Shell Node
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Shell or Shell Node is a chitinous growth deposit, formed as a by-product of the paranatural properties of the Arksys virus infecting the Operating System of an replicated object or item within the Shiro Network of an Ohnyluh. The effects of the viral infection on a digital, mechanical, or bio-mechanical system is for it to become overclocked, by which the virus creates the shell growth layer by layer at an accelerating rate. Logik based systems have been adapted to use Shell Node as a thermal coolant to combat the effects of the overclocking that happens when a Logik user activates a primary, secondary or tertiary Logik Artifact. This accelerates the healing process needed for their bodies. It is known by Pexyll Labs that there is an exceptional sized underground marketplace of Shell Node harvesters, but they have yet to find a solution.
Shell Colors
Shell nodes come in four individual colors Blue, Red, Yellow, and Green or Ombre in a style of gradient. For Logik users, especially Sluggers, and Pexyllers, the color of a shell node is often an indication of the level of Arksys mutation in the hosted item, machine or creature.
Mixed color, Gradient or Ombre style is the highest level, followed by Blue (cyan), Green, Yellow, and Red (magenta).
Shell Node Mass
A large, internal, radius of overclocked Shell Node biomass, that prevents proper heat dispersal in technology as it grows over the cooling and air flow systems. This creates a warped area of effect on the visage of an infected object. This biomass of Shell Node clusters is distinctly different from an Ohny Relic in that this cluster of individual shells is active and retains their color and composition versus forming into a stony petrified mass.
It has been discovered that the Arksys virus feeds on Nano Lyminatt Ink and uses this to create the chitinous shell growth deposits, but the science of shell nodes, is still not fully understood.
The more the virus overclocks the Shiro network, the more shell nodes it produces.

