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...Hmmm. While we can and should deal with Sayaka, that's not time urgent, and she's unlikely to be receptive right after the shock. Bit dubious about watching the news but...

[x] Go help Mami with dinner
[x] Ask if the others are staying for dinner
- [x] If they aren't, get Homura to walk them home.
[x] Serve dinner, move on to less depressing topics. Keep things light.
[x] Watch the news. Check up on the aftermath of the Sendai Kerfluffle.
 
I am now curious as to whether or not Sabrina can reproduce videos we've seen. We could break out Tonari no Seki-kun next time we need something fun to chase away the sad.

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UberJJK said:
Then we have Sabrina who doesn't seem to have any problems what so ever, doesn't really mind her soul being a rock, doesn't have issues with having no past or family. She is just sitting there trying to make the lives of everyone else better.
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Right from the start.
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Your head swims as you fade in and out of darkness. You retch miserably, bringing up nothing but bile as you struggle to recall-

...

You shake your head, trying to regain some control.

"-really out of it! What do we do?" Madoka's exclaiming.

"If you make a contract with me, you could heal her!" Kyuubey finishes in its syrupy sweet voice. You can hear it, you realize.

...

"That..." You cough, before rasping out, "That won't be necessary."

Holding Kyuubey by the neck, you bring it to eye level. "Kyuubey. What is my potential?" you rasp, trying to focus on its face.

...

it may be risky for you," the Incubator informs you reluctantly, tail lashing vigorously.

You chuckle dryly. "I'm pretty sure I'm dying, here." As if on cue, you retch again, and this time, the bile comes out tinged red. You vaguely hear Madoka whimpering.

...

Despite your slumped over position against the wall, you lean forward, staring at Kyuubey. "I wish to control grief! My own! That of others! The grief of the Witches! All of it!"

Twinned sharp inhales from the two girls by your side, and the beginnings of a confused, "Wha-"

...

"I see," the Incubator says, without inflection. Its eyes begin to glow, becoming little novas of light, and it stretches its ear appendages towards, into you. Dimly, you can hear Madoka and Sayaka, watching on in awe, gasp.
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"Welp, I'm dying."

"I make wish to heal you!"

"Bitch, please!" *Spits bile* "I do it myself." :V
 
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Madoka gives you a quick nod and a smile, still holding Homura's hand in hers, and Homura, for her part, seems to be fighting to control herself.
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Uh oh. Homu pls no-
You squeeze Mami lightly, and then reach for the teapot, pouring out fresh tea for everyone. Hardly anyone seems to notice, though, Sayaka barely deigning to give the cup you slide over to her a glance, and Madoka giving you a quick, grateful smile. Homura doesn't even seem to notice the gently steaming cup of tea at her elbow, opting instead to keep her gaze on Madoka, staring as if the pinkette might evaporate in a puff of smoke if she looked away.
...
Homura shuffles over, awkwardly reaching out to pat Mami on the back - just once, and then she withdraws her hand, watching at Madoka with an expression of distant pain in her violet eyes.
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Hahahahahaha fuck. Homu gonna Homu and be mildly jealous, and bitter. This... yeah. We have to talk to Homu before we start to burn through her goodwill even more. Very important - this should be something we take care of as soon as possible.
"Mami, I didn't mean t-that," Sayaka whispers, her voice wretched and ashamed. "I- just... I'm, my worries are so small-"

Madoka shifts, her arms wrapping as far around Sayaka as she can. "You too, Sayaka. P-please don't do this to yourself."

"Yeah," Sayaka says. "Yeah, I shouldn't. I'm sorry." She falls silent, and Madoka gives her a look that says she's only letting it drop for now, the barest hint of a worried frown. The pinkette glances at you, the worry still evident in her eyes.
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Well this is a blow up waiting to happen - not too much we can do to nip it in the bud, at some point; something to be kept in mind.
The orange light of the evening is fading fast outside, shadows creeping into Mami's apartment. Silently, Homura rises to her feet, ghosting towards the light switch and flicking it on with a sharp snap.
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This... is not good. At all. I have the klaxons firing in my head, since Homu being excluded/on the outside like this, at this time is bad juju.

We have, in order of priorities (though the first two are far and beyond more important) for social sooner rather than later;
1) Talk to the Homu so she doesn't flip her shit.
2) Give Mami GLORIOUS SENSE OF NORMALITY FROM SOCIAL INTERACTIONS - which is to say go out and do friendly shit/arts and crafts around the apartment with her.
3) Possibly try and defuse/facilitate/mediate the Madoka/Sayaka argument that's going to come up.

I'd like to tinker with the CG vote at some point, as we absolutely have to allude to these things - maybe not act on them in depth - ASAP, and I'd like to not put it off until tomorrow. We've had a day to get into things; @Firnagzen knows his shit so, narratively speaking, he's going to hit us hard tomorrow and I'd like to get things done when things aren't transparently going to hell :V
 
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[x] Cannongerbil

Nothing like dinner and news from our deeds to end the day.

Now, yeah. We need to go into patroling eventually, and more because of a notebook handled by Hom's.

And yeah, some damage control for sadhomu. I don't thunk she would want to talk avout it now, though.
 
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Krecart said:
I am now curious as to whether or not Sabrina can reproduce videos we've seen. We could break out Tonari no Seki-kun next time we need something fun to chase away the sad.

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New Plan:
Show Sayaka, Madoka, and Homura the original series and Rebellion. This surely will solve everything.
 
Rook said:
Uh oh. Homu pls no-

Hahahahahaha fuck. Homu gonna Homu and be mildly jealous, and bitter. This... yeah. We have to talk to Homu before we start to burn through her goodwill even more. Very important - this should be something we take care of as soon as possible.

Well this is a blow up waiting to happen - not too much we can do to nip it in the bud, at some point; something to be kept in mind.

This... is not good. At all. I have the klaxons firing in my head, since Homu being excluded/on the outside like this, at this time is bad juju.

We have, in order of priorities (though the first two are far and beyond more important) for social sooner rather than later;
1) Talk to the Homu so she doesn't flip her shit.
2) Give Mami GLORIOUS SENSE OF NORMALITY FROM SOCIAL INTERACTIONS - which is to say go out and do friendly shit/arts and crafts around the apartment with her.
3) Possibly try and defuse/facilitate/mediate the Madoka/Sayaka argument that's going to come up.

I'd like to tinker with the CG vote at some point, as we absolutely have to allude to these things - maybe not act on them in depth - ASAP, and I'd like to not put it off until tomorrow. We've had a day to get into things; @Firnagzen knows his shit so, narratively speaking, he's going to hit us hard tomorrow and I'd like to get things done when things aren't transparently going to hell :V
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Damage control/talking to the Homu's needed but I'm not quite sure about the 'mildly jealous and bitter' and exclusion parts of the analysis
 
Krecart said:
What, they'd get, like, meta-upset because they were upset over something that isn't a huge deal to us? I really do not understand people, apparently. o_O
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Nah, the amusing is the 'huh...alright then?'
The ill-advised part comes from Homura getting all up in our face about how we provided a counter-argument to the soul as rock = bad mindset that serves as one of the many barriers between madoka and her contract. :p

Though, as an aside: meta-upset? *snort* I dont think I've ever heard of that before, but it makes a certain amount of sense. I like it. (New word added to dictionary)
 
I have four minutes until I have to go but sure :V

To copy paste myself from IRC re:bitter;

rooktop in lecture: Do you... not know Homu?
rooktop in lecture: like we're magical girl jesus
rooktop in lecture: We come sweeping in, doing all this shit
Remember, Homu has an obsesion with Madoka.
rooktop in lecture: Then when we fuck up and make Madoka break down, /we/ are the ones comforting her and she's just stuck there going 'to hug or not to hug aaaaaaa'.
rooktop in lecture: I do not get how it's anything less than abundantly obvious how this is bad for our relationship with Homura.

As for Saya/Mado I am talking about this following bit;
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"M-Mami," Madoka whispers. "Y-you're my sempai. I-it doesn't matter where your s-soul is, you're still my friend." Lifting her head a fraction, she looks at you and Homura in turn, meeting you squarely in the eyes. "You too, Sabrina, Homura."

"Mami, I didn't mean t-that," Sayaka whispers, her voice wretched and ashamed. "I- just... I'm, my worries are so small-"

Madoka shifts, her arms wrapping as far around Sayaka as she can. "You too, Sayaka. P-please don't do this to yourself."

"Yeah," Sayaka says. "Yeah, I shouldn't. I'm sorry." She falls silent, and Madoka gives her a look that says she's only letting it drop for now, the barest hint of a worried frown. The pinkette glances at you, the worry still evident in her eyes.
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Bold and italics mine. She's not letting it drop; Sayaka is Sayaka and won't take no for an answer; this is only going to lead to them arguing. It's literally stated that the issue isn't buried, and I don't think my extrapolation is unreasonable in the slightest.
 
It's not good, yes, but I don't see Homura's reaction here or how she'd take what just happened as PANIC-tier/drop-everything-and-talk-immediately.

Besides...we haven't really gotten through to Madoka at all to induce that kind of reaction from Homu.

The SayaMado issues are a thing, but I'm less concerned with how they're going to talk about it so much as how we're going to try and talk Sayaka out of her inferiority complex/guilt/various issues.
 
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Rook said:
Hahahahahaha fuck. Homu gonna Homu and be mildly jealous, and bitter. This... yeah. We have to talk to Homu before we start to burn through her goodwill even more. Very important - this should be something we take care of as soon as possible.
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Not quite sure I agree with your reading of Homura here. It seems to me more like she was getting, well, nostalgic is not exactly the right term for it, but that's basically what she was doing, revisiting the memories of all those past timelines where she failed to protect Madoka, and having to subject her to the same sort of suffering that she did in almost every timeline since the third.

Yeah, we are going to have to have a talk with her later, to check on how she's holding up, if nothing else, but I think you might be reading a little too much into things.
 
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I think we're going to need to talk with Homura while walking the girls home, while stating we need to over telepathy while serving dinner. Apply damage in case Sayaka and Homura starts arguing against each other for reasons.

Like, you can expect someone who has been looping the same month over a hundred times to understand we're helping Madoka and not feel let out while at it. Remember that she was initially against lichbombing her because she still thinks keeping the Madoka out of this will protect her from contracting.
 
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Boy, private discussions with everybody are so happening in the near future. You get a private chat, you get a heart to heart, you get guidance, everybody gets a healthy dose of communication!

And yes, it's sad that SV's the one trying to solve social issues, but we've got to do with what we've got.
 
Krecart said:
Explain?
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If I understand Rook's reasoning properly, Sabrina is basically everything that Homura wishes she could be right now, and more. Sabrina's the one who's currently comforting Madoka. Sabrina's the one with the better relationship with Madoka than her. All Homura can do is sit on the sidelines and watch us do what she really wants to but can't. And then there's the fact that we caused Madoka to become sad in the first place by dropping the lichbomb on her, which probably isn't going over well.

I personally disagree with this reading of events, but I can sort of see the thought process behind this conclusion.
 
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Cannongerbil said:
If I understand Rook's reasoning properly, Sabrina is basically everything that Homura wishes she could be right now, and more. Sabrina's the one who's currently comforting Madoka. Sabrina's the one with the better relationship with Madoka than her. All Homura can do is sit on the sidelines and watch us do what she really wants to but can't. And then there's the fact that we caused Madoka to become sad in the first place by dropping the lichbomb on her, which probably isn't going over well.
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...We probably can use the fact that we're doing better than her to convince her to change tracks? Mostly about this 'you don't need to understand' mindset.
 
Questers of PMAS,
I've been meaning to do this for a while, and there's no good time to say this, so now, I feel, will do as well as any.

To be honest, the flame wars, 'minor' as they are, are getting wearing to me. I love discussion, I love reading the speculation, and I'm damned happy that you're attached enough to do that. But the point where it draws into mudslinging and insults is where I draw the line. Much of the discussion takes place overnight for me, and I would greatly like to be able to wake up and not find the thread on fire.

I'm not naming names, because you know who you are. No more flamewars, no more arguments. Discussions, debates and productive disserations are great, but if you find yourself spitting vitriol, stop. Walk away.
 
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