'I am not here' shield (renamed)

[confuded]

I had made a shield two days ago in class. Here is the basic programing:

> Last a day
> Block incoming telepathy/empathy of any kind
> Spin around myself when any telepathic/empathic energy is aplied or just attention

> Try to reuse applied energy if possible

This is the basic programming.

How it went on:
At first it seemed to be working. I was in the middle of class and sitting on the front desk. The teacher seemed not to notice me even do I was taking a observers log/notes. Eventually either my shield just went down OR my physical presence is still seen by the human eye screwed it over - the teacher got really angry since I wasn't paying attention and took away the notes (i got them back; I asked him not to read them ).

I am not sure if the shield went down. It seemed as if it was still there. I had, not a headache, but a feeling you get after a long psi practice session.

My question is: if this shield was properly made, meaning not by me, will it shield me from the awareness of the human eye. Meaning that attention will not be drawn to me, but eventually people cant just not notice what they see.

In this post I am using 'attention' as it was something telepathic/empathic. Well in this case it seemed to me it was, since the shield worked for some time.

I picked up the name from one of the threads made by seraphy, i think in the D&D, mentioned by DA . I know I am a newb, but an attempt is an attempt .

I rally don't want to test it out again, because that teacher is already mad at me as it is.

Thanks.

P.S. I got an hour today on my laptop online ;D. Awesome .

[jaci]

Why would a shield you want to block emp/tp stop someone from noticing you when nearby? Need something like a hedge type shield for that, not something that's purely blocking incomming energy. (unless I've misunderstood you, I don't understand what you mean by "Spin around myself when any telepathic/empathic energy is aplied or just attention")

[confuded]

Well, literly. Like the earth spins around its axis, so does the shield, but me instead of the axis. What i am trying to gain by this, is when people look at me or think of me the thought or atention would just brush off... Like looking at something a different way when the shield spins...

I am sorry, i cant just think stratit right now... Party...

jaci, can you please sugest a type of shield that will do the job. Thanks...

[innerfire]

www.psipog.net/art-common-shields.html

Scroll down to the bottom. A cloaking shield that works fully is a really advanced piece of work however. And as Sean says, it needs TP experience. You can hope however to maybe *reduce* people's attention directed at you, that's a more realistic goal for now.

[The Devil's Advocate]

Empathy works as well in substitution and sometimes better if you can swing it just right... Just project an indifference instead of 'don't look at me'. A simple "i don't care" emotion is subtler and less likely to be noticed, even by the subconcious, than something as specifically informational as telepathy tends to get. Same end result, different methods.

~The Devil's Advocate

[confuded]

innerfire, thanks for the direct link .

DA, your suggestion seems good, but not in my case. This teacher wants you to care, so it will have just the opposite effect .

OK, here goes nothing...

[The Devil's Advocate]

*chuckles* No, not projecting that YOU don't care. Projecting an indifference towards YOU, an 'i'm not worth noticing'. Perhaps insignificance would have been a better than indifference. It's a little more complicated that perhaps I stated. Though if you get this working and you have questions you're going to have to drop the shield to get noticed sitting quietly and unobtrusively in your corner.

~The Devil's Advocate

[confuded]

Oh... lol

Well i am not precisly in the corner, actualy right in front of the teacher, but i'll try toMorow . Thanks.

[The Devil's Advocate]

Just don't use it as an easy way out of participating in class. You're there to learn and participation helps more than anything else.

~The Devil's Advocate

[confuded]

DA, No, that is not the purpose .

I had changed the name of the tread, so I can continue a discussion and not go off topic . Though the thread name is stupid...

I had made a hedge shield (thanks jaci). It seemed to work pretty well. The teacher had not asked me anything, no one payed any attention to me etc.. Like I wasn't there!

There is a one problem with it. It needs constant regenerating. Meaning every minute or 20 seconds. I don't know whether it is falling apart from the amount of diverted attention of because of my bad programming...

The shield felt like a real hedge! I am not sure if this is scanning (I cant scan properly), but I got this "feel" of how it looks. It was like vines with leaves and every time I wanted to renew it, it sort of grew longer or more vines... Like I said: a real hedge!

I think I just need to practice some Energy Manipulation, particularly at holding complex constructs like this shield. Or if anyone thinks it is because of the environment (people physically noticing me and trying to pay attention).

Anyway thanks to all .

P.S. Yes I got a connection at the moment for the next 40 minutes or so . Ata friends house...

[innerfire]

I think it's a bit of both. The shield's functioning may expand a good deal of energy, but also you're probably not setting your shield to conserve energy well enough (this can take practice for some people).

[cbad]

I've heard that pre-making a couple of constructs, filling them with energy and programming them to constantly recharge your high maintenance project works wonders.

[innerfire]

However, maintenance constructs usually tend to screw up things when *they* start to show signs of wear It's a problem I've run into.

[confuded]

I dont like rylying on constructs to fix up my shield. After all, i dont know how to scan properly amd wont know if my shield went down or not...

[Fearn]

innerfire said:

However, maintenance constructs usually tend to screw up things when *they* start to show signs of wear It's a problem I've run into.

Then I make more, and kill the worn out ones. It's sort of ridiculous, I have to preform maintenance on my maintenance constructs.