Okay, so here's the current, still confusing tally.
Votes are not closed (quite) yet.
The exact vote counts aside, Vebyast's vote is in the lead after a lot of discussion and the total number of votes is... more voters than I realized this Quest even had, actually, so unless something drastic happens in the next couple hours I'm gonna close votes even if I won't have time to write until tomorrow.
Vote tally:
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[x] Get Maiko involved and let her deal with it however she thinks is best.
[x] Tell them that their decision need not be final and that you won't be angry if they stay for now and leave later.
No. of votes: 1
o3o
[x]
Sigh I'm not dealing with this...
-[x] Telepathically contact Maiko and warn her of what you're about to do. Make sure she can actually catch it.
-[x] Throw her Gem,
hard, out to the cut off distance. Have Maiko catch it out of sight and carry it the rest of the way if necessary.
-[x] To Kaede: When I said you were leaving, it was
not optional. You'll either leave of your own free will, or I'll disconnect you from your body and you'll wake up in a shipping container on the way to Dubai.
[x] Return their gems and allow them to stay under the same terms as Yumi until they decide.
No. of votes: 5
LostDeviljho,
Rei of Sunshine,
Jrin,
SilverRune,
Wander
[x]
Sigh I'm not dealing with this...
-[x] Throw her Gem,
hard, out to the cut off distance. Have Maiko catch it out of sight and carry it the rest of the way if necessary.
-[x] To Kaede: When I said you were leaving, it was
not optional. You'll either leave of your own free will, or I'll disconnect you from your body and you'll wake up in a shipping container on the way to Dubai.
No. of votes: 1
notanautomaton
[x] Washing your hands of it. Give Naoko and Kaede's Soul Gems to Yumi and leave the rest to her.
-[x] Give one last ultimatum after you give Yumi the Soul Gems but before she does anything herself.
[x] Return their gems and allow them to stay under the same terms as Yumi until they decide.
-[x] Talk to Yumi first, like she asked.
No. of votes: 3
UberJJK,
pianoman,
Equable
[x] Jump as high as you can. Then get a box.
-[x] Reconnect everyone to their bodies except for Naoko. She goes in the box.
[x] Return their gems and allow them to stay under the same terms as Yumi until they decide
No. of votes: 1
Hyp3rB14d3
[x] Washing your hands of it. Give Naoko and Kaede's Soul Gems to Yumi and leave the rest to her.
-[x] Give one last ultimatum after you give Yumi the Soul Gems but before she does anything herself.
No. of votes: 1
ScorpioBot
[X] SystemicHatter
No. of votes: 5
Nervos Belli,
Muramasa,
veekie,
UbeOne,
ravenwood7040
[x] You didn't say you were going to kill Naoko. That was just implied by Kyubey.
-[x] Telepathically contact Maiko and ask her if she could catch Naoko's Soul Gem if you were to throw it.
-[x] ...You're perfectly happy to cut off her contact with her Soul Gem and shelve the problem until you don't have so much to deal with, though.
-[x] Throw it if Maiko could catch it. Otherwise, jump out of range.
No. of votes: 1
Alivaril
[X] Vebyast
No. of votes: 8
Nolrai,
Redshirt Army,
BunnyLord,
00mega,
Luxon,
FelOnyx,
DarkLight140,
bird_poison
[x] Washing your hands of it. Give Naoko's Soul Gems to Yumi and leave the rest to her.
-[x] Give one last ultimatum after you give Yumi the Soul Gems but before she does anything herself.
-[x] Ask Kaede if she wants to reconsider? If not, give her to Yumi.
[x] Return their gems and allow them to stay under the same terms as Yumi until they decide.
-[x] Talk to Yumi first, like she asked.
No. of votes: 1
Fair Letters
[x] You'd hand their gems to Yumi or Maiko, but you don't want to have Momoko's reputation, nor do you want to perpetuate the cycle of ruthlessness. You'd exile them, but that would only move the problem somewhere else. So instead you're going to try to rehabilitate them.
[x] Look her right in the eye.
-[x] You don't get to make demands of me. Not of where you'll live, not of what you'll do, and certainly not what
I'll do.
[x] Use your ability to usurp and forcibly end both of their soul gem/body connections.
-[x] You'll deal with them later, one at a time, and when it's not urgent. Maybe sooner rather than later for Kaede, but Naoko's going to have to wait until you have more practice and more resources.
--[x] And by resources you mean mindfuckery. Your other option is to kill her. Ethically neutral, pragmatically superior.
--[x] Their bodies will last perfectly fine in stasis or a freezer. You're sure Maiko can magic something up.
No. of votes: 1
query
[x]Redshirt Army
No. of votes: 1
Sereg
[X] Darklight140
No. of votes: 1
Guile
[X] Don't let her rile you up. First things first, Aya's and Suzume's gems. Cleanse them and hand them back.
[X] Use the power you had at the bridge.
[X] Admit to Naoko that you won't kill her. You're a magical girl of love and justice after all.
-[X] Instead you'll make her redeem herself, bit by bit.
-[X] Disconnect her for the time being.
[X] To Kaede: She's leaving. You'll send her around Tokyo to Chiba - you remember what happened last time when you sent someone away without a plan.
-[X] Disconnect her too. You don't want her toxicity to influence discussions.
[X] Let the girls confer. Talk to Yumi.
No. of votes: 4
SystemicHatter,
Dark Lord Potato,
Ugolino,
Cornix Argentus
[x] You'd hand their gems to Yumi or Maiko, but you don't want to have Momoko's reputation, nor do you want to perpetuate the cycle of ruthlessness. You'd exile them, but that would only move the problem somewhere else. So instead you're going to remove them from play. Maybe you'll rehabilitate them, maybe you won't...but the decision will happen on
your terms, not hers.
-[x] Well, maybe I won't kill you right now. But I still can't have you making trouble in my city, so you get to go in time-out for now.
[x] Disconnect both of them with maximum expedience. You don't want to give them any more talking.
-[x] You'll deal with them later, one at a time, and when it's not urgent. Maybe sooner rather than later for Kaede, but Naoko's going to have to wait until you have more practice and more resources.
--[x] Their bodies will last perfectly fine in stasis or a freezer. You're sure Maiko can magic something up.
[x] Return their gems and allow them to stay under the same terms as Yumi until they decide.
-[x] Grab a Grief Seed from Kaede's disconnected body and toss it to them. You aren't a huge fan of having magical girls thinking grim thoughts about their uncertain futures while already high on corruption.
No. of votes: 2
Crimson Doom,
redzonejoe
[x] Return their gems and allow them to stay under the same terms as Yumi until they decide.
-[x] Give them a Grief Seed. You aren't a huge fan of having magical girls thinking grim thoughts about their uncertain futures while already high on corruption. And you'll be grabbing the ones that Kaede has once you disconnect her, so it's like it's coming out of their own stash.
[x] You'd hand their gems to Yumi or Maiko, but you don't want to have Momoko's reputation, nor do you want to perpetuate the cycle of ruthlessness. You'd exile them, but that would only move the problem somewhere else. So instead you're going to remove them from play. Maybe you'll rehabilitate them, maybe you won't...but the decision will happen on
your terms, not hers.
-[x] Well, maybe I won't kill you right now. But I still can't have you making trouble in my city, so you get to go in time-out for now.
[x] Disconnect both of them with maximum expedience. You don't want to give them any more talking.
-[x] You'll deal with them later, one at a time, and when it's not urgent. Probably later today for Kaede, but Naoko's going to have to wait until you have more practice and more resources.
--[x] Think weeks or months. You're sure Maiko can magic something up to keep her body and gem safe.
No. of votes: 3
Vebyast,
PrimalShadow,
RexHeller
