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queenofheartsrp2011-03-27 01:23 pm
headedforhope) wrote in queenofheartsrp2011-03-27 01:23 pm
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[After the events of this thread, Mami can be found in the Gardens. She's become very....popular with the local wildlife; there's a fox snuggling in her lap, rabbits nestling contentedly by her feet, a quail perching on her knee and a cat nuzzling her arm.
For awhile, Mami silently preoccupies herself with petting all her animal admirers. For awhile, she focuses on them and not what occurred inside the Labyrinth, not the lurking idea that everything she saw was a horrible illusion. (She deserves for it all to have been real, so that cannot be. Never mind the sudden vanishing of all those bloodstains....) Then she reaches out to a nearby Vine, speaking to it, and the plant obliges her with a mirror shrouded in leafy boughs.
She's very tired, but still smiling- although the expression itself seems...a little less there, a little more whittled down. To those who might notice that sort of thing, anyway.]
I don't suppose this kind of behavior is normal for these creatures? Not that I mean to fuss- this is rather nice. I never had a pet before, or anything similar.
[a pause to scritch the cat, who has by now become quite persistent, behind the ears]
.....However, that's not important right now. I don't know if I was able to save the Queen. Please, has anyone heard from Miss Harlaown or her daughter, Vivio? They went into the Labyrinth with me and I've yet to hear from them.
I can only hope they're safe.
For awhile, Mami silently preoccupies herself with petting all her animal admirers. For awhile, she focuses on them and not what occurred inside the Labyrinth, not the lurking idea that everything she saw was a horrible illusion. (She deserves for it all to have been real, so that cannot be. Never mind the sudden vanishing of all those bloodstains....) Then she reaches out to a nearby Vine, speaking to it, and the plant obliges her with a mirror shrouded in leafy boughs.
She's very tired, but still smiling- although the expression itself seems...a little less there, a little more whittled down. To those who might notice that sort of thing, anyway.]
I don't suppose this kind of behavior is normal for these creatures? Not that I mean to fuss- this is rather nice. I never had a pet before, or anything similar.
[a pause to scritch the cat, who has by now become quite persistent, behind the ears]
.....However, that's not important right now. I don't know if I was able to save the Queen. Please, has anyone heard from Miss Harlaown or her daughter, Vivio? They went into the Labyrinth with me and I've yet to hear from them.
I can only hope they're safe.
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The Labyrinth reminded her of at least that much.]
To not be alone.
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So Fate's hug is tight once again, and her voice is a little softer as she speaks.] But you're not alone. I know we haven't known each other for long, but... I want to do whatever I can to help you. And I'm sure my friends will help too.
I promise, Mami, you won't have to be alone anymore.
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...please don't make those kinds of promises before you truly know me, miss Harlaown. As you've already heard, I'm not somebody to admire.
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[She finally lets go of the other blond, but she stays next to her.] Why would you say something like that?
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And I can tell that you're far from an fool, miss Harlaown. You know what you saw in the Labyrinth.
[Mami's failures, her sins, the true lying nature of her smile.]
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What I saw was a poor, scared girl who was hurt by someone she cared about a lot. A girl that, deep down, was begging someone to help her... [Fate flinches a little at that. She was too busy wrapped up in her own issues to help one of the girls she was looking after...] Not someone who deserves to be alone.
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With all due respect, no. What you saw, miss Harlaown-
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-was the fate of being a magical girl. I don't know what sort of powers you yourself possess, but you don't deserve to be involved with the likes of me.
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I'm afraid I don't understand what you mean by "the fate of being a magical girl", but... our powers are similar, you know.
[Fate stands as well, and holds out a golden, triangular pendant.] Bardiche, please?
[In a flash of light, Fate's clothes are replaced with the military-like uniform she was wearing in the Labyrinth; a long-sleeved blue shirt and matching skirt, and a long white cape. Her right hand was clad in a black glove that matched the ribbon in her low ponytail, and her left was covered in a silver metal gauntlet.]
In my world, we're called mages. But when you compare us to magical girls you see in fiction... I suppose we're the same.
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And what did it cost you? If we're really the same, then you'll understand that.
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But that doesn't mean I should avoid getting involved! I want to help you, that's all that matters.
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[She shakes her head and continues on as if she hadn't heard Fate.]
People with happy existences have no reason to become magical girls, to risk their lives and regard others of their kind as competition for resources instead of friends. What's your true stake in insisting on knowing me, miss Harlaown?
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[If it was possible for Mami to recall the memories of when Nanoha, Alicia, and Precia appeared in the Labyrinth, she might remember some of the things the former and latter called her: just a copy. A disappointing child.]
I was abandoned. I felt so completely alone, I thought I was going to die... but someone helped me. She gave me the strength to walk out of that darkness, and she's been with me ever since then.
I promised myself that I wouldn't let anyone feel the way I felt back then, if I could help it. That's why I want to get to know you, to help you, Mami.
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Despite herself, Mami thinks about those things. And despite herself, the parallels between a girl like her and a woman like Fate emerge. Painful to accept; impossible to avoid.
They were both lost and alone and on the verge of perishing. And in turn they were each saved by someone possessing a far purer heart than their own- an nigh-endless capacity for kindness. Nanoha....Madoka. Yet this woman got to keep what Mami was allowed to hold for only a few minutes. Her happiness remained while Mami met death with a handful of hope. They weren't the same, and yet they were almost impossibly alike.
The strength seems to melt from her legs; Mami drops to her knees, surrounded by the untouched muskets. Some small, bitter, hidden part of her mind snarls out that it's not fair.
She begins to cry.]
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She'll continue to hold her, not budging until Mami's tears have stopped, and will mentally go over the promise she made to herself: she's going to protect this girl, just like she protects all her children, and will do whatever she can to make sure she's happy.]
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Yet she does anyway, pressing her face into Fate's shoulder; she wants her mother, but her real mother is dead.]
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Fate would never, ever want to replace Mami's real mother, but she's more than willing to act as a mother figure if Mami needs it. Hell, even if Mami doesn't ask, Fate would still step into that position, as long as she doesn't anger the girl.]
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I'm...so sorry. You must think the worst of me...
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....but some of it is out, yes. And it does feel better. Mami makes a move to pull away and wipe her eyes.]
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I'm really glad I could help you, Mami.
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Thank you.....I don't really know what to say beyond that.
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