Are the other two subordinates as annoying as expected since thier both cooped up at base and the stuff Zaiyu keeps brining back is either above their paygrade or stuff the Shayin would rather they don't know for horrible planet related reasons?
We should honestly make a 'Plant Control monster' at some point to help with that... but we sure as heck don't have the monster slots to maintain it!
Or rather we don't want to be stuck maintaining it.
We have actual work to do.
Yes they are. Especially Mitl, though Shayin is personally irritated by Rins in entirely different, non-plant related ways. Zaiyu is the favourite comrade right now. Which is saying something, given he's basically a cat who shows up, drops a new conspiracy in Shayin's lap, and then swans off.
Can we create a plant-controlling monster and then make Mitl maintain it?
If we do that, can Zaiyu maintain enough influence over it that the monster can contain Mitl's unhelpful impulses, or would we just be giving him a new tool to make plants dangerous?
Entirely possible to make it, but you would have to collaborate with Mitl and you would absolutely be giving him a new tool for his experiments.
I just realized something.
If Zaiyu is the season 2-3 starter general doesn't that actually make him extremely threatening for the MG's current power level?
Oh yeah. Zaiyu is a solid season or so of power ahead of the magical girls right now. He can do pretty much anything with impunity... for the moment. Overreaching himself
will have consequences when they catch up in a season or two.
Good to know.
Also on point number 2... I'm pretty sure Zaiyu thinks most things are cute.
His like the evil alien mage version of a Disney Princess like that,.
Very true. Zaiyu is extremely vulnerable to cuteness proximity.
Oh right before I forget wasn't their a project idea we unlocked in the first update we used Kaoru... someone about making monsters better able to be independent I think?
You're right, there is. It will be available after the arm project is done.
I very much enjoy how this quest's vibes are so consistently those of a man skidding across a floor covered in ball bearings. It's too late to avoid the need to do very silly and undignified things to keep his balance, so he's just making the best of it and it's hilarious to watch.
Glad to hear you're enjoying it! That frantic but devious tone is one of the more fun things about writing Zaiyu. If Sasori or [REDACTED] were the main player character, this quest would have very different vibes. It sure is fun watching Zaiyu try to compensate for the absolute nonsense that is his life, though.
@SillyLittleCoffe I've been meaning to ask... is elemental rock paper scissors a thing when two... well sources 'elemental' magic clash or is more just a raw power thing?
Kinda! Depends on the elements being used, how they're being used strategically, and how much of a power differential there is. For example, Tomoe's water magic would have been more effective against the hospital bed monster than Kyoko's wind magic because metal rusts. And also Kyoko was mostly using piercing attacks against a monster that has few parts vulnerable to piercing damage--if she'd been able to spam vortexes and whirlwinds, she might have had an easier time battering the monster to bits. But Rose's fire magic would have been more effective, because metal melts
and Rose critted her awakening roll and now she's supercharged. And Zaiyu's power is largely non-elemental but he still squashed it once he stopped holding back.
Hope that helps!
