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Puella Magi Adfligo Systema

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Shadowhisker said:
Don't forget "witch out for superpowers" and "vacuum metastability event".
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What is "vacuum metastability event" and who coined the phrase?

Firnagzen said:
"They took one of my prototypes," Niko says, frowning faintly. "A memory field."

"Memory field?" you ask, eyesbrows arching. That sounds familiar. You remember a field spread over the entirety of Asunaro, removing any memory or perception of Kyuubey.

"It makes people forget things," Niko says. "I thought it might be useful for hiding our things. We've had an inspector or two try and examine this place before..."
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...You Cannot Thwart Stage One... Well Stage Two in this case, because Stage One was Kazumi witching out.

Firnagzen said:
For the record, Saki in costume. Apologies for not updating yesterday, had some bad news to deal with.
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SolipsistSerpent said:
Maybe she's only nearsighted in one eye. That's the justification for monocles in the first place, only needing correction in one eye, right? And the little nose-grip makes it a lot more likely to stay in place than a traditional monocle.
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BlackoutSampler said:
Yes, but in prescription lenses they make each lens custom to the eye it is in front of. So in the case of having only one nearsighted eye, you'd be able to get one lens that is cut, and one lens that's flat. However, by cutting of half the glasses they look lopsided as hell, especially since the bridge on the nose seem to survive the amputation. Add in the missing part that goes around the ear (temporarily forgot it's name). and they look like they are always falling off, even if they are not.
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Guys, people, folks. You are all missing the forest for the trees.

Yes, it is an impractical design.
Primarily because it doesn't just look lopsided as hell, to quote @BlackoutSampler. It's weight distribution is lopsided as hell - believe me, I would know. It's the same thing, and perhaps worse, as when one of the ear hooks on your glasses snaps off.

One side of your nose feels like the nose pad will slip at any moment. The other one feels this lopsided weight press on it unmercifully. And everything feels like it's one misstep from falling off.

You may now use the "MAGIC" image with Touko Aozaki.
 
Random832 said:
Except it doesn't have the weight of the lens that's not supported by the missing ear hook. It seems like that should change everything.
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Missing the point.

If one ear hook is missing:
1) The earhooks normally balance each other, acting as counterweights.
2) The lenses also balance each other, also acting as counterweights.
3) If the earhook goes missing, the weight distribution starts to give excessive weight to the side that still has the earhook.
4) As a corrolary, the inexistent lens on the side of the missing ear hook makes the lopsided weight distribution more pronounced, not less.

As I've said, I've been through this. Trust me. I've been wearing glasses since before I went to school for the first time. I know this stuff from bitter experience of having one's ear hooks snap off.
 
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Vebyast said:
False vacuum - Wikipedia


So now we have a motivation for the attack; I wouldn't be surprised if Kyubey is attempting to keep that memory device out of our hands.
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Alternatively, it could be a target for either Hijiru or Yuuri to ensure they can move around more freely.

EDIT: For instance, with Airi it could help people forget Yuuri's disappearance, (or erase parts of her own past) so she could more easily fill the role of her lost friend. For Hijiri on the other hand, it might be used as a safeguard in case people find out about her or as weapon to separate the Saints from each other.
 
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Torgamous said:
Maybe the left pad is weighted with tungsten or something.

Her arm ring that doesn't appear to be touching anything seems like a more egregious violation of physics than her glasses.
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What bugs us isn't the violation of physics, but that it is something relatable and partially realistic that we know wouldn't be comfortable/fashionable.

It is like the Uncanny Valley of The Suspension of Disbelief. particularly blatant egresses like Yugi's hair or practically any Final Fantasy charecter's outfit don't bug people as much because it is obviously not real. But this is something we can see existing, as well as imagine how uncomfortable and stupid looking they will be, so it annoys us all the more.
 
@Firnagzen
Wasn't Kazumi supposed to copy the grief plane in the previous vote? It was the perfect time, too...she was just, you know, sitting there inside of it, with nothing to do. Also, why would making the walls and windshield take several minutes? It seemed to take a few seconds at most the last few times we've done it, no trance required at all. And the walls are just normal Grief, so that should be basically effortless for her.

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Anyway, that was super cute. Sabrina is a shipper and a benevolent troll. Mami jumped on that train quite quickly, too. "You are so proud of her" indeed. The hugpile made me envious that the Mitakihara group wasn't like that (yet). Homura's too PTSD'd and like an abused cat to accept a hugpile easily, Oriko is too dignified to accept one easily, and asking Homura or Sayaka to hug Kirika or Oriko at this point in time is hahahahahahano.

Also, we need to explain about Hijiri. Privacy is no longer an option now that she's an active suspect in an attack on the Pleiades.

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"Right. Pleiades, the first thing you need to know about Asunaro is that it is a scary place where things have a tendency to get weird. Like, 'wish-born clones becoming meguca hell-bent on revenge for some imagined justification, mad science abounds, two-girls-one-body serial killers obsessed with soul gems because they're shiny' weird. Needless to say, don't split the party. No one goes anywhere alone for any length of time, be constantly alert, particularly for one of your teammates acting even slightly suspiciously, and be in constant communication with each other."
 
Blorp said:
Really, the only sounds I can associate with PMMM magical girls are 1) Sayaka's broken berserker laughter, and 2) glasses Homura's tortured scream of utter despair as she mercy kills her best friend in the entire world.

So, you know. Cow goes moo, cat goes meow, dog goes woof, puella magi goes either "NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNUUUUUUUU" or "AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHAHAHAHAHAHA IT DOESN'T HURT AT ALL."
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Welcome to the madhouse, Blorp. yes i followed Urist's magical fun times in Neptunia
Firnagzen said:
She's powerful, as you recall, but for the love of Madokami why does she have half a pair of spectacles?
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why does momo only wear half a pair of glasses? because she can. don't ask, it's a japanese thing.

Also, a thought: We have some serious heavy hitters here. Odds our enemy will be swinging back just as hard?
 
Dirtnap said:
Also, a thought: We have some serious heavy hitters here. Odds our enemy will be swinging back just as hard?
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Well, our suspects are a lass with all the powers of the Pleiades (Memory Manipulation/Power Copying/Barriers, Instant Armor, Lightning/Super Speed, Teddy Bear Army, Possession/Animal Communication, Cloning, and Effect Copying), one with shapeshifting/summoning? magic and Mami+Homura gun shenanigans, and a twofer with fire/ice magic. And that's in order of both threat and likelyhood of being behind this, based on MO.
So, a tiny bit below our level in the worst-case scenario. Easily enough to take us, though, if we're not careful about making sure Hijiri doesn't pull a Spy.
 
Although I don't think we'd be getting into the serious planning just yet. Any chance we could get Oriko's advice/opinion when planning out investigative/capture teams? The girl really likes her plotting, and it'd probably make her feel more useful if she has an active hand in plotting out our countermeasures.
 
Faraway-R said:
Missing the point.

If one ear hook is missing:
1) The earhooks normally balance each other, acting as counterweights.
2) The lenses also balance each other, also acting as counterweights.
3) If the earhook goes missing, the weight distribution starts to give excessive weight to the side that still has the earhook.
4) As a corrolary, the inexistent lens on the side of the missing ear hook makes the lopsided weight distribution more pronounced, not less.

As I've said, I've been through this. Trust me. I've been wearing glasses since before I went to school for the first time. I know this stuff from bitter experience of having one's ear hooks snap off.
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They could be clip-ons, like the ones Teddy Roosevelt wore. There would still be some balancing issues, but that could be the same magic that makes Puella weapons light enough to swing despite being Final Fantasy-tier.
 
Karnewarrior said:
They could be clip-ons, like the ones Teddy Roosevelt wore. There would still be some balancing issues, but that could be the same magic that makes Puella weapons light enough to swing despite being Final Fantasy-tier.
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I've already included the MAGIC proviso for the purposes of the specific Puella Magi, a few of my posts ago. There's no contradiction.

Real world use would still run into balancing issues though.
 
Firnagzen said:
"Lasers?" Kirika asks. "Really?"

"Yes, dear, Sabrina mentioned it before," Oriko says.

"Ooh," Kirika says. "Why haven't we figured that out yet?"
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Can I point out a small thing?

Why haven't we? Not you. We.

It's the little things. ;)

Oriko raises the hand, flexing her fingers slowly. Kirika immediately claims ownership
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Poor Oriko. She had her hand finally back for all of two seconds.

Kazumi makes a thoughtful, considering noise, and plops down cross-legged on the tiled floor. "OK. Team meeting! You're invited too, honorary Pleiades Saints!"
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Silly us. There was no need to think of alliance names. We've all been inducted into the Pleiades Saints.

... If Kazumi starts grabbing us by the waist, that means we're full members. Saints.
 
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Onmur said:
Can I point out a small thing?

Why haven't we? Not you. We.

It's the little things. ;)


Poor Oriko. She had her hand finally back for all of two seconds.


Silly us. There was no need to think of alliance names. We've all been inducted into the Pleiades Saints.

... If Kazumi starts grabbing us by the waist, that means we're full members. Saints.
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......we already have lazers, they are the sweetest of things.
 
Onmur said:
Silly us. There was no need to think of alliance names. We've all been inducted into the Pleiades Saints.

... If Kazumi starts grabbing us by the waist, that means we're full members. Saints.
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It's funny, we went from "we don't go to Asunaro" to "honorary Pleiades" really bloody fast.

Which makes perfect sense, considering our personality.

I do worry our pants might be replaced without warning, though.
 
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