and when i breathed, my breath was lightening.

smoke.

dissociation. this and neon are two of the most detrimental to delsin in the long run, where continued use of using their respective abilities to make up long distances leads to a more prolonged sense of detachment from the self. delsin primarily struggles with this post reggie’s death, and in any evil karma setting, is also still a struggle as a means of numbing the consequences of having killed so many people in his quest to dethrone augustine. mild to severe vertigo can sometimes accompany orbital drops early on, depending on how high he goes.

neon.

as mentioned briefly above, dissociation is also a cause for concern whenever delsin exerts his power over neon, particularly in how he can break into a dash and go on for however long he wants to, provided he remains uninterrupted. because delsin can dash along almost indeterminately, the recovery time is dependent upon just how extensively he’s used it, in addition to early headaches and eyestrain, both when he first acquires neon as well as the initial transition from whatever power he’s using over to neon. above all else, neon leaves delsin with the most pervasive feeling of detachment.

video.

eyestrain is also a prominent concern with video, as well as onset nausea and mild to severe vertigo, very similar to the effects of an orbital drop. depersonalization also accompanies repeated use of video, though it doesn’t quite recall the same detriment as both neon and smoke, both of which shift to accompany a different molecular state of being and are much more jarring for it, but the hard light projections that delsin has at his disposal very much questions his handle on reality until he can take some time to readjust to the world around him.

concrete.

fatigue. this is the biggest one, as concrete puts a core strain on his muscles due to how comparatively weighty it is, being the heaviest of his power set. it also leaves him feeling claustrophobic early on, even when he’s never really been very claustrophobic to begin with.