989/It'll be alright

It'll be alright
Date of Scene:	03 February 2016
Location:	Mitakihara - Infinity University
Synopsis:	The weight of the world is on their shoulders but, There is still hope. Is that hope strong enough to keep Shinobu from doing anything stupid?
Cast of Characters:	Hinote Kagari, Shinobu Kimura

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Hinote Kagari has posed:
Hinote Kagari gets a voice mail because he was too busy belting out villian lines on a stage in a rehersal. When he gets off the stage he notices the light on his phone is blinking. Oh. He missed a call from Shinobu. He picks it up and has a look of soft concern. Off he goes.

Hinote arrives at Shinobu's Dorm's door and gives it a soft series of knocks. "Shinobu?" he calls beyond the door.

"Are you there?" he wonders.

Shinobu Kimura has posed:
The journey home was slow paced. It wasn't that she didn't wanna see Hinote. Nor was it that she didn't want to get back home. She was simply worn out. Not like she would be after intensive training or after a lot of school work. No this is the worn out of a person who has been put through the ringer and is still going.

Her outfit is a wreck. There is a wide selection of various filth all over it ranging from witches blood, to grime to blood splatter from the thugs she pummeled. At least her soul gem is clean. Had it been seen as it was just a short time ago, odds are she'd be catching flak.

As she walks down the hall to her dorm, she sees Hinote. Not a word is spoken. She simply touches his shoulder and walks in the door. The bo she has on her vanishes with a flash of viridian as she moves over to a chair to take a seat.

Finally she speaks. Its soft, hardly able to be heard. "End me."

Hinote Kagari has posed:
Hinote Kagari is waiting when he scratches his head. He goes to turn to grab his phone and call to find out what's going on when his shoulder is touched and the door is open and he turns to look at Shinobu and---holy crap she is covered in blood and dirt and grime. "What happened!?" he asks with wide eyes. "Are you hurt!?" that's an awful lot of blood though and Shinobu doesn't... look injurted or cut anywhere too deep. Ugh...

He has a feeling he doesn't want to know.

He leans in. "/End you/?" he asks. "What, why!?" he asks.

Shinobu Kimura has posed:
Puella Magi Shinobu frowns and shakes her head, "Because, odds are people are going to die because of me. I will hurt everyone who knows that I am a Puella Magi." She frowns and tears up. "I didn't know. How could I have?"

She just sighs and hangs her head for a moment. "You're going to want to sit down." She states as she finally pulls herself together a little. Quietly she walks to the kitchen and pours herself and Hinote some juice before returning to her chair and giving over the glass.

"I found out some things. Homura lied to me. I asked her, point blank, what happens if a soul gem goes pure black. She told me that we die from it. While, we do die, she omitted the reason why." She takes a sip of her juice and then inhales, "Our soul gems turn into grief seeds and we become witches ourselves."

Hinote Kagari has posed:
Hinote Kagari sits down as he sighs, pulling up a chair and takes the juice, he takes a sip and listens. People are going to die? He doesn't get it. Why? Does Shinobu feel she has to hurt someone? He sighs a bit and listens.

He knows that much. A soul Gem goes black. The Puella dies. Then he takes in that last part..

'the soul gem becomes a grief seed....'

Hinote remembers holding a special grief seed--- looking like a soul gem-- but also a grief seed. He gave it to Homura. Is.. that why....

Wait..

Witches are...

That doesn't...

He's killed...

Hinote looks like he's having a brain fault at the moment. It was probably a good idea to have him sit down, he doesn't /say/ anything for a moment.. "But...I've..."

Shinobu Kimura has posed:
Puella Magi Shinobu nods slowly, "We both have." She states having a pretty clear idea of what he is saying. "The witches we kill. They come from one of two places. Familiars who manage to get strong enough to become witches. Or Puella Magi who can't purify their soul gems. Odds are, we've killed other Puella Magi and we didn't even notice it."

She frowns and tears just start rolling. She shakes her head. Her body trembles gently from the sheer frustration of it all. "I ran into Sayaka. I may have made a mistake with her. She didn't know about the soul gems being our actual souls. I told her. She threw her soul gem off of Clover Tower. I went after it and retrieved it. She was dead for a few minutes before she came back.

Shinobu takes another long sip of her drink. "She went off. I left a message for Madoka but, I dunno if she got it. All I know is there are way too many secrets and these are things we should have been told from the start. Kyubey should have told us what happens. I've met some of my dads friends. He deals with some shady people but this is just dirty."

Hinote Kagari has posed:
Hinote Kagari frowns. "Sayaka? Oh the.. blue haired girl..." he says, he's rubbing his face. He's starting to feel like he's breaking apart again. Like what happened when he woke up from being controlled by what amount to an evil triple A battery with Homura almost dead because he blasted her with some sort of energy beam he normally can't do.

He's trying to keep together and he's trying.

"So what now? You need to kill and hunt them to live. I don't know if...."

"I..really need to.. speak to the Princess. About this.. I don't know.. if she knows yet or not..." he mutters.

Shinobu Kimura has posed:
Puella Magi Shinobu nods, "If i don't, I become them. I went out. I won't call it hunting because killing witches was the least thing on my mind. I took out a pair of labyrinths and busted up a gang who thought I was an easy mark for mugging. I just needed to clear my mind."

She shakes her head and sighs, "I feel like everything inside has been ripped out and I don't mean my soul. I mean everything. In some ways its not as bad with me because I'd be dead but, I traded death for something far worse. I don't know what to do. Part of me wants to track down that red eyed rat and fillet him. I know it won't do any good. I'm screwed but at least it would feel better!"

She sits for a few moments. Her legs cross under her as she scoffs. "Oh gods, I did it again didn't I? I swear I am the single worst person at giving bad news. You know I shouldn't have had to tell Sayaka. That wasn't my place. She's been at this longer then I have. I guess friends in this life are few and far between."

Hinote Kagari has posed:
Hinote Kagari just rubs his face. "I've fought- and killed personally, plenty of those things for others-- or helped others do so..."

"Isn't there--- someway theey can be saved!? Or... or is saving the people they prey on more important!? And-- Puella... need those things. Either way...."

He sort of sits back and puts his cup down, he's suddenly not very thirsty.

"I dunno what to do now." he admits, finally. Usually, he has some advice, some words, anything.

But this isn't one of those times.

"This 'red eyed weaseal'... why is he even doing this , this is horrible!" he snaps.

Shinobu Kimura has posed:
Puella Magi Shinobu is pretty quiet herself. She is still digesting this nightmare. Her own nightmare. She shakes her head. She wants to say things will work out. That she will be alright. She will keep fighting but how can she say those words truthfully. A sigh of exhaustion escapes her lips. She's not slept. How could she? Nor did she go to school? What good would it do?

Finally after a painful silence she speaks. "I haven't a clue. I could ask Homura but I dunno if I can trust a thing she says. I could ask Madoka as well but, she's going to say mostly what she knows from Homura. I've not heard from Mami-san and I just dunno who else to talk to."

And then it hits her. "Great." She sighs and rubs her head. "There is only one I could get answers out of. Kyubey himself. I could find out if the witch process could be undone. I can find out what he was thinking. Maybe find out the why. What other choice do we have here?"

Hinote Kagari has posed:
Hinote Kagari frowns. "If you talk to him, I'd like to come along. If you can't find him, or it's inconvient, that's fine but--- I think I have my own questions for this-- creature. Why the hell would you grant wishes then..."

"...get someone into some lame pyramid scheme and-- then-- kill them." he sighs.

"It makes no sense-- make witches to get more magical girls to fight witches to become witches and for /why/..." he sort of clutches his head.

"That makes zero sense!"

Shinobu Kimura has posed:
Puella Magi Shinobu nods, "I know. It's pointless. There has to be something. He has to get something out of this. I dunno what but there is clearly something going on behind the scenes." She scrunches her face as she tries to piece together just what is going on.

Slowly her face shows something else. A sharp smile starts to form. "I have an idea. We find him. We get the information. Then we end it. I'm going to make sure no more girls are preyed upon this way. I'm going to kill him."

Hinote Kagari has posed:
Hinote Kagari frowns. "I dunno if we should do that-- but... we need to talk to him and find out what's going on. I dunno. Maybe it actually has a good reason? Or at least... a reason that makes sense. But-- even then--- maybe we can convinece it to find another way because this needs to stop one way or another." he says.

He sort of rests his head against flat surface, yeah he needs a moment and he takes a deep breath.

"You should get clean. I'm sure that can't feel comfortable... and be slimy feeling..."

Shinobu Kimura has posed:
Puella Magi Shinobu shrugs, "I didn't even notice to be honest. I was doing the one thing I know to be truth. Fighting. When You fight, everything within comes out. You aren't hiding anything. Your motives come out. Everything within is exposed. That is why I went off as I did.

She finally takes a look down over herself. "I should probably get cleaned up. This would explain why people were a little freaked when they looked at me."

She stands up and moves off to the bathroom. There is a flash of viridian and then the sound of a running shower.

Hinote Kagari has posed:
Hinote Kagari looks up, but otherwise keeps his voice as straight as he can. He doesn't look too good. Still. "You need to take care of the basics. You just can't fight. Eat. Sleep. Shower. Right?" he asks. "Make sure you have a place to call home and rest your head. These things help." he says as he takes a deep breath. "Go to school, all that." he says.

He stays in the main room of the dorm, once again keeping his head down.

"If you can't do any of those... you fall into despair and hurt and---" he just shakes his head.

Shinobu Kimura has posed:
After a few minutes, Shinobu walks out of the bathroom dressed in a simple top and shorts outfit. She didn't exactly bother with a school uniform as school isn't on til tomorrow. And then it happens.

*GRRRRRRRRRppp*

She glances down at her stomach and blushes, "Umm, I haven't eaten anything all day... and most of the night."

She sighs and moves over to the fridge and looks around. Not much there. She will have to wait until a little later or order in. So she moves to one of the cupboards and gets out a bag of chips to chomp on for the time being.

Hinote Kagari has posed:
Hinote Kagari doesn't steal Shinobu's chips because that's a jerk thing to do. Also, he actually ate this morning so his stomach isn't trying to rip out of him and become a youma like Shinbou's supposedly is. "Remind me to get you some groceries. You need /something/ in here." he says. "Even like, some cans of beans or canned anything... maybe some meats for fryin'..." he says.

"I remember when I ran into Runealy and Gao for the first time. They weren't used to modern things and-- Runealy is a Princess who never cooked before in her life- and Gao didn't know how a can opener worked." he chuckles.

"And-- they spent a better part of the early time of thiers living in a broken down convience store I used as a secret place I used to practice my acting. They tried to drive me away at first. I wonder how my life would had been if I did that..." he muses.

"Probably... boring. Dull." he manages a short smile- just momentarily.

"It's just nice to know you can help people in a certain way sometimes I suppose. One way or another." he nods curtly.

Shinobu Kimura has posed:
Puella Magi Shinobu smiles, "It wouldn't do me much good. I'm not much of a cook. In fact I'd burn water. I couldn't exactly get it right because when my mom was trying to teach me, I was still adjusting to life without my vision. I sorta started a fire or three."

She smiles a little. "So what has changed from me finding this out. I'm still a dead girl walking. It just means I have a fate worse then death hanging over my head. I think I just need to keep going. Just gotta keep taking down witches. Keep going on, and just try to keep from getting too low." Those words are hollow, Completely void of anything really. Its like she's saying them just to hear them.

Hinote Kagari has posed:
Hinote Kagari shakes his head. "Gotta see the Cherry Blossom Festival too." he says. "Don't worry. I won't forget." he says. This he does mean.

He sighs a bit. "You don't need to say things to make me feel better. I've been through a lot. It just makes me sad." he says finally sitting back up and shaking his head. His eyes look a little glazed over suddenly as he sighs.

"It's okay to admit it's a mess. Just. Now we gotta do something about this mess!" he says.

Shinobu Kimura has posed:
Puella Magi Shinobu smiles a little to Hinote. "I was actually saying it for me. I have to. Its the only way I am going to survive this. Hon I am clinging to anything strand of hope I can get my hands on now."

She takes a deep breath and looks to Hinote. "I'm going to have to find Sayaka. I feel responsible since I'm the one who told her about the soul gems. She has a close friend I think... I dunno who it is... Kyouko maybe? I think thats the name I head. Who was the girl she was skating with?" She asks with a curious expression on her face. "If I can talk to her maybe we can team up and find her."

Hinote Kagari has posed:
Hinote Kagari nods. "Anything to help then, Shinobu. I know that how I got though my inital actions of a knight, kept telling myself that a buncha people were gonna be saved. Had to keep doing the bad stuff. It helped. Even I was wrong in the actions." he smiles toothily a little.

"I dunno anything about Sayaka beyond the little I've seen when I met her and what you've told me. Yeah. Find her and talk about it. It sounds like she'll need help!" he says.

Shinobu Kimura has posed:
Puella Magi Shinobu shakes her head, "I am afraid at how she is handling things. She threw her soul gem off of Clover Tower. After it got so far away she dropped dead. I went after the gem. Jumped off the tower. Yeah not my brightest moment. I took it back to her and she did revive but. It was really freaky to see. She kept going on and on about being some kind of zombie. She took off."

She sighs, "I should have gone after her that moment but, I thought that maybe it would help her to just wind down. I guess I'm just worried. This is all a lot to take in." She shrugs.

Hinote Kagari has posed:
Hinote Kagari sighs and shakes his head. "Sometimes, when you crack, the edges are really easy to see. I was a mess during certain parts of what I went though. Expcially when I ended up bleeding all over the floor this one time because I couldn't keep my transformation up when I'd been wounded pretty bad. Runealy freaked out and had to drag me to the curb to have an ambulance wisk me away."

"Was really hard for her to explain because---"

"Well---"

"Different world. Docs are called 'Healers' where she's from and she was like-- 'I need to be taken to the healers!'" and stuff like that.

"I could barely talk. heh." he says.

"I was wide eyed and worried and delirious during the whole thing I think." he nods.

"So-- I can get that, being wide eyed and worried and scared." he says softly.

Shinobu Kimura has posed:
Puella Magi Shinobu winces a little. "Things are just so messed up right now. I wish I never made this stupid contract. Then I wouldn't be in this situation. I would already be gone and I wouldn't be hurting anyone. Like you." She frowns and moves over to hug Hinote tight.

"I wonder what will happen. If I die in a labyrinth will my body vanish like my cane and glasses did? What will my parents think? They will probably think I'd run away or something. I'd just be a memory." She sighs. "Maybe it would be best to just avoid them for a while?"

Hinote Kagari has posed:
Hinote Kagari shakes his head. "Things seem to vanish if you leave them there." he sighs and returns the hug, a little tighter than Shinobu gives it. "Hey..."

"I was going through the same thoughts before. I mean..."

"Originally, the quest I was on was meant to be me going to Waldia and not coming back. Runealy was going to seal the portal there behind her incase we failed holding the demons back. We're not doing /that/ because we owe this world too much." he says softly.

He smiles. "Don't worry. I'll be fine. Been through worse as I said~"

Shinobu Kimura has posed:
Puella Magi Shinobu smiles, "Everything is going to work out." She states hoping to believe it herself. "Besides, We're heroes right? Heroes always come out on top!" She wishes with all she is.

"I guess I should wind down for the evening. I know Cure Gull will be by with dinner and I also have school tomorrow." She sighs. "THings are going to work out. They've gotta."

Hinote Kagari has posed:
Hinote Kagari nods. "I'll stick arund here for a bit with you then!" he smiles. "Least I can do is keep you company until more company arrives!" he nods.

"Do you have a TV yet?" he asks with raised brows and a grin. "It's the BBC's newshour soon and I think Dad's showing up on it."

Shinobu Kimura has posed:
Puella Magi Shinobu smiles and turns the tv on. She does in fact have one. Her parents gave it to her. She doesn't really use it too much though. The tv comes to life and the channel is set to BBC. She simply smiles and slips off to the bedroom to change into her warm pajamas for the evening.

Once changed she comes out and takes a seat. Its not like the pajamas are anything special. Just purple flannel designed to keep her warm. She smiles and gets comfortable.