@andy.anderson

[scythias]

Anyone here choose to not use the ability they were given for whatever reason? Or is it sometimes impossible to avoid using it?

I haven't figured out what mine is yet but I thought I'd just check in to see if they're easily controlled when you have figured them out or if they just pop off without preamble. Might be a little bit of a mood killer in certain situations if that were to happen.

Can you turn them off even if you can't actually turn them off?

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@cal.amari

[kinkprofessor]

I've only used mine once knowingly so far.
It wasn't received well, so I'm not inclined to try it again soon though it does interest me.

Re: @cal.amari

[scythias]

( andy's just going to eye that name for a second before answering. )

What's your ability, if you don't mind sharing? How did it reveal itself?

[kinkprofessor]

[ Don't worry about it. ]

Charmspeak, or something like it.
I've always needed to have a certain charisma for my job but now it appears to be more literal.

[scythias]

Charmspeak?

How does that work? You can charm anyone you want?

[kinkprofessor]

Not exactly. From what I gathered, I can persuade them to do something they might not otherwise. Be honest. Follow a command.

It doesn't last very long and the person realizes what's happened, which is a decided shortcoming of the power.

[scythias]

Ah.

( okay, she can see why some people wouldn't like that. )

So, you could tell to crawl into a trash can and they'd have to do it because of this charmspeak?

[kinkprofessor]

[ Once more people know who he is a person, it'll be an especially dreadful power for him to have. ]

Yes. I assume.
I compelled someone to tell me the details of something and they laid everything out without intending to.
So it has the potential to be useful, just not appreciated when used against other Displaced.

[scythias]

Very useful.

( god, she would have loved to have someone like him with her during a few missions. she doesn't want he power herself but that's very handy. )

You're not the type to use it for personal gain?

( tell the truth. )

[kinkprofessor]

I think so too.

And I am.
But not for the reasons most might think.
It was my work to find out about alien life so if I could compel said alien life to talk to me about themselves, it'd make my job much easier.

[ And, like, yeah the other reasons most might think but he has an image to maintain here thus far. ]

[scythias]

And you'd feel fine about that? Even if they didn't want to talk to you? Some people value their privacy.

[kinkprofessor]

Whether I would or wouldn't feel fine about it is irrelevant since it's my job.
I'd have to do it regardless if I was capable of it.
But this is all just hypothetical, of course.

[scythias]

Hypothetical, right.

( she's watching you, man. )

What do you think you could use this ability for here?

[kinkprofessor]

[ A good idea, honestly. ]

Information. Networking. There's a whole host of possibilities, really.
Though until I get a better handle on it, I plan to test where I can before actually offering to put it to any use.

[scythias]

Who do you plan on testing it with? Yourself? Would it even work on you?

[kinkprofessor]

I don't believe so.

Willing participants, perhaps.
Those who have given their consent to see how it works, how it could benefit them.
I still have some building up of my reputation to do before that though.

[scythias]

I don't think I'll be volunteering.
At least not right off.
It might be interesting to see how it works.

[kinkprofessor]

Understandable.
I'll keep you informed of my progress if you'd like.

[scythias]

Please.

( she might not want to experience that herself but she's curious. )

Might be very useful if you can get it under control.