Clarisse Okay, update. We found Kyouko and have convinced her to join our side, at least for now.
Clarisse Also, we've sort of decided that we're a side now.
Clarisse I hope this is okay with everyone; we've sort of been one, informally, since the rooftop.
Nanami woo! magical girls represent!
Clarisse Actually, the magical girls are outnumbered at this point.
Sayaka technological girls represent :p
Sayaka we need a clever name!
Wakaba the Gang of Nine
Wakaba or are we officially ten?
Yuuka can we be the Gang of Nice instead?
Madoka !!!
Madoka i like it!
Nanami doesn't sound very serious :p
Sayaka anyway, I thought you said Kyouko was dangerous?
Clarisse Well, it's a long story.
Clarisse She was working for Oriko because she was dangerously low on grief seeds.
Clarisse We suspect Oriko used future sight to find the witches first, and steal all the grief seeds.
Clarisse So the three of us saw what Oriko did to Mami's apartment — another long story
Clarisse but Mami used to be Kyouko's senpai
Clarisse suffice it to say, Kyouko's had a change of heart
Madoka so we can be friends? <3
Clarisse Provisionally, at least.
Clarisse She's a little afraid to commit after being used by Oriko like that.
Madoka oh, that's sad. :(
Clarisse The real trouble is Kyuubey.
Nanami What? How's the fluffy fuzzball trouble?
Clarisse so, Kyuubey came to us, asking for our help taking down Oriko.
Clarisse This was exactly what we were talking about doing moments before.
Clarisse Except when he made his pitch, it was full of manipulative lies.
Wakaba ?? like how?
Clarisse Well, he was giving us reasons to help take down Oriko
Clarisse and asked him about what a certain something does, and he said, "think of it as a weapon."
Clarisse He didn't say it was a weapon, he said to think of it as a weapon. Future-secrets: it's not a weapon.
Ryouko What Clarisse said. It was pretty bad.
Ryouko (Carry on; I'm busy talking.)
Clarisse This was disturbing, but then we got him to come out and admit several other ugly secrets he's been keeping from all the magical girls.
Clarisse So Kyouko got mad at him, and literally squeezed him to death
Madoka !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Madoka :( :( :( :( :(
Clarisse *he came back with another body after about ten seconds*
Clarisse *and then proceeded to eat the corpse of the one that she had just killed*
Nanami Nani?!?
Sayaka zomgwtf?!
Clarisse I'll spare you the graphic footage.
Clarisse So we've thought about it, and Ryouko thinks that Oriko is actually trying to do something good, she's just trying to do it with manipulation and murder. Unfortunately, this is exactly what we'd expect of her, given what we know of her from the future. Which means she's definitely not one of the good guys, but it might still be a bad idea to fight her anyway.
Clarisse … We're working on it.
Clarisse We think the key for now is to keep building our alliance
Clarisse Then we can face Oriko from a position of strength
Clarisse Whether that's fighting her or just negotiating
Clarisse So the next thing to do is find Mami-san, if she's alive.
Clarisse And the more I think of it, the more likely it is that she's back
Clarisse That means that she probably has future technology implants too.
Nanami You want to just try to find her over the radio?
Clarisse Maybe, but the other piece of news is Simona.
Clarisse Kyouko tells us he's been hanging out with Oriko.
Clarisse and we're not sure if she's been working with Oriko, too.
Clarisse If we go looking for Mami with future signal protocols, she might notice.
Clarisse And if she notices, she might tell Oriko, or Oriko might notice it anyway too.
Nanami fuckity fuckfuckfuck, fuck
Nanami Clarisse, darling ./~
Clarisse … yes? :S
Nanami you know how we have all these copies of Intro to FutureTech for Middle School Girls lying around?
Nanami when the girl with future vision sees what sort of havoc that plays with the future…
Nanami what do you think that scream sounds like?
Clarisse … I don't know
Sayaka ehhhh that does not sound good
Nanami Might there possibly maybe be any way to go looking for her which doesn't threaten to involve Oriko?
Wakaba oh, guys, guys, i just realized
Wakaba you know who else has been looking for Mami?
Wakaba the Mitakihara Police Major Case Squad
Nanami fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffuuu
Wakaba want to bet she's in a holding cell
Sayaka … omgwtf are we going to bust someone out of jail??!
Clarisse NO! THIS IS A TERRIBLE IDEA!
Wakaba we're not even sure she's there
Nanami remain calm
Nanami do not make any sudden moves
Clarisse Right.
Clarisse I'll call Homura next, and warn her about Kyuubey.
Clarisse and … where's Hitomi?
Hitomi (autoreply) I'm ever so sorry, but I've placed this chat in silent mode, so that I can have some quiet time.
Clarisse … that's probably fine
Madoka hey Clarisse
Madoka you sound like you're really busy over there!
Clarisse A little bit, yes.
Madoka I can call Homura if you'd like? :)
Madoka It's no problem, I'd be glad to help! <3
Clarisse … okay, that could work
* It's less direct, but you figure if it's coming from Madoka, she'll be sure to listen.
Clarisse just don't use any text messages, okay? It's not safe.
Madoka Okay, I won't.