How do soldiers train without live ammunition?
Mil-spec laser tag. Don't know how findable a set of laser tag equipment would be in japan.

Even if Homu doesn't have paintball equipment already in hammerspace, we can probably buy some right quick if the sport is that common. We do have more than enough money.

Homura might feel more useful in a tactical-expertise and training role than a straight armory role anyway.
 
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Honestly if Homura decides she needs a nerf gun to train Sayaka and doesn't have it, she'll just time stop, get one, then ask for a cleanse. It barely even matters.
 
Homura'd might feel more useful in a tactical-expertise and training role than a straight armory role anyway.

That's the general idea, really. Mami and us have plenty of non-lethal ranged options already - we don't need Homura to provide us with that. I want Homura to attend and participate in Sayaka's training because of the social "we are a team" aspect of it.

So then the question becomes, what kind of training is Homura best-suited to provide? And I think the answer is positioning, counter-positioning, evasion and pursuit. All useful skills - it's the "how do I get close to them safely" that needs to precede "how do I hit them with my sword" in Sayaka's mental checklist.

I mean, the hitting with swords matters too - all the positioning in the world won't help you if you can't act once you're in position - but Sayaka already has that up to a passable standard, and nobody present is the melee specialist it'll take to make her really shine at it anyway - that's tsuntsuns job.
 
Huh. Airsoft was apparently invented in Japan. Did not know that. Much wider availability than paintball, as you'd expect given that factoid.

That's... significant enough that I'm tempted to change the vote just to correct it.

[x] Squee.
-[x] Glomp both Mamis. Mami? What's the plural? Either way, so cute~.
[x] Reply to Homura.
-[x] Uh, the most adorable thing ever is happening right now. Talk in a minute or so.
[x] Ask Mami all the questions.
-[x] Wow! Does that - can she see through it? How autonomous is it? Is she just concentrating on the outer appearance, or...? How has she done this wonderful thing?
[x] Get back to Homura.
-[x] Sorry about that. Mami showed me how she can use ribbons to make a chibi of herself and it's the cutest thing. Anyway, consider coming anyhow? I'd like it if you and Sayaka got along better, and just being present at her training would help with that. You don't need to let her copy your power.
--[x] Speaking of which... how good are you with paintball guns? Or airsoft? Non-lethal projectile weaponry in general, really. She's in need of some experience for when an enemy doesn't just let her close to melee. Again, if you come relatively soonish, you could catch the tail end of me and Mami's testing. It's your call.
[x] You'll use Mami's name, once you work out the issues. It is your first laser, so 'First Light' is quite fitting.
-[x] The whole thing needs work before it's ready for prime time, though. Shielding issues, dialing in a proper yield, thermal bloom... really, the setup for the attack was more like getting ready to set off a bomb rather than unleashing a directed energy weapon.
-[x] Heh. Maybe 'Finale' should be an attack that can combine with Tiro Finale. Combination attacks would be so cool.
-[x] Should you try and make a chibi? You probably won't be able to look through it like Mami can without additional effort, but a chibi is its own reward. Consult with Mami on this.
[x] Wait for Homura to get back on attending/not attending before doing 'Good Morning Mitakihara'. You don't want to put her on the spot.
 
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Wait, wait, wait, I've got another idea:

[Q] Make a Grief-mechanical-chibi-giant-Sabrina-robot (normal Sabrina sized, actually) for Chibi Mami to pilot.

No Mami, YOU are the Brina.
 
[Q] Make a Grief-mechanical-chibi-giant-Sabrina-robot (normal Sabrina sized, actually) for Chibi Mami to pilot.

At that point, you might as well go all the damn way and pull a Tengan Toppa Gurren Lagann.
__________

No one knows exactly how the minds of Witches work, but if Walpurgisnacht is capable of feeling any sort of emotion at all, it would be hopelessly confused. It has seen a lot of things in its time, but it has never before fought a magical girl larger than itself, and one capable of commanding Walpurgisnacht's full attention.

Countless musket rounds the size of apartment blocks tear chunks from Walpurgisnacht's dress, Grief ripping away from its body like it has a mind of its own. The conglomerate-type Witch cannot even afford to attack the veritable army of normal-sized puella magi facing it down, leaving them free to harry its flanks, chipping it down bit by bit. Muskets spent, the giant magical girl commits herself to an attack run, glowing ribbons whipping around her arms-

Finally, an opening. Walpurgisnacht laughs madly as it sends a building hurtling straight at the gigantic magical girl. The broken skyscraper slams into the golden, drill-haired titan with enough force to check her momentum, steel girders impaling her right through the corset. As the gigantic Mami falls away, her head and upper body simply unravel into a veritable storm of ribbons, revealing-

"Homura! Go-!"

- another magical girl, this one the size of an apartment building. Black hair streaming behind her, the giant leaps free from her unraveling shell and opens up with a monstrously scaled-up assault rifle. Walpurgisnacht nearly disintegrates under the gunfire, pitch-black Grief streaming from its wounds. Still laughing, still hurtling forward, a burst of magic lances from its gaping mouth and immolates the giant magical girl-

"Sabrina. I leave the rest to you."

- and yet another puella magi bursts from the flaming wreckage, a white-haired girl almost invisible within the chaos, if not for the wings of pure corruption streaming from her back. Walpurgisnacht jerks as Grief is torn from its body, nearly destroying its physical form; with its final breath, an army of giggling, corrupted silhouettes arrow toward its normal-sized opponent. Just before she's swarmed, the puella magi grabs something off her head and hurls it straight through-

"Goooooo!"

Even as the tiny chibi-Mami is ripped to shreds by the sheer pressure of the Grief pulsing out from Walpurgisnacht, equally tiny ribbons wrap around its arms and form into an elaborately filligreed cannon.

As incandescent light fills its world, the very last thing Walpurgisnacht hears is an absolutely adorable squeak.

"Tiroooo! Finaaaaaleeee!"
 
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At that point, you might as well go all the damn way and pull a Tengan Toppa Gurren Lagann.
__________

No one knows exactly how the minds of Witches work, but if Walpurgisnacht is capable of feeling any sort of emotion at all, it would be hopelessly confused. It has seen a lot of things in its time, but it has never before fought a magical girl larger than itself, and one capable of commanding Walpurgisnacht's full attention.

Countless musket rounds the size of apartment blocks tear chunks from Walpurgisnacht's dress, Grief ripping away from its body like it has a mind of its own. The conglomerate-type Witch cannot even afford to attack the veritable army of normal-sized puella magi facing it down, leaving them free to harry its flanks, chipping it down bit by bit. Muskets spent, the giant magical girl commits herself to an attack run, glowing ribbons whipping around her arms-

Finally, an opening. Walpurgisnacht laughs madly as it sends a building hurtling straight at the gigantic magical girl. The broken skyscraper slams into the golden, drill-haired titan with enough force to check her momentum, steel girders impaling her right through the corset. As the gigantic Mami falls away, her head and upper body simply unravel into a veritable storm of ribbons, revealing-

"Homura! Go-!"

- another magical girl, this one the size of an apartment building. Black hair streaming behind her, the giant leaps free from her unraveling shell and opens up with a monstrously scaled-up assault rifle. Walpurgisnacht nearly disintegrates under the gunfire, pitch-black Grief streaming from its wounds. Still laughing, still hurtling forward, a burst of magic lances from its gaping mouth and immolates the giant magical girl-

"Sabrina. I leave the rest to you."

- and yet another puella magi bursts from the flaming wreckage, a white-haired girl almost invisible within the chaos, if not for the wings of pure corruption streaming from her back. Walpurgisnacht jerks as Grief is torn from its body, nearly destroying its physical form; with its final breath, an army of giggling, corrupted silhouettes arrow toward its normal-sized opponent. Just before she's swarmed, the puella magi grabs something off her head and hurls it straight through-

"Goooooo!"

Even as the tiny chibi-Mami is ripped to shreds by the sheer pressure of the Grief pulsing out from Walpurgisnacht, equally tiny ribbons wrap around its arms and form into an elaborately filligreed cannon.

As incandescent light fills its world, the very last thing Walpurgisnacht hears is an absolutely adorable squeak.

"Tiroooo! Finaaaaaleeee!"
Sayaka: Why wasn't I invited?
 
Mami seems HAPPY.

... But Chibi Mami looks SAD.

Chibi Mami tries to reach for the [TIRO FINALE GUN] in your hand.

Mami covers her mouth.

Give [TIRO FINALE GUN] back to Chibi Mami?

Y/N

Chibi Mami is sniffing, trying to choke back tears.

Give [TIRO FINALE GUN] back to Chibi Mami?

Y/N

Chibi Mami is too SAD and CUTE.

You literally DIE out of sheer CUTENESS.

The last thing you see if Mami's horrified, guilty eyes overflowing with tears while your preternatural senses scream at you, feeble trying to warn you about the quickly growing pit of darkness inside her Soul...

You monster.
 
I suspect that not all of the powers she has in the game are considered canon. If the tea that Mami summons could actually heal her allies, you'd think that she'd have used that when Oriko blew our leg off. :p
To be fair, there's a difference between "heal some superficial wounds" and "regenerate limb loss."

And considering the magic system, it could be as simple as "Mami prepares some ordinary ass tea except she made it so it's super good. Megucas are able to auto-heal more cheaply because they're put in a good mood."

Honestly, only the stuff involving healing gets weird and game-mechanic-y (or would be impossible under canon rules, like Madoka's ability to clean an ally's soul gem). IIRC, they're mostly used as cute references.

Take them too literally, and you have stuff like Kyouko's randomized "Wanna Eat?" skill from the PSP game turning random snacks into THE MANNA OF THE VERY GODS THEMSELVES.

Rocky (one box): Heals a little HP for the entire party. Everyone probably gets a stick or something, who knows.
Taiyaki (one): Somehow heals half HP for the entire party, despite being split five ways.
Apple (one): Heals full health, clears status debuffs. Also despite being split five ways. That's one hell of an apple.
Mitarashi Dango (three balls): Restores a little MP. Also split five ways.
Umaibou (one stick): Calms everyone down a little.

o_O ...wtf, game designers?

I don't know, but it's used in at least two separate spin-offs. Flawless Legs of Gold isn't a one-off thing!
 
Homu is almost guaranteed to have a few sim rounds. Which would mean non-lethal training ability without the hassle of changing guns. Hell, if you were suicidal and/or a fucking psycho, you could load a magazine with a few live rounds and cover them with sim rounds, to murder your friends after torture, or to prove the point that they fire from real guns.

Also Re: the military having lasers for training... hahahhahahahahahahahahhahahaha

We can't afford to fix air conditioning in the summer because we spent all our money on binoculars subpar to toys. We sure as hell can't afford lasers that don't at least sear terrorist eyes.
 
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