I would not say no to this, as long as the resulting entity teaches the coobs the true meaning of fear.
Found the Instrumentality end.
Puella Magi Adfligo Systema
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- Location
- East of the Sun and West of the Moon
Fear is the emotional reaction to perceived danger. There is no mystery. ／人◕ ‿‿ ◕人＼
- Location
- Maybe?
I don't think anybody wants to _settle_ for saving Earth. Merely that for now, planning beyond that point is putting the cart before the horse.
Let's clean up our backyard first.
(Oh and maybe get Madoka to read some Asimov. Just as insurance.)
(Unrelated: magical time travel exists. That means we may eventually be able to emulate it. So, I wonder if we can figure out how to travel into the future and kill/control our own witch. [edit] Hm. After we figure out how to fix soul gems, anyways. Can't let Madoka be the only one with a witch-based paradox...)
Let's clean up our backyard first.
(Oh and maybe get Madoka to read some Asimov. Just as insurance.)
(Unrelated: magical time travel exists. That means we may eventually be able to emulate it. So, I wonder if we can figure out how to travel into the future and kill/control our own witch. [edit] Hm. After we figure out how to fix soul gems, anyways. Can't let Madoka be the only one with a witch-based paradox...)
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- Location
- The Surface Of A Hostile Planet
If we do it right, it would be a stable time loop, not a paradox.
Warning: Warning
- Location
- Singapore
Onmur
Archangel of Nutella.
Why travel into the future to control our Witch? Our Witch is right there, on the Gem! We just have to poke it.
What could possibly go wrong?
They're aware of it, no need to reiterate.
Onmur
Archangel of Nutella.
So, um... ah... eh. Um. I don't know.
I blame FeepingCreature for this one.
'This is a terrible idea,' thinks Sabrina, as she lies in the dark.
Lost in her thoughts, she tosses and turns, 'why am I even considering this, this horrid thing...' A nervous shudder shakes her suddenly.
Sabrina freezes. Remaining absolutely still, she slowly inhales and exhales air, her breathing gradually evening out. A few moments pass, until she hears -and feels- the gentle breathing of the one beside her.
'At least that confirms that,' she thinks, sighing in relief. 'Still, can't be too sure.'
Her voice comes out as barely a whisper, "Mami? You awake?"
A few seconds pass.
No answer.
Only hearing Mami's continuous even breaths, Sabrina gulps, as she slowly reaches out with her hand, an effort of will calling a white stone, visible even in the darkness, to float gently into her hand.
'Why am I doing this?' She asks herself as she contemplates her Soul Gem. A moment later, she pulls the Gem close to her mouth and closes her eyes, 'no turning back'.
Her lips tremble. They move shakily, but no sound comes from them.
She suddenly takes in air, and a wisp of other -magic- accompanies her hurried whisper, "hello-Dedolere-how-are-you-doing".
Sabrina's eyes shut firm, the darkness hiding her grimace, her teeth clenched in expectation of pain.
A few seconds later, she exhales a shaky breath.
'Nothing after all,' she thinks. Her lips twitch, and she hastily covers her mouth, trying to contain a giggle. She barely succeeds, 'can't wake up Mami,' she takes a deep breath and lets it go, slowly.
Once calm, she looks at the Soul Gem, 'I was just being silly', she reprimands herself as she bids a trace of Grief to lift the Gem-
"Hel... lo."
Sabrina chucks the Gem away quick as she can.
Clatter.
Sabrina's heart thunders in her chest as her wide eyes fixate on the Gem, rolling on the floor until it gently hits the wall opposite the bed.
But nothing happens.
Her thoughts run a mile an hour, instincts forcing her to stay put, worry yelling at her to get up and do something, sense berating her for doing something stupid.
"Hm...?" A soft noise breaks the silence, "Sabrina? Something wrong?" Mami's sleepy, honeyed voice startles Sabrina out of her stupor.
Slowly, Sabrina's head turns until she can look at Mami's eyes, shining oh so slightly in the darkness; she looks back up at the Gem, inert on the floor; then back down at her friend.
"No." She whispers. "Nothing wrong," she mutters, lying back down after realizing her half seated position, and turning to pull Mami into a hug.
She waits for a minute, thinking what to say for waking Mami up for no reason -that she'd explain- but no further questions came from the blonde.
Belatedly, Sabrina notices Mami's breathing evened out, pushing slightly at her every couple of seconds, and realizes Mami already fell back sleep.
Sighing in relief once more, Sabrina cautiously reaches out to her Soul Gem with her senses, noticing nothing wrong with it, except perhaps a little more Grief than there was in there a few minutes prior.
A thought is spared towards willing the Gem back in its place on the bedside table, before quickly being discarded.
Without further deliberation, Sabrina closes her eyes.
Nothing disturbs her sleep that night.
Lost in her thoughts, she tosses and turns, 'why am I even considering this, this horrid thing...' A nervous shudder shakes her suddenly.
Sabrina freezes. Remaining absolutely still, she slowly inhales and exhales air, her breathing gradually evening out. A few moments pass, until she hears -and feels- the gentle breathing of the one beside her.
'At least that confirms that,' she thinks, sighing in relief. 'Still, can't be too sure.'
Her voice comes out as barely a whisper, "Mami? You awake?"
A few seconds pass.
No answer.
Only hearing Mami's continuous even breaths, Sabrina gulps, as she slowly reaches out with her hand, an effort of will calling a white stone, visible even in the darkness, to float gently into her hand.
'Why am I doing this?' She asks herself as she contemplates her Soul Gem. A moment later, she pulls the Gem close to her mouth and closes her eyes, 'no turning back'.
Her lips tremble. They move shakily, but no sound comes from them.
She suddenly takes in air, and a wisp of other -magic- accompanies her hurried whisper, "hello-Dedolere-how-are-you-doing".
Sabrina's eyes shut firm, the darkness hiding her grimace, her teeth clenched in expectation of pain.
A few seconds later, she exhales a shaky breath.
'Nothing after all,' she thinks. Her lips twitch, and she hastily covers her mouth, trying to contain a giggle. She barely succeeds, 'can't wake up Mami,' she takes a deep breath and lets it go, slowly.
Once calm, she looks at the Soul Gem, 'I was just being silly', she reprimands herself as she bids a trace of Grief to lift the Gem-
"Hel... lo."
Sabrina chucks the Gem away quick as she can.
Clatter.
Sabrina's heart thunders in her chest as her wide eyes fixate on the Gem, rolling on the floor until it gently hits the wall opposite the bed.
But nothing happens.
Her thoughts run a mile an hour, instincts forcing her to stay put, worry yelling at her to get up and do something, sense berating her for doing something stupid.
"Hm...?" A soft noise breaks the silence, "Sabrina? Something wrong?" Mami's sleepy, honeyed voice startles Sabrina out of her stupor.
Slowly, Sabrina's head turns until she can look at Mami's eyes, shining oh so slightly in the darkness; she looks back up at the Gem, inert on the floor; then back down at her friend.
"No." She whispers. "Nothing wrong," she mutters, lying back down after realizing her half seated position, and turning to pull Mami into a hug.
She waits for a minute, thinking what to say for waking Mami up for no reason -that she'd explain- but no further questions came from the blonde.
Belatedly, Sabrina notices Mami's breathing evened out, pushing slightly at her every couple of seconds, and realizes Mami already fell back sleep.
Sighing in relief once more, Sabrina cautiously reaches out to her Soul Gem with her senses, noticing nothing wrong with it, except perhaps a little more Grief than there was in there a few minutes prior.
A thought is spared towards willing the Gem back in its place on the bedside table, before quickly being discarded.
Without further deliberation, Sabrina closes her eyes.
Nothing disturbs her sleep that night.
I blame FeepingCreature for this one.
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AuraTwilight
The Sorcerer of Smiles
- Location
- The Silver City
That is exactly what would happen.
Let's do it again, see if we can strike up a conversation.
Let's do it again, see if we can strike up a conversation.
Mandabar
Waifu of choice is Rem. Give that girl some hugs!
- Location
- Florida, USA [Yes. Florida *FacePalm*]
Man this thread has really moved, forgive me if my post seems dated or some points may have been partially/fully answered already. 1.7k words admittedly a lot of it is quotes, but wow..
Yeah, I've advocated that the compressed grief ring we wear constantly--since we've used it to confirm no damage occurs from it and it hasn't--be changed to something else we wear that is functional and helps us. Something witchy. Heck we have another 8 fingers we can use if a grief object can only embody one concept at a time (One as space for our Meguca ring, and counting our current ring). Not only does it get others used to witchy grief, we get benefits. Now if we can somehow make it permanent. Or maybe we can make something that keeps itself and nearby grief objects actualized, small range of 1-2m.. would be one ring dedicated to that, with more rings on our friends doing things. Man we need a good Scientific science time soon, not the usual random science and then give up with one failure thing we do.
I agree many small attempts spread across updates while doing things is something we can start doing soon/when we can. And it's not like we are looking to do combat related SCIENCE only as some might think/say. We are focusing on other solutions as well. Like how our power actually works. The Grief/Witch conceptual thing is HUGE.
Eventually when ready for a timestop science section, We'd have 'time' for SCIENCE during a timestop. Just have to convince Homura, heck she can take nice long full 8+ hours of sleep and have a few meals or something we take our time. Some Oriko capture adventure levels of time. Wellll, maybe a little less time than that. This is for when a longer science sections would actually be useful, and wouldn't take up time for something else if needed.
Time wasted wouldn't be an issue in a Timestop with just Homura. No Mami to get uncomfortable in the silence. The main thing will be having Homura comfortable to be with us for such an extended period of time. Maybe she can be off doing her own testing of her powers? Bit harder w/o ribbonhax Mami, but I think it's worthwhile to not bring her due to her issues with timestop. Though of course if she could handle it, it would be great to give her time to do her own things/teach us. Perhaps our grief orchestra could simulate city life sounds as suggested once?
This post kinda got away from me, a bit stream of consciousnessy... Do try when replying not to ignore one point in favor of another you can shoot down easily. Bit sciency convo heavy, but that is pretty much the last 8 pages worth of 'discussion' as well.
Actually, if memory serves, all grief in the area of antimagic, we lose control over. It is basically as if the grief left our 100m area of control, and it does it's 'try to condense into something and then evaporate' thing.
Yeah, I've advocated that the compressed grief ring we wear constantly--since we've used it to confirm no damage occurs from it and it hasn't--be changed to something else we wear that is functional and helps us. Something witchy. Heck we have another 8 fingers we can use if a grief object can only embody one concept at a time (One as space for our Meguca ring, and counting our current ring). Not only does it get others used to witchy grief, we get benefits. Now if we can somehow make it permanent. Or maybe we can make something that keeps itself and nearby grief objects actualized, small range of 1-2m.. would be one ring dedicated to that, with more rings on our friends doing things. Man we need a good Scientific science time soon, not the usual random science and then give up with one failure thing we do.
I agree many small attempts spread across updates while doing things is something we can start doing soon/when we can. And it's not like we are looking to do combat related SCIENCE only as some might think/say. We are focusing on other solutions as well. Like how our power actually works. The Grief/Witch conceptual thing is HUGE.
Eventually when ready for a timestop science section, We'd have 'time' for SCIENCE during a timestop. Just have to convince Homura, heck she can take nice long full 8+ hours of sleep and have a few meals or something we take our time. Some Oriko capture adventure levels of time. Wellll, maybe a little less time than that. This is for when a longer science sections would actually be useful, and wouldn't take up time for something else if needed.
Time wasted wouldn't be an issue in a Timestop with just Homura. No Mami to get uncomfortable in the silence. The main thing will be having Homura comfortable to be with us for such an extended period of time. Maybe she can be off doing her own testing of her powers? Bit harder w/o ribbonhax Mami, but I think it's worthwhile to not bring her due to her issues with timestop. Though of course if she could handle it, it would be great to give her time to do her own things/teach us. Perhaps our grief orchestra could simulate city life sounds as suggested once?
It's not random and unhelpful... This situation might have been resolved already if we knew of our own capabilities now. Maybe not, but it would have already had most of our current questions answered.
Um, didn't Mami say such a low range was not normal? Paraphrased mangled quote "...A few have a range of 100m, but that's unusual."
Firn is a scientist as well I agree. I'm sure his mind goes more along the lines of real scientific procedure then the "Add SCIENCE and it instantly works if possible" method that has been followed.
Wasn't this time spent when everyone was in School and we were left to do nothing but kick our heels basicly? I mean there were some things we could do I suppose, like talk to Kyokou, or the Telekinetic/Illusion girls. Which we did do. Don't need to be constantly with them clingy. I think we were using our time wisely.
This is a very valid thing to try. I mean we DID create a close combat harness/suit thing. It made us KNOW how to fight and gave us the skills etc. That's a mental effect right there. Accelerated Learning, Accelerated Perception or Accelerated Thought are just a few ways this could possibly work. Now the implanted combat skills faded, but things we learned, but faster with a grief tool... I hesitate to say they would fade.
Exactly, It hasn't even been a full 24 hours since the first test, let alone the second barrier we created with Mami.
A google doc perhaps or google spreadsheet?
Exactly, We made a Grief!Healing item, and a Grief!MagicBooster. The former was mostly ineffective at permanent healing, was the latter was moderately ineffective, but worked better. A Grief!HealingSkillBooster would presumbly have nothing to do with the actual healing, but our ability to actually heal. We would lose the knowledge like the combat booster, but the results of what we did should remain. And perhaps a Grief!HealingSkillLearningAccelerator might do a more permanent gain in skill? Meh.
I agree Sereg, here's the story quote.
Going from this, it starts off saying we are restricted to 100m. She's surprised at that fact. I believe it's the fact that it's so small. I believe she's indicating that few have such a small range. But Mami wasn't definite one way or another I agree so we can't say which was unusual, the distance of our range being short or far-reaching... I assume we can't say much about the melee users even though it likely they can throw their weapons at indefinite range, but lets look at a few other meguca with larger than 100m range.
- Ramiel - Fuck off beams, huge range
- Mami - Muskets balls that just don't stop, and immense ribbon range, and Rebellion.
- Homura - Timestops everything everywhere everywhen
- Oriko - Precogs most of japan, or the nearby cities at least.
- Akiko - Can cause rain storms to cover a city with time, Likely.
- Sakura - City to city range teleportation at minimum.
- Moe - Shadow jumping across skyscrapers at Ramiel range at least.
- Aki - Creates clones that can travel large distances from her.
- Kimiko - Lighting attacks at 'extreme' range.
The ability to affect abilities and knowledge. Yes, very useful. Possibly increase learning speed as well?
This post kinda got away from me, a bit stream of consciousnessy... Do try when replying not to ignore one point in favor of another you can shoot down easily. Bit sciency convo heavy, but that is pretty much the last 8 pages worth of 'discussion' as well.
Mandabar
Waifu of choice is Rem. Give that girl some hugs!
- Location
- Florida, USA [Yes. Florida *FacePalm*]
I... Liked that. Lets do it for real!
I was waiting for us to break our own soul gem with our instinctive throw it away reaction.
- Location
- Canada
F
Onmur
Archangel of Nutella.
(It turns out Dedolere -cease to grieve- in its non-hatched, contained form, is a fantastic therapist)
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Mandabar
Waifu of choice is Rem. Give that girl some hugs!
- Location
- Florida, USA [Yes. Florida *FacePalm*]
Sooo... We need to get her/us to talk to Mami then? Great that's very useful!
Onmur
Archangel of Nutella.
I think she's surprised at the fact we have a limit range at all.
Back when we left Sendai, she said her ribbons would dissolve after half an hour (Spider Mami?); distance didn't enter the equation, only time.
Something to note, when we snatched her Gem, she teleported 200m out and collapsed.
AuraTwilight
The Sorcerer of Smiles
- Location
- The Silver City
"OH MY GOD SABRINA WHY IS THERE A WITCH IN YOUR GEM HOLY SHIT" "It's a side effect of my wish. She's friendly and loans me free grief!" "Oh...that...that makes sense. Yes it does! Totally...." Mami's repression intensifies.
1. Undirected SCIENCE is worse than useless since it combines not making progress on our goals with sacrificing anything else we might do (social is how we'll win PMAS not gimmicks) and yes I consider talking to Kyouko a better use of time than what we ended up doing and risking it blowing up n our faces when we get sloppy. Mostly I'm utterly sick of pointless SCIENCE that gives small returns on time invested while actually relevant actions get sidelined for update after update of "you flail like an idiot and get a few cute toys out of it". Kicking , Oriko and Homura aren't traditional megucas in terms of "distance" of their power (Oriko's is technically not distance based at all and Homuras is centered on herself)
2. The story quote suggests that Mami's surprised that we consider our range to be "only" 100 meters. We've never seen Mami outside of 100 meters, and Ramiel and Kimiko seem like outliers. I seriously doubt every meguca but Sabrina has the magical equivalent of sniper rifles or that we're somehow crippled in that sense.
We've seen that griefhax is basically reality warping. That doesn't mean we actually get knowledge so much as tell reality to temporarily do what we want, the same way it would in a barrier. It's not a useful way to try and win at everything/break the quest.
DB_Explorer
Purveyor of alternate realities.
- Location
- San Diego, California
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Good news - Car is in for repairs, and no one was hurt! (the other car wasn't even damaged...)
Bad News -.... you people added 7 pages while I was getting that dealt with.
O. O
Bad News -.... you people added 7 pages while I was getting that dealt with.
O. O
Onmur
Archangel of Nutella.
'Smooth, Sabrina, why didn't you tell her it was an angel, or a fairy, or something nice that took residence in your Soul and wanted to help? Nooo... you had yo go and say it was a Witch, fat lot of good it does you to think your answer for twenty hours if you're gonna do that.'
Mami: "Um... What are you thinking, Sabrina?"
Sabrina: "Eh, ah, nothing, just berating Sayaka for making me be honest, and Kyouko for not stopping her, and everybody else for bandwagoing. Except Madoka, she's nice when she's not glaring down at you from above."
Mami: "... OK?"
Sabrina: "But it's mostly the purple dog's fault."
Mami: "..."
Sabrina: "... I'm- sorry, I'll go talk with Dedolere for a bit. Therapy time!"
Mami: "..."
Homura: "Went better than expected."
Mami: *Jumps*
Homura: *Side glances at startled Mami* *Walks away*
Hope it's not too expensive and good to hear you're alright.
Mandabar
Waifu of choice is Rem. Give that girl some hugs!
- Location
- Florida, USA [Yes. Florida *FacePalm*]
Ah, true. I guess it's unlimited range in a way (based on amount of magic needed) as long as the Gem remains with the teleportation effect/body. Heh
Glad to hear DB! Yeah I've mostly kinda sorta stayed away for a day or two since it's been getting circular in here with everyone having a discussion and Ugo going ANTI SCIEEEENNNCCEEEE on everything and everywhere. *Cough*
Well now we know at least that Sayaka isn't interested in her science classes.
<Hugs Ugolino> Don't worry, we'll keep most of that bad bad science away from you, oh yes we will, yes we will! <Snuggles Chibi-Sayaka>
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You groan to yourself, rubbing at your forehead and drawing a curious look from Kirika. You should have expected this. Homura... hates Oriko and Kirika. Mostly the former. You can kind of understand it, you guess, even if you don't agree with it.
Elsewhere, and elsewhen, Homura will once have made friends with Madoka and Sayaka and Mami. And Mami and her fought side by side, and things were going well. They'd gone well up until those last five minutes, and she stumbled upon Madoka's corpse, impaled on a near 'miss' from Oriko.
Defeat, snatched from the jaws of victory and handed to her.
But that was then, and this is now.
"Homura, hear me out, please?" you ask quietly. "If I can't convince you and Mami, then that's that, but can I talk?" You're not absolutely sure you will leave it.
Do you have it in you to go against Homura? Against your friend?
You can't honestly answer the question. Not yet, perhaps.
Mami speaks a few moments later. "Homura?" she prompts, voice tentative.
"Fine," Homura bites out, mental voice impatient.
That's a first step, at least.
You take a deep breath to marshal the thoughts cascading through your mind. Half a dozen ways to present your case, arguments and counterarguments and how Homura might react.
You huff out an annoyed breath, garnering a regal, sympathetic nod from Oriko. She can probably guess what's troubling you. Kirika, on the other hand, seems to be halfway through the process of collapsing into a cuddle on Oriko's lap, apparently content with that.
"Oriko isn't... simply in pain," you say quietly, leaning back in your chair and hooking your arms over the back. "She's really hurting. She looked like a corpse when I got here, and she can't possibly fake... Her Soul Gem, her Soul, it's wrong. It's not something she can fake."
You're pretty sure, anyway. You glance over at Oriko - she still looks kind of drawn, but at least her colour's somewhat healthier, and she doesn't look like she's in pain for now. Her eyes are distant, staring out of the window at what she can see of Mitakihara with a melancholic twist to her mouth. She's got her arm wrapped around Kirika, slowly stroking the other girl's back.
"It's not even something most magical girls can see. It's destroying her from the inside. If I leave... I have no idea what will happen," you tell Homura.
The time traveller doesn't respond, maintaining her stony silence.
You suppress a frustrated groan, rubbing at your forehead. "I understand they're dangerous, Homura," you say. "I get that. I really do."
You take a breath, even if you don't really need to - you're speaking telepathically, after all. "But so am I. I can take them. I won't be taking my eyes off them for a second; I'm prepared for treachery; Oriko's wearing a magical ring with properties of my choosing, which I can change on a whim; I can hold onto their soul gems as a condition of their temporary outing."
How much of that is an empty threat? You grimace to yourself, glancing from Oriko to Kirika, now curled up on top of Oriko like a cat. She seems to sense your eyes on her, and cracks one orange eye open and grins at you, fang poking out.
"They're not going to be anywhere near our friends, Homura. They can't leave my range and most importantly, they're accounted for."
"And..." One last reassurance, maybe. "If they try to backstab me... they won't succeed."
"No." Homura's refusal is short and sharp.
"Homura... from what Sabrina says, it sounds like Miss Mikuni might really be having troubles," Mami says, loyally backing you up. "I understand your concerns, but couldn't you trust Sabrina?"
Homura's silent for a moment. "I trust Sabrina," she admits. "I don't trust them."
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Well. Shit.
Elsewhere, and elsewhen, Homura will once have made friends with Madoka and Sayaka and Mami. And Mami and her fought side by side, and things were going well. They'd gone well up until those last five minutes, and she stumbled upon Madoka's corpse, impaled on a near 'miss' from Oriko.
Defeat, snatched from the jaws of victory and handed to her.
But that was then, and this is now.
"Homura, hear me out, please?" you ask quietly. "If I can't convince you and Mami, then that's that, but can I talk?" You're not absolutely sure you will leave it.
Do you have it in you to go against Homura? Against your friend?
You can't honestly answer the question. Not yet, perhaps.
Mami speaks a few moments later. "Homura?" she prompts, voice tentative.
"Fine," Homura bites out, mental voice impatient.
That's a first step, at least.
You take a deep breath to marshal the thoughts cascading through your mind. Half a dozen ways to present your case, arguments and counterarguments and how Homura might react.
You huff out an annoyed breath, garnering a regal, sympathetic nod from Oriko. She can probably guess what's troubling you. Kirika, on the other hand, seems to be halfway through the process of collapsing into a cuddle on Oriko's lap, apparently content with that.
"Oriko isn't... simply in pain," you say quietly, leaning back in your chair and hooking your arms over the back. "She's really hurting. She looked like a corpse when I got here, and she can't possibly fake... Her Soul Gem, her Soul, it's wrong. It's not something she can fake."
You're pretty sure, anyway. You glance over at Oriko - she still looks kind of drawn, but at least her colour's somewhat healthier, and she doesn't look like she's in pain for now. Her eyes are distant, staring out of the window at what she can see of Mitakihara with a melancholic twist to her mouth. She's got her arm wrapped around Kirika, slowly stroking the other girl's back.
"It's not even something most magical girls can see. It's destroying her from the inside. If I leave... I have no idea what will happen," you tell Homura.
The time traveller doesn't respond, maintaining her stony silence.
You suppress a frustrated groan, rubbing at your forehead. "I understand they're dangerous, Homura," you say. "I get that. I really do."
You take a breath, even if you don't really need to - you're speaking telepathically, after all. "But so am I. I can take them. I won't be taking my eyes off them for a second; I'm prepared for treachery; Oriko's wearing a magical ring with properties of my choosing, which I can change on a whim; I can hold onto their soul gems as a condition of their temporary outing."
How much of that is an empty threat? You grimace to yourself, glancing from Oriko to Kirika, now curled up on top of Oriko like a cat. She seems to sense your eyes on her, and cracks one orange eye open and grins at you, fang poking out.
"They're not going to be anywhere near our friends, Homura. They can't leave my range and most importantly, they're accounted for."
"And..." One last reassurance, maybe. "If they try to backstab me... they won't succeed."
"No." Homura's refusal is short and sharp.
"Homura... from what Sabrina says, it sounds like Miss Mikuni might really be having troubles," Mami says, loyally backing you up. "I understand your concerns, but couldn't you trust Sabrina?"
Homura's silent for a moment. "I trust Sabrina," she admits. "I don't trust them."
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Well. Shit.
[x]Then I'm asking you to trust me to be able to handle them. Please, Homura. You don't need to trust them. I understand why you don't, but her powers've been useful before. We can't just let her die if we can stop it.
-[x]I'm not just letting them loose, but I can't leave Oriko right now with her soul like this. It could kill her. One way or another, I need to fix this. The only real way I see to do that right now is for Oriko to come with me.
[x]I can encase their gems in reshaped grief. If anything happens to me and I lose control, they'd die. They couldn't even go outside of my grief range like that.
-[x]I can try and shut down their magic usage too.
[x]If it isn't enough for Homura, let Oriko and Kirika know. Suggest that you might need to take Oriko's gem with you, just for today.
-[x]I'm not just letting them loose, but I can't leave Oriko right now with her soul like this. It could kill her. One way or another, I need to fix this. The only real way I see to do that right now is for Oriko to come with me.
[x]I can encase their gems in reshaped grief. If anything happens to me and I lose control, they'd die. They couldn't even go outside of my grief range like that.
-[x]I can try and shut down their magic usage too.
[x]If it isn't enough for Homura, let Oriko and Kirika know. Suggest that you might need to take Oriko's gem with you, just for today.
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