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The last comment reminded me of The Haunted Mask from Goosebumps. EW

I agree. Goosebumpy.....also if it talked, it would be like Dark's dragon too.

The ability mechanics are working for me, but why would aeora pick up such an item? The changes in the characters are not as random as they appear. The changes that occur happen because if the person had lived those 500 years or a portion of them, the changes that are visible are a result of an action the person would have taken during that time. For your lady to have the mask, it would mean that she would have encountered it and liked what it could do. Of course, because of the time shift she would not know that. She would just have the mask hanging around her neck or wherever she keeps it. Is an evil puppeteer mask something aeora would willingly wear and use if she had the choice and knew about it and what it was capable of?

Oh, goosebumps. How that does that bring back a wave of nostalgia.

To be honest, in my head Aeora gets into the strangest situations on her travels. So from my point of view it isn't a ridiculous concept. I will most likely work out the specific situation in my head, or at least outline it, since it could be interesting in how she did in fact come across it.

Of course how these things usually start out is the unwilling, however more powerful, wearer doesn't initially know their blessed object is evil. The time shift could easily account for a lack of knowledge in that case, if we're assuming she once knew about its true nature at all.

Then again, if we were to simply scratch the "evil" bit, I'd still be game.

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Ahem. Well, I think there should be another Menace post, Mr. Author. I'm looking forward to his knowledge!

Basically. Videre rapidly divides matter into a near-molecular level, with every piece spread out - theoretically she could be everywhere on earth at once if given enough time - and operating individually in how they move, but with a centralized brain. That brain being Aeora's.

If there was tech advanced enough it could indeed affect her. But how? Divide an atom? Or just shock her into returning to her normal form? Food for thought.

I created a character a long time ago with the ability to absorb energy and go into a gaseous state. Super fast and the ability to solidify and blow away matter already present the way you killed the one soldier were already a part of this character I made. I suppose dividing an atom would be one way to damage someone in this gas form, but I was thinking of something more simple: explosions. In order to use the ability, the brain must be active and in control, which means signals must be sent to the particles in the rest of the spread out body. In order for the brain to think and send the signals, the brain particles must be fairly close to allow the thought processes to take place. That occurs when synapses connect and small volts of electricity are passed through the connection. Static electricity of the voltage isn't strong enough to pass through great distances (example would be rubbing your head with a balloon and then touching someone. the proximity of the brain particles would have to be at least that close). Explosions or blasts of energy would blow the brain particles too far apart to communicate and the person would die or at least come back together and be knocked out of the gas state.

I would say that if in that situation, Aeora would make use of her ability while in Videre to sense movement throughout the air. Therefore she could sense the projectile coming in her direction and scoot her atoms out of the way. Unless it was an explosion that didn't originate in an airborne projectile. It couldn't be on the ground, however, because there would be no weight to set it off.

At that, would there be anything stopping her from returning to the gaseous state, save possibly for some time spent recovering from the shock of being forced into her normal form?
...numerous explosions?

I doubt I'll focus on the bowels bit but I would assume the same effects overall.

It would have to depend on the level of injury naturally... but thinking on it, I would say that since common injuries cannot harm you on a molecular level, it shouldn't be a problem. For argument's sake I would put in a time delay on her either entering or leaving Videre.

An injury of the brain is what would really give me pause. But then again a brain injury would cause anyone to reconsider their in-post actions, let alone how it would affect complicated powers. Then again again, Videre isn't really complex for her... a natural racial ability that is just like breathing. If we could consider Videre an instinctive action then it could be a reaction to becoming injured, and not be hampered by it at all.