Low Level Aberration - Strange Visitor, contributed
by TheFan
A specific, but mild delusion, Strange Visitor is the blanket grouping of numerous
delusions that afflict novas. Put simply, the nova doesn't think he's a nova.
He is utterly convinced that his powers come from a source other than manipulating
quantum energy.
Even pointing out the obvious won't dissuade him, since his powers will take
on a form that fits his delusion. Some victims think that they are government-created
super-soldiers, others that their DNA was spliced with insects, and a minority
(for whom the disease was unfortunately named) might believe they're a strange
visitor from another planet (with powers far beyond mortal men, natch). This
can often progress into worse derangements, such as Dumbo Syndrome, Paranoia
(they want me back so they can find out why the process worked this time...),
or megalomania (par for the course if you believe you're a god, demon, angel,
or similar divine being).
As previously mentioned, their powers will also take a form that fits their
skewed worldview, and this can make developing powers that don't fit that paradigm
difficult indeed (how do you explain controlling plants if your powers come
from the long-lost martial arts secrets you learned on Wudan Mountain?)
