Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25814498-20150505201606/@comment-5780397-20160206230329

I said I totally loved the last ability, too, only observed that perhaps the last Limitation was not really necessary.

My ability is a Manipulation ability that uses music, but I'll try to twist it so it doesn't look one of those music related control abilities ( Let's not have one of those kinds of lightsaber battles ). It is difficult to distinguish between necessary conditions and limitations, so I'll just group them together. Emission may be involved, I'm not sure.

Name: [...]

Nen Type: Manipulation

Description: The user plays a piece of music with an instrument. Once the performance is finished, everyone who has listened to it will fall under the user's control and forced to obey an order of his/her. The piece needs to be performed exactly as written (see Limitations), and the slightest mistake will prevent the ability from activating.

A tricky part of the ability is that it is not the piece itself that will cause the hypnosis, but the last note: meaning that even if one covers his/her ears or simply is not within hearing range for most of the song, they will still fall under the user's control if they hear the final note being played or they see it being played. When the last note has been played, targets will go limp. At this point, the user issues the order. When the order has been carried out, the target (if still alive) will be freed and have no memories of what he/she has done during the hypnosis. If a target cannot hear the order, they will simply remain limp until the end of the hypnosis or until someone touches them (whichever happens first).

Limitations:

1. Each note the target has heard grants the user 1 minute of control over him/her. This means that if the target has heard only the last note, the user will need to issue the order and have the target carry it out within 1 minute. This also means that the longer the music piece, the longer the target can be controlled. The maximum length corresponds to 2 weeks.

2. No matter how many people are hypnotized at the same time, the order must be the same for all of them.

3. The music piece must be written down somewhere in a proper form, and it must be something the user composed. If the sheet music is destroyed or rendered unreadable, the ability will not activate and the piece must be written again. The user is free to change music piece provided the music sheet of the previous one has been destroyed (doesn't matter by who).

4. The instrument must be the same for the full length of the performance. This means that, depending on the chosen music piece, it will be impossible to choose certain instruments (for example the triangle, being "monotone").

5. The ability cannot be used again until all targets have been freed.

6. The sound must be heard from its original source for the ability to activate. Recordings and speakers are not allowed. Same if you see the last note being played.

7.  Although not exactly a Limitation, if the user is not satisfied with the chosen music piece or the performance, the ability may not activate even if all other conditions have been respected.