You are Akemi Homura. Can you save the chair-fiend from almost certain death?
An Akemi Homura Quest (PMMM)
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(1) The Stage Spings to Life Anew
DeclanDSI
Touhou 「 」 Youkai of 「Akasha」
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Tis' a lonely scene, that day was...
The script had played out atop a grand stage: the storm had finally finished boiling by the Witch's Night and 'twas ready to be shoved down the throats of the masses -plebeians and aristocracy alike- without regard for taste nor ability to swallow in the first place.
The witch that would actualize that script was opposed by two magical girls.
The first was of no matter to the witch, but the second, through some miraculous occurrence, was able to defeat it, cutting free all the karma it had gathered and stored as fate, yet, nevertheless, the timeless sacrifice of a hero played out, and she died.
And... perhaps that would be all to the story -an ultimate conclusion to the thousand year journey of the witch in the archetypal action of heroic sacrifice- but that was not to be. For the sake of a thousand, thousand galaxies, only a single girl would need to cry for eternity: Akemi Homura stepped forth upon the free flowing karmic potentiality - chaos was to be forcibly ordered, a story was to be told.
Standing upon a piece of rubble, Kyubey stood awaiting you. Its eyes were alight with a cold life, ready to cut down entropy.
You faced him, your face stained with tears, yet your heart, not determined, but shaken and flowing with loss: those emotions pooling inside you, your vessel but a sudden bad, unlucky day from death; how could someone like you with no future dare to dream of something more? So do not. You do not deserve to dream of a life beyond this, not when Kaname Madoka has died.
And that was the right answer.
The power of a magical girl's wish was decided by the nebulous concept of "karmic potential."
Dissecting it down, it meant: cause and effect, influence, good and evil, and, in regards to this case, the range of possibility and likelihood of some set of actions whose value is mysteriously judged.
Then what about reversing and turning that on its head? Instead of ordering the future of a girl into a gem, why not burn the order of the past into chaos?
Of course, you had no inkling of these concepts or ideas, but very quickly, that was what went through Kyubey's consciousness as you made your wish.
Clutching your hands together, trembling in fear that it would not be granted, you said, "I wish to redo my meeting with Kaname-san. Instead of her protecting me, I want to be the one to protect her!"
As Kyubey's ears plunged into your form and pulled out your spirit, you faintly heard, "Your wish has surpassed entropy. Set that power free."
And so, your existence and all of the world previously extant disintegrated into potentiality to entangle yourself in the Mitakihara Hospital on the Wednesday of March 16th, year, 20XX.
[ ] Go straight to Madoka! You have to make sure she's okay! (Madoka love! Also, consider the impression this gives her and her friends. It might be useful.)
[ ] Get your paperwork in order and prepare all you can for your first day of school on the 25th. You have to make a good impression on Madoka! (Learn more about self.)
[ ] Go test your powers out straight away, inside a hospital, where other people are walking around and will check in on you at any minute! Surely nothing can go wrong! (Definite Mami encounter.)
[ ] Think back on what Kyubey said after you made your wish. (Deeper lore, better chance to stare into the abyss, also, might open up interesting options.)
[ ] Write-in (If too meta-gamey or out of character, I'll try my best to do it in the spirit with which the write-in was made.)
The script had played out atop a grand stage: the storm had finally finished boiling by the Witch's Night and 'twas ready to be shoved down the throats of the masses -plebeians and aristocracy alike- without regard for taste nor ability to swallow in the first place.
The witch that would actualize that script was opposed by two magical girls.
The first was of no matter to the witch, but the second, through some miraculous occurrence, was able to defeat it, cutting free all the karma it had gathered and stored as fate, yet, nevertheless, the timeless sacrifice of a hero played out, and she died.
And... perhaps that would be all to the story -an ultimate conclusion to the thousand year journey of the witch in the archetypal action of heroic sacrifice- but that was not to be. For the sake of a thousand, thousand galaxies, only a single girl would need to cry for eternity: Akemi Homura stepped forth upon the free flowing karmic potentiality - chaos was to be forcibly ordered, a story was to be told.
Standing upon a piece of rubble, Kyubey stood awaiting you. Its eyes were alight with a cold life, ready to cut down entropy.
You faced him, your face stained with tears, yet your heart, not determined, but shaken and flowing with loss: those emotions pooling inside you, your vessel but a sudden bad, unlucky day from death; how could someone like you with no future dare to dream of something more? So do not. You do not deserve to dream of a life beyond this, not when Kaname Madoka has died.
And that was the right answer.
The power of a magical girl's wish was decided by the nebulous concept of "karmic potential."
Dissecting it down, it meant: cause and effect, influence, good and evil, and, in regards to this case, the range of possibility and likelihood of some set of actions whose value is mysteriously judged.
Then what about reversing and turning that on its head? Instead of ordering the future of a girl into a gem, why not burn the order of the past into chaos?
Of course, you had no inkling of these concepts or ideas, but very quickly, that was what went through Kyubey's consciousness as you made your wish.
Clutching your hands together, trembling in fear that it would not be granted, you said, "I wish to redo my meeting with Kaname-san. Instead of her protecting me, I want to be the one to protect her!"
As Kyubey's ears plunged into your form and pulled out your spirit, you faintly heard, "Your wish has surpassed entropy. Set that power free."
And so, your existence and all of the world previously extant disintegrated into potentiality to entangle yourself in the Mitakihara Hospital on the Wednesday of March 16th, year, 20XX.
[ ] Go straight to Madoka! You have to make sure she's okay! (Madoka love! Also, consider the impression this gives her and her friends. It might be useful.)
[ ] Get your paperwork in order and prepare all you can for your first day of school on the 25th. You have to make a good impression on Madoka! (Learn more about self.)
[ ] Go test your powers out straight away, inside a hospital, where other people are walking around and will check in on you at any minute! Surely nothing can go wrong! (Definite Mami encounter.)
[ ] Think back on what Kyubey said after you made your wish. (Deeper lore, better chance to stare into the abyss, also, might open up interesting options.)
[ ] Write-in (If too meta-gamey or out of character, I'll try my best to do it in the spirit with which the write-in was made.)
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Votes for: (1) The Stage Spings to Life Anew
(2) Loop 1: March 16th of Wednesday, 20XX
DeclanDSI
Touhou 「 」 Youkai of 「Akasha」
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Loop 1: March 16th of Wednesday, 20XX
Your eyes open up to a familiar ceiling, and you just stare for awhile. A nurse eventually comes by to check up on you, but other than making a perfunctory greeting and noise of acknowledgement for her telling you about your nearing release in a few hours, you ignore everything but your own thoughts.
What could be so interesting about the ceiling? There is the fact that it is still intact, compared to when it was last torn asunder; also, the filigree interwoven with it is of two threads braided over and over into each other in a series of golden infinity symbols.
You just now notice this fact, and how fitting it is!
Holding the purple soul gem -as Tomoe-senpai and Kaname-san called their Fabergé eggs- that, again, you just notice is now in your hands up to your face, you peer through its somewhat translucent glowing purple crystal, the image of the ceiling and yourself refracting ad infinitum until you can barely tell which way reality is: in fact, you and the world blot out until only your thoughts are left.
And what thoughts they are!
What does it mean, that Kyubey said your wish had surpassed entropy? Thinking back on what the pseudo-tutoring sessions with Kaname-san had to say about it, it was the measure of disorder in a system. In other words, if distinct things are orderly, messy, vague things must be disorderly. In which case, that must mean your wish somehow has an ordering effect? Is that true for other wishes too?
At the very least, the soul gem holds an eerie beauty to it. If the kaleidoscope held within could be considered an ordered chaotic effect, what would its opposite be?
Ah.
Staring even deeper into the worlds upon worlds holding only yourself and the chaotic ordering of braided lines that are surrounding, you notice an infinitesimally small speck of something darker than dark, emptier than the void between galaxies - it declares to you, saying, "All things end, yet, you will not end. Nihilism is denied to you: the universe is filled with meaning, and its final closing chapter is despair."
Somehow, just the noticing of that content feeds it, and it becomes just a little bit bigger.
Is... is that entropy? No, it cannot be: the meaning of it is too clear, the value it holds dear is dyeing the space around.
Think about it. If your wish has surpassed entropy, and the proof of the wish of every magical girl is their soul gem, then... is this the opposite, a chaotic order, something that still is beyond entropy?
This is as far as you can go. Your head hurts, and you have scarcely even scratched the surface of these concepts. You do not know more than this and would have to study and ask around to gain that knowledge.
You snap out of your trance, feeling a little cold and uneasy from what you have gained. Nevertheless! Does it really matter if it means you can save Kaname-san and the others? No! You came back in time to save them, so face the future head on!
You pep yourself up with a loud noise, slapping your face, and say to yourself, "It's okay, Homura! It's like that one manga says! Cute girls can do anything, ehehe~!"
Though you are not cute at all, you feel a bit better, and it is what Kaname-san would have said. Except, out of the corner of your vision, you notice the same nurse who had checked up on you earlier back, holding a clipboard with a number of papers on it, apparently here to discuss the specifics of you checking out of the hospital.
She kindly says, in a very indulgent way, "Yep! Yep! That's right Akemi-san." She holds out and brings attention to her clipboard. "Even fill out paperwork!" She even adds a cheeky smile at the end.
For your part, you just cover your blushing face with your hands and stew in embarrassment.
Now that you're about ready to get out of the hospital -with your dignity!- you think about what you are going to do next.
[ ] Contact Kyubey to bounce your thoughts off of him. (In other words, try and find a magical girl, cause you don't know where Kyubey is! Maybe calling out to him like you would a lost pet might work?)
[ ] Get your apartment ready by going to the library and borrowing some books! Huh? Furniture? What's that? (Explore your own life.)
- [ ] What type of books?
- [ ] Remember to buy furniture? Yes or no? (Mystery Encounter)
[ ] Find a place to test out your powers. (Encounter dependent on place, if at all)
- [ ] Where?
- [ ] Anything specific to test? (At the very least, the basics will be covered regardless)
[ ] Check in on Kaname-san to at least make sure she's safe. (??? deepens)
[ ] Write-in (If too meta-gamey or out of character, I'll try my best to do it in the spirit with which the write-in was made.)
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Votes for: (2) Loop 1: March 16th of Wednesday, 20XX