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[[File:Shifting in Scandal Sheet.png|thumb|right|310px|[[Jenny Everywhere#Max Murdock's friend|Jenny Everywhere]] leaving [[Universe (Scandal Sheet)|one universe]] by shifting. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Jenny Everywhere is Back for the First Time (comic story)|Jenny Everywhere is Back for the First Time]]'')]]'''Shifting''' was the usual name for [[Jenny Everywhere]]'s ability to transmit both matter and information from one universe to another, for which reason she was known as '''the Shifter'''. Other beings who could perform the same trick sometimes also called themselves '''Shifters''', although it was also used to refer to dimensional travellers in general. | [[File:Shifting in Scandal Sheet.png|thumb|right|310px|[[Jenny Everywhere#Max Murdock's friend|Jenny Everywhere]] leaving [[Universe (Scandal Sheet)|one universe]] by shifting. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Jenny Everywhere is Back for the First Time (comic story)|Jenny Everywhere is Back for the First Time]]'')]]'''Shifting''' was the usual name for [[Jenny Everywhere]]'s ability to transmit both matter and information from one universe to another, for which reason she was known as '''the Shifter'''. Other beings who could perform the same trick sometimes also called themselves '''Shifters''', although it was also used to refer to dimensional travellers in general. [[David Lowe]] once referred to shifting as “the '''''[[kefizat haderech]]'''''”. | ||
Some types of [[Void Ship|interdimensional vessels]], such as [[hypership]]s, could be used to shift artificially if one did not have personal shifting powers, in some cases by means of a [[dimensional shift engine]]. However, not all interdimensional vessels were described as “shifting”. | Some types of [[Void Ship|interdimensional vessels]], such as [[hypership]]s, could be used to shift artificially if one did not have personal shifting powers, in some cases by means of a [[dimensional shift engine]]. However, not all interdimensional vessels were described as “shifting”. | ||
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[[Shifter hangover]] was a condition which could occur as a result of excessive shifting in a compressed time-frame. It would last until the fabric of reality around the shifter healed. In the meantime, they would cause small glitches in reality around them, and be assailed by memories from other lifetimes. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Morning After (novel)|Morning After]]'') A counterpart problem also existed; known as [[parallel bleed syndrome]], it was an effect of too many incarnations of the same individual being in one place that would start to send echoes of the experience to ''other'' counterparts not involved in the event. Even dimensional travellers such as [[the Man With No Name]], who did not otherwise have a psychic network with his other selves, and used a [[D-Jump device]] instead of innate shifting powers, could be affected. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Legend of Jenny Everywhere (comic story)|The Legend of Jenny Everywhere]]'') | [[Shifter hangover]] was a condition which could occur as a result of excessive shifting in a compressed time-frame. It would last until the fabric of reality around the shifter healed. In the meantime, they would cause small glitches in reality around them, and be assailed by memories from other lifetimes. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Morning After (novel)|Morning After]]'') A counterpart problem also existed; known as [[parallel bleed syndrome]], it was an effect of too many incarnations of the same individual being in one place that would start to send echoes of the experience to ''other'' counterparts not involved in the event. Even dimensional travellers such as [[the Man With No Name]], who did not otherwise have a psychic network with his other selves, and used a [[D-Jump device]] instead of innate shifting powers, could be affected. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Legend of Jenny Everywhere (comic story)|The Legend of Jenny Everywhere]]'') | ||
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In some cases, shifter abilities could be temporarily transferred to other individuals. [[Kim]], [[Jenny Everywhere#Kim's friend|Jenny Everywhere]]'s [[vampire|vampiric]] roommate in [[Universe (Parallax)|one universe]], could gain a temporary bond with other individuals from drinking some of their blood, and feel their location; when she drank Jenny's, she temporarily became linked to the mental network of Jennies Everywhere, and temporarily gained shifting powers herself, although this quickly faded. Kim found the experience very overwhelming and preferred not to have to do it, but kept a bottle of Jenny's blood stashed away for emergencies, with Jenny's consent. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Absquatulation of Jenny Everywhere (short story)|The Absquatulation of Jenny Everywhere]]'') | |||
== Shifter energy == | == Shifter energy == | ||
