History Fanfic / FateKaleidPrismaTaylor

There are many facets of the Kaleidoscope. Lord Zelretch is curious as to why one seems to lack Magecraft, and so sets a kaleidostick named Opal to the task. For good or for ill, that kaleidostick has chosen Taylor Hebert as her master. [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/fate-kaleid-liner-prisma-taylor-wormxnasu-magical-girl-taylor.478918/ Spacebattles Link]]. [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12753446/1/Prisma-Taylor-Side-Stories Side Stories link]].

* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler: Chloe has a brief one when she sees Taylor use her Assassin Install and his Chronos Rose Noble Phantasm.]]

There are many facets of the Kaleidoscope. Lord Zelretch is curious as to why one seems to lack Magecraft, and so sets a Kaleidostick named Opal to the task. For good or for ill, that kaleidostick has chosen Taylor Hebert as her master. [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/fate-kaleid-liner-prisma-taylor-wormxnasu-magical-girl-taylor.478918/ Spacebattles Link]]. [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12753446/1/Prisma-Taylor-Side-Stories Side Stories link]].

** Sophia accidentally hits an E88 thug in the throat with a bladed bolt (to be fair, he turned ''after'' she fired) and covers it up by making it look like the ABB did it. Unfortunately for her, Opal comes by and records it, and it's more than enough to have her arrested after she attacked Taylor.

* AchievementsInIgnorance: [[spoiler:All this time, Saito thought his Magecraft powers were a Parahuman power, and ended up achieving Projection Magecraft the way Shirou Emiya does.]]

* AGodAmI: [[spoiler: Taylor briefly claims to be a Goddess when fighting Lung for the second time. To be fair, she was using her Caster Card, and Tamomo no Mae has a high divinity ranking due to being a partial incarnation of a goddess.]]
* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: In many Worm fanfics, it's pointed with grudging admiration out how tough Lung is by recalling he's one of the few who have managed to go toe to toe with an Endbringer. InUniverse, Mr. Saito ''despises'' him for this instead, pointing out that the monster likely would have contented itself with crippling the island's infrastructure without sinking it entirely, had it not been kept busy and in place by Lung.
* AlternateSelf: [[spoiler:Taylor summons her future canon self, Khepri, as a Berserker when held captive by Bonesaw. Khepri is from a different timeline since she has no memory of Taylor's magical adventures or Saito.]]
* AlwaysABiggerFish: Scion apparently killed Bet's version of ''[[EldritchAbomination Type-Mercury]]'' in the 80's.

* ArchEnemy: The story seems to be setting Rune up as Taylor's. She even lampshades it in chapter 18.
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: [[spoiler: When Leviathan's approach to the Bay sets off the Endbringer sirens]], Opal is initially against Taylor participating because of how dangerous it is. When Taylor asks her what kind of magical girl she'd be if she didn't try to save as many people as she could, her only reply is a "darn it", and she stops arguing.

* BerserkButton: [[spoiler: Khepri's response to Alexandria... Existing is to explain to her exactly why she, Khepri, hates Alexandria so much. She also reacts poorly to being told what to do.]]
* BoltOfDivineRetribution: What happens if you enter the Bounded Field around the Hebert residence with a weapon without permission from Taylor or Danny.
* CallingYourAttacks: Taylor, whenever using a Noble Phantasm.

* DatingCatwoman: Taylor is dating Brian, not knowing that he's Grue. Brian isn't aware to start himself, but Lisa, who set them up, is. Aisha finds it hilarious when she puts it together.

* DramaPreservingHandicap: [[spoiler:Apparently Khepri can only summon her Mastered parahumans from inside her Reality Marble in small bursts, or it's debilitating.]]

* DreamSequence: Taylor has one after being outed and dealing with the Trio. It's vague and symbolic, going from an abused child Taylor wondering why daddy had to go away, to Taylor being spoken to by a pretty Lady, to Taylor at a school dance with a bunch of fictional cousins, ending with Taylor suddenly naked at the same dance with The Lady pouring a bucket of blood and flower petals on her. Opal suggests that it's Taylor's subconscious processing lingering feelings about Taylor's time being bullied at Winslow and her frustration at students trying to cozy up to her now that she's publicly known as a Hero.

* DrowningMySorrows: Danny uses a relic to check what Taylor's Origin is. He immediately goes and gets blind stinking drunk after seeing the result. [[spoiler: It's got something to do with Sacrifice.]]
* DumbMuscle: [[spoiler: Eramana von Einzbern’s]] assistant Joffrey got cold feet halfway through having his ”Strength” Origin awakened, turning him into this.

* EntertaininglyWrong: Due to not knowing Opal is from an alternate universe, Armsmaster thinks that Taylor is a Tinker who was Triggered by being bullied and that Opal is her creation. Due to Opal citing events that happened in the Nasuverse but not on Earth Bet (like Class Card Gilgamesh's rampage in Fuyuki City), and saying Taylor is only limited by her imagination, he thinks that Taylor is a delusional girl influenced by magical girl shows, and that she created the corrupted Class Cards with her imagination as challenges to overcome. It's even funnier in a BlackComedy of way when you realize that is kind what Eidolon is; he wanted a challenge so he made an obstacle for him to overcome.
* EyeScream: [[spoiler:When Bonesaw has Taylor captive and wants to experiment with her Magic Circuits, while sticking her full of electrodes she takes Taylor's eyes ''out of their sockets'' briefly]].
* FastballSpecial: [[spoiler: Taylor convinces Alexandria to throw her at Leviathan at extreme speeds so that Taylor could impale him with Fran's Skewered Plasma Blade.]]
* ForWantOfANail: Opal's presence being the nail.
* FriendsWithBenefits: [[spoiler:It is heavily implied that Khepri is sleeping with Saito to replenish her Mana.]]

* GenreBlindness: When facing a horde of zombies, Glory Girl knows nothing about tactics for fighting them like destroying their heads, causing an annoyed Chloe to ask if she ever watched a horror movie in her life.

* AddictiveMagic: Taylor ''really'' likes Installing the Berserker card, since the physiological and mental changes it inflicts upon her combine to give her a sort of battle high and distract her from who she really is. Opal forces her to acknowledge it's a pretty toxic remedy for her situation and gives her strict limits on the use of the card.

* GenreBlindness: Glory Girl knows nothing about tactics for fighting zombies like destroying their heads, causing an annoyed Chloe to ask if she ever watched a horror movie in her life.

* AGodAmI: [[spoiler: Taylor briefly claims to be a Goddess when fighting Lung for the second time. To be fair, she was using her Caster Card and Tamomo no Mae has a high divinity ranking due to being a partial incarnation of a goddess.]]

* ArbitrarySkepticism: Glory Girl says telepathy is impossible. Lisa says you'd think knowing Taylor would make people more open minded.

** [[spoiler:Gilgemesh and Khepri bathe together in a hot spring. When they eventually come to blows, Gilgamesh quickly dresses himself with Gate of Babylon, but Khepri doesn't bother getting her clothes and just attacks.]]

* TraumaticHaircut: [[spoiler:When Taylor is kidnapped by the Slaughterhouse 9, she wakes up to find Bonesaw had shaved her head. She laments losing the hair that resembled her mother. Even after being healed and with a full month of recovery it's still not back to its origninal length.]]

* TraumaticHaircut: [[spoiler:When Taylor is kidnapped by the Slaughterhouse 9, she wakes up to find Bonesaw had shaved her head. She laments losing the hair that resembled her mother.]]

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Opal refuses to equip Taylor's costume with a mask, saying magical girls don't wear masks. Despite Taylor's best efforts to remain hidden, anyone who knows her and gets a good look at her face can recognize her.
** Subverted when Taylor gets frustrated and fires blasts into the sky. Armsmaster confronts her and explains that one of the blasts shot down a satellite that fell to Earth and injured someone, which horrifies her and leads her to promise to be more careful. It is later revealed the Simurgh was actually the one who brought down the satellite, but Armsmaster lied to Taylor in order to get her to stop being reckless with her powers. Regardless, Taylor feels less bad about it when she learns that the satellite coming down prevented Canary from getting screwed over, since it was the judge from her trial that got injured.

* FullFrontalAssault: The corrupted Lancer/Scathach is naked except for blood and blue BodyPaint. Much to Taylor's relief, when she tests her Scathach Install, she has Scathach's standard black bodysuit.

* SiblingRivalry: A side story that takes place between chapters 22 and 23 indicates that Opal and Ruby don't get along. Ruby ascribes it to jealousy on Opal's part, though Sapphire implies that it's largely because Ruby is condescending to her younger sister. [[spoiler:When we finally see them interact in Chapter 35, when they finally interact, the latter is confirmed, with Ruby being very haughty about the predicament Taylor and company are in, with a fight breaking out when Opal snaps and claims that Ruby's jealous that Zelretch likes her better.]]

* SiblingRivalry: A side story that takes place between chapters 22 and 23 indicates that Opal and Ruby don't get along. Ruby ascribes it to jealousy on Opal's part, though Sapphire implies that it's largely because Ruby is condescending to her younger sister.