Who's to say what's truly normal? Warping a cognition isn't exclusive to us. Change a heart, cause a mental shutdown - all are done without specific powers. I may have neglected to mention this since it's the one thing you seem to lack, but ailments in the Metaverse work on a short term scale at a similar degree to both our abilities - brainwash, forget, rage, and a handful of others. It's all innate to that world, for obvious reason.
[Thank god MARUKI DOESN'T HAVE THAT, says local man who doesn't remember being confused over konbini store items.
Akechi hovers a few feet from shore, a few steps from Maruki and a few thoughts away from 'I don't mind learning about you in the ways that I usually do.'
It's best he stuck to himself for an interminable amount of time, rotting away in an apartment instead of being destroyed by the world around him. That attitude would have gotten him killed long before a mysterious voice appeared to save him.]
Powers can be honed too. Changed to the suit the need of the user, to an extent.
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The looming shadow of a megalomaniac consuming him while a sunset captures an entire city.
Promises whispered about utilization, using skills properly accompanied with offers of fame and fortune.
Praise uttered in an office that felt more valuable than all of it combined. Shido painted over his monstrous rot with a coat of fool's gold. Needed. Valued. Wanted.
Akechi can remember the moment with vivid clarity. The memories before and after too far away to muddle through.]
Even I had to be taught to use my abilities effectively in the beginning. The fact you're able to operate with such efficiency on your own puts you at a level above most. Who knows what your power may become someday and who knows what rival will set their eyes on you in the future. Nothing is 'normal' in that world.
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[Thank god MARUKI DOESN'T HAVE THAT, says local man who doesn't remember being confused over konbini store items.
Akechi hovers a few feet from shore, a few steps from Maruki and a few thoughts away from 'I don't mind learning about you in the ways that I usually do.'
It's best he stuck to himself for an interminable amount of time, rotting away in an apartment instead of being destroyed by the world around him. That attitude would have gotten him killed long before a mysterious voice appeared to save him.]
Powers can be honed too. Changed to the suit the need of the user, to an extent.
[
The looming shadow of a megalomaniac consuming him while a sunset captures an entire city.
Akechi can remember the moment with vivid clarity. The memories before and after too far away to muddle through.]Promises whispered about utilization, using skills properly accompanied with offers of fame and fortune.
Praise uttered in an office that felt more valuable than all of it combined. Shido painted over his monstrous rot with a coat of fool's gold. Needed. Valued. Wanted.
Even I had to be taught to use my abilities effectively in the beginning. The fact you're able to operate with such efficiency on your own puts you at a level above most. Who knows what your power may become someday and who knows what rival will set their eyes on you in the future. Nothing is 'normal' in that world.