Vermin Infestation

"Guess, it's time to call pest control. What's their number again? Shit, I forgot."

- A snarky comment in the face of this variation of Take Over.

Vermin Infestation (害虫侵入, Gaichū Shin'nyū) is one of the more well-known forms of Take Over used in the modern era; it's also one of the few that's been recently discovered. Despite this, information pertaining to it has been well-circulated, thus many mages know of its inner workings. As with all Take Overs, it's counted as an advanced form of Transformation and a Caster Magic. In lieu of its versatility, it's relatively low in power and possesses many weaknesses that other mages can take advantage of; it's because of this that it's classified as one the "Lesser Take Overs" (, Ressā Teiku Ōbā; lit. "Weaker Extemporaneous Confiscations").

Officially known as Take Over: Insect Soul (, Teiku Ōbā: Insekuto Sōru; lit. "Confiscation: Great Invasion of the Arthropod Swarm"), for the sake of naming convenience — it allows the individual to essentially "take over" all insects, regardless of their properties, becoming what most would dub as an "Insectoid" (, Insekutoido; lit. "Bug-Man Hybrid"); as there many types of insects in the magical, far exceeding any other creature in terms of typing, there are various types of Insect Souls — one of the various reasons that myriad of mages favor this form over most others. It should be noted that this form is seen as an introductory to Take Over, given the ease of "taking over" the soul of an insect.

Trivia

 * The author notes that this variant is considered to be the "easiest" form of Take Over that a mage could possibly use, given the insignificance of a bug in relation to most other creatures.
 * Most of the forms are based off of the Insect archetypes seen in the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise, as other anime series lack good bug pics. There are some that derive from the Terraformars series, which is known for using insects as the forefront for its plotline.
 * This magic has absolutely no relation to this one that's been created by another user some time back.