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--[Q] Make third Chibi Brina to distract Madoka's parents from your blatant use of magic.
Puella Magi Adfligo Systema
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Appletank
Acquire Cheese
Well, considering Tatsuya could remember Madoka...
I don't know where I'm going with this, but he might be able to, I dunno, hear barely audible voices squabbling whenever Sabrina is near.
- Location
- The Surface Of A Hostile Planet
[ ] Stop crying, baby.
-[ ] You don't even pay taxes.
--[ ] Get a job.
Script Mak3r
(Verified Sun God) (Verified Feathers)
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- Hell of Blazing Fires
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--[ ] Wait, we don't pay taxes, either.
---[ ] Despair
AuraTwilight
The Sorcerer of Smiles
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- The Silver City
[x] Vebby
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- They/Them
----[Q] Realize Kyubey doesn't pay taxes either.
-----[Q] Report that fucker to the IRS.
Torgamous
Aspiring Gynoid
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- She/Her
Is there a reason to hide it?
The Narrator
Disembodied Voice
- Location
- Somewhere Offscreen
A "gravity" effect that only affects one object, rather than all matter, wouldn't be actual science, so it wouldn't work beyond our range. Using magnetic fields to draw anything metal towards us would be more viable. However, since both magnetism and gravity weaken greatly with range (1/r2), anything strong enough for Mami to notice it a couple kilometers away at school would probably be dangerous to her at close range. Let's not compress Mami into a singularity.EDIT: On the matter of 'natural' Grief effects not being range-limited... what if we make a Grief 'gravity' ball that only affects... let's say... Mami? Would that count as a purely magical effect and thus only attract Mami when she's in our range, or would it affect her if she's outside our range (so when she's at school)?
Uh... Not really.
Madoka's mother has a pretty serious drinking problem, even if the series never acknowledges that it is a problem.The actual vote looks fine, however.
[x] Vebyast
Junko's drinking habits have more to do with Japanese corporate culture than her own tendencies if I understand correctly. Being salary man/woman is suffering.A "gravity" effect that only affects one object, rather than all matter, wouldn't be actual science, so it wouldn't work beyond our range. Using magnetic fields to draw anything metal towards us would be more viable. However, since both magnetism and gravity weaken greatly with range (1/r2), anything strong enough for Mami to notice it a couple kilometers away at school would probably be dangerous to her at close range. Let's not compress Mami into a singularity.
Uh... Not really.
The actual vote looks fine, however.
[x] Vebyast
Godwinson
"Well, I've got nothing."
So let's see, we have Sabrina (who has no family she knows of), Mami (whose parents died in a car crash), and Homura (who was abandoned shortly after birth). So the orphans are paying the Kanames, Madoka's quirky-yet-awesome family, a visit. This visit might have a weird emotional undercurrent.
[X] Kyouko: Nothing else important. Thank her for helping Sayaka decompress, wish her and Yuma a good night, and sign off.
[X] On reaching Kaname residence, let Madoka do introductions all around.
-[X] When your lack of surname is noted, explain you have amnesia. First thing you remember is Madoka stumbling across you, and it saved your life.
-[X] When appropriate, make sure to thank them again for the picnic basket, it was delicious. The food was delicious, not the basket. People don't eat baskets, they'd be all woody. They know what you mean.
-[X] When you greet Tatsuya, congratulate him on being an absolutely adorable baby, and to keep up the good work.
-[X] Take a moment at some point to talk to Madoka away from her family.
--[X] Tell Madoka that Sayaka and Hitomi had a bit of a bad afternoon and could use some support.
--[X] Explain how Oriko and Kirika threatened Mami's apartment, broke Hitomi's arm, burned down Sayaka's apartment, and blew up your leg, before you, Mami, and Homura took them down. They're under house arrest now, but you didn't want Sayaka to contract for revenge, because it could mess with her mind, so you didn't tell either of them about it until about an hour ago.
I've removed the bit where we tease Homura, because embarrassing her in front of Madoka is a bit mean. I've also added a bit to address the inevitable question about Sabrina's lack of a surname, and to give something of a reason for us to be so eager to hang out with Madoka.
[X] Kyouko: Nothing else important. Thank her for helping Sayaka decompress, wish her and Yuma a good night, and sign off.
[X] On reaching Kaname residence, let Madoka do introductions all around.
-[X] When your lack of surname is noted, explain you have amnesia. First thing you remember is Madoka stumbling across you, and it saved your life.
-[X] When appropriate, make sure to thank them again for the picnic basket, it was delicious. The food was delicious, not the basket. People don't eat baskets, they'd be all woody. They know what you mean.
-[X] When you greet Tatsuya, congratulate him on being an absolutely adorable baby, and to keep up the good work.
-[X] Take a moment at some point to talk to Madoka away from her family.
--[X] Tell Madoka that Sayaka and Hitomi had a bit of a bad afternoon and could use some support.
--[X] Explain how Oriko and Kirika threatened Mami's apartment, broke Hitomi's arm, burned down Sayaka's apartment, and blew up your leg, before you, Mami, and Homura took them down. They're under house arrest now, but you didn't want Sayaka to contract for revenge, because it could mess with her mind, so you didn't tell either of them about it until about an hour ago.
I've removed the bit where we tease Homura, because embarrassing her in front of Madoka is a bit mean. I've also added a bit to address the inevitable question about Sabrina's lack of a surname, and to give something of a reason for us to be so eager to hang out with Madoka.
In Japan, dining and drinking with your coworkers is very common, in fact it can be an unspoken requirement in some companies. Many Japanese feel that after work parties are an important way to enhance relationships. It can be useful to understand who your coworkers are, their typical mindset when they are relaxed and outside of the office.Uh... Not really.
Vebyast
Nascent Transhuman
Good catch on the orphans thing and the last name thing, I'll have to change my vote to take those into account. I'm not sure this is the right way to do it, though. It has significant and obvious weirdness and effectively any "why"s they ask lead directly into magical-girl-ness. It also puts Madoka on the spot; why didn't she tell her parents that she'd saved an amnesiac girl's life? Or maybe she did, but with a cover story that we'd be conflicting with. I'm not sure how else to handle it, though. Maybe we could pass it off as "Whoops, foreign, forgot that full names are a thing"? No, that'd mean making up the Vee name on the spot, which'd draw obvious surprise from Mami-Homu-Mado which'd cause issues. I think that we probably want to try to just... completely avoid that conversational topic. It helps that we've already been introduced to Madodad as "Sabrina" with no further details.
In the US I'd try to pass it off as a paperwork snafu that left us with no last name, but in Japan I think that last names are legally required for, uh, existing, so...
Bleh. We're kind of a giant walking masquerade violation.
Fair enough. Did you mean to also remove the bit about swapping recipes, or was that collateral damage?
This is a much more straightforward explanation, but I worry that it feels a little bit... unrepentant? Is that the direction we want to go? Also, not sure on the timing. I don't know if we want this to be a quick aside with Madoka instead of a full sit-down once we're done talking with parents.
[x] Kyouko: Nothing else important. Thank her for helping Sayaka decompress, wish her and Yuma a good night, and sign off.
[x] On reaching Kaname residence, let Madoka do introductions all around.
-[x] If your lack of last name is noted, break to voting.
-[X] When appropriate, make sure to thank them again for the picnic basket, it was delicious. The food was delicious, not the basket. People don't eat baskets, they'd be all woody. They know what you mean.
--[x] Madoka mentioned you should swap curry recipes? His must be pretty special, Madoka used half a bottle of chili powder getting a bowl of yours seasoned right.
-[X] When you greet Tatsuya, congratulate him on being an absolutely adorable baby, and to keep up the good work.
-[x] When appropriate - destress first, no need to cut hanging out short or anything, no emergencies here - talk to Madoka.
--[x] Ask her how she's doing. Anything she's thinking about or worrying about, that kind of thing.
--[x] Ask Madoka for advice on Sayaka. She's Sayaka's friend and knows her better than any of us do.
---[x] Give her an overview of the situation. We found the girls that burned down Sayaka's house but were kind of stressed out and afraid of how everybody would react, so we procrastinated on telling everybody for way too long. We told Sayaka and Hitomi today and now they're mad at us and probably don't trust us and we feel really guilty about it, so...
---[x] And, yeah, we probably should've told Madoka about it too. :/
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Godwinson
"Well, I've got nothing."
Actually, Madoka didn't introduce us to Tomohisa, she introduced him to us. We're entering their home as guests, and being properly introduced now. Bit of a difference.
As for the recipe bit, it didn't quite seem to feel right to me.
For the explanation, I just noted "at some point". We're Madoka's friends, there to hang out with her for a bit. I'd expect the visit to transition to the girls hanging out on their own at some point.
Breaking the update at what might well be very soon into it also seems kinda... weird. I mean, it's not like there's much of anything else we could do. We're certainly not going to start blatantly lying to Madoka's family.
Vebyast
Nascent Transhuman
If Madoka's already done it, I could go along with her explanation, but otherwise yeah, probably a good idea.
Hmmm. We also haven't met Junko yet, so that's also going to happen. I can easily see us running into the no-last-name bug.
Maybe something like this?
[] Before you get to Madoka's place, group-telepathy with her and straighten out your story. You don't want your weirdness to accidentally reveal magic to her parents, that'd be way too much drama for tonight. Should you make up a last name, if they ask questions should you claim foreigner or admit amnesia, that kind of thing.
That's true, which is why I specified that we let that happen naturally. I read the vote you wrote as "find an excuse to pull Madoka aside in the middle of conversation with madoparents, dump on her, and then go back when finished"; was that incorrect?
Godwinson
"Well, I've got nothing."
That was incorrect. I'm not sure how you got that reading out of my vote, actually.
Vebyast
Nascent Transhuman
Hm. I think it was probably some combination of priming from my original version of the vote and the "take a moment" and "away from her family" bits, which to me suggested a more furtive and intentional operation.
I think we're on the same page about the timing, then.
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- The Surface Of A Hostile Planet
Can't we just tell Mami and Homura that if Junko or Tomihisa ask, our last name is Vee?
[x] Godwinson
AuraTwilight
The Sorcerer of Smiles
- Location
- The Silver City
I'm pretty sure Homura and Mami would understand that we're just making something up on the spot and not necessarily committing to it or remembering shit or anything.
