General Description: A marvel and a beauty, this puppet is crafted almost entirely from reams and reams of fabric. The main 'body' of the puppet is entirely fungible. In what passes as a 'base' form, the doll looks like a hood with a squid-like mantle of fabric drifting below it, much like a classic ghost made out of a bed sheet, although much thicker. In this form it hovers a few inches off the ground, suspended on chakra threads, at roughly 2 meters tall. This form is rarely seen, however, as instead the puppeteer typically manipulates the fabric into various cloaks, capes, or other articles of apparel. This keeps the doll nearby and allows for surprise attackers from the hidden scarves within, while providing the height of fashion. The inner lining of the puppet can be outfitted with various carrying devices, like pockets and such to store things. Comprised mostly a combination of Silk 2 and Silk 3 with wefts of woven Living Metal, the puppet has a hardness of S+ and all of it benefits from the Living Metal's ability to perform minor repairs.
While capable of being rewoven into clothing articles, should the puppeteer have the skill, the puppet is perhaps best worn as an armor in the form of a kind of morph suit, allowing it to form almost a base layer beneath normal clothing or whatever the wearer might want. In this form, it contains a hood of sorts which can be pulled over one's head and face to provide maximum protection, but can also be retracted. The hood can be seen through by the wearer, and the face contains a flexible film of tinted, polarized plastic which protects the wearer from bright flashes and blinding effects, as well as genjutsu activated via eye contact. When worn with the hood down, the armor is easily concealed beneath clothing and armor, forms easily to the wearer's body similarly to spandex, and is about 3-4mm thick with the exception of a slightly thicker section down the spine and around the hips/butt. The puppet is white without modifications.
The puppet has four notable modifications woven into the intricate design. First, it has two thicker cords of fabric along the spine, terminating in blade, cumulatively known as the Hand Stinger. The back additionally contains six additional, much thinner woven tubes in the form of the Squid Array. The hips and buttocks area contain the core of the 003 modifications which have been painstakingly fabricated into highly flexible containers sandwiched between the inner and outer weave and sewn into the body. They are interconnected such the stored chemicals can be routed and expelled through any of the Squid Array strands or through either Hand Stinger. One can extend from the tailbone of the suit, the other from the top of the back. Finally, the shins, knees, forearms, stomach, shoulders, back and top of head, tops of the feet, groin, and either side of the back have thin plates of gold into the suit. These provide very little defense - considering the strength of the puppet, and instead serve as plates through which to channel puppet techniques, such as the Mechanical Light Shield Block.
Weapons:- ”1x 003”:
Similar to the Incense Burner, this modified launcher allows for the dispersal of chemicals as well. Essentially a tank filled with a choice of fluid, particulate, toxin, or the like, this allows the user to distribute said chemicals in a wide area. For example, the wielder could fill the pressurized cannisters with an aerosolized poison, allowing for easy spraying towards a target in a large cloud wherever the nozzle is pointed. Or, the wielder could fill it with a fluid substance and spray it in a wide spray or, by narrowing the aperture, in a narrow stream. For fluid components in the stream form, the speeds and which the substance can be launched allows it to do mild (C rank) bludgeoning damage, along with any other effects the substance may have. Single spurts of liquid can be shot for a single dose of chemical, or a continual stream/spray can be shot at 1 dose per post. Chemical is shot at speed of puppet’s coordination, and can travel 40 meters. The maximum width of the cone of spray (if used) is 90 degrees. Liquid and solid chemicals can be alternatively aerosolized if the user wishes. 1 dose, in this case, will create a 20m cubed cloud, which will last 2 posts.
The device is connected to ten separate jade containers with glass lining, allowing up to ten separate chemicals to be chosen. Further, it is engineered to take hits well to minimize the potential of a leak or rupture. However, each individual canister can hold a maximum of twenty doses of chemical. The user is free to mix and match as they see fit between each of the ten cannisters.
This is wired to spray from either/both of the Hand Stingers or any of the Squid Array tentacles..
- ”2x Hand Stinger”:
A bizarre modification, the Hand Stinger is woven from a blend of Silk 2 and 3 and reinforced heavily with Living Metal. It creates a roughly 4in diameter rope which can extend up to thirty meters. A thin tube of Living Metal connects to the 003, allowing it to disperse stored chemicals or drip them steadily onto the 8" blade hidden within the fabric. The appendage terminates in a woven "hand" of fabric fingers which can be manipulated like a normal hand per the user's coordination. It punches/throws/strikes/etc at the puppet's strength and the user may channel chakra through it if necessary, such as to activate items. It cannot perform hand seals though. The hidden blade can extend from the palm at the user's wish. The weapon and blade are considered a weapon of S grade with S+ hardness.
- ”Squid Array”:
A collection of eight extendible whips woven from a blend of Silk 2, 3, and Living Metal. Each is roughly 1.5in in diameter and terminates in a small, 1in spike of Living Metal and can be retracted into or extended from the back of the suit as the user commands with a length up to 50m, moving at speed and coordination of the user's coordination and striking with the puppet's strength. Like the Hand Stinger, a thin tube of Living Metal wires to the 003 contraption, allowing for its use. These can grapple, grab items by wrapping around them, and supporting the wearer, per the strength rules. A collection of razer sharp barbs of Living Metal can be raised along the edges of whips, increasing the damage done and allowing the user to slash and tear at opponents. The barbs/whip are considered a weapon of S grade with S+ hardness.
Defenses: - 3x Chakra Panel:
A set of 5 gold-plated charka panels which can be places in various locations of a puppet, these panels conduct chakra quite well and are used in the Mechanical Light Shield Block technique or other similar abilities. 4 panels are required for the technique to activate, meaning that if more than one is destroyed the defense will not properly work.
- Supreme Rebreather:
A remodified rebreather, this take the form of a thin tube to the user's nose and another to the mouth upon which they bite down, supplying them with an air reserve drawn from the filtration mechanism of the rebreather. This can be used with the hood/mask of the puppet raised. When raised, the fine weave further enhances the filtration and will naturally protect the wearer in much the same way. Either/both mechanisms protect from airborne chemicals of S rank or below when in use. This is considered an S grade rebreather modification, if/when relevant.
- Composition:
Because of the unique materials in the craft, the puppet, much like an armor, benefits from the special properties of the materials. Silk 2 grants extremely high durability to the wearer, reducing slashing and piercing damage by 1 rank (---). Silk 3 permits the user to activate the adhering properties of the material on any piece of the armor, including teh inner and outer sections of the weave. They may pay 1 chakra to deactivate it as well. The Living Metal permeates the weave, granting it the full effects of its mild regenerative properties. The puppet is soaked in sublimated Invisium, allowing any part of it (or all of it) to activate the materials properties. A thin few strands of Psychonium in the collar and inside of the mask
allow fit its use. Finally, one unit of Monarch Providence resides in the puppet, woven partially through the chest and partially through the head/mask, allowing for its silencing field.
Weaknesses: When worn as a Puppet Armor, it cannot move faster than C rank speed, regardless of the user's coordination.