[video] ♐ April 24th

[stillneedawish]

[Madoka is sitting on her bed in her pyjamas. Her hair's loose, her knees are drawn up to her chest and her arms are wrapped around them. She doesn't look happy. Not at all. It's a little too dark to see her face properly, so you can't tell if she's been crying or not, but when she speaks, she sounds as if she might have just finished.]... Hello

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[voice]

[shadow_spread]

I can talk. I don't need much sleep.

[stillneedawish]

Would that really be okay, Sumimura-san? Thank you...

[shadow_spread]

Of course.

What's wrong?

[stillneedawish]

Something really, really terrible happened tonight... i-it's - some of my friends got r-really, badly hurt--

[shadow_spread]

I'm sorry. It's always hard when that happens.

[locked to Madoka]

Would you rather talk about this privately?

[locked]

[stillneedawish]

Y-yes please... I couldn't really explain properly outside of a lock, because - S-sayaka-chan's involved, but the one on the the community isn't from my timeline, s-so I can't tell her!

[locked]

[shadow_spread]

I can't imagine what that's like. I'm sorry.

[locked]

[stillneedawish]

Th-thank you...

Um... I'm - I'm not really sure how to start explaining... You. You know that I'm a magical girl a-and that I have to fight witches, right?

[locked]

[shadow_spread]

That's right.

[locked]

[stillneedawish]

W-well... it turns out that all this time, Kyubey's been lying to us! In my timeline, Sayaka-chan contracted too, and -- and she used too much o-of her magic without c-cleansing her soul gem, a-and then -- th-the witches are us, Sumimura-san! When a magical girl r-runs out of magic, o-or she has too many negative emotions, she t-turns into a witch, and Homura-chan tried to warn us but Sayaka-chan -- sh-she bec-came a witch!

[locked]

[shadow_spread]

That's- [He's horrified, but you might be able to hear that he's not as surprised as he might be.] That shouldn't happen.

There's no way to reverse it?

[locked]

[stillneedawish]

N-no... we tried, we really did, when we went to f-fight her witch form w-we tried to talk to her and make her human again, but she wouldn't listen, and then - we had to--

[locked]

[shadow_spread]

...I'm sorry for your loss.

[his voice is even now, measured] But...it seems like she's a good girl, and she wouldn't have wanted to hurt people. You did the best thing you could.

[locked]

[stillneedawish]

[Nodding] Y-yes... Sayaka-chan always wanted to protect people from the witches as a magical girl, so... she would have hated to hurt anyone. B-but it's still not fair... and then afterwards, Mami-san as well, she-- she was going t-to kill us all! B-because she didn't want us -- to be witches, a-and she s-said i-it was the only way, so to save Homura-chan I-I had to-- it's too cruel...!

[locked]

[shadow_spread]

[there is a significant pause. your world is messed up, Madoka]

I- I had a...friend, once. He was a good teacher, well-respected...but he became an ayakashi. [his voice is still controlled, but strained] He killed a lot of people. [and why is he even telling her this]

I'm not sure what I'm trying to say, exactly, but...sometimes the world is cruel. What's important is that you keep going.

[locked]

[stillneedawish]

[Madoka takes her time answering, listening to what he says before wiping her eyes again.] I-I... I think I see. It's... it's not fair, but we still have to keep fighting while we can... right? ... I'm sorry to hear about your friend.