Push things piercing people

[beantheboy12 he/him]

Could something like this be pushed into something and then pushed even further?

[Weltall]

Yes, you can push something into/through another object so long as the strength of your push is sufficiently strong to overcome the resistance of the second object and the thing you're pushing is strong enough and pointy enough to not deform or get stuck in the process. And you're probably going to want to have an anchor in the opposite direction to help counteract the resistance if you're pushing through anything more substantial than cloth.

Now, pushing something that's piercing a person is a different matter because then you get interference from their innate Investiture, which is why it's very hard to detect (much less affect) a coin hidden in the mouth, metal flakes in the stomach or anything like that. That kind of thing requires flaring and to significantly push on it you're going to need more power than your typical allomancer has on their own. Pushing something that's inside a person which is also Invested (ie, a hemalurgic spike or a metalmind) is harder still because the Investiture will add another layer of interference.

EDIT: I may have misread your question. If you want to push something that's got a metal core but is encased with something else, yes, that should work too subject to all the usual caveats... as long as you don't completely encase it in aluminum at least.

Edited February 2, 2019 by Weltall

[+Ark1002]

7 hours ago, beantheboy12 said:

Could something like this be pushed into something and then pushed even further?

I believe that would work, at least until the body enfolds it entirely.