Puku Puku no Mi

[Flame]

-Puku Puku no Mi-

English Name: Balloon Balloon Fruit
Classification: Paramecia
Owner: Kazeki Tsukihi

-Appearance-

The Puku Puku no Mi is nearly a perfect ball of a fruit, with a small root at the top of it marring said perfection. The nearly spherical object has a white surface stained with barely visible golden swirls spinnings across the entirety of it. It’s root is a similarly paleish white color though it may be slightly closer to tan. With the same swirls propagating across it the fruit it has an oddly twisted shape to it, the root seemingly to spin about itself in a knot.

The fruit has a rubbery texture to the touch. It is to the point that sliding a finger across it will cause the fruit to squeak. It is quite light, though a large fruit its innards are not dense at all making it much less heavy than one might presume. The meat of it ends up having a bread-like texture, which would probably make eating the fruit fine if it did not taste so horridly disgusting as all devil fruit do.

-Abilities-

The Puku Puku no mi turns its user into a "Balloon Human", giving Kano the following abilities ...

Balloon Physiology

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Gas Creation

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Electrical Buildup

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Gas Release

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-Weaknesses-

• General DF Weaknesses
• Due to the fruit’s reliance on being able to keep themselves inflated, puncture wounds are especially dangerous to them. Even small wounds due to the sudden change in pressure can cause the wounds to rip open much wider and are an excessive danger to the user, more so the more inflated they are.
• While deflated the user really only has the resistance to electricity and the ability to build up static upon their body. Especially if they are wounded and can’t keep the gas in their body they’ll be unable to regain their powers until the wound is patched up.
• High levels of pressure if not dissipated can lead to something even more dangerous than pointy weapons. As it builds up the gas will put pressure on the user’s whole body. When at a breaking point it can cause the user’s skin to be shredded to pieces as the gas breaks free. When popped in such a way, the user fully deflates and hundreds of cuts will litter the user's body leaving them bleeding from all of them.

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[Jade]

This is still a very fun, very One Piece-feeling Paramecia. Good job on that front, Flame!

But despite this being a pretty simple, cut-and-dry conversion to the new systems, I feel like we should address something about this power... What, exactly, happens to the user when they "pop", as you mention is possible in the Balloon Physiology section? What sort of state does this leave the user in? And, ultimately, should this be a major concern? Is it not possible for the user, as she gain experience, to push beyond this limit, increasing the upper limit of how far she can inflate herself?

And yes, I see you mentioned that the user, when subjected to too much pressure while her gas is built up in her body, will be "shredded", but I'd like to see just a touch more description here.

[Flame]

So your question about popping ended up being the equivalent to the weakness you asked about at the bottom. Which is part of the why it wasn't mentioned in the Balloon physiology area. But either way I added a little more description to that.

As to whether the user should be able to inflate farther, that's a solid no I think. The user's skin is always the limiting factor for this. Since the skin acts of the balloons surface, I don't think that'd improve with gaining more experience in using the fruit. The user has already become a balloon human, gained skills are more an exploration of the fruits capabilities and much less physical improvements. So yeah, I don't think her skin would become more stretchy, I would say that she's already capable of inflating to the max she'd ever get to.

[Jade]

Well, thank you for adding the additional details of what that "popped" state entails. It was really a matter of it being poorly defined that bothered me, y'know?

And hey, that's your call at the end of the day. If you're happy without it, then I am too! Go on, continue having fun with your Balloon Woman, Flame! This one's good to go!