Speaking of being Robin Hood, it's pretty obvious where that impression came from:
The Sendai girls stiffen at the mention of their stockpile. "I'm not proposing to confiscate your Grief Seeds," you say smoothly, concealing the fact that you're, well, giving it serious consideration. "But I hope you understand my concern, Miss Minami."

An unexpected voice speaks up. "What if you did?" You glance at Rin in surprise, finding her giving Yumi a steady, unwavering look. "What if we were to willing give up some of that stockpile?"

"No," Yumi snaps. "I mea-"

Rin holds up her hand, an unaccustomed look of determination on her face, her shoulders set stubbornly. "No, I know that our s-souls are in our Soul Gems. I know we'll d-die if we don't get enough Grief Seeds. But haven't we deprived them of Grief Seeds?"
Chouko's motions are hurried as she moves over, hand already reaching out for the bags before she checks herself. She stops in front of Yumi, and hesitates for a moment before bowing to the gravity controller. "Thank you."

Yumi, looking faintly surprised, returns the bow in silence, before holding the bag in front of her. Chouko takes it with a quiet rustle of plastic, hands moving quickly and closing convulsively on the handle of the bag. She almost snatches it towards her chest, bowing deeply to Yumi, and then you in turn before she turns back to her friends.

It was technically a negotiation, not theft - but it's hard to say that our presence didn't provide pressure to accept that offer, even if Rin wanted to make up for the Sendai Groups misdeeds herself.

Of course, we also went out of our way to make sure that the Sendai Group kept enough of their stockpile to live, actually explicitly shooting down Rin when she offered to return all the seeds. Oh, and we gave Sendai like a billion seeds worth of cleansing a bit later, too. :V

Still, I can totally see how that news could have morphed into "Robin Hood" given a few iterations of word of mouth distorting things.
 
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"It's a pity you missed the cherry season," Yuki says, and smiles. "Come back here next year in May, it's even better then."

No, seriously, it's bugging me real hard
I'm sorry @Firnagzen, but my OCD practically REEEEEEEEEEES at this paragraph
The blooming of sakura happens in-between March and June, depending on the region and the yearly climate
In Fukushima it usually happens in early April, actually

But this is all beside the point
It's April at the moment
Yuki tells us to come back next year
In May
It's driving me a little crazy
And I don't even know why, it's not that big of a deal
 
No, seriously, it's bugging me real hard
I'm sorry @Firnagzen, but my OCD practically REEEEEEEEEEES at this paragraph
The blooming of sakura happens in-between March and June, depending on the region and the yearly climate
In Fukushima it usually happens in early April, actually

But this is all beside the point
It's April at the moment
Yuki tells us to come back next year
In May
It's driving me a little crazy
And I don't even know why, it's not that big of a deal

I'm guessing that was supposed to be "Come back next year in March", but Firn made a typo.
 
I'm guessing that was supposed to be "Come back next year in March", but Firn made a typo.

Yeah, I think so too, it just stresses me out of proportion
Like, I understand that it was probably a typo
But there's a small part of me that wants to grab Yuki and scream in her face to tell us about how she's figured Sabrina has her own time-dilated calendar and, and, that May has already passed in it
The worst part is I'm not even joking, not really
 
[X] Let Yuki answer
[X] Continue with standard spiel

Boring vote, but I'm more interested in Yuki's take on our relationship than in having Sabrina say something.
Yeah, I think so too, it just stresses me out of proportion
Like, I understand that it was probably a typo
But there's a small part of me that wants to grab Yuki and scream in her face to tell us about how she's figured Sabrina has her own time-dilated calendar and, and, that May has already passed in it
The worst part is I'm not even joking, not really
"Why couldn't you have just said 'next week'?! That would be so much less stressful!"
 
[X] Yuki - recommended by friends, willing to try helping with my project. That's a bit different. Pass conversation back to her.
-[X] interject as appropriate
--[X] Just and peaceful solutions should become normal, the Masquerade makes us behave like vicious animals.
--[X] Killing and dying aren't the best ways to live. It's something I want to see changed.
--[X] Keep a promise to not be bad, and it is you who are changing the world, not us.
--[X] Come visit us. Bring friends.

[X] Listen to their stories.
[X] Standard explanation and offers.
[X] Resolve to not mention the Yakuza outside our circle.
[X] Lightly check infohazard status.
[X] Ask regarding other Grief controllers


Yuki's take on our relationship
Probably not what she would say in this scene, though it isn't impossible. Depends upon if the "real relationship" is the best sales speech. Yuki is a vendor, a contractor, a negotiator. Her social smarts are one of her survival tools. Honesty has a time and place, for her. So being honest with others has a balance with keeping the proper beneficial relationship. She is very honest with us, as that is the best position she could imagine. As for relations with more distance, it could vary. Do you understand her differently?


If the Incubators don't care about the relative impossibility of a Wish, given their Sufficiently Advanced Technology, how the fuck has nobody wished Pokemon were real yet?
Are they bound by copyright law?
Teddybears were wished into reality. I supposed the Incubator anticipates the Wish any given girl is going to present, and uses manipulation in a technologically sophisticated manner to avoid results it isn't pleased with. Not from the "size" of a Wish, but from the possible effect on other girls making wishes. The priming, setting, scheduling of it's appearance are likely all calculated not only to snare the best number of girls, but also to get Contracts to happen with the preferred outcomes. For example, most of the time Kyuubey knows when a Healer is about to Wish. Mami was one of those interesting outlier Wishes, where some form of Healing would be the expected magic, but what she brought forth was so much more. In addition to using her as a recruitment tool, I suspect Kyuubey was studying her as well, for that reason.
Isn't this "quality control' part of what the Masquerade does? By controlling information, the Wishes evolve based upon the consensus culture input a Magical Girl receives while she is growing up - but not including the general culture of magi. Kyuubey isn't in this for wider understanding, even though research is a tool it can deploy. It is motivated by gain. Too much mucking about makes gain uncertain. Too much recursive information for the hoomans makes Madokami happen. If Kyuubey had a panic center anymore, Sabrina could not have made her contract - because it would have curled up in a ball making a thin keening sound right after our first sentence to it. (Super intelligence means knowing sooner than everyone else that the jig is up!)
 
No, I just think you're undervaluing what she wants to say about us.
Not certain? The general reputation of Fukusima Group as mercenaries is something I want to account for, and not have it turn into a stumbling block.
I think Yuki would say something that leads to "success." We don't have a firm idea of the exact contents yet, and that is exactly the gap between us. Yuki realizes this, and pased the conversation to us as a show of respect. The interaction is more a moment of learning and teaching for the two of us, as was just in progress. We need to get better at political teamwork, and this is how we pay dues to get it. The discussion of "why them" from last time is the certain marker that training together benefits us.

Consider this a spar prior to the Tokyo meeting?
 
So when it comes to Sabrina's languages, how do they get added on? Do we just... announce what we know? And out of curiosity, is there a language she definitely doesn't know?
 
Hrm... *looks at own vote*... Yeah actually this isn't necessary.

[] Let Yuki field that.

[] Elaborate on or reply to her answer if you feel like doing so. Line irrelevant
-[] Ask Yuki over telepathy if she's more comfortable with the mutual defense pact bring secret or public. It's going to be public at Tokyo

[] The usual sphiel.
[] Break before leaving, if we get that far.


Sooooo


[X] Let Yuki field that
[X] The usual sphiel
[X] Break before leaving, if we get that far.

Sound good?
 
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