Puella Magi Adfligo Systema
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Vebyast
Nascent Transhuman
Onmur
Archangel of Nutella.
We totally need to say that next time we visit and leave Oriko's place. Immediate correction ("Planet! My planet needs me." *Unconvincing*) optional.
- Location
- Illinois
Oh, fuck dammit, I knew there was something I was supposed to object to but forgot to.
Welp, too late now. Yeah, I'm not a huge fan of that policy at the moment, but eh, oh well. It's not horrible.
(Note: I would have preferred not to publicly give out fully cleared seeds. We could just as well give out partially cleared seeds that would last a guca a couple months and in doing so set up fully cleared seeds as something we could trade with while also fulfilling all moral obligations. The prospect of being able to say "Fight Walpurgis, get a half-clear seed for showing up, get X clear seeds if you stay and fight" is appealing to me, but we've lost that here. Eh, we'll make do.)
Vebyast
Nascent Transhuman
That line only specifies that we'll cleanse seeds back to their normal state, not that we'll be handing out Clear Seeds. I'd actually recommend to Bennouna that she specifically keeps clear seeds quiet, if only so people don't try to kill her for the one we'll presumably end up giving her. Clear seeds get handed out when people come to us for cleansing and we determine that they're sufficiently stability-minded to be trusted with a clear seed.
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- Location
- Illinois
I kind of want to retract my previous comment. Frankly, it would be the smart way to go. But that's not always the Sabrina way to go. Free clear seeds is the Sabrina way to go. And that matters.
Edit: BUT IM NOT SAYING WE SHOULDN'T BE SMART, OKAY! I'M JUST... Im just going to sleep now ok
Edit: BUT IM NOT SAYING WE SHOULDN'T BE SMART, OKAY! I'M JUST... Im just going to sleep now ok
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- Location
- East of the Sun and West of the Moon
Assuming that it's Umika and Kaoru who find Kazumi first and not, I don't know, Mirai and Satomi (the Pleiades Mental Health Squad!) instead. We know that, even without our direct intervention, the situation in Asunaro isn't going to play out exactly like it did in Kazumi Magica, because then the Soujos wouldn't be foreseen making in all the way to Mitakihara without getting Pleiades'd.
(Also Firn made a point of saying so
but that was buried in the thread two years ago so I don't expect you to have read it.)
Always Happening
We could have prevented this.
- Location
- On a train with no brakes
Nah, yan-yan would keep herself attached to Saki, if at all possible.
But yeah, this is why we're pretty much going to treat Asunaro as a triage situation until proven otherwise; there are way too many things that could have possibly gotten kicked in the head. I'm just trying to establish a reasonable estimate of whether or not they have already.
The ideal is that we establish social contact with only a couple of the saints/Kazumi present so that we can establish ourselves as a friendly/positively correlate our powers with Jyubey (in order to minimize our risk of them trying for the 6v2/3 gank, if their current MO is soul gem confiscation, and to avoid the very real possibility of having to fly in on our Mobile Oppression Fortress and Gilgamesh everyone). Our objective is to get a conference (call) set up with Umika, Niko, and Saki (science team and the one closest to de facto leader, respectively) so that we can talk shop about helping them with Jyubey and their dewitching programme.
Fortunately, the biggest threat to us out of the Saints themselves is probably Umika herself, and if she tries to read our minds with Ex Fille, the most she'll be able to establish is that we're some kind of lesbian schizophrenic.
Edit that nobody is going to read because based Firnazgen Interrupt: There's also the fact that the three of them live/d in Umika's house together, which is probably why they were deployed to pick Kazumi up. Umika and Kaoru may not be girlfriends, but they're very close friends.
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A Red Letter Day pt. 5
You exhale, smiling gently at Mami as you wrap your arm around her.
"Is it time to go?" she asks.
"Mm," you agree. Instead of getting up, though, you tighten your arm around her. "I want more snuggles."
"Sabrina?" Mami giggles.
"I need to be all professional for the meeting later," you say mournfully. "So I want more hugs right now to make up for it."
"Ah," Mami says, nodding solemnly. "That makes sense." She nuzzles her nose into the crook of your neck. "Better?"
"Much," you agree.
You spend a few minutes like that before sighing and stirring. "Alright. We really should go."
You leave the apartment by the roof, flying on a disc of Grief - you do need to pick up Sayaka on the way, of course. And you do just that, with a quick stop on the roof of her apartment before heading over to Madoka's house where Homura and Madoka are both already waiting.
"Over here!" you call from the little copse of trees where you'd landed the disc. It's just out of sight of the main road, or Madoka's house.
"Ah?" Madoka says, looking around in bafflement. Homura, of course, spots you immediately, pointing you out. They walk over.
You grin around at everyone as Madoka takes tentative steps up onto your disc of Grief. You'd widened it just for the occasion, raising the lip more for Madoka's benefit than anyone else's. "All aboard Mitakihara Meguca Airlines, flight SA-003," you say cheerfully.
"Dork," Sayaka snorts, rolling her eyes. "Hey, Madoka, Homura."
"Hi, Sayaka!" Madoka says happily, beaming at her friend as she gingerly sits down. She looks down at the Grief with a slightly worried look.
"Hello," Homura says as she seats herself at the back of the disc.
"Everyone seated and ready?" you call over your shoulder. "Mami, where are we going?"
"A cafe downtown," Mami says, smiling at you over the chorus of affirmatives.
"All right. Here we go!" you say, and lift the disc into the air. Madoka yelps in surprise, clinging to the raised side. She leans cautiously over the edge, Homura keeping a sharp eye on her as Madoka peers at the receding ground.
"We're so high up," Madoka breathes in awe.
... You've barely cleared the surrounding houses.
Mami giggles. "Have you ever flown before, Madoka?"
"Ah, yes, I went to London for a holiday once!" Madoka says. "Um... it was a holiday for papa and me, but it was mama's business trip. I was only seven!"
"Ooh, very nice," you opine. "Did you visit the palace?"
"I did!" Madoka says, beaming. "It was very nice."
Sayaka chimes in, and the conversation flows onwards after that. It's not a terribly long trip, but you have time to consider the notion of cross-continental flight. You could probably do it - you could probably do it at supersonic speeds, even. You could be in Italy for dinner with Mami if you wanted to.
Well, probably not today's dinner. You'll probably be busy then.
But perhaps tomorrow, or the day after... it might be nice to take Mami there. She'd love it, you're sure.
All too soon, you have to redirect the Grief disc in for a landing. Rather than land on a convenient roof, you spend a moment to search for a secluded alley. It's not like Madoka can jump down with the rest of you, after all. You do stash your Grief on the roof, though. You're not really sure where else to put it.
"So, Mami, are we on time?" you ask as you step off, beaming at her and detransforming. You're left wearing a nice, button-down shirt and slacks in white and green, and you check your phone for the time.
"We're early," Mami says, flashing you a smile.
"Ah, neat," you say, draping an arm around Mami. "Shall we find a table at the cafe first?"
"Sure," Mami responds, and all of you proceed to invade the cafe. It's a western style affair, with umbrella-covered tables outside. You claim a large round table and order drinks - a hot chocolate for yourself, and for Mami, to your mild surprise.
Mami wrinkles her nose in response to your questioning look. "They use teabags here," she murmurs quietly.
You laugh. "Fair enough."
"What's wrong with teabags?" Sayaka asks, rolling her eyes. She'd ordered a milkshake.
Mami purses her lips. "Sabrina, do you know this person?"
"Who?" you ask, tipping your nose up.
"... hey!" Sayaka protests.
Madoka starts to giggle, patting Sayaka on the shoulder, while Homura just looks faintly exasperated.
Someone enters your edge of detection. She's-
Woah.
She is loaded with magic.
"Sabrina?" Mami asks.
"Bennouna's here," you say, tilting your head. "Uh... she uses a lot of enchantments, doesn't she?"
"Oh? Um, I think so?" Mami says, considering that for a second before nodding decisively. "I believe so. It's been a while."
"She's here?" Sayaka asks, craning her head and peering around. "Where?"
"Not here here, but she's approaching," you say. You glance at Madoka, who seems rather excited. Bouncy, even. Homura, by contrast, is Homura, expression impassive and nearly impossible to read. You're pretty sure she's actually interested, though.
"She's here," Mami says, standing and raising her hand to wave.
You follow her gaze to... Well, that's Nadia Bennouna. She turns out to be an athletic, wiry-looking girl, not that much shorter than you are. Her skin's definitely shaded towards the olive, and tanned at that, the colour of someone who spends a lot of time out in the sun. Sharp cheekbones and sharp green eyes sweep the group. Her hair is black, falling just past her shoulders, and carefully hemmed back with a dark red hairband that compliments her bright red shirt and black, knee-length skirt.
She spots you, striding over with easy confidence, and stops short of the table. She bows to Mami, not too deep, not too shallow. "Ohayō gozaimasu, Mami-san."
Nadia's Japanese is passable. Accented, but passable. Mami bows back, echoing the greeting.
She then turns to Homura, sitting on Mami's far side, and repeats the bow and the greeting. And then Sayaka, and then Madoka. They all bow back, and when Nadia reaches you...
You don't bow back.
Instead, you grin, touching your hand to your heart. "As-salām alaykum."
Nadia's eyes go wide in surprise, and then she grins. "Wa alaykum s-salām!" she responds.
"Is everything going well?" you continue, still in darija.
"Yes, quite!" she responds, practically bouncing on her toes, contriving to include the world with a grand gesture. "How are you?"
"I'm doing good!" you respond, still grinning. You switch back to Japanese. "We should probably use Japanese, though."
She throws her head back and laughs. "You must be Sabrina."
"That's me," you say.
Mami touches your arm with a gentle hand. "Shall we sit?"
"I'll go order first," Nadia says, waving at the counter. "I'm starved, fimti?"
Without waiting for a response, she turns and heads for the counter. You sit, beaming at the awed looks from everyone.
"Look, I don't have any memories of a life," you say. "But I have all sorts of knowledge stuck in my head. It's useful."
Sayaka sighs, shaking her head. "Only you."
"Only you, Sabrina," Mami echoes fondly as she rests her hand on the crook of your elbow.
Nadia returns a few minutes later, carrying a number on a stand. She sets it down with a click, finding a space between Sayaka and Madoka. "You have, ah, new students, Mami?" she asks, including all of you with a little wave.
"Oh, no," Mami says. "Well... we're all friends."
"I see!" Nadia says. "Good to meet all of you. I'm Nadia Bennouna, you can just call me Nadia. I travel, and I carry the news, fimti?"
"I'm Miki Sayaka!" Sayaka introduces herself, half-twisted in her seat to face the other girl. "Uh, Sayaka Miki? Miki is my surname."
"Ah, I'm Kana- um, Madoka Kaname," Madoka says, blinking and fidgeting. "I'm not a magical girl."
"No shame in that, fimti? And I know the Japanese naming thing," Nadia says, grinning and leaning back far enough to prop the chair up on two feet. That only lasts a second before she realises what she's doing and lets the chair thump back down, transferring her gaze to Homura. "And you?"
"Akemi Homura," Homura responds. "My surname is Homura."
"Yes," Nadia says, pointing at Mami. "And Tomoe Mami, of course. And you are Sabrina."
"Mmmhm," you agree, giving Homura a baffled, surreptious look, one that you see mirrored on Madoka's and Sayaka's and- well, and Mami's faces. Her surname is Homura?
"Are y' from Switzerland by any chance?" she asks, giving you an evaluating look. She waves a hand off towards the sky, as if trying to indicate the country. "Only, I've a cousin from there, fimti? She reminds me of you, fimti?"
"... no, I don't think I am," you say. Mami's hand tightens on yours for a second, and you turn to give her a reassuring smile, covering her hand with yours.
Nadia eyes you for a second. "N'aam. Yes," she says. "Didn't really think so, anyway."
"In any case," Mami says, nodding. "We're all equals, here, and we're meeting as friends."
"I see," Nadia says with a shrug, conversation pausing for a second as Nadia's meal arrives - fish and chips. She digs in with gusto. Sayaka nudges Madoka, raising her eyebrows at the pink haired girl.
You take advantage of the lull to give Mami a warm smile, squeezing her hand gently. "I'm going nowhere, Mami," you murmur.
"I know," Mami says, smiling back at you.
Nadia sets her fork down with a clink, her plate half cleared. Sharp green eyes flick over to you and Mami, and she smirks at you. "Anyway. Shall we get down to business?"
"Ah, yes," Mami says, rooting around in her pocket to find a Grief Seed. She pulls one out - Suleika.
"Actually," you say, holding up a hand. "Nadia, I know you have a standard deal, but I have a proposition."
"Na'am, yes, I remember. But no," she says, waving her hands to ward you off. "Grief Seed first, fimti?"
Sayaka bristles a little, jaw setting mulishly. "Hey, Sabrina isn't some con artist."
"Maybe," Nadia says, pointing at Sayaka. "There are- there are many stories of girls who can cleanse our Soul Gems. Everyone wants to believe." She smiles thinly, beckoning for the Grief Seed from Mami. "They have all been false."
Mami smiles in gentle amusement as she hands the Grief Seed over. "Nevertheless," she says. "I haven't had to use a Grief Seed since meeting Sabrina."
That's... not quite true. You remember- you remember Mami crying on the floor.
It's not a good memory, but...
"Is that so?" Nadia asks. She holds her hand palm up and takes a quick glance around before materializing her Soul Gem. It's a dark, blood red, shimmering faintly in the sunlight, an unhealthy film of Grief churning beneath its surface. "Show me."
"Thought you'd never ask," you say, extending your hand towards her Soul Gem. "With your permission?"
She nods, watching closely.
Deciding to make a bit more of a show of it than you usually do, you curl your fingers, beckoning the Grief towards you. It comes free as a flowing banner, billowing and roiling as you tease it free of the Gem. You close your hand into a fist, crushing the Grief into little marbles - a small handful of them. You hold your finger up, the spheres orbiting your upraised finger as you meet her eyes.
Nadia holds the Soul Gem up to her eyes with hands that shake only a little. She turns it this way and that, inspecting the pristine crystal.
Mami leans against you, watching with what you might call smugness on anyone else. Sayaka's smirking a little, too.
"It's true, Nadia," an unfortunately familiar voice says, echoing in your head.
Kyuubey.
Your head snaps up, finding the creature as it hops up onto Nadia's lap.
Mami flinches, expression crumpling, and her hand grows tight on yours.
"Oh, hello Kyuubey," Nadia says, peering down at the creature. "So Sabrina truly can cleanse Soul Gems?"
"Indeed!" it responds, tail waving slowly.
Sayaka scowls at the creature, aggrieved, and Homura doesn't look happy, either.
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'Fimti' is something like the Italian 'capisce'? Excess usage is kind of the equivalent of a valley girl, like, going like, 'like' all the time.
"Is it time to go?" she asks.
"Mm," you agree. Instead of getting up, though, you tighten your arm around her. "I want more snuggles."
"Sabrina?" Mami giggles.
"I need to be all professional for the meeting later," you say mournfully. "So I want more hugs right now to make up for it."
"Ah," Mami says, nodding solemnly. "That makes sense." She nuzzles her nose into the crook of your neck. "Better?"
"Much," you agree.
You spend a few minutes like that before sighing and stirring. "Alright. We really should go."
You leave the apartment by the roof, flying on a disc of Grief - you do need to pick up Sayaka on the way, of course. And you do just that, with a quick stop on the roof of her apartment before heading over to Madoka's house where Homura and Madoka are both already waiting.
"Over here!" you call from the little copse of trees where you'd landed the disc. It's just out of sight of the main road, or Madoka's house.
"Ah?" Madoka says, looking around in bafflement. Homura, of course, spots you immediately, pointing you out. They walk over.
You grin around at everyone as Madoka takes tentative steps up onto your disc of Grief. You'd widened it just for the occasion, raising the lip more for Madoka's benefit than anyone else's. "All aboard Mitakihara Meguca Airlines, flight SA-003," you say cheerfully.
"Dork," Sayaka snorts, rolling her eyes. "Hey, Madoka, Homura."
"Hi, Sayaka!" Madoka says happily, beaming at her friend as she gingerly sits down. She looks down at the Grief with a slightly worried look.
"Hello," Homura says as she seats herself at the back of the disc.
"Everyone seated and ready?" you call over your shoulder. "Mami, where are we going?"
"A cafe downtown," Mami says, smiling at you over the chorus of affirmatives.
"All right. Here we go!" you say, and lift the disc into the air. Madoka yelps in surprise, clinging to the raised side. She leans cautiously over the edge, Homura keeping a sharp eye on her as Madoka peers at the receding ground.
"We're so high up," Madoka breathes in awe.
... You've barely cleared the surrounding houses.
Mami giggles. "Have you ever flown before, Madoka?"
"Ah, yes, I went to London for a holiday once!" Madoka says. "Um... it was a holiday for papa and me, but it was mama's business trip. I was only seven!"
"Ooh, very nice," you opine. "Did you visit the palace?"
"I did!" Madoka says, beaming. "It was very nice."
Sayaka chimes in, and the conversation flows onwards after that. It's not a terribly long trip, but you have time to consider the notion of cross-continental flight. You could probably do it - you could probably do it at supersonic speeds, even. You could be in Italy for dinner with Mami if you wanted to.
Well, probably not today's dinner. You'll probably be busy then.
But perhaps tomorrow, or the day after... it might be nice to take Mami there. She'd love it, you're sure.
All too soon, you have to redirect the Grief disc in for a landing. Rather than land on a convenient roof, you spend a moment to search for a secluded alley. It's not like Madoka can jump down with the rest of you, after all. You do stash your Grief on the roof, though. You're not really sure where else to put it.
"So, Mami, are we on time?" you ask as you step off, beaming at her and detransforming. You're left wearing a nice, button-down shirt and slacks in white and green, and you check your phone for the time.
"We're early," Mami says, flashing you a smile.
"Ah, neat," you say, draping an arm around Mami. "Shall we find a table at the cafe first?"
"Sure," Mami responds, and all of you proceed to invade the cafe. It's a western style affair, with umbrella-covered tables outside. You claim a large round table and order drinks - a hot chocolate for yourself, and for Mami, to your mild surprise.
Mami wrinkles her nose in response to your questioning look. "They use teabags here," she murmurs quietly.
You laugh. "Fair enough."
"What's wrong with teabags?" Sayaka asks, rolling her eyes. She'd ordered a milkshake.
Mami purses her lips. "Sabrina, do you know this person?"
"Who?" you ask, tipping your nose up.
"... hey!" Sayaka protests.
Madoka starts to giggle, patting Sayaka on the shoulder, while Homura just looks faintly exasperated.
Someone enters your edge of detection. She's-
Woah.
She is loaded with magic.
"Sabrina?" Mami asks.
"Bennouna's here," you say, tilting your head. "Uh... she uses a lot of enchantments, doesn't she?"
"Oh? Um, I think so?" Mami says, considering that for a second before nodding decisively. "I believe so. It's been a while."
"She's here?" Sayaka asks, craning her head and peering around. "Where?"
"Not here here, but she's approaching," you say. You glance at Madoka, who seems rather excited. Bouncy, even. Homura, by contrast, is Homura, expression impassive and nearly impossible to read. You're pretty sure she's actually interested, though.
"She's here," Mami says, standing and raising her hand to wave.
You follow her gaze to... Well, that's Nadia Bennouna. She turns out to be an athletic, wiry-looking girl, not that much shorter than you are. Her skin's definitely shaded towards the olive, and tanned at that, the colour of someone who spends a lot of time out in the sun. Sharp cheekbones and sharp green eyes sweep the group. Her hair is black, falling just past her shoulders, and carefully hemmed back with a dark red hairband that compliments her bright red shirt and black, knee-length skirt.
She spots you, striding over with easy confidence, and stops short of the table. She bows to Mami, not too deep, not too shallow. "Ohayō gozaimasu, Mami-san."
Nadia's Japanese is passable. Accented, but passable. Mami bows back, echoing the greeting.
She then turns to Homura, sitting on Mami's far side, and repeats the bow and the greeting. And then Sayaka, and then Madoka. They all bow back, and when Nadia reaches you...
You don't bow back.
Instead, you grin, touching your hand to your heart. "As-salām alaykum."
Nadia's eyes go wide in surprise, and then she grins. "Wa alaykum s-salām!" she responds.
"Is everything going well?" you continue, still in darija.
"Yes, quite!" she responds, practically bouncing on her toes, contriving to include the world with a grand gesture. "How are you?"
"I'm doing good!" you respond, still grinning. You switch back to Japanese. "We should probably use Japanese, though."
She throws her head back and laughs. "You must be Sabrina."
"That's me," you say.
Mami touches your arm with a gentle hand. "Shall we sit?"
"I'll go order first," Nadia says, waving at the counter. "I'm starved, fimti?"
Without waiting for a response, she turns and heads for the counter. You sit, beaming at the awed looks from everyone.
"Look, I don't have any memories of a life," you say. "But I have all sorts of knowledge stuck in my head. It's useful."
Sayaka sighs, shaking her head. "Only you."
"Only you, Sabrina," Mami echoes fondly as she rests her hand on the crook of your elbow.
Nadia returns a few minutes later, carrying a number on a stand. She sets it down with a click, finding a space between Sayaka and Madoka. "You have, ah, new students, Mami?" she asks, including all of you with a little wave.
"Oh, no," Mami says. "Well... we're all friends."
"I see!" Nadia says. "Good to meet all of you. I'm Nadia Bennouna, you can just call me Nadia. I travel, and I carry the news, fimti?"
"I'm Miki Sayaka!" Sayaka introduces herself, half-twisted in her seat to face the other girl. "Uh, Sayaka Miki? Miki is my surname."
"Ah, I'm Kana- um, Madoka Kaname," Madoka says, blinking and fidgeting. "I'm not a magical girl."
"No shame in that, fimti? And I know the Japanese naming thing," Nadia says, grinning and leaning back far enough to prop the chair up on two feet. That only lasts a second before she realises what she's doing and lets the chair thump back down, transferring her gaze to Homura. "And you?"
"Akemi Homura," Homura responds. "My surname is Homura."
"Yes," Nadia says, pointing at Mami. "And Tomoe Mami, of course. And you are Sabrina."
"Mmmhm," you agree, giving Homura a baffled, surreptious look, one that you see mirrored on Madoka's and Sayaka's and- well, and Mami's faces. Her surname is Homura?
"Are y' from Switzerland by any chance?" she asks, giving you an evaluating look. She waves a hand off towards the sky, as if trying to indicate the country. "Only, I've a cousin from there, fimti? She reminds me of you, fimti?"
"... no, I don't think I am," you say. Mami's hand tightens on yours for a second, and you turn to give her a reassuring smile, covering her hand with yours.
Nadia eyes you for a second. "N'aam. Yes," she says. "Didn't really think so, anyway."
"In any case," Mami says, nodding. "We're all equals, here, and we're meeting as friends."
"I see," Nadia says with a shrug, conversation pausing for a second as Nadia's meal arrives - fish and chips. She digs in with gusto. Sayaka nudges Madoka, raising her eyebrows at the pink haired girl.
You take advantage of the lull to give Mami a warm smile, squeezing her hand gently. "I'm going nowhere, Mami," you murmur.
"I know," Mami says, smiling back at you.
Nadia sets her fork down with a clink, her plate half cleared. Sharp green eyes flick over to you and Mami, and she smirks at you. "Anyway. Shall we get down to business?"
"Ah, yes," Mami says, rooting around in her pocket to find a Grief Seed. She pulls one out - Suleika.
"Actually," you say, holding up a hand. "Nadia, I know you have a standard deal, but I have a proposition."
"Na'am, yes, I remember. But no," she says, waving her hands to ward you off. "Grief Seed first, fimti?"
Sayaka bristles a little, jaw setting mulishly. "Hey, Sabrina isn't some con artist."
"Maybe," Nadia says, pointing at Sayaka. "There are- there are many stories of girls who can cleanse our Soul Gems. Everyone wants to believe." She smiles thinly, beckoning for the Grief Seed from Mami. "They have all been false."
Mami smiles in gentle amusement as she hands the Grief Seed over. "Nevertheless," she says. "I haven't had to use a Grief Seed since meeting Sabrina."
That's... not quite true. You remember- you remember Mami crying on the floor.
It's not a good memory, but...
"Is that so?" Nadia asks. She holds her hand palm up and takes a quick glance around before materializing her Soul Gem. It's a dark, blood red, shimmering faintly in the sunlight, an unhealthy film of Grief churning beneath its surface. "Show me."
"Thought you'd never ask," you say, extending your hand towards her Soul Gem. "With your permission?"
She nods, watching closely.
Deciding to make a bit more of a show of it than you usually do, you curl your fingers, beckoning the Grief towards you. It comes free as a flowing banner, billowing and roiling as you tease it free of the Gem. You close your hand into a fist, crushing the Grief into little marbles - a small handful of them. You hold your finger up, the spheres orbiting your upraised finger as you meet her eyes.
Nadia holds the Soul Gem up to her eyes with hands that shake only a little. She turns it this way and that, inspecting the pristine crystal.
Mami leans against you, watching with what you might call smugness on anyone else. Sayaka's smirking a little, too.
"It's true, Nadia," an unfortunately familiar voice says, echoing in your head.
Kyuubey.
Your head snaps up, finding the creature as it hops up onto Nadia's lap.
Mami flinches, expression crumpling, and her hand grows tight on yours.
"Oh, hello Kyuubey," Nadia says, peering down at the creature. "So Sabrina truly can cleanse Soul Gems?"
"Indeed!" it responds, tail waving slowly.
Sayaka scowls at the creature, aggrieved, and Homura doesn't look happy, either.
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[X] When meeting Bennouna, present yourself as someone who wants to help others. Sure, you're a bit of a dork and a ditz at times, but your drive to help people is who you are.
-[X] Be polite, be efficient, have a plan to befriend every magical girl you meet: At some point, offer to refresh any grief seeds Bennouna might be carrying, with a standing offer to do so whenever she comes through. Also offer to empty out a grief seed for her, and tell her about how long you think a single clear seed ought to last, if she accepts the offer.
[X] Ask Bennouna about any magical girls who could do similar things to what we can do, such as girls who can manipulate soul gems. Also ask about the largest magical girl group she's met in her travels -- we want to get an idea for just how organized people are so far.
[X] If/when the subject of Bennouna telling other magical girls about our ability comes up, ask her to make it clear to anyone who asks her about us, or anyone she tells about us, that we're more than willing to clean soul gems and grief seeds for free, and that the only string attached is that violence or coercion in Mitakihara will not be tolerated.
-[X] Ask Bennouna to only tell people about us who she thinks would be reasonable, but that if even unreasonable people ask about us, to make that clear. We know word is going to get out, but we really don't want there to be fights and conflict due to it.
-[X] Explain your reasoning to Bennouna. That you want to help people, but you know it's not that easy.
--[X] You've foreseen lots of problems with infinite cleansing - abuse, people rejecting it because it's "too good to be true", upsetting power structures, general making-things-worse - and you're necessarily leaving it up to her how best to proceed in any given situation.
-[X] Be polite, be efficient, have a plan to befriend every magical girl you meet: At some point, offer to refresh any grief seeds Bennouna might be carrying, with a standing offer to do so whenever she comes through. Also offer to empty out a grief seed for her, and tell her about how long you think a single clear seed ought to last, if she accepts the offer.
[X] Ask Bennouna about any magical girls who could do similar things to what we can do, such as girls who can manipulate soul gems. Also ask about the largest magical girl group she's met in her travels -- we want to get an idea for just how organized people are so far.
[X] If/when the subject of Bennouna telling other magical girls about our ability comes up, ask her to make it clear to anyone who asks her about us, or anyone she tells about us, that we're more than willing to clean soul gems and grief seeds for free, and that the only string attached is that violence or coercion in Mitakihara will not be tolerated.
-[X] Ask Bennouna to only tell people about us who she thinks would be reasonable, but that if even unreasonable people ask about us, to make that clear. We know word is going to get out, but we really don't want there to be fights and conflict due to it.
-[X] Explain your reasoning to Bennouna. That you want to help people, but you know it's not that easy.
--[X] You've foreseen lots of problems with infinite cleansing - abuse, people rejecting it because it's "too good to be true", upsetting power structures, general making-things-worse - and you're necessarily leaving it up to her how best to proceed in any given situation.
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'Fimti' is something like the Italian 'capisce'? Excess usage is kind of the equivalent of a valley girl, like, going like, 'like' all the time.
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SolipsistSerpent
Endlessly Devouring
Around other magical girls who do not yet distrust it, excessive hostility to Kyubey will only serve to make Sabrina look bad, yes.
Oh noooooooo.
- Location
- Blocksberg
...
Is Homu messing with her?
UbeOne
Daydreaming CPU
- Location
- Philippines
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Let's be calm, diplomatic and professional here. Yes, we don't like Kyubey, but we don't have to show that. Think of cold, tranquil fury instead of burning rage.
Boop!
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LucidProp
Pocky Eating MafiaDoka
Nadia doesn't seem all that bothered, but she's well traveled so I think she knows about some of Kyubey's dirty little secrets. She's just disillusioned is all.
Still, that's sound advice so we should drink tea and think of the Mumi.
- Location
- The Surface Of A Hostile Planet
If Nadia travels as much as she says she does, it's basically inevitable that she'd have run into groups that dislike Kyuubey. I don't know if she's witchbombed, but I'd be exceptionally surprised if she wasn't lichbombed.
We should maintain professional courtesy anyway - in this case, a confirmation from QB is about as ironclad as it gets, and I wouldn't be surprised if Nadia asked him to confirm our claims specifically.
If she notices and asks about Mami's... different... reaction, we can say that certain facts she learned changed her opinion of him and leave it at that.
We should maintain professional courtesy anyway - in this case, a confirmation from QB is about as ironclad as it gets, and I wouldn't be surprised if Nadia asked him to confirm our claims specifically.
If she notices and asks about Mami's... different... reaction, we can say that certain facts she learned changed her opinion of him and leave it at that.
I'm guessing she's not cleared for witch- and possibly lich-bomb then...
Also, this could be a good time to offload excess grief on kyoobs.
Also, this could be a good time to offload excess grief on kyoobs.
LucidProp
Pocky Eating MafiaDoka
It's not impossible for a girl to not be bothered or even like the Witch/Lich Bombs, and still remain on even or friendly terms with Kyubey.
Just look at Joan of Arc, it did nothing but strengthen her resolve and she didn't even point a finger at Kyubey.
If I remember correctly, the PSP game even had a Witch that idolized Kyubey. Her Witch form wore a Kyubey mask and her Witch Card said something about admiring his purpose and thanking him for how he finally made her relevant and useful.
Nadia could be any of those two or she could have just stopped caring. No sense at getting angry at a volcano, after all.
- Location
- ⇙
Kyuubey had to show up sooner or later. Considering all the other stuff that happened lately, it appearing now actually isn't all that bad.
I don't know what to think of Nadia yet. Very confident. Observant. Direct.
I don't know what to think of Nadia yet. Very confident. Observant. Direct.
Also quite loaded up in bling. Enchanted bling.
I wonder if we can casually ask her about them?
I wonder if we can casually ask her about them?
- Location
- Rockford, USA
- Pronouns
- They/Them
That seems like it might come across as threatening if we're not excruciatingly careful about phrasing.
Higure
Witch of Faith
- Location
- The Golden Land
...and Kyubey's helping again. What is the little guy up to?
I'm so proud.
Yes. Yes she is.
I'm so proud.
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Or she doesn't want a stranger calling her by her first name.
Delete that first "need".......I think.
- Location
- Blocksberg
They grow up so fast......and Kyubey's helping again. What is the little guy up to?
Yes. Yes she is.
I'm so proud.