Kyuusou's handheld console fell from his hands. His expression, usually arrogant and confident, changed to one of pure astonishment. "Who is this crazy magical girl?!" I don't remember any magical girl appearing in my visions of the future, I as the savior of light cannot allow such a beautiful figure to sacrifice herself to save us!
Luna Sylpheria was now filled with perplexity. She frowned, trying to process the figure in front of her. "The aesthetic... it's impeccable. But... why?" She felt Adriana's strange aura, one that blended overwhelming power with an inexplicable beauty that drew her in.
Yuna, the plant girl, usually calm, had her mouth open. "She... she's singing? In the middle of the Third Eruption?" [Implied]. Her eyes widened. "That energy... it's not Honkai. It's... different. But she's so... adorable!"
Adriana was singing Saint Seiya - Hades Sanctuary Opening (Chikyuugi)
A Theme Song that seemed to come from the universe itself began to play, growing in volume and intensity. The music wasn't just audible; it vibrated in the air [Breaker (Vibration)], a Shaker (SFX) in itself, punctuated by sonic plims and dramatic chords. It was a track that mixed J-Pop, choral hymns, and industrial rock, a captivating and dissonant cacophony. Adriana's presence, amplified by Performing Arts and Dramatics, seemed to have a Magnetic Presence that forced everyone's attention onto her.
The Rule of Cool and Complexity Addiction were in full swing, ensuring that her appearance was absurdly flashy and inexplicable. Her appearance had been magically enhanced. Calling her "beautiful" or "lovely" seemed insufficient. It was an unsettling beauty, an Aura of a Disney Princess that exuded innocence and grandeur, even when stained with blood (which Fan Service guaranteed would leave no permanent scars, but was temporarily there) and electricity.
Adriana's voice, amplified by her Vocals, resonated with a newfound power, and the Siren's Call and Canary effect transformed her words into something more than sound. She was a Hypnodancer without the dance, her Presentation transforming the scene into a spectacle that captivated everyone's attention. The very air seemed to vibrate with a Shaker (Alarm), triggering an instinctive warning signal in the minds of everyone present, while the Music Meister in her soul transformed the chaos into a performance.
Mixed and strange feelings began to surface in the minds of the girls.
Kiana, Artemis, Chloe, Kaguya, Luna, Kyuusou, Yuna... and the members of Anti-Entropy like Sin Mal, Seele, Bronya, veliona – who watched the surreal scene, felt a strange attraction. Something in them reacted to the Charismatic Aura, Friendly and the Adorable and Fan Service visual, Love at First Sight and Harem Protagonist activated by her mere presence which manifested in a bizarre way, created an impulse that made them feel a strange need to protect that luminous and bizarre creature, even if she seemed like a lunatic.
Even the Honkai zombies that were attacking the girls turned their gaze towards Adriana and were attracted by the beauty and aura emitted by Adriana as if they were standing before a goddess.
The **most disturbed person** there, undoubtedly, was Adrian. Every word of the speech, every fiber of the magical girl costume, was an excruciating humiliation. He hated the outfit, hated the pose, the dance, and the voice as he sang. But the worst... the worst was that, in some inexplicable way, **it seemed... natural**. As if this persona, as ridiculous as it was, fit in a horrendous way. This added another nail in the coffin of his dysphoria, the feeling that even his core identity was being eroded or overridden by this absurd new reality.
But the bizarreness of the perks and powers doesn't stop there. For example, the Transformation Montage couldn't be interrupted by anything, as if the transformation had nullified the causality of cause and effect where zombie attacks veered away, explosions dissipated, all to allow Adriana to complete her performance with maximum style and drama. The Cognition Inhibitor kicked in, ensuring that, even if the girls were watching everything, her true identity would remain a mystery. Even if you collected blood and compared Paradox's DNA with Adriana's, the results would show that Paradox and Adriana were different people.
For Herrscher Mei, the feeling was different; it was like being tortured and humiliated at the same time. And the more she tried to ignore the paradox presence and aura, the more she felt drawn in. And Mei's consciousness, which was dormant, was starting to awaken. The Herrscher saw that if she didn't do anything about it, she would lose control of the body and began to release more Honkai energy and a strong aura of murderous intent towards Adriana.
Setting aside the dysphoria, fueled by the Battle Junkie and the Curse of Masochism that made her crave confrontation, Adriana (acting as Paradox) turned her attention to Raiden Mei upon seeing that her performance and the songs she was singing were increasingly irritating the Herrscher, showing that conflict was inevitable.
Inside, Adrian trembled. Facing a Herrscher was suicide. But on the outside, on Abel/Paradox's face, the expression was one of **pure battle ecstasy**, a wide and eager smile. The body acted with an involuntary impulse, the magical girl persona serving as a perfect mask for the Battle Junkie and the Masochism.
"Ah, a worthy threat!" declared Paradox, her voice full of false bravado. "Prepare to feel the justice of Paradox!"
Raiden Mei, who was looking at her with disdain and confusion, frowned. "An insolent insect."
With a movement that caught everyone by surprise, **Adriana/Paradox left behind the facade of fragility and the momentary clumsiness**. The **speed** copied from Mei and the **agility** of Sirin propelled her. She vanished from where she was and reappeared in front of Mei in the blink of an eye, the scepter (which now seemed incredibly solid and heavy, courtesy of the strength and durability copied from Kiana) coming in a powerful arc.
**Boom!**
The blow hit Mei with brutal force, throwing her back several meters, breaking the concrete under her feet. The shock was palpable. The Herrscher of Thunder, who had just manifested a cataclysmic power, was... beaten up by a magical girl in a swimsuit.
"What?!" exclaimed Kiana, her mouth open.
The other protagonists were equally shocked, their eyes wide. They expected a suicidal attempt, a heroic sacrifice, perhaps, but not... *this*. A demonstration of physical power that rivaled the Herrscher herself.
Paradox landed lightly (thanks to the copied agility), spinning the scepter. The expression on Abel's face, beneath the mask, was a bizarre mix of internal agony (dysphoria, humiliation), latent terror (Paranoia), and the sickening ecstasy of the Battle Junkie/Masochism. But to the others, she was just the strange magical girl who, apparently, could beat up a Herrscher.
"The justice of Paradox is swift!" she declared, preparing for the next attack, the cliché music of her theme continuing to play, surreal in the scene of growing destruction.
Adrian Grim, trapped in the body of Abel von Nibelung, dressed as a magical girl, fighting a Herrscher in the middle of the apocalypse of a merged world., felt he had reached the peak of madness. And the most disturbing thing was how effectively he was handling it, driven by his own demons and powers.
Despite Adriana showing superiority against the Herrscher after copying the girls' powers, the curse of pain was causing agony in Abel's body. It was like an infernal symphony; each scratch and blow she dealt the Herrscher was throbbing with absurd intensity. But under this agony, a dark and undeniable current snaked: the **Curse of Masochism**. It wasn't relief, exactly, but a disturbing response, a pang of pleasure that made Adrian's stomach churn. The dysphoria was suffocating; the feeling of being betrayed by his own body and his own mind was overwhelming.
"For love and for justice, I will save you from yourself!" Adriana tried once again to use her words and her magical aura to try to reach Mei's consciousness.
Mei, or rather, the Herrscher controlling her, laughed, a laugh that made the air vibrate with electricity. "Save me? You don't understand what I am."
"You are the Herrscher of Thunder, possessing the body of Raiden Mei," Paradox declared, Paranoia pushing her to show knowledge, but the magical girl facade making it strangely prophetic. "But you are also... a victim of Honkai."
Mei's aura darkened dangerously at the mention of her trauma. "How dare you speak of that?!" Mei's voice, distorted by the Herrscher, resonated, full of fury. "A meddling magical girl. Do you dare oppose me?"
Seeing no alternative, Paradox ran towards Mei, the speed copied from the Herrscher propelling her in a blur. Now empowered by Kiana's strength, but also coated in an energy with a touch of purification that she felt upon scanning Kiana (HG2?). ('Shifter' manifesting copied traits strangely and combined via 'Piecemeal'/'Editing').
Mei dodged with her superior Herrscher speed. She hit her with a powerful lightning bolt. The impact was... incredible. The pain was **pure**, overwhelming. Yes, Abel's body registered the agony with the brutal clarity of the Curse of Pain. But underneath, came the **familiar and overwhelming wave of pleasure**. A perverse electricity that wasn't just from the lightning, but from the Curse of Masochism and Sadomasochism, amplifying the sensation of the damage into something... ecstasy.
A moan escaped Paradox's lips, too loud, clearly audible, echoing in the ruined square. Not from pain, but from... relief? Satisfaction? **Excitement?**
"Ahhh...!"
Mei, or rather, the Herrscher controlling her, paused for an instant, shocked. Her look of fury gave way to astonished confusion. My soundtrack, which was previously heroic and cliché, took an abrupt turn towards something bizarre, mixing the heroic theme with sounds that could be interpreted as... **musical moans?**