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Wave Riders!!
I will be exploring the consequences of a magic system I previously posted.
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Summary of the said ability,
Short version, Non Euclidian movement by being caught up in a current, like a wave of water, gust of wind or Seismic Vibrations
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Long verison, Expert Surfers delude themselves into thinking that they don't move on the waves of the water... The surface beneath them itself distorts... Various cureent as if vibrations on still water... They merely predict and maneuver these distortions, choosing to ride the waves that would transport them as desired.
After a key event, Delusion starts leaking into reality, ONLY if the belief isn't contradicted within self...
Stuff happens
Younger generations assume the wind also does the same... And with this idea taking hold... It actually start happening so!!! They experience being moved by the wind itself!! Even on land!
Some even assume their own motion, that is walking or any movement, adds to these distortions... Until they learn to ride their own induced vibrations on the environment around them.
Like leaping further with seismic vibrations from their strides, or turning faster as they now maneuver a gust of wind.
Basically Non Euclidian movement.
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Consequences!
Recognising any type of vibration as a wave means the user is forced to maneuver it... Be it as simple as the rustling of leaves minutely changing...
If they fail to maneuver it, the wave 'splashes' over them... The area of the body that got 'splashed' fails to be recognised by the nervous system... Temporarily ofcourse!
The effect is like a local neural information packet loss... They lose sensation over that area. If the area is big enough... The user experiences motor function loss, like an induced phantom limb... The limb or patch of skin is still there... They just aren't in sync with the users locomotive functions. Causing dissonance.
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After a given time, could be second or minutes, the effected area's neural information 'snaps' back... giving a glitch like effect to the user.
Wave Riders!!!
This is a magic system I thought up today... It's a subset of many such, that I wish to explore in my current just conceptual world
tl;dr - Non Euclidian movement by being caught up in a current, like a wave of water, gust of wind or Seismic Vibrations
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The oceanic people used their surfboard to ride waves, and travel between island
They predict the waves and expertly maneuver them with intention. The experienced folk describe their craft not just as moving on the surface of water... Instead, they say it's as if their position on the surface of water beneath then has shifted...
Imagine standing still, and the oceans itself below your legs... moves!!! And these people have learnt to maneuver its distortions!
This analogy is purely mental... as for now that is.
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A key event happens in the story... After which, it is now possible for one's mental subjective simulations to leak into reality... But only when he truly believes in the idea, and has no contradictions within him for it.
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The newer generation of the oceanic people, hearing legends of such surfboard experts... Claim to have felt as if the wind also influences this movement... Like it's another factor that influences their position in these distorted waters...
Is it a placebo? Is it true but almost negligible? Is it confirmation bias? Or is it the small sample space? Or is this Cherry Picking Data? Hystaria?
Anyway, as the idea spreads and grows more stories, the idea taking root and form, it starts happening.
They slowly start experiencing the wind carry them, start maneuvering it, predicting it, even when not on the surface of water.
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At some point seismic vibrations too, and tapping of their feet also makes a vibration which they experience. Using it to run faster in large leaps, accelerate faster, turn sharper, dodge instantaneously.
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Adding more with the ocean theme, I can explore their surfboard being riddled with ocean parasites, barnacle layering could be then perceived as a symbol of acknowledgement or idk... Status and experience?
Shells, washed up minerals, opaque or transparent rocks, transparent rocks? What if they make makeshift glasses!!! if the lens have curvature, they might feel their field of view being stretched... Maybe start using them too? Alongside their strides... To leaps even longer?
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So ya, thats it, as for now, I haven't fleshed it out, cause I didnt have much ideas converging or overlapping...
Wave Riders!!!