TyrantYuyuka
ESC-A Doppel
Here's another omake for the pile.
While you was busy experimenting on your grief powers, Homura approached you from behind and called out to you, "Sabrina, we need to talk."
You removed your grief-constructed safety goggles and placed it down on a grief-constructed table. you turned around and saw that Homura was accompanied by Mami. While Homura looked as cold and emotionless as usual, you could sense that she was feeling a bit annoyed. Mami, on the other hand, appeared to be quite worried and fidgety as she looked around the interior of the warehouse you were borrowing to do your experiments in.
You smiled and told Homura, "Sure thing, Homura."
With a snap of your fingers, the marbles around yours, Homura's, and Mami's feet began to transform into chairs. While you took a seat on the chair, Mami and Homura did not. They took a look at the chair, for a brief second, but ultimately did not take a seat. Taking a hint, you stood up from your seat and deconstructed the grief-born chairs.
Homura was about to say something, but Mami held out her hand and signaled to Homura that she would be the one talking instead. Homura nodded and stepped down from the speaking position and let Mami take center stage instead.
Mami, still looking a bit worried, gently told you, "Sabrina, Homura and I are worried that you're picking up a bit too many traits from the Witches."
You were a bit confused by what Mami was saying. You didn't think you picked up any traits from any Witches. Well, you were a Magical Girl and the Witches are ex-Magical Girls, but that's really about it.
You asked Mami, "What do you mean?"
Homura sighed and said, "Sabrina, do you know where you are?"
You tilted your head and responded, sounding a bit confused about where Homura was going with that question, "…Inside of a warehouse at the harbor?"
She nodded and followed up, "You're right, but also wrong. We're inside of the warehouse, but we're also inside of a barrier right now."
You asked Homura, "But aren't protective barriers normal? I'm sure there are plenty of Magical Girls who separate themselves from the outside world to prevent potentially dangerous experiments from coming out."
Homura frowned and told you, "Those kinds of barriers are much different than the barrier that you made. When Mami and I tried to find you inside the warehouse you said that you would be in, it was completely empty. When we decided the use our soul gems the same way we use to find Witch Barriers, then we were able to find your barrier and enter it."
Well, you couldn't deny that you somewhat copied the design of a Witch's Barrier in order to perfect your own barriers. However an imitation is not the same thing as being the original. Witches have their own barriers, while yours is a kind of knock-off. Just because they share some similarities doesn't mean you're turning into a Witch.
You told Homura, "That's just a coincidence. I did imitate their design a bit, but that's just a copy. It doesn't mean anything."
Mami also added, "You've also been working on creating what seem like familiars as well."
You told Mami, "They're just assistants. Just because I have them run some errands outside of the protective shield for me doesn't make them familiars."
Homura sighed and said, "They grabbed a random sandwich vendor outside of the docks and tried to drag her here. And another group of your 'assistants' ambushed a little girl on her bicycle."
You muttered to yourself, "Note to self… Increase the amount of training for artificial intelligence."
You quickly told your worried friends, "Alright, they have a little kinks and they slightly have the same behaviors as Witch Familiars, but that's also just a coincidence. I designed them very similar to robots in the real world, you can't expect their AI to be perfect in one go. Give me some time and I'll reign them in."
Mami and Homura looked at each other for a second. Mami shook her head gently and Homura rolled her eyes.
Homura reached into her shield and pulled out a pencil and paper. You didn't know why she had individual sheets of paper inside of her shield or a single wooden pencil in there, but you didn't want to say something that would make her angry. You were quite allergic of bullet salad.
Homura laid the pencil and piece of paper down on the grief-constructed table and told you, "Write down a few words about the opening of Japanese ports for trading with the United States."
You were confused about why Homura would ask you to write about that. What did that have to do with anything? But whatever, you already knew that Commodore Matthew C. Perry opened up Japanese ports to trading with U.S. merchant ships on July 8, 1853 at the harbor in Tokyo Bay. You picked up the pencil and jotted down a quick summary, just like she said.
When you put the pencil down and handed the paper to Homura, she and Mami looked at it and looked at each other once again. Homura kept frowning, while Mami looked more and more worried each second. She whispered something to Homura, but you couldn't hear exactly what she was saying.
Homura told you, "I can't read this."
You asked Homura, "What do you mean?"
Homura flipped the paper around to show you. You leaned in closer to see if you accidently made a mistake somewhere or if your handwriting was messy. After a quick read, you couldn't see any kind of problem. Everything seemed to be perfectly fine and your handwriting was very good, if you say so yourself. It was perfectly legible and there shouldn't be any confusion at all.
You shrugged your shoulders and said, "I don't see any problem at all."
Mami pointed to the words and said, "It's written in 'Witch Runes,' also known as the language of witches."
Okay, that was a little suspicious, but it wasn't anything to freak out over. You were doing research on the language and trying to commit the language to instant memory. You didn't want to have to stand around for a few minutes and try to decipher what the runes said every time you went hunting with your friends. Sometimes people accidently start writing in a different language once they've been studying it intensely for a while. It's normal!
You told your friends, "Okay, me writing in Witch Runes is a little abnormal, but I still think you're all blowing this way out of proportion."
Homura turned to you and said, "Sabrina, we need a cleansing. You've also been doing quite a bit of work, so you should clean yourself as well."
You weren't too keen of Homura changing the topic like that, but whatever. Maybe a good soul gem cleansing would be what everyone needed. Maybe we all could calm down with the gems being completely clean. Mami and Homura pulled out their gems and you did the same.
Just before you were about to clean your gem, Mami pointed to your gem and said, "Um… Sabrina. That's a grief seed."
What? You looked down at your hand and there was a grief seed in your hands, but the sphere on top of had a white crystal inside. You thought you pulled out your soul gem, but for some reason a grief seed was in your hand instead. And it didn't look like any other grief seed you seen before either.
Homura pulled out several grief seeds from her shield and put it next to your soul gem for comparison. It looked like your soul gem was inside of a grief-shaped case. In fact, it looked exactly like a soul gem that was about to turn into a grief seed, but not all covered in dark corruption. The grief-seed shaped soul gem still shone like a normal, but slightly dirty, soul gem.
Homura and Mami looked at you silently and you muttered begrudgingly, "Okay… I might be picking up a slight bit of Witch traits…"
You removed your grief-constructed safety goggles and placed it down on a grief-constructed table. you turned around and saw that Homura was accompanied by Mami. While Homura looked as cold and emotionless as usual, you could sense that she was feeling a bit annoyed. Mami, on the other hand, appeared to be quite worried and fidgety as she looked around the interior of the warehouse you were borrowing to do your experiments in.
You smiled and told Homura, "Sure thing, Homura."
With a snap of your fingers, the marbles around yours, Homura's, and Mami's feet began to transform into chairs. While you took a seat on the chair, Mami and Homura did not. They took a look at the chair, for a brief second, but ultimately did not take a seat. Taking a hint, you stood up from your seat and deconstructed the grief-born chairs.
Homura was about to say something, but Mami held out her hand and signaled to Homura that she would be the one talking instead. Homura nodded and stepped down from the speaking position and let Mami take center stage instead.
Mami, still looking a bit worried, gently told you, "Sabrina, Homura and I are worried that you're picking up a bit too many traits from the Witches."
You were a bit confused by what Mami was saying. You didn't think you picked up any traits from any Witches. Well, you were a Magical Girl and the Witches are ex-Magical Girls, but that's really about it.
You asked Mami, "What do you mean?"
Homura sighed and said, "Sabrina, do you know where you are?"
You tilted your head and responded, sounding a bit confused about where Homura was going with that question, "…Inside of a warehouse at the harbor?"
She nodded and followed up, "You're right, but also wrong. We're inside of the warehouse, but we're also inside of a barrier right now."
You asked Homura, "But aren't protective barriers normal? I'm sure there are plenty of Magical Girls who separate themselves from the outside world to prevent potentially dangerous experiments from coming out."
Homura frowned and told you, "Those kinds of barriers are much different than the barrier that you made. When Mami and I tried to find you inside the warehouse you said that you would be in, it was completely empty. When we decided the use our soul gems the same way we use to find Witch Barriers, then we were able to find your barrier and enter it."
Well, you couldn't deny that you somewhat copied the design of a Witch's Barrier in order to perfect your own barriers. However an imitation is not the same thing as being the original. Witches have their own barriers, while yours is a kind of knock-off. Just because they share some similarities doesn't mean you're turning into a Witch.
You told Homura, "That's just a coincidence. I did imitate their design a bit, but that's just a copy. It doesn't mean anything."
Mami also added, "You've also been working on creating what seem like familiars as well."
You told Mami, "They're just assistants. Just because I have them run some errands outside of the protective shield for me doesn't make them familiars."
Homura sighed and said, "They grabbed a random sandwich vendor outside of the docks and tried to drag her here. And another group of your 'assistants' ambushed a little girl on her bicycle."
You muttered to yourself, "Note to self… Increase the amount of training for artificial intelligence."
You quickly told your worried friends, "Alright, they have a little kinks and they slightly have the same behaviors as Witch Familiars, but that's also just a coincidence. I designed them very similar to robots in the real world, you can't expect their AI to be perfect in one go. Give me some time and I'll reign them in."
Mami and Homura looked at each other for a second. Mami shook her head gently and Homura rolled her eyes.
Homura reached into her shield and pulled out a pencil and paper. You didn't know why she had individual sheets of paper inside of her shield or a single wooden pencil in there, but you didn't want to say something that would make her angry. You were quite allergic of bullet salad.
Homura laid the pencil and piece of paper down on the grief-constructed table and told you, "Write down a few words about the opening of Japanese ports for trading with the United States."
You were confused about why Homura would ask you to write about that. What did that have to do with anything? But whatever, you already knew that Commodore Matthew C. Perry opened up Japanese ports to trading with U.S. merchant ships on July 8, 1853 at the harbor in Tokyo Bay. You picked up the pencil and jotted down a quick summary, just like she said.
When you put the pencil down and handed the paper to Homura, she and Mami looked at it and looked at each other once again. Homura kept frowning, while Mami looked more and more worried each second. She whispered something to Homura, but you couldn't hear exactly what she was saying.
Homura told you, "I can't read this."
You asked Homura, "What do you mean?"
Homura flipped the paper around to show you. You leaned in closer to see if you accidently made a mistake somewhere or if your handwriting was messy. After a quick read, you couldn't see any kind of problem. Everything seemed to be perfectly fine and your handwriting was very good, if you say so yourself. It was perfectly legible and there shouldn't be any confusion at all.
You shrugged your shoulders and said, "I don't see any problem at all."
Mami pointed to the words and said, "It's written in 'Witch Runes,' also known as the language of witches."
Okay, that was a little suspicious, but it wasn't anything to freak out over. You were doing research on the language and trying to commit the language to instant memory. You didn't want to have to stand around for a few minutes and try to decipher what the runes said every time you went hunting with your friends. Sometimes people accidently start writing in a different language once they've been studying it intensely for a while. It's normal!
You told your friends, "Okay, me writing in Witch Runes is a little abnormal, but I still think you're all blowing this way out of proportion."
Homura turned to you and said, "Sabrina, we need a cleansing. You've also been doing quite a bit of work, so you should clean yourself as well."
You weren't too keen of Homura changing the topic like that, but whatever. Maybe a good soul gem cleansing would be what everyone needed. Maybe we all could calm down with the gems being completely clean. Mami and Homura pulled out their gems and you did the same.
Just before you were about to clean your gem, Mami pointed to your gem and said, "Um… Sabrina. That's a grief seed."
What? You looked down at your hand and there was a grief seed in your hands, but the sphere on top of had a white crystal inside. You thought you pulled out your soul gem, but for some reason a grief seed was in your hand instead. And it didn't look like any other grief seed you seen before either.
Homura pulled out several grief seeds from her shield and put it next to your soul gem for comparison. It looked like your soul gem was inside of a grief-shaped case. In fact, it looked exactly like a soul gem that was about to turn into a grief seed, but not all covered in dark corruption. The grief-seed shaped soul gem still shone like a normal, but slightly dirty, soul gem.
Homura and Mami looked at you silently and you muttered begrudgingly, "Okay… I might be picking up a slight bit of Witch traits…"
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