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Certainly. Sabrina and Oriko engaged in a hat-off. A hat off is a social ritual for determining dominance among hat wearing organisms. Common species in which it occurs are TF2 Players, the bowler baboon and the tricorn toucan, species noted for making their distinctive headgear out of materials found in the environment, though juvinile witches are known to engage in hat offs in rare occasions, such as this. In this particular hat off, emotional appeals along with tiered prefabricated hat unlocks proved to be a strong strategy from Oriko, but she was defeated by the grand mass strategy fused with the architectural complexity approach with a minor mechanical approach, the latter portions served as a feint which Oriko fell for, allowing Sabrina to win with the rarely seen kinetic gambit, a highly risky approach as it leaves the perpetrator completely open.

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J, T, Sighted (2014) Hat offs- Common strategies found in headwear using organisms in nature.

Hat offs are quite fascinating, I would recommend you look into them.
 
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Certainly. Sabrina and Oriko engaged in a hat-off. A hat off is a social ritual for determining dominance among hat wearing organisms. Common species in which it occurs are TF2 Players, the bowler baboon and the tricorn toucan, species noted for making their distinctive headgear out of materials found in the environment, though juvinile witches are known to engage in hat offs in rare occasions, such as this. In this particular hat off, emotional appeals along with tiered prefabricated hat unlocks proved to be a strong strategy from Oriko, but she was defeated by the grand mass strategy fused with the architectural complexity approach with a minor mechanical approach, the latter portions served as a feint which Oriko fell for, allowing Sabrina to win with the rarely seen kinetic gambit, a highly risky approach as it leaves the perpetrator completely open.

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J, T, Sighted (2014) Hat offs- Common strategies found in headwear using organisms in nature.

Hat offs are quite fascinating, I would recommend you look into them.
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MrLZRS said:
That's what happened in MBG's Snip? Please Explain...
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Basically, Sabrina finds out that the true source of Oriko's power comes from her hat. She challenges Oriko to a hat-off, both sides summoning increasingly elaborate and dashing designs of haberdashery. At the climax, Oriko summons her Orikocopter and Sabrina summons a self-sustaining grief-engine. After the challenge ends with a draw, both sides agree never to speak of that event again.
 
Unlucky Bibliophile said:
Basically, Sabrina finds out that the true source of Oriko's power comes from her hat. She challenges Oriko to a hat-off, both sides summoning increasingly elaborate and dashing designs of haberdashery. At the climax, Oriko summons her Orikocopter and Sabrina summons a self-sustaining grief-engine. After the challenge ends with a draw, both sides agree never to speak of that event again.
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Oh...
 
Part of it is recklessness, true but Sabrina has shown that she's able to function independently as a magical girl. Mami needs to feel needed, or else she fears, she'll be abandoned.

Sabrina's a terrible kohai who hasn't listened to Mami's warnings about her being reckless and has thus far gotten away with it. Not only that but she ended up probably saving two magical girls in the process. One of them, her former apprentice (Kyouko).

Anyway, I think for now it's a bad idea to point this out IC and instead better to admit that 'we're making newbie mistakes'. Our powers are a significant crutch that gives us some freedom to make mistakes in a fight but getting overconfident with them is a bigger mistake. It wouldn't be a bad idea to ask Mami to teach us how to fight more effectively. Even without our core powers.
 
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Holy crap. I see all this stuff about hats, and NO ONE thinks to mention the Jagermonsters? For shame, for shame!


Anyways, yeah, we need combat tutoring by Mami as well as to experiment with our powers more. These are things that need to happen. The first, so Mami has a friend and we can kick Kirika's ass sans powers, the second, so we have more tricks up our sleeves for when we need em.
 
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Entanglement pt. 43
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    • Mami's not crying. Not yet, perhaps. She's simply sitting, with her face in her hands, and shoulders slumped. She looks... defeated, for lack of a better word, completely at a loss for what she could do.

    "A-another one?" you blurt.

    Mami looks up at you, eyes empty. "Kyouko used to be my student... my friend. S-Sabrina, I, I, being a magical girl is so lonely. I- I'm not the cool senior m- magical girl, and-" she's crying now, slow tears sliding silently down her face. "Sabrina, I- I can't lose another friend."

    She's worried about losing you, too. And all things considered, while things turned out well for you today, they could have gone much worse.

    "Mami..." you reach for one of her hands, grasping it with both of yours. She lets you, hand hanging limp in yours. "Mami, I'm so sorry. I wasn't thinking..."

    "Y- you weren't thinking," Mami echoes hollowly, slow tears beginning to make tracks down her face. "B-but you still- you can talk down Akemi. And Kyouko. And save people, better than I ever c-could. A-and your magic. Y-y-you don't need broken old Mami any more. You never did..."

    You drag Mami into a hug, throwing both arms around her. Her hands hang limply by her side, and you can feel your shoulder slowly dampening as she continues to cry. "Mami, you're not going to lose me," you say. "You are a good person, and an amazing friend. I don't think many people who would just let a total stranger stay with them just out of the goodness of their heart."

    You tighten your hug around the blonde. "I'm not going anywhere, Mami."

    Her quiet weeping turns into great, wailing sobs, but she throws her arms around you and clings on tightly, like a life preserver in a storm. And in a way, that is what you are to her; her chance at changing the empty loneliness of her existence.

    [] Say something else
    -[] Write-in what
    [] Go meet Homura
    [] Tell Homura you can't make it
    [] Go to sleep

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    Unlike just about everyone else, Sabrina is Mami's equal. And therein lies the root of Mami's reaction.

    Indicate what you'd like to do next, too, whether it be to go find Homura or stay here, or spontaneously catch fire, or something.
     
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    • [x] Say something else
    [x] You're not broken. You've done far more than I have for saving people. And why, why could I ever want to leave you? You're a wonderful person, you've done so much for me, and I could never leave a friend as wonderful as you.
    [x] Stay with Mami. Let Homura know via telepathy she needs us at the moment. Ask about lunch tomorrow as a time unless anything comes up.
     
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    [x] Say something else
    [x] You're not broken. You've done far more than I have for saving people. And why, why could I ever want to leave you? You're a wonderful person, you've done so much for me, and I could never leave a friend as wonderful as you.
    [x] Tell Homura you can't make it

    Mami needs us to not go out tonight. She needs comforting.
     
    [q] spontaneously combust...oh wait thats Ophelia's schtick.

    [x] Say something else
    [x] You're not broken. You've done far more than I have for saving people. And why, why could I ever want to leave you? You're a wonderful person, you've done so much for me, and I could never leave a friend as wonderful as you.
    [x] Stay with Mami. Let Homura know via telepathy she needs us at the moment. Ask about lunch tomorrow as a time unless anything comes up.
     
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    [x] Say something else
    [x] You're not broken. You've done far more than I have for saving people. And why, why could I ever want to leave you? You're a wonderful person, you've done so much for me, and I could never leave a friend as wonderful as you.
    [x] Stay with Mami. Let Homura know via telepathy she needs us at the moment. Ask about lunch tomorrow as a time unless anything comes up.
     
    [x] Say something else
    [x] You're not broken. You've done far more than I have for saving people. And why, why could I ever want to leave you? You're a wonderful person, you've done so much for me, and I could never leave a friend as wonderful as you.
    [x] Stay with Mami. Let Homura know via telepathy she needs us at the moment. Ask about lunch tomorrow as a time unless anything comes up.
     
    [x] Say something else
    [x] You're not broken. You've done far more than I have for saving people. And why, why could I ever want to leave you? You're a wonderful person, you've done so much for me, and I could never leave a friend as wonderful as you.
    [x] Stay with Mami. Let Homura know via telepathy she needs us at the moment. Ask about lunch tomorrow as a time unless anything comes up.
     
    [x] Say something else
    [x] You're not broken. You've done far more than I have for saving people. And why, why could I ever want to leave you? You're a wonderful person, you've done so much for me, and I could never leave a friend as wonderful as you.
    [x] Stay with Mami. Let Homura know via telepathy she needs us at the moment. Ask about lunch tomorrow as a time unless anything comes up.
     
    Why not say this

    with Madoka's expression and then cheerfully [X] Go meet Homura ?

    (Right) Mami-san...
    (Left) You're always alone! How pathetic! ♥

    ...What do you mean, "this isn't a good idea"?
     
    veekie said:
    Why not call Homura over for our discussion instead of canceling?
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    Witches and "we don't want Kyubey to know this" are on the table for the discussion which means we'd need to timestop, Mami's mid-breakdown meaning that actual discussion's unlikely without making her feel left out, and Homu's social skills are...well, atrophied to put it politely. To the point where SV's managed to make less of a mess on the social front than she has.

    The avatar of SV being terrible at social decisions did a better job of diplomacy than Homura did. Let that sink in. :o
     
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    [x] Say something else
    [x] You're not broken. You've done far more than I have for saving people. And why, why could I ever want to leave you? You're a wonderful person, you've done so much for me, and I could never leave a friend as wonderful as you.
    [x] Stay with Mami. Let Homura know via telepathy she needs us at the moment. Ask about lunch tomorrow as a time unless anything comes up.
     
    [x] Say something else
    [x] You're not broken. You've done far more than I have for saving people. And why, why could I ever want to leave you? You're a wonderful person, you've done so much for me, and I could never leave a friend as wonderful as you.
    [x] Stay with Mami. Let Homura know via telepathy she needs us at the moment. Ask about lunch tomorrow as a time unless anything comes up.
     
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