Aptitude

The 5 Types of Aptitude

Aptitude is a phenomena in which a Pokemon awakens hidden potential and obtains new abilities based on their personality or type. These aptitudes are broken down to 5 types: Creation, Transmission, Conjuration, Enhancing, and Manipulation.

Aptitudes are used to form aptitude abilities, which completely utilizes the user's current aptitude. It is extremely rare for a Pokemon to obtain 2 aptitudes, but only a handful actually obtain this kind of power. Aptitudes can also be improved by training and understanding of themselves and natural talents.

## The 5 Aptitude Types

### Creation

**Creation** is when a pokemon create's something out of thin air, able to create that set ability by will or if the ability has conditions to activate. this type can vary of what the created matter does, since that itself can be different with every user who possesses this type.

### Transmission

**Transmission** is when the user transmits their own newly formed or existing energy into any part of their bodies, or in the environment. Much alike Creation, it also has different effects, for example releasing more lightning, or releasing energy so immensely terrifying, nature itself can't handle it.

### Conjuration

**Conjuration** is when the user conjures an existing source into a different shape and can use it on enemies in combat, this also can conjure into something else than it was before, but that can be rare for most pokemon to have this kind of power.

### Enhancing

**Enhancing** is when the user increases their power by either will or by an outside force, even with this kind of power, most enhancing aptitudes can also have activation conditions. Even when enhanced, the increased power can also be limit for how long they can have before their power goes back to its normal state.

### Manipulation

**Manipulation** is when the user manipulates their own or an outside source to do different things that the user wishes, or what their abilities allows them too, with this comes in different ways any entity can be manipulated, but with all aptitudes comes with limits.

## Properties

Aptitude is like a style the user is capable of preforming, but not all abilities are made equal, some abilities can be made for support other than offense. With these powers given to a Pokemon, it can grant them a world full of opportunity.

The phenomena is also has a quirk with how it truly can be used, some can be utilized constantly, some are more situational and contain more strategy than others.

They are multiple ways to obtain an aptitude: One being by random, it could be by birth, or any point in your life, it could possibly awaken it without any effort. Secondly can be by training the Pokemon and suddenly making their awakening more efficient and more prepared. And third, is by being granted one, despite being the simplest and quickest way, it has a cost, when a Pokemon wants to give their aptitude to another, they have to make a personal contract to give it, but in return the one who gave that set ability can no longer use it, or even get it back.

It is also physically possible for a pokemon to have an aptitude with 2 types in it. And, also possible for a pokemon to have 2 aptitudes, but that is rare.

## Understanding of Aptitude

### Flair Displayer

This is the most popular method of knowing one pokemon's aptitude type, it's a black glass on a dark purple pedestal. The displayer allows to show what type they are depending on what the energy ball does inside it if they put their hands/paws or get closer. The ball itself is a energetic force of a plasma that reacts to a pokemon's life energy and behaves differently.

To indicate the aptitude type the ball will do one of five things:

If the ball duplicates itself, then the pokemon is a **Creation** type.

If the ball moves itself, then the pokemon is a **Manipulation** type.

If the ball grows in size, then the pokemon is a **Enhancing** type.

If the ball changes shape, then the pokemon is a **Conjuration** type.

If the ball starts to spew out tiny orbs, then the pokemon is a **Transmission** type.