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Name: Okami Tsume (Wolf Claws)

Wielder: Yuki Grave

Maker/Smith: Yuki Grave, Kuroashi Lupin

Type: Dual-Ranged Shotgun Arms (DRSA)

Weapon Derivation: Both Mercury’s Shotgun-Boots and Yang’s Ember Cecilia

Design: A set of black matching battle-cestus and grieves, with stylized trim, meant to mirror the fur of an adult wolf with their jagged lines. Over the knuckles of the battle-cestus and the thumb joint, are four claw like extensions, capable of being used with the user’s Semblance to focus the aura claws. The battle-grieves have a similar trim, with the barrel being at the back, parallel with the heel.

Holstered/Inactive Form: The battle-cestus are compacted into bulky wrist guards, almost akin to bracelets. The grieves take on a small form, akin to ankle-bands, including the compacted barrel.

Form 1: In their active form, they become the full battle-cestus and battle-grieves, with armor fully extended. Additionally, while the user’s Semblance is at maximum strength and power, the metal claws of the cestus slide over the fingers, allowing the aura claws to be extended slightly.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Features: Within the knuckles of the cestus as well as the ankles of the battle-grieves are four additional shotgun barrels, activated with a simple burst of aura focused through the weapons. Doing so also causes the weapons to shift from shooting through a single barrel, to all five barrels per limb, for a savage and ballistic bombardment.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Additionally, the grieves and cestus open up at the legs/arms respectively so additionally slug wheels are revealed and unlocked, increasing the amount of ammunition used.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dust Capacity: Small crystal slots in the wrist, capable of holding four different crystals.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ammunition: .50 caliber shotgun slugs within 10 slug rounds, typically holding only 1 wheel each for 10 rounds per arm. When used for “Berserker” mode, capable of holding 6 wheels each, or 60 slugs per limb.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Usage: Yuki prefers to use the shotgun slugs with a measure of skill and strategy, employing Muay Thai/Boran to hammer an opponent’s defenses, unleashing powerful strikes accompanied by shotgun slugs for heavy damage. As he uses his semblance at higher levels, his strategy becomes less humanized and more wild and even more unpredictable, retaining the use of Muay Thai/Boran for combat, yet less conservative use of his shotguns.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">When using the assault mode of his Okami Tsume, Yuki always loads them to maximum with slugs, before activating his semblance to maximum strength- becoming a ballistic wolf with devastating and unpredictable strikes with heavy use of the five slug shots his weapons can pull off (especially as his Semblance allows him to handle the recoil better), even utilizing his aura claws in savage strikes.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Planned/Possible Upgrades: N/A

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Notes: I wanted the weapons to be something that would be easy to use and would fit perfectly with the Blood of the Wolf Semblance, especially since it’s a physical boost and at the same time, could be a berserker’s friend.

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Not original I admit, but it works.