What sort of quests did you get into before this one?

BAHHSCQ. Nothing else, really.

Ehh there's no reason it has to be done right this moment. It can wait until Mami and Sabrina have relaxed a bit.

I'd appreciate that. It honestly wouldn't take much. Something like:

[ ] Nadia
-[ ] Vote in abeyance

[ ] Niko and Kazumi
-[ ] Fill them in.

Should cover it.

In the interests of fairness, even though those actions don't take up much votespace, I should point out that they might take up a decent amount of updatespace. Still, at worst we'll probably get a mini-update to tidy things up before the fluff, and more likely the fluff might get spread out over two chapters, which is practically a positive.

... I am thinking it would be for the best to have this vote end the night, because after it's over I don't think Mami or Brina are going to want to do other stuff, not to mention the flow would suck.

It would (have?) make an immense amount of sense to carry out telepathy with Nadia, Niko, and Kazumi on the way home, at the same time as dropping off Sayaka and Homura, and to subsequently do this stuff at home.

@Firnagzen, I'm going to poke you on this. I think everyone ever can agree that we should telepathy and fill in Nadia, Niko, and Kazumi at some point, preferably now. Can we get a micro-update on that, set during the travel after departing from Oriko's place, and then run this?
 
So I was re-reading, and...
"Anyway... OK, so. Since you know, between you and me, one of the reasons I'm very interested is that I want to work on turning Witches back. One of the reasons I'm hoping to meet up with Riona Mag Aoidh."

Nadia nods, tanned skin a touch pale. "I see," she says. "We know each other knows. Do you have different messages for me to carry?"
Nadia nods, tanned skin a touch pale.
I am unsettled. Hopefully, I'm reading too far into this, and Nadia is just unsettled by us saying we want de-witchification but...
AAAAAAAAAA!
 
So I was re-reading, and...


I am unsettled. Hopefully, I'm reading too far into this, and Nadia is just unsettled by us saying we want de-witchification but...
AAAAAAAAAA!
I think the common assumption is Nadia being scared that we're apparently one of those crazies that end up going down and dragging down their fellows with them... with the power to really fuck things up.

But yes, it could be a plethora of things... It could be exactly what you most fear. :O
 
I should note: I talked with Firnagzen while I was working on this. As I said, the blueprint came first, and I still have no idea how to directly convert that to a "normal" vote without a shitload of loss. Firn's said he'll happily draw on it for content, although that statement is his to confirm.

I'm well aware that this isn't what might traditionally be thought of as "fluff." It's more hurt-comfort sort of themes.
But why the tone should it be one of hurt-comfort (and for that I immediately think "sad")? I read that as comtemplative because it'd be something that Sabrina finally realizes; I'm even throwing "hopeful" as a qualifier because not that Sabrina knows what she wants for herself she'd hope to continue being with Mami.

I am unsettled. Hopefully, I'm reading too far into this, and Nadia is just unsettled by us saying we want de-witchification but...
AAAAAAAAAA!
Nadia was unsettled, because as far as she knew then only desperate meguca who want to bring their friends back really go into dewitching. However the conversation didn't end there, and Sabrina's later explanations* in the next story update calmed Nadia down, to the point of her having a good laugh and then:
"Do you think there's anyone I should meet, who might be interested or who can contribute to this?"

"Who are aware of the origins of Witches, not insane, nor desperate, and able to help?" Nadia blinks slowly. "No. I do not know right now. Perhaps Rionna. Perhaps not. Such a combination... It comes rarely. Kyuubey, he manipulates events, fimti? But I will ask around quietly."
* one-of-a-kind power, being able to say Clear Seeds are calm, not having a friend Witched out meaning not being crazy or desperate (maybe a little brain damaged)
 
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This is... extremely random and I don't know where it came from. Probably lack of sleep. :thonk:



"Anyway. Later, Oriko, Kirika."

The platinum blonde, formerly a Seer, watched her tentative friend fly off, alongside the three others of varying levels of friendliness, if you allow for negative values.

The lonely blonde clung to Sabrina, and seemed to be improving every day now. She was the only other one ready and willing to give Oriko and Kirika a chance, if only out of sheer trust to the Grief controller.

The time traveller, determined, rigid, stoic. Throwing back a hateful glare as they zoomed away. She would play along, as long as Oriko showed herself to pose no threat, as long as she made herself a target on Sabrina's Magical Saving radar.

Lastly, the justice driven warrior, the naivest of them all. Confused, pulled on one side by pragmatism and duty, on the other by shameful, silenced wishes of revenge. She didn't dare look back.

Soon enough, the four left Oriko's physical sight. Of course, her Wish's Eye had long since closed... but still they remained under her mind's Eye, playing on strings to the tune of her schemes, as much as she allowed her own strings to tangle with theirs, giving up her own freedom in order to have a chance to... manipulate them in turn.

For the good of all. For the big and the small.

"Everything is going according to plan*," she whispered.

A light clatter of silverware had Oriko look at Kirika who, never having left her side, now held a small plate with a half eaten slice of cake on it. The black haired girl smiled up at Oriko as she shovelled another piece of chocolate goodness into her mouth, almost purring as she savored it.

Oriko waited with a raised eyebrow until Kirika opened her eyes again.

The shorter girl beheld her Ojou's questioning stare and shrugged. "You said cake, that means I get to have some."

"First, I did not say cake," Oriko tapped Kirika's nose, before raising another finger. "Second, I never agreed to that ru- hmm..."

A spoonful of cake expertly manouvered into her mouth cut Oriko's retort short. Kirika grinned as Oriko's obvious delight at simply having cake -quite a good one, she had got good a baking as of late- warred against her desire to remain stern, trying to refuse to enjoy the chocolate treat, as delicious as it was, for not even a magnificient cake should keep her from teaching Kirika better manners-

Who was she kidding? Oriko licked the spoon clean, before taking it from Kirika's hands and returning the favor.

Kirika chomped down on the offered cake with gusto, and the game continued.

Oriko sighed sadly, as all her plotting and planning would have to be postponed.

There was cake to be had.



*plan means keikaku.
 
This is... extremely random and I don't know where it came from. Probably lack of sleep. :thonk:



"Anyway. Later, Oriko, Kirika."

The platinum blonde, formerly a Seer, watched her tentative friend fly off, alongside the three others of varying levels of friendliness, if you allow for negative values.

The lonely blonde clung to Sabrina, and seemed to be improving every day now. She was the only other one ready and willing to give Oriko and Kirika a chance, if only out of sheer trust to the Grief controller.

The time traveller, determined, rigid, stoic. Throwing back a hateful glare as they zoomed away. She would play along, as long as Oriko showed herself to pose no threat, as long as she made herself a target on Sabrina's Magical Saving radar.

Lastly, the justice driven warrior, the naivest of them all. Confused, pulled on one side by pragmatism and duty, on the other by shameful, silenced wishes of revenge. She didn't dare look back.

Soon enough, the four left Oriko's physical sight. Of course, her Wish's Eye had long since closed... but still they remained under her mind's Eye, playing on strings to the tune of her schemes, as much as she allowed her own strings to tangle with theirs, giving up her own freedom in order to have a chance to... manipulate them in turn.

For the good of all. For the big and the small.

"Everything is going according to plan*," she whispered.

A light clatter of silverware had Oriko look at Kirika who, never having left her side, now held a small plate with a half eaten slice of cake on it. The black haired girl smiled up at Oriko as she shovelled another piece of chocolate goodness into her mouth, almost purring as she savored it.

Oriko waited with a raised eyebrow until Kirika opened her eyes again.

The shorter girl beheld her Ojou's questioning stare and shrugged. "You said cake, that means I get to have some."

"First, I did not say cake," Oriko tapped Kirika's nose, before raising another finger. "Second, I never agreed to that ru- hmm..."

A spoonful of cake expertly manouvered into her mouth cut Oriko's retort short. Kirika grinned as Oriko's obvious delight at simply having cake -quite a good one, she had got good a baking as of late- warred against her desire to remain stern, trying to refuse to enjoy the chocolate treat, as delicious as it was, for not even a magnificient cake should keep her from teaching Kirika better manners-

Who was she kidding? Oriko licked the spoon clean, before taking it from Kirika's hands and returning the favor.

Kirika chomped down on the offered cake with gusto, and the game continued.

Oriko sighed sadly, as all her plotting and planning would have to be postponed.

There was cake to be had.



*plan means keikaku.

3/10, Cake is a Lie.
 
This is... extremely random and I don't know where it came from. Probably lack of sleep. :thonk:



"Anyway. Later, Oriko, Kirika."

The platinum blonde, formerly a Seer, watched her tentative friend fly off, alongside the three others of varying levels of friendliness, if you allow for negative values.

The lonely blonde clung to Sabrina, and seemed to be improving every day now. She was the only other one ready and willing to give Oriko and Kirika a chance, if only out of sheer trust to the Grief controller.

The time traveller, determined, rigid, stoic. Throwing back a hateful glare as they zoomed away. She would play along, as long as Oriko showed herself to pose no threat, as long as she made herself a target on Sabrina's Magical Saving radar.

Lastly, the justice driven warrior, the naivest of them all. Confused, pulled on one side by pragmatism and duty, on the other by shameful, silenced wishes of revenge. She didn't dare look back.

Soon enough, the four left Oriko's physical sight. Of course, her Wish's Eye had long since closed... but still they remained under her mind's Eye, playing on strings to the tune of her schemes, as much as she allowed her own strings to tangle with theirs, giving up her own freedom in order to have a chance to... manipulate them in turn.

For the good of all. For the big and the small.

"Everything is going according to plan*," she whispered.

A light clatter of silverware had Oriko look at Kirika who, never having left her side, now held a small plate with a half eaten slice of cake on it. The black haired girl smiled up at Oriko as she shovelled another piece of chocolate goodness into her mouth, almost purring as she savored it.

Oriko waited with a raised eyebrow until Kirika opened her eyes again.

The shorter girl beheld her Ojou's questioning stare and shrugged. "You said cake, that means I get to have some."

"First, I did not say cake," Oriko tapped Kirika's nose, before raising another finger. "Second, I never agreed to that ru- hmm..."

A spoonful of cake expertly manouvered into her mouth cut Oriko's retort short. Kirika grinned as Oriko's obvious delight at simply having cake -quite a good one, she had got good a baking as of late- warred against her desire to remain stern, trying to refuse to enjoy the chocolate treat, as delicious as it was, for not even a magnificient cake should keep her from teaching Kirika better manners-

Who was she kidding? Oriko licked the spoon clean, before taking it from Kirika's hands and returning the favor.

Kirika chomped down on the offered cake with gusto, and the game continued.

Oriko sighed sadly, as all her plotting and planning would have to be postponed.

There was cake to be had.



*plan means keikaku.

Clearly we need to get Kirika and Oriko SO WAFFY with each other that Oriko has no time to plot. She will be too busy snuggling and being adorable with Kirika.

... and then Homura gets jealous and can't figure out why because she likely doesn't understand WHY she feels the way she does for Madoka because she's had a messed up childhood and then she becomes Homucifer and were doomed!

WAIT THIS IS A BAD PLAN D:
 
Clearly we need to get Kirika and Oriko SO WAFFY with each other that Oriko has no time to plot. She will be too busy snuggling and being adorable with Kirika.

... and then Homura gets jealous and can't figure out why because she likely doesn't understand WHY she feels the way she does for Madoka because she's had a messed up childhood and then she becomes Homucifer and were doomed!

WAIT THIS IS A BAD PLAN D:
No, no, what this does is this:

Homura gets jealous, but doesn't understand why.

Homura denies her jealousy, because she can't accept being anything like Oriko or Kirika.

Being unlike the cutesy couple that is Oriko and Kirika, Homura can't help but to feel jealous.

Homura denies her jealousy...

... Homura is stuck on a loop.

On the hundredth iteration of the self feeding loop, introduce a casual Madoka wanting to say hi.

"I'm not thinking about hugging you and feeding you cake."

Both Madoka and Homura startle.

"... Well, I am now."

Pop.

Homura disappears.
 
Madoka hugs Homura

gets dragged to the next timeline

...shenanigans ensue
:o

I'd had thought Homu would just go somwhere else, not somewhen else, but you sent Homu and Madoka into another timeline?! Madness! How will Sabrina help them now-

Pop!

Homura and Madoka reappear back where they were, blushing and looking away from each other.

"I... I k-know a nice bakery."

"Yes."


Oh right, Homura can go back to previous timelines. :V
 
:o

I'd had thought Homu would just go somwhere else, not somewhen else, but you sent Homu and Madoka into another timeline?! Madness! How will Sabrina help them now-

Pop!

Homura and Madoka reappear back where they were, blushing and looking away from each other.

"I... I k-know a nice bakery."

"Yes."


Oh right, Homura can go back to previous timelines. :V

OH... you said disappear and I thought she nopped out of the timeline.

Homura disappears.

Madoka: : (

Homura reappears with a cake *jams spoonful into Madoka's mouth before she can rethink her actions*
 
But why the tone should it be one of hurt-comfort (and for that I immediately think "sad")? I read that as comtemplative because it'd be something that Sabrina finally realizes; I'm even throwing "hopeful" as a qualifier because not that Sabrina knows what she wants for herself she'd hope to continue being with Mami.

hurt-comfort is only sad when it's hurt. The real vibes come from the comfort, which this is. All the hurt has already been done.

...

...

It's so clean. So wonderful.

So... Mami.
Adhoc vote count started by Kaizuki on Sep 30, 2018 at 11:20 PM, finished with 95 posts and 20 votes.

  • [X] Go home, cuddle, make sure Mami has her homework covered if she has any.
    [X] Explain to Mami, at length:
    -[X] What you feel she's done for you.
    -[X] That in the process of doing it for you, you've been brought to understand that you enjoy being with her.
    -[X] That at the start of all of this, you might have been okay with just making sure she got a happy ending, but that you have come to actively want to be around her: not just for her sake, but for your own happiness.
    --[X] That this is what she has done for you: she showed you what it was to have a life, to have happiness of your own. You'd thought it was okay if you ended up alone in the end... You don't want to be alone.
    --[X] Do it without making her freak out, or, worse, think that we're going to leave her. No repeats of the metabomb fiasco.
    [x] Nadia
    - [x] Vote in abeyance
 
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I... I have no idea what quest that is.
It's a good quest.

Warning: Humongous updates, much moe, very guns, slooooow updates.

OH... you said disappear and I thought she nopped out of the timeline.

Homura disappears.

Madoka: : (

Homura reappears with a cake *jams spoonful into Madoka's mouth before she can rethink her actions*
The next day, Sabrina and Mami stare.

Madoka walks around the streets, laughing and chatting with Homura.

Homura grabs Madoka's hand on impulse, before allowing herself to think about what she's doing.

The girls keep walking, followed by the curious Mami and Sabrina.

Madoka squeals over a stuffed toy on a store.

Homura doesn't think- she tells Madoka she's cuter than the toy. Then while Madoka's blushing, she darts into the store, buys it, and shoves it into Madoka's arms without stopping to contemplate how her actions might be seen by everyone around her.

Homura and Madoka keep going, and at some point cross paths directly -by complete coincidence- with Sabrina and Mami. The moment their eyes meet, as Madoka opens her mouth to greet them, Sabrina kisses Mami on the cheek.

Without thought, Homura kisses Madoka on the cheek.

Madoka turns beet red.

Homura turns beet red, but smirks.

"Hey there, how's it going?"

"I discovered everything in life becomes better when I don't allow myself to think about the consequences of my actions, but rather, act without thought. I can now understand why Sayaka allows herself to be such a fool all the time. I am certain I will soon inexorably look back and consider my actions in retrospective, and all the possible ramifications I could make out of them, and will enter a state of panic and doubt and other negative feelings, in direct proportion to the amount of time I manage to keep myself acting irrationally and impulsively. However, I can not bring myself to care at the moment."

"I'm happy for you... Also, hopefully, the time at which you'll start considering you actions once more, will be before next time I need you in the same room as Oriko or Kirika."

"You would do well to keep me away from them until then, yes."

"Also, when you get around to breaking down as you described...?"

Homura hugs Sabrina, who hugs her back.

"I know."

"Great," Sabrina points at a tall building. "Did you know you can see all of Mitakihara from that restaurant's rooftop?"

Next second, Homura's dragging Madoka away and asking what she would like for dinner.

Mami looks at Sabrina.

Sabrina looks at Mami.

Then they hurry after their friends. They had to be around for the moment Homura's conscience caught up and her mind crashed and burned. Homura would need all the help she could get, then.

The fact they got to watch their friends be cute together and enjoy a dinner date while doing it was a nice bonus.
 
Then they hurry after their friends. They had to be around for the moment Homura's conscience caught up and her mind crashed and burned. Homura would need all the help she could get, then.

The fact they got to watch their friends be cute together and enjoy a dinner date while doing it was a nice bonus.

[12 years later]

Homura: *finishes getting her wedding dress set just right* .. ... ....... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

Sabrina: *stops timer* 6,315,696 minutes

Homura: *hyperventilating* I..I..I'm

Sabrina: *hugs Homura* It will be fine.
 
[12 years later]

Homura: *finishes getting her wedding dress set just right* .. ... ....... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

Sabrina: *stops timer* 6,315,696 minutes

Homura: *hyperventilating* I..I..I'm

Sabrina: *hugs Homura* It will be fine.
'Damn it, just a little longer and she wouldn't been able to back off...'

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARE YOU THINKING IT'S A SHAME I CAN BACK TO MY SENSES?!"

"NO...!"

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA?"

"... Yes."

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA- THERE WAS A POINT WHERE I NEEDED TO STOP TWELVE YEARS AGO."

"Eleven and eleven months."

"BUT I CLEARLY BLAZED PAST THAT POINT."

"So let's keep going and see what happen?"

"YEEEEEESSSSS."

"Yay!"
 
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