Powers.
First and foremost, Odd can see dead people. They are visible only to him. They can touch him, feel warm to him, but they cannot seem to physically harm him. As Datura found out, he does not possess the ability to make people physically see spirits, neither would he ever want to. Throughout Odd’s interesting life, he has met a variety of different kinds of ghosts. Sometimes they appear as normal people. Some spirits react differently to being dead. Odd had met some overly grieved by their death, except he’s also met one that was just as eager to entertain in death as he was in life. Other times, they can bear the injuries that killed them, such as little Penny Kallisto who did not reveal the strangulation marks around her neck until she’d been in the presence of Harlo Landerson.
One of the most unique spirits Odd met was Elvis Presley, who frequently changed his appearance and clothes and never revealed himself in the same state which he died in, unlike most ghosts do. Frank Sinatra, as well, shares some interesting traits, including his ability to serve as a potential poltergeist. In Odd’s realm, poltergeists are violent spirits that can summon enough spiritual energy to influence the living world. This energy lasts for a very brief period of time, and usually in a flurry of thrown objects and property damage. Spirits can be heckled into a blind rage, which Odd had done on a couple occasions in order to get himself out of sticky situations.
The dead don’t talk to Odd. But due to his psychic intuition, Odd can communicate with them on some level without the need for words. In addition to this intuition, he can also easily sense things, even unwillingly cheat at games such as Poker and Blackjack; “I just have a feeling for when my hand is stronger than those of other players and when it’s not. The feeling proves to be right nine times out of ten.” For this reason, Odd chooses not to gamble, as it feels like cheating. Sometimes, he’ll have prophetic dreams or visions, which goes hand in hand with his psychic powers.
Odd adopted the term psychic magnetism from Stormy, who also calls it psychic magnetism syndrome, or his term of PMS (which is a terrible acronym, I know). By letting his instincts to take control, psychic magnetism allows Odd to be drawn to places or people of importance, which you would think makes him an ideal tracker. On the contrary, psychic magnetism is terribly unreliable... and dangerous. In the event that the one he’s looking for happens to be a murderous psychopath (this is often the case in Odd’s life). It also has an inverted effect called reversed psychic magnetism. This draws others around Odd to him, no matter how harmless or dangerous they may be.
Although it is never really delved into, it seems that Odd revealed some kind of astral projection ability when he “died”, in that his soul was able to be in one place while his body had simultaneously acted out on its own. It also seems that Odd has neither any control nor understanding of this ability, so it’s all entirely speculation, really.
Another thing that is all speculation is Odd’s ability to induce a person into a mild hypnosis. He learned this trick from a magician friend he once knew: Using a coin, he can supposedly use someone to contact the Other Side via hypnotism, but apparently it only works if the medium had already died and were brought back to life.
Along with his ability to see the dead, Odd can see shadow-shaped creatures known as bodachs. They are described as liquid-shaped, with no real substance. Many of them are doglike, but as big as men. They’re also silent and, like ghosts, they appear only to a few people. They assemble in places of imminent doom where several people are going to die (i.e. before terrorists attacks, shootings, et cetera), serving as signs of warning before disaster is bound to strike in a general location. Odd develops an interesting theory that, because of the mysterious black room he had encountered in Robertson’s house that sent him into a momentary time paradox, that maybe time travel becomes possible in the future. He also speculates that our descendants can’t physically travel to the past, so they have to create virtual bodies that are only visible to certain psychics who can see them. Odd figures that the bodachs take on their shape of their deformed souls, but they resemble like any other human. For what reason that those of the future would take such interest in places of mass destruction is anyone’s guess; Odd certainly has no desire to dwell on a future where our descendants travel back in time simply to watch our suffering.
POWERS REGAINED
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One of the most unique spirits Odd met was Elvis Presley, who frequently changed his appearance and clothes and never revealed himself in the same state which he died in, unlike most ghosts do. Frank Sinatra, as well, shares some interesting traits, including his ability to serve as a potential poltergeist. In Odd’s realm, poltergeists are violent spirits that can summon enough spiritual energy to influence the living world. This energy lasts for a very brief period of time, and usually in a flurry of thrown objects and property damage. Spirits can be heckled into a blind rage, which Odd had done on a couple occasions in order to get himself out of sticky situations.
The dead don’t talk to Odd. But due to his psychic intuition, Odd can communicate with them on some level without the need for words. In addition to this intuition, he can also easily sense things, even unwillingly cheat at games such as Poker and Blackjack; “I just have a feeling for when my hand is stronger than those of other players and when it’s not. The feeling proves to be right nine times out of ten.” For this reason, Odd chooses not to gamble, as it feels like cheating. Sometimes, he’ll have prophetic dreams or visions, which goes hand in hand with his psychic powers.
Odd adopted the term psychic magnetism from Stormy, who also calls it psychic magnetism syndrome, or his term of PMS (which is a terrible acronym, I know). By letting his instincts to take control, psychic magnetism allows Odd to be drawn to places or people of importance, which you would think makes him an ideal tracker. On the contrary, psychic magnetism is terribly unreliable... and dangerous. In the event that the one he’s looking for happens to be a murderous psychopath (this is often the case in Odd’s life). It also has an inverted effect called reversed psychic magnetism. This draws others around Odd to him, no matter how harmless or dangerous they may be.
Although it is never really delved into, it seems that Odd revealed some kind of astral projection ability when he “died”, in that his soul was able to be in one place while his body had simultaneously acted out on its own. It also seems that Odd has neither any control nor understanding of this ability, so it’s all entirely speculation, really.
Another thing that is all speculation is Odd’s ability to induce a person into a mild hypnosis. He learned this trick from a magician friend he once knew: Using a coin, he can supposedly use someone to contact the Other Side via hypnotism, but apparently it only works if the medium had already died and were brought back to life.
Along with his ability to see the dead, Odd can see shadow-shaped creatures known as bodachs. They are described as liquid-shaped, with no real substance. Many of them are doglike, but as big as men. They’re also silent and, like ghosts, they appear only to a few people. They assemble in places of imminent doom where several people are going to die (i.e. before terrorists attacks, shootings, et cetera), serving as signs of warning before disaster is bound to strike in a general location. Odd develops an interesting theory that, because of the mysterious black room he had encountered in Robertson’s house that sent him into a momentary time paradox, that maybe time travel becomes possible in the future. He also speculates that our descendants can’t physically travel to the past, so they have to create virtual bodies that are only visible to certain psychics who can see them. Odd figures that the bodachs take on their shape of their deformed souls, but they resemble like any other human. For what reason that those of the future would take such interest in places of mass destruction is anyone’s guess; Odd certainly has no desire to dwell on a future where our descendants travel back in time simply to watch our suffering.
POWERS REGAINED
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