[] Kazumi, Niko:
-[] Be serious; mind Mami and Niko's state of mind.
-[] Your prime suspect is Kyuubey.
--[] Explain QB's true uncaring nature and modus operandi. Make sure Kazumi knows Mami didn't know.
-[] No lichbomb.

[] Check on the Kures:
-[] Ask Kirika if she could try fashioning some antimagic cuffs/bracelets for handling prisoners. Like Anri.
-[] Ask Oriko if she'd like to try talking with Anri once she wakes up. She'd likely have better luck than you...
--[] If she accepts, perhaps meet up under privacy device to discuss approach?

[] Acknowledge Sayaka's efforts and good work; ask her to ease up if her headache doesn't let up, and to cleanse. She's been a massive help.

Only to Homura, because her wish to reverse time literally was a wish to decrease entropy.
KB uses that line when it contracts Anri. And I think in other side mangas, too, but I'm not sure about that.
 
KB uses that line when it contracts Anri. And I think in other side mangas, too, but I'm not sure about that.
Examples from PMKM don't count, because nothing that happens in PMKM makes any sense to begin with. :p

But seriously, Kyubey doesn't say that when he contracts anyone else during PMMM, and if he had you'd think that would have been a red flag for the girl in question.
 
I like to think on the edges of the universe legions of Kyubey's pilot massive mechs powered by grief seeds locked in deadly combat against a endless horde of star sized Entropy Spiders.

---
"I thought when you said 'decrease entropy' you were referring to something like putting energy into the universe and stopping heat death!"
"An Incorrect assumption. Grief seeds harvested from this world are used for processing and fabrication into 9.8KM Hellstrike-Cataclysm rounds."
"Wow. This -uh, this changes things."
"Please continue to deposit your accrued grief, Sabrina. For the good of the war effort."
 
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Only to Homura, because her wish to reverse time literally was a wish to decrease entropy.

I wonder if Kyubey changes his lines based on how likely the magical girl in question is to discover his game due to their wishes?

"Shit, time travel. 73% of time travel magical girls uncover witches. Quick mention the entropy thing so she won't think the other timeline you pulls it out of their ass when they use it to justify themselves."
 
I like to think on the edges of the universe legions of Kyubey's pilot massive mechs powered by grief seeds locked in deadly combat against a endless horde of star sized Entropy Spiders.

---
"I thought when you said 'decrease entropy' you were referring to something like putting energy into the universe and stopping heat death!"
"An Incorrect assumption. Grief seeds harvested from this world are used for processing and fabrication into 9.8KM Hellstrike-Cataclysm rounds."
"Wow. This -uh, this changes things."
"Please continue to deposit your accrued grief, Sabrina. For the good of the war effort."
Well at least it wasn't Langoliers.
 
"I thought when you said 'decrease entropy' you were referring to something like putting energy into the universe and stopping heat death!"
"An Incorrect assumption. Grief seeds harvested from this world are used for processing and fabrication into 9.8KM Hellstrike-Cataclysm rounds."
"Wow. This -uh, this changes things."
"Please continue to deposit your accrued grief, Sabrina. For the good of the war effort."
If it was that, he'd be far less hateable.
 
@Firnagzen what happened to Anri's hostage?
Checked that he was OK -and he was, but unconscious- and left him in a comfortable position. I'll edit later.
Shadow Clones, Invisibility, Lightning strikes, God knows what else ( yeah, we have a list somewhere, I remember. ).
Spoilers; the 'enhanced vision' power she copied? Sharingan. :V
@Firnagzen, Out of curiosity, I have a couple questions. About how full was Anri's Gem? And, now that we can see it, what's the name of the clear seed?
Nearly half, and it's Apate.
 
Er, he also uses it in Suzune, Tart, and one of the Oriko mangas, as well as to Sayaka in a PSP scene. It's kind of just a thing he says.
Hell, look at update 2 on page 6: He said it to us. (Though with the twist that "our soul has reduced entropy" rather than "our wish")

-[] Your prime suspect is Kyuubey.
--[] Explain QB's true uncaring nature and modus operandi. Make sure Kazumi knows Mami didn't know.

KB uses that line when it contracts Anri. And I think in other side mangas, too, but I'm not sure about that.
Honestly, when it comes to the hows, Hijiri's earlier words have me inclined to suspect that Kyuubey may have led Hijiri to Anri. (or vice versa) Sort of how he once set Mami and Kazumi up as recruiters.

Anyways, I'mma just write this up and see what people think:

[X] Grief Fog: Check vital signs of the knocked out people.

[X] Privately, Kazumi: You noticed she was pretty guarded just now. If she has any major worries, it should be safe to talk about them with yourself or the Kures.

I think it's necessary to speak with Kazumi, even if the subject must be broached very very carefully. Needing to keep major secrets can and has destroyed her in canon. This seems like a way to tell her she can bring stuff up with us (and that Kirika and Oriko are also people she can talk to) without significant risk of leading her to finding anything. Especially with an emphasis on a word. (The fact that she's shown significant, visible concern for Oriko's warning makes me think the risk of her poking her head into things out of curiosity is low.)

[X] Explain Kyuubey's MO. This could be his doing, either directly or by arranging her to meet Anri. He makes contracts to fight entropy and he can be greedy and ruthless in doing so, especially as Hijiri was a potential strong enough to hold all their powers combined. You suspect he's said something leading to the idiot Anri too.

[X] Check on the Kures:
-[X] Ask Kirika if she could try fashioning some antimagic cuffs/bracelets for handling prisoners. Like Anri.
-[X] Ask Oriko if she'd like to try talking with Anri once she wakes up. She'd likely have better luck than you...
--[] If she accepts, perhaps meet up under privacy device to discuss approach?

Copied section: Iffy on the privacy device here. It'll take significant time if we can't involve Sayaka (we can't) or Kazumi (even if she knows the witchbomb, the lichbomb itself isn't certain to go with that) and I'm not sure what it would gain us.
Beyond that any thoughts on asking Oriko if she'd want to talk to Anri or Hijiri, and not just Anri specifically?

[X]Praise Sayaka, she's done really well, though warn her that headaches can come from overreaching with powers. It may help to cleanse or ease up a bit.

Spoilers; the 'enhanced vision' power she copied? Sharingan. :V
So, we have "wished for Touhou powers" and what I now suspect is "Wished for Naruto powers" What next, One Piece and Bleach?
 
Since we have world-system ambitions, Blame themed powers for some girl might be interesting?

Action proposal, if you view this in the arc format I am, is to consider we are off-task right now. No bomb-related convo, because we need the next half hour for other things. Make the appointment, but do it two turns from now.

[] Pull allies in to info pool about Hijiri, get a more complete picture of the dynamic. Niko is a resource, not just for asking, but also observing. They are closer than twins. Get consensus from Mami, Kazumi, Niko in regards to Hijiri.

[X] Be prepared to go find her. She's in poor emotional state, and probably going off the rail ATM. Sooner we find out, less work we have to do.

[] Durable privacy enchantment or other telepathy gag for Anri. Now, before that gets tested.

Who would like to develop a memetic immunization to reduce our hindrance around litch- witch- potential- and other 'bombs?' It has become a bottleneck. My initial concept is to define standard countermeasures, buffs, setting and script. There are lots of Magical Girls who need the truth. And in the future, full knowledge might be one of our greatest system fixing achievements. We need to begin development now?
 
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How about this?

[X] Grief Fog: Check vital signs of the knocked out people.
-[X] Magical healing if necessary.

Did Sayaka copy Yuma in the end?

[X] Privately, Kazumi: She knows more than she lets on. Let her know she can talk about anything with us or Oriko. Not so much with Mami.

[X] Kazumi, Niko: Explain Kyuubey's MO, and how it relates to Hijiri's situation.
-[X] Hijiri's feelings and reactions were normal teenager stuff. The reason everything went wrong? Kyuubey stepping in to offer a Wish at the worst moment.
--[X] Possibly: Ask Oriko to share her story (as an example ^).


[X] Check on the Kures:
-[X] Ask Kirika if she could try fashioning some antimagic cuffs/bracelets for handling prisoners. Like Anri.
-[X] Ask Oriko if she would try talking with Anri once she wakes up. She'd likely do better than you.

[X] Praise Sayaka, she's done really well, though warn her that headaches can come from overreaching with powers. It may help to cleanse and ease up a bit.
 
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I can't wait until we finish dealing with all this useless crap so we can get to the important part and gush over Mami properly. :V
 
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So, more seriously, about going back to check on the civillians with the Fog: I guess we've already checked on all the civillians already? As a group?

Maybe it's not worth going back, unless we can't trust our friends to have done their part.
"We need to sweep the building," Mami says, glancing at you for confirmation. You nod. "Follow us? Can you bring in more bears, and start checking on people? The very young and the elderly in particular. Oriko and Kirika have, uh, the top few levels."

"Above, right? Mind the gas, and don't push yourself harder than you can - help me start checking the apartments? Make sure the people are alright?

Also,
Mami shakes her head, smiling. "I think you did the best thing you could have with what you knew," she says, and reaches out to touch your hand. "You're you, Sabrina. You had to try. And... I think you should tell them that."
Mumi tell us to do X, we should do X. :p

[] Grief Fog: Check vital signs of the knocked out people.
-[] Magical healing if necessary.


[X] Privately, Kazumi: She knows more than she lets on. Let her know she can talk about anything with us or Oriko. Not so much with Mami.

[X] Kazumi, Niko: Explain Kyuubey's MO, and how it relates to Hijiri's situation.
-[X] Hijiri's feelings and reactions were normal teenager stuff. The reason everything went wrong? Kyuubey stepping in to offer a Wish at the worst moment.
--[X] Possibly: Ask Oriko to share her story (as an example ^).
-[X] If appropriate, touch on how, if you had stopped Hijiri, you'd have made her issues worse.

[X] Check on the Kures:
-[X] Ask Kirika if she could try fashioning some antimagic cuffs/bracelets for handling prisoners. Like Anri.
-[X] Ask Oriko if she would try talking with Anri once she wakes up. She'd likely do better than you.

[X] Praise Sayaka, she's done really well, though warn her that headaches can come from overreaching with powers. It may help to cleanse and ease up a bit.

[X] Squee over Mami at an opportune time.

(This was X'd by Firn himself, it totally needs to be here.
:V )



"Gas-" Kazumi cuts herself off. When he speaks again, her voice is shaking with rage.
BTW, can't believe I didn't spot this earlier.
 
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[X] Telepathy Sayaka: she should ease up on the clones and cleanse -- it'll help with the headache. Praise her work here.

[X] Kazumi, Niko: Explain Kyubey's willingness to manipulate/indirectly coerce contracts. Your conjecture regarding Hijiri is heavily based on it being something right out of Kyubey's playbook.
-[X] In case of disbelief, lichbomb. (No demonstrations for now)
-[X] You don't know if holding back and letting her go was the right thing to do, but... The other option would have been to confirm all of her toxic beliefs. Even if you'd managed to hold her, where would you have gone then?

[X] Telepathy Kures: Ask Kirika if she could try fashioning some antimagic bracelets for handling prisoners? You'd say cuffs but... Availability.
-[X] Ask Oriko if she would try talking with Anri once she wakes up. She'd likely do better than you.

[X] Squee over Mami at an opportune time. Jump up and down excitedly while doing it -- include gesticulations. That shot was incredible, no vision, through like three or four walls, dead on, how!?
-[X] Hug. You are the luckiest meguca: no other meguca has a Mami.

In terms of Kazumi knowing more than she's letting on -- convince people.
 
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[X] Telepathy Sayaka: she should ease up on the clones and cleanse -- it might help with the headache. Praise her work.

[X] Kazumi, Niko: Explain Kyubey's willingness to manipulate/indirectly coerce contracts - for obvious reasons, it must have been involved in Hijiri's. Your conjecture regarding Hijiri is heavily based on it being something right out of Kyubey's playbook.
-[X] DO NOT LICHBOMB NIKO WITHOUT KAZUMI'S CONSENT.
-[X] You don't know if holding back and letting her go was the right thing to do, but... The other option would have played into all of her toxic beliefs.

[X] Telepathy Kures: Ask Kirika if she could try fashioning some antimagic items for handling prisoners?
-[X] Ask Oriko if she wants to try talking with Anri later. She'll likely do better than you.

[X] Standing Vote: Apply appropriate levels of squee to Mami in reaction to her actions as opportunities arise.

Did a quick and dirty edit of Kai's vote: Ditched lichbomb, used all those extra words to make the Mami thing a standing action so we don't have to keep voting it, and made it fit in 150 words.
 
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[X] Telepathy Sayaka: she should ease up on the clones and cleanse -- it might help with the headache. Praise her work.

[X] Kazumi, Niko: Explain Kyubey's willingness to manipulate/indirectly coerce contracts - for obvious reasons, it must have been involved in Hijiri's. Your conjecture regarding Hijiri is heavily based on it being something right out of Kyubey's playbook.
-[X] DO NOT LICHBOMB NIKO WITHOUT KAZUMI'S CONSENT.
-[X] You don't know if holding back and letting her go was the right thing to do, but... The other option would have played into all of her toxic beliefs.

[X] Telepathy Kures: Ask Kirika if she could try fashioning some antimagic items for handling prisoners?
-[X] Ask Oriko if she wants to try talking with Anri later. She'll likely do better than you.

[X] Fluff later. Maybe next post.

[] Squee over Mami at an opportune time. Jump up and down excitedly while doing it -- include gesticulations. That shot was incredible, no vision, through like three or four walls, dead on, how!?
-[] Hug. You are the luckiest meguca: no other meguca has a Mami.

Don' touch mah fluff. Redshirt is a huge damn killjoy

If we really want to, we can probably make some using our Grief control and some steel, much like how we made the ring for Oriko.

Whatever we put on her needs to be something that she can't just take off again, so it needs some sort of locking mechanism.

Yeah, but cuffs are so stigmatized, you know? It's like, you wake up and you go, "WHAT THE FUCK I'M HANDCUFFED", whereas a bracelet is just like "huh where'd that come from".
 
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