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Onmur said:
Excuse me? Something is wrong, and we need to talk about it with Madoka.

You know, what with Sayaka and how she just confonted the one who burned down her house? And will need all the friendly support she can get?

Also, 'casually' saying that no, nothing's wrong, isn't exactly
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I'd rather not bring up heavy stuff over the phone. It's crass, and will just make her worry unnecessarily until we actually arrive.
 
It's not like the Shield didn't pop into my mind, but why does she have two Seeds in her person and two other Seeds in the Shield?

... Well, maybe that makes sense.

We should remind her to keep Clean Seeds separated from the rest. What if she puts one in the Shield and it blows up... timestopped objects theory aside.

TheEyes said:
I'd rather not bring up heavy stuff over the phone. It's crass, and will just make her worry unnecessarily until we actually arrive.
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Well, and where's your argument to convince Madoka to invite us? We are breaching etiquette.

[ ] I have it in good authority that if I can't get you to invite Homura over to your place, she'll spend all night out in the cold, sitting on an uncomfortable tree. I can explain.
 
Onmur said:
Well, and where's your argument to convince Madoka to invite us? We are breaching etiquette.

[ ] I have it in good authority that if I can't get you to invite Homura over to your place, she'll spend all night out in the cold, sitting on an uncomfortable tree. I can explain.
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This... this could actually work. I do want to keep the tone jokey and casual regardless, so it's either this or hint that Sayaka found a girlfriend.
 
Ugh... sorry, I think I'm coming off as hostile. In truth, I have this feeling that one of our major mistakes is postponing things, and this situation in particular reminds me too much of not staying to talk with Sayaka because we didn't want to have to explain things to her parents.

And, IRL, I would feel much more free to go 'fuck social norms, this is more important'.

So I'm just worried that if we let this rest, it's gonna come back to bite us, and that we wouldn't be doing our part in helping Madoka help her friends like we asked her to.
 
TheEyes said:
[X] Casually explain that nothing's wrong, that we just weren't tired yet and time is better wasted with friends.
-[x] Also joke in deliberately old-fashioned slang that we are "hip young people" and don't have to "play by the rules".
-[x] If she still sounds dubious, also explain that if she doesn't let us come over, Homura's very likely to spend the night in a tree, and she'll have to let us come over if she wants to know why.
[x] On the way there, telepathy Yuma and ask for the play-by-play of Sayaka's encounter with Kyouko.
-[x] Confirm that bigsis is indeed being tsundere.
[X] Pick up ice cream or some other dessert type thing on the way. Yes we haven't had dinner yet (though Madoka probably has) but why not? (Unsaid: Homura still needs to gain a few pounds anyway).
[X] Also on the way, suggest to Mami and Homura that we do want to keep Madoka up to date on what happened at Oriko's house tonight, but maybe keep things light to begin with.
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I'm really unhappy with telling Madoka that there's nothing wrong. That's the kind of shit that got us into trouble with Sayaka. Madoka wants to help and we should let her because she can.

[x] Little bit, we should talk sometime soon, but we did just want to hang out too.

-[] If she still sounds dubious, also explain that if she doesn't let us come over, Homura's very likely to spend the night in a tree, and she'll have to let us come over if she wants to know why.

Does Madoka know that Homura's doing the crazy stalker thing?
 
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Ugh.

I... I guess we just drop in for an hour at most, let her know that we dropped some heavy news on Sayaka and Hitomi and ask her to be there for them?

We absolutely shouldn't make this a whole thing, and Vebyasts idea of a timestop vacation is gonna cause more stress than it cures.

So:

-Yeah Madoka, something happened. Nothing immediate, but I told Sayaka and Hitomi some news, and they're kind of shaken up.
- Something something "didn't realize how late it was, sorry, is it really okay to show up or should we discuss this tommorow?"

And then we go home. Just us and Mumi I think - it's late, we're tired, and I don't think Mami is in a state to entertain guests, which is what Homura would be.

[X] Casually explain that nothing much is wrong, that we just weren't tired yet and time is better wasted with friends.
-[x] You did want to talk to her about a couple of things, although... (Sheepishly) You didn't realize it was almost seven until just now either. You can come by tommorow instead, if it's too late now?
-[x] If she's alright with us coming over, do that.
--[X] On the way, suggest to Mami and Homura that we do want to tell Madoka to try and help out Sayaka or Hitomi if they need it, but other then that this should be a fairly light visit.
-[x] If she isn't, confirm a time when we aren't too busy tommorow (before Bennouna, maybe?) and say you'll see her then. Discuss a few more things with Homura and then head home. (Invite Homura, but she'll probably decline to watch Oriko.)

[x] Discuss Clear Seeds. Both providing the others with them if they want them, and your concerns about the conflict unequal distribution of priceless artifacts could cause if handled poorly. Ask for advice.
-[x] If either of them want a Clear Seed, decide on a time to make them one - the sooner the better.

[x] Telepathy Kyouko and mention that Sayaka said she ran into her. What's up?
-[x] If it seems like she's not spilling something juicy, jokingly claim that you could ask Yuma to clarify to what degree she exhibited the property of being "tsundere".
 
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We can reinforce Madoka simply by having her help the way we asked her to, and we can do that with this phone call, and then we can be done for the night. Shirt asked me for a disengage vote, and this is it.


[X] Hesitate. It really is a lot later than you thought...
[X] Sigh. Voice your agreement to Mami's earlier comment that it's too late at night.

Talk to Doka. Ask Doka for help with stabilizing Saya/Hito and ask her to look after Homu while we're out of town. Potentially explain grief spiralling.

[X] Tell Madoka that Sayaka is in a bit of a bad spot at the moment, and needs support. Ask Madoka to talk to both Sayaka and Hitomi tomorrow, via telepathy if it comes down to it. And... Since you and Mami at the least will be out of town tomorrow, Homura will be pretty lonesome.
-[X] Does she remember the conversation we had on the roof that one day? This is where she can help us, because the group needs someone to help and we can't at the moment, not as well as she can.
--[X] Also, somebody has to make sure that Sayaka cleanses her soul gem, either tonight or tomorrow morning, or she could end up grief spiralling and that would be extremely bad. She seemed stable when you spoke with her, so you're willing to put it off until morning. You'll try to deal with it before you leave town, but if for some reason you can't it's going to fall to her and Homura.
---[X] If the question arises, explain what a grief spiral is / how it works. Don't say anything past the soul gem filling up, you're not witchbombing anybody here.

Give Homu a clear seed and social fluff:

[X] When reasonable, thank Madoka, then say your goodbyes. Turn to Homura. Request that she let you clear one of her grief seeds. You don't know why you didn't do this sooner. Give her the standard warning about grief seed / clear seed proximity.
[X] Worry over Homura for a bit about sleep / food, then part for the night and head home.
[X] Break to voting before getting home. You have plans for home beyond "Cuddle all night," though that is one of them.
 
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Vebyast said:
I need to remember to not listen to people when they say things like "It's not that late, Japan's way to the north and it's April". And instead look it up and find that the sun starts setting around 6 PM but doesn't completely finish setting until more like 7:30.


I disagree with this part. We're not going to be able to hide it and we should clue her in to Sayaka and Hitomi so she can start helping us with that whole situation. Even if we didn't ask Madoka to be an anchor for our magical girl friends, she wants to help and this is a way for her to help.

Axing ice cream. We can fatten Homura up on our way home from Madoka's place. And with something we haven't already had a ton of today. Also, maximize Madokatime in the event that plan Time Stop Vacation for Everybody gets shot down.


[X] Nothing major, mostly we just weren't tired yet and time is better wasted with friends.
-[x] Also joke in deliberately old-fashioned slang that we are "hip young people" and don't have to "play by the rules".

[x] On the way there, telepathy Yuma and ask for the play-by-play of Sayaka's encounter with Kyouko.
-[x] Confirm that bigsis is indeed being tsundere.
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For stuff like this I use stellarium - the constellation simulator, not the computer game - and look up coordinates to a landmark that's featured in the anime.

[X] TheEyes
 
Eh, maybe we shouldn't pressure the Dokes. She puts enough pressure onto herself.

[X] Redshirt Army

Though I'd add buying and bringing a bottle of nice wine if we're going to Doka's.
 
I'm not sure that we should be trying to pretend that this is just some lark of ours. We actually have some pretty serious stuff to talk to Madoka about. If she knows that, she'll be more likely to want to meet with us, despite the late hour.
 
OK, I wasn't sure about bringing up buying wine for the Kaname visit earlier, so I'm googling a bit and I'm getting... that it's kind of complicated.

But most important, that if we buy some wine to gift, we should ask the shopkeeper to wrap it specifically for that purpose, because any gift we bring should be wrapped, and the way the thing is wrapped and the colour of the wrapping and a bunch of stuff matter a lot.

EDIT: Mumi halp.
 
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Onmur said:
OK, I wasn't sure about bringing up buying wine for the Kaname visit earlier, so I'm googling a bit and I'm getting... that it's kind of complicated.

But most important, that if we buy some wine to gift, we should ask the shopkeeper to wrap it specifically for that purpose, because any gift we bring should be wrapped, and the way the thing is wrapped and the colour of the wrapping and a bunch of stuff matter a lot.

EDIT: Mumi halp.
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So we dress it up to mean 'to a dear family elder' or something similar and claim clueless foreigner?
 
Onmur said:
OK, I wasn't sure about bringing up buying wine for the Kaname visit earlier, so I'm googling a bit and I'm getting... that it's kind of complicated.

But most important, that if we buy some wine to gift, we should ask the shopkeeper to wrap it specifically for that purpose, because any gift we bring should be wrapped, and the way the thing is wrapped and the colour of the wrapping and a bunch of stuff matter a lot.

EDIT: Mumi halp.
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we can't buy booze. sabrina is a teenager.
 
The Narrator said:
I'm not sure that we should be trying to pretend that this is just some lark of ours. We actually have some pretty serious stuff to talk to Madoka about. If she knows that, she'll be more likely to want to meet with us, despite the late hour.
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They're teenagers, and it's a weekend. 7, 8PM is not late. Hell, 11PM isn't late for teenagers on a weekend.

Seriously, how old are all of you?
 
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