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|Date of Scene=2025/06/09
|Location=The Shed
|Synopsis=Miho sneaks into the Shed to try to get over her fear. Ahmya and Amy find Yukihime there, still not able to fight against Walpy's minions! Ahmya gets claimed by her own snow bunny. Hinote returns from America, and Mamo sneaks in.
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|Poses=:'''{{#var:266|Miho Inada (266)}} has posed:'''<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Its fairly late in the afternoon, close to night time. Its getting dark as Yukihime sneaks around in the woods near the Shed. She wants to practice, but she doesn't want people to see her freak out. The last time she came to the shed, she panicked.<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As Yukihime gets close, she closes her hand. She opens her hand, and blows out a small bit of snow. It forms a tiny snow mouse that runs into the Shed. It scampers around, checking to make sure all the mahou went out on patrols. Once Mousey squeaks an all clear, Yukihime heads into the Shed. The mahou takes a deep breath as she heads towards the training area.<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Yukihime sets a snow bunny at the entrance, in case, but that means Yukihime needs to pay attention to the bunny. Hopefully nobody sneaks in, since Yukihime hasn't...been as active since her panic. "Ok...lets try this again...", she silently tells herself.<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And well, the magic target starts to form, but there's more the just one...and one is big. There's the sound of a trumpet, before giggling and laughter are heard. Magic Girls and Boys dressed up as clowns and an elephant. Yukihime's eyes go wide as she starts to back up. This is much different then last time.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:207|Ahmya Karashima (207)}} has posed:'''<br> Of course, practicing takes focus, and even though all of the mahou were not in the shed at the moment... well, it wasn't that long before someone else came into the shed. Recent events had been a bit troubling for Ahmya. Realizing certain things, realizing she was going to end up /doing/ certain things, even if she knew it was a bad idea. She'd opted to, after meeting with Mamoru, head back to the school, fully intent to do some training. <br><br>She had initially planned on it being solo training, of course, but once she got into the shed, politely making sure to close the door quietly behind her, and began to make her way to the simulation area... there was a moment of pause, when it turned out to already be occupied. Hm. <br><br>Of course, the presence of the bunny hadn't gone unnoticed, the girl crouching down to actually give it a gentle petting. "I'm guessing your owner is the one practicing right now." She says gently, her one-eyed gaze gentle on the bunny. Okay maybe this was better than training. Animals are very healing. And it gives Miho half a chance to recompose herself. <br><br>...Or panic more. <br> <br>

:'''{{#var:107|Amy Faust (107)}} has posed:'''<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Life sure has been... life, lately.<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Molly is ''still'' possessed by a jerk who stole her body. Amy and her friends went to the FUTURE, and then she got captured and soaked in darkness for hours and Mamoru was beat up and Usagi and Chibiusa were gone and they came back to the present and an evil Chibiusa is running around and Amy started to feel gloom-and-doomy and her schoolwork has fallen off as she just couldn't focus on it and she has to listen to lectures from teachers and then Mamoru offered her an apartment after graduation and Melona Witched in front of her and New Moon was scary and then SORT of friendly and there's this wedding plan to get Usagi and Chibiusa back and who even IS New Moon and now today is one of those very rare days her brain has decided to think about ''boys'' (in, like, an abstract sense, no one in particular) and what does that even ''mean'' aaaaaaaaaa<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sometimes being a magical teenager is awesome and sometimes she wonders how long this roller coaster ride is gonna go on for; right ''now'' she'd like a distraction to focus on, something other than reading manga to occupy her brain...<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;She jokingly thinks of violently blowing off steam at the target range but like, there's so little that's known about it, experimenting with it could be a nice distraction to engage her brain actually!<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;She strides into the Shed in her T-shirt and skirt, pink sparkles add pink earmuffs and tinted goggles and a green jacket with a pride patch on it and she pauses as she sees Ahmya already there, with a bunny. "Ah... hi!" She walks over, smiling a little awkwardly, and also leans over to pet the bunny. "You and Miho-san come here for some target practice?"<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:266|Miho Inada (266)}} has posed:'''<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Bunny stands up on its hindlegs, and nuzzles the hand. There's a bit of a magic ting from the bunny. After a few seconds, its eyes change a little. There's any eyepatch on the Bunny, and a cool sensation flows from the bunny. The bunny gives Amy a bunny hug!<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Meanwhile, the elephant trumpets again, and charges. Yukihime squeaks, and calls out 4 of her wolves. She aims for the elephant, and ends up hitting the clowns. The elephant stands up, causing Yukihime to freak out a bit more! She summons 4 more wolves who look up, and nope! Back to beads. Yukihime blinks a bit.<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Yukihike pauses a moment before turning around, and runs. She stops in front of Amy and Ahmya! The mahou squeaks a bit, blushing horribly! "Err, sorry! I thought training times were done for the night.", she says, blushing even more. There's a few tears in her eyes, but she's trying to hide that she's still Minion weak...<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:207|Ahmya Karashima (207)}} has posed:'''<br>"Miho-san? I don't actually believe I know her all that well." Ahmya responds Amy. "I just saw the bunny and opted to give it a few pettings since I believed it might be lonely out here while it waited for its owner." She's not assuming its gender. She gives little scritches to the bunny. "I did come here for some practice in the target range though." <br><br>But she wasn't transformed yet, which meant that it would be interesting to practice. The bag over her shoulder that looked suspiciously like a kendo bag might be a bit Telling of her plans, though. <br><br>Aaand the Bunny transforms and she gets a slightly weird sensation. Hm. Interesting. The bunny is mimicing her? Hm. Interesting. It doesn't stop the light pettings, before Ahmya straightens and stands back up fully as Miho begins to approach, adjusting the sash over her eye slightly. "Ah, well. It wasn't particularly planned, so I simply showed up after handling some other business." Ahmya responds gently, dipping into a polite bow towards Yukihime. "A pleasure to meet you. I'm Ahmya." She pauses. "Also known as Goldenweb Yorotsuchi." She adds. <br> <br>

:'''{{#var:107|Amy Faust (107)}} has posed:'''<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Amy blinks. "Can summoned magical constructs be lonely? ...Did it just ''copy'' you?? ...Interesting..."<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And then Yukihime is running out, in tears?! "Yukihime! What's wrong?!" She runs forward to hug the magical girl. "Was the room being a jerk to you?" she says, in a tone implying that if so the room will get what's coming to it... somehow.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:266|Miho Inada (266)}} has posed:'''<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Yukihime takes a couple of deep breaths, as the elephant trunk pokes at the door, and pulls it close! "It brought out the clowns and an elephant this time! Can I say that this range is evil?", she sniffs. Yukihime...yeah she still hasn't gotten over that.<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Yukihime looks to Ahmya, and bows. She's not quite composed yet. "I'm Sparkle Snowpire...wait, I mean I'm Yukihime. Part Yuuki-onna.", she tells. The mahou wipes her eyes, and picks up the bunny. She looks at the bunny. After a second, she hands it to Ahmya. "This one has claimed you.", Yukihime says.<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;She takes a moment to blow out a little more snow, and the Bundam shows up next to Amy. Amy has her own bunny. "S-sorry. I just...Those things...I can't with them."<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:207|Ahmya Karashima (207)}} has posed:'''<br>"Well, to first ask that question, I would have had to known that it was one." Ahmya responds to Amy bemusedly. "I wasn't aware it was a magical construct, all things considered." She had largely opted to not mention how Miho was since she didn't know her very well, but staying quiet about it might be reassuring in its own way. <br><br>"The range isn't evil. I don't think, probably." She says to Miho. "But, perhaps, it is somehow reacting to your emotions?" She muses towards Miho. Is it even intelligent? That would be weird. She straightens up from her bow, pulling out a small handkerchief, which she holds out towards the yuki-onna as she wipes at her eyes. "Here. It would be shame for your makeup to be ruined by tears." She says with a small smile. <br><br>"Would it help if you had someone to assist you in handling them? I would not mind fighting alongside you." She lifts her hands in front of her, golden rings on the middle fingers of her hands beginning to glow faintly. "By the pact. Awaken. Goldenweb Yorotsuchi." She says softly, golden threads spreading from her fingers as she traces a wide circle in the air, the golden threads building a golden web from outside to the center. The web then turns into a large hat, which she flips up, a golden veil spreading out that obscures her body momentarily, and after it settles down, Yorotsuchi of the Golden Web stands there, sliding her odachi back over her shoulder and hanging it there by golden silk webs. <br> <br>

:'''{{#var:107|Amy Faust (107)}} has posed:'''<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Amy's mouth hangs open as she realizes how obvious it is that of course people who don't know Yukihime wouldn't assume the bunny was summoned.<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As for the room's evilness... "It ''is'' a jerk." Amy affirms with a nod. She looks between the two of them, "You know about makeup?" But, more relevant to the moment, "It, uh... it's magic. Best theory I got is that... the purpose of the targets is to be shot at, right? So it wants to make us shoot them. So it ''will'' psychologically mess with us to make us strike out."<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;She giggles at 'this one has claimed you' and then picks up the 'bundam' to cradle in her arms and pet.<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"What things? Do you have a uh, fear of elephants?"<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:266|Miho Inada (266)}} has posed:'''<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Yukihime shakes her head. "N-no. Its those elephants. And those minions. Walpy doesn't scare me, but those things are just wrong!", she tells. "The range picks what should make you want to hit with all your ability. The only time I used 100 percent of my magic was against Walpy. And how are we sopposed to fight elephants!?", Yukihime points out!<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The mahou nods her thanks to Ahmyabwhile taking the handkerchief. Yukihime shifts her naginata. Yukihime nods her head to Amy. "My guard bunny isn't very good, but given I was panicked.", she tells. "I have a fear of Walpy's minions. The thought of dying, then being brought back as a puppet, and forced to do another's will.", she shivers. "And forced to enjoy it."<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:207|Ahmya Karashima (207)}} has posed:'''<br>"Wait is that actually a thing that it makes targets with intent to psychologically torment you? I usually just use the room to train in since it's usually relatively private..." Yorotsuchi motions to the sword at her back. "And there's minimal risk of getting in trouble with the law or something." And people are less likely to randomly walk up or around that she doesn't want to, of course. Because, well, when swinging around an oversized sword... yeah. <br><br>"...Yes? I know about makeup? I do mine every day?" Ahmya blinks at Amy Faust. "Do you NOT know about makeup?" She raises an eyebrow inquisitively at Amy. "Because if so, clearly, such things need to be rectified." <br><br>Meanwhile Yukihime explains the situation, and the fear, and the issues she had with Walpy and the concerns. "I... do not, admittedly, know all that much of Witches and the like, however." She starts, as she resumes gently scritching the eyepatched bun. "I do not believe that their familiars are people, at least not in the traditional sense. More akin to a youma or a spirit than a person directly." Yorotsuchi says slowly. "Your own magicks probably will protect you from becoming such, most likely..." Though, well, there is Seriss' situation. And other situations she's heard of where Dark Magic has turned people temporarily evil. Hm. <br><br>"And, well, a fearful response isn't wrong. Fear helps protect you from danger if you don't think you can overcome it." <br> <br>

:'''{{#var:107|Amy Faust (107)}} has posed:'''<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Amy nods again when Ahmya asks if that's really how the mahou firing range works.<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;She just sort of stares blankly back at the response about makeup, and the question, though the answer can be inferred from her face, and she smiles and looks away.<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;But then Miho speaks again and Amy listens, and sucks air through her teeth at the comment about the only thing that made her go out. That is perhaps a little problematic.<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And then her friend confides her fear, and Amy's eyes widen. "Jesus." more quietly she adds, surprised, "So ''real'' magical girls are worried about that?" It sounds like the sort of scenario ''she'' would overthink about, and she realizes she's never actually talked with her comrades about their fears. And then she realizes what just slipped out and facepalms. "I mean... that actual teenagers are preoccupied by such worries... I mean.... urrrrgh, dammit."<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;She moves her fingers to the bridge of her nose, "I guess it's because of Seriss Nyx, huh? That's..." She takes a breath and opens her eyes and drops her hand back to the bunny's back.<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"I don't think Familiars were people, although some Witches do seem to style some of their familiars after the friends they had in life. But those familiars already look like that while their friends are still alive."<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Then she holds up a finger. "First of all: If I ever Witch, do ''not'' be on the team that comes to put me down. If you're trapped in my Labyrinth, focus on sticking by the people you came in with, make sure they ''are'' the people you came in with, and just focus on survival, and fighting me if you can. I'm sorry."<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;She holds up a finger. "Second: They can't possibly be capturing ''all'' magical girls that have fallen to them, because Puella Magi ''turn into Witches.'' But even beside that..."<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Amy strokes her chin with thumb and forefinger and then pets the bunny again. "I doubt it works that way. If they were trapping souls... hmm. It seems like ''someone's'' powers would have noticed by now, but I'm not sure who. Madoka can free ''our'' souls, but others..." She frowns, and then realizes. "Oh right. We can just ask Kamiko if Witches work that way. But it seems like the sort of thing that she would've told us already, if it was the case."<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"...Is there uh... anything we can do to help you like... fight, here in the practice room where it's safe?"<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:38|Wicked Mask (38)}} has posed:'''<br>The door opens again and lets in a black-haired boy with frosted pink tips. It's Mamoru! He's wearing a very loose black-and-mauve cotton haori over a violently pink t-shirt that has a picture of a giant rat pushing over an oil drum, and the text: 'Unfortunately the vibe is continuing to deteriorate'. It is, of course, over black skinny jeans and criminally expensive dress shoes, and his glasses are clean, and he's holding a bubble tea.<br><br>There's a piece of paper in his other hand, and he's pocketing it, and he says, "I heard you talking about makeup elephants. That can't possibly be right."<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:82|Hinote Kagari (82)}} has posed:'''<br>Hinote Kagari has been visiting with his father in America while he shoots an action flick, was the suave, evil villain. Now he's back and the first thing he does when he visits The Shed to get up to speed. He does the entrance dance, as it is, and slides through the door as he brushes himself off. He may have screwed it up once and had to deal with the angry raccoon.<br><br>He walks to the board and reads it. He seems confused at the latest post. W-what did he miss?<br><br>He turns around to the group here. "First off. HI MIHO-CHAN!" he says. "Hi Amy-chan, Hi uh... was it Ahyma-san?" he asks as he walks on over.<br><br>"Sorry, what have I missed? Then Mamoru comes in looking like a 90's scene kid? W...whhhha?<br><br>"Hi Mamoru-san. What did I miss?"<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:266|Miho Inada (266)}} has posed:'''<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Yukihime was about to say something when Mamo enters. There's a slight pause, before she moves over to Hinote, and gives him a small kiss, and hug. She breathes out a little bit. "Just..a few issues with familiars. I have a small fear of a certain witch's familiars.", she states. "Especially the elephants."<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The mahou settles her breathing now. "Like hell I'm not on that team, Amy. I will use Capture on you, and keep you there until somebody de-witches you. I have bunnies to feed me chocolate, until somebody does it!", she threatens! Is Yukihime being serious...yes.<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;She takes a deep breath. "Sorry, I'm settled now. Just...I know I haven't been as active as I should, but I just...If I can't deal with minions, how do I have confidence to fight bigger things.."<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:207|Ahmya Karashima (207)}} has posed:'''<br> "Huh." Ahmya is a bit blank in response to the nod in response to the question of the firing range. Well, that's... sure something. And the response to the talk of makeup. Ahmya makes a note as she looks at Amy, before simply deciding not to push the issue. <br><br>The comment of 'real' magical girls gets an IMMEDIATE response from Ahmya. "All magical girls are real. Puella and otherwise. Even those of us infused by darkness are still magical girls." She's /firm/, but not angry. The teenager comment is passed over calmly. <br><br>But she goes quiet once Amy starts to talk though, Ahmy letting the more experienced Ami talk about the witches and such. And gives good suggestions. No reason to really interject in that. <br><br>Mamoru enters after them, and Goldenweb Yorotsuchi dips her head towards him. "Well, there were clowns as well apparently, so makeup elephants might not be that far off." She comments towards Mamoru, half-bemusedly. "...I still love that shirt." <br><br>Hinote enters! "Ah, yes, that is correct, Hinote-san. I am Ahmya, though presently Goldenweb Yorotsuchi. It's nice to see you once again." She dips into a polite bow, the golden veil around her shifting ever so slightly. "I hope you have been well." She adds warmly. <br><br>Yukihime responds about Amy and not being on the team and ... honestly it's an adorable response. If one that makes her pause with mild concern. She looks towards Yukihime thoughtfully. "I... am... unsure that's a wise course of action, from what I understand, Witches are too dangerous to capture..." She says hesitantly. "You know, all of us do this on a volunteer basis. Not being active is ... well, it's one less of us, but I don't think many of us would blame you if you needed to take a break. Trauma is rough." <br> <br>

:'''{{#var:38|Wicked Mask (38)}} has posed:'''<br>"Hinote-san! You may have missed the small pink-haired gremlin preschooler turning out to be my and Usagi's kid from an alternate timeline's future, and you definitely missed a disheartening trip to an apocalyptic wasteland, and right now Usagi's in hiding, Chibiusa -- our daughter -- looks like she's in her twenties and is full of as much dark energy as Director Beryl used to be. If you don't aggro her she won't do anything. But if New Moon is with her -- New Moon is someone also very precious to me, but I can't tell you who she is and she's brainwashed and also full of dark energy -- New Moon ''will'' aggro at the drop of a hat if it looks like someone is disrespecting the power and grandeur of Wicked Lady, which is what Chibiusa's calling herself," says Mamoru, "and then Catra accidentally cut off New Moon's whole braid that went down to her ankles and New Moon shattered her knees and cut ''her'' hair... and that's not going into the horribleness that is Seriss Nyx ''still'' squatting in Molly-san's body. And also kicking everyone's asses."<br><br>The teenaged prince takes a breath finally, then drinks some of his bubble tea, and then he ''looks'' at Miho. He blinks. "Wait, you do snow, though. Hannibal tried to take elephants over the alps to be war machines and most of them died because they couldn't handle the conditions. A big part of that was the snow. They're just not built for cold." He BLINKS. "You uh... you can't un-witch a Witch."<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:107|Amy Faust (107)}} has posed:'''<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Amy stiffens as Ahmya catches her accidental self-diss and slightly grimaces awkwardly, looking away. She nods.<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Mamo and Hinote walk in! Amy half-turns, stepping back against the wall as she looks over at the boys and gives a little wave, pleasantly surprised to see them albeit concerned, as always lately, for Mamoru. "Hey, long time no see." she greets the young detective, and laments to Mamoru: "If we don't do well enough on our elephants during the semester, they'll make us take makeup elephants over the summer."<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And then she's taken aback by Miho's declaration, and gives her a slightly sad look -- only slightly because right now Amy's in a good mood and believes this to be a very low-probability hypothetical. "You can't de-Witch people. ...Probably. If someone has a plan to, that's different, but if I ever ''did'' become a monster," she tries to smile reassuringly, "the last thing I want is to feed on you or terrify you."<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;She doesn't react to Mamoru explaining the situation she already knows, but after a moment she looks back at Miho. "Come on." she says, gesturing for her to follow into the Range.<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;She doesn't tell the others specifically to come, but doesn't tell them ''not'' to follow, either.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:82|Hinote Kagari (82)}} has posed:'''<br>Hinote Kagari first hugs Miho tight and returns the cheek kiss. Then he listens to her concerns. "Do you need help...?" he asks quietly. "I don't mind being hit for a bit if you need it." he says. Tracy is also here. He's floating behind him. Hiding behind Hinote's head for now. Like he's listening behind a wall. Sneaky!<br><br>He then listens to a huge information dump as he takes a breath and flips open a notepad and quickly takes notes. "I've been in America with my dad as he films a new movie." he says. "So I'm back!" he tells Amy.<br><br>He smiles at Goldenweb. "I've been well. Visiting Dad in person was nice. He's gone for days at a time. He'll be home soon. Miho-chan, he uh. Wants to meet you." he says, rubbing the back of his head. "But don't worry about that right now." he says.<br><br>"Yeah Elephants hate the cold, Miho-chan."<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:266|Miho Inada (266)}} has posed:'''<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Yukihime nods her head to Hinote. She smiles a little bit. The girl takes a moment to breath in. "Well...I'm still working on how to use snow itself as a weapon.", she admits. Yukihime follows Amy. "You know I'll be dumb enough to try. I was dumb enough to use that spell on Walpy, and well...I might of ended up coughing up some red liquid, I did do something!", she tells.<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Yukihime watches the others. "And do I need to get a dinner dress, Hinote?", she asks as she enters the range. Yukihime has known Amy long enough to know what she means. No offense take . "I'm not gonna to lose anyone to a witch. Period."<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:207|Ahmya Karashima (207)}} has posed:'''<br>Aloe would protest about the 'kicking everyone's asses' comment, were she here, instead of Ahmya. But she's not, perhaps for the best! Huh. She didn't know that about Elephants though. ...It makes sense, since they're usually from savannah style areas and such instead of icy areas... but.. anyway. Hm. "Well... there was the thing with Sayaka-san, wasn't there..? So it's not like there's not precedent, though it might need special circumstances to be possible.." She muses. <br><br>Amy's grimace gets a slight touch to Amy's shoulder, a quiet but gentle gesture. That touch gets a little bit more firm when Amy talks about not being saved. Mm. But she lets go when Amy starts to go towards the range. She didn't know them as well, it wasn't really her place to try to argue against those points entirely. <br><br>At Hachi's prompt, Ahmya actually turns towards Hinote, though tilts to the head slightly to give Tracy the tiniest little wave. "I'm glad that your visit back home went well. I'm glad to hear your father will be home soon too, I dearly miss my parents when they have to go on trips without me as well... I'm a bit of a momma's girl, so I count myself lucky that they're here in town." <br><br>She didn't know much about how Yukihime's powers worked, so she couldn't really make much of a comment on learning to use snow. Her occult practices didn't work for everyone. Also a bit of her confidence might have been a bit shattered by recent events. <br> <br>

:'''{{#var:38|Wicked Mask (38)}} has posed:'''<br>"Sayaka-san didn't get un-witched," objects Mamoru, lowering his boba tea and fiddling with the straw. "Oktavia didn't turn back into a girl. She was under Sayaka-san's control because she was ''her Witch''. She was two things at once."<br><br>A sidelong glance at Yukihime and the prince surreptitiously squeaks his straw in the lid of his cup, "Throw snowballs at them? I mean... just make it cold. But listen, why not fight something that's still a threat? Walpurgisnacht is dead."<br><br>And FINALLY he whips around to gape at Amy. "You didn't just--" and he stops, and he starts laughing. "Makeup elephants." XD XD XD<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:107|Amy Faust (107)}} has posed:'''<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Hinote's dad is ''filming a movie?!'' "What?!" Amy pauses for a second. "...Hang on, I gotta do this first." She walks on into the range. Once inside, she's briefly engulfed in flame as she transforms mid-step, and ironically her range safety gear from before is gone, replaced by one of her alternate magical girl outfits; the one everyone says is cute.<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;She side-eyes the targets that were already in here for Miho, and mutters, "Misutii illusion... or something like that." As she chucks a smoke grenade to her side so it rolls amidst them and obscures them. Her focus is on the room itself, and if it scares Miho off this will be pointless.<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Her grip on the fake costume wand tightens as she stands defiantly and glares at the white void. She speaks up in challenge, "Yeah, you heard me outside. Not a real magical girl. You wanna make something of it? I can ''fight'' just as good as one!"<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And some distance ahead, silhouettes of magical girls appear. Not Walpy's. No starfield or circus accoutrements, just blackness. Though silent, they project an air of being better than you and you will never match them, and body language gets across a haughty and confident security in this fact.<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Amy... changes her manner completely, calmly turns to Miho, and points at the silhouettes with her prop wand. "Practice on those first. Work your way up to Big Laugh's." They'll pose like they're going to attack her -- maybe even fire illusory voidbeams that are always a little off-target, if Miho hesitates long enough.<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As she tosses incendiary grenades over the smoke cloud to burn the fake Walpy familiars, Amy explains, especially for the benefit of Ahmya who is no doubt launching into firm reassurances. "I'm mostly over it. I misspoke earlier, but having ''had'' adjacent insecurities made it... awkward. Sorry."<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;She smiles. "[I'm fine.]"<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Yes, after what just happened she had a dumb idea to try and help Miho work her way up to her fears with something ''resembling'' but clearly different from Walpy's familiars.<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And when she hears Mamoru get her earlier joke and start laughing, she starts laughing too!<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:82|Hinote Kagari (82)}} has posed:'''<br>Hinote Kagari looks at Amy. As the two handle the targeting range. He brushes himself off again as Tracy gives a backhand wave from behind Hinote's head. "Don't be mean to elephants." says Tracy. "They never forget. Remind me of the time I tracked down Daryl "Elephant" Brown and we got into a fight see? And I lost, and he never forgot I started it." he says.<br><br>"That...never happened." says Hinote with a sweat drop.<br><br>With that, he places his hands in his pockets. "Do you guys need a little help. I can henshin and join in." he says. "If you need it." he offers to Miho and Amy.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:266|Miho Inada (266)}} has posed:'''<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Yukihime watches as Amy makes the Walpy minions go away. Then calls others. Yukihime can tell they're not the same ones, but still close enough to make her pause a second. She breathes out as she puts her naginata down, and calls her bow out. There's no string, but a bolt of ice forms. She fires the bolt at one of the shadows.<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"You didn't know Hinote's dad is an actor? I'm more worried about his mom, whose a cop.", Yukihime admits. The mahou fires off several arrows of ice. These targets arn't as bad!<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"Hey, I just haven't fought many things. The worst thing I fought after Walpy...A hot dog cart youma...Don't ask. It interupted my past day of tanning on the beach.", she tells.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:207|Ahmya Karashima (207)}} has posed:'''<br> "Ah, I ... I see. I didn't know her full situation that well, so I guess it's ... not the same thing as being un-witched." Though it felt like splitting hairs to SOME degree, Goldenweb Yorotsuchi supposed at the same time the fact she was still, technically, a witch was significant. Had Sayaka been at risk of losing herself and they just had ignored it and/or not talked about it? Hm. Well, whatever. <br><br>What is /less/ whatever is Amy insisting she's not a real magical girl. Again. Goldenweb Yorotsuchi opens her mouth as if she's about to protest again, but Amy reassured her that she was fine anyway. She crosses her arms, her hands slipping into the arms of her kimono. There was a bit of disapproval on her face, not that she had much room to talk right now, considering the plans she had rolling around in her head. <br><br>"Fine. I'll chose to believe you." She relents, as she steps up closer now, a few steps. "Hey. Yukihime. There's one thing to remember though." She pulls her hands back out of her kimono, a pair of weaved prayer slips in her hands, each weaved with a different rune on it. <br><br>[Empower]<br>[Accel]<br><br>She tosses both of those prayer slips towards Miho's back. Upon impact, she would feel lighter more acrobatic, and faster, with some energy shared with her. "You're rarely alone, and those few times, there's usually someone nearby who will come soon." She says warmly, watching that icy bolt shoot into the shadows. She does, however, opt not to join in on the combat directly, herself. At least now. <br> <br>

:'''{{#var:38|Wicked Mask (38)}} has posed:'''<br>"Good luck, everyone, have fun, I have to go check in with my evil daughter," Mamoru says after checking his phone. He makes a horrible straw sound, winces, and says, "By the way, sorry Wicked Lady and New Moon are like that. Please come to the wedding on the moon in henshin for the fight, then have a Koji-kun feast and Mako-chan cake after the vows~"<br><br>He takes the slip of paper out of his pocket as he pushes the door open to leave, and he'll tack it to the end of New Moon's note. It says 'Sorry she's like this. -Chiba'<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:107|Amy Faust (107)}} has posed:'''<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Amy can see the doubt on Ahmya's face and it's not ''entirely'' unfounded -- Maybe her plan of playing up her earlier misspeaking to taunt the room into giving alternate targets for Miho wasn't as clever as she thought. "It's... complicated. I guess we can talk about it later if you want."<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Cop Mom? "She still can't remember magic..." Amy notes. "And don't worry, I was new once too. Hot dog cart monsters can be a pain. You'll fight more things over time. It's..." she grimaces, "''rough'' that you had to fight something like Walpurgisnacht so early on."<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And here comes Ahmya and Hinote to remind that they're never alone. "That's right! You don't have to face your problems alone!" Amy cheerfully smiles for a second, and then freezes as she rewalizes what she said. Oh no. She can't tell her friends all her problems fully! Today is a day of words slipping out, it seems...<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The room, for its part, is not done with them. The fake Walpy familiars are dealt with, but until the mahou are done with target practice, the Zone is happy to keep making more silhouettes now that Amy provoked it, but not just the magical girl ones. There are silhouettes of men with knives (which menacingly turn towards anyone ''but'' Amy to provoke her), and silhouettes that turn towards the mahou, do... ''something'', it's hard to see what with being silhouettes unless you see from the side that they're aiming phones, but they turn into a copy of the person they focused on unless that person dodges out of the 'shot' (and look evilly pleased to have done so,) but don't really... do anything, because they're still ultimately practice targets. The room can't really invoke 'kill you and raise you as a puppet', but it can still try to mess with the group.<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Amy, for her part, conjures her gyrojet rifle (and the safety glasses and earmuffs) and takes a few of them out with ''that'' before realizing this is an excellent opportunity to actually practice melee ''and'' she has a fun new weapon idea from the other idea to try:<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A rocket sword!<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;...Like, a giant buster sword but the edge is blunt and the back has thrusters in it. She has some kind of dragon knight costume (there are some little golden costume-armor bits but it's less than her super mode) to go with it, white and gold and brown and grey and there are long narrow horns and a golden dragon tail that actually does kind of provide a nice visual effect trailing behind her as she rockets around. Although, is it ''wagging'' as she's having fun with this?<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:82|Hinote Kagari (82)}} has posed:'''<br>Hinote Kagari coughs. Because 'Sunbathing Miho' is a mental picture he just got. "I was checking in. I should check in with others and the school. See you Miho-chan, Amy-chan, and Goldenweb-san!" he says as Mamoru leaves, he gets a wave and he turns. "Thanks for the warm welcome back." he says.<br><br>Tracy waves as the two start to depart, smiling as he hums some tune. "Be well. All." he says as he leaves the shed. Luckily there's no more angry raccoon to run away from!<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:266|Miho Inada (266)}} has posed:'''<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Yukihime nods her head a little bit. "I know. Just hard to get used to when you're used to fighting alone, and magic kinda...changing a lot of the rules around.", she admits to. Yukihime quickly fires off a few more arrows. The Patched Bunny gives a last hug as does the Bundam before they become puddles. Yukihime must be running low on magic.<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"Sorry. I think we better retire for the night.", Yukihime says before her henshin poofs. Miho leans over, and hugs Amy and Ahmya. There's a loud growl coming from her stomach, causing her to blush. "And sorry. I'll need a little time to catch up. That and a lot of curry.", Miho comments. "See everyone during patrols?", she asks. And with that, a small snow fox sneaks over some ice cream...Yes, sometime, Miho sent a snow fox affer the Shed's ice cream, and some spoons for the 3!<br> <br>
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