[58] The Conceptual Power of…Chapter 58: The Conceptual Power of…
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I walked out of the kitchen, threw my dirty apron to the floor, and carefully carried a cup of steaming hot tea.
“Mom, where are you?” I called, and she arrived, rubbing her eyes and looking at with a sleepy gaze.
Her lethargy vanished when she noticed the smoke covering the entire room and stared at with a stupefied face. Behind her, Ruby, Tsubasa, and Asia gathered too. They all stared at the ss, at my bandana that I took off, and my sweaty figure as a whole.
“Haah. I just woke up from my nap, and this is the first thing I see?” Mother dearest sighed and said, as a 12 hour nap was normal. “What are you up to now, brat?”
“Drink this,” I patted her head, pushed her into the chair, and placed the cup in front of her. “It’s herbal tea. Good for headaches.”
“Yeah, sure it is— black smoke is rising from the kitchen!” She pointed at the kitchen. I let out a gust of wind Qi from my body that blasted the smoke out through the windows.
The room cleared enough to be healthy. I smiled down at her. "You said?"
“...Ugh, fine. I’ll beat you up if this upsets my stomach,” she said with a defeated expression.
The three girls gathered beside and looked at her worriedly as if looking at a zoo animal trying packaged food for the first ti.
"Why are you here, Tsubasa?"
"...?" Tsubasa turned to , looking hurt.
"No, no, I ant, like, you have your own house and…"
"..." she continued looking hurt as I sighed. Dammit, I need sleep, I am talking weird. "Ahem, I'm joking. Of course, you can stay here all day long." I'd have kissed her if we weren't surrounded by gazes.
"What is this in the middle of the night, Onii-chan?" Ruby yawned out a question.
I reached out a hand and pulled her to a side hug, patting her head. "Did I wake you up? My bad," I kissed her on the head. She deserved to be treated with care after the heroic thing she did. "Trust , you'd have been mad if I didn't wake you up and you missed this."
"Mhm?" Ruby gave herself up within my embrace as I pointed my chin at Ai, who was looking at the tea with hesitation.
"Ah, be careful, I can heal wounds but not an upset stomach…" Asia chid from beside us, also looking at Ai.
Everyone focused their attention on Ai, who ran her eyes through us and shook her head. The forr super-idol gave in to peer pressure and lifted the cup to her lips. The yellow tea shifted as she took a sip—and leaped inside her mouth.
No, it actually leaped inside her mouth. She took a small sip, but the entire liquid rushed inside as if it were a Sli monster.
"Aug-!" Ai gagged, coughing, but it was too late, the liquid was inside her. "No way, what weird thing did you cook!"
"Not weird, judging from its movents it was perfect. It's an Elixir." I said as I t her glare.
"Explain," she wiped her lips and demanded.
"Let's see," I let go of Ruby, who was fully awake after seeing the scene, and reached her.
She flinched a little as her expression went red seeing so close and I felt a little bad. She subconsciously didn't trust to touch her without being weird now.
Ignoring the odd feeling, I reached out a finger and placed it on her forehead.
"Materialize: Reverse Soul Reflection."
A white box prompted in front of her eyes, with text written on it. I designed this technique after a ga window, so it looked like one. As expected, the tea worked its charm and an ability was loaded in her soul information.
The Psyker Elixirs gave random powers based on a class that depended on the color of the elixir. Since I fed her a yellow elixir, she'd gain Conceptual and/or taphysical powers.
I was very curious about what power she received.
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Ability Type: Bloodline-Psyker Power
Grade: Yellow | taphysical
Na: Wardrobe
Details: The ability to conjure the power of anybody she wears the clothes of. As in, if she wears the clothes of a Witch, she'd be able to use magic on instinct. If she wears the armor of a Samurai, she'd know how to wield a sword right away. If she wears the outfit of an angel, she'd gain the ability of one as well.
In fact, she can wear the outfits of fictional characters and gain their powers.
The ability does have limits, however. Naly, it's Ti Limit. The user can only access the borrowed abilities for a limited duration, precisely as long as they are wearing the outfit. Once they remove the clothing, the powers gradually fade away, leaving the user with their own abilities.
Another limit is that the user can't gain the power of a character that is Copyrighted. For example, if they wear the clothes of a fictional character who is copyrighted, they wouldn't gain that power. If not copyrighted, however, it is possible.
Lastly, the borrowed abilities' know-how and usage experience rely on the user's understanding of the original owner of the outfit. If she knows about the original owner very well, she can use the ability with high proficiency. The better the user knows about the original owner, the more effective the power becos. For instance, if she knows the person's fears, motivations, and quirks, they can utilize their abilities more effectively.
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"Yes!" I cheered a little.
This was the power I had in mind when I was cooking. Given Ai's background, I was mostly sure this was what she'd get.
"Incredible." Tsubasa's hair changed as her mother, Black Hanekawa stared at the text in awe.
"Is this real?" Ruby muttered while Asia just gawked, unsure how it all worked.
"Wait, is this really real?" Ai repeated after her daughter when she registered what she just read. "It sounds like bullshit. Uh, erm." She cleared her throat. "No, but really, how does this make sense? How can copyright be a weakness?"
"How does wearing clothes and gaining superpowers make sense?" I fired back. "It's a conceptual power, so the weakness is like that too. Otherwise, it’d have been broken, you could have cosplayed as Kefla from Dragon Ball Super and destroy the universe. Anyways, let's test it out since we have our doubts."
I said and Ruby jumped. "Oh, oh, wait, I'll go grab my witch dress."
"Don't bother with that, go check Mom's special closet, there are so clothes that she wore in her movies," I said. "I think the copyright won't be a problem if she wears the clothes of a character she acted as, even if she doesn't own the character on paper."
"Actually, according to the law, I-"
"I didn't ask," I quickly shut Ai up while Ruby ran to do as ordered.
"I swear, if you interrupt again I'll beat you up." She said with a scowl. "I'll buy Chun Li’s copyrights and wear her outfit to beat your ass."
"Oh," I turned to her. "That sounds… hot."
"..." she opened her mouth and sighed. By then, Ruby was back. How was she that fast?
"Here! Here! Try this, mama!" She yelled. "I grabbed this one from the new Mummy franchise where you acted as a mummy." She has brought white rags.
Both Ai and I shot her a dry look. "Bring sothing else, that'll take too long to wear. Plus, I don't want to accidentally turn the house into a Pyramid if the power actually works. Being the one from Avatar 5 where I was the Goddess of Light–"
Avatar 5, the 5th movie of Caroon's Avatar Franchise. Ai played a small but lore-wise important role in that movie. She was a Queen and Goddess of that world, one who represented light. She was powerful. She was ntally odd too, and since I knew that Wardrobe sotis affected the personality of the user, I had to be careful.
So, I interrupted her. "What if you end up nuking the whole neighborhood in that form?" I pointed out, only realizing halfway through that I had once again interrupted her. I bit my tongue and took two steps back as she stood up to glare at . "Sorry, sorry, habit. Ruby, bring sothing less intense. Err, the Snake Princess outfit from the new Cult of Cobra movie should work."
The clothes in that movie were simple, just a white shoulderless dress. So if this worked, it would work with just that much.
Ruby rushed inside, while Ai crossed her arms and looked at . "You are worried about nuking the place, but not accidentally biting your neck off? Brat."
"You can bite anyti," I said, blinking as I realized there were people around. "Ah, oops. Anyways, I said what I said."
"..."
"..."
Ai and Hanekawa stared at in silence and Asia cutely tilted her head in confusion.
"Here!" Ruby returned. "Mama, get naked, let's test this out!"
"Ruby, word it better!" Ai yelled back with a blush and yanked the white dress off her daughter's hand. Then she rushed out of the room, behind a door, and began to change.
A minute later, we heard a yell. "K-kyah!"
"Mama, what happened?!" Ruby jumped in worry, but I held her back from rushing inside. She was fine.
"It's alright," I said as the door opened and horrified the mom in question walked in. I felt my jaw almost drop at the chance; her skin was pale blue, and her hair was tied behind her as if it were a snake. She wore a white-gold shoulderless gown, with a large cleavage, and a split on her left side that showed her creamy left leg.
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