-They would immediately see three antrhomorphic speaker Darkners manning the front desk-
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-Right off the bat, they also hear this song playing as the store's background music:
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-However, it's also then that a shield appeared before her that she could wield-
Like I said before, you might have learned the art of dodging, but you haven't mastered all the basics of combat yet. And since you haven't learned to block hits directly, I'd say it's time that we taught you!
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Steven: "Like who?"
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Kirby: "Oh, are you new here? I don't think we've before..."
-Maybe a combination of both?-
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-So she's still worried- :V
Hayate: "Hmmm, I think those are the owners"
Nanoha: "...The music in the store is catchy"
-Fate bowed in respect upon being sighted-
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Aya: “…Are you really giving me a shield to defend myself?”
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Breakdown: “Have you ever met the Dinobots?”
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Oriko: "That's correct" -bows- "My name is Oriko Mikuni, I'm a magical girl"
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-And speaking of said mommy, Semiramis… Was eating a whole chocolate cake on her own-
Ren: -still in his and Nora's room- "...Things are going to get bad where she's going, won't they?"
Nora: "Nothing we need to worry about... probably."
Pit: "....Liz?"
-now's a good time to share a pic of she, right? :V-
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Alear: "And what if I don't like it?"
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Shez: "Then let's get you one. Mine's got a bad habit of vanishing under the feet of anyone who isn't me."
Sigurd: "That is still better than none at all. What kind of good things have you done?"
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Byleth: "I see..."
-it's then Homura hugs back?-
-It's Liz, they're totally going to have to worry- :V
-And indeed it's her! Who was panting a bit from having ran all the way here-
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Iskandar: "Oh it'll be alright, at least then we'll know for sure!"
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Jeanne Alter: "As in, literally?"
Kiritsugu: "..." -the two things that were brought to mind were to make Illya and to save Shirou, even if he seems too embarrassed too admit it-
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-She did, actually-
Homura: "...Just a little longer..."
-That makes more sense...But magic tomes would've also been epic-
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Pacifica: "Rodents?"
Dipper: "Long story short, almost all of them were tricked into agreeing to become Magical Girls by a group of extraterrestrial creatures who looked like some kind of lagomorphs. Witches release some kind of powerful energy upon death, so their whole scheme revolved around a cycle of creating Magical Girls to kill Witches, who'd eventually become Witches killed by later generations of Magical Girls, and so on..."
-Pacifica was visibly shocked upon hearing that last part-
-They've also read that there's been some mysterious disappearances of three middle school students at a school known as St. James, so anyone the quintet of mages capture there might be assumed to have gone missing under similar bizarre circumstances and be led on the wrong track as a consequence, while they've heard of this one odd town in Connecticut known as "Gravesfield" that's purported to be home to signs of paranormal activity and a strange woman with gray hair who randomly shows up every now and then collecting garbage, so their activities would likely seem hardly out of the ordinary there-
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Peridot: "Ugh, fine..."
-Peridot was already internally theorizing who might be wearing hte puffy dress, including Charlotte since she not only wears a puffy dress herself, but was also among the Servants only very recently ntroduced to Chaldea-
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Hekapoo: "Just open the door..."
Sothis: "There's also another gift for you four. We didn't bother wrapping it but we knew it should come after giving you these tomes. Wait just a minute!"
-it's then that Sothis opens the large sack that accompanies her and jumps inside in-
Sothis: "Now where is it... Ah, there it is! Byleth, my vessel, could you come give me a hand."
-Byleth nodded and, despite finding the situation strange, did so without question-
-about a minute later, the duo comes out with a shelf to store their books, both those they just got and any other they may own-
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Kanna: "The more I hear of them, the more I want to crush them... They make Illya's contract with Ruby sound so tame in comparison."
-Illya couldn't deny that?-
Kamui: "I'll come with you then. I'm not leaving my best friend behind. I.. I feel ready to be on the field again too."
-Leanne would sneeze... but Kamui and Jeanne really grew close lately :V-
Epimenides:
Surely there are places not large enough to put a target on you yet large enough to give your mother a proper army...
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-with that said, Zelda does remember getting to see some of her drafts and giving feedback, since they shared a room in the old base... she wonders if Okki will still do that if the two are alone-
-if she doesn't, then Zelda will start to suspect that the drawing is one of herself :V-
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Queen Medusa:
I wish I was like her; uninvited...
Viridi: "It's either that or she breaks the door... Might as well prevent property damage." -unlocks the door but made it pretty damn clear with the expression on her face that she does NOT like that-
Ingrid: "Thank you so much~ I brought snacks~!" -which were carried by some clones of hers-
Viridi: "At least she brought some goods... Are any of them organic?"
Ingrid: "Most of them, yes. I figured the Goddess of Nature would enjoy that."
Viridi:
...What is she plotting?
-Ingrid's plotting nothing this time; she just saw this as an opportunity to relax-
Pandora: "Well
duh, but you still didn't answer my first question, Eresh-cutie~ What kind of work would I do?"
Natsuki: "Huh... What are these books about now?"
Yuri: "They look pretty rustic..."
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Oriko: "As you know, despite how vast an universe is, energy is still finite. These aliens, the Incubators, however, found a method to actually create more energy and thus counter entropy with their magic, by harvesting the emotions of others... And what is more emotional than a young girl?"
Suzune: "You're our age, so you should know well the problems we face. From struggling with self-acceptance, to suddenly hormones taking over your mind and body, to having to deal with a sexist society that hates and criticizes all you do, and so on. So they decided to prey on girls age 10 to 19"
Kazumi: "All with the promise of a wish they can grant... Of course, they don't tell the majority of girls they deal what awaits them, that if they despair or use too much magic, they will become those undead Witches, and that they need to kill more Witches to remain human"
Iroha: "Approaching us when we're vulnerable... I... My wish was to cure my sister of her chronic illness. I didn't know that then they would target her to become a magical girl too... Sentencing us to one day become Witches or die fighting for the universe's sake..."
Tart: "I.. I was told by mine that he was once even compared to an incubus..."
Illya: "Magical girls are meant to bring hope, not... That..."
-They do bestie things offscreen- :V
Jeanne: "I'm really glad to hear that, I'm sure we'll be able to get through this"
Alina: "Ché palle, seems we really need to evaluate this, then..."
Kanna: -Instantly looks at the two suggestion- "I can see both points. Currently three girls our age disappeared in Los Angeles, while there's a town in Connecticut called Gravesfield that already has a pretty bad local rumor of a strange woman looking for garbage, so they could blame disappearances on the rumor"
Kagari: "You are welcome for the suggestion of the latter~"
Sasa: "Huh, doesn't sounds too bad for us if you ask me..."
Minou: "Hmmmm, they're certainly options..."
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-Okki sighed in relief-
-What they didn't know is that seeing Iroha was inspiring the Assassin to draw a magical girl design-
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Rin: -Sigh- "I guess it's too late from backing up from this now..."
Sakura: "Oooh, can I have a taste of them, please?"
Ophanimon: "Also hello~"
Ereshkigal: "For starters... Ah, I know, you should over some of the souls!"