A Question of Changes [A couple days into liminal]

[mytearsaremine]

Uh, hi. I'm Jolie. And I'm not screaming at you all this time. Sorry about that. I was just kind of scared and stuff, and didn't know what I was doing, since I'd kind of just showed up and all. But now I do, so no more yelling.

Only now I kind of have a question? And I wanted to ask as many of you as possible, so I guess I'm doing it here, and like this, even if it's kind of creepy still that people talk in my head. But it's not a bad talking in my head, and everybody says you can't do anything to me with it, so I'd better get used to it, right? And no better way to get used to something than to do it.

So anyway, the question, right. Do these Trump guys ever... change what you were before you got here? Like, your abilities or appearance or something? Besides the mark things. I've seen a couple of those. I mean like other things.

Has that happened to anybody?

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[thornsofmalkav]

Yeah, actually. I haven't been able to use any of the higher levels of Auspex--that's a vampire discipline, I'd used to be able to use it for viewing auras and psychometry--ever since I got here a year ago.

[forcechanic]

It's weird. The psychic network lets me hear actual words from people, but something about it stops me from picking up feelings around me like I can at home.

I've heard about people who were aliens and such keeping that as an option, too.

[brokers]

Yes, they do. I have spent the majority of the Jaunts I can recall either Infiltrating as a human, or appearing as one to the population of the worlds we visited. I believe most Travelers who are not human have had a similar experience.

They also alter the native abilities of those of us who were capable of some form of telepathy before we were chosen, so that we make use of the telepathic network rather than the abilities to which we are accustomed.

[shiroganeheir]

That is certainly a thing that can happen, yes. There are multiple skills and abilities that Travelers have acquired that change who people are or can be.

I personally have acquired the ability to turn into a Hecatite, which is a silicon-based rock life form.

[runawaystory]

Not to me, but then again, I wasn't anything special before I wound up here.

[neverfeltthatway]

As a rule, people who have telepathic or teleportation powers find that their abilities no longer work once they become a Traveler - though they are often more adept at using network and liminal skills, respectively.

There are other examples of such things happening, but the rest are generally on a case by case basis.

[solvethepuzzle]

What about you changed?