Editing Jean-Paul "Alec" Vasil (section)

==Abilities and Powers==
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Alec has the power to cause targeted involuntary movements in the bodies of other people, ranging from twitching a leg, to manipulating internal organs, and inducing vomiting.<ref name="Cast2"/><ref>On Regent: He could cause involuntary movements/spasms. That could be forcing him to drop something, but it could also be forcing someone to pull a trigger, make their leg jerk forward, force their gag reflex (needs some kind of pain to make something of it), etc. Easiest to make someone fall over or drop something, though. - [https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/wormverse-champions-4-the-undersiders.672521/post-16354465 WB on RPG.net]</ref> As an Undersider, he mainly uses this power to trip his opponents during battle before finishing them off with the taser hidden inside his scepter. While useful in combat, Alec's Master 8 rating stems from prolonged use of his ability on a subject. If given enough time to use his power repeatedly, he becomes able to control all bodily functions of his victim. This includes using their parahuman abilities if applicable, and having access to their full sensory suite. He is able to feel the emotions of his subjects and any pain they endure when under his control, but it is not usually enough to affect him.<ref name="I10 e1">He felt an explosion of rage from within Shadow Stalker’s body.  Her hands even shook with it.  He laughed, and her anger mixed with his amusement to create something that sounded unhinged.<br><br>Probably was, when he thought about it.  She had multiple personalities, in a way.<br><br>He stepped from the roof, and waited until the last second to use her power.  Her body exploded into a cloud of shadows.  As she pulled back together, he felt a strong discomfort.  Not quite pain.  In seconds, she had condensed back to her normal form.  The pain his hosts felt was something distant.  It didn’t bother him half as much. He couldn’t be sure if it was because he instinctually prevented it or if it was something else. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/05/15 Excerpt] from [[Interlude 10]]</ref> He is able to have full control over multiple people at the same time, but has a limit.

Alec's control over his completely subjugated targets worsens as the distance between himself and the people he's controlling widens or when he is trying to control more people. As a side effect, his own coordination, speech, and fluidity of movement suffers the same extent that the people under his control have.<ref name="I10 e2">Her movements were more awkward, now.  Her reflexes were slower, her balance worse.  Activating her power was becoming a chore, a slower, harder process.  Above all, it required more of his attention.  He had his Regent-self put his headphones in and turn on some music.  It was an excuse to ignore the others, and to have his attention elsewhere.  They weren’t at their destination yet.<br><br>Shadow Stalker reached Stonemast avenue before Regent, Tattletale, Skitter, Imp and Grue got to Coil.  It was funny, but with the route they were taking, if the timing was a little different, the group could have theoretically crossed paths with Shadow Stalker.  At least his control was improving as the gap between them closed. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/05/15/interlude-10/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 10]]</ref> In addition, assuming complete control over a person requires Alec to have a long period of time in close proximity with the subject, up to a few hours, so that he can "learn" how their nervous system works.

While not strictly immune, Alec is highly resistant to the powers of his relatives, such as his father and his sister [[Cherish]].<ref>'''Ulzgoroth:'''Definitely aren't. She uses her power on him more than anyone else, probably. Insofar as it's a targeted thing.<br><br>'''Wildbow:''' This. Immunity to powers via. relationships isn't a guaranteed thing. Alec isn't 100% immune to Cherish, or vice versa, but they're both resistant enough to one another that it isn't really worth the effort.<br>Remember, Cherish had a dead man's switch bomb bike-locked to her neck in case Alec got into a position to hijack her. - [https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/wormverse-champions-4-the-undersiders.672521/post-16355191]</ref> Through concentrated effort they could overpower Alec's resistance, but he would have the same opportunity to do so to them.<ref name="I11g"> - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/06/22/interlude-11g/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 11g]]</ref> This resistance extends to similar [[Master]]s.
===Power interactions===
As a human based [[Master]] he was resistant to, and interfered with, similar Masters. Regent's control over people kept his sister [[Cherish]] from emotionally forcing his puppets to hurt themselves, while her ability to emotionally overload people effectively made them useless to him. He himself was highly resistant, if not out right immune to her, given a lifetime of exposure.<ref name="I11g"/> His own [[Heartbreaker|Father]] had difficulty affecting his emotions after Alec triggered.<ref name="7.1 e7"/> He would likely also be resistant to [[Gallant]]'s emotional blaster power, though the concussive element would still affect him. Gallant could likely incapacitate any puppets of Regents much like Cherish did.<ref name="R5">Having emotion manipulation usually appends a degree of emotion manipulation resistance. They'd probably both be pretty darn resistant to one another. That would include Gallant fuzzing Cherish's emotion map. His blast could theoretically knock her on her ass but wouldn't do much more than that (and against those she was controlling, would probably dash whatever effects were present to the winds, or sufficiently confuse/paralyze them to stop whatever Cherish had them doing).<br><br>When I say 'pretty darn resistant', I'd really say that the 80-100% resistance they had would veer one way or the other depending on how in concert they were with their passenger at the time of the encounter. - [https://redd.it/70amzk Comment by WildBow on Reddit]</ref> Alec might also have some resistance to [[Glory Girl]]'s aura.<ref>Maybe [[Gallant|he's]] interested in [[Glory Girl|her]] because he can't get a perfect read on her - comment on the IRC [https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/17029118/ Archived on Spacebattles]</ref><ref>'''Darchiasq''':<br>It's not breaking SoD that Gallant is a bud off Glory Girl, but it seems very unlikely. I think Gallant has been a cape too long for that to be possible. Another big argument for Aegis being a Cauldron cape is that his powers majorly changed his physiology, which is a telltale sign of being one. However, I don't think it's unlikely that he could be an Eden natural trigger, like Leet and String Theory.<br><br>'''Andrew Greaves''':<br>It occurred to me, belatedly, that something like the reverse might be possible.<br><br>We know that Glory Girl is a second generation Cape, and the origins of her force field power are rather obvious. But what about her empathic aura? Where did that come from?<br><br>It's well known that second Triggers involve polling any other Shards within range and such, but does this also happen with first Triggers? Could Gallant have already been a cape and nearby when she Triggered?<br><br>Of course, she could have also second Triggered with him nearby at some point. Incidentally, as a second gen, I'd surmise that her second Trigger would be psychologically comparable to a first gen's first Trigger.<br><br>'''Wildbow''':<br>You're thinking along the right lines, re: the source of her aura, Andrew. - [https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/14795766/ Comment by Wildbow]</ref> It is unknown if shape shifting is able to confuse his memorization of a bodies pattern.