Ah, there's a reason for that. My powers are both mana-based and I host a powerful empathy with that. Not truly psychic but I can drain off emotional energy to help people cope from strong memories.
So, you can only take bits of people's shadows- I mean, their emotional energy? That'd explain why it felt like I was eating many shadows at once instead of just yours...
I basically see any negative emotional energy as a sort of shadowy form.
Re: [locked]hack_ratSeptember 11 2010, 07:35:20 UTC
Really?
God, I must look like a mess then... I can see the tier iv attached to me in my reflection every morning.
I need to take the energy. Granted, I don't normally take such strong shadows, usually small ones, ones people forget they have with a bump of a shoulder, and apology, and a complement for good measure.
Normal food doesn't provide me with any nutrition. Instead I need to eat these shadows. So... yeah... I guess that helps to explain why I'm so skinny. I hate eating. Every time I eat, I get to fight down someone else's negative emotions.
Oh no. Alex, are you all right? I heard about a commotion in Med Bay earlier, but I wasn't sure what had caused it.
...what exactly did you feel? I don't think I should feel violated, as my emotions were already plainly displayed in my face and voice when you found me, but I'm not sure how much detail shadows retain.
Re: [Locked]hack_ratSeptember 11 2010, 05:48:36 UTC
I'll be okay. I was apparently not doing so well, but I'm up and around. The medical staff here has great stuff for pain, which has really made moving around doable. It's not like I'll re-injure myself, but I have cuts everywhere, even the bottom of my feet. Honestly, I got away with less injuries than I expected...
I just felt, well, basically what you were feeling, but it was mixed in with the feelings of so many others. They don't retain much detail of the source... It's a bit like looking at an object out of focus. You can tell what it is, but details are really hard to grasp. I was able to piece together a bit more because of our conversation.
I just hope to see that shadow go away soon. I don't like seeing people in pain even more than I dislike the shadows themselves.
You really don't seem like the kind of person who deserves any pain like that.
Re: [Locked]hack_ratSeptember 11 2010, 07:29:50 UTC
It's important to find a balance of time to take. If you just rush through, it will actually make the shadow worse.
It's fine, really, I mean, I'm not exactly that great with being face to face.
I mean, with mine, it's been around so long, it doesn't attack any shadow eaters. I think it understands that we know that, well, I guess if someone ripped it from me, it would basically shatter my personality.
That, and for some reason, the shadows of shadow eaters act rather differently anyway. They don't attack shadow eaters. I guess they know something we don't, or feel comfortable in their own power, or something...
Either way, I generally feel more comfortable talking with a computer- or in this case an omnicomm- as a sort of filter. It just makes me more relaxed I guess.
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I basically see any negative emotional energy as a sort of shadowy form.
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Yeah, I can see emotional energy too. Looks like an aura.
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God, I must look like a mess then... I can see the tier iv attached to me in my reflection every morning.
I need to take the energy. Granted, I don't normally take such strong shadows, usually small ones, ones people forget they have with a bump of a shoulder, and apology, and a complement for good measure.
Normal food doesn't provide me with any nutrition. Instead I need to eat these shadows. So... yeah... I guess that helps to explain why I'm so skinny. I hate eating. Every time I eat, I get to fight down someone else's negative emotions.
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...what exactly did you feel? I don't think I should feel violated, as my emotions were already plainly displayed in my face and voice when you found me, but I'm not sure how much detail shadows retain.
Thanks again, Alex. The reminder's important.
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I just felt, well, basically what you were feeling, but it was mixed in with the feelings of so many others. They don't retain much detail of the source... It's a bit like looking at an object out of focus. You can tell what it is, but details are really hard to grasp. I was able to piece together a bit more because of our conversation.
I just hope to see that shadow go away soon. I don't like seeing people in pain even more than I dislike the shadows themselves.
You really don't seem like the kind of person who deserves any pain like that.
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I'm working through my pain, don't worry. I don't want to rush to normalize it, but it's not healthy to go on like this without coping either.
...thanks, Alex, but you don't deserve it either. It's unfair that you alone have to cope with shadows, that you can't even reach out to us.
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It's fine, really, I mean, I'm not exactly that great with being face to face.
I mean, with mine, it's been around so long, it doesn't attack any shadow eaters. I think it understands that we know that, well, I guess if someone ripped it from me, it would basically shatter my personality.
That, and for some reason, the shadows of shadow eaters act rather differently anyway. They don't attack shadow eaters. I guess they know something we don't, or feel comfortable in their own power, or something...
Either way, I generally feel more comfortable talking with a computer- or in this case an omnicomm- as a sort of filter. It just makes me more relaxed I guess.
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