... second round...
SHIKAI
Name: Tsubaki (Camellia Flower)
Release command: Flourish, Tsubaki!
Spiritual Manifestation:
We could say that Tsubaki is a bad influence on Tristo's life.
Perfidious and malevolent, the spirit constantly inspires her shinigami bearer to walk within the sinister alleys of his soul. Often claiming her existence as the sincere avatar of Tristo's anima, Tsubaki constantly confronts him with her cruel vision of life and doubtful ethics. She is very sadistic about her enemies and even Tristo himself regularly tastes from her bitter temper. Possessive as a jealous wife, Tsubaki holds a dreadful grudge against any woman who gets too close to her jouji. In her worst fits, she tends to refuse to obey the release command, remaining mute for weeks.
The zanpakutou's spiritual manifestation is rather simplistic and dry, compared to the flowery ornamentation from the weapon's material aspect. Tsubaki takes the form of a deviant woman, not specially pretty or exuberant.
The spirit's appearance would be easily portrayed as something close to a vampire. With extremely pale skin, resembling a porcelain doll; long obsidian black hair, flowing carelessly on an improvised ponytail; her ruby eyes sparkle maliciously, with a thin scarlet painting around the eyelids. When she is dressed, Tsubaki uses to wear a modest plain scarlet kimono, without any ornament or luxury accessory. As the only manifestation of any esthetical interest, a Hanya mask is usually carried by her, however, she was never seen wearing it.
Tsubaki doesn't manifest on a specific spiritual world. The scenario of her appearances uses to be a random place which Tristo already visited or even the environment where he actually is. However, the spirit's personal signature lies in the fact that the entire environment is inked on a deep scarlet light, becoming almost monochromatic.
Released Form:
After the release command, the wakizashi glows in a blood red phosphorescence, undulating along Tristo's hand to gain the shape of a single katar.
Once in the released form, Tsubaki's most noticeable feature is the fact that it is entirely made on an impeccably glossy crimson metal, leaving a persistent mystery about its nature.
The katar's double edged blade is about 30 centimetres long, with engraved patterns flowing along its length. The razor sharp cutting edge flows straight from the guard, smoothly converging in a scary pointy edge. Tsubaki's guard resembles a flower petal, with engraved filigrees on the surface, covering the entire hand and wrist.
Abilities:
[Kyonshira]
vampire thorn
Every time Tristo inflicts a wound with the katar's blade, he leeches from the opponent an amount equal to 3% his own maximum reiatsu.
[Benihana]
crimson flower
As consequence from Tsubaki's physical damage, the Benihana, a poisonous crimson camellia, painfully blooms from within the open gash and stays firmly anchored to it. Each Benihana's root is bounded too deep into the victim's flesh, veins, nerves and arteries.
The flower smells like rotten flesh and gangrene, luring uninvited parasites into the wound, such as flies, roaches, larvae, etc. Also, its petals are very resistant and sharp, not being able to be easily destroyed, like common flowers. Removing the flower would be a painful and invasive manoeuvre of self flagellation. Since the root is infused too deep within the organism, a second flower will bloom in the place of the former, causing the same pain as the sharp petals carve their way out.
Once active, the vampire camellias drain and squirt the victim's blood, causing moderate haemorrhage. The flower poison's intoxication slowly consumes the host's reiatsu, causing moderate progressive enfeeblement, vision blur and skin rashes. Due to the venom and bleeding, each flower drains from the victim an amount equal to 0.3% Tristo's maximum reiatsu, every round.
The subtle poison that oozes into the open injury, forcing it to not coagulate, keeping it bleeding. This enzyme slows the tissue regeneration, often causing moderate infection and superficial corrosion after some time. When a wound is affected by Benihana, any healing skill or chiyudo used on it will be reduced by 20%.
Firstly, at basic shikai connection, Tristo is able to summon a total of 5 flowers, gaining an extra one by every 1,000 connection points, with a maximum of 13.
The flowers last for as long as the shikai is active or simply dismissed by Tristo himself. Ah, they will also vanish once not attached to a living organism...