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pfffftthahahahahahahaha!
Oh man, did you guys seriously vote for the brain damage omake's options?
Oh man, did you guys seriously vote for the brain damage omake's options?
Puella Magi Adfligo Systema
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akrasiel23
A wraith no more
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Okay, serious vote time.
[x]Eavesdropping proof if it's not already up. This isn't for Kyubey's ears.
[x]I...I just want her to believe that there's another, better way for things to go. She seems to feel that there's only one way for this to end, that it'd be better that way...and that isn't true. I was trying to get her to think about that.
[x]Tell her anything else you can think of about the events of that timeline. How she had trouble with controlling her magic. How she blamed herself, and her magic. How she realized the meaning of her life after fighting for Kirika and helping Yuma.
-[x]Tell her, word for word, what led up to that Oriko's revelation.
--[x]You're what matters to Oriko. It might not be something I can get through to her on- or she'd want to hear from me.
[x]Maybe I'm wrong, but I think that's part of what Oriko needs here. Part of why her magic's the way it is. And even if it isn't...I think it'd help if she could admit it to herself.
[x]You're probably the only person who can get through to her, here and now, I think. Maybe, just try and get her to talk about what matters to her. Try and get her to see that it doesn't have to be this way and it isn't easier or better. That she has value for being herself too. Get her to think about things, and don't let her just accept this. Don't let her...give up.
[x]Kirika...I might know things, but...I'm not sure I'm doing this the right way. What do you think?
[x]Eavesdropping proof if it's not already up. This isn't for Kyubey's ears.
[x]I...I just want her to believe that there's another, better way for things to go. She seems to feel that there's only one way for this to end, that it'd be better that way...and that isn't true. I was trying to get her to think about that.
[x]Tell her anything else you can think of about the events of that timeline. How she had trouble with controlling her magic. How she blamed herself, and her magic. How she realized the meaning of her life after fighting for Kirika and helping Yuma.
-[x]Tell her, word for word, what led up to that Oriko's revelation.
--[x]You're what matters to Oriko. It might not be something I can get through to her on- or she'd want to hear from me.
[x]Maybe I'm wrong, but I think that's part of what Oriko needs here. Part of why her magic's the way it is. And even if it isn't...I think it'd help if she could admit it to herself.
[x]You're probably the only person who can get through to her, here and now, I think. Maybe, just try and get her to talk about what matters to her. Try and get her to see that it doesn't have to be this way and it isn't easier or better. That she has value for being herself too. Get her to think about things, and don't let her just accept this. Don't let her...give up.
[x]Kirika...I might know things, but...I'm not sure I'm doing this the right way. What do you think?
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Hmm. We had KFC with Oriko and Kirika for Christmas. Should we do anything for Easter as well?
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Onmur
Archangel of Nutella.
DB_Explorer
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Onmur
Archangel of Nutella.
"Mami? Where did you get that tea?"
*Holds head* "It was on the counter." *Sips*
"Oh, you mean besides the micr-"
*Wide-eyed stare at empty microwave*
"Is it a new blend? It's kind of... bland?"
"..."
"Sabrina? Where did you get this tea?"
"..."
"Sab-"
"Yes. New blend. Bad blend. Threw it out. Never again. Ha. Ha-ha..."
"... OK?" *Hugs Sabrina*
"Blend bad. Hugs good. I'm so sorry."
"What was that?"
"Nothing."
akrasiel23
A wraith no more
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- Peru
FelOnyx
Love and Peace!
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We're a bit busy to visit Kyouko right now, but it's on the schedule.
Onmur
Archangel of Nutella.
We need to get back at Secretary Yuma about that.
(That devious Yuma, getting us to buy her lunch)
RexHeller
Title Incoming. Please Hold.
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If somebody doesn't cry heresy on this I'll eat my hat.
Anomalous Materials pt. 15
You give Kirika a thoughtful look, absently checking your bracelets - this isn't for Kyuubey's weird ear-manipulator appendage things. You can still sense Oriko's perfectly well, back in the kitchen, and your own and Kirika's are just fine.
"I..." you sigh, turning your attention fully to Kirika. "I just want Oriko to believe that there's another... another, better way for things to go. She seems to feel that there's only one way for this to end, and that it would be... better that way."
Kirika nods, eyes downcast.
"That isn't true," you say. "It just isn't. I was trying to get her to just... think about it."
You exhale, flattening your palms on the smooth, lacquered wood of the table. "That's not really what you're asking," you say. "I know. That other Oriko, much like your Oriko, had trouble controlling her magic. Her powers were always activated, always giving her visions."
Kirika nods. "Yeah," she says, chewing on her lip. "Yeah, that's about right. I... Oriko... we were running for a Barrier, when you caught us, that time. Two birds with one stone, Oriko said."
"Huh," you say. That's something, you guess. Not really relevant to the now, much like your thoughts about how you'd handle word of your exploits spreading, and meguca trickling into Mitakihara. "More than that... Oriko blamed herself for her father's actions. She... carried the blame for what he did."
"I know," Kirika says, shaking her head. The sun to her back shadows her eyes beneath her hair, her lips twisted and unhappy. "She doesn't deserve it. I've told her she doesn't."
"And, I suspect, she thanks you for it," you murmur. There's very little suspicion about it, truth be told. You know. "She tells you it means a lot, and it makes her happy. But deep down inside, she has trouble convincing herself. Yeah?"
"Y-yeah," Kirika agrees. "Yeah. That's exactly it."
"She's wrong," you say. Kirika rocks back on the bench at the simple declaration. "You know she is. I know she is. That Oriko fought for you, and to help Yuma."
Kirika blinks. Consternation gives way to thought, and then... she laughs, weak but real and joyful. "Thanks," she says.
You blink in surprise. "For what?"
"Sometimes I forget," she says, wondering and somehow surprised. "That Oriko can be wrong."
"Heh," you chuckle. "Guess so."
"She's wrong..." Kirika echoes. "Wrong to think she's going to die." Citrine eyes, kindled with eager hope, flick back up to you. "What else?"
"Her visions," you say. "Well, not the visions themselves, just that she relies on them way too much. Both Orikos. The other Oriko, though... as I said, she faced Sasa Yuuki. She fought for you, and she realised something."
Kirika leans forward on the table, sharp and alert.
You quote from memory, the words rolling off your tongue in a cadence you assume from Oriko. "'You don't have to be a good girl for anyone. You are who you are. So become someone you, yourself, want to be.'"
You leave off that last line of hers - 'don't become like me'.
Hah.
Who says you can't do tact?
"Who did she say that to?" Kirika murmurs, eyes lost as she slowly absorbs that. You can tell she hasn't missed the implications - ditzy Kirika might be, but she isn't stupid, and when it comes to Oriko, you'd imagine she's well and away glad to put in additional effort.
"Yuma," you answer. "And later... she concludes that it was for the best that she could fight wholeheartedly." You grin at Kirika, lopsided and rueful. "You're what matters to Oriko. That's what I've been trying and failing to get through to her - but it might not be something I can. I don't think she would hear it from me."
"Love is an infinity of limitations," Kirika mutters, distant and distracted. "Is it that easy?" She shakes her head, denying her own thoughts. "Simple isn't the same as easy."
"No," you agree. "It isn't." You grin at her as a sudden thought flashes through your mind. "Ironic and probably redundant that I'm telling you, but - love her. Maybe I could be wrong, but I do think that that's at least part of what Oriko needs here. Why her magic's the way it is."
"You're not wrong," Kirika says, something flashing in her eyes. Conviction, raw and intense, written in the set of her eyes and jaw. "You're not wrong."
You let out a slow breath. You weren't... you're not sure yourself. But you seem to have inspired Kirika, at any rate. "You're probably the only person who can get through to her, here and now," you say. "Just... try and talk her through it. Talk about what matters to her, try and get her to-"
"-to see our point of view," Kirika says, continuing past you. "To see that there's a way for her to live, and that it's alright for her to be happy, to live and to love." A warm smile spreads across her face as she looks past you, to the mansion beyond. "'bout right?"
"Yeah," you agree. "'bout right. Get her to see that she has value for being herself. Get her to live for herself, don't let her give up."
Kirika's little fang protrudes from her grin. "I think I can do that," she says. "Thanks, Sabrina."
You shake your head. "Don't thank me. What did I do, other than mess up with Oriko? This is all you. Just needed to give you a little push, right?"
"Meeeeeeeh," Kirika complains, supporting herself with her palms flat on the bench as she lets her head flop back and stare up at the sky. "Thank you anyway!"
"So... what now?" you ask. You find yourself smiling - her good mood's infectious.
Kirika tips her head back forward to grin at you. "Love her," she says. "'s that simple."
"Well, I meant me," you say. "I'm... not sure I'm doing this the right way. What do you think?"
"Yeah, I get to love her, not you," Kirika says, sticking her tongue out at you. "You have your own oujo."
You shrug. "So... nothing more for me to do?"
Kirika shrugs too. "D'you think you could let us go out sometime?" she asks. "I... I think Oriko would like to do something sometime."
Thesis crunchtime, whoooo.
"I..." you sigh, turning your attention fully to Kirika. "I just want Oriko to believe that there's another... another, better way for things to go. She seems to feel that there's only one way for this to end, and that it would be... better that way."
Kirika nods, eyes downcast.
"That isn't true," you say. "It just isn't. I was trying to get her to just... think about it."
You exhale, flattening your palms on the smooth, lacquered wood of the table. "That's not really what you're asking," you say. "I know. That other Oriko, much like your Oriko, had trouble controlling her magic. Her powers were always activated, always giving her visions."
Kirika nods. "Yeah," she says, chewing on her lip. "Yeah, that's about right. I... Oriko... we were running for a Barrier, when you caught us, that time. Two birds with one stone, Oriko said."
"Huh," you say. That's something, you guess. Not really relevant to the now, much like your thoughts about how you'd handle word of your exploits spreading, and meguca trickling into Mitakihara. "More than that... Oriko blamed herself for her father's actions. She... carried the blame for what he did."
"I know," Kirika says, shaking her head. The sun to her back shadows her eyes beneath her hair, her lips twisted and unhappy. "She doesn't deserve it. I've told her she doesn't."
"And, I suspect, she thanks you for it," you murmur. There's very little suspicion about it, truth be told. You know. "She tells you it means a lot, and it makes her happy. But deep down inside, she has trouble convincing herself. Yeah?"
"Y-yeah," Kirika agrees. "Yeah. That's exactly it."
"She's wrong," you say. Kirika rocks back on the bench at the simple declaration. "You know she is. I know she is. That Oriko fought for you, and to help Yuma."
Kirika blinks. Consternation gives way to thought, and then... she laughs, weak but real and joyful. "Thanks," she says.
You blink in surprise. "For what?"
"Sometimes I forget," she says, wondering and somehow surprised. "That Oriko can be wrong."
"Heh," you chuckle. "Guess so."
"She's wrong..." Kirika echoes. "Wrong to think she's going to die." Citrine eyes, kindled with eager hope, flick back up to you. "What else?"
"Her visions," you say. "Well, not the visions themselves, just that she relies on them way too much. Both Orikos. The other Oriko, though... as I said, she faced Sasa Yuuki. She fought for you, and she realised something."
Kirika leans forward on the table, sharp and alert.
You quote from memory, the words rolling off your tongue in a cadence you assume from Oriko. "'You don't have to be a good girl for anyone. You are who you are. So become someone you, yourself, want to be.'"
You leave off that last line of hers - 'don't become like me'.
Hah.
Who says you can't do tact?
"Who did she say that to?" Kirika murmurs, eyes lost as she slowly absorbs that. You can tell she hasn't missed the implications - ditzy Kirika might be, but she isn't stupid, and when it comes to Oriko, you'd imagine she's well and away glad to put in additional effort.
"Yuma," you answer. "And later... she concludes that it was for the best that she could fight wholeheartedly." You grin at Kirika, lopsided and rueful. "You're what matters to Oriko. That's what I've been trying and failing to get through to her - but it might not be something I can. I don't think she would hear it from me."
"Love is an infinity of limitations," Kirika mutters, distant and distracted. "Is it that easy?" She shakes her head, denying her own thoughts. "Simple isn't the same as easy."
"No," you agree. "It isn't." You grin at her as a sudden thought flashes through your mind. "Ironic and probably redundant that I'm telling you, but - love her. Maybe I could be wrong, but I do think that that's at least part of what Oriko needs here. Why her magic's the way it is."
"You're not wrong," Kirika says, something flashing in her eyes. Conviction, raw and intense, written in the set of her eyes and jaw. "You're not wrong."
You let out a slow breath. You weren't... you're not sure yourself. But you seem to have inspired Kirika, at any rate. "You're probably the only person who can get through to her, here and now," you say. "Just... try and talk her through it. Talk about what matters to her, try and get her to-"
"-to see our point of view," Kirika says, continuing past you. "To see that there's a way for her to live, and that it's alright for her to be happy, to live and to love." A warm smile spreads across her face as she looks past you, to the mansion beyond. "'bout right?"
"Yeah," you agree. "'bout right. Get her to see that she has value for being herself. Get her to live for herself, don't let her give up."
Kirika's little fang protrudes from her grin. "I think I can do that," she says. "Thanks, Sabrina."
You shake your head. "Don't thank me. What did I do, other than mess up with Oriko? This is all you. Just needed to give you a little push, right?"
"Meeeeeeeh," Kirika complains, supporting herself with her palms flat on the bench as she lets her head flop back and stare up at the sky. "Thank you anyway!"
"So... what now?" you ask. You find yourself smiling - her good mood's infectious.
Kirika tips her head back forward to grin at you. "Love her," she says. "'s that simple."
"Well, I meant me," you say. "I'm... not sure I'm doing this the right way. What do you think?"
"Yeah, I get to love her, not you," Kirika says, sticking her tongue out at you. "You have your own oujo."
You shrug. "So... nothing more for me to do?"
Kirika shrugs too. "D'you think you could let us go out sometime?" she asks. "I... I think Oriko would like to do something sometime."
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Thesis crunchtime, whoooo.
pantherasapiens
you were always my best friend
- Location
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That's tempting the Murphy, Sabrina. Don't tempt the Murphy.
But otherwise... good progress here, I think! But we can't help Kirika without getting Homuwrath.
[]...I'll work on it, but...Homura really, really doesn't like the idea and it'd be too much like betraying her trust to go behind her back. She...she has a history with other yous, and she's just worried for the person she loves.
-[]For the near future though...it might not be possible. I really am sorry.
[]I'll try to get through to her. Do you think it'd help?
[]Anything you can think of that might help convince Homura that letting Oriko or you out wouldn't be dangerous? One idea she might be okay with is if she was tagging along...
[]Good luck with...you know.
[]Go back and talk to Oriko to make sure there's nothing else to say before heading off.
There's got to be some way for Homura to be okay with it.
-[]For the near future though...it might not be possible. I really am sorry.
[]I'll try to get through to her. Do you think it'd help?
[]Anything you can think of that might help convince Homura that letting Oriko or you out wouldn't be dangerous? One idea she might be okay with is if she was tagging along...
[]Good luck with...you know.
[]Go back and talk to Oriko to make sure there's nothing else to say before heading off.
There's got to be some way for Homura to be okay with it.
If Oriko dies, I'm pretty sure she's taking the Kirika with her.
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Or rather, the Kirka would follow her.
I think they'd have to accept Homura's constant presence, minimum.
Unless we convince Homura to protect Madoka while we chaperone them.
So I guess right now we have to say something like "I want to, but my friends...they don't really trust you, and I can't betray the trust they have in me. I will do what I can. It might mean someone has to supervise you."
Unless we convince Homura to protect Madoka while we chaperone them.
So I guess right now we have to say something like "I want to, but my friends...they don't really trust you, and I can't betray the trust they have in me. I will do what I can. It might mean someone has to supervise you."
- Location
- Malaysia
Instant Witch Out for Kirika.
Not our friends, Homura in particular. Supervision might actually work, come to think of it.
Vinyl
The pinnacle of mental health and good ideas
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Perhaps I'm paranoid, but it seems like that they're really pushing to be let out. Totally understandable, but it just seems like she might have an ulterior motive.
Trust is hard after someone deploys a claymore on you, after all.
Trust is hard after someone deploys a claymore on you, after all.
It's Kirika and she's worried about Oriko. It's hardly surprising, especially if she thinks it'll help her.
After we wrap up with Oriko, maybe we should make sure Sasa hasn't contracted. Visit Kyoko? Do something else?
@Muramasa
@Agent Whiskers
@Onmur
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[x] Yeah... yeah, I'll try. Mami's already starting to warm up to you two, and Homura... she got hurt, badly, by other versions of you. But I'll work on it.
[x] Let's... talk to Oriko a bit. There was actually something I wanted to discuss with her, but obviously this took priority. Hmm... and having some say in her own future might do her some good.
[x] I... was planning on letting Sayaka Miki know about you two at some point. It's only a matter of time until the information gets out, since the white rat knows it. Obviously, you two get quite a bit of say into how that will happen. I'm not sure Oriko's in a great state to discuss that right now, though...
[x] Follow best-buddy's lead on this. Try and raise the issue with Oriko, while giving her agency in determining the outcome.
[x] Let's... talk to Oriko a bit. There was actually something I wanted to discuss with her, but obviously this took priority. Hmm... and having some say in her own future might do her some good.
[x] I... was planning on letting Sayaka Miki know about you two at some point. It's only a matter of time until the information gets out, since the white rat knows it. Obviously, you two get quite a bit of say into how that will happen. I'm not sure Oriko's in a great state to discuss that right now, though...
[x] Follow best-buddy's lead on this. Try and raise the issue with Oriko, while giving her agency in determining the outcome.
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Dragontrapper
Homeless Draconis
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And I doubt we'd take losing both of them well, either. Witching chain!