Sleepy

I wanted to break up the green better, and decided to keep her original gold instead of the gray gold of Nuwa. I changed her hair to be more meteor in shape, since her rebirth involves one. (Right now it does anyway, I’m still workshopping ;p) I also added more red, since it’s her color :D.

I would like it to have more armor, but I like how this looks so I’m hesitant to add it, since she doesn’t really need it anyways. (She should have it since she’s not invincible by any means, but she’s not hurt easily and doesn’t know the meaning of self preservation.)

Her ears are still longer and she still has the extra tail, both of these are permanent now. She can glamour them away, but tends not to bother with glamour. She tends to wrap the two tails together, so her mind is less overwhelmed by the extra appendage.

The Ouroboros circlet does not have the tightening spell, (since it’s not a punishment, it’s a symbol to show who she’s working under.) but it does ring when there’s a threat. Which…for someone with four ears, it’s not exactly fun. Nuwa has no idea how much it sucks for Kaiya, seeing as Kaiya keeps it to herself when the goddess checks up on her in dreams.

Nuwa is not a bad guy, she’s simply detached from the mortal realm in a way she hadn’t realized. The ringing thing gets solved later in the story when Wukong finds a way to get her attention, since Kaiya wasn’t planning to advocate for herself any time soon.

She’s also in control of herself in this form after the rebirth. Her new body was crafted carefully and with the full effects of her powers in mind, and whatever it cannot handle still is contained within the circlet so it doesn’t leak out of her eye. So unlike her old one, she’s not overwhelmed to the point of only acting on instincts.

The forms are a mix of the user’s (Kaiya’s) and the assignments (Mk or Nuwa’s) subconscious.

While working to protect Mk, she looks incredibly similar to JTTW Wukong. This is because of MK’s love for the king, and Kaiya’s own enjoyment of the story’s. They both see him as a hero and protector, exactly what that form is for.

While working to protect the mortal realm under Nuwa, Kaiya looks (or is supposed to look) more like a traditional warrior. She’s mainly in Nuwas colors, with only Kaiya’s gold and red peaking through.

The chains are from Kaiya’s subconscious. They’re the physical manifestations of feeling like she’s trapped as a fighter. She never wanted to fight, or have powers. She wanted to be a chef like her dad or a writer like tang. (not sure if he co-parented or not yet) She feels stuck, especially after making a deal with Nuwa so she could live again.