User:Trocyte V./Anotherwatches

In Infinite Generation, the antagonist organization PHASMA seeks to erase their prime counterparts from existence so as to replace them in the grand scale of the multiverse and assume supremacy. To this end, the Anotherwatches were created as ontological weapons to facilitate the process.

Origins
The Anotherwatches are based on the trinkets of the same name from Kamen Rider Zi-O, and retain their original function as devices used to drain the existences and histories of different powersets from their users, before being forcibly used on a victim to transform them into a monstrous facsimile of the copied power.

However, the total erasure aspect of the Anotherwatches is dropped in this game, as Infinite Generation is not focused on time travel. Additionally, cutscenes imply that rather than turning victims into literal "men in rubber suits" despite their visceral appearances, they fully mutate and transfigure them into the stored form.

Functions
The Anotherwatches are created by PHASMA as part of their twisted experiments and their research on ontology. They are all charged with the ontological imprint of a specific person and their Infinite Robot; Rider System users are particularly vulnerable to this for unknown reasons. Though PHASMA often rolls out watches pre-charged, a holder may elect to charge a blank watch on their own by shoving it against the target person, painfully shocking them in the process.

To use an Anotherwatch, its holder shoves the watch against themselves or another person, during which the ontological anomaly within is unleashed and mutates the user into the corresponding Another Frame; this transformation is completely reversible both willingly and by force. When self-administered, an Anotherwatch's user will maintain free will and their original emotional state, but when a watch is forced upon someone who has not used one for themselves, the mutation process will slowly cause their mind to go feral as long as they are transformed, with lasting impacts to their psyche afterward. The same effect, plus a forcible transformation, will also occur if someone attempts to use any secondary abilities imparted on the Anotherwatch.

Other abilities
Anotherwatches may be imparted with secondary abilities relevant to the stored form's powers. For example, the Uraven Anotherwatch was shown to be capable of boosting the durability of nearby allies when activated by Ferox, having taken Adans's Reinforce-mint ability when the watch was created.

Attempting to use a secondary ability will immediately initiate transformation on its user, warping their mind in the process if they have not already used a watch for themselves in the past. This is first demonstrated when Marius attempts to use the Satsix Anotherwatch following its seizure from Miasma to warp the player out of a seal in the depths of PHASMA's headquarters without exhausting the magic in his body and/or the Satsix, but is forcibly mutated into Another Satsix and must be fought to reverse the transformation.

Weaknesses
Anotherwatches can be permanently destroyed by the original individual the watch is imprinted after; as a result, many of PHASMA's members who attempt to use watches corresponding to the custom units of named characters often do not succeed in their endeavors. However, the original counterpart must have firm intentions to destroy the watch, or else it will reform shortly after exploding; this caveat is known to be very lenient, with Viri crushing the Earthree Anotherwatch beneath the Earthree's bootheel apparently counting as a "serious" effort despite her lackluster efforts in defeating Pyre.

Additionally, the above rule does not apply to Another Frames of mass-produced Infinite Robot types, leaving PHASMA's grunts vulnerable to fatal damage by anyone.

Finally, the technology used to create Anotherwatches is eventually reverse-engineered by LEAF, resulting in the creation of the Ridewatches, visually-similar consumable items that greatly amplify the player's combat efficency against the abilities of the Another Frames.

History
Anotherwatches are first encountered as powering PHASMA's invasion forces. They are initially limited to facsimiles of mass-produced Infinite Robots, and as such can be easily killed with normal weaponry, especially from those with access to any derivative of the Rider System.

Unique Anotherwatches are first encountered once the player encounters the PHASMA counterparts of LEAF's Multi-U high command, who carry the matching watches for their prime counterparts' Infinite Robots.

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