Honestly I kinda wanna joke that the first hint the MG/audience will get that Zaiyu's 'real' identity is redeemable... is because of how he treats his monsters.
Decent chance that Zaiyu will end up spectating the fight in one of his civilian guises, unable to slip away without incurring unwanted suspicion (or concern).
I mean if Zaiyu's first actual villain encounter doesn't invoke 'beware the silly ones' we are really doing it wrong.
He's just doing his job. He's just doing his job... Oh God. He's going to do his job again today. I'm so not ready for this.
Imagine it being a CK2 or other management quest and Zayin as your intrigue advisor the only person other than you actually doing anything other than maintenance but every time he does an action more actions show up because he's basically working through an immense backlog of secrets.
It's worse than that. You have this entire report on the place your showing up to which is supposed to be mostly accurate, but the second your personal scout goes fact checking, everything you know, even things that predate the mission by countless millennia, are demonstrated to be incorrect. Just when you finish consigning yourself to this fact, he discovers something with the potential to fundamentally alter the inherent nature of your mission. Something so important, it becomes an immediate priority over your own tasks, mission security, and the need to keep an eye on your less reliable and trustworthy subordinates.
I think I will be disappointed if Zaiyu ends the quest with only one villain persona.
If Shayin isn't having a crisis of faith by now, he should be nominated for the Estil equivalent of sainthood.
I'm personally hoping we get this as an option:
Just... Sheer arrogance, like we are supposed to be doing. It'll also make the hypothetical audience want to see Zaiyu being humbled, meaning they certainly won't expect the revelation of our infiltration.
I'm saying he should have a persona like that, not that it should be his only villainous persona.
My point was that one of those villainous personas will probably be some variation of We Have Dr. Doom At the Moon Base.
I mean depending on how early we show uo.
Zaiyu shows up, asks them what the deal is with [insert insane conspiracy theory here] every once in a while, possibly while a giant monster is trying to eat them. These aren't necessarily conspiracy theories they know about, like the lab studying monsters, or the secret half-sister, or the hospital basement super-wizard.
I promised you plot hooks, and I've delivered. Now have Rins lose Patience with Mitl and Jettison him at earth while Shayin and Zaiyu are gone.
Shayin: We need to kidnapp that guy Zaiyu
Damn I wanted more the hospital tro
