♐ April 14th [ video of sorts; stalker community is in ur computers ]

[stillneedawish]

[ what you can see isn't a room or even a street, as is the community's usual ways with its privacy invasions; no, instead you're getting the view of... a word document? whatever's on Madoka's computer screen tonight, it's clear the community thinks it should be seen and has helpfully activated a skype-esque screen-sharing function to that effect. ]

- leave the city?
↳ I can't leave the others behind
↳ what about Mama Papa and Tatsuya?
↳ if they're in this city they're probably in other cities as well

- escape to another world until after April?
↳ no Incubators (I don't think they can world-hop?)
↳ cons: see above
↳ that's so obvious I bet Homura-chan already tried it anyway

- use my wish to outsmart them somehow? |

[ there's a long silence with only the blinking of the cursor after that sentence appears, and then Madoka's voice can be heard mumbling "I'm nowhere near smart enough for that," before she promptly deletes it.

talk to her? ]

Comments

[answerer_sword]

It depends. What sort of loophole?

[Lawful neutral people are the best at looking for loopholes. However, most of the time, Bazett was happy to follow her orders to the letter.]

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[stillneedawish]

Right... well, according to another Puella Magi who can see the future, if I contracted then I'd end up as such a powerful witch that... I-I'd destroy the entire world within a few days.

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[oceanicbutterfly]

I see. So it's all their game, so to speak. They write the rules, and they'll set things up so you can't win. [Man, does that sentence stir up some bad memories.]

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[stillneedawish]

Right. I'll keep that in mind.

Oh! Then we really are in a similar position! Maybe he should start keeping a notebook like me, hehe. But um, I guess you're right. I don't think even someone strong enough to be called a Destroyer of Worlds would be much use at something that's got a lot to do with rewinding time.

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[shadow_spread]

[...oh, Kaname-chan.]

Do you know that all magical girls become witches?

[stillneedawish]

Ah-! [ she's surprised, because that's exactly what it is, but no one else has ever seemed to get that. ] Yes, that's exactly right! That's exactly how I feel! Wow... no one's ever put it so perfectly before.

Ah, um, but anyway... I think you might be right. Or if I don't outsmart it, then I'd have to go somewhere where it wouldn't ever be able to find me.

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[number1112]

To put it in the simplest way, I was a dream.

So you're in a kind of trap...

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[of_many_treasures]

He could do that. It might help considering certain events keep happening, like Shinji Kido becoming Kamen Rider Ryuki in every scenario. And probably not, Tsukasa would need his Complete powers to even stand a chance of winning. If that.

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[stillneedawish]

I think that's more or less how it works, yes. I mean... I've been keeping a tally in my notebook, so that even if I can't remember anything else, I can keep track of how many timelines go by. There's already five marks in there since I first came up with the idea, so... something must keep happening where I don't really have a choice.

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[stillneedawish]

That's what I've heard... unless something happens to them first. [ like dying, for instance. ] It all has to do with the Soul Gem, I think, but I'm not completely sure. Maybe I should ask Homura-chan.

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[stillneedawish]

I'll have to find him and talk about it. Thank you so much for telling me about him.

[omniferous]

[ ... ] I got lucky, I guess.

Leaving sounds good, but if you're making wishes, doesn't that mean that things are happening that you think you need to change? Madoka is probably too kind to run away like that, right? 'Cause it's a problem big enough to break your resolve not to make a wish.

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[shadow_spread]

When...[you explained it in another timeline] it was explained to me before, I heard that it was using too much magic or having too many negative emotions that turned a magical girl into a witch.

There should be some way to avoid that, right?

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[oceanicbutterfly]

What you need is a way to turn things around on them. A loophole in the rules.

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[stillneedawish]

The sort that you might find in a magical contract. Mm... this might take a while to explain properly, and if I did you'd have to promise not to tell anyone else.

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[of_many_treasures]

Any time. It'll probably do him good to connect with someone other than his usual circle of ridiculous Rider friends.

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[stillneedawish]

Oh. Wow.

Basically.

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[stillneedawish]

A loophole... I guess so. That'd be perfect, but I'm not sure where I'd find one.

[stillneedawish]

Hehe, I'll say.

Ah... mm, you're right. Something big is coming, I think. But the problem is that if I don't make exactly the right wish, I'll just end up [ becoming ] creating an even bigger problem. It's like being caught between a rock and a hard place.

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[stillneedawish]

Hehe, right.

Oh, I do have a question, actually. What is a Rider?

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[oceanicbutterfly]

That's the hard part. It's a matter of finding something they can't stop you from doing, because it never occurred to them that you might try.

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[stillneedawish]

Oh... I guess when you put it that way, there should be! Hmm.. I suppose using too much magic wouldn't be a problem if there weren't many witches. But then there'd be less Grief Seeds to clean the gems with as well... oh, unless I just stuck to using Eater-san's cards and the spell that Ven-kun taught me... I don't know.

The way Oriko-san talked about it, she really made it sound inevitable.

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[answerer_sword]

Were you forced into that contract by anyone? And I swear as an Enforcer of the Mages' Association not to disclose this to anyone.

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[of_many_treasures]

A Rider, hmm... an armored hero, male or female who does battle against monsters, evil corporations, the whole nine yards. In short, Japan's longest hero group in our worlds. You could say we're like magical girls, but we often take our powers from the evil groups and use it for good. Like Den-O using the power of Imagin, or W using the power of Gaia Memories.

[omniferous]

And explaining it to the people that don't want you to make a wish is impossible, because they can't understand it. They just want to think that it's not necessary no matter what, even though you know that can't be true.

But if you could get someone who you trust on the community, you might be able to come up with a smart plan together. If you could have as many ideas as possible, there's a chance for the right wish to be somewhere there.