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SaltyWaffles said:
Filling out paperwork isn't futile, it's just a long, long, boring-ass process.
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Yes, but most paperwork needs to be submitted and processed by someone. Who's gonna process her forms, or even read them? Walpurgis?

Mystery solved: Walmart comes to town because Ann didn't fill out her Annual Report.

We thought Wally was Queen of the witches; we were wrong - she's the C.E.O.

(Does that make QB a shareholder?)

[x]Cannongerbil
 
It wasn't the girl-who-became-Ann's paperwork; it was her father's, who toiled endlessly to no seeming reward, working to support his daughter. In the end, a girl bereft of parental affection made some rather bad choices.

Also, the big marble staircase? The main atrium of the company her father worked at as a lowly peon featured just such a staircase, one that seemed to stretch on forever with her father forever out of reach somewhere above it...
 
Firnagzen said:
It wasn't the girl-who-became-Ann's paperwork; it was her father's, who toiled endlessly to no seeming reward, working to support his daughter. In the end, a girl bereft of parental affection made some rather bad choices.

Also, the big marble staircase? The main atrium of the company her father worked at as a lowly peon featured just such a staircase, one that seemed to stretch on forever with her father forever out of reach somewhere above it...
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Well, we can fix her and give her a hug. :(
 
Maybe if we hired her father ourselves...we could certainly make use of having someone over the age of 18 to pull legal strings, and money isn't hard when you have Time Stop. Heck, we might be able to have him help manage the MG communications network that came up earlier. We can make his daughter his liason to the Magi community and assistant. That should give them the family time and money that they need.

If we can dewitch his daughter, that is.
 
We don't even know who this guy is, never mind if he would even have the skillset to help us. Plus, we still don't have any liquid capital worth mentioning. Given the way witches work it is very possible that he is long dead by this point.
 
Higure does have a point though...

If we can bring in non-magical people like the families of friendly magical girls, we could set up a far more effective support network. Ideally, this network would track witches, put in supply requests, provide funding, and coordinate the magical girls. It would save on magic usage since the MGs don't always have to go roof hopping to find their next witch.

Example:

Say a cop in the network notices that there is a spike in suicides, mass hallucinations, or missing persons in one area. He can flag that area for search with the magical girl teams in that city/region. The local magical girl can scout the flagged area for witch activity and report back her findings. A middle manager in a software company can track expenditures and organize the magical girls needed for the operation. A taxi driver in the know can provide transportation to the area of interest after they stop at the local grocery to pick up protective equipment, first aid gear, or mundane weapons. Finally, after all is said and done the status of the magical girls, their equipment, and their grief levels are reported back and indexed by the central office. If the need for more seeds is severe enough emptied seeds or even Sabrina may be sent to deal with the situation.
 
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Firnagzen said:
It wasn't the girl-who-became-Ann's paperwork; it was her father's, who toiled endlessly to no seeming reward, working to support his daughter. In the end, a girl bereft of parental affection made some rather bad choices.

Also, the big marble staircase? The main atrium of the company her father worked at as a lowly peon featured just such a staircase, one that seemed to stretch on forever with her father forever out of reach somewhere above it...
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Damnit Firn, I was having a good chuckle and then you hit me with this.
 
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Dirtnap said:
Alfa...I want to know what kind of grocery you have that has guns and protective equipment.
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An American one, probably in a semi-rural or rural community. I have seen shotguns, rifles, crossbows, associated ammunition, first aid, and field surgery equipment. Also various hunting/butchering knives, portable stoves, etc.

@PolosElite23 , I know that you know more examples. Also this is me inviting you to come play.
 
Alfa290 said:
Higure does have a point though...

If we can bring in non-magical people like the families of friendly magical girls, we could set up a far more effective support network. Ideally, this network would track witches, put in supply requests, provide funding, and coordinate the magical girls. It would save on magic usage since the MGs don't always have to go roof hopping to find their next witch.

Example:

Say a cop in the network notices that there is a spike in suicides, mass hallucinations, or missing persons in one area. He can flag that area for search with the magical girl teams in that city/region. The local magical girl can scout the flagged area for witch activity and report back her findings. A middle manager in a software company can track expenditures and organize the magical girls needed for the operation. A taxi driver in the know can provide transportation to the area of interest after they stop at the local grocery to pick up protective equipment, first aid gear, or mundane weapons. Finally, after all is said and done the status of the magical girls, their equipment, and their grief levels are reported back and indexed by the central office. If the need for more seeds is severe enough emptied seeds or even Sabrina may be sent to deal with the situation.
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All that is definitely part of the long term "hahaha what masquerade" option for global cleansing/system breaking. :D
 
Dirtnap said:
Alfa...I want to know what kind of grocery you have that has guns and protective equipment.
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It's right down the street. It's called Walmart. Granted, they don't have much beyond handguns and sports equipment but Homura has shown the effectiveness of handguns and the sport equipment can be re-enforced

Oh, and there's a Big 5 down the street that sells various long rifles. Not to mention the Bass Pro Shop on the other side of town which has some stuff that might just be barely legal to sell. They also have enough ammunition to supply a small uprising or massacre of paper targets. That's not even mentioning the place that sells IBAs, full-automatic rifles, and various other weapon accessories in downtown.
 
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Walmart is not a grocery. Walmart is a superstore.

Groceries are like...Kroger, Bi-Lo, Aldi's, Harris Teeter, Publix...Food Lion.
 
Alfa290 said:
It's right do the street. It's called Walmart. Granted, they don't have much beyond handguns and sports equipment but Homura has shown the effectiveness of handguns and the sport equipment can be re-enforced

Oh, and there's a Big 5 do the street that sells various long rifles. Not to mention the Bass Pro Shop on the other side of town which has some stuff that might just be barely legal to sell. They also have enough ammunition to supply a small uprising or massacre of paper targets. That's not even mentioning the place that sells IBAs, full-automatic rifles, and various other weapon accessories in downtown.
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Unfortunately, this is Japan, where it'd have to be a Yakuza owned Walmart to even consider secretly selling those sorts of things, so no such legal acquisitions would be made.
 
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Crasian01 said:
An American one, probably in a semi-rural or rural community. I have seen shotguns, rifles, crossbows, associated ammunition, first aid, and field surgery equipment. Also various hunting/butchering knives, portable stoves, etc.

@PolosElite23 , I know that you know more examples. Also this is me inviting you to come play.
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....Sounds about like my local Walmart...or sports store...or...most stores around here?
 
Dirtnap said:
I have lived in both the country and the city. We still had grocery stores. And then we had Walmart.
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Seriously? You never saw a Walmart where they had shotguns (or at least ammo) out by the bikes and the fishing poles? Because that was totally a thing when I was a kid. Like granted, they toned down on all that, but it used to be that you could just head out to the nearest Walmart and pick up ammo and lures for a hunting/fishing expedition over the weekend. Coolers too, and hotdogs conveniently located nearby.
 
Crasian01 said:
Seriously? You never saw a Walmart where they had shotguns (or at least ammo) out by the bikes and the fishing poles? Because that was totally a thing when I was a kid. Like granted, they toned down on all that, but it used to be that you could just head out to the nearest Walmart and pick up ammo and lures for a hunting/fishing expedition over the weekend. Coolers too, and hotdogs conveniently located nearby.
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They never toned it down here... Full rifle racks and stuff, lotsa ammo. Happens when you live in a rural area. Though generally Dunham's sports goods or the local pawn shop is where to go. Stuff is cheaper.
 
I have. But walmart isn't a grocery store. You buy things there. Clothes, Junk, stuff. You buy food at a grocery store. (Of course nowadays there are just walmart grocery stores. it's weird.)
 
Firnagzen said:
Comment: American gun culture is very exceptional. Don't expect Japan to have anything like it...
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Japan's concession to gun culture: A law abiding, licensed adult can own a manual loading shotgun for hunting or skeet shooting purposes. It has to be locked up separately from ammo whenever it isn't being used in such a context.
That is all.
 
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