Subrosian_Smithy
endless
- Location
- Washington
- Pronouns
- She/Her/Hers
help help we're being oppressed, they're taking away our god-given right to make bad votesYay Sabrina has learned not to chew her own boot leather.
mods pls halp
Puella Magi Adfligo Systema
- Thread starter Firnagzen
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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?
mods pls halp
Dmol8
The Undead Unhinged Lunatic of the Web
- Location
- Belgrade,Serbia
- Pronouns
- He/Him/His
We have voted to get Sabrina to be more thoughtful and empathetic in her actions so many times already. At some point this adds up into a character trait. But you are free to vote to do the bad move regardless if you want. I just doubt most other voters in this thread will join you in doing so.
I-uh-think that was supposed to be a joke...
[X] There's nothing more you can do here. Back to the others.
-[X] To Yuki and Mami
--[X] In the short term this is something you'd like to run by Oriko. If her power can she what's inside the clear seed, figuring out how to fit that in enchanted goggles would be the quickest way to let Anri judge her own progress.
---[X] And maybe Akane? Her perspective on reality is pretty unique.
--[X] Bring up non-incubator telepathy
---[X] Anything Niko found out yet? Possible ideas for experimentation?
-[X] Say your farewells and head home
Dmol8
The Undead Unhinged Lunatic of the Web
- Location
- Belgrade,Serbia
- Pronouns
- He/Him/His
There is no /s or
or anything like that. People will take the strangest thing completely seriously in my experience so I take stuff that isn't signaled to be a joke completely straight just in case.
Torgamous
Aspiring Gynoid
- Pronouns
- She/Her
1. Opening the post by quoting Monty PythonThere is no /s or
2. "mods pls halp"
3. In the specific social context of SV, I think there's a case to be made that "god-given" counts
ExploerTM
Ruin has found you at last!
- Location
- Russia, Perm
- Pronouns
- He/Him/His
Supremely bad idea. Airi clearly showed that this interaction is over. If you try to prolong it in any way she is going to lash out for sure. We are her captors, not her friends no matter what Sabrina thinks on the matter. More so Airi already said what she thinks about wasting time on anything but Dewitching Project. You may argue that rest is important but consider this: she doesnt give a shit. We should just move on for now.
- Location
- United States
I feel like the details of our dewitching experiment aren't something we should discuss with Mami without at least putting a lot more thought into it.
- Location
- Georgia
Yes, should make sure we're only telling Mami we want to find a non-Kyuubey form of telepathy, possibly including ways to check on disembodied meguca like the ones Nico is working on. Don't mention talking to Seeds at all around Mami.
ExploerTM
Ruin has found you at last!
- Location
- Russia, Perm
- Pronouns
- He/Him/His
Actually, why would we even need to mention Dewitching Project at all to begin with? We ARE planning to build independent telepathy network regardless. Using it for Dewitching Project is kind of a side-grade.
Torgamous
Aspiring Gynoid
- Pronouns
- She/Her
-[] To Yuki
--[] Akane's unique perspective on reality could help with this. Is talking to her about this the next time Yuki's in Tokyo something Yuki's up for, or would she rather you do that?
-[] To Mami
--[] Could she remind you about Anri next time you're visiting Oriko?
Reference to clear seed removed.
--[] Akane's unique perspective on reality could help with this. Is talking to her about this the next time Yuki's in Tokyo something Yuki's up for, or would she rather you do that?
-[] To Mami
--[] Could she remind you about Anri next time you're visiting Oriko?
Reference to clear seed removed.
Because I'm not talking about telepathy, I'm talking about looking inside a Clear Seed and seeing what's going on in there. Like we did three updates ago. Something that would be very useful even if the seed isn't at a point where it responds to telepathy, and which Anri in particular needs to be able to do herself because she doesn't like taking our word for anything.
ExploerTM
Ruin has found you at last!
- Location
- Russia, Perm
- Pronouns
- He/Him/His
Ah, I missed that, my bad.
...But I do believe we should start looking into telepathy network regardless. If we could in fact communicate with meguca? witch? entity inside the Clear Seed this is going to make things so much easier. And even if we dont, well, as I said we need network anyway.
- Location
- Georgia
An enchantment to share/enhance a soul sense could be applied to a Soulgem as well as a Clear Seed, so we can still get Mami's help without bringing up Anri's quest. Yuki, on the other hand, does know about Witches and might be able to connect us to others who could help. Knowing that extra part of our goal may make something occur to her that wouldn't occur otherwise. The possibility of non-incubator telepathy is something that should come up as well.
Torgamous
Aspiring Gynoid
- Pronouns
- She/Her
- Location
- Georgia
About the goal, yes, but letting her know what we've seen just now, and asking her to look into somebody who might be able to address the issue of a teachable or artificial soul sense might be worthwhile. On the other hand, every word we add is another month of waiting to finish just one day...
Also, as I said, there may be some value to doing this for dealing with disembodied meguca. If Nico doesn't have this ability, it would likely help her own studies and experiments.
Torgamous
Aspiring Gynoid
- Pronouns
- She/Her
This evening. Shin said he'd text us the address when he wasn't driving and as far as I can tell he has not done that yet. Presumably the time will also be part of the package.
- Location
- Georgia
It's almost like it's been over a year since scheduling that...
There's only like two votes so far...
So I'm just gonna change my vote really quick...
[X] There's nothing more you can do here. Back to the others.
-[X] To Yuki and Mami
--[X] Akane's unique perspective on reality could help with this. Is talking to her about this the next time Yuki's in Tokyo something Yuki's up for, or would she rather you do that?
--[X] Bring up non-incubator telepathy
---[X] Anything Niko found out yet? Possible ideas for experimentation?
-[X] Say your farewells and head home
So I'm just gonna change my vote really quick...
[X] There's nothing more you can do here. Back to the others.
-[X] To Yuki and Mami
--[X] Akane's unique perspective on reality could help with this. Is talking to her about this the next time Yuki's in Tokyo something Yuki's up for, or would she rather you do that?
--[X] Bring up non-incubator telepathy
---[X] Anything Niko found out yet? Possible ideas for experimentation?
-[X] Say your farewells and head home
- Location
- Not the asylum anymore
- Pronouns
- She/Her
[X] Kebabulon
[X] Kebabulon
Hazard Course Pt. 50
[X] There's nothing more you can do here. Back to the others.
-[X] To Yuki and Mami
--[X] In the short term this is something you'd like to run by Oriko. If her power can she what's inside the clear seed, figuring out how to fit that in enchanted goggles would be the quickest way to let Anri judge her own progress.
---[X] And maybe Akane? Her perspective on reality is pretty unique.
--[X] Bring up non-incubator telepathy
---[X] Anything Niko found out yet? Possible ideas for experimentation?
- [X] Say your farewells and head home
-[X] To Yuki and Mami
--[X] In the short term this is something you'd like to run by Oriko. If her power can she what's inside the clear seed, figuring out how to fit that in enchanted goggles would be the quickest way to let Anri judge her own progress.
---[X] And maybe Akane? Her perspective on reality is pretty unique.
--[X] Bring up non-incubator telepathy
---[X] Anything Niko found out yet? Possible ideas for experimentation?
- [X] Say your farewells and head home
You try to hide your grimace as you head for the door, taking one last look around the messy room and Airi's slumped form in the chair before gently shutting it behind you. It's hard not to feel like you'd failed here today, but only time can tell, here. Only rarely does progress ever come as a giant leap, after all, and you hope that Airi will believe that.
You want to say something, but... you're tired, too.
Still, you linger for long enough to make sure that the Grief in her Soul Gem has tapered back to a more normal rate before leaving properly. You can sense that Airi's thrown herself back on the bed and curled herself around the Clear Seed, cradled close to herself. But her Soul Gem's holding steady, that torrent of grief tapered off.
That much, you want to be sure of. As much as she wants you to leave, that is the bare minimum you're willing to allow.
It will have to do for now.
The same lesson as for Parró, then: sometimes, you need to take a step back, and see if someone else can help. You're the face of Airi's imprisonment, the face of her thwarted revenge. For all that you'd promised her the return of her friend, it's hard to get past that simple fact, you suppose, but... you do trust that she'll keep trying. You have to believe that much, as poorly as it sits in your stomach.
You let your feet guide your proxy down the corridors of Yuki's building, footfalls silent on the carpet and observing the way magic courses through the walls, warping the space as you make your way back to that little living room.
"-there's an excellent ryokan on the outskirts of Fukushima, we've been there a couple times-" Shinobu's voice cuts off as you push the door open. "Ah, Miss Vee, welcome... back?"
Her eyes dart to your actual body, cuddled up to Mami's side still. You crack open an eye to glance at her, then shut it firmly.
"Mamiiiiiii," you moan, glancing around the room before shambling your Grief-body over to the sofa and flopping down in Mami's arms, half-kneeling on the floor in front of her.
"That bad?" she asks, amusement warring with concern in her voice as she closes the embrace around both of you, patting your head gently.
You make a muffled, wordless noise.
"You'll figure it out, Sabrina," Mami says warmly. "I know you will."
You hear the flutter of wings, Mugin settling on your Grief-body's shoulder shoulder and butting his head against yours with a soft chirrup.
"How did it go?" Yuki asks. She's still sitting opposite of Mami, half-turned to the side to allow Shinobu to tend to her hair. You can imagine her levelling a curious look at you, completely ignoring the indignity of her friend reconstructing her hairstyle - apparently, the French braid wasn't fancy enough, and Yuki's curtain of deep purple hair is slowly transforming into a complex, multi-layered braid.
"... in objective terms, not great," you admit. The topic probably deserves a bit more attention than words mumbled with your face mashed against Mami, so you reluctantly let the Grief body dissolve, and retrieve your Soul Gem as you half-roll, half-flop over beside her to face Yuki. "In subjective terms... honestly, it's a mixed bag."
Mami curls her arm around your waist, squeezing you gently.
"Do elaborate?" Yuki says.
"She's not in a great place, emotionally, given everything that she's been through, not the least part of which is that she's, well. Imprisoned," you say, and slow as you carefully pick your next words. Mami's right here by you, after all. "And she can't see the progress she's made on the project I gave her, either, which probably doesn't help."
Mugin caws in complaint before settling onto the sofa beside you, and you automatically scratch behind his head with your free hand.
"Sounds like she's depressed," Shinobu observes.
"Mm," Yuki says, frowning. "Which would ordinarily be a death sentence for any of us, so I hadn't considered it, but... I had noticed that she required more frequent cleansings. That would explain the lack of appetite, too."
"Yeah..." you say with a sigh. "She's not spiralling, but..." You grimace. "I don't know how to deal with her, if I'm being honest, and I'm not sure I'm the right person to talk to her."
Mami shifts to rub your back gently, offering silent reassurance.
"And it circles back around to us needing therapists on staff," Yuki says, shaking her head and wincing as Shinobu holds her firmly in place. "I see."
"Yeah," you say.
"Sounds like she needs more social interaction," Shinobu observes. "Letting her have an internet connection probably helped, but as cute as yours is, Yuki, she might appreciate seeing another face. I don't mind trying."
"Maybe," Yuki allows. "What do you think, Miss Sabrina?"
"If you're willing, and if Miss Nanami's willing, it could help?" you say, nodding at Shinobu. "I... do be careful, though. I don't know whether she's in any sort of mental position to actually try anything, but her magic and her abilities give her the potential to be dangerous if she wanted to try."
Yuki inclines her head slightly.
"Of course," she says. "We will be careful, but she's our responsibility now, after all."
You blow out a breath, letting it puff your cheeks out.
"Yeah, I guess," you say. "I'm... sorry to put all this on you."
"It's natural to run into problems you can't tackle," Yuki says, waving her hand dismissively. "That's why you joined a coalition, no? Sometimes you fail, and others pick you up."
"I suppose," you say unhappily. "Thanks, Miss Tsuruya."
"I have a question?" Mami says, still rubbing your back gently.
"Mm?" you say, managing a smile for her.
"You said that she couldn't see the progress she was making?" Mami asks curiously.
"Oh. Yeah, I'm having her work on a project with a Clear Seed," you say, once again picking your words carefully. "But she, uh, doesn't have the sense for Grief, or the magic that I do."
"Ah," Mami says, nodding. "Maybe that could be taught?"
"Yeah, I discussed this briefly with her, actually," you say. "Unfortunately, given Sayaka's reaction to my magic, I don't think I can teach or share my form of magic-sensing, but... maybe Oriko, or Miss Toshimichi, or... well, I don't know. There's got to be a magical girl out there with suitable magic senses we can enchant into goggles or something."
Mami nods.
"That does make sense," she agrees. "Did you tell her you'd try?"
"... yeah, but I think I'd worn out my welcome at that point," you say, grimacing. "I told her, but I don't think she heard me, you know?"
"I'll bring it up," Shinobu volunteers.
"Thanks, Miss Nanami," you say, nodding at her.
"Then that sounds like a plan," Yuki says.
"Oh, while I'm here, and speaking of magical projects," you say, seizing on another topic to distract Mami away from the specifics of the project that Anri's working on that involves a Clear Seed. "I'm also reminded that we really need to set up non-Incubator telepathy. Less eavesdropping, more good-er."
Yuki snorts indelicately.
"I see your point," she says drily. "But it remains that that's no small task to even approach."
"Oh, yeah, absolutely," you agree. "But a secure means of communication is just important. I've got several avenues to explore, not the least of which is Mami, of course."
"Me?" Mami asks, blinking. "Oh, my magic?"
"Your magic," you confirm, smiling warmly. "Maybe it could be the basis of a new form of telepathy? We'll have to find some time to experiment."
Mami beams.
"I'd love to," she says happily.
You grin back at her, and turn back to Yuki and Shinobu.
"But yes, the reason I brought it up now is that I was wondering whether you've encountered any magical girls whose magic might work towards this?" you say.
"Not that I can think of, I'm afraid," Yuki says after a moment of consideration. "I'll notify you if I do encounter any."
"Keep an eye out for penguin-themed magical girls," you say, nodding wisely.
Yuki purses her lips, giving you a look which says that she refuses to take the bait. You grin, pour yourself a fresh cup of tea, and take a smug sip. From there, conversation slips to lighter topics -apparently Mami had been asking about good spots to visit around Fukushima- and you spend perhaps twenty minutes chatting lightly before it's time to go.
Yuki, her hair now in a complex, multilayered braid cascading down her back, sees you off.
"Until later," she says gravely.
"This evening, all going well! I'll let you know if Homura and Hitomi manage to lock down that apartment today," you say, grinning cheerfully. "Thanks for putting up with us, and thanks for the lift back."
"It's no problem at all," Yuki says, raising a hand, the magic twisting around her fingertips.
One jolting discontinuity in the world later, you're stepping back out into the afternoon sunshine, sandy floor of Warehouse-kun scraping beneath your boots. Mami takes your hand, fingers slipping through yours to squeeze gently as Mugin takes flight with a raucous caw.
"What now, Sabrina?" she asks, smiling slightly. "School will be letting out soon, and I believe that Kyouko and Sayaka had one of their training sessions scheduled after school? Though... I'm not sure if that's still on."
[] Suggest that Mami join Sayaka and Kyouko for practice
[] Tag along for the Sayaka-Kyouko training
- [] Anything to focus on?
[] Hang out with Madoka, Homura, and Hitomi
- [] Suggest an activity?
[] Write-in (word count limit: 150 words)
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Feels good to get this one out on the mark. Hopefully I can keep it going!
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