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made up from coding taken from exitvoid and glazedmacguffin

phone | voice mail | text | e-mail | camera

"Hello, you've reached Kaname Madoka! I can't reach my phone right now, so please leave a message!"

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Same drill as always, guys - IC contact post for Madoka! Leave a message or make a phone call, just make sure you put whatever the medium is in the comment subject line!

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( phone call.)

[insensate]

[ he had a hope that perhaps this one would not pick up.

had a hope that this one, perhaps, might be an empty number. another area code he might eliminate calls from. another area he might lodge a block against. (but, they had come in one after another. they had flooded in, in the passing of days. multiplying steadily, slowly. each recorded and each taken down. one at a time. two at a time. three.)

and he had a hope this one would not connect. might, in the coming of hours, reveal another piece of the puzzle. another clue that might help to stop the barrage. to cease the barrage. to cut connect, entirely.)

to escape, with any luck, this place. ]

( phone call.)

[stillneedawish]

[ she picks up, surprised; she doesn't know this number, and it's not often at all she gets calls from people she doesn't know. ]

Ah-- hello? This is Kaname Madoka... can I help you?

( phone call. )

[insensate]

[ -- he had a hope it wouldn't connect again. but, there's almost a heavy pause. a kind of awkward start of words, left in silence. nudged under corners of thought or thought of conversation. the half-sound of something that sounds like leather (gloves?) shifting around the body of the phone. ]

... It's a wrong number. [ and his voice is quiet. boyish. a stark juxtaposition to words. none which he adds to. seems to excuse, in some reflection of manners. seems to separate.

it would be better not to meet more people. it would be better not to --

it would be better, this way. ]

( phone call. )

[stillneedawish]

[ the pause lasts long enough that she almost speaks again to check that there's someone there. but as she opens her mouth, she hears his voice. stops, surprised again at the reply, which is both brusque and yet... not. ]

O-oh, I see. Um, well, there's no harm done! That sort of thing happens all the time, after all.

[voice]

[icantbelievethis]

Happy birthday! Sorry I don't have a good present, but if you ever want to come over here again, takoyaki's on me next time, okay?

[ call! ]

[stillneedawish]

Hi, Nagisa-chan, it's Madoka! I just got your message! But it's not-- oh. Oh, is it that time on the community again already?

[icantbelievethis]

...oh, yeah, the time. Aha... well, anyway, yeah, it's October third here. I remember your birthday because it's a week before mine.

[stillneedawish]

Ehh, really? Maybe we should do something together to celebrate, since they're so close together!

e-mail

[justforyou]

[She figured Madoka would use a similar school address... And replying to the thread on Oriko's post Would Not Be A Good Idea.]

Yo, kouhai. You're a sweet kid and I had hoped Oriko wouldn't say anything to you about certain things. But I guess she thinks a lot about the greater good and stuff so it can't be helped.

Anyway, the thing is? You're the most dangerous person on our world or will be. I'm sure Oriko already explained why--she's pretty smart so I don't think she'd be wrong.

Never contract. Never think about contracting. Hell, to be honest, I don't think that'll be enough. Those rats are pretty clever. That's the problem. Oriko's too kind and too cautious.

We can't be certain you won't contract.

e-mail; reply delayed ICly by several hours

[stillneedawish]

[ when she first reads the email, she looks so scared that Sayaka and Hitomi both ask her what's wrong, and she has to brush it off and laugh when she feels more like crying. then she just leaves it for a long while. whoever Oriko and Kirika are, they've given her a lot to think about. a lot that makes her very scared. the time looping and memory loss, the magical girls, even the truth behind witches she can just about deal with. but being the most dangerous person on their world? being someone other people would want to kill for that even when she hasn't done anything wrong yet? she never asked for this!

it's hours later that she finally sends off a reply. ]

Hi, Kirika-san.

You're right, Oriko-san and me had a talk earlier. And she did tell me everything. About how I'm so dangerous, I mean. If it makes you feel any better, I didn't want to make a contract anyway. I definitely don't now. But you're right about the Incubators being sneaky. And even then, we don't know if something else might happen anyway.

I don't know if you were trying to scare me with this email or not. I hope you weren't, but the truth is that even if you were, there's a lot about all of this that already scares me anyway. The point is that I already said to Oriko-san that if I ever did end up contracting for some reason, then it would be okay for someone else to... to take care of me after I did what I had to and before I became a Witch myself.

That's what you were getting at, right?

e-mail;

[justforyou]

[Kirika answers almost right away. She knows she's probably scaring Madoka--it's not all intentional. The world ending doesn't really phase her. Becoming a witch doesn't matter. Only Oriko does. If Oriko thinks this is important then it's important.]

Guess she thought it might help.

Don't worry, I wasn't. Really? I don't care that much if you contract or not. It's not my business or, rather, I'm only bothering with this because Oriko seems dead set on preventing it. She seems to think about it a lot, y'know?

I mean, sure. If push comes to shove, I'd be willing to agree to that, kouhai. It's fair--something I think Oriko would find important and that way we don't have to worry about all this stuff. Even if the world's going end, I don't think she should have to take on the burden of trying to stop it. What's the point in that? Eh. You don't have to answer that, I'm just rambling.

The thing is that I'm not a very smart person. I'm not good at figuring out complicated things like this. I just think that we should keep this simple; all these 'what if's and back up plans make my head hurt. Maybe you could move to a different world or something.

e-mail;

[stillneedawish]

No, I understand. You care about Oriko-san a lot, and she really does seem like she's thought a lot about trying to stop the world from ending. So it makes sense that you'd care about it, if only for her sake. You want to keep her safe, too.

Move to a different world...? I guess if I did do that and if I was careful enough about it, that could solve things for good, right?

message

[justforyou]

[ring ring. No answer, so Kirika leaves a message.]

Hey, kouhai! Was thinking we could do something together. Like the mall, yeah? I mean. I'm still your senpai after all and Oriko wants everything to be friendly.

[ call ]

[stillneedawish]

[ Madoka isn't sure what to think at first when she gets this message. the more she talks about things over the community, the more things stay clearer when things reset. at least, she remembers Kirika; probably because they're not from the same timeline. she isn't sure if she can trust the other girl, exactly... and to be honest, she still scares her a little. but if she's trying to be friendly and make a peace offering, it can't hurt, can it...? ]

Hi, Kirika-san, it's Madoka. I got your message, and well, I guess there can't be any harm in it, right?

[ call ]

[justforyou]

[She sounds cheerful enough. If anything, she understands that Madoka's a little scared of her and is offering a compromise: a crowded place.]

I mean, you like the mall? Right?

( text. )

[dualer]

madoka-san, you said to tell you if anything weird happens, right?

( text. )

[stillneedawish]

yes, but... does this mean that something did happen?

( text. | 1/2 )

[dualer]

i don't know. i haven't told anyone else about this yet, and i'm worried that even you're going to think i'm weird or crazy, but i thought that maybe it would be okay to say something to you because of the community and everything

( text. | 2/2 )

[dualer]

[ he takes a deep breath and just forces out what he has to admit before he can chicken out. ]

for a few weeks now, i've been having black outs. there are gaps in my memory and i don't know what's going on.

( text. )

[dualer]

[ there is an attached image that comes through first: a scrap of paper with a simple "hello" written on it in small, round handwriting. below that is another "hello", but the penmanship is different - it's sharper, bolder; larger, and not as neat. a text follows the image. ]

what do i do?

( text. )

[stillneedawish]

[ so they were right after all.

oh. ]

i guess you write something else back and see if he replies again, maybe...? what sort of things do you want to say to him?

[dualer]

i don't know... is it really safe to talk to him? what if i make him angry?

[ being terrified of something that lives inside of you is really terrible. ]

[text]

[fugal]

Hey, Madoka! Do you want to go to a movie or the park or something this weekend?

[text]

[stillneedawish]

i'd love to! the weather's been great lately, huh? do you have anywhere in mind?

[text]

[fugal]

Not really, I just thought we should spend some time out. What would you like?

[you can thank Usagi for this, Madoka]