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boonerunner said:
Discussing the idea of letting Hitomi know about the meguca stuff is fine. That should be a quick discussion anyway.
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I dunno, learning that your senpai you and your friends have been eating with, along with the mysterious rooftop girl, happen to be magical girls . . . that magic is real . . . and that magical girls are not quite the way they are in anime, all in one sitting, is going to be quite a bit to take in -- I personally wouldn't peg it as a quick discussion unless we gloss over a lot of things (and Hitomi doesn't end up asking questions).

EDIT: Oh wait, you just said that. Derp. 'Discussing the idea of letting Hitomi know' is what you said was quick. Sleep deprivation is a good way to kill reading comprehension. >_<

Now, sure it'd be nice if we could fit them both into the same day, but it seems like it'd be a bit better to bring up healing either later after it's done, or as a footnote to the infodump (like 'oh yeah, before you decide it's worth going into all this to heal folks or anything, we were actually thinking of healing you and Kyousuke up' or something a bit less blunt/gauche than that).
 
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aattss said:
It may not be relevant for this particular moment, but what happens when we eat our own soul gem?
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Ignoring all the weird shit that happened in the movie, and the usual and inevitable effect of forcing down a hard and pointy egg-sized bauble on a human digestive system... You do realize that swallowing a soul gem means the grief Sabrina pulls either comes out of the mouth, ass, or a new third orifice, right?
 
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Interloper pt. 23
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    • "We are," Mami agrees, giving you a quick smile.

    "This way," you say, taking the lead.

    The two of you quickly bound ahead of the group, hopping down into an alley and detransforming. The tremendous bulk of Grief you leave at rooftop level to drift across the roofs in a deep purple tide.

    "Hey, everyone!" you call cheerfully as you step out of the alley, raising your hand in a wave. Mami's just a step behind you, a gentle smile on her face.

    Homura, Madoka, Sayaka, and Hitomi, walking in a group. Black, pink, blue and green.

    "Hello Mami, hello Sabrina!" Madoka brightens when she sees you. Sayaka waves energetically, hefting two schoolbags in her free hand. "Hey!"

    Homura nods at you and Mami. "Hello," she says.

    Hitomi blinks at the two of you, head tilting and a faintly baffled frown crossing her face. "Hello, Mami, Sabrina," she says, waving at you with the hand not encased in a cast. "Were you waiting long for us?"

    "Ah, no, not really," you say. "Anyway, sorry we're late, something came up."

    "That's alright," Madoka says, beaming at you.

    Hitomi nods, still looking mildly perplexed.

    "Anyway, shall we go?" you ask, motioning down the road towards the hospital.

    "Yeah, let's go!" Sayaka says, striding out ahead. The rest of you follow after her. You find your mind returning to the question Mami posed to you earlier. Well, technically, you brought it up, but still. What do you want to prepare for dinner?

    "Roast lamb," you muse out loud. Roast lamb, well seasoned with garlic and rosemary and your mouth's watering now at the thought.

    "Pardon?" Mami asks, glancing at you.

    "Nah, was just thinking what we could cook for dinner," you say, drawing a curious look from Hitomi.

    Mami blinks. "I don't think we have any lamb, Sabrina," she says.

    "Oh. Good point," you say, rubbing at your nose sheepishly. "Do we have any eel?"

    "Well, we're cooking for five," Mami says. "Um, six."

    "Mmm," you agree. "By the way, Hitomi, would you like to come?"

    The vertette glances back at you, shaking her head. "Ah... I can't," Hitomi says. "I'm expected home for dinner."

    You're not really sure 'vertette' works. Greenette, vertette.

    You nod. "Oh, that's a shame," you say. You open a telepathic channel to everyone but Hitomi. "Umm... I think we need to tell Hitomi about magic, soon."

    Hitomi smiles. "I'll try to make it for the picnic, though," she says. "I'll need to persuade my parents."

    "We do?" Sayaka asks, glancing back at you, before realizing and looking forward again.

    "Cool," you say. "Hmmm... unagi? I'm pretty sure we bought some eel." Telepathically, you say, "I... think so. I'm afraid of Kyuubey approaching her - as she is, she doesn't know anything, and..."

    "We did, Sabrina," Mami offers. "I... she doesn't have much potential, I think?"

    "Oh," Madoka says. "That's a... that's a good thing...?"

    "I don't think you can have unagi for a whole meal, Sabrina," Sayaka says. "I... I don't know."

    "Why not?" you grin at her. "Good and bad, I suppose," you say telepathically, keeping your attention around the slowly increasing crowds thronging through the streets. "I... I'd like her to know, though."

    "Well..." Sayaka waggles her free hand at you. "Nyeh. Madoka, back me up here."

    "Sorry, Sayaka," Madoka says, shaking her head. She's unable to hide the faint worry from her face, though. "I don't like keeping this secret from Hitomi," she says. "It... it was fun at the beginning, when it was... but now..."

    "I don't like unagi," Homura says, glancing back at you with violet eyes. "I don't think it's necessary to tell her."

    "Well. That's a good reason," you say, glancing at Sayaka and hooking a thumb at Homura. "Maybe a side dish?" You glance at Mami, whose eyes have dipped a little, and you walk closer to her, bumping your shoulder against hers. She glances up, and you smile encouragingly at her, eliciting a weak answering smile in response.

    "Madoka's got a point," Sayaka says. "And of course you don't want to tell her, transfe- ah, sorry, Homura."

    Homura doesn't reply, walking ahead with her midnight banner of hair swaying out behind her.

    [] Write-in

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    Next update will probably bring you to the hospital, by the by.
     
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    • Well, the "potential" excuse fell completely flat...Which makes sense given we were trying to bullshit Mami about how magic and potential work.

    Visit, make sure Kyosuke doesn't do anything stupid before we can deal with this issue, and meet Hitomi later or something?

    [x]Change the subject.
    [x]Telepathy with everyone but Sayaka. There's more to it. It isn't fair to Hitomi or Sayaka to keep her out of the loop, and you think it might be making things worse between them
    .[x] It's becoming impossible for us to interact normally while magic is still a secret. I don't like that.
    [x]Telepathically ask Homura if she thinks it's a bad idea or just unnecessary?
    [x]Visit Kyosuke. Try and see how he's doing, and nudge Sayaka to talk to him if she doesn't.
    [x]Try to get back before 5 unless something comes up.
     
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    Hitomi's a friend. A close friend of Madoka and Sayaka, meaning she's around. 'Potential' is not that big of an issue. Here, it's more important that keeping this a secret will get in the way of conversation just about every single day, and we, or more important, Madoka an Sayaka are gonna have to walk around eggshells around their friend, all the time. This is making Madoka uncomfortable, already. Madoka's and Sayaka's opinions should hold a little more weight than anybody else's.

    As far as Homura's objection goes, 'not necessary' doesn't matter much. There's no big drawbacks that I can see from telling Hitomi about megucas. At least, if there's drawbacks, they're not as big as the advantage of having a level headed friend in the loop and not having to hide thigns from her, which again, can cause a bit of distress in the long run.
     
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    bleh. Not sure of this vote.

    [] Hmm. (Stall the conversation a moment)
    [](Private channel) Telepathically ask Homura if she thinks it's a bad idea or just unnecessary?
    [] If she thinks it's a bad idea. Drop the subject for now.
    [] If she thinks it's just unnecessary:
    -[] (Open channel to the group again.) I don't know if she can contract or not but Hitomi is your friend. Because of that, Kyubey may target her.
    -[] I don't believe he is going to simply give up on trying to turn the both of you into magical girls. If he doesn't think he can trick you into it, he may try to scare or guilt you into it instead. He's not above any of that.
    -[] That's why you two need to be extra cautious. And why I think telling Hitomi is so important.

    edit: Yeah, ignore this.
     
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    I really, really dislike this idea that we're only doing it because of potential. That idea's failed, spectacularly, because we're trying to sell the idea that Hitomi has potential to Mami of all people...and it's a flat out lie. We're doing it because the situation's a mess and we have no reason to hide that. This warning about meguca and Kyubey has nothing to do with the current situation/problem and we shouldn't shoehorn it in like that.

    As it is, that vote's repeating the last one's mistakes and expecting a different result. Let's not try and bullshit Mami about potential of all things.
     
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    Muramasa said:
    -[] (Open channel to the group again.) I don't know if she can contract or not but Hitomi is your friend. Because of that, Kyubey may target her.
    -[] I don't believe he is going to simply give up on trying to turn the both of you into magical girls. If he doesn't think he can trick you into it, he may try to scare or guilt you into it instead. He's not above any of that.
    -[] That's why you two need to be extra cautious. And why I think telling Hitomi is so important.
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    Why can't we just be up-front about not liking keeping this secret from someone we semi-regularly socialize with? Madoka and Sayaka are already on that line of thought.
     
    'Lement said:
    Buk.

    This one we can easily test by making a 'quick' 66 minute trip to the moon at 5g.

    66 minutes back too, unless we want to make a moon base.
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    Sabrina: Okay. Now I just have to walk away from my Soul Gem to see if I can control my body from the same distance that I could on Earth.

    *walks away*

    *collapses*

    *there are no other magical girls on the moon to rescue her*

    (Okay, so, we'd presumably bring someone with, but still)

    Anyway, I agree that we should mention that it becomes hard to talk when Hitomi is around as long as magic's a secret.

    EDIT: And yes, healing. That's a good point.
     
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    [x] Ask what you call someone with green hair.

    This mystery must be solved. I like "verdette", but that doesn't matter if that's not what people actually say.
     
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