[X] Try to ignore the crowd watching your every move.
-[X] Focus on Jeanne's hand instead. It feels nice.
You carefully shove the crowd around you out of your mind, focusing on Jeanne's hand instead. She saw you panicking and made an active attempt to try and comfort you. She's not hostile, yet. She's even acting rather nice. Without other people to poiso- turn her against you, there's a chance you could be friends with her. Maybe. Or at least part on amicable terms before she can learn to hate you.
--[X] Just take a few deep breaths and try to calm down.
You close your eyes and take several deep breaths. Sticks and stones may break your bones, but words will never- okay, that's a lie. They hurt too, and in your experience, the latter all too often seems to lead to the former being thrown as well.
"Feeling all better?" Jeanne asks, squeezing your hand gently. It isn't as comforting as she intended; you can feel the strength behind her grip and know that, if she wanted to, she could crush your bones to dust.
"Yes." you lie.
-[X] Focus on why you came here: finding out what you need to decide whether or not you want to become a magical girl.
You divert some of your focus from Jeanne to your close goals. You hate your current lifestyle. Something needs to change; even if you don't decide to become a magical girl yourself, maybe you'll find something else you could do. Something fun. Something that won't involve people staring at you.
Now much calmer, you open your eyes and give Jeanne a weak smile.
-[X] Ask her what kinds of magic the other magical girls in the city have and/or what roles they fill.
"Unfortunately, we don't really fight together as much as we used to. There are just too many witches to stick together; even if we can kill a witch more than three times faster while we're teamed up, finding them still takes quite a bit of time. But to answer your question..."
She raises one arm and a glowing green bow drops into her waiting hand. It's the exact same shade as her eyes.
"I'm our long-ranged support and overwatch. It's my job to watch over my teammates, ensure nothing sneaks up on them, and generally interfere with the efforts of the enemy. Kae- Radiant Dawn is our healer and primary DPS. In combat, she blasts the enemy with giant laser beams. Out of combat, she heals us of any injuries we may have sustained. Oh, and she sometimes heals normals in exchange for large amounts of money, which she shares with me and Cloudseeker.
"Cloudseeker is new. She only joined us three months ago, after our old teammate moved to Osaka. She's our tank, although that's not to say she just stands there and takes hits. A lot of witches have piercing attacks which can ignore armor, so that's a really bad idea. She uses thin air as a jumping platform and repeatedly hits the enemy with a giant sledgehammer. She's quite good at keeping their attention off the rest of us."
She pauses and glances at a nearby clock. You catch the slightest flicker of a smirk cross her face before her regal demeanor reasserts itself.
LOCATE/SEEK/DETECT
"Speaking of magic and what we do... there's a witch a block or two away from here. Last I checked, it was still focused on constructing its barrier and making familiars, so it shouldn't be too difficult to kill. Would you like to come along and watch?"
[] You'll gladly take eldritch horrors over other people any day. Go with her.
-[] Keep hoping that she could actually become your friend. It's been a long time since you were invited to do anything.
-[] Remain as far back as possible while keeping her within line-of-sight.
-[] Stay right next to her.
[] Decline her offer and go elsewhere. That doesn't seem particularly safe.
-[] Go back to the orphanage.
-[] Go buy an armful of stuffed animals.
-[] Wander around aimlessly for a while.
--[] Buy whatever looks interesting.
[] Write-in
The vote for Jade's last name is still going.
