Aren't the Maximize and Metamagic-enhancments supposed to be limited to caster-classes? I thought they were similar to the D&D things like "Empower Spell" or "Maximize Spell" or whatever. Ainz and Narberal both use it, and they're both primary caster classes, I don't recall if Shalltear uses it though, and she's a Cleric mainly... Huh...
'Spose as long as you can use 'magic' you can utilize those things(?)
Chuunitrixx has 10 Levels on Doppleganger and 5 Levels in Greater Doppleganger, each one a specialized Spellscaster at Lv40 for the Dopplegangers and Lv60 for the Greater Dopplegangers, for a total of 700 levels in spellcasting class.
This is canon material on how Doppleganger and Greater Doppleganger works. I play Chuunitrixx very fairly.
Totally forgot to mention, bonus post, because I didn't realize I could post again, since this is a fight scene.
Also, to just address why Chuunitrixx can just use Maximize, Heighten, and Echo Metamagics like they are candy, when Zouyu nearly died using tripled Maximize and adding Silent: Chuunitrixx has a Magic Point, Magic Attack, and Special Stat of 100 each, while Zouyu has 30, 65, and 40, respectively.
This is what she was designed to do. So, this fight is a good way to show that off. Granted, she will suffer Mana Burn from her last shot. She's used most of her MP up.
Barely a step in retreat, and Chuunitrixx bristled from head to toe. She didn’t look back. She didn’t need to. It was in front of her. Instead of going downstairs as she planned, instinct -- no, her subconscious desire -- took over, and she was mere feet from that bitch that had sent her mind reeling with fear and uncertainty was now a mewling kitten on the ground; no more a threat than a mere bunny.
Still, she had to pay.
Her eyes looked over to the Clonemoru; struggling with her bag to keep the Medusa blinds, as she choked on her own death. Her eyes caught Rodias; half-petrified from a stony embrace, and an all-too familiar fear.
"I’m going to make you suffer for what you’ve done," Chuunitrixx snarls, as she drew hard into her magic reserves, and walked towards the Medusa...
"I’ll kill you, here and now... [Heighten Damage V], [Heighten Lethality V], [Heighten Critical Rate VII], [Triple Maximize Heighten Kinetic Energy], [ Triple Maximize Heighten Fragmentation Blast], [Heighten Heartseeker], [Heighten Critical V], [Triple Maximum Heighten Echo Justice Smite]. Formulate, and Create Ammo: [Big Iron Justice Bringer]!"
Chuunitrixx slammed her foot down on Morgan’s throat -- toes digging into her larynx, "Don't make a sound. You don't desire to beg for mercy," -- as she leveled Ariamis with her chests, and opened fire with a bullet designed to do one thing: Deliver JUSTICE.
...however, with the recoil of the bullet, her right arm was whipped bacykward, and dislocated from the sheer force that exited the revolver. No. Judging from the grass-green rivulets that were escaping her jacketed sleeve, Chuunitrixx had ripped her arm, all but, off her shoulder.
It was worth it, however, with the intention of putting a hole in the Medusa's chest.
Chuunitrixx was still attempting to coax favour of the Priestess, amid thwacks from her pocket Bible, and unimpressed, but non-hurtful looks... when the alarm sounded. Chateau Gothika switched to "Crisis Mode," and her semi-playful mood evaporated with the klaxon. Awoken, Sentries and Proxies by the dozen began to converse, and Survivors, both the Alpha and the Standard, switched to "Scout Mode" -- however, the Alpha needn't hunt long. Their uninvited guest was currently waylaid at the gates by Rodias and Bone Daddy; distracted by them, and in the open.
It was a classic.
Chuunitrixx pushed up, feet firm to the floor, and focused. Teleporting, her feet hit the concrete roads of Apocalypse Now, and she gripped her head. She hadn't meant to come here! Not with Rodias in potential danger! And yet... yet... she had retreated, instinctively, away from the acknowledged threat, and stood in relative safety. Relative. That's all it was. Relative. Easily shattered by a single step. And yet... she cowered in it, while he was out there; risking his life in her stead.
That wouldn't do. Rodias was not supposed to defend Chateau Gothika. That was the job of Chapter Keepers and Facility Managers. And, she was the last defender before Rodias was to be required.
Her fists clenched at her sides in anger at herself, her cowardice, and her instincts overriding her missions.
Not here.
Not now.
Not at her own home.
Suddenly, her toes met the warmth of the clay-shingle roof; thick tiles curved, and soaking up the sun. According to her scouts, Rodias and Bone Daddy had the Golden Eyes distracted; in YGGDRASIL Online, her Block or Guard would be completely down, and she would take Quadruple Damage from a Sneak Attack. It was a strategy that Rodias and Traptrixx employed -- better known as Flanking. As long as the Flanking Bonus was up, Chuunitrixx knew she could carry the day as she had dozens and dozens of times before. There was no doubt in the forefront of her mind, now.
Hitting her belly, Chuunitrixx retrieved Silver Knight Anor, and looked up a Boss Killer Bullet in her Grimoire, "This combination should do it: [Lethality III], [Critical III], [Puncture III], [Damage III], [Armor Breaker], [Maximize Double Speed], [Double Maximize Heighten Kinetic Energy], [Triple Maximize Holy Smite]," a pained hiss escaped the Mimic, as she pushed forward a little more magic, adding a low-level stun with a high success chance, "[Triple Maximize Heighten Gigaton Stun], Formulate, and Create Ammo: [Heavenly Railgun]!"
Burning off a lot of magic, Chuunitrixx created a powerful bullet, and loaded it. Unaware of the order to stand down, she pulled back on her bolt action, focus on her target, and passed her [Stress Test] thanks to Aurora removing her [Terrified] Curse. A moment passed, as she centered her target; a silver mass flew by her scope, and well-trained eyes followed it. It was Mamoru -- no, it was a clone of her, as the coloration was off by a single shade across the board. It must have been thrown. Chuunitrixx didn't regard Mamoru as a Friend, but she was an Ally -- everyone in Gothika was her Ally, regardless of their Friendship Status -- and it was her job to defend her Allies.
Fear or no fear.
"I'll show you, who's afraid to shoot..." she says, pulling the trigger.
In the blink of an eye, the bullet was lodged in the head of the golden-eyed intruder -- knocking her back, prone, and stunning her, and there was nothing that Rodias could have done to prevent it. His direct order was never delivered to Chuunitrixx by Graft, and her mission to protect Chateau Gothika and its residents was not to be denied without it. It would take a lot of time and magic to reform another bullet like that, but that was a one and done attack. Chuunitrixx had made sure of it, to the point that she didn't even bother with the idea of confirming her kill, once the body hit the ground; she was that confident in her skills, honed over ten year of monotonous service.
Many a boss had been stunned by that bullet, and shredded apart by the Guild Bandersnatch.
"I'm not afraid," Chuunitrixx says, as she rose to a crouch.
Turning, the sniper started to retreat to teleport downstairs...
Add to that, the mass of disposable cannon fodder that Chuunitrixx, Graft, and Salem, and Bone Daddy can simply will into existence by their minion creation/control skills.
Rodias is sitting on a literal nation of just cannon fodder soldiers alone.
If you wanna have a PM heart-to-heart, just shoot me PM. Shoot, if you really need, I can summarize the planned revelation; it's mad spoilers for her story, and will lose a lot of its emotional weight, but I don't want you to feel like you have to tolerate Chuunitrixx for the sake of the RP.
Also, as someone that unironically does not like GoT at all, and found grand happiness in its fall from grace, the comparison to Joffery falls flat on me. Sorry. :(
I should probably chime in. I don't, honestly, know what I can and cannot say. But, I'll try...
TL;DR: Show, not tell. It's not an easy task as a writer, but there's a reason, if you remember that there should be one.
Let's just try to balance the focus of Chuunitrixx's posts, because I can see where everyone is coming from, but focusing on only the negative aspects and not the reasons behind them is only going to make them stand out negatively.
And, that, will only lead to infighting and dropouts.
Chuunitrixx is a not a character that is meant to be easy to get along with. That was always the intention, due to her character arc and the underlying reason she is so hyper-aggressive with certain character traits; like her ego, her place, and her purpose are all feed by her Hivequeen Racial, a Royal Insect that stands at the Apex of the Insectoid Hierarchy. Her unstable emotional range is a victimization of her emotions from her 10 Levels in Doppelganger and 5 Levels in Greater Doppelganger; that's 15 individual mindsets, added one her single Levels in Automaton, Homunculus, and Mimic for a total of 19 minds all working in unison, but capable of individual thoughts, emotions, and feelings.
But, Chuunitrixx is about showing, not telling; all writing is. So, Chuunitrixx shows her emotions to that which has befallen her.
She was prideful, deflective, in the introduction, when she realized, they weren't NPC Ruled; she was embarrassed, and she deflected that to telling everyone her first free thoughts -- no longer bound to repeated dialogues.
I'll address the three events that Chuunitrixx does:
In Flan's Kitchen, she was exhausted, offended, and didn't want to deal with Flan or Mamoru. In her mind, she was just eating in a communal area, and Mamoru instigated Flan into threatening Chuunitrixx, whereas Flan could have asked if Chuunitrixx was hungry, and offered her food, instead of following Mamoru up, and pulling a knife on a Chapter Keeper. Should Chuunitrixx not be offended by that, let that slide, and smile? No. Not really. It was an insult to her and her position, her power, and common sense that she would be denied a meal, because Mamoru riled up Flan, instead of Flan acting on her own senses as the Chef.
Graft is a complex issue of Chuunitrixx coming into terms of her own power with her Reproductive Capability skill, and how much effort it takes to create life on her own terms, whereas, someone like Graft just does it as an impersonal, clinical science and discards the failures. To learn that he had knowledge of her Ascendants meant he had something else to run through that same mindset and impersonality... and, potentially discard carelessly as a failure. That isn't someone her pride and maternal instincts could handle, and she went to the farest end of protecting the eggs. It's irrational, yes, but, at the same time, she's not completely rational, either; she's instinct and impulse, because this isn't "combat" she understands. Could she have handled it differently, of course, but she panicked, and acted.
Kaldorna was Chuunitrixx attempting to put herself out there, and create an alliance with one of those that is supposedly supposed to be her ally. Instead of Kaldorna attempting to meet her halfway, she turned her down outright with needless chastising; Chuunitrixx would have accepted the denial, base, but Kaldorna went the extra mile to paint Chuunitrixx as someone to attempt to jockey for secret police, when she was seeking an open peacekeeping force. Simply wanting bodies to go around the area and make sure everyone was alright, being nice, and keeping general safety. They can't live under the idea that Rodias will protect them from everything that is, and having a mobilized police force would greatly help their future. Kaldorna dismissed her, a Chapter Keeper, as a mere Facility Manager, and came off high and mighty. Just what else should she feel but anger, as she attempted to be more than reasonable, open, and was slapped in the face for her efforts?
And, as a bonus, Chuunitrixx makes mentions of seeming insignificant with her minions.
Let's just list everyone that has "minions": Chuunitrixx, Graft, Mamoru (through Clone and Butlers), Bone Daddy, Gromgard, Lord Chompy Bits, Ashara, Kaldorna, Salem, Isolde, and Flan (on technicality of fetcher blobs)
And, those that don't: Kath, Violet, Talim, Charme, Zouyu, and Light.
11 vs 6..
So, is it really a crime for her to feel insignificant after coming to sentience, feeling herself special, her minions special, and her station special, only to realize, after a few days, there nine others that can replace you, because you're one of eleven with the same minion-controlling build/skill? To feel angry that your significance is easy to find one every floor and all over the grounds?
It's jealousy that she isn't as special as she was, when she was an NPC, and, in her world, there was no other like her, because that's how special she was. Like I said, Chuunitrixx was a different person before an event long before the isekai even occurred. We'll get there. I hope.
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