Marco's Kneecapping Alkahestry

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CASE FILE: Transmutation Equipment

"You don't make up for your sins in church. You do it in the streets. You do it at home. The rest is bullshit and you know it." - Martin Scorsese
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NAME:
→ Shatterbone Alkahestry

TYPE:
→ Alkahestry: Body Formation

LEVEL:
→ One

FORM:
→ The Shatterbone Alkahestry circle is engraved on two metal wristbands. From these, one on each arm, there are thin metal wires which can be reeled around Marco's arms, or used freely. Alongside this, Marco has two white gloves engraved with the array.

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BRIEFING:
→ Marco's alkahestry works very simple on a basic level. The body of the circle is designed to target the calcium in bones, which makes up a large amount of the basis of any given bone in the body. In essence, Marco can manipulate the core of bone structure, and this manipulation's most useful port of call is movement. The circle itself is also tweaked to draw calcium towards it.

Considering the forces of attraction generated by the use of the Dragon's Pulse in alkahestry are incredibly strong, the greatest use of this drawing process, in Marco's eyes, is the ability to manipulate one set part of a human's skeletal structure. Even considering he can only manipulate one bone at a time, this can be debilitating. Marco can simply enough draw bones so far out of their structure to place a high amount of tension on them and cause incredible discomfort, or to simply have them snap.

In order to utilise this alchemy effectively, Marco has memorised the name and location of all two-hundred and six bones in the adult human body. Alongside this, he knows the exact chemical structure of bone as a material, and the average weight and tensile strength of most large bones, such as the pelvis, femur, patella, sternum, and the cranium.

He also needs to know the bones which are best to target quickly. Being that the cranium has developed over thousands of years to endure all manner of forces implemented on it, and considering its large surface area, manipulating it effectively takes time. Due to meticulous experimentation, this is another thing Marco has to know of extensively; the amount of time it takes to break a bone using this alchemy.

PICTURE:
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Shatterbone Alkahestry Array:

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Wires:

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Gloves:

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SPECIAL ABILITIES:

→ Skeletal Control - The ability here is simple. By utilising the Shatterbone array, Marco can snap and break bones at will, both on touch and by wrapping the enemy with his wires and activating the array. The effects of this are limitless; he can crush bones inwards with enough effort, shatter them entirely by exerting enough force and over enough time, or even pull them straight out of the skin.

Arguably the quickest method of doing things like this would be to simply snap bones in two by placing pressure in the right places. A small bone, such as a finger or hand bone, can be broken in a matter of moments. Medium-sized bones, such as the radius, rib, ulna, patella, or clavicle, would take around ten or fifteen seconds to cleanly break. Double that for a debilitating cracking or crushing effect.

To snap the tibia or fibula, or bones of that size or strength, would take around thirty seconds. Again, double for a more messy break. The sternum, pelvis, cranium, and femur, being amongst the strongest bones in the body, would take forty-five to sixty seconds to snap with a solid grip - and, again, twice that for a more messy and almost crushing break.

Pulling bones through flesh requires they snap first, and then an additional ten seconds to pierce the flesh - though it is VERY effective. Pulling pieces of a victim's kneecap out through their skin is very much a good interrogation technique.

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[Reila Tsukino]

APPROVED

Awesome. He and Spade are similar!