Geist

"He's disrupting his Trion stability on purpose...and funneling Trion to his weapon and his legs."

- Hairein analysing Geist's Blade Shift.

Geist (ガイスト) is a Tamakoma Branch-exclusive prototype Option Trigger, and Kyōsuke Karasuma's personal Trigger.

Appearance
When Geist is activated, a countdown timer and pentagonal appear on Karasuma's left-hand glove. The spider chart has five variables ("Speed", "Gun", "Armor", "Blade" and "Special") and its dimensions change to reflect the "Shift" in use.

Overview
Geist enables Karasuma to temporarily enhance his combat capabilities through the use of various "Shifts". More specifically, activating Geist purposely destabilizes Karasuma's Trion body, allowing him to funnel the newly destabilized Trion into his Triggers and/or specific parts of his Trion body, depending on the Shift in use. According to Hairein, this concept of treating one's weapon as a body part and transforming oneself bears similarities to Aftokrator's approach to Trigger technology.

While Geist is active, it exerts a tremendous burden on Karasuma's Trion body that causes his unstable Trion to leak out. Consequently, activating Geist effectively guarantees that Karasuma will Bail Out after a certain amount of time, regardless of whether his opponent actively tries to defeat him or not. Hairein asserts that this issue could be remedied through the use of Trion receptors for additional support.

To assist Karasuma, Geist initiates a countdown timer immediately upon activation and displays the time remaining until Bail Out. When Karasuma activated Blade Shift, the timer counted down from 3 minutes and 26 seconds (206 seconds). By comparison, when he activated Gunner Shift, the timer counted down from 3 minutes and 36 seconds (216 seconds). Accordingly, it can be said that activating Geist gives Karasuma approximately three and a half minutes to complete his objective, after which he will be forced to Bail Out due to Trion loss.

Abilities
Geist has several Shifts, each focusing on a different aspect of combat. The flexibility this provides allows Karasuma to adapt his fighting style in response to the progress of battle.


 * Karasuma Geist.gif Shift: This mode funnels Trion into Karasuma's blade and legs, resulting in greatly enhanced speed and blade strength. The attack power gained is such that Karasuma was able to defeat a Rabbit in a single hit, a feat that visibly surprised Hairein.


 * GeistGShift.jpgr Shift: This mode funnels Trion into Karasuma's firearm. While using Gunner Shift, Karasuma's bullets become extremely powerful - enough to destroy multiple Idras and their combined shields with ease.


 * Speed Shift anime.png Shift: This mode grants Karasuma even greater speed than Blade Shift. Karasuma demonstrated this during his duel with Hairein, when he activated Speed Shift to dodge a point-blank surprise attack from Hairein’s Alektor.

Trivia

 * "" is a German word which can be translated as mind, spirit, or ghost, depending on the context.