catch-all for madoka.

[selfimmolates]

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[selfimmolates]

... You really do roll with just about anything, don't you? You don't care that we've technically been talking about you behind your back?

[madoka is throwing him off so much!!]

[frilly]

It makes me feel a little bit self conscious... But I don't think Senri-kun would say anything mean. And it's normal to talk to people about the other people you know.

[selfimmolates]

... You're way too nice about this.

[aka he has no idea how to handle this, help.]

[frilly]

Maybe...

[ she has her reasons, but. also knows he's not wrong. ]

[selfimmolates]

[he just sighs. which he feels like he's doing a lot lately.]

Anyway, Senri and I are cooperating to try and find a less... bloodthirsty way to proceed in the competition. That's it.

[frilly]

[ poor Ray... ]

I may not have a lot to offer - but I'll help you however I can.

[selfimmolates]

People like you and will let their guard down around you. That's something.

[frilly]

Yes, I've noticed that.

[selfimmolates]

It's useful. Senri's the same way.

[frilly]

I haven't been asking many people, so I still might not know as much as Senri-kun does... But...

[ Madoka takes out her journal, and... Flips past her doodles of everyone from when she was memorizing their names, and past the witch and familiar doodles, to a page where she's written:

Senri - Beauty
Nonon - Love
Yu - Love
Hector - Ruin
Chuuya - Disorder → Sincerity
Takaomi - Merriment ]

[selfimmolates]

... And you're okay with just showing me this?

[frilly]

It's scary, but I won't get anywhere keeping it to myself. We're working together, right?

[selfimmolates]

Yeah... though I'm surprised you got Hector's. Ruin's not exactly a popular god right now.

[frilly]

He offered to heal my hand with Equivalent Exchange. Which... I think means he wasn't the one that hurt it in the first place.

[selfimmolates]

[everyone really does love madoka, don't they]

... Pretty nice of him. Not as cautious as I would've expected, based off what I know of him.

[frilly]

Do you know him very well? I've only talked to him a couple times... But it was really nice of him to offer - since it's dangerous...

[ which means. people aligned with Ruin are nice. ]

[selfimmolates]

We pointed a gun at each other when we first met.

[so yeah.]

[frilly]

You pointed a gun at me when we first met, too.

[ this sounds like more of a you problem. ]

[selfimmolates]

I never said I wasn't a dangerous person either.

[frilly]

[ why you gotta say things like this ]

[selfimmolates]

[because he's a pragmatic asshole.]

Incidentally, have you met Ruin?

[frilly]

Not yet...

[selfimmolates]

... Well, I shouldn't need to tell you to be careful with her. Disorder and Ambition might be a little misunderstood, but Ruin made it clear that it's perfectly acceptable to dispose of those she doesn't like or need.

More importantly, she told me she values initiative—and that her followers had better, as well. Those who don't take matters into their own hands "need to die", in her words.

[...]

Not saying her followers can't be nice people, but their god is another story. So, just keep that in mind.

[frilly]

[ she doesn't like that. all the gods she's spoken to have been nice, so she was kind of hoping they all were and it was kind of a misunderstanding... ]

I'll be careful.

But I'm more worried about the other follower of Ruin.

[ Madoka closes her journal again, then unwraps the bandage on her hand to show Ray the smiley face that's carved into her palm. it's healing, but... even if someone was just testing their power, carving a smiley face seems... morbid... ]

[selfimmolates]

... If you ever do want to meet her [though ray is dubious if madoka should], she likes cute things. Stuffed animals, cutesy jewelry, etc. Just don't go around sharing that info—I'm not sure if it's a good idea to have people meeting her.

[well then. yeah, he looks a little disturbed at the smiley face. morbid indeed.]

I don't know who it could be yet. They're not likely to out themselves to you, since you've been their victim, so...