Something I have noticed while playing her especially is that Beatrice is a coper! She copes, sometimes to the exclusion of addressing the problem. She complains about trivial things, but if you hit her with something serious, she'll suck it up. Battler sort of... overloads her capacity for that a little... but for the most part that's how it goes. Not to mention that in Aather, there are a number of factors that mean she will do everything in her power NOT to have a breakdown. In fact here is a short list.
1. In Aather to a certain degree she... "can't" have a TOTAL breakdown. By that I mean that her heartgame eliminated most of her hardcore suicidal tendencies... or when I say "eliminated" I actually mean they were redirected and/or covered up, and they're something she will be striving not to fall victim to. She also had an episode early-ish on where she took a memory (from EP5, when she was living dead) and emotionally flatlined, and Lelouch chewed her out for it and made it very clear that She Should Not Be Suicidal. Which sort of leads intoooo
2. She feels a very strong sense of obligation towards Peridot, and if all other things fell apart in her life, she would continue to cope for Peridot's sake. Peridot also has a strong tendency towards breakdowns in general, so she feels very deeply that she must be the rock for them, and stay strong and supportive even as everyone else can't deal. She can be a little flighty so that she can emotionally detoxify through solitude (well really it's that I can't be around for everything OOC, and that seems like a justifiable IC excuse) and she will be a little sulky around them sometimes but OTHER THAN THAT she feels like she needs to be on her A-game when interacting with Peridot in 99% of situations. USHIROMIYA BATTLER MAY BE HERE but she has to lean on the concept of Peridot to support her! She has to be there for them!! (This is also... why she stopped being motivated to take memories for a stretch there.)
3. She CANNOT WILL NOT SHOULD NOT!! in her opinion, let any of her castmates find out too much just because she had a very unsubtle reaction. Sakutarou doesn't need to be burdened with anything uncomfortable or too complicated, Erika doesn't need any ammo, Battler does NOT!!!!!1 need to be spoiled for any answers that he should be finding on his own. :E She believes in dropping hints, but she has to feel perfectly in control of the situation to avoid feeling vulnerable.
...THIS WAS ALL A VERY LONG PREAMBLE to the fact that--for these reasons she will externally cope fffairly well long-term... BUT it will still visibly affect her. She will try to make sure Battler is the real one at first, and then she'll probably have an emotional moment, and how long that lasts really depends on how Battler acts and how much her CR presses it. She will break down crying at some point but whether it is crying ON someone or just crying alone in the sunflowers... also depends :') THE PROBLEM WITH BATTLER as opposed to Erika is that unlike Erika, there are a few people in Aather who know who Battler is and even what he looks like, or just that someone like him exists, like Raven :B (I GUESS IN THAT SENSE IT WAS ON THE BILLBOARD FOR EVERYONE TO SEE...) So she probably will get confronted about it instead of her getting to choose who she tells about it, like with Erika :( SPOILERS IF YOU CONFRONT HER ABOUT IT SHE'LL CRY AND NOT TELL YOU VERY MUCH, STRAIGHT UP. She will struggle very hard to cope but it will be hard if people are probing her with hard-hitting questions :'DD ("HARD" BEING "WHO IS THAT GUY" no well I mean... basically that.)
What impression does Erika have of Battler from her memories so far? And how will that affect her reaction when Battler shows up/when Beato inevitably reacts to Battler showing up.
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1. In Aather to a certain degree she... "can't" have a TOTAL breakdown. By that I mean that her heartgame eliminated most of her hardcore suicidal tendencies... or when I say "eliminated" I actually mean they were redirected and/or covered up, and they're something she will be striving not to fall victim to. She also had an episode early-ish on where she took a memory (from EP5, when she was living dead) and emotionally flatlined, and Lelouch chewed her out for it and made it very clear that She Should Not Be Suicidal. Which sort of leads intoooo
2. She feels a very strong sense of obligation towards Peridot, and if all other things fell apart in her life, she would continue to cope for Peridot's sake. Peridot also has a strong tendency towards breakdowns in general, so she feels very deeply that she must be the rock for them, and stay strong and supportive even as everyone else can't deal. She can be a little flighty so that she can emotionally detoxify through solitude (well really it's that I can't be around for everything OOC, and that seems like a justifiable IC excuse) and she will be a little sulky around them sometimes but OTHER THAN THAT she feels like she needs to be on her A-game when interacting with Peridot in 99% of situations. USHIROMIYA BATTLER MAY BE HERE but she has to lean on the concept of Peridot to support her! She has to be there for them!! (This is also... why she stopped being motivated to take memories for a stretch there.)
3. She CANNOT WILL NOT SHOULD NOT!! in her opinion, let any of her castmates find out too much just because she had a very unsubtle reaction. Sakutarou doesn't need to be burdened with anything uncomfortable or too complicated, Erika doesn't need any ammo, Battler does NOT!!!!!1 need to be spoiled for any answers that he should be finding on his own. :E She believes in dropping hints, but she has to feel perfectly in control of the situation to avoid feeling vulnerable.
...THIS WAS ALL A VERY LONG PREAMBLE to the fact that--for these reasons she will externally cope fffairly well long-term... BUT it will still visibly affect her. She will try to make sure Battler is the real one at first, and then she'll probably have an emotional moment, and how long that lasts really depends on how Battler acts and how much her CR presses it. She will break down crying at some point but whether it is crying ON someone or just crying alone in the sunflowers... also depends :') THE PROBLEM WITH BATTLER as opposed to Erika is that unlike Erika, there are a few people in Aather who know who Battler is and even what he looks like, or just that someone like him exists, like Raven :B (I GUESS IN THAT SENSE IT WAS ON THE BILLBOARD FOR EVERYONE TO SEE...) So she probably will get confronted about it instead of her getting to choose who she tells about it, like with Erika :( SPOILERS IF YOU CONFRONT HER ABOUT IT SHE'LL CRY AND NOT TELL YOU VERY MUCH, STRAIGHT UP. She will struggle very hard to cope but it will be hard if people are probing her with hard-hitting questions :'DD ("HARD" BEING "WHO IS THAT GUY" no well I mean... basically that.)
What impression does Erika have of Battler from her memories so far? And how will that affect her reaction when Battler shows up/when Beato inevitably reacts to Battler showing up.