Tricking the Mind

[Negative Blessing]

The Togruta Sith Master stood in the circle of the training room flanked by a cuffed prisoner left over from the war as she waited for the Acolyte to arrive. Grima was hosting a one-on-one training session for an Acolyte who wished to learn the Force powers associated with Mind Tricks. Grima prided herself on installing fear into her enemies while manipulating them to do her will. and when they no longer served a purpose to her, she would simply cast them aside in any fashion she deemed appropriate for the individual.

Eyes closed, mind focused, and her Dark side energy flowing through her, she stood meditating. She would teach this Acolyte the power then would return to her home.

 

[Rector_Ras]

Raslekx was to learn a new ability today. This one was special to him. It was his first mental power. It wasn't lightning or telekinetic this was breaking into someone's mind and making them think what you wanted. He knew he would have to come out of his comfort zone to do it though he could see enjoying the power.

Walking into the room he saw the sigh master who was giving him a one on one class. He hoped she had no hard feelings towards him as there were rumours going around she and his master Mira Albion had a confrontation of some sort and if she wanted to punish him for what might have happened between them he wouldn't be able to sop her. Though she might not even know. Looking at the master he said "I am Raslekx Kongure. Thank you for hosting this one on one class

 

[Negative Blessing]

"If you seek to thank me for this class....then do so by paying attention and grasping all that I intend to bestow upon you. There are two powers I will teach you, the basics, and as you grow more powerful in the Force and the Dark Side; other powers associated with dealing with trickery of the mind will open up to you. The first is known as Force Persuasion and the other is Force Fear. Both deal with mind manipulation but they are different. Force Persuasion allows you to plant thoughts or suggestions into the mind of your target, manipulating him into acting in ways they would normally would not do. Force Fear is more about haunting the mind of a target. Through the force you can pluck their thoughts and memories that they fear or images that scare them and bring those to the surface. By doing this, you can break their will and easily manipulate them with a false promise you will banish the horror they are feeling."

Grima pointes to the prisoner as she continues, "For our lessons, this prisoner will serve as our target. His life and purpose is to assist us, nothing more, nothing less. Now, in order to achieve any power associated with a target's mind, you must first probe and invade theirs with yours; melding the two minds together. Once that is achieved, they are at your mercy...if mercy was in our nature. Watch as I demonstrate Force Persuasion."

Grima, aided by the Force, quickly slips into the mind of the prisoner combining the two. Now with the prisoner's mind under her control she gives the prisoner a series of commands. First, the prisoner begins to walk around the room then when he stops, he begins to knock his head gently against the wall, and finally Grima has him jump and down. Releasing his mind, Grima turns to the student.

"It is that simple but you should know....if a person has a strong will such as a Hutt they can resist your attempts to persuade them. With this power, you can make them do simple parlour tricks as I have done or do more extreme things. However, you cannot force them to kill themselves...yet. As I said, those are powers you can only achieve through strength and growth in the Force. Now, it is your turn to demonstrate for me."

 

[Rector_Ras]

It was a fairly long explanation but it was well done. Nothing more and nothing less then what would be useful for him to preforms the power on the slave. The slave was his age or maybe slightly younger and if he wasn't dressed in torn dirty rags some might have even though he was attractive and it was something Raslekx noticed.

His plan was to break into the slave's mind and make him walk towards the master and lean on the wall next to her as if he was going to hit on her but it didn't work out so much as planned. Doing as he was told Raslekx reached towards the mind of the slave and broke in fairly easy. He then proceeded to make him walk towards the situ master by suggesting he really liked the masters looks but ne did the opposite. He walk slowly as if unsure what he was doing but it was towards Raslekx not the master. Raalelx raised an eyebrow wondering what he did wrong until the slave reached him and leaned on the wall next to him. Of course to the master it might look like that was what he meant to do so he had to say something "if I can I would like to mention I wanted him to go to you..."

 

[Negative Blessing]

The Togruta watched as the slave seemed to be bumbling around the chamber with no apparent direction in mind. Grima had seen this before and when the slave finished making a spectacle of himself and the Acolyte finished speaking, Grima addressed the situation.

"When controlling their mind, use small suggestions at first but keep them clear and straight forward. To many commands at once will result in sensory overload for your intended target. Allow the Force to push them toward your intended act...let the Force caress their mind and allow the Force to nudge them while your own mind focuses on holding their will in yours."

Pointing the slave once again, Grima adds, "Concentrate your mind...block out all distractions and allow your will to seep into theirs. Then, do this exercise again."