Minds and Mindscapes
Jun 17, 2013 0:05:01 GMT -5
Post by Kender Bard on Jun 17, 2013 0:05:01 GMT -5
What are mindscapes?
Mindscapes are the general term applied to a type of 'scenery' that represents a person's Mind. This can be almost anything that your imagination conceives of and always reflects things about the person whose mind is being examined.
Who can have mindscapes?
Technically, anyone. However, a mindscape requires a certain amount of self-awareness of your own mind and what it might look like to someone who can actually SEE it. Minds, extremely artistic and creative types, and anyone well practiced in meditation can all have vivid, organized, and very detailed mindscapes. Everyone has at least a rudimentary one, however your average person who doesn't fall into the above categories will not have an organized or even picturesque one. It'll be the most bare basics: something to represent emotion and memories, usually limited to basic shapes, simple objects, or plain colors.
Who can see mindscapes?
Only a Mind or a Mind who is actively assisting a non-Mind can see a mindscape. For a Mind, it's simply a matter of telepathy to get into a person's head. For a non-Mind, a regular Mind must 'draw' them into a Mindscape. Because of the trickiness of this feat, this generally means that they can only show off their own mindscape. It would require a telepathic specialist to 'invite' a non-Mind into a mindscape with ease, accuracy, and over an appreciable duration.
What's inside a mindscape?
Other than a general representation of who a person is, most mindscapes hold memories and emotions. In more advanced mindscapes, this can take the form of absolutely anything. For example, Filly's mindscape is a great meadow filled with flowers. The weather denotes her current mood and emotion (drizzling rain when sad, raging thunderstorm when upset, clear and sunny skies when peaceful or happy) while the flowers hold her memories. Because she's a Mind, she put more detail into her mindscape than even this and so many of her memory-flowers follow a pattern of color and type to mean certain things. Touching a flower activates a memory.
What can you do inside a mindscape?
Not a great deal. You can look at memories. You can talk to the person whose mind you're currently inside. If they are a Mind type, they can even 'manifest' inside their own head if they wish, but usually it's easier to just think and allow the listening party to just overhear what you're thinking.
Be warned! Mindscapes aren't just a stroll in the park!
Non-Minds have no protection against mental invasion, but Minds do! They can create barriers inside their own mind to protect themselves, and virtually all Minds have some sort of mental barrier in place for their safety and sanity. To see into their mindscape, you must be 'invited' inside (the Mind in question will lower their mental barriers) or you must break in through brute psychic force (breaking their barriers, or tearing them down.) The latter approach is very painful and is considered assault. It's a much better idea to just ask to be allowed in and if someone says no, respect their privacy.
Mindscapes are the general term applied to a type of 'scenery' that represents a person's Mind. This can be almost anything that your imagination conceives of and always reflects things about the person whose mind is being examined.
Who can have mindscapes?
Technically, anyone. However, a mindscape requires a certain amount of self-awareness of your own mind and what it might look like to someone who can actually SEE it. Minds, extremely artistic and creative types, and anyone well practiced in meditation can all have vivid, organized, and very detailed mindscapes. Everyone has at least a rudimentary one, however your average person who doesn't fall into the above categories will not have an organized or even picturesque one. It'll be the most bare basics: something to represent emotion and memories, usually limited to basic shapes, simple objects, or plain colors.
Who can see mindscapes?
Only a Mind or a Mind who is actively assisting a non-Mind can see a mindscape. For a Mind, it's simply a matter of telepathy to get into a person's head. For a non-Mind, a regular Mind must 'draw' them into a Mindscape. Because of the trickiness of this feat, this generally means that they can only show off their own mindscape. It would require a telepathic specialist to 'invite' a non-Mind into a mindscape with ease, accuracy, and over an appreciable duration.
What's inside a mindscape?
Other than a general representation of who a person is, most mindscapes hold memories and emotions. In more advanced mindscapes, this can take the form of absolutely anything. For example, Filly's mindscape is a great meadow filled with flowers. The weather denotes her current mood and emotion (drizzling rain when sad, raging thunderstorm when upset, clear and sunny skies when peaceful or happy) while the flowers hold her memories. Because she's a Mind, she put more detail into her mindscape than even this and so many of her memory-flowers follow a pattern of color and type to mean certain things. Touching a flower activates a memory.
What can you do inside a mindscape?
Not a great deal. You can look at memories. You can talk to the person whose mind you're currently inside. If they are a Mind type, they can even 'manifest' inside their own head if they wish, but usually it's easier to just think and allow the listening party to just overhear what you're thinking.
Be warned! Mindscapes aren't just a stroll in the park!
Non-Minds have no protection against mental invasion, but Minds do! They can create barriers inside their own mind to protect themselves, and virtually all Minds have some sort of mental barrier in place for their safety and sanity. To see into their mindscape, you must be 'invited' inside (the Mind in question will lower their mental barriers) or you must break in through brute psychic force (breaking their barriers, or tearing them down.) The latter approach is very painful and is considered assault. It's a much better idea to just ask to be allowed in and if someone says no, respect their privacy.
