>>22516506

That's what it sounds like, after her dead colleague started telling you THINGS from inside a Witch Barrier. THINGS that you possibly couldn't have made up even if you tried, and you're supposed to be the one who thinks up of contrived situations to put your own self insert and the exaggerated expy of your boss through, in the name of LOVE and ROMANCE.

Your best friend, Wakaba Mirai, is there with you, along with two fragments of your sempai's broken psyche (original flavor and extra moe). With Malal, the Culexus who seems to have a strange connection with your sempai, your group comes about to five Magical Girls, all trapped inside a Witch Barrier. A Witch Barrier that also harbors an insane eldritchian horror in a pink dress and a metal-limbed maniac with a gigantic golden chainaxe hungry for skulls.

You have a way out, yes. It's right there on your wrist, a bulky digital watch. One press and you can leave this nightmare and everything else. Safe back in the real world. But doing that...that means leaving your boss here to die, and that's something you're not prepared to live with.

You are going to save her no matter what. Whatever it takes. Even if it kills you in the process.

Even if you don't know if things will work out the way they should.

You'll drag her kicking and screaming back into the real world. Back to the place where she can smile again, even if the reason she's smiling isn't you at all.

Your sempai is a broken thing, that much is clear. And you're not going to let anything get in the way of her having the tiny scraps of happiness the universe can spare broken things like her.

She deserves that much, at least.

[1/2]

>>22516512

So, what are the THINGS that her supposedly-dead friend told you?

1.) One of your sempai's fragments is angry. Not the usual kind of angry where she simply frowns and goes quiet and glares at you until you apologize, but the angry where she seems to have grown teeth and claws and and other sharp things and can tear someone and half with them. Apparently, that's what they tried to fight earlier, and you can see from their tired, wounded states that it didn't go so well.

2.) The first one isn't the bad fragment, it's actually a good fragment.

3.) The bad one is all out-and-out insane, with a "ribbon in her hair", "wings of pure hatred" and "a golden shield clasped around her arm". The fragment of your sempai that wants to kill herself - which probably means that she's after her other fragments as well.

4.) To save your sempai, you have to get at least three of her fragments together, in the same place. You don't know what'll happen when you do. Neither does Malal or Mirai. You just have to, for some reason.

5.) Your shit is well and rightly fucked. No, Malal didn't tell you this, but from everything she's said, she might as well held up a sign that said so.

There are a few things that she's not telling you, however. Mirai is keeping back a few things as well.

What do you do?

[]Ask them something else.
[]Let this be, and try to come up with a plan.
[]Ask the two Homuras about the other fragments.
[]Try to reach Madoka again.
[]Contact Souji through the Teleport Beacon.

>>22516528
>[x]Ask them something else.

The Kyubey with the BOSS shirt said something about this restaurant being here due to my soulgem being attuned or something. What does that mean, and can that help us in any way?

Also... one of the support guys outside of the barrier mentioned that Kharn has also entered the barrier. How are we going to deal with her?

>>22516528
Ask Homura and Chiaki if they know anything about the other fragments. Ask Mirai if she's dead, too.

>>22516512

Midori is a good girl ;_;

This segment has been filled with feels.

>>22516528
"I know you're leaving something out. Both of you. What is it?"

>>22516528
[X]Ask the two Homuras about the other fragments.

More info is good.

>>22516528
[x]Contact Souji through the Teleport Beacon.
We need to get a handle on Madoka and Kharn.

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>>22516528
>[X]Ask them something else.

Ask Malal and Mirai how come they're here. Maybe that could give us some clues to everything else. Also, get Otacon on the line. We need to know where Madoka is and the other two fragments, if he has a bead on them.

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>>22516528

this >>22516667

>>22516667

Oh.

PLEASE TELL HER KHAN IS IN THE BARRIER TOO

>>22516528
[x]Contact Souji. We need to update him on the situation.

Mentioning Kharn to him and maybe bringing Madoka up with Mirai, Malal, and the Homuras is not a bad idea, either.

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>>22516528
>[x]Ask them something else.
At the same time, TELL them about Kharn.

Because I realized what Kharn is doing. She is serving someone she shouldn't be, which is to say, she is in the process of Betraying.

Fuck you deculture, it's 3 in the fucking AM.
SLEEP IS FOR THE WEAK!

>>22516756
Welcome to my world, man.

>>22516751

Some random thoughts on RibbonHomu from the last thread:

RibbonHomu is a post-canon Homu that decided she was no longer happy with Madoka becoming a goddess of hope and erasing herself from physical existence. She once again tried to "save" Madoka and ended up putting in motion the events which led to Madokami falling and becoming Faust, setting up the quest proper.

Now, early on in Midori quest, Pinky grumbled something about "time lines converging" as she analyzed the barrier. This, combined with RibbonHomu's plan to kill one of herself, makes me think that she's trying the same thing as Archer: erase herself from existence by forcing a paradox.

Since this barrier is a "convergence of timelines" any version will do, but she'll probably be gunning for Moemura harder than any of the others in hopes of creating the biggest paradox possible. RibbonHomu is probably so messed up right now that she's probably thinking that if she can't "save" Madoka, then at least she won't put her through several timelines of misery by erasing the catalyst, herself, from ever making any changes to begin with.

Witch-wings, gold shield, her own version of Madoka's bow, who knows how many timelines of experience in combat, and a single minded determination to save Madoka no matter what...

Midori is in deep shit.

>>22516756

Feels good to be in GMT+8

And a workplace where 4chan isn't banned.

>>22516528
>[]Ask them something else.
Ask how Mirai and Malal are here, and mention Kharn's present.

>[]Ask the two Homuras about the other fragments.

Particularly the non-Suicidemura/Ribbonmura fragment.

>[]Contact Souji through the Teleport Beacon.

Mention Kharn and get a bead on her.

>>22516797
GMT+10 (+1 more for daylight savings) and also jobless.
LIVING THE DREAM

Mood music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ef5Eno5eRTs

>>22516528
[x]Ask them something else.
Ask Mirai to explain why she can't leave the Barrier; we can then inform Souji about it.
And ask if Kharn and Madoka are going to be a hindrance or a help.

Time for summoning yet?

>>22517116

It's not even an hour.

This is small time.

>>22517116

Hasn't quite been an hour yet. Give him time.

>>22516601 >>22516640 >>22516667 >>22516736

You turn towards Kyuubey, who seems to be busying himself with counting the money from the money-box. The way he shuffles the notepaper around with those secondary ears that he has, before slapping the wad of bills against the edge of the counter, making a solid cracking sound, reminds you starkly of how your father did the same thing.

You shake your head at this, and ask him about what he said earlier. Something about the attunement of your Soul Gem to Chiaki's? What does that mean, and can it help in any way with what you're trying to do?

"You've forgotten already?" Kyuubey blinks at you. "Remember how she took you in instead of having you executed, back in the Silent Room? Your contract with your former Incubator was rewritten. Your Soul Gem is now linked to hers. Something of a one-way connection, granted, but in situations like these..." He shrugs, a tiny lift and fall of his small shoulders. "One of the advantages of attunement is being able to coerce the girl whose Soul Gem is linked to yours. Maybe, and this is just supposition - you may be able to get through to that fragment they're talking about. The berserk one, anyway."

...Well, yes, but what about the other one? The insane one, with the wings and all?

"It could possibly have an effect on her too. Or maybe she'll mistake you as another fragment, and use it to track your movements." Another shrug. "Again, I'm just making educated guesses, here. I'm not real, after all, but maybe the real me should think about getting into the food service industry, hands-on like this." Kyuubey makes a satisfied grunt as he slaps the wad of money again. "It's a refreshing change of pace from the drudgeries of dealing with frustrated young women."

...Right. Okay. You'll keep that in mind.

[1/2]

>>22517359

You turn back to Malal and Mirai. The latter has picked up her own bowl of ramen, picking through its contents with a pair of chopsticks, eating only the vegetables. You hide a smile at this - even in this kind of place, she still is rather conscientious about what she eats. She explained to you once that the Pleiades Saints, with their exacting choice of uniform...you can't really be careless with your food choices, unless you suddenly wanted a wardrobe malfunction in the middle of combat.

"You're hiding something, aren't you?" You say as...calmly as you can, despite the fact that you want to throttle the truth out of them. Especially Malal - the fact that you can't see her face makes it doubly annoying. "Tell me everything. If we're to save sempai, I need to know everything."

Malal and Mirai share another pointed glance, before the former speaks up. "We've told you everything necessary for us to complete our objective. Anything else we've excluded isn't worth talking about, because there's nothing that can be done about them." She taps the screen of her phone. "There's such a thing as knowing too much, you know."

Mirai turns to the Culexus with an expression approximating...well, distaste, before swallowing and shaking her head. "It's...that's not quite the way I'd put it, Miss Malal, but..." Your best friend gives you an apologetic smile. "...she's right. Let's focus on getting your sempai back in one piece, Midori-chan. We'll worry about the other things later, when we can catch our breaths."

...These two. Nngh. Fine. They're right, but you'll ask them later, after you've rounded up the other two fragments. You won't settle for anything less.

[2/3]

>>22517414

In any case, Souji needs calling. If what you saw earlier was in fact true, and not another hallucination afforded by this stupid barrier, then he'll want to know about Kharn.

You hold up the Telebort Beacon and press the button to initiate the call. Everyone, including Kyuubey, seems to fall silent as they hear the beacon trying to connect to the outside world, the only sound remaining being the rain falling outside. A sharp buzz of static, a couple of beeps, and Souji's voice comes on. Crackly and a bit weak, but it's there.

"Midori?" Souji's voice sounds tired, but relieved. "Christ. We thought you were already dead. What the hell happened? We've been trying to reach you for the last three hours. Listen, we've been tracking your position, and something huge is coming your way. Way, way bigger than the ones we saw earlier. You need to get out of there now."

How do you respond?

>>22517414

Midori that's not how you sneakily interrogate them. What are you doing? Direct approach? For a girl with powers based around espionage and ninja'ing around that was amateurish.

>>22517490
"Kharn's in here, she's helping someone called the Blessed Lady, I found Mirai, you find a way to save her and Kharn, and we're getting out of here now."

So out the back? I think that's the usual way to run.

>>22517490

"I can't, Matsuda-sempai's still fractured, and Kharn is here too. Please, tell me where the other fragments are."

>>22517540
This, but we also need to make sure we let the others know we need to haul ass.

>>22517490
"Yeah, I know what's going on, more than you do at least, and I'm not leaving until I do what needs to be done to save Sempai.

Souji, your girlfriend is in here. She's working with Faust/Madoka, she calls her the Blessed Lady.

Give me the locations of the other fragments, I'm collecting them, prepare to send in Tiny Pete, we might need him."

>>22517490

This >>22517607

>>22517519

It has been mentioned that she took it easy during her training. And probably didn't have half the experience that she told Chiaki she had, back when she was making squid-cabbage balls for Kharn.

>>22517490

Is this a open call?

Perhaps Malal and Mirai should listen in as well if they can.

>>22517490

Something like >>22517607

Inform Souji that Kharn has joined up with the super witch signature that he tracked earlier and we need to know where she is right now and if he's ever heard about any "Blessed Lady" before. We'll be leaving immediately, but we need the location of the nearest fragment as we run.

This would also be a good time to transform and tell them to get Tiny Pete on stand-by and outfitted with even bigger guns, if possible.

>>22517490

Souji, is that thing that's heading for me one of the Chiaki signals?

>>22517490
This >>22517607
Then leg it for Deli Heal. We need to get the angry one and run.

How are the conditions of Moemura's and Chiaki's shields?

We might be able to get the FoFA Murderface to stand down but with Ribbons, the best bet might be to pass the Hypnogun to Chiaki and let her tranq ribbons.

>>22517811

Does Moemura even have a shield? I thought she was completely pre-contract, civilian version Homura?

>>22517746
can someone explain to me the importance of the Deli heal agency? I feel like I'm missing something about its significance

>>22517864

She's the freshly contracted Homura. She and Chiaki were reminiscing about her attempt to use a golf club as her main wep.

...Ok.

I do have some sort of tentative plan for our next step.
Thinking about it, our next step should be RibbonHomura, not berserkHomura. Because I am sure at this moment Kharn is beating up BerserkHomura.

Also I do have an idea how we could get RibbonHomura to stop being suicidal. I am not sure how good it is, though.
1. Approach RibbonHomura disguised as Madoka, ask Moemura for hints into impersonating Madoka.
2. If RibbonHomura doubts we are actually Madoka, don't deny it, but mention that we are actually a fragment of Madoka who can't stand seeing her in pain or something. That will explain our 'amnesia'.
3. While we got her attention, and she doesn't try to kill us, descretly cast a nightmare barrier so she can see only us and her surroundings.
4. Before the disguise attempt, give murderface the hypogun. She is the better shot, and devise a signal for her to shoot RibbonHomura. Also take a syringe for ourselves incase something goes wrong with murderface.
5. If we do somehow manage to calm her down, we will need to break the illusion sometime. When we do this, we pretend that the sane 'fragment' of Madoka 'possessed' us so she could give RibbonHomura hope or something.

>>22517906
Porn doujins. It's a magical girl brothel. Walprugis Night is 50% night.

>>22517927
50% OFF night. Fuck.

>>22517927
>>22517906

It's also where dead magical girls go.

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>>22517910

Ah, must have missed that. Thanks.

Weird that she didn't just timestop and escape after she wriggled out of Midori's grasp when they were running away from the school.

>>22517921

The Hypogun isn't a gun in the sense of range. You need direct contact to use it.

>>22517921

I do agree that using Midori's powers would be the best way to calm down RibbonHomu, but I think she should be saved for last.

Get the other three fragments first, throw up a Nightmare mode illusion so that she can only experience what we want her to, and get the other three fragments in close while RibbonHomu is focusing on "Madoka", then wait for... whatever is supposed to happen.

>>22518037

...
Oh yea.

Anyway, I will need to go back to sleep now. Just wanted to add my thoughts while before its 'too late'

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>>22518037
>>22518095

Souji needs to invent toxiguns one month ago.

>>22517540 >>22517607

That...that wasn't quite the news you were expecting to hear from Souji, but then again, what were you expecting? Something good?

You close your eyes for a moment, willing yourself to be calm despite the fact that he'd just told you to haul ass - and then tell him to slow down, that you need to tell him a few things, and ask him a couple of questions. There's a moment of silence, here, before he replies.

"Yeah, yeah, okay. Go ahead. Sorry, it's..." Souji seems to be doing the same thing to himself, trying to focus despite the temptation to panic. "...Right. Go on. What did you want to tell me?"

And you tell him. About what you saw with Kharn, and who she's with, and what you think is up. You also tell him that you've found Mirai, and she seems to be okay for the time being.

"...Right. Right. Yes. Kharn. Um." You're a bit disturbed at how Souji seems to be...well, going to pieces, here. He didn't even bat an eye earlier when a Witch suddenly exploded into existence in his base, nearly taking his fiancee out along with your sempai. You remember him being all cool as you like as Kharn started crying blood, trashing around and screaming gibberish until he gave her something to calm down. You had wondered if there will be anything that would really shake the young man, and it seems that now you've found it.

"...Forget about Kharn." Souji finally says after a long, painful silence. His voice sounding much more tired and strained now. "She's...she's compromised. Just focus on bringing Murderface out of there alive. She's more important."

You pause for a moment, blinking at this. He...how could he say that? How can he just consider Kharn gone? Surely there's something that can be done--

[1/2]

>>22518146

Malal, if you're hearing this.

Please grab the comm and scream the shit out of that wimpy ass faggot.

>>22518234
this, completely and utterly this.
also i hope malal slaps the crap out of kharn and knocks sense into her.

>>22518146

"We've talked about this," Souji says tightly. "She's told me about this. About how she'll prove her title right, one day, and there's nothing anyone can do about that. Not me, not her, not anyone else. I've accepted that." A moment. "Anyway, you need to move. The signal I'm tracking now is immense, and--"

"Souji?" A voice-corrupted voice comes on, from somewhere else, and you look up from the Teleport Beacon to see Malal standing beside you. ...You didn't hear or feel her step closer, so...yes. That's a bit scary.

"Who was that?" Souji blurts suddenly. "Wait. What? Malal? Is that you? How the fuck are you the--"

"I promised that you two idiots would have a happy ending, right?" Malal cuts him off. "Seems I've got another last chance to keep that promise. Consider this your early wedding present, nerd, and I won't tell her how you've given up on her so easily."

Silence.

"Now, continue what you were saying. What's headed our way that we need to evacuate?"

"Y-yeah. The...the signal. Huge one. Matches the one we've identified as Murderface, with the original Teleport Beacon and everything. It's headed your way."

"Right. Thanks." You can hear the smile in the Culexus' voice. "Tell Misaka hi for me, would you?"

"...Sure. I will." Another pause. "Thanks, Malal."

"No problem." Malal steps back, before nodding at you. "That's the angry one. She's probably followed us back. We can try and hide until she passes us, or face her head-on right now." She gestures towards the two Homuras. "With the three of you, we should be able to at least balance things out. We'll be doing it in the rain, though, so..."

Silence.

What do you reply?

>>22518349
"We don't have the time to let her pass us by. There's too much going on to wait.

We're doing this now, we're saving Sempai no matter what. I don't care if it's raining, hailing or if the sky if made of fire, we're getting her out of here."

>>22518349
Sounds like we have a shot at least. Call in Tiny Pete.

>>22518349
Run and hide, until the rain ends and we have a better chance. Go out the back.

>>22518349
If the five of us can make it even then maybe a robot will give us an edge.

>>22518349

Would get used to being sick for Malal.

Lets do this.

Midori should stick with Moemura and use her timestop to get in close for the Hypogun, should we not be able to talk her down.

"Malal, what does the rain bring?"

We need to know this.

>>22518349

What is it about the rain that makes it so difficult to reach her? Would we be better trying to confront her inside one of the buildings, in an attempt to trigger some sort of memory or to avoid the rain? Do we *really* have to beat her senseless, or will she become better one she calms down? How WILL we calm her down?

Also briefly mention the close call we had with her in the school.

>>22518349

"Okay, let's get this over with it."

Someone in the previous thread was asking for a link to the imgur album with all my MGNQ stuff. Most are edits or traces, but there a few original things in there too.

http://imgur.com/a/ft8GQ

At any rate, I can't stay awake any longer so this is goodnight. Hopefully the thread will still be around when I wake up.

Don't die!

>>22518349
"You said the rain made her harder to... deal with? Then we should wait it out, as long as possible, before we confront her."

>>22518349

Face her head-on. Implement cool-down hug while the others are on hand if/when that attempt goes sour.

Oh, and tell a little white lie and say 'Madoka Forgives You."

>>22518455
does anyone have a link to the pics from the drawthread Deculture ran awhile back?

>>22517921
>>22518081
I'm going to reregister my objection to impersonating Madoka. Too easy to go painfully wrong. We desperately need Homura/Chiaki to trust us.

At this point I think we need to coordinate with (and/or re-coöpt) Faust, for several reasons -- because she knows more than we do, to have a real Madoka to calm RibbonHomu, and to get Malal close enough to Kharn to bap her on the head with a rolled-up newspaper.

>>22518478
agreed with this.

>>22518478

My issue with impersonating Madoka is we're not sure if this Homura fragment even recognizes Madoka outside of being "Pinky".

>>22518349
"I can summon a giant robotic suit of armour to fight her. Would that help?"

>>22518510
well seeing as I agree with the regroup with Pinky option, or at least brain text her again, I certainly hope RibbonHomu and Pinky are able to get along at least a little bit.

Capthcha: licyour but

>>22518470
"Madoka still loves you" should work just as well, and it has the added advantage of being entirely true.

>>22518510
Ouch. True that. Well, in that case Pinky is still firepower, then. (Or, if we are very, very lucky, hug-power.)

>>22518349
Let's do it head-on. And summon our bigass robot suit.

For America.

>>22518478
I agree we shouldn't impersonate Madoka but we should go full nightmare mode on Homu

Seriously blast her brains with concentrated happiness so it at least staggers her and we can either hypo her out or talk her down, preferably the latter but with no hesitation to do the former if we need to

And don't appear to her directly, at least not to start with, our little merry group keeps the fuck away until she isn't going to tear us all limb from limb the moment we step out

Fight the incoming Muderface, of course. We have a tranq gun, let's use it.

>>22518604
>use tranq gun
You know that it doesn't shoot darts, and is just a glorified syringe, and we need to be grappling Murderface, right?

>>22518624
Midori has done that before.

>>22518669
The grappling worked well enough last time on it's own

>>22518679
That wasn't Murderboner Ribbon Homura, though.

>>22518679
Hugs are Midori's real magical girl power.

>>22518604

Crazy idea, but might it be possible to trigger some sort of protective instinct in the Berserk Matsuda/Murderface by one of the team pretending to take Midori hostage? Or at least give her pause?

>>22518702
>implying it isn't amnesia Chiaki currently running around being psycho.

>>22518690
It was flesh of fallen angels with Kirika sword Murderface

I think the difference isn't that huge

>>22518702
See, that sounds like the kind of idea that, if it works at all, is going to work *far too well* (i.e., by getting someone killed by a vengeful RibbonHomu).

What if, we make an illusion that gives her what she wants, everything is dead, gone and over and then Madoka comes in ( not us ) and helps her up and tells her that there is still hope and that her friends need her so that they can fix everything

Shall we start the summoning then?

Nyan Nyan

>>22519688

Nyan Nyan

>>22518393 >>22518412 >>22518417 >>22518423

You decide to face the approaching fragment head-on, instead of hiding away and letting her pass. You're not sure what it is, but having Malal in your team - or just simply being around her, anyway - makes you feel as if you could actually succeed. Even if the one you're about to face is the kind of thing that made even someone like Madoka cringe and whimper and sob in fear - and that's the best case scenario. If this turns out to be the insane one with the wings and shit, well...it's not looking too good at all.

Malal looks at you silently for a few moments, before nodding, as if confirming something herself. "Right. Same decision I would've made, too. Wasn't at all that confident, really, when Mirai and I tried it, but with five of us, we should have something approaching a fighting chance."

...If she wasn't confident at all, then why the hell did she try, then?

She looks at you, amusement clear in her vox-corrupted voice. "Because I had to. Someone had to. Especially when the stakes are huge. Even if you've got less than a single percent of success, you have to try." She shrugs. "We actually came close to getting there, anyway, until the rain started. That sent everything to shit."

The rain. What's so special about this kind of rain, anyway? Does it mean anything inside this barrier? Does it attract familiars or something, or what?

Another glance, between Mirai and Malal, before Mirai herself replies. "Miss Malal believes that it's a representation of Miss Murderface's memories, or an aspect of it that elicits a reaction on her fragments. She remembers the rain, and she dreams about it, and it reminds her of a very traumatic event in her life. The trauma has its obvious effects, of course."

But what about Chiaki and Homura? How come they're not going crazy?

[1/2]

>>22519688
>>22519700
>>22519702

Summon success!!

>>22519702

Malal shrugs at this. "Probably because they haven't experienced the event itself, or can't remember it." She turns towards the two Homuras. The one you're more familiar with, Chiaki, shrugs at this.

"Probably. I remember something with rain, but it's all in bits and pieces." She grins in a tired sort of way. "Not going insane here, though. Don't worry. Takes more than a little rain to do that." She nudges Homura with a gentle elbow, making the poor girl squeak in surprise.

"I...n-no, I don't remember anything bad about rain," She murmurs, shaking her head. "I like the rain, actually. It makes it nice to curl up in bed with a good book." She smiles at this. "A-and a cup of hot chocolate."

"There you go." The Culexus nods. "Anyway, if we're going to do this, we should aim to subdue. Hit her hard enough to drop her or render her harmless. Then we bring the other two to her, and..." Her voice trails off in a rather hesitant silence.

And...then?

"Then something...happens?" Malal answers after a moment. "I don't know. But something will. I'm sure of it."

How? How can she be so sure?

Malal's skulled helm turns toward you, before replying in a voice that's neither smug or snide - just a quiet statement, an affirmation.

"That's a secret." A moment more. "But it'll work, whatever it is."

Christ. More secrets. Are all Culexus as annoying as her?

"No," This time, Malal chuckles. "I'm the most annoying. There's one you should meet, thouh. She's got a pet tortoise--"

[2/3]

>>22519927

The bestial roar from outside exploded with all the volume and force of a thunderclap. The glass windows that allowed customers to enjoy a view of the street while eating their ramen cracking, then shattering, then blasting into the store in sharp, cutting shards. You would've shouted out a warning, had it not been for Chiaki diving from across the table and knocking you to the floor. You immediately catch her scent, an earthy one of sweat and blood and gunpowder, distracting you from her warm weight as it settles down on top of you. A half-squeak, half-sob, and you realize that Homura had also borne you down as well, the pigtailed girl covering your face with her own body.

It's then that you hear Malal swear, the furious, scathing hate coming across her helmet's vox speakers. "Fucking hell, she's here! Get up, all of you! SHE'S HERE!" A rasp of static. "MIRAI!"

"Here," You hear her reply breathlessly, and you catch a glimpse of silver coming alive in her hands. Her broadsword. The sword that she'd used a lifetime ago, in the Jyuubey's service. The sword that she'd used only a few days ago, when she was trying to kill you. "We're engaging, Midori-chan. It's her, she's here, and she looks angry." A moment. "Try not to enjoy yourself too much, alright?"

A flurry of footsteps. Another roar. A shouted challenge from Malal's helm speakers. And finally, the deafening noise of metal crashing against metal, again and again and again.

What do you do?

>>22519946
try first talking the psycho one down, this one remembers us is my bet.

>>22519946
Distraction duty. Throw up images of Pinky, Kyoko, Sayaka, and lots of Kyuubeys.
And stay the hell our of everyone else's way.

>>22519946
Tell everyone to clear out while we try something

Full nightmare mode, change the setting, no rain no horror she is back where it is safe and happy

>>22519927
>Yuma yet lives

Cautious optimism!

>>22519946
Let's change the environment. We play support for everyone else, we modify it so there's distractions to keep her attention away from our allies, change the environment to not being the rain but instead being somewhere safe, comforting and warm, and then we talk with her. If talking doesn't work we'll have our allies stab her until it does.

>>22519946

Anger only begets more anger.

Midori is attuned to Chiaki, or vice-versa. Perhaps Midori can try to speak to Chiaki in the same way that she tried to contact Madoka, earlier?

>>22519946

Try to use attunement with Chiakimura's soul gem and speak directly to her, while using Nightmare Mode to hide the rain. Then commence with Cooldown Hug.

>>22520050
>in b4 MAXIMUM CHRISTMAS!

>>22519946
Change into magical girl outfit, it's go time. Have the two Homuras back us up. Ask Chiaki if she has a tranq gun in there

>>22520118
this, completely and utterly this.

>>22520118
This,we take advantage of fake coobies advice

>>22520118
Fuck the cooldown hug, we have a four-pack of "Go the fuck to sleep" darts. Use those!

>>22520391
>implying we shouldn't have the go the fuck to sleep darts for ribben homu.
if we can save them then crazy ass psycho bitch we have a chance against.

also kharn as well if shit goes REALLY bad.

>>22520391
They're not darts. We have to get in close either way.

>>22520391
Go the fuck to sleep darts might be bad end

>>22520118

Plead with her to come back. Everybody's counting on her to come back.


Do you guys think shuffling some of Midori's memories into the attunement would help? If this incarnation of Chiaki is the more recent one, it could help her remember who she is. Although it could confuse the hell out of Amnesiaki.

>>22520477
It couldn't hurt

>>22520429
>>22520454
Save the darts as a last resort. Chances are we're going to have to use all of them just to subdue one person, considering how normal Kharn shrug one off fairly easily

>>22520581

Keep in mind, 'Instant Sedation' trope isn't in effect here as Souji reminded us. My worry is either that interference causes us to waste a dose, or Ribbonmura just proves too berserk to subdue with a single dose.

>>22520581
Souji said not to do that, we have to hit them once and wait it out

>>22520615
We can use illusions + sedation to keep them fighting shadows until it knocks them out

>>22520770
Wasn't there an ability where Midori can create near perfect illusions by reinforcing it with the perceptions/memories of the target itself?

why not make an illusion of 'madoka' as Murderous crazy batshit one remembers and distract her with that?

>>22520002 >>22520074 >22520064

Before you could even gasp out a reply - or to kindly ask the two Homuras to get off you so you could get up - they do so automatically, with disturbingly near perfect synchronization. Chiaki rising to her feet, a tarnished pistol in her hands, aiming at something outside the store while Homura herself helps you get back to a vertical base. Both of them showing nothing but disciplined, hardened determination in their eyes, on their faces. Yes, even Homura-chan, the whimpering, simpering young woman who looked like she couldn't hurt a fly even if it threatened to murder her entire family.

"Are you hurt, Midori-san?" You hear Homura ask, quietly, clearly, as she takes your arm to haul you up off the floor. You shake your head no, still a bit stunned from the sudden turn of events. You need to join that fight, before something bad happens. You need to get there and help Mirai and Malal, before--

"Holy shit. Is that what we're fighting?" The shock and surprise is clear in Chiaki's voice. The gun shakes slightly in her grip. "Is that...do we turn into THAT?"

You follow her gaze as you finally get your feet steady underneath you, and you couldn't help but echo her sentiments. Beside you, you hear Homura gasp, followed by a helpless whimper.

Bearing no wings of pure hatred nor a golden shield, or even a ribbon in her hair - the fragment that Malal and Mirai are currently fighting is a monster.

It's Chiaki, that much is sure - but turned into something that no Witch could ever match in hideousness. Her arms and legs encased - no, TURNED - into the same black, jagged fleshmetal that formed Kharn's feet and hands. But where they still somewhat vaguely resembled something human with the former Warmaster, here they looked more like weapons, part of a flesh-tearing automaton created by someone deliberately perverting the human form.

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>>22521172

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HERE WE GO.

>>22521172
>people who go witch get kharns arms and legs
awesome.

>>22521172
"Remember kids, eat your vegetables, drink your milk, and say 'no' to despair and other soul-altering substances - or else you'll turn into an evil ambulatory food processor."

>>22521172

Mere scraps of her original Magical Girl costume, threadbare and crusted with blood, is visible from the gaps of the armor encasing her chest and most of her upper torso. Even the scarred shield is not spared - clamped to her right claw, it is tarnished, turned nearly crimson in rust, violet gemstones sparking in the exposed and infected machinery within.

But what gave you pause the most was her face.

Where both Homura and Chiaki looked quite like the sempai you left behind, perfect copies - this fragment resembled Chiaki like a statue resembles the subject it was modeled after, except reaved by a thousand blades and left in the rain to crumble. A network of scars cleaves her features, here and there, some already healed, some still healing. One particularly nasty one bisects her face from her chin to her scalp, the cut slightly veering off diagonally once it reached her lips. Her irises of her eyes, a cold and murderous purple, is pinned crimson, the pupils blazing red. The purple flame lashing and licking from her left eye, hotter and larger than you'd ever seen it before.

Her hair had also grown long, unruly, nearly feral, sprouting from underneath a crown of black thorns from her scalp. A semblance of sentience- or was it merely her trying to keep it out of her eyes while she fought? - is evident by the mass tied into one long ponytail, trailing behind her as she moved.

The sword in her hands is...it's less of a sword and more a jagged, serrated tool, easily as tall as her, made to rend flesh and crunch through bone. A thing of brutal simplicity, singular and sadistic in its purpose. A sword to kill and murder.

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>>22521283

>>22521283

Chiaki - or the thing that looked like her - roars again as she crashes her sword against Mirai's, her mouth opening to reveal teeth much too fanged, much too sharp to be human. An undecipherable snarl, and you see Mirai being thrown aside with another crash, the Magical Girl landing hard on the muddy street with a pathetic splash. The monster moves in for the kill, limbs clanking - before it's stopped by Malal throttling it backward, pulling it away with a crowbar shoved against its unprotected throat.

"ANY DAY NOW, HANEGAWA!" Malal screams, her vox-snarl nearly lost in the roar of the rain. "WHENEVER YOU FEEL LIKE IT!"

Right. Right. You...you need to reach her, somehow. Yes. That's the main thing. You need to get through the anger, the hatred clouding her senses. Even you could feel it eminating from this one - so thick it left the taste on the tongue.

Without needing to say it, you run forward - out of the safety of your father's restaurant, into the rain, right into danger. Without even needing to tell them, the two Homuras follow you, their movements once more paired, synchronized. A buzzing sensation, an itch in your teeth, tells you that Homura herself had transformed, the same familiar costume materializing on top of her uniform. The golf club in her hands.

All three of you crash into the berserk fragment all at the same time. Chiaki braves the clawed arm bearing the sword - you hear her spit a curse that wouldn't have shamed your original sempai as she tries to pull the iron limb back with her entire body. A hammering noise, and the sound of something precious being ruined, tell syou that she's trying to disarm the fragment by slamming the butt of her pistol against its claws, again and again and again.

"You stupid idiot," You hear her rasp between bloody lips. "Calm...the fuck down..."

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>>22521549
Time for full strength happy thoughts blast through the link

I wonder if we could do that with illusions?

>>22521613
i want to know as well too.

>>22521549
Come on Midori get your head in the game

You got this

>>22521613
I think we can. Midori did say that her most powerful illusions are bolstered in proportion to the amount of people who believe in it.

>>22521620
>>22521613

Come on Midori. Convenently awaken new powers.

>>22521703
Believe in happiness everyone! clap your hands and believe!

>>22521549

You can do this Midori!

The power of love conquers all!

>>22521703
Yeah but through our link to Chiaki
I don't know if we can use our powers that way

>>22521730
>>22521731
I live for the quiet, tragic sound you're about to make.

>>22521730
Can we do it EBA style? I want to have been born in a crossfire hurricane.

>>22521730
Happiness... in Magical Girl Noir? and with chiaki... yeah, waiting for delicious tears of despair

>>22521549

Homura had done the same with the fragment's other arm, clasping it with her entire body, while using her feet to brace against the monster's armor herself. It's almost humorous to look at, if you didn't consider the fact that you've seen another Magical Girl do the same thing, but to a human being. It tore his arm completely off the socket, which the Magical Girl then used to beat the man to death while he still screamed.

What did you do? Well...you did what you thought would work. You hugged her. Held onto her for as long as you could. It worked with Madoka, didn't it? It worked that one time, didn't it? Surely...surely it'd work now?

"DO IT," Malal's vox-speakers screeches at you. "GET HER SOBER OR KILL HER, BEFORE SHE KILLS US."

Righht. Right. You need to--

You close your eyes. Holding on tight. Ignoring the cuts in your arms, in your hands, the armor jagged enough and spikey enough to wound by touch alone.

+ SEMPAI. + You think this with as much force and volume as you could. + SEMPAI, PLEASE. CALM DOWN. I'M HERE. HANEGAWA MIDORI. DON'T YOU REMEMBER ME? +

The answer is immediate, abrupt, and bone-jarring. With another deafening roar and a frightening surge of strength, the fragment throws all of you off of her. You hear Chiaki yell in hurt triumph, and you turn to see her sprawled on the muddy ground, but with the sword in her hands. Homura lies facedown in the mud, unmoving, and your breath catches in her throat - but she moves again, pulling herself up to her feet shakily. Tears of hurt anger in her eyes. Malal is...well, she's up on her feet, already, the crowbar bent but still in her hands. Beside her, Mirai is once more preparing to strike.

It's then that you feel it. A reply, pulsed back, weak but angry, helpless but enraged, made jagged by desperation.

+ NO. MIDORI IS DEAD. I KILLED HER. KILLED EVERYONE. LOST CONTROL. YOU ARE FAMILIARS. TRYING TO TORTURE ME. TRYING TO TRICK ME. ALL ALONE. +

What do you do?

>>22521878

Hmm

Kiss Her.

Hard.

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>>22521791

Oh come on! Getting convenient power ups while in mortal danger is a staple of all magical girl shows!

Except for......Puella Magi Madoka Magica.......

>>22521878
Well, the good news is we're not dead yet. Now we just need to get her to believe us somehow.

...Can we convince her to use her Soul Gem to check Midori's status?

>>22521878
+No! No, you are not alone! I will not let the woman I love remain in pain! I will not allow you to be lonely! Come back, sempai!+

>>22521878
knock her on her ass and make a point as to how you arn't a familiar.
seriously she needs to stop being depressed as shit and stop it.

>>22521878
It's illusion time, send her images of Misaka waiting for her Onee-san, of pancakes, of Mami, Sayaka and Kyouko waiting for her to come back, of Kharn laughing, of us cuddling at night. Use the connection between our soul gems.

Slowly walk towards her with our arms open wide to give her a hug and kiss.

+It's not a lie, it's the truth Chiaki. We're all fine, we're all waiting for you to come back to us, we miss you.

Come back to me, please, I love you. I would die if that's what it took to save you.

Now man the fuck up and stop pitying yourself.+

>>22521932
This might work.

Though at this rate, Pinky is going to come over the hill just in time to see it happen and then everything is fucked.

Screw it, try it anyway.

>>22521878
Let's see... I don't know...

Remind her:
"You're better than this. Always has been, always will be. You're not alone. I'm here for you, I remember how you saved me! So no matter what, I'm going to keep on trying to save you!

(Kind of went with tue: "Don't forget. Always, somewhere, someone is fighting for you. As long as you remember her, you are not alone." thing)

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>>22522043
>Though at this rate, Pinky is going to come over the hill just in time to see it happen and then everything is fucked.
We're done either way.

Kiss her because we might as well if we're going to die.

>>22521878

+You didn't. You stopped. I'm alive. Misaka is alive. We're all alive and even if what you said was the truth.+

Look at her dead in the eye, though our tears.

+Would you then kill me? Again?+

>>22521878

Something that amounts to-

"CALM THE FUCK DOWN, or do you actually WANT to kill everyone ?!! AGAIN ?!!"

Then we slap her in the face with illusionary pancakes and stuff them in her mouth complete with the smell, taste and texture.

>>22521878
>ALL ALONE

You're only alone because YOU'RE SUCH AN IDIOT!

You never let anyone in. You never let anyone close to you. You always try to have a go at things alone because you think you have to repent for some incomprehensible, forgotten sin. As if running around and getting yourself killed by taking insane risks, or by pickling your kidneys or charring your lungs would make everyone happier. But that's just a bunch of selfish, self-righteous bullshit and you know it!

You never think of what everyone else wants. Or how everyone else feels about you. How anyone else might care about you.

>>22522095
this is bad end material here because that sounds like familiar talk yo.

>>22522081

This.

Then >>22521932

Kiss her.

>>22522043
she can have ribbon-homu when we find her

maybe

This MURDERRAGE fragment seems the =Matsuda-Sempai= that remembers us

>>22522128
sounds like a fine plan

>>22521994
>>22521932
Combo of these, followed by being brutally slaughtered by an enraged pink godess.

Because, though it pains me to say it, Midori has far too many death flags.

Would mentioning that H-Doujin we made about Murderface help?

It's not something many people know that Midori made.

>>22521878

I suppose this would be a bad time to bring up the anime adaptation of Miracle Midori that's in the works.

>>22521878
no idiot, we got teleporters out and basically you just rage spazzed in here
everyones ok but you need to get your shit together.

tell her that, its blunt and she would like it given simplistically.

...is this an actual appropriate time to lick her soul gem?

>>22522166
Or better yet, the new and future chapters of Murder Mayumi and Miracle Midori she hasn't read yet

>>22521878
+All Alone? ALL ALONE! You have never been all alone, you have had people do everything they can to get close to you, and they're still trying no matter how hard you push them away, I'm still trying. I love you, you saved me and I will love you until the day I die.

The only one you're hurting is yourself. I know you're still there, you know that it's the real me talking to you.

I know you won't kill me, and even if you did my life has been yours all along. I love you, so let me save you this time.+

>>22522144
no bad ends are bad, just no

>>22521878
"You haven't killed anyone, yet. The only person you've hurt is yourself.

I'm real, this is *your* barrier, and they're fragments of you I'm trying to put back together. I'm going to help you or die trying, whether you like it or not, so please, please let me try to make this right."

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>all these answers
I'm terrified. Unless this is acting as a climax, this is Madoka, and more importantly, this is noir. We're gonna die.

Midori is going to die.

Not like I didn't know this, but fuck.

>>22522172
i just realized, this is exactly what chiaki would say to her.

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>>22522203
I don't want to believe

>>22522205
which is why Midori wouldn't say it... though it'd be interesting to give Chiaki a dose of unexpected direct bluntness

>>22522203

I still want my Watermelon.

Midori is olev and I WANT to believe.

>>22522081

Hum.... I can't really think of a speech at the moment. But I vote for a combination of these
>>22522021
>>22521994
>>22521878

>>22522226
>>22522203

Tiny pete summoning time? Might buy us some time.
Then again it might make her angrier.

Hey it could be worse. We could have time magic and realize we can't win in this timeline so we go back in time and try again over and over a thousand times trying everything we can to prevent this from happening only to realize its fated and probably tzneetch's fault because he's a cock

Homura's arc made me weep that shit was sad

>>22522297
Plan B.

Midori is gonna die, but let's do this:
>>22521932

This feels sort of like a climax in the story, which, given the setting and genre, means there will soon be large quantities of SUFFERING for every single character.

>>22522350
Only an unfeeling faggot wouldn't at least get a little emotionally charged during episode 10.

>>22522355
it can't be the climax!

we only have like.... a fraction of the golden weapons owned

maybe half of then even revealed.

lessee, without numbering..

Gold Katana
Golden Gun
Gold Bangles
Golden Dual Chainsawblades
Golden Musket [Mami]
Golden Buckler [RibbonHomu]

6/13 I believe...? its been awhile.

>>22522440
Story can have multiple climax points.

Especially a long running one like this.

>>22522440
Even if its NOT the climax, who said green and eager has to survive till the end.

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>>22522477

Fuck you fuck you fuck you fuck you fuck you

>>22522440
Pretty sure the gold buckler is the prize for getting all the others.

>>22522490
Cheer up man. Its not like she should have survived this long in the first place. You should be happy we got her THIS far in the first place without witching out.

>>22522477
So another death to make Chiaki act all angsty and full of despair.

Sounds noir. The dame is doomed. Good thing we managed cut iori off from getting close to us.

How many months have we had a MGNQ? It's been 5 hasn't it?

>people actively trying to get midori killed
what the flying fuck is wrong with you faggots?

>>22522440

The totals were supposed to be about 20+ I believe ?
There's Ahriman's staff too.

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>>22522477
>>22522355
>>22522203
>>22522144
>>22522069
>>22522043

pls

no

>>22522592
It is the Cycle, man. We have to respect the Cycle. Even Incubators respect the Cycle.

>>22522582
There about.

>>22522603
fuck the cycle.
we have waifus to save.

>>22522603
man fuck that midori is too legit to quit

>>22522592
Nah, I really want to see her kept alive, but this is Madoka we're talking about, and it's also Noir.

The Midori-Dies Express left the station the moment she confessed, and it's coming at us like a bullet. Lamentable as it is, this shit is inevitable.

>>22522592
Honestly she SHOULD have died when we fucked her up with the sword. But Decu gave us a way to bitch out on it. SO she get to die heroically instead.

>>22522626
you know who else thought that way?

All of them. They're dead now, Anon. Love the Cycle. Respect the Cycle. When you confessed your love Midori was sworn to die. This is Noir. This is Madoka. No one lives. Everyone dies. Twice.

>>22521878
+Dammit, sempai! A familiar can't be tuned to you! Can't be talking to you through your Soul Gem! It's not too late! Stop now!+

>>22522665
Magical Girls becoming witches used to be inevitable. Then, them disappearing before they could was inevitable. Now both of those are fucked.

The moral of the story is, try to kick inevitability in the balls. The worst that can happen is we die, and that was going to happen anyway.

>>22522665
>>22522669
>>22522680
fuck your inevitability bullshit, we already broke it once, its easy to keep at it.
stop being defeatist beta asshats.

>>22522742
Dude just let it happen, there is nothing we can do against the pineapple salad anymore.

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>>22522742
Sometimes, anon. Sometimes the suffering must end, and there is no point in continuing the fight.

Homura should have died at the end of the series.

>>22522789
lies and slander, we can do stuff without you guys going full retard.
go to bed.

>>22521878
Hug her
Tell her that hasn't happened yet, she has been given a second chance. We are all here and we can do it right this time but we need her,
Madokda needs her, Misaka needs her, Kharn needs her, Mami needs her WE NEED HER

Because we love her, we always have and no matter what she did to try and push us away we love her and we know she can do it because she can do anything as long as she doesn't give up hope

>>22522742
Row row fight the power?

>>22522811
exactly, and run everything up in the way.
we literally are with 3 versions of what may be the killyest things in the universe right now and if we can get them working together again, things will be ok.
fix a broken thing=it stops being broken. thats how it goes.

besides even in noir things eventually get better after its really bad, its really bad now so it can only get better.

>>22522789
Fuck the pineapple salad
We reject it's reality and insert a mighty FUCK YOU in it's place

>>22522807
Dude srsly clam your internet feelings down. Theres no need to be upset.

>>22522742
We simply accept that its Midori's time. This is her moment to shine and go out like the flame she is, with one last blinding burst of light before the darkness. This is Midori's fate, this is why she is here. To save the one she loved. The time has come for your waifu to die, and in the process save another.

The narrative must come to a close, and honestly you don't get better moments than the heroic sacrifice for a loved one.

>>22521994 >>22522081 >>22522183

"Again," You hear someone say, and it takes you a few moments to realize that the one who spoke was you. The monster in front of you is wary, her eyes wide, the purple flame sputtering and flickering in alarm as she looks around like a cornered animal. And she is, in a way - all five of you surrounding her in a loose circle.

"We have to try again." You repeat, tasting blood in your mouth. "I know what to do."

"Sure," Chiaki grins as she tosses the wicked, curved sword over her shoulder, the weapon spinning end over end before stabbing itself into the ground quite a bit away from the group. "But we'll have to think of a new plan, because I'm pretty sure I'm not that stupid to fall for the same thing twice."

"You'd be surprised." Malal says dryly. "Homura? Are you alright?" She calls towards the pigtailed version of your sempai, who is...well, she's looked better, with the lens of her glasses cracked, and the front of her magical girl costume covered in mud. Despite this, however, fierce determination has her face in a quiet scowl, and she gives a nod to the Culexus. The same query, posited to Mirai, is replied with a silver broadsword cutting air in quick, practiced swoops.

"Right." Malal breathes out the word, causing a strange-sounding digitized sigh to rasp from her vox speakers. "Hanegawa, get ready to pulse once we've restrained her. Stand your ground until then."

What? N-no, you'll charge with them. You're not--

"I said stand your ground. Now, on my mark. Ready, set--"

There was no GO. Malal burst forward, and the rest moved into action, just like that. Once more charging the armored Magical Girl in front of you, seeking to restrain her again.

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>>22522789

If the world gives your Pineapple Salad.

Take them Pineapples and bake yourself a Cake.

>>22522892
>vomitchan.jpg

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>>22522877
Do not go gentle into that good night; rage, rage against the dying of the light.

>>22522877

You maybe.

>>22522880

Midorrrriii

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>>22522880
Here it comes

The other shoe

>>22522880

She is prepared, this time. With the alarming speed and strength usually given to those fighting against superior odds, fighting in a corner with no hope to escape - the fragment lashes out. Without a weapon, she uses her claws, her feet, her armor, her teeth.

Chiaki is the first to reach her, and the first to fall. The claws raking across her entire front, tearing through cloth and skin and flesh. Blood mingles with the mud, a dirty sludge, as the fragment that most resembled your sempai fell at the monster's armored feet.

Malal is the second. Blasting her hate across her helmet's speakers, she flies at the monster once more. You hear her words cut off in a garbled rasp of static, overwhelmed by the sound of plexiglass cracking and steel wrenching as a clawed fist smashes right into the mouth of her helm. She rocks on her feet, before falling on her knees. Blood dripping from her shattered mouthpiece, a rasping breathing broadcasted by a clearly damaged vox.

Both Homura and Mirai attack at the same time, in a strange, almost unexpected synchronization - and fall at nearly the same moment. Golf club and sword hammer and slice and pound and cut at the monster, Mirai's cold grace matching Homura's clumsy, but eager rage. Your best friend crumples with a bladed kick to her stomach, her sword wrenched out of her hands, and she falls to her knees in the same moment that Homura is knocked unconscious by two meters of heavy silver slamming against the back of her head.

There's a sharp sound, of metal being forced to SHATTER, as the beast breaks Mirai's sword over her knee.

The entire ordeal lasted no more than a few heartbeats. You knew, because yours was thudding in your ears the very moment Malal signaled the attack, lending a strange backbeat to the carnage. But you stand your ground, just like you were told to.

You stand your ground.

Because Miracle Midori never runs away, not even from a losing fight.

[2/3]

Actually.
Have we tried licking her soulgem?

even if it won't work, we could say Midori died as she lived: a completely homucentric lesbian.

>>22522968
I took a sleeping pill that's just kicking in. I'm dying here, on the edge of consciousness.

But I must stay awake. I must see Midori's demise.

>Because Miracle Midori never runs away, not even from a losing fight.
Final nail in the coffin right there.

>>22523007
If Midori dies, I lose all connection to this quest. I joined late, like right when she became part of the party, and I went back and read it all because I liked her character and Murderface's character.

please don't die. ;_;

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>>22522982
IT'S DROPPING

YOU COULD HAVE STOPPED THIS

WHY DIDN'T YOU STOP IT?

>>22523081

Wait... is it worse or better that the arrow is dropping vertically?

Why not just see how the story plays out?

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>>22522982

>>22522880

But you stand your ground, and pulse your message to her, clearly and strongly, your arms spread out to welcome your death.

+All Alone? ALL ALONE! You have never been all alone, you have had people do everything they can to get close to you, and they're still trying no matter how hard you push them away, I'm still trying. I love you, you saved me and I will love you until the day I die. +

There's a sharp whining sound as the weapon's edges seem to glow a furious, hateful purple, and various chambers and sections unfold from its chassis with a mechanical precision. It seems to be charging up for something, but you ignore this.

+ The only one you're hurting is yourself. I know you're still there, you know that it's the real me talking to you.+

Steam starts to hiss as rain continues to fall, the drops that fall on the weapon evaporating even before they've kissed its harsh metal surface. Behind it, the girl you love, deformed in the most cruel of ways, stares at you, the flame licking from her eye all but blazing.

+I know you won't kill me, and even if you did my life has been yours all along. I love you, so let me save you this time.+

Silence. Nothing else but the roar of the rain, and the whine of a charged weapon about to be unleashed.

It's then that the purple flame sputters. Once, twice.

Before suddenly dying.

The weapon ceasing its teeth-itching whine, before being lowered slowly, until its blade-tip is no longer aimed to end your existence in a single thrust.

And it's then that the monster utters something. A single word, mangled by lips unused to speech, murdered by a mouth too full of sharp teeth. It comes out slow, painful, and colored with a hope too weak and injured by crushing despair.

"Mi...dori?"

What do you do?

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COME ON MIRACLE MIDORI!

>>22523205
talk about how its gonna be all right
right now is the most important part and calming her down is the best answer right now.

>>22523205
KISS HER YOU FOOL

>>22523205
>implying anything but a hug

>>22523205
Hug her.
"I'm here, sempai. Like I always am."

>>22523205
hugs

>>22523205
Run up, hug and kiss her.

We saved our sempai! Now, time to fuse this lot!

>>22523215
>NOTHING IS EVER DANGEROUS

>implying stupid player decisions don't have consequences in any decent quest, with or without dice

>>22523205

Hugs.

>>22523205
"It's me. Just me. Took you long enough."

HAGZ TIEM.

>>22523205
+Yes, it's me. It's Midori.+

Begin walking to her.

Hug her.

You fill in with the dialogue, I am literally freezing up mentally from Deculture's writing.

>>22523242
>>22523231
>kiss the monstrosity full damn well knowing that will probably cause bad end
and this is why people are splurging at you guys who are still trying this actively kill the main charactor shit.

>>22523205
[x]Genu-
wait, wrong quest
[x]hug

>>22523205
Run up to her, give her a hug and a kiss.

"It's Miracle Midori to you Sempai. Let's get you home. You'll never be alone, I'll always be there for you."

>>22523205

No words.

Hugs now.

I am running on fumes at this point, and for the first time during this entire series, I only want Chikuwa to overcome everything.

>>22523262
No man they just dumb as rocks is all.

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>>22523231
GODDAMNIT DO THIS

SHE FUCKING DESERVES IT.

>>22523205
Do not kiss her she has sharp teeth. Hug her instead.

>>22523290
Yup, hugs! HUGS FOR ALL!

>>22523205

Tentatively seconding hugs.

and hoping for the best.

[x]hugs, kiss

[x]pinkysplosion

>>22523262
No let them hang their own waifu. Let them do it. Maybe the waifu fapping retards will leave then.

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>>22523308

NOT NOW YOU FOOL

>>22523312
how about... no
its more of people being retards for the sake of being retards.
this is literally raidah syndrome all over again.

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>>22523325
Search your feelings. You know it to be true.

>>22523308
I can imagine what this guy's thinking:
>Maybe if I post all the Chikuwa images first, Decu won't be able to end the thread with one! AND THE RIDE WILL GO ON FOREVER.

>>22523339
Its not like shit like this DOESNT happen in every goddamn /a/ quest. I would, fopr fucking once, like the retards to fucking go back to /a/ or /b/ or wherever they fucking come from, and just let the railroading novel happen.

>>22523346

Actually no since Decu's in my timezone and this is hardly anywhere near bedtime. More time to get off work.

>>22523205
[x] HUGS FOR THE HUG GOD

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>>22523353
No, I can just feel it coming.

Soon.

>>22523354
I came from /tg/. I was here all along

See that little minus button? On the main board? Next to the OP image? Click it.

>>22523251
Do i even NEED to bring up SWQ, its billions of spinoffs, and that stupid runalong quest that i forget the name of? How often /tg/ goes full retard in /a/ based quest, ONLY to have everything turn out perfectly fine in the end? Srsly there is NO DANGER AT ALL in any of these quests.

>>22523205
KISS DAMMIT

>>22523205
Hugs!
Seriously hug her and don't let go

>>22523339
raidah syndrome
What now?

>>22523433
>small sample size
>inductive reasoning
>and he's blatantly tempting fate right there

>>22523424
Deculture is a good writer and i have no problems with the story of MGNQ itself. So no you go fuck YOURSELF.

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>>22523433

A Tale of Monster and Bletsia.

>>22523468
Oh, that shit. I don't do melodramatic waifu quests.

>>22523460
Alright give me an example of an anime quest where /tg/ went full retard and it ACTUALLY CHANGED THE FUCKING STORY then.

Also:
>and he's blatantly tempting fate right there
Yes i am, because i know Deculture wont do it because it will upset his fanbase greatly. And just like every other /a/ quest, the GMs may like to cause their players angst but they dont want them to leave. Hell he has already proven it when the sword didnt force us to kill everyone after /tg/ went full retard and PICKED IT UP, in spite of EVERYTHING telling us not to do it.

>>22523456
so In the whole /tg/meta quest and editors whatnot with the transpace guard and all of that there was a guy who kept tripfagging as Raidah who would actively go out of his way to go fuck up everything anybody does.
say people are going off to bossfight land and there are obviously a shitload of traps, rush the enemy.
see a helpful person, punch them in the dick.

also he would samefag massively until he got what he wanted, but anonymously and essentially pissed off the entire group for a long ass time.
THAT is raidah syndrome.

>>22523524
Joker Quest?

Decu, please post before it gets even further out of hand. I can't deal with all this for much longer.

Please.

>>22523205
"Yes, it's me."
We're an illusionist, we can hug safely. Make a displacement effect so that we and Metal!Chiaki are 5 feet to the left, THEN hug and/or kiss her.

>>22523554
That's...actually pretty clever.

>>22523554
this.
at least be smart about this shit guys.

>>22523568
It's too bad I'm probably too late.

>>22523554
If it's not too late, let's do this.
No sense in not being paranoid when we know there's at least 1, probably 3, things coming after us.

>>22523524
The man makes a point. That was pretty blatant fanservice.

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>>22523644
Yelling at me aint gonna do shit about it since I'm not the one you're arguing with.

Learn to deal, son.

>>22523233 >>22523235 >>22523237 >>22523242

"It's me." You say now, saying it with your own voice.

"Just me. Took you long enough."

The monstrous lance deactivates with a series of metal clicks - the sections that had opened up earlier closing and sliding shut - before the entire weapon itself is dropped to the ground in a wet crash. A look of pale, abject shock gracing the monster's - no, your sempai's - face.

+ SAW. SAW YOU DIE. SAW EVERYONE DIE. KYOKO. SAYAKA. MAMI. MISAKA. KILLED THEM. TRIED TO SAVE THEM BEFORE CORRUPTION. WAS ALONE. TRAPPED HERE. + She looks down at her hands, each claw already stained by fresh blood - before she looks back up at you, again. + IS IT. REALLY YOU?+

The answer you give her, then, is a hug. An embrace that you step forward into, your movements slow, careful but deliberate - and you feel her stiffen at this, the pieces of her armor clanking together as she shivers.

+ It's me. Midori. I'm here, sempai. +

A moment more, and it's then that you feel her move again.

Her arms moving slowly, carefully, to...return the hug. Tears springing in your eyes as she does so.

+ MIDORI, I--+

Her message is rudely cut by a noise loud enough to tear through the roar of the rain. Chewing through it in a loud, guttural roar. A noise you've heard before, back in Siberia, while your sempai and her former colleague hunted Mirai. You heard it again, louder and from twinned weapons, when Chiaki and Kharn fought in that training room.

Valnikov Kharn, wearing a black greatcoat and a cap with an skulled emblem, smiles at you as she stands behind the fragment of your sempai that you'd risked death trying to calm down. The double-bladed chainaxe resting on her shoulder, its motors idling, teeth chewing air.

And she is smiling. Not maliciously, not terribly, but smiling sincerely.

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>>22523797
>all this trying to save midori shit
>main charactor loldies anyways
god damn it. i hate shit like that

>>22523828
Dude we knew she was gonna die horribly when we entered the barrier. Just accept it.

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>>22523847
>Just accept it

>>22523828

It's called noir for a reason bud.

>>22523847
no we figured midori may die from stupid shit but we figured chiaki was probably gonna live.
welp nevermind then, its all moot now.

>>22523862
>implying noir is always shit end all the time.

>>22523863
Man, we technically don't even know what Kharn's gonna do yet. Suspicions, sure, but likely no one actually knows but deculture.