[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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[reloadfromsave]

Okay. I'll be over soon.

Um, but not that soon. Right now I don't really feel like... you know. I think I'll just walk.

[stillneedawish]

It's okay, I really understand. I'll listen out for you arriving.

[action!]

[reloadfromsave]

[ and homura will show up about 20 minutes later, with a backpack, unsure whether to knock or not ]

[action desu yo!]

[stillneedawish]

[ luckily madoka's been glancing out the window every so often, so after about a minute or so she spots homura down there and rushes down to open the door ]

Homura-chan, you made it. [ and yeah you're getting hugged now, deal with it )8 ]

[action]

[reloadfromsave]

Kaname-san... [ homura hugs her back, loosely at first, but then tightens her arms like she's trying to keep madoka from vanishing ]

[action]

[stillneedawish]

What are we going to do? [ she knows, but it's a rhetorical question, really. she's still in shock. or rather, it's all just sinking in. ]

[action]

[reloadfromsave]

...What we need to. That's, that's all we can do, right?

[action]

[stillneedawish]

Mm. [she nods.] I guess it is, isn't it?

[action]

[reloadfromsave]

[ she lets go finally] Um, should we go up to your room? Should I say hello to your parents first...?

[action]

[stillneedawish]

Mama already went to bed. Papa's awake, but you can say hi when we go upstairs. We have to go through the kitchen anyway, so...

[action]

[reloadfromsave]

All right. Um, your house is very nice... [ because formalities are normal and normal would be nice right now ]

[action]

[stillneedawish]

[ oh goodness yes, normal is wonderful ] Eheh, thank you, Homura-chan... Actually, it's quite new, and, well, Mama and Papa's friends helped design and build it.

[action]

[reloadfromsave]

That's amazing... your parents must be wonderful people.

[action]

[stillneedawish]

Well, they have wonderful friends! But they both work hard, too, so I guess that's part of why...? Shall we go say hi to Papa now?

[action]

[reloadfromsave]

Yes, let's.

[ I think we can safely assume the next few minutes include a lot of apologizing for intruding on homura's part and a lot of offers of food on madopapa's ]

[action]

[stillneedawish]

[ So much tasty food, so much reassuring that it's no intrusion. And then up the stairs to Madoka's room ]

This one's mine. It's not very much, and it's a little messy at the moment...

[action]

[reloadfromsave]

I like rooms that are a little messy. It feels like someone's spent a lot of happy time there.