Libra's Lament, a Magical Girl Quest [Complete]

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"Let's go bathing together!"
Eva is surprised for a moment, but she seems to like the idea you just had. It has been ages since you could do that... or at least a month. Anyway, it is always fun to sit in the tub together, that makes soaking less boring.

You just have to be careful not to splash around too much, or your mother will scold you again.

Anyway, you take your sister's sweaty hand and pull her inside.


The warm water feels nice on your skin, so nice and cozy... Eva sits next to you in the water, her eyes closed and humming happily.
You like that.

Then your eyes fall onto the bandages on the ground... wait, is the hot water really good for her?

Eva does not seem to mind, but... hm.
You look closer, with how you sit to her right... but there is nothing. Just pale skin like you have... huh? Was it on the other side?

"Rico?"
You shake off the thought and look at your sister instead. "Doesn't the cut hurt?"
"Hm? Oh."

She looks down and feels over her side, the one you can see... wait, that was the right one? What happened that the wound is gone? Eva suddenly starts looking like a sheep... no, that was another word... sheepish? Maybe.

Anyway, she looks like that and tells you: "I... I kind of healed it..."

Oh.

You look at each other, then back at the bandages still on the floor.
It was not supposed to be gone already... and you both know that. Your mother knows that as well, so once she looks, she will know that something is up.

Your stomach feels really heavy all of a sudden and you quickly take Eva's hand; she squeezes back as strong as you squeeze her.

Aside from your thundering heartbeat, neither of you reacts for a while.

You both know what happens if you are found out. Even if you are Magical Girls now, you do not want that. You really do not want that...

"We get up first, Rico. Maybe she lets it be if we put on the bandages ourselves?"
It is little more than a whisper, but you can hear it clearly. Some of the words echo over your connection and you nod slowly. That is... probably the best you can do to try and stop your mother from finding out.

You still hope she will love you anyway... but if she does not...
It does not help that bad taste you had ever since this morning to go away; keeping secrets from your parent like that... this is just wrong.

Shaking your head, you push off the thought and squeeze Eva's hand again, then let go. She looks at you, a little calmer than before but still upset... so you pull over the shampoo and smile at your sister. "Come on, I wash your hair."

"Okay."


You make sure to wash your sister properly and she does the same for you; Eva is really careful with your longer hair and makes sure it is all clean... and you know she likes playing with shampoo. It is so bubbly...

When you leave the bathroom dressed in your cute pyjamas, there is already the scent of something nice in the air... but your thoughts are still elsewhere; no matter how much you try to not think about everything, it just comes back after a while.

Eva is the same, you can tell. And she can tell that you think about it, too.

You smile for your mother, though. She did nothing wrong, so it would be mean to make her sad. She has this weird mother-sense where she knows when you do not feel good, though... so maybe she does notice? If yes, then she does not say anything about it.

Either way, your tests earlier showed that there is still more you can find out about your connection... and you kind of need to. Someone will notice that you both feel hurt when one of you hurts later.

So after you are done eating and chatting with your mother, the two of you go back to your room to 'play'.
Well... okay, you will play, just not what your mother probably thinks. Eva has ideas again!

The both of you sit down on the ground, with Ludger staying in the living room today; you are happy about this, he would be really distracting.

Eva pokes you a few times, then pulls and you do the same to get a better feeling for your sister; it is still really weird to touch each other without touching anything. Your sister frowns and looks at you some more. "We need to stop everything from coming over. But how do we do that, Rico?"

That is a problem, yes. But how do you do that?
When you do not want Ludger to come into your room, you close the door... hm... but does that work the same way?

You test it and try to push something between you and Eva... and it just *clicks* into place, making both of you flinch at the sudden change.
The warmth from feeling each other is still there, but you get nothing from your sister anymore... the stray feelings are gone.

"What did you do, Rico?"
After a short explanation, you have your twin hugging you tightly. "That's a great idea!"
And it worked, too. That is nice; Eva normally has the ideas and you have the plans, but you are happy you can do some of the work as well.

"But we need to find out if it worked..."
Your sister looks around, then back at you and then at herself... then she starts pinching her arm.

You feel nothing even when tears appear in her eyes from how hard she pinches... so you quickly stop her. "Eva! It's okay, don't do that!"

She lets go and you crawl over to look at her arm... it is really red and you wince from just seeing that. But you do not feel any of it from your sister. "I think it works..."

What you fail to see is how her expression changes to a bright smile.
"Oh, I know how we can test some more!"
And then you feel hands on your side, tickling you. Not again!

There is nothing you can do to stop Eva, not when she got you like this... and you laugh loudly while she attacks you without mercy. "E-Eva, stop! Please, I give up!"
"Nope."

She pops the p somehow and continues tickling until your face is really hot from laughing so much and you have trouble breathing, panting heavily.

Then your door opens and has your mother looking inside... until her gaze falls on the two of you; you are lying on the ground with Eva straddling you.

She just hangs in the door and looks at the two of you until you get the feeling she might know something is up.
"...what exactly are you doing?"
...
"Playing?"
...
Another pause as she takes in Eva's response, then she rolls her eyes and smiles at you. "I see... but keep it down a bit, would you? It is getting late."

You look at each other and Eva is obviously happy that you were not found out. ""Okay!""
Then she retreats out of the room and your sister gets off of you; her pyjamas are crumpled and the topmost button got undone somewhere down the line.

You are probably no different... so the two of you spend a minute rearranging your clothes.
"I could not feel anything from you, either. It really worked, Rico... I am so glad!"
"Me too."

You beam at each other and hug, then go back to the poking; this is fun once you get the hang of it... but now that you think about it, you probably could have stopped Eva from tickling you by pulling her arms...
Speaking of which...

With a quick glomp onto your sister, you have her open her palm and then make a fist... yes, it still works. She does the same and makes you tap your feet a few times, then you smile at each other again. These feelings are still weird, but you can work with that.

But in the end, you let out a wide yawn that your sister echoes after a moment. You now know you can still send feelings to each other... but your heads are yours again. That is nice.

When you climb up the ladder to your bed, you can feel a wave of warmth from Eva. She seems happy with everything you did today.

But you are both tired... now is a good time to-



It is early when you wake from that strange dream, just like yesterday. Eva is already doing stuff elsewhere, though; she got up before you again.

Muttering over things, you climb out of bed and quickly get yourself dressed, then hurry over to the bathroom; you can hear steps outside while you wash up and comb your hair, then the door opens and your sister enters, poking you with a wave of happiness again. "Good morning, Rico."

"Good morning, Eva."

She closes the door behind her and finishes your hair for you. While that happens, you are already getting the bandages you now know are here in the cabinet.

Once Eva is done with you, you turn to her with a smile. "Okay, my turn."
She smiles back and lifts up her shirt so you can get to her side; now, how did that work... you just have to wrap it around, that can not be this hard.

Eva holds onto the one end over her side while you slowly walk around her and make sure the bandage sits tight; there is no need to be careful, your sister is not hurt anymore.

So you go around a few times until it looks mostly like what your mother did yesterday and clip the end closed. "There, all done."

Once you leave the room, Ludger is already by your side again and you spend a minute petting him. Such a cute dog...

Eva lets go of him first, bouncing over to the kitchen and then quickly running off to water her plants. She really likes them... and you like them too, just not in the same way. They are pretty, but boring.

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You have some time before your mother gets up. Pick one:

[] Call your friends; you want to play later

[] Play with Ludger

[] Try finding more ways to use your connection

[] Go take a look at your magic together

[] Go over your situation together; what can you do now?

[] Make breakfast again

[] Look through your schoolbooks for information; maybe there is something useful?
[] Run away, you are no longer safe here
[] Write-in


[] EXP Plan
-[] Write-in what to buy
-[] Save it


+2xp Squeaky Clean
+2xp Figured it Out
+1xp Survived Another Day
+1xp Aspiring Nurse (Only Rico)

EXP gained: 5 + 6 = 11
Total EXP: 12


(New mechanic unlocked: Joint Shop)
(New Shop Item unlocked)
(Primordial Sun and Primordial Moon gained a new Ability)