Force Bubbles
By Ness
A force bubble is a type of psiball. It is called a force bubble because when you're holding one and you push your hands together, you can feel it push back. It physically forces your hands apart. It feels as if you're trying to force two similar poles of a magnet together. It's a very strange, magnetic-like repulsion.
Force bubbles aren't amazingly useful for anything, really, but they're still very fun to make, and they help teach slightly more advanced programming. They CAN be used to move small objects, like the psiwheel, balloons, feathers, etc., but I've always just used telekinesis. You can also make force bubbles in other people's hands to let them feel a psiball for the first time. It's a fun way to freak people out. So, yes, technically, they DO have some uses. In my opinion, though, they're mostly just for fun.
So, now that you know what a force bubble is, I'll cover two methods to help you make them!
First of all, try not to let your hands touch when you make your force bubbles. If your hands are touching while you make the force bubble, you can't really push your hands together to test the force bubble's strength.
Secondly, of course, make your psiball. For this first method of making force bubbles,, visualize the psiball as a hard, plastic bubble. For some reason, being hollow (since a real bubble is hollow) seems to add to the strength of the force bubble, so try this at first. You can make the psiball solid later if you'd like, but I rarely do. When I do, it doesn't seem to help. It may for you. Try it if you'd like.
As you add energy to the psiball, visualize the walls of the bubble getting more and more dense. While you make the force bubble, try to think, "Hard," "Solid," etc.. Try to put the thought of hardness into the force bubble. This sounds very complicated, but it's really not. I, personally, think of a bowling ball. I remember how heavy the ball feels, how solid it is, how hard and smooth the surface is, etc.. A bowling ball works very well for me. It may not for you. Just experiment a little to find out what works best for you.
The second method is a little trickier. In this method, you already have a psiball made, then you shell it. You then program the shell to be solid. In my experiences, this method doesn't work as well as the first method, but I'm going to add it anyway, just in case somebody out there can't quite get a grip on the first method. So, if you couldn't make a force bubble with the above method, maybe you should try this one.
After you have made your psiball, visualize a thick layer of energy covering it. After that, visualize the layer of energy hardening into stone, steel or something else that is very, very hard. Repeat this as many times as you'd like, but keep in mind the more times you repeat this, the stronger your force bubble should be.
When you believe you've made a decent force bubble, gently push your hands together. You should feel some sort of force trying to repel them. This can range from a very weak, squishy force to a very hard, solid force. The stronger the repulsion, the stronger the force bubble is.
That's about it for force bubbles.
Good luck!