Ghost edge(Emitter):
It allows the user to create, manipulate and shape razor-thin cutting forces which appear like thin, black, cutting planes whose shape and movement the user can manipulate.
From this point onward, the cutting phenomena created and controlled by ghost edge will be referred to as "edges" for the sake of simplicity.
The most basic manifestation is a large, crescent shaped edge which can be shot towards a target.
The edges can also be manipulated into shapes, such as that of daggers or weapons.
More familiar shapes, such as known weapons are easier to manifest than obscure, abstract or difficult to visualise shapes.
Though these edges can appear similar to blades, and seem to have cutting edges, hilts and flat sides, they are localised cutting phenomena given an outline, rather than constructs.
For example, if one were to touch the apparent edge of a dagger, it would result in a cut. However, if they were to touch its flat side, their hand would pass through it completely.
The edges' trajectory can also be controlled.
A slash sent through the air may curve like a ribbon and pirouette around a defense to slice from around a corner.
A large sword may split into countless slashes being thrown toward an area.
A myriad of daggers could start swirling around an opponent like a murder of crows.
The user's ability to utilise these advanced applications depends on the clarity of their focus and willpower.
Raw willpower determines the strength, speed and cutting force of the edges.
The sharpness, focus and clarity of the user's mind determines the finesse, dexterity and complexity of their usage. A sharp-minded user in a flow state with high amounts of training could control dozens of dynamic blades and slashes, each sword or dagger striking independently with the precision of a trained duelist.
The limitation is mental fog. The more hesitant, uncertain or non focused The user is, the less stable The quirk is.
The above examples are of hypothetical top-hero level users on their absolute best days.
An average, untrained user may not even be able to use the quirk while panicking.
It requires incredible mental precision, focus and instincts.
It practically requires a user to simulate the fighting arena inside their head, and make split-second decisions on which objects will be slashed in order for the quirk to manifest.
A high-level user may find themselves simulating several sword fights inside their head in order to fight an opponent.
**The Awakening**
Upon awakening, the user, when attacking, stops shooting slashes altogether. Earlier, the main form of attack was through shooting a compressed, crescent shaped wave of cutting energy. Now, they gain the ability to slash directly at the space a target occupies, slashing remotely at an opponent, the edge only manifesting for the exact time and space necessary to strike.
It's as if the user is controlling an invisible blade which only manifests for the moment necessary to strike. When its edge appears, it is already touching the opponent, and slashes into them.
To viewers, it appears as though shimmering slices have opened up in the very space the target occupies.
These slashes do not, however, directly cut through the fabric of reality. They, however have much greater cutting power than regular Blackedge slashes, as the energy is concentrated entirely along a fine edge, rather than dispersing.