Well I felt it about time I put something of my own up. It's always frustrated me how I have never been able to create elements of a Scintasy world that are unique. They have always been what you would consider the stock standard elements. However a couple of weeks ago the strangest thing happened. I fell asleep and awoke to find that in my slumber I had knocked over a glass of water and it had soaked into the carpet. Strangely the water stained the carpet (Bizarre occurrence right there) and then for they days following every time I glanced at the stain I felt exactly as I did when I awoke. This for me was a bit of a Eureka moment.
Please note that everything following is of my creation and I don't give permission for personal use at this point in time.
I haven't decided on a definite name yet but it will either be Iak'shovise (yak-shove-is-aye) or Ghar'ivisu (gar-iv-vis-hu). Both are Gharnian (Language of my creation) words. Iak'shovise is fairly easy to translate into English and it means something along the lines of 'Body, mind and spirit one with or within existance' while Ghar'ivisu is a little harder to translate but it comes out as something similar to 'The power of the construct or building blocks'.
Now as the names have started to hint towards it has something to do with an ability related to existence. Specifically though they are people with a biological anomaly that allows them to meld with molecules and molecular structures. i.e. Walk through a wall. There is a catch though the same biological feature which allows this also imprints the molecular structure of the said object like a wall onto itself. If this is done enough the person begins to take of personality traits which correlate metaphorically with the object. If its the structure of a door the person may begin to be one who provides protection or blocks a path, keeps things in, etc. The actual traits they take on are reliant solely on their interpretation of the object.
If one of these people were to have a sword swung at them and the allow the sword to pass through them several times the would imprint. If they saw a sword as a weapon with a sharp edge with one purpose, that being used for killing they would begin to take on these traits. However if they saw a sword as a weak thing or an evil thing that's is how they would become.
This then opens up the option of the fact that some can change their view or interpretation of something hence honing themselves in the process.
It's a work in progress but I'm very happy to have thought of it!
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