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Task 04: New Age Mutation

It was midnight, the witching hour as superstitions would have it. The witch was out, Rogan lurked in the shadows, using dreams to travel across the city. He picked anyone’s that would get him to his destination, not particularly trying to disrupt anyone until...

Until he reached his mark. 

Dreaming softly about some form of voyage on the seven seas, the Brit smiled: perfect. With a wave of his hand, he was in period-appropriate garb, hair long, beard unkempt, and a cutlass weighing heavy at his side. The mark, Tony, was the captain because of course he was, it was his dream. “Cap’n,” Rogan came to his side, like any proper first mate would. “Word is we’ve got a prisoner below deck. ‘Ow come I’ve never ‘eard that? Didn’t ya trust me?” Tony raised an eyebrow, “Don’t think a first mate should be informed so as t’keep people’s pryin’ eyes out an’ that?”

Tony’s nostrils flared. Rogan knew not to push too hard, his hands glowed slightly, easing his mind, calming him as he led him towards the information he was looking for: where they were keeping the Hearts prisoner. “Of course, lad, don’t know what I were thinkin’.” 

When he received no response, Rogan pushed again, gently, “Well?”

“We found ‘er tryin’ t’steal secrets. Gonna figure out what t’do with her when we make port.”

“Ah huh. An’ where’s she now?” Under the guise of the layout of the ship, he knew he would get the answer. One of his hands wrapped around Tony’s arm as it glowed brighter, tendrils seeping into the unconscious mind, making him believe he was saying something else.

“Warehouse off seventy-fifth, of course.”

“We got men on th’door?”

“Two. Two inside an’ one right in there with ‘er.”

Rogan smiled. “’Course, good plan, Cap’n,” he withdrew his hand, “Need anythin’ else, sir?”

“That’ll be all, mate.”

Rogan pat-slapped him on the back, a glowing hand print lingering for a moment as it wiped Tony’s mind of this conversation. “Aye aye, Cap’n.” 

His return journey was calm, though he stayed in a child’s dream who was looking for a protector from a wave of large wolves attacking. It was exhilirationg fighting them off, and before the child could thank him, he was gone, back to the waking world in time for him to dream. He made a quick text to Sixes and sat by the phone waiting for instructions. He could easily get her on his own, but he wouldn’t do so without orders. Until then, he dozed in his chair, a dreamless sleep. 

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Task 004: Oneirokinesis[Dream Manipulation]

Why did you pick this power for your character? How does it fit them personality wise? In all honesty it was kind of a no-brainer. A spy who can make someone forget they ever had a conversation with him because--at most--they think they dreamt having the conversation with a giant rottweiler? Rogan is a man with many walls, both to keep people from getting in and to keep any of his secrets from getting out. With the ability to manipulate someone’s mind, it’s easy to keep himself closely guarded. Also, as a spy, it’s a handy trick to ensure he can get information that may not be as easily gleaned without it. If he’s ever made on a job, he can knock them out and induce a dream that helps them forget they ever saw him, it helps him protect not only himself, but his role in the Hearts and the Hearts as a whole. 

What does your characters mutation entail, what can they do? Oneirokinesis takes a few forms with Rogan. Firstly, when someone is unconscious(which is relatively easy for him to knock them out) he can weave a dream that allows him to get information he’s seeking. He may take the form of the person he’s trying to get information on, or it may go into the surreal, full on acid trip-like dreams, depending on what he needs. There are very low-levels of body control as he can encourage the body to sleepwalk for very minor things like closing a door or opening one, writing down a code he otherwise cannot reach. He can also induce hysteria and terror by giving someone nightmares so intense the feeling carries over into their waking hours. Rogan can bury memories of dreams he’s created so he’s not recognised and his deeds are not known to the subject of his dream-weaving. Lastly, he can induce dreams before REM sleep(like lucid dreaming but without the control) so as to trick the body into thinking it’s resting, thus giving the waking body a lack of rest, which can then enable the victims to slip-up on routines etc.  He has no need for sleep, as being in the dreamscape is akin to a vampire feeding on blood, it energizes him as much as sleeping does to someone normal.

What are their weaknesses or fears? He can only do it to one person at a time, two if the specific manipulations are minor/not intensive. Controlling the dreamscape takes a lot of fortitude and concentration. When manipulating someone into telling him some sort of secret, he has to get to it fast. Minds are resilient things, especially among crooks of various types, and they begin to start fighting back. It’s a little easier in the dreamscape, but only a little.It takes an immense toll on him, and he can only walk in the dreamscape for maybe an hour at a time, less if the dream he creates is intensive or complex. He literally walks in dreams, so his physical body is within the dream. If he is injured, that injury carries out into the waking world. If he is killed in a dream. People with mental-related powers are often more difficult to trick, even in the dream world, and those who are very skilled can be almost totally immune. His fear is being stuck in the dreamscape. Sometimes the dream takes on a life of it’s own and he cannot always get out of it where or when he wants, for dreamscape is another plane unto itself and has its own life. That it gives him control at all is special. He worries that he will be trapped in a world where nothing is real, though everything feels it. If he does not go into the dreamscape once every so often, he will deteriorate like someone who hasn’t slept. The longer he’s away from it, the worse off he is. 

How well do they control it? It first started showing itself around when Rogan was 11, when puberty hit. By now, he has gotten almost complete control over it. There are other ways it can be used, however, that he has not yet figured out for himself-- such as altering perceptions and decreasing mental capacity in the waking world by damaging the mind during sleep. 

What do they use their powers for? Almost entirely for work. The job of a spy is much easier when you can make everyone think you were just a strange dream. As tight a wall as he keeps around himself, he does tend to use it post one-night stands, or any significant interactions he’d rather not let other people know about. 

Para coming in another post.