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Apping to Jarjammed! Canon is a Girl Genius/Madoka Crossover.

It's been weeks and you still only have one icon. Considering how excited you were over the possibility of sending me to this game, I would have expected you to have all the rest done. You even have the keywords already meticulously planned out, so I really don't see what the hold-up is.

And stop being so unsure of my voice. I've been speaking with the other me who inhabits your headspace and we have already thoroughly explored our similarities and differences. I can't say I'm disappointed to learn that you won't be having me die like he did: if you insist on the midriff shirt the very least you can do is not mar the exposed skin with scars and stitching.

And while we're on the subject of that: a midriff shirt? Really? I understand that magical girl costumes tend to be a bit revealing, and I'm eternally grateful to have been given trousers rather than being expected to traipse around in some form of frilly underthing, but a midriff shirt is still far and away more ridiculous than I feel like dealing with.

Dubiously,

Klaus Wulfenbach

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I'd say something sympathetic but it's actually really hard to come up with something when my player is laughing so much. I'm sorry.

It's...erm. The outfit looks pretty good, though? Midriff shirt or not?

Thank you. It's good to know that I don't look entirely laughable while fighting the forces of evil.

...Baron?

[She really shouldn't laugh but...who is she kidding? Baron Wulfenbach in a midriff is hilarious.]

...Nnnnno.

The Baron is my father.

[There is staring.

There is a hand slowly rising to cover her mouth.

There is a high squeaky sound, not unlike air slowly whistling from a punctured balloon.]

[Guuuuurl who even is you. JUDGING STARE.]

Are you alright?

[Nope, can't hold it in any longer. She sputters, the sound mostly muffled by her hand.]

Fine... I'm fine!

You're laughing at me.

[Deadpan.]

This isn't the sort of thing I normally wear, you know.

OH MY GOSH!

Are you really another magical girl? I mean magical child! You're obviously a boy. Oh, this is so great! Me and Jake are trying to start up a magical girl team but so far there's just me and him.

I... yes, I'm a magi.

[What is this excitable blonde girl oh god how did this get here Klaus is not good with exuberance]

I must admit to being a bit dubious about the idea of teams. I've tried that once before and it didn't go all that well.

It's okay! Me and Jake work really good together and I'm sure we'll work really well with you too! Do you have a Cube in your world? That's the person in Jake's world who makes magical boys and girls. I don't know who does it in mine because I made myself forget stuff.

No Cube, but an Incubator, yes. With how things seem to work according to my mundane they're probably one and the same, merely--

[Wait what]

You made yourself forget? Whatever for? That seems highly counter-intuitive to getting anything done.

I have no idea. I can't remember, silly. I think I wanted to be a normal girl again? But then I had to become Sailor Moon again anyway after I started playing the game because a creepy pervert stalker beat me up with a club.

I... see.

[wat]

I'm sorry to hear that? Perhaps this game is indeed in need of another Magi.

Yep!

So what weapons do you use? Jake has ribbons and pistols and I make my tiara all sharp and glowy and it slices through stuff.

I fight with swords, primarily-- generally zweihanders, though I'm decent with all manner of blades to a point.

[To a point, haha, funny]

And rings. They're excellent for binding. Have you ever fought an enemy with far too many limbs? It's very frustrating.

Basilisks are like that! They're pretty awful and you have to be really careful around them. They killed a girl earlier in the game, but luckily she got kissed back to life.

It could be worse? I think your outfit looks rather dashing, more dignified then what I normally see. And either way one tends to adapt!

And your mundane at least has a icon of your outfit. ...though I'm write happy for mine to continue being lazy there.

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Aww, but you have a cute outfit, Jake. I really like the coat.

Yes, it's certainly a sight more dignified than what the usual fare appears to be. But then, the outfit is supposed to match its wearer, and I do try at least to keep my dignity.

[With varying success.]

[This chuckle? Relaxed and mostly amused] I always thought mine was a joke. Even if they aren't suppose to have senses of humor, I think Cube has one lurking back there. Old boy just tries to hide it it.

Cube? Short for Incubator, I'm assuming. I wouldn't have thought he'd be the type to put up with nicknames.

[Woa woa wait. Is that. The Baron. As a teenager. With BROWN HAIR??

He... he looks like Gil. He looks a lot like Gil. This is fucking with his brain and he's really not sure how to deal.

SWEET MOTHER OF MUSES WHAT IS HE WEARING?]

Ridiculous? It's fabulous! I couldn't have designed it better myself, and I am a top-notch designer I'll have you know. The purple theme is marvelous with your skin tone and you simply pull off the midriff style too well. It's almost not fair.

[Whoops Fashion Designer Spark mode. Sorry.]

[Who is this over-excited fop and why is his fopping in Klaus's direction what is happening

UNSURE]

I'm glad to see that someone appreciates it, even if it isn't me?

[Whoops this over-excited fop is your future-and-alternate-universe son's boyfriend! Hope that's not awkward. It kinda is for him.]

I had no idea you had such taste or interest in fashion, Herr Baron!

Oh, you have my confused for my father.

Which is a rather difficult thing to do, given that he's a good thirty years my senior, but you do wear glasses so I suppose your eyesight might not be terribly good to begin with.

[Because like hell would the current Baron Wulfenbach be caught dead in this getup.]

[Oh... Might this Klaus Wulfenbach be so young as to not be the Baron yet? That would explain the lack of white hair.]

My apologies, I must be from a future point on our timeline, then. I can avoid further spoilers if you'd like.

[Oh, Tarvek, just a gentleman. Even to the man who ruined your life. In fairness, he isn't quite the man who ruined his life yet.]

To hear my mundane tell it, you and I aren't from the same timeline at all. Which has me curious now as to who, exactly, you are. I'd like to know, if that's not too much of a 'spoiler'.

[YEAH NOPE this bby is too wee to be Baron yet. And when he becomes Baron? That's all he'll be. An actual Baron. With a wee little parcel of land and a wee little title.]

Interesting! An alternative timeline of what is presumably the same world! Similar, at least! I should like to explore this some more [for SCIENCE!]

My name is Tarvek Sturmvoraus, heir to Prince Aaronev Sturmvoraus.

[Ugh that name. He feels gross even saying it, letting it come out of his mouth. But he can't show that. Keep the friendly gentleman face on, Tarvek.]

[HUH!]

Aaronev had -- will have, I suppose -- a son?

[He looks legitimately surprised.

And he is.

Because who the fuck would get with Aaronev Wilhelm Creeper Never-In-A-Million-Years Sturmvoraus.

Seriously.]

You certainly look much more together than he ever was. Hopefully if you become Prince you'll make up for the failings I can only assume he demonstrated during his time in power.

[Wow Klaus you are so. polite.]

I know, shocking, isn't it? [He's aware of just how gross his dad is oh, yes. His daddy issues let him show you them.]

I was actually part of a eugenics project. [Mummy dear didn't have a choice really don't judge her.]

My mother is a direct descendant of the Storm King. [You have one of those in your timeline, right?] And I fully intend to fix the mistakes the paternal side of my family has made when I accept my title.

[He's totally polite! Just surprised. He remembers Aaronev as a jerky Prince-to-be he went to school with, not a Prince of high status.]

I see. Aaronev certainly isn't the father I would have chosen for such an important role. He has very few redeeming qualities or skills beyond his title, which is unimportant given that you already have a much more weighty title through your mother.

[SERIOUSLY HE IS JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT LOGIC LED TO THIS DECISION because someone on the planning committee done fucked up]

[Nope. Definitely rude. And trust me, Tarvek thinks about as much of the creep as you do. Probably less actually.]

No, nor I. My father unfortunately is a man with connections and keeping those in tact was a political move. He is also a fairly strong Spark, which they wanted in their heir.

It also makes the reclaiming of Sturmhalten for the Storm King smoother. It would be a shame to get caught up in political squabbles as soon as I take my title.

[LUCKILY this is a good time for a subject change!]

Spark?

[You.... you don't know what a Spark is? Are you sure you're from the same world and you don't just have the same name as a guy he knows by sheer coincidence?]

Spark! The unrestrained seed of genius that creates mad scientists and is the cause of most advances in technology! You don't have sparks in your timeline?

[OH

Oh

o h ?]

No. We have the Incubators to thank for our technological advances.

[Does he sound a wee bit bitter? Naaaaaw. It just sucks to find out that one of the hobbies you most enjoy is something you were practically programmed by aliens to like just to advance your species.]

And Incubators generally aren't... human.

[Though he wouldn't put it past Aaronev to be an -- wait a second. This guy said he was one too, right? Or intimated it?

BACKING THE FUCK UP.]

I have never heard of an Incubator before. What is it and how does it--?

[He sees you freaking out. This was not a reaction he expected. He changes his body language to be as unintimidating as possible.]

Woa, hey, my Spark isn't dangerous. I'm not a time bomb. Most Sparks are fairly minor and harmless and mine is perfectly under control. All it does is help me think and give me inspiration, and I can control it.

[Well except for that one time.... but let's not talk about that.]

You have a personal --

[Okay, either there's a major miscommunication here, or there are hundreds if not thousands of Incubators and they're specializing and dogging specific people in order to stimulate their minds and create super-smart magi.

Which seems rather counter-intuitive, but then again, the Incubators are good at only helping people to think and become inspired in situations that benefit them.]

Okay. I think it would be helpful if you backed up and explained this to me as clearly as you possibly can.

[Okay, we're calm again. But clearly something about the Spark reminds this other-Klaus of something he greatly fears.

To be honest, Tarvek isn't entirely convinced that it isn't just the Spark by another name.]

Some people in my world--otherwise totally normal people born of regular parents--are born with something we call the 'Spark'. It's not terribly well understood, though it's easily recognizable. At around the age of puberty a person with the Spark will "break out" and start manifesting. This involves building sometimes ingenious sometimes just strange contraptions of whatever the Spark's specialty is. Often it's machinery of some form, very rarely it's a construct or a clank or a food item, but it's always something partially scientific. Sparks are also called "mad scientists" though most of them are not strong enough to build things truly worthy of that title. When "Sparking", which is what we call it when a person with the Spark is actively manifesting, they change in demeanor and voice and become very focused on their work. Untrained Sparks with little education and no means of coping with their breaking out can be dangerous because of a lack of control and understanding. The hyper-focus that comes from the Spark can block out common sense.

If you have something like that in your timeline, judging from your reaction, it is even more destructive than Sparks, or you had a very bad close encounter with it.

[Or both.]

[She's going to open her mouth to say something... and then see the bow.. and the midriff... just crack up]

Klaus, darling, [She chokes through her wild laughter] What bet did you lose?

[You

Are Lucrezia

But not a gigantic cataclysm of doom?

O ok...]

[...aaaand you're laughing at him.

Welp. He isn't surprised.]

A very serious one, unfortunately.

[Of course not! She's only a very small cataclysm of doom!]

Tee-hee! What was it this time? Whether or not Bill could invent a shrink ray for horses? How long you two could sing before Barry hit you with something? Which of you could get through my death trap first?

[Don't mind her, she's just all up in your space.]

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