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[ribbow]

[ Today on the network is a girl who looks like she fits right in with the holiday with her bubblegum colored hair and eyes to match it. What doesn't fit is the apprehensive look in her face to match the tears starting to form. With puffy cheeks red enough to match the bows in her hair, she does appear to have been crying recently. ]

Umm. Hello? Is this call going out to everyone right now? I'm sorry to trouble you, but is it really Valentine's Day?

[ Holding up her free hand to ball into a tiny fist in front of her month, her gaze nervously leaves the phone as she looks around frantically at her surroundings. There's silence for a few seconds, enough to be noticeable, as she mentally steels herself to continue. What strength she may have earned as a Puella Magi was sapped out of her by the unfamiliarity of a new area. ]

You see, it was nearing the end of spring just a few hours before I arrived here so this is a bit of a shock. Did I travel back in time or so much through the future that, um, I'm back to before I was? [ She may have been told certain things, but she was in so much shock that she couldn't retain the information. ] I've already missed school today, but will my records be transferred to a school in this area? I'm in the second year of middle school, um, that would be the eighth grade here... I can't afford to slouch in my studies, so your help would be greatly appreciated.

[ With a gasp, it seems she realized she forgot something important. ] S-Sorry, my name is Madoka Kaname and I'd like to return to Japan as soon as I can. I wouldn't want to worry mama when she's already stressed from work and papa does so much already...

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permavideo; robin comm

[xuffasch]

Going to Japan's not going to do you any good.

[ribbow]

It won't?

[ She's practically on the verge of tears again. ] That's where everyone I know is so please! I have to go back.

[xuffasch]

_{( Oh god don't cry at him, please. )} You can go back whenever you want. The people you know won't be there.

It's not the same Japan. You're not on the same world you were before, obviously.

[ribbow]

There's different Earths? [ She's not so sure she understands, but that's enough to earn a sniffle. ] What happened to my parents?

[text]

[lastnerv]

sorry but you're stuck here just like the rest of us

you're from japan too, huh?

[ribbow]

yes
where in japan are you from?
maybe we went to the same school （・＿・；)

[lastnerv]

a nice thought but i kind of doubt it

i lived in tokyo-3. it's where hakone used to be

video

[redpeacoat]

[Geez, that machine will bring anyone here, even little girls.]

It's Valentine's Day for the people here.

You're stuck in town with the rest of us for now.

[ribbow]

Not only can I travel between different worlds, I can travel through time too...

[ Not much of a joke after she says it and it shows with how cracked her voice grows. ]

Stuck? I was told I can leave this city if I wanted.

[redpeacoat]

Not what I meant. You can go wherever the hell you want, but nobody's found a way out of this...universe yet.

1/2

[uponsharpswords]

[ whoa...

that girl looks like madoka--

wait

wait holy shit ]

Madoka?

lol video btw

[uponsharpswords]

Madoka!

[ omg she must be strong and heroic for madoka..! ]

Are you okay? Where are you? Don't worry; I'm going to get you!

no denies you video rights!!!

[ribbow]

[ HER HUSBAND BEST FRIEND FIVEEVER!! ]

S,s,s--Sayaka-chan?!

[ Wait, she has to let her thoughts catch up to her: ] What are you doing here?

[ Weren't they picking heroes and not ordinary classmates who have no business being involved in SAVING THE WORLD geez. ]

permavideo;

[hexappeal]

I'm afraid you're in an alternate universe. Relax a little, sweetheart.

[ribbow]

[ How can anyone say that so casually and still expect their target to relax? Madoka's in disbelief for a few seconds longer than average before she breaks it with a nervous laugh. ]

Haa, really? I've read about those in fictional stories, but never thought it was real.

[hexappeal]

[She hopes that it is the casualness that offers some amount of relief. There's no panic, no worry, no rushing to explanations. She is comfortable.]

Mm, I'm afraid so. It takes a while to get used to, but you'll be fine. The world you came from will have a stopped timeline while you're gone. So, whenever the porter lets you go back, it will be as if you never left.

[psychomancy]

Time is a funny thing, here. It doesn't much matter when you come from.

[ribbow]

Um, there are still twenty-four hours to a day right? Sixty minutes to a hour... er, what about days in a week?

[ You think since she comes from TIMELINES: THE ANIME that she might be used to this stuff already oops. ]

[psychomancy]

Yes, that's all the same. But sometimes people come from different years. Myself, for example. It was 1896 when I left my world.

video

[muskettear]

[ HEY HEY THE GANG'S ALL HERE aaaaa she's excited. and guilty about being excited because it's kind of selfish. BUT FRIENDS ]

Oh, Kaname-san--! You're here!

Ah, there's a school here, but they're already in the middle of the year...I think you can sign up later, though.

[ribbow]

Mami-san!

[ Madoka's just as happy to see her despite the circumstances. ] Um, I can't attend school until fall? I'm really going to fall behind in my studies... They'll have to hold me back another year and then I won't be able to attend with my friends...

[ This is the true suffering of a Puella Magi. ]

[muskettear]

[ The true suffering of a magical girl is having to balance both schoolwork and Witch-fighting. ]

Ah, I think so...but they have a different school system here. I think it should be all right. [ She'd still been adjusting when she arrived here, so she hadn't signed up. And then there had been all the events... ]

I mean, Miki-san doesn't really bother with school, since she really wants to concentrate on becoming stronger, but that's just her, I think...

video;

[timesaving]

[Homura is hesitant to reply to this for a few reasons. But in the end, she acknowledges the necessity of the damned network. She struggles to keep it together for the first time since her arrival.

What timeline is this one from? How awful is the fate waiting for her?

What will she wish for?]

... Kaname Madoka.

[ribbow]

Homura-chan!

[ Answer enough? After the outcry, Madoka pauses to look over the video with a puzzle expression on her face. Did she get rid of the glasses? Is her hair down? ]

You're here too, huh? [ With Mami, Sayaka, and Homura all here, Madoka's spirits are lifted significantly. ]

[timesaving]

[Oh... oh, that hurts. It hurts and it isn't fair. She clutches the sides of the screen desperately, willing her hands not to shake (and failing). She doesn't care how weak she seems in that moment. She needs to see Madoka-- her best friend. Her only friend.

Oh, God.

But look at what Homura's become. Look at her choices... all the terrible things she's done to her for the sake of a promise.

She forgets to answer.]