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[knightlyrondo]

You can't just have me keel over like that! I've got things to do. Going to the afterlife isn't one of them. I'd rather go to that city over this! What about Madoka, huh?

I'm not going to allow this! Who'd want to be in a game filled with dead people, anyway?

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[stonethread]

So, what, are you dead too, kid? Never thought I'd see the day when someone young dies...heh. Thought you were supposed to live it up at your age, not rot in the ground.

[knightlyrondo]

I'm not going just let my mun kill me! [She stops at that comment though. "Someone young dies". Sayaka suddenly shifts her eyes to the side.] ...It happens. Sometimes the people who die are way better than the ones still alive.

[stonethread]

You can't exactly control what your mun does, can you? It never seems like we can really get free from these sort of chains that hold us down. [She seems a little bit sad about it, but...what can she do? She's always been in chains her whole life.

But hearing that last part- and seeing Sayaka's demeanor change made Jolyne raise an eyebrow.] ...what makes you say that?

[knightlyrondo]

There's got to be a way to be free. Somehow.

[What makes her say that? A small moment of weakness. The crunching of bones beneath razor-like teeth.]

Guess this is making me think of something that happened a while ago, is all.

[stonethread]

Yare yare dawa... Kid, that's all up to you to decide. The choice of breaking your chains? If you find a way, I'd like to see it.

[Sure, her tone sounds bitter at that, but she can't help it. Though, she's more focused on that last part once more.]

...you saw someone die before, didn't you?

[knightlyrondo]

[She'd say more on the first but...]

Yeah. Yeah, I did. [The memories of that witch are flooding back. It makes her grit her teeth.] She was a better fighter than me. It shouldn't have happened.

[stonethread]

[She's heard that story before, only for her to swallow a bit and for her to wrap an arm around Sayaka's shoulder.]

...shit like that happens, you know? I've lost a lot of good friends due to fighting...but the thing is, you gotta stay strong despite it all. You can't let your dreams falter, and you've gotta keep attacking whatever it was that brings this depression. After all, it's one thing you can do to break free of your chains. I'm guessing this person was close to you, though?

[gunnerwish]

I wouldn't want to be surrounded by dead people, that's for sure. But maybe... maybe it won't be so bad?

[knightlyrondo]

[After her initial outburst, Sayaka pauses, just for a second.] I've still got stuff to do but... I wonder if someone else would show up there. I doubt it, though.

[gunnerwish]

[Ilona smiles reassuringly.] It never hurts to hope! I mean, that is, uh, someone might just come along for the ride. You know?

And it beats the alternatives. Some of the other places out here look pretty scary.

[knightlyrondo]

Better there than some of the other places. Besides.. They've already died.

[palletspride]

... could be worse.

[knightlyrondo]

Maybe. At least I could protect...whatever that place is.

[invoice]

Life or death aside, I wouldn't want to go there anyway. It sounds like a horrible place.

[ There's no money. ]

[knightlyrondo]

If everyone was alive, it probably wouldn't be that bad.

[ Gurl, get your priorities straight! There's more than money in life! There is justice!]

[invoice]

If everyone is dead it's the same as being alive but in a different world.

[ Justice can't be served unless money pays for the fine men and women of the police force you know. ]

There's just nothing I'd want there.

[knightlyrondo]

It doesn't change the fact that they died.

[Silly, magical girls don't get paid. Neither do vigilantes. Money is irrelevant!]

Like what?

[invoice]

Obviously but if you're going there there's no point in making a fuss about it. It's already done, it's done.

[ Of course then her expression changes. Sayo's looking pretty excited just from thinking about it. Glasses glistening like diamonds from how excited she is gurl ] Like money.

[knightlyrondo]

[... Gurl, you have problems.]

Money's not that important.

[no_free_wishes]

But you are dead, Sayaka Miki.

[knightlyrondo]

What's that supposed to mean?

[no_free_wishes]

Exactly what I said - to the best of my knowledge you are dead.

[knightlyrondo]

... So they killed me already?!

[no_free_wishes]

From my perspective, yes.

[knightlyrondo]

So not fair!

[...someone is from a point where they haven't discovered the truth yet.]