Chapter 17: Detective
It's been about 3 weeks now. At first I knew about how to use the Peacock Miraculous-
No. It's not that I didn't know how but that I had no ideal how exactly its superpower, amokitization applies to me. Now thanks to multiple test runs I have ascertain the properties of this superpower. Here's what I have learned:
With the exception of what Duusu has termed as the A.P.H field, provided a sentimonster isn't within its field, it will cease to exist as soon as its amok is removed. To tell where this field is, if I can see Duusu while I'm transformed, then I know I am inside and if I haven't been transformed yet, then I will be able to tell by the simple fact that the transformation words don't work.*
Although virtually any item can be used to store an amok, the Peacock Miraculous itself is as far as I can tell, the only exception, likewise
While it is possible to use a living creature to house the amok as opposed to an item or object, the issue with amoks that have been eaten or where they are being housed by a creature is that they degrade. In short, creature binded amoks can only last up to 5 hours after which the sentimonster will cease to exist. The target will also not receive any superpowers or magical residue this way.**
The anchor to which the amok is bounded to must be tangible. I cannot use abstract ideas to house the amok
For whatever reason, I am unable to control the sentimonsters that I create for myself. I don't get it, but that is the case for me. All of the sentimonsters that I have created for myself have either turned on and rebelled against despite holding the item containing its amok or they have self-destructed, typically in my face. Thankfully, the ones which do self destruct also instantly purify their amoks-
By decimating them as well.
Since I cannot control my own sentimonsters, I must instead create sentimonsters for others. Whenever I create a sentimonster for someone else to use, the following are true:
Whoever holds the item containing the sentimonster's amok controls the sentimonster- With the exception of myself of course. This only applies if the sentimonster was created specifically for the purpose of serving another other than I-
Though I do wonder if there's a workaround to that. That is what I have decided to test out today. Today is January 20th, 2015.
The powers of the sentimonster are determined by whom the sentimonster is created for-
And of course I cannot do this for myself.
Notes:
I need to find a more effective way of determining whether I'm in an A.P.H field when I'm detransformed other than by trying to say the transformation words. My kwami states that they feel-
No. It doesn't matter what they feel. What does it matter to me?
… I will find another way to confirm whenever I'm in an A.P.H field while I'm detransformed. According to my kwami, there's a risk of something disastrous happening if I fail to keep certain values neutral. It's all poshwash but seeing how those A.P.H fields do allow the little kwami to disobey me, there might be some merit to its babblings.
According to Duusu, my little slave, one common method a lot of creatures would use to gain superpowers is by consuming entities or items with superpowers in the hopes that digesting them will transfer the superpower over to the consumer. It states that this method isn't all that reliable for getting superpowers at least not on a permanent level. First, their digestive system would have to be able to break apart the components that grant the meal their superpowers. It isn't the same thing as when a cat munches on a mouse or when a lion devours a gazelle. They don't gain traits from the meals they consume because they either lack an organ to do so or or in simple terms they cannot incorporate such elements. Such is the case for most creatures and as for me, I at least can confirm that I cannot gain the superpowers of the Peacock Miraculous nor have been able to siphon on Duusu's superpowers just by having hi my slave's supowers despite having them inside of me. It could be that I haven't been able to do so since I lack a functioning digestive system, though when I tried feeding some of my unwitting test subjects amoks or when I placed the amok on their direct person, they were never able to gain the direct ability to create amoks and other than being able to control the sentimonster which resulted from that amok without the need to hold an item, they were simply ordinary tools. On this, I will conclude by noting I have yet to see what would happen if I use a non human creature in order to house an amok or possibly another sentimonster. Even though sentimonsters can't use the Peacock Miraculous, I am curious as to whether they can-
Scratch that. Let me clarify myself. If I want to use this magical jewel to help find all of my memory packages more efficiently, then I must test everything this Peacock Miraculous can do for me. I must expend all parameters and leave no possibility unlooked. I will not give up, I will not give in. On this, I have found that I have least gained enough information to decide my next course of action, that being I must find a way to deal with these seemingly invulnerable vines that are spreading throughout Tokyo, though most seem to be concentrated in the Roppongi District. I wonder why that is. If I don't deal with them quickly, I run the risk of becoming restricted and with my movements bounded, there's a chance one of those creatures could steal my Miraculous. Seeing as those vines are able to smash through buildings as though they were styrofoam cups, it's not a question of whether they would be able to turn me into scraps without the Peacock Miraculous. Fortunately for me I do have an ideal on what to do…
Duusu's POV
My current holder…
She truly doesn't comprehend the power of the Miraculous she's wielding. Sure, over these past 3 weeks she has been testing out the effects of Amokitization, which is what a competent Miraculous holder should do first, except that she only decided to do so after that latest incident back on December 28, 2014.
(sigh)
Well, perhaps it's not accurate to say she doesn't comprehend Amokitization and to be fair, the way amokitization works for her is not the same as all the others I have witnessed. She should be able to control her own sentimonsters if she holds the item containing their amok but for whatever reason, that is simply not the case with her. Additionally, Aoi must grab an authentic bird's feather. Her Miraculous form does not come with a feather fan that can be used to create amoks-
No, that's not it. It does except for that feather fan is actually a metallic quill fan and thus her version of the Miraculous tool is not suitable for creating amoks.
…
Actually, now that I recall, there are magical effects and artifacts that could subvert the ownership of the amok. Could Medea have something to do with this?... but wait. If that were so, then why did that first sentimonster act more like it was its own agent? Yeah. Even if we account for an invisible Medea sneaking up on Yosuzume's first sentimonster and tapping it with Ruler Breaker, that sentimonster should've started obeying Medea.. and furthermore, the Witch of Treachery wouldn't have been able to control that first sentimonster without using the same methods that Yosuzume used, which was she verbally stated her orders. Aside from the item containing the amok, Yosuzume's first sentimonster obeyed the verbal commands of the one holding the item containing its amok or at least that was supposed to be the case.
If Rule Breaker is the cause, then the first sentimonster shouldn't have even attacked Aoi.
Aoi has taken to using living creatures to house some of the amoks. So far she is the 3rd holder to do this. Most Peacock Holders simply use items as they lack the innovation to bend the rules of the Miraculous though even then, it's simply more practical to just use items for housing the amoks. If a creature is used to house the amok, the amok will only last for about 5 hours if the creature is human sized, 5 minutes if it's the size of a small rodent. Don't even bother with insect sized creatures such as shrinkies because those amok containers will only last for 5 seconds. Elephant sized creatures or Amazons can contain the amok for 5 days, the enlarged such as those who have been gigantified through whatever means are capable of holding the amok for 5 weeks and titans can do so for 5 months! Obviously the larger the size category of the living amok container, the longer the amok lasts for. I have yet to see what would happen if the container of the amok was a magical or even a psychic creature however and theoretically sentimonsters can be used to house the amoks of other sentimonsters though this seems risky. What would happen if the sentimonster which is housing another's amok gets destroyed or revoked from existence? My guess is that this will also cause whatever other sentimonsters whose amoks are infused within to also dissipate as well.
Hmm…
I guess, despite being the power source for amokitization, there are still some factors about my power that I don't quite apprehend.
Aoi's POV
It has recently come to attention that for whatever reason it is, even though the target can seemingly graft their sentimonster with whatever superpower they desire, there are limits and parameters to which these superpowers must adhere to. So far I have discovered the following data:
Subject 1; young female child. Referred to its sentimonster as a friend. Sentimonster was in the form of a winged pony. Other than being a pony with wings, nothing noteworthy could be seen of this sentimonster.
Subject 2: young teenager who has been reported to constantly skip class. Its sentimonster was an exact carbon copy of Subject 2. Primary usage was to allow Subject 2 to continue to skip class while having the sentimonster fake their attendance.
Subject 3: petty crook. Subject 3's sentimonster was in… ? No, I must stay focused. Subject 3 had formed their.. Their.. their?
Am I… starting to-
No.
This must be a hiccup of some sort. If I start treating these meatbags as if they have any sort of value-
I can't let that happen! I must gird myself. Until I have accomplished my task, self-defined task I cannot let myself be boggled down by such useless whatever it's called. Subject 3's sentimonster took the form of a wrist phone. With it, Subject 3 was able to avoid the police as well as find targets with less witnesses nearby.
Subject 4: small boy. Subject 4's sentimonster was some kind of rock creature. At the time, Subject 4 was being pummelled by a couple of older kids. Primary purpose of the sentimonster was to drive back the older kids by physically hurling them away.
Subject 5: red neckbeard who's considerable overweight, doesn't have a stable job, lives in their parent's basement, likes to oogle kids who have yet to begin puberty which is typically at the ages of 9 for girls and 10 for boys…
Ahem. Subject 5's sentimonster took the form of a 5 year old girl with cat ears in a maid outfit. Primary purpose of the sentimonster was to help Subject 5 to attract girls around his age and then transform them into little girls appearing around the age of the sentimonster. Naturally Subject 5 cried like a little bitch when I snapped his sentimonster out of existence. Good riddance. Also, because I couldn't leave any witnesses behind, I made sure to make quick work of Subject 5 along with the girls Subject 5's sentimonster had converted by putting a bullet through their heads. A drunk driver promptly ran over Subject 5, so I didn't had to deal with Subject 5's execution. A bit easier for myself if I do say.
Subject 6: stern elderly lady who works as a 3rd grade teacher. Its sentimonster was an orange fire breathing tabby. Primary purpose of the sentimonster was to help Subject 6 roast her employers along with her class and her neighbors. Hmm. Subject 6 may be a pyromanic.
Subject 7: A priest. Subject 7 appeared to be startled when he saw his sentimonster. Subject 7's sentimonster took the form of the Norse god of thunder, Thor. Despite supposedly being based off of this Norse deity, I was able to quickly and easily snap it out of existence. Subject 7 also seemed to express confusion. I am confused as well. In any case, unlike the previous 6, Subject 7 treated their sentimonster as if it was truly Thor. It's possible that Subject 7 must've mistaken the sentimonster for a deity. Hmm. Can sentimonsters be created with powers resembling divinity?
…
Actually, now that I think about it, that can't be the case, cause otherwise it should've been impossible for me to just snap senti-Thor out of existence. Perhaps at the most they can mimic the powers of a divinity, not that they exist though.
Subject 8: A baby. Subject 8's sentimonster took the form of a human sized stickman made entirely of lollipops, with the candy part for the hands and feet along with the head and the sticks for its body. Primary purpose of the sentimonster was to be eaten by Subject 8. Subject 8 also noticeably clapped its hands together and its shrills were also a bit higher pitch as well. Subject 8 bawled its eyes out as soon as I snapped its lollipop sentimonster away. Because the baby was starting to cause a scene, I put a bullet through its head and then after that I proceeded to do the same with the mother.
There were plenty more test subjects but overall I would say I have enough data to determine that whatever the case may be, there are limits to what sorts of superpowers a sentimonster can have. At the very least, immunity to the Peacock Miraculous is not a superpower a sentimonster can have as that immunity has only been present in those A.P.H fields. Now that I have gathered enough information, I seriously need to do something about those vines. Now who should I gift a sentimonster to?
…
Hm. This sucker will do. Grabbing one of my stored feathers that I have been gathering these past few days to restock up my feather supplies, I create an amok and placed it into the monitor screen of the SVZ1311AJ laptop, the 2012 version of the Sony Vaio Z laptop series. Currently I have a tab open to Mixi, so when I place the amok into this laptop I can send its effect through this connection. At least, that's my hypothesis.
…
Ah. A private investigator, eh? Let's see what this sap has to say.
Aoi: "Duusu. Spread my feathers."
Now transformed, I begin to focus on what the Miraculous guide calls the target's mental voice in order to communicate with it mind to mind. The terminology for this is telepathy? I'm not entirely sure how this power is supposed to work..
Wait. If telepathy is mind to mind communication then does that mean…
Oh no!
Shit! Shit! Shit!
If they can read my mind, then that means-
Oh wait. Oh no. No, I can't do that. That's it, it's time for me to-
I shake my head. What am I thinking? Am I going to back out now just because there's a possibility of them ambushing me? Just because it's risky? No! Besides, why should I worry? That's right. From now on I won't detransform. I'll stay like this. With infinite energy and no need to eat or sleep let alone drink, they'll never be able to get the drop on me. Now how do I convince this sucker to help me clean up this viney mess?
Hm…
Ah!
That might work. I shall try it.