User blog:Holokami/Fundamentals of Psionics

In psionics there are three fundamental steps: Observing, processing, and acting. These are the most basic steps in psionics, and all powers go through them. Psionics is limited only by what the psionic mind an observe.

Observing - Observing anything through mental/psionic means, such as the past, future, another’s mind, an object’s location in space, even simply being aware of space around you, e.t.c. This step is where the “Selectivity” of a psychic’s power comes in. The more selective a psychic’s observations, the more limited their power; such as only being able to control one element, one state of matter, light, everything that makes up the ground, steel, seeing the future and/or past, clairvoyance, claircognizance, accessing other’s minds, seeing spirits, e.t.c.
 * It's incredibly important to note that as powerful as a psychic may be, their powers will always be limited by their "Observation Span", meaning, for example, if a psychic's full observation span is sensing fire, and only fire, they will never be able to achieve another power outside of manipulating fire.
 * Many psychics can grow their observation span, it depends on their "Observation Span Potential".

Processing - Processing the information received through observation, and then processing the actions the take. The information and actions processed are limited to what observations were made. Processing is split into two types:
 * Information Processing - The processing of the information gained/received through observing. Such as turning the information of the future gained through precognition into sensory information, processing the thoughts gained through mind reading, or simply processing a location in space and what's in it, e.t.c.
 * Action Processing - Action processing is that the psionic processing the action wanting to be taken, such as sending information to another person via telepathy, moving an object via telekinesis, creating an illusion, altering matter, controlling energy, manipulating mind, e.t.c. The Action Processing can be done consciously or subconsciously.

Acting - The action occurs. The action processed in the prior step takes place, through the mechanisms and funtions of the power of the psychic, such as moving matter with telekinesis, teleporting, sending a message through telepathy, controlling a spirit, e.t.c..

Now that you know the three fundamental steps of psionics, the three fundamental types of psychic can be discussed. These types describe, at a very basic level, the three different ways psionics can work, based on the three fundamental steps.

Reading - The Reading-type Psychic is a psychic who can only observe and process information. They're unable to take actions based on the information gained, but because of that, are able to observe and process much more information.
 * This includes psychics who possess powers like claircognizance, clairvoyance, precognition, e.t.c.
 * Observation >> Processing

Editing - The Editing-type Psychic is a psychic who can observe, process and act. At a basic level, the observations of these psychics are usually based around current physical information and information contained in the mind. Empathics and astral powers are a part of this type as well.
 * This includes psychics who posses powers like telekinesis, teleportaion, telepathy, astral manipulation, empathy, e.t.c.
 * Even psychics with the craziest, most bewildering powers might still be Editor-type.
 * Observation >> Processing >> Action

Writing - The Writing-type Psychic is by far the rarest and most powerful type of psychic. This type of psychic is one whose processing step isn't limited by or connected to their observation step. This means their mind executes the psionic processes based on the psychic's thoughts alone, and acts them out "independently of reality", as Lumi puts it. Simply put- their mind has no limit as to what they can do, and their potential is endless, or by other names: Mentifery, Imagination Manifestation, Psycho Warping, Reality Warping, or in the case of two certain awakened, Absolute Psionic Power, and Absolute Will. Writing-type Psychics can interact with reality in a way no others can, only being limited by their own will, desires, imagination, or rules.
 * Thoughts Processing >> Action
 * The psychics of this type are:
 * Lumi Faraday
 * Melqart
 * Nekissa
 * Nita Flores
 * Queen Filicia
 * Sable Schwartz