The black-haired woman in front of the group affixes her gaze to yours, looking you up and down in a near-instant. No words pass between you for the tensest few seconds you've ever felt. Then, putting her right hand behind her shield, she says, "You. With the glasses. Explain yourself."
With a nod, you leap off of Mami's shoulders and grin, the black-haired woman stepping back just a bit as you land on your paws. "You'd better clean out your ears, because I've got something important to tell you! I'm Kaminabey, Leader and Mascot of Team Magi! This is Mami Tomoe, first honorary member! Our goal is to do the impossible and break the logic of this world over our collective knees!"
Though her mind is flooded by a thousand questions vying for dominance, the first one that wins is a simple, "...w-what?" Completely thrown, all the mysterious Magi can do is let her hand drop away from her shield and just stare.
It is then that you ask the 64,000-yen question. "Now who the hell are you, and would you be open to eating some cake later?"
That only seems to knock the woman for a loop even further; her left eyebrow twitches and her mouth hangs slightly agape. All in all, she looks totally poleaxed. Once again, the only intelligent utterance she can find for the situation is a mere, "What?" Sure enough, the thoughts running through her mind are equally fraught with confusion and uncertainty. 'In all the timelines I've been in, I've never seen an Incubator like this. That creature looks like Kyubey, he sounds like Kyubey... no, that's not quite right. His voice sounds like Kyubey, but its tone is a world apart. And the glasses...' Her gaze regards Norbey next, glaring at him. 'That thing looks like how I'd expect Kyubey to look... and act. Yet...'
Then, her eyes wander to Mami, looking her up and down and spotting the glinting yellow, cone-shaped jewel hanging by a string around her neck. 'A Soul Gem? No, this is different. It's... it's pulsing. Soul Gems don't pulse like that...' Finally, her vision falls upon you, and she speaks once more. "Know this, Incubator. I don't trust you. Not in the slightest. Once I'm finished tracking this Witch down... we will have a talk." She gazes at Mami as she says this, then turns away and leaps off the tarped crates.
As for the rest of you, you yourself climb onto the tarped crate, trying to spot the black-haired woman with no luck. Madoka and Sayaka sit down on a tarp to gather their wits, while Mami works on healing Norbey with her Soul Drill. "...Thanks, Mami!" Norbey 'paths out to everyone. "You're a lifesaver!"
"I'm not the one you should be thanking," Mami replies. "They saved you. I was just passing by."
"Thank you very much! My name is--"
You growl, speaking up so everyone can hear you. "Bakabey. That's what his name is."
"It's Norbey, actually." Norbey corrects you, showing no reaction to the dig you throw his way.
Madoka asks, "Are you the one who was calling out for help?"
"That's right, Madoka Kaname. And Sayaka Miki."
"Whoa, hang on a sec!" Sayaka says in shock. "How do you know our names?"
You leap off the tarped crate, landing back on your side of the area. "Yeah, how do you know their names, I wonder."
"I came here because I have a favor to ask of you both," Norbey replies. "I want you to make Contracts with me, and become Magical G-OW!" The next thing Norbey knows, he's careening through the air. "I don't understand," he complains, sailing past Mami's head, bouncing off the nearby stack of plywood sheets and landing in a heap on a collection of iron pipes with a clanging, clattering BANG.
Sayaka, Madoka, and Mami are now looking at you, the first two in shock and the last shaking her head and sighing, mainly because you're taking up Norbey's spot on the tarp, looking like a four-legged offensive lineman. "Not a snowball's chance in hell, you fuzzy bastard!"
"Whoa!" Sayaka yelped. "He just wanted to--"
You look at Mami with a serious expression...
[] "I think it's best if we get out of here. Get some distance from Bakabey."
[] "Mami, I think we need to tell them."
- [] At the Apartment, with the black-haired woman
--- [] Cakes all around!
- [] At the Apartment; just you, Mami, Sayaka, and Madoka
--- [] And cake, of course
- [] Right here, right now
[] Regarding the Magi-Witch System...
- [] Explain Soul Gems
- [] Explain the "responsibilities"
- [] Spill the beans on the whole system
--- [] "So why does yours look so different, Mami?"
