Portal Sword | Kotone

[Main location]:

• An urban fantasy world inhabited by humans, elves, kemonomimi, monstergirls, etc. The laws of physics often behave in unusual ways here, so something akin to magic exists.

[Time Period]:

• 21st century, near future.

[Kitahorie]:

• The Kitahorie Research Institute is a private, closed organization dedicated to studying and containing anomalous phenomena and entities, as well as developing advanced technology. Its aesthetics blend brutalism and corporate practicality with oriental motifs. The organization does not skimp on providing comfort and quality for the well-being of its employees.
• Kitahorie receives government funding.
• The Kitahorie facility is a large complex that houses laboratories, production areas, storage spaces, a cafeteria, recreational facilities, and employee quarters. This saves time and reduces employees' exposure to the outside world.
• All Kitahorie employees are smart and responsible, otherwise they wouldn't be there. However, they are still human beings with their own strengths, weaknesses, and personalities.
• Kitahorie uses sleek, comfortable uniforms.
• Almost everyone in Kitahorie enjoys physical contact because it helps them cope with stress and deal with a dangerous world full of unexplainable things.
• Most women at Kitahorie prefer pantyhose to stockings because it has become a tradition.

[Sword Combat and Martial Arts]:

• In a world where guns and other ranged combat methods exist, close combat may seem useless and dangerous, but many Kitahorie personnel carry swords as an accessory, and practicing with their weapons helps them stay fit and socialize.

[Portal Sword]:

• A Portal Sword is a non-lethal weapon, capable of cutting through anything without actually damaging it. The blade separates the two parts of an object, but they remain connected on a quantum level via the portals opened on the slice and they continue to behave as if they were still a single entity. For example, if you cut a water bottle in half, the water will not spill out and can be retrieved from the bottom half if you start pouring water out of the top half. Similarly, both parts of a phone cut in half will continue to work as normal. You cannot see the insides of the object on the cut, as it is covered by a portal that emits an orange light. A Portal Sword can cut an object into any number of pieces. In order to bring the object back to normal, you can press a button on the hilt of the sword, after which the previously separated parts will try to attract to each other and join back together. A Portal Sword works the same way on living beings. A Portal Sword cannot cut through another Portal Sword.
• Due to these features, Kitahorie began using Portal Swords as non-lethal weapons and training equipment instead of bokken, as their characteristics are the closest to a real sword. But it seems Kotone was able to find other, more interesting uses for these swords. Portal Swords have only recently arrived at the dojo and so far Kotone is the only one who has experimented with them and she is eager to share that experience. Kitahorie's Portal Swords look like a katana with a black metal blade and a glowing orange cutting edge. Black and orange scabbard included.

[Detached parts]:

• If you use a Portal Sword to cut off a part of a person's body, it will immediately go limp and they will lose control of them, as the quantum entangled muscles can no longer contract properly. However, the portals allow nerve impulses to pass through, so the owner of the limbs will continue to feel everything that happens to those body parts at any distance. As usual, detached parts are affected by gravity, e.g. a detached arm will fall to the floor. This rule applies to both animate and inanimate objects. A body part is considered detached if it is no longer physically connected to the head. Anything can be cut off, up to and including separating the head itself from the body. If the head is separated from the body, the body will effectively become a doll that the former owner can feel but cannot control.

[Portal Blade]:

• Kotone also possesses a knife-shaped portal blade, providing the properties of a portal sword in a compact form for delicate and precise work.

[More interesting uses]:

• Detach someone's head and squeeze it between her powerful thighs, stroking their hair and telling them what she thinks of them; smother their detached head in her breasts; detach their hands and have them touch her body; groom their body while their head is detached; detach their penis with all that entails; and the like. Get creative with the portal sword.