Some brief pointers on Lorne, then, in the hopes of filling in any gaps you may have. As far as his empathic abilities go, Lorne can only take in things about other people. He can't actually project anything onto or into anyone else (unless for some reason or other he goes without sleep for several weeks, at which point he starts to subconsciously project fates/fortunes, as opposed to just reading them), which is all well and good, because he has no interest in mind control. Primarily, as it is presented in canon, he can only read people's hearts/fortunes/fate if they sing to him, or somewhere closeby enough for him to hear them. Later on in the show (when the writers got bored writing bad karaoke skits and scenes, I bet), it was revealed that Lorne doesn't actually need you to sing your heart out. If you're really, really feeling something very strongly, he can read you. I'm thinking, just as an example; if River were to freak out in the bar and he's there? That would be a system failure/blue screen of death just waiting to happen on his end.
But, anyway. River not being IC wouldn't be River at all. In fact, that goes without saying. Her freaking out is A OK, if you ever feel that is where she's heading. Also, ambiguity in threads is for teh win.
One thing River might sense is that Lorne used to be a much happier camper back in the day. Maybe not way back in the day, but not too long ago. Nowadays, though, he's closing off from the world more and more. No more fighting the good fight. No more karaoke. No more reading fortunes though he might make exceptions. A lot more alcohol than a regular human would be able to consume without toppling over and not get up again. And these are just suggestions. Make stuff up! Go nuts!
At the moment, e-mail and LJ messaging will probably work best for me, seeing as my computer is on the mend, and the old, ooold thing I'm using now will quite possibly fry if I try installing any more programs. >_> Silly things, computers.
I TOLD YOU I CAN BE LONG-WINDED TOO. Only I didn't, not with so many words. :3
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Some brief pointers on Lorne, then, in the hopes of filling in any gaps you may have. As far as his empathic abilities go, Lorne can only take in things about other people. He can't actually project anything onto or into anyone else (unless for some reason or other he goes without sleep for several weeks, at which point he starts to subconsciously project fates/fortunes, as opposed to just reading them), which is all well and good, because he has no interest in mind control. Primarily, as it is presented in canon, he can only read people's hearts/fortunes/fate if they sing to him, or somewhere closeby enough for him to hear them. Later on in the show (when the writers got bored writing bad karaoke skits and scenes, I bet), it was revealed that Lorne doesn't actually need you to sing your heart out. If you're really, really feeling something very strongly, he can read you. I'm thinking, just as an example; if River were to freak out in the bar and he's there? That would be a system failure/blue screen of death just waiting to happen on his end.
But, anyway. River not being IC wouldn't be River at all. In fact, that goes without saying. Her freaking out is A OK, if you ever feel that is where she's heading. Also, ambiguity in threads is for teh win.
One thing River might sense is that Lorne used to be a much happier camper back in the day. Maybe not way back in the day, but not too long ago. Nowadays, though, he's closing off from the world more and more. No more fighting the good fight. No more karaoke. No more reading fortunes
though he might make exceptions. A lot more alcohol than a regular human would be able to consume without toppling over and not get up again. And these are just suggestions. Make stuff up! Go nuts!At the moment, e-mail and LJ messaging will probably work best for me, seeing as my computer is on the mend, and the old, ooold thing I'm using now will quite possibly fry if I try installing any more programs. >_> Silly things, computers.
I TOLD YOU I CAN BE LONG-WINDED TOO. Only I didn't, not with so many words. :3