Editing Mama Mathers (section)

===Vulnerabilities===
Her connection to an infected sense is not permanent<ref name="II15.z eSunflower">She had been told of these things from a Ward named Sunflower, who had gone to meet a boy she had met online, and found that boy was named Elijah.  He had brought her to Christine, and Christine had thanked her by arranging her a husband.  A shame, that Sunflower had been stolen away by the heroes.<br>[...]<br>He was supposed to be one of hers.  He had been one of the ones to get away, as Sunflower had, but his escape had been late. - [[Interlude 15.z II]]</ref> and will slowly degrade and weaken over time if a subject has not recently perceived her.<ref name="II4.c e7">Rain didn’t reply, focusing instead on the stairs, trying not to think-<br><br>Mama Mathers appeared at the bottom of the flight.<br><br>He’d gotten so good at controlling his thinking, and it was all for nothing, now.  Even thinking about not thinking about her was now enough.  It might be for weeks or months. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/02/22/shade-interlude-4c/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 4c II]]</ref><ref name="II7.2 eWeaken">“We want a full understanding of the situation,” Kimberly said.  “She could have made you lose your mind, yes?”<br><br>“Not as much as some did back at the attack on the camp.  I hadn’t talked to her recently, so it wouldn’t have been as strong.” - [[Torch 7.2]]</ref> All manifested fragments also feel what Mama Mathers is currently feeling. For example, when [[Victoria Dallon]], who does not have an emotion sense, got close enough for her [[Victoria_Dallon#Aura|aura]] to extend through some hostages to a hidden Mama Mathers, Mama Mathers affected the hostages in turn.<ref name="II5.12 e2" /> The hostages' brief change in screaming gave away her location to Victoria.<ref name="II5.12 e2">I changed course, flying back to where I’d been. I continued down the street. I was putting the bulk of the lopsided engagement behind me, passing by Rain, by two twenty-ish capes with steel-gray hair, and that meant I could fly faster. I kept my eyes on the people and goings-on behind me.<br/><br/>I found what I was hoping for. The screaming, just briefly, changed. The aura extended through the hostages to Mama Mathers, and she affected the hostages in turn. I had a sense of my range, and through that, I had a good sense of her location. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/04/03 Excerpt] from [[Shadow 5.12]]</ref>

Infected subjects are unable to transfer their infection to other subjects. For example, a non-infected individual that sees her in the video feed of an infected camera (e.g., a livestream) will not be infected.<ref name="discord eTechnology">'''Dicho- | Unwormy:''' she can give multiple people hallucinations at once, so there's definitely a multitasking part to it, she could just use a livestream or something<br><br>'''Kyakan:''' there's still a couple seconds' delay with livestreams and 'live' broadcasting<br>with conventional tech, anyways<br><br>'''Dicho- | Unwormy:''' it screwed up kenzie's camera<br><br>'''Wildbow:''' It affects the camera because it's the camera looking<br>Someone looking at something the camera displays, barring thinker, tinker, or deeper analysis of some other sort, is just going to see the image.<br><br>'''Dicho- | Unwormy:''' interesting, so looking at her through a heads-up display flat out counters her then?<br><br>'''Wildbow:''' Many HUDs wouldn't work for the same reason glasses wouldn't work - Conversation with Wildbow on Discord, archived on Spacebattles</ref><!-- https://spacebattles.com/posts/53539480 -->
* [[Lookout]]'s flying cameras themselves were affected if they looked at her.<ref name="II6.3 eGhost" /> However, Lookout was able to send the camera (without being infected herself) a slice of program with facial recognition that told it to center itself over Mama Mathers and then drop itself when the effect became worse.<ref>“''Wondering… how?'' ”<br><br>“I dropped one on Mama Mathers and I dropped another on someone with a gun.”<br><br>“It worked,” I said.  “I don’t know how you aimed that without looking through the camera-”<br><br>“I didn’t.  My cameras were already fritzing out, so I sent them a slice of program, with facial recognition.  I centered it over them, accounted for wind, and when things sounded worst I had my cameras stop hovering.”<br><br>“''You weaponized… cameras?'' ” - [[Pitch 6.4]]</ref> The resulting drop knocked Mama Mathers unconscious.<ref name="II6.3 eCameraDrop">It was because I was at a weird angle and because my peripheral vision was untouched that I saw it.  Two streaks from above, straight down.<br><br>I heard the metal crash, and saw circuitry and metal housing scatter.<br>[...]<br>The metal- pieces from Looksee’s camera.<br><br>One dropped from the sky to hit the gunman’s hand. The other-<br><br>Children and other unarmed individuals emerged from the trees.  A wall of bodies. the woman behind them was supported by two Fallen.<br><br>The woman was bloody, a scrape down one edge of her forehead and a messy patch of skin and blood toward the top end, hair already matted into it.  Blood streamed down her face.<br><br>The blood meant I hadn’t immediately recognized it as Mama Mathers.  The moment meant I hadn’t even realized the hallucinations had stopped.<br><br>Kenzie had dropped one of her flying cameras on her. - [[Pitch 6.3]]</ref>
* Lookout built eye lens cameras resistant to her profile. They automatically blurred Mama Mathers,<ref name="II15.6 e1">Next monitor. Teacher was visible at the very edge, some others gathered near him.  I recognized Ingenue. Ms. Webb.  There was a blur on the screen that wasn’t resolving, but I could guess who she was and why Lookout had set her to be automatically blurred out.  She stood next to Valefor.<br><br>It meant she was Mama Mathers, and, worse, Valefor had a jaw again. He had eyes. He was talking to her. - [[Dying 15.6]]</ref> preventing Mama Mathers from establishing a connection to any eyeball with this tech.<ref name="II15.8 e1">Valefor.<br><br>He was there, giving instructions.  He held a cane but didn’t move like he needed it.  Beside him-<br><br>My vision in one eye blurred.<br><br>Automatic blurring, because Kenzie had tech resistant to Mama Mathers’ profile.  I hurried to turn my gaze away, because I only had tech in the one eye. - [[Dying 15.8]]</ref> When [[Rain]] looked at her, Mama Mathers could only detect a vague buzz of technology; she noted that she had no way into his eyes.<ref name="II15.z eRainLook">The order she had been planning to give fled her mind as she saw a figure scrambling up a section of floor.<br><br>He found his footing, backed up, until he was nearer the hostages.  He turned his full focus to her, glowing eyes peering at her, and there was no connection, aside from a vague buzz of technology that her power reached into.  She had no way into his eyes.<br><br>He was supposed to be one of hers.  He had been one of the ones to get away, as Sunflower had, but his escape had been late. - [[Interlude 15.z II]]</ref>

[[The Graeae]] could swap body parts out so that if someone perceived Mama Mathers with a body part (i.e. eyes, ears), Mama Mathers is only able to establish a connection to that body part's original owner.<ref name="II5.12 e3">“Immune?” I asked.<br><br>Rain indicated the two capes with gray hair, a young man and woman.  Both had eyepatches, the steel-gray hair, and costumes with white and black.  Chris’ age, or a bit older.  “Dino and Enyo.  They’re multi-triggers, and they’re also twin triggers.  One of their powers is that they can transplant body parts, with some special rules.  I’m borrowing someone else’s eyes and ears, and a few other bits, so she can touch me and make it hurt, but it’s dulled, and she can’t do anything else.  The transplant recipient is back at our base, sedated.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/04/03 Excerpt] from [[Shadow 5.12]]</ref><ref name="II7.2 eSedated">“Then, to go back to the timing of when you provided information about the Mathers, why the time provided?”<br><br>“I was sedated for a surgery, swapping my eyes and ears out.  I started to provide information as soon as I was able.  Before then, Mama Mathers was in effect.” - [[Torch 7.2]]</ref> When outside [[shardspace]], Mama Mathers, despite her connections, was unable to apply her power on [[Rain]] while he was in the dream room.<ref name="II5.d e1">''Mama Mathers'', Rain thought.  He braced himself for the appearance, and saw nothing.  He scanned the room, looking.  Too much to hope that it would have brought her in, for the same treatment the one-toothed woman had been given. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/03/13/shadow-interlude-5d/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 5d II]]</ref><ref name="II16.8 e1">“You’re trying to apply logic to ''dream'', Lookout.”<br><br>“Yeah, uh, ''duh''?  Kind of!  We don’t know what it’s going to be like in there, but the way you talked about the room, you don’t have powers in there?”<br><br>“Not really, no.  And powers from outside don’t normally apply inside.  I was haunted by Mama Mathers for a while, and she didn’t have any hold on me in there.” - [[From Within 16.8]]</ref>

Hallucinations do not persist while Mama Mathers is unconscious.<ref name="II6.3 eCameraDrop" />

[[Parahuman_Characters#Chasmal|Chasmal]] could partially phase Mama Mathers out of reality.<ref name="II6.6 eChasmal">I saw the distorted space before I saw Capricorn, Vista, and Chasmal.  Capricorn had one of his stone constructions over his shoulder, something that looked like a coffin, but was obviously made of Tristan’s power, with hooks and such.  Interestingly, though it looked like the sort of heavy something that would have required Tristan’s attention, it was Byron in the blue armor who was hauling it, holding up the thicker, wider upper end, with the bottom end dragging in the path behind him.<br><br>Vista was shortening their path.  Chasmal would be making the coffin and the person inside light enough for Byron to drag, while simultaneously phasing Mama Mathers partially out of reality. - [[Pitch 6.6]]</ref> According to [[Tattletale]], that should break her connections as long as it lasts and is maintained. It could even possibly force her to reset all connections.<ref name="II6.8" />