You Wouldn't Pirate a Big Pseudobro

Dec 03 18:07:51 <Aori_Radidjiu> We resume with Mayuri!  Claus and you have hit a local cafe to get some lunch, and you've both already ordered (you can fluff your order as you like).  Claus has eaten most o fhis club sandwich and is starting to slow down his eating.  "So, your Dad, right?  Anything you want to know in specific or do you want a good ramble on everything?"
Dec 03 18:15:21 <MayuriSakurada> Mayuri, it turns out, has a pretty ordinary order, for a Mayuri! Chicken sandwitch. "Uhm... about my dad? Or..."
Dec 03 18:16:38 <Aori_Radidjiu> "How we're related.  I don't know much about him personally."
Dec 03 18:17:35 <MayuriSakurada> "... hun? It's just some weird clone thing, isn't it?"
Dec 03 18:18:44 <Aori_Radidjiu> "It's...not really a clone.  I guess.  Basically your dad and some other guys got their DNA spliced into an artificial sperm that impregnated an artificial egg made from dna spliced from various mothers."
Dec 03 18:22:54 <MayuriSakurada> Mayuri looks pretty lost! Not being Lesieli does that to you.
Dec 03 18:23:16 <MayuriSakurada> "I don't think they got to that in school before I came to Wakino." ^^;
Dec 03 18:23:30 <Aori_Radidjiu> "...basically, I have multiple fathers and multiple mothers."
Dec 03 18:23:49 <Aori_Radidjiu> "Who all had their contribution to me cherry picked to be the best possible."
Dec 03 18:24:20 <Aori_Radidjiu> "At least, in the opinion of whoever spliced me up."
Dec 03 18:26:05 <Aori_Radidjiu> He adjusts his glasses a little.  "And yet somehow my eyes are still a bit bad."
Dec 03 18:28:57 <MayuriSakurada> Mayuri tilts her head a little. "Hun... But... if you aren't trying to, like, make a person, like, perfect, what did they go through all that trouble for?" ^^;
Dec 03 18:29:50 <Aori_Radidjiu> "They were after some rare traits, and I guess they didn't want me to be TOO perfect.  Or something.  The main traits being the whole 'Light type' thing."
Dec 03 18:33:38 <MayuriSakurada> How rare are psionics anyway? Do they run in families ever? (In the sense that you have a whole family of psionics)
Dec 03 18:33:47 <Aori_Radidjiu> "I think they also wanted me to be able to practice my abilities early, but they didn't want me manifesting Light right away, which was why they rigged me to initially develop as a typical telekinetic and then have it mutate into the prismatic stuff.  That's my theory on how I went how I did, anyway, and that's why I imagine they had to splice me so precisely?"
Dec 03 18:34:06 <Aori_Radidjiu> Psionics are approximately 2% of the population, and it is heritable.
Dec 03 18:35:59 <Aori_Radidjiu> But not all of them 'wake up' and actually manifest their powers, so the incidence rate of actual psionic users is even lower
Dec 03 18:35:59 <MayuriSakurada> "That sounds like a lot of trouble to do, when you could just, like, look for someone that already has the Light thing... You know what those guys wanted to do with you?"
Dec 03 18:36:27 <Aori_Radidjiu> "Take over the world?  Be some kind of messiah or figurehead?  I'm not sure, really."
Dec 03 18:36:43 <Aori_Radidjiu> "Maybe they wanted me to ascend to godhood or something dumb like that."
Dec 03 18:40:22 <MayuriSakurada> Are Prisms particularly rare or something?
Dec 03 18:40:43 <Aori_Radidjiu> They are!  They're actually the rarest kind of Psionic
Dec 03 18:41:25 <Aori_Radidjiu> To the point where a non-trivial number of people don't even believe they exist.
Dec 03 18:41:55 <MayuriSakurada> "Well.... you did stop them from trying, right?"
Dec 03 18:42:20 <MayuriSakurada> What would your typical occult book have to say about Prisms?
Dec 03 18:44:18 <Aori_Radidjiu> "Yep.  I technically failed on some accounts on stopping their plans, but they're gone as an organization."  If you're talking a book cataloguing all the types of SPESHUL SNOWFLAKE POWERS, they often confuse them with Glitch Benders, and some of them give different accounts on what they do, like some of them think they make Mirages or can hypnotize people or just give headaches or
Dec 03 18:44:18 <Aori_Radidjiu> even turn people to stone.
Dec 03 18:55:35 <MayuriSakurada> "That's good to hear...." Mayuri pauses for a moment. "Though... if they wanted to do bad things, how'd my Dad get involved?"
Dec 03 18:56:17 <Aori_Radidjiu> "The impression I've gotten is that this was presented as a legitimate thing, and also they were promising money."
Dec 03 19:02:09 <MayuriSakurada> "... so, like... how'd you meet my Dad then? I guess that's what you meant to talk about, right?"
Dec 03 19:05:21 <Aori_Radidjiu> "Well, I managed to find a list of the people who contributed to my genetic makeup and did some research on where to find some of those people...and happened to be in the area, so I dropped by."
Dec 03 19:11:35 <MayuriSakurada> "There's gotta be a lot of people you could have done that with.."
Dec 03 19:15:05 <Aori_Radidjiu> "I've done it with a few, but you know, I'm an adult, I've got work and things to do, I can't just search out every one in a row."
Dec 03 19:16:33 <MayuriSakurada> "I guess you've already talked to Dad then." What sort of secluded places are there around Hermit Town?
Dec 03 19:17:03 <Aori_Radidjiu> "Yeah, a little while back.  He invited me to come over again and that's when we met up."
Dec 03 19:19:11 <Aori_Radidjiu> Secluded...there are a few quiet parks, some abandoned parts of the docks, and a few forests on the outskirts of the island.
Dec 03 19:23:29 <MayuriSakurada> Mayuri gets a look like she's trying to confirm something...? Or maybe just wondering about something in particular. "... if you wouldn't mind me asking, what sorta things did you talk about with him?"
Dec 03 19:24:31 <Aori_Radidjiu> "Mostly about what he did, what he was like, how I was related, stuff I do, some other things."
Dec 03 19:28:23 <MayuriSakurada> "Nothing about me, hun.."
Dec 03 19:28:27 <MayuriSakurada> huh*
Dec 03 19:28:49 <MayuriSakurada> (My spelling of that is probably confusing. opps)
Dec 03 19:30:22 <Aori_Radidjiu> "Well, I did find out some general things about you.  Gifted with pokemon.  Interested in contests. You get the idea."
Dec 03 19:40:37 * MayuriSakurada nods. "So Dad wanted this for fun, I guess... could you show me what sorta things you could do with your light thing?" Is Prism a term in-universe?
Dec 03 19:40:57 <Aori_Radidjiu> Not really.  "I could, yeah.  Somewhere else, of course."
Dec 03 19:43:23 <MayuriSakurada> "... Yeah, I don't think people want a light show while they're eating."
Dec 03 19:46:29 <Aori_Radidjiu> Claus finishes up his sandwich and tea and heads out as soon as you're done eating.  It doesn't take long to hit a quiet patch of town with an empty park.
Dec 03 19:51:12 <MayuriSakurada> Not as secluded as Mayuri'd go for trying rituals without someone bothering her, but, it's not like it's a secret or takes a lot of concentration.
Dec 03 19:53:43 <Aori_Radidjiu> "
Dec 03 19:53:47 <Aori_Radidjiu> "Right, so."
Dec 03 19:55:18 <Aori_Radidjiu> Claus turns at a tree and GLARES at it, before pushing his glasses up, his lenses flashing briefly before he grins at the tree and strikes a SPARKLING BISHIE POSE!  ...with LITERAL BISHIE SPARKLES forming around him and barraging the tree!  Swift!
Dec 03 19:56:47 <Aori_Radidjiu> 6d6+4 FABULOUS
Dec 03 19:56:47 <PsychoRoll> Aori_Radidjiu, FABULOUS: 21 [6d6=4,2,1,1,4,5]
Dec 03 19:59:30 <Aori_Radidjiu> He breaks his pose, relaxing.  "That's pretty basic, but you get the idea, right?"
Dec 03 20:06:10 * MayuriSakurada claps a little. Has too much Sparkle Resistance to swoon though! "Yep~"
Dec 03 20:11:38 <Aori_Radidjiu> "Want anything else demonstrated or...?  I don't have TOO much, I have something that acts a little differently depending on the weather, and a really big blast...some other stuff.  I think you get the general idea."
Dec 03 20:16:44 <MayuriSakurada> "Well... Not really. I sorta, uhm... I guess I should tell my story too, huh~"
Dec 03 20:19:16 <Aori_Radidjiu> "Well, go ahead."
Dec 03 20:26:17 <MayuriSakurada> "Well... I guess this is more one story in particular. Like... I'm not sure if Dad knows or told you, but, I sorta have an affinity for Fairy type Pokemon, right?"
Dec 03 20:26:35 <Aori_Radidjiu> He smirks.  "I'd have never guessed."
Dec 03 20:28:52 <MayuriSakurada> ... sarcasm?
Dec 03 20:29:07 <Aori_Radidjiu> Yep
Dec 03 20:31:05 <MayuriSakurada> How common are people who can go all the way with type shifting and all, and can't use psionics anyway?
Dec 03 20:32:07 <Aori_Radidjiu> Most people who don't use psionics and can type shift are usually unawakened psionics
Dec 03 20:36:19 <MayuriSakurada> "So, like... I read stuff and tried to figure out psionics, right..."
Dec 03 20:36:34 <Aori_Radidjiu> "Uhuh."
Dec 03 20:49:48 <MayuriSakurada> "Well... long story short, it worked except it didn't look like any sorta fairy psionics I had ever heard about. I tried looking into it, and... well, I had an idea what it could have been, but, never found anything useful. So, when Dad brought you up..." ^^;
Dec 03 20:53:10 <Aori_Radidjiu> "Mmmmm...you think you have the same thing?"
Dec 03 20:58:38 * MayuriSakurada nods. "So, uhm... I wanted to see how light psionics actually is. Since I definitely can't turn people to stone."
Dec 03 20:59:42 <Aori_Radidjiu> "Right, well, I guess I can go everything I know with you?  Don't know how much it'll help, but I think I have a good grasp on everything I can do, so you should be able to at least know what you're potentially capable of with my help?"
Dec 03 21:02:44 * MayuriSakurada nods. "Yeah. O"
Dec 03 21:02:53 <MayuriSakurada> Yeah.*
Dec 03 21:03:16 <MayuriSakurada> "Pretty much nothing I've read on Psionics agrees on that."
Dec 03 21:04:55 <Aori_Radidjiu> "All right, then I guess we'll just do some practice, go through everything...and then I guess I'll take you home, can't keep you from your parents all day, right?"
Dec 03 21:08:22 <MayuriSakurada> "I don't think they'd be very happy about that~"
Dec 03 21:10:13 <Aori_Radidjiu> "Right, so let's start with stars and...work our way up?"  He gets a bit of a :S, seems he's not used to this.  "Or whatever you think is best, really."
Dec 03 21:16:40 * MayuriSakurada nods. "Well, Swift was the first thing that ever came out, yeah."
Dec 03 21:19:04 <Aori_Radidjiu> "All right, then, let's start..."
Dec 03 21:19:29 <Aori_Radidjiu> With that, we'll </mini> as Claus goes about giving Mayuri a full run of her potential as a Prism~