Omake, side Kyubey - Observations on a City Out of Control
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Night fell over the city of Mitakihara, and as the Incubator stared out over the district to which it had been assigned, a single thought ran through its mind. "How can I regain control of the events occurring under my jurisdiction?"
It had all started with the arrival of the enigmatic irregular of the city, Akemi Homura. That girl was a complete stranger to the Incubator, and yet she possessed not only an intimate knowledge of the puella magi system but an immense and irrational hatred for it. The Incubator was left thoroughly confused by Akemi Homura. Her arrival in Mitakihara, and the arrival of certain unknown magical entities, cannot have been a mere coincidence, but the Incubator could not figure out the meaning behind their connection.
But Akemi Homura was not the only puella magi under its jurisdiction that was giving the Incubator pause for concern. There was also one Mikuni Oriko, whose wanton slaughter of the district's puella magi population had done irreparable damage to the Incubator's operations in the city. Violent conflict between puella magi was nothing out of the ordinary, though it was most often confined to issues of territorial dispute. Mikuni Oriko's territory, shared between her and one Kure Kirika, had not been under contest by any of the twenty-three other puella magi that the pair had eliminated. The return on investment that the Incubator stood to receive from the pair when they became witches was hardly an adequate compensation for the energy that their reckless and irrational actions had cost.
Now more than ever, it was imperative that Kaname Madoka be contracted if the Incubator stood any chance of reaching its quota for this planet. However, there was still Akemi Homura and her "Archer" who threatened to stand in the way. From the actions taken by Akemi Homura, it was clear that she was building up an alliance to deal with the coming storm of Walpurgisnacht, most likely in the hope that if Walpurgisnacht can be defeated then no new puella magi will be required to contract within the district.
"Perhaps," the Incubator realized, as it continued to stare down upon the city, "There is a way to salvage the present situation in Mitakihara."
Following their resounding defeat at the hands of Akemi Homura and Tomoe Mami, Mikuni Oriko and Kure Kirika had been left mentally and physically broken, respectively. The pair were mentally ill, and it took barely any effort on the Incubator's part to realize that the lengths they went to to ease their suffering would not last in the long run. With perhaps just a little nudge in the right direction, the Incubator might still be able to recoup a fraction of the energy the pair had been responsible for losing and deprive Akemi Homura of her two newest acquisitions.
Tomoe Mami was not of the most sound mind, either; fraught with her fair share of mental illnesses, the girl should still be easily pliable despite having come to learn the truth behind the puella magi system. With the right nudge, she might even deprive Akemi Homura of the support of Sakura Kyouko as well as herself.
At that point, standing alone against Walpurgisnacht, Akemi Homura would fail, and Kaname Madoka would be left with no choice but to form a contract.
"If only it were that simple," the Incubator's train of thought continued. There were other factors at work; those certain magical entities were also a mystery. What were they? Where did they come from? Why had they attached themselves to the district's remaining puella magi population? One of them, the Incubator had noted, gave off the same magical energy signature as a witch; a vexing conundrum indeed. Like the others of its kind, this one was partnered with a human; but unlike the others, the human of this magical entity was distinctly not a puella magi, and appeared to be the subservient party, and not the dominant party as was the case with the other five entities. Why this reversal of roles was the case, the Incubator could not say.
Perhaps the foreigner who had come to Mitakihara might have the answer the Incubator was looking for. She spoke of an unfamiliar magic system, of "magecraft", "servants", and a "Holy Grail War". "Magecraft" was easy enough to understand, being rationalized as her language's attempt to codify the workings of the puella magi system. "Servants", the Incubator surmised, was the term for the magical entities that had made their presence known in Mitakihara over the past three weeks. For magical constructs whose purpose appeared to be the service of their designated puella magi counterpart, the term was an adequate descriptor.
But it was the phrase "Holy Grail War" that left the Incubator puzzled. The Holy Grail was a human relic, described in their texts as the chalice which caught the blood of Jesus of Nazareth as he lay dying on the crucifix. Lost, found, lost again, found again, the cycle repeated itself throughout myth many times over the years as many stories were written that described the search for the mythical chalice. The humans, in their mental illness, revered the mythical objects associated with their religious texts, and it was easy for the Incubator to conceive of the notion that wars might be fought over possession of the chalice, should it in fact exist. The Incubator had certainly seen enough examples of similar behaviour throughout history.
Yet, how the idea of a war for the human religion's holy chalice was in any way connected to the puella magi system or to these "servants" was a piece of the puzzle that continued to remained elusive. If at all possible, the foreigner would have to be questioned to learn the true extent of just what was really happening in this district.
"Well, as long as Kaname Madoka contracts, the energy given off by her maturation into a witch will be enough to fill the quota for this planet. After that, it doesn't matter."
It had all started with the arrival of the enigmatic irregular of the city, Akemi Homura. That girl was a complete stranger to the Incubator, and yet she possessed not only an intimate knowledge of the puella magi system but an immense and irrational hatred for it. The Incubator was left thoroughly confused by Akemi Homura. Her arrival in Mitakihara, and the arrival of certain unknown magical entities, cannot have been a mere coincidence, but the Incubator could not figure out the meaning behind their connection.
But Akemi Homura was not the only puella magi under its jurisdiction that was giving the Incubator pause for concern. There was also one Mikuni Oriko, whose wanton slaughter of the district's puella magi population had done irreparable damage to the Incubator's operations in the city. Violent conflict between puella magi was nothing out of the ordinary, though it was most often confined to issues of territorial dispute. Mikuni Oriko's territory, shared between her and one Kure Kirika, had not been under contest by any of the twenty-three other puella magi that the pair had eliminated. The return on investment that the Incubator stood to receive from the pair when they became witches was hardly an adequate compensation for the energy that their reckless and irrational actions had cost.
Now more than ever, it was imperative that Kaname Madoka be contracted if the Incubator stood any chance of reaching its quota for this planet. However, there was still Akemi Homura and her "Archer" who threatened to stand in the way. From the actions taken by Akemi Homura, it was clear that she was building up an alliance to deal with the coming storm of Walpurgisnacht, most likely in the hope that if Walpurgisnacht can be defeated then no new puella magi will be required to contract within the district.
"Perhaps," the Incubator realized, as it continued to stare down upon the city, "There is a way to salvage the present situation in Mitakihara."
Following their resounding defeat at the hands of Akemi Homura and Tomoe Mami, Mikuni Oriko and Kure Kirika had been left mentally and physically broken, respectively. The pair were mentally ill, and it took barely any effort on the Incubator's part to realize that the lengths they went to to ease their suffering would not last in the long run. With perhaps just a little nudge in the right direction, the Incubator might still be able to recoup a fraction of the energy the pair had been responsible for losing and deprive Akemi Homura of her two newest acquisitions.
Tomoe Mami was not of the most sound mind, either; fraught with her fair share of mental illnesses, the girl should still be easily pliable despite having come to learn the truth behind the puella magi system. With the right nudge, she might even deprive Akemi Homura of the support of Sakura Kyouko as well as herself.
At that point, standing alone against Walpurgisnacht, Akemi Homura would fail, and Kaname Madoka would be left with no choice but to form a contract.
"If only it were that simple," the Incubator's train of thought continued. There were other factors at work; those certain magical entities were also a mystery. What were they? Where did they come from? Why had they attached themselves to the district's remaining puella magi population? One of them, the Incubator had noted, gave off the same magical energy signature as a witch; a vexing conundrum indeed. Like the others of its kind, this one was partnered with a human; but unlike the others, the human of this magical entity was distinctly not a puella magi, and appeared to be the subservient party, and not the dominant party as was the case with the other five entities. Why this reversal of roles was the case, the Incubator could not say.
Perhaps the foreigner who had come to Mitakihara might have the answer the Incubator was looking for. She spoke of an unfamiliar magic system, of "magecraft", "servants", and a "Holy Grail War". "Magecraft" was easy enough to understand, being rationalized as her language's attempt to codify the workings of the puella magi system. "Servants", the Incubator surmised, was the term for the magical entities that had made their presence known in Mitakihara over the past three weeks. For magical constructs whose purpose appeared to be the service of their designated puella magi counterpart, the term was an adequate descriptor.
But it was the phrase "Holy Grail War" that left the Incubator puzzled. The Holy Grail was a human relic, described in their texts as the chalice which caught the blood of Jesus of Nazareth as he lay dying on the crucifix. Lost, found, lost again, found again, the cycle repeated itself throughout myth many times over the years as many stories were written that described the search for the mythical chalice. The humans, in their mental illness, revered the mythical objects associated with their religious texts, and it was easy for the Incubator to conceive of the notion that wars might be fought over possession of the chalice, should it in fact exist. The Incubator had certainly seen enough examples of similar behaviour throughout history.
Yet, how the idea of a war for the human religion's holy chalice was in any way connected to the puella magi system or to these "servants" was a piece of the puzzle that continued to remained elusive. If at all possible, the foreigner would have to be questioned to learn the true extent of just what was really happening in this district.
"Well, as long as Kaname Madoka contracts, the energy given off by her maturation into a witch will be enough to fill the quota for this planet. After that, it doesn't matter."
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