Jonen C
F.M.D.G.
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- Lincopense, Ostrogothia, Suecia
More for Nagisa.Confession: I don't like cheese or cooked apple on their own either.
Puella Magi Adfligo Systema
- Thread starter Firnagzen
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DB_Explorer
Purveyor of alternate realities.
- Location
- San Diego, California
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Mami: ... after careful thought I have decided I ship it.
... to be fair I totally would not be surprised if assorted wishes about parents work, etc means economies hew toward something more like european social democracies with more regulated economies then more laissez faire corporatist systems. Hell likely nullfied or preempted no small amount of regulatory capture.
But I could discuss global economics and meguca fashion all day but business must intrude...
mainly that storm. It's either Iowa or WPN coming early. Neither are good.
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Dr. Who reference? All my yes!
@Kaizuki I actually would suggest giving Oriko a telepathy about this first, see if her precognition can find out anything about this. If we know what we're dealing with first, we'll have a better idea of how to shut it down fast and hard.
- Location
- Illinois
Remember that her powers changed: she possesses clairvoyance, not precognition. Regardless,
The first thing I am doing is, in fact, to reach out to Kyouko and Oriko, who respectively are out hunting and so might know something, and possess clairvoyance.
The Phoenixian
The Glacier Witch
- Location
- My own little world
Casual capacity: It came up when a chat on another topic veered in that direction. I asked if it would be possible to have rain in PMAS sometime soon, and Firn made a note of it.
Okay, I think this is leaning too far into the immediate assumption. It could, absolutely, be enemy action. But it could also, for instance, be a newly contracted meguca flexing her power without knowing it's not wise to. I'll put the "truly weird things" category aside for now, since they don't quite jive with the storm starting as a natural thing.
I don't want us or our friends to cause an avoidable fight by assuming the worst when it wasn't. I think "Something is making it rain, magically. Currently figuring out why. Keep an eye out for trouble or newly contracted magical girls, and contact us if anything happens," would be a better core statement.
That said, calling Homura in an emergency is definitely something that should be said, and more than that, we should also finding a moment to ask Homura if she knows any magical girls with weather powers, contracting around this time or otherwise.
Also, it might be worth... just outright asking Sendai if Akiko has been active at all.
Definitely bring in the Kures. Between clairvoyance and antimagic they're going to be strong players if we're caught flat-footed and need to catch up.
Be prepared that the storm being detected as not natural is in itself a distraction, and don't focus on it to the exclusion of everything else.
In an emergency, plead Sabrina and Horura out of the group (really only need a normal excuse for Nagisa unless I've forgotten that she's in on the masquerade, everyone else will be notified by telepathy) and timestop Sabrina Airlines important participants into the city.
The instant we're certain that this is enemy action, priority one must be the safety of the civilians. We have Nagisa, Hitomi, and Madoka that will need to be evacuated to a safe location, and then the combat group will need to get out of populated areas to limit collateral casualties.
Be prepared that the storm being detected as not natural is in itself a distraction, and don't focus on it to the exclusion of everything else.
In an emergency, plead Sabrina and Horura out of the group (really only need a normal excuse for Nagisa unless I've forgotten that she's in on the masquerade, everyone else will be notified by telepathy) and timestop Sabrina Airlines important participants into the city.
The instant we're certain that this is enemy action, priority one must be the safety of the civilians. We have Nagisa, Hitomi, and Madoka that will need to be evacuated to a safe location, and then the combat group will need to get out of populated areas to limit collateral casualties.
- Location
- Earth
Gorgonzola Ice Cream is quite nice if unusual flavor.
Something something "Madoka is a transfer student from America".
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- Location
- Not the asylum anymore
- Pronouns
- She/Her
...That makes far too much sense.
- Location
- Norway
I'd argue letting Mika check out the storm would both be more efficient since she probably knows what she's doing with it, and would open up for us to get an overview in case of hostiles. I'd argue we should ask her to check it out and then keep communication open so that if she's attacked during the process we can ask Homura to immediately stop time and head off the ambush.
- Location
- Illinois
Ninety percent of what you are suggesting -- Something is making it rain, magically. Currently figuring out why. Keep an eye out for trouble or newly contracted magical girls, and contact us if anything happens -- is exactly what I am doing:
"Contact everyone if new information" is exactly "contact us if you learn anything"
"Unnatural storm above Mitakihara" is equivalent to "keep an eye out for anything unusual" and "something is making it rain magically".
"Contact Homura in emergency" and/or "contact us in case of emergency" are exactly "contact us if anything happens".
The absolute, only thing you are actually criticizing is the stance that this is "enemy action".
Well, alright. I think you're kind of right that that should be softened. But I'm basically disinterested in softening it more than "Yeah, if new evidence suggests the city-wide magical effect (!costly?!) that is putting a giant mass of water and electric charge over our heads isn't hostile shows up, we should not treat whoever is doing it as hostile, but unless that happens, we're treating this as hostile."
The first step to approaching a group of meguca in a non-hostile manner is not to artificially emplace a thunderstorm over the city they live in. We're not going to go, "Oh, whoever is doing this should be fought lethally." We're not going to go, "Oh, whoever is doing this is our enemy even if they turn out to be a new contractee who is crying in a corner." We are Sabrina Vee; we talk to the people who we fight before we draw conclusions about their motives. We aren't some goddamn police brutality expy. But, we're also not going to go, "Y'know, this here thunderstorm doesn't seem hostile at all!", and we're especially not going to do that when we know full dang well that there are people out there that want us dead who would absolutely love to emplace a thunderstorm over Mitakihara and plausibly have the ability to do so. That is exactly the kind of behavior that makes Mami ask us to be more careful, and rightfully so.
As for Akiko... If this is Akiko, she's in the process of witching herself. There's more water up there than she threw around in the entire Sendai fight by like, what? An order, two orders of magnitude? I'm actually disinclined to even tangentially suggest to Akiko's group that we thought this might be her, on grounds of it being undiplomatic, because this seems to me like it's functionally beyond her powerset. She'd need a clear seed and we'd've heard about that.
Also, bluntly, if it's Akiko she can't throw around the electric charge up there, which makes this far less of a threat.
My primary suspects are Iowa, the Soujus, and whatever friend/s Rionna had in Tokyo, on the premise that A) this fits Iowa's MO of isolating people -- rain tends to discourage meetups -- B) the timing lines up relatively well with the Soujus and Tokyo, and C) all three of those groups could plausibly have access to resources to accomplish this, assuming the Soujus are sufficiently noncanon.
So, does this address your issues? If you were aiming for more of a "Our first thought shouldn't be to 'crush the storm'", then, I mean, okay, I'll hear you out if you choose to make that argument, but please do consider that that directive comes after having both Mami and Mika look at it.
[X] Kyouko, Yuma, Oriko, Kirika, Homura by telepathy: storm is unnatural; assume storm is enemy action until/unless evidence suggests otherwise; contact Homura *first* in emergency, contact everyone if new information. That's all you've got so far.
[X] Mami, Homura, Sayaka, Mika by telepathy: You just warned the others; Nakano Mika has suggested that the storm outside is not operating naturally. If Mami can't get a read on it, you're thinking either Homura or Sayaka should pick up Mika for another opinion, then you'll crush it with a ribbon/grief combo?
-[X] Sayaka, Mami, Homura by telepathy: at least one of us with Madoka at all times.
[X] Fukushima, Asunaro by telepathy: unnatural storm over Mitakihara; situation developing; no further details at present.
[X] Shiogama, Animators: unnatural storm above Mitakihara, stay safe, contact us in case of emergency. Twentysomething magical girls are looking at this starting two minutes ago, whatever is going on will be taken care of.
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Aranfan
Team Plasma Grunt
TBH Sabrina is probably more an anarchist than a marxist. So...
*Emma Goldmann Intensifies*
- Location
- Here
[X] Kaizuki
- Location
- Illinois
*taps chin*
This is a thunderstorm, right, or at least heavy rain? I'm not being a dumbass about a shower? That would make me feel kinda bad lol
This is a thunderstorm, right, or at least heavy rain? I'm not being a dumbass about a shower? That would make me feel kinda bad lol
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AuraTwilight
The Sorcerer of Smiles
- Location
- The Silver City
The term is teaboo.
Mika outright called it a storm, but never mentioned anything about thunder.
Echo
Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before
- Location
- "echolocation" dur hur hur
Some sort of cookie-like bits for the crust, I'd say. The real question is, cinnamon ice cream with apple pieces, or apple ice cream with cinnamon swirl? I can't decide.
Thing is, cream cheese custard like that is what cheesecake is made of, and what I'd expect the ice cream flavor to be called. Calling it cheese ice cream make me think of something weirder, like, uh...
Like that.
Also, what.
I mean, I'd totally try it if given the opportunity, but also what.
Personally, I've had some super-aged cheese, y'know the kind that has a texture like slightly mushy gravel, that also ended up really sweet. Some sort of caramel-y and nutty aged gouda would make for an interesting ice cream flavor I think? I mean, I'm sure Nagisa would like it but that doesn't really say much.
- Location
- Canada
I think we're all missing the most important part of this update:
BEHOLD! It's evidence for Miki-el!
BEHOLD! It's evidence for Miki-el!
DB_Explorer
Purveyor of alternate realities.
- Location
- San Diego, California
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Sayaka: ACK ABORT ABORT SHES ONTO TO US!!!! AAAAAAAAH I WANT TO HUG KYOUKO
Dragontrapper
Homeless Draconis
- Location
- A Tower in the middle of nowhere
wait - if Sayaka is an Angel, and she has a thing for Kyoko... does that make her Kyoko's Guardian Angel?
- Location
- Illinois
Hmmmmmkay, having read the chapter in its entirety now instead of just the vote-essential parts...
Good, confirmation...
@Firnagzen, typos above...
So!
Mika's interrupt reads a bit differently than I was treating it -- she's specifically saying that she is *interested* in looking at the storm, and I for one am not going to object to that in the slightest. That means expanding our dialogue with her slightly to give her some perspective on why we're reacting the way we are. I also must concede that on close inspection Mika's description of the storm does seem significantly less *negative* than I was initially treating it as, so I owe some degree of apology to @The Phoenixian on that end.
I'd insert a question to Homura about potentials but this is exactly the kind of powerful effect she would have told us about previously.
Modifying to effect...
[X] Kyouko, Yuma, Oriko, Kirika, Homura by telepathy: storm is unnatural; probably safest to assume storm is enemy action until/unless evidence suggests otherwise; contact Homura *first* in emergency, contact everyone if new information. That's all you've got so far.
[X] Mami, Homura, Sayaka, and Mika by telepathy: at minimum an unnatural storm as Nakano Mika suggests this is constitutes an unignorable immediate danger; at maximum it's an attack. If she's interested in examining it and sharing whatever she finds out you'll cleanse her the entire grief cost of getting here as fast as possible and refresh her clear seed, plus return trip, or Homura or Sayaka could pick her up; you'll only ask her to stay safe.
-[X] If you could get an opinion from Mami on the storm immediately, that's probably also a good idea. If it's problematic you have a number of options for getting rid of it.
-[X] Some of your members are currently isolated out hunting; you warned them immediately, which was the reason for the slight delay.
[X] Fukushima, Asunaro by telepathy: unnatural storm over Mitakihara; situation developing; cause and intent unknown; no further details at present.
[X] Shiogama, Animators: unnatural storm above Mitakihara, stay safe, contact us in case of emergency. Twentysomething magical girls are looking at this starting two minutes ago, whatever is going on will be taken care of.
Might be @Redshirt Army could take a look at pruning this down? Otherwise I'm thinking I'm pretty satisfied with it.
Good, confirmation...
@Firnagzen, typos above...
So!
Mika's interrupt reads a bit differently than I was treating it -- she's specifically saying that she is *interested* in looking at the storm, and I for one am not going to object to that in the slightest. That means expanding our dialogue with her slightly to give her some perspective on why we're reacting the way we are. I also must concede that on close inspection Mika's description of the storm does seem significantly less *negative* than I was initially treating it as, so I owe some degree of apology to @The Phoenixian on that end.
I'd insert a question to Homura about potentials but this is exactly the kind of powerful effect she would have told us about previously.
Modifying to effect...
[X] Kyouko, Yuma, Oriko, Kirika, Homura by telepathy: storm is unnatural; probably safest to assume storm is enemy action until/unless evidence suggests otherwise; contact Homura *first* in emergency, contact everyone if new information. That's all you've got so far.
[X] Mami, Homura, Sayaka, and Mika by telepathy: at minimum an unnatural storm as Nakano Mika suggests this is constitutes an unignorable immediate danger; at maximum it's an attack. If she's interested in examining it and sharing whatever she finds out you'll cleanse her the entire grief cost of getting here as fast as possible and refresh her clear seed, plus return trip, or Homura or Sayaka could pick her up; you'll only ask her to stay safe.
-[X] If you could get an opinion from Mami on the storm immediately, that's probably also a good idea. If it's problematic you have a number of options for getting rid of it.
-[X] Some of your members are currently isolated out hunting; you warned them immediately, which was the reason for the slight delay.
[X] Fukushima, Asunaro by telepathy: unnatural storm over Mitakihara; situation developing; cause and intent unknown; no further details at present.
[X] Shiogama, Animators: unnatural storm above Mitakihara, stay safe, contact us in case of emergency. Twentysomething magical girls are looking at this starting two minutes ago, whatever is going on will be taken care of.
Might be @Redshirt Army could take a look at pruning this down? Otherwise I'm thinking I'm pretty satisfied with it.
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