#abilities.

gradient   attacks   are   incredibly   powerful   moves   the   main   squad   can   begin unlocking   in   act   two.   each   character   can   have   upwards   of   three   possible   move   sets   ,   each   one   unlocking   after   story   events   or   when   leveling   up   a   relationship.   gustave   did   not   have   the   opportunity   to   gain   gradient   attacks   due   to   the   nature   of   his   storyline   ,   but   if   he   was   given   the   opportunity to gain these skills   ,   here   is   the   list   of   moves   he   would   of   had.

first   gradient   attack   ﹙   1   AP   /   DPS   ﹚   ﹕   thunderdome. second   gradient   attack   ﹙   2   AP   /   CC   ﹚   ﹕   double   strike. final   gradient   attack   ﹙   3   AP   /   AoE   ﹚   ﹕   legacy.

thunderdome   ﹕   medium   single   target   lightening   damage.   one   hit. an attack that cascades down on an enemy , enveloping them in a thunderous like cage of destruction.   acquired   shortly   after   healing   from   renoir's   attack at stone wave cliffs. the   survival   of   the   encounter   only   further   affirms   gustave's   need   to   protect   maelle   ,   as   well   as   the   rest   of   his   friends   on   the   expedition   team.

double   strike   ﹕   high   lightening   damage.   hits   based   on   number   of   charges.   can   break.   leaves   target   stunned   for   two   turns.   gustave leaps up into the air & punches the enemy in question when making this move , the shock shaking the target with each hit stacking in damage. acquired   after   spending   time   with   gustave   in   the   camp   ,   gaining   his   trust   &   slowly   stirring   up   a   friendship   &   sharing common   ground   over   their   need   to   take   on   the   paintress.

If she reverts to her base components it looks very similar to the chromatic liquid of the fluidic terminator.

This does also mean that she can choose and change her form. She prefers the one she has chosen and as she typically presents herself and it requires a conscious decision to reformat her shape. Ie, if she is asleep etc she will still be in her human form.

She does breathe, she can eat and drink, but these are not necessary for her. She automatically filters out poisons, disease, toxins, chemical warfare type particles etc on a cellular level. She can simply choose not to breathe if she’s in danger of “drowning” or suffocation. She doesn’t require food or water but can enjoy them and can gain energy from them. She can also gain energy from kinetic, electric, solar, radiation etc and can basically transform any kind of energy into raw energy her cells are powered from.

She can be knocked unconscious by a massive electric strike such as would happen with a lightning strike or a concentrated enough emp burst; her cells are shielded from a certain amount of an electromagnetic pulse but at a high enough level she could be knocked temporarily unconscious. Her body would continue its basic programmed function. Ie, she’d still appear as an unconscious human.

She can communicate with other computers and technology based equipment that has any form of WiFi / Bluetooth etc that she can hack into. This can be on a global level including satellites but the further she’s extending her reach and the more she’s trying to absorb and communicate through at any given time the more she has to concentrate to the point that she may go unresponsive and seem to be unconscious or otherwise entirely unaware of her surroundings. Depending on the level of technology of whatever universe she is in, she’s generally going to be one of the most elite forms of technology with some exceptions being Doctor Who where there are many many more potentially advanced species depending, BSG, Stargate, etc. some Star Trek societies, some Halo tech, etc, WestWorld depending on season and so on.

If there is no wireless connection, if she can get a hard wired connection, ie, some nanites into the machine, it acts as a hot spot and allows her to connect.

Also, she can lend nanites to act as antibodies to help someone else fight an infection or disease, or to help form temporary”cybernetics” prosthetics / duplications of blood, limbs, organs, etc as a last ditch effort to keep someone alive until they can receive proper care. This is something she does very, very rarely as it obviously reveals the true nature of what she is and raises a lot of questions and leads to potential risks to herself / whoever she tries to help etc depending on the circumstances … and she’s had experiences where her true nature coming out ruins even very close relationships.

Precognition.

The ability to see the possible future(s) of a person, place or thing.

Postcognition.

The ability to see the past of a person, place or thing.

True Sight.

Reese has the ability to see someone's true nature whether they are glamoured or in possession of a body that is not their own etc. This may present as aspects, such as horns, wings, halos, or something else that her mind can interpret as to represent the true nature of the creature she's observing. She generally, again, believes these to be hallucinations and strives to ignore them though what she sees is typically incorporated into the drawings / paintings that she does of those that she sees.

Psychometry.

By touching something, someone, a place, an item etc. that is connected to an emotionally charged event she may see glimpses of that event. This is usually the past but may sometimes be of an event that has not yet occurred. She typically believes this to be another manifestation of a mental illness and or a sensory issue and is one of a few reasons that she typically wears elbow length gloves and keeps the majority of her skin covered.

Dreamwalking.

This ability is typically restricted to those that operate on a higher mental, spiritual or psychic level; meaning supernatural entities, deities, non-humans, other psychics etc. She is not generally aware of what she sees, where she visits, who she connects to or how she believes them to be aspects of her diagnosis or imagination. She does tend to be drawn back to the same dreamscapes often, at least for those that do not have their own dream lands warded or protected, etc. She may, on occasion, connect with those that she is close to, emotionally, but these instances are far less common. She rarely remembers much other than fragmented images or snippets of conversation. The places and people she sees in her dreams are often subjects of her drawings and art.

Divine Touch (Immortality).

While Reese is not (typically) aware of this fact, she has been touched by a divine entity and blessed / cursed with predestination meaning that until she has completed the task or feat that she is destined for, she is unable to die. This does not preclude her from sustaining damage, however. She simply does not die / stay dead from injuries that would otherwise be fatal. In cases of systemic / traumatic damage she remains in a comatose state until her body has healed to the point that it is functional again. She does heal at an accelerated rate and the more traumatic the initial injury the quicker her body will initially recover until she has regained a more regulated state. She can scar and her body does show signs of previous trauma sustained but the more severe injuries tend to heal at a rapid enough rate to prevent scarring or permanent damage.

Cryomancy

The manipulation of water molecules, particularly the ability to shape and drop the temperature of water (in the air, in the ground, bodies of water, in living beings that have water in their biological makeup etc etc) to below freezing temperatures at incredibly high rates. More info to come.

𝟶𝟶𝟷. 𝔞𝔟𝔦𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔦𝔢𝔰.

enhanced tracking » pin points exact location of target. overpowered by stronger scents, losing scents of ordinary things.

So I gathered fistfuls / of  ash, dark as ink, / hammered them / into marrow, into / a skull thick / enough to keep / the gentle curse / of  dreams. 

                                                ⸺ Essay on Craft, Ocean Vuong (2014)