On the Darkside Stranger Things Verse
Stranger Things Verse, in this verse Severus's mother was a part of a project know simply as Pandora, much like the organization that was attempting to break into the Upside Down. Pandora was attempting to make people who could simple traverse it without having to shatter walls, they were only remotely successful. Those that could go...never returned. being experimented upon to unlock unused portions of the brain induced terrible headaches, and hemorrhaging. These were to be considered normal, and people were on hand to help, to heal the problems at hand.
Severus discovered that he could read minds, or shelter them. This could be extended to others if he tried hard. He could hear the Upside Down, he could listen to people trapped get devoured. It was shocking and gave a young Severus severe night-terrors and anger issues. He would lash out if he could. The fact that the older he grew the more potent his mind reading because, he didn't have to push to know when something was up. The problem was one to many deaths in the project. Secretly funded by a branch of the Government and it needed to be terminated.
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His mother, was a reacher, someone who could enter the Upside Down and they sent her on a mission she never returned from. Severus, can not reach his mother but he can when he is closed off to everything else reach her and speak to her. She has become something of an oddity, she has survived over there and might be thriving adapting, though he can not imagine at what cost. Severus, is looking for a way in to save her.
He has some potent abilties most well known is he can Read Minds, he can influence thoughts make people think they thought something, or make them act in a certain way. He can Block minds, which means he can make it so there is no active thought, or presence of person there. This has helped him when he was hunted by those who terminated the project. Lastly he is a telekinetic of no small fame. He can use it to lift himself from the ground, or to toss things, but he's only recently been developing this ability. His occupation in this setting is a Professor of Psychology (& Chemistry) teaching others to open their minds. he does circuits usually traveling mostly so he can avoid anyone that the Corp might send after him. He is under no illusions that they will want him, or want him dead. As one of the few still existing members of Pandora Project.
