♐ 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]

...What is this with Incubators and wishes?

[unknownrival]

Why don't you ask Akemi what she has and hasn't tried before you assume that she already did it?

And, you could easily find a place to stay where your family could also come along, and the others too.

reply IC-ly delayed by about ten minutes;

[stillneedawish]

[ wait what why is her email making those 'you have mail! :D' noises-- oh god. ]

... I guess the community can't let me keep this even a little bit of a secret, huh.

It's a long story... and kind of complicated, too. I'm not sure I even understand a lot of it myself.

[fortheworld]

It's as simple as not making a wish you know. They cannot form a contract without your explicit consent. [just... not necessarily informed consent]

[video | locked]

[croibhristeoir]

I doubt anyone can outsmart it. It's not worth the risk of making a wish to try.

[locked]

[shadow_spread]

What's wrong, Kaname-chan?

[voice]

[fugal]

Madoka...

IC-ly delayed by about ten minutes;

[stillneedawish]

I haven't seen her much since the first week she transferred into my school. I guess Mami-san must be keeping her away, or... or she's busy fighting Witches, or something.

I guess so. But, well... I just don't know how I'd be able to convince them all. My family doesn't even know anything about other worlds, and neither does my version of Sayaka-chan or Hitomi-chan... and I don't think either of them would leave if we couldn't bring Kamijou-kun from the hospital somehow, either. Mami-san knows, of course, but she wouldn't leave and stop fighting Witches and protecting the city just because I asked her to. She's too good for that.

[unknownrival]

Hm... But she does go to your school, so couldn't you catch her immediately afterwards before she has time to disappear?

Convincing your family shouldn't be too difficult - it wasn't with my family. As far as Kamijou goes... well, there are hospitals in other worlds, but there's things with records that would make it hard to just transfer. I've done it before, though.

[stillneedawish]

I know, but... [ but there's still five tally lines in her notebook marking off timelines she can't remember ever happened. ] I guess it's mostly just for something to do.

[oceanicbutterfly]

What are you working on?

[video | locked]

[stillneedawish]

[ since Diarmuid is on video, she uses it too, looking glum. ]

That's what I thought, but... [ she sighs. ] I found out something yesterday which made me think that maybe... but it's probably silly. They're too smart for me, that's for sure.

[ she lets out a small laugh, but her heart isn't really in it. ]

[locked]

[stillneedawish]

Sumimura-san...

Mm, it's difficult to explain, but... I found something out yesterday that made me think that maybe we need to try thinking of other ways to solve this whole problem with the timelines.

[fortheworld]

[Oriko sighs]

Well, escaping them completely would indeed be the best way for you to avoid a contract.

To be honest, simply moving around probably wouldn't change much. The Incubators would only follow you... if that, given how common they are. If you can move off-world, it probably is your only real option.

[voice]

[stillneedawish]

... Hi, Sayaka-chan. [ she sounds a little like a deer caught in headlights. ]

[stillneedawish]

... Back-up plans, I guess. Or um, I'm trying to, anyway.

[video | locked]

[croibhristeoir]

What was it you found out?

[stillneedawish]

Well... she skips school a lot, but I could try that, I guess! Or send her a message through the community if that doesn't work... I forgot to ask for her cell phone number.

Mm, I hope so. Mama and Papa are very reasonable people, and they know I wouldn't make up something this serious, but... I wouldn't want to take them away from their lives and their friends like that. But I guess that wouldn't matter in the end if something worse was going to happen anyway.

Um, but about the hospital, you have? How did you manage to move the patient? You see... the problem with Kamijou-kun is that the accident damaged his legs and his left arm, so he can't move by himself anymore. Not at the moment, anyway.

[oceanicbutterfly]

Backup plans for what?

[unknownrival]

I understand. No solution is perfect. But it's good to consider the full consequences of all your options.

Did you know they just sell hospital-grade wheelchairs? Granted, you still have to get into the patient's room, but as you're a friend of a friend that shouldn't be too difficult.

[stillneedawish]

Mm... I know there's some people who've done that here. Because things got too dangerous in their own worlds, or just because they felt like it. So I know that it's possible, it's just that, well, I'm not sure if we'd have enough time. Or even what world we'd move to.

[fortheworld]

...Any, Miss Kaname! It hardly matters!

[video | locked]

[stillneedawish]

... I don't know if you've met Oriko-san yet, but she just joined the community yesterday. She's a Puella Magi with the power to see the future, and, um. She told me that right now I'm the most dangerous person on our world. Because, i-if I ever made a contract, I'd turn into a Witch that would destroy the world after a few days.

[ her voice is shaking a little now, but she carries on. ] I don't even understand how someone like me could even be that powerful, but - well, I just thought that if that's true, and they really are trying to make sure I contract, I-I don't think just letting Homura-chan take care of things is going to work anymore. But I don't know what to do!

[ locked ]

[stillneedawish]

Karen-san... I know that you and Mami-san are close, but, um. How much do you know about what's really going on on our world?

[video | locked]

[croibhristeoir]

What-...are you serious?

[He shook his head, quickly trying to organize his thoughts.]

Try not to panic. You're not alone in this, and neither is your time-traveling friend. We can work something out, I'm certain of that.