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inverted_helix said:
People are saying that it's because her precog is faulty. I'm saying that her precog was unnecessary for this as basic witch-radar should have detected it.
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Or you know she's a petty bitch and didn't warn Sabrina b\c this is her way of getting back at the girl that maimed her and her girlfriend. A learning experience, if you will.

Firn also said we've been using our Grief senses instead of our Meguca senses too much. Hence why we didn't detect it b\c barriers are a passive kind of grief.
 
Aurora only became close to hatching very recently. Mami and homura didn't detect anything during lunch, and it didn't get brought up during our visit to Masami. Whatever happened to it, it happened sometime during the training session, so there is really no reason to expect Oriko to have detected it with her witch senses.
 
Cannongerbil said:
Aurora only became close to hatching very recently. Mami and homura didn't detect anything during lunch, and it didn't get brought up during our visit to Masami. Whatever happened to it, it happened sometime during the training session, so there is really no reason to expect Oriko to have detected it with her witch senses.
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This is a good point and I'll grant that means Oriko would have needed to precog it.

Though it also likely means that the issue with the seed is connected to what we were doing there, unless it was some sort of gradual thing that just conveniently now hit critical mass, which seems less likely to me due to how convenient the timing was and that it was only noticed at critical mass and not in some step below that.
 
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Surface Tension pt. 24
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    • "I... don't know," you respond, looking blankly between the two Grief Seeds - Aurora's, horribly overfilled and throbbing menacingly, Hildegard's, somehow emptier than it should be. "I didn't even touch that one, honest!"

    Mami frowns. "Then why is it so overfilled? It's dangerous."

    "Hmm... does Grief transfer between Grief Seeds when you touch them together?" you ask curiously. "It doesn't, right?"

    "It doesn't," Mami tells you.

    "Why does this Grief Seed look like that?" Homura asks, pointing at Hildegard's Grief Seed, in its smoky, rather than obsidian black, glory. The black haired girl is frowning at the odd looking Grief Seed - you suppose she would have seen plenty of about-to-hatch Grief Seeds, but this, on the other hand, would be the first half-empty one she's come across.

    "I extracted some Grief from it to make my wings," you reply. "Speaking of which, um, let me try something?"

    Without waiting for an answer, you hurriedly put Hildegard's Seed aside for a moment, and yank at the Grief in Aurora's. The Grief comes free almost sulkily, heavy, ropy streamers oozing from the Grief Seed. It almost feels like the Witch is trying to hang on to the Grief, but you counter that easily.

    You observe Aurora's Grief Seed closely as the Grief flows away - you can feel an impression of the Witch again, the blues and blacks and marble of the Barrier trying to reform - the Witch was definitely trying to hatch again. There's a sensation of... hunger, predation maybe?

    Hildegard, by contrast, is simply... quiet, the Grief sitting immobile within the Grief Seed. You wonder, and hope that perhaps it's turning back into a Soul Gem. Maybe, maybe not - nothing seems to be happening right now.

    You convert the Grief from Aurora's Grief Seed into marbles, forming a several hundred which you pack neatly away in your sling bag.

    Mami visibly relaxes as the Grief Seed returns to a more conventional state, subtle tension of her muscles releasing. "That's amazing, Sabrina," she murmurs.

    Homura nods in silent agreement. "Could I have a look at the other Grief Seed?" she asks.

    You shrug, and hand over Hildegard's Grief Seed.

    Mami, by contrast, is rather more interested in looking you over to make sure you're alright. She walks over to you, and captures you in a tight hug, avoiding the massive wings still hovering behind you. "Now, don't do that again! I- do you know how worried we were when we found out you were the source of the hatching Witch? Even Homura?"

    Out of the corner of your eye, you see Homura give the blonde a sour look.

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    You have three hundred and twenty seven Grief marbles in your sling bag, and one Grief Seed in your hand.
     
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    [x]Hugs.
    [x]We're sorry for making everyone worry- especially Mami so soon.
    [x]We promise we'll be a lot more careful when testing our powers. That reminds us- can we bother her for advice on magic sometime? Things like enchantment, roofhopping, and making magical objects since we're...kind of bad at them.
    [x]Mention Kyubey gave the okay for healing everyone...including Hitomi. Mention the gratuitous mindwipe too and his justification.
    [x]Leave timestop?
    [x]Talk on the way up to everyone, focusing on Mami and Madoka.
    -[x]How was school?
    [x]If we visit Sayaka, after everyone's done talking, be sure to quietly mention the Kyubey mindwipe and to come to us if she thinks he's done it again.
    [x]Before moving on, mention that we're going to need to tell Hitomi about magic- Sayaka wants to be there for that, right?
     
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    [q] Belated realization that we almost accidentally Oriko'd the Hospital
    -[q] Witch out in Mami's arms
    [x] Ugolino
    -[x] Break down the wings into grief marbles.
     
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    [q] CannonGerbil

    [x] Ugolino
    -[x] Break down the wings into grief marbles.

    EDIT: Added Dirtnap's line.
     
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