Didn't respond between this update and the last, so a few things from before to answer:
Yeah, besides my active fics, I've got like... two other things I'm actively writing, or at least trying to actively write, and that's one of them. I really liked Kumo Desu Ga Nani Ka (well... up until a certain reveal at least, which kind of killed my interest to some extent) when I read it a while back, so I started on something similar a little while ago. Not really all that far in yet, but I hope for it to at least read better than most isekais I know of when I finally start posting it.
IIRC, Charlotte finally stopped regenerating when Homura stomped on it. For some reason.
I would guess that Charlotte just finally ran out of spare bodies and/or energy to make more. She got blown up like five or six times, after all.
She's adorable! Like, more adorable than usual. I'm downloading this high-quality image so I can hold onto this cuteness forever.
It was
shockingly hard to find a good quality transparent image for Charlotte. That one's from the vsbattle wiki of all things (why is that such a good resource for images?), and I had to redo the runes myself since I couldn't find a transparent version of the patterned ones used in the show. And that's for the arguably most popular witch- if I plan on using any other canon witches, I might just want to redraw them myself.
Familiars, Witch Kisses and such seem to spread despair rather than harvest it after all.
I suspect it's more like... amplifying despair, and one could argue that they might harvest it simply by staying/being near the source, but yes. It's a little strange, really.
Shame you can't change Kyouske into a Tuxedo Mask in exchange for a curse or something.
From what I know about Tuxedo Mask... wouldn't that mean Kyousuke wouldn't remember what he was doing while transformed?
Nurse 1: Help! Patient Kamijou has gone missing!
Nurse 2: What? He still can't walk without crutches; where could he have possibly gone?
Nurse 1: I don't know, but the window is broken!
Nurse 2: Oh god, did he jump?!
*All points bulletin goes out to the hospital staff for the disappeared crippled patient. Kyousuke limps back in like an hour later, sees half the staff panicking, and has no idea where he's been and no idea what to tell them*
Sounds like the Effect is centered on her "second Form". Maybe Charlotte's first Form is really only a Puppet.
The scene as written is based entirely on Charlotte's blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment when she's trying to evade Mami's shots near the wall in canon, which she does for all of like, a second before she gets shot anyways. So, take that as you will.
Now I want to see things from the familiars' PoV. This demands a Shemesh Gaiden chapter.
Hehe, Shemesh was originally intended to be more of a wanderer type, but I do find myself liking more and more the idea of him having to manage the barrier's increasingly complex ecosystem.
So I was either underestimating how motivated the Polina are or how bored they've gotten, because this makes it sound like they're going to set up medical centers around the different barriers. This is completely amazing. Now I can't wait for a familiar type who's duties would conflict with an already present familiar type. They'd start fighting, they'd get hurt, and the Polina would drag them over to the nearest treatment area. They'd rest for a bit, notice that there's familiars of the type they'd been fighting around and start attacking, and then the Polina have to beat the stupid out of them so they don't bother the other patients. I love it.
I'm glad you like it, because... well, with what I currently have planned, some minor-to-major familiar interaction is virtually guaranteed the further down the line we go.
Are Charlotte's familiars still hostile to Ashy and Sayaka, or has adopting Charlotte changed their behavior?
Their attitudes haven't really changed, but Ashtaroth isn't likely to be attacked by them again, no.
And that's why I think Shemesh would attack Charlotte. If Shemesh doesn't know that Charlotte is an invited guest, he may assume the worst and take action.
Not gonna answer this either way. I just want to say I like the wording here. For... reasons.
