I think healing is probably more of a conceptual "put this back the way it was" sort of deal. Otherwise you'd have all kinds of issues like, "what do you mean the human body isn't just flesh?"
That said, there's probably a large relation between repairing and sculpting?
Mind you, I'm just throwing guesses out of my ass right now.
I think healing is probably more of a conceptual "put this back the way it was" sort of deal. Otherwise you'd have all kinds of issues like, "what do you mean the human body isn't just flesh?"
That said, there's probably a large relation between repairing and sculpting?
Mind you, I'm just throwing guesses out of my ass right now.
Yeah, that's kind of why I'm wondering if the soul gem alone wouldn't be enough, even before getting to stuff like skin cells.
In a very real way, the soul gem is the person. If healing isn't to "repair this flesh" but "restore this person," then it's only natural that it would be able to heal a girl into being from only her gem. Especially as even an ordinary magical girl's healing creates matter from nothing.
Yeah, that's kind of why I'm wondering if the soul gem alone wouldn't be enough, even before getting to stuff like skin cells.
In a very real way, the soul gem is the person. If healing isn't to "repair this flesh" but "restore this person," then it's only natural that it would be able to heal a girl into being from only her gem. Especially as even an ordinary magical girl's healing creates matter from nothing.
[] Talk to Yuki about her thoughts on founding a hospital for our research. We need a place to bring a lot of special people together
...because, saving the victims of the Soujos is a trial run at de-witching, is it not? The same infrastructure can be turned to this purpose once we solve the harder steps. Plan in advance to be efficient?
The DNA sample approach is likely to be very easy for Niko to follow, AND easy to support. We buy a truck full of baloney, or fish sasage, or eggs and...
What does every Magical Girl have as base equipment, inside their Soul Gem?
We must do a fast SCIENCE test, and then decide if we want to go for the decisive secondary research. First task, determine if our skin and hair fragments go into storage when we transform. All the other components of our mundane lives come back out, so dust, hair and lint are eligible for storage. We'll have to spelunk with our chibi, and do a forensic examination of our own street clothes while in four-space. The ability to interact with, measure and copy items in storage would mean that the hostage Soul Gems contain information about the victim, solid detective chow.
If the material is recoverable, we have our work cut out for us - learn to hack another girl's 4-space. It might be a witchy, tenuous process, but these girls are in poor shape to save vs. willpower. Maybe Sayaka can help us, if attunement is the key. All we need is a tiny bit of Grief to answer our will, and rotate over to us containing a biological sample. It's microscopic, or as big as a hair. The Grief is already inside, so we don't even have to enter first. It's a case of "Rules were meant to point us to the exceptions."
As to the mental states of the hostages? Honestly, we may need the Tokyo memory girl? I could see this as a psychological ICU setting, and one of our precautions is a day of general amnesia. If you needed to teach her about cleansing safety, and establish a friend next to her, as well as get her a detailed orientation, this would do it. Somehow interacting to form a bond with the recovering girl before we let her go through the resurrection shock might save her. Therapy for Magical Girls is a bit more technical than the regular population. Setbacks kill. We need ways around that.
One important thing to keep in mind is the stress to our therapists. A staff of only Magical Girls is actually much weaker than an integrated effort - because muggles can tank the sympathetic Grief without dying. We need that sort of load share. Beyond that, even if we find a Magical Girl able to assist at the professional level, how many of her friends can do the same thing?
The sort of detailed, high risk mental support and therapy training that is actually useful eats up tons of labor. It isn't for quitters, either. The typical skill and ability does go up with experience, the sort of accumulative wisdom that Magical Girls are unlikely to gain, what with being knee-deep in psychopathic Witches every other week.
If we need more than one part-time mental health professional, we have a resource demand to integrate the volunteer muggles. Sabrina can find people who will turn into volunteers, because Natural Law demands that everything can be fixed.
It would prepare us better if we could make some tests to determine if plain humans can see taint in a visible Soul Gem. If not, we need that as an enchantment. Partnered with a Clear Seed, this adapts an adult professional to be a lifeguard in our recovery center. We need plenty of backup, as I see this. As in, nearly 1:1 staffing even for overnight. The survival goal we set is very stringent, so half measures are a waste of time.
The setting needs fellow recovering hostages, because group therapy is one key modality. But given the fragility of some returnees, the group has to include an even larger number of interaction partners. Stable Magical Girls, ordinary girls they are friends with, and skilled adults. Maybe some pets, for that matter. Each one has roles to play, but since we don't understand the victims in any detail, we need to be prepared to discover and provide whatever they need to get better. As time goes by the girls who successfuly return will find ways to help us do better.
Our first attempt might be solo, with around a dozen people to get her through the first few days. Making the body isn't the hard part - preventing death by despair and Grief is more likely the issue. Ask her to stay on for the next few, so we can ramp up gently.
Defeating the Lichbomb might be easier - if we make it worse first? The first time we connect the girl to a body, her intended full-custom body will be in the vat nearby. What she is experiencing will be a prop straight out of a SciFi movie - A generic, obviously lab made, obviously not-her movie clone. We get straight into a talk about our need to have her help heal the body in the vat -"her" body, to get the final details just right. Ask her to get the hands just so, check the arch of the eyebrows, ridges on her front teeth, etc. Immediately blame the criminal for damaging her severely. Afterwards, when she is connected to her matching body, it will be way more "hers." Silly little trick, but focusing on the problem we want them to, rather than the bad one we don't, buys precious time for treatment. In the end, every victim is coming out of this knowing her birds and bees.
You awaken to Mami trying to ever-so-slowly ease herself out from under the blanket and under your arm. She stills instantly -she must have heard your breathing change- and lets her own breathing even out as if she's still sound asleep.
"Nope, I'm sound asleep," you say in the same hushed, quiet tones.
Mami laughs, and rolls over in your arms. Her eyes sparkle in the dim, early morning light despite the pout just barely visible.
"I managed to wake up early," she says. "I wanted to make breakfast."
"Sorry," you say sheepishly.
"You're ridiculous," Mami says fondly, tapping you on the nose. You go cross-eyed, trying to track her finger.
"That's part of my charm," you say, leaning forward a little on the pillow.
"It really is," Mami says, a moment later. Scant moonlight and streetlight intermingle through the window, illuminating the curve of her fond smile and the soft golden waves of her hair, freed of its drills for sleep.
"You're remarkably awake this morning," you note.
"I slept well," she says. "And we slept early."
You chuckle quietly, snuggling a little closer. "True and true. Did you still want to make breakfast?"
"I like breakfast every morning, which generally means that I have to make it, yes," Mami says, a teasing smile tugging at her lips.
You laugh, blowing a puff of breath at her face. She blinks and pouts at you. You pout right back at her. Mami huffs, and rolls over, as if ignoring you. You promptly respond by hugging her from behind.
"Oh, you're already bright and awake," Mami says, squirming out of your grasp and standing. She stretches luxuriously, slanting a warm smile at you. "Shall we?"
"We shall!" you say, smiling right back.
And so you do, going through your usual morning routine. A little bit of dickering between you and Mami decides that this morning's breakfast will be French toast, Mami cheerfully taking the lead - apparently, she's well and determined to prepare it for you anyway, current wakefulness notwithstanding. On the other hand, it leaves you free to... plan.
The evil giggling and rubbing your hands together might be a bit much for plotting over lunch and how best to mess with your friends, you admit.
Especially considering the looks Mami is giving you.
Eh, she'll see. They'll all see.
You shut the lunchboxes with a definitive snap, setting them aside and beaming at Mami as she serves up plates of French toast with syrup and strawberries, savoury-sweet perfection. Tea and more fruit on the side round out the breakfast. And miso soup.
"Miso is nice?" Mami says, catching your look.
"I didn't say anything," you say, wandering around the table to press a kiss to her cheek.
Mami beams at you as you settle back down on your own side, and you start eating.
"Are you going to make the morning call today?" Mami asks.
"Oh, I am," you say with a grin, spearing a strawberry on your fork and waving it at her. "In fact..."
"Gooooooooooood morning Mitakihara!" you crow over telepathy, reaching out to your friends. "I'm Sabrina Vee, with my lovely co-host Tomoe Mami, and welcome to another sunny morning in beautiful Mitakihara!"
And without pause, you launch into the next phase of your diabolical plan: music.
Specifically, Mami's theme - Credens Justitiam.
She raises her eyebrows at you across the table, an amused smile tugging at her lips. "Really, Sabrina?" she asks fondly.
"Yes, really," you say, beaming at Mami. You hold the music, broadcasting it loud over telepathy.
"... whyyyy," Sayaka complains over the music.
"Good morning, Sabrina!" Madoka says.
"Good morning," Hitomi echoes. "I haven't heard this composition before, I quite like it."
"... good morning." Homura's the last to respond, sounding faintly perplexed.
You grin at Mami across the table and get back to eating your breakfast, letting the music run through to the end.
"And good morning again to all our listeners!" You pick right up with your very best radio-host impression. "Looks like today is going to be another fantastic day in Mitakihara City! Today'll be bright and sunny, with possibilities of light showers in the late afternoon over in the east. And now, a segment with our callers!"
Mami's eyes narrow... and then she winks at you.
"... is it over?" Sayaka asks.
"And here's our first caller!" Mami says. "Please, tell us your name!"
"You are both complete and utter dorks," Sayaka says. "How did I ever think you were a cool sempai? Homura's my sempai now, she's cool."
Mami stiffens slightly, and your heart plummets in alarm. You reach across the table to her - and then a giggle bubbles from her throat, genuine and amused. She takes a breath and smiles at you, forestalling your words. You beam at her and take her hand anyway, her fingers gently squeezing down on yours. She looks up to meet your gaze, warmth and adoration in her eyes.
There'll always be that little tinge of fear, you think. That she might be abandoned. A fear of not being good enough, hammered into her over years of bitter experience. But here and now she can laugh about this. She has other experiences to balance it out, for her to keep in mind that she is good enough.
It's not just you, though you'd like to think that your presence contributed. It's just as much what Homura did in telling her. In sharing her darkest secrets, in showing that simple trust in Mami.
"... what." Homura's voice is flat, with the tiniest vibrato of pure, unadulterated confusion.
"Mami's secretly a dork, Sabrina was never cool, so that leaves you, the mysterious cool veteran," Sayaka says. "Right, Madoka?"
"Uhm... Mami and Sabrina are cool too," Madoka says.
"Yes, thank you! Mami is not a dork, Mami is cool and awesome and fantastic," you say. Mami giggles, putting her fork down to cover her mouth.
"You're really not," Sayaka says tartly.
"Is that a professional opinion, Sayaka?" Homura asks, bone dry.
"Yes, I- wait a sec, was that a burn? Was that a stealth burn?" Sayaka asks.
And so it goes, friendly teasing and chatting as you finish up breakfast. You do try to multitask a bit to enchant some Grief, spinning the stuff from thin air and trying to knead it one-handed. It sort of works, but it's awkward to eat or do the dishes with just one hand, and even trying to cheat with a bit of Grief-kinesis, it takes attention that you'd really rather focus on Mami.
... You kind of wonder whether chibis would work. They're more you, after all. On the other hand, you also have this half-formed mental image of a sweatshop staffed with miniature yous. They'd probably definitely stage a strike within the day, admittedly.
So you set that aside for now, getting dressed and ready to head out for the day - Mami in her school uniform, and you in a nice button-down shirt and trousers with your ever present bag slung over your shoulder.
"Mm... Sabrina?" Mami asks as you near your usual meeting spot, arm in arm. It is a nice day today, dawning bright and balmy, and you're early enough that the roads aren't too packed yet. "Do you think that what you're wearing is a bit too similar to your magical girl costume?"
"Well, I'm wea-" You pause midword, looking down at yourself thoughtfully. "I... Um. Hm. There's no coat, and it's light blue and dark green instead of shades of grey."
Mami laughs, patting you gently on the shoulder.
"... I'm just saving money for the animators," you say. "So they can just do a palette swap."
"Ah, that makes perfect sense," Mami says, nodding solemnly. You grin at her, and cock your head to the side - you can sense Sayaka approaching, hand raised.
"Good morning, Sayaka!" you say without looking around.
"Good morn- aw," Sayaka says, lowering her hand. "What makes sense?"
"Sabrina's wearing a palette swap of her magical girl costume so that it's easier on the animators," Mami informs her.
"Hmm..." Sayaka walks a circle around you. "Yeah, I can see it. Tsk."
"What?" you say, raising your eyebrows at her.
"Lazy animation!" Sayaka declares, one finger thrusting skyward. "We deserve better than that!"
"Yeah!" you say, raising a clenched fist. "No more potato animation!"
"Good morning, Sayaka," Mami says, smiling. "How are you this morning?"
"Good, good," Sayaka says, bouncing lightly on her toes. "Ready to take on the world, and... Ah!"
A crow flaps down out of the tree to land on Sayaka's shoulder, chirruping curiously.
"Aaah! Feathers! Get it away from me!" You cringe and scurry around to Mami's other side, pretending to hide behind her. Mami giggles, taking your arm again.
"Hmm..." Sayaka has her head tilted, apparently listening as the crow chirps at her. "Cool. Great!" She digs around in her bag and offers up a handful of birdseed, allowing the bird to peck it out of her hand. She gets more than a few baffled looks from other students passing by.
"So... Good. Thanks, Mugin," Sayaka squints at the bird, then at you. It looks at you, eerily intent for a second, before Sayaka throws it aloft with a gentle toss and grins at you. "Right. The... Kures have apparently been model prisoners so far."
"Was that crow on night shift?" Mami asks, patting your shoulder and giving you an amused look.
"... Hold up. Did you call it Mugin?" you ask.
"Yes and yes!" Sayaka says, grinning. "I noticed there's these two particular ones who show up quite a lot, so I call them Hugin and Mugin."
"Hugin and Mugin were ravens," you point out.
"It's a modern retelling," Sayaka says, sniffing. "We can't all have ravens. Besides, crows are scary smart!"
"I mean, yeah, they are," you concede.
Hitomi arrives a few moments later, Sayaka wrangling her schoolbag from her the moment she's dropped off from her car. Madoka and Homura show up last with a bright grin on Madoka's part and a wave from Homura that's only slightly awkward. Mami's pleased to see everyone, of course, but Homura gets a particularly warm smile.
"Oh, so... hey, everyone," you say. You're forced to raise your voice a little to be heard over the hubbub as you join the flow of students headed towards Mitakihara Middle School. "You're all part of the team, so - update time for my plans!" You beam at all your friends, and start counting off on your fingers. "I'm going to drop by Fukushima today, if you think there's anything I should raise with Miss Tsuruya, Saturday I'm planning a shopping trip, and Sunday I'm going to be making cleansing trips. Physical outreach as soon as possible, maybe Kyoto or Kyuushu."
"Shopping, or shopping?" Hitomi asks, raising her eyebrows.
"Shopping!" you say, raising your eyebrows right back. Should you be concerned that Miss Shizuki Probably-Not-A-Yakuza-Princess Hitomi was the first to jump on that euphemism? "Like, at a shopping center and everything, to hang out and pick out a few things. And by hang out, I mean do you guys want to hang out sometime this Saturday?"
"Sure!" Madoka says, perking up. "Oh, ah... what about Tokyo?"
"That is a good question, and the only answer I have is 'soon'," you say. "Mmmmonday, maybe? I mean, my weekend has stuff penciled in all over as it is, and today's already Friday, so..." You shrug.
"It would be better to make arrangements sooner than later," Hitomi notes. "At least to agree on a date - better to preempt them than to let them dictate the pace."
"Yeah, that makes sense," you say, looking to Mami for approval. "Right. Note to self, make arrangements for a meeting with the Chiyoda group sooner rather than later."
Mami nods firmly.
"Hey. Hey hey hey," Sayaka says, snapping her fingers to get your attention. "Before we drift too far from the topic, shopping? Because I'm in. Hitomi, Homura? Uhm... I assume you'll be coming, Mami?"
"I am, of course," Mami says with a smile.
"I should be able to make it," Hitomi says. "Morning?"
"Around there, yeah," you say. "Before lunch, then we can get lunch?"
"I'll be there," Homura murmurs. You grin back at her, and even if she's still following one step behind Madoka in more ways than one, you're still pleased with the progress she's made.
"Fantastic!" you say, beaming at everyone. "So I'll confirm the time a bit later but it'll be great to hang out with everyone."
"Well, it's not like we don't do that anyway," Sayaka says with a grin. "But group shopping sounds fun. Maybe I'll get something for Kyousuke?"
"Who?" Madoka says.
"Kyous... oh, don't you start," Sayaka says, narrowing her eyes.
"Start what?" Madoka says with an angelically innocent smile.
"Why am I always the one getting bullied?" Sayaka says plaintively. She throws her hands out, getting a dirty look from another student passing by. "Sorry!"
"Because you and I are the only good targets, Sayaka," you say, reaching out to wrap a companionable arm around her shoulders. "Nothing'd stick to Hitomi, even if we tried. And Madoka... look, would you bully Madoka? Would you really? Homura would just flip her hair and distract all of us because responding is beneath her, and Mami, naturally, is flawless."
Mami giggles, leaning against you, and from there, you settle back into easy banter and teasing. It's not that far from the school, and as you approach the imposing gates, you exchange farewells with the rest of your friends and turn to Mami, smiling.
"I'll see you at lunch," you say, producing her lunchbox and handing it over with an extravagant flourish. "And... I owe you a kiss?"
Mami smiles, rising up on her tiptoes so that she can brush her lips over your cheek. "Yes, you do. I'll be collecting with interest, so see you soon, Sabrina."
"See you, then!" you say. You pat your cheeks, trying to will this embarrassingly red blush off your face as Mami giggles and heads in to the school yard.
You watch until the main doors close behind her and sigh happily to yourself. She's improved so much. She's gotten better. There's still those flashes of fear, because a few weeks of happiness don't erase years of trauma. Not in the slightest. But she's doing so much better, and there are no words you can use to express how much simply joy it brings you to see her happy.
You offer the truancy officer a jaunty wave and a smile before leaving, the man replying with a steady nod. Back to a quiet alleyway and up to a roof and up into the skies over Mitakihara. You bank a lazy circle around the stately fenciness of the school building, and then take off eastwards.
"Hey, Miss Tsuruya?" You reach out telepathically, vaguely wondering whether the diminutive girl might still be asleep. Then again, she seems the type to believe in 'early to sleep, early to rise'. "... I hope I'm not interrupting your sleep?"
"Not at all, Miss Vee," Yuki responds. "Are you coming for our meeting right now?"
"Not just yet, but soon," you say. "I just wanted to confirm that nothing's come up during the meantime, and we're still good for the meeting?"
"We are," Yuki says.
"Great. I'll be there," you say. "Oh, and I realise this is rather short notice, but it occurred to me - I don't suppose you've had time to get word out to the other Fukushima groups? So that I can meet with them while I'm there?"
"I'll put out a notice," Yuki says. "But I can make no guarantees. As you said, it's short notice."
"I'd be willing to go to them if need be," you say. Ooh, a thermal. You bank over it, mingling with the birds and wings flared wide to catch the rising air.
"Noted," Yuki says. "I'll have more information for you when you arrive, then."
"Alright, thank you, and I'm sorry for the trouble," you say.
"Not at all," Yuki says. "Until later, Miss Vee."
"See you soon!" you say, and end the call.
A bird promptly lands on your back, perching right behind your shoulders.
You sigh.
"You're Mugin or Hugin, aren't you," you say flatly. "That's why Sayaka was giving me that look earlier."
You get pecked on the back of your head.
Yep.
The crow rides you all the way down to Warehouse-kun, happily hopping up to your shoulder when you land.
"Does Sayaka actually make you more intelligent, or are you just like this?" you ask, giving the bird a glare.
It caws at you, and you shake your head, sighing and pulling up a bit of Grief to sit on, and then a bit more to hold between your hands. You've got a bit of time to experiment before you have to go meet Yuki, and a few ideas. So now you decide what you want to do.
You hum tonelessly as you think, tipping your head back to look at the sky. You should probably see about talking to the Shiogama girls in person this afternoon, just to check on them, and perhaps Oriko and Kirika too. The trackers are supposed to be coming in today for them, and you had this vague idea to suggest to them about making antimagic enchantments as a peace offering for Homura. Perhaps later.
[X] Stockpile enchanted grief during SCIENCE
[X] Contact the Shiogama refugees and ask if you could meet with them this afternoon.
[] Science...
- [] As per vote in abeyance
- [] Something else?
[] During the visit to Fukushima
- [] Do you want to meet Anri?
-- [] Any particular topic to talk to her about?
- [] Something else?
Word count limit: 150 words
[X] SCIENCE!
-[X] Set a timer.
--[X] Analyze your grief in more detail - can you sense who a given piece of grief came from, or what unhappy thoughts produced it?
---[X] Try to enchant something to store emotional grief directly - something along the lines of a bittersweet memento.
-[X] With any spare time, continue feeding Clear Seeds hope.
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Ugh, I kind of hate to do this, but I'm cutting the update here.
Snnnnnrk. I love how, for all we talked about Sayaka's relationship with Homura being better multiple times, Homura just can't bring herself to believe what's happening.
I wonder what would happen if Sabrina encountered the magical girl equivalent of Android 16. Since 16 loved all life and only went after Goku because he was Programmed to do so it could be cause for some pretty funny and heartwarming moments.
Snnnnnrk. I love how, for all we talked about Sayaka's relationship with Homura being better multiple times, Homura just can't bring herself to believe what's happening.
It's hard to adjust herself, perhaps because the potential of this connection had become "unthinkable." I hope she gets used to feeling this sort of wonder!
Now that we lived a bit of the results, we get the chance to bring more of our vision about. And that means we need to understand as we do the Anri thing.
Do we want to try "prediction" or do we have an appetite for "interview?" Make this an uncanny social call? How will our interaction affect Anri?
As a less difficult warm-up, what result do we want from that visit today?
"You are both complete and utter dorks," Sayaka says. "How did I ever think you were a cool sempai? Homura's my sempai now, she's cool."
.......
"... what." Homura's voice is flat, with the tiniest vibrato of pure, unadulterated confusion.
How well do you guys think Homura slept last night? Do you think it was a night of staring at the ceiling/Kaname-tree-canopy or the best sleep she's had in years?
Do you think Madoka finally knowing everything and accepting her verbally would make Homura cry?
Er, I'm reasonably sure it's Hugin (or Huginn) and Munin (or Muninn). With an `n`.
Edit: Incidentally, if one of them would ever just do impulsive trolling, it'd be Hugin (Thought), and if one of them were to be the type to carry grudges, it'd be Munin (Memory)
"Aaah! Feathers! Get it away from me!" You cringe and scurry around to Mami's other side, pretending to hide behind her. Mami giggles, taking your arm again.
"Shopping!" you say, raising your eyebrows right back. Should you be concerned that Miss Shizuki Probably-Not-A-Yakuza-Princess Hitomi was the first to jump on that euphemism?
"So... Good. Thanks, Mugin," Sayaka squints at the bird, then at you. It looks at you, eerily intent for a second, before Sayaka throws it aloft with a gentle toss and grins at you. "Right. The... Kures have apparently been model prisoners so far."
"Was that crow on night shift?" Mami asks, patting your shoulder and giving you an amused look.
"... Hold up. Did you call it Mugin?" you ask.
"Yes and yes!" Sayaka says, grinning. "I noticed there's these two particular ones who show up quite a lot, so I call them Hugin and Mugin."
"Hugin and Mugin were ravens," you point out.
"It's a modern retelling," Sayaka says, sniffing. "We can't all have ravens. Besides, crows are scary smart!"
Okay, this entire sequence was funny, and I now half suspect Sayaka's going to hang herself from Yggdrasil to gain knowledge of the runes.
However, a bit of pedantry. Odin's ravens were Hugin and Munin- Thought and Memory.
Also, is this another tick on the Mikiel theory? I mean, Valhalla, Madokahalla. And I'm sure you could interpret the Rebellion as a Ragnarok, of sorts.
God, that was great. Sabrina and Mami continue to be ridiculously heartwarming and adorable, and Homura continues to oscilate between freely bonding with the group and Does Not Compute-ing with Sayaka casually and openly praising Homura.
Also, is this another tick on the Mikiel theory? I mean, Valhalla, Madokahalla. And I'm sure you could interpret the Rebellion as a Ragnarok, of sorts.
Y'all aren't shadowrunning hard enough. Everybody talks about the angel/valkyrie aesthetic Sayaka's got going on from her different powers, but ask yourself; who was it that pushed her into the corner to make a wish in such a way as to gain that power?
That's right. Oriko. She used her precog to shove Sayaka into our faces in such a way that we wouldn't suspect the true Messenger of Madokami. BUT. Oriko herself couldn't be the Messenger because with her precog abilities and being the first villain of the story she's the obvious choice if someone were trying to conceal the Messenger's identity because any knowledge could be written away as precog.
Then if not Oriko who? Well, we've already been told who.
Huginn and Muninn, Odin's ravens. Odin who sacrificed an Eye to drink from the well at the base of Yggdrasil to gain great Wisdom. The only person Chuuni enough to use that symbolism and with enough sway with Oriko to get her help in the double bluff so that none would suspect her......Kirika.
Kirikia wished to help Oriko, and the best way to help her(aside from the anti-magic) was for her to become one of Momdoka's angels and help Sabrina's efforts in overturning the Magical Girl system and earning a happy ending for everyone.
Thank you for attending my TED talk on why Kirika is Best Buddy.
Mami playing along with our radio announcer scheme, Sayaka adopting Homura as her new senpai, Trolldoka making an appearance, Sabrina cowering in fear from Sayaka's pet birbs... hilarious all around.
