Quote:Designed to both filter contaminated air and assist with regulating breathing. In Maalik’s case it also serves the purpose of restricting their mouth to prevent biting and/or consuming things without permission.

The mask is by no means a revolutionary concept but an attempt to improve standard equipment for exploring unknown and potentially hazardous environments, field tested by a homunculi that is far easier to repair should it fail and allow progress to be made in countermeasures against future unknown environmental threats.

The current design is a traditional filtration mask using filters lined primarily with a mixture of toadscloth and pureprint woven together with shiverthread. Shiverthread being preferred for local use but more easily sourced singethread may be of more use in colder regions. Ultimately it is a minor difference in regulating the temperature of the mask which threads are used.

Toadscloth is used for its absorbent properties to catch hazardous chemicals or other pollutants in the air, whereas pureprint is used to ward off supernatural contamination. The filters are made to be easily replaceable. Done so by unscrewing the two attachments that contain the filters, removing the old ones, then replacing them before reattachment.

For the respiration functions of the design, the metal choker is made of refined carapace. Small pieces of gasprock attached on the interior are internally affixed to make contact with blood to produce small winds to help facilitate breathing. Other metal above/below the gasprock is used to block the current in the appropriate direction depending on whether the user is inhaling or exhaling.