...Cue Fillia Traumatizing with Null BS and an aura that makes most entites flinch away when she switches into Purple persona.
ahhh.... I can't wait for peoples reactions to her~ Eeeeeeeeee intensifies
*Speaking of, Time to write up another AMA chapter ~*
For what it's worth, Sasori might come the closest to being another Null in the crossover, as he's also an entity that lacks inherent magic of his own* but absorbs the mana from other people. Though while it seems like Fillia passively absorbs nearby mana and dampens the effects of magic used on her, Sasori needs to actively absorb mana from others, either with a contract or by physically attacking them. If he gets through someone's magical defenses and breaks their skin with teeth, claws, horns, or spines, he can start draining their mana very quickly. A magical barrier remaining or regenerating will stop the process, though. (He has never attacked someone but if he's put in a situation where he needs to in order to survive, the process will be instinctive for him and distressing for everyone involved. And, if the victim does not have magic of their own, it will be lethal to them unless they immediately get a mana transfer to stop their soul from disintegrating.) So he might have a resistance to Null BS. The bloodthirsty aura is definitely going to scare him, though.
Also FYI, although Sasori is currently Beginner-rank in Something Wicked, making him the weakest level of magic-user in Something Wicked, he's still a heavily-armored melee-focused combatant who has two types of highly lethal venom, is essentially invulnerable to conventional arms, and can absorb most spells on contact. He can dish out and take a
lot of damage and his concepts (more or less his elements?) are Destruction, Mimicry, and Soul, which is a very potent loadout (even if he hasn't really used it yet). His primary weaknesses are a lack of ranged attacks, having little magic of his own, his reliance on his contract with Zaiyu as life support, and being extremely nearsighted. Also he has no killer instinct and gets distressed easily. In AMA terms, he'd be kind of a terrible magical motivation-wise because he's neither broken nor chosen--he just woke up like this and has been treading water ever since. He simply has not felt the kind of hopelessness that people like Argent and Azure seem to have. Sasori was saved by someone before he could break completely, and he hasn't had time to reach a big resolution or find something to believe in yet. Which might irritate Fillia or give her something to focus on when she's trying to power-level a skittish catboy who doesn't want to fight.
Actually, that might make him even more like Fillia, who also just woke up like this and has been vibing.
*He is capable of permanently copying other people's spells and abilities if he manages to make his Mimicry rolls, but this has happened literally once so far.
Sorry for taking a while to get back to this, but it'd be pretty unlikely that everyone would be transformed 24/7. For some MGs that wouldn't even be possible (unless VR made massive modifications to them), e.g. Fool Bloom's Hanazakari run out of emotions if they're transformed too long.
I pictured the Breakout Team not being able to transform until they realise this world isn't reality, to really emphasise the moment.
About Zaiyu, if Blue Lotus was to be involved in this, I could imagine him being like an Iago (Shakespeare, not parrot) figure to Zaiyu, trying to spur on his worse traits. But then I realised Yumemi could already fill this role without adding another character, especially if she reminds Zaiyu of Starspite
Zaiyu and Sasori don't have transformations so it's moot to them, but it would make sense to me if Kyoko and Rose don't have transformation access for a while.
Honestly, what I've read about Blue Lotus sounds a bit similar to Zaiyu if Zaiyu was, you know, terrible, so I'm down for that. But also, giving Zaiyu more deeply troubled female authority figures who tend to intentionally or unintentionally use him to vent their past trauma and achieve their current goals sounds excellent, so either is good.
Righto~ Just checking~
...Wait...
That means Fia needs to find more dark alleys to transform in again! Nooo!
Thats a fun idea though, for sure. Not being able to transform~ Oh, gonna have fun with that heheheh~
No! Fillia, don't bully magical girls who can't transform! Bad dark magical girl! Bad!
So, uh. On the matter of aggressively friendshipped…
How badly would she react to Amanda offering to heal whatever makes her mute? Because she probably could.
Also I had it pointed out to me that Mandy is likely to end up as this story's therapy mom and I can't escape the imagery now >.<
My understanding is that Fillia is mute more because of trauma than any physical injury, though there might also be a physical aspect to it. Unless Amanda can heal the FEAR that erupts whenever Fillia opens her mouth, healing the injury won't be enough. Though for all I know Mandy
can do that.
Therapy mom! Therapy mom!
