Definition of the Trace

Purpose

Documentation of Alan's ideas about the Trace and the ability to recognize it.
Long story short: the Trace is the collection of memories the world has about a person. It's the history of what they have done in every place they had visited. And the ability to see it and to know what trace belong to whom, is very rare.

Historical Details

Background

Alan has a notebook (okay, he has lots of them, but only one is in use) where he writes down every random bit of inspiration he gets almost immediately.
When he was designated to make the list of abilities for the novel, he wasn't very creative with the original list on a plain text file in his computer. It was just a bunch of self explained gifts that the villain would want for to steal. He would make rules for those later, when the general context became somehow clear.
But he also wrote a few more developed ideas and vague ability names in his notebook for unexpected inspiration.

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Definition of the Trace

echo** is like fingerprints: not two people have the same*

the echo of the events. Events related with humans.

it's in objects, places and people

Not people? No, not people.

Only places?

Diferent caracteristics for diferent persons. like TEENAGER has a trace where you can hear the sounds first, and then if you pay attention you see only the things he careabout and Jaime's trace is vivid and detailed, and the kid with the rotting gift doesn't have records of the rotting, I dont know maybe its all blurry there or there is no trace in the places were he caused harm, and so on.

Maybe add a character who doesn't have any trace.

Tracking

Rare ability

see perceive the events of the trace as if they were

is not like they were there and then. is like... a distant vision?

vision

movie like

a memory of their own It has to be a perception.

they need to be in the place to perceive what happened.

* so every place is like a crime scene, with lots of traces of lots of pople. So you have to like focus on each one.
Wich is easier if you know wich trace you want to see.

**Trace. its called trace.

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Type

Text, Literature

Medium

Paper

Authoring Date

September 26th

Ratification Date

Pending

Location

Alan's house

Authors

• Alan

Signatories (Organizations)

• Four writers with an A.