To make people actually remember, here's it once for posterity: Minako is nonbinary and uses they/them. This message will be pinned so you people stop getting it wrong and pissing me off. If you get it wrong in the future I'm going to be much less nice, considering you have to scroll past it just to read the quest.
Her kid is nb and really queer, and Sayaka, for all her faults, has learned to notice the s i g n s.
Namely that this character prefers to dress androgynously, favors a hood for reasons other than just "I am stealthy uwu", and they really don't neatly fit into normal magi outfits.
As it turns out, magi gear tends to be gendered depending on who's contracting, and for nonbinary souls it tends towards something in the middle.
Oh, and yes, Kyubey can typically tell when someone's nb or trans. It's magic I don't gotta explain shit.
Namely that this character prefers to dress androgynously, favors a hood for reasons other than just "I am stealthy uwu", and they really don't neatly fit into normal magi outfits.
As it turns out, magi gear tends to be gendered depending on who's contracting, and for nonbinary souls it tends towards something in the middle.
Oh, and yes, Kyubey can typically tell when someone's nb or trans. It's magic I don't gotta explain shit.
Ugh this just made me think of some Worm fic where Taylor was an Incubator and the reason she only contracts girls was revealed in an omake/sidestory? to be that the first boy she contracted had a Bannana hammock for his Magical Outfit.
It's been years, why did you do this to me?
I spent most of today reading the SayakaQuest threads, now over halfway into Thread Five. It's been a wild ride so far. Even through I know most of the cast gets a happy ending, I got tense a few times during the battle turns.
"Think you're in a state to answer a few questions?"
Her back goes ramrod straight. "Sh-shit right right right right." She breathes in. "I-I don't know much I just-"
"Don't answer anything if you're not in a good state of mind." You press your hand into her shoulder again. "Take another deep breath."
She hyperventilates instead. You're thinking that this is probably the calmest you'll get her.
"Okay, let's give this another try." You keep a gentle hold on her shoulder, careful not to grip too hard, not to lean in too close, not to look too threatening in your gleaming blue armor and enormous white cape. "What do you know about the assassin magi?"
"Th-they're an enforcer. T-the Glow has a ton of them. They k-keep the peace, cut off loose ends." She stares back at you. "They wanna keep information at a p-p-premium."
You have a name now. The group calls themselves 'The Glow'. "Because they don't want people like me snooping around."
"Yeah." She breathes out again.
"Any other magi?" You ask. "I know about you and Uriko."
"It was just us. I s-slept in a dumpster so I couldn't be tracked."
You wince. "Any reason you came in guns-"
"I panicked! I-I just, I turned around and this magi told me that I didn't look familiar and I just, I just panicked and-" Henrietta pressed her hands into her face. "I-I'm so sorry I'm so sorry I didn't-"
"Easy, easy!" You hold her shoulders again. "She's okay now. It's not the first time I've healed a magical girl." Nor will it be the last. "That can't be the only reason."
"W-we were told to go after the adult magi." She says. "Th-they never said how many there were, but I don't think they knew. I think that's why they sent us." She sniffs. "They didn't need to convince Uriko b-but that Enforcer was...they were why I came in."
"Because you didn't...?"
"Because they didn't convince me." She sniffs. "I-I don't know how their leader does it but she...she does something to people. They don't come out the same."
"Magi are immune to mind control." You say. "It's intrinsically a part of how we operate."
"She didn't get the memo, then. Because she...I don't know why I was immune but Uriko was not." She stares at you. "She's...she's not under her influence, is she?"
"No. It faded after my wife took her in."
Henrietta breathes out a long, long sigh of relief. "Oh thank god. Thank god." She breathes out. "I just...I can't lose her again."
You raise an eyebrow. "Are you sure you're straight?"
She looks down at the asphalt. "Iunno?"
Oh this dumb baby. "Okay so what about plans? Goals, ideals, anything? What do they want out of Mitakihara?"
"I'm a nobody." She says. "So is Uriko. But I think they heard about the massive number of Magi in the city and wanted to know why this is so sustainable. And if I'm gonna guess maybe they want to take that for themselves?"
You snicker. "They can try. They're not the first attackers to come to town, and there's no way they'll take the Monument."
"Wait, monument?"
"...yeah." You say. "Didn't that thing look strange to you?"
"I thought it was abstract art!" She sputters. "That's what the secret is?"
"That's a grief seed." You say. "it's a gigantic grief seed."
She just sits there in shock. "O-Oh. Oh. Oh my god."
"I killed that witch myself." You shrug.
"N-no wonder there are so many." She shakes her head. "W-what if that-"
"It won't." You say. "Not any time soon, I don't think. It'll probably last a hundred or so years." You shrug your shoulders. "I thought it would be out after a decade. But no, it's still strong." You have no idea if the Incubators could even consume the seed. And honestly, good. Fuck that entire species. "Oh, adding on, do you know of any other members?"
"I...there are a few bigwigs, yeah." She scratches the back of her head. "Ten, including Rin. She's the oldest, and probably the strongest."
You blink. "That's not a small feat."
"No, it's not." She frowns. "I don't know about their abilities I just know they're strong, and they're terrifying."
"Well, any idea on the rest of them? Are they all...?"
"I just know they're all older, stronger, more experienced. I've never seen them in action; they take care to not actually make their powers known."
That's probably wise. That one magi that got away probably left with some knowledge about your own powers. Namely, your ability to make fucking fullplate armor, your shields, your versatile weaponry and your healing abilities.
Thankfully, you didn't show off your entire kit; they don't know that your swords have deceptive range, and they don't know about your beam slash. That's important; you can use that to surprise them later.
"What about rumors? Stuff like that?"
"I heard...I mean I heard something about timelines?" She scratches her chin. "It sounded like gobbledygook."
You snicker.
"What?"
"That's a fun word." You sigh. "Okay so timelines? I hope you don't mean time trav-"
"Oh, no! No, nothing like that." She scratches her head. "Just...timelines? Interacting with other ones? Seeing them? Something like that. I'm really not sure."
That's an incredibly worrying power. Messing with other timelines would honestly probably be a bigger deal than just seeing different possibilities. But that's such a potent ability that it would require someone with an insane amount of potential. Like, 'future politician' potential. You're probably going to have to look into some important folks in Kasamino. "Anyone else?"
"No." She shakes her head. "There are thirty magical girls in Kasamino right now, though. It's close to bursting point but...it's stable? We've had a few witch bursts but other than that..." She pauses. "I don't know."
"Okay." You look back towards the road and send a message to Sukuyo. 'Did you find the magi?'
'They're gone. Couldn't find shit. I think they ran back to Kasamino after they realized more of us were around.'
'Keep on the lookout. They can disappear at night; their abilities are smoke-based so don't breathe when they're around.'
'Noted.'
You turn back to Henrietta. "Think there's anything else we should know?"
"Just...don't go to Kasamino." She says. "Don't fight them, don't try to reason with them. I mean I think..." She glances around. "Talking about the leader there is a crapshoot. You could get fucking shot for badmouthing her. I almost did; they blew a hole in my leg and told me that if I wanted to walk again I had to take it back. I don't know if everyone's crazy, or just..."
"It sounds like a cult."
"Exactly!" She sputters. "They treat her like some kind of god."
[=]
Your name is Minako. You're currently at home, getting dressed. You don't want to wear your Peace Daisy shirt (well, you don't want to wear a t-shirt at all, but three middle fingers in a circle probably isn't the way to go), you don't want to wear a dress, but you do want to present slightly femme.
You don't really know why you're overthinking this; Takane probably doesn't care. She's probably just happy to date her partner. But you wanna look nice. You wanna be nice. You wanna be cute.
She's cute. Cute goes with cute. It's a natural law.
You mess your hair up just a little bit. Just enough to make a statement, not enough to look unkempt. You whip that tuft of hair around, before you throw a scarf around your neck.
Amazing. You look like a hipster. You hope she likes hipsters.
You slip out of the apartment, lock the door and walk down the steps. You check your phone for messages.
You reach the bottom steps. Your own parents are on a date (you don't know if they're doing magi things, and you're not certain they'd even tell you) and you round the corner and promptly bump into a girl that's taller than you.
Taller, with green hair and a pair of glasses that just fell off her face and shattered against the ground.
Taller, and with a look of surprise and in a suit and tie.
Taller, because you just bumped into your girlfriend and ruined her glasses.
"O-Oh fuck!" You bend over to grab her glasses. "Oh holy fuck I'm so sorry oh nono-"
"It's okay!" She's faster, and she grabs her glasses before you have a chance to panic a little more. She presses her hands against one of the broken lenses, and runs them sideways. With a little green glow, they're back, good as new.
She slips them back onto her face, and gives you a broad grin. "So we were going to see a movie, right?"
"Y-yes." You swallow. "We're gonna have movie and a dinner. See dinner and a movie. Moviedinner."
She laughs. "That's right! We decided on uh..."
[] Horror. The past few days have been scary as shit, what's a fake movie monster going to do?
[] Comedy. You want to laugh a little bit, forget your troubles.
[] Action. Explosions are cathartic.
[] Superheroes. Yes, the MCU is alive and well in 2031. There is no escape.
[] Romance. It's date night.
[] ??? (MY MOVIE NOW. FIGHT.)
Adhoc vote count started by TheOneMoiderah on Jun 1, 2019 at 9:40 PM, finished with 30 posts and 9 votes.
[X] Pacific Rim Re:Revengeance. Your moms insist the franchise has just gone downhill, but you think they're being a bit snobbish. Giant robots and Kaiju go together like apples and ice-cream.
[X] Pacific Rim Re:Revengeance. Your moms insist the franchise has just gone downhill, but you think they're being a bit snobbish. Giant robots and Kaiju go together like apples and ice-cream.
"I heard...I mean I heard something about timelines?" She scratches her chin. "It sounded like gobbledygook."
You snicker.
"What?"
"That's a fun word." You sigh. "Okay so timelines? I hope you don't mean time trav-"
"Oh, no! No, nothing like that." She scratches her head. "Just...timelines? Interacting with other ones? Seeing them? Something like that. I'm really not sure."
"Just...don't go to Kasamino." She says. "Don't fight them, don't try to reason with them. I mean I think..." She glances around. "Talking about the leader there is a crapshoot. You could get fucking shot for badmouthing her. I almost did; they blew a hole in my leg and told me that if I wanted to walk again I had to take it back. I don't know if everyone's crazy, or just..."
"It sounds like a cult."
"Exactly!" She sputters. "They treat her like some kind of god."
[x] ??? (MY MOVIE NOW. FIGHT.)
-[jk] Anime: An original movie directed by an acclaimed director and an accredited writer, a product of half a decade.
-[jk] It a meta anime of the anime film industry. Bleh.
[X] Pacific Rim Re:Revengeance. Your moms insist the franchise has just gone downhill, but you think they're being a bit snobbish. Giant robots and Kaiju go together like apples and ice-cream.
I heard...I mean I heard something about timelines?" She scratches her chin. "It sounded like gobbledygook."
You snicker.
"What?"
"That's a fun word." You sigh. "Okay so timelines? I hope you don't mean time trav-"
"Oh, no! No, nothing like that." She scratches her head. "Just...timelines? Interacting with other ones? Seeing them? Something like that. I'm really not sure."
Oriko and Kirika bit the bullet in an Interlude of sorts. Homura gunned them down before they even contracted.
...which still makes whatever timeline interaction powers they have exceptionally dangerous, if The Glow can bring the two back. In the tangential matter, I am now not quite sure that Kyubey was trying to bait us with the knowledge of Kasamino MGs more so than trying to actually give us an actual warning. Like, without QB, we'd know all these by the time Uriko came by for sure. So what gives now?
"Just...don't go to Kasamino." She says. "Don't fight them, don't try to reason with them. I mean I think..." She glances around. "Talking about the leader there is a crapshoot. You could get fucking shot for badmouthing her. I almost did; they blew a hole in my leg and told me that if I wanted to walk again I had to take it back. I don't know if everyone's crazy, or just..."
"It sounds like a cult."
"Exactly!" She sputters. "They treat her like some kind of god."
Regardless of who it is, I am imagining Sayaka somehow mentioning this to Homura in casual conversation and Homura immediately proceeds to pull out the armory.
"Excuse me. I need to blow up Kasamino now" "*sigh* Homura..."
Madokami. Or rather, someone sitting in her seat. The Law Of Cycles doesn't exist in this world since this Madoka never erased herself. And the way Madokami could summon magical girls was because she made it every one of them who ever died went to her. But this doesn't sound like Madoka's MO, so there's three possibilities.
1. Expansionist Homucifer. Whether canon or some other version, she's gone beyond just clinging to her pale imitation of a dead girl and is now trying to infect or take over other worlds.
2. Eldritch Madoka. The Law Of Cycles has often been interpreted as changing who Madoka is. After all, she's now a fundamental law of physics with a side-job as Magical Girl Jesus, not a depressed little girl. With this world failing to implement the Law Of Cycles, there may be a kind of 'correction' being made by Madokami to see that our world has a system put in place.
3. Someone Else. It's what it says on the tin. There isn't either of the two sitting in the LOC's throne, and instead it's a corrupted or lovecraftian entity trying to implement its broken, twisted version.
