[ Madoka nods agreeably, but looks thoughtful for a long quiet moment, trying to think of what else to talk about. Current events is not exactly an uplifting subject around here. ]
I think everyone is just nervous. We're all trying to balance our time with each other, on top of the gods.
Sort of puts you guys at a disadvantage to tell you the truth. It's a short game and there's a lot of you and a lot of us. But some of you have been managing pretty okay. You've been talking to a lot of people here, haven't you?
You're trying which is more than I can say for some others. [He props his head up with a hand for the moment.] Who've you really had a chance to speak to so far?
Everyone is doing their best. That just looks different for different people...
[ she looks sheepish to admit: ]
Um... Mostly just Sincerity. I've talked to Beauty and Indulgence... Merriment and I ice skated together for a little... [ that's not really?? talking??? ]
We have a couple of weeks, right? There's ten of us, and seven days a week. That's less than two of us a day. I'm not saying you have to, but it's worth a thought.
I always got that impression. I never learned a lot myself, but it always made me feel a little more useful when there was a lot that I couldn't change. We tried to make the kitchen in the temple as stocked as possible for you guys, but...[A gesture to the pavilion they're in.]
When I lied here, I never had to make my own food.
We don't need to, exactly, but most of us like to because it's a normal human thing. We can still taste everything and all that but it's not a live or die kind of thing. Otherwise we can just make whatever we want. Call it a god perk.
We get a few of them. Never need to eat, never aging, new powers...overall it's not a bad deal, but you can see why putting a bunch of us together in one place might've caused some issues.
It's tough to compromise with other people when you have so much power yourself. That makes sense to me.
But I also think it's lucky to have others with you. For me, when I rewrote the laws of the universe, I also gained new powers. Since I exist outside of time, I don't age. And since I don't physically exist, I don't need to eat - and can't.
And those are all fine... [ okay admittedly she misses eating. ] But the hardest part is being alone.
...yeah, that would sound like a rough gig. [Sort of. Sometimes he thinks he'd vastly prefer to be alone given everything that happens all the time, but Madoka's a child and also a lot friendlier than he is, so it makes sense.] There has to be a way for people to see you though, doesn't there? Especially if you're the one working with the universe and stuff.
Mm, sort of. Homura-chan remembers me because her magic was time travel. And... My little brother can still see me, because he's too young to know any better...
But Homura-chan can't see me, and Tatsuya is growing up.
Aside from that, the only times I can see anyone is when I come to meet a magical girl when she passes away.
[How is she so cheerful even when this is happening???]
Guess it makes sense if you're outside of everything. [Even if it sucks. He considers that for a moment...] Tell me a little more about Homura. Who's she? Another magical girl?
She sounds like a pretty good friend to have. [Still a little "hm" about time travel, but that's fine.] We don't really have magical girls where I'm from, but we have people like me who can do stuff like that. Depending on which god "blessed" us, we had different powers that were used to keep things from getting out of hand.
[That's the nice way of putting it, anyway.] It's probably hard when people aren't like you, but it just means that the people who are are even more important.
...well, yeah. Where I'm from, there was a whole other pantheon that people like me had to deal with whether we liked it or not. Those gods would also sometimes reach out to us and make us do things for them, help decide some of their wars, stuff like that.
The powers you guys have here are actually sort of similar to some of the ones I'm familiar with. All of the powers my followers can choose from are close to what I could do back there.
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I think everyone is just nervous. We're all trying to balance our time with each other, on top of the gods.
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[ she looks sheepish to admit: ]
Um... Mostly just Sincerity. I've talked to Beauty and Indulgence... Merriment and I ice skated together for a little... [ that's not really?? talking??? ]
And you.
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I want to give you a sort of assignment for the rest of the game. Try to talk to all of us at least once or twice before making any final decisions.
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It's always worth at least trying.
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Uehehe... It's been fun learning to cook like this. It's kind of relaxing, you know?
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When I lied here, I never had to make my own food.
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[ despite the blatant insecurity behind those words, she doesn't sound particularly upset about it. ]
Can you just make whatever you want, here? Or - do you even need to eat?
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[ she's envious. ]
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But I also think it's lucky to have others with you. For me, when I rewrote the laws of the universe, I also gained new powers. Since I exist outside of time, I don't age. And since I don't physically exist, I don't need to eat - and can't.
And those are all fine... [ okay admittedly she misses eating. ] But the hardest part is being alone.
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But Homura-chan can't see me, and Tatsuya is growing up.
Aside from that, the only times I can see anyone is when I come to meet a magical girl when she passes away.
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Guess it makes sense if you're outside of everything. [Even if it sucks. He considers that for a moment...] Tell me a little more about Homura. Who's she? Another magical girl?
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And hard working...! Nothing I did would have been possible without her.
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[That's the nice way of putting it, anyway.] It's probably hard when people aren't like you, but it just means that the people who are are even more important.
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Although I guess they're mostly used to make things get out of hand instead of prevent it.
[ She's not touching on that last comment, though. Mostly because she just doesn't want to wallow too much. ]
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The powers you guys have here are actually sort of similar to some of the ones I'm familiar with. All of the powers my followers can choose from are close to what I could do back there.