[x] Plan: honest negotiation 101:
-[x] Begin attachment work on NT, ask questions, try to learn more, stop if they seem to become too unstable. You want to learn more about them as a person.
-[x] You may have an alternative to his… her… thei.. actually, first thing first: what pronoun should we use? (Using they in my vote for ease of writing)
-[x] You may have an alternative to *insert pronoun* method to become human, after all, they can see it right now, you appear and act human right now, what would they think if trying to test if it works for them? Later, of course.
-[x] By the way, how did they make the illusion and what is Kyubey following right now?
-[x] You can accept them as an employee, but you'll have to say no to their offer to be Kyouko for you, Mami would be devastated if she learned that you accepted this, you should come clean to her if you want to do this.
-[x] There is more to being human than a body, they seems to get that, but you can help in this, you can teach them.
[X]The situation is not yet unsalvageable. Talk to i-her. Ayin's past taught you what poor communication does to people, and how to avoid making the same mistakes. There has to be a way for everyone to get what they want.
[X] Try to Convince Nothing There this isn't the way. There's other options. You made a Cage out of your own EGO, surely it-, or she, of she prefers, can at least let you try to do the same for her. A Shell made of herself. She saw how Lobotomy worked, after all. Those Soul Gems can't take the strain of what she's doing to them, and we know it's hurting the girls inside. X doesn't want that. Anything worth calling human doesn't want that.
-[X] If it continues to refuses, or gets violent, pretend to back down. Ask to at least check on the gems it's had longest with Lobotomy. After it either lets them get checked, or refuses, say that your willing to take the deal until you can figure out something better. The moment you feel that's guard is down, telepathy Homura, and tell her to time stop and get here to bring you into timestop. Then hit Nothing There with Lobotomy, either to put it to sleep so you can safely extract the Soul Gems, or cut it off from the Soul Gems magic and stop the pain.
[X] plan desperate hope -[X]The situation is not yet unsalvageable. Talk to i-her. Ayin's past taught you what poor communication does to people, and how to avoid making the same mistakes. There has to be a way for everyone to get what they want. Negotiate via Attachement work and gather information -[X] Ask her to let you go through with the Lobotomy session. Not to take any of the Soul Gems away from her, but to make sure they aren't being harmed or at risk of dying. -[X] Gather as much information without triggering Nothing There's aggression, during lobotomy gather as much information as possible and figure out their plan -[X] if you can not reach a good agreement, reluctantly accept and wait until you are strong enough to suppress them -[X] Set the various souls to some sort of hibernation if possible and ask nothing there to be careful not to hurt or break further -[X] find substitutes for the soul gems if at all possible, even get kyubeys help -[X] backpedal on the 'i could help make you human' comment and apologize for it. Claim it was insensitive and based on preconceived notions of what Nothing There was like in the facility. -[X] Nothing There is for all intents and purposes, a child. A very powerful child trying to understand the world and how to fit in with those around her. She is absolutely a person. A human, even if she doesn't have the shape of one, or a full understanding of morals and societal expectations. So now... Her next step should be to solidify herself. Learn what she wants to do and be now that she's 'won' her main battle. Help her with it where possible, Treat her as a child, as human, and teach her. Especially human biology, psychology, morality and developing her own identity as a person. First Step a Name, not just an Epithet but an actual name, and what pronouns they wish to use -[X] politely accept nothing there's offer to be an employee but decline her hecoming kyouko and find some way to gently break the truth to the others via telepathy afterwards and ask them to not attack and for them to simply treat Nothing there as a particularly volatile magical girl who is in desperate need of help, then Properly introduce them by inviting them in with Nothing there's permission, Yuma First then the others
[X] tell nothing there that it could ask for shell from X as she also now Abnormality with most human shell and promise that it can help you more this ways……
[X] Plan: Stack the deck
-[X] If Nothing There is still in its shell, you might have a chance. Fight.
--[x] Stall for more time
--[x] While stalling for time have QB make a network between X, Mami, Sakaya, and Kyoko
--[x] Have Mami get Madoka and Yuma out of here and away from where-ever we're fighting.
--[x] Sakaya assists by buffing X and generally just trying to stay out of the way of the fight otherwise. If asked why, explain that purely physical attacks do not work on this thing.
--[x] 1 on 1 network with Homura, explain that NT stole a bunch of soul gems and ask if she can attempt to use time stop to swipe them while she's distracted with fighting us.
--[x] Basically the game plan is a fight with Sakaya providing buffs and Homura using time stop to assist in whatever way she thinks will help.
--[x] Tell Homura about 'Goodbye' and ask her to drag you into time stop to commit massed fire and get out of the way of the attack.
