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pls,,, USPS,, wher my pakige T_T

Gonna include screenshots of the other asks because there's four of them and I've already answered everything here.

I honestly don't generally group Centurion, Shakti, or Metamorphy up with the rest of the 3rd job routes, so I haven't put as much thought into that particular dynamic. This answer may be a bit lackluster because of that.

Many of that El Search Party are consumed by their goals, but I wouldn't say all of them. Shakti, Nova Imperator, Centurion, Metamorphy, and Twilight all seem to be pretty chill. They are still driven by their goals, but aren't consumed by them. And Nova Imperator's only goal seems to be keeping his search party safe.

Chung is not the only one that isn't corrupted by the Dark El actually. Rena, Raven, Aisha, and Ara are all not corrupted. And technically Add and Ain are also not corrupted by the Dark El but, uh, they're not really an option. Eve does not appear to be corrupted, as she balanced the power of the Dark El with a moonstone. However, she does still utilize it, so I think that would mark her off the list as well.

I'm making a few assumptions here, but it appears to me that the Dark El and the normal El are counterparts, just as Elrios and the Demon Realm are counterparts. According to the wiki, when Elrios was created the Demon Realm was created as a result, hence the balance between the two realms that Innocent is attempting to protect. It can then be assumed that when the El was created to grant life to Elrios the Dark El was created as well. Given how important balancing the two realms seems to be, I would say it's a yin/yang sort of situation. That being said, I don't think Crimson Avenger would be able accessible as a vessel. It is implied that Dark El can be purified but in order to keep Elesis on the route to Bloody Queen, she can't be exposed so directly to normal El energy.

The best three replacement options I can think of are Night Watcher, Tactical Trooper, and Asura. Night Watcher is an elf, intrinsically connected to the El and almost more dependent on it than humans or even Nasods are. It's stated that without the El elves can't exist on Elrios at all and it's at the very least implied to me that they may very well die if something too bad happens to it. However, if it's required the vessel be human (which I don't know if it is) Night Watcher is not an option. Tactical Trooper is connected to the Guardian Stone, which makes him an alright candidate. The problem is that is not the Chung route that builds and strengthens his connection with the stone, meaning he is the most vulnerable of our options, the most likely to be hurt should something happen. Asura is an option because of her connection to Eun. According to the wiki Eun is a Holy Beast similar to Ifritan which means Eun is deeply connected to the El. I agree that to use Tactical Trooper as a vessel would cause damage to him. And probably quite a bit. Just throwing this out there but it would be interesting, since El is light in a way, if it left scars or marks on him.

For Immortal to stabilize the El he would be exposed to enough regular El energy that my first assumption would be that it purified him. Amplifying the Dark El energy isn't so much of a stretch to me, since Dark El and El are set up as a yin/yang. If the Dark El had too strong of a hold and kept Elsword from being purified then I can see the Dark El energy being amplified to balance out with the powerful normal El energy it was exposed to. Though if you don't mind me giving a different scenario, even Knight Emperor was going to be consumed by the El to stabilize it, so if Immortal's El Search Party took too long to reach him, likely due to their conflicting goals causing hesitation (the El did use their larger goals against them after all) then it is entirely possible Immortal lost at least some parts of himself before they could get him out.

All in all, it's a very fascinating idea. I really like it. I hope you don't mind that I kinda dissected it.

Also, yes. I would love to see that edit of Centurion.

Transformation!ElGang

Okay so, imagine this- we all know the Transform Elgang got fucked up, big time, right? I mean, Elesis is undead, and Ara is at least half fox now- and they probably have the worst mood swings, or flashes, ever. Noticing this, Elsword opens up his very own therapy sessions. These therapy sessions entail anything anytime the elgang isn’t on duty- including, but not limited to shoulder napping, venting and group sessions.

For Aisha- she might, lets say, have issue because she feels she isn’t “Aisha Landar” anymore, the one they met at the beginning of their journey- now being “Magical Girl Aisha”- she uses therapy sessions to have Elsword reassure her that, yes, she is still Aisha Landar, no matter how her personality is.

For Rena- we learn she has nightmares about “what if the spirits cant fight for us anymore?” from her webtoon- other than that, I doubt she has much else for her to go to therapy for, other than de-stressing, and for playing some elven piece during group therapy sessions.

For Raven- we all know he’s angst ridden. Even though he’s now Veteran Commander in this path- he is still Raven. He goes to therapy to deal with flashbacks by venting about them to Elsword-sometimes requesting input, sometimes not.

Eve doesn’t go to therapy- not solo sessions, anyway. She attends group therapy sessions to collect data on the elgang’s problems and attempts to silently find techniques to help. Its not abnormal for her speakers to let some soothing music flow into the air.

Chung- his nightmares about his father, and the demons. He panics about the state of Hamel mostly, even if they’re as far along as, let’s say, Lanox and they *know* Hamel is fine. He can’t do group therapy with Ara in the room.

Ara- is haunted by Eun, oftentimes. Eun’s voice calls back the memories Ara tries not to remember often- her brother, and Farhmann’s demise. she is part of the group that falls asleep on Elsword’s shoulder. for some reason, Eun doesn’t bother her when Elsword and Conwell are nearby. they suspect Eun is scared of Conwell.

Elesis- (side note: I headcanon that eventually, Crimson Avenger’s speech abilities eventually de-evolve into grunting and groaning and growling, so this is when it gets to that point.) She mainly sleeps on her brothers shoulders. she doesn’t really do too much else.

Add- wakes up at 1am almost every night. Usually at least once a week, Elsword is up, due to Conwell, that’s when they have therapy sessions. Add never goes to group therapy- he just vents for at least a good hour, probably breaks down into maddening cackling, and proceeds to talk himself to sleep.

Lu- only goes to dual sessions with Ciel. Ciel usually has time off when she does therapy- “if he’s going to be efficient, he needs to be in peak condition”- so Ciel ends up drawing out some parts of his nightmares- mainly stemming from his life on the streets- and rest on Elsword, while Lu goes on about her days of torture while bound in chains.

sO i HEARD YA’LL BE DOING THESE KINDS OF EDITS

yes indeed