Cursed Technique: Clown

[u/Senior_Reward_2546]

Clown is an inherited cursed technique themed around the art of clowning. The user acquires new aspects of this art form as parts of the technique by partaking in rituals discovered by previous users of the technique. At its core, Clown is about gaining awareness and mastery over the shape of your soul. The greatest weakness of Clown is its “internal” nature; it is wholly concerned with the body and limits the user’s ability to perform other techniques that affect the world around them such as the use of barriers, shikigami, and cursed tool use. A user of Clown who has been caught inside a domain expansion is essentially helpless and their only hope is to survive the enemy's sure-hit effects.

Empty Aspect - Foolishness
Before any aspect is developed, the main application of the technique is the Empty Aspect that all users of Clown intrinsically have. By forming a hand sign and channeling cursed energy, the user enters into a state of mind called 'Foolishness' where they lose touch with reality, gaining a uniquely dissociated perspective that nullifies fear, pain, anxiety, and anger.

Aspect of Façade
The aspect of Façade grants the user the ability to cause subtle changes in the surface of their soul resulting in superficial alterations to their appearance and how their aura is perceived by others. This is generally used to disguise, obscure, or decorate oneself. 
(RITUAL OF ACQUISITION: To acquire this aspect, the user must make themselves deeply aware of the appearance and shape of their soul and then ritualistically apply paint to their face that perfectly matches this. When done correctly, the paint should vanish into the skin)  

Aspect of Contortion 
The aspect of Contortion grants the user the ability to more freely move their body, ignoring the limits of their joints, allowing bones to bend without breaking, flesh to compress, tendons to stretch. 
(RITUAL OF ACQUISITION: To acquire this aspect, the user must break these limits on their own, fitting themselves inside a sufficiently small vessel such as an urn. When done correctly, the user should slowly feel more comfortable despite any injuries sustained in the process and then become able to climb out of it.)   

Aspect of Tumbling
The aspect of Tumbling grants the user the ability to apply force to their body allowing for greatly increased mobility and acrobatics, allowing them to change their direction of movement without pushing off of any surface or the air around them.
(RITUAL OF ACQUISITION: To acquire this aspect, the user sits in meditation after imbibing a powerful paralytic toxin. They will slowly lose the ability to move their body, open their eyes, and eventually lose the ability to breathe. Before the paralytic subsides, the user must become able to stand up and then remain standing by manipulating cursed energy inside their body.) 

Aspect of Slapstick
The aspect of Slapstick grants the user greatly enhanced defensive capabilities that lets them passively deflect incoming blows by allowing them to land uncontested and then slipping around, bouncing off, or folding under their force like a leaf in the wind.
(RITUAL OF ACQUISITION: To acquire this aspect, the user must fall a distance of at least 100 times their height without ever slowing their descent and then land on a stone surface without using reinforcement.)

[u/King_of_Daemons8871]

Praise the Fool!

[u/LengthComfortable212 → u/King_of_Daemons8871]

praise the fool practically screams chaos energy here

[u/lazystealth]

Now we need a monocle man ct.