Crescent Rose

Crescent Rose is Ruby Rose's custom High Caliber Sniper Scythe. It's a scythe, but it's also a gun.

Overview
While the HCSS concept is by no means original, it is a particularly rare design. It is said that Ruby recieved guidance for constructing her weapon from the inventor of the HCSS himself, and recieved combat training from him as well.

Whatever the case may be, Crescent Rose is a weapon designed to make a statement. Precision and finesse are thrown out the window for raw power and style, which was no doubt a conscious decision made by Ruby.

Features
The weapon has two modes; a collapsed form in which it functions as a rifle, and its extended form, where telescoping parts allow it to take on the form of a very large scythe. The scythe form maintains its rifle functionality, allowing Ruby to fire it while engaging in close-quarters combat. Crescent Rose is chambered for .408 sniper rounds, a highly effective and proven round. However, enough is never enough for Ruby, who designed a custom cartridge featuring hollow-point ammunition primed with only the most volatile Dust. The weapon has been reinforced to mitigate any damage that might be caused by misfires.

While these features make the weapon devastating in close-quarters scenarios, they heavily reduce the effectiveness of the weapon at ranges. The hollow-point rifle rounds cannot maintain accuracy in long-distance engagements, and the huge recoil caused by the over-charged Dust ammunition means that there are very few shooters who could hold the weapon still enough to ensure that the bullet would move toward its intended target. Ruby is very aware of this, and uses the weapon's rifle features primarily as a means to enhance the effectiveness of the scythe features.