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Office Complex pt. 20
"I..." Your thoughts race for a second, thinking about how best to handle this. Apologise? It's what she wants, you think. You could promise to do better. You are going to do better, but is it something you need to tell her? Is it something you need to say to her?
You close your eyes, and force your thoughts to still for a second as you hear Noriko and Akemi step off the Grief platform behind you.
You know what? Just... just keep it simple.
"I was arrogant," you say. "And I could have done better - I should have done better, and that's on me trying to... make everything happen my way. I'm sorry."
Black eyes look you over, as if judging you. Some part of you bristles at that -what right does she have, when you were trying to help- but you tamp down on that impulse and meet her gaze squarely. She had to humble herself to express her gratitude, and she had to do so in spite of her own attitude, let alone what you suspect might be Wish-born mental changes. The least you can do is to match that.
You've swallowed your dignity for lame jokes -a maid costume, for goodness' sake- with an arsonist you call a friend, and you've swallowed your dignity to reach out to a delinquent who dishes out worse without a Wish to muck with her head. All Megane's really done is to be rude at you. If you're annoyed at this, then you can't really deny that you were arrogant with her.
Megane inclines her head slightly.
"That said... I'm glad you're getting along with Hiroko and Masami," you say, smiling warmly at her. "They're good people."
"They are sadists," Megane says, a tinge of sour annoyance leaking into her voice. "... but they know their craft."
"Yeah," you say, chuckling. "They -well, Masami- learned from the best."
"I should be going," Megane says stiffly. "... I would not be averse to talking to you in the future, but you have a meeting, I understand."
"Ah, you're not coming? You're welcome if you want," you say, tilting your head slightly in surprise. You gesture at Akemi and Noriko, the former half-hidden behind you. "It's just a quick introduction for Miss Saito and Miss Watanabe."
You sort of want to ask her what you could have done better, too. Even if things turned out well this time, there's always next time. Some of her reasons for souring on you, you can recognise - you blew off the first proper meeting with her, to look after Mami. You'd broken into her place to lecture at her, after that, and you...
Given what seems to be self-worth issues, perhaps because of school or perhaps because of her mother, you would have stomped on those, too. And you'd tried to dissuade her from something she'd sold her Soul for.
She didn't know that she was killing herself doing that, so when you'd told her to stop... her reaction was, in retrospect, pretty obvious.
Yeah. You do know what you did wrong, and... asking her might, in and of itself, anger her again.
"It's good to meet you," Megane says, glancing past you to the Shiogama girls. "I apologise, but I will not be staying. I should return to school."
"It's good to meet you too?" Noriko says, uncertain, but Megane's already headed for the edge of the roof, launching herself off. Her form is picture-perfect, you can't help but notice - half her magic, and half training, you suppose.
Mugin squawks, hopping off your shoulder and taking flight. Instinctively, you tag him with a bit of Grief to keep an eye on him as he spirals up into the air.
"... bit of an introvert, isn't she?" Akemi says, blinking after Megane's disappearing form.
"I guess she might be?" you say, and sigh quietly. "Honestly, I... I don't really get her. I'm not absolutely sure what the specifics of her Wish or power is, but... it constantly burns magic for maintenance. She'd have killed herself, and I can't bring myself to regret stepping in, even if I could have, should have handled it better."
You wince slightly. "I suppose you can tell that my intervention didn't go the best, and I referred her to Masami and Hiroko for training, since she wanted nothing to do with me."
"Well... from the sounds of it, you saved her life?" Akemi ventures carefully. "So that's good."
"Wouldn't her mentors know her powers?" Noriko wonders, raising an eyebrow.
"You know, I never thought to ask," you say thoughtfully, and smile. "But on that note, I suppose we shouldn't keep them waiting any longer?"
A hop, a skip, and a jump, and you leave the bright afternoon sun of the rooftop behind for the dimmer shadows of the alleyway, Norikos and Akemi landing softly behind you. You spot Masami and Hiroko as you emerge onto the street.
Masami's wearing skinny jeans and a midriff-baring shirt, her masses of red hair spilling over one shoulder - and none of it an illusion. Her grin is wide and pleased, and for all that you'd just seen her last week, you're pretty sure she's started to tan a bit.
By her side, Hiroko hasn't changed as much. But there's more life to her, you think, the stress lines around her vibrantly green eyes smoothing out as they begin to distance themselves from their harrowing experiences. She's gotten a haircut, too, the page-cut standing well clear of the collar of her floral-patterned dress.
"Heya," Masami says, waving as you approach.
"Hey!" you say, smiling brightly. "Masami, Hiroko, this is Saito Akemi, Watanabe Noriko, and Watanabe Noriko. Miss Saito, Miss Watanabe, this is Gaikotsu Masami, and Wakahia Hiroko."
Hiroko blinks, looking between the two Norikos - one of them a blonde, and the other a verdette.
"I Wished to be able to be in two places at once," Noriko offers, and smiles. "It's lovely to meet you."
"Ah," Hiroko says. She shakes herself, and smiles politely. "Ah, sorry, I was being rude. It's a pleasure to meet you, Miss Saito, Miss Watanabe, and it's good to see you again, Sabrina."
You beam as the round of introductions go around, and you all make your way into the dessert parlour. It's cheerily lit, Chinese waterpaints adorning the walls, and a fishtank burbles away happily in the corner. The technically-four of you squash around one of the small round tables, Masami grabbing a few of the laminated menus for you to look over.
"Oh yeah," you say, grinning at Noriko and Akemi. "By the way, don't tell them that I've been calling them the Animators."
Noriko gives you a vaguely confused look, blinking simultaneously at both you and said Animators.
Hiroko makes a thoughtful face. "You know, I actually quite like that," she says.
"Kind of rude to just name us without telling us," Masami notes. "... even if it is a pretty cool name."
"Yyyeah," you say, making a face. "Sorry about that. It kind of started as an internal thing for me, you know?" You tap the side of your head. "Just a way to think about the both of you. And then it, uh, sort of slipped out into speech. I... hope you're OK with it?"
"I like it," Hiroko says firmly. "We're keeping it."
"We are?" Masami says. "Do we need a group name?"
"We are," Hiroko says, laying her hand over Masami's.
"Right. Settled, then," Masami says, and waves a finger at you. "Thanks for the nickname, but it was still kind of rude."
"I feel like we're lucky if we get to decide these things," Noriko mutters. "General we, I mean. Mostly you get some kind of notoriety and then you hear that people've started calling you something."
"Oh?" Hiroko says, looking interested.
"Just what I've noticed," Noriko says with a shrug.
"Hah," Masami says. "Guess that's kind of true... and it's probably better than being known as the other Mitakihara group." She makes a face. "So speaking of, you girls liking Mitakihara?"
"It's so crowded," Akemi says. "There's so many people, it's amazing. Shiogama had people, but not like this."
"Yeah, it is," Hiroko says, smiling. "It was a bit of a shock for me too, when I moved here, but I got used to it."
"Yeah, and then you met me," Masami says with a grin. "And before we forget, we should order." She lowers her voice. "Old lady at the counter'll give you the stinkeye if we wait too long."
"Right," Noriko says, one of her starting to scan the menu.
"If I may, how did you meet Miss Vee?" Akemi asks, running a hand through mousy brown hair.
"She kind of barged in on our business by proxy, but she also saved our bacon," Masami says, shrugging. "We... I was being extorted for Grief Seeds for healing. We couldn't have afforded it."
"We, Masami," Hiroko says gently, squeezing Masami's hand.
"Ah," Akemi says, nodding, and smiles faintly at you. "That's a bit of a common trend with you, isn't it?"
You chuckle, even as Noriko elbows her.
"I suppose so," you allow, fidgeting with that fly-away lock of hair. "Honestly, if you've got advice, I'd love it - you... well, you all know Miss Ono, and more or less how that turned out."
"Can't make everyone happy," Masami says. "Sometimes you gotta break a few ribs to do CPR."
Noriko shrugs, glancing away. "Well... it turned out well enough for us? But I suppose not everyone wants to be helped."
"It's a balancing act," Hiroko murmurs. "That's really all it is."
"I suppose so," you say with a sigh.
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Two sides of the coin, eh?
You close your eyes, and force your thoughts to still for a second as you hear Noriko and Akemi step off the Grief platform behind you.
You know what? Just... just keep it simple.
"I was arrogant," you say. "And I could have done better - I should have done better, and that's on me trying to... make everything happen my way. I'm sorry."
Black eyes look you over, as if judging you. Some part of you bristles at that -what right does she have, when you were trying to help- but you tamp down on that impulse and meet her gaze squarely. She had to humble herself to express her gratitude, and she had to do so in spite of her own attitude, let alone what you suspect might be Wish-born mental changes. The least you can do is to match that.
You've swallowed your dignity for lame jokes -a maid costume, for goodness' sake- with an arsonist you call a friend, and you've swallowed your dignity to reach out to a delinquent who dishes out worse without a Wish to muck with her head. All Megane's really done is to be rude at you. If you're annoyed at this, then you can't really deny that you were arrogant with her.
Megane inclines her head slightly.
"That said... I'm glad you're getting along with Hiroko and Masami," you say, smiling warmly at her. "They're good people."
"They are sadists," Megane says, a tinge of sour annoyance leaking into her voice. "... but they know their craft."
"Yeah," you say, chuckling. "They -well, Masami- learned from the best."
"I should be going," Megane says stiffly. "... I would not be averse to talking to you in the future, but you have a meeting, I understand."
"Ah, you're not coming? You're welcome if you want," you say, tilting your head slightly in surprise. You gesture at Akemi and Noriko, the former half-hidden behind you. "It's just a quick introduction for Miss Saito and Miss Watanabe."
You sort of want to ask her what you could have done better, too. Even if things turned out well this time, there's always next time. Some of her reasons for souring on you, you can recognise - you blew off the first proper meeting with her, to look after Mami. You'd broken into her place to lecture at her, after that, and you...
Given what seems to be self-worth issues, perhaps because of school or perhaps because of her mother, you would have stomped on those, too. And you'd tried to dissuade her from something she'd sold her Soul for.
She didn't know that she was killing herself doing that, so when you'd told her to stop... her reaction was, in retrospect, pretty obvious.
Yeah. You do know what you did wrong, and... asking her might, in and of itself, anger her again.
"It's good to meet you," Megane says, glancing past you to the Shiogama girls. "I apologise, but I will not be staying. I should return to school."
"It's good to meet you too?" Noriko says, uncertain, but Megane's already headed for the edge of the roof, launching herself off. Her form is picture-perfect, you can't help but notice - half her magic, and half training, you suppose.
Mugin squawks, hopping off your shoulder and taking flight. Instinctively, you tag him with a bit of Grief to keep an eye on him as he spirals up into the air.
"... bit of an introvert, isn't she?" Akemi says, blinking after Megane's disappearing form.
"I guess she might be?" you say, and sigh quietly. "Honestly, I... I don't really get her. I'm not absolutely sure what the specifics of her Wish or power is, but... it constantly burns magic for maintenance. She'd have killed herself, and I can't bring myself to regret stepping in, even if I could have, should have handled it better."
You wince slightly. "I suppose you can tell that my intervention didn't go the best, and I referred her to Masami and Hiroko for training, since she wanted nothing to do with me."
"Well... from the sounds of it, you saved her life?" Akemi ventures carefully. "So that's good."
"Wouldn't her mentors know her powers?" Noriko wonders, raising an eyebrow.
"You know, I never thought to ask," you say thoughtfully, and smile. "But on that note, I suppose we shouldn't keep them waiting any longer?"
A hop, a skip, and a jump, and you leave the bright afternoon sun of the rooftop behind for the dimmer shadows of the alleyway, Norikos and Akemi landing softly behind you. You spot Masami and Hiroko as you emerge onto the street.
Masami's wearing skinny jeans and a midriff-baring shirt, her masses of red hair spilling over one shoulder - and none of it an illusion. Her grin is wide and pleased, and for all that you'd just seen her last week, you're pretty sure she's started to tan a bit.
By her side, Hiroko hasn't changed as much. But there's more life to her, you think, the stress lines around her vibrantly green eyes smoothing out as they begin to distance themselves from their harrowing experiences. She's gotten a haircut, too, the page-cut standing well clear of the collar of her floral-patterned dress.
"Heya," Masami says, waving as you approach.
"Hey!" you say, smiling brightly. "Masami, Hiroko, this is Saito Akemi, Watanabe Noriko, and Watanabe Noriko. Miss Saito, Miss Watanabe, this is Gaikotsu Masami, and Wakahia Hiroko."
Hiroko blinks, looking between the two Norikos - one of them a blonde, and the other a verdette.
"I Wished to be able to be in two places at once," Noriko offers, and smiles. "It's lovely to meet you."
"Ah," Hiroko says. She shakes herself, and smiles politely. "Ah, sorry, I was being rude. It's a pleasure to meet you, Miss Saito, Miss Watanabe, and it's good to see you again, Sabrina."
You beam as the round of introductions go around, and you all make your way into the dessert parlour. It's cheerily lit, Chinese waterpaints adorning the walls, and a fishtank burbles away happily in the corner. The technically-four of you squash around one of the small round tables, Masami grabbing a few of the laminated menus for you to look over.
"Oh yeah," you say, grinning at Noriko and Akemi. "By the way, don't tell them that I've been calling them the Animators."
Noriko gives you a vaguely confused look, blinking simultaneously at both you and said Animators.
Hiroko makes a thoughtful face. "You know, I actually quite like that," she says.
"Kind of rude to just name us without telling us," Masami notes. "... even if it is a pretty cool name."
"Yyyeah," you say, making a face. "Sorry about that. It kind of started as an internal thing for me, you know?" You tap the side of your head. "Just a way to think about the both of you. And then it, uh, sort of slipped out into speech. I... hope you're OK with it?"
"I like it," Hiroko says firmly. "We're keeping it."
"We are?" Masami says. "Do we need a group name?"
"We are," Hiroko says, laying her hand over Masami's.
"Right. Settled, then," Masami says, and waves a finger at you. "Thanks for the nickname, but it was still kind of rude."
"I feel like we're lucky if we get to decide these things," Noriko mutters. "General we, I mean. Mostly you get some kind of notoriety and then you hear that people've started calling you something."
"Oh?" Hiroko says, looking interested.
"Just what I've noticed," Noriko says with a shrug.
"Hah," Masami says. "Guess that's kind of true... and it's probably better than being known as the other Mitakihara group." She makes a face. "So speaking of, you girls liking Mitakihara?"
"It's so crowded," Akemi says. "There's so many people, it's amazing. Shiogama had people, but not like this."
"Yeah, it is," Hiroko says, smiling. "It was a bit of a shock for me too, when I moved here, but I got used to it."
"Yeah, and then you met me," Masami says with a grin. "And before we forget, we should order." She lowers her voice. "Old lady at the counter'll give you the stinkeye if we wait too long."
"Right," Noriko says, one of her starting to scan the menu.
"If I may, how did you meet Miss Vee?" Akemi asks, running a hand through mousy brown hair.
"She kind of barged in on our business by proxy, but she also saved our bacon," Masami says, shrugging. "We... I was being extorted for Grief Seeds for healing. We couldn't have afforded it."
"We, Masami," Hiroko says gently, squeezing Masami's hand.
"Ah," Akemi says, nodding, and smiles faintly at you. "That's a bit of a common trend with you, isn't it?"
You chuckle, even as Noriko elbows her.
"I suppose so," you allow, fidgeting with that fly-away lock of hair. "Honestly, if you've got advice, I'd love it - you... well, you all know Miss Ono, and more or less how that turned out."
"Can't make everyone happy," Masami says. "Sometimes you gotta break a few ribs to do CPR."
Noriko shrugs, glancing away. "Well... it turned out well enough for us? But I suppose not everyone wants to be helped."
"It's a balancing act," Hiroko murmurs. "That's really all it is."
"I suppose so," you say with a sigh.
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Two sides of the coin, eh?
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- Location
- Massachusetts
I really enjoy seeing how peace treats some of the people who have been fighting so hard to stay alive. This was a nice series of scenes 
Just to add to this bit: Imagine being in Oriko's shoes. Sabrina threatened to witch out Kirika right in front of her... Yet more or less than a week later, she's willingly subjecting herself to the mother of all migraines from her soul twisting itself into a pretzel, just so she can give us vital Intel on an ongoing conflict. She has to be cooperative with us, yes. But she was in no way coerced to be accommodating to Sabrina, that was all voluntary on her part.
Torgamous
Aspiring Gynoid
- Pronouns
- She/Her
[] If any of them have experience with Tokyo, you'd love to hear it. You've got a meeting with them scheduled on Sunday and you have no idea what you're doing.
[] There's a reverse-Noriko soul gem collector heading here early next week. We plan to handle it, but if they see them, notify us and do not engage.
[] Iowa might be heading in our direction. You're still figuring out what to do about that.
[] There's a reverse-Noriko soul gem collector heading here early next week. We plan to handle it, but if they see them, notify us and do not engage.
[] Iowa might be heading in our direction. You're still figuring out what to do about that.
blast flame
How far will we go if it means lighting the way?
- Location
- Perth, Australia
- Pronouns
- They/Them
The very existence of that nickname is a very good argument for trying to change it so people do people do pick their own callsigns. Sure you'll get a few arrogant people calling themselves "God's Gift" or something but I'll take that over a force for conformity and the (often bigoted) assumptions of society.
- Location
- Florida
My memory is kinda fuzzy, who dis?
blast flame
How far will we go if it means lighting the way?
- Location
- Perth, Australia
- Pronouns
- They/Them
Kyouko, I think.
I don't think people who get offended at trivial things like that should be in the military.
Jonen C
F.M.D.G.
- Location
- Lincopense, Ostrogothia, Suecia
Three rules of callsigns:
1. If you don't have one, your buddies will assign you one.
2. You probably won't like it.
3. If you complain and moan too much about 1 and 2, you'll get a new one you like even less.
Example, pilot callsign Burbank. Introduced self at squadron with "Hi, I'm Hollywood." Experienced pilot tell the Topgun wannabe "You're no Hollywood, more like Burbank."
Also subject to change as a reward for good behavior or punishment for poor.
Ex of latter: Callsign FATSO. (FAster Than SOund). For repeatedly going supersonic in non supersonic airspace.
Former is rare.
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Jonen C
F.M.D.G.
- Location
- Lincopense, Ostrogothia, Suecia
My proposals for Callsigns of the mainline Mitakihara meguca, other suggestions welcome, whatever suggestion catches on best wins.
Sabrina: White Knight. (Self explanatory. Need to get better about that.)
Mami: Big Shot. (She's kind of a big deal. Plus Tiro Finale.)
Homura: Gunslinger. (Works on many levels.)
Sayaka: Doctor. (Doolittle. Also healing.)
Kirika: Butler. (cuz she done it)
Oriko: Hatgirl. (Self explanatory.)
Koko: Char. (Three times faster than a regular 'Guca.)
Yuma: 1UP. (Green healer.)
Sabrina: White Knight. (Self explanatory. Need to get better about that.)
Mami: Big Shot. (She's kind of a big deal. Plus Tiro Finale.)
Homura: Gunslinger. (Works on many levels.)
Sayaka: Doctor. (Doolittle. Also healing.)
Kirika: Butler. (cuz she done it)
Oriko: Hatgirl. (Self explanatory.)
Koko: Char. (Three times faster than a regular 'Guca.)
Yuma: 1UP. (Green healer.)
The Phoenixian
The Glacier Witch
- Location
- My own little world
@Firnagzen There's a continuity error here: We already talked to Masami And Hiroko about calling them the Animator's over telepathy in this post:
Raiseth
I Find Your Lack of Memes Disturbing
- Location
- Russia
Yeah, I was kinda expecting
"We know you call us that, Sabrina, we've even discussed it, remember?"
"Oh noes, my braindamage is acting up again!"
Eh.
Should've included it in the vote.
Script Mak3r
(Verified Sun God) (Verified Feathers)
- Location
- Hell of Blazing Fires
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Wrong timeline.
- Location
- Massachusetts
Sabrina is going to get the nickname "The Genghis Khan of Helping".
- Pronouns
- She/Her
"Sabrina, what is best in life?"
"To reform your enemies, see them become friends beside you, and to hear the happiness of their loved ones!"
- Location
- Not the asylum anymore
- Pronouns
- She/Her
- Unifies several infighting groups of an oft looked over people into a force to be reckoned with
- Already planning a global rampage of
conquestfriendship like the world has never seen - Questionable decisions in the name of victory
- Encourages tolerance
- Probably going to have a metric fuck-ton of kids (Mostly adopted, but still)
Then I guess it's good that Sabrina isn't planning to run any future theoretical meguca group like a 'traditional' military army.
Appletank
Acquire Cheese
"Doctor? Doctor who?"
Sayaka smiles. "Just the Doctor"
Sayaka frowns and throws the glowstick at Sabrina. "THIS ISN'T FUNNY"
Jonen C
F.M.D.G.
- Location
- Lincopense, Ostrogothia, Suecia
If Sayaka hadn't picked up flight she'd be in for an awful lot of running.
- Location
- a Minecraft Rollercoaster
I mean she's more of a sonic screwdriver.
Jonen C
F.M.D.G.
- Location
- Lincopense, Ostrogothia, Suecia
Given 4D shenanigans, any Meguca is sort of a TARDIS. Some more so than others.