#mental stand

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［ＳＡＬＴ－Ｎ－ＰＥＰＡ］

「ＳＡＬＴ－Ｎ－ＰＥＰＡ」 is a wearable stand that manifests as the upper portion of armor resembling a boxer’s training safety gear. More notably, the armor’s “arms” are more like enormous pistons, granting the user tremendous punching strength. 

In addition, any organic being’s emotion in reaction to being punched by the user is multiplied tenfold. Additional punches compound the tenfold multiplication. Anyone facing this stand will quickly lose the ability to reason to a rising tide of anger, embarrassment, or even pure fighting spirit. This effect wears off after about ten minutes-- often more than enough time for even a drawn-out fight.

The stand’s fatal weakness is its weight. With no lower body support, the user must bear it themselves-- and even if they are able to do so, their mobility is severely limited.

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「P U M P E D U P K I C K S」

「ＰＵＭＰＥＤ ＵＰ ＫＩＣＫＳ」 is a stand that manifests as, appropriately, a pair of gleaming high-top sneakers with plush wings. It has no physical effect on the user. Rather, it imbues everyone it touches with a sense of euphoric optimism and confidence. Impact influences intensity of the effect. The user might simply tap an ally for a light morale boost, or dropkick an opponent to leave them defenseless in a self-glorified haze.

The stand’s range is naturally limited to the user’s feet, and the effect’s duration is short, even with a heavy blow. So, while powerful, the user’s own body is their limit and weakness.

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Blackstar

「ＢＬＡＣＫＳＴＡＲ」 is an integrated stand visible only by the user’s black irises. When the user focuses their vision on any object (including a person) and consciously activates their stand ability, the focused-upon object becomes the only thing the user is able to see; it will appear as though the object is floating in an otherwise black “void”.

In addition to the remarkable capability for tracking, a secondary effect steadily builds as long as the user remains focused on an object. The “void” in which the object appears will begin to manifest imagery reflecting either the object’s own unconscious state, if it has one, or the unconscious states of anyone who interacts with said object. For example, if the user focused on a weapon and later “witnessed” a murder using that weapon, they may see the scene as a wrathful monster wielding the weapon within the void. Such images are extremely faint and indecipherable at first, but steadily grow brighter and more intricate-- eventually, overwhelmingly so.

The stand’s obvious weakness is the user’s blindness to all possible hazards as long as their stand is active. In addition, as with all stands that deal with unconscious minds or dreams, there is a danger of a user losing oneself and becoming unable to deactivate their stand.

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「A S C E N D A N C Y」

「ＡＳＣＥＮＤＡＮＣＹ」 is an automatic bound stand that possesses a staircase somewhere near the user, whether they realize they are a user or not. When someone besides the user climbs the staircase, they find themselves in a maze representing the current state of the user’s mind.

When weaponized, the user can easily focus on anger to create deadly traps. The stand could also be used as a method of treatment for mental distress, allowing one individual to explore the mind of another.

Sadly, the user themself is physically prevented from climbing the staircase– attempting to climb it causes mounting physical pain, as if their brain is being stretched to physically allow an entire body to enter. Climbing all the way is messy and not survivable.

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「ＮＥＷ ＡＭＥＲＩＣＡＮＡ」

This stand is bound to a single, specific object by the user, and can be recalled at any time. When bound to an object, it becomes irresistibly desirable to anyone besides the user who knows about it. The effect amplifies the longer the stand remains bound to the object.

There is no range limit to the stand, but the object is destructible-- though those who desire the object will oppose damaging it. If the object is destroyed beyond recognition, the stand returns to the user-- and the user experiences a significant portion of the damage done to the object. Thus, unlike other long-distance stands, it benefits the user to keep a close eye on their bound stand and recall it before it is too late.

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「ＡＮＤＲＥＷ ＷＫ」

A humanoid stand with no apparent ability, but capable of speech. When spending time with the stand, it becomes obvious how skilled it is at finding the silver linings in bad situations. It is highly likely that should the stand ever evolve, it will develop an ability capable of reversing negative effects on contact.

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「ＧＲＩＭ ＧＲＩＮＮＩＮＧ ＧＨＯＳＴＳ」

This stand is activated when the victim tells the user the user is lying, when they are in fact telling the truth. The victim’s facial expressions immediately begin expressing the opposite of what they are saying-- that is, the victim appears to be lying, and very poorly at that, whenever they tell the truth.

The stand can only affect one person at a time, but there is no range limit. The effect is passed on when a new victim tells the original victim they are lying when they are in fact telling the truth.

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「ＢＡＤＬＡＮＤＳ」

When touched by the user, this stand causes a victim to perceive the world as upside-down. Immediate and extreme vertigo is followed by a sense that the victim is “wrong”, which is very difficult to shake even after the effect is removed.

Any number of victims can be affected; a victim will perceive other victims as doubly reversed, as if standing on their heads on the upside-down ground, making it difficult for victims to interact with and aid one another physically.

The only cure is to touch the user again.