I guess I get to vote first. ;)

So, once we get back, I think we should get Nadia in a Privacy Sphere and try and ascertain how bombed she is. If she's Witchbombed, she'll be able to help us better; in case she's not, we should make sure to be very careful when prodding.

[X] Talk about Anri:
-[X] We'll ask Nadia for help.
-[X] How tight a leash do we need on Anri?
-[X] Can we join the talk with Anri?
-[X] Terms for Anri:
--[X] Non-hostility.
--[X] Absolutely no Witching meguca.
--[X] Staying at Mitakihara.
--[X] Anti-Magic.

[X] Oriko:
-[X] Emphasize the good she's doing.
-[X] Ask her if she'd fulfil this role in the team.
-[X] Be friends.

[X] Leave Privacy Sphere.

[X] Telepathy Nadia, include Oriko:
-[X] Confirm we'll be there.
-[X] Ask for help. Briefly explain the Anri problem:
--[X] Ask to talk in private later, face-to-face.
--[X] Ask about meguca PR regarding how we deal with Anri.

[X] Pleiades.
-[X] Results RE: Tracking Hijiri?
-[X] Consult about developing security measures.
-[X] Give back the Privacy Device.
-[X] Clear and 'return' the Derrick Witch Seed.

*Totally considers adding '[] Ask Oriko to invite you and Mami for dinner some time' right now :p *
 
Re: Airi's parents: She wished to become Asuka Yuuri. It's highly probable that 'Anri Airi' was retgone'd in much the same way as Niko was.
The thing that's been in my head, Re: Anri's parents, is whether she's living with Yuuri's family. She wished to take over her friend's life, after all.

Yeah, remember that Oriko said that Anri had believed that the Pleiades were causing girls to witch out.
It sounds like Kyuubey was using his The Different Story line here. Wherein the Saints can be blamed for witching out other girls... because they're the ones hunting all the witches and so naturally the other girls witched out.

And, since this update makes it sound like Anri was the driving force behind the development of Evil Nuts, I have to wonder: Did she talk to Hijiri about this?

I mean, she's faced with a girl with all the Saint's Powers combined and saying "hey, we should witch girls out!" certainly would get Hijiri to this she was crazy.
 
Eh, mercenaries you say?

[Q] Hire Megucas from
-[] Osaka
-[] Tokyo
-[] Time-Space Administration Bureau
-[] Iowa

Asking Nadia if she has anyone in mind might be a variant. Just a thought.
Edit: ninja'd

If we're doing crossovers, can we get a fully powered Amaterasu from Ōkami?

Get a big, strong safe. Put her soul gem inside it, taped to a clear seed. Bury the safe underneath the area she's to be confined in.

You just gave a potentially hostile definitely unhinged magical girl functionally unlimited magic.
 
Hmmm... lots of ways to get the prisoner secured are here. Not really feeling the Moon expansion, though it is a traditional motif. But I think this is looking at it the wrong way. We need to get a certain level of change in Anri's life. We have a few levers to use. I want a perfect score, if we can get it. But all this is a bit early!

We need to get into Anri's head. That's the way to go after the plan with the best runtime and outcome. And, we get to follow our own pace. Sabrina always likes that, right? Why not be the "crazy detective?" As we actually listen to her, we can then vote on what actions we need to take. We get there by playing Good Cop/Weird Cop, and not in any way acting as the Judge. At least not yet. I'll theorize a bit after the offering of a vote....

[X] Telepathy Homura Update, ask advice
[X] Oriko - We need to get deep into Anri's motives. Have her talk about-
-[X] Her wish, exact words, intent
--[X] Honest intent!
-[X] Anri's mundane life post-wish
-[X] Self-image
-[X] The story of Yuuri - tell us all about her
-[X] Favorite food
-[X] Favorite place, and that memory
-[X] Mundane life pre-wish - get details - we need this
-[X] Whole history with Kyuubey - BTW, it put Anri in this position, it KNOWS all of us. It knew Anri would get killed.
-[X] What does she think will happen in her future?
--[X] If pressure is needed - Ask What would Yuuri do?

The best intent to proceed with is to "grant all the wishes" using our ingenuity. I'm not saying to absolve and forgive Anri. But the world we want has nice rules. Wishes come true around Sabrina. Yuuri wanted to heal her? Check. Wants to be Yuuri? Check. Wants revenge? Check. Wants to be Yuuri's friend again (but maybe as the dominant partner)? Check.

Surprisingly, a functional adult approach can deliver her as an acceptable member of society, and grant all these requests simultaneously. But work is involved. Anri has to do most of the work. Some other people have to get her to do it right.

Are we up for the challenge? The reward is actually significant and useful. We think that there will be a need for enforcers in a nascent Mahou Shoujo culture? Isn't that the sort of raw potential that we are seeing right here in Anri? Surreee, she has weak morals and empathy. Soldiers are like this, that's why proper discipline and leadership is what an armed force is made from.

Anri shows some signs of needing re-parenting. We need her to spend most of her time as a vanilla teenager, learning life basics. We need mundane adults to do this. There is a plan in my head, which I should hold until next vote cycle. The general point being "Kyuubey is the villain. And the best revenge is living well." Her other character defects can be bent around to less harmful expressions with effort.

In the here and now, we NEED Sabrina to intake the information about Anri's crazy, so she can correctly choose the non-lethal options.
All I want to do is drive the interview process ATM.
 
Yeah, remember that Oriko said that Anri had believed that the Pleiades were causing girls to witch out.
Well from a certain point of view that is not incorrect.
OTOH that point of view makes the point of view where Obi Wan has the high ground over Maul look like a well adjusted one, I am not saying it's at right angles with popular perspective, but if you weaponized it and fired missiles on that bearing you'd be singing angels tailfeathers.
 
Inb4 we come out of the Privacy Sphere wearing Oriko's hat.


"OK, just let me call Bennouna and we'll go talk with Anri."

*Nods*

"... Sabrina?"

"Hey Mami, give a second, I'm calling Nadia."

"Sabrina."

'Hey Nadia, what's up?'

'Hello, Sabrina. We're making good time. You?'

'I'm good. I've got something I need to ask-'

"Why are you wearing Oriko's hat?"

"It looks... nice on me?"

"Both of you look weird."

"... Come on, it's not-"

*BARRELS OUT OF PRIVACY SPHERE*

"THAT'S ORIKO'S HAT!"


*Startled*

"Aye!"

*Swipes hat off Sabrina's head*

"IT SHOULD BE ON ORIKO'S HEAD!"

*Plops hat on own head*


"..." *Opens and closes mouth* "... I guess that does count as Oriko's head, huh?"

*Nods*

"Of course."


"... Are you sure I can't wear the hat-"

*Glares*

*Pouts*

*Ties Sabrina's hair back with a ribbon a la Homura*

"... Eeeeeeeeeeeeeee... Mamiiiiii~"

*Melts hugging Mami's arm*

*Pats Sabrina's head*

*Blinks*

"Wait."

*Looks at Kirika*

"If I'm here, you're here, and Oriko's here... who the hell is guarding Anri?!"

*Rolls eyes* "Pfft, don't worry, I knocked her out."

"... That should bother me on some level."

*Nuzzles Mami*

*Nuzzles Oriko*

'...'

*Takes notes on shipping chart*
 
I guess I get to vote first. ;)

So, once we get back, I think we should get Nadia in a Privacy Sphere and try and ascertain how bombed she is. If she's Witchbombed, she'll be able to help us better; in case she's not, we should make sure to be very careful when prodding.

[X] Talk about Anri:
-[X] We'll ask Nadia for help.
-[X] How tight a leash do we need on Anri?
-[X] Can we join the talk with Anri?
-[X] Terms for Anri:
--[X] Non-hostility.
--[X] Absolutely no Witching meguca.
--[X] Staying at Mitakihara.
--[X] Anti-Magic.

[X] Oriko:
-[X] Emphasize the good she's doing.
-[X] Ask her if she'd fulfil this role in the team.
-[X] Be friends.

[X] Leave Privacy Sphere.

[X] Telepathy Nadia, include Oriko:
-[X] Confirm we'll be there.
-[X] Ask for help. Briefly explain the Anri problem:
--[X] Ask to talk in private later, face-to-face.
--[X] Ask about meguca PR regarding how we deal with Anri.

[X] Pleiades.
-[X] Results RE: Tracking Hijiri?
-[X] Consult about developing security measures.
-[X] Give back the Privacy Device.
-[X] Clear and 'return' the Derrick Witch Seed.

*Totally considers adding '[] Ask Oriko to invite you and Mami for dinner some time' right now :p *
Thoughts:

Would think "[]We'll ask Nadia for help" can be replaced by something more general in case plans with Nadia talk fall through.

Also, it might be important to have
[]Learn if Anri talked to Hijiri about her witchout plans.
Since that could denote whether Hijiri is witchbombed or not.

Which could be pretty important because if she didn't take it seriously, talked to Kyuubey, and now does... That could be bad.

And I think it's pretty likely Anri talked about that. Since she wanted to witch people out, thought the Saint could, and knew Hijiri had all their powers combined.

Lastly, for the moment, the fighting's over. So I want to ask, can we think of a pink elephant, UKG theory yet? Because if so this is a quiet moment and a good opportunity to do that thing where we go all world eye wink at Oriko we're likely to have discussion involving it ahead of us today.

E: also since antimagic came up in the update "[] Suggest if gold or steel jewelry for secure antimagic enchantment"
 
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Would think "[]We'll ask Nadia for help" can be replaced by something more general in case plans with Nadia talk fall through.
Something more generic, like '[] We'll handle it' ?

Also, it might be important to have
[]Learn if Anri talked to Hijiri about her witchout plans.
Since that could denote whether Hijiri is witchbombed or not.
Sounds good. I couldn't think of anything else we need to address with Anri.
 
Can Mami's ribbons persist indefinitely? Is so we could just put the enchantment on a rock and tie the rock to her with the ribbons.
 
Man, should we talk with the Fukushima group at some point... We need to find a moment to visit Tokyo, too.

Nah, I think it does need a note of calling people for new contacts, which is implicit in asking Nadia, I'm just not super sure about limiting it to Nadia.
I don't intend to limit it to Nadia, just try Nadia first, and see how that goes.

[X] Talk about Anri:
-[X] We'll ask Nadia, or an allied group for help.
-[X] How tight a leash do we need on Anri?
-[X] Learning if Anri shared her Witch-out plans with Hijiri.
-[X] Can we join the talk with Anri?
-[X] Terms for Anri:
--[X] Non-hostility.
--[X] Absolutely no Witching Magical Girls.
--[X] Staying at Mitakihara.
--[X] Anti-Magic.

[X] Oriko:
-[X] Emphasize the good she's doing.
-[X] Ask her if she'd fulfil this Social role in the team.
-[X] Be FriendBrina.

[X] Leave Privacy Sphere.

[X] Telepathy Nadia, include Oriko:
-[X] Confirm we'll be there (assuming so).
-[X] Ask for help. Briefly explain the Anri problem:
--[X] Ask to talk in private later, face-to-face.
--[X] Ask about meguca PR regarding how we deal with Anri.

[X] Pleiades.
-[X] Results RE: Tracking Hijiri?
-[X] Consult about developing security measures.
-[X] Give back the Privacy Device.
-[X] Clear and 'return' the Derrick Witch Seed.
 
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Adhoc vote count started by defenestrator on Jan 23, 2018 at 12:57 PM, finished with 131875 posts and 3 votes.

  • [X] Telepathy Homura Update, ask advice
    [X] Oriko - We need to get deep into Anri's motives. Have her talk about-
    -[X] Her wish, exact words, intent
    --[X] Honest intent!
    -[X] Anri's mundane life post-wish
    -[X] Self-image
    -[X] The story of Yuuri - tell us all about her
    -[X] Favorite food
    -[X] Favorite place, and that memory
    -[X] Mundane life pre-wish - get details - we need this
    -[X] Whole history with Kyuubey - BTW, it put Anri in this position, it KNOWS all of us. It knew Anri would get killed.
    -[X] What does she think will happen in her future?
    --[X] If pressure is needed - Ask What would Yuuri do?
    [X] Talk about Anri:
    -[X] We'll ask Nadia, or an allied group for help.
    -[X] How tight a leash do we need on Anri?
    -[X] Learning if Anri shared her Witch-out plans with Hijiri.
    -[X] Can we join the talk with Anri?
    -[X] Terms for Anri:
    --[X] Non-hostility.
    --[X] Absolutely no Witching Magical Girls.
    --[X] Staying at Mitakihara.
    --[X] Anti-Magic.
    [X] Oriko:
    -[X] Emphasize the good she's doing.
    -[X] Ask her if she'd fulfil this Social role in the team.
    -[X] Be friends.
    [X] Leave Privacy Sphere.
    [X] Telepathy Nadia, include Oriko:
    -[X] Confirm we'll be there.
    -[X] Ask for help. Briefly explain the Anri problem:
    --[X] Ask to talk in private later, face-to-face.
    --[X] Ask about meguca PR regarding how we deal with Anri.
    [X] Pleiades.
    -[X] Results RE: Tracking Hijiri?
    -[X] Consult about developing security measures.
    -[X] Give back the Privacy Device.
    -[X] Clear and 'return' the Derrick Witch Seed.

Adhoc vote count started by Firnagzen on Jan 24, 2018 at 9:02 PM, finished with 131903 posts and 9 votes.

  • [X] Talk about Anri:
    -[X] We'll ask Nadia, or an allied group for help.
    -[X] How tight a leash do we need on Anri?
    -[X] Learning if Anri shared her Witch-out plans with Hijiri.
    -[X] Can we join the talk with Anri?
    -[X] Terms for Anri:
    --[X] Non-hostility.
    --[X] Absolutely no Witching Magical Girls.
    --[X] Staying at Mitakihara.
    --[X] Anti-Magic.
    [X] Oriko:
    -[X] Emphasize the good she's doing.
    -[X] Ask her if she'd fulfil this Social role in the team.
    -[X] Be FriendBrina.
    [X] Leave Privacy Sphere.
    [X] Telepathy Nadia, include Oriko:
    -[X] We'll be a little late.
    -[X] Ask for help. Briefly explain the Anri problem:
    --[X] Ask about meguca PR regarding how we deal with Anri.
    --[X] We need a minder/guard for Anri.
    ---[X] Give hints (can't be just anyone; suspicious circumstances) so Nadia can understand if she's already Witchbombed.
    [X] Pleiades.
    -[X] Results RE: Tracking Hijiri?
    -[X] Consult about developing security measures.
    -[X] Return the Memory Device.
    -[X]Offer to clear the Derrick Witch Seed in lieu of Arzt Kochen.
    [X] Telepathy Homura Update, ask advice
    [X] Oriko - We need to get deep into Anri's motives. Have her talk about-
    -[X] Her wish, exact words, intent
    --[X] Honest intent!
    -[X] Anri's mundane life post-wish
    -[X] Self-image
    -[X] The story of Yuuri - tell us all about her
    -[X] Favorite food
    -[X] Favorite place, and that memory
    -[X] Mundane life pre-wish - get details - we need this
    -[X] Whole history with Kyuubey - BTW, it put Anri in this position, it KNOWS all of us. It knew Anri would get killed.
    -[X] What does she think will happen in her future?
    --[X] If pressure is needed - Ask What would Yuuri do?
 
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