#and so legato's solution is to not engage. he doesn't care too much for fashion beyond the clothing enchantments and he has other outfits

[starlight-eclipsed]

Honestly if the chain saw most of legato's clothes

I genuinely hope they didn’t have to endure either the cheetah or cheerleader outfit

Because those two are their own category of questionable

The frost bite tunic,voe tunic (totk) kind of weird in fact

Like it looks like it would not do a good job protecting legato from injuries

When it really is just a cat girl outfit and a very short two piece with Pom Poms

Like that looks like drag and on one hand good for him for having the courage to wear it (most likely at a publicly viewed event at that… cheerleader is hilarious in the drabland because you can cheer people on with a fun animation but is more of a meme in the arena because it has low damage output…like how cursed thighs outfit mains sometimes appear for fun when it is the most ridiculous outfit next to bear minimum)

But also the chain probably would freak out if legato showed up in either of the three outfits in any kind of arena lol

First thing he has basically no armor in a gladiator ring of all places

Second they think he just a lil guy who is already in a bad spot with a horrible childhood (yeah the childhood part kinda true though ) being exploited for entertainment

And then also the fact that the whole stadium probably is having a blast over the eccentrics and depending on how much the announcer plays with the fact that a joke battle is happening

Yeah the chain is probably going to combust with rage while legato is trying to tell them to chill out and that putting on a good performance in a joke battle can be good publicity even when you lose most times (completely ignoring the fact that they don’t want him to have that kind of publicity or any kind of publicity and are probably just barely restraining themselves from burning the entire kingdom down over it)

Would be even worse if legato by that point realized that it probably looks horrible with the context of them thinking he is a lil guy then tells them technically he is an adult since the moment he entered the drab lands (accidentally not realizing just how vague he was lol)

While time has flashbacks of the time when termina considered him an adult for having a sword and completely hates the implications

Because by that point even if legato tried to mention that it was obvious legal and he was an adult

The chain probably would have taken it the wrong way regardless

He is just eternally a lil guy and it already happened to be a bit too long for him to reveal he is an adult

Oh, I absolutely left those out for a reason. There is no context I could put them in that isn't creepy for the child that Legato appears as, so while I personally adore the cheerleader outfit and appreciate the speed buff with the cheetah...Legato is smart enough to know what would've happened if the Chain saw those outfits. If Warriors freaked out about the Showstopper, those other outfits were a no-go. He'd rather avoid starting a second witch hunt thank you very much.

(Granted, the undersuit that comes with his epilogue outfit puts those options back on the table, somewhat. It'll probably be fine so long as nobody thinks about it too much.)