Vote Tally : Puella Magi Interficio Antitheus | Page 69 | Sufficient Velocity
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[X] … Comfort the girl?
No. of Votes: 10

[x] Kill the girl before she can witch.
No. of Votes: 2

[X] Quick, fix the woman with magic! WE ARE NOT EQUIPPED TO DEAL WITH CHILDREN ALONE.
No. of Votes: 1

Total No. of Voters: 13

Massive lead for horrible decision.
 
Vote Tally : Puella Magi Interficio Antitheus | Page 69 | Sufficient Velocity
##### NetTally 1.7.3.2

[X] … Comfort the girl?
No. of Votes: 10

[x] Kill the girl before she can witch.
No. of Votes: 2

[X] Quick, fix the woman with magic! WE ARE NOT EQUIPPED TO DEAL WITH CHILDREN ALONE.
No. of Votes: 1

Total No. of Voters: 13

Massive lead for horrible decision.
Danke.
 
Does anyone want to beta the update? I would like well thought out constructive criticism before I post it.
 
Empathy
This isn't your problem. Yeah, the girl just lost her mother and that sucks for her, but it has nothing to do with you. The only reason you're here is to investigate and make sure there isn't a threat to Madoka. Checking your magical senses, it's clear that the girl is a magical girl, although it does take a bit of effort to find her power while she's untransformed. Looking at the girl, she hardly looks like a threat. You could probably just leave her there, crying her eyes out, or if you really wanted to make sure you could kill her. Either of those options would be the smart thing to do.

But… She's just so small.

You're stepping into the room before you can stop yourself. You don't know what you're doing but that isn't going to stop you from trying. You know what it's like to be alone. You're all alone now. Madoka isn't here now. Nobody's here now. You cry out, screaming for someone, anyone, but no one comes. It's cold. So cold. You can't stop shivering. Your tears are freezing to your face but you keep crying. You cry and you cry but your throat hurts and your face hurts and and everything hurts. But your heart hurts most of all because you know that you're never going to see Madoka again. You're never going to be whole again. You can't take it. You fall to your knees next to the girl and gently touch her shoulder. She whirls around, wraps her small arms around you and buries her face in you shoulder, muffling her sobs.

You're caught off guard, surprising you for a moment. But then, once you're sure she's not attacking you, you slowly and awkwardly return her hug. She seems so small in your arms. If you wanted to, you could break her in half easily. Something about that terrifies you. You're not sure why.

She's still crying though, and doesn't show any signs of stopping. You try and pull up memories of your childhood. How did Madoka make you feel better when you cried? You can barely remember now, but some memories remain and you do what she did. You begin to gently rub the girl's back and begin to hum a half-remembered song that makes you think of Madoka.

You stay like that for a long time, or at least it feels like a long time. Slowly, the girl's breathing evens out and her tears stop flowing. You check and it looks like she's fallen asleep. She's still hanging on to you tightly though. You could break her grip easily, but you're not sure if that would wake her up or not.

[] Wake her up.
[] Pick her up and carry her out.
[] Try and get her off you without waking her.
 
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[x] Pick her up and carry her out.

Because it's the funniest option, Tatsuya doesn't know why he shouldn't, and any other option leads to Charlotte.

Let's get Mami her Bebe.
 
...... Who are you and what have you done with the real Hyp3rB14d3?
No, seriously! Her mother just died, but there's no reason to believe she doesn't have a father! And she likely has family beyond that! It's one thing to kidnap Yuma, whose family is abusive, but we see no such indications with Nagisa. Yes, she was alone, but she's a magical girl, and she just wished to eat cheesecake with her mother one last time. There's no reason to believe she's been living by herself before this.

Kidnapping a child in these circumstances would be wrong, would bring complications into the story, and could mentally scar her for life.

...

......

Okay, you've convinced me. Let's do it.
[x] Pick her up and carry her out.
 
The Production Notes indicate that Nagisa has no father. Uncles or grandparents aren't out of the question of course, but Yuma has those too.
 
[X] Pick her up and carry her out.
We have things to do, and it will be less effort to take her with us than to feel guilty by leaving her alone with her mothers corpse.
 
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