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[happyends]

[ Guess who's trying really hard to ignore all the more aggressive posts on here. ]

Um.. H-Hi everyone! In case anyone doesn't know yet, I'm M.. Madoka Kaname, nice to meet you.. [ Is she looking more nervous than usually though? For sure. Although that's not because of the mood of the last posts as much as she's dying internally at the thought the whole train can hear and see her right now. ]

M-Maybe some of you might remember that a while ago mister Stark suggested we could put plants around the train.. I thought it'd be a good idea s-since it'd be good for both the air and just for making things look nice, so.. E.. Evie and I volunteered to work on it! But there's only two of us, so..

[ She sucks in a deep breath. You can do it, Madoka. You almost said your piece! ]

We.. could use some help, if anyone wants to help. The boxes all need to be p-put together, and the plants need to be taken care of in the l.. long run too. So I thought maybe we could start a gardening club.. I was part of a gardening club back home at school, so if you don't know what to do, I.. I can help you! But if people already know a lot about plants, it'd be g-great if they could help too..!

Um, of course it's voluntary, but.. i-it'll be fun. I think. And you can work together with Evie too then, and she's really pretty and smart and nice..! [ And, you know, Madoka is also pretty cute. But she apparently has no compliments for herself to spare here.

Also, her face is starting to turn the same colour as her hair by now. ]

I.. I think that's all..! T-Thank you so much for listening to me and I'm sorry for taking up your time-- ouch!

[ She was bowing to end the message politely, but instead just accidentally bumped her head in the process.

She's trying. ]

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[faithfulsupport]

As exultant as Ignis felt, he knew he'd been right. And watching Tony crouch down as he himself usually did drove the point home.

Nodding at Tony's look, the advisor moved to be closer to the two. "We're trying to do our best by you, but we were never angry at you or each other. We simply have two very different approaches to things like raising a daughter together."

Ignis Scientia master of understatement.

Green eyes went to Tony and then to Madoka at hearing she was afraid but wanted to get stronger. "In that you remind me of Tony. But we're always here should you need us."

The advisor took his mate's hand for comfort and he reached for hers as well.

[happyends]

Madoka seems like she's trying really hard to pay careful attention to the explanation before slowly nodding. It's definitely a new idea to her. After all, she herself doesn't have a single combative bone in her body, nor has she ever really seen her parents disagree on anything back home. But as long as the two of them both say they're alright, then she wouldn't dare to doubt that.

But then Ignis mentions the words raising a daughter together, and that makes Madoka's cheeks colour pink, even as she lets him take her hand. It's just so much to know that's how they think of her, to the point that they'd even discuss what's best for her. It's a lot to take in for a girl who thinks so little of herself, especially since it's not like they're her biological parents. They're chosing this. Chosing her.

She's not so sure about being called strong, or being compared to Tony in any way - how could she be as awesome as him! - but even so..

"Thank you.." Her eyes start to water. But before anyone can freak out about her crying, she starts to smile at the same time. They're just overwhelmed happy tears. "I'm so happy you both care so much about me.. I-- I never could've imagined that when I first showed up here and it was all kind of scary and worrying."

For a moment she almost seems to hesitate in that typical Madoka way, but then she uses her free hand to grab Tony's other hand before looking at him.

"Um, so please.. don't apologize for trying to help me. I actually think I'm really lucky."