Board Thread:Role Plays (AU)/@comment-24617443-20170525163000/@comment-25924729-20170529120515

I think Amil meant that if he triggers an explosion near or on a glass barrier, or while trapped inside. While the smoke and explosion itself wont harm him, he will be putting himself under a shower of deadly shards, ranging from sizes large enough to cut him badly and fine crystals which may get into his weapon and equipment, causing jams, malfunctions and other problems. I'd even argue the glass "powder" can get in his eyes, nose throat, blinding and choking him, but in Alala's case he has a mask, so i admit that strategy is innefective.

Phaze is right, once the glass sheet is fully formed Dalton cannot compress it. But is he does manage to sucessfully trap Alala's smoke in a capsule, he can simply project more layers of glass on the inner surface of the capsule, which will gradually decrease the volume of air and space inside. Although i agree with Phaze, i t will be very difficult to trap Alala in the first place.

I failed to explain my reasoning for the "creating glass obstacles which drain Alala's aura and Dust" argument. What i meant was, smoke is gaseous, but Alala's body remains solid, and his ability to float relies on the density of smoke surrounding him. Suppose he encounters a narrow obstacle smoke can pass through, but his body cannot. Or the smoke is thinned or blocked by a barrier. Alala must waste time, Dust and energy destroying the obstacle, or creating a fresh trail of smoke to go around it.

Here's something interesting i just realized. Alala's semblance infuses smoke with aura and makes it denser, he can then float in the smoke. But the thing is, smoke, like any other vapor of gas sinks when it becomes denser. Therefore, once the smoke is aura infused, it will simply sink to the ground, whereas lighter non aura infused smoke floats above it. This means two things:

1. SInce Alala's ability to float in smoke is affected by the density of smoke, he cant actually float too high, since the dense smoke sinks low to the ground.

2. Dalton would not need to create tall barriers to block off or trap the smoke, as it will remain close to the ground.

You could argue that the denser smoke remains off the ground by sticking onto objects, but this is assuming there are obstacles or objects to stick to nearby. If Alala aura infuses dense smoke in midair, theres nothing to stick onto except... other smoke? The air?

Non debate related:

Fun fact: While researching the part about smoke density, Google led me to a website about cannabis and gave tips on how to smoke weed without getting caught. -_-

I'll post details about Dalton's semblance in another reply, to spare y'all reading the Great Wall of Textia.

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