As a note, I don't get how Kirika could shut down the Timestop since said power works in between instants according to an earlier post, unless she had her ability up and running the moment the fire started. Also, it seems to me that Precognition is like any other sense, in that we could find some way of overloading it by giving her so many different paths that she has to either stop seeing to give her mind a break or force her to keep seeing, thus using up her magic.
There's something else that bothers me:
"I want to learn the meaning of my life! This is my wish. This is my prayer. Fulfill it, Kyuubey!"
Could it be that her Precognition
has to involve her in some way or another, thus by making her the focus of our plans, we're basically triggering her ability? Also, how does this Wish invoke precognition? The meaning of one's life should not mean what the future holds, it should be what her purpose is in the grand scheme of things...her precognition would only be relevant to the wish if she could see what she would end up contributing to the life of every person she meets on the street.
She might not be omniscient at all, just acting like it, and all she's doing is fulfilling her supposed 'role' in respects to us...and if this Oriko had managed to change Kirika's wish, there must be must something different. Especially since Kirika's anti-magic aura means that Oriko can't use her Precognition around her when she gets going. It might be a trap, but that trap could be one that Oriko wants to talk and dictate terms.
However, there is a counter for the precog and anti-magic, simply drop in out of Timestop, carrying enough grief to witch out EVERYONE in the area and affect a lot of civilians around the meeting point. Oriko would see it coming when we drop and our power is nullified, she might panic, she might not, and can't kill us because we are the only ones who can control that grief. Witch Seeds could absorb it yeah, but enough grief to witchout healthy Puella would be more than enough to resurrect Witches, so that's still more Witches and Witch Barriers to deal with in one area. Only one way to stop it, and that's to retract the anti-magic aura, that happens and the grief is already out, ready to be manipulated.
Long story short, ALWAYS make it a point to have every conflict with us be an M.A.D. situation, that is unless if she thinks that she could complete whatever mission she's on from the grave that is.
Anyways, that's my two cents, now to the vote.
[x] Search for Oriko in Timestop, and only search for her. Once found then:
- [x] If with Kirika, test for aura with Grief Cloud.
-- [x] If effective through Timestop, then create Grief Puppets to communicate with them, while you are out of range.
-- [x] If not effective through Timestop, then create lots of grief marbles and step out of timestop to talk with Oriko in an M.A.D. situation.
--- [x] Have Mami and Homura spread out in surrounding buildings to keep oversight over the show. Have Homura shift every so often to a new vantage point...give her all our Grief Seeds so we can focus on the meeting.
- [x] If not with Kirika, create Grief Puppet, leave area, and then when hidden, use it to communicate with Oriko. Keep her focused on you as you plan and discard different plans to take her out in the next ten minutes.
-- [x] Have Homura and Mami look for Kirika and any other Magic Girl in Timestop.
[x] When communicating with Oriko:
- [x] Keep her from taking the initiative, keep bombarding with questions on what the hell she just pulled.
-- [x] Be angry, but calm. Show her you mean business.
- [x] Every time she tries to change the topic, LOUDLY bring her back to the discussion at hand, with either an overt demonstration of your power, a close bullet from either Mami or Homura, or a loud "anyways, back to the point".
