Essence ofTelecommunications

The vial appears to hold strands of light and tastes like iron and plastic. It grants you these boons:

• The ability to see signals from technological sources and interact with them mentally.

• You can access any signal and read it which will pull up digital looking screens for video and photographic sources and be able to hear audio across bandwidths essentially hacking them without tools.

• Because this is done with your mind no one can detect your intrusion or piggybacking of signals via technology alone and cannot stop you from getting into their systems as you completely circumvent digital security. It doesn’t eat up any traffic space either. No one can see what you see either.

• You can pull up multiple 'screens' without any lag and watch a football game being broadcast from Brazil, a singer at an opera house in Europe, and a news feed from Japan all at once.

• You can also track these signals back to their source like a cable, server, or phone; prevent them from reaching their destination, even alter texts and emails en route.

• You're able to form and send your own signals as well. You can call up your favorite pizza place, shoot a text to your girlfriend, or send a video of your wrecked car to your mother.

• You have a touch of technopathy because of this power allowing you to control machines that give off communicational signals. Control your computer and form words on a digital page at the speed of thought, properly spelled too. Change the radio station without touching any dials and turning someone's phone off just to annoy them.

• You can sense what's wrong with these devices' software and can diagnose when they have conflicting code with other programs or when they're infested with digital viruses, malware, spyware, Trojan horses, etc.

• You are given a robust multitasking ability that allows you to have multiple branching thoughts and process everything as if you gave each one your total undivided attention.

• You have a perfect memory and infinite storage and can recall anything you experience instantly with perfect cross referencing. These memory features are retroactive and you may selectively let certain memories fade or lock them into a mental folder that's been properly labeled with a note telling you that you have done so. No one can force you to recall those memories nor can they read those memories as long as they remain in storage.

• You are immune to any dangerous memetic signals or any mental influences that could attack you through this power, including backlash if such is possible. It also becomes impossible to lock you into a virtual reality and trick you into believing it's real as you'll be able to detect the signals around you and manipulate them.

• You can turn your power on and off or dial it down when you need to. Your power cannot be stolen, shut down, or copied.