#Like I just realized now that the twisting thing around Kiana is supposed to mirror the imaginary tree's roots

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Today on "brainstorming here cuz my irl friends don't play honkai":

Earlier I noticed that finality's wings (?) tend to extend and retract in and out of Kiana and that kinda got me thinking about what if every aspect of the design functioned kinda like that? I'm thinking something like Aerial in Witch from Mercury where she has some independent drones that come out of her body and combine to take on different shapes and weapons (episode 2 fight scene for non-spoilery example)

messy thumbnail cuz I'm still working this out in my head, but I'm thinking maybe the default state would be a large set of wings that separate to form whatever weapons Kiana wants (and each time the drones separate, the wings get smaller). As much as I like finality's current attack sequence, I think I'd want this version to have a rotation that's something like "pistol> drones + fists> sword > greatsword> drones shooting from above> back to pistols" to sorta elude to Bronya, Fu Hua, Mei, Himeko, and Theresa's weapons. I also think it'd be fun if we got Bronya giving Kiana the drones in the same way we got Mei giving her the sword.

Going forward with the general aesthetic, I'm thinking maybe doing something that has more of honkai's classic mech aesthetic, but with the imaginary tree roots and flowers sorta breaking through it? Also still debating how much honkai corruption I want on her skin :/

I don't have a good conclusion to this ramble. Have a nice day