User:ERROR/Omniscient lie detection
| Omniscient lie detection | |
|---|---|
| Originally held by: | Voldemort |
| Absorbed by: | Future Me |
| Ability to: | Detect lies |
Omniscient lie detection is the ability to detect lies.
Limits
This ability requires active concentration, although it activates on its own when first manifesting. From there, it requires active concentration, though it requires less and less concentration as the user gets better and better at this ability.
This ability is like ordinary lie detection, only it doesn't rely on physical changes, which means that even if the "victim" thinks he/she's telling the truth, but is really lying, then the ability will detect that. Every fact that this ability is used on, the ability detects whether the fact is truly a true statement, or a lie, and whether the stater thinks it's a lie or not, therefore, omniscient lie detection.
This ability isn't limited to detecting spoken lies; It can be used on any lie. For example, when reading an oldish book, Future Me could detect a lie that was printed in the book, and also knew that the writer thought it to be true at the time, and even that it was true at the time. He also looked at an old precognitive painting, and knew that it doesn't depict what happened, and also knew that it did at one point. He even knew that the painter knows that it doesn't depict the "future" any longer, even though that guy's dead.
This ability, obviously, can only be used on facts. It cannot be used on opinions. Additionally, all facts are equally easy to use the ability on, and each fact is quite easy to use the ability on. The only variables in personal limitations (The limitations for each person that has the ability) is what level of concentration is needed for the ability, which--obviously--decreases as skill increases.
This ability doesn't come with immunity to it's effects, or even to the effects of its lesser version. Sylar was capable of detecting a spoken lie from Future Me, and vice versa.
Unlike with ordinary lie detection, users of this ability do not feel a "tingle" when the ability is in use. They just suddenly know the things that omniscient lie detection tells them.
Future Me
This guy is adept at using this ability, as he understands how it works. He merely has to think about a fact to use this ability on it. No concentration needed.
Voldemort
Voldemort is capable of immediately telling when he is being lied to.
Special Effects
The special effects for this ability is the same as its lesser version. However, the vibration is strictly vertical for a true statement, and strictly horizontal for a lie. Also, the vibration around the user's head is strictly vertical if the speaker believes the statement to be true, and strictly horizontal if the speaker believes it to be false. There is no way to tell from the special effects whether or not the statement was true or false at one point or another. The audience must rely on the dialog (Or past knowledge) to tell things like that.