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Short Twin Interlude + More SCIENCE!
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    • Partial vote-lock:​
    [X] Twin Sister
    -[X] Cooperative

    While you were off experimenting and figuring out the properties of different powers, your twin was having the time of her life trying to populate a new planet. Sure, it was still mostly barren wasteland, but it was the thought that counted! And if this place didn't end up fading after she'd gained her powers, she'd have a wonderful little pocket universe to return to. If it did fade, well, at least she was having fun.

    Transport me to the closest area that I haven't populated with critters yet~ okay, now make it into a desert. And populate it with all the plant and animal species earth would have. Undo my last command. Please populate this desert with all the plant and animal species a desert from my earth would have. Thank you. Oooh, and bring a fennec fox here for snuggles! ...Okay, make it more snuggle-able.

    Grant me an ability with which I can come back here later. No? Okay, worth a try. For now, bring me domesticated desert kittens! Or make a domesticated desert kitten and then bring it to me, I guess? ...Now I want a kitty in real life. Can this place give me kitties I R L ? If so, do so. But not desert kitties, have it be something that could actually be comfortable and happy in the climate we live in. Okay, okay, I'll pet you, you adorable little furball. Oo's a cyoot wittle foxie? It's you! Yes you are! Yes you are!
    ​
    We now return to our regularly scheduled SCIENCE!​

    ==> move the shape with the most amount of colors to show itself before you in a visible to humans spectrum

    Failure.


    ==>Compare 3-sided shape with 4-sided shape of same brightness, and five and so on (basically, see if powers grow weaker as sides increase)

    It would appear the opposite is true, actually. The more sides a shape of a given brightness has, the more likely each possibility is going be stronger.


    ==>Compare strengths of connected shape vs unconnected shape of the same brightness

    They appear approximately the same, the former just comes with additional secondary powers as extra perks.


    ==>Sort powers by similarity to powers already present in capes in the outside world

    Failure.


    ==>Move powers that can only be used to harm (injure, kill, etc, with little/no potential unharmful effects) to one side

    Failure, but you're not sure if it's due to an invalid command or if there simply aren't any powers of that kind.


    ==>Try to view powers with ecolocation/sonar

    This works, and works in a really weird way. You're now able to feel extra colors within each shape, which usually feel like differently-colored streaks. You try not to think too hard about that.


    ==>Arrange clusters (connected powers) by overall dimness

    You note that the fewer extra additions to a power there are, the better the odds are of each individual addition being more powerful.


    ==>Move forward all powers labeled with greater or above in description

    Failure. No note this time.


    ==> Look at an overlapping description in four- or five-dimensional space. Very temporarily, so you don't break your brain.

    Fourth-dimensional space remains as stubborn and confusing as always, but fifth-dimensional space didn't obey your orders. Which is to say, it did something, but didn't do what it should have.

    Each power with more than one option now has a single-word description overlapping the same space as it, even if you move them around. You're still able to read said word without any difficulty despite the overlap.


    ==>Bring forth the dimmest power with >1 connection. >3? 5? 20? More?

    Failure.


    ==> Ask for the twenty dimmest white shapes. Then ask for the twenty white shapes with the most connections. See if there's any overlap, and examine the descriptions of any shapes that do.

    Two of them overlap, with core-powers of Offense and Enhancement. The former has red streaks running through it, while the latter has blue, green, brown, and orange streaks.


    ==>Examine the twenty dimmest blue shapes.

    In order, starting from the dimmest:

    Caution. Thought. Foresight. Analysis. Detection. Reasoning. Communication. Understanding. Archive. Another "Thought". Mastery. Study. Intellect. Tutor. Counsel. Preparation. History. Another "Reasoning". Meditation. Dream.


    ==>Examine the brightest white shape.

    It's a triangle labeled "protection." Sonar lets you detect a single blue streak in it.

    Block one fatal attack every sixty seconds or guard one other from all attacks for ten seconds or know when one other person is being attacked so long as they are within 100 feet.
    ​

    ==> summon an avatar containing the mind of the collective unconscious of everything occupying this place except yourself.

    Failure, but you get another note.

    "Okay, nobody in this reality has tried that before. Have another hint."

    You flip it over just to be sure, but once again, there's nothing else.

    ​
    ==> Bring forward all powers whose description refer to "other powers".

    Failure.


    ==> Bring forward all powers whose description refer to "returning to this place".
    Failure.


    ==> Create coloured lines connecting powers according to interaction

    Success, maybe? Rainbow lines led from each power to every other one. They didn't quite touch on either end. You had to reverse the process so you could actually see individual shapes again.


    ==> Create a key describing the line colours

    Failure.
     
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    • Information Gathered:
    Color: Supertype of power

    Brown: Improvement. Making your own body slightly better, adjusting the bodies of others, shape-shifting, biological healing, etc.

    Green: Summoning. Creating projections or pulling material from other realities falls under this category.

    Blue: Mental effects. An increase in mental processing speed, multi-tasking ability, supernatural awareness, enhanced knowledge, etc.

    Purple: Controlling or sensing the minds of others. Empathy, animal control, mind-based stealth, memory removal or modification, etc.

    Red: Environmental effects. Hydrokinesis, thermokinesis, telekinesis, gravity control, etc.

    Orange: Movement. Teleportation, portal-making, superspeed, etc.

    Silver: Creation, whether it be mechanical, robotic, or even of living creatures. This includes mad differently normal scientists.

    Gold: Breaking the laws of reality more than usual. Flight that doesn't obey momentum, imposing alternate laws of reality in a given area, etc.

    White: Conceptual abilities. Healing, the ability to see through anything, invulnerability that can block any attack regardless of strength, etc.

    Black: Stealth abilities. Invisibility, silent movement, turning ethereal, etc.

    Brightness= Intensity of power (dimmer=more intense)
    Number of sides= # of potential applications

    These are positively correlated: abilities with more potential applications are also more powerful on average.

    Connections= # of secondary/sub powers

    This has no influence on the power of the main ability - thus, powers with connections are strictly superior to those without. However, the lower the number of secondary abilities, the more powerful they are on average.

    Conclusion:
    Once we pick a color, we'll want to balance choosing the dimmest one, the one with the least sides (more control over the power we get), and the one with the most/dimmest connections.

    Still to be investigated:
    • Volume: Dim shapes appear to be smaller on average. What does size signify?
    • Multicolor: Some abilities have "streaks" of other colors. What impact does this have, other than signifying their compatibility with multiple ability supertypes?
     
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    Okay, the misinterpretation here was my fault, so:

    Redshirt Army said:
    Number of sides= # of applications
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    Number of possible forms the power can take upon being chosen, actually. For example, a brown triangle could give you enhanced hearing or enhanced sight or enhanced touch, but with that description, it wouldn't give you all three. A description of "enhanced senses" might.


    This has no influence on the power of the main ability - thus, powers with more connections are strictly superior to those without.
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    Not quite. Powers with any number of connections are superior to those without even a single one, but within the sub-set of powers with connections, having more means that each secondary power is likely to be weaker.
     
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    Redshirt Army said:
    Conclusion:
    Once we pick a color, we'll want to balance choosing the dimmest one, the one with the most sides, and the one with the most connections.
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    We may not want to maximize connections, if only for ease of use though. Also, variety of colors of the connections is probably more useful than number of connections ie.- Having at least one option for a wide variety of situations vs having lots of options in a close up fight but no ranged abilities. We also kind of want to minimize sides, at least to the point where we can possess complete knowledge of the set of possible powers and deem all of them acceptable.
     
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    We may not want to maximize connections, if only for ease of use though. Also, variety of colors of the connections is probably more useful than number of connections ie.- Having at least one option for a wide variety of situations vs having lots of options in a close up fight but no ranged abilities. We also kind of want to minimize sides, at least to the point where we can possess complete knowledge of the set of possible powers and deem all of them acceptable.
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    Yeah, I misunderstood the meaning of having a large number of sides. For the rest, though, sub-powers seem to follow the same rules as regular powers, so we want to maximize the number of subpowers, dimness of subpowers, and variety of subpowers.

    Given that both sight beyond the visible spectrum and sonar revealed more information, I wonder if additional sensory forms or intentional synesthesia will provide any hints?
     
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    ==> Bring forward all powers which, upon being received, would allow one to remain and recieve still more powers.

    ==> Bring forward all powers which would allow the creation or copying of other powers.

    ==> Bring forward all powers which would allow one to influence other powers .

     
    ==> Attempt to sense powers with thermoception. (Temperature)
    ==> Attempt to sense powers with mechanoreception. (Vibration)
    ==> Attempt to sense powers with electroreception. (Electric Fields)
    ==> Attempt to sense powers with magnetoreception. (Magnetic Fields)
     
    ==> Ask for the Progenitor to please reveal himself and quit leaving notes, it's impolite

    ==> If the Progenitor doesn't show up or leaves another note, manifest a human being exactly identical to the Progenitor in the process of hiccuping

    ==> Try to make a connection between two powers
     
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    So here's what I'm thinking. Separate each base supertypes of ability. Put them in order along one axis by brightness, by another, right-angle axis by number of sides, and by a third axis perpendicular to both prior axis by number of connections.

    This can be done through a series of simple operations, so we won't run into the multi-part clause ban.

    This way, outliers (powers of unusual specificity or number of sub- abilities) can easily be spotted through basic observation - we'll probably end up with ~5 powers of note in each category, and can then go through each one of those in detail.

    ==> Inform me of any kind of time limit in place in this realm.
     
    Voting is finally LOCKED. Well, uh... this is an interesting lil' family we got here. Counted it in several different ways and it still came up exactly like this each time.

    Parents:

    [X] Enchanter: One of your parents can use their abilities to make the guidelines of physics cry in a corner. They insist their abilities follow specific rules, but since their creations can't be replicated, who can tell?
    -[X] Mother
    -[X] Villain: This parent uses their abilities to commit actions frowned upon by the law.
    --[X] Serious: They get in, complete their objective, and get out. No fuss, no shenanigans.

    [X] Abomination of Nature and Humanity: One of your parents is a living monstrosity who is fully capable of causing mass chaos, destruction, and death upon the unsuspecting world.
    -[X] Father
    -[X] Hero: This parent uses their abilitiesto fight crime or otherwise has helping humanity as their primary goal.
    --[X] Silly: They enjoy their job waaaay too much. "STOP RIGHT THERE, CRIMINAL SCUM!"


    Sibling:

    [X] Twin Sister
    -[X] Cooperative

    You:

    [x] Female

    [x] Age: 16

    [x] Name: Evelyn

    Portrait suggestions are open. Next post will be some backstory for your family; we'll vote for which appearance to select out of the suggested options then.
     
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    Alivaril said:
    Grant me an ability with which I can come back here later. No? Okay, worth a try. For now, bring me domesticated desert kittens! Or make a domesticated desert kitten and then bring it to me, I guess? ...Now I want a kitty in real life. Can this place give me kitties I R L ? If so, do so.
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    I knew it ! Girl have kittens cooties.


    Uh. So much science. I don't know what to do anymore.
     
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    Create a piece of paper and a pen. Catalogue powers that you can read and separate them from those you can't figure out. Catalogue them by power and function.

    While you do that take a break. Summon some ice cream, some food you usually don't eat because it's fattening, put on some kickass background music and summon a visage of that boy you like.

    Roleplaying, HO! We should be more like our sister instead of doing science all the time. Being tired breaks concentration and can lead to mistakes.
     
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    So we tried sonar... how about a magnetic sense, taste, feel, mass, weight, gravitational attraction.... other?
     
    Have we attempted duplicating ourselves in the mindscape, yet?

    Eh, whatever, I've give it a shot.

    ==> Attempt to create a copy of yourself to help sort through powers.

    ==> Call forth any powers dealing with information analysis. Examine them for connection to other powers.

    ==> Organize powers into opposite pairs. See if you can establish a pattern as to what colors counter each other.

    ==> Attempt to organize powers by oldest to newest.

    ==> Attempt to change your avatar. See if changes in the avatar are reflected in how you process information. (If you add an extra pair of eyes, is it cosmetic, or does it actually provide info, etc.)

    ==> Can you enter a power to see what it's like from the inside?

    ==> Organize powers by commonality. Which powers are most used, which are least used. See if you can find a pattern or underlying reasoning.

    ==> See if you can bring forth the powers that your mother and father have. See if there is any connection between them, or between you and them.
     
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    ==> Create red arrows from powers to the powers they cancel the effect of

    ==> Create blue arrows from powers to the powers whose effects they can duplicate

    ==>Create green arrows from powers owned by those who have defeated another power owner in combat to powers of those they have defeated

    ==> Create orange lines between powers that are dangerous in combination

    ==> Create purple lines between powers with a synergistic effect on one another

    ==> Create red rings around powers owned by individuals defeated in combat

    ==> Create green rings around powers of those who have defeated others

    ==> Create pink rings around powers owned by our friends and family

    ==> Create orange rings around powers that have never before been seen

    ==> Create blue rings around powers that would allow one to continue receiving other powers

    ==> Create purple rings around powers that allow for the creation of other powers
     
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