Editing Vista (section)

==Abilities and Powers==
Vista has the ability to distort non-living material by stretching, compressing, or bending it.<ref name="Cast1">'''Vista''' - The youngest member of the local team at thirteen years of age, Vista can bend, stretch, compress and distort non-living matter, effectively warping space. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/cast-spoiler-free/ Cast (spoiler free)]</ref> She described using her power as smudging everything around like wet clay.<ref>“It’s not that complicated.  Everything’s like wet clay, and I’m smudging it around.” [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/04/17/sentinel-9-5/ Excerpt] from [[Sentinel 9.5]]</ref> Her power is extremely versatile; she can shrink part of an object, like the leg of a chair or the wheels of a car,<ref name="R1">[https://redd.it/4ckkbl Comment by Wildbow on Reddit]</ref> or manipulate nearby terrain to create huge "treadmills" to keep people from coming closer to her.<ref>[[Pitch 6.2]]</ref> The presence of living creatures interferes with her ability; in the absence of people, her power is potent enough to alter continent-sized regions of terrain.<ref name="29.1 e1">I stared at the world that stretched out before us, and it was wrong. Perspective was skewed. Lines bent where they should have been straight, and the expanse to our left was somehow more extensive than the space to our right.<br><br>The horizon should have been straight, or at least a gentle curve to accommodate the planet's natural curvature, but it was almost a wavy line.<br><br>"The fuck?" ([[Taylor]]) muttered.<br><br>"Vista," Tattletale said, very matter-of-factly.<br>[...]<br>"Just how much area is she manipulating?" I asked.<br><br>"She was only ever held back by the Manton effect," Tattletale said. "Number of people in the area."<br><br>"And there's not many people left in Bet," I spoke my thoughts aloud, as I made the connection.<br>[...]<br>"Yes," Knave said. He looked at me. "We have no portals but the ones that were left open. We cannot communicate by opening a door and talking to the other person. Vista, Silk Road and I are attempting to patch together an answer."<br><br>"A workaround," Vista said.<br><br>"Fast transportation between key areas," Tattletale observed. "Your power and [[Silk Road]]'s to make the corridors..." - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/09/19/venom-29-1/ Excerpt] from [[Venom 29.1]]</ref> Her powers appear to involve warping spacetime rather than matter itself, as she can create regions of space which cause projectiles passing through them to be redirected.<ref>[[Pitch 6.1]]</ref><ref name="14.6">[[Prey 14.6]]</ref> However, her power and reflexes are too slow to actively deflect projectiles.<!--Knave may have been boosting their powers-->

As with many Shakers, time is a crucial element for her. The more time she has in a particular area, the greater the amount she can shape.<ref name="3.3 e1">Brian continued, "The third heavy hitter on the Wards is Vista. You know that myth about how the capes that get their powers young are exponentially more powerful? Vista's one of the kids who keeps the myth alive. Clockblocker is sort of a one trick pony, his trick involves screwing with one of the key forces of our universe, but it's just one thing. Vista also messes with physics on a fundamental level, but she's versatile.[...]Every time we've run into her, she's been faster and overall more powerful with her power, and she's had new tricks. Every second she's on the battlefield is a second things become harder for us. - [[Agitation 3.3]]</ref>

Vista's power provided her with a mental map of the terrain.<ref name="9.5 e67">Vista stepped out into the middle of the road at the edge of the fissure, then concentrated. She felt her power extend to every solid object in front of her, formed a map in her head. There was nobody out there, which made it easier. Slowly, carefully, she began adjusting. She truncated the length of Lord street, then did it again, repeating the process to make the four lane road shorter and shorter. The fissure down the center of the road squeezed against itself like a compressed spring. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/04/17/sentinel-9-5/ Excerpt] from [[Sentinel 9.5]]</ref> She usually needed solid matter to "anchor" her power to.<ref name="R1.2">[https://redd.it/4ckkbl Comment by Wildbow on Reddit]</ref> She was able to target specific objects, which remained small and lightweight until her power wore off.<ref name="9.5"/><ref name="IRC1"/> Because of her skill at using her power, especially compared to [[Skidmark|other shakers]] in Brockton Bay, she was classified as a Shaker 9.<ref name="9.1 e1">"Clockblocker and Vista are your best assets. [...] Vista is a Shaker 9. Large scale spatial distortion." - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/04/03/cell-9-1/ Excerpt] from [[Sentinel 9.1]]</ref>

Interestingly, her powers seem to confuse some thinker powers<ref>[[Sentinel 9.5]]</ref> and computers.<ref>[[Shadow 5.7]]</ref>

[[March]] believed that Vista was neglecting the more subtle aspects of her power.<ref>[[Interlude_12.z_II]]</ref> Ironically, Vista used a more subtle aspect of her power to assist in defeating March; she shortened March's blade, which screwed with her timing.<ref>From Tori's side-on perspective, she could see how it worked. Harder to see head-on or from the wielder's perspective. The blade grew shorter as it traveled. There was resistance as it met flesh, but the wound was relatively shallow. The blade didn't extend out the back of the hand as Foil closed her hand around the guard.- [[Heavens 12.x]]</ref>

===Power Synergy===
Vista can anchor her space-warping effects on projections and tools vastly increasing their size.<ref>I collected some of the capes that were harder to employ, and I began pairing them up.<br><br>Halo. Sundancer. A handful of masters with projection powers. A cape with a giant mask.<br><br>All powers that ''made'' stuff.<br><br>A ring of razor-sharp gold that produced forcefields and lasers. A miniature sun. Soldiers of stone. A golden mask. I had each of them make the individual objects as big as they could get.<br><br>I retrieved Chevalier, and I did the same with his cannonblade, raising it to its maximum capacity.<br><br>Then I accessed Vista. And I made it all ''bigger''. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/10/24/speck-30-5/ Excerpt] from [[Speck 30.5]]</ref> She can also do this by manipulating the space that matter creation and energy occupies to either decrease<ref>Sundancer moved the orb in between them and Trickster, igniting a few of the pieces of wood that were exposed and above the water. Vista responded by raising her hand to shrink it dramatically. - [[Sentinel 9.3]]</ref> or increase the effected area. The parahumans may find this effect difficult to work around.<ref>[[Pitch 6.3]]</ref>