Swap Technique

The Swap Technique is a spell involving the transfer of a person's soul and consciousness to another body or object. Only known by a handful of individual, the technique allows the user to directly possess different people or objects and potentially surpass the average human lifespan.

Mechanics
The Swap Technique allows the user to transfer the soul of either themselves or a nearby individual to another body. The desired soul would reside in the targeted body, sharing it with the occupying soul; the user could then take this a step further by moving the occupying soul into the previously inhabited body, effectively swapping the bodies of the two individuals. By using this technique, the user would be able to gain the targeted body's unique characteristics and abilities, although still maintaining their own, such as magical potential and immortality.

With the spell, the user could trade bodies with any individual or share a body with a host; it was also possible for the spellcaster to use the spell to draw a soul into their own body for the purposes of destroying it. A complex spell, only powerful mages were capable of performing it, while a person would automatically be able to use the technique should they be resurrected via the Sin ark.

A variation of the Swap Technique also existed, called the Steal Technique. The Steal Technique involved suppressing the targeted body's consciousness, effectively stealing the body for themselves. The targeted body would then act like a ragdoll, being an extension of the user and mirroring their expressions and mannerisms. However, the user would sometime suffer from the targeted soul's resurging consciousness as a result of triggering powerful emotions or memories. In order to maintain the technique, the user needed to keep their original body near the body they were possessing.

Users

 * Maria Moonlit
 * Adam Moonlit
 * Eve Moonlit
 * Meta Salmhofer
 * Elluka Clockworker
 * Irina Clockworker

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 * It is unknown why Sin imbues Elluka with the ability and knowledge to use the technique or whether there is a conventional method to learning or acquiring the power.