Rémi d'Aubigne

His Vibe power allows him to copy the vibe of users around him. Usage of his Vibe, however, takes time and patience. Once he starts ‘mimicking’ the vibe of a user near him, although he can begin utilizing it immediately, it is weak. He requires time to gain power in his newly copied vibe.

An apt visualization of this is his vibe force reaching out and touching the vibe forces around him. They mix, slowly, and his vibe transforms to mimic the Parent Vibe. This is why he gains their powers slowly. The longer he is nearby, the longer his vibe mixes and slowly converts to the Parent Vibe’s element. This dilute and mix technique means the parent loses no perceivable vibe (although they may experience a very small, initial dip in energy before it rises to normal). Once the vibes no longer touch, Rémi’s vibe begins to destabilize, and lose the elements of the Parent Vibe, returning to normal. Rémi’s vibe requires the (at least the initial) presence of the Parent Vibe (a “vibe signature” to mimic) in order to work.

Dancing while “leeching” (actively copying Vibes) allows him to gain the Vibe’s full power considerably faster than if he were to simply stand nearby (standing takes upwards of 20 minutes before his Mimic rivals the strength of the Parent Vibe; dancing can take as quickly as five minutes). A visualization is that the vibes “mix” faster, more chaotically due to the dance. As a result, the initial dip in power that the Parent Vibe user experiences is sharper, although it again normalizes just as quickly. Continued dance also allows him to “hold” the vibe ability for longer, and decrease the rate at which he loses them once the Parent Vibe holder has left the vicinity.

At any rate, it is important to note that he does not gain any knowledge or insight into how to use the abilities copied (although he is a quick study); this can be dangerous if the ability has an automatic manifestation that is not “off” by default.

Unfortunately for Rémi, his leeching ability is turned on by default, and he has to consciously think about it to keep from taking on other's powers (this isn't so much a problem unless the parent vibe user's power is aggressive, difficult to control, or automatically always turned 'on'). He has gotten quite skilled that the thoughts are near subconscious, however stress and strong emotion can override this.

Normally, Rémi’s leeching targets the closest person within ten feet of him. However, at will, he can target anyone within ten to fifteen feet (any farther is a difficult stretch) of him; they do not need to be in his line of sight (although he can’t target through walls). He has a very mild vibe-sense if he concentrates.

Rémi can also target multiple subjects and leech many vibes at once, however each ability dilutes his vibe supply (he has to stretch it over all the abilities he has copied). Taking more than one ability is disorienting for him normally, and can also be extremely dangerous, depending on the number of abilities copied and their nature (especially if two conflict violently, although this can usually be avoided if he refrains from activating the conflicting abilities at the same time--assuming they both come with an ‘off’ setting). Too many vibes can overwhelm him. In the mildest case, it can give him a terrible migraine. In extreme cases...

Overall, stress causes vibes in the area (especially too many within ten feet) to give him headaches. The best thing for him in this case, is for everyone to back the fuck up and leave him be for a bit. In cases of extreme stress and anger, he’s been known to lose control and leech multiple vibes at once. This rarely ends well.

When leeching, Rémi’s eyes will change colour from brown to purple, starting from the inner iris and moving outwards. When he’s reached “max”, they glow. He also takes on any physical manifestations of the vibe copied, should there be any.

Lastly, as noted above, Rémi cannot steal vibe from other users from a distance, he is only able to copy the ability. However, he can actively drain vibe from users if he makes and maintains skin contact with them. Through this, he also gains their vibe ability in a manner different from the “dilute and mix” method above (sucking the vibe straight from the source, and allowing him to gain the abilities at a more accelerated rate); he also gains the stolen vibe energy itself, although he can also disperse it harmlessly into the ground or air at will (although he still retains the vibe ability). He rarely holds onto much of the vibe he absorbs (in the few instances that he has used this area of his abilities), firstly because he dislikes this “vibe vampire” area of his abilities, and secondly because gathering too much vibe (in this manner, as opposed to generating it naturally via dance) tends to make him extremely high, and then he crashes. Painfully. It sucks.

Fortunately, he doesn’t actively leech on skin-contact (he can activate it at will); especially favourable, as he loathes this ability with a passion. Very few people take kindly to his “vibe vampirism”, and so he rarely uses it. He’d rather people hate him because he’s an asshole, not due to his vibe ability, something he never chose.

Rémi can also be treated as a “Vibe Sink”. Without actively draining people of their vibe, other users (again requiring skin contact) can ‘dump’ excess vibe into him (and he, in turn, can disperse it harmlessly). Sadly, he still gains their abilities.

He is unable to purge gained vibe abilities from his system at will. He must lose then naturally (once he’s shut off his ‘leeching’, and he isn’t dancing); it usually doesn’t take longer than ten minutes.