Forced Telepathic Bond Meme: I'm With Stupid

[enabling]

Telepathy. The ability to hear the thoughts of others and pry into other minds. Suddenly, you have it. Or maybe you always had it. And now you're connected, for better or worse, to another person, for who knows how long. You can feel their thoughts and, more alarmingly, they can hear yours. You share dreams, you can feel them there constantly, you their joy and their grief. INSTRUCTIONS; 1.] Post with your character name, canon, and any preferences you may have. 2.] Try not to leave just a blank comment. Maybe write a little scenario about what your character is thinking or feeling, something their partner can pick up. 3.] Whoever tags you now shares a telepathic bond with your character. 4.] When tagging, you may roll 1-5 Extent and for How on the RNG if needed. EXTENT OF TELEPATHY; 1. Sudden Onset Limited. It's a bond limited to exclusively you and your partner. 2. Sudden Onset Unlimited. You and/or your partner can hear the thoughts of others, but it's largely uncontrollable. And you retain a special bond with your partner that you can't block off. 3.] Experienced Limited. You've had your bond for a little while now, and have some experience with controlling it. Limited between you and partner. 4.] Experienced Unlimited w/o Partner. You've had telepathy for a while, but having a bond with your partner is new and confusing. 5.] Experienced Unlimited Partners You and your partner are pretty used to this, and either you, or both of you, can use telepathy on other people. HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? 1. Genetic. Baby, you were born this way. Maybe you didn't know it because it was a recessive trait and only appeared at a certain age. Maybe it's a mutation. Your partner shares this genetic trait and, by proximity, you've been bonded. 2. Government. Generic "The government is responsible!" Either you consented or you did not, but you've been partnered by an act of your government... or someone else's. 3. Experiment. You started trying to just bend spoons and... whoops! It was an experiment. Either you planned it or an enemy/evil scientist is responsible! 4. Through Strife/Friendship. You got really close, whether by sharing a hardship/trauma or just being together and getting on. 5. Really Intense Sex. Smut option. Guess it was so mind-blowing that you literally connected minds. idea from guiltapalooza meme by terrabelle

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[hulkbusted]

[Then we're screwed.]

Then we try shielding. [Raking his hands through his hair, he tries not to dwell on that glimpse of Jim's secrets. Every man is due his measure of pain and his privacy with it. God knows he has enough to go around. He turns his thoughts to what could disrupt whatever has entangled their minds this way.]

Occam's razor - we start with the simplest answer first. That's distance.

[thetisfortenacious]

No, we're not screwed. I don't believe in no-win scenarios.

[At the mention of shielding, Jim makes a noise that's not quite human.] Shielding. Oh my god. Okay, wait. I know that. I just hadn't thought of it because, well, your thoughts are really freaking distracting. No offense.

[Moving to throw on a decent shirt, he continues to talk, mind racing again but in a different way this time. Ideas are connecting, expanding, and it's more like a light show of sensors going off than anything.] Shielding is basic technique taught here, what with all the alien species we're expected to encounter and who knows how many are telepathic. I haven't had any courses in it yet but I was supposed to start soon so I have some of the more basic information.

[hulkbusted]

[Still stuck in the 21st century in some ways, Bruce had been thinking of actual physical shielding, but as soon as Jim's mind goes another direction, he wants to slap his own forehead. Of course.]

Is there anything we can do as a quick fix? Because if you think my thoughts are distracting it's just because you're used to the mess in your head.

[Not that his head's any better, he's sure. He has to feel a little sorry for Jim for-- la la not thinking about white elephants in the middle of the room especially not when the white elephants are decidedly green and angry.]

Is an anti-telepathy helmet too much to ask for? [Preferably without having to bring any authorities in on this. Who wanted to have the freak factor upped another order of magnitude?]