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[Virtue inducement]
TL;DR: Eva Maria is able to see the which of seven virtues anyone defaults to. She is also able to send ‘waves’ of any virtue towards people, in different grades of intensity: she could send a bit of chastity towards someone and they would feel the need to stay away from anything with sexual undertones and temptation in general, or she could send them an overwhelming wave of it and they could cut their sexual organs because they thought them sinful.
Now let’s get deeper into it.
Let’s start by stating that Eva Maria knows… almost nothing about how her powers work so all stated here is my explanation and not her knowledge. She doesn’t really think her powers are a gift from god but the theory she’s working with is that they are some sort of pheromones. But that’s not it. Eva is actually a low range telepath: Unable to read minds or alter memories or that sort of handy tricks other telepaths in media can do (damn it), but able to alter the brain waves enough to shift their behavior.
When Eva Maria looks at someone she sees some sort of ‘aura’, like a glow around them that takes different colors depending on the person’s most prominent virtue. Each person gets a single virtue, even Saint-like people who give everything to others have one specific virtue that shines above all the others- and yes, they change depending on what the person is feeling like at the moment.The more virtuous that person is the brighter the color, and if they are a shameless sinner then Eva Maria hardly sees a glow at all.
And she is able to manipulate said brain-waves, forcing them to adapt into one of the virtues. She doesn’t change people’s personalities when she does this: Jack Harkness subjected to a wave of chastity would be the same sneaky character we all love, he’d simply be less likely to flirt and/or sleep around. The more she upped the wave the less he’d want to be involved in that kind of thing, until- well, the bad end I mentioned earlier. Jack could probably notice something was off, remember how he usually acted and wonder what was wrong with him- the influence doesn’t make people dumb, it just changes their impulses.
Sadly Eva Maria is always, always giving away some latent waves she can’t quite control, slowly but surely making everyone a better person simply by spending too much time around them. She’s never been around someone long enough to know if that could end up being dangerous, if she could drive someone to kill themselves for purity without even sending them any waves…. But she doesn’t particularly worry about that.
I’d leave to what point she’s able to influence another character to the other player.
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What virtue would be prominent on your character?:
Can Eva use her powers on your character? If yes, to what level?:
Does your character have any sort of mental shields Eva could notice?
TL;DR: Eva Maria is able to see the which of seven virtues anyone defaults to. She is also able to send ‘waves’ of any virtue towards people, in different grades of intensity: she could send a bit of chastity towards someone and they would feel the need to stay away from anything with sexual undertones and temptation in general, or she could send them an overwhelming wave of it and they could cut their sexual organs because they thought them sinful.
Now let’s get deeper into it.
Let’s start by stating that Eva Maria knows… almost nothing about how her powers work so all stated here is my explanation and not her knowledge. She doesn’t really think her powers are a gift from god but the theory she’s working with is that they are some sort of pheromones. But that’s not it. Eva is actually a low range telepath: Unable to read minds or alter memories or that sort of handy tricks other telepaths in media can do (damn it), but able to alter the brain waves enough to shift their behavior.
When Eva Maria looks at someone she sees some sort of ‘aura’, like a glow around them that takes different colors depending on the person’s most prominent virtue. Each person gets a single virtue, even Saint-like people who give everything to others have one specific virtue that shines above all the others- and yes, they change depending on what the person is feeling like at the moment.The more virtuous that person is the brighter the color, and if they are a shameless sinner then Eva Maria hardly sees a glow at all.
Similar to this, only not outing myself as a DC fan
This could be explained as some sort of… “Synesthesia”, even though the idea doesn’t quite fit. What she sees is how her own mind sees he brainwaves, but the aura isn’t actually there- what she actually perceives are the brain’s impulses. A person who might be naturally inclined to chastity, or diligence has a specific kind of impulses in their thoughts that her telepathic abilities feel, and the ‘aura’ is just her own brain ‘translating’ it into a visual and graphic aid. Like a synesthetic that sees colors when they hear certain numbers, Eva Maria sees colors when perceiving certain ideas.And she is able to manipulate said brain-waves, forcing them to adapt into one of the virtues. She doesn’t change people’s personalities when she does this: Jack Harkness subjected to a wave of chastity would be the same sneaky character we all love, he’d simply be less likely to flirt and/or sleep around. The more she upped the wave the less he’d want to be involved in that kind of thing, until- well, the bad end I mentioned earlier. Jack could probably notice something was off, remember how he usually acted and wonder what was wrong with him- the influence doesn’t make people dumb, it just changes their impulses.
Sadly Eva Maria is always, always giving away some latent waves she can’t quite control, slowly but surely making everyone a better person simply by spending too much time around them. She’s never been around someone long enough to know if that could end up being dangerous, if she could drive someone to kill themselves for purity without even sending them any waves…. But she doesn’t particularly worry about that.
I’d leave to what point she’s able to influence another character to the other player.
[Permissions]
What virtue would be prominent on your character?:
Can Eva use her powers on your character? If yes, to what level?:
Does your character have any sort of mental shields Eva could notice?
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