[A week before Mami brought the old house and onsen]
[Mami had gone back to her apartment after planning stuff with her lawyer for about an hour and a half, feeling much better about things in general. Oh, she didn't want to spend that much money just to make her uncle and aunt back off for a bit, but on the other hand, it wasn't like she was going to live long enough to run out of the money she had left, she didn't think...]
[...She was worried about what would happen to the little ones if she died first, though.]
...I'm home! Thanks for all the babysitting, Madoka-san, Sayaka-san -
[She'd said with a smile as she opened the door - And then, her jaw dropped open as she saw what was happening. Kyoko was clutching a half-mermaid Sayaka in her arms, while Madoka had a handkerchief wrapped around her face, and was currently trying to pull something about of the Music Box Thing with a pair of cooking tongs!]
...Ha ha ha ha ha! Ya humans are amazing sometimes, Tomoe Mami - I never thought anybody would just stick their Soul Gem in the Music Box Thing like that!
[Seven said, grinning. Eight, in the meanwhile, was facepalming up a storm.]
...Kaname Madoka, be careful!
- I know, I know, I'm not touching it directly, OK!?
[Madoka said, and then she smiled under the handkerchief on her face as she managed to fish Sayaka's Soul Gem out of the box, and managed to put it on some hastily put down newspapers!]
[A large gust of magic came flying out of Sayaka's Soul Gem, which was now almost halfway like a Grief Seed - And then, Sayaka herself started to slowly turn back into her normal human shape.]
...Did it work?
[Madoka said dazedly, and then looked at Seven and Eight.]
[Seven snickered again.]
- Danged if we know, Madoka-chan - It's not like we saw anybody try anything like this before, ha ha ha -
Re: The continuation of Path 1
[Mami had gone back to her apartment after planning stuff with her lawyer for about an hour and a half, feeling much better about things in general. Oh, she didn't want to spend that much money just to make her uncle and aunt back off for a bit, but on the other hand, it wasn't like she was going to live long enough to run out of the money she had left, she didn't think...]
[...She was worried about what would happen to the little ones if she died first, though.]
...I'm home! Thanks for all the babysitting, Madoka-san, Sayaka-san -
[She'd said with a smile as she opened the door - And then, her jaw dropped open as she saw what was happening. Kyoko was clutching a half-mermaid Sayaka in her arms, while Madoka had a handkerchief wrapped around her face, and was currently trying to pull something about of the Music Box Thing with a pair of cooking tongs!]
...Ha ha ha ha ha! Ya humans are amazing sometimes, Tomoe Mami - I never thought anybody would just stick their Soul Gem in the Music Box Thing like that!
[Seven said, grinning. Eight, in the meanwhile, was facepalming up a storm.]
...Kaname Madoka, be careful!
- I know, I know, I'm not touching it directly, OK!?
[Madoka said, and then she smiled under the handkerchief on her face as she managed to fish Sayaka's Soul Gem out of the box, and managed to put it on some hastily put down newspapers!]
[A large gust of magic came flying out of Sayaka's Soul Gem, which was now almost halfway like a Grief Seed - And then, Sayaka herself started to slowly turn back into her normal human shape.]
...Did it work?
[Madoka said dazedly, and then looked at Seven and Eight.]
[Seven snickered again.]
- Danged if we know, Madoka-chan - It's not like we saw anybody try anything like this before, ha ha ha -