Inverted Funnel Device

Technicians lower this inverted funnel device over Nanina's body, strapped immobile on the restraint trolley inside a glass case in Senta's laboratory. It channels the vaporization process, releasing white mist that envelops her and extracts her life force. Black liquid in nearby vats clears as vitality transfers, Nanina weakening amid her desperate pleas while Senta monitors closely.

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Purpose

Channels vaporization machinery to extract life force from immobilized subjects like Nanina

Significance

Drives the core exploitation mechanic of the city, turning savage vitality into fuel; its activation marks Nanina's consumption as irreversible, spurring the Doctor and Steven to urgent action against the regime's dehumanizing technology

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

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S3E39 · The Savages Episode 2

Nanina’s life force extraction begins

The white mist swirls around Nanina as the inverted funnel device is activated, visually representing the extraction of her life force. It fills the glass case, obscuring her body and symbolizing the irreversible loss of her vitality. The mist is a stark contrast to the sterile, clinical environment of the laboratory, serving as a haunting reminder of the human cost of the city’s survival.

Before: Absent, as the extraction process has not yet begun.

After: Filling the glass case, enveloping Nanina as her life force is drained.

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