May the city stay mesmerized in its sweet dream

In essence, corrosion is a slow and often agonizing process typically brought upon by the wearer being “unqualified” to wear the gear. The wearer’s personal virtues aren’t strong enough to withstand the EGO, so the EGO erodes at the person until it completely overtakes them and changes them into something mostly unrecognizable. Due to the nature of humans, each case of corrosion is essentially personalized, though the symptoms are consistent. Corrosion very rarely can happen in tools through pure exposure, but this is going to focus more on gear.

EGO corrosion has a lot of factors that play into how it progresses. Things such as the wearer’s level compared to the suit’s, the wearer’s personality and emotional state, and their “compatibility” with the suit in question can all contribute to corrosion. The end result isn’t another abnormality, or a minion of the abnormality the suit came from- corrosion happens regardless of whether or not the abnormality can form a minion, and the resulting monster cannot produce enkephalin and is very much so mortal. It comes in stages and the speed at which it progresses varies on the aforementioned factors.

For instance, if you gave an aleph suit to a clerk to wear, their corrosion would be rapid and incredibly painful to undergo. If you gave a lv 3 agent some gear just one step above their level, the corrosion would be a lot slower and easier to catch. While curing EGO corrosion is in theory easy, as all you have to do is remove the suit, the wearers are usually incredibly reluctant to do so. Corrosion has a psychological effect on its wearer that makes them unwilling to remove the suit or recognize that there is something wrong, whether it be for their own gain or protection. There comes a point too where the suit fuses to the wearer, and the only way to stop it is to kill them and destroy the suit.

Name: Seiro

Age: 28

Department: Control

Pronouns: He/they

Height: 5'8"

EGO: Lamp (suit & weapon), Hornet (gift), Harmony (gift)

Associated Abnos: Big Bird, Mirror of Adjustment

A formerly downtrodden and pessimistic employee that desperately wanted out of the corporation like many others. One day they seemingly changed their tune to a more upbeat and chipper persona, carrying out their tasks with a smile and being friendly with others. They’ve apparently forgotten overnight who their former friends were and don’t recognize some abnormalities they were assigned to, but their new attitude makes this a minor complaint in their busy department. Relaxed and somewhat aloof, Seiro gets along with most people with a lazy smile and works hard to ensure the safety of his department’s clerks. Overall, he’s become a model employee for Control.