LupusDei
curious alien
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mind control, obviously
Some nerdy guys work on some piece of intricate tech, perhaps trying to improve some kind of guided radio link. They're warned that frequencies they use can possibly interfere with brain waves, but there no evidence and they want to use that anyway. Their test signal is some encrypted, quasi-randomly generated gibberish, but it's repeatable.
One day, a random person (perhaps a girl) happen in the patch of the live beam. And goes crazy for a short duration, obviously. Apparently they have accidentally invented something akin the legendary Amour's bolt.
Turns out the exact signal sequence at that intensity create in adult humans irresistible desire to undress and masturbate, or better yet, have sex, if a borderline acceptable partner is available. The effect is short lived, but repeatable.
Although arousal is of the scale and inhibitions erased completely, the person regains some level of cognitive ability and free will and fully remember their (likely intensively embarrassing) actions afterwards. However, it appears those episodes are surprisingly easy to rationalize. Such rationalization may be mistaken and/or evolve for love to a nearby individual, perhaps especially if both are affected simultaneously, but there's still no guaranties it will work that way for any given pair.
The device itself I see as rather cumbersome, even if the transmitter could approach form factor of a large handgun, it probably remains connected to a heavy suitcase size generator at least. For safety reasons (to avoid outright microwave burns?) a relatively large minimal distance is advised. So it can't be used in cramped spaces, but on the other hand the effective range is quite large.
That's the world-building. What stories can be told here?
1. Developing the thing as comedy of errors. Even the nerds themselves don't get the connection at first, but keep zapping people at random. Then it dawns on someone, and is weaponed for... goals.
2. Fist inept phase of it's use from a POV of an unwilling and unknowing test subject.
3. Losing the thing to a super-villain and fighting against to regain it.
4. Proliferation of the discovery in unscrupulous hands leads to the end of public decency as we know it.
Some nerdy guys work on some piece of intricate tech, perhaps trying to improve some kind of guided radio link. They're warned that frequencies they use can possibly interfere with brain waves, but there no evidence and they want to use that anyway. Their test signal is some encrypted, quasi-randomly generated gibberish, but it's repeatable.
One day, a random person (perhaps a girl) happen in the patch of the live beam. And goes crazy for a short duration, obviously. Apparently they have accidentally invented something akin the legendary Amour's bolt.
Turns out the exact signal sequence at that intensity create in adult humans irresistible desire to undress and masturbate, or better yet, have sex, if a borderline acceptable partner is available. The effect is short lived, but repeatable.
Although arousal is of the scale and inhibitions erased completely, the person regains some level of cognitive ability and free will and fully remember their (likely intensively embarrassing) actions afterwards. However, it appears those episodes are surprisingly easy to rationalize. Such rationalization may be mistaken and/or evolve for love to a nearby individual, perhaps especially if both are affected simultaneously, but there's still no guaranties it will work that way for any given pair.
The device itself I see as rather cumbersome, even if the transmitter could approach form factor of a large handgun, it probably remains connected to a heavy suitcase size generator at least. For safety reasons (to avoid outright microwave burns?) a relatively large minimal distance is advised. So it can't be used in cramped spaces, but on the other hand the effective range is quite large.
That's the world-building. What stories can be told here?
1. Developing the thing as comedy of errors. Even the nerds themselves don't get the connection at first, but keep zapping people at random. Then it dawns on someone, and is weaponed for... goals.
2. Fist inept phase of it's use from a POV of an unwilling and unknowing test subject.
3. Losing the thing to a super-villain and fighting against to regain it.
4. Proliferation of the discovery in unscrupulous hands leads to the end of public decency as we know it.
