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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]

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?

[knightlyrondo]

[She almost brushes her away but...she listens. She's right. Sayaka knows that. She swallows before nodding slightly.]

I didn't know her for that long... She saved my best friend and me before. Taught us about what it means to be a magical girl. The thing that got her is dead--but I'll keep fighting them until this city is safe. That's the job of a magical girl. That's what Mami-san would have wanted.

[stonethread]

[...there's something in there that caught her attention for a moment. A magical girl? She seemed a bit puzzled at that.]

So, hold on, you're saying you're one of these..."magical girls"? No way, I've only seen that sort of shit on television in the morning back when I was younger- so you can do all sorts of magical stuff, but...there's a price to be paid, huh? And your friend ended up biting the dust?

[knightlyrondo]

Magical girls are real! [She snaps back almost instantly. Then she looks away again. It's not her status that she's defending...if magical girls weren't real then Mami-san--]

Yeah. They're real. We fight witches--these monsters that feed off bad emotions. Anger, depression. Things like that. That's the price of being a magical girl.

[stonethread]

Hey, no need to get so defensive. I'm pretty sure I'd have some stories you'd find hard believing... [Although she does feel pretty bad right now, knowing that Sayaka seems like a driven girl on her own beliefs...]

...so, I'm guessing your friend died fighting one of these witches, huh? Heh...what a way to go...I'm guessing there's a never ending cycle to this sort of thing, huh?

[knightlyrondo]

...Sorry. I'm just kind of upset thinking about it. [Thinking about what happened to Mami always made her feel like the worst kind of person.]

One of them ate her, yeah. It...was horrible. My best friend and me were there. We couldn't do anything--that was before I became a magical girl. Someone had to make sure that the city was safe.