Kratos explicitly shows them.)

Either way, let me know if you have questions/ideas, or if there's more information you need.