Stillgewässer

Registration
Melee:

[x] Slashing

[x] Piercing

[ ] Bludgeoning

[ ] Other: (Describe. Note that Dust has a section of its own)

Ranged:


 * Ammunition:

[x] Dust (Mechanized use only)

[x] Bullets: (‎7.62 × 54 mmR)

[ ] Other: (Please describe)

[ ] None [x] Gunpowder
 * Delivery Method:

[ ] Tension (Bow, Slingshot, Etc)

[ ] Thrown:

[ ] Casting:

[ ] Other: [x] Red - Fire
 * Dust type:

[ ] Orange - ???

[x] Yellow - ???/Thunder

[ ] Green - ???

[x] Blue - ???/Water

[ ] Purple - ???

[x] Cyan - Ice

[x] White - ???/Impact [ ] Cut
 * Dust status:

[ ] Uncut

[x] Powder

Description
Stillgewässer is Marina Nixa's weapon, built by her and constantly reworked on an irregular basis. It is a combination bolt-action rifle and Ninjato. As a Ninjato, it is oversized and wide as the hilt alone is longer than both of her hands can hold, and the blade is easily a foot longer than is normal. However, the sword is exceedingly light and it can slice through flesh cleanly, quickly, and quietly. Its hilt is black with the folded wrapping colored navy blue. The blade is pure silver, as is the bolt-action handle. The blade is also separated into two segments, though it is difficult to notice it at first. The segment farther up the blade can fold into the other segment via a button on the underside of the hilt, allowing it to be much more portable - and this is, in fact, the way it’s meant to be when it’s sheathed. Ammunition is loaded into the feeder directly using magazine strips.

It’s difficult to notice, but the scabbard is actually just as much a part of the weapon as the sword itself. Many of the add-ons are stored in the scabbard, especially the leather underbelly used in rifle mode. Because of how quickly the change in mode needs to occur at times, Marina has become incredibly adept at swapping parts out very quickly.

Sword Mode
In this mode, it is a long and very effective stealth sword that can affect massive amounts of damage, given time and effort. In addition, there is a trigger on the side of the hilt facing the user that activates a series of Dust-powered energy emitters on the blade, allowing for a full series of variable attacks, anywhere from fire to ice to lightning based on the type of ammunition used.

Rifle Mode
In rifle mode, the sword is flipped so that the blade is facing up. To actually active this mode, one simply needs to twist the hilt, causing the trigger to shift for easier access and forming a basic rifle shape. A soft leather under-casing is taken from the scabbard and placed on the underside of the blade as a grip. The rifle shoots from the end of the blade. It then fires Dust-powered ammunition that, when expended, is removed from the rifle using the bolt. It has optional add-ins, like a variable-zoom scope and suppressor, though it, by default, has iron sights on the tail end of the hilt where the blade is. Additionally, when Stillgewässer is in portable mode, it can be used as a sort of mechanized sawed-off rifle, similar to a very large pistol.

History

 * Previous owner: None


 * Current owner: Marina Nixa. She crafted the weapon (and several of its iterations) while in combat school.

Trivia

 * The ninjato section is largely oversized, but the rifle mode is somewhat undersized - finding a happy medium between the two modes.