How would you think a boss battle with reader and lunatic would go if they were canon in the re8 universe? I’d shit my pants if I was Ethan 😭
i think i’ve mentioned before that Reader/Lunatic would be stalker-type enemies; like, you think you see someone on the edge of your vision, only for them to be gone when you actually turn your head to face them
i think Reader would likely stalk him in the cellar, just watching his every move, maybe occasionally knocking something over because they can’t see perfectly in the dark
i don’t think they would mutate until they know he’s a threat, be it by trying to attack them or by stumbling across the crystallized corpse of one of their beloveds
if the latter was the case, the man wouldn’t make it out alive
even so, just imagine walking through the darkened castle, unsure of where anyone is but feeling like you’re being watched, just unable to actually SEE anyone. you might catch glimpses of a dark silhouette watching you nearby with glowing eyes, but they’re gone in a moment’s notice
assuming Ethan had to battle them, i’d say it would take place in one of the bigger areas of the castle, or perhaps through several of them. maybe it would start out in the foyer and progress to the courtyard if they chase him?
it would be incredibly difficult to kill them, though, and i think he would really only be able to find a way to force them to leave and regenerate rather than actually take them out for good
let’s say he starts shooting because this strange person approaches him and asks if he’s a threat. they’re just curious, but he doesn’t have time for this. he shoots, hits them, but they don’t… move? they barely even act like he’d done anything, but he SEES the blood dripping from the wound
“oh, that’s no good,” they mumble as they lightly touch the blood, bringing their hand back to stare at it. “they won’t like that.”
he obviously doesn’t understand. he tries to, sure, tries asking them questions, maybe even tries to apologize for shooting them, but then he sees them lift the red collar of the woman who he’s killed in the kitchens
he’s fucked, plain and simple
i think their wings would start to come out as they monologue and perhaps circle him, oh so casual despite the wound likely in their chest. they tell him a bit about themself, tell him his daughter is not there, and gives him one last chance to leave
he doesn’t, of course. he can’t trust someone that’s so similar to her
they understand, but then they… apologize? they tell him he should have taken their offer
and that’s when he would see another, much taller version of this strange person appear from nothing. they move to stand behind the first, grinning, and that is when the battle starts
(he wouldn’t win, of course. Reader would let Lunatic have their fun for a bit before reversing time and stopping him before he kills anyone, but they may take pity on him and try to convince him to leave. i personally think they would kill him after they reverse :3)
