[Mami-Candelero - and yes, that name felt right, now - smiled happily, then, as she saw all her friends gathered around her.]
...This is good and comfortable.
[She said, as she poared Sayaka-Oktavia tea, and pushed the plate of cakes toward her.]
- If only life could be like this, all the time. Happy friends, and tasty tea and cakes...
[The black stripes floated through her Soul Gem, then, lazily and prettily. Mami's Soul Gem was slowly changing it's shape, becoming slightly more like a Grief Seed...]
[And that was when there was a cough, and the TV screen buzzed!]
[Miss Idol blinked as a purple something pushed it's way past her stage-room inside the TV set, and waved at the other girls outside.]
< ...Young Ones! It is good to see more younger sisters who are serene and happy, indeed! >
[The thing that was trying to talk to them looked like a happy cartoon ladybug. Sayaka-Oktavia grinned at the TV screen, and waved her hands. So did Mami-Candeloro, while the little Witches ooh'd and ahh'd.]
[Kyoko, in the meanwhile, was just staring at the TV screen.]
< And now, I bring an invitation from the Walpugis Queen herself! Yes-yes?>
[In the outside world]
[Copy Sayaka looked around the abandoned buildings with a grin.]
...All right, then, transfer student - I'm here!
[Homura, in the meanwhile, was raising her eyebrows at her from her perch on a nearby building.]
- There is something strange about your aura, Miki Sayaka, though I'm not sure what it is. Has anything strange happened to you, recently?
[Sayaka's aura felt somewhat, well, flat, for lack of a better word. It didn't feel like it was contaminated or anything like that, quite the contrary, but...]
Re: The continuation of Path 3
[Mami-Candelero - and yes, that name felt right, now - smiled happily, then, as she saw all her friends gathered around her.]
...This is good and comfortable.
[She said, as she poared Sayaka-Oktavia tea, and pushed the plate of cakes toward her.]
- If only life could be like this, all the time. Happy friends, and tasty tea and cakes...
[The black stripes floated through her Soul Gem, then, lazily and prettily. Mami's Soul Gem was slowly changing it's shape, becoming slightly more like a Grief Seed...]
[And that was when there was a cough, and the TV screen buzzed!]
[Miss Idol blinked as a purple something pushed it's way past her stage-room inside the TV set, and waved at the other girls outside.]
< ...Young Ones! It is good to see more younger sisters who are serene and happy, indeed! >
[The thing that was trying to talk to them looked like a happy cartoon ladybug. Sayaka-Oktavia grinned at the TV screen, and waved her hands. So did Mami-Candeloro, while the little Witches ooh'd and ahh'd.]
[Kyoko, in the meanwhile, was just staring at the TV screen.]
< And now, I bring an invitation from the Walpugis Queen herself! Yes-yes?>
[In the outside world]
[Copy Sayaka looked around the abandoned buildings with a grin.]
...All right, then, transfer student - I'm here!
[Homura, in the meanwhile, was raising her eyebrows at her from her perch on a nearby building.]
- There is something strange about your aura, Miki Sayaka, though I'm not sure what it is. Has anything strange happened to you, recently?
[Sayaka's aura felt somewhat, well, flat, for lack of a better word. It didn't feel like it was contaminated or anything like that, quite the contrary, but...]