Editing The Simurgh (section)

====Manton Limit====
The Simurgh is unable to use her telekinesis on biological living entities.<ref name="II20.5 eNoFlung">There were five capes who hadn’t been flung.  Five capes who’d done the sensible thing and worn bodysuits instead of armor, to get the most bang for their buck when it came to the Manton effect. - [[Last 20.5]]</ref> As a result of the [[Manton effect]], she also cannot manipulate materials close to the skin, such as bodysuits<ref name="II20.5 eNoFlung" /> and presumably explosive armbands.<ref>The armband beeped, then beeped again a second later.  There was a steady repetition, ''beep, beep, beep''.<br><br>Grandiose turned his head, “Why are you…”<br><br>''Beep''.<br><br>“…Still here!?  Run!”<br><br>Krouse grabbed Marissa and turned to run, barely managing to keep his feet under him with the uneven ground and Noelle’s weight.  He glanced over his shoulder to see the cape pressing the armband against his collarbone.<br><br>They weren’t four paces away when the armband detonated, a small, localized blast that didn’t even consume him in entirety.  It did take his head, most of his upper body and his left arm.  The remainder of him was scattered around the surrounding area.<br><br>Krouse stared. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/01/09 Excerpt] from [[Migration 17.2]]</ref> This Manton limit even extends to non-living materials that become part of one's identity;<ref>“I can’t promise it would work, but hair can confuse the Manton effect.  It might be that the power gets confused because it’s a part of your identity and a part of you, but it’s not alive either.  There are parahumans who impregnate their costumes with hair to make them resistant to their own powers.  There are some who have costumes that are ''just'' hair, or mostly hair, but those are pretty scanty, as you can probably imagine.” - [[Shade 4.6]]</ref> the Simurgh cannot use her telekinesis directly on the [[Marduk]]<ref name="II20.a eConfront" /> as [[Defiant]] truly considered the ship as part of him when plugged in.<ref>Defiant was plugged into the Marduk.  Its sensors were his eyes, its air intake his lungs, its considerable power source his heart.  Sensors tracked the movement of air along the Marduk’s exterior, and he felt it much as he would feel the wind over his own skin, where his present body still had conventional skin.<br><br>It came to him in data, each block of data represented by a three-dimensional arrangement of numbers and letters.  A part of his brain that he had modified with Dragon’s help read that data, processed it.<br><br>While he was plugged in, he ''was'' the Marduk.  It had been his go-to ship in the months immediately following Gold Morning, and it was his backup ship now, while the Uther was replaced by several of Dragon’s A.I..  The landscapes of then and now were not so different. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2020/03/28/last-20-a/ Excerpt] from [[Last 20.a]]</ref>

She can telekinetically grab costume parts that are not close enough to the skin to be considered an extension of the individual, allowing her to obliquely throw around these specific individuals.<ref>I could feel her grip, taking hold of my hood, the ends of the spikes at my shoulder, the ends of my coat.  Parts of my outfit that weren’t close enough to my skin to be considered an extension of ''me''.  I tried to fly and I ''couldn’t''.  I could use my strength and try to tear free of my costume, but I couldn’t get my hands to where I could grab it.  My forcefield-<br><br>-couldn’t.  As she expanded around me, she started at my costume.  Her own body blocked her ability to claw off my costume.<br><br>''Open''!  I told her.  ''Cocoon!  Reach in''-<br><br>Too late.  The Simurgh flung me.  Us.  ''Everything''.  Directly away from her. - [[Last 20.5]]</ref><ref>They ran, putting distance between themselves, Grandiose’s remains and the fighting with the Simurgh.  One wave of capes was retreating, backed up by another squad.  A woman with a black costume, a heavy cape and straight black hair flowing from the back of her helmet led the charge.  ''Alexandria''.<br><br>The heroine dove at the Simurgh, and the Endbringer was quick to fly to one side, reaching out to catch Alexandria with her telekinesis and use her momentum to force her into the street.  The road caved in, sections of pavement with accompanying drifts of snow falling into a sewer or storm drain beneath the street. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/01/09 Excerpt] from [[Migration 17.2]]</ref><ref name="28.4 e4">She gave no sign she’d listened.  Her telekinesis grabbed four members of the Yàngbǎn who’d gotten too close, lifting them by their costumes or by some other debris that had surrounded them.<br><br>As if launched by catapults, they flew straight up, where they disappeared into the clouds above. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/09/07/cockroaches-28-4/ Excerpt] from [[Cockroaches 28.4]]</ref> [[Withdrawal]]'s tinkertech frame has mechanical extremities not covered by the [[Manton effect]]; she can pin these extended limbs.<ref>Withdrawal moved close to the tinkertech, reaching, but failed to grab it, not that it looked like he was really trying.  He landed, hugging his syringe, and rolled with the landing, before crouching, both hands at a terminal on the syringe’s side.<br><br>The problem was, he had extremities that weren’t covered by the manton limit.  She got a grip on the extended limbs with telekinesis, and pinned him. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2020/03/17 Excerpt] from [[Last 20.7]]</ref> However, having less vulnerable costume parts can weaken her grip; after [[Victoria Dallon]] removed her coat and shoulder decorations,<ref>Breathing hard, wincing, I pulled off the decorations at my shoulders.  My coat.  Fuck.  I shrugged it off, knowing I’d pay for it later. - [[Last 20.5]]</ref> her flight and forcefield could now overpower the Simurgh's faint grip.<ref>I felt telekinesis roll over me, grabbing at parts of my sleeve that stuck out, a prong at my shoulder where the decorations attached, my hood.<br><br>With flight, a wrenching of my body, and my forcefield gripping the floor and hauling me to one side, I tore myself free of that faint grip, getting some distance from the Simurgh. - [[Last 20.6]]</ref> Withdrawal could still disengage from his tinkertech frame,<ref>Withdrawal disengaged from his tinkertech frame, and he held his hands over his head, pointing up at Byron’s stone.  It looked like he was holding a remote control.<br>[...]<br>Withdrawal went back to his syringe, slipped something into a chamber, oblivious to his surroundings as more debris fell around him. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2020/03/17 Excerpt] from [[Last 20.7]]</ref> allowing him to hard counter her telekinesis<ref name="II20.7 eCountersTK" /><ref>Withdrawal’s trick with the paint was great, but it was defensive.  For our offensive tricks, our heavy hitters were out.  Dragon’s mech was in pieces.  Chevalier appeared to be out of ammunition.  Damsel was injured and uncooperative.  Torso was running around like an idiot. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2020/03/17 Excerpt] from [[Last 20.7]]</ref> with his yellow fluid.<ref name="II20.7 eYellowFluid" />