VIDEO [IMAGINATION 1]

[shadowslipping]

Ahhh hello! [Here she is on-screen, a woman who looks...passingly similar to Kaiba actually, probably nothing right? Well.]

Good morning to some of you- if there is anyone in 'Purple Team' who has a particular amount of skill in cooking however, I...

[There is a pause, and she closes her eyes- someone does not want to say what comes next.

She is making herself say it.]

...If we could arange for a way that I could help without getting involved with the stoves...that might be wise, [she manages with a cough.] ...I would rather not cause food poisoning of some sort, you see...

[ominous,]

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[shadowslipping]

Eh-

Oh-! No, Madoka that's quite alright..! ...Truthfully, it's only my job which is so dangerous... ...honestly I would expect plenty of people from home to be as confused as you were about curses, actually...

[happyends]

What kind of job do you have that's so dangerous then..?

[ Do you think this is going to slow down her worries any, Yuume.

Because it sure isn't. Madoka looks just as concerned as a moment ago. Even if her world isn't so bad, the thought that Yuume has to deal with dangerous stuff like that on a daily basis is just-- it's still so much! ]

I-Isn't it scary..?

[shadowslipping]

Sc-

[Ah... ...Well. She simply smiles, albeit softly.] It is a dangerous job, certainly...but it's one that needs to be done, neh? And rather frankly, one befitting of someone like me, so there isn't any need to worry. I won't let anyone suffer on my watch, okay?

Scary or no, it's something that needs to be done- so if I keep that in mind, I can simply do that. As it is, that isn't happening here, so there's even less need to worry, neh?

[happyends]

[ One befitting of someone like her? Yuume better be meaning something along the lines of 'something befitting someone as cool and nice and amazing as me' or the dagger of self-confidence boosting may have to be drawn here.

But luckily enough Madoka is too distracted by everything else to immediately mention anything about it. ]

.. Hmm, I.. think I understand. Even where I come from, there are jobs that are dangerous, but someone has to do them.. [ Even though they certainly don't involve curses. ] But I still feel a little sad thinking that you have to do that, Yuume-san. Is that weird..?

[ No, Madoka, it's just called caring about someone. ]

[shadowslipping]

Mnh...? [It takes a bit to answer- Yuume frankly looks a bit stunned by the question, though she's at least polite about the matter when she answers.] ...I don't know that it's 'weird'- you're worried, neh? It would be natural to be sad about that sort of thing...

Just know that I took the job on my own, alright? It was my choice to train for it, so there's no need to be concerned, alright?

[She is absolutely not intending it along the 'someone as cool as me' lines.]

[happyends]

U-- Uh-huh. I know we don't know each other all that well, so maybe I'm being presumptious by being so worried..

[ That's what Madoka always worries about when she fusses over people, after all. That she's too young to be fussing over people older than her, that she's fussing over people she's not close enough to yet, but she can't help it. Madoka's heart goes out to anyone who suffers, no matter how briefly. ]

But I'll try my best to not worry so much, if you're so sure about it. And.. And as long as you'll be careful once you go home. [ Said as if Madoka isn't literally going to sacrifice her life the moment she gets home herself, but look, this is not the time to point out any hypocrisy. ]

[shadowslipping]

I wouldn't consider it presumptuous... [Then again that would entail her considering Madoka to be rude. Statistically impossible, that.

Still, that doesn't mean the last bit doesn't catch her off guard- they truly are a band of hypocrites, these two.] Ah-

...Of course. I always operate with care, after all!

[The master of throwing herself into danger with care, this one.]