| “ | Time did not freeze. You were just in a state of heightened perception. Had you remained in communion with your spirit for longer, you would have noticed objects moving, albeit very slowly.
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Spirit trance[1] is an ability all spectrals have that allows them to converse and interact with spirits under their control (whether they're spirits using them as a host or tools they're currently in contact with).
Primary Effects[]
During a spirit trance, the spectral and their spirit are pulled into a mental state wherein time seems to move at a slower rate, to the extent that it almost seems to stand still. In this state, the two are able to meet face-to-face. The meeting is purely mental in nature (with the spirit appearing in the form it would naturally assume outside of its host instead of its wispy true form), but both spectral and spirit can physically affect one another. If a spectral uses multiple tools at once or is a medium using a tool, the multiple spirits can similarly interact with each other[2].
As a consequence of perceiving time at a slower rate, the spectral's physical body can move much faster than it would outside of the trance. This allows for brief, but substantial, bursts of speed[3]. Additionally, time slows at the same rate for all spirit trances, meaning two spectrals in a trance near each other at the same time would be able to perceive the others' speech and movements at a normal rate[4], though this would not allow them to perceive or communicate with the others' spirits.
During trances, the surrounding area will look somehow different as an effect of the spirit. The worlds experienced are not wholly unique; they more accurately imprint themselves on the environment and look like an alternate version of the area. Each experienced world is unique to each spirit, and is often tied to the spirit's ability or nature in some fashion. In the case of multiple spirits (e.g. using multiple tools) the spirits will share a mental world[5].
Known Spirit Worlds[]
- Scrapdragon: Appears as an almost apocalyptic world filled with piles of metal garbage and junk strewn about.
- King Catnine: Appears as a ruined South-American/Indian temple with stormy weather throughout.
- Lucifer: A dilapidated classical manor, sometimes with shadowy tendrils on the walls or a cage-shaped shadow. The ceiling gives way to a massive black hole due to the other resident.
- Eightfold: Manifests as a great library filled with all the books Eightfold has eaten.
- Muse: Seen briefly, seems to be a white void with sketchy spirals growing out of the ground like plants. Other people as well as some objects are depicted as doodles.
- Patchworm: A lush and dense jungle with a seemingly cobblestone floor.
- Ghost Train: A colossal factory with train tracks on the ground.
- Venus Guytrap: A Greco-Roman ruin coated in roses and other flowers.
- Flipflop: Appears as a dilapidated subway station, or the inside of a subway car.
- Peekaboo: A large mansion filled with old toys.
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