DB_Explorer
Purveyor of alternate realities.
- Location
- San Diego, California
- Pronouns
- He/Him
There is a lot of despair on Sufficient Velocity, and the internet in general. It makes sense.
nah we lift her via all of our hot air
Puella Magi Adfligo Systema
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- puella magi adfligo systema puella magi madoka magica be gay do crimes (gay) female protagonist bad decisions dating mami tomoe (tomoe mami) diabolical laughter friendship is the best ship handholding identity crises microwaving tea gets you put in the bad place names are important the body is the fursona of the soul this is not the baked goods thread we don't talk about rionna what could possibly go wrong? who in the world is azure sanfrancisco?
nah we lift her via all of our hot air
hillo315
Intact but Tactless
- Location
- Somewhere. Somewhere else.
In order to be an enchantment, doesn't it have to be applied to something? If magic changes the properties of something, it is an enchantment. Otherwise, it's pure magic. For example, magical girl weapons are generally pure magic, but soul gems are enchanted with whatever Kyubey does to them.
I suppose all grief Sabrina takes control of is technically enchanted.
My thoughts exactly. Some sort of projection or manifestation, related to Sabrina's nature as a magical girl, but not necessarily related to her wish. It's sort of like Homura's witch wings. (Not Sabrina's witch wings, because those are definitely wish-derived.) Sabrina's hope wings are part of her innate power as a magical girl, though it's hard to say what exactly that means for her powers or character.
- Location
- Illinois
What?
"Mami, I told Kyouko that you wish you'd not fought with her that night."
That is what that constitutes. What part of that is rushing? What part of that is anything that isn't a statement of fact?
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- Location
- Australia
"Mami, I've been having lengthy and deeply personal discussions with your estranged protege about intensely private matters between the two of you, using my weird magic-knowledge. So far, she's still unwilling to even so much as talk to you, but I think she might be coming around, maybe, work-in-progress. Huh? How did she respond? Well, she snarled at me and told me to get out, but don't worry, she's just being a tsundere! Well, goodnight! Don't stay awake thinking of all the possible negative interpretations of this revelation, okay? I mean, what could possibly go wrong? Oh, and sorry for bandying around my knowledge of your personal affairs without permission and for presuming to speak for you, but don't worry, I have good intentions!"
I'm sure we all agree that the ends really do justify the means here, but any in-depth discussion of the means in question is going to accomplish absolutely nothing other than stressing the poor girl out. I mean, what can she possibly do with the information besides fret and worry about it? If Mami's history with Kyouko is an open wound, and reconciliation is the band-aid, what you're proposing is poking and jabbing at it while saying "Hey Mami! We're gonna help you with this soon! See! Right here!" *prod prod*
Far better to present a fait accompli - if Kyouko agrees to talk to Mami and things go poorly, then we can discuss it and help as best we can.
I'm sure we all agree that the ends really do justify the means here, but any in-depth discussion of the means in question is going to accomplish absolutely nothing other than stressing the poor girl out. I mean, what can she possibly do with the information besides fret and worry about it? If Mami's history with Kyouko is an open wound, and reconciliation is the band-aid, what you're proposing is poking and jabbing at it while saying "Hey Mami! We're gonna help you with this soon! See! Right here!" *prod prod*
Far better to present a fait accompli - if Kyouko agrees to talk to Mami and things go poorly, then we can discuss it and help as best we can.
- Location
- USA, Midworld world line
[X] Tell the group that we were doing what we could to have Kyouko understand us better as a friend. No personal details. Relate the tale of the hunt. Talk to Sayaka about Yuma's social patterns.
[X] Ask everyone about logistics / society challenges facing us all, and pick one for Sabrina to research a bit more now. After lunch, we should try to answer some of our own questions that will come up with Yuki and the Shizukis, as well as the group suggested topic. We could adventure into the library for civic and newspaper data, supplement with an Internet binge.
[X] Find a book or have a conversation to aide us in dealing with Anri.
Mostly, don't we need to avoid triggering her out of her waiting state?
Different issue:
Let me ask if we notice there is an important pathway that is really better decided in the current. This is the better time to make that choice.
Hope usage, as we just experienced while making wings, is the subject.
Is this information that we must secure from the Incubators very tightly?
That comes in two parts: if one considers this feat to be something limited to Sabrina, in the same manner as our Grief abilities, is one.
The other asks if either our plans or our future interactions can be manipulated if Kyuubey becomes properly informed.
Under all cases, it seems that we will want to pass this knowledge to other Magical Girls given the various possibilities it represents. The question is, will we need to indoctrinate them to transmit this inside a conspiracy?
If the technique is not limited to Sabrina, it represents an advanced pathway which might exist in the world, perhaps unknown to us due to rarity. What would that fact mean? Certainly, we would be propagating a change. Change isn't really something the Incubators want.
Should Hope usage be effectively limited to our personal narrative, the Incubators likely will stick to their usual malevolent neglect. The scale is within their confidence interval, just as a single Grief cleanser doesn't upset them badly.
Even if Hope is something other girls don't use to form wings, consider if we want to keep the advantage of the wings as a trump in some circumstance that the Incubators would have firmly bet against Sabrina winning. Exactly as the wings are now, there is already an advantage to revealing them in specially crafted settings.
My general intent for the near future is "sharing hope." As per usual, consult Homura before exposing Madoka in a casual manner. The action would be less "show off the wings," more going towards a contemplative experience. Have everyone try to follow the general steps we did. Form a ball of Hope, and pass it to the girl next to her and repeat. Muggles can't cast magic, but this is a rare instance where it might be possible to charge the magical object once it is up? The activity lets us gain some basic observations quickly. Does this warrant Privacy to contain the secret? If so, we can't talk about it here.
[X] Ask everyone about logistics / society challenges facing us all, and pick one for Sabrina to research a bit more now. After lunch, we should try to answer some of our own questions that will come up with Yuki and the Shizukis, as well as the group suggested topic. We could adventure into the library for civic and newspaper data, supplement with an Internet binge.
[X] Find a book or have a conversation to aide us in dealing with Anri.
Mostly, don't we need to avoid triggering her out of her waiting state?
Different issue:
Let me ask if we notice there is an important pathway that is really better decided in the current. This is the better time to make that choice.
Hope usage, as we just experienced while making wings, is the subject.
Is this information that we must secure from the Incubators very tightly?
That comes in two parts: if one considers this feat to be something limited to Sabrina, in the same manner as our Grief abilities, is one.
The other asks if either our plans or our future interactions can be manipulated if Kyuubey becomes properly informed.
Under all cases, it seems that we will want to pass this knowledge to other Magical Girls given the various possibilities it represents. The question is, will we need to indoctrinate them to transmit this inside a conspiracy?
If the technique is not limited to Sabrina, it represents an advanced pathway which might exist in the world, perhaps unknown to us due to rarity. What would that fact mean? Certainly, we would be propagating a change. Change isn't really something the Incubators want.
Should Hope usage be effectively limited to our personal narrative, the Incubators likely will stick to their usual malevolent neglect. The scale is within their confidence interval, just as a single Grief cleanser doesn't upset them badly.
Even if Hope is something other girls don't use to form wings, consider if we want to keep the advantage of the wings as a trump in some circumstance that the Incubators would have firmly bet against Sabrina winning. Exactly as the wings are now, there is already an advantage to revealing them in specially crafted settings.
My general intent for the near future is "sharing hope." As per usual, consult Homura before exposing Madoka in a casual manner. The action would be less "show off the wings," more going towards a contemplative experience. Have everyone try to follow the general steps we did. Form a ball of Hope, and pass it to the girl next to her and repeat. Muggles can't cast magic, but this is a rare instance where it might be possible to charge the magical object once it is up? The activity lets us gain some basic observations quickly. Does this warrant Privacy to contain the secret? If so, we can't talk about it here.
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- Location
- Australia
[X] HeroCycle
Strikes a nice mix between open-endedness and actually giving us something to do after lunch, although not sure if Firn will appreciate being put on the spot to come up with a plausible conversation between teenage Japanese girls about the broader sociological issues facing a hitherto-zero-sum magical world.
Strikes a nice mix between open-endedness and actually giving us something to do after lunch, although not sure if Firn will appreciate being put on the spot to come up with a plausible conversation between teenage Japanese girls about the broader sociological issues facing a hitherto-zero-sum magical world.
Aranfan
Team Plasma Grunt
Ugo and Sereg.
The Phoenixian
The Glacier Witch
- Location
- My own little world
[X] Tell Mami your day was a little bit stressful, but you'd like to think you made some good progress all things considered. You'd say it was worth it.
[X] ask what plans everyone has for the weekend.
[X]Take bets on whether Madoka will end up more towards her mother's height or her father's.
[X] Ask Homura (telepathically?) if she's had any progress picking out a building for Tsuruya yet.
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[X] ask what plans everyone has for the weekend.
[X]Take bets on whether Madoka will end up more towards her mother's height or her father's.
[X] Ask Homura (telepathically?) if she's had any progress picking out a building for Tsuruya yet.
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NitroFumetsu
Blaze of Glory
From what I've seen, Hope magic sounds like it would make a powerful shield.
AsuraKyoko
The Witch who was known as the Goddess of War
- Location
- Brockton Bay
[x] Tell Mami your day was a little bit stressful, but you'd like to think you made some good progress all things considered. You'd say it was worth it.
[x] Continue vote in abeyance.
Short and simple. I like it.
[x] Continue vote in abeyance.
Short and simple. I like it.
- Location
- Florida
[x] Tell Mami your day was a little bit stressful, but you'd like to think you made some good progress all things considered. You'd say it was worth it.
[x] Continue vote in abeyance.
[x] Continue vote in abeyance.
- Location
- The Surface Of A Hostile Planet
[x] Tell Mami your day was a little bit stressful, but you'd like to think you made some good progress all things considered. You'd say it was worth it.
[x] Continue vote in abeyance.
[x] Ask Sayaka if she wants to have a clone of hers along while you go do diplomacy.
[x] After Lunch:
--[x] Contact Yuki, ask for a status report on Airi. Ask for any advice on contacting Tokyo without making a massive politics mess.
--[x]Contact the Touhoku University Group, ask them how they're doing, and ask for an introduction to the Osaki Group.
---[x] Introduce yourself to Osaki, explain your goals, offer Clear Seeds with standard warnings and preconditions.
I really do want to get in touch with Osaki soon. They're close allies of the University Group, who we have very good relations with, so we have a very strong "in", and given Osaki's location they probably have contacts in Tokyo.
[x] Continue vote in abeyance.
[x] Ask Sayaka if she wants to have a clone of hers along while you go do diplomacy.
[x] After Lunch:
--[x] Contact Yuki, ask for a status report on Airi. Ask for any advice on contacting Tokyo without making a massive politics mess.
--[x]Contact the Touhoku University Group, ask them how they're doing, and ask for an introduction to the Osaki Group.
---[x] Introduce yourself to Osaki, explain your goals, offer Clear Seeds with standard warnings and preconditions.
I really do want to get in touch with Osaki soon. They're close allies of the University Group, who we have very good relations with, so we have a very strong "in", and given Osaki's location they probably have contacts in Tokyo.
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DB_Explorer
Purveyor of alternate realities.
- Location
- San Diego, California
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] Redshirt Army
blast flame
How far will we go if it means lighting the way?
- Location
- Perth, Australia
- Pronouns
- They/Them
[X] Redshirt Army
The Phoenixian
The Glacier Witch
- Location
- My own little world
So I've looked up Osaki, and Redshirt I'm sorry to burst your bubble, but if anything Osaki in Miyagi prefecture is further away from Tokyo than Sendai, let alone right next to it. If they have relations with the Tokyo council it won't be because of proximity. If anything, the map of Miyagi prefecture shows that Osaki prefecture is close enough that to what we know of Mitakihara's position that they might be our neighbors.
That said I do approve on making contact, but I'm going to insist on an addition to it:
Add the Tome Group to the contacts: They're friends of the University group, containing an ex-member, still have enough goodwill between them to bat for each other, at least against Hamisaki.
- Location
- 👁👄👁
- Pronouns
- She/Her/Hers
[x] Tell Mami your day was a little bit stressful, but you'd like to think you made some good progress all things considered. You'd say it was worth it.
[x] Continue vote in abeyance.
[x] Continue vote in abeyance.
Nova Prospekt pt. 17
"I've had a pretty good morning!" you tell Mami, smiling warmly at her. "A little stressful, but I think I've made good progress. Helped people, I think, so I'd say it was worth it. How about you, Mami?"
"That's good," Mami says, smiling back at you. "Classes weren't very interesting today, but I've been paying attention. Academics are still important even for us magical girls, right?"
"Right!" you affirm.
"Psht, yeah," Sayaka says, snorting. "Not like I can... well, technically I guess I can sell magic. Healing magic would probably make me a fortune. Like whats-her-name, from Sendai. Only... hm. I bet I could pretend to be a doctor and heal people."
"Mori Rin?" you say. "And y'know, that's not a bad idea, but the real problem is getting all the licensing and all that to set up legally."
"My family doctor has commented at length about the licensing and certifications," Hitomi comments. "Apparently, keeping up to date is not an easy task."
"Baaah," Sayaka grumbles, stuffing her mouth with rice. "Licensing schmicencing."
"You could study to be a doctor, Sayaka! And throw in magic healing alongside actual medicine," Madoka says brightly. "I think you'd make it easily, don't you, Homura?"
Madoka nudges Homura, who shrugs quietly.
"Like I said, it's not a bad idea," you muse. "Difficult to set up, obviously, but potentially very lucrative." You pause, a thought striking you. Something you'd forgotten to do. "Oh, and uh right, so you guys know about the, uh, magical girl storage space, right?"
"Mmh!" Mami agrees, snuggling closer to you.
Homura nods, of course, but Madoka and Hitomi look faintly confused, so you explain briefly, and then produce a hammer.
"So, hammer," you say, holding it up with a grin. You make sure everyone's looking, and then you rotate it away from you. "Hammerspace."
Sayaka groans, slapping her palm against her face. "I thought that's where you were going with it, and I hoped you weren't going to go there, but you did."
"Too much explanation for the joke." Hitomi delivers her verdict with an air of finality, demurely popping her lunchbox open. "It would have worked better if you had set it up over a few days, first explaining the notion of hammerspace properly to us without having to frontload it."
You pout, trying to catch Homura or Madoka's eye. However, even Madoka determinedly avoids your gaze.
Mami giggles, leaning into your side.
"... everyone's a critic," you say, sniffing haughtily.
"I think it was clever," Mami says loyally.
"Yes, but you're biased," you say, beaming at her.
"I know I am!" Mami says, peeking up at you and smiling.
"You two are disgustingly cute," Sayaka says.
"It is forbidden love, after all," Hitomi adds, straight-faced as she tucks into her lunch.
Homura's eyebrows climb the barest fraction of a centimeter as she eyes Hitomi, but evidently decides not to comment on that. Madoka giggles happily as she also pops her lunchbox open, bumping her shoulder against Homura. And you can feel Mami's expectant gaze on you.
"I can't imagine what you're after," you tell Mami.
"Nothing at all!" she says. "But aren't you going to eat, Sabrina?"
"Aren't you?" you ask, motioning at her still-closed lunchbox.
"Oh, I am!" Mami says, opening it to reveal... the lunch you'd prepared. Rice, with teriyaki chicken, some salad tucked to the side, and a few sausages cut into little sausage octopi. She pops a bit of rice into her mouth, beaming. "See?"
You laugh, and open your own lunch up. You can feel everyone's expectant curiosity, even Homura's gaze boring a hole into the side of your head. And-
Instead of little sausage octopi, you have sausages cut up into thin slices, forming a pink border around a carefully heart-shaped patty of rice, the teriyaki chicken and salad tucked around the edges to form a green frame. Black sesame seeds add colour and contrast to the rice, forming wavy little patterns of dots.
Madokami above, you'd expected something like this but you still can't help the dopey grin on your face as you wrap your arm around Mami's shoulder and pull her in to press a kiss to her cheek.
"Aww," Madoka says, clasping her hands in delight when she sees what Mami did for you. "That's beautiful!"
Homura nods, apparently unsurprised.
"I love it," you say. "Thank you, Mami."
"It's nothing," Mami says, gracing you with a warm, adoring smile. "Thank you, Sabrina. For being you."
"Dorks," Sayaka says. "Doooorks."
Hitomi pokes Sayaka in the side. "I think it's sweet."
"I mean, it is!" Sayaka says. "But you're both still dweebs. This means you, Mami, Sabrina."
"Guilty as charged," you say with a laugh. "But I'm the lucky girl who gets to have Mami at her side and a lunch like this. So there." You pause, thoughtfully, looking at the artfully crafted meal. "... I almost don't want to eat this. It would be a shame to ruin it."
"Oh, you," Mami says, blushing and ducking her head to hide her blush.
You chuckle quietly, and tuck in, smiling around at everyone. At your friends, all sitting together and happy and laughing.
Sayaka ribs Madoka over the PE lessons they're apparently going to have in the afternoon, and Madoka takes it in stride, poking right back with backup from Hitomi. Homura seems completely unruffled, but you can tell she's hanging on to every word even as she eats quietly. Madoka takes care to draw Homura into the conversation, too, making sure that she's not left out.
And Mami...
Mami is practically glowing with joy, even though she's doing little more than snuggle against your side and eat, chatting quietly. Then again, do you have any room to even comment, when you've got the silliest, dopiest grin on your face?
No, not at all.
You savour your lunch slowly, the time spent with Mami, the time spent in happy chatter with your friends. But it doesn't last anywhere near long enough, and pretty soon, Sayaka's setting aside her lunchbox and bouncing lightly to her feet.
"Mnnnnargh," Sayaka grumbles, pushing her hands into the small of her back and stretching.
"That's not good for you, Sayaka," Madoka scolds.
"Sure it is," Sayaka says, grinning and bouncing. She snatches Hitomi's now-empty lunchbox, grinning triumphantly at her friend and grabbing her own.
"Really, Sayaka, it's just a lunchbox," Hitomi says. She rolls her eyes as she stands, brushing her skirt down.
"Yeah, yeah," Sayaka says. "Anyway, we gotta go now, Sabrina."
Mami doesn't move from your side, though, lingering for just a bit longer.
"Yup!" Madoka says brightly, beaming at you. "See you later!"
"See you all! Uh- real quick before you head off, Sayaka, Homura?" you say. "Sayaka - I'm planning to go see about possibly getting in touch with other magical girl groups in the afternoon, d'you wanna tag along? As a clone, I mean."
Sayaka brightens with a grin. "I'd like that! I'll pop off a clone, just a sec..."
She transforms to split off a clone, and as she does so, you turn to Homura, who gives you a questioning look.
"Uhhh," you say intelligently, trying to phrase things to not alarm anyone. It's nothing to be alarmed over, anyway! "I've got something to run by you after school. It's nothing bad or urgent! Just questions and stuff."
"OK," Homura says, nodding. Her eyes flicker from you to Mami, and she inclines her head to you before moving off to join Madoka and Hitomi.
... you do need to tell her about Oriko developing clairvoyance in place of precognizance. You'd promised to keep her in the loop, and the simple trust she's showing here, acknowledging that you're capable of handling things? You're not going to betray that trust.
"Aight," Sayaka -well, Sayaka's clone- says, clapping you on the shoulder. "I'll go... somewhere over there, kay?"
"Sure," you say, grinning at her. Sayaka Prime heads down the stairs with a cheerful wave, while the clone Sayaka bounds off the roof in a grandiose swirl of white cape.
And that leaves you alone with Mami.
You draw her into a hug, smiling softly, and cup her cheek.
"I'll see you after school," you murmur quietly.
Mami takes a deep breath and straightens, returning the smile with a warm, glowing one. "You will," she says, tone unwavering. "Thank you, Sabrina."
"No. Thank you, Mami, for... for being you," you say. "I wouldn't be as happy as I am right now if you weren't. And thank you for the lunch. It was delicious."
Mami giggles. "You cooked most of it, Sabrina."
"Mneeeh. Half, at most," you say.
"Alright," she says, disengaging from the hug and taking a step backwards. She taps you on the lips with one finger, smiling. "You still owe me installments!"
"And I'll pay them back after school," you say, smiling. "For now - see you later, Mami."
"See you, Sabrina," Mami murmurs. She takes a deep breath, smiles at you, and turns to head down the stairs.
You wait quietly, tracking her presence down the stairs, and you wait until the schoolbell rings before forming wings and taking to the sky once more.
"Yo, Sayaka, where're you?" you call.
"Over here!" Sayaka responds, and you spot her waving frantically to get your attention. She's standing on one of the nearby buildings, and zips up to join you on a streak of blue light. "So, where're we going?"
[] Contact Yuki
- [] Ask about Airi
- [] Ask about dropping off Rionna
[] Check in with...
- [] Check in with the Animators (Masami and Hiroko (and Ono))
- [] Check in with the Shiogama girls (Noriko and Akemi)
- [] Touhoku University Group
-- [] Ask for an introduction to the Osaki group
[] Write-in (word count limit: 150 words)
So, uh, I wrote this before noticing that a vote with stuff appended had popped up. Whoops. I added Sayaka going along for diplomacy, so you'll get to vote for the post-lunch events now!
"That's good," Mami says, smiling back at you. "Classes weren't very interesting today, but I've been paying attention. Academics are still important even for us magical girls, right?"
"Right!" you affirm.
"Psht, yeah," Sayaka says, snorting. "Not like I can... well, technically I guess I can sell magic. Healing magic would probably make me a fortune. Like whats-her-name, from Sendai. Only... hm. I bet I could pretend to be a doctor and heal people."
"Mori Rin?" you say. "And y'know, that's not a bad idea, but the real problem is getting all the licensing and all that to set up legally."
"My family doctor has commented at length about the licensing and certifications," Hitomi comments. "Apparently, keeping up to date is not an easy task."
"Baaah," Sayaka grumbles, stuffing her mouth with rice. "Licensing schmicencing."
"You could study to be a doctor, Sayaka! And throw in magic healing alongside actual medicine," Madoka says brightly. "I think you'd make it easily, don't you, Homura?"
Madoka nudges Homura, who shrugs quietly.
"Like I said, it's not a bad idea," you muse. "Difficult to set up, obviously, but potentially very lucrative." You pause, a thought striking you. Something you'd forgotten to do. "Oh, and uh right, so you guys know about the, uh, magical girl storage space, right?"
"Mmh!" Mami agrees, snuggling closer to you.
Homura nods, of course, but Madoka and Hitomi look faintly confused, so you explain briefly, and then produce a hammer.
"So, hammer," you say, holding it up with a grin. You make sure everyone's looking, and then you rotate it away from you. "Hammerspace."
Sayaka groans, slapping her palm against her face. "I thought that's where you were going with it, and I hoped you weren't going to go there, but you did."
"Too much explanation for the joke." Hitomi delivers her verdict with an air of finality, demurely popping her lunchbox open. "It would have worked better if you had set it up over a few days, first explaining the notion of hammerspace properly to us without having to frontload it."
You pout, trying to catch Homura or Madoka's eye. However, even Madoka determinedly avoids your gaze.
Mami giggles, leaning into your side.
"... everyone's a critic," you say, sniffing haughtily.
"I think it was clever," Mami says loyally.
"Yes, but you're biased," you say, beaming at her.
"I know I am!" Mami says, peeking up at you and smiling.
"You two are disgustingly cute," Sayaka says.
"It is forbidden love, after all," Hitomi adds, straight-faced as she tucks into her lunch.
Homura's eyebrows climb the barest fraction of a centimeter as she eyes Hitomi, but evidently decides not to comment on that. Madoka giggles happily as she also pops her lunchbox open, bumping her shoulder against Homura. And you can feel Mami's expectant gaze on you.
"I can't imagine what you're after," you tell Mami.
"Nothing at all!" she says. "But aren't you going to eat, Sabrina?"
"Aren't you?" you ask, motioning at her still-closed lunchbox.
"Oh, I am!" Mami says, opening it to reveal... the lunch you'd prepared. Rice, with teriyaki chicken, some salad tucked to the side, and a few sausages cut into little sausage octopi. She pops a bit of rice into her mouth, beaming. "See?"
You laugh, and open your own lunch up. You can feel everyone's expectant curiosity, even Homura's gaze boring a hole into the side of your head. And-
Instead of little sausage octopi, you have sausages cut up into thin slices, forming a pink border around a carefully heart-shaped patty of rice, the teriyaki chicken and salad tucked around the edges to form a green frame. Black sesame seeds add colour and contrast to the rice, forming wavy little patterns of dots.
Madokami above, you'd expected something like this but you still can't help the dopey grin on your face as you wrap your arm around Mami's shoulder and pull her in to press a kiss to her cheek.
"Aww," Madoka says, clasping her hands in delight when she sees what Mami did for you. "That's beautiful!"
Homura nods, apparently unsurprised.
"I love it," you say. "Thank you, Mami."
"It's nothing," Mami says, gracing you with a warm, adoring smile. "Thank you, Sabrina. For being you."
"Dorks," Sayaka says. "Doooorks."
Hitomi pokes Sayaka in the side. "I think it's sweet."
"I mean, it is!" Sayaka says. "But you're both still dweebs. This means you, Mami, Sabrina."
"Guilty as charged," you say with a laugh. "But I'm the lucky girl who gets to have Mami at her side and a lunch like this. So there." You pause, thoughtfully, looking at the artfully crafted meal. "... I almost don't want to eat this. It would be a shame to ruin it."
"Oh, you," Mami says, blushing and ducking her head to hide her blush.
You chuckle quietly, and tuck in, smiling around at everyone. At your friends, all sitting together and happy and laughing.
Sayaka ribs Madoka over the PE lessons they're apparently going to have in the afternoon, and Madoka takes it in stride, poking right back with backup from Hitomi. Homura seems completely unruffled, but you can tell she's hanging on to every word even as she eats quietly. Madoka takes care to draw Homura into the conversation, too, making sure that she's not left out.
And Mami...
Mami is practically glowing with joy, even though she's doing little more than snuggle against your side and eat, chatting quietly. Then again, do you have any room to even comment, when you've got the silliest, dopiest grin on your face?
No, not at all.
You savour your lunch slowly, the time spent with Mami, the time spent in happy chatter with your friends. But it doesn't last anywhere near long enough, and pretty soon, Sayaka's setting aside her lunchbox and bouncing lightly to her feet.
"Mnnnnargh," Sayaka grumbles, pushing her hands into the small of her back and stretching.
"That's not good for you, Sayaka," Madoka scolds.
"Sure it is," Sayaka says, grinning and bouncing. She snatches Hitomi's now-empty lunchbox, grinning triumphantly at her friend and grabbing her own.
"Really, Sayaka, it's just a lunchbox," Hitomi says. She rolls her eyes as she stands, brushing her skirt down.
"Yeah, yeah," Sayaka says. "Anyway, we gotta go now, Sabrina."
Mami doesn't move from your side, though, lingering for just a bit longer.
"Yup!" Madoka says brightly, beaming at you. "See you later!"
"See you all! Uh- real quick before you head off, Sayaka, Homura?" you say. "Sayaka - I'm planning to go see about possibly getting in touch with other magical girl groups in the afternoon, d'you wanna tag along? As a clone, I mean."
Sayaka brightens with a grin. "I'd like that! I'll pop off a clone, just a sec..."
She transforms to split off a clone, and as she does so, you turn to Homura, who gives you a questioning look.
"Uhhh," you say intelligently, trying to phrase things to not alarm anyone. It's nothing to be alarmed over, anyway! "I've got something to run by you after school. It's nothing bad or urgent! Just questions and stuff."
"OK," Homura says, nodding. Her eyes flicker from you to Mami, and she inclines her head to you before moving off to join Madoka and Hitomi.
... you do need to tell her about Oriko developing clairvoyance in place of precognizance. You'd promised to keep her in the loop, and the simple trust she's showing here, acknowledging that you're capable of handling things? You're not going to betray that trust.
"Aight," Sayaka -well, Sayaka's clone- says, clapping you on the shoulder. "I'll go... somewhere over there, kay?"
"Sure," you say, grinning at her. Sayaka Prime heads down the stairs with a cheerful wave, while the clone Sayaka bounds off the roof in a grandiose swirl of white cape.
And that leaves you alone with Mami.
You draw her into a hug, smiling softly, and cup her cheek.
"I'll see you after school," you murmur quietly.
Mami takes a deep breath and straightens, returning the smile with a warm, glowing one. "You will," she says, tone unwavering. "Thank you, Sabrina."
"No. Thank you, Mami, for... for being you," you say. "I wouldn't be as happy as I am right now if you weren't. And thank you for the lunch. It was delicious."
Mami giggles. "You cooked most of it, Sabrina."
"Mneeeh. Half, at most," you say.
"Alright," she says, disengaging from the hug and taking a step backwards. She taps you on the lips with one finger, smiling. "You still owe me installments!"
"And I'll pay them back after school," you say, smiling. "For now - see you later, Mami."
"See you, Sabrina," Mami murmurs. She takes a deep breath, smiles at you, and turns to head down the stairs.
You wait quietly, tracking her presence down the stairs, and you wait until the schoolbell rings before forming wings and taking to the sky once more.
"Yo, Sayaka, where're you?" you call.
"Over here!" Sayaka responds, and you spot her waving frantically to get your attention. She's standing on one of the nearby buildings, and zips up to join you on a streak of blue light. "So, where're we going?"
[] Contact Yuki
- [] Ask about Airi
- [] Ask about dropping off Rionna
[] Check in with...
- [] Check in with the Animators (Masami and Hiroko (and Ono))
- [] Check in with the Shiogama girls (Noriko and Akemi)
- [] Touhoku University Group
-- [] Ask for an introduction to the Osaki group
[] Write-in (word count limit: 150 words)
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So, uh, I wrote this before noticing that a vote with stuff appended had popped up. Whoops. I added Sayaka going along for diplomacy, so you'll get to vote for the post-lunch events now!
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Torgamous
Aspiring Gynoid
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Water continues to be wet.
I don't think we've introduced Shiogama to Sayaka in person yet, so now should be a good time to do that. Also,
[] Contact Yuki
- [] Ask about the supervillains. You're in the mood for a volcano base.
- Location
- The Surface Of A Hostile Planet
Sure, but there's also an Osaki that's next to Tokyo - or, rather, is a district in Shinagawa on the outskirts of Tokyo.
I figured this might be the Osaki that's allies with the University group because, well, it's got a pretty prestigious University in it.
That said, even if it's the other Osaki, I'd still like to get in touch - as you said, that'd make us practically neighbours.
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