Story Terms
Terms
In no particular order:
The Calling
An organization that was founded centuries ago by an assembly of psychics with the goal of uniting the psychic world. It was a sanctuary for those whose powers had made them an outcast, a place where psychics could learn about and hone their abilities, and an aid in keeping knowledge of psychics to a minimum in the non-psychic world. The Calling had been a universal home for any psychic who needed it.
It also fostered a concentration in the gene pool, something that had been encouraged by the original leaders. With each generation, psychics were becoming more powerful and more in tune with their abilities.
In the last few decades, something had begun to go wrong, and the organization had been sliced in half with one fatal blow. Vampirism.
(modified from Secret of Desperation: Part VI)
Aura
The energy field of an individual containing the vital energy or life force. In the case of psychics, it is the source of extrasensory ability.
Purana
Concentrated life energy found in the blood
Psyche
Synonym of “aura”, usually in reference to a psychic awareness of one’s aura.
Psychic
An individual who is aware of and can manipulate their own aura and/or the aura’s of others to produce a specific effect.
Latent
An individual with mildly controllable or uncontrollable psychic abilities who has no awareness of their own aura or the aura of others.
Puranadict
An individual who is addicted to the sensation of having purana, or blood energy, drained from them after being bitten by a vampiric psychic.
Vampirism
The need to consume vital force energy from others through auroric energy exchange, or through puranic energy exchange.
-mantic, -mancy
A suffix describing the psychic ability to “read”.
-kinetic, -kinesis
A suffix describing the psychic ability to “manipulate”, “move”, or “change”.
Types of Psychic Ability
Coming Soon
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If you would like something defined that is not already listed, please comment below, and I will update the page with a definition asap.
I was just wondering when you would have the types of psychic ability section typed up and posted? Just wondering since I found this stuff as really awesome and I like how it you can easily combine greek/latin prefixes with the two suffixes you have defined to make new words/abilities. I wanna see what you came up with.
…………..And yes I said “wanna”.
S. Neil
October 14, 2009 at 11:01 pm
I knew someone would call me on this eventually
I’ll have a bunch up, defined and everything sometime tonight.
I love the word “wanna”.
Veron
October 15, 2009 at 4:04 pm
awesome!!!!!
oh and where did you get the idea for strength level going up to level 8?
S. Neil
October 15, 2009 at 8:59 pm
When I first started writing, I had a reason for stopping at level 8. I have since forgot it, and now I think it’s stupid. BUT, just because level 8 is the highest level documented, doesn’t mean that a psychic can’t exceed that.
TYPING PSYCHIC ABILITIES… NOW!
Veron
October 15, 2009 at 9:42 pm
OMFG! Roux must be a psychic who has exceeded past level 8! That’s why she’s so powerful! AWESOMESAUCE!
S. Neil
October 15, 2009 at 11:59 pm
YESH!
And, this might take me a minute, because some abilities aren’t the “prefix-suffix” sort, and defining them, is… weird. I hadn’t thought about it before. Like, how the shit do I define astral projection? Working on it!
Veron
October 16, 2009 at 11:48 am