♐ 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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[fortheworld]

Miss Kaname... are we even on the same timeline?

[stillneedawish]

Ah-!

Actually... I don't have any idea.

[fortheworld]

[...Oriko slumps, feeling genuinely tired]

Convincing you may have meant nothing at all...

[stillneedawish]

[ oh nooooo ]

... There's still hope though, right? I mean, even if that's true, and there's another Madoka you have to talk to, she's still me. So she'll probably try to work with you if she has things explained to her, too.

[fortheworld]

It's not that simple, you know. There are reasons I cannot simply walk up to her in the street.

If you could lock this thread, I can explain further.

[ locked ]

[stillneedawish]

Right... okay, I locked it. It's just us now.

So why couldn't you talk to the other me?

[fortheworld]

Thank you. I'm afraid I'm under something of a gagging order to keep the nature of things from Miss Tomoe.

...Who is, indeed, the primary reason I cannot contact her in a simple manner.

[stillneedawish]

No, I understand. For some reason, I think it might be a bad idea to tell her the truth, unless it was done really tactfully or something.

So... your version of Mami-san is stopping you for some reason?

[fortheworld]

She would stop me on principle. All Puella Magi are essentially rivals over the Grief Seeds... she'd think I was trying to keep you from contracting just to keep out the competition.

She honestly thinks the contract is a good thing. It's as if she just doesn't think.

And... forgive me for saying it, but you, if uninformed, would always listen to her judgement over mine. It is the same as with Miss Akemi.

[stillneedawish]

Right... that makes sense. I think she's mentioned something like that before, actually. But I guess if you don't know the whole truth, it's easy to think of something like being given whatever wish you want as a good thing, right? Even if it means you have to fight for the rest of your life.

... no, you're right. If I met Mami-san first, without reading my notebook or anything - I probably would listen to her more. But I wouldn't just ignore you both, either!

[fortheworld]

I can... try to break things to her gently, but it would have to be handled very carefully. Given my name, she may not be inclined to trust me at all.

[stillneedawish]

... Because of your father, right? Sorry, I know that's not the sort of thing I should bring up.

[fortheworld]

It is a point I raised myself; there is no need to apologise. It would be better to acknowledge the fact rather than try to ignore it.

If I can negotiate it with my timeline's Tomoe, would it be possible for you to take the Madoka of my timeline with you?

[stillneedawish]

Mm... I'm not sure, but I could try! It'd be a bit strange having two of myself in the same place, but I've sort of done that before. So if it's possible, I'll do it!

[fortheworld]

[Oriko relaxes, finally; like there's a real weight off her shoulders]

Thank you.