This choice: Trickster, locked in a more disposable body • Go Back...Chapter #5Trickster, locked in a more disposable body by: Yote   Out of all the powers, it is no surprise that the government is pressuring you to uncover the workings of Trickster's most of all. The power to take over the minds of others would be a superweapon on a par with the nuclear bomb, not only for espionage but to control the leaders of enemy powers themselves. Learning to extract, control or copy the ability - or at least devise some means of defense against it - are of paramount importance.
The difficulty is in studying him. Unlike Clay or Ragdoll, a live vivisection is out of the question due to the problems of dying. For a long time you played with the idea of dissecting something else, a disposable animal that would get past the ethic's board, while Trickster's mind inhabited it. Such an experiment would tell you a great deal about the nature of the link joining the two minds. Alas, the moment the host body is anaesthetized or experiences pain Trickser pulls out, flitting back to his true body like an elastic band snapping back into place.
Then one day you made a breakthrough. You discovered that Trickster's mind control could not penetrate a Faraday cage. A simple electromagnetic field was enough to block his mind from entering in to another body. Furthermore, and perhaps more importantly, it also stopped him from escaping. The electromagnetic field held him prisoner, trapped in his host body. Finally you had a captive test subject!
You wander to your laboratory and spend the rest of the day preparing for the experiment. Around lunchtime, he arrives, escorted by two guards. He looks nervous. They always do. "What's up, doc? You wanted me?"
"Ah, Bradley. Do come in. Yes, yes, I was wondering if we could have another one of our little sessions. Nothing to be concerned about, I merely want to try something new today."
"Uh, sure, doc, what is it?"
"I wanted to try you out with a new host body this time. It's a little exotic but I have every confidence in you. If you'll just direct your attention to the cage at the far end of the lab."
He turns to look. There stands a large metal cage large enough for a man to stand comfortably inside. Unknown to him, wired into the bars of the cage is a battery, though it is currently switched off. At the flick of a switch, the cage becomes live with electricity, turning into a prison not only for the body but also for the mind. Inside the cage is...  indicates the next chapter needs to be written. |
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