Thread:MediocreKnight/@comment-27666783-20200227215226/@comment-27666783-20200304005740

@AngryLance

'But there would be a fair bit of distrust, as they are still Radicals after all.' 

Fair enough, the Brotherhood is a weird one I imagine so they can expect to get the semi-cold shoulder from those unfamiliar with them.

They would also like to remind you that they do not enslave.

I Grok the Lotus ain't enslaving, but the other types that do(Dark Elves, Amazons, etc.) are fair game, essentially its metanarratively there to be a tool  to be a 'fuck-off' for edgy faggotry on the Mamono side, not for the Black Lotus.

not sure what that 'middle man' thing about genetics mean (you mean evolution/ascension without either the DL and the CG ?)

Thats essentially it, the 'middle integer' in this case is the CG/DL/etc. having to be the source of getting rid of the limiter, or having to sacrifice your entire childhood and early adulthood and dedicate it to training to become anything remotely combat-effective. The 'Middle man' is requiring an otherworldly sponsor, or your natural life, it demands that you either must qualify by being absurdly lucky, absurdly high statused, or absurdly high in willpower. It offers nothing to those that want it but cannot qualify with these talents. No longer. The Genetic Evolution of the human levels the playing field with their Mamono counterparts for the sake of it, it is something that benefits both them and their children, and Mamono as well who are not as reviled and are forced to seek out other means to be companions other than force.

'''How do they take DE from Mamono ? You said procimity, so maybe through touch as well ? And how come they don't get monstarised/incubised ? And does that hurt the Mamono, even if they somehow feel pleasure ?'''

This system, admittedly, would require tweaking with the main canon a little, in that essentially it would mean the Grails 'pulled a DL' and in a flash mankind was no longer tethered solely to 'Female SE + DE = DE' 'Male SE + DE = SE/DE mix'

Athleta Humans are huge, they are like Astartes without the super implants and just more 'power-to-weight ratio' and muscle. Sustaining these muscles requires an utterly miraculously efficient metabolism but even then an Athleta must consume alot of calories to not starve. This can be conducted via magically enhanced food processing to make highly nutritious foods, eating a massive amount of regular food, or siphoning Demonic Energy.

While an Athleta can do this, siphoning too much demonic energy can turn them into a Mamono/Incubus, but this would require engorging on excessive amounts of it. Unless you are part of the freefolk, in which DE can be consumed as long as they are not rendered open to corruption via magic or other means. Freefolk are, in a way, more 'resilient' to it. Proxmity contact is probably the way to go, but the 'ideal' form of it is by the 'Xepia'(hands) to touch where the root of this energy stems from. For Mamono this would be the sexual organs.

As a freefolk 'drains' a Mamono, like a weakened immune system it becomes exposed to the Holy/Spirit slurry that Athleta emit which tends to have a habit of attempting to imbue into the Mamono causing a reaction. While it doesn't necessarily hurt physically, it is not a pleasant experience for the uninitiated. A Mamono could quickly exhibit states of panic and anxiety, especially those who are not characteristacly 'into' that, and it can be traumatic. It can be compared to a human reaction to... well... rape. Combining this with the Freefolk tweaked mental cravings for hunting and battle, it created a human type that Mamono sense as 'a Predator', and triggering a fight or flight response. The more DE a Mamono sustains within herself, the more it reacts, both physically and memetically, to the presence of these Freefolk. Hence how something like an Ushi-Oni could rapidly be pressured to demoralize at the presence of one.

To note though, it is quite possible for Mamono to either acclimate to this intense feeling in a relationship or be virtually immune to it. Some Mamono may find the act of this intense, emotional feeling to be an exhilirating experience and with a sense of trust between a Freefolk and Mamono this effect can even be seen as romantic. Some Mamono may have intrinsic inclinations towards this, such as cockatrice. And as said, the more DE you have, the harder it hits you, this would mean types such as Jinkos, Lizardmen, Slimes that are not dark/parasite slimes will not be massively affected, and Kobolds, Holstaurs, etc. Will not be affected at all. This design was not entirely of the Commonwealth's or Principality's making, but of a third faction, 'The Dominion of Regaleth' which opted on a different 'First Order' GA pathway to not just level out the 'food chain' of the world, but become the top of the pyramid. It embraced this 'predatory' angle and opted to begin indoctrinating the youth to embrace their ecstatic happiness at hunting and battle to indirectly assert themselves as the 'dominant species' on the planet. Because of the inherent diassociation of battle from doubt or fear or with some variants even general pain, the Dominion would utilize a brutal and ruthless meritocratic indoctrination of the youth to keep them in line and imbue a sense of zeal in their future imperial ambitions. However, these efforts were stifled by the Commonwealth interjecting at risk of causing world outrage, who eventually would come to wage war against the Dominion as they jockeyed for power over who 'runs' the Brotherhood. A short but very bloody campagign with these enhanced humans would spike a death rate that was not seen since before the Demon Lord. The Commonwealth is victorious but was given a great industrial cost, with the remnants of the Dominion scattering into warring barbaric bands and outright 'Feral' Humans that live among the wilds with their enhanced traits. They were given a nickname, the 'Freefolk' when the Commonwealth rounded them up and contained them.