Name: Crescent Rose
Type: High Caliber Sniper Rifle | Scythe
Rank: B [Ranks with User]
Upgrade Slots: 2/2
Affinities: Light Release
Description: Crescent Rose is Shizuka's signature weapon. It's a High-Caliber Sniper-Scythe (HCSS) - a hybrid between a scythe and a sniper rifle.
As its name implies, Crescent Rose's frame is colored rose red with black trims, with its large scythe blade forged into a crescent shape. Shizuka's clan crest is engraved onto the circular swivel frame of the weapon.
The most notable property of Crescent Rose is its converting frame, which allows it to transform between three different modes:
- A "storage" mode, its most compact form convenient for transportation, stored underneath Shizuka's cloak at her waist.
- A "rifle" mode, where it takes the form of a medium-length, bolt-action rifle. In this form, the absence of the scythe makes for more effective use of the rifle component.
- A "scythe" mode, its most expanded form, where it fully extends into the form of a scythe, allowing it to be used as a mid-to-close-range bladed melee weapon. This form also doubles as a long-barrel sniper rifle for long-range shots without giving up the melee capabilities of the scythe. If needed, the bottom of the shaft can unfold to add more cutting power in a close-range fight.
It is implied by Ozpin that a scythe-wielder of skill equivalent of Shizuka would be necessary. In particular, the user would have to deal with Crescent Rose's massive recoil.
Rather than compensate for it, Shizuka harnesses the recoil to enhance her mobility in combat, firing shots to propel herself short distances, simultaneously attacking and evading opponents. She also uses her weapon's recoil to launch herself into the air.
In melee combat, Shizuka can fire a shot immediately before a swing, using the recoil to increase the force and speed of her attack. She can also embed the scythe's blade into the ground to prevent the weapon's recoil from throwing off her aim with the sniper rifle component, allowing for rapid, accurate shots.
The scythe also has a small, hook-like, double-pronged, jagged blade at the bottom of the shaft. Shizuka can manually unfold the scythe by hooking the end of the blade on something, allowing for both the normal blade and the two prongs to slice enemies at the same time for more power. In this form the muzzle is also rotated 90 degrees which enables the recoil to rotate Shizuka instead of launching her forward increasing the slicing power drastically.
This sniper rifle is fitted with a laser beam that is created with Light Release; this allows allies to see where the user is aiming, while the light is bent in such a way to prevent the enemy from doing the same.
Enhancements:Light Bullets: The user can create bullets made out of Light Release. The user can create up to 10 bullets per post, and may fire all ten bullets in one post if they wish. However, all ten bullets must be fired before more can be created. These bullets cost 30 Chakra to create, and do S rank bullet damage as well as burn damage due to being created from Light Release. If 40 chakra is used these bullets will do SS rank damage.
Scope: Crescent Rose is fitted with a scope that when the user looks through it raises their perception +2 Ranks. They cannot, however, while using the scope use their eyes to also look around as doing so will cause a stunning effect that'll last 2 posts.