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¶ Neuroinvasion
Die. Die. Die. Die. Die.
In that very instant- as everyone else was freed from her outpouring wrath, it was focused entirely onto Kane. The immediate compaction of everything. All of her suffering and pain and agony and hopes and dreams and her wrath. Decades. Her entire life, pressed into that single instant, a needle that was shoved into the depths of his mind. And in that second. It burst. In that moment, he could see himself as every single person that had ever caused her suffering or pain before in her life. Dane. Vilidius. Circle-eye. Her Village. Her Family. Her Parents. The thousands in Haven who scorned her as a murderer just as she was gaining the sympathy and trust of others.
A woman born with a disease she had no part in making, a curse put on her from genocide and hatred that predated her by thousands of years but would come back, born within her. The deaths of millions come back countless years later to enact their revenge on the future that refused to see the error in violence. And they would have their revenge through her.
Neuroinvasion is the subject related to the manipulation of things related to the mind or consciousness. Psions with an aptitude in neuroinvasion are called invaders. As an affector subject, neuroinvasion allows others to enact their will on other minds, allowing them to influence people or manipulate their minds in some ways. There is a wide variety of abilities that could be developed in the neuroinvasion subject, though because it is an affector subject, psions awakening as neuroinvaders often experience a phenomenon known as involuntary will manifestation, in which a psion unused to their power will at times unwillingly use uncontrollably versions of basic neuroinvasion abilities, such as unwillingly projecting their own emotions onto others. In regards to personality, neuroinvaders are the most divisive, and can be seemingly opposite sides of the ‘moral’ compass; they can be passionate people that care about others, or they can be sociopathic masterminds that desire power over others - in terms of the will needed to manifest psionic abilities, there is no morality. Evil can be just as effective as good, neither is superior to the other in the eyes of the universe.
In addition, neuroinvasion abilities can also affect yourself, allowing neuroinvaders to have abilities that alter their own consciousness or memories; such abilities might even develop unknowingly, such as someone going through a severely traumatic event and developing an ability that causes them to forget everything related to the event. Such abilities can also be developed in order to counter other abilities, such as by redirecting the target of a neuroinvasion ability to a tulpa.
¶ Neuroinvasion and Different Species
Neuroinvasion works best against species of similar brain format to your own. A human will be capable of neuroinvading most organic species, for example. Species with drastically different brain format such as novakids will only be able to neuroinvade species with a similar format (novakids can only neuroinvade other novakids). Glitch are the sole exception, being an inorganic species with a similar brain format to most organic species, allowing them to be affected by neuroinvasion (and allowing them to neuroinvade others). Minds in the form of cuil flux are able to be neuroinvaded by every species.
Actual biochemistry seems to matter little in regards to neuroinvasion, only the format of the signals making up the mind's neural network. A human is entirely capable of neuroinvading a Floran or a Glitch for example, despite having very different biochemistries. This leaves the question of the true mechanics of how neuroinvasion, and perhaps consciousness itself, actually works. Biochemistry matters with biokinetic abilities that can affect the brain.
This also applies to clairsentient abilities.
Example Abilities (MAY REQUIRE APP TO USE- CONSULT COMMON ABILITY LIST ON FORUMS):
- Emotion Projecting (Emotion Mirroring)
- Illusions and Hallucinations
- Limited Mind Control
- Emotion Amplification
- Animal Control
- Dream Manipulation
- Psychic Anesthesia
- Tulpamancy