surges Possible double jump tech with abrasion

[Shadow of Electrum he/him]

Not a very long thought, just something I considered after thinking about Lift's fight scene. So abrasion works both ways, as it can increase and decrease friction. We know this works with wind resistance because of another Lift chapter from edgedancer, and my thought is this:

Would it be possible to make air resistance so strong beneath your feet you could essentially double jump? I know it might not be the best application of abrasion, but it does seem like something that would catch someone off guard. It's also just cool. It doesn't matter that other orders can literally fly or teleport, double jumps are way cooler/j. More seriously though I think it would make for an interesting movement option that some particularly skilled edgedancers might be able to make use of.

[Steel Speedster ♂]

I'm no physicist, but I think that at best you might get a small aerial boost. Normal jumping works because you're pushing off of the ground, which is far more massive than you are. In contrast, the air is far less massive than you, so I don't think increasing the air's friction is going to keep it in one place well enough for you to push yourself up. If anything, Adhesion might have better luck with this sort of thing, since it's the Surge of Pressure and Vacuum. If you were to pressurize the air beneath you enough, you might be able to get some decent aerial lift, although considering that Windrunners can already fly, this would be practically useless for them.

[Treamayne]

But you could likely use Abrasion to be the Rosharan Champion free-runner. . . wall jumps and such should be much easier this way.