Me in 2019, and how the character phases changed each reaction to the following thumbnail over the years
Toadette, Blooper, and Birdo (2019): *genuinely have no idea what to do, other than watch the young boy get traumatized by the mermaid*
Kashiko Murasaki (2019/2020): *attempts to help the boy find his parents, while trying to distract the boy from the scary mermaid*
Sayori and Sephiroth (2021): *run to the other side of the tank, dive into the tank and kill the mermaid right in front of the boy*
Also Sayori and Sephiroth in 2022: *gets targeted by Cloud’s party of Marvel’s Avengers*
TL;DR, my headcanon was that Kashiko had the Goldilocks reaction to the scenario. She wasn’t defenseless that she couldn’t help but stand around and watch the boy get traumatized, but she also wasn’t murderous enough that she had to be stopped
(Tbh idk how I kept this 7 second riddles thumbnail in my mind for so long)