[The 6th continuation of the Rin, Len, Miku, Nagisa and the Madoka girls thread, including Path 1, Path 2, and Path 3! (Path 3 has been branched off Path 1)]
( nagisa snarled and attacked the little witch wwith much aggresion, most of her cute whimsy gone. Her face was even paler and her teeth sharper. She was angry, snd frightened, and somewhat empty..,
Mami meanwhile continued battling the artist witch with experience, though her wirds still rang in her mind, sending a chill. The witch just had to be messing with her, right? She had to stay focuesdd!
(I think you should come back later, when you and your Neesan are more fun to play with! Fun is good, right?)
[And then, Albertine flipped over in mid-air, and called out - ]
(...Hey, Izabella-Nee! I have an idea, OK?)
[Nagisa groaned, then. Albertine had made a gesture, and Nagisa suddenly found herself being tossed out of the Witch Barrier entirely!]
- Oh, no!
[She groaned, and scrambled to her feet - And that was when Mami came tumbling out of thin air, almost landing right on Nagisa's head!]
...Darn! I didn't think they could actually kick us out like this. Are you OK, Nagisa-chan?
[Mami said, and then, she sighed as the Witch Barrier energy markers started to fade away.]
- And now they've gotten away, drat them all...
...I'm fine, Mami-Nee!
[Nagisa said, and then, she went over and gave Mami a hug.]
- Hey, we can just go and take our trip to the house with the Onsen now, right? I mean - Those Witches fought us once already, and they couldn't defeat us the first time, so they're not going to let us inside their Barrier that easily anymore, I don't think...
[Mami nodded at that, sighing.]
...That's true, now that I think about it - It might be better if we left them along for a while, I suppose. Or maybe we should even let some other Magical Girls deal with them, if they could. This is so annoying, though - It's been a while since any Witch got the better of me like that, to be honest...
[And then, she checked her little pouch of Grief Seeds, just in case.]
- And yes, we have enough Grief Seeds to keep us in good shape at least a week or more, I think, so everything should be OK.
[Mami gave Nagisa a big hug back, then.]
...I'll just go talk to some Magical Girls tonight, and then, tommorow, we can go on our big trip to the onsen!
[Nagisa grinned, widely, though she didn't forget to kick a nearby Kyubey while Mami wasn't looking. The nerve of those critters, lying about something as important as Magical Girls turning into Witches...]
[...Oh, well. It couldn't be helped, though. Nagisa sighed a bit, wondering how and when to tell Mami about that particular problem. She had the feeling that she should wait until after they'd had their fun onsen trip, though - Mami should be further along at that point, so she probably wouldn't freak out as much.]
[And then, Nagisa paused a bit. Further along? Further along what?]
[And then, she shook her head with a smile, her eyes glinting red for a moment. Never mind that for now - For now, they were going to have some fun!]
[Later that night, after Mami had tucked her into bed, Nagisa was looking out the window, thinking about what she hadd found out about magical girls that earllier that evening during the fight. ] "...so.. that's the truth..." [That was the connection. Magical girls bcame witches. that explained everything. How witches were all female, how one turned up after a magical girl started acting strange then went missing. How a grief seed actually looked like a tiwsted black soul gem. And that actually almost happened to her, right after her mother died. Yes, she would already be a full witch now if it wasn't for Mami saving her... Nagisa held up her soul gem, examining it, with a small dazed smile on her face] "But, would being a witch really be that bad?" [She wondered aloud] "Maybe if you were in control of it, it wouldn't be so scary. Maybe it could be fun, and hepful!" [a dark bubble emerged from her hand and popped into what looked with a polka dotted mouse with a nurse cap and a round mask. Nagisa cheered and pettedb him] "Pytor! you came back! Oh I'm glad! Oh, we should get big sister to be a witch too! Should we tell her? teehee, maybe it will be more fun as a surprise!"
[The little mouse Familiar squeaked at her, waving it's paws about.]
...Oh, you're right, Pyotr. We shouldn't rush things - Good cheese takes time to make properly, after all!
[And then, she gave him a little hug, and tucked him in besides her.]
- And I still miss Mama a lot, and Papa too, but hey, I have Mami-Nee now, right? And now I have you too.
[The little Familiar smiled at her, then, and nodded.]
...So we should wait, until the proper time comes, and just have fun in the meanwhile. And after that - We can have our tea party, for ever and ever and ever!
[Nagisa fell asleep, then, and slept until morning. She woke up and shook her head, yawning.]
...I think I had a good dream last night, but I can't remember what it was all about. Isn't that odd, Mami-Nee?
[Mami laughed from the other side of Nagisa's room's half open door.]
- Oh, that isn't odd at all, Nagisa-chan! I mean, it would have been nice to remember it if it was a good dream, but that happens all the time, frankly.
[Nagisa smiled back, went and ate her breakfast, and then went back to her room, to make sure she hadn't forgotten anything. Hmm, everything seemed to be all right, but...And then, Nagisa blinked as suddenly, she saw a half transparent polka dotted mouse with a nurse cap and a mask, pointing at her desk. Oh, right - She probably should take the keys from those boxes that Mami-Nee's Grant Aunt Miyoko had left her, and maybe some of the other stuff, too. The keys were supposed to fit the locks of something in the big old house with the onsen, right? Well, that was what that creep Kyubey had said, anyway, and he didn't usually outright lie, even though he fudged the truth all the time.]
...Thanks, Pyotr!
[She said, and put the keys and anything else that felt relevant into a smaller lacquer box that she's also inherited from Miyoko-san, and put the whole thing into a soft bag.]
[And then, she put her rucksack on her back, and raised her voice.]
- I'm ready now, Mami-Neesan!
[Nagisa took a good look at Mami's apartment as they got out of it.]
...Bye, apartment! I have no idea if we're ever going to be coming back here or not, but you were fun to live in, anyhow.
[She whispered toward it, and then went toward Mami, smiling. The Kyubey at their feet nimbly avoided Nagisa's kick this time, and quickly hopped into Mami's arms.]
...Hello to you too, Momoe Nagisa. You feel a bit different today, do you not?
[The Kyubey said with a snicker - And then, he looked up at Mami, smiling brightly.]
- We're going to eat bentos on the train, right? I love bentos!
[Mami chuckled and patted his head.]
...Of course we are, Kyubey! What kind of bentos do you want to eat this time?
[Nagisa, in the meanwhile, was staring at the Kyubey, sweatdropping a bit. So that was what a Kyubey's smile looked like when it wasn't fake all the way...]
[Mami and Nagisa both ate their bentos, then. Nagisa tried not to look at the Kyubey, as it was apparently hugely enjoying whatever food that Mami was giving him at the moment, and watching any Kyubey enjoy itself was annoying indeed.]
[Sometimes, Nagisa was pretty sure that the Kyubeys actually liked Mami, except that didn't seem to stop them from treating her like they treated all the other Magical Girls at all. Well, they weren't human, that much she did know, but...]
[But whatever, whatever! Nagisa shook her head, and smiled brightly at Mami, pointing at a map.]
...So we're going to the big old house over here, right?
- Oh, yes!
[Mami said, grinning, and then, she explained that though they'd usally take a car, she thought it would just be faster to transform and run to the house once they got to the nearest station, since she and Nagisa were both Magical Girls.]
...Haha, OK!
[Nagisa said, grinning - And then, it was time to get off the train. Mami, Nagisa and the Kyubey got off at a very tiny station, and then the girls transformed into their Magical Girl forms as soon as they were sure nobody was watching. Mami picked up the traveling bags she'd brought, and put the Kyubey on her shoulder.]
- OK, then - Follow me!
[They had a great deal of fun after that, running through the hills and jumping over rivers and cliffs. Haha, it was sometimes a great deal of fun to be a Magical Girl, Nagisa had to admit...]
[And in less then an hour, they had reached the old house in the mountains they'd been planning to stay at. Mami opened the door with a old fashioned key, and then bowed to Nagisa and Kyubey.]
...Welcome to my not so humble house, Nagisa-chan, Kyubey!
" ooh! Pretty house!" Nagisachirped as she skipped inside, running. Around to explore the house curioukly. Mami chuvkled and followed, making sure to close the door behind her. After checking. Out their establishments, they concluded that mami wouls sleep in the master bed room ans nagisa would stay in the smaller bedroom aceoss thr hall.) " how a out we get settled in snd unpacked, have a spot of tea, and thengo to tge hotsprinfs?@ mami suggested " ok!" Nagusa skipped into her room, abd with the dior closed, let the nouse outof her pocket abd onyo the bed " pytot! Were here!"
[The little mouse thing rolled across the bed, and cheered happily, clapping it's little paws.]
(Yes, yes we are - This is the right place, indeed!)
[And then, she looked at Nagisa, and grinned.
(Go have tea with you Big Sis, Little Mistress - We will clean up the baths while you do!)
[...We? Nagisa was a bit puzzled for a moment, but then decided not to worry about it.]
...Thanks, Pyotr!
[She whispered, and then, she turned in the direction Mami was.]
- OK, Mami-Nee - I'm coming!
[And in the meanwhile...]
[Several rogue Incubators were outside the house, looking at what was going on. A small army of Mini-Familiars were now trying to clean the hot spring area up, rubbing the tubs and the walls and the floor until they shined, and getting fresh towels and soap and the like.]
...Huh.
[Eight said with a soft sigh, while Seven nodded.]
- Yeah, this is sort of new, if I say so myself. I never thought Niner would ever reach the point of being halfway original with his experiments, but he's getting close to the tipping point, isn't he?
[So Niner was getting more and more "contaminated by emotions" and - Some of the little Familiars over there smelled more like Mami then Nagisa, if he wasn't mistaken.]
[Eight sighed, then, and licked at his paws, wondering what would happen now...]
[Mami was in the kitchen at the moment, brewing up some tea and warming up some croisscants that she had made before they left and had brought along. She had even made sure to bake some cheese on top for Nagisa. with a somewht glazed smile, Mami watched her dear friends, clad in cute maid outfits with heart prints, do their work outside. How darling Kyouko, Madoka,and Sayaka were! So cute and loyal and lovign and would never leave her alone and... ... Wait a moment...... Kyouko? Madoka? Sayaka? What were they doing here? Mami's curious notice was interrupted by Nagisa merrily skipping in and hugging her0 "Big sister!!" "Ah, Nagisa!" ( Mami smiled and hugged her back) "Shall we go have tea and snacks now?" "Yes please!" (to Mami's surprise as they went out to the patio for the tea and snacks, there was already a table all set up for them, pretty table cloth and a vase of fresh flowers and all!)
[The Mini Familiars, in the meanwhile, had hidden themselves under some convenient bushes, giggling.]
Everything pretty and nice now - Tee hee!
[Eight and Seven watched a pack of Mini-Familiars that looked a lot like Mami's friends, curiously. There was even a pink-haired Madoka lookalike, who had now climbed up on the shoulders of Pyotr, watching the tea party.]
...This is strange, though - Who could have set things up so nicely?
[Mami said, and poked at the flowers, curiously.]
- Oh, maybe it was some of the local fairies or something!
[Nagisa said, and then, she sat at the table and started to poar Mami some tea.]
...Hmph. Well, I don't know about fairies, but nothing seems to be particularly dangerous about this table, I suppose.
[Mami said - And then, she poared some tea for Nagisa and Kyubey, as she was pretty sure Nagisa would not even give Kyubey the time of day in this case. Nagisa still didn't seem to like poor Kyubey, sadly enough, she thought...]
- Here are your cakes, Nagisa-chan, Kyubey!
[And then, they all sat down and started to eat their very nice cakes.]
[And in the meanwhile, the Mini Familiars had started their own small tea party too. Eight sighed a bit as a Mini Kyoko lookalike tossed a piece of cake at him and Seven.]
...Thanks for the thought, but I'm pretty sure your cakes wouldn't agree with us, Mini-Things?
( later, after the two girls finished up their tea and enjoyed a relaxing soak in the baths, they decided to explore the house a bit more. Eventually they came upon a large , western styled library) " this is charming " maki commmented as she browsed the books) " uh- huh!" ( nagisa agreed as she searched for picture books . Pytor appeared and swueaked, waving its littlepaw in nagisas direction as if motioning her to follow) " what is it, pytor?) ( nagisa followed the mouse to a wall. The mouse squeaked again, pointing to a small keyhole near the bottom)
[Nagisa blinked for a moment, and then, she clapped her hands as she realized that this must be one of the keyholes that fit the keys that Miyoko-san had left her. She put one of the keyes into the keyhole, and grinned when she felt the key catch.]
...Mami-Neesan! Look, look - I think there must be some kind of secret door over here!
[Mami came over, then, and took a good look at the keyhole and key.]
- You appear to be right about that, Nagisa-chan!
[The two of them spent some time getting the secret door which looked just like part of the wall to open up properly, then. Nagisa sneezed a bit as the door opened up at long last.]
...It's so dusty, ha ha ha -
[And then, her eyes opened in wonder as she saw what was in the secret room behind the secret door. There were two large portraits on the walls, and some really old looking books on a desk in front of it.]
- Ohhh! Mami-Nee, Mami-Nee, look, look - The people in this picture look just like you and me!
" t- they certainly do...," ( they gaped in wonder at the people in the portrait. A beautiful teen girl with gold curls and goldish eyes and an ample chest, dressed in an ornate gold western styled gown that seemed to be the style of the 1700s, and a little girl with long wavy pale hair and amber brown eyes also dressed in a fancy gown of that era. The resemblance was very uncanny. Mami peered at the plaque under the psinting, reading the names if who they were, being able to read french). " the duchesses marianne mami. And charlotte de candleoro... Those names, so familiar..." ( especially candleoro...) " charlotte! Thats my name!"( nagisa whispered with a giggle
[Mami blinked, then. Wait, The Duchess part sounded right, but Marianna Mami? That sounded all wrong, somehow...]
[She looked at the portrait again, carefully, and grinned when she realized that what it actually had said was "Mariannna Candeloro, the Duchess of the Candeloro Province". Yes, that sounded much better!]
[And so she turned back toward Nagisa with a laugh.]
...It is?
[Mami grinned, and patted Nagisa's head.]
- Oh, yes - My other name is Charlotte, and yours is Candoloro!
[Nagisa grinned back.]
...Huh, really? Why isn't it Marianna?
[Mami said, and gave Nagisa a hug, just because.]
- Well, I dunno, but it's Candeloro, not Marianna. Maybe it's because you used to think that being the Duchess Candeloro was more important then being just Marianna, I think?
[Nagisa said, a slightly sad smile on her face, and then she turned toward the other portrait.]
...I'm sorry Mami-Nee, I'm not sure what I'm talking about right now at all, but - Hey, look, this one looks like all our friends! The pink haired one looks like Madoka-san, and the redhead and the bluehead look just like Kyoko-san and Sayaka-san!
[Mami looked at the other portrait, then, grinning.]
...Indeed they do! But it's odd - The cute girl with the old fashioned coral glasses looks very familiar too, but I can't for the life of me figure out why. Who does she remind me of, I wonder?
[Nagisa took a good look at the figure Mami was pointing at, but then she giggled.]
- Oh, Mami-Nee - That's just Akemi Homura-san with glasses! Though she does look awfully cute like that, ha ha ha...
[And then, Nagisa paused a bit, and turned toward Mami.]
...Mami-Nee? Homura-san is a good person, really, even though I know you've fought her before. And I...
[Nagisa took a deep breath, then.]
- Um, there's something I have to tell you, Mami-san, and it's really important, and I really have to tell you all about if before somebody else -
[Well, somebody like that creep Kyubey that is, Nagisa thought with a wince. She wasn't going to let him tell Mami-Nee anything about the Magical Girls turning into Witches business if she could help it, that was for sure... That was Nagisa herself's job, really, she felt for some strange reason.]
- Tells you all about it, but first, I want us to do all the stuff we came to do here, and have all the fun we can, OK?
[Mami looked at Nagisa for a moment, her eyebrows raised, but then she smiled happily.]
...If you say so, Nagisa-chan.
[And then, Mami came closer to Nagisa, and put her hands on her shoulders.]
I trust you, of course - Oh, we're related in some way anyway, it seems, but I really feel like you're my real sister or something!
[Nagisa wiped at her eyes, then, feeling herself tearing up.]
...OK, then - So let's check out those really old books next!
[Mami and Nagisa turned toward the really old books, then.]
...Wait, I think I know this story!
[Nagisa said with a smile.]
It's one of the Princess of Evil stories! The one about the Princess of Evil and the Wise Queen Verena, right?
[But then, her face fell as she saw what came next. A picture of a lot of people in mediveal garb, looking up with wide eyes as a circus tent formed around him.]
And then Queen Verena laughed and laughed, and the Witches danced. And when that Walpurgis Night was over, nobody ever saw the Wise and Gentle Queen Verena again...Though sometimes, people saw they see a circus tent sailing through the skies like a ship, with a woman of terrible beauty at the helm of it...
[Mami looked at the last picture in the picture book, and blinked. A large circus sailing through the night skies, filled with acrobats and dancers and actresses, and at the helm was...]
[... Yes.. yes it was..!"] "Walpurgisnacht..." [Mami breathed in shock as she put it all together. The witch queen that was due to show up next week. their most powerful battle to come...] "So... Was this her first appearence, over 200 years ago?" (Nagisa beamed at the illustration] "The witch queen... She's so pretty!" "yes... she is beautiful..." [ the queen of the witches... their queen...]
[Nagisa looked at the picture in the book for a long moment, and then carefully put it down on the table, smiling at Mami.]
...OK, then, so what's in this book?
[She said, picking up the other one. Mami stared at her, blinking, and then shook her head.]
- I have no idea. The picure on the front really does look familiar, though, for some reason...
[Nagisa gave her a slightly sad smile, then.]
...Why, of course, Mami-Nee - They look just like the Kagamine Rin-san and her brother!
[Mami stared for a moment, wondering who those people were - And then, she took a better look at the picuture. The richly dressed girl sitting on the throne did look a lot like the Magical Girl who'd fought with them at the concert battle, now that she thought about it. And as for the boy standing behind her in some kind of Royal Servant's garb...]
- Oh, so that's what her name is? I had no idea, though I do remember a boy who looked a lot like her being there, of course.
[Mami and Nagisa both browzed through the book, then, though the story was a bit different from what they both remembered.]
...It's still fits the general plot of the Story of Evil, but the nobles around Princess Rillanne seem to be much more evil and manuplative then I remember from any of the other stories. I do feel sorry for her, at least a little...
[Mami said, looking at a picture of Rillanne crying on the shoulder of the blond boy who looked just like her. At then, she blinked.]
- No, wait, so the Royal Servant is actually being called her brother, here? Her twin brother, even? But then, why wasn't he the King, or at least some kind of Prince?
...I don't know, Mami-Nee. Maybe some people thought having a girl on the throne would be more useful, somehow?
[Mami nodded at that, and looked through the book some more.]
[The Picture Book]
[The blonde haired girl was sitting at a desk, cletching a glass so hard it was breaking in her hand - "Everybody betrays me! Even my own brother betrays me!" The caption said, as the blood flowed down her hand...]
[And then, a white furred and red eyed creature came upon the scene, smiling up at her cutely.]
[Mami sighed] "I do wonder exacltly how long Kyubey has been aroumfd in this world if he was in thaat era." [Nagisa bounced up curiously] " Will you read the picture book to me, mami nee chan?" "Perhaps tonight before bed, imouto chan" [Mami patted Nagisa's head] "Now, let's see what other interestingg things we can find here."
[She did want Mami to do everything she'd come to do and have some fun before telling her the horrible truth about Magical Girls turning into Witches, after all. And she really did have to tell Mami first, before that nasty Kyubey did, Nagisa felt...]
[Mami smiled at her.]
...Well, for now...Why don't we go to the Festival that's supposed to be taking place in the village down the hill?
- That sounds like a great idea, Mami-Nee!
[And so they closed up the room, and took another bath. Mami and Nagisa both did each other's hair, and got dressed in the appropiate yukata's and footgear.]
[They were doing a play based on some of the local legends at the festival. Nagisa clapped her hands and laughed.]
...Five color-coded Mikos teaming up to save the village from a horrible monster? Why, it's almost like a Magical Girl anime or something, Mami-Nee...
......It really does, doesn't it?
[Mami said, and then she snickered as Kyubey looked up at her, grinning as usual.]
.......Well, I wonder, Kyubey - Could you have had something to do with those old legends, perhaps?
- Maybe, maybe!
[The Incubator said, laughing - And then, he giggled as Mami gave him some dangos on a stick,]
...I love those - Thanks, Mami!
[And then, they sat down to watch the play. Mami chuckled as she saw the Silver Miko being given a magical talisman by a black cat, and then go on to gather the Miko Team.]
...So it wasn't a white cat? How odd!
[First, there was a series of battles, fighting against a red-haired sorceress and her minions (who were feeding people's energies to the monster for some kind of magical dark power boost) and then, it was time for the final battle against the monster herself. Nagisa and Mami ooh'd and ahh'd as the color-coded Miko's died, one by one, just to give their camerades a chance to kill the monster for good.]
[And then, the Moonlight Shadow, the Silver Miko's mysterious love interest, died in her arms a very sad scene, accompanied by old style traditional Japanese dirge music.]
[Nagisa clapped, too, her eyes moist.]
......So that's what sad anime music would have sounded like if they'd had anime back in the Edo period, huh?
[After that came the final battle, in which the Silver Miko managed to defeat the monster with her last breath, and collapsed on the floor of the stage as the monster gave one last screetch of rage and disappered in a flash of smoke.]
[There was one last scene, then, a bittersweet scene were the spirit of the Silver Miko was reunited with the spirits of her friends and beloved, and danced with each other one last time.]
...Well, it probably was a good thing that the Silver Miko died in the final battle, I suppose - It would have been much too dangerous otherwise.
[Nagisa said, sighing a bit, and wiped her eyes. Mami blinked at that.]
- Huh? Why would it have been dangerous? The Witch - I mean, the monster had been defeated already, right, Nagisa-chan?
[Nagisa looked at her, and sighed again, wondering what to say - But then, the final narration of the play started up.]
The legends say that Five Miko became goddesses after their death, and are watching over the people, even now. The main shrine dedicated to them is a 15 minute walk from here...
...Ohhhh!
[Nagisa laughed, and clapped her hands, relieved for a chance to change the subject.]
- Let's go pay our respects to our Sempais from long ago, Mami-Nee! I mean, it does sound like the right thing to do, right?
Re: The continuation of Path 2 2/2
Date: 2016-08-25 08:29 am (UTC)...Witch colors, huh. Well, I don't really have time for that, I'm supposed to go on a fun trip with Mami-Nee-san from tommorow, OK?
[And then, she powered up her magical weapon, which now happened to be shaped like a cheese knife, her eyes glowing crimson.]
- So just die, you idiot Witch - I don't have the time to deal with the likes of you!
[Albertine wrinkled her crayon nose at that.]
(Oh, well, you'll change your mind soon enough, I'm pretty sure...)
[And then, she sniggered.]
(You're almost one of us just as you are now, anyway, ha ha ha!)
Re: The continuation of Path 2 2/2
Date: 2016-08-29 05:54 am (UTC)Mami meanwhile continued battling the artist witch with experience, though her wirds still rang in her mind, sending a chill. The witch just had to be messing with her, right? She had to stay focuesdd!
Re: The continuation of Path 2
Date: 2016-08-29 07:21 am (UTC)( - Darn, you're boring like this, aren't you.)
[And then, she snickered again.]
(I think you should come back later, when you and your Neesan are more fun to play with! Fun is good, right?)
[And then, Albertine flipped over in mid-air, and called out - ]
(...Hey, Izabella-Nee! I have an idea, OK?)
[Nagisa groaned, then. Albertine had made a gesture, and Nagisa suddenly found herself being tossed out of the Witch Barrier entirely!]
- Oh, no!
[She groaned, and scrambled to her feet - And that was when Mami came tumbling out of thin air, almost landing right on Nagisa's head!]
...Darn! I didn't think they could actually kick us out like this. Are you OK, Nagisa-chan?
[Mami said, and then, she sighed as the Witch Barrier energy markers started to fade away.]
- And now they've gotten away, drat them all...
...I'm fine, Mami-Nee!
[Nagisa said, and then, she went over and gave Mami a hug.]
- Hey, we can just go and take our trip to the house with the Onsen now, right? I mean - Those Witches fought us once already, and they couldn't defeat us the first time, so they're not going to let us inside their Barrier that easily anymore, I don't think...
[Mami nodded at that, sighing.]
...That's true, now that I think about it - It might be better if we left them along for a while, I suppose. Or maybe we should even let some other Magical Girls deal with them, if they could. This is so annoying, though - It's been a while since any Witch got the better of me like that, to be honest...
[And then, she checked her little pouch of Grief Seeds, just in case.]
- And yes, we have enough Grief Seeds to keep us in good shape at least a week or more, I think, so everything should be OK.
[Mami gave Nagisa a big hug back, then.]
...I'll just go talk to some Magical Girls tonight, and then, tommorow, we can go on our big trip to the onsen!
[Nagisa grinned, widely, though she didn't forget to kick a nearby Kyubey while Mami wasn't looking. The nerve of those critters, lying about something as important as Magical Girls turning into Witches...]
[...Oh, well. It couldn't be helped, though. Nagisa sighed a bit, wondering how and when to tell Mami about that particular problem. She had the feeling that she should wait until after they'd had their fun onsen trip, though - Mami should be further along at that point, so she probably wouldn't freak out as much.]
[And then, Nagisa paused a bit. Further along? Further along what?]
[And then, she shook her head with a smile, her eyes glinting red for a moment. Never mind that for now - For now, they were going to have some fun!]
Re: The continuation of Path 2
Date: 2016-09-06 05:45 am (UTC)"...so.. that's the truth..." [That was the connection. Magical girls bcame witches. that explained everything. How witches were all female, how one turned up after a magical girl started acting strange then went missing. How a grief seed actually looked like a tiwsted black soul gem. And that actually almost happened to her, right after her mother died. Yes, she would already be a full witch now if it wasn't for Mami saving her...
Nagisa held up her soul gem, examining it, with a small dazed smile on her face] "But, would being a witch really be that bad?" [She wondered aloud] "Maybe if you were in control of it, it wouldn't be so scary. Maybe it could be fun, and hepful!" [a dark bubble emerged from her hand and popped into what looked with a polka dotted mouse with a nurse cap and a round mask. Nagisa cheered and pettedb him] "Pytor! you came back! Oh I'm glad! Oh, we should get big sister to be a witch too! Should we tell her? teehee, maybe it will be more fun as a surprise!"
Re: The continuation of Path 2
Date: 2016-09-06 07:17 am (UTC)...Oh, you're right, Pyotr. We shouldn't rush things - Good cheese takes time to make properly, after all!
[And then, she gave him a little hug, and tucked him in besides her.]
- And I still miss Mama a lot, and Papa too, but hey, I have Mami-Nee now, right? And now I have you too.
[The little Familiar smiled at her, then, and nodded.]
...So we should wait, until the proper time comes, and just have fun in the meanwhile. And after that - We can have our tea party, for ever and ever and ever!
[Nagisa fell asleep, then, and slept until morning. She woke up and shook her head, yawning.]
...I think I had a good dream last night, but I can't remember what it was all about. Isn't that odd, Mami-Nee?
[Mami laughed from the other side of Nagisa's room's half open door.]
- Oh, that isn't odd at all, Nagisa-chan! I mean, it would have been nice to remember it if it was a good dream, but that happens all the time, frankly.
[Nagisa smiled back, went and ate her breakfast, and then went back to her room, to make sure she hadn't forgotten anything. Hmm, everything seemed to be all right, but...And then, Nagisa blinked as suddenly, she saw a half transparent polka dotted mouse with a nurse cap and a mask, pointing at her desk. Oh, right - She probably should take the keys from those boxes that Mami-Nee's Grant Aunt Miyoko had left her, and maybe some of the other stuff, too. The keys were supposed to fit the locks of something in the big old house with the onsen, right? Well, that was what that creep Kyubey had said, anyway, and he didn't usually outright lie, even though he fudged the truth all the time.]
...Thanks, Pyotr!
[She said, and put the keys and anything else that felt relevant into a smaller lacquer box that she's also inherited from Miyoko-san, and put the whole thing into a soft bag.]
[And then, she put her rucksack on her back, and raised her voice.]
- I'm ready now, Mami-Neesan!
[Nagisa took a good look at Mami's apartment as they got out of it.]
...Bye, apartment! I have no idea if we're ever going to be coming back here or not, but you were fun to live in, anyhow.
[She whispered toward it, and then went toward Mami, smiling. The Kyubey at their feet nimbly avoided Nagisa's kick this time, and quickly hopped into Mami's arms.]
...Hello to you too, Momoe Nagisa. You feel a bit different today, do you not?
[The Kyubey said with a snicker - And then, he looked up at Mami, smiling brightly.]
- We're going to eat bentos on the train, right? I love bentos!
[Mami chuckled and patted his head.]
...Of course we are, Kyubey! What kind of bentos do you want to eat this time?
[Nagisa, in the meanwhile, was staring at the Kyubey, sweatdropping a bit. So that was what a Kyubey's smile looked like when it wasn't fake all the way...]
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Date: 2016-09-18 06:32 am (UTC)[Sometimes, Nagisa was pretty sure that the Kyubeys actually liked Mami, except that didn't seem to stop them from treating her like they treated all the other Magical Girls at all. Well, they weren't human, that much she did know, but...]
[But whatever, whatever! Nagisa shook her head, and smiled brightly at Mami, pointing at a map.]
...So we're going to the big old house over here, right?
- Oh, yes!
[Mami said, grinning, and then, she explained that though they'd usally take a car, she thought it would just be faster to transform and run to the house once they got to the nearest station, since she and Nagisa were both Magical Girls.]
...Haha, OK!
[Nagisa said, grinning - And then, it was time to get off the train. Mami, Nagisa and the Kyubey got off at a very tiny station, and then the girls transformed into their Magical Girl forms as soon as they were sure nobody was watching. Mami picked up the traveling bags she'd brought, and put the Kyubey on her shoulder.]
- OK, then - Follow me!
[They had a great deal of fun after that, running through the hills and jumping over rivers and cliffs. Haha, it was sometimes a great deal of fun to be a Magical Girl, Nagisa had to admit...]
[And in less then an hour, they had reached the old house in the mountains they'd been planning to stay at. Mami opened the door with a old fashioned key, and then bowed to Nagisa and Kyubey.]
...Welcome to my not so humble house, Nagisa-chan, Kyubey!
[She said with a grin.]
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Date: 2016-09-19 05:11 am (UTC)Re: The continuation of Path 2 2/2
Date: 2016-09-19 05:19 am (UTC)" how a out we get settled in snd unpacked, have a spot of tea, and thengo to tge hotsprinfs?@ mami suggested
" ok!" Nagusa skipped into her room, abd with the dior closed, let the nouse outof her pocket abd onyo the bed " pytot! Were here!"
Re: The continuation of Path 2
Date: 2016-09-19 05:40 am (UTC)(Yes, yes we are - This is the right place, indeed!)
[And then, she looked at Nagisa, and grinned.
(Go have tea with you Big Sis, Little Mistress - We will clean up the baths while you do!)
[...We? Nagisa was a bit puzzled for a moment, but then decided not to worry about it.]
...Thanks, Pyotr!
[She whispered, and then, she turned in the direction Mami was.]
- OK, Mami-Nee - I'm coming!
[And in the meanwhile...]
[Several rogue Incubators were outside the house, looking at what was going on. A small army of Mini-Familiars were now trying to clean the hot spring area up, rubbing the tubs and the walls and the floor until they shined, and getting fresh towels and soap and the like.]
...Huh.
[Eight said with a soft sigh, while Seven nodded.]
- Yeah, this is sort of new, if I say so myself. I never thought Niner would ever reach the point of being halfway original with his experiments, but he's getting close to the tipping point, isn't he?
[So Niner was getting more and more "contaminated by emotions" and - Some of the little Familiars over there smelled more like Mami then Nagisa, if he wasn't mistaken.]
[Eight sighed, then, and licked at his paws, wondering what would happen now...]
Re: The continuation of Path 2
Date: 2016-09-20 05:42 am (UTC)... Wait a moment...... Kyouko? Madoka? Sayaka? What were they doing here? Mami's curious notice was interrupted by Nagisa merrily skipping in and hugging her0
"Big sister!!"
"Ah, Nagisa!" ( Mami smiled and hugged her back) "Shall we go have tea and snacks now?"
"Yes please!"
(to Mami's surprise as they went out to the patio for the tea and snacks, there was already a table all set up for them, pretty table cloth and a vase of fresh flowers and all!)
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Date: 2016-09-22 09:37 am (UTC)Everything pretty and nice now - Tee hee!
[Eight and Seven watched a pack of Mini-Familiars that looked a lot like Mami's friends, curiously. There was even a pink-haired Madoka lookalike, who had now climbed up on the shoulders of Pyotr, watching the tea party.]
...This is strange, though - Who could have set things up so nicely?
[Mami said, and poked at the flowers, curiously.]
- Oh, maybe it was some of the local fairies or something!
[Nagisa said, and then, she sat at the table and started to poar Mami some tea.]
...Hmph. Well, I don't know about fairies, but nothing seems to be particularly dangerous about this table, I suppose.
[Mami said - And then, she poared some tea for Nagisa and Kyubey, as she was pretty sure Nagisa would not even give Kyubey the time of day in this case. Nagisa still didn't seem to like poor Kyubey, sadly enough, she thought...]
- Here are your cakes, Nagisa-chan, Kyubey!
[And then, they all sat down and started to eat their very nice cakes.]
[And in the meanwhile, the Mini Familiars had started their own small tea party too. Eight sighed a bit as a Mini Kyoko lookalike tossed a piece of cake at him and Seven.]
...Thanks for the thought, but I'm pretty sure your cakes wouldn't agree with us, Mini-Things?
[The Mini Familiars just shrugged and laughed.]
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Date: 2016-10-07 10:53 pm (UTC)" this is charming " maki commmented as she browsed the books)
" uh- huh!" ( nagisa agreed as she searched for picture books . Pytor appeared and swueaked, waving its littlepaw in nagisas direction as if motioning her to follow)
" what is it, pytor?) ( nagisa followed the mouse to a wall. The mouse squeaked again, pointing to a small keyhole near the bottom)
Re: The continuation of Path 2
Date: 2016-10-07 11:15 pm (UTC)...Mami-Neesan! Look, look - I think there must be some kind of secret door over here!
[Mami came over, then, and took a good look at the keyhole and key.]
- You appear to be right about that, Nagisa-chan!
[The two of them spent some time getting the secret door which looked just like part of the wall to open up properly, then. Nagisa sneezed a bit as the door opened up at long last.]
...It's so dusty, ha ha ha -
[And then, her eyes opened in wonder as she saw what was in the secret room behind the secret door. There were two large portraits on the walls, and some really old looking books on a desk in front of it.]
- Ohhh! Mami-Nee, Mami-Nee, look, look - The people in this picture look just like you and me!
Re: The continuation of Path 2
Date: 2016-10-09 02:52 am (UTC)" charlotte! Thats my name!"( nagisa whispered with a giggle
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Date: 2016-10-11 04:57 pm (UTC)[She looked at the portrait again, carefully, and grinned when she realized that what it actually had said was "Mariannna Candeloro, the Duchess of the Candeloro Province". Yes, that sounded much better!]
[And so she turned back toward Nagisa with a laugh.]
...It is?
[Mami grinned, and patted Nagisa's head.]
- Oh, yes - My other name is Charlotte, and yours is Candoloro!
[Nagisa grinned back.]
...Huh, really? Why isn't it Marianna?
[Mami said, and gave Nagisa a hug, just because.]
- Well, I dunno, but it's Candeloro, not Marianna. Maybe it's because you used to think that being the Duchess Candeloro was more important then being just Marianna, I think?
[Nagisa said, a slightly sad smile on her face, and then she turned toward the other portrait.]
...I'm sorry Mami-Nee, I'm not sure what I'm talking about right now at all, but - Hey, look, this one looks like all our friends! The pink haired one looks like Madoka-san, and the redhead and the bluehead look just like Kyoko-san and Sayaka-san!
[Mami looked at the other portrait, then, grinning.]
...Indeed they do! But it's odd - The cute girl with the old fashioned coral glasses looks very familiar too, but I can't for the life of me figure out why. Who does she remind me of, I wonder?
[Nagisa took a good look at the figure Mami was pointing at, but then she giggled.]
- Oh, Mami-Nee - That's just Akemi Homura-san with glasses! Though she does look awfully cute like that, ha ha ha...
[And then, Nagisa paused a bit, and turned toward Mami.]
...Mami-Nee? Homura-san is a good person, really, even though I know you've fought her before. And I...
[Nagisa took a deep breath, then.]
- Um, there's something I have to tell you, Mami-san, and it's really important, and I really have to tell you all about if before somebody else -
[Well, somebody like that creep Kyubey that is, Nagisa thought with a wince. She wasn't going to let him tell Mami-Nee anything about the Magical Girls turning into Witches business if she could help it, that was for sure... That was Nagisa herself's job, really, she felt for some strange reason.]
- Tells you all about it, but first, I want us to do all the stuff we came to do here, and have all the fun we can, OK?
[Mami looked at Nagisa for a moment, her eyebrows raised, but then she smiled happily.]
...If you say so, Nagisa-chan.
[And then, Mami came closer to Nagisa, and put her hands on her shoulders.]
I trust you, of course - Oh, we're related in some way anyway, it seems, but I really feel like you're my real sister or something!
[Nagisa wiped at her eyes, then, feeling herself tearing up.]
...OK, then - So let's check out those really old books next!
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Date: 2016-10-27 03:09 am (UTC)...Wait, I think I know this story!
[Nagisa said with a smile.]
It's one of the Princess of Evil stories! The one about the Princess of Evil and the Wise Queen Verena, right?
[But then, her face fell as she saw what came next. A picture of a lot of people in mediveal garb, looking up with wide eyes as a circus tent formed around him.]
And then Queen Verena laughed and laughed, and the Witches danced. And when that Walpurgis Night was over, nobody ever saw the Wise and Gentle Queen Verena again...Though sometimes, people saw they see a circus tent sailing through the skies like a ship, with a woman of terrible beauty at the helm of it...
[Mami looked at the last picture in the picture book, and blinked. A large circus sailing through the night skies, filled with acrobats and dancers and actresses, and at the helm was...]
[...It was...almost like...]
[Hmmmmmmmm.]
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Date: 2016-10-27 03:30 am (UTC)(Nagisa beamed at the illustration] "The witch queen... She's so pretty!"
"yes... she is beautiful..." [ the queen of the witches... their queen...]
Re: The continuation of Path 2
Date: 2016-11-01 04:27 am (UTC)...OK, then, so what's in this book?
[She said, picking up the other one. Mami stared at her, blinking, and then shook her head.]
- I have no idea. The picure on the front really does look familiar, though, for some reason...
[Nagisa gave her a slightly sad smile, then.]
...Why, of course, Mami-Nee - They look just like the Kagamine Rin-san and her brother!
[Mami stared for a moment, wondering who those people were - And then, she took a better look at the picuture. The richly dressed girl sitting on the throne did look a lot like the Magical Girl who'd fought with them at the concert battle, now that she thought about it. And as for the boy standing behind her in some kind of Royal Servant's garb...]
- Oh, so that's what her name is? I had no idea, though I do remember a boy who looked a lot like her being there, of course.
[Mami and Nagisa both browzed through the book, then, though the story was a bit different from what they both remembered.]
...It's still fits the general plot of the Story of Evil, but the nobles around Princess Rillanne seem to be much more evil and manuplative then I remember from any of the other stories. I do feel sorry for her, at least a little...
[Mami said, looking at a picture of Rillanne crying on the shoulder of the blond boy who looked just like her. At then, she blinked.]
- No, wait, so the Royal Servant is actually being called her brother, here? Her twin brother, even? But then, why wasn't he the King, or at least some kind of Prince?
...I don't know, Mami-Nee. Maybe some people thought having a girl on the throne would be more useful, somehow?
[Mami nodded at that, and looked through the book some more.]
[The Picture Book]
[The blonde haired girl was sitting at a desk, cletching a glass so hard it was breaking in her hand - "Everybody betrays me! Even my own brother betrays me!" The caption said, as the blood flowed down her hand...]
[And then, a white furred and red eyed creature came upon the scene, smiling up at her cutely.]
It has been a long while, Princess Rillanne!
Re: The continuation of Path 2
Date: 2016-12-15 05:55 am (UTC)[Nagisa bounced up curiously] " Will you read the picture book to me, mami nee chan?"
"Perhaps tonight before bed, imouto chan" [Mami patted Nagisa's head] "Now, let's see what other interestingg things we can find here."
Re: The continuation of Path 2
Date: 2016-12-15 09:50 am (UTC)[Nagisa said with a somewhat sad smile.]
What do you want to do next?
[She did want Mami to do everything she'd come to do and have some fun before telling her the horrible truth about Magical Girls turning into Witches, after all. And she really did have to tell Mami first, before that nasty Kyubey did, Nagisa felt...]
[Mami smiled at her.]
...Well, for now...Why don't we go to the Festival that's supposed to be taking place in the village down the hill?
- That sounds like a great idea, Mami-Nee!
[And so they closed up the room, and took another bath. Mami and Nagisa both did each other's hair, and got dressed in the appropiate yukata's and footgear.]
[They were doing a play based on some of the local legends at the festival. Nagisa clapped her hands and laughed.]
...Five color-coded Mikos teaming up to save the village from a horrible monster? Why, it's almost like a Magical Girl anime or something, Mami-Nee...
......It really does, doesn't it?
[Mami said, and then she snickered as Kyubey looked up at her, grinning as usual.]
.......Well, I wonder, Kyubey - Could you have had something to do with those old legends, perhaps?
- Maybe, maybe!
[The Incubator said, laughing - And then, he giggled as Mami gave him some dangos on a stick,]
...I love those - Thanks, Mami!
[And then, they sat down to watch the play. Mami chuckled as she saw the Silver Miko being given a magical talisman by a black cat, and then go on to gather the Miko Team.]
...So it wasn't a white cat? How odd!
[First, there was a series of battles, fighting against a red-haired sorceress and her minions (who were feeding people's energies to the monster for some kind of magical dark power boost) and then, it was time for the final battle against the monster herself. Nagisa and Mami ooh'd and ahh'd as the color-coded Miko's died, one by one, just to give their camerades a chance to kill the monster for good.]
[And then, the Moonlight Shadow, the Silver Miko's mysterious love interest, died in her arms a very sad scene, accompanied by old style traditional Japanese dirge music.]
[Nagisa clapped, too, her eyes moist.]
......So that's what sad anime music would have sounded like if they'd had anime back in the Edo period, huh?
[After that came the final battle, in which the Silver Miko managed to defeat the monster with her last breath, and collapsed on the floor of the stage as the monster gave one last screetch of rage and disappered in a flash of smoke.]
[There was one last scene, then, a bittersweet scene were the spirit of the Silver Miko was reunited with the spirits of her friends and beloved, and danced with each other one last time.]
...Well, it probably was a good thing that the Silver Miko died in the final battle, I suppose - It would have been much too dangerous otherwise.
[Nagisa said, sighing a bit, and wiped her eyes. Mami blinked at that.]
- Huh? Why would it have been dangerous? The Witch - I mean, the monster had been defeated already, right, Nagisa-chan?
[Nagisa looked at her, and sighed again, wondering what to say - But then, the final narration of the play started up.]
The legends say that Five Miko became goddesses after their death, and are watching over the people, even now. The main shrine dedicated to them is a 15 minute walk from here...
...Ohhhh!
[Nagisa laughed, and clapped her hands, relieved for a chance to change the subject.]
- Let's go pay our respects to our Sempais from long ago, Mami-Nee! I mean, it does sound like the right thing to do, right?