considering maison... HMMM...

[sagittaluminis]

Mundane-san... are you-- really going to try and take us there?

... well-- it will be scary to be all alone, but... I'll do my best. I'll do whatever I can to protect the people there! Even if they're all strangers... if any of them are in danger, I'll do my best to help them, however I can. Maybe we can even make some new friends there.

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[sagittaluminis]

No--!

[Madoka starts to follow the bird, but it gets away from her. because, once again... she's tiny. she just... gives up after a few minutes.]

Wait...

[she watches the bird fly into the distance, panic starting to rise in her chest.



and then her legs suddenly buckle and then fold under her, and she collapses into a lifeless heap on the floor.]

[dataneverlies]

[Wh--

Inui turns, torn momentarily between COLLAPSED GIRL and ESCAPED ROGUE BIRD. He stops, though, and drops down to check her, because part of him is still convinced she's faking--

--until he checks her pulse, anyway.]

W... what--?

[The bird, meanwhile, settles in a nearby tree to eye and peck at its new prize.]

[sagittaluminis]

[no pulse, no breathing. she is quite remarkably dead. she is an ex-Madoka.]

[dataneverlies]

[Oh my GOD, brb panicking. The only conclusion Inui can reach is that, somehow, some way, that soul gem is related to this. He turns frantically, searching for the bird, which is still in the tree.

...time to get that gem back.

He sneaks up on the tree as best a six foot tall tennis player can, trying not to spook the bird. He doesn't want to hurt the crow any more than he wanted to hurt Madoka...

For brevity's sake, he climbs the tree and manages to catch the crow and retrieve the gem. Bringing it back to Madoka now because... because he doesn't know, it's hers, anyway.]

[sagittaluminis]

[it takes a minute, but, when the gem is returned to her, it's not long before she stirs, gasping in a sudden breath. she pushes herself up to a sitting position, a hand clutched at her chest.]

What... what happened...?