If Yuno and Mao were playable characters
I love both Yuno and Mao and I was bored so I started thinking it would be interesting if you could play as them. And naturally my brain took that and started developing random details along those lines.
And that's what this post is about. Though I'm not gonna lie, I haven't fully thought out all the details of the hypothetical situations behind Yuno and Mao becoming playable.
Also, fair warning, this post is a little bit long and I am on mobile so there's not much I can do about it.
So for Yuno the main premise for him being playable was basically "What if the damage done to him at the end of Atlas was somehow salvageable?" So the paths I came up with were based around how being found and rebuilt could affect his systems. I decided his base job would be called 'Administrator' and that he would be first job when he actually meets the El Search Party then gets separated from them before presumably??? meeting up with them again later???? Since of course every playable character ends up being a member of the search party eventually.
Station Administrator/System Projector/Cherubim Semblance
His 1st path was inspired heavily by Code: Esencia, not gonna lie. Since he was the architect of Elysion before Herbaon. However, in order to make him unique I started thinking about other abilities I could give him that were similar to Eve without being the same. That's when I came up with the idea of projections. Like, he creates projections of Atlas and Elysion Nasods that vaguely resemble the characters in the hall of El. Or something like Sun's semblance in RWBY. Something like that. I named his third job as such because Cherubim directly attend to God and that is the role he played with Adrian and he likely appears to fill a similar role with Eve but beyond the surface level appearance that actually is not the case. Hence 'semblance' being used as well. If he were to actually be a playable character this would be considered his 'canon' route.
Bright Administrator/Glitched Serator/Fragmented Oracle
The second path I made for Yuno was along the lines of him becoming a battle Nasod in order to not be as defenseless in the future as he was when he tried to help the El Search Party. But the battle codes conflict Yuno's core processes creating various 'glitches' that alter the way Yuno's abilities manifest in different ways. He also uses energy weapons he created for himself that are multipurpose and can change shape however he wants them to. Most of the job names for this path were actually created by my little sister and sounded too cool to not use, so the third job name especially doesn't have any thought out meaning behind it unfortunately.
Lonely Administrator/Patchwork Nasod/Malevolent Corruption
For this job path many of the parts used to rebuild Yuno were salvaged from parts of other Nasods and many of the various purposes those parts were originally created for clashed greatly, causing certain files to become corrupted. In an effort to fix this problem he attempted to seek out parts he could use but more and more files get corrupted as he scrambles to put himself back together until eventually the corruption consumes him and all that remains is his single minded drive to remain functioning no matter what he has to do. This path was the first one I came up with tbh.
In order for Mao to be playable I had to some tweaking to her story. I decided that Calonne gave Mao a pair of daggers. They were from the demon realm so they had demonic energy stored in them but not like that much. Then Mao would have to go with Laby when Laby decided to head for Elrianode instead of staying put. I decided her base job would be 'Thief' but I actually don't have as clear premises for her paths as I did for Yuno's. For some reason I have clearer ideas for hypothetical skills + mechanics for Mao.
Cautious Thief/Devious Striker/Silent Hexblade
This path prioritizes Laby and her wellbeing tbh and is determined to help and support Laby in any way she can after Laby helped her in North Fluone. She would probably do hit and run tactics with Laby often acting as a distraction in order to weaken enemies so Laby has an easier time dealing with them. Basically she does a lot of battlefield control/debuffs.
Hopeful Thief/Infiltration Master/Nightblade
This path would probably??? be canon if she were playable since she doesn't only prioritize Laby but is also able to look out for/prioritize herself. She could use smoke screens and flash bombs and stuff to disorient enemies and ambush tactics in order to take them out since she knows she won't do well in an upfront confrontation.
Broken Thief/Hazy Specter/Dream Weaver
This is the only Mao path I created that I have a solid story concept for.... So, I know I said the demon daggers didn't have a lot of demonic energy but having a path that could look into the dreams of others and freely manipulate them to her own will was too good of an idea to pass up. She isn't necessarily corrupted by the demonic energy, but it is what she uses to do her dream manipulation stuff. And this was all kicked off probably because something bad happened to Calonne tbh.
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