♐ 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? ]

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[shadow_spread]

Nothing is inevitable. Not your becoming a magical girl, or becoming a witch.

If nothing else, you can always come here.

[bag_has_snapped]

Madoka...?

[Leaving her world? Incubators? What is this all about?]

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[number1112]

Yes, but I'm real now. I think.

Well, I should talk to Reeve about it as it's his world hop device and his world. Do you know him?

[justforyou]

... You sure about this, Oriko? We can't be certain if one of those rats could follow her or she decides she's homesick. If you want to go through with it, I'll support you. I'm not sure but you're smarter than me at this kind of thing.

[justforyou]

Maybe leaving is the best option. I mean. If one of the rats got to you on another world it wouldn't hurt anyone over here. Right?

[No. That's not okay, Kirika. Don't think of this as a fast way to get to Oriko's heart.]

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[croibhristeoir]

Just because someone has the potential to be dangerous does not automatically make them a threat. The fact that you're trying to prevent anyone from getting hurt is proof enough of that.

[reloadfromsave]

Madoka...

[anothersoul]

[Mami is quite annoyed at all these people trying to persuade Madoka off the chosen path. So she types up a very concise statement of what she thinks of all this nonsense.]

Kaname-san. Stop this. It's clear that you're most likely being misled. Akemi-san, as much as I'm sure you'd like to believe otherwise, isn't trustworthy. She gives no answers and no evidence.

This new girl, Mikuni-san, is the same way. Precognition? It's certainly possible but I have my doubts. She certainly has a certain quaility that might make a person want to believe her but, again, she has no proof. You only met her and she's already trying to persuade to move off-world? Frankly, that's hard to believe. I pay attention to the news... As of late the name Mikuni has recently come up. A corrupt politician, if I remember correctly. If Mikuni-san is related to that then it's no wonder she wants to redeem herself in some sort of way.

Both Akemi and Mikuni should mind their own business. This really doesn't concern you, Kaname-san.

Senpai Doesn't Like This Conversation

[anothersoul]

You're Mikuni, yes? The magical girl who can supposedly see the future? [Mami might not have responded to Oriko's intro but she certainly read it.]

I'm Tomoe and I'm wondering why you think you can bully Kaname-san into leaving. If you want less competition simply say so. There's no need for all this cloak and dagger.

Senpai Can Go Hit A Tree

[fortheworld]

[gdamnit]

Being too quick to make assumptions is a flaw, you know?

These matters do not concern you, and will ultimately turn out for your benefit. I am fully aware of who you are; please do not interfere.

[fortheworld]

[-jfsfljk-]

KIRIKA!

[fortheworld]

Do you mind, Miss Tomoe? I do not believe you have any right to comment on my father.

[fortheworld]

She knows what's at stake.

[she sighs]
...And you're right, that's a valid concern.

[stillneedawish]

Ah- Homura-chan.

Um... I know I don't really know you very well, and I'm sorry about that, but do you think maybe we could talk about this whole thing? I think that might be helpful.

[stillneedawish]

Eh?! But if it turns out they can follow me, then that's not really a solution at all! Kirika-san, I can't make another world deal with the same problems as ours!

[stillneedawish]

... Hi, Tsubomi-chan.

This probably all looks a little weird to you, doesn't it?

[bag_has_snapped]

It does... is something wrong? Is it okay if I know?

[It's incredibly over her head, but they were friends, right? She'd want to try to help her in someway!]

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[stillneedawish]

Oh, wow! That's really impressive! Especially using the power of the evil groups for good... I don't think that's what most people would expect a lot of the time.

[stillneedawish]

Ah-- well, I'm already filling in a lot of new people about it tonight anyway, so I guess I might as well since we're already friends, right? Mm, give me a moment just to lock this thread...

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[stillneedawish]

... A lot of this is really scary, and I don't fully understand it all myself, so I'm sorry if my explanation's jumbled or anything. Where do I start... um, well you already know that magical girls exist on my world too. We call them Puella Magi here, and the enemies they fight against are called witches. Witches are... kind of like monsters that cause things like suicides and murders to happen so that they can feed off people's despair. Only, the problem that hardly anyone knows is that sooner or later, unless something happens to them first, all Puella Magi turn into witches.

There's another girl my age, a Puella Magi called Homura, who has power over time, and she keeps rewinding time on our world back every month, so it's only ever been March or April here for... well, for a long time now. I think she's doing it to try and stop something terrible to do with the witches or the magical girl system from happening to me, but... um, well, I don't think it's working, and I can't remember anything from the timelines before this one, anyway. So... basically, what I'm trying to do now is figure out if we could try something new to solve our problem, but I'm not really getting very far.

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[stillneedawish]

That's good. I'm glad to hear it all turned out alright for you in the end.

Mm... I don't think I've ever talked to anyone with that name before, no.

[stillneedawish]

Yes... that seems to be what most people who are trying to help think about it. But then, I've also got people who are trying to get me to make a wish without really knowing what will happen if I mess it up.

I guess that's true, isn't it? Hmm... I do know some pretty smart people, and a lot of them already know about my problem. Maybe if we all got together and talked about it or something... yeah, I'm sure that we could find a solution somehow!

Thanks a lot for talking to me, Miharu-kun. You've really helped, and to be honest, I feel a lot lighter now, somehow. I don't think anyone's really understood it completely before now, even when they've known more about what's going on. So... thanks.

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[bag_has_snapped]

Wha...?!

[She knew about the Puella Magi - she met those like Mami and Oriko. She knew about the witches, but didn't know what they did - it made them sound even worse than the Desertians she faces and she knew the Desert Apostles wouldn't stoop that low to pull something like that.

But, what worries her is that Madoka's been stuck in some sort of time loop because of one person trying to protect her.]

...that's not fair. Not fair at all. You... anyone shouldn't have to deal with something like that! There has to be something we... a-any of us can do!

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[stillneedawish]

Right... they seem to think of everything though. But this is a really good idea, Karen-san! I just need to find the right way to make it work. If I mess up, it'll be awful.

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[stillneedawish]

Mm. You're right. I mean, when you think about all the things that change because of the community being here, I guess it almost seems silly to think of something being inevitable after that.

Oh - are you sure that would that be okay? What's your world like usually, anyway?