[ mikus witch self growled and grabbed onto her. Mikus memories appeared on thr minitor screens. Milu grabbed back and summoned ip one of her magic cyber boxes to trap her in. Holding her down , miku looked at the magical girls and nodded in affirmation as she started ti fade. Kyoko nodded as she understood and leapt over, driving her spear thriugh ehile homura shot at them " thank you..,, good bye.,,,". Both mikus disappeared snd the grief seed dropped ti the ground. Len sank to his kneed sadly. Rin patted his shoukder " dint worry, dhes not dead. Shes just asleep in thr grief seed." The monitors and the familiars disappeared.
[Len stared at his sister, then, tears in his eyes.]
...She's...She's trapped in that thing!? That's almost as bad as just being a Witch!
[Rin groaned again, and tried to say something - And that was when what seemed to be something like a small twinkling light appeared in front of them for a couple of seconds. It twirled around for a couple of seconds, and then disappeared.]
[The two Kyubeys looked at each other, then, while Rin put a hand to her head again.]
...I hate it when you say "interesting" like that, Eight. Just what do you mean?
[She mumbled for a couple of more minutes, mumbling to herself, and then went and picked up Elly's Grief Seed before anybody could stop her.]
- Well, OK, that explains why some Witches are... OK, OK, I get it...
[And then, she took her brother, and put a hand on his shoulder.]
...According to a certain somebody I've just been talking to, the real Miku's soul core, whatever that is, seems to have gotten away, and this is just some leftovers made from her spirit. A lot of the time, the soul is trapped inside the Witch when a girl goes Witch, but not always, it seems - And that does explain how sometimes, Magical Girls can reincarnate anyway, after they'd gone Witch, I suppose.
[And then, she sighed a bit - Eight had also mentioned that Witches with a soul trapped inside seemed to tend to be smarter and much more powerful then Witches whose soul had vamoosed, but she didn't want to give the normal Incubators even more ideas then they'd probably had already, to be honest.]
[Mami meanwhile was utterly confused on what was going on. Just what were they talking about, what just happened? Kyubey nudged her, pulling her aside to talk to her.] "Kyubey, what is happening?" "I am not sure myself, Mami. But you said you met my brother Hachibei?" [he shook his head, looking sympathetic] "I'm sorry to say this, but he is acutally a traitor to our kind. It would be wise not to trust him. " "Oh?"[Mami seemed concerened] "yes. Surely he is planning to meddle in affairs and mess with the order of magical girls. We wouldn't want that now, would we?" [he cuddled against her legs, knowing he had her wrapped around his finger] "No. you're right, Kyubey. Thank you for warning me..." [She picked him up and hugged him.] "I'll let you know if he shows up again." "Thank you, Mami." "But then, what about that music box he gave me?" "Well, it is true. It is a device used to contain and tame witches."
[Mami hugged the Kyubey, feeling much better already - And that was when the little Witches in her bag started to meep at her.]
[Mami put her hand inside the bag to comfort them, and then stopped, biting her lip.]
...Um...Kyubey...I can keep the magic music box, right? And the little ones?
[Kyubey smiled at her with a nod.]
- You can keep it, and them, as long as you want, Mami! That kind of stuff might turn out to be useful, after all - Who knows what the future would bring?
[Not to mention that the Kyubeys were pretty sure that Mami wasn't going to live long enough to cause them any serious trouble in any case.]
[Len, in the meanwhile, was wiping his eyes.]
...So, um...Miku isn't really in there?
- Probably not. I don't think Eight has any reason to lie about stuff like that, anyway.
[And then, she carried over Elly's Grief Seed to Mami before Len had any time to object, and pointed at the magical item that looked like a Music Box.]
...Hey, Tomoe Mami - Do you mind if I try putting this thing in that Music Box Thing?
[Mami looked at her, blinking, and then she remembered what the blond boy who looked like her had said. Magical Girls turning into Witches, what nonsense!]
[But then, she remembered all the other people who had said the exact same thing, and sighed a bit, pushing her thoughts away.]
- Fine, if that's what you want. Don't you want to use it first, though?
[Rin looked at Elly's Grief Seed, and twitched a little, reminding herself that the real Miku, or her soul anyway, probably wasn't in there anymore anyway.]
...I'll pass for now, but you can, if you want. - Think of it as your bonus for participating in this experiment, if you want.
[Mami nodded at that, and pushed the Grief Seed against her Soul Gem, feeling the nastiness drain away. Oh, that was much better.]
- Thank you.
[She said, and then put the Grief Seed into the Music Box thing, wondering if it would work this time, too.]
[ the music box trembled and jingled for a few moments , and then a small tv with wings popped out of the box, an image of Kirsten Elly on the screen, chitterubg] "Ah! looks like it works!" [Mami smiled.] [Rin nodded, smiling sadly. She wanted to keep Miku's witch with them, but she knew she had to remain near the box, and Maami already seemed quite bonded with the other two witches] [Sayaka smiled sadly] "Well, it's time to send you all home now" [Mami blinked at her] "What do you mean, Sayaka?" "I unintetionally created a small realm of my own and dragged you all in." "Oh. That's strange. But I'm not mad at you for it, sayaka." "But ypu're coming too, right Sayaka?" [Madoka said] [Sayaka shook her head sadly] "You know I can't, Madoka. I have to stay here... Don't worry, I'll be fine." "But, you'll be all alone..." [Kyouko bit her lip, then stood up and went to sayaka's side] "No she won't be alone. Because I'll be staying with her."
[And that was when Madoka shook her head, then, and stood up.]
- No, Sayaka - I wouldn't let you just shut yourself up in here.
[And then, she glared at her.]
...You don't want me to make a Contract with Kyubey just so I can pry you out of here, do you?
[One of the Kyubeys chuckled at that.]
- Personally speaking, I wouldn't mind that at all, actually, buuut...
...Oh, shut up!
[Kyoko said, and stomped on the Kyubey, who just laughed as he was stomped. The other Kyubey didn't look very happy about this, though, Madoka notes with some surprise.]
- So...what do you expect me to do, Madoka?
[Sayaka said, grimancing. Madoka sighed, then, and walked up to her.]
...There's no reason you can't come out of here to go to school, or do normal stuff with your family, or stuff like that, right? You can stay here when you're doing your homework, or when you're sleeping, if you need to stay in here to - to recharge or anything.
[And then, Madoka went up and put her hand on Sayaka's arm, shaking her.]
What do you think your parents are going to feel like if you just disappear?
- And how do you think I'm going to feel? Eh? I bet you didn't think of that at all!
[Sayaka sighed] "I know Madoka, and I'm really sorry...but," "then you've got to come back!" "I can't..." "yes you can! It will be all right!" "I'm going to become a witch!" [Sayaka raised her voice, looking distraught now] "that's the truth of it! It happened to Miku, andd it's going to happen to all magical girls! Don't ypou get it! It's not going to be all right! And there's nothing that can be done about it!"[She pushed Madoka away] "I don't want to hurt anyone when it happens! That's why I've got to stay here! And don't you dare make a wish to fix me, then you'll be in the same boat!" "Sayaka...." [Mami froze, looking up form her mini witches] "Sayaka, don't tell me you believe that tripe now, magical girl becoming witches...
[And that was when Rin came over to where they were talking.]
- Look, you can believe what you want, Tomoe, but the truth isn't going to change, I'm afraid.
[And then, she motioned Sayaka and Kyoko to follow her away for a couple of meters. Madoka looked at Mami, and groaned - What now?]
...Look, first, I think we should introduce ourselves. I'm Kagamine Rin, and that's my brother Len over there.
[Rin pointed to her brother, who was currently holding a tiny negi-shaped keyholder in front of Mini-Elly, and waving it. She saw her wipe some tears from his eyes with his sleeve, and turned away, biting her lip. Damn, there was no time now for all those frigging emotions.]
[Sayaka and Kyoko looked at each other, and introduced themselves, haltingly. Rin nodded, and looked at both of them.]
- Good to meet you, Miki, Sakura.
[And then, she turned to Sayaka with a sigh.]
...Look, Miki Sayaka, your pink haired friend has a point, I think. Shutting yourself up in here is not going to actually gurrantee that you don't go Witch, and you really should try to keep as much as your ordinary life going as possible in the meanwhile.
[And then, she rubbed at her head.]
- Girls who keep up their ordinary life and keep contact with their family and friends who aren't Magical Girls do seem to last the longest, you see...
...I mean, you don't want to go Witch even faster because you miss your family and friends so much, and end up trying to drag them into your world, right?
[Kyoko looked at Sayaka, then.]
- I think...she may have a point. I mean, if I had a chance to spend more time with my parents and little sister, even a little while...
[And then, she took a deep breath, and patted Sayaka's arm.]
...Look, I'll take care of things if it looks like you're actually going Witch first, OK?
[And then she gave Sayaka a wane grin.]
- As long as you promise to return the favor, of course! Things like this should go both ways, after all...
[But sayaka just glared at Rin] "Who do you think you are, huh. You don't know me! You don't get to tell me any of that!" "Woah, hey, calm down!" [Kyoko grabbed sayaka's arm] [Mami meanwhile was fretting. No, Sayaka couldn't be right! But now that she thought about it, the clues seemed to be pointing to... she turned to Kyubey, her face white] "Kyubey...Is this, true?" [Kyubey just calmly licked his paw] "I won't deny it." "B-but how,,, why... " "Becoming a witch is the next stage for a magical girl, once her soul gem completly darkens and forms into a grief seed. Magical girls defeat these witches, collect their energy, and I use it to power the universe. That's the cycle." [Mami sank to her knees, shaking] "Kyubey... H-how could you... I thought you were my friend." "I am, by the factors of the term. I just lack the ability for the strange notion of compassion." [Mami was sobbing now] "if it's our fate to become monsters... then we might as well just die, now..." [Shepulled out her rifle and pointed to the other girls, planning to end them, then herself. She was about to pull the trigger, when Bebe jumped up and pulled the rifle down] "Mami!!!" [mami paused. It was sqeakier now, but how could she have not recognized that voice from Bebr?" ...Nagisa?"
[Mami, in the meanwhile, had slowly looked around her. She caught sight of a Kyubey looking at her from under a seat, and went up to him.]
...Kyubey. Is it true that Magical Girls turn into Witches?
[The other Kyubey opened his mouth, but then, the Kyubey she'd first talked to gave gave the other one a look, and he backed down.]
- Sometimes, yes, things like that do happen, I must admit.
[And then, he hopped up to her.]
...That doesn't mean it has to happen to you, though, Mami. I mean, I've known a lot of Magical Girls, and many of them didn't even come close to turning into Witches themselves!
[Mostly because they died early, but this Kyubey wasn't going to mention that, nope.]
- Oh.
[Mami said, and then, she buried her head in her arms. Bebe and Butterfly. came up to her, and chittered at her, softly.]
...OK, Bebe, Butterfly. I'm - I'm gonna be OK, all right?
Re: The continuation of Path 1
Date: 2015-11-26 04:31 am (UTC)Kyoko nodded as she understood and leapt over, driving her spear thriugh ehile homura shot at them
" thank you..,, good bye.,,,". Both mikus disappeared snd the grief seed dropped ti the ground.
Len sank to his kneed sadly. Rin patted his shoukder " dint worry, dhes not dead. Shes just asleep in thr grief seed."
The monitors and the familiars disappeared.
Re: The continuation of Path 1
Date: 2015-11-26 04:53 am (UTC)...She's...She's trapped in that thing!? That's almost as bad as just being a Witch!
[Rin groaned again, and tried to say something - And that was when what seemed to be something like a small twinkling light appeared in front of them for a couple of seconds. It twirled around for a couple of seconds, and then disappeared.]
[The two Kyubeys looked at each other, then, while Rin put a hand to her head again.]
...I hate it when you say "interesting" like that, Eight. Just what do you mean?
[She mumbled for a couple of more minutes, mumbling to herself, and then went and picked up Elly's Grief Seed before anybody could stop her.]
- Well, OK, that explains why some Witches are... OK, OK, I get it...
[And then, she took her brother, and put a hand on his shoulder.]
...According to a certain somebody I've just been talking to, the real Miku's soul core, whatever that is, seems to have gotten away, and this is just some leftovers made from her spirit. A lot of the time, the soul is trapped inside the Witch when a girl goes Witch, but not always, it seems - And that does explain how sometimes, Magical Girls can reincarnate anyway, after they'd gone Witch, I suppose.
[And then, she sighed a bit - Eight had also mentioned that Witches with a soul trapped inside seemed to tend to be smarter and much more powerful then Witches whose soul had vamoosed, but she didn't want to give the normal Incubators even more ideas then they'd probably had already, to be honest.]
Re: The continuation of Path 1
Date: 2015-11-26 05:22 am (UTC)Kyubey nudged her, pulling her aside to talk to her.]
"Kyubey, what is happening?"
"I am not sure myself, Mami. But you said you met my brother Hachibei?" [he shook his head, looking sympathetic] "I'm sorry to say this, but he is acutally a traitor to our kind. It would be wise not to trust him. "
"Oh?"[Mami seemed concerened]
"yes. Surely he is planning to meddle in affairs and mess with the order of magical girls. We wouldn't want that now, would we?" [he cuddled against her legs, knowing he had her wrapped around his finger]
"No. you're right, Kyubey. Thank you for warning me..." [She picked him up and hugged him.] "I'll let you know if he shows up again."
"Thank you, Mami."
"But then, what about that music box he gave me?"
"Well, it is true. It is a device used to contain and tame witches."
Re: The continuation of Path 1
Date: 2015-11-26 05:41 am (UTC)[Mami put her hand inside the bag to comfort them, and then stopped, biting her lip.]
...Um...Kyubey...I can keep the magic music box, right? And the little ones?
[Kyubey smiled at her with a nod.]
- You can keep it, and them, as long as you want, Mami! That kind of stuff might turn out to be useful, after all - Who knows what the future would bring?
[Not to mention that the Kyubeys were pretty sure that Mami wasn't going to live long enough to cause them any serious trouble in any case.]
[Len, in the meanwhile, was wiping his eyes.]
...So, um...Miku isn't really in there?
- Probably not. I don't think Eight has any reason to lie about stuff like that, anyway.
[And then, she carried over Elly's Grief Seed to Mami before Len had any time to object, and pointed at the magical item that looked like a Music Box.]
...Hey, Tomoe Mami - Do you mind if I try putting this thing in that Music Box Thing?
[Mami looked at her, blinking, and then she remembered what the blond boy who looked like her had said. Magical Girls turning into Witches, what nonsense!]
[But then, she remembered all the other people who had said the exact same thing, and sighed a bit, pushing her thoughts away.]
- Fine, if that's what you want. Don't you want to use it first, though?
[Rin looked at Elly's Grief Seed, and twitched a little, reminding herself that the real Miku, or her soul anyway, probably wasn't in there anymore anyway.]
...I'll pass for now, but you can, if you want. - Think of it as your bonus for participating in this experiment, if you want.
[Mami nodded at that, and pushed the Grief Seed against her Soul Gem, feeling the nastiness drain away. Oh, that was much better.]
- Thank you.
[She said, and then put the Grief Seed into the Music Box thing, wondering if it would work this time, too.]
Re: The continuation of Path 1
Date: 2015-11-26 06:12 am (UTC)"Ah! looks like it works!" [Mami smiled.]
[Rin nodded, smiling sadly. She wanted to keep Miku's witch with them, but she knew she had to remain near the box, and Maami already seemed quite bonded with the other two witches]
[Sayaka smiled sadly] "Well, it's time to send you all home now"
[Mami blinked at her] "What do you mean, Sayaka?"
"I unintetionally created a small realm of my own and dragged you all in."
"Oh. That's strange. But I'm not mad at you for it, sayaka."
"But ypu're coming too, right Sayaka?" [Madoka said]
[Sayaka shook her head sadly] "You know I can't, Madoka. I have to stay here... Don't worry, I'll be fine."
"But, you'll be all alone..."
[Kyouko bit her lip, then stood up and went to sayaka's side] "No she won't be alone. Because I'll be staying with her."
Re: The continuation of Path 1
Date: 2015-11-28 06:27 am (UTC)- Oh, come on - You can't do that!
[And that was when Madoka shook her head, then, and stood up.]
- No, Sayaka - I wouldn't let you just shut yourself up in here.
[And then, she glared at her.]
...You don't want me to make a Contract with Kyubey just so I can pry you out of here, do you?
[One of the Kyubeys chuckled at that.]
- Personally speaking, I wouldn't mind that at all, actually, buuut...
...Oh, shut up!
[Kyoko said, and stomped on the Kyubey, who just laughed as he was stomped. The other Kyubey didn't look very happy about this, though, Madoka notes with some surprise.]
- So...what do you expect me to do, Madoka?
[Sayaka said, grimancing. Madoka sighed, then, and walked up to her.]
...There's no reason you can't come out of here to go to school, or do normal stuff with your family, or stuff like that, right? You can stay here when you're doing your homework, or when you're sleeping, if you need to stay in here to - to recharge or anything.
[And then, Madoka went up and put her hand on Sayaka's arm, shaking her.]
What do you think your parents are going to feel like if you just disappear?
- And how do you think I'm going to feel? Eh? I bet you didn't think of that at all!
Re: The continuation of Path 1
Date: 2015-11-28 06:47 am (UTC)"then you've got to come back!"
"I can't..."
"yes you can! It will be all right!"
"I'm going to become a witch!" [Sayaka raised her voice, looking distraught now] "that's the truth of it! It happened to Miku, andd it's going to happen to all magical girls! Don't ypou get it! It's not going to be all right! And there's nothing that can be done about it!"[She pushed Madoka away] "I don't want to hurt anyone when it happens! That's why I've got to stay here! And don't you dare make a wish to fix me, then you'll be in the same boat!"
"Sayaka...."
[Mami froze, looking up form her mini witches] "Sayaka, don't tell me you believe that tripe now, magical girl becoming witches...
Re: The continuation of Path 1
Date: 2015-11-29 05:28 am (UTC)- Oh, Mami...
[And that was when Rin came over to where they were talking.]
- Look, you can believe what you want, Tomoe, but the truth isn't going to change, I'm afraid.
[And then, she motioned Sayaka and Kyoko to follow her away for a couple of meters. Madoka looked at Mami, and groaned - What now?]
...Look, first, I think we should introduce ourselves. I'm Kagamine Rin, and that's my brother Len over there.
[Rin pointed to her brother, who was currently holding a tiny negi-shaped keyholder in front of Mini-Elly, and waving it. She saw her wipe some tears from his eyes with his sleeve, and turned away, biting her lip. Damn, there was no time now for all those frigging emotions.]
[Sayaka and Kyoko looked at each other, and introduced themselves, haltingly. Rin nodded, and looked at both of them.]
- Good to meet you, Miki, Sakura.
[And then, she turned to Sayaka with a sigh.]
...Look, Miki Sayaka, your pink haired friend has a point, I think. Shutting yourself up in here is not going to actually gurrantee that you don't go Witch, and you really should try to keep as much as your ordinary life going as possible in the meanwhile.
[And then, she rubbed at her head.]
- Girls who keep up their ordinary life and keep contact with their family and friends who aren't Magical Girls do seem to last the longest, you see...
...I mean, you don't want to go Witch even faster because you miss your family and friends so much, and end up trying to drag them into your world, right?
[Kyoko looked at Sayaka, then.]
- I think...she may have a point. I mean, if I had a chance to spend more time with my parents and little sister, even a little while...
[And then, she took a deep breath, and patted Sayaka's arm.]
...Look, I'll take care of things if it looks like you're actually going Witch first, OK?
[And then she gave Sayaka a wane grin.]
- As long as you promise to return the favor, of course! Things like this should go both ways, after all...
path 3 starts here
Date: 2015-11-29 06:12 am (UTC)"Woah, hey, calm down!" [Kyoko grabbed sayaka's arm]
[Mami meanwhile was fretting. No, Sayaka couldn't be right! But now that she thought about it, the clues seemed to be pointing to... she turned to Kyubey, her face white]
"Kyubey...Is this, true?"
[Kyubey just calmly licked his paw] "I won't deny it."
"B-but how,,, why... "
"Becoming a witch is the next stage for a magical girl, once her soul gem completly darkens and forms into a grief seed. Magical girls defeat these witches, collect their energy, and I use it to power the universe. That's the cycle."
[Mami sank to her knees, shaking] "Kyubey... H-how could you... I thought you were my friend."
"I am, by the factors of the term. I just lack the ability for the strange notion of compassion."
[Mami was sobbing now] "if it's our fate to become monsters... then we might as well just die, now..." [Shepulled out her rifle and pointed to the other girls, planning to end them, then herself. She was about to pull the trigger, when Bebe jumped up and pulled the rifle down]
"Mami!!!"
[mami paused. It was sqeakier now, but how could she have not recognized that voice from Bebr?" ...Nagisa?"
Re: path 3 starts here
Date: 2015-11-29 06:23 am (UTC)Path 1 continues here
Date: 2015-11-29 06:32 am (UTC)...Kyubey. Is it true that Magical Girls turn into Witches?
[The other Kyubey opened his mouth, but then, the Kyubey she'd first talked to gave gave the other one a look, and he backed down.]
- Sometimes, yes, things like that do happen, I must admit.
[And then, he hopped up to her.]
...That doesn't mean it has to happen to you, though, Mami. I mean, I've known a lot of Magical Girls, and many of them didn't even come close to turning into Witches themselves!
[Mostly because they died early, but this Kyubey wasn't going to mention that, nope.]
- Oh.
[Mami said, and then, she buried her head in her arms. Bebe and Butterfly. came up to her, and chittered at her, softly.]
...OK, Bebe, Butterfly. I'm - I'm gonna be OK, all right?
Re: Path 1 continues here
Date: 2015-11-29 06:34 am (UTC)