Muramasa
Best Girl
Telepathy with uncle is impossible.
Puella Magi - Memento Mori (PMMM quest)
- Location
- Ural, Russia, Earth
And then Shaseyu was a cake.No Shaseyu, you are the dinner.
Muramasa's vote cover every immediate concern, I think. Heal, cleans, hug, go home.
What'll happen next is a question. I presume, we are too tired and it's too late to talk about Kimiko/call her. Again.
And I'm a little nervous about Kishi's reaction to Mariko's moving to us.
Spectral Waltz
Scatterbrained Writer
- Location
- Walking the Endless Corridors
We can't?
Then uh...
[X] Collect the Grief seed, it's bigger than normal so see how much all of your cleanses fills it up from where you are now. If you have a lot of room to spare in it maybe work on getting some healing done as well before you take it home.
-[X] Head home together unless any of the other girls have places to be, talk to auntcle once you get back, ask why this grief seed looks so weird?
--[X] Go home, hugs, probably sleep? It is rather late after all right?
Muramasa
Best Girl
I'm not.
[X] Collect the Grief seed, it's bigger than normal so see how much all of your cleanses fills it up from where you are now. If you have a lot of room to spare in it maybe work on getting some healing done as well before you take it home.
-[X] Head home together unless any of the other girls have places to be, talk to auntcle once you get back, ask why this grief seed looks so weird?
--[X] Go home, hugs, probably sleep? It is rather late after all right?
-[X] Head home together unless any of the other girls have places to be, talk to auntcle once you get back, ask why this grief seed looks so weird?
--[X] Go home, hugs, probably sleep? It is rather late after all right?
Chapter 2 - At the end of the Day 1
DrZiztah
Mumu
- Location
- Europa
[x] Thank goodness it's over. Is everyone okay?
[x] Gem check everyone. Heal and cleanse everyone with the seed as necessary.
[x] Hug Kishi. She was worried about you...
[x] Ask Kishi if she's ever seen griefseeds like this.
[x] That was exhausting. If nothing comes up, stumble back to your apartment with Mariko and Kishi in tow.
You blink at the sight before you and close your eyes. You're going to have to agree with Mariko's previous assessment about witches being so much nicer when you can just go and hit them in the face. A small but widening smile enters your face as well, as you're hit by a palpable sense of relief from having made it.
You almost start to laugh at the sheer scope of it, only to be stopped by a very sudden and keen pain emanating from your body. The few guffaws turn into pained coughs instead, and you force yourself on your knees.
"Th-thank goodness… It's over," you groan out without diminishing your grin by one bit. "Is everyone okay?"
There's a flash of red before your eyes from Kishi dropping her transformation, and kneeling right next to you. "I-I am." Her expression shows that she is utterly unamused by the situation. "Y-you, however, a-are not!"
Well, you can't really disagree there? Your everything's at the very least aching from some injury or another. "Eh he heh… yeah, I know," you stammer awkwardly. "Uh, quick cleanses first? And then healing?"
You reach out and pick up the seed next to you with clumsy movements. Comparing it to the size of your hand confirms what you thought previously about its bigger size. You might need to ask about that later.
"Well, allow me to lend a helping hand. The injuries are… well, kind of on me," Mariko pipes in, crouching on your other side to a flash of purple. You nod gratefully at her, and follow suit with your own detransformation. You grab your falling Soul Gem with your free hand, and put it near the seed, motioning for the others to follow.
Tamiko grief: 913/2000
Kishi grief: 494/1300
Mariko grief: 750/1500
Summing it up, you definitely used a lot of magic there, and you're about to use a lot more for the healing. You can't help but hope that the bigger seed means more cleansing as well, because this is going to take up a lot.
"On a count of 3… 2… 1…"
All of you click your Soul Gems against the seed at the same time. All at once all of your worries are drained away, leaving you with a sense of easiness and lightness.
The seed is barely half-filled from that. You're actually impressed by that. Perhaps it was some sort of super witch or something?
"Alright, I'll start healing up now," you announce awkwardly, dropping the seed and transforming again to free up your hands. A white glow covers them as you press them against your stinging face first.
Mariko moves her hand above your shoulder and joins the healing project, while carefully avoiding touching you. Kishi lays her hands on your stomach instead. You can feel the pain leave your body before all the coordinated healing, and after it no longer stings when you move, you ask your friends to stop.
"Alright, I'm good!" You can let the rest heal naturally. "Let's cleanse again, just in case." You pick up the seed once again, and first press it against the Gem on your chest. The relief is not as exhilarating this time, but you didn't have as much of grief pile up from the healing.
Kishi and Mariko take quick rounds, before returning it.
"A-are we done here?" Kishi asks.
"Well, for the most part?" you suggest, smiling brightly. "But first…"
You reach up and bring her into the tight hug you've desperately needed the entire afternoon. And given how worried she always ends up when you're fighting witches, that's probably mutual. "See, I'm here, I'm fine, we're all fine!"
Kishi groans in response, but still hugs you back.
"...O-one of these days," Kishi mutters quietly. "I-I'll have to get a personal hamster ball for you..."
"Uh, that's a bit excessive, don't you think?" you ask worriedly. You know you're not too good at the whole self-preservation thing, but it can't be that bad?
"N-no."
"Say, it's a nice weather out here? What do you think?" A bit red Mariko interrupts you, and coughs into her fist. She looks very awkward, the way she just stands there and fails to ignore you. "I really hate to break the moment, but… You know."
You don't. But you can guess that looking at you is awkward from the side. Maybe you should have hugged her too? She really needs a lot of those.
"Uh, right," you wave back airily, letting go of Kishi. "We should probably get going, and…" You pause for a moment as you remember the grief seed still cradled in your hand. "Actually, before we do anything, have you ever seen a seed like this? Is it just me, or is it much bigger than usually?"
Kishi gives the trinket a long, hard look. She's frowning. "N-no, I don't think I-" she shakes her head. "I-it's a grief seed, I think. B-but I haven't run into different ones before."
"Ditto," Mariko agrees with a shrug of her shoulders. "Maybe ask the adults?"
"That's probably the best bet," you say, putting it away for now and rising to stand. You're going to sleep well tonight. "So, how about we just get going? I mean, uncle's making dinner if you'd like?"
There are no objections to this, and you're soon roof-hopping your way back to your apartment after a long, tiring day. The sight of the empty stairwell is a welcome one, and at the door you're already greeted by the seeping aroma of the precious, precious dinner.
Inside, you're greeted by the warmth of your well-lit home, and the sounds of your uncle working in the kitchen. However, the sight of your room's door being open, and the sight of Mariko's sports bag there reminds you that it's also supposed to be a welcome party of sorts for her.
The question is, how are you going to break everything to Kishi? Or should you maybe try and hide-
"Oh, welcome back!" Your uncle greets you out of nowhere. "How did it go?"
What do you do?
[] Let it be, just have a normal dinner without breaking any news.
-[] Talk with uncle
-[] Talk with your friends.
[] Better break it early. Keeping things like this is a great way to shatter trust.
[] Write-in.
===
Currently in limbo:
Liselotte - 3342/4500
[x] Gem check everyone. Heal and cleanse everyone with the seed as necessary.
[x] Hug Kishi. She was worried about you...
[x] Ask Kishi if she's ever seen griefseeds like this.
[x] That was exhausting. If nothing comes up, stumble back to your apartment with Mariko and Kishi in tow.
You blink at the sight before you and close your eyes. You're going to have to agree with Mariko's previous assessment about witches being so much nicer when you can just go and hit them in the face. A small but widening smile enters your face as well, as you're hit by a palpable sense of relief from having made it.
You almost start to laugh at the sheer scope of it, only to be stopped by a very sudden and keen pain emanating from your body. The few guffaws turn into pained coughs instead, and you force yourself on your knees.
"Th-thank goodness… It's over," you groan out without diminishing your grin by one bit. "Is everyone okay?"
There's a flash of red before your eyes from Kishi dropping her transformation, and kneeling right next to you. "I-I am." Her expression shows that she is utterly unamused by the situation. "Y-you, however, a-are not!"
Well, you can't really disagree there? Your everything's at the very least aching from some injury or another. "Eh he heh… yeah, I know," you stammer awkwardly. "Uh, quick cleanses first? And then healing?"
You reach out and pick up the seed next to you with clumsy movements. Comparing it to the size of your hand confirms what you thought previously about its bigger size. You might need to ask about that later.
"Well, allow me to lend a helping hand. The injuries are… well, kind of on me," Mariko pipes in, crouching on your other side to a flash of purple. You nod gratefully at her, and follow suit with your own detransformation. You grab your falling Soul Gem with your free hand, and put it near the seed, motioning for the others to follow.
Tamiko grief: 913/2000
Kishi grief: 494/1300
Mariko grief: 750/1500
Summing it up, you definitely used a lot of magic there, and you're about to use a lot more for the healing. You can't help but hope that the bigger seed means more cleansing as well, because this is going to take up a lot.
"On a count of 3… 2… 1…"
All of you click your Soul Gems against the seed at the same time. All at once all of your worries are drained away, leaving you with a sense of easiness and lightness.
The seed is barely half-filled from that. You're actually impressed by that. Perhaps it was some sort of super witch or something?
"Alright, I'll start healing up now," you announce awkwardly, dropping the seed and transforming again to free up your hands. A white glow covers them as you press them against your stinging face first.
Mariko moves her hand above your shoulder and joins the healing project, while carefully avoiding touching you. Kishi lays her hands on your stomach instead. You can feel the pain leave your body before all the coordinated healing, and after it no longer stings when you move, you ask your friends to stop.
"Alright, I'm good!" You can let the rest heal naturally. "Let's cleanse again, just in case." You pick up the seed once again, and first press it against the Gem on your chest. The relief is not as exhilarating this time, but you didn't have as much of grief pile up from the healing.
Kishi and Mariko take quick rounds, before returning it.
"A-are we done here?" Kishi asks.
"Well, for the most part?" you suggest, smiling brightly. "But first…"
You reach up and bring her into the tight hug you've desperately needed the entire afternoon. And given how worried she always ends up when you're fighting witches, that's probably mutual. "See, I'm here, I'm fine, we're all fine!"
Kishi groans in response, but still hugs you back.
"...O-one of these days," Kishi mutters quietly. "I-I'll have to get a personal hamster ball for you..."
"Uh, that's a bit excessive, don't you think?" you ask worriedly. You know you're not too good at the whole self-preservation thing, but it can't be that bad?
"N-no."
"Say, it's a nice weather out here? What do you think?" A bit red Mariko interrupts you, and coughs into her fist. She looks very awkward, the way she just stands there and fails to ignore you. "I really hate to break the moment, but… You know."
You don't. But you can guess that looking at you is awkward from the side. Maybe you should have hugged her too? She really needs a lot of those.
"Uh, right," you wave back airily, letting go of Kishi. "We should probably get going, and…" You pause for a moment as you remember the grief seed still cradled in your hand. "Actually, before we do anything, have you ever seen a seed like this? Is it just me, or is it much bigger than usually?"
Kishi gives the trinket a long, hard look. She's frowning. "N-no, I don't think I-" she shakes her head. "I-it's a grief seed, I think. B-but I haven't run into different ones before."
"Ditto," Mariko agrees with a shrug of her shoulders. "Maybe ask the adults?"
"That's probably the best bet," you say, putting it away for now and rising to stand. You're going to sleep well tonight. "So, how about we just get going? I mean, uncle's making dinner if you'd like?"
There are no objections to this, and you're soon roof-hopping your way back to your apartment after a long, tiring day. The sight of the empty stairwell is a welcome one, and at the door you're already greeted by the seeping aroma of the precious, precious dinner.
Inside, you're greeted by the warmth of your well-lit home, and the sounds of your uncle working in the kitchen. However, the sight of your room's door being open, and the sight of Mariko's sports bag there reminds you that it's also supposed to be a welcome party of sorts for her.
The question is, how are you going to break everything to Kishi? Or should you maybe try and hide-
"Oh, welcome back!" Your uncle greets you out of nowhere. "How did it go?"
What do you do?
[] Let it be, just have a normal dinner without breaking any news.
-[] Talk with uncle
-[] Talk with your friends.
[] Better break it early. Keeping things like this is a great way to shatter trust.
[] Write-in.
===
Currently in limbo:
Liselotte - 3342/4500
UbeOne
Daydreaming CPU
- Location
- Philippines
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Kishi is our Homura now. :lol
- Location
- Earth
Okay, it is finally over...
I think we all agree that not saying it now will make it awkward later. Let me just look through my notes to pick out where I put the proto-vote I made for dinner several weeks ago...
With Kishi actually at the table, I have to change a few things up...
[X] Tell Uncle that things went... less good than you expected; your first Witch was somehow under water and you had to ask Miss Cathy to take over
-[X] The other one was... stronger than any you saw before, except maybe that weird ship-monster
--[X] Ask about the larger-than-normal Grief Seed and show it to Uncle; something is obviously off about it
[X] Have dinner
---[X] You two will go to school together and Kishi might get weird ideas if you said nothing about her staying at your place
----[X] But you do not know how much Mariko would want to tell her
----[X] So... maybe she should think about that?
--[X] Aside from that, you were thinking that Ariane's father is rather... "protective" of her
---[X] You are not sure, but you yourself would not like to be as sheltered as she is
---[X] Ask Uncle whether you should bring this up next time you see Ariane's father, or if he could talk to him about that
----[X] "Actually... thinking about it, wouldn't it be actually dangerous to restrict a Magical Girl's movement like that?"
This is what I came up with. I think it should still include everything important we have to do right now, not counting homework.
I think we all agree that not saying it now will make it awkward later. Let me just look through my notes to pick out where I put the proto-vote I made for dinner several weeks ago...
With Kishi actually at the table, I have to change a few things up...
[X] Tell Uncle that things went... less good than you expected; your first Witch was somehow under water and you had to ask Miss Cathy to take over
-[X] The other one was... stronger than any you saw before, except maybe that weird ship-monster
--[X] Ask about the larger-than-normal Grief Seed and show it to Uncle; something is obviously off about it
[X] Have dinner
-[X] Talk with everyone
--[X] you want to call Kimiko after your homework is done
---[X] If Mariko or Kishi ask, tell them as much as you are comfortable with
--[X] Talk to Mariko via telepathy--[X] you want to call Kimiko after your homework is done
---[X] If Mariko or Kishi ask, tell them as much as you are comfortable with
---[X] You two will go to school together and Kishi might get weird ideas if you said nothing about her staying at your place
----[X] But you do not know how much Mariko would want to tell her
----[X] So... maybe she should think about that?
--[X] Aside from that, you were thinking that Ariane's father is rather... "protective" of her
---[X] You are not sure, but you yourself would not like to be as sheltered as she is
---[X] Ask Uncle whether you should bring this up next time you see Ariane's father, or if he could talk to him about that
----[X] "Actually... thinking about it, wouldn't it be actually dangerous to restrict a Magical Girl's movement like that?"
This is what I came up with. I think it should still include everything important we have to do right now, not counting homework.
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Muramasa
Best Girl
[] Have a peaceful dinner. Talk to Kishi about it afterwards. A short, omitted version for now. Kishi should understand and respect others privacy.
Don't have time to construct a vote but-
Kishi deserves an explanation before she leaves but it's not her place to know the extent of Mariko's problems.
@Naron
Wait no what are you doing stahp
Don't have time to construct a vote but-
Kishi deserves an explanation before she leaves but it's not her place to know the extent of Mariko's problems.
@Naron
Wait no what are you doing stahp
- Location
- Earth
Muramasa
Best Girl
The breaking it early part is bad. Giving a (modified) explanation before she leaves is okay. Breaking it right now? No.
- Location
- Earth
Wait a second... those standard options were about Mariko's living arrangements?
I thought that is about telling Uncle about the Witch.
Let me change that around real quick.
Edit: Okay, changed it to what I actually meant with the first part.
The decision of telling Kishi should lie with Mariko, though... so I want her to make that step, especially because it shows our trust in her to do this right.
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- Location
- Ural, Russia, Earth
OMG.
On the one hand, I think it's kinda too much for a dinner after really long day.
On the other hand, we failed to bring up the subject of Kimiko for how long already and Kishi-Mariko discussion is pretty urgent.
Additionally, I want to either contact Cathy to inform her that we returned to home with kinda victory or ask uncle to contact her.
[X] Naron
- Location
- Earth
Well... it probably is. Although these are just a handful of topics and eating dinner does take a small while.
Also yes, some stuff is urgent and the rest was pushed back far too often already. As for Cathy however... I think she will call Uncle anyway, or he will call her about it.
DrZiztah
Mumu
- Location
- Europa
I'm going to give a fair warning before-hand here. The vote in abeyance is going to be a long one with so many heavy individual topics crammed together into a single vote. You might want to prioritize things in case things go off-rails?
- Location
- Earth
The problem is that all of those are important. I think I will just change the order to put the telepathic communication before talking about Ariane because it is more urgent, then I have them sorted by order of importance anyway.
Thebigpieman
I've got this, I think.
- Location
- United States
Big votes scare me, I'll let others handle this?
Nolrai
weak to fangs
- Location
- Porltand
DrZiztah
Mumu
- Location
- Europa
The Kimiko thing, do we have to have Mariko or Kishi around?
I know its we know their secret and they should know ours, it just feel more raw since its still happening while the others' event are recent but there's distance from it, that its in the past their peak emotional intensity so when they reveal it to Tamiko their pain fade a bit.
Having the audience there would increase it even if they can provide physical support, this is between Tamiko and Kimiko in that moment.
Would be better to drop that topic, not the phone call.
- Location
- Earth
Good point; I dropped the parts about them sitting in.
Telling them if they ask should be fine, though.