Magical Girl Phantom Ascension

No point in hiding this, you figure. "Well, I think so. As Kazane-san said, a nurse came to tell us to leave, but she was acting… strange, so I decided to follow her instead. In the basement, I saw her leave through a door."

"A door?" Nel stares at you blankly. "What's so strange about that?"

"I mean, a door. Like the ones you make. It disappeared behind her, and while she was walking through, she turned into a shadow, like you."

"Wait, are you saying…?"

"Yeah."

"But that wasn't me! I was talking to Shimizu-san." You facepalm at Nel's protests, "Finally convinced her to join, too. She's been stubborn." They sound a little proud of themselves at this, and your palm meets your face a second time.

"That's not what I meant. Let's try to focus, okay? The point is, I think the nurse may be our culprit, and is another shadow person like you."

"It may just be our contact in the hospital; that's how I knew Gushiken-san's name in the first place." Nel points out.

You hesitate a moment, but the memory of the nurse's smirk flashes in your memory, and you shake your head. "I don't think so, not with the way they were acting."

"If you say so," Nel shrugs. "It's at least worth looking into; I'll try to see if I can arrange a meeting with our contact, and you can tell me if they're the same person you saw."

"But…" You grimace, fist clenching, before sighing in defeat. "Fine, I guess. Thank you."

"I just don't want to jump to conclusions," Nel says. "Either way, thank you for taking the initiative there. Please don't take it the wrong way when I say I hope you're wrong, but if not, this could let us solve this incident much sooner." You simply nod. "Well, will that be all, or is there anything else?"

"I think that's it for now," You sigh, still a bit disappointed at their response, before another thought occurs to you. "Is it alright if you send me to Kazane-san? I wanted to talk to her a bit more."

"Uh, certainly," Nel says, and after a moment pulls up another door. "Sorry if this isn't what you wanted. Again, thank you for telling me." You simply nod in acknowledgement, and make your exit.

You find yourself in Midori's room again, though it takes a moment to realize it's the same place as last night; better-lit now, and with you coming in from the opposite direction, you're left a bit disoriented. Midori is leaning back at her desk, talking on the phone. "Yeah; like I said, sorry for being absent; something came up, but I think it's been resolved now. I'll be back like normal tomorrow."

You decide to take a seat on the edge of her bed, waiting for her to finish before announcing yourself. You make a point of trying not to listen in, but wind up catching her side of the conversation anyway. "No, I can't really tell you what it was. Just some family stuff; not a big deal, but still something better kept private." Another pause, and then she snorts with laughter. "No, it wasn't them. Trust me, that's never happening, and even if it somehow did, I wouldn't lie to you about it." The other person responds more quietly, and Midori rolls her eyes in response. "Well, don't you think you're being a bit too paranoid about this? Just trust me. I'll be there. Bye!" She hangs up too fast for a response, lightly tossing the phone down and shaking her head in bemusement. "Why are you like this?"

You're not sure whether to reveal yourself now or not, but she turns around before you can decide. "I saw that door appear; I know you're somewhere in here."

You transform, shrugging sheepishly. "Seemed like you were busy with something."

"Ehh, not really." She sighs, side-eyeing her phone. "Leader of my club was calling, wanted to know why I skipped out on today. Seems to be under the impression the Theatre club will snatch me up the moment he's not looking."

"Oh, the Botany club?" you guess, but she shakes her head.

"Nope, Wilderness Survival. We do some hiking and camping up in the hills sometimes. I do like to lunch on the roof, but gardening isn't for me either; I just have this way of making everything wilt if I even walk near it." She chuckles again, and you give an uncertain smile in response.

"Well, anyway," you change the subject, "I wanted to talk about the thing today. Also, Varma-san. What did you think of her?"

"Uh, sure." She tilts her head, then frowns abruptly. "Varma-san… she seems perfect." Somehow, the way she says it makes the descriptor seem more like an insult than anything, annoyance dripping from her words.

"How do you mean?" The venom doesn't quite seem warranted to you, but you're curious nonetheless.

Midori shrugs. "Just, we were talking on the way there and on the way back, and she's too perfect. Wealth, brains, beauty all going for her, and her attitude? She's a precious cinnamon roll, too good for this world, too pure. It's annoying. She's either legitimately that nice a person, in which case she's way too naive, or she's hiding something. I don't like it." She crosses her arms, looking annoyed to just be thinking about this again.

"I guess…" You're still not sure you agree with her indictment, but you have to admit it is an interesting perspective on the newcomer, something to keep in mind next time you meet with her. "Anyway, as for the meeting itself, did anything stick out to you?"

"Aside from what we already talked about back there, not really. The nurse was a bit weird; who on earth needs that many juiceboxes? Seriously. But the guy's story matches up with what we saw, so I've got nothing else." She shrugs. "Why, did you see anything?"

What do you say?
> Tell her too (Maybe she can help you in a way Nel can't right now)
> Don't tell her (Telling Nel is enough; no need to spread it around until you know more)