[X][Experiment] Attempt to Reverse/Repair an object we used Upgrade on. See if it can undo Upgrade.
Reverse
can undo upgrades. Unfortunately, you don't get the expended power back afterward.
[x] [Experiment] Upgrade: Keyboards (or other input peripherals) are an information-theoretic pipeline between your brain and your computer. Higher bandwidth and lower latency are better.
…?
Failure.
[x] [Experiment] Upgrade: Shoes are for moving. Flight is better movement than walking.
??? (>.<)'
Failure.
[X][Experiment] Use Analysis on the
TV computer. Specifically, when it's showing Capes using their powers.
=/
You have the vague feeling you'd have better luck with a significantly better method of viewing and/or recording. The on-screen footage seems to be missing at least one important piece of information.
Probably more.
[X] [Experiment] The boots of blink are intended for travel between one place and another. They would function better if they weren't limited by distance. Upgrade.
(^.^)
The chain
almost seems valid. Tweaking it to "longer range" works out better.
[X] [Experiment] Spend a minute walking around the house, being careful to avoid retracing your steps wherever possible. Then reverse yourself by thirty seconds before trying to reverse yourself to fifteen seconds. This will determine if you can adjust where in your power's thirty second window an object/person is.
(>_< ) ( >_<)
When you try this, you end up sending your body back fifty-two seconds. Further uses of Reverse only send you further back.
Even more testing reveals that Reverse seldom goes back the exact amount you'd intended, instead adding or subtracting up to twenty-five percent. Aiming for four seconds will instead send you back three to five.
[X][Experiment] Overdrive a small, transparent glass bead and <test whether non-powered items can be target of overdrive>
You're able to use Overdrive on the bead without incident. It would be a bit odd if you weren't able to do so; Overdrive's primary purpose is to increase the magnitude of upgrades at the cost of destroying affected objects at the end of that time.
-[X] Have one of sister attempt to damage her in some small way to test Immune. <check whether Immune works>
Invulnerability remains intact. It seems you just need to use Overdrive on something to gain that particular benefit.
-[X] Jump from 2m down to check if legs hurts on impact. <check whether self-induced environmental hazard are accounted by Immune>
You find yourself forced downward upon landing. Apart from that, you take no damage.
-[X] Punch a wall to check if fists hurts on impact. <check it side-effects of actions are accounted by Immune>
You head out to the backyard and punch the stone walkway instead. Once again, you can feel the impact. It just doesn't damage you.
-[X] Try to Borrow glass bead transparency property. <test whether non-powered property of item can be target of Borrow>
! >:(
Distant anger makes itself known somewhere far behind the back of your skull. You quickly move on, not sure what your power found offensive about the idea.
-[X] Try to Upgrade bead transparency to near-invisibility and Borrow near-invisibility property. <test whether we can cheat into getting invisibility>
:)
With the help of Overdrive, you're able to turn the bead invisible without any problems. Even though you
think borrowing that particular property was successful, you don't see any difference in the appearance of your own body. Waving your hand in front of Celes's face confirms that you're still perfectly visible and earns you a light slap on the wrist.
Meanwhile, the anger quickly fades, replaced by happiness and… something odd? You get the feeling your power wants to pat you on the head, possibly with a side dose of praise.
I'm not four or a dog.
:(
The feeling vanishes, leaving you feeling like you'd kicked a small puppy. You rub at your forehead with one palm and quietly sigh, earning a worried look from Celes. You wave her back to the show.
...Um, I'm sorry?
>_>
Really, I am. I'm not used to new people trying to convey that sort of thing, not without some unpleasant (and often creepy) ulterior motive.
… :3
<3
[x] [Experiment] Reverse: Test it on yourself, make sure you know how to deal with the disorientation.
Mom already spent quite a bit of time on teaching you and Celes how to function under the effects of vertigo, dizziness, blurry vision, phantom noises, abrupt changes in scenery, and other sensory betrayals. Thanks to all that, you get the feeling Skye is going to be the only one in need of supplementary Reverse adaptation.
[x] [Experiment] Upgrade: A key's purpose is to open doors. Opening more doors would be better. Upgrade.
While you don't feed it enough power to actually see the effects, the chain seems to be valid.
[x] [Experiment] Upgrade: Maps are intended to represent the world. Better maps are more up-to-date.
Upgrade until it's near-realtime.
>_>
Failure? You feel like you're close-ish...
[X] [Experiment] Boots of Blink allow you to teleport through space. Space and Time are the same so the boots should allow you to teleport through time. Upgrade.
??? =S
Failure.
[X] [Experiment] Changeling Garb is designed to be comfortable in all natural weather. Firestorms are a natural kind of weather so it should protect against the extreme heat of a firestorm. Upgrade.
Valid chain.
[X] [Experiment] Visit a random wikipedia page you've never read and scroll through it without reading it. Then try and see if you can recall the page well enough to read it's content.
You can, albeit at your normal reading speed.
[X] [Experiment] Try and remember what you had for breakfast 17 days ago. This will help determine if Record has been retroactively applied or if it only applies to new memories.
You can't remember. It would seem Record is only going to record new ones.
[X] [Experiment] Find an image of a "Where's Wally" map. Glance over it once and then try and find Wally based solely off your memory of the map.
As with the wiki page, you're successful. It still takes just as much time to parse the memory as it would to search the poster.
[X] [Experiment] Learn enhances your Analysis and Comprehend abilities; both of which work by extrapolating data from observations. Generate a couple hundred numbers with a pseudorandom number generator and see if Learn will help you extrapolate the following numbers or even the generation method the PRNG uses.
@.@
...I have no idea what I'm doing.
You're ultimately forced to admit defeat. A quick test proves that your pattern recognition is certainly better than it used to be, but not to that extent.
[X] [Experiment] Find the oldest thing in the house that isn't in peak condition that your parents wouldn't mind you experimenting with. Try and use Repair to restore it to peak condition. This will give you an idea if there is some kind of upper limit on how old damage Repair can Repair.
!!! T_T
Acting on vague urges from your power, you stop yourself from repairing the century-old vase. You get the feeling you'd be successful, but it'd drain your entire Repair pool for the day and still wouldn't be finished.
