king of nowhere Posted November 20, 2013 Posted November 20, 2013 (edited) I just came up with some potential uses for age storing. while they are almost without practical application, now I'm curious as th their feasibility - is it possible to tap enough age that you revert to a fetus or even an embryo? if so, will you die cause you cannot survive outside of the uterus anymore, or will you rever to normal as you lose the capability to tap your metalmind - can you revert to a 4-years-old toddler? If so, will you keep your mental faculties despite your brain being much smaller, or you will get the intelligence you had at the time? If yes, I'm thinking this could be a great way to sneak through narrow passages, if only you remain smart enough to remember why you wanted to do it in the first place. and in a gunfight, you'd still be deadly with a gun, but you'd be much more difficult to hit. damnation, now I'm seeing a spaceship traveling to mars entirely manned by atium feruchemists turned to 4-years-older, because they need to eat less! Yes, I know it's quite silly, as the metal that lets you store nourishment would be much more effective for that. But I still like the image of a spaceship entirely manned by what appear to be small kids Edited November 20, 2013 by king of nowhere
Arook he/him Posted November 20, 2013 Posted November 20, 2013 The only way that would be usefull is if you could compound atium otherwise they would burn up their life very quick. However would make for a quick disguise become really old real quick and hide as an old bum on the street.
WeiryWriter he/him Posted November 20, 2013 Posted November 20, 2013 Something you might find useful, there is a quote somewhere where Brandon says a single bead of atium (compounded) is enough to regress a person to childhood. So I don't think there is anything problematic with regressing to that point.
name_here Posted November 20, 2013 Posted November 20, 2013 The effects of tapping and storing are both temporary, so it wouldn't reduce life expectancy much if at all.
Arook he/him Posted November 20, 2013 Posted November 20, 2013 The effects of tapping and storing are both temporary, so it wouldn't reduce life expectancy much if at all I guess that true I was looking at it from the wrong angle. It would just be harder to store youth the older you are.
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