A novel written by Christopher Grimmett for NaNoWriMo 2017. This was the first full 50,000 word novel I ever wrote.
Content Summary
A science fiction/fantasy world with mages and espers, mind hacking, strong language and violence. Some sexually suggestive humor and zany situations. (I’m drawing on years of research of ecchi harem anime. Woot!)
Mirrors
Astral Projections List
WARNING
Spoiler Alert!
Remote View A.K.A. HYPER-DRAGON-EYE
Allows the projector to see/feel things that are physically distant
Cryptic Isolation
An injection which pulls one’s personal reality into the personal reality of the projector. Injections are the most advanced class of projections because the creator must be aware of the other person’s personal reality, seizing it and making it part of their own. Using Cryptic Isolation on a stranger would be impossible, because the creator cannot know the stranger’s mindset. The better a creator knows the target, the more effective the injection.
Ionic Shock
A spherical blast of electricity. Multiple uses from static shock pranks to tazer-like nervous system interruption to electrocution executions.
Atomic Relegation
Used to synthesize materials. Marth uses it to create a giant pickaxe, and the school’s uniform.
Resonant Wave
A basic projection which has hundreds of applications. Resonant Wave uses vibration to affect a target. Resonant Wave can create a sound when a target material vibrates fast enough to reach it’s resonant frequency, or it can create heat as a result of target’s accelerated particles.
Pysical Translation
Teleportation. First mention was by Masked Esper on Subject 34 (Aldo)
Starry Notif
Remote notification method via Place Card. Takes the form of a painting of a stained glass window depicting a shooting star. By default, the place card becomes hot (up to 44 degrees) and lasts for 10 seconds. Place Card exploits apply.
Astral Inspection
Developed/used by Yoshida-sensei to perform a deep inspection of a person. Does not trigger Astral defense barriers, as it is a read-only operation. Can query muscles in the body, revealing experiences the mind hadn’t perceived. Takes the form of a large green eye on the forehead with actively squiggly eyelashes.
Burst of Embers
Pulsating flames. Many uses.
Place Cards
Not strictly a projection in itself, but a method to store ANY projection which can be traded, or used by the original projector.
Tsubasa’s place card magazine
Tsubasa’s combat loadout contains a partitioned pouch of five stacks of cards. Common for all Esper combatants, the cards are used to supplement her own abilities, allowing the Esper to project many times without a toll on their stamina.
- Stack Position 1 - ??? - A very common attack with multiple uses
- Stack Position 2 - ??? -
- Stack Position 3 - Burst of Embers - Fire-based pulsating flames
- Stack Position 4 - Blanks - Place cards containing a dud projection. Used for feints.
- Stack Position 5 - Bubble Shield - Creates a spherical shield from the top down.
Tsubasa uses the Place Card’s second projection slot to store a projection which acts as an initialization function. It can be different for different types of cards, but for Burst of Embers, Burst of Ember’s variables (intensity, delay before unsealing, and duration) are set depending on how Tsubasa throws the card. arm extension equals intensity. speed of finger flick equals delay before unsealing. rotation of wrist twist equals duration of burst.)
Emminential Provenance
The projection used to seal a second projection in a place card.
Etherial Void
A sphere of purple/black which erases anything it touches. WMD if expanded largely.