Pseudoscience Manipulation

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• Male- Adjective with "-ful" Suffix

• Female- Adjective with "-able" Suffix

• Gender Neutral/Undefined- Adjective with "-ious" Suffix

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The Story Continues...

The Duo wandered around a dense forest within the Wilderness under The Silver Sky. Ireful pulled out his communicator to contact Perishable but got Hinderable instead.

Ireful: "Hinderable?"

Leful: "Hey there. We're lost. It took us almost two days to get here, and we still don't know where Perishable's friend's lab is."

Hinderable: "Oh, right. Mom mentioned something about you two being out to recover an asset. She said that his lab was at Steel Plate City, and she would send a helicopter after you retrieved the asset along with all her friend's research and destroy the lab with its self-destruct button."

Leful: "Steel Plate City? That's 30 miles from where we are."

Ireful: "We don't have enough money to get another ride after spending some to get here."

Hinderable: "Sorry, guys. But you will have to walk there. The helicopter ride is expensive. We can't send them to your location. Good luck."

The Duo (After Hinderable hung up): "Ugh!"

About 11 Hours Later...

Leful and Ireful sauntered into Steel Plate City, tired.

Ireful: "Raaah! This is complete bull!"

Leful (to Hinderable through communicator): "Okay, we're at Steel Plate City. Can you give us more specific information? Please answer."

Hinderable: "Mother said the lab is near Smeltery #5. Look out for some graffiti that says, "Without Beakers," and you should find the entrance."

Leful: "Right. Thank you."

Ireful: "So, where is Smeltery #5?"

Leful (Looking at the map on his communicator): "Answer:... On the other side of town."

The Duo: "AHHHHH!"

Three More Hours Later...

The Duo had reached Smeltery #5, even more, exhausted and angry than ever. They walked over to a wall with the graffiti that Hinderable described.

Ireful (Examining the graffiti): "So...uh...What should we be looking for?"

Leful: "Hmmm? Answer:..."

Leful noticed that the dot on the "i" was different in color from the rest of the letters.

Leful:"...something unusual."

Leful pressed on the dot, and it glowed. From behind them, a secret doorway opened.

Ireful: "Alright!"

Leful: "Let's get this asset and get out of here. I am wiped."

The Duo entered the doorway and went deep underground. They found the lab, and the only light source was a big vat of cerulean liquid. Ireful looked for a switch while Leful got closer to the container. Leful noticed a silhouette of someone inside the dense fluid. Ireful pressed a button, and the lights came on. He walked over to Leful.

Ireful: "Is this the one we were sent out for?"

Leful: "Answer: "I believe so. You find a way to open it up. I will gather the research materials."

Ireful looked around the panels below the vat, trying to find the "open" button. Leful went around the lab to gather papers and flash drives. He also does a little reading.

Leful: "Hey, Ire, listen to this. Our Progenitor's friend is Dr. Shapeful, a former respectable member of the scientific community."

Ireful (Still looking at the panels): "What happened to him?"

Leful: "Answer: He started cooking up crazy theories and hazardous doodads that not only turned him into a laughingstock among his peers but also into The Métier Modder of Mad Science. When Shapeful gained the ability to make any invention, no matter how outlandish, he decided to make the ultimate Modder, one that would have every Chosen Métier out there."

Ireful: "The Ultimate Modder?"

Leful: "Yep. His first test subject is in this tube. The name had been redacted, but this person was the mad doctor's assistant. She was put through immense psychological reprogramming with the assistance of...Dr. Debatable."

Ireful: "The Hypnotist Modder and your former therapist."

Leful: "Uhuh. Together, they managed to almost completely erase the poor girl's mind. So, the only thing she could do was copy others like a toddler. But there was still a fragment of resentment within the test subject that her mimicry was turned into mockery. When she was hit by the Métier Surge, she became the Métier Modder of Mockery. The New Modder manifested many abilities but in the form of mocking others. She was a failure."

Ireful: "And yet, we were sent to get her back home."

Leful: "Dr. Shapeful moved on to a new test subject. But since nobody wants to be associated with the quack, he did the next best thing. He cloned his assistant, and even changed some of their DNA to be a more suitable guinea pig. When the clone was done, he continued his work. This time, the doctor followed the research of Dr. Accostable on Glitch Modders."

Ireful: "That cannot be good."

Leful: "He still couldn't crack the code on altering a Modder after gaining their Chosen Métier, but thanks to Accostable, he had figured out how to modify the transformation process. All thanks to meteorites from space. He made some deals in the black market to acquire enough for his project. Meteorites are rare materials and potential fuel found only in Atheist. I wonder if thats the resource that Hauntable's team was looking for. Remember her? Please answer."

Ireful: "*Sigh*...yes."

Leful: "Anyway, Dr. Shapeful discovered that the meteorites could alter the energy output of the Métier Surge, essentially turning a person into something similar to a Glitch Modder. He utilized his Support Mode to transform scientific impossibilities into possibilities, and used the meteorite to create the first...Modified Métier Modder."

Leful showed a picture of Protégé at the end of the paper he was reading to Ireful.

Ireful (Eyes widened): "No way."

Leful: "Just like Mockery Modder, he went through intense mental reprogramming, even though he was a proper Mimicry Modder. Protégé could only copy specific mode abilities and not create his own versions based on the modders from which he copied them. He went to a different lab to put Protégé into another vat, and the report ended there. I assume they caught him after that, and our old friend was taken under Pious's wing. Now, it makes sense why he doesn't know much about this world. Such a horrible fate..."

Ireful: "Hey! I find the button."

Ireful activated the vat's opening sequence, and the liquid was drained out, revealing a young woman in a black skintight jumpsuit with purple trims. She almost looks like Protégé. Then, she received a slight jolt to wake her up. The test subject looked around before looking down at The Duo. She glowed with a yellowish power. Then she manifested a flail with Leful's face with an exaggerated pair of teeth.

Leful: "Is that suppose to be me?"

The Mockery Modder swung and broke the glass with her new weapon. She pounced on Ireful.

Ireful: "Ah!"

The test subject looked at Ireful closely before glowing golden again. This time, her eyes turned bulbous and green with black sclera similar to Ireful's. Before she could fire her eye laser, Leful used a Burst Style Attack Mode to get to her quickly and kicked her away. The Mockery Modder stood up and roared with anger. She activated her Attack Mode again to charge at them, changing her appearance to a silly-looking man with goofy glasses and a weird haircut. Leful and Ireful dashed at her with their own Attack Mode, and thanks to their superior numbers by one, their attack knocked her back.

She was not done for used her Support Mode and split in half from the waist up. The left half morphed into a funhouse mirror version of Leful, and the right side did the same, but for Ireful. The horrid monstrosity ran at them, and the misshapen doppelganger paralyzed Leful. Ireful tried to use their Defense Mode, but since they are technically fighting two enemies now, their ability fizzled out. The Mockery Modders whacked both across the room.

Ireful (Reaching out for Leful): "Let me switch Modes."

Ireful swapped his Support Mode with his Attack Mode and used it with a Style Burst, dashing at the freaks' tummy with impressive speed. The test subject smashed through the vat and into a wall, where she reverted to her original form. Without that form, Leful regained his ability to move. The Duo high-fived each other before the test subject got up to attack again, but this time, Leful went up and headbutted her in the head before she could do anything else. The test subject collapsed from the blunt force trauma.

Leful: "That's for using my face.

Ireful: "Why did she attacked us?"

Leful: "Oh! Uh..."

Leful quickly looked over the notes.

Leful: "...Answer: She was programmed to attack intruders. Hehe, I got some of the notes in the wrong order. But if I say this..."

Leful gently tapped the Mockery Modder's face to wake her up.

Leful: "Shapeful Code: Red to Pink Kitten...That should make her friendly for now."

The test subject jumped onto Leful and Ireful to hug them while rubbing her cheeks against theirs.

Ireful: "I think you said the 'Make Her Really Friendly' Code."

Leful (Breaking away from the hug): "It doesn't matter. We need to destroy this place and if I read the notes right...the self-destruct button should be this."

Leful pressed a button on the side of a wall, and the room turned red.

Leful: "We should go."

All three Modders left the underground lab as it started bursting into flames. Ireful swiftly closed the door to it as fast as he could before the smoke reached the surface, while Leful went to his communicator. The Mockery Modder climbed onto his back to hug him.

Leful: "Hello! This is Leful. We got Dr. Shapeful's work and experiment. Ready for Pick-up."

Hinderable: "Um...yeah. Sorry about this, but something crashed through the Bronze Sky and landed in Copperisen. The helicopter that we got for you was sent there to assist you. You will have to wait about 5 hours. I am so sorry."

The Duo: "AHHAHAAAAAAAH!"

The Mockery Modder wrapped her arms around them and cooed at them affectionately.

To Be Continued...

The Test Subject/ Mockery Modder's Boss Reference/ Inspiration is Dural (Virtual Fighter)

What if you could make and build any kind of technological device/invention you want with whatever you have around you, it doesn’t require all the parts to make it actually function and you don’t need to have high intelligence. The only limit is what you believe you could make basically like the Orks from 40k but if anyone except you try’s to use your devices it wont work essentially your a kind of limited reality warper but only with technology/engineering what would you name this power? What would you do with it? Does this power seem interesting?

https://powerlisting.fandom.com/wiki/Building_Mastery

The user is a Master of Building things and can build anything with ease from anything. For example, the user can build a space suit from a pile of junk. It is a very effective power when it is given the proper creativity.

This is the ultimate building mechanism, since the user will automatically build anything with perfect skill, technique and timing. The users full and complete mastery in building and anything related to building makes the user the ultimate building.

What gadgets/devices would you make with this ability?