GonnaSneeze
Ah...Aaaahh...AAAHHHH...
- Location
- Earth
They're just worried I'd make it freaky cause they know that's how they are.
How lewd, you two.
Hey Mura, is Ugo a tender lover?
How lewd, you two.
Hey Mura, is Ugo a tender lover?
Puella Magi Perditur Systema
- Thread starter Godwinson
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New Beginnings pt. 6
Godwinson
"Well, I've got nothing."
"Not anyone here," you hurry to clarify, looking between the two magical girls, "No-one here is looking to hurt anyone else here. I know that what I've said is hard to believe, but there are quite a few things happening today that need to be fixed, so please hear me out?" As you speak you take a few steps back, so that if things do devolve into a fight, neither of the non-magical girls will be in the line of fire.
There's a long moment of hesitation from Mami, her expression polite, yet suspicious. A far cry from the immediate trust and support that knew, but now isn't the time to dwell on...
Homura remains silent and stoic, and probably ready to gank you from time-stop if you make a wrong move. Meanwhile, Sayaka is staring at you with open disbelief and faint confusion, while Madoka looks expectant. She's the only one who doesn't think you're trying to trick them for something. Then again, it's not like magical girls don't try to trick one another in their struggles for grief seeds.
You decide to speak up, before anyone starts asking questions, "Right, I know, magical girl competition can get nasty and tricky, so I'm going to do something with my magic to show that I don't have that motive."
"What are you talking about?" Sayaka interjects. That's right, she doesn't know about grief seeds yet.
"That's a bit too involved to get into right now," you begin, slowly lifting your hand before you, careful to avoid startling anyone into action, "Suffice to say, magical girls normally come into conflict due to competition for resources."
You manifest your soul-gem in the palm of your hand, and notice that it's a lot murkier than you'd expect from so little magic use. Slightly less than a handful of marbles you'd guess, though that's an outdated measure now. You focus on the light of your soul, contrasted with the grief tainting it. Conscious of the flashes of light that accompanied your previous uses of power, you set yourself to purifying your soul-gem of the grief that's tainting it and exert a slow and steady pressure of a sort. The glow of your soul-gem intensifies, lighting up the alleyway, as the corruption in your soul is purged.
You smile in relief, both from the removal of grief and that your power worked as you hoped it would, "But that's not something I need to do."
Mami and Homura both suck in gasps of surprise at the display and its implications, while Madoka and Sayaka are simply awed at the blatant magic. Kyubey's expressionless eyes seem to gleam disconcertingly in the light of your magic.
When you've finished cleansing your soul-gem, you turn it back into a ring, then look between Homura and Mami.
"I can cleanse soul-gems without ever needing a grief seed," you state somewhat redundantly, "And more importantly, I'll always be able to keep your gems clean too, if you'll let me."
Homura's wide-eyed shock is quickly replaced with her usual mask of detached intensity, while Mami stares, her jaw working soundlessly for a moment.
"I... that's amazing, Sabrina!"
Something about that causes your mind to flash back to an evening at home with Mami, cooking dinner together, as you play music in the background. A fresh stab of grief twists in your chest at the loss of it. All because you failed.
You swallow, and push aside the emotions again, though something must have showed through, because you're getting strange looks from the others. Well, not Homura, who is simply staring at you fixedly.
"Right, so, the witch that was here isn't a problem, but the one you guys encountered at the mall is still around, and that one likes to have people jump off buildings," you say, hurried changing subjects and getting back to the mission, "Mam-- um, Miss Tomoe, you were planning on hunting it with Sayaka and Madoka, to show them what it's like, right?"
Mami seems somewhat caught off guard, and gives a slight nod, "That's correct."
"Last time, the rose-bush witch was off over in the old industrial area, on the other side of the bridge. We got there near sunset, but it was too late to save the woman she'd most recently Witch Kissed. You enchanted the bat that Sayaka's carrying in her bag," you nod toward the bag slung over Sayaka's shoulder, "So she could protect herself and Madoka from opportunistic familiars..."
Trailing off, you quickly think through other events. Oriko being foremost among them. She arranged quite a bit in so short a time, and if you're not mistaken, she hasn't yet contracted.
"There are a couple of other girls who, uh, caused some pretty serious problems before. We worked together to stop them, but I think it'd be better if I went to talk them out of it before they start, because they're not bad, they're just really misguided."
No-one seems to know how to react to your fairly rapid-fire rambling. Right, this has to seem pretty damn strange to all of them.
"I've got a lot that I need to change today, and I know this is a bit much to take in, so if you want to take a minute to think, there are a few things I need to talk to Homura about," you glance over at Homura, "In private?"
Homura's eyes narrow fractionally, "Very well."
You look back over at the others to see that Sayaka is clearly unhappy about you looking to go off for a private conversation with the transfer student, and Mami's eyes are back to her half-lidded cool meguca veteran gaze.
"It is somewhat hard to believe, Sabrina," Mami comments, her tone as cool and in-charge as her expression.
You expected you'd have to prove it to everyone. Most people don't expect to suddenly meet a time-traveler, after all. So you think about what you know about Mami, things that only her friends would know...
"You attend Mitakihara Middle School, where you used to be in the archery club. You like video games, particularly Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon. Your cooking is amazing, and you like making Italian food and cakes," your voice wobbles a bit, happy recollection warring with raw grief, "You're absolutely not a morning person, so you use magic to style your hair each morning, and you made up your own theme song that you hum to yourself while you cook--"
You cut yourself off, tears burning in your eyes and choking in your throat, while your heart feels like it's being ripped out of you. Your eyes have dropped from looking at the others, because it hurts too much.
"I," you swallow, and try to keep your voice steady, "I'm going to talk to Homura now."
You turn and almost hurry away down the alley past Homura, trying not to think about how small your voice sounded. Your hands wipe angrily at your face, because there's no reason for you to be crying, everyone is here and safe and alive and you're going to make sure they stay that way. You come to a stop at the same place Homura had last time you were here, then turn to face her.
Homura is standing about two paces from you, giving you a wary look.
Well, you think to yourself, now I know what if feels like to be Homura...
[] Write-in.
Even if Sabrina doesn't remember it, she's fresh from her worst nightmares made manifest. There's a difference between drawing from her metaknowledge and drawing from what she does remember of the previous timeline.
In further news, yes, this quest is alive again! Blame @Redshirt Army and the wonderful graphic he created for the quest, which is now in the first post.
There's a long moment of hesitation from Mami, her expression polite, yet suspicious. A far cry from the immediate trust and support that knew, but now isn't the time to dwell on...
Homura remains silent and stoic, and probably ready to gank you from time-stop if you make a wrong move. Meanwhile, Sayaka is staring at you with open disbelief and faint confusion, while Madoka looks expectant. She's the only one who doesn't think you're trying to trick them for something. Then again, it's not like magical girls don't try to trick one another in their struggles for grief seeds.
You decide to speak up, before anyone starts asking questions, "Right, I know, magical girl competition can get nasty and tricky, so I'm going to do something with my magic to show that I don't have that motive."
"What are you talking about?" Sayaka interjects. That's right, she doesn't know about grief seeds yet.
"That's a bit too involved to get into right now," you begin, slowly lifting your hand before you, careful to avoid startling anyone into action, "Suffice to say, magical girls normally come into conflict due to competition for resources."
You manifest your soul-gem in the palm of your hand, and notice that it's a lot murkier than you'd expect from so little magic use. Slightly less than a handful of marbles you'd guess, though that's an outdated measure now. You focus on the light of your soul, contrasted with the grief tainting it. Conscious of the flashes of light that accompanied your previous uses of power, you set yourself to purifying your soul-gem of the grief that's tainting it and exert a slow and steady pressure of a sort. The glow of your soul-gem intensifies, lighting up the alleyway, as the corruption in your soul is purged.
You smile in relief, both from the removal of grief and that your power worked as you hoped it would, "But that's not something I need to do."
Mami and Homura both suck in gasps of surprise at the display and its implications, while Madoka and Sayaka are simply awed at the blatant magic. Kyubey's expressionless eyes seem to gleam disconcertingly in the light of your magic.
When you've finished cleansing your soul-gem, you turn it back into a ring, then look between Homura and Mami.
"I can cleanse soul-gems without ever needing a grief seed," you state somewhat redundantly, "And more importantly, I'll always be able to keep your gems clean too, if you'll let me."
Homura's wide-eyed shock is quickly replaced with her usual mask of detached intensity, while Mami stares, her jaw working soundlessly for a moment.
"I... that's amazing, Sabrina!"
Something about that causes your mind to flash back to an evening at home with Mami, cooking dinner together, as you play music in the background. A fresh stab of grief twists in your chest at the loss of it. All because you failed.
You swallow, and push aside the emotions again, though something must have showed through, because you're getting strange looks from the others. Well, not Homura, who is simply staring at you fixedly.
"Right, so, the witch that was here isn't a problem, but the one you guys encountered at the mall is still around, and that one likes to have people jump off buildings," you say, hurried changing subjects and getting back to the mission, "Mam-- um, Miss Tomoe, you were planning on hunting it with Sayaka and Madoka, to show them what it's like, right?"
Mami seems somewhat caught off guard, and gives a slight nod, "That's correct."
"Last time, the rose-bush witch was off over in the old industrial area, on the other side of the bridge. We got there near sunset, but it was too late to save the woman she'd most recently Witch Kissed. You enchanted the bat that Sayaka's carrying in her bag," you nod toward the bag slung over Sayaka's shoulder, "So she could protect herself and Madoka from opportunistic familiars..."
Trailing off, you quickly think through other events. Oriko being foremost among them. She arranged quite a bit in so short a time, and if you're not mistaken, she hasn't yet contracted.
"There are a couple of other girls who, uh, caused some pretty serious problems before. We worked together to stop them, but I think it'd be better if I went to talk them out of it before they start, because they're not bad, they're just really misguided."
No-one seems to know how to react to your fairly rapid-fire rambling. Right, this has to seem pretty damn strange to all of them.
"I've got a lot that I need to change today, and I know this is a bit much to take in, so if you want to take a minute to think, there are a few things I need to talk to Homura about," you glance over at Homura, "In private?"
Homura's eyes narrow fractionally, "Very well."
You look back over at the others to see that Sayaka is clearly unhappy about you looking to go off for a private conversation with the transfer student, and Mami's eyes are back to her half-lidded cool meguca veteran gaze.
"It is somewhat hard to believe, Sabrina," Mami comments, her tone as cool and in-charge as her expression.
You expected you'd have to prove it to everyone. Most people don't expect to suddenly meet a time-traveler, after all. So you think about what you know about Mami, things that only her friends would know...
"You attend Mitakihara Middle School, where you used to be in the archery club. You like video games, particularly Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon. Your cooking is amazing, and you like making Italian food and cakes," your voice wobbles a bit, happy recollection warring with raw grief, "You're absolutely not a morning person, so you use magic to style your hair each morning, and you made up your own theme song that you hum to yourself while you cook--"
You cut yourself off, tears burning in your eyes and choking in your throat, while your heart feels like it's being ripped out of you. Your eyes have dropped from looking at the others, because it hurts too much.
"I," you swallow, and try to keep your voice steady, "I'm going to talk to Homura now."
You turn and almost hurry away down the alley past Homura, trying not to think about how small your voice sounded. Your hands wipe angrily at your face, because there's no reason for you to be crying, everyone is here and safe and alive and you're going to make sure they stay that way. You come to a stop at the same place Homura had last time you were here, then turn to face her.
Homura is standing about two paces from you, giving you a wary look.
Well, you think to yourself, now I know what if feels like to be Homura...
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[] Write-in.
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Even if Sabrina doesn't remember it, she's fresh from her worst nightmares made manifest. There's a difference between drawing from her metaknowledge and drawing from what she does remember of the previous timeline.
In further news, yes, this quest is alive again! Blame @Redshirt Army and the wonderful graphic he created for the quest, which is now in the first post.
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Onmur
Archangel of Nutella.
[Q] Make a Chibi Brina so you can hug yourself and pretend to feel comfort.
-[Q] Oh wait you can't do that anymore.
--[Q] Despair.
Well, time to tell Homura this timeline's fuckup up and no matter how much firepower she brings to Walpurgis, it's not enough 'cause we've got a bigger boogeymonster to worry about now.
And apologize to her for having failed her already after all the reassurances, even if she doesn't remember.
... Or better just concentrate on getting some trust out of her somehow.
-[Q] Oh wait you can't do that anymore.
--[Q] Despair.
Well, time to tell Homura this timeline's fuckup up and no matter how much firepower she brings to Walpurgis, it's not enough 'cause we've got a bigger boogeymonster to worry about now.
And apologize to her for having failed her already after all the reassurances, even if she doesn't remember.
... Or better just concentrate on getting some trust out of her somehow.
AuraTwilight
The Sorcerer of Smiles
- Location
- The Silver City
[x] "Homura, can you...assure our privacy?" Insinuate you know about her Time Stop without saying it outright.
[x] "I...don't know how to say this. We were friends. I... I don't remember what happened to send me back, but I know everything about what YOU went through, and... This is MY first time having to see someone you know but they don't know you and--"
-[x] Suppress tears, and urges to hug Homura. Fail to suppress the obvious desire to do the latter.
[x] "Homura...you and Mami are my best friends in the whole world. I wanted last time to be the last loop, and you believed me and...I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. That's the one promise I wanted to hold onto more than anything...but I won't stop trying. I will not let you go back to being alone in this. We WILL change her fate. I want to help you...and I need your help, too."
[x] Answer any questions Homura might have, except for Potentialbomb shit? Additionally make sure to mention your accomplishments from last time, to keep both your spirits up. Mostly yours.
[x] "I...don't know how to say this. We were friends. I... I don't remember what happened to send me back, but I know everything about what YOU went through, and... This is MY first time having to see someone you know but they don't know you and--"
-[x] Suppress tears, and urges to hug Homura. Fail to suppress the obvious desire to do the latter.
[x] "Homura...you and Mami are my best friends in the whole world. I wanted last time to be the last loop, and you believed me and...I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. That's the one promise I wanted to hold onto more than anything...but I won't stop trying. I will not let you go back to being alone in this. We WILL change her fate. I want to help you...and I need your help, too."
[x] Answer any questions Homura might have, except for Potentialbomb shit? Additionally make sure to mention your accomplishments from last time, to keep both your spirits up. Mostly yours.
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- ⇙
Nice.
So fill Homura in on everything and then prevent the whole Oriko situation?
So fill Homura in on everything and then prevent the whole Oriko situation?
RagnorakTres
Technically Correct
- Location
- A Rolled Up Sidewalk Somewhere South Of Toledo, OH
- Pronouns
- Any/All
She knows that look. She already believes us.
I could tentatively vote for Aura's plan, though I'd need to put some more thought into it, and I'm cooking right now so I can't. So I'll come back and vote later when I'm not distracted.
Onmur
Archangel of Nutella.
Brina's on an emotional high, so...
[] Apologize. You failed her, despite all your promises. Get it all off your chest, but mind Homura; don't try to hug her or anything that'd put her off.
-[] You've no clue how she does this every time. You'll just have to make good on your promises and make sure this loop is the last.
[] You've decided to be fully honest this time around. Every secret you kept ended up hurting you, after all.
-[] Ask Homura to please use her power to ensure our privacy. There's quite a few things she needs to know.
-[] Tell Homura about the progress you had made last time: You know how to get goodwill from quite a few Magical Girls you want to help, so you should get plenty of allies for Walpurgisnacht; you might take a trip out of the city soon.
-[] Now, ask Homura to not panic and let you explain, but the Magical Girls you said caused trouble, that you want to find and talk them out of it right now before they cause trouble... are Oriko and Kirika.
Bringin up O&K will be... difficult, to say the least.
Thinking.
[] Apologize. You failed her, despite all your promises. Get it all off your chest, but mind Homura; don't try to hug her or anything that'd put her off.
-[] You've no clue how she does this every time. You'll just have to make good on your promises and make sure this loop is the last.
[] You've decided to be fully honest this time around. Every secret you kept ended up hurting you, after all.
-[] Ask Homura to please use her power to ensure our privacy. There's quite a few things she needs to know.
-[] Tell Homura about the progress you had made last time: You know how to get goodwill from quite a few Magical Girls you want to help, so you should get plenty of allies for Walpurgisnacht; you might take a trip out of the city soon.
Bringin up O&K will be... difficult, to say the least.
Thinking.
Xexilf
Oblivion Sempiternum Daemonis
Problem i see is if the name "Oriko" is mentioned at any point, Homura may just jump to Murder as a simple solution.
Also, before we do any long-term planning, we need to figure out what exactly our power will do to witches, and what we can do with that.
One more thing we should take into account also is that were likely far less a combat powerhouse than we were last loop, for now, at least. Any of the more ruthless PMs learning of our power may decide to do some forceful recruiting.
Also, before we do any long-term planning, we need to figure out what exactly our power will do to witches, and what we can do with that.
One more thing we should take into account also is that were likely far less a combat powerhouse than we were last loop, for now, at least. Any of the more ruthless PMs learning of our power may decide to do some forceful recruiting.
Godwinson
"Well, I've got nothing."
This update was difficult to write on multiple levels, especially the end of it.oh look is it feels-o-clock already?
Muramasa
Best Girl
We know where her home is. We suspect she'd be right there on the verge of contracting.
Onmur
Archangel of Nutella.
But if she isn't at her home, we could miss the chance to stop her Contract.
We should probably have Homu tail KB, I think, in case we miss Oriko.
It was after the Gertrud fight. We should have some time, if everything happens as before, but better if we get to Oriko ASAP.
...
Also, we should remember to tell Homura about trust 1.0: Recognizing peace offerings and accepting them when Mami tries to make friends with you.
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Dragontrapper
Homeless Draconis
- Location
- A Tower in the middle of nowhere
[x]AuraTwilight
This has been a VERY good week for me, it seems...
This has been a VERY good week for me, it seems...
LostDeviljho
Flame Dragon Princess
- Location
- The glorious Pacific Northwest
- Pronouns
- Any
You participate the Mami Quest thread, this shouldn't surprise you.
Aranfan
Team Plasma Grunt
SV doesn't have all that great self-esteem, who knew?
Onmur
Archangel of Nutella.
... Why?
LostDeviljho
Flame Dragon Princess
- Location
- The glorious Pacific Northwest
- Pronouns
- Any
Higure
Witch of Faith
- Location
- The Golden Land
@Godwinson Do we get to know what actually made us loop? Feathers Boss? Mami Death? Mami Witchout? Walpurgisnacht? Homucifer? I know you don't want to give specifics, but we need something if we want to correct mistakes.