catch-all for madoka.

[selfimmolates]

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[selfimmolates]

They're going through a rough time, and that's exactly why they need to learn to depend on others.

[frilly]

[ that just makes her feel bad again because what if it's her own fault that they aren't depending on her... so she just defaults to something positive to try and end that track of conversation. ]

... Everything is going to be okay.

[selfimmolates]

I can tell that's your default "let's not talk about it anymore" response, for the record.

But whatever, fine. Learn anything new?

[frilly]

[ madoka laughs... caught her... but then shakes her head. ]

I don't feel like I have. What about you?

[selfimmolates]

Some stuff, I guess. But a lot of it's being made public nowadays.

[frilly]

I think that's better. If we were all able to just share what we knew, we could work together.

[selfimmolates]

The issue is trust, though. We'll only publicly talk about what won't hurt us, personally.

[frilly]

[ flashbacks to madoka announcing her alignment in front of everyone ]

... Yeah, that's true. And - I can't really blame anyone for being cautious like that, either.

[selfimmolates]

[yeah uh]

... You seem to have less qualms about it, though. No wonder you were with Sincerity.

[frilly]

I'd like to win, but it's okay if I don't.

And like I said, I have to switch factions, anyway.

[selfimmolates]

... Have fun with Cunning, if he's going to be your choice. You being with him should be... interesting.

[frilly]

Thanks...

I'm worried about Sincerity, though. Their followers keep having to switch... I don't want them to be in the position that Cunning is in, now. That Fortune was in.

[selfimmolates]

It won't be your fault if that's the case. [...] We'll just have to see how the numbers are next week.

[frilly]

It just feels a little planned.

Having to switch, right after someone made Senri-kun write down that he was with Sincerity last week... It's like being whittled down on purpose.

[selfimmolates]

... The person who made Senri do that isn't with any of the gods who were up on the suspect list this week. So I don't know if it's related.

Still, the general idea... It does seem that at least one person—if more—is out to eliminate the competition this way. How many people knew you were with Sincerity before this trial?

[since, uh. madoka wasn't very secretive about it.]

[frilly]

Um... Let's see... I told you, Yu-kun, Senri-kun, Takaomi-kun, and Nonon-ch... Nonon-san.

I think that's it...?

[selfimmolates]

[well, first]

Any reason for the correction?

[frilly]

She said to use san.

[selfimmolates]

She seems like the type.

[based off what he knows of japanese honorifics anyway, because. english speaker here.]

That's a smaller list than I was expecting, though.

[frilly]

It's hard not to tell people who ask, but...

Not a lot of people have asked me.

[selfimmolates]

... Well, most people probably don't expect the other party to be honest about it, so...

[frilly]

I'm not very good at lying...

[selfimmolates]

Yes.

I've been noticing that.

[frilly]

You could disagree with me... To make me feel better...

[ since you other people know how to lie and all... JEEZ... ]

[selfimmolates]

It's fine. I mean, for the purpose of this competition, you should learn how to lie better, but it helps me that you can't.

[so, you know.]

... And it means you didn't live a life where you felt the need to lie. It's not necessarily something to be ashamed of.