♥ 01 ♥ [VIDEO]

[gretchensong]

[ The feed starts on a very nervous looking Madoka. She fidgets and adjusts the mirror and finally gives it a weak smile. ]

Ah... hello! It's, um. This is so, so strange. I was doing something else, and then! I'm suddenly here. I don't really understand what's going on... so I was wondering if, um, if maybe someone could help me...?

[ And anxiety quickly seeps into her voice: ]

... I need to go back home. As soon as I can. ...Please, if anyone is listening to this... help me go home before anything else. It's very important. I wouldn't ask if it wasn't.

Thank you.

Comments

[video]

[tookupthesword]

Don't apologize, you tried your best. I should be the one saying sorry though, I mean... I'm the one who put you through so much.

Anyway, there's other people here that are alive and well. Not alive, but well too.

[video]

[gretchensong]

No, Sayaka, please don't apologize. You're my friend, so I don't mind doing anything for you. So... please don't apologize.

And... maybe this place is a second chance. I don't know if I want to be here, not until I've done what I have to. But... I'm so happy you are okay now.

Can I come meet you, Sayaka? I can see you through this, but it's kind of like a webcam. It's not the same as seeing someone for real.

[video]

[tookupthesword]

Well, I haven't been the best friend I could be, so I'm sorry about that!

Speaking of that... did you read that scroll the cat showed up with?

[Oh, meeting with her... hmm.] Do you want to come to me, or me to come there. If it's the first, promise not to laugh.

[gretchensong]

Oh, I haven't read it all yet. I just touched this vine and something weird happened... so I don't know. I'll read it soon.

I can come to you, and... why would I laugh?

[tookupthesword]

Well, give it a read on your way over. I can probably answer questions you have.

[And thus Sayaka gives directions, to her house located near the Orchard.] As for laughing... it's blue. Like my hair. And my eyes.

[ video -> action ]

[gretchensong]

[ She laughs a bit, low and happy, and she nods. ]

Okay, Sayaka. I'll be there right away, and I'll read the scroll soon too.



[ Madoka follows Sayaka's directions. She stumbles upon the house nearly half an hour later-- she got lost. But the blue house is really obvious. So Madoka strolls up to the door and she knocks. ]

[ action ]

[tookupthesword]

[After waiting around for so long, Sayaka did start to worry. But she stayed put, since... well, what if she ran off and Madoka showed up a minute later? All unfounded though, as the knock was heard.

She rose from one of her two couches, breathed in preparation and opened the door. Waiting to be lunged at.]

[gretchensong]

[ And Sayaka bracing for that isn't a bad idea-- Madoka flings herself at her best friend, and she draws her into a tight hug, standing on her tippy toes to wrap her arms around her shoulders. Seeing Sayaka without something between them... it's so nice. It's so real. Sayaka is really here, and she's really alive, and it's all going to be ok. ]

Sayaka! Sayaka, I really missed you. I'm so happy...

[tookupthesword]

[All went as expected, and now Sayaka has a tiny pink girl hanging off her. But she returns the hug, only her arms are lower than the shoulder area.]

Yeah... I'm happy too.