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Renascence: A Homura Quest

Honorifics or Western-style Titles? I've used both before, which is bothersomely inconsistent

  • Japanese Honorifics (-san, -sama, -dono, -chan, -kun, -senpai, etcetera)

    Votes: 12 33.3%

  • Western Titles (Mister, Miss, job titles, Lord, Lady, etcetera)

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Use whichever works better for a given sentence.

    Votes: 24 66.7%
  • Total voters
    36
  • Poll closed .
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So, it's been a while in general, so I'd like to quote Homura's last encounter with Incubators (especially considering that she has the Incubator Insight trait).
Higure said:
You nod slightly, working to suppress your emotions...Incubators are naturally distrustful of emotional behavior. He will be more useful if you keep to his own etiquette to some degree, "The other two entities?"
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You refrain from responding, as you know the Incubator would consider any complaints regarding his information meaningless, "You possess no information as to the origin of the first two entities?"
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So let's maybe not get too emotional in front of Kyuubey, just in case.
Also, arguing with it won't really go anywhere. If it says it's usual lies by omission, just... say that it's not completely correct, and leave it at that. It's better to hold off dropping the witchbomb on her for as long as possible, for sake of Homura's sanity. Also Kyuubey won't really try to traumatize Madoka, at least not on purpose.

[X] Push her to hold off on making a decision.
-[x] Offer to explain the details of being a Magical Girl, so that she knows what she's getting into.
-[x] Suggest going to Sayaka's house before explaining everything in detail. The miffle of the street is not the best place for this kind of talk.
--[x] If Kyuubey continues to insist on making the contract, calmly say that she should wait with the decision until she has all the information.
--[x] If Kyuubey starts talking about magical girls, wishes or contracts, simply remark that his words shouldn't be taken at face value.
-[x] Emphasize how important making the correct Wish is.
--[x] You only get one and they can make things worse in the long run. Trust me, on that.

Not sure if it's a bit too hostile, but Kyuubey probably won't care about passive aggression.
 
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[x ] Push her to hold off on making a decision.
[X] Get them away from the Incubator
-[ x] Offer to explain the details of being a Magical Girl, so that she knows what she's getting into and to Sayaka too
--[x ] Emphasize how important making the correct Wish is, because while Homuhomu may wantMadoka to not sell her Soul... Madoka has a history of Selling it anyways, so emphazizing just how serious and important (not to mention Damning) making The Correct wish may help in the long run
and prepare for the PTSD because those conversations will surely trigger it.
 
[X] Push her to hold off on making a decision.
-[x] Offer to explain the details of being a Magical Girl, so that she knows what she's getting into.
-[x] Suggest going to Sayaka's house before explaining everything in detail. The miffle of the street is not the best place for this kind of talk.
--[x] If Kyuubey continues to insist on making the contract, calmly say that she should wait with the decision until she has all the information.
--[x] Color things negatively, but don't go overboard. Make sure to imply that wishes are Monkeys Paws without actually saying it.

We are trying to keep up good relations and appearances. That does NOT mean Homura will not take a good chance to discourage Madoka from contracting. Just the approach to it.
 
[X] Push her to hold off on making a decision.
-[x] Offer to explain the details of being a Magical Girl, so that she knows what she's getting into.
-[x] Suggest going to Sayaka's house before explaining everything in detail. The miffle of the street is not the best place for this kind of talk.
--[x] If Kyuubey continues to insist on making the contract, calmly say that she should wait with the decision until she has all the information.
--[x] Color things negatively, but don't go overboard. Make sure to imply that wishes are Monkeys Paws without actually saying it.
 
Highwind said:
I threw that together on a whim and halfway through it I decided that it was a great odea to add a joke abou Kyubey being an alien used car salesman. I'm perfectly aware this isn't an ideal plan. :V
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Actually, the car metaphor could be workable...

"A good analogy for the process of becoming a magical girl is buying a car: there isn't anything preventing you from just jumping right into buying the advertised deal, but if you do you're a lot more likely to end up dissatisfied with your purchase, either because it wasn't as good of a vehicle as you thought it was or because you find out that you can't afford the payments. Magical contracts are, if anything, worse in some respects - you can't take wishes for test drives, and you do not want to be in magical debt.

The salesman, meanwhile, wants to sell as many cars as possible to as many people as possible because this meets both their personal goals and their company's goals. As such, they have a strong incentive to push you to buy before you have a chance to second guess your decision. That's not a good thing, but it's not exactly a bad thing either - it's just how economics applies in this situation. There are also factors pushing the salesman to limit this behavior - too great a negative reputation from dissatisfied customers or too many debts that they cannot collect, and the salesman can lose their job or the company can go bankrupt. Conversely, an especially satisfied customer is likely to recommend the dealership to others, bringing in further business.

Of course, the situation is still in the dealer's favor, as no matter how intelligent or diligent you are they will still have access to more information about what you are purchasing than you do, and at the end of the day if there's only one dealership in town your choices are to buy a car from them or go without. All you can really do is get as much information as you can, and consider your options as thoroughly as possible."

I wanted to add in something about magical girl potential VS lines of credit, but couldn't figure out how to work it into the car metaphor without it becoming more stilted than it doubtlessly already is.
 
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Why does everyone want to keep the secret magical girls will turn into witches without grief seeds , there are more magical girls than grief seeds available, so they sometimes fight, those who can't get grief seeds, will slowly be corrupted then turn into witches
 
Saotome Nakazawa said:
Why does everyone want to keep the secret magical girls will turn into witches without grief seeds , there are more magical girls than grief seeds available, so they sometimes fight, those who can't get grief seeds, will slowly be corrupted then turn into witches
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I think the current matter is that we don't want to tip off Kyubey too much. Telling Madoka about witches, especially before she contracts, is of course a good idea.
 
Saotome Nakazawa said:
Why does everyone want to keep the secret magical girls will turn into witches without grief seeds , there are more magical girls than grief seeds available, so they sometimes fight, those who can't get grief seeds, will slowly be corrupted then turn into witches
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I am pushing for Full Disclosure in a INcubator-less/proof place because if you are willing to tell them about contracts, you have to tell them it Right AKA they are going to Sell their Souls and enoigh grief makes them Witches... whom they have to kill in order to have grief seeds that 'attract' grief from their Soul GEms or feed remnants of 'Hope' to their Soul Gems and after they are Full/Spent the Incubator eats it.
I don't if our Homura Knows why they do it, but if she does then maybe disclosing that could help.
 
[jk] Stop time.
-[jk] Put Kyubey in your shield.
- -[jk] Unfreeze time. Loudly and dramatically declare that Kyubey has vanished. Now Madoka will never be able to become a soulless abomination that has to fight monsters forever until she dies or becomes one. Sorry, Magical Girl. Same thing.
 
banjo2E said:
I wanted to add in something about magical girl potential VS lines of credit, but couldn't figure out how to work it into the car metaphor without it becoming more stilted than it doubtlessly already is.
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I think I have something on that:
When granting you a wish, Kyuubey bases it's limits on potential, which is basically your credit ranking. If you have a lot of importance, karma-wise (like Madoka), then you can withdraw a lot of money for a really high-class car. Except now you have to pay the interests, by using grief seeds. If your unpaid interests accumulate, eventually your assets (body and soul) will be seized by the creditor, and repurposed to keep the business going.
Oh, and you can't pay off the debt, ever.
Also, if you spend all your money (karma) on the car, you won't have much left over.
 
Higure said:
You reach down to pick it up, and make contact. The cat's eyes fill with color at your touch, and it turns to stare into your own with a fearful intensity. Gleaming gold eyes, with blue highlights about the pupils, glare with calm malice as you lift the feline. It does not struggle, allowing itself to be carried without protest.
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Huh. So Kitty's probably not a normal cat, given the eyes and the fact that it appears to be fucking pissed but isn't actually resisting. Body-jumper trying to get out of a cat's body, maybe?
 
The cat or whatever might be inside it has had direct contact/interaction with magic.

I think it's been a while since one of these has been used.
Also, @Higure is there a limit to how many of these we can use?
 
khfan21 said:
The cat or whatever might be inside it has had direct contact/interaction with magic.

I think it's been a while since one of these has been used.
Also, @Higure is there a limit to how many of these we can use?
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The cat or whatever might be inside it has had direct contact/interaction with magic.

Nope, no limit at all (except for my sanity, but that's long gone anyway).
 
The cat or whatever might be inside it has had direct contact/interaction with magic that wasn't Homura.

That's a bit better.
 
The cat or whatever might be inside it has had direct contact/interaction with magic that wasn't Homura or Kyubey.
 
Guys, please remember that we all agreed ages ago to use Royal Blue instead of Blue.............

So much more readable on dark themes.
 
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