I want to know about the self mask, i love info-dumps
alright so the self mask is a unique mask made by geli and bstrd together that, when worn, basically makes loper into their own proxy with an associated signature
much different from stowa, since instead of it being a shell or seperate thoughtform, its just lopar themself
while this lets them do stuff like access areas requiring a signature, it also gives a much higher chance for them to be seriously damaged, since any nearby thoughtforms would be able to interface with their mind directly instead of through a barrier
it also means memory bleed gets worse, since it has weird effects when they forget to disable it in embassy memories and stuff yay
the signature is, of course, fully customizable, but since loper isnt rlly well versed with how thoughtform technology works they usually just ask council or geli to help change
like what you saw in the art, how their signature looks and exists prolly also changes how them being hurt looks. so like, if it's just them normally humanstyle, they bleed, if theyre a qou they bleed corru, and if theyre a doll their... hair gets messed up... and they prolly crack if rlly injured
since theyre technically a thoughtform and experiencing their own healing, the process is no longer unknown to them, but it usually sort of reformats in their mind to make more sense to them - geli proly thinks its kinda funny i think...
and yeah geli prefers to be the one to fix them most of the time since she wants to be long ranged support class w/ healing capabilities to balance out the repitoire LOL