Different anon here but hear me out. There’s always room for fics with chuuni fight scenes. Something with a friendly duel between Kronii and each council member in turn would be cool. Bonus points for having Myth cheering in the background.
The question is if the Warden would succeed or fail against her theoretical equals, and of course limits would have to be set. Without them, Sana could just grow to absurd size, Kronii could age people into atoms, Fauna sap the entirety of someone’s life essence, Mumei cause people to forget how to breathe and Bae reverse/distort all sorts of things with chaos magic. Maybe this is something for /wg/ or something for myself one day
Council v Myth could be good as well. But either way if I wrote it I wouldn’t want them to actually permanently kill or hurt each other, just have a temporary tournament style competition between friends. Even if it takes Mori protecting the souls of fallen combatants and having them watch.
Actually that sounds pretty cool
What weapons would everyone use?
Kronii has her swords, and her various time powers. She could potentially slow or speed up time to increase her fighting prowess but she’d probably need rules on it because just freezing time and stabbing her opponent would be cheating. Maybe she gets a clock for a shield and uses one sword at a time? Could go full chuuni and have her use powers to strike multiple times in one attack.
Mumei’s got her knife, but realistically would need access to historical weapons - maybe her power could be to summon “ghost” historical soldiers to fight alongside her but which are easily sent back to the underworld (and which Mori greatly disapproves of) Or you could have her chant in ancient languages to cast various combat spells. So I’d say knife-turned two handed sword would suit her.
Sana it’s hard to say, in MH she used a charge blade, so something a little like that could be doable. Perhaps she has an enchanted shield bearing a planetary sigil that deflects projectiles? Or maybe instead she commands the powers of the Zodiac and fights entirely with astronomical magic. Perhaps going so far as to call meteorites from the heavens to bombard her enemies. Of course she’s also got size manipulation, so you could (within reason, since she’d just crush the earth otherwise) let her change size at will.
Fauna could easily be cast as a Druid with a staff she uses to summon animal spirits to fight with her, plus roots and vines and the like. She could maybe drink potions beforehand, but again that runs the risk of cheating. I like the idea of her with a staff, pole arm or spear since those are close to “natural” weapons. So is a bow and arrow, but archery in duels seems a bad idea.
Bae, it’s even harder to say, but I do like the comically large hammer idea. She’s chaos itself so could be unstable with limited control over her powers and lethal all at once. I also like the concept of chaos magic, being close to the mysterious powers of the ancient ones but from a different source. Honestly though her powers are nebulous and difficult to pin down for specific ideas unlike the rrat herself who is easy to pin down judging by fics here lol
No worries anon! If you go with a Council tournament arc, bonus points for including Mori as the one who mediates and keeps loser’s souls there to watch.
”Yo Mumei, sorry my dude but that sword gotchu good! Don’t worry though, I’ll keep ya safe, ya boi’s gotcha soul!”
Also, Council v Myth is one possible arc, but Omega v IRyS would be an interesting bonus round. Bonus bonus points for Council v itself, Myth v itself (Mori still making sure deaths aren’t permanent) and then Myth/Council victors v each other with Omega/Irys being the final boss.
I honestly don't really know the lore too well for Irys and Omega but I guess I can do some reps if I want to give them a spotlight.
Rather focus on brainstorming the matchups first between the council members.
Nothing wrong with having Myth being the audience commentators, and Council being personification of concepts, I'd doubt they'd die easily but let's see how that goes.
Unamused losers hanging around Calli wouldn't be too bad for a mental imagery.
Honestly Omega has more sex fics here than actual lore. I like the idea of him (or her, it doesn’t really matter) having some semblance of all the Council’s powers. But not “full” control, just a mix - so for example freezing time for a second to call forth an orb of chaotic energy, something chuuni like that. Magical weapons or swords would probably be favoured but Omega could likely fight with powers alone. If you wanted to go darker maybe they temporality strip the Council/Myth member that faces them of powers and they have to defeat Omega with their sword/blade/hammer alone. Also some of the art I’ve seen shows triangle-tipped tentacles which could be an interesting thing to write about, especially vs. Ina’s tentacles.
As for IRyS, she’s a nephilim, and again I’ve seen little on her lore here except hornyposting which I both endorse and take part in but she’s supposed to be a nephilim, which are biblical giants of some sort. If you wanted you could maybe imply she causes her opponents to fall in love and find it hard to attack her only to viciously strike them when they hesitate. Or of course being half angel half demon she could maybe have some of the powers of the underworld at her side, again weaker than Mori’s. As for a weapon, I would see her with a light but deadly sword dancing about her enemies and declaring “IRySoSwift”
But these are just dumb chuuni ideas. It’s fun to brainstorm something that isn’t really fluff but isn’t just horniness either!
You could have the tournament as management (Omega’s) idea because the girls need to keep in fighting shape in case anything threatens the world. They’re too strong for normal mortals to even challenge but they must remain a match for each other, lest they are required to work together in tandem in the distant future.
The closest biblical person you could compare Irys to is Lilith. All Nephilim are children of Lilith which is half-human and half-angels. But Irys is half-angel and half-demon, not entirely the same as Lilith, but Lilith was an angel, Demonized after she escaped from the garden of Eden and was banished on earth. Irys hate for children could also be comparable to Lilith. Lilith did an 8-day mass genocide on stillborn infants. Not only that NTRyS could be depicted as being ntr'ed by the second wife of Adam which is the second Eve.