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[happyends]

Um.. hi, everyone!

[ Madoka is smiling on the screen, though it's definitely a faint smile. A smile with something awkward around its edges, like the girl is trying really hard to smile, even though it's difficult. ]

I hope everyone has seen the art car already.. I turned my points into votes so we could get it as soon as possible, and it seems like it really worked. [ Thank god for the train actually following up on its promises. ] The carriage is really nice, so.. please make sure to check it out. Even if you don't think you like art, it can be a good way to.. um, to just.. release your feelings a little, I guess.

[ And that's something a lot of people could maybe use right now, she thinks. ]

And.. there's something else too. Maybe some other people got messages from the Ministry too, but I also got one, right around the end of the mission.. It said..

[ ...

Madoka suddenly grows quiet. ]

.. It said my world is gone, just like I thought. I.. um. [ She bites her lip, obviously having more trouble speaking. ] I just thought I'd share that information. Because.. I think it's important to keep remembering that a lot could be happening back home while we're stuck here, s-so.. it'd be really nice if the people who want to go home could go home soon, and make sure their worlds are okay.

[ There's another pause, and then the girl sucks in a breath, shaking her head before quickly adding: ]

D-Don't worry about me, by the way! They said that they.. they'll try to see if my world can be restored somehow, s-so.. um, I'm sure it'll be okay! [ Look at her suddenly talking so much more quickly, like she wants to get saying this out of the way as soon as possible. ] A-Anyway, please enjoy the art carriage..!

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[wishalone]

[... There's a lot here. Yeah, that's one way of putting it, alright.]

How much glitter's it got stocked? [A light joke avoids talking about anything that matters on the network.

And an acknowledgment that Kyoko saw this. That she's chewing on the implications -- and not just for Madoka's world. Timeline. Whatever the hell she's supposed to call it.]

[happyends]

[ Honestly, it feels easier to not talk about the huge elephant in the room. The people from the Ministry had said that people who show up here technically come from different worlds - or maybe timelines, if what Madoka heard back home is anything more definite to go by. So that means that even if her timeline is gone, then hopefully the ones the two Kyokos come from should be fine.

.. so she hopes, anyway. Madoka sincerely prays that those two can at least one day return to fully functioning worlds, and not have been screwed over by her.. ]

Only a little bit.. thankfully.

[ She smiles, though it's awkward. It's a little hard to look at Kyoko and not feel some guilt, given all of this. ]

Um, I mean, I think some people didn't really like the way it stuck around the train for a long time after we had our art day..

[wishalone]

Those people are officially no fun. There's nothing wrong with glitter!

[There is definitely not a small part of Kyoko who likes it specifically because she thinks it's funny to troll people with it.]

But I guess if they don't want it around... I could always make sure there isn't any in the carriage.

[This is so, so much easier to talk about. And totally joking about causing a bit of trouble sounds like a great distraction. Yes. Joking. 100%.]

[happyends]

H-Huh? That there isn't any?

[ Most people could tell that Kyoko is joking here. It's so obvious. It's practically dripping off the other's words.

And yet here is Madoka - suddenly looking genuinely concerned, especially since she's well aware of any Kyoko out there in the multiverse's ability to cause total chaos.

.. at least she's distracted from her problems for a moment, so.. goal.. accomplished..? ]

What are you going to do?

[wishalone]

[And what makes it all worse is that Madoka taking it so seriously... makes it so much more fun.

And tempts Kyoko to actually do it. Hey, she'll put it back. Probably. Most of it.]

I could find a way of getting rid of it for 'em. That way there's no way somebody could... accidentally spill it. Or have a glitter fight. Or make glitterbombs. I'd be helping out! That's what magical girls are supposed to do, right? Help people?

[happyends]

[ There's the tiniest pause, but then slowly a small sound slips out of Madoka's mouth - a small sound of agreement. ]

Of course..

[ Not that Kyoko, of all people, ever has seemed like the most likely person to follow that creed. On the other hand, Madoka has entirely too much faith in the other girl, so she doesn't doubt those words as much as she probably ought to. ]

Though it's the first time I've heard about a magical girl helping out with protecting people from glitter.. [ Well, Madoka..

It's not like you've heard a lot of magical girl stories in general, now have you. ]