Temporal Acceleration is the power to accelerate the flow of time around select objects. It is a branch of Temporal Manipulation.
Overview[]
This user has the ability to fast-forward time around objects in order to rapidly age an object, potentially to the point of deterioration. In order to use the power, the user must cup the object with their hands. It is shown that the longer the flow of time needs to be accelerated, the longer the process takes to be completed: Mel was able to cause the Escape Oil to age two weeks in a few seconds, but it took longer to make a flower grow and bloom.
History[]
Throughout The Series[]
In "Touched by a Demon", Mel Vera first displayed this expansion when Jada Shields instructed her to imagine a witch hunter's ring as it would be years from then, causing the ring to rapidly age and deteriorate.
Later on, Mel used her newfound grasp of her power to accelerate the flow of time around an incomplete brew of Escape Oil, causing the two weeks required for the potion to brew to take a few seconds.
In "Red Rain", Charity Callahan hid in the Gardens of Latebra for safety when her sister, Fiona Callahan, and the demon Alastor were after her to fulfill the prophecy of the Apocalypse until she was found by Harry Greenwood and Maggie Vera. Charity had unearthed a plant needed to cast the Akkadian Smokescreen. However, the plant was not fully grown. Harry brought Mel there, who begrudgingly took the plant and began to make it grow with her power before Parker Caine arrived. Mel and Maggie fought him off, while Harry escaped with Charity. Harry brought Charity to the Vortex Viribus underneath Vera Manor in order to use its power to finish accelerating the plant's growth cycle for Charity. However, Fiona sensed that they were there and portaled in to kill her sister so that the prophecy could be completed.
Known Users[]
- Original Power
- Through spell, artifact, power stealing, etc.
- Harry Greenwood (channeled Mel's power through the Vortex Viribus)
Trivia[]
- Unlike her time freezing power, Mel's time acceleration power had a lighting effect when utilized. In "Touched by a Demon", it was shown with a purple, glowing effect. However, in Red Rain, the effect has a bluish-white hue instead.
- Harry was somehow able to utilize the Vortex Viribus beneath Vera Manor to continue the acceleration of the growth cycle of the plant needed for the Akkadian Smokescreen which had been started by Mel Vera in "Red Rain". However, as Mel was not present in the Vortex Viribus at the time and neither Harry or Charity had time powers for the Vortex to be augmenting in order to grow the plant, it's unclear how Harry was able to access Mel's power through the mystical location.
- It is possible that he may have channeled energy from the Vortex in order to tap into remnant temporal forces from Mel's power, however that was left unclear.
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