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Puella Magi - Memento Mori (PMMM quest)

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[] Drop the illusion and reveal the fact that you are actually one of Ariane's independent dream constructs.
-[] So's Kimiko.
--[] Actually, everyone is.
 
AH YES, IT IS INDEED THAT TIME OF THE YEAR!

[MOE] FOOL! I WAS FORGED BY HUGS!
-[MOE] Grab her, suphug her into the ground.
 
DrZiztah said:
she has noticeable dark rings around her baggy eyes. She seems awfully skinny too underneath the shirt.
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...Welp.

[] Hug her.
-[] Hug tighter.
--[] Berate her she doesn't take care of herself.
---[] Continue to hug.
----[] Never let her go.
-----[] Introduce her to your new lil' sis Mariko! Isn't she adorable?

Consider it a rough draft of our actions when we meet Kimiko for real.
 
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Chapter 2 - Tutelage V2 10
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    • [X] "I'm nervous. I'm really really nervous!"
    -[X] "But... I can't help but feel a little excited to see Kimiko again."
    -[X] "I want to see her again, I want reconnect with her. She's my sister after all, it's a chance I have to take."
    [X] "Also, now I'm pretty nervous because you said Tokyo is a bad place. Do you mean there is too many Witches there? Or that there is bad magical girls?
    -[X] "Kishi warned me they exist, but all the magical girls I met so far was friendly..."

    You cast your gaze down n as you attempt to make sense of your feelings. It's not the easiest of topics for you even on other days, and now that you're so close to meeting with your sister… You can't quite put it all into words that would do it justice. But at the same time, perhaps speaking out something might help squash the butterflies in your stomach.

    "I… I guess I'm nervous," you begin quietly, hoping to let the momentum of speech carry you forward from there. Your voice begins to rise as you follow up with more. "I'm really, really nervous! But…"

    You draw in a deep breath, and look up again. Your eyes are shining now. "I can't help but feel excited too! To be able to see Kimiko again," you exclaim with increasing determination. "I want to see her again, I want to reconnect with her. There's just so much I want to tell her, and do with her. She's my sister after all, it's a chance I have to take."

    Your aunt nods along quietly, prodding you to go on and let it go while you still can. It reminds you of something else on your chest, and something you need to make clear.

    "And… Also, I think I'm pretty nervous? You told me that Tokyo is a bad place," you say, dragging on the sentence unsurely. "Do you mean there are too many witches there? Or are there so many bad Magical Girls?"

    You've actually talked about this before, about how there are no bad Magical Girls as much as desperate ones. But at the same time, you know full well how bad people can be even without magic. And desperation makes people dangerous. "Kishi has warned me several times that they exist, but all I've met have been friendly so far."

    Your aunt sighs. "You've simply gotten lucky, and that's good. But it's not something you can trust to keep happening, given how reality can be." You bite your lips as she goes on. "Remember when I told you how it's like gambling? Well, the big cities are the worst, as the competition is usually harsh in all of them with the amount of very experienced Magical Girls to hunt down the witches... as quickly as they appear."

    Your aunt takes a momentary pause to think. She's frowning heavily. "Well, sufficient to say, just being a Magical Girl there is enough to paint a bright target on your back, and someone will come down on you if given a chance. Tokyo is one of those places where you don't want to play with your chances if you run across a Magical Girl."

    You nod along with reluctance and hesitation, but inside you're once again wondering about everything. Why can't everyone just get along? Why can't everyone just be friends with each other? "Is it even safe to go there at all?"

    "Not as safe as simply staying here,"     your aunt answers you. "But that's not exactly an option, is it now?"

    ...No, it's not.

    "Besides, you can get by as long as you avoid exposing yourself as a Magical Girl, or at least don't cause any ruckus. Attacking another unknown Magical Girl is always a risky bet for them. So if you're simply passing through without hunting, they tend to play it safe and let you be."

    "...But we're practicing for the chance that we still end up getting into an encounter with them, aren't we?"     you ask dejectedly.

    "...Yes," your aunt admits with a heavy sigh. "I'll be briefing both you and Mariko together later. But for now, just remember that you should always take the chance to run." The woman frowns again. "Well, this is a very rare time when your curse actually works to your advantage. You're about as safe as it gets if you don't talk with the local Magical Girls."

    Yeah, you can understand where she's coming from. It doesn't stop it from feeling horrible to have anything to do with that.

    "But, well, it's Mariko who's more at risk anyways," she sums it up. "Which is why we're practicing the Veil, and we're going to do it properly. I'm not going to sugarcoat this - should the worst come to pass, having the ability to cloak your friend at hand can save her life."

    What do you do?

    [] Talk more with your aunt.

    [] Move on to the training.

    [] Write-in.

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    Heh, April Fool's over and all :V. The picture and appearance of Kimiko are both legit, though.
     
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    • A reminder about what Star Veil is:
    DrZiztah said:
    You focus on the lines of the shield again, telling them to spin. The familiar winds pick up around you again as you gather the generated energy and direct it towards the map. You're only somewhat surprised to realize that it's a valid pathway for the white light that now brightly shines through the carvings.

    Something expands from the shield, once you hit the needed threshold: half of your maximum capacity. Suddenly it's all around you, a sphere with a radius of maybe about three meters, centered off of your shield and slowly, almost unnoticeably, shrinking back to you... You're surrounded by some sort of translucent, dark bubble adorned with complex and breathtaking weaving of the starry night sky.

    You wouldn't be able to see that in such detail in the city!

    So you gaze at the dome with wide eyes, marveling at the intricate and lifelike designs while the walls of velvet close on you. Magic is so amazing…

    'T-Tamiko? Wh-where are you? Where did you go?'

    You're snapped out of your daze by the sound of Kishi's obviously worried voice in your head. What is she even talking about? You're right there, and you can even see her through the veil, looking at your general direction! Her gaze seems to travel around a lot, you'd guess from the movements of her head.

    'But I didn't go anywhere?' you send a message back to her in bemusement and wave your right hand wildly in the air. 'I'm right here in front of you, gazing at the stars I just made! Don't you think they look awesome?'

    'W-what?'     Kishi send back to you, sounding even more worried than before. She takes a few aimless steps, unsure where she should be even going. 'T-Tamiko, you're not making any sense… I-I can't see any stars.'

    So she... can't see you then? You frown and look up at the star-filled veil before your eyes. That's a very strange power you have there, embedded on the surface of your shield.

    However, you can think more about this later. Right now, you probably shouldn't cause your friends to worry about you so much.

    You step forward, and immediately the bubble around you shrinks noticeably. Your raise your eyebrow and take another step, once more causing the bubble to shrink enough for the roof to almost touch your head.

    Guess it doesn't mix well with movement? That's one way of dispelling your stars, you suppose, even if you seem to have enough instinctual understanding of this to know how to unveil it without just walking off. Maybe it will become handy some day, who knows?
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    Tl;dr: it give us invisibility or SEP-field, but we need to stand still. Two steps, and it dissipates.

    So, if some meguca decides to attack Mariko and we activate Star Veil, we'll be sitting ducks if the meguca decides to take some pot shots at a place we just were.

    [X] Talk more with your aunt.
    -[X] But I cannot move with Star Veil activated. What happens if a hostile magical girl decides to check the place we just were?
     
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    [X] Talk more with your aunt.
    -[X] But I cannot move with Star Veil activated. What happens if a hostile magical girl decides to check the place we just were?

    Looks like a good idea.
     
    [X] Talk more with your aunt.
    -[X] But I cannot move with Star Veil activated. What happens if a hostile magical girl decides to check the place we just were?
     
    Shaseyu said:
    A reminder about what Star Veil is:

    Tl;dr: it give us invisibility or SEP-field, but we need to stand still. Two steps, and it dissipates.

    So, if some meguca decides to attack Mariko and we activate Star Veil, we'll be sitting ducks if the meguca decides to take some pot shots at a place we just were.
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    Well, I mean, I hear there's this thing called practice? Apparently it can be eaten or something to make your skills better and other magical stuff like that :V
     
    Not been in the best mental space lately so I'm not great for planning, and the current vote looks fine to me so

    [X] Talk more with your aunt.
    -[X] But I cannot move with Star Veil activated. What happens if a hostile magical girl decides to check the place we just were?
     
    [X] Talk more with your aunt.
    -[X] But I cannot move with Star Veil activated. What happens if a hostile magical girl decides to check the place we just were?
     
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    • [X] Talk more with your aunt.
    -[X] But I cannot move with Star Veil activated. What happens if a hostile magical girl decides to check the place we just were?

    "But, auntie," you ask, confused and worried in equal measure. You know that the Star Veil has some glaring flaws, pretty visual effects aside, which you can't just ignore. But at the same time, the very idea of keeping your friends less safe than they could be is unthinkable. "How would Star Veil help with that?"

    Before the woman can retort, you rush to explain your worries and reasoning. "I mean, I cannot move with the Star Veil activated. It dissipates too fast. What happens if a… hostile Magical Girl-" the words leave your mouth tasting like ash. "-decides to just check the place we just were in?"

    Your aunt gives you a look, caught somewhere between amusement and incredulity. You're taken aback by the strange expression, and immediately go on the defensive. "What? That's how it works. Right?" You bite your lips, suddenly unsure. "Right?"

    "Well, that one's true, yes,"     your aunt allows, while scratching her head. "And you've pretty accurately described the problem with that application of your magic as well, the lack of much needed mobility. You need every possible option to the latter half of fight or flight. Fighting in Tokyo is a bad idea."

    Oh, so you're vindicated then?

    "Which is why we're going to be working on it right here, right now," your aunt proclaims, and raises her eyebrows as her eyes linger on you. "You didn't forget that we came here for training, did you?"

    "Err, no?"     Maybe for a teeny-weeny bit? You admit nothing!

    "Well, regardless, that's what we're going to do, get your Star Veil as far as we possibly can. I trust that you understand full well why I also want you to put everything you have, even more so than all those times before, into this," she says.

    And you do. You understand it all too well. But...

    "Mariko's going to feel like a burden again when she realizes the reason for this practice," you say in a low voice and bow your head. Your aunt simply nods.

    "Which is why you should probably avoid rubbing it on her face. But at the same time, don't even try to force yourself into pretending it to be anything else," she tells you. "Mariko's a bright girl, she'll figure it out eventually. She can also understand it's because she's cared about, even she might not believe it first."

    For what should be an important and joyous moment in your life, the Tokyo trip is appearing quite glum and depressing on every level today so far.

    "Well, that's a worry for later. Are you ready to begin the training, Tamiko?" your aunt asks you.

    What do you do?

    [] Not yet, talk more with your aunt in private.

    [] Move on to the training, and skip to going back to your friends.
    -[] Talk with your friends.
    -[] Talk with Cathy and auntcle

    [] Write-in.

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    Goddammit, Mariko :V
     
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    • Small talk is decidedly not my thing. Big talk too. What do?

    [:V] Don't talk. Just hug everyone. Actions speak louder than words.

    We need to hunt a Witch or two, but is it wise to do it right after training, especially with Eve, who already feels herself left out?
    To talk about Tokyo dangers is just make Kishi worry unnecessary.
    Discuss newfound abilities? I don't think Kishi will be happy to be compared with Neo or Emerald. :V
    Ask an advice of how to reconnect with long-lost sibling? Eve is the only one who even have a sibling.
     
    Shaseyu said:
    We need to hunt a Witch or two, but is it wise to do it right after training, especially with Eve, who already feels herself left out?
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    I think we should probably do the witch hunting soon if we do it- keeping the night open to potentially call our sis- but do we really need to, need to? I mean adding things up, as long as the first page is updated, we have 3633 points of cleansing left and our Soul Gem only goes up to 2000. I get preparing for the grief dump that Tokyo is going to be, I'm in part concerned that any net loss in our grief accumulation is going to hit us harder. So, if we do, we should probably be very careful about which witches we go after and know when to retreat.

    As for social, hm...

    [X] Move on to the training, and skip to going back to your friends.
    -[X] Talk with your friends.
    -- [X] What have you guys been talking about?
     
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