Editing Evil Eye (section)

== Usage ==
The effects inflicted by the Eye can vary widely depending on the individual, from illness, to madness, to death, to something more abstract like inflicting ([[omen]]s of) Heartbreak, Exile, Disaster etc on the target.<ref name=":0" />

For some, the Eye is always open, while for others it opens and closes based on mood or some other condition.<ref name=":0" /> For example, [[Kevin Noone]]'s evil eye opened only when he felt jealous of a target; initially only intense jealousy, but growing easier with usage.<ref>Kevin Noone opened his eye as a Maji when he was nineteen, on the day of his younger brother’s graduation. [...] Kevin watched his younger brother get announced as a prospective student at an Ivy League school, with a girlfriend to cheer him on and friends to whoop and applaud. Valedictorian.<br><br>Kevin’s eye took hold and he watched with green-tinted vision as his brother made an off-the-cuff joke about writing people’s papers for them, in front of faculty and students.  Without the eye, he might not have made the joke, and without the eye, people might have laughed and treated it as the joke it was.<br><br>His brother ended up losing the spot at the Ivy League school and the girlfriend.[...]The eye can’t be turned off at this stage, as it’s been used too often.  It remains active and anyone successful who holds Kevin’s attention for any length of time finds themselves struggling, or events conspire against them.  This ended up causing him difficulties, as he tends to sabotage his own employers, in-laws, landlords, and people he might otherwise lean on.  - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/09/17/ 4.8 Bonus Material: Dossiers]</ref>

Using the Evil Eye successfully can be difficult. Like all magic, [[karma]] will push back against its use on [[Innocence|Innocents]], potentially doing the user more harm than good.<ref>[[Gone Ahead 7.a]]</ref> Many superstitions to ward off the Evil Eye are effective, which may cause the curse to [[bounce]] back on the Maji. Most [[Practitioners]] and some [[Others]] can detect it's use<ref name=":1"/> and [[Warding|ward]] it off fairly easily.<ref name=":0" />