[video] ♐ April 24th

[stillneedawish]

[Madoka is sitting on her bed in her pyjamas. Her hair's loose, her knees are drawn up to her chest and her arms are wrapped around them. She doesn't look happy. Not at all. It's a little too dark to see her face properly, so you can't tell if she's been crying or not, but when she speaks, she sounds as if she might have just finished.]

... Hello there, everyone. Can I... um, is it okay if I ask everyone a favour? Could someone talk to me, please? I-I don't think I'll be able to sleep tonight...

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A-ah, um-- [wiping at her eyes] haha, sorry about freaking out there, Sayaka-chan, I-I got a little mixed up for a little bit... [sniff] It's... a bit of a long story...

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[contrapuntally.livejournal.com]

[Well there is clearly something fishy going on here and it's making Sayaka very uneasy...

but the more important thing is that Madoka's hurt, and she needs a friend.

Sayaka messes with the settings on her computer.]

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[Sayaka gives a reassuring smile.]

Want to tell me?

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[don't cry again. don't cry don't cry don't cry--] I-I'm not really sure how to.

[Hiccup.] Ahh, well... there was one of our senpai that I made really good friends with not too long ago... [okay, that's good. tell as much of the truth as possible but don't mention any names.] And she was a really, really good friend, but a few hours ago she got into an accident near one of the train stations with a couple of other girls, and... sh-she didn't make it...!

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[And Sayaka goes straight past the "I didn't hear about this" reaction to the "oh my god that's horrible" reaction. It shows in her face.]

Madoka...I'm so sorry.

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[stillneedawish]

Thank you, Sayaka-chan--

[And she can't get much further than that before she starts crying again - not in a large way, not yet, but - it's Sayaka-chan, and even if she doesn't know she's saying sorry for what happened, and it's not fair.]

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[it hurts, to see Madoka cry and not be able to reach out and do anything about it]

Is- Is there anything I can do?

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[stillneedawish]

[Sniffing a little, she wipes her eyes and tries to get back under control.]

I'm -- [... idea.] ... Could you tell me about your day, Sayaka-chan?

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Ah, well- [smile, Sayaka, smile]

I went to school, of course. Um, after school I actually came right home and did my homework. Oh, and Kamijou-kun leant me a recording of Bach's sonatas, so I listened to that. It was really good! My parents were supposed to be home for dinner but they weren't, so I just microwaved some stuff and watched a little t.v. ...

[a small, forced laugh] Pretty boring, huh?

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[stillneedawish]

Mm-mm! [Headshake, and a small, teary smile.] I don't think that's boring at all. Is Kamijou-san okay?

[video] ...I will not mess up html again

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[a small smile back] Yeah, I think he's doing better! The nurses think so too, they say he's been friendlier.

[video] I saw nothing~

[stillneedawish]

That's really good. If he's being friendlier, I mean. M-maybe that means he'll start looking at life more positively again, and he'll get better for sure...

[video] that's right. nothing to see.

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Yeah, that's what I thought too!

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[stillneedawish]

I bet having you around is helping, Sayaka-chan.

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[aw, look, she's going all shy] Ah, I wouldn't say that. I'm not a doctor or anything, and his parents and teacher visit a lot too...

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[stillneedawish]

But you're the only friend who's visiting, right? If I was Kamijou-san, well, that would mean a lot to me.

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I guess so. [is she blushing a little? yes she is]

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[stillneedawish]

I know so.

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[she smiles.

aaand tries to come up with a safe topic for conversation.] Hey, do you think we've been getting a lot more English homework recently?

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[stillneedawish]

Sayaka-chan, you say that every week...

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[contrapuntally.livejournal.com]

That's because we keep getting more!

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[stillneedawish]

I guess maybe they think if they give us more, we'll learn more...?

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I guess... [she clearly has doubts about this plan]

But just looking at it makes my head hurt!

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[stillneedawish]

It is really tricky, isn't it? Oh! I know... since there's a lot of Westerners on the community, maybe you could ask one of them for help?

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[contrapuntally.livejournal.com]

Oh! That's a great idea!