this is a very informal rundown of some of her powers . yay . these will develop and change over time .
for hundreds of years , her family has passed down the what they refer to as “ the sight . ” this manifests in several different ways for clara .
i . VISIONS . some visions come naturally to her at random times . this would be when one of two things is happening : 1 , something important is going to happen to her / someone she knows in the near future , or is happening at the moment . this type of vision is personal and or 2 , it’s a vision meant to make sense later for her . someone random , a person she doesn’t know , or a situation that hasn’t happened yet . these visions are a result of cosmic wires crossing . she didn’t need this info yet , and it won’t make sense to her . a third but less common event that can cause a vision would be because of another malfunction . sometimes she has visions of things that absolutely have no bearing on her life at all , and they’ll never be deciphered . useless . these can come when she’s v distracted or in a bad place emotionally .
- it required years of practice to hone her skill and for her to be able to remember visions accurately , guide them slightly , and recover from them more easily . she used to pass out . now the most would be a bad headache from a vision that was particularly far out in the past or future , long in duration , or containing someone she is very distant from emotionally / physically and doesn’t have a strong bond with .
- other visions have to be conjured . using physical items that relate to the event she wants to learn about or the person she wants to see , as well as certain teas / herbal concoctions that open her mind , she can focus on what specifically she wants to know and force a vision . this can also be done by physically touching the person . however , this is very tricky and requires a great deal of focus . prying into someone’s timeline is no easy feat . sometimes , she’ll be diverted and have a vision about something relating to that person but not what she needed . or worse , have a vision not at all related ( seemingly . ) after years of practice , she will definitely conjure a vision , and usually it’s in the ballpark of what she needs . if she’s trying to see something very far out or very unattached from her own personal timeline it will be very difficult and usually cause a mean headache . i . e . , she wouldn’t be able to find marie antionette’s sixteenth birthday . she needs some skin in the game or have an object relating / a person to touch that’s related to the situation .
ii . PAINTING . she is a painter . sometimes , paintings are of birds . sometimes , paintings are prophetic . people she doesn’t know , in situations she doesn’t understand . usually paintings are like the second type of vision . not generally related to her life , per se , but people in the city she doesn’t know , or larger - scale historical events . of course , there is no hard and fast rule . she can’t target something in the future to paint , or choose when paintings are prophetic . like visions , they can also be of past or present events . this one is sort of useless , it just happens . but it’s always fun when someone new comes to her loft and finds a painting of themselves . paintings are often vague and difficult to interpret , more - so than regular visions .
iii . DREAMS . she can also have dreams . these are often repeated visions , leading up to a large life event . they can be very cryptic . more often than not they’re v unpleasant to experience . there are really never positive visions that come to her in dreams .
iv . THE SHOP . so , here’s the deal with bishop occult and oddities . she does tarot readings , palm readings , tea readings , all of that sort of thing . in reality , most of this work that’s done for non - supers is what you would picture a classic fortune teller being . a lot of empathetic guessing . rarely do these practices conjure an actual vision , bc she doesn’t usually know her clients nor does she try to conjure a vision . however , her readings are generally accurate , bc she does have a good sense of these things . she won’t directly tell ur future , and if she sees something specific she’ll probably keep it to herself , but her predictions have never been exactly wrong .
- she sells crystals , herbs , whatever . stuff like that . the thing is , those things help her with controlling / amplifying her clairvoyance , but they’ll probably do nothing for someone who isn’t already clairvoyant / psychic / somehow in that area . but the store has sold them for a hundred years , both for other supers and knowing that hipsters will buy fucking anything .
- having her try and conjure a vision is EXPENSIVE and she only does it for those she personally knows / or the situation is dire . for the reasons listed above , she doesn’t like doing this for strangers and it isn’t even offered at the shop . you have to already know what to ask for and understand clara’s skillset . visions are always a gamble , so you pay up front . lmao . get that bread clara .
v . EMPATHY / SENSE OF PAST . in the right conditions , sometimes clara can pick up emotions existing in the future or past of a person . it’s a general sense of a person’s state , and she can generally parse out what direction it’s coming from . this is not as strong as a vision , and she can’t see or sense anything specific , but for those people who have suffered immense trauma or are going to in their lives : that sometimes finds it’s way to clara . often this is a precursor to a vision , but not always . this is usually when her powers are being enhanced by outside factors somehow .
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