[X] Ask Niko and everyone else if they think this merits immediate action, or whether you should wait until morning.
If they didn't want immediate action they wouldn't have woken us up.

Even if they don't want it, if we're missing a Clear Seed, whether we go out is not up to them. In that case, asking this question only to ignore their answer would be somewhat tacky. I'd hope that we'd break back to voting before we followed through in that circumstance, but why worry about it? If you think that your reaction to this event is that uncertain you shouldn't even be voting that far out. Just ask for a short update.
 
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[Q] WAKE UP EVERYONE IT'S AN EMERGENCY
-[Q] Happy Birthday, Madoka!

If they didn't want immediate action they wouldn't have woken us up.

Even if they don't want it, if we're missing a Clear Seed, whether we go out is not up to them. In that case, asking this question only to ignore their answer would be somewhat tacky. I'd hope that we'd break back to voting before we followed through in that circumstance, but why worry about it? If you think that your reaction to this event is that uncertain you shouldn't even be voting that far out. Just ask for a short update.
Well, I have changed it for:
[] Tell Niko we can be there within the hour, if she thinks it'll help. Get everyone's opinions.

So we don't look like we're pressuring them to wait until morning.
 
I know how we can save the day and get the hugs!

[Q] Stealthily go to Oriko's place with Mami without anyone noticing. Somehow.
-[Q] Tell Oriko and Kirika everything.
-[Q] Swap bodies with Kirika, while Oriko swaps with Mami.
-[Q] Go back to sleep in O&K's bodies.
-[Q] Just tell O&K to keep hugging all the time as they always do and everyone will believe they are us.
-[Q] So they can go solve our stuff for us, pls, thx, bye.
 
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WHO DARES SUMMONS ME FROM MY ETERNAL SLUMBER!
SO MANY PAGES HAVE ARISEN SINCE I LAST TROD THIS BOARD, TRULY I HAVE MONUMENTAL TASKS BEFORE ME!
SLEEP SHALL FLEE BEFORE MY PRESENCE!
(uhh, I'm back guys, lot of things happened to me including death(s?) in the family, repairs needed/etc but I'm back.)
 
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WHO DARES SUMMONS ME FROM MY ETERNAL SLUMBER!
SO MANY PAGES HAVE ARISEN SINCE I LAST TROD THIS BOARD, TRULY I HAVE MONUMENTAL TASKS BEFORE ME!
SLEEP SHALL FLEE BEFORE MY PRESENCE!
(uhh, I'm back guys, lot of things happened to me including death(s?) in the family, repairs needed/etc but I'm back.)

WELCOME BACK!!

... who the hell are you??
 
protovote; 128 words

[x]Telepathy Homura: We've got a situation.
-[x]If Homura doesn't immediately timestop: Get the sitrep from Kazumi and/or Niko; damage assessment, injuries, stolen items, etc.
--[x]Relay information to Homura; suggest a 'private' crisis meeting with her and Mami
-[x]If she does: Explain that someone broke into Niko's lab and attacked her; she's the Pleiades' scientist, got the Clear Seed we gave to them, is the key operator for dewitching and magical infrastructure projects, and is Hijiri's #1 target
[x]Recommend overwhelming force; we didn't fuck around with Oriko, we shouldn't fuck around with Hijiri; even if it wasn't her, we've been wanting to deal with her and this gives us an excuse
[x]Discuss action plan with Homura/Mami, including who should stay/go; Sayaka, Umika, and Kirika are valuable assets here, but complicate logistics
[x]Check Witch names

Edit for clarity: If the first words out of our mouth this update aren't "Is she okay?", we're doing Social wrong.
 
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It seems like it generally boils down to something like this:

[] Alert the rest of the team that shit just got real.
[] Is Niko okay?
[] Telepathy Niko ourselves to be sure it's the same one we met earlier. Get all the details. Have the Saints stay together for safety.
[] Gather the team. Briefing and strategy session with privacy measures.
-[] Someone has to stay here to prevent surprise checkmate. Opinions?
--[] What's the max range on Sayaka's clones?
-[] Brainstorm countermeasures for a potential hostile mindguca.
 
"Is she okay?" is an excellent starting point, yes.
Does this count?
[X] Calm down Kazumi. Telepathy conference with Kazumi, Mami, Kaoru, Umika, and Niko.
-[X] Ask pointed questions: Is Niko hurt? Does she know what was stolen and broken? When could the robbery have happened, and has this happened before?
[X] Tell Niko we can be there within the hour. Get everyone's opinions.
-[X] Regardless, ask Niko to stick together with the rest of the Pleiades.
[X] Check Kazumi's, Kaoru's and Umika's Witch names.

Geez, everyone, please, get the data before calling everyone. It'll be a minute or two; and it's better if, when we wake up everyone at 4 AM, we can tell them what's happening as clearly as possible.

OK, Homu should be up, but a minute shouldn't make a difference. :p

... I'm still unsure about waking up everyone right now, but I gather at least some people would like to have found out about this as soon as it happened, wouldn't they?

[Q] Telepathy @everyone
 
Updated my vote into an actual thing.

It seems like it generally boils down to something like this:

[] Alert the rest of the team that shit just got real.
--[] What's the max range on Sayaka's clones?

I'm not sure about these; We should determine who we need to wake up before we wake them up en-masse at 4AM, and we don't have the time to do power testing unless Homura picks her up in timestop on the way here.

Does this count?


Geez, everyone, please, get the data before calling everyone. It'll be a minute or two; and it's better if, when we wake up everyone at 4 AM, we can tell them what's happening as clearly as possible.

OK, Homu should be up, but a minute shouldn't make a difference. :p

... I'm still unsure about waking up everyone right now, but I gather at least some people would like to have found out about this as soon as it happened, wouldn't they?

[Q] Telepathy @everyone
I'm only suggesting calling one person right now :p

Also, I think you'll find that a minute absolutely makes the difference in a live police situation. Remember how we barely stumbled upon Oriko the Arsonist by blind luck before her trail went cold? We didn't fuck around with Oriko, we shouldn't fuck around with Hijiri. She's roughly as dangerous, actively malevolent, and her having access to a Clear Seed makes her a clear and present threat to the lives of Kazumi's friends.
 
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Updated my vote into an actual thing.



I'm not sure about these; We should determine who we need to wake up before we wake them up en-masse at 4AM, and we don't have the time to do power testing unless Homura picks her up in timestop on the way here.


I'm only suggesting calling one person right now :p

Also, I think you'll find that a minute absolutely makes the difference in a live police situation. Remember how we barely stumbled upon Oriko the Arsonist by blind luck before her trail went cold? We didn't fuck around with Oriko, we shouldn't fuck around with Hijiri. She's roughly as dangerous, actively malevolent, and her having access to a Clear Seed makes her a clear and present threat to the lives of Kazumi's friends.
Sayaka's house was still catching fire then. (More important, Oriko waited for us).

In this case, the crime already happened, the thief's gone, getting there will take at least half an hour after we're done communicating with everyone... There's a reason why Ithink going back to sleep would likely be the most rational choice, if not the most empathetic one.

A minute is nothing compared to the prep time we got ahead of us; what matters is that when we wake up our friends, they'll be tiredcand disoriented, so we should be able to tell them everything they'll need or want to know straight. If we wake them up first, we'll have to deal with half asleep people wondering wtf, being scared, and we'd be trying to get the info at the same time, so we'd be no help.

If Homu's awake, the problem with calling her alone first is reduced, but there's still no advantadge to calling her attention before we know what's up, than after.

Right now, we should concentrate on Kazumu and co..
 
Dealing with Hijiri is one thing. What if it's not her, though? We really need info that only Niko has right now. Also, recall Firn mentioned the possibility of a short clarification update; I say we take him up on that and get as many of the five Ws from Niko as she can provide before we make any more plans doomed to fall apart before they even get to the enemy. Hell, they might not have even taken the seed; it could have been in Niko's pocket for all we know!

I take no issue with coming down hard on a thief or preparing for the worst, but I don't think we do Brinapilot any good by making elaborate preparations on presumption when getting facts is relatively trivial. Don't cast magic missile at the darkness.
 
--[x]Relay information to Homura; suggest a 'private' crisis meeting with her and Mami
Uh... you want to leave the Pleiades out of it? Why?

I don't see Homura leaving Mitakihara, so there's no need for her to move right now, anyway?

[x]Discuss action plan with Homura/Mami, including who should stay/go; Sayaka, Umika, and Kirika are valuable assets here, but complicate logistics
Umika is going if she wants to. There's no question about it.
 
I'm honest, I'm completely confused by the idea that we might not need to act on this. Either we're missing a clear seed or Niko may have been replaced. Potentially both. Either dictates an immediate full-dress response. We are going to Asunaro. The only question is how we want to manage the optics for our allies.
 
I'm honest, I'm completely confused by the idea that we might not need to act on this. Either we're missing a clear seed or Niko may have been replaced. Potentially both. Either dictates an immediate full-dress response. We are going to Asunaro. The only question is how we want to manage the optics for our allies.
What's your plan once we're at Asunaro, by the way?
 
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