Item
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| Description | Zaibatsu has a habit of developing adorable mascots for everything: product lines, cities, transit systems, and even groups of mascots. In this case, it seems the mascot was for a beta version of the NovOS operating system that Zaibatsu helped develop. You think his name is something like "Kumachikun" but, regardless of what you call it, the plugs forming its legs are actually functional. It runs some basic software and, as an added bonus, will help filter connections being run through it. |
| Type | Offhand |
| Functions |    |
| Effects | +1 Morale +2 Hardening |
Sources
Zack's House of Coins, first available on June 16, 2016 (Season 41) for 1 unearthly coin
Uses
After winning winning a fight with no weapon equipped and all known instances (if any) of Branded Lash are already in your deck:
Flailing at your opponents with Kumachikun in lieu of a weapon isn't exactly dignified, but it seems to do the trick.
You learned a new Technique: Branded Lash
After winning winning a fight with no pants equipped and all known instances (if any) of Branded Lash are already in your deck:
You accidentally whip yourself right on the leg as you finish the fight. It's surprisingly painful.
You learned a new Technique: Branded Lash
While Etheric, after winning a fight against a Spider opponent and more instances of Branded Lash than instances of Chitinous Wires are in your deck:
The adapter in your hand twitches in sympathy as your foe falls.
You learned a new Technique: Chitinous Wires
Using Chitinous Wires while Etheric with this equipped gives energy of the Crawling Adapter effect equal to the damage done.
Technique Summary
| Chain | Technique | Type | Attribute | Dam | Notes |
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Branded Lash | Stealth | Strength | 4 | Enhanced with Crawling Adapter active, adapter equipped, and/or if your Stealth Power > opponent's Melee Defense. Becomes an Etheric technique with Crawling Adapter active. |
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Chitinous Wires | Etheric | Will | 8 | Gives bonus damage and <damage done> energy of Crawling Adapter with the adapter equipped. |
Other Uses
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This item is not a component for any kind of crafting. |
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This item cannot be salvaged. |
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This item cannot be added to a gang stash. |
Remaining Mysteries
From Podcast 47:
A fair chunk of stuff not figured out. It's an interesting sort of… well the thing that you need to unlock is a bit more out of the box. It's the sort of thing, once you read the requirement to get the thing, it's obvious that's how that would work. Pretty sizeable new thing, one the lines of what's going on with the trick top hat. Not like a whole new zone or anything, but sizeable within the scope of a 1-coin item. (This was before the stage wand was found)
The Chitinous Wires technique and Crawling Adapter effect have been found since this podcast answer. It is not clear if this is all of the "fair chunk of stuff" Kinak had in mind. (item #2292 is unfound and was created around the same time as the adapter, so may be related to it somehow.)