Sayaka? I'd rather she called her parents and told them 'magic is real, yo'. We can offer help there.
It'd be nice if we could, but I don't think that revealing magic by text message is a legitimate option. Thinking about it further, we're dealing with school attendance as well as the parents, so this'd involve convincing Sayaka's parents calling her in sick. I think that we could do it, but it changes the timeframe I was imagining when I originally wrote the vote - that explanation would have to happen this afternoon, which is
way too fast and on top of that upsets the timetable we'd given to Hitomi's mother. So I no longer think that that's an option.
"She's looking for magic ways to solve her problems" is not an argument. Sayaka is panicking hard right now. I do not think that she is in the mood to handle finicky plotting and it'd certainly drain brain juice that she does not have to spare. She can't focus on it like she could running a clone. So I'm going to support sending a clone home.
FFS, we planned to reveal magic later! We planned to have Hitomi's mom there, we planned to do it calmly and with Sayaka prepared and with a coherent story and game plan. I think that you are being seduced by the idea of Sayaka calling her parents on the phone and going "Magic is real, call me in sick I'm fighting evil, kbai". That's not going to happen. Otherwise Sayaka would have already suggested it.
If we want Sayaka to have a Multitasker Clone, we'd have to make a full clone for her to copy with Kazumi's power... but we don't know whether that close would be range limited, or not.
She can copy Kazumi's copy, then use the chibi to help her control the full body.
...Heck, she could create
multiple chibis, then use all of them to coordinate the full clone-body. You know how you sometimes get the image of a bunch of tiny people hiding inside a cloak pretending to be a tall person? It's like that, except instead of a trench coat, it's six chibis crawling all over the inside of a VR tank hanging off the inputs and pulling on things with strings.
[] Simultaneously: Sayaka.
-[] Support the clone plan.
-[] Have her copy chibis from Kazumi for multitasking support.
[] Simultaneously: Hijiri
-[] Goals:
--[] Continue conversation/therapy with same principals.
--[] Get more Yuuri intel. Yuuri's arguments, plans, powers, etc.
--[] Keep Hijiri occupied to prevent coordination with Yuuri.
--[] Nudge hypothetical-Hijiri-Hostile into making a mistake.
--[]
Subtly investigate discrepancies.
-[] Potential specifics:
--[] Thank her for connecting you.
--[] Commiserate about being misled by crazy schemers.
---[] Let Hijiri believe we have a precog.
--[] If you get an opening, ask her what she wants to do with her life. Not just good therapy, an
excellent distraction.
[] Simultaneously: Yuuri.
-[] Move to a new channel minus Hijiri.
-[] Goals:
--[] Skip the hunt by getting her to a known location. Meeting, provoke an ambush, Clear Seed inspection, doesn't matter.
--[] Learn about her motives.
-[] Potential specifics:
--[] Present yourself as a neutral mediator.
---[] You want to help
everyone.
--[] Warn her about the Clear Seed.
...I
really like this format. It's got everything - structure dictates a goals-focused approach, easily structured but explicit simultaneity, room for putting in specifics without
dictating them and shooting ourselves in the foot, and low word-count overhead especially relative to the benefits.
