#thequeenofstorms

Flandre

We've already been over her tactics a bit, but she's a bit of an odd one out of the muses I'm talking about today. (AL characters will get their stuff posted on that blog instead.) Unlike the other two, Flan follows a completely different set of tactics from what one would expect.

As you probably already know, Flan's more the slow, ranged type. While she does have some formidable physical strength, she's too clumsy to make good use of it in close-combat... at least, not intentionally. Get too close, and you can probably expect either a point-blank blast or a claw to the face, but other than that she won't go out of her way to use any melee attacks. No, Levaeteinn doesn't count. (This incarnation of Flan doesn't even really use Levaeteinn that much.)

Flan heavily favors massive danmaku barrages of various elements and single-projectile splash attacks, as well as just straight up using raw elemental energy (usually resulting in the area being covered in ice crystals and the occasional bit of fire).

Flan also tends to position herself such that she can hit as big of an area as possible. This usually involves her finding a spot with a good view (or creating one herself). If she has Nova Feathers active, she might also just straight-up fly, although that's less practical, as some of her attacks do have some nice kickback, and she's not good enough to be able to compensate for that while flying.

She also uses a magic bow; she's not the best with it, due to her eyesight issues, but it enables her to make much more precise hits, especially since she can literally put any effect she wants on her arrows.

Her tactics change a bit when she activates Niji Mode. Since she gets permanent Nova Feathers during it, she takes advantage of it much more often. She also cares less about using potentially-lethal attacks, and as such is more than happy to start flinging much more dangerous attacks at you.

Eve

Eve's tactics are a bit more refined than Flan's. While, as a general rule, Flan just does whatever whenever it's needed, Eve is much more cautious and calculating. She uses whatever information she has on her opponent and uses it to create a general combat plan- then she sticks to that unless something forces her to change it.

Much like Flan, Eve doesn't participate that much in melee combat, generally speaking- she prefers to stay back and use her ranged attacks, which in her case consist of electron balls, lasers, lightning bolts, and a variety of other electricity-oriented attacks. However, unlike Flan, should the situation warrant it, Eve is more than happy to kick some ass (sometimes literally) at close range, in which case she has her drones, as well as short-range electric discharges, air blasts, bubbles, and kicks to use.

Eve is incredibly agile, and tends to take advantage of it in combat. The speeds she can reach rival that of a certain blue hedgehog, and allow her to very easily move around a battlefield. She can literally attack one opponent on one side of the battlefield and then give another on the opposite side a nice flying kick- all within the span of ten seconds. However, if you know where she's going to be, it's very easy to just trip her to take her out of commission for a good minute or so, as she'll probably go tumbling for a good ten seconds and then take another minute to recover.

There is one issue Eve has when it comes to combat, which is largely rooted in the fact that she's a machine- generally speaking, she's predictable. If you know her well enough, it's hilariously easy to predict what she'll do. It's still a matter of trying to keep up with her, but once you know what she's going to do, it's comically easy to mess her up.

The Helmaroc King turns his head at the sound of the voice, and growls when he sees who it is. He hadn't noticed her until now, but now that he knew he was being watched, he wasn't going to pretend he would enjoy some company at the moment. 

Suddenly headcanons. I've been really inactive on Tumblr lately, but I haven't been dead, or even ignoring my muses. My focus has mostly been elsewhere, mostly school. Anyway, have some Eve headcanons.

Instead of using the normal Queen's Core, Eve instead uses a set of three cores of two varieties- Pylon cores that increase the potency of her electric attacks (sans her lasers) such as her electron balls and lightning attacks, and Beam cores that add to her already destructive arsenal of laser awesomeness; each fires its own laser. (If she were using a different class, she'd be using a different set of cores, such as spear and cannon cores for Code: Nemesis.)

She hasn't been doing nothing in the time of my absence- she's since raided the Tempest Citadel (I'll get to writing that up eventually), and for the most part mastered her powers. She now has proper control over weather, and has much more refined control over electricity and air. (She's also, believe it or not, developed a pretty nasty kick- you don't want to get hit by it.)

As a result of her recent advancement, Eve's capable of channeling electricity through her body without adversely affecting her functionality, thus allowing her to infuse any of her melee attacks with said electricity. Couple this with the fact that she's learned some new tricks in hand-to-hand combat and you seriously don't want to get in melee range with her.

She's still a bit clumsy. This is not helped by her lessened use of levitation due to the fact that she actually uses proper melee attacks now. She's even somehow able to trip in midair- don't ask me how. Probably because of rogue winds or something throwing off her balance.

On a completely unrelated note, (this is random in more than one sense), due to the fact that Eve spends pretty much all of her time barefoot, they've basically become numb to anything that isn't actual pain. They're also extremely scrape-resistant, hence why she's able to come to a dead stop from over 20 kmph using just her feet and NOT ripping the bottoms of her feet right off, like what would happen with a human. Also, it's not a ticklish spot, so don't even bother.

And naturally to start the day off I have some completely random headcanons, including a few sleep-related ones that would probably make more sense being posted in the evening, but who cares? Not me. Also, poor neglected Nep-Nep (she's been nagging me a lot recently and giving me puppy eyes) gets some attention too.

First off- pajamas. Flan usually wears a simple set of red jammy's that are a hair bit too big for her, resulting in her often tripping because her pants are too long. (Yes, she wears a skirt normally but prefers pants for bed. I don't know.) Eve on the other hand, her preference tends to vary, and may also depend on whether or not she's being forced into sharing a bed/room. With others, she'll usually wear either a light pink night gown (which is a little small for her in her CH form, as it was made for her base form- which it's a little big on), or a similarly colored pajama set similar to Flan's, depending on her mood (which, normal Eve would be swimming in those pajamas XD). For when she's sleeping alone, she might opt for either of those two or forgo clothes entirely, also depending on her mood. (Don't visualize it. Just, don't.) Neptune, on the other hand, depends both on her form and whether or not she just decides to konk out without even bothering changing. As Purple Heart, she tends to wear a simple lilac night gown- nothing super fancy- and as just Neptune she might wear either a smaller version of that, just straight-up underwear, or a full pajama set (this is becoming a theme, isn't it?) in lavender.

As for how they sleep... well, it's already pretty easy to guess that Flan is very much a snuggler, and if you end up sharing a bed with her, expect to be snuggled within ten minutes of her falling asleep. Neptune, of course, just falls right asleep, and can do that practically anywhere, including the floor. Eve, however... she's a bit different. How she sleeps tends to vary wildly based on her mood and her form; as Tempa, she can either be the most peaceful sleeper you've ever seen or the snuggliest Nasod you'll ever meet, depending both on her mood prior to falling asleep and the weather- and in the latter case, this is assuming she sleeps at all. In her normal form, however, she's typically a lot more consistent with how she sleeps, being quite the heavy sleeper (it's not unusual for her to basically not wake up until she wants to) and a bit of a cuddler, especially on cold nights.

Despite how she acts, Neptune is actually a lot smarter than she looks (I mean, come on, her entire job is to make games and build consoles (and to govern Planeptune); she doesn't just shove those tasks onto Nepgear and Histoire), she just rarely shows it, mostly due to the fact that she usually doesn't need to. However, put her in a situation where she might need some of her random accumulated knowledge and you'll be surprised by what she knows.

Eve actually transitions very starkly in personality from her normal form (yes, this is a retcon- previously she was grumpy in all forms, ESPECIALLY Code: Hurricane) to her Code: Hurricane form. Normally, she's actually a lot more neutral, but also more shy and nervous. Danger-wise, however, she tends to be more foolhardy (as in, without fear) than she is as Tempa, as her fear emotions are not nearly as prominent.

On the other hand, as Tempa she's a lot more grumpy, and tends towards the more negative side of the emotional spectrum, due to the constantly arguing elemental spirits that never seem to shut up. In general, she tends to be a lot more cranky, and ends up taking out her anger and frustration on others without really meaning to. She's also more sensitive in some emotional departments thanks to the constant arguing in her head and her powers making her emotions unstable, hence why she's prone to mood swings.

Out of the three spirits that like to argue inside Eve's head, Wind (you can probably guess which element she belongs to :P) is the most passive, and actually the one that tries to side with the poor Nasod the most, hence why she tends to show the most proficiency in wind manipulation. That does not, however, stop her from arguing with the other two, should something that warrants it be brought up. As for Water and Lightning... they argue nonstop. Kinda goes without saying.

Flandre Username: ScarletSpectrum (goes by Scarla in-game) Class: Spellcaster Power: Elemental Crystals

Flan was by far the easiest to figure out, although deciding on a not-completely-overpowered power was more difficult. I eventually settled on a simple enough ability- slow but powerful, true to Flan. She's capable of summoning and weaponizing various elemental crystals, enabling her to use a variety of attacks, ranging from using prism shards to slice at her opponents to temporarily imprisoning them in a large crystal and striking them with lightning. Although, much like her normal incarnation, she favors specific elements- namely, Lightning, Ice, Light, and Wind, and as a result is only capable of using attacks from those four elements. However, much like Rubirules, her possibilities for attack aren't very limited past that, besides the fact that she does a very poor job at hitting anything airborne, and isn't good against fast characters, due to her slow attack speed.

In terms of appearance, a lot of traits remain the same, however the most noteworthy change is her clothing- instead of her normal red garb, she's glad in a bright, multicolored (though it's mainly pink and blue to match the coloring of Novite) robe and wizard's hat, and in addition carries a rough-hewn staff made of multicolored crystal, although it's mostly aesthetic. (She is of course more than capable of whacking you with it, though.)

Eve Username: TempestMistress (goes by Tempa as per usual) Class: Fighter Power: Storms

I know what you're thinking. "Storms? KindarSpirit already has that!" Not quite... she has generalized control over weather. Tempa here has control over specific aspects of it- particularly wind, water, and lightning, similar to her normal abilities. She's capable of moving at ridiculous speeds using the power of wind, but can also summon small clouds (without the stickyness trait Kindar's have) to serve both as obstructions and as platforms for both herself and her allies, especially the former as she can't use her abilities whilst in midair. Besides that, she has direct control over lightning like Alpha, although hers is a lot more flexible, and can summon and manipulate water to impede her foes. Unlike her normal form, she's a lot better at melee combat, due to a much higher capability in the speed department and the fact that she can charge her melee attacks with electricity- something she can't really do as a Nasod.

In terms of appearance, Tempa also hasn't changed much, keeping the dress but nixing the sleeves, and shortening her hair to shoulder-length.

Neptune Username: GamingGoddess (no surprise there; goes by just Nep) Class: Swords(wo)man Power: ???

Okay but seriously, I don't actually have the damndest clue what to do for Nep. I've considered lightning (to fit Neptune's electric personality *sniped*), but that doesn't seem... thorough enough, I guess.

One of the abilities Eve is supposed to get following the completion of the current story arc is some degree of weather manipulation... including usage of mini-storm clouds.

And then something came to me while I was thinking about how an evil Eve would work.

...if Eve got the ability to summon miniature storm clouds and send them after anyone she wanted, what would she use that ability for?... pranks on Twila. :3