Thread:Juyun/@comment-31285576-20170319055315

St. Germain's form is that of a collective identity, held between multiple members of a synchronized and parallel network, with a structure similar to that of a pure diamond. Similar to how the nucleus of the crystal and the materials around it are identical, there are no central units in this network, with all members acting as control towers and terminals. As such, it can continue functioning even with the loss of a member.[1]

The crystal that is St. Germain expands by infecting others with St. Germain's thoughts and ideology, much like a virus, synchronizing them and making them part of the crystalline network.[1]  The crystallization alters the victim's personalities through means of an acting trance. It operates in a similar manner to the way in which ritual magicians purify their thoughts and synchronize themselves (e.g. wearing the same uniform, eating the same foods, going to the same place at the same time, etc) in order to dye themselves in the same colors and achieve the optimum result when they carry out their ritual. The legend of St. Germain has the same tendency, with St. Germain appearing in gatherings of nobles cut-off from normal society and using his understanding of their hopes and desires to dye himself in their colors before making use of them, enticing and manipulating them with his appealing claims, eventually leading to their positions reversing and them becoming dyed in his colors instead.[25]  Those who are involved and those who seek to be involved with St. Germain are gathered, drawn in by curiosity or desire, and gradually dyed in St. Germain's colors to the extent that they become part of the crystal.[1] [25]  The network doesn't utilize brainwaves and can expand into anyone regardless of their genetic code, providing that the conditions are met.[21]

Much like how even the purest diamond is only 99.9% pure, with the remaining 0.1% impurities determining the diamond's overall properties, the giant crystal and parallel network that is St. Germain has an equivalent controller or settings file.[26]  In this case, it comes in the form of the black pills that St. Germain carries around with him, as mentioned in his legend. These pills are comprised of microbes, dried by the thousands and while dry, mostly inert but capable of remaining alive for years. When the microbes are absorbed by liquid, such as saliva, they resume functioning and invade the body of the person who has ingested them. As well as providing the final trigger, they are used in order to stabilize errors, such as with new or weary members, or members who have been worked loose from the crystal and lost control, preventing unwanted impurities from building up, causing defects in the crystalline structure and leading it to collapse.[2]

ChambordEdit
The Chambord  (シャンボール Shanbōru?)  is a spiritual item which is used by St. Germain to manipulate carbon. It takes the form of spear in the shape of a treble clef, with the words 'St. Germain' engraved on it.[27] Named after the site of his former laboratory, it provides the tools St. Germain needs to pursue his research themes.[5]  Derived and developed from the legend of St. Germain being able to repair scratched diamonds, the Chambord can manipulate carbon-based materials, such as diamonds, melting them down and forming them into new shapes, such as spears,[3]  walls,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ShinyakuV12Ch2Pt6_27-0">[28]  and even more Chambords.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ShinyakuV12Ch2Pt9_26-1">[27]  In carbon-rich environments such as the Dianoid, which is almost entirely constructed from carbon-based materials, St. Germain is capable of skewering his opponent with spears from all directions.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ShinyakuV12Ch1Pt12_2-4">[3]  The Chambord is also fairly durable, capable of withstanding and catching a shot from Mugino Shizuri's Meltdowner.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ShinyakuV12Ch4Pt1_4-2">[5]

<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:14px;">As organic matter is also comprised of carbon, the Chambord is also capable of manipulating it. Aside from the microbes that allow St. Germain to spread and opening up holes in people to allow the spears to pass through them to the target,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ShinyakuV12Ch1Pt12_2-5">[3]  St. Germain uses this aspect of the Chambord to create beasts made up of plant cells. Unlike normal plant cells which provide all necessary life functions but lack mobility, these plant cells are divided between different functions and reunified to stimulate optimization. The beasts created from this plant matter are stronger than ones of animal matter, given the cell wall that the plant cells have as opposed to an animal cell's membrane. These incomplete beasts can incorporate St.Germains into their structure and can also split into different smaller creatures. Some of them are also capable of producing and emitting carbon monoxide.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ShinyakuV12Ch4Pt1_4-3">[ <ac_metadata title="Message from Juyun"> </ac_metadata>