Message in a Bottle
Auspex •••, Dominate ••
Communication is key for political organization, and covert communication is essential for oppositional social movements. Mortal insurgencies have used everything from encrypted emails to blind drops to a message the recipient had to shave the messenger’s head to read. It was to be expected that the Carthians would apply Disciplines to this age-old problem.
Effect
Typically, reading an item with The Spirit’s Touch reveals some information about the item’s past, and no one (neither reader nor the object’s last possessor) has any input into the vision’s content. Message in a Bottle changes that. By holding an item and using Message in a Bottle, a character can manipulate its psychic imprint. Anyone who later uses The Spirit’s Touch on the item receives a short vision of the character’s choice, about 15–30 seconds’ worth.
There are many applications for this Devotion. Securing messages (at least, secure from people without mid-range Auspex) is the most obvious. Planting evidence with false impressions for a rival whom you know can read impressions is more devious. Or, for the paranoid, it’s always safe to cleanse important objects so that more meaningful data can’t be mined from them.
There are many applications for this Devotion. Securing messages (at least, secure from people without mid-range Auspex) is the most obvious. Planting evidence with false impressions for a rival whom you know can read impressions is more devious. Or, for the paranoid, it’s always safe to cleanse important objects so that more meaningful data can’t be mined from them.